Re^3: Don't use 5.6.N (use v)

No, it isn't use causing different parsing. 5.8.0 is interpretted as v5.8.0 in versions of Perl that support v-strings. The 'v' is only required if a single dot is used. v5.8 is different from 5.8 (but 5.8.0 is just v5.8.0).

So the dropping of v-string support should drop the interpretation of 5.8.0 as a v-string whether in a use line or not.

- tye

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Re^4: Don't use 5.6.N (use v) by xdg (Monsignor) on Oct 17, 2007 at 18:53 UTC
dropping of v-string support should drop the interpretation of 5.8.0 Ick. I hope that for 'use' lines that winds up just getting passed as a string to version instead or that some other backwards compatible hack is done. -xdg Code written by xdg and posted on PerlMonks is public domain. It is provided as is with no warranties, express or implied, of any kind. Posted code may not have been tested. Use of posted code is at your own risk.	[reply]

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Re^4: Don't use 5.6.N (use v)
by xdg (Monsignor) on Oct 17, 2007 at 18:53 UTC

dropping of v-string support should drop the interpretation of 5.8.0

Ick. I hope that for 'use' lines that winds up just getting passed as a string to version instead or that some other backwards compatible hack is done.

-xdg

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