Index: /trunk/doc/misc/foo.pl
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--- /trunk/doc/misc/foo.pl	(revision 2408)
+++ /trunk/doc/misc/foo.pl	(revision 2409)
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@
 use strict;                             # not optional
 use warnings;                           # not optional
+
+our $VERSION = '0.01';                  # optional - handy with Getopt::Long
 
 use Foo qw( $bar );                     # import $bar into our namespace
Index: /trunk/doc/misc/perlCodeConventions.tex
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--- /trunk/doc/misc/perlCodeConventions.tex	(revision 2408)
+++ /trunk/doc/misc/perlCodeConventions.tex	(revision 2409)
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-%%% $Id: perlCodeConventions.tex,v 1.30 2004-11-23 23:16:18 jhoblitt Exp $
+%%% $Id: perlCodeConventions.tex,v 1.31 2004-11-23 23:20:38 jhoblitt Exp $
 \documentclass[panstarrs]{panstarrs}
 
@@ -163,4 +163,8 @@
 A \code{use strict} and \code{use warnings} declaration.
 
+\item
+An optional \code{$VERSION} declaration.  This is useful with
+\code{Getopt::Long}'s \code{auto_version} feature.
+
 \item 
 Any modules to include. 
@@ -211,5 +215,5 @@
 
 \item
-A module \code{VERSION} declaration.
+A \code{$VERSION} declaration.
 
 \item