Re: RFC 63 (v3) Exception handling syntax

Chaim Frenkel <[email protected]> writes:

> >>>>> "PRL" == Perl6 RFC Librarian <[email protected]> writes:

> PRL> =head2 $SIG{__DIE__}
> 
> PRL> <$SIG{__DIE__}> needs to be triggered only as a I<last> resort
> PRL> instead of firing immediately, since it messes with the mind of
> PRL> this and every other decent exception handling mechanism.
> PRL> Perhaps it should be axed altogether. Please.
> 
> $SIG{DIE} should die. Action at a distance.  Global. Can't know what
> other threads or modules want done here.

Bloody hell! I agree with you 100% on something. Death to
$SIG{__DIE__}, and $SIG{__WARN__} while we're about it.

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Piers