I noticed this problem when using pike -M in 7.6 and I guess its known, since it does not occur anymore in pike 7.8. Consider this situation:

one has some module directory and a class from that module is used somewhere in module.pmod. Using these examples

* dir/module.pmod

string h(int i) { return .A()->h(i); }

* dir/A.pike

string h(int i) { return String.int2char(i); }

Now, when using pike -M dir/ I get the following error:

dir/A.pike:2:Got placeholder object (resolver problem) when resolving 'String'. dir/A.pike:2:Undefined identifier "String". dir/A.pike:2:Got placeholder object (resolver problem) when resolving 'String'. dir/A.pike:2:Undefined identifier "String". dir/module.pmod:2:Error looking up 'A' in module '.'. Attempt to call the NULL-value Unknown program: 0()

The problem goes away either by using A() instead of .A() or by using pike -M dir without the "/". Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong here?

arne