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1 | #!../miniperl |
2 | |
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3 | use strict; |
4 | use warnings; |
5 | |
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6 | $ENV{LC_ALL} = 'C'; |
7 | |
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8 | use FindBin; |
9 | chdir $FindBin::Bin or die "$0: Can't chdir $FindBin::Bin: $!"; |
10 | |
11 | my $Quiet = @ARGV && $ARGV[0] eq '-q'; |
12 | |
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13 | open (OUT, ">perlmodlib.pod") or die $!; |
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14 | my (@pragma, @mod, @files); |
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15 | |
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16 | # MANIFEST itself is Unix style filenames, so we have to assume that Unix style |
17 | # filenames will work. |
18 | |
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19 | open (MANIFEST, "../MANIFEST") or die $!; |
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20 | @files = grep m#(?:\.pm|\.pod|_pm\.PL)#, map {s/\s.*//s; $_} |
21 | grep {m#^lib# || m#^ext#} grep !m#/(?:t|demo)/#, <MANIFEST>; |
22 | |
23 | my %exceptions = ( |
24 | 'abbrev' => 'Text::Abbrev', |
25 | 'carp' => 'Carp', |
26 | 'getopt' => 'Getopt::Std', |
27 | 'B<CGI::Carp>' => 'CGI::Carp', |
28 | 'ModuleInfo' => 'Module::Build::ModuleInfo', |
29 | '$notes_name' => 'Module::Build::Notes', |
30 | 'Encode::MIME::NAME' => 'Encode::MIME::Name', |
31 | 'libnetFAQ' => 'Net::libnetFAQ', |
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32 | ); |
33 | |
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34 | for my $filename (@files) { |
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35 | unless (open MOD, '<', "../$filename") { |
36 | warn "Couldn't open ../$filename: $!"; |
37 | next; |
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38 | } |
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39 | |
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40 | my ($name, $thing); |
41 | my $foundit = 0; |
42 | { |
43 | local $/ = ""; |
44 | while (<MOD>) { |
45 | next unless /^=head1 NAME/; |
46 | $foundit++; |
47 | last; |
48 | } |
49 | } |
50 | unless ($foundit) { |
51 | warn "$filename missing =head1 NAME (OK if respective .pod exists)\n" |
52 | unless $Quiet; |
53 | next; |
54 | } |
55 | my $title = <MOD>; |
56 | chomp $title; |
57 | close MOD; |
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58 | |
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59 | ($name, $thing) = split / --? /, $title, 2; |
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60 | |
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61 | unless ($name and $thing) { |
62 | warn "$filename missing name\n" unless $name; |
63 | warn "$filename missing thing\n" unless $thing or $Quiet; |
64 | next; |
65 | } |
66 | |
67 | $name =~ s/[^A-Za-z0-9_:\$<>].*//; |
68 | $name = $exceptions{$name} || $name; |
69 | $thing =~ s/^perl pragma to //i; |
70 | $thing = ucfirst $thing; |
71 | $title = "=item $name\n\n$thing\n\n"; |
72 | |
73 | if ($name =~ /[A-Z]/) { |
74 | push @mod, $title; |
75 | } else { |
76 | push @pragma, $title; |
77 | } |
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78 | } |
79 | |
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80 | # Much easier to special case it like this than special case the depending on |
81 | # and parsing lib/Config.pod, or special case opening configpm and finding its |
82 | # =head1 (which is not found with the $/="" above) |
83 | push @mod, <<'CONFIG'; |
84 | =item Config |
85 | |
86 | Access Perl configuration information |
87 | |
88 | CONFIG |
89 | |
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90 | print OUT <<'EOF'; |
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91 | =for maintainers |
92 | Generated by perlmodlib.PL -- DO NOT EDIT! |
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93 | |
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94 | =head1 NAME |
95 | |
96 | perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones |
97 | |
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98 | =head1 THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY |
99 | |
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100 | Many modules are included in the Perl distribution. These are described |
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101 | below, and all end in F<.pm>. You may discover compiled library |
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102 | files (usually ending in F<.so>) or small pieces of modules to be |
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103 | autoloaded (ending in F<.al>); these were automatically generated |
104 | by the installation process. You may also discover files in the |
105 | library directory that end in either F<.pl> or F<.ph>. These are |
106 | old libraries supplied so that old programs that use them still |
107 | run. The F<.pl> files will all eventually be converted into standard |
108 | modules, and the F<.ph> files made by B<h2ph> will probably end up |
109 | as extension modules made by B<h2xs>. (Some F<.ph> values may |
110 | already be available through the POSIX, Errno, or Fcntl modules.) |
111 | The B<pl2pm> file in the distribution may help in your conversion, |
112 | but it's just a mechanical process and therefore far from bulletproof. |
113 | |
114 | =head2 Pragmatic Modules |
115 | |
116 | They work somewhat like compiler directives (pragmata) in that they |
117 | tend to affect the compilation of your program, and thus will usually |
118 | work well only when used within a C<use>, or C<no>. Most of these |
119 | are lexically scoped, so an inner BLOCK may countermand them |
120 | by saying: |
121 | |
122 | no integer; |
123 | no strict 'refs'; |
124 | no warnings; |
125 | |
126 | which lasts until the end of that BLOCK. |
127 | |
128 | Some pragmas are lexically scoped--typically those that affect the |
129 | C<$^H> hints variable. Others affect the current package instead, |
130 | like C<use vars> and C<use subs>, which allow you to predeclare a |
131 | variables or subroutines within a particular I<file> rather than |
132 | just a block. Such declarations are effective for the entire file |
133 | for which they were declared. You cannot rescind them with C<no |
134 | vars> or C<no subs>. |
135 | |
136 | The following pragmas are defined (and have their own documentation). |
137 | |
138 | =over 12 |
139 | |
140 | EOF |
141 | |
142 | print OUT $_ for (sort @pragma); |
143 | |
144 | print OUT <<EOF; |
145 | =back |
146 | |
147 | =head2 Standard Modules |
148 | |
149 | Standard, bundled modules are all expected to behave in a well-defined |
150 | manner with respect to namespace pollution because they use the |
151 | Exporter module. See their own documentation for details. |
152 | |
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153 | It's possible that not all modules listed below are installed on your |
154 | system. For example, the GDBM_File module will not be installed if you |
155 | don't have the gdbm library. |
156 | |
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157 | =over 12 |
158 | |
159 | EOF |
160 | |
161 | print OUT $_ for (sort @mod); |
162 | |
163 | print OUT <<'EOF'; |
164 | =back |
165 | |
166 | To find out I<all> modules installed on your system, including |
167 | those without documentation or outside the standard release, |
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168 | just use the following command (under the default win32 shell, |
169 | double quotes should be used instead of single quotes). |
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170 | |
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171 | % perl -MFile::Find=find -MFile::Spec::Functions -Tlwe \ |
172 | 'find { wanted => sub { print canonpath $_ if /\.pm\z/ }, |
173 | no_chdir => 1 }, @INC' |
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174 | |
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175 | (The -T is here to prevent '.' from being listed in @INC.) |
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176 | They should all have their own documentation installed and accessible |
177 | via your system man(1) command. If you do not have a B<find> |
178 | program, you can use the Perl B<find2perl> program instead, which |
179 | generates Perl code as output you can run through perl. If you |
180 | have a B<man> program but it doesn't find your modules, you'll have |
181 | to fix your manpath. See L<perl> for details. If you have no |
