Weird error installing a module if I forget to type "install"

[steve-m-hay]

If I accidentally forget to type "install" in "install MIME::Entity" then I get a weird error message from the cpan shell:

cpan[1]> MIME::Entity
Catching error: "Can't locate object method "Entity" via package "MIME" (perhaps you forgot to load "MIME"?) at C:/perl/lib/CPAN.pm line 376, line 1.\cJ" at C:/perl/lib/CPAN.pm line 392, line 1.
CPAN::shell() called at C:/perl/lib/App/Cpan.pm line 395
App::Cpan::_process_options("App::Cpan") called at C:/perl/lib/App/Cpan.pm line 492
App::Cpan::run("App::Cpan") called at C:\perl\bin/cpan line 10

(This is using CPAN.pm v2.10.)

[andk]

Same as:

% perl -E 'say bless({})->MIME::Entity'
Can't locate object method "Entity" via package "MIME" (perhaps you forgot to load "MIME"?) at -e line 1.

andreas

[steve-m-hay]

Yes. Something like "Unrecognized command 'MIME::Entity'" would be friendlier though :-)