Pattern: Use of */$null in module manifest
Issue: -
To improve the performance of module auto-discovery, module manifests should not use wildcards ('*') or null ($null) in the following entries:
AliasesToExportCmdletsToExportFunctionsToExportVariablesToExport
The use of wildcards or null has the potential to cause PowerShell to perform expensive work to analyse a module during module auto-discovery.
Use an explicit list in the entries.
Suppose there are no functions in your module to export. Then,
Example of incorrect code:
FunctionsToExport = $nullExample of correct code:
FunctionToExport = @()Suppose there are only two functions in your module, Get-Foo and Set-Foo that you want to export. Then,
Example of incorrect code:
FunctionsToExport = '*'Example of correct code:
FunctionToExport = @(Get-Foo, Set-Foo)