cperl-mode: Add compatibility for Emacs 26.1

* lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el (cperl--time-convert): New
compatibility helper for time-convert (available in Emacs
27.1)
(cperl--format-prompt): New compatibility helper for
format-prompt (available in Emacs 28)
(cperl-info-on-command): use cperl--format-prompt
(cperl-perldoc): use cperl--format-prompt
(cperl-time-fontification): use cperl--time-convert (bug#43652)

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el
index 6313d015e9fe9e8be0d9ec2e241999195055c0dc..c62fbab05950f6b2f6bcaf9ba8e73f6e1c82539c 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 ;;     Jonathan Rockway <jon@jrock.us>
 ;; Maintainer: emacs-devel@gnu.org
 ;; Keywords: languages, Perl
+;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "26.1"))
 
 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
@@ -75,6 +76,26 @@
 
 ;;; Code:
 \f
+;;; Compatibility with older versions (for publishing on ELPA)
+;; The following helpers allow cperl-mode.el to work with older
+;; versions of Emacs.
+;;
+;; Whenever the minimum version is bumped (see "Package-Requires"
+;; above), please eliminate the corresponding compatibility-helpers.
+;; Whenever you create a new compatibility-helper, please add it here.
+
+;; Available in Emacs 27.1: time-convert
+(defalias 'cperl--time-convert
+  (if (fboundp 'time-convert) 'time-convert
+    'encode-time))
+
+;; Available in Emacs 28: format-prompt
+(defalias 'cperl--format-prompt
+  (if (fboundp 'format-prompt) 'format-prompt
+    (lambda (msg default)
+      (if default (format "%s (default %s): " msg default)
+       (concat msg ": ")))))
+\f
 (eval-when-compile (require 'cl-lib))
 
 (defvar msb-menu-cond)
@@ -6126,7 +6147,7 @@ Customized by setting variables `cperl-shrink-wrap-info-frame',
   (interactive
    (let* ((default (cperl-word-at-point))
          (read (read-string
-                (format-prompt "Find doc for Perl function" default))))
+                (cperl--format-prompt "Find doc for Perl function" default))))
      (list (if (equal read "")
               default
             read))))
@@ -8085,7 +8106,7 @@ the appropriate statement modifier."
   (interactive
    (list (let* ((default-entry (cperl-word-at-point))
                 (input (read-string
-                        (format-prompt "perldoc entry" default-entry))))
+                        (cperl--format-prompt "perldoc entry" default-entry))))
            (if (string= input "")
                (if (string= default-entry "")
                    (error "No perldoc args given")
@@ -8312,7 +8333,7 @@ start with default arguments, then refine the slowdown regions."
   (or l (setq l 1))
   (or step (setq step 500))
   (or lim (setq lim 40))
-  (let* ((timems (function (lambda () (car (time-convert nil 1000)))))
+  (let* ((timems (function (lambda () (car (cperl--time-convert nil 1000)))))
         (tt (funcall timems)) (c 0) delta tot)
     (goto-char (point-min))
     (forward-line (1- l))