On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Autarch wrote:
> I encountered a problem using Apache::StatINC with modules that have the
> directive:
>
> use base qw( SomeClass );
>
>
> The error I got was the following:
>
>
> [Mon Dec 6 07:35:47 1999] [error] Inherited %FIELDS can't override existing %FIELDS
>at /usr/lib/perl5/5.0050 3/base.pm line 73
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005/HKMDB/Job.pm
>line 10.
>
>
> After messing a bit with Apache::StatINC I found that the solution was to
> 'use' the module again rather than requiring it.
>
> I have a patch attached to do this. I'm not sure if this is really the
> right solution though.
> ! require $key;
...
> ! eval "use $key;";
use() doesn't help, you just hid the problem with eval ""
I suppose it wouldn't be such a bad idea to change:
eval { require $key };
warn $@ if $@;
