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diff --git a/lib/version/Internals.pod b/lib/version/Internals.pod index 5ff365e276..6228da17d8 100644 --- a/lib/version/Internals.pod +++ b/lib/version/Internals.pod @@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ There are actually two distinct kinds of version objects: =over 4 -=item * Decimal Versions +=item Decimal Versions Any version which "looks like a number", see L<Decimal Versions>. This also includes versions with a single decimal point and a single embedded underscore, see L<Decimal Alpha Versions>, even though these must be quoted to preserve the underscore formatting. -=item * Dotted-Decimal Versions +=item Dotted-Decimal Versions Also referred to as "Dotted-Integer", these contains more than one decimal point and may have an optional embedded underscore, see L<Dotted-Decimal @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ object method. =over 4 -=item * New Operator +=item New Operator Like all OO interfaces, the new() operator is used to initialize version objects. One way to increment versions when programming is to @@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ example case, $v2 will be an empty object of the same type as $v1. =over 4 -=item * qv() +=item qv() An alternate way to create a new version object is through the exported qv() sub. This is not strictly like other q? operators (like qq, qw), @@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ For the subsequent examples, the following three objects will be used: =over 4 -=item * Normal Form +=item Normal Form For any version object which is initialized with multiple decimal places (either quoted or if possible v-string), or initialized using @@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ In other words, the following is guaranteed to always be true: =over 4 -=item * Numification +=item Numification Although all mathematical operations on version objects are forbidden by default, it is possible to retrieve a number which corresponds @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ trailing zeros to preserve the correct version value. =over 4 -=item * Stringification +=item Stringification The default stringification for version objects returns exactly the same string as was used to create it, whether you used C<new()> or C<qv()>, @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ down to the same internal representation as well as stringification. =over 4 -=item * Comparison operators +=item Comparison operators Both C<cmp> and C<E<lt>=E<gt>> operators perform the same comparison between terms (upgrading to a version object automatically). Perl automatically @@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ L<Dotted-Decimal Versions> with multiple decimal points. =over 4 -=item * Logical Operators +=item Logical Operators If you need to test whether a version object has been initialized, you can simply test it directly: |