Too late for -Mstrict

belg4mit has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

#!/usr/bin/perl -wMstrict
my$A="a";$A++for(0..285074);print$A;
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But I get Too late for "-Mstrict" option at /tmp/b line 1.. And I can't figure out why...

-- perl -pe "s/\b;([st])/'\1/mg"

Edit kudra, 2002-01-10 Added to title

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Re: Too late for by Kanji (Parson) on Jan 10, 2002 at 14:50 UTC
From `perldoc perldiag` ... Too late for "-%s" option (X) The #! line (or local equivalent) in a Perl script contains the -M or -m option. This is an error because -M and -m options are not intended for use inside scripts. Use the "use" pragma instead. --k.	[reply]
Re: Re: Too late for by belg4mit (Prior) on Jan 10, 2002 at 14:54 UTC
Well yes, but there's no inherent reason why it shouldn't work unlike -T. Apparently I have reports iof it working on 5.005.03 and 5.6.1, whereas I am using 5.6.0 (should have noted that in the original post). UPDATE: There was a bit of confusion with whom I spake, it does not work with neither 5.005.03 nor 5.6.1. IMHO it still ought to though ;-) `-- perl -pe "s/\b;([st])/'\1/mg"`	[reply]
Re: Too late for by rendler (Pilgrim) on Jan 10, 2002 at 14:51 UTC
you'll be wanting either `#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my $A="a";$A++for(0..285074);print$A;` [download] or at the command line `perl -Mstrict -le 'my $A="a";$A++for(0..285074);print$A;'` [download] Or in both cases withouth the strict pragma in use you can drop the my declaration on $A	[reply] [d/l] [select]