Hey, you know what'd be neat? To customize the error message. Sure, it's still just as useless, but that's okay. So here's the new version:

    package Silly::Die;
    use strict;
    use vars qw/$OUTPUT/;

    sub import {
        my $class  = shift;
        my $caller = caller;
        no strict 'refs';
        *{"${caller}::trying"} = \&{"${class}::trying"};
        $OUTPUT = shift if @_ && ref $_[0] eq "CODE";
    }

    sub trying { $OUTPUT ? $OUTPUT->($!) : $! }

    1;
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Usage is the same as before, but if you want an extra special output function, try this:

    use Silly::Die sub { qq(I died with: "@_") };
    open FILE, "foo" or die trying;
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Prints:

  I died with: "No such file or directory" at ./test.pl line 9.
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