Stacking X's to the end of the package name

mmf has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have gotten what looks like some kind of mod_perl error. I'm not sure why mod_perl may have tacked on all of those X's to the end of the package name. My wild guess is that it has something to do with avoiding namespace collision.

#this sort of what the error looks like


Identifier too long at (eval 425) line 1.
        eval 'package Apache::ROOTXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX::error_2em;use Apache qw(exit);sub handler 


;' called at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/i386-freebsd/Apache/
+Registry.pm line 183
        Apache::Registry::compile('package Apache::ROOTXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX...') called at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_p
+erl/5.8.3/i386-freebsd/Apache/Registry.pm line 134
        Apache::Registry::handler('Apache=SCALAR(0xa75a3cc)') called a
+t (eval 425) line 1
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I would like to know what Caused the X's to get added. and a possible good solution? thanks

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Re: Stacking X's to the end of the package name by ig (Vicar) on Oct 28, 2008 at 17:54 UTC
If you increase your debug level to at least 4 Apache::Registry will log the filename passed by the Apache web server and various other information along the way. This may help you identify where the problem is. I don't have mod_perl 1.x available, but it appears you can set debugging level by including the following in your CGI script: `use Apache::Debug level => 4` [download] Is the problem only with one script or are all your scripts failing? Have you tried a simple script like the following: `#!/usr/bin/perl print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n"; print "mod_perl rules!\n";` [download] Or, for a little more information about your request, you might try the following: `use Apache::Debug ( ); my $r = shift; Apache::Debug::dump($r, "some comment", "another comment", ...);` [download] It might also help if you showed a copy of the relevant sections of your web server configuration.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Stacking X's to the end of the package name by Corion (Patriarch) on Oct 28, 2008 at 17:26 UTC
It's not Perl but some module. But as you don't show anything of your code, it's kinda hard to diagnose. Possibly it has something to do with Apache::Registry, at least in its source code, there is mention of `::ROOT`. If you crank up the debugging output for Apache::Registry to at least 4, you will see the steps it does. I see an `mtime` check there, so maybe your mod_perl scripts are accessed via NFS and the server times are off, so the scripts get recompiled all the time? I don't see any code that appends `X` to the package name, so maybe your problem lies elsewhere. Reduce your code until you have a minimal, self-contained example that you can show us.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Stacking X's to the end of the package name by brian_d_foy (Abbot) on Oct 28, 2008 at 17:57 UTC
I had that happen once. It turned out that my cat had laid her head on my keyboard while I was away. I had left my editor as the frontmost application. She also tends to turn on caps lock and num lock. -- brian d foy <brian@stonehenge.com> Subscribe to The Perl Review	[reply]
[OT] Re^2: Stacking X's to the end of the package name by planetscape (Chancellor) on Oct 29, 2008 at 01:25 UTC
She also tends to turn on caps lock and num lock. Around here, that key is called "cats lock". ;-) HTH, planetscape	[reply]
Re^2: Stacking X's to the end of the package name by Fletch (Bishop) on Oct 28, 2008 at 18:05 UTC
If only we could embed images . . . The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie. The cake is a lie.	[reply]
Re: Stacking X's to the end of the package name by perrin (Chancellor) on Oct 28, 2008 at 17:39 UTC
Apache::Registry does generate package names. They don't normally look like a bunch of Xes though. Make sure you have the latest release of mod_perl 1.x there.	[reply]
Re: Stacking X's to the end of the package name by mr_mischief (Monsignor) on Oct 28, 2008 at 16:31 UTC
Please use `<code>` and `</code>` tags or `<c>` and `</c>` tags around code, data, and long output quotes. Your node pushes out the browser display of the site so that folks have to side-scroll around it.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Stacking X's to the end of the package name by Anonymous Monk on Oct 29, 2008 at 14:48 UTC
This error only happened once and I am trying to recreate the conditions that caused it. And No it's not a cat or a dog. ;-)	[reply]