Source: libsub-exporter-perl Maintainer: Debian Perl Group Uploaders: Damyan Ivanov , Ansgar Burchardt , gregor herrmann Section: perl Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl Priority: optional Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13) Build-Depends-Indep: libdata-optlist-perl , libsub-install-perl , perl Standards-Version: 4.6.2 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libsub-exporter-perl Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libsub-exporter-perl.git Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/Sub-Exporter Rules-Requires-Root: no Package: libsub-exporter-perl Architecture: all Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, libdata-optlist-perl, libsub-install-perl Description: sophisticated exporter for custom-built routines When you use a perl module, first it is "required" function used, then its import method is called. . Sub::Exporter provides a sophisticated alternative to Exporter.pm. It allows for renaming, currying/sub-generation etc. . Sub::Exporter builds a custom exporter which can then be installed into your module. It builds this method based on configuration passed to its setup_exporter method.