backout change 22606 (make gv_fullname() include a literal '^')

it breaks select.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@22608

diff --git a/gv.c b/gv.c
index b2ae13c..8a27065 100644 (file)
--- a/gv.c
+++ b/gv.c
@@ -1096,13 +1096,7 @@ Perl_gv_fullname4(pTHX_ SV *sv, GV *gv, const char *prefix, bool keepmain)
        sv_catpv(sv,name);
        sv_catpvn(sv,"::", 2);
     }
-    if (((unsigned int)*GvNAME(gv)) <= 26) { /* handle $^FOO */
-       Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv,"^%c", *GvNAME(gv) + 'A' - 1);
-       sv_catpvn(sv,GvNAME(gv)+1,GvNAMELEN(gv)-1);
-    }
-    else
-       sv_catpvn(sv,GvNAME(gv),GvNAMELEN(gv));
-    
+    sv_catpvn(sv,GvNAME(gv),GvNAMELEN(gv));
 }
 
 void

diff --git a/t/op/gv.t b/t/op/gv.t
index 851f6b1..5b1237a 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/op/gv.t
+++ b/t/op/gv.t
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ BEGIN {
 
 use warnings;
 
-print "1..53\n";
+print "1..52\n";
 
 # type coersion on assignment
 $foo = 'foo';
@@ -242,9 +242,6 @@ print $j[0] == 1 ? "ok 43\n" : "not ok 43\n";
     print $x || "not ok 52\n";
 }
 
-# stringified typeglob should escape leading control char
-print *^A eq "*main::^A" ? "ok 53\n" : "not ok 53\n";
-
 __END__
 ok 44
 ok 48