This is the Perl distribution Scalar-Properties. ## Installation Scalar-Properties installation is straightforward. If your CPAN shell is set up, you should just be able to do % cpan Scalar::Properties Download it, unpack it, then build it as per the usual: % perl Makefile.PL % make && make test Then install it: % make install ## Documentation Scalar-Properties documentation is available as in POD. So you can do: % perldoc Scalar::Properties to read the documentation with your favorite pager.