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 ($Date: 2005/03/27
777 =item Where to get the perlfaq
779 =item How to contribute to the perlfaq
781 =item What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the
788 =item Author and Copyright Information
792 =item Bundled Distributions
798 =item Table of Contents
800 perlfaq - this document, perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl, perlfaq2
801 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl, perlfaq3 - Programming Tools, perlfaq4
802 - Data Manipulation, perlfaq5 - Files and Formats, perlfaq6 - Regular
803 Expressions, perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues, perlfaq8 - System
804 Interaction, perlfaq9 - Networking
810 =item L<perlfaq1>: General Questions About Perl
812 =item L<perlfaq2>: Obtaining and Learning about Perl
814 =item L<perlfaq3>: Programming Tools
816 =item L<perlfaq4>: Data Manipulation
818 =item L<perlfaq5>: Files and Formats
820 =item L<perlfaq6>: Regular Expressions
822 =item L<perlfaq7>: General Perl Language Issues
824 =item L<perlfaq8>: System Interaction
826 =item L<perlfaq9>: Networking
832 =head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.17 $, $Date:
833 2005/01/31 15:52:15 $)
843 =item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
845 =item Which version of Perl should I use?
847 =item What are perl4, perl5, or perl6?
853 =item How stable is Perl?
855 =item Is Perl difficult to learn?
857 =item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
860 =item Can I do [task] in Perl?
862 =item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
864 =item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
866 =item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
868 =item What is a JAPH?
870 =item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
872 =item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
873 5/5.6.1/Perl instead of some other language?
877 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
881 =head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.31 $,
882 $Date: 2005/01/31 15:54:44 $)
890 =item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
892 =item How can I get a binary version of Perl?
894 =item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
896 =item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts
899 =item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic
900 loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
902 =item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
903 What does CPAN/src/... mean?
905 =item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?
907 =item Where can I get information on Perl?
909 =item What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?
911 =item Where should I post source code?
915 References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics
917 =item Perl in Magazines
919 =item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
921 =item What mailing lists are there for Perl?
923 =item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
925 =item Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
927 =item Where do I send bug reports?
929 =item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? cpan.org?
933 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
937 =head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.47 $, $Date: 2005/03/27
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 Eclipse, Komodo, Open Perl IDE, OptiPerl, PerlBuilder, visiPerl+, Visual
967 Perl, GNU Emacs, MicroEMACS, XEmacs, Jed, Elvis, Vile, Vim, Codewright,
968 MultiEdit, SlickEdit, Bash, Ksh, Tcsh, Zsh, Affrus, Alpha, BBEdit and
971 =item Where can I get Perl macros for vi?
973 =item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs?
975 =item How can I use curses with Perl?
977 =item How can I use X or Tk with Perl?
979 =item How can I make my Perl program run faster?
981 =item How can I make my Perl program take less memory?
983 Don't slurp!, Use map and grep selectively, Avoid unnecessary quotes and
984 stringification, Pass by reference, Tie large variables to disk
986 =item Is it safe to return a reference to local or lexical data?
988 =item How can I free an array or hash so my program shrinks?
990 =item How can I make my CGI script more efficient?
992 =item How can I hide the source for my Perl program?
994 =item How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
996 =item How can I compile Perl into Java?
998 =item How can I get C<#!perl> to work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?
1000 =item Can I write useful Perl programs on the command line?
1002 =item Why don't Perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?
1004 =item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
1006 =item Where can I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
1008 =item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]
1010 =item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in my C
1011 program; what am I doing wrong?
1013 =item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean?
1015 =item What's MakeMaker?
1019 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1023 =head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.61 $, $Date: 2005/03/11
1034 =item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
1035 numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
1037 =item Why is int() broken?
1039 =item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
1041 =item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()?
1044 =item How do I convert between numeric representations/bases/radixes?
1046 How do I convert hexadecimal into decimal, How do I convert from decimal to
1047 hexadecimal, How do I convert from octal to decimal, How do I convert from
1048 decimal to octal, How do I convert from binary to decimal, How do I convert
1049 from decimal to binary
1051 =item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?
1053 =item How do I multiply matrices?
1055 =item How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
1057 =item How can I output Roman numerals?
1059 =item Why aren't my random numbers random?
1061 =item How do I get a random number between X and Y?
1069 =item How do I find the day or week of the year?
1071 =item How do I find the current century or millennium?
1073 =item How can I compare two dates and find the difference?
1075 =item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
1077 =item How can I find the Julian Day?
1079 =item How do I find yesterday's date?
1081 =item Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?
1089 =item How do I validate input?
1091 =item How do I unescape a string?
1093 =item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
1095 =item How do I expand function calls in a string?
1097 =item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
1099 =item How do I reverse a string?
1101 =item How do I expand tabs in a string?
1103 =item How do I reformat a paragraph?
1105 =item How can I access or change N characters of a string?
1107 =item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
1109 =item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
1112 =item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
1114 =item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
1117 =item How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?
1119 =item How do I pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?
1121 =item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
1123 =item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
1125 =item How can I expand variables in text strings?
1127 =item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
1129 =item Why don't my E<lt>E<lt>HERE documents work?
1131 There must be no space after the E<lt>E<lt> part, There (probably) should
1132 be a semicolon at the end, You can't (easily) have any space in front of
1141 =item What is the difference between a list and an array?
1143 =item What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?
1145 =item How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array?
1149 =item How can I tell whether a certain element is contained in a list or
1152 =item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
1153 intersection of two arrays?
1155 =item How do I test whether two arrays or hashes are equal?
1157 =item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
1159 =item How do I handle linked lists?
1161 =item How do I handle circular lists?
1163 =item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
1165 =item How do I process/modify each element of an array?
1167 =item How do I select a random element from an array?
1169 =item How do I permute N elements of a list?
1171 =item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
1173 =item How do I manipulate arrays of bits?
1175 =item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
1179 =item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
1183 =item How do I process an entire hash?
1185 =item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
1188 =item How do I look up a hash element by value?
1190 =item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
1192 =item How do I sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
1194 =item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
1196 =item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
1198 =item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
1200 =item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
1202 =item How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
1204 =item How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
1206 =item How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?
1208 =item Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create
1211 =item How can I make the Perl equivalent of a C structure/C++ class/hash or
1212 array of hashes or arrays?
1214 =item How can I use a reference as a hash key?
1222 =item How do I handle binary data correctly?
1224 =item How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?
1226 =item How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
1228 =item How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?
1230 =item How do I define methods for every class/object?
1232 =item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
1234 =item How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?
1238 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1242 =head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.35 $, $Date: 2005/01/21
1251 =item How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this?
1253 =item How do I change one line in a file/delete a line in a file/insert a
1254 line in the middle of a file/append to the beginning of a file?
1256 =item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
1258 =item How can I use Perl's C<-i> option from within a program?
1260 =item How can I copy a file?
1262 =item How do I make a temporary file name?
1264 =item How can I manipulate fixed-record-length files?
1266 =item How can I make a filehandle local to a subroutine? How do I pass
1267 filehandles between subroutines? How do I make an array of filehandles?
1269 =item How can I use a filehandle indirectly?
1271 =item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
1273 =item How can I write() into a string?
1275 =item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
1277 =item How can I translate tildes (~) in a filename?
1279 =item How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?
1281 =item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use
1284 =item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
1286 =item How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing blanks?
1288 =item How can I reliably rename a file?
1290 =item How can I lock a file?
1292 =item Why can't I just open(FH, "E<gt>file.lock")?
1294 =item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in
1295 the file. How can I do this?
1297 =item All I want to do is append a small amount of text to the end of a
1298 file. Do I still have to use locking?
1300 =item How do I randomly update a binary file?
1302 =item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
1304 =item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
1306 =item How do I print to more than one file at once?
1308 =item How can I read in an entire file all at once?
1310 =item How can I read in a file by paragraphs?
1312 =item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
1314 =item How can I tell whether there's a character waiting on a filehandle?
1316 =item How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl?
