1Pod::Simple::Debug(3) User Contributed Perl DocumentationPod::Simple::Debug(3)
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6 Pod::Simple::Debug -- put Pod::Simple into trace/debug mode
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9 use Pod::Simple::Debug (5); # or some integer
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14 use Pod::Simple::Debug (\$debuglevel, 0);
15 ...some stuff that uses Pod::Simple to do stuff, but which
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18 $debug_level = 4;
19 ...some stuff that uses Pod::Simple to do stuff, but which
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25 This is an internal module for controlling the debug level (a.k.a.
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30 Note that you should load this module before loading Pod::Simple (or
31 any Pod::Simple-based class). If you try loading Pod::Simple::Debug
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36 Note that the "use Pod::Simple::Debug (\$x, somenum)" mode will make
37 Pod::Simple (et al) run rather slower, since &Pod::Simple::DEBUG won't
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65 The article "Constants in Perl", in The Perl Journal issue 21. See
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69 Questions or discussion about POD and Pod::Simple should be sent to the
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73 This module is managed in an open GitHub repository,
74 <https://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple/>. Feel free to fork and
75 contribute, or to clone <git://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple.git> and
76 send patches!
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78 Patches against Pod::Simple are welcome. Please send bug reports to
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82 Copyright (c) 2002 Sean M. Burke.
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84 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
85 under the same terms as Perl itself.
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87 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
88 without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of
89 merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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92 Pod::Simple was created by Sean M. Burke <sburke@cpan.org>. But don't
93 bother him, he's retired.
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