Bug#788636: perl: -Cnn parsing problem (5.22 regression)

[Niko Tyni]

Package: perl
Version: 5.22.0~rc2-2
Severity: important
Tags: upstream patch fixed-upstream
Forwarded: https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=125381

Filing to track this regression in 5.22.0, reported upstream
by Matthew Horsfall:

 # perl -C3 -E'say "\x{2026}"'
 Wide character in say at -e line 1.
 …

perl -CIO works fine.

Fixed in blead with
 http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commit/89d84ff965

which will probably be in 5.22.1.
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Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org