Re: [ID 19991121.001] Inaccuracy in perldiag

On Sun, Nov 21, 1999 at 04:52:21AM -0500, Sean McAfee wrote:
> 
> The perldiag man page includes the following paragraph:
> 
>      Can't use an undefined value as %s reference
>          (F) A value used as either a hard reference or a
>          symbolic reference must be a defined value.  This helps
>          to delurk some insidious errors.
> 
> In fact, it appears that this is only a fatal error when strict refs is in
> effect.  It's not an error at all, otherwise.
> 

~> perl
no strict;
undef->[1];
Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY reference at - line 2.
~> 


Ronald

• [ID 19991121.001] Inaccuracy in perldiag by Sean McAfee
• Re: [ID 19991121.001] Inaccuracy in perldiag by Ronald J Kimball
• Re: [ID 19991121.001] Inaccuracy in perldiag by Sean McAfee