NAME Exception::NoException - An exception object that's always false. VERSION Version 0.01 SYNOPSIS Throw non-exception exceptions when you're using die() for flow control and want $@ to appear to be false/empty. use Exception::NoException; eval { die Exception::NoException->new; }; die $@ if $@; This is most useful when using File::Find"::find" or similar callback-using functions. You can wrap your call in an eval and stop execution by throwing a non-error. When you look at $@ to see if there's a problem, you won't find any. METHODS "Exception::NoException-"new> This method takes no arguments and returns a new Exception::NoException object. This object overloads all available operators. Whenever an overloaded function is used a false value is returned and $@ is cleared. "Exception::NoException-"AUTOLOAD> "$obj-"AUTOLOAD> This uses autoload to always return false when called for any method. "$obj-"false> Clears $@ and returns a false value. EXAMPLES File::Find"::find" use File::Find; use Exception::NoException; eval { find( sub { if ( $File::Find::name =~ /something/ ) { # do something with the file die Exception::NoException->new; } } ); }; die $@ if $@; CAVEATS ref() and blessed() will still return true for these objects. I'm considering using the 0 and/or \0 packages for this. AUTHOR Joshua ben Jore, "" BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-exception-noexception at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at . I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. SUPPORT You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc Exception::NoException You can also look for information at: * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation * CPAN Ratings * RT: CPAN's request tracker * Search CPAN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS COPYRIGHT & LICENSE Copyright 2006 Joshua ben Jore, all rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.