Untangle File::Basename and re - avoid hard-coding the hints value.

diff --git a/ext/re/re.pm b/ext/re/re.pm
index 742a018..d9b854d 100644 (file)
--- a/ext/re/re.pm
+++ b/ext/re/re.pm
@@ -11,20 +11,11 @@ our @EXPORT_OK   = ('regmust',
                        regname regnames regnames_count));
 our %EXPORT_OK = map { $_ => 1 } @EXPORT_OK;
 
-# *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING ***
-#
-# If you modify these values see comment below!
-
 my %bitmask = (
     taint   => 0x00100000, # HINT_RE_TAINT
     eval    => 0x00200000, # HINT_RE_EVAL
 );
 
-# - File::Basename contains a literal for 'taint' as a fallback.  If
-# taint is changed here, File::Basename must be updated as well.
-#
-# *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING *** WARNING ***
-
 sub setcolor {
  eval {                                # Ignore errors
   require Term::Cap;

diff --git a/lib/File/Basename.pm b/lib/File/Basename.pm
index b3fe0ac..d842844 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/File/Basename.pm
+++ b/lib/File/Basename.pm
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ is equivalent to the original path for all systems but VMS.
 
 package File::Basename;
 
-# A bit of juggling to insure that C<use re 'taint';> always works, since
 # File::Basename is used during the Perl build, when the re extension may
-# not be available.
+# not be available, but we only actually need it if running under tainting.
 BEGIN {
-  unless (eval { require re; })
-    { eval ' sub re::import { $^H |= 0x00100000; } ' } # HINT_RE_TAINT
-  import re 'taint';
+  if (${^TAINT}) {
+    require re;
+    re->import('taint');
+  }
 }
 
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ our(@ISA, @EXPORT, $VERSION, $Fileparse_fstype, $Fileparse_igncase);
 require Exporter;
 @ISA = qw(Exporter);
 @EXPORT = qw(fileparse fileparse_set_fstype basename dirname);
-$VERSION = "2.77";
+$VERSION = "2.78";
 
 fileparse_set_fstype($^O);