[Templates] segmentation fault

[David Dyer-Bennet]

Mark D. Anderson <mda@discerning.com> writes on 25 October 2003 at 14:07:38 -0700
 > David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
 > 
 > > "Mark D. Anderson" <mda@discerning.com> writes:
 > > 
 > > 
 > >>I've run into this in perl 5.6 (not perl 5.8) before as well.
 > >>It typically seems to happen when $1 is bound in a lexical context
 > >>where it is already bound.
 > >>I've had to work around by doing things like:
 > >>   my ($fname) = ($aif->{fpath} =~ /\/encyclopedia\/(.*)\/index\.html$/ );
 > >>   if ($fname) {
 > >>             print "foo $fname";
 > > 
 > > 
 > > That appears to work, at least in the test case.  But I don't have the
 > > slightest understanding of *how* it works!  How does $fname end up
 > > bound to the paren contents?  Is this in the perldoc anywhere?
 > 
 > Yes, "perldoc perlop", and just about any Perl book, frankly.

Okay, there it is, thanks. 

 > > 
 > > Is perl 5.8 a reasonably safe upgrade from 5.6?
 > 
 > Yes.
 > Furthermore, if you do it right you can take advantage of automatic
 > fallback in 5.8 to available modules you've installed for 5.6.
 > But I'm not about to try to explain how to do that, or how it works :).

I'm a little afraid of trying to re-test everything on this server if
I upgrade, obviously.  Too big a hobby setup.
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