On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 09:35:10PM +0200, Tomaž Šolc wrote: > It appears that SvIV() call at src/speedy_perl.c:821 is sometimes called > on an undef value. SvIV() then tries to trigger a "use of uninitialized > value" warning, which then bombs out when it can't find the location of > the call in Perl source. > > I have "#!/usr/bin/speedy -Tw" in my CGI script. > > According to folks at #perl, SvIV() should always be safe to call, even > outside the interpreter. However, the attached patch appears to fix the > problem for me (and is probably also a more correct way of doing that if > statement anyway).
Many thanks for your investigation! I'll happily apply the patch, I agree it's probably more correct than the current implementation. > Somebody with deeper knowledge of Perl guts will have to tell if it just > fixes the symptoms or the cause of the bug. I've stared at the code for a while now and tried to figure the conditions that lead to this with no success. Do you have a test case you could share so I could reproduce the issue? Cheers, -- Niko Tyni [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
