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Perl::PrereqScanner::Scanner::Perl5(3pm)		User Contributed Perl Documentation		  Perl::PrereqScanner::Scanner::Perl5(3pm)

NAME
       Perl::PrereqScanner::Scanner::Perl5 - scan for core Perl 5 language indicators of required modules

VERSION
       version 1.012

DESCRIPTION
       This scanner will look for the following indicators:

       o   plain lines beginning with "use" or "require" in your perl modules and scripts, including minimum perl version

       o   regular inheritance declared with the "base" and "parent" pragmata

       Since Perl does not allow you to supply a version requirement with a "require" statement, the scanner will check the statement after the
       "require Module" to see if it is "Module->VERSION( minimum_version );".

       In order to provide a minimum version, that method call must meet the following requirements:

       o   it must be the very next statement after "require Module".  Nothing can separate them but whitespace and comments (and one semicolon).

       o   "Module" must be a bareword, and match the "require" exactly.

       o   "minimum_version" must be a literal number, v-string, or single-quoted string.  Double quotes are not allowed.

AUTHORS
       o   Jerome Quelin

       o   Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
       This software is copyright (c) 2009 by Jerome Quelin.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

perl v5.14.2							    2012-06-27				  Perl::PrereqScanner::Scanner::Perl5(3pm)