=item <> should be quotes
-(F) You wrote C<require E<lt>fileE<gt>> when you should have written
+(F) You wrote C<< require <file> >> when you should have written
C<require 'file'>.
=item accept() on closed socket %s
=item Callback called exit
-(F) A subroutine invoked from an external package via perl_call_sv()
+(F) A subroutine invoked from an external package via call_sv()
exited by calling exit.
=item Can't "goto" out of a pseudo block
(F) This machine doesn't have either waitpid() or wait4(), so only waitpid()
without flags is emulated.
-=item Can't do {n,m} with n E<gt> m
+=item Can't do {n,m} with n > m
(F) Minima must be less than or equal to maxima. If you really want
your regexp to match something 0 times, just put {0}. See L<perlre>.
=item Can't localize pseudo-hash element
-(F) You said something like C<local $ar-E<gt>{'key'}>, where $ar is
+(F) You said something like C<< local $ar->{'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'}]>.
+element directly -- C<< local $ar->[$ar->[0]{'key'}] >>.
=item Can't locate auto/%s.al in @INC
=item Can't open %s: %s
-(S inplace) The implicit opening of a file through use of the C<E<lt>E<gt>>
+(S inplace) The implicit opening of a file through use of the C<< <> >>
filehandle, either implicitly under the C<-n> or C<-p> command-line
switches, or explicitly, failed for the indicated reason. Usually this
is because you don't have read permission for a file which you named
(W pipe) You tried to say C<open(CMD, "|cmd|")>, which is not supported. You can
try any of several modules in the Perl library to do this, such as
-IPC::Open2. Alternately, direct the pipe's output to a file using "E<gt>",
+IPC::Open2. Alternately, direct the pipe's output to a file using ">",
and then read it in under a different file handle.
=item Can't open error file %s as stderr
(F) An error peculiar to VMS. Perl does its own command line redirection, and
-couldn't open the file specified after '2E<gt>' or '2E<gt>E<gt>' on the
+couldn't open the file specified after '2>' or '2>>' on the
command line for writing.
=item Can't open input file %s as stdin
(F) An error peculiar to VMS. Perl does its own command line redirection, and
-couldn't open the file specified after 'E<lt>' on the command line for reading.
+couldn't open the file specified after '<' on the command line for reading.
=item Can't open output file %s as stdout
(F) An error peculiar to VMS. Perl does its own command line redirection, and
-couldn't open the file specified after 'E<gt>' or 'E<gt>E<gt>' on the command
+couldn't open the file specified after '>' or '>>' on the command
line for writing.
=item Can't open output pipe (name: %s)
=item Can't use "my %s" in sort comparison
(F) The global variables $a and $b are reserved for sort comparisons.
-You mentioned $a or $b in the same line as the E<lt>=E<gt> or cmp operator,
+You mentioned $a or $b in the same line as the <=> or cmp operator,
and the variable had earlier been declared as a lexical variable.
Either qualify the sort variable with the package name, or rename the
lexical variable.
not realizing that 777 will be interpreted as a decimal number, equivalent
to 01411. Octal constants are introduced with a leading 0 in Perl, as in C.
-=item Close on unopened file E<lt>%sE<gt>
+=item Close on unopened file <%s>
(W unopened) You tried to close a filehandle that was never opened.
(F) The method which overloads "=" is buggy. See L<overload/Copy Constructor>.
+=item CORE::%s is not a keyword
+
+(F) The CORE:: namespace is reserved for Perl keywords.
+
=item Corrupt malloc ptr 0x%lx at 0x%lx
(P) The malloc package that comes with Perl had an internal failure.
=item Delimiter for here document is too long
-(F) In a here document construct like C<E<lt>E<lt>FOO>, the label
+(F) In a here document construct like C<<<FOO>, the label
C<FOO> is too long for Perl to handle. You have to be seriously
twisted to write code that triggers this error.
(W io) You tried to write on a read-only filehandle. If you
intended it to be a read-write filehandle, you needed to open it with
-"+E<lt>" or "+E<gt>" or "+E<gt>E<gt>" instead of with "E<lt>" or nothing. If
-you intended only to write the file, use "E<gt>" or "E<gt>E<gt>". See
+"+<" or "+>" or "+>>" instead of with "<" or nothing. If
+you intended only to write the file, use ">" or ">>". See
L<perlfunc/open>.
=item Filehandle %s opened only for output
(W io) You tried to read from a filehandle opened only for writing. If you
intended it to be a read/write filehandle, you needed to open it with
-"+E<lt>" or "+E<gt>" or "+E<gt>E<gt>" instead of with "E<lt>" or nothing. If
-you intended only to read from the file, use "E<lt>". See
+"+<" or "+>" or "+>>" instead of with "<" or nothing. If
+you intended only to read from the file, use "<". See
L<perlfunc/open>.
=item Final $ should be \$ or $name
=item glob failed (%s)
(W glob) Something went wrong with the external program(s) used for C<glob>
-and C<E<lt>*.cE<gt>>. Usually, this means that you supplied a C<glob>
+and C<< <*.c> >>. Usually, this means that you supplied a C<glob>
pattern that caused the external program to fail and exit with a nonzero
status. If the message indicates that the abnormal exit resulted in a
coredump, this may also mean that your csh (C shell) is broken. If so,
didn't define a DB::sub routine to be called at the beginning of each
ordinary subroutine call.
-=item No error file after 2E<gt> or 2E<gt>E<gt> on command line
+=item No error file after 2> or 2>> on command line
(F) An error peculiar to VMS. Perl handles its own command line redirection,
-and found a '2E<gt>' or a '2E<gt>E<gt>' on the command line, but can't find
+and found a '2>' or a '2>>' on the command line, but can't find
the name of the file to which to write data destined for stderr.
