[cgiapp] re: why do I get "Bad name after ::" in Perl?

[Richard Jones]

Mark Stosberg wrote:
>> [Dispatch] ERROR' for request '/': Unable to load module 
>> 'WebApp::Controller::Foo': Bad name after :: at 
>> WebApp/Controller/Base.pm line 98.
[..]

> You need quotes around the package name. With them 'WebApp::DB::' is
> like a constant...and you just can't concatenate variables like this. 
> 
> This little script demonstates the bug and the fix:
> 
> package Foo::Zoo;
> sub new { print "you found me!\n"; }
> 
> package main;
> use strict;
> 
> my $a = 'Zoo';
> 
> # Uncomment either one for testing. 
> Foo::$a->new;
> # "Foo::$a"->new;
> 

Yes, thanks Mark. Strangely enough I did something similar myself with a 
demo script and switched diagnostics on (something I had forgotten 
existed), and found the explanation about the quotation marks. But your 
demo app was much more elegant than mine :)