2 # !!!!!!! DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE !!!!!!!
3 # This file is autogenerated by buildtoc from all the other pods.
4 # Edit those files and run buildtoc --build-toc to effect changes.
8 perltoc - perl documentation table of contents
12 This page provides a brief table of contents for the rest of the Perl
13 documentation set. It is meant to be scanned quickly or grepped
14 through to locate the proper section you're looking for.
16 =head1 BASIC DOCUMENTATION
18 =head2 perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language
30 =item Reference Manual
32 =item Internals and C Language Interface
36 =item Language-Specific
38 =item Platform-Specific
62 =head2 perlintro -- a brief introduction and overview of Perl
72 =item Running Perl programs
74 =item Basic syntax overview
76 =item Perl variable types
78 Scalars, Arrays, Hashes
80 =item Variable scoping
82 =item Conditional and looping constructs
84 if, while, for, foreach
86 =item Builtin operators and functions
88 Arithmetic, Numeric comparison, String comparison, Boolean logic,
93 =item Regular expressions
95 Simple matching, Simple substitution, More complex regular expressions,
96 Parentheses for capturing, Other regexp features
98 =item Writing subroutines
102 =item Using Perl modules
110 =head2 perlreftut - Mark's very short tutorial about references
116 =item Who Needs Complicated Data Structures?
124 =item Making References
126 =item Using References
144 =item Distribution Conditions
150 =head2 perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook
156 arrays of arrays, hashes of arrays, arrays of hashes, hashes of hashes,
157 more elaborate constructs
161 =item COMMON MISTAKES
163 =item CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE
165 =item WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS C<use strict>
171 =item ARRAYS OF ARRAYS
175 =item Declaration of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
177 =item Generation of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
179 =item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
183 =item HASHES OF ARRAYS
187 =item Declaration of a HASH OF ARRAYS
189 =item Generation of a HASH OF ARRAYS
191 =item Access and Printing of a HASH OF ARRAYS
195 =item ARRAYS OF HASHES
199 =item Declaration of an ARRAY OF HASHES
201 =item Generation of an ARRAY OF HASHES
203 =item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF HASHES
207 =item HASHES OF HASHES
211 =item Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES
213 =item Generation of a HASH OF HASHES
215 =item Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES
219 =item MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
223 =item Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
225 =item Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
227 =item Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
239 =head2 perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl
247 =item Declaration and Access of Arrays of Arrays
249 =item Growing Your Own
251 =item Access and Printing
263 =head2 perlrequick - Perl regular expressions quick start
273 =item Simple word matching
275 =item Using character classes
277 =item Matching this or that
279 =item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
281 =item Extracting matches
283 =item Matching repetitions
287 =item Search and replace
289 =item The split operator
297 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
301 =item Acknowledgments
307 =head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial
313 =item Part 1: The basics
317 =item Simple word matching
319 =item Using character classes
321 =item Matching this or that
323 =item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
325 =item Extracting matches
327 =item Matching repetitions
329 =item Building a regexp
331 =item Using regular expressions in Perl
335 =item Part 2: Power tools
339 =item More on characters, strings, and character classes
341 =item Compiling and saving regular expressions
343 =item Embedding comments and modifiers in a regular expression
345 =item Non-capturing groupings
347 =item Looking ahead and looking behind
349 =item Using independent subexpressions to prevent backtracking
351 =item Conditional expressions
353 =item A bit of magic: executing Perl code in a regular expression
355 =item Pragmas and debugging
363 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
367 =item Acknowledgments
373 =head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial
381 =item If we could talk to the animals...
383 =item Introducing the method invocation arrow
385 =item Invoking a barnyard
387 =item The extra parameter of method invocation
389 =item Calling a second method to simplify things
391 =item Inheriting the windpipes
393 =item A few notes about @ISA
395 =item Overriding the methods
397 =item Starting the search from a different place
399 =item The SUPER way of doing things
401 =item Where we're at so far...
403 =item A horse is a horse, of course of course -- or is it?
405 =item Invoking an instance method
407 =item Accessing the instance data
409 =item How to build a horse
411 =item Inheriting the constructor
413 =item Making a method work with either classes or instances
415 =item Adding parameters to a method
417 =item More interesting instances
419 =item A horse of a different color
431 =head2 perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl
437 =item Creating a Class
441 =item Object Representation
443 =item Class Interface
445 =item Constructors and Instance Methods
447 =item Planning for the Future: Better Constructors
451 =item Other Object Methods
459 =item Accessing Class Data
461 =item Debugging Methods
463 =item Class Destructors
465 =item Documenting the Interface
475 =item Overridden Methods
477 =item Multiple Inheritance
479 =item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects
483 =item Alternate Object Representations
487 =item Arrays as Objects
489 =item Closures as Objects
493 =item AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods
497 =item Autoloaded Data Methods
499 =item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods
503 =item Metaclassical Tools
509 =item Data Members as Variables
517 =item Object Terminology
523 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
529 =item Acknowledgments
535 =head2 perltooc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl
541 =item Class Data in a Can
543 =item Class Data as Package Variables
547 =item Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket
549 =item Inheritance Concerns
551 =item The Eponymous Meta-Object
553 =item Indirect References to Class Data
555 =item Monadic Classes
557 =item Translucent Attributes
561 =item Class Data as Lexical Variables
565 =item Privacy and Responsibility
567 =item File-Scoped Lexicals
569 =item More Inheritance Concerns
571 =item Locking the Door and Throwing Away the Key
573 =item Translucency Revisited
581 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
583 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
589 =head2 perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)
595 =item OO SCALING TIPS
597 =item INSTANCE VARIABLES
599 =item SCALAR INSTANCE VARIABLES
601 =item INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE
603 =item OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS
605 =item OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS
607 =item USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM
609 =item THINKING OF CODE REUSE
611 =item CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT
613 =item INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR
621 =head2 perlstyle - Perl style guide
629 =head2 perlcheat - Perl 5 Cheat Sheet
641 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
649 =head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary
667 =item Perl4 to Perl5 Traps
669 Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps, Parsing Traps, Numerical
670 Traps, General data type traps, Context Traps - scalar, list contexts,
671 Precedence Traps, General Regular Expression Traps using s///, etc,
672 Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps, OS Traps, DBM Traps, Unclassified Traps
674 =item Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps
676 Discontinuance, Deprecation, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance,
677 Discontinuance, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance, BugFix,
678 Discontinuance, Deprecation, Discontinuance, Discontinuance
682 Parsing, Parsing, Parsing, Parsing, Parsing
684 =item Numerical Traps
686 Numerical, Numerical, Numerical, Bitwise string ops
688 =item General data type traps
690 (Arrays), (Arrays), (Hashes), (Globs), (Globs), (Scalar String),
691 (Constants), (Scalars), (Variable Suicide)
693 =item Context Traps - scalar, list contexts
695 (list context), (scalar context), (scalar context), (list, builtin)
697 =item Precedence Traps
699 Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence,
702 =item General Regular Expression Traps using s///, etc.
704 Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular
705 Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression,
706 Regular Expression, Regular Expression
708 =item Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps
710 (Signals), (Sort Subroutine), warn() won't let you specify a filehandle
716 =item Interpolation Traps
718 Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation,
719 Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation
725 =item Unclassified Traps
727 C<require>/C<do> trap using returned value, C<split> on empty string with
734 =head2 perldebtut - Perl debugging tutorial
742 =item Looking at data and -w and v
746 =item Stepping through code
748 =item Placeholder for a, w, t, T
750 =item REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
768 =head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2003/01/31
777 =item Where to get the perlfaq
779 =item How to contribute to the perlfaq
781 =item What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the
788 =item Author and Copyright Information
792 =item Bundled Distributions
798 =item Table of Contents
800 perlfaq - this document, perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl, perlfaq2
801 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl, perlfaq3 - Programming Tools, perlfaq4
802 - Data Manipulation, perlfaq5 - Files and Formats, perlfaq6 - Regular
803 Expressions, perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues, perlfaq8 - System
804 Interaction, perlfaq9 - Networking
810 =item L<perlfaq1>: General Questions About Perl
812 =item L<perlfaq2>: Obtaining and Learning about Perl
814 =item L<perlfaq3>: Programming Tools
816 =item L<perlfaq4>: Data Manipulation
818 =item L<perlfaq5>: Files and Formats
820 =item L<perlfaq6>: Regular Expressions
822 =item L<perlfaq7>: General Perl Language Issues
824 =item L<perlfaq8>: System Interaction
826 =item L<perlfaq9>: Networking
832 =head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.14 $, $Date:
833 2003/11/23 08:02:29 $)
843 =item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
845 =item Which version of Perl should I use?
847 =item What are perl4 and perl5?
853 =item How stable is Perl?
855 =item Is Perl difficult to learn?
857 =item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
860 =item Can I do [task] in Perl?
862 =item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
864 =item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
866 =item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
868 =item What is a JAPH?
870 =item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
872 =item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
873 5/5.6.1/Perl instead of some other language?
877 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
881 =head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.25 $,
882 $Date: 2003/10/16 04:57:38 $)
890 =item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
892 =item How can I get a binary version of Perl?
894 =item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
896 =item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts
899 =item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic
900 loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
902 =item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
903 What does CPAN/src/... mean?
905 =item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?
907 =item Where can I get information on Perl?
909 =item What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?
911 =item Where should I post source code?
915 References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics
917 =item Perl in Magazines
919 =item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
921 =item What mailing lists are there for Perl?
923 =item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
925 =item Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
927 =item Where do I send bug reports?
929 =item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? cpan.org?
933 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
937 =head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.37 $, $Date: 2003/11/24
946 =item How do I do (anything)?
948 =item How can I use Perl interactively?
950 =item Is there a Perl shell?
952 =item How do I find which modules are installed on my system?
954 =item How do I debug my Perl programs?
956 =item How do I profile my Perl programs?
958 =item How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
960 =item Is there a pretty-printer (formatter) for Perl?
962 =item Is there a ctags for Perl?
964 =item Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor?
966 Komodo, The Object System, Open Perl IDE, PerlBuilder, visiPerl+, OptiPerl,
967 GNU Emacs, MicroEMACS, XEmacs, Jed, Elvis, Vile, Vim, Codewright,
968 MultiEdit, SlickEdit, Bash, Ksh, Tcsh, Zsh, BBEdit and BBEdit Lite, Alpha
970 =item Where can I get Perl macros for vi?
972 =item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs?
974 =item How can I use curses with Perl?
976 =item How can I use X or Tk with Perl?
978 =item How can I generate simple menus without using CGI or Tk?
980 =item How can I make my Perl program run faster?
982 =item How can I make my Perl program take less memory?
984 Don't slurp!, Use map and grep selectively, Avoid unnecessary quotes and
985 stringification, Pass by reference, Tie large variables to disk
987 =item Is it safe to return a reference to local or lexical data?
989 =item How can I free an array or hash so my program shrinks?
991 =item How can I make my CGI script more efficient?
993 =item How can I hide the source for my Perl program?
995 =item How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
997 =item How can I compile Perl into Java?
999 =item How can I get C<#!perl> to work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?
1001 =item Can I write useful Perl programs on the command line?
1003 =item Why don't Perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?
1005 =item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
1007 =item Where can I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
1009 =item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]
1011 =item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in
1012 my C program; what am I doing wrong?
1014 =item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean?
1016 =item What's MakeMaker?
1020 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1024 =head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.54 $, $Date: 2003/11/30
1035 =item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
1036 numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
1038 =item Why is int() broken?
1040 =item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
1042 =item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()?
1045 =item How do I convert between numeric representations/bases/radixes?
1047 How do I convert hexadecimal into decimal, How do I convert from decimal to
1048 hexadecimal, How do I convert from octal to decimal, How do I convert from
1049 decimal to octal, How do I convert from binary to decimal, How do I convert
1050 from decimal to binary
1052 =item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?
1054 =item How do I multiply matrices?
1056 =item How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
1058 =item How can I output Roman numerals?
1060 =item Why aren't my random numbers random?
1062 =item How do I get a random number between X and Y?
1070 =item How do I find the day or week of the year?
1072 =item How do I find the current century or millennium?
1074 =item How can I compare two dates and find the difference?
1076 =item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
1078 =item How can I find the Julian Day?
1080 =item How do I find yesterday's date?
1082 =item Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?
1090 =item How do I validate input?
1092 =item How do I unescape a string?
1094 =item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
1096 =item How do I expand function calls in a string?
1098 =item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
1100 =item How do I reverse a string?
1102 =item How do I expand tabs in a string?
1104 =item How do I reformat a paragraph?
1106 =item How can I access or change N characters of a string?
1108 =item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
1110 =item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
1113 =item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
1115 =item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
1118 =item How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?
1120 =item How do I pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?
1122 =item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
1124 =item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
1126 =item How can I expand variables in text strings?
1128 =item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
1130 =item Why don't my E<lt>E<lt>HERE documents work?
1132 There must be no space after the E<lt>E<lt> part, There (probably) should
1133 be a semicolon at the end, You can't (easily) have any space in front of
1142 =item What is the difference between a list and an array?
1144 =item What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?
1146 =item How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array?
1150 =item How can I tell whether a certain element is contained in a list or
1153 =item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
1154 intersection of two arrays?
1156 =item How do I test whether two arrays or hashes are equal?
1158 =item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
1160 =item How do I handle linked lists?
1162 =item How do I handle circular lists?
1164 =item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
1166 =item How do I process/modify each element of an array?
1168 =item How do I select a random element from an array?
1170 =item How do I permute N elements of a list?
1172 =item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
1174 =item How do I manipulate arrays of bits?
1176 =item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
1180 =item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
1184 =item How do I process an entire hash?
1186 =item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
1189 =item How do I look up a hash element by value?
1191 =item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
1193 =item How do I sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
1195 =item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
1197 =item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
1199 =item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
1201 =item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
1203 =item How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
1205 =item How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
1207 =item How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?
1209 =item Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create
1212 =item How can I make the Perl equivalent of a C structure/C++ class/hash or
1213 array of hashes or arrays?
1215 =item How can I use a reference as a hash key?
1223 =item How do I handle binary data correctly?
1225 =item How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?
1227 =item How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
1229 =item How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?
1231 =item How do I define methods for every class/object?
1233 =item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
1235 =item How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?
1239 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1243 =head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.30 $, $Date: 2003/11/23
1252 =item How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this?
1254 =item How do I change one line in a file/delete a line in a file/insert a
1255 line in the middle of a file/append to the beginning of a file?
1257 =item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
1259 =item How can I use Perl's C<-i> option from within a program?
1261 =item How do I make a temporary file name?
1263 =item How can I manipulate fixed-record-length files?
1265 =item How can I make a filehandle local to a subroutine? How do I pass
1266 filehandles between subroutines? How do I make an array of filehandles?
1268 =item How can I use a filehandle indirectly?
1270 =item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
1272 =item How can I write() into a string?
1274 =item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
1276 =item How can I translate tildes (~) in a filename?
1278 =item How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?
1280 =item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use
1283 =item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
1285 =item How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing blanks?
1287 =item How can I reliably rename a file?
1289 =item How can I lock a file?
1291 =item Why can't I just open(FH, "E<gt>file.lock")?
1293 =item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in
1294 the file. How can I do this?
1296 =item All I want to do is append a small amount of text to the end of a
1297 file. Do I still have to use locking?
1299 =item How do I randomly update a binary file?
1301 =item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
1303 =item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
1305 =item How do I print to more than one file at once?
1307 =item How can I read in an entire file all at once?
1309 =item How can I read in a file by paragraphs?
1311 =item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
1313 =item How can I tell whether there's a character waiting on a filehandle?
1315 =item How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl?
1317 =item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
1319 =item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
1321 =item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? Why doesn't
1322 `C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
1324 =item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
1326 =item Why does Perl let me delete read-only files? Why does C<-i> clobber
1327 protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl?
1329 =item How do I select a random line from a file?
1331 =item Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?
1335 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1339 =head2 perlfaq6 - Regular Expressions ($Revision: 1.20 $, $Date: 2003/01/03
1348 =item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
1349 and unmaintainable code?
1351 Comments Outside the Regex, Comments Inside the Regex, Different Delimiters
1353 =item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
1355 =item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
1358 =item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
1360 =item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS while preserving
1363 =item How can I make C<\w> match national character sets?
1365 =item How can I match a locale-smart version of C</[a-zA-Z]/>?
1367 =item How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?
1369 =item What is C</o> really for?
1371 =item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
1374 =item Can I use Perl regular expressions to match balanced text?
1376 =item What does it mean that regexes are greedy? How can I get around it?
1378 =item How do I process each word on each line?
1380 =item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
1382 =item How can I do approximate matching?
1384 =item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
1386 =item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
1388 =item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
1390 =item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
1392 =item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
1394 =item What's wrong with using grep in a void context?
1396 =item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
1398 =item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
1402 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1406 =head2 perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date:
1407 2003/07/24 02:17:21 $)
1415 =item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
1417 =item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
1420 =item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
1423 =item How do I skip some return values?
1425 =item How do I temporarily block warnings?
1427 =item What's an extension?
1429 =item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
1431 =item How do I declare/create a structure?
1433 =item How do I create a module?
1435 =item How do I create a class?
1437 =item How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
1439 =item What's a closure?
1441 =item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
1443 =item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
1446 Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexes,
1449 =item How do I create a static variable?
1451 =item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping?
1452 Between local() and my()?
1454 =item How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical
1457 =item What's the difference between deep and shallow binding?
1459 =item Why doesn't "my($foo) = E<lt>FILEE<gt>;" work right?
1461 =item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method?
1463 =item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
1465 =item How do I create a switch or case statement?
1467 =item How can I catch accesses to undefined variables, functions, or
1470 =item Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
1472 =item How can I find out my current package?
1474 =item How can I comment out a large block of perl code?
1476 =item How do I clear a package?
1478 =item How can I use a variable as a variable name?
1480 =item What does "bad interpreter" mean?
1484 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1488 =head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.17 $, $Date: 2003/01/26
1497 =item How do I find out which operating system I'm running under?
1499 =item How come exec() doesn't return?
1501 =item How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?
1503 Keyboard, Screen, Mouse
1505 =item How do I print something out in color?
1507 =item How do I read just one key without waiting for a return key?
1509 =item How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard?
1511 =item How do I clear the screen?
1513 =item How do I get the screen size?
1515 =item How do I ask the user for a password?
1517 =item How do I read and write the serial port?
1519 lockfiles, open mode, end of line, flushing output, non-blocking input
1521 =item How do I decode encrypted password files?
1523 =item How do I start a process in the background?
1525 STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR are shared, Signals, Zombies
1527 =item How do I trap control characters/signals?
1529 =item How do I modify the shadow password file on a Unix system?
1531 =item How do I set the time and date?
1533 =item How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second?
1535 =item How can I measure time under a second?
1537 =item How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling)
1539 =item Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? What
1540 does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean?
1542 =item How can I call my system's unique C functions from Perl?
1544 =item Where do I get the include files to do ioctl() or syscall()?
1546 =item Why do setuid perl scripts complain about kernel problems?
1548 =item How can I open a pipe both to and from a command?
1550 =item Why can't I get the output of a command with system()?
1552 =item How can I capture STDERR from an external command?
1554 =item Why doesn't open() return an error when a pipe open fails?
1556 =item What's wrong with using backticks in a void context?
1558 =item How can I call backticks without shell processing?
1560 =item Why can't my script read from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix,
1563 =item How can I convert my shell script to perl?
1565 =item Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session?
1567 =item How can I write expect in Perl?
1569 =item Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as
1572 =item I {changed directory, modified my environment} in a perl script. How
1573 come the change disappeared when I exited the script? How do I get my
1574 changes to be visible?
1578 =item How do I close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to
1581 =item How do I fork a daemon process?
1583 =item How do I find out if I'm running interactively or not?
1585 =item How do I timeout a slow event?
1587 =item How do I set CPU limits?
1589 =item How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system?
1591 =item How do I use an SQL database?
1593 =item How do I make a system() exit on control-C?
1595 =item How do I open a file without blocking?
1597 =item How do I install a module from CPAN?
1599 =item What's the difference between require and use?
1601 =item How do I keep my own module/library directory?
1603 =item How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library
1606 =item How do I add a directory to my include path (@INC) at runtime?
1608 =item What is socket.ph and where do I get it?
1612 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1616 =head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date: 2003/01/31 17:36:57
1625 =item What is the correct form of response from a CGI script?
1627 =item My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500
1630 =item How can I get better error messages from a CGI program?
1632 =item How do I remove HTML from a string?
1634 =item How do I extract URLs?
1636 =item How do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a
1637 file on another machine?
1639 =item How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?
1641 =item How do I fetch an HTML file?
1643 =item How do I automate an HTML form submission?
1645 =item How do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web?
1647 =item How do I redirect to another page?
1649 =item How do I put a password on my web pages?
1651 =item How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?
1653 =item How do I make sure users can't enter values into a form that cause my
1654 CGI script to do bad things?
1656 =item How do I parse a mail header?
1658 =item How do I decode a CGI form?
1660 =item How do I check a valid mail address?
1662 =item How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string?
1664 =item How do I return the user's mail address?
1666 =item How do I send mail?
1668 =item How do I use MIME to make an attachment to a mail message?
1670 =item How do I read mail?
1672 =item How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address?
1674 =item How do I fetch a news article or the active newsgroups?
1676 =item How do I fetch/put an FTP file?
1678 =item How can I do RPC in Perl?
1682 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1686 =head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax
1698 =item Simple Statements
1700 =item Truth and Falsehood
1702 =item Statement Modifiers
1704 =item Compound Statements
1712 =item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
1716 =item PODs: Embedded Documentation
1718 =item Plain Old Comments (Not!)
1724 =head2 perldata - Perl data types
1732 =item Variable names
1738 =item Scalar value constructors
1740 =item List value constructors
1746 =item Typeglobs and Filehandles
1754 =head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
1762 =item Operator Precedence and Associativity
1764 =item Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
1766 =item The Arrow Operator
1768 =item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
1770 =item Exponentiation
1772 =item Symbolic Unary Operators
1774 =item Binding Operators
1776 =item Multiplicative Operators
1778 =item Additive Operators
1780 =item Shift Operators
1782 =item Named Unary Operators
1784 =item Relational Operators
1786 =item Equality Operators
1790 =item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
1792 =item C-style Logical And
1794 =item C-style Logical Or
1796 =item C-style Logical Defined-Or
1798 =item Range Operators
1800 =item Conditional Operator
1802 =item Assignment Operators
1804 =item Comma Operator
1806 =item List Operators (Rightward)
1812 =item Logical or, Defined or, and Exclusive Or
1814 =item C Operators Missing From Perl
1816 unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
1818 =item Quote and Quote-like Operators
1820 =item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
1822 ?PATTERN?, m/PATTERN/cgimosx, /PATTERN/cgimosx, q/STRING/, C<'STRING'>,
1823 qq/STRING/, "STRING", qr/STRING/imosx, qx/STRING/, `STRING`, qw/STRING/,
1824 s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/egimosx, tr/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds,
1825 y/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds, <<EOF
1827 =item Gory details of parsing quoted constructs
1829 Finding the end, Removal of backslashes before delimiters, Interpolation,
1830 C<<<'EOF'>, C<m''>, C<s'''>, C<tr///>, C<y///>, C<''>, C<q//>, C<"">,
1831 C<``>, C<qq//>, C<qx//>, C<< <file*glob> >>, C<?RE?>, C</RE/>, C<m/RE/>,
1832 C<s/RE/foo/>,, Interpolation of regular expressions, Optimization of
1837 =item Constant Folding
1839 =item Bitwise String Operators
1841 =item Integer Arithmetic
1843 =item Floating-point Arithmetic
1845 =item Bigger Numbers
1851 =head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
1861 =item Private Variables via my()
1863 =item Persistent Private Variables
1865 =item Temporary Values via local()
1867 =item Lvalue subroutines
1869 Lvalue subroutines are EXPERIMENTAL
1871 =item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
1873 =item When to Still Use local()
1875 =item Pass by Reference
1879 =item Constant Functions
1881 =item Overriding Built-in Functions
1885 =item Subroutine Attributes
1893 =head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
1901 =item Perl Functions by Category
1903 Functions for SCALARs or strings, Regular expressions and pattern matching,
1904 Numeric functions, Functions for real @ARRAYs, Functions for list data,
1905 Functions for real %HASHes, Input and output functions, Functions for fixed
1906 length data or records, Functions for filehandles, files, or directories,
1907 Keywords related to the control flow of your perl program, Keywords related
1908 to scoping, Miscellaneous functions, Functions for processes and process
1909 groups, Keywords related to perl modules, Keywords related to classes and
1910 object-orientedness, Low-level socket functions, System V interprocess
1911 communication functions, Fetching user and group info, Fetching network
1912 info, Time-related functions, Functions new in perl5, Functions obsoleted
1917 =item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
1919 -I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, abs VALUE, abs, accept
1920 NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, alarm, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME,
1921 binmode FILEHANDLE, LAYER, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME, bless
1922 REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE, chomp(
1923 LIST ), chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop( LIST ), chop, chown LIST, chr NUMBER,
1924 chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot, close FILEHANDLE, close, closedir DIRHANDLE,
1925 connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, cos, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT,
1926 dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR, defined, delete
1927 EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR, dump LABEL, dump,
1928 each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval BLOCK, exec LIST,
1929 exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp, fcntl
1930 FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION,
1931 fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE, getc, getlogin,
1932 getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam
1933 NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getprotobyname
1934 NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr
1935 ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER,
1936 getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostent, getnetent,
1937 getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent
1938 STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent,
1939 endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockname SOCKET,
1940 getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL,
1941 goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex,
1942 import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl
1943 FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST,
1944 last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc, lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length,
1945 link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR,
1946 lock THING, log EXPR, log, lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK LIST, map
1947 EXPR,LIST, mkdir FILENAME,MASK, mkdir FILENAME, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget
1948 KEY,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, my EXPR, my
1949 TYPE EXPR, my EXPR : ATTRS, my TYPE EXPR : ATTRS, next LABEL, next, no
1950 Module VERSION LIST, no Module VERSION, no Module LIST, no Module, oct
1951 EXPR, oct, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR, open
1952 FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR,LIST, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,REFERENCE, open FILEHANDLE,
1953 opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord EXPR, ord, our EXPR, our EXPR TYPE, our EXPR :
1954 ATTRS, our TYPE EXPR : ATTRS, pack TEMPLATE,LIST, package NAMESPACE,
1955 package, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop ARRAY, pop, pos SCALAR, pos,
1956 print FILEHANDLE LIST, print LIST, print, printf FILEHANDLE FORMAT, LIST,
1957 printf FORMAT, LIST, prototype FUNCTION, push ARRAY,LIST, q/STRING/,
1958 qq/STRING/, qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, quotemeta EXPR, quotemeta,
1959 rand EXPR, rand, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read
1960 FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR,
1961 readlink, readpipe EXPR, recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo,
1962 ref EXPR, ref, rename OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR,
1963 require, reset EXPR, reset, return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir
1964 DIRHANDLE, rindex STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME,
1965 rmdir, s///, scalar EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir
1966 DIRHANDLE,POS, select FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT,
1967 semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send
1968 SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority
1969 WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY,
1970 shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE,
1971 shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep
1972 EXPR, sleep, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, socketpair
1973 SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort BLOCK LIST,
1974 sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,
1975 splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split /PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split
1976 /PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf FORMAT, LIST, format
1977 parameter index, flags, vector flag, (minimum) width, precision, or maximum
1978 width, size, order of arguments, sqrt EXPR, sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat
1979 FILEHANDLE, stat EXPR, stat, study SCALAR, study, sub NAME BLOCK, sub NAME
1980 (PROTO) BLOCK, sub NAME : ATTRS BLOCK, sub NAME (PROTO) : ATTRS BLOCK,
1981 substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr
1982 EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall NUMBER, LIST, sysopen
1983 FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread
1984 FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek
1985 FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite
1986 FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,
1987 syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie
1988 VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate
1989 FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR,
1990 ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack
1991 TEMPLATE,EXPR, unpack TEMPLATE, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use
1992 Module VERSION LIST, use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use
1993 VERSION, utime LIST, values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid
1994 PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y///
2000 =head2 perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl
2006 =item Open E<agrave> la shell
2012 =item Indirect Filehandles
2016 =item The Minus File
2018 =item Mixing Reads and Writes
2024 =item Open E<agrave> la C
2028 =item Permissions E<agrave> la mode
2032 =item Obscure Open Tricks
2036 =item Re-Opening Files (dups)
2038 =item Dispelling the Dweomer
2040 =item Paths as Opens
2042 =item Single Argument Open
2044 =item Playing with STDIN and STDOUT
2048 =item Other I/O Issues
2052 =item Opening Non-File Files
2054 =item Opening Named Pipes
2056 =item Opening Sockets
2068 =item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
2074 =head2 perlpacktut - tutorial on C<pack> and C<unpack>
2080 =item The Basic Principle
2084 =item Packing Numbers
2090 =item Unpacking a Stack Frame
2092 =item How to Eat an Egg on a Net
2094 =item Floating point Numbers
2098 =item Exotic Templates
2110 =item Another Portable Binary Encoding
2114 =item Template Grouping
2116 =item Lengths and Widths
2120 =item String Lengths
2122 =item Dynamic Templates
2124 =item Counting Repetitions
2128 =item Packing and Unpacking C Structures
2132 =item The Alignment Pit
2134 =item Alignment, Take 2
2136 =item Alignment, Take 3
2138 =item Pointers for How to Use Them
2144 =item Funnies Section
2150 =head2 perlpod - the Plain Old Documentation format
2158 =item Ordinary Paragraph
2160 =item Verbatim Paragraph
2162 =item Command Paragraph
2164 C<=head1 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head2 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head3 I<Heading
2165 Text>>, C<=head4 I<Heading Text>>, C<=over I<indentlevel>>, C<=item
2166 I<stuff...>>, C<=back>, C<=cut>, C<=pod>, C<=begin I<formatname>>, C<=end
2167 I<formatname>>, C<=for I<formatname> I<text...>>, C<=encoding
2170 =item Formatting Codes
2172 C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
2173 C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
2174 C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- used
2175 for filenames, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text contains non-breaking spaces,
2176 C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a null
2177 (zero-effect) formatting code
2181 =item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
2183 =item Hints for Writing Pod
2193 =head2 perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and
2200 =item Pod Definitions
2204 "=head1", "=head2", "=head3", "=head4", "=pod", "=cut", "=over", "=item",
2205 "=back", "=begin formatname", "=end formatname", "=for formatname text...",
2206 "=encoding encodingname"
2208 =item Pod Formatting Codes
2210 C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
2211 C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- style for
2212 filenames, C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a
2213 null (zero-effect) formatting code, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
2214 C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text
2215 contains non-breaking spaces
2217 =item Notes on Implementing Pod Processors
2219 =item About LE<lt>...E<gt> Codes
2221 First:, Second:, Third:, Fourth:, Fifth:, Sixth:
2223 =item About =over...=back Regions
2225 =item About Data Paragraphs and "=begin/=end" Regions
2233 =head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
2243 =item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems
2245 OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS
2247 =item Location of Perl
2249 =item Command Switches
2251 B<-0>[I<octal/hexadecimal>], B<-A [I<assertions>]>, B<-a>, B<-C
2252 [I<number/list>]>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-d:>I<foo[=bar,baz]>, B<-D>I<letters>,
2253 B<-D>I<number>, B<-e> I<commandline>, B<-F>I<pattern>, B<-h>,
2254 B<-i>[I<extension>], B<-I>I<directory>, B<-l>[I<octnum>],
2255 B<-m>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<'module ...'>,
2256 B<-[mM]>[B<->]I<module=arg[,arg]...>, B<-n>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-s>, B<-S>,
2257 B<-t>, B<-T>, B<-u>, B<-U>, B<-v>, B<-V>, B<-V:>I<name>, B<-w>, B<-W>,
2258 B<-X>, B<-x> I<directory>
2264 HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5OPT, PERLIO, :bytes, :crlf, :mmap,
2265 :perlio, :pop, :raw, :stdio, :unix, :utf8, :win32, PERLIO_DEBUG, PERLLIB,
2266 PERL5DB, PERL5SHELL (specific to the Win32 port), PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS,
2267 PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL, PERL_DL_NONLAZY, PERL_ENCODING, PERL_HASH_SEED,
2268 PERL_HASH_SEED_DEBUG, PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port), PERL_SIGNALS,
2269 PERL_UNICODE, SYS$LOGIN (specific to the VMS port)
2273 =head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
2281 =head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings
2289 =item Default Warnings and Optional Warnings
2291 =item What's wrong with B<-w> and C<$^W>
2293 =item Controlling Warnings from the Command Line
2297 =item Backward Compatibility
2299 =item Category Hierarchy
2301 =item Fatal Warnings
2303 =item Reporting Warnings from a Module
2315 =head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
2321 =item The Perl Debugger
2325 =item Debugger Commands
2327 h, h [command], h h, p expr, x [maxdepth] expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], y
2328 [level [vars]], T, s [expr], n [expr], r, <CR>, c [line|sub], l, l
2329 min+incr, l min-max, l line, l subname, -, v [line], f filename, /pattern/,
2330 ?pattern?, L [abw], S [[!]regex], t, t expr, b, b [line] [condition], b
2331 subname [condition], b postpone subname [condition], b load filename, b
2332 compile subname, B line, B *, a [line] command, A line, A *, w expr, W
2333 expr, W *, o, o booloption .., o anyoption? .., o option=value .., < ?, < [
2334 command ], < *, << command, > ?, > command, > *, >> command, { ?, { [
2335 command ], { *, {{ command, ! number, ! -number, ! pattern, !! cmd, source
2336 file, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, M, man
2339 =item Configurable Options
2341 C<recallCommand>, C<ShellBang>, C<pager>, C<tkRunning>, C<signalLevel>,
2342 C<warnLevel>, C<dieLevel>, C<AutoTrace>, C<LineInfo>, C<inhibit_exit>,
2343 C<PrintRet>, C<ornaments>, C<frame>, C<maxTraceLen>, C<windowSize>,
2344 C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<dumpDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>,
2345 C<globPrint>, C<DumpDBFiles>, C<DumpPackages>, C<DumpReused>, C<quote>,
2346 C<HighBit>, C<undefPrint>, C<UsageOnly>, C<TTY>, C<noTTY>, C<ReadLine>,
2349 =item Debugger input/output
2351 Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame
2354 =item Debugging compile-time statements
2356 =item Debugger Customization
2358 =item Readline Support
2360 =item Editor Support for Debugging
2362 =item The Perl Profiler
2366 =item Debugging regular expressions
2368 =item Debugging memory usage
2376 =head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
2384 =item Predefined Names
2386 $ARG, $_, $a, $b, $<I<digits>>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $',
2387 $LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, $^N, @LAST_MATCH_END, @+,
2388 HANDLE->input_line_number(EXPR), $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER, $NR, $,
2389 IO::Handle->input_record_separator(EXPR), $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $RS, $/,
2390 HANDLE->autoflush(EXPR), $OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH, $|,
2391 IO::Handle->output_field_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR, $OFS, $,,
2392 IO::Handle->output_record_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $ORS,
2393 $\, $LIST_SEPARATOR, $", $SUBSCRIPT_SEPARATOR, $SUBSEP, $;, $#,
2394 HANDLE->format_page_number(EXPR), $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER, $%,
2395 HANDLE->format_lines_per_page(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE, $=,
2396 HANDLE->format_lines_left(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_LEFT, $-, @LAST_MATCH_START,
2397 @-, C<$`> is the same as C<substr($var, 0, $-[0])>, C<$&> is the same as
2398 C<substr($var, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0])>, C<$'> is the same as C<substr($var,
2399 $+[0])>, C<$1> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1])>, C<$2>
2400 is the same as C<substr($var, $-[2], $+[2] - $-[2])>, C<$3> is the same as
2401 C<substr $var, $-[3], $+[3] - $-[3])>, HANDLE->format_name(EXPR),
2402 $FORMAT_NAME, $~, HANDLE->format_top_name(EXPR), $FORMAT_TOP_NAME, $^,
2403 IO::Handle->format_line_break_characters EXPR,
2404 $FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS, $:, IO::Handle->format_formfeed EXPR,
2405 $FORMAT_FORMFEED, $^L, $ACCUMULATOR, $^A, $CHILD_ERROR, $?, ${^ENCODING},
2406 $OS_ERROR, $ERRNO, $!, %!, $EXTENDED_OS_ERROR, $^E, $EVAL_ERROR, $@,
2407 $PROCESS_ID, $PID, $$, $REAL_USER_ID, $UID, $<, $EFFECTIVE_USER_ID, $EUID,
2408 $>, $REAL_GROUP_ID, $GID, $(, $EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID, $EGID, $),
2409 $PROGRAM_NAME, $0, $[, $], $COMPILING, $^C, $DEBUGGING, $^D,
2410 $SYSTEM_FD_MAX, $^F, $^H, %^H, $INPLACE_EDIT, $^I, $^M, $OSNAME, $^O,
2411 ${^OPEN}, $PERLDB, $^P, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80,
2412 0x100, 0x200, 0x400, $LAST_REGEXP_CODE_RESULT, $^R,
2413 $EXCEPTIONS_BEING_CAUGHT, $^S, $BASETIME, $^T, ${^TAINT}, ${^UNICODE},
2414 $PERL_VERSION, $^V, $WARNING, $^W, ${^WARNING_BITS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X,
2415 ARGV, $ARGV, @ARGV, ARGVOUT, @F, @INC, @_, %INC, %ENV, $ENV{expr}, %SIG,
2418 =item Error Indicators
2420 =item Technical Note on the Syntax of Variable Names
2428 =head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
2438 =item Regular Expressions
2440 [1], [2], [3], cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
2442 =item Extended Patterns
2444 C<(?#text)>, C<(?imsx-imsx)>, C<(?:pattern)>, C<(?imsx-imsx:pattern)>,
2445 C<(?=pattern)>, C<(?!pattern)>, C<(?<=pattern)>, C<(?<!pattern)>, C<(?{
2446 code })>, C<(??{ code })>, C<< (?>pattern) >>,
2447 C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>, C<(?(condition)yes-pattern)>
2451 =item Version 8 Regular Expressions
2453 =item Warning on \1 vs $1
2455 =item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
2457 =item Combining pieces together
2459 C<ST>, C<S|T>, C<S{REPEAT_COUNT}>, C<S{min,max}>, C<S{min,max}?>, C<S?>,
2460 C<S*>, C<S+>, C<S??>, C<S*?>, C<S+?>, C<< (?>S) >>, C<(?=S)>, C<(?<=S)>,
2461 C<(?!S)>, C<(?<!S)>, C<(??{ EXPR })>,
2462 C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>
2464 =item Creating custom RE engines
2474 =head2 perlreref - Perl Regular Expressions Reference
2486 =item ESCAPE SEQUENCES
2488 =item CHARACTER CLASSES
2494 =item EXTENDED CONSTRUCTS
2512 =head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
2522 =item Making References
2524 =item Using References
2526 =item Symbolic references
2528 =item Not-so-symbolic references
2530 =item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
2532 =item Function Templates
2542 =head2 perlform - Perl formats
2550 =item Format Variables
2560 =item Accessing Formatting Internals
2568 =head2 perlobj - Perl objects
2576 =item An Object is Simply a Reference
2578 =item A Class is Simply a Package
2580 =item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
2582 =item Method Invocation
2584 =item Indirect Object Syntax
2586 =item Default UNIVERSAL methods
2588 isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
2594 =item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
2602 =head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
2614 TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, UNTIE this,
2619 TIEARRAY classname, LIST, FETCH this, index, STORE this, index, value,
2620 FETCHSIZE this, STORESIZE this, count, EXTEND this, count, EXISTS this,
2621 key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, PUSH this, LIST, POP this, SHIFT this,
2622 UNSHIFT this, LIST, SPLICE this, offset, length, LIST, UNTIE this, DESTROY
2627 USER, HOME, CLOBBER, LIST, TIEHASH classname, LIST, FETCH this, key, STORE
2628 this, key, value, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, EXISTS this, key, FIRSTKEY
2629 this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, SCALAR this, UNTIE this, DESTROY this
2631 =item Tying FileHandles
2633 TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this,
2634 LIST, READ this, LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, UNTIE this,
2639 =item The C<untie> Gotcha
2651 =head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
2659 B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
2660 B<filter_fetch_value>
2666 =item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
2668 =item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
2678 =head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
2679 safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
2689 =item Handling the SIGHUP Signal in Daemons
2697 =item Deferred Signals (Safe Signals)
2699 Long running opcodes, Interrupting IO, Restartable system calls, Signals as
2700 "faults", Signals triggered by operating system state
2704 =item Using open() for IPC
2710 =item Background Processes
2712 =item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
2714 =item Safe Pipe Opens
2716 =item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
2718 =item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself
2722 =item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
2726 =item Internet Line Terminators
2728 =item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
2730 =item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
2734 =item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
2738 =item A Simple Client
2740 C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
2742 =item A Webget Client
2744 =item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
2748 =item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
2750 Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
2752 =item UDP: Message Passing
2766 =head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation
2776 =item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes
2778 $$ or $PROCESS_ID, %ENV, chdir() and all other builtins that accept
2779 filenames, wait() and waitpid(), kill(), exec(), exit(), Open handles to
2780 files, directories and network sockets
2782 =item Resource limits
2784 =item Killing the parent process
2786 =item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes
2788 =item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS
2790 BEGIN blocks, Open filehandles, Forking pipe open() not yet implemented,
2791 Global state maintained by XSUBs, Interpreter embedded in larger
2792 application, Thread-safety of extensions
2804 =head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
2812 =item Storing numbers
2814 =item Numeric operators and numeric conversions
2816 =item Flavors of Perl numeric operations
2818 Arithmetic operators, ++, Arithmetic operators during C<use integer>, Other
2819 mathematical operators, Bitwise operators, Bitwise operators during C<use
2820 integer>, Operators which expect an integer, Operators which expect a
2829 =head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl
2837 =item What Is A Thread Anyway?
2839 =item Threaded Program Models
2851 =item What kind of threads are Perl threads?
2853 =item Thread-Safe Modules
2859 =item Basic Thread Support
2861 =item A Note about the Examples
2863 =item Creating Threads
2865 =item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
2867 =item Ignoring A Thread
2871 =item Threads And Data
2875 =item Shared And Unshared Data
2877 =item Thread Pitfalls: Races
2881 =item Synchronization and control
2885 =item Controlling access: lock()
2887 =item A Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
2889 =item Queues: Passing Data Around
2891 =item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
2893 =item Basic semaphores
2895 =item Advanced Semaphores
2897 =item cond_wait() and cond_signal()
2899 =item Giving up control
2903 =item General Thread Utility Routines
2907 =item What Thread Am I In?
2911 =item Are These Threads The Same?
2913 =item What Threads Are Running?
2917 =item A Complete Example
2919 =item Different implementations of threads
2921 =item Performance considerations
2923 =item Process-scope Changes
2925 =item Thread-Safety of System Libraries
2933 =item Introductory Texts
2935 =item OS-Related References
2937 =item Other References
2941 =item Acknowledgements
2949 =head2 perlothrtut - old tutorial on threads in Perl
2955 =item What Is A Thread Anyway?
2957 =item Threaded Program Models
2969 =item Native threads
2971 =item What kind of threads are perl threads?
2973 =item Threadsafe Modules
2979 =item Basic Thread Support
2981 =item Creating Threads
2983 =item Giving up control
2985 =item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
2987 =item Errors In Threads
2989 =item Ignoring A Thread
2993 =item Threads And Data
2997 =item Shared And Unshared Data
2999 =item Thread Pitfall: Races
3001 =item Controlling access: lock()
3003 =item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
3005 =item Queues: Passing Data Around
3009 =item Threads And Code
3013 =item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
3015 Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
3017 =item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines
3019 =item Subroutine Locks
3023 =item Locking A Subroutine
3027 =item General Thread Utility Routines
3031 =item What Thread Am I In?
3035 =item Are These Threads The Same?
3037 =item What Threads Are Running?
3041 =item A Complete Example
3049 =item Introductory Texts
3051 =item OS-Related References
3053 =item Other References
3057 =item Acknowledgements
3065 =head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl
3071 Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is>
3080 =item Numbers endianness and Width
3082 =item Files and Filesystems
3084 =item System Interaction
3086 =item Command names versus file pathnames
3090 =item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
3092 =item External Subroutines (XS)
3094 =item Standard Modules
3098 =item Character sets and character encoding
3100 =item Internationalisation
3102 =item System Resources
3112 Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
3113 http://testers.cpan.org/
3121 =item DOS and Derivatives
3129 =item EBCDIC Platforms
3137 =item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
3141 =item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
3143 -I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, alarm SECONDS, alarm, binmode
3144 FILEHANDLE, chmod LIST, chown LIST, chroot FILENAME, chroot, crypt
3145 PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MODE, dump LABEL, exec
3146 LIST, exit EXPR, exit, fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, flock
3147 FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, getlogin, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority
3148 WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, getgrnam NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getpwuid UID,
3149 getgrgid GID, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER,
3150 getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostbyname, gethostent,
3151 getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent
3152 STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent,
3153 endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockopt
3154 SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, ioctl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR,
3155 kill SIGNAL, LIST, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, lstat FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR,
3156 lstat, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, msgrcv
3157 ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE, pipe
3158 READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, readlink EXPR, readlink, select
3159 RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget
3160 KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, setgrent, setpgrp PID,PGRP,
3161 setpriority WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setpwent, setsockopt
3162 SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS,
3163 shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, sockatmark SOCKET,
3164 socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, stat FILEHANDLE, stat
3165 EXPR, stat, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
3166 FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, system LIST, times, truncate
3167 FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, umask EXPR, umask, utime LIST,
3168 wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS
3174 v1.49, 12 August 2002, v1.48, 02 February 2001, v1.47, 22 March 2000,
3175 v1.46, 12 February 2000, v1.45, 20 December 1999, v1.44, 19 July 1999,
3176 v1.43, 24 May 1999, v1.42, 22 May 1999, v1.41, 19 May 1999, v1.40, 11 April
3177 1999, v1.39, 11 February 1999, v1.38, 31 December 1998, v1.37, 19 December
3178 1998, v1.36, 9 September 1998, v1.35, 13 August 1998, v1.33, 06 August
3179 1998, v1.32, 05 August 1998, v1.30, 03 August 1998, v1.23, 10 July 1998
3181 =item Supported Platforms
3185 =item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
3189 =head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
3196 =item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
3202 =item The use locale pragma
3204 =item The setlocale function
3206 =item Finding locales
3208 =item LOCALE PROBLEMS
3210 =item Temporarily fixing locale problems
3212 =item Permanently fixing locale problems
3214 =item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
3216 =item Fixing system locale configuration
3218 =item The localeconv function
3220 =item I18N::Langinfo
3224 =item LOCALE CATEGORIES
3228 =item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
3230 =item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
3232 =item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
3234 =item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
3238 =item Other categories
3246 PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
3247 LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
3253 =item Backward compatibility
3255 =item I18N:Collate obsolete
3257 =item Sort speed and memory use impacts
3259 =item write() and LC_NUMERIC
3261 =item Freely available locale definitions
3265 =item An imperfect standard
3269 =item Unicode and UTF-8
3275 =item Broken systems
3285 =head2 perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction
3295 =item Perl's Unicode Support
3297 =item Perl's Unicode Model
3299 =item Unicode and EBCDIC
3301 =item Creating Unicode
3303 =item Handling Unicode
3305 =item Legacy Encodings
3309 =item Displaying Unicode As Text
3313 =item Advanced Topics
3317 =item Questions With Answers
3319 =item Hexadecimal Notation
3321 =item Further Resources
3325 =item UNICODE IN OLDER PERLS
3329 =item ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
3331 =item AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT, AND LICENSE
3335 =head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
3343 =item Important Caveats
3345 Input and Output Layers, Regular Expressions, C<use utf8> still needed to
3346 enable UTF-8/UTF-EBCDIC in scripts, C<use encoding> needed to upgrade
3347 non-Latin-1 byte strings
3349 =item Byte and Character Semantics
3351 =item Effects of Character Semantics
3357 =item User-Defined Character Properties
3359 =item Character Encodings for Input and Output
3361 =item Unicode Regular Expression Support Level
3363 =item Unicode Encodings
3365 =item Security Implications of Unicode
3367 =item Unicode in Perl on EBCDIC
3371 =item When Unicode Does Not Happen
3373 =item Forcing Unicode in Perl (Or Unforcing Unicode in Perl)
3375 =item Using Unicode in XS
3383 =item Interaction with Locales
3385 =item Interaction with Extensions
3389 =item Porting code from perl-5.6.X
3397 =head2 perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
3403 =item COMMON CHARACTER CODE SETS
3411 =item Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1)
3415 =item 13 variant characters
3423 =item Unicode code points versus EBCDIC code points
3425 =item Remaining Perl Unicode problems in EBCDIC
3427 =item Unicode and UTF
3433 =item SINGLE OCTET TABLES
3435 recipe 0, recipe 1, recipe 2, recipe 3, recipe 4, recipe 5, recipe 6
3437 =item IDENTIFYING CHARACTER CODE SETS
3451 =item OPERATOR DIFFERENCES
3453 =item FUNCTION DIFFERENCES
3455 chr(), ord(), pack(), print(), printf(), sort(), sprintf(), unpack()
3457 =item REGULAR EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES
3465 =item Ignore ASCII vs. EBCDIC sort differences.
3467 =item MONO CASE then sort data.
3469 =item Convert, sort data, then re convert.
3471 =item Perform sorting on one type of machine only.
3475 =item TRANSFORMATION FORMATS
3479 =item URL decoding and encoding
3481 =item uu encoding and decoding
3483 =item Quoted-Printable encoding and decoding
3485 =item Caesarian ciphers
3489 =item Hashing order and checksums
3493 =item MULTI OCTET CHARACTER SETS
3505 chcp, dataset access, OS/390, z/OS iconv, locales
3525 =head2 perlsec - Perl security
3533 =item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
3535 =item Switches On the "#!" Line
3537 =item Taint mode and @INC
3539 =item Cleaning Up Your Path
3543 =item Protecting Your Programs
3547 =item Algorithmic Complexity Attacks
3555 =head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
3567 =item BEGIN, CHECK, INIT and END
3573 =item Making your module threadsafe
3581 =head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
3585 =item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
3589 =item Pragmatic Modules
3591 assertions, assertions::activate, attributes, attrs, autouse, base, bigint,
3592 bignum, bigrat, blib, bytes, charnames, constant, diagnostics, encoding,
3593 fields, filetest, if, integer, less, lib, locale, open, ops, overload, re,
3594 sigtrap, sort, strict, subs, threads, threads::shared, utf8, vars, version,
3595 vmsish, warnings, warnings::register
3597 =item Standard Modules
3599 AnyDBM_File, Attribute::Handlers, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, B, B::Asmdata,
3600 B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Concise, B::Debug,
3601 B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj, B::Stash,
3602 B::Terse, B::Xref, Benchmark, ByteLoader, CGI, CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp,
3603 CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push, CGI::Switch, CGI::Util,
3604 CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, Carp::Heavy, Class::ISA,
3605 Class::Struct, Config, Cwd, DB, DB_File, Data::Dumper, Devel::DProf,
3606 Devel::PPPort, Devel::Peek, Devel::SelfStubber, Digest, Digest::MD5,
3607 Digest::base, DirHandle, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, Encode, Encode::Alias,
3608 Encode::Byte, Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CN, Encode::CN::HZ,
3609 Encode::Config, Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Encoder, Encode::Encoding,
3610 Encode::Guess, Encode::JP, Encode::JP::H2Z, Encode::JP::JIS7, Encode::KR,
3611 Encode::KR::2022_KR, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::PerlIO,
3612 Encode::Supported, Encode::Symbol, Encode::TW, Encode::Unicode,
3613 Encode::Unicode::UTF7, English, Env, Errno, Exporter, Exporter::Heavy,
3614 ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Command::MM, ExtUtils::Constant,
3615 ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install, ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist,
3616 ExtUtils::MM, ExtUtils::MM_Any, ExtUtils::MM_BeOS, ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin,
3617 ExtUtils::MM_DOS, ExtUtils::MM_MacOS, ExtUtils::MM_NW5, ExtUtils::MM_OS2,
3618 ExtUtils::MM_UWIN, ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::MM_VMS, ExtUtils::MM_Win32,
3619 ExtUtils::MM_Win95, ExtUtils::MY, ExtUtils::MakeMaker,
3620 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ, ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial,
3621 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes, ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish,
3622 ExtUtils::Manifest, ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists,
3623 ExtUtils::Packlist, ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, Fcntl, File::Basename,
3624 File::CheckTree, File::Compare, File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find,
3625 File::Glob, File::Path, File::Spec, File::Spec::Cygwin, File::Spec::Epoc,
3626 File::Spec::Functions, File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Unix,
3627 File::Spec::VMS, File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp, File::stat, FileCache,
3628 FileHandle, Filter::Simple, Filter::Util::Call, FindBin, GDBM_File,
3629 Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, Hash::Util, I18N::Collate, I18N::LangTags,
3630 I18N::LangTags::List, I18N::Langinfo, IO, IO::Dir, IO::File, IO::Handle,
3631 IO::Pipe, IO::Poll, IO::Seekable, IO::Select, IO::Socket, IO::Socket::INET,
3632 IO::Socket::UNIX, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, IPC::SysV, IPC::SysV::Msg,
3633 IPC::SysV::Semaphore, List::Util, Locale::Constants, Locale::Country,
3634 Locale::Currency, Locale::Language, Locale::Maketext,
3635 Locale::Maketext::TPJ13, Locale::Script, MIME::Base64,
3636 MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt,
3637 Math::BigInt::Calc, Math::BigRat, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Memoize,
3638 Memoize::AnyDBM_File, Memoize::Expire, Memoize::ExpireFile,
3639 Memoize::ExpireTest, Memoize::NDBM_File, Memoize::SDBM_File,
3640 Memoize::Storable, NDBM_File, NEXT, Net::Cmd, Net::Config, Net::Domain,
3641 Net::FTP, Net::NNTP, Net::Netrc, Net::POP3, Net::Ping, Net::SMTP,
3642 Net::Time, Net::hostent, Net::libnetFAQ, Net::netent, Net::protoent,
3643 Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, POSIX, PerlIO, PerlIO::encoding,
3644 PerlIO::scalar, PerlIO::via, PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint, Pod::Checker,
3645 Pod::Find, Pod::Functions, Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::LaTeX,
3646 Pod::Man, Pod::ParseLink, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Parser,
3647 Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker, Pod::Perldoc::ToMan, Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff,
3648 Pod::Perldoc::ToPod, Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf, Pod::Perldoc::ToText,
3649 Pod::Perldoc::ToTk, Pod::Perldoc::ToXml, Pod::PlainText, Pod::Plainer,
3650 Pod::Select, Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color, Pod::Text::Overstrike,
3651 Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Usage, SDBM_File, Safe, Scalar::Util,
3652 Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell, Socket, Storable, Switch,
3653 Symbol, Sys::Hostname, Sys::Syslog, Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap,
3654 Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test, Test::Builder, Test::Harness,
3655 Test::Harness::Assert, Test::Harness::Iterator, Test::Harness::Straps,
3656 Test::More, Test::Simple, Test::Tutorial, Text::Abbrev, Text::Balanced,
3657 Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs, Text::Wrap, Thread,
3658 Thread::Queue, Thread::Semaphore, Thread::Signal, Thread::Specific,
3659 Tie::Array, Tie::File, Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::Memoize, Tie::RefHash,
3660 Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, Time::HiRes, Time::Local, Time::gmtime,
3661 Time::localtime, Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize,
3662 Unicode::UCD, User::grent, User::pwent, Win32, XS::APItest, XS::Typemap,
3665 =item Extension Modules
3679 China, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Russian Federation, Saudi
3680 Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand
3682 =item Central America
3688 Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
3689 Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
3690 Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
3691 Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
3692 Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
3696 Canada, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Mexico, United States,
3697 Alabama, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,
3698 Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York,
3699 North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
3700 Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin
3704 Australia, New Zealand, United States
3708 Argentina, Brazil, Chile
3714 =item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
3718 =item Guidelines for Module Creation
3720 =item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
3722 =item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
3730 =head2 perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide
3736 =item QUICK CHECKLIST
3740 =item Before you start
3748 =item Release considerations
3752 =item BEFORE YOU START WRITING A MODULE
3756 =item Has it been done before?
3758 =item Do one thing and do it well
3760 =item What's in a name?
3764 =item DESIGNING AND WRITING YOUR MODULE
3768 =item To OO or not to OO?
3770 =item Designing your API
3772 Write simple routines to do simple things, Separate functionality from
3773 output, Provide sensible shortcuts and defaults, Naming conventions,
3776 =item Strictness and warnings
3778 =item Backwards compatibility
3780 =item Error handling and messages
3784 =item DOCUMENTING YOUR MODULE
3790 =item README, INSTALL, release notes, changelogs
3792 perl Makefile.PL, make, make test, make install, perl Build.PL, perl Build,
3793 perl Build test, perl Build install
3797 =item RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS
3801 =item Version numbering
3803 =item Pre-requisites
3813 =item COMMON PITFALLS
3817 =item Reinventing the wheel
3819 =item Trying to do too much
3821 =item Inappropriate documentation
3827 L<perlstyle>, L<perlnewmod>, L<perlpod>, L<podchecker>, Packaging Tools,
3828 Testing tools, http://pause.perl.org/, Any good book on software
3835 =head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
3845 B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
3846 module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
3860 =head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
3870 =item What should I make into a module?
3872 =item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground
3874 Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again
3876 =item Step-by-step: Making the module
3878 Start with F<h2xs>, Use L<strict|strict> and L<warnings|warnings>, Use
3879 L<Carp|Carp>, Use L<Exporter|Exporter> - wisely!, Use L<plain old
3880 documentation|perlpod>, Write tests, Write the README
3882 =item Step-by-step: Distributing your module
3884 Get a CPAN user ID, C<perl Makefile.PL; make test; make dist>, Upload the
3885 tarball, Announce to the modules list, Announce to clpa, Fix bugs!
3895 =head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
3905 L<perldoc|perldoc>, L<pod2man|pod2man> and L<pod2text|pod2text>,
3906 L<pod2html|pod2html> and L<pod2latex|pod2latex>, L<pod2usage|pod2usage>,
3907 L<podselect|podselect>, L<podchecker|podchecker>, L<splain|splain>,
3908 L<roffitall|roffitall>
3912 L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
3914 =item Administration
3916 L<libnetcfg|libnetcfg>
3920 L<perlbug|perlbug>, L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph> and L<pstruct|pstruct>,
3921 L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>, L<perlcc|perlcc>
3929 =head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
3939 B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
3943 =item Using The Back Ends
3947 =item The Cross Referencing Back End
3951 =item The Decompiling Back End
3953 =item The Lint Back End
3955 =item The Simple C Back End
3957 =item The Bytecode Back End
3959 =item The Optimized C Back End
3963 =item Module List for the Compiler Suite
3965 B, O, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC,
3966 B::Concise, B::Debug, B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex,
3967 B::Stackobj, B::Stash, B::Terse, B::Xref
3969 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
3975 =head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
3985 =item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
3987 =item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
3989 B<Decryption Filters>
3991 =item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
3993 =item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
3995 =item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
3999 =item THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR
4001 Some Filters Clobber the C<DATA> Handle
4011 =head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
4021 B<Use C from Perl?>, B<Use a Unix program from Perl?>, B<Use Perl from
4022 Perl?>, B<Use C from C?>, B<Use Perl from C?>
4026 =item Compiling your C program
4028 =item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
4030 =item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
4032 =item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
4034 =item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
4036 =item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
4038 =item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
4040 =item Execution of END blocks
4042 =item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
4044 =item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
4049 =item Embedding Perl under Win32
4061 =head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
4067 =item Debugger Internals
4071 =item Writing Your Own Debugger
4075 =item Frame Listing Output Examples
4077 =item Debugging regular expressions
4081 =item Compile-time output
4083 C<anchored> I<STRING> C<at> I<POS>, C<floating> I<STRING> C<at>
4084 I<POS1..POS2>, C<matching floating/anchored>, C<minlen>, C<stclass>
4085 I<TYPE>, C<noscan>, C<isall>, C<GPOS>, C<plus>, C<implicit>, C<with eval>,
4088 =item Types of nodes
4090 =item Run-time output
4094 =item Debugging Perl memory usage
4098 =item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
4100 C<buckets SMALLEST(APPROX)..GREATEST(APPROX)>, Free/Used, C<Total sbrk():
4101 SBRKed/SBRKs:CONTINUOUS>, C<pad: 0>, C<heads: 2192>, C<chain: 0>, C<tail:
4104 =item Example of using B<-DL> switch
4106 C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
4108 =item B<-DL> details
4112 =item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
4120 =head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
4132 =item Version caveat
4134 =item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
4146 =item What has gone on?
4148 =item Writing good test scripts
4152 =item What's new here?
4154 =item Input and Output Parameters
4156 =item The XSUBPP Program
4158 =item The TYPEMAP file
4160 =item Warning about Output Arguments
4164 =item What has happened here?
4166 =item Anatomy of .xs file
4168 =item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
4170 =item More about XSUB arguments
4172 =item The Argument Stack
4174 =item Extending your Extension
4176 =item Documenting your Extension
4178 =item Installing your Extension
4182 =item New Things in this Example
4186 =item New Things in this Example
4188 =item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
4190 =item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
4192 =item EXAMPLE 9 Passing open files to XSes
4194 =item Troubleshooting these Examples
4210 =head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
4222 =item The Anatomy of an XSUB
4224 =item The Argument Stack
4226 =item The RETVAL Variable
4228 =item The MODULE Keyword
4230 =item The PACKAGE Keyword
4232 =item The PREFIX Keyword
4234 =item The OUTPUT: Keyword
4236 =item The NO_OUTPUT Keyword
4238 =item The CODE: Keyword
4240 =item The INIT: Keyword
4242 =item The NO_INIT Keyword
4244 =item Initializing Function Parameters
4246 =item Default Parameter Values
4248 =item The PREINIT: Keyword
4250 =item The SCOPE: Keyword
4252 =item The INPUT: Keyword
4254 =item The IN/OUTLIST/IN_OUTLIST/OUT/IN_OUT Keywords
4256 =item The C<length(NAME)> Keyword
4258 =item Variable-length Parameter Lists
4260 =item The C_ARGS: Keyword
4262 =item The PPCODE: Keyword
4264 =item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
4266 =item The REQUIRE: Keyword
4268 =item The CLEANUP: Keyword
4270 =item The POSTCALL: Keyword
4272 =item The BOOT: Keyword
4274 =item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
4276 =item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
4278 =item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
4280 =item The ALIAS: Keyword
4282 =item The OVERLOAD: Keyword
4284 =item The FALLBACK: Keyword
4286 =item The INTERFACE: Keyword
4288 =item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
4290 =item The INCLUDE: Keyword
4292 =item The CASE: Keyword
4294 =item The & Unary Operator
4296 =item Inserting POD, Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
4298 =item Using XS With C++
4300 =item Interface Strategy
4302 =item Perl Objects And C Structures
4306 =item Safely Storing Static Data in XS
4308 MY_CXT_KEY, typedef my_cxt_t, START_MY_CXT, MY_CXT_INIT, dMY_CXT, MY_CXT
4320 =head2 perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions
4330 C<t>, C<p>, C<n>, C<s>
4332 =item File Operations
4334 =item File Input and Output
4336 =item File Positioning
4338 =item Memory Management and String Handling
4340 =item Character Class Tests
4342 =item F<stdlib.h> functions
4344 =item Miscellaneous functions
4352 =head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
4364 =item What is an "IV"?
4366 =item Working with SVs
4370 =item What's Really Stored in an SV?
4372 =item Working with AVs
4374 =item Working with HVs
4376 =item Hash API Extensions
4378 =item AVs, HVs and undefined values
4382 =item Blessed References and Class Objects
4384 =item Creating New Variables
4386 GV_ADDMULTI, GV_ADDWARN
4388 =item Reference Counts and Mortality
4390 =item Stashes and Globs
4392 =item Double-Typed SVs
4394 =item Magic Variables
4396 =item Assigning Magic
4398 =item Magic Virtual Tables
4402 =item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
4404 =item Localizing changes
4406 C<SAVEINT(int i)>, C<SAVEIV(IV i)>, C<SAVEI32(I32 i)>, C<SAVELONG(long i)>,
4407 C<SAVESPTR(s)>, C<SAVEPPTR(p)>, C<SAVEFREESV(SV *sv)>, C<SAVEMORTALIZESV(SV
4408 *sv)>, C<SAVEFREEOP(OP *op)>, C<SAVEFREEPV(p)>, C<SAVECLEARSV(SV *sv)>,
4409 C<SAVEDELETE(HV *hv, char *key, I32 length)>,
4410 C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR(DESTRUCTORFUNC_NOCONTEXT_t f, void *p)>,
4411 C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR_X(DESTRUCTORFUNC_t f, void *p)>, C<SAVESTACK_POS()>, C<SV*
4412 save_scalar(GV *gv)>, C<AV* save_ary(GV *gv)>, C<HV* save_hash(GV *gv)>,
4413 C<void save_item(SV *item)>, C<void save_list(SV **sarg, I32 maxsarg)>,
4414 C<SV* save_svref(SV **sptr)>, C<void save_aptr(AV **aptr)>, C<void
4415 save_hptr(HV **hptr)>
4423 =item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
4425 =item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
4427 =item Memory Allocation
4431 =item Putting a C value on Perl stack
4435 =item Scratchpads and recursion
4445 =item Examining the tree
4447 =item Compile pass 1: check routines
4449 =item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
4451 =item Compile pass 2: context propagation
4453 =item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
4455 =item Pluggable runops
4459 =item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions
4461 =item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
4465 =item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
4467 =item So what happened to dTHR?
4469 =item How do I use all this in extensions?
4471 =item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads?
4473 =item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
4477 =item Internal Functions
4479 A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, x, m, X, E, b
4483 =item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs
4485 =item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer
4487 =item Source Documentation
4491 =item Unicode Support
4495 =item What B<is> Unicode, anyway?
4497 =item How can I recognise a UTF-8 string?
4499 =item How does UTF-8 represent Unicode characters?
4501 =item How does Perl store UTF-8 strings?
4503 =item How do I convert a string to UTF-8?
4505 =item Is there anything else I need to know?
4509 =item Custom Operators
4517 =head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
4523 An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
4525 =item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
4527 call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
4547 =item Determining the Context
4551 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
4557 =item No Parameters, Nothing returned
4559 =item Passing Parameters
4561 =item Returning a Scalar
4563 =item Returning a list of values
4565 =item Returning a list in a scalar context
4567 =item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
4571 =item Using G_KEEPERR
4575 =item Using call_argv
4577 =item Using call_method
4581 =item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
4583 =item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
4585 1. Ignore the problem - Allow only 1 callback, 2. Create a sequence of
4586 callbacks - hard wired limit, 3. Use a parameter to map to the Perl
4589 =item Alternate Stack Manipulation
4591 =item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
4603 =head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
4609 =item "Gimme" Values
4611 GIMME, GIMME_V, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID
4613 =item Array Manipulation Functions
4615 AvFILL, av_clear, av_delete, av_exists, av_extend, av_fetch, av_fill,
4616 av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push, av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift,
4617 get_av, newAV, Nullav, sortsv
4619 =item Callback Functions
4621 call_argv, call_method, call_pv, call_sv, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv,
4622 FREETMPS, LEAVE, SAVETMPS
4624 =item Character classes
4626 isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, toLOWER, toUPPER
4628 =item Cloning an interpreter
4632 =item CV Manipulation Functions
4634 CvSTASH, get_cv, Nullcv
4636 =item Embedding Functions
4638 cv_undef, load_module, nothreadhook, perl_alloc, perl_construct,
4639 perl_destruct, perl_free, perl_parse, perl_run, require_pv
4641 =item Functions in file pp_pack.c
4643 packlist, pack_cat, unpackstring, unpack_str
4645 =item Global Variables
4647 PL_modglobal, PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes
4651 GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_fetchmethod_autoload,
4652 gv_fetchmeth_autoload, gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv
4656 HEf_SVKEY, Nullch, Nullsv
4658 =item Hash Manipulation Functions
4660 get_hv, HeHASH, HeKEY, HeKLEN, HePV, HeSVKEY, HeSVKEY_force, HeSVKEY_set,
4661 HeVAL, HvNAME, hv_assert, hv_clear, hv_clear_placeholders, hv_delete,
4662 hv_delete_ent, hv_exists, hv_exists_ent, hv_fetch, hv_fetch_ent,
4663 hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey, hv_iterkeysv, hv_iternext, hv_iternextsv,
4664 hv_iternext_flags, hv_iterval, hv_magic, hv_scalar, hv_store, hv_store_ent,
4665 hv_undef, newHV, Nullhv
4667 =item Magical Functions
4669 mg_clear, mg_copy, mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, mg_length, mg_magical, mg_set,
4670 SvGETMAGIC, SvLOCK, SvSETMAGIC, SvSetMagicSV, SvSetMagicSV_nosteal,
4671 SvSetSV, SvSetSV_nosteal, SvSHARE
4673 =item Memory Management
4675 Copy, Move, New, Newc, NEWSV, Newz, Poison, Renew, Renewc, Safefree,
4676 savepv, savepvn, savesharedpv, StructCopy, Zero
4678 =item Miscellaneous Functions
4680 fbm_compile, fbm_instr, form, getcwd_sv, new_version, scan_version, strEQ,
4681 strGE, strGT, strLE, strLT, strNE, strnEQ, strnNE, sv_nolocking,
4682 sv_nosharing, sv_nounlocking, upg_version, vcmp, vnumify, vstringify
4684 =item Numeric functions
4686 grok_bin, grok_hex, grok_number, grok_numeric_radix, grok_oct, scan_bin,
4689 =item Optree Manipulation Functions
4691 cv_const_sv, newCONSTSUB, newXS
4693 =item Pad Data Structures
4697 =item Stack Manipulation Macros
4699 dMARK, dORIGMARK, dSP, EXTEND, MARK, ORIGMARK, POPi, POPl, POPn, POPp,
4700 POPpbytex, POPpx, POPs, PUSHi, PUSHMARK, PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUSHu,
4701 PUTBACK, SP, SPAGAIN, XPUSHi, XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs, XPUSHu, XSRETURN,
4702 XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV, XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF,
4703 XSRETURN_UV, XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNO, XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF,
4708 svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG
4710 =item SV Manipulation Functions
4712 get_sv, looks_like_number, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, newSV, newSViv, newSVnv,
4713 newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVpvn_share, newSVrv, newSVsv, newSVuv,
4714 SvCUR, SvCUR_set, SvEND, SvGROW, SvIOK, SvIOKp, SvIOK_notUV, SvIOK_off,
4715 SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only, SvIOK_only_UV, SvIOK_UV, SvIsCOW,
4716 SvIsCOW_shared_hash, SvIV, SvIVx, SvIVX, SvLEN, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp,
4717 SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, SvNOKp, SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVX,
4718 SvNVx, SvOK, SvOOK, SvPOK, SvPOKp, SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only,
4719 SvPOK_only_UTF8, SvPV, SvPVbyte, SvPVbytex, SvPVbytex_force,
4720 SvPVbyte_force, SvPVbyte_nolen, SvPVutf8, SvPVutf8x, SvPVutf8x_force,
4721 SvPVutf8_force, SvPVutf8_nolen, SvPVx, SvPVX, SvPV_force, SvPV_force_nomg,
4722 SvPV_nolen, SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK, SvROK_off,
4723 SvROK_on, SvRV, SvSTASH, SvTAINT, SvTAINTED, SvTAINTED_off, SvTAINTED_on,
4724 SvTRUE, SvTYPE, SvUNLOCK, SvUOK, SvUPGRADE, SvUTF8, SvUTF8_off, SvUTF8_on,
4725 SvUV, SvUVX, SvUVx, SvVOK, sv_2bool, sv_2cv, sv_2io, sv_2iv, sv_2mortal,
4726 sv_2nv, sv_2pvbyte, sv_2pvbyte_nolen, sv_2pvutf8, sv_2pvutf8_nolen,
4727 sv_2pv_flags, sv_2pv_nolen, sv_2uv, sv_backoff, sv_bless, sv_catpv,
4728 sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg, sv_catpvn, sv_catpvn_flags, sv_catpvn_mg,
4729 sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv, sv_catsv_flags, sv_catsv_mg, sv_chop, sv_clear,
4730 sv_cmp, sv_cmp_locale, sv_collxfrm, sv_copypv, sv_dec, sv_derived_from,
4731 sv_eq, sv_force_normal, sv_force_normal_flags, sv_free, sv_gets, sv_grow,
4732 sv_inc, sv_insert, sv_isa, sv_isobject, sv_iv, sv_len, sv_len_utf8,
4733 sv_magic, sv_magicext, sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, sv_newref, sv_nv,
4734 sv_pos_b2u, sv_pos_u2b, sv_pv, sv_pvbyte, sv_pvbyten, sv_pvbyten_force,
4735 sv_pvn, sv_pvn_force, sv_pvn_force_flags, sv_pvutf8, sv_pvutf8n,
4736 sv_pvutf8n_force, sv_reftype, sv_replace, sv_report_used, sv_reset,
4737 sv_rvweaken, sv_setiv, sv_setiv_mg, sv_setnv, sv_setnv_mg, sv_setpv,
4738 sv_setpvf, sv_setpvf_mg, sv_setpviv, sv_setpviv_mg, sv_setpvn,
4739 sv_setpvn_mg, sv_setpv_mg, sv_setref_iv, sv_setref_nv, sv_setref_pv,
4740 sv_setref_pvn, sv_setref_uv, sv_setsv, sv_setsv_flags, sv_setsv_mg,
4741 sv_setuv, sv_setuv_mg, sv_taint, sv_tainted, sv_true, sv_unmagic, sv_unref,
4742 sv_unref_flags, sv_untaint, sv_upgrade, sv_usepvn, sv_usepvn_mg,
4743 sv_utf8_decode, sv_utf8_downgrade, sv_utf8_encode, sv_utf8_upgrade,
4744 sv_utf8_upgrade_flags, sv_uv, sv_vcatpvfn, sv_vsetpvfn
4746 =item Unicode Support
4748 bytes_from_utf8, bytes_to_utf8, ibcmp_utf8, is_utf8_char, is_utf8_string,
4749 is_utf8_string_loc, pv_uni_display, sv_cat_decode, sv_recode_to_utf8,
4750 sv_uni_display, to_utf8_case, to_utf8_fold, to_utf8_lower, to_utf8_title,
4751 to_utf8_upper, utf8n_to_uvchr, utf8n_to_uvuni, utf8_distance, utf8_hop,
4752 utf8_length, utf8_to_bytes, utf8_to_uvchr, utf8_to_uvuni, uvchr_to_utf8,
4755 =item Variables created by C<xsubpp> and C<xsubpp> internal functions
4757 ax, CLASS, dAX, dITEMS, dXSARGS, dXSI32, items, ix, newXSproto, RETVAL, ST,
4758 THIS, XS, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK
4760 =item Warning and Dieing
4770 =head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
4777 =item CV reference counts and CvOUTSIDE
4781 =item Functions in file pad.h
4783 CX_CURPAD_SAVE, CX_CURPAD_SV, PAD_BASE_SV, PAD_CLONE_VARS,
4784 PAD_COMPNAME_FLAGS, PAD_COMPNAME_GEN, PAD_COMPNAME_OURSTASH,
4785 PAD_COMPNAME_PV, PAD_COMPNAME_TYPE, PAD_DUP, PAD_RESTORE_LOCAL,
4786 PAD_SAVE_LOCAL, PAD_SAVE_SETNULLPAD, PAD_SETSV, PAD_SET_CUR,
4787 PAD_SET_CUR_NOSAVE, PAD_SV, PAD_SVl, SAVECLEARSV, SAVECOMPPAD, SAVEPADSV
4789 =item Functions in file pp_ctl.c
4793 =item Global Variables
4795 PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv,
4806 =item Pad Data Structures
4808 CvPADLIST, cv_clone, cv_dump, do_dump_pad, intro_my, pad_add_anon,
4809 pad_add_name, pad_alloc, pad_block_start, pad_check_dup, pad_findlex,
4810 pad_findmy, pad_fixup_inner_anons, pad_free, pad_leavemy, pad_new,
4811 pad_push, pad_reset, pad_setsv, pad_swipe, pad_tidy, pad_undef
4813 =item Stack Manipulation Macros
4817 =item SV Manipulation Functions
4819 report_uninit, sv_add_arena, sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs, sv_free_arenas
4827 =head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
4837 =item History and Background
4839 =item Basic Structure
4841 =item Layers vs Disciplines
4843 =item Data Structures
4845 =item Functions and Attributes
4847 =item Per-instance Data
4849 =item Layers in action.
