Re: Catching typos

hippo quickly came up with at least one possible reason. Any half decent editor or IDE would catch this typo and at least warn about it.

I can't even think of an instance where that would fly, unless you've declared a reeturn() sub.

In what context is this used in?

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Re^2: Catching typos by LanX (Saint) on Jan 06, 2021 at 17:21 UTC
> Any half decent editor or IDE would catch this typo and at least warn about it. Really? Most IDE depend on running `perl -c` for checks. Emacs syntax highlighting and indentation help me in similar cases , but that's not a warning. .. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Catching typos by stevieb (Canon) on Jan 06, 2021 at 17:27 UTC
My IDE highlights the word in yellow (warning), and hovering over it produces the following pop-up: `Unable to find sub definition, declaration, constant definition or typeglob aliasing`. It also throws a yellow dot at the line where the warning is located, so even if that line isn't in view on the screen, I can always see if there are any warnings/errors anywhere within the file at a glance. Everything happens live-time, so I can actually see it immediately after I'm done typing. Here's an image of what I'm speaking of. If I point at the word, the notice pops up.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Catching typos by LanX (Saint) on Jan 06, 2021 at 18:12 UTC
Interesting. .. my guess is it's running Perl::Critic in the background. So what happens if you have an AUTOLOAD defined? NB: You'd need parens for `reeturn()` then. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Catching typos by stevieb (Canon) on Jan 06, 2021 at 18:25 UTC
Re^6: Catching typos by LanX (Saint) on Jan 06, 2021 at 19:53 UTC


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