>>>>> "Rob" == Rob Dixon <rob.di...@gmx.com> writes:
Rob> For me, the bottom line is that try / catch is a funky showpiece that
Rob> pushes Perl syntax beyond its limits. No one who sees your code will
Rob> thank you for using it, and you should remove it in preference of a
Rob> simple check on $@.
Completely disagree. Checking $@ *appears* to be easy, but is prone to
error. Try::Tiny is best of breed to fix this. I would prefer people
use Try::Tiny instead of trying to handcraft the $@ checking and getting
it wrong.
For example, if you don't know what's wrong with this:
eval { ... };
if ($@) { ... }
then you *need* to start using Try::Tiny.
See especially the section beginning "BACKGROUND" on the Try::Tiny
manpage.
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