4851 =item Per-instance flag bits
4853 PERLIO_F_EOF, PERLIO_F_CANWRITE, PERLIO_F_CANREAD, PERLIO_F_ERROR,
4854 PERLIO_F_TRUNCATE, PERLIO_F_APPEND, PERLIO_F_CRLF, PERLIO_F_UTF8,
4855 PERLIO_F_UNBUF, PERLIO_F_WRBUF, PERLIO_F_RDBUF, PERLIO_F_LINEBUF,
4856 PERLIO_F_TEMP, PERLIO_F_OPEN, PERLIO_F_FASTGETS
4858 =item Methods in Detail
4860 fsize, name, size, kind, PERLIO_K_BUFFERED, PERLIO_K_RAW, PERLIO_K_CANCRLF,
4861 PERLIO_K_FASTGETS, PERLIO_K_MULTIARG, Pushed, Popped, Open, Binmode,
4862 Getarg, Fileno, Dup, Read, Write, Seek, Tell, Close, Flush, Fill, Eof,
4863 Error, Clearerr, Setlinebuf, Get_base, Get_bufsiz, Get_ptr, Get_cnt,
4868 =item Implementing PerlIO Layers
4870 C implementations, Perl implementations
4874 "unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8"
4876 =item Extension Layers
4878 ":encoding", ":scalar", ":via"
4886 =head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
4894 1. USE_STDIO, 2. USE_SFIO, 3. USE_PERLIO, B<PerlIO_stdin()>,
4895 B<PerlIO_stdout()>, B<PerlIO_stderr()>, B<PerlIO_open(path, mode)>,
4896 B<PerlIO_fdopen(fd,mode)>, B<PerlIO_reopen(path,mode,f)>,
4897 B<PerlIO_printf(f,fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_vprintf(f,fmt,a)>,
4898 B<PerlIO_stdoutf(fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_read(f,buf,count)>,
4899 B<PerlIO_write(f,buf,count)>, B<PerlIO_close(f)>, B<PerlIO_puts(f,s)>,
4900 B<PerlIO_putc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_ungetc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_getc(f)>,
4901 B<PerlIO_eof(f)>, B<PerlIO_error(f)>, B<PerlIO_fileno(f)>,
4902 B<PerlIO_clearerr(f)>, B<PerlIO_flush(f)>, B<PerlIO_seek(f,offset,whence)>,
4903 B<PerlIO_tell(f)>, B<PerlIO_getpos(f,p)>, B<PerlIO_setpos(f,p)>,
4904 B<PerlIO_rewind(f)>, B<PerlIO_tmpfile()>, B<PerlIO_setlinebuf(f)>
4908 =item Co-existence with stdio
4910 B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,mode)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,mode)>,
4911 B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>, B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>
4913 =item "Fast gets" Functions
4915 B<PerlIO_fast_gets(f)>, B<PerlIO_has_cntptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_cnt(f)>,
4916 B<PerlIO_get_ptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_set_ptrcnt(f,p,c)>, B<PerlIO_canset_cnt(f)>,
4917 B<PerlIO_set_cnt(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_has_base(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_base(f)>,
4918 B<PerlIO_get_bufsiz(f)>
4920 =item Other Functions
4922 PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers),
4923 'E<lt>' read, 'E<gt>' write, '+' read/write, PerlIO_debug(fmt,...)
4929 =head2 perlhack - How to hack at the Perl internals
4935 Does concept match the general goals of Perl?, Where is the
4936 implementation?, Backwards compatibility, Could it be a module instead?, Is
4937 the feature generic enough?, Does it potentially introduce new bugs?, Does
4938 it preclude other desirable features?, Is the implementation robust?, Is
4939 the implementation generic enough to be portable?, Is the implementation
4940 tested?, Is there enough documentation?, Is there another way to do it?,
4941 Does it create too much work?, Patches speak louder than words
4945 =item Keeping in sync
4947 rsync'ing the source tree, Using rsync over the LAN, Using pushing over the
4948 NFS, rsync'ing the patches
4950 =item Why rsync the source tree
4952 It's easier to rsync the source tree, It's more reliable
4954 =item Why rsync the patches
4956 It's easier to rsync the patches, It's a good reference, Finding a start
4957 point, Finding how to fix a bug, Finding the source of misbehaviour
4959 =item Perlbug administration
4961 =item Submitting patches
4963 L<perlguts>, L<perlxstut> and L<perlxs>, L<perlapi>,
4964 F<Porting/pumpkin.pod>, The perl5-porters FAQ
4966 =item Finding Your Way Around
4968 Core modules, Tests, Documentation, Configure, Interpreter
4970 =item Elements of the interpreter
4972 Startup, Parsing, Optimization, Running
4974 =item Internal Variable Types
4980 Argument stack, Mark stack, Save stack
4982 =item Millions of Macros
4984 =item The .i Targets
4986 =item Poking at Perl
4988 =item Using a source-level debugger
4990 run [args], break function_name, break source.c:xxx, step, next, continue,
4991 finish, 'enter', print
4993 =item gdb macro support
4995 =item Dumping Perl Data Structures
4999 =item Patching a core module
5001 =item Adding a new function to the core
5003 =item Writing a test
5005 F<t/base/>, F<t/cmd/>, F<t/comp/>, F<t/io/>, F<t/lib/>, F<t/op/>,
5006 F<t/pod/>, F<t/run/>, F<t/uni/>, F<t/win32/>, F<t/x2p>, t/base t/comp,
5007 t/cmd t/run t/io t/op, t/lib ext lib
5009 =item Special Make Test Targets
5011 coretest, test.deparse, test.taintwarn, minitest, test.valgrind
5012 check.valgrind utest.valgrind ucheck.valgrind, test.third check.third
5013 utest.third ucheck.third, test.torture torturetest, utest ucheck test.utf8
5014 check.utf8, test_harness
5016 =item Running tests by hand
5018 PERL_CORE=1, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL=2, PERL, PERL_SKIP_TTY_TEST
5022 =item EXTERNAL TOOLS FOR DEBUGGING PERL
5026 =item Rational Software's Purify
5028 =item Purify on Unix
5030 -Accflags=-DPURIFY, -Doptimize='-g', -Uusemymalloc, -Dusemultiplicity
5034 DEFINES, USE_MULTI = define, #PERL_MALLOC = define, CFG = Debug
5038 =item Compaq's/Digital's/HP's Third Degree
5040 =item PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL
5044 =item Gprof Profiling
5046 -a, -b, -e routine, -f routine, -s, -z
5048 =item GCC gcov Profiling
5050 =item Pixie Profiling
5052 -h, -l, -p[rocedures], -h[eavy], -i[nvocations], -l[ines], -testcoverage,
5055 =item Miscellaneous tricks
5059 I<The Road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began.>
5067 =head2 perlbook - Perl book information
5075 =head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
5081 =item To do during 5.6.x
5085 =item Support for I/O disciplines
5087 =item Autoload bytes.pm
5089 =item Make "\u{XXXX}" et al work
5091 =item Create a char *sv_pvprintify(sv, STRLEN *lenp, UV flags)
5093 =item Overloadable regex assertions
5097 =item Work out exit/die semantics for threads
5099 =item Better support for nonpreemptive threading systems like GNU pth
5101 =item Typed lexicals for compiler
5103 =item Compiler workarounds for Win32
5105 =item AUTOLOADing in the compiler
5107 =item Fixing comppadlist when compiling
5109 =item Cleaning up exported namespace
5111 =item Complete signal handling
5113 =item Out-of-source builds
5115 =item POSIX realtime support
5117 =item UNIX98 support
5121 =item Long double conversion
5125 =item Arithmetic on non-Arabic numerals
5127 =item POSIX Unicode character classes
5129 =item Factoring out common suffices/prefices in regexps (trie optimization)
5131 =item Security audit shipped utilities
5133 =item Sort out the uid-setting mess
5135 =item Custom opcodes
5137 =item DLL Versioning
5139 =item Introduce @( and @)
5141 =item Floating point handling
5143 =item IV/UV preservation
5145 =item Replace pod2html with something using Pod::Parser
5147 =item Automate module testing on CPAN
5149 =item sendmsg and recvmsg
5151 =item Rewrite perlre documentation
5153 =item Convert example code to IO::Handle filehandles
5155 =item Document Win32 choices
5157 =item Check new modules
5159 =item Make roffitall find pods and libs itself
5163 =item To do at some point
5167 =item Remove regular expression recursion
5169 =item Memory leaks after failed eval
5171 =item bitfields in pack
5173 =item Cross compilation
5175 =item Perl preprocessor / macros
5177 =item Perl lexer in Perl
5179 =item Using POSIX calls internally
5181 =item -i rename file when changed
5183 =item All ARGV input should act like E<lt>E<gt>
5185 =item Support for rerunning debugger
5187 =item Test Suite for the Debugger
5189 =item my sub foo { }
5191 =item One-pass global destruction
5193 =item Rewrite regexp parser
5195 =item Cache recently used regexps
5197 =item Cross-compilation support
5199 =item Bit-shifting bitvectors
5201 =item debugger pragma
5203 =item use less pragma
5205 =item switch structures
5207 =item Cache eval tree
5211 =item Shrink opcode tables
5213 =item Optimize away @_
5215 =item Prototypes versus indirect objects
5219 =item Prototype method calls
5221 =item Return context prototype declarations
5225 =item Garbage collection
5229 =item Rewrite perldoc
5231 =item Install .3p manpages
5233 =item Unicode tutorial
5235 =item Update POSIX.pm for 1003.1-2
5237 =item Retargetable installation
5239 =item POSIX emulation on non-POSIX systems
5241 =item Rename Win32 headers
5243 =item Finish off lvalue functions
5245 =item Update sprintf documentation
5247 =item Use fchown/fchmod internally
5249 =item Make v-strings overloaded objects
5251 =item Allow restricted hash assignment
5253 =item Should overload be inheritable?
5257 =item Perform correctly when XSUBs call subroutines that exit via
5258 goto(LABEL) and friends
5266 =item ref() in list context
5268 =item Make tr/// return histogram of characters in list context
5270 =item Compile to real threaded code
5272 =item Structured types
5274 =item Modifiable $1 et al.
5276 =item Procedural interfaces for IO::*, etc.
5280 =item Attach/detach debugger from running program
5284 =item foreach(reverse ...)
5286 =item Constant function cache
5288 =item Approximate regular expression matching
5296 =item Update guts documentation
5298 =item Add more tests
5300 =item Update auxiliary tools
5302 =item Create debugging macros
5304 =item truncate to the people
5306 =item Unicode in Filenames
5310 =item Unicode in %ENV
5312 =item Recently done things
5316 =item Alternative RE syntax module
5318 =item Safe signal handling
5324 =item setitimer and getimiter
5326 =item Testing __DIE__ hook
5328 =item CPP equivalent in Perl
5330 =item Explicit switch statements
5338 =item perlcc to produce executable
5340 =item END blocks saved in compiled output
5342 =item Secure temporary file module
5344 =item Integrate Time::HiRes
5346 =item Turn Cwd into XS
5348 =item Mmap for input
5350 =item Byte to/from UTF-8 and UTF-8 to/from local conversion
5352 =item Add sockatmark support
5354 =item Mailing list archives
5358 =item Integrate MacPerl
5360 =item Web "nerve center" for Perl
5362 =item Regular expression tutorial
5364 =item Debugging Tutorial
5366 =item Integrate new modules
5368 =item Integrate profiler
5370 =item Y2K error detection
5372 =item Regular expression debugger
5376 =item "Dynamic" lexicals
5378 =item Cache precompiled modules
5382 =item Deprecated Wishes
5386 =item Loop control on do{}
5388 =item Lexically scoped typeglobs
5394 =item Generalised want()/caller())
5396 =item Named prototypes
5398 =item Built-in globbing
5400 =item Regression tests for suidperl
5402 =item Cached hash values
5404 =item Add compression modules
5406 =item Reorganise documentation into tutorials/references
5408 =item Remove distinction between functions and operators
5410 =item Make XS easier to use
5412 =item Make embedding easier to use
5416 =item my $Package::variable
5418 =item "or" tests defined, not truth
5420 =item "class"-based lexicals
5424 =item Lazy evaluation / tail recursion removal
5426 =item Make "use utf8" the default
5428 =item Unicode collation and normalization
5430 =item pack/unpack tutorial
5436 =head2 perldoc - Look up Perl documentation in Pod format.
5446 B<-h>, B<-v>, B<-t>, B<-u>, B<-m> I<module>, B<-l>, B<-F>, B<-f>
5447 I<perlfunc>, B<-q> I<perlfaq-search-regexp>, B<-T>, B<-d>
5448 I<destination-filename>, B<-o> I<output-formatname>, B<-M> I<module-name>,
5449 B<-w> I<option:value> or B<-w> I<option>, B<-X>,
5450 B<PageName|ModuleName|ProgramName>, B<-n> I<some-formatter>, B<-r>, B<-i>,
5461 =head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
5469 =item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
5481 =item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
5483 =item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
5487 =item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
5491 =head2 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.0
5497 =item Incompatible Changes
5501 =item Hash Randomisation
5503 =item UTF-8 On Filehandles No Longer Activated By Locale
5505 =item Single-number v-strings are no longer v-strings before "=>"
5507 =item (Win32) The -C Switch Has Been Repurposed
5509 =item (Win32) The /d Switch Of cmd.exe
5511 =item The C<$*> variable has been removed
5515 =item Core Enhancements
5521 =item Defined-or operators
5523 =item UTF-8 no longer default under UTF-8 locales
5525 =item Unsafe signals again available
5527 =item Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices
5529 =item Tied hashes in scalar context
5533 =item Unicode Character Database 4.0.0
5535 =item Miscellaneous Enhancements
5539 =item Modules and Pragmata
5543 =item Updated Modules And Pragmata
5545 base, B::Bytecode, B::Concise, B::Deparse, Benchmark, ByteLoader, bytes,
5546 CGI, charnames, CPAN, Data::Dumper, DB_File, Devel::PPPort, Digest::MD5,
5547 Encode, fields, libnet, Math::BigInt, MIME::Base64, NEXT, Net::Ping,
5548 PerlIO::scalar, podlators, Pod::LaTeX, PodParsers, Pod::Perldoc,
5549 Scalar::Util, Storable, strict, Term::ANSIcolor, Test::Harness, Test::More,
5550 Test::Simple, Text::Balanced, Time::HiRes, threads, threads::shared,
5551 Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize, Win32::GetFolderPath,
5556 =item Utility Changes
5558 =item New Documentation
5560 =item Performance Enhancements
5562 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5566 =item Platform-specific enhancements
5570 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5574 =item Closures, eval and lexicals
5578 =item Platform-specific fixes
5582 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5586 =item Changed "A thread exited while %d threads were running"
5588 =item Removed "Attempt to clear a restricted hash"
5590 =item New "Illegal declaration of anonymous subroutine"
5592 =item Changed "Invalid range "%s" in transliteration operator"
5594 =item New "Missing control char name in \c"
5596 =item New "Newline in left-justified string for %s"
5598 =item New "Possible precedence problem on bitwise %c operator"
5600 =item New "read() on %s filehandle %s"
5602 =item New "Tied variable freed while still in use"
5604 =item New "To%s: illegal mapping '%s'"
5606 =item New "Use of freed value in iteration"
5610 =item Changed Internals
5614 =item Known Problems
5618 =item Net::Ping 450_service and 510_ping_udp failures
5624 =item Platform Specific Problems
5628 =item EBCDIC Platforms
5630 =item Cygwin 1.5 problems
5632 =item HP-UX: HP cc warnings about sendfile and sendpath
5634 =item IRIX: t/uni/tr_7jis.t falsely failing
5636 =item Mac OS X: no usemymalloc
5638 =item Tru64: No threaded builds with GNU cc (gcc)
5640 =item Win32: sysopen, sysread, syswrite
5646 =item Reporting Bugs
5652 =head2 perl58delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.8.0
5658 =item Highlights In 5.8.0
5660 =item Incompatible Changes
5664 =item Binary Incompatibility
5666 =item 64-bit platforms and malloc
5668 =item AIX Dynaloading
5670 =item Attributes for C<my> variables now handled at run-time
5672 =item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
5674 =item IEEE-format Floating Point Default on OpenVMS Alpha
5676 =item New Unicode Semantics (no more C<use utf8>, almost)
5678 =item New Unicode Properties
5680 =item REF(...) Instead Of SCALAR(...)
5682 =item pack/unpack D/F recycled
5684 =item glob() now returns filenames in alphabetical order
5690 =item Core Enhancements
5694 =item Unicode Overhaul
5696 =item PerlIO is Now The Default
5700 =item Restricted Hashes
5704 =item Understanding of Numbers
5706 =item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings [561]
5708 =item Miscellaneous Changes
5712 =item Modules and Pragmata
5716 =item New Modules and Pragmata
5718 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
5722 =item Utility Changes
5724 =item New Documentation
5726 =item Performance Enhancements
5728 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5732 =item Generic Improvements
5734 =item New Or Improved Platforms
5738 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5742 =item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
5746 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5748 =item Changed Internals
5750 =item Security Vulnerability Closed [561]
5754 =item Known Problems
5758 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Very Experimental
5760 =item Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken
5762 =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
5764 =item Modifying $_ Inside for(..)
5766 =item mod_perl 1.26 Doesn't Build With Threaded Perl
5768 =item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
5770 =item libwww-perl (LWP) fails base/date #51
5772 =item PDL failing some tests
5776 =item Self-tying Problems
5778 =item ext/threads/t/libc
5780 =item Failure of Thread (5.005-style) tests
5782 =item Timing problems
5784 =item Tied/Magical Array/Hash Elements Do Not Autovivify
5786 =item Unicode in package/class and subroutine names does not work
5790 =item Platform Specific Problems
5796 =item Alpha systems with old gccs fail several tests
5802 =item Cygwin "unable to remap"
5804 =item Cygwin ndbm tests fail on FAT
5806 =item DJGPP Failures
5808 =item FreeBSD built with ithreads coredumps reading large directories
5810 =item FreeBSD Failing locale Test 117 For ISO 8859-15 Locales
5812 =item IRIX fails ext/List/Util/t/shuffle.t or Digest::MD5
5814 =item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
5816 =item Linux with glibc 2.2.5 fails t/op/int subtest #6 with -Duse64bitint
5818 =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
5822 =item Mac OS X dyld undefined symbols
5824 =item OS/2 Test Failures
5826 =item op/sprintf tests 91, 129, and 130
5832 =item Solaris x86 Fails Tests With -Duse64bitint
5834 =item SUPER-UX (NEC SX)
5836 =item Term::ReadKey not working on Win32
5848 =item XML::Parser not working
5852 =item Unicode Support on EBCDIC Still Spotty
5854 =item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
5858 =item Reporting Bugs
5866 =head2 perl581delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.8.1
5872 =item Incompatible Changes
5876 =item Hash Randomisation
5878 =item UTF-8 On Filehandles No Longer Activated By Locale
5880 =item Single-number v-strings are no longer v-strings before "=>"
5882 =item (Win32) The -C Switch Has Been Repurposed
5884 =item (Win32) The /d Switch Of cmd.exe
5888 =item Core Enhancements
5892 =item UTF-8 no longer default under UTF-8 locales
5894 =item Unsafe signals again available
5896 =item Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices
5900 =item Unicode Character Database 4.0.0
5902 =item Deprecation Warnings
5904 =item Miscellaneous Enhancements
5908 =item Modules and Pragmata
5912 =item Updated Modules And Pragmata
5914 base, B::Bytecode, B::Concise, B::Deparse, Benchmark, ByteLoader, bytes,
5915 CGI, charnames, CPAN, Data::Dumper, DB_File, Devel::PPPort, Digest::MD5,
5916 Encode, fields, libnet, Math::BigInt, MIME::Base64, NEXT, Net::Ping,
5917 PerlIO::scalar, podlators, Pod::LaTeX, PodParsers, Pod::Perldoc,
5918 Scalar::Util, Storable, strict, Term::ANSIcolor, Test::Harness, Test::More,
5919 Test::Simple, Text::Balanced, Time::HiRes, threads, threads::shared,
5920 Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize, Win32::GetFolderPath,
5925 =item Utility Changes
5927 =item New Documentation
5929 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5933 =item Platform-specific enhancements
5937 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5941 =item Closures, eval and lexicals
5945 =item Platform-specific fixes
5949 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5953 =item Changed "A thread exited while %d threads were running"
5955 =item Removed "Attempt to clear a restricted hash"
5957 =item New "Illegal declaration of anonymous subroutine"
5959 =item Changed "Invalid range "%s" in transliteration operator"
5961 =item New "Missing control char name in \c"
5963 =item New "Newline in left-justified string for %s"
5965 =item New "Possible precedence problem on bitwise %c operator"
5967 =item New "Pseudo-hashes are deprecated"
5969 =item New "read() on %s filehandle %s"
5971 =item New "5.005 threads are deprecated"
5973 =item New "Tied variable freed while still in use"
5975 =item New "To%s: illegal mapping '%s'"
5977 =item New "Use of freed value in iteration"
5981 =item Changed Internals
5985 =item Known Problems
5989 =item Tied hashes in scalar context
5991 =item Net::Ping 450_service and 510_ping_udp failures
5997 =item Platform Specific Problems
6001 =item EBCDIC Platforms
6003 =item Cygwin 1.5 problems
6005 =item HP-UX: HP cc warnings about sendfile and sendpath
6007 =item IRIX: t/uni/tr_7jis.t falsely failing
6009 =item Mac OS X: no usemymalloc
6011 =item Tru64: No threaded builds with GNU cc (gcc)
6013 =item Win32: sysopen, sysread, syswrite
6017 =item Future Directions
6019 =item Reporting Bugs
6025 =head2 perl573delta - what's new for perl v5.7.3
6033 =item Reporting Bugs
6041 =head2 perl572delta - what's new for perl v5.7.2
6047 =item Security Vulnerability Closed
6049 =item Incompatible Changes
6053 =item 64-bit platforms and malloc
6055 =item AIX Dynaloading
6057 =item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
6059 =item Different Definition of the Unicode Character Classes \p{In...}
6065 =item Core Enhancements
6067 =item Modules and Pragmata
6071 =item New Modules and Distributions
6073 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
6077 =item Utility Changes
6079 =item New Documentation
6081 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
6085 =item New Or Improved Platforms
6087 =item Generic Improvements
6091 =item Selected Bug Fixes
6095 =item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
6099 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
6101 =item Source Code Enhancements
6105 =item MAGIC constants
6107 =item Better commented code
6109 =item Regex pre-/post-compilation items matched up
6117 =item Known Problems
6123 =item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
6125 =item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
6127 =item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12
6129 =item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured
6131 =item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
6133 =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
6137 =item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
6139 =item Failure of Thread tests
6149 =item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
6151 =item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
6153 =item Variable Attributes are not Currently Usable for Tieing
6155 =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
6157 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
6159 =item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental
6163 =item Reporting Bugs
6171 =head2 perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.1
6177 =item Security Vulnerability Closed
6179 =item Incompatible Changes
6181 =item Core Enhancements
6185 =item AUTOLOAD Is Now Lvaluable
6187 =item PerlIO is Now The Default
6189 =item Signals Are Now Safe
6193 =item Modules and Pragmata
6199 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
6203 =item Performance Enhancements
6205 =item Utility Changes
6207 =item New Documentation
6223 =item README.solaris
6227 =item Porting/repository.pod
6231 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
6235 =item New Or Improved Platforms
6237 =item Generic Improvements
6239 d_cmsghdr, d_fcntl_can_lock, d_fsync, d_getitimer, d_getpagsz, d_msghdr_s,
6240 need_va_copy, d_readv, d_recvmsg, d_sendmsg, sig_size, d_sockatmark,
6241 d_strtoq, d_u32align, d_ualarm, d_usleep
6245 =item Selected Bug Fixes
6249 =item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
6253 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
6255 =item Changed Internals
6259 =item Known Problems
6263 =item AIX vac 5.0.0.0 May Produce Buggy Code For Perl
6265 =item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
6267 =item lib/io_multihomed Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
6269 =item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
6273 =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
6275 =item sigaction test 13 in VMS
6277 =item sprintf tests 129 and 130
6279 =item Failure of Thread tests
6281 =item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
6283 =item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
6285 =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
6287 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
6291 =item Reporting Bugs
6299 =head2 perl570delta - what's new for perl v5.7.0
6305 =item Security Vulnerability Closed
6307 =item Incompatible Changes
6309 =item Core Enhancements
6311 =item Modules and Pragmata
6317 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
6321 =item Utility Changes
6323 =item New Documentation
6325 =item Performance Enhancements
6327 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
6331 =item Generic Improvements
6335 =item Selected Bug Fixes
6339 =item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
6343 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
6345 =item Changed Internals
6347 =item Known Problems
6351 =item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect
6353 =item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform
6355 =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
6357 =item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
6359 =item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
6361 =item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris
6363 =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
6365 =item Storable tests fail in some platforms
6367 =item Threads Are Still Experimental
6369 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
6373 =item Reporting Bugs
6381 =head2 perl561delta - what's new for perl v5.6.x
6387 =item Summary of changes between 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
6391 =item Security Issues
6393 =item Core bug fixes
6395 C<UNIVERSAL::isa()>, Memory leaks, Numeric conversions, qw(a\\b), caller(),
6396 Bugs in regular expressions, "slurp" mode, Autovivification of symbolic
6397 references to special variables, Lexical warnings, Spurious warnings and
6398 errors, glob(), Tainting, sort(), #line directives, Subroutine prototypes,
6399 map(), Debugger, PERL5OPT, chop(), Unicode support, 64-bit support,
6400 Compiler, Lvalue subroutines, IO::Socket, File::Find, xsubpp, C<no
6405 =item Configuration issues
6409 =item Bundled modules
6411 B::Concise, File::Temp, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Text::Overstrike, CGI, CPAN,
6412 Class::Struct, DB_File, Devel::Peek, File::Find, Getopt::Long, IO::Poll,
6413 IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::Complex, Net::Ping, Opcode, Pod::Parser,
6414 Pod::Text, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Tie::RefHash, Tie::SubstrHash
6416 =item Platform-specific improvements
6418 NCR MP-RAS, NonStop-UX
6422 =item Core Enhancements
6426 =item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
6428 =item Lexically scoped warning categories
6430 =item Unicode and UTF-8 support
6432 =item Support for interpolating named characters
6434 =item "our" declarations
6436 =item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
6438 =item Improved Perl version numbering system
6440 =item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
6442 =item File and directory handles can be autovivified
6444 =item open() with more than two arguments
6446 =item 64-bit support
6448 =item Large file support
6454 =item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
6456 =item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
6458 =item File globbing implemented internally
6460 =item Support for CHECK blocks
6462 =item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
6464 =item Better pseudo-random number generator
6466 =item Improved C<qw//> operator
6468 =item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
6470 =item pack() format 'Z' supported
6472 =item pack() format modifier '!' supported
6474 =item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
6476 =item Comments in pack() templates
6478 =item Weak references
6480 =item Binary numbers supported
6482 =item Lvalue subroutines
6484 =item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
6486 =item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
6488 =item exists() is supported on subroutine names
6490 =item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
6492 =item Pseudo-hashes work better
6494 =item Automatic flushing of output buffers
6496 =item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
6498 =item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
6500 =item eof() has the same old magic as <>
6502 =item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
6504 =item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
6506 =item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
6508 =item Improved diagnostics
6510 =item Diagnostics follow STDERR
6512 =item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
6514 =item syswrite() ease-of-use
6516 =item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
6518 =item Bit operators support full native integer width
6520 =item Improved security features
6522 =item More functional bareword prototype (*)
6524 =item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
6526 =item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
6528 =item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
6530 =item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
6532 =item Optional Y2K warnings
6534 =item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
6538 =item Modules and Pragmata
6544 attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
6545 DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
6546 Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
6547 File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
6548 Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
6549 podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
6550 pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
6551 Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
6557 =item Utility Changes
6571 =item The Perl Debugger
6575 =item Improved Documentation
6577 perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
6578 perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
6579 perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
6580 perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
6582 =item Performance enhancements
6586 =item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
6588 =item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
6590 =item Faster subroutine calls
6592 =item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
6596 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
6600 =item -Dusethreads means something different
6602 =item New Configure flags
6604 =item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
6610 =item -Duselargefiles
6612 =item installusrbinperl
6618 =item Enhanced Installation Directories
6620 =item gcc automatically tried if 'cc' does not seem to be working
6624 =item Platform specific changes
6628 =item Supported platforms
6632 =item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
6640 =item Significant bug fixes
6644 =item <HANDLE> on empty files
6646 =item C<eval '...'> improvements
6648 =item All compilation errors are true errors
6650 =item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
6652 =item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
6654 =item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
6656 =item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
6658 =item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
6660 =item Failures in DESTROY()
6662 =item Locale bugs fixed
6666 =item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
6668 =item Taint failures under C<-U>
6670 =item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
6672 =item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
6676 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
6678 "%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
6679 implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
6680 / cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
6681 by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
6682 \\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
6683 passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
6684 early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
6685 argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
6686 subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
6687 %s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
6688 substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
6689 Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
6690 size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
6691 filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
6692 Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
6693 Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
6694 remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
6695 weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
6696 syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
6697 constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
6698 defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
6699 "local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
6700 %s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
6701 output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
6702 explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
6703 Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
6704 |%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
6705 number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
6706 %s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
6707 separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
6708 subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
6709 returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
6710 %sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
6711 No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
6712 No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
6713 is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
6714 panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
6715 around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
6716 Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
6717 instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
6718 Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
6719 Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
6720 zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
6721 Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
6722 environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
6723 '%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
6724 escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
6725 list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
6726 subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
6727 CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
6731 =item Incompatible Changes
6735 =item Perl Source Incompatibilities
6737 CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
6738 Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
6739 C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
6740 generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
6741 read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
6742 Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
6743 values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
6744 Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
6745 Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
6746 prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
6747 on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
6749 =item C Source Incompatibilities
6751 C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
6753 =item Compatible C Source API Changes
6755 C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
6757 =item Binary Incompatibilities
6761 =item Known Problems
6765 =item Localizing a tied hash element may leak memory
6767 =item Known test failures
6769 =item EBCDIC platforms not fully supported
6771 =item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
6773 =item Arrow operator and arrays
6775 =item Experimental features
6777 Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
6778 pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
6779 globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
6783 =item Obsolete Diagnostics
6785 Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
6786 logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
6787 \@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
6788 to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
6790 =item Reporting Bugs
6798 =head2 perl56delta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
6804 =item Core Enhancements
6808 =item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
6810 =item Lexically scoped warning categories
6812 =item Unicode and UTF-8 support
6814 =item Support for interpolating named characters
6816 =item "our" declarations
6818 =item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
6820 =item Improved Perl version numbering system
6822 =item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
6824 =item File and directory handles can be autovivified
6826 =item open() with more than two arguments
6828 =item 64-bit support
6830 =item Large file support
6836 =item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
6838 =item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
6840 =item File globbing implemented internally
6842 =item Support for CHECK blocks
6844 =item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
6846 =item Better pseudo-random number generator
6848 =item Improved C<qw//> operator
6850 =item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
6852 =item pack() format 'Z' supported
6854 =item pack() format modifier '!' supported
6856 =item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
6858 =item Comments in pack() templates
6860 =item Weak references
6862 =item Binary numbers supported
6864 =item Lvalue subroutines
6866 =item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
6868 =item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
6870 =item exists() is supported on subroutine names
6872 =item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
6874 =item Pseudo-hashes work better
6876 =item Automatic flushing of output buffers
6878 =item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
6880 =item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
6882 =item eof() has the same old magic as <>
6884 =item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
6886 =item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
6888 =item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
6890 =item Improved diagnostics
6892 =item Diagnostics follow STDERR
6894 =item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
6896 =item syswrite() ease-of-use
6898 =item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
6900 =item Bit operators support full native integer width
6902 =item Improved security features
6904 =item More functional bareword prototype (*)
6906 =item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
6908 =item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
6910 =item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
6912 =item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
6914 =item Optional Y2K warnings
6916 =item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
6920 =item Modules and Pragmata
6926 attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
6927 DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
6928 Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
6929 File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
6930 Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
6931 podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
6932 pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
6933 Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
6939 =item Utility Changes
6953 =item The Perl Debugger
6957 =item Improved Documentation
6959 perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
6960 perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
6961 perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
6962 perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
6964 =item Performance enhancements
6968 =item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
6970 =item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
6972 =item Faster subroutine calls
6974 =item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
6978 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
6982 =item -Dusethreads means something different
6984 =item New Configure flags
6986 =item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
6992 =item -Duselargefiles
6994 =item installusrbinperl
7000 =item Enhanced Installation Directories
7004 =item Platform specific changes
7008 =item Supported platforms
7012 =item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
7020 =item Significant bug fixes
7024 =item <HANDLE> on empty files
7026 =item C<eval '...'> improvements
7028 =item All compilation errors are true errors
7030 =item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
7032 =item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
7034 =item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
7036 =item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
7038 =item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
7040 =item Failures in DESTROY()
7042 =item Locale bugs fixed
7046 =item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
7048 =item Taint failures under C<-U>
7050 =item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
7052 =item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
7056 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
7058 "%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
7059 implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
7060 / cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
7061 by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
7062 \\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
7063 passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
7064 early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
7065 argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
7066 subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
7067 %s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
7068 substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
7069 Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
7070 size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
7071 filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
7072 Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
7073 Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
7074 remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
7075 weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
7076 syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
7077 constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
7078 defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
7079 "local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
7080 %s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
7081 output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
7082 explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
7083 Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
7084 |%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
7085 number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
7086 %s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
7087 separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
7088 subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
7089 returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
7090 %sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
7091 No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
7092 No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
7093 is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
7094 panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
7095 around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
7096 Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
7097 instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
7098 Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
7099 Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
7100 zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
7101 Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
7102 environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
7103 '%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
7104 escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
7105 list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
7106 subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
7107 CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
7111 =item Incompatible Changes
7115 =item Perl Source Incompatibilities
7117 CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
7118 Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
7119 C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
7120 generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
7121 read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
7122 Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
7123 values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
7124 Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
7125 Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
7126 prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
7127 on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
7129 =item C Source Incompatibilities
7131 C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
7133 =item Compatible C Source API Changes
7135 C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
7137 =item Binary Incompatibilities
7141 =item Known Problems
7145 =item Thread test failures
7147 =item EBCDIC platforms not supported
7149 =item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
7151 =item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
7153 =item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
7156 =item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
7158 =item Arrow operator and arrays
7160 =item Experimental features
7162 Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
7163 pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
7164 globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
7168 =item Obsolete Diagnostics
7170 Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
7171 logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
7172 \@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
7173 to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
7175 =item Reporting Bugs
7183 =head2 perl5005delta - what's new for perl5.005
7189 =item About the new versioning system
7191 =item Incompatible Changes
7195 =item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004.
7197 =item Default installation structure has changed
7199 =item Perl Source Compatibility
7201 =item C Source Compatibility
7203 =item Binary Compatibility
7205 =item Security fixes may affect compatibility
7207 =item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004
7221 =item Regular Expressions
7223 Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression
7224 constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other
7225 improvements, Incompatible changes
7227 =item Improved malloc()
7229 =item Quicksort is internally implemented
7231 =item Reliable signals
7233 =item Reliable stack pointers
7235 =item More generous treatment of carriage returns
7239 =item Better support for multiple interpreters
7241 =item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined
7243 =item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L<Errno> module
7245 =item Pseudo-hashes are supported
7247 =item C<EXPR foreach EXPR> is supported
7249 =item Keywords can be globally overridden
7251 =item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32
7253 =item C<foreach (1..1000000)> optimized
7255 =item C<Foo::> can be used as implicitly quoted package name
7257 =item C<exists $Foo::{Bar::}> tests existence of a package
7259 =item Better locale support
7261 =item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms
7263 =item prototype() returns useful results on builtins
7265 =item Extended support for exception handling
7267 =item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods
7269 =item All C<printf> format conversions are handled internally
7271 =item New C<INIT> keyword
7273 =item New C<lock> keyword
7275 =item New C<qr//> operator
7277 =item C<our> is now a reserved word
7279 =item Tied arrays are now fully supported
7281 =item Tied handles support is better
7283 =item 4th argument to substr
7285 =item Negative LENGTH argument to splice
7287 =item Magic lvalues are now more magical
7289 =item <> now reads in records
7293 =item Supported Platforms
7299 =item Changes in existing support
7303 =item Modules and Pragmata
7309 B, Data::Dumper, Dumpvalue, Errno, File::Spec, ExtUtils::Installed,
7310 ExtUtils::Packlist, Fatal, IPC::SysV, Test, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle,
7311 Thread, attrs, fields, re
7313 =item Changes in existing modules
7315 Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File,
7316 MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd
7320 =item Utility Changes
7322 =item Documentation Changes
7324 =item New Diagnostics
7326 Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or use &, Bad index
7327 while coercing array into hash, Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent
7328 package, Can't call method "%s" on an undefined value, Can't check
7329 filesystem of script "%s" for nosuid, Can't coerce array into hash, Can't
7330 goto subroutine from an eval-string, Can't localize pseudo-hash element,
7331 Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available, Cannot find an opnumber
7332 for "%s", Character class syntax [. .] is reserved for future extensions,
7333 Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Character
7334 class syntax [= =] is reserved for future extensions, %s: Eval-group in
7335 insecure regular expression, %s: Eval-group not allowed, use re 'eval', %s:
7336 Eval-group not allowed at run time, Explicit blessing to '' (assuming
7337 package main), Illegal hex digit ignored, No such array field, No such
7338 field "%s" in variable %s of type %s, Out of memory during ridiculously
7339 large request, Range iterator outside integer range, Recursive inheritance
7340 detected while looking for method '%s' %s, Reference found where even-sized
7341 list expected, Undefined value assigned to typeglob, Use of reserved word
7342 "%s" is deprecated, perl: warning: Setting locale failed
7344 =item Obsolete Diagnostics
7346 Can't mktemp(), Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s, Cannot open
7347 temporary file, regexp too big
7349 =item Configuration Changes
7359 =head2 perl5004delta - what's new for perl5.004
7365 =item Supported Environments
7371 =item List assignment to %ENV works
7373 =item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error
7375 =item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003
7377 =item $PERL5OPT environment variable
7379 =item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options
7381 =item More precise warnings
7383 =item Deprecated: Inherited C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods
7385 =item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable
7387 =item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
7389 =item Group vector changeable with C<$)>
7391 =item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
7393 =item Fixed localization of $<digit>, $&, etc.
7395 =item No resetting of $. on implicit close
7397 =item C<wantarray> may return undef
7399 =item C<eval EXPR> determines value of EXPR in scalar context
7401 =item Changes to tainting checks
7403 No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No
7404 spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name
7406 =item New Opcode module and revised Safe module
7408 =item Embedding improvements
7410 =item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes
7412 =item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface
7414 =item New and changed syntax
7418 =item New and changed builtin constants
7422 =item New and changed builtin variables
7426 =item New and changed builtin functions
7428 delete on slices, flock, printf and sprintf, keys as an lvalue, my() in
7429 Control Structures, pack() and unpack(), sysseek(), use VERSION, use Module
7430 VERSION LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), srand, $_ as Default, C<m//gc> does not
7431 reset search position on failure, C<m//x> ignores whitespace before ?*+{},
7432 nested C<sub{}> closures work now, formats work right on changing lexicals
7434 =item New builtin methods
7436 isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
7438 =item TIEHANDLE now supported
7440 TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this
7441 LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this
7443 =item Malloc enhancements
7445 -DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
7447 =item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements
7451 =item Support for More Operating Systems
7467 use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3), use blib, use blib 'dir', use
7468 constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish
7474 =item Required Updates
7476 =item Installation directories
7478 =item Module information summary
7492 =item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators
7496 =item Utility Changes
7502 Sends converted HTML to standard output
7506 C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
7510 =item C Language API Changes
7512 C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, C<perl_eval_pv>, Extended API for
7515 =item Documentation Changes
7517 L<perldelta>, L<perlfaq>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>,
7518 L<perlmodlib>, L<perldebug>, L<perlsec>
7520 =item New Diagnostics
7522 "my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope, %s argument is
7523 not a HASH element or slice, Allocation too large: %lx, Allocation too
7524 large, Applying %s to %s will act on scalar(%s), Attempt to free
7525 nonexistent shared string, Attempt to use reference as lvalue in substr,
7526 Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package, Can't redefine active sort
7527 subroutine %s, Can't use bareword ("%s") as %s ref while "strict refs" in
7528 use, Cannot resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Constant
7529 subroutine %s redefined, Constant subroutine %s undefined, Copy method did
7530 not return a reference, Died, Exiting pseudo-block via %s, Identifier too
7531 long, Illegal character %s (carriage return), Illegal switch in PERL5OPT:
7532 %s, Integer overflow in hex number, Integer overflow in octal number,
7533 internal error: glob failed, Invalid conversion in %s: "%s", Invalid type
7534 in pack: '%s', Invalid type in unpack: '%s', Name "%s::%s" used only once:
7535 possible typo, Null picture in formline, Offset outside string, Out of
7536 memory!, Out of memory during request for %s, panic: frexp, Possible
7537 attempt to put comments in qw() list, Possible attempt to separate words
7538 with commas, Scalar value @%s{%s} better written as $%s{%s}, Stub found
7539 while resolving method `%s' overloading `%s' in %s, Too late for "B<-T>"
7540 option, untie attempted while %d inner references still exist, Unrecognized
7541 character %s, Unsupported function fork, Use of "$$<digit>" to mean
7542 "${$}<digit>" is deprecated, Value of %s can be "0"; test with defined(),
7543 Variable "%s" may be unavailable, Variable "%s" will not stay shared,
7544 Warning: something's wrong, Ill-formed logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter,
7545 Got an error from DosAllocMem, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX, PERL_SH_DIR too
7546 long, Process terminated by SIG%s
7556 =head2 perlartistic - the Perl Artistic License
7564 =item The "Artistic License"
7572 "Package", "Standard Version", "Copyright Holder", "You", "Reasonable
7573 copying fee", "Freely Available"
7577 a), b), c), d), a), b), c), d)
7583 =head2 perlgpl - the GNU General Public License, version 2
7595 =item GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
7599 =head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems
7607 =item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX
7611 =item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
7613 =item The IBM ANSI C Compiler
7615 =item The usenm option
7617 =item Using GNU's gcc for building perl
7619 =item Using Large Files with Perl
7625 =item AIX 4.2 and extensions using C++ with statics
7635 =head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS
7651 =item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS
7653 B<Unix emulation for AmigaOS: ixemul.library>, B<Version of Amiga OS>
7655 =item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS
7657 =item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS
7663 =item Accessing documentation
7667 =item Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS
7669 =item Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS
7671 =item Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS
7673 =item Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS
7677 =item BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS
7681 =item Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS
7683 =item Getting the Perl Source for AmigaOS
7685 =item Making Perl on AmigaOS
7687 =item Testing Perl on AmigaOS
7689 =item Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS
7693 =item PERL 5.8.0 BROKEN IN AMIGAOS
7701 =head2 perlapollo, README.apollo - Perl version 5 on Apollo DomainOS
7711 =head2 perlbeos, README.beos - Perl version 5 on BeOS
7719 =item General Issues with Perl on BeOS
7721 =item BeOS Release-specific Notes
7725 =item Contact Information
7727 =item Update 2002-05-30
7733 =head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000.
7743 =item gzip on BS2000
7745 =item bison on BS2000
7747 =item Unpacking Perl Distribution on BS2000
7749 =item Compiling Perl on BS2000
7751 =item Testing Perl on BS2000
7753 =item Installing Perl on BS2000
7755 =item Using Perl in the Posix-Shell of BS2000
7757 =item Using Perl in "native" BS2000
7759 =item Floating point anomalies on BS2000
7761 =item Using PerlIO and different encodings on ASCII and EBCDIC partitions
7779 =head2 perlce - Perl for WinCE
7791 Microsoft Embedded Visual Tools, Microsoft Visual C++, Rainer Keuchel's
7792 celib-sources, Rainer Keuchel's console-sources
7796 go to ./wince subdirectory, edit file compile.bat, run compile.bat, run
7801 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
7807 =head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
7813 =item PREREQUISITES FOR COMPILING PERL ON CYGWIN
7817 =item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it)
7819 =item Cygwin Configuration
7821 C<PATH>, I<nroff>, Permissions
7825 =item CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN
7829 =item Stripping Perl Binaries on Cygwin
7831 =item Optional Libraries for Perl on Cygwin
7833 C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>), C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>),
7834 C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>), C<-lutil>
7836 =item Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin
7838 C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Uuseperlio>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>,
7839 C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles>,
7842 =item Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin
7844 I<dlsym()>, Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>, Compiler/Preprocessor defines
7848 =item MAKE ON CYGWIN
7852 =item Errors on Cygwin
7858 =item TEST ON CYGWIN
7862 =item File Permissions on Cygwin
7864 =item NDBM_File and ODBM_File do not work on FAT filesystems
7866 =item C<fork()> failures in io_* tests
7868 =item Script Portability on Cygwin
7870 Pathnames, Text/Binary, PerlIO, F<.exe>, C<chown()>, Miscellaneous
7874 =item INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN
7876 =item MANIFEST ON CYGWIN
7878 Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl
7879 Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts
7881 =item BUGS ON CYGWIN
7889 =head2 perldgux - Perl under DG/UX.
7901 =item BUILDING PERL ON DG/UX
7905 =item Non-threaded Perl on DG/UX
7907 =item Threaded Perl on DG/UX
7909 =item Testing Perl on DG/UX
7911 =item Installing the built perl on DG/UX
7921 =head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95.
7931 =item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on DOS
7935 =item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS
7937 =item Building Perl on DOS
7939 =item Testing Perl on DOS
7941 =item Installation of Perl on DOS
7945 =item BUILDING AND INSTALLING MODULES ON DOS
7949 =item Building Prerequisites for Perl on DOS
7951 =item Unpacking CPAN Modules on DOS
7953 =item Building Non-XS Modules on DOS
7955 =item Building XS Modules on DOS
7965 =head2 perlepoc, README.epoc - Perl for EPOC
7973 =item INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC
7975 =item STARTING PERL ON EPOC
7979 =item Editors on Epoc
7981 =item Features of Perl on Epoc
7983 =item Restrictions of Perl on Epoc
7985 =item Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment
7989 =item SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC
7997 =head2 perlfreebsd, README.freebsd - Perl version 5 on FreeBSD systems
8005 =item FreeBSD core dumps from readdir_r with ithreads
8007 =item $^X doesn't always contain a full path in FreeBSD
8009 =item Perl will no longer be part of "base FreeBSD"
8017 =head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix
8026 =item Using perl as shipped with HP-UX
8028 =item Using perl from HP's porting centre
8030 =item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX
8042 =item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions
8044 =item Itanium Processor Family and HP-UX
8046 =item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX
8048 =item The HP ANSI C Compiler
8050 =item The GNU C Compiler
8052 =item Using Large Files with Perl on HP-UX
8054 =item Threaded Perl on HP-UX
8056 =item 64-bit Perl on HP-UX
8058 =item Oracle on HP-UX
8060 =item GDBM and Threads on HP-UX
8062 =item NFS filesystems and utime(2) on HP-UX
8064 =item perl -P and // and HP-UX
8066 =item HP-UX Kernel Parameters (maxdsiz) for Compiling Perl
8070 =item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
8078 =head2 perlhurd, README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd
8086 =item Known Problems with Perl on Hurd
8094 =head2 perlirix, README.irix - Perl version 5 on Irix systems
8102 =item Building 32-bit Perl in Irix
8104 =item Building 64-bit Perl in Irix
8106 =item About Compiler Versions of Irix
8108 =item Linker Problems in Irix
8110 =item Malloc in Irix
8112 =item Building with threads in Irix
8122 =head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen
8131 =item Compiling Perl 5 on MachTen
8133 =item Failures during C<make test> on MachTen
8135 op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t
8137 =item Building external modules on MachTen
8147 =head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
8161 =head2 perlmacosx, README.macosx - Perl under Mac OS X
8171 =item Installation Prefix
8173 =item libperl and Prebinding
8175 =item Updating Panther
8177 =item Known problems
8187 =item Starting From Scratch
8195 =head2 perlmint, README.mint - Perl version 5 on Atari MiNT
8201 =item Known problems with Perl on MiNT
8207 =head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
8215 =item Binary distribution from HP
8217 =item What's New in Perl for MPE/iX
8219 =item Welcome to Perl/iX
8221 =item System Requirements for Perl/iX
8223 =item How to Obtain Perl/iX
8225 =item Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights
8227 README, INSTALL, LIBSHP3K, PERL, .cpan/, lib/, man/,
8228 public_html/feedback.cgi, src/perl-5.6.0-mpe
8230 =item How to Compile Perl/iX
8234 =item Getting Started with Perl/iX
8236 =item MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
8238 =item Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation
8240 =item Perl/iX To-Do List
8242 =item Perl/iX Change History
8248 =head2 perlnetware - Perl for NetWare
8262 SetNWBld.bat, Buildtype.bat
8274 =item BUILD NEW EXTENSIONS
8276 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
8284 =head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.
8304 EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh
8306 =item Starting Perl programs under OS/2 (and DOS and...)
8308 =item Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl
8312 =item Frequently asked questions
8316 =item "It does not work"
8318 =item I cannot run external programs
8320 =item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F<perl.dll> from my
8323 Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use
8326 =item C<``> and pipe-C<open> do not work under DOS.
8328 =item Cannot start C<find.exe "pattern" file>
8336 =item Automatic binary installation
8338 C<PERL_BADLANG>, C<PERL_BADFREE>, F<Config.pm>
8340 =item Manual binary installation
8342 Perl VIO and PM executables (dynamically linked), Perl_ VIO executable
8343 (statically linked), Executables for Perl utilities, Main Perl library,
8344 Additional Perl modules, Tools to compile Perl modules, Manpages for Perl
8345 and utilities, Manpages for Perl modules, Source for Perl documentation,
8346 Perl manual in F<.INF> format, Pdksh
8352 =item Accessing documentation
8356 =item OS/2 F<.INF> file
8364 =item GNU C<info> files
8376 =item The short story
8380 =item Getting perl source
8382 =item Application of the patches
8390 A lot of C<bad free>, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F<op/fs.t>,
8393 =item Installing the built perl
8395 =item C<a.out>-style build
8403 =item Some C</> became C<\> in pdksh.
8405 =item C<'errno'> - unresolved external
8407 =item Problems with tr or sed
8409 =item Some problem (forget which ;-)
8411 =item Library ... not found
8413 =item Segfault in make
8415 =item op/sprintf test failure
8419 =item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port
8423 =item C<setpriority>, C<getpriority>
8427 =item C<extproc> on the first line
8429 =item Additional modules:
8431 =item Prebuilt methods:
8433 C<File::Copy::syscopy>, C<DynaLoader::mod2fname>, C<Cwd::current_drive()>,
8434 C<Cwd::sys_chdir(name)>, C<Cwd::change_drive(name)>,
8435 C<Cwd::sys_is_absolute(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_is_rooted(name)>,
8436 C<Cwd::sys_is_relative(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_cwd(name)>,
8437 C<Cwd::sys_abspath(name, dir)>, C<Cwd::extLibpath([type])>,
8438 C<Cwd::extLibpath_set( path [, type ] )>,
8439 C<OS2::Error(do_harderror,do_exception)>, C<OS2::Errors2Drive(drive)>,
8440 OS2::SysInfo(), OS2::BootDrive(), C<OS2::MorphPM(serve)>,
8441 C<OS2::UnMorphPM(serve)>, C<OS2::Serve_Messages(force)>,
8442 C<OS2::Process_Messages(force [, cnt])>, C<OS2::_control87(new,mask)>,
8443 OS2::get_control87(), C<OS2::set_control87_em(new=MCW_EM,mask=MCW_EM)>,
8444 C<OS2::DLLname([how [, \&xsub]])>
8446 =item Prebuilt variables:
8448 $OS2::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver, $OS2::is_aout, $OS2::can_fork,
8455 C<popen>, C<tmpnam>, C<tmpfile>, C<ctermid>, C<stat>, C<mkdir>, C<rmdir>,
8458 =item Identifying DLLs
8460 =item Centralized management of resources
8462 C<HAB>, C<HMQ>, Treating errors reported by OS/2 API,
8463 C<CheckOSError(expr)>, C<CheckWinError(expr)>, C<SaveWinError(expr)>,
8464 C<SaveCroakWinError(expr,die,name1,name2)>, C<WinError_2_Perl_rc>,
8465 C<FillWinError>, C<FillOSError(rc)>, Loading DLLs and ordinals in DLLs
8479 =item F<perl___.exe>
8481 =item Why strange names?
8483 =item Why dynamic linking?
8485 =item Why chimera build?
8493 =item C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>
8495 =item C<PERL_BADLANG>
8497 =item C<PERL_BADFREE>
8499 =item C<PERL_SH_DIR>
8501 =item C<USE_PERL_FLOCK>
8503 =item C<TMP> or C<TEMP>
8511 =item Text-mode filehandles
8515 =item DLL name mangling: pre 5.6.2
8517 =item DLL name mangling: 5.6.2 and beyond
8519 Global DLLs, specific DLLs, C<BEGINLIBPATH> and C<ENDLIBPATH>, F<.> from
8522 =item DLL forwarder generation
8526 =item Calls to external programs
8528 =item Memory allocation
8532 C<COND_WAIT>, F<os2.c>
8548 =head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390
8561 =item Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
8563 =item Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
8565 =item Configure Perl on OS/390
8567 =item Build, Test, Install Perl on OS/390
8569 =item Build Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
8571 =item Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
8573 =item Installation Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
8575 =item Usage Hints for Perl on OS/390
8577 =item Floating Point Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
8579 =item Modules and Extensions for Perl on OS/390
8589 =item Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
8597 =head2 perlos400, README.os400 - Perl version 5 on OS/400
8605 =item Compiling Perl for OS/400 PASE
8607 =item Installing Perl in OS/400 PASE
8609 =item Using Perl in OS/400 PASE
8611 =item Known Problems
8621 =head2 perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl
8631 =item What's in Plan 9 Perl
8633 =item What's not in Plan 9 Perl
8635 =item Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl
8637 =item Signals in Plan 9 Perl
8641 =item COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9
8645 =item Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9
8657 =head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
8665 =item Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4
8667 /bin/sh, ar, nm, cpp, make
8669 =item Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4
8671 =item QNX auxiliary files
8675 =item Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
8683 =head2 perlsolaris, README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
8691 =item Solaris Version Numbers.
8697 Solaris FAQ, Precompiled Binaries, Solaris Documentation
8703 =item File Extraction Problems on Solaris.
8705 =item Compiler and Related Tools on Solaris.
8707 =item Environment for Compiling perl on Solaris
8711 =item RUN CONFIGURE.
8715 =item 64-bit perl on Solaris.
8717 =item Threads in perl on Solaris.
8719 =item Malloc Issues with perl on Solaris.
8723 =item MAKE PROBLEMS.
8725 Dynamic Loading Problems With GNU as and GNU ld, ld.so.1: ./perl: fatal:
8726 relocation error:, dlopen: stub interception failed, #error "No
8727 DATAMODEL_NATIVE specified", sh: ar: not found
8733 =item op/stat.t test 4 in Solaris
8735 =item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
8739 =item PREBUILT BINARIES OF PERL FOR SOLARIS.
8741 =item RUNTIME ISSUES FOR PERL ON SOLARIS.
8745 =item Limits on Numbers of Open Files on Solaris.
8749 =item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC MODULES.
8751 =item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH MODULES.
8755 =item Proc::ProcessTable on Solaris
8757 =item BSD::Resource on Solaris
8759 =item Net::SSLeay on Solaris
8771 =head2 perltru64, README.tru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as
8772 Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems
8780 =item Compiling Perl 5 on Tru64
8782 =item Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
8784 =item Threaded Perl on Tru64
8786 =item Long Doubles on Tru64
8788 =item DB_File tests failing on Tru64
8790 =item 64-bit Perl on Tru64
8792 =item Warnings about floating-point overflow when compiling Perl on Tru64
8796 =item Testing Perl on Tru64
8798 =item ext/ODBM_File/odbm Test Failing With Static Builds
8800 =item Perl Fails Because Of Unresolved Symbol sockatmark
8806 =head2 perluts - Perl under UTS
8814 =item BUILDING PERL ON UTS
8816 =item Installing the built perl on UTS
8822 =head2 perlvmesa, README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA.
8832 =item Unpacking Perl Distribution on VM/ESA
8834 =item Setup Perl and utilities on VM/ESA
8836 =item Configure Perl on VM/ESA
8838 =item Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA
8840 =item Usage Hints for Perl on VM/ESA
8850 =item Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA
8856 =head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl
8864 =item Organization of Perl Images
8870 =item Perl Extensions
8872 =item Installing static extensions
8874 =item Installing dynamic extensions
8878 =item File specifications
8884 =item Wildcard expansion
8890 =item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB
8896 =item I/O redirection and backgrounding
8898 =item Command line switches
8904 =item Perl functions
8906 File tests, backticks, binmode FILEHANDLE, crypt PLAINTEXT, USER, dump,
8907 exec LIST, fork, getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, gmtime, kill, qx//, select
8908 (system call), stat EXPR, system LIST, time, times, unlink LIST, utime
8909 LIST, waitpid PID,FLAGS
8911 =item Perl variables
8913 %ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $|
8915 =item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences
8929 =head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS
8935 =item BUILDING PERL FOR VOS
8937 =item INSTALLING PERL IN VOS
8939 =item USING PERL IN VOS
8943 =item Restrictions of Perl on VOS
8945 =item Handling of underflow and overflow
8951 =item SUPPORT STATUS
8959 =head2 perlwin32 - Perl under Windows
8969 =item Setting Up Perl on Win32
8971 Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Platform
8972 SDK 64-bit Compiler, MinGW32 with gcc, MinGW release 1
8976 =item Testing Perl on Win32
8978 =item Installation of Perl on Win32
8980 =item Usage Hints for Perl on Win32
8982 Environment Variables, File Globbing, Using perl from the command line,
8983 Building Extensions, Command-line Wildcard Expansion, Win32 Specific
8984 Extensions, Notes on 64-bit Windows
8986 =item Running Perl Scripts
8988 Miscellaneous Things
8992 =item BUGS AND CAVEATS
8996 Gary Ng E<lt>71564.1743@CompuServe.COME<gt>, Gurusamy Sarathy
8997 E<lt>gsar@activestate.comE<gt>, Nick Ing-Simmons
8998 E<lt>nick@ing-simmons.netE<gt>
9006 =head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
9008 =head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
9020 =head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
9030 =head2 threadshared::shared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing
9031 data structures between threads
9043 share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, cond_signal VARIABLE,
9044 cond_broadcast VARIABLE
9056 =head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
9065 $thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
9066 threads->self, $thread->tid, threads->object( tid ), threads->yield();,
9067 threads->list();, async BLOCK;
9071 A thread exited while %d other threads were still running
9077 Parent-Child threads, Returning objects, Creating threads inside BEGIN
9078 blocks, PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
9080 =item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
9086 =head2 assertions - select assertions in blocks of code
9098 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
9102 =head2 assertions::activate - activate assertions
9114 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
9118 =head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes
9128 =item Built-in Attributes
9130 locked, method, lvalue
9132 =item Available Subroutines
9136 =item Package-specific Attribute Handling
9138 FETCH_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES
9140 =item Syntax of Attribute Lists
9148 =item Default exports
9150 =item Available exports
9152 =item Export tags defined
9162 =head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
9178 =head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time
9194 =head2 bigint - Transparent BigInteger support for Perl
9206 a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
9210 =item INTERNAL FORMAT
9232 =head2 bignum - Transparent BigNumber support for Perl
9244 a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
9250 inf(), NaN(), upgrade()
9254 =item INTERNAL FORMAT
9272 =head2 bigrat - Transparent BigNumber/BigRational support for Perl
9296 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print sqrt(33)'
9297 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 2*255'
9298 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 4.5+2*255'
9299 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 3/7 + 5/7 + 8/3'
9300 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 12->is_odd()';
9310 =head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
9324 =head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character
9339 =head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal
9348 =item CUSTOM TRANSLATORS
9350 =item CUSTOM ALIASES
9354 =item Anonymous hashes
9358 =item Alias shortcut
9362 =item charnames::viacode(code)
9364 =item charnames::vianame(name)
9368 =item ILLEGAL CHARACTERS
9374 =head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants
9386 =item List constants
9388 =item Defining multiple constants at once
9390 =item Magic constants
9394 =item TECHNICAL NOTES
9404 =head2 diagnostics, splain - produce verbose warning diagnostics
9414 =item The C<diagnostics> Pragma
9416 =item The I<splain> Program
9430 =head2 encoding - allows you to write your script in non-ascii or non-utf8
9440 =item Literal Conversions
9442 =item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
9444 =item Implicit upgrading for byte strings
9448 =item FEATURES THAT REQUIRE 5.8.1
9450 "NON-EUC" doublebyte encodings, tr//, DATA pseudo-filehandle
9454 use encoding [I<ENCNAME>] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> [ STDIN =E<gt>
9455 I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;, no encoding;
9457 =item The Filter Option
9461 =item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
9471 =item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
9473 =item tr/// with ranges
9475 Legend of characters above
9479 =item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
9481 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
9483 literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
9491 =head2 fields - compile-time class fields
9505 =head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators
9515 =item subpragma access
9521 =head2 if - C<use> a Perl module if a condition holds
9535 =head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating
9546 =head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler
9556 =head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
9566 =item Adding directories to @INC
9568 =item Deleting directories from @INC
9570 =item Restoring original @INC
9584 =head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in
9595 =head2 open - perl pragma to set default PerlIO layers for input and output
9603 =item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY
9605 =item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
9611 =head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling
9623 =head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations
9633 =item Declaration of overloaded functions
9635 =item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations
9637 FALSE, TRUE, C<undef>
9639 =item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations
9641 =item Calling Conventions for Mutators
9643 C<++> and C<-->, C<x=> and other assignment versions
9645 =item Overloadable Operations
9647 I<Arithmetic operations>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Bit operations>,
9648 I<Increment and decrement>, I<Transcendental functions>, I<Boolean, string
9649 and numeric conversion>, I<Iteration>, I<Dereferencing>, I<Special>
9651 =item Inheritance and overloading
9653 Strings as values of C<use overload> directive, Overloading of an operation
9654 is inherited by derived classes
9658 =item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C<use overload>
9666 C<undef>, TRUE, defined, but FALSE
9668 =item Copy Constructor
9674 =item MAGIC AUTOGENERATION
9676 I<Assignment forms of arithmetic operations>, I<Conversion operations>,
9677 I<Increment and decrement>, C<abs($a)>, I<Unary minus>, I<Negation>,
9678 I<Concatenation>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Iterator>, I<Dereferencing>,
9681 =item Losing overloading
9683 =item Run-time Overloading
9685 =item Public functions
9687 overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op)
9689 =item Overloading constants
9691 integer, float, binary, q, qr
9693 =item IMPLEMENTATION
9695 =item Metaphor clash
9701 =item Two-face scalars
9703 =item Two-face references
9705 =item Symbolic calculator
9707 =item I<Really> symbolic calculator
9715 Odd number of arguments for overload::constant, `%s' is not an overloadable
9716 type, `%s' is not a code reference
9722 =head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
9734 =item SIGNAL HANDLERS
9736 B<stack-trace>, B<die>, B<handler> I<your-handler>
9740 B<normal-signals>, B<error-signals>, B<old-interface-signals>
9744 B<untrapped>, B<any>, I<signal>, I<number>
9752 =head2 sort - perl pragma to control sort() behaviour
9764 =head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
9772 C<strict refs>, C<strict vars>, C<strict subs>
9778 =head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
9788 =head2 threadshared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data
9789 structures between threads
9801 share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, cond_signal VARIABLE,
9802 cond_broadcast VARIABLE
9814 =head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source
9825 =item Utility functions
9827 $num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string), $success = utf8::downgrade($string[,
9828 FAIL_OK]), utf8::encode($string), utf8::decode($string), $flag =
9829 utf8::is_utf8(STRING), $flag = utf8::valid(STRING)
9839 =head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
9849 =head2 version - Perl extension for Version Objects
9859 =item What IS a version
9861 Numeric Versions, V-String Versions
9863 =item Numeric Versions
9865 =item V-String Versions
9867 =item Object Methods
9869 New Operator, Stringification, Numification, Comparison operators, Logical
9874 =item Types of Versions Objects
9876 Ordinary versions, alpha versions
9878 =item Replacement UNIVERSAL::VERSION
9890 =head2 vmsish - Perl pragma to control VMS-specific language features
9898 C<vmsish status>, C<vmsish exit>, C<vmsish time>, C<vmsish hushed>
9902 =head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings
9910 use warnings::register, warnings::enabled(), warnings::enabled($category),
9911 warnings::enabled($object), warnings::warn($message),
9912 warnings::warn($category, $message), warnings::warn($object, $message),
9913 warnings::warnif($message), warnings::warnif($category, $message),
9914 warnings::warnif($object, $message)
9918 =head2 warnings::register - warnings import function
9928 =head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION
9930 =head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs
9940 =item DBM Comparisons
9950 =head2 Attribute::Handlers - Simpler definition of attribute handlers
9960 [0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
9964 =item Typed lexicals
9966 =item Type-specific attribute handlers
9968 =item Non-interpretive attribute handlers
9970 =item Phase-specific attribute handlers
9972 =item Attributes as C<tie> interfaces
9980 C<Bad attribute type: ATTR(%s)>, C<Attribute handler %s doesn't handle %s
9981 attributes>, C<Declaration of %s attribute in package %s may clash with
9982 future reserved word>, C<Can't have two ATTR specifiers on one subroutine>,
9983 C<Can't autotie a %s>, C<Internal error: %s symbol went missing>, C<Won't
9984 be able to apply END handler>
9994 =head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand
10004 =item Subroutine Stubs
10006 =item Using B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
10008 =item Overriding B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
10010 =item Package Lexicals
10012 =item Not Using AutoLoader
10014 =item B<AutoLoader> vs. B<SelfLoader>
10024 =head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
10032 $keep, $check, $modtime
10036 =item Multiple packages
10044 =head2 B - The Perl Compiler
10054 =item Utility Functions
10058 =item Functions Returning C<B::SV>, C<B::AV>, C<B::HV>, and C<B::CV>
10061 sv_undef, sv_yes, sv_no, svref_2object(SVREF), amagic_generation, init_av,
10062 check_av, begin_av, end_av, comppadlist, regex_padav, main_cv
10064 =item Functions for Examining the Symbol Table
10066 walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE, PREFIX)
10068 =item Functions Returning C<B::OP> objects or for walking op trees
10070 main_root, main_start, walkoptree(OP, METHOD), walkoptree_debug(DEBUG)
10072 =item Miscellaneous Utility Functions
10074 ppname(OPNUM), hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c, cstring(STR),
10075 perlstring(STR), class(OBJ), threadsv_names
10079 =item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
10083 =item SV-RELATED CLASSES
10085 =item B::SV Methods
10087 REFCNT, FLAGS, object_2svref
10089 =item B::IV Methods
10091 IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv
10093 =item B::NV Methods
10097 =item B::RV Methods
10101 =item B::PV Methods
10105 =item B::PVMG Methods
10109 =item B::MAGIC Methods
10111 MOREMAGIC, precomp, PRIVATE, TYPE, FLAGS, OBJ, PTR, REGEX
10113 =item B::PVLV Methods
10115 TARGOFF, TARGLEN, TYPE, TARG
10117 =item B::BM Methods
10119 USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE
10121 =item B::GV Methods
10123 is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN,
10124 LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS
10126 =item B::IO Methods
10128 LINES, PAGE, PAGE_LEN, LINES_LEFT, TOP_NAME, TOP_GV, FMT_NAME, FMT_GV,
10129 BOTTOM_NAME, BOTTOM_GV, SUBPROCESS, IoTYPE, IoFLAGS, IsSTD
10131 =item B::AV Methods
10133 FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, ARRAYelt, AvFLAGS
10135 =item B::CV Methods
10137 STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE_SEQ, XSUB,
10138 XSUBANY, CvFLAGS, const_sv
10140 =item B::HV Methods
10142 FILL, MAX, KEYS, RITER, NAME, PMROOT, ARRAY
10144 =item OP-RELATED CLASSES
10146 =item B::OP Methods
10148 next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, seq, flags, private
10150 =item B::UNOP METHOD
10154 =item B::BINOP METHOD
10158 =item B::LOGOP METHOD
10162 =item B::LISTOP METHOD
10166 =item B::PMOP Methods
10168 pmreplroot, pmreplstart, pmnext, pmregexp, pmflags, pmdynflags,
10169 pmpermflags, precomp, pmoffset
10171 =item B::SVOP METHOD
10175 =item B::PADOP METHOD
10179 =item B::PVOP METHOD
10183 =item B::LOOP Methods
10185 redoop, nextop, lastop
10187 =item B::COP Methods
10189 label, stash, stashpv, file, cop_seq, arybase, line, warnings, io
10197 =head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate
10206 %insn_data, @insn_name, @optype, @specialsv_name
10212 =head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode
10224 =head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
10244 =head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
10256 B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
10266 =head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend
10276 B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, B<-Dc>, B<-DA>,
10277 B<-DC>, B<-DM>, B<-f>, B<-fcog>, B<-fsave-data>, B<-fppaddr>, B<-fwarn-sv>,
10278 B<-fuse-script-name>, B<-fsave-sig-hash>, B<-On>, B<-O0>, B<-O1>, B<-O2>,
10289 =head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
10299 B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-mModulename>, B<-D>, B<-Dr>,
10300 B<-DO>, B<-Ds>, B<-Dp>, B<-Dq>, B<-Dl>, B<-Dt>, B<-f>,
10301 B<-ffreetmps-each-bblock>, B<-ffreetmps-each-loop>, B<-fomit-taint>, B<-On>
10313 =item Context of ".."
