NAME Pod::Usage::Return - pod2usage that returns instead of exits VERSION version 0.003 SYNOPSIS use Pod::Usage::Return qw( pod2usage ); exit pod2usage(0); sub main { return pod2usage("ERROR: An error occurred!") if $ERROR; } exit pod2usage( -exitval => 1, -message => 'ERROR: An error occurred' ); DESCRIPTION This is a drop-in replacement for Pod::Usage "pod2usage" that returns the exit value instead of calling exit. RATIONALE Testing that your command-line script works is a good thing. It's a lot easier to test a module, so writing your command-line script as a module ("modulino") makes it easier to test. Unfortunately, Pod::Usage automatically calls "exit", which again makes it harder to test your script. There is a way to prevent Pod::Usage from exiting, but it makes using Pod::Usage a lot less convenient. This module provides a drop-in "pod2usage" replacement that returns the exit code instead of exiting, so that you can easily test your script while using Pod::Usage. FUNCTIONS pod2usage See Pod::Usage for documentation. Returns the exit code instead of calling exit(). AUTHOR Doug Bell COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Doug Bell. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.