NAME

Object::Import - a perl module that lets you import methods of a perl
object or class to a package as plain functions.

USAGE

    use Object::Import $object;
    foo(@bar); # now means $object->foo(@bar);


See the pod documentation in the Object::Import module for more details
on how to use this module.

DEPENDENCIES

Perl version 5.6 or later is required to use this module.
If you have perl version 5.10.0 or later, you shouldn't need any more prerequisites to use this module.
Otherwise, you may need to install the following modules.

    mro OR MRO::Compat
    Scalar::Util
    Test::More *
    File::Temp *
    Math::BigInt *

(The modules marked with a star are needed only for testing.)

This is a pure perl module, so you won't need a C compiler to build it.

INSTALLING

First, you should get the latest release of the module from CPAN,
under the distribution name Object-Import.

After that, you can install the module like any other perl module that
uses ExtUtils::MakeMaker.  For example, use these commands.

   tar xzf Object-Import-1.VVV.tar.gz
   cd Object-Import-1.VVV
   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

Where 1.VVV is the version number of the module you've got.  

If you're not familiar with the procedure of installing a perl module,
you may want to read 
"http://search.cpan.org/~jesse/perl-5.12.2/pod/perlmodinstall.pod".

BUGS

Please report bugs using the CPAN bug tracker (under the distribution
name Object-Import), or, failing that, to C<ambrus@math.bme.hu>.

CREDITS

The primary author and maintainer of this module is Zsban Ambrus
C<ambrus@math.bme.hu>.  Some of the code was written by Max Maischein, who
also gave the motivation to turn a prototype to the full module you see.
Thanks to exussum0 for the original inspiration.

COPYING

Copyright (C) Zsban Ambrus 2010

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of either the GNU General Public License version 3, 
as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the "Artistic License"
which comes with perl.  

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.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

A copy of the GNU General Public License can be found in the
source tree of this module under the name "GPL", or else see
"http://www.gnu.org/licenses/".  A copy of the Artistic License can
be found in the source tree under the name "ARTISTIC", or else see
"http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/JESSE/perl-5.12.2/pod/perlartistic.pod".