NAME Acme::No - makes no() work the way I want it to SYNOPSIS use 5.6; # I use our(), so 5.6 is required no 6.0; # but this was coded for perl 5, not perl 6 # and the perl 6 compat layer isn't really 5.6 # so my code breaks under 6.0 use mod_perl 1.27; # we need at least version 1.27 no mod_perl 2.0; # but mod_perl 2.0 is entirely different than 1.0 # so keep my cpan email to a minimum DESCRIPTION ok, first the appropriate pod: $ perldoc -f no =item no Module VERSION LIST =item no Module VERSION =item no Module LIST =item no Module See the L function, which C is the opposite of. now, one might think that, since use mod_perl 1.27; makes sure that mod_perl is at least version 1.27, no mod_perl 1.27; should mean that 1.27 is too high - the manpage says use() and no() are opposites, and that looks like opposite behavior to me. however... $ perl -e 'use mod_perl 2.0' mod_perl version 2 required--this is only version 1.2701 at -e line 1. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 1. $ perl -e 'no mod_perl 2.0' mod_perl version 2 required--this is only version 1.2701 at -e line 1. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 1. so, no() and use() do the exact same thing here - hmmm... looks like a bug in perl core... enter Acme::No Acme::No makes no() work the way I want it to. $ perl -MAcme::No -e'no v5.9.0; print "ok\n"' Perl v5.009 too high--version less than v5.009 required at -e line 0 $ perl -MAcme::No -e'no v5.9.1; print "ok\n"' ok $ perl -MAcme::No -e'no mod_perl 1.27; print "ok\n"' mod_perl version 1.2701 too high--version less than 1.27 required at -e line 0 $ perl -MAcme::No -e'no mod_perl 2.0; print "ok\n"' ok FEATURES/BUGS probably lots SEE ALSO Filter::Util::Call, perldoc -f use, perldoc -f no, http://www.mail-archive.com/perl5-porters@perl.org/msg53742.html, http://www.mail-archive.com/perl5-porters@perl.org/msg53752.html, AUTHOR Geoffrey Young COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2002, Geoffrey Young All rights reserved. This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself.