> > Dave Rolsky wrote: > > > > $VERSION = qw($Revision: 0.01 $) [1]; > > > > That's not CVS, is it? If it is, please don't use it's > revision numbers > > directly (this is discussed in the dev docs I wrote).
No, it is not CVS. This is the way it was in the Astro::Sunrise module I can't remember where I got it from. > > And even if Dave hadn't prohibited that mode of operation, > the above code is not > backwards compatible to 5.005_03, which emulates qw() using > split. This would > be correct, though (note the movement of the parens): > > $VERSION = (qw$Revision: 0.01 $)[1]; Thanks John!! I have changed the module to use this syntax > > although this is even better (IMNSHO): > > use version; > $VERSION = new version qw$Revision: 0.01 $; > > see > > http://search.cpan.org/author/JPEACOCK/version-0.28/ > > John
