[PBP-pm] what's the correct way to do eval

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Dolan <chris at chrisdolan.net> writes:

Chris> How about this:

Chris>   my $has_proc_pid_file;
Chris>   eval { require Proc::PID::File; Proc::PID::File->import;  $has_proc_pid_file
Chris> = 1; };

Chris> Or perhaps this is equivalent (untested):

Chris>   my $has_proc_pid_file = eval { require Proc::PID::File;
Chris> Proc::PID::File->import; 1; };

I don't like calling ->import if it's not early enough to provide
subroutine definitions for either avoiding barewords or getting prototypes.
It's ... uh ... misleading.

Perhaps if you put most of this into a BEGIN block, I'd be less
horrified.

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