10317 =item Deprecated features
10325 =head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
10337 B<-basic>, B<-exec>, B<-tree>, B<-compact>, B<-loose>, B<-vt>, B<-ascii>,
10338 B<-main>, B<-base>I<n>, B<-bigendian>, B<-littleendian>, B<-concise>,
10339 B<-terse>, B<-linenoise>, B<-debug>, B<-env>
10341 =item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS
10343 B<(x(>I<exec_text>B<;>I<basic_text>B<)x)>, B<(*(>I<text>B<)*)>,
10344 B<(*(>I<text1>B<;>I<text2>B<)*)>, B<(?(>I<text1>B<#>I<var>I<Text2>B<)?)>,
10345 B<#>I<var>, B<#>I<var>I<N>, B<~>, B<#addr>, B<#arg>, B<#class>,
10346 B<#classsym>, B<#coplabel>, B<#exname>, B<#extarg>, B<#firstaddr>,
10347 B<#flags>, B<#flagval>, B<#hyphseq>, B<#label>, B<#lastaddr>, B<#name>,
10348 B<#NAME>, B<#next>, B<#nextaddr>, B<#noise>, B<#private>, B<#privval>,
10349 B<#seq>, B<#seqnum>, B<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>, B<#svclass>, B<#svval>,
10350 B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum>
10352 =item ABBREVIATIONS
10356 =item OP flags abbreviations
10358 =item OP class abbreviations
10362 =item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework
10368 =head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
10380 =head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
10390 B<-d>, B<-f>I<FILE>, B<-l>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-q>, B<-s>I<LETTERS>, B<C>,
10391 B<i>I<NUMBER>, B<T>, B<v>I<STRING>B<.>, B<-x>I<LEVEL>
10393 =item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE
10403 =item ambient_pragmas
10405 strict, $[, bytes, utf8, integer, re, warnings, hint_bits, warning_bits
10417 =head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode
10429 =head2 B::Lint - Perl lint
10437 =item OPTIONS AND LINT CHECKS
10439 B<context>, B<implicit-read> and B<implicit-write>, B<bare-subs>,
10440 B<dollar-underscore>, B<private-names>, B<undefined-subs>,
10441 B<regexp-variables>, B<all>, B<none>
10443 =item NON LINT-CHECK OPTIONS
10453 =head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
10463 =item IMPLEMENTATION
10471 =head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files
10483 =head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend
10495 =head2 B::Stash - show what stashes are loaded
10497 =head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
10509 =head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
10519 C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-d>, C<-D[tO]>
10527 =head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
10547 =head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code
10561 =item Standard Exports
10563 timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis ( COUNT, CODE, [ TITLE, [ STYLE ]] ),
10564 timethese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), timediff ( T1, T2 ), timestr (
10565 TIMEDIFF, [ STYLE, [ FORMAT ] ] )
10567 =item Optional Exports
10569 clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [
10570 STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), countit(TIME, CODE),
10571 disablecache ( ), enablecache ( ), timesum ( T1, T2 )
10573 =item :hireswallclock
10589 =item MODIFICATION HISTORY
10593 =head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code
10607 =head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
10619 B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
10629 =head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
10641 =item PROGRAMMING STYLE
10643 =item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES
10645 =item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE):
10647 =item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE
10649 =item FETCHING A LIST OF KEYWORDS FROM THE QUERY:
10651 =item FETCHING THE NAMES OF ALL THE PARAMETERS PASSED TO YOUR SCRIPT:
10653 =item FETCHING THE VALUE OR VALUES OF A SINGLE NAMED PARAMETER:
10655 =item SETTING THE VALUE(S) OF A NAMED PARAMETER:
10657 =item APPENDING ADDITIONAL VALUES TO A NAMED PARAMETER:
10659 =item IMPORTING ALL PARAMETERS INTO A NAMESPACE:
10661 =item DELETING A PARAMETER COMPLETELY:
10663 =item DELETING ALL PARAMETERS:
10665 =item DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARAMETER LIST:
10667 =item FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH:
10669 =item SAVING THE STATE OF THE SCRIPT TO A FILE:
10671 =item RETRIEVING CGI ERRORS
10673 =item USING THE FUNCTION-ORIENTED INTERFACE
10675 B<:cgi>, B<:form>, B<:html2>, B<:html3>, B<:html4>, B<:netscape>, B<:html>,
10676 B<:standard>, B<:all>
10680 -any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_undef_params, -no_xhtml, -nph,
10681 -newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, -no_debug, -debug,
10684 =item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS
10686 1. start_table() (generates a <table> tag), 2. end_table() (generates a
10687 </table> tag), 3. start_ul() (generates a <ul> tag), 4. end_ul() (generates
10692 =item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS
10696 =item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER:
10698 =item GENERATING A REDIRECTION HEADER
10700 =item CREATING THE HTML DOCUMENT HEADER
10702 B<Parameters:>, 4, 5, 6..
10704 =item ENDING THE HTML DOCUMENT:
10706 =item CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION:
10708 =item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL
10710 B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query>
10711 (B<-query_string>), B<-base>
10713 =item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS
10717 =item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS:
10721 =item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS
10723 =item THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF HTML SHORTCUTS
10725 =item HTML SHORTCUTS AND LIST INTERPOLATION
10727 =item NON-STANDARD HTML SHORTCUTS
10729 =item AUTOESCAPING HTML
10731 $escaped_string = escapeHTML("unescaped string");, $charset =
10732 charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]);
10734 =item PRETTY-PRINTING HTML
10738 =item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS:
10742 =item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG
10744 =item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM
10746 B<application/x-www-form-urlencoded>, B<multipart/form-data>
10748 =item CREATING A TEXT FIELD
10752 =item CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD
10754 =item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD
10756 =item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD
10760 =item CREATING A POPUP MENU
10762 =item CREATING AN OPTION GROUP
10764 =item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST
10768 =item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES
10772 =item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX
10776 =item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP
10780 =item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON
10784 =item CREATING A RESET BUTTON
10786 =item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON
10788 =item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD
10792 =item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON
10794 B<Parameters:>, 3. The third option (-align, optional) is an alignment
10795 type, and may be TOP, BOTTOM or MIDDLE
10797 =item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON
10803 1. an expiration time, 2. a domain, 3. a path, 4. a "secure" flag,
10804 B<-name>, B<-value>, B<-path>, B<-domain>, B<-expires>, B<-secure>
10806 =item WORKING WITH FRAMES
10808 1. Create a <Frameset> document, 2. Specify the destination for the
10809 document in the HTTP header, 3. Specify the destination for the document in
10812 =item LIMITED SUPPORT FOR CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
10818 =item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS
10822 =item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
10824 B<Accept()>, B<raw_cookie()>, B<user_agent()>, B<path_info()>,
10825 B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()> Return the script
10826 name as a partial URL, for self-refering scripts, B<referer()>, B<auth_type
10827 ()>, B<server_name ()>, B<virtual_host ()>, B<server_port ()>,
10828 B<server_software ()>, B<remote_user ()>, B<user_name ()>,
10829 B<request_method()>, B<content_type()>, B<http()>, B<https()>
10831 =item USING NPH SCRIPTS
10833 In the B<use> statement, By calling the B<nph()> method:, By using B<-nph>
10838 multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final()
10840 =item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks
10842 B<$CGI::POST_MAX>, B<$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS>, B<1. On a script-by-script
10843 basis>, B<2. Globally for all scripts>
10845 =item COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL
10847 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
10851 Matt Heffron (heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com), James Taylor
10852 (james.taylor@srs.gov), Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com>, Mike Jewell
10853 (mlj3u@virginia.edu), Timothy Shimmin (tes@kbs.citri.edu.au), Joergen Haegg
10854 (jh@axis.se), Laurent Delfosse (delfosse@delfosse.com), Richard Resnick
10855 (applepi1@aol.com), Craig Bishop (csb@barwonwater.vic.gov.au), Tony Curtis
10856 (tc@vcpc.univie.ac.at), Tim Bunce (Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk), Tom Christiansen
10857 (tchrist@convex.com), Andreas Koenig (k@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE), Tim
10858 MacKenzie (Tim.MacKenzie@fulcrum.com.au), Kevin B. Hendricks
10859 (kbhend@dogwood.tyler.wm.edu), Stephen Dahmen (joyfire@inxpress.net), Ed
10860 Jordan (ed@fidalgo.net), David Alan Pisoni (david@cnation.com), Doug
10861 MacEachern (dougm@opengroup.org), Robin Houston (robin@oneworld.org),
10862 ...and many many more..
10864 =item A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT
10872 =head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm
10882 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
10890 =head2 CGI::Carp, B<CGI::Carp> - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or
10899 =item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES
10901 =item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW
10905 =item Changing the default message
10909 =item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS
10911 =item OVERRIDING THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM
10919 =head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies
10927 =item USING CGI::Cookie
10929 B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag>
10933 =item Creating New Cookies
10935 =item Sending the Cookie to the Browser
10937 =item Recovering Previous Cookies
10939 =item Manipulating Cookies
10941 B<name()>, B<value()>, B<domain()>, B<path()>, B<expires()>
10945 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
10953 =head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI
10961 =item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
10963 =item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS
10965 =item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS
10967 =item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS
10969 =item EXTERNAL FASTCGI SERVER INVOCATION
10971 FCGI_SOCKET_PATH, FCGI_LISTEN_QUEUE
10975 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
10983 =head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code
10993 =item Tags that won't be formatted
10995 =item Customizing the Indenting
11007 =head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push
11015 =item USING CGI::Push
11017 -next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph
11021 =item Heterogeneous Pages
11023 =item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly
11027 =item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS
11029 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
11037 =head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch
11047 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
11055 =head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module
11063 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
11069 =head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
11081 =item Interactive Mode
11083 Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test,
11084 install, clean modules or distributions, get, readme, look module or
11085 distribution, ls author, Signals
11093 =item The four C<CPAN::*> Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution
11095 =item Programmer's interface
11097 expand($type,@things), expandany(@things), Programming Examples
11099 =item Methods in the other Classes
11101 CPAN::Author::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Author::as_string(),
11102 CPAN::Author::email(), CPAN::Author::fullname(), CPAN::Author::name(),
11103 CPAN::Bundle::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Bundle::as_string(),
11104 CPAN::Bundle::clean(), CPAN::Bundle::contains(),
11105 CPAN::Bundle::force($method,@args), CPAN::Bundle::get(),
11106 CPAN::Bundle::inst_file(), CPAN::Bundle::inst_version(),
11107 CPAN::Bundle::uptodate(), CPAN::Bundle::install(), CPAN::Bundle::make(),
11108 CPAN::Bundle::readme(), CPAN::Bundle::test(),
11109 CPAN::Distribution::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Distribution::as_string(),
11110 CPAN::Distribution::clean(), CPAN::Distribution::containsmods(),
11111 CPAN::Distribution::cvs_import(), CPAN::Distribution::dir(),
11112 CPAN::Distribution::force($method,@args), CPAN::Distribution::get(),
11113 CPAN::Distribution::install(), CPAN::Distribution::isa_perl(),
11114 CPAN::Distribution::look(), CPAN::Distribution::make(),
11115 CPAN::Distribution::prereq_pm(), CPAN::Distribution::readme(),
11116 CPAN::Distribution::test(), CPAN::Distribution::uptodate(),
11117 CPAN::Index::force_reload(), CPAN::Index::reload(), CPAN::InfoObj::dump(),
11118 CPAN::Module::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Module::as_string(),
11119 CPAN::Module::clean(), CPAN::Module::cpan_file(),
11120 CPAN::Module::cpan_version(), CPAN::Module::cvs_import(),
11121 CPAN::Module::description(), CPAN::Module::force($method,@args),
11122 CPAN::Module::get(), CPAN::Module::inst_file(),
11123 CPAN::Module::inst_version(), CPAN::Module::install(),
11124 CPAN::Module::look(), CPAN::Module::make(),
11125 CPAN::Module::manpage_headline(), CPAN::Module::readme(),
11126 CPAN::Module::test(), CPAN::Module::uptodate(), CPAN::Module::userid()
11128 =item Cache Manager
11132 =item Prerequisites
11134 =item Finding packages and VERSION
11138 =item Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode
11142 =item CONFIGURATION
11144 C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>
11145 E<lt>valueE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list
11146 optionE<gt> [shift|pop]>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>
11147 [unshift|push|splice] E<lt>listE<gt>>
11151 =item Note on urllist parameter's format
11153 =item urllist parameter has CD-ROM support
11161 =item POPULATE AN INSTALLATION WITH LOTS OF MODULES
11163 =item WORKING WITH CPAN.pm BEHIND FIREWALLS
11167 =item Three basic types of firewalls
11169 http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade
11171 =item Configuring lynx or ncftp for going through a firewall
11177 1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7), 8), 9), 10)
11189 =head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
11199 =head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS
11212 =head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
11222 =item Forcing a Stack Trace
11230 =head2 Carp::Heavy, Carp heavy machinery - no user serviceable parts inside
11232 =head2 Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree
11242 the function Class::ISA::super_path($CLASS), the function
11243 Class::ISA::self_and_super_path($CLASS), the function
11244 Class::ISA::self_and_super_versions($CLASS)
11246 =item CAUTIONARY NOTES
11254 =head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
11264 =item The C<struct()> function
11266 =item Class Creation at Compile Time
11268 =item Element Types and Accessor Methods
11270 Scalar (C<'$'> or C<'*$'>), Array (C<'@'> or C<'*@'>), Hash (C<'%'> or
11271 C<'*%'>), Class (C<'Class_Name'> or C<'*Class_Name'>)
11273 =item Initializing with C<new>
11279 Example 1, Example 2, Example 3
11281 =item Author and Modification History
11285 =head2 Config - access Perl configuration information
11293 myconfig(), config_sh(), config_re($regex), config_vars(@names)
11305 C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o>
11309 C<afs>, C<afsroot>, C<alignbytes>, C<ansi2knr>, C<aphostname>,
11310 C<api_revision>, C<api_subversion>, C<api_version>, C<api_versionstring>,
11311 C<ar>, C<archlib>, C<archlibexp>, C<archname64>, C<archname>, C<archobjs>,
11312 C<asctime_r_proto>, C<awk>
11316 C<baserev>, C<bash>, C<bin>, C<binexp>, C<bison>, C<byacc>, C<byteorder>
11320 C<c>, C<castflags>, C<cat>, C<cc>, C<cccdlflags>, C<ccdlflags>, C<ccflags>,
11321 C<ccflags_uselargefiles>, C<ccname>, C<ccsymbols>, C<ccversion>, C<cf_by>,
11322 C<cf_email>, C<cf_time>, C<charsize>, C<chgrp>, C<chmod>, C<chown>,
11323 C<clocktype>, C<comm>, C<compress>, C<contains>, C<cp>, C<cpio>, C<cpp>,
11324 C<cpp_stuff>, C<cppccsymbols>, C<cppflags>, C<cpplast>, C<cppminus>,
11325 C<cpprun>, C<cppstdin>, C<cppsymbols>, C<crypt_r_proto>, C<cryptlib>,
11326 C<csh>, C<ctermid_r_proto>, C<ctime_r_proto>
11330 C<d__fwalk>, C<d_access>, C<d_accessx>, C<d_aintl>, C<d_alarm>,
11331 C<d_archlib>, C<d_asctime_r>, C<d_atolf>, C<d_atoll>, C<d_attribut>,
11332 C<d_bcmp>, C<d_bcopy>, C<d_bsd>, C<d_bsdgetpgrp>, C<d_bsdsetpgrp>,
11333 C<d_bzero>, C<d_casti32>, C<d_castneg>, C<d_charvspr>, C<d_chown>,
11334 C<d_chroot>, C<d_chsize>, C<d_class>, C<d_closedir>, C<d_cmsghdr_s>,
11335 C<d_const>, C<d_copysignl>, C<d_crypt>, C<d_crypt_r>, C<d_csh>,
11336 C<d_ctermid_r>, C<d_ctime_r>, C<d_cuserid>, C<d_dbl_dig>,
11337 C<d_dbminitproto>, C<d_difftime>, C<d_dirfd>, C<d_dirnamlen>, C<d_dlerror>,
11338 C<d_dlopen>, C<d_dlsymun>, C<d_dosuid>, C<d_drand48_r>, C<d_drand48proto>,
11339 C<d_dup2>, C<d_eaccess>, C<d_endgrent>, C<d_endgrent_r>, C<d_endhent>,
11340 C<d_endhostent_r>, C<d_endnent>, C<d_endnetent_r>, C<d_endpent>,
11341 C<d_endprotoent_r>, C<d_endpwent>, C<d_endpwent_r>, C<d_endsent>,
11342 C<d_endservent_r>, C<d_eofnblk>, C<d_eunice>, C<d_faststdio>, C<d_fchdir>,
11343 C<d_fchmod>, C<d_fchown>, C<d_fcntl>, C<d_fcntl_can_lock>, C<d_fd_macros>,
11344 C<d_fd_set>, C<d_fds_bits>, C<d_fgetpos>, C<d_finite>, C<d_finitel>,
11345 C<d_flexfnam>, C<d_flock>, C<d_flockproto>, C<d_fork>, C<d_fp_class>,
11346 C<d_fpathconf>, C<d_fpclass>, C<d_fpclassify>, C<d_fpclassl>,
11347 C<d_fpos64_t>, C<d_frexpl>, C<d_fs_data_s>, C<d_fseeko>, C<d_fsetpos>,
11348 C<d_fstatfs>, C<d_fstatvfs>, C<d_fsync>, C<d_ftello>, C<d_ftime>,
11349 C<d_Gconvert>, C<d_getcwd>, C<d_getespwnam>, C<d_getfsstat>, C<d_getgrent>,
11350 C<d_getgrent_r>, C<d_getgrgid_r>, C<d_getgrnam_r>, C<d_getgrps>,
11351 C<d_gethbyaddr>, C<d_gethbyname>, C<d_gethent>, C<d_gethname>,
11352 C<d_gethostbyaddr_r>, C<d_gethostbyname_r>, C<d_gethostent_r>,
11353 C<d_gethostprotos>, C<d_getitimer>, C<d_getlogin>, C<d_getlogin_r>,
11354 C<d_getmnt>, C<d_getmntent>, C<d_getnbyaddr>, C<d_getnbyname>,
11355 C<d_getnent>, C<d_getnetbyaddr_r>, C<d_getnetbyname_r>, C<d_getnetent_r>,
11356 C<d_getnetprotos>, C<d_getpagsz>, C<d_getpbyname>, C<d_getpbynumber>,
11357 C<d_getpent>, C<d_getpgid>, C<d_getpgrp2>, C<d_getpgrp>, C<d_getppid>,
11358 C<d_getprior>, C<d_getprotobyname_r>, C<d_getprotobynumber_r>,
11359 C<d_getprotoent_r>, C<d_getprotoprotos>, C<d_getprpwnam>, C<d_getpwent>,
11360 C<d_getpwent_r>, C<d_getpwnam_r>, C<d_getpwuid_r>, C<d_getsbyname>,
11361 C<d_getsbyport>, C<d_getsent>, C<d_getservbyname_r>, C<d_getservbyport_r>,
11362 C<d_getservent_r>, C<d_getservprotos>, C<d_getspnam>, C<d_getspnam_r>,
11363 C<d_gettimeod>, C<d_gmtime_r>, C<d_gnulibc>, C<d_grpasswd>, C<d_hasmntopt>,
11364 C<d_htonl>, C<d_ilogbl>, C<d_index>, C<d_inetaton>, C<d_int64_t>,
11365 C<d_isascii>, C<d_isfinite>, C<d_isinf>, C<d_isnan>, C<d_isnanl>,
11366 C<d_killpg>, C<d_lchown>, C<d_ldbl_dig>, C<d_link>, C<d_localtime_r>,
11367 C<d_locconv>, C<d_lockf>, C<d_longdbl>, C<d_longlong>, C<d_lseekproto>,
11368 C<d_lstat>, C<d_madvise>, C<d_mblen>, C<d_mbstowcs>, C<d_mbtowc>,
11369 C<d_memchr>, C<d_memcmp>, C<d_memcpy>, C<d_memmove>, C<d_memset>,
11370 C<d_mkdir>, C<d_mkdtemp>, C<d_mkfifo>, C<d_mkstemp>, C<d_mkstemps>,
11371 C<d_mktime>, C<d_mmap>, C<d_modfl>, C<d_modfl_pow32_bug>, C<d_modflproto>,
11372 C<d_mprotect>, C<d_msg>, C<d_msg_ctrunc>, C<d_msg_dontroute>, C<d_msg_oob>,
11373 C<d_msg_peek>, C<d_msg_proxy>, C<d_msgctl>, C<d_msgget>, C<d_msghdr_s>,
11374 C<d_msgrcv>, C<d_msgsnd>, C<d_msync>, C<d_munmap>, C<d_mymalloc>,
11375 C<d_nice>, C<d_nl_langinfo>, C<d_nv_preserves_uv>, C<d_off64_t>,
11376 C<d_old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<d_oldpthreads>, C<d_oldsock>,
11377 C<d_open3>, C<d_pathconf>, C<d_pause>, C<d_perl_otherlibdirs>,
11378 C<d_phostname>, C<d_pipe>, C<d_poll>, C<d_portable>, C<d_PRId64>,
11379 C<d_PRIeldbl>, C<d_PRIEUldbl>, C<d_PRIfldbl>, C<d_PRIFUldbl>,
11380 C<d_PRIgldbl>, C<d_PRIGUldbl>, C<d_PRIi64>, C<d_PRIo64>, C<d_PRIu64>,
11381 C<d_PRIx64>, C<d_PRIXU64>, C<d_procselfexe>, C<d_pthread_atfork>,
11382 C<d_pthread_attr_setscope>, C<d_pthread_yield>, C<d_pwage>, C<d_pwchange>,
11383 C<d_pwclass>, C<d_pwcomment>, C<d_pwexpire>, C<d_pwgecos>, C<d_pwpasswd>,
11384 C<d_pwquota>, C<d_qgcvt>, C<d_quad>, C<d_random_r>, C<d_readdir64_r>,
11385 C<d_readdir>, C<d_readdir_r>, C<d_readlink>, C<d_readv>, C<d_recvmsg>,
11386 C<d_rename>, C<d_rewinddir>, C<d_rmdir>, C<d_safebcpy>, C<d_safemcpy>,
11387 C<d_sanemcmp>, C<d_sbrkproto>, C<d_scalbnl>, C<d_sched_yield>,
11388 C<d_scm_rights>, C<d_SCNfldbl>, C<d_seekdir>, C<d_select>, C<d_sem>,
11389 C<d_semctl>, C<d_semctl_semid_ds>, C<d_semctl_semun>, C<d_semget>,
11390 C<d_semop>, C<d_sendmsg>, C<d_setegid>, C<d_seteuid>, C<d_setgrent>,
11391 C<d_setgrent_r>, C<d_setgrps>, C<d_sethent>, C<d_sethostent_r>,
11392 C<d_setitimer>, C<d_setlinebuf>, C<d_setlocale>, C<d_setlocale_r>,
11393 C<d_setnent>, C<d_setnetent_r>, C<d_setpent>, C<d_setpgid>, C<d_setpgrp2>,
11394 C<d_setpgrp>, C<d_setprior>, C<d_setproctitle>, C<d_setprotoent_r>,
11395 C<d_setpwent>, C<d_setpwent_r>, C<d_setregid>, C<d_setresgid>,
11396 C<d_setresuid>, C<d_setreuid>, C<d_setrgid>, C<d_setruid>, C<d_setsent>,
11397 C<d_setservent_r>, C<d_setsid>, C<d_setvbuf>, C<d_sfio>, C<d_shm>,
11398 C<d_shmat>, C<d_shmatprototype>, C<d_shmctl>, C<d_shmdt>, C<d_shmget>,
11399 C<d_sigaction>, C<d_sigprocmask>, C<d_sigsetjmp>, C<d_sockatmark>,
11400 C<d_sockatmarkproto>, C<d_socket>, C<d_socklen_t>, C<d_sockpair>,
11401 C<d_socks5_init>, C<d_sqrtl>, C<d_srand48_r>, C<d_srandom_r>,
11402 C<d_sresgproto>, C<d_sresuproto>, C<d_statblks>, C<d_statfs_f_flags>,
11403 C<d_statfs_s>, C<d_statvfs>, C<d_stdio_cnt_lval>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval>,
11404 C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_nochange_cnt>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_sets_cnt>,
11405 C<d_stdio_stream_array>, C<d_stdiobase>, C<d_stdstdio>, C<d_strchr>,
11406 C<d_strcoll>, C<d_strctcpy>, C<d_strerrm>, C<d_strerror>, C<d_strerror_r>,
11407 C<d_strftime>, C<d_strtod>, C<d_strtol>, C<d_strtold>, C<d_strtoll>,
11408 C<d_strtoq>, C<d_strtoul>, C<d_strtoull>, C<d_strtouq>, C<d_strxfrm>,
11409 C<d_suidsafe>, C<d_symlink>, C<d_syscall>, C<d_syscallproto>, C<d_sysconf>,
11410 C<d_sysernlst>, C<d_syserrlst>, C<d_system>, C<d_tcgetpgrp>,
11411 C<d_tcsetpgrp>, C<d_telldir>, C<d_telldirproto>, C<d_time>, C<d_times>,
11412 C<d_tm_tm_gmtoff>, C<d_tm_tm_zone>, C<d_tmpnam_r>, C<d_truncate>,
11413 C<d_ttyname_r>, C<d_tzname>, C<d_u32align>, C<d_ualarm>, C<d_umask>,
11414 C<d_uname>, C<d_union_semun>, C<d_unordered>, C<d_usleep>,
11415 C<d_usleepproto>, C<d_ustat>, C<d_vendorarch>, C<d_vendorbin>,
11416 C<d_vendorlib>, C<d_vendorscript>, C<d_vfork>, C<d_void_closedir>,
11417 C<d_voidsig>, C<d_voidtty>, C<d_volatile>, C<d_vprintf>, C<d_wait4>,
11418 C<d_waitpid>, C<d_wcstombs>, C<d_wctomb>, C<d_writev>, C<d_xenix>, C<date>,
11419 C<db_hashtype>, C<db_prefixtype>, C<db_version_major>, C<db_version_minor>,
11420 C<db_version_patch>, C<defvoidused>, C<direntrytype>, C<dlext>, C<dlsrc>,
11421 C<doublesize>, C<drand01>, C<drand48_r_proto>, C<dynamic_ext>
11425 C<eagain>, C<ebcdic>, C<echo>, C<egrep>, C<emacs>, C<endgrent_r_proto>,
11426 C<endhostent_r_proto>, C<endnetent_r_proto>, C<endprotoent_r_proto>,
11427 C<endpwent_r_proto>, C<endservent_r_proto>, C<eunicefix>, C<exe_ext>,
11428 C<expr>, C<extensions>, C<extras>
11432 C<fflushall>, C<fflushNULL>, C<find>, C<firstmakefile>, C<flex>,
11433 C<fpossize>, C<fpostype>, C<freetype>, C<from>, C<full_ar>, C<full_csh>,
11438 C<gccansipedantic>, C<gccosandvers>, C<gccversion>, C<getgrent_r_proto>,
11439 C<getgrgid_r_proto>, C<getgrnam_r_proto>, C<gethostbyaddr_r_proto>,
11440 C<gethostbyname_r_proto>, C<gethostent_r_proto>, C<getlogin_r_proto>,
11441 C<getnetbyaddr_r_proto>, C<getnetbyname_r_proto>, C<getnetent_r_proto>,
11442 C<getprotobyname_r_proto>, C<getprotobynumber_r_proto>,
11443 C<getprotoent_r_proto>, C<getpwent_r_proto>, C<getpwnam_r_proto>,
11444 C<getpwuid_r_proto>, C<getservbyname_r_proto>, C<getservbyport_r_proto>,
11445 C<getservent_r_proto>, C<getspnam_r_proto>, C<gidformat>, C<gidsign>,
11446 C<gidsize>, C<gidtype>, C<glibpth>, C<gmake>, C<gmtime_r_proto>,
11447 C<gnulibc_version>, C<grep>, C<groupcat>, C<groupstype>, C<gzip>
11451 C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>, C<html1dir>, C<html1direxp>,
11452 C<html3dir>, C<html3direxp>
11456 C<i16size>, C<i16type>, C<i32size>, C<i32type>, C<i64size>, C<i64type>,
11457 C<i8size>, C<i8type>, C<i_arpainet>, C<i_bsdioctl>, C<i_crypt>, C<i_db>,
11458 C<i_dbm>, C<i_dirent>, C<i_dld>, C<i_dlfcn>, C<i_fcntl>, C<i_float>,
11459 C<i_fp>, C<i_fp_class>, C<i_gdbm>, C<i_grp>, C<i_ieeefp>, C<i_inttypes>,
11460 C<i_langinfo>, C<i_libutil>, C<i_limits>, C<i_locale>, C<i_machcthr>,
11461 C<i_malloc>, C<i_math>, C<i_memory>, C<i_mntent>, C<i_ndbm>, C<i_netdb>,
11462 C<i_neterrno>, C<i_netinettcp>, C<i_niin>, C<i_poll>, C<i_prot>,
11463 C<i_pthread>, C<i_pwd>, C<i_rpcsvcdbm>, C<i_sfio>, C<i_sgtty>, C<i_shadow>,
11464 C<i_socks>, C<i_stdarg>, C<i_stddef>, C<i_stdlib>, C<i_string>,
11465 C<i_sunmath>, C<i_sysaccess>, C<i_sysdir>, C<i_sysfile>, C<i_sysfilio>,
11466 C<i_sysin>, C<i_sysioctl>, C<i_syslog>, C<i_sysmman>, C<i_sysmode>,
11467 C<i_sysmount>, C<i_sysndir>, C<i_sysparam>, C<i_sysresrc>, C<i_syssecrt>,
11468 C<i_sysselct>, C<i_syssockio>, C<i_sysstat>, C<i_sysstatfs>,
11469 C<i_sysstatvfs>, C<i_systime>, C<i_systimek>, C<i_systimes>, C<i_systypes>,
11470 C<i_sysuio>, C<i_sysun>, C<i_sysutsname>, C<i_sysvfs>, C<i_syswait>,
11471 C<i_termio>, C<i_termios>, C<i_time>, C<i_unistd>, C<i_ustat>, C<i_utime>,
11472 C<i_values>, C<i_varargs>, C<i_varhdr>, C<i_vfork>,
11473 C<ignore_versioned_solibs>, C<inc_version_list>, C<inc_version_list_init>,
11474 C<incpath>, C<inews>, C<installarchlib>, C<installbin>, C<installhtml1dir>,
11475 C<installhtml3dir>, C<installman1dir>, C<installman3dir>, C<installprefix>,
11476 C<installprefixexp>, C<installprivlib>, C<installscript>,
11477 C<installsitearch>, C<installsitebin>, C<installsitehtml1dir>,
11478 C<installsitehtml3dir>, C<installsitelib>, C<installsiteman1dir>,
11479 C<installsiteman3dir>, C<installsitescript>, C<installstyle>,
11480 C<installusrbinperl>, C<installvendorarch>, C<installvendorbin>,
11481 C<installvendorhtml1dir>, C<installvendorhtml3dir>, C<installvendorlib>,
11482 C<installvendorman1dir>, C<installvendorman3dir>, C<installvendorscript>,
11483 C<intsize>, C<issymlink>, C<ivdformat>, C<ivsize>, C<ivtype>
11487 C<known_extensions>, C<ksh>
11491 C<ld>, C<lddlflags>, C<ldflags>, C<ldflags_uselargefiles>, C<ldlibpthname>,
11492 C<less>, C<lib_ext>, C<libc>, C<libperl>, C<libpth>, C<libs>, C<libsdirs>,
11493 C<libsfiles>, C<libsfound>, C<libspath>, C<libswanted>,
11494 C<libswanted_uselargefiles>, C<line>, C<lint>, C<lkflags>, C<ln>, C<lns>,
11495 C<localtime_r_proto>, C<locincpth>, C<loclibpth>, C<longdblsize>,
11496 C<longlongsize>, C<longsize>, C<lp>, C<lpr>, C<ls>, C<lseeksize>,
11501 C<mail>, C<mailx>, C<make>, C<make_set_make>, C<mallocobj>, C<mallocsrc>,
11502 C<malloctype>, C<man1dir>, C<man1direxp>, C<man1ext>, C<man3dir>,
11503 C<man3direxp>, C<man3ext>
11507 C<Mcc>, C<mips_type>, C<mistrustnm>, C<mkdir>, C<mmaptype>, C<modetype>,
11508 C<more>, C<multiarch>, C<mv>, C<myarchname>, C<mydomain>, C<myhostname>,
11513 C<n>, C<need_va_copy>, C<netdb_hlen_type>, C<netdb_host_type>,
11514 C<netdb_name_type>, C<netdb_net_type>, C<nm>, C<nm_opt>, C<nm_so_opt>,
11515 C<nonxs_ext>, C<nroff>, C<nv_preserves_uv_bits>, C<nveformat>,
11516 C<nvEUformat>, C<nvfformat>, C<nvFUformat>, C<nvgformat>, C<nvGUformat>,
11517 C<nvsize>, C<nvtype>
11521 C<o_nonblock>, C<obj_ext>, C<old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<optimize>,
11522 C<orderlib>, C<osname>, C<osvers>, C<otherlibdirs>
11526 C<package>, C<pager>, C<passcat>, C<patchlevel>, C<path_sep>, C<perl5>,
11527 C<perl>, C<perl_patchlevel>
11531 C<PERL_REVISION>, C<PERL_SUBVERSION>, C<PERL_VERSION>, C<perladmin>,
11532 C<perllibs>, C<perlpath>, C<pg>, C<phostname>, C<pidtype>, C<plibpth>,
11533 C<pm_apiversion>, C<pmake>, C<pr>, C<prefix>, C<prefixexp>, C<privlib>,
11534 C<privlibexp>, C<procselfexe>, C<prototype>, C<ptrsize>
11538 C<quadkind>, C<quadtype>
11542 C<randbits>, C<randfunc>, C<random_r_proto>, C<randseedtype>, C<ranlib>,
11543 C<rd_nodata>, C<readdir64_r_proto>, C<readdir_r_proto>, C<revision>, C<rm>,
11544 C<rmail>, C<run>, C<runnm>
11548 C<sched_yield>, C<scriptdir>, C<scriptdirexp>, C<sed>, C<seedfunc>,
11549 C<selectminbits>, C<selecttype>, C<sendmail>, C<setgrent_r_proto>,
11550 C<sethostent_r_proto>, C<setlocale_r_proto>, C<setnetent_r_proto>,
11551 C<setprotoent_r_proto>, C<setpwent_r_proto>, C<setservent_r_proto>, C<sh>,
11552 C<shar>, C<sharpbang>, C<shmattype>, C<shortsize>, C<shrpenv>, C<shsharp>,
11553 C<sig_count>, C<sig_name>, C<sig_name_init>, C<sig_num>, C<sig_num_init>,
11554 C<sig_size>, C<signal_t>, C<sitearch>, C<sitearchexp>, C<sitebin>,
11555 C<sitebinexp>, C<sitehtml1dir>, C<sitehtml1direxp>, C<sitehtml3dir>,
11556 C<sitehtml3direxp>, C<sitelib>, C<sitelib_stem>, C<sitelibexp>,
11557 C<siteman1dir>, C<siteman1direxp>, C<siteman3dir>, C<siteman3direxp>,
11558 C<siteprefix>, C<siteprefixexp>, C<sitescript>, C<sitescriptexp>,
11559 C<sizesize>, C<sizetype>, C<sleep>, C<smail>, C<so>, C<sockethdr>,
11560 C<socketlib>, C<socksizetype>, C<sort>, C<spackage>, C<spitshell>,
11561 C<sPRId64>, C<sPRIeldbl>, C<sPRIEUldbl>, C<sPRIfldbl>, C<sPRIFUldbl>,
11562 C<sPRIgldbl>, C<sPRIGUldbl>, C<sPRIi64>, C<sPRIo64>, C<sPRIu64>,
11563 C<sPRIx64>, C<sPRIXU64>, C<srand48_r_proto>, C<srandom_r_proto>, C<src>,
11564 C<sSCNfldbl>, C<ssizetype>, C<startperl>, C<startsh>, C<static_ext>,
11565 C<stdchar>, C<stdio_base>, C<stdio_bufsiz>, C<stdio_cnt>, C<stdio_filbuf>,
11566 C<stdio_ptr>, C<stdio_stream_array>, C<strerror_r_proto>, C<strings>,
11567 C<submit>, C<subversion>, C<sysman>
11571 C<tail>, C<tar>, C<targetarch>, C<tbl>, C<tee>, C<test>, C<timeincl>,
11572 C<timetype>, C<tmpnam_r_proto>, C<to>, C<touch>, C<tr>, C<trnl>, C<troff>,
11577 C<u16size>, C<u16type>, C<u32size>, C<u32type>, C<u64size>, C<u64type>,
11578 C<u8size>, C<u8type>, C<uidformat>, C<uidsign>, C<uidsize>, C<uidtype>,
11579 C<uname>, C<uniq>, C<uquadtype>, C<use5005threads>, C<use64bitall>,
11580 C<use64bitint>, C<usecrosscompile>, C<usedl>, C<usefaststdio>,
11581 C<useithreads>, C<uselargefiles>, C<uselongdouble>, C<usemorebits>,
11582 C<usemultiplicity>, C<usemymalloc>, C<usenm>, C<useopcode>, C<useperlio>,
11583 C<useposix>, C<usereentrant>, C<usesfio>, C<useshrplib>, C<usesocks>,
11584 C<usethreads>, C<usevendorprefix>, C<usevfork>, C<usrinc>, C<uuname>,
11585 C<uvoformat>, C<uvsize>, C<uvtype>, C<uvuformat>, C<uvxformat>,
11590 C<vendorarch>, C<vendorarchexp>, C<vendorbin>, C<vendorbinexp>,
11591 C<vendorhtml1dir>, C<vendorhtml1direxp>, C<vendorhtml3dir>,
11592 C<vendorhtml3direxp>, C<vendorlib>, C<vendorlib_stem>, C<vendorlibexp>,
11593 C<vendorman1dir>, C<vendorman1direxp>, C<vendorman3dir>,
11594 C<vendorman3direxp>, C<vendorprefix>, C<vendorprefixexp>, C<vendorscript>,
11595 C<vendorscriptexp>, C<version>, C<version_patchlevel_string>,
11596 C<versiononly>, C<vi>, C<voidflags>
11600 C<xlibpth>, C<xs_apiversion>
11604 C<yacc>, C<yaccflags>
11616 =head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory
11626 =item getcwd and friends
11628 getcwd, cwd, fastcwd, fastgetcwd
11630 =item abs_path and friends
11632 abs_path, realpath, fast_abs_path
11644 =head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft,
11656 =item Global Variables
11658 $DB::sub, %DB::sub, $DB::single, $DB::signal, $DB::trace, @DB::args,
11659 @DB::dbline, %DB::dbline, $DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::subname,
11664 CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'),
11665 CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done()
11667 =item Client Callback Methods
11669 CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(),
11670 CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(),
11671 CLIENT->output(LIST)
11681 =head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
11689 B<DB_HASH>, B<DB_BTREE>, B<DB_RECNO>
11693 =item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or greater
11695 =item Interface to Berkeley DB
11697 =item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File
11699 =item Default Parameters
11701 =item In Memory Databases
11709 =item A Simple Example
11717 =item Changing the BTREE sort order
11719 =item Handling Duplicate Keys
11721 =item The get_dup() Method
11723 =item The find_dup() Method
11725 =item The del_dup() Method
11727 =item Matching Partial Keys
11735 =item The 'bval' Option
11737 =item A Simple Example
11739 =item Extra RECNO Methods
11741 B<$X-E<gt>push(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-E<gt>pop ;>, B<$X-E<gt>shift>,
11742 B<$X-E<gt>unshift(list) ;>, B<$X-E<gt>length>, B<$X-E<gt>splice(offset,
11743 length, elements);>
11745 =item Another Example
11749 =item THE API INTERFACE
11751 B<$status = $X-E<gt>get($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status =
11752 $X-E<gt>put($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>del($key [,
11753 $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>fd ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>seq($key,
11754 $value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>sync([$flags]) ;>
11758 B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
11759 B<filter_fetch_value>
11765 =item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
11767 =item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
11771 =item HINTS AND TIPS
11775 =item Locking: The Trouble with fd
11777 =item Safe ways to lock a database
11779 B<Tie::DB_Lock>, B<Tie::DB_LockFile>, B<DB_File::Lock>
11781 =item Sharing Databases With C Applications
11783 =item The untie() Gotcha
11787 =item COMMON QUESTIONS
11791 =item Why is there Perl source in my database?
