BSON::Symbol(3pm)

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version 1.12.2 · 5 versions
, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble

💅 BSON::Symbol — the Perl manpage, but make it group chat

okay bestie, welcome to BSON::Symbol(3pm), straight outta the User Contributed Perl Documentation. pull up a chair, grab a boba, this one's short but it's important. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

BSON::Symbol — it's the BSON type wrapper for symbol data, and it is DEPRECATED. like, capital letters deprecated. the original authors were screaming it and honestly? valid. 💀

🌸 VERSION 🌸

version v1.12.2 — that's the one, that's the whole vibe. ⭐

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this module wraps the deprecated BSON "symbol" type. that's it. that's the job. it holds your symbol data and does absolutely nothing else for you.

and the manpage is not subtle about how it feels, so let me pass the message along with full main character energy:

You are strongly encouraged to use ordinary string data instead. 😭

fr fr. this is the "girl, just use a string" of Perl modules. the original text says "strongly encouraged" and bestie, that is a strong encourage. if you're reaching for BSON::Symbol, take a breath, ask yourself if you could just... use a string instead. the answer is probably yes. the answer is lowkey always yes. 🎀

👑 AUTHORS 👑

the icons who brought you this module:

  • David Golden <david@mongodb.com>
  • Stefan G. <minimalist@lavabit.com>

This software is Copyright (c) 2020 by Stefan G. and MongoDB, Inc. — putting the receipts right there, no cap.

This is free software, licensed under:

The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004

so yes, free software, licensed and everything. slay. ✨

and that's the whole page, bestie — short, sweet, deprecated. this was BSON::Symbol(3pm) from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, running on perl v5.30.3, dated 2020-08-14. love that for us. now go use a string. 💖 🦋 🌈

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