warnings(3)                      Perl Programmers Reference Guide                     warnings(3)



NAME
       warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings

SYNOPSIS
           use warnings;
           no warnings;

           use warnings "all";
           no warnings "all";

           use warnings::register;
           if (warnings::enabled()) {
               warnings::warn("some warning");
           }

           if (warnings::enabled("void")) {
               warnings::warn("void", "some warning");
           }

           if (warnings::enabled($object)) {
               warnings::warn($object, "some warning");
           }

           warnings::warnif("some warning");
           warnings::warnif("void", "some warning");
           warnings::warnif($object, "some warning");

DESCRIPTION
       The "warnings" pragma is a replacement for the command line flag "-w", but the pragma is
       limited to the enclosing block, while the flag is global.  See perllexwarn for more infor-
       mation.

       If no import list is supplied, all possible warnings are either enabled or disabled.

       A number of functions are provided to assist module authors.

       use warnings::register
           Creates a new warnings category with the same name as the package where the call to
           the pragma is used.

       warnings::enabled()
           Use the warnings category with the same name as the current package.

           Return TRUE if that warnings category is enabled in the calling module.  Otherwise
           returns FALSE.

       warnings::enabled($category)
           Return TRUE if the warnings category, $category, is enabled in the calling module.
           Otherwise returns FALSE.

       warnings::enabled($object)
           Use the name of the class for the object reference, $object, as the warnings category.

           Return TRUE if that warnings category is enabled in the first scope where the object
           is used.  Otherwise returns FALSE.

       warnings::warn($message)
           Print $message to STDERR.

           Use the warnings category with the same name as the current package.

           If that warnings category has been set to "FATAL" in the calling module then die.
           Otherwise return.

       warnings::warn($category, $message)
           Print $message to STDERR.

           If the warnings category, $category, has been set to "FATAL" in the calling module
           then die. Otherwise return.

       warnings::warn($object, $message)
           Print $message to STDERR.

           Use the name of the class for the object reference, $object, as the warnings category.

           If that warnings category has been set to "FATAL" in the scope where $object is first
           used then die. Otherwise return.

       warnings::warnif($message)
           Equivalent to:

               if (warnings::enabled())
                 { warnings::warn($message) }

       warnings::warnif($category, $message)
           Equivalent to:

               if (warnings::enabled($category))
                 { warnings::warn($category, $message) }

       warnings::warnif($object, $message)
           Equivalent to:

               if (warnings::enabled($object))
                 { warnings::warn($object, $message) }

       See "Pragmatic Modules" in perlmodlib and perllexwarn.



perl v5.8.8                                 2001-09-21                                warnings(3)