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NAME

perl-example-die - Die/warn/croak/carp, with several options

VERSION

This document describes version 0.08 of perl-example-die (from Perl distribution Perl-Examples), released on 2018-09-10.

SYNOPSIS

 # random ways of die-ing
 % perl-example-die

 # choose a message string
 % perl-example-die --msgtype "str:foo bar"

DESCRIPTION

This script offers several ways of die-ing (or warning/croaking/carping). You can specify the various aspects via command-line options.

What this can be used for:

  • Seeing what stack trace looks like

    For example:

     % PERL5OPT=-MCarp::Always perl-example-die
     % PERL5OPT=-d:Confess=color,dump perl-example-die --croak --msgtype ref

OPTIONS

--msgtype=S

Message type.

  • ref

    Die with a message of reference (an arrayref).

  • empty

    die() without any message.

  • strnonl

    Die with a default string message without a newline-ending.

  • strnl

    Die with a default string message with a newline-ending.

  • str:STR

    Die with a string specified in the argument (STR). You can test, e.g. Unicode characters.

If unspecified, will pick a random way.

--warn

Use warn instead of the default die.

--croak

Use Carp's croak instead of die.

--carp

Use Carp's carp instead of die.

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Perl-Examples.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Perl-Examples.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Perl-Examples

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2018, 2016, 2015 by perlancar@cpan.org.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.