in reply to Re^3: RFC: Version::Easy
in thread RFC: Version::Easy

> There's already a built-in version syntax from Perl 5.14 onwards.

package Foo::Bar 1.23;

from package

> If VERSION is provided, package sets the $VERSION variable in the given namespace to a version object with the VERSION provided.

(emphasize added)

so apparently I've just implemented the same semantic for older versions

Cheers Rolf
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