Personally, I suggest you don't use $SIG{__DIE__} and instead use eval. I find the whole design of $SIG{__DIE__} to be flawed. It can be useful in limited circumstances but it can't scale well and I find it best to just avoid it.

But, if you do use $SIG{__DIE__}, then you need to know about $^S: "True if inside an eval(), otherwise false." so you can do: 

    $SIG{__DIE__}= sub {
        die @_   if  $^S;
        # rest of code here
    };

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for example.

Update: How do you replace $SIG{__DIE__} with eval, you ask? 

    $SIG{__DIE__}= sub {
        die @_   if  @^S;
        doStuffWith( $_[0] );
    };
    doEverythingElse();
    exit 0;

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becomes 
    eval {
        doEverythingElse();
        1;
    } or do {
        doStuffWith( $@ );
    };
    exit 0;

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or thereabouts.

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

In reply to (tye)Re: die hooks, signal handlers and eval, all mixed up by tye
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