Re: executable only Perl distributions & CPAN

On 09/12/2018 08:02 AM, David Cantrell wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 07, 2018 at 01:18:28PM -0700, Karen Etheridge wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 12:59 PM, Diab Jerius <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I see two options:
>>> 1.  Create an empty package which gets indexed; or
>>> 2.  Add an entry to the "provides" field mapping the distribution's
>>> "package" name (App::pltvectors) to the script file.
>> Option 1 is correct -- create an App::pltvectors module which is indexable
>> and installable.  However, it doesn't need to be an empty package -- not
>> only can it contain documentation for your script, but it could also
>> contain most of the functionality from the script as well, turning the
>> script into a wrapper that calls the module. That also allows others to
>> make use of the code in their own scripts.
> 
> It would also make it easier to write tests for your code - you'd be
> able to load the module and call individual methods in it and check
> their return values and side-effects instead of having to shell out to
> the script a zillion times.
> 

+1 to that as well!