[perl #125797] panic: sv_setpvn called with negative strlen -2 in debugger (perl 5.18.1)

[Tony Cook via RT]

I'm closing this as it seems to be specific to the Ubuntu perl 5.18.

Thanks, closed.

Tony

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[Joe McMahon (via RT)]

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The following line, or variations on it, will cause the debugger to panic:

Junk->foo(210')

The ummatched quote seems to be the trigger. It can be either a single or double quote, or a backquote.

This does not cause the debugger to lose its place or stop execution.

[Joe McMahon via RT]

I'm closing this as it seems to be specific to the Ubuntu perl 5.18.