I can reproduce this exact behaviour with this simple script, by trying to link to a non-existent libraryI can reproduce the problem with an even simpler script:
use Inline C => 'END';
say();
__END__
__C__
void say()
{
printf("6\n");
}
The first line of that code is wrong.
The corrected version of that script is:
use Inline C;
say();
__END__
__C__
void say()
{
printf("6\n");
}
Update: An alternative way of writing out the script would be:
say();
use Inline C => <<'END';
void say()
{
printf("6\n");
}
END
I think that might have led to your confusion.
Cheers,
Rob