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Due to an implementation glitch, the $SIG{__DIE__} hook is
called even inside an eval(). Do not use this to rewrite a
pending exception in $@, or as a bizarre substitute for
...
distance may be fixed in a future release so that $SIG{__DIE__}
is only called if your program is about to exit, as was the
original intent. Any other use is deprecated.