On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Tom Lane wrote:
> Gilles DAROLD <gilles@darold.net> writes:
> >> The problem is this will break on older copies of Perl.
>
> > This problem is solved by perl itself !
>
> Yeah, it is: there is a module called Devel::PPPort that isolates
> user C code from the incompatibilities of different Perl APIs. Until
> someone gets around to submitting a proper fix using PPPort, we'll stick
> with the POLLUTE=1 solution we have now. I see no reason to install an
> incomplete solution that will fail on older Perls --- we are not in the
> business of forcing people to update their Perls.
I believe that POLLUTE should be a default. People who are using perl5.004
are definitely a minority now. 5.004 is 3 years old now...
-alex
