works for me:

my $object = new wierd;
my $value = eval { $object->next_value() };

if ($@) { print "BLAH!\n$@\BLAH!\n"; }
print $value, "\n";

package wierd;

sub new { bless {}, shift}

sub next_value
{
    die "badness";
}
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Produces:

BLAH!
badness at ./tstprog.pl line 13.
BLAH!
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Are you sure you're in a situation where you can see what's printed? What happens when the routine works and $value is something printable?

--Bob Niederman, http://bob-n.com

All code given here is UNTESTED unless otherwise stated.