At 13:02 +0200 2002.07.17, Bart Lateur wrote: >In MacPerl 5.6.1, I'm trying to use the standard module >Mac::OSA::Simple. The simple line > > use Mac::OSA::Simple; > >gives me a compilation error: > > # Global symbol "$REVISION" requires explicit package name > File ...:lib:Mac:OSA:Simple.pm; Line 20 > # BEGIN not safe after errors-- compilation aborted. > >Argh! Doesn't anybody test anything any more? Am I really the first one >to notice this?
No, you're not. I fixed it awhile ago, but have not yet released a new version of MacPerl. I too am surprised no one else has noticed it, or at least, not mentioned it. >Simply adding "$REVISION" on line 5 of the module, in the "use vars" >statement, fixes it, but *this sucks*. The good thing it is that it is an easy fix for anyone, yes. >And Chris (Nandor), I understand you do a *lot* for MacPerl, so I can't >actually blame you if something like this slips through. Still, IMO, >some automatic test should have caught this. Yes, you're right. I should at least load each module. -- Chris Nandor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pudge.net/ Open Source Development Network [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://osdn.com/
