Since (at least) perl 5.10.0, this situation is now caught and handled slightly better than segfaulting:
chr...@crispylappy:~$ perl /home/chrisb/390442.pl panic: attempt to copy value meh to a freed scalar 19b0d48 at /home/chrisb/390442.pl line 9. I suspect we can consider this bug fixed in perl 5.10. -- Chris Butler <[email protected]> GnuPG Key ID: 4096R/49E3ACD3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

