[perl #122690] ‘Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package’ should go

On Tue Sep 02 23:00:22 2014, sprout wrote:
> ‘Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package’
> 
> This warning occurs when you do Foo::->bar and Foo is defined later on
> in the file.  This warning discourages good practice in favour of a
> more ambiguous syntax (Foo->bar, which could mean Foo()->bar).  Hence,
> I think it should be deleted.

1. Does anyone want to second this motion?

2. Can anyone identify reasons why we should not delete this warning?

Thank you very much.

-- 
James E Keenan (jkeenan@cpan.org)

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https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=122690

• [perl #122690] ‘Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package’ should go by Father Chrysostomos via RT
• Re: [perl #122690] ‘Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package’ should go by Kevin Falcone
• [perl #122690] ‘Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package’ should go by James E Keenan via RT