Hi Martin, AFAIK you can only do this with hacks atm. It's different if the module is installed or if you are in the source directory doing pelr6 -Ilib.
I do this in my own module here: https://github.com/spitsh/spitsh/blob/master/lib/Spit/Util.pm6#L61 LL On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 7:14 AM Martin Barth <mar...@senfdax.de> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I wanted to repeat the question that I asked today on #perl6. > I am looking for a way to retrieve the version of a Perl6-Module from > within the module itself. > > <ufobat> there is often a our $VERSION in perl5 modules. is this still > idiomatic/a good way to go in perl6 > <timotimo> i think the version is meant to be part of the meta info and > such? > <ufobat> but that means the module itself does not know about its > version, just e.g. zef does? > <timotimo> i'm convinced there ought to be a way to get the full meta > info from whatever installation your script was grabbed from > <timotimo> but i don't know what or how >
