BEGIN { eval { require Config; import Config }; if ($@) { print "1..0 # Skip: no Config\n"; exit(0); } } use Thread 'async'; $t = async { print "here\n"; die "success"; print "shouldn't get here\n"; }; sleep 1; print "joining...\n"; eval { @r = $t->join; }; if ($@) { print "thread died with message: $@"; } else { print "thread failed to die successfully\n"; }