$ perl -MO=Deparse pm_1185726_heredoc_pod.pl Use of bare << to mean <<"" is deprecated. Its use will be fatal in Perl 5.28 at pm_1185726_heredoc_pod.pl line 1. Can't modify scalar in scalar assignment at pm_1185726_heredoc_pod.pl line 1, near "cut;" pm_1185726_heredoc_pod.pl had compilation errors. my $str = "" = 'cut'; $