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mnooning has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello,

I am attempting to diagnose a problem in code I am unfamiliar with. I get lines that look like the two below.

Error while ... edited out ... at t/ithreadm.t line 47, <GEN1> line 1.
Error while ... edited out ... at t/ithreadm.t line 47, <GEN1> line 835.

The "line 47" refers to the file t/ithreadm.t. I cannot find where the GEN lines are coming from. I grepped for GEN in all seemingly relevant files.

A search on the web indicates that the GEN numbers in error messages pop up quite a bit. What generates it? If I knew, I would have a better shot at diagnosing the problem.

Thanks