NAME

Parrot::Configure::Messages - Introduce and conclude Parrot configuration process

SYNOPSIS

    use Parrot::Configure::Messages qw(
        print_introduction
        print_conclusion
    );

    print_introduction($parrot_version);

    $rv = print_conclusion( $conf, $make, $args );

DESCRIPTION

Parrot::Configure::Messages exports on demand two subroutines which print messages to STDOUT when Configure.pl is run.

SUBROUTINES

print_introduction()

• Purpose

  Print the Parrot version, the version of Configure.pl, the copyright notice and a message introducing the Parrot configuration process.

• Arguments

  One argument: String holding the Parrot version number (currently supplied by Parrot::BuildUtil::parrot_version()).

• Return Value

  Implicit true value when print returns successfully.

• Comment

print_conclusion()

• Purpose

  Prints a message announcing the conclusion of the Parrot configuration process and instructing the user to run make.

• Arguments

      $rv = print_conclusion( $conf, $make, $args );

  List of three arguments: the Parrot::Configure object; the string holding the version of make located by the configuration process; and the hash reference which is the first element in the list returned by Parrot::Configure::Options::process_options().

• Return Value

  Returns true value when configuration is successful and message has been printed. Otherwise return value is undefined.

NOTES

The functionality in this package was transferred from Configure.pl by Jim Keenan.

SEE ALSO

Configure.pl.