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Re: [perl #25268] h2xs does not create VERSION stubs

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david
Date:
February 6, 2004 09:31
Subject:
Re: [perl #25268] h2xs does not create VERSION stubs
Message ID:
4023C028.1000607@davidnicol.com


Michael G Schwern via RT wrote:
> The idea of throwing a wad of commented out cut & paste code into the h2xs 
> template just because the author might need it a dozen releases down the 
> road is the problem here.  The VERSION issue is irrelevant.
> 
> Use a module.  That's what they're for.

So throw a commented-out module use into the template.  How many modules
have never introduced interface incompatibilities through their lives?
"Just might" is mistaken in my unresearched opinion, I suspect it's more
of a certainty.  I have no exhaustive statistics though.

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