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META::constants zef:lizmat last updated on 2022-09-23

NAME

META::constants - distribution related constants from META info

SYNOPSIS

use META::constants $?DISTRIBUTION;

say NAME;
say DESCRIPTION;
say VERSION;
say AUTH;
say AUTHORS;
say SOURCE-URL;
say CREDITS;

DESCRIPTION

META::constants provides an easy way to access information in a module's META information. It is intended to be called inside the code of a module only, although anything that provides a .meta method, can be used.

EXPORTED CONSTANTS

• NAME - the "name" field

• DESCRIPTION - the "description" field

• VERSION - the "version" field as a Version object

• AUTH - the "auth" field

• AUTHORS - the "authors" field, joined by ', '

• SOURCE-URL - the "source-url" field with ".git" removed

• CREDITS - a credit text created from above

• META - the meta information hash itself

AUTHOR

Elizabeth Mattijsen [email protected]

Source can be located at: https://github.com/lizmat/META-constants . Comments and Pull Requests are welcome.

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COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2022 Elizabeth Mattijsen

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.