in reply to Re^2: perl-5.8.5 op/write.t fails
in thread perl-5.8.5 op/write.t fails

Actually, hold that thought - something is definitely screwy here. I've checked 5.6 and 5.8 doco - they concur - so it would appear that v5.8.5 is getting it wrong (as you say) but you shouldn't need to change anything to make this work (as I suggested).

I have v5.6.1 and v5.8.2 here - I'll run some tests and check this out.

Update
The code you posted works correctly (i.e. prints "... is the time for ...") on both those versions. Looking like a v5.8.5 bug. See if you can find someone with 5.8.5 installed - Any takers monks?

Regards,

PN5