I have seen this error message often. For me it always happens when some object method takes a reference to a hash argument (sometimes optionally) and you pass it a reference to an empty hash or just missing certain keys. It might well happen with other method calls when passed bad data.
-John > ---------- > From: Charles Albrecht > Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 12:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [MacPerl] syntax error > > At 7:29 AM +0100 2/12/2003, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >I have this message: > > > ># Can't modify concatenation (.) or string in scalar assignment, near > >"extern:" > >File 'disc-extern:macperl5:perl561r2:MacPerl f:Mhonarc:install'; Line 1 > ># syntax error, near "extern:" > >File 'disc-extern:macperl5:perl561r2:MacPerl f:Mhonarc:install'; Line 1 > ># Execution of disc-extern:macperl5:perl561r2:MacPerl f:Mhonarc:install > >aborted due to compilation errors. > > > >I don't understand the syntax error; I don't find in the Perl: a > >beginner 's guide book, first edition, translated in spanish. > >thanks for your help, > > It is unlikely that we can understand the syntax error without any context. It >appears that you are attempting to work with the file: > > disc-extern:macperl5:perl561r2:MacPerl Y:Mhonarc:install.me > > perhaps in an eval. perhaps with a one-liner. I'm not certain. I can't reproduce the >error > > > There is one thing you need to keep in mind. MHonArc will not install transparently >with MacPerl. It will not install as easily under MacPerl as it will under a unix-y >perl. Despite some window dressing in install.me, the install.me script will not >install MHonArc on MacPerl without serious hacking. (The check for a valid perl >executable, for instance, attempts to call "perl -v" and test the result for >/\bperl\b/i - this will fail with MacPerl.) > > And yet, it is very likely that many of the files and directories (unpacked using >the MacPerl-supplied 'installme' droplet) will work directly with MacPerl without >going through the extra steps of an install process. > > I would check here and mhonarc.org and the mhonarc.org mailing lists to see whether >anyone has suggestions on how to utilize Mhonarc with MacPerl. > > -Charles > Euonymic Solutions > > >
