Try::Tiny requires a ;, and if you investigate why it is because it is implemented using prototypes.

sub try (&;@) { ...
sub catch (&;@) { ...
sub finally (&;@) { ...
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I am not suggesting "eval BLOCK" is implemented using prototypes, but one could implement their own that would literally become a drop-in replacement (since the ; is likey already there. FWIW, (&;@) means the BLOCK param is coerced into a coderef, then optionally (after that ;), which allows something like the:

try {

}
catch {

}
finally {

};
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So now the POD seems to make a little more sense.