Hi Monks,

I am running 5.10.0 (on Mac Os), and I get a weird behavior. I wan't able to find any explanation so far, and I am quite puzzled. Before I file a bug report, I would like to seek your immense wisdom.

The following works fine :

#!/usr/bin/perl

default();

sub default {
    
}

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If I simply add the use line, as below, I get a syntax error : 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use 5.10.0;

default();

sub default {
    
}

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syntax error at t.pl line 5, near "default("

Of course the problem doesn't appear if I use 'foo' instead of 'default', and disappears if I use the & sign: &default().

However, I find this puzzling, since in all cases I run the same version (5.10.0), and as far as I can tell "default" is not mentioned as a reserved keyword or anything (but may have overlooked some explanation in the quite voluminous doc). I hope this has not been asked before, but, as you will understand, SuperSearch with keywords sush as "default" and "use" is a bit tricky, and couldn't find anything there either.

Thanks in advance for your help.

In reply to "use 5.10.0" creates weird syntax error on sub named "default" by aixtal

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