Re: RFC 85 (v2) All perl generated errors should have a unique identifier

[Tom Christiansen]

>Currently many programs handle error returns by examining the text of
>the error returned in $@. This makes changes in the text of the error
>message, an issue for the backwards compatibility police.

    eval {  fn() };

    if ($@ == EYOURWHATHURTS) { .... } 

    sub fn { die "blindlesnot" }


--tom