I'd suspect it's rather the module version (not the Perl version) that's responsible for the different behavior. So, to narrow down on the issue, it would be interesting to know what module versions you're using.  In case you still have both versions available, you could check (for both 5.8.4 and 5.10.0 — make sure you call the correct perl binary, if they're installed on the same machine):

    perl -MPDF::API2 -le 'print $PDF::API2::Version::VERSION'         
+ (yes, Version::VERSION)
    perl -MPDF::API2::Simple -le 'print $PDF::API2::Simple::VERSION'

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As PDF::API2 is a pure-Perl module, you should be able to run either version of the module with either version of Perl without recompiling anything  (in case it should turn out that you have different module versions...)

In reply to Re^3: Perl 8.10 PDF::API2::Simple problem (module versions) by almut
in thread Perl PDF::API2::Simple problem by constantin.iliescu

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