$/=''; loses line endings

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Migrated from rt.perl.org#997 (status was 'resolved')

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From swmcd@world.std.com

- SWM

world​:~/src/Perl>cat bug.pl
$/ = '';

while (<DATA>)
{
  print
}

__DATA__
a

b

c

d

e

f
world​:~/src/Perl>perl -w bug.pl
a

b

c

d

e

f
world​:~/src/Perl>
world​:~/src/Perl>perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (5.0 patchlevel 4 subversion 1) configuration​:
  Platform​:
  osname=irix, osvers=5, archname=IP19-irix
  uname='irix world 5.3 11091811 ip19 mips '
  hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
  bincompat3=y useperlio= d_sfio=
  Compiler​:
  cc='cc', optimize='-O2', gccversion=
  cppflags='-O2 -mips2 -D_POSIX_SOURCE -ansiposix -D_BSD_TYPES -I/usr/local/include -DLANGUAGE_C'
  ccflags ='-O2 -mips2 -D_POSIX_SOURCE -ansiposix -D_BSD_TYPES -Olimit 3000 -I/usr/local/include -DLANGUAGE_C'
  stdchar='unsigned char', d_stdstdio=define, usevfork=false
  voidflags=15, castflags=1, d_casti32=define, d_castneg=
  intsize=4, alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=n, randbits=15
  Linker and Libraries​:
  ld='ld', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
  libpth=/usr/local/lib /usr/lib /lib
  libs=-lgdbm -lmalloc -lsun -lm -lc -lcrypt -lbsd -lPW
  libc=/usr/lib/libc.so, so=so
  useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking​:
  dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=], d_dlsymun=, ccdlflags=' '
  cccdlflags='-KPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'

Characteristics of this binary (from libperl)​:
  Built under irix
  Compiled at Sep 10 1997 17​:22​:49
  %ENV​:
  PERL5LIB="/home/abhaile/swmcd/lib/perl5"
  @​INC​:
  /home/abhaile/swmcd/lib/perl5/IP19-irix
  /home/abhaile/swmcd/lib/perl5
  /usr/local/lib/perl5.004/IP19-irix/5.00401
  /usr/local/lib/perl5.004
  /usr/local/lib/perl5.004/site_perl/IP19-irix
  /usr/local/lib/perl5.004/site_perl
  .
world​:~/src/Perl>

I get the same output on

C​:\SWM>perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (5.0 patchlevel 5 subversion 03) configuration​:
  Platform​:
  osname=MSWin32, osvers=4.0, archname=MSWin32-x86-thread
  uname=''
  hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=undef
  usethreads=define useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef
  Compiler​:
  cc='cl.exe', optimize='-O2 -MD -DNDEBUG', gccversion=
  cppflags='-DWIN32'
  ccflags ='-O2 -MD -DNDEBUG -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DNO_STRICT
-DHAVE_DES_FCRYPT
'
  stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=define, usevfork=false
  intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
  d_longlong=undef, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=10
  alignbytes=8, usemymalloc=y, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries​:
  ld='link', ldflags ='-nologo -nodefaultlib -release -machine​:x86'
  libpth="C​:\Program Files\DevStudio\VC\lib"
  libs= oldnames.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib
comdlg32.l
ib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib netapi32.lib
uuid.lib wsock32
.lib mpr.lib winmm.lib version.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib
PerlCRT.lib
  libc=PerlCRT.lib, so=dll, useshrplib=yes, libperl=perl.lib
  Dynamic Linking​:
  dlsrc=dl_win32.xs, dlext=dll, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags=' '
  cccdlflags=' ', lddlflags='-dll -nologo -nodefaultlib -release
-machine​:x86'

Characteristics of this binary (from libperl)​:
  Built under MSWin32
  Compiled at May 20 1999 14​:32​:43
  @​INC​:
  c​:\perl\5.00503\lib/MSWin32-x86-thread
  c​:\perl\5.00503\lib
  c​:\perl\site\5.00503\lib/MSWin32-x86-thread
  c​:\perl\site\5.00503\lib
  .

C​:\SWM>

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