in reply to Re: One piece of code, two mysteries!
in thread One piece of code, two mysteries! (UPDATED.)

Interesting, thank you.

I'd tried it on a mix of 32 & 64 bit Perl's ranging from 5.8.9 through 2x 5.10's, 2x 5.12's, 3x 5.14s with the same results. Amazing how I've only just encountered it, shortly after its been fixed.

Did you try commenting the local $_ line?

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