Exporter-Tiny: an exporter with the features of Sub::Exporter but only core dependencies

Exporter-Tiny is a Perl distribution including Exporter::Tiny and Exporter::Shiny.

An exporter is a module which implements an import method which allows other modules to import functions and variables into its namespace.

Exporters are essential for modular, functional programming in Perl.

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Features for You

Generators

Generate a coderef on-the-fly to be installed into your caller's package.

Easy Config

Just use @EXPORT , @EXPORT_OK , and %EXPORT_TAGS .

Zero dependencies

Exporter::Tiny only uses core Perl modules.

Features for Your User

Lexical Imports

On newer versions of Perl (or if optional dependencies are installed), your caller can import your functions lexically.

Renaming

Your caller can choose a different name for imported functions.

A quick example

Using Exporter::Tiny directly

package MyUtils {
  use base "Exporter::Tiny";
  our @EXPORT_OK = qw( frobnicate );

  sub frobnicate {
    ...;
  }
}

use MyUtils 'frobnicate' => { -as => 'frob' };

print frob( 42 ), "\n";

Using the Exporter::Shiny shortcut

package MyUtils {
  use Exporter::Shiny qw( frobnicate );

  sub frobnicate {
    ...;
  }
}

use MyUtils 'frobnicate' => { -as => 'frob' };

print frob( 42 ), "\n";

Download

Download from the CPAN

Exporter-Tiny is available for most Linux and BSD distributions. See installation advice .

Arch Linux	perl-exporter-tiny
Debian	libexporter-tiny-perl
Fedora OS	perl-Exporter-Tiny
Manjaro	perl-exporter-tiny
Redhat	perl-Exporter-Tiny
SuSE	perl-Exporter-Tiny
Ubuntu	libexporter-tiny-perl
FreeBSD	p5-Exporter-Tiny

What is Perl?

Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was developed by Larry Wall in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions. In 1998, it was also referred to as the "duct tape that holds the Internet together."

Exporter-Tiny

an exporter with the features of Sub::Exporter but only core dependencies