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: 1.12 $, $Date:
833 2003/07/09 15:47:28 $)
843 =item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
845 =item Which version of Perl should I use?
847 =item What are perl4 and perl5?
853 =item How stable is Perl?
855 =item Is Perl difficult to learn?
857 =item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
860 =item Can I do [task] in Perl?
862 =item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
864 =item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
866 =item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
868 =item What is a JAPH?
870 =item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
872 =item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
873 5/5.6.1/Perl instead of some other language?
877 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
881 =head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.20 $,
882 $Date: 2003/01/26 17:50:56 $)
890 =item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
892 =item How can I get a binary version of Perl?
894 =item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
896 =item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts
899 =item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic
900 loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
902 =item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
903 What does CPAN/src/... mean?
905 =item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?
907 =item Where can I get information on Perl?
909 =item What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?
911 =item Where should I post source code?
915 References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics
917 =item Perl in Magazines
919 =item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
921 =item What mailing lists are there for Perl?
923 =item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
925 =item Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
927 =item Where do I send bug reports?
929 =item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? cpan.org?
933 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
937 =head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.35 $, $Date: 2003/08/24
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: 1.49 $, $Date: 2003/09/20
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: 1.28 $, $Date: 2003/01/26
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 Compound Statements
1708 =item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
1712 =item PODs: Embedded Documentation
1714 =item Plain Old Comments (Not!)
1720 =head2 perldata - Perl data types
1728 =item Variable names
1734 =item Scalar value constructors
1736 =item List value constructors
1742 =item Typeglobs and Filehandles
1750 =head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
1760 =item Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
1762 =item The Arrow Operator
1764 =item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
1766 =item Exponentiation
1768 =item Symbolic Unary Operators
1770 =item Binding Operators
1772 =item Multiplicative Operators
1774 =item Additive Operators
1776 =item Shift Operators
1778 =item Named Unary Operators
1780 =item Relational Operators
1782 =item Equality Operators
1786 =item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
1788 =item C-style Logical And
1790 =item C-style Logical Or
1792 =item C-style Logical Defined-Or
1794 =item Range Operators
1796 =item Conditional Operator
1798 =item Assignment Operators
1800 =item Comma Operator
1802 =item List Operators (Rightward)
1808 =item Logical or, Defined or, and Exclusive Or
1810 =item C Operators Missing From Perl
1812 unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
1814 =item Quote and Quote-like Operators
1816 =item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
1818 ?PATTERN?, m/PATTERN/cgimosx, /PATTERN/cgimosx, q/STRING/, C<'STRING'>,
1819 qq/STRING/, "STRING", qr/STRING/imosx, qx/STRING/, `STRING`, qw/STRING/,
1820 s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/egimosx, tr/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds,
1821 y/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds, <<EOF
1823 =item Gory details of parsing quoted constructs
1825 Finding the end, Removal of backslashes before delimiters, Interpolation,
1826 C<<<'EOF'>, C<m''>, C<s'''>, C<tr///>, C<y///>, C<''>, C<q//>, C<"">,
1827 C<``>, C<qq//>, C<qx//>, C<< <file*glob> >>, C<?RE?>, C</RE/>, C<m/RE/>,
1828 C<s/RE/foo/>,, Interpolation of regular expressions, Optimization of
1833 =item Constant Folding
1835 =item Bitwise String Operators
1837 =item Integer Arithmetic
1839 =item Floating-point Arithmetic
1841 =item Bigger Numbers
1847 =head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
1857 =item Private Variables via my()
1859 =item Persistent Private Variables
1861 =item Temporary Values via local()
1863 =item Lvalue subroutines
1865 Lvalue subroutines are EXPERIMENTAL
1867 =item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
1869 =item When to Still Use local()
1871 =item Pass by Reference
1875 =item Constant Functions
1877 =item Overriding Built-in Functions
1881 =item Subroutine Attributes
1889 =head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
1897 =item Perl Functions by Category
1899 Functions for SCALARs or strings, Regular expressions and pattern matching,
1900 Numeric functions, Functions for real @ARRAYs, Functions for list data,
1901 Functions for real %HASHes, Input and output functions, Functions for fixed
1902 length data or records, Functions for filehandles, files, or directories,
1903 Keywords related to the control flow of your perl program, Keywords related
1904 to scoping, Miscellaneous functions, Functions for processes and process
1905 groups, Keywords related to perl modules, Keywords related to classes and
1906 object-orientedness, Low-level socket functions, System V interprocess
1907 communication functions, Fetching user and group info, Fetching network
1908 info, Time-related functions, Functions new in perl5, Functions obsoleted
1913 =item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
1915 -I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, abs VALUE, abs, accept
1916 NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, alarm, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME,
1917 binmode FILEHANDLE, LAYER, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME, bless
1918 REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE, chomp(
1919 LIST ), chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop( LIST ), chop, chown LIST, chr NUMBER,
1920 chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot, close FILEHANDLE, close, closedir DIRHANDLE,
1921 connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, cos, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT,
1922 dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR, defined, delete
1923 EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR, dump LABEL, dump,
1924 each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval BLOCK, exec LIST,
1925 exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp, fcntl
1926 FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION,
1927 fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE, getc, getlogin,
1928 getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam
1929 NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getprotobyname
1930 NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr
1931 ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER,
1932 getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostent, getnetent,
1933 getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent
1934 STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent,
1935 endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockname SOCKET,
1936 getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL,
1937 goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex,
1938 import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl
1939 FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST,
1940 last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc, lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length,
1941 link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR,
1942 lock THING, log EXPR, log, lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK LIST, map
1943 EXPR,LIST, mkdir FILENAME,MASK, mkdir FILENAME, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget
1944 KEY,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, my EXPR, my
1945 TYPE EXPR, my EXPR : ATTRS, my TYPE EXPR : ATTRS, next LABEL, next, no
1946 Module VERSION LIST, no Module VERSION, no Module LIST, no Module, oct
1947 EXPR, oct, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR, open
1948 FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR,LIST, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,REFERENCE, open FILEHANDLE,
1949 opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord EXPR, ord, our EXPR, our EXPR TYPE, our EXPR :
1950 ATTRS, our TYPE EXPR : ATTRS, pack TEMPLATE,LIST, package NAMESPACE,
1951 package, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop ARRAY, pop, pos SCALAR, pos,
1952 print FILEHANDLE LIST, print LIST, print, printf FILEHANDLE FORMAT, LIST,
1953 printf FORMAT, LIST, prototype FUNCTION, push ARRAY,LIST, q/STRING/,
1954 qq/STRING/, qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, quotemeta EXPR, quotemeta,
1955 rand EXPR, rand, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read
1956 FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR,
1957 readlink, readpipe EXPR, recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo,
1958 ref EXPR, ref, rename OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR,
1959 require, reset EXPR, reset, return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir
1960 DIRHANDLE, rindex STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME,
1961 rmdir, s///, scalar EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir
1962 DIRHANDLE,POS, select FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT,
1963 semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send
1964 SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority
1965 WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY,
1966 shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE,
1967 shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep
1968 EXPR, sleep, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, socketpair
1969 SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort BLOCK LIST,
1970 sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,
1971 splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split /PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split
1972 /PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf FORMAT, LIST, format
1973 parameter index, flags, vector flag, (minimum) width, precision, or maximum
1974 width, size, order of arguments, sqrt EXPR, sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat
1975 FILEHANDLE, stat EXPR, stat, study SCALAR, study, sub NAME BLOCK, sub NAME
1976 (PROTO) BLOCK, sub NAME : ATTRS BLOCK, sub NAME (PROTO) : ATTRS BLOCK,
1977 substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr
1978 EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall NUMBER, LIST, sysopen
1979 FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread
1980 FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek
1981 FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite
1982 FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,
1983 syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie
1984 VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate
1985 FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR,
1986 ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack
1987 TEMPLATE,EXPR, unpack TEMPLATE, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use
1988 Module VERSION LIST, use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use
1989 VERSION, utime LIST, values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid
1990 PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y///
1996 =head2 perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl
2002 =item Open E<agrave> la shell
2008 =item Indirect Filehandles
2012 =item The Minus File
2014 =item Mixing Reads and Writes
2020 =item Open E<agrave> la C
2024 =item Permissions E<agrave> la mode
2028 =item Obscure Open Tricks
2032 =item Re-Opening Files (dups)
2034 =item Dispelling the Dweomer
2036 =item Paths as Opens
2038 =item Single Argument Open
2040 =item Playing with STDIN and STDOUT
2044 =item Other I/O Issues
2048 =item Opening Non-File Files
2050 =item Opening Named Pipes
2052 =item Opening Sockets
2064 =item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
2070 =head2 perlpacktut - tutorial on C<pack> and C<unpack>
2076 =item The Basic Principle
2080 =item Packing Numbers
2086 =item Unpacking a Stack Frame
2088 =item How to Eat an Egg on a Net
2090 =item Floating point Numbers
2094 =item Exotic Templates
2106 =item Another Portable Binary Encoding
2110 =item Template Grouping
2112 =item Lengths and Widths
2116 =item String Lengths
2118 =item Dynamic Templates
2120 =item Counting Repetitions
2124 =item Packing and Unpacking C Structures
2128 =item The Alignment Pit
2130 =item Alignment, Take 2
2132 =item Alignment, Take 3
2134 =item Pointers for How to Use Them
2140 =item Funnies Section
2146 =head2 perlpod - the Plain Old Documentation format
2154 =item Ordinary Paragraph
2156 =item Verbatim Paragraph
2158 =item Command Paragraph
2160 C<=head1 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head2 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head3 I<Heading
2161 Text>>, C<=head4 I<Heading Text>>, C<=over I<indentlevel>>, C<=item
2162 I<stuff...>>, C<=back>, C<=cut>, C<=pod>, C<=begin I<formatname>>, C<=end
2163 I<formatname>>, C<=for I<formatname> I<text...>>, C<=encoding
2166 =item Formatting Codes
2168 C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
2169 C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
2170 C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- used
2171 for filenames, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text contains non-breaking spaces,
2172 C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a null
2173 (zero-effect) formatting code
2177 =item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
2179 =item Hints for Writing Pod
2189 =head2 perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and
2196 =item Pod Definitions
2200 "=head1", "=head2", "=head3", "=head4", "=pod", "=cut", "=over", "=item",
2201 "=back", "=begin formatname", "=end formatname", "=for formatname text...",
2202 "=encoding encodingname"
2204 =item Pod Formatting Codes
2206 C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
2207 C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- style for
2208 filenames, C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a
2209 null (zero-effect) formatting code, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
2210 C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text
2211 contains non-breaking spaces
2213 =item Notes on Implementing Pod Processors
2215 =item About LE<lt>...E<gt> Codes
2217 First:, Second:, Third:, Fourth:, Fifth:, Sixth:
2219 =item About =over...=back Regions
2221 =item About Data Paragraphs and "=begin/=end" Regions
2229 =head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
2239 =item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems
2241 OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS
2243 =item Location of Perl
2245 =item Command Switches
2247 B<-0>[I<octal/hexadecimal>], B<-A [I<assertions>]>, B<-a>, B<-C
2248 [I<number/list>]>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-d:>I<foo[=bar,baz]>, B<-D>I<letters>,
2249 B<-D>I<number>, B<-e> I<commandline>, B<-F>I<pattern>, B<-h>,
2250 B<-i>[I<extension>], B<-I>I<directory>, B<-l>[I<octnum>],
2251 B<-m>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<'module ...'>,
2252 B<-[mM]>[B<->]I<module=arg[,arg]...>, B<-n>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-s>, B<-S>,
2253 B<-t>, B<-T>, B<-u>, B<-U>, B<-v>, B<-V>, B<-V:>I<name>, B<-w>, B<-W>,
2254 B<-X>, B<-x> I<directory>
2260 HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5OPT, PERLIO, :bytes, :crlf, :mmap,
2261 :perlio, :pop, :raw, :stdio, :unix, :utf8, :win32, PERLIO_DEBUG, PERLLIB,
2262 PERL5DB, PERL5SHELL (specific to the Win32 port), PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS,
2263 PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL, PERL_ENCODING, PERL_HASH_SEED, PERL_HASH_SEED_DEBUG,
2264 PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port), PERL_SIGNALS, PERL_UNICODE, SYS$LOGIN
2265 (specific to the VMS port)
2269 =head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
2277 =head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings
2285 =item Default Warnings and Optional Warnings
2287 =item What's wrong with B<-w> and C<$^W>
2289 =item Controlling Warnings from the Command Line
2293 =item Backward Compatibility
2295 =item Category Hierarchy
2297 =item Fatal Warnings
2299 =item Reporting Warnings from a Module
2311 =head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
2317 =item The Perl Debugger
2321 =item Debugger Commands
2323 h, h [command], h h, p expr, x [maxdepth] expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], y
2324 [level [vars]], T, s [expr], n [expr], r, <CR>, c [line|sub], l, l
2325 min+incr, l min-max, l line, l subname, -, v [line], f filename, /pattern/,
2326 ?pattern?, L [abw], S [[!]regex], t, t expr, b, b [line] [condition], b
2327 subname [condition], b postpone subname [condition], b load filename, b
2328 compile subname, B line, B *, a [line] command, A line, A *, w expr, W
2329 expr, W *, o, o booloption .., o anyoption? .., o option=value .., < ?, < [
2330 command ], < *, << command, > ?, > command, > *, >> command, { ?, { [
2331 command ], { *, {{ command, ! number, ! -number, ! pattern, !! cmd, source
2332 file, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, M, man
2335 =item Configurable Options
2337 C<recallCommand>, C<ShellBang>, C<pager>, C<tkRunning>, C<signalLevel>,
2338 C<warnLevel>, C<dieLevel>, C<AutoTrace>, C<LineInfo>, C<inhibit_exit>,
2339 C<PrintRet>, C<ornaments>, C<frame>, C<maxTraceLen>, C<windowSize>,
2340 C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<dumpDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>,
2341 C<globPrint>, C<DumpDBFiles>, C<DumpPackages>, C<DumpReused>, C<quote>,
2342 C<HighBit>, C<undefPrint>, C<UsageOnly>, C<TTY>, C<noTTY>, C<ReadLine>,
2345 =item Debugger input/output
2347 Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame
2350 =item Debugging compile-time statements
2352 =item Debugger Customization
2354 =item Readline Support
2356 =item Editor Support for Debugging
2358 =item The Perl Profiler
2362 =item Debugging regular expressions
2364 =item Debugging memory usage
2372 =head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
2380 =item Predefined Names
2382 $ARG, $_, $a, $b, $<I<digits>>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $',
2383 $LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, $^N, @LAST_MATCH_END, @+,
2384 HANDLE->input_line_number(EXPR), $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER, $NR, $,
2385 IO::Handle->input_record_separator(EXPR), $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $RS, $/,
2386 HANDLE->autoflush(EXPR), $OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH, $|,
2387 IO::Handle->output_field_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR, $OFS, $,,
2388 IO::Handle->output_record_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $ORS,
2389 $\, $LIST_SEPARATOR, $", $SUBSCRIPT_SEPARATOR, $SUBSEP, $;, $#,
2390 HANDLE->format_page_number(EXPR), $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER, $%,
2391 HANDLE->format_lines_per_page(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE, $=,
2392 HANDLE->format_lines_left(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_LEFT, $-, @LAST_MATCH_START,
2393 @-, C<$`> is the same as C<substr($var, 0, $-[0])>, C<$&> is the same as
2394 C<substr($var, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0])>, C<$'> is the same as C<substr($var,
2395 $+[0])>, C<$1> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1])>, C<$2>
2396 is the same as C<substr($var, $-[2], $+[2] - $-[2])>, C<$3> is the same as
2397 C<substr $var, $-[3], $+[3] - $-[3])>, HANDLE->format_name(EXPR),
2398 $FORMAT_NAME, $~, HANDLE->format_top_name(EXPR), $FORMAT_TOP_NAME, $^,
2399 IO::Handle->format_line_break_characters EXPR,
2400 $FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS, $:, IO::Handle->format_formfeed EXPR,
2401 $FORMAT_FORMFEED, $^L, $ACCUMULATOR, $^A, $CHILD_ERROR, $?, ${^ENCODING},
2402 $OS_ERROR, $ERRNO, $!, %!, $EXTENDED_OS_ERROR, $^E, $EVAL_ERROR, $@,
2403 $PROCESS_ID, $PID, $$, $REAL_USER_ID, $UID, $<, $EFFECTIVE_USER_ID, $EUID,
2404 $>, $REAL_GROUP_ID, $GID, $(, $EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID, $EGID, $),
2405 $PROGRAM_NAME, $0, $[, $], $COMPILING, $^C, $DEBUGGING, $^D,
2406 $SYSTEM_FD_MAX, $^F, $^H, %^H, $INPLACE_EDIT, $^I, $^M, $OSNAME, $^O,
2407 ${^OPEN}, $PERLDB, $^P, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80,
2408 0x100, 0x200, 0x400, $LAST_REGEXP_CODE_RESULT, $^R,
2409 $EXCEPTIONS_BEING_CAUGHT, $^S, $BASETIME, $^T, ${^TAINT}, ${^UNICODE},
2410 $PERL_VERSION, $^V, $WARNING, $^W, ${^WARNING_BITS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X,
2411 ARGV, $ARGV, @ARGV, ARGVOUT, @F, @INC, @_, %INC, %ENV, $ENV{expr}, %SIG,
2414 =item Error Indicators
2416 =item Technical Note on the Syntax of Variable Names
2424 =head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
2434 =item Regular Expressions
2436 [1], [2], [3], cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
2438 =item Extended Patterns
2440 C<(?#text)>, C<(?imsx-imsx)>, C<(?:pattern)>, C<(?imsx-imsx:pattern)>,
2441 C<(?=pattern)>, C<(?!pattern)>, C<(?<=pattern)>, C<(?<!pattern)>, C<(?{
2442 code })>, C<(??{ code })>, C<< (?>pattern) >>,
2443 C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>, C<(?(condition)yes-pattern)>
2447 =item Version 8 Regular Expressions
2449 =item Warning on \1 vs $1
2451 =item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
2453 =item Combining pieces together
2455 C<ST>, C<S|T>, C<S{REPEAT_COUNT}>, C<S{min,max}>, C<S{min,max}?>, C<S?>,
2456 C<S*>, C<S+>, C<S??>, C<S*?>, C<S+?>, C<< (?>S) >>, C<(?=S)>, C<(?<=S)>,
2457 C<(?!S)>, C<(?<!S)>, C<(??{ EXPR })>,
2458 C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>
2460 =item Creating custom RE engines
2470 =head2 perlreref - Perl Regular Expressions Reference
2482 =item ESCAPE SEQUENCES
2484 =item CHARACTER CLASSES
2490 =item EXTENDED CONSTRUCTS
2508 =head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
2518 =item Making References
2520 =item Using References
2522 =item Symbolic references
2524 =item Not-so-symbolic references
2526 =item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
2528 =item Function Templates
2538 =head2 perlform - Perl formats
2546 =item Format Variables
2556 =item Accessing Formatting Internals
2564 =head2 perlobj - Perl objects
2572 =item An Object is Simply a Reference
2574 =item A Class is Simply a Package
2576 =item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
2578 =item Method Invocation
2580 =item Indirect Object Syntax
2582 =item Default UNIVERSAL methods
2584 isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
2590 =item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
2598 =head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
2610 TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, UNTIE this,
2615 TIEARRAY classname, LIST, FETCH this, index, STORE this, index, value,
2616 FETCHSIZE this, STORESIZE this, count, EXTEND this, count, EXISTS this,
2617 key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, PUSH this, LIST, POP this, SHIFT this,
2618 UNSHIFT this, LIST, SPLICE this, offset, length, LIST, UNTIE this, DESTROY
2623 USER, HOME, CLOBBER, LIST, TIEHASH classname, LIST, FETCH this, key, STORE
2624 this, key, value, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, EXISTS this, key, FIRSTKEY
2625 this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, UNTIE this, DESTROY this
2627 =item Tying FileHandles
2629 TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this,
2630 LIST, READ this, LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, UNTIE this,
2635 =item The C<untie> Gotcha
2647 =head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
2655 B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
2656 B<filter_fetch_value>
2662 =item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
2664 =item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
2674 =head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
2675 safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
2685 =item Handling the SIGHUP Signal in Daemons
2693 =item Deferred Signals (Safe Signals)
2695 Long running opcodes, Interrupting IO, Restartable system calls, Signals as
2696 "faults", Signals triggered by operating system state
2700 =item Using open() for IPC
2706 =item Background Processes
2708 =item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
2710 =item Safe Pipe Opens
2712 =item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
2714 =item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself
2718 =item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
2722 =item Internet Line Terminators
2724 =item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
2726 =item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
2730 =item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
2734 =item A Simple Client
2736 C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
2738 =item A Webget Client
2740 =item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
2744 =item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
2746 Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
2748 =item UDP: Message Passing
2762 =head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation
2772 =item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes
2774 $$ or $PROCESS_ID, %ENV, chdir() and all other builtins that accept
2775 filenames, wait() and waitpid(), kill(), exec(), exit(), Open handles to
2776 files, directories and network sockets
2778 =item Resource limits
2780 =item Killing the parent process
2782 =item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes
2784 =item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS
2786 BEGIN blocks, Open filehandles, Forking pipe open() not yet implemented,
2787 Global state maintained by XSUBs, Interpreter embedded in larger
2788 application, Thread-safety of extensions
2800 =head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
2808 =item Storing numbers
2810 =item Numeric operators and numeric conversions
2812 =item Flavors of Perl numeric operations
2814 Arithmetic operators, ++, Arithmetic operators during C<use integer>, Other
2815 mathematical operators, Bitwise operators, Bitwise operators during C<use
2816 integer>, Operators which expect an integer, Operators which expect a
2825 =head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl
2833 =item What Is A Thread Anyway?
2835 =item Threaded Program Models
2847 =item What kind of threads are Perl threads?
2849 =item Thread-Safe Modules
2855 =item Basic Thread Support
2857 =item A Note about the Examples
2859 =item Creating Threads
2861 =item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
2863 =item Ignoring A Thread
2867 =item Threads And Data
2871 =item Shared And Unshared Data
2873 =item Thread Pitfalls: Races
2877 =item Synchronization and control
2881 =item Controlling access: lock()
2883 =item A Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
2885 =item Queues: Passing Data Around
2887 =item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
2889 =item Basic semaphores
2891 =item Advanced Semaphores
2893 =item cond_wait() and cond_signal()
2895 =item Giving up control
2899 =item General Thread Utility Routines
2903 =item What Thread Am I In?
2907 =item Are These Threads The Same?
2909 =item What Threads Are Running?
2913 =item A Complete Example
2915 =item Different implementations of threads
2917 =item Performance considerations
2919 =item Process-scope Changes
2921 =item Thread-Safety of System Libraries
2929 =item Introductory Texts
2931 =item OS-Related References
2933 =item Other References
2937 =item Acknowledgements
2945 =head2 perlothrtut - old tutorial on threads in Perl
2951 =item What Is A Thread Anyway?
2953 =item Threaded Program Models
2965 =item Native threads
2967 =item What kind of threads are perl threads?
2969 =item Threadsafe Modules
2975 =item Basic Thread Support
2977 =item Creating Threads
2979 =item Giving up control
2981 =item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
2983 =item Errors In Threads
2985 =item Ignoring A Thread
2989 =item Threads And Data
2993 =item Shared And Unshared Data
2995 =item Thread Pitfall: Races
2997 =item Controlling access: lock()
2999 =item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
3001 =item Queues: Passing Data Around
3005 =item Threads And Code
3009 =item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
3011 Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
3013 =item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines
3015 =item Subroutine Locks
3019 =item Locking A Subroutine
3023 =item General Thread Utility Routines
3027 =item What Thread Am I In?
3031 =item Are These Threads The Same?
3033 =item What Threads Are Running?
3037 =item A Complete Example
3045 =item Introductory Texts
3047 =item OS-Related References
3049 =item Other References
3053 =item Acknowledgements
3061 =head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl
3067 Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is>
3076 =item Numbers endianness and Width
3078 =item Files and Filesystems
3080 =item System Interaction
3082 =item Command names versus file pathnames
3086 =item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
3088 =item External Subroutines (XS)
3090 =item Standard Modules
3094 =item Character sets and character encoding
3096 =item Internationalisation
3098 =item System Resources
3108 Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
3109 http://testers.cpan.org/
3117 =item DOS and Derivatives
3125 =item EBCDIC Platforms
3133 =item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
3137 =item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
3139 -I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, alarm SECONDS, alarm, binmode
3140 FILEHANDLE, chmod LIST, chown LIST, chroot FILENAME, chroot, crypt
3141 PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MODE, dump LABEL, exec
3142 LIST, exit EXPR, exit, fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, flock
3143 FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, getlogin, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority
3144 WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, getgrnam NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getpwuid UID,
3145 getgrgid GID, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER,
3146 getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostbyname, gethostent,
3147 getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent
3148 STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent,
3149 endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockopt
3150 SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, ioctl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR,
3151 kill SIGNAL, LIST, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, lstat FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR,
3152 lstat, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, msgrcv
3153 ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE, pipe
3154 READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, readlink EXPR, readlink, select
3155 RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget
3156 KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, setgrent, setpgrp PID,PGRP,
3157 setpriority WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setpwent, setsockopt
3158 SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS,
3159 shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, sockatmark SOCKET,
3160 socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, stat FILEHANDLE, stat
3161 EXPR, stat, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
3162 FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, system LIST, times, truncate
3163 FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, umask EXPR, umask, utime LIST,
3164 wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS
3170 v1.49, 12 August 2002, v1.48, 02 February 2001, v1.47, 22 March 2000,
3171 v1.46, 12 February 2000, v1.45, 20 December 1999, v1.44, 19 July 1999,
3172 v1.43, 24 May 1999, v1.42, 22 May 1999, v1.41, 19 May 1999, v1.40, 11 April
3173 1999, v1.39, 11 February 1999, v1.38, 31 December 1998, v1.37, 19 December
3174 1998, v1.36, 9 September 1998, v1.35, 13 August 1998, v1.33, 06 August
3175 1998, v1.32, 05 August 1998, v1.30, 03 August 1998, v1.23, 10 July 1998
3177 =item Supported Platforms
3181 =item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
3185 =head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
3192 =item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
3198 =item The use locale pragma
3200 =item The setlocale function
3202 =item Finding locales
3204 =item LOCALE PROBLEMS
3206 =item Temporarily fixing locale problems
3208 =item Permanently fixing locale problems
3210 =item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
3212 =item Fixing system locale configuration
3214 =item The localeconv function
3216 =item I18N::Langinfo
3220 =item LOCALE CATEGORIES
3224 =item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
3226 =item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
3228 =item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
3230 =item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
3234 =item Other categories
3242 PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
3243 LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
3249 =item Backward compatibility
3251 =item I18N:Collate obsolete
3253 =item Sort speed and memory use impacts
3255 =item write() and LC_NUMERIC
3257 =item Freely available locale definitions
3261 =item An imperfect standard
3265 =item Unicode and UTF-8
3271 =item Broken systems
3281 =head2 perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction
3291 =item Perl's Unicode Support
3293 =item Perl's Unicode Model
3295 =item Unicode and EBCDIC
3297 =item Creating Unicode
3299 =item Handling Unicode
3301 =item Legacy Encodings
3305 =item Displaying Unicode As Text
3309 =item Advanced Topics
3313 =item Questions With Answers
3315 =item Hexadecimal Notation
3317 =item Further Resources
3321 =item UNICODE IN OLDER PERLS
3325 =item ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
3327 =item AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT, AND LICENSE
3331 =head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
3339 =item Important Caveats
3341 Input and Output Layers, Regular Expressions, C<use utf8> still needed to
3342 enable UTF-8/UTF-EBCDIC in scripts
3344 =item Byte and Character Semantics
3346 =item Effects of Character Semantics
3352 =item User-Defined Character Properties
3354 =item Character Encodings for Input and Output
3356 =item Unicode Regular Expression Support Level
3358 =item Unicode Encodings
3360 =item Security Implications of Unicode
3362 =item Unicode in Perl on EBCDIC
3366 =item When Unicode Does Not Happen
3368 =item Forcing Unicode in Perl (Or Unforcing Unicode in Perl)
3370 =item Using Unicode in XS
3378 =item Interaction with Locales
3380 =item Interaction with Extensions
3384 =item Porting code from perl-5.6.X
3392 =head2 perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
3398 =item COMMON CHARACTER CODE SETS
3406 =item Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1)
3410 =item 13 variant characters
3418 =item Unicode code points versus EBCDIC code points
3420 =item Remaining Perl Unicode problems in EBCDIC
3422 =item Unicode and UTF
3428 =item SINGLE OCTET TABLES
3430 recipe 0, recipe 1, recipe 2, recipe 3, recipe 4, recipe 5, recipe 6
3432 =item IDENTIFYING CHARACTER CODE SETS
3446 =item OPERATOR DIFFERENCES
3448 =item FUNCTION DIFFERENCES
3450 chr(), ord(), pack(), print(), printf(), sort(), sprintf(), unpack()
3452 =item REGULAR EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES
3460 =item Ignore ASCII vs. EBCDIC sort differences.
3462 =item MONO CASE then sort data.
3464 =item Convert, sort data, then re convert.
3466 =item Perform sorting on one type of machine only.
3470 =item TRANSFORMATION FORMATS
3474 =item URL decoding and encoding
3476 =item uu encoding and decoding
3478 =item Quoted-Printable encoding and decoding
3480 =item Caesarian ciphers
3484 =item Hashing order and checksums
3488 =item MULTI OCTET CHARACTER SETS
3500 chcp, dataset access, OS/390, z/OS iconv, locales
3520 =head2 perlsec - Perl security
3528 =item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
3530 =item Switches On the "#!" Line
3532 =item Cleaning Up Your Path
3536 =item Protecting Your Programs
3540 =item Algorithmic Complexity Attacks
3548 =head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
3560 =item Package Constructors and Destructors
3566 =item Making your module threadsafe
3574 =head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
3578 =item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
3582 =item Pragmatic Modules
3584 assertions, assertions::activate, attributes, attrs, autouse, base, bigint,
3585 bignum, bigrat, blib, bytes, charnames, constant, diagnostics, encoding,
3586 fields, filetest, if, integer, less, lib, locale, open, ops, overload, re,
3587 sigtrap, sort, strict, subs, threads, threads::shared, utf8, vars, version,
3588 vmsish, warnings, warnings::register
3590 =item Standard Modules
3592 AnyDBM_File, Attribute::Handlers, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, B, B::Asmdata,
3593 B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Concise, B::Debug,
3594 B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj, B::Stash,
3595 B::Terse, B::Xref, Benchmark, ByteLoader, CGI, CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp,
3596 CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push, CGI::Switch, CGI::Util,
3597 CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, Carp::Heavy, Class::ISA,
3598 Class::Struct, Config, Cwd, DB, DB_File, Data::Dumper, Devel::DProf,
3599 Devel::PPPort, Devel::Peek, Devel::SelfStubber, Digest, Digest::MD5,
3600 DirHandle, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, Encode, Encode::Alias, Encode::Byte,
3601 Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CN, Encode::CN::HZ, Encode::Config,
3602 Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Encoder, Encode::Encoding, Encode::Guess,
3603 Encode::JP, Encode::JP::H2Z, Encode::JP::JIS7, Encode::KR,
3604 Encode::KR::2022_KR, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::PerlIO,
3605 Encode::Supported, Encode::Symbol, Encode::TW, Encode::Unicode,
3606 Encode::Unicode::UTF7, English, Env, Errno, Exporter, Exporter::Heavy,
3607 ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Command::MM, ExtUtils::Constant,
3608 ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install, ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist,
3609 ExtUtils::MM, ExtUtils::MM_Any, ExtUtils::MM_BeOS, ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin,
3610 ExtUtils::MM_DOS, ExtUtils::MM_MacOS, ExtUtils::MM_NW5, ExtUtils::MM_OS2,
3611 ExtUtils::MM_UWIN, ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::MM_VMS, ExtUtils::MM_Win32,
3612 ExtUtils::MM_Win95, ExtUtils::MY, ExtUtils::MakeMaker,
3613 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ, ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial,
3614 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes, ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish,
3615 ExtUtils::Manifest, ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists,
3616 ExtUtils::Packlist, ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, Fcntl, File::Basename,
3617 File::CheckTree, File::Compare, File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find,
3618 File::Glob, File::Path, File::Spec, File::Spec::Cygwin, File::Spec::Epoc,
3619 File::Spec::Functions, File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Unix,
3620 File::Spec::VMS, File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp, File::stat, FileCache,
3621 FileHandle, Filter::Simple, Filter::Util::Call, FindBin, GDBM_File,
3622 Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, Hash::Util, I18N::Collate, I18N::LangTags,
3623 I18N::LangTags::List, I18N::Langinfo, IO, IO::Dir, IO::File, IO::Handle,
3624 IO::Pipe, IO::Poll, IO::Seekable, IO::Select, IO::Socket, IO::Socket::INET,
3625 IO::Socket::UNIX, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, IPC::SysV, IPC::SysV::Msg,
3626 IPC::SysV::Semaphore, List::Util, Locale::Constants, Locale::Country,
3627 Locale::Currency, Locale::Language, Locale::Maketext,
3628 Locale::Maketext::TPJ13, Locale::Script, MIME::Base64,
3629 MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt,
3630 Math::BigInt::Calc, Math::BigInt::Scalar, Math::BigRat, Math::Complex,
3631 Math::Trig, Memoize, Memoize::AnyDBM_File, Memoize::Expire,
3632 Memoize::ExpireFile, Memoize::ExpireTest, Memoize::NDBM_File,
3633 Memoize::SDBM_File, Memoize::Storable, NDBM_File, NEXT, Net::Cmd,
3634 Net::Config, Net::Domain, Net::FTP, Net::NNTP, Net::Netrc, Net::POP3,
3635 Net::Ping, Net::SMTP, Net::Time, Net::hostent, Net::libnetFAQ, Net::netent,
3636 Net::protoent, Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, POSIX, PerlIO,
3637 PerlIO::encoding, PerlIO::scalar, PerlIO::via, PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint,
3638 Pod::Checker, Pod::Find, Pod::Functions, Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects,
3639 Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Man, Pod::ParseLink, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Parser,
3640 Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker, Pod::Perldoc::ToMan, Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff,
3641 Pod::Perldoc::ToPod, Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf, Pod::Perldoc::ToText,
3642 Pod::Perldoc::ToTk, Pod::Perldoc::ToXml, Pod::PlainText, Pod::Plainer,
3643 Pod::Select, Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color, Pod::Text::Overstrike,
3644 Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Usage, SDBM_File, Safe, Scalar::Util,
3645 Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell, Socket, Storable, Switch,
3646 Symbol, Sys::Hostname, Sys::Syslog, Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap,
3647 Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test, Test::Builder, Test::Harness,
3648 Test::Harness::Assert, Test::Harness::Iterator, Test::Harness::Straps,
3649 Test::More, Test::Simple, Test::Tutorial, Text::Abbrev, Text::Balanced,
3650 Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs, Text::Wrap, Thread,
3651 Thread::Queue, Thread::Semaphore, Thread::Signal, Thread::Specific,
3652 Tie::Array, Tie::File, Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::Memoize, Tie::RefHash,
3653 Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, Time::HiRes, Time::Local, Time::gmtime,
3654 Time::localtime, Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize,
3655 Unicode::UCD, User::grent, User::pwent, Win32, XS::APItest, XS::Typemap,
3658 =item Extension Modules
3672 China, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Russian Federation, Saudi
3673 Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand
3675 =item Central America
3681 Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
3682 Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
3683 Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
3684 Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
3685 Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
3689 Canada, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Mexico, United States,
3690 Alabama, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,
3691 Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York,
3692 North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
3693 Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin
3697 Australia, New Zealand, United States
3701 Argentina, Brazil, Chile
3707 =item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
3711 =item Guidelines for Module Creation
3713 =item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
3715 =item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
3723 =head2 perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide
3729 =item QUICK CHECKLIST
3733 =item Before you start
3741 =item Release considerations
3745 =item BEFORE YOU START WRITING A MODULE
3749 =item Has it been done before?
3751 =item Do one thing and do it well
3753 =item What's in a name?
3757 =item DESIGNING AND WRITING YOUR MODULE
3761 =item To OO or not to OO?
3763 =item Designing your API
3765 Write simple routines to do simple things, Separate functionality from
3766 output, Provide sensible shortcuts and defaults, Naming conventions,
3769 =item Strictness and warnings
3771 =item Backwards compatibility
3773 =item Error handling and messages
3777 =item DOCUMENTING YOUR MODULE
3783 =item README, INSTALL, release notes, changelogs
3785 perl Makefile.PL, make, make test, make install, perl Build.PL, perl Build,
3786 perl Build test, perl Build install
3790 =item RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS
3794 =item Version numbering
3796 =item Pre-requisites
3806 =item COMMON PITFALLS
3810 =item Reinventing the wheel
3812 =item Trying to do too much
3814 =item Inappropriate documentation
3820 L<perlstyle>, L<perlnewmod>, L<perlpod>, L<podchecker>, Packaging Tools,
3821 Testing tools, http://pause.perl.org/, Any good book on software
3828 =head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
3838 B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
3839 module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
3853 =head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
3863 =item What should I make into a module?
3865 =item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground
3867 Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again
3869 =item Step-by-step: Making the module
3871 Start with F<h2xs>, Use L<strict|strict> and L<warnings|warnings>, Use
3872 L<Carp|Carp>, Use L<Exporter|Exporter> - wisely!, Use L<plain old
3873 documentation|perlpod>, Write tests, Write the README
3875 =item Step-by-step: Distributing your module
3877 Get a CPAN user ID, C<perl Makefile.PL; make test; make dist>, Upload the
3878 tarball, Announce to the modules list, Announce to clpa, Fix bugs!
3888 =head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
3898 L<perldoc|perldoc>, L<pod2man|pod2man> and L<pod2text|pod2text>,
3899 L<pod2html|pod2html> and L<pod2latex|pod2latex>, L<pod2usage|pod2usage>,
3900 L<podselect|podselect>, L<podchecker|podchecker>, L<splain|splain>,
3901 L<roffitall|roffitall>
3905 L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
3907 =item Administration
3909 L<libnetcfg|libnetcfg>
3913 L<perlbug|perlbug>, L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph> and L<pstruct|pstruct>,
3914 L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>, L<perlcc|perlcc>
3922 =head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
3932 B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
3936 =item Using The Back Ends
3940 =item The Cross Referencing Back End
3944 =item The Decompiling Back End
3946 =item The Lint Back End
3948 =item The Simple C Back End
3950 =item The Bytecode Back End
3952 =item The Optimized C Back End
3956 =item Module List for the Compiler Suite
3958 B, O, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC,
3959 B::Concise, B::Debug, B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex,
3960 B::Stackobj, B::Stash, B::Terse, B::Xref
3962 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
3968 =head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
3978 =item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
3980 =item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
3982 B<Decryption Filters>
3984 =item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
3986 =item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
3988 =item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
3992 =item THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR
3994 Some Filters Clobber the C<DATA> Handle
4004 =head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
4014 B<Use C from Perl?>, B<Use a Unix program from Perl?>, B<Use Perl from
4015 Perl?>, B<Use C from C?>, B<Use Perl from C?>
4019 =item Compiling your C program
4021 =item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
4023 =item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
4025 =item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
4027 =item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
4029 =item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
4031 =item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
4033 =item Execution of END blocks
4035 =item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
4037 =item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
4042 =item Embedding Perl under Win32
4054 =head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
4060 =item Debugger Internals
4064 =item Writing Your Own Debugger
4068 =item Frame Listing Output Examples
4070 =item Debugging regular expressions
4074 =item Compile-time output
4076 C<anchored> I<STRING> C<at> I<POS>, C<floating> I<STRING> C<at>
4077 I<POS1..POS2>, C<matching floating/anchored>, C<minlen>, C<stclass>
4078 I<TYPE>, C<noscan>, C<isall>, C<GPOS>, C<plus>, C<implicit>, C<with eval>,
4081 =item Types of nodes
4083 =item Run-time output
4087 =item Debugging Perl memory usage
4091 =item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
4093 C<buckets SMALLEST(APPROX)..GREATEST(APPROX)>, Free/Used, C<Total sbrk():
4094 SBRKed/SBRKs:CONTINUOUS>, C<pad: 0>, C<heads: 2192>, C<chain: 0>, C<tail:
4097 =item Example of using B<-DL> switch
4099 C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
4101 =item B<-DL> details
4105 =item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
4113 =head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
4125 =item Version caveat
4127 =item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
4139 =item What has gone on?
4141 =item Writing good test scripts
4145 =item What's new here?
4147 =item Input and Output Parameters
4149 =item The XSUBPP Program
4151 =item The TYPEMAP file
4153 =item Warning about Output Arguments
4157 =item What has happened here?
4159 =item Anatomy of .xs file
4161 =item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
4163 =item More about XSUB arguments
4165 =item The Argument Stack
4167 =item Extending your Extension
4169 =item Documenting your Extension
4171 =item Installing your Extension
4175 =item New Things in this Example
4179 =item New Things in this Example
4181 =item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
4183 =item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
4185 =item EXAMPLE 9 Passing open files to XSes
4187 =item Troubleshooting these Examples
4203 =head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
4215 =item The Anatomy of an XSUB
4217 =item The Argument Stack
4219 =item The RETVAL Variable
4221 =item The MODULE Keyword
4223 =item The PACKAGE Keyword
4225 =item The PREFIX Keyword
4227 =item The OUTPUT: Keyword
4229 =item The NO_OUTPUT Keyword
4231 =item The CODE: Keyword
4233 =item The INIT: Keyword
4235 =item The NO_INIT Keyword
4237 =item Initializing Function Parameters
4239 =item Default Parameter Values
4241 =item The PREINIT: Keyword
4243 =item The SCOPE: Keyword
4245 =item The INPUT: Keyword
4247 =item The IN/OUTLIST/IN_OUTLIST/OUT/IN_OUT Keywords
4249 =item The C<length(NAME)> Keyword
4251 =item Variable-length Parameter Lists
4253 =item The C_ARGS: Keyword
4255 =item The PPCODE: Keyword
4257 =item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
4259 =item The REQUIRE: Keyword
4261 =item The CLEANUP: Keyword
4263 =item The POSTCALL: Keyword
4265 =item The BOOT: Keyword
4267 =item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
4269 =item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
4271 =item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
4273 =item The ALIAS: Keyword
4275 =item The OVERLOAD: Keyword
4277 =item The FALLBACK: Keyword
4279 =item The INTERFACE: Keyword
4281 =item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
4283 =item The INCLUDE: Keyword
4285 =item The CASE: Keyword
4287 =item The & Unary Operator
4289 =item Inserting POD, Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
4291 =item Using XS With C++
4293 =item Interface Strategy
4295 =item Perl Objects And C Structures
4299 =item Safely Storing Static Data in XS
4301 MY_CXT_KEY, typedef my_cxt_t, START_MY_CXT, MY_CXT_INIT, dMY_CXT, MY_CXT
4313 =head2 perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions
4323 C<t>, C<p>, C<n>, C<s>
4325 =item File Operations
4327 =item File Input and Output
4329 =item File Positioning
4331 =item Memory Management and String Handling
4333 =item Character Class Tests
4335 =item F<stdlib.h> functions
4337 =item Miscellaneous functions
4345 =head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
4357 =item What is an "IV"?
4359 =item Working with SVs
4363 =item What's Really Stored in an SV?
4365 =item Working with AVs
4367 =item Working with HVs
4369 =item Hash API Extensions
4371 =item AVs, HVs and undefined values
4375 =item Blessed References and Class Objects
4377 =item Creating New Variables
4379 GV_ADDMULTI, GV_ADDWARN
4381 =item Reference Counts and Mortality
4383 =item Stashes and Globs
4385 =item Double-Typed SVs
4387 =item Magic Variables
4389 =item Assigning Magic
4391 =item Magic Virtual Tables
4395 =item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
4397 =item Localizing changes
4399 C<SAVEINT(int i)>, C<SAVEIV(IV i)>, C<SAVEI32(I32 i)>, C<SAVELONG(long i)>,
4400 C<SAVESPTR(s)>, C<SAVEPPTR(p)>, C<SAVEFREESV(SV *sv)>, C<SAVEMORTALIZESV(SV
4401 *sv)>, C<SAVEFREEOP(OP *op)>, C<SAVEFREEPV(p)>, C<SAVECLEARSV(SV *sv)>,
4402 C<SAVEDELETE(HV *hv, char *key, I32 length)>,
4403 C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR(DESTRUCTORFUNC_NOCONTEXT_t f, void *p)>,
4404 C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR_X(DESTRUCTORFUNC_t f, void *p)>, C<SAVESTACK_POS()>, C<SV*
4405 save_scalar(GV *gv)>, C<AV* save_ary(GV *gv)>, C<HV* save_hash(GV *gv)>,
4406 C<void save_item(SV *item)>, C<void save_list(SV **sarg, I32 maxsarg)>,
4407 C<SV* save_svref(SV **sptr)>, C<void save_aptr(AV **aptr)>, C<void
4408 save_hptr(HV **hptr)>
4416 =item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
4418 =item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
4420 =item Memory Allocation
4424 =item Putting a C value on Perl stack
4428 =item Scratchpads and recursion
4438 =item Examining the tree
4440 =item Compile pass 1: check routines
4442 =item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
4444 =item Compile pass 2: context propagation
4446 =item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
4448 =item Pluggable runops
4452 =item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions
4454 =item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
4458 =item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
4460 =item So what happened to dTHR?
4462 =item How do I use all this in extensions?
4464 =item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads?
4466 =item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
4470 =item Internal Functions
4472 A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, j, x
4476 =item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs
4478 =item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer
4480 =item Source Documentation
4484 =item Unicode Support
4488 =item What B<is> Unicode, anyway?
4490 =item How can I recognise a UTF-8 string?
4492 =item How does UTF-8 represent Unicode characters?
4494 =item How does Perl store UTF-8 strings?
4496 =item How do I convert a string to UTF-8?
4498 =item Is there anything else I need to know?
4502 =item Custom Operators
4510 =head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
4516 An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
4518 =item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
4520 call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
4540 =item Determining the Context
4544 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
4550 =item No Parameters, Nothing returned
4552 =item Passing Parameters
4554 =item Returning a Scalar
4556 =item Returning a list of values
4558 =item Returning a list in a scalar context
4560 =item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
4564 =item Using G_KEEPERR
4568 =item Using call_argv
4570 =item Using call_method
4574 =item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
4576 =item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
4578 1. Ignore the problem - Allow only 1 callback, 2. Create a sequence of
4579 callbacks - hard wired limit, 3. Use a parameter to map to the Perl
4582 =item Alternate Stack Manipulation
4584 =item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
4596 =head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
4602 =item "Gimme" Values
4604 GIMME, GIMME_V, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID
4606 =item Array Manipulation Functions
4608 AvFILL, av_clear, av_delete, av_exists, av_extend, av_fetch, av_fill,
4609 av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push, av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift,
4610 get_av, newAV, Nullav, sortsv
4612 =item Callback Functions
4614 call_argv, call_method, call_pv, call_sv, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv,
4615 FREETMPS, LEAVE, SAVETMPS
4617 =item Character classes
4619 isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, toLOWER, toUPPER
4621 =item Cloning an interpreter
4625 =item CV Manipulation Functions
4627 CvSTASH, get_cv, Nullcv
4629 =item Embedding Functions
4631 cv_undef, load_module, nothreadhook, perl_alloc, perl_construct,
4632 perl_destruct, perl_free, perl_parse, perl_run, require_pv
4634 =item Functions in file pp_pack.c
4636 packlist, pack_cat, unpackstring, unpack_str
4638 =item Global Variables
4640 PL_modglobal, PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes
4644 GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_fetchmethod_autoload,
4645 gv_fetchmeth_autoload, gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv
4649 HEf_SVKEY, Nullch, Nullsv
4651 =item Hash Manipulation Functions
4653 get_hv, HeHASH, HeKEY, HeKLEN, HePV, HeSVKEY, HeSVKEY_force, HeSVKEY_set,
4654 HeVAL, HvNAME, hv_clear, hv_delete, hv_delete_ent, hv_exists,
4655 hv_exists_ent, hv_fetch, hv_fetch_ent, hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey,
4656 hv_iterkeysv, hv_iternext, hv_iternextsv, hv_iternext_flags, hv_iterval,
4657 hv_magic, hv_store, hv_store_ent, hv_undef, newHV, Nullhv
4659 =item Magical Functions
4661 mg_clear, mg_copy, mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, mg_length, mg_magical, mg_set,
4662 SvGETMAGIC, SvLOCK, SvSETMAGIC, SvSetMagicSV, SvSetMagicSV_nosteal,
4663 SvSetSV, SvSetSV_nosteal, SvSHARE
4665 =item Memory Management
4667 Copy, Move, New, Newc, NEWSV, Newz, Poison, Renew, Renewc, Safefree,
4668 savepv, savepvn, savesharedpv, StructCopy, Zero
4670 =item Miscellaneous Functions
4672 fbm_compile, fbm_instr, form, getcwd_sv, new_version, scan_version, strEQ,
4673 strGE, strGT, strLE, strLT, strNE, strnEQ, strnNE, sv_nolocking,
4674 sv_nosharing, sv_nounlocking, upg_version, vcmp, vnumify, vstringify
4676 =item Numeric functions
4678 grok_bin, grok_hex, grok_number, grok_numeric_radix, grok_oct, scan_bin,
4681 =item Optree Manipulation Functions
4683 cv_const_sv, newCONSTSUB, newXS
4685 =item Pad Data Structures
4689 =item Stack Manipulation Macros
4691 dMARK, dORIGMARK, dSP, EXTEND, MARK, ORIGMARK, POPi, POPl, POPn, POPp,
4692 POPpbytex, POPpx, POPs, PUSHi, PUSHMARK, PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUSHu,
4693 PUTBACK, SP, SPAGAIN, XPUSHi, XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs, XPUSHu, XSRETURN,
4694 XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV, XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF,
4695 XSRETURN_UV, XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNO, XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF,
4700 svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG
4702 =item SV Manipulation Functions
4704 get_sv, looks_like_number, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, newSV, newSViv, newSVnv,
4705 newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVpvn_share, newSVrv, newSVsv, newSVuv,
4706 SvCUR, SvCUR_set, SvEND, SvGROW, SvIOK, SvIOKp, SvIOK_notUV, SvIOK_off,
4707 SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only, SvIOK_only_UV, SvIOK_UV, SvIsCOW,
4708 SvIsCOW_shared_hash, SvIV, SvIVX, SvIVx, SvLEN, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp,
4709 SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, SvNOKp, SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVx,
4710 SvNVX, SvOK, SvOOK, SvPOK, SvPOKp, SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only,
4711 SvPOK_only_UTF8, SvPV, SvPVbyte, SvPVbytex, SvPVbytex_force,
4712 SvPVbyte_force, SvPVbyte_nolen, SvPVutf8, SvPVutf8x, SvPVutf8x_force,
4713 SvPVutf8_force, SvPVutf8_nolen, SvPVX, SvPVx, SvPV_force, SvPV_force_nomg,
4714 SvPV_nolen, SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK, SvROK_off,
4715 SvROK_on, SvRV, SvSTASH, SvTAINT, SvTAINTED, SvTAINTED_off, SvTAINTED_on,
4716 SvTRUE, SvTYPE, SvUNLOCK, SvUOK, SvUPGRADE, SvUTF8, SvUTF8_off, SvUTF8_on,
4717 SvUV, SvUVX, SvUVx, SvVOK, sv_2bool, sv_2cv, sv_2io, sv_2iv, sv_2mortal,
4718 sv_2nv, sv_2pvbyte, sv_2pvbyte_nolen, sv_2pvutf8, sv_2pvutf8_nolen,
4719 sv_2pv_flags, sv_2pv_nolen, sv_2uv, sv_backoff, sv_bless, sv_catpv,
4720 sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg, sv_catpvn, sv_catpvn_flags, sv_catpvn_mg,
4721 sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv, sv_catsv_flags, sv_catsv_mg, sv_chop, sv_clear,
4722 sv_cmp, sv_cmp_locale, sv_collxfrm, sv_copypv, sv_dec, sv_derived_from,
4723 sv_eq, sv_force_normal, sv_force_normal_flags, sv_free, sv_gets, sv_grow,
4724 sv_inc, sv_insert, sv_isa, sv_isobject, sv_iv, sv_len, sv_len_utf8,
4725 sv_magic, sv_magicext, sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, sv_newref, sv_nv,
4726 sv_pos_b2u, sv_pos_u2b, sv_pv, sv_pvbyte, sv_pvbyten, sv_pvbyten_force,
4727 sv_pvn, sv_pvn_force, sv_pvn_force_flags, sv_pvutf8, sv_pvutf8n,
4728 sv_pvutf8n_force, sv_reftype, sv_replace, sv_report_used, sv_reset,
4729 sv_rvweaken, sv_setiv, sv_setiv_mg, sv_setnv, sv_setnv_mg, sv_setpv,
4730 sv_setpvf, sv_setpvf_mg, sv_setpviv, sv_setpviv_mg, sv_setpvn,
4731 sv_setpvn_mg, sv_setpv_mg, sv_setref_iv, sv_setref_nv, sv_setref_pv,
4732 sv_setref_pvn, sv_setref_uv, sv_setsv, sv_setsv_flags, sv_setsv_mg,
4733 sv_setuv, sv_setuv_mg, sv_taint, sv_tainted, sv_true, sv_unmagic, sv_unref,
4734 sv_unref_flags, sv_untaint, sv_upgrade, sv_usepvn, sv_usepvn_mg,
4735 sv_utf8_decode, sv_utf8_downgrade, sv_utf8_encode, sv_utf8_upgrade,
4736 sv_utf8_upgrade_flags, sv_uv, sv_vcatpvfn, sv_vsetpvfn
4738 =item Unicode Support
4740 bytes_from_utf8, bytes_to_utf8, ibcmp_utf8, is_utf8_char, is_utf8_string,
4741 is_utf8_string_loc, pv_uni_display, sv_cat_decode, sv_recode_to_utf8,
4742 sv_uni_display, to_utf8_case, to_utf8_fold, to_utf8_lower, to_utf8_title,
4743 to_utf8_upper, utf8n_to_uvchr, utf8n_to_uvuni, utf8_distance, utf8_hop,
4744 utf8_length, utf8_to_bytes, utf8_to_uvchr, utf8_to_uvuni, uvchr_to_utf8,
4747 =item Variables created by C<xsubpp> and C<xsubpp> internal functions
4749 ax, CLASS, dAX, dITEMS, dXSARGS, dXSI32, items, ix, newXSproto, RETVAL, ST,
4750 THIS, XS, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK
4752 =item Warning and Dieing
4762 =head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
4769 =item CV reference counts and CvOUTSIDE
4773 =item Functions in file pad.h
4775 CX_CURPAD_SAVE, CX_CURPAD_SV, PAD_BASE_SV, PAD_CLONE_VARS,
4776 PAD_COMPNAME_FLAGS, PAD_COMPNAME_GEN, PAD_COMPNAME_OURSTASH,
4777 PAD_COMPNAME_PV, PAD_COMPNAME_TYPE, PAD_DUP, PAD_RESTORE_LOCAL,
4778 PAD_SAVE_LOCAL, PAD_SAVE_SETNULLPAD, PAD_SETSV, PAD_SET_CUR, PAD_SV,
4779 PAD_SVl, SAVECLEARSV, SAVECOMPPAD, SAVEPADSV
4781 =item Functions in file pp_ctl.c
4785 =item Global Variables
4787 PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv,
4798 =item Pad Data Structures
4800 CvPADLIST, cv_clone, cv_dump, do_dump_pad, intro_my, pad_add_anon,
4801 pad_add_name, pad_alloc, pad_block_start, pad_check_dup, pad_findlex,
4802 pad_findmy, pad_fixup_inner_anons, pad_free, pad_leavemy, pad_new,
4803 pad_push, pad_reset, pad_setsv, pad_swipe, pad_tidy, pad_undef
4805 =item Stack Manipulation Macros
4809 =item SV Manipulation Functions
4811 report_uninit, sv_add_arena, sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs, sv_free_arenas
4819 =head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
4829 =item History and Background
4831 =item Basic Structure
4833 =item Layers vs Disciplines
4835 =item Data Structures
4837 =item Functions and Attributes
4839 =item Per-instance Data
4841 =item Layers in action.
4843 =item Per-instance flag bits
4845 PERLIO_F_EOF, PERLIO_F_CANWRITE, PERLIO_F_CANREAD, PERLIO_F_ERROR,
4846 PERLIO_F_TRUNCATE, PERLIO_F_APPEND, PERLIO_F_CRLF, PERLIO_F_UTF8,
4847 PERLIO_F_UNBUF, PERLIO_F_WRBUF, PERLIO_F_RDBUF, PERLIO_F_LINEBUF,
4848 PERLIO_F_TEMP, PERLIO_F_OPEN, PERLIO_F_FASTGETS
4850 =item Methods in Detail
4852 fsize, name, size, kind, PERLIO_K_BUFFERED, PERLIO_K_RAW, PERLIO_K_CANCRLF,
4853 PERLIO_K_FASTGETS, PERLIO_K_MULTIARG, Pushed, Popped, Open, Binmode,
4854 Getarg, Fileno, Dup, Read, Write, Seek, Tell, Close, Flush, Fill, Eof,
4855 Error, Clearerr, Setlinebuf, Get_base, Get_bufsiz, Get_ptr, Get_cnt,
4858 =item Implementing PerlIO Layers
4860 C implementations, Perl implementations
4864 "unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8"
4866 =item Extension Layers
4868 ":encoding", ":scalar", ":via"
4876 =head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
4884 1. USE_STDIO, 2. USE_SFIO, 3. USE_PERLIO, B<PerlIO_stdin()>,
4885 B<PerlIO_stdout()>, B<PerlIO_stderr()>, B<PerlIO_open(path, mode)>,
4886 B<PerlIO_fdopen(fd,mode)>, B<PerlIO_reopen(path,mode,f)>,
4887 B<PerlIO_printf(f,fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_vprintf(f,fmt,a)>,
4888 B<PerlIO_stdoutf(fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_read(f,buf,count)>,
4889 B<PerlIO_write(f,buf,count)>, B<PerlIO_close(f)>, B<PerlIO_puts(f,s)>,
4890 B<PerlIO_putc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_ungetc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_getc(f)>,
4891 B<PerlIO_eof(f)>, B<PerlIO_error(f)>, B<PerlIO_fileno(f)>,
4892 B<PerlIO_clearerr(f)>, B<PerlIO_flush(f)>, B<PerlIO_seek(f,offset,whence)>,
4893 B<PerlIO_tell(f)>, B<PerlIO_getpos(f,p)>, B<PerlIO_setpos(f,p)>,
4894 B<PerlIO_rewind(f)>, B<PerlIO_tmpfile()>, B<PerlIO_setlinebuf(f)>
4898 =item Co-existence with stdio
4900 B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,mode)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,mode)>,
4901 B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>, B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>
4903 =item "Fast gets" Functions
4905 B<PerlIO_fast_gets(f)>, B<PerlIO_has_cntptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_cnt(f)>,
4906 B<PerlIO_get_ptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_set_ptrcnt(f,p,c)>, B<PerlIO_canset_cnt(f)>,
4907 B<PerlIO_set_cnt(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_has_base(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_base(f)>,
4908 B<PerlIO_get_bufsiz(f)>
4910 =item Other Functions
4912 PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers),
4913 'E<lt>' read, 'E<gt>' write, '+' read/write, PerlIO_debug(fmt,...)
4919 =head2 perlhack - How to hack at the Perl internals
4925 Does concept match the general goals of Perl?, Where is the
4926 implementation?, Backwards compatibility, Could it be a module instead?, Is
4927 the feature generic enough?, Does it potentially introduce new bugs?, Does
4928 it preclude other desirable features?, Is the implementation robust?, Is
4929 the implementation generic enough to be portable?, Is the implementation
4930 tested?, Is there enough documentation?, Is there another way to do it?,
4931 Does it create too much work?, Patches speak louder than words
4935 =item Keeping in sync
4937 rsync'ing the source tree, Using rsync over the LAN, Using pushing over the
4938 NFS, rsync'ing the patches
4940 =item Why rsync the source tree
4942 It's easier to rsync the source tree, It's more reliable
4944 =item Why rsync the patches
4946 It's easier to rsync the patches, It's a good reference, Finding a start
4947 point, Finding how to fix a bug, Finding the source of misbehaviour
4949 =item Perlbug administration
4951 =item Submitting patches
4953 L<perlguts>, L<perlxstut> and L<perlxs>, L<perlapi>,
4954 F<Porting/pumpkin.pod>, The perl5-porters FAQ
4956 =item Finding Your Way Around
4958 Core modules, Tests, Documentation, Configure, Interpreter
4960 =item Elements of the interpreter
4962 Startup, Parsing, Optimization, Running
4964 =item Internal Variable Types
4970 Argument stack, Mark stack, Save stack
4972 =item Millions of Macros
4974 =item The .i Targets
4976 =item Poking at Perl
4978 =item Using a source-level debugger
4980 run [args], break function_name, break source.c:xxx, step, next, continue,
4981 finish, 'enter', print
4983 =item gdb macro support
4985 =item Dumping Perl Data Structures
4989 =item Patching a core module
4991 =item Adding a new function to the core
4993 =item Writing a test
4995 F<t/base/>, F<t/cmd/>, F<t/comp/>, F<t/io/>, F<t/lib/>, F<t/op/>,
4996 F<t/pod/>, F<t/run/>, F<t/uni/>, F<t/win32/>, F<t/x2p>, t/base t/comp,
4997 t/cmd t/run t/io t/op, t/lib ext lib
4999 =item Special Make Test Targets
5001 coretest, test.deparse, minitest, test.valgrind check.valgrind
5002 utest.valgrind ucheck.valgrind, test.third check.third utest.third
5003 ucheck.third, test.torture torturetest, utest ucheck test.utf8 check.utf8,
5006 =item Running tests by hand
5008 PERL_CORE=1, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL=2, PERL, PERL_SKIP_TTY_TEST
5012 =item EXTERNAL TOOLS FOR DEBUGGING PERL
5016 =item Rational Software's Purify
5018 =item Purify on Unix
5020 -Accflags=-DPURIFY, -Doptimize='-g', -Uusemymalloc, -Dusemultiplicity
5024 DEFINES, USE_MULTI = define, #PERL_MALLOC = define, CFG = Debug
5028 =item Compaq's/Digital's/HP's Third Degree
5030 =item PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL
5034 =item Gprof Profiling
5036 -a, -b, -e routine, -f routine, -s, -z
5038 =item GCC gcov Profiling
5040 =item Pixie Profiling
5042 -h, -l, -p[rocedures], -h[eavy], -i[nvocations], -l[ines], -testcoverage,
5045 =item Miscellaneous tricks
5049 I<The Road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began.>
5057 =head2 perlbook - Perl book information
5065 =head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
5071 =item To do during 5.6.x
5075 =item Support for I/O disciplines
5077 =item Autoload bytes.pm
5079 =item Make "\u{XXXX}" et al work
5081 =item Create a char *sv_pvprintify(sv, STRLEN *lenp, UV flags)
5083 =item Overloadable regex assertions
5087 =item Work out exit/die semantics for threads
5089 =item Better support for nonpreemptive threading systems like GNU pth
5091 =item Typed lexicals for compiler
5093 =item Compiler workarounds for Win32
5095 =item AUTOLOADing in the compiler
5097 =item Fixing comppadlist when compiling
5099 =item Cleaning up exported namespace
5101 =item Complete signal handling
5103 =item Out-of-source builds
5105 =item POSIX realtime support
5107 =item UNIX98 support
5111 =item Long double conversion
5115 =item Arithmetic on non-Arabic numerals
5117 =item POSIX Unicode character classes
5119 =item Factoring out common suffices/prefices in regexps (trie optimization)
5121 =item Security audit shipped utilities
5123 =item Sort out the uid-setting mess
5125 =item Custom opcodes
5127 =item DLL Versioning
5129 =item Introduce @( and @)
5131 =item Floating point handling
5133 =item IV/UV preservation
5135 =item Replace pod2html with something using Pod::Parser
5137 =item Automate module testing on CPAN
5139 =item sendmsg and recvmsg
5141 =item Rewrite perlre documentation
5143 =item Convert example code to IO::Handle filehandles
5145 =item Document Win32 choices
5147 =item Check new modules
5149 =item Make roffitall find pods and libs itself
5153 =item To do at some point
5157 =item Remove regular expression recursion
5159 =item Memory leaks after failed eval
5161 =item bitfields in pack
5163 =item Cross compilation
5165 =item Perl preprocessor / macros
5167 =item Perl lexer in Perl
5169 =item Using POSIX calls internally
5171 =item -i rename file when changed
5173 =item All ARGV input should act like E<lt>E<gt>
5175 =item Support for rerunning debugger
5177 =item Test Suite for the Debugger
5179 =item my sub foo { }
5181 =item One-pass global destruction
5183 =item Rewrite regexp parser
5185 =item Cache recently used regexps
5187 =item Cross-compilation support
5189 =item Bit-shifting bitvectors
5191 =item debugger pragma
5193 =item use less pragma
5195 =item switch structures
5197 =item Cache eval tree
5201 =item Shrink opcode tables
5203 =item Optimize away @_
5205 =item Prototypes versus indirect objects
5209 =item Prototype method calls
5211 =item Return context prototype declarations
5215 =item Garbage collection
5219 =item Rewrite perldoc
5221 =item Install .3p manpages
5223 =item Unicode tutorial
5225 =item Update POSIX.pm for 1003.1-2
5227 =item Retargetable installation
5229 =item POSIX emulation on non-POSIX systems
5231 =item Rename Win32 headers
5233 =item Finish off lvalue functions
5235 =item Update sprintf documentation
5237 =item Use fchown/fchmod internally
5239 =item Make v-strings overloaded objects
5241 =item Allow restricted hash assignment
5243 =item Should overload be inheritable?
5247 =item Perform correctly when XSUBs call subroutines that exit via
5248 goto(LABEL) and friends
5256 =item ref() in list context
5258 =item Make tr/// return histogram of characters in list context
5260 =item Compile to real threaded code
5262 =item Structured types
5264 =item Modifiable $1 et al.
5266 =item Procedural interfaces for IO::*, etc.
5270 =item Attach/detach debugger from running program
5274 =item foreach(reverse ...)
5276 =item Constant function cache
5278 =item Approximate regular expression matching
5286 =item Update guts documentation
5288 =item Add more tests
5290 =item Update auxiliary tools
5292 =item Create debugging macros
5294 =item truncate to the people
5296 =item Unicode in Filenames
5300 =item Unicode in %ENV
5302 =item Recently done things
5306 =item Alternative RE syntax module
5308 =item Safe signal handling
5314 =item setitimer and getimiter
5316 =item Testing __DIE__ hook
5318 =item CPP equivalent in Perl
5320 =item Explicit switch statements
5328 =item perlcc to produce executable
5330 =item END blocks saved in compiled output
5332 =item Secure temporary file module
5334 =item Integrate Time::HiRes
5336 =item Turn Cwd into XS
5338 =item Mmap for input
5340 =item Byte to/from UTF-8 and UTF-8 to/from local conversion
5342 =item Add sockatmark support
5344 =item Mailing list archives
5348 =item Integrate MacPerl
5350 =item Web "nerve center" for Perl
5352 =item Regular expression tutorial
5354 =item Debugging Tutorial
5356 =item Integrate new modules
5358 =item Integrate profiler
5360 =item Y2K error detection
5362 =item Regular expression debugger
5366 =item "Dynamic" lexicals
5368 =item Cache precompiled modules
5372 =item Deprecated Wishes
5376 =item Loop control on do{}
5378 =item Lexically scoped typeglobs
5384 =item Generalised want()/caller())
5386 =item Named prototypes
5388 =item Built-in globbing
5390 =item Regression tests for suidperl
5392 =item Cached hash values
5394 =item Add compression modules
5396 =item Reorganise documentation into tutorials/references
5398 =item Remove distinction between functions and operators
5400 =item Make XS easier to use
5402 =item Make embedding easier to use
5406 =item my $Package::variable
5408 =item "or" tests defined, not truth
5410 =item "class"-based lexicals
5414 =item Lazy evaluation / tail recursion removal
5416 =item Make "use utf8" the default
5418 =item Unicode collation and normalization
5420 =item pack/unpack tutorial
5426 =head2 perldoc - Look up Perl documentation in Pod format.
5436 B<-h>, B<-v>, B<-t>, B<-u>, B<-m> I<module>, B<-l>, B<-F>, B<-f>
5437 I<perlfunc>, B<-q> I<perlfaq-search-regexp>, B<-T>, B<-d>
5438 I<destination-filename>, B<-o> I<output-formatname>, B<-M> I<module-name>,
5439 B<-w> I<option:value> or B<-w> I<option>, B<-X>,
5440 B<PageName|ModuleName|ProgramName>, B<-n> I<some-formatter>, B<-r>, B<-i>,
5451 =head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
5459 =item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
5471 =item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
5473 =item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
5477 =item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
5481 =head2 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.0
5487 =item Incompatible Changes
5491 =item The C<$*> variable has been removed
5495 =item Core Enhancements
5499 =item Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices
5503 =item Modules and Pragmata
5505 =item Utility Changes
5507 =item New Documentation
5509 =item Performance Enhancements
5511 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5513 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5515 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5517 =item Changed Internals
5521 =item Known Problems
5523 =item Platform Specific Problems
5525 =item Reporting Bugs
5531 =head2 perl58delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.8.0
5537 =item Highlights In 5.8.0
5539 =item Incompatible Changes
5543 =item Binary Incompatibility
5545 =item 64-bit platforms and malloc
5547 =item AIX Dynaloading
5549 =item Attributes for C<my> variables now handled at run-time
5551 =item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
5553 =item IEEE-format Floating Point Default on OpenVMS Alpha
5555 =item New Unicode Semantics (no more C<use utf8>, almost)
5557 =item New Unicode Properties
5559 =item REF(...) Instead Of SCALAR(...)
5561 =item pack/unpack D/F recycled
5563 =item glob() now returns filenames in alphabetical order
5569 =item Core Enhancements
5573 =item Unicode Overhaul
5575 =item PerlIO is Now The Default
5579 =item Restricted Hashes
5583 =item Understanding of Numbers
5585 =item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings [561]
5587 =item Miscellaneous Changes
5591 =item Modules and Pragmata
5595 =item New Modules and Pragmata
5597 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
5601 =item Utility Changes
5603 =item New Documentation
5605 =item Performance Enhancements
5607 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5611 =item Generic Improvements
5613 =item New Or Improved Platforms
5617 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5621 =item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
5625 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5627 =item Changed Internals
5629 =item Security Vulnerability Closed [561]
5633 =item Known Problems
5637 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Very Experimental
5639 =item Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken
5641 =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
5643 =item Modifying $_ Inside for(..)
5645 =item mod_perl 1.26 Doesn't Build With Threaded Perl
5647 =item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
5649 =item libwww-perl (LWP) fails base/date #51
5651 =item PDL failing some tests
5655 =item Self-tying Problems
5657 =item ext/threads/t/libc
5659 =item Failure of Thread (5.005-style) tests
5661 =item Timing problems
5663 =item Tied/Magical Array/Hash Elements Do Not Autovivify
5665 =item Unicode in package/class and subroutine names does not work
5669 =item Platform Specific Problems
5675 =item Alpha systems with old gccs fail several tests
5681 =item Cygwin "unable to remap"
5683 =item Cygwin ndbm tests fail on FAT
5685 =item DJGPP Failures
5687 =item FreeBSD built with ithreads coredumps reading large directories
5689 =item FreeBSD Failing locale Test 117 For ISO 8859-15 Locales
5691 =item IRIX fails ext/List/Util/t/shuffle.t or Digest::MD5
5693 =item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
5695 =item Linux with glibc 2.2.5 fails t/op/int subtest #6 with -Duse64bitint
5697 =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
5701 =item Mac OS X dyld undefined symbols
5703 =item OS/2 Test Failures
5705 =item op/sprintf tests 91, 129, and 130
5711 =item Solaris x86 Fails Tests With -Duse64bitint
5713 =item SUPER-UX (NEC SX)
5715 =item Term::ReadKey not working on Win32
5727 =item XML::Parser not working
5731 =item Unicode Support on EBCDIC Still Spotty
5733 =item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
5737 =item Reporting Bugs
5745 =head2 perl573delta - what's new for perl v5.7.3
5753 =item Reporting Bugs
5761 =head2 perl572delta - what's new for perl v5.7.2
5767 =item Security Vulnerability Closed
5769 =item Incompatible Changes
5773 =item 64-bit platforms and malloc
5775 =item AIX Dynaloading
5777 =item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
5779 =item Different Definition of the Unicode Character Classes \p{In...}
5785 =item Core Enhancements
5787 =item Modules and Pragmata
5791 =item New Modules and Distributions
5793 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
5797 =item Utility Changes
5799 =item New Documentation
5801 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5805 =item New Or Improved Platforms
5807 =item Generic Improvements
5811 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5815 =item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
5819 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5821 =item Source Code Enhancements
5825 =item MAGIC constants
5827 =item Better commented code
5829 =item Regex pre-/post-compilation items matched up
5837 =item Known Problems
5843 =item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
5845 =item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
5847 =item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12
5849 =item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured
5851 =item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
5853 =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
5857 =item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
5859 =item Failure of Thread tests
5869 =item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
5871 =item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
5873 =item Variable Attributes are not Currently Usable for Tieing
5875 =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
5877 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
5879 =item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental
5883 =item Reporting Bugs
5891 =head2 perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.1
5897 =item Security Vulnerability Closed
5899 =item Incompatible Changes
5901 =item Core Enhancements
5905 =item AUTOLOAD Is Now Lvaluable
5907 =item PerlIO is Now The Default
5909 =item Signals Are Now Safe
5913 =item Modules and Pragmata
5919 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
5923 =item Performance Enhancements
5925 =item Utility Changes
5927 =item New Documentation
5943 =item README.solaris
5947 =item Porting/repository.pod
5951 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5955 =item New Or Improved Platforms
5957 =item Generic Improvements
5959 d_cmsghdr, d_fcntl_can_lock, d_fsync, d_getitimer, d_getpagsz, d_msghdr_s,
5960 need_va_copy, d_readv, d_recvmsg, d_sendmsg, sig_size, d_sockatmark,
5961 d_strtoq, d_u32align, d_ualarm, d_usleep
5965 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5969 =item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
5973 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5975 =item Changed Internals
5979 =item Known Problems
5983 =item AIX vac 5.0.0.0 May Produce Buggy Code For Perl
5985 =item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
5987 =item lib/io_multihomed Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
5989 =item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
5993 =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
5995 =item sigaction test 13 in VMS
5997 =item sprintf tests 129 and 130
5999 =item Failure of Thread tests
6001 =item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
6003 =item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
6005 =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
6007 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
6011 =item Reporting Bugs
6019 =head2 perl570delta - what's new for perl v5.7.0
6025 =item Security Vulnerability Closed
6027 =item Incompatible Changes
6029 =item Core Enhancements
6031 =item Modules and Pragmata
6037 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
6041 =item Utility Changes
6043 =item New Documentation
6045 =item Performance Enhancements
6047 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
6051 =item Generic Improvements
6055 =item Selected Bug Fixes
6059 =item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
6063 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
6065 =item Changed Internals
6067 =item Known Problems
6071 =item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect
6073 =item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform
6075 =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
6077 =item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
6079 =item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
6081 =item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris
6083 =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
6085 =item Storable tests fail in some platforms
6087 =item Threads Are Still Experimental
6089 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
6093 =item Reporting Bugs
6101 =head2 perl561delta - what's new for perl v5.6.x
6107 =item Summary of changes between 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
6111 =item Security Issues
6113 =item Core bug fixes
6115 C<UNIVERSAL::isa()>, Memory leaks, Numeric conversions, qw(a\\b), caller(),
6116 Bugs in regular expressions, "slurp" mode, Autovivification of symbolic
6117 references to special variables, Lexical warnings, Spurious warnings and
6118 errors, glob(), Tainting, sort(), #line directives, Subroutine prototypes,
6119 map(), Debugger, PERL5OPT, chop(), Unicode support, 64-bit support,
6120 Compiler, Lvalue subroutines, IO::Socket, File::Find, xsubpp, C<no
6125 =item Configuration issues
6129 =item Bundled modules
6131 B::Concise, File::Temp, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Text::Overstrike, CGI, CPAN,
6132 Class::Struct, DB_File, Devel::Peek, File::Find, Getopt::Long, IO::Poll,
6133 IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::Complex, Net::Ping, Opcode, Pod::Parser,
6134 Pod::Text, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Tie::RefHash, Tie::SubstrHash
6136 =item Platform-specific improvements
6138 NCR MP-RAS, NonStop-UX
6142 =item Core Enhancements
6146 =item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
6148 =item Lexically scoped warning categories
6150 =item Unicode and UTF-8 support
6152 =item Support for interpolating named characters
6154 =item "our" declarations
6156 =item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
6158 =item Improved Perl version numbering system
6160 =item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
6162 =item File and directory handles can be autovivified
6164 =item open() with more than two arguments
6166 =item 64-bit support
6168 =item Large file support
6174 =item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
6176 =item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
6178 =item File globbing implemented internally
6180 =item Support for CHECK blocks
6182 =item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
6184 =item Better pseudo-random number generator
6186 =item Improved C<qw//> operator
6188 =item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
6190 =item pack() format 'Z' supported
6192 =item pack() format modifier '!' supported
6194 =item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
6196 =item Comments in pack() templates
6198 =item Weak references
6200 =item Binary numbers supported
6202 =item Lvalue subroutines
6204 =item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
6206 =item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
6208 =item exists() is supported on subroutine names
6210 =item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
6212 =item Pseudo-hashes work better
6214 =item Automatic flushing of output buffers
6216 =item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
6218 =item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
6220 =item eof() has the same old magic as <>
6222 =item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
6224 =item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
6226 =item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
6228 =item Improved diagnostics
6230 =item Diagnostics follow STDERR
6232 =item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
6234 =item syswrite() ease-of-use
6236 =item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
6238 =item Bit operators support full native integer width
6240 =item Improved security features
6242 =item More functional bareword prototype (*)
6244 =item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
6246 =item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
6248 =item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
6250 =item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
6252 =item Optional Y2K warnings
6254 =item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
6258 =item Modules and Pragmata
6264 attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
6265 DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
6266 Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
6267 File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
6268 Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
6269 podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
6270 pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
6271 Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
6277 =item Utility Changes
6291 =item The Perl Debugger
6295 =item Improved Documentation
6297 perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
6298 perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
6299 perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
6300 perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
6302 =item Performance enhancements
6306 =item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
6308 =item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
6310 =item Faster subroutine calls
6312 =item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
6316 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
6320 =item -Dusethreads means something different
6322 =item New Configure flags
6324 =item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
6330 =item -Duselargefiles
6332 =item installusrbinperl
6338 =item Enhanced Installation Directories
6340 =item gcc automatically tried if 'cc' does not seem to be working
6344 =item Platform specific changes
6348 =item Supported platforms
6352 =item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
6360 =item Significant bug fixes
6364 =item <HANDLE> on empty files
6366 =item C<eval '...'> improvements
6368 =item All compilation errors are true errors
6370 =item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
6372 =item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
6374 =item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
6376 =item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
6378 =item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
6380 =item Failures in DESTROY()
6382 =item Locale bugs fixed
6386 =item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
6388 =item Taint failures under C<-U>
6390 =item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
6392 =item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
6396 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
6398 "%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
6399 implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
6400 / cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
6401 by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
6402 \\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
6403 passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
6404 early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
6405 argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
6406 subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
6407 %s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
6408 substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
6409 Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
6410 size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
6411 filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
6412 Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
6413 Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
6414 remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
6415 weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
6416 syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
6417 constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
6418 defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
6419 "local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
6420 %s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
6421 output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
6422 explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
6423 Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
6424 |%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
6425 number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
6426 %s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
6427 separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
6428 subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
6429 returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
6430 %sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
6431 No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
6432 No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
6433 is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
6434 panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
6435 around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
6436 Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
6437 instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
6438 Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
6439 Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
6440 zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
6441 Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
6442 environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
6443 '%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
6444 escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
6445 list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
6446 subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
6447 CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
6451 =item Incompatible Changes
6455 =item Perl Source Incompatibilities
6457 CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
6458 Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
6459 C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
6460 generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
6461 read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
6462 Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
6463 values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
6464 Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
6465 Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
6466 prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
6467 on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
6469 =item C Source Incompatibilities
6471 C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
6473 =item Compatible C Source API Changes
6475 C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
6477 =item Binary Incompatibilities
6481 =item Known Problems
6485 =item Localizing a tied hash element may leak memory
6487 =item Known test failures
6489 =item EBCDIC platforms not fully supported
6491 =item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
6493 =item Arrow operator and arrays
6495 =item Experimental features
6497 Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
6498 pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
6499 globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
6503 =item Obsolete Diagnostics
6505 Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
6506 logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
6507 \@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
6508 to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
6510 =item Reporting Bugs
6518 =head2 perl56delta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
6524 =item Core Enhancements
6528 =item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
6530 =item Lexically scoped warning categories
6532 =item Unicode and UTF-8 support
6534 =item Support for interpolating named characters
6536 =item "our" declarations
6538 =item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
6540 =item Improved Perl version numbering system
6542 =item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
6544 =item File and directory handles can be autovivified
6546 =item open() with more than two arguments
6548 =item 64-bit support
6550 =item Large file support
6556 =item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
6558 =item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
6560 =item File globbing implemented internally
6562 =item Support for CHECK blocks
6564 =item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
6566 =item Better pseudo-random number generator
6568 =item Improved C<qw//> operator
6570 =item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
6572 =item pack() format 'Z' supported
6574 =item pack() format modifier '!' supported
6576 =item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
6578 =item Comments in pack() templates
6580 =item Weak references
6582 =item Binary numbers supported
6584 =item Lvalue subroutines
6586 =item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
6588 =item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
6590 =item exists() is supported on subroutine names
6592 =item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
6594 =item Pseudo-hashes work better
6596 =item Automatic flushing of output buffers
6598 =item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
6600 =item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
6602 =item eof() has the same old magic as <>
6604 =item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
6606 =item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
6608 =item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
6610 =item Improved diagnostics
6612 =item Diagnostics follow STDERR
6614 =item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
6616 =item syswrite() ease-of-use
6618 =item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
6620 =item Bit operators support full native integer width
6622 =item Improved security features
6624 =item More functional bareword prototype (*)
6626 =item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
6628 =item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
6630 =item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
6632 =item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
6634 =item Optional Y2K warnings
6636 =item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
6640 =item Modules and Pragmata
6646 attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
6647 DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
6648 Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
6649 File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
6650 Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
6651 podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
6652 pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
6653 Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
6659 =item Utility Changes
6673 =item The Perl Debugger
6677 =item Improved Documentation
6679 perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
6680 perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
6681 perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
6682 perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
6684 =item Performance enhancements
6688 =item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
6690 =item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
6692 =item Faster subroutine calls
6694 =item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
6698 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
6702 =item -Dusethreads means something different
6704 =item New Configure flags
6706 =item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
6712 =item -Duselargefiles
6714 =item installusrbinperl
6720 =item Enhanced Installation Directories
6724 =item Platform specific changes
6728 =item Supported platforms
6732 =item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
6740 =item Significant bug fixes
6744 =item <HANDLE> on empty files
6746 =item C<eval '...'> improvements
6748 =item All compilation errors are true errors
6750 =item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
6752 =item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
6754 =item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
6756 =item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
6758 =item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
6760 =item Failures in DESTROY()
6762 =item Locale bugs fixed
6766 =item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
6768 =item Taint failures under C<-U>
6770 =item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
6772 =item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
6776 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
6778 "%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
6779 implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
6780 / cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
6781 by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
6782 \\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
6783 passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
6784 early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
6785 argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
6786 subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
6787 %s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
6788 substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
6789 Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
6790 size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
6791 filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
6792 Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
6793 Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
6794 remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
6795 weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
6796 syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
6797 constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
6798 defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
6799 "local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
6800 %s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
6801 output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
6802 explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
6803 Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
6804 |%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
6805 number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
6806 %s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
6807 separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
6808 subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
6809 returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
6810 %sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
6811 No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
6812 No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
6813 is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
6814 panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
6815 around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
6816 Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
6817 instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
6818 Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
6819 Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
6820 zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
6821 Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
6822 environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
6823 '%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
6824 escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
6825 list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
6826 subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
6827 CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
6831 =item Incompatible Changes
6835 =item Perl Source Incompatibilities
6837 CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
6838 Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
6839 C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
6840 generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
6841 read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
6842 Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
6843 values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
6844 Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
6845 Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
6846 prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
6847 on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
6849 =item C Source Incompatibilities
6851 C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
6853 =item Compatible C Source API Changes
6855 C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
6857 =item Binary Incompatibilities
6861 =item Known Problems
6865 =item Thread test failures
6867 =item EBCDIC platforms not supported
6869 =item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
6871 =item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
6873 =item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
6876 =item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
6878 =item Arrow operator and arrays
6880 =item Experimental features
6882 Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
6883 pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
6884 globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
6888 =item Obsolete Diagnostics
6890 Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
6891 logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
6892 \@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
6893 to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
6895 =item Reporting Bugs
6903 =head2 perl5005delta - what's new for perl5.005
6909 =item About the new versioning system
6911 =item Incompatible Changes
6915 =item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004.
6917 =item Default installation structure has changed
6919 =item Perl Source Compatibility
6921 =item C Source Compatibility
6923 =item Binary Compatibility
6925 =item Security fixes may affect compatibility
6927 =item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004
6941 =item Regular Expressions
6943 Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression
6944 constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other
6945 improvements, Incompatible changes
6947 =item Improved malloc()
6949 =item Quicksort is internally implemented
6951 =item Reliable signals
6953 =item Reliable stack pointers
6955 =item More generous treatment of carriage returns
6959 =item Better support for multiple interpreters
6961 =item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined
6963 =item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L<Errno> module
6965 =item Pseudo-hashes are supported
6967 =item C<EXPR foreach EXPR> is supported
6969 =item Keywords can be globally overridden
6971 =item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32
6973 =item C<foreach (1..1000000)> optimized
6975 =item C<Foo::> can be used as implicitly quoted package name
6977 =item C<exists $Foo::{Bar::}> tests existence of a package
6979 =item Better locale support
6981 =item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms
6983 =item prototype() returns useful results on builtins
6985 =item Extended support for exception handling
6987 =item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods
6989 =item All C<printf> format conversions are handled internally
6991 =item New C<INIT> keyword
6993 =item New C<lock> keyword
6995 =item New C<qr//> operator
6997 =item C<our> is now a reserved word
6999 =item Tied arrays are now fully supported
7001 =item Tied handles support is better
7003 =item 4th argument to substr
7005 =item Negative LENGTH argument to splice
7007 =item Magic lvalues are now more magical
7009 =item <> now reads in records
7013 =item Supported Platforms
7019 =item Changes in existing support
7023 =item Modules and Pragmata
7029 B, Data::Dumper, Dumpvalue, Errno, File::Spec, ExtUtils::Installed,
7030 ExtUtils::Packlist, Fatal, IPC::SysV, Test, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle,
7031 Thread, attrs, fields, re
7033 =item Changes in existing modules
7035 Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File,
7036 MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd
7040 =item Utility Changes
7042 =item Documentation Changes
7044 =item New Diagnostics
7046 Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or use &, Bad index
7047 while coercing array into hash, Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent
7048 package, Can't call method "%s" on an undefined value, Can't check
7049 filesystem of script "%s" for nosuid, Can't coerce array into hash, Can't
7050 goto subroutine from an eval-string, Can't localize pseudo-hash element,
7051 Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available, Cannot find an opnumber
7052 for "%s", Character class syntax [. .] is reserved for future extensions,
7053 Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Character
7054 class syntax [= =] is reserved for future extensions, %s: Eval-group in
7055 insecure regular expression, %s: Eval-group not allowed, use re 'eval', %s:
7056 Eval-group not allowed at run time, Explicit blessing to '' (assuming
7057 package main), Illegal hex digit ignored, No such array field, No such
7058 field "%s" in variable %s of type %s, Out of memory during ridiculously
7059 large request, Range iterator outside integer range, Recursive inheritance
7060 detected while looking for method '%s' %s, Reference found where even-sized
7061 list expected, Undefined value assigned to typeglob, Use of reserved word
7062 "%s" is deprecated, perl: warning: Setting locale failed
7064 =item Obsolete Diagnostics
7066 Can't mktemp(), Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s, Cannot open
7067 temporary file, regexp too big
7069 =item Configuration Changes
7079 =head2 perl5004delta - what's new for perl5.004
7085 =item Supported Environments
7091 =item List assignment to %ENV works
7093 =item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error
7095 =item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003
7097 =item $PERL5OPT environment variable
7099 =item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options
7101 =item More precise warnings
7103 =item Deprecated: Inherited C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods
7105 =item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable
7107 =item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
7109 =item Group vector changeable with C<$)>
7111 =item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
7113 =item Fixed localization of $<digit>, $&, etc.
7115 =item No resetting of $. on implicit close
7117 =item C<wantarray> may return undef
7119 =item C<eval EXPR> determines value of EXPR in scalar context
7121 =item Changes to tainting checks
7123 No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No
7124 spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name
7126 =item New Opcode module and revised Safe module
7128 =item Embedding improvements
7130 =item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes
7132 =item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface
7134 =item New and changed syntax
7138 =item New and changed builtin constants
7142 =item New and changed builtin variables
7146 =item New and changed builtin functions
7148 delete on slices, flock, printf and sprintf, keys as an lvalue, my() in
7149 Control Structures, pack() and unpack(), sysseek(), use VERSION, use Module
7150 VERSION LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), srand, $_ as Default, C<m//gc> does not
7151 reset search position on failure, C<m//x> ignores whitespace before ?*+{},
7152 nested C<sub{}> closures work now, formats work right on changing lexicals
7154 =item New builtin methods
7156 isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
7158 =item TIEHANDLE now supported
7160 TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this
7161 LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this
7163 =item Malloc enhancements
7165 -DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
7167 =item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements
7171 =item Support for More Operating Systems
7187 use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3), use blib, use blib 'dir', use
7188 constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish
7194 =item Required Updates
7196 =item Installation directories
7198 =item Module information summary
7212 =item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators
7216 =item Utility Changes
7222 Sends converted HTML to standard output
7226 C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
7230 =item C Language API Changes
7232 C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, C<perl_eval_pv>, Extended API for
7235 =item Documentation Changes
7237 L<perldelta>, L<perlfaq>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>,
7238 L<perlmodlib>, L<perldebug>, L<perlsec>
7240 =item New Diagnostics
7242 "my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope, %s argument is
7243 not a HASH element or slice, Allocation too large: %lx, Allocation too
7244 large, Applying %s to %s will act on scalar(%s), Attempt to free
7245 nonexistent shared string, Attempt to use reference as lvalue in substr,
7246 Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package, Can't redefine active sort
7247 subroutine %s, Can't use bareword ("%s") as %s ref while "strict refs" in
7248 use, Cannot resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Constant
7249 subroutine %s redefined, Constant subroutine %s undefined, Copy method did
7250 not return a reference, Died, Exiting pseudo-block via %s, Identifier too
7251 long, Illegal character %s (carriage return), Illegal switch in PERL5OPT:
7252 %s, Integer overflow in hex number, Integer overflow in octal number,
7253 internal error: glob failed, Invalid conversion in %s: "%s", Invalid type
7254 in pack: '%s', Invalid type in unpack: '%s', Name "%s::%s" used only once:
7255 possible typo, Null picture in formline, Offset outside string, Out of
7256 memory!, Out of memory during request for %s, panic: frexp, Possible
7257 attempt to put comments in qw() list, Possible attempt to separate words
7258 with commas, Scalar value @%s{%s} better written as $%s{%s}, Stub found
7259 while resolving method `%s' overloading `%s' in %s, Too late for "B<-T>"
7260 option, untie attempted while %d inner references still exist, Unrecognized
7261 character %s, Unsupported function fork, Use of "$$<digit>" to mean
7262 "${$}<digit>" is deprecated, Value of %s can be "0"; test with defined(),
7263 Variable "%s" may be unavailable, Variable "%s" will not stay shared,
7264 Warning: something's wrong, Ill-formed logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter,
7265 Got an error from DosAllocMem, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX, PERL_SH_DIR too
7266 long, Process terminated by SIG%s
7276 =head2 perlartistic - the Perl Artistic License
7284 =item The "Artistic License"
7292 "Package", "Standard Version", "Copyright Holder", "You", "Reasonable
7293 copying fee", "Freely Available"
7297 a), b), c), d), a), b), c), d)
7303 =head2 perlgpl - the GNU General Public License, version 2
7315 =item GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
7319 =head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems
7327 =item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX
7331 =item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
7333 =item The IBM ANSI C Compiler
7335 =item The usenm option
7337 =item Using GNU's gcc for building perl
7339 =item Using Large Files with Perl
7345 =item AIX 4.2 and extensions using C++ with statics
7355 =head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS
7371 =item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS
7373 B<Unix emulation for AmigaOS: ixemul.library>, B<Version of Amiga OS>
7375 =item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS
7377 =item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS
7383 =item Accessing documentation
7387 =item Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS
7389 =item Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS
7391 =item Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS
7393 =item Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS
7397 =item BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS
7401 =item Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS
7403 =item Getting the Perl Source for AmigaOS
7405 =item Making Perl on AmigaOS
7407 =item Testing Perl on AmigaOS
7409 =item Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS
7413 =item PERL 5.8.0 BROKEN IN AMIGAOS
7421 =head2 perlapollo, README.apollo - Perl version 5 on Apollo DomainOS
7431 =head2 perlbeos, README.beos - Perl version 5 on BeOS
7439 =item General Issues with Perl on BeOS
7441 =item BeOS Release-specific Notes
7445 =item Contact Information
7447 =item Update 2002-05-30
7453 =head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000.
7463 =item gzip on BS2000
7465 =item bison on BS2000
7467 =item Unpacking Perl Distribution on BS2000
7469 =item Compiling Perl on BS2000
7471 =item Testing Perl on BS2000
7473 =item Installing Perl on BS2000
7475 =item Using Perl in the Posix-Shell of BS2000
7477 =item Using Perl in "native" BS2000
7479 =item Floating point anomalies on BS2000
7481 =item Using PerlIO and different encodings on ASCII and EBCDIC partitions
7511 Microsoft Embedded Visual Tools, Microsoft Visual C++, Rainer Keuchel's
7512 celib-sources, Rainer Keuchel's console-sources
7516 go to ./wince subdirectory, edit file compile.bat, run compile.bat, run
7521 =item Acknowledgements
7527 =head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
7533 =item PREREQUISITES FOR COMPILING PERL ON CYGWIN
7537 =item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it)
7539 =item Cygwin Configuration
7541 C<PATH>, I<nroff>, Permissions
7545 =item CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN
7549 =item Stripping Perl Binaries on Cygwin
7551 =item Optional Libraries for Perl on Cygwin
7553 C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>), C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>),
7554 C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>), C<-lutil>
7556 =item Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin
7558 C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Uuseperlio>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>,
7559 C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles>,
7562 =item Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin
7564 I<dlsym()>, Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>, Compiler/Preprocessor defines
7568 =item MAKE ON CYGWIN
7572 =item Errors on Cygwin
7578 =item TEST ON CYGWIN
7582 =item File Permissions on Cygwin
7584 =item NDBM_File and ODBM_File do not work on FAT filesystems
7586 =item C<fork()> failures in io_* tests
7588 =item Script Portability on Cygwin
7590 Pathnames, Text/Binary, PerlIO, F<.exe>, C<chown()>, Miscellaneous
7594 =item INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN
7596 =item MANIFEST ON CYGWIN
7598 Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl
7599 Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts
7601 =item BUGS ON CYGWIN
7609 =head2 perldgux - Perl under DG/UX.
7621 =item BUILDING PERL ON DG/UX
7625 =item Non-threaded Perl on DG/UX
7627 =item Threaded Perl on DG/UX
7629 =item Testing Perl on DG/UX
7631 =item Installing the built perl on DG/UX
7641 =head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95.
7651 =item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on DOS
7655 =item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS
7657 =item Building Perl on DOS
7659 =item Testing Perl on DOS
7661 =item Installation of Perl on DOS
7665 =item BUILDING AND INSTALLING MODULES ON DOS
7669 =item Building Prerequisites for Perl on DOS
7671 =item Unpacking CPAN Modules on DOS
7673 =item Building Non-XS Modules on DOS
7675 =item Building XS Modules on DOS
7685 =head2 perlepoc, README.epoc - Perl for EPOC
7693 =item INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC
7695 =item STARTING PERL ON EPOC
7699 =item Editors on Epoc
7701 =item Features of Perl on Epoc
7703 =item Restrictions of Perl on Epoc
7705 =item Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment
7709 =item SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC
7717 =head2 perlfreebsd, README.freebsd - Perl version 5 on FreeBSD systems
7725 =item FreeBSD core dumps from readdir_r with ithreads
7727 =item $^X doesn't always contain a full path in FreeBSD
7729 =item Perl will no longer be part of "base FreeBSD"
7737 =head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix
7746 =item Using perl as shipped with HP-UX
7748 =item Using perl from HP's porting centre
7750 =item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX
7762 =item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions
7764 =item Itanium Processor Family and HP-UX
7766 =item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX
7768 =item The HP ANSI C Compiler
7770 =item The GNU C Compiler
7772 =item Using Large Files with Perl on HP-UX
7774 =item Threaded Perl on HP-UX
7776 =item 64-bit Perl on HP-UX
7778 =item Oracle on HP-UX
7780 =item GDBM and Threads on HP-UX
7782 =item NFS filesystems and utime(2) on HP-UX
7784 =item perl -P and // and HP-UX
7786 =item HP-UX Kernel Parameters (maxdsiz) for Compiling Perl
7790 =item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
7798 =head2 perlhurd, README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd
7806 =item Known Problems with Perl on Hurd
7814 =head2 perlirix, README.irix - Perl version 5 on Irix systems
7822 =item Building 32-bit Perl in Irix
7824 =item Building 64-bit Perl in Irix
7826 =item About Compiler Versions of Irix
7828 =item Linker Problems in Irix
7830 =item Malloc in Irix
7832 =item Building with threads in Irix
7842 =head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen
7851 =item Compiling Perl 5 on MachTen
7853 =item Failures during C<make test> on MachTen
7855 op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t
7857 =item Building external modules on MachTen
7867 =head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
7881 =head2 perlmacosx, README.macosx - Perl under Mac OS X
7891 =item Installation Prefix
7893 =item libperl and Prebinding
7895 =item Updating Panther
7897 =item Known problems
7907 =item Starting From Scratch
7915 =head2 perlmint, README.mint - Perl version 5 on Atari MiNT
7921 =item Known problems with Perl on MiNT
7927 =head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
7935 =item Binary distribution from HP
7937 =item What's New in Perl for MPE/iX
7939 =item Welcome to Perl/iX
7941 =item System Requirements for Perl/iX
7943 =item How to Obtain Perl/iX
7945 =item Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights
7947 README, INSTALL, LIBSHP3K, PERL, .cpan/, lib/, man/,
7948 public_html/feedback.cgi, src/perl-5.6.0-mpe
7950 =item How to Compile Perl/iX
7954 =item Getting Started with Perl/iX
7956 =item MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
7958 =item Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation
7960 =item Perl/iX To-Do List
7962 =item Perl/iX Change History
7978 SetNWBld.bat, Buildtype.bat
7990 =item Build new extensions
7992 =item Acknowledgements
8000 =head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.
8020 EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh
8022 =item Starting Perl programs under OS/2 (and DOS and...)
8024 =item Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl
8028 =item Frequently asked questions
8032 =item "It does not work"
8034 =item I cannot run external programs
8036 =item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F<perl.dll> from my
8039 Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use
8042 =item C<``> and pipe-C<open> do not work under DOS.
8044 =item Cannot start C<find.exe "pattern" file>
8052 =item Automatic binary installation
8054 C<PERL_BADLANG>, C<PERL_BADFREE>, F<Config.pm>
8056 =item Manual binary installation
8058 Perl VIO and PM executables (dynamically linked), Perl_ VIO executable
8059 (statically linked), Executables for Perl utilities, Main Perl library,
8060 Additional Perl modules, Tools to compile Perl modules, Manpages for Perl
8061 and utilities, Manpages for Perl modules, Source for Perl documentation,
8062 Perl manual in F<.INF> format, Pdksh
8068 =item Accessing documentation
8072 =item OS/2 F<.INF> file
8080 =item GNU C<info> files
8092 =item The short story
8096 =item Getting perl source
8098 =item Application of the patches
8106 A lot of C<bad free>, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F<op/fs.t>,
8109 =item Installing the built perl
8111 =item C<a.out>-style build
8119 =item Some C</> became C<\> in pdksh.
8121 =item C<'errno'> - unresolved external
8123 =item Problems with tr or sed
8125 =item Some problem (forget which ;-)
8127 =item Library ... not found
8129 =item Segfault in make
8131 =item op/sprintf test failure
8135 =item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port
8139 =item C<setpriority>, C<getpriority>
8143 =item C<extproc> on the first line
8145 =item Additional modules:
8147 =item Prebuilt methods:
8149 C<File::Copy::syscopy>, C<DynaLoader::mod2fname>, C<Cwd::current_drive()>,
8150 C<Cwd::sys_chdir(name)>, C<Cwd::change_drive(name)>,
8151 C<Cwd::sys_is_absolute(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_is_rooted(name)>,
8152 C<Cwd::sys_is_relative(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_cwd(name)>,
8153 C<Cwd::sys_abspath(name, dir)>, C<Cwd::extLibpath([type])>,
8154 C<Cwd::extLibpath_set( path [, type ] )>,
8155 C<OS2::Error(do_harderror,do_exception)>, C<OS2::Errors2Drive(drive)>,
8156 OS2::SysInfo(), OS2::BootDrive(), C<OS2::MorphPM(serve)>,
8157 C<OS2::UnMorphPM(serve)>, C<OS2::Serve_Messages(force)>,
8158 C<OS2::Process_Messages(force [, cnt])>, C<OS2::_control87(new,mask)>,
8159 OS2::get_control87(), C<OS2::set_control87_em(new=MCW_EM,mask=MCW_EM)>,
8160 C<OS2::DLLname([how [, \&xsub]])>
8162 =item Prebuilt variables:
8164 $OS2::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver, $OS2::is_aout, $OS2::can_fork,
8171 C<popen>, C<tmpnam>, C<tmpfile>, C<ctermid>, C<stat>, C<mkdir>, C<rmdir>,
8174 =item Identifying DLLs
8176 =item Centralized management of resources
8178 C<HAB>, C<HMQ>, Treating errors reported by OS/2 API,
8179 C<CheckOSError(expr)>, C<CheckWinError(expr)>, C<SaveWinError(expr)>,
8180 C<SaveCroakWinError(expr,die,name1,name2)>, C<WinError_2_Perl_rc>,
8181 C<FillWinError>, C<FillOSError(rc)>, Loading DLLs and ordinals in DLLs
8195 =item F<perl___.exe>
8197 =item Why strange names?
8199 =item Why dynamic linking?
8201 =item Why chimera build?
8209 =item C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>
8211 =item C<PERL_BADLANG>
8213 =item C<PERL_BADFREE>
8215 =item C<PERL_SH_DIR>
8217 =item C<USE_PERL_FLOCK>
8219 =item C<TMP> or C<TEMP>
8227 =item Text-mode filehandles
8231 =item DLL name mangling: pre 5.6.2
8233 =item DLL name mangling: 5.6.2 and beyond
8235 Global DLLs, specific DLLs, C<BEGINLIBPATH> and C<ENDLIBPATH>, F<.> from
8238 =item DLL forwarder generation
8242 =item Calls to external programs
8244 =item Memory allocation
8248 C<COND_WAIT>, F<os2.c>
8264 =head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390
8277 =item Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
8279 =item Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
8281 =item Configure Perl on OS/390
8283 =item Build, Test, Install Perl on OS/390
8285 =item Build Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
8287 =item Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
8289 =item Installation Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
8291 =item Usage Hints for Perl on OS/390
8293 =item Floating Point Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
8295 =item Modules and Extensions for Perl on OS/390
8305 =item Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
8313 =head2 perlos400, README.os400 - Perl version 5 on OS/400
8321 =item Compiling Perl for OS/400 PASE
8323 =item Installing Perl in OS/400 PASE
8325 =item Using Perl in OS/400 PASE
8327 =item Known Problems
8337 =head2 perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl
8347 =item What's in Plan 9 Perl
8349 =item What's not in Plan 9 Perl
8351 =item Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl
8353 =item Signals in Plan 9 Perl
8357 =item COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9
8361 =item Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9
8373 =head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
8381 =item Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4
8383 /bin/sh, ar, nm, cpp, make
8385 =item Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4
8387 =item QNX auxiliary files
8391 =item Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
8399 =head2 perlsolaris, README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
8407 =item Solaris Version Numbers.
8413 Solaris FAQ, Precompiled Binaries, Solaris Documentation
8419 =item File Extraction Problems on Solaris.
8421 =item Compiler and Related Tools on Solaris.
8423 =item Environment for Compiling perl on Solaris
8427 =item RUN CONFIGURE.
8431 =item 64-bit perl on Solaris.
8433 =item Threads in perl on Solaris.
8435 =item Malloc Issues with perl on Solaris.
8439 =item MAKE PROBLEMS.
8441 Dynamic Loading Problems With GNU as and GNU ld, ld.so.1: ./perl: fatal:
8442 relocation error:, dlopen: stub interception failed, #error "No
8443 DATAMODEL_NATIVE specified", sh: ar: not found
8449 =item op/stat.t test 4 in Solaris
8451 =item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
8455 =item PREBUILT BINARIES OF PERL FOR SOLARIS.
8457 =item RUNTIME ISSUES FOR PERL ON SOLARIS.
8461 =item Limits on Numbers of Open Files on Solaris.
8465 =item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC MODULES.
8467 =item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH MODULES.
8471 =item Proc::ProcessTable on Solaris
8473 =item BSD::Resource on Solaris
8475 =item Net::SSLeay on Solaris
8487 =head2 perltru64, README.tru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as
8488 Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems
8496 =item Compiling Perl 5 on Tru64
8498 =item Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
8500 =item Threaded Perl on Tru64
8502 =item Long Doubles on Tru64
8504 =item DB_File tests failing on Tru64
8506 =item 64-bit Perl on Tru64
8508 =item Warnings about floating-point overflow when compiling Perl on Tru64
8512 =item Testing Perl on Tru64
8514 =item ext/ODBM_File/odbm Test Failing With Static Builds
8516 =item Perl Fails Because Of Unresolved Symbol sockatmark
8522 =head2 perluts - Perl under UTS
8530 =item BUILDING PERL ON UTS
8532 =item Installing the built perl on UTS
8538 =head2 perlvmesa, README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA.
8548 =item Unpacking Perl Distribution on VM/ESA
8550 =item Setup Perl and utilities on VM/ESA
8552 =item Configure Perl on VM/ESA
8554 =item Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA
8556 =item Usage Hints for Perl on VM/ESA
8566 =item Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA
8572 =head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl
8580 =item Organization of Perl Images
8586 =item Perl Extensions
8588 =item Installing static extensions
8590 =item Installing dynamic extensions
8594 =item File specifications
8600 =item Wildcard expansion
8606 =item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB
8612 =item I/O redirection and backgrounding
8614 =item Command line switches
8620 =item Perl functions
8622 File tests, backticks, binmode FILEHANDLE, crypt PLAINTEXT, USER, dump,
8623 exec LIST, fork, getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, gmtime, kill, qx//, select
8624 (system call), stat EXPR, system LIST, time, times, unlink LIST, utime
8625 LIST, waitpid PID,FLAGS
8627 =item Perl variables
8629 %ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $|
8631 =item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences
8645 =head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS
8651 =item BUILDING PERL FOR VOS
8653 =item INSTALLING PERL IN VOS
8655 =item USING PERL IN VOS
8659 =item Restrictions of Perl on VOS
8661 =item Handling of underflow and overflow
8667 =item SUPPORT STATUS
8675 =head2 perlwin32 - Perl under Windows
8685 =item Setting Up Perl on Win32
8687 Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Platform
8688 SDK 64-bit Compiler, MinGW32 with gcc, MinGW release 1
8692 =item Testing Perl on Win32
8694 =item Installation of Perl on Win32
8696 =item Usage Hints for Perl on Win32
8698 Environment Variables, File Globbing, Using perl from the command line,
8699 Building Extensions, Command-line Wildcard Expansion, Win32 Specific
8700 Extensions, Notes on 64-bit Windows
8702 =item Running Perl Scripts
8704 Miscellaneous Things
8708 =item BUGS AND CAVEATS
8712 Gary Ng E<lt>71564.1743@CompuServe.COME<gt>, Gurusamy Sarathy
8713 E<lt>gsar@activestate.comE<gt>, Nick Ing-Simmons
8714 E<lt>nick@ing-simmons.netE<gt>
8722 =head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
8724 =head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
8736 =head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
8746 =head2 threadshared::shared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing
8747 data structures between threads
8759 share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, cond_signal VARIABLE,
8760 cond_broadcast VARIABLE
8772 =head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
8781 $thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
8782 threads->self, $thread->tid, threads->object( tid ), threads->yield();,
8783 threads->list();, async BLOCK;
8787 A thread exited while %d other threads were still running
8793 Parent-Child threads, Returning objects, Creating threads inside BEGIN
8794 blocks, PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
8796 =item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
8802 =head2 assertions - select assertions in blocks of code
8814 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
8818 =head2 assertions::activate - activate assertions
8830 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
8834 =head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes
8844 =item Built-in Attributes
8846 locked, method, lvalue
8848 =item Available Subroutines
8852 =item Package-specific Attribute Handling
8854 FETCH_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES
8856 =item Syntax of Attribute Lists
8864 =item Default exports
8866 =item Available exports
8868 =item Export tags defined
8878 =head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
8894 =head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time
8910 =head2 bigint - Transparent BigInteger support for Perl
8922 a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
8926 =item INTERNAL FORMAT
8948 =head2 bignum - Transparent BigNumber support for Perl
8960 a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
8966 inf(), NaN(), upgrade()
8970 =item INTERNAL FORMAT
8988 =head2 bigrat - Transparent BigNumber/BigRational support for Perl
9012 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print sqrt(33)'
9013 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 2*255'
9014 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 4.5+2*255'
9015 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 3/7 + 5/7 + 8/3'
9016 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 12->is_odd()';
9026 =head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
9040 =head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character
9055 =head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal
9064 =item CUSTOM TRANSLATORS
9066 =item CUSTOM ALIASES
9070 =item Anonymous hashes
9074 =item Alias shortcut
9078 =item charnames::viacode(code)
9080 =item charnames::vianame(name)
9084 =item ILLEGAL CHARACTERS
9090 =head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants
9102 =item List constants
9104 =item Defining multiple constants at once
9106 =item Magic constants
9110 =item TECHNICAL NOTES
9120 =head2 diagnostics - Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning
9131 =item The C<diagnostics> Pragma
9133 =item The I<splain> Program
9147 =head2 encoding - allows you to write your script in non-ascii or non-utf8
9157 =item Literal Conversions
9159 =item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
9163 =item FEATURES THAT REQUIRE 5.8.1
9165 "NON-EUC" doublebyte encodings, tr//, DATA pseudo-filehandle
9169 use encoding [I<ENCNAME>] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> [ STDIN =E<gt>
9170 I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;, no encoding;
9172 =item The Filter Option
9176 =item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
9186 =item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
9188 =item tr/// with ranges
9190 Legend of characters above
9194 =item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
9196 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
9198 literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
9206 =head2 fields - compile-time class fields
9220 =head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators
9230 =item subpragma access
9236 =head2 if - C<use> a Perl module if a condition holds
9250 =head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating
9261 =head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler
9271 =head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
9281 =item Adding directories to @INC
9283 =item Deleting directories from @INC
9285 =item Restoring original @INC
9299 =head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in
9310 =head2 open - perl pragma to set default PerlIO layers for input and output
9318 =item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY
9320 =item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
9326 =head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling
9338 =head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations
9348 =item Declaration of overloaded functions
9350 =item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations
9352 FALSE, TRUE, C<undef>
9354 =item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations
9356 =item Calling Conventions for Mutators
9358 C<++> and C<-->, C<x=> and other assignment versions
9360 =item Overloadable Operations
9362 I<Arithmetic operations>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Bit operations>,
9363 I<Increment and decrement>, I<Transcendental functions>, I<Boolean, string
9364 and numeric conversion>, I<Iteration>, I<Dereferencing>, I<Special>
9366 =item Inheritance and overloading
9368 Strings as values of C<use overload> directive, Overloading of an operation
9369 is inherited by derived classes
9373 =item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C<use overload>
9381 C<undef>, TRUE, defined, but FALSE
9383 =item Copy Constructor
9389 =item MAGIC AUTOGENERATION
9391 I<Assignment forms of arithmetic operations>, I<Conversion operations>,
9392 I<Increment and decrement>, C<abs($a)>, I<Unary minus>, I<Negation>,
9393 I<Concatenation>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Iterator>, I<Dereferencing>,
9396 =item Losing overloading
9398 =item Run-time Overloading
9400 =item Public functions
9402 overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op)
9404 =item Overloading constants
9406 integer, float, binary, q, qr
9408 =item IMPLEMENTATION
9410 =item Metaphor clash
9416 =item Two-face scalars
9418 =item Two-face references
9420 =item Symbolic calculator
9422 =item I<Really> symbolic calculator
9430 Odd number of arguments for overload::constant, `%s' is not an overloadable
9431 type, `%s' is not a code reference
9437 =head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
9449 =item SIGNAL HANDLERS
9451 B<stack-trace>, B<die>, B<handler> I<your-handler>
9455 B<normal-signals>, B<error-signals>, B<old-interface-signals>
9459 B<untrapped>, B<any>, I<signal>, I<number>
9467 =head2 sort - perl pragma to control sort() behaviour
9479 =head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
9487 C<strict refs>, C<strict vars>, C<strict subs>
9493 =head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
9503 =head2 threadshared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data
9504 structures between threads
9516 share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, cond_signal VARIABLE,
9517 cond_broadcast VARIABLE
9529 =head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source
9540 =item Utility functions
9542 $num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string), $success = utf8::downgrade($string[,
9543 FAIL_OK]), utf8::encode($string), utf8::decode($string), $flag =
9544 utf8::is_utf8(STRING), $flag = utf8::valid(STRING)
9554 =head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
9564 =head2 version - Perl extension for Version Objects
9574 =item What IS a version
9576 Numeric Versions, V-String Versions
9578 =item Numeric Versions
9580 =item V-String Versions
9582 =item Object Methods
9584 New Operator, Stringification, Numification, Comparison operators, Logical
9589 =item Types of Versions Objects
9591 Ordinary versions, alpha versions
9593 =item Replacement UNIVERSAL::VERSION
9605 =head2 vmsish - Perl pragma to control VMS-specific language features
9613 C<vmsish status>, C<vmsish exit>, C<vmsish time>, C<vmsish hushed>
9617 =head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings
9625 use warnings::register, warnings::enabled(), warnings::enabled($category),
9626 warnings::enabled($object), warnings::warn($message),
9627 warnings::warn($category, $message), warnings::warn($object, $message),
9628 warnings::warnif($message), warnings::warnif($category, $message),
9629 warnings::warnif($object, $message)
9633 =head2 warnings::register - warnings import function
9643 =head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION
9645 =head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs
9655 =item DBM Comparisons
9665 =head2 Attribute::Handlers - Simpler definition of attribute handlers
9675 [0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
9679 =item Typed lexicals
9681 =item Type-specific attribute handlers
9683 =item Non-interpretive attribute handlers
9685 =item Phase-specific attribute handlers
9687 =item Attributes as C<tie> interfaces
9695 C<Bad attribute type: ATTR(%s)>, C<Attribute handler %s doesn't handle %s
9696 attributes>, C<Declaration of %s attribute in package %s may clash with
9697 future reserved word>, C<Can't have two ATTR specifiers on one subroutine>,
9698 C<Can't autotie a %s>, C<Internal error: %s symbol went missing>, C<Won't
9699 be able to apply END handler>
9709 =head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand
9719 =item Subroutine Stubs
9721 =item Using B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
9723 =item Overriding B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
9725 =item Package Lexicals
9727 =item Not Using AutoLoader
9729 =item B<AutoLoader> vs. B<SelfLoader>
9739 =head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
9747 $keep, $check, $modtime
9751 =item Multiple packages
9759 =head2 B - The Perl Compiler
9769 =item Utility Functions
9773 =item Functions Returning C<B::SV>, C<B::AV>, C<B::HV>, and C<B::CV>
9776 sv_undef, sv_yes, sv_no, svref_2object(SVREF), amagic_generation, init_av,
9777 check_av, begin_av, end_av, comppadlist, regex_padav, main_cv
9779 =item Functions for Examining the Symbol Table
9781 walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE, PREFIX)
9783 =item Functions Returning C<B::OP> objects or for walking op trees
9785 main_root, main_start, walkoptree(OP, METHOD), walkoptree_debug(DEBUG)
9787 =item Miscellaneous Utility Functions
9789 ppname(OPNUM), hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c, cstring(STR),
9790 perlstring(STR), class(OBJ), threadsv_names
9794 =item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
9798 =item SV-RELATED CLASSES
9802 REFCNT, FLAGS, object_2svref
9806 IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv
9820 =item B::PVMG Methods
9824 =item B::MAGIC Methods
9826 MOREMAGIC, precomp, PRIVATE, TYPE, FLAGS, OBJ, PTR, REGEX
9828 =item B::PVLV Methods
9830 TARGOFF, TARGLEN, TYPE, TARG
9834 USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE
9838 is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN,
9839 LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS
9843 LINES, PAGE, PAGE_LEN, LINES_LEFT, TOP_NAME, TOP_GV, FMT_NAME, FMT_GV,
9844 BOTTOM_NAME, BOTTOM_GV, SUBPROCESS, IoTYPE, IoFLAGS, IsSTD
9848 FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, ARRAYelt, AvFLAGS
9852 STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE_SEQ, XSUB,
9853 XSUBANY, CvFLAGS, const_sv
9857 FILL, MAX, KEYS, RITER, NAME, PMROOT, ARRAY
9859 =item OP-RELATED CLASSES
9863 next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, seq, flags, private
9865 =item B::UNOP METHOD
9869 =item B::BINOP METHOD
9873 =item B::LOGOP METHOD
9877 =item B::LISTOP METHOD
9881 =item B::PMOP Methods
9883 pmreplroot, pmreplstart, pmnext, pmregexp, pmflags, pmdynflags,
9884 pmpermflags, precomp, pmoffset
9886 =item B::SVOP METHOD
9890 =item B::PADOP METHOD
9894 =item B::PVOP METHOD
9898 =item B::LOOP Methods
9900 redoop, nextop, lastop
9902 =item B::COP Methods
9904 label, stash, stashpv, file, cop_seq, arybase, line, warnings, io
9912 =head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate
9921 %insn_data, @insn_name, @optype, @specialsv_name
9927 =head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode
9939 =head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
9959 =head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
9971 B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
9981 =head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend
9991 B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, B<-Dc>, B<-DA>,
9992 B<-DC>, B<-DM>, B<-f>, B<-fcog>, B<-fsave-data>, B<-fppaddr>, B<-fwarn-sv>,
9993 B<-fuse-script-name>, B<-fsave-sig-hash>, B<-On>, B<-O0>, B<-O1>, B<-O2>,
10004 =head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
10014 B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-mModulename>, B<-D>, B<-Dr>,
10015 B<-DO>, B<-Ds>, B<-Dp>, B<-Dq>, B<-Dl>, B<-Dt>, B<-f>,
10016 B<-ffreetmps-each-bblock>, B<-ffreetmps-each-loop>, B<-fomit-taint>, B<-On>
10028 =item Context of ".."
10032 =item Deprecated features
10040 =head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
10052 B<-basic>, B<-exec>, B<-tree>, B<-compact>, B<-loose>, B<-vt>, B<-ascii>,
10053 B<-main>, B<-base>I<n>, B<-bigendian>, B<-littleendian>, B<-concise>,
10054 B<-terse>, B<-linenoise>, B<-debug>, B<-env>
10056 =item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS
10058 B<(x(>I<exec_text>B<;>I<basic_text>B<)x)>, B<(*(>I<text>B<)*)>,
10059 B<(*(>I<text1>B<;>I<text2>B<)*)>, B<(?(>I<text1>B<#>I<var>I<Text2>B<)?)>,
10060 B<#>I<var>, B<#>I<var>I<N>, B<~>, B<#addr>, B<#arg>, B<#class>,
10061 B<#classsym>, B<#coplabel>, B<#exname>, B<#extarg>, B<#firstaddr>,
10062 B<#flags>, B<#flagval>, B<#hyphseq>, B<#label>, B<#lastaddr>, B<#name>,
10063 B<#NAME>, B<#next>, B<#nextaddr>, B<#noise>, B<#private>, B<#privval>,
10064 B<#seq>, B<#seqnum>, B<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>, B<#svclass>, B<#svval>,
10065 B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum>
10067 =item ABBREVIATIONS
10071 =item OP flags abbreviations
10073 =item OP class abbreviations
10077 =item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework
10083 =head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
10095 =head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
10105 B<-d>, B<-f>I<FILE>, B<-l>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-q>, B<-s>I<LETTERS>, B<C>,
10106 B<i>I<NUMBER>, B<T>, B<v>I<STRING>B<.>, B<-x>I<LEVEL>
10108 =item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE
10118 =item ambient_pragmas
10120 strict, $[, bytes, utf8, integer, re, warnings, hint_bits, warning_bits
10132 =head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode
10144 =head2 B::Lint - Perl lint
10152 =item OPTIONS AND LINT CHECKS
10154 B<context>, B<implicit-read> and B<implicit-write>, B<bare-subs>,
10155 B<dollar-underscore>, B<private-names>, B<undefined-subs>,
10156 B<regexp-variables>, B<all>, B<none>
10158 =item NON LINT-CHECK OPTIONS
10168 =head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
10178 =item IMPLEMENTATION
10186 =head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files
10198 =head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend
10210 =head2 B::Stash - show what stashes are loaded
10212 =head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
10224 =head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
10234 C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-d>, C<-D[tO]>
10242 =head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
10262 =head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code
10276 =item Standard Exports
10278 timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis ( COUNT, CODE, [ TITLE, [ STYLE ]] ),
10279 timethese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), timediff ( T1, T2 ), timestr (
10280 TIMEDIFF, [ STYLE, [ FORMAT ] ] )
10282 =item Optional Exports
10284 clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [
10285 STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), countit(TIME, CODE),
10286 disablecache ( ), enablecache ( ), timesum ( T1, T2 )
10288 =item :hireswallclock
10304 =item MODIFICATION HISTORY
10308 =head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code
10322 =head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
10334 B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
10344 =head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
10356 =item PROGRAMMING STYLE
10358 =item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES
10360 =item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE):
10362 =item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE
10364 =item FETCHING A LIST OF KEYWORDS FROM THE QUERY:
10366 =item FETCHING THE NAMES OF ALL THE PARAMETERS PASSED TO YOUR SCRIPT:
10368 =item FETCHING THE VALUE OR VALUES OF A SINGLE NAMED PARAMETER:
10370 =item SETTING THE VALUE(S) OF A NAMED PARAMETER:
10372 =item APPENDING ADDITIONAL VALUES TO A NAMED PARAMETER:
10374 =item IMPORTING ALL PARAMETERS INTO A NAMESPACE:
10376 =item DELETING A PARAMETER COMPLETELY:
10378 =item DELETING ALL PARAMETERS:
10380 =item DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARAMETER LIST:
10382 =item FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH:
10384 =item SAVING THE STATE OF THE SCRIPT TO A FILE:
10386 =item RETRIEVING CGI ERRORS
10388 =item USING THE FUNCTION-ORIENTED INTERFACE
10390 B<:cgi>, B<:form>, B<:html2>, B<:html3>, B<:html4>, B<:netscape>, B<:html>,
10391 B<:standard>, B<:all>
10395 -any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_undef_params, -no_xhtml, -nph,
10396 -newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, -no_debug, -debug,
10399 =item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS
10401 1. start_table() (generates a <table> tag), 2. end_table() (generates a
10402 </table> tag), 3. start_ul() (generates a <ul> tag), 4. end_ul() (generates
10407 =item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS
10411 =item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER:
10413 =item GENERATING A REDIRECTION HEADER
10415 =item CREATING THE HTML DOCUMENT HEADER
10417 B<Parameters:>, 4, 5, 6..
10419 =item ENDING THE HTML DOCUMENT:
10421 =item CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION:
10423 =item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL
10425 B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query>
10426 (B<-query_string>), B<-base>
10428 =item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS
10432 =item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS:
10436 =item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS
10438 =item THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF HTML SHORTCUTS
10440 =item HTML SHORTCUTS AND LIST INTERPOLATION
10442 =item NON-STANDARD HTML SHORTCUTS
10444 =item AUTOESCAPING HTML
10446 $escaped_string = escapeHTML("unescaped string");, $charset =
10447 charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]);
10449 =item PRETTY-PRINTING HTML
10453 =item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS:
10457 =item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG
10459 =item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM
10461 B<application/x-www-form-urlencoded>, B<multipart/form-data>
10463 =item CREATING A TEXT FIELD
10467 =item CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD
10469 =item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD
10471 =item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD
10475 =item CREATING A POPUP MENU
10477 =item CREATING AN OPTION GROUP
10479 =item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST
10483 =item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES
10487 =item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX
10491 =item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP
10495 =item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON
10499 =item CREATING A RESET BUTTON
10501 =item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON
10503 =item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD
10507 =item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON
10509 B<Parameters:>, 3. The third option (-align, optional) is an alignment
10510 type, and may be TOP, BOTTOM or MIDDLE
10512 =item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON
10518 1. an expiration time, 2. a domain, 3. a path, 4. a "secure" flag,
10519 B<-name>, B<-value>, B<-path>, B<-domain>, B<-expires>, B<-secure>
10521 =item WORKING WITH FRAMES
10523 1. Create a <Frameset> document, 2. Specify the destination for the
10524 document in the HTTP header, 3. Specify the destination for the document in
10527 =item LIMITED SUPPORT FOR CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
10533 =item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS
10537 =item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
10539 B<Accept()>, B<raw_cookie()>, B<user_agent()>, B<path_info()>,
10540 B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()> Return the script
10541 name as a partial URL, for self-refering scripts, B<referer()>, B<auth_type
10542 ()>, B<server_name ()>, B<virtual_host ()>, B<server_port ()>,
10543 B<server_software ()>, B<remote_user ()>, B<user_name ()>,
10544 B<request_method()>, B<content_type()>, B<http()>, B<https()>
10546 =item USING NPH SCRIPTS
10548 In the B<use> statement, By calling the B<nph()> method:, By using B<-nph>
10553 multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final()
10555 =item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks
10557 B<$CGI::POST_MAX>, B<$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS>, B<1. On a script-by-script
10558 basis>, B<2. Globally for all scripts>
10560 =item COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL
10562 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
10566 Matt Heffron (heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com), James Taylor
10567 (james.taylor@srs.gov), Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com>, Mike Jewell
10568 (mlj3u@virginia.edu), Timothy Shimmin (tes@kbs.citri.edu.au), Joergen Haegg
10569 (jh@axis.se), Laurent Delfosse (delfosse@delfosse.com), Richard Resnick
10570 (applepi1@aol.com), Craig Bishop (csb@barwonwater.vic.gov.au), Tony Curtis
10571 (tc@vcpc.univie.ac.at), Tim Bunce (Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk), Tom Christiansen
10572 (tchrist@convex.com), Andreas Koenig (k@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE), Tim
10573 MacKenzie (Tim.MacKenzie@fulcrum.com.au), Kevin B. Hendricks
10574 (kbhend@dogwood.tyler.wm.edu), Stephen Dahmen (joyfire@inxpress.net), Ed
10575 Jordan (ed@fidalgo.net), David Alan Pisoni (david@cnation.com), Doug
10576 MacEachern (dougm@opengroup.org), Robin Houston (robin@oneworld.org),
10577 ...and many many more..
10579 =item A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT
10587 =head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm
10597 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
10605 =head2 CGI::Carp, B<CGI::Carp> - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or
10614 =item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES
10616 =item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW
10620 =item Changing the default message
10624 =item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS
10626 =item OVERRIDING THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM
10634 =head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies
10642 =item USING CGI::Cookie
10644 B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag>
10648 =item Creating New Cookies
10650 =item Sending the Cookie to the Browser
10652 =item Recovering Previous Cookies
10654 =item Manipulating Cookies
10656 B<name()>, B<value()>, B<domain()>, B<path()>, B<expires()>
10660 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
10668 =head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI
10676 =item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
10678 =item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS
10680 =item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS
10682 =item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS
10684 =item EXTERNAL FASTCGI SERVER INVOCATION
10686 FCGI_SOCKET_PATH, FCGI_LISTEN_QUEUE
10690 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
10698 =head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code
10708 =item Tags that won't be formatted
10710 =item Customizing the Indenting
10722 =head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push
10730 =item USING CGI::Push
10732 -next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph
10736 =item Heterogeneous Pages
10738 =item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly
10742 =item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS
10744 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
10752 =head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch
10762 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
10770 =head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module
10778 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
10784 =head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
10796 =item Interactive Mode
10798 Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test,
10799 install, clean modules or distributions, get, readme, look module or
10800 distribution, ls author, Signals
10808 =item The four C<CPAN::*> Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution
10810 =item Programmer's interface
10812 expand($type,@things), expandany(@things), Programming Examples
10814 =item Methods in the other Classes
10816 CPAN::Author::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Author::as_string(),
10817 CPAN::Author::email(), CPAN::Author::fullname(), CPAN::Author::name(),
10818 CPAN::Bundle::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Bundle::as_string(),
10819 CPAN::Bundle::clean(), CPAN::Bundle::contains(),
10820 CPAN::Bundle::force($method,@args), CPAN::Bundle::get(),
10821 CPAN::Bundle::inst_file(), CPAN::Bundle::inst_version(),
10822 CPAN::Bundle::uptodate(), CPAN::Bundle::install(), CPAN::Bundle::make(),
10823 CPAN::Bundle::readme(), CPAN::Bundle::test(),
10824 CPAN::Distribution::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Distribution::as_string(),
10825 CPAN::Distribution::clean(), CPAN::Distribution::containsmods(),
10826 CPAN::Distribution::cvs_import(), CPAN::Distribution::dir(),
10827 CPAN::Distribution::force($method,@args), CPAN::Distribution::get(),
10828 CPAN::Distribution::install(), CPAN::Distribution::isa_perl(),
10829 CPAN::Distribution::look(), CPAN::Distribution::make(),
10830 CPAN::Distribution::prereq_pm(), CPAN::Distribution::readme(),
10831 CPAN::Distribution::test(), CPAN::Distribution::uptodate(),
10832 CPAN::Index::force_reload(), CPAN::Index::reload(), CPAN::InfoObj::dump(),
10833 CPAN::Module::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Module::as_string(),
10834 CPAN::Module::clean(), CPAN::Module::cpan_file(),
10835 CPAN::Module::cpan_version(), CPAN::Module::cvs_import(),
10836 CPAN::Module::description(), CPAN::Module::force($method,@args),
10837 CPAN::Module::get(), CPAN::Module::inst_file(),
10838 CPAN::Module::inst_version(), CPAN::Module::install(),
10839 CPAN::Module::look(), CPAN::Module::make(),
10840 CPAN::Module::manpage_headline(), CPAN::Module::readme(),
10841 CPAN::Module::test(), CPAN::Module::uptodate(), CPAN::Module::userid()
10843 =item Cache Manager
10847 =item Prerequisites
10849 =item Finding packages and VERSION
10853 =item Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode
10857 =item CONFIGURATION
10859 C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>
10860 E<lt>valueE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list
10861 optionE<gt> [shift|pop]>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>
10862 [unshift|push|splice] E<lt>listE<gt>>
10866 =item Note on urllist parameter's format
10868 =item urllist parameter has CD-ROM support
10876 =item POPULATE AN INSTALLATION WITH LOTS OF MODULES
10878 =item WORKING WITH CPAN.pm BEHIND FIREWALLS
10882 =item Three basic types of firewalls
10884 http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade
10886 =item Configuring lynx or ncftp for going through a firewall
10892 1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7), 8), 9), 10)
10904 =head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
10914 =head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS
10927 =head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
10937 =item Forcing a Stack Trace
10945 =head2 Carp::Heavy, Carp heavy machinery - no user serviceable parts inside
10947 =head2 Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree
10957 the function Class::ISA::super_path($CLASS), the function
10958 Class::ISA::self_and_super_path($CLASS), the function
10959 Class::ISA::self_and_super_versions($CLASS)
10961 =item CAUTIONARY NOTES
10969 =head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
10979 =item The C<struct()> function
10981 =item Class Creation at Compile Time
10983 =item Element Types and Accessor Methods
10985 Scalar (C<'$'> or C<'*$'>), Array (C<'@'> or C<'*@'>), Hash (C<'%'> or
10986 C<'*%'>), Class (C<'Class_Name'> or C<'*Class_Name'>)
10988 =item Initializing with C<new>
10994 Example 1, Example 2, Example 3
10996 =item Author and Modification History
11000 =head2 Config - access Perl configuration information
11008 myconfig(), config_sh(), config_re($regex), config_vars(@names)
11020 C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o>
11024 C<afs>, C<afsroot>, C<alignbytes>, C<ansi2knr>, C<aphostname>,
11025 C<api_revision>, C<api_subversion>, C<api_version>, C<api_versionstring>,
11026 C<ar>, C<archlib>, C<archlibexp>, C<archname64>, C<archname>, C<archobjs>,
11027 C<asctime_r_proto>, C<awk>
11031 C<baserev>, C<bash>, C<bin>, C<binexp>, C<bison>, C<byacc>, C<byteorder>
11035 C<c>, C<castflags>, C<cat>, C<cc>, C<cccdlflags>, C<ccdlflags>, C<ccflags>,
11036 C<ccflags_uselargefiles>, C<ccname>, C<ccsymbols>, C<ccversion>, C<cf_by>,
11037 C<cf_email>, C<cf_time>, C<charsize>, C<chgrp>, C<chmod>, C<chown>,
11038 C<clocktype>, C<comm>, C<compress>, C<contains>, C<cp>, C<cpio>, C<cpp>,
11039 C<cpp_stuff>, C<cppccsymbols>, C<cppflags>, C<cpplast>, C<cppminus>,
11040 C<cpprun>, C<cppstdin>, C<cppsymbols>, C<crypt_r_proto>, C<cryptlib>,
11041 C<csh>, C<ctermid_r_proto>, C<ctime_r_proto>
11045 C<d__fwalk>, C<d_access>, C<d_accessx>, C<d_aintl>, C<d_alarm>,
11046 C<d_archlib>, C<d_asctime_r>, C<d_atolf>, C<d_atoll>, C<d_attribut>,
11047 C<d_bcmp>, C<d_bcopy>, C<d_bsd>, C<d_bsdgetpgrp>, C<d_bsdsetpgrp>,
11048 C<d_bzero>, C<d_casti32>, C<d_castneg>, C<d_charvspr>, C<d_chown>,
11049 C<d_chroot>, C<d_chsize>, C<d_class>, C<d_closedir>, C<d_cmsghdr_s>,
11050 C<d_const>, C<d_copysignl>, C<d_crypt>, C<d_crypt_r>, C<d_csh>,
11051 C<d_ctermid_r>, C<d_ctime_r>, C<d_cuserid>, C<d_dbl_dig>,
11052 C<d_dbminitproto>, C<d_difftime>, C<d_dirfd>, C<d_dirnamlen>, C<d_dlerror>,
11053 C<d_dlopen>, C<d_dlsymun>, C<d_dosuid>, C<d_drand48_r>, C<d_drand48proto>,
11054 C<d_dup2>, C<d_eaccess>, C<d_endgrent>, C<d_endgrent_r>, C<d_endhent>,
11055 C<d_endhostent_r>, C<d_endnent>, C<d_endnetent_r>, C<d_endpent>,
11056 C<d_endprotoent_r>, C<d_endpwent>, C<d_endpwent_r>, C<d_endsent>,
11057 C<d_endservent_r>, C<d_eofnblk>, C<d_eunice>, C<d_faststdio>, C<d_fchdir>,
11058 C<d_fchmod>, C<d_fchown>, C<d_fcntl>, C<d_fcntl_can_lock>, C<d_fd_macros>,
11059 C<d_fd_set>, C<d_fds_bits>, C<d_fgetpos>, C<d_finite>, C<d_finitel>,
11060 C<d_flexfnam>, C<d_flock>, C<d_flockproto>, C<d_fork>, C<d_fp_class>,
11061 C<d_fpathconf>, C<d_fpclass>, C<d_fpclassify>, C<d_fpclassl>,
11062 C<d_fpos64_t>, C<d_frexpl>, C<d_fs_data_s>, C<d_fseeko>, C<d_fsetpos>,
11063 C<d_fstatfs>, C<d_fstatvfs>, C<d_fsync>, C<d_ftello>, C<d_ftime>,
11064 C<d_Gconvert>, C<d_getcwd>, C<d_getespwnam>, C<d_getfsstat>, C<d_getgrent>,
11065 C<d_getgrent_r>, C<d_getgrgid_r>, C<d_getgrnam_r>, C<d_getgrps>,
11066 C<d_gethbyaddr>, C<d_gethbyname>, C<d_gethent>, C<d_gethname>,
11067 C<d_gethostbyaddr_r>, C<d_gethostbyname_r>, C<d_gethostent_r>,
11068 C<d_gethostprotos>, C<d_getitimer>, C<d_getlogin>, C<d_getlogin_r>,
11069 C<d_getmnt>, C<d_getmntent>, C<d_getnbyaddr>, C<d_getnbyname>,
11070 C<d_getnent>, C<d_getnetbyaddr_r>, C<d_getnetbyname_r>, C<d_getnetent_r>,
11071 C<d_getnetprotos>, C<d_getpagsz>, C<d_getpbyname>, C<d_getpbynumber>,
11072 C<d_getpent>, C<d_getpgid>, C<d_getpgrp2>, C<d_getpgrp>, C<d_getppid>,
11073 C<d_getprior>, C<d_getprotobyname_r>, C<d_getprotobynumber_r>,
11074 C<d_getprotoent_r>, C<d_getprotoprotos>, C<d_getprpwnam>, C<d_getpwent>,
11075 C<d_getpwent_r>, C<d_getpwnam_r>, C<d_getpwuid_r>, C<d_getsbyname>,
11076 C<d_getsbyport>, C<d_getsent>, C<d_getservbyname_r>, C<d_getservbyport_r>,
11077 C<d_getservent_r>, C<d_getservprotos>, C<d_getspnam>, C<d_getspnam_r>,
11078 C<d_gettimeod>, C<d_gmtime_r>, C<d_gnulibc>, C<d_grpasswd>, C<d_hasmntopt>,
11079 C<d_htonl>, C<d_ilogbl>, C<d_index>, C<d_inetaton>, C<d_int64_t>,
11080 C<d_isascii>, C<d_isfinite>, C<d_isinf>, C<d_isnan>, C<d_isnanl>,
11081 C<d_killpg>, C<d_lchown>, C<d_ldbl_dig>, C<d_link>, C<d_localtime_r>,
11082 C<d_locconv>, C<d_lockf>, C<d_longdbl>, C<d_longlong>, C<d_lseekproto>,
11083 C<d_lstat>, C<d_madvise>, C<d_mblen>, C<d_mbstowcs>, C<d_mbtowc>,
11084 C<d_memchr>, C<d_memcmp>, C<d_memcpy>, C<d_memmove>, C<d_memset>,
11085 C<d_mkdir>, C<d_mkdtemp>, C<d_mkfifo>, C<d_mkstemp>, C<d_mkstemps>,
11086 C<d_mktime>, C<d_mmap>, C<d_modfl>, C<d_modfl_pow32_bug>, C<d_modflproto>,
11087 C<d_mprotect>, C<d_msg>, C<d_msg_ctrunc>, C<d_msg_dontroute>, C<d_msg_oob>,
11088 C<d_msg_peek>, C<d_msg_proxy>, C<d_msgctl>, C<d_msgget>, C<d_msghdr_s>,
11089 C<d_msgrcv>, C<d_msgsnd>, C<d_msync>, C<d_munmap>, C<d_mymalloc>,
11090 C<d_nice>, C<d_nl_langinfo>, C<d_nv_preserves_uv>, C<d_off64_t>,
11091 C<d_old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<d_oldpthreads>, C<d_oldsock>,
11092 C<d_open3>, C<d_pathconf>, C<d_pause>, C<d_perl_otherlibdirs>,
11093 C<d_phostname>, C<d_pipe>, C<d_poll>, C<d_portable>, C<d_PRId64>,
11094 C<d_PRIeldbl>, C<d_PRIEUldbl>, C<d_PRIfldbl>, C<d_PRIFUldbl>,
11095 C<d_PRIgldbl>, C<d_PRIGUldbl>, C<d_PRIi64>, C<d_PRIo64>, C<d_PRIu64>,
11096 C<d_PRIx64>, C<d_PRIXU64>, C<d_procselfexe>, C<d_pthread_atfork>,
11097 C<d_pthread_attr_setscope>, C<d_pthread_yield>, C<d_pwage>, C<d_pwchange>,
11098 C<d_pwclass>, C<d_pwcomment>, C<d_pwexpire>, C<d_pwgecos>, C<d_pwpasswd>,
11099 C<d_pwquota>, C<d_qgcvt>, C<d_quad>, C<d_random_r>, C<d_readdir64_r>,
11100 C<d_readdir>, C<d_readdir_r>, C<d_readlink>, C<d_readv>, C<d_recvmsg>,
11101 C<d_rename>, C<d_rewinddir>, C<d_rmdir>, C<d_safebcpy>, C<d_safemcpy>,
11102 C<d_sanemcmp>, C<d_sbrkproto>, C<d_scalbnl>, C<d_sched_yield>,
11103 C<d_scm_rights>, C<d_SCNfldbl>, C<d_seekdir>, C<d_select>, C<d_sem>,
11104 C<d_semctl>, C<d_semctl_semid_ds>, C<d_semctl_semun>, C<d_semget>,
11105 C<d_semop>, C<d_sendmsg>, C<d_setegid>, C<d_seteuid>, C<d_setgrent>,
11106 C<d_setgrent_r>, C<d_setgrps>, C<d_sethent>, C<d_sethostent_r>,
11107 C<d_setitimer>, C<d_setlinebuf>, C<d_setlocale>, C<d_setlocale_r>,
11108 C<d_setnent>, C<d_setnetent_r>, C<d_setpent>, C<d_setpgid>, C<d_setpgrp2>,
11109 C<d_setpgrp>, C<d_setprior>, C<d_setproctitle>, C<d_setprotoent_r>,
11110 C<d_setpwent>, C<d_setpwent_r>, C<d_setregid>, C<d_setresgid>,
11111 C<d_setresuid>, C<d_setreuid>, C<d_setrgid>, C<d_setruid>, C<d_setsent>,
11112 C<d_setservent_r>, C<d_setsid>, C<d_setvbuf>, C<d_sfio>, C<d_shm>,
11113 C<d_shmat>, C<d_shmatprototype>, C<d_shmctl>, C<d_shmdt>, C<d_shmget>,
11114 C<d_sigaction>, C<d_sigprocmask>, C<d_sigsetjmp>, C<d_sockatmark>,
11115 C<d_sockatmarkproto>, C<d_socket>, C<d_socklen_t>, C<d_sockpair>,
11116 C<d_socks5_init>, C<d_sqrtl>, C<d_srand48_r>, C<d_srandom_r>,
11117 C<d_sresgproto>, C<d_sresuproto>, C<d_statblks>, C<d_statfs_f_flags>,
11118 C<d_statfs_s>, C<d_statvfs>, C<d_stdio_cnt_lval>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval>,
11119 C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_nochange_cnt>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_sets_cnt>,
11120 C<d_stdio_stream_array>, C<d_stdiobase>, C<d_stdstdio>, C<d_strchr>,
11121 C<d_strcoll>, C<d_strctcpy>, C<d_strerrm>, C<d_strerror>, C<d_strerror_r>,
11122 C<d_strftime>, C<d_strtod>, C<d_strtol>, C<d_strtold>, C<d_strtoll>,
11123 C<d_strtoq>, C<d_strtoul>, C<d_strtoull>, C<d_strtouq>, C<d_strxfrm>,
11124 C<d_suidsafe>, C<d_symlink>, C<d_syscall>, C<d_syscallproto>, C<d_sysconf>,
11125 C<d_sysernlst>, C<d_syserrlst>, C<d_system>, C<d_tcgetpgrp>,
11126 C<d_tcsetpgrp>, C<d_telldir>, C<d_telldirproto>, C<d_time>, C<d_times>,
11127 C<d_tm_tm_gmtoff>, C<d_tm_tm_zone>, C<d_tmpnam_r>, C<d_truncate>,
11128 C<d_ttyname_r>, C<d_tzname>, C<d_u32align>, C<d_ualarm>, C<d_umask>,
11129 C<d_uname>, C<d_union_semun>, C<d_unordered>, C<d_usleep>,
11130 C<d_usleepproto>, C<d_ustat>, C<d_vendorarch>, C<d_vendorbin>,
11131 C<d_vendorlib>, C<d_vendorscript>, C<d_vfork>, C<d_void_closedir>,
11132 C<d_voidsig>, C<d_voidtty>, C<d_volatile>, C<d_vprintf>, C<d_wait4>,
11133 C<d_waitpid>, C<d_wcstombs>, C<d_wctomb>, C<d_writev>, C<d_xenix>, C<date>,
11134 C<db_hashtype>, C<db_prefixtype>, C<db_version_major>, C<db_version_minor>,
11135 C<db_version_patch>, C<defvoidused>, C<direntrytype>, C<dlext>, C<dlsrc>,
11136 C<doublesize>, C<drand01>, C<drand48_r_proto>, C<dynamic_ext>
11140 C<eagain>, C<ebcdic>, C<echo>, C<egrep>, C<emacs>, C<endgrent_r_proto>,
11141 C<endhostent_r_proto>, C<endnetent_r_proto>, C<endprotoent_r_proto>,
11142 C<endpwent_r_proto>, C<endservent_r_proto>, C<eunicefix>, C<exe_ext>,
11143 C<expr>, C<extensions>, C<extras>
11147 C<fflushall>, C<fflushNULL>, C<find>, C<firstmakefile>, C<flex>,
11148 C<fpossize>, C<fpostype>, C<freetype>, C<from>, C<full_ar>, C<full_csh>,
11153 C<gccansipedantic>, C<gccosandvers>, C<gccversion>, C<getgrent_r_proto>,
11154 C<getgrgid_r_proto>, C<getgrnam_r_proto>, C<gethostbyaddr_r_proto>,
11155 C<gethostbyname_r_proto>, C<gethostent_r_proto>, C<getlogin_r_proto>,
11156 C<getnetbyaddr_r_proto>, C<getnetbyname_r_proto>, C<getnetent_r_proto>,
11157 C<getprotobyname_r_proto>, C<getprotobynumber_r_proto>,
11158 C<getprotoent_r_proto>, C<getpwent_r_proto>, C<getpwnam_r_proto>,
11159 C<getpwuid_r_proto>, C<getservbyname_r_proto>, C<getservbyport_r_proto>,
11160 C<getservent_r_proto>, C<getspnam_r_proto>, C<gidformat>, C<gidsign>,
11161 C<gidsize>, C<gidtype>, C<glibpth>, C<gmake>, C<gmtime_r_proto>,
11162 C<gnulibc_version>, C<grep>, C<groupcat>, C<groupstype>, C<gzip>
11166 C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>, C<html1dir>, C<html1direxp>,
11167 C<html3dir>, C<html3direxp>
11171 C<i16size>, C<i16type>, C<i32size>, C<i32type>, C<i64size>, C<i64type>,
11172 C<i8size>, C<i8type>, C<i_arpainet>, C<i_bsdioctl>, C<i_crypt>, C<i_db>,
11173 C<i_dbm>, C<i_dirent>, C<i_dld>, C<i_dlfcn>, C<i_fcntl>, C<i_float>,
11174 C<i_fp>, C<i_fp_class>, C<i_gdbm>, C<i_grp>, C<i_ieeefp>, C<i_inttypes>,
11175 C<i_langinfo>, C<i_libutil>, C<i_limits>, C<i_locale>, C<i_machcthr>,
11176 C<i_malloc>, C<i_math>, C<i_memory>, C<i_mntent>, C<i_ndbm>, C<i_netdb>,
11177 C<i_neterrno>, C<i_netinettcp>, C<i_niin>, C<i_poll>, C<i_prot>,
11178 C<i_pthread>, C<i_pwd>, C<i_rpcsvcdbm>, C<i_sfio>, C<i_sgtty>, C<i_shadow>,
11179 C<i_socks>, C<i_stdarg>, C<i_stddef>, C<i_stdlib>, C<i_string>,
11180 C<i_sunmath>, C<i_sysaccess>, C<i_sysdir>, C<i_sysfile>, C<i_sysfilio>,
11181 C<i_sysin>, C<i_sysioctl>, C<i_syslog>, C<i_sysmman>, C<i_sysmode>,
11182 C<i_sysmount>, C<i_sysndir>, C<i_sysparam>, C<i_sysresrc>, C<i_syssecrt>,
11183 C<i_sysselct>, C<i_syssockio>, C<i_sysstat>, C<i_sysstatfs>,
11184 C<i_sysstatvfs>, C<i_systime>, C<i_systimek>, C<i_systimes>, C<i_systypes>,
11185 C<i_sysuio>, C<i_sysun>, C<i_sysutsname>, C<i_sysvfs>, C<i_syswait>,
11186 C<i_termio>, C<i_termios>, C<i_time>, C<i_unistd>, C<i_ustat>, C<i_utime>,
11187 C<i_values>, C<i_varargs>, C<i_varhdr>, C<i_vfork>,
11188 C<ignore_versioned_solibs>, C<inc_version_list>, C<inc_version_list_init>,
11189 C<incpath>, C<inews>, C<installarchlib>, C<installbin>, C<installhtml1dir>,
11190 C<installhtml3dir>, C<installman1dir>, C<installman3dir>, C<installprefix>,
11191 C<installprefixexp>, C<installprivlib>, C<installscript>,
11192 C<installsitearch>, C<installsitebin>, C<installsitehtml1dir>,
11193 C<installsitehtml3dir>, C<installsitelib>, C<installsiteman1dir>,
11194 C<installsiteman3dir>, C<installsitescript>, C<installstyle>,
11195 C<installusrbinperl>, C<installvendorarch>, C<installvendorbin>,
11196 C<installvendorhtml1dir>, C<installvendorhtml3dir>, C<installvendorlib>,
11197 C<installvendorman1dir>, C<installvendorman3dir>, C<installvendorscript>,
11198 C<intsize>, C<issymlink>, C<ivdformat>, C<ivsize>, C<ivtype>
11202 C<known_extensions>, C<ksh>
11206 C<ld>, C<lddlflags>, C<ldflags>, C<ldflags_uselargefiles>, C<ldlibpthname>,
11207 C<less>, C<lib_ext>, C<libc>, C<libperl>, C<libpth>, C<libs>, C<libsdirs>,
11208 C<libsfiles>, C<libsfound>, C<libspath>, C<libswanted>,
11209 C<libswanted_uselargefiles>, C<line>, C<lint>, C<lkflags>, C<ln>, C<lns>,
11210 C<localtime_r_proto>, C<locincpth>, C<loclibpth>, C<longdblsize>,
11211 C<longlongsize>, C<longsize>, C<lp>, C<lpr>, C<ls>, C<lseeksize>,
11216 C<mail>, C<mailx>, C<make>, C<make_set_make>, C<mallocobj>, C<mallocsrc>,
11217 C<malloctype>, C<man1dir>, C<man1direxp>, C<man1ext>, C<man3dir>,
11218 C<man3direxp>, C<man3ext>
11222 C<Mcc>, C<mips_type>, C<mistrustnm>, C<mkdir>, C<mmaptype>, C<modetype>,
11223 C<more>, C<multiarch>, C<mv>, C<myarchname>, C<mydomain>, C<myhostname>,
11228 C<n>, C<need_va_copy>, C<netdb_hlen_type>, C<netdb_host_type>,
11229 C<netdb_name_type>, C<netdb_net_type>, C<nm>, C<nm_opt>, C<nm_so_opt>,
11230 C<nonxs_ext>, C<nroff>, C<nv_preserves_uv_bits>, C<nveformat>,
11231 C<nvEUformat>, C<nvfformat>, C<nvFUformat>, C<nvgformat>, C<nvGUformat>,
11232 C<nvsize>, C<nvtype>
11236 C<o_nonblock>, C<obj_ext>, C<old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<optimize>,
11237 C<orderlib>, C<osname>, C<osvers>, C<otherlibdirs>
11241 C<package>, C<pager>, C<passcat>, C<patchlevel>, C<path_sep>, C<perl5>,
11242 C<perl>, C<perl_patchlevel>
11246 C<PERL_REVISION>, C<PERL_SUBVERSION>, C<PERL_VERSION>, C<perladmin>,
11247 C<perllibs>, C<perlpath>, C<pg>, C<phostname>, C<pidtype>, C<plibpth>,
11248 C<pm_apiversion>, C<pmake>, C<pr>, C<prefix>, C<prefixexp>, C<privlib>,
11249 C<privlibexp>, C<procselfexe>, C<prototype>, C<ptrsize>
11253 C<quadkind>, C<quadtype>
11257 C<randbits>, C<randfunc>, C<random_r_proto>, C<randseedtype>, C<ranlib>,
11258 C<rd_nodata>, C<readdir64_r_proto>, C<readdir_r_proto>, C<revision>, C<rm>,
11259 C<rmail>, C<run>, C<runnm>
11263 C<sched_yield>, C<scriptdir>, C<scriptdirexp>, C<sed>, C<seedfunc>,
11264 C<selectminbits>, C<selecttype>, C<sendmail>, C<setgrent_r_proto>,
11265 C<sethostent_r_proto>, C<setlocale_r_proto>, C<setnetent_r_proto>,
11266 C<setprotoent_r_proto>, C<setpwent_r_proto>, C<setservent_r_proto>, C<sh>,
11267 C<shar>, C<sharpbang>, C<shmattype>, C<shortsize>, C<shrpenv>, C<shsharp>,
11268 C<sig_count>, C<sig_name>, C<sig_name_init>, C<sig_num>, C<sig_num_init>,
11269 C<sig_size>, C<signal_t>, C<sitearch>, C<sitearchexp>, C<sitebin>,
11270 C<sitebinexp>, C<sitehtml1dir>, C<sitehtml1direxp>, C<sitehtml3dir>,
11271 C<sitehtml3direxp>, C<sitelib>, C<sitelib_stem>, C<sitelibexp>,
11272 C<siteman1dir>, C<siteman1direxp>, C<siteman3dir>, C<siteman3direxp>,
11273 C<siteprefix>, C<siteprefixexp>, C<sitescript>, C<sitescriptexp>,
11274 C<sizesize>, C<sizetype>, C<sleep>, C<smail>, C<so>, C<sockethdr>,
11275 C<socketlib>, C<socksizetype>, C<sort>, C<spackage>, C<spitshell>,
11276 C<sPRId64>, C<sPRIeldbl>, C<sPRIEUldbl>, C<sPRIfldbl>, C<sPRIFUldbl>,
11277 C<sPRIgldbl>, C<sPRIGUldbl>, C<sPRIi64>, C<sPRIo64>, C<sPRIu64>,
11278 C<sPRIx64>, C<sPRIXU64>, C<srand48_r_proto>, C<srandom_r_proto>, C<src>,
11279 C<sSCNfldbl>, C<ssizetype>, C<startperl>, C<startsh>, C<static_ext>,
11280 C<stdchar>, C<stdio_base>, C<stdio_bufsiz>, C<stdio_cnt>, C<stdio_filbuf>,
11281 C<stdio_ptr>, C<stdio_stream_array>, C<strerror_r_proto>, C<strings>,
11282 C<submit>, C<subversion>, C<sysman>
11286 C<tail>, C<tar>, C<targetarch>, C<tbl>, C<tee>, C<test>, C<timeincl>,
11287 C<timetype>, C<tmpnam_r_proto>, C<to>, C<touch>, C<tr>, C<trnl>, C<troff>,
11292 C<u16size>, C<u16type>, C<u32size>, C<u32type>, C<u64size>, C<u64type>,
11293 C<u8size>, C<u8type>, C<uidformat>, C<uidsign>, C<uidsize>, C<uidtype>,
11294 C<uname>, C<uniq>, C<uquadtype>, C<use5005threads>, C<use64bitall>,
11295 C<use64bitint>, C<usecrosscompile>, C<usedl>, C<usefaststdio>,
11296 C<useithreads>, C<uselargefiles>, C<uselongdouble>, C<usemorebits>,
11297 C<usemultiplicity>, C<usemymalloc>, C<usenm>, C<useopcode>, C<useperlio>,
11298 C<useposix>, C<usereentrant>, C<usesfio>, C<useshrplib>, C<usesocks>,
11299 C<usethreads>, C<usevendorprefix>, C<usevfork>, C<usrinc>, C<uuname>,
11300 C<uvoformat>, C<uvsize>, C<uvtype>, C<uvuformat>, C<uvxformat>,
11305 C<vendorarch>, C<vendorarchexp>, C<vendorbin>, C<vendorbinexp>,
11306 C<vendorhtml1dir>, C<vendorhtml1direxp>, C<vendorhtml3dir>,
11307 C<vendorhtml3direxp>, C<vendorlib>, C<vendorlib_stem>, C<vendorlibexp>,
11308 C<vendorman1dir>, C<vendorman1direxp>, C<vendorman3dir>,
11309 C<vendorman3direxp>, C<vendorprefix>, C<vendorprefixexp>, C<vendorscript>,
11310 C<vendorscriptexp>, C<version>, C<version_patchlevel_string>,
11311 C<versiononly>, C<vi>, C<voidflags>
11315 C<xlibpth>, C<xs_apiversion>
11319 C<yacc>, C<yaccflags>
11331 =head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory
11341 =item getcwd and friends
11343 getcwd, cwd, fastcwd, fastgetcwd
11345 =item abs_path and friends
11347 abs_path, realpath, fast_abs_path
11359 =head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft,
11371 =item Global Variables
11373 $DB::sub, %DB::sub, $DB::single, $DB::signal, $DB::trace, @DB::args,
11374 @DB::dbline, %DB::dbline, $DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::subname,
11379 CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'),
11380 CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done()
11382 =item Client Callback Methods
11384 CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(),
11385 CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(),
11386 CLIENT->output(LIST)
11396 =head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
11404 B<DB_HASH>, B<DB_BTREE>, B<DB_RECNO>
11408 =item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or greater
11410 =item Interface to Berkeley DB
11412 =item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File
11414 =item Default Parameters
11416 =item In Memory Databases
11424 =item A Simple Example
11432 =item Changing the BTREE sort order
11434 =item Handling Duplicate Keys
11436 =item The get_dup() Method
11438 =item The find_dup() Method
11440 =item The del_dup() Method
11442 =item Matching Partial Keys
11450 =item The 'bval' Option
11452 =item A Simple Example
11454 =item Extra RECNO Methods
11456 B<$X-E<gt>push(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-E<gt>pop ;>, B<$X-E<gt>shift>,
11457 B<$X-E<gt>unshift(list) ;>, B<$X-E<gt>length>, B<$X-E<gt>splice(offset,
11458 length, elements);>
11460 =item Another Example
11464 =item THE API INTERFACE
11466 B<$status = $X-E<gt>get($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status =
11467 $X-E<gt>put($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>del($key [,
11468 $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>fd ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>seq($key,
11469 $value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>sync([$flags]) ;>
11473 B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
11474 B<filter_fetch_value>
11480 =item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
11482 =item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
11486 =item HINTS AND TIPS
11490 =item Locking: The Trouble with fd
11492 =item Safe ways to lock a database
11494 B<Tie::DB_Lock>, B<Tie::DB_LockFile>, B<DB_File::Lock>
11496 =item Sharing Databases With C Applications
11498 =item The untie() Gotcha
11502 =item COMMON QUESTIONS
11506 =item Why is there Perl source in my database?
11508 =item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File?
11510 =item What does "Invalid Argument" mean?
11512 =item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean?
11532 =head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both
11533 printing and C<eval>
11545 I<PACKAGE>->new(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Dump I<or>
11546 I<PACKAGE>->Dump(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>),
11547 I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>),
11554 =item Configuration Variables or Methods
11580 =head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler
11588 =item PROFILE FORMAT
11600 =head2 Devel::PPPort - Perl/Pollution/Portability
11622 =head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
11632 =item Runtime debugging
11634 =item Memory footprint debugging
11642 =item A simple scalar string
11644 =item A simple scalar number
11646 =item A simple scalar with an extra reference
11648 =item A reference to a simple scalar
11650 =item A reference to an array
11652 =item A reference to a hash
11654 =item Dumping a large array or hash
11656 =item A reference to an SV which holds a C pointer
11658 =item A reference to a subroutine
11672 =head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
11682 =head2 Digest:: - Modules that calculate message digests
11690 I<binary>, I<hex>, I<base64>
11694 $ctx = Digest->XXX($arg,...), $ctx = Digest->new(XXX => $arg,...), $ctx =
11695 Digest::XXX->new($arg,...), $other_ctx = $ctx->clone, $ctx->reset,
11696 $ctx->add($data,...), $ctx->addfile($io_handle), $ctx->digest,
11697 $ctx->hexdigest, $ctx->b64digest
11705 =head2 Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
11715 md5($data,...), md5_hex($data,...), md5_base64($data,...)
11719 $md5 = Digest::MD5->new, $md5->reset, $md5->clone, $md5->add($data,...),
11720 $md5->addfile($io_handle), $md5->digest, $md5->hexdigest, $md5->b64digest
11732 =head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
11744 =head2 Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data.
11756 C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>,
11757 C<dumpDBFiles>, C<dumpPackages>, C<dumpReused>, C<tick>, C<quoteHighBit>,
11758 C<printUndef>, C<usageOnly>, unctrl, subdump, bareStringify, quoteHighBit,
11763 dumpValue, dumpValues, stringify, dumpvars, set_quote, set_unctrl,
11764 compactDump, veryCompact, set, get
11770 =head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
11778 @dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, @dl_librefs,
11779 @dl_modules, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(), dl_expandspec(),
11780 dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_load_flags(), dl_find_symbol(),
11781 dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(), dl_install_xsub(),
11788 =head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into
11799 =item Migration from C<DynaLoader>
11801 =item Backward compatible boilerplate
11805 =item Order of initialization: early load()
11809 =item The most hairy case
11819 =head2 Encode - character encodings
11827 =item Table of Contents
11839 =item PERL ENCODING API
11841 $octets = encode(ENCODING, $string [, CHECK]), $string = decode(ENCODING,
11842 $octets [, CHECK]), [$length =] from_to($octets, FROM_ENC, TO_ENC [,
11843 CHECK]), $octets = encode_utf8($string);, $string = decode_utf8($octets [,
11848 =item Listing available encodings
11850 =item Defining Aliases
11854 =item Encoding via PerlIO
11856 =item Handling Malformed Data
11858 I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_DEFAULT ( == 0), I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_CROAK ( == 1),
11859 I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_QUIET, I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_WARN, perlqq mode
11860 (I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_PERLQQ), HTML charref mode (I<CHECK> =
11861 Encode::FB_HTMLCREF), XML charref mode (I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_XMLCREF), The
11866 =item Unimplemented fallback schemes
11870 =item Defining Encodings
11872 =item The UTF-8 flag
11874 Goal #1:, Goal #2:, Goal #3:, Goal #4:
11878 =item Messing with Perl's Internals
11880 is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK]), _utf8_on(STRING), _utf8_off(STRING)
11890 =head2 Encode::Alias - alias definitions to encodings
11898 As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
11903 =item Alias overloading
11911 =head2 Encode::Byte - Single Byte Encodings
11925 =head2 Encode::CJKConstants -- Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
11927 =head2 Encode::CN - China-based Chinese Encodings
11943 =head2 Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by Encode::CN
11945 =head2 Encode::Config -- internally used by Encode
11947 =head2 Encode::EBCDIC - EBCDIC Encodings
11961 =head2 Encode::Encoding - Encode Implementation Base Class
11971 =item Methods you should implement
11973 -E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check]),
11974 -E<gt>cat_decode($destination, $octets, $offset, $terminator [,$check])
11976 =item Other methods defined in Encode::Encodings
11978 -E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>perlio_ok(), -E<gt>needs_lines()
11980 =item Example: Encode::ROT13
11984 =item Why the heck Encode API is different?
11988 =item Compiled Encodings
11994 Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
11998 =head2 Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from data
12008 Encode::Guess->set_suspects, Encode::Guess->add_suspects,
12009 Encode::decode("Guess" ...), Encode::Guess->guess($data),
12010 guess_encoding($data, [, I<list of suspects>])
12020 =head2 Encode::JP - Japanese Encodings
12030 =item Note on ISO-2022-JP(-1)?
12038 =head2 Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by Encode::JP::2022_JP*
12040 =head2 Encode::JP::JIS7 -- internally used by Encode::JP
12042 =head2 Encode::KR - Korean Encodings
12056 =head2 Encode::KR::2022_KR -- internally used by Encode::KR
12058 =head2 Encode::MIME::Header -- MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding
12074 =head2 Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document on Encode and PerlIO
12080 =item How does it work?
