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On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Zefram <zefram@fysh.org> wrote: > 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. +1 I wouldn't mind seeing it part of Class::Load (though it would add version.pm as a requirement), since usually the case for it is "try loading this module, then find out what version it claims to be and do something specific based on the response". -- David