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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 17:54
Subject:
Re: [perl #116961] Data::Dumper 2.143 tests failures on 5.10.1
Message ID:
5138D440.6030303@cpan.org
On 03/07/2013 10:21 AM, bulk88 via RT wrote:
> On Wed Mar 06 21:36:36 2013, smueller@cpan.org wrote:
>> 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.
>
> would ppport.h help?

I'd be surprised if it doesn't ship with ppport.h - so no.

--Steffen

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