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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Bug with do inside eval?
Message-ID: <7565@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 27 Mar 90 18:42:04 GMT
References: <412@oha.UUCP>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Lines: 25

In article <412@oha.UUCP> tony@oha.UUCP writes:
: Program:
:     print "Test 1\n"; do "ioctl.pl";
:     print "Test 2\n"; eval `cat /sys/perl/lib/ioctl.pl`;
:     print "Test 3\n"; eval "do 'ioctl.pl'";
:     print "Done\n";
: 
: Output:
:     Test 1
:     Test 2
:     Test 3
:     Unrecognized character \37777777614 ignored at /sys/perl/lib/ line 1.
:     Unrecognized character \37777777664 ignored at /sys/perl/lib/ line 1.
:     Unrecognized character \005 ignored at /sys/perl/lib/ line 1.
:     Unrecognized character \37777777604 ignored at /sys/perl/lib/ line 1.
:     sh: 10635 Memory fault - core dumped

Already fixed for patch 16.  Hopefully out later today.

On the other hand,

	Spring is sprung, the grass is ris'
	Where last year's reckless driver is.

Larry