Consider this:
my %names = (Bob => 'Robert Brower');
my $caption = 'Name: $names{Bob)';
print eval "qq|$caption|";
If you can't see it, there is a syntax error in $caption: closing
paren ) instead of brace }. The eval will produce no $@ and will
return the empty string.
As screwy as this looks, I have a very good reason for using this
capability. I have written a powerful code generation tool that
relies heavily on this.
Does anyone have any idea how to capture the syntax error in a case
like this?
