Scalar-IfDefined The README is used to introduce the module and provide instructions on how to install the module, any machine dependencies it may have (for example C compilers and installed libraries) and any other information that should be provided before the module is installed. A README file is required for CPAN modules since CPAN extracts the README file from a module distribution so that people browsing the archive can use it to get an idea of the module's uses. It is usually a good idea to provide version information here so that people can decide whether fixes for the module are worth downloading. INSTALLATION To install this module, run the following commands: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc Scalar::IfDefined You can also look for information at: RT, CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here) http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Scalar-IfDefined AnnoCPAN, Annotated CPAN documentation http://annocpan.org/dist/Scalar-IfDefined CPAN Ratings http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Scalar-IfDefined Search CPAN http://search.cpan.org/dist/Scalar-IfDefined/ LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2014 Nick Booker This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License. See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.