So, we are moving in a more verbose direction, which is a bummer for people who like to write one-liners and other tiny programs.
Assuming only Perl 6 is installed on your system, if your script started with: #!/usr/bin/perl all the stuff about trying to figure out what version you are using would have to apply I suppose. But, if you used this, are we saying you still have to do something else to ensure its treated as Perl 6? #!/usr/bin/perl6 And, if you did this, you might have to do something else to ensure it is treated as Perl 5? #!/usr/bin/perl5 that seems wrong. Regards, -- Gregor On Tue, 2004-04-13 at 08:12, Luke Palmer wrote: > David Cantrell writes: > > A few days ago I briefly discussed with Nicholas Clark (current perl 5.8 > > pumpking) about making perl5 code forward-compatible with perl6. A > > quick look through the mailing list archives didn't turn up anything > > obvious, and I don't recall any mechanism being presented in any of the > > Apocalypses, so ... > > Well, there is one, as far as I understand it. Your "use perl5;" is > spelled "package". That is, perl will assume Perl 6 unless it sees > "package SomethingOrOther;" (since Perl 6 calls them "module"s). So, to > force Perl 5 interpretation, use: > > package main; > > Luke -- Gregor Purdy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Focus Research, Inc. http://www.focusresearch.com/
