You'll see that the author of this module has incorrectly implemented the
VERSION method as:
sub VERSION { $VERSION }
From perldoc UNIVERSAL:
"VERSION ( [ REQUIRE ] )"
"VERSION" will return the value of the variable $VERSION in the
package the object is blessed in
JupiterHost.Net wrote:
> How come "use MODULE VERSION;" works sometimes and not others?
>
> In this case:
>
> $ perl -mstrict -we 'use CGI 3.12;print "$CGI::VERSION\n";'
> CGI version 3.12 required--this is only version 3.11 at -e line 1.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 1.
> $ perl
How come "use MODULE VERSION;" works sometimes and not others?
In this case:
$ perl -mstrict -we 'use CGI 3.12;print "$CGI::VERSION\n";'
CGI version 3.12 required--this is only version 3.11 at -e line 1.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 1.
$ perl -mstrict -we 'use File::Copy::Recursi
