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"published": "2025-04-23T08:38:23Z",
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"content": "<p>The try/catch feature in <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Perl\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Perl</span></a> is weird.</p><p>Not in any functional way, mind, it's great that we don't have to eval anymore, and so on.</p><p>But the lack of `my` when spawning the error variable grinds my strict gears real bad.</p><p>```perl<br />try {<br /> die "sutin";<br />} catch (my $err) {<br /> say "died of $err";<br />}<br />```</p><p>is a grave error and the compiler complains:</p><p>> Can't redeclare "my" in "our" at -e line 1, near "(my"<br />> syntax error at -e line 1, near "(my "</p><p>It sticks out like a sore thumb.</p>",
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"en": "<p>The try/catch feature in <a href=\"https://mastodon.social/tags/Perl\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Perl</span></a> is weird.</p><p>Not in any functional way, mind, it's great that we don't have to eval anymore, and so on.</p><p>But the lack of `my` when spawning the error variable grinds my strict gears real bad.</p><p>```perl<br />try {<br /> die "sutin";<br />} catch (my $err) {<br /> say "died of $err";<br />}<br />```</p><p>is a grave error and the compiler complains:</p><p>> Can't redeclare "my" in "our" at -e line 1, near "(my"<br />> syntax error at -e line 1, near "(my "</p><p>It sticks out like a sore thumb.</p>"
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