Bug #78332 for Const-Fast: Module needs newish Test::Exception

> Building Const::Fast on an old perl 5.8.7 gave me this error: > > > ok 1 - Create scalar > ok 2 - Modify scalar > ok 3 - Modify ref to scalar > ok 4 - Modify ref to ref > ok 5 - Modify ref to ref to scalar > ok 6 - Create array > ok 7 - Modify array > ok 8 - Create hash (list) > not ok 9 - Odd number of values > # Failed test 'Odd number of values' > # at t/10-basics.t line 44. > # expecting: Regexp ((?i-xsm:\AOdd number of elements in hash > assignment at t\/10\- > basics\.t line 44.?\Z)) > # found: Odd number of elements in hash assignment at /local/perl- > 5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.3/Test/Exception.pm line 226 > ok 10 - Modify hash > ok 11 - Hash, computed values > ok 12 - recursive structures are handles properly > ok 13 - threw Regexp ((?-xism:\AModification of a read-only value > attempted at t\/10\- > basics\.t line 56\.\Z)) > ok 14 - threw Regexp ((?-xism:\AModification of a read-only value > attempted at t\/10\- > basics\.t line 57\.\Z)) > ok 15 - threw Regexp ((?-xism:\AModification of a read-only value > attempted at t\/10\- > basics\.t line 58\.\Z)) > not ok 16 - Scalar reassign die > # Failed test 'Scalar reassign die' > # at t/10-basics.t line 65. > # expecting: Regexp ((?-xism:\AAttempt to reassign a readonly \w+ at > t\/10\-basics\.t line > 65\.?\Z)) > # found: Attempt to reassign a readonly variable at /local/perl- > 5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.3/Test/Exception.pm line 226 > ok 17 - const reassign no effect > not ok 18 - Array reassign die > # Failed test 'Array reassign die' > # at t/10-basics.t line 69. > # expecting: Regexp ((?-xism:\AAttempt to reassign a readonly \w+ at > t\/10\-basics\.t line > 69\.?\Z)) > # found: Attempt to reassign a readonly variable at /local/perl- > 5.8/lib/site_perl/5.8.3/Test/Exception.pm line 226 > ok 19 - const reassign no effect > not ok 20 - Hash reassign die > > Looking at Makefile.PL it indicated that any version of > Test::Exception was fine. I had version > 0.21. Forcing an update to Test::Exception v0.31 fixed the problem and > all tests pass. Can > Makefile.PL be updated to include a proper minimum version?

> Fair bet this was a issue related to Sub::Uplevel. It's not trivial to > figure out what we need, so I think I'll bump the minimum version of > T::E to 0.29 (last version whose changelog mentions S::U), though odds > are it was fixed earlier.