Re: $SIG{__DIE__} should be localized and cleared at the start of an eval block

>My statement: this shouldn't be the programmer's responsibility. If
>you're using other people's modules that depend on eval, you're in
>trouble anyway. The "local $SIG{__DIE__};" statement should be implicit
>at the start of the eval block.

Why wouldn't you want to just get rid of the whole construct?  Is there any 
need for it?
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Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies