Pod::Simple::Debug -- put Pod::Simple into trace/debug mode
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;
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.
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 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.
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 ();
The article "Constants in Perl", in The Perl Journal issue 21. See http://www.sysadminmag.com/tpj/issues/vol5_5/
Copyright (c) 2002 Sean M. Burke. All rights reserved.
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.
Sean M. Burke sburke@cpan.org