- if (!stash || !(gv = gv_fetchmethod(stash, methname))) {
- DIE(aTHX_ "Can't locate object method \"%s\" via package \"%"SVf"\"",
- methname, SVfARG(SvOK(*MARK) ? *MARK : &PL_sv_no));
- }
+ if (!stash) {
+ if (SvROK(*MARK))
+ DIE(aTHX_ "Can't locate object method \"%s\" via package \"%" SVf "\"",
+ methname, SVfARG(*MARK));
+ else if (isGV(*MARK)) {
+ /* If the glob doesn't name an existing package, using
+ * SVfARG(*MARK) would yield "*Foo::Bar" or *main::Foo. So
+ * generate the name for the error message explicitly. */
+ SV *stashname = sv_2mortal(newSV(0));
+ gv_fullname4(stashname, (GV *) *MARK, NULL, FALSE);
+ DIE(aTHX_ "Can't locate object method \"%s\" via package \"%" SVf "\"",
+ methname, SVfARG(stashname));
+ }
+ else {
+ SV *stashname = !SvPOK(*MARK) ? &PL_sv_no
+ : SvCUR(*MARK) ? *MARK
+ : sv_2mortal(newSVpvs("main"));
+ DIE(aTHX_ "Can't locate object method \"%s\" via package \"%" SVf "\""
+ " (perhaps you forgot to load \"%" SVf "\"?)",
+ methname, SVfARG(stashname), SVfARG(stashname));
+ }
+ }
+ else if (!(gv = gv_fetchmethod(stash, methname))) {
+ /* The effective name can only be NULL for stashes that have
+ * been deleted from the symbol table, which this one can't
+ * be, since we just looked it up by name.
+ */
+ DIE(aTHX_ "Can't locate object method \"%s\" via package \"%" HEKf "\"",
+ methname, HvENAME_HEK_NN(stash));
+ }