For AS: build 517 bug (truncate() and strict)

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Migrated from rt.perl.org#978 (status was 'resolved')

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From [email protected]

This may be more appropriate for the ActiveState folks, so I will send
this to them as well, when I find an appropriate email address.

Running Perl5.005_03, build 517 on a Windows 95 box, I get an error when
running the following code​:

  d​:\my_perl>perl -Mstrict
  open FH, "+<file" or die "cannot open file​: $!";
  truncate FH, 0;
  close FH;

  Bareword "FH" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at - line 2.
  Execution of - aborted due to compilation errors.

I don't know what to make of that, other than it being a bug. The code
works perfectly fine in Perl 5.005_02 on the Unix box I'm currently on.

Perl Info

[Note: had to, perlbug was not working on PC]




Summary of my perl5 (5.0 patchlevel 5 subversion 03) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32, osvers=4.0, archname=MSWin32-x86-object
    uname=''
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef
    usethreads=undef useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cl.exe', optimize='-Od -MD -DNDEBUG -TP -GX', gccversion=
    cppflags='-DWIN32'
    ccflags ='-Od -MD -DNDEBUG -TP -GX -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT  -DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT -DPERL_OBJECT'
    stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=define, usevfork=false
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
    d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=10
    alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='link', ldflags ='-nologo -nodefaultlib -release -machine:x86'
    libpth="d:\usr\lib\core" 
    libs= oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib  winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib  oleaut32.lib netapi32.lib uuid.lib wsock32.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib  version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib PerlCRT.lib
    libc=d:\usr\lib\core\PerlCRT.lib, so=dll, useshrplib=yes, libperl=perlcore.lib
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-dll -nologo -nodefaultlib -release -machine:x86'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): 
  Locally applied patches:
  	ActivePerl Build 517
  Built under MSWin32
  Compiled at May 26 1999 21:29:03
  @INC:
    D:/usr/lib
    D:/usr/site/lib
    .

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From The RT System itself

not reproducable in AS 613