Here is a bit of code with an error $var has not been defined #! /usr/bin/perl
use strict ; use warnings ; $var = 42 ; Run the above code with the debugger: perl -d test.pl Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.3 Editor support available. Enter h or `h h' for help, or `man perldebug' for more help. BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl/5.10/Carp/Heavy.pm line 5. Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl/5.10/Carp.pm line 33. Debugged program terminated. Use q to quit or R to restart, use o inhibit_exit to avoid stopping after program termination, h q, h R or h o to get additional info. Running perl test.pl (without the debugger) gives Global symbol "$var" requires explicit package name at /dev/shm/test.pl line 6. Execution of /dev/shm/test.pl aborted due to compilation errors. The following code produces the correct error with the debugger. #! /usr/bin/perl use strict ; use warnings ; use Carp::Heavy ; $var = 42 ; Why can't the debugger get it right? Peter _______________________________________________ Perl mailing list [email protected] http://mail.perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl
