The -P command-line switch was deprecated in perl version 5.10.0 and removed as of version 5.12.0 (see perl5120delta). But the equivalent behaviour is provided by the module Filter::cpp:

#! perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Filter::cpp;

#define DEBUG
#define XYZ 42

#ifdef DEBUG
print "Debugging enabled\n";
#else
print "Debugging disabled\n";
#endif

print XYZ . "\n";

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Output:

13:14 >perl 772_SoPW.pl
Debugging enabled
42

13:14 >

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See perlfilter.

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In reply to Re^3: To DEBUG, or to COMMENT. _That_ is the question by Athanasius
in thread To DEBUG, or to COMMENT. _That_ is the question by taint

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