Pod::Simple::Debug(3pm) 				 Perl Programmers Reference Guide				   Pod::Simple::Debug(3pm)

NAME

       Pod::Simple::Debug -- put Pod::Simple into trace/debug mode

SYNOPSIS

	use Pod::Simple::Debug(5);  # or some integer

       Or:

	my $debuglevel;
	use Pod::Simple::Debug ($debuglevel, 0);
	...some stuff that uses Pod::Simple to do stuff, but which
	 you don't want debug output from...

	$debug_level = 4;
	...some stuff that uses Pod::Simple to do stuff, but which
	 you DO want debug output from...

	$debug_level = 0;

DESCRIPTION

       This is an internal module for controlling the debug level (a.k.a. trace level) of Pod::Simple.	This is of interest only to Pod::Simple
       developers.

CAVEATS

       Note that you should load this module before loading Pod::Simple (or any Pod::Simple-based class).  If you try loading Pod::Simple::Debug
       after &Pod::Simple::DEBUG is already defined, Pod::Simple::Debug will throw a fatal error to the effect that "it's s too late to call
       Pod::Simple::Debug".

       Note that the "use Pod::Simple::Debug ($x, somenum)" mode will make Pod::Simple (et al) run rather slower, since &Pod::Simple::DEBUG won't
       be a constant sub anymore, and so Pod::Simple (et al) won't compile with constant-folding.

GUTS

       Doing this:

	 use Pod::Simple::Debug(5);  # or some integer

       is basically equivalent to:

	 BEGIN { sub Pod::Simple::DEBUG () {5} }  # or some integer
	 use Pod::Simple ();

       And this:

	 use Pod::Simple::Debug ($debug_level,0);  # or some integer

       is basically equivalent to this:

	 my $debug_level;
	 BEGIN { $debug_level = 0 }
	 BEGIN { sub Pod::Simple::DEBUG () { $debug_level }
	 use Pod::Simple ();

SEE ALSO

       Pod::Simple

       The article "Constants in Perl", in The Perl Journal issue 21.  See <http://interglacial.com/tpj/21/>

SUPPORT

       Questions or discussion about POD and Pod::Simple should be sent to the pod-people@perl.org mail list. Send an empty email to
       pod-people-subscribe@perl.org to subscribe.

       This module is managed in an open GitHub repository, http://github.com/theory/pod-simple/ <http://github.com/theory/pod-simple/>. Feel free
       to fork and contribute, or to clone git://github.com/theory/pod-simple.git <git://github.com/theory/pod-simple.git> and send patches!

       Patches against Pod::Simple are welcome. Please send bug reports to <bug-pod-simple@rt.cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS

       Copyright (c) 2002 Sean M. Burke.

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

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of
       merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

AUTHOR

       Pod::Simple was created by Sean M. Burke <sburke@cpan.org>.  But don't bother him, he's retired.

       Pod::Simple is maintained by:

       o   Allison Randal "allison@perl.org"

       o   Hans Dieter Pearcey "hdp@cpan.org"

       o   David E. Wheeler "dwheeler@cpan.org"

perl v5.12.1							    2010-05-07						   Pod::Simple::Debug(3pm)