lanx@nc10-ubuntu:/tmp$ cat end_pkg.pl print ; package TST; 1; __END__ end lanx@nc10-ubuntu:/tmp$ perl -MO=Deparse end_pkg.pl print ; package TST; '???'; end_pkg.pl syntax OK lanx@nc10-ubuntu:/tmp$ perl end_pkg.pl end lanx@nc10-ubuntu:/tmp$ perl -MB::Deparse -E 'say "$B::Deparse::VERSION"' 0.83