On Jul 9, 2010, at 5:52 AM, Tim Bunce wrote: >> In principle, and as an end-user I would wholeheartedly agree, but the >> way CPAN /and/ CPANTESTERS is currently set up, having _XX support is a >> huge win. > > Agreed. But there's no need to use them *in modules*. > > The dev releases of DBI 1.612 have *distro* versions 1.611_9x > (greater than 1.611 but less than 1.612) but $DBI::VERSION is 1.612.
Right. In fact, all you need is the _ in the tarball. http://rjbs.manxome.org/rubric/entry/1831 Best, David