11793 =item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File?
11795 =item What does "Invalid Argument" mean?
11797 =item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean?
11817 =head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both
11818 printing and C<eval>
11830 I<PACKAGE>->new(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Dump I<or>
11831 I<PACKAGE>->Dump(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>),
11832 I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>),
11839 =item Configuration Variables or Methods
11865 =head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler
11873 =item PROFILE FORMAT
11885 =head2 Devel::PPPort - Perl/Pollution/Portability
11907 =head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
11917 =item Runtime debugging
11919 =item Memory footprint debugging
11927 =item A simple scalar string
11929 =item A simple scalar number
11931 =item A simple scalar with an extra reference
11933 =item A reference to a simple scalar
11935 =item A reference to an array
11937 =item A reference to a hash
11939 =item Dumping a large array or hash
11941 =item A reference to an SV which holds a C pointer
11943 =item A reference to a subroutine
11957 =head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
11967 =head2 Digest:: - Modules that calculate message digests
11975 I<binary>, I<hex>, I<base64>
11979 $ctx = Digest->XXX($arg,...), $ctx = Digest->new(XXX => $arg,...), $ctx =
11980 Digest::XXX->new($arg,...), $other_ctx = $ctx->clone, $ctx->reset,
11981 $ctx->add($data,...), $ctx->addfile($io_handle), $ctx->add_bits($data,
11982 $nbits), $ctx->add_bits($bitstring), $ctx->digest, $ctx->hexdigest,
11991 =head2 Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
12001 md5($data,...), md5_hex($data,...), md5_base64($data,...)
12005 $md5 = Digest::MD5->new, $md5->reset, $md5->clone, $md5->add($data,...),
12006 $md5->addfile($io_handle), $md5->add_bits($data, $nbits),
12007 $md5->add_bits($bitstring), $md5->digest, $md5->hexdigest, $md5->b64digest
12019 =head2 Digest::base - Digest base class
12031 =head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
12043 =head2 Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data.
12055 C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>,
12056 C<dumpDBFiles>, C<dumpPackages>, C<dumpReused>, C<tick>, C<quoteHighBit>,
12057 C<printUndef>, C<usageOnly>, unctrl, subdump, bareStringify, quoteHighBit,
12062 dumpValue, dumpValues, stringify, dumpvars, set_quote, set_unctrl,
12063 compactDump, veryCompact, set, get
12069 =head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
12077 @dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, @dl_librefs,
12078 @dl_modules, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(), dl_expandspec(),
12079 dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_load_flags(), dl_find_symbol(),
12080 dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(), dl_install_xsub(),
12087 =head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into
12098 =item Migration from C<DynaLoader>
12100 =item Backward compatible boilerplate
12104 =item Order of initialization: early load()
12108 =item The most hairy case
12118 =head2 Encode - character encodings
12126 =item Table of Contents
12138 =item PERL ENCODING API
12140 $octets = encode(ENCODING, $string [, CHECK]), $string = decode(ENCODING,
12141 $octets [, CHECK]), [$length =] from_to($octets, FROM_ENC, TO_ENC [,
12142 CHECK]), $octets = encode_utf8($string);, $string = decode_utf8($octets [,
12147 =item Listing available encodings
12149 =item Defining Aliases
12153 =item Encoding via PerlIO
12155 =item Handling Malformed Data
12157 I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_DEFAULT ( == 0), I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_CROAK ( == 1),
12158 I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_QUIET, I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_WARN, perlqq mode
12159 (I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_PERLQQ), HTML charref mode (I<CHECK> =
12160 Encode::FB_HTMLCREF), XML charref mode (I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_XMLCREF), The
12165 =item Unimplemented fallback schemes
12169 =item Defining Encodings
12171 =item The UTF-8 flag
12173 Goal #1:, Goal #2:, Goal #3:, Goal #4:
12177 =item Messing with Perl's Internals
12179 is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK]), _utf8_on(STRING), _utf8_off(STRING)
12189 =head2 Encode::Alias - alias definitions to encodings
12197 As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
12202 =item Alias overloading
12210 =head2 Encode::Byte - Single Byte Encodings
12224 =head2 Encode::CJKConstants -- Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
12226 =head2 Encode::CN - China-based Chinese Encodings
12242 =head2 Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by Encode::CN
12244 =head2 Encode::Config -- internally used by Encode
12246 =head2 Encode::EBCDIC - EBCDIC Encodings
12260 =head2 Encode::Encoding - Encode Implementation Base Class
12270 =item Methods you should implement
12272 -E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check]),
12273 -E<gt>cat_decode($destination, $octets, $offset, $terminator [,$check])
12275 =item Other methods defined in Encode::Encodings
12277 -E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>perlio_ok(), -E<gt>needs_lines()
12279 =item Example: Encode::ROT13
12283 =item Why the heck Encode API is different?
12287 =item Compiled Encodings
12293 Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
12297 =head2 Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from data
12307 Encode::Guess->set_suspects, Encode::Guess->add_suspects,
12308 Encode::decode("Guess" ...), Encode::Guess->guess($data),
12309 guess_encoding($data, [, I<list of suspects>])
12319 =head2 Encode::JP - Japanese Encodings
12329 =item Note on ISO-2022-JP(-1)?
12337 =head2 Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by Encode::JP::2022_JP*
12339 =head2 Encode::JP::JIS7 -- internally used by Encode::JP
12341 =head2 Encode::KR - Korean Encodings
12355 =head2 Encode::KR::2022_KR -- internally used by Encode::KR
12357 =head2 Encode::MIME::Header -- MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding
12373 =head2 Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document on Encode and PerlIO
12379 =item How does it work?
12381 =item Line Buffering
12385 =item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
12393 =head2 Encode::Supported -- Encodings supported by Encode
12401 =item Encoding Names
12405 =item Supported Encodings
12409 =item Built-in Encodings
12411 =item Encode::Unicode -- other Unicode encodings
12413 =item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
12415 ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
12416 the Cyrillic world, gsm0338 - Hentai Latin 1
12418 =item CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
12420 Encode::CN -- Continental China, Encode::JP -- Japan, Encode::KR -- Korea,
12421 Encode::TW -- Taiwan, Encode::HanExtra -- More Chinese via CPAN,
12422 Encode::JIS2K -- JIS X 0213 encodings via CPAN
12424 =item Miscellaneous encodings
12426 Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::Guess
12430 =item Unsupported encodings
12432 ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], Various HP-UX encodings,
12433 Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], ISIRI 3342, Iran
12434 System, ISIRI 2900 [Farsi], Thai encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS,
12435 Various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic encodings
12437 =item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
12439 =item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
12443 =item Microsoft-related naming mess
12445 KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
12451 character repertoire, coded character set (CCS), character encoding scheme
12452 (CES), charset (in MIME context), EUC, ISO-2022, UCS, UCS-2, Unicode, UTF,
12459 ECMA, ECMA-035 (eq C<ISO-2022>), IANA, Assigned Charset Names by IANA, ISO,
12460 RFC, UC, Unicode Glossary
12464 =item Other Notable Sites
12466 czyborra.com, CJK.inf, Jungshik Shin's Hangul FAQ, debian.org:
12467 "Introduction to i18n"
12469 =item Offline sources
12471 C<CJKV Information Processing> by Ken Lunde
12477 =head2 Encode::Symbol - Symbol Encodings
12491 =head2 Encode::TW - Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings
12507 =head2 Encode::Unicode -- Various Unicode Transformation Formats
12515 L<http://www.unicode.org/glossary/> says:, Quick Reference
12517 =item Size, Endianness, and BOM
12523 =item by endianness
12525 BOM as integer when fetched in network byte order
12529 =item Surrogate Pairs
12535 =head2 Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7 encoding
12549 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Alias, Encode::Alias - alias definitions to
12558 As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
12563 =item Alias overloading
12571 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CJKConstants.pm --
12572 Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
12574 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CN::HZ, Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by
12577 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Config, Encode::Config -- internally used by
12580 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Encoding, Encode::Encoding - Encode
12581 Implementation Base Class
12591 =item Methods you should implement
12593 -E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check]),
12594 -E<gt>cat_decode($destination, $octets, $offset, $terminator [,$check])
12596 =item Other methods defined in Encode::Encodings
12598 -E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>perlio_ok(), -E<gt>needs_lines()
12600 =item Example: Encode::ROT13
12604 =item Why the heck Encode API is different?
12608 =item Compiled Encodings
12614 Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
12618 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Guess, Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from
12629 Encode::Guess->set_suspects, Encode::Guess->add_suspects,
12630 Encode::decode("Guess" ...), Encode::Guess->guess($data),
12631 guess_encoding($data, [, I<list of suspects>])
12641 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::H2Z, Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by
12642 Encode::JP::2022_JP*
12644 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::JIS7, Encode::JP::JIS7 -- internally used
12647 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::KR::2022_KR, Encode::KR::2022_KR -- internally
12650 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::MIME::Header -- MIME 'B'
12651 and 'Q' header encoding
12667 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::PerlIO, Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document
12668 on Encode and PerlIO
12674 =item How does it work?
12676 =item Line Buffering
12680 =item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
12688 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Supported, Encode::Supported -- Encodings
12689 supported by Encode
12697 =item Encoding Names
12701 =item Supported Encodings
12705 =item Built-in Encodings
12707 =item Encode::Unicode -- other Unicode encodings
12709 =item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
12711 ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
12712 the Cyrillic world, gsm0338 - Hentai Latin 1
12714 =item CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
12716 Encode::CN -- Continental China, Encode::JP -- Japan, Encode::KR -- Korea,
12717 Encode::TW -- Taiwan, Encode::HanExtra -- More Chinese via CPAN,
12718 Encode::JIS2K -- JIS X 0213 encodings via CPAN
12720 =item Miscellaneous encodings
12722 Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::Guess
12726 =item Unsupported encodings
12728 ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], Various HP-UX encodings,
12729 Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], ISIRI 3342, Iran
12730 System, ISIRI 2900 [Farsi], Thai encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS,
12731 Various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic encodings
12733 =item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
12735 =item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
12739 =item Microsoft-related naming mess
12741 KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
12747 character repertoire, coded character set (CCS), character encoding scheme
12748 (CES), charset (in MIME context), EUC, ISO-2022, UCS, UCS-2, Unicode, UTF,
12755 ECMA, ECMA-035 (eq C<ISO-2022>), IANA, Assigned Charset Names by IANA, ISO,
12756 RFC, UC, Unicode Glossary
12760 =item Other Notable Sites
12762 czyborra.com, CJK.inf, Jungshik Shin's Hangul FAQ, debian.org:
12763 "Introduction to i18n"
12765 =item Offline sources
12767 C<CJKV Information Processing> by Ken Lunde
12773 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Unicode::UTF7, Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7
12788 =head2 Encode::lib::Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
12800 =item Predefined Methods
12802 $e = Encode::Encoder-E<gt>new([$data, $encoding]);, encoder(),
12803 $e-E<gt>data([$data]), $e-E<gt>encoding([$encoding]),
12804 $e-E<gt>bytes([$encoding])
12806 =item Example: base64 transcoder
12808 =item Operator Overloading
12816 =head2 Encodencoding, encoding - allows you to write your script in
12817 non-ascii or non-utf8
12827 =item Literal Conversions
12829 =item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
12831 =item Implicit upgrading for byte strings
12835 =item FEATURES THAT REQUIRE 5.8.1
12837 "NON-EUC" doublebyte encodings, tr//, DATA pseudo-filehandle
12841 use encoding [I<ENCNAME>] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> [ STDIN =E<gt>
12842 I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;, no encoding;
12844 =item The Filter Option
12848 =item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
12858 =item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
12860 =item tr/// with ranges
12862 Legend of characters above
12866 =item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
12868 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
12870 literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
12878 =head2 Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
12890 =item Predefined Methods
12892 $e = Encode::Encoder-E<gt>new([$data, $encoding]);, encoder(),
12893 $e-E<gt>data([$data]), $e-E<gt>encoding([$encoding]),
12894 $e-E<gt>bytes([$encoding])
12896 =item Example: base64 transcoder
12898 =item Operator Overloading
12906 =head2 English - use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation
12919 =head2 Env - perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or
12934 =head2 Errno - System errno constants
12950 =head2 Exporter - Implements default import method for modules
12960 =item How to Export
12962 =item Selecting What To Export
12964 =item How to Import
12966 C<use ModuleName;>, C<use ModuleName ();>, C<use ModuleName qw(...);>
12970 =item Advanced features
12974 =item Specialised Import Lists
12976 =item Exporting without using Exporter's import method
12978 =item Exporting without inheriting from Exporter
12980 =item Module Version Checking
12982 =item Managing Unknown Symbols
12984 =item Tag Handling Utility Functions
12986 =item Generating combined tags
12988 =item C<AUTOLOAD>ed Constants
12994 =head2 Exporter::Heavy - Exporter guts
13004 =head2 ExtUtils::Command - utilities to replace common UNIX commands in
13025 mv source... destination
13027 cp source... destination
13047 =head2 ExtUtils::Command::MM - Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles
13061 B<warn_if_old_packlist>
13063 B<perllocal_install>
13067 =head2 ExtUtils::Constant - generate XS code to import C header constants
13077 IV, UV, NV, PV, PVN, SV, YES, NO, UNDEF
13085 perl_stringify NAME
13089 memEQ_clause NAME, CHECKED_AT, INDENT
13091 assign INDENT, TYPE, PRE, POST, VALUE..
13095 switch_clause INDENT, NAMELEN, ITEMHASH, ITEM..
13103 C_constant, name, type, value, macro, default, pre, post, def_pre =item
13106 XS_constant PACKAGE, TYPES, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
13108 autoload PACKAGE, VERSION, AUTOLOADER
13110 WriteMakefileSnippet
13112 WriteConstants ATTRIBUTE =E<gt> VALUE [, ...], NAME, DEFAULT_TYPE,
13113 BREAKOUT_AT, NAMES, C_FILE, XS_FILE, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
13121 =head2 ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications
13133 xsinit(), Examples, ldopts(), Examples, perl_inc(), ccflags(), ccdlflags(),
13134 ccopts(), xsi_header(), xsi_protos(@modules), xsi_body(@modules)
13144 =head2 ExtUtils::Install - install files from here to there
13162 B<install_default> I<DISCOURAGED>
13174 B<PERL_INSTALL_ROOT>
13182 =head2 ExtUtils::Installed - Inventory management of installed modules
13194 new(), modules(), files(), directories(), directory_tree(), validate(),
13195 packlist(), version()
13203 =head2 ExtUtils::Liblist - determine libraries to use and how to use them
13211 For static extensions, For dynamic extensions at build/link time, For
13212 dynamic extensions at load time
13218 =item LDLOADLIBS and LD_RUN_PATH
13228 =item VMS implementation
13230 =item Win32 implementation
13238 =head2 ExtUtils::MM - OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass
13248 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Any - Platform-agnostic MM methods
13256 =item Inherently Cross-Platform Methods
13264 blibdirs_target (o)
13268 =item File::Spec wrappers
13276 =item Thought To Be Cross-Platform Methods
13292 makemakerdflt_target
13312 metafile_addtomanifest_target
13314 signature_addtomanifest_target
13318 =item Abstract methods
13320 oneliner, B<quote_literal>, B<escape_newlines>, max_exec_len,
13321 B<init_others>, init_DIRFILESEP, init_linker, init_platform,
13334 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_BeOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
13335 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
13349 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
13350 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
13364 replace_manpage_separator (o)
13368 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_DOS - DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
13378 =item Overridden methods
13386 B<replace_manpage_separator>
13396 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_MacOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
13397 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
13419 init_platform, platform_constants
13425 special_targets (o)
13435 clean_subdirs_target
13439 realclean_subdirs_target
13447 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_NW5 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
13448 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
13460 init_platform (o), platform_constants
13468 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_OS2 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
13469 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
13487 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_UWIN - U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
13497 =item Overridden methods
13505 B<replace_manpage_separator>
13515 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
13541 clean_subdirs_target
13553 dir_target B<DEPRECATED>
13603 =item Methods to actually produce chunks of text for the Makefile
13633 init_platform (o), platform_constants (o)
13677 post_initialize (o)
13691 realclean_subdirs_target
13693 replace_manpage_separator
13715 test_via_harness (override)
13717 test_via_script (override)
13741 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_VMS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
13742 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
13752 =item Methods always loaded
13764 guess_name (override)
13768 find_perl (override)
13770 maybe_command (override)
13772 perl_script (override)
13774 replace_manpage_separator
13780 init_main (override)
13782 init_others (override)
13784 init_platform (override)
13788 init_VERSION (override)
13790 constants (override)
13796 const_cccmd (override)
13798 tool_sxubpp (override)
13800 tools_other (override)
13802 init_dist (override)
13812 dynamic_lib (override)
13814 dynamic_bs (override)
13816 static_lib (override)
13818 processPL (override)
13820 installbin (override)
13822 subdir_x (override)
13826 clean_subdirs_target
13828 realclean (override)
13830 zipfile_target (o), tarfile_target (o), shdist_target (o)
13832 dist_test (override)
13836 perldepend (override)
13838 makefile (override)
13840 find_tests (override)
13844 makeaperl (override)
13846 nicetext (override)
13848 prefixify (override)
13868 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
13869 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
13881 =item Overridden methods
13887 replace_manpage_separator
13897 init_platform (o), platform_constants (o)
13899 special_targets (o)
13921 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win95 - method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X
13931 =item Overriden methods
13947 clean_subdirs_target
13949 realclean_subdirs_target
13959 =head2 ExtUtils::MY - ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization
13969 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Create a module Makefile
13979 =item How To Write A Makefile.PL
13981 =item Default Makefile Behaviour
13989 =item PREFIX and LIB attribute
13993 =item Static Linking of a new Perl Binary
13995 =item Determination of Perl Library and Installation Locations
13997 =item Which architecture dependent directory?
13999 =item Using Attributes and Parameters
14001 ABSTRACT, ABSTRACT_FROM, AUTHOR, BINARY_LOCATION, C, CCFLAGS, CONFIG,
14002 CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DESTDIR, DIR, DISTNAME, DISTVNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS,
14003 EXCLUDE_EXT, EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, FULLPERLRUN,
14004 FULLPERLRUNINST, FUNCLIST, H, IMPORTS, INC, INCLUDE_EXT, INSTALLARCHLIB,
14005 INSTALLBIN, INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLMAN1DIR, INSTALLMAN3DIR, INSTALLPRIVLIB,
14006 INSTALLSCRIPT, INSTALLSITEARCH, INSTALLSITEBIN, INSTALLSITELIB,
14007 INSTALLSITEMAN1DIR, INSTALLSITEMAN3DIR, INSTALLVENDORARCH,
14008 INSTALLVENDORBIN, INSTALLVENDORLIB, INSTALLVENDORMAN1DIR,
14009 INSTALLVENDORMAN3DIR, INST_ARCHLIB, INST_BIN, INST_LIB, INST_MAN1DIR,
14010 INST_MAN3DIR, INST_SCRIPT, LD, LDDLFLAGS, LDFROM, LIB, LIBPERL_A, LIBS,
14011 LINKTYPE, MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE_OLD, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET,
14012 MYEXTLIB, NAME, NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, NO_META, NO_VC, OBJECT,
14013 OPTIMIZE, PERL, PERL_CORE, PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB,
14014 PERL_MALLOC_OK, PERLPREFIX, PERLRUN, PERLRUNINST, PERL_SRC, PERM_RW,
14015 PERM_RWX, PL_FILES, PM, PMLIBDIRS, PM_FILTER, POLLUTE, PPM_INSTALL_EXEC,
14016 PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX, PREREQ_FATAL, PREREQ_PM, PREREQ_PRINT,
14017 PRINT_PREREQ, SITEPREFIX, SIGN, SKIP, TYPEMAPS, VENDORPREFIX, VERBINST,
14018 VERSION, VERSION_FROM, VERSION_SYM, XS, XSOPT, XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION
14020 =item Additional lowercase attributes
14022 clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, linkext, macro, postamble, realclean,
14023 test, tool_autosplit
14025 =item Overriding MakeMaker Methods
14027 =item The End Of Cargo Cult Programming
14029 C<<MAN3PODS => ' '>>
14031 =item Hintsfile support
14033 =item Distribution Support
14035 make distcheck, make skipcheck, make distclean, make manifest,
14036 make distdir, make disttest, make tardist, make dist, make
14037 uutardist, make shdist, make zipdist, make ci
14039 =item Module Meta-Data
14041 =item Disabling an extension
14043 =item Other Handy Functions
14051 PERL_MM_OPT, PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT
14061 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions About
14070 =item Philosophy and History
14072 Why not just use <insert other build config tool here>?, What's
14073 Module::Build and how does it relate to MakeMaker?, pure perl. no make, no
14074 shell commands, easier to customize, cleaner internals, less cruft
14076 =item Module Writing
14078 How do I keep my $VERSION up to date without resetting it manually?, What's
14079 this F<META.yml> thing and how did it get in my F<MANIFEST>?!
14083 How to I prevent "object version X.XX does not match bootstrap parameter
14084 Y.YY" errors?, How do I make two or more XS files coexist in the same
14097 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial - Writing a module with MakeMaker
14111 Makefile.PL, MANIFEST, lib/, t/, Changes, README, INSTALL, MANIFEST.SKIP,
14120 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes - Version-agnostic bytes.pm
14130 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish - Platform-agnostic vmsish.pm
14140 =head2 ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
14178 =item MANIFEST.SKIP
14182 =item GLOBAL VARIABLES
14190 C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>, C<Skipping> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>,
14191 C<MANIFEST:> I<$!>, C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
14195 B<PERL_MM_MANIFEST_DEBUG>
14203 =head2 ExtUtils::Miniperl, writemain - write the C code for perlmain.c
14215 =head2 ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap - make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader
14225 =head2 ExtUtils::Mksymlists - write linker options files for dynamic
14234 DLBASE, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, FILE, FUNCLIST, IMPORTS, NAME
14242 =head2 ExtUtils::Packlist - manage .packlist files
14254 new(), read(), write(), validate(), packlist_file()
14262 =head2 ExtUtils::testlib - add blib/* directories to @INC
14272 =head2 Fatal - replace functions with equivalents which succeed or die
14284 =head2 Fcntl - load the C Fcntl.h defines
14294 =item EXPORTED SYMBOLS
14298 =head2 File::Basename, fileparse - split a pathname into pieces
14306 fileparse_set_fstype, fileparse
14310 C<basename>, C<dirname>
14314 =head2 File::CheckTree, validate - run many filetest checks on a tree
14328 =head2 File::Compare - Compare files or filehandles
14342 =head2 File::Copy - Copy files or filehandles
14352 =item Special behaviour if C<syscopy> is defined (OS/2, VMS and Win32)
14354 rmscopy($from,$to[,$date_flag])
14366 =head2 File::DosGlob - DOS like globbing and then some
14376 =item EXPORTS (by request only)
14388 =head2 File::Find - Traverse a directory tree.
14396 B<find>, B<finddepth>
14402 C<wanted>, C<bydepth>, C<preprocess>, C<postprocess>, C<follow>,
14403 C<follow_fast>, C<follow_skip>, C<dangling_symlinks>, C<no_chdir>,
14404 C<untaint>, C<untaint_pattern>, C<untaint_skip>
14406 =item The wanted function
14408 C<$File::Find::dir> is the current directory name,, C<$_> is the current
14409 filename within that directory, C<$File::Find::name> is the complete
14410 pathname to the file
14418 $dont_use_nlink, symlinks
14426 =head2 File::Glob - Perl extension for BSD glob routine
14434 C<GLOB_ERR>, C<GLOB_LIMIT>, C<GLOB_MARK>, C<GLOB_NOCASE>, C<GLOB_NOCHECK>,
14435 C<GLOB_NOSORT>, C<GLOB_BRACE>, C<GLOB_NOMAGIC>, C<GLOB_QUOTE>,
14436 C<GLOB_TILDE>, C<GLOB_CSH>, C<GLOB_ALPHASORT>
14440 C<GLOB_NOSPACE>, C<GLOB_ABEND>
14448 =head2 File::Path - create or remove directory trees
14462 =head2 File::Spec - portably perform operations on file names
14472 canonpath, catdir, catfile, curdir, devnull, rootdir, tmpdir, updir,
14473 no_upwards, case_tolerant, file_name_is_absolute, path, join, splitpath,
14474 splitdir, catpath(), abs2rel, rel2abs()
14482 =head2 File::Spec::Cygwin - methods for Cygwin file specs
14494 file_name_is_absolute
14498 =head2 File::Spec::Epoc - methods for Epoc file specs
14518 =head2 File::Spec::Functions - portably perform operations on file names
14536 =head2 File::Spec::Mac - File::Spec for Mac OS (Classic)
14564 file_name_is_absolute
14586 =head2 File::Spec::OS2 - methods for OS/2 file specs
14598 =head2 File::Spec::Unix - File::Spec for Unix, base for other File::Spec
14631 file_name_is_absolute
14653 =head2 File::Spec::VMS - methods for VMS file specs
14669 =item Methods always loaded
14671 canonpath (override)
14689 case_tolerant (override)
14693 file_name_is_absolute (override)
14695 splitpath (override)
14697 splitdir (override)
14711 =head2 File::Spec::Win32 - methods for Win32 file specs
14737 =item Note For File::Spec::Win32 Maintainers
14747 =head2 File::Temp - return name and handle of a temporary file safely
14783 =item MKTEMP FUNCTIONS
14797 =item POSIX FUNCTIONS
14807 =item ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
14815 =item UTILITY FUNCTIONS
14827 =item PACKAGE VARIABLES
14829 B<safe_level>, STANDARD, MEDIUM, HIGH
14841 =item Temporary files and NFS
14853 =head2 File::stat - by-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions
14869 =head2 FileCache - keep more files open than the system permits
14877 cacheout EXPR, cacheout MODE, EXPR
14887 =head2 FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles
14895 $fh->print, $fh->printf, $fh->getline, $fh->getlines
14901 =head2 Filter::Simple - Simplified source filtering
14915 =item Disabling or changing <no> behaviour
14917 =item All-in-one interface
14919 =item Filtering only specific components of source code
14921 C<"code">, C<"executable">, C<"quotelike">, C<"string">, C<"regex">,
14924 =item Filtering only the code parts of source code
14926 Most source code ceases to be grammatically correct when it is broken up
14927 into the pieces between string literals and regexes. So the C<'code'>
14928 component filter behaves slightly differently from the other partial
14930 described in the previous section.
14932 =item Using Filter::Simple with an explicit C<import> subroutine
14934 =item Using Filter::Simple and Exporter together
14946 =head2 Filter::Util::Call - Perl Source Filter Utility Module
14956 =item B<use Filter::Util::Call>
14960 =item B<filter() and anonymous sub>
14962 B<$_>, B<$status>, B<filter_read> and B<filter_read_exact>, B<filter_del>
14970 =item Example 1: A simple filter.
14972 =item Example 2: Using the context
14974 =item Example 3: Using the context within the filter
14976 =item Example 4: Using filter_del
14980 =item Filter::Simple
14988 =head2 FindBin - Locate directory of original perl script
14996 =item EXPORTABLE VARIABLES
15008 =head2 GDBM_File - Perl5 access to the gdbm library.
15024 =head2 Getopt::Long - Extended processing of command line options
15032 =item Command Line Options, an Introduction
15034 =item Getting Started with Getopt::Long
15038 =item Simple options
15040 =item A little bit less simple options
15042 =item Mixing command line option with other arguments
15044 =item Options with values
15046 =item Options with multiple values
15048 =item Options with hash values
15050 =item User-defined subroutines to handle options
15052 =item Options with multiple names
15054 =item Case and abbreviations
15056 =item Summary of Option Specifications
15058 !, +, s, i, o, f, : I<type> [ I<desttype> ], : I<number> [ I<desttype> ], :
15063 =item Advanced Possibilities
15067 =item Object oriented interface
15069 =item Thread Safety
15071 =item Documentation and help texts
15073 =item Storing options in a hash
15077 =item The lonesome dash
15079 =item Argument callback
15083 =item Configuring Getopt::Long
15085 default, posix_default, auto_abbrev, getopt_compat, gnu_compat, gnu_getopt,
15086 require_order, permute, bundling (default: disabled), bundling_override
15087 (default: disabled), ignore_case (default: enabled), ignore_case_always
15088 (default: disabled), auto_version (default:disabled), auto_help
15089 (default:disabled), pass_through (default: disabled), prefix,
15090 prefix_pattern, debug (default: disabled)
15092 =item Exportable Methods
15094 VersionMessage, C<-message>, C<-msg>, C<-exitval>, C<-output>, HelpMessage
15096 =item Return values and Errors
15102 =item Default destinations
15104 =item Alternative option starters
15106 =item Configuration variables
15110 =item Trouble Shooting
15114 =item GetOptions does not return a false result when an option is not
15117 =item GetOptions does not split the command line correctly
15119 =item Undefined subroutine &main::GetOptions called
15121 =item How do I put a "-?" option into a Getopt::Long?
