NAME

Pod::Stripper - strip all pod, and output what's left

SYNOPSIS

    $>perl Stripper.pm

or

    #!/usr/bin/perl -w

    use strict;
    use Pod::Stripper;

    my $Stripper = new Pod::Stripper();

    $Stripper->parse_from_filehandle(\*STDIN) unless (@ARGV);

    for my $ARGV (@ARGV) {
        $Stripper->parse_from_file($ARGV);
    }

DESCRIPTION

This be Pod::Stripper, a subclass of Pod::Parser. It parses perl files, stripping out the pod, and dumping the rest (presumably code) to wherever you point it to (like you do with Pod::Parser).

You could probably subclass it, but I don't see why.

MOTIVATION

I basically re-wrote Pod::Stripper on two separate occasions, and I know at least 2 other people who'd use it, and thought It'd make a nice addition.

perl -MPod::Stripper -e"Pod::Stripper->new()->parse_from_file(shift)" Stripper.pm

EXPORTS

None. This one be object oriented (at least I'm under the impression that it is).

SEE ALSO

Pod::Parser and Pod::Parser, esp. the input_* and output_* methods

CAVEAT

This module will correctly strip out get rid of hidden pod, and preserve hiddencode, but like all pod parsers except perl, it will be fooled by pod in heredocs (or things like that).

see perlpod and read Stripper.pm for more information.

AUTHOR

D.H. aka crazyinsomniac|at|yahoo.com.

LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2002 by D.H. aka crazyinsomniac|at|yahoo.com. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

PROPS

props to all the perlmonks at perlmonks.org, and especiall danger and the ones who showed interest in Pod::Stripper

http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=Pod::Stripper

The Following is more interesting if you read Stripper.pm raw

TEST CASE FOLLOWS - NOT POD NOR CODE

==head2 HEY THIS POD TOO (REALLy, == is valid, although some parsers might disagree)

podchecker will not complain

ABTEST print "THIS IS HIDDEN POD";

CUT

had to make sure

I AM INSIDE A HEREDOC

WHERE ARE YOU?

I AM HIDDEN POD INSIDE A HEREDOC warn "really, I am"

BOO

but hey, if the pod inside a heredoc gets eaten by a pod parser (as it shoulD) I see no problem here

WELL IF THIS WASN'T AFTER __END__ "this would still be hidden pod";

THIS REALLY IS AN UGLY HACK

yes, it is

cpanm Pod::Stripper

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Pod::Stripper