Rather than test with ">=", you should use either UNIVERSAL::VERSION or parse the module's version to a version.pm object first (version->parse($Some::Module::VERSION).
David On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 9:49 PM James E Keenan <jkee...@pobox.com> wrote: > Suppose that in package Someones::Module I have: > > ##### > $Someones::Module::VERSION = '1.4417_001'; > ##### > > And then in a different module I have: > > ##### > die "Need more recent version of Someones::Module" unless > $Someones::Module::VERSION >= "1.40"; > ##### > > This will generate a warning like this: > > ##### > Argument "1.4417_001" isn't numeric in numeric ge (>=) at ... > ##### > > I would like to submit a patch for the relevant module. What is the > recommended way of numifying $Someones::Module::VERSION in the '>=' > comparison? > > Or is there a better approach? > > Thank you very much. > Jim Keenan > -- David Golden <x...@xdg.me> • https://xdg.me/ • Twitter/GitHub: @xdg
