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Re: [perl #116961] Data::Dumper 2.143 tests failures on 5.10.1

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From:
Steffen Mueller
Date:
March 7, 2013 05:36
Subject:
Re: [perl #116961] Data::Dumper 2.143 tests failures on 5.10.1
Message ID:
51382736.5020705@cpan.org
On 03/07/2013 03:55 AM, James E Keenan via RT wrote:
> On Sat Mar 02 19:58:34 2013, xdg@xdg.me wrote:
>
>>
>> On older Perl's, XS doesn't load because of a missing symbol:
>>
>>      Symbol not found: _isWORDCHAR
>>
>
> Does this mean that, going forward from 2.143, we should not support the
> XS version when compiled on Perls older than 5.14.0?
>
>  From a maintenance point-of-view, I would endorse that.

That would cripple the module.

--Steffen
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