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Pod::Simple::Debug – put Pod::Simple into trace/debug mode

use Pod::Simple::Debug (5); # or some integer

Or:

my $debuglevel; use Pod::Simple::Debug (\$debuglevel, 0); …some stuff that uses Pod::Simple to do stuff, but which you dont want debug output from… $debug_level = 4; …some stuff that uses Pod::Simple to do stuff, but which you DO want debug output from… $debug_level = 0;

This is an internal module for controlling the debug level (a.k.a. trace level) of Pod::Simple. This is of interest only to Pod::Simple developers.

Note that you should load this module before loading Pod::Simple (or any Pod::Simple-based class). If you try loading Pod::Simple::Debug after &Pod::Simple::DEBUG is already defined, Pod::Simple::Debug will throw a fatal error to the effect that It’s too late to call Pod::Simple::Debug.

Note that the use Pod::Simple::Debug (\$x, =/=somenum=/)= mode will make Pod::Simple (et al) run rather slower, since &Pod::Simple::DEBUG won’t be a constant sub anymore, and so Pod::Simple (et al) won’t compile with constant-folding.

Doing this:

use Pod::Simple::Debug (5); # or some integer

is basically equivalent to:

BEGIN { sub Pod::Simple::DEBUG () {5} } # or some integer use Pod::Simple ();

And this:

use Pod::Simple::Debug (\$debug_level,0); # or some integer

is basically equivalent to this:

my $debug_level; BEGIN { $debug_level = 0 } BEGIN { sub Pod::Simple::DEBUG () { $debug_level } use Pod::Simple ();

Pod::Simple

The article Constants in Perl, in The Perl Journal issue 21. See http://interglacial.com/tpj/21/

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This module is managed in an open GitHub repository, https://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple/. Feel free to fork and contribute, or to clone <git://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple.git> and send patches!

Patches against Pod::Simple are welcome. Please send bug reports to <bug-pod-simple@rt.cpan.org>.

Copyright (c) 2002 Sean M. Burke.

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

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Pod::Simple was created by Sean M. Burke <sburke@cpan.org>. But don’t bother him, he’s retired.

Pod::Simple is maintained by:

• Allison Randal allison@perl.org
• Hans Dieter Pearcey hdp@cpan.org
• David E. Wheeler dwheeler@cpan.org