Hmmm... which version of Perl are you using? I don't need a sub null {} inside Bar to get it to run as expected.

Slaven Rezic pointed out (on p5p) the use of base.pm as an alternative. I assumed it would always require an external file: apparently it doesn't do that (anymore, anyway, I seem to remember that at one point it did. But I am probably wrong about that).

What I don't like about base.pm is the extra stuff about fields. Have you ever looked under the hood of base.pm? Yuck!

Liz

Update:
Argh. The reason I didn't get any errors about the empty Bar package, was that I actually had a Bar.pm as an external file hanging around from some previous testing. So yes, you need something in there, not necessarily a sub null {} though, a $VERSION = '0.01' also does the trick. Thanks to Mr. Person for his perseverance proving me wrong in this matter.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Foo is not a Bar, why? by liz
in thread Foo is not a Bar, why? by liz

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.