Source: liblist-maker-perl Section: perl Priority: optional Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), libmodule-build-perl, perl Build-Depends-Indep: libtest-pod-coverage-perl, libtest-pod-perl Maintainer: Debian Perl Group Uploaders: Salvatore Bonaccorso Standards-Version: 3.9.6 Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/List-Maker Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/liblist-maker-perl.git Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/liblist-maker-perl Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl Package: liblist-maker-perl Architecture: all Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends} Multi-Arch: foreign Description: Perl module to generate more sophisticated lists than just $a..$b The List::Maker module hijacks Perl's built-in file globbing syntax (< *.pl > and glob '*.pl') and retargets it at list creation. . The rationale is simple: most people rarely if ever glob a set of files, but they have to create lists in almost every program they write. So the list construction syntax should be easier than the filename expansion syntax. . Alternatively, you can load the module with an explicit name, and it creates a subroutine of that name that builds the same kinds of lists for you (leaving the globbing mechanism unaltered).