Module...Depends(3pm)

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, say hi to Module::Math::Depends — it's a whole convenience object for messing with module dependencies ✨

(it lives in the perl man pages as 3pm, which is giving very "user contributed perl documentation" energy, and honestly? iconic.)

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so basically this is a lil convenience module 🎀 it started life as part of Module::Inspector but then it got released on its own, separately, because the hope was that people might find it useful in other contexts too 🦋

that's it. that's the lore. 💅

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✨ METHODS ✨

🌈 new

my $deps = Module::Math::Depends->new;

makes a brand new, empty dependency set 🫶 it's a blank slate, a fresh start, main character energy fr fr.

💜 from_hash

my $deps = Module::Math::Depends->from_hash( \%modules );

makes a new dependency set out of a raw hashref of module names and versions ⭐ so you hand it a hashref and it does the whole glow-up into a proper dep set.

🍓 add_module

$deps->add_module( 'My::Module' => '1.23' );

adds exactly one module dependency to the set. one. single. module. no cap. 🙈

it returns true, or it dies on error 😭 (dramatic but fair).

👑 merge

$my_deps->merge( $your_deps );

the merge method takes another dependency set and merges it into the current one 💖 and here's the tea: where both sets contain the same module, it keeps the highest version. no downgrades in this house, periodt.

returns true or dies on error 💀

🧚 as_string

print $depends->as_string;

converts the dependency set into a simple printable string ✨ yes queen, stringify it.

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🫶 SUPPORT 🫶

this module is stored in an Open Repository at the following address:

<http://svn.ali.as/cpan/trunk/Module-Math-Depends>

write access to the repository is made available automatically to any published CPAN author, and to most other volunteers on request 🌸

if you're able to submit your bug report in the form of new (failing) unit tests, or can apply your fix directly instead of submitting a patch, you are strongly encouraged to do so 👑 because the author currently maintains over 100 modules and it can take some time to deal with non-Critcal bug reports or patches 😭

this will guarentee that your issue will be addressed in the next release of the module ✨

if you cannot provide a direct test or fix, or don't have time to do so, then regular bug reports are still accepted and appreciated via the CPAN bug tracker 💜

<http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Module-Math-Depends>

for other issues, for commercial enhancement or support, or to have your write access enabled for the repository, contact the author at the email address above 🎀

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🌟 AUTHORS 🌟

Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>

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💅 COPYRIGHT 💅

Copyright 2006 - 2008 Adam Kennedy.

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

the full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

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okay that's the whole page bestie, no notes 💖 this was perl v5.34.0, dated 2022-06-15, and it was filed under Module...Depends(3pm) — mwah, slay, bye 🎀✨