note grinder <blockquote><i>I'm stumped about the reference to "aelem" in the error message</i></blockquote> <p>It is internals-speak for "array element", at the C level. It only surfaces when you grovel deeply in magic, or XS.</p> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-29008"> <p align="right"><font size="-2">&bull; another intruder with the mooring in the heart of the Perl</font></p> </div></div> 759194 759203