[steve@kirk ~]$ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings \ -le'sub complain{ require Carp; Carp::carp "This should not work!"; } \ complain' This should not work! at -e line 1 main::complain() called at -e line 1 [steve@kirk ~]$ /tmp/bleadperl/bin/perl5.9.5 -Mstrict \ > -Mwarnings -le'sub complain{ require Carp;\ > Carp::carp "This should not work!"; } complain' String found where operator expected at -e line 2, near "Carp::carp "This shoulld not work!"" (Do you need to predeclare Carp::carp?) syntax error at -e line 2, near "Carp::carp "This should not work!"" Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.