Bug#617324: ITP: libtrue-perl -- Perl module to automatically return a true value when a file is required

[Ivan Kohler <ivan-debian@420.am>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Ivan Kohler <ivan-debian@420.am>

* Package name    : libtrue-perl
  Version         : 0.16
  Upstream Author : chocolateboy, <chocolate@cpan.org>
* URL             : http://search.cpan.org/dist/true
* License         : Perl
  Programming Lang: Perl
  Description     : Perl module to automatically return a true value when a file is required

Perl's require builtin (and its use wrapper) requires the files it loads
to return a true value. This is usually accomplished by placing a single

    1;

statement at the end of included scripts or modules. It's not onerous to
add but it's a speed bump on the Perl novice's road to enlightenment. In
addition, it appears to be a non-sequitur to the uninitiated, leading
some to attempt to mitigate its appearance with a comment:

    1; # keep require happy

or:

    1; # Do not remove this line

or even:

    1; # Must end with this, because Perl is bogus.

This module packages this "return true" behaviour so that it need not
be written explicitly. It can be used directly, but it is intended to be
invoked from the import method of a Modern::Perl-style module that enables
modern Perl features and conveniences and cleans up legacy Perl warts.