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From:
Nick Ing-Simmons
Date:
October 1, 1999 03:46
Subject:
Re: deprecating SIGDIE
Message ID:
199910011044.LAA16906@tiuk.ti.com
Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> writes:


>What about  __EXCEPTION__ for
>the semantic of "old" __DIE__?

Sigh. Does this mean I would then have to do : 

eval { local $SIG{__EXCEPTION__}; # protect against 5.6 style
       local $SIG{__DIE__};       # protect against 5.005 style
       ...
       die "__Tk_break__\n" if (some_condition)
       ...
     };

if ($@ eq "__Tk_break__\n")

If so, may I request a new "keyword" ("thow" would seem to suit)
which does not have all these bells, whistles, and baroque twiddly
bits? Can we then change "require" to use "thow" when it cannot load 
something ? So that I can test for availability of things and act 
accordingly.
 
-- 
Nick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com>
Via, but not speaking for: Texas Instruments Ltd.


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