Perl module error

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

Can you help me why does this code give the following error: "Missing right curly or square bracket at Gate88/Bot/Core/KeyManager.pm line 1, at end of line syntax error at Gate88/Bot/Core/KeyManager.pm line 1, at EOF"

package Gate88::Bot::Core::KeyManager;

use strict;
use warnings;

sub new {
    my $class = shift;
    my $gs = shift;
    my $nm = shift;

    my $self = bless({
        'gs' => $gs,
        'nm' => $nm,
    }, $class);

    return $self;
}

1;
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If I remove the method new, perl says syntax is Ok.

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Re: Perl module error by toolic (Bishop) on Oct 04, 2013 at 14:54 UTC
I do not get any error: `perl -c KeyManager.pm KeyManager.pm syntax OK` [download] How are you using this? I even call it this way: `use Gate88::Bot::Core::KeyManager; my $x = Gate88::Bot::Core::KeyManager->new();` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Perl module error by Vaclav_ (Novice) on Oct 04, 2013 at 15:07 UTC
Same like you: `use Gate88::Bot::Core::KeyManager; $s->{'keyboard'} = Gate88::Bot::Core::KeyManager->new( $s->{'gs'}, $s- +>{'nm'} );` [download] ($s is another object) If I comment the use... line it says syntax Ok, so it must be in the module.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Perl module error by toolic (Bishop) on Oct 04, 2013 at 15:17 UTC
Maybe there is some problematic whitespace in your .pm file: `cat -A KeyManager.pm` [download] You should download the code from your post, just like I did, and paste it into a new file.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Perl module error by Vaclav_ (Novice) on Oct 04, 2013 at 22:56 UTC
Re^5: Perl module error (cat -A) by Anonymous Monk on Oct 05, 2013 at 01:45 UTC
Re: Perl module error by boftx (Deacon) on Oct 04, 2013 at 23:36 UTC
Sometimes you can get a meaningful error message from `perltidy` that will tell you what line has a missing brace/bracket/paren. I would try that and see if it sheds any light. Using that, and `perl -c` as you did, should point out any problem areas. (But it is hard to imagine that if it passes `perl -c` that there is anything wrong in the file itself.) On time, cheap, compliant with final specs. Pick two.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Perl module error by Vaclav_ (Novice) on Oct 05, 2013 at 01:35 UTC
Finally. After running perltidy on the module, it's syntax Ok. Perltidy add/removes whitespaces only, right? What could I have messed up with them, I thought whitespaces doesn't really matter. This is not python :D	[reply]
Re^3: Perl module error (ddumper) by Anonymous Monk on Oct 05, 2013 at 01:42 UTC
I thought whitespaces doesn't really matter. This is not python :D No, whitespace doesn't mostly matter, but maybe you invoked the MACRO precompiler features ( perlrun ) or loaded a source filter via PERL5OPT or something like that, something that inserted an extra stray curly brace or square bracket Did you save a copy of the broken one? Did you `use Data::Dumper; use Path::Tiny; dd( path( $file )->slurp_raw ) ;`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Perl module error (ddumper) by Vaclav_ (Novice) on Oct 05, 2013 at 02:00 UTC
Re^5: Perl module error (ddumper) by Anonymous Monk on Oct 05, 2013 at 02:13 UTC
Re^3: Perl module error by boftx (Deacon) on Oct 05, 2013 at 02:06 UTC
I suggested perltidy because it will sometimes complain about missing braces, etc, and give you the line number that was unmatched in a way different than perl -c will in the log file. You are indeed most correct that white space doesn't matter. But that doesn't mean that a silly typo doesn't creep in now and again. :) On time, cheap, compliant with final specs. Pick two.	[reply]

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