Interesting stuff ... i don't have an answer, but i did notice something peculiar:

use Data::Dumper;

print Dumper [(3,4,5,6)];
print Dumper [(3  .. 6)];

print Dumper [\(3,4,5,6)];
print Dumper [\(3  .. 6)];
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The first two prints yield the same results as expected, but the second two yield different results:

[\(3,4,5,6)] yields $VAR1 = [\3,\4,\5,\6];
[\(3  .. 6)] yields $VAR1 = [[3,4,5,6]];

If i had to take a guess, i would say that the range operator is yielding some scwoowey wesults ...

jeffa

shhhh ... be vewy vewy quiet ... i'm hunting bugs ...