Thanks!

Try::Tiny sounds good, I'll use that in my code.

Please can you answer these questions if possible (to help my Perl indoctrination ;) )

1. Would going $@ = '' after a failed eval work?
2. Would use local $@ also work?
3. Should I report this as a bug to the Tokenizer.pm maintainer?

BTW, check whom you are replying to.

I normally (almost always) use the "Comment on" link just under the OP.
I'm not used to forums where you can reply to individual posts, most of the forums I use just allow you to add a new post to the end of the topic. Also I find I sometimes miss new comments that are added as replies to earlier comments.
Is using the "Comment on" link OK? Or is using the reply-to-comment link preferred?