Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: perl
I expect these two programs to give the same output.
$ cat test.pl
sub foo($);
sub foo($) {
my $i = shift;
format STDOUT =
@>>>
$i
.
write;
}
foo(1);
foo(2);
$ perl test.pl
1
1
$ cat test2.pl
sub foo($) {
my $i = shift;
format STDOUT =
@>>>
$i
.
write;
}
foo(1);
foo(2);
$ perl test2.pl
1
2
$ perl -v
This is perl, v5.8.8 built for x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04
Release: 8.04
$ apt-cache policy perl
perl:
Installed: 5.8.8-12
Candidate: 5.8.8-12
Version table:
*** 5.8.8-12 0
500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
** Affects: perl (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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subroutine declaration breaks format/write using local variables
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/230528
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