182 | system B<man> command, you might try the B<perldoc> program. |
183 | |
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184 | Note also that the command C<perldoc perllocal> gives you a (possibly |
185 | incomplete) list of the modules that have been further installed on |
186 | your system. (The perllocal.pod file is updated by the standard MakeMaker |
187 | install process.) |
188 | |
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189 | =head2 Extension Modules |
190 | |
191 | Extension modules are written in C (or a mix of Perl and C). They |
192 | are usually dynamically loaded into Perl if and when you need them, |
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193 | but may also be linked in statically. Supported extension modules |
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194 | include Socket, Fcntl, and POSIX. |
195 | |
196 | Many popular C extension modules do not come bundled (at least, not |
197 | completely) due to their sizes, volatility, or simply lack of time |
198 | for adequate testing and configuration across the multitude of |
199 | platforms on which Perl was beta-tested. You are encouraged to |
200 | look for them on CPAN (described below), or using web search engines |
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201 | like Alta Vista or Google. |
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202 | |
203 | =head1 CPAN |
204 | |
205 | CPAN stands for Comprehensive Perl Archive Network; it's a globally |
206 | replicated trove of Perl materials, including documentation, style |
207 | guides, tricks and traps, alternate ports to non-Unix systems and |
208 | occasional binary distributions for these. Search engines for |
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209 | CPAN can be found at http://www.cpan.org/ |
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210 | |
211 | Most importantly, CPAN includes around a thousand unbundled modules, |
212 | some of which require a C compiler to build. Major categories of |
213 | modules are: |
214 | |
215 | =over |
216 | |
217 | =item * |
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218 | |
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219 | Language Extensions and Documentation Tools |
220 | |
221 | =item * |
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222 | |
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223 | Development Support |
224 | |
225 | =item * |
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226 | |
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227 | Operating System Interfaces |
228 | |
229 | =item * |
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230 | |
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231 | Networking, Device Control (modems) and InterProcess Communication |
232 | |
233 | =item * |
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234 | |
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235 | Data Types and Data Type Utilities |
236 | |
237 | =item * |
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238 | |
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239 | Database Interfaces |
240 | |
241 | =item * |
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242 | |
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243 | User Interfaces |
244 | |
245 | =item * |
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246 | |
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247 | Interfaces to / Emulations of Other Programming Languages |
248 | |
249 | =item * |
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250 | |
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251 | File Names, File Systems and File Locking (see also File Handles) |
252 | |
253 | =item * |
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254 | |
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255 | String Processing, Language Text Processing, Parsing, and Searching |
256 | |
257 | =item * |
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258 | |
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259 | Option, Argument, Parameter, and Configuration File Processing |
260 | |
261 | =item * |
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262 | |
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263 | Internationalization and Locale |
264 | |
265 | =item * |
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266 | |
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267 | Authentication, Security, and Encryption |
268 | |
269 | =item * |
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270 | |
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271 | World Wide Web, HTML, HTTP, CGI, MIME |
272 | |
273 | =item * |
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274 | |
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275 | Server and Daemon Utilities |
276 | |
277 | =item * |
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278 | |
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279 | Archiving and Compression |
280 | |
281 | =item * |
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282 | |
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283 | Images, Pixmap and Bitmap Manipulation, Drawing, and Graphing |
284 | |
285 | =item * |
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286 | |
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287 | Mail and Usenet News |
288 | |
289 | =item * |
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290 | |
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291 | Control Flow Utilities (callbacks and exceptions etc) |
292 | |
293 | =item * |
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294 | |
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295 | File Handle and Input/Output Stream Utilities |
296 | |
297 | =item * |
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298 | |
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299 | Miscellaneous Modules |
300 | |
301 | =back |
302 | |
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303 | The list of the registered CPAN sites as of this writing follows. |
304 | Please note that the sorting order is alphabetical on fields: |
305 | |
306 | Continent |
307 | | |
308 | |-->Country |
309 | | |
310 | |-->[state/province] |
311 | | |
312 | |-->ftp |
313 | | |
314 | |-->[http] |
315 | |
316 | and thus the North American servers happen to be listed between the |
317 | European and the South American sites. |
318 | |
319 | You should try to choose one close to you. |
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320 | |
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321 | =head2 Africa |
322 | |
323 | =over 4 |
324 | |
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325 | =item South Africa |
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326 | |
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327 | http://ftp.rucus.ru.ac.za/pub/perl/CPAN/ |
328 | ftp://ftp.rucus.ru.ac.za/pub/perl/CPAN/ |
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329 | ftp://ftp.is.co.za/programming/perl/CPAN/ |
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330 | ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/CPAN/ |
331 | ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/CPAN/CPAN/ |
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332 | |
333 | =back |
334 | |
335 | =head2 Asia |
336 | |
337 | =over 4 |
338 | |
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339 | =item China |
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340 | |
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341 | http://cpan.linuxforum.net/ |
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342 | http://cpan.shellhung.org/ |
343 | ftp://ftp.shellhung.org/pub/CPAN |
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344 | ftp://mirrors.hknet.com/CPAN |
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345 | |
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346 | =item Indonesia |
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347 | |
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348 | http://mirrors.tf.itb.ac.id/cpan/ |
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349 | http://cpan.cbn.net.id/ |
350 | ftp://ftp.cbn.net.id/mirror/CPAN |
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351 | |
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352 | =item Israel |
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353 | |
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354 | ftp://ftp.iglu.org.il/pub/CPAN/ |
