When experimenting with the shiny new Data::Dump::Streamer release (2.08-40) that works on perl 5.10.0, I noticed that trying to dump the symbol table hash %:: dies with an error: 

$ perl -we 'use Data::Dump::Streamer; Dump(\%::)'
Can't locate object method "ARRAY" via package "B::SPECIAL" at /usr/lo
+cal/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.0/i686-linux/Data/Dump/Streamer.pm line 
+3628.
$

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This is not specific to a new DDS nor a new perl, it happens with my 5.8.8 install too.

Could someone tell if this is a feature or a bug?

In reply to Data::Dump::Streamer dies dumping symbol table %:: by ambrus

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