Bug#899021: libembperl-perl: FTBFS with Perl 5.27, unmaintained upstream

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> The problem in this case might not be that hard to fix,

Basically it's patching what (so far) one test expects to output.

And I can reproduce this difference with pure perl only:

Perl 5.26:

→ perl -E 'my $i = 0 ; while ($i < 10) { $ii[$i++] = "ii[$i] = $i" ; say $ii[$i-1]; } '
ii[0] = 0
ii[1] = 1
ii[2] = 2
ii[3] = 3
ii[4] = 4
ii[5] = 5
ii[6] = 6
ii[7] = 7
ii[8] = 8
ii[9] = 9

Perl 5.28:

→ perl -E 'my $i = 0 ; while ($i < 10) { $ii[$i++] = "ii[$i] = $i" ; say $ii[$i-1]; } '
ii[1] = 1
ii[2] = 2
ii[3] = 3
ii[4] = 4
ii[5] = 5
ii[6] = 6
ii[7] = 7
ii[8] = 8
ii[9] = 9
ii[10] = 10

I've skimmed through perl5280delta, but haven't noticed anything which
explains that difference.

Anyone can enlighten me if this is a perl bug or, if not, which change
caused this difference?

		Regards, Axel
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