SPUG: Bug in shebang parsing?

[Tim Maher]

On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 11:32:31PM -0700, Michael R. Wolf wrote:
> Tim Maher <tim at consultix-inc.com> writes:
> 
> > I've either found a bug in Perl, or there's an undocumented
> > "feature" that I've suddenly run into for the first time.
> > Either way, /I don't like it/! 8-{ 
> 
> Tim,
> 
>     It sounds like you're bumping into enough of these she-bang issues
>     that it would behoove you to look at the code that implements the
>     command line processing, especially since you're depending on them
>     for your "Minimal Perl". It may be spooky C code, but you only
>     have to read/understand it, not modify it. I know that your early
>     AT&T history gives you the skills to do that. Heck, back then you
>     had to know C just to dial the phone.

I'm not afraid of C code, just looking to delegate as many problems
as possible to others, which is why I reported this bug instead of
trying to fix it myself.  But if nobody else can be inspired to
fix it, as you've noticed, it's something I'll probably want to
do on my own.  

-Tim
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> 
> SPUG,
> 
>     Anyone know the code base enough to point Tim in the right
>     direction?
> 
> -- 
> Michael R. Wolf
>     All mammals learn by playing!
>         MichaelRWolf at att.net
> 
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