Re: Rationale for $!
[email protected] (yary) Wed, 27 Jan 2016 13:59:20 -0500
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On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Felipe Gasper <[email protected]> wrote: > Could it not be: > > try my $f = open(...) or die … > Don't need a "try" there to make it work. An exception object/failure is false, so "my $f = open(...) or die" will assign the exception to $f, which is false, causing the "die" to execute. -y