Re: Why are versions restricted to 999?

Michael G Schwern wrote:
> Elliot just alerted me to this bit of the v2 spec.
> 
> http://search.cpan.org/~dagolden/CPAN-Meta-2.101091/lib/CPAN/Meta/Spec.pm#Version_Formats 
> 
> 
> Dotted-integer versions
> "All components after the first are restricted to the range 0 to 999."
> 
> Why have a limit on a simple integer, and such a low one?  I did this in 
> the distant past with MakeMaker and was roundly, and justly, admonished.

IIRC it's because the magic XXXXXXXX.YYY.ZZZ <-> XXXXXXXX.YYYZZZ 
association is assumed all over the place.

Note that XXXXX can be way beyond 999.

Cheers,
Steffen