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Yes, diagnostics can:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w use diagnostics; crash(); sub crash($$){die@_} __END__ main::crash() called too early to check prototype at file.pl line 3 (# +1) (W prototype) You've called a function that has a prototype before + the parser saw a definition or declaration for it, and Perl could not +check that the call conforms to the prototype. You need to either add a +n early prototype declaration for the subroutine in question, or mov +e the subroutine definition ahead of the call to get proper prototype checking. Alternatively, if you are certain that you're calling t +he function correctly, you may put an ampersand before the name to av +oid the warning. See perlsub. Died at file.pl line 4 (#2) (F) You passed die() an empty string (the equivalent of die "") or you called it with no args and both $@ and $_ were empty. Uncaught exception from user code: Died at file.pl line 4. main::crash() called at file.pl line 3

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