CPAN::Version

NAME

CPAN::Version − utility functions to compare CPAN versions

SYNOPSIS

use CPAN::Version;
CPAN::Version−>vgt("1.1","1.1.1"); # 1 bc. 1.1 > 1.001001
CPAN::Version−>vlt("1.1","1.1"); # 0 bc. 1.1 not < 1.1
CPAN::Version−>vcmp("1.1","1.1.1"); # 1 bc. first is larger
CPAN::Version−>vcmp("1.1.1","1.1"); # −1 bc. first is smaller
CPAN::Version−>readable(v1.2.3); # "v1.2.3"
CPAN::Version−>vstring("v1.2.3"); # v1.2.3
CPAN::Version−>float2vv(1.002003); # "v1.2.3"

DESCRIPTION

This module mediates between some version that perl sees in a package and the version that is published by the CPAN indexer.

It’s only written as a helper module for both CPAN .pm and CPANPLUS .pm.

As it stands it predates version.pm but has the same goal: make version strings visible and comparable.

LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.