I get the segfault with perl 5.6.1 on solaris. But strangely, if I change the line:

    print "Dumper:\n",Dumper(\%rev,\%name),"\n";

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to:

    my $dumped = Dumper(\%rev,\%name);
    print "Dumper:\n",$dumped,"\n";

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It works fine. I can't see why that should make any difference.

-- simonflk

Update: 

simonf$ perl -MData::Dumper -le 'print Data::Dumper->VERSION'
2.12_01

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Update: Tested on Win32, with ActiveState's D::D 2.121 PPM. Same behaviour - using Dumper() in scalar context avoids segfault.

In reply to Re: Serious Bug in latest Data::Dumper under 5.6.1 by simonflk
in thread Serious Bug in latest Data::Dumper under 5.6.1 by demerphq

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