Perl 5.40 Support

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<< Perl 5.38 | Perl 5.42 >>

Reference: https://perldoc.perl.org/perl5400delta.html

• New CLASS Keyword
• :reader attribute for field variables
• Permit a space in -M command-line option
• Restrictions to use VERSION declarations
• New builtin::inf and builtin::nan functions (experimental)
• New ^^ logical xor operator
• try/catch feature is no longer experimental
• for iterating over multiple values at a time is no longer experimental
• builtin module is no longer experimental
• The :5.40 feature bundle adds try
• use v5.40; imports builtin functions