---
name: "Pinto::PackageSpec"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "pinto"
version: "0.97+dfsg-5"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Pinto::PackageSpec"
---

# Pinto::PackageSpec(3pm)

Specifies a package by name and version

## NAME

Pinto::PackageSpec - Specifies a package by name and version

## VERSION

version 0.097

## METHODS

### is\_core

### is\_core(in =\> $version)

Returns true if this package is satisfied by the perl core as-of a particular version.  If the version is not specified, it defaults to whatever version you are using now.

### is\_perl()

Returns true if this package is perl itself.

### to\_string()

Serializes this PackageSpec to its string form.  This method is called whenever the PackageSpec is evaluated in string context.

## AUTHOR

Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer \<jeff@stratopan.com\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer.

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