Re: How to split long "use Foo::Bar" lines?

It is fairly common to see this presented as:

###<--- max column width --->###
use Foo::Bar::Baz::Really::\
    Long::Module::Name;
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There is also usually a note saying that lines ending in \ should be unsplit. This is consistent with bash notation so some people wll be familiar with it.

--tidiness is the memory loss of environmental mnemonics

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Re: Re: How to split long "use Foo::Bar" lines? by Anonymous Monk on May 24, 2004 at 16:41 UTC
As a a I tried: `#!/usr/bin/perl -w use Data::\ Dumper; print (@ARGV);` [download] But when I run that I get this: `Can't locate Data/.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.2/cyg +win-thread-multi-64int /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.2 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/ +5.8.2/cygwin-thread-multi-64int /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2 /usr/l +ib/perl5/site_perl .) at ./test.pl line 4. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./test.pl line 4.` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: Re: How to split long "use Foo::Bar" lines? by EvdB (Deacon) on May 24, 2004 at 17:03 UTC
It is not supposed to work in perl -> it is just a markup for the code that the user reads. It is the same as doing something like this: `# Fill in user details. $user->set('name', 'joe'); $user->set('tel', '01234567'); ... $user->set('email', 'joe@test.com');` [download] The '...' will not compile - it is just there to represent more stuff. The '\' at the end of a line means 'don't wrap here'. --`tidiness is the memory loss of environmental mnemonics`	[reply] [d/l] [select]