odd problem with object method

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

I've been working with a perl tcp server and hit a brick wall. I made some trivial tweak which broke it, but when I undid the change it stays broken. Exaspirated I deleted everything and reinstalled but strangely get the same error, which didn't happen before on a fresh install. I even tried installing previous version to no avail.

The error:

Can't locate object method "new" via package "User" (perhaps you forgot to load "User"?) at line 173.

Line 173:

my $user = User->new($this);

I have confirmed that the script says "use User;" and that package User contains method "new". I don't understand what could cause the error to persist despite reinstalling fresh code. Appreciate any guidance in solving this problem. Thank you.

v5.6.1 built for i386-linux

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Re: odd problem with object method
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Nov 30, 2003 at 18:59 UTC

User

new

E:\>perl -MUser -e"die User->Home()"
E:\Documents and Settings\theuser at -e line 1.
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update: um, what I mean to say is the User module which is actually getting used does't have a method called new (meaning you're not useing the module you think you are -- examine $INC{'User.pm'})

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