NAME

BW::Constants - Commonly used constants

SYNOPSIS

  use BW::Constants;

  sub x { blah blah; return SUCCESS }
  sub y { blah blah; return FAILURE }

CONSTANTS

TRUE

The value 1 for use in logical tests and conditionals.

SUCCESS

The value 1 for use as a return value to indicate success.

FALSE

The value '' for use in logical tests and conditionals. Note: This is what perl uses internally for false as it avoids ambiguity with numeric 0.

FAILURE

The value '' for use as a return value to indicate failure.

CR

ASCII Carriage Return.

LF

ASCII Line Feed.

CRLF

CR + LF ... suitable for MIME line endings and other things.

EMPTY

The value '' for use as an empty string.

VOID

The value undef for use as a non-value return.

AUTHOR

Written by Bill Weinman <http://bw.org/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1995-2010 The BearHeart Group, LLC

HISTORY

    2010-02-02 bw 1.2   -- first CPAN release
    2007-10-20 bw       -- added CR, LF, and CRLF
    2007-10-18 bw       -- initial release.