Re^2: More Misleading Compiler Error Messages

Thanks. I should have said that I figured it out. I guess it was something of a puzzle as well.

I just find it odd that the for loop expression didn't compile, and it's complaining about the my $i, which is bogus. Granted, it pointed out the syntax error, but syntax errors should trump warnings, shouldn't it?

Thanks again!

-QM
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Re^3: More Misleading Compiler Error Messages by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 02, 2006 at 04:57 UTC
It doesn't realize the warning is related to the syntax error. Given `my $s = shift . '!'; $s+++;` [download] the compile will issue both a warning (`Warning: Use of "shift" without parens is ambiguous`) and a syntax error (`syntax error`). As far as `perl` was concerned, it was the same situation with your code. Missing and extraneous closers (closing quotes, closing curlies, closing brackets, etc) are notoriously noisy errors. If you get a lot of unusual errors/warnings, chances are that's your problem.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: More Misleading Compiler Error Messages by QM (Parson) on Aug 02, 2006 at 14:23 UTC
I see your point, though your example is lacking. Yes, `$s+++` is a syntax error. However, the previous statement should be completely resolved before the syntax error is encountered. `my $s = shift . '!';` is a complete statement. In my example, the syntax error causes the warning, even though the warning is bogus. Thereafter any statement using that variable also causes a warning. There seems to be some queue for warnings and error messages, and no particular priority. -QM -- Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: More Misleading Compiler Error Messages by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 02, 2006 at 17:37 UTC
The single statement `$s+1 = shift . '!';` causes both a warning and an error usefully. That's the usual case.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: More Misleading Compiler Error Messages by Anonymous Monk on Aug 02, 2006 at 02:26 UTC
You've obviously never driven your grandmother to the library, have you? `GM: Look out for that bicycle! GM: Ooh! GM: The light is red, watch out! GM: Eek, a tram! Don't drive so fast! GM: Oh look what a darling kitty! Me: Where? GM: There! There behind that window, look! CRASH` [download]	[reply] [d/l]