use strict; use warnings; my $tainted = shift; my $test; $test = undef; $test += $tainted; print "Test 1: $test\n"; $test = undef; $test += $tainted; print "Test 2: $test\n"; #### perl -T test.pl 1 #### %perl -T test.pl 1 Test 1: 1 Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at test.pl line 12. Test 2: 1