After any eval, you should check to see whether it failed or not. Right after yours, I slipped in this line: 

    die $@ if $@;

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It's also useful when debugging to print out the string you're trying to eval in case it has an obvious error. Here's the string you're using: 

use Time::HiResqw(gettimeofday tv_interval)

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...so I stuck a space in this line: 

    $str   .= ' qw(' . $args . ')' if $args ne '1'";

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The error you get about "gettimeofday" and "strict subs" is because you've told Perl that the bareword "gettimeofday" is a function call rather than just some string. If Time::HiRes doesn't load, you'll still get another error: 

Undefined subroutine &main::gettimeofday called at ...

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If Time::HiRes does load, "gettimeofday" without the parentheses is fine because—I'm guessing a little here—it has a prototype.

Anyway, always check your evals.

In reply to Re: Interesting behavior in eval block by kyle
in thread Interesting behavior in eval block by l2kashe

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