-=item No input file after E<lt> on command line
+=item No input file after < on command line
(F) An error peculiar to VMS. Perl handles its own command line redirection,
-and found a 'E<lt>' on the command line, but can't find the name of the file
+and found a '<' on the command line, but can't find the name of the file
from which to read data for stdin.
-=item No output file after E<gt> on command line
+=item No output file after > on command line
(F) An error peculiar to VMS. Perl handles its own command line redirection,
-and found a lone 'E<gt>' at the end of the command line, so it doesn't know
+and found a lone '>' at the end of the command line, so it doesn't know
where you wanted to redirect stdout.
-=item No output file after E<gt> or E<gt>E<gt> on command line
+=item No output file after > or >> on command line
(F) An error peculiar to VMS. Perl handles its own command line redirection,
-and found a 'E<gt>' or a 'E<gt>E<gt>' on the command line, but can't find the
+and found a '>' or a '>>' on the command line, but can't find the
name of the file to which to write data destined for stdout.
=item No package name allowed for variable %s in "our"
my ($foo, $bar) = @_;
-Remember that "my", "our" and "local" bind closer than comma.
+Remember that "my", "our", and "local" bind tighter than comma.
=item Perl %3.3f required--this is only version %s, stopped
end of the buffer just in case. This sentinel byte got clobbered, and
Perl assumes that memory is now corrupted. See L<perlfunc/ioctl>.
+=item pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS" instead
+
+(W deprecated) You have written somehing like this:
+
+ sub doit
+ {
+ use attrs qw(locked);
+ }
+
+You should use the new declaration syntax instead.
+
+ sub doit : locked
+ {
+ ...
+
+The C<use attrs> pragma is now obsolete, and is only provided for
+backward-compatibility. See L<perlsub/"Subroutine Attributes">.
+
=item Precedence problem: open %s should be open(%s)
(S precedence) The old irregular construct
=item seteuid() not implemented
-(F) You tried to assign to C<$E<gt>>, and your operating system doesn't support
+(F) You tried to assign to C<< $> >>, and your operating system doesn't support
the seteuid() system call (or equivalent), or at least Configure didn't
think so.
=item setruid() not implemented
-(F) You tried to assign to C<$E<lt>>, and your operating system doesn't support
+(F) You tried to assign to C<$<>, and your operating system doesn't support
the setruid() system call (or equivalent), or at least Configure didn't
think so.
=item Sort subroutine didn't return a numeric value
(F) A sort comparison routine must return a number. You probably blew
-it by not using C<E<lt>=E<gt>> or C<cmp>, or by not using them correctly.
+it by not using C<< <=> >> or C<cmp>, or by not using them correctly.
See L<perlfunc/sort>.
=item Sort subroutine didn't return single value
more times than there are characters of input, which is what happened.)
See L<perlfunc/split>.
-=item Stat on unopened file E<lt>%sE<gt>
+=item Stat on unopened file <%s>
(W unopened) You tried to use the stat() function (or an equivalent file test)
on a filehandle that was either never opened or has since been closed.
(W unopened) You tried to use the tell() function on a filehandle that was either
never opened or has since been closed.
-=item Test on unopened file E<lt>%sE<gt>
+=item Test on unopened file <%s>
(W unopened) You tried to invoke a file test operator on a filehandle that isn't
open. Check your logic. See also L<perlfunc/-X>.
=item Unknown open() mode '%s'
(F) The second argument of 3-argument open() is not among the list
-of valid modes: C<E<lt>>, C<E<gt>>, C<E<gt>E<gt>>, C<+E<lt>>,
-C<+E<gt>>, C<+E<gt>E<gt>>, C<-|>, C<|E<45>>.
+of valid modes: C<< < >>, C<< > >>, C<<< >> >>>, C<< +< >>,
+C<< +> >>, C<<< +>> >>>, C<-|>, C<|->.
=item Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s
(F) Your machine doesn't support the Berkeley socket mechanism, or at
least that's what Configure thought.
-=item Unterminated E<lt>E<gt> operator
+=item Unterminated <> operator
(F) The lexer saw a left angle bracket in a place where it was expecting
a term, so it's looking for the corresponding right angle bracket, and not
(F) You attempted to use a feature of printf that is accessible from
only C. This usually means there's a better way to do it in Perl.
-=item Use of bare E<lt>E<lt> to mean E<lt>E<lt>"" is deprecated
+=item Use of bare << to mean <<"" is deprecated
(D deprecated) You are now encouraged to use the explicitly quoted form if you
wish to use an empty line as the terminator of the here-document.
=item Use of inherited AUTOLOAD for non-method %s() is deprecated
-(D deprecated) 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-E<gt>bar()> or C<$obj-E<gt>bar()>).
+(D deprecated) 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() >>).
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
because other Perl programmers will expect it, and it works better
if there are more than 9 backreferences.
-=item '|' and 'E<lt>' may not both be specified on command line
+=item '|' and '<' may not both be specified on command line
(F) An error peculiar to VMS. Perl does its own command line redirection, and
found that STDIN was a pipe, and that you also tried to redirect STDIN using
-'E<lt>'. Only one STDIN stream to a customer, please.
+'<'. Only one STDIN stream to a customer, please.
-=item '|' and 'E<gt>' may not both be specified on command line
+=item '|' and '>' may not both be specified on command line
(F) An error peculiar to VMS. Perl does its own command line redirection, and
thinks you tried to redirect stdout both to a file and into a pipe to another