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Re: [rt.cpan.org #65284] Module broken with 5.13.x development perl versions

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From:
Joshua ben Jore
Date:
January 31, 2011 19:24
Subject:
Re: [rt.cpan.org #65284] Module broken with 5.13.x development perl versions
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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?

from `perldoc base`:

    If $VERSION is not detected even after loading it, <base> will
define $VERSION
    in the base package, setting it to the string C<-1, set by base.pm>.

Josh

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