Or you could forgo eval/die and use goto

my $newfile = undef;
finddepth(
    sub {
        if (-M $_ <= 30){
            $newfile=$File::Find::name;
            goto done_finddepth;
        }
    },
    $base
);
done_finddepth:
die "the new file is $newfile";
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I once suggested an official breakout function to the perl5-porter, to be used like

    my $count = 0;
    &find(
      sub {
         $count++;
        File::Find::breakout() if $count == 500;
    }, '/');
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but nothing came of it. File::Find's way of doing things can mess with your head.

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