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NAME
Text::Password::Pronounceable - Generate pronounceable passwords

SYNOPSIS
# Generate a pronounceable password that is between 6 and 10 characters.
Text::Password::Pronounceable->generate(6, 10);

# Ditto
my $pp = Text::Password::Pronounceable->new(6, 10);
$pp->generate;

DESCRIPTION
This module generates pronuceable passwords, based the the English
digraphs by D Edwards.

METHODS
new
$pp = Text::Password::Pronounceable->new($min, $max);
$pp = Text::Password::Pronounceable->new($len);

Construct a password factory with length limits of $min and $max. Or
create a password factory with fixed length if only one argument is
provided.

generate
$pp->generate;
$pp->generate($len);
$pp->generate($min, $max);

Text::Password::Pronounceable->generate($len);
Text::Password::Pronounceable->generate($min, $max);

Generate password. If used as an instance method, arguments override
the factory settings.

HISTORY
This code derived from mpw.pl, a bit of code with a sordid history.

* CPAN module by Chia-liang Kao 9/11/2006.

* Perl cleaned up a bit by Jesse Vincent 1/14/2001.

* Converted to perl from C by Marc Horowitz, 1/20/2000.

* Converted to C from Multics PL/I by Bill Sommerfeld, 4/21/86.

* Original PL/I version provided by Jerry Saltzer.

LICENSE
Copyright 2006 by Best Practical Solutions, LLC.

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

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