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Id:
4629
Status:
open
Priority:
Low/Low
Queue:
DB_File
People
Owner:
pmqs [...] cpan.org
Requestors:
Paul.Marquess [...] btinternet.com
Cc:
Peter.Dintelmann [...] Dresdner-Bank.com
AdminCc:
BugTracker
Severity:
Normal
Broken in:
1.807
Fixed in:
(no value)

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Wed Dec 10 10:47:30 2003 Paul.Marquess [...] btinternet.com - Ticket created
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Subject: FW: DB_File delete in tied hash
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 14:32:44 -0000
Keywords: DB_File, Perl
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-----Original Message----- From: Dintelmann, Peter [mailto:Peter.Dintelmann@Dresdner-Bank.com] Sent: 05 December 2003 15:19 To: 'Paul.Marquess@btinternet.com' Subject: DB_File delete in tied hash Hi Paul, when using a hash tied to DB_File I observed that deleting a non-existent element from the hash returns -30990. $ perl -MDB_File -le 'tie my %h, "DB_File"; print delete $h{x}' -30990 $ perl -MDB_File -le 'print $DB_File::VERSION' 1.807 However perlfunc(1) states that delete() returns undef if the specified element does not exist. Can you change this? Best regards, Peter Dintelmann -- Dr. Peter Dintelmann Dresdner Bank AG CC IT MIS - MIS@ Products Theodor-Heuss-Allee 110 D-60301 Frankfurt Germany Tel.: +49-(0)69-263-19722 Email: Peter.Dintelmann@dresdner-bank.com http://www.dresdner-bank.com http://mis.dresdner-bank.com
Wed Dec 10 11:01:57 2003 pmqs [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
Wed Dec 10 11:01:57 2003 pmqs [...] cpan.org - Subject changed from 'FW: DB_File delete in tied hash' to 'DB_File delete in tied hash'
Wed Dec 10 11:01:57 2003 pmqs [...] cpan.org - Broken in 1.807 added
Wed Dec 10 11:01:57 2003 pmqs [...] cpan.org - Severity Normal added
Wed Dec 10 11:02:50 2003 pmqs [...] cpan.org - Cc Peter.Dintelmann [...] Dresdner-Bank.com added
Wed Dec 10 11:02:50 2003 pmqs [...] cpan.org - Given to pmqs [...] cpan.org
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Hi Peter I've moved your request to the CPAN bug queue. See https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=4629 for details. Regarding yourrequest, I'm in two minds about it. Yes, the existing behaviour doesn't match the man page, but the existing (broken) functionality has been like that for years and I don't want to break any scripts that assume the broken functionality. Also, this would only be a partial fix, because "delete $h{$x}" is supposed to return the value deleted. It doesn't for DB_File. Let me run this one past the perl5-porters and see if anyone else has an opinion on this. cheers Paul
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> > > Hi Paul, > > when using a hash tied to DB_File I observed that > deleting a non-existent element from the hash > returns -30990. > > $ perl -MDB_File -le 'tie my %h, "DB_File"; print delete $h{x}' > -30990 > > $ perl -MDB_File -le 'print $DB_File::VERSION' > 1.807 > > However perlfunc(1) states that delete() returns > undef if the specified element does not exist. > > Can you change this? > > Best regards, > > Peter Dintelmann > > -- > Dr. Peter Dintelmann > Dresdner Bank AG > CC IT MIS - MIS@ Products > Theodor-Heuss-Allee 110 > D-60301 Frankfurt > Germany > > Tel.: +49-(0)69-263-19722 > Email: Peter.Dintelmann@dresdner-bank.com > > http://www.dresdner-bank.com > http://mis.dresdner-bank.com >

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