Re^2: Stay logged in between requests with WWW::Mechanize

I find that setting the cookie_jar and "autosave" in the call to 'new()' causes W::M to spit out errors - so I tend to do it manually.
Like what? I've never had problems with it.

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Re^3: Stay logged in between requests with WWW::Mechanize by oko1 (Deacon) on Nov 15, 2008 at 13:29 UTC
Starting with an empty cookie file and replacing the empty call to 'new()' with 'new(cookie_jar=>...', etc., results in `Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/perl5/ +HTTP/Cookies.pm line 425. /tmp/cookies does not seem to contain cookies at /usr/share/perl5/HTTP +/Cookies.pm line 426.` [download] If I simply use 'new()', it doesn't happen. -- "Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about." -- B. L. Whorf	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: Stay logged in between requests with WWW::Mechanize
by oko1 (Deacon) on Nov 15, 2008 at 13:29 UTC

Starting with an empty cookie file and replacing the empty call to 'new()' with 'new(cookie_jar=>...', etc., results in

Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/perl5/
+HTTP/Cookies.pm line 425.
/tmp/cookies does not seem to contain cookies at /usr/share/perl5/HTTP
+/Cookies.pm line 426.
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If I simply use 'new()', it doesn't happen.

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"Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about."
-- B. L. Whorf

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