Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl warn and die format

[Matthias Neeracher <neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch>]

In article <199812301316.FAA14306@avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net>, "Paul J. Schinder" <schinder@pobox.com> writes:
> On Wed, 30 Dec 1998 07:55:38 -0500, Chris Nandor wrote:
>> 
>> Of course, Matthias is the final word, but I don't think the current
>> behavior is proper.  It breaks things.

> I agree. Many authors check for /^error string/ in $@, which won't match
> under MacPerl because of the '# ' in front.

Checking for error strings this way is almost certainly a terrible idea anyway,
so I'm not overly inclined to accommodate to the wishes of that crowd.

Dropping the ^ often works.

Matthias

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