yeah, something like that... I do get a similar error when the semicolon is missing from the previous "expression", e.g.

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use if $^O eq 'MSWin32', 'Win32::NetResource';

__END__
"use" not allowed in expression at ./746794.pl line 3, at end of line
syntax error at ./746794.pl line 3, near "use if "
Execution of ./746794.pl aborted due to compilation errors.
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