I'm currently working on a module and have most of the coding finished. One area I'm not sure about is whether or not I should put required "use" statements in the module or should the documentation specify that the end user add the appropriate ones in their program?

The next step is embedding module documentation but, having never done this (embedding it in the module) before, I could use some advice.

I searched a bit on this site, but received too many hits and was unable to narrow the keywords down. I noticed c's post Call for (gentle) critique. and think that it would serve as an excellent example to use as a template. Is there anything in addition to this example that I should add?

If anyone can point me to other good documentation on the subject, I would appreciate it greatly. 

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In reply to Documenting a Module by jlongino

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