355 | http://cpan.lerner.co.il/ |
356 | http://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/ |
357 | ftp://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/ |
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358 | |
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359 | =item Japan |
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360 | |
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361 | ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/CPAN |
362 | ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/CPAN/ |
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363 | ftp://ftp.ayamura.org/pub/CPAN/ |
364 | ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ |
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365 | http://ftp.cpan.jp/ |
366 | ftp://ftp.cpan.jp/CPAN/ |
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367 | ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/pub/lang/CPAN/ |
368 | ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ |
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369 | |
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370 | =item Malaysia |
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371 | |
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372 | http://cpan.MyBSD.org.my |
373 | http://mirror.leafbug.org/pub/CPAN |
374 | http://ossig.mncc.com.my/mirror/pub/CPAN |
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375 | |
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376 | =item Russian Federation |
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377 | |
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378 | http://cpan.tomsk.ru |
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379 | ftp://cpan.tomsk.ru/ |
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380 | |
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381 | =item Saudi Arabia |
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382 | |
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383 | ftp://ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/CPAN/ |
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384 | |
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385 | =item Singapore |
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386 | |
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387 | http://CPAN.en.com.sg/ |
388 | ftp://cpan.en.com.sg/ |
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389 | http://mirror.averse.net/pub/CPAN |
390 | ftp://mirror.averse.net/pub/CPAN |
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391 | http://cpan.oss.eznetsols.org |
392 | ftp://ftp.oss.eznetsols.org/cpan |
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393 | |
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394 | =item South Korea |
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395 | |
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396 | http://CPAN.bora.net/ |
397 | ftp://ftp.bora.net/pub/CPAN/ |
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398 | http://mirror.kr.FreeBSD.org/CPAN |
399 | ftp://ftp.kr.FreeBSD.org/pub/CPAN |
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400 | |
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401 | =item Taiwan |
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402 | |
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403 | ftp://ftp.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/perl/CPAN |
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404 | http://cpan.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw/ |
405 | ftp://cpan.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN |
406 | http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN |
407 | ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN |
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408 | ftp://ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub1/perl/CPAN/ |
409 | http://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/ |
410 | ftp://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/ |
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411 | |
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412 | =item Thailand |
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413 | |
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414 | ftp://ftp.loxinfo.co.th/pub/cpan/ |
415 | ftp://ftp.cs.riubon.ac.th/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ |
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416 | |
417 | =back |
418 | |
419 | =head2 Central America |
420 | |
421 | =over 4 |
422 | |
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423 | =item Costa Rica |
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424 | |
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425 | http://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/Unix/CPAN/ |
426 | ftp://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/pub/Unix/CPAN/ |
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427 | |
428 | =back |
429 | |
430 | =head2 Europe |
431 | |
432 | =over 4 |
433 | |
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434 | =item Austria |
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435 | |
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436 | http://cpan.inode.at/ |
437 | ftp://cpan.inode.at |
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438 | ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at/pub/CPAN/ |
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439 | |
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440 | =item Belgium |
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441 | |
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442 | http://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/ |
443 | ftp://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/ |
444 | http://cpan.skynet.be |
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445 | ftp://ftp.cpan.skynet.be/pub/CPAN |
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446 | ftp://ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/mirror/CPAN/ |
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447 | |
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448 | =item Bosnia and Herzegovina |
449 | |
450 | http://cpan.blic.net/ |
451 | |
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452 | =item Bulgaria |
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453 | |
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454 | http://cpan.online.bg |
455 | ftp://cpan.online.bg/cpan |
456 | http://cpan.zadnik.org |
457 | ftp://ftp.zadnik.org/mirrors/CPAN/ |
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458 | http://cpan.lirex.net/ |
459 | ftp://ftp.lirex.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN |
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460 | |
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461 | =item Croatia |
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462 | |
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463 | http://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/ |
464 | ftp://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/ |
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465 | |
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466 | =item Czech Republic |
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467 | |
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468 | ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/CPAN/ |
469 | ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ |
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470 | |
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471 | =item Denmark |
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472 | |
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473 | http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/cpan/ |
474 | ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/cpan/ |
475 | http://cpan.cybercity.dk |
476 | http://www.cpan.dk/CPAN/ |
477 | ftp://www.cpan.dk/ftp.cpan.org/CPAN/ |
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478 | |
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479 | =item Estonia |
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480 | |
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481 | ftp://ftp.ut.ee/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ |
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482 | |
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483 | =item Finland |
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484 | |
