Re: Error in coverage module

(Might be a runaway multi-line // string starting on line 808)

Yes, reading the error message can be helpful. I cannot duplicate the "runaway" suggestion from the command line, but the problem with

c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le
"my $file = '/Devel';
 print 'hi' if 'xhix' =~ /hi;
 print 'ho';
 print 'he' if $file =~ q|/Devel|;
"
Bareword found where operator expected at -e line 1, near "Devel"
        (Missing operator before Devel?)
syntax error at -e line 1, near "Devel"
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
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is clearly due to a runaway // in a previous statement.

BTW: Use of a string with a =~ binding operator is kosher

c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le
"my $file = 'foo/Devel/bar';
 print 'match' if $file =~ q|/Devel/|;
"
match
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if the quoted string is properly delimited!

Give a man a fish: <%-{-{-{-<

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Re^2: Error in coverage module by 1nickt (Canon) on Oct 15, 2019 at 22:57 UTC
Hm, thanks, did not know about `$foo =~ q/oo/` ... but why would you use `q` instead of `m`? The way forward always starts with a minimal test.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Error in coverage module by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Oct 16, 2019 at 00:02 UTC
In something like `print 'match' if $file =~ q\|/Devel/\|;` I'd be inclined to use `qr\|/Devel/\|` or better yet `qr{ /Devel/ }xms` (for various arcane reasons), or `m//`. But it may sometimes be useful to match directly against a string, either as a literal (but this seems rather quirky to me) or in a variable; as an example of the latter: `my $string = <$filehandle>;` `...` `do_something() if $something_else =~ $string;` (Of course, matching against a string read from an external source may have issues with metacharacter quoting, sanitization, etc.) Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Error in coverage module by LanX (Saint) on Oct 16, 2019 at 12:40 UTC
> I'd be inclined to use qr\|/Devel/\| or m// single quotes have no variable interpolation `DB<47> $s="a" DB<48> p "a" =~ qr($s) 1 DB<49> p "a" =~ '$s' # same as q() DB<50>` [download] Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice}	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Error in coverage module by ovedpo15 (Pilgrim) on Oct 17, 2019 at 09:49 UTC
So what should I change in the code in order to make it work? Why it happens?	[reply]
Re^3: Error in coverage module by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Oct 17, 2019 at 15:03 UTC
I'm not familiar with the module in question and I don't have time ATM to look into the matter, but why not look at or near line 808 for a "runaway multi-line // string" problem like the one illustrated here. A lot of errors seem to be associated with line 808. Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l]