in reply to Bareword issue with Perl 5.34

I'm not sure why the code would work in Perl 5.28 as given, but for your problem see the Module Options of Win32::OLE. The new syntax to use is

use Win32::OLE;
Win32::OLE->Options(CP => Win32::OLE::CP_UTF8);

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Alternatively, you can make the CP_UTF8 constant known by importing it explicitly from Win32::OLE:

use Win32::OLE 'CP_UTF8';
Win32::OLE->Options(CP => CP_UTF8);

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Re^2: Bareword issue with Perl 5.34
by Anonymous Monk on Oct 11, 2021 at 17:24 UTC

    Thank you for your reply. I am starting to think that the issue is somewhere else. My .pl script should run both on macOS and on Windows. Obviously, when on it is run on macOS, the Win32::OLE should be skipped. I solved this like this:

    use if $^O eq 'MSWin32', 'Win32::OLE';
if ( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
    $Win32::OLE::CP = 'CP_UTF8';
}

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    Or compacter:

    use if $^O eq 'MSWin32', 'Win32::OLE::CP' => 'CP_UTF8';

    On macOS the scripts load correctly and Win32::OLE stuff is skipped. If I use the same without '' or any of your suggestions, I get the Bareword "CP_UTF8" error. Am I everseeing something?

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      I think you want

       use if $^O eq 'MSWin32', 'Win32::OLE', 'CP' => 'CP_UTF8';

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      That is still the "old" way of using Win32::OLE. The new way would be something like:

      use if $^O eq 'MSWin32', 'Win32::OLE';

if( $^O eq 'MSWin32' ) {
    Win32::OLE->Options( CP => 'CP_UTF8' );
    # or maybe
    # Win32::OLE->Options( CP => Win32::OLE::CP_UTF8 );
}

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