Re: Requires explicit package name

"Requires explicit package name" is the error message you get under strict when you have failed to declare a variable. I shared your confusion the first time I saw this message. The remedy is not to supply a package name, but to declare the variable with my.

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Re^2: Requires explicit package name by ikegami (Patriarch) on Nov 28, 2008 at 06:59 UTC
The error is indeed misleading. `use diagnostics;` gives better info, fortunately.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Requires explicit package name by sgt (Deacon) on Nov 28, 2008 at 22:18 UTC
so maybe the warning should be changed and spelled `var foobar needs explicit my or possibly (in rare cases) an our (or use vars) declaration or explicit pkg qualification like $pkg::foobar` cheers --stephan	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Requires explicit package name by Anonymous Monk on Nov 28, 2008 at 18:59 UTC
Supplying a package name is a valid way to remedy this problem. `use strict; $::some_var = "some value"; print $::some_var;` [download] Works fine.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Requires explicit package name by Narveson (Chaplain) on Nov 28, 2008 at 21:27 UTC
So does `no strict; $some_var = "some value"; print $some_var;` [download] Would we sincerely recommend either method of silencing the error messages in the original post?	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Requires explicit package name by Anonymous Monk on Nov 29, 2008 at 12:54 UTC
No, I wouldn't :) I was merely trying to point out that the problem could be fixed by following the suggestion made in the error message, not that it necessarily was the best option ;)	[reply]


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