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485 | ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ |
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486 | http://mirror.eunet.fi/CPAN |
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487 | |
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488 | =item France |
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489 | |
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490 | http://www.enstimac.fr/Perl/CPAN |
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491 | http://ftp.u-paris10.fr/perl/CPAN |
492 | ftp://ftp.u-paris10.fr/perl/CPAN |
493 | http://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/ |
494 | ftp://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/pub/ftp.cpan.org/ |
495 | ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/ |
496 | http://fr.cpan.org/ |
497 | ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/ |
498 | ftp://ftp.oleane.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ |
499 | ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/computing/CPAN/ |
500 | http://mir2.ovh.net/ftp.cpan.org |
501 | ftp://mir1.ovh.net/ftp.cpan.org |
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502 | http://ftp.crihan.fr/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/ |
503 | ftp://ftp.crihan.fr/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/ |
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504 | http://ftp.u-strasbg.fr/CPAN |
505 | ftp://ftp.u-strasbg.fr/CPAN |
5df44211 |
506 | ftp://cpan.cict.fr/pub/CPAN/ |
507 | ftp://ftp.uvsq.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/ |
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508 | |
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509 | =item Germany |
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510 | |
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511 | ftp://ftp.rub.de/pub/CPAN/ |
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512 | ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/ |
513 | ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/source/CPAN/ |
514 | ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/CPAN |
515 | http://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/CPAN/ |
516 | ftp://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/CPAN/ |
517 | http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ |
518 | ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ |
519 | ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/pub/soft/lang/perl/CPAN/ |
520 | ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/CPAN/ |
521 | http://cpan.noris.de/ |
522 | ftp://cpan.noris.de/pub/CPAN/ |
523 | ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/perl/CPAN/ |
524 | ftp://ftp.gmd.de/mirrors/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
525 | |
5df44211 |
526 | =item Greece |
4e860d0a |
527 | |
5c5c2539 |
528 | ftp://ftp.acn.gr/pub/lang/perl |
5df44211 |
529 | ftp://ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/languages/perl/CPAN |
530 | ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/perl/ |
4e860d0a |
531 | |
5df44211 |
532 | =item Hungary |
4e860d0a |
533 | |
5df44211 |
534 | http://ftp.kfki.hu/packages/perl/CPAN/ |
535 | ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/packages/perl/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
536 | |
5df44211 |
537 | =item Iceland |
4e860d0a |
538 | |
5df44211 |
539 | http://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/ |
540 | ftp://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
541 | |
5df44211 |
542 | =item Ireland |
4e860d0a |
543 | |
5df44211 |
544 | http://cpan.indigo.ie/ |
545 | ftp://cpan.indigo.ie/pub/CPAN/ |
5c5c2539 |
546 | http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN |
547 | ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN |
5df44211 |
548 | http://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/ |
549 | ftp://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/ |
4e860d0a |
550 | |
5df44211 |
551 | =item Italy |
4e860d0a |
552 | |
5df44211 |
553 | http://cpan.nettuno.it/ |
554 | http://gusp.dyndns.org/CPAN/ |
555 | ftp://gusp.dyndns.org/pub/CPAN |
556 | http://softcity.iol.it/cpan |
557 | ftp://softcity.iol.it/pub/cpan |
558 | ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/Other/CPAN/CPAN/ |
559 | ftp://ftp.unipi.it/pub/mirror/perl/CPAN/ |
560 | ftp://cis.uniRoma2.it/CPAN/ |
561 | ftp://ftp.edisontel.it/pub/CPAN_Mirror/ |
5c5c2539 |
562 | http://cpan.flashnet.it/ |
5df44211 |
563 | ftp://ftp.flashnet.it/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
564 | |
5df44211 |
565 | =item Latvia |
4e860d0a |
566 | |
5df44211 |
567 | http://kvin.lv/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
568 | |
5df44211 |
569 | =item Lithuania |
4e860d0a |
570 | |
5df44211 |
571 | ftp://ftp.unix.lt/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
572 | |
5df44211 |
573 | =item Netherlands |
4e860d0a |
574 | |
5df44211 |
575 | ftp://download.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/CPAN/ |
576 | ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/CPAN/ |
577 | ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ |
578 | http://cpan.cybercomm.nl/ |
579 | ftp://mirror.cybercomm.nl/pub/CPAN |
5c5c2539 |
580 | ftp://mirror.vuurwerk.nl/pub/CPAN/ |
5df44211 |
581 | ftp://ftp.cpan.nl/pub/CPAN/ |
582 | http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/CPAN |
583 | ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/CPAN |
584 | http://archive.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/ |
585 | ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
586 | |
5df44211 |
587 | =item Norway |
588 | |
589 | ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/languages/perl/CPAN |
590 | ftp://ftp.uit.no/pub/languages/perl/cpan/ |
591 | |
592 | =item Poland |
593 | |
2e75584a |
594 | ftp://ftp.mega.net.pl/CPAN |
5df44211 |
595 | ftp://ftp.man.torun.pl/pub/doc/CPAN/ |
596 | ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/CPAN/ |
597 | |
598 | =item Portugal |
599 | |
600 | ftp://ftp.ua.pt/pub/CPAN/ |
601 | ftp://perl.di.uminho.pt/pub/CPAN/ |
602 | http://cpan.dei.uc.pt/ |
603 | ftp://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/CPAN |
5c5c2539 |
604 | ftp://ftp.nfsi.pt/pub/CPAN |
605 | http://ftp.linux.pt/pub/mirrors/CPAN |
606 | ftp://ftp.linux.pt/pub/mirrors/CPAN |
5df44211 |
607 | http://cpan.ip.pt/ |
608 | ftp://cpan.ip.pt/pub/cpan/ |
5c5c2539 |
609 | http://cpan.telepac.pt/ |
610 | ftp://ftp.telepac.pt/pub/cpan/ |
4e860d0a |
611 | |
5df44211 |
612 | =item Romania |
4e860d0a |
613 | |
5c5c2539 |
614 | ftp://ftp.bio-net.ro/pub/CPAN |
5df44211 |
615 | ftp://ftp.kappa.ro/pub/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/ |
7a142657 |
616 | ftp://ftp.lug.ro/CPAN |
5c5c2539 |
617 | ftp://ftp.roedu.net/pub/CPAN/ |
5df44211 |
618 | ftp://ftp.dntis.ro/pub/cpan/ |
5c5c2539 |
619 | ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/ |
620 | http://cpan.ambra.ro/ |
621 | ftp://ftp.ambra.ro/pub/CPAN |
5df44211 |
622 | ftp://ftp.dnttm.ro/pub/CPAN/ |
623 | ftp://ftp.lasting.ro/pub/CPAN |
624 | ftp://ftp.timisoara.roedu.net/mirrors/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
625 | |
5df44211 |
626 | =item Russia |
4e860d0a |
627 | |
5df44211 |
628 | ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ |
629 | http://cpan.rinet.ru/ |
630 | ftp://cpan.rinet.ru/pub/mirror/CPAN/ |
631 | ftp://ftp.aha.ru/pub/CPAN/ |
7a142657 |
632 | ftp://ftp.corbina.ru/pub/CPAN/ |
5df44211 |
633 | http://cpan.sai.msu.ru/ |
634 | ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
635 | |
5df44211 |
636 | =item Slovakia |
4e860d0a |
637 | |
5df44211 |
638 | ftp://ftp.cvt.stuba.sk/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
639 | |
5df44211 |
640 | =item Slovenia |
4e860d0a |
641 | |
5df44211 |
642 | ftp://ftp.arnes.si/software/perl/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
643 | |
5df44211 |
644 | =item Spain |
4e860d0a |
645 | |
5df44211 |
646 | http://cpan.imasd.elmundo.es/ |
647 | ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/CPAN/ |
2e75584a |
648 | ftp://ftp.ri.telefonica-data.net/CPAN |
5df44211 |
649 | ftp://ftp.etse.urv.es/pub/perl/ |
4e860d0a |
650 | |
5df44211 |
651 | =item Sweden |
4e860d0a |
652 | |
5df44211 |
653 | http://ftp.du.se/CPAN/ |
654 | ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/CPAN/ |
5c5c2539 |
655 | http://mirror.dataphone.se/CPAN |
5df44211 |
656 | ftp://mirror.dataphone.se/pub/CPAN |
657 | ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
658 | |
5df44211 |
659 | =item Switzerland |
