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Postings from June 2008
Paul Fenwick wrote: > The lack of a prototype on system() means that, should we replace it, > the exotic form (only when used in the same package) becomes a syntax > error which is generated at compile-time. To the very best of my > knowledge, there's nothing I can possibly do about this without changing > perl itself (throwing any sort of backwards portability out the window), > or using source-filters (which I think are a very bad idea). > > If I *could* intercept the exotic system, I would, and have it work as > expected, and everyone could go and have ice-cream. As it is, I can > only break it. However the break is obvious, and easily repaired by > prefixing it with CORE:: . Hmm, I understand. When the parser encounters "use autodie", you switch the system() function with your own and parsing continues. But now the prototype doesn't match the exotic form, so when the parser encounters this, he dies. With what error message? Is it possible to intercept the message and substitute a better one, so that a "syntax error" or "doesn't match prototype" becomes "cannot use exotic system syntax with autodie, do blah..."? I'm not comfortable with perl dieing with a syntax error though it is a valid syntax at first glance. Anyway, my feeling is that if you can provide a better error message, then system should be :default, else the user should have to explicitely ask for it. Coming to think of, what does this do: use autodie qw(open); use autodie qw(system); Is open still autodieing after the second line? I would hope so. Servus, Roland