Re: A common base exception object for Perl - RFC

[Larry Wall <larry@wall.org>]

Redford, John writes:
: You're saying that
: 	var =~ s/a/b/;
: should be morally equivalent to
: 	var = regexp_string_replace(var, /a/, 'b');
: for all variables except $@, because it might surprise people if it behaved
: consistently?

Huh?  No, I'm saying it would behave just like other variables because
you'd just be modifying the string that's embedded in the object as if
it were the entire value of $@.  Of course, what STRINGIFY will return
if $@ doesn't contain a string is anyone's guess.

Larry

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References to:

"Redford, John" <John.Redford@fmr.com>

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