note demerphq <p> The -e1 is unnecessary. </p> <code> $ perl -MO=Deparse -i'foo e eval "warn q[bar]";' BEGIN { $^I = "foo"; } eval 'warn q[bar]'; -e syntax OK </code> <p> I vote bug. </p> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-108447"> ---<br /> $world=~s/war/peace/g<br /> <br /> </div></div> 971866 971869