[htmltmpl] First line of template unconditionally deleted

[Fred C. <fre...@gm...>]

I've just begun using HTML::Template, and have run into the issue that
the first line of the simplest template gets unconditionally deleted.
I noticed this when my DOCTYPE got mangled in the output. Adding a
newline at the top of the file, naturally, fixes this.

Is this a known bug? I searched the mailing list archive, the buglist,
and the discussions, but saw no mention of it. I'm hoping someone will
go "aha, it's that..."

Thanks.