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in reply to Re: Perl Programmers Don't Die...
in thread Perl Programmers Don't Die...

:-)

In all of my cgi scripts I use a little custom die subroutine so none of them just die, they die nicely.

sub dienice { print "Content-type: text/html\n\n" unless $header_printed; $header_printed = 1; my(@msg) = @_; print "<h2>Attention:</h2>\n"; print join("<br>\n",@msg); exit; }

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Re^3: Perl Programmers Don't Die...
by Jenda (Abbot) on Oct 15, 2007 at 22:55 UTC
      I suppose that I should clarify that this isn't for when my scripts die of natural causes, but when I kill them myself, i.e.:
      open ... or &dienice("Can't open: $!");
      Or for viewing troubleshooting data:
      &dienice(@troubleshooting_data);
      Perhaps I should rename the sub killnice, or maybe KillingMeSoftly?

      *Music plays in the background*

      Strumming my pain with his routine
      Singing my life with his code
      Killing me softly with his sub...