Re: Encode question

On 07/07/2011 01:17 AM, Dave Saunders wrote:
> Dear Encode Developers,
>
> I am migrating a perl application from Solaris 2.10 to Linux Fedora Core
> 14 (2.6.35.13-92.fc14.x86_64), which is running perl 5.12.3. The app
> uses SDBM and I'm encountering a problem which looks related to the
> Encode module (which is at 2.39).
>
> The error message is:
>
>
> panic: sv_setpvn called with negative strlen at p.pl line 21.
>
>
> and this URL led me to Encode:
>
>
> https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=65541
>
>
> I ran the simple test at the bottom of the web page:
>
>
> binmode STDOUT, ':encoding(cp1250)';
> print( ( "a" x 1023 ) . "\x{0378}" );
>
>
> and got the same output:
>
>
> "\x{0340}" does not map to cp1250 at a.pl line 2.
> panic: sv_setpvn called with negative strlen at a.pl line 2.
>
>
> I looked at CPAN:
> http://search.cpan.org/~dankogai/Encode-2.43/
>
>
> and read the Changes file, but don't see Bug 65541 discussed.
>
>
> Has this problem been solved, or is it being worked on?
> Is there a work-around for SDBM files (other than not using SDBM)?
>
>
> Thanks very much for your help,
> David Saunders
> ITS/UVa
>

It happens in today's latest development version of Perl.  It looks like 
an Encode bug, and you'd have to contact the maintainer, Dan, directly 
to find out its status.