gistfile1.txt

original code:

sub read-file($filename) {
    my $file = from-json($filename.IO.slurp);
    CATCH { 
        default {
            $file = [];
            $*ERR.say: colored("Unable to read file $filename", "red");
        }
    }
    $file.map({ format-object($_) }).hash; # this line not executed after exception caught
}

Current code:

sub read-file($filename) {
    my $file;
    {
        $file = from-json($filename.IO.slurp);
        CATCH { 
            default {
                $file = [];
                $*ERR.say: colored("Unable to read file $filename", "red");
            }
        }
    }
    $file.map({ format-object($_) }).hash;
}