(X) You can't allocate more than 64K on an MS-DOS machine.
-=item Allocation too large
-
-(F) You can't allocate more than 2^31+"small amount" bytes.
-
=item Applying %s to %s will act on scalar(%s)
-(W) The pattern match (//), substitution (s///), and translation (tr///)
+(W) The pattern match (//), substitution (s///), and transliteration (tr///)
operators work on scalar values. If you apply one of them to an array
or a hash, it will convert the array or hash to a scalar value -- the
length of an array, or the population info of a hash -- and then work on
(P) One of the internal hash routines was passed a null HV pointer.
+=item Bad index while coercing array into hash
+
+(F) A field name of a typed variable was looked up in the %FIELDS
+hash, but the index found was not legal, i.e. less than 1.
+
+=item Bad index while coercing array into hash
+
+(F) The index looked up in the hash found as 0'th element of the array
+is not legal. Index values must be at 1 or greater.
+
=item Bad name after %s::
(F) You started to name a symbol by using a package prefix, and then didn't
subroutine identifier, in curly braces or to the left of the "=>" symbol.
Perhaps you need to predeclare a subroutine?
+=item Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package
+
+(W) You used a qualified bareword of the form C<Foo::>, but
+the compiler saw no other uses of that namespace before that point.
+Perhaps you need to predeclare a package?
+
=item BEGIN failed--compilation aborted
(F) An untrapped exception was raised while executing a BEGIN subroutine.
(F) Certain types of SVs, in particular real symbol table entries
(typeglobs), can't be forced to stop being what they are.
+=item Can't coerce array into hash
+
+(F) You used an array where a hash was expected, but the array has no
+information on how to map from keys to array indices. You can do that
+only with arrays that have a hash reference at index 0.
+
=item Can't create pipe mailbox
(P) An error peculiar to VMS. The process is suffering from exhausted quotas
you should be calling it out of only an AUTOLOAD routine anyway. See
L<perlfunc/goto>.
+=item Can't goto subroutine from an eval-string
+
+(F) The "goto subroutine" call can't be used to jump out of an eval "string".
+(You can use it to jump out of an eval {BLOCK}, but you probably don't want to.)
+
=item Can't localize through a reference
(F) You said something like C<local $$ref>, which Perl can't currently
(F) List assignment to %ENV is not supported on some systems, notably VMS.
-=item Can't mktemp()
-
-(F) The mktemp() routine failed for some reason while trying to process
-a B<-e> switch. Maybe your /tmp partition is full, or clobbered.
-
=item Can't modify %s in %s
(F) You aren't allowed to assign to the item indicated, or otherwise try to
of upgradability. Upgrading to undef indicates an error in the
code calling sv_upgrade.
+=item Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available
+
+(F) The first time the %! hash is used, perl automatically loads the
+Errno.pm module. The Errno module is expected to tie the %! hash to
+provide symbolic names for C<$!> errno values.
+
=item Can't use "my %s" in sort comparison
(F) The global variables $a and $b are reserved for sort comparisons.
subscript. But to the left of the brackets was an expression that
didn't look like an array reference, or anything else subscriptable.
-=item Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s
-
-(F) The write routine failed for some reason while trying to process
-a B<-e> switch. Maybe your /tmp partition is full, or clobbered.
-
=item Can't x= to read-only value
(F) You tried to repeat a constant value (often the undefined value) with
(F) A string of a form C<CORE::word> was given to prototype(), but
there is no builtin with the name C<word>.
-=item Cannot open temporary file
-
-(F) The create routine failed for some reason while trying to process
-a B<-e> switch. Maybe your /tmp partition is full, or clobbered.
-
=item Cannot resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s'
(F|P) Error resolving overloading specified by a method name (as
(W) You are exiting a substitution by unconventional means, such as
a return, a goto, or a loop control statement.
+=item Explicit blessing to '' (assuming package main)
+
+(W) You are blessing a reference to a zero length string. This has
+the effect of blessing the reference into the package main. This is
+usually not what you want. Consider providing a default target
+package, e.g. bless($ref, $p or 'MyPackage');
+
=item Fatal VMS error at %s, line %d
(P) An error peculiar to VMS. Something untoward happened in a VMS system
(W) You may have tried to use an 8 or 9 in a octal number. Interpretation
of the octal number stopped before the 8 or 9.
