[BioPerl] Re: [Bioperl-l] load_gff.pl error

[Mark Wilkinson]

hey... wait a minute!  

Why do *I* have to go to purgatory?!  I didn't do anything wrong - I
only *suggested* that the code be changed... and it wasn't even for ME! 
It was for Sheldon - damn HIM!

This just isn't fair at all... I hate divine thought-police   }-/

M


On Fri, 2003-10-10 at 14:59, Lincoln Stein wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 
> Oh dear.  I maligned you.  I personally broke the code in order to satisfy 
> your request that load_gff() handle tied filehandles.  Now we both have to 
> spend time in purgatory.
> 
> Lincoln
> 
> On Thursday 09 October 2003 04:54 pm, Mark Wilkinson wrote:
> > Uh... no, you threatened me with purgatory if I broke the way data
> > loading from filehandles worked - you said nothing about messing with
> > ARGV ;-)
> >
> > .besides, it doesn't look like this error is my fault??  I don't see
> > any code in there that came from my fingers.  do you know what bit of
> > code I wrote that is causing that error?
> >
> > M
> >
> > On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 14:26, Lincoln Stein wrote:
> > > The issue is fixed in bioperl live.
> > >
> > > Lincoln
> > >
> > > PS: Mark, remember when I told you that your soul would be consigned to
> > > purgatory if you broke anything when you changed the ARGV handling? 
> > > Well, it happened.
> > >
> > > On Thursday 09 October 2003 03:23 pm, Vamsi wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to use the load_gff.pl located in the Bio-DB-GFF/scripts
> > > > directory of the bioperl-1.2.3 distribution.
> > > >
> > > > When I try
> > > > "perl load_gff.pl --dsn dbi:mysql:XXX --user XXX --pass XXX a.gff"
> > > >
> > > > I get the error
> > > >
> > > > Can't use string ("ARGV") as a symbol ref while "strict refs" in use at
> > > > /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.005/Bio/DB/GFF.pm line 2130.
> > > >
> > > > When I modify sub do_load_gff in GFF.pm by having as the first line
> > > > "no strict 'refs';"
> > > > the error disappears.
> > > >
> > > > Is this something anyone else has faced?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Vamsi
> > > >
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Mark Wilkinson <markw at illuminae.com>
Illuminae