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

From:
Zefram
Date:
September 8, 2011 05:03
Subject:
Re: [rt.cpan.org #70622] Versions Disappear
Message ID:
20110908120301.GJ27884@lake.fysh.org
Can we please stop stepping on each other's toes in the global namespace?
I'd like to see Module::*mumble*::loaded_version_of_package_as_object()
and Module::*mumble*::loaded_version_of_package_as_string().  There's no
need for either of them to be a method and thus occupy a very public and
contested space.  I'd also like to see a check_loaded_version_of_package()
function that doesn't get led astray by those naughty modules that use
->VERSION as an ersatz ->import.

-zefram



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