Re: assign to magic name-of-function variable instead of "return"

[David L. Nicol]

John Porter wrote:

>   http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg02294.html
> that the "handler" block should be nested within the block to
> which it pertains, in much the same way that BEGIN and END blocks
> reside inside the file to which they pertain.
> 
> So:
> 
>         sub readit {
>                 open F, "< $f" or die "$f: $!";
>                 <F>;
> 
>                 catch { ... }
>                 end { close F }
>         }
> 

FWIW I agree that this is better than doing the parts in different
places,

        post readit {...}

seems like it could be very far away from 

        sub readit {...

and cause some serious AAAD confusion.


Damian?


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