> I'm just spouting thoughts hoping it rings someone elses bell... sorry.
This reminds me of a discussion that took place recently on the MB mailing list[1]. I wonder what would happen if you leave SMOKE.PL but comment out all the code. Do the die statements get called? Perhaps something in that code is short-circuting A::T. William [1] http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=6951616&forum_id=10905 -- Knowmad Services Inc. http://www.knowmad.com