Perl::PrereqScanner::Scanner::Perl5

NAME

Perl::PrereqScanner::Scanner::Perl5 − scan for core Perl 5 language indicators of required modules

VERSION

version 1.014

DESCRIPTION

This scanner will look for the following indicators:

	•		plain lines beginning with `"use"` or `"require"` in your perl modules and scripts, including minimum perl version
	•		regular inheritance declared with the `"base"` and `"parent"` pragmata

Since Perl does not allow you to supply a version requirement with a "require" statement, the scanner will check the statement after the "require Module" to see if it is "Module−>VERSION( minimum_version );".

In order to provide a minimum version, that method call must meet the following requirements:

	•		it must be the very next statement after `"require Module"`. Nothing can separate them but whitespace and comments (and one semicolon).
	•		`"Module"` must be a bareword, and match the `"require"` exactly.
	•		`"minimum_version"` must be a literal number, v−string, or single-quoted string. Double quotes are not allowed.

AUTHORS

	•		Jerome Quelin
	•		Ricardo Signes <rjbs AT cpan DOT org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.