[PBP-pm] what's the correct way to do eval
Randal L. Schwartz
merlyn at stonehenge.com
Wed Dec 26 18:04:03 PST 2007
>>>>> "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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