Webmaster Forum / Perl / Modules / June 2005

  I am a beginner in Perl programming.  Currently, I am using Perl
5.005_03 in my Solaris 8 server.
I am getting the following error message when running my program :
Can't find string terminator "EOM" anywhere before EOF at ./my-prog.pl

Maybe someone knows why the Google API is having problems when the '&'
char appears in a query.  This is necessary when trying to find out
info about a URL as the code below demonstrates.
my $query =

I've submitted a request at PAUSE for registering a namespace for
a module I would like to implement. Can anyone tell me the
average turnaround time for a response. Does a negative response
mean no response?

I would like comments from the community about a module I would
like to implement.
Name: Net::IP::Correct
Description:

 I'm trying to install a CPAN module into my website's local cgi-bin directory
and I just can't seem to translate the common documentation into something I can
use online. I have unzipped the module files, and executed the accompanying
Makefile.pl, and it looks to me like I got ...

I am trying to retrieve an attribute of a particular node from my XML
using "XML::XPath::Node::Attribute", but couldn't come across on how to
successfully use it in my code. For example, if my xml is:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>

I want to "include" some code in my main. this code should access
variables and functions of the main. can I load code in the same
namespace as the loader is?
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I've got a module with the working title Text::Effort.  It calculates
roughly how much physical effort is required to type a given text.  I
wasn't able to find any modules on CPAN that did this, but most of the
text statistics modules seem to be under the Text namespace.  Does

I want to reference a variable in a module that was created in the
module consuming program.
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The module looks like this:

Id be curious what you mean by the first, and Im confused why the obvious

I've been using a script called weathergraph on a FreeBSD box for years.
Last week I upgraded the machine, and the script stopped working.
One of the "dirty little secrets" about FreeBSD is it's poor handling of
perl upgrades. I've found that I have to reinstall all the modules I ...

When downloading/installing IO::Socket::SSL off CPAN in perl 5.8.3, it
tries to install Net::SSLeay as well.
Then one gets a message that this ( SSLeay) is no longer supported, and
it says to get OpenSSL from www.openssl.org. It then asks for the

I have ActivePerl 5.8.4.810on win98se and I am trying to install
LWP:UserAgent I downloaded the tar file from cpan.org and extracted the
files into my c:/perrl/bin directory putting them in a folder of their own
in the bin directory, I ran perl makefile after browsing to the ...

The Subject says it all.
I searched CPAN for Debian, but I see nothing promising.
Also, I had a look at http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/perl-policy/ 
and http://www.debian.org/doc/ddp, but did not see anything relevant.

I am very new to Perl Modules and I am not asking for anyone to hold my
hand.
However could anyone out there point me in the direction of a good
tutorial on Perl Modules, something that I could use as a guide to