I’m re-reading the parts of Intermediate Perl where we introduce packages. Perl v5.12 introduced an expanded package syntax to include a version and a block:
package Foo { ... }
package Foo 1.23;
package Foo 1.23 { ... }
That almost seems to imply that you’d have to completely define the package inside the block if you use a block, but as you know from everything else you’ve experienced in the language, Perl is happy to let you muck with other things. You can add to the package later: Continue reading “Multiple package VERSION declarations”