Peter Scott writes:
: Do we want to come up with any modifications to the scope of $! (I'm not
: talking about the dual string-number nature)? I've occasionally been
: flummoxed by looking at it when there hadn't really been an error (but it's
: set anyway, randomly it seems); or calling some module method that failed
: and then wondering whether $! tells me anything useful or not (did the
: method make a failed system call?).
:
: I realize this is very pedestrian compared to the exception-handling stuff
: we've been tossing around, which could largely be said to render the issue
: moot; but I thought I'd shake the branches anyway and see what fell out.
At minimum we could lexically scope $! to the current file. I would hate
to lose the notational convenience of $!.
Larry
