Re^2: VB "On Error" Equivalent in Perl

[erroneousBollock]

    eval {
        $ftp = Net::FTP->new("some.host.name", Debug => 0)
            or die "Cannot connect to some.host.name: $@";
        last TRY;
    }

I'm curious about your use of $@ om the second line of the eval. How would $@ be set without causing an exception that would throw control outside the eval?

If the die "Cannot ..." ever occurs, wouldn't $@ be empty?

Surely $@ is only useful outside the eval?

Also, eval {} is a statement and should be followed by a semicolon if further statements are to follow in the current block. Your code doesn't compile.

-David

[wind]

That is explained in the documentation for Net::FTP.

If the constructor fails undef will be returned and an error message will be in $@.

All other Net::FTP methods save their error message in $ftp->message.

I've also sometimes wondered about the logic of this. Nevertheless, that's the way it is.

- Miller