Anything that uses the C operator is a prime candidate for
bugginess. Please keep an eye out for them as you do your testing.
Any function that contains C oughta be heavily checked.
Ditto anything that uses C or C without a sort.
Elaborating: Code that uses C, C or C may have
worked in the past because the order of elements would be the same
between runs. For instance, you have one hash, and then another hash
with the same keys, and the code relies on those keys being in the same
order between the hashes. This reliance might be explicit or
accidental. Now, with 5.8.1 randomizing hashes, that code may break.
Also, in .t files, it'd be a good thing to not rely on each/keys/values
when determining the order of tests, because subsequent test runs might
not be in the same order. For example:
my %tests = ( test1 => 'foo', test2 => 'bar', etc );
while ( my($key,$val) = each %tests ) {
# do a test
}
The order in which these tests are done will be different between runs
of the code...
xoa
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