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in reply to Re: concerning our $VERSION
in thread concerning our $VERSION

That gets it wrong; the proper incantation suitable for all modules is: 
our $VERSION = '1.001_001';
our $XS_VERSION = $VERSION; # only needed if you have XS code
$VERSION = eval $VERSION;

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