15127 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER
15131 =head2 Getopt::Std, getopt, getopts - Process single-character switches
15132 with switch clustering
15140 =item C<--help> and C<--version>
15144 =head2 Hash::Util - A selection of general-utility hash subroutines
15154 =item Restricted hashes
15156 lock_keys, unlock_keys
15162 lock_value, unlock_value
15164 B<lock_hash>, B<unlock_hash>
15178 =head2 I18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current
15189 =head2 I18N::LangTags - functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language
15200 the function is_language_tag($lang1)
15202 the function extract_language_tags($whatever)
15204 the function same_language_tag($lang1, $lang2)
15206 the function similarity_language_tag($lang1, $lang2)
15208 the function is_dialect_of($lang1, $lang2)
15210 the function super_languages($lang1)
15212 the function locale2language_tag($locale_identifier)
15214 the function encode_language_tag($lang1)
15216 the function alternate_language_tags($lang1)
15218 the function @langs = panic_languages(@accept_languages)
15222 =item ABOUT LOWERCASING
15224 =item ABOUT UNICODE PLAINTEXT LANGUAGE TAGS
15234 =head2 I18N::LangTags::List -- tags and names for human languages
15242 =item ABOUT LANGUAGE TAGS
15244 =item LIST OF LANGUAGES
15246 {ab} : Abkhazian, {ace} : Achinese, {ach} : Acoli, {ada} : Adangme, {ady} :
15247 Adyghe, {aa} : Afar, {afh} : Afrihili, {af} : Afrikaans, [{afa} :
15248 Afro-Asiatic (Other)], {ak} : Akan, {akk} : Akkadian, {sq} : Albanian,
15249 {ale} : Aleut, [{alg} : Algonquian languages], [{tut} : Altaic (Other)],
15250 {am} : Amharic, {i-ami} : Ami, [{apa} : Apache languages], {ar} : Arabic,
15251 {arc} : Aramaic, {arp} : Arapaho, {arn} : Araucanian, {arw} : Arawak, {hy}
15252 : Armenian, {an} : Aragonese, [{art} : Artificial (Other)], {ast} :
15253 Asturian, {as} : Assamese, [{ath} : Athapascan languages], [{aus} :
15254 Australian languages], [{map} : Austronesian (Other)], {av} : Avaric, {ae}
15255 : Avestan, {awa} : Awadhi, {ay} : Aymara, {az} : Azerbaijani, {ban} :
15256 Balinese, [{bat} : Baltic (Other)], {bal} : Baluchi, {bm} : Bambara, [{bai}
15257 : Bamileke languages], {bad} : Banda, [{bnt} : Bantu (Other)], {bas} :
15258 Basa, {ba} : Bashkir, {eu} : Basque, {btk} : Batak (Indonesia), {bej} :
15259 Beja, {be} : Belarusian, {bem} : Bemba, {bn} : Bengali, [{ber} : Berber
15260 (Other)], {bho} : Bhojpuri, {bh} : Bihari, {bik} : Bikol, {bin} : Bini,
15261 {bi} : Bislama, {bs} : Bosnian, {bra} : Braj, {br} : Breton, {bug} :
15262 Buginese, {bg} : Bulgarian, {i-bnn} : Bunun, {bua} : Buriat, {my} :
15263 Burmese, {cad} : Caddo, {car} : Carib, {ca} : Catalan, [{cau} : Caucasian
15264 (Other)], {ceb} : Cebuano, [{cel} : Celtic (Other)], [{cai} : Central
15265 American Indian (Other)], {chg} : Chagatai, [{cmc} : Chamic languages],
15266 {ch} : Chamorro, {ce} : Chechen, {chr} : Cherokee, {chy} : Cheyenne, {chb}
15267 : Chibcha, {ny} : Chichewa, {zh} : Chinese, {chn} : Chinook Jargon, {chp} :
15268 Chipewyan, {cho} : Choctaw, {cu} : Church Slavic, {chk} : Chuukese, {cv} :
15269 Chuvash, {cop} : Coptic, {kw} : Cornish, {co} : Corsican, {cr} : Cree,
15270 {mus} : Creek, [{cpe} : English-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{cpf}
15271 : French-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{cpp} : Portuguese-based
15272 Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{crp} : Creoles and pidgins (Other)], {hr} :
15273 Croatian, [{cus} : Cushitic (Other)], {cs} : Czech, {dak} : Dakota, {da} :
15274 Danish, {dar} : Dargwa, {day} : Dayak, {i-default} : Default (Fallthru)
15275 Language, {del} : Delaware, {din} : Dinka, {dv} : Divehi, {doi} : Dogri,
15276 {dgr} : Dogrib, [{dra} : Dravidian (Other)], {dua} : Duala, {nl} : Dutch,
15277 {dum} : Middle Dutch (ca.1050-1350), {dyu} : Dyula, {dz} : Dzongkha, {efi}
15278 : Efik, {egy} : Ancient Egyptian, {eka} : Ekajuk, {elx} : Elamite, {en} :
15279 English, {enm} : Old English (1100-1500), {ang} : Old English
15280 (ca.450-1100), {i-enochian} : Enochian (Artificial), {myv} : Erzya, {eo} :
15281 Esperanto, {et} : Estonian, {ee} : Ewe, {ewo} : Ewondo, {fan} : Fang, {fat}
15282 : Fanti, {fo} : Faroese, {fj} : Fijian, {fi} : Finnish, [{fiu} :
15283 Finno-Ugrian (Other)], {fon} : Fon, {fr} : French, {frm} : Middle French
15284 (ca.1400-1600), {fro} : Old French (842-ca.1400), {fy} : Frisian, {fur} :
15285 Friulian, {ff} : Fulah, {gaa} : Ga, {gd} : Scots Gaelic, {gl} : Gallegan,
15286 {lg} : Ganda, {gay} : Gayo, {gba} : Gbaya, {gez} : Geez, {ka} : Georgian,
15287 {de} : German, {gmh} : Middle High German (ca.1050-1500), {goh} : Old High
15288 German (ca.750-1050), [{gem} : Germanic (Other)], {gil} : Gilbertese, {gon}
15289 : Gondi, {gor} : Gorontalo, {got} : Gothic, {grb} : Grebo, {grc} : Ancient
15290 Greek, {el} : Modern Greek, {gn} : Guarani, {gu} : Gujarati, {gwi} :
15291 Gwich'in, {hai} : Haida, {ht} : Haitian, {ha} : Hausa, {haw} : Hawaiian,
15292 {he} : Hebrew, {hz} : Herero, {hil} : Hiligaynon, {him} : Himachali, {hi} :
15293 Hindi, {ho} : Hiri Motu, {hit} : Hittite, {hmn} : Hmong, {hu} : Hungarian,
15294 {hup} : Hupa, {iba} : Iban, {is} : Icelandic, {io} : Ido, {ig} : Igbo,
15295 {ijo} : Ijo, {ilo} : Iloko, [{inc} : Indic (Other)], [{ine} : Indo-European
15296 (Other)], {id} : Indonesian, {inh} : Ingush, {ia} : Interlingua
15297 (International Auxiliary Language Association), {ie} : Interlingue, {iu} :
15298 Inuktitut, {ik} : Inupiaq, [{ira} : Iranian (Other)], {ga} : Irish, {mga} :
15299 Middle Irish (900-1200), {sga} : Old Irish (to 900), [{iro} : Iroquoian
15300 languages], {it} : Italian, {ja} : Japanese, {jv} : Javanese, {jrb} :
15301 Judeo-Arabic, {jpr} : Judeo-Persian, {kbd} : Kabardian, {kab} : Kabyle,
15302 {kac} : Kachin, {kl} : Kalaallisut, {xal} : Kalmyk, {kam} : Kamba, {kn} :
15303 Kannada, {kr} : Kanuri, {krc} : Karachay-Balkar, {kaa} : Kara-Kalpak, {kar}
15304 : Karen, {ks} : Kashmiri, {csb} : Kashubian, {kaw} : Kawi, {kk} : Kazakh,
15305 {kha} : Khasi, {km} : Khmer, [{khi} : Khoisan (Other)], {kho} : Khotanese,
15306 {ki} : Kikuyu, {kmb} : Kimbundu, {rw} : Kinyarwanda, {ky} : Kirghiz,
15307 {i-klingon} : Klingon, {kv} : Komi, {kg} : Kongo, {kok} : Konkani, {ko} :
15308 Korean, {kos} : Kosraean, {kpe} : Kpelle, {kro} : Kru, {kj} : Kuanyama,
15309 {kum} : Kumyk, {ku} : Kurdish, {kru} : Kurukh, {kut} : Kutenai, {lad} :
15310 Ladino, {lah} : Lahnda, {lam} : Lamba, {lo} : Lao, {la} : Latin, {lv} :
15311 Latvian, {lb} : Letzeburgesch, {lez} : Lezghian, {li} : Limburgish, {ln} :
15312 Lingala, {lt} : Lithuanian, {nds} : Low German, {art-lojban} : Lojban
15313 (Artificial), {loz} : Lozi, {lu} : Luba-Katanga, {lua} : Luba-Lulua, {lui}
15314 : Luiseno, {lun} : Lunda, {luo} : Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), {lus} : Lushai,
15315 {mk} : Macedonian, {mad} : Madurese, {mag} : Magahi, {mai} : Maithili,
15316 {mak} : Makasar, {mg} : Malagasy, {ms} : Malay, {ml} : Malayalam, {mt} :
15317 Maltese, {mnc} : Manchu, {mdr} : Mandar, {man} : Mandingo, {mni} :
15318 Manipuri, [{mno} : Manobo languages], {gv} : Manx, {mi} : Maori, {mr} :
15319 Marathi, {chm} : Mari, {mh} : Marshall, {mwr} : Marwari, {mas} : Masai,
15320 [{myn} : Mayan languages], {men} : Mende, {mic} : Micmac, {min} :
15321 Minangkabau, {i-mingo} : Mingo, [{mis} : Miscellaneous languages], {moh} :
15322 Mohawk, {mdf} : Moksha, {mo} : Moldavian, [{mkh} : Mon-Khmer (Other)],
15323 {lol} : Mongo, {mn} : Mongolian, {mos} : Mossi, [{mul} : Multiple
15324 languages], [{mun} : Munda languages], {nah} : Nahuatl, {nap} : Neapolitan,
15325 {na} : Nauru, {nv} : Navajo, {nd} : North Ndebele, {nr} : South Ndebele,
15326 {ng} : Ndonga, {ne} : Nepali, {new} : Newari, {nia} : Nias, [{nic} :
15327 Niger-Kordofanian (Other)], [{ssa} : Nilo-Saharan (Other)], {niu} : Niuean,
15328 {nog} : Nogai, {non} : Old Norse, [{nai} : North American Indian], {no} :
15329 Norwegian, {nb} : Norwegian Bokmal, {nn} : Norwegian Nynorsk, [{nub} :
15330 Nubian languages], {nym} : Nyamwezi, {nyn} : Nyankole, {nyo} : Nyoro, {nzi}
15331 : Nzima, {oc} : Occitan (post 1500), {oj} : Ojibwa, {or} : Oriya, {om} :
15332 Oromo, {osa} : Osage, {os} : Ossetian; Ossetic, [{oto} : Otomian
15333 languages], {pal} : Pahlavi, {i-pwn} : Paiwan, {pau} : Palauan, {pi} :
15334 Pali, {pam} : Pampanga, {pag} : Pangasinan, {pa} : Panjabi, {pap} :
15335 Papiamento, [{paa} : Papuan (Other)], {fa} : Persian, {peo} : Old Persian
15336 (ca.600-400 B.C.), [{phi} : Philippine (Other)], {phn} : Phoenician, {pon}
15337 : Pohnpeian, {pl} : Polish, {pt} : Portuguese, [{pra} : Prakrit languages],
15338 {pro} : Old Provencal (to 1500), {ps} : Pushto, {qu} : Quechua, {rm} :
15339 Raeto-Romance, {raj} : Rajasthani, {rap} : Rapanui, {rar} : Rarotongan,
15340 [{qaa - qtz} : Reserved for local use.], [{roa} : Romance (Other)], {ro} :
15341 Romanian, {rom} : Romany, {rn} : Rundi, {ru} : Russian, [{sal} : Salishan
15342 languages], {sam} : Samaritan Aramaic, {se} : Northern Sami, {sma} :
15343 Southern Sami, {smn} : Inari Sami, {smj} : Lule Sami, {sms} : Skolt Sami,
15344 [{smi} : Sami languages (Other)], {sm} : Samoan, {sad} : Sandawe, {sg} :
15345 Sango, {sa} : Sanskrit, {sat} : Santali, {sc} : Sardinian, {sas} : Sasak,
15346 {sco} : Scots, {sel} : Selkup, [{sem} : Semitic (Other)], {sr} : Serbian,
15347 {srr} : Serer, {shn} : Shan, {sn} : Shona, {sid} : Sidamo, {sgn-...} : Sign
15348 Languages, {bla} : Siksika, {sd} : Sindhi, {si} : Sinhalese, [{sit} :
15349 Sino-Tibetan (Other)], [{sio} : Siouan languages], {den} : Slave
15350 (Athapascan), [{sla} : Slavic (Other)], {sk} : Slovak, {sl} : Slovenian,
15351 {sog} : Sogdian, {so} : Somali, {son} : Songhai, {snk} : Soninke, {wen} :
15352 Sorbian languages, {nso} : Northern Sotho, {st} : Southern Sotho, [{sai} :
15353 South American Indian (Other)], {es} : Spanish, {suk} : Sukuma, {sux} :
15354 Sumerian, {su} : Sundanese, {sus} : Susu, {sw} : Swahili, {ss} : Swati,
15355 {sv} : Swedish, {syr} : Syriac, {tl} : Tagalog, {ty} : Tahitian, [{tai} :
15356 Tai (Other)], {tg} : Tajik, {tmh} : Tamashek, {ta} : Tamil, {i-tao} : Tao,
15357 {tt} : Tatar, {i-tay} : Tayal, {te} : Telugu, {ter} : Tereno, {tet} :
15358 Tetum, {th} : Thai, {bo} : Tibetan, {tig} : Tigre, {ti} : Tigrinya, {tem} :
15359 Timne, {tiv} : Tiv, {tli} : Tlingit, {tpi} : Tok Pisin, {tkl} : Tokelau,
15360 {tog} : Tonga (Nyasa), {to} : Tonga (Tonga Islands), {tsi} : Tsimshian,
15361 {ts} : Tsonga, {i-tsu} : Tsou, {tn} : Tswana, {tum} : Tumbuka, [{tup} :
15362 Tupi languages], {tr} : Turkish, {ota} : Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928), {crh}
15363 : Crimean Turkish, {tk} : Turkmen, {tvl} : Tuvalu, {tyv} : Tuvinian, {tw} :
15364 Twi, {udm} : Udmurt, {uga} : Ugaritic, {ug} : Uighur, {uk} : Ukrainian,
15365 {umb} : Umbundu, {und} : Undetermined, {ur} : Urdu, {uz} : Uzbek, {vai} :
15366 Vai, {ve} : Venda, {vi} : Vietnamese, {vo} : Volapuk, {vot} : Votic, [{wak}
15367 : Wakashan languages], {wa} : Walloon, {wal} : Walamo, {war} : Waray, {was}
15368 : Washo, {cy} : Welsh, {wo} : Wolof, {x-...} : Unregistered (Semi-Private
15369 Use), {xh} : Xhosa, {sah} : Yakut, {yao} : Yao, {yap} : Yapese, {ii} :
15370 Sichuan Yi, {yi} : Yiddish, {yo} : Yoruba, [{ypk} : Yupik languages], {znd}
15371 : Zande, [{zap} : Zapotec], {zen} : Zenaga, {za} : Zhuang, {zu} : Zulu,
15376 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER
15382 =head2 I18N::Langinfo - query locale information
15400 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
15404 =head2 IO - load various IO modules
15416 =head2 IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory handles
15424 new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (),
15425 rewind (), close (), tie %hash, 'IO::Dir', DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
15435 =head2 IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles
15445 new ( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), new_tmpfile
15449 open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), open( FILENAME, IOLAYERS )
15457 =head2 IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O handles
15467 new (), new_from_fd ( FD, MODE )
15471 $io->fdopen ( FD, MODE ), $io->opened, $io->getline, $io->getlines,
15472 $io->ungetc ( ORD ), $io->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET ] ), $io->error,
15473 $io->clearerr, $io->sync, $io->flush, $io->printflush ( ARGS ),
15474 $io->blocking ( [ BOOL ] ), $io->untaint
15486 =head2 IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes
15496 new ( [READER, WRITER] )
15500 reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles ()
15510 =head2 IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call
15520 mask ( IO [, EVENT_MASK ] ), poll ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), events ( IO ), remove (
15521 IO ), handles( [ EVENT_MASK ] )
15531 =head2 IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for I/O objects
15539 $io->getpos, $io->setpos, $io->seek ( POS, WHENCE ), WHENCE=0 (SEEK_SET),
15540 WHENCE=1 (SEEK_CUR), WHENCE=2 (SEEK_END), $io->sysseek( POS, WHENCE ),
15549 =head2 IO::Select - OO interface to the select system call
15559 new ( [ HANDLES ] )
15563 add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read (
15564 [ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ),
15565 count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, EXCEPTION [, TIMEOUT ] )
15575 =head2 IO::Socket - Object interface to socket communications
15589 accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), atmark, connected,
15590 protocol, sockdomain, sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), socktype, timeout([VAL])
15600 =head2 IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets
15616 sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost
15629 =head2 IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets
15643 hostpath(), peerpath()
15653 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Dir, IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory
15662 new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (),
15663 rewind (), close (), tie %hash, 'IO::Dir', DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
15673 =head2 IO::lib::IO::File, IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles
15683 new ( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), new_tmpfile
15687 open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), open( FILENAME, IOLAYERS )
15695 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Handle, IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O
15706 new (), new_from_fd ( FD, MODE )
15710 $io->fdopen ( FD, MODE ), $io->opened, $io->getline, $io->getlines,
15711 $io->ungetc ( ORD ), $io->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET ] ), $io->error,
15712 $io->clearerr, $io->sync, $io->flush, $io->printflush ( ARGS ),
15713 $io->blocking ( [ BOOL ] ), $io->untaint
15725 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Pipe, IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes
15735 new ( [READER, WRITER] )
15739 reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles ()
15749 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Poll, IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call
15759 mask ( IO [, EVENT_MASK ] ), poll ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), events ( IO ), remove (
15760 IO ), handles( [ EVENT_MASK ] )
15770 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Seekable, IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for
15779 $io->getpos, $io->setpos, $io->seek ( POS, WHENCE ), WHENCE=0 (SEEK_SET),
15780 WHENCE=1 (SEEK_CUR), WHENCE=2 (SEEK_END), $io->sysseek( POS, WHENCE ),
15789 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Select, IO::Select - OO interface to the select system
15800 new ( [ HANDLES ] )
15804 add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read (
15805 [ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ),
15806 count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, EXCEPTION [, TIMEOUT ] )
15816 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket, IO::Socket - Object interface to socket
15831 accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), atmark, connected,
15832 protocol, sockdomain, sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), socktype, timeout([VAL])
15842 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket::INET, IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for
15843 AF_INET domain sockets
15859 sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost
15872 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket::UNIX, IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for
15873 AF_UNIX domain sockets
15887 hostpath(), peerpath()
15897 =head2 IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class
15907 new ( KEY , FLAGS ), id, rcv ( BUF, LEN [, TYPE [, FLAGS ]] ), remove, set
15908 ( STAT ), set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), snd ( TYPE, MSG [,
15919 =head2 IPC::Open2, open2 - open a process for both reading and writing
15933 =head2 IPC::Open3, open3 - open a process for reading, writing, and error
15946 =head2 IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object class
15956 new ( KEY , NSEMS , FLAGS ), getall, getncnt ( SEM ), getpid ( SEM ),
15957 getval ( SEM ), getzcnt ( SEM ), id, op ( OPLIST ), remove, set ( STAT ),
15958 set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), setall ( VALUES ), setval ( N
15969 =head2 IPC::SysV - SysV IPC constants
15987 =head2 IPC::SysV::Msg, IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class
15997 new ( KEY , FLAGS ), id, rcv ( BUF, LEN [, TYPE [, FLAGS ]] ), remove, set
15998 ( STAT ), set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), snd ( TYPE, MSG [,
16009 =head2 IPC::SysV::Semaphore, IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object
16020 new ( KEY , NSEMS , FLAGS ), getall, getncnt ( SEM ), getpid ( SEM ),
16021 getval ( SEM ), getzcnt ( SEM ), id, op ( OPLIST ), remove, set ( STAT ),
16022 set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), setall ( VALUES ), setval ( N
16033 =head2 List::Util - A selection of general-utility list subroutines
16041 first BLOCK LIST, max LIST, maxstr LIST, min LIST, minstr LIST, reduce
16042 BLOCK LIST, shuffle LIST, sum LIST
16046 =item SUGGESTED ADDITIONS
16052 =head2 List::Utilib::List::Util, List::Util - A selection of
16053 general-utility list subroutines
16061 first BLOCK LIST, max LIST, maxstr LIST, min LIST, minstr LIST, reduce
16062 BLOCK LIST, shuffle LIST, sum LIST
16066 =item SUGGESTED ADDITIONS
16072 =head2 List::Utilib::Scalar::Util, Scalar::Util - A selection of
16073 general-utility scalar subroutines
16081 blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isvstring EXPR, isweak EXPR,
16082 looks_like_number EXPR, openhandle FH, refaddr EXPR, reftype EXPR,
16083 set_prototype CODEREF, PROTOTYPE, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
16093 =head2 Locale::Constants - constants for Locale codes
16101 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
16105 Locale::Language, Locale::Country, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency
16113 =head2 Locale::Country - ISO codes for country identification (ISO 3166)
16121 B<alpha-2>, B<alpha-3>, B<numeric>
16123 =item CONVERSION ROUTINES
16125 code2country( CODE, [ CODESET ] ), country2code( STRING, [ CODESET ] ),
16126 country_code2code( CODE, CODESET, CODESET )
16128 =item QUERY ROUTINES
16130 C<all_country_codes( [ CODESET ] )>, C<all_country_names( [ CODESET ] )>
16132 =item SEMI-PRIVATE ROUTINES
16138 =item rename_country
16146 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
16150 Locale::Language, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, Locale::SubCountry, ISO
16151 3166-1, http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html,
16152 http://www.egt.ie/standards/iso3166/iso3166-1-en.html,
16153 http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/app-d-1.html
16161 =head2 Locale::Currency - ISO three letter codes for currency
16162 identification (ISO 4217)
16172 =item CONVERSION ROUTINES
16174 code2currency(), currency2code()
16176 =item QUERY ROUTINES
16178 C<all_currency_codes()>, C<all_currency_names()>
16182 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
16186 Locale::Country, Locale::Script, ISO 4217:1995,
16187 http://www.bsi-global.com/iso4217currency
16195 =head2 Locale::Language - ISO two letter codes for language identification
16204 =item CONVERSION ROUTINES
16206 code2language(), language2code()
16208 =item QUERY ROUTINES
16210 C<all_language_codes()>, C<all_language_names()>
16214 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
16218 Locale::Country, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, ISO 639:1988 (E/F),
16219 http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html
16227 =head2 Locale::Maketext - framework for localization
16235 =item QUICK OVERVIEW
16241 =item Construction Methods
16243 =item The "maketext" Method
16245 $lh->fail_with I<or> $lh->fail_with(I<PARAM>), $lh->failure_handler_auto
16247 =item Utility Methods
16249 $language->quant($number, $singular), $language->quant($number, $singular,
16250 $plural), $language->quant($number, $singular, $plural, $negative),
16251 $language->numf($number), $language->sprintf($format, @items),
16252 $language->language_tag(), $language->encoding()
16254 =item Language Handle Attributes and Internals
16258 =item LANGUAGE CLASS HIERARCHIES
16260 =item ENTRIES IN EACH LEXICON
16262 =item BRACKET NOTATION
16264 =item AUTO LEXICONS
16266 =item CONTROLLING LOOKUP FAILURE
16268 =item HOW TO USE MAKETEXT
16272 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER
16278 =head2 Locale::Maketext::TPJ13 -- article about software localization
16286 =item Localization and Perl: gettext breaks, Maketext fixes
16290 =item A Localization Horror Story: It Could Happen To You
16292 =item The Linguistic View
16294 =item Breaking gettext
16296 =item Replacing gettext
16298 =item Buzzwords: Abstraction and Encapsulation
16300 =item Buzzword: Isomorphism
16302 =item Buzzword: Inheritance
16304 =item Buzzword: Concision
16306 =item The Devil in the Details
16308 =item The Proof in the Pudding: Localizing Web Sites
16316 =head2 Locale::Script - ISO codes for script identification (ISO 15924)
16324 B<alpha-2>, B<alpha-3>, B<numeric>
16328 =item SPECIAL CODES
16332 =item CONVERSION ROUTINES
16334 code2script( CODE, [ CODESET ] ), script2code( STRING, [ CODESET ] ),
16335 script_code2code( CODE, CODESET, CODESET )
16337 =item QUERY ROUTINES
16339 C<all_script_codes ( [ CODESET ] )>, C<all_script_names ( [ CODESET ] )>
16343 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
16347 Locale::Language, Locale::Currency, Locale::Country, ISO 15924,
16348 http://www.evertype.com/standards/iso15924/
16356 =head2 MIME::Base64 - Encoding and decoding of base64 strings
16364 encode_base64($str), encode_base64($str, $eol);, decode_base64($str)
16368 Premature end of base64 data, Premature padding of base64 data
16378 =head2 MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding
16379 of quoted-printable strings
16387 encode_qp($str), encode_qp($str, $eol), decode_qp($str);
16395 =head2 MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable
16404 encode_qp($str), encode_qp($str, $eol), decode_qp($str);
16412 =head2 Math::BigFloat - Arbitrary size floating point math package
16422 =item Canonical notation
16426 =item C<mantissa()>, C<exponent()> and C<parts()>
16428 =item Accuracy vs. Precision
16432 ffround ( +$scale ), ffround ( -$scale ), ffround ( 0 ), fround ( +$scale
16433 ), fround ( -$scale ) and fround ( 0 )
16441 =item Autocreating constants
16447 =item Using Math::BigInt::Lite
16455 stringify, bstr(), bdiv, Modifying and =, bpow
16465 =head2 Math::BigInt - Arbitrary size integer math package
16497 =item is_one()/is_zero()/is_nan()/is_inf()
16499 =item is_positive()/is_negative()
16501 $x->is_positive(); # true if >= 0
16502 $x->is_negative(); # true if < 0
16504 =item is_odd()/is_even()/is_int()
16590 =item ACCURACY and PRECISION
16600 =item Rounding mode R
16602 'trunc', 'even', 'odd', '+inf', '-inf', 'zero', Precision, Accuracy
16603 (significant digits), Setting/Accessing, Creating numbers, Usage,
16604 Precedence, Overriding globals, Local settings, Rounding, Default values,
16617 =item mantissa(), exponent() and parts()
16625 =item Autocreating constants
16631 =item Alternative math libraries
16637 =item Subclassing Math::BigInt
16645 bsqrt(), div(), blog()
16651 broot() does not work, Out of Memory!, Fails to load Calc on Perl prior
16656 bstr(), bsstr() and 'cmp', int(), length, bdiv, infinity handling,
16657 Modifying and =, bpow, Overloading -$x, Mixing different object types,
16668 =head2 Math::BigInt::Calc - Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
16680 =item WRAP YOUR OWN
16684 This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
16686 the same terms as Perl itself.
16694 =head2 Math::BigRat - arbitrarily big rationals
16716 =item denominator()
16718 $d = $x->denominator();
16728 =item bround()/round()/bfround()
16736 =item is_positive()
16738 =item is_negative()
16758 inf handling (partial), NaN handling (partial), rounding (not implemented
16759 except for bceil/bfloor), $x ** $y where $y is not an integer
16769 =head2 Math::Complex - complex numbers and associated mathematical
16782 =item STRINGIFICATION
16786 =item CHANGED IN PERL 5.6
16792 =item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO OR LOGARITHM OF ZERO
16794 =item ERRORS DUE TO INDIGESTIBLE ARGUMENTS
16802 =head2 Math::Trig - trigonometric functions
16810 =item TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
16816 =item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO
16818 =item SIMPLE (REAL) ARGUMENTS, COMPLEX RESULTS
16822 =item PLANE ANGLE CONVERSIONS
16824 =item RADIAL COORDINATE CONVERSIONS
16828 =item COORDINATE SYSTEMS
16830 =item 3-D ANGLE CONVERSIONS
16832 cartesian_to_cylindrical, cartesian_to_spherical, cylindrical_to_cartesian,
16833 cylindrical_to_spherical, spherical_to_cartesian, spherical_to_cylindrical
16837 =item GREAT CIRCLE DISTANCES AND DIRECTIONS
16843 =item CAVEAT FOR GREAT CIRCLE FORMULAS
16853 =head2 Memoize - Make functions faster by trading space for time
16871 =item C<SCALAR_CACHE>, C<LIST_CACHE>
16873 C<MEMORY>, C<HASH>, C<TIE>, C<FAULT>, C<MERGE>
16877 =item OTHER FACILITIES
16883 =item C<flush_cache>
16889 =item PERSISTENT CACHE SUPPORT
16891 =item EXPIRATION SUPPORT
16899 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
16905 =head2 Memoize::AnyDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for AnyDBM_File for
16914 =head2 Memoize::Expire - Plug-in module for automatic expiration of
16925 TIEHASH, EXISTS, STORE
16937 =head2 Memoize::ExpireFile - test for Memoize expiration semantics
16945 =head2 Memoize::ExpireTest - test for Memoize expiration semantics
16953 =head2 Memoize::NDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for NDBM_File for
16962 =head2 Memoize::SDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for SDBM_File for
16971 =head2 Memoize::Storable - store Memoized data in Storable database
16979 =head2 NDBM_File - Tied access to ndbm files
16987 C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>, C<O_RDWR>
16993 =item C<ndbm store returned -1, errno 22, key "..." at ...>
16997 =item BUGS AND WARNINGS
17001 =head2 NEXT - Provide a pseudo-class NEXT (et al) that allows method
17012 =item Enforcing redispatch
17014 =item Avoiding repetitions
17016 =item Invoking all versions of a method with a single call
17018 =item Using C<EVERY> methods
17024 =item BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
17030 =head2 Net::Cmd - Network Command class (as used by FTP, SMTP etc)
17040 debug ( VALUE ), message (), code (), ok (), status (), datasend ( DATA ),
17043 =item CLASS METHODS
17045 debug_print ( DIR, TEXT ), debug_text ( TEXT ), command ( CMD [, ARGS, ...
17046 ]), unsupported (), response (), parse_response ( TEXT ), getline (),
17047 ungetline ( TEXT ), rawdatasend ( DATA ), read_until_dot (), tied_fh ()
17057 =head2 Net::Config - Local configuration data for libnet
17067 requires_firewall HOST
17069 =item NetConfig VALUES
17071 nntp_hosts, snpp_hosts, pop3_hosts, smtp_hosts, ph_hosts, daytime_hosts,
17072 time_hosts, inet_domain, ftp_firewall, ftp_firewall_type, ftp_ext_passive,
17073 ftp_int_pasive, local_netmask, test_hosts, test_exists
17077 =head2 Net::Domain - Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name
17086 hostfqdn (), hostname (), hostdomain ()
17094 =head2 Net::FTP - FTP Client class
17106 new (HOST [,OPTIONS])
17110 login ([LOGIN [,PASSWORD [, ACCOUNT] ] ]), authorize ( [AUTH [, RESP]]),
17111 site (ARGS), ascii, binary, rename ( OLDNAME, NEWNAME ), delete ( FILENAME
17112 ), cwd ( [ DIR ] ), cdup (), pwd (), restart ( WHERE ), rmdir ( DIR [,
17113 RECURSE ]), mkdir ( DIR [, RECURSE ]), ls ( [ DIR ] ), alloc ( SIZE [,
17114 RECORD_SIZE] ), dir ( [ DIR ] ), get ( REMOTE_FILE [, LOCAL_FILE [, WHERE]]
17115 ), put ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), put_unique ( LOCAL_FILE [,
17116 REMOTE_FILE ] ), append ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), unique_name (),
17117 mdtm ( FILE ), size ( FILE ), supported ( CMD ), hash (
17118 [FILEHANDLE_GLOB_REF],[ BYTES_PER_HASH_MARK] ), nlst ( [ DIR ] ), list ( [
17119 DIR ] ), retr ( FILE ), stor ( FILE ), stou ( FILE ), appe ( FILE ), port (
17120 [ PORT ] ), pasv (), pasv_xfer ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ),
17121 pasv_xfer_unique ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_wait (
17122 NON_PASV_SERVER ), abort (), quit ()
17126 =item Methods for the adventurous
17132 =item THE dataconn CLASS
17134 read ( BUFFER, SIZE [, TIMEOUT ] ), write ( BUFFER, SIZE [, TIMEOUT ] ),
17135 bytes_read (), abort (), close ()
17137 =item UNIMPLEMENTED
17139 B<SMNT>, B<HELP>, B<MODE>, B<SYST>, B<STAT>, B<STRU>, B<REIN>
17141 =item REPORTING BUGS
17149 http://www.csh.rit.edu/~adam/Progs/
17157 =head2 Net::NNTP - NNTP Client class
17167 new ( [ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ])
17171 article ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), body ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), head (
17172 [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), articlefh ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), bodyfh ( [
17173 MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), headfh ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), nntpstat ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ]
17174 ), group ( [ GROUP ] ), ihave ( MSGID [, MESSAGE ]), last (), date (),
17175 postok (), authinfo ( USER, PASS ), list (), newgroups ( SINCE [,
17176 DISTRIBUTIONS ]), newnews ( SINCE [, GROUPS [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]]), next (),
17177 post ( [ MESSAGE ] ), postfh (), slave (), quit ()
17181 =item Extension methods
17183 newsgroups ( [ PATTERN ] ), distributions (), subscriptions (),
17184 overview_fmt (), active_times (), active ( [ PATTERN ] ), xgtitle ( PATTERN
17185 ), xhdr ( HEADER, MESSAGE-SPEC ), xover ( MESSAGE-SPEC ), xpath (
17186 MESSAGE-ID ), xpat ( HEADER, PATTERN, MESSAGE-SPEC), xrover, listgroup ( [
17195 MESSAGE-SPEC, PATTERN, Examples, C<[^]-]>, C<*bdc>, C<[0-9a-zA-Z]>, C<a??d>
17205 =head2 Net::POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1939)
17215 new ( [ HOST, ] [ OPTIONS ] )
17219 user ( USER ), pass ( PASS ), login ( [ USER [, PASS ]] ), apop ( [ USER [,
17220 PASS ]] ), top ( MSGNUM [, NUMLINES ] ), list ( [ MSGNUM ] ), get ( MSGNUM
17221 [, FH ] ), getfh ( MSGNUM ), last (), popstat (), ping ( USER ), uidl ( [
17222 MSGNUM ] ), delete ( MSGNUM ), reset (), quit ()
17234 =head2 Net::Ping - check a remote host for reachability
17246 Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes [, $device [, $tos
17247 ]]]]]);, $p->ping($host [, $timeout]);, $p->source_verify( { 0 | 1 } );,
17248 $p->service_check( { 0 | 1 } );, $p->tcp_service_check( { 0 | 1 } );,
17249 $p->hires( { 0 | 1 } );, $p->bind($local_addr);, $p->open($host);, $p->ack(
17250 [ $host ] );, $p->nack( $failed_ack_host );, $p->close();, pingecho($host
17267 =head2 Net::SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Client
17279 new Net::SMTP [ HOST, ] [ OPTIONS ]
17283 banner (), domain (), hello ( DOMAIN ), etrn ( DOMAIN ), auth ( USERNAME,
17284 PASSWORD ), mail ( ADDRESS [, OPTIONS] ), send ( ADDRESS ), send_or_mail (
17285 ADDRESS ), send_and_mail ( ADDRESS ), reset (), recipient ( ADDRESS [,
17286 ADDRESS [ ...]] [, OPTIONS ] ), to ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), cc (
17287 ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), bcc ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), data ( [
17288 DATA ] ), expand ( ADDRESS ), verify ( ADDRESS ), help ( [ $subject ] ),
17301 =head2 Net::Time - time and daytime network client interface
17309 inet_time ( [HOST [, PROTOCOL [, TIMEOUT]]]), inet_daytime ( [HOST [,
17310 PROTOCOL [, TIMEOUT]]])
17318 =head2 Net::hostent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gethost*()
17335 =head2 Net::libnetFAQ, libnetFAQ - libnet Frequently Asked Questions
17343 =item Where to get this document
17345 =item How to contribute to this document
17349 =item Author and Copyright Information
17357 =item Obtaining and installing libnet
17361 =item What is libnet ?
17363 =item Which version of perl do I need ?
17365 =item What other modules do I need ?
17367 =item What machines support libnet ?
17369 =item Where can I get the latest libnet release
17373 =item Using Net::FTP
17377 =item How do I download files from an FTP server ?
17379 =item How do I transfer files in binary mode ?
17381 =item How can I get the size of a file on a remote FTP server ?
17383 =item How can I get the modification time of a file on a remote FTP server
17386 =item How can I change the permissions of a file on a remote server ?
17388 =item Can I do a reget operation like the ftp command ?
17390 =item How do I get a directory listing from an FTP server ?
17392 =item Changing directory to "" does not fail ?
17394 =item I am behind a SOCKS firewall, but the Firewall option does not work ?
17396 =item I am behind an FTP proxy firewall, but cannot access machines outside
17399 =item My ftp proxy firewall does not listen on port 21
17401 =item Is it possible to change the file permissions of a file on an FTP
17404 =item I have seen scripts call a method message, but cannot find it
17407 =item Why does Net::FTP not implement mput and mget methods
17411 =item Using Net::SMTP
17415 =item Why can't the part of an Email address after the @ be used as the
17418 =item Why does Net::SMTP not do DNS MX lookups ?
17420 =item The verify method always returns true ?
17424 =item Debugging scripts
17428 =item How can I debug my scripts that use Net::* modules ?
