Hello choroba,

Yes, ok, thanks, I guess that makes sense: the parser can’t know in advance whether a yet-to-be-imported object has a particular method or not. But it’s still a bit strange:

21:54 >perl -c -Mstrict -wE "PRINT OUT 42;"
-e syntax OK

21:55 >perl -c -Mstrict -wE "PRINT 42;"
Number found where operator expected at -e line 1, near "PRINT 42"
        (Do you need to predeclare PRINT?)
syntax error at -e line 1, near "PRINT 42"
-e had compilation errors.

21:55 >perl -c -Mstrict -wE "PRINT;"
Bareword "PRINT" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at -e line 1.
-e had compilation errors.

21:55 >perl -c -Mstrict -wE "PRINT(42);"
-e syntax OK

21:55 >

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Why does PRINT 42; produce a compile error, but PRINT(42) not? There’s no possibility of an indirect object in the latter case, is there?

Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum Iustus alius egestas vitae, eros Piratica,

In reply to Re^4: Can't locate print error by Athanasius
in thread Can't locate print error by AWallBuilder

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