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NAME

Module::CoreList::Utils - what utilities shipped with versions of perl

SYNOPSIS

use Module::CoreList::Utils;

print $Module::CoreList::Utils::utilities{5.009003}{ptar}; # prints 1

print Module::CoreList::Utils->first_release('corelist');           # prints 5.008009
print Module::CoreList::Utils->first_release_by_date('corelist');   # prints 5.009002

DESCRIPTION

Module::CoreList::Utils provides information on which core and dual-life utilities shipped with each version of perl.

It provides a number of mechanisms for querying this information.

There is a functional programming API available for programmers to query information.

Programmers may also query the contained hash structure to find relevant information.

FUNCTIONS API

These are the functions that are available, they may either be called as functions or class methods:

Module::CoreList::Utils::first_release('corelist'); # as a function

Module::CoreList::Utils->first_release('corelist'); # class method
utilities

Requires a perl version as an argument, returns a list of utilities that shipped with that version of perl, or undef/empty list if that perl doesn't exist.