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On 08/31/2011 11:22 PM, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> Porters,
>
> Can someone explain this to me? I don't understand why Package->VERSION would return something that's not printable. I've been using this in code for years, e.g.,
>
> meta {
> name is 'generator';
> content is 'PGXN::Manager ' . PGXN::Manager->VERSION;
> };
Just as an aside, using UNIVERSAL::VERSION in this fashion worked like
this up until Perl 5.10.0, meaning if the module in question used a
v-string for its $VERSION scalar, the output was not printable without work.
Here is the original discussion for your perusal:
http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2011/06/msg173710.html
John