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NAME

Parse::ErrorString::Perl - Parse error messages from the perl interpreter

SYNOPSIS

    use Parse::ErrorString::Perl;

    my $parser = Parse::ErrorString::Perl->new;
    # or: my $parser = Parse::ErrorString::Perl->new(lang => 'FR')
    # to get localized explanations
    my @errors = $parser->parse_string($string_containing_stderr_output);

    foreach my $error(@errors) {
    print 'Captured error message "' .
        $error->message .
        '" in file ' . $error->file .
        ' on line ' . $error->line . "\n";
    }

METHODS

new(lang => $lang)

Constructor. Receives an optional lang parameter, specifying that error explanations need to be delivered in a language different from the default (i.e. English). Will try to load POD2::$lang::perldiag.

parse_string($string)

Receives an error string generated from the perl interpreter and attempts to parse it into a list of Parse::ErrorString::Perl::ErrorItem objects providing information for each error.

SEE ALSO

splain

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Part of this module is based on code from splain.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-parse-errorstring-perl at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Parse-ErrorString-Perl. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc Parse::ErrorString::Perl