[664] lib/App/Prove.pm - teach Getopt::Long about error handling

[Andy Armstrong]

On 3 Oct 2007, at 08:39, Eric Wilhelm wrote:
> So, Getopt::Long does local $SIG{__DIE__} = "__DEFAULT__" and then  
> eval,
> and then print STDERR $@ unless the $@ is "!FINISH".  This basically
> means that error propagation is impossible without a workaround.
>
> This hack means that subrefs in the options can die to stop option
> processing.  While they could exit(1) if this were not an API, this is
> an API, so...  It also means bad options and thrown errors are
> different.

We don't have subrefs in the options though...

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Andy Armstrong, Hexten