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

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  CAVEATS  GUTS  SEE ALSO  SUPPORT  COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS  AUTHOR 

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NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

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 don't 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;

DESCRIPTION

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.

CAVEATS

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.

GUTS

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 ();

SEE ALSO

Pod::Simple

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

SUPPORT

Questions or discussion about POD and Pod::Simple should be sent to the pod−[email protected] mail list. Send an empty email to pod−people−[email protected] to subscribe.

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−[email protected]>.

COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS

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.

AUTHOR

Pod::Simple was created by Sean M. Burke <[email protected]>. But don’t bother him, he’s retired.

Pod::Simple is maintained by:

	•		Allison Randal "[email protected]"
	•		Hans Dieter Pearcey "[email protected]"
	•		David E. Wheeler "[email protected]"

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