I ran into a problem while using PDF::Template. Specifically, my script dies with this message: 
Can't locate object method "ToUpper" via package "main" (perhaps you f
+orgot to load "main"?) at \
/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/utf8_heavy.pl line 30

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Line 30 of utf8_heavy.pl looks like this: 

    $list ||= eval { $caller->$type(); }
        || do "$file.pl"
        || do "$encoding/$file.pl"
        || do "$encoding/Is/${type}.pl"
        || croak("Can't find $encoding character property definition v
+ia $caller->$type or $file.pl");

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It appears to be the eval call where the code is dying, but I thought that eval should trap the problem. The same code (with the same utf8_heavy.pl) running on a different system works: Mac OS X works, Mandrake Linux doesn't.

I've resorted to this horrible cludge to get my code working for now, but obviously a better solution would be appreciated: 

    if ($file eq 'To/Upper') {
        $list = do '/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/unicode/To/Upper.pl';
    } elsif ($file eq 'To/Lower') {
        $list = do '/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/unicode/To/Lower.pl';
    } else {
        $list ||= eval { $caller->$type(); }
            || do "$file.pl"
            || do "$encoding/$file.pl"
            || do "$encoding/Is/${type}.pl"
            || croak("Can't find $encoding character property definiti
+on via $caller->$type or $file.pl");
    }

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In reply to Problem in utf8_heavy.pl by genecutl

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