D:\Development>perl -MO=Deparse -e "for ($x = 0; $x < 10; $x++) {}" for ($x = 0; $x < 10; ++$x) { (); } -e syntax OK D:\Development>perl -MO=Deparse,-x3 -e "for ($x = 0; $x < 10; $x++) {}" $x = 0; while ($x < 10) { (); } continue { ++$x } -e syntax OK