Re: [log4perl-devel] Logging from warn() and die(), but not during an eval {}

[Mike S. <m...@pe...>]

On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, J. David Blackstone wrote:

>   Turns out there's an even easier way to do that. $^S can be
>   checked to see if code is in an eval. Thinking through this
>   yesterday afternoon I finally decided this wasn't a Log4perl
>   issue, but a general Perl issue, because really I think you'd
>   almost never want those SIG handlers to fire when you're in
>   an eval, trying to trap things before they become warnings
>   and errors. So I asked at use Perl; , and somebody pointed me
>   to that variable.

Nice!

>   Since I wound up not using those handlers yesterday, it was a
>   little too late, but I do still have a module called by this
>   program and by others, and I'll have to either instrument it
>   as I did the main program, or go back and use the handlers.
>   (I'm thinking about doing both, for good measure.)

Yeah, always a good idea :).

>   Looks to me like the FAQ might want to change the text of
>   those signal handlers to include a check of $^S to decide
>   whether to log or not. And somebody might like to package it
>   all up in a module, which is what I was trying to do
>   yesterday. :)

Added it in 1.09, thanks!

-- Mike

Mike Schilli
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