Read the SOAP::Lite perldoc, specifically the part about on_fault().

eval { dangerous() }
if ($@) {
   print "dangerous died with the error: $@\n";
}
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You always can put your code inside an eval, but if you want to really make die() work like warn(), even for outside code, and keep the app running, you need to overwrite the die() function.

Soo, here I show you an example of how to do that, and note that the BEGIN code, need to be loaded before compile any other code. Soo, this BEGIN code need to be the first thing in your script, since what is compiled before overwrite the die() function, won't keep the overwrite reference:

sub BEGIN {
  *CORE::GLOBAL::die = \&DIE_2_WARN ;
  $SIG{__DIE__} = \&DIE_2_WARN ;
}

sub DIE_2_WARN { warn(@_) ;}
  
  die("This die() won't exit!") ;
  print "And here we continue the app...\n" ;

  eval {
    die("die inside eval!");
    print "Won't go out of eval!\n" ;
  } ;
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sub BEGIN {
  *CORE::GLOBAL::die = \&DIE_2_WARN ;
  $SIG{__DIE__} = \&DIE_2_WARN ;
}

sub DIE_2_WARN {
  if ( $^S ) { CORE::die(@_) ;}
  else { warn(@_) ;}
}
  
  die("This die() won't exit!") ;
  print "And here we continue the app...\n" ;
  
  eval {
    die("die inside eval!");
    print "And this print won't be executed.\n" ;
  } ;
  
  print "ERROR: $@\n" ;
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let me quote part of the documentation of die():

Outside an "eval", prints the value of LIST to "STDERR" and exits with the current value of $! (errno). If $! is 0, exits with the value of "($? >> 8)" (backtick `command` status). If "($? >> 8)" is 0, exits with 255. Inside an "eval()," the error message is stuffed into $@ and the "eval" is terminated with the undefined value. This makes "die" the way to raise an exception.

You just have to catch it:

eval {
  some code that might die()
};
if ($@) {
  handle the exception you find in $@
}
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