Better "Can't locate auto/%s.al in @INC" error documentation
Subject: Re: perl 5.004_01 query: did something change relating to IO::Handle
In article <1997Jun23.211618.2091741@hmivax>,
Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> wrote:
> I *thought* I corrected this message a year or two ago... The patch
> was probably lost, but it is very easy to restore it:
>
> Best, Ilya
>
> --- ./pod/perldiag.pod.old Mon Jun 9 17:11:58 1997
> +++ ./pod/perldiag.pod Mon Jun 23 18:14:30 1997
> @@ -611,6 +611,12 @@
> localize a package variable of the same name, qualify it with the
> package name.
>
> +=item Can't locate auto/%s.al in @INC
> +
> +(F) A function (or method) was called in a package which allows autoload,
> +but there is no function to autoload. Most probable cause is a misprint
> +in a function/method name.
> +
> =item Can't locate %s in @INC
>
> (F) You said to do (or require, or use) a file that couldn't be found
I think the following variant may be even better:
p5p-msgid: 1997Jun24.195847.2091744@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu