Bug 145215

Summary: garbage after split()
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Reporter: Need Real Name <qbin>
Component: perlAssignee: Jason Vas Dias <jvdias>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
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Version: 3.0CC: poelstra
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URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/index.html?q=28938
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Fixed In Version: RHSA-2005-881 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Need Real Name 2005-01-15 14:32:07 UTC
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Description of problem:
assigning off the end of the array after a split could leave garbage
in the inner elements.

#! /usr/bin/perl
@a = split /,/, "," x 50;
$a[3]=1;
$x = \$a[2];
print ref($x),"\n";


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
perl-5.8.0-88.9

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run above test code.
2.
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Actual Results:  UNKNOWN

Expected Results:  SCALAR

Additional info:

see also perl bug #28938

Comment 1 Jason Vas Dias 2005-11-09 02:02:57 UTC
We apologize for the long delay in processing this bug report.

This bug is fixed with perl-5.8.0-90.2 , which should be in the next RHEL-3
update release.

Comment 5 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-12-20 14:58:05 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-881.html