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  # NAME
  
  META::constants - distribution related constants from META info
  
  # SYNOPSIS
  
  ```
  use META::constants $?DISTRIBUTION;
  
  say NAME;
  say DESCRIPTION;
  say VERSION;
  say API;
  say AUTH;
  say AUTHORS;
  say SOURCE-URL;
  say CREDITS;
  
  ```
  
  # DESCRIPTION
  
  META::constants provides an easy way to access information in a module's META information. It is intended to be called inside the code of a module only, although anything that provides a `.meta` method, can be used.
  
  # EXPORTED CONSTANTS
  
  * NAME - the "name" field
  * DESCRIPTION - the "description" field
  * VERSION - the "version" field as a Version object
  * AUTH - the "auth" field
  * API - the "api" field
  * AUTHORS - the "authors" field, joined by ', '
  * SOURCE-URL - the "source-url" field with ".git" removed
  * CREDITS - a credit text created from above
  * META - the meta information hash itself
  
  # AUTHOR
  
  Elizabeth Mattijsen [liz@raku.rocks](mailto:liz@raku.rocks)
  
  Source can be located at: <https://github.com/lizmat/META-constants> . Comments and Pull Requests are welcome.
  
  If you like this module, or what I’m doing more generally, committing to a [small sponsorship](https://github.com/sponsors/lizmat/) would mean a great deal to me!
  
  # COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
  
  Copyright 2022, 2024 Elizabeth Mattijsen
  
  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.
  