On Thursday, August 29, 2002, at 09:48  PM, Dan Sugalski wrote:

> Right, which is why I'd call it like:
>
>   if (!do_script_thingie()) {
>       print $some_error_message_or_other, $@, "\n";
>       next;
>   }

Over and over again for every function call?

> Sheesh, kids these days with their newfangled exceptions, and objects, 
> and whatnots. I just don't know what the world's coming to. What's 
> next? The Polka Dot Design Pattern? :)

That's in Perl 6, too. It's called the C<...> operator. ;-)

> Anyway, I threw this together as much because Nat wanted it as 
> anything else. Since it's likely to languish in Maintenance Purgatory 
> once I'm done fiddling, you're welcome to take the thing on.

Heh. I suppose we deserved that :-)

David

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