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16 years ago From mark.swayne@charter.net
Created by mark.swayne@charter.net
I found an interesting problem with SelfLoader.pm version 1.0904
If there is any leading whitespace before a subroutine declaration\, SelfLoader will die with the messge "Undefined subroutine blah at script line X". However\, if a subroutine without any whitespace is successfully loaded\, any subroutines with leading whitespace that follow the loaded routine will load normally.
There is also no mention in the module docs that leading whitespace may be an issue. A simple warning against leading whitespace may be sufficient to resolve this problem.
Example code and the results of running it follow:
---Example code--- use SelfLoader;
eval { Foo(); # Fails }; print "Foo Error 1: $@\n";
eval { Baz(); # Fails }; print "Baz Error 1: $@\n";
eval { Bar(); # loads normally }; print "Bar Error: $@\n";
eval { Foo(); # Fails }; print "Foo Error 2: $@\n";
eval { Baz(); # loads normally }; print "Baz Error 2: $@\n";
__DATA__
sub Foo { return scalar @_; }
sub Bar { return scalar @_; }
sub Baz { return scalar @_; }
--Example code output-- Foo Error 1: Undefined subroutine main::Foo at C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\test.pl line 4
Baz Error 1: Undefined subroutine main::Baz at C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\test.pl line 9
Bar Error: Foo Error 2: Undefined subroutine main::Foo at C:\Documents and Settings\Mark\test.pl line 19
Baz Error 2:
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