Summary
PerlOnJava does not fully discard a shebang/comment line when it contains a second # comment marker. Both backends execute text from the trailing Perl::Critic annotation as Perl code/output and consequently mishandle the script arguments that follow.
Reproduction
CGI-Compress-Gzip 1.03 contains t/testhelp, whose first line is:
#!perl -w ## no critic (RequireVersionVar)
Run the helper with its normal test arguments:
jperl -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib t/testhelp -DHTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING=gzip simple 'Hello World!'
Expected, as on standard Perl: a gzip response for Hello World!.
Actual on both the JVM and interpreter backends: the response is uncompressed, reports that the user agent does not accept gzip, and its body begins with:
nocritic(RequireVersionVar)-DHTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING=gzipsimpleHello World!
The trailing comment contents and command-line arguments must not become program output. Perl should discard the complete shebang/comment line before compiling the script.
CPAN evidence
In CPAN random run 20260925-103132-20451, CGI-Compress-Gzip 1.03 failed 21 of 44 subtests in t/gzip.t on the JVM backend. The subprocess-response cases are directly caused by this parser defect. The same source passes all 44 tests under the standard-Perl oracle.
The focused helper reproduction also fails on the interpreter backend, so this is shared parser behavior rather than a JVM-only emission issue.
Acceptance criteria
- A script beginning with
#!perl -w ## no critic (RequireVersionVar) does not emit any part of that line.
- Its
@ARGV remains -DHTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING=gzip, simple, and Hello World! when launched with those arguments.
- The focused reproducer passes on standard Perl, PerlOnJava JVM, and PerlOnJava interpreter backends.
- CGI-Compress-Gzip's subprocess-response tests no longer contain the annotation or argument text in their bodies.
Summary
PerlOnJava does not fully discard a shebang/comment line when it contains a second
#comment marker. Both backends execute text from the trailing Perl::Critic annotation as Perl code/output and consequently mishandle the script arguments that follow.Reproduction
CGI-Compress-Gzip 1.03 contains
t/testhelp, whose first line is:#!perl -w ## no critic (RequireVersionVar)Run the helper with its normal test arguments:
jperl -Iblib/arch -Iblib/lib t/testhelp -DHTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING=gzip simple 'Hello World!'Expected, as on standard Perl: a gzip response for
Hello World!.Actual on both the JVM and interpreter backends: the response is uncompressed, reports that the user agent does not accept gzip, and its body begins with:
The trailing comment contents and command-line arguments must not become program output. Perl should discard the complete shebang/comment line before compiling the script.
CPAN evidence
In CPAN random run
20260925-103132-20451, CGI-Compress-Gzip 1.03 failed 21 of 44 subtests int/gzip.ton the JVM backend. The subprocess-response cases are directly caused by this parser defect. The same source passes all 44 tests under the standard-Perl oracle.The focused helper reproduction also fails on the interpreter backend, so this is shared parser behavior rather than a JVM-only emission issue.
Acceptance criteria
#!perl -w ## no critic (RequireVersionVar)does not emit any part of that line.@ARGVremains-DHTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING=gzip,simple, andHello World!when launched with those arguments.