error escapse eval

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Migrated from rt.perl.org#1786 (status was 'resolved')

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From pimlott@idiomtech.com

$@​ is not set in this code despite the fatal error in the eval.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
my $foo = eval "sub { doh }; print qq|hello world\n|";
die "oopsy​: $@​" if $@​;

The output for me is​:

Bareword "doh" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at (eval 1) line 1.
Unquoted string "doh" may clash with future reserved word at (eval 1) line 1.

Andrew

Perl Info

Site configuration information for perl 5.00503:

Configured by torin at Wed Sep 22 00:18:38 PDT 1999.

Summary of my perl5 (5.0 patchlevel 5 subversion 3) configuration:
  Platform:
    osname=linux, osvers=2.0.36, archname=i386-linux
    uname='linux perv 2.0.36 #2 wed nov 18 03:00:48 pst 1998 i686 unknown '
    hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
    usethreads=undef useperlio=undef d_sfio=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='cc', optimize='-O2', gccversion=2.95.1 19990809 (prerelease)
    cppflags='-Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -D_REENTRANT -DDEBIAN -I/usr/local/include'
    ccflags ='-Dbool=char -DHAS_BOOL -D_REENTRANT -DDEBIAN -I/usr/local/include'
    stdchar='char', d_stdstdio=undef, usevfork=false
    intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8
    d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
    alignbytes=4, usemymalloc=n, prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='cc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
    libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
    libs=-lnsl -lndbm -lgdbm -ldbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lc -lposix -lcrypt
    libc=, so=so, useshrplib=false, libperl=libperl.a
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic'
    cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -L/usr/local/lib'

Locally applied patches:
    


@INC for perl 5.00503:
    /home/pimlott/idiom/perl
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.005/i386-linux
    /usr/lib/perl5/5.005
    /usr/local/lib/site_perl/i386-linux
    /usr/local/lib/site_perl
    /usr/lib/perl5
    .


Environment for perl 5.00503:
    HOME=/home/pimlott
    LANG (unset)
    LANGUAGE (unset)
    LD_LIBRARY_PATH (unset)
    LOGDIR (unset)
    PATH=/home/pimlott/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/pimlott/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
    PERL5LIB=/home/pimlott/idiom/perl
    PERL_BADLANG (unset)
    SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh

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From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

pimlott@​idiomtech.com (Andrew Pimlott) wrote

$@​ is not set in this code despite the fatal error in the eval.

This bug is mended in the development releases.

In 5.005_03, the errors are generated as warnings, so as a workround,
you can set a $SIG{__WARN__} to convert the warnings into die(), or
otherwise flag the error.

Mike Guy