package threads;
-use 5.7.2;
+use 5.007_003;
use strict;
use warnings;
+use Config;
+
+BEGIN {
+ unless ($Config{useithreads}) {
+ my @caller = caller(2);
+ die <<EOF;
+$caller[1] line $caller[2]:
+
+This Perl hasn't been configured and built properly for the threads
+module to work. (The 'useithreads' configuration option hasn't been used.)
+
+Having threads support requires all of Perl and all of the modules in
+the Perl installation to be rebuilt, it is not just a question of adding
+the threads module. (In other words, threaded and non-threaded Perls
+are binary incompatible.)
+
+If you want to the use the threads module, please contact the people
+who built your Perl.
+
+Cannot continue, aborting.
+EOF
+ }
+}
use overload
'==' => \&equal,