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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: perl v3pl18 on FPS 500
Keywords: FPS
Message-ID: <8866@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 25 Jul 90 17:29:19 GMT
References: <1990Jul25.155526.4213@csrd.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <1990Jul25.155526.4213@csrd.uiuc.edu> kai@sp1.csrd.uiuc.edu (Kuck And Associates) writes:
: Here's that patch again:
: 
: /* Written  8:19 pm  Jan  4, 1990 by ktl@wag240.caltech.edu in kailand:comp.sources.bugs */
: /* ---------- "Perl 3.0 PL 8 triggers compiler bug" ---------- */
: Description:
: 
: 	Some compilers may produce incorrect code for the large switch (*s)
: in toke.c.  In particular, it is essential that characters with the high
: bit set be handled properly.  If this is not the case, failures (most likely
: accompanied by core dumps) will be experienced on comp.package, cmd.subval,
: io.print, op.dbm, op.index, op.mkdir, op.pack, op.read, op.sort, op.substr,
: and op.vec due to mishandling of sort, return, printf, and print followed
: by a parenthesized expression.

I'll include this patch in the next official patch, except that I've changed
the #ifdef accel to #ifdef BADSWITCH, and you'll have to say -DBADSWITCH.
Other compilers may have the same problem.

Larry