Can't "use Mac::OSA::Simple"

In MacPerl 5.6.1, I'm trying to use the standard module
Mac::OSA::Simple. The simple line

	use Mac::OSA::Simple;

gives me a compilation error:

	# Global symbol "$REVISION" requires explicit package name
	File ...:lib:Mac:OSA:Simple.pm; Line 20
	# BEGIN not safe after errors-- compilation aborted.

Argh! Doesn't anybody test anything any more? Am I really the first one
to notice this?

Simply adding "$REVISION" on line 5 of the module, in the "use vars"
statement, fixes it, but *this sucks*.

And Chris (Nandor), I understand you do a *lot* for MacPerl, so I can't
actually blame you if something like this slips through. Still, IMO,
some automatic test should have caught this.

-- 
	Bart.