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Matthew O. Persico wrote: > > For those of us stuck at 5.6.1 for the foreseable future, are we going to be able to download a CPAN version of Universal::Version to get ver-magic or > is it too tied to 5.8+specific internals changes for this to happen? If it isn't backward compatible, I need to resurrect Universal::Version::PurePerl and > see how much magic I can backport myself. > Thanks for volunteering to help test this code! ;~0 Seriously, go here: http://search.cpan.org/author/JPEACOCK/version-0.28/ and test away. This module works back to 5.005_03 and replicates the current capabilities of the 5.9.0 core changes. The next series of core patches will require more work to backport, but I have a plan ready to go. My goal is to allow any module to 'use version;' and have the appropriate code work from 5.005_03 forward. John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748Thread Previous | Thread Next