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  my $content = Devel::PatchPerl::Hints->hint_file();

=over

=item C<hint_file>

Takes an optional argument which is the OS name ( as would be returned by C<$^O> ).
By default it will use C<$^O>.

In a scalar context, Will return the decoded content of the C<hints> file suitable for writing straight to a
file handle or undef list if there isn't an applicable C<hints> file for the given or derived
OS.

If called in a list context, will return a list, the first item will be the name of the C<hints> file that
will need to be amended, the second item will be a string with the decoded content of the C<hints> file suitable
for writing straight to a file handle. Otherwise an empty list will be returned.

=item C<hints>

Takes no arguments, returns a list of OS names for which there are C<hints> files.

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