Add diagnostics section to base.pm

[perl5.git] / lib / base.pm

diff --git a/lib/base.pm b/lib/base.pm
index cc0d3c6..e98d0f1 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/base.pm
+++ b/lib/base.pm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package base;
 
 use strict 'vars';
 use vars qw($VERSION);
 
 use strict 'vars';
 use vars qw($VERSION);

-$VERSION = '2.05';
+$VERSION = '2.06';

 
 # constant.pm is slow
 sub SUCCESS () { 1 }
 
 # constant.pm is slow
 sub SUCCESS () { 1 }


@@ -198,6 +198,17 @@ base classes each have inheritable fields the 'base' pragma will
 croak.  See L<fields>, L<public> and L<protected> for a description of
 this feature.
 
 croak.  See L<fields>, L<public> and L<protected> for a description of
 this feature.
 

+=head1 DIAGNOSTICS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Base class package "%s" is empty.
+
+base.pm was unable to require the base package, because it was not
+found in your path.
+
+=back
+

 =head1 HISTORY
 
 This module was introduced with Perl 5.004_04.
 =head1 HISTORY
 
 This module was introduced with Perl 5.004_04.