in reply to Re^2: Where does <GEN1> come from?
in thread Where does <GEN1> come from?

The default of appending the line number at which a message is generated is a fine and useful feature.

The default of also appending the filehandle and linenumber of the last line of the last "file" read by the script, or any of the modules it uses, is at best dubious, at worst, confusing.

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