Perl::Critic::Policy::Modules::PerlMinimumVersion(3)	User Contributed Perl Documentation   Perl::Critic::Policy::Modules::PerlMinimumVersion(3)

NAME

       Perl::Critic::Policy::Modules::PerlMinimumVersion - Enforce backward compatible code.

AFFILIATION

       This policy is part of Perl::Critic::More, a bleeding edge supplement to Perl::Critic.

DESCRIPTION

       As Perl evolves, new desirable features get added.  The best ones seem to break backward compatibility, unfortunately.  This policy allows
       you to specify a mandatory compatibility version for your code.

       For example, if you add the following to your .perlcriticrc file:

	 [Modules::PerlMinimumVersion]
	 version = 5.005

       then any code that employs "our" will fail this policy, for example.  By default, this policy enforces the current Perl version, which is a
       pretty weak statement.

       This policy relies on Perl::MinimumVersion to do the heavy lifting.  If that module is not installed, then this policy always passes.

AUTHOR

       Chris Dolan <cdolan@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2006-2008 Chris Dolan

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.  The full text of this license
       can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

perl v5.16.3							    2014-06-10		      Perl::Critic::Policy::Modules::PerlMinimumVersion(3)