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[Lance Bachmeier]

On Monday, 7 April 2025 at 15:20:54 UTC, Lance Bachmeier wrote:

> Perl's [use 
> version](https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/use#use-VERSION) 
> should be included as prior work. Perl has `use feature`, so if 
> you want to add a modernized version of the `say` function, you 
> add `use feature 'say'` to your script. Versions have feature 
> bundles, so `use 5.24.1` is the same as adding `use feature` 
> for every feature in the bundle.

Forgot to add: `use feature` [has been in Perl since 
5.10](https://perladvent.org/2024/2024-12-22.html), so they have 
17 years of experience working with it, and that may provide us 
with some guidance as to what does and doesn't work in practice. 
I no longer write much Perl so I can't offer any opinions.