Re: Subroutine foo redefined a bar

2009/7/29 John W. Krahn <jwkrahn@xxxxxxx>:
> Dermot wrote:
>>
>> 2009/7/28 John W. Krahn <jwkrahn@xxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>> Dermot wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 2009/7/28 John W. Krahn <jwkrahn@xxxxxxx>:
>>>>
>>>> Thanx for gettig back to me.
>>>>
>>>>> Which error?  Copy and paste the error message you are receiving.
>>>>
>>>> Opps sorry. Here you are. Every time I start the httpd I get
>>>>
>>>>  Processing config file: /etc/apache-modperl/conf.d/dev_vhost.conf
>>>> Subroutine addItemsToBasket redefined at
>>>> /export/web/lib/MyApp/Basket.pm line 347, <DATA> line 238.
>>>> Subroutine addItemToBasket redefined at
>>>> /export/web/lib/MyApp/Basket.pm line 355, <DATA> line 238.
>>>
>>> That message means that you have defined two addItemsToBasket subroutines
>>> and also two addItemToBasket subroutines in the current package.
>>
>> I can't confirm this from where I am right now but I have a sneaky
>> feeling that this might be the case. The file was in subversion and
>> was reported as conflicted when I updated. I made some edits but I
>> wonder if there are multiple instances of those routines.

Thanx John and Chas,

More egg on my face. There was indeed a 2nd copy of both subroutines
further down the package at line 347...etc exactly as the errors said.
I'll grab myself a version of Scalar::Utils and have a play.

Thanx again,
Dp.

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