I'm getting a very peculiar error when I load the open pragma before I load the Text::CSV_XS module.

C:\strawberry>perl -MText::CSV_XS -Mopen=:encoding(UTF-8) -e 1

C:\strawberry>perl -Mopen=:encoding(UTF-8) -MText::CSV_XS -e 1
Bareword found where operator expected at C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/
+Text/CSV_XS.pm line 3, near "1 H"
        (Missing operator before H?)
syntax error at C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/Text/CSV_XS.pm line 3, nea
+r "1 H"
BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at C:/strawberry/perl
+/site/lib/Text/CSV_XS.pm line 23.
Compilation failed in require.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.

C:\strawberry>perl -Mopen=:encoding(ASCII) -MText::CSV_XS -e 1
Bareword found where operator expected at C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/
+Text/CSV_XS.pm line 3, near "1 H"
        (Missing operator before H?)
syntax error at C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/Text/CSV_XS.pm line 3, nea
+r "1 H"
BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at C:/strawberry/perl
+/site/lib/Text/CSV_XS.pm line 23.
Compilation failed in require.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted.

C:\strawberry>head -23 C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/Text/CSV_XS.pm
package Text::CSV_XS;

# Copyright (c) 2007-2011 H.Merijn Brand.  All rights reserved.
# Copyright (c) 1998-2001 Jochen Wiedmann. All rights reserved.
# Portions Copyright (c) 1997 Alan Citterman. All rights reserved.
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

# HISTORY
#
# Written by:
#    Jochen Wiedmann <joe@ispsoft.de>
#
# Based on Text::CSV by:
#    Alan Citterman <alan@mfgrtl.com>
#
# Extended and Remodelled by:
#    H.Merijn Brand (h.m.brand@xs4all.nl)

require 5.005;

use strict;

C:\strawberry>

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What's causing this problem?

I'm running Strawberry Perl version 5.14.2, open version 1.08, and Text::CSV_XS version 0.85.

Jim

In reply to Peculiar Error When Loading open Pragma Before Text::CSV_XS Module by Jim

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