[Bug 183553] New: perlbug #38657: Using import() with arguments with -d: broke in 5.8.8, was okay in 5.8.7

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           Summary: perlbug #38657: Using import() with arguments with -d:
                    broke in 5.8.8, was okay in 5.8.7
           Product: Fedora Core
           Version: devel
          Platform: All
               URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/index.html?q=38657
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: normal
         Component: perl
        AssignedTo: jvdias@xxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: jvdias@xxxxxxxxxx
         QAContact: dkl@xxxxxxxxxx
                CC: fedora-perl-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx


Description of problem:

Copied from perlbug #38657: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/index.html?q=38657 :

Using import() with arguments with -d: broke in 5.8.8, was okay in 5.8.7.

$ mkdir -p lib/Devel
$ echo 'package Devel::Foo; sub import { print "import(@_)" } sub
\ DB::DB { } 1' > lib/Devel/Foo.pm
$ /tmp/jhi/p587/bin/perl -wIlib -d:Foo -le 1
import(Devel::Foo)
$ /tmp/jhi/p588/bin/perl -wIlib -d:Foo -le 1
import(Devel::Foo)
$ /tmp/jhi/p587/bin/perl -wIlib -d:Foo=bar -le 1
import(Devel::Foo bar)
$ /tmp/jhi/p588/bin/perl -wIlib -d:Foo=bar -le 1
Can't find string terminator ";" anywhere before EOF.
$ 


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
perl-5.8.8

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
See above

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