Re: Scalar in Method Call

I suspect it's complaining about your use of a variable within the module identifier (Foo::$type). The code there is ambiguous/bad. You probably want something like this (works in 5.6, not sure about earlier):

my $temp_obj = "Foo::$type"->new();

# or, a more verbose version:

no strict 'refs';    # because this isn't very strict
my $temp_obj = &{"Foo::${type}::new"}("Foo::$type");
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Re: Re: Scalar in Method Call by Dominus (Parson) on Dec 22, 2000 at 21:57 UTC
Says fastolfe: `no strict 'refs'; # because this isn't very strict my $temp_obj = "Foo::$type"->new();` [download] The `no strict 'refs'` is unnecessary here, since you aren't dealing with references of any sort. The code will run just fine under `strict refs`.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: Re: Scalar in Method Call by Fastolfe (Vicar) on Dec 22, 2000 at 22:13 UTC
You're right; it was the latter method that would have generated the error. I switched the order of the code around and neglected to move the 'no strict' with it.	[reply]
Re: Re: Scalar in Method Call by ichimunki (Priest) on Dec 22, 2000 at 09:41 UTC
Quoting the construct alleviated the error, on to the other bugs. Thanks!	[reply]