NAME

Time::Duration::Object::Infinite - Time::Duration::Object, but infinite

VERSION

version 0.302

SYNOPSIS

 use Time::Duration::Object::Infinite;

 my $duration = Time::Duration::Object::Infinite->new_future;

 # It will happen forever from now.
 print "It will happen ", $duration->from_now;

DESCRIPTION

This is a class for Time::Duration::Object-like objects representing infinite durations.

PERL VERSION

This library should run on perls released even a long time ago. It should work on any version of perl released in the last five years.

Although it may work on older versions of perl, no guarantee is made that the minimum required version will not be increased. The version may be increased for any reason, and there is no promise that patches will be accepted to lower the minimum required perl.

METHODS

new

new_positive

These methods return a new Time::Duration::Object::Infinite for a positive duration.

new_negative

This returns a new Time::Duration::Object::Infinite for a negative duration.

new_seconds

This method returns either +inf or -inf using Math::BigInt. (I don't recommend calling it.)

duration

duration_exact

These methods both return "forever."

ago

ago_exact

These methods return "forever ago" for positive durations and "forever from now" for negative durations.

from_now

from_now_exact

These methods do the opposite of the ago methods.

later

later_exact

These methods return "infinitely later" for positive durations and "infinitely earlier" for negative durations.

earlier

earlier_exact

These methods do the opposite of the later methods.

concise

This method can be called on the result of the above methods, trimming down the ouput. For example:

 my $duration = Time::Duration::Object::Infinite->new_positive;
 print $duration->ago; # forever ago
 print $duration->ago->concise # forever ago

Doesn't look any shorter, does it? No, it won't be. These methods are here for compatibility with Time::Duration::Object's returns.

AUTHOR

Ricardo SIGNES <cpan@semiotic.systems>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2004 by Ricardo SIGNES.

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

cpanm Time::Duration::Object

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Time::Duration::Object