Re: On the case for exception-based error handling.

At 02:37 PM 8/23/00 -0700, Glenn Linderman wrote:
> > This means that die can be trapped by catch, and
> > that throw can be trapped by eval.
>
>Blecch.  Orthogonality of the mechanisms is easier to understand than funny
>rules, special cases, and syntactical magic.

But that *is* being orthogonal.  That's how Error.pm implemented it and it 
makes perfect sense.  Nothing in RFC 88 precludes die and throw from 
sharing the same underlying code, or simlarly catch/eval.  I think it 
should make it clear that they *are* the same thing.

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Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies