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slugger415 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear Monks, some users are getting this error message when running a script I've written:

Can't locate object method "se" via package "warnings" at C:/Perl/5.14
+.2/lib/threads.pm line 3.

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I cannot reproduce this message. Can anyone explain what it means and how to resolve it?

FWIW I have these modules:

require 5.10.0;
use open ':encoding(utf8)';
use threads;
use threads::shared;
use strict;
use warnings;
use Encode;
use Carp;
use File::Path;
use File::Basename;
use File::Spec;
use IC_TOC;

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IC_TOC.pm is a custom module that also uses strict and warnings.

thanks, Scott

Update: I posted a reply down the chain here but wanted to get it up top too. Hi all, I suspect the problem was something in the user's Path statement that was hijacking the process. She cleaned out her Path, reinstalled Perl and it seems to be working better now. I appreciate the help -- sorry for a false (Perl) alarm.

thanks -- Scott

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Re: Can't locate object method "se" via package "warnings"
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 05, 2012 at 17:21 UTC

    Can you check c:\perl\5.14.2\lib\threads.pm? It should start with 

    package threads;

use 5.008;

use strict;
use warnings;

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    But, for some reason, perl thinks the file has se warnings; on line 3.

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      The user confirmed her threads.pm has that exact text.

      Again, I can't replicate this on my (Win 7) system. She's on XP if that matters.

      thank you.

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        Make sure c:\perl\5.14.2\lib\threads.pm uses Windows line endings (CRLF, not LF).

        (LF should be fine, but I know there's a circumstance in which the use of CRLF is assumed. I can't remember what it was specifically, but it could cause the start of the file to be misindentified.)

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