use Module::CoreList; no warnings 'void'; sub { my( $said, $pm ) = @_; my $module = $said->{recommended_args}->[0]; my $rev = Module::CoreList->first_release( $module ); if( $rev ) { print "Added to perl core as of $rev" } else { my @modules = Module::CoreList->find_modules(qr/$module/); if ( @modules ){ print 'Found', scalar @modules, ':', join ',' , map {$_.' in '. Module::CoreList->first_release( $_ ) } @modules; } else { print "Module $module does not appear to be in core. Perhaps capitalization matters or try using the 'cpan' command to search for it." } } }; __DATA__ Tells you when the module you searched for was added to the Perl Core, if it was.