$ perl -MO=Deparse -e 'use constant ONE => 1; if (ONE) { print ONE if ONE }' use constant ('ONE', 1); do { print 1 }; -e syntax OK $ perl -MO=Deparse -e 'use v5.36; use constant ONE => 1; if (ONE) { print ONE if ONE }' sub BEGIN { require v5.36; () } use warnings; use strict; no feature ':all'; use feature ':5.36'; use constant ('ONE', 1); do { print 1 }; -e syntax OK