On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 4:10 PM, Michael Gerdau <m...@qata.de> wrote: > Hi list !
Hi Michael! > I have some legacy modules originating in the dim past of perl 5.6.x > which is to say there are likely quite a few quirks in the code. > > The new() constructor of both does bless them using a stmt > ST(0) = sv_2mortal(sv_bless(newRV_noinc((SV*)hv),stash)); > and stash is initialized by > if (sv_isobject(pkg)) > stash = SvSTASH(SvRV(pkg)); > else > stash = gv_stashsv(pkg, TRUE); > with pkg being the first parameter passed to new(). > > Both foo and bar also have a sub AUTOLOAD. > > Inside the sub AUTOLOAD of bar there is > $self->SUPER::fum(@_) > and fum being a sub of foo. Hey, that looks like some code I have written.. :) > In 5.16.2 (and all prior versions I tried over the years) this works > as expected by finally invoking foo->fum. > > In 5.18.1 (by means of stepping through it in the debugger) the line > $self->SUPER::fum(@_) > inside bar->AUTOLOAD again invokes bar->AUTOLOAD where it hits once > again the line > $self->SUPER::fum(@_) > which again invokes ... and there is a recursive loop. You are hitting this bug: https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=120694 It has been fixed in 5.18.2. Cheers, -Jan
