Argument "xyz" isn't numeric in eq.

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From @vlbrown

When I run this (sample) code​:

  #!/usr/bin/perl -w

  $x = 'xyz';

  if ($x == '7') {
  print "yes\n";
  }

I get a warning​:

  Argument "xyz" isn't numeric in eq at foo.pl line 5.

Yes and No.

True, the argument isn't numeric... but that's not an 'eq' there at line 5,
it's a '==' which is precisely the point of the warning; if I were (correctly)
using eq, there wouldn't _be_ a warning! :-)

The message should say

  Argument "xyz" isn't numeric in == at foo.pl line 5.

Perl Info

Site configuration information for perl 5.00502:

Configured by rdm at Sun Feb  7 16:25:31 PST 1999.

Summary of my perl5 (5.0 patchlevel 5 subversion 2) configuration:
   Platform:
     osname=freebsd, osvers=2.2.8-release, archname=i386-freebsd
     uname='freebsd cfcl.com 2.2.8-release freebsd 2.2.8-release #0: 
fri jan 15 1
8:39:18 pst 1999 rdm@cfcl.com:usrsrcsyscompilefreebie i386 '
     hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
     usethreads=undef useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef
   Compiler:
     cc='cc', optimize='-O', gccversion=2.7.2.1
     cppflags='-I/usr/local/include'
     ccflags ='-I/usr/local/include'
     stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=undef, usevfork=true
     intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
     d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
     alignbytes=4, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
   Linker and Libraries:
     ld='ld', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
     libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib
     libs=-ldb -lm -lc -lcrypt
     libc=/usr/lib/libc.so.3.1, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
   Dynamic Linking:
     dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
     cccdlflags='-DPIC -fpic', lddlflags='-Bshareable  -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:



@INC for perl 5.00502:
     /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00502/i386-freebsd
     /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00502
     /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/i386-freebsd
     /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005
     .


Environment for perl 5.00502:
     HOME=/home/vlb
     LANG (unset)
     LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
     LOGDIR (unset)
  
PATH=/home/vlb/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/nib:/usr/bin:/bin:/etc:/s 
bin:/u
sr/sbin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:.:/home/rdm/bin:/home/vlb/projex/ptf/bin
     PERL_BADLANG (unset)
     SHELL=/ulb/tcsh

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