in reply to Re^3: lhs substr(): refs vs. scalars
in thread lhs substr(): refs vs. scalars
Can you give a reference to the pre-5.8.5 bug? I recall there being a bug fixed where
3-arg substr misbehaved if the same call was used in both lvalue and non-lvalue mode, but that sounds like a different case than you describe.
In Section
Seekers of Perl Wisdom