Exception classes in Perl?

locked_user sundialsvc4 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

In many languages I have used, it was possible to “throw an exception of a particular class,” such as EOverflowError, and, in an exception handler, to respond based not only upon the message but the class. ~~Does such a facility exist in Perl?~~ (Silly question...) Which one would you recommend?

Any particular suggestions on how you use such a facility in an HTTP-oriented program ... especially one that is still stuck in the Dark Ages of redirects?

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Re: Exception classes in Perl? by wind (Priest) on Jun 15, 2011 at 01:05 UTC
Check out Ouch.	[reply]
Re^2: Exception classes in Perl? by locked_user sundialsvc4 (Abbot) on Jun 15, 2011 at 04:13 UTC
“Ouch, kiss, hug, and bleep.” There’s a story in that. Or maybe a country song.
Re: Exception classes in Perl? by planetscape (Chancellor) on Jun 15, 2011 at 05:46 UTC
You may also wish to check out how ELISHEVA's exception handling module is coming along. HTH, planetscape	[reply]
Re: Exception classes in Perl? by 7stud (Deacon) on Jun 15, 2011 at 02:26 UTC
You might want to read the following for an evolutionary overview: link Error.pm provides a lot of syntactic sugar that tends to break easily. As such, its use is not too recommended. On the other side, there's the Exception-Class module which provides object-oriented exceptions with no special syntactic sugar, and which works very well. Its use is highly recommended.	[reply]