cvsuser 02/02/23 19:40:02
Modified: P5EEx/Blue/P5EEx/Blue exceptions.pod
Log:
clarified the eval syntax to catch exceptions
Revision Changes Path
1.4 +3 -2 p5ee/P5EEx/Blue/P5EEx/Blue/exceptions.pod
Index: exceptions.pod
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RCS file: /cvs/public/p5ee/P5EEx/Blue/P5EEx/Blue/exceptions.pod,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -w -r1.3 -r1.4
--- exceptions.pod 18 Feb 2002 19:01:21 -0000 1.3
+++ exceptions.pod 24 Feb 2002 03:40:02 -0000 1.4
@@ -247,10 +247,11 @@
BLOCK to be compiled only once (at script compile time),
so it is much more efficient and appropriate for
exception programming.
+(Please note the semi-colon that must follow the BLOCK.)
eval {
&do_big_function();
- }
+ };
If any exception ("die") is thrown within the do_big_function(),
the program will not terminate. Control will simply be returned
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@
Camel Book: Chapter 2: The Gory Details/Special Variables, $@
Online Doc: man perlvar (or "perldoc perlvar")
-The is the Perl synax error message from the last "eval" command.
+The is the Perl syntax error message from the last "eval" command.
Alternatively, it is the message of an exception that was thrown
(using "die").
If null, the last eval was parsed and executed correctly, with
