It should be fairly trivial, simply locate the point where -x is tested, and add conditional (!SvTRUE( get_sv("sx::y"))

In file util.c in function Perl_find_script 

        if (S_ISREG(PL_statbuf.st_mode)
        && cando(S_IRUSR,TRUE,&PL_statbuf)
#if !defined(DOSISH)
        && !SvTRUE( get_sv("sx::y")
        && cando(S_IXUSR,TRUE,&PL_statbuf)
#endif
        )
        {
        xfound = tmpbuf;        /* bingo! */
        break;
        }

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and accompanying badly named pragma 
package sx::y;
$sx::y = $VERSION = 0.01;
1;

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when you recompile perl, use as perl -Msx::y -S foo

Untested, so not in patch form

In reply to Re^5: Can I get a -S switch that doesn't care about the execute bit? by Anonymous Monk
in thread Can I get a -S switch that doesn't care about the execute bit? by DrWhy

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