What is this???

ddrumguy has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have recently downloaded a script that contains the following


use strict;
use Date::Format;
use Time::ParseDate;
use Integer_DateTime;
use Storable;
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i recognize Date::Fromat and Time::ParseDate as Modules

but am unsure what the Integer_DateTime is... is it some kind od pseudo module or ??? - also I searched elsewhere in the script for "Integer_DateTime" and could find nothing.

Same with Storable.

any thoughts

thanks

Edit Masem - 2002-01-21 - Added CODE and other tags.

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Re: What is this??? by BazB (Priest) on Jan 21, 2002 at 19:27 UTC
CPAN is your friend. Storable: persistency for perl data structures - that wasn't so hard, was it? Couldn't find anything on `Integer_DateTime`, but I've only spent 5 seconds looking. Update: OK, after spending a minute or so searching for info on `Integer_DateTime`, I gave up. ddrumguy, can you post a link to the script so we can have a look at what it's doing? Further Update: The AnonyMonk's post below is pretty much what I suspect - some sort of module the author of the script has written to support it. It should be noted, however, that not every module on CPAN is of the form `Group::Function` (i.e. `Net::POP3`) - CGI and the aforementioned Storable are obvious exceptions.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: What is this??? by Anonymous Monk on Jan 21, 2002 at 22:22 UTC
Integer_DateTime is most likely some module written by the same guy that wrote the script. Try to look around where you found the script itself, it is very unlikely to be found at CPAN for instance (it doesn't follow the name "standard" for one thing).	[reply]
Re: What is this??? by jonjacobmoon (Pilgrim) on Jan 21, 2002 at 19:40 UTC
You probably tried this, but have you commented out the two lines that use the modules to see if it still works, maybe you don't really need them? I admit it, I am Paco.	[reply]