Perhaps my question left people with the impression that I want to change perl. I do not. I just want to make a bit of code generate an error. Perhaps strict is not a good mechanism for this. Something like B::Lint may be better, I'll take a look at it.

This is not a question about whether it is a good idea or not. It's my time and my code, so that part is up to me!

It should work perfectly the first time! - toma