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in reply to Re^3: $VERSION in module files
in thread $VERSION in module files

If you specify the module version like this, it won't be picked up by tools like ExtUtils::MakeMaker, and won't be properly indexed on CPAN by PAUSE. The version needs to be specified by a single line, and won't be able to load modules from the current distribution.