SVK::Version(3)

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version 2.2.3 Β· 2 versions
, in fedora 43

πŸ’– SVK::Version πŸ’–

okay bestie, welcome to SVK::Version β€” literally the SVK project-wide version number, the one true vibe. ✨


🌸 NAME 🌸

SVK::Version β€” the SVK project-wide version number. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly πŸ’…


πŸŽ€ SYNOPSIS πŸŽ€

package SVK::Whatever;

# Must be on one line so MakeMaker can parse it.
use SVK::Version;  our  = ;

yes, that second line has to stay on one single line β€” that's not a style choice, it's a MakeMaker thing. MakeMaker has to be able to parse it, so no pretty-printing, no line breaks, no creative formatting. keep it exactly like that fr fr πŸ™ˆ


πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

so here's the lore: coordinating revision numbers in a distributed version control system? a nightmare. 😭 and doing that across a whole directory full of Perl modules? even worse. absolute chaos.

so this module exists to be the central location for the project's release number. one spot. one number. everyone looks here. no more chasing version strings around like they're in a group chat you got left out of. πŸ‘‘


πŸ’€ no cap: keeping release numbers straight in a distributed VCS across a pile of Perl modules is the exact problem this module was born to solve. that's the entire reason she exists.

and that's the whole page, bestie β€” short, sweet, iconic, ate πŸ’…βœ¨

this gem is from the User Contributed Perl Documentation collection, shipped with perl v5.42.0 and dated 2025-07-25 🫢 go forth and never hardcode a version number again πŸŽ€πŸ’–πŸŒΈ

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