NAME
Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
SYNOPSIS
use Module::CoreList;
print $Module::CoreList::version{5.00503}{CPAN}; # prints 1.48
print Module::CoreList->first_release('File::Spec'); # prints 5.00503
print Module::CoreList->first_release('File::Spec', 0.82); # prints 5.006001
print join ", ", @{ $Module::CoreList::families{5.005} };
# prints "5.005, 5.00503, 5.00504"DESCRIPTION
Module::CoreList contains the hash of hashes %Module::CoreList::version, this is keyed on perl version as indicated in $]. The second level hash is module => version pairs.
Note, it is possible for the version of a module to be unspecified, whereby the value is undef, so use exists $version{$foo}{$bar} if that's what you're testing for.
It also contains %Module::CoreList::released hash, which has ISO formatted versions of the release dates, as gleaned from perlhist
New, in 1.96 is also the %Module::CoreList::families hash, which clusters known perl releases by their major versions.
CAVEATS
Module::CoreList currently only covers the 5.003_07, 5.004, 5.004_05, 5.005, 5.005_03, 5.005_04, 5.6.0, 5.6.1, 5.6.2, 5.7.3, 5.8.0, 5.8.1, 5.8.2, 5.8.3, 5.8.4, 5.8.5, 5.8.6, 5.9.0, and 5.9.1 releases of perl.
Producing this information can be rather time consuming so patches are welcomed for other versions.
HISTORY
Moved to Changes file
AUTHOR
Richard Clamp <richardc@unixbeard.net>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Richard Clamp. All Rights Reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.