META::constants - distribution related constants from META info
use META::constants $?DISTRIBUTION;
say NAME;
say DESCRIPTION;
say VERSION;
say AUTH;
say AUTHORS;
say SOURCE-URL;
say CREDITS;
META::constants provides an easy way to access information in a module's META information. It is intended to be called inside the code of a module only, although anything that provides a .meta
method, can be used.
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NAME - the "name" field
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DESCRIPTION - the "description" field
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VERSION - the "version" field as a Version object
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AUTH - the "auth" field
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AUTHORS - the "authors" field, joined by ', '
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SOURCE-URL - the "source-url" field with ".git" removed
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CREDITS - a credit text created from above
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META - the meta information hash itself
Elizabeth Mattijsen [email protected]
Source can be located at: https://github.com/lizmat/META-constants . Comments and Pull Requests are welcome.
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Copyright 2022, 2024 Elizabeth Mattijsen
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.