Varnish portable vlc script

Question

In Varnish there are some differences between VCL 2.x and 3.0. Hash generation for example. In Varnish 2.x you'd do req.hash += somevar while in Varnish 3.x you would call hash_data(somevar).

Is it possible to write portable Varnish scripts that work on both 2.x and 3.x? Can I if on the Varnish version for example?

Answer 1

No, it's not possible since Varnish compile vcl configs in C prior to start, so you should translate the config to the right version before or you will get a compile error.