method { expression } { $foo => "bar" }

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Migrated from rt.perl.org#46947 (status was 'resolved')

Searchable as RT46947$

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From @cpansprout

I can call a method on the result of an expression with indirect
object syntax, giving it a hash ref, like this​:

method { some(complex() + 'expression' } { foo => 'bar' }

But, if I change 'foo' to $foo, I get a syntax error message​:
syntax error at -e line 1, near "} { "

This occurs also in perl 5.8.8.

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Flags​:
  category=core
  severity=low

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This perlbug was built using Perl 5.10.0 - Mon Sep 24 10​:10​:11 PDT 2007
It is being executed now by Perl 5.10.0 - Sat Oct 6 16​:48​:24 PDT 2007.

Site configuration information for perl 5.10.0​:

Configured by neo at Sat Oct 6 16​:48​:24 PDT 2007.

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 10 subversion 0 patch 32056)
configuration​:
  Platform​:
  osname=darwin, osvers=8.8.0, archname=darwin-2level
  uname='darwin treebeard.local 8.8.0 darwin kernel version 8.8.0​:
fri sep 8 17​:18​:57 pdt 2006; root​:xnu-792.12.6.obj~1release_ppc power
macintosh powerpc '
  config_args='-de'
  hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
  useithreads=undef, usemultiplicity=undef
  useperlio=define, d_sfio=undef, uselargefiles=define,
usesocks=undef
  use64bitint=undef, use64bitall=undef, uselongdouble=undef
  usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler​:
  cc='cc', ccflags ='-fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-precomp -
fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include',
  optimize='-O3',
  cppflags='-no-cpp-precomp -fno-common -DPERL_DARWIN -no-cpp-
precomp -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include'
  ccversion='', gccversion='4.0.0 20041026 (Apple Computer, Inc.
build 4061)', gccosandvers='darwin8'
  intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=4321
  d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=16
  ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8,
Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8
  alignbytes=8, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries​:
  ld='env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.3 cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/
local/lib'
  libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib
  libs=-ldbm -ldl -lm -lc
  perllibs=-ldl -lm -lc
  libc=/usr/lib/libc.dylib, so=dylib, useshrplib=false,
libperl=libperl.a
  gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking​:
  dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=bundle, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
  cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags=' -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -L/
usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches​:
  DEVEL

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@​INC for perl 5.10.0​:
  /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.9.5/darwin-2level
  /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.9.5
  /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.9.5/darwin-2level
  /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.9.5
  .

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Environment for perl 5.10.0​:
  DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
  HOME=/Users/neo
  LANG (unset)
  LANGUAGE (unset)
  LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
  LOGDIR (unset)
  PATH=/bin​:/sbin​:/usr/bin​:/usr/sbin​:/usr/TeX/bin/powerpc-
darwin6.8​:/usr/local/bin
  PERL_BADLANG (unset)
  SHELL=/bin/bash

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From @rgs

On 27/10/2007, via RT Father Chrysostomos <perlbug-followup@​perl.org> wrote​:

I can call a method on the result of an expression with indirect
object syntax, giving it a hash ref, like this​:

method { some(complex() + 'expression' } { foo => 'bar' }

But, if I change 'foo' to $foo, I get a syntax error message​:
syntax error at -e line 1, near "} { "

I think that's one of those cases where one needs to add a + in front
of the hashref to disambiguate it. Not much possible to change it
actually...

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The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

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@iabyn - Status changed from 'open' to 'rejected'

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@cpansprout - Status changed from 'rejected' to 'pending release'

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From @cpansprout

Fixed in b5b6210.

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Father Chrysostomos

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From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

Fixed in b5b6210.

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Father Chrysostomos

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From @khwilliamson

Thanks for submitting this ticket

The issue should be resolved with the release today of Perl v5.22. If you find that the problem persists, feel free to reopen this ticket

--
Karl Williamson for the Perl 5 porters team

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@khwilliamson - Status changed from 'pending release' to 'resolved'