On Wed Mar 07 15:45:20 2012, RYBSKEJ wrote:
Show quoted text> This module requires perl 5.10. It's unclear if this is really a
> dependency, or if the author simply
> likes using perl 5.10 syntax. (e.g. the // operator).
>
> Many linux distributions still ship with Perl 5.8 as the default
> platform Perl. Thus, it would be
> useful to provide support for Perl 5.8.
Yup, my policy is to require 5.10 and use its features. I still have a
couple of modules supporting 5.8 and as long as supporting it is not
too painful or too much trouble, I'll do it.
Unfortunately in this case, supporting 5.8 is too much trouble. I use
named captures in all the regexes (supported in 5.10) and changing to
numbered captures will severely reduce the readability.
You can use App::perlbrew to install a newer Perl.
Regards,
Steven