12082 =item Line Buffering
12086 =item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
12094 =head2 Encode::Supported -- Encodings supported by Encode
12102 =item Encoding Names
12106 =item Supported Encodings
12110 =item Built-in Encodings
12112 =item Encode::Unicode -- other Unicode encodings
12114 =item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
12116 ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
12117 the Cyrillic world, gsm0338 - Hentai Latin 1
12119 =item CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
12121 Encode::CN -- Continental China, Encode::JP -- Japan, Encode::KR -- Korea,
12122 Encode::TW -- Taiwan, Encode::HanExtra -- More Chinese via CPAN,
12123 Encode::JIS2K -- JIS X 0213 encodings via CPAN
12125 =item Miscellaneous encodings
12127 Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::Guess
12131 =item Unsupported encodings
12133 ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], Various HP-UX encodings,
12134 Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], ISIRI 3342, Iran
12135 System, ISIRI 2900 [Farsi], Thai encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS,
12136 Various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic encodings
12138 =item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
12140 =item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
12144 =item Microsoft-related naming mess
12146 KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
12152 character repertoire, coded character set (CCS), character encoding scheme
12153 (CES), charset (in MIME context), EUC, ISO-2022, UCS, UCS-2, Unicode, UTF,
12160 ECMA, ECMA-035 (eq C<ISO-2022>), IANA, Assigned Charset Names by IANA, ISO,
12161 RFC, UC, Unicode Glossary
12165 =item Other Notable Sites
12167 czyborra.com, CJK.inf, Jungshik Shin's Hangul FAQ, debian.org:
12168 "Introduction to i18n"
12170 =item Offline sources
12172 C<CJKV Information Processing> by Ken Lunde
12178 =head2 Encode::Symbol - Symbol Encodings
12192 =head2 Encode::TW - Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings
12208 =head2 Encode::Unicode -- Various Unicode Transformation Formats
12216 L<http://www.unicode.org/glossary/> says:, Quick Reference
12218 =item Size, Endianness, and BOM
12224 =item by endianness
12226 BOM as integer when fetched in network byte order
12230 =item Surrogate Pairs
12236 =head2 Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7 encoding
12250 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Alias, Encode::Alias - alias definitions to
12259 As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
12264 =item Alias overloading
12272 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CJKConstants.pm --
12273 Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
12275 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CN::HZ, Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by
12278 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Config, Encode::Config -- internally used by
12281 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Encoding, Encode::Encoding - Encode
12282 Implementation Base Class
12292 =item Methods you should implement
12294 -E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check]),
12295 -E<gt>cat_decode($destination, $octets, $offset, $terminator [,$check])
12297 =item Other methods defined in Encode::Encodings
12299 -E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>perlio_ok(), -E<gt>needs_lines()
12301 =item Example: Encode::ROT13
12305 =item Why the heck Encode API is different?
12309 =item Compiled Encodings
12315 Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
12319 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Guess, Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from
12330 Encode::Guess->set_suspects, Encode::Guess->add_suspects,
12331 Encode::decode("Guess" ...), Encode::Guess->guess($data),
12332 guess_encoding($data, [, I<list of suspects>])
12342 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::H2Z, Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by
12343 Encode::JP::2022_JP*
12345 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::JIS7, Encode::JP::JIS7 -- internally used
12348 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::KR::2022_KR, Encode::KR::2022_KR -- internally
12351 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::MIME::Header -- MIME 'B'
12352 and 'Q' header encoding
12368 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::PerlIO, Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document
12369 on Encode and PerlIO
12375 =item How does it work?
12377 =item Line Buffering
12381 =item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
12389 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Supported, Encode::Supported -- Encodings
12390 supported by Encode
12398 =item Encoding Names
12402 =item Supported Encodings
12406 =item Built-in Encodings
12408 =item Encode::Unicode -- other Unicode encodings
12410 =item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
12412 ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
12413 the Cyrillic world, gsm0338 - Hentai Latin 1
12415 =item CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
12417 Encode::CN -- Continental China, Encode::JP -- Japan, Encode::KR -- Korea,
12418 Encode::TW -- Taiwan, Encode::HanExtra -- More Chinese via CPAN,
12419 Encode::JIS2K -- JIS X 0213 encodings via CPAN
12421 =item Miscellaneous encodings
12423 Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::Guess
12427 =item Unsupported encodings
12429 ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], Various HP-UX encodings,
12430 Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], ISIRI 3342, Iran
12431 System, ISIRI 2900 [Farsi], Thai encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS,
12432 Various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic encodings
12434 =item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
12436 =item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
12440 =item Microsoft-related naming mess
12442 KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
12448 character repertoire, coded character set (CCS), character encoding scheme
12449 (CES), charset (in MIME context), EUC, ISO-2022, UCS, UCS-2, Unicode, UTF,
12456 ECMA, ECMA-035 (eq C<ISO-2022>), IANA, Assigned Charset Names by IANA, ISO,
12457 RFC, UC, Unicode Glossary
12461 =item Other Notable Sites
12463 czyborra.com, CJK.inf, Jungshik Shin's Hangul FAQ, debian.org:
12464 "Introduction to i18n"
12466 =item Offline sources
12468 C<CJKV Information Processing> by Ken Lunde
12474 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Unicode::UTF7, Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7
12489 =head2 Encode::lib::Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
12501 =item Predefined Methods
12503 $e = Encode::Encoder-E<gt>new([$data, $encoding]);, encoder(),
12504 $e-E<gt>data([$data]), $e-E<gt>encoding([$encoding]),
12505 $e-E<gt>bytes([$encoding])
12507 =item Example: base64 transcoder
12509 =item Operator Overloading
12517 =head2 Encodencoding, encoding - allows you to write your script in
12518 non-ascii or non-utf8
12528 =item Literal Conversions
12530 =item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
12534 =item FEATURES THAT REQUIRE 5.8.1
12536 "NON-EUC" doublebyte encodings, tr//, DATA pseudo-filehandle
12540 use encoding [I<ENCNAME>] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> [ STDIN =E<gt>
12541 I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;, no encoding;
12543 =item The Filter Option
12547 =item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
12557 =item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
12559 =item tr/// with ranges
12561 Legend of characters above
12565 =item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
12567 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
12569 literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
12577 =head2 Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
12589 =item Predefined Methods
12591 $e = Encode::Encoder-E<gt>new([$data, $encoding]);, encoder(),
12592 $e-E<gt>data([$data]), $e-E<gt>encoding([$encoding]),
12593 $e-E<gt>bytes([$encoding])
12595 =item Example: base64 transcoder
12597 =item Operator Overloading
12605 =head2 English - use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation
12618 =head2 Env - perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or
12633 =head2 Errno - System errno constants
12649 =head2 Exporter - Implements default import method for modules
12659 =item How to Export
12661 =item Selecting What To Export
12663 =item How to Import
12665 C<use ModuleName;>, C<use ModuleName ();>, C<use ModuleName qw(...);>
12669 =item Advanced features
12673 =item Specialised Import Lists
12675 =item Exporting without using Exporter's import method
12677 =item Module Version Checking
12679 =item Managing Unknown Symbols
12681 =item Tag Handling Utility Functions
12683 =item Generating combined tags
12685 =item C<AUTOLOAD>ed Constants
12691 =head2 Exporter::Heavy - Exporter guts
12701 =head2 ExtUtils::Command - utilities to replace common UNIX commands in
12722 mv source... destination
12724 cp source... destination
12742 =head2 ExtUtils::Command::MM - Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles
12756 B<warn_if_old_packlist>
12758 B<perllocal_install>
12762 =head2 ExtUtils::Constant - generate XS code to import C header constants
12772 IV, UV, NV, PV, PVN, SV, YES, NO, UNDEF
12780 perl_stringify NAME
12784 memEQ_clause NAME, CHECKED_AT, INDENT
12786 assign INDENT, TYPE, PRE, POST, VALUE..
12790 switch_clause INDENT, NAMELEN, ITEMHASH, ITEM..
12798 C_constant, name, type, value, macro, default, pre, post, def_pre =item
12801 XS_constant PACKAGE, TYPES, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
12803 autoload PACKAGE, VERSION, AUTOLOADER
12805 WriteMakefileSnippet
12807 WriteConstants ATTRIBUTE =E<gt> VALUE [, ...], NAME, DEFAULT_TYPE,
12808 BREAKOUT_AT, NAMES, C_FILE, XS_FILE, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
12816 =head2 ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications
12828 xsinit(), Examples, ldopts(), Examples, perl_inc(), ccflags(), ccdlflags(),
12829 ccopts(), xsi_header(), xsi_protos(@modules), xsi_body(@modules)
12839 =head2 ExtUtils::Install - install files from here to there
12857 B<install_default> I<DISCOURAGED>
12869 B<PERL_INSTALL_ROOT>
12877 =head2 ExtUtils::Installed - Inventory management of installed modules
12889 new(), modules(), files(), directories(), directory_tree(), validate(),
12890 packlist(), version()
12898 =head2 ExtUtils::Liblist - determine libraries to use and how to use them
12906 For static extensions, For dynamic extensions at build/link time, For
12907 dynamic extensions at load time
12913 =item LDLOADLIBS and LD_RUN_PATH
12923 =item VMS implementation
12925 =item Win32 implementation
12933 =head2 ExtUtils::MM - OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass
12943 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Any - Platform-agnostic MM methods
12951 =item Inherently Cross-Platform Methods
12961 =item File::Spec wrappers
12969 =item Thought To Be Cross-Platform Methods
12985 makemakerdflt_target
13003 metafile_addtomanifest_target
13007 =item Abstract methods
13009 oneliner, B<quote_literal>, B<escape_newlines>, max_exec_len,
13010 B<init_others>, init_DIRFILESEP, init_linker, init_platform,
13023 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_BeOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
13024 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
13038 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
13039 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
13053 replace_manpage_separator (o)
13057 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_DOS - DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
13067 =item Overridden methods
13075 B<replace_manpage_separator>
13085 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_MacOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
13086 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
13108 init_platform, platform_constants
13114 special_targets (o)
13124 clean_subdirs_target
13128 realclean_subdirs_target
13136 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_NW5 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
13137 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
13149 init_platform (o), platform_constants
13157 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_OS2 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
13158 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
13176 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_UWIN - U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
13186 =item Overridden methods
13194 B<replace_manpage_separator>
13204 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
13230 clean_subdirs_target
13292 =item Methods to actually produce chunks of text for the Makefile
13322 init_platform (o), platform_constants (o)
13366 post_initialize (o)
13380 realclean_subdirs_target
13382 replace_manpage_separator
13404 test_via_harness (override)
13406 test_via_script (override)
13430 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_VMS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
13431 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
13441 =item Methods always loaded
13453 guess_name (override)
13457 find_perl (override)
13459 maybe_command (override)
13461 perl_script (override)
13463 replace_manpage_separator
13469 init_main (override)
13471 init_others (override)
13473 init_platform (override)
13477 init_VERSION (override)
13479 constants (override)
13485 const_cccmd (override)
13487 tool_sxubpp (override)
13489 tools_other (override)
13491 init_dist (override)
13501 dynamic_lib (override)
13503 dynamic_bs (override)
13505 static_lib (override)
13507 processPL (override)
13509 installbin (override)
13511 subdir_x (override)
13515 clean_subdirs_target
13517 realclean (override)
13519 zipfile_target (o), tarfile_target (o), shdist_target (o)
13521 dist_test (override)
13525 perldepend (override)
13527 makefile (override)
13529 find_tests (override)
13533 makeaperl (override)
13535 nicetext (override)
13537 prefixify (override)
13557 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
13558 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
13570 =item Overridden methods
13576 replace_manpage_separator
13586 init_platform (o), platform_constants (o)
13588 special_targets (o)
13610 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win95 - method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X
13620 =item Overriden methods
13636 clean_subdirs_target
13638 realclean_subdirs_target
13648 =head2 ExtUtils::MY - ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization
13658 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Create a module Makefile
13668 =item How To Write A Makefile.PL
13670 =item Default Makefile Behaviour
13678 =item PREFIX and LIB attribute
13682 =item Static Linking of a new Perl Binary
13684 =item Determination of Perl Library and Installation Locations
13686 =item Which architecture dependent directory?
13688 =item Using Attributes and Parameters
13690 ABSTRACT, ABSTRACT_FROM, AUTHOR, BINARY_LOCATION, C, CCFLAGS, CONFIG,
13691 CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DESTDIR, DIR, DISTNAME, DISTVNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS,
13692 EXCLUDE_EXT, EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, FULLPERLRUN,
13693 FULLPERLRUNINST, FUNCLIST, H, IMPORTS, INC, INCLUDE_EXT, INSTALLARCHLIB,
13694 INSTALLBIN, INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLMAN1DIR, INSTALLMAN3DIR, INSTALLPRIVLIB,
13695 INSTALLSCRIPT, INSTALLSITEARCH, INSTALLSITEBIN, INSTALLSITELIB,
13696 INSTALLSITEMAN1DIR, INSTALLSITEMAN3DIR, INSTALLVENDORARCH,
13697 INSTALLVENDORBIN, INSTALLVENDORLIB, INSTALLVENDORMAN1DIR,
13698 INSTALLVENDORMAN3DIR, INST_ARCHLIB, INST_BIN, INST_LIB, INST_MAN1DIR,
13699 INST_MAN3DIR, INST_SCRIPT, LD, LDDLFLAGS, LDFROM, LIB, LIBPERL_A, LIBS,
13700 LINKTYPE, MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE_OLD, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET,
13701 MYEXTLIB, NAME, NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, NO_META, NO_VC, OBJECT,
13702 OPTIMIZE, PERL, PERL_CORE, PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB,
13703 PERL_MALLOC_OK, PERLPREFIX, PERLRUN, PERLRUNINST, PERL_SRC, PERM_RW,
13704 PERM_RWX, PL_FILES, PM, PMLIBDIRS, PM_FILTER, POLLUTE, PPM_INSTALL_EXEC,
13705 PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX, PREREQ_FATAL, PREREQ_PM, PREREQ_PRINT,
13706 PRINT_PREREQ, SITEPREFIX, SKIP, TYPEMAPS, VENDORPREFIX, VERBINST, VERSION,
13707 VERSION_FROM, VERSION_SYM, XS, XSOPT, XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION
13709 =item Additional lowercase attributes
13711 clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, linkext, macro, postamble, realclean,
13712 test, tool_autosplit
13714 =item Overriding MakeMaker Methods
13716 =item The End Of Cargo Cult Programming
13718 C<<MAN3PODS => ' '>>
13720 =item Hintsfile support
13722 =item Distribution Support
13724 make distcheck, make skipcheck, make distclean, make manifest,
13725 make distdir, make disttest, make tardist, make dist, make
13726 uutardist, make shdist, make zipdist, make ci
13728 =item Module Meta-Data
13730 =item Disabling an extension
13732 =item Other Handy Functions
13740 PERL_MM_OPT, PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT
13750 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions About
13759 =item Philosophy and History
13761 Why not just use <insert other build config tool here>?, What's
13762 Module::Build and how does it relate to MakeMaker?, pure perl. no make, no
13763 shell commands, easier to customize, cleaner internals, less cruft
13765 =item Module Writing
13767 How do I keep my $VERSION up to date without resetting it manually?, What's
13768 this F<META.yml> thing and how did it get in my F<MANIFEST>?!
13772 How to I prevent "object version X.XX does not match bootstrap parameter
13773 Y.YY" errors?, How do I make two or more XS files coexist in the same
13786 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial - Writing a module with MakeMaker
13800 Makefile.PL, MANIFEST, lib/, t/, Changes, README, INSTALL, MANIFEST.SKIP,
13809 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes - Version agnostic bytes.pm
13819 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish - Platform agnostic vmsish.pm
13829 =head2 ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
13867 =item MANIFEST.SKIP
13871 =item GLOBAL VARIABLES
13879 C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>, C<Skipping> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>,
13880 C<MANIFEST:> I<$!>, C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
13884 B<PERL_MM_MANIFEST_DEBUG>
13892 =head2 ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap - make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader
13902 =head2 ExtUtils::Mksymlists - write linker options files for dynamic
13911 DLBASE, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, FILE, FUNCLIST, IMPORTS, NAME
13919 =head2 ExtUtils::Packlist - manage .packlist files
13931 new(), read(), write(), validate(), packlist_file()
13939 =head2 ExtUtils::testlib - add blib/* directories to @INC
13949 =head2 Fatal - replace functions with equivalents which succeed or die
13961 =head2 Fcntl - load the C Fcntl.h defines
13971 =item EXPORTED SYMBOLS
13975 =head2 File::Basename, fileparse - split a pathname into pieces
13983 fileparse_set_fstype, fileparse
13987 C<basename>, C<dirname>
13991 =head2 File::CheckTree, validate - run many filetest checks on a tree
14005 =head2 File::Compare - Compare files or filehandles
14019 =head2 File::Copy - Copy files or filehandles
14029 =item Special behaviour if C<syscopy> is defined (OS/2, VMS and Win32)
14031 rmscopy($from,$to[,$date_flag])
14043 =head2 File::DosGlob - DOS like globbing and then some
14053 =item EXPORTS (by request only)
14065 =head2 File::Find - Traverse a directory tree.
14073 B<find>, B<finddepth>
14079 C<wanted>, C<bydepth>, C<preprocess>, C<postprocess>, C<follow>,
14080 C<follow_fast>, C<follow_skip>, C<dangling_symlinks>, C<no_chdir>,
14081 C<untaint>, C<untaint_pattern>, C<untaint_skip>
14083 =item The wanted function
14085 C<$File::Find::dir> is the current directory name,, C<$_> is the current
14086 filename within that directory, C<$File::Find::name> is the complete
14087 pathname to the file
14095 $dont_use_nlink, symlinks
14103 =head2 File::Glob - Perl extension for BSD glob routine
14111 C<GLOB_ERR>, C<GLOB_LIMIT>, C<GLOB_MARK>, C<GLOB_NOCASE>, C<GLOB_NOCHECK>,
14112 C<GLOB_NOSORT>, C<GLOB_BRACE>, C<GLOB_NOMAGIC>, C<GLOB_QUOTE>,
14113 C<GLOB_TILDE>, C<GLOB_CSH>, C<GLOB_ALPHASORT>
14117 C<GLOB_NOSPACE>, C<GLOB_ABEND>
14125 =head2 File::Path - create or remove directory trees
14139 =head2 File::Spec - portably perform operations on file names
14149 canonpath, catdir, catfile, curdir, devnull, rootdir, tmpdir, updir,
14150 no_upwards, case_tolerant, file_name_is_absolute, path, join, splitpath,
14151 splitdir, catpath(), abs2rel, rel2abs()
14159 =head2 File::Spec::Cygwin - methods for Cygwin file specs
14171 file_name_is_absolute
14175 =head2 File::Spec::Epoc - methods for Epoc file specs
14195 =head2 File::Spec::Functions - portably perform operations on file names
14213 =head2 File::Spec::Mac - File::Spec for Mac OS (Classic)
14241 file_name_is_absolute
14263 =head2 File::Spec::OS2 - methods for OS/2 file specs
14275 =head2 File::Spec::Unix - File::Spec for Unix, base for other File::Spec
14308 file_name_is_absolute
14330 =head2 File::Spec::VMS - methods for VMS file specs
14346 =item Methods always loaded
14348 canonpath (override)
14366 case_tolerant (override)
14370 file_name_is_absolute (override)
14372 splitpath (override)
14374 splitdir (override)
14388 =head2 File::Spec::Win32 - methods for Win32 file specs
14414 =item Note For File::Spec::Win32 Maintainers
14424 =head2 File::Temp - return name and handle of a temporary file safely
14460 =item MKTEMP FUNCTIONS
14474 =item POSIX FUNCTIONS
14484 =item ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
14492 =item UTILITY FUNCTIONS
14504 =item PACKAGE VARIABLES
14506 B<safe_level>, STANDARD, MEDIUM, HIGH
14518 =item Temporary files and NFS
14530 =head2 File::stat - by-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions
14546 =head2 FileCache - keep more files open than the system permits
14554 cacheout EXPR, cacheout MODE, EXPR
14564 =head2 FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles
14572 $fh->print, $fh->printf, $fh->getline, $fh->getlines
14578 =head2 Filter::Simple - Simplified source filtering
14592 =item Disabling or changing <no> behaviour
14594 =item All-in-one interface
14596 =item Filtering only specific components of source code
14598 C<"code">, C<"executable">, C<"quotelike">, C<"string">, C<"regex">,
14601 =item Filtering only the code parts of source code
14603 Most source code ceases to be grammatically correct when it is broken up
14604 into the pieces between string literals and regexes. So the C<'code'>
14605 component filter behaves slightly differently from the other partial
14607 described in the previous section.
14609 =item Using Filter::Simple with an explicit C<import> subroutine
14611 =item Using Filter::Simple and Exporter together
14623 =head2 Filter::Util::Call - Perl Source Filter Utility Module
14633 =item B<use Filter::Util::Call>
14637 =item B<filter() and anonymous sub>
14639 B<$_>, B<$status>, B<filter_read> and B<filter_read_exact>, B<filter_del>
14647 =item Example 1: A simple filter.
14649 =item Example 2: Using the context
14651 =item Example 3: Using the context within the filter
14653 =item Example 4: Using filter_del
14657 =item Filter::Simple
14665 =head2 FindBin - Locate directory of original perl script
14673 =item EXPORTABLE VARIABLES
14685 =head2 GDBM_File - Perl5 access to the gdbm library.
14701 =head2 Getopt::Long - Extended processing of command line options
14709 =item Command Line Options, an Introduction
14711 =item Getting Started with Getopt::Long
14715 =item Simple options
14717 =item A little bit less simple options
14719 =item Mixing command line option with other arguments
14721 =item Options with values
14723 =item Options with multiple values
14725 =item Options with hash values
14727 =item User-defined subroutines to handle options
14729 =item Options with multiple names
14731 =item Case and abbreviations
14733 =item Summary of Option Specifications
14735 !, +, s, i, o, f, : I<type> [ I<desttype> ], : I<number> [ I<desttype> ], :
14740 =item Advanced Possibilities
14744 =item Object oriented interface
14746 =item Thread Safety
14748 =item Documentation and help texts
14750 =item Storing options in a hash
14754 =item The lonesome dash
14756 =item Argument callback
14760 =item Configuring Getopt::Long
14762 default, posix_default, auto_abbrev, getopt_compat, gnu_compat, gnu_getopt,
14763 require_order, permute, bundling (default: disabled), bundling_override
14764 (default: disabled), ignore_case (default: enabled), ignore_case_always
14765 (default: disabled), auto_version (default:disabled), auto_help
14766 (default:disabled), pass_through (default: disabled), prefix,
14767 prefix_pattern, debug (default: disabled)
14769 =item Exportable Methods
14771 VersionMessage, C<-message>, C<-msg>, C<-exitval>, C<-output>, HelpMessage
14773 =item Return values and Errors
14779 =item Default destinations
14781 =item Alternative option starters
14783 =item Configuration variables
14787 =item Trouble Shooting
14791 =item Warning: Ignoring '!' modifier for short option
14793 =item GetOptions does not return a false result when an option is not
14796 =item GetOptions does not split the command line correctly
14798 =item Undefined subroutine &main::GetOptions called
14800 =item How do I put a "-?" option into a Getopt::Long?
14806 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER
14810 =head2 Getopt::Std, getopt - Process single-character switches with switch
14819 =item C<--help> and C<--version>
14823 =head2 Hash::Util - A selection of general-utility hash subroutines
14833 =item Restricted hashes
14835 lock_keys, unlock_keys
14841 lock_value, unlock_value
14843 B<lock_hash>, B<unlock_hash>
14857 =head2 I18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current
14868 =head2 I18N::LangTags - functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language
14879 the function is_language_tag($lang1)
14881 the function extract_language_tags($whatever)
14883 the function same_language_tag($lang1, $lang2)
14885 the function similarity_language_tag($lang1, $lang2)
14887 the function is_dialect_of($lang1, $lang2)
14889 the function super_languages($lang1)
14891 the function locale2language_tag($locale_identifier)
14893 the function encode_language_tag($lang1)
14895 the function alternate_language_tags($lang1)
14897 the function @langs = panic_languages(@accept_languages)
14901 =item ABOUT LOWERCASING
14903 =item ABOUT UNICODE PLAINTEXT LANGUAGE TAGS
14913 =head2 I18N::LangTags::List -- tags and names for human languages
14921 =item ABOUT LANGUAGE TAGS
14923 =item LIST OF LANGUAGES
14925 {ab} : Abkhazian, {ace} : Achinese, {ach} : Acoli, {ada} : Adangme, {ady} :
14926 Adyghe, {aa} : Afar, {afh} : Afrihili, {af} : Afrikaans, [{afa} :
14927 Afro-Asiatic (Other)], {ak} : Akan, {akk} : Akkadian, {sq} : Albanian,
14928 {ale} : Aleut, [{alg} : Algonquian languages], [{tut} : Altaic (Other)],
14929 {am} : Amharic, {i-ami} : Ami, [{apa} : Apache languages], {ar} : Arabic,
14930 {arc} : Aramaic, {arp} : Arapaho, {arn} : Araucanian, {arw} : Arawak, {hy}
14931 : Armenian, {an} : Aragonese, [{art} : Artificial (Other)], {ast} :
14932 Asturian, {as} : Assamese, [{ath} : Athapascan languages], [{aus} :
14933 Australian languages], [{map} : Austronesian (Other)], {av} : Avaric, {ae}
14934 : Avestan, {awa} : Awadhi, {ay} : Aymara, {az} : Azerbaijani, {ban} :
14935 Balinese, [{bat} : Baltic (Other)], {bal} : Baluchi, {bm} : Bambara, [{bai}
14936 : Bamileke languages], {bad} : Banda, [{bnt} : Bantu (Other)], {bas} :
14937 Basa, {ba} : Bashkir, {eu} : Basque, {btk} : Batak (Indonesia), {bej} :
14938 Beja, {be} : Belarusian, {bem} : Bemba, {bn} : Bengali, [{ber} : Berber
14939 (Other)], {bho} : Bhojpuri, {bh} : Bihari, {bik} : Bikol, {bin} : Bini,
14940 {bi} : Bislama, {bs} : Bosnian, {bra} : Braj, {br} : Breton, {bug} :
14941 Buginese, {bg} : Bulgarian, {i-bnn} : Bunun, {bua} : Buriat, {my} :
14942 Burmese, {cad} : Caddo, {car} : Carib, {ca} : Catalan, [{cau} : Caucasian
14943 (Other)], {ceb} : Cebuano, [{cel} : Celtic (Other)], [{cai} : Central
14944 American Indian (Other)], {chg} : Chagatai, [{cmc} : Chamic languages],
14945 {ch} : Chamorro, {ce} : Chechen, {chr} : Cherokee, {chy} : Cheyenne, {chb}
14946 : Chibcha, {ny} : Chichewa, {zh} : Chinese, {chn} : Chinook Jargon, {chp} :
14947 Chipewyan, {cho} : Choctaw, {cu} : Church Slavic, {chk} : Chuukese, {cv} :
14948 Chuvash, {cop} : Coptic, {kw} : Cornish, {co} : Corsican, {cr} : Cree,
14949 {mus} : Creek, [{cpe} : English-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{cpf}
14950 : French-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{cpp} : Portuguese-based
14951 Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{crp} : Creoles and pidgins (Other)], {hr} :
14952 Croatian, [{cus} : Cushitic (Other)], {cs} : Czech, {dak} : Dakota, {da} :
14953 Danish, {dar} : Dargwa, {day} : Dayak, {i-default} : Default (Fallthru)
14954 Language, {del} : Delaware, {din} : Dinka, {dv} : Divehi, {doi} : Dogri,
14955 {dgr} : Dogrib, [{dra} : Dravidian (Other)], {dua} : Duala, {nl} : Dutch,
14956 {dum} : Middle Dutch (ca.1050-1350), {dyu} : Dyula, {dz} : Dzongkha, {efi}
14957 : Efik, {egy} : Ancient Egyptian, {eka} : Ekajuk, {elx} : Elamite, {en} :
14958 English, {enm} : Old English (1100-1500), {ang} : Old English
14959 (ca.450-1100), {i-enochian} : Enochian (Artificial), {myv} : Erzya, {eo} :
14960 Esperanto, {et} : Estonian, {ee} : Ewe, {ewo} : Ewondo, {fan} : Fang, {fat}
14961 : Fanti, {fo} : Faroese, {fj} : Fijian, {fi} : Finnish, [{fiu} :
14962 Finno-Ugrian (Other)], {fon} : Fon, {fr} : French, {frm} : Middle French
14963 (ca.1400-1600), {fro} : Old French (842-ca.1400), {fy} : Frisian, {fur} :
14964 Friulian, {ff} : Fulah, {gaa} : Ga, {gd} : Scots Gaelic, {gl} : Gallegan,
14965 {lg} : Ganda, {gay} : Gayo, {gba} : Gbaya, {gez} : Geez, {ka} : Georgian,
14966 {de} : German, {gmh} : Middle High German (ca.1050-1500), {goh} : Old High
14967 German (ca.750-1050), [{gem} : Germanic (Other)], {gil} : Gilbertese, {gon}
14968 : Gondi, {gor} : Gorontalo, {got} : Gothic, {grb} : Grebo, {grc} : Ancient
14969 Greek, {el} : Modern Greek, {gn} : Guarani, {gu} : Gujarati, {gwi} :
14970 Gwich'in, {hai} : Haida, {ht} : Haitian, {ha} : Hausa, {haw} : Hawaiian,
14971 {he} : Hebrew, {hz} : Herero, {hil} : Hiligaynon, {him} : Himachali, {hi} :
14972 Hindi, {ho} : Hiri Motu, {hit} : Hittite, {hmn} : Hmong, {hu} : Hungarian,
14973 {hup} : Hupa, {iba} : Iban, {is} : Icelandic, {io} : Ido, {ig} : Igbo,
14974 {ijo} : Ijo, {ilo} : Iloko, [{inc} : Indic (Other)], [{ine} : Indo-European
14975 (Other)], {id} : Indonesian, {inh} : Ingush, {ia} : Interlingua
14976 (International Auxiliary Language Association), {ie} : Interlingue, {iu} :
14977 Inuktitut, {ik} : Inupiaq, [{ira} : Iranian (Other)], {ga} : Irish, {mga} :
14978 Middle Irish (900-1200), {sga} : Old Irish (to 900), [{iro} : Iroquoian
14979 languages], {it} : Italian, {ja} : Japanese, {jv} : Javanese, {jrb} :
14980 Judeo-Arabic, {jpr} : Judeo-Persian, {kbd} : Kabardian, {kab} : Kabyle,
14981 {kac} : Kachin, {kl} : Kalaallisut, {xal} : Kalmyk, {kam} : Kamba, {kn} :
14982 Kannada, {kr} : Kanuri, {krc} : Karachay-Balkar, {kaa} : Kara-Kalpak, {kar}
14983 : Karen, {ks} : Kashmiri, {csb} : Kashubian, {kaw} : Kawi, {kk} : Kazakh,
14984 {kha} : Khasi, {km} : Khmer, [{khi} : Khoisan (Other)], {kho} : Khotanese,
14985 {ki} : Kikuyu, {kmb} : Kimbundu, {rw} : Kinyarwanda, {ky} : Kirghiz,
14986 {i-klingon} : Klingon, {kv} : Komi, {kg} : Kongo, {kok} : Konkani, {ko} :
14987 Korean, {kos} : Kosraean, {kpe} : Kpelle, {kro} : Kru, {kj} : Kuanyama,
14988 {kum} : Kumyk, {ku} : Kurdish, {kru} : Kurukh, {kut} : Kutenai, {lad} :
14989 Ladino, {lah} : Lahnda, {lam} : Lamba, {lo} : Lao, {la} : Latin, {lv} :
14990 Latvian, {lb} : Letzeburgesch, {lez} : Lezghian, {li} : Limburgish, {ln} :
14991 Lingala, {lt} : Lithuanian, {nds} : Low German, {art-lojban} : Lojban
14992 (Artificial), {loz} : Lozi, {lu} : Luba-Katanga, {lua} : Luba-Lulua, {lui}
14993 : Luiseno, {lun} : Lunda, {luo} : Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), {lus} : Lushai,
14994 {mk} : Macedonian, {mad} : Madurese, {mag} : Magahi, {mai} : Maithili,
14995 {mak} : Makasar, {mg} : Malagasy, {ms} : Malay, {ml} : Malayalam, {mt} :
14996 Maltese, {mnc} : Manchu, {mdr} : Mandar, {man} : Mandingo, {mni} :
14997 Manipuri, [{mno} : Manobo languages], {gv} : Manx, {mi} : Maori, {mr} :
14998 Marathi, {chm} : Mari, {mh} : Marshall, {mwr} : Marwari, {mas} : Masai,
14999 [{myn} : Mayan languages], {men} : Mende, {mic} : Micmac, {min} :
15000 Minangkabau, {i-mingo} : Mingo, [{mis} : Miscellaneous languages], {moh} :
15001 Mohawk, {mdf} : Moksha, {mo} : Moldavian, [{mkh} : Mon-Khmer (Other)],
15002 {lol} : Mongo, {mn} : Mongolian, {mos} : Mossi, [{mul} : Multiple
15003 languages], [{mun} : Munda languages], {nah} : Nahuatl, {nap} : Neapolitan,
15004 {na} : Nauru, {nv} : Navajo, {nd} : North Ndebele, {nr} : South Ndebele,
15005 {ng} : Ndonga, {ne} : Nepali, {new} : Newari, {nia} : Nias, [{nic} :
15006 Niger-Kordofanian (Other)], [{ssa} : Nilo-Saharan (Other)], {niu} : Niuean,
15007 {nog} : Nogai, {non} : Old Norse, [{nai} : North American Indian], {no} :
15008 Norwegian, {nb} : Norwegian Bokmal, {nn} : Norwegian Nynorsk, [{nub} :
15009 Nubian languages], {nym} : Nyamwezi, {nyn} : Nyankole, {nyo} : Nyoro, {nzi}
15010 : Nzima, {oc} : Occitan (post 1500), {oj} : Ojibwa, {or} : Oriya, {om} :
15011 Oromo, {osa} : Osage, {os} : Ossetian; Ossetic, [{oto} : Otomian
15012 languages], {pal} : Pahlavi, {i-pwn} : Paiwan, {pau} : Palauan, {pi} :
15013 Pali, {pam} : Pampanga, {pag} : Pangasinan, {pa} : Panjabi, {pap} :
15014 Papiamento, [{paa} : Papuan (Other)], {fa} : Persian, {peo} : Old Persian
15015 (ca.600-400 B.C.), [{phi} : Philippine (Other)], {phn} : Phoenician, {pon}
15016 : Pohnpeian, {pl} : Polish, {pt} : Portuguese, [{pra} : Prakrit languages],
15017 {pro} : Old Provencal (to 1500), {ps} : Pushto, {qu} : Quechua, {rm} :
15018 Raeto-Romance, {raj} : Rajasthani, {rap} : Rapanui, {rar} : Rarotongan,
15019 [{qaa - qtz} : Reserved for local use.], [{roa} : Romance (Other)], {ro} :
15020 Romanian, {rom} : Romany, {rn} : Rundi, {ru} : Russian, [{sal} : Salishan
15021 languages], {sam} : Samaritan Aramaic, {se} : Northern Sami, {sma} :
15022 Southern Sami, {smn} : Inari Sami, {smj} : Lule Sami, {sms} : Skolt Sami,
15023 [{smi} : Sami languages (Other)], {sm} : Samoan, {sad} : Sandawe, {sg} :
15024 Sango, {sa} : Sanskrit, {sat} : Santali, {sc} : Sardinian, {sas} : Sasak,
15025 {sco} : Scots, {sel} : Selkup, [{sem} : Semitic (Other)], {sr} : Serbian,
15026 {srr} : Serer, {shn} : Shan, {sn} : Shona, {sid} : Sidamo, {sgn-...} : Sign
15027 Languages, {bla} : Siksika, {sd} : Sindhi, {si} : Sinhalese, [{sit} :
15028 Sino-Tibetan (Other)], [{sio} : Siouan languages], {den} : Slave
15029 (Athapascan), [{sla} : Slavic (Other)], {sk} : Slovak, {sl} : Slovenian,
15030 {sog} : Sogdian, {so} : Somali, {son} : Songhai, {snk} : Soninke, {wen} :
15031 Sorbian languages, {nso} : Northern Sotho, {st} : Southern Sotho, [{sai} :
15032 South American Indian (Other)], {es} : Spanish, {suk} : Sukuma, {sux} :
15033 Sumerian, {su} : Sundanese, {sus} : Susu, {sw} : Swahili, {ss} : Swati,
15034 {sv} : Swedish, {syr} : Syriac, {tl} : Tagalog, {ty} : Tahitian, [{tai} :
15035 Tai (Other)], {tg} : Tajik, {tmh} : Tamashek, {ta} : Tamil, {i-tao} : Tao,
15036 {tt} : Tatar, {i-tay} : Tayal, {te} : Telugu, {ter} : Tereno, {tet} :
15037 Tetum, {th} : Thai, {bo} : Tibetan, {tig} : Tigre, {ti} : Tigrinya, {tem} :
15038 Timne, {tiv} : Tiv, {tli} : Tlingit, {tpi} : Tok Pisin, {tkl} : Tokelau,
15039 {tog} : Tonga (Nyasa), {to} : Tonga (Tonga Islands), {tsi} : Tsimshian,
15040 {ts} : Tsonga, {i-tsu} : Tsou, {tn} : Tswana, {tum} : Tumbuka, [{tup} :
15041 Tupi languages], {tr} : Turkish, {ota} : Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928), {crh}
15042 : Crimean Turkish, {tk} : Turkmen, {tvl} : Tuvalu, {tyv} : Tuvinian, {tw} :
15043 Twi, {udm} : Udmurt, {uga} : Ugaritic, {ug} : Uighur, {uk} : Ukrainian,
15044 {umb} : Umbundu, {und} : Undetermined, {ur} : Urdu, {uz} : Uzbek, {vai} :
15045 Vai, {ve} : Venda, {vi} : Vietnamese, {vo} : Volapuk, {vot} : Votic, [{wak}
15046 : Wakashan languages], {wa} : Walloon, {wal} : Walamo, {war} : Waray, {was}
15047 : Washo, {cy} : Welsh, {wo} : Wolof, {x-...} : Unregistered (Semi-Private
15048 Use), {xh} : Xhosa, {sah} : Yakut, {yao} : Yao, {yap} : Yapese, {ii} :
15049 Sichuan Yi, {yi} : Yiddish, {yo} : Yoruba, [{ypk} : Yupik languages], {znd}
15050 : Zande, [{zap} : Zapotec], {zen} : Zenaga, {za} : Zhuang, {zu} : Zulu,
15055 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER
15061 =head2 I18N::Langinfo - query locale information
15079 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
15083 =head2 IO - load various IO modules
15095 =head2 IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory handles
15103 new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (),
15104 rewind (), close (), tie %hash, 'IO::Dir', DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
15114 =head2 IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles
15124 new ( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), new_tmpfile
15128 open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), open( FILENAME, IOLAYERS )
15136 =head2 IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O handles
15146 new (), new_from_fd ( FD, MODE )
15150 $io->fdopen ( FD, MODE ), $io->opened, $io->getline, $io->getlines,
15151 $io->ungetc ( ORD ), $io->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET ] ), $io->error,
15152 $io->clearerr, $io->sync, $io->flush, $io->printflush ( ARGS ),
15153 $io->blocking ( [ BOOL ] ), $io->untaint
15165 =head2 IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes
15175 new ( [READER, WRITER] )
15179 reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles ()
15189 =head2 IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call
15199 mask ( IO [, EVENT_MASK ] ), poll ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), events ( IO ), remove (
15200 IO ), handles( [ EVENT_MASK ] )
15210 =head2 IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for I/O objects
15218 $io->getpos, $io->setpos, $io->seek ( POS, WHENCE ), WHENCE=0 (SEEK_SET),
15219 WHENCE=1 (SEEK_CUR), WHENCE=2 (SEEK_END), $io->sysseek( POS, WHENCE ),
15228 =head2 IO::Select - OO interface to the select system call
15238 new ( [ HANDLES ] )
15242 add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read (
15243 [ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ),
15244 count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, EXCEPTION [, TIMEOUT ] )
15254 =head2 IO::Socket - Object interface to socket communications
15268 accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), atmark, connected,
15269 protocol, sockdomain, sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), socktype, timeout([VAL])
15279 =head2 IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets
15295 sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost
15308 =head2 IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets
15322 hostpath(), peerpath()
15332 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Dir, IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory
15341 new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (),
15342 rewind (), close (), tie %hash, 'IO::Dir', DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
15352 =head2 IO::lib::IO::File, IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles
15362 new ( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), new_tmpfile
15366 open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), open( FILENAME, IOLAYERS )
15374 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Handle, IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O
15385 new (), new_from_fd ( FD, MODE )
15389 $io->fdopen ( FD, MODE ), $io->opened, $io->getline, $io->getlines,
15390 $io->ungetc ( ORD ), $io->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET ] ), $io->error,
15391 $io->clearerr, $io->sync, $io->flush, $io->printflush ( ARGS ),
15392 $io->blocking ( [ BOOL ] ), $io->untaint
15404 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Pipe, IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes
15414 new ( [READER, WRITER] )
15418 reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles ()
15428 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Poll, IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call
15438 mask ( IO [, EVENT_MASK ] ), poll ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), events ( IO ), remove (
15439 IO ), handles( [ EVENT_MASK ] )
15449 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Seekable, IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for
15458 $io->getpos, $io->setpos, $io->seek ( POS, WHENCE ), WHENCE=0 (SEEK_SET),
15459 WHENCE=1 (SEEK_CUR), WHENCE=2 (SEEK_END), $io->sysseek( POS, WHENCE ),
15468 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Select, IO::Select - OO interface to the select system
15479 new ( [ HANDLES ] )
15483 add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read (
15484 [ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ),
15485 count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, EXCEPTION [, TIMEOUT ] )
15495 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket, IO::Socket - Object interface to socket
15510 accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), atmark, connected,
15511 protocol, sockdomain, sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), socktype, timeout([VAL])
15521 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket::INET, IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for
15522 AF_INET domain sockets
15538 sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost
15551 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket::UNIX, IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for
15552 AF_UNIX domain sockets
15566 hostpath(), peerpath()
15576 =head2 IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class
15586 new ( KEY , FLAGS ), id, rcv ( BUF, LEN [, TYPE [, FLAGS ]] ), remove, set
15587 ( STAT ), set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), snd ( TYPE, MSG [,
15598 =head2 IPC::Open2, open2 - open a process for both reading and writing
15612 =head2 IPC::Open3, open3 - open a process for reading, writing, and error
15625 =head2 IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object class
15635 new ( KEY , NSEMS , FLAGS ), getall, getncnt ( SEM ), getpid ( SEM ),
15636 getval ( SEM ), getzcnt ( SEM ), id, op ( OPLIST ), remove, set ( STAT ),
15637 set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), setall ( VALUES ), setval ( N
15648 =head2 IPC::SysV - SysV IPC constants
15666 =head2 IPC::SysV::Msg, IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class
15676 new ( KEY , FLAGS ), id, rcv ( BUF, LEN [, TYPE [, FLAGS ]] ), remove, set
15677 ( STAT ), set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), snd ( TYPE, MSG [,
15688 =head2 IPC::SysV::Semaphore, IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object
15699 new ( KEY , NSEMS , FLAGS ), getall, getncnt ( SEM ), getpid ( SEM ),
15700 getval ( SEM ), getzcnt ( SEM ), id, op ( OPLIST ), remove, set ( STAT ),
15701 set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), setall ( VALUES ), setval ( N
15712 =head2 List::Util - A selection of general-utility list subroutines
15720 first BLOCK LIST, max LIST, maxstr LIST, min LIST, minstr LIST, reduce
15721 BLOCK LIST, shuffle LIST, sum LIST
15725 =item SUGGESTED ADDITIONS
15731 =head2 List::Utilib::List::Util, List::Util - A selection of
15732 general-utility list subroutines
15740 first BLOCK LIST, max LIST, maxstr LIST, min LIST, minstr LIST, reduce
15741 BLOCK LIST, shuffle LIST, sum LIST
15745 =item SUGGESTED ADDITIONS
15751 =head2 List::Utilib::Scalar::Util, Scalar::Util - A selection of
15752 general-utility scalar subroutines
15760 blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isvstring EXPR, isweak EXPR,
15761 looks_like_number EXPR, openhandle FH, refaddr EXPR, reftype EXPR,
15762 set_prototype CODEREF, PROTOTYPE, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
15772 =head2 Locale::Constants - constants for Locale codes
15780 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
15784 Locale::Language, Locale::Country, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency
15792 =head2 Locale::Country - ISO codes for country identification (ISO 3166)
15800 B<alpha-2>, B<alpha-3>, B<numeric>
15802 =item CONVERSION ROUTINES
15804 code2country( CODE, [ CODESET ] ), country2code( STRING, [ CODESET ] ),
15805 country_code2code( CODE, CODESET, CODESET )
15807 =item QUERY ROUTINES
15809 C<all_country_codes( [ CODESET ] )>, C<all_country_names( [ CODESET ] )>
15811 =item SEMI-PRIVATE ROUTINES
15817 =item rename_country
15825 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
15829 Locale::Language, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, Locale::SubCountry, ISO
15830 3166-1, http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html,
15831 http://www.egt.ie/standards/iso3166/iso3166-1-en.html,
15832 http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/app-d-1.html
15840 =head2 Locale::Currency - ISO three letter codes for currency
15841 identification (ISO 4217)
15851 =item CONVERSION ROUTINES
15853 code2currency(), currency2code()
15855 =item QUERY ROUTINES
15857 C<all_currency_codes()>, C<all_currency_names()>
15861 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
15865 Locale::Country, Locale::Script, ISO 4217:1995,
15866 http://www.bsi-global.com/iso4217currency
15874 =head2 Locale::Language - ISO two letter codes for language identification
15883 =item CONVERSION ROUTINES
15885 code2language(), language2code()
15887 =item QUERY ROUTINES
15889 C<all_language_codes()>, C<all_language_names()>
15893 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
15897 Locale::Country, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, ISO 639:1988 (E/F),
15898 http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html
15906 =head2 Locale::Maketext - framework for localization
15914 =item QUICK OVERVIEW
15920 =item Construction Methods
15922 =item The "maketext" Method
15924 $lh->fail_with I<or> $lh->fail_with(I<PARAM>), $lh->failure_handler_auto
15926 =item Utility Methods
15928 $language->quant($number, $singular), $language->quant($number, $singular,
15929 $plural), $language->quant($number, $singular, $plural, $negative),
15930 $language->numf($number), $language->sprintf($format, @items),
15931 $language->language_tag(), $language->encoding()
15933 =item Language Handle Attributes and Internals
15937 =item LANGUAGE CLASS HIERARCHIES
15939 =item ENTRIES IN EACH LEXICON
15941 =item BRACKET NOTATION
15943 =item AUTO LEXICONS
15945 =item CONTROLLING LOOKUP FAILURE
15947 =item HOW TO USE MAKETEXT
15951 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER
15957 =head2 Locale::Maketext::TPJ13 -- article about software localization
15965 =item Localization and Perl: gettext breaks, Maketext fixes
15969 =item A Localization Horror Story: It Could Happen To You
15971 =item The Linguistic View
15973 =item Breaking gettext
15975 =item Replacing gettext
15977 =item Buzzwords: Abstraction and Encapsulation
15979 =item Buzzword: Isomorphism
15981 =item Buzzword: Inheritance
15983 =item Buzzword: Concision
15985 =item The Devil in the Details
15987 =item The Proof in the Pudding: Localizing Web Sites
15995 =head2 Locale::Script - ISO codes for script identification (ISO 15924)
16003 B<alpha-2>, B<alpha-3>, B<numeric>
16007 =item SPECIAL CODES
16011 =item CONVERSION ROUTINES
16013 code2script( CODE, [ CODESET ] ), script2code( STRING, [ CODESET ] ),
16014 script_code2code( CODE, CODESET, CODESET )
16016 =item QUERY ROUTINES
16018 C<all_script_codes ( [ CODESET ] )>, C<all_script_names ( [ CODESET ] )>
16022 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
16026 Locale::Language, Locale::Currency, Locale::Country, ISO 15924,
16027 http://www.evertype.com/standards/iso15924/
16035 =head2 MIME::Base64 - Encoding and decoding of base64 strings
16043 encode_base64($str), encode_base64($str, $eol);, decode_base64($str)
16047 Premature end of base64 data, Premature padding of base64 data
16055 =head2 MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding
16056 of quoted-printable strings
16064 encode_qp($str), encode_qp($str, $eol), decode_qp($str);
16070 =head2 MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable
16079 encode_qp($str), encode_qp($str, $eol), decode_qp($str);
16085 =head2 Math::BigFloat - Arbitrary size floating point math package
16095 =item Canonical notation
16099 =item C<mantissa()>, C<exponent()> and C<parts()>
16101 =item Accuracy vs. Precision
16105 ffround ( +$scale ), ffround ( -$scale ), ffround ( 0 ), fround ( +$scale
16106 ), fround ( -$scale ) and fround ( 0 )
16114 =item Autocreating constants
16120 =item Using Math::BigInt::Lite
16128 stringify, bstr(), bdiv, Modifying and =, bpow
16138 =head2 Math::BigInt - Arbitrary size integer math package
16170 =item is_one()/is_zero()/is_nan()/is_inf()
16172 =item is_positive()/is_negative()
16174 $x->is_positive(); # true if >= 0
16175 $x->is_negative(); # true if < 0
16177 =item is_odd()/is_even()/is_int()
16263 =item ACCURACY and PRECISION
16273 =item Rounding mode R
16275 'trunc', 'even', 'odd', '+inf', '-inf', 'zero', Precision, Accuracy
16276 (significant digits), Setting/Accessing, Creating numbers, Usage,
16277 Precedence, Overriding globals, Local settings, Rounding, Default values,
16290 =item mantissa(), exponent() and parts()
16298 =item Autocreating constants
16304 =item Alternative math libraries
16310 =item Subclassing Math::BigInt
16318 bsqrt(), div(), blog()
16324 broot() does not work, Out of Memory!, Fails to load Calc on Perl prior
16329 stringify, bstr(), bsstr() and 'cmp', int(), length, bdiv, infinity
16330 handling, Modifying and =, bpow, Overloading -$x, Mixing different object
16331 types, bsqrt(), brsft()
16341 =head2 Math::BigInt::Calc - Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
16353 =item WRAP YOUR OWN
16357 This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
16359 the same terms as Perl itself.
16367 =head2 Math::BigInt::Scalar - Pure Perl module to test Math::BigInt with
16378 This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
16380 the same terms as Perl itself.
16388 =head2 Math::BigRat - arbitrarily big rationals
16410 =item denominator()
16412 $d = $x->denominator();
16422 =item bround()/round()/bfround()
16430 =item is_positive()
16432 =item is_negative()
16452 inf handling (partial), NaN handling (partial), rounding (not implemented
16453 except for bceil/bfloor), $x ** $y where $y is not an integer
16463 =head2 Math::Complex - complex numbers and associated mathematical
16476 =item STRINGIFICATION
16480 =item CHANGED IN PERL 5.6
16486 =item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO OR LOGARITHM OF ZERO
16488 =item ERRORS DUE TO INDIGESTIBLE ARGUMENTS
16496 =head2 Math::Trig - trigonometric functions
16504 =item TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
16510 =item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO
16512 =item SIMPLE (REAL) ARGUMENTS, COMPLEX RESULTS
16516 =item PLANE ANGLE CONVERSIONS
16518 =item RADIAL COORDINATE CONVERSIONS
16522 =item COORDINATE SYSTEMS
16524 =item 3-D ANGLE CONVERSIONS
16526 cartesian_to_cylindrical, cartesian_to_spherical, cylindrical_to_cartesian,
16527 cylindrical_to_spherical, spherical_to_cartesian, spherical_to_cylindrical
16531 =item GREAT CIRCLE DISTANCES AND DIRECTIONS
16537 =item CAVEAT FOR GREAT CIRCLE FORMULAS
16547 =head2 Memoize - Make functions faster by trading space for time
16565 =item C<SCALAR_CACHE>, C<LIST_CACHE>
16567 C<MEMORY>, C<HASH>, C<TIE>, C<FAULT>, C<MERGE>
16571 =item OTHER FACILITIES
16577 =item C<flush_cache>
16583 =item PERSISTENT CACHE SUPPORT
16585 =item EXPIRATION SUPPORT
16593 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
16599 =head2 Memoize::AnyDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for AnyDBM_File for
16608 =head2 Memoize::Expire - Plug-in module for automatic expiration of
16619 TIEHASH, EXISTS, STORE
16631 =head2 Memoize::ExpireFile - test for Memoize expiration semantics
16639 =head2 Memoize::ExpireTest - test for Memoize expiration semantics
16647 =head2 Memoize::NDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for NDBM_File for
16656 =head2 Memoize::SDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for SDBM_File for
16665 =head2 Memoize::Storable - store Memoized data in Storable database
16673 =head2 NDBM_File - Tied access to ndbm files
16681 C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>, C<O_RDWR>
16687 =item C<ndbm store returned -1, errno 22, key "..." at ...>
16691 =item BUGS AND WARNINGS
16695 =head2 NEXT - Provide a pseudo-class NEXT (et al) that allows method
16706 =item Enforcing redispatch
16708 =item Avoiding repetitions
16710 =item Invoking all versions of a method with a single call
16712 =item Using C<EVERY> methods
16718 =item BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
16724 =head2 Net::Cmd - Network Command class (as used by FTP, SMTP etc)
16734 debug ( VALUE ), message (), code (), ok (), status (), datasend ( DATA ),
16737 =item CLASS METHODS
16739 debug_print ( DIR, TEXT ), debug_text ( TEXT ), command ( CMD [, ARGS, ...
16740 ]), unsupported (), response (), parse_response ( TEXT ), getline (),
16741 ungetline ( TEXT ), rawdatasend ( DATA ), read_until_dot (), tied_fh ()
16751 =head2 Net::Config - Local configuration data for libnet
16761 requires_firewall HOST
16763 =item NetConfig VALUES
16765 nntp_hosts, snpp_hosts, pop3_hosts, smtp_hosts, ph_hosts, daytime_hosts,
16766 time_hosts, inet_domain, ftp_firewall, ftp_firewall_type, ftp_ext_passive,
16767 ftp_int_pasive, local_netmask, test_hosts, test_exists
16771 =head2 Net::Domain - Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name
16780 hostfqdn (), hostname (), hostdomain ()
16788 =head2 Net::FTP - FTP Client class
16800 new (HOST [,OPTIONS])
16804 login ([LOGIN [,PASSWORD [, ACCOUNT] ] ]), authorize ( [AUTH [, RESP]]),
16805 site (ARGS), type (TYPE [, ARGS]), ascii ([ARGS]) binary([ARGS])
16806 ebcdic([ARGS]) byte([ARGS]), rename ( OLDNAME, NEWNAME ), delete ( FILENAME
16807 ), cwd ( [ DIR ] ), cdup (), pwd (), restart ( WHERE ), rmdir ( DIR ),
16808 mkdir ( DIR [, RECURSE ]), ls ( [ DIR ] ), alloc ( SIZE [, RECORD_SIZE] ),
16809 dir ( [ DIR ] ), get ( REMOTE_FILE [, LOCAL_FILE [, WHERE]] ), put (
16810 LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), put_unique ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ),
16811 append ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), unique_name (), mdtm ( FILE ), size
16812 ( FILE ), supported ( CMD ), hash ( [FILEHANDLE_GLOB_REF],[
16813 BYTES_PER_HASH_MARK] ), nlst ( [ DIR ] ), list ( [ DIR ] ), retr ( FILE ),
16814 stor ( FILE ), stou ( FILE ), appe ( FILE ), port ( [ PORT ] ), pasv (),
16815 pasv_xfer ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_xfer_unique (
16816 SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_wait ( NON_PASV_SERVER ),
16821 =item Methods for the adventurous
16827 =item THE dataconn CLASS
16829 read ( BUFFER, SIZE [, TIMEOUT ] ), write ( BUFFER, SIZE [, TIMEOUT ] ),
16830 bytes_read (), abort (), close ()
16832 =item UNIMPLEMENTED
16834 B<SMNT>, B<HELP>, B<MODE>, B<SYST>, B<STAT>, B<STRU>, B<REIN>
16836 =item REPORTING BUGS
16844 http://www.csh.rit.edu/~adam/Progs/autoftp-2.0.tar.gz
16852 =head2 Net::NNTP - NNTP Client class
16862 new ( [ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ])
16866 article ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), body ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), head (
16867 [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), articlefh ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), bodyfh ( [
16868 MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), headfh ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), nntpstat ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ]
16869 ), group ( [ GROUP ] ), ihave ( MSGID [, MESSAGE ]), last (), date (),
16870 postok (), authinfo ( USER, PASS ), list (), newgroups ( SINCE [,
16871 DISTRIBUTIONS ]), newnews ( SINCE [, GROUPS [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]]), next (),
16872 post ( [ MESSAGE ] ), postfh (), slave (), quit ()
16876 =item Extension methods
16878 newsgroups ( [ PATTERN ] ), distributions (), subscriptions (),
16879 overview_fmt (), active_times (), active ( [ PATTERN ] ), xgtitle ( PATTERN
16880 ), xhdr ( HEADER, MESSAGE-SPEC ), xover ( MESSAGE-SPEC ), xpath (
16881 MESSAGE-ID ), xpat ( HEADER, PATTERN, MESSAGE-SPEC), xrover, listgroup ( [
16890 MESSAGE-SPEC, PATTERN, Examples, C<[^]-]>, C<*bdc>, C<[0-9a-zA-Z]>, C<a??d>
16900 =head2 Net::POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1939)
16910 new ( [ HOST, ] [ OPTIONS ] )
16914 user ( USER ), pass ( PASS ), login ( [ USER [, PASS ]] ), apop ( [ USER [,
16915 PASS ]] ), top ( MSGNUM [, NUMLINES ] ), list ( [ MSGNUM ] ), get ( MSGNUM
16916 [, FH ] ), getfh ( MSGNUM ), last (), popstat (), ping ( USER ), uidl ( [
16917 MSGNUM ] ), delete ( MSGNUM ), reset (), quit ()
16929 =head2 Net::Ping - check a remote host for reachability
16941 Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes [, $device [, $tos
16942 ]]]]]);, $p->ping($host [, $timeout]);, $p->source_verify( { 0 | 1 } );,
16943 $p->service_check( { 0 | 1 } );, $p->tcp_service_check( { 0 | 1 } );,
16944 $p->hires( { 0 | 1 } );, $p->bind($local_addr);, $p->open($host);, $p->ack(
16945 [ $host ] );, $p->nack( $failed_ack_host );, $p->close();, pingecho($host
16962 =head2 Net::SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Client
16974 new Net::SMTP [ HOST, ] [ OPTIONS ]
16978 banner (), domain (), hello ( DOMAIN ), etrn ( DOMAIN ), auth ( USERNAME,
16979 PASSWORD ), mail ( ADDRESS [, OPTIONS] ), send ( ADDRESS ), send_or_mail (
16980 ADDRESS ), send_and_mail ( ADDRESS ), reset (), recipient ( ADDRESS [,
16981 ADDRESS [ ...]] [, OPTIONS ] ), to ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), cc (
16982 ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), bcc ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), data ( [
16983 DATA ] ), expand ( ADDRESS ), verify ( ADDRESS ), help ( [ $subject ] ),
16996 =head2 Net::Time - time and daytime network client interface
17004 inet_time ( [HOST [, PROTOCOL [, TIMEOUT]]]), inet_daytime ( [HOST [,
17005 PROTOCOL [, TIMEOUT]]])
17013 =head2 Net::hostent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gethost*()
17030 =head2 Net::libnetFAQ, libnetFAQ - libnet Frequently Asked Questions
17038 =item Where to get this document
17040 =item How to contribute to this document
17044 =item Author and Copyright Information
17052 =item Obtaining and installing libnet
17056 =item What is libnet ?
17058 =item Which version of perl do I need ?
17060 =item What other modules do I need ?
17062 =item What machines support libnet ?
17064 =item Where can I get the latest libnet release
17068 =item Using Net::FTP
17072 =item How do I download files from an FTP server ?
17074 =item How do I transfer files in binary mode ?
17076 =item How can I get the size of a file on a remote FTP server ?
17078 =item How can I get the modification time of a file on a remote FTP server
17081 =item How can I change the permissions of a file on a remote server ?
17083 =item Can I do a reget operation like the ftp command ?
17085 =item How do I get a directory listing from an FTP server ?
17087 =item Changing directory to "" does not fail ?
17089 =item I am behind a SOCKS firewall, but the Firewall option does not work ?
17091 =item I am behind an FTP proxy firewall, but cannot access machines outside
17094 =item My ftp proxy firewall does not listen on port 21
17096 =item Is it possible to change the file permissions of a file on an FTP
17099 =item I have seen scripts call a method message, but cannot find it
17102 =item Why does Net::FTP not implement mput and mget methods
17106 =item Using Net::SMTP
17110 =item Why can't the part of an Email address after the @ be used as the
17113 =item Why does Net::SMTP not do DNS MX lookups ?
17115 =item The verify method always returns true ?
17119 =item Debugging scripts
17123 =item How can I debug my scripts that use Net::* modules ?
