[rt.cpan.org #96279] "Perl -MO=Xref Win32/API.pm" (0.74, 0.77) gives runtime error on Perl 5.12.4

[email protected] ("Reini Urban via RT") Sat, 7 Jun 2014 00:57:07 -0400

Newsgroups	perl.libwin32
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Sat Jun 07 00:57:06 2014: Request 96279 was acted upon.
Transaction: Correspondence added by [email protected]
       Queue: Win32-API
     Subject: "Perl -MO=Xref Win32/API.pm" (0.74, 0.77) gives runtime error on Perl 5.12.4
   Broken in: 0.74, 0.77
    Severity: Normal
       Owner: Nobody
  Requestors: [email protected]
      Status: open
 Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=96279 >


On Fri Jun 06 07:55:39 2014, [email protected] wrote:
> When I execute the command "Perl -MO=Xref Win32/API.pm" on Win32-API
> (version 0.74, 0.77), a run-time exception occurs and Perl execution
> breaks (refer the snapshot attached).

This is a B::Xref bug, nothing that Win32::API can fix.
I'll try to find a reproducer on a better platform and fix it in core. It sounds very familiar to me.