NAME

       UNIVERSAL::exports - Lightweight, universal exporting of variables

SYNOPSIS

         package Foo;
         use UNIVERSAL::exports;

         # Just like Exporter.
         @EXPORT       = qw($This &That);
         @EXPORT_OK    = qw(@Left %Right);

         # Meanwhile, in another piece of code!
         package Bar;
         use Foo;  # exports $This and &That.

DESCRIPTION

       This is an alternative to Exporter intended to provide a universal, lightweight subset of
       its functionality.  It uses Exporter::Lite, so look there for details.

       Additionally, "exports()" is provided to find out what symbols a module exports.

       UNIVERSAL::exports places its methods in the UNIVERSAL namespace, so there is no need to
       subclass from it.

Methods

       UNIVERSAL::exports has two public methods, import() derived from Exporter::Lite, and
       exports().

       import
             Some::Module->import;
             Some::Module->import(@symbols);

           This is Exporter::Lite's import() method.  Look in Exporter::Lite for details.

       exports
             @exported_symbols = Some::Module->exports;
             Some::Module->exports($symbol);

           Reports what symbols are exported by Some::Module.  With no arguments, it simply
           returns a list of all exportable symbols.  Otherwise, it reports if it will export a
           given $symbol.

DIAGNOSTICS

       '"%s" is not exported by the %s module'
           Attempted to import a symbol which is not in @EXPORT or @EXPORT_OK.

       'Can\'t export symbol: %s'
           Attempted to import a symbol of an unknown type (ie. the leading $@% salad wasn't
           recognized).

AUTHORS

       Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com>

BUGS and ISSUES

       Please report bugs and issues via <http://rt.cpan.org>

LICENSE and COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2001, 2006 Michael G Schwern

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.

       See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>

SEE ALSO

       Other ways to Export: Exporter, Exporter::Lite, Sub::Exporter, Exporter::Simple

       The Perl 6 RFC that started it all:  <http://dev.perl.org/rfc/257.pod>

       More UNIVERSAL magic:  UNIVERSAL::require