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in reply to WWW::Mechanize follow_link() crashes if no link is found

It's seems to me it's a feature actually and not a bug. Quote from the Changes for version 1.51_03: 
$mech->follow_link() did not complain if a link could not be found,
even with autocheck on.  Now it does.  Thanks, Flavio Poletti.

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Re^2: WWW::Mechanize follow_link() crashes if no link is found
by venkatesan_G02 (Sexton) on Sep 25, 2009 at 11:54 UTC
    Hi,

    First thanks for the reply.

    But, Pardon me for my ignorance. I didn't get your point.

    Is there any way to make my program move on with the next step rather than crashing at follow_link line?

    Thanks
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      Is there any way to make my program move on with the next step

      If all else fails, you could trap the exception, i.e. wrap the call within eval { ... } — Something like this 

      my $foo;          # undefined
eval {
    $foo->url();  # would 'Can't call method "url" on an undefined val
+ue ...'
};
if ($@) {
    # ... handle the exception
    print "error: ...: $@\n";
}

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        Thanks almut.... It worked.
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      Well, one way would be to always pass a valid link to be followed. The other would be, as is specified in the WWW::Mechanize docs, to set autocheck to 0. Although, this would silence all requests unless they're errors.
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