Source: libexporter-lite-perl Maintainer: Debian Perl Group Uploaders: Ansgar Burchardt , Florian Schlichting Section: perl Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl Priority: optional Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9) Build-Depends-Indep: perl Standards-Version: 3.9.6 Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-perl/packages/libexporter-lite-perl.git Vcs-Git: git://anonscm.debian.org/pkg-perl/packages/libexporter-lite-perl.git Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/Exporter-Lite Package: libexporter-lite-perl Architecture: all Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends} Description: lightweight subset of Exporter Exporter::Lite is an alternative to Exporter, intended to provide a lightweight subset of the most commonly-used functionality. It supports import(), @EXPORT and @EXPORT_OK and not a whole lot else. . Unlike Exporter, it is not necessary to inherit from Exporter::Lite (ie. no @ISA = qw(Exporter::Lite) mantra). Exporter::Lite simply exports its import() function into your namespace. This might be called a "mix-in" or a "role". . Setting up a module to export its variables and functions is simple: . package My::Module; use Exporter::Lite; . @EXPORT = qw($Foo bar); . Functions and variables listed in the @EXPORT package variable are automatically exported if you use the module and don't explicitly list any imports. Now, when you use My::Module, $Foo and bar() will show up.