I have been faced with the problem of choosing the 'right' module before and am curious to know how people select modules to use.

1. Search CPAN
2. narrow my selection down by reading the synopsis
3. and then depending on how big the library is I:
• read the module's source code
• unpack the distro and add my own .t files to the test directory

If the feature the module offers is critical then I do both items for #3.

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