Tony Olekshy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Peter Scott wrote:
> >
> > An exception is an 'error'. That's already a vague concept.
>
> I'll say it's vague. There are certainly uses for an exception to
> trigger non-local success, not an error at all. In fact, there are
> whole programming techniques based on such uses. Just because most
> of us usually use exceptions to handle errors, that doesn't mean
> Perl should not support other uses.
Ah, the 'Bloody hell it worked! That's exceptional' style of programming?
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Piers