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NAME

6       true - automatically return a true value when a file is required
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SYNOPSIS

9         package Contemporary::Perl;
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11         use strict;
12         use warnings;
13         use true;
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15         sub import {
16             strict->import();
17             warnings->import();
18             true->import();
19         }
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DESCRIPTION

22       Perl's "require" builtin (and its "use" wrapper) requires the files it
23       loads to return a true value. This is usually accomplished by placing a
24       single
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26           1;
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28       statement at the end of included scripts or modules. It's not onerous
29       to add but it's a speed bump on the Perl novice's road to
30       enlightenment. In addition, it appears to be a non-sequitur to the
31       uninitiated, leading some to attempt to mitigate its appearance with a
32       comment:
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34           1; # keep require happy
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36       or:
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38           1; # Do not remove this line
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40       or even:
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42           1; # Must end with this, because Perl is bogus.
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44       This module packages this "return true" behaviour so that it doesn't
45       need to be written explicitly. It can be used directly, but it is
46       intended to be invoked from the "import" method of a Modern::Perl-style
47       module that enables modern Perl features and conveniences and cleans up
48       legacy Perl warts.
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50   METHODS
51       "true" is file-scoped rather than lexically-scoped. Importing it
52       anywhere in a file (e.g. at the top-level or in a nested scope) causes
53       that file to return true, and unimporting it anywhere in a file
54       restores the default behaviour. Redundant imports/unimports are
55       ignored.
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57       import
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59       Enable the "automatically return true" behaviour for the currently-
60       compiling file. This should typically be invoked from the "import"
61       method of a module that loads "true". Code that uses this module solely
62       on behalf of its callers can load "true" without importing it e.g.
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64           use true (); # don't import
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66           sub import {
67               true->import();
68           }
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70           1;
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72       But there's nothing stopping a wrapper module also importing "true" to
73       obviate its own need to explicitly return a true value:
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75           use true; # both load and import it
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77           sub import {
78               true->import();
79           }
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81           # no need to return true
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83       unimport
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85       Disable the "automatically return true" behaviour for the currently-
86       compiling file.
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88   EXPORTS
89       None by default.
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NOTES

92       Because the unquoted name "true" represents the boolean value "true" in
93       YAML, the module name must be quoted when written as a dependency in
94       META.yml. In cases where this can't easily be done, a dependency can be
95       declared on the package true::VERSION, which has the same version as
96       "true.pm".
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VERSION

99       1.0.2
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SEE ALSO

102       •   latest
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104       •   Modern::Perl
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106       •   nonsense
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108       •   perl5i
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110       •   Toolkit
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AUTHOR

113       chocolateboy <chocolate@cpan.org>
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116       Copyright (c) 2010-2020 by chocolateboy.
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118       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
119       under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0
120       <https://www.opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license-2.0.php>.
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