Hi Bob,
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:58:38 -0600
boB Stepp <robertvst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am using Win7Pro-64bit.
>
> say "Another Hello World!";
>
> if run from Padre v. 0.94 yields:
>
> String found where operator expected at HelloWorld.plx line 4, near "say
> "Anothe r Hello World!""
> (Do you need to predeclare say?)
> syntax error at HelloWorld.plx line 4, near "say "Another Hello World!""
> Execution of HelloWorld.plx aborted due to compilation errors.
> Press any key to continue . . .
>
> However, if I instead use:
>
> #use 5.010;
>
>
> say "Another Hello World!";
>
> It runs as expected when run from within Padre.
>
> If I run the first version from the Windows command line (which is
> using Strawberry Perl 5.16 instead of Padre's 5.14), using
>
> c:\perl helloworld.plx
>
> I get no error messages and all works well. Why does Padre require the
> insertion of the use pragma?
>
You need "use 5.010;" (or above) or "use feature 'say';" or whatever, because
the Perl developers were afraid that the new built-in function "say" will clash
with an existing one by the same name, and as a result made it optional. So
always import it explicitly.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
> Thanks!
> boB Stepp
>
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