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NAME
       Pod::Simple::Debug -- put Pod::Simple into trace/debug mode
SYNOPSIS
        use Pod::Simple::Debug (5);  # or some integer
       Or:
        my $debuglevel;
        use Pod::Simple::Debug (\$debuglevel, 0);
        ...some stuff that uses Pod::Simple to do stuff, but which
         you don't want debug output from...
        $debug_level = 4;
        ...some stuff that uses Pod::Simple to do stuff, but which
         you DO want debug output from...
        $debug_level = 0;
DESCRIPTION
       This is an internal module for controlling the debug level (a.k.a.
       trace level) of Pod::Simple.  This is of interest only to Pod::Simple
       developers.
CAVEATS
       Note that you should load this module before loading Pod::Simple (or
       any Pod::Simple-based class).  If you try loading Pod::Simple::Debug
       after &Pod::Simple::DEBUG is already defined, Pod::Simple::Debug will
       throw a fatal error to the effect that "it's s too late to call
       Pod::Simple::Debug".
       Note that the "use Pod::Simple::Debug (\$x, somenum)" mode will make
       Pod::Simple (et al) run rather slower, since &Pod::Simple::DEBUG won't
       be a constant sub anymore, and so Pod::Simple (et al) won't compile
       with constant-folding.
GUTS
       Doing this:
         use Pod::Simple::Debug (5);  # or some integer
       is basically equivalent to:
         BEGIN { sub Pod::Simple::DEBUG () {5} }  # or some integer
         use Pod::Simple ();
       And this:
         use Pod::Simple::Debug (\$debug_level,0);  # or some integer
       is basically equivalent to this:
         my $debug_level;
         BEGIN { $debug_level = 0 }
         BEGIN { sub Pod::Simple::DEBUG () { $debug_level }
         use Pod::Simple ();
SEE ALSO
       Pod::Simple
       The article "Constants in Perl", in The Perl Journal issue 21.  See
       <http://interglacial.com/tpj/21/>;
SUPPORT
       Questions or discussion about POD and Pod::Simple should be sent to the
       pod-people AT perl.org mail list. Send an empty email to
       pod-people-subscribe AT perl.org to subscribe.
       This module is managed in an open GitHub repository,
       <https://github.com/theory/pod-simple/>;. Feel free to fork and
       contribute, or to clone <git://github.com/theory/pod-simple.git>; and
       send patches!
       Patches against Pod::Simple are welcome. Please send bug reports to
       <bug-pod-simple AT rt.org>.
COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
       Copyright (c) 2002 Sean M. Burke.
       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the same terms as Perl itself.
       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
       without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of
       merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
AUTHOR
       Pod::Simple was created by Sean M. Burke <sburke AT cpan.org>.  But don't
       bother him, he's retired.
       Pod::Simple is maintained by:
       o   Allison Randal "allison AT perl.org"
       o   Hans Dieter Pearcey "hdp AT cpan.org"
       o   David E. Wheeler "dwheeler AT cpan.org"

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