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Stuff with the Perl Foundation. A couple of patches in the Perl core. A few CPAN modules. That about sums it up.

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Friday August 08, 2008
04:53 AM

Module::NoLoad

[ #37128 ]

Idea.

Fatal:

use Module::NoLoad qw(
    Acme::pwn3d
    Meta
);

Silent:

use Module::NoLoad
    'Overrides::SIG::DIE' => { silent => 1 };

Versions (automatically fatal):

use Module::NoLoad
    'Some::Versions::Buggy'  => { versions => '0.23' },
    'Early::Versions::Buggy' => { versions => '-1.99' };


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  • I read the name and automatically assumed you were writing something which would unload or not load a module. I couldn't imagine how that would be useful, but that's what I assumed.

    Cool idea though. Might suggest calling it Module::CheckLoad or something like that.

    • "NoLoad" was intentional (better names welcome). For example:

      use Module::NoLoad
          'Overrides::SIG::DIE' => { silent => 1 };

      Is equivalent to this:

      BEGIN {
          $INC{'lib/Overrides/SIG/DIE.pm'} = 'Module::NoLoad';
      }

      This, of course, silently stops this module from being loaded. The fatal version would require a higher version of Perl:

      use Module::NoLoad
          'Meta', 'Acme::pwn3d';
      __END__
      # equivalent to:
      use Carp;
      BEGIN {
          my %package_for = (
           

      • Oh I didn't get that. :) The name now makes perfect sense, and seems very appropriate.

      • I think Devel::Unplug [cpan.org] does at least some of what you want. If not it can be hacked on in Copenhagen :)

        • That's good to know. My intent is to have a more general purpose module (not just for development), but maybe "devel only" is a better approach.

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