in reply to Re^10: Processing an encoded file backwards
in thread Processing an encoded file backwards

OK,my versions span from 2.49 to 2.97, none dies.

perl
use Encode;
print "$] : $Encode::VERSION";
__END__

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5.028002 : 2.97
5.028000 : 2.97
5.026002 : 2.88
5.024001 : 2.88
5.018002 : 2.49

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I suppose you installed something which has a newer Encode in its dependencies.

Cheers Rolf
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