Re: It's time to use "use 6.c"

[email protected] (Peter Pentchev) Tue, 9 Feb 2016 12:38:10 +0200

Newsgroups	perl.perl6.language
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On Sat, Feb 06, 2016 at 08:20:14PM -0500, yary wrote:
> Thanks all... I expect hiccups... just venting to help (future coders
> and current self)... while we're on this topic
> 
> a) lwp-download.pl doesn't have a "use 6". Since Windows ignores the
> shebang, it invokes perl5 which is registered to handle "pl" files,
> and gives a bunch of syntax errors. If it did have "use 6" at the top,
> then it would give a single more meaningful error... yet another
> reason for module authors to put "use 6" in their code.
> 
> b) subject line should be "use 6.c", the "v" is depreciated... edited

For the record, just to clear up some possible confusion, "use 6.c"
doesn't work in source files; you need "use v6.c".

G'luck,
Peter

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