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> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 10:35:30 -0500 > From: Dan Sugalski <dan@sidhe.org> > >> My suggestion: I'd like to be able to turn on a warning that lets me >> know if my program contains function calls to functions that I haven't >> defined. > > Except this will kill: > > 1) AUTOLOADed things Uuuh ... > 2) A goodly chunk of the perl core modules that have platform-specific > function calls in code protected by "if ($^O eq 'whatever')" Erm ... > 3) Code that requires things Duh! > 4) Code written by folks getting altogether too clever with symbol tables Ahem. But otherwise, it's great idea, right? :-) > Nothing insurmountable, though fixing #2 would take some > work. (Presumably people affected by 1, 3, or 4 just Won't Do That) Hmm, I can't see it. Never mind, and thanks for the ultra-prompt reply! (BTW., was perlbug a reasonable address to send this to?) Mike Taylor TECC Ltd. mike@tecc.co.uk Tel. +44 181 880 4040Thread Previous | Thread Next