On Feb 18, 2008 11:43 AM, Guy Hulbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 11:11 -0500, David Golden wrote: > > simple comparison. Instead, I would recommend that people use > > CPAN::Version, which is available in recent versions of CPAN. > > What is the reason to prefer CPAN::Version (see below) ?
I recommend it because as part of CPAN, it's a de facto litmus test for module installation anyway. CPAN *must* be able to compare versions and for as many modules as possible. So it's pretty liberal in what it accepts and can compare (e.g. decimal float, dotted decimal, version objects, strings starting with v, etc.). And because it is part of the core toolchain, it gets a lot of scrutiny -- people will quickly complain if it mishandles some comparison that really should work. David
