Re: [Module-build-general] ExtUtils::ParseXS & 5.00503

[Ken W. <ke...@ma...>]

On Sunday, March 30, 2003, at 05:49  PM, Richard Clamp wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 09:44:59AM -0600, Ken Williams wrote:
>> If ExtUtils::ParseXS doesn't work on 5.005, then you probably 
>> shouldn't
>> have installed it in a location shared with 5.005.  But I'm sort of
>> glad you did, because probably other people will too, and we shouldn't
>> be loading a module that doesn't work.
>>
>> How about this patch instead of yours:
>
> Forgive me for coming late to the game, but surely the simplest fix
> goes a bit like:
>
>   package ExtUtils::ParseXS;
> + use 5.006; # /??{}/ won't mean the right thing unless we're this new
>
> And then up the value of the suggestion on EU::PXS in Module::Build's
> Build.PL to a version that incorporates that change.

That's just crazy enough to work!

It's about the same as my previous fix, except that it places the 
burden of upgrading in ExtUtils::ParseXS instead of Module::Build, 
which is good.  Thanks for the suggestion.

  -Ken