Re: RFC 80 (v1): Exception objects and classes for builtins

[Tony Olekshy]

Peter Scott wrote:
>
>     try {
>     } catch Exception::IO with {
>     } catch Exception::Socket with {
>     } otherwise {
>     };

Jonathan Scott Duff wrote:
>
>     try {
>     } catch {
>         switch ($EXCEPTION->name) {
>             case IO { ... }
>             case Socket { ... }
>         }
>     }
>
> The catch clause would catch all exceptions.  The one
> thrown would be placed in a "global" $EXCEPTION variable.

With the approach proposed in RFC 88 (Structured Exception
Handling Mechanism), you could write that as:

      try {
      } catch {
          switch ($_[0]->name) {
              case IO { ... }
              case Socket { ... }
          }
      }

There is no need for a "global".

Let's take this discussion to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
and give it a new subject.

Yours, &c, Tony Olekshy
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