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

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David E. Wheeler
Date:
September 8, 2011 11:00
Subject:
Re: [rt.cpan.org #70622] Versions Disappear
Message ID:
ACE52CC0-E612-4DFA-9329-C81FC5548ED4@kineticode.com
On Sep 8, 2011, at 10:50 AM, David Golden wrote:

> I think that goes back to my point that Foo->VERSION should return
> whatever is in $Foo::VERSION without modification.

Well, not so much:

    perl -E'package Foo 1.23; say ref($VERSION); say ref Foo->VERSION'
    version
    

Oh wait, it's because the new behavior hasn't been released yet. This is more like it:

    perl -Mversion -E'package Foo 1.23; say ref($VERSION); say ref Foo->VERSION'
    version
    version

Best,

David



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