to try to declare one with a package qualifier on the front. Use local()
if you want to localize a package variable.
-=item "my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope
+=item "my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s
-(W) A lexical variable has been redeclared in the same scope, effectively
-eliminating all access to the previous instance. This is almost always
-a typographical error. Note that the earlier variable will still exist
+(W) A lexical variable has been redeclared in the current scope or statement,
+effectively eliminating all access to the previous instance. This is almost
+always a typographical error. Note that the earlier variable will still exist
until the end of the scope or until all closure referents to it are
destroyed.
localize a package variable of the same name, qualify it with the
package name.
+=item Can't localize pseudo-hash element
+
+(F) You said something like C<local $ar-E<gt>{'key'}>, where $ar is
+a reference to a pseudo-hash. That hasn't been implemented yet, but
+you can get a similar effect by localizing the corresponding array
+element directly -- C<local $ar-E<gt>[$ar-E<gt>[0]{'key'}]>.
+
=item Can't locate auto/%s.al in @INC
(F) A function (or method) was called in a package which allows autoload,
Perl uses this generic message when none of the errors that it encountered
were severe enough to halt compilation immediately.
+=item Complex regular subexpression recursion limit (%d) exceeded
+
+(W) The regular expression engine uses recursion in complex situations
+where back-tracking is required. Recursion depth is limited to 32766,
+or perhaps less in architectures where the stack cannot grow
+arbitrarily. ("Simple" and "medium" situations are handled without
+recursion and are not subject to a limit.) Try shortening the string
+under examination; looping in Perl code (e.g. with C<while>) rather
+than in the regular expression engine; or rewriting the regular
+expression so that it is simpler or backtracks less. (See L<perlbook>
+for information on I<Mastering Regular Expressions>.)
+
=item connect() on closed fd
(W) You tried to do a connect on a closed socket. Did you forget to check
(F) An untrapped exception was raised while executing an END subroutine.
The interpreter is immediately exited.
+=item effective %s access is not implemented
+
+(F) We cannot switch the real and effective uids or gids.
+The C<filetest access> pragma is unavailable in this system.
+
+=item entering effective %s access failed
+
+(F) While under the C<filetest access> pragma, switching the real and
+effective uids or gids failed.
+
=item Error converting file specification %s
(F) An error peculiar to VMS. Because Perl may have to deal with file
(W) You are blessing a reference to a zero length string. This has
the effect of blessing the reference into the package main. This is
usually not what you want. Consider providing a default target
-package, e.g. bless($ref, $p or 'MyPackage');
+package, e.g. bless($ref, $p || 'MyPackage');
=item Fatal VMS error at %s, line %d
(S) A warning peculiar to VMS. The call to C<sys$getuai> underlying the
C<getpwnam> operator returned an invalid UIC.
-
=item Glob not terminated
(F) The lexer saw a left angle bracket in a place where it was expecting
that name, not even if you count where you were called from. See
L<perlfunc/last>.
+=item leaving effective %s access failed
+
+(F) While under the C<filetest access> pragma, switching the real and
+effective uids or gids failed.
+
=item listen() on closed fd
(W) You tried to do a listen on a closed socket. Did you forget to check
Another way is to assign to a substr() that's off the end of the string.
-=item Modification of noncreatable array value attempted, subscript %d
+=item Modification of non-creatable array value attempted, subscript %d
(F) You tried to make an array value spring into existence, and the
subscript was probably negative, even counting from end of the array
backwards.
-=item Modification of noncreatable hash value attempted, subscript "%s"
+=item Modification of non-creatable hash value attempted, subscript "%s"
-(F) You tried to make a hash value spring into existence, and it couldn't
+(P) You tried to make a hash value spring into existence, and it couldn't
be created for some peculiar reason.
=item Module name must be constant
(W) You specified a signal name as a subscript to %SIG that was not recognized.
Say C<kill -l> in your shell to see the valid signal names on your system.
+=item no UTC offset information; assuming local time is UTC
+
+(S) A warning peculiar to VMS. Per was unable to find the local
+timezone offset, so it's assuming that local system time is equivalent
+to UTC. If it's not, define the logical name F<SYS$TIMEZONE_DIFFERENTIAL>
+to translate to the number of seconds which need to be added to UTC to
+get local time.
+
=item Not a CODE reference
(F) Perl was trying to evaluate a reference to a code value (that is, a
(F) The setuid emulator in suidperl decided you were up to no good.
-=item pid %d not a child
+=item pid %x not a child
(W) A warning peculiar to VMS. Waitpid() was asked to wait for a process which
isn't a subprocess of the current process. While this is fine from VMS'
instead of Perl. Check the #! line, or manually feed your script
into Perl yourself.
-=item System V IPC is not implemented on this machine
+=item System V %s is not implemented on this machine
-(F) You tried to do something with a function beginning with "sem", "shm",
-or "msg". See L<perlfunc/semctl>, for example.
+(F) You tried to do something with a function beginning with "sem",
+"shm", or "msg" but that System V IPC is not implemented in your
+machine. In some machines the functionality can exist but be
+unconfigured. Consult your system support.
=item Syswrite on closed filehandle
=item umask: argument is missing initial 0
-(W) A umask of 222 is incorrect. It should be 0222, because octal literals
-always start with 0 in Perl, as in C.
+(W) A umask of 222 is incorrect. It should be 0222, because octal
+literals always start with 0 in Perl, as in C.
+
+=item umask not implemented
+
+(F) Your machine doesn't implement the umask function and you tried
+to use it to restrict permissions for yourself (EXPR & 0700).
=item Unable to create sub named "%s"
finding it. Chances are you left some needed parentheses out earlier in
the line, and you really meant a "less than".
-=item Use of "$$<digit>" to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
-
-(D) Perl versions before 5.004 misinterpreted any type marker followed
-by "$" and a digit. For example, "$$0" was incorrectly taken to mean
-"${$}0" instead of "${$0}". This bug is (mostly) fixed in Perl 5.004.
-
-However, the developers of Perl 5.004 could not fix this bug completely,
-because at least two widely-used modules depend on the old meaning of
-"$$0" in a string. So Perl 5.004 still interprets "$$<digit>" in the
-old (broken) way inside strings; but it generates this message as a
-warning. And in Perl 5.005, this special treatment will cease.
-
=item Use of $# is deprecated
(D) This was an ill-advised attempt to emulate a poorly defined B<awk> feature.
interpreted as a "" or a 0, but maybe it was a mistake. To suppress this
warning assign an initial value to your variables.
+=item Useless use of "re" pragma
+
+(W) You did C<use re;> without any arguments. That isn't very useful.
+
=item Useless use of %s in void context
(W) You did something without a side effect in a context that does nothing