=head2 The C<diagnostics> Pragma
This module extends the terse diagnostics normally emitted by both the
-perl compiler and the perl interpeter, augmenting them with the more
+perl compiler and the perl interpreter, augmenting them with the more
explicative and endearing descriptions found in L<perldiag>. Like the
other pragmata, it affects the compilation phase of your program rather
than merely the execution phase.
insurmountable.
The C<-pretty> directive is called too late to affect matters.
-You have to to this instead, and I<before> you load the module.
+You have to do this instead, and I<before> you load the module.
BEGIN { $diagnostics::PRETTY = 1 }
=head1 AUTHOR
-Tom Christiansen F<E<lt>tchrist@mox.perl.comE<gt>>, 25 June 1995.
+Tom Christiansen <F<tchrist@mox.perl.com>>, 25 June 1995.
=cut
require 5.001;
-use English;
use Carp;
use Config;
+($privlib, $archlib) = @Config{qw(privlibexp archlibexp)};
if ($^O eq 'VMS') {
- $PODFILE = VMS::Filespec::unixify($Config{privlibexp}).'/pod/perldiag.pod';
-}
-else {
- $PODFILE = $Config{privlibexp} . "/pod/perldiag.pod";
+ require VMS::Filespec;
+ $privlib = VMS::Filespec::unixify($privlib);
+ $archlib = VMS::Filespec::unixify($archlib);
}
+@trypod = ("$archlib/pod/perldiag.pod",
+ "$privlib/pod/perldiag-$].pod",
+ "$privlib/pod/perldiag.pod");
+# handy for development testing of new warnings etc
+unshift @trypod, "./pod/perldiag.pod" if -e "pod/perldiag.pod";
+($PODFILE) = ((grep { -e } @trypod), $trypod[$#trypod])[0];
$DEBUG ||= 0;
my $WHOAMI = ref bless []; # nobody's business, prolly not even mine
-$OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH = 1;
+$| = 1;
local $_;
unless (caller) {
$standalone++;
require Getopt::Std;
- Getopt::Std::getopts('pdvf:') || die "Usage: $0 [-v] [-p] [-f splainpod]";
+ Getopt::Std::getopts('pdvf:')
+ or die "Usage: $0 [-v] [-p] [-f splainpod]";
$PODFILE = $opt_f if $opt_f;
$DEBUG = 2 if $opt_d;
$VERBOSE = $opt_v;
$transmo = <<EOFUNC;
sub transmo {
- local \$^W = 0; # recursive warnings we do NOT need!
+ #local \$^W = 0; # recursive warnings we do NOT need!
study;
EOFUNC
sub import {
shift;
- $old_w = $^W;
+ #$old_w = $^W;
$^W = 1; # yup, clobbered the global variable; tough, if you
# want diags, you want diags.
return if $SIG{__WARN__} eq \&warn_trap;
sub disable {
shift;
- $^W = $old_w;
+ #$^W = $old_w;
return unless $SIG{__WARN__} eq \&warn_trap;
$SIG{__WARN__} = $oldwarn;
$SIG{__DIE__} = $olddie;
sub splainthis {
local $_ = shift;
+ local $\;
### &finish_compilation unless %msg;
s/\.?\n+$//;
my $orig = $_;
}
-# have to do this: RS isn't set until run time, but we're executing at compile time
+# have to do this: RS isn't set until run time, but we're executing at compiletime
$RS = "\n";
1 unless $standalone; # or it'll complain about itself