1318 =item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
1320 =item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
1322 =item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? Why doesn't
1323 `C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
1325 =item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
1327 =item Why does Perl let me delete read-only files? Why does C<-i> clobber
1328 protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl?
1330 =item How do I select a random line from a file?
1332 =item Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?
1336 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1340 =head2 perlfaq6 - Regular Expressions ($Revision: 1.31 $, $Date: 2005/03/27
1349 =item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
1350 and unmaintainable code?
1352 Comments Outside the Regex, Comments Inside the Regex, Different Delimiters
1354 =item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
1356 =item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
1359 =item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
1361 =item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS while preserving
1364 =item How can I make C<\w> match national character sets?
1366 =item How can I match a locale-smart version of C</[a-zA-Z]/>?
1368 =item How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?
1370 =item What is C</o> really for?
1372 =item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
1375 =item Can I use Perl regular expressions to match balanced text?
1377 =item What does it mean that regexes are greedy? How can I get around it?
1379 =item How do I process each word on each line?
1381 =item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
1383 =item How can I do approximate matching?
1385 =item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
1387 =item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
1389 =item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
1391 =item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
1393 =item What's wrong with using grep in a void context?
1395 =item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
1397 =item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
1401 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1405 =head2 perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.22 $, $Date:
1406 2005/03/27 07:19:01 $)
1414 =item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
1416 =item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
1419 =item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
1422 =item How do I skip some return values?
1424 =item How do I temporarily block warnings?
1426 =item What's an extension?
1428 =item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
1430 =item How do I declare/create a structure?
1432 =item How do I create a module?
1434 =item How do I create a class?
1436 =item How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
1438 =item What's a closure?
1440 =item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
1442 =item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
1445 Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexes,
1448 =item How do I create a static variable?
1450 =item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping?
1451 Between local() and my()?
1453 =item How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical
1456 =item What's the difference between deep and shallow binding?
1458 =item Why doesn't "my($foo) = E<lt>FILEE<gt>;" work right?
1460 =item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method?
1462 =item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
1464 =item How do I create a switch or case statement?
1466 =item How can I catch accesses to undefined variables, functions, or
1469 =item Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
1471 =item How can I find out my current package?
1473 =item How can I comment out a large block of perl code?
1475 =item How do I clear a package?
1477 =item How can I use a variable as a variable name?
1479 =item What does "bad interpreter" mean?
1483 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1487 =head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.23 $, $Date: 2005/01/03
1496 =item How do I find out which operating system I'm running under?
1498 =item How come exec() doesn't return?
1500 =item How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?
1502 Keyboard, Screen, Mouse
1504 =item How do I print something out in color?
1506 =item How do I read just one key without waiting for a return key?
1508 =item How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard?
1510 =item How do I clear the screen?
1512 =item How do I get the screen size?
1514 =item How do I ask the user for a password?
1516 =item How do I read and write the serial port?
1518 lockfiles, open mode, end of line, flushing output, non-blocking input
1520 =item How do I decode encrypted password files?
1522 =item How do I start a process in the background?
1524 STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR are shared, Signals, Zombies
1526 =item How do I trap control characters/signals?
1528 =item How do I modify the shadow password file on a Unix system?
1530 =item How do I set the time and date?
1532 =item How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second?
1534 =item How can I measure time under a second?
1536 =item How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling)
1538 =item Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? What
1539 does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean?
1541 =item How can I call my system's unique C functions from Perl?
1543 =item Where do I get the include files to do ioctl() or syscall()?
1545 =item Why do setuid perl scripts complain about kernel problems?
1547 =item How can I open a pipe both to and from a command?
1549 =item Why can't I get the output of a command with system()?
1551 =item How can I capture STDERR from an external command?
1553 =item Why doesn't open() return an error when a pipe open fails?
1555 =item What's wrong with using backticks in a void context?
1557 =item How can I call backticks without shell processing?
1559 =item Why can't my script read from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix,
1562 =item How can I convert my shell script to perl?
1564 =item Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session?
1566 =item How can I write expect in Perl?
1568 =item Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as
1571 =item I {changed directory, modified my environment} in a perl script. How
1572 come the change disappeared when I exited the script? How do I get my
1573 changes to be visible?
1577 =item How do I close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to
1580 =item How do I fork a daemon process?
1582 =item How do I find out if I'm running interactively or not?
1584 =item How do I timeout a slow event?
1586 =item How do I set CPU limits?
1588 =item How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system?
1590 =item How do I use an SQL database?
1592 =item How do I make a system() exit on control-C?
1594 =item How do I open a file without blocking?
1596 =item How do I tell the difference between errors from the shell and perl?
1598 =item How do I install a module from CPAN?
1600 =item What's the difference between require and use?
1602 =item How do I keep my own module/library directory?
1604 =item How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library
1607 =item How do I add a directory to my include path (@INC) at runtime?
1609 =item What is socket.ph and where do I get it?
1613 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1617 =head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.19 $, $Date: 2005/01/21 12:14:12
1626 =item What is the correct form of response from a CGI script?
1628 =item My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500
1631 =item How can I get better error messages from a CGI program?
1633 =item How do I remove HTML from a string?
1635 =item How do I extract URLs?
1637 =item How do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a
1638 file on another machine?
1640 =item How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?
1642 =item How do I fetch an HTML file?
1644 =item How do I automate an HTML form submission?
1646 =item How do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web?
1648 =item How do I redirect to another page?
1650 =item How do I put a password on my web pages?
1652 =item How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?
1654 =item How do I make sure users can't enter values into a form that cause my
1655 CGI script to do bad things?
1657 =item How do I parse a mail header?
1659 =item How do I decode a CGI form?
1661 =item How do I check a valid mail address?
1663 =item How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string?
1665 =item How do I return the user's mail address?
1667 =item How do I send mail?
1669 =item How do I use MIME to make an attachment to a mail message?
1671 =item How do I read mail?
1673 =item How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address?
1675 =item How do I fetch a news article or the active newsgroups?
1677 =item How do I fetch/put an FTP file?
1679 =item How can I do RPC in Perl?
1683 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1687 =head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax
1699 =item Simple Statements
1701 =item Truth and Falsehood
1703 =item Statement Modifiers
1705 =item Compound Statements
1713 =item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
1717 =item PODs: Embedded Documentation
1719 =item Plain Old Comments (Not!)