+=item Illegal hex digit ignored
+
+(W) You may have tried to use a character other than 0 - 9 or A - F in a
+hexadecimal number. Interpretation of the hexadecimal number stopped
+before the illegal character.
+
=item Illegal switch in PERL5OPT: %s
(X) The PERL5OPT environment variable may only be used to set the
script if C<$ENV{PATH}> contains a directory that is writable by the world.
See L<perlsec>.
-=item Insecure PATH
+=item Insecure $ENV{%s} while running %s
(F) You can't use system(), exec(), or a piped open in a setuid or
-setgid script if C<$ENV{PATH}> is derived from data supplied (or
+setgid script if any of C<$ENV{PATH}>, C<$ENV{IFS}>, C<$ENV{CDPATH}>,
+C<$ENV{ENV}> or C<$ENV{BASH_ENV}> are derived from data supplied (or
potentially supplied) by the user. The script must set the path to a
known value, using trustworthy data. See L<perlsec>.
(F) The argument to B<-I> must follow the B<-I> immediately with no
intervening space.
+=item No such array field
+
+(F) You tried to access an array as a hash, but the field name used is
+not defined. The hash at index 0 should map all valid field names to
+array indices for that to work.
+
+=item No such field "%s" in variable %s of type %s
+
+(F) You tried to access a field of a typed variable where the type
+does not know about the field name. The field names are looked up in
+the %FIELDS hash in the type package at compile time. The %FIELDS hash
+is usually set up with the 'fields' pragma.
+
=item No such pipe open
(P) An error peculiar to VMS. The internal routine my_pclose() tried to
Perl are likely to eliminate this arbitrary limitation. In the meantime,
try using scientific notation (e.g. "1e6" instead of "1_000_000").
-=item Odd number of elements in hash list
+=item Odd number of elements in hash assignment
-(S) You specified an odd number of elements to a hash list, which is odd,
-because hash lists come in key/value pairs.
+(S) You specified an odd number of elements to initialize a hash, which
+is odd, because hashes come in key/value pairs.
=item Offset outside string
(S) An internal warning that the grammar is screwed up.
-=item Operation `%s': no method found,%s
+=item Operation `%s': no method found, %s
(F) An attempt was made to perform an overloaded operation for which
no handler was defined. While some handlers can be autogenerated in
(F) The yacc parser wanted to grow its stack so it could continue parsing,
but realloc() wouldn't give it more memory, virtual or otherwise.
-=item Out of memory!
+=item Out of memory during request for %s
(X|F) The malloc() function returned 0, indicating there was insufficient
remaining memory (or virtual memory) to satisfy the request.
an emergency pool after die()ing with this message. In this case the
error is trappable I<once>.
-=item Out of memory during request for %s
+=item Out of memory during "large" request for %s
(F) The malloc() function returned 0, indicating there was insufficient
remaining memory (or virtual memory) to satisfy the request. However,
the request was judged large enough (compile-time default is 64K), so
a possibility to shut down by trapping this error is granted.
+=item Out of memory during ridiculously large request
+
+(F) You can't allocate more than 2^31+"small amount" bytes. This error
+is most likely to be caused by a typo in the Perl program. e.g., C<$arr[time]>
+instead of C<$arr[$time]>.
+
=item page overflow
(W) A single call to write() produced more lines than can fit on a page.
(P) The lexer got into a bad state while processing a case modifier.
-=item Pareneses missing around "%s" list
+=item Parentheses missing around "%s" list
(W) You said something like
(W) qw() lists contain items separated by whitespace; as with literal
strings, comment characters are not ignored, but are instead treated
as literal data. (You may have used different delimiters than the
-exclamation marks parentheses shown here; braces are also frequently
-used.)
+parentheses shown here; braces are also frequently used.)
You probably wrote something like this:
(S) The subroutine being declared or defined had previously been declared
or defined with a different function prototype.
+=item Range iterator outside integer range
+
+(F) One (or both) of the numeric arguments to the range operator ".."
+are outside the range which can be represented by integers internally.
+One possible workaround is to force Perl to use magical string
+increment by prepending "0" to your numbers.
+
=item Read on closed filehandle E<lt>%sE<gt>
(W) The filehandle you're reading from got itself closed sometime before now.
desired output is compiled into Perl, which entails some overhead,
which is why it's currently left out of your copy.
