# New Ticket Created by dave@cheapbooks.com # Please include the string: [perl #41635] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=41635 > I found an odd behavior. when I have a reference, let's say it is an array, it seems to pad the value differently in perl 5.6 vs 5.8: this worked in perl 5.8 but not perl 5.6: $ref =~ /^ARRAY/; for 5.6, I had to change to =~ /^\s*ARRAY/;Thread Next