2009/4/23 Zefram <zef...@fysh.org>:
> David Golden wrote:
>>The problem -- the real, core problem -- is that perl *has* to be able
>>to compare them.
>>
>> # Foo.pm
>> package Foo;
>> use version; our version = qv("v1.7.0");
>> 1;
>>
>> # main.pl
>> use Foo 1.06; # dies --> 1.06 is 1.60.0
>
> Why shouldn't this situation be an error, and die because "1.06" can't
> be compared with "v1.7.0"?Because that would make half of CPAN incompatible with the other half of CPAN. Adam K
