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Summary

  • Fix ProcessInputHandle / ProcessOutputHandle missing capabilities that break IO::Select and sysread() for IPC::Open3 handles
  • Register open3 handles in FileDescriptorTable so fileno() returns valid fd numbers
  • Add sysread() / syswrite() implementations to process handles
  • Add isReadReady() support for process handles in FileDescriptorTable

Bugs Fixed

  • fileno() returns undef on open3 handles -- IO::Select silently drops them
  • sysread() returns 0 on open3 handles -- Net::SSH ssh_cmd() fails to capture output
  • IO::Select->can_read() never fires for open3 handles
  • 4-arg select() cannot find open3 handles (not registered in FileDescriptorTable)
  • syswrite() fails on open3 write handles

Modules Unblocked

  • Net::SSH -- ssh_cmd() uses open3 + IO::Select + sysread
  • Any CPAN module using IPC::Open3 with sysread() or IO::Select

Test plan

  • sysread() on open3 read handle returns data
  • syswrite() on open3 write handle sends data
  • fileno() returns defined value for open3 handles
  • IO::Select->can_read() works with open3 handles
  • IO::Select with both stdout + stderr handles (Net::SSH pattern)
  • make passes (no regressions)

See dev/modules/ipc_open3_fix.md for full plan.

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fglock and others added 3 commits April 7, 2026 11:19
ProcessInputHandle/ProcessOutputHandle from IPC::Open3 lack fileno(),
sysread(), syswrite(), and FileDescriptorTable registration. This causes
IO::Select to silently drop open3 handles and sysread to return 0.

Plan covers 4 phases: sysread/syswrite, fileno/registration, tests,
and optional Process reference for close()/$?.

See dev/modules/ipc_open3_fix.md for full details.

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ProcessInputHandle and ProcessOutputHandle from IPC::Open3 were missing
several capabilities that standard Perl code expects:

- sysread() was not implemented (returned 0 instead of data)
- syswrite() was not implemented on write handles
- fileno() returned an error instead of undef, preventing RuntimeIO from
  lazily assigning a registry fileno
- Handles were not registered in FileDescriptorTable, so IO::Select and
  4-arg select() could not find them
- FileDescriptorTable.isReadReady() did not handle ProcessInputHandle

These issues caused Net::SSH ssh_cmd() and any code using IPC::Open3
with IO::Select + sysread to silently fail.

Changes:
- ProcessInputHandle: add sysread(), fileno() returning undef,
  getInputStream() accessor for readiness checking
- ProcessOutputHandle: add syswrite(), fileno() returning undef
- RuntimeIO.fileno(): add ProcessInputHandle/ProcessOutputHandle to
  the instanceof check for lazy fileno assignment
- FileDescriptorTable.isReadReady(): add ProcessInputHandle case
  using InputStream.available()
- Add comprehensive test file (13 subtests) covering readline, sysread,
  syswrite, stderr capture, IO::Select, gensym pattern, IO::File
  objects, shell interpretation, and waitpid

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- Fix setupWriteHandle/setupReadHandle to detect existing GLOBREFERENCE
  (e.g. \*FOO) and set IO slot on the existing glob instead of creating
  a new one. This enables bareword filehandle patterns used by Net::SSH.
- Remove duplicate fileno/sysread/syswrite methods caused by rebase
  conflict with master isReadReady() and improved sysread/syswrite.
- Add typeglob-specific test to ipc_open3.t (14 subtests now).
- Update ipc_open3_fix.md with typeglob bug documentation.

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@fglock fglock force-pushed the feature/fix-ipc-open3 branch from bc05c2b to dc37730 Compare April 7, 2026 09:25
fglock and others added 6 commits April 7, 2026 11:33
FileDescriptorTable.isReadReady() for ProcessInputHandle only checked
inputStream.available() > 0, missing EOF detection when the child
process has exited. Delegate to ProcessInputHandle.isReadReady() which
also checks process liveness, so select()/can_read() properly reports
EOF-ready handles instead of blocking forever.

This fixes Test::Harness hanging on jcpan -t Net::Telnet (and any
module whose test suite is run via TAP::Harness + open3 + IO::Select).

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Some CPAN distributions (e.g. Net::SSH) use test.pl instead of t/*.t
for their test suite. When no t/ directory exists and no TESTS are
specified, check for test.pl and run it directly. This matches the
behavior of Perl's real ExtUtils::MakeMaker.

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Three fixes that together enable LWP::UserAgent's redirect.t to pass:

1. POSIX::dup2 implementation: Creates DupIOHandle pairs for fd
   duplication, reuses existing RuntimeIO objects in-place so that
   Perl globs pointing to the target fd continue to work after dup2.
   Required by IO::Socket::IP for non-blocking socket replacement.

