(Seriously- there is hope.)

sameerperl, you may want to try this out to unbleach.. If you're stuck. (Dunno where this came from, it was lying around on one of my systems- I tried it out.)

#!/usr/bin/perl
# unbleach.pl - for really dirty programs
use strict;
my $washing = pop or carp("Usage: unbleach [file]");
open white,"<$washing" or carp("Can't get $washing");
local $/; $_=<white>;
s/(.*)^\s*use\s+Acme::Bleach\s*;\n(?: \t){8}/$1/
or carp("$washing is not bleached!");
open line,">$washing" or carp("Can't dry $washing");
print line out($_);
sub out {s/\n//g;tr/ \t/01/;pack "b*",$_;}
sub carp {print shift and exit}

=head1 NAME

unbleach.pl - For I<really> unclean programs

=head1 SYNOPSIS

unbleach.pl [file]

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This script will replace all the unsighted unprintable 
characters bleached out of your source file by Acme::Bleach.
 
And turn it into directive with elegant (perhaps) ASCII perl code. 

It also removes the use bleach line when it rewrites 
the source code. The code continues to work exactly 
as it did before, but now looks like normal!

=head1 DIAGNOSTICS

=item C<Can't get '%s'>

unbleach.pl could not read the source file.

=item C<'%s' is not bleached!>

unbleach.pl will only process files that have been 
previously bleached and have the expected format.

=item C<Can't dry '%s'>

unbleach.pl could not open the source file to modify it.

=head1 SEE ALSO

http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/DCONWAY/Acme-Bleach-1.12.tar.gz
http://www.perlmonks.com

=head1 AUTHOR

not Damian Conway (as if you couldn't guess)
[download]

See unbleach.pl. But I think sameerperl's problem lies more with sameeperl not reading the webserver's error log than with Acme::Bleach.

I personally believe it would be correct of you -since you certainly know- to remind the OP that he could and should use one or more of those modules, as the more the better: ain't it so?