4 # This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
5 # compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
6 # This legacy library is deprecated and will be removed in a future
9 # In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl
10 # programming techniques.
12 # Here's a little code I use for exception handling. It's really just
13 # glorfied eval/die. The way to use use it is when you might otherwise
14 # exit, use &throw to raise an exception. The first enclosing &catch
15 # handler looks at the exception and decides whether it can catch this kind
16 # (catch takes a list of regexps to catch), and if so, it returns the one it
17 # caught. If it *can't* catch it, then it will reraise the exception
18 # for someone else to possibly see, or to die otherwise.
20 # I use oddly named variables in order to make darn sure I don't conflict
21 # with my caller. I also hide in my own package, and eval the code in his.
23 # The EXCEPTION: prefix is so you can tell whether it's a user-raised
24 # exception or a perl-raised one (eval error).
29 # if (&catch('/$user_input/', 'regexp', 'syntax error') {
30 # warn "oops try again";
34 # if ($error = &catch('&subroutine()')) { # catches anything
36 # &throw('bad input') if /^$/;
40 local($__code__, @__exceptions__) = @_;
41 local($__package__) = caller;
42 local($__exception__);
44 eval "package $__package__; $__code__";
45 if ($__exception__ = &'thrown) {
46 for (@__exceptions__) {
47 return $__exception__ if /$__exception__/;
49 &'throw($__exception__);
54 local($exception) = @_;
55 die "EXCEPTION: $exception\n";
59 $@ =~ /^(EXCEPTION: )+(.+)/ && $2;