OT: Re: Just took a look in the perl newsgroup....

[Steven Taschuk]

Quoth Bengt Richter:
  [...]
> IMO that's still a workaround for the case (;-) where you want to rebind
> in the same scope. But I just thought of an alternative, which see below
> in stripped-down version of previous example:
  [...]
>         ## a local case structure with rebinding in local scope
>         try: raise `x`
>         except '1':
>             # case code in same scope as case
>             inner_var = '<<value bound in scope of "case" 1)>>'
>         except '2':
>             inner_var = '<<value bound in scope of "case" 2>>'
>         except:
>             inner_var = '<<value bound in scope of "case" default>>'

Yikes.

Inherently fragile due to reliance on interning of repr(x).  Won't
work at all if/when string exceptions go away.

A strong candidate for a Most Outlandish Proposal award.  (In
fact, I think you're a strong candidate for a Lifetime Achievement
Award in this area.  <0.25 wink>)

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Steven Taschuk                                     staschuk at telusplanet.net
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