Is there a standard, efficient way of catching an infinite loop? Eg, 
my $count = time;

$_ = 'hello there';

while (/e/) {
  print "ooo, looping\n";
  die ('infinite loop') if ($count + 2 > time);
}

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This is a silly example, because it always loops. But the point is, it only loops for 2 seconds then quits.

In real life, I'll be doing dynamic s/earch/replace/ on dynamic vars, where the match differs from the replace (amongst other things), and wondered what the most efficient way was of catching this very rare, but possible, issue.

I suppose, the question I want answered is "What kind of failsafe's do you use to catch possible infinite loops?"

cLive ;-)

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