From: Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 20:31:44 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: more reasonable diagnostic on keyword vs. sub ambiguity
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more reasonable diagnostic on keyword vs. sub ambiguity

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@1340
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diff --git a/pod/perldiag.pod b/pod/perldiag.pod
index c2c5be1..0805db3 100644
--- a/pod/perldiag.pod
+++ b/pod/perldiag.pod
@@ -207,6 +207,22 @@ L<perlfunc/grep> and L<perlfunc/map> for alternatives.
 you thought.  Normally it's pretty easy to disambiguate it by supplying
 a missing quote, operator, parenthesis pair or declaration.
 
+=item Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or use &
+
+(W) A subroutine you have declared has the same name as a Perl keyword,
+and you have used the name without qualification for calling one or the
+other.  Perl decided to call the builtin because the subroutine is
+not imported.
+
+To force interpretation as 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).
+
+To silently interpret it as the Perl operator, use the C<CORE::> prefix
+on the operator (e.g. C<CORE::log($x)>) or by declaring the subroutine
+to be an object method (see L<attrs>).
+
 =item Args must match #! line
 
 (F) The setuid emulator requires that the arguments Perl was invoked
@@ -2379,21 +2395,6 @@ may break this.
 	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
diff --git a/toke.c b/toke.c
index 22fc267..ad8dfbe 100644
--- a/toke.c
+++ b/toke.c
@@ -2855,8 +2855,8 @@ yylex(void)
 		gv = Nullgv;
 		gvp = 0;
 		if (dowarn && hgv)
-		    warn("Subroutine %s::%s hidden by keyword; use ampersand",
-			 HvNAME(GvESTASH(hgv)), GvENAME(hgv));
+		    warn("Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), "
+			 "qualify as such or use &", GvENAME(hgv));
 	    }
 	}