use Error qw(:try);
use Error::File; # This is something you write

use IO::File;

# Stuff here ...

my $fh = try {
    IO::File->new($filename) || throw Error::File -text => $!;
} catch Error::File with {
    my $err = shift;
    die "Cannot open file\n";
};
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Obviously, you would put more around this. I even have a File.pm where I have an Open() function. That will handle more common things, like filetest operators and filename checks and throw useful error messages. Of course, my errors are specific to my needs. YMMV

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