Is there a syntax checker like perl -c for components?
It is impossible to write a truly generic standalone script to syntax check components, because components rely on certain globals and modules to be present in their environment. Mason may report compile errors from such a script even though they would not occur in your normal web environment. The best you can do is write a standalone script (http://www.masonhq.com/docs/manual/Admin.html#using_mason_from_a_standalone_sc) that mimics your web environment as much as possible – in particular, declaring the same globals and loading the same modules. Instead of actually executing components, your script need only load them with $interp->load(). This method will throw a fatal error if a component fails to load. See this contribution: http://www.masonhq.com/?
It is impossible to write a truly generic standalone script to syntax check components, because components rely on certain globals and modules to be present in their environment. Mason may report compile errors from such a script even though they would not occur in your normal web environment. The best you can do is write a standalone script (http://www.masonhq.com/docs/manual/Admin.html#using_mason_from_a_standalone_sc) that mimics your web environment as much as possible – in particular, declaring the same globals and loading the same modules. Instead of actually executing components, your script need only load them with $interp->load(). This method will throw a fatal error if a component fails to load.
