Re: Loading a module at runtime...

I would assume that the error actually comes from your second eval. It is actually the same as:

    eval $module::run . "()";
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interpolating the $run variable from the module:: package. You should write this as

    eval "${module}::run()";
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SOLVED: Re: Loading a module at runtime... by Anonymous Monk on Apr 08, 2003 at 07:22 UTC
I've figured it out, though the solution doesn't make sense according to my understanding. Here is what now works: eval "require $module; import $module"; eval "$module->run()"; What's odd is that the class::method() syntax is usually used for class method invocation, whereas $object_ref->method() is used after you've already instantiated the class/module. In my case above, I haven't instantiated $module at all. If $module is Foo::Bar, then, after interpolation, it looks like Foo::Bar->run() Oh, well. It's odd (to me, at least), but it works. Michael	[reply]
Re: Re: Loading a module at runtime... by bart (Canon) on Apr 08, 2003 at 08:31 UTC
Or, same thing: `eval "$module\::run()";` [download]	[reply] [d/l]