From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 16:20:29 GMT
Subject: Re: Git.pm
Message-ID: <7vr4usnh2q.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <CANgJU+W-FJZRtu_4si7nr96KfNe2rzaiUaDC0GiK_WixudvcxA@mail.gmail.com>

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.