Prototype mismatch: sub main::head vs ($) at ...
 

The line that produces the error: "Prototype mismatch: sub main::head vs ($)
at line ..." contains a call to the LWP module as follows: "use
LWP::Simple;"

Why am I getting this error in the error log?

Re: Prototype mismatch: sub main::head vs ($) at ...
 

Aaron DeLoach <aaron@deloachcorp.com> wrote in comp.lang.perl.misc:
> The line that produces the error: "Prototype mismatch: sub main::head vs ($)
> at line ..." contains a call to the LWP module as follows: "use
> LWP::Simple;"
>
> Why am I getting this error in the error log?

You have probably defined a function named "head" elsewhere in your
program. When LWP::Simple tries to export its function "head", Perl
reports a clash. Whether the function is defined in your program,
or imported from somewhere else is anyone's guess, since you show
no code.

Anno

Re: Prototype mismatch: sub main::head vs ($) at ...
 

Quoth anno4000@lublin.zrz.tu-berlin.de (Anno Siegel):
> Aaron DeLoach <aaron@deloachcorp.com> wrote in comp.lang.perl.misc:
> > The line that produces the error: "Prototype mismatch: sub main::head vs ($)
> > at line ..." contains a call to the LWP module as follows: "use
> > LWP::Simple;"
> >
> > Why am I getting this error in the error log?
>
> You have probably defined a function named "head" elsewhere in your
> program. When LWP::Simple tries to export its function "head", Perl
> reports a clash. Whether the function is defined in your program,
> or imported from somewhere else is anyone's guess, since you show
> no code.

Applying PSI::ESP: see the section 'CAVEAT' of perldoc LWP::Simple.

Ben

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