Re: Rationale for $!

Hi,

On 01/27/2016 07:17 AM, Felipe Gasper wrote:
> Hello,
>
>      What is the purpose of having $! in Perl 6?
>
>      The global variables in Perl 5 are a constant headache, prompting
> us to need to local()ize variables like $@, $!, and $? to avoid
> unforeseen consequences like RT #127386 and those documented in
> Try::Tiny’s POD.
>
>      Perl 6 seems to give us both the “right” and the “wrong” solution
> to accessing exception variables: we get $_ within a CATCH block
> (right), but we also get that global $!--which, to me, seems
> pathologically wrong.

But it's not global! None of $_, $/, $! are global.

Cheers,
Moritz