Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!mhres!jv From: jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: Ban the (silent) bombs Message-ID: Date: 19 Mar 90 06:44:27 GMT Sender: jv@mhres.mh.nl Distribution: comp Organization: Multihouse Gouda, the Netherlands Lines: 19 > do ($_="somefile.pl") || die "$0: can't load $_:\n".($@?$@:$!); After reading all those articles about mean methods to 'do' a file and get the error message right, I think there is a need for a well defined 'include' mechanism in Perl. No, I don't like to use perl -P (too many side-effects on my comments). A better solution is auto-loading, but this still hasn't made it into the code. Johan -- Johan Vromans jv@mh.nl via internet backbones Multihouse Automatisering bv uucp: ..!{uunet,hp4nl}!mh.nl!jv Doesburgweg 7, 2803 PL Gouda, The Netherlands phone/fax: +31 1820 62944/62500 ------------------------ "Arms are made for hugging" -------------------------