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[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / lib / feature.pm

diff --git a/lib/feature.pm b/lib/feature.pm
index b8256f4..7a88b15 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/feature.pm
+++ b/lib/feature.pm
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ my %feature_bundle = (
 $feature_bundle{"5.10"} = $feature_bundle{"5.10.0"};
 #$feature_bundle{"5.10"} = $feature_bundle{sprintf("%vd",$^V)};
 
+$feature_bundle{"5.9.5"} = $feature_bundle{"5.10.0"};
+
 # TODO:
 # - think about versioned features (use feature switch => 2)
 
@@ -113,6 +115,33 @@ which both are equivalent to C<use feature qw(switch say err state)>.
 In the forthcoming 5.10.X perl releases, C<use feature ":5.10"> will be
 equivalent to the latest C<use feature ":5.10.X">.
 
+=head1 IMPLICIT LOADING
+
+There are two ways to load the C<feature> pragma implicitly :
+
+=over 4
+
+=item *
+
+By using the C<-E> switch on the command-line instead of C<-e>. It enables
+all available features in the main compilation unit (that is, the one-liner.)
+
+=item *
+
+By requiring explicitly a minimal Perl version number for your program, with
+the C<use VERSION> construct, and when the version is higher than or equal to
+5.9.5. That is,
+
+    use 5.9.5;
+
+will do an implicit
+
+    use feature ':5.9.5';
+
+and so on.
+
+=back
+
 =cut
 
 sub import {