Re^3: why did i die?

[LanX]

you could check something like the errno in '$!' to distinguish.

> I do not know what code is ran inside the eval.

well then you'll probably also need a block-eval around the string eval.

[markov]

The $! will only be set when the die() is related to a failing operating system call (for instance open()). That does not work in cases like:

  defined $filename or die "no filename given";