in reply to Checking Perl version

require 5.6.1;

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require perldoc.

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updated: added ;

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Re: Re: Checking Perl version
by ajdelore (Pilgrim) on Jul 08, 2003 at 19:25 UTC

    I would recommend using require 5.x over using $[. It is shorter, direct, and makes more sense when reading the code.

    Also, not to be pedantic, but I think a ; is needed:

    require 5.6.1;

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