I wanted to make sure a changed library mod was included, so I bumped the version. My mod: 
package tlib;
our $VERSION='0.0.3';

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The prog: 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings; use strict;
use tlib '0.0.4';

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I get no error. I vaguely remember that I was told that as long as the version strings were of the same format -- like a quoted literal, or a 'v' string, they'd compare correctly (I thought).

In fact, the problem seems to lie in the 'use-ing' prog. The version check works whether the module has quotes (or not), but the version check is ignored if the 'using' prog has a version in quotes in the same format as in the module.

Why doesn't this work? I.e. if a prog that is using a module uses the same version format as is used in the module, why doesn't compare happen correctly?

Does anyone think it would be worth asking for a "enhancement" on version checks to allow a quoted version string to work the same as if it was unquoted (or if it is in the same format used in the module)?

In reply to VERSION format & compare by perl-diddler

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