Re: can't find my module?

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Re: Re: can't find my module? by arootbeer (Novice) on Nov 20, 2003 at 03:59 UTC
I read through all of perlmod, and am familiar with the conventions. However, since this is a completely private module, I wanted to be able to use existing values to access the modules directly (although I've since implemented a hash using the values). I stated before, that I've tried several different names for each of several .pm files (base was probably a bad example :) Because I'm using the hash, I can really name them anything I want to now. However, this opens up a new question: Shouldn't my program have been able to require base if base is a preexisting module? (My feeling is that, because it's a core module, it can't be directly used or required.) 45 minutes later:I was able to find a different module (haven't played with the "base" one again), but I had to name it something different than what I had intended. (I had intended Nfs.pm, but that was never found, so I used "Nfs_module.pm", and it found that just fine). So I guess my question now becomes, why can't I use an arbitrary name for a perl module?	[reply]
Re: can't find my module? by Abigail-II (Bishop) on Nov 20, 2003 at 12:12 UTC
Yes, you should be able to use: `require base;` [download] But that's not what the original code does. It does the equivalent of: `require "base";` [download] which is different. The former goes out looking for a file called `'base.pm'`, while the latter goes out looking for a file called `'base'`. `$ perl -wle 'require "base"' Can't locate base in @INC (@INC contains: /home/abigail/Perl /opt/ +perl/lib/5.8.2/i686-linux-64int-ld /opt/perl/lib/5.8.2 /opt/perl/lib/ +site_perl/5.8.2/i686-linux-64int-ld /opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.2 /op +t/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.1/i686-linux-64int-ld /opt/perl/lib/site_per +l/5.8.1 /opt/perl/lib/site_perl/5.8.0 /opt/perl/lib/site_perl .) at - +e line 1. $ perl -wle 'require "base.pm"' $` [download] This is documented in `perldoc -f require`. Abigail	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: can't find my module? by adrianh (Chancellor) on Nov 20, 2003 at 11:51 UTC
Shouldn't my program have been able to require base if base is a preexisting module? Yes it should. If doing `require base` gets you an error there is something wrong with your Perl installation since it has been core since Perl v5.005. What error did you get? was able to find a different module (haven't played with the "base" one again), but I had to name it something different than what I had intended. (I had intended Nfs.pm, but that was never found, so I used "Nfs_module.pm", and it found that just fine). So I guess my question now becomes, why can't I use an arbitrary name for a perl module? Nfs.pm is a valid module name and should work perfectly - what error did you get?	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re^3: can't find my module? by arootbeer (Novice) on Nov 22, 2003 at 00:57 UTC
Well, I've de-modularized my code for the momen, but I was able to recreate the problem by adding `require "base";` back at the top. The error message is as follows: Can't locate base in @INC (@INC contains: ./focus /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.0/aix-t hread-multi /usr/opt/perl5/lib/5.8.0 /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.0/aix-thre ad-multi /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/opt/perl5/lib/site_perl .) at s l_observe.pl line 8. (Although, as per the second comment, using `require base` works just fine.) The error message was the same for Nfs.pm; however, Nfs_module.pm was found. I was having more problems (specifically getting the variables I'm using exported correctly) so, for the sake of getting the code to production level, it's currently de-modularized.	[reply] [d/l] [select]