but it does use the same CRT as the compiler that built ActivePerl

My final speculation. Does this change anything?

use warnings;

use Inline C => Config =>
    BUILD_NOISY => 1;


use Inline C => <<'EOC';

int junk( int val ) {
    return printf( "%d\n", val );
}

void foo() {
    junk( GIMME_V == G_ARRAY );
}

EOC

my $x = [foo()];
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