Changeset 12637 for docs/Perl6/Perl5

Timestamp:

08/24/06 02:37:04 (2 years ago)

Author:

markstos

Message:

Document in Differences.pod that eval {} in Perl5 is try{} in Perl6.

Files:

• docs/Perl6/Perl5/Differences.pod (modified) (2 diffs)

docs/Perl6/Perl5/Differences.pod

@@ -147 +147 @@
     Now:    loop ($i=0; $i<10; $i++) { ... }
 
-=head2 Global Variables have a twigil.
+=head2 Global Variables have a twigil
 
 Yes, a twigil. It's the second character in the variable name. For globals,
@@ -156 +156 @@
 
 For details, see L<S02/"Names and Variables">.
+
+=head2 eval {} is now  try {}
+
+Using C<eval> on a block is now replaced with C<try>.
+
+    Was:  eval { 
+            # ... 
+          }; 
+          if ($@) { 
+            warn "oops: $@";
+          } 
+    Now:  try  {
+             # ...
+             CATCH { warn "oops: $!" }
+          } 
+
+CATCH provides more flexiblity in handling errors. 
+See L<S04/"Exception_handlers"> for details.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO