2009/7/20 Thomas Rast <trast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > 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? Yeah, thats a good catch. In this case there is no need for the eval STRING usage. cheers, Yves -- perl -Mre=debug -e "/just|another|perl|hacker/" -- 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