C:\MinGW\source>perl qq2.pl
$VAR1 = bless( \*Symbol::GEN0, 'Net::NNTP' );
$VAR2 =
;
C:\MinGW\source>
#end output
Thanks for your reply. I've used Data::Dumper before with some success but was dismayed to see the above output, where I can't even begin to guess where it went wrong.
Gosh, I'd continue with this except that this is already a mess, from a continuity point of view.