Hi.

Mason scoping question. Here's a reduction that illustrates the issue:

Why does this work properly (that is, the error message is sent off to the component) 

<html>
<body>
% eval { die "this is an error"; };
% if ($@) {
%   my $message = $@;
%   $m->comp('/comps/error.comp', message=> $message);
% }
</body>
</html>

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But this does not work properly (a blank string is sent off the component) 
<html>
<body>
% eval { die "this is an error"; };
% if ($@) {
%  $m->comp('/comps/error.comp', message=> $@);
% }
</body>
</html>

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Thanks for any insight.

rkg

UPDATE

Ok, since (notice the quotes) 

$m->comp('/comps/error.comp', message=> "$@");

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does work properly, I'm wondering if the issue is Mason, or if $@ has magic properties...

is $@ a simple scalar, or something more?

In reply to Mason and $@ by rkg

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