$thisrule->{'prods'}[ $#{ $thisrule->{'prods'} } ]

##</code><code>##

$VAR1 = bless( {
                 'number' => '1',
                 'strcount' => 0,
                 'dircount' => 1,
                 'uncommit' => 0,
                 'error' => 1,
                 'patcount' => 0,
                 'actcount' => 0,
                 'items' => [
                              bless( {
                                       'msg' => ' my message here',
                                       'hashname' => '__DIRECTIVE1__',
                                       'commitonly' => '',
                                       'lookahead' => 0,
                                       'line' => 82
                                     }, 'Parse::RecDescent::Error' )
                            ],
                 'line' => 82
               }, 'Parse::RecDescent::Production' );

##</code><code>##

        $thisrule->{'prods'}[ $#{ $thisrule->{'prods'} } ]->{'items'}->[0]->{'msg'}