Well, are you sure you still have the database connected when the END block gets called ? Naturally you could reopen the database in the END block, but maybe the module you use for database access has "closed shop" at that time already. Any call into another module might trip over a die, I don't know what happens then

IMHO stuffing the END block is just not good style. I would use END only in small scripts, bigger programs should be written with few and well known exit points

If you have lots of die calls in your program it might be better to substitute the die calls with a subroutine that does the cleanup before dying. So that you can differentiate between normal and emergency (i.e. die) exit.

In reply to Re: What is safe to do in an END block? by jethro
in thread What is safe to do in an END block? by Cap'n Steve

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