# CPAN::Version - phpMan

## NAME
    [CPAN::Version] - utility functions to compare CPAN versions

## SYNOPSIS
      use [CPAN::Version];

      [CPAN::Version]->vgt("1.1","1.1.1");    # 1 bc. 1.1 > 1.001001

      [CPAN::Version]->vlt("1.1","1.1");      # 0 bc. 1.1 not < 1.1

      [CPAN::Version]->vcmp("1.1","1.1.1");   # 1 bc. first is larger

      [CPAN::Version]->vcmp("1.1.1","1.1");   # -1 bc. first is smaller

      [CPAN::Version]->readable(v1.2.3);      # "v1.2.3"

      [CPAN::Version]->vstring("v1.2.3");     # v1.2.3

      [CPAN::Version]->float2vv(1.002003);    # "v1.2.3"

## DESCRIPTION
    This module mediates between some version that perl sees in a package
    and the version that is published by the CPAN indexer.

    It's only written as a helper module for both CPAN.pm and CPANPLUS.pm.

    As it stands it predates version.pm but has the same goal: make version
    strings visible and comparable.

## LICENSE
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.