in reply to failure to compile list eval in block

As an alternative to LanX’s workaround, you can use parentheses:

12:32 >perl -MO=Deparse -e " { (7, 10); } "
{
    '???', '???';
}
-e syntax OK

12:32 >

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Hope that helps,

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