From @vanstyn

With 5_57 and 5_03, it instead prints​:

crypt% perl -we 'sub test { my $c = caller; *"${c}​::test"{SCALAR} }'
Scalar found where operator expected at -e line 1, at end of line
  (Missing operator before ?)
syntax error at -e line 1, near "*"${c}"
Bareword found where operator expected at -e line 1, near "${c}​::test"
  (Missing operator before :​:test?)
String found where operator expected at -e line 1, at end of line
  (Missing semicolon on previous line?)
Can't find string terminator '"' anywhere before EOF at -e line 1.
crypt%

Hugo

From @gsar

On Tue, 14 Sep 1999 04​:22​:07 BST, Hugo wrote​:

crypt% perl -we 'sub test { my $c = caller; *"${c}​::test"{SCALAR} }'
[...]
Assertion failed​: file "toke.c", line 216 at -e line 1.

Get change#4133 (posted here yesterday) for the fix.

Sarathy
gsar@​activestate.com

From @vanstyn

In <199909140721.AAA10152@​activestate.com>, Gurusamy Sarathy writes​:
:On Tue, 14 Sep 1999 04​:22​:07 BST, Hugo wrote​:
:>crypt% perl -we 'sub test { my $c = caller; *"${c}​::test"{SCALAR} }'
:[...]
:>Assertion failed​: file "toke.c", line 216 at -e line 1.
:
:Get change#4133 (posted here yesterday) for the fix.

Thanks, confirmed.

Hugo