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Postings from September 2011
On Sep 4, 2011, at 6:39 AM, John Peacock wrote: >> So let me see if I understand this correctly. Starting with Perl >> 5.10, UNIVERSAL::VERSION returned a version object that, when used in >> a string context, stringified to its original, declared form (which >> for vstrings meant sprintf "v%vd"). > > Close; it always returned the stringified version object, not the version object itself. Oh. Why not return the object? >> But in bleed and version.pm >> 0.92-0.94, UNIVERSAL::VERSION now returns exactly the same value as >> $Foo::VERSION. Which kind of obviates the use of UNIVERSAL::VERSION >> when called with no arguments, no? > > That's it in a nutshell... > >> I think if I had noticed this thread before I would have argued with >> David Golden about this point. It seems to me that a version object >> is far more useful in general than whatever crap happened to be put >> into $VERSION -- and the latter can be fetched directly, anyway.\ > > I'm sorry I didn't fight harder, but at this point, I am as sick of version arguments as much as anyone. I hear ya. Sorry to bring up old pains again. Best, David