Hi monks,

In a module I need to specify a minimum version of Perl.

I use: 

use v5.10;

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and Perl::Critic biffs on ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitVersionStrings with the rather hilarious error message: 

Version string used at line 5, column 1.
  ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitVersionStrings (Severity: 3)
    Whenever you `use' or `require' a module, you can specify a minimu
+m
    version requirement. To ensure compatibility with older Perls, thi
+s
    version number should be expressed as a floating-point number. Do 
+not
    use v-strings or three-part numbers. The Perl convention for expre
+ssing
    version numbers as floats is: version + (patch level / 1000).

        use Foo v1.2    qw(foo bar);  # not ok
        use Foo 1.2.03  qw(foo bar);  # not ok
        use Foo 1.00203 qw(foo bar);  # ok

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Hilarious because I am trying to tell the machine to NOT use an old version of Perl, LOL.

So I use: 

use 5.10;

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and Perl biffs with: 

Perl v5.100.0 required (did you mean v5.10.0?)--this is only v5.16.0, 
+stopped at /path/to/module.pm line 5.

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So I follow Perl's advice and do: 

use 5.10.0;

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... and P::C biffs again.

Anything to do other than disable the P::C rule?

In reply to use 5.10 and Perl::Critic by 1nickt

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