---
name: "ouse"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-mouse"
version: "2.6.2-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ouse"
---

# ouse(3pm)

syntactic sugar to make Mouse one-liners easier

## NAME

ouse - syntactic sugar to make Mouse one-liners easier

## SYNOPSIS

```
  # create a Mouse class on the fly ...
  perl -Mouse=Foo -e 'has bar => ( is=>q[ro], default => q[baz] ); print Foo->new->bar' # prints baz
  # loads an existing class (Mouse or non-Mouse)
  # and re-"opens" the package definition to make
  # debugging/introspection easier
  perl -Mouse=+My::Class -e 'print join ", " => __PACKAGE__->meta->get_method_list'
```

## DESCRIPTION

*ouse.pm* is a simple source filter that adds `"package $name; use Mouse;"` to the beginning of your script and was entirely created because typing perl `"-e'package Foo; use Mouse; ...'"` was annoying me... especially after getting used to having `"-Moose"` for Moose.

## INTERFACE

`"ouse"` provides exactly one method and it is automatically called by perl:

- "oose-\>import()"\>

  Pass a package name to import to be used by the source filter.

## DEPENDENCIES

You will need Filter::Simple and eventually Mouse

## INCOMPATIBILITIES

None reported. But it is a source filter and might have issues there.

## SEE ALSO

oose for `"perl -Moose -e '...'"`

## AUTHOR

For all intents and purposes, blame:

Chris Prather  `"<perigrin@cpan.org>"`

...who wrote oose.pm, which was adapted for use by Mouse by:

Ricardo SIGNES `"<rjbs@cpan.org>"`

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2008 Shawn M Moore.

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