Can anybody explain the functionality of eval in brief?
There are two different flavors of eval().
The "string" version looks like this:
eval $code;
And it treats its argument as a string containing Perl source code, which it compiles and executes.
The "block" version looks like this:
eval { $obj->might_die() };
And its argument is just an ordinary block (like the body of an "if" statement). Both forms will trap fatal errors and place the error in [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There's a more complete explanation in "perlfunc"
% perldoc -f eval
-- Steve
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