17432 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
17436 =head2 Net::netent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getnet*()
17453 =head2 Net::protoent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*()
17468 =head2 Net::servent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getserv*()
17485 =head2 Netrc, Net::Netrc - OO interface to users netrc file
17493 =item THE .netrc FILE
17495 machine name, default, login name, password string, account string, macdef
17500 lookup ( MACHINE [, LOGIN ])
17504 login (), password (), account (), lpa ()
17514 =head2 O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
17524 =item IMPLEMENTATION
17532 =head2 ODBM_File - Tied access to odbm files
17540 C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>, C<O_RDWR>
17546 =item C<odbm store returned -1, errno 22, key "..." at ...>
17550 =item BUGS AND WARNINGS
17554 =head2 Opcode - Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code
17566 =item Operator Names and Operator Lists
17568 an operator name (opname), an operator tag name (optag), a negated opname
17569 or optag, an operator set (opset)
17571 =item Opcode Functions
17573 opcodes, opset (OP, ...), opset_to_ops (OPSET), opset_to_hex (OPSET),
17574 full_opset, empty_opset, invert_opset (OPSET), verify_opset (OPSET, ...),
17575 define_optag (OPTAG, OPSET), opmask_add (OPSET), opmask, opdesc (OP, ...),
17578 =item Manipulating Opsets
17580 =item TO DO (maybe)
17586 =item Predefined Opcode Tags
17588 :base_core, :base_mem, :base_loop, :base_io, :base_orig, :base_math,
17589 :base_thread, :default, :filesys_read, :sys_db, :browse, :filesys_open,
17590 :filesys_write, :subprocess, :ownprocess, :others, :still_to_be_decided,
17599 =head2 Opcode::Safe, Safe - Compile and execute code in restricted
17608 a new namespace, an operator mask
17614 =item RECENT CHANGES
17616 =item Methods in class Safe
17618 permit (OP, ...), permit_only (OP, ...), deny (OP, ...), deny_only (OP,
17619 ...), trap (OP, ...), untrap (OP, ...), share (NAME, ...), share_from
17620 (PACKAGE, ARRAYREF), varglob (VARNAME), reval (STRING), rdo (FILENAME),
17621 root (NAMESPACE), mask (MASK)
17623 =item Some Safety Issues
17625 Memory, CPU, Snooping, Signals, State Changes
17633 =head2 Opcode::ops, ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when
17646 =head2 POSIX - Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1
17660 _exit, abort, abs, access, acos, alarm, asctime, asin, assert, atan, atan2,
17661 atexit, atof, atoi, atol, bsearch, calloc, ceil, chdir, chmod, chown,
17662 clearerr, clock, close, closedir, cos, cosh, creat, ctermid, ctime,
17663 cuserid, difftime, div, dup, dup2, errno, execl, execle, execlp, execv,
17664 execve, execvp, exit, exp, fabs, fclose, fcntl, fdopen, feof, ferror,
17665 fflush, fgetc, fgetpos, fgets, fileno, floor, fmod, fopen, fork, fpathconf,
17666 fprintf, fputc, fputs, fread, free, freopen, frexp, fscanf, fseek, fsetpos,
17667 fstat, fsync, ftell, fwrite, getc, getchar, getcwd, getegid, getenv,
17668 geteuid, getgid, getgrgid, getgrnam, getgroups, getlogin, getpgrp, getpid,
17669 getppid, getpwnam, getpwuid, gets, getuid, gmtime, isalnum, isalpha,
17670 isatty, iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace,
17671 isupper, isxdigit, kill, labs, ldexp, ldiv, link, localeconv, localtime,
17672 log, log10, longjmp, lseek, malloc, mblen, mbstowcs, mbtowc, memchr,
17673 memcmp, memcpy, memmove, memset, mkdir, mkfifo, mktime, modf, nice,
17674 offsetof, open, opendir, pathconf, pause, perror, pipe, pow, printf, putc,
17675 putchar, puts, qsort, raise, rand, read, readdir, realloc, remove, rename,
17676 rewind, rewinddir, rmdir, scanf, setgid, setjmp, setlocale, setpgid,
17677 setsid, setuid, sigaction, siglongjmp, sigpending, sigprocmask, sigsetjmp,
17678 sigsuspend, sin, sinh, sleep, sprintf, sqrt, srand, sscanf, stat, strcat,
17679 strchr, strcmp, strcoll, strcpy, strcspn, strerror, strftime, strlen,
17680 strncat, strncmp, strncpy, strpbrk, strrchr, strspn, strstr, strtod,
17681 strtok, strtol, strtoul, strxfrm, sysconf, system, tan, tanh, tcdrain,
17682 tcflow, tcflush, tcgetpgrp, tcsendbreak, tcsetpgrp, time, times, tmpfile,
17683 tmpnam, tolower, toupper, ttyname, tzname, tzset, umask, uname, ungetc,
17684 unlink, utime, vfprintf, vprintf, vsprintf, wait, waitpid, wcstombs,
17691 =item POSIX::SigAction
17693 new, handler, mask, flags, safe
17695 =item POSIX::SigSet
17697 new, addset, delset, emptyset, fillset, ismember
17699 =item POSIX::Termios
17701 new, getattr, getcc, getcflag, getiflag, getispeed, getlflag, getoflag,
17702 getospeed, setattr, setcc, setcflag, setiflag, setispeed, setlflag,
17703 setoflag, setospeed, Baud rate values, Terminal interface values, c_cc
17704 field values, c_cflag field values, c_iflag field values, c_lflag field
17705 values, c_oflag field values
17709 =item PATHNAME CONSTANTS
17713 =item POSIX CONSTANTS
17717 =item SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
17771 Constants, WNOHANG, WUNTRACED, Macros, WIFEXITED, WEXITSTATUS, WIFSIGNALED,
17772 WTERMSIG, WIFSTOPPED, WSTOPSIG
17776 =head2 PerlIO - On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::*
17785 :unix, :stdio, :perlio, :crlf, :mmap, :utf8, :bytes, :raw, :pop, :win32
17789 =item Custom Layers
17793 =item Alternatives to raw
17795 =item Defaults and how to override them
17797 =item Querying the layers of filehandles
17807 =head2 PerlIO::encoding - encoding layer
17819 =head2 PerlIO::scalar - in-memory IO, scalar IO
17827 =item IMPLEMENTATION NOTE
17831 =head2 PerlIO::via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
17839 =item EXPECTED METHODS
17841 $class->PUSHED([$mode[,$fh]]), $obj->POPPED([$fh]),
17842 $obj->UTF8($bellowFlag,[$fh]), $obj->OPEN($path,$mode[,$fh]),
17843 $obj->BINMODE([,$fh]), $obj->FDOPEN($fd[,$fh]),
17844 $obj->SYSOPEN($path,$imode,$perm,[,$fh]), $obj->FILENO($fh),
17845 $obj->READ($buffer,$len,$fh), $obj->WRITE($buffer,$fh), $obj->FILL($fh),
17846 $obj->CLOSE($fh), $obj->SEEK($posn,$whence,$fh), $obj->TELL($fh),
17847 $obj->UNREAD($buffer,$fh), $obj->FLUSH($fh), $obj->SETLINEBUF($fh),
17848 $obj->CLEARERR($fh), $obj->ERROR($fh), $obj->EOF($fh)
17854 =item Example - a Hexadecimal Handle
17860 =head2 PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint - PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings
17870 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
17876 =head2 Pod::Checker, podchecker() - check pod documents for syntax errors
17882 =item OPTIONS/ARGUMENTS
17888 B<-warnings> =E<gt> I<val>
17900 empty =headn, =over on line I<N> without closing =back, =item without
17901 previous =over, =back without previous =over, No argument for =begin, =end
17902 without =begin, Nested =begin's, =for without formatter specification,
17903 unresolved internal link I<NAME>, Unknown command "I<CMD>", Unknown
17904 interior-sequence "I<SEQ>", nested commands
17905 I<CMD>E<lt>...I<CMD>E<lt>...E<gt>...E<gt>, garbled entity I<STRING>, Entity
17906 number out of range, malformed link LE<lt>E<gt>, nonempty ZE<lt>E<gt>,
17907 empty XE<lt>E<gt>, Spurious text after =pod / =cut, Spurious character(s)
17912 multiple occurrence of link target I<name>, line containing nothing but
17913 whitespace in paragraph, file does not start with =head, previous =item has
17914 no contents, preceding non-item paragraph(s), =item type mismatch (I<one>
17915 vs. I<two>), I<N> unescaped C<E<lt>E<gt>> in paragraph, Unknown entity, No
17916 items in =over, No argument for =item, empty section in previous paragraph,
17917 Verbatim paragraph in NAME section, =headI<n> without preceding higher
17922 ignoring leading/trailing whitespace in link, (section) in '$page'
17923 deprecated, alternative text/node '%s' contains non-escaped | or /
17935 C<Pod::Checker-E<gt>new( %options )>
17937 C<$checker-E<gt>poderror( @args )>, C<$checker-E<gt>poderror( {%opts},
17940 C<$checker-E<gt>num_errors()>
17942 C<$checker-E<gt>num_warnings()>
17944 C<$checker-E<gt>name()>
17946 C<$checker-E<gt>node()>
17948 C<$checker-E<gt>idx()>
17950 C<$checker-E<gt>hyperlink()>
17958 =head2 Pod::Find - find POD documents in directory trees
17970 =item C<pod_find( { %opts } , @directories )>
17972 C<-verbose =E<gt> 1>, C<-perl =E<gt> 1>, C<-script =E<gt> 1>, C<-inc =E<gt>
17979 =item C<simplify_name( $str )>
17985 =item C<pod_where( { %opts }, $pod )>
17987 C<-inc =E<gt> 1>, C<-dirs =E<gt> [ $dir1, $dir2, ... ]>, C<-verbose =E<gt>
17994 =item C<contains_pod( $file , $verbose )>
18006 =head2 Pod::Html - module to convert pod files to HTML
18016 backlink, cachedir, css, flush, header, help, hiddendirs, htmldir,
18017 htmlroot, index, infile, libpods, netscape, outfile, podpath, podroot,
18018 quiet, recurse, title, verbose
18032 =head2 Pod::InputObjects - objects representing POD input paragraphs,
18045 package B<Pod::InputSource>, package B<Pod::Paragraph>, package
18046 B<Pod::InteriorSequence>, package B<Pod::ParseTree>
18052 =item B<Pod::InputSource>
18076 =item B<was_cutting()>
18082 =item B<Pod::Paragraph>
18088 =item Pod::Paragraph-E<gt>B<new()>
18094 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<cmd_name()>
18100 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<text()>
18106 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<raw_text()>
18112 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<cmd_prefix()>
18118 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<cmd_separator()>
18124 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<parse_tree()>
18130 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<file_line()>
18136 =item B<Pod::InteriorSequence>
18142 =item Pod::InteriorSequence-E<gt>B<new()>
18148 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<cmd_name()>
18154 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<prepend()>
18160 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<append()>
18166 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<nested()>
18172 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<raw_text()>
18178 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<left_delimiter()>
18184 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<right_delimiter()>
18190 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<parse_tree()>
18196 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<file_line()>
18202 =item Pod::InteriorSequence::B<DESTROY()>
18208 =item B<Pod::ParseTree>
18214 =item Pod::ParseTree-E<gt>B<new()>
18220 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<top()>
18226 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<children()>
18232 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<prepend()>
18238 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<append()>
18244 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<raw_text()>
18250 =item Pod::ParseTree::B<DESTROY()>
18262 =head2 Pod::LaTeX - Convert Pod data to formatted Latex
18274 =item OBJECT METHODS
18282 =item Data Accessors
18298 B<ReplaceNAMEwithSection>
18300 B<StartWithNewPage>
18314 =item Subclassed methods
18328 B<interior_sequence>
18344 =item Methods for headings
18352 =item Internal methods
18358 B<_replace_special_chars>
18360 B<_replace_special_chars_late>
18366 B<_clean_latex_commands>
18368 B<_split_delimited>
18384 =head2 Pod::Man - Convert POD data to formatted *roff input
18392 center, date, fixed, fixedbold, fixeditalic, fixedbolditalic, name, quotes,
18397 roff font should be 1 or 2 chars, not "%s", Invalid link %s, Invalid quote
18398 specification "%s", %s:%d: Unknown command paragraph "%s", %s:%d: Unknown
18399 escape EE<lt>%sE<gt>, %s:%d: Unknown formatting code %s, %s:%d: Unmatched
18410 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
18414 =head2 Pod::ParseLink - Parse an LE<lt>E<gt> formatting code in POD text
18426 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
18430 =head2 Pod::ParseUtils - helpers for POD parsing and conversion
18444 Pod::List-E<gt>new()
18452 $list-E<gt>indent()
18460 $list-E<gt>parent()
18466 =item Pod::Hyperlink
18468 Pod::Hyperlink-E<gt>new()
18472 $link-E<gt>parse($string)
18474 $link-E<gt>markup($string)
18478 $link-E<gt>warning()
18480 $link-E<gt>file(), $link-E<gt>line()
18486 $link-E<gt>alttext()
18496 Pod::Cache-E<gt>new()
18502 $cache-E<gt>find_page($name)
18506 =item Pod::Cache::Item
18508 Pod::Cache::Item-E<gt>new()
18512 $cacheitem-E<gt>page()
18514 $cacheitem-E<gt>description()
18516 $cacheitem-E<gt>path()
18518 $cacheitem-E<gt>file()
18520 $cacheitem-E<gt>nodes()
18522 $cacheitem-E<gt>find_node($name)
18524 $cacheitem-E<gt>idx()
18534 =head2 Pod::Parser - base class for creating POD filters and translators
18546 =item QUICK OVERVIEW
18548 =item PARSING OPTIONS
18550 B<-want_nonPODs> (default: unset), B<-process_cut_cmd> (default: unset),
18551 B<-warnings> (default: unset)
18557 =item RECOMMENDED SUBROUTINE/METHOD OVERRIDES
18565 C<$cmd>, C<$text>, C<$line_num>, C<$pod_para>
18571 =item B<verbatim()>
18573 C<$text>, C<$line_num>, C<$pod_para>
18579 =item B<textblock()>
18581 C<$text>, C<$line_num>, C<$pod_para>
18587 =item B<interior_sequence()>
18593 =item OPTIONAL SUBROUTINE/METHOD OVERRIDES
18605 =item B<initialize()>
18611 =item B<begin_pod()>
18617 =item B<begin_input()>
18623 =item B<end_input()>
18635 =item B<preprocess_line()>
18641 =item B<preprocess_paragraph()>
18647 =item METHODS FOR PARSING AND PROCESSING
18653 =item B<parse_text()>
18655 B<-expand_seq> =E<gt> I<code-ref>|I<method-name>, B<-expand_text> =E<gt>
18656 I<code-ref>|I<method-name>, B<-expand_ptree> =E<gt>
18657 I<code-ref>|I<method-name>
18663 =item B<interpolate()>
18669 =item B<parse_paragraph()>
18675 =item B<parse_from_filehandle()>
18681 =item B<parse_from_file()>
18687 =item ACCESSOR METHODS
18693 =item B<errorsub()>
18705 =item B<parseopts()>
18711 =item B<output_file()>
18717 =item B<output_handle()>
18723 =item B<input_file()>
18729 =item B<input_handle()>
18735 =item B<input_streams()>
18741 =item B<top_stream()>
18747 =item PRIVATE METHODS AND DATA
18753 =item B<_push_input_stream()>
18759 =item B<_pop_input_stream()>
18765 =item TREE-BASED PARSING
18773 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker - let Perldoc check Pod for errors
18783 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
18789 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToMan - let Perldoc render Pod as man pages
18801 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
18807 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff - let Perldoc convert Pod to nroff
18819 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
18825 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToPod - let Perldoc render Pod as ... Pod!
18835 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
18841 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf - let Perldoc render Pod as RTF
18851 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
18857 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToText - let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext
18869 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
18875 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToTk - let Perldoc use Tk::Pod to render Pod
18889 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToXml - let Perldoc render Pod as XML
18899 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
18905 =head2 Pod::PlainText - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
18913 alt, indent, loose, sentence, width
18917 Bizarre space in item, Can't open %s for reading: %s, Unknown escape: %s,
18918 Unknown sequence: %s, Unmatched =back
18930 =head2 Pod::Plainer - Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.
18950 =head2 Pod::Select, podselect() - extract selected sections of POD from
18963 =item SECTION SPECIFICATIONS
18965 =item RANGE SPECIFICATIONS
18971 =item OBJECT METHODS
18977 =item B<curr_headings()>
18989 =item B<add_selection()>
18995 =item B<clear_selections()>
19001 =item B<match_section()>
19007 =item B<is_selected()>
19013 =item EXPORTED FUNCTIONS
19019 =item B<podselect()>
19021 B<-output>, B<-sections>, B<-ranges>
19027 =item PRIVATE METHODS AND DATA
19033 =item B<_compile_section_spec()>
19039 =item $self->{_SECTION_HEADINGS}
19045 =item $self->{_SELECTED_SECTIONS}
19057 =head2 Pod::Text - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
19065 alt, code, indent, loose, margin, quotes, sentence, width
19069 Bizarre space in item, Item called without tag, Can't open %s for reading:
19070 %s, Invalid quote specification "%s", %s:%d: Unknown command paragraph: %s,
19071 %s:%d: Unknown escape: %s, %s:%d: Unknown formatting code: %s, %s:%d:
19082 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
19086 =head2 Pod::Text::Color - Convert POD data to formatted color ASCII text
19100 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
19104 =head2 Pod::Text::Overstrike - Convert POD data to formatted overstrike
19119 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
19123 =head2 Pod::Text::Termcap - Convert POD data to ASCII text with format
19138 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
19142 =head2 Pod::Usage, pod2usage() - print a usage message from embedded pod
19151 C<-message>, C<-msg>, C<-exitval>, C<-verbose>, C<-output>, C<-input>,
19160 =item Recommended Use
19168 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
19172 =head2 SDBM_File - Tied access to sdbm files
19180 C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>, C<O_RDWR>
19186 =item C<sdbm store returned -1, errno 22, key "..." at ...>
19190 =item BUGS AND WARNINGS
19194 =head2 Safe - Compile and execute code in restricted compartments
19202 a new namespace, an operator mask
19208 =item RECENT CHANGES
19210 =item Methods in class Safe
19212 permit (OP, ...), permit_only (OP, ...), deny (OP, ...), deny_only (OP,
19213 ...), trap (OP, ...), untrap (OP, ...), share (NAME, ...), share_from
19214 (PACKAGE, ARRAYREF), varglob (VARNAME), reval (STRING), rdo (FILENAME),
19215 root (NAMESPACE), mask (MASK)
19217 =item Some Safety Issues
19219 Memory, CPU, Snooping, Signals, State Changes
19227 =head2 Scalar::Util - A selection of general-utility scalar subroutines
19235 blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isvstring EXPR, isweak EXPR,
19236 looks_like_number EXPR, openhandle FH, refaddr EXPR, reftype EXPR,
19237 set_prototype CODEREF, PROTOTYPE, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
19247 =head2 Search::Dict, look - search for key in dictionary file
19257 =head2 SelectSaver - save and restore selected file handle
19267 =head2 SelfLoader - load functions only on demand
19277 =item The __DATA__ token
19279 =item SelfLoader autoloading
19281 =item Autoloading and package lexicals
19283 =item SelfLoader and AutoLoader
19285 =item __DATA__, __END__, and the FOOBAR::DATA filehandle.
19287 =item Classes and inherited methods.
19291 =item Multiple packages and fully qualified subroutine names
19295 =head2 Shell - run shell commands transparently within perl
19305 =item OBJECT ORIENTED SYNTAX
19313 =head2 Socket, sockaddr_in, sockaddr_un, inet_aton, inet_ntoa - load the C
19314 socket.h defines and structure manipulators
19322 inet_aton HOSTNAME, inet_ntoa IP_ADDRESS, INADDR_ANY, INADDR_BROADCAST,
19323 INADDR_LOOPBACK, INADDR_NONE, sockaddr_family SOCKADDR, sockaddr_in PORT,
19324 ADDRESS, sockaddr_in SOCKADDR_IN, pack_sockaddr_in PORT, IP_ADDRESS,
19325 unpack_sockaddr_in SOCKADDR_IN, sockaddr_un PATHNAME, sockaddr_un
19326 SOCKADDR_UN, pack_sockaddr_un PATH, unpack_sockaddr_un SOCKADDR_UN
19330 =head2 Storable - persistence for Perl data structures
19340 =item ADVISORY LOCKING
19344 =item CANONICAL REPRESENTATION
19346 =item CODE REFERENCES
19348 =item FORWARD COMPATIBILITY
19350 utf8 data, restricted hashes, files from future versions of Storable
19352 =item ERROR REPORTING
19360 C<STORABLE_freeze> I<obj>, I<cloning>, C<STORABLE_thaw> I<obj>, I<cloning>,
19365 C<Storable::last_op_in_netorder>, C<Storable::is_storing>,
19366 C<Storable::is_retrieving>
19374 =item Storable magic
19384 =item 64 bit data in perl 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
19396 =head2 Switch - A switch statement for Perl
19410 =item Allowing fall-through
19412 =item Automating fall-through
19414 =item Alternative syntax
19416 =item Higher-order Operations
19432 =head2 Symbol - manipulate Perl symbols and their names
19444 =head2 Sys::Hostname - Try every conceivable way to get hostname
19456 =head2 Syslog, Sys::Syslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask, syslog - Perl
19457 interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
19465 openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
19466 setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added
19467 in 5.004_02), closelog
19477 =head2 Syslog::Syslog, Sys::Syslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask, syslog -
19478 Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
19486 openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
19487 setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added
19488 in 5.004_02), closelog
19498 =head2 Term::ANSIColor - Color screen output using ANSI escape sequences
19508 Bad escape sequence %s, Bareword "%s" not allowed while "strict subs" in
19509 use, Invalid attribute name %s, Name "%s" used only once: possible typo, No
19510 comma allowed after filehandle, No name for escape sequence %s
19514 ANSI_COLORS_DISABLED
19524 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
19528 =head2 Term::Cap - Perl termcap interface
19544 B<Tgetent>, OSPEED, TERM
19546 B<Tpad>, B<$string>, B<$cnt>, B<$FH>
19548 B<Tputs>, B<$cap>, B<$cnt>, B<$FH>
19550 B<Tgoto>, B<$cap>, B<$col>, B<$row>, B<$FH>
19558 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
19566 =head2 Term::Complete - Perl word completion module
19574 E<lt>tabE<gt>, ^D, ^U, E<lt>delE<gt>, E<lt>bsE<gt>
19584 =head2 Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various C<readline> packages.
19585 If no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic functions.
19593 =item Minimal set of supported functions
19595 C<ReadLine>, C<new>, C<readline>, C<addhistory>, C<IN>, C<OUT>, C<MinLine>,
19596 C<findConsole>, Attribs, C<Features>
19598 =item Additional supported functions
19600 C<tkRunning>, C<ornaments>, C<newTTY>
19610 =head2 Test - provides a simple framework for writing test scripts
19618 =item QUICK START GUIDE
19624 C<plan(...)>, C<tests =E<gt> I<number>>, C<todo =E<gt> [I<1,5,14>]>,
19625 C<onfail =E<gt> sub { ... }>, C<onfail =E<gt> \&some_sub>
19635 C<skip(I<skip_if_true>, I<args...>)>
19641 NORMAL TESTS, SKIPPED TESTS, TODO TESTS
19645 =item BUGS and CAVEATS
19655 =head2 Test::Builder - Backend for building test libraries
19675 =item Setting up tests
19693 =item Running tests
19699 B<is_eq>, B<is_num>
19701 B<isnt_eq>, B<isnt_num>
19727 B<no_header>, B<no_ending>
19739 B<output>, B<failure_output>, B<todo_output>
19743 =item Test Status and Info
19777 =head2 Test::Harness - Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics
19793 =item The test script output
19795 B<'1..M'>, B<'ok', 'not ok'. Ok?>, B<test numbers>, B<test names>,
19796 B<Skipping tests>, B<Todo tests>, B<Bail out!>, B<Comments>, B<Anything
19801 =item Configuration variables.
19803 B<$Test::Harness::Verbose>, B<$Test::Harness::switches>
19807 B<Failed Test>, B<Stat>, B<Wstat>, B<Total>, B<Fail>, B<Failed>, B<List of
19834 C<All tests successful.\nFiles=%d, Tests=%d, %s>, C<FAILED tests
19835 %s\n\tFailed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.>, C<Test returned status %d (wstat
19836 %d)>, C<Failed 1 test, %.2f%% okay. %s>, C<Failed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.
19837 %s>, C<FAILED--Further testing stopped: %s>
19841 C<HARNESS_ACTIVE>, C<HARNESS_COLUMNS>, C<HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST>,
19842 C<HARNESS_DEBUG>, C<HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR>, C<HARNESS_IGNORE_EXITCODE>,
19843 C<HARNESS_NOTTY>, C<HARNESS_OK_SLOW>, C<HARNESS_PERL>,
19844 C<HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES>, C<HARNESS_VERBOSE>
19864 =head2 Test::Harness::Assert - simple assert
19890 =head2 Test::Harness::Iterator - Internal Test::Harness Iterator
19900 =head2 Test::Harness::Straps - detailed analysis of test results
19938 =item C<analyze_fh>
19944 =item C<analyze_file>
19950 =item C<_command_line( $file )>
19968 =item C<_cleaned_switches>
19974 =item C<_INC2PERL5LIB>
19980 =item C<_filtered_INC>
19986 =item C<_restore_PERL5LIB>
19996 =item C<_is_comment>
20004 =item C<_is_header>
20016 =item C<_is_bail_out>
20022 =item C<_reset_file_state>
20032 =item C<_detailize>
20048 =head2 Test::More - yet another framework for writing test scripts
20058 =item I love it when a plan comes together
20068 =item I'm ok, you're not ok.
20108 =item Conditional tests
20114 B<TODO: BLOCK>, B<todo_skip>
20116 When do I use SKIP vs. TODO?
20120 =item Comparison functions
20134 =item Extending and Embedding Test::More
20144 =item BUGS and CAVEATS
20146 Making your own ok(), The eq_* family has some caveats, Test::Harness
20159 =head2 Test::Simple - Basic utilities for writing tests.
20183 L<Test::More>, L<Test>, L<Test::Unit>, L<Test::Inline>, L<SelfTest>,
20192 =head2 Test::Tutorial - A tutorial about writing really basic tests
20200 =item Nuts and bolts of testing.
20202 =item Where to start?
20206 =item Test the manual
20208 =item Sometimes the tests are wrong
20210 =item Testing lots of values
20212 =item Informative names
20214 =item Skipping tests
20218 =item Testing with taint mode.
20230 =head2 Text::Abbrev, abbrev - create an abbreviation table from a list
20242 =head2 Text::Balanced - Extract delimited text sequences from strings.
20252 =item General behaviour in list contexts
20256 =item General behaviour in scalar and void contexts
20258 =item A note about prefixes
20260 =item C<extract_delimited>
20262 =item C<extract_bracketed>
20264 =item C<extract_variable>
20268 =item C<extract_tagged>
20270 C<reject =E<gt> $listref>, C<ignore =E<gt> $listref>, C<fail =E<gt> $str>,
20271 [0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
20273 =item C<gen_extract_tagged>
20275 =item C<extract_quotelike>
20277 [0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10]
20279 =item C<extract_quotelike> and "here documents"
20281 [0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7..10]
20283 =item C<extract_codeblock>
20285 =item C<extract_multiple>
20287 =item C<gen_delimited_pat>
20293 C<Did not find a suitable bracket: "%s">, C<Did not find prefix: /%s/>,
20294 C<Did not find opening bracket after prefix: "%s">, C<No quotelike
20295 operator found after prefix: "%s">, C<Unmatched closing bracket: "%c">,
20296 C<Unmatched opening bracket(s): "%s">, C<Unmatched embedded quote (%s)>,
20297 C<Did not find closing delimiter to match '%s'>, C<Mismatched closing
20298 bracket: expected "%c" but found "%s">, C<No block delimiter found after
20299 quotelike "%s">, C<Did not find leading dereferencer>, C<Bad identifier
20300 after dereferencer>, C<Did not find expected opening bracket at %s>,
20301 C<Improperly nested codeblock at %s>, C<Missing second block for quotelike
20302 "%s">, C<No match found for opening bracket>, C<Did not find opening tag:
20303 /%s/>, C<Unable to construct closing tag to match: /%s/>, C<Found invalid
20304 nested tag: %s>, C<Found unbalanced nested tag: %s>, C<Did not find closing
20309 =item BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
20315 =head2 Text::ParseWords - parse text into an array of tokens or array of
20330 =head2 Text::Soundex - Implementation of the Soundex Algorithm as Described
20347 =head2 Text::Tabs -- expand and unexpand tabs per the unix expand(1) and
20362 =head2 Text::Wrap - line wrapping to form simple paragraphs
20378 =head2 Thread - manipulate threads in Perl (for old code only)
20390 $thread = Thread->new(\&start_sub), $thread = Thread->new(\&start_sub,
20391 LIST), lock VARIABLE, async BLOCK;, Thread->self, cond_wait VARIABLE,
20392 cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE, yield
20396 join, eval, detach, equal, tid, flags, done
20404 =head2 Thread::Queue - thread-safe queues
20412 =item FUNCTIONS AND METHODS
20414 new, enqueue LIST, dequeue, dequeue_nb, pending
20420 =head2 Thread::Semaphore - thread-safe semaphores
20428 =item FUNCTIONS AND METHODS
20430 new, new NUMBER, down, down NUMBER, up, up NUMBER
20434 =head2 Thread::Signal - Start a thread which runs signal handlers reliably
20449 =head2 Thread::Specific - thread-specific keys
20459 =head2 Tie::Array - base class for tied arrays
20467 TIEARRAY classname, LIST, STORE this, index, value, FETCH this, index,
20468 FETCHSIZE this, STORESIZE this, count, EXTEND this, count, EXISTS this,
20469 key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, DESTROY this, PUSH this, LIST, POP this,
20470 SHIFT this, UNSHIFT this, LIST, SPLICE this, offset, length, LIST
20478 =head2 Tie::File - Access the lines of a disk file via a Perl array
20498 =item Option Format
20502 =item Public Methods
20510 =item C<defer>, C<flush>, C<discard>, and C<autodefer>
20516 =item Tying to an already-opened filehandle
20518 =item Deferred Writing
20522 =item Autodeferring
20526 =item CONCURRENT ACCESS TO FILES
20532 =item WHAT ABOUT C<DB_File>?
20546 =head2 Tie::Handle, Tie::StdHandle - base class definitions for tied
20555 TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, scalar, length, offset, PRINT this,
20556 LIST, PRINTF this, format, LIST, READ this, scalar, length, offset,
20557 READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, OPEN this, filename, BINMODE this,
20558 EOF this, TELL this, SEEK this, offset, whence, DESTROY this
20560 =item MORE INFORMATION
20562 =item COMPATIBILITY
20566 =head2 Tie::Hash, Tie::StdHash, Tie::ExtraHash - base class definitions for
20575 TIEHASH classname, LIST, STORE this, key, value, FETCH this, key, FIRSTKEY
20576 this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, EXISTS this, key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR
20579 =item Inheriting from B<Tie::StdHash>
20581 =item Inheriting from B<Tie::ExtraHash>
20583 =item C<SCALAR>, C<UNTIE> and C<DESTROY>
20585 =item MORE INFORMATION
20589 =head2 Tie::Memoize - add data to hash when needed
20597 =item Inheriting from B<Tie::Memoize>
20607 =head2 Tie::RefHash - use references as hash keys
20625 =head2 Tie::Scalar, Tie::StdScalar - base class definitions for tied
20634 TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, DESTROY this
20636 =item MORE INFORMATION
20640 =head2 Tie::SubstrHash - Fixed-table-size, fixed-key-length hashing
20652 =head2 Time::HiRes - High resolution alarm, sleep, gettimeofday, interval
20661 gettimeofday (), usleep ( $useconds ), ualarm ( $useconds [,
20662 $interval_useconds ] ), tv_interval, time (), sleep ( $floating_seconds ),
20663 alarm ( $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), setitimer (
20664 $which, $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), getitimer (
20675 =item negative time not invented yet
20677 =item internal error: useconds < 0 (unsigned ... signed ...)
20685 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
20689 =head2 Time::Local - efficiently compute time from local and GMT time
20697 =item IMPLEMENTATION
20707 =head2 Time::gmtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime()
20722 =head2 Time::localtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in localtime()
20737 =head2 Time::tm - internal object used by Time::gmtime and Time::localtime
20749 =head2 UNIVERSAL - base class for ALL classes (blessed references)
20757 C<< $obj->isa( TYPE ) >>, C<< CLASS->isa( TYPE ) >>, C<isa( VAL, TYPE )>,
20758 C<TYPE>, C<$obj>, C<CLASS>, C<VAL>, C<< $obj->can( METHOD ) >>, C<<
20759 CLASS->can( METHOD ) >>, C<can( VAL, METHOD )>, C<VERSION ( [ REQUIRE ] )>
20765 =head2 Unicode::Collate - Unicode Collation Algorithm
20775 =item Constructor and Tailoring
20777 UCA_Version, backwards, entry, hangul_terminator, ignoreName, ignoreChar,
20778 level, normalization, overrideCJK, overrideHangul, preprocess, rearrange,
20779 table, undefName, undefChar, katakana_before_hiragana, upper_before_lower,
20780 variable, alternate
20782 =item Methods for Collation
20784 C<@sorted = $Collator-E<gt>sort(@not_sorted)>, C<$result =
20785 $Collator-E<gt>cmp($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>eq($a, $b)>,
20786 C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>ne($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>lt($a,
20787 $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>le($a, $b)>, C<$result =
20788 $Collator-E<gt>gt($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>ge($a, $b)>,
20789 C<$sortKey = $Collator-E<gt>getSortKey($string)>, C<$sortKeyForm =
20790 $Collator-E<gt>viewSortKey($string)>
20792 =item Methods for Searching
20794 C<$position = $Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring[, $position])>,
20795 C<($position, $length) = $Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring[,
20796 $position])>, C<$match_ref = $Collator-E<gt>match($string, $substring)>,
20797 C<($match) = $Collator-E<gt>match($string, $substring)>, C<@match =
20798 $Collator-E<gt>gmatch($string, $substring)>, C<$count =
20799 $Collator-E<gt>subst($string, $substring, $replacement)>, C<$count =
20800 $Collator-E<gt>gsubst($string, $substring, $replacement)>
20802 =item Other Methods
20804 C<%old_tailoring = $Collator-E<gt>change(%new_tailoring)>, C<$version =
20805 $Collator-E<gt>version()>, C<UCA_Version()>, C<Base_Unicode_Version()>
20811 =item Conformance Test
20819 Unicode Collation Algorithm - UTS #10, The Default Unicode Collation
20820 Element Table (DUCET), The conformance test for the UCA, Hangul Syllable
20821 Type, Unicode Normalization Forms - UAX #15, L<Unicode::Normalize>
20825 =head2 Unicode::Normalize - Unicode Normalization Forms
20835 =item Normalization Forms
20837 C<$NFD_string = NFD($string)>, C<$NFC_string = NFC($string)>,
20838 C<$NFKD_string = NFKD($string)>, C<$NFKC_string = NFKC($string)>,
20839 C<$FCD_string = FCD($string)>, C<$FCC_string = FCC($string)>,
20840 C<$normalized_string = normalize($form_name, $string)>
20842 =item Decomposition and Composition
20844 C<$decomposed_string = decompose($string)>, C<$decomposed_string =
20845 decompose($string, $useCompatMapping)>, C<$reordered_string =
20846 reorder($string)>, C<$composed_string = compose($string)>
20850 C<$result = checkNFD($string)>, C<$result = checkNFC($string)>, C<$result =
20851 checkNFKD($string)>, C<$result = checkNFKC($string)>, C<$result =
20852 checkFCD($string)>, C<$result = checkFCC($string)>, C<$result =
20853 check($form_name, $string)>
20855 =item Character Data
20857 C<$canonical_decomposed = getCanon($codepoint)>,
20858 C<$compatibility_decomposed = getCompat($codepoint)>,
20859 C<$codepoint_composite = getComposite($codepoint_here, $codepoint_next)>,
20860 C<$combining_class = getCombinClass($codepoint)>, C<$is_exclusion =
20861 isExclusion($codepoint)>, C<$is_singleton = isSingleton($codepoint)>,
20862 C<$is_non_starter_decomposition = isNonStDecomp($codepoint)>,
20863 C<$may_be_composed_with_prev_char = isComp2nd($codepoint)>
20873 http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr15/,
20874 http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/DerivedNormalizationProps.txt,
20875 http://www.unicode.org/notes/tn5/
20879 =head2 Unicode::UCD - Unicode character database
20921 =item Blocks versus Scripts
20923 =item Matching Scripts and Blocks
20925 =item Code Point Arguments
20951 =item Unicode::UCD::UnicodeVersion
20957 =item Implementation Note
20969 =head2 User::grent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getgr*()
20984 =head2 User::pwent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*()
20995 =item System Specifics
21009 =head2 Win32 - Interfaces to some Win32 API Functions
21017 =item Alphabetical Listing of Win32 Functions
21019 Win32::AbortSystemShutdown(MACHINE), Win32::BuildNumber(),
21020 Win32::CopyFile(FROM, TO, OVERWRITE), Win32::DomainName(),
21021 Win32::ExpandEnvironmentStrings(STRING), Win32::FormatMessage(ERRORCODE),
21022 Win32::FsType(), Win32::FreeLibrary(HANDLE), Win32::GetArchName(),
21023 Win32::GetChipName(), Win32::GetCwd(), Win32::GetFolderPath(FOLDER [,
21024 CREATE]), Win32::GetFullPathName(FILENAME), Win32::GetLastError(),
21025 Win32::GetLongPathName(PATHNAME), Win32::GetNextAvailDrive(),
21026 Win32::GetOSVersion(), Win32::GetOSName(),
21027 Win32::GetShortPathName(PATHNAME), Win32::GetProcAddress(INSTANCE,
21028 PROCNAME), Win32::GetTickCount(), Win32::InitiateSystemShutdown,
21029 Win32::IsWinNT(), Win32::IsWin95(), Win32::LoadLibrary(LIBNAME),
21030 Win32::LoginName(), Win32::LookupAccountName(SYSTEM, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SID,
21031 SIDTYPE), Win32::LookupAccountSID(SYSTEM, SID, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SIDTYPE),
21032 Win32::MsgBox(MESSAGE [, FLAGS [, TITLE]]), Win32::NodeName(),
21033 Win32::RegisterServer(LIBRARYNAME), Win32::SetChildShowWindow(SHOWWINDOW),
21034 Win32::SetCwd(NEWDIRECTORY), Win32::SetLastError(ERROR),
21035 Win32::Sleep(TIME), Win32::Spawn(COMMAND, ARGS, PID),
21036 Win32::UnregisterServer(LIBRARYNAME)
21042 =head2 XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
21052 =item Migration from C<DynaLoader>
21054 =item Backward compatible boilerplate
21058 =item Order of initialization: early load()
21062 =item The most hairy case
21072 =head1 AUXILIARY DOCUMENTATION
21074 Here should be listed all the extra programs' documentation, but they
21075 don't all have manual pages yet:
21109 Larry Wall <F<larry@wall.org>>, with the help of oodles