On Wed Oct 14 10:10:14 2015, larry wrote:
> On Wed Oct 14 09:46:18 2015, larry wrote:
> > 09:39 < TimToady> HLL::Compiler is very confused about what is the
> > language
> > name/version vs compiler name/version, and this shows up in both -v
> > and -V
> > 09:40 < TimToady> "This is perl6 version 2015.09-373-g254c1a8"
> > 09:42 < TimToady> should be more like "This is rakudo version
> > 2015.09-373-g254c1a8 implementing Perl v6b" or so
> >
> > (well, that, and it should still mention the backend version too)
>
> Also, make sure the Perl version is stored in only one place. In
> addition to the HLL::Compiler spot, we currently have:
>
> ./core/Perl.pm: :$!version = Version.new("6b"),
> ./Perl6/Grammar.nqp: my $vhave :=
> $*W.find_symbol(['Version']).new('6.b'); # XXX need to use same
> source as Version.pm
Factored it out, both removing the special case in NQP and the duplication
inside of Rakudo. Both -v and -V now carry the correct info.
