[mplspm]: How to overload $!

Ken Williams ken at mathforum.org
Thu Apr 29 16:21:47 CDT 2004


On Apr 29, 2004, at 2:48 PM, Mark Allen wrote:

> Awww, well. Fine.
>
> I made $Foo::error instead, in Foo.pm. :P
>
> Gets annoying having to remember all the namespaces which declare their
> own errors... but it sounds like there might be something better in 
> Perl
> 6 (or 5.10 or whatever :-).

I tend to use $@ in this situation, which is similarly abusive, but 
much easier to remember than some new package variable.

Also, it reminds you that you'd be better off using exception-style 
code anyway. =)

  -Ken



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