Module::CoreList(3pm)

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NAME

6       Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
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SYNOPSIS

9        use Module::CoreList;
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11        print $Module::CoreList::version{5.00503}{CPAN}; # prints 1.48
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13        print Module::CoreList->first_release('File::Spec');         # prints 5.00405
14        print Module::CoreList->first_release_by_date('File::Spec'); # prints 5.005
15        print Module::CoreList->first_release('File::Spec', 0.82);   # prints 5.006001
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17        print join ', ', Module::CoreList->find_modules(qr/Data/);
18           # prints 'Data::Dumper'
19        print join ', ', Module::CoreList->find_modules(qr/test::h.*::.*s/i, 5.008008);
20           # prints 'Test::Harness::Assert, Test::Harness::Straps'
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22        print join ", ", @{ $Module::CoreList::families{5.005} };
23           # prints "5.005, 5.00503, 5.00504"
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DESCRIPTION

26       Module::CoreList contains the hash of hashes
27       %Module::CoreList::version, that is keyed on perl version as indicated
28       in $].  The second level hash is module => version pairs.
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30       Note, it is possible for the version of a module to be unspecified,
31       whereby the value is undef, so use "exists $version{$foo}{$bar}" if
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34       It also contains %Module::CoreList::released hash, which has ISO
35       formatted versions of the release dates, as gleaned from perlhist.
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37       New, in 1.96 is also the %Module::CoreList::families hash, which
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40       Starting with 2.10, the special module name "Unicode" refers to the
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43       Since 2.11, Module::CoreList::first_release() returns the first release
44       in the order of perl version numbers. If you want to get the earliest
45       perl release instead, use Module::CoreList::first_release_by_date().
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CAVEATS

48       Module::CoreList currently covers the 5.000, 5.001, 5.002, 5.003_07,
49       5.004, 5.004_05, 5.005, 5.005_03, 5.005_04, 5.6.0, 5.6.1, 5.6.2, 5.7.3,
50       5.8.0, 5.8.1, 5.8.2, 5.8.3, 5.8.4, 5.8.5, 5.8.6, 5.8.7, 5.8.8, 5.8.9,
51       5.9.0, 5.9.1, 5.9.2, 5.9.3, 5.9.4, 5.9.5, 5.10.0 and 5.10.1 releases of
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HISTORY

55       Moved to Changes file.
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AUTHOR

58       Richard Clamp <richardc@unixbeard.net>
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60       Currently maintained by the perl 5 porters <perl5-porters@perl.org>.
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COPYRIGHT

63       Copyright (C) 2002-2009 Richard Clamp.  All Rights Reserved.
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65       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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