If the intention is to ensure some cleanup code is executed even on abnormal exit, I'd suggest translating to a slightly different approach: in the code, rather than setting a variable on error simply call die(), and specify the cleanup in an END block:

  END {
    # your cleanup code here
  }
  ...
  open($fh, '<', $file) or die "Couldn't open $file: $!";

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The END block will be executed before the script exits, even after a die(), as long as it isn't bypassed either with a POSIX::_exit() or a core dump.

Using a tied variable to trigger this sort of behaviour involves much subtler action-at-a-distance that would tend (in my experience, at least) to make code much harder to maintain.

Hugo

In reply to Re: Something like an object node by hv
in thread Something like an object node by Scarborough

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