#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Test::More; use 5.014; use Try; my ( $error, $topic ); given ("foo") { when (qr/./) { try { die "blah\n"; } catch { $topic = $_; $error = $_[0]; } pass("syntax ok"); }; } is( $error, "blah\n", "error caught" ); { local $TODO = "perhaps a workaround can be found"; is( $topic, $error, 'error is also in $_' ); } done_testing;