Re: [Perl-unix-users] Method name is keyword

[Antoine HUE]

$Bill Luebkert wrote:
Antoine HUE wrote:
 

Hello,
is it possible to tell PERL to avoid interpreting method names as a key 
word?
Example:
$ref->scalar()
PERL will see scalar as a key word and is thus not able to compile.
   

Don't follow - can you put that in context with a small complete test case
and indicate what error you are getting.
 

Actually, I am using XML::Generator to produce some XML. This module is 
using the AUTOLOAD to create any kind of XML element using the syntax:
$gen  = XML::Generator->new();
$gen->element_name('element content');

In this example, $gen is the XML generator instance and element_name is 
the name of the element to create. Due to PERL parsing, I cannot create 
an XML element whose name is also a PERL key word.

I actually found a workaround in the meanwhile:
$scalar = 'scalar';
$gen->$scalar(3.14);
Still it is a workaround.
Antoine
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