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authorGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>2000-03-21 06:06:44 +0000
committerGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>2000-03-21 06:06:44 +0000
commitcc507455df60f06ecd74b2df5a0ae9f17fb3291d (patch)
tree5f131231aae2e4f8465cd9aa6647185d789c82fc /pp_ctl.c
parent90430aa1bf5124b92f92cfc6b13f379955a95711 (diff)
downloadperl-cc507455df60f06ecd74b2df5a0ae9f17fb3291d.tar.gz
make parenthetic warnings look consistent; make diagnostic on
"use 5.6" et al mention the alternate form; pod fixups p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5851
Diffstat (limited to 'pp_ctl.c')
-rw-r--r--pp_ctl.c19
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pp_ctl.c b/pp_ctl.c
index 00fa47673a..acbcc7e72f 100644
--- a/pp_ctl.c
+++ b/pp_ctl.c
@@ -2937,7 +2937,7 @@ PP(pp_require)
|| (PERL_VERSION == ver
&& PERL_SUBVERSION < sver))))
{
- DIE(aTHX_ "Perl v%"UVuf".%"UVuf".%"UVuf" required--this is only version "
+ DIE(aTHX_ "Perl v%"UVuf".%"UVuf".%"UVuf" required--this is only "
"v%d.%d.%d, stopped", rev, ver, sver, PERL_REVISION,
PERL_VERSION, PERL_SUBVERSION);
}
@@ -2954,9 +2954,20 @@ PP(pp_require)
NV nsver = (nver - ver) * 1000;
UV sver = (UV)(nsver + 0.0009);
- DIE(aTHX_ "Perl v%"UVuf".%"UVuf".%"UVuf" required--this is only version "
- "v%d.%d.%d, stopped", rev, ver, sver, PERL_REVISION,
- PERL_VERSION, PERL_SUBVERSION);
+ /* help out with the "use 5.6" confusion */
+ if (sver == 0 && (rev > 5 || (rev == 5 && ver >= 100))) {
+ DIE(aTHX_ "Perl v%"UVuf".%"UVuf".%"UVuf" required--"
+ "this is only v%d.%d.%d, stopped"
+ " (did you mean v%"UVuf".%"UVuf".0?)",
+ rev, ver, sver, PERL_REVISION, PERL_VERSION,
+ PERL_SUBVERSION, rev, ver/100);
+ }
+ else {
+ DIE(aTHX_ "Perl v%"UVuf".%"UVuf".%"UVuf" required--"
+ "this is only v%d.%d.%d, stopped",
+ rev, ver, sver, PERL_REVISION, PERL_VERSION,
+ PERL_SUBVERSION);
+ }
}
}
RETPUSHYES;