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# New Ticket Created by Ronald Fischer # Please include the string: [perl #53806] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=53806 > I found this error in Perl 5.8.8 for Cygwin (which is the most recent Cygwin Perl at the moment), and in Perl 5.8.7 for Solaris (which is a bit outdated, as I have to admit). The error goes like this: No error is issued on the following program: perl -w -e 'use strict; print(Does::Not::Exist,"\n")' Instead, "Does::Not::Exist" is printed. Similarily, the program perl -w -e 'use strict; system(Does::Not::Exist,"\n")' results in the message Can't exec "Does::Not::Exist": No such file or directory at -e line 1. which too seems to suggest that Does::Not::Exist is simply interpreted as string. But when I use it like this: perl -w -e 'use strict; print(ref(Does::Not::Exist),"\n")' I get the reasonable message: Bareword "Does::Not::Exist" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at -e line 1. Ronald -- Ronald Fischer <ronaldf@eml.cc> + If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, + and the bus is interrupted and the interrupt's not caught, + then the socket packet pocket has an error to report. + (cited after Peter van der Linden)Thread Next