POD::PERLDOC::TOXML(3perl)

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version 5.44.0 · 14 versions
, in arch rolling

💖 Pod::Perldoc::ToXml — the glow-up your Pod deserves ✨

okay so bestie, quick vibe check: this little cutie lives in the Perl Programmers Reference Guide corner of the manual-verse, and its whole job is letting Perldoc spit out your Pod as XML. yes. XML. in this economy. 💅

🌸 NAME

Pod::Perldoc::ToXml — literally just: let Perldoc render Pod as XML. that's the whole assignment. she ate and left no crumbs. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS

that's it. that's the spell. -o xml says "render as xml pls", -d out.xml says "put it in out.xml", and Some::Modulename is whatever module you're obsessed with at the moment. 🦋

🌈 DESCRIPTION

so this class is a "plug-in" class — main character energy but behind the scenes 🙈 — and what it does is let Perldoc use Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream as a formatter class. that's the tea.

and ngl, this thing is actually a Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream subclass, so it inherits all its options. all of them. no cap, every single one. 👑

⚠️ okay important: you have to have installed Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream — it comes from the Pod::Simple dist — or this class won't work. like, at all. zero. nada. 💀 so go install it first, bestie.

🫶 SEE ALSO

  • Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream
  • Pod::Simple
  • Pod::Perldoc

go read those too, iykyk ✨

Copyright (c) 2002 Sean M. Burke. All rights reserved.

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. 😭 (yes, that's a real disclaimer, pls don't come for me)

👑 AUTHOR

Current maintainer: Mark Allen "<mallen@cpan.org>"

Past contributions from: brian d foy "<bdfoy@cpan.org>", Adriano R. Ferreira "<ferreira@cpan.org>", Sean M. Burke "<sburke@cpan.org>"

legends. all of them. screaming crying throwing up. 🔥

and that's the whole page, bestie — this gem ships with perl v5.44.0, dated 2026-10-17, and it's filed under Pod::P...::ToXml(3perl). slay, go forth, and render responsibly 💖🌸✨

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