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Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/perl5/lib/Carp.pm')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/perl5/lib/Carp.pm b/contrib/perl5/lib/Carp.pm index 6bac36446a7d..f8f750a5d715 100644 --- a/contrib/perl5/lib/Carp.pm +++ b/contrib/perl5/lib/Carp.pm @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ and a carp as a cluck across I<all> modules. In other words, force a detailed stack trace to be given. This can be very helpful when trying to understand why, or from where, a warning or error is being generated. -This feature is enabled by 'importing' the non-existant symbol +This feature is enabled by 'importing' the non-existent symbol 'verbose'. You would typically enable it by saying perl -MCarp=verbose script.pl @@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ This feature is enabled by 'importing' the non-existant symbol or by including the string C<MCarp=verbose> in the L<PERL5OPT> environment variable. +=head1 BUGS + +The Carp routines don't handle exception objects currently. +If called with a first argument that is a reference, they simply +call die() or warn(), as appropriate. + =cut # This package is heavily used. Be small. Be fast. Be good. @@ -88,6 +94,7 @@ sub export_fail { # each function call on the stack. sub longmess { + return @_ if ref $_[0]; my $error = join '', @_; my $mess = ""; my $i = 1 + $CarpLevel; @@ -190,6 +197,7 @@ sub longmess { sub shortmess { # Short-circuit &longmess if called via multiple packages goto &longmess if $Verbose; + return @_ if ref $_[0]; my $error = join '', @_; my ($prevpack) = caller(1); my $extra = $CarpLevel; |