Why would you like this?

The point of $VERSION is to document what version of the code you have. When the $VERSION of one package reflects the version of a file appearing elsewhere you make it even easier for $VERSION to not represent what it is supposed to.

Why do you want a $VERSION with these properties?

If you want to do something so counterproductive, you certainly can. One appropriately silly way is to create a module named "am.pm" with a method named "I" which loads a module, inherits from it, and sets $VERSION. Then in every module you only need: 

package Bar;
use am;
I am "Foo";
...

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The implementation of am::I is left as an exercise for the reader.

In reply to Re: variable "inheritance"; viral $VERSION by Anonymous Monk
in thread variable "inheritance"; viral $VERSION by amackey

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