+02Jul02=======================================================================
+1. Fixed the problem with badspotter or badnode being set to baddx if either
+of the data files are missing.
25Jun02=======================================================================
1. as predicted there was an error in the Prefix routine, I have improved it.
24Jun02=======================================================================
{
my ($pkg, $name) = @_;
my $s = readfilestr($main::data, $name);
- my $self = eval $s if $s;
+ my $self = undef;
+ $self = eval $s if $s;
dbg("error in reading $name in DXHash $@") if $@;
- $self = bless {name => $name}, $pkg unless $self;
+ $self = bless({name => $name}, $pkg) unless defined $self;
return $self;
}