Data::...Builder(3pm)

💖 Data::Checks::Builder 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is the little build-time bestie that makes Data::Checks actually work in your XS module ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

Data::Checks::Builder — it's the build-time support squad for Data::Checks. no cap.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

so like, in Build.PL, you're gonna do this:

use Data::Checks::Builder;

my $build = Module::Build->new(
   ...,
   configure_requires => {
      ...
      'Data::Checks::Builder' => 0,
   }
);

Data::Checks::Builder->extend_module_build( $build );

...

that's it, that's the vibe 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

This module is a build-time helper that has your back if you're an author writing XS modules that use Data::Checks. 🫶 It gets a Module::Build-using distribution all set up so it can actually make use of Data::Checks. literally the glue holding the whole thing together, iykyk.

🔧 extra_compiler_flags 🔧

@flags = Data::Checks::Builder->extra_compiler_flags;

hands you back a list of extra flags that your build scripts should add to the compiler invocation. why? because it lets the C compiler find the DataChecks.h file. yes, that's the whole point. iconic behavior. 🌈

🦋 extend_module_build 🦋

Data::Checks::Builder->extend_module_build( $build );

this one is the convenient shortcut — it does all the tasks necessary to make a Module::Build-based distribution use the helper. one call, everything handled, main character energy fr fr 👑

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Paul Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk> 💜

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