perlquestion w-ber <p> Dear monks, </p> <p> is there someplace a comprehensive list of core modules shipped with Perl, grouped by the version? I have to remain compatible with 5.6.0 in an environment where installing CPAN modules is not an option, so I need to limit myself to what comes with Perl. </p> <p> There are two places I know that contain the answer, but both require much more involvement than I currently have time for. First is <a href="http://perldoc.perl.org/index-history.html">perldelta, perlhist, et al.</a>, which list changes from the previous versions. However, it doesn't contain a list of <em>all</em> core modules, only new or changed ones, so I would have to read through all delta files since the beginning. </p> <p> The second that comes close is <a href="http://perldoc.perl.org/index-modules-A.html">the list of core modules for the latest version</a>. Some, but certainly not all, modules contain documentation when they were included in the core. Most contain a date when the module was created, or that can be deduced from the copyright notice, but there's no indication if the module was written then and included later. </p> <p> One option is to install vanilla 5.6.0 on some machine and check the list of modules, but surely there has to be a list somewhere? Isn't this frequently needed information? </p> <p> For those who think I'm shooting myself in the foot by not installing 5.6.0 and testing the program on it, I started programming in Perl when 5.6 came out, so I know already what has changed on the level of syntax and semantics, and can write compatible code. Arrogance? Yes, and when in doubt, I check perldelta. </p> <div class="pmsig"> <div class="pmsig-399589"> <p> -- <br> print "Just Another [href://http://prometheus.frii.com/~gnat/yapc/2000-stages/slide25.html|Perl Adept]\n"; </p> </div> </div>