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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.

#first_release( UTILITY )

Requires a UTILITY name as an argument, returns the perl version when that utility first appeared in core as ordered by perl version number or undef ( in scalar context ) or an empty list ( in list context ) if that utility is not in core.

#first_release_by_date( UTILITY )

Requires a UTILITY name as an argument, returns the perl version when that utility first appeared in core as ordered by release date or undef ( in scalar context ) or an empty list ( in list context ) if that utility is not in core.