> Which is why there is Feature::Compat::Try (FCT)

So Syntax::Keyword::Try is an XS module for exactly back-porting this feature "try" till v5.14?

> So if v5.14 is backward-compatible enough for you, looking at FCT would be a good idea.

After Devel::Declare and family, I'm no big fan of XS dependencies hacking into the parser.

The less => the more stable => the better.

> I haven't used that pair, because I am often on systems that only has v5.8,

Using pure Perl for backwards compatibility wouldn't have such limitations.

OTOH using XS would be faster on "older" Perls, at least when parsing.

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

In reply to Re^4: conditional catch-blocks 'try {} catch(COND) { }' by LanX
in thread conditional catch-blocks 'try {} catch(COND) { }' by LanX

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