Hello dkhosla1,

See also the entry for %SIG in perlvar#General-Variables.

I really need the SIG_DIE functionality for the rest of the code, just not have it get int he way in the try/catch section :-).

You can disable the signal handler for just the section(s) of code containing try/catch:

use strict;
use warnings;
use Try::Tiny;

$SIG{__DIE__} = sub
{
    chomp(my $item = shift);
    print STDERR "DIE ERROR: $item\n";
    exit 2;
};

# ... code here ...

my $last_sig_die = $SIG{__DIE__};   # Save current setting
$SIG{__DIE__} = 'DEFAULT';

try
{
    die 'Dying';
}
catch
{
    print STDERR $_;                # Note: $_, not $@
};

$SIG{__DIE__} = $last_sig_die;      # Restore setting

die 'Really dying';

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Output:

17:42 >perl 1871_SoPW.pl
Dying at 1871_SoPW.pl line 19.
DIE ERROR: Really dying at 1871_SoPW.pl line 28.

17:42 >

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Hope that helps,

Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum Iustus alius egestas vitae, eros Piratica,

In reply to Re: try catch getting ignored by SIG DIE subroutine by Athanasius
in thread try catch getting ignored by SIG DIE subroutine by dkhosla1

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