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diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod index 39112035fb..d87d08512c 100644 --- a/pod/perldiag.pod +++ b/pod/perldiag.pod @@ -509,6 +509,22 @@ Perhaps you need to predeclare a subroutine? the compiler saw no other uses of that namespace before that point. Perhaps you need to predeclare a package? +=item Bareword found in conditional + +(W) The compiler found a bareword where it expected a conditional, +which often indicates that an || or && was parsed as part of the +last argument of the previous construct, for example: + + open FOO || die; + +It may also indicate a misspelled constant that has been interpreted +as a bareword: + + use constant TYPO => 1; + if (TYOP) { print "foo" } + +The C<strict> pragma is useful in avoiding such errors. + =item BEGIN failed--compilation aborted (F) An untrapped exception was raised while executing a BEGIN subroutine. @@ -2522,14 +2538,6 @@ Check your logic flow. (W) The filehandle you're writing to got itself closed sometime before now. Check your logic flow. -=item Probable precedence problem on %s - -(W) The compiler found a bareword where it expected a conditional, -which often indicates that an || or && was parsed as part of the -last argument of the previous construct, for example: - - open FOO || die; - =item Prototype mismatch: %s vs %s (S) The subroutine being declared or defined had previously been declared |