On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 2:50 PM, SSC_perl <p...@surfshopcart.com> wrote: > I'm trying to number packages the way it's written about on page 406 > of Programming Perl, 4th ed., e.g. > > package Emailer 1.01; > > However, when I do that, I get the following error: > > syntax error at ss_files/Emailer.pm line 1, near "package Emailer 1.01" > Compilation failed in require at admin.cgi line 38. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at admin.cgi line 38. > > I'm running Perl 5.10.1 on my laptop so that should be new enough to > handle this. What am I doing wrong?
I'm not sure exactly when that syntax was added, but for what it's worth, it fails with 5.10.1 here too. Perl 5.12.5, on the other hand, works. You may just need to upgrade. chrs, john. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
