The perl internal SV for $\ is PL_ors_sv, but only for 5.8.x onwards. In 5.6.x and below, it is a combination of PL_ors (a string) and PL_orslen (its length). Is it possible to make "PL_ors_sv" backportable using this wonderful Devel::PPPort? -- H.Merijn Brand Amsterdam Perl Mongers http://amsterdam.pm.org/ using & porting perl 5.6.2, 5.8.x, 5.10.x, 5.11.x on HP-UX 10.20, 11.00, 11.11, 11.23, and 11.31, SuSE 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3, AIX 5.2, and Cygwin. http://mirrors.develooper.com/hpux/ http://www.test-smoke.org/ http://qa.perl.org http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/Thread Next