Re: Re: Re: syntax error with constant

But why does it happen with multi-character constant names?

DB<1> use constant foo => 1
DB<2> print 1-foo
Ambiguous use of -foo resolved as -&foo() at (eval 15)[/usr/lib/perl5/
+5.8.0/perl5db.pl:17] line 2.
        eval '($@, $!, $^E, $,, $/, $\\, $^W) = @saved;package main; $
+^D = $^D | $DB::db_stop;
print 1-foo;
 
;' called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/perl5db.pl line 17
        DB::eval called at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/perl5db.pl line 1323
        DB::DB called at -e line 1
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Same thing happens with FOO.

I don't encounter this problem, because I put spaces between terms and operators. Insert invisible 'nyah nyah' here

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Re: Re: Re: Re: syntax error with constant by liz (Monsignor) on Aug 04, 2003 at 07:30 UTC
I think the issue that is resolved has to do with my original assessment: What I think happens is that the parser gets confused with trying to handle the: `-key => value` [download] notation. The warning does not occur when you have "-foo()" because the parentheses indicated a subroutine call. However, without it, "-foo" could still be a key specification. So the parser must take that into account after parsing -foo. Then it hits the ";" and it can resolve the issue. Although in this case strictly speaking, I don't see an ambiguity. So the warning seems superfluous to me. I guess a p5per with more perl internals knowledge should speak up ;-) Liz	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: Re: syntax error with constant by sgifford (Prior) on Aug 04, 2003 at 06:56 UTC
Huh, that's interesting. I get the same thing if I use `quux` as a constant, even though `-q` isn't a filetest operator. And this contradicts the documentation given by `perldoc -f -X`: Note that "-s/a/b/" does not do a negated substitution. Saying "-exp($foo)" still works as expected, however--only single letters following a minus are interpreted as file tests.	[reply] [d/l] [select]