perl 5.003: lib/Symbol.pm

Do Perl version check at compile time, so that user gets a
clear error message instead of syntax errors during compilation

diff --git a/lib/Symbol.pm b/lib/Symbol.pm
index c266d64..67808af 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Symbol.pm
+++ b/lib/Symbol.pm
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ which are qualified by their nature.
 
 =cut
 
-require 5.002;
+BEGIN { require 5.002; }
 
 require Exporter;
 @ISA = qw(Exporter);