4e860d0a |
660 | |
7a142657 |
661 | http://cpan.mirror.solnet.ch/ |
662 | ftp://ftp.solnet.ch/mirror/CPAN/ |
5df44211 |
663 | ftp://ftp.danyk.ch/CPAN/ |
664 | ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
665 | |
5df44211 |
666 | =item Turkey |
4e860d0a |
667 | |
5df44211 |
668 | http://ftp.ulak.net.tr/perl/CPAN/ |
669 | ftp://ftp.ulak.net.tr/perl/CPAN |
670 | ftp://sunsite.bilkent.edu.tr/pub/languages/CPAN/ |
c165c82a |
671 | |
5df44211 |
672 | =item Ukraine |
c165c82a |
673 | |
5df44211 |
674 | http://cpan.org.ua/ |
675 | ftp://cpan.org.ua/ |
676 | ftp://ftp.perl.org.ua/pub/CPAN/ |
5c5c2539 |
677 | http://no-more.kiev.ua/CPAN/ |
678 | ftp://no-more.kiev.ua/pub/CPAN/ |
c165c82a |
679 | |
5df44211 |
680 | =item United Kingdom |
d4858812 |
681 | |
5df44211 |
682 | http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN |
683 | ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ |
684 | http://cpan.teleglobe.net/ |
685 | ftp://cpan.teleglobe.net/pub/CPAN |
5c5c2539 |
686 | http://cpan.mirror.anlx.net/ |
687 | ftp://ftp.mirror.anlx.net/CPAN/ |
7a142657 |
688 | http://cpan.etla.org/ |
689 | ftp://cpan.etla.org/pub/CPAN |
5df44211 |
690 | ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/CPAN/ |
691 | http://cpan.m.flirble.org/ |
692 | ftp://ftp.flirble.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ |
693 | ftp://ftp.plig.org/pub/CPAN/ |
5c5c2539 |
694 | http://cpan.hambule.co.uk/ |
5df44211 |
695 | http://cpan.mirrors.clockerz.net/ |
696 | ftp://ftp.clockerz.net/pub/CPAN/ |
697 | ftp://usit.shef.ac.uk/pub/packages/CPAN/ |
d4858812 |
698 | |
4e860d0a |
699 | =back |
700 | |
701 | =head2 North America |
702 | |
703 | =over 4 |
704 | |
5c5c2539 |
705 | =item Canada |
706 | |
7a142657 |
707 | =over 8 |
5c5c2539 |
708 | |
5df44211 |
709 | =item Alberta |
4e860d0a |
710 | |
5c5c2539 |
711 | http://cpan.sunsite.ualberta.ca/ |
712 | ftp://cpan.sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
713 | |
5df44211 |
714 | =item Manitoba |
4e860d0a |
715 | |
5df44211 |
716 | http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/ |
717 | ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
718 | |
5df44211 |
719 | =item Nova Scotia |
4e860d0a |
720 | |
5df44211 |
721 | ftp://cpan.chebucto.ns.ca/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
722 | |
5df44211 |
723 | =item Ontario |
4e860d0a |
724 | |
5c5c2539 |
725 | ftp://ftp.nrc.ca/pub/CPAN/ |
c165c82a |
726 | |
7a142657 |
727 | =back |
728 | |
5df44211 |
729 | =item Mexico |
c165c82a |
730 | |
5df44211 |
731 | http://cpan.azc.uam.mx |
732 | ftp://cpan.azc.uam.mx/mirrors/CPAN |
7a142657 |
733 | http://www.cpan.unam.mx/ |
734 | ftp://ftp.unam.mx/pub/CPAN |
5df44211 |
735 | http://www.msg.com.mx/CPAN/ |
736 | ftp://ftp.msg.com.mx/pub/CPAN/ |
c165c82a |
737 | |
5c5c2539 |
738 | =item United States |
d4858812 |
739 | |
7a142657 |
740 | =over 8 |
4e860d0a |
741 | |
5df44211 |
742 | =item Alabama |
4e860d0a |
743 | |
5df44211 |
744 | http://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/ |
745 | ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
746 | |
5df44211 |
747 | =item California |
4e860d0a |
748 | |
5df44211 |
749 | http://cpan.develooper.com/ |
750 | http://www.cpan.org/ |
751 | ftp://cpan.valueclick.com/pub/CPAN/ |
7a142657 |
752 | http://www.mednor.net/ftp/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ |
753 | ftp://ftp.mednor.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ |
5df44211 |
754 | http://mirrors.gossamer-threads.com/CPAN |
755 | ftp://cpan.nas.nasa.gov/pub/perl/CPAN/ |
756 | http://mirrors.kernel.org/cpan/ |
757 | ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/pub/CPAN |
7a142657 |
758 | http://cpan-sj.viaverio.com/ |
759 | ftp://cpan-sj.viaverio.com/pub/CPAN/ |
5df44211 |
760 | http://cpan.digisle.net/ |
761 | ftp://cpan.digisle.net/pub/CPAN |
762 | http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ |
7a142657 |
763 | http://www.uberlan.net/CPAN |
4e860d0a |
764 | |
5df44211 |
765 | =item Colorado |
4e860d0a |
766 | |
5df44211 |
767 | ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ |
7a142657 |
768 | http://cpan.four10.com |
4e860d0a |
769 | |
5df44211 |
770 | =item Delaware |
4e860d0a |
771 | |
5df44211 |
772 | http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/CPAN |
773 | ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/CPAN |
4e860d0a |
774 | |
5df44211 |
775 | =item District of Columbia |
4e860d0a |
776 | |
5df44211 |
777 | ftp://ftp.dc.aleron.net/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
778 | |
5df44211 |
779 | =item Florida |
c165c82a |
780 | |
5df44211 |
781 | ftp://ftp.cise.ufl.edu/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ |
782 | http://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/ |
783 | ftp://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/ |
784 | http://cpan.mirrors.nks.net/ |
c165c82a |
785 | |
5df44211 |
786 | =item Indiana |
4e860d0a |
787 | |
5df44211 |
788 | ftp://ftp.uwsg.iu.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ |
789 | http://cpan.netnitco.net/ |
790 | ftp://cpan.netnitco.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ |
791 | http://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/ |
792 | ftp://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/ |
5c5c2539 |
793 | http://fx.saintjoe.edu/pub/CPAN |
794 | ftp://ftp.saintjoe.edu/pub/CPAN |
5df44211 |
795 | http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN |
796 | ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN |
4e860d0a |
797 | |
5df44211 |
798 | =item Kentucky |
4e860d0a |
799 | |
5df44211 |
800 | http://cpan.uky.edu/ |
801 | ftp://cpan.uky.edu/pub/CPAN/ |
5c5c2539 |
802 | http://slugsite.louisville.edu/cpan |
803 | ftp://slugsite.louisville.edu/CPAN |
4e860d0a |
804 | |
5df44211 |
805 | =item Massachusetts |
4e860d0a |
806 | |
5c5c2539 |
807 | http://mirrors.towardex.com/CPAN |
808 | ftp://mirrors.towardex.com/pub/CPAN |
5df44211 |
809 | ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu/net/mirrors/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
810 | |
5df44211 |
811 | =item Michigan |
4e860d0a |
812 | |
5df44211 |
813 | ftp://cpan.cse.msu.edu/ |
2e75584a |
814 | http://cpan.calvin.edu/pub/CPAN |
815 | ftp://cpan.calvin.edu/pub/CPAN |
4e860d0a |
816 | |
5c5c2539 |
817 | =item Nevada |
818 | |
819 | http://www.oss.redundant.com/pub/CPAN |
820 | ftp://www.oss.redundant.com/pub/CPAN |
821 | |
5df44211 |
822 | =item New Jersey |
4e860d0a |
823 | |
5c5c2539 |
824 | http://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/ |
5df44211 |
825 | ftp://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/ |
826 | http://cpan.teleglobe.net/ |
827 | ftp://cpan.teleglobe.net/pub/CPAN |
4e860d0a |
828 | |
5df44211 |
829 | =item New York |
4e860d0a |
830 | |
5df44211 |
831 | http://cpan.belfry.net/ |
5c5c2539 |
832 | http://cpan.erlbaum.net/ |
833 | ftp://cpan.erlbaum.net/ |
5df44211 |
834 | http://cpan.thepirtgroup.com/ |
835 | ftp://cpan.thepirtgroup.com/ |
836 | ftp://ftp.stealth.net/pub/CPAN/ |
837 | http://www.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/ |
838 | ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/ |
4e860d0a |
839 | |
5df44211 |
840 | =item North Carolina |
4e860d0a |
841 | |
7a142657 |
842 | http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN |
843 | ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN |
5df44211 |
844 | ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/perl/ |
5c5c2539 |
845 | ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/mirror/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
846 | |
5df44211 |
847 | =item Oklahoma |
4e860d0a |
848 | |
5df44211 |
849 | ftp://ftp.ou.edu/mirrors/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
850 | |
5df44211 |
851 | =item Oregon |
4e860d0a |
852 | |
5df44211 |
853 | ftp://ftp.orst.edu/pub/CPAN |
4e860d0a |
854 | |
5df44211 |
855 | =item Pennsylvania |
4e860d0a |
856 | |
5df44211 |
857 | http://ftp.epix.net/CPAN/ |
858 | ftp://ftp.epix.net/pub/languages/perl/ |
859 | http://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/ |
860 | ftp://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/ |
861 | http://cpan.pair.com/ |
862 | ftp://cpan.pair.com/pub/CPAN/ |
863 | ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
864 | |
5df44211 |
865 | =item Tennessee |
4e860d0a |
866 | |
5df44211 |
867 | ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
868 | |
5df44211 |
869 | =item Texas |
4e860d0a |
870 | |
5df44211 |
871 | http://ftp.sedl.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ |
5c5c2539 |
872 | http://www.binarycode.org/cpan |
