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package UNIVERSAL::cant
package UNIVERSAL
- cant
- can::t
__END__
EOF

NAME

UNIVERSAL::cant - See if an object or package cant do something

VERSION

This document describes cant version 0.0.1

SYNOPSIS

    use UNIVERSAL::cant;

    ...

    if( $self->cant('dance') ) {
	    $self->take_lessons('dance') or die "Loser can't dance";
    }
    else {
	    $self->dance( { 'with' => 'Rhiannon'} );
    }

DESCRIPTION

Provides UNIVERSAL methods that is the opposite of can().

INTERFACE

Two simple methods described below.

cant()

Takes the same arguments as can(), returns true if it can't do the specified args, returns false if it can

can't()

Same as cant() but with an apostrophy.

Thanks to Tatsuhiko Miyagawa for the idea for the apostrophy version, bravo :)

DIAGNOSTICS

cant() throws no warnings or errors itself

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

cant requires no configuration files or environment variables.

DEPENDENCIES

None

INCOMPATIBILITIES

None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-cant@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

AUTHOR

Daniel Muey <http://drmuey.com/cpan_contact.pl>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

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

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

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