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diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod index a4a897c64b..5ee141e512 100644 --- a/pod/perldiag.pod +++ b/pod/perldiag.pod @@ -890,6 +890,12 @@ times than it has returned. This probably indicates an infinite recursion, unless you're writing strange benchmark programs, in which case it indicates something else. +=item Delimiter for here document is too long + +(F) In a here document construct like C<E<lt>E<lt>FOO>, the label +C<FOO> is too long for Perl to handle. You have to be seriously +twisted to write code that triggers this error. + =item Did you mean &%s instead? (W) You probably referred to an imported subroutine &FOO as $FOO or some such. @@ -949,6 +955,13 @@ single form when it must operate on them directly. Either you've passed an invalid file specification to Perl, or you've found a case the conversion routines don't handle. Drat. +=item Excessively long <> operator + +(F) The contents of a <> operator may not exceed the maximum size of a +Perl identifier. If you're just trying to glob a long list of +filenames, try using the glob() operator, or put the filenames into a +variable and glob that. + =item Execution of %s aborted due to compilation errors (F) The final summary message when a Perl compilation fails. @@ -1101,9 +1114,9 @@ is now heavily deprecated. =item Identifier too long (F) Perl limits identifiers (names for variables, functions, etc.) to -252 characters for simple names, somewhat more for compound names (like -C<$A::B>). You've exceeded Perl's limits. Future versions of Perl are -likely to eliminate these arbitrary limitations. +about 250 characters for simple names, and somewhat more for compound +names (like C<$A::B>). You've exceeded Perl's limits. Future +versions of Perl are likely to eliminate these arbitrary limitations. =item Ill-formed logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter @@ -1581,6 +1594,13 @@ supplied it an uninitialized value. See L<perlform>. (P) The internal pattern matching routines are out of their gourd. +=item Number too long + +(F) Perl limits the representation of decimal numbers in programs to about +about 250 characters. You've exceeded that length. Future versions of +Perl are likely to eliminate this arbitrary limitation. In the meantime, +try using scientific notation (e.g. "1e6" instead of "1_000_000"). + =item Odd number of elements in hash list (S) You specified an odd number of elements to a hash list, which is odd, @@ -2221,6 +2241,11 @@ or "msg". See L<perlfunc/semctl>, for example. (W) The filehandle you're writing to got itself closed sometime before now. Check your logic flow. +=item Target of goto is too deeply nested + +(F) You tried to use C<goto> to reach a label that was too deeply +nested for Perl to reach. Perl is doing you a favor by refusing. + =item tell() on unopened file (W) You tried to use the tell() function on a filehandle that was either |