Vincent: Perl 5.16 and Beyond
Vincent: Perl 5.16 and Beyond
Posted Sep 16, 2011 19:58 UTC (Fri) by rgmoore (✭ supporter ✭, #75)In reply to: Vincent: Perl 5.16 and Beyond by cladisch
Parent article: Vincent: Perl 5.16 and Beyond
A use latest; switch would be a good way of telling Perl to give native behavior rather than emulating an older version. It should be obvious what it means, and it doesn't require something like "infinity".
I expect maintaining backward compatibility to a specific version number will become an ever larger headache as the number of compatible versions grows. I wouldn't be surprised if it winds up being limited to some set number when the maintenance gets to be too much of a drain on the project.
