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Re: Git.pm

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 10, 2012, 16:20 UTC
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demerphq <demerphq@gmail.com> writes:
> Similar logic for Try::Tiny. Why bother with it? It is pretty close to
> a fancy way to write eval { ...; 1 } or do { .... };  It is just one
> more module for people to misunderstand, and then make bugs with.

I personally like the approach to stick to bare "eval {}; if ($@) { ... }" sequence, as it is much more explicit and easier to understand what is happening underneath. IOW, I like what I read in demerphq's message.

But it could be that these many people who wrote these different catch/throw things did so for a reason that I am missing, and if that is the case, I am interested to hear what benefit we will get from using them.

"It looks more familiar to people with (your favorite language)" could be it, but then I would not regret missing such a reason ;-)

Thanks.
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Message 11 of 24 in “Git.pm”
  1. Subho BanerjeeApr 26, 2012
  2. Randal L. SchwartzApr 26, 2012
  3. Tim HeniganApr 26, 2012
  4. Subho BanerjeeApr 26, 2012
  5. Jonathan NiederApr 26, 2012
  6. Subho BanerjeeMay 10, 2012
  7. Jonathan NiederMay 10, 2012
  8. demerphqMay 10, 2012
  9. Subho BanerjeeMay 10, 2012
  10. demerphqMay 10, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2012
  12. demerphqMay 10, 2012
  13. Andrew SayersMay 10, 2012
  14. demerphqMay 11, 2012
  15. Randal L. SchwartzMay 11, 2012
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2012
  17. [GIT.PM 1/3] Ignore files produced from exuberant-ctagsSubho Sankar Banerjee, May 19, 2012
  18. [GIT.PM 2/3] Getting rid of throwing Error::Simple objects in favour of simple Perl scalars which can be caught in eval{} blocksSubho Sankar Banerjee, May 19, 2012
  19. Andrew SayersMay 19, 2012
  20. Subho BanerjeeMay 23, 2012
  21. Andrew SayersMay 23, 2012
  22. [GIT.PM 3/3] Perl code uses eval{}/die instead of Error::Simple and Git::Error::CommandSubho Sankar Banerjee, May 19, 2012
  23. Junio C HamanoApr 26, 2012
  24. Sam VilainApr 26, 2012

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