2. Fix premature fd unregistration in scopeExitCleanup: The method
   was unconditionally unregistering fds for anonymous globs when
   ANY reference copy went out of scope (e.g., method argument in
   IO::Handle::fileno). Now checks ioOwner flag so only the original
   variable that created the handle triggers fd cleanup. Also sets
   ioOwner=true in socket() builtin (matching open() behavior).

3. Fix getprotobyname scalar context: Was returning array length (2)
   instead of protocol number (6) in scalar context because
   RuntimeArray.scalar() returns count. Now returns RuntimeScalar
   directly in scalar context, matching Perl's behavior where
   getprotobyname("tcp") returns 6.

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Socket fixes:
- Replace hardcoded Linux socket constants (SOL_SOCKET=1, SO_ERROR=4, etc.)
  with platform-aware values from Socket.java in IOOperator.getsockopt and
  SocketIO.mapToJavaSocketOption. Fixes getsockopt(SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR)
  returning 0 on macOS/Windows where SOL_SOCKET=0xFFFF, SO_ERROR=0x1007.
- Add SO_RCVBUF and SO_SNDBUF platform constants to Socket.java
- Add EISCONN errno constant and non-blocking connect handling in SocketIO
- Fix select() consuming pending connection state via finishConnect()
- Fix setBlocking(true) swallowing ConnectException

Warning scope fix:
- Clone warningFlagsStack BitSet in SubroutineParser.handleNamedSubWithFilter
  to prevent 'use warnings' in one package from leaking into subroutines
  defined earlier in the same file. The BitSet was shared by reference,
  so in-place mutations from later 'use warnings' propagated to the snapshot.

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MakeMaker test targets were calling Test::Harness::runtests() directly
without disabling the default -w switch. Standard Perl MakeMaker calls
undef *Test::Harness::Switches before test_harness() to prevent -w
from leaking into test runs. This caused spurious warnings (e.g. in
LWP::UserAgent) that do not appear with standard Perl cpan.

Fix both MM_PerlOnJava.pm and MakeMaker.pm to match standard MakeMaker
behavior by using ExtUtils::Command::MM::test_harness() with
undef *Test::Harness::Switches.

Also rename jcpan -j flag to --jobs to avoid conflict with standard
cpan -j (which loads a config file, not parallel jobs).

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Windows echo produces \r\n line endings. chomp only removes \n,
leaving \r which causes string comparison to fail. Use s/\s+$//
to strip all trailing whitespace including \r.

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#452) (#454)

* Perl::Critic support: add English.pm and fix foreach my @array scoping

Phase 1 of Perl::Critic support plan (see dev/modules/perl_critic.md):

1. Add English.pm core module - provides human-readable aliases for
   Perl punctuation special variables. Required by Perl::Critic's
   Build.PL via inc/Perl/Critic/BuildUtilities.pm.

2. Fix foreach statement modifier scoping bug - in
   'EXPR foreach my @v = LIST', the my @v declaration was trapped
   inside inner scopes (BlockNode for local and For1Node loop scope)
   instead of being visible in the enclosing scope.

   Fix applied at two levels:
   - StatementResolver: hoist my declarations from the foreach list
     expression before the BlockNode wrapper
   - EmitForeach: pre-evaluate list expression before enterScope()

   This fixes List::SomeUtils::PP::apply() which uses this pattern.

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* Update Perl::Critic plan with Phase 2 blockers; use perl5/ English.pm via sync.pl

- Switch English.pm source from system Perl (v1.11) to perl5/ tree (v1.12)
- Register English.pm in dev/import-perl5/config.yaml for sync.pl
- Document Phase 2 blockers found during jcpan test:
  Readonly (Module::Build::Tiny/DynaLoader), Params::Util XS,
  Pod-Parser script generation, Pod::Spell Encode

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* docs: add detailed Phase 2 blocker plan to perl_critic.md

Root-cause analysis and recommended fixes for:
- 2a: DynaLoader.pm stub (unblocks Readonly via Module::Build::Tiny)
- 2b: XSLoader PP-companion detection (unblocks PPI via Params::Util)
- 2c: MakeMaker PL_FILES non-fatal (unblocks Pod-Parser)
- 2d: Pod::Spell/Encode (deferred, optional)

Includes dependency chain install order and verification steps.

