Re: $VERSION in module files

Ummm ... what's with the "pod Version strings" ?
I've never assigned versions to pod.
I've only ever assigned version numbers in the .pm files.
Have I missed something ? (I'm not assuming that the correct answer is not "yes".)

Cheers,
Rob

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Re^2: $VERSION in module files by bliako (Abbot) on Mar 27, 2020 at 12:44 UTC
I thought I was cargo culting but just confirmed that `module-starter` does it (and use it to start a module): `> module-starter --module=Foo::Bar,Foo::Bat --author="XYZ" --email=abc +@xyz.com > cat Foo-Bar/lib/Foo/Bar.pm ... =head1 NAME Foo::Bar - The great new Foo::Bar! =head1 VERSION Version 0.01 =cut our $VERSION = '0.01';` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: $VERSION in module files by syphilis (Archbishop) on Mar 27, 2020 at 13:13 UTC
I thought I was cargo culting but just confirmed that module-starter does it (and use it to start a module) Yeah, fair enough ... but that sort of begs 2 additional questions: 1) What happens if you don't put a `=head1 VERSION` section in your pod; 2) Why has the absence of such a pod heading in any of my modules not caused me any problems - not to mention unbearable embarrassment and humiliation ? Sorry ... I'm being a bit of a halfsmartarse in posing it that way. Nothing against you, bliako, I'm really just wondering if there's some point in going to such lengths. Cheers, Rob	[reply] [d/l]