CPAN Modules - Extra Debugging v. Extra Dependencies

[David Cantrell]

On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 09:50:14AM +0000, Nicholas Clark wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 10:56:21PM -0800, Jonathan Lloyd wrote:
> > But optionally, I can include some terrific debugging with:
> >    - XML::Handler::YAWriter
> >    - XML::Parser::PerlSAX
> Can you have the best of both worlds by making the extra debugging
> conditional on the modules being loaded?

And offer the user the option to install them along with your module by
asking him in Makefile.PL whether to do so:

my $extras = prompt("Install XML::Handler::YAWriter and XML::Parser::PerlSAX for
great debugging justice? [Y/n]", "Y");

WriteMakefile(
  ...
  PREREQ_PM => {
    ...
    ($extras =~ /^y/i) ? (
        map { $_ => 0 } qw(XML::Handler::YAWriter XML::Parser::PerlSAX)
    ) : ()
);

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