17127 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
17131 =head2 Net::netent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getnet*()
17148 =head2 Net::protoent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*()
17163 =head2 Net::servent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getserv*()
17180 =head2 Netrc, Net::Netrc - OO interface to users netrc file
17188 =item THE .netrc FILE
17190 machine name, default, login name, password string, account string, macdef
17195 lookup ( MACHINE [, LOGIN ])
17199 login (), password (), account (), lpa ()
17209 =head2 O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
17219 =item IMPLEMENTATION
17227 =head2 ODBM_File - Tied access to odbm files
17235 C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>, C<O_RDWR>
17241 =item C<odbm store returned -1, errno 22, key "..." at ...>
17245 =item BUGS AND WARNINGS
17249 =head2 Opcode - Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code
17261 =item Operator Names and Operator Lists
17263 an operator name (opname), an operator tag name (optag), a negated opname
17264 or optag, an operator set (opset)
17266 =item Opcode Functions
17268 opcodes, opset (OP, ...), opset_to_ops (OPSET), opset_to_hex (OPSET),
17269 full_opset, empty_opset, invert_opset (OPSET), verify_opset (OPSET, ...),
17270 define_optag (OPTAG, OPSET), opmask_add (OPSET), opmask, opdesc (OP, ...),
17273 =item Manipulating Opsets
17275 =item TO DO (maybe)
17281 =item Predefined Opcode Tags
17283 :base_core, :base_mem, :base_loop, :base_io, :base_orig, :base_math,
17284 :base_thread, :default, :filesys_read, :sys_db, :browse, :filesys_open,
17285 :filesys_write, :subprocess, :ownprocess, :others, :still_to_be_decided,
17294 =head2 Opcode::Safe, Safe - Compile and execute code in restricted
17303 a new namespace, an operator mask
17309 =item RECENT CHANGES
17311 =item Methods in class Safe
17313 permit (OP, ...), permit_only (OP, ...), deny (OP, ...), deny_only (OP,
17314 ...), trap (OP, ...), untrap (OP, ...), share (NAME, ...), share_from
17315 (PACKAGE, ARRAYREF), varglob (VARNAME), reval (STRING), rdo (FILENAME),
17316 root (NAMESPACE), mask (MASK)
17318 =item Some Safety Issues
17320 Memory, CPU, Snooping, Signals, State Changes
17328 =head2 Opcode::ops, ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when
17341 =head2 POSIX - Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1
17355 _exit, abort, abs, access, acos, alarm, asctime, asin, assert, atan, atan2,
17356 atexit, atof, atoi, atol, bsearch, calloc, ceil, chdir, chmod, chown,
17357 clearerr, clock, close, closedir, cos, cosh, creat, ctermid, ctime,
17358 cuserid, difftime, div, dup, dup2, errno, execl, execle, execlp, execv,
17359 execve, execvp, exit, exp, fabs, fclose, fcntl, fdopen, feof, ferror,
17360 fflush, fgetc, fgetpos, fgets, fileno, floor, fmod, fopen, fork, fpathconf,
17361 fprintf, fputc, fputs, fread, free, freopen, frexp, fscanf, fseek, fsetpos,
17362 fstat, fsync, ftell, fwrite, getc, getchar, getcwd, getegid, getenv,
17363 geteuid, getgid, getgrgid, getgrnam, getgroups, getlogin, getpgrp, getpid,
17364 getppid, getpwnam, getpwuid, gets, getuid, gmtime, isalnum, isalpha,
17365 isatty, iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace,
17366 isupper, isxdigit, kill, labs, ldexp, ldiv, link, localeconv, localtime,
17367 log, log10, longjmp, lseek, malloc, mblen, mbstowcs, mbtowc, memchr,
17368 memcmp, memcpy, memmove, memset, mkdir, mkfifo, mktime, modf, nice,
17369 offsetof, open, opendir, pathconf, pause, perror, pipe, pow, printf, putc,
17370 putchar, puts, qsort, raise, rand, read, readdir, realloc, remove, rename,
17371 rewind, rewinddir, rmdir, scanf, setgid, setjmp, setlocale, setpgid,
17372 setsid, setuid, sigaction, siglongjmp, sigpending, sigprocmask, sigsetjmp,
17373 sigsuspend, sin, sinh, sleep, sprintf, sqrt, srand, sscanf, stat, strcat,
17374 strchr, strcmp, strcoll, strcpy, strcspn, strerror, strftime, strlen,
17375 strncat, strncmp, strncpy, strpbrk, strrchr, strspn, strstr, strtod,
17376 strtok, strtol, strtoul, strxfrm, sysconf, system, tan, tanh, tcdrain,
17377 tcflow, tcflush, tcgetpgrp, tcsendbreak, tcsetpgrp, time, times, tmpfile,
17378 tmpnam, tolower, toupper, ttyname, tzname, tzset, umask, uname, ungetc,
17379 unlink, utime, vfprintf, vprintf, vsprintf, wait, waitpid, wcstombs,
17386 =item POSIX::SigAction
17388 new, handler, mask, flags, safe
17390 =item POSIX::SigSet
17392 new, addset, delset, emptyset, fillset, ismember
17394 =item POSIX::Termios
17396 new, getattr, getcc, getcflag, getiflag, getispeed, getlflag, getoflag,
17397 getospeed, setattr, setcc, setcflag, setiflag, setispeed, setlflag,
17398 setoflag, setospeed, Baud rate values, Terminal interface values, c_cc
17399 field values, c_cflag field values, c_iflag field values, c_lflag field
17400 values, c_oflag field values
17404 =item PATHNAME CONSTANTS
17408 =item POSIX CONSTANTS
17412 =item SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
17466 Constants, WNOHANG, WUNTRACED, Macros, WIFEXITED, WEXITSTATUS, WIFSIGNALED,
17467 WTERMSIG, WIFSTOPPED, WSTOPSIG
17471 =head2 PerlIO - On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::*
17480 unix, stdio, perlio, crlf, utf8, bytes, raw, pop
17484 =item Custom Layers
17488 =item Alternatives to raw
17490 =item Defaults and how to override them
17492 =item Querying the layers of filehandles
17502 =head2 PerlIO::encoding - encoding layer
17514 =head2 PerlIO::scalar - in-memory IO, scalar IO
17522 =item IMPLEMENTATION NOTE
17526 =head2 PerlIO::via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
17534 =item EXPECTED METHODS
17536 $class->PUSHED([$mode[,$fh]]), $obj->POPPED([$fh]),
17537 $obj->UTF8($bellowFlag,[$fh]), $obj->OPEN($path,$mode[,$fh]),
17538 $obj->BINMODE([,$fh]), $obj->FDOPEN($fd[,$fh]),
17539 $obj->SYSOPEN($path,$imode,$perm,[,$fh]), $obj->FILENO($fh),
17540 $obj->READ($buffer,$len,$fh), $obj->WRITE($buffer,$fh), $obj->FILL($fh),
17541 $obj->CLOSE($fh), $obj->SEEK($posn,$whence,$fh), $obj->TELL($fh),
17542 $obj->UNREAD($buffer,$fh), $obj->FLUSH($fh), $obj->SETLINEBUF($fh),
17543 $obj->CLEARERR($fh), $obj->ERROR($fh), $obj->EOF($fh)
17549 =item Example - a Hexadecimal Handle
17555 =head2 PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint - PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings
17565 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
17571 =head2 Pod::Checker, podchecker() - check pod documents for syntax errors
17577 =item OPTIONS/ARGUMENTS
17583 B<-warnings> =E<gt> I<val>
17595 empty =headn, =over on line I<N> without closing =back, =item without
17596 previous =over, =back without previous =over, No argument for =begin, =end
17597 without =begin, Nested =begin's, =for without formatter specification,
17598 unresolved internal link I<NAME>, Unknown command "I<CMD>", Unknown
17599 interior-sequence "I<SEQ>", nested commands
17600 I<CMD>E<lt>...I<CMD>E<lt>...E<gt>...E<gt>, garbled entity I<STRING>, Entity
17601 number out of range, malformed link LE<lt>E<gt>, nonempty ZE<lt>E<gt>,
17602 empty XE<lt>E<gt>, Spurious text after =pod / =cut, Spurious character(s)
17607 multiple occurrence of link target I<name>, line containing nothing but
17608 whitespace in paragraph, file does not start with =head, previous =item has
17609 no contents, preceding non-item paragraph(s), =item type mismatch (I<one>
17610 vs. I<two>), I<N> unescaped C<E<lt>E<gt>> in paragraph, Unknown entity, No
17611 items in =over, No argument for =item, empty section in previous paragraph,
17612 Verbatim paragraph in NAME section, =headI<n> without preceding higher
17617 ignoring leading/trailing whitespace in link, (section) in '$page'
17618 deprecated, alternative text/node '%s' contains non-escaped | or /
17630 C<Pod::Checker-E<gt>new( %options )>
17632 C<$checker-E<gt>poderror( @args )>, C<$checker-E<gt>poderror( {%opts},
17635 C<$checker-E<gt>num_errors()>
17637 C<$checker-E<gt>num_warnings()>
17639 C<$checker-E<gt>name()>
17641 C<$checker-E<gt>node()>
17643 C<$checker-E<gt>idx()>
17645 C<$checker-E<gt>hyperlink()>
17653 =head2 Pod::Find - find POD documents in directory trees
17665 =item C<pod_find( { %opts } , @directories )>
17667 C<-verbose =E<gt> 1>, C<-perl =E<gt> 1>, C<-script =E<gt> 1>, C<-inc =E<gt>
17674 =item C<simplify_name( $str )>
17680 =item C<pod_where( { %opts }, $pod )>
17682 C<-inc =E<gt> 1>, C<-dirs =E<gt> [ $dir1, $dir2, ... ]>, C<-verbose =E<gt>
17689 =item C<contains_pod( $file , $verbose )>
17701 =head2 Pod::Html - module to convert pod files to HTML
17711 backlink, cachedir, css, flush, header, help, htmldir, htmlroot, index,
17712 infile, libpods, netscape, outfile, podpath, podroot, quiet, recurse,
17727 =head2 Pod::InputObjects - objects representing POD input paragraphs,
17740 package B<Pod::InputSource>, package B<Pod::Paragraph>, package
17741 B<Pod::InteriorSequence>, package B<Pod::ParseTree>
17747 =item B<Pod::InputSource>
17771 =item B<was_cutting()>
17777 =item B<Pod::Paragraph>
17783 =item Pod::Paragraph-E<gt>B<new()>
17789 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<cmd_name()>
17795 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<text()>
17801 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<raw_text()>
17807 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<cmd_prefix()>
17813 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<cmd_separator()>
17819 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<parse_tree()>
17825 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<file_line()>
17831 =item B<Pod::InteriorSequence>
17837 =item Pod::InteriorSequence-E<gt>B<new()>
17843 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<cmd_name()>
17849 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<prepend()>
17855 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<append()>
17861 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<nested()>
17867 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<raw_text()>
17873 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<left_delimiter()>
17879 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<right_delimiter()>
17885 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<parse_tree()>
17891 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<file_line()>
17897 =item Pod::InteriorSequence::B<DESTROY()>
17903 =item B<Pod::ParseTree>
17909 =item Pod::ParseTree-E<gt>B<new()>
17915 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<top()>
17921 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<children()>
17927 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<prepend()>
17933 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<append()>
17939 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<raw_text()>
17945 =item Pod::ParseTree::B<DESTROY()>
17957 =head2 Pod::LaTeX - Convert Pod data to formatted Latex
17969 =item OBJECT METHODS
17977 =item Data Accessors
17993 B<ReplaceNAMEwithSection>
17995 B<StartWithNewPage>
18009 =item Subclassed methods
18023 B<interior_sequence>
18039 =item Methods for headings
18047 =item Internal methods
18053 B<_replace_special_chars>
18055 B<_replace_special_chars_late>
18061 B<_clean_latex_commands>
18063 B<_split_delimited>
18079 =head2 Pod::Man - Convert POD data to formatted *roff input
18087 center, date, fixed, fixedbold, fixeditalic, fixedbolditalic, name, quotes,
18092 roff font should be 1 or 2 chars, not "%s", Invalid link %s, Invalid quote
18093 specification "%s", %s:%d: Unknown command paragraph "%s", %s:%d: Unknown
18094 escape EE<lt>%sE<gt>, %s:%d: Unknown formatting code %s, %s:%d: Unmatched
18105 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
18109 =head2 Pod::ParseLink - Parse an LE<lt>E<gt> formatting code in POD text
18121 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
18125 =head2 Pod::ParseUtils - helpers for POD parsing and conversion
18139 Pod::List-E<gt>new()
18147 $list-E<gt>indent()
18155 $list-E<gt>parent()
18161 =item Pod::Hyperlink
18163 Pod::Hyperlink-E<gt>new()
18167 $link-E<gt>parse($string)
18169 $link-E<gt>markup($string)
18173 $link-E<gt>warning()
18175 $link-E<gt>file(), $link-E<gt>line()
18181 $link-E<gt>alttext()
18191 Pod::Cache-E<gt>new()
18197 $cache-E<gt>find_page($name)
18201 =item Pod::Cache::Item
18203 Pod::Cache::Item-E<gt>new()
18207 $cacheitem-E<gt>page()
18209 $cacheitem-E<gt>description()
18211 $cacheitem-E<gt>path()
18213 $cacheitem-E<gt>file()
18215 $cacheitem-E<gt>nodes()
18217 $cacheitem-E<gt>find_node($name)
18219 $cacheitem-E<gt>idx()
18229 =head2 Pod::Parser - base class for creating POD filters and translators
18241 =item QUICK OVERVIEW
18243 =item PARSING OPTIONS
18245 B<-want_nonPODs> (default: unset), B<-process_cut_cmd> (default: unset),
18246 B<-warnings> (default: unset)
18252 =item RECOMMENDED SUBROUTINE/METHOD OVERRIDES
18260 C<$cmd>, C<$text>, C<$line_num>, C<$pod_para>
18266 =item B<verbatim()>
18268 C<$text>, C<$line_num>, C<$pod_para>
18274 =item B<textblock()>
18276 C<$text>, C<$line_num>, C<$pod_para>
18282 =item B<interior_sequence()>
18288 =item OPTIONAL SUBROUTINE/METHOD OVERRIDES
18300 =item B<initialize()>
18306 =item B<begin_pod()>
18312 =item B<begin_input()>
18318 =item B<end_input()>
18330 =item B<preprocess_line()>
18336 =item B<preprocess_paragraph()>
18342 =item METHODS FOR PARSING AND PROCESSING
18348 =item B<parse_text()>
18350 B<-expand_seq> =E<gt> I<code-ref>|I<method-name>, B<-expand_text> =E<gt>
18351 I<code-ref>|I<method-name>, B<-expand_ptree> =E<gt>
18352 I<code-ref>|I<method-name>
18358 =item B<interpolate()>
18364 =item B<parse_paragraph()>
18370 =item B<parse_from_filehandle()>
18376 =item B<parse_from_file()>
18382 =item ACCESSOR METHODS
18388 =item B<errorsub()>
18400 =item B<parseopts()>
18406 =item B<output_file()>
18412 =item B<output_handle()>
18418 =item B<input_file()>
18424 =item B<input_handle()>
18430 =item B<input_streams()>
18436 =item B<top_stream()>
18442 =item PRIVATE METHODS AND DATA
18448 =item B<_push_input_stream()>
18454 =item B<_pop_input_stream()>
18460 =item TREE-BASED PARSING
18468 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker - let Perldoc check Pod for errors
18478 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
18484 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToMan - let Perldoc render Pod as man pages
18496 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
18502 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff - let Perldoc convert Pod to nroff
18514 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
18520 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToPod - let Perldoc render Pod as ... Pod!
18530 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
18536 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf - let Perldoc render Pod as RTF
18546 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
18552 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToText - let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext
18564 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
18570 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToTk - let Perldoc use Tk::Pod to render Pod
18584 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToXml - let Perldoc render Pod as XML
18594 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
18600 =head2 Pod::PlainText - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
18608 alt, indent, loose, sentence, width
18612 Bizarre space in item, Can't open %s for reading: %s, Unknown escape: %s,
18613 Unknown sequence: %s, Unmatched =back
18625 =head2 Pod::Plainer - Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.
18645 =head2 Pod::Select, podselect() - extract selected sections of POD from
18658 =item SECTION SPECIFICATIONS
18660 =item RANGE SPECIFICATIONS
18666 =item OBJECT METHODS
18672 =item B<curr_headings()>
18684 =item B<add_selection()>
18690 =item B<clear_selections()>
18696 =item B<match_section()>
18702 =item B<is_selected()>
18708 =item EXPORTED FUNCTIONS
18714 =item B<podselect()>
18716 B<-output>, B<-sections>, B<-ranges>
18722 =item PRIVATE METHODS AND DATA
18728 =item B<_compile_section_spec()>
18734 =item $self->{_SECTION_HEADINGS}
18740 =item $self->{_SELECTED_SECTIONS}
18752 =head2 Pod::Text - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
18760 alt, code, indent, loose, margin, quotes, sentence, width
18764 Bizarre space in item, Item called without tag, Can't open %s for reading:
18765 %s, Invalid quote specification "%s", %s:%d: Unknown command paragraph: %s,
18766 %s:%d: Unknown escape: %s, %s:%d: Unknown formatting code: %s, %s:%d:
18777 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
18781 =head2 Pod::Text::Color - Convert POD data to formatted color ASCII text
18795 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
18799 =head2 Pod::Text::Overstrike - Convert POD data to formatted overstrike
18814 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
18818 =head2 Pod::Text::Termcap - Convert POD data to ASCII text with format
18833 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
18837 =head2 Pod::Usage, pod2usage() - print a usage message from embedded pod
18846 C<-message>, C<-msg>, C<-exitval>, C<-verbose>, C<-output>, C<-input>,
18855 =item Recommended Use
18863 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
18867 =head2 SDBM_File - Tied access to sdbm files
18875 C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>, C<O_RDWR>
18881 =item C<sdbm store returned -1, errno 22, key "..." at ...>
18885 =item BUGS AND WARNINGS
18889 =head2 Safe - Compile and execute code in restricted compartments
18897 a new namespace, an operator mask
18903 =item RECENT CHANGES
18905 =item Methods in class Safe
18907 permit (OP, ...), permit_only (OP, ...), deny (OP, ...), deny_only (OP,
18908 ...), trap (OP, ...), untrap (OP, ...), share (NAME, ...), share_from
18909 (PACKAGE, ARRAYREF), varglob (VARNAME), reval (STRING), rdo (FILENAME),
18910 root (NAMESPACE), mask (MASK)
18912 =item Some Safety Issues
18914 Memory, CPU, Snooping, Signals, State Changes
18922 =head2 Scalar::Util - A selection of general-utility scalar subroutines
18930 blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isvstring EXPR, isweak EXPR,
18931 looks_like_number EXPR, openhandle FH, refaddr EXPR, reftype EXPR,
18932 set_prototype CODEREF, PROTOTYPE, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
18942 =head2 Search::Dict, look - search for key in dictionary file
18952 =head2 SelectSaver - save and restore selected file handle
18962 =head2 SelfLoader - load functions only on demand
18972 =item The __DATA__ token
18974 =item SelfLoader autoloading
18976 =item Autoloading and package lexicals
18978 =item SelfLoader and AutoLoader
18980 =item __DATA__, __END__, and the FOOBAR::DATA filehandle.
18982 =item Classes and inherited methods.
18986 =item Multiple packages and fully qualified subroutine names
18990 =head2 Shell - run shell commands transparently within perl
19000 =item OBJECT ORIENTED SYNTAX
19008 =head2 Socket, sockaddr_in, sockaddr_un, inet_aton, inet_ntoa - load the C
19009 socket.h defines and structure manipulators
19017 inet_aton HOSTNAME, inet_ntoa IP_ADDRESS, INADDR_ANY, INADDR_BROADCAST,
19018 INADDR_LOOPBACK, INADDR_NONE, sockaddr_family SOCKADDR, sockaddr_in PORT,
19019 ADDRESS, sockaddr_in SOCKADDR_IN, pack_sockaddr_in PORT, IP_ADDRESS,
19020 unpack_sockaddr_in SOCKADDR_IN, sockaddr_un PATHNAME, sockaddr_un
19021 SOCKADDR_UN, pack_sockaddr_un PATH, unpack_sockaddr_un SOCKADDR_UN
19025 =head2 Storable - persistence for Perl data structures
19035 =item ADVISORY LOCKING
19039 =item CANONICAL REPRESENTATION
19041 =item CODE REFERENCES
19043 =item FORWARD COMPATIBILITY
19045 utf8 data, restricted hashes, files from future versions of Storable
19047 =item ERROR REPORTING
19055 C<STORABLE_freeze> I<obj>, I<cloning>, C<STORABLE_thaw> I<obj>, I<cloning>,
19060 C<Storable::last_op_in_netorder>, C<Storable::is_storing>,
19061 C<Storable::is_retrieving>
19069 =item Storable magic
19079 =item 64 bit data in perl 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
19091 =head2 Switch - A switch statement for Perl
19105 =item Allowing fall-through
19107 =item Automating fall-through
19109 =item Alternative syntax
19111 =item Higher-order Operations
19127 =head2 Symbol - manipulate Perl symbols and their names
19139 =head2 Sys::Hostname - Try every conceivable way to get hostname
19151 =head2 Syslog, Sys::Syslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask, syslog - Perl
19152 interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
19160 openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
19161 setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added
19162 in 5.004_02), closelog
19172 =head2 Syslog::Syslog, Sys::Syslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask, syslog -
19173 Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
19181 openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
19182 setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added
19183 in 5.004_02), closelog
19193 =head2 Term::ANSIColor - Color screen output using ANSI escape sequences
19203 Bad escape sequence %s, Bareword "%s" not allowed while "strict subs" in
19204 use, Invalid attribute name %s, Name "%s" used only once: possible typo, No
19205 comma allowed after filehandle, No name for escape sequence %s
19209 ANSI_COLORS_DISABLED
19219 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
19223 =head2 Term::Cap - Perl termcap interface
19239 B<Tgetent>, OSPEED, TERM
19241 B<Tpad>, B<$string>, B<$cnt>, B<$FH>
19243 B<Tputs>, B<$cap>, B<$cnt>, B<$FH>
19245 B<Tgoto>, B<$cap>, B<$col>, B<$row>, B<$FH>
19253 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
19261 =head2 Term::Complete - Perl word completion module
19269 E<lt>tabE<gt>, ^D, ^U, E<lt>delE<gt>, E<lt>bsE<gt>
19279 =head2 Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various C<readline> packages.
19280 If no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic functions.
19288 =item Minimal set of supported functions
19290 C<ReadLine>, C<new>, C<readline>, C<addhistory>, C<IN>, C<OUT>, C<MinLine>,
19291 C<findConsole>, Attribs, C<Features>
19293 =item Additional supported functions
19295 C<tkRunning>, C<ornaments>, C<newTTY>
19305 =head2 Test - provides a simple framework for writing test scripts
19313 =item QUICK START GUIDE
19319 C<plan(...)>, C<tests =E<gt> I<number>>, C<todo =E<gt> [I<1,5,14>]>,
19320 C<onfail =E<gt> sub { ... }>, C<onfail =E<gt> \&some_sub>
19330 C<skip(I<skip_if_true>, I<args...>)>
19336 NORMAL TESTS, SKIPPED TESTS, TODO TESTS
19340 =item BUGS and CAVEATS
19350 =head2 Test::Builder - Backend for building test libraries
19370 =item Setting up tests
19388 =item Running tests
19394 B<is_eq>, B<is_num>
19396 B<isnt_eq>, B<isnt_num>
19422 B<no_header>, B<no_ending>
19434 B<output>, B<failure_output>, B<todo_output>
19438 =item Test Status and Info
19472 =head2 Test::Harness - run perl standard test scripts with statistics
19482 =item The test script output
19484 B<'1..M'>, B<'ok', 'not ok'. Ok?>, B<test numbers>, B<test names>,
19485 B<Skipping tests>, B<Todo tests>, B<Bail out!>, B<Comments>, B<Anything
19490 =item Configuration variables.
19492 B<$Test::Harness::verbose>, B<$Test::Harness::switches>
19496 B<Failed Test>, B<Stat>, B<Wstat>, B<Total>, B<Fail>, B<Failed>, B<List of
19523 C<All tests successful.\nFiles=%d, Tests=%d, %s>, C<FAILED tests
19524 %s\n\tFailed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.>, C<Test returned status %d (wstat
19525 %d)>, C<Failed 1 test, %.2f%% okay. %s>, C<Failed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.
19526 %s>, C<FAILED--Further testing stopped: %s>
19530 C<HARNESS_ACTIVE>, C<HARNESS_COLUMNS>, C<HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST>,
19531 C<HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR>, C<HARNESS_IGNORE_EXITCODE>, C<HARNESS_NOTTY>,
19532 C<HARNESS_OK_SLOW>, C<HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES>, C<HARNESS_VERBOSE>
19548 =head2 Test::Harness::Assert - simple assert
19574 =head2 Test::Harness::Iterator - Internal Test::Harness Iterator
19584 =head2 Test::Harness::Straps - detailed analysis of test results
19622 =item C<analyze_fh>
19628 =item C<analyze_file>
19640 =item C<_INC2PERL5LIB>
19646 =item C<_filtered_INC>
19652 =item C<_restore_PERL5LIB>
19662 =item C<_is_comment>
19670 =item C<_is_header>
19682 =item C<_is_bail_out>
19688 =item C<_reset_file_state>
19698 =item C<_detailize>
19714 =head2 Test::More - yet another framework for writing test scripts
19724 =item I love it when a plan comes together
19734 =item I'm ok, you're not ok.
19774 =item Conditional tests
19780 B<TODO: BLOCK>, B<todo_skip>
19782 When do I use SKIP vs. TODO?
19786 =item Comparison functions
19800 =item Extending and Embedding Test::More
19810 =item BUGS and CAVEATS
19812 Making your own ok(), The eq_* family has some caveats, Test::Harness
19825 =head2 Test::Simple - Basic utilities for writing tests.
19849 L<Test::More>, L<Test>, L<Test::Unit>, L<Test::Inline>, L<SelfTest>,
19858 =head2 Test::Tutorial - A tutorial about writing really basic tests
19866 =item Nuts and bolts of testing.
19868 =item Where to start?
19872 =item Test the manual
19874 =item Sometimes the tests are wrong
19876 =item Testing lots of values
19878 =item Informative names
19880 =item Skipping tests
19884 =item Testing with taint mode.
19896 =head2 Text::Abbrev, abbrev - create an abbreviation table from a list
19908 =head2 Text::Balanced - Extract delimited text sequences from strings.
19918 =item General behaviour in list contexts
19922 =item General behaviour in scalar and void contexts
19924 =item A note about prefixes
19926 =item C<extract_delimited>
19928 =item C<extract_bracketed>
19930 =item C<extract_variable>
19934 =item C<extract_tagged>
19936 C<reject =E<gt> $listref>, C<ignore =E<gt> $listref>, C<fail =E<gt> $str>,
19937 [0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
19939 =item C<gen_extract_tagged>
19941 =item C<extract_quotelike>
19943 [0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10]
19945 =item C<extract_quotelike> and "here documents"
19947 [0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7..10]
19949 =item C<extract_codeblock>
19951 =item C<extract_multiple>
19953 =item C<gen_delimited_pat>
19959 C<Did not find a suitable bracket: "%s">, C<Did not find prefix: /%s/>,
19960 C<Did not find opening bracket after prefix: "%s">, C<No quotelike
19961 operator found after prefix: "%s">, C<Unmatched closing bracket: "%c">,
19962 C<Unmatched opening bracket(s): "%s">, C<Unmatched embedded quote (%s)>,
19963 C<Did not find closing delimiter to match '%s'>, C<Mismatched closing
19964 bracket: expected "%c" but found "%s">, C<No block delimiter found after
19965 quotelike "%s">, C<Did not find leading dereferencer>, C<Bad identifier
19966 after dereferencer>, C<Did not find expected opening bracket at %s>,
19967 C<Improperly nested codeblock at %s>, C<Missing second block for quotelike
19968 "%s">, C<No match found for opening bracket>, C<Did not find opening tag:
19969 /%s/>, C<Unable to construct closing tag to match: /%s/>, C<Found invalid
19970 nested tag: %s>, C<Found unbalanced nested tag: %s>, C<Did not find closing
19975 =item BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
19981 =head2 Text::ParseWords - parse text into an array of tokens or array of
19996 =head2 Text::Soundex - Implementation of the Soundex Algorithm as Described
20013 =head2 Text::Tabs -- expand and unexpand tabs per the unix expand(1) and
20028 =head2 Text::Wrap - line wrapping to form simple paragraphs
20044 =head2 Thread - manipulate threads in Perl (for old code only)
20056 $thread = Thread->new(\&start_sub), $thread = Thread->new(\&start_sub,
20057 LIST), lock VARIABLE, async BLOCK;, Thread->self, cond_wait VARIABLE,
20058 cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE, yield
20062 join, eval, detach, equal, tid, flags, done
20070 =head2 Thread::Queue - thread-safe queues
20078 =item FUNCTIONS AND METHODS
20080 new, enqueue LIST, dequeue, dequeue_nb, pending
20086 =head2 Thread::Semaphore - thread-safe semaphores
20094 =item FUNCTIONS AND METHODS
20096 new, new NUMBER, down, down NUMBER, up, up NUMBER
20100 =head2 Thread::Signal - Start a thread which runs signal handlers reliably
20115 =head2 Thread::Specific - thread-specific keys
20125 =head2 Tie::Array - base class for tied arrays
20133 TIEARRAY classname, LIST, STORE this, index, value, FETCH this, index,
20134 FETCHSIZE this, STORESIZE this, count, EXTEND this, count, EXISTS this,
20135 key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, DESTROY this, PUSH this, LIST, POP this,
20136 SHIFT this, UNSHIFT this, LIST, SPLICE this, offset, length, LIST
20144 =head2 Tie::File - Access the lines of a disk file via a Perl array
20164 =item Option Format
20168 =item Public Methods
20176 =item C<defer>, C<flush>, C<discard>, and C<autodefer>
20182 =item Tying to an already-opened filehandle
20184 =item Deferred Writing
20188 =item Autodeferring
20192 =item CONCURRENT ACCESS TO FILES
20198 =item WHAT ABOUT C<DB_File>?
20212 =head2 Tie::Handle, Tie::StdHandle - base class definitions for tied
20221 TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, scalar, length, offset, PRINT this,
20222 LIST, PRINTF this, format, LIST, READ this, scalar, length, offset,
20223 READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, OPEN this, filename, BINMODE this,
20224 EOF this, TELL this, SEEK this, offset, whence, DESTROY this
20226 =item MORE INFORMATION
20228 =item COMPATIBILITY
20232 =head2 Tie::Hash, Tie::StdHash, Tie::ExtraHash - base class definitions for
20241 TIEHASH classname, LIST, STORE this, key, value, FETCH this, key, FIRSTKEY
20242 this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, EXISTS this, key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this
20244 =item Inheriting from B<Tie::StdHash>
20246 =item Inheriting from B<Tie::ExtraHash>
20248 =item C<UNTIE> and C<DESTROY>
20250 =item MORE INFORMATION
20254 =head2 Tie::Memoize - add data to hash when needed
20262 =item Inheriting from B<Tie::Memoize>
20272 =head2 Tie::RefHash - use references as hash keys
20290 =head2 Tie::Scalar, Tie::StdScalar - base class definitions for tied
20299 TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, DESTROY this
20301 =item MORE INFORMATION
20305 =head2 Tie::SubstrHash - Fixed-table-size, fixed-key-length hashing
20317 =head2 Time::HiRes - High resolution alarm, sleep, gettimeofday, interval
20326 gettimeofday (), usleep ( $useconds ), ualarm ( $useconds [,
20327 $interval_useconds ] ), tv_interval, time (), sleep ( $floating_seconds ),
20328 alarm ( $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), setitimer (
20329 $which, $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), getitimer (
20340 =item negative time not invented yet
20342 =item internal error: useconds < 0 (unsigned ... signed ...)
20350 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
20354 =head2 Time::Local - efficiently compute time from local and GMT time
20362 =item IMPLEMENTATION
20372 =head2 Time::gmtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime()
20387 =head2 Time::localtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in localtime()
20402 =head2 Time::tm - internal object used by Time::gmtime and Time::localtime
20414 =head2 UNIVERSAL - base class for ALL classes (blessed references)
20422 C<< $obj->isa( TYPE ) >>, C<< CLASS->isa( TYPE ) >>, C<isa( VAL, TYPE )>,
20423 C<TYPE>, C<$obj>, C<CLASS>, C<VAL>, C<< $obj->can( METHOD ) >>, C<<
20424 CLASS->can( METHOD ) >>, C<can( VAL, METHOD )>, C<VERSION ( [ REQUIRE ] )>
20430 =head2 Unicode::Collate - Unicode Collation Algorithm
20440 =item Constructor and Tailoring
20442 UCA_Version, alternate, backwards, entry, ignoreName, ignoreChar, level,
20443 normalization, overrideCJK, overrideHangul, preprocess, rearrange, table,
20444 undefName, undefChar, katakana_before_hiragana, upper_before_lower
20446 =item Methods for Collation
20448 C<@sorted = $Collator-E<gt>sort(@not_sorted)>, C<$result =
20449 $Collator-E<gt>cmp($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>eq($a, $b)>,
20450 C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>ne($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>lt($a,
20451 $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>le($a, $b)>, C<$result =
20452 $Collator-E<gt>gt($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>ge($a, $b)>,
20453 C<$sortKey = $Collator-E<gt>getSortKey($string)>, C<$sortKeyForm =
20454 $Collator-E<gt>viewSortKey($string)>
20456 =item Methods for Searching
20458 C<$position = $Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring[, $position])>,
20459 C<($position, $length) = $Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring[,
20460 $position])>, C<$match_ref = $Collator-E<gt>match($string, $substring)>,
20461 C<($match) = $Collator-E<gt>match($string, $substring)>, C<@match =
20462 $Collator-E<gt>gmatch($string, $substring)>, C<$count =
20463 $Collator-E<gt>subst($string, $substring, $replacement)>, C<$count =
20464 $Collator-E<gt>gsubst($string, $substring, $replacement)>
20466 =item Other Methods
20468 C<%old_tailoring = $Collator-E<gt>change(%new_tailoring)>, UCA_Version,
20469 Base_Unicode_Version
20475 =item Conformance Test
20483 http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr10/,
20484 http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr10/allkeys.txt,
20485 http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr10/CollationTest.html
20486 http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr10/CollationTest.zip,
20487 http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr15/, L<Unicode::Normalize>
20491 =head2 Unicode::Normalize - Unicode Normalization Forms
20501 =item Normalization Forms
20503 C<$NFD_string = NFD($string)>, C<$NFC_string = NFC($string)>,
20504 C<$NFKD_string = NFKD($string)>, C<$NFKC_string = NFKC($string)>,
20505 C<$normalized_string = normalize($form_name, $string)>
20507 =item Decomposition and Composition
20509 C<$decomposed_string = decompose($string)>, C<$decomposed_string =
20510 decompose($string, $useCompatMapping)>, C<$reordered_string =
20511 reorder($string)>, C<$composed_string = compose($string)>
20515 C<$result = checkNFD($string)>, C<$result = checkNFC($string)>, C<$result =
20516 checkNFKD($string)>, C<$result = checkNFKC($string)>, C<$result =
20517 check($form_name, $string)>
20519 =item Character Data
20521 C<$canonical_decomposed = getCanon($codepoint)>,
20522 C<$compatibility_decomposed = getCompat($codepoint)>,
20523 C<$codepoint_composite = getComposite($codepoint_here, $codepoint_next)>,
20524 C<$combining_class = getCombinClass($codepoint)>, C<$is_exclusion =
20525 isExclusion($codepoint)>, C<$is_singleton = isSingleton($codepoint)>,
20526 C<$is_non_starter_decomposition = isNonStDecomp($codepoint)>,
20527 C<$may_be_composed_with_prev_char = isComp2nd($codepoint)>
20537 http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr15/,
20538 http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/DerivedNormalizationProps.txt
20542 =head2 Unicode::UCD - Unicode character database
20584 =item Blocks versus Scripts
20586 =item Matching Scripts and Blocks
20588 =item Code Point Arguments
20614 =item Unicode::UCD::UnicodeVersion
20620 =item Implementation Note
20632 =head2 User::grent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getgr*()
20647 =head2 User::pwent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*()
20658 =item System Specifics
20672 =head2 Win32 - Interfaces to some Win32 API Functions
20680 =item Alphabetical Listing of Win32 Functions
20682 Win32::AbortSystemShutdown(MACHINE), Win32::BuildNumber(),
20683 Win32::CopyFile(FROM, TO, OVERWRITE), Win32::DomainName(),
20684 Win32::ExpandEnvironmentStrings(STRING), Win32::FormatMessage(ERRORCODE),
20685 Win32::FsType(), Win32::FreeLibrary(HANDLE), Win32::GetArchName(),
20686 Win32::GetChipName(), Win32::GetCwd(), Win32::GetFolderPath(FOLDER [,
20687 CREATE]), Win32::GetFullPathName(FILENAME), Win32::GetLastError(),
20688 Win32::GetLongPathName(PATHNAME), Win32::GetNextAvailDrive(),
20689 Win32::GetOSVersion(), Win32::GetOSName(),
20690 Win32::GetShortPathName(PATHNAME), Win32::GetProcAddress(INSTANCE,
20691 PROCNAME), Win32::GetTickCount(), Win32::InitiateSystemShutdown,
20692 Win32::IsWinNT(), Win32::IsWin95(), Win32::LoadLibrary(LIBNAME),
20693 Win32::LoginName(), Win32::LookupAccountName(SYSTEM, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SID,
20694 SIDTYPE), Win32::LookupAccountSID(SYSTEM, SID, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SIDTYPE),
20695 Win32::MsgBox(MESSAGE [, FLAGS [, TITLE]]), Win32::NodeName(),
20696 Win32::RegisterServer(LIBRARYNAME), Win32::SetChildShowWindow(SHOWWINDOW),
20697 Win32::SetCwd(NEWDIRECTORY), Win32::SetLastError(ERROR),
20698 Win32::Sleep(TIME), Win32::Spawn(COMMAND, ARGS, PID),
20699 Win32::UnregisterServer(LIBRARYNAME)
20705 =head2 XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
20715 =item Migration from C<DynaLoader>
20717 =item Backward compatible boilerplate
20721 =item Order of initialization: early load()
20725 =item The most hairy case
20735 =head1 AUXILIARY DOCUMENTATION
20737 Here should be listed all the extra programs' documentation, but they
20738 don't all have manual pages yet:
20772 Larry Wall <F<larry@wall.org>>, with the help of oodles
projects / p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git / blob