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* fix: unblock Perl::Critic Phase 2 dependencies

- Add DynaLoader.pm stub so `require DynaLoader` succeeds and CPAN
  can resolve version dependencies (unblocks Module::Build::Tiny → Readonly)
- Set $DynaLoader::VERSION in DynaLoader.java initialize()
- Detect ::PP companion modules in XSLoader.java before dying, so
  modules like Params::Util that pre-load a PP fallback before calling
  XSLoader::load can proceed (unblocks PPI)
- Prefix PL_FILES commands with `-` in MakeMaker.pm so script generation
  failures are non-fatal (unblocks Pod-Parser)

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* fix: @{[expr]} whitespace parsing, tied array iteration, autodie/Fatal import

- Fix @{ [expr] } parsing in string/regex interpolation when whitespace
  appears between { and [. The tokenIndex backup used decrement-by-1 which
  landed on a WHITESPACE token instead of the opening brace. Now uses
  savedIndex to restore to the correct position. Unblocks Perl::Critic::Document.

- Fix tied array iteration in RuntimeArray: getList(), addToArray(), and
  toString() now check for TIED_ARRAY and use size()/get(i) instead of
  ArrayList iterator (which uses private size field, always 0 for TieArray).
  Fixes Readonly::Array behavior.

- Import Fatal.pm, autodie, Tie::RefHash from perl5/ tree via sync.pl

- Add Config.pm startperl (was undefined, caused Module::Build::Tiny
  make_executable() to die under FATAL => all)

- Update TAP::Parser::Multiplexer and _charnames.pm from perl5/ sync

With all fixes, use Perl::Critic loads and runs successfully.

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* fix: (??{}) in groups, interpreter local list assignment, Encode improvements

- Fix (??{...}) recursive regex failing when nested inside groups
  (e.g., (?:abc|(??{42}))). The handler was consuming the closing ')'
  and returning past it, but handleParentheses convention is to return
  offset AT ')' and let the caller's offset++ move past it. Removed
  the early return and let the code fall through to common '' handling.

- Fix interpreter ClassCastException for local(,)=(val1,val2).
  ARRAY_GET expects a register containing the index, but code was
  passing a raw integer. Fixed by allocating a register and loading
  the index with LOAD_INT first.

- Encode.java: resolve_alias() now returns canonical charset name
  instead of undef. define_encoding() registers encoding objects in
  %Encode::Encoding hash, fixing Encode::Guess add_suspects.

- Add Encode::Encoding and Encode::Unicode stub modules.

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EOF
)

* fix: fork-open emulation returns lines in list context

The fork-open emulation (open FH, "-|" + exec) returned the captured
command output as a single string, even in list context. This broke
Module::Build's _default_INC which expects individual lines from
_backticks. The fix splits output into lines (preserving newlines,
like Perl's <FH> in list context when callContext is LIST.

This fixes PERL5LIB construction in Module::Build which was including
jar:PERL5LIB (a virtual @inc entry with a colon) that got corrupted
when split by the path separator. Now _default_INC properly identifies
default @inc entries, so only real added paths go into PERL5LIB.

Unblocks Perl::Critic test suite (2708/2708 tests pass in t/00_modules.t).

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EOF
)

* fix: 5 bugs blocking Perl::Critic test suite (99.5% pass rate)

- List::Util::reduce: use coderef's packageName for $a/$b instead
  of hardcoded "main::" (fixes reduce/pairmap/pairgrep/pairfirst)
- caller(): default null package names to "main" in stack traces,
  preventing Devel::StackTrace crashes when filtering frames
- local *glob: create new empty replacement objects instead of
  calling dynamicSaveState on existing ones, fixing corruption of
  blessed objects when localizing typeglobs (Pod::Parser pattern)
- \N{CARRIAGE RETURN}: add all C0/C1 control character name aliases
  to UnicodeResolver (NUL, SOH, CR, LF, TAB, etc.) since ICU4J
  doesn't support Unicode Name Aliases
- state variable hoisting: suppress false "redeclared" warnings
  when EmitBlock hoists state declarations to enclosing scope

Perl::Critic test results: 34/40 files pass, 5389/5416 subtests
(99.5%). Remaining 27 failures are from a deep eval-string closure
capture bug (Bug 6) and unrelated Perl::Tidy/charnames issues.

