There are a lot of things we should be able to do without a module, but that's not reality. Modules like Test::Prereq, Test::Pod, Test::Distribution, and so on help us figure out what we forgot to do.

You might be able to track prerequisites without a module, but that tasks gets harder when it's more than a couple people working on the code or the code base gets larger. There's no reason to tell someone that they shouldn't use a computer to check their work. :)

Module::ScanDeps is okay, but it's better to actually run the code and see what it uses rather than parse the code and guess.

There's no reason to tell someone that they shouldn't use a computer to check their work. :)

It's a good thing I didn't suggest that then ;)

Module::ScanDeps is okay, but it's better to actually run the code and see what it uses rather than parse the code and guess.

Sure, but Test::Prereq is overkill.

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