> Howdy List!
>
> Quick question about Packages and an Error Variable.
>
> I have a little package I made and can do;
>
> use MyGoodies;
>
> and can export the $MyGoodies::Error from it as well as a function.
>
> What I'm trying to figure out is the best way to have a
> function return 0 on failure and set the Error Variable for me to use.
>
> Is this the best way to do that:
> package MyGoodies;
> ...
> my $MyGoodies::Error; # declare the variable in the
> package and Export it and function().
> ...
> sub function {
> undef $MyGoodies::Error; # incase it was given
> a value before, right?
> my $r;
> ...
> ...
> if(everythign worked) { $r = 1; }
> elsif(it failed miserably) { $MyGoodies::Error
> = "It failed Miserably you loser - $@"; }
>
> return $r;
> }
>
> ####
>
> In the script:
>
> use MyGoodies;
>
> if(!function()) { print "The Sky is falling -
> $MyGoodies::Error"; }
> else { print "It seems to have worked ok in spite of
> your ignorance"; }
Or also I'd like to be able to do something like this afetr I run function() :
if($MyGoodies::Error) { print "The Sky is falling - $MyGoodies::Error"; }
else { print "It seems to have worked ok in spite of your ignorance"; }
I hope I'm doing/thinking of this correctly...
>
> Is all of that the way that should work or am I missing something?
>
> TIA
>
> Dan
>
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