On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Ron Bergin <r...@i.frys.com> wrote: > shawn wilson wrote: >> I asked this in #perl-help and was told that by the time perl checked >> the version, the module was already loaded - is there a way to check >> the version without completely loading the module so that when one >> failed, I could move on to another module of the same name whose >> version might succeed? >> > > Why not specify the minimum version number that your script requires in > the use statement? If that version is not available, then what's the > point of going forward? >
See my test case - I do have a minimum version. The point in going forward is that the minimum version IS met further along the path. > If you don't want to do that, then you could use Module::Load::Conditional > to test if the desired version is loadable. > > http://search.cpan.org/~bingos/Module-Load-Conditional-0.54/lib/Module/Load/Conditional.pm > That module might work if I manually cycle through single paths in @INC and test. Though I'm not sure about the side effects of doing this might be? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
