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NAME

6       Alien::Build::Version::Basic - Very basic version object for
7       Alien::Build
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VERSION

10       version 2.80
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SYNOPSIS

13       OO interface:
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15        use Alien::Build::Version::Basic;
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17        my $version = Alien::Build::Version::Basic->new('1.2.3');
18        if($version > '1.2.2')  # true
19        {
20          ...
21        }
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23       Function interface:
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25        use Alien::Build::Version::Basic qw( version );
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27        if(version('1.2.3') > version('1.2.2')) # true
28        {
29          ...
30        }
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32        my @sorted = sort map { version($_) } qw( 2.1 1.2.3 1.2.2 );
33        # will come out in the order 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 2.1
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DESCRIPTION

36       This module provides a very basic class for comparing versions.  This
37       is already a crowded space on CPAN.  Parts of Alien::Build already use
38       Sort::Versions, which is fine for sorting versions.  Sometimes you need
39       to compare to see if versions match exact values, and the best
40       candidates (such as Sort::Versions on CPAN compare 1.2.3.0 and 1.2.3 as
41       being different.  This class compares those two as the same.
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43       This class is also quite limited, in that it only works with version
44       schemes using a doted version numbers or real numbers with a fixed
45       number of digits.  Versions with: dashes, letters, hex digits, or
46       anything else are not supported.
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48       This class overloads both "<=>" and "cmp" to compare the version in the
49       way that you would expect for version numbers.  This way you can
50       compare versions like numbers, or sort them using sort.
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52        if(version($v1) > version($v2))
53        {
54          ...
55        }
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57        my @sorted = sort map { version($_) } @unsorted;
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59       it also overloads "" to stringify as whatever string value you passed
60       to the constructor.
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CONSTRUCTOR

63   new
64        my $version = Alien::Build::Version::Basic->new($value);
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66       This is the long form of the constructor, if you don't want to import
67       anything into your namespace.
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69   version
70        my $version = version($value);
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72       This is the short form of the constructor, if you are sane.  It is NOT
73       exported by default so you will have to explicitly import it.
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METHODS

76   as_string
77        my $string = $version->as_string;
78        my $string = "$version";
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80       Returns the string representation of the version object.
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82   cmp
83        my $bool = $version->cmp($other);
84        my $bool = $version <=> $other;
85        my $bool = $version cmp $other;
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87       Returns -1, 0 or 1 just like the regular "<=>" and "cmp" operators.
88       Although $version must be a version object, $other may be either a
89       version object, or a string that could be used to create a valid
90       version object.
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SEE ALSO

93       Sort::Versions
94           Good, especially if you have to support rpm style versions (like
95           "1.2.3-2-b") or don't care if trailing zeros (1.2.3 vs 1.2.3.0) are
96           treated as different values.
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98       version
99           Problematic for historical reasons.
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AUTHOR

102       Author: Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>
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104       Contributors:
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106       Diab Jerius (DJERIUS)
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108       Roy Storey (KIWIROY)
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110       Ilya Pavlov
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112       David Mertens (run4flat)
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114       Mark Nunberg (mordy, mnunberg)
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116       Christian Walde (Mithaldu)
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118       Brian Wightman (MidLifeXis)
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120       Zaki Mughal (zmughal)
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122       mohawk (mohawk2, ETJ)
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124       Vikas N Kumar (vikasnkumar)
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126       Flavio Poletti (polettix)
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128       Salvador Fandiño (salva)
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130       Gianni Ceccarelli (dakkar)
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132       Pavel Shaydo (zwon, trinitum)
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134       Kang-min Liu (劉康民, gugod)
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136       Nicholas Shipp (nshp)
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138       Juan Julián Merelo Guervós (JJ)
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140       Joel Berger (JBERGER)
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142       Petr Písař (ppisar)
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144       Lance Wicks (LANCEW)
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146       Ahmad Fatoum (a3f, ATHREEF)
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148       José Joaquín Atria (JJATRIA)
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150       Duke Leto (LETO)
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152       Shoichi Kaji (SKAJI)
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154       Shawn Laffan (SLAFFAN)
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156       Paul Evans (leonerd, PEVANS)
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158       Håkon Hægland (hakonhagland, HAKONH)
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160       nick nauwelaerts (INPHOBIA)
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162       Florian Weimer
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165       This software is copyright (c) 2011-2022 by Graham Ollis.
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167       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
168       the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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