On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 09:56:43AM +0000, Richard Clamp wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 12:02:14PM -0500, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> > New version of Module::Info.  I figured out how to implement
> > subroutines().  This uses the backend compiler and isn't subject to
> > the caveats of a regex based one.  If there's a subroutine defined
> > when the module loads, it'll find it.
> 
> Curses, I got all excited about this (it could really neatly solve
> some limitations I was finding in using Devel::Symdump for
> Pod::Coverage) but I see this chicanery is restricted to 5.6.1 or
> newer.
> 
> Is the requirement on 5.6.1 unshiftable?  And if not what do you
> reckon for the chances of wrangling back as far as 5.005_03[0]

It uses the B module and Simon's B::Utils.  The backend compiler isn't
even quite solid enough on 5.6.0 for it to work.

You *might* be able to tinker with it some and get it to work, dunno.
Pushing it back to 5.6.0 will be difficult.  5.005_03 might be
impossible.


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