vecsv = svargs[efix ? efix-1 : svix++];
vecstr = (U8*)SvPVx(vecsv,veclen);
vec_utf8 = DO_UTF8(vecsv);
+ /* if this is a version object, we need to return the
+ * stringified representation (which the SvPVX has
+ * already done for us), but not vectorize the args
+ */
+ if ( *q == 'd' && sv_derived_from(vecsv,"version") )
+ {
+ q++; /* skip past the rest of the %vd format */
+ eptr = vecstr;
+ elen = strlen(eptr);
+ vectorize=FALSE;
+ goto string;
+ }
}
else {
vecstr = (U8*)"";