Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!etnibsd!vsh
From: vsh@etnibsd.UUCP (Steve Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: wishlist: current line number variable
Message-ID: <1131@etnibsd.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jul 90 15:24:16 GMT
Organization: Eaton Corp, Semiconductor Equipment Div., Beverly, MA
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When the "warn" or "die" function is executed, a message is written to
STDERR which includes the current line number of the perl script.  Is
there any way to access this number -- i.e., is there a special perl
variable (or compile-time hook) which evaluates to the current line
number of the perl script?

Such a feature would be useful for writing one's own warn or die
subroutines.
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Steve Harris - Eaton Corp. - Beverly, MA - uunet!etnibsd!vsh