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[spider.git] / perl / DXChannel.pm

diff --git a/perl/DXChannel.pm b/perl/DXChannel.pm
index 2b7573bb89c7a1ece843c9ddc66c8336093998e8..519a0b48860e093aa102df570720dcf7a2cd456a 100644 (file)
--- a/perl/DXChannel.pm
+++ b/perl/DXChannel.pm
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ use Msg;
 use DXUtil;
 use DXM;
 use DXDebug;
+use Carp;
 
 use strict;
 
@@ -56,7 +57,6 @@ my %valid = (
   dx => '0,DX Spots,yesno',
 );
 
-
 # create a new channel object [$obj = DXChannel->new($call, $msg_conn_obj, $user_obj)]
 sub alloc
 {
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ sub send_now
        
   foreach $line (@_) {
     chomp $line;
-       dbg('chan', "-> $sort $call $line\n");
-       $conn->send_now("$sort$call|$line");
+       dbg('chan', "-> $sort $call $line\n") if $conn;
+       $conn->send_now("$sort$call|$line") if $conn;
   }
   $self->{t} = time;
 }
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ sub send              # this is always later and always data
 
   foreach $line (@_) {
     chomp $line;
-       dbg('chan', "-> D $call $line\n");
-       $conn->send_later("D$call|$line");
+       dbg('chan', "-> D $call $line\n") if $conn;
+       $conn->send_later("D$call|$line") if $conn;
   }
   $self->{t} = time;
 }
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ sub AUTOLOAD
   return if $name =~ /::DESTROY$/;
   $name =~ s/.*:://o;
   
-  die "Non-existant field '$AUTOLOAD'" if !$valid{$name};
+  confess "Non-existant field '$AUTOLOAD'" if !$valid{$name};
   @_ ? $self->{$name} = shift : $self->{$name} ;
 }