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Re: [rt.cpan.org #70622] Versions Disappear

From:
Eric Brine
Date:
September 1, 2011 21:28
Subject:
Re: [rt.cpan.org #70622] Versions Disappear
Message ID:
CALJW-qGhZEeuhxi-XFdCSShMGmN=n6zo+Fhk3YPmcwHs6qpN-A@mail.gmail.com
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:22 PM, David E. Wheeler <david@kineticode.com>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;
>            };
>
>
This was done intentionally. Workarounds:

use version; our $VERSION=version->parse(v0.14.0);

and/or

version->parse( PGXN::Manager->VERSION )



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