Re^5: How to tell what version of Perl a script needs?

Pardon me for being so dense, but after multiple readings of your posts on this thread, I am still scratching my head as to what you actually mean. You write:

...it suddenly occurred to me that, when they move the application I wrote around, it might break if the provided perl is too low. I would like to be able to put in a 'use XYZ' line to at least document what version is required.

...which to me sounds exactly what a statement like

use v5.6.0;
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is supposed to do (the script will not compile with versions of perl below v5.6.0, and this is all documented in the links I posted). Therefore I am puzzled by your reply above.

the lowliest monk

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Re^6: How to tell what version of Perl a script needs? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 20, 2005 at 05:44 UTC
He's not asking how to require a version of Perl (as `use v5.6.0` would do), he's asking how to determine which version of Perl is required (so he could add a `use v5.6.0` directive, for example).	[reply] [d/l] [select]