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On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 11:26:45PM +0100, Philippe Bruhat (BooK) wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 07:24:28PM -0800, Joshua ben Jore wrote:
> >
> > base.pm's documented version number has been '-1, set by base.pm'. Are
> > you intending to change that?
> >
>
> Well, the current base.pm and VERSION don't seem to agree if one
> uses ->VERSION on a module that uses base.pm and doesn't have
> a $VERSION. Since both are distributed with the core, it seems
> the least they could do is agree.
>
> So either base.pm pick a default version that is a better number
> than -1, or VERSION makes a special case for -1.
Oops, I missed the whole thread and replied before finding it
back in my mailbox with plenty of informed discussion. Sorry.
--
Philippe Bruhat (BooK)
The learned man makes a mistake but once... but the truly stupid keep
practicing until they get it right.
(Moral from Groo The Wanderer #75 (Epic))
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