>>>>> "H" == H W Neff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
H> hi again. H> ok, i now have a much pared down example that exhibits the H> problem -- at least with attempts to use '<<' in an exe H> block. Oooh... that rings a bell. Text::Balanced::extract_codeblock can sometimes be confused by "double duty" tokens, such as "<<". Your best bet will be to put that code in a subroutine, then call the subroutine. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!