Re: Error: '/' must follow a numeric type in unpack

I could reproduce the error message with a string of length 1, like this:

    my $s2 = unpack 'v/A*', "a";
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Wrong error message for the problem that the string was too short to unpack

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Re^2: Error: '/' must follow a numeric type in unpack by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 29, 2008 at 15:05 UTC
Thank you! That explains what I should look for, and will save me several 2 hours cycles. It's still there in 5.10, so probably worth a perlbug? Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply]
Re^3: Error: '/' must follow a numeric type in unpack by jethro (Monsignor) on Oct 29, 2008 at 15:17 UTC
Yes, definitely.	[reply]