Re: Embedded Syntax Checker?

Perhaps you can use perl -c. Just from the manpage

      -c   causes Perl to check the syntax of the program and
            then exit without executing it.  Actually, it will
            execute "BEGIN", "CHECK", and "use" blocks, because
            these are considered as occurring outside the execu-
            tion of your program.  "INIT" and "END" blocks, how-
            ever, will be skipped.
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Boris

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Re: Re: Embedded Syntax Checker? by Anonymous Monk on Apr 21, 2004 at 16:08 UTC
Thanks - I was trying to avoid shelling out. perl -c is exactly what I want, but I want to use it as a function, ala: `perlminusc($str); # syntax check _only_ of $str` [download] Thanks! -- Andy	[reply] [d/l]