Can I catch a die from someone else's module?

I am using Spreadsheet::Read, which is great. However, am trying to write code that catches all errors.

The author was kind enough to tell me that : "If a file cannot be found or cannot be opened, ReadData will croak and the ref is false"

However, when I try anything like below (with die, without, etc...) I don't comeback from the module, so I just can't tell what's going on.

p.s. I purposely deformed the filename below so it would fail. Yes, I could check for the file's existence first. But am concerned with other errors that may pop up in a 3rd party module.

try {
    $book  = ReadData ("$upload_dir/yello$filename");
        } catch {
            return SSFILENOTOPENED;
        }

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In reply to Can I catch a die from someone else's module? by bartender1382

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