package UNIVERSAL;
-our $VERSION = '1.08';
+our $VERSION = '1.11';
# UNIVERSAL should not contain any extra subs/methods beyond those
# that it exists to define. The use of Exporter below is a historical
use Scalar::Util 'blessed';
- if ( blessed( $obj ) && $obj->isa("Some::Class") {
+ if ( blessed( $obj ) && $obj->isa("Some::Class") ) {
...
}
C<VERSION> will return the value of the variable C<$VERSION> in the
package the object is blessed into. If C<REQUIRE> is given then
it will do a comparison and die if the package version is not
-greater than or equal to C<REQUIRE>. Both C<$VERSION> or C<REQUIRE>
-must be "lax" version numbers (as defined by the L<version> module)
-or C<VERSION> will die with an error.
+greater than or equal to C<REQUIRE>, or if either C<$VERSION> or C<REQUIRE>
+is not a "lax" version number (as defined by the L<version> module).
+
+The return from C<VERSION> will actually be the stringified version object
+using the package C<$VERSION> scalar, which is guaranteed to be equivalent
+but may not be precisely the contents of the C<$VERSION> scalar. If you want
+the actual contents of C<$VERSION>, use C<$CLASS::VERSION> instead.
C<VERSION> can be called as either a class (static) method or an object
method.