If required/used, the following gives Unknown error:

use strict;
BEGIN { test; }
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When in -e or the file specified to perl, the following gives the apppropriate error message:

use strict;
BEGIN { test; }
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The following gives the apppropriate error message:

use strict;
test;
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The following gives the apppropriate error message:

use strict;
BEGIN { test(); }
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The following gives the apppropriate error message:

use strict;
BEGIN { $var; }
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The following gives the apppropriate error message:

use strict;
BEGIN { ${'test'}; }
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