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From: "Gerald Richter" <richter@ecos.de>
To: "'Neil Gunton'" <neil@nilspace.com>
Cc: <embperl@perl.apache.org>
Subject: RE: [$ hidden $] bug in 2.0?
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 07:35:47 +0200
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Hi Neil,
> 
> I'm attaching the Embperl tar and the source file. You should 
> be able to duplicate what I am seeing using these... if not 
> then maybe reality is becoming even more distorted here in 
> America than I thought!
> 
> ;-)
> 
> Let me know if/what you see...
> 

I found the difference. You really used a "bug" in the 1.3 parser.

You wrote [$ hidden $] and I wrote [$hidden$]. The difference is the space
after the hidden. The 1.3 parser interprets this space as an first empty
argument. You can get the same result with [$ hidden , $] (with or without
spaces) in Embperl 2.

I think the way Embperl 2 behaves is more predictable and clean. I don't
think it makes sense to move this bug over to Embperl 2.

You can simple do a   s/hidden/hidden ,/   in your code and things should
work with both versions.

Gerald


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