Re: [perl #20823] BEGIN { local $@; die 'foo' } doesn't die

In <20030306053337.GA906@ratsnest.hole> Enache Adrian wrote:
>> >> BEGIN { local $@; die 'foo' } seems to bail out of the BEGIN, but 
>> >> doesn't actually die, as if the BEGIN was an eval.

[...]

> Perl_call_list calls itself, by means of S_v?call_list_body
> 	call_sv((SV*)cv, G_EVAL|G_DISCARD);
> 
> and it seems to be no other way to know if that completed correctly
> ( or called die ) that to check if $@/PL_errgv is clear.

maybe an important note, the Carp shipped with 5.6.x and 5.8.0 ALSO use
'local $@' when require'ing Carp::Heavy...

	-Jos

• [perl #20823] BEGIN { local $@; die 'foo' } doesn't die by Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
• Re: [perl #20823] BEGIN { local $@; die 'foo' } doesn't die by sthoenna
• Re: [perl #20823] BEGIN { local $@; die 'foo' } doesn't die by Enache Adrian
• Re: [perl #20823] BEGIN { local $@; die 'foo' } doesn't die by Jos I . Boumans
• Re: [perl #20823] BEGIN { local $@; die 'foo' } doesn't die by Enache Adrian