Module:...ll::Base(3)

💖 Module::Install::Base(3) — the glow-up base class 💖

okay bestie, so this is the user contributed Perl documentation for Module::Install::Base — a.k.a. the nepo-baby base class that every Module::Install extension inherits from, and honestly? it's giving quiet luxury. lowkey the whole extension ecosystem runs on this thing. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

Module::Install::Base — the base class for Module::Install extensions, periodt. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

so when you're writing a Module::Install extension, you start with this vibe check:

use Module::Install::Base ();
@ISA = qw(Module::Install::Base);

literally that's it. iconic, no notes. ✨

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

this module hands out the essential methods that all Module::Install extensions need — most importantly the shared constructor "new" and the method dispatcher "AUTOLOAD". it's the main character of the inheritance chain, fr fr. 👑

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🦋 METHODS 🦋

• new(%args) — the constructor! it takes %args and you need to preserve at least _top. like, do not lose _top, bestie, it's sacred. 🙏
• AUTOLOAD — the main dispatcher. it copies extensions if they're missing. iykyk. 🔥
• _top() — returns the top-level Module::Install object. your mom, basically. 👑
• admin() — returns the "_top" object's associated Module::Install::Admin object on the first run (i.e. when there was no inc/ when the program started). on subsequent (user-side) runs? it returns a fake admin object whose "AUTOLOAD" method is empty and does absolutely nothing at all. fake it till you make it energy, honestly. 🙈
• is_admin() — tells you whether this is the first run of the installer (the author's side). that means: there was no inc/ at program start. True if that's the case, False otherwise. simple as that. ✅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Module::Install — go read it, bestie, it's the whole ecosystem. 🫶

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🎀 AUTHORS 🎀

Audrey Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org> — a real one. 👑

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⭐ COPYRIGHT ⭐

Copyright 2003, 2004 by Audrey Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org>. 📝

this program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. 🐪

See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html> — the receipts, right there. 💖

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ngl bestie, take the licensing seriously. it's not a vibe, it's a legal vibe. 😭

okay that's the whole page, bestie — no cap, we got every single detail. this was perl v5.42.0, dated 2023-04-29, and it's the Module:...ll::Base(3) page, slay. go forth and inherit responsibly. 💅✨🦋