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  return sort keys %hints;
}

qq'nudge nudge wink wink';

__END__

=pod

=encoding UTF-8

=head1 NAME

Devel::PatchPerl::Hints - replacement 'hints' files

=head1 VERSION

version 2.14

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  use Devel::PatchPerl::Hints;

  if ( my $content = Devel::PatchPerl::Hints->hint_file() ) {
    chmod 0644, 'hints/netbsd.sh' or die "$!";
    open my $hints, '>', 'hints/netbsd.sh' or die "$!";
    print $hints $content;
    close $hints;
  }

  # Get a list of OS for which we have hints

  my @os = Devel::PatchPerl::Hints->hints();

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Sometimes there is a problem with Perls C<hints> file for a particular
perl port. This module provides fixed C<hints> files encoded using
C<MIME::Base64>.

=head1 FUNCTION

The function is exported, but has to implicitly imported into the
requesting package.

  use Devel::PatchPerl::Hints qw[hint_file];

It may also be called as a class method:

  use Devel::PatchPerl::Hints;

  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.

=back

=head1 AUTHOR

Chris Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk>

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2025 by Chris Williams and Marcus Holland-Moritz.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

=cut