[perl #40824] [TODO] loadlib opcode causes problems with exceptions

[Klaas-Jan Stol via RT]

On Sat Nov 11 19:16:33 2006, chromatic at wgz.org wrote:
> On Saturday 11 November 2006 19:01, Bob Rogers wrote:
> 
> > I don't think it's loadlib itself; I believe the library :init code 
is
> > trying to throw an error.  If that is the case, then it's a 
continuation
> > barrier problem.  Before the error, do you see this "oops" message?
> 
> Yes, and agreed.  Matt and I discussed that just after he sent the 
message.
> 
> >    I don't recall seeing this "failed assertion" before, though.
> > Probably we should turn this "oops" into an internal_exception, 
since
> > memory might be getting corrupted subsequently.
> >
> >    The fix was this patch . . .
> >
> >    Looks good to me.  I see chromatic has already committed this as
> > r15413.
> 
> It just gets the test to pass; there are still outstanding questions 
with 
> regard to exceptions and continuations and the C barrier.
> 
> -- c
> 

With the developments of the past year, to what extent is/can this still 
be an issue? The issue seems to be 2 years old. I seem to remember that 
there's a new exception system in place, and that the whole C barrier 
thing was worked on at some point.

kjs