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On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Joshua ben Jore <twists@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:11 PM, David Golden <xdaveg@gmail.com> wrote: >> It's a bug in base. It shouldn't set the $VERSION to something that >> doesn't pass a "lax" version number test. >> >> If it *has* to set VERSION for some reason, (and I'm not convinced it >> should) it should just set it to '0'. > > base.pm's documented version number has been '-1, set by base.pm'. Are > you intending to change that? I'm strongly suggesting that it should. Perl 5.12.0 introduced "strict" and "lax" version formats, where "lax" is essentially anything legal on a "use" line. What base.pm sets as $VERSION is not consistent with the "lax" spec. It was an oversight that should have been changed in the 5.12 release. -- DavidThread Previous | Thread Next