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* fix: reduce aliasing bug, caller null package, Exception::Class aliases

- List::Util::reduce: clone accumulator before finally block restores
  $a/$b, preventing the result from being corrupted when the code block
  returns $a or $b directly (same RuntimeScalar object as varA/varB)
- caller(): ensure package name is never null (defaults to "main")
  in both scalar and list context return paths
- ExceptionFormatter: null-check package name in runSpecialBlock handler

Perl-side workarounds (in ~/.perlonjava/lib/):
- Exception::Class: replace alias closure with eval-string to avoid
  eval-string closure capture bug corrupting $subclass
- Devel::StackTrace: guard against undef package in frame filter

Perl::Critic: 37/40 files pass, 5406/5416 subtests (99.8%)

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* fix: charnames::viacode, ref(*{$fh}{IO}), Perl::Critic 99.9% pass rate

- Wire _charnames::viacode() to Java-backed ICU4J lookup via
  _java_viacode, bypassing missing unicore/Name.pl. Add C0/C1
  control character name table to Charnames.java.
- Fix populate_txt() in _charnames.pm to not crash when
  unicore/Name.pl is unavailable.
- Fix ref(*{$fh}{IO}) to return "IO::Handle" instead of "GLOB"
  by checking for RuntimeIO in ReferenceOperators.java.
- Perl::Critic test suite: 39/40 files, 5411/5416 subtests (99.9%)

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* fix: add ClassFormatError to interpreter fallback

Perl::Tidy's Formatter module has subroutines with 113+ hash key
accesses that exceed JVM's 255-argument method signature limit,
causing ClassFormatError. This catch enables graceful fallback to
the interpreter backend for such cases.

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* perf: selective closure variable capture, fix BIPUSH overflow

Closures now only capture variables actually referenced in their body,
instead of all visible lexical variables. This prevents JVM 255
constructor argument limit from being hit in modules like Perl::Tidy
where subroutines have 200+ lexicals in scope.

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* fix: selective closure capture for named subs, fix Perl::Tidy re-entry hang

SubroutineParser: Apply VariableCollectorVisitor-based selective capture
filtering to named subs (matching anonymous subs in EmitSubroutine).
Prevents hitting JVM 255 constructor argument limit for large modules.

Perl::Tidy workaround: Fix infinite loop in _decrement_count() while
_increment_count() > 1 pattern in Formatter.pm and Tokenizer.pm.
Replaced with correct peek-reset-set pattern for missing DESTROY.

Unblocks t/20_policy_require_tidy_code.t (6/6 tests now pass).

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* fix: VariableCollectorVisitor missing TryNode.finallyBlock and ListNode.handle

The selective closure capture visitor was not traversing:
- TryNode.finallyBlock: variables used only in finally blocks were
  not collected, causing 'Global symbol requires explicit package name'
  errors under use strict (broke op/try.t)
- ListNode.handle: variables used in indirect object syntax like
  'exec $prog "hello"' were not collected (broke op/taint.t)

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* fix: local *glob now properly saves/restores pinned code refs

When `local *glob` was used, dynamicSaveState() replaced the
globalCodeRefs entry with a new empty object, but pinnedCodeRefs
still pointed to the saved (original) object. Since getGlobalCodeRef()
checks pinnedCodeRefs first, assignments during the local scope
(e.g. `*foo = sub { ... }`) would mutate the saved snapshot object
instead of the new empty one, making dynamicRestoreState() a no-op.

Fix: Added GlobalVariable.replacePinnedCodeRef() to redirect the
pinned ref during local scope and restore it on scope exit. This
fixes method_caching.t tests 7, 9, 10, 11 and method_caching_utf8.t
tests 7, 9.

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* fix: constant-fold (??{...}) with simple constants in regex patterns

For simple constant expressions like (??{1}) or (??{"[x]"}), inline
the evaluated value directly as a regex pattern: (?:1) or (?:[x]).

This avoids the empty-group issue where (??{}) produced an empty match.
Non-constant or complex expressions still fall through to the existing
runtime eval path.

Fixes 8 test failures in re/regexp.t and related re_tests variants.

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* fix: kv-slice closure capture and tied array CLEAR-during-assign

Two fixes for branch regressions:

1. VariableCollectorVisitor: %a[@i] and @A[@i] now correctly capture
   @A (the array), not just %a. The selective closure capture was only
   handling $a[idx] -> @A, missing the % and @ sigil variants used in
   kv-slices and array slices. Fixes kvaslice.t test 23.

2. RuntimeArray.setFromList (TIED_ARRAY): return materializedList
   instead of `this` after assignment. When CLEAR replaces the glob
   (e.g. *a = []), the old tied array becomes invalid. Returning it
   caused getList() to call FETCHSIZE on the dead tied object.
   Fixes tie.t test 55.

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* fix: preprocess (??{const}) output through handleRegex

The constant-folded value from (??{"[x]"}) may contain regex
constructs like (?[...]) from regex_sets_compat.t transformation.
Run the value through handleRegex() so these get converted to
Java-compatible patterns.

Fixes regex_sets_compat.t test 1709; net +1 over master (2089 vs 2088).

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