NAME

AppConfig::Const - Constant definitions for other AppConfig::* modules.

SYNOPSIS

use AppConfig::Const;

use AppConfig::Const qw(:expand);

OVERVIEW

AppConfig::Const is a Perl5 module which defines and optionally exports constants for use in other AppConfig::* modules and perl programs that use them.

DESCRIPTION

USING THE AppConfig::Const MODULE

To import and use the AppConfig::Const module the following line should appear in your Perl script:

use AppConfig::Const;

To import the EXPAND_* constants, specify ':expand' as an option:

use AppConfig::Const ':expand';

CONSTANT DEFINITIONS

Constants defined in the AppConfig::Const module may be accessed explicitly by package:

use AppConfig::Const;
print "EXPAND_VAR: ", $AppConfig::Const::EXPAND_VAR, "\n";

or by first importing a set of constants:

use AppConfig::Const ':expand';
print "EXPAND_VAR: ", EXPAND_VAR, "\n";

EXPAND_*

The ':expand' tagset defines the following constants:

EXPAND_NONE
EXPAND_VAR
EXPAND_UID 
EXPAND_ENV
EXPAND_ALL       # EXPAND_VARS | EXPAND_UIDS | EXPAND_ENVS
EXPAND_WARN

See AppConfig::File for details of the use of these constants.

AUTHOR

Andy Wardley, <abw@cre.canon.co.uk>

Web Technology Group, Canon Research Centre Europe Ltd.

REVISION

$Revision: 0.1 $

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1998 Canon Research Centre Europe Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

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

SEE ALSO

AppConfig, AppConfig::State, AppConfig::File, AppConfig::Args