In the following code, it is the version number is defined by the constant pragma, and all package variables of the form our $package::VERSION refer to the constant function which is inherited by default. In this way, all normal queries for version information get the same number from the same source. Is this what you wanted? 
package Person;
use constant VERSION  => '5.0';
our $VERSION=VERSION;


package American;
use base 'Person';
our $VERSION=__PACKAGE__->VERSION;


package main;
use American;

print 'version=', $Person::VERSION;
print 'version=', $American::VERSION;

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In reply to Re: Inheritting Version by ioannis
in thread Inheritting Version by Anonymous Monk

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