tye, you rock.

Turns out that there's a string eval in Test::Builder that is triggering the problem. Not just a string eval, a string eval that has a '#line' directive in it!

In my version (0.7) it's at line 710: 

# Yes, it has to look like this or 5.4.5 won't see the #line directive
+.
# Don't ask me, man, I just work here.
$test = eval "
$code" . "\$got $type \$expect;";

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$code has something like "#line 31 t/petition/quick.t" in it. Removing $code from the string eval solves the problem.

Fascinatingly, the Test::Builder code still reports the error at the right line. I wonder why and when it's necessary.

What's up with string evals and #line in perl 5.8.8?

Aaron

In reply to Re^2: Perl Debugger Goes Silent by aaronelliotross
in thread Perl Debugger Goes Silent by aaronelliotross

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