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# exceptions.pl
# tchrist@convex.com
+#
+# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
+# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
+#
+# In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl
+# programming techniques.
+#
#
# Here's a little code I use for exception handling. It's really just
# glorfied eval/die. The way to use use it is when you might otherwise