From yardley@tanet.net

I'm not sure whether these "ought" to be reported as bugs or not,
especially #2 below. For all I know, this may now be correct
behavior.

I executed each of the below one-liners, which examples are included
in the README.win32 distributed with perl 5.6.0, in cmd.exe on
Win2000 Server Beta 3.

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Example #2​:

  This does the same​:
 
  perl -e "print \"\\\"\\\"\" "

REMARKS​: Under v5.6.0, this example fails with,

Backslash found where operator expected at -e line 1, near ""\\"\"
  (Missing operator before \?)
syntax error at -e line 1, near ""\\"\"
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.

NOTE​: The example works correctly under v4.005_03.

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Example #6​:

  This pipes "foo" to the "less" pager and prints "bar" on the
  console​:

  perl -e "print 'foo'; print STDERR 'bar'" | less

REMARKS​: Under v5.005_03, this example fails with,

foo

But under v5.6.0, it prints

barfoo

NOTE​: I do not know whether or not this is correct behavior.
Perhaps, the pipe to STDERR should complete before the print to
STDOUT. Doesn't seem quite right to me, but ...

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Example #6​:

  This pipes "foo\nbar\n" to the less pager​:

  perl -le "print 'foo'; print STDERR 'bar'" 2>&1 | less

REMARKS​: Under v5.005_03, this example prints
foobar

But under v5.6.0, the example prints

barfoo

NOTE​: Again, I'm uncertain about the order, but, curiously, a print
to STDERR appears to complete and return before a print to STDOUT.
Is this correct behavior?

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From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

NOTE​: The example works correctly under v4.005_03.
  ^^^^^^^^^
Oops, make that v5.005_03.

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