demerphq wrote: > > my $can_compress= eval "require Compress::Zlib; 1"; Wouldn't my $can_compress = eval { require Compress::Zlib; 1 }; be better on the grounds that this will catch compilation errors in the eval'd statement at compilation (of the main program) time? -- Thomas Rast trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch -- To unsubscribe from this list: 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