Comment Comment by hoytech Easiest way is to Deparse it: $ perl -MO=Deparse tp.pl 'division'->Illegal('zero'->by('at' / 'tmp' / 'quine' . 'line'->pl(1))); tp.pl syntax OK So I believe this is what causes it (note that "at" and "tmp" and such are "barewords"): $ perl -e 'at / tmp' Illegal division by zero at -e line 1. parent hoytech 2 years ago