[Module-build-general] read_config()?

[Scott B. <lis...@ni...>]

	Is there any way to cleanly read the configuration information
	stored in _build/? I want to determine the version information,
	which I plan on storing in Build.PL, in another .PL file.
	The following construct is what I came up with:

		my $build = new Module::Build
			(
				dist_name	=> undef,
				dist_version	=> undef,
			);
		$build->read_config();
		printf("version is \"%s\".\n",
			$build->{properties}{dist_version});

	new() complained unless I called it with dist_name and
	dist_version.  (It was also noisy on STDOUT, but that's a
	separate issue.)

	I could duplicate the code in read_config(), but I am loath
	to break encapsulation so blatantly.

	Is there a better way to get at configuration data?

		Scott