I looked at the code for parent, which in most cases should be used instead of base. I'm wondering (since you have been involved in parent) what you think of a parent::versioned that could be invoked like this:

use parent::versioned 'Foo';       # No version checking.
use parent::versioned qw(Foo Bar); # No version checking.
use parent::versioned --norequire qw(Foo Bar); # Still no version chec
+king.
use parent::versioned ['Foo' => 0.23], ['Bar' => 1.5], 'Baz'; # Versio
+n checking on Foo and Bar.
use parent::versioned --norequire 'Baz', ['Foo' => 0.23]; # Version ch
+ecking on Foo.

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Implementation would be really straightforward as a fork off of existing parent (so as not to clutter parent with baggage).

Hashrefs could be used instead, so that multiple entries could reside within a single hashref, but the array-ref keeps things nicely flat.


Dave

In reply to Re^4: Using a base module with a required version by davido
in thread Using a base module with a required version by talexb

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