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Re: Oldest supported Perl version

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Apr 21, 2009, 03:08 UTC
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<20090421030848.GF14479@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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<76718490904200759l24e1bd9exe0e1b60f7b2847a7@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:59:00AM -0400, Jay Soffian wrote:
> Whatever is decided this time, perhaps it should be burned into the tops of
> the *.perl scripts (i.e. "require 5.008;"). It should also be added to
> CodingGuidelines. You know, so this conversation doesn't keep recurring. :-)

I have no real comment on _which_ version, but yes, I think a 'require' for the right version would be very helpful. The error messages you get when running on a too-old version can be confusing, at best. Saying "you need a newer perl" would be much nicer.

-Peff
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  2. Michael WittenApr 20, 2009
  3. Michael WittenApr 20, 2009
  4. Jay SoffianApr 20, 2009
  5. H.Merijn BrandApr 20, 2009
  6. Johannes SchindelinApr 20, 2009
  7. H.Merijn BrandApr 20, 2009
  8. Jakub NarebskiApr 20, 2009
  9. Jay SoffianApr 20, 2009
  10. Jay SoffianApr 20, 2009
  11. Michael WittenApr 20, 2009
  12. Johannes SchindelinApr 20, 2009
  13. Michael WittenApr 20, 2009
  14. H.Merijn BrandApr 20, 2009
  15. Michael WittenApr 20, 2009
  16. Michael WittenApr 20, 2009
  17. H.Merijn BrandApr 20, 2009
  18. Jeff KingApr 21, 2009

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