Error Handling/Debugging in Perl

perlpal has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, Im currently working on enhancing scripts with more exhaustive debugging and error-reporting mechanisms. Im aware of the following : > use strict - pragma > warnings > eval - function > die - function > $! - special variable Please could anyone shed more light on possible mechanisms that i may have missed out on? Thanks In Advance!

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Re: Error Handling/Debugging in Perl by puudeli (Pilgrim) on Jan 16, 2009 at 07:47 UTC
print is your friend, you can print to a file for logging perldebug is a good friend indeed Data::Dumper can tell you what your variables have eaten -- `seek $her, $from, $everywhere if exists $true{love};`	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Error Handling/Debugging in Perl by svenXY (Deacon) on Jan 16, 2009 at 07:56 UTC
Log::Log4perl from our fellow monk saintmike is what I use for debugging/logging etc. Regards, svenXY	[reply]
Re: Error Handling/Debugging in Perl by targetsmart (Curate) on Jan 16, 2009 at 10:44 UTC
Log::Agent and its related modules can be useful for debugging and error reporting. It can be combined with Log::Agent::Driver::File and Log::Agent::Rotate for easy file based debug/error/output messages logging.	[reply]