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in reply to Re^3: 'base' versus @ISA, why?
in thread 'base' versus @ISA, why?

It's checking ${"$package\::VERSION"} or something to that effect, while a package is not required to have a $VERSION variable.

Maybe its behavior has been sanitized, but the damage is done. My trust has been shaken.