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Subject: perl: Can't C<goto &func> at end of lvalue sub
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Package: perl
Version: 5.6.1-1
Severity: normal

Perl 5.6.1 broke libterm-stool-perl_0.25.

In Stool, an lvalue AUTOLOAD ends with a C<goto &$AUTOLOAD>, where
&$AUTOLOAD is defined at runtime as an anonymous lvalue sub.  So, at
runtime, it would be fine.  But Perl 5.6.1 croaks at compile time,
saying that the 'goto' isn't modifiable and is therefore illegal as
the last thing in an lvalue sub.  This new compile-time error is wrong
because it's overly strict.

-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux tytlal 2.2.18pre11-va2.8a #2 Mon May 21 19:28:46 PDT 2001 i686 unknown

Versions of the packages perl depends on:
ii  libc6          2.2.3-1        GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii  libdb2         2.7.7-8        The Berkeley database routines (run-time fil
ii  libgdbmg1      1.7.3-27       GNU dbm database routines (runtime version).
ii  perl-base      5.6.1-1        The Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister.
ii  perl-modules   5.6.1-1        Core Perl modules.