version 0.73 ================================== Provides the same version objects as included in Perl v5.9.x (and in the v5.10.0 release). In fact, if you attempt to use this module with a version of Perl >= v5.9.0, this module will not do anything, since the code already exists in the Perl core. Note that the CPAN release cannot be installed with the interim 5.9.0, 5.9.1, and 5.9.2 releases (since it duplicates code in the core). If you are testing 5.9.x, you must check out bleadperl in order to get the current changes (the CPAN release has no effect in bleadperl). Major Changes in 0.73 - 2007-09-18 =================================== Provide special handling for version numbers too large to represent as an ordinary integer. Major changes in 0.7203 - 2007-04-17 ===================================== Default stringification for numeric versions is the same string as was passed to version->new(), on the principal of least surprise. If you want a normalized numeric value, use $v->numify. Includes return value of replacement UNIVERSAL::VERSION as well. version->new() correctly duplicates version objects without a hitch. Major changes in 0.71 - 2007-03-18 ===================================== Polymorphic error messages (where possible). If the user typed use module 1.000; # error with 'module version 1.000 required' use module v1.0.0; # error with 'module version v1.0.0 required' Only available with Perl v5.6.0 or later (no v-strings at all pre v5.6.0). On earlier Perl releases, always displays the numeric style error (the first example above). All releases from Perl v5.6.0-v5.8.0 now fully support v-strings (which was already supported in 5.8.1 or better). Please read the POD documentation for usage/details. See the CHANGES file for full details of all changes to the module behavior. INSTALLATION To install this module type the following: $ perl Build.PL $ ./Build $ ./Build test # ./Build install This release includes an optional pure Perl implementation (in case you don't have a C-compiler or if some reason you want your code to be much slower). You can test it by calling the build script as $ perl Build.PL --perl_only and it will install the Perl only version. OR To install with ExtUtils::MakeMaker: $ perl Makefile.PL $ make $ make test # make install and correspondingly $ perl Makefile.PL --perl_only will install the Perl only version. DEPENDENCIES The same C compiler used to build Perl (or not). Module::Build 0.2611 or better. Module::Build installs fine under 5.005_03 or better, though the optional dependency Archive::Tar doesn't. If you install Module::Build without any of the optional dependencies, you can safely install version.pm. COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE This module can be distributed under the same terms as Perl. Copyright (C) 2004,2005,2006,2007 John Peacock