Bug #1815 for Pod-Perldoc: perldoc switch to show module version

Sat Nov 23 17:40:53 2002 bdfoy [...] cpan.org - Ticket created

Subject:

perldoc switch to show module version

I have always wanted a perldoc switch that simply prints the module or document version. Any change of getting something that like? I notice that -v is still open. :)

Tue Mar 10 10:55:02 2009 dolmen [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added 2 min

This is fixed at least in v3.14_02 : $ perldoc -V Perldoc v3.14_02, under perl v5.010000 for MSWin32

Tue Mar 10 10:55:02 2009 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Tue Mar 10 12:44:11 2009 bdfoy [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On Tue Mar 10 10:55:02 2009, DOLMEN wrote: Show quoted text

> This is fixed at least in v3.14_02 : > > $ perldoc -V > Perldoc v3.14_02, under perl v5.010000 for MSWin32

I was thinking about something like perldoc -v Module::Foo to print the version of Module::Foo.

Mon Nov 14 16:16:10 2011 bdfoy [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

If I have time, I'll try to get this in for Perl 5.16. The trick is to do it with just core modules and without running the module file. We might have to graft old code into this module to get that.

Mon May 20 11:37:37 2013 mrallen1 [...] yahoo.com - Correspondence added

On Mon Nov 14 16:16:10 2011, BDFOY wrote: Show quoted text

> If I have time, I'll try to get this in for Perl 5.16. The trick is to > do it with just core modules and > without running the module file. We might have to graft old code into > this module to get that.

Brian, do you have an idea how to approach this problem? What core modules can be used to evaluate a VERSION in a module safely?

Fri Jan 31 00:54:13 2014 mrallen1 [...] yahoo.com - Correspondence added

On Mon Nov 14 16:16:10 2011, BDFOY wrote: Show quoted text

> If I have time, I'll try to get this in for Perl 5.16. The trick is to > do it with just core modules and > without running the module file. We might have to graft old code into > this module to get that.

Brian - any ideas on this? I am not sure how to proceed on this ticket. Thanks.