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💅 Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee::NeedsCompiler

Okay bestie, so this page is from the Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee::NeedsCompiler manual (Perl, third section, 3pm — user contributed Perl docs, iykyk), and it's literally just one little Kwalitee check that's like… does this module need a compiler? Probably a C one? Let's get into it. 🧚

✨ NAME ✨

Module::CPANTS::Kwalitee::NeedsCompiler — it checks if your module needs a (probably C) compiler. That's it. That's the whole vibe check. 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

It just checks if there's, like, some indication in the module that it needs a C compiler to build and install. Lowkey simple. 🎀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

🌸 Methods 🌸

🦋 order

This one defines the order in which the Kwalitee tests should be run, bestie. Sequencing matters!! 💅

It returns 200. Periodt.

🦋 analyse

Okay so here's where the actual detecting happens 🔍 — it checks for a file with .c, .h or .xs extensions. And it also checks whether the module depends on any of the Inline:: modules, or on ExtUtils::CBuilder, or on ExtUtils::ParseXS. That's the whole checklist, no cap.

TODO: (ooh, a note from the author themselves 🫶)

How to recognize cases such as https://metacpan.org/release/GAAS/Perl-API-0.01/ and https://metacpan.org/release/Term-Size-Perl that generate the .c files during installation 😭

And in addition — there are modules that can work without their XS part. E.g. Scalar-List-Utils, Net-DNS, Template-Toolkit. For our purposes, these all should be marked as "need C compiler", because they need it for their full functionality and speed. Like, yeah, they can survive without it, but they're not thriving, you know? ⭐

🦋 kwalitee_indicators

No Kwalitee Indicator. That's literally it. Nothing here. Move along 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • Module::CPANTS::Analyse — go look at that one next, bestie 💖

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Gábor Szabó <https://metacpan.org/author/szabgab>

Copyright © 2006–2008 Gábor Szabó <https://metacpan.org/author/szabgab>

You may use and distribute this module according to the same terms that Perl is distributed under. Slay, honestly. 💜

And that's the whole page, bestie!! 🦋 This little cutie is from perl v5.40.1, dated 2026-07-05, and it's the Module...ompiler(3pm) page — go forth and know whether your module needs a compiler, mwah 💋🌸

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