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On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 10:46:29AM +0000, Nicholas Clark wrote: > I did this: > > commit e76b2c0c0a5a6bcf7f940f55f050b6f3cecac437 > Author: Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> > Date: Mon Feb 23 11:27:08 2009 +0100 > > Add deprecate.pm. Deprecate shipping Switch.pm in the core distribution. > > > Switch changes like this: > > diff --git a/lib/Switch.pm b/lib/Switch.pm > index 709442e..8e98d29 100644 > --- a/lib/Switch.pm > +++ b/lib/Switch.pm > @@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ use strict; > use vars qw($VERSION); > use Carp; > > -$VERSION = '2.14'; > +use if $] >= 5.011, 'deprecate'; > > +$VERSION = '2.14_01'; > + > Anyway, help wanted. Does anyone want to do any of: > > 1: Write tests > 2: Write documentation > 3: Fix the bit of the code that is commented as "fragile" > 4: Write a better warning message > 5: Decide whether the core is allowed to issue multi-line diagnostic messages > 6: Propose a patch for CPAN.pm > 7: Propose a patch for CPANPLUS.pm > 8: Comment further on the @INC order thread Oh yes. 9: Is it possible to have a warning that defaults to on, so that one has to explicitly go no warnings 'deprecated' to shut it up? because right now the behaviour is: $ /Users/nick/Sandpit/511v/bin/perl5.11.0 -e 'use warnings; use Switch' Switch will be removed from the Perl core distribution in the next major release. Please install it from CPAN. It is being used at -e line 1 $ /Users/nick/Sandpit/511v/bin/perl5.11.0 -e 'use Switch; use warnings' $ so if they don't turn on warnings, or simple have it last in a list of modules to use, they won't get the message. Nicholas ClarkThread Previous | Thread Next