Don't use "ge" for version comparison

esert...@yahoo.de reported on Oct 11, 2009

In WWW::Mechanize's Makefile.PL I see some version comparisons using the
"ge" operator. This will fail in some distant future:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
$ExtUtils::MakeMaker::VERSION = '10.01';
if ( $ExtUtils::MakeMaker::VERSION ge '6.45_01' ) {
    warn "yes";
} else {
    warn "no";
}
__END__

Yes, I know, there are ugly warnings if comparing numerically against a
version with underscore. To fix this, users often do "eval" such a version
number:

$ perl -we '$x = eval "6.45_01"; warn $x'
6.4501 at -e line 1.

Regards,
    Slaven

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Imported from Google Code issue 135 via archive

Type: Defect
Date: Oct 11, 2009
Reporter: esert...@yahoo.de
Owner: ----
Priority: Medium
Status: New
Labels: WM

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petda...@gmail.com commented on May 4, 2011 :

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mark.sto...@gmail.com commented on Feb 1, 2013 :

I confirmed that this issue is still present in WWW::Mechanize 1.72.

libwww-perl / WWW-Mechanize

Don't use "ge" for version comparison #163

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