in reply to Re^4: BEGIN and compile-time ($@)
in thread BEGIN and compile-time

That's a good point.
Could you provide an example of where a failed eval "use Foo" does not result in $@ being populated?

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Re^6: BEGIN and compile-time ($@)
by tye (Sage) on Nov 10, 2006 at 20:01 UTC

    It usually involves a "broken" object DESTROY method, usually one that uses eval but forgets to local( $@ ).

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