nginx 0.8.16 *) Feature: the "image_filter_transparency" directive. *) Bugfix: "addition_types" directive was incorrectly named "addtion_types". *) Bugfix: resolver cache poisoning. Thanks to Matthew Dempsky. *) Bugfix: memory leak in resolver. Thanks to Matthew Dempsky. *) Bugfix: invalid request line in $request variable was written in access_log only if error_log was set to "info" or "debug" level. *) Bugfix: in PNG alpha-channel support in the ngx_http_image_filter_module. *) Bugfix: nginx always added "Vary: Accept-Encoding" response header line, if both "gzip_static" and "gzip_vary" were on. *) Bugfix: in UTF-8 encoding support by "try_files" directive in nginx/Windows. *) Bugfix: in "post_action" directive usage; the bug had appeared in 0.8.11. Thanks to Igor Artemiev.

--- a/src/http/modules/perl/ngx_http_perl_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/perl/ngx_http_perl_module.c
@@ -761,7 +761,10 @@ ngx_http_perl_eval_anon_sub(pTHX_ ngx_st
         }
     }
 
-    if (ngx_strncmp(p, "sub ", 4) == 0 || ngx_strncmp(p, "use ", 4) == 0) {
+    if (ngx_strncmp(p, "sub ", 4) == 0
+        || ngx_strncmp(p, "sub{", 4) == 0
+        || ngx_strncmp(p, "use ", 4) == 0)
+    {
         *sv = eval_pv((char *) p, FALSE);
 
         /* eval_pv() does not set ERRSV on failure */