You're right, things are worse than I thought. And yes, cross-referencing usage starts from large ammount of code.

Anyway, did you tried latest perl (5.8.0-RC1)?
Just curious.
Also, thank you for your experience, with your help I will be careful when will be planning using any compiler stuff.

Courage, the Cowardly Dog.
PS. Something fishy is going on there, or my name is Vadim Konovalov. And it's not.