Perl::PrereqScanner::Scanner::Perl5(3)

NAME
Perl::PrereqScanner::Scanner::Perl5 - scan for core Perl 5 language indicators of required modules

VERSION
version 1.011

DESCRIPTION
This scanner will look for the following indicators:

•   plain lines beginning with "use" or "require" in your perl modules and scripts, including minimum perl version

•   regular inheritance declared with the "base" and "parent" pragmata

Since Perl does not allow you to supply a version requirement with a "require" statement, the scanner will check the statement after the "require Module" to see if it is "Module->VERSION( minimum_version );".

In order to provide a minimum version, that method call must meet the following requirements:

•   it must be the very next statement after "require Module". Nothing can separate them but whitespace and comments (and one semicolon).

•   "Module" must be a bareword, and match the "require" exactly.

•   "minimum_version" must be a literal number, v-string, or single-quoted string. Double quotes are not allowed.

AUTHORS

•   Jerome Quelin

•   Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2009 by Jerome Quelin.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.