thanks very much for suggesting i look at Test::Builder, was able to modify Test::Builder::Level in my wrapping module and i am now getting the correct line/script number.

just for my edification, can you point me in the direction of some eval #line directive examples? all of the formats i tried before going to Test::Builder did not affect caller() at all. i tried (same code as originally posted, but adding this on line 13 of test.pl):

• eval "#line $l $ld";
• eval("#line $l $ld");
• eval qq{#line $l $ld} or die $!;

when i tried the last one, i got 'bad file descriptor', which i don't understand either..

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