remove use of "use vars" in main module

[p5sagit/Module-Metadata.git] / lib / Module / Metadata.pm

diff --git a/lib/Module/Metadata.pm b/lib/Module/Metadata.pm
index 0a15924..d979932 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Module/Metadata.pm
+++ b/lib/Module/Metadata.pm
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ package Module::Metadata;
 # parrot future to look at other types of modules).
 
 use strict;
-use vars qw($VERSION);
-$VERSION = '1.000014';
+use warnings;
+
+our $VERSION = '1.000016';
 $VERSION = eval $VERSION;
 
 use Carp qw/croak/;
@@ -800,8 +801,10 @@ Module::Metadata - Gather package and POD information from perl module files
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-This module provides a standard way to gather metadata about a .pm file
-without executing unsafe code.
+This module provides a standard way to gather metadata about a .pm file through
+(mostly) static analysis and (some) code execution.  When determining the
+version of a module, the C<$VERSION> assignment is C<eval>ed, as is traditional
+in the CPAN toolchain.
 
 =head1 USAGE