---
name: "Pod::Abstract::Serial"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libpod-abstract-perl"
version: "0.20-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Pod::Abstract::Serial"
---

# Pod::Abstract::Serial(3pm)

generate a global sequence of serial numbers.

## NAME

Pod::Abstract::Serial - generate a global sequence of serial numbers.

## DESCRIPTION

Used to number Pod::Abstract::Node elements for identification.

## BUGS

This will cause problems with Pod::Abstract documents frozen to disk using Data::Dumper etc, unless `"set"` is used to bump the number above the highest number read.

Or just serialise your document with `"$node->pod"` instead!

## AUTHOR

Ben Lilburne \<bnej@mac.com\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2009 Ben Lilburne

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