Hello Ken Williams, in a previous mail you wrote:
> > This module is based on "Carp.pm" from Perl 5.005_03. It has been
> > modified to skip all package names matching the pattern given in the
> > "use" statement inside the "qw()" term (or argument list).
>
> How widely does this declaration take effect?
Each "use" statement (or more exactly: each call of the "import"
method) instantiates a new set of closures, which are imported
into the calling package as carp, croak, confess and cluck.
The specified pattern is local to these closures.
> Could we do:
>
> ------ module: Pack::B ---------
> ....
> use Carp::Clan qw(^Pack::);
> ....
>
> ------ module: Local::A ---------
> ....
> use Carp::Clan qw(^Local::);
> ....
> ---------------------------------
Yes, definitely.
> The idea would be that any errors that occur in Pack::B would skip all
> the Pack:: namespaces, but could appear to have originated in Local::
> namespaces.
Yes, this is possible.
> Likewise vice versa.
Depending on the calling hierarchy, of course, yes.
> -Ken
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