Ed Avis wrote: > When LWP::Simple::get() fails it would often be useful to print a more > informative error message than just 'get failed'. The following patch > lets you say > > $got = get 'http://perl.org/'; > die "could not get page: $LWP::Simple::error" if not defined $get; > > The error message is not perfect but it is a lot better than nothing. > $LWP::Simple::error is set by all the functions not just get().
PLEASE, DON'T ADD GLOBAL VARIABLES!!! If LWP::Simple::get() is not a good interface then use the "complicated" one. Global variables are not thread safe!!! Global variables are bad programing!!! Juan