> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Kraus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 6:43 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; JupiterHost.Net;
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> Subject: RE: Spam:Re: using $! for die()ing with Package function
>
>
> G'day...
>
> > Return undef or 0, just like you are doing. Both your calls
> > to baz have an argument, so 1 is returned both times. I
> > prefer undef for false.
>
> Ahh... But how do you set $! in the enclosing scope?
>
I don't think you can't set $! since it is a system var. Perhaps you could
do something like:
my $err_text;
die $err_text if !Foo();
sub Foo_baz
{
return 1 if shift;
$err_text = "Your error message."
return 0;
}
Peace -
Ron
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