On Jan 5, 2012, at 9:50 AM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> The fix that has been applied, as Tom suggested, is at the point where we call SvPVutf8(), so that's not just for elog().
Great, thanks.
> As documented, it's not a scalar, and you need to stop treating it as one. If you want it as a scalar, which is what you'd need here, enclose it in quotes, or use the stuff shown in perldoc perlvar.
Oh, right $^V is a version object.
Best,
David