maybe other things) also take this path, because they set up
PL_main_start and PL_main_root directly, without generating an
optree.
+
+ If the parsing the main program aborts (due to parse errors,
+ or due to BEGIN or similar calling exit), then newPROG()
+ isn't even called, and hence this code path and its cleanups
+ are skipped. This shouldn't make a make a difference:
+ * a non-zero return from perl_parse is a failure, and
+ perl_destruct() should be called immediately.
+ * however, if exit(0) is called during the parse, then
+ perl_parse() returns 0, and perl_run() is called. As
+ PL_main_start will be NULL, perl_run() will return
+ promptly, and the exit code will remain 0.
*/
PL_comppad_name = 0;