Pod::S...hecker(3perl)

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💖 Pod::Simple::Checker — bestie edition 💖

okay so this page is Pod::Simple::Checker, part of the Perl Programmers Reference Guide gang (you'll see it filed as Pod::S...hecker in the corner of the page bc the header is lowkey cramped, ngl 💅).

✨ NAME ✨

Pod::Simple::Checker — check the Pod syntax of a document 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

perl -MPod::Simple::Checker -e \
 "exit Pod::Simple::Checker->filter(shift)->any_errata_seen" \
 thingy.pod

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So this class is here to check the syntactic validity of Pod. That's the whole vibe. 👑

How does it do it? Bestie, it basically acts like a simple-minded version of Pod::Simple::Text — except it only formats the "Pod Errors" section (and only if Pod::Simple even generates one for the doc you handed it). So it's giving "I read the whole thing but I'm ONLY here to tell you what's wrong" energy. 💀✨

And yes, this is a subclass of Pod::Simple and it inherits all its methods, periodt. So everything Pod::Simple can do, this lil icon can do too. 🫶

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

  • Pod::Simple
  • Pod::Simple::Text
  • Pod::Checker

💌 SUPPORT 💌

Got questions? Wanna discuss POD and Pod::Simple? Send them to the pod-people@perl.org mail list. 📬 To subscribe, send an empty email to pod-people-subscribe@perl.org (yes, literally empty, that's the whole move).

This module is managed in an open GitHub repository: <https://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple/>. Feel free to fork and contribute, or clone <https://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple.git> and send patches! 🧚

Patches against Pod::Simple are welcome. Please send bug reports to <bug-pod-simple@rt.cpan.org>. 🐛➡️📮

Copyright (c) 2002 Sean M. Burke.

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. So like… it might be perfect, it might not, no promises bestie. 🙈

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Pod::Simple was created by Sean M. Burke <sburke@cpan.org>. But don't bother him, he's retired. 😭 (respect the retirement era fr fr)

Pod::Simple is maintained by:

  • Allison Randal "allison@perl.org"
  • Hans Dieter Pearcey "hdp@cpan.org"
  • David E. Wheeler "dwheeler@cpan.org"

and that's the whole page bestie, tysm for reading 🎀 — this was perl v5.44.0, dated 2026-10-17, filed under Pod::S...hecker(3perl). slay, go check some Pod 💅✨

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