> 1.08. [goes to CPAN - ooh, 1.09 ... downloads] > 1.09 does the same.
Odd. It worked fine for me under 5.6.0. Hmmmm. try the beta at: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~damian/CPAN/Getopt-Declare.tar.gz and if that still doesn't work, send me the exact file you're having difficulty with, as well as your 'perl -v' data. Damian