dmthomas

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• Commented on Enforcing Simple Standards with One Module
  Most of my code runs under a version of current version of perl I've built and loaded with distributions I use. However I have a couple of scripts for bootstrapping which run under the system perl but use quite a...
• Commented on Adding a ROADMAP section to the POD
  For software packages, not just perl distributions, I've long wanted them to include a brief "STATUS & ROADMAP" section STATUS to mention whether * it is stable, near-stable, etc * is under active development * any significant issues/limitations * portability...

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• Ovid commented on Enforcing Simple Standards with One Module

  Thanks Bill! That's fixed :)

• Felix Ostmann commented on Enforcing Simple Standards with One Module

  OK, i have some problems with the feature->unimport.

  To keep everything complicated here is the setup:

  • enabled feature 'try' if perl 5.34 via boilerplate
  • old script using Try::Tiny (reason to disable try-feature in scope/file)
  • old script may run under 5.32 or 5.34

  I can't get something working for both perl versions.

  use strict;
  use warnings;
  no warnings 'experimental';
  
  # copied from boilerplate module
  BEGIN {
      if ($] >= 5.034) {
          require feature;
          feature->import('try');
      }
  }
  
  # copied from script
  use Try…

• Felix Ostmann commented on Enforcing Simple Standards with One Module

  OK, to add some juice:

  BEGIN {
      feature->unimport('try') if $] >= 5.034;
  }
  

  do the trick (so disable 'try' for the complete file i guess?!)