use Exception::Class ('MyException'); eval { # Pretend this says 'try' MyException->throw( error => 'I feel funny.'; }; if( UNIVERSAL::isa( $@, 'MyException' ) ) { # Pretend this says 'catch MyException' warn $@->error, "\n, $@->trace->as_string, "\n"; warn join ' ', $@->euid, $@->egid, $@->uid, $@->gid, $@->pid, $@->time; exit; }