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This patch changes the documentation in Fatal.pm to also suggest eval{} to
trap the exception as well as $SIG{__DIE__}.
*** lib/Fatal.pm.orig Tue Mar 7 09:55:04 2000
--- lib/Fatal.pm Tue Mar 7 09:59:56 2000
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*** 138,148 ****
=head1 DESCRIPTION
C<Fatal> provides a way to conveniently replace functions which normally
! return a false value when they fail with equivalents which halt execution
if they are not successful. This lets you use these functions without
! having to test their return values explicitly on each call. Errors are
! reported via C<die>, so you can trap them using C<$SIG{__DIE__}> if you
! wish to take some action before the program exits.
The do-or-die equivalents are set up simply by calling Fatal's
C<import> routine, passing it the names of the functions to be
--- 138,148 ----
=head1 DESCRIPTION
C<Fatal> provides a way to conveniently replace functions which normally
! return a false value when they fail with equivalents which raise exceptions
if they are not successful. This lets you use these functions without
! having to test their return values explicitly on each call. Exceptions
! can be caught using either C<eval{}> or a C<$SIG{__DIE__}> handler. See
! L<perlfunc> and L<perlvar> for details.
The do-or-die equivalents are set up simply by calling Fatal's
C<import> routine, passing it the names of the functions to be
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