5df44211 |
873 | ftp://mirror.telentente.com/pub/CPAN |
5c5c2539 |
874 | http://mirrors.theonlinerecordstore.com/CPAN |
4e860d0a |
875 | |
5df44211 |
876 | =item Utah |
4e860d0a |
877 | |
5df44211 |
878 | ftp://mirror.xmission.com/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
879 | |
5df44211 |
880 | =item Virginia |
4e860d0a |
881 | |
7a142657 |
882 | http://cpan-du.viaverio.com/ |
883 | ftp://cpan-du.viaverio.com/pub/CPAN/ |
5df44211 |
884 | http://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/ |
885 | ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/ |
886 | http://perl.secsup.org/ |
887 | ftp://perl.secsup.org/pub/perl/ |
5c5c2539 |
888 | http://noc.cvaix.com/mirrors/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
889 | |
5c5c2539 |
890 | =item Washington |
4e860d0a |
891 | |
5df44211 |
892 | http://cpan.llarian.net/ |
893 | ftp://cpan.llarian.net/pub/CPAN/ |
894 | http://cpan.mirrorcentral.com/ |
895 | ftp://ftp.mirrorcentral.com/pub/CPAN/ |
896 | ftp://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/CPAN/ |
d4858812 |
897 | |
5df44211 |
898 | =item Wisconsin |
d4858812 |
899 | |
5df44211 |
900 | http://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/ |
901 | ftp://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/ |
7a142657 |
902 | http://mirror.aphix.com/CPAN |
903 | ftp://mirror.aphix.com/pub/CPAN |
4e860d0a |
904 | |
905 | =back |
906 | |
5c5c2539 |
907 | =back |
908 | |
4e860d0a |
909 | =head2 Oceania |
910 | |
911 | =over 4 |
912 | |
5df44211 |
913 | =item Australia |
4e860d0a |
914 | |
5df44211 |
915 | http://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/ |
916 | ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/ |
917 | ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/perl/CPAN/ |
918 | ftp://cpan.topend.com.au/pub/CPAN/ |
7a142657 |
919 | http://cpan.mirrors.ilisys.com.au |
4e860d0a |
920 | |
5df44211 |
921 | =item New Zealand |
d4858812 |
922 | |
5df44211 |
923 | ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/ |
5c5c2539 |
924 | |
925 | =item United States |
926 | |
927 | http://aniani.ifa.hawaii.edu/CPAN/ |
928 | ftp://aniani.ifa.hawaii.edu/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a |
929 | |
930 | =back |
931 | |
932 | =head2 South America |
933 | |
934 | =over 4 |
935 | |
5df44211 |
936 | =item Argentina |
4e860d0a |
937 | |
5df44211 |
938 | ftp://mirrors.bannerlandia.com.ar/mirrors/CPAN/ |
5c5c2539 |
939 | http://www.linux.org.ar/mirrors/cpan |
940 | ftp://ftp.linux.org.ar/mirrors/cpan |
4e860d0a |
941 | |
5df44211 |
942 | =item Brazil |
4e860d0a |
943 | |
5df44211 |
944 | ftp://cpan.pop-mg.com.br/pub/CPAN/ |
945 | ftp://ftp.matrix.com.br/pub/perl/CPAN/ |
5c5c2539 |
946 | http://cpan.hostsul.com.br/ |
947 | ftp://cpan.hostsul.com.br/ |
4e860d0a |
948 | |
5df44211 |
949 | =item Chile |
4e860d0a |
950 | |
5df44211 |
951 | http://cpan.netglobalis.net/ |
952 | ftp://cpan.netglobalis.net/pub/CPAN/ |
2e1d04bc |
953 | |
954 | =back |
955 | |
5df44211 |
956 | =head2 RSYNC Mirrors |
957 | |
7a142657 |
958 | www.linux.org.ar::cpan |
959 | theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca::CPAN |
960 | ftp.shellhung.org::CPAN |
961 | rsync.nic.funet.fi::CPAN |
962 | ftp.u-paris10.fr::CPAN |
963 | mir1.ovh.net::CPAN |
964 | rsync://ftp.crihan.fr::CPAN |
965 | ftp.gwdg.de::FTP/languages/perl/CPAN/ |
966 | ftp.leo.org::CPAN |
967 | ftp.cbn.net.id::CPAN |
968 | rsync://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN |
969 | ftp.iglu.org.il::CPAN |
970 | gusp.dyndns.org::cpan |
971 | ftp.kddlabs.co.jp::cpan |
972 | ftp.ayamura.org::pub/CPAN/ |
973 | mirror.leafbug.org::CPAN |
974 | rsync.en.com.sg::CPAN |
975 | mirror.averse.net::cpan |
976 | rsync.oss.eznetsols.org |
977 | ftp.kr.FreeBSD.org::CPAN |
978 | ftp.solnet.ch::CPAN |
979 | cpan.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw::CPAN |
980 | cpan.teleglobe.net::CPAN |
981 | rsync://rsync.mirror.anlx.net::CPAN |
982 | ftp.sedl.org::cpan |
983 | ibiblio.org::CPAN |
984 | cpan-du.viaverio.com::CPAN |
985 | aniani.ifa.hawaii.edu::CPAN |
986 | archive.progeny.com::CPAN |
987 | rsync://slugsite.louisville.edu::CPAN |
988 | mirror.aphix.com::CPAN |
989 | cpan.teleglobe.net::CPAN |
990 | ftp.lug.udel.edu::cpan |
991 | mirrors.kernel.org::mirrors/CPAN |
992 | mirrors.phenominet.com::CPAN |
993 | cpan.pair.com::CPAN |
994 | cpan-sj.viaverio.com::CPAN |
995 | mirror.csit.fsu.edu::CPAN |
996 | csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu::CPAN |
5df44211 |
997 | |
2e1d04bc |
998 | For an up-to-date listing of CPAN sites, |
4e860d0a |
999 | see http://www.cpan.org/SITES or ftp://www.cpan.org/SITES . |
2e1d04bc |
1000 | |
1001 | =head1 Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse |
1002 | |
1003 | (The following section is borrowed directly from Tim Bunce's modules |
1004 | file, available at your nearest CPAN site.) |
1005 | |
1006 | Perl implements a class using a package, but the presence of a |
1007 | package doesn't imply the presence of a class. A package is just a |
1008 | namespace. A class is a package that provides subroutines that can be |
1009 | used as methods. A method is just a subroutine that expects, as its |
1010 | first argument, either the name of a package (for "static" methods), |
1011 | or a reference to something (for "virtual" methods). |
1012 | |
1013 | A module is a file that (by convention) provides a class of the same |
1014 | name (sans the .pm), plus an import method in that class that can be |
1015 | called to fetch exported symbols. This module may implement some of |
1016 | its methods by loading dynamic C or C++ objects, but that should be |
1017 | totally transparent to the user of the module. Likewise, the module |
1018 | might set up an AUTOLOAD function to slurp in subroutine definitions on |
1019 | demand, but this is also transparent. Only the F<.pm> file is required to |
1020 | exist. See L<perlsub>, L<perltoot>, and L<AutoLoader> for details about |
1021 | the AUTOLOAD mechanism. |
1022 | |
1023 | =head2 Guidelines for Module Creation |
1024 | |
1025 | =over 4 |
1026 | |
ac634a9a |
1027 | =item * |
1028 | |
1029 | Do similar modules already exist in some form? |
2e1d04bc |
1030 | |
1031 | If so, please try to reuse the existing modules either in whole or |
1032 | by inheriting useful features into a new class. If this is not |
1033 | practical try to get together with the module authors to work on |
1034 | extending or enhancing the functionality of the existing modules. |
1035 | A perfect example is the plethora of packages in perl4 for dealing |
1036 | with command line options. |
1037 | |
1038 | If you are writing a module to expand an already existing set of |
1039 | modules, please coordinate with the author of the package. It |
1040 | helps if you follow the same naming scheme and module interaction |
1041 | scheme as the original author. |
1042 | |
ac634a9a |
1043 | =item * |
1044 | |
1045 | Try to design the new module to be easy to extend and reuse. |
2e1d04bc |
1046 | |
1047 | Try to C<use warnings;> (or C<use warnings qw(...);>). |
1048 | Remember that you can add C<no warnings qw(...);> to individual blocks |
1049 | of code that need less warnings. |
1050 | |
1051 | Use blessed references. Use the two argument form of bless to bless |
1052 | into the class name given as the first parameter of the constructor, |
1053 | e.g.,: |
1054 | |
1055 | sub new { |
1056 | my $class = shift; |
1057 | return bless {}, $class; |
1058 | } |
1059 | |
1060 | or even this if you'd like it to be used as either a static |
1061 | or a virtual method. |
1062 | |
1063 | sub new { |
1064 | my $self = shift; |
1065 | my $class = ref($self) || $self; |
1066 | return bless {}, $class; |
1067 | } |
1068 | |
1069 | Pass arrays as references so more parameters can be added later |
1070 | (it's also faster). Convert functions into methods where |
1071 | appropriate. Split large methods into smaller more flexible ones. |
1072 | Inherit methods from other modules if appropriate. |
1073 | |
1074 | Avoid class name tests like: C<die "Invalid" unless ref $ref eq 'FOO'>. |
1075 | Generally you can delete the C<eq 'FOO'> part with no harm at all. |
1076 | Let the objects look after themselves! Generally, avoid hard-wired |
1077 | class names as far as possible. |
1078 | |
1079 | Avoid C<< $r->Class::func() >> where using C<@ISA=qw(... Class ...)> and |
1080 | C<< $r->func() >> would work (see L<perlbot> for more details). |
1081 | |
1082 | Use autosplit so little used or newly added functions won't be a |
1083 | burden to programs that don't use them. Add test functions to |
