Re: Problems with Scalar::Util which break weak references in debian

[Dominique Dumont <dominique.dumont@hp.com>]

Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org> writes:

>> Scalar::Util is provided by libfilehandle-unget-perl, although my
>> understanding is that it is in the core distribution for perl 5.10.
>
> Huh? Searchiing for Scalar/Util.pm gives returns only perl-base as a
> hit.
>
>     http://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=contents&keywords=Scalar%2FUtil.pm&mode=path&suite=unstable&arch=any

For the record, weaken function was available in perl 5.6 outside of
core in the WeakRef module.

Starting with perl 5.007003, weaken function was provided in
Scalar::Util in core perl:

   $ corelist Scalar::Util

   Scalar::Util was first released with perl 5.007003

HTH

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Dominique Dumont 
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