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I was surprised at the number of complaints about eval $VERSION because I was sure I had seen it recommended somewhere (though I never chose to use it in my modules). Some searching shows eval $VERSION in modules? as a good discussion. Essentially, as I understand it, one might want the CPAN to see the underscore to tell that it's an alpha version, but want all the version tools to still compare correctly.

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Re^2: How Critical is Critic?
by Bod (Parson) on May 29, 2023 at 17:45 UTC
    I was sure I had seen it recommended somewhere (though I never chose to use it in my modules)

    Exactly! It came from a recommendation...I cannot find it right now but I recall copying it from advice about module versioning.

    Essentially, as I understand it, one might want the CPAN to see the underscore to tell that it's an alpha version...

    And my version is 0.1_1!

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