1084 | the module after __END__ either using AutoSplit or by saying: |
1085 | |
1086 | eval join('',<main::DATA>) || die $@ unless caller(); |
1087 | |
1088 | Does your module pass the 'empty subclass' test? If you say |
1089 | C<@SUBCLASS::ISA = qw(YOURCLASS);> your applications should be able |
1090 | to use SUBCLASS in exactly the same way as YOURCLASS. For example, |
63acfd00 |
1091 | does your application still work if you change: C<< $obj = YOURCLASS->new(); >> |
1092 | into: C<< $obj = SUBCLASS->new(); >> ? |
2e1d04bc |
1093 | |
1094 | Avoid keeping any state information in your packages. It makes it |
1095 | difficult for multiple other packages to use yours. Keep state |
1096 | information in objects. |
1097 | |
1098 | Always use B<-w>. |
1099 | |
1100 | Try to C<use strict;> (or C<use strict qw(...);>). |
1101 | Remember that you can add C<no strict qw(...);> to individual blocks |
1102 | of code that need less strictness. |
1103 | |
1104 | Always use B<-w>. |
1105 | |
1106 | Follow the guidelines in the perlstyle(1) manual. |
1107 | |
1108 | Always use B<-w>. |
1109 | |
ac634a9a |
1110 | =item * |
1111 | |
1112 | Some simple style guidelines |
2e1d04bc |
1113 | |
1114 | The perlstyle manual supplied with Perl has many helpful points. |
1115 | |
1116 | Coding style is a matter of personal taste. Many people evolve their |
1117 | style over several years as they learn what helps them write and |
1118 | maintain good code. Here's one set of assorted suggestions that |
1119 | seem to be widely used by experienced developers: |
1120 | |
1121 | Use underscores to separate words. It is generally easier to read |
1122 | $var_names_like_this than $VarNamesLikeThis, especially for |
1123 | non-native speakers of English. It's also a simple rule that works |
1124 | consistently with VAR_NAMES_LIKE_THIS. |
1125 | |
1126 | Package/Module names are an exception to this rule. Perl informally |
1127 | reserves lowercase module names for 'pragma' modules like integer |
1128 | and strict. Other modules normally begin with a capital letter and |
1129 | use mixed case with no underscores (need to be short and portable). |
1130 | |
1131 | You may find it helpful to use letter case to indicate the scope |
1132 | or nature of a variable. For example: |
1133 | |
1134 | $ALL_CAPS_HERE constants only (beware clashes with Perl vars) |
1135 | $Some_Caps_Here package-wide global/static |
1136 | $no_caps_here function scope my() or local() variables |
1137 | |
1138 | Function and method names seem to work best as all lowercase. |
1139 | e.g., C<< $obj->as_string() >>. |
1140 | |
1141 | You can use a leading underscore to indicate that a variable or |
1142 | function should not be used outside the package that defined it. |
1143 | |
ac634a9a |
1144 | =item * |
1145 | |
1146 | Select what to export. |
2e1d04bc |
1147 | |
1148 | Do NOT export method names! |
1149 | |
1150 | Do NOT export anything else by default without a good reason! |
1151 | |
1152 | Exports pollute the namespace of the module user. If you must |
1153 | export try to use @EXPORT_OK in preference to @EXPORT and avoid |
1154 | short or common names to reduce the risk of name clashes. |
1155 | |
1156 | Generally anything not exported is still accessible from outside the |
1157 | module using the ModuleName::item_name (or C<< $blessed_ref->method >>) |
1158 | syntax. By convention you can use a leading underscore on names to |
1159 | indicate informally that they are 'internal' and not for public use. |
1160 | |
1161 | (It is actually possible to get private functions by saying: |
1162 | C<my $subref = sub { ... }; &$subref;>. But there's no way to call that |
1163 | directly as a method, because a method must have a name in the symbol |
1164 | table.) |
1165 | |
1166 | As a general rule, if the module is trying to be object oriented |
1167 | then export nothing. If it's just a collection of functions then |
1168 | @EXPORT_OK anything but use @EXPORT with caution. |
1169 | |
ac634a9a |
1170 | =item * |
1171 | |
1172 | Select a name for the module. |
2e1d04bc |
1173 | |
1174 | This name should be as descriptive, accurate, and complete as |
1175 | possible. Avoid any risk of ambiguity. Always try to use two or |
1176 | more whole words. Generally the name should reflect what is special |
1177 | about what the module does rather than how it does it. Please use |
1178 | nested module names to group informally or categorize a module. |
1179 | There should be a very good reason for a module not to have a nested name. |
1180 | Module names should begin with a capital letter. |
1181 | |
1182 | Having 57 modules all called Sort will not make life easy for anyone |
1183 | (though having 23 called Sort::Quick is only marginally better :-). |
1184 | Imagine someone trying to install your module alongside many others. |
1185 | If in any doubt ask for suggestions in comp.lang.perl.misc. |
1186 | |
1187 | If you are developing a suite of related modules/classes it's good |
1188 | practice to use nested classes with a common prefix as this will |
1189 | avoid namespace clashes. For example: Xyz::Control, Xyz::View, |
1190 | Xyz::Model etc. Use the modules in this list as a naming guide. |
1191 | |
1192 | If adding a new module to a set, follow the original author's |
1193 | standards for naming modules and the interface to methods in |
1194 | those modules. |
1195 | |
4844a3be |
1196 | If developing modules for private internal or project specific use, |
1197 | that will never be released to the public, then you should ensure |
1198 | that their names will not clash with any future public module. You |
1199 | can do this either by using the reserved Local::* category or by |
1200 | using a category name that includes an underscore like Foo_Corp::*. |
1201 | |
2e1d04bc |
1202 | To be portable each component of a module name should be limited to |
1203 | 11 characters. If it might be used on MS-DOS then try to ensure each is |
1204 | unique in the first 8 characters. Nested modules make this easier. |
1205 | |
ac634a9a |
1206 | =item * |
1207 | |
1208 | Have you got it right? |
2e1d04bc |
1209 | |
1210 | How do you know that you've made the right decisions? Have you |
1211 | picked an interface design that will cause problems later? Have |
1212 | you picked the most appropriate name? Do you have any questions? |
1213 | |
1214 | The best way to know for sure, and pick up many helpful suggestions, |
1215 | is to ask someone who knows. Comp.lang.perl.misc is read by just about |
1216 | all the people who develop modules and it's the best place to ask. |
1217 | |
1218 | All you need to do is post a short summary of the module, its |
1219 | purpose and interfaces. A few lines on each of the main methods is |
1220 | probably enough. (If you post the whole module it might be ignored |
1221 | by busy people - generally the very people you want to read it!) |
1222 | |
1223 | Don't worry about posting if you can't say when the module will be |
1224 | ready - just say so in the message. It might be worth inviting |
1225 | others to help you, they may be able to complete it for you! |
1226 | |
ac634a9a |
1227 | =item * |
1228 | |
1229 | README and other Additional Files. |
2e1d04bc |
1230 | |
1231 | It's well known that software developers usually fully document the |
1232 | software they write. If, however, the world is in urgent need of |
1233 | your software and there is not enough time to write the full |
1234 | documentation please at least provide a README file containing: |
1235 | |
1236 | =over 10 |
1237 | |
1238 | =item * |
ac634a9a |
1239 | |
2e1d04bc |
1240 | A description of the module/package/extension etc. |
1241 | |
1242 | =item * |
ac634a9a |
1243 | |
2e1d04bc |
1244 | A copyright notice - see below. |
1245 | |
1246 | =item * |
ac634a9a |
1247 | |
2e1d04bc |
1248 | Prerequisites - what else you may need to have. |
1249 | |
1250 | =item * |
ac634a9a |
1251 | |
2e1d04bc |
1252 | How to build it - possible changes to Makefile.PL etc. |
1253 | |
1254 | =item * |
ac634a9a |
1255 | |
2e1d04bc |
1256 | How to install it. |
1257 | |
1258 | =item * |
ac634a9a |
1259 | |
2e1d04bc |
1260 | Recent changes in this release, especially incompatibilities |
1261 | |
1262 | =item * |
ac634a9a |
1263 | |
2e1d04bc |
1264 | Changes / enhancements you plan to make in the future. |
1265 | |
1266 | =back |
1267 | |
1268 | If the README file seems to be getting too large you may wish to |
1269 | split out some of the sections into separate files: INSTALL, |
1270 | Copying, ToDo etc. |
1271 | |
1272 | =over 4 |
1273 | |
