>>>>> "Randal" == Randal L Schwartz <merlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Randal> sub blessed { Randal> my $item = shift; Randal> local $@; # don't kill an outer $@ Randal> ref $item and eval { $item->can('can') }; Randal> } Oops, lose the local $@ line. Just found out this is a broken thing in current Perls. The rest is good though. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html