Bug#512036: calling Data::Dumper->Dump(['a'], 'b') crashes perl interpreter

[Niko Tyni]

forwarded 512036 http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=56766
tag 512036 patch fixed-upstream
thanks

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 05:21:25PM +0100, Thomas Jahns wrote:
> The following script crashes perl reliably
> 
> --8<-----------------------------------------
> #! /usr/bin/perl
> use Data::Dumper ();
> print Data::Dumper->Dump(['a'], 'b');
> --8<-----------------------------------------
> 
> Note the incorrect second parameter (should be an array ref). Still
> this shouldn't bring down the perl interpreter.

This is [perl #56766], fixed upstream with the attached patch.
-- 
Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org
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