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

    $>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);
    }

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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 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

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

podchecker will not complain

print ">>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I AM NOT HIDDEN POD. PERL WILL EXECUTE ME";

had to make sure

WHERE ARE YOU?

print "AND I AM HIDDEN CODE INSIDE A HEREDOC";

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

print "AND THIS WOULD STILL BE HIDDEN CODE";

yes, it is