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ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes

Section: Perl Programmers Reference Guide (3pm)
Updated: 2001-09-21
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NAME

ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes - Version-agnostic bytes.pm

SYNOPSIS

  use just like bytes.pm

DESCRIPTION

bytes.pm was introduced with 5.6. This means any code which has 'usebytes' in it won't even compile on 5.5.X. Since bytes is a lexicalpragma and must be used at compile time we can't simply wrap it ina BEGIN { eval 'use bytes' } block.

ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes is just a very thin wrapper around byteswhich works just like it when bytes.pm exists and everywhere else itdoes nothing.

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