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From:
Nick Ing-Simmons
Date:
October 1, 1999 05:41
Subject:
Re: deprecating SIGDIE
Message ID:
199910011240.NAA27068@tiuk.ti.com
Joshua N Pritikin <joshua.pritikin@db.com> writes:
>
>Isn't it that true that $SIG{__EXCEPTION__} will not be able to *change*
>the exception string/object, only record it?
That is true of __DIE__ these days too - but it can re-throw an
alternative e.g. what do you do with :
$SIG{__EXCEPTION__} = sub { die "Gibberish" };
eval { die "Sanity" };
print $@;
Which is in essence what all the local hackery is to protect against.
--
Nick Ing-Simmons <nik@tiuk.ti.com>
Via, but not speaking for: Texas Instruments Ltd.
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