in reply to eval() and INIT{}

turn warnings on, and you'll see things like
C:\dev\LOOSE>cat s eval " print 1; INIT { print 2 } END { print 3 } BEGIN { print 4 } CHECK { print 5 } "; print "out of eval $@"; C:\dev\LOOSE>perl -Wl s Too late to run INIT block at (eval 1) line 3. 4 Too late to run CHECK block at (eval 1) line 6. 1 out of eval 3

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