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| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlfunc.pod | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlfunc.pod b/pod/perlfunc.pod index 23e5535e4f..891727a5a4 100644 --- a/pod/perlfunc.pod +++ b/pod/perlfunc.pod @@ -4072,8 +4072,10 @@ Examples: The same template may generally also be used in unpack(). +=item package NAMESPACE VERSION +X<package> X<module> X<namespace> X<version> + =item package NAMESPACE -X<package> X<module> X<namespace> =item package @@ -4093,6 +4095,11 @@ If the package name is null, the C<main> package as assumed. That is, C<$::sail> is equivalent to C<$main::sail> (as well as to C<$main'sail>, still seen in older code). +If VERSION is provided, C<package> also sets the C<$VERSION> variable in the +given namespace. VERSION must be be a numeric literal or v-string; it is +parsed exactly the same way as a VERSION argument to C<use MODULE VERSION>. +C<$VERSION> should only be set once per package. + See L<perlmod/"Packages"> for more information about packages, modules, and classes. See L<perlsub> for other scoping issues. |