It is a bug. It's because of the way require is implemented at the moment
is a little rough. The first one is asking for the .^ver of a stub package
require has inserted. ::("Bailador").ver should work.
LL
On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 4:46 AM Martin Barth <mar...@senfdax.de> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> is this a bug?
>
> > perl6 -Ilib -e 'require Bailador; say Bailador.^ver'
> No such method 'ver' for invocant of type 'Perl6::Metamodel::PackageHOW'
> in block <unit> at -e line 1
>
> vs
>
> > perl6 -Ilib -e 'use Bailador; say Bailador.^ver'
> v0.0.7
>
> it seems that there a 2 different metaclasses being used:
>
> > perl6 -Ilib -e 'use Bailador; say Bailador.HOW'
> Perl6::Metamodel::ModuleHOW.new
>
> > perl6 -Ilib -e 'require Bailador; say Bailador.HOW'
> Perl6::Metamodel::PackageHOW.new
>
> Am 28.06.2017 um 14:16 schrieb Simon Proctor:
>
> See I'm using mi6 to generate my META6.json file from the report and it
> picks the version up from the module file. Other options like that seem
> sensible to me.
>
> Simon
>
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2017, 13:01 Martin Barth, <mar...@senfdax.de> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> but your approach means you have to state the version in the META6.json
>> AND in the Module.pm6 file again. This would be the similar to having
>> $VERSION in perl5. Shouldnt there be a simpler way?
>>
>>
>> Am 28.06.2017 um 08:45 schrieb Fernando Santagata:
>>
>> Hi Martin,
>>
>> This works for me:
>>
>> File mytest.pm6
>>
>> use v6;
>> unit module mytest:ver<0.0.1>;
>>
>> sub myver is export
>> {
>> mytest.^ver;
>> }
>>
>> File mytest.p6
>>
>> #!/usr/bin/env perl6
>> use lib '.';
>> use mytest;
>>
>> say myver;
>>
>> Console output:
>>
>> $./mytest.p6
>> v0.0.1
>>
>> I this what you meant?
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 10:37 PM, Martin Barth <mar...@senfdax.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> I wanted to repeat the question that I asked today on #perl6.
>>> I am looking for a way to retrieve the version of a Perl6-Module from
>>> within the module itself.
>>>
>>> <ufobat> there is often a our $VERSION in perl5 modules. is this still
>>> idiomatic/a good way to go in perl6
>>> <timotimo> i think the version is meant to be part of the meta info and
>>> such?
>>> <ufobat> but that means the module itself does not know about its
>>> version, just e.g. zef does?
>>> <timotimo> i'm convinced there ought to be a way to get the full meta
>>> info from whatever installation your script was grabbed from
>>> <timotimo> but i don't know what or how
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Fernando Santagata
>>
>>
>>
>