-=item Recursive inheritance detected
+=item Recursive inheritance detected in package '%s'
(F) More than 100 levels of inheritance were used. Probably indicates
an unintended loop in your inheritance hierarchy.
+=item Recursive inheritance detected while looking for method '%s' in package '%s'
+
+(F) More than 100 levels of inheritance were encountered while invoking a
+method. Probably indicates an unintended loop in your inheritance hierarchy.
+
+=item Reference found where even-sized list expected
+
+(W) You gave a single reference where Perl was expecting a list with
+an even number of elements (for assignment to a hash). This
+usually means that you used the anon hash constructor when you meant
+to use parens. In any case, a hash requires key/value B<pairs>.
+
+ %hash = { one => 1, two => 2, }; # WRONG
+ %hash = [ qw/ an anon array / ]; # WRONG
+ %hash = ( one => 1, two => 2, ); # right
+ %hash = qw( one 1 two 2 ); # also fine
+
=item Reference miscount in sv_replace()
(W) The internal sv_replace() function was handed a new SV with a
Check your logic flow.
=item Sequence (? incomplete
+
(F) A regular expression ended with an incomplete extension (?.
See L<perlre>.
eval "sub name { ... }";
}
+=item Subroutine %s hidden by keyword; use ampersand
+
+(W) You are trying to call a subroutine that has the same name as a
+keyword. However, because the subroutine is not imported and
+you're not using an ampersand, Perl won't call the subroutine.
+
+To force a subroutine call, either put an ampersand before the
+subroutine name, or qualify the name with its package. Alternatively,
+you can import the subroutine (or pretend that it's imported with the
+C<use subs> pragma).
+
+If the Perl operator is what you want, then eliminate this warning by
+using the CORE:: prefix on the operator (e.g. CORE::log($x)) or by
+declaring the subroutine to be an object method (see L<attrs>).
+
=item Substitution loop
(P) The substitution was looping infinitely. (Obviously, a
(F) The regular expression ends with an unbackslashed backslash. Backslash
it. See L<perlre>.
-=item Translation pattern not terminated
+=item Transliteration pattern not terminated
(F) The lexer couldn't find the interior delimiter of a tr/// or tr[][]
or y/// or y[][] construct. Missing the leading C<$> from variables
C<$tr> or C<$y> may cause this error.
-=item Translation replacement not terminated
+=item Transliteration replacement not terminated
(F) The lexer couldn't find the final delimiter of a tr/// or tr[][]
construct.
(F) The format indicated doesn't seem to exist. Perhaps it's really in
another package? See L<perlform>.
+=item Undefined value assigned to typeglob
+
+(W) An undefined value was assigned to a typeglob, a la C<*foo = undef>.
+This does nothing. It's possible that you really mean C<undef *foo>.
+
=item unexec of %s into %s failed!
(F) The unexec() routine failed for some reason. See your local FSF
=item Unsupported function %s
-(F) This machines doesn't implement the indicated function, apparently.
+(F) This machine doesn't implement the indicated function, apparently.
At least, Configure doesn't think so.
=item Unsupported socket function "%s" called
(D) As an (ahem) accidental feature, C<AUTOLOAD> subroutines are looked
up as methods (using the C<@ISA> hierarchy) even when the subroutines to
be autoloaded were called as plain functions (e.g. C<Foo::bar()>), not
-as methods (e.g. C<Foo->bar()> or C<$obj->bar()>).
+as methods (e.g. C<Foo-E<gt>bar()> or C<$obj-E<gt>bar()>).
This bug will be rectified in Perl 5.005, which will use method lookup
only for methods' C<AUTOLOAD>s. However, there is a significant base
In code that currently says C<use AutoLoader; @ISA = qw(AutoLoader);> you
should remove AutoLoader from @ISA and change C<use AutoLoader;> to
-C<C<use AutoLoader 'AUTOLOAD';>.
+C<use AutoLoader 'AUTOLOAD';>.
+
+=item Use of reserved word "%s" is deprecated
+
+(D) The indicated bareword is a reserved word. Future versions of perl
+may use it as a keyword, so you're better off either explicitly quoting
+the word in a manner appropriate for its context of use, or using a
+different name altogether. The warning can be suppressed for subroutine
+names by either adding a C<&> prefix, or using a package qualifier,
+e.g. C<&our()>, or C<Foo::our()>.
=item Use of %s is deprecated