eval "package Some::Module; $_" for grep m/ = /, split /\n/, <<'=cut';

=head1 VERSION

=for fooling makemaker
=cut-feigned

This document describes Some::Module,
$VERSION = 0.1

=cut

##</code><code>##

$ perldoc ./Some/Module.pm | grep VERSION
       This document describes Some::Module, $VERSION = 0.1
$ perl -MSome::Module \
       -le'print Some::Module->VERSION'
0.1
$ perl -MExtUtils::MakeMaker \
       -le'print MM->parse_version(shift)' Some/Module.pm
0.1