1725 =head2 perldata - Perl data types
1733 =item Variable names
1739 =item Scalar value constructors
1741 =item List value constructors
1747 =item Typeglobs and Filehandles
1755 =head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
1763 =item Operator Precedence and Associativity
1765 =item Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
1767 =item The Arrow Operator
1769 =item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
1771 =item Exponentiation
1773 =item Symbolic Unary Operators
1775 =item Binding Operators
1777 =item Multiplicative Operators
1779 =item Additive Operators
1781 =item Shift Operators
1783 =item Named Unary Operators
1785 =item Relational Operators
1787 =item Equality Operators
1791 =item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
1793 =item C-style Logical And
1795 =item C-style Logical Or
1797 =item C-style Logical Defined-Or
1799 =item Range Operators
1801 =item Conditional Operator
1803 =item Assignment Operators
1805 =item Comma Operator
1807 =item List Operators (Rightward)
1813 =item Logical or, Defined or, and Exclusive Or
1815 =item C Operators Missing From Perl
1817 unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
1819 =item Quote and Quote-like Operators
1821 =item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
1823 ?PATTERN?, m/PATTERN/cgimosx, /PATTERN/cgimosx, q/STRING/, C<'STRING'>,
1824 qq/STRING/, "STRING", qr/STRING/imosx, qx/STRING/, `STRING`, qw/STRING/,
1825 s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/egimosx, tr/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds,
1826 y/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds, <<EOF
1828 =item Gory details of parsing quoted constructs
1830 Finding the end, Removal of backslashes before delimiters, Interpolation,
1831 C<<<'EOF'>, C<m''>, C<s'''>, C<tr///>, C<y///>, C<''>, C<q//>, C<"">,
1832 C<``>, C<qq//>, C<qx//>, C<< <file*glob> >>, C<?RE?>, C</RE/>, C<m/RE/>,
1833 C<s/RE/foo/>,, Interpolation of regular expressions, Optimization of
1838 =item Constant Folding
1842 =item Bitwise String Operators
1844 =item Integer Arithmetic
1846 =item Floating-point Arithmetic
1848 =item Bigger Numbers
1854 =head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
1864 =item Private Variables via my()
1866 =item Persistent Private Variables
1868 =item Temporary Values via local()
1870 =item Lvalue subroutines
1872 Lvalue subroutines are EXPERIMENTAL
1874 =item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
1876 =item When to Still Use local()
1878 =item Pass by Reference
1882 =item Constant Functions
1884 =item Overriding Built-in Functions
1888 =item Subroutine Attributes
1896 =head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
1904 =item Perl Functions by Category
1906 Functions for SCALARs or strings, Regular expressions and pattern matching,
1907 Numeric functions, Functions for real @ARRAYs, Functions for list data,
1908 Functions for real %HASHes, Input and output functions, Functions for fixed
1909 length data or records, Functions for filehandles, files, or directories,
1910 Keywords related to the control flow of your perl program, Keywords related
1911 to scoping, Miscellaneous functions, Functions for processes and process
1912 groups, Keywords related to perl modules, Keywords related to classes and
1913 object-orientedness, Low-level socket functions, System V interprocess
1914 communication functions, Fetching user and group info, Fetching network
1915 info, Time-related functions, Functions new in perl5, Functions obsoleted
1920 =item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
1922 -I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, abs VALUE, abs, accept
1923 NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, alarm, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME,
1924 binmode FILEHANDLE, LAYER, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME, bless
1925 REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE, chomp(
1926 LIST ), chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop( LIST ), chop, chown LIST, chr NUMBER,
1927 chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot, close FILEHANDLE, close, closedir DIRHANDLE,
1928 connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, cos, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT,
1929 dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR, defined, delete
1930 EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR, dump LABEL, dump,
1931 each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval BLOCK, exec LIST,
1932 exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp, fcntl
1933 FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION,
1934 fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE, getc, getlogin,
1935 getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam
1936 NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getprotobyname
1937 NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr
1938 ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER,
1939 getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostent, getnetent,
1940 getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent
1941 STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent,
1942 endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockname SOCKET,
1943 getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL,
1944 goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex,
1945 import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl
1946 FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST,
1947 last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc, lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length,
1948 link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR,
1949 localtime, lock THING, log EXPR, log, lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK
1950 LIST, map EXPR,LIST, mkdir FILENAME,MASK, mkdir FILENAME, msgctl
1951 ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, msgsnd
1952 ID,MSG,FLAGS, my EXPR, my TYPE EXPR, my EXPR : ATTRS, my TYPE EXPR : ATTRS,
1953 next LABEL, next, no Module VERSION LIST, no Module VERSION, no Module
1954 LIST, no Module, oct EXPR, oct, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open
1955 FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR,LIST, open
1956 FILEHANDLE,MODE,REFERENCE, open FILEHANDLE, opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord
1957 EXPR, ord, our EXPR, our EXPR TYPE, our EXPR : ATTRS, our TYPE EXPR :
1958 ATTRS, pack TEMPLATE,LIST, package NAMESPACE, package, pipe
1959 READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop ARRAY, pop, pos SCALAR, pos, print FILEHANDLE
1960 LIST, print LIST, print, printf FILEHANDLE FORMAT, LIST, printf FORMAT,
1961 LIST, prototype FUNCTION, push ARRAY,LIST, q/STRING/, qq/STRING/,
1962 qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, quotemeta EXPR, quotemeta, rand EXPR,
1963 rand, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,
1964 readdir DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR, readlink, readpipe EXPR,
1965 recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo, ref EXPR, ref, rename
1966 OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR, require, reset EXPR, reset,
1967 return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir DIRHANDLE, rindex
1968 STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME, rmdir, s///, scalar
1969 EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir DIRHANDLE,POS, select
1970 FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl
1971 ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send
1972 SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority
1973 WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY,
1974 shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE,
1975 shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep
1976 EXPR, sleep, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, socketpair
1977 SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort BLOCK LIST,
1978 sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,
1979 splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split /PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split
1980 /PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf FORMAT, LIST, format
1981 parameter index, flags, vector flag, (minimum) width, precision, or maximum
1982 width, size, order of arguments, sqrt EXPR, sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat
1983 FILEHANDLE, stat EXPR, stat, study SCALAR, study, sub NAME BLOCK, sub NAME
1984 (PROTO) BLOCK, sub NAME : ATTRS BLOCK, sub NAME (PROTO) : ATTRS BLOCK,
1985 substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr
1986 EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall NUMBER, LIST, sysopen
1987 FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread
1988 FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek
1989 FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite
1990 FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,
1991 syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie
1992 VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate
1993 FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR,
1994 ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack
1995 TEMPLATE,EXPR, unpack TEMPLATE, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use
1996 Module VERSION LIST, use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use
1997 VERSION, utime LIST, values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid
1998 PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y///
2004 =head2 perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl
2010 =item Open E<agrave> la shell
2016 =item Indirect Filehandles
2020 =item The Minus File
2022 =item Mixing Reads and Writes
2028 =item Open E<agrave> la C
2032 =item Permissions E<agrave> la mode
2036 =item Obscure Open Tricks
2040 =item Re-Opening Files (dups)
2042 =item Dispelling the Dweomer
2044 =item Paths as Opens
2046 =item Single Argument Open
2048 =item Playing with STDIN and STDOUT
2052 =item Other I/O Issues
2056 =item Opening Non-File Files
2058 =item Opening Named Pipes
2060 =item Opening Sockets
2072 =item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
2078 =head2 perlpacktut - tutorial on C<pack> and C<unpack>
2084 =item The Basic Principle
2088 =item Packing Numbers
2094 =item Unpacking a Stack Frame
2096 =item How to Eat an Egg on a Net
2098 =item Byte-order modifiers
2100 =item Floating point Numbers
2104 =item Exotic Templates
2116 =item Another Portable Binary Encoding
2120 =item Template Grouping
2122 =item Lengths and Widths
2126 =item String Lengths
2128 =item Dynamic Templates
2130 =item Counting Repetitions
2134 =item Packing and Unpacking C Structures
2138 =item The Alignment Pit
2140 =item Dealing with Endian-ness
2142 =item Alignment, Take 2
2144 =item Alignment, Take 3
2146 =item Pointers for How to Use Them
2152 =item Funnies Section
2158 =head2 perlpod - the Plain Old Documentation format
2166 =item Ordinary Paragraph
2168 =item Verbatim Paragraph
2170 =item Command Paragraph
2172 C<=head1 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head2 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head3 I<Heading
2173 Text>>, C<=head4 I<Heading Text>>, C<=over I<indentlevel>>, C<=item
2174 I<stuff...>>, C<=back>, C<=cut>, C<=pod>, C<=begin I<formatname>>, C<=end
2175 I<formatname>>, C<=for I<formatname> I<text...>>, C<=encoding
2178 =item Formatting Codes
2180 C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
2181 C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
2182 C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- used
2183 for filenames, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text contains non-breaking spaces,
2184 C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a null
2185 (zero-effect) formatting code
2189 =item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
2191 =item Hints for Writing Pod
2201 =head2 perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and
2208 =item Pod Definitions
2212 "=head1", "=head2", "=head3", "=head4", "=pod", "=cut", "=over", "=item",
2213 "=back", "=begin formatname", "=end formatname", "=for formatname text...",
2214 "=encoding encodingname"
2216 =item Pod Formatting Codes
2218 C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
2219 C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- style for
2220 filenames, C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a
2221 null (zero-effect) formatting code, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
2222 C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text
2223 contains non-breaking spaces
2225 =item Notes on Implementing Pod Processors
2227 =item About LE<lt>...E<gt> Codes
2229 First:, Second:, Third:, Fourth:, Fifth:, Sixth:
2231 =item About =over...=back Regions
2233 =item About Data Paragraphs and "=begin/=end" Regions
2241 =head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
2251 =item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems
2253 OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS
2255 =item Location of Perl
2257 =item Command Switches
2259 B<-0>[I<octal/hexadecimal>], B<-A [I<assertions>]>, B<-a>, B<-C
2260 [I<number/list>]>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-dt>, B<-d:>I<foo[=bar,baz]>,
2261 B<-dt:>I<foo[=bar,baz]>, B<-D>I<letters>, B<-D>I<number>, B<-e>
2262 I<commandline>, B<-f>, B<-F>I<pattern>, B<-h>, B<-i>[I<extension>],
2263 B<-I>I<directory>, B<-l>[I<octnum>], B<-m>[B<->]I<module>,
2264 B<-M>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<'module ...'>,
2265 B<-[mM]>[B<->]I<module=arg[,arg]...>, B<-n>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-s>, B<-S>,
2266 B<-t>, B<-T>, B<-u>, B<-U>, B<-v>, B<-V>, B<-V:>I<configvar>, B<-w>, B<-W>,
2267 B<-X>, B<-x>, B<-x> I<directory>
2273 HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5OPT, PERLIO, :bytes, :crlf, :mmap,
2274 :perlio, :pop, :raw, :stdio, :unix, :utf8, :win32, PERLIO_DEBUG, PERLLIB,
2275 PERL5DB, PERL5DB_THREADED, PERL5SHELL (specific to the Win32 port),
2276 PERL_ALLOW_NON_IFS_LSP (specific to the Win32 port), PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS,
2277 PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL, PERL_DL_NONLAZY, PERL_ENCODING, PERL_HASH_SEED,
2278 PERL_HASH_SEED_DEBUG, PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port), PERL_SIGNALS,
2279 PERL_UNICODE, SYS$LOGIN (specific to the VMS port)
2283 =head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
2291 =head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings
2299 =item Default Warnings and Optional Warnings
2301 =item What's wrong with B<-w> and C<$^W>
2303 =item Controlling Warnings from the Command Line
2307 =item Backward Compatibility
2309 =item Category Hierarchy
2311 =item Fatal Warnings
2313 =item Reporting Warnings from a Module
2325 =head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
2331 =item The Perl Debugger
2335 =item Debugger Commands
2337 h, h [command], h h, p expr, x [maxdepth] expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], y
2338 [level [vars]], T, s [expr], n [expr], r, <CR>, c [line|sub], l, l
2339 min+incr, l min-max, l line, l subname, -, v [line], f filename, /pattern/,
2340 ?pattern?, L [abw], S [[!]regex], t, t expr, b, b [line] [condition], b
2341 subname [condition], b postpone subname [condition], b load filename, b
2342 compile subname, B line, B *, a [line] command, A line, A *, w expr, W
2343 expr, W *, o, o booloption .., o anyoption? .., o option=value .., < ?, < [
2344 command ], < *, << command, > ?, > command, > *, >> command, { ?, { [
2345 command ], { *, {{ command, ! number, ! -number, ! pattern, !! cmd, source
2346 file, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, M, man
2349 =item Configurable Options
2351 C<recallCommand>, C<ShellBang>, C<pager>, C<tkRunning>, C<signalLevel>,
2352 C<warnLevel>, C<dieLevel>, C<AutoTrace>, C<LineInfo>, C<inhibit_exit>,
2353 C<PrintRet>, C<ornaments>, C<frame>, C<maxTraceLen>, C<windowSize>,
2354 C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<dumpDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>,
2355 C<globPrint>, C<DumpDBFiles>, C<DumpPackages>, C<DumpReused>, C<quote>,
2356 C<HighBit>, C<undefPrint>, C<UsageOnly>, C<TTY>, C<noTTY>, C<ReadLine>,
2359 =item Debugger input/output
2361 Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame
2364 =item Debugging compile-time statements
2366 =item Debugger Customization
2368 =item Readline Support
2370 =item Editor Support for Debugging
2372 =item The Perl Profiler
2376 =item Debugging regular expressions
2378 =item Debugging memory usage
2386 =head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
2394 =item Predefined Names
2396 $ARG, $_, $a, $b, $<I<digits>>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $',
2397 $LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, $^N, @LAST_MATCH_END, @+,
2398 HANDLE->input_line_number(EXPR), $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER, $NR, $,
2399 IO::Handle->input_record_separator(EXPR), $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $RS, $/,
2400 HANDLE->autoflush(EXPR), $OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH, $|,
2401 IO::Handle->output_field_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR, $OFS, $,,
2402 IO::Handle->output_record_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $ORS,
2403 $\, $LIST_SEPARATOR, $", $SUBSCRIPT_SEPARATOR, $SUBSEP, $;, $#,
2404 HANDLE->format_page_number(EXPR), $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER, $%,
2405 HANDLE->format_lines_per_page(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE, $=,
2406 HANDLE->format_lines_left(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_LEFT, $-, @LAST_MATCH_START,
2407 @-, C<$`> is the same as C<substr($var, 0, $-[0])>, C<$&> is the same as
2408 C<substr($var, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0])>, C<$'> is the same as C<substr($var,
2409 $+[0])>, C<$1> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1])>, C<$2>
2410 is the same as C<substr($var, $-[2], $+[2] - $-[2])>, C<$3> is the same as
2411 C<substr $var, $-[3], $+[3] - $-[3])>, HANDLE->format_name(EXPR),
2412 $FORMAT_NAME, $~, HANDLE->format_top_name(EXPR), $FORMAT_TOP_NAME, $^,
2413 IO::Handle->format_line_break_characters EXPR,
2414 $FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS, $:, IO::Handle->format_formfeed EXPR,
2415 $FORMAT_FORMFEED, $^L, $ACCUMULATOR, $^A, $CHILD_ERROR, $?, ${^ENCODING},
2416 $OS_ERROR, $ERRNO, $!, %!, $EXTENDED_OS_ERROR, $^E, $EVAL_ERROR, $@,
2417 $PROCESS_ID, $PID, $$, $REAL_USER_ID, $UID, $<, $EFFECTIVE_USER_ID, $EUID,
2418 $>, $REAL_GROUP_ID, $GID, $(, $EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID, $EGID, $),
2419 $PROGRAM_NAME, $0, $[, $], $COMPILING, $^C, $DEBUGGING, $^D,
2420 ${^RE_DEBUG_FLAGS}, ${^RE_TRIE_MAXBUF}, $SYSTEM_FD_MAX, $^F, $^H, %^H,
2421 $INPLACE_EDIT, $^I, $^M, $OSNAME, $^O, ${^OPEN}, $PERLDB, $^P, 0x01, 0x02,
2422 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80, 0x100, 0x200, 0x400,
2423 $LAST_REGEXP_CODE_RESULT, $^R, $EXCEPTIONS_BEING_CAUGHT, $^S, $BASETIME,
2424 $^T, ${^TAINT}, ${^UNICODE}, $PERL_VERSION, $^V, $WARNING, $^W,
2425 ${^WARNING_BITS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X, ARGV, $ARGV, @ARGV, ARGVOUT, @F,
2426 @INC, @_, %INC, %ENV, $ENV{expr}, %SIG, $SIG{expr}
2428 =item Error Indicators
2430 =item Technical Note on the Syntax of Variable Names
2438 =head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
2448 =item Regular Expressions
2450 [1], [2], [3], cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
2452 =item Extended Patterns
2454 C<(?#text)>, C<(?imsx-imsx)>, C<(?:pattern)>, C<(?imsx-imsx:pattern)>,
2455 C<(?=pattern)>, C<(?!pattern)>, C<(?<=pattern)>, C<(?<!pattern)>, C<(?{
2456 code })>, C<(??{ code })>, C<< (?>pattern) >>,
2457 C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>, C<(?(condition)yes-pattern)>
2461 =item Version 8 Regular Expressions
2463 =item Warning on \1 vs $1
2465 =item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
2467 =item Combining pieces together
2469 C<ST>, C<S|T>, C<S{REPEAT_COUNT}>, C<S{min,max}>, C<S{min,max}?>, C<S?>,
2470 C<S*>, C<S+>, C<S??>, C<S*?>, C<S+?>, C<< (?>S) >>, C<(?=S)>, C<(?<=S)>,
2471 C<(?!S)>, C<(?<!S)>, C<(??{ EXPR })>,
2472 C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>
2474 =item Creating custom RE engines
2484 =head2 perlreref - Perl Regular Expressions Reference
2496 =item ESCAPE SEQUENCES
2498 =item CHARACTER CLASSES
2504 =item EXTENDED CONSTRUCTS
2522 =head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
2532 =item Making References
2534 =item Using References
2536 =item Symbolic references
2538 =item Not-so-symbolic references
2540 =item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
2542 =item Function Templates
2552 =head2 perlform - Perl formats
2562 =item Numeric Fields
2564 =item The Field @* for Variable Width Multi-Line Text
2566 =item The Field ^* for Variable Width One-line-at-a-time Text
2568 =item Specifying Values
2570 =item Using Fill Mode
2572 =item Suppressing Lines Where All Fields Are Void
2574 =item Repeating Format Lines
2576 =item Top of Form Processing
2578 =item Format Variables
2588 =item Accessing Formatting Internals
2596 =head2 perlobj - Perl objects
2604 =item An Object is Simply a Reference
2606 =item A Class is Simply a Package
2608 =item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
2610 =item Method Invocation
2612 =item Indirect Object Syntax
2614 =item Default UNIVERSAL methods
2616 isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
2622 =item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
2630 =head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
2642 TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, UNTIE this,
2647 TIEARRAY classname, LIST, FETCH this, index, STORE this, index, value,
2648 FETCHSIZE this, STORESIZE this, count, EXTEND this, count, EXISTS this,
2649 key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, PUSH this, LIST, POP this, SHIFT this,
2650 UNSHIFT this, LIST, SPLICE this, offset, length, LIST, UNTIE this, DESTROY
2655 USER, HOME, CLOBBER, LIST, TIEHASH classname, LIST, FETCH this, key, STORE
2656 this, key, value, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, EXISTS this, key, FIRSTKEY
2657 this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, SCALAR this, UNTIE this, DESTROY this
2659 =item Tying FileHandles
2661 TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this,
2662 LIST, READ this, LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, UNTIE this,
2667 =item The C<untie> Gotcha
2679 =head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
2687 B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
2688 B<filter_fetch_value>
2694 =item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
2696 =item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
2706 =head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
2707 safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
2717 =item Handling the SIGHUP Signal in Daemons
2725 =item Deferred Signals (Safe Signals)
2727 Long running opcodes, Interrupting IO, Restartable system calls, Signals as
2728 "faults", Signals triggered by operating system state
2732 =item Using open() for IPC
2738 =item Background Processes
2740 =item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
2742 =item Safe Pipe Opens
2744 =item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
2746 =item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself
2750 =item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
2754 =item Internet Line Terminators
2756 =item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
2758 =item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
2762 =item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
2766 =item A Simple Client
2768 C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
2770 =item A Webget Client
2772 =item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
2776 =item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
2778 Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
2780 =item UDP: Message Passing
2794 =head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation
2804 =item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes
2806 $$ or $PROCESS_ID, %ENV, chdir() and all other builtins that accept
2807 filenames, wait() and waitpid(), kill(), exec(), exit(), Open handles to
2808 files, directories and network sockets
2810 =item Resource limits
2812 =item Killing the parent process
2814 =item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes
2816 =item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS
2818 BEGIN blocks, Open filehandles, Forking pipe open() not yet implemented,
2819 Global state maintained by XSUBs, Interpreter embedded in larger
2820 application, Thread-safety of extensions
2832 =head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
2840 =item Storing numbers
2842 =item Numeric operators and numeric conversions
2844 =item Flavors of Perl numeric operations
2846 Arithmetic operators, ++, Arithmetic operators during C<use integer>, Other
2847 mathematical operators, Bitwise operators, Bitwise operators during C<use
2848 integer>, Operators which expect an integer, Operators which expect a
2857 =head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl
2865 =item What Is A Thread Anyway?
2867 =item Threaded Program Models
2879 =item What kind of threads are Perl threads?
2881 =item Thread-Safe Modules
2887 =item Basic Thread Support
2889 =item A Note about the Examples
2891 =item Creating Threads
2893 =item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
2895 =item Ignoring A Thread
2899 =item Threads And Data
2903 =item Shared And Unshared Data
2905 =item Thread Pitfalls: Races
2909 =item Synchronization and control
2913 =item Controlling access: lock()
2915 =item A Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
2917 =item Queues: Passing Data Around
2919 =item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
2921 =item Basic semaphores
2923 =item Advanced Semaphores
2925 =item cond_wait() and cond_signal()
2927 =item Giving up control
2931 =item General Thread Utility Routines
2935 =item What Thread Am I In?
2939 =item Are These Threads The Same?
2941 =item What Threads Are Running?
2945 =item A Complete Example
2947 =item Different implementations of threads
2949 =item Performance considerations
2951 =item Process-scope Changes
2953 =item Thread-Safety of System Libraries
2961 =item Introductory Texts
2963 =item OS-Related References
2965 =item Other References
2969 =item Acknowledgements
2977 =head2 perlothrtut - old tutorial on threads in Perl
2983 =item What Is A Thread Anyway?
2985 =item Threaded Program Models
2997 =item Native threads
2999 =item What kind of threads are perl threads?
3001 =item Threadsafe Modules
3007 =item Basic Thread Support
3009 =item Creating Threads
3011 =item Giving up control
3013 =item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
3015 =item Errors In Threads
3017 =item Ignoring A Thread
3021 =item Threads And Data
3025 =item Shared And Unshared Data
3027 =item Thread Pitfall: Races
3029 =item Controlling access: lock()
3031 =item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
3033 =item Queues: Passing Data Around
3037 =item Threads And Code
3041 =item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
3043 Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
3045 =item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines
3047 =item Subroutine Locks
3051 =item Locking A Subroutine
3055 =item General Thread Utility Routines
3059 =item What Thread Am I In?
3063 =item Are These Threads The Same?
3065 =item What Threads Are Running?
3069 =item A Complete Example
3077 =item Introductory Texts
3079 =item OS-Related References
3081 =item Other References
3085 =item Acknowledgements
3093 =head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl
3099 Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is>
3108 =item Numbers endianness and Width
3110 =item Files and Filesystems
3112 =item System Interaction
3114 =item Command names versus file pathnames
3118 =item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
3120 =item External Subroutines (XS)
3122 =item Standard Modules
3126 =item Character sets and character encoding
3128 =item Internationalisation
3130 =item System Resources
3140 Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
3141 http://testers.cpan.org/
3149 =item DOS and Derivatives
3157 =item EBCDIC Platforms
3165 =item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
3169 =item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
3171 -I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, binmode FILEHANDLE, chmod LIST, chown
3172 LIST, chroot FILENAME, chroot, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen
3173 HASH,DBNAME,MODE, dump LABEL, exec LIST, exit EXPR, exit, fcntl
3174 FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, getlogin,
3175 getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, getgrnam NAME,
3176 getnetbyname NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE,
3177 getprotobynumber NUMBER, getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent,
3178 gethostbyname, gethostent, getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, sethostent
3179 STAYOPEN, setnetent STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN,
3180 endpwent, endgrent, endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent,
3181 getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, ioctl
3182 FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, kill SIGNAL, LIST, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, lstat
3183 FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR, lstat, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgsnd
3184 ID,MSG,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open
3185 FILEHANDLE, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, readlink EXPR, readlink, select
3186 RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget
3187 KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, setgrent, setpgrp PID,PGRP,
3188 setpriority WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setpwent, setsockopt
3189 SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS,
3190 shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, sockatmark SOCKET,
3191 socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, stat FILEHANDLE, stat
3192 EXPR, stat, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
3193 FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, system LIST, times, truncate
3194 FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, umask EXPR, umask, utime LIST,
3195 wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS
3201 v1.49, 12 August 2002, v1.48, 02 February 2001, v1.47, 22 March 2000,
3202 v1.46, 12 February 2000, v1.45, 20 December 1999, v1.44, 19 July 1999,
3203 v1.43, 24 May 1999, v1.42, 22 May 1999, v1.41, 19 May 1999, v1.40, 11 April
3204 1999, v1.39, 11 February 1999, v1.38, 31 December 1998, v1.37, 19 December
3205 1998, v1.36, 9 September 1998, v1.35, 13 August 1998, v1.33, 06 August
3206 1998, v1.32, 05 August 1998, v1.30, 03 August 1998, v1.23, 10 July 1998
3208 =item Supported Platforms
3212 =item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
3216 =head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
3223 =item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
3229 =item The use locale pragma
3231 =item The setlocale function
3233 =item Finding locales
3235 =item LOCALE PROBLEMS
3237 =item Temporarily fixing locale problems
3239 =item Permanently fixing locale problems
3241 =item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
3243 =item Fixing system locale configuration
3245 =item The localeconv function
3247 =item I18N::Langinfo
3251 =item LOCALE CATEGORIES
3255 =item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
3257 =item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
3259 =item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
3261 =item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
3265 =item Other categories
3273 PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
3274 LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
3280 =item Backward compatibility
3282 =item I18N:Collate obsolete
3284 =item Sort speed and memory use impacts
3286 =item write() and LC_NUMERIC
3288 =item Freely available locale definitions
3292 =item An imperfect standard
3296 =item Unicode and UTF-8
3302 =item Broken systems
3312 =head2 perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction
3322 =item Perl's Unicode Support
3324 =item Perl's Unicode Model
3326 =item Unicode and EBCDIC
3328 =item Creating Unicode
3330 =item Handling Unicode
3332 =item Legacy Encodings
3336 =item Displaying Unicode As Text
3340 =item Advanced Topics
3344 =item Questions With Answers
3346 =item Hexadecimal Notation
3348 =item Further Resources
3352 =item UNICODE IN OLDER PERLS
3356 =item ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
3358 =item AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT, AND LICENSE
3362 =head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
3370 =item Important Caveats
3372 Input and Output Layers, Regular Expressions, C<use utf8> still needed to
3373 enable UTF-8/UTF-EBCDIC in scripts, BOM-marked scripts and UTF-16 scripts
3374 autodetected, C<use encoding> needed to upgrade non-Latin-1 byte strings
3376 =item Byte and Character Semantics
3378 =item Effects of Character Semantics
3384 =item User-Defined Character Properties
3386 =item Character Encodings for Input and Output
3388 =item Unicode Regular Expression Support Level
3390 =item Unicode Encodings
3392 =item Security Implications of Unicode
3394 =item Unicode in Perl on EBCDIC
3398 =item When Unicode Does Not Happen
3400 =item Forcing Unicode in Perl (Or Unforcing Unicode in Perl)
3402 =item Using Unicode in XS
3410 =item Interaction with Locales
3412 =item Interaction with Extensions
3416 =item Porting code from perl-5.6.X
3424 =head2 perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
3430 =item COMMON CHARACTER CODE SETS
3438 =item Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1)
3442 =item 13 variant characters
3450 =item Unicode code points versus EBCDIC code points
3452 =item Remaining Perl Unicode problems in EBCDIC
3454 =item Unicode and UTF
3460 =item SINGLE OCTET TABLES
3462 recipe 0, recipe 1, recipe 2, recipe 3, recipe 4, recipe 5, recipe 6
3464 =item IDENTIFYING CHARACTER CODE SETS
3478 =item OPERATOR DIFFERENCES
3480 =item FUNCTION DIFFERENCES
3482 chr(), ord(), pack(), print(), printf(), sort(), sprintf(), unpack()
3484 =item REGULAR EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES
3492 =item Ignore ASCII vs. EBCDIC sort differences.
3494 =item MONO CASE then sort data.
3496 =item Convert, sort data, then re convert.
3498 =item Perform sorting on one type of machine only.
3502 =item TRANSFORMATION FORMATS
3506 =item URL decoding and encoding
3508 =item uu encoding and decoding
3510 =item Quoted-Printable encoding and decoding
3512 =item Caesarian ciphers
3516 =item Hashing order and checksums
3520 =item MULTI OCTET CHARACTER SETS
3532 chcp, dataset access, OS/390, z/OS iconv, locales
3552 =head2 perlsec - Perl security
3560 =item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
3562 =item Switches On the "#!" Line
3564 =item Taint mode and @INC
3566 =item Cleaning Up Your Path
3570 =item Protecting Your Programs
3574 =item Algorithmic Complexity Attacks
3582 =head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
3594 =item BEGIN, CHECK, INIT and END
3600 =item Making your module threadsafe
3608 =head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
3612 =item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
3616 =item Pragmatic Modules
3618 assertions, assertions::activate, attributes, attrs, autouse, base, bigint,
3619 bignum, bigrat, blib, bytes, charnames, constant, diagnostics, encoding,
3620 fields, filetest, if, integer, less, lib, locale, open, ops, overload, re,
3621 sigtrap, sort, strict, subs, threads, threads::shared, utf8, vars, version,
3622 vmsish, warnings, warnings::register
3624 =item Standard Modules
3626 AnyDBM_File, Attribute::Handlers, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, B, B::Asmdata,
3627 B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Concise, B::Debug,
3628 B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj, B::Stash,
3629 B::Terse, B::Xref, Benchmark, ByteLoader, CGI, CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp,
3630 CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push, CGI::Switch, CGI::Util,
3631 CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, Carp::Heavy, Class::ISA,
3632 Class::Struct, Config, Cwd, DB, DBM_Filter, DB_File, Data::Dumper,
3633 Devel::DProf, Devel::PPPort, Devel::Peek, Devel::SelfStubber, Digest,
3634 Digest::MD5, Digest::base, DirHandle, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, Encode,
3635 Encode::Alias, Encode::Byte, Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CN,
3636 Encode::CN::HZ, Encode::Config, Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Encoder,
3637 Encode::Encoding, Encode::Guess, Encode::JP, Encode::JP::H2Z,
3638 Encode::JP::JIS7, Encode::KR, Encode::KR::2022_KR, Encode::MIME::Header,
3639 Encode::PerlIO, Encode::Supported, Encode::Symbol, Encode::TW,
3640 Encode::Unicode, Encode::Unicode::UTF7, English, Env, Errno, Exporter,
3641 Exporter::Heavy, ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Command::MM,
3642 ExtUtils::Constant, ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install,
3643 ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist, ExtUtils::MM, ExtUtils::MM_Any,
3644 ExtUtils::MM_BeOS, ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin, ExtUtils::MM_DOS,
3645 ExtUtils::MM_MacOS, ExtUtils::MM_NW5, ExtUtils::MM_OS2, ExtUtils::MM_UWIN,
3646 ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::MM_VMS, ExtUtils::MM_Win32,
3647 ExtUtils::MM_Win95, ExtUtils::MY, ExtUtils::MakeMaker,
3648 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ, ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial,
3649 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes, ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish,
3650 ExtUtils::Manifest, ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists,
3651 ExtUtils::Packlist, ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, Fcntl, File::Basename,
3652 File::CheckTree, File::Compare, File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find,
3653 File::Glob, File::Path, File::Spec, File::Spec::Cygwin, File::Spec::Epoc,
3654 File::Spec::Functions, File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Unix,
3655 File::Spec::VMS, File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp, File::stat, FileCache,
3656 FileHandle, Filter::Simple, Filter::Util::Call, FindBin, GDBM_File,
3657 Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, Hash::Util, I18N::Collate, I18N::LangTags,
3658 I18N::LangTags::List, I18N::Langinfo, IO, IO::Dir, IO::File, IO::Handle,
3659 IO::Pipe, IO::Poll, IO::Seekable, IO::Select, IO::Socket, IO::Socket::INET,
3660 IO::Socket::UNIX, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, IPC::SysV, IPC::SysV::Msg,
3661 IPC::SysV::Semaphore, List::Util, Locale::Constants, Locale::Country,
3662 Locale::Currency, Locale::Language, Locale::Maketext,
3663 Locale::Maketext::TPJ13, Locale::Script, MIME::Base64,
3664 MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt,
3665 Math::BigInt::Calc, Math::BigInt::CalcEmu, Math::BigRat, Math::Complex,
3666 Math::Trig, Memoize, Memoize::AnyDBM_File, Memoize::Expire,
3667 Memoize::ExpireFile, Memoize::ExpireTest, Memoize::NDBM_File,
3668 Memoize::SDBM_File, Memoize::Storable, NDBM_File, NEXT, Net::Cmd,
3669 Net::Config, Net::Domain, Net::FTP, Net::NNTP, Net::Netrc, Net::POP3,
3670 Net::Ping, Net::SMTP, Net::Time, Net::hostent, Net::libnetFAQ, Net::netent,
3671 Net::protoent, Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, POSIX, PerlIO,
3672 PerlIO::encoding, PerlIO::scalar, PerlIO::via, PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint,
3673 Pod::Checker, Pod::Find, Pod::Functions, Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects,
3674 Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Man, Pod::ParseLink, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Parser,
3675 Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker, Pod::Perldoc::ToMan, Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff,
3676 Pod::Perldoc::ToPod, Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf, Pod::Perldoc::ToText,
3677 Pod::Perldoc::ToTk, Pod::Perldoc::ToXml, Pod::PlainText, Pod::Plainer,
3678 Pod::Select, Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color, Pod::Text::Overstrike,
3679 Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Usage, SDBM_File, Safe, Scalar::Util,
3680 Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell, Socket, Storable, Switch,
3681 Symbol, Sys::Hostname, Sys::Syslog, Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap,
3682 Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test, Test::Builder, Test::Harness,
3683 Test::Harness::Assert, Test::Harness::Iterator, Test::Harness::Straps,
3684 Test::More, Test::Simple, Test::Tutorial, Text::Abbrev, Text::Balanced,
3685 Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs, Text::Wrap, Thread,
3686 Thread::Queue, Thread::Semaphore, Thread::Signal, Thread::Specific,
3687 Tie::Array, Tie::File, Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::Memoize, Tie::RefHash,
3688 Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, Time::HiRes, Time::Local, Time::gmtime,
3689 Time::localtime, Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize,
3690 Unicode::UCD, User::grent, User::pwent, Win32, XS::APItest, XS::Typemap,
3693 =item Extension Modules
3707 China, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Russian Federation, Saudi
3708 Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand
3710 =item Central America
3716 Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
3717 Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
3718 Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
3719 Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
3720 Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
3724 Canada, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Mexico, United States,
3725 Alabama, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,
3726 Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York,
3727 North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
3728 Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin
3732 Australia, New Zealand, United States
3736 Argentina, Brazil, Chile
3742 =item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
3746 =item Guidelines for Module Creation
3748 =item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
3750 =item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
3758 =head2 perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide
3764 =item QUICK CHECKLIST
3768 =item Before you start
3776 =item Release considerations
3780 =item BEFORE YOU START WRITING A MODULE
3784 =item Has it been done before?
3786 =item Do one thing and do it well
3788 =item What's in a name?
3792 =item DESIGNING AND WRITING YOUR MODULE
3796 =item To OO or not to OO?
3798 =item Designing your API
3800 Write simple routines to do simple things, Separate functionality from
3801 output, Provide sensible shortcuts and defaults, Naming conventions,
3804 =item Strictness and warnings
3806 =item Backwards compatibility
3808 =item Error handling and messages
3812 =item DOCUMENTING YOUR MODULE
3818 =item README, INSTALL, release notes, changelogs
3820 perl Makefile.PL, make, make test, make install, perl Build.PL, perl Build,
3821 perl Build test, perl Build install
3825 =item RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS
3829 =item Version numbering
3831 =item Pre-requisites
3841 =item COMMON PITFALLS
3845 =item Reinventing the wheel
3847 =item Trying to do too much
3849 =item Inappropriate documentation
3855 L<perlstyle>, L<perlnewmod>, L<perlpod>, L<podchecker>, Packaging Tools,
3856 Testing tools, http://pause.perl.org/, Any good book on software
3863 =head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
3873 B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
3874 module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
3888 =head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
3898 =item What should I make into a module?
3900 =item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground
3902 Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again
3904 =item Step-by-step: Making the module
3906 Start with F<module-starter> or F<h2xs>, Use L<strict|strict> and
3907 L<warnings|warnings>, Use L<Carp|Carp>, Use L<Exporter|Exporter> - wisely!,
3908 Use L<plain old documentation|perlpod>, Write tests, Write the README
3910 =item Step-by-step: Distributing your module
3912 Get a CPAN user ID, C<perl Makefile.PL; make test; make dist>, Upload the
3913 tarball, Announce to the modules list, Announce to clpa, Fix bugs!
3923 =head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
3933 L<perldoc|perldoc>, L<pod2man|pod2man> and L<pod2text|pod2text>,
3934 L<pod2html|pod2html> and L<pod2latex|pod2latex>, L<pod2usage|pod2usage>,
3935 L<podselect|podselect>, L<podchecker|podchecker>, L<splain|splain>,
3936 L<roffitall|roffitall>
3940 L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
3942 =item Administration
3944 L<libnetcfg|libnetcfg>
3948 L<perlbug|perlbug>, L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph> and L<pstruct|pstruct>,
3949 L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>, L<perlcc|perlcc>
3957 =head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
3967 B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
3971 =item Using The Back Ends
3975 =item The Cross Referencing Back End
3979 =item The Decompiling Back End
3981 =item The Lint Back End
3983 =item The Simple C Back End
3985 =item The Bytecode Back End
3987 =item The Optimized C Back End
3991 =item Module List for the Compiler Suite
3993 B, O, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC,
3994 B::Concise, B::Debug, B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex,
3995 B::Stackobj, B::Stash, B::Terse, B::Xref
3997 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
4003 =head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
4013 =item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
4015 =item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
4017 B<Decryption Filters>
4019 =item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
4021 =item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
4023 =item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
4027 =item THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR
4029 Some Filters Clobber the C<DATA> Handle
4039 =head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
4049 B<Use C from Perl?>, B<Use a Unix program from Perl?>, B<Use Perl from
4050 Perl?>, B<Use C from C?>, B<Use Perl from C?>
4054 =item Compiling your C program
4056 =item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
4058 =item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
4060 =item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
4062 =item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
4064 =item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
4066 =item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
4068 =item Execution of END blocks
4070 =item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
4072 =item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
4077 =item Embedding Perl under Win32
4089 =head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
4095 =item Debugger Internals
4099 =item Writing Your Own Debugger
4103 =item Frame Listing Output Examples
4105 =item Debugging regular expressions
4109 =item Compile-time output
4111 C<anchored> I<STRING> C<at> I<POS>, C<floating> I<STRING> C<at>
4112 I<POS1..POS2>, C<matching floating/anchored>, C<minlen>, C<stclass>
4113 I<TYPE>, C<noscan>, C<isall>, C<GPOS>, C<plus>, C<implicit>, C<with eval>,
4116 =item Types of nodes
4118 =item Run-time output
4122 =item Debugging Perl memory usage
4126 =item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
4128 C<buckets SMALLEST(APPROX)..GREATEST(APPROX)>, Free/Used, C<Total sbrk():
4129 SBRKed/SBRKs:CONTINUOUS>, C<pad: 0>, C<heads: 2192>, C<chain: 0>, C<tail:
4132 =item Example of using B<-DL> switch
4134 C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
4136 =item B<-DL> details
4140 =item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
4148 =head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
4160 =item Version caveat
4162 =item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
4174 =item What has gone on?
4176 =item Writing good test scripts
4180 =item What's new here?
4182 =item Input and Output Parameters
4184 =item The XSUBPP Program
4186 =item The TYPEMAP file
4188 =item Warning about Output Arguments
4192 =item What has happened here?
4194 =item Anatomy of .xs file
4196 =item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
4198 =item More about XSUB arguments
4200 =item The Argument Stack
4202 =item Extending your Extension
4204 =item Documenting your Extension
4206 =item Installing your Extension
4210 =item New Things in this Example
4214 =item New Things in this Example
4216 =item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
4218 =item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
4220 =item EXAMPLE 9 Passing open files to XSes
4222 =item Troubleshooting these Examples
4238 =head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
4250 =item The Anatomy of an XSUB
4252 =item The Argument Stack
4254 =item The RETVAL Variable
4256 =item Returning SVs, AVs and HVs through RETVAL
4258 =item The MODULE Keyword
4260 =item The PACKAGE Keyword
4262 =item The PREFIX Keyword
4264 =item The OUTPUT: Keyword
4266 =item The NO_OUTPUT Keyword
4268 =item The CODE: Keyword
4270 =item The INIT: Keyword
4272 =item The NO_INIT Keyword
4274 =item Initializing Function Parameters
4276 =item Default Parameter Values
4278 =item The PREINIT: Keyword
4280 =item The SCOPE: Keyword
4282 =item The INPUT: Keyword
4284 =item The IN/OUTLIST/IN_OUTLIST/OUT/IN_OUT Keywords
4286 =item The C<length(NAME)> Keyword
4288 =item Variable-length Parameter Lists
4290 =item The C_ARGS: Keyword
4292 =item The PPCODE: Keyword
4294 =item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
4296 =item The REQUIRE: Keyword
4298 =item The CLEANUP: Keyword
4300 =item The POSTCALL: Keyword
4302 =item The BOOT: Keyword
4304 =item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
4306 =item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
4308 =item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
4310 =item The ALIAS: Keyword
4312 =item The OVERLOAD: Keyword
4314 =item The FALLBACK: Keyword
4316 =item The INTERFACE: Keyword
4318 =item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
4320 =item The INCLUDE: Keyword
4322 =item The CASE: Keyword
4324 =item The & Unary Operator
4326 =item Inserting POD, Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
4328 =item Using XS With C++
4330 =item Interface Strategy
4332 =item Perl Objects And C Structures
4336 =item Safely Storing Static Data in XS
4338 MY_CXT_KEY, typedef my_cxt_t, START_MY_CXT, MY_CXT_INIT, dMY_CXT, MY_CXT
4350 =head2 perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions
4360 C<t>, C<p>, C<n>, C<s>
4362 =item File Operations
4364 =item File Input and Output
4366 =item File Positioning
4368 =item Memory Management and String Handling
4370 =item Character Class Tests
4372 =item F<stdlib.h> functions
4374 =item Miscellaneous functions
4382 =head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
4394 =item What is an "IV"?
4396 =item Working with SVs
4400 =item What's Really Stored in an SV?
4402 =item Working with AVs
4404 =item Working with HVs
4406 =item Hash API Extensions
4408 =item AVs, HVs and undefined values
4412 =item Blessed References and Class Objects
4414 =item Creating New Variables
4416 GV_ADDMULTI, GV_ADDWARN
4418 =item Reference Counts and Mortality
4420 =item Stashes and Globs
4422 =item Double-Typed SVs
4424 =item Magic Variables
4426 =item Assigning Magic
4428 =item Magic Virtual Tables
4432 =item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
4434 =item Localizing changes
4436 C<SAVEINT(int i)>, C<SAVEIV(IV i)>, C<SAVEI32(I32 i)>, C<SAVELONG(long i)>,
4437 C<SAVESPTR(s)>, C<SAVEPPTR(p)>, C<SAVEFREESV(SV *sv)>, C<SAVEMORTALIZESV(SV
4438 *sv)>, C<SAVEFREEOP(OP *op)>, C<SAVEFREEPV(p)>, C<SAVECLEARSV(SV *sv)>,
4439 C<SAVEDELETE(HV *hv, char *key, I32 length)>,
4440 C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR(DESTRUCTORFUNC_NOCONTEXT_t f, void *p)>,
4441 C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR_X(DESTRUCTORFUNC_t f, void *p)>, C<SAVESTACK_POS()>, C<SV*
4442 save_scalar(GV *gv)>, C<AV* save_ary(GV *gv)>, C<HV* save_hash(GV *gv)>,
4443 C<void save_item(SV *item)>, C<void save_list(SV **sarg, I32 maxsarg)>,
4444 C<SV* save_svref(SV **sptr)>, C<void save_aptr(AV **aptr)>, C<void
4445 save_hptr(HV **hptr)>
4453 =item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
4455 =item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
4457 =item Memory Allocation
4461 =item Putting a C value on Perl stack
4465 =item Scratchpads and recursion
4475 =item Examining the tree
4477 =item Compile pass 1: check routines
4479 =item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
4481 =item Compile pass 2: context propagation
4483 =item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
4485 =item Pluggable runops
4489 =item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions
4491 =item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
4495 =item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
4497 =item So what happened to dTHR?
4499 =item How do I use all this in extensions?
4501 =item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads?
4503 =item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
4507 =item Internal Functions
4509 A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, x, m, X, E, b
4513 =item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs
4515 =item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer
4517 =item Exception Handling
4519 =item Source Documentation
4521 =item Backwards compatibility
4525 =item Unicode Support
4529 =item What B<is> Unicode, anyway?
4531 =item How can I recognise a UTF-8 string?
4533 =item How does UTF-8 represent Unicode characters?
4535 =item How does Perl store UTF-8 strings?
4537 =item How do I convert a string to UTF-8?
4539 =item Is there anything else I need to know?
4543 =item Custom Operators
4551 =head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
4557 An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
4559 =item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
4561 call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
4581 =item Determining the Context
4585 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
4591 =item No Parameters, Nothing returned
4593 =item Passing Parameters
4595 =item Returning a Scalar
4597 =item Returning a list of values
4599 =item Returning a list in a scalar context
4601 =item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
4605 =item Using G_KEEPERR
4609 =item Using call_argv
4611 =item Using call_method
4615 =item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
4617 =item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
4619 1. Ignore the problem - Allow only 1 callback, 2. Create a sequence of
4620 callbacks - hard wired limit, 3. Use a parameter to map to the Perl
4623 =item Alternate Stack Manipulation
4625 =item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
4637 =head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
4643 =item "Gimme" Values
4645 GIMME, GIMME_V, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID
4647 =item Array Manipulation Functions
4649 AvFILL, av_clear, av_delete, av_exists, av_extend, av_fetch, av_fill,
4650 av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push, av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift,
4651 get_av, newAV, sortsv
4653 =item Callback Functions
4655 call_argv, call_method, call_pv, call_sv, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv,
4656 FREETMPS, LEAVE, SAVETMPS
4658 =item Character classes
4660 isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, toLOWER, toUPPER
4662 =item Cloning an interpreter
4666 =item CV Manipulation Functions
4670 =item Embedding Functions
4672 cv_undef, load_module, nothreadhook, perl_alloc, perl_construct,
4673 perl_destruct, perl_free, perl_parse, perl_run, require_pv
4675 =item Functions in file pp_pack.c
4677 packlist, pack_cat, unpackstring, unpack_str
4679 =item Global Variables
4681 PL_modglobal, PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes
4685 GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_fetchmethod_autoload,
4686 gv_fetchmeth_autoload, gv_stashpv, gv_stashpvn, gv_stashsv
4690 Nullav, Nullch, Nullcv, Nullhv, Nullsv
4692 =item Hash Manipulation Functions
4694 get_hv, HEf_SVKEY, HeHASH, HeKEY, HeKLEN, HePV, HeSVKEY, HeSVKEY_force,
4695 HeSVKEY_set, HeVAL, HvNAME, hv_assert, hv_clear, hv_clear_placeholders,
4696 hv_delete, hv_delete_ent, hv_exists, hv_exists_ent, hv_fetch, hv_fetch_ent,
4697 hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey, hv_iterkeysv, hv_iternext, hv_iternextsv,
4698 hv_iternext_flags, hv_iterval, hv_magic, hv_scalar, hv_store, hv_store_ent,
4701 =item Magical Functions
4703 mg_clear, mg_copy, mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, mg_length, mg_magical, mg_set,
4704 SvGETMAGIC, SvLOCK, SvSETMAGIC, SvