Paul.Marquess at ntlworld
Nov 5, 2009, 11:27 AM
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A quick survey of the modules in core shows that DB_File isn't alone - looks
like it is par-for-the-course for XS modules - I see Encode, Socket, all the
compression modules will all croak.
Paul
> -----Original Message-----
> From: H.Merijn Brand [mailto:h.m.brand[at]xs4all.nl]
> Sent: 04 November 2009 16:15
> To: paul.marquess[at]ntlworld.com
> Cc: paul_marquess[at]yahoo.co.uk; 'Perl5 Porters'
> Subject: Re: DB_File 1.82 crash
>
> On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:56:30 -0000, "Paul Marquess"
> <paul_marquess[at]yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > You need to use a DBM_Filter
>
> My solution was
>
> utf8::encode ($name);
> $db{name} = $name;
>
> as in this case I was *sure* about it being valid utf8, but what I mean
> is that it shouldn't *die*.
>
> > use DB_File;
> > use DBM_Filter ;
> >
> > $db = tie my %db, "DB_File", "test.db";
> > $db->Filter_Push('utf8');
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: H.Merijn Brand [mailto:h.m.brand[at]xs4all.nl]
> > > Sent: 04 November 2009 08:28
> > > To: Paul Marquess; Perl5 Porters
> > > Subject: DB_File 1.82 crash
> > >
> > > --8<--- test.pl
> > > use strict;
> > > use warnings;
> > > use DB_File;
> > > print "Using DB_File-$DB_File::VERSION\n";
> > > tie my %db, "DB_File", "test.db";
> > > $db{name} = "Fede\x{2122}";
> > > -->8---
> > >
> > > $ perl test.pl
> > > Using DB_File-1.82
> > > Wide character in subroutine entry at xx.pl line 6.
> > >
> > > $ perl -MV=DB_File
> > > DB_File
> > > /pro/lib/perl5/5.10.1/PA-RISC2.0/DB_File.pm: 1.820
>
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