Re: How to check if a DateTime is invalid (again - but this time without using eval)?
[email protected] (Thomas Klausner) Sun, 2 Jul 2017 19:01:36 +0200
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Hi!
On Sun, Jul 02, 2017 at 11:59:56AM +0200, Binarus wrote:
> - Most people recommend to "catch the error" DateTime throws when
> encountering such date-times, but if I got it right, that always
> involves eval, even when using modules like Try:Tiny and the like, so I
> don't want to do that.
As somebody who most likely started on of the threads you mentioned, I
have to say that using eval is (as Zefram already said) the right
answer.
I do not know why you do not want to use eval, it's very stable
(esp. in recent Perls) and not at all slow and dangerous.
Greetings,
domm
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