The code has use strict; use warnings; in it and I don't recall it failing its tests, so now, not only do I have to admit to the Pythonista that I did a Bad Perl Thing, I have to figure out why the code coverage is bad.

The heck with it. I ain't admitting nothing. I've already coded my way out of it because the two conditions I was dealing with need distinct messages so I am just going to use an if/else and move on.

Thank you, all.