NAME

       builtin::compat - Provide builtin functions for older perl versions

SYNOPSIS

         use builtin::compat qw(
           true
           false
           is_bool
           inf
           nan
           weaken
           unweaken
           is_weak
           blessed
           refaddr
           reftype
           created_as_string
           created_as_number
           stringify
           ceil
           floor
           trim
           indexed
           load_module
         );

DESCRIPTION

       Provides builtin functions for perl versions that do not include the builtin module.

       No functions are exported by default.

       This module does its best to behave similar to builtin, which creates its exported functions as lexicals.
       The functions will be created in the currently compiling scope, not the immediate caller of
       "builtin::compat->import".  The functions will also be removed at the end of the compilation scope using
       namespace::clean.

       The builtin functions will be used directly when they are available.

FUNCTIONS

       true
           See "true" in builtin.

       false
           See "false" in builtin.

       is_bool
           See "is_bool" in builtin.

           Prior  to perl 5.36, it was not possible to track boolean values fully accurately. This function will
           not be perfectly accurate on earlier perl versions.

       inf See "inf" in builtin.

       nan See "nan" in builtin.

       weaken
           See "weaken" in builtin.

       unweaken
           See "unweaken" in builtin.

       is_weak
           See "is_weak" in builtin.

       blessed
           See "blessed" in builtin.

       refaddr
           See "refaddr" in builtin.

       reftype
           See "reftype" in builtin.

       created_as_string
           See "created_as_string" in builtin.

           Prior to perl 5.36, it was not possible to check if a scalar value was created as a number  or  as  a
           string  fully  accurately.  This function will not be entirely accurate before then, but should be as
           accurate as is possible on these perl versions. In particular, a string like "12345"  that  has  been
           used  as  a  number  will  cause "create_as_string" to return false and "created_as_number" to return
           true.

       created_as_number
           See "created_as_number" in builtin.

           Has the same caveats as "created_as_string".

       stringify
           See "stringify" in builtin.

       ceil
           See "ceil" in builtin.

       floor
           See "floor" in builtin.

       trim
           See "trim" in builtin.

       indexed
           See "indexed" in builtin.

       load_module
           See "load_module" in builtin.

AUTHOR

       haarg - Graham Knop (cpan:HAARG) <haarg@haarg.org>

CONTRIBUTORS

       None so far.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2022 the builtin::compat "AUTHOR" and "CONTRIBUTORS" as listed above.

LICENSE

       This library is free software  and  may  be  distributed  under  the  same  terms  as  perl  itself.  See
       <https://dev.perl.org/licenses/>.

perl v5.40.0                                       2024-11-15                               builtin::compat(3pm)