Bug #60030 for TryCatch: Compilation fails when try{} catch {} is followed by POD

Tue Aug 03 05:07:13 2010 spiceman [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

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Compilation fails when try{} catch {} is followed by POD

6:05 spiceman@cynic ~ % perl -MV=TryCatch TryCatch /home/marcel/perl5/lib/perl5/i686-linux/TryCatch.pm: 1.002000 /home/marcel/perl5/lib/perl5/i686-linux/TryCatch.pm: 1.002000 6:05 spiceman@cynic ~ % cat a.pl #!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use TryCatch v1.002; try { } catch { } =pod TryCatch b0rks when immediately followed by POD documentation =cut 6:05 spiceman@cynic ~ % perl a.pl syntax error at a.pl line 12, near ";=" Execution of a.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

Tue Aug 03 05:38:11 2010 ash_rtcpan [...] firemirror.com - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Fri Aug 06 05:53:56 2010 KENTNL [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

I believe this is in fact a Perl Parser error. I've in the past encountered similar problems with Pod in similar contexts to the one you demonstrate, with *no* externalities and using only core perl functions!. http://blog.fox.geek.nz/2010/06/todays-amusing-perl-parser-confusion.html If I'm correct, this problem is not explicitly TryCatch. You may wish to, in lack of a better solution, put your pod after __END__

Sat Aug 07 05:50:06 2010 ash_rtcpan [...] firemirror.com - Correspondence added

On Fri Aug 06 05:53:56 2010, KENTNL wrote: Show quoted text

> I believe this is in fact a Perl Parser error. > > I've in the past encountered similar problems with Pod in similar > contexts to the one you demonstrate, with *no* externalities and using > only core perl functions!. > > http://blog.fox.geek.nz/2010/06/todays-amusing-perl-parser-confusion.html > > If I'm correct, this problem is not explicitly TryCatch. > > You may wish to, in lack of a better solution, put your pod after __END__

I think this is to do with where TryCatch inserts a semicolon. The temporary fix is to insert one of them yourself until I get round to fixing this. try { } catch { } ; =pod here...

Sat Aug 14 21:27:50 2010 spiceman [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On Fri Aug 06 05:53:56 2010, KENTNL wrote: Show quoted text

> I believe this is in fact a Perl Parser error. > > I've in the past encountered similar problems with Pod in similar > contexts to the one you demonstrate, with *no* externalities and using > only core perl functions!. > > http://blog.fox.geek.nz/2010/06/todays-amusing-perl-parser-

confusion.html Show quoted text

>

That's to be expected, since you're actually writing 1 =pod =cut. But in try {} catch {} =pod there's no semi-colon, and the compiler complains about one. That's not really expected.

Sat Aug 14 21:28:56 2010 spiceman [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Sorry, I knew the workaround and completely failed to mention it. Good thing it is not here for everyone to see. Thanks On Sat Aug 07 05:50:06 2010, ASH wrote: Show quoted text

> I think this is to do with where TryCatch inserts a semicolon. The > temporary fix is to insert > one of them yourself until I get round to fixing this. > > try { > } > catch { > } > ; > > =pod > here... > > > >