OO Perl modules on 5.005

ebodine has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am writing a small module for my work & trying out OO Perl at the same time. I think I have everything correct but when I run a script accessing it I get the following:

Can't locate object method "new" via package "Config" at /acies/home/ebodine/test2.pl line 20.

Here are the relevant lines in the script:

use Config;
my $file = "/somedir/somefile";
my $file_obj = Config->new($file);
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Here is the module:

package Config;
use strict;

$VERSION = 0.1;
$DEBUG   = 1;    # 1 Prints out debug information.

sub new 
{
    my ($class) = @_;
    bless {
        _file => $_[1],
    }, $class;
}
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I don't see what I am doing wrong...any monks see what I am missing?? Any help/suggestions would be much appreciated.

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Re: OO Perl modules on 5.005_3 by mojotoad (Monsignor) on Jul 23, 2002 at 18:10 UTC
`Config.pm` is a package distributed with Perl. As such, this module is the first one found when you `use Config;`. To fix that, either rename your module (in both the `package` line as well as your `use` statement) or place your module's directory first in @INC (inside a BEGIN statement). I recommend renaming your module -- it avoids confusion. Other modules rely on `Config.pm` and if they find yours loaded instead, it is likely to break things. Matt	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: OO Perl modules on 5.005_3 by ebodine (Novice) on Jul 23, 2002 at 18:30 UTC
I knew it had to be something that simple, many thanks --ERick	[reply]
Re: OO Perl modules on 5.005_3 by dpuu (Chaplain) on Jul 23, 2002 at 18:13 UTC
There is a module named Config that is installed as part of Perl. Your "`use Config`" may be getting this, instead of your own. (you can check this by printing `$INC{"Config.pm"}`). Try renaming your module. --Dave.	[reply] [d/l] [select]