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On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 05:53:52 -0800, jkeenan@pobox.com wrote: > On 1/24/19 8:15 AM, Robertas Stankevič (via RT) wrote: > > # New Ticket Created by Robertas Stankevič > > # Please include the string: [perl #133796] > > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > > # <URL: https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133796 > > > > > Error message can become very long, depending on variable. > > perl -le '$_ = "a" x 1e2; print 1; print 2, poa $_' > > OUTPUTS: > 1 > Can't locate object method "poa" via package > "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" > (perhaps you forgot to load > "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"?) > at -e line 1. > > Originally I got >1e5 length message, because of mistyping 'pos'. > Maybe > ellipsis would fit here. > > > > My 2 cents: I believe it would be next to impossible to develop a > rule > which says one particular error message is too long while another one > is > the right length. So I don't believe any change in this area is > warranted. > > Thank you very much. > Jim Keenan I believe there is a maximum package name size; since this is trying to interpret it as a package name via indirect syntax, perhaps that would be a sensible limit for the error message? --- via perlbug: queue: perl5 status: open https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=133796Thread Previous