NAME return::thence - return values from up above SYNOPSIS "return" has a seemed inconsistency when used within functions that take a code block, such as "try" below. use Try::Tiny; # will return 1 sub foo { try { return(2) }; return 1; } This module introduces a "return::thence" keyword which returns from where you really mean: # will return 2 sub bar { try { return::thence(2) }; return 1; } DESCRIPTION This module needs to perform a bit of guesswork to figure out where you want to return from. Looking at the call stack, it returns from the first named function (see Sub::Name, Sub::Identify) that was defined in the same file and same package as its immediate caller. "return::thence" doesn't especially differentiate between list and scalar context. sub baz { return::thence('a' .. 'z') }; my @baz = baz() # 'a' .. 'z' my $baz = baz(); # 'z' If you need more power, use Scope::Upper which is what this module uses under the hood. BUGS Skipping over XS stack frames can cause segfaults. Please report any bugs to <http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=return-thence>. SEE ALSO Scope::Upper. AUTHOR Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>. COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Toby Inkster. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.