Re: Exceptions and Objects

Tony Olekshy <[email protected]> writes:

> Peter Scott wrote:
> > 
> > An exception is an 'error'.  That's already a vague concept.
> 
> I'll say it's vague.  There are certainly uses for an exception to
> trigger non-local success, not an error at all.  In fact, there are
> whole programming techniques based on such uses.  Just because most
> of us usually use exceptions to handle errors, that doesn't mean
> Perl should not support other uses.

Ah, the 'Bloody hell it worked! That's exceptional' style of programming?

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Piers