Re: incorrect variable reported in uninitialized value warning

[Dave Mitchell <davem@iabyn.com>]

On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 04:52:37AM +0300, Yuval Kogman wrote:
> perl -we 'my $f = "does_not_exist"; warn -e $f'
> Use of uninitialized value $f in warn at -e line 1.
> Warning: something's wrong at -e line 1.
> 
> $f is not the uninitialized value, but the return from -e

Whoops!

Fixed by change #34077.

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Yuval Kogman <nothingmuch@woobling.org>

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