Binary package “libtrue-perl” in ubuntu oracular
automatically return a true value when a file is required
Perl's require builtin (and its use wrapper) requires the files it loads to
return a true value. This is usually accomplished by placing a single
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1;
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statement at the end of included scripts or modules. It's not onerous to add
but it's a speed bump on the Perl novice's road to enlightenment.
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This module packages this "return true" behaviour so that it need not be
written explicitly.