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+#!perl
+
+package Foo;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings FATAL => 'all';
+
+use Function::Parameters qw(:strict);
+use Test::More 'no_plan';
+
+# The problem goes away inside an eval STRING.
+method foo(
+ $arg
+)
+{
+ return $arg;
+}
+
+is $@, '';
+is( Foo->foo(42), 42 );