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On Jul 23, 2013, at 12:26 AM, Kent Fredric <kentfredric@gmail.com> wrote: > This criteria list is what gives me the impression exceptions need > their own reftype, and in that form, die is a special construct ( > like bless, and qr/ / ) that creates and throws an exception > reference. I would prefer, like RJBS, that we start with the simplest possible change and see what happens, then iterate. It might come to this, but I would rather not make it so special-case up-front. > Even if my exact ideas are awful, or yours are, this is a much needed > discussion imo. Though, I just fear if we try arguing they should be > objects in the same sense as most present objects ( ie: with a > matching package and a load of boring messy pure-perl plumbing ), > we'll get side tracked about bikeshedding about how it would be really > nice to have something Moo/Moose like in core. Then why bring it up! :-P > Besides, I get the impression the guts of doing anything serious with > Exceptions may even be easier to approach from the Perl & C side of > the equation than it is to do it entirely in pureperl. Yes, I think it needs better support at the language level. Best, DavidThread Previous | Thread Next