win32 systems do not glob * in the command line. Infact when I want a * to be expandded I use a BEGIN blok like BEGIN { @ARGV =  map glob, @ARGV; print qq(considering ).scalar @ARGV.qq( files\n);}

But today I've packed a little script that accepts a * as first argument and the packed version do not worked in the same way as the original perl program.

As test i packed the following oneliner:

pp -e "print join qq(\n), @ARGV" -o printargv.exe

>printargv.exe hello world!
hello
world!

>printargv.exe *

# all plain files and dirs in current path (no dot files in the list..
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>printargv.exe *.pl

# all .pl file in current directory
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What is happening there? Is PAR globbing for me?

As suggested by Corion the following shows how the simple perl version runs:

>perl -we "print join qq(\n), @ARGV" *
*
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As you can see a lone star is printed.

L*

PS

#strawberry perl version
perl 5, version 26, subversion 0 (v5.26.0) built for MSWin32-x64-multi
+-thread

PAR         1.015
PAR::Packer 1.041
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UPDATED after beech's request below:

Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 26 subversion 0) configuration
+:

  Platform:
    osname=MSWin32
    osvers=6.3
    archname=MSWin32-x64-multi-thread
    uname='Win32 strawberry-perl 5.26.0.2 #1 Sat Sep  2 16:25:32 2017 
+x64'
    config_args='undef'
    hint=recommended
    useposix=true
    d_sigaction=undef
    useithreads=define
    usemultiplicity=define
    use64bitint=define
    use64bitall=undef
    uselongdouble=undef
    usemymalloc=n
    default_inc_excludes_dot=define
    bincompat5005=undef
  Compiler:
    cc='gcc'
    ccflags =' -s -O2 -DWIN32 -DWIN64 -DCONSERVATIVE -D__USE_MINGW_ANS
+I_STDIO -DPERL_TEXTMODE_SCRIPTS -DPERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT -DPERL_IMPLIC
+IT_SYS -DUSE_PERLIO -fwrapv -fno-strict-aliasing -mms-bitfields'
    optimize='-s -O2'
    cppflags='-DWIN32'
    ccversion=''
    gccversion='7.1.0'
    gccosandvers=''
    intsize=4
    longsize=4
    ptrsize=8
    doublesize=8
    byteorder=12345678
    doublekind=3
    d_longlong=define
    longlongsize=8
    d_longdbl=define
    longdblsize=16
    longdblkind=3
    ivtype='long long'
    ivsize=8
    nvtype='double'
    nvsize=8
    Off_t='long long'
    lseeksize=8
    alignbytes=8
    prototype=define
  Linker and Libraries:
    ld='g++.exe'
    ldflags ='-s -L"D:\ulisseDUE\perl5.26.64bit\perl\lib\CORE" -L"D:\u
+lisseDUE\perl5.26.64bit\c\lib"'
    libpth=D:\ulisseDUE\perl5.26.64bit\c\lib D:\ulisseDUE\perl5.26.64b
+it\c\x86_64-w64-mingw32\lib D:\ulisseDUE\perl5.26.64bit\c\lib\gcc\x86
+_64-w64-mingw32\7.1.0
    libs= -lmoldname -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -lcomdlg32
+ -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid -lws2_32 -
+lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32 -lcomctl32
    perllibs= -lmoldname -lkernel32 -luser32 -lgdi32 -lwinspool -lcomd
+lg32 -ladvapi32 -lshell32 -lole32 -loleaut32 -lnetapi32 -luuid -lws2_
+32 -lmpr -lwinmm -lversion -lodbc32 -lodbccp32 -lcomctl32
    libc=
    so=dll
    useshrplib=true
    libperl=libperl526.a
    gnulibc_version=''
  Dynamic Linking:
    dlsrc=dl_win32.xs
    dlext=xs.dll
    d_dlsymun=undef
    ccdlflags=' '
    cccdlflags=' '
    lddlflags='-mdll -s -L"D:\ulisseDUE\perl5.26.64bit\perl\lib\CORE" 
+-L"D:\ulisseDUE\perl5.26.64bit\c\lib"'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
  Compile-time options:
    HAS_TIMES
    HAVE_INTERP_INTERN
    MULTIPLICITY
    PERLIO_LAYERS
    PERL_COPY_ON_WRITE
    PERL_DONT_CREATE_GVSV
    PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
    PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
    PERL_MALLOC_WRAP
    PERL_OP_PARENT
    PERL_PRESERVE_IVUV
    USE_64_BIT_INT
    USE_ITHREADS
    USE_LARGE_FILES
    USE_LOCALE
    USE_LOCALE_COLLATE
    USE_LOCALE_CTYPE
    USE_LOCALE_NUMERIC
    USE_LOCALE_TIME
    USE_PERLIO
    USE_PERL_ATOF
  Built under MSWin32
  Compiled at Sep  2 2017 16:39:31
  %ENV:
    PERL_JSON_BACKEND="JSON::XS"
    PERL_RL="Perl"
    PERL_YAML_BACKEND="YAML"
  @INC:
    D:/ulisseDUE/perl5.26.64bit/perl/site/lib/MSWin32-x64-multi-thread
    D:/ulisseDUE/perl5.26.64bit/perl/site/lib
    D:/ulisseDUE/perl5.26.64bit/perl/vendor/lib
    D:/ulisseDUE/perl5.26.64bit/perl/lib
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