c165c82a |
1274 | =item * |
2e1d04bc |
1275 | |
c165c82a |
1276 | Adding a Copyright Notice. |
ac634a9a |
1277 | |
2e1d04bc |
1278 | How you choose to license your work is a personal decision. |
1279 | The general mechanism is to assert your Copyright and then make |
1280 | a declaration of how others may copy/use/modify your work. |
1281 | |
2a551100 |
1282 | Perl, for example, is supplied with two types of licence: The GNU GPL |
1283 | and The Artistic Licence (see the files README, Copying, and Artistic, |
1284 | or L<perlgpl> and L<perlartistic>). Larry has good reasons for NOT |
1285 | just using the GNU GPL. |
2e1d04bc |
1286 | |
1287 | My personal recommendation, out of respect for Larry, Perl, and the |
1288 | Perl community at large is to state something simply like: |
1289 | |
1290 | Copyright (c) 1995 Your Name. All rights reserved. |
1291 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or |
1292 | modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. |
1293 | |
1294 | This statement should at least appear in the README file. You may |
1295 | also wish to include it in a Copying file and your source files. |
1296 | Remember to include the other words in addition to the Copyright. |
1297 | |
ac634a9a |
1298 | =item * |
1299 | |
1300 | Give the module a version/issue/release number. |
2e1d04bc |
1301 | |
1302 | To be fully compatible with the Exporter and MakeMaker modules you |
1303 | should store your module's version number in a non-my package |
1304 | variable called $VERSION. This should be a floating point |
1305 | number with at least two digits after the decimal (i.e., hundredths, |
1306 | e.g, C<$VERSION = "0.01">). Don't use a "1.3.2" style version. |
1307 | See L<Exporter> for details. |
1308 | |
1309 | It may be handy to add a function or method to retrieve the number. |
1310 | Use the number in announcements and archive file names when |
1311 | releasing the module (ModuleName-1.02.tar.Z). |
1312 | See perldoc ExtUtils::MakeMaker.pm for details. |
1313 | |
ac634a9a |
1314 | =item * |
1315 | |
1316 | How to release and distribute a module. |
2e1d04bc |
1317 | |
1318 | It's good idea to post an announcement of the availability of your |
1319 | module (or the module itself if small) to the comp.lang.perl.announce |
1320 | Usenet newsgroup. This will at least ensure very wide once-off |
1321 | distribution. |
1322 | |
1323 | If possible, register the module with CPAN. You should |
1324 | include details of its location in your announcement. |
1325 | |
1326 | Some notes about ftp archives: Please use a long descriptive file |
1327 | name that includes the version number. Most incoming directories |
1328 | will not be readable/listable, i.e., you won't be able to see your |
1329 | file after uploading it. Remember to send your email notification |
1330 | message as soon as possible after uploading else your file may get |
1331 | deleted automatically. Allow time for the file to be processed |
1332 | and/or check the file has been processed before announcing its |
1333 | location. |
1334 | |
1335 | FTP Archives for Perl Modules: |
1336 | |
1337 | Follow the instructions and links on: |
1338 | |
4e860d0a |
1339 | http://www.cpan.org/modules/00modlist.long.html |
1340 | http://www.cpan.org/modules/04pause.html |
2e1d04bc |
1341 | |
1342 | or upload to one of these sites: |
1343 | |
1344 | https://pause.kbx.de/pause/ |
1345 | http://pause.perl.org/pause/ |
1346 | |
1347 | and notify <modules@perl.org>. |
1348 | |
1349 | By using the WWW interface you can ask the Upload Server to mirror |
1350 | your modules from your ftp or WWW site into your own directory on |
1351 | CPAN! |
1352 | |
1353 | Please remember to send me an updated entry for the Module list! |
1354 | |
ac634a9a |
1355 | =item * |
1356 | |
1357 | Take care when changing a released module. |
2e1d04bc |
1358 | |
1359 | Always strive to remain compatible with previous released versions. |
1360 | Otherwise try to add a mechanism to revert to the |
1361 | old behavior if people rely on it. Document incompatible changes. |
1362 | |
1363 | =back |
1364 | |
1365 | =back |
1366 | |
1367 | =head2 Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules |
1368 | |
1369 | =over 4 |
1370 | |
ac634a9a |
1371 | =item * |
1372 | |
1373 | There is no requirement to convert anything. |
2e1d04bc |
1374 | |
1375 | If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Perl 4 library scripts should |
1376 | continue to work with no problems. You may need to make some minor |
1377 | changes (like escaping non-array @'s in double quoted strings) but |
1378 | there is no need to convert a .pl file into a Module for just that. |
1379 | |
ac634a9a |
1380 | =item * |
1381 | |
1382 | Consider the implications. |
2e1d04bc |
1383 | |
1384 | All Perl applications that make use of the script will need to |
1385 | be changed (slightly) if the script is converted into a module. Is |
1386 | it worth it unless you plan to make other changes at the same time? |
1387 | |
ac634a9a |
1388 | =item * |
1389 | |
1390 | Make the most of the opportunity. |
2e1d04bc |
1391 | |
1392 | If you are going to convert the script to a module you can use the |
1393 | opportunity to redesign the interface. The guidelines for module |
1394 | creation above include many of the issues you should consider. |
1395 | |
ac634a9a |
1396 | =item * |
1397 | |
1398 | The pl2pm utility will get you started. |
2e1d04bc |
1399 | |
1400 | This utility will read *.pl files (given as parameters) and write |
1401 | corresponding *.pm files. The pl2pm utilities does the following: |
1402 | |
1403 | =over 10 |
1404 | |
1405 | =item * |
ac634a9a |
1406 | |
2e1d04bc |
1407 | Adds the standard Module prologue lines |
1408 | |
1409 | =item * |
ac634a9a |
1410 | |
2e1d04bc |
1411 | Converts package specifiers from ' to :: |
1412 | |
1413 | =item * |
ac634a9a |
1414 | |
2e1d04bc |
1415 | Converts die(...) to croak(...) |
1416 | |
1417 | =item * |
ac634a9a |
1418 | |
2e1d04bc |
1419 | Several other minor changes |
1420 | |
1421 | =back |
1422 | |
1423 | Being a mechanical process pl2pm is not bullet proof. The converted |
1424 | code will need careful checking, especially any package statements. |
1425 | Don't delete the original .pl file till the new .pm one works! |
1426 | |
1427 | =back |
1428 | |
1429 | =head2 Guidelines for Reusing Application Code |
1430 | |
1431 | =over 4 |
1432 | |
ac634a9a |
1433 | =item * |
1434 | |
1435 | Complete applications rarely belong in the Perl Module Library. |
1436 | |
1437 | =item * |
2e1d04bc |
1438 | |
ac634a9a |
1439 | Many applications contain some Perl code that could be reused. |
2e1d04bc |
1440 | |
1441 | Help save the world! Share your code in a form that makes it easy |
1442 | to reuse. |
1443 | |
ac634a9a |
1444 | =item * |
1445 | |
1446 | Break-out the reusable code into one or more separate module files. |
1447 | |
1448 | =item * |
1449 | |
1450 | Take the opportunity to reconsider and redesign the interfaces. |
2e1d04bc |
1451 | |
ac634a9a |
1452 | =item * |
2e1d04bc |
1453 | |
ac634a9a |
1454 | In some cases the 'application' can then be reduced to a small |
2e1d04bc |
1455 | |
1456 | fragment of code built on top of the reusable modules. In these cases |
1457 | the application could invoked as: |
1458 | |
1459 | % perl -e 'use Module::Name; method(@ARGV)' ... |
1460 | or |
1461 | % perl -mModule::Name ... (in perl5.002 or higher) |
1462 | |
1463 | =back |
1464 | |
1465 | =head1 NOTE |
1466 | |
1467 | Perl does not enforce private and public parts of its modules as you may |
1468 | have been used to in other languages like C++, Ada, or Modula-17. Perl |
1469 | doesn't have an infatuation with enforced privacy. It would prefer |
1470 | that you stayed out of its living room because you weren't invited, not |
1471 | because it has a shotgun. |
1472 | |
1473 | The module and its user have a contract, part of which is common law, |
1474 | and part of which is "written". Part of the common law contract is |
1475 | that a module doesn't pollute any namespace it wasn't asked to. The |
1476 | written contract for the module (A.K.A. documentation) may make other |
1477 | provisions. But then you know when you C<use RedefineTheWorld> that |
1478 | you're redefining the world and willing to take the consequences. |
1479 | EOF |
1480 | |
1481 | close MANIFEST or warn "$0: failed to close MANIFEST (../MANIFEST): $!"; |
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1482 | close OUT or warn "$0: failed to close OUT (perlmodlib.pod): $!"; |
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1483 | |