work around wacky JSON autoload problem, fallout from #16266 plus probably a JSON vs Mason bug?

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/httemplate/elements/select-tiered.html b/httemplate/elements/select-tiered.html
index 99b285274..7a7982e56 100644
--- a/httemplate/elements/select-tiered.html
+++ b/httemplate/elements/select-tiered.html
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ main argument list, and will be applied to the last tier.
 </SELECT>
 <% $tier->{after} %>
 % } #foreach $tier
+
 <SCRIPT type="text/javascript">
-% my $json = JSON->new->canonical; #sort
 var <% $pre %>tiers = <% $json->encode($tiers_by_key) %>;
 var <% $pre %>curr_values = <% $json->encode($curr_values) %>;
 function <% $pre %>select_change(select_this, i) {
@@ -120,6 +120,16 @@ my %opt = @_;
 my $pre = $opt{prefix} || '';
 my $tiers = $opt{tiers} or die "no tiers defined";
 
+#my $json = JSON->new()->canonical(); #sort
+# something super weird and broken going on with JSON's auto-loading, just
+# using JSON alone errors out with
+#   Can't locate object method "new" via package "null" (perhaps you forgot to
+#   load "null"?)
+# yes, "null", not "JSON".  so instead, using JSON::XS explicity...
+use JSON::XS;
+my $json = JSON::XS->new();
+$json->canonical;
+
 my $i;
 for( $i = 0; $i < @$tiers; $i++ ) {
   my $tier = $tiers->[$i];