
=head1 NAME

Mouse::XS - A Mouse guts in XS

=head1 VERSION

This document describes Mouse version 0.97

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Mouse has an optional XS implementation, which is automatically built
and used if available. According to benchmarks, this is about 2 times
faster than Mouse::PurePerl.

=head2 INSTALL

The XS implementation are selected by default, but you can force it by
passing the C<--xs> option to F<Makefile.PL>.

    perl Makefile.PL --xs

If you do not want to build the XS implementation, you can pass the C<--pp>
option to F<Makefile.PL>.

    perl Makefile.PL --pp

=head2 The MOUSE_PUREPERL (or PERL_ONLY) environment variable

It can be used to enable the use of Mouse::PurePerl in order to test
and debug programs that use Mouse.

=head1 DEPENDENCIES

The XS implementation requires Perl 5.8.1 or later, and a C compiler.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<Mouse>

L<Mouse::PurePerl>

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