Several features of this module are known to have problems under Windows. If using that platform, you may have more success (and less distress) by trying IO::Prompt::Tiny, IO::Prompt::Simple, or IO::Prompt::Hooked first.

##</code><code>##

use Term::Readline; 
$ENV{PERL_RL} = "Perl";

my $term = Term::ReadLine->new('sweet_ol_bus');

$term->Attribs->{completion_function} = sub {
                      my $txt = shift;
                      return  grep { /^$txt/i } sort keys %$my_list_of_autocompletion;
                  };

my $in;
while ( defined ( $in = $term->readline( 'my_prompt>' ) ) ) {
        chomp ($in);
        ...
}

##</code><code>##

All tests successful.
Files=38, Tests=163, 53 wallclock secs ( 0.09 usr +  0.09 sys =  0.19 CPU)
Result: PASS