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