I like the less convoluted and most flexible solution. I use Carp::cluck and Carp::confess a lot during development, switching later to warn and die.

There are cases in which croak reports wrong line numbers. I generally prefer modules which use just warn and don't die, because die in a module leads to evalitis.

I would rather see warn in modules, because I can override that easily with a $SIG{__WARN__} = \&Carp::cluck, and don't have to redefine Carp::croak.

I have stumbled over a very nasty usage of croak in the IO::All module, which wraps croak into a function called throw(). Took me some time wondering, and searching through the module to find out why my __DIE__ handler didn't work. I ended up redefining IO::All::throw with a custom function.

So, I wouldn't make the change, but answer to the ticket issuer "You can always install your custom handlers via $SIG{__WARN__} and $SIG{__DIE__}" and leave it there.

--shmem 

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In reply to Re: Replacing warn/die with carp/croak? by shmem
in thread Replacing warn/die with carp/croak? by dragonchild

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