EXTUTILS::TESTLIB(3perl)

💖 NAME 💖

ExtUtils::testlib — the lil glow-up that adds blib/* directories to @INC ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

use ExtUtils::testlib;

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so bestie, hear me out. you just built an extension, right? and it's not installed yet, but you're lowkey dying to test it right now — like, without going through the whole make test situation. totally valid. main character behavior, honestly.

so here's the move: you drop

use ExtUtils::testlib;

into a test program, and boom 💅 — the intermediate directories that make uses get added to @INC. that's it. that's the whole vibe. your uninstalled extension is now findable, no install required, no cap.

ngl this is giving "bypassing make test" energy and we absolutely love that for you 🫶

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🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

(ngl bestie, the original page doesn't list any — but you already knew that 💀)

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that's the whole page, fr fr — ExtUtils::testlib, manual section 3perl, straight outta perl v5.44.0, dated 2026-10-17. mwah 💋 go test something. 🧚✨