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On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:12:44 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:

> This now uses the "$balanced_parens" test and also makes
> the test depend on perl v5.10 and higher.

What happens if one uses an older perl version?  A mysterious-looking
splat, I assume?

It would be nicer to have some explicit perl version test which tells
user what the problem is, and which perl version is needed?