Module versions (was Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14317 - doc/trunk/design/syn)

2007-03-08 Thread David Green
On 3/8/07, Larry Wall wrote: Perl 6 is specced to keep all the old versions of modules around in the library (unless the new version claims to emulate the old version). Oh, good! So how does a module say that it emulates another version? (Or perhaps another module altogether...) Does does

Re: Module versions (was Re: [svn:perl6-synopsis] r14317 - doc/trunk/design/syn)

2007-03-08 Thread Larry Wall
On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 12:57:00PM -0700, David Green wrote: : On 3/8/07, Larry Wall wrote: : Perl 6 is specced to keep all the old versions of modules around in : the library (unless the new version claims to emulate the old version). : : Oh, good! So how does a module say that it emulates