Hi there,
I am looking for a way to implement the construct: 
try {
  die ("Hello world");
} catch(e) { 
  print("Exception: " $e);
}

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I know this snippet from Programming Perl 4th ed,pp 329, and it works using locals: 
sub try(&$) {
  my ($try, $catch) = @_;
  eval { # perl try
    &$try
  }; if($@){ # perl catch
    local $_ = $@;
    &$catch();
  }
}
sub catch(&){  $_[0]; }

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And this works as try { ... } catch { print("Exception caught: $_"); };
I'd like to refer the exception with something like catch(e){ ... }.

I would prefer to avoid using any external module such as TryCatch for portability reasons.

Thanks
s.fox

In reply to Perl try { } catch(e) { } by Superfox il Volpone

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