Note that it is by far "done" (yet). There are lots of issues to be discussed before decisions are made.

E.g. the above statement conflicts with the idea that use v5.12.4; can be used to indicate that one needs version 5.12.4 or up because a vital bug was fixed in that version and the script won't work with anything older.

That concept could be solved by using something like use ge5.12.4 (as in greater or equal to 5.12.4, which I suggested to Jesse). That however will not suffice, as you might need 5.12.4 or newer (because of the bugfix) but do not support beyond 5.16.7 (because of syntax change). How would you define ranges? use ge5.12.4, lt5.16.8;?

How will perl "support" ranges (if at all)? Should there be more than one declaration? What if - inside a range - something changed dramatically. What should perl choose to do? Syntax vs Semantics? etc etc.


Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

In reply to Re^3: Back to the __future__ by Tux
in thread Back to the __future__ by cdarke

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