in reply to Testing for valid package names

Greetings boftx.

There's already a Module for that. I just saw it a bit ago. Might save you some unnecessary trouble, unless of course you're doing this for the "experience". :)
I'll see if I can find it again, and post back with a link. If you want to try yourself; I seem to remember it being in the CPAN namespace.

--Chris

#!/usr/bin/perl -Tw
use Perl::Always or die;
my $perl_version = (5.12.5);
print $perl_version;

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Re^2: Testing for valid package names
by boftx (Deacon) on Nov 25, 2013 at 21:27 UTC

    Hi Chris, that wouldn't surprise me at all.

    I'm doing this partly to keep my hand in on some stuff that I don't typically use, as well as try to (re-)invent a better mousetrap with regards to other modules that don't let me do things as easily as I think it might be as possible to do so. More to follow on that once the package is fleshed out more. :)

    It helps to remember that the primary goal is to drain the swamp even when you are hip-deep in alligators.
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      COMPLETELY understood.

      I'm bad that way myself. :)
      While it doesn't look complete, CPAN-Index might provide some helpful bits for your needs (project).

      Good luck, and have fun.

      --Chris

      #!/usr/bin/perl -Tw
use Perl::Always or die;
my $perl_version = (5.12.5);
print $perl_version;
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      This might give you a nice index object to run your search against:
      CPAN-Index-API.

      --Chris

      #!/usr/bin/perl -Tw
use Perl::Always or die;
my $perl_version = (5.12.5);
print $perl_version;
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