--- Paul Fenwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Objects can use eval inside their DESTROY blocks, which > can result in $@ being cleared when the eval exits, > even though an exception occured!
Bah. I just posted to my use.perl blog about this very problem -- it was a nightmare tracking it down -- and didn't even know this discussion was going on :) Had I paid attention, I would have found the bug sooner. Cheers, Ovid -- Buy the book - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlhks/ Tech blog - http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/ Twitter - http://twitter.com/OvidPerl Official Perl 6 Wiki - http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl6