2 # !!!!!!! DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE !!!!!!!
3 # This file is autogenerated by buildtoc from all the other pods.
4 # Edit those files and run buildtoc --build-toc to effect changes.
8 perltoc - perl documentation table of contents
12 This page provides a brief table of contents for the rest of the Perl
13 documentation set. It is meant to be scanned quickly or grepped
14 through to locate the proper section you're looking for.
16 =head1 BASIC DOCUMENTATION
18 =head2 perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language
30 =item Reference Manual
32 =item Internals and C Language Interface
36 =item Language-Specific
38 =item Platform-Specific
62 =head2 perlintro -- a brief introduction and overview of Perl
72 =item Running Perl programs
74 =item Basic syntax overview
76 =item Perl variable types
78 Scalars, Arrays, Hashes
80 =item Variable scoping
82 =item Conditional and looping constructs
84 if, while, for, foreach
86 =item Builtin operators and functions
88 Arithmetic, Numeric comparison, String comparison, Boolean logic,
93 =item Regular expressions
95 Simple matching, Simple substitution, More complex regular expressions,
96 Parentheses for capturing, Other regexp features
98 =item Writing subroutines
102 =item Using Perl modules
110 =head2 perlreftut - Mark's very short tutorial about references
116 =item Who Needs Complicated Data Structures?
124 =item Making References
126 =item Using References
144 =item Distribution Conditions
150 =head2 perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook
156 arrays of arrays, hashes of arrays, arrays of hashes, hashes of hashes,
157 more elaborate constructs
161 =item COMMON MISTAKES
163 =item CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE
165 =item WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS C<use strict>
171 =item ARRAYS OF ARRAYS
175 =item Declaration of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
177 =item Generation of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
179 =item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
183 =item HASHES OF ARRAYS
187 =item Declaration of a HASH OF ARRAYS
189 =item Generation of a HASH OF ARRAYS
191 =item Access and Printing of a HASH OF ARRAYS
195 =item ARRAYS OF HASHES
199 =item Declaration of an ARRAY OF HASHES
201 =item Generation of an ARRAY OF HASHES
203 =item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF HASHES
207 =item HASHES OF HASHES
211 =item Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES
213 =item Generation of a HASH OF HASHES
215 =item Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES
219 =item MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
223 =item Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
225 =item Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
227 =item Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
239 =head2 perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl
247 =item Declaration and Access of Arrays of Arrays
249 =item Growing Your Own
251 =item Access and Printing
263 =head2 perlrequick - Perl regular expressions quick start
273 =item Simple word matching
275 =item Using character classes
277 =item Matching this or that
279 =item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
281 =item Extracting matches
283 =item Matching repetitions
287 =item Search and replace
289 =item The split operator
297 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
301 =item Acknowledgments
307 =head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial
313 =item Part 1: The basics
317 =item Simple word matching
319 =item Using character classes
321 =item Matching this or that
323 =item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
325 =item Extracting matches
327 =item Matching repetitions
329 =item Building a regexp
331 =item Using regular expressions in Perl
335 =item Part 2: Power tools
339 =item More on characters, strings, and character classes
341 =item Compiling and saving regular expressions
343 =item Embedding comments and modifiers in a regular expression
345 =item Non-capturing groupings
347 =item Looking ahead and looking behind
349 =item Using independent subexpressions to prevent backtracking
351 =item Conditional expressions
353 =item A bit of magic: executing Perl code in a regular expression
355 =item Pragmas and debugging
363 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
367 =item Acknowledgments
373 =head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial
381 =item If we could talk to the animals...
383 =item Introducing the method invocation arrow
385 =item Invoking a barnyard
387 =item The extra parameter of method invocation
389 =item Calling a second method to simplify things
391 =item Inheriting the windpipes
393 =item A few notes about @ISA
395 =item Overriding the methods
397 =item Starting the search from a different place
399 =item The SUPER way of doing things
401 =item Where we're at so far...
403 =item A horse is a horse, of course of course -- or is it?
405 =item Invoking an instance method
407 =item Accessing the instance data
409 =item How to build a horse
411 =item Inheriting the constructor
413 =item Making a method work with either classes or instances
415 =item Adding parameters to a method
417 =item More interesting instances
419 =item A horse of a different color
431 =head2 perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl
437 =item Creating a Class
441 =item Object Representation
443 =item Class Interface
445 =item Constructors and Instance Methods
447 =item Planning for the Future: Better Constructors
451 =item Other Object Methods
459 =item Accessing Class Data
461 =item Debugging Methods
463 =item Class Destructors
465 =item Documenting the Interface
475 =item Overridden Methods
477 =item Multiple Inheritance
479 =item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects
483 =item Alternate Object Representations
487 =item Arrays as Objects
489 =item Closures as Objects
493 =item AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods
497 =item Autoloaded Data Methods
499 =item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods
503 =item Metaclassical Tools
509 =item Data Members as Variables
517 =item Object Terminology
523 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
529 =item Acknowledgments
535 =head2 perltooc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl
541 =item Class Data in a Can
543 =item Class Data as Package Variables
547 =item Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket
549 =item Inheritance Concerns
551 =item The Eponymous Meta-Object
553 =item Indirect References to Class Data
555 =item Monadic Classes
557 =item Translucent Attributes
561 =item Class Data as Lexical Variables
565 =item Privacy and Responsibility
567 =item File-Scoped Lexicals
569 =item More Inheritance Concerns
571 =item Locking the Door and Throwing Away the Key
573 =item Translucency Revisited
581 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
583 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
589 =head2 perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)
595 =item OO SCALING TIPS
597 =item INSTANCE VARIABLES
599 =item SCALAR INSTANCE VARIABLES
601 =item INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE
603 =item OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS
605 =item OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS
607 =item USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM
609 =item THINKING OF CODE REUSE
611 =item CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT
613 =item INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR
621 =head2 perlstyle - Perl style guide
629 =head2 perlcheat - Perl 5 Cheat Sheet
641 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
649 =head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary
667 =item Perl4 to Perl5 Traps
669 Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps, Parsing Traps, Numerical
670 Traps, General data type traps, Context Traps - scalar, list contexts,
671 Precedence Traps, General Regular Expression Traps using s///, etc,
672 Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps, OS Traps, DBM Traps, Unclassified Traps
674 =item Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps
676 Discontinuance, Deprecation, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance,
677 Discontinuance, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance, BugFix,
678 Discontinuance, Deprecation, Discontinuance, Discontinuance
682 Parsing, Parsing, Parsing, Parsing, Parsing
684 =item Numerical Traps
686 Numerical, Numerical, Numerical, Bitwise string ops
688 =item General data type traps
690 (Arrays), (Arrays), (Hashes), (Globs), (Globs), (Scalar String),
691 (Constants), (Scalars), (Variable Suicide)
693 =item Context Traps - scalar, list contexts
695 (list context), (scalar context), (scalar context), (list, builtin)
697 =item Precedence Traps
699 Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence,
702 =item General Regular Expression Traps using s///, etc.
704 Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular
705 Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression,
706 Regular Expression, Regular Expression
708 =item Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps
710 (Signals), (Sort Subroutine), warn() won't let you specify a filehandle
716 =item Interpolation Traps
718 Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation,
719 Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation
725 =item Unclassified Traps
727 C<require>/C<do> trap using returned value, C<split> on empty string with
734 =head2 perldebtut - Perl debugging tutorial
742 =item Looking at data and -w and v
746 =item Stepping through code
748 =item Placeholder for a, w, t, T
750 =item REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
768 =head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2003/01/31
777 =item Where to get the perlfaq
779 =item How to contribute to the perlfaq
781 =item What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the
788 =item Author and Copyright Information
792 =item Bundled Distributions
798 =item Table of Contents
800 perlfaq - this document, perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl, perlfaq2
801 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl, perlfaq3 - Programming Tools, perlfaq4
802 - Data Manipulation, perlfaq5 - Files and Formats, perlfaq6 - Regular
803 Expressions, perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues, perlfaq8 - System
804 Interaction, perlfaq9 - Networking
810 =item L<perlfaq1>: General Questions About Perl
812 =item L<perlfaq2>: Obtaining and Learning about Perl
814 =item L<perlfaq3>: Programming Tools
816 =item L<perlfaq4>: Data Manipulation
818 =item L<perlfaq5>: Files and Formats
820 =item L<perlfaq6>: Regular Expressions
822 =item L<perlfaq7>: General Perl Language Issues
824 =item L<perlfaq8>: System Interaction
826 =item L<perlfaq9>: Networking
832 =head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.14 $, $Date:
833 2003/11/23 08:02:29 $)
843 =item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
845 =item Which version of Perl should I use?
847 =item What are perl4 and perl5?
853 =item How stable is Perl?
855 =item Is Perl difficult to learn?
857 =item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
860 =item Can I do [task] in Perl?
862 =item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
864 =item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
866 =item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
868 =item What is a JAPH?
870 =item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
872 =item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
873 5/5.6.1/Perl instead of some other language?
877 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
881 =head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.25 $,
882 $Date: 2003/10/16 04:57:38 $)
890 =item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
892 =item How can I get a binary version of Perl?
894 =item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
896 =item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts
899 =item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic
900 loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
902 =item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
903 What does CPAN/src/... mean?
905 =item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?
907 =item Where can I get information on Perl?
909 =item What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?
911 =item Where should I post source code?
915 References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics
917 =item Perl in Magazines
919 =item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
921 =item What mailing lists are there for Perl?
923 =item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
925 =item Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
927 =item Where do I send bug reports?
929 =item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? cpan.org?
933 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
937 =head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.37 $, $Date: 2003/11/24
946 =item How do I do (anything)?
948 =item How can I use Perl interactively?
950 =item Is there a Perl shell?
952 =item How do I find which modules are installed on my system?
954 =item How do I debug my Perl programs?
956 =item How do I profile my Perl programs?
958 =item How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
960 =item Is there a pretty-printer (formatter) for Perl?
962 =item Is there a ctags for Perl?
964 =item Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor?
966 Komodo, The Object System, Open Perl IDE, PerlBuilder, visiPerl+, OptiPerl,
967 GNU Emacs, MicroEMACS, XEmacs, Jed, Elvis, Vile, Vim, Codewright,
968 MultiEdit, SlickEdit, Bash, Ksh, Tcsh, Zsh, BBEdit and BBEdit Lite, Alpha
970 =item Where can I get Perl macros for vi?
972 =item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs?
974 =item How can I use curses with Perl?
976 =item How can I use X or Tk with Perl?
978 =item How can I generate simple menus without using CGI or Tk?
980 =item How can I make my Perl program run faster?
982 =item How can I make my Perl program take less memory?
984 Don't slurp!, Use map and grep selectively, Avoid unnecessary quotes and
985 stringification, Pass by reference, Tie large variables to disk
987 =item Is it safe to return a reference to local or lexical data?
989 =item How can I free an array or hash so my program shrinks?
991 =item How can I make my CGI script more efficient?
993 =item How can I hide the source for my Perl program?
995 =item How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
997 =item How can I compile Perl into Java?
999 =item How can I get C<#!perl> to work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?
1001 =item Can I write useful Perl programs on the command line?
1003 =item Why don't Perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?
1005 =item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
1007 =item Where can I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
1009 =item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]
1011 =item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in
1012 my C program; what am I doing wrong?
1014 =item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean?
1016 =item What's MakeMaker?
1020 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1024 =head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.54 $, $Date: 2003/11/30
1035 =item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
1036 numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
1038 =item Why is int() broken?
1040 =item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
1042 =item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()?
1045 =item How do I convert between numeric representations/bases/radixes?
1047 How do I convert hexadecimal into decimal, How do I convert from decimal to
1048 hexadecimal, How do I convert from octal to decimal, How do I convert from
1049 decimal to octal, How do I convert from binary to decimal, How do I convert
1050 from decimal to binary
1052 =item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?
1054 =item How do I multiply matrices?
1056 =item How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
1058 =item How can I output Roman numerals?
1060 =item Why aren't my random numbers random?
1062 =item How do I get a random number between X and Y?
1070 =item How do I find the day or week of the year?
1072 =item How do I find the current century or millennium?
1074 =item How can I compare two dates and find the difference?
1076 =item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
1078 =item How can I find the Julian Day?
1080 =item How do I find yesterday's date?
1082 =item Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?
1090 =item How do I validate input?
1092 =item How do I unescape a string?
1094 =item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
1096 =item How do I expand function calls in a string?
1098 =item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
1100 =item How do I reverse a string?
1102 =item How do I expand tabs in a string?
1104 =item How do I reformat a paragraph?
1106 =item How can I access or change N characters of a string?
1108 =item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
1110 =item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
1113 =item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
1115 =item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
1118 =item How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?
1120 =item How do I pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?
1122 =item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
1124 =item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
1126 =item How can I expand variables in text strings?
1128 =item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
1130 =item Why don't my E<lt>E<lt>HERE documents work?
1132 There must be no space after the E<lt>E<lt> part, There (probably) should
1133 be a semicolon at the end, You can't (easily) have any space in front of
1142 =item What is the difference between a list and an array?
1144 =item What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?
1146 =item How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array?
1150 =item How can I tell whether a certain element is contained in a list or
1153 =item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
1154 intersection of two arrays?
1156 =item How do I test whether two arrays or hashes are equal?
1158 =item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
1160 =item How do I handle linked lists?
1162 =item How do I handle circular lists?
1164 =item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
1166 =item How do I process/modify each element of an array?
1168 =item How do I select a random element from an array?
1170 =item How do I permute N elements of a list?
1172 =item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
1174 =item How do I manipulate arrays of bits?
1176 =item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
1180 =item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
1184 =item How do I process an entire hash?
1186 =item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
1189 =item How do I look up a hash element by value?
1191 =item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
1193 =item How do I sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
1195 =item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
1197 =item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
1199 =item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
1201 =item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
1203 =item How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
1205 =item How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
1207 =item How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?
1209 =item Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create
1212 =item How can I make the Perl equivalent of a C structure/C++ class/hash or
1213 array of hashes or arrays?
1215 =item How can I use a reference as a hash key?
1223 =item How do I handle binary data correctly?
1225 =item How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?
1227 =item How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
1229 =item How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?
1231 =item How do I define methods for every class/object?
1233 =item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
1235 =item How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?
1239 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1243 =head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.30 $, $Date: 2003/11/23
1252 =item How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this?
1254 =item How do I change one line in a file/delete a line in a file/insert a
1255 line in the middle of a file/append to the beginning of a file?
1257 =item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
1259 =item How can I use Perl's C<-i> option from within a program?
1261 =item How do I make a temporary file name?
1263 =item How can I manipulate fixed-record-length files?
1265 =item How can I make a filehandle local to a subroutine? How do I pass
1266 filehandles between subroutines? How do I make an array of filehandles?
1268 =item How can I use a filehandle indirectly?
1270 =item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
1272 =item How can I write() into a string?
1274 =item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
1276 =item How can I translate tildes (~) in a filename?
1278 =item How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?
1280 =item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use
1283 =item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
1285 =item How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing blanks?
1287 =item How can I reliably rename a file?
1289 =item How can I lock a file?
1291 =item Why can't I just open(FH, "E<gt>file.lock")?
1293 =item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in
1294 the file. How can I do this?
1296 =item All I want to do is append a small amount of text to the end of a
1297 file. Do I still have to use locking?
1299 =item How do I randomly update a binary file?
1301 =item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
1303 =item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
1305 =item How do I print to more than one file at once?
1307 =item How can I read in an entire file all at once?
1309 =item How can I read in a file by paragraphs?
1311 =item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
1313 =item How can I tell whether there's a character waiting on a filehandle?
1315 =item How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl?
1317 =item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
1319 =item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
1321 =item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? Why doesn't
1322 `C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
1324 =item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
1326 =item Why does Perl let me delete read-only files? Why does C<-i> clobber
1327 protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl?
1329 =item How do I select a random line from a file?
1331 =item Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?
1335 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1339 =head2 perlfaq6 - Regular Expressions ($Revision: 1.20 $, $Date: 2003/01/03
1348 =item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
1349 and unmaintainable code?
1351 Comments Outside the Regex, Comments Inside the Regex, Different Delimiters
1353 =item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
1355 =item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
1358 =item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
1360 =item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS while preserving
1363 =item How can I make C<\w> match national character sets?
1365 =item How can I match a locale-smart version of C</[a-zA-Z]/>?
1367 =item How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?
1369 =item What is C</o> really for?
1371 =item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
1374 =item Can I use Perl regular expressions to match balanced text?
1376 =item What does it mean that regexes are greedy? How can I get around it?
1378 =item How do I process each word on each line?
1380 =item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
1382 =item How can I do approximate matching?
1384 =item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
1386 =item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
1388 =item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
1390 =item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
1392 =item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
1394 =item What's wrong with using grep in a void context?
1396 =item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
1398 =item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
1402 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1406 =head2 perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date:
1407 2003/07/24 02:17:21 $)
1415 =item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
1417 =item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
1420 =item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
1423 =item How do I skip some return values?
1425 =item How do I temporarily block warnings?
1427 =item What's an extension?
1429 =item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
1431 =item How do I declare/create a structure?
1433 =item How do I create a module?
1435 =item How do I create a class?
1437 =item How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
1439 =item What's a closure?
1441 =item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
1443 =item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
1446 Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexes,
1449 =item How do I create a static variable?
1451 =item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping?
1452 Between local() and my()?
1454 =item How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical
1457 =item What's the difference between deep and shallow binding?
1459 =item Why doesn't "my($foo) = E<lt>FILEE<gt>;" work right?
1461 =item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method?
1463 =item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
1465 =item How do I create a switch or case statement?
1467 =item How can I catch accesses to undefined variables, functions, or
1470 =item Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
1472 =item How can I find out my current package?
1474 =item How can I comment out a large block of perl code?
1476 =item How do I clear a package?
1478 =item How can I use a variable as a variable name?
1480 =item What does "bad interpreter" mean?
1484 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1488 =head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.17 $, $Date: 2003/01/26
1497 =item How do I find out which operating system I'm running under?
1499 =item How come exec() doesn't return?
1501 =item How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?
1503 Keyboard, Screen, Mouse
1505 =item How do I print something out in color?
1507 =item How do I read just one key without waiting for a return key?
1509 =item How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard?
1511 =item How do I clear the screen?
1513 =item How do I get the screen size?
1515 =item How do I ask the user for a password?
1517 =item How do I read and write the serial port?
1519 lockfiles, open mode, end of line, flushing output, non-blocking input
1521 =item How do I decode encrypted password files?
1523 =item How do I start a process in the background?
1525 STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR are shared, Signals, Zombies
1527 =item How do I trap control characters/signals?
1529 =item How do I modify the shadow password file on a Unix system?
1531 =item How do I set the time and date?
1533 =item How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second?
1535 =item How can I measure time under a second?
1537 =item How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling)
1539 =item Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? What
1540 does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean?
1542 =item How can I call my system's unique C functions from Perl?
1544 =item Where do I get the include files to do ioctl() or syscall()?
1546 =item Why do setuid perl scripts complain about kernel problems?
1548 =item How can I open a pipe both to and from a command?
1550 =item Why can't I get the output of a command with system()?
1552 =item How can I capture STDERR from an external command?
1554 =item Why doesn't open() return an error when a pipe open fails?
1556 =item What's wrong with using backticks in a void context?
1558 =item How can I call backticks without shell processing?
1560 =item Why can't my script read from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix,
1563 =item How can I convert my shell script to perl?
1565 =item Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session?
1567 =item How can I write expect in Perl?
1569 =item Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as
1572 =item I {changed directory, modified my environment} in a perl script. How
1573 come the change disappeared when I exited the script? How do I get my
1574 changes to be visible?
1578 =item How do I close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to
1581 =item How do I fork a daemon process?
1583 =item How do I find out if I'm running interactively or not?
1585 =item How do I timeout a slow event?
1587 =item How do I set CPU limits?
1589 =item How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system?
1591 =item How do I use an SQL database?
1593 =item How do I make a system() exit on control-C?
1595 =item How do I open a file without blocking?
1597 =item How do I install a module from CPAN?
1599 =item What's the difference between require and use?
1601 =item How do I keep my own module/library directory?
1603 =item How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library
1606 =item How do I add a directory to my include path (@INC) at runtime?
1608 =item What is socket.ph and where do I get it?
1612 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1616 =head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date: 2003/01/31 17:36:57
1625 =item What is the correct form of response from a CGI script?
1627 =item My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500
1630 =item How can I get better error messages from a CGI program?
1632 =item How do I remove HTML from a string?
1634 =item How do I extract URLs?
1636 =item How do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a
1637 file on another machine?
1639 =item How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?
1641 =item How do I fetch an HTML file?
1643 =item How do I automate an HTML form submission?
1645 =item How do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web?
1647 =item How do I redirect to another page?
1649 =item How do I put a password on my web pages?
1651 =item How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?
1653 =item How do I make sure users can't enter values into a form that cause my
1654 CGI script to do bad things?
1656 =item How do I parse a mail header?
1658 =item How do I decode a CGI form?
1660 =item How do I check a valid mail address?
1662 =item How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string?
1664 =item How do I return the user's mail address?
1666 =item How do I send mail?
1668 =item How do I use MIME to make an attachment to a mail message?
1670 =item How do I read mail?
1672 =item How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address?
1674 =item How do I fetch a news article or the active newsgroups?
1676 =item How do I fetch/put an FTP file?
1678 =item How can I do RPC in Perl?
1682 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1686 =head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax
1698 =item Simple Statements
1700 =item Truth and Falsehood
1702 =item Statement Modifiers
1704 =item Compound Statements
1712 =item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
1716 =item PODs: Embedded Documentation
1718 =item Plain Old Comments (Not!)
1724 =head2 perldata - Perl data types
1732 =item Variable names
1738 =item Scalar value constructors
1740 =item List value constructors
1746 =item Typeglobs and Filehandles
1754 =head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
1762 =item Operator Precedence and Associativity
1764 =item Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
1766 =item The Arrow Operator
1768 =item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
1770 =item Exponentiation
1772 =item Symbolic Unary Operators
1774 =item Binding Operators
1776 =item Multiplicative Operators
1778 =item Additive Operators
1780 =item Shift Operators
1782 =item Named Unary Operators
1784 =item Relational Operators
1786 =item Equality Operators
1790 =item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
1792 =item C-style Logical And
1794 =item C-style Logical Or
1796 =item C-style Logical Defined-Or
1798 =item Range Operators
1800 =item Conditional Operator
1802 =item Assignment Operators
1804 =item Comma Operator
1806 =item List Operators (Rightward)
1812 =item Logical or, Defined or, and Exclusive Or
1814 =item C Operators Missing From Perl
1816 unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
1818 =item Quote and Quote-like Operators
1820 =item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
1822 ?PATTERN?, m/PATTERN/cgimosx, /PATTERN/cgimosx, q/STRING/, C<'STRING'>,
1823 qq/STRING/, "STRING", qr/STRING/imosx, qx/STRING/, `STRING`, qw/STRING/,
1824 s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/egimosx, tr/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds,
1825 y/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds, <<EOF
1827 =item Gory details of parsing quoted constructs
1829 Finding the end, Removal of backslashes before delimiters, Interpolation,
1830 C<<<'EOF'>, C<m''>, C<s'''>, C<tr///>, C<y///>, C<''>, C<q//>, C<"">,
1831 C<``>, C<qq//>, C<qx//>, C<< <file*glob> >>, C<?RE?>, C</RE/>, C<m/RE/>,
1832 C<s/RE/foo/>,, Interpolation of regular expressions, Optimization of
1837 =item Constant Folding
1839 =item Bitwise String Operators
1841 =item Integer Arithmetic
1843 =item Floating-point Arithmetic
1845 =item Bigger Numbers
1851 =head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
1861 =item Private Variables via my()
1863 =item Persistent Private Variables
1865 =item Temporary Values via local()
1867 =item Lvalue subroutines
1869 Lvalue subroutines are EXPERIMENTAL
1871 =item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
1873 =item When to Still Use local()
1875 =item Pass by Reference
1879 =item Constant Functions
1881 =item Overriding Built-in Functions
1885 =item Subroutine Attributes
1893 =head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
1901 =item Perl Functions by Category
1903 Functions for SCALARs or strings, Regular expressions and pattern matching,
1904 Numeric functions, Functions for real @ARRAYs, Functions for list data,
1905 Functions for real %HASHes, Input and output functions, Functions for fixed
1906 length data or records, Functions for filehandles, files, or directories,
1907 Keywords related to the control flow of your perl program, Keywords related
1908 to scoping, Miscellaneous functions, Functions for processes and process
1909 groups, Keywords related to perl modules, Keywords related to classes and
1910 object-orientedness, Low-level socket functions, System V interprocess
1911 communication functions, Fetching user and group info, Fetching network
1912 info, Time-related functions, Functions new in perl5, Functions obsoleted
1917 =item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
1919 -I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, abs VALUE, abs, accept
1920 NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, alarm, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME,
1921 binmode FILEHANDLE, LAYER, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME, bless
1922 REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE, chomp(
1923 LIST ), chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop( LIST ), chop, chown LIST, chr NUMBER,
1924 chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot, close FILEHANDLE, close, closedir DIRHANDLE,
1925 connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, cos, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT,
1926 dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR, defined, delete
1927 EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR, dump LABEL, dump,
1928 each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval BLOCK, exec LIST,
1929 exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp, fcntl
1930 FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION,
1931 fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE, getc, getlogin,
1932 getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam
1933 NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getprotobyname
1934 NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr
1935 ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER,
1936 getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostent, getnetent,
1937 getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent
1938 STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent,
1939 endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockname SOCKET,
1940 getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL,
1941 goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex,
1942 import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl
1943 FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST,
1944 last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc, lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length,
1945 link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR,
1946 lock THING, log EXPR, log, lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK LIST, map
1947 EXPR,LIST, mkdir FILENAME,MASK, mkdir FILENAME, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget
1948 KEY,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, my EXPR, my
1949 TYPE EXPR, my EXPR : ATTRS, my TYPE EXPR : ATTRS, next LABEL, next, no
1950 Module VERSION LIST, no Module VERSION, no Module LIST, no Module, oct
1951 EXPR, oct, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR, open
1952 FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR,LIST, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,REFERENCE, open FILEHANDLE,
1953 opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord EXPR, ord, our EXPR, our EXPR TYPE, our EXPR :
1954 ATTRS, our TYPE EXPR : ATTRS, pack TEMPLATE,LIST, package NAMESPACE,
1955 package, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop ARRAY, pop, pos SCALAR, pos,
1956 print FILEHANDLE LIST, print LIST, print, printf FILEHANDLE FORMAT, LIST,
1957 printf FORMAT, LIST, prototype FUNCTION, push ARRAY,LIST, q/STRING/,
1958 qq/STRING/, qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, quotemeta EXPR, quotemeta,
1959 rand EXPR, rand, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read
1960 FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR,
1961 readlink, readpipe EXPR, recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo,
1962 ref EXPR, ref, rename OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR,
1963 require, reset EXPR, reset, return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir
1964 DIRHANDLE, rindex STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME,
1965 rmdir, s///, scalar EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir
1966 DIRHANDLE,POS, select FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT,
1967 semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send
1968 SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority
1969 WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY,
1970 shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE,
1971 shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep
1972 EXPR, sleep, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, socketpair
1973 SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort BLOCK LIST,
1974 sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,
1975 splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split /PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split
1976 /PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf FORMAT, LIST, format
1977 parameter index, flags, vector flag, (minimum) width, precision, or maximum
1978 width, size, order of arguments, sqrt EXPR, sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat
1979 FILEHANDLE, stat EXPR, stat, study SCALAR, study, sub NAME BLOCK, sub NAME
1980 (PROTO) BLOCK, sub NAME : ATTRS BLOCK, sub NAME (PROTO) : ATTRS BLOCK,
1981 substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr
1982 EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall NUMBER, LIST, sysopen
1983 FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread
1984 FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek
1985 FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite
1986 FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,
1987 syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie
1988 VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate
1989 FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR,
1990 ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack
1991 TEMPLATE,EXPR, unpack TEMPLATE, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use
1992 Module VERSION LIST, use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use
1993 VERSION, utime LIST, values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid
1994 PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y///
2000 =head2 perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl
2006 =item Open E<agrave> la shell
2012 =item Indirect Filehandles
2016 =item The Minus File
2018 =item Mixing Reads and Writes
2024 =item Open E<agrave> la C
2028 =item Permissions E<agrave> la mode
2032 =item Obscure Open Tricks
2036 =item Re-Opening Files (dups)
2038 =item Dispelling the Dweomer
2040 =item Paths as Opens
2042 =item Single Argument Open
2044 =item Playing with STDIN and STDOUT
2048 =item Other I/O Issues
2052 =item Opening Non-File Files
2054 =item Opening Named Pipes
2056 =item Opening Sockets
2068 =item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
2074 =head2 perlpacktut - tutorial on C<pack> and C<unpack>
2080 =item The Basic Principle
2084 =item Packing Numbers
2090 =item Unpacking a Stack Frame
2092 =item How to Eat an Egg on a Net
2094 =item Floating point Numbers
2098 =item Exotic Templates
2110 =item Another Portable Binary Encoding
2114 =item Template Grouping
2116 =item Lengths and Widths
2120 =item String Lengths
2122 =item Dynamic Templates
2124 =item Counting Repetitions
2128 =item Packing and Unpacking C Structures
2132 =item The Alignment Pit
2134 =item Alignment, Take 2
2136 =item Alignment, Take 3
2138 =item Pointers for How to Use Them
2144 =item Funnies Section
2150 =head2 perlpod - the Plain Old Documentation format
2158 =item Ordinary Paragraph
2160 =item Verbatim Paragraph
2162 =item Command Paragraph
2164 C<=head1 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head2 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head3 I<Heading
2165 Text>>, C<=head4 I<Heading Text>>, C<=over I<indentlevel>>, C<=item
2166 I<stuff...>>, C<=back>, C<=cut>, C<=pod>, C<=begin I<formatname>>, C<=end
2167 I<formatname>>, C<=for I<formatname> I<text...>>, C<=encoding
2170 =item Formatting Codes
2172 C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
2173 C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
2174 C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- used
2175 for filenames, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text contains non-breaking spaces,
2176 C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a null
2177 (zero-effect) formatting code
2181 =item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
2183 =item Hints for Writing Pod
2193 =head2 perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and
2200 =item Pod Definitions
2204 "=head1", "=head2", "=head3", "=head4", "=pod", "=cut", "=over", "=item",
2205 "=back", "=begin formatname", "=end formatname", "=for formatname text...",
2206 "=encoding encodingname"
2208 =item Pod Formatting Codes
2210 C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
2211 C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- style for
2212 filenames, C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a
2213 null (zero-effect) formatting code, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
2214 C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text
2215 contains non-breaking spaces
2217 =item Notes on Implementing Pod Processors
2219 =item About LE<lt>...E<gt> Codes
2221 First:, Second:, Third:, Fourth:, Fifth:, Sixth:
2223 =item About =over...=back Regions
2225 =item About Data Paragraphs and "=begin/=end" Regions
2233 =head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
2243 =item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems
2245 OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS
2247 =item Location of Perl
2249 =item Command Switches
2251 B<-0>[I<octal/hexadecimal>], B<-A [I<assertions>]>, B<-a>, B<-C
2252 [I<number/list>]>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-d:>I<foo[=bar,baz]>, B<-D>I<letters>,
2253 B<-D>I<number>, B<-e> I<commandline>, B<-F>I<pattern>, B<-h>,
2254 B<-i>[I<extension>], B<-I>I<directory>, B<-l>[I<octnum>],
2255 B<-m>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<'module ...'>,
2256 B<-[mM]>[B<->]I<module=arg[,arg]...>, B<-n>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-s>, B<-S>,
2257 B<-t>, B<-T>, B<-u>, B<-U>, B<-v>, B<-V>, B<-V:>I<name>, B<-w>, B<-W>,
2258 B<-X>, B<-x> I<directory>
2264 HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5OPT, PERLIO, :bytes, :crlf, :mmap,
2265 :perlio, :pop, :raw, :stdio, :unix, :utf8, :win32, PERLIO_DEBUG, PERLLIB,
2266 PERL5DB, PERL5SHELL (specific to the Win32 port), PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS,
2267 PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL, PERL_DL_NONLAZY, PERL_ENCODING, PERL_HASH_SEED,
2268 PERL_HASH_SEED_DEBUG, PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port), PERL_SIGNALS,
2269 PERL_UNICODE, SYS$LOGIN (specific to the VMS port)
2273 =head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
2281 =head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings
2289 =item Default Warnings and Optional Warnings
2291 =item What's wrong with B<-w> and C<$^W>
2293 =item Controlling Warnings from the Command Line
2297 =item Backward Compatibility
2299 =item Category Hierarchy
2301 =item Fatal Warnings
2303 =item Reporting Warnings from a Module
2315 =head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
2321 =item The Perl Debugger
2325 =item Debugger Commands
2327 h, h [command], h h, p expr, x [maxdepth] expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], y
2328 [level [vars]], T, s [expr], n [expr], r, <CR>, c [line|sub], l, l
2329 min+incr, l min-max, l line, l subname, -, v [line], f filename, /pattern/,
2330 ?pattern?, L [abw], S [[!]regex], t, t expr, b, b [line] [condition], b
2331 subname [condition], b postpone subname [condition], b load filename, b
2332 compile subname, B line, B *, a [line] command, A line, A *, w expr, W
2333 expr, W *, o, o booloption .., o anyoption? .., o option=value .., < ?, < [
2334 command ], < *, << command, > ?, > command, > *, >> command, { ?, { [
2335 command ], { *, {{ command, ! number, ! -number, ! pattern, !! cmd, source
2336 file, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, M, man
2339 =item Configurable Options
2341 C<recallCommand>, C<ShellBang>, C<pager>, C<tkRunning>, C<signalLevel>,
2342 C<warnLevel>, C<dieLevel>, C<AutoTrace>, C<LineInfo>, C<inhibit_exit>,
2343 C<PrintRet>, C<ornaments>, C<frame>, C<maxTraceLen>, C<windowSize>,
2344 C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<dumpDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>,
2345 C<globPrint>, C<DumpDBFiles>, C<DumpPackages>, C<DumpReused>, C<quote>,
2346 C<HighBit>, C<undefPrint>, C<UsageOnly>, C<TTY>, C<noTTY>, C<ReadLine>,
2349 =item Debugger input/output
2351 Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame
2354 =item Debugging compile-time statements
2356 =item Debugger Customization
2358 =item Readline Support
2360 =item Editor Support for Debugging
2362 =item The Perl Profiler
2366 =item Debugging regular expressions
2368 =item Debugging memory usage
2376 =head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
2384 =item Predefined Names
2386 $ARG, $_, $a, $b, $<I<digits>>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $',
2387 $LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, $^N, @LAST_MATCH_END, @+,
2388 HANDLE->input_line_number(EXPR), $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER, $NR, $,
2389 IO::Handle->input_record_separator(EXPR), $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $RS, $/,
2390 HANDLE->autoflush(EXPR), $OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH, $|,
2391 IO::Handle->output_field_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR, $OFS, $,,
2392 IO::Handle->output_record_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $ORS,
2393 $\, $LIST_SEPARATOR, $", $SUBSCRIPT_SEPARATOR, $SUBSEP, $;, $#,
2394 HANDLE->format_page_number(EXPR), $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER, $%,
2395 HANDLE->format_lines_per_page(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE, $=,
2396 HANDLE->format_lines_left(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_LEFT, $-, @LAST_MATCH_START,
2397 @-, C<$`> is the same as C<substr($var, 0, $-[0])>, C<$&> is the same as
2398 C<substr($var, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0])>, C<$'> is the same as C<substr($var,
2399 $+[0])>, C<$1> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1])>, C<$2>
2400 is the same as C<substr($var, $-[2], $+[2] - $-[2])>, C<$3> is the same as
2401 C<substr $var, $-[3], $+[3] - $-[3])>, HANDLE->format_name(EXPR),
2402 $FORMAT_NAME, $~, HANDLE->format_top_name(EXPR), $FORMAT_TOP_NAME, $^,
2403 IO::Handle->format_line_break_characters EXPR,
2404 $FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS, $:, IO::Handle->format_formfeed EXPR,
2405 $FORMAT_FORMFEED, $^L, $ACCUMULATOR, $^A, $CHILD_ERROR, $?, ${^ENCODING},
2406 $OS_ERROR, $ERRNO, $!, %!, $EXTENDED_OS_ERROR, $^E, $EVAL_ERROR, $@,
2407 $PROCESS_ID, $PID, $$, $REAL_USER_ID, $UID, $<, $EFFECTIVE_USER_ID, $EUID,
2408 $>, $REAL_GROUP_ID, $GID, $(, $EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID, $EGID, $),
2409 $PROGRAM_NAME, $0, $[, $], $COMPILING, $^C, $DEBUGGING, $^D,
2410 $SYSTEM_FD_MAX, $^F, $^H, %^H, $INPLACE_EDIT, $^I, $^M, $OSNAME, $^O,
2411 ${^OPEN}, $PERLDB, $^P, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80,
2412 0x100, 0x200, 0x400, $LAST_REGEXP_CODE_RESULT, $^R,
2413 $EXCEPTIONS_BEING_CAUGHT, $^S, $BASETIME, $^T, ${^TAINT}, ${^UNICODE},
2414 $PERL_VERSION, $^V, $WARNING, $^W, ${^WARNING_BITS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X,
2415 ARGV, $ARGV, @ARGV, ARGVOUT, @F, @INC, @_, %INC, %ENV, $ENV{expr}, %SIG,
2418 =item Error Indicators
2420 =item Technical Note on the Syntax of Variable Names
2428 =head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
2438 =item Regular Expressions
2440 [1], [2], [3], cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
2442 =item Extended Patterns
2444 C<(?#text)>, C<(?imsx-imsx)>, C<(?:pattern)>, C<(?imsx-imsx:pattern)>,
2445 C<(?=pattern)>, C<(?!pattern)>, C<(?<=pattern)>, C<(?<!pattern)>, C<(?{
2446 code })>, C<(??{ code })>, C<< (?>pattern) >>,
2447 C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>, C<(?(condition)yes-pattern)>
2451 =item Version 8 Regular Expressions
2453 =item Warning on \1 vs $1
2455 =item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
2457 =item Combining pieces together
2459 C<ST>, C<S|T>, C<S{REPEAT_COUNT}>, C<S{min,max}>, C<S{min,max}?>, C<S?>,
2460 C<S*>, C<S+>, C<S??>, C<S*?>, C<S+?>, C<< (?>S) >>, C<(?=S)>, C<(?<=S)>,
2461 C<(?!S)>, C<(?<!S)>, C<(??{ EXPR })>,
2462 C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>
2464 =item Creating custom RE engines
2474 =head2 perlreref - Perl Regular Expressions Reference
2486 =item ESCAPE SEQUENCES
2488 =item CHARACTER CLASSES
2494 =item EXTENDED CONSTRUCTS
2512 =head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
2522 =item Making References
2524 =item Using References
2526 =item Symbolic references
2528 =item Not-so-symbolic references
2530 =item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
2532 =item Function Templates
2542 =head2 perlform - Perl formats
2552 =item Numeric Fields
2554 =item The Field @* for Variable Width Multi-Line Text
2556 =item The Field ^* for Variable Width One-line-at-a-time Text
2558 =item Specifying Values
2560 =item Using Fill Mode
2562 =item Suppressing Lines Where All Fields Are Void
2564 =item Repeating Format Lines
2566 =item Top of Form Processing
2568 =item Format Variables
2578 =item Accessing Formatting Internals
2586 =head2 perlobj - Perl objects
2594 =item An Object is Simply a Reference
2596 =item A Class is Simply a Package
2598 =item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
2600 =item Method Invocation
2602 =item Indirect Object Syntax
2604 =item Default UNIVERSAL methods
2606 isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
2612 =item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
2620 =head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
2632 TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, UNTIE this,
2637 TIEARRAY classname, LIST, FETCH this, index, STORE this, index, value,
2638 FETCHSIZE this, STORESIZE this, count, EXTEND this, count, EXISTS this,
2639 key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, PUSH this, LIST, POP this, SHIFT this,
2640 UNSHIFT this, LIST, SPLICE this, offset, length, LIST, UNTIE this, DESTROY
2645 USER, HOME, CLOBBER, LIST, TIEHASH classname, LIST, FETCH this, key, STORE
2646 this, key, value, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, EXISTS this, key, FIRSTKEY
2647 this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, SCALAR this, UNTIE this, DESTROY this
2649 =item Tying FileHandles
2651 TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this,
2652 LIST, READ this, LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, UNTIE this,
2657 =item The C<untie> Gotcha
2669 =head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
2677 B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
2678 B<filter_fetch_value>
2684 =item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
2686 =item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
2696 =head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
2697 safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
2707 =item Handling the SIGHUP Signal in Daemons
2715 =item Deferred Signals (Safe Signals)
2717 Long running opcodes, Interrupting IO, Restartable system calls, Signals as
2718 "faults", Signals triggered by operating system state
2722 =item Using open() for IPC
2728 =item Background Processes
2730 =item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
2732 =item Safe Pipe Opens
2734 =item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
2736 =item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself
2740 =item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
2744 =item Internet Line Terminators
2746 =item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
2748 =item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
2752 =item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
2756 =item A Simple Client
2758 C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
2760 =item A Webget Client
2762 =item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
2766 =item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
2768 Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
2770 =item UDP: Message Passing
2784 =head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation
2794 =item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes
2796 $$ or $PROCESS_ID, %ENV, chdir() and all other builtins that accept
2797 filenames, wait() and waitpid(), kill(), exec(), exit(), Open handles to
2798 files, directories and network sockets
2800 =item Resource limits
2802 =item Killing the parent process
2804 =item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes
2806 =item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS
2808 BEGIN blocks, Open filehandles, Forking pipe open() not yet implemented,
2809 Global state maintained by XSUBs, Interpreter embedded in larger
2810 application, Thread-safety of extensions
2822 =head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
2830 =item Storing numbers
2832 =item Numeric operators and numeric conversions
2834 =item Flavors of Perl numeric operations
2836 Arithmetic operators, ++, Arithmetic operators during C<use integer>, Other
2837 mathematical operators, Bitwise operators, Bitwise operators during C<use
2838 integer>, Operators which expect an integer, Operators which expect a
2847 =head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl
2855 =item What Is A Thread Anyway?
2857 =item Threaded Program Models
2869 =item What kind of threads are Perl threads?
2871 =item Thread-Safe Modules
2877 =item Basic Thread Support
2879 =item A Note about the Examples
2881 =item Creating Threads
2883 =item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
2885 =item Ignoring A Thread
2889 =item Threads And Data
2893 =item Shared And Unshared Data
2895 =item Thread Pitfalls: Races
2899 =item Synchronization and control
2903 =item Controlling access: lock()
2905 =item A Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
2907 =item Queues: Passing Data Around
2909 =item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
2911 =item Basic semaphores
2913 =item Advanced Semaphores
2915 =item cond_wait() and cond_signal()
2917 =item Giving up control
2921 =item General Thread Utility Routines
2925 =item What Thread Am I In?
2929 =item Are These Threads The Same?
2931 =item What Threads Are Running?
2935 =item A Complete Example
2937 =item Different implementations of threads
2939 =item Performance considerations
2941 =item Process-scope Changes
2943 =item Thread-Safety of System Libraries
2951 =item Introductory Texts
2953 =item OS-Related References
2955 =item Other References
2959 =item Acknowledgements
2967 =head2 perlothrtut - old tutorial on threads in Perl
2973 =item What Is A Thread Anyway?
2975 =item Threaded Program Models
2987 =item Native threads
2989 =item What kind of threads are perl threads?
2991 =item Threadsafe Modules
2997 =item Basic Thread Support
2999 =item Creating Threads
3001 =item Giving up control
3003 =item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
3005 =item Errors In Threads
3007 =item Ignoring A Thread
3011 =item Threads And Data
3015 =item Shared And Unshared Data
3017 =item Thread Pitfall: Races
3019 =item Controlling access: lock()
3021 =item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
3023 =item Queues: Passing Data Around
3027 =item Threads And Code
3031 =item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
3033 Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
3035 =item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines
3037 =item Subroutine Locks
3041 =item Locking A Subroutine
3045 =item General Thread Utility Routines
3049 =item What Thread Am I In?
3053 =item Are These Threads The Same?
3055 =item What Threads Are Running?
3059 =item A Complete Example
3067 =item Introductory Texts
3069 =item OS-Related References
3071 =item Other References
3075 =item Acknowledgements
3083 =head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl
3089 Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is>
3098 =item Numbers endianness and Width
3100 =item Files and Filesystems
3102 =item System Interaction
3104 =item Command names versus file pathnames
3108 =item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
3110 =item External Subroutines (XS)
3112 =item Standard Modules
3116 =item Character sets and character encoding
3118 =item Internationalisation
3120 =item System Resources
3130 Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
3131 http://testers.cpan.org/
3139 =item DOS and Derivatives
3147 =item EBCDIC Platforms
3155 =item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
3159 =item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
3161 -I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, binmode FILEHANDLE, chmod LIST, chown
3162 LIST, chroot FILENAME, chroot, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen
3163 HASH,DBNAME,MODE, dump LABEL, exec LIST, exit EXPR, exit, fcntl
3164 FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, getlogin,
3165 getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, getgrnam NAME,
3166 getnetbyname NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE,
3167 getprotobynumber NUMBER, getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent,
3168 gethostbyname, gethostent, getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, sethostent
3169 STAYOPEN, setnetent STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN,
3170 endpwent, endgrent, endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent,
3171 getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, ioctl
3172 FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, kill SIGNAL, LIST, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, lstat
3173 FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR, lstat, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgsnd
3174 ID,MSG,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open
3175 FILEHANDLE, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, readlink EXPR, readlink, select
3176 RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget
3177 KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, setgrent, setpgrp PID,PGRP,
3178 setpriority WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setpwent, setsockopt
3179 SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS,
3180 shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, sockatmark SOCKET,
3181 socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, stat FILEHANDLE, stat
3182 EXPR, stat, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
3183 FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, system LIST, times, truncate
3184 FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, umask EXPR, umask, utime LIST,
3185 wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS
3191 v1.49, 12 August 2002, v1.48, 02 February 2001, v1.47, 22 March 2000,
3192 v1.46, 12 February 2000, v1.45, 20 December 1999, v1.44, 19 July 1999,
3193 v1.43, 24 May 1999, v1.42, 22 May 1999, v1.41, 19 May 1999, v1.40, 11 April
3194 1999, v1.39, 11 February 1999, v1.38, 31 December 1998, v1.37, 19 December
3195 1998, v1.36, 9 September 1998, v1.35, 13 August 1998, v1.33, 06 August
3196 1998, v1.32, 05 August 1998, v1.30, 03 August 1998, v1.23, 10 July 1998
3198 =item Supported Platforms
3202 =item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
3206 =head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
3213 =item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
3219 =item The use locale pragma
3221 =item The setlocale function
3223 =item Finding locales
3225 =item LOCALE PROBLEMS
3227 =item Temporarily fixing locale problems
3229 =item Permanently fixing locale problems
3231 =item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
3233 =item Fixing system locale configuration
3235 =item The localeconv function
3237 =item I18N::Langinfo
3241 =item LOCALE CATEGORIES
3245 =item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
3247 =item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
3249 =item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
3251 =item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
3255 =item Other categories
3263 PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
3264 LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
3270 =item Backward compatibility
3272 =item I18N:Collate obsolete
3274 =item Sort speed and memory use impacts
3276 =item write() and LC_NUMERIC
3278 =item Freely available locale definitions
3282 =item An imperfect standard
3286 =item Unicode and UTF-8
3292 =item Broken systems
3302 =head2 perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction
3312 =item Perl's Unicode Support
3314 =item Perl's Unicode Model
3316 =item Unicode and EBCDIC
3318 =item Creating Unicode
3320 =item Handling Unicode
3322 =item Legacy Encodings
3326 =item Displaying Unicode As Text
3330 =item Advanced Topics
3334 =item Questions With Answers
3336 =item Hexadecimal Notation
3338 =item Further Resources
3342 =item UNICODE IN OLDER PERLS
3346 =item ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
3348 =item AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT, AND LICENSE
3352 =head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
3360 =item Important Caveats
3362 Input and Output Layers, Regular Expressions, C<use utf8> still needed to
3363 enable UTF-8/UTF-EBCDIC in scripts, C<use encoding> needed to upgrade
3364 non-Latin-1 byte strings
3366 =item Byte and Character Semantics
3368 =item Effects of Character Semantics
3374 =item User-Defined Character Properties
3376 =item Character Encodings for Input and Output
3378 =item Unicode Regular Expression Support Level
3380 =item Unicode Encodings
3382 =item Security Implications of Unicode
3384 =item Unicode in Perl on EBCDIC
3388 =item When Unicode Does Not Happen
3390 =item Forcing Unicode in Perl (Or Unforcing Unicode in Perl)
3392 =item Using Unicode in XS
3400 =item Interaction with Locales
3402 =item Interaction with Extensions
3406 =item Porting code from perl-5.6.X
3414 =head2 perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
3420 =item COMMON CHARACTER CODE SETS
3428 =item Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1)
3432 =item 13 variant characters
3440 =item Unicode code points versus EBCDIC code points
3442 =item Remaining Perl Unicode problems in EBCDIC
3444 =item Unicode and UTF
3450 =item SINGLE OCTET TABLES
3452 recipe 0, recipe 1, recipe 2, recipe 3, recipe 4, recipe 5, recipe 6
3454 =item IDENTIFYING CHARACTER CODE SETS
3468 =item OPERATOR DIFFERENCES
3470 =item FUNCTION DIFFERENCES
3472 chr(), ord(), pack(), print(), printf(), sort(), sprintf(), unpack()
3474 =item REGULAR EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES
3482 =item Ignore ASCII vs. EBCDIC sort differences.
3484 =item MONO CASE then sort data.
3486 =item Convert, sort data, then re convert.
3488 =item Perform sorting on one type of machine only.
3492 =item TRANSFORMATION FORMATS
3496 =item URL decoding and encoding
3498 =item uu encoding and decoding
3500 =item Quoted-Printable encoding and decoding
3502 =item Caesarian ciphers
3506 =item Hashing order and checksums
3510 =item MULTI OCTET CHARACTER SETS
3522 chcp, dataset access, OS/390, z/OS iconv, locales
3542 =head2 perlsec - Perl security
3550 =item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
3552 =item Switches On the "#!" Line
3554 =item Taint mode and @INC
3556 =item Cleaning Up Your Path
3560 =item Protecting Your Programs
3564 =item Algorithmic Complexity Attacks
3572 =head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
3584 =item BEGIN, CHECK, INIT and END
3590 =item Making your module threadsafe
3598 =head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
3602 =item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
3606 =item Pragmatic Modules
3608 assertions, assertions::activate, attributes, attrs, autouse, base, bigint,
3609 bignum, bigrat, blib, bytes, charnames, constant, diagnostics, encoding,
3610 fields, filetest, if, integer, less, lib, locale, open, ops, overload, re,
3611 sigtrap, sort, strict, subs, threads, threads::shared, utf8, vars, version,
3612 vmsish, warnings, warnings::register
3614 =item Standard Modules
3616 AnyDBM_File, Attribute::Handlers, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, B, B::Asmdata,
3617 B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Concise, B::Debug,
3618 B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj, B::Stash,
3619 B::Terse, B::Xref, Benchmark, ByteLoader, CGI, CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp,
3620 CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push, CGI::Switch, CGI::Util,
3621 CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, Carp::Heavy, Class::ISA,
3622 Class::Struct, Config, Cwd, DB, DB_File, Data::Dumper, Devel::DProf,
3623 Devel::PPPort, Devel::Peek, Devel::SelfStubber, Digest, Digest::MD5,
3624 Digest::base, DirHandle, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, Encode, Encode::Alias,
3625 Encode::Byte, Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CN, Encode::CN::HZ,
3626 Encode::Config, Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Encoder, Encode::Encoding,
3627 Encode::Guess, Encode::JP, Encode::JP::H2Z, Encode::JP::JIS7, Encode::KR,
3628 Encode::KR::2022_KR, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::PerlIO,
3629 Encode::Supported, Encode::Symbol, Encode::TW, Encode::Unicode,
3630 Encode::Unicode::UTF7, English, Env, Errno, Exporter, Exporter::Heavy,
3631 ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Command::MM, ExtUtils::Constant,
3632 ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install, ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist,
3633 ExtUtils::MM, ExtUtils::MM_Any, ExtUtils::MM_BeOS, ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin,
3634 ExtUtils::MM_DOS, ExtUtils::MM_MacOS, ExtUtils::MM_NW5, ExtUtils::MM_OS2,
3635 ExtUtils::MM_UWIN, ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::MM_VMS, ExtUtils::MM_Win32,
3636 ExtUtils::MM_Win95, ExtUtils::MY, ExtUtils::MakeMaker,
3637 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ, ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial,
3638 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes, ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish,
3639 ExtUtils::Manifest, ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists,
3640 ExtUtils::Packlist, ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, Fcntl, File::Basename,
3641 File::CheckTree, File::Compare, File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find,
3642 File::Glob, File::Path, File::Spec, File::Spec::Cygwin, File::Spec::Epoc,
3643 File::Spec::Functions, File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Unix,
3644 File::Spec::VMS, File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp, File::stat, FileCache,
3645 FileHandle, Filter::Simple, Filter::Util::Call, FindBin, GDBM_File,
3646 Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, Hash::Util, I18N::Collate, I18N::LangTags,
3647 I18N::LangTags::List, I18N::Langinfo, IO, IO::Dir, IO::File, IO::Handle,
3648 IO::Pipe, IO::Poll, IO::Seekable, IO::Select, IO::Socket, IO::Socket::INET,
3649 IO::Socket::UNIX, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, IPC::SysV, IPC::SysV::Msg,
3650 IPC::SysV::Semaphore, List::Util, Locale::Constants, Locale::Country,
3651 Locale::Currency, Locale::Language, Locale::Maketext,
3652 Locale::Maketext::TPJ13, Locale::Script, MIME::Base64,
3653 MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt,
3654 Math::BigInt::Calc, Math::BigRat, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Memoize,
3655 Memoize::AnyDBM_File, Memoize::Expire, Memoize::ExpireFile,
3656 Memoize::ExpireTest, Memoize::NDBM_File, Memoize::SDBM_File,
3657 Memoize::Storable, NDBM_File, NEXT, Net::Cmd, Net::Config, Net::Domain,
3658 Net::FTP, Net::NNTP, Net::Netrc, Net::POP3, Net::Ping, Net::SMTP,
3659 Net::Time, Net::hostent, Net::libnetFAQ, Net::netent, Net::protoent,
3660 Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, POSIX, PerlIO, PerlIO::encoding,
3661 PerlIO::scalar, PerlIO::via, PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint, Pod::Checker,
3662 Pod::Find, Pod::Functions, Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::LaTeX,
3663 Pod::Man, Pod::ParseLink, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Parser,
3664 Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker, Pod::Perldoc::ToMan, Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff,
3665 Pod::Perldoc::ToPod, Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf, Pod::Perldoc::ToText,
3666 Pod::Perldoc::ToTk, Pod::Perldoc::ToXml, Pod::PlainText, Pod::Plainer,
3667 Pod::Select, Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color, Pod::Text::Overstrike,
3668 Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Usage, SDBM_File, Safe, Scalar::Util,
3669 Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell, Socket, Storable, Switch,
3670 Symbol, Sys::Hostname, Sys::Syslog, Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap,
3671 Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test, Test::Builder, Test::Harness,
3672 Test::Harness::Assert, Test::Harness::Iterator, Test::Harness::Straps,
3673 Test::More, Test::Simple, Test::Tutorial, Text::Abbrev, Text::Balanced,
3674 Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs, Text::Wrap, Thread,
3675 Thread::Queue, Thread::Semaphore, Thread::Signal, Thread::Specific,
3676 Tie::Array, Tie::File, Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::Memoize, Tie::RefHash,
3677 Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, Time::HiRes, Time::Local, Time::gmtime,
3678 Time::localtime, Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize,
3679 Unicode::UCD, User::grent, User::pwent, Win32, XS::APItest, XS::Typemap,
3682 =item Extension Modules
3696 China, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Russian Federation, Saudi
3697 Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand
3699 =item Central America
3705 Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
3706 Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
3707 Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
3708 Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
3709 Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
3713 Canada, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Mexico, United States,
3714 Alabama, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,
3715 Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York,
3716 North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
3717 Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin
3721 Australia, New Zealand, United States
3725 Argentina, Brazil, Chile
3731 =item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
3735 =item Guidelines for Module Creation
3737 =item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
3739 =item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
3747 =head2 perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide
3753 =item QUICK CHECKLIST
3757 =item Before you start
3765 =item Release considerations
3769 =item BEFORE YOU START WRITING A MODULE
3773 =item Has it been done before?
3775 =item Do one thing and do it well
3777 =item What's in a name?
3781 =item DESIGNING AND WRITING YOUR MODULE
3785 =item To OO or not to OO?
3787 =item Designing your API
3789 Write simple routines to do simple things, Separate functionality from
3790 output, Provide sensible shortcuts and defaults, Naming conventions,
3793 =item Strictness and warnings
3795 =item Backwards compatibility
3797 =item Error handling and messages
3801 =item DOCUMENTING YOUR MODULE
3807 =item README, INSTALL, release notes, changelogs
3809 perl Makefile.PL, make, make test, make install, perl Build.PL, perl Build,
3810 perl Build test, perl Build install
3814 =item RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS
3818 =item Version numbering
3820 =item Pre-requisites
3830 =item COMMON PITFALLS
3834 =item Reinventing the wheel
3836 =item Trying to do too much
3838 =item Inappropriate documentation
3844 L<perlstyle>, L<perlnewmod>, L<perlpod>, L<podchecker>, Packaging Tools,
3845 Testing tools, http://pause.perl.org/, Any good book on software
3852 =head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
3862 B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
3863 module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
3877 =head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
3887 =item What should I make into a module?
3889 =item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground
3891 Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again
3893 =item Step-by-step: Making the module
3895 Start with F<h2xs>, Use L<strict|strict> and L<warnings|warnings>, Use
3896 L<Carp|Carp>, Use L<Exporter|Exporter> - wisely!, Use L<plain old
3897 documentation|perlpod>, Write tests, Write the README
3899 =item Step-by-step: Distributing your module
3901 Get a CPAN user ID, C<perl Makefile.PL; make test; make dist>, Upload the
3902 tarball, Announce to the modules list, Announce to clpa, Fix bugs!
3912 =head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
3922 L<perldoc|perldoc>, L<pod2man|pod2man> and L<pod2text|pod2text>,
3923 L<pod2html|pod2html> and L<pod2latex|pod2latex>, L<pod2usage|pod2usage>,
3924 L<podselect|podselect>, L<podchecker|podchecker>, L<splain|splain>,
3925 L<roffitall|roffitall>
3929 L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
3931 =item Administration
3933 L<libnetcfg|libnetcfg>
3937 L<perlbug|perlbug>, L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph> and L<pstruct|pstruct>,
3938 L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>, L<perlcc|perlcc>
3946 =head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
3956 B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
3960 =item Using The Back Ends
3964 =item The Cross Referencing Back End
3968 =item The Decompiling Back End
3970 =item The Lint Back End
3972 =item The Simple C Back End
3974 =item The Bytecode Back End
3976 =item The Optimized C Back End
3980 =item Module List for the Compiler Suite
3982 B, O, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC,
3983 B::Concise, B::Debug, B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex,
3984 B::Stackobj, B::Stash, B::Terse, B::Xref
3986 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
3992 =head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
4002 =item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
4004 =item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
4006 B<Decryption Filters>
4008 =item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
4010 =item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
4012 =item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
4016 =item THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR
4018 Some Filters Clobber the C<DATA> Handle
4028 =head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
4038 B<Use C from Perl?>, B<Use a Unix program from Perl?>, B<Use Perl from
4039 Perl?>, B<Use C from C?>, B<Use Perl from C?>
4043 =item Compiling your C program
4045 =item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
4047 =item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
4049 =item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
4051 =item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
4053 =item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
4055 =item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
4057 =item Execution of END blocks
4059 =item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
4061 =item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
4066 =item Embedding Perl under Win32
4078 =head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
4084 =item Debugger Internals
4088 =item Writing Your Own Debugger
4092 =item Frame Listing Output Examples
4094 =item Debugging regular expressions
4098 =item Compile-time output
4100 C<anchored> I<STRING> C<at> I<POS>, C<floating> I<STRING> C<at>
4101 I<POS1..POS2>, C<matching floating/anchored>, C<minlen>, C<stclass>
4102 I<TYPE>, C<noscan>, C<isall>, C<GPOS>, C<plus>, C<implicit>, C<with eval>,
4105 =item Types of nodes
4107 =item Run-time output
4111 =item Debugging Perl memory usage
4115 =item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
4117 C<buckets SMALLEST(APPROX)..GREATEST(APPROX)>, Free/Used, C<Total sbrk():
4118 SBRKed/SBRKs:CONTINUOUS>, C<pad: 0>, C<heads: 2192>, C<chain: 0>, C<tail:
4121 =item Example of using B<-DL> switch
4123 C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
4125 =item B<-DL> details
4129 =item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
4137 =head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
4149 =item Version caveat
4151 =item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
4163 =item What has gone on?
4165 =item Writing good test scripts
4169 =item What's new here?
4171 =item Input and Output Parameters
4173 =item The XSUBPP Program
4175 =item The TYPEMAP file
4177 =item Warning about Output Arguments
4181 =item What has happened here?
4183 =item Anatomy of .xs file
4185 =item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
4187 =item More about XSUB arguments
4189 =item The Argument Stack
4191 =item Extending your Extension
4193 =item Documenting your Extension
4195 =item Installing your Extension
4199 =item New Things in this Example
4203 =item New Things in this Example
4205 =item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
4207 =item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
4209 =item EXAMPLE 9 Passing open files to XSes
4211 =item Troubleshooting these Examples
4227 =head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
4239 =item The Anatomy of an XSUB
4241 =item The Argument Stack
4243 =item The RETVAL Variable
4245 =item The MODULE Keyword
4247 =item The PACKAGE Keyword
4249 =item The PREFIX Keyword
4251 =item The OUTPUT: Keyword
4253 =item The NO_OUTPUT Keyword
4255 =item The CODE: Keyword
4257 =item The INIT: Keyword
4259 =item The NO_INIT Keyword
4261 =item Initializing Function Parameters
4263 =item Default Parameter Values
4265 =item The PREINIT: Keyword
4267 =item The SCOPE: Keyword
4269 =item The INPUT: Keyword
4271 =item The IN/OUTLIST/IN_OUTLIST/OUT/IN_OUT Keywords
4273 =item The C<length(NAME)> Keyword
4275 =item Variable-length Parameter Lists
4277 =item The C_ARGS: Keyword
4279 =item The PPCODE: Keyword
4281 =item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
4283 =item The REQUIRE: Keyword
4285 =item The CLEANUP: Keyword
4287 =item The POSTCALL: Keyword
4289 =item The BOOT: Keyword
4291 =item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
4293 =item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
4295 =item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
4297 =item The ALIAS: Keyword
4299 =item The OVERLOAD: Keyword
4301 =item The FALLBACK: Keyword
4303 =item The INTERFACE: Keyword
4305 =item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
4307 =item The INCLUDE: Keyword
4309 =item The CASE: Keyword
4311 =item The & Unary Operator
4313 =item Inserting POD, Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
4315 =item Using XS With C++
4317 =item Interface Strategy
4319 =item Perl Objects And C Structures
4323 =item Safely Storing Static Data in XS
4325 MY_CXT_KEY, typedef my_cxt_t, START_MY_CXT, MY_CXT_INIT, dMY_CXT, MY_CXT
4337 =head2 perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions
4347 C<t>, C<p>, C<n>, C<s>
4349 =item File Operations
4351 =item File Input and Output
4353 =item File Positioning
4355 =item Memory Management and String Handling
4357 =item Character Class Tests
4359 =item F<stdlib.h> functions
4361 =item Miscellaneous functions
4369 =head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
4381 =item What is an "IV"?
4383 =item Working with SVs
4387 =item What's Really Stored in an SV?
4389 =item Working with AVs
4391 =item Working with HVs
4393 =item Hash API Extensions
4395 =item AVs, HVs and undefined values
4399 =item Blessed References and Class Objects
4401 =item Creating New Variables
4403 GV_ADDMULTI, GV_ADDWARN
4405 =item Reference Counts and Mortality
4407 =item Stashes and Globs
4409 =item Double-Typed SVs
4411 =item Magic Variables
4413 =item Assigning Magic
4415 =item Magic Virtual Tables
4419 =item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
4421 =item Localizing changes
4423 C<SAVEINT(int i)>, C<SAVEIV(IV i)>, C<SAVEI32(I32 i)>, C<SAVELONG(long i)>,
4424 C<SAVESPTR(s)>, C<SAVEPPTR(p)>, C<SAVEFREESV(SV *sv)>, C<SAVEMORTALIZESV(SV
4425 *sv)>, C<SAVEFREEOP(OP *op)>, C<SAVEFREEPV(p)>, C<SAVECLEARSV(SV *sv)>,
4426 C<SAVEDELETE(HV *hv, char *key, I32 length)>,
4427 C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR(DESTRUCTORFUNC_NOCONTEXT_t f, void *p)>,
4428 C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR_X(DESTRUCTORFUNC_t f, void *p)>, C<SAVESTACK_POS()>, C<SV*
4429 save_scalar(GV *gv)>, C<AV* save_ary(GV *gv)>, C<HV* save_hash(GV *gv)>,
4430 C<void save_item(SV *item)>, C<void save_list(SV **sarg, I32 maxsarg)>,
4431 C<SV* save_svref(SV **sptr)>, C<void save_aptr(AV **aptr)>, C<void
4432 save_hptr(HV **hptr)>
4440 =item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
4442 =item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
4444 =item Memory Allocation
4448 =item Putting a C value on Perl stack
4452 =item Scratchpads and recursion
4462 =item Examining the tree
4464 =item Compile pass 1: check routines
4466 =item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
4468 =item Compile pass 2: context propagation
4470 =item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
4472 =item Pluggable runops
4476 =item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions
4478 =item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
4482 =item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
4484 =item So what happened to dTHR?
4486 =item How do I use all this in extensions?
4488 =item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads?
4490 =item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
4494 =item Internal Functions
4496 A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, x, m, X, E, b
4500 =item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs
4502 =item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer
4504 =item Source Documentation
4508 =item Unicode Support
4512 =item What B<is> Unicode, anyway?
4514 =item How can I recognise a UTF-8 string?
4516 =item How does UTF-8 represent Unicode characters?
4518 =item How does Perl store UTF-8 strings?
4520 =item How do I convert a string to UTF-8?
4522 =item Is there anything else I need to know?
4526 =item Custom Operators
4534 =head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
4540 An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
4542 =item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
4544 call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
4564 =item Determining the Context
4568 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
4574 =item No Parameters, Nothing returned
4576 =item Passing Parameters
4578 =item Returning a Scalar
4580 =item Returning a list of values
4582 =item Returning a list in a scalar context
4584 =item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
4588 =item Using G_KEEPERR
4592 =item Using call_argv
4594 =item Using call_method
4598 =item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
4600 =item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
4602 1. Ignore the problem - Allow only 1 callback, 2. Create a sequence of
4603 callbacks - hard wired limit, 3. Use a parameter to map to the Perl
4606 =item Alternate Stack Manipulation
4608 =item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
4620 =head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
4626 =item "Gimme" Values
4628 GIMME, GIMME_V, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID
4630 =item Array Manipulation Functions
4632 AvFILL, av_clear, av_delete, av_exists, av_extend, av_fetch, av_fill,
4633 av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push, av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift,
4634 get_av, newAV, Nullav, sortsv
4636 =item Callback Functions
4638 call_argv, call_method, call_pv, call_sv, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv,
4639 FREETMPS, LEAVE, SAVETMPS
4641 =item Character classes
4643 isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, toLOWER, toUPPER
4645 =item Cloning an interpreter
4649 =item CV Manipulation Functions
4651 CvSTASH, get_cv, Nullcv
4653 =item Embedding Functions
4655 cv_undef, load_module, nothreadhook, perl_alloc, perl_construct,
4656 perl_destruct, perl_free, perl_parse, perl_run, require_pv
4658 =item Functions in file pp_pack.c
4660 packlist, pack_cat, unpackstring, unpack_str
4662 =item Global Variables
4664 PL_modglobal, PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes
4668 GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_fetchmethod_autoload,
4669 gv_fetchmeth_autoload, gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv
4673 HEf_SVKEY, Nullch, Nullsv
4675 =item Hash Manipulation Functions
4677 get_hv, HeHASH, HeKEY, HeKLEN, HePV, HeSVKEY, HeSVKEY_force, HeSVKEY_set,
4678 HeVAL, HvNAME, hv_assert, hv_clear, hv_clear_placeholders, hv_delete,
4679 hv_delete_ent, hv_exists, hv_exists_ent, hv_fetch, hv_fetch_ent,
4680 hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey, hv_iterkeysv, hv_iternext, hv_iternextsv,
4681 hv_iternext_flags, hv_iterval, hv_magic, hv_scalar, hv_store, hv_store_ent,
4682 hv_undef, newHV, Nullhv
4684 =item Magical Functions
4686 mg_clear, mg_copy, mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, mg_length, mg_magical, mg_set,
4687 SvGETMAGIC, SvLOCK, SvSETMAGIC, SvSetMagicSV, SvSetMagicSV_nosteal,
4688 SvSetSV, SvSetSV_nosteal, SvSHARE
4690 =item Memory Management
4692 Copy, Move, New, Newc, NEWSV, Newz, Poison, Renew, Renewc, Safefree,
4693 savepv, savepvn, savesharedpv, StructCopy, Zero
4695 =item Miscellaneous Functions
4697 fbm_compile, fbm_instr, form, getcwd_sv, new_version, scan_version, strEQ,
4698 strGE, strGT, strLE, strLT, strNE, strnEQ, strnNE, sv_nolocking,
4699 sv_nosharing, sv_nounlocking, upg_version, vcmp, vnumify, vstringify
4701 =item Numeric functions
4703 grok_bin, grok_hex, grok_number, grok_numeric_radix, grok_oct, scan_bin,
4706 =item Optree Manipulation Functions
4708 cv_const_sv, newCONSTSUB, newXS
4710 =item Pad Data Structures
4714 =item Stack Manipulation Macros
4716 dMARK, dORIGMARK, dSP, EXTEND, MARK, ORIGMARK, POPi, POPl, POPn, POPp,
4717 POPpbytex, POPpx, POPs, PUSHi, PUSHMARK, PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUSHu,
4718 PUTBACK, SP, SPAGAIN, XPUSHi, XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs, XPUSHu, XSRETURN,
4719 XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV, XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF,
4720 XSRETURN_UV, XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNO, XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF,
4725 svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG
4727 =item SV Manipulation Functions
4729 get_sv, looks_like_number, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, newSV, newSViv, newSVnv,
4730 newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVpvn_share, newSVrv, newSVsv, newSVuv,
4731 SvCUR, SvCUR_set, SvEND, SvGROW, SvIOK, SvIOKp, SvIOK_notUV, SvIOK_off,
4732 SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only, SvIOK_only_UV, SvIOK_UV, SvIsCOW,
4733 SvIsCOW_shared_hash, SvIV, SvIVx, SvIVX, SvIV_nomg, SvLEN, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp,
4734 SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, SvNOKp, SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVX,
4735 SvNVx, SvOK, SvOOK, SvPOK, SvPOKp, SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only,
4736 SvPOK_only_UTF8, SvPV, SvPVbyte, SvPVbytex, SvPVbytex_force,
4737 SvPVbyte_force, SvPVbyte_nolen, SvPVutf8, SvPVutf8x, SvPVutf8x_force,
4738 SvPVutf8_force, SvPVutf8_nolen, SvPVx, SvPVX, SvPV_force, SvPV_force_nomg,
4739 SvPV_nolen, SvPV_nomg, SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK,
4740 SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV, SvSTASH, SvTAINT, SvTAINTED, SvTAINTED_off,
4741 SvTAINTED_on, SvTRUE, SvTYPE, SvUNLOCK, SvUOK, SvUPGRADE, SvUTF8,
4742 SvUTF8_off, SvUTF8_on, SvUV, SvUVX, SvUVx, SvUV_nomg, SvVOK, sv_2bool,
4743 sv_2cv, sv_2io, sv_2iv_flags, sv_2mortal, sv_2nv, sv_2pvbyte,
4744 sv_2pvbyte_nolen, sv_2pvutf8, sv_2pvutf8_nolen, sv_2pv_flags, sv_2pv_nolen,
4745 sv_2uv_flags, sv_backoff, sv_bless, sv_catpv, sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg,
4746 sv_catpvn, sv_catpvn_flags, sv_catpvn_mg, sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv,
4747 sv_catsv_flags, sv_catsv_mg, sv_chop, sv_clear, sv_cmp, sv_cmp_locale,
4748 sv_collxfrm, sv_copypv, sv_dec, sv_derived_from, sv_eq, sv_force_normal,
4749 sv_force_normal_flags, sv_free, sv_gets, sv_grow, sv_inc, sv_insert,
4750 sv_isa, sv_isobject, sv_iv, sv_len, sv_len_utf8, sv_magic, sv_magicext,
4751 sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, sv_newref, sv_nv, sv_pos_b2u, sv_pos_u2b,
4752 sv_pv, sv_pvbyte, sv_pvbyten, sv_pvbyten_force, sv_pvn, sv_pvn_force,
4753 sv_pvn_force_flags, sv_pvutf8, sv_pvutf8n, sv_pvutf8n_force, sv_reftype,
4754 sv_replace, sv_report_used, sv_reset, sv_rvweaken, sv_setiv, sv_setiv_mg,
4755 sv_setnv, sv_setnv_mg, sv_setpv, sv_setpvf, sv_setpvf_mg, sv_setpviv,
4756 sv_setpviv_mg, sv_setpvn, sv_setpvn_mg, sv_setpv_mg, sv_setref_iv,
4757 sv_setref_nv, sv_setref_pv, sv_setref_pvn, sv_setref_uv, sv_setsv,
4758 sv_setsv_flags, sv_setsv_mg, sv_setuv, sv_setuv_mg, sv_taint, sv_tainted,
4759 sv_true, sv_unmagic, sv_unref, sv_unref_flags, sv_untaint, sv_upgrade,
4760 sv_usepvn, sv_usepvn_mg, sv_utf8_decode, sv_utf8_downgrade, sv_utf8_encode,
4761 sv_utf8_upgrade, sv_utf8_upgrade_flags, sv_uv, sv_vcatpvfn, sv_vsetpvfn
4763 =item Unicode Support
4765 bytes_from_utf8, bytes_to_utf8, ibcmp_utf8, is_utf8_char, is_utf8_string,
4766 is_utf8_string_loc, pv_uni_display, sv_cat_decode, sv_recode_to_utf8,
4767 sv_uni_display, to_utf8_case, to_utf8_fold, to_utf8_lower, to_utf8_title,
4768 to_utf8_upper, utf8n_to_uvchr, utf8n_to_uvuni, utf8_distance, utf8_hop,
4769 utf8_length, utf8_to_bytes, utf8_to_uvchr, utf8_to_uvuni, uvchr_to_utf8,
4772 =item Variables created by C<xsubpp> and C<xsubpp> internal functions
4774 ax, CLASS, dAX, dITEMS, dXSARGS, dXSI32, items, ix, newXSproto, RETVAL, ST,
4775 THIS, XS, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK
4777 =item Warning and Dieing
4787 =head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
4794 =item CV reference counts and CvOUTSIDE
4798 =item Functions in file pad.h
4800 CX_CURPAD_SAVE, CX_CURPAD_SV, PAD_BASE_SV, PAD_CLONE_VARS,
4801 PAD_COMPNAME_FLAGS, PAD_COMPNAME_GEN, PAD_COMPNAME_OURSTASH,
4802 PAD_COMPNAME_PV, PAD_COMPNAME_TYPE, PAD_DUP, PAD_RESTORE_LOCAL,
4803 PAD_SAVE_LOCAL, PAD_SAVE_SETNULLPAD, PAD_SETSV, PAD_SET_CUR,
4804 PAD_SET_CUR_NOSAVE, PAD_SV, PAD_SVl, SAVECLEARSV, SAVECOMPPAD, SAVEPADSV
4806 =item Functions in file pp_ctl.c
4810 =item Global Variables
4812 PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv,
4823 =item Pad Data Structures
4825 CvPADLIST, cv_clone, cv_dump, do_dump_pad, intro_my, pad_add_anon,
4826 pad_add_name, pad_alloc, pad_block_start, pad_check_dup, pad_findlex,
4827 pad_findmy, pad_fixup_inner_anons, pad_free, pad_leavemy, pad_new,
4828 pad_push, pad_reset, pad_setsv, pad_swipe, pad_tidy, pad_undef
4830 =item Stack Manipulation Macros
4834 =item SV Manipulation Functions
4836 report_uninit, sv_add_arena, sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs, sv_free_arenas
4844 =head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
4854 =item History and Background
4856 =item Basic Structure
4858 =item Layers vs Disciplines
4860 =item Data Structures
4862 =item Functions and Attributes
4864 =item Per-instance Data
4866 =item Layers in action.
4868 =item Per-instance flag bits
4870 PERLIO_F_EOF, PERLIO_F_CANWRITE, PERLIO_F_CANREAD, PERLIO_F_ERROR,
4871 PERLIO_F_TRUNCATE, PERLIO_F_APPEND, PERLIO_F_CRLF, PERLIO_F_UTF8,
4872 PERLIO_F_UNBUF, PERLIO_F_WRBUF, PERLIO_F_RDBUF, PERLIO_F_LINEBUF,
4873 PERLIO_F_TEMP, PERLIO_F_OPEN, PERLIO_F_FASTGETS
4875 =item Methods in Detail
4877 fsize, name, size, kind, PERLIO_K_BUFFERED, PERLIO_K_RAW, PERLIO_K_CANCRLF,
4878 PERLIO_K_FASTGETS, PERLIO_K_MULTIARG, Pushed, Popped, Open, Binmode,
4879 Getarg, Fileno, Dup, Read, Write, Seek, Tell, Close, Flush, Fill, Eof,
4880 Error, Clearerr, Setlinebuf, Get_base, Get_bufsiz, Get_ptr, Get_cnt,
4885 =item Implementing PerlIO Layers
4887 C implementations, Perl implementations
4891 "unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8"
4893 =item Extension Layers
4895 ":encoding", ":scalar", ":via"
4903 =head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
4911 1. USE_STDIO, 2. USE_SFIO, 3. USE_PERLIO, B<PerlIO_stdin()>,
4912 B<PerlIO_stdout()>, B<PerlIO_stderr()>, B<PerlIO_open(path, mode)>,
4913 B<PerlIO_fdopen(fd,mode)>, B<PerlIO_reopen(path,mode,f)>,
4914 B<PerlIO_printf(f,fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_vprintf(f,fmt,a)>,
4915 B<PerlIO_stdoutf(fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_read(f,buf,count)>,
4916 B<PerlIO_write(f,buf,count)>, B<PerlIO_close(f)>, B<PerlIO_puts(f,s)>,
4917 B<PerlIO_putc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_ungetc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_getc(f)>,
4918 B<PerlIO_eof(f)>, B<PerlIO_error(f)>, B<PerlIO_fileno(f)>,
4919 B<PerlIO_clearerr(f)>, B<PerlIO_flush(f)>, B<PerlIO_seek(f,offset,whence)>,
4920 B<PerlIO_tell(f)>, B<PerlIO_getpos(f,p)>, B<PerlIO_setpos(f,p)>,
4921 B<PerlIO_rewind(f)>, B<PerlIO_tmpfile()>, B<PerlIO_setlinebuf(f)>
4925 =item Co-existence with stdio
4927 B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,mode)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,mode)>,
4928 B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>, B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>
4930 =item "Fast gets" Functions
4932 B<PerlIO_fast_gets(f)>, B<PerlIO_has_cntptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_cnt(f)>,
4933 B<PerlIO_get_ptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_set_ptrcnt(f,p,c)>, B<PerlIO_canset_cnt(f)>,
4934 B<PerlIO_set_cnt(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_has_base(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_base(f)>,
4935 B<PerlIO_get_bufsiz(f)>
4937 =item Other Functions
4939 PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers),
4940 'E<lt>' read, 'E<gt>' write, '+' read/write, PerlIO_debug(fmt,...)
4946 =head2 perlhack - How to hack at the Perl internals
4952 Does concept match the general goals of Perl?, Where is the
4953 implementation?, Backwards compatibility, Could it be a module instead?, Is
4954 the feature generic enough?, Does it potentially introduce new bugs?, Does
4955 it preclude other desirable features?, Is the implementation robust?, Is
4956 the implementation generic enough to be portable?, Is the implementation
4957 tested?, Is there enough documentation?, Is there another way to do it?,
4958 Does it create too much work?, Patches speak louder than words
4962 =item Keeping in sync
4964 rsync'ing the source tree, Using rsync over the LAN, Using pushing over the
4965 NFS, rsync'ing the patches
4967 =item Why rsync the source tree
4969 It's easier to rsync the source tree, It's more reliable
4971 =item Why rsync the patches
4973 It's easier to rsync the patches, It's a good reference, Finding a start
4974 point, Finding how to fix a bug, Finding the source of misbehaviour
4976 =item Perlbug administration
4978 =item Submitting patches
4980 L<perlguts>, L<perlxstut> and L<perlxs>, L<perlapi>,
4981 F<Porting/pumpkin.pod>, The perl5-porters FAQ
4983 =item Finding Your Way Around
4985 Core modules, Tests, Documentation, Configure, Interpreter
4987 =item Elements of the interpreter
4989 Startup, Parsing, Optimization, Running
4991 =item Internal Variable Types
4997 Argument stack, Mark stack, Save stack
4999 =item Millions of Macros
5001 =item The .i Targets
5003 =item Poking at Perl
5005 =item Using a source-level debugger
5007 run [args], break function_name, break source.c:xxx, step, next, continue,
5008 finish, 'enter', print
5010 =item gdb macro support
5012 =item Dumping Perl Data Structures
5016 =item Patching a core module
5018 =item Adding a new function to the core
5020 =item Writing a test
5022 F<t/base/>, F<t/cmd/>, F<t/comp/>, F<t/io/>, F<t/lib/>, F<t/op/>,
5023 F<t/pod/>, F<t/run/>, F<t/uni/>, F<t/win32/>, F<t/x2p>, t/base t/comp,
5024 t/cmd t/run t/io t/op, t/lib ext lib
5026 =item Special Make Test Targets
5028 coretest, test.deparse, test.taintwarn, minitest, test.valgrind
5029 check.valgrind utest.valgrind ucheck.valgrind, test.third check.third
5030 utest.third ucheck.third, test.torture torturetest, utest ucheck test.utf8
5031 check.utf8, test_harness
5033 =item Running tests by hand
5035 PERL_CORE=1, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL=2, PERL, PERL_SKIP_TTY_TEST
5039 =item EXTERNAL TOOLS FOR DEBUGGING PERL
5043 =item Rational Software's Purify
5045 =item Purify on Unix
5047 -Accflags=-DPURIFY, -Doptimize='-g', -Uusemymalloc, -Dusemultiplicity
5051 DEFINES, USE_MULTI = define, #PERL_MALLOC = define, CFG = Debug
5055 =item Compaq's/Digital's/HP's Third Degree
5057 =item PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL
5061 =item Gprof Profiling
5063 -a, -b, -e routine, -f routine, -s, -z
5065 =item GCC gcov Profiling
5067 =item Pixie Profiling
5069 -h, -l, -p[rocedures], -h[eavy], -i[nvocations], -l[ines], -testcoverage,
5072 =item Miscellaneous tricks
5076 I<The Road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began.>
5084 =head2 perlbook - Perl book information
5092 =head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
5098 =item To do during 5.6.x
5102 =item Support for I/O disciplines
5104 =item Autoload bytes.pm
5106 =item Make "\u{XXXX}" et al work
5108 =item Create a char *sv_pvprintify(sv, STRLEN *lenp, UV flags)
5110 =item Overloadable regex assertions
5114 =item Work out exit/die semantics for threads
5116 =item Better support for nonpreemptive threading systems like GNU pth
5118 =item Typed lexicals for compiler
5120 =item Compiler workarounds for Win32
5122 =item AUTOLOADing in the compiler
5124 =item Fixing comppadlist when compiling
5126 =item Cleaning up exported namespace
5128 =item Complete signal handling
5130 =item Out-of-source builds
5132 =item POSIX realtime support
5134 =item UNIX98 support
5138 =item Long double conversion
5142 =item Arithmetic on non-Arabic numerals
5144 =item POSIX Unicode character classes
5146 =item Factoring out common suffices/prefices in regexps (trie optimization)
5148 =item Security audit shipped utilities
5150 =item Sort out the uid-setting mess
5152 =item Custom opcodes
5154 =item DLL Versioning
5156 =item Introduce @( and @)
5158 =item Floating point handling
5160 =item IV/UV preservation
5162 =item Replace pod2html with something using Pod::Parser
5164 =item Automate module testing on CPAN
5166 =item sendmsg and recvmsg
5168 =item Rewrite perlre documentation
5170 =item Convert example code to IO::Handle filehandles
5172 =item Document Win32 choices
5174 =item Check new modules
5176 =item Make roffitall find pods and libs itself
5180 =item To do at some point
5184 =item Remove regular expression recursion
5186 =item Memory leaks after failed eval
5188 =item bitfields in pack
5190 =item Cross compilation
5192 =item Perl preprocessor / macros
5194 =item Perl lexer in Perl
5196 =item Using POSIX calls internally
5198 =item -i rename file when changed
5200 =item All ARGV input should act like E<lt>E<gt>
5202 =item Support for rerunning debugger
5204 =item Test Suite for the Debugger
5206 =item my sub foo { }
5208 =item One-pass global destruction
5210 =item Rewrite regexp parser
5212 =item Cache recently used regexps
5214 =item Cross-compilation support
5216 =item Bit-shifting bitvectors
5218 =item debugger pragma
5220 =item use less pragma
5222 =item switch structures
5224 =item Cache eval tree
5228 =item Shrink opcode tables
5230 =item Optimize away @_
5232 =item Prototypes versus indirect objects
5236 =item Prototype method calls
5238 =item Return context prototype declarations
5242 =item Garbage collection
5246 =item Rewrite perldoc
5248 =item Install .3p manpages
5250 =item Unicode tutorial
5252 =item Update POSIX.pm for 1003.1-2
5254 =item Retargetable installation
5256 =item POSIX emulation on non-POSIX systems
5258 =item Rename Win32 headers
5260 =item Finish off lvalue functions
5262 =item Update sprintf documentation
5264 =item Use fchown/fchmod internally
5266 =item Make v-strings overloaded objects
5268 =item Allow restricted hash assignment
5270 =item Should overload be inheritable?
5274 =item Perform correctly when XSUBs call subroutines that exit via
5275 goto(LABEL) and friends
5283 =item ref() in list context
5285 =item Make tr/// return histogram of characters in list context
5287 =item Compile to real threaded code
5289 =item Structured types
5291 =item Modifiable $1 et al.
5293 =item Procedural interfaces for IO::*, etc.
5297 =item Attach/detach debugger from running program
5301 =item foreach(reverse ...)
5303 =item Constant function cache
5305 =item Approximate regular expression matching
5313 =item Update guts documentation
5315 =item Add more tests
5317 =item Update auxiliary tools
5319 =item Create debugging macros
5321 =item truncate to the people
5323 =item Unicode in Filenames
5327 =item Unicode in %ENV
5329 =item Recently done things
5333 =item Alternative RE syntax module
5335 =item Safe signal handling
5341 =item setitimer and getimiter
5343 =item Testing __DIE__ hook
5345 =item CPP equivalent in Perl
5347 =item Explicit switch statements
5355 =item perlcc to produce executable
5357 =item END blocks saved in compiled output
5359 =item Secure temporary file module
5361 =item Integrate Time::HiRes
5363 =item Turn Cwd into XS
5365 =item Mmap for input
5367 =item Byte to/from UTF-8 and UTF-8 to/from local conversion
5369 =item Add sockatmark support
5371 =item Mailing list archives
5375 =item Integrate MacPerl
5377 =item Web "nerve center" for Perl
5379 =item Regular expression tutorial
5381 =item Debugging Tutorial
5383 =item Integrate new modules
5385 =item Integrate profiler
5387 =item Y2K error detection
5389 =item Regular expression debugger
5393 =item "Dynamic" lexicals
5395 =item Cache precompiled modules
5399 =item Deprecated Wishes
5403 =item Loop control on do{}
5405 =item Lexically scoped typeglobs
5411 =item Generalised want()/caller())
5413 =item Named prototypes
5415 =item Built-in globbing
5417 =item Regression tests for suidperl
5419 =item Cached hash values
5421 =item Add compression modules
5423 =item Reorganise documentation into tutorials/references
5425 =item Remove distinction between functions and operators
5427 =item Make XS easier to use
5429 =item Make embedding easier to use
5433 =item my $Package::variable
5435 =item "or" tests defined, not truth
5437 =item "class"-based lexicals
5441 =item Lazy evaluation / tail recursion removal
5443 =item Make "use utf8" the default
5445 =item Unicode collation and normalization
5447 =item pack/unpack tutorial
5453 =head2 perldoc - Look up Perl documentation in Pod format.
5463 B<-h>, B<-v>, B<-t>, B<-u>, B<-m> I<module>, B<-l>, B<-F>, B<-f>
5464 I<perlfunc>, B<-q> I<perlfaq-search-regexp>, B<-T>, B<-d>
5465 I<destination-filename>, B<-o> I<output-formatname>, B<-M> I<module-name>,
5466 B<-w> I<option:value> or B<-w> I<option>, B<-X>,
5467 B<PageName|ModuleName|ProgramName>, B<-n> I<some-formatter>, B<-r>, B<-i>,
5478 =head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
5486 =item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
5498 =item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
5500 =item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
5504 =item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
5508 =head2 perl591delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.1
5514 =item Incompatible Changes
5516 =item Core Enhancements
5522 =item Tied hashes in scalar context
5526 =item The C<:unique> attribute is only meaningful for globals
5528 =item Stacked filetest operators
5532 =item Modules and Pragmata
5534 Carp, Exporter, FindBin, List::Util, threads::shared
5536 =item Utility Changes
5540 =item Performance Enhancements
5542 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5544 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5550 =item Threading bugs
5556 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5558 =item Changed Internals
5560 =item Configuration and Building
5564 =item Known Problems
5566 =item Platform Specific Problems
5568 =item Reporting Bugs
5574 =head2 perl590delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.0
5580 =item Incompatible Changes
5584 =item Hash Randomisation
5586 =item UTF-8 On Filehandles No Longer Activated By Locale
5588 =item Single-number v-strings are no longer v-strings before "=>"
5590 =item (Win32) The -C Switch Has Been Repurposed
5592 =item (Win32) The /d Switch Of cmd.exe
5594 =item The C<$*> variable has been removed
5598 =item Core Enhancements
5604 =item Defined-or operators
5606 =item UTF-8 no longer default under UTF-8 locales
5608 =item Unsafe signals again available
5610 =item Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices
5614 =item Unicode Character Database 4.0.0
5616 =item Miscellaneous Enhancements
5620 =item Modules and Pragmata
5624 =item Updated Modules And Pragmata
5626 base, B::Bytecode, B::Concise, B::Deparse, Benchmark, ByteLoader, bytes,
5627 CGI, charnames, CPAN, Data::Dumper, DB_File, Devel::PPPort, Digest::MD5,
5628 Encode, fields, libnet, Math::BigInt, MIME::Base64, NEXT, Net::Ping,
5629 PerlIO::scalar, podlators, Pod::LaTeX, PodParsers, Pod::Perldoc,
5630 Scalar::Util, Storable, strict, Term::ANSIcolor, Test::Harness, Test::More,
5631 Test::Simple, Text::Balanced, Time::HiRes, threads, threads::shared,
5632 Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize, Win32::GetFolderPath,
5637 =item Utility Changes
5639 =item New Documentation
5641 =item Performance Enhancements
5643 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5647 =item Platform-specific enhancements
5651 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5655 =item Closures, eval and lexicals
5659 =item Platform-specific fixes
5663 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5667 =item Changed "A thread exited while %d threads were running"
5669 =item Removed "Attempt to clear a restricted hash"
5671 =item New "Illegal declaration of anonymous subroutine"
5673 =item Changed "Invalid range "%s" in transliteration operator"
5675 =item New "Missing control char name in \c"
5677 =item New "Newline in left-justified string for %s"
5679 =item New "Possible precedence problem on bitwise %c operator"
5681 =item New "read() on %s filehandle %s"
5683 =item New "Tied variable freed while still in use"
5685 =item New "To%s: illegal mapping '%s'"
5687 =item New "Use of freed value in iteration"
5691 =item Changed Internals
5695 =item Known Problems
5699 =item Tied hashes in scalar context
5701 =item Net::Ping 450_service and 510_ping_udp failures
5707 =item Platform Specific Problems
5711 =item EBCDIC Platforms
5713 =item Cygwin 1.5 problems
5715 =item HP-UX: HP cc warnings about sendfile and sendpath
5717 =item IRIX: t/uni/tr_7jis.t falsely failing
5719 =item Mac OS X: no usemymalloc
5721 =item Tru64: No threaded builds with GNU cc (gcc)
5723 =item Win32: sysopen, sysread, syswrite
5729 =item Reporting Bugs
5735 =head2 perl583delta - what is new for perl v5.8.3
5741 =item Incompatible Changes
5743 =item Core Enhancements
5745 =item Modules and Pragmata
5747 CGI, Cwd, Digest, Digest::MD5, Encode, File::Spec, FindBin, List::Util,
5748 Math::BigInt, PodParser, Pod::Perldoc, POSIX, Unicode::Collate,
5749 Unicode::Normalize, Test::Harness, threads::shared
5751 =item Utility Changes
5753 =item New Documentation
5755 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5757 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5759 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5761 =item Changed Internals
5763 =item Configuration and Building
5765 =item Platform Specific Problems
5767 =item Known Problems
5769 =item Future Directions
5773 =item Reporting Bugs
5779 =head2 perl582delta - what is new for perl v5.8.2
5785 =item Incompatible Changes
5787 =item Core Enhancements
5791 =item Hash Randomisation
5797 =item Modules and Pragmata
5801 =item Updated Modules And Pragmata
5803 Devel::PPPort, Digest::MD5, I18N::LangTags, libnet, MIME::Base64,
5804 Pod::Perldoc, strict, Tie::Hash, Time::HiRes, Unicode::Collate,
5805 Unicode::Normalize, UNIVERSAL
5809 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5811 =item Changed Internals
5813 =item Platform Specific Problems
5815 =item Future Directions
5817 =item Reporting Bugs
5823 =head2 perl581delta - what is new for perl v5.8.1
5829 =item Incompatible Changes
5833 =item Hash Randomisation
5835 =item UTF-8 On Filehandles No Longer Activated By Locale
5837 =item Single-number v-strings are no longer v-strings before "=>"
5839 =item (Win32) The -C Switch Has Been Repurposed
5841 =item (Win32) The /d Switch Of cmd.exe
5845 =item Core Enhancements
5849 =item UTF-8 no longer default under UTF-8 locales
5851 =item Unsafe signals again available
5853 =item Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices
5857 =item Unicode Character Database 4.0.0
5859 =item Deprecation Warnings
5861 =item Miscellaneous Enhancements
5865 =item Modules and Pragmata
5869 =item Updated Modules And Pragmata
5871 base, B::Bytecode, B::Concise, B::Deparse, Benchmark, ByteLoader, bytes,
5872 CGI, charnames, CPAN, Data::Dumper, DB_File, Devel::PPPort, Digest::MD5,
5873 Encode, fields, libnet, Math::BigInt, MIME::Base64, NEXT, Net::Ping,
5874 PerlIO::scalar, podlators, Pod::LaTeX, PodParsers, Pod::Perldoc,
5875 Scalar::Util, Storable, strict, Term::ANSIcolor, Test::Harness, Test::More,
5876 Test::Simple, Text::Balanced, Time::HiRes, threads, threads::shared,
5877 Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize, Win32::GetFolderPath,
5882 =item Utility Changes
5884 =item New Documentation
5886 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5890 =item Platform-specific enhancements
5894 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5898 =item Closures, eval and lexicals
5902 =item Platform-specific fixes
5906 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5910 =item Changed "A thread exited while %d threads were running"
5912 =item Removed "Attempt to clear a restricted hash"
5914 =item New "Illegal declaration of anonymous subroutine"
5916 =item Changed "Invalid range "%s" in transliteration operator"
5918 =item New "Missing control char name in \c"
5920 =item New "Newline in left-justified string for %s"
5922 =item New "Possible precedence problem on bitwise %c operator"
5924 =item New "Pseudo-hashes are deprecated"
5926 =item New "read() on %s filehandle %s"
5928 =item New "5.005 threads are deprecated"
5930 =item New "Tied variable freed while still in use"
5932 =item New "To%s: illegal mapping '%s'"
5934 =item New "Use of freed value in iteration"
5938 =item Changed Internals
5942 =item Known Problems
5946 =item Tied hashes in scalar context
5948 =item Net::Ping 450_service and 510_ping_udp failures
5954 =item Platform Specific Problems
5958 =item EBCDIC Platforms
5960 =item Cygwin 1.5 problems
5962 =item HP-UX: HP cc warnings about sendfile and sendpath
5964 =item IRIX: t/uni/tr_7jis.t falsely failing
5966 =item Mac OS X: no usemymalloc
5968 =item Tru64: No threaded builds with GNU cc (gcc)
5970 =item Win32: sysopen, sysread, syswrite
5974 =item Future Directions
5976 =item Reporting Bugs
5982 =head2 perl58delta - what is new for perl v5.8.0
5988 =item Highlights In 5.8.0
5990 =item Incompatible Changes
5994 =item Binary Incompatibility
5996 =item 64-bit platforms and malloc
5998 =item AIX Dynaloading
6000 =item Attributes for C<my> variables now handled at run-time
6002 =item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
6004 =item IEEE-format Floating Point Default on OpenVMS Alpha
6006 =item New Unicode Semantics (no more C<use utf8>, almost)
6008 =item New Unicode Properties
6010 =item REF(...) Instead Of SCALAR(...)
6012 =item pack/unpack D/F recycled
6014 =item glob() now returns filenames in alphabetical order
6020 =item Core Enhancements
6024 =item Unicode Overhaul
6026 =item PerlIO is Now The Default
6030 =item Restricted Hashes
6034 =item Understanding of Numbers
6036 =item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings [561]
6038 =item Miscellaneous Changes
6042 =item Modules and Pragmata
6046 =item New Modules and Pragmata
6048 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
6052 =item Utility Changes
6054 =item New Documentation
6056 =item Performance Enhancements
6058 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
6062 =item Generic Improvements
6064 =item New Or Improved Platforms
6068 =item Selected Bug Fixes
6072 =item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
6076 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
6078 =item Changed Internals
6080 =item Security Vulnerability Closed [561]
6084 =item Known Problems
6088 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Very Experimental
6090 =item Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken
6092 =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
6094 =item Modifying $_ Inside for(..)
6096 =item mod_perl 1.26 Doesn't Build With Threaded Perl
6098 =item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
6100 =item libwww-perl (LWP) fails base/date #51
6102 =item PDL failing some tests
6106 =item Self-tying Problems
6108 =item ext/threads/t/libc
6110 =item Failure of Thread (5.005-style) tests
6112 =item Timing problems
6114 =item Tied/Magical Array/Hash Elements Do Not Autovivify
6116 =item Unicode in package/class and subroutine names does not work
6120 =item Platform Specific Problems
6126 =item Alpha systems with old gccs fail several tests
6132 =item Cygwin "unable to remap"
6134 =item Cygwin ndbm tests fail on FAT
6136 =item DJGPP Failures
6138 =item FreeBSD built with ithreads coredumps reading large directories
6140 =item FreeBSD Failing locale Test 117 For ISO 8859-15 Locales
6142 =item IRIX fails ext/List/Util/t/shuffle.t or Digest::MD5
6144 =item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
6146 =item Linux with glibc 2.2.5 fails t/op/int subtest #6 with -Duse64bitint
6148 =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
6152 =item Mac OS X dyld undefined symbols
6154 =item OS/2 Test Failures
6156 =item op/sprintf tests 91, 129, and 130
6162 =item Solaris x86 Fails Tests With -Duse64bitint
6164 =item SUPER-UX (NEC SX)
6166 =item Term::ReadKey not working on Win32
6178 =item XML::Parser not working
6182 =item Unicode Support on EBCDIC Still Spotty
6184 =item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
6188 =item Reporting Bugs
6196 =head2 perl573delta - what's new for perl v5.7.3
6204 =item Reporting Bugs
6212 =head2 perl572delta - what's new for perl v5.7.2
6218 =item Security Vulnerability Closed
6220 =item Incompatible Changes
6224 =item 64-bit platforms and malloc
6226 =item AIX Dynaloading
6228 =item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
6230 =item Different Definition of the Unicode Character Classes \p{In...}
6236 =item Core Enhancements
6238 =item Modules and Pragmata
6242 =item New Modules and Distributions
6244 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
6248 =item Utility Changes
6250 =item New Documentation
6252 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
6256 =item New Or Improved Platforms
6258 =item Generic Improvements
6262 =item Selected Bug Fixes
6266 =item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
6270 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
6272 =item Source Code Enhancements
6276 =item MAGIC constants
6278 =item Better commented code
6280 =item Regex pre-/post-compilation items matched up
6288 =item Known Problems
6294 =item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
6296 =item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
6298 =item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12
6300 =item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured
6302 =item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
6304 =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
6308 =item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
6310 =item Failure of Thread tests
6320 =item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
6322 =item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
6324 =item Variable Attributes are not Currently Usable for Tieing
6326 =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
6328 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
6330 =item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental
6334 =item Reporting Bugs
6342 =head2 perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.1
6348 =item Security Vulnerability Closed
6350 =item Incompatible Changes
6352 =item Core Enhancements
6356 =item AUTOLOAD Is Now Lvaluable
6358 =item PerlIO is Now The Default
6360 =item Signals Are Now Safe
6364 =item Modules and Pragmata
6370 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
6374 =item Performance Enhancements
6376 =item Utility Changes
6378 =item New Documentation
6394 =item README.solaris
6398 =item Porting/repository.pod
6402 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
6406 =item New Or Improved Platforms
6408 =item Generic Improvements
6410 d_cmsghdr, d_fcntl_can_lock, d_fsync, d_getitimer, d_getpagsz, d_msghdr_s,
6411 need_va_copy, d_readv, d_recvmsg, d_sendmsg, sig_size, d_sockatmark,
6412 d_strtoq, d_u32align, d_ualarm, d_usleep
6416 =item Selected Bug Fixes
6420 =item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
6424 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
6426 =item Changed Internals
6430 =item Known Problems
6434 =item AIX vac 5.0.0.0 May Produce Buggy Code For Perl
6436 =item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
6438 =item lib/io_multihomed Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
6440 =item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
6444 =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
6446 =item sigaction test 13 in VMS
6448 =item sprintf tests 129 and 130
6450 =item Failure of Thread tests
6452 =item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
6454 =item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
6456 =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
6458 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
6462 =item Reporting Bugs
6470 =head2 perl570delta - what's new for perl v5.7.0
6476 =item Security Vulnerability Closed
6478 =item Incompatible Changes
6480 =item Core Enhancements
6482 =item Modules and Pragmata
6488 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
6492 =item Utility Changes
6494 =item New Documentation
6496 =item Performance Enhancements
6498 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
6502 =item Generic Improvements
6506 =item Selected Bug Fixes
6510 =item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
6514 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
6516 =item Changed Internals
6518 =item Known Problems
6522 =item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect
6524 =item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform
6526 =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
6528 =item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
6530 =item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
6532 =item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris
6534 =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
6536 =item Storable tests fail in some platforms
6538 =item Threads Are Still Experimental
6540 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
6544 =item Reporting Bugs
6552 =head2 perl561delta - what's new for perl v5.6.x
6558 =item Summary of changes between 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
6562 =item Security Issues
6564 =item Core bug fixes
6566 C<UNIVERSAL::isa()>, Memory leaks, Numeric conversions, qw(a\\b), caller(),
6567 Bugs in regular expressions, "slurp" mode, Autovivification of symbolic
6568 references to special variables, Lexical warnings, Spurious warnings and
6569 errors, glob(), Tainting, sort(), #line directives, Subroutine prototypes,
6570 map(), Debugger, PERL5OPT, chop(), Unicode support, 64-bit support,
6571 Compiler, Lvalue subroutines, IO::Socket, File::Find, xsubpp, C<no
6576 =item Configuration issues
6580 =item Bundled modules
6582 B::Concise, File::Temp, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Text::Overstrike, CGI, CPAN,
6583 Class::Struct, DB_File, Devel::Peek, File::Find, Getopt::Long, IO::Poll,
6584 IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::Complex, Net::Ping, Opcode, Pod::Parser,
6585 Pod::Text, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Tie::RefHash, Tie::SubstrHash
6587 =item Platform-specific improvements
6589 NCR MP-RAS, NonStop-UX
6593 =item Core Enhancements
6597 =item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
6599 =item Lexically scoped warning categories
6601 =item Unicode and UTF-8 support
6603 =item Support for interpolating named characters
6605 =item "our" declarations
6607 =item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
6609 =item Improved Perl version numbering system
6611 =item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
6613 =item File and directory handles can be autovivified
6615 =item open() with more than two arguments
6617 =item 64-bit support
6619 =item Large file support
6625 =item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
6627 =item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
6629 =item File globbing implemented internally
6631 =item Support for CHECK blocks
6633 =item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
6635 =item Better pseudo-random number generator
6637 =item Improved C<qw//> operator
6639 =item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
6641 =item pack() format 'Z' supported
6643 =item pack() format modifier '!' supported
6645 =item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
6647 =item Comments in pack() templates
6649 =item Weak references
6651 =item Binary numbers supported
6653 =item Lvalue subroutines
6655 =item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
6657 =item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
6659 =item exists() is supported on subroutine names
6661 =item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
6663 =item Pseudo-hashes work better
6665 =item Automatic flushing of output buffers
6667 =item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
6669 =item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
6671 =item eof() has the same old magic as <>
6673 =item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
6675 =item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
6677 =item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
6679 =item Improved diagnostics
6681 =item Diagnostics follow STDERR
6683 =item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
6685 =item syswrite() ease-of-use
6687 =item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
6689 =item Bit operators support full native integer width
6691 =item Improved security features
6693 =item More functional bareword prototype (*)
6695 =item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
6697 =item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
6699 =item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
6701 =item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
6703 =item Optional Y2K warnings
6705 =item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
6709 =item Modules and Pragmata
6715 attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
6716 DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
6717 Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
6718 File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
6719 Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
6720 podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
6721 pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
6722 Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
6728 =item Utility Changes
6742 =item The Perl Debugger
6746 =item Improved Documentation
6748 perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
6749 perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
6750 perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
6751 perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
6753 =item Performance enhancements
6757 =item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
6759 =item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
6761 =item Faster subroutine calls
6763 =item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
6767 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
6771 =item -Dusethreads means something different
6773 =item New Configure flags
6775 =item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
6781 =item -Duselargefiles
6783 =item installusrbinperl
6789 =item Enhanced Installation Directories
6791 =item gcc automatically tried if 'cc' does not seem to be working
6795 =item Platform specific changes
6799 =item Supported platforms
6803 =item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
6811 =item Significant bug fixes
6815 =item <HANDLE> on empty files
6817 =item C<eval '...'> improvements
6819 =item All compilation errors are true errors
6821 =item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
6823 =item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
6825 =item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
6827 =item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
6829 =item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
6831 =item Failures in DESTROY()
6833 =item Locale bugs fixed
6837 =item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
6839 =item Taint failures under C<-U>
6841 =item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
6843 =item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
6847 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
6849 "%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
6850 implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
6851 / cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
6852 by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
6853 \\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
6854 passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
6855 early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
6856 argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
6857 subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
6858 %s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
6859 substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
6860 Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
6861 size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
6862 filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
6863 Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
6864 Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
6865 remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
6866 weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
6867 syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
6868 constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
6869 defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
6870 "local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
6871 %s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
6872 output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
6873 explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
6874 Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
6875 |%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
6876 number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
6877 %s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
6878 separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
6879 subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
6880 returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
6881 %sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
6882 No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
6883 No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
6884 is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
6885 panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
6886 around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
6887 Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
6888 instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
6889 Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
6890 Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
6891 zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
6892 Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
6893 environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
6894 '%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
6895 escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
6896 list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
6897 subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
6898 CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
6902 =item Incompatible Changes
6906 =item Perl Source Incompatibilities
6908 CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
6909 Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
6910 C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
6911 generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
6912 read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
6913 Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
6914 values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
6915 Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
6916 Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
6917 prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
6918 on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
6920 =item C Source Incompatibilities
6922 C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
6924 =item Compatible C Source API Changes
6926 C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
6928 =item Binary Incompatibilities
6932 =item Known Problems
6936 =item Localizing a tied hash element may leak memory
6938 =item Known test failures
6940 =item EBCDIC platforms not fully supported
6942 =item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
6944 =item Arrow operator and arrays
6946 =item Experimental features
6948 Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
6949 pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
6950 globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
6954 =item Obsolete Diagnostics
6956 Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
6957 logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
6958 \@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
6959 to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
6961 =item Reporting Bugs
6969 =head2 perl56delta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
6975 =item Core Enhancements
6979 =item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
6981 =item Lexically scoped warning categories
6983 =item Unicode and UTF-8 support
6985 =item Support for interpolating named characters
6987 =item "our" declarations
6989 =item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
6991 =item Improved Perl version numbering system
6993 =item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
6995 =item File and directory handles can be autovivified
6997 =item open() with more than two arguments
6999 =item 64-bit support
7001 =item Large file support
7007 =item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
7009 =item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
7011 =item File globbing implemented internally
7013 =item Support for CHECK blocks
7015 =item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
7017 =item Better pseudo-random number generator
7019 =item Improved C<qw//> operator
7021 =item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
7023 =item pack() format 'Z' supported
7025 =item pack() format modifier '!' supported
7027 =item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
7029 =item Comments in pack() templates
7031 =item Weak references
7033 =item Binary numbers supported
7035 =item Lvalue subroutines
7037 =item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
7039 =item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
7041 =item exists() is supported on subroutine names
7043 =item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
7045 =item Pseudo-hashes work better
7047 =item Automatic flushing of output buffers
7049 =item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
7051 =item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
7053 =item eof() has the same old magic as <>
7055 =item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
7057 =item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
7059 =item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
7061 =item Improved diagnostics
7063 =item Diagnostics follow STDERR
7065 =item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
7067 =item syswrite() ease-of-use
7069 =item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
7071 =item Bit operators support full native integer width
7073 =item Improved security features
7075 =item More functional bareword prototype (*)
7077 =item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
7079 =item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
7081 =item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
7083 =item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
7085 =item Optional Y2K warnings
7087 =item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
7091 =item Modules and Pragmata
7097 attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
7098 DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
7099 Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
7100 File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
7101 Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
7102 podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
7103 pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
7104 Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
7110 =item Utility Changes
7124 =item The Perl Debugger
7128 =item Improved Documentation
7130 perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
7131 perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
7132 perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
7133 perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
7135 =item Performance enhancements
7139 =item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
7141 =item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
7143 =item Faster subroutine calls
7145 =item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
7149 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
7153 =item -Dusethreads means something different
7155 =item New Configure flags
7157 =item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
7163 =item -Duselargefiles
7165 =item installusrbinperl
7171 =item Enhanced Installation Directories
7175 =item Platform specific changes
7179 =item Supported platforms
7183 =item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
7191 =item Significant bug fixes
7195 =item <HANDLE> on empty files
7197 =item C<eval '...'> improvements
7199 =item All compilation errors are true errors
7201 =item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
7203 =item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
7205 =item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
7207 =item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
7209 =item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
7211 =item Failures in DESTROY()
7213 =item Locale bugs fixed
7217 =item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
7219 =item Taint failures under C<-U>
7221 =item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
7223 =item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
7227 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
7229 "%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
7230 implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
7231 / cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
7232 by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
7233 \\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
7234 passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
7235 early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
7236 argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
7237 subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
7238 %s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
7239 substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
7240 Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
7241 size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
7242 filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
7243 Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
7244 Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
7245 remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
7246 weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
7247 syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
7248 constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
7249 defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
7250 "local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
7251 %s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
7252 output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
7253 explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
7254 Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
7255 |%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
7256 number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
7257 %s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
7258 separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
7259 subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
7260 returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
7261 %sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
7262 No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
7263 No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
7264 is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
7265 panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
7266 around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
7267 Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
7268 instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
7269 Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
7270 Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
7271 zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
7272 Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
7273 environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
7274 '%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
7275 escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
7276 list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
7277 subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
7278 CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
7282 =item Incompatible Changes
7286 =item Perl Source Incompatibilities
7288 CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
7289 Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
7290 C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
7291 generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
7292 read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
7293 Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
7294 values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
7295 Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
7296 Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
7297 prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
7298 on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
7300 =item C Source Incompatibilities
7302 C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
7304 =item Compatible C Source API Changes
7306 C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
7308 =item Binary Incompatibilities
7312 =item Known Problems
7316 =item Thread test failures
7318 =item EBCDIC platforms not supported
7320 =item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
7322 =item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
7324 =item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
7327 =item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
7329 =item Arrow operator and arrays
7331 =item Experimental features
7333 Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
7334 pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
7335 globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
7339 =item Obsolete Diagnostics
7341 Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
7342 logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
7343 \@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
7344 to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
7346 =item Reporting Bugs
7354 =head2 perl5005delta - what's new for perl5.005
7360 =item About the new versioning system
7362 =item Incompatible Changes
7366 =item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004.
7368 =item Default installation structure has changed
7370 =item Perl Source Compatibility
7372 =item C Source Compatibility
7374 =item Binary Compatibility
7376 =item Security fixes may affect compatibility
7378 =item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004
7392 =item Regular Expressions
7394 Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression
7395 constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other
7396 improvements, Incompatible changes
7398 =item Improved malloc()
7400 =item Quicksort is internally implemented
7402 =item Reliable signals
7404 =item Reliable stack pointers
7406 =item More generous treatment of carriage returns
7410 =item Better support for multiple interpreters
7412 =item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined
7414 =item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L<Errno> module
7416 =item Pseudo-hashes are supported
7418 =item C<EXPR foreach EXPR> is supported
7420 =item Keywords can be globally overridden
7422 =item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32
7424 =item C<foreach (1..1000000)> optimized
7426 =item C<Foo::> can be used as implicitly quoted package name
7428 =item C<exists $Foo::{Bar::}> tests existence of a package
7430 =item Better locale support
7432 =item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms
7434 =item prototype() returns useful results on builtins
7436 =item Extended support for exception handling
7438 =item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods
7440 =item All C<printf> format conversions are handled internally
7442 =item New C<INIT> keyword
7444 =item New C<lock> keyword
7446 =item New C<qr//> operator
7448 =item C<our> is now a reserved word
7450 =item Tied arrays are now fully supported
7452 =item Tied handles support is better
7454 =item 4th argument to substr
7456 =item Negative LENGTH argument to splice
7458 =item Magic lvalues are now more magical
7460 =item <> now reads in records
7464 =item Supported Platforms
7470 =item Changes in existing support
7474 =item Modules and Pragmata
7480 B, Data::Dumper, Dumpvalue, Errno, File::Spec, ExtUtils::Installed,
7481 ExtUtils::Packlist, Fatal, IPC::SysV, Test, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle,
7482 Thread, attrs, fields, re
7484 =item Changes in existing modules
7486 Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File,
7487 MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd
7491 =item Utility Changes
7493 =item Documentation Changes
7495 =item New Diagnostics
7497 Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or use &, Bad index
7498 while coercing array into hash, Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent
7499 package, Can't call method "%s" on an undefined value, Can't check
7500 filesystem of script "%s" for nosuid, Can't coerce array into hash, Can't
7501 goto subroutine from an eval-string, Can't localize pseudo-hash element,
7502 Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available, Cannot find an opnumber
7503 for "%s", Character class syntax [. .] is reserved for future extensions,
7504 Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Character
7505 class syntax [= =] is reserved for future extensions, %s: Eval-group in
7506 insecure regular expression, %s: Eval-group not allowed, use re 'eval', %s:
7507 Eval-group not allowed at run time, Explicit blessing to '' (assuming
7508 package main), Illegal hex digit ignored, No such array field, No such
7509 field "%s" in variable %s of type %s, Out of memory during ridiculously
7510 large request, Range iterator outside integer range, Recursive inheritance
7511 detected while looking for method '%s' %s, Reference found where even-sized
7512 list expected, Undefined value assigned to typeglob, Use of reserved word
7513 "%s" is deprecated, perl: warning: Setting locale failed
7515 =item Obsolete Diagnostics
7517 Can't mktemp(), Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s, Cannot open
7518 temporary file, regexp too big
7520 =item Configuration Changes
7530 =head2 perl5004delta - what's new for perl5.004
7536 =item Supported Environments
7542 =item List assignment to %ENV works
7544 =item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error
7546 =item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003
7548 =item $PERL5OPT environment variable
7550 =item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options
7552 =item More precise warnings
7554 =item Deprecated: Inherited C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods
7556 =item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable
7558 =item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
7560 =item Group vector changeable with C<$)>
7562 =item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
7564 =item Fixed localization of $<digit>, $&, etc.
7566 =item No resetting of $. on implicit close
7568 =item C<wantarray> may return undef
7570 =item C<eval EXPR> determines value of EXPR in scalar context
7572 =item Changes to tainting checks
7574 No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No
7575 spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name
7577 =item New Opcode module and revised Safe module
7579 =item Embedding improvements
7581 =item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes
7583 =item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface
7585 =item New and changed syntax
7589 =item New and changed builtin constants
7593 =item New and changed builtin variables
7597 =item New and changed builtin functions
7599 delete on slices, flock, printf and sprintf, keys as an lvalue, my() in
7600 Control Structures, pack() and unpack(), sysseek(), use VERSION, use Module
7601 VERSION LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), srand, $_ as Default, C<m//gc> does not
7602 reset search position on failure, C<m//x> ignores whitespace before ?*+{},
7603 nested C<sub{}> closures work now, formats work right on changing lexicals
7605 =item New builtin methods
7607 isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
7609 =item TIEHANDLE now supported
7611 TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this
7612 LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this
7614 =item Malloc enhancements
7616 -DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
7618 =item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements
7622 =item Support for More Operating Systems
7638 use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3), use blib, use blib 'dir', use
7639 constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish
7645 =item Required Updates
7647 =item Installation directories
7649 =item Module information summary
7663 =item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators
7667 =item Utility Changes
7673 Sends converted HTML to standard output
7677 C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
7681 =item C Language API Changes
7683 C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, C<perl_eval_pv>, Extended API for
7686 =item Documentation Changes
7688 L<perldelta>, L<perlfaq>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>,
7689 L<perlmodlib>, L<perldebug>, L<perlsec>
7691 =item New Diagnostics
7693 "my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope, %s argument is
7694 not a HASH element or slice, Allocation too large: %lx, Allocation too
7695 large, Applying %s to %s will act on scalar(%s), Attempt to free
7696 nonexistent shared string, Attempt to use reference as lvalue in substr,
7697 Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package, Can't redefine active sort
7698 subroutine %s, Can't use bareword ("%s") as %s ref while "strict refs" in
7699 use, Cannot resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Constant
7700 subroutine %s redefined, Constant subroutine %s undefined, Copy method did
7701 not return a reference, Died, Exiting pseudo-block via %s, Identifier too
7702 long, Illegal character %s (carriage return), Illegal switch in PERL5OPT:
7703 %s, Integer overflow in hex number, Integer overflow in octal number,
7704 internal error: glob failed, Invalid conversion in %s: "%s", Invalid type
7705 in pack: '%s', Invalid type in unpack: '%s', Name "%s::%s" used only once:
7706 possible typo, Null picture in formline, Offset outside string, Out of
7707 memory!, Out of memory during request for %s, panic: frexp, Possible
7708 attempt to put comments in qw() list, Possible attempt to separate words
7709 with commas, Scalar value @%s{%s} better written as $%s{%s}, Stub found
7710 while resolving method `%s' overloading `%s' in %s, Too late for "B<-T>"
7711 option, untie attempted while %d inner references still exist, Unrecognized
7712 character %s, Unsupported function fork, Use of "$$<digit>" to mean
7713 "${$}<digit>" is deprecated, Value of %s can be "0"; test with defined(),
7714 Variable "%s" may be unavailable, Variable "%s" will not stay shared,
7715 Warning: something's wrong, Ill-formed logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter,
7716 Got an error from DosAllocMem, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX, PERL_SH_DIR too
7717 long, Process terminated by SIG%s
7727 =head2 perlartistic - the Perl Artistic License
7735 =item The "Artistic License"
7743 "Package", "Standard Version", "Copyright Holder", "You", "Reasonable
7744 copying fee", "Freely Available"
7748 a), b), c), d), a), b), c), d)
7754 =head2 perlgpl - the GNU General Public License, version 2
7766 =item GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
7770 =head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
7772 =head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
7784 =head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
7794 =head2 threadshared::shared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing
7795 data structures between threads
7807 share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, cond_wait CONDVAR,
7808 LOCKVAR, cond_timedwait VARIABLE, ABS_TIMEOUT, cond_timedwait CONDVAR,
7809 ABS_TIMEOUT, LOCKVAR, cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
7821 =head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
7830 $thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
7831 threads->self, $thread->tid, threads->object( tid ), threads->yield();,
7832 threads->list();, async BLOCK;
7836 A thread exited while %d other threads were still running
7842 Parent-Child threads, Returning objects, Creating threads inside BEGIN
7843 blocks, PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
7845 =item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
7851 =head2 assertions - select assertions in blocks of code
7863 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
7867 =head2 assertions::activate - activate assertions
7879 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
7883 =head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes
7893 =item Built-in Attributes
7895 locked, method, lvalue
7897 =item Available Subroutines
7901 =item Package-specific Attribute Handling
7903 FETCH_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES
7905 =item Syntax of Attribute Lists
7913 =item Default exports
7915 =item Available exports
7917 =item Export tags defined
7927 =head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
7943 =head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base classes at compile time
7959 =head2 bigint - Transparent BigInteger support for Perl
7971 a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
7975 =item INTERNAL FORMAT
7997 =head2 bignum - Transparent BigNumber support for Perl
8009 a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
8015 inf(), NaN(), upgrade()
8019 =item INTERNAL FORMAT
8037 =head2 bigrat - Transparent BigNumber/BigRational support for Perl
8061 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print sqrt(33)'
8062 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 2*255'
8063 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 4.5+2*255'
8064 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 3/7 + 5/7 + 8/3'
8065 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 12->is_odd()';
8075 =head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
8089 =head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character
8104 =head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal
8113 =item CUSTOM TRANSLATORS
8115 =item CUSTOM ALIASES
8119 =item Anonymous hashes
8123 =item Alias shortcut
8127 =item charnames::viacode(code)
8129 =item charnames::vianame(name)
8133 =item ILLEGAL CHARACTERS
8139 =head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants
8151 =item List constants
8153 =item Defining multiple constants at once
8155 =item Magic constants
8159 =item TECHNICAL NOTES
8169 =head2 diagnostics, splain - produce verbose warning diagnostics
8179 =item The C<diagnostics> Pragma
8181 =item The I<splain> Program
8195 =head2 encoding - allows you to write your script in non-ascii or non-utf8
8205 =item Literal Conversions
8207 =item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
8209 =item Implicit upgrading for byte strings
8213 =item FEATURES THAT REQUIRE 5.8.1
8215 "NON-EUC" doublebyte encodings, tr//, DATA pseudo-filehandle
8219 use encoding [I<ENCNAME>] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> [ STDIN =E<gt>
8220 I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;, no encoding;
8222 =item The Filter Option
8226 =item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
8236 =item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
8238 =item tr/// with ranges
8240 Legend of characters above
8244 =item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
8246 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
8248 literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
8256 =head2 fields - compile-time class fields
8270 =head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators
8280 =item subpragma access
8286 =head2 if - C<use> a Perl module if a condition holds
8300 =head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating
8311 =head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler
8321 =head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
8331 =item Adding directories to @INC
8333 =item Deleting directories from @INC
8335 =item Restoring original @INC
8349 =head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in
8360 =head2 open - perl pragma to set default PerlIO layers for input and output
8368 =item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY
8370 =item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
8376 =head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling
8388 =head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations
8398 =item Declaration of overloaded functions
8400 =item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations
8402 FALSE, TRUE, C<undef>
8404 =item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations
8406 =item Calling Conventions for Mutators
8408 C<++> and C<-->, C<x=> and other assignment versions
8410 =item Overloadable Operations
8412 I<Arithmetic operations>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Bit operations>,
8413 I<Increment and decrement>, I<Transcendental functions>, I<Boolean, string
8414 and numeric conversion>, I<Iteration>, I<Dereferencing>, I<Special>
8416 =item Inheritance and overloading
8418 Strings as values of C<use overload> directive, Overloading of an operation
8419 is inherited by derived classes
8423 =item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C<use overload>
8431 C<undef>, TRUE, defined, but FALSE
8433 =item Copy Constructor
8439 =item MAGIC AUTOGENERATION
8441 I<Assignment forms of arithmetic operations>, I<Conversion operations>,
8442 I<Increment and decrement>, C<abs($a)>, I<Unary minus>, I<Negation>,
8443 I<Concatenation>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Iterator>, I<Dereferencing>,
8446 =item Losing overloading
8448 =item Run-time Overloading
8450 =item Public functions
8452 overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op)
8454 =item Overloading constants
8456 integer, float, binary, q, qr
8458 =item IMPLEMENTATION
8460 =item Metaphor clash
8466 =item Two-face scalars
8468 =item Two-face references
8470 =item Symbolic calculator
8472 =item I<Really> symbolic calculator
8480 Odd number of arguments for overload::constant, `%s' is not an overloadable
8481 type, `%s' is not a code reference
8487 =head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
8499 =item SIGNAL HANDLERS
8501 B<stack-trace>, B<die>, B<handler> I<your-handler>
8505 B<normal-signals>, B<error-signals>, B<old-interface-signals>
8509 B<untrapped>, B<any>, I<signal>, I<number>
8517 =head2 sort - perl pragma to control sort() behaviour
8529 =head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
8537 C<strict refs>, C<strict vars>, C<strict subs>
8543 =head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
8553 =head2 threadshared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data
8554 structures between threads
8566 share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, cond_wait CONDVAR,
8567 LOCKVAR, cond_timedwait VARIABLE, ABS_TIMEOUT, cond_timedwait CONDVAR,
8568 ABS_TIMEOUT, LOCKVAR, cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
8580 =head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source
8591 =item Utility functions
8593 $num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string), $success = utf8::downgrade($string[,
8594 FAIL_OK]), utf8::encode($string), utf8::decode($string), $flag =
8595 utf8::is_utf8(STRING), $flag = utf8::valid(STRING)
8605 =head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
8615 =head2 version - Perl extension for Version Objects
8625 =item What IS a version
8627 Numeric Versions, Quoted Versions
8629 =item What about v-strings?
8631 =item Numeric Versions
8633 =item Quoted Versions
8635 =item Object Methods
8637 New Operator, qv(), Stringification, Numification, Comparison operators,
8642 =item Types of Versions Objects
8644 Ordinary versions, Alpha versions
8646 =item Replacement UNIVERSAL::VERSION
8658 =head2 vmsish - Perl pragma to control VMS-specific language features
8666 C<vmsish status>, C<vmsish exit>, C<vmsish time>, C<vmsish hushed>
8670 =head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings
8678 use warnings::register, warnings::enabled(), warnings::enabled($category),
8679 warnings::enabled($object), warnings::warn($message),
8680 warnings::warn($category, $message), warnings::warn($object, $message),
8681 warnings::warnif($message), warnings::warnif($category, $message),
8682 warnings::warnif($object, $message)
8686 =head2 warnings::register - warnings import function
8696 =head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION
8698 =head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs
8708 =item DBM Comparisons
8718 =head2 Attribute::Handlers - Simpler definition of attribute handlers
8728 [0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
8732 =item Typed lexicals
8734 =item Type-specific attribute handlers
8736 =item Non-interpretive attribute handlers
8738 =item Phase-specific attribute handlers
8740 =item Attributes as C<tie> interfaces
8748 C<Bad attribute type: ATTR(%s)>, C<Attribute handler %s doesn't handle %s
8749 attributes>, C<Declaration of %s attribute in package %s may clash with
8750 future reserved word>, C<Can't have two ATTR specifiers on one subroutine>,
8751 C<Can't autotie a %s>, C<Internal error: %s symbol went missing>, C<Won't
8752 be able to apply END handler>
8762 =head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand
8772 =item Subroutine Stubs
8774 =item Using B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
8776 =item Overriding B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
8778 =item Package Lexicals
8780 =item Not Using AutoLoader
8782 =item B<AutoLoader> vs. B<SelfLoader>
8792 =head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
8800 $keep, $check, $modtime
8804 =item Multiple packages
8812 =head2 B - The Perl Compiler
8822 =item Utility Functions
8826 =item Functions Returning C<B::SV>, C<B::AV>, C<B::HV>, and C<B::CV>
8829 sv_undef, sv_yes, sv_no, svref_2object(SVREF), amagic_generation, init_av,
8830 check_av, begin_av, end_av, comppadlist, regex_padav, main_cv
8832 =item Functions for Examining the Symbol Table
8834 walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE, PREFIX)
8836 =item Functions Returning C<B::OP> objects or for walking op trees
8838 main_root, main_start, walkoptree(OP, METHOD), walkoptree_debug(DEBUG)
8840 =item Miscellaneous Utility Functions
8842 ppname(OPNUM), hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c, cstring(STR),
8843 perlstring(STR), class(OBJ), threadsv_names
8847 =item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
8851 =item SV-RELATED CLASSES
8855 REFCNT, FLAGS, object_2svref
8859 IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv
8873 =item B::PVMG Methods
8877 =item B::MAGIC Methods
8879 MOREMAGIC, precomp, PRIVATE, TYPE, FLAGS, OBJ, PTR, REGEX
8881 =item B::PVLV Methods
8883 TARGOFF, TARGLEN, TYPE, TARG
8887 USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE
8891 is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN,
8892 LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS
8896 LINES, PAGE, PAGE_LEN, LINES_LEFT, TOP_NAME, TOP_GV, FMT_NAME, FMT_GV,
8897 BOTTOM_NAME, BOTTOM_GV, SUBPROCESS, IoTYPE, IoFLAGS, IsSTD
8901 FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, ARRAYelt, AvFLAGS
8905 STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE_SEQ, XSUB,
8906 XSUBANY, CvFLAGS, const_sv
8910 FILL, MAX, KEYS, RITER, NAME, PMROOT, ARRAY
8912 =item OP-RELATED CLASSES
8916 next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, seq, flags, private
8918 =item B::UNOP METHOD
8922 =item B::BINOP METHOD
8926 =item B::LOGOP METHOD
8930 =item B::LISTOP METHOD
8934 =item B::PMOP Methods
8936 pmreplroot, pmreplstart, pmnext, pmregexp, pmflags, pmdynflags,
8937 pmpermflags, precomp, pmoffset
8939 =item B::SVOP METHOD
8943 =item B::PADOP METHOD
8947 =item B::PVOP METHOD
8951 =item B::LOOP Methods
8953 redoop, nextop, lastop
8955 =item B::COP Methods
8957 label, stash, stashpv, file, cop_seq, arybase, line, warnings, io
8965 =head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate
8974 %insn_data, @insn_name, @optype, @specialsv_name
8980 =head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode
8992 =head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
9012 =head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
9024 B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
9034 =head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend
9044 B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, B<-Dc>, B<-DA>,
9045 B<-DC>, B<-DM>, B<-f>, B<-fcog>, B<-fsave-data>, B<-fppaddr>, B<-fwarn-sv>,
9046 B<-fuse-script-name>, B<-fsave-sig-hash>, B<-On>, B<-O0>, B<-O1>, B<-O2>,
9057 =head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
9067 B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-mModulename>, B<-D>, B<-Dr>,
9068 B<-DO>, B<-Ds>, B<-Dp>, B<-Dq>, B<-Dl>, B<-Dt>, B<-f>,
9069 B<-ffreetmps-each-bblock>, B<-ffreetmps-each-loop>, B<-fomit-taint>, B<-On>
9081 =item Context of ".."
9085 =item Deprecated features
9093 =head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
9105 B<-basic>, B<-exec>, B<-tree>, B<-compact>, B<-loose>, B<-vt>, B<-ascii>,
9106 B<-main>, B<-base>I<n>, B<-bigendian>, B<-littleendian>, B<-concise>,
9107 B<-terse>, B<-linenoise>, B<-debug>, B<-env>
9109 =item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS
9111 B<(x(>I<exec_text>B<;>I<basic_text>B<)x)>, B<(*(>I<text>B<)*)>,
9112 B<(*(>I<text1>B<;>I<text2>B<)*)>, B<(?(>I<text1>B<#>I<var>I<Text2>B<)?)>,
9113 B<#>I<var>, B<#>I<var>I<N>, B<~>, B<#addr>, B<#arg>, B<#class>,
9114 B<#classsym>, B<#coplabel>, B<#exname>, B<#extarg>, B<#firstaddr>,
9115 B<#flags>, B<#flagval>, B<#hyphseq>, B<#label>, B<#lastaddr>, B<#name>,
9116 B<#NAME>, B<#next>, B<#nextaddr>, B<#noise>, B<#private>, B<#privval>,
9117 B<#seq>, B<#seqnum>, B<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>, B<#svclass>, B<#svval>,
9118 B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum>
9124 =item OP flags abbreviations
9126 =item OP class abbreviations
9130 =item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework
9136 =head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
9148 =head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
9158 B<-d>, B<-f>I<FILE>, B<-l>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-q>, B<-s>I<LETTERS>, B<C>,
9159 B<i>I<NUMBER>, B<T>, B<v>I<STRING>B<.>, B<-x>I<LEVEL>
9161 =item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE
9171 =item ambient_pragmas
9173 strict, $[, bytes, utf8, integer, re, warnings, hint_bits, warning_bits
9185 =head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode
9197 =head2 B::Lint - Perl lint
9205 =item OPTIONS AND LINT CHECKS
9207 B<context>, B<implicit-read> and B<implicit-write>, B<bare-subs>,
9208 B<dollar-underscore>, B<private-names>, B<undefined-subs>,
9209 B<regexp-variables>, B<all>, B<none>
9211 =item NON LINT-CHECK OPTIONS
9221 =head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
9231 =item IMPLEMENTATION
9239 =head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files
9251 =head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend
9263 =head2 B::Stash - show what stashes are loaded
9265 =head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
9277 =head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
9287 C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-d>, C<-D[tO]>
9295 =head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
9315 =head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code
9329 =item Standard Exports
9331 timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis ( COUNT, CODE, [ TITLE, [ STYLE ]] ),
9332 timethese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), timediff ( T1, T2 ), timestr (
9333 TIMEDIFF, [ STYLE, [ FORMAT ] ] )
9335 =item Optional Exports
9337 clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [
9338 STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), countit(TIME, CODE),
9339 disablecache ( ), enablecache ( ), timesum ( T1, T2 )
9341 =item :hireswallclock
9357 =item MODIFICATION HISTORY
9361 =head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code
9375 =head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
9387 B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
9397 =head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
9409 =item PROGRAMMING STYLE
9411 =item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES
9413 =item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE):
9415 =item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE
9417 =item FETCHING A LIST OF KEYWORDS FROM THE QUERY:
9419 =item FETCHING THE NAMES OF ALL THE PARAMETERS PASSED TO YOUR SCRIPT:
9421 =item FETCHING THE VALUE OR VALUES OF A SINGLE NAMED PARAMETER:
9423 =item SETTING THE VALUE(S) OF A NAMED PARAMETER:
9425 =item APPENDING ADDITIONAL VALUES TO A NAMED PARAMETER:
9427 =item IMPORTING ALL PARAMETERS INTO A NAMESPACE:
9429 =item DELETING A PARAMETER COMPLETELY:
9431 =item DELETING ALL PARAMETERS:
9433 =item DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARAMETER LIST:
9435 =item FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH:
9437 =item SAVING THE STATE OF THE SCRIPT TO A FILE:
9439 =item RETRIEVING CGI ERRORS
9441 =item USING THE FUNCTION-ORIENTED INTERFACE
9443 B<:cgi>, B<:form>, B<:html2>, B<:html3>, B<:html4>, B<:netscape>, B<:html>,
9444 B<:standard>, B<:all>
9448 -any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_undef_params, -no_xhtml, -nph,
9449 -newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, -no_debug, -debug,
9452 =item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS
9454 1. start_table() (generates a <table> tag), 2. end_table() (generates a
9455 </table> tag), 3. start_ul() (generates a <ul> tag), 4. end_ul() (generates
9460 =item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS
9464 =item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER:
9466 =item GENERATING A REDIRECTION HEADER
9468 =item CREATING THE HTML DOCUMENT HEADER
9470 B<Parameters:>, 4, 5, 6..
9472 =item ENDING THE HTML DOCUMENT:
9474 =item CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION:
9476 =item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL
9478 B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query>
9479 (B<-query_string>), B<-base>
9481 =item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS
9485 =item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS:
9489 =item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS
9491 =item THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF HTML SHORTCUTS
9493 =item HTML SHORTCUTS AND LIST INTERPOLATION
9495 =item NON-STANDARD HTML SHORTCUTS
9497 =item AUTOESCAPING HTML
9499 $escaped_string = escapeHTML("unescaped string");, $charset =
9500 charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]);
9502 =item PRETTY-PRINTING HTML
9506 =item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS:
9510 =item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG
9512 =item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM
9514 B<application/x-www-form-urlencoded>, B<multipart/form-data>
9516 =item CREATING A TEXT FIELD
9520 =item CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD
9522 =item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD
9524 =item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD
9528 =item CREATING A POPUP MENU
9530 =item CREATING AN OPTION GROUP
9532 =item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST
9536 =item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES
9540 =item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX
9544 =item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP
9548 =item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON
9552 =item CREATING A RESET BUTTON
9554 =item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON
9556 =item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD
9560 =item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON
9562 B<Parameters:>, 3. The third option (-align, optional) is an alignment
9563 type, and may be TOP, BOTTOM or MIDDLE
9565 =item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON
9571 1. an expiration time, 2. a domain, 3. a path, 4. a "secure" flag,
9572 B<-name>, B<-value>, B<-path>, B<-domain>, B<-expires>, B<-secure>
9574 =item WORKING WITH FRAMES
9576 1. Create a <Frameset> document, 2. Specify the destination for the
9577 document in the HTTP header, 3. Specify the destination for the document in
9580 =item LIMITED SUPPORT FOR CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
9586 =item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS
9590 =item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
9592 B<Accept()>, B<raw_cookie()>, B<user_agent()>, B<path_info()>,
9593 B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()> Return the script
9594 name as a partial URL, for self-refering scripts, B<referer()>, B<auth_type
9595 ()>, B<server_name ()>, B<virtual_host ()>, B<server_port ()>,
9596 B<virtual_port ()>, B<server_software ()>, B<remote_user ()>, B<user_name
9597 ()>, B<request_method()>, B<content_type()>, B<http()>, B<https()>
9599 =item USING NPH SCRIPTS
9601 In the B<use> statement, By calling the B<nph()> method:, By using B<-nph>
9606 multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final()
9608 =item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks
9610 B<$CGI::POST_MAX>, B<$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS>, B<1. On a script-by-script
9611 basis>, B<2. Globally for all scripts>
9613 =item COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL
9615 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
9619 Matt Heffron (heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com), James Taylor
9620 (james.taylor@srs.gov), Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com>, Mike Jewell
9621 (mlj3u@virginia.edu), Timothy Shimmin (tes@kbs.citri.edu.au), Joergen Haegg
9622 (jh@axis.se), Laurent Delfosse (delfosse@delfosse.com), Richard Resnick
9623 (applepi1@aol.com), Craig Bishop (csb@barwonwater.vic.gov.au), Tony Curtis
9624 (tc@vcpc.univie.ac.at), Tim Bunce (Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk), Tom Christiansen
9625 (tchrist@convex.com), Andreas Koenig (k@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE), Tim
9626 MacKenzie (Tim.MacKenzie@fulcrum.com.au), Kevin B. Hendricks
9627 (kbhend@dogwood.tyler.wm.edu), Stephen Dahmen (joyfire@inxpress.net), Ed
9628 Jordan (ed@fidalgo.net), David Alan Pisoni (david@cnation.com), Doug
9629 MacEachern (dougm@opengroup.org), Robin Houston (robin@oneworld.org),
9630 ...and many many more..
9632 =item A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT
9640 =head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm
9650 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
9658 =head2 CGI::Carp, B<CGI::Carp> - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or
9667 =item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES
9669 =item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW
9673 =item Changing the default message
9677 =item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS
9679 =item OVERRIDING THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM
9687 =head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies
9695 =item USING CGI::Cookie
9697 B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag>
9701 =item Creating New Cookies
9703 =item Sending the Cookie to the Browser
9705 =item Recovering Previous Cookies
9707 =item Manipulating Cookies
9709 B<name()>, B<value()>, B<domain()>, B<path()>, B<expires()>
9713 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
9721 =head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI
9729 =item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
9731 =item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS
9733 =item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS
9735 =item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS
9737 =item EXTERNAL FASTCGI SERVER INVOCATION
9739 FCGI_SOCKET_PATH, FCGI_LISTEN_QUEUE
9743 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
9751 =head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code
9761 =item Tags that won't be formatted
9763 =item Customizing the Indenting
9775 =head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push
9783 =item USING CGI::Push
9785 -next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph
9789 =item Heterogeneous Pages
9791 =item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly
9795 =item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS
9797 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
9805 =head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch
9815 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
9823 =head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module
9831 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
9837 =head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
9849 =item Interactive Mode
9851 Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test,
9852 install, clean modules or distributions, get, readme, look module or
9853 distribution, ls author, Signals
9861 =item The four C<CPAN::*> Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution
9863 =item Programmer's interface
9865 expand($type,@things), expandany(@things), Programming Examples
9867 =item Methods in the other Classes
9869 CPAN::Author::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Author::as_string(),
9870 CPAN::Author::email(), CPAN::Author::fullname(), CPAN::Author::name(),
9871 CPAN::Bundle::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Bundle::as_string(),
9872 CPAN::Bundle::clean(), CPAN::Bundle::contains(),
9873 CPAN::Bundle::force($method,@args), CPAN::Bundle::get(),
9874 CPAN::Bundle::inst_file(), CPAN::Bundle::inst_version(),
9875 CPAN::Bundle::uptodate(), CPAN::Bundle::install(), CPAN::Bundle::make(),
9876 CPAN::Bundle::readme(), CPAN::Bundle::test(),
9877 CPAN::Distribution::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Distribution::as_string(),
9878 CPAN::Distribution::clean(), CPAN::Distribution::containsmods(),
9879 CPAN::Distribution::cvs_import(), CPAN::Distribution::dir(),
9880 CPAN::Distribution::force($method,@args), CPAN::Distribution::get(),
9881 CPAN::Distribution::install(), CPAN::Distribution::isa_perl(),
9882 CPAN::Distribution::look(), CPAN::Distribution::make(),
9883 CPAN::Distribution::prereq_pm(), CPAN::Distribution::readme(),
9884 CPAN::Distribution::test(), CPAN::Distribution::uptodate(),
9885 CPAN::Index::force_reload(), CPAN::Index::reload(), CPAN::InfoObj::dump(),
9886 CPAN::Module::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Module::as_string(),
9887 CPAN::Module::clean(), CPAN::Module::cpan_file(),
9888 CPAN::Module::cpan_version(), CPAN::Module::cvs_import(),
9889 CPAN::Module::description(), CPAN::Module::force($method,@args),
9890 CPAN::Module::get(), CPAN::Module::inst_file(),
9891 CPAN::Module::inst_version(), CPAN::Module::install(),
9892 CPAN::Module::look(), CPAN::Module::make(),
9893 CPAN::Module::manpage_headline(), CPAN::Module::readme(),
9894 CPAN::Module::test(), CPAN::Module::uptodate(), CPAN::Module::userid()
9902 =item Finding packages and VERSION
9906 =item Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode
9912 C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>
9913 E<lt>valueE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list
9914 optionE<gt> [shift|pop]>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>
9915 [unshift|push|splice] E<lt>listE<gt>>
9919 =item Note on urllist parameter's format
9921 =item urllist parameter has CD-ROM support
9929 =item POPULATE AN INSTALLATION WITH LOTS OF MODULES
9931 =item WORKING WITH CPAN.pm BEHIND FIREWALLS
9935 =item Three basic types of firewalls
9937 http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade
9939 =item Configuring lynx or ncftp for going through a firewall
9945 1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7), 8), 9), 10)
9957 =head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
9967 =head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS
9980 =head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
9990 =item Forcing a Stack Trace
9998 =head2 Carp::Heavy - heavy machinery, no user serviceable parts inside
10000 =head2 Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree
10010 the function Class::ISA::super_path($CLASS), the function
10011 Class::ISA::self_and_super_path($CLASS), the function
10012 Class::ISA::self_and_super_versions($CLASS)
10014 =item CAUTIONARY NOTES
10022 =head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
10032 =item The C<struct()> function
10034 =item Class Creation at Compile Time
10036 =item Element Types and Accessor Methods
10038 Scalar (C<'$'> or C<'*$'>), Array (C<'@'> or C<'*@'>), Hash (C<'%'> or
10039 C<'*%'>), Class (C<'Class_Name'> or C<'*Class_Name'>)
10041 =item Initializing with C<new>
10047 Example 1, Example 2, Example 3
10049 =item Author and Modification History
10053 =head2 Config - access Perl configuration information
10061 myconfig(), config_sh(), config_re($regex), config_vars(@names)
10073 C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o>
10077 C<afs>, C<afsroot>, C<alignbytes>, C<ansi2knr>, C<aphostname>,
10078 C<api_revision>, C<api_subversion>, C<api_version>, C<api_versionstring>,
10079 C<ar>, C<archlib>, C<archlibexp>, C<archname64>, C<archname>, C<archobjs>,
10080 C<asctime_r_proto>, C<awk>
10084 C<baserev>, C<bash>, C<bin>, C<binexp>, C<bison>, C<byacc>, C<byteorder>
10088 C<c>, C<castflags>, C<cat>, C<cc>, C<cccdlflags>, C<ccdlflags>, C<ccflags>,
10089 C<ccflags_uselargefiles>, C<ccname>, C<ccsymbols>, C<ccversion>, C<cf_by>,
10090 C<cf_email>, C<cf_time>, C<charsize>, C<chgrp>, C<chmod>, C<chown>,
10091 C<clocktype>, C<comm>, C<compress>, C<contains>, C<cp>, C<cpio>, C<cpp>,
10092 C<cpp_stuff>, C<cppccsymbols>, C<cppflags>, C<cpplast>, C<cppminus>,
10093 C<cpprun>, C<cppstdin>, C<cppsymbols>, C<crypt_r_proto>, C<cryptlib>,
10094 C<csh>, C<ctermid_r_proto>, C<ctime_r_proto>
10098 C<d__fwalk>, C<d_access>, C<d_accessx>, C<d_aintl>, C<d_alarm>,
10099 C<d_archlib>, C<d_asctime_r>, C<d_atolf>, C<d_atoll>, C<d_attribut>,
10100 C<d_bcmp>, C<d_bcopy>, C<d_bsd>, C<d_bsdgetpgrp>, C<d_bsdsetpgrp>,
10101 C<d_bzero>, C<d_casti32>, C<d_castneg>, C<d_charvspr>, C<d_chown>,
10102 C<d_chroot>, C<d_chsize>, C<d_class>, C<d_closedir>, C<d_cmsghdr_s>,
10103 C<d_const>, C<d_copysignl>, C<d_crypt>, C<d_crypt_r>, C<d_csh>,
10104 C<d_ctermid_r>, C<d_ctime_r>, C<d_cuserid>, C<d_dbl_dig>,
10105 C<d_dbminitproto>, C<d_difftime>, C<d_dirfd>, C<d_dirnamlen>, C<d_dlerror>,
10106 C<d_dlopen>, C<d_dlsymun>, C<d_dosuid>, C<d_drand48_r>, C<d_drand48proto>,
10107 C<d_dup2>, C<d_eaccess>, C<d_endgrent>, C<d_endgrent_r>, C<d_endhent>,
10108 C<d_endhostent_r>, C<d_endnent>, C<d_endnetent_r>, C<d_endpent>,
10109 C<d_endprotoent_r>, C<d_endpwent>, C<d_endpwent_r>, C<d_endsent>,
10110 C<d_endservent_r>, C<d_eofnblk>, C<d_eunice>, C<d_faststdio>, C<d_fchdir>,
10111 C<d_fchmod>, C<d_fchown>, C<d_fcntl>, C<d_fcntl_can_lock>, C<d_fd_macros>,
10112 C<d_fd_set>, C<d_fds_bits>, C<d_fgetpos>, C<d_finite>, C<d_finitel>,
10113 C<d_flexfnam>, C<d_flock>, C<d_flockproto>, C<d_fork>, C<d_fp_class>,
10114 C<d_fpathconf>, C<d_fpclass>, C<d_fpclassify>, C<d_fpclassl>,
10115 C<d_fpos64_t>, C<d_frexpl>, C<d_fs_data_s>, C<d_fseeko>, C<d_fsetpos>,
10116 C<d_fstatfs>, C<d_fstatvfs>, C<d_fsync>, C<d_ftello>, C<d_ftime>,
10117 C<d_Gconvert>, C<d_getcwd>, C<d_getespwnam>, C<d_getfsstat>, C<d_getgrent>,
10118 C<d_getgrent_r>, C<d_getgrgid_r>, C<d_getgrnam_r>, C<d_getgrps>,
10119 C<d_gethbyaddr>, C<d_gethbyname>, C<d_gethent>, C<d_gethname>,
10120 C<d_gethostbyaddr_r>, C<d_gethostbyname_r>, C<d_gethostent_r>,
10121 C<d_gethostprotos>, C<d_getitimer>, C<d_getlogin>, C<d_getlogin_r>,
10122 C<d_getmnt>, C<d_getmntent>, C<d_getnbyaddr>, C<d_getnbyname>,
10123 C<d_getnent>, C<d_getnetbyaddr_r>, C<d_getnetbyname_r>, C<d_getnetent_r>,
10124 C<d_getnetprotos>, C<d_getpagsz>, C<d_getpbyname>, C<d_getpbynumber>,
10125 C<d_getpent>, C<d_getpgid>, C<d_getpgrp2>, C<d_getpgrp>, C<d_getppid>,
10126 C<d_getprior>, C<d_getprotobyname_r>, C<d_getprotobynumber_r>,
10127 C<d_getprotoent_r>, C<d_getprotoprotos>, C<d_getprpwnam>, C<d_getpwent>,
10128 C<d_getpwent_r>, C<d_getpwnam_r>, C<d_getpwuid_r>, C<d_getsbyname>,
10129 C<d_getsbyport>, C<d_getsent>, C<d_getservbyname_r>, C<d_getservbyport_r>,
10130 C<d_getservent_r>, C<d_getservprotos>, C<d_getspnam>, C<d_getspnam_r>,
10131 C<d_gettimeod>, C<d_gmtime_r>, C<d_gnulibc>, C<d_grpasswd>, C<d_hasmntopt>,
10132 C<d_htonl>, C<d_ilogbl>, C<d_index>, C<d_inetaton>, C<d_int64_t>,
10133 C<d_isascii>, C<d_isfinite>, C<d_isinf>, C<d_isnan>, C<d_isnanl>,
10134 C<d_killpg>, C<d_lchown>, C<d_ldbl_dig>, C<d_link>, C<d_localtime_r>,
10135 C<d_locconv>, C<d_lockf>, C<d_longdbl>, C<d_longlong>, C<d_lseekproto>,
10136 C<d_lstat>, C<d_madvise>, C<d_mblen>, C<d_mbstowcs>, C<d_mbtowc>,
10137 C<d_memchr>, C<d_memcmp>, C<d_memcpy>, C<d_memmove>, C<d_memset>,
10138 C<d_mkdir>, C<d_mkdtemp>, C<d_mkfifo>, C<d_mkstemp>, C<d_mkstemps>,
10139 C<d_mktime>, C<d_mmap>, C<d_modfl>, C<d_modfl_pow32_bug>, C<d_modflproto>,
10140 C<d_mprotect>, C<d_msg>, C<d_msg_ctrunc>, C<d_msg_dontroute>, C<d_msg_oob>,
10141 C<d_msg_peek>, C<d_msg_proxy>, C<d_msgctl>, C<d_msgget>, C<d_msghdr_s>,
10142 C<d_msgrcv>, C<d_msgsnd>, C<d_msync>, C<d_munmap>, C<d_mymalloc>,
10143 C<d_nice>, C<d_nl_langinfo>, C<d_nv_preserves_uv>, C<d_off64_t>,
10144 C<d_old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<d_oldpthreads>, C<d_oldsock>,
10145 C<d_open3>, C<d_pathconf>, C<d_pause>, C<d_perl_otherlibdirs>,
10146 C<d_phostname>, C<d_pipe>, C<d_poll>, C<d_portable>, C<d_PRId64>,
10147 C<d_PRIeldbl>, C<d_PRIEUldbl>, C<d_PRIfldbl>, C<d_PRIFUldbl>,
10148 C<d_PRIgldbl>, C<d_PRIGUldbl>, C<d_PRIi64>, C<d_PRIo64>, C<d_PRIu64>,
10149 C<d_PRIx64>, C<d_PRIXU64>, C<d_procselfexe>, C<d_pthread_atfork>,
10150 C<d_pthread_attr_setscope>, C<d_pthread_yield>, C<d_pwage>, C<d_pwchange>,
10151 C<d_pwclass>, C<d_pwcomment>, C<d_pwexpire>, C<d_pwgecos>, C<d_pwpasswd>,
10152 C<d_pwquota>, C<d_qgcvt>, C<d_quad>, C<d_random_r>, C<d_readdir64_r>,
10153 C<d_readdir>, C<d_readdir_r>, C<d_readlink>, C<d_readv>, C<d_recvmsg>,
10154 C<d_rename>, C<d_rewinddir>, C<d_rmdir>, C<d_safebcpy>, C<d_safemcpy>,
10155 C<d_sanemcmp>, C<d_sbrkproto>, C<d_scalbnl>, C<d_sched_yield>,
10156 C<d_scm_rights>, C<d_SCNfldbl>, C<d_seekdir>, C<d_select>, C<d_sem>,
10157 C<d_semctl>, C<d_semctl_semid_ds>, C<d_semctl_semun>, C<d_semget>,
10158 C<d_semop>, C<d_sendmsg>, C<d_setegid>, C<d_seteuid>, C<d_setgrent>,
10159 C<d_setgrent_r>, C<d_setgrps>, C<d_sethent>, C<d_sethostent_r>,
10160 C<d_setitimer>, C<d_setlinebuf>, C<d_setlocale>, C<d_setlocale_r>,
10161 C<d_setnent>, C<d_setnetent_r>, C<d_setpent>, C<d_setpgid>, C<d_setpgrp2>,
10162 C<d_setpgrp>, C<d_setprior>, C<d_setproctitle>, C<d_setprotoent_r>,
10163 C<d_setpwent>, C<d_setpwent_r>, C<d_setregid>, C<d_setresgid>,
10164 C<d_setresuid>, C<d_setreuid>, C<d_setrgid>, C<d_setruid>, C<d_setsent>,
10165 C<d_setservent_r>, C<d_setsid>, C<d_setvbuf>, C<d_sfio>, C<d_shm>,
10166 C<d_shmat>, C<d_shmatprototype>, C<d_shmctl>, C<d_shmdt>, C<d_shmget>,
10167 C<d_sigaction>, C<d_sigprocmask>, C<d_sigsetjmp>, C<d_sockatmark>,
10168 C<d_sockatmarkproto>, C<d_socket>, C<d_socklen_t>, C<d_sockpair>,
10169 C<d_socks5_init>, C<d_sqrtl>, C<d_srand48_r>, C<d_srandom_r>,
10170 C<d_sresgproto>, C<d_sresuproto>, C<d_statblks>, C<d_statfs_f_flags>,
10171 C<d_statfs_s>, C<d_statvfs>, C<d_stdio_cnt_lval>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval>,
10172 C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_nochange_cnt>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_sets_cnt>,
10173 C<d_stdio_stream_array>, C<d_stdiobase>, C<d_stdstdio>, C<d_strchr>,
10174 C<d_strcoll>, C<d_strctcpy>, C<d_strerrm>, C<d_strerror>, C<d_strerror_r>,
10175 C<d_strftime>, C<d_strtod>, C<d_strtol>, C<d_strtold>, C<d_strtoll>,
10176 C<d_strtoq>, C<d_strtoul>, C<d_strtoull>, C<d_strtouq>, C<d_strxfrm>,
10177 C<d_suidsafe>, C<d_symlink>, C<d_syscall>, C<d_syscallproto>, C<d_sysconf>,
10178 C<d_sysernlst>, C<d_syserrlst>, C<d_system>, C<d_tcgetpgrp>,
10179 C<d_tcsetpgrp>, C<d_telldir>, C<d_telldirproto>, C<d_time>, C<d_times>,
10180 C<d_tm_tm_gmtoff>, C<d_tm_tm_zone>, C<d_tmpnam_r>, C<d_truncate>,
10181 C<d_ttyname_r>, C<d_tzname>, C<d_u32align>, C<d_ualarm>, C<d_umask>,
10182 C<d_uname>, C<d_union_semun>, C<d_unordered>, C<d_usleep>,
10183 C<d_usleepproto>, C<d_ustat>, C<d_vendorarch>, C<d_vendorbin>,
10184 C<d_vendorlib>, C<d_vendorscript>, C<d_vfork>, C<d_void_closedir>,
10185 C<d_voidsig>, C<d_voidtty>, C<d_volatile>, C<d_vprintf>, C<d_wait4>,
10186 C<d_waitpid>, C<d_wcstombs>, C<d_wctomb>, C<d_writev>, C<d_xenix>, C<date>,
10187 C<db_hashtype>, C<db_prefixtype>, C<db_version_major>, C<db_version_minor>,
10188 C<db_version_patch>, C<defvoidused>, C<direntrytype>, C<dlext>, C<dlsrc>,
10189 C<doublesize>, C<drand01>, C<drand48_r_proto>, C<dynamic_ext>
10193 C<eagain>, C<ebcdic>, C<echo>, C<egrep>, C<emacs>, C<endgrent_r_proto>,
10194 C<endhostent_r_proto>, C<endnetent_r_proto>, C<endprotoent_r_proto>,
10195 C<endpwent_r_proto>, C<endservent_r_proto>, C<eunicefix>, C<exe_ext>,
10196 C<expr>, C<extensions>, C<extras>
10200 C<fflushall>, C<fflushNULL>, C<find>, C<firstmakefile>, C<flex>,
10201 C<fpossize>, C<fpostype>, C<freetype>, C<from>, C<full_ar>, C<full_csh>,
10206 C<gccansipedantic>, C<gccosandvers>, C<gccversion>, C<getgrent_r_proto>,
10207 C<getgrgid_r_proto>, C<getgrnam_r_proto>, C<gethostbyaddr_r_proto>,
10208 C<gethostbyname_r_proto>, C<gethostent_r_proto>, C<getlogin_r_proto>,
10209 C<getnetbyaddr_r_proto>, C<getnetbyname_r_proto>, C<getnetent_r_proto>,
10210 C<getprotobyname_r_proto>, C<getprotobynumber_r_proto>,
10211 C<getprotoent_r_proto>, C<getpwent_r_proto>, C<getpwnam_r_proto>,
10212 C<getpwuid_r_proto>, C<getservbyname_r_proto>, C<getservbyport_r_proto>,
10213 C<getservent_r_proto>, C<getspnam_r_proto>, C<gidformat>, C<gidsign>,
10214 C<gidsize>, C<gidtype>, C<glibpth>, C<gmake>, C<gmtime_r_proto>,
10215 C<gnulibc_version>, C<grep>, C<groupcat>, C<groupstype>, C<gzip>
10219 C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>, C<html1dir>, C<html1direxp>,
10220 C<html3dir>, C<html3direxp>
10224 C<i16size>, C<i16type>, C<i32size>, C<i32type>, C<i64size>, C<i64type>,
10225 C<i8size>, C<i8type>, C<i_arpainet>, C<i_bsdioctl>, C<i_crypt>, C<i_db>,
10226 C<i_dbm>, C<i_dirent>, C<i_dld>, C<i_dlfcn>, C<i_fcntl>, C<i_float>,
10227 C<i_fp>, C<i_fp_class>, C<i_gdbm>, C<i_grp>, C<i_ieeefp>, C<i_inttypes>,
10228 C<i_langinfo>, C<i_libutil>, C<i_limits>, C<i_locale>, C<i_machcthr>,
10229 C<i_malloc>, C<i_math>, C<i_memory>, C<i_mntent>, C<i_ndbm>, C<i_netdb>,
10230 C<i_neterrno>, C<i_netinettcp>, C<i_niin>, C<i_poll>, C<i_prot>,
10231 C<i_pthread>, C<i_pwd>, C<i_rpcsvcdbm>, C<i_sfio>, C<i_sgtty>, C<i_shadow>,
10232 C<i_socks>, C<i_stdarg>, C<i_stddef>, C<i_stdlib>, C<i_string>,
10233 C<i_sunmath>, C<i_sysaccess>, C<i_sysdir>, C<i_sysfile>, C<i_sysfilio>,
10234 C<i_sysin>, C<i_sysioctl>, C<i_syslog>, C<i_sysmman>, C<i_sysmode>,
10235 C<i_sysmount>, C<i_sysndir>, C<i_sysparam>, C<i_sysresrc>, C<i_syssecrt>,
10236 C<i_sysselct>, C<i_syssockio>, C<i_sysstat>, C<i_sysstatfs>,
10237 C<i_sysstatvfs>, C<i_systime>, C<i_systimek>, C<i_systimes>, C<i_systypes>,
10238 C<i_sysuio>, C<i_sysun>, C<i_sysutsname>, C<i_sysvfs>, C<i_syswait>,
10239 C<i_termio>, C<i_termios>, C<i_time>, C<i_unistd>, C<i_ustat>, C<i_utime>,
10240 C<i_values>, C<i_varargs>, C<i_varhdr>, C<i_vfork>,
10241 C<ignore_versioned_solibs>, C<inc_version_list>, C<inc_version_list_init>,
10242 C<incpath>, C<inews>, C<installarchlib>, C<installbin>, C<installhtml1dir>,
10243 C<installhtml3dir>, C<installman1dir>, C<installman3dir>, C<installprefix>,
10244 C<installprefixexp>, C<installprivlib>, C<installscript>,
10245 C<installsitearch>, C<installsitebin>, C<installsitehtml1dir>,
10246 C<installsitehtml3dir>, C<installsitelib>, C<installsiteman1dir>,
10247 C<installsiteman3dir>, C<installsitescript>, C<installstyle>,
10248 C<installusrbinperl>, C<installvendorarch>, C<installvendorbin>,
10249 C<installvendorhtml1dir>, C<installvendorhtml3dir>, C<installvendorlib>,
10250 C<installvendorman1dir>, C<installvendorman3dir>, C<installvendorscript>,
10251 C<intsize>, C<issymlink>, C<ivdformat>, C<ivsize>, C<ivtype>
10255 C<known_extensions>, C<ksh>
10259 C<ld>, C<lddlflags>, C<ldflags>, C<ldflags_uselargefiles>, C<ldlibpthname>,
10260 C<less>, C<lib_ext>, C<libc>, C<libperl>, C<libpth>, C<libs>, C<libsdirs>,
10261 C<libsfiles>, C<libsfound>, C<libspath>, C<libswanted>,
10262 C<libswanted_uselargefiles>, C<line>, C<lint>, C<lkflags>, C<ln>, C<lns>,
10263 C<localtime_r_proto>, C<locincpth>, C<loclibpth>, C<longdblsize>,
10264 C<longlongsize>, C<longsize>, C<lp>, C<lpr>, C<ls>, C<lseeksize>,
10269 C<mail>, C<mailx>, C<make>, C<make_set_make>, C<mallocobj>, C<mallocsrc>,
10270 C<malloctype>, C<man1dir>, C<man1direxp>, C<man1ext>, C<man3dir>,
10271 C<man3direxp>, C<man3ext>
10275 C<Mcc>, C<mips_type>, C<mistrustnm>, C<mkdir>, C<mmaptype>, C<modetype>,
10276 C<more>, C<multiarch>, C<mv>, C<myarchname>, C<mydomain>, C<myhostname>,
10281 C<n>, C<need_va_copy>, C<netdb_hlen_type>, C<netdb_host_type>,
10282 C<netdb_name_type>, C<netdb_net_type>, C<nm>, C<nm_opt>, C<nm_so_opt>,
10283 C<nonxs_ext>, C<nroff>, C<nv_preserves_uv_bits>, C<nveformat>,
10284 C<nvEUformat>, C<nvfformat>, C<nvFUformat>, C<nvgformat>, C<nvGUformat>,
10285 C<nvsize>, C<nvtype>
10289 C<o_nonblock>, C<obj_ext>, C<old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<optimize>,
10290 C<orderlib>, C<osname>, C<osvers>, C<otherlibdirs>
10294 C<package>, C<pager>, C<passcat>, C<patchlevel>, C<path_sep>, C<perl5>,
10295 C<perl>, C<perl_patchlevel>
10299 C<PERL_REVISION>, C<PERL_SUBVERSION>, C<PERL_VERSION>, C<perladmin>,
10300 C<perllibs>, C<perlpath>, C<pg>, C<phostname>, C<pidtype>, C<plibpth>,
10301 C<pm_apiversion>, C<pmake>, C<pr>, C<prefix>, C<prefixexp>, C<privlib>,
10302 C<privlibexp>, C<procselfexe>, C<prototype>, C<ptrsize>
10306 C<quadkind>, C<quadtype>
10310 C<randbits>, C<randfunc>, C<random_r_proto>, C<randseedtype>, C<ranlib>,
10311 C<rd_nodata>, C<readdir64_r_proto>, C<readdir_r_proto>, C<revision>, C<rm>,
10312 C<rmail>, C<run>, C<runnm>
10316 C<sched_yield>, C<scriptdir>, C<scriptdirexp>, C<sed>, C<seedfunc>,
10317 C<selectminbits>, C<selecttype>, C<sendmail>, C<setgrent_r_proto>,
10318 C<sethostent_r_proto>, C<setlocale_r_proto>, C<setnetent_r_proto>,
10319 C<setprotoent_r_proto>, C<setpwent_r_proto>, C<setservent_r_proto>, C<sh>,
10320 C<shar>, C<sharpbang>, C<shmattype>, C<shortsize>, C<shrpenv>, C<shsharp>,
10321 C<sig_count>, C<sig_name>, C<sig_name_init>, C<sig_num>, C<sig_num_init>,
10322 C<sig_size>, C<signal_t>, C<sitearch>, C<sitearchexp>, C<sitebin>,
10323 C<sitebinexp>, C<sitehtml1dir>, C<sitehtml1direxp>, C<sitehtml3dir>,
10324 C<sitehtml3direxp>, C<sitelib>, C<sitelib_stem>, C<sitelibexp>,
10325 C<siteman1dir>, C<siteman1direxp>, C<siteman3dir>, C<siteman3direxp>,
10326 C<siteprefix>, C<siteprefixexp>, C<sitescript>, C<sitescriptexp>,
10327 C<sizesize>, C<sizetype>, C<sleep>, C<smail>, C<so>, C<sockethdr>,
10328 C<socketlib>, C<socksizetype>, C<sort>, C<spackage>, C<spitshell>,
10329 C<sPRId64>, C<sPRIeldbl>, C<sPRIEUldbl>, C<sPRIfldbl>, C<sPRIFUldbl>,
10330 C<sPRIgldbl>, C<sPRIGUldbl>, C<sPRIi64>, C<sPRIo64>, C<sPRIu64>,
10331 C<sPRIx64>, C<sPRIXU64>, C<srand48_r_proto>, C<srandom_r_proto>, C<src>,
10332 C<sSCNfldbl>, C<ssizetype>, C<startperl>, C<startsh>, C<static_ext>,
10333 C<stdchar>, C<stdio_base>, C<stdio_bufsiz>, C<stdio_cnt>, C<stdio_filbuf>,
10334 C<stdio_ptr>, C<stdio_stream_array>, C<strerror_r_proto>, C<strings>,
10335 C<submit>, C<subversion>, C<sysman>
10339 C<tail>, C<tar>, C<targetarch>, C<tbl>, C<tee>, C<test>, C<timeincl>,
10340 C<timetype>, C<tmpnam_r_proto>, C<to>, C<touch>, C<tr>, C<trnl>, C<troff>,
10345 C<u16size>, C<u16type>, C<u32size>, C<u32type>, C<u64size>, C<u64type>,
10346 C<u8size>, C<u8type>, C<uidformat>, C<uidsign>, C<uidsize>, C<uidtype>,
10347 C<uname>, C<uniq>, C<uquadtype>, C<use5005threads>, C<use64bitall>,
10348 C<use64bitint>, C<usecrosscompile>, C<usedl>, C<usefaststdio>,
10349 C<useithreads>, C<uselargefiles>, C<uselongdouble>, C<usemorebits>,
10350 C<usemultiplicity>, C<usemymalloc>, C<usenm>, C<useopcode>, C<useperlio>,
10351 C<useposix>, C<usereentrant>, C<usesfio>, C<useshrplib>, C<usesocks>,
10352 C<usethreads>, C<usevendorprefix>, C<usevfork>, C<usrinc>, C<uuname>,
10353 C<uvoformat>, C<uvsize>, C<uvtype>, C<uvuformat>, C<uvxformat>,
10358 C<vendorarch>, C<vendorarchexp>, C<vendorbin>, C<vendorbinexp>,
10359 C<vendorhtml1dir>, C<vendorhtml1direxp>, C<vendorhtml3dir>,
10360 C<vendorhtml3direxp>, C<vendorlib>, C<vendorlib_stem>, C<vendorlibexp>,
10361 C<vendorman1dir>, C<vendorman1direxp>, C<vendorman3dir>,
10362 C<vendorman3direxp>, C<vendorprefix>, C<vendorprefixexp>, C<vendorscript>,
10363 C<vendorscriptexp>, C<version>, C<version_patchlevel_string>,
10364 C<versiononly>, C<vi>, C<voidflags>
10368 C<xlibpth>, C<xs_apiversion>
10372 C<yacc>, C<yaccflags>
10384 =head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory
10394 =item getcwd and friends
10396 getcwd, cwd, fastcwd, fastgetcwd
10398 =item abs_path and friends
10400 abs_path, realpath, fast_abs_path
10412 =head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft,
10424 =item Global Variables
10426 $DB::sub, %DB::sub, $DB::single, $DB::signal, $DB::trace, @DB::args,
10427 @DB::dbline, %DB::dbline, $DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::subname,
10432 CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'),
10433 CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done()
10435 =item Client Callback Methods
10437 CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(),
10438 CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(),
10439 CLIENT->output(LIST)
10449 =head2 DBM_Filter -- Filter DBM keys/values
10457 =item What is a DBM Filter?
10461 =item So what's new?
10469 =item $db->Filter_Push()
10471 =item $db->Filter_Key_Push()
10473 =item $db->Filter_Value_Push()
10475 Filter_Push, Filter_Key_Push, Filter_Value_Push
10477 =item $db->Filter_Pop()
10479 =item $db->Filtered()
10483 =item Writing a Filter
10487 =item Immediate Filters
10489 =item Canned Filters
10495 =item Filters Included
10497 utf8, encode, compress, int32, null
10503 =item Maintain Round Trip Integrity
10505 =item Don't mix filtered & non-filtered data in the same database file.
10517 =head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
10525 B<DB_HASH>, B<DB_BTREE>, B<DB_RECNO>
10529 =item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or greater
10531 =item Interface to Berkeley DB
10533 =item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File
10535 =item Default Parameters
10537 =item In Memory Databases
10545 =item A Simple Example
10553 =item Changing the BTREE sort order
10555 =item Handling Duplicate Keys
10557 =item The get_dup() Method
10559 =item The find_dup() Method
10561 =item The del_dup() Method
10563 =item Matching Partial Keys
10571 =item The 'bval' Option
10573 =item A Simple Example
10575 =item Extra RECNO Methods
10577 B<$X-E<gt>push(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-E<gt>pop ;>, B<$X-E<gt>shift>,
10578 B<$X-E<gt>unshift(list) ;>, B<$X-E<gt>length>, B<$X-E<gt>splice(offset,
10579 length, elements);>
10581 =item Another Example
10585 =item THE API INTERFACE
10587 B<$status = $X-E<gt>get($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status =
10588 $X-E<gt>put($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>del($key [,
10589 $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>fd ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>seq($key,
10590 $value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>sync([$flags]) ;>
10594 B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
10595 B<filter_fetch_value>
10601 =item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
10603 =item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
10607 =item HINTS AND TIPS
10611 =item Locking: The Trouble with fd
10613 =item Safe ways to lock a database
10615 B<Tie::DB_Lock>, B<Tie::DB_LockFile>, B<DB_File::Lock>
10617 =item Sharing Databases With C Applications
10619 =item The untie() Gotcha
10623 =item COMMON QUESTIONS
10627 =item Why is there Perl source in my database?
10629 =item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File?
10631 =item What does "Invalid Argument" mean?
10633 =item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean?
10653 =head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both
10654 printing and C<eval>
10666 I<PACKAGE>->new(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Dump I<or>
10667 I<PACKAGE>->Dump(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>),
10668 I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>),
10675 =item Configuration Variables or Methods
10701 =head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler
10709 =item PROFILE FORMAT
10721 =head2 Devel::PPPort - Perl/Pollution/Portability
10743 =head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
10753 =item Runtime debugging
10755 =item Memory footprint debugging
10763 =item A simple scalar string
10765 =item A simple scalar number
10767 =item A simple scalar with an extra reference
10769 =item A reference to a simple scalar
10771 =item A reference to an array
10773 =item A reference to a hash
10775 =item Dumping a large array or hash
10777 =item A reference to an SV which holds a C pointer
10779 =item A reference to a subroutine
10793 =head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
10803 =head2 Digest - Modules that calculate message digests
10811 I<binary>, I<hex>, I<base64>
10815 $ctx = Digest->XXX($arg,...), $ctx = Digest->new(XXX => $arg,...), $ctx =
10816 Digest::XXX->new($arg,...), $other_ctx = $ctx->clone, $ctx->reset,
10817 $ctx->add( $data, ... ), $ctx->addfile( $io_handle ), $ctx->add_bits(
10818 $data, $nbits ), $ctx->add_bits( $bitstring ), $ctx->digest,
10819 $ctx->hexdigest, $ctx->b64digest
10829 =head2 Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
10839 md5($data,...), md5_hex($data,...), md5_base64($data,...)
10843 $md5 = Digest::MD5->new, $md5->reset, $md5->clone, $md5->add($data,...),
10844 $md5->addfile($io_handle), $md5->add_bits($data, $nbits),
10845 $md5->add_bits($bitstring), $md5->digest, $md5->hexdigest, $md5->b64digest
10857 =head2 Digest::base - Digest base class
10869 =head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
10881 =head2 Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data.
10893 C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>,
10894 C<dumpDBFiles>, C<dumpPackages>, C<dumpReused>, C<tick>, C<quoteHighBit>,
10895 C<printUndef>, C<usageOnly>, unctrl, subdump, bareStringify, quoteHighBit,
10900 dumpValue, dumpValues, stringify, dumpvars, set_quote, set_unctrl,
10901 compactDump, veryCompact, set, get
10907 =head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
10915 @dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, @dl_librefs,
10916 @dl_modules, @dl_shared_objects, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(),
10917 dl_expandspec(), dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_load_flags(),
10918 dl_find_symbol(), dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(),
10919 dl_install_xsub(), bootstrap()
10925 =head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into
10936 =item Migration from C<DynaLoader>
10938 =item Backward compatible boilerplate
10942 =item Order of initialization: early load()
10946 =item The most hairy case
10956 =head2 Encode - character encodings
10964 =item Table of Contents
10976 =item PERL ENCODING API
10978 $octets = encode(ENCODING, $string [, CHECK]), $string = decode(ENCODING,
10979 $octets [, CHECK]), [$length =] from_to($octets, FROM_ENC, TO_ENC [,
10980 CHECK]), $octets = encode_utf8($string);, $string = decode_utf8($octets [,
10985 =item Listing available encodings
10987 =item Defining Aliases
10991 =item Encoding via PerlIO
10993 =item Handling Malformed Data
10995 I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_DEFAULT ( == 0), I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_CROAK ( == 1),
10996 I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_QUIET, I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_WARN, perlqq mode
10997 (I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_PERLQQ), HTML charref mode (I<CHECK> =
10998 Encode::FB_HTMLCREF), XML charref mode (I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_XMLCREF), The
11003 =item Unimplemented fallback schemes
11007 =item Defining Encodings
11009 =item The UTF-8 flag
11011 Goal #1:, Goal #2:, Goal #3:, Goal #4:
11015 =item Messing with Perl's Internals
11017 is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK]), _utf8_on(STRING), _utf8_off(STRING)
11027 =head2 Encode::Alias - alias definitions to encodings
11035 As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
11040 =item Alias overloading
11048 =head2 Encode::Byte - Single Byte Encodings
11062 =head2 Encode::CJKConstants -- Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
11064 =head2 Encode::CN - China-based Chinese Encodings
11080 =head2 Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by Encode::CN
11082 =head2 Encode::Config -- internally used by Encode
11084 =head2 Encode::EBCDIC - EBCDIC Encodings
11098 =head2 Encode::Encoding - Encode Implementation Base Class
11108 =item Methods you should implement
11110 -E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check]),
11111 -E<gt>cat_decode($destination, $octets, $offset, $terminator [,$check])
11113 =item Other methods defined in Encode::Encodings
11115 -E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>perlio_ok(), -E<gt>needs_lines()
11117 =item Example: Encode::ROT13
11121 =item Why the heck Encode API is different?
11125 =item Compiled Encodings
11131 Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
11135 =head2 Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from data
11145 Encode::Guess->set_suspects, Encode::Guess->add_suspects,
11146 Encode::decode("Guess" ...), Encode::Guess->guess($data),
11147 guess_encoding($data, [, I<list of suspects>])
11157 =head2 Encode::JP - Japanese Encodings
11167 =item Note on ISO-2022-JP(-1)?
11175 =head2 Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by Encode::JP::2022_JP*
11177 =head2 Encode::JP::JIS7 -- internally used by Encode::JP
11179 =head2 Encode::KR - Korean Encodings
11193 =head2 Encode::KR::2022_KR -- internally used by Encode::KR
11195 =head2 Encode::MIME::Header -- MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding
11211 =head2 Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document on Encode and PerlIO
11217 =item How does it work?
11219 =item Line Buffering
11223 =item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
11231 =head2 Encode::Supported -- Encodings supported by Encode
11239 =item Encoding Names
11243 =item Supported Encodings
11247 =item Built-in Encodings
11249 =item Encode::Unicode -- other Unicode encodings
11251 =item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
11253 ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
11254 the Cyrillic world, gsm0338 - Hentai Latin 1
11256 =item CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
11258 Encode::CN -- Continental China, Encode::JP -- Japan, Encode::KR -- Korea,
11259 Encode::TW -- Taiwan, Encode::HanExtra -- More Chinese via CPAN,
11260 Encode::JIS2K -- JIS X 0213 encodings via CPAN
11262 =item Miscellaneous encodings
11264 Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::Guess
11268 =item Unsupported encodings
11270 ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], Various HP-UX encodings,
11271 Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], ISIRI 3342, Iran
11272 System, ISIRI 2900 [Farsi], Thai encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS,
11273 Various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic encodings
11275 =item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
11277 =item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
11281 =item Microsoft-related naming mess
11283 KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
11289 character repertoire, coded character set (CCS), character encoding scheme
11290 (CES), charset (in MIME context), EUC, ISO-2022, UCS, UCS-2, Unicode, UTF,
11297 ECMA, ECMA-035 (eq C<ISO-2022>), IANA, Assigned Charset Names by IANA, ISO,
11298 RFC, UC, Unicode Glossary
11302 =item Other Notable Sites
11304 czyborra.com, CJK.inf, Jungshik Shin's Hangul FAQ, debian.org:
11305 "Introduction to i18n"
11307 =item Offline sources
11309 C<CJKV Information Processing> by Ken Lunde
11315 =head2 Encode::Symbol - Symbol Encodings
11329 =head2 Encode::TW - Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings
11345 =head2 Encode::Unicode -- Various Unicode Transformation Formats
11353 L<http://www.unicode.org/glossary/> says:, Quick Reference
11355 =item Size, Endianness, and BOM
11361 =item by endianness
11363 BOM as integer when fetched in network byte order
11367 =item Surrogate Pairs
11373 =head2 Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7 encoding
11387 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Alias, Encode::Alias - alias definitions to
11396 As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
11401 =item Alias overloading
11409 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CJKConstants.pm --
11410 Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
11412 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CN::HZ, Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by
11415 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Config, Encode::Config -- internally used by
11418 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Encoding, Encode::Encoding - Encode
11419 Implementation Base Class
11429 =item Methods you should implement
11431 -E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check]),
11432 -E<gt>cat_decode($destination, $octets, $offset, $terminator [,$check])
11434 =item Other methods defined in Encode::Encodings
11436 -E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>perlio_ok(), -E<gt>needs_lines()
11438 =item Example: Encode::ROT13
11442 =item Why the heck Encode API is different?
11446 =item Compiled Encodings
11452 Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
11456 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Guess, Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from
11467 Encode::Guess->set_suspects, Encode::Guess->add_suspects,
11468 Encode::decode("Guess" ...), Encode::Guess->guess($data),
11469 guess_encoding($data, [, I<list of suspects>])
11479 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::H2Z, Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by
11480 Encode::JP::2022_JP*
11482 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::JIS7, Encode::JP::JIS7 -- internally used
11485 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::KR::2022_KR, Encode::KR::2022_KR -- internally
11488 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::MIME::Header -- MIME 'B'
11489 and 'Q' header encoding
11505 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::PerlIO, Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document
11506 on Encode and PerlIO
11512 =item How does it work?
11514 =item Line Buffering
11518 =item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
11526 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Supported, Encode::Supported -- Encodings
11527 supported by Encode
11535 =item Encoding Names
11539 =item Supported Encodings
11543 =item Built-in Encodings
11545 =item Encode::Unicode -- other Unicode encodings
11547 =item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
11549 ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
11550 the Cyrillic world, gsm0338 - Hentai Latin 1
11552 =item CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
11554 Encode::CN -- Continental China, Encode::JP -- Japan, Encode::KR -- Korea,
11555 Encode::TW -- Taiwan, Encode::HanExtra -- More Chinese via CPAN,
11556 Encode::JIS2K -- JIS X 0213 encodings via CPAN
11558 =item Miscellaneous encodings
11560 Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::Guess
11564 =item Unsupported encodings
11566 ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], Various HP-UX encodings,
11567 Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], ISIRI 3342, Iran
11568 System, ISIRI 2900 [Farsi], Thai encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS,
11569 Various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic encodings
11571 =item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
11573 =item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
11577 =item Microsoft-related naming mess
11579 KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
11585 character repertoire, coded character set (CCS), character encoding scheme
11586 (CES), charset (in MIME context), EUC, ISO-2022, UCS, UCS-2, Unicode, UTF,
11593 ECMA, ECMA-035 (eq C<ISO-2022>), IANA, Assigned Charset Names by IANA, ISO,
11594 RFC, UC, Unicode Glossary
11598 =item Other Notable Sites
11600 czyborra.com, CJK.inf, Jungshik Shin's Hangul FAQ, debian.org:
11601 "Introduction to i18n"
11603 =item Offline sources
11605 C<CJKV Information Processing> by Ken Lunde
11611 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Unicode::UTF7, Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7
11626 =head2 Encode::lib::Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
11638 =item Predefined Methods
11640 $e = Encode::Encoder-E<gt>new([$data, $encoding]);, encoder(),
11641 $e-E<gt>data([$data]), $e-E<gt>encoding([$encoding]),
11642 $e-E<gt>bytes([$encoding])
11644 =item Example: base64 transcoder
11646 =item Operator Overloading
11654 =head2 Encodencoding, encoding - allows you to write your script in
11655 non-ascii or non-utf8
11665 =item Literal Conversions
11667 =item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
11669 =item Implicit upgrading for byte strings
11673 =item FEATURES THAT REQUIRE 5.8.1
11675 "NON-EUC" doublebyte encodings, tr//, DATA pseudo-filehandle
11679 use encoding [I<ENCNAME>] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> [ STDIN =E<gt>
11680 I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;, no encoding;
11682 =item The Filter Option
11686 =item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
11696 =item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
11698 =item tr/// with ranges
11700 Legend of characters above
11704 =item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
11706 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
11708 literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
11716 =head2 Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
11728 =item Predefined Methods
11730 $e = Encode::Encoder-E<gt>new([$data, $encoding]);, encoder(),
11731 $e-E<gt>data([$data]), $e-E<gt>encoding([$encoding]),
11732 $e-E<gt>bytes([$encoding])
11734 =item Example: base64 transcoder
11736 =item Operator Overloading
11744 =head2 English - use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation
11757 =head2 Env - perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or
11772 =head2 Errno - System errno constants
11788 =head2 Exporter - Implements default import method for modules
11798 =item How to Export
11800 =item Selecting What To Export
11802 =item How to Import
11804 C<use ModuleName;>, C<use ModuleName ();>, C<use ModuleName qw(...);>
11808 =item Advanced features
11812 =item Specialised Import Lists
11814 =item Exporting without using Exporter's import method
11816 =item Exporting without inheriting from Exporter
11818 =item Module Version Checking
11820 =item Managing Unknown Symbols
11822 =item Tag Handling Utility Functions
11824 =item Generating combined tags
11826 =item C<AUTOLOAD>ed Constants
11832 =head2 Exporter::Heavy - Exporter guts
11842 =head2 ExtUtils::Command - utilities to replace common UNIX commands in
11863 mv source... destination
11865 cp source... destination
11885 =head2 ExtUtils::Command::MM - Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles
11899 B<warn_if_old_packlist>
11901 B<perllocal_install>
11905 =head2 ExtUtils::Constant - generate XS code to import C header constants
11915 IV, UV, NV, PV, PVN, SV, YES, NO, UNDEF
11923 perl_stringify NAME
11927 memEQ_clause NAME, CHECKED_AT, INDENT
11929 assign INDENT, TYPE, PRE, POST, VALUE..
11933 switch_clause INDENT, NAMELEN, ITEMHASH, ITEM..
11941 C_constant, name, type, value, macro, default, pre, post, def_pre =item
11944 XS_constant PACKAGE, TYPES, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
11946 autoload PACKAGE, VERSION, AUTOLOADER
11948 WriteMakefileSnippet
11950 WriteConstants ATTRIBUTE =E<gt> VALUE [, ...], NAME, DEFAULT_TYPE,
11951 BREAKOUT_AT, NAMES, C_FILE, XS_FILE, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
11959 =head2 ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications
11971 xsinit(), Examples, ldopts(), Examples, perl_inc(), ccflags(), ccdlflags(),
11972 ccopts(), xsi_header(), xsi_protos(@modules), xsi_body(@modules)
11982 =head2 ExtUtils::Install - install files from here to there
12000 B<install_default> I<DISCOURAGED>
12012 B<PERL_INSTALL_ROOT>
12020 =head2 ExtUtils::Installed - Inventory management of installed modules
12032 new(), modules(), files(), directories(), directory_tree(), validate(),
12033 packlist(), version()
12041 =head2 ExtUtils::Liblist - determine libraries to use and how to use them
12049 For static extensions, For dynamic extensions at build/link time, For
12050 dynamic extensions at load time
12056 =item LDLOADLIBS and LD_RUN_PATH
12066 =item VMS implementation
12068 =item Win32 implementation
12076 =head2 ExtUtils::MM - OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass
12086 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Any - Platform-agnostic MM methods
12094 =item Inherently Cross-Platform Methods
12102 blibdirs_target (o)
12106 =item File::Spec wrappers
12114 =item Thought To Be Cross-Platform Methods
12130 makemakerdflt_target
12150 metafile_addtomanifest_target
12152 signature_addtomanifest_target
12156 =item Abstract methods
12158 oneliner, B<quote_literal>, B<escape_newlines>, max_exec_len,
12159 B<init_others>, init_DIRFILESEP, init_linker, init_platform,
12172 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_BeOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
12173 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
12187 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
12188 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
12202 replace_manpage_separator (o)
12206 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_DOS - DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
12216 =item Overridden methods
12224 B<replace_manpage_separator>
12234 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_MacOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
12235 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
12257 init_platform, platform_constants
12263 special_targets (o)
12273 clean_subdirs_target
12277 realclean_subdirs_target
12285 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_NW5 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
12286 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
12298 init_platform (o), platform_constants
12306 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_OS2 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
12307 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
12325 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_UWIN - U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
12335 =item Overridden methods
12343 B<replace_manpage_separator>
12353 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
12379 clean_subdirs_target
12391 dir_target B<DEPRECATED>
12441 =item Methods to actually produce chunks of text for the Makefile
12471 init_platform (o), platform_constants (o)
12515 post_initialize (o)
12529 realclean_subdirs_target
12531 replace_manpage_separator
12553 test_via_harness (override)
12555 test_via_script (override)
12579 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_VMS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
12580 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
12590 =item Methods always loaded
12602 guess_name (override)
12606 find_perl (override)
12608 maybe_command (override)
12610 perl_script (override)
12612 replace_manpage_separator
12618 init_main (override)
12620 init_others (override)
12622 init_platform (override)
12626 init_VERSION (override)
12628 constants (override)
12634 const_cccmd (override)
12636 tool_sxubpp (override)
12638 tools_other (override)
12640 init_dist (override)
12650 dynamic_lib (override)
12652 dynamic_bs (override)
12654 static_lib (override)
12656 processPL (override)
12658 installbin (override)
12660 subdir_x (override)
12664 clean_subdirs_target
12666 realclean (override)
12668 zipfile_target (o), tarfile_target (o), shdist_target (o)
12670 dist_test (override)
12674 perldepend (override)
12676 makefile (override)
12678 find_tests (override)
12682 makeaperl (override)
12684 nicetext (override)
12686 prefixify (override)
12706 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
12707 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
12719 =item Overridden methods
12725 replace_manpage_separator
12735 init_platform (o), platform_constants (o)
12737 special_targets (o)
12759 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win95 - method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X
12769 =item Overriden methods
12785 clean_subdirs_target
12787 realclean_subdirs_target
12799 =head2 ExtUtils::MY - ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization
12809 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Create a module Makefile
12819 =item How To Write A Makefile.PL
12821 =item Default Makefile Behaviour
12829 =item PREFIX and LIB attribute
12833 =item Static Linking of a new Perl Binary
12835 =item Determination of Perl Library and Installation Locations
12837 =item Which architecture dependent directory?
12839 =item Using Attributes and Parameters
12841 ABSTRACT, ABSTRACT_FROM, AUTHOR, BINARY_LOCATION, C, CCFLAGS, CONFIG,
12842 CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DESTDIR, DIR, DISTNAME, DISTVNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS,
12843 EXCLUDE_EXT, EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, FULLPERLRUN,
12844 FULLPERLRUNINST, FUNCLIST, H, IMPORTS, INC, INCLUDE_EXT, INSTALLARCHLIB,
12845 INSTALLBIN, INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLMAN1DIR, INSTALLMAN3DIR, INSTALLPRIVLIB,
12846 INSTALLSCRIPT, INSTALLSITEARCH, INSTALLSITEBIN, INSTALLSITELIB,
12847 INSTALLSITEMAN1DIR, INSTALLSITEMAN3DIR, INSTALLVENDORARCH,
12848 INSTALLVENDORBIN, INSTALLVENDORLIB, INSTALLVENDORMAN1DIR,
12849 INSTALLVENDORMAN3DIR, INST_ARCHLIB, INST_BIN, INST_LIB, INST_MAN1DIR,
12850 INST_MAN3DIR, INST_SCRIPT, LD, LDDLFLAGS, LDFROM, LIB, LIBPERL_A, LIBS,
12851 LINKTYPE, MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE_OLD, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET,
12852 MYEXTLIB, NAME, NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, NO_META, NO_VC, OBJECT,
12853 OPTIMIZE, PERL, PERL_CORE, PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB,
12854 PERL_MALLOC_OK, PERLPREFIX, PERLRUN, PERLRUNINST, PERL_SRC, PERM_RW,
12855 PERM_RWX, PL_FILES, PM, PMLIBDIRS, PM_FILTER, POLLUTE, PPM_INSTALL_EXEC,
12856 PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX, PREREQ_FATAL, PREREQ_PM, PREREQ_PRINT,
12857 PRINT_PREREQ, SITEPREFIX, SIGN, SKIP, TYPEMAPS, VENDORPREFIX, VERBINST,
12858 VERSION, VERSION_FROM, VERSION_SYM, XS, XSOPT, XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION
12860 =item Additional lowercase attributes
12862 clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, linkext, macro, postamble, realclean,
12863 test, tool_autosplit
12865 =item Overriding MakeMaker Methods
12867 =item The End Of Cargo Cult Programming
12869 C<<MAN3PODS => ' '>>
12871 =item Hintsfile support
12873 =item Distribution Support
12875 make distcheck, make skipcheck, make distclean, make manifest,
12876 make distdir, make disttest, make tardist, make dist, make
12877 uutardist, make shdist, make zipdist, make ci
12879 =item Module Meta-Data
12881 =item Disabling an extension
12883 =item Other Handy Functions
12891 PERL_MM_OPT, PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT
12901 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions About
12910 =item Module Installation
12912 How do I keep from installing man pages?, How do I use a module without
12915 =item Philosophy and History
12917 Why not just use <insert other build config tool here>?, What is
12918 Module::Build and how does it relate to MakeMaker?, pure perl. no make, no
12919 shell commands, easier to customize, cleaner internals, less cruft
12921 =item Module Writing
12923 How do I keep my $VERSION up to date without resetting it manually?, What's
12924 this F<META.yml> thing and how did it get in my F<MANIFEST>?!
12928 How to I prevent "object version X.XX does not match bootstrap parameter
12929 Y.YY" errors?, How do I make two or more XS files coexist in the same
12942 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial - Writing a module with MakeMaker
12956 Makefile.PL, MANIFEST, lib/, t/, Changes, README, INSTALL, MANIFEST.SKIP,
12965 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes - Version-agnostic bytes.pm
12975 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish - Platform-agnostic vmsish.pm
12985 =head2 ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
13023 =item MANIFEST.SKIP
13027 =item GLOBAL VARIABLES
13035 C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>, C<Skipping> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>,
13036 C<MANIFEST:> I<$!>, C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
13040 B<PERL_MM_MANIFEST_DEBUG>
13048 =head2 ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap - make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader
13058 =head2 ExtUtils::Mksymlists - write linker options files for dynamic
13067 DLBASE, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, FILE, FUNCLIST, IMPORTS, NAME
13075 =head2 ExtUtils::Packlist - manage .packlist files
13087 new(), read(), write(), validate(), packlist_file()
13095 =head2 ExtUtils::testlib - add blib/* directories to @INC
13105 =head2 Fatal - replace functions with equivalents which succeed or die
13117 =head2 Fcntl - load the C Fcntl.h defines
13127 =item EXPORTED SYMBOLS
13131 =head2 File::Basename, fileparse - split a pathname into pieces
13139 fileparse_set_fstype, fileparse
13143 C<basename>, C<dirname>
13147 =head2 File::CheckTree, validate - run many filetest checks on a tree
13161 =head2 File::Compare - Compare files or filehandles
13175 =head2 File::Copy - Copy files or filehandles
13185 =item Special behaviour if C<syscopy> is defined (OS/2, VMS and Win32)
13187 rmscopy($from,$to[,$date_flag])
13199 =head2 File::DosGlob - DOS like globbing and then some
13209 =item EXPORTS (by request only)
13221 =head2 File::Find - Traverse a directory tree.
13229 B<find>, B<finddepth>
13235 C<wanted>, C<bydepth>, C<preprocess>, C<postprocess>, C<follow>,
13236 C<follow_fast>, C<follow_skip>, C<dangling_symlinks>, C<no_chdir>,
13237 C<untaint>, C<untaint_pattern>, C<untaint_skip>
13239 =item The wanted function
13241 C<$File::Find::dir> is the current directory name,, C<$_> is the current
13242 filename within that directory, C<$File::Find::name> is the complete
13243 pathname to the file
13251 $dont_use_nlink, symlinks
13255 =item BUGS AND CAVEATS
13261 =head2 File::Glob - Perl extension for BSD glob routine
13269 C<GLOB_ERR>, C<GLOB_LIMIT>, C<GLOB_MARK>, C<GLOB_NOCASE>, C<GLOB_NOCHECK>,
13270 C<GLOB_NOSORT>, C<GLOB_BRACE>, C<GLOB_NOMAGIC>, C<GLOB_QUOTE>,
13271 C<GLOB_TILDE>, C<GLOB_CSH>, C<GLOB_ALPHASORT>
13275 C<GLOB_NOSPACE>, C<GLOB_ABEND>
13283 =head2 File::Path - create or remove directory trees
13297 =head2 File::Spec - portably perform operations on file names
13307 canonpath, catdir, catfile, curdir, devnull, rootdir, tmpdir, updir,
13308 no_upwards, case_tolerant, file_name_is_absolute, path, join, splitpath,
13309 splitdir, catpath(), abs2rel, rel2abs()
13317 =head2 File::Spec::Cygwin - methods for Cygwin file specs
13329 file_name_is_absolute
13333 =head2 File::Spec::Epoc - methods for Epoc file specs
13353 =head2 File::Spec::Functions - portably perform operations on file names
13371 =head2 File::Spec::Mac - File::Spec for Mac OS (Classic)
13399 file_name_is_absolute
13421 =head2 File::Spec::OS2 - methods for OS/2 file specs
13433 =head2 File::Spec::Unix - File::Spec for Unix, base for other File::Spec
13466 file_name_is_absolute
13488 =head2 File::Spec::VMS - methods for VMS file specs
13504 =item Methods always loaded
13506 canonpath (override)
13524 case_tolerant (override)
13528 file_name_is_absolute (override)
13530 splitpath (override)
13532 splitdir (override)
13546 =head2 File::Spec::Win32 - methods for Win32 file specs
13572 =item Note For File::Spec::Win32 Maintainers
13582 =head2 File::Temp - return name and handle of a temporary file safely
13618 =item MKTEMP FUNCTIONS
13632 =item POSIX FUNCTIONS
13642 =item ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
13650 =item UTILITY FUNCTIONS
13662 =item PACKAGE VARIABLES
13664 B<safe_level>, STANDARD, MEDIUM, HIGH
13676 =item Temporary files and NFS
13688 =head2 File::stat - by-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions
13704 =head2 FileCache - keep more files open than the system permits
13712 cacheout EXPR, cacheout MODE, EXPR
13722 =head2 FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles
13730 $fh->print, $fh->printf, $fh->getline, $fh->getlines
13736 =head2 Filter::Simple - Simplified source filtering
13750 =item Disabling or changing <no> behaviour
13752 =item All-in-one interface
13754 =item Filtering only specific components of source code
13756 C<"code">, C<"executable">, C<"quotelike">, C<"string">, C<"regex">,
13759 =item Filtering only the code parts of source code
13761 Most source code ceases to be grammatically correct when it is broken up
13762 into the pieces between string literals and regexes. So the C<'code'>
13763 component filter behaves slightly differently from the other partial
13765 described in the previous section.
13767 =item Using Filter::Simple with an explicit C<import> subroutine
13769 =item Using Filter::Simple and Exporter together
13781 =head2 Filter::Util::Call - Perl Source Filter Utility Module
13791 =item B<use Filter::Util::Call>
13795 =item B<filter() and anonymous sub>
13797 B<$_>, B<$status>, B<filter_read> and B<filter_read_exact>, B<filter_del>
13805 =item Example 1: A simple filter.
13807 =item Example 2: Using the context
13809 =item Example 3: Using the context within the filter
13811 =item Example 4: Using filter_del
13815 =item Filter::Simple
13823 =head2 FindBin - Locate directory of original perl script
13831 =item EXPORTABLE VARIABLES
13843 =head2 GDBM_File - Perl5 access to the gdbm library.
13859 =head2 Getopt::Long - Extended processing of command line options
13867 =item Command Line Options, an Introduction
13869 =item Getting Started with Getopt::Long
13873 =item Simple options
13875 =item A little bit less simple options
13877 =item Mixing command line option with other arguments
13879 =item Options with values
13881 =item Options with multiple values
13883 =item Options with hash values
13885 =item User-defined subroutines to handle options
13887 =item Options with multiple names
13889 =item Case and abbreviations
13891 =item Summary of Option Specifications
13893 !, +, s, i, o, f, : I<type> [ I<desttype> ], : I<number> [ I<desttype> ], :
13898 =item Advanced Possibilities
13902 =item Object oriented interface
13904 =item Thread Safety
13906 =item Documentation and help texts
13908 =item Storing options in a hash
13912 =item The lonesome dash
13914 =item Argument callback
13918 =item Configuring Getopt::Long
13920 default, posix_default, auto_abbrev, getopt_compat, gnu_compat, gnu_getopt,
13921 require_order, permute, bundling (default: disabled), bundling_override
13922 (default: disabled), ignore_case (default: enabled), ignore_case_always
13923 (default: disabled), auto_version (default:disabled), auto_help
13924 (default:disabled), pass_through (default: disabled), prefix,
13925 prefix_pattern, debug (default: disabled)
13927 =item Exportable Methods
13929 VersionMessage, C<-message>, C<-msg>, C<-exitval>, C<-output>, HelpMessage
13931 =item Return values and Errors
13937 =item Default destinations
13939 =item Alternative option starters
13941 =item Configuration variables
13945 =item Trouble Shooting
13949 =item GetOptions does not return a false result when an option is not
13952 =item GetOptions does not split the command line correctly
13954 =item Undefined subroutine &main::GetOptions called
13956 =item How do I put a "-?" option into a Getopt::Long?
13962 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER
13966 =head2 Getopt::Std, getopt, getopts - Process single-character switches
13967 with switch clustering
13975 =item C<--help> and C<--version>
13979 =head2 Hash::Util - A selection of general-utility hash subroutines
13989 =item Restricted hashes
13991 lock_keys, unlock_keys
13997 lock_value, unlock_value
13999 B<lock_hash>, B<unlock_hash>
14013 =head2 I18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current
14024 =head2 I18N::LangTags - functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language
14035 the function is_language_tag($lang1)
14037 the function extract_language_tags($whatever)
14039 the function same_language_tag($lang1, $lang2)
14041 the function similarity_language_tag($lang1, $lang2)
14043 the function is_dialect_of($lang1, $lang2)
14045 the function super_languages($lang1)
14047 the function locale2language_tag($locale_identifier)
14049 the function encode_language_tag($lang1)
14051 the function alternate_language_tags($lang1)
14053 the function @langs = panic_languages(@accept_languages)
14057 =item ABOUT LOWERCASING
14059 =item ABOUT UNICODE PLAINTEXT LANGUAGE TAGS
14069 =head2 I18N::LangTags::List -- tags and names for human languages
14077 =item ABOUT LANGUAGE TAGS
14079 =item LIST OF LANGUAGES
14081 {ab} : Abkhazian, {ace} : Achinese, {ach} : Acoli, {ada} : Adangme, {ady} :
14082 Adyghe, {aa} : Afar, {afh} : Afrihili, {af} : Afrikaans, [{afa} :
14083 Afro-Asiatic (Other)], {ak} : Akan, {akk} : Akkadian, {sq} : Albanian,
14084 {ale} : Aleut, [{alg} : Algonquian languages], [{tut} : Altaic (Other)],
14085 {am} : Amharic, {i-ami} : Ami, [{apa} : Apache languages], {ar} : Arabic,
14086 {arc} : Aramaic, {arp} : Arapaho, {arn} : Araucanian, {arw} : Arawak, {hy}
14087 : Armenian, {an} : Aragonese, [{art} : Artificial (Other)], {ast} :
14088 Asturian, {as} : Assamese, [{ath} : Athapascan languages], [{aus} :
14089 Australian languages], [{map} : Austronesian (Other)], {av} : Avaric, {ae}
14090 : Avestan, {awa} : Awadhi, {ay} : Aymara, {az} : Azerbaijani, {ban} :
14091 Balinese, [{bat} : Baltic (Other)], {bal} : Baluchi, {bm} : Bambara, [{bai}
14092 : Bamileke languages], {bad} : Banda, [{bnt} : Bantu (Other)], {bas} :
14093 Basa, {ba} : Bashkir, {eu} : Basque, {btk} : Batak (Indonesia), {bej} :
14094 Beja, {be} : Belarusian, {bem} : Bemba, {bn} : Bengali, [{ber} : Berber
14095 (Other)], {bho} : Bhojpuri, {bh} : Bihari, {bik} : Bikol, {bin} : Bini,
14096 {bi} : Bislama, {bs} : Bosnian, {bra} : Braj, {br} : Breton, {bug} :
14097 Buginese, {bg} : Bulgarian, {i-bnn} : Bunun, {bua} : Buriat, {my} :
14098 Burmese, {cad} : Caddo, {car} : Carib, {ca} : Catalan, [{cau} : Caucasian
14099 (Other)], {ceb} : Cebuano, [{cel} : Celtic (Other)], [{cai} : Central
14100 American Indian (Other)], {chg} : Chagatai, [{cmc} : Chamic languages],
14101 {ch} : Chamorro, {ce} : Chechen, {chr} : Cherokee, {chy} : Cheyenne, {chb}
14102 : Chibcha, {ny} : Chichewa, {zh} : Chinese, {chn} : Chinook Jargon, {chp} :
14103 Chipewyan, {cho} : Choctaw, {cu} : Church Slavic, {chk} : Chuukese, {cv} :
14104 Chuvash, {cop} : Coptic, {kw} : Cornish, {co} : Corsican, {cr} : Cree,
14105 {mus} : Creek, [{cpe} : English-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{cpf}
14106 : French-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{cpp} : Portuguese-based
14107 Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{crp} : Creoles and pidgins (Other)], {hr} :
14108 Croatian, [{cus} : Cushitic (Other)], {cs} : Czech, {dak} : Dakota, {da} :
14109 Danish, {dar} : Dargwa, {day} : Dayak, {i-default} : Default (Fallthru)
14110 Language, {del} : Delaware, {din} : Dinka, {dv} : Divehi, {doi} : Dogri,
14111 {dgr} : Dogrib, [{dra} : Dravidian (Other)], {dua} : Duala, {nl} : Dutch,
14112 {dum} : Middle Dutch (ca.1050-1350), {dyu} : Dyula, {dz} : Dzongkha, {efi}
14113 : Efik, {egy} : Ancient Egyptian, {eka} : Ekajuk, {elx} : Elamite, {en} :
14114 English, {enm} : Old English (1100-1500), {ang} : Old English
14115 (ca.450-1100), {i-enochian} : Enochian (Artificial), {myv} : Erzya, {eo} :
14116 Esperanto, {et} : Estonian, {ee} : Ewe, {ewo} : Ewondo, {fan} : Fang, {fat}
14117 : Fanti, {fo} : Faroese, {fj} : Fijian, {fi} : Finnish, [{fiu} :
14118 Finno-Ugrian (Other)], {fon} : Fon, {fr} : French, {frm} : Middle French
14119 (ca.1400-1600), {fro} : Old French (842-ca.1400), {fy} : Frisian, {fur} :
14120 Friulian, {ff} : Fulah, {gaa} : Ga, {gd} : Scots Gaelic, {gl} : Gallegan,
14121 {lg} : Ganda, {gay} : Gayo, {gba} : Gbaya, {gez} : Geez, {ka} : Georgian,
14122 {de} : German, {gmh} : Middle High German (ca.1050-1500), {goh} : Old High
14123 German (ca.750-1050), [{gem} : Germanic (Other)], {gil} : Gilbertese, {gon}
14124 : Gondi, {gor} : Gorontalo, {got} : Gothic, {grb} : Grebo, {grc} : Ancient
14125 Greek, {el} : Modern Greek, {gn} : Guarani, {gu} : Gujarati, {gwi} :
14126 Gwich'in, {hai} : Haida, {ht} : Haitian, {ha} : Hausa, {haw} : Hawaiian,
14127 {he} : Hebrew, {hz} : Herero, {hil} : Hiligaynon, {him} : Himachali, {hi} :
14128 Hindi, {ho} : Hiri Motu, {hit} : Hittite, {hmn} : Hmong, {hu} : Hungarian,
14129 {hup} : Hupa, {iba} : Iban, {is} : Icelandic, {io} : Ido, {ig} : Igbo,
14130 {ijo} : Ijo, {ilo} : Iloko, [{inc} : Indic (Other)], [{ine} : Indo-European
14131 (Other)], {id} : Indonesian, {inh} : Ingush, {ia} : Interlingua
14132 (International Auxiliary Language Association), {ie} : Interlingue, {iu} :
14133 Inuktitut, {ik} : Inupiaq, [{ira} : Iranian (Other)], {ga} : Irish, {mga} :
14134 Middle Irish (900-1200), {sga} : Old Irish (to 900), [{iro} : Iroquoian
14135 languages], {it} : Italian, {ja} : Japanese, {jv} : Javanese, {jrb} :
14136 Judeo-Arabic, {jpr} : Judeo-Persian, {kbd} : Kabardian, {kab} : Kabyle,
14137 {kac} : Kachin, {kl} : Kalaallisut, {xal} : Kalmyk, {kam} : Kamba, {kn} :
14138 Kannada, {kr} : Kanuri, {krc} : Karachay-Balkar, {kaa} : Kara-Kalpak, {kar}
14139 : Karen, {ks} : Kashmiri, {csb} : Kashubian, {kaw} : Kawi, {kk} : Kazakh,
14140 {kha} : Khasi, {km} : Khmer, [{khi} : Khoisan (Other)], {kho} : Khotanese,
14141 {ki} : Kikuyu, {kmb} : Kimbundu, {rw} : Kinyarwanda, {ky} : Kirghiz,
14142 {i-klingon} : Klingon, {kv} : Komi, {kg} : Kongo, {kok} : Konkani, {ko} :
14143 Korean, {kos} : Kosraean, {kpe} : Kpelle, {kro} : Kru, {kj} : Kuanyama,
14144 {kum} : Kumyk, {ku} : Kurdish, {kru} : Kurukh, {kut} : Kutenai, {lad} :
14145 Ladino, {lah} : Lahnda, {lam} : Lamba, {lo} : Lao, {la} : Latin, {lv} :
14146 Latvian, {lb} : Letzeburgesch, {lez} : Lezghian, {li} : Limburgish, {ln} :
14147 Lingala, {lt} : Lithuanian, {nds} : Low German, {art-lojban} : Lojban
14148 (Artificial), {loz} : Lozi, {lu} : Luba-Katanga, {lua} : Luba-Lulua, {lui}
14149 : Luiseno, {lun} : Lunda, {luo} : Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), {lus} : Lushai,
14150 {mk} : Macedonian, {mad} : Madurese, {mag} : Magahi, {mai} : Maithili,
14151 {mak} : Makasar, {mg} : Malagasy, {ms} : Malay, {ml} : Malayalam, {mt} :
14152 Maltese, {mnc} : Manchu, {mdr} : Mandar, {man} : Mandingo, {mni} :
14153 Manipuri, [{mno} : Manobo languages], {gv} : Manx, {mi} : Maori, {mr} :
14154 Marathi, {chm} : Mari, {mh} : Marshall, {mwr} : Marwari, {mas} : Masai,
14155 [{myn} : Mayan languages], {men} : Mende, {mic} : Micmac, {min} :
14156 Minangkabau, {i-mingo} : Mingo, [{mis} : Miscellaneous languages], {moh} :
14157 Mohawk, {mdf} : Moksha, {mo} : Moldavian, [{mkh} : Mon-Khmer (Other)],
14158 {lol} : Mongo, {mn} : Mongolian, {mos} : Mossi, [{mul} : Multiple
14159 languages], [{mun} : Munda languages], {nah} : Nahuatl, {nap} : Neapolitan,
14160 {na} : Nauru, {nv} : Navajo, {nd} : North Ndebele, {nr} : South Ndebele,
14161 {ng} : Ndonga, {ne} : Nepali, {new} : Newari, {nia} : Nias, [{nic} :
14162 Niger-Kordofanian (Other)], [{ssa} : Nilo-Saharan (Other)], {niu} : Niuean,
14163 {nog} : Nogai, {non} : Old Norse, [{nai} : North American Indian], {no} :
14164 Norwegian, {nb} : Norwegian Bokmal, {nn} : Norwegian Nynorsk, [{nub} :
14165 Nubian languages], {nym} : Nyamwezi, {nyn} : Nyankole, {nyo} : Nyoro, {nzi}
14166 : Nzima, {oc} : Occitan (post 1500), {oj} : Ojibwa, {or} : Oriya, {om} :
14167 Oromo, {osa} : Osage, {os} : Ossetian; Ossetic, [{oto} : Otomian
14168 languages], {pal} : Pahlavi, {i-pwn} : Paiwan, {pau} : Palauan, {pi} :
14169 Pali, {pam} : Pampanga, {pag} : Pangasinan, {pa} : Panjabi, {pap} :
14170 Papiamento, [{paa} : Papuan (Other)], {fa} : Persian, {peo} : Old Persian
14171 (ca.600-400 B.C.), [{phi} : Philippine (Other)], {phn} : Phoenician, {pon}
14172 : Pohnpeian, {pl} : Polish, {pt} : Portuguese, [{pra} : Prakrit languages],
14173 {pro} : Old Provencal (to 1500), {ps} : Pushto, {qu} : Quechua, {rm} :
14174 Raeto-Romance, {raj} : Rajasthani, {rap} : Rapanui, {rar} : Rarotongan,
14175 [{qaa - qtz} : Reserved for local use.], [{roa} : Romance (Other)], {ro} :
14176 Romanian, {rom} : Romany, {rn} : Rundi, {ru} : Russian, [{sal} : Salishan
14177 languages], {sam} : Samaritan Aramaic, {se} : Northern Sami, {sma} :
14178 Southern Sami, {smn} : Inari Sami, {smj} : Lule Sami, {sms} : Skolt Sami,
14179 [{smi} : Sami languages (Other)], {sm} : Samoan, {sad} : Sandawe, {sg} :
14180 Sango, {sa} : Sanskrit, {sat} : Santali, {sc} : Sardinian, {sas} : Sasak,
14181 {sco} : Scots, {sel} : Selkup, [{sem} : Semitic (Other)], {sr} : Serbian,
14182 {srr} : Serer, {shn} : Shan, {sn} : Shona, {sid} : Sidamo, {sgn-...} : Sign
14183 Languages, {bla} : Siksika, {sd} : Sindhi, {si} : Sinhalese, [{sit} :
14184 Sino-Tibetan (Other)], [{sio} : Siouan languages], {den} : Slave
14185 (Athapascan), [{sla} : Slavic (Other)], {sk} : Slovak, {sl} : Slovenian,
14186 {sog} : Sogdian, {so} : Somali, {son} : Songhai, {snk} : Soninke, {wen} :
14187 Sorbian languages, {nso} : Northern Sotho, {st} : Southern Sotho, [{sai} :
14188 South American Indian (Other)], {es} : Spanish, {suk} : Sukuma, {sux} :
14189 Sumerian, {su} : Sundanese, {sus} : Susu, {sw} : Swahili, {ss} : Swati,
14190 {sv} : Swedish, {syr} : Syriac, {tl} : Tagalog, {ty} : Tahitian, [{tai} :
14191 Tai (Other)], {tg} : Tajik, {tmh} : Tamashek, {ta} : Tamil, {i-tao} : Tao,
14192 {tt} : Tatar, {i-tay} : Tayal, {te} : Telugu, {ter} : Tereno, {tet} :
14193 Tetum, {th} : Thai, {bo} : Tibetan, {tig} : Tigre, {ti} : Tigrinya, {tem} :
14194 Timne, {tiv} : Tiv, {tli} : Tlingit, {tpi} : Tok Pisin, {tkl} : Tokelau,
14195 {tog} : Tonga (Nyasa), {to} : Tonga (Tonga Islands), {tsi} : Tsimshian,
14196 {ts} : Tsonga, {i-tsu} : Tsou, {tn} : Tswana, {tum} : Tumbuka, [{tup} :
14197 Tupi languages], {tr} : Turkish, {ota} : Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928), {crh}
14198 : Crimean Turkish, {tk} : Turkmen, {tvl} : Tuvalu, {tyv} : Tuvinian, {tw} :
14199 Twi, {udm} : Udmurt, {uga} : Ugaritic, {ug} : Uighur, {uk} : Ukrainian,
14200 {umb} : Umbundu, {und} : Undetermined, {ur} : Urdu, {uz} : Uzbek, {vai} :
14201 Vai, {ve} : Venda, {vi} : Vietnamese, {vo} : Volapuk, {vot} : Votic, [{wak}
14202 : Wakashan languages], {wa} : Walloon, {wal} : Walamo, {war} : Waray, {was}
14203 : Washo, {cy} : Welsh, {wo} : Wolof, {x-...} : Unregistered (Semi-Private
14204 Use), {xh} : Xhosa, {sah} : Yakut, {yao} : Yao, {yap} : Yapese, {ii} :
14205 Sichuan Yi, {yi} : Yiddish, {yo} : Yoruba, [{ypk} : Yupik languages], {znd}
14206 : Zande, [{zap} : Zapotec], {zen} : Zenaga, {za} : Zhuang, {zu} : Zulu,
14211 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER
14217 =head2 I18N::Langinfo - query locale information
14235 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
14239 =head2 IO - load various IO modules
14251 =head2 IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory handles
14259 new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (),
14260 rewind (), close (), tie %hash, 'IO::Dir', DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
14270 =head2 IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles
14280 new ( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), new_tmpfile
14284 open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), open( FILENAME, IOLAYERS )
14292 =head2 IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O handles
14302 new (), new_from_fd ( FD, MODE )
14306 $io->fdopen ( FD, MODE ), $io->opened, $io->getline, $io->getlines,
14307 $io->ungetc ( ORD ), $io->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET ] ), $io->error,
14308 $io->clearerr, $io->sync, $io->flush, $io->printflush ( ARGS ),
14309 $io->blocking ( [ BOOL ] ), $io->untaint
14321 =head2 IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes
14331 new ( [READER, WRITER] )
14335 reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles ()
14345 =head2 IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call
14355 mask ( IO [, EVENT_MASK ] ), poll ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), events ( IO ), remove (
14356 IO ), handles( [ EVENT_MASK ] )
14366 =head2 IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for I/O objects
14374 $io->getpos, $io->setpos, $io->seek ( POS, WHENCE ), WHENCE=0 (SEEK_SET),
14375 WHENCE=1 (SEEK_CUR), WHENCE=2 (SEEK_END), $io->sysseek( POS, WHENCE ),
14384 =head2 IO::Select - OO interface to the select system call
14394 new ( [ HANDLES ] )
14398 add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read (
14399 [ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ),
14400 count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, EXCEPTION [, TIMEOUT ] )
14410 =head2 IO::Socket - Object interface to socket communications
14424 accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), atmark, connected,
14425 protocol, sockdomain, sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), socktype, timeout([VAL])
14435 =head2 IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets
14451 sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost
14464 =head2 IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets
14478 hostpath(), peerpath()
14488 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Dir, IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory
14497 new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (),
14498 rewind (), close (), tie %hash, 'IO::Dir', DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
14508 =head2 IO::lib::IO::File, IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles
14518 new ( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), new_tmpfile
14522 open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), open( FILENAME, IOLAYERS )
14530 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Handle, IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O
14541 new (), new_from_fd ( FD, MODE )
14545 $io->fdopen ( FD, MODE ), $io->opened, $io->getline, $io->getlines,
14546 $io->ungetc ( ORD ), $io->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET ] ), $io->error,
14547 $io->clearerr, $io->sync, $io->flush, $io->printflush ( ARGS ),
14548 $io->blocking ( [ BOOL ] ), $io->untaint
14560 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Pipe, IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes
14570 new ( [READER, WRITER] )
14574 reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles ()
14584 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Poll, IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call
14594 mask ( IO [, EVENT_MASK ] ), poll ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), events ( IO ), remove (
14595 IO ), handles( [ EVENT_MASK ] )
14605 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Seekable, IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for
14614 $io->getpos, $io->setpos, $io->seek ( POS, WHENCE ), WHENCE=0 (SEEK_SET),
14615 WHENCE=1 (SEEK_CUR), WHENCE=2 (SEEK_END), $io->sysseek( POS, WHENCE ),
14624 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Select, IO::Select - OO interface to the select system
14635 new ( [ HANDLES ] )
14639 add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read (
14640 [ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ),
14641 count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, EXCEPTION [, TIMEOUT ] )
14651 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket, IO::Socket - Object interface to socket
14666 accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), atmark, connected,
14667 protocol, sockdomain, sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), socktype, timeout([VAL])
14677 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket::INET, IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for
14678 AF_INET domain sockets
14694 sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost
14707 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket::UNIX, IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for
14708 AF_UNIX domain sockets
14722 hostpath(), peerpath()
14732 =head2 IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class
14742 new ( KEY , FLAGS ), id, rcv ( BUF, LEN [, TYPE [, FLAGS ]] ), remove, set
14743 ( STAT ), set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), snd ( TYPE, MSG [,
14754 =head2 IPC::Open2, open2 - open a process for both reading and writing
14768 =head2 IPC::Open3, open3 - open a process for reading, writing, and error
14781 =head2 IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object class
14791 new ( KEY , NSEMS , FLAGS ), getall, getncnt ( SEM ), getpid ( SEM ),
14792 getval ( SEM ), getzcnt ( SEM ), id, op ( OPLIST ), remove, set ( STAT ),
14793 set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), setall ( VALUES ), setval ( N
14804 =head2 IPC::SysV - SysV IPC constants
14822 =head2 IPC::SysV::Msg, IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class
14832 new ( KEY , FLAGS ), id, rcv ( BUF, LEN [, TYPE [, FLAGS ]] ), remove, set
14833 ( STAT ), set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), snd ( TYPE, MSG [,
14844 =head2 IPC::SysV::Semaphore, IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object
14855 new ( KEY , NSEMS , FLAGS ), getall, getncnt ( SEM ), getpid ( SEM ),
14856 getval ( SEM ), getzcnt ( SEM ), id, op ( OPLIST ), remove, set ( STAT ),
14857 set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), setall ( VALUES ), setval ( N
14868 =head2 List::Util - A selection of general-utility list subroutines
14876 first BLOCK LIST, max LIST, maxstr LIST, min LIST, minstr LIST, reduce
14877 BLOCK LIST, shuffle LIST, sum LIST
14881 =item SUGGESTED ADDITIONS
14887 =head2 List::Utilib::List::Util, List::Util - A selection of
14888 general-utility list subroutines
14896 first BLOCK LIST, max LIST, maxstr LIST, min LIST, minstr LIST, reduce
14897 BLOCK LIST, shuffle LIST, sum LIST
14901 =item SUGGESTED ADDITIONS
14907 =head2 List::Utilib::Scalar::Util, Scalar::Util - A selection of
14908 general-utility scalar subroutines
14916 blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isvstring EXPR, isweak EXPR,
14917 looks_like_number EXPR, openhandle FH, refaddr EXPR, reftype EXPR,
14918 set_prototype CODEREF, PROTOTYPE, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
14928 =head2 Locale::Constants - constants for Locale codes
14936 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
14940 Locale::Language, Locale::Country, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency
14948 =head2 Locale::Country - ISO codes for country identification (ISO 3166)
14956 B<alpha-2>, B<alpha-3>, B<numeric>
14958 =item CONVERSION ROUTINES
14960 code2country( CODE, [ CODESET ] ), country2code( STRING, [ CODESET ] ),
14961 country_code2code( CODE, CODESET, CODESET )
14963 =item QUERY ROUTINES
14965 C<all_country_codes( [ CODESET ] )>, C<all_country_names( [ CODESET ] )>
14967 =item SEMI-PRIVATE ROUTINES
14973 =item rename_country
14981 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
14985 Locale::Language, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, Locale::SubCountry, ISO
14986 3166-1, http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html,
14987 http://www.egt.ie/standards/iso3166/iso3166-1-en.html,
14988 http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/app-d-1.html
14996 =head2 Locale::Currency - ISO three letter codes for currency
14997 identification (ISO 4217)
15007 =item CONVERSION ROUTINES
15009 code2currency(), currency2code()
15011 =item QUERY ROUTINES
15013 C<all_currency_codes()>, C<all_currency_names()>
15017 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
15021 Locale::Country, Locale::Script, ISO 4217:1995,
15022 http://www.bsi-global.com/iso4217currency
15030 =head2 Locale::Language - ISO two letter codes for language identification
15039 =item CONVERSION ROUTINES
15041 code2language(), language2code()
15043 =item QUERY ROUTINES
15045 C<all_language_codes()>, C<all_language_names()>
15049 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
15053 Locale::Country, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, ISO 639:1988 (E/F),
15054 http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html
15062 =head2 Locale::Maketext - framework for localization
15070 =item QUICK OVERVIEW
15076 =item Construction Methods
15078 =item The "maketext" Method
15080 $lh->fail_with I<or> $lh->fail_with(I<PARAM>), $lh->failure_handler_auto
15082 =item Utility Methods
15084 $language->quant($number, $singular), $language->quant($number, $singular,
15085 $plural), $language->quant($number, $singular, $plural, $negative),
15086 $language->numf($number), $language->sprintf($format, @items),
15087 $language->language_tag(), $language->encoding()
15089 =item Language Handle Attributes and Internals
15093 =item LANGUAGE CLASS HIERARCHIES
15095 =item ENTRIES IN EACH LEXICON
15097 =item BRACKET NOTATION
15099 =item AUTO LEXICONS
15101 =item CONTROLLING LOOKUP FAILURE
15103 =item HOW TO USE MAKETEXT
15107 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER
15113 =head2 Locale::Maketext::TPJ13 -- article about software localization
15121 =item Localization and Perl: gettext breaks, Maketext fixes
15125 =item A Localization Horror Story: It Could Happen To You
15127 =item The Linguistic View
15129 =item Breaking gettext
15131 =item Replacing gettext
15133 =item Buzzwords: Abstraction and Encapsulation
15135 =item Buzzword: Isomorphism
15137 =item Buzzword: Inheritance
15139 =item Buzzword: Concision
15141 =item The Devil in the Details
15143 =item The Proof in the Pudding: Localizing Web Sites
15151 =head2 Locale::Script - ISO codes for script identification (ISO 15924)
15159 B<alpha-2>, B<alpha-3>, B<numeric>
15163 =item SPECIAL CODES
15167 =item CONVERSION ROUTINES
15169 code2script( CODE, [ CODESET ] ), script2code( STRING, [ CODESET ] ),
15170 script_code2code( CODE, CODESET, CODESET )
15172 =item QUERY ROUTINES
15174 C<all_script_codes ( [ CODESET ] )>, C<all_script_names ( [ CODESET ] )>
15178 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
15182 Locale::Language, Locale::Currency, Locale::Country, ISO 15924,
15183 http://www.evertype.com/standards/iso15924/
15191 =head2 MIME::Base64 - Encoding and decoding of base64 strings
15199 encode_base64($str), encode_base64($str, $eol);, decode_base64($str)
15203 Premature end of base64 data, Premature padding of base64 data
15213 =head2 MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding
15214 of quoted-printable strings
15222 encode_qp($str), encode_qp($str, $eol), decode_qp($str);
15230 =head2 MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable
15239 encode_qp($str), encode_qp($str, $eol), decode_qp($str);
15247 =head2 Math::BigFloat - Arbitrary size floating point math package
15257 =item Canonical notation
15261 =item C<mantissa()>, C<exponent()> and C<parts()>
15263 =item Accuracy vs. Precision
15267 ffround ( +$scale ), ffround ( -$scale ), ffround ( 0 ), fround ( +$scale
15268 ), fround ( -$scale ) and fround ( 0 )
15276 =item Autocreating constants
15282 =item Using Math::BigInt::Lite
15290 stringify, bstr(), bdiv, Modifying and =, bpow
15300 =head2 Math::BigInt - Arbitrary size integer math package
15332 =item is_one()/is_zero()/is_nan()/is_inf()
15334 =item is_pos()/is_neg()
15336 $x->is_pos(); # true if >= 0
15337 $x->is_neg(); # true if < 0
15339 =item is_odd()/is_even()/is_int()
15425 =item ACCURACY and PRECISION
15435 =item Rounding mode R
15437 'trunc', 'even', 'odd', '+inf', '-inf', 'zero', Precision, Accuracy
15438 (significant digits), Setting/Accessing, Creating numbers, Usage,
15439 Precedence, Overriding globals, Local settings, Rounding, Default values,
15452 =item mantissa(), exponent() and parts()
15460 =item Autocreating constants
15466 =item Alternative math libraries
15472 =item Subclassing Math::BigInt
15480 bsqrt(), div(), blog()
15486 broot() does not work, Out of Memory!, Fails to load Calc on Perl prior
15491 bstr(), bsstr() and 'cmp', int(), length, bdiv, infinity handling,
15492 Modifying and =, bpow, Overloading -$x, Mixing different object types,
15503 =head2 Math::BigInt::Calc - Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
15515 =item WRAP YOUR OWN
15519 This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
15521 the same terms as Perl itself.
15529 =head2 Math::BigInt::CalcEmu - Emulate low-level math with BigInt code
15541 This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
15543 the same terms as Perl itself.
15551 =head2 Math::BigRat - arbitrarily big rational numbers
15573 =item denominator()
15575 $d = $x->denominator();
15585 =item bround()/round()/bfround()
15593 =item is_positive()
15595 =item is_negative()
15619 inf handling (partial), NaN handling (partial), rounding (not implemented
15620 except for bceil/bfloor), $x ** $y where $y is not an integer, bmod(),
15621 blog(), bmodinv() and bmodpow() (partial)
15631 =head2 Math::Complex - complex numbers and associated mathematical
15644 =item STRINGIFICATION
15648 =item CHANGED IN PERL 5.6
15654 =item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO OR LOGARITHM OF ZERO
15656 =item ERRORS DUE TO INDIGESTIBLE ARGUMENTS
15664 =head2 Math::Trig - trigonometric functions
15672 =item TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
15678 =item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO
15680 =item SIMPLE (REAL) ARGUMENTS, COMPLEX RESULTS
15684 =item PLANE ANGLE CONVERSIONS
15686 =item RADIAL COORDINATE CONVERSIONS
15690 =item COORDINATE SYSTEMS
15692 =item 3-D ANGLE CONVERSIONS
15694 cartesian_to_cylindrical, cartesian_to_spherical, cylindrical_to_cartesian,
15695 cylindrical_to_spherical, spherical_to_cartesian, spherical_to_cylindrical
15699 =item GREAT CIRCLE DISTANCES AND DIRECTIONS
15705 =item CAVEAT FOR GREAT CIRCLE FORMULAS
15715 =head2 Memoize - Make functions faster by trading space for time
15733 =item C<SCALAR_CACHE>, C<LIST_CACHE>
15735 C<MEMORY>, C<HASH>, C<TIE>, C<FAULT>, C<MERGE>
15739 =item OTHER FACILITIES
15745 =item C<flush_cache>
15751 =item PERSISTENT CACHE SUPPORT
15753 =item EXPIRATION SUPPORT
15761 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
15767 =head2 Memoize::AnyDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for AnyDBM_File for
15776 =head2 Memoize::Expire - Plug-in module for automatic expiration of
15787 TIEHASH, EXISTS, STORE
15799 =head2 Memoize::ExpireFile - test for Memoize expiration semantics
15807 =head2 Memoize::ExpireTest - test for Memoize expiration semantics
15815 =head2 Memoize::NDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for NDBM_File for
15824 =head2 Memoize::SDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for SDBM_File for
15833 =head2 Memoize::Storable - store Memoized data in Storable database
15841 =head2 NDBM_File - Tied access to ndbm files
15849 C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>, C<O_RDWR>
15855 =item C<ndbm store returned -1, errno 22, key "..." at ...>
15859 =item BUGS AND WARNINGS
15863 =head2 NEXT - Provide a pseudo-class NEXT (et al) that allows method
15874 =item Enforcing redispatch
15876 =item Avoiding repetitions
15878 =item Invoking all versions of a method with a single call
15880 =item Using C<EVERY> methods
15886 =item BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
15892 =head2 Net::Cmd - Network Command class (as used by FTP, SMTP etc)
15902 debug ( VALUE ), message (), code (), ok (), status (), datasend ( DATA ),
15905 =item CLASS METHODS
15907 debug_print ( DIR, TEXT ), debug_text ( TEXT ), command ( CMD [, ARGS, ...
15908 ]), unsupported (), response (), parse_response ( TEXT ), getline (),
15909 ungetline ( TEXT ), rawdatasend ( DATA ), read_until_dot (), tied_fh ()
15919 =head2 Net::Config - Local configuration data for libnet
15929 requires_firewall HOST
15931 =item NetConfig VALUES
15933 nntp_hosts, snpp_hosts, pop3_hosts, smtp_hosts, ph_hosts, daytime_hosts,
15934 time_hosts, inet_domain, ftp_firewall, ftp_firewall_type, ftp_ext_passive,
15935 ftp_int_pasive, local_netmask, test_hosts, test_exists
15939 =head2 Net::Domain - Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name
15948 hostfqdn (), hostname (), hostdomain ()
15956 =head2 Net::FTP - FTP Client class
15968 new (HOST [,OPTIONS])
15972 login ([LOGIN [,PASSWORD [, ACCOUNT] ] ]), authorize ( [AUTH [, RESP]]),
15973 site (ARGS), ascii, binary, rename ( OLDNAME, NEWNAME ), delete ( FILENAME
15974 ), cwd ( [ DIR ] ), cdup (), pwd (), restart ( WHERE ), rmdir ( DIR [,
15975 RECURSE ]), mkdir ( DIR [, RECURSE ]), ls ( [ DIR ] ), alloc ( SIZE [,
15976 RECORD_SIZE] ), dir ( [ DIR ] ), get ( REMOTE_FILE [, LOCAL_FILE [, WHERE]]
15977 ), put ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), put_unique ( LOCAL_FILE [,
15978 REMOTE_FILE ] ), append ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), unique_name (),
15979 mdtm ( FILE ), size ( FILE ), supported ( CMD ), hash (
15980 [FILEHANDLE_GLOB_REF],[ BYTES_PER_HASH_MARK] ), nlst ( [ DIR ] ), list ( [
15981 DIR ] ), retr ( FILE ), stor ( FILE ), stou ( FILE ), appe ( FILE ), port (
15982 [ PORT ] ), pasv (), pasv_xfer ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ),
15983 pasv_xfer_unique ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_wait (
15984 NON_PASV_SERVER ), abort (), quit ()
15988 =item Methods for the adventurous
15994 =item THE dataconn CLASS
15996 read ( BUFFER, SIZE [, TIMEOUT ] ), write ( BUFFER, SIZE [, TIMEOUT ] ),
15997 bytes_read (), abort (), close ()
15999 =item UNIMPLEMENTED
16001 B<SMNT>, B<HELP>, B<MODE>, B<SYST>, B<STAT>, B<STRU>, B<REIN>
16003 =item REPORTING BUGS
16011 http://www.csh.rit.edu/~adam/Progs/
16019 =head2 Net::NNTP - NNTP Client class
16029 new ( [ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ])
16033 article ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), body ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), head (
16034 [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), articlefh ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), bodyfh ( [
16035 MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), headfh ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), nntpstat ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ]
16036 ), group ( [ GROUP ] ), ihave ( MSGID [, MESSAGE ]), last (), date (),
16037 postok (), authinfo ( USER, PASS ), list (), newgroups ( SINCE [,
16038 DISTRIBUTIONS ]), newnews ( SINCE [, GROUPS [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]]), next (),
16039 post ( [ MESSAGE ] ), postfh (), slave (), quit ()
16043 =item Extension methods
16045 newsgroups ( [ PATTERN ] ), distributions (), subscriptions (),
16046 overview_fmt (), active_times (), active ( [ PATTERN ] ), xgtitle ( PATTERN
16047 ), xhdr ( HEADER, MESSAGE-SPEC ), xover ( MESSAGE-SPEC ), xpath (
16048 MESSAGE-ID ), xpat ( HEADER, PATTERN, MESSAGE-SPEC), xrover, listgroup ( [
16057 MESSAGE-SPEC, PATTERN, Examples, C<[^]-]>, C<*bdc>, C<[0-9a-zA-Z]>, C<a??d>
16067 =head2 Net::POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1939)
16077 new ( [ HOST, ] [ OPTIONS ] )
16081 user ( USER ), pass ( PASS ), login ( [ USER [, PASS ]] ), apop ( [ USER [,
16082 PASS ]] ), top ( MSGNUM [, NUMLINES ] ), list ( [ MSGNUM ] ), get ( MSGNUM
16083 [, FH ] ), getfh ( MSGNUM ), last (), popstat (), ping ( USER ), uidl ( [
16084 MSGNUM ] ), delete ( MSGNUM ), reset (), quit ()
16096 =head2 Net::Ping - check a remote host for reachability
16108 Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes [, $device [, $tos
16109 ]]]]]);, $p->ping($host [, $timeout]);, $p->source_verify( { 0 | 1 } );,
16110 $p->service_check( { 0 | 1 } );, $p->tcp_service_check( { 0 | 1 } );,
16111 $p->hires( { 0 | 1 } );, $p->bind($local_addr);, $p->open($host);, $p->ack(
16112 [ $host ] );, $p->nack( $failed_ack_host );, $p->close();, pingecho($host
16129 =head2 Net::SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Client
16141 new Net::SMTP [ HOST, ] [ OPTIONS ]
16145 banner (), domain (), hello ( DOMAIN ), etrn ( DOMAIN ), auth ( USERNAME,
16146 PASSWORD ), mail ( ADDRESS [, OPTIONS] ), send ( ADDRESS ), send_or_mail (
16147 ADDRESS ), send_and_mail ( ADDRESS ), reset (), recipient ( ADDRESS [,
16148 ADDRESS [ ...]] [, OPTIONS ] ), to ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), cc (
16149 ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), bcc ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), data ( [
16150 DATA ] ), expand ( ADDRESS ), verify ( ADDRESS ), help ( [ $subject ] ),
16163 =head2 Net::Time - time and daytime network client interface
16171 inet_time ( [HOST [, PROTOCOL [, TIMEOUT]]]), inet_daytime ( [HOST [,
16172 PROTOCOL [, TIMEOUT]]])
16180 =head2 Net::hostent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gethost*()
16197 =head2 Net::libnetFAQ, libnetFAQ - libnet Frequently Asked Questions
16205 =item Where to get this document
16207 =item How to contribute to this document
16211 =item Author and Copyright Information
16219 =item Obtaining and installing libnet
16223 =item What is libnet ?
16225 =item Which version of perl do I need ?
16227 =item What other modules do I need ?
16229 =item What machines support libnet ?
16231 =item Where can I get the latest libnet release
16235 =item Using Net::FTP
16239 =item How do I download files from an FTP server ?
16241 =item How do I transfer files in binary mode ?
16243 =item How can I get the size of a file on a remote FTP server ?
16245 =item How can I get the modification time of a file on a remote FTP server
16248 =item How can I change the permissions of a file on a remote server ?
16250 =item Can I do a reget operation like the ftp command ?
16252 =item How do I get a directory listing from an FTP server ?
16254 =item Changing directory to "" does not fail ?
16256 =item I am behind a SOCKS firewall, but the Firewall option does not work ?
16258 =item I am behind an FTP proxy firewall, but cannot access machines outside
16261 =item My ftp proxy firewall does not listen on port 21
16263 =item Is it possible to change the file permissions of a file on an FTP
16266 =item I have seen scripts call a method message, but cannot find it
16269 =item Why does Net::FTP not implement mput and mget methods
16273 =item Using Net::SMTP
16277 =item Why can't the part of an Email address after the @ be used as the
16280 =item Why does Net::SMTP not do DNS MX lookups ?
16282 =item The verify method always returns true ?
16286 =item Debugging scripts
16290 =item How can I debug my scripts that use Net::* modules ?
16294 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
16298 =head2 Net::netent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getnet*()
16315 =head2 Net::protoent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*()
16330 =head2 Net::servent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getserv*()
16347 =head2 Netrc, Net::Netrc - OO interface to users netrc file
16355 =item THE .netrc FILE
16357 machine name, default, login name, password string, account string, macdef
16362 lookup ( MACHINE [, LOGIN ])
16366 login (), password (), account (), lpa ()
16376 =head2 O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
16386 =item IMPLEMENTATION
16394 =head2 ODBM_File - Tied access to odbm files
16402 C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>, C<O_RDWR>
16408 =item C<odbm store returned -1, errno 22, key "..." at ...>
16412 =item BUGS AND WARNINGS
16416 =head2 Opcode - Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code
16428 =item Operator Names and Operator Lists
16430 an operator name (opname), an operator tag name (optag), a negated opname
16431 or optag, an operator set (opset)
16433 =item Opcode Functions
16435 opcodes, opset (OP, ...), opset_to_ops (OPSET), opset_to_hex (OPSET),
16436 full_opset, empty_opset, invert_opset (OPSET), verify_opset (OPSET, ...),
16437 define_optag (OPTAG, OPSET), opmask_add (OPSET), opmask, opdesc (OP, ...),
16440 =item Manipulating Opsets
16442 =item TO DO (maybe)
16448 =item Predefined Opcode Tags
16450 :base_core, :base_mem, :base_loop, :base_io, :base_orig, :base_math,
16451 :base_thread, :default, :filesys_read, :sys_db, :browse, :filesys_open,
16452 :filesys_write, :subprocess, :ownprocess, :others, :still_to_be_decided,
16461 =head2 Opcode::Safe, Safe - Compile and execute code in restricted
16470 a new namespace, an operator mask
16476 =item RECENT CHANGES
16478 =item Methods in class Safe
16480 permit (OP, ...), permit_only (OP, ...), deny (OP, ...), deny_only (OP,
16481 ...), trap (OP, ...), untrap (OP, ...), share (NAME, ...), share_from
16482 (PACKAGE, ARRAYREF), varglob (VARNAME), reval (STRING), rdo (FILENAME),
16483 root (NAMESPACE), mask (MASK)
16485 =item Some Safety Issues
16487 Memory, CPU, Snooping, Signals, State Changes
16495 =head2 Opcode::ops, ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when
16508 =head2 POSIX - Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1
16522 _exit, abort, abs, access, acos, alarm, asctime, asin, assert, atan, atan2,
16523 atexit, atof, atoi, atol, bsearch, calloc, ceil, chdir, chmod, chown,
16524 clearerr, clock, close, closedir, cos, cosh, creat, ctermid, ctime,
16525 cuserid, difftime, div, dup, dup2, errno, execl, execle, execlp, execv,
16526 execve, execvp, exit, exp, fabs, fclose, fcntl, fdopen, feof, ferror,
16527 fflush, fgetc, fgetpos, fgets, fileno, floor, fmod, fopen, fork, fpathconf,
16528 fprintf, fputc, fputs, fread, free, freopen, frexp, fscanf, fseek, fsetpos,
16529 fstat, fsync, ftell, fwrite, getc, getchar, getcwd, getegid, getenv,
16530 geteuid, getgid, getgrgid, getgrnam, getgroups, getlogin, getpgrp, getpid,
16531 getppid, getpwnam, getpwuid, gets, getuid, gmtime, isalnum, isalpha,
16532 isatty, iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace,
16533 isupper, isxdigit, kill, labs, ldexp, ldiv, link, localeconv, localtime,
16534 log, log10, longjmp, lseek, malloc, mblen, mbstowcs, mbtowc, memchr,
16535 memcmp, memcpy, memmove, memset, mkdir, mkfifo, mktime, modf, nice,
16536 offsetof, open, opendir, pathconf, pause, perror, pipe, pow, printf, putc,
16537 putchar, puts, qsort, raise, rand, read, readdir, realloc, remove, rename,
16538 rewind, rewinddir, rmdir, scanf, setgid, setjmp, setlocale, setpgid,
16539 setsid, setuid, sigaction, siglongjmp, sigpending, sigprocmask, sigsetjmp,
16540 sigsuspend, sin, sinh, sleep, sprintf, sqrt, srand, sscanf, stat, strcat,
16541 strchr, strcmp, strcoll, strcpy, strcspn, strerror, strftime, strlen,
16542 strncat, strncmp, strncpy, strpbrk, strrchr, strspn, strstr, strtod,
16543 strtok, strtol, strtoul, strxfrm, sysconf, system, tan, tanh, tcdrain,
16544 tcflow, tcflush, tcgetpgrp, tcsendbreak, tcsetpgrp, time, times, tmpfile,
16545 tmpnam, tolower, toupper, ttyname, tzname, tzset, umask, uname, ungetc,
16546 unlink, utime, vfprintf, vprintf, vsprintf, wait, waitpid, wcstombs,
16553 =item POSIX::SigAction
16555 new, handler, mask, flags, safe
16557 =item POSIX::SigSet
16559 new, addset, delset, emptyset, fillset, ismember
16561 =item POSIX::Termios
16563 new, getattr, getcc, getcflag, getiflag, getispeed, getlflag, getoflag,
16564 getospeed, setattr, setcc, setcflag, setiflag, setispeed, setlflag,
16565 setoflag, setospeed, Baud rate values, Terminal interface values, c_cc
16566 field values, c_cflag field values, c_iflag field values, c_lflag field
16567 values, c_oflag field values
16571 =item PATHNAME CONSTANTS
16575 =item POSIX CONSTANTS
16579 =item SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
16633 Constants, WNOHANG, WUNTRACED, Macros, WIFEXITED, WEXITSTATUS, WIFSIGNALED,
16634 WTERMSIG, WIFSTOPPED, WSTOPSIG
16638 =head2 PerlIO - On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::*
16647 :unix, :stdio, :perlio, :crlf, :mmap, :utf8, :bytes, :raw, :pop, :win32
16651 =item Custom Layers
16655 =item Alternatives to raw
16657 =item Defaults and how to override them
16659 =item Querying the layers of filehandles
16669 =head2 PerlIO::encoding - encoding layer
16681 =head2 PerlIO::scalar - in-memory IO, scalar IO
16689 =item IMPLEMENTATION NOTE
16693 =head2 PerlIO::via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
16701 =item EXPECTED METHODS
16703 $class->PUSHED([$mode[,$fh]]), $obj->POPPED([$fh]),
16704 $obj->UTF8($bellowFlag,[$fh]), $obj->OPEN($path,$mode[,$fh]),
16705 $obj->BINMODE([,$fh]), $obj->FDOPEN($fd[,$fh]),
16706 $obj->SYSOPEN($path,$imode,$perm,[,$fh]), $obj->FILENO($fh),
16707 $obj->READ($buffer,$len,$fh), $obj->WRITE($buffer,$fh), $obj->FILL($fh),
16708 $obj->CLOSE($fh), $obj->SEEK($posn,$whence,$fh), $obj->TELL($fh),
16709 $obj->UNREAD($buffer,$fh), $obj->FLUSH($fh), $obj->SETLINEBUF($fh),
16710 $obj->CLEARERR($fh), $obj->ERROR($fh), $obj->EOF($fh)
16716 =item Example - a Hexadecimal Handle
16722 =head2 PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint - PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings
16730 =item REQUIRED MODULES
16734 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
16740 =head2 Pod::Checker, podchecker() - check pod documents for syntax errors
16746 =item OPTIONS/ARGUMENTS
16752 B<-warnings> =E<gt> I<val>
16764 empty =headn, =over on line I<N> without closing =back, =item without
16765 previous =over, =back without previous =over, No argument for =begin, =end
16766 without =begin, Nested =begin's, =for without formatter specification,
16767 unresolved internal link I<NAME>, Unknown command "I<CMD>", Unknown
16768 interior-sequence "I<SEQ>", nested commands
16769 I<CMD>E<lt>...I<CMD>E<lt>...E<gt>...E<gt>, garbled entity I<STRING>, Entity
16770 number out of range, malformed link LE<lt>E<gt>, nonempty ZE<lt>E<gt>,
16771 empty XE<lt>E<gt>, Spurious text after =pod / =cut, Spurious character(s)
16776 multiple occurrence of link target I<name>, line containing nothing but
16777 whitespace in paragraph, file does not start with =head, previous =item has
16778 no contents, preceding non-item paragraph(s), =item type mismatch (I<one>
16779 vs. I<two>), I<N> unescaped C<E<lt>E<gt>> in paragraph, Unknown entity, No
16780 items in =over, No argument for =item, empty section in previous paragraph,
16781 Verbatim paragraph in NAME section, =headI<n> without preceding higher
16786 ignoring leading/trailing whitespace in link, (section) in '$page'
16787 deprecated, alternative text/node '%s' contains non-escaped | or /
16799 C<Pod::Checker-E<gt>new( %options )>
16801 C<$checker-E<gt>poderror( @args )>, C<$checker-E<gt>poderror( {%opts},
16804 C<$checker-E<gt>num_errors()>
16806 C<$checker-E<gt>num_warnings()>
16808 C<$checker-E<gt>name()>
16810 C<$checker-E<gt>node()>
16812 C<$checker-E<gt>idx()>
16814 C<$checker-E<gt>hyperlink()>
16822 =head2 Pod::Find - find POD documents in directory trees
16834 =item C<pod_find( { %opts } , @directories )>
16836 C<-verbose =E<gt> 1>, C<-perl =E<gt> 1>, C<-script =E<gt> 1>, C<-inc =E<gt>
16843 =item C<simplify_name( $str )>
16849 =item C<pod_where( { %opts }, $pod )>
16851 C<-inc =E<gt> 1>, C<-dirs =E<gt> [ $dir1, $dir2, ... ]>, C<-verbose =E<gt>
16858 =item C<contains_pod( $file , $verbose )>
16870 =head2 Pod::Html - module to convert pod files to HTML
16880 backlink, cachedir, css, flush, header, help, hiddendirs, htmldir,
16881 htmlroot, index, infile, libpods, netscape, outfile, podpath, podroot,
16882 quiet, recurse, title, verbose
16896 =head2 Pod::InputObjects - objects representing POD input paragraphs,
16909 package B<Pod::InputSource>, package B<Pod::Paragraph>, package
16910 B<Pod::InteriorSequence>, package B<Pod::ParseTree>
16916 =item B<Pod::InputSource>
16940 =item B<was_cutting()>
16946 =item B<Pod::Paragraph>
16952 =item Pod::Paragraph-E<gt>B<new()>
16958 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<cmd_name()>
16964 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<text()>
16970 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<raw_text()>
16976 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<cmd_prefix()>
16982 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<cmd_separator()>
16988 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<parse_tree()>
16994 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<file_line()>
17000 =item B<Pod::InteriorSequence>
17006 =item Pod::InteriorSequence-E<gt>B<new()>
17012 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<cmd_name()>
17018 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<prepend()>
17024 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<append()>
17030 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<nested()>
17036 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<raw_text()>
17042 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<left_delimiter()>
17048 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<right_delimiter()>
17054 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<parse_tree()>
17060 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<file_line()>
17066 =item Pod::InteriorSequence::B<DESTROY()>
17072 =item B<Pod::ParseTree>
17078 =item Pod::ParseTree-E<gt>B<new()>
17084 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<top()>
17090 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<children()>
17096 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<prepend()>
17102 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<append()>
17108 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<raw_text()>
17114 =item Pod::ParseTree::B<DESTROY()>
17126 =head2 Pod::LaTeX - Convert Pod data to formatted Latex
17138 =item OBJECT METHODS
17146 =item Data Accessors
17162 B<ReplaceNAMEwithSection>
17164 B<StartWithNewPage>
17178 =item Subclassed methods
17192 B<interior_sequence>
17208 =item Methods for headings
17216 =item Internal methods
17222 B<_replace_special_chars>
17224 B<_replace_special_chars_late>
17230 B<_clean_latex_commands>
17232 B<_split_delimited>
17248 =head2 Pod::Man - Convert POD data to formatted *roff input
17256 center, date, fixed, fixedbold, fixeditalic, fixedbolditalic, name, quotes,
17261 roff font should be 1 or 2 chars, not "%s", Invalid link %s, Invalid quote
17262 specification "%s", %s:%d: Unknown command paragraph "%s", %s:%d: Unknown
17263 escape EE<lt>%sE<gt>, %s:%d: Unknown formatting code %s, %s:%d: Unmatched
17274 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
17278 =head2 Pod::ParseLink - Parse an LE<lt>E<gt> formatting code in POD text
17290 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
17294 =head2 Pod::ParseUtils - helpers for POD parsing and conversion
17308 Pod::List-E<gt>new()
17316 $list-E<gt>indent()
17324 $list-E<gt>parent()
17330 =item Pod::Hyperlink
17332 Pod::Hyperlink-E<gt>new()
17336 $link-E<gt>parse($string)
17338 $link-E<gt>markup($string)
17342 $link-E<gt>warning()
17344 $link-E<gt>file(), $link-E<gt>line()
17350 $link-E<gt>alttext()
17360 Pod::Cache-E<gt>new()
17366 $cache-E<gt>find_page($name)
17370 =item Pod::Cache::Item
17372 Pod::Cache::Item-E<gt>new()
17376 $cacheitem-E<gt>page()
17378 $cacheitem-E<gt>description()
17380 $cacheitem-E<gt>path()
17382 $cacheitem-E<gt>file()
17384 $cacheitem-E<gt>nodes()
17386 $cacheitem-E<gt>find_node($name)
17388 $cacheitem-E<gt>idx()
17398 =head2 Pod::Parser - base class for creating POD filters and translators
17410 =item QUICK OVERVIEW
17412 =item PARSING OPTIONS
17414 B<-want_nonPODs> (default: unset), B<-process_cut_cmd> (default: unset),
17415 B<-warnings> (default: unset)
17421 =item RECOMMENDED SUBROUTINE/METHOD OVERRIDES
17429 C<$cmd>, C<$text>, C<$line_num>, C<$pod_para>
17435 =item B<verbatim()>
17437 C<$text>, C<$line_num>, C<$pod_para>
17443 =item B<textblock()>
17445 C<$text>, C<$line_num>, C<$pod_para>
17451 =item B<interior_sequence()>
17457 =item OPTIONAL SUBROUTINE/METHOD OVERRIDES
17469 =item B<initialize()>
17475 =item B<begin_pod()>
17481 =item B<begin_input()>
17487 =item B<end_input()>
17499 =item B<preprocess_line()>
17505 =item B<preprocess_paragraph()>
17511 =item METHODS FOR PARSING AND PROCESSING
17517 =item B<parse_text()>
17519 B<-expand_seq> =E<gt> I<code-ref>|I<method-name>, B<-expand_text> =E<gt>
17520 I<code-ref>|I<method-name>, B<-expand_ptree> =E<gt>
17521 I<code-ref>|I<method-name>
17527 =item B<interpolate()>
17533 =item B<parse_paragraph()>
17539 =item B<parse_from_filehandle()>
17545 =item B<parse_from_file()>
17551 =item ACCESSOR METHODS
17557 =item B<errorsub()>
17569 =item B<parseopts()>
17575 =item B<output_file()>
17581 =item B<output_handle()>
17587 =item B<input_file()>
17593 =item B<input_handle()>
17599 =item B<input_streams()>
17605 =item B<top_stream()>
17611 =item PRIVATE METHODS AND DATA
17617 =item B<_push_input_stream()>
17623 =item B<_pop_input_stream()>
17629 =item TREE-BASED PARSING
17637 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker - let Perldoc check Pod for errors
17647 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
17653 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToMan - let Perldoc render Pod as man pages
17665 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
17671 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff - let Perldoc convert Pod to nroff
17683 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
17689 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToPod - let Perldoc render Pod as ... Pod!
17699 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
17705 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf - let Perldoc render Pod as RTF
17715 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
17721 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToText - let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext
17733 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
17739 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToTk - let Perldoc use Tk::Pod to render Pod
17753 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToXml - let Perldoc render Pod as XML
17763 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
17769 =head2 Pod::PlainText - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
17777 alt, indent, loose, sentence, width
17781 Bizarre space in item, Can't open %s for reading: %s, Unknown escape: %s,
17782 Unknown sequence: %s, Unmatched =back
17794 =head2 Pod::Plainer - Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.
17814 =head2 Pod::Select, podselect() - extract selected sections of POD from
17827 =item SECTION SPECIFICATIONS
17829 =item RANGE SPECIFICATIONS
17835 =item OBJECT METHODS
17841 =item B<curr_headings()>
17853 =item B<add_selection()>
17859 =item B<clear_selections()>
17865 =item B<match_section()>
17871 =item B<is_selected()>
17877 =item EXPORTED FUNCTIONS
17883 =item B<podselect()>
17885 B<-output>, B<-sections>, B<-ranges>
17891 =item PRIVATE METHODS AND DATA
17897 =item B<_compile_section_spec()>
17903 =item $self->{_SECTION_HEADINGS}
17909 =item $self->{_SELECTED_SECTIONS}
17921 =head2 Pod::Text - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
17929 alt, code, indent, loose, margin, quotes, sentence, width
17933 Bizarre space in item, Item called without tag, Can't open %s for reading:
17934 %s, Invalid quote specification "%s", %s:%d: Unknown command paragraph: %s,
17935 %s:%d: Unknown escape: %s, %s:%d: Unknown formatting code: %s, %s:%d:
17946 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
17950 =head2 Pod::Text::Color - Convert POD data to formatted color ASCII text
17964 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
17968 =head2 Pod::Text::Overstrike - Convert POD data to formatted overstrike
17983 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
17987 =head2 Pod::Text::Termcap - Convert POD data to ASCII text with format
18002 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
18006 =head2 Pod::Usage, pod2usage() - print a usage message from embedded pod
18015 C<-message>, C<-msg>, C<-exitval>, C<-verbose>, C<-output>, C<-input>,
18024 =item Recommended Use
18032 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
18036 =head2 SDBM_File - Tied access to sdbm files
18044 C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>, C<O_RDWR>
18050 =item C<sdbm store returned -1, errno 22, key "..." at ...>
18054 =item BUGS AND WARNINGS
18058 =head2 Safe - Compile and execute code in restricted compartments
18066 a new namespace, an operator mask
18072 =item RECENT CHANGES
18074 =item Methods in class Safe
18076 permit (OP, ...), permit_only (OP, ...), deny (OP, ...), deny_only (OP,
18077 ...), trap (OP, ...), untrap (OP, ...), share (NAME, ...), share_from
18078 (PACKAGE, ARRAYREF), varglob (VARNAME), reval (STRING), rdo (FILENAME),
18079 root (NAMESPACE), mask (MASK)
18081 =item Some Safety Issues
18083 Memory, CPU, Snooping, Signals, State Changes
18091 =head2 Scalar::Util - A selection of general-utility scalar subroutines
18099 blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isvstring EXPR, isweak EXPR,
18100 looks_like_number EXPR, openhandle FH, refaddr EXPR, reftype EXPR,
18101 set_prototype CODEREF, PROTOTYPE, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
18111 =head2 Search::Dict, look - search for key in dictionary file
18121 =head2 SelectSaver - save and restore selected file handle
18131 =head2 SelfLoader - load functions only on demand
18141 =item The __DATA__ token
18143 =item SelfLoader autoloading
18145 =item Autoloading and package lexicals
18147 =item SelfLoader and AutoLoader
18149 =item __DATA__, __END__, and the FOOBAR::DATA filehandle.
18151 =item Classes and inherited methods.
18155 =item Multiple packages and fully qualified subroutine names
18159 =head2 Shell - run shell commands transparently within perl
18169 =item OBJECT ORIENTED SYNTAX
18177 =head2 Socket, sockaddr_in, sockaddr_un, inet_aton, inet_ntoa - load the C
18178 socket.h defines and structure manipulators
18186 inet_aton HOSTNAME, inet_ntoa IP_ADDRESS, INADDR_ANY, INADDR_BROADCAST,
18187 INADDR_LOOPBACK, INADDR_NONE, sockaddr_family SOCKADDR, sockaddr_in PORT,
18188 ADDRESS, sockaddr_in SOCKADDR_IN, pack_sockaddr_in PORT, IP_ADDRESS,
18189 unpack_sockaddr_in SOCKADDR_IN, sockaddr_un PATHNAME, sockaddr_un
18190 SOCKADDR_UN, pack_sockaddr_un PATH, unpack_sockaddr_un SOCKADDR_UN
18194 =head2 Storable - persistence for Perl data structures
18204 =item ADVISORY LOCKING
18208 =item CANONICAL REPRESENTATION
18210 =item CODE REFERENCES
18212 =item FORWARD COMPATIBILITY
18214 utf8 data, restricted hashes, files from future versions of Storable
18216 =item ERROR REPORTING
18224 C<STORABLE_freeze> I<obj>, I<cloning>, C<STORABLE_thaw> I<obj>, I<cloning>,
18229 C<Storable::last_op_in_netorder>, C<Storable::is_storing>,
18230 C<Storable::is_retrieving>
18238 =item Storable magic
18248 =item 64 bit data in perl 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
18260 =head2 Switch - A switch statement for Perl
18274 =item Allowing fall-through
18276 =item Automating fall-through
18278 =item Alternative syntax
18280 =item Higher-order Operations
18296 =head2 Symbol - manipulate Perl symbols and their names
18308 =head2 Sys::Hostname - Try every conceivable way to get hostname
18320 =head2 Syslog, Sys::Syslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask, syslog - Perl
18321 interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
18329 openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
18330 setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added
18331 in 5.004_02), closelog
18341 =head2 Syslog::Syslog, Sys::Syslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask, syslog -
18342 Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
18350 openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
18351 setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added
18352 in 5.004_02), closelog
18362 =head2 Term::ANSIColor - Color screen output using ANSI escape sequences
18372 Bad escape sequence %s, Bareword "%s" not allowed while "strict subs" in
18373 use, Invalid attribute name %s, Name "%s" used only once: possible typo, No
18374 comma allowed after filehandle, No name for escape sequence %s
18378 ANSI_COLORS_DISABLED
18388 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
18392 =head2 Term::Cap - Perl termcap interface
18408 B<Tgetent>, OSPEED, TERM
18410 B<Tpad>, B<$string>, B<$cnt>, B<$FH>
18412 B<Tputs>, B<$cap>, B<$cnt>, B<$FH>
18414 B<Tgoto>, B<$cap>, B<$col>, B<$row>, B<$FH>
18422 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
18430 =head2 Term::Complete - Perl word completion module
18438 E<lt>tabE<gt>, ^D, ^U, E<lt>delE<gt>, E<lt>bsE<gt>
18448 =head2 Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various C<readline> packages.
18449 If no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic functions.
18457 =item Minimal set of supported functions
18459 C<ReadLine>, C<new>, C<readline>, C<addhistory>, C<IN>, C<OUT>, C<MinLine>,
18460 C<findConsole>, Attribs, C<Features>
18462 =item Additional supported functions
18464 C<tkRunning>, C<ornaments>, C<newTTY>
18474 =head2 Test - provides a simple framework for writing test scripts
18482 =item QUICK START GUIDE
18488 C<plan(...)>, C<tests =E<gt> I<number>>, C<todo =E<gt> [I<1,5,14>]>,
18489 C<onfail =E<gt> sub { ... }>, C<onfail =E<gt> \&some_sub>
18499 C<skip(I<skip_if_true>, I<args...>)>
18505 NORMAL TESTS, SKIPPED TESTS, TODO TESTS
18509 =item BUGS and CAVEATS
18519 =head2 Test::Builder - Backend for building test libraries
18539 =item Setting up tests
18557 =item Running tests
18563 B<is_eq>, B<is_num>
18565 B<isnt_eq>, B<isnt_num>
18591 B<no_header>, B<no_ending>
18603 B<output>, B<failure_output>, B<todo_output>
18607 =item Test Status and Info
18641 =head2 Test::Harness - Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics
18657 =item The test script output
18659 B<'1..M'>, B<'ok', 'not ok'. Ok?>, B<test numbers>, B<test names>,
18660 B<Skipping tests>, B<Todo tests>, B<Bail out!>, B<Comments>, B<Anything
18665 =item Configuration variables.
18667 B<$Test::Harness::Verbose>, B<$Test::Harness::switches>
18671 B<Failed Test>, B<Stat>, B<Wstat>, B<Total>, B<Fail>, B<Failed>, B<List of
18698 C<All tests successful.\nFiles=%d, Tests=%d, %s>, C<FAILED tests
18699 %s\n\tFailed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.>, C<Test returned status %d (wstat
18700 %d)>, C<Failed 1 test, %.2f%% okay. %s>, C<Failed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.
18701 %s>, C<FAILED--Further testing stopped: %s>
18705 C<HARNESS_ACTIVE>, C<HARNESS_COLUMNS>, C<HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST>,
18706 C<HARNESS_DEBUG>, C<HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR>, C<HARNESS_IGNORE_EXITCODE>,
18707 C<HARNESS_NOTTY>, C<HARNESS_OK_SLOW>, C<HARNESS_PERL>,
18708 C<HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES>, C<HARNESS_VERBOSE>
18728 =head2 Test::Harness::Assert - simple assert
18754 =head2 Test::Harness::Iterator - Internal Test::Harness Iterator
18772 =head2 Test::Harness::Straps - detailed analysis of test results
18810 =item C<analyze_fh>
18816 =item C<analyze_file>
18822 =item C<_command_line( $file )>
18840 =item C<_cleaned_switches>
18846 =item C<_INC2PERL5LIB>
18852 =item C<_filtered_INC>
18858 =item C<_restore_PERL5LIB>
18868 =item C<_is_comment>
18876 =item C<_is_header>
18888 =item C<_is_bail_out>
18894 =item C<_reset_file_state>
18904 =item C<_detailize>
18920 =head2 Test::More - yet another framework for writing test scripts
18930 =item I love it when a plan comes together
18940 =item I'm ok, you're not ok.
18980 =item Conditional tests
18986 B<TODO: BLOCK>, B<todo_skip>
18988 When do I use SKIP vs. TODO?
18992 =item Comparison functions
19006 =item Extending and Embedding Test::More
19016 =item BUGS and CAVEATS
19018 Making your own ok(), The eq_* family has some caveats, Test::Harness
19031 =head2 Test::Simple - Basic utilities for writing tests.
19055 L<Test::More>, L<Test>, L<Test::Unit>, L<Test::Inline>, L<SelfTest>,
19064 =head2 Test::Tutorial - A tutorial about writing really basic tests
19072 =item Nuts and bolts of testing.
19074 =item Where to start?
19078 =item Test the manual
19080 =item Sometimes the tests are wrong
19082 =item Testing lots of values
19084 =item Informative names
19086 =item Skipping tests
19090 =item Testing with taint mode.
19102 =head2 Text::Abbrev, abbrev - create an abbreviation table from a list
19114 =head2 Text::Balanced - Extract delimited text sequences from strings.
19124 =item General behaviour in list contexts
19128 =item General behaviour in scalar and void contexts
19130 =item A note about prefixes
19132 =item C<extract_delimited>
19134 =item C<extract_bracketed>
19136 =item C<extract_variable>
19140 =item C<extract_tagged>
19142 C<reject =E<gt> $listref>, C<ignore =E<gt> $listref>, C<fail =E<gt> $str>,
19143 [0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
19145 =item C<gen_extract_tagged>
19147 =item C<extract_quotelike>
19149 [0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10]
19151 =item C<extract_quotelike> and "here documents"
19153 [0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7..10]
19155 =item C<extract_codeblock>
19157 =item C<extract_multiple>
19159 =item C<gen_delimited_pat>
19165 C<Did not find a suitable bracket: "%s">, C<Did not find prefix: /%s/>,
19166 C<Did not find opening bracket after prefix: "%s">, C<No quotelike
19167 operator found after prefix: "%s">, C<Unmatched closing bracket: "%c">,
19168 C<Unmatched opening bracket(s): "%s">, C<Unmatched embedded quote (%s)>,
19169 C<Did not find closing delimiter to match '%s'>, C<Mismatched closing
19170 bracket: expected "%c" but found "%s">, C<No block delimiter found after
19171 quotelike "%s">, C<Did not find leading dereferencer>, C<Bad identifier
19172 after dereferencer>, C<Did not find expected opening bracket at %s>,
19173 C<Improperly nested codeblock at %s>, C<Missing second block for quotelike
19174 "%s">, C<No match found for opening bracket>, C<Did not find opening tag:
19175 /%s/>, C<Unable to construct closing tag to match: /%s/>, C<Found invalid
19176 nested tag: %s>, C<Found unbalanced nested tag: %s>, C<Did not find closing
19181 =item BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
19187 =head2 Text::ParseWords - parse text into an array of tokens or array of
19202 =head2 Text::Soundex - Implementation of the Soundex Algorithm as Described
19219 =head2 Text::Tabs -- expand and unexpand tabs per the unix expand(1) and
19234 =head2 Text::Wrap - line wrapping to form simple paragraphs
19250 =head2 Thread - manipulate threads in Perl (for old code only)
19262 $thread = Thread->new(\&start_sub), $thread = Thread->new(\&start_sub,
19263 LIST), lock VARIABLE, async BLOCK;, Thread->self, cond_wait VARIABLE,
19264 cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE, yield
19268 join, eval, detach, equal, tid, flags, done
19276 =head2 Thread::Queue - thread-safe queues
19284 =item FUNCTIONS AND METHODS
19286 new, enqueue LIST, dequeue, dequeue_nb, pending
19292 =head2 Thread::Semaphore - thread-safe semaphores
19300 =item FUNCTIONS AND METHODS
19302 new, new NUMBER, down, down NUMBER, up, up NUMBER
19306 =head2 Thread::Signal - Start a thread which runs signal handlers reliably
19321 =head2 Thread::Specific - thread-specific keys
19331 =head2 Tie::Array - base class for tied arrays
19339 TIEARRAY classname, LIST, STORE this, index, value, FETCH this, index,
19340 FETCHSIZE this, STORESIZE this, count, EXTEND this, count, EXISTS this,
19341 key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, DESTROY this, PUSH this, LIST, POP this,
19342 SHIFT this, UNSHIFT this, LIST, SPLICE this, offset, length, LIST
19350 =head2 Tie::File - Access the lines of a disk file via a Perl array
19370 =item Option Format
19374 =item Public Methods
19382 =item C<defer>, C<flush>, C<discard>, and C<autodefer>
19388 =item Tying to an already-opened filehandle
19390 =item Deferred Writing
19394 =item Autodeferring
19398 =item CONCURRENT ACCESS TO FILES
19404 =item WHAT ABOUT C<DB_File>?
19418 =head2 Tie::Handle, Tie::StdHandle - base class definitions for tied
19427 TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, scalar, length, offset, PRINT this,
19428 LIST, PRINTF this, format, LIST, READ this, scalar, length, offset,
19429 READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, OPEN this, filename, BINMODE this,
19430 EOF this, TELL this, SEEK this, offset, whence, DESTROY this
19432 =item MORE INFORMATION
19434 =item COMPATIBILITY
19438 =head2 Tie::Hash, Tie::StdHash, Tie::ExtraHash - base class definitions for
19447 TIEHASH classname, LIST, STORE this, key, value, FETCH this, key, FIRSTKEY
19448 this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, EXISTS this, key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR
19451 =item Inheriting from B<Tie::StdHash>
19453 =item Inheriting from B<Tie::ExtraHash>
19455 =item C<SCALAR>, C<UNTIE> and C<DESTROY>
19457 =item MORE INFORMATION
19461 =head2 Tie::Memoize - add data to hash when needed
19469 =item Inheriting from B<Tie::Memoize>
19479 =head2 Tie::RefHash - use references as hash keys
19497 =head2 Tie::Scalar, Tie::StdScalar - base class definitions for tied
19506 TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, DESTROY this
19508 =item MORE INFORMATION
19512 =head2 Tie::SubstrHash - Fixed-table-size, fixed-key-length hashing
19524 =head2 Time::HiRes - High resolution alarm, sleep, gettimeofday, interval
19533 gettimeofday (), usleep ( $useconds ), ualarm ( $useconds [,
19534 $interval_useconds ] ), tv_interval, time (), sleep ( $floating_seconds ),
19535 alarm ( $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), setitimer (
19536 $which, $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), getitimer (
19547 =item negative time not invented yet
19549 =item internal error: useconds < 0 (unsigned ... signed ...)
19557 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
19561 =head2 Time::Local - efficiently compute time from local and GMT time
19571 =item Ambiguous Local Times (DST)
19573 =item Negative Epoch Values
19577 =item IMPLEMENTATION
19587 =head2 Time::gmtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime()
19602 =head2 Time::localtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in localtime()
19617 =head2 Time::tm - internal object used by Time::gmtime and Time::localtime
19629 =head2 UNIVERSAL - base class for ALL classes (blessed references)
19637 C<< $obj->isa( TYPE ) >>, C<< CLASS->isa( TYPE ) >>, C<isa( VAL, TYPE )>,
19638 C<TYPE>, C<$obj>, C<CLASS>, C<VAL>, C<< $obj->can( METHOD ) >>, C<<
19639 CLASS->can( METHOD ) >>, C<can( VAL, METHOD )>, C<VERSION ( [ REQUIRE ] )>
19645 =head2 Unicode::Collate - Unicode Collation Algorithm
19655 =item Constructor and Tailoring
19657 UCA_Version, backwards, entry, hangul_terminator, ignoreName, ignoreChar,
19658 level, normalization, overrideCJK, overrideHangul, preprocess, rearrange,
19659 table, undefName, undefChar, katakana_before_hiragana, upper_before_lower,
19660 variable, alternate
19662 =item Methods for Collation
19664 C<@sorted = $Collator-E<gt>sort(@not_sorted)>, C<$result =
19665 $Collator-E<gt>cmp($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>eq($a, $b)>,
19666 C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>ne($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>lt($a,
19667 $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>le($a, $b)>, C<$result =
19668 $Collator-E<gt>gt($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>ge($a, $b)>,
19669 C<$sortKey = $Collator-E<gt>getSortKey($string)>, C<$sortKeyForm =
19670 $Collator-E<gt>viewSortKey($string)>
19672 =item Methods for Searching
19674 C<$position = $Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring[, $position])>,
19675 C<($position, $length) = $Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring[,
19676 $position])>, C<$match_ref = $Collator-E<gt>match($string, $substring)>,
19677 C<($match) = $Collator-E<gt>match($string, $substring)>, C<@match =
19678 $Collator-E<gt>gmatch($string, $substring)>, C<$count =
19679 $Collator-E<gt>subst($string, $substring, $replacement)>, C<$count =
19680 $Collator-E<gt>gsubst($string, $substring, $replacement)>
19682 =item Other Methods
19684 C<%old_tailoring = $Collator-E<gt>change(%new_tailoring)>, C<$version =
19685 $Collator-E<gt>version()>, C<UCA_Version()>, C<Base_Unicode_Version()>
19691 =item Conformance Test
19699 Unicode Collation Algorithm - UTS #10, The Default Unicode Collation
19700 Element Table (DUCET), The conformance test for the UCA, Hangul Syllable
19701 Type, Unicode Normalization Forms - UAX #15, L<Unicode::Normalize>
19705 =head2 Unicode::Normalize - Unicode Normalization Forms
19715 =item Normalization Forms
19717 C<$NFD_string = NFD($string)>, C<$NFC_string = NFC($string)>,
19718 C<$NFKD_string = NFKD($string)>, C<$NFKC_string = NFKC($string)>,
19719 C<$FCD_string = FCD($string)>, C<$FCC_string = FCC($string)>,
19720 C<$normalized_string = normalize($form_name, $string)>
19722 =item Decomposition and Composition
19724 C<$decomposed_string = decompose($string)>, C<$decomposed_string =
19725 decompose($string, $useCompatMapping)>, C<$reordered_string =
19726 reorder($string)>, C<$composed_string = compose($string)>
19730 C<$result = checkNFD($string)>, C<$result = checkNFC($string)>, C<$result =
19731 checkNFKD($string)>, C<$result = checkNFKC($string)>, C<$result =
19732 checkFCD($string)>, C<$result = checkFCC($string)>, C<$result =
19733 check($form_name, $string)>
19735 =item Character Data
19737 C<$canonical_decomposed = getCanon($codepoint)>,
19738 C<$compatibility_decomposed = getCompat($codepoint)>,
19739 C<$codepoint_composite = getComposite($codepoint_here, $codepoint_next)>,
19740 C<$combining_class = getCombinClass($codepoint)>, C<$is_exclusion =
19741 isExclusion($codepoint)>, C<$is_singleton = isSingleton($codepoint)>,
19742 C<$is_non_starter_decomposition = isNonStDecomp($codepoint)>,
19743 C<$may_be_composed_with_prev_char = isComp2nd($codepoint)>
19753 http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr15/,
19754 http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/DerivedNormalizationProps.txt,
19755 http://www.unicode.org/notes/tn5/
19759 =head2 Unicode::UCD - Unicode character database
19801 =item Blocks versus Scripts
19803 =item Matching Scripts and Blocks
19805 =item Code Point Arguments
19831 =item Unicode::UCD::UnicodeVersion
19837 =item Implementation Note
19849 =head2 User::grent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getgr*()
19864 =head2 User::pwent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*()
19875 =item System Specifics
19889 =head2 Win32 - Interfaces to some Win32 API Functions
19897 =item Alphabetical Listing of Win32 Functions
19899 Win32::AbortSystemShutdown(MACHINE), Win32::BuildNumber(),
19900 Win32::CopyFile(FROM, TO, OVERWRITE), Win32::DomainName(),
19901 Win32::ExpandEnvironmentStrings(STRING), Win32::FormatMessage(ERRORCODE),
19902 Win32::FsType(), Win32::FreeLibrary(HANDLE), Win32::GetArchName(),
19903 Win32::GetChipName(), Win32::GetCwd(), Win32::GetFolderPath(FOLDER [,
19904 CREATE]), Win32::GetFullPathName(FILENAME), Win32::GetLastError(),
19905 Win32::GetLongPathName(PATHNAME), Win32::GetNextAvailDrive(),
19906 Win32::GetOSVersion(), Win32::GetOSName(),
19907 Win32::GetShortPathName(PATHNAME), Win32::GetProcAddress(INSTANCE,
19908 PROCNAME), Win32::GetTickCount(), Win32::InitiateSystemShutdown,
19909 Win32::IsWinNT(), Win32::IsWin95(), Win32::LoadLibrary(LIBNAME),
19910 Win32::LoginName(), Win32::LookupAccountName(SYSTEM, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SID,
19911 SIDTYPE), Win32::LookupAccountSID(SYSTEM, SID, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SIDTYPE),
19912 Win32::MsgBox(MESSAGE [, FLAGS [, TITLE]]), Win32::NodeName(),
19913 Win32::RegisterServer(LIBRARYNAME), Win32::SetChildShowWindow(SHOWWINDOW),
19914 Win32::SetCwd(NEWDIRECTORY), Win32::SetLastError(ERROR),
19915 Win32::Sleep(TIME), Win32::Spawn(COMMAND, ARGS, PID),
19916 Win32::UnregisterServer(LIBRARYNAME)
19922 =head2 XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
19932 =item Migration from C<DynaLoader>
19934 =item Backward compatible boilerplate
19938 =item Order of initialization: early load()
19942 =item The most hairy case
19952 =head1 AUXILIARY DOCUMENTATION
19954 Here should be listed all the extra programs' documentation, but they
19955 don't all have manual pages yet:
19989 Larry Wall <F<larry@wall.org>>, with the help of oodles