Module::CoreList::Utils(3pm)

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NAME

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

9        use Module::CoreList::Utils;
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11        print $Module::CoreList::Utils::utilities{5.009003}{ptar}; # prints 1
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13        print Module::CoreList::Utils->first_release('corelist');
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16        print Module::CoreList::Utils->first_release_by_date('corelist');
17        # prints 5.009002
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DESCRIPTION

20       Module::CoreList::Utils provides information on which core and dual-
21       life utilities shipped with each version of perl.
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23       It provides a number of mechanisms for querying this information.
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25       There is a functional programming API available for programmers to
26       query information.
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28       Programmers may also query the contained hash structure to find
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FUNCTIONS API

32       These are the functions that are available, they may either be called
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35         Module::CoreList::Utils::first_release('corelist'); # as a function
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37         Module::CoreList::Utils->first_release('corelist'); # class method
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39       "utilities"
40           Requires a perl version as an argument, returns a list of utilities
41           that shipped with that version of perl, or undef/empty list if that
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44       "first_release( UTILITY )"
45           Requires a UTILITY name as an argument, returns the perl version
46           when that utility first appeared in core as ordered by perl version
47           number or undef ( in scalar context ) or an empty list ( in list
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50       "first_release_by_date( UTILITY )"
51           Requires a UTILITY name as an argument, returns the perl version
52           when that utility first appeared in core as ordered by release date
53           or undef ( in scalar context ) or an empty list ( in list context )
54           if that utility is not in core.
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56       "removed_from( UTILITY )"
57           Takes a UTILITY name as an argument, returns the first perl version
58           where that utility was removed from core. Returns undef if the
59           given utility was never in core or remains in core.
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61       "removed_from_by_date( UTILITY )"
62           Takes a UTILITY name as an argument, returns the first perl version
63           by release date where that utility was removed from core. Returns
64           undef if the given utility was never in core or remains in core.
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DATA STRUCTURES

67       These are the hash data structures that are available:
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69       %Module::CoreList::Utils::utilities
70           A hash of hashes that is keyed on perl version as indicated in $].
71           The second level hash is utility / defined pairs.
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AUTHOR

74       Chris "BinGOs" Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk>
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76       Currently maintained by the perl 5 porters <perl5-porters@perl.org>.
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78       This module is the result of archaeology undertaken during QA Hackathon
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LICENSE

82       Copyright (C) 2013 Chris Williams.  All Rights Reserved.
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84       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
85       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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