Exporter::Tiny(3)

💖 NAME 💖

Exporter::Tiny — it's an exporter, bestie, and it's giving all the features of Sub::Exporter but with only core dependencies. No extra baggage. We love a low-maintenance queen. 👑

(Also, hi, you're reading Exporter::Tiny(3), the manual page. Welcome to the group chat. 🫶)

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

package MyUtils;
use base "Exporter::Tiny";
our @EXPORT = qw(frobnicate);
sub frobnicate { ... }
1;

package MyScript;
use MyUtils "frobnicate" => { -as => "frob" };
print frob(42);
exit;

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so. Exporter::Tiny supports SO many of Sub::Exporter's external-facing features, and I need you to know about all of them:

• renaming imported functions with the -as, -prefix and -suffix options 💅
• explicit destinations with the into option
• alternative installers with the installer option

but here's the iconic part — it's written in only about 40% as many lines of code, with zero non-core dependencies. not me being obsessed with the efficiency. periodt. 🔥

Its internal-facing interface is closer to Exporter.pm, with all the configuration done through the @EXPORT, @EXPORT_OK and %EXPORT_TAGS package variables. classic. familiar. comfy. 🎀

If you are trying to write a module that inherits from Exporter::Tiny, then look at:

• Exporter::Tiny::Manual::QuickStart
• Exporter::Tiny::Manual::Exporting

If you are trying to use a module that inherits from Exporter::Tiny, then look at:

• Exporter::Tiny::Manual::Importing

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💀 BUGS 💀

Please report any bugs to https://github.com/tobyink/p5-exporter-tiny/issues.

bestie if you found a bug, tell the maintainers, don't just suffer in silence 😭 that's what the issue tracker is FOR.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• https://exportertiny.github.io/
• Simplified interface to this module: Exporter::Shiny. (yes, the name is iconic, I know 🎀)
• Less tiny version, with more features: Exporter::Almighty. (bigger, more features, still slaying in its own way)
• Other interesting exporters: Sub::Exporter, Exporter. (the classics, the OGs, we respect them fr fr 🫶)

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

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🎀 COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE 🎀

This software is copyright (c) 2013-2014, 2017, 2022-2025 by Toby Inkster.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. so basically, go off, do your thing, just keep the same terms. 💜

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🙈 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES 🙈

THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

like, no promises, bestie. it's giving "use at your own vibe." 💅 (but also it works, so. 🧚)

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perl v5.42.0 · 2026-01-17 · Exporter::Tiny(3)

and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 go forth and export responsibly. mwah. 🍓✨