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=head1 TITLE
Compilation: Remove requirement for final true value in require'd and do'ed files
=head1 VERSION
Maintainer: Damian Conway <damian@conway.org>
Date: 7 August 2000
Version: 1
Mailing List: perl6-language@perl.org
Number: 55
=head1 ABSTRACT
This RFC proposes that files compiled via a C<require> or a C<do> no longer
be required to end in a true value.
=head1 DESCRIPTION
It is proposed that the final value in a file that is compiled using
C<require> or C<do> no longer be significant.
Instead it is proposed that files that wish to fail during compilation
should throw an exception. Furthermore, any valueless exception (i.e.
thrown with a simple C<die;>) that propagates through a C<require> or
C<do> should automatically take the appropriate message string:
"require failed: file "%s" threw an exception"
"do failed: file "%s" threw an exception"
Note that exceptions with some value would be passed through unchanged,
allowing a compiled file to signal exactly why it failed.
=head1 IMPLEMENTATION
Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not an engineer!
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