Completely Useless

Description:

So this is probably the most useless module ever, but I thought it was kind of fun, because... I don't know. I like writing things that seem like English but are actually Perl, I guess.

Usage:

    use Silly::Die;
    EXPR or die trying;
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Where EXPR is, of course, an expression. For example:

    open FILE, "foo" or die trying;
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    package Silly::Die;

    sub import {
        my $class  = shift;
        my $caller = caller;
        no strict 'refs';
        *{"${caller}::trying"} = \&{"${class}::trying"};
    }

    sub trying { $! }

    1;

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RE: Completely Useless by btrott (Parson) on Aug 12, 2000 at 05:45 UTC
Hey, you know what'd be neat? To customize the error message. Sure, it's still just as useless, but that's okay. So here's the new version: `package Silly::Die; use strict; use vars qw/$OUTPUT/; sub import { my $class = shift; my $caller = caller; no strict 'refs'; *{"${caller}::trying"} = \&{"${class}::trying"}; $OUTPUT = shift if @_ && ref $_[0] eq "CODE"; } sub trying { $OUTPUT ? $OUTPUT->($!) : $! } 1;` [download] Usage is the same as before, but if you want an extra special output function, try this: `use Silly::Die sub { qq(I died with: "@_") }; open FILE, "foo" or die trying;` [download] Prints: `I died with: "No such file or directory" at ./test.pl line 9.` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
RE: Completely Useless by mwp (Hermit) on Aug 12, 2000 at 04:30 UTC
`bond@russia:~$ perl -I/usr/local/lib/m4 \ -MSecret::Agent -e 'save->world()' died trying at line 007 (eval 1).` [download] I guess he forgot the -w flag.	[reply] [d/l]


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