Re^2: Testing for valid package names

Thanks!

I thought about numbers as the first char, but that is legal for filenames so far as I know. I am still mulling that over.

I wasn't aware of that Perl::Critic rule (not surprising) but the POD doesn't mention anything about the legal character set, only that a single-quote "'" should not be used even though it is a valid substitute for the double-colon '::' separator.

It helps to remember that the primary goal is to drain the swamp even when you are hip-deep in alligators.

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Re^3: Testing for valid package names by LanX (Saint) on Nov 25, 2013 at 21:24 UTC
IIRC, no (non-special) identifier is allowed to start with a number. Though I'm sure one can trick to enter them as key value pairs into the stash. Cheers Rolf ( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)	[reply]
Re^4: Testing for valid package names by boftx (Deacon) on Nov 25, 2013 at 21:36 UTC
You're right about numbers up front. I should have tried this to begin with: `[jim@krakatoa perl]$ cat use23Skidoo.pl #!/usr/bin/perl -T use 5.008_008; use strict; use warnings FATAL => 'all'; use 23Skidoo; exit; __END__ [jim@krakatoa perl]$ ./use23Skidoo.pl syntax error at ./use23Skidoo.pl line 8, near "use 23" Execution of ./use23Skidoo.pl aborted due to compilation errors. [jim@krakatoa perl]$` [download] It helps to remember that the primary goal is to drain the swamp even when you are hip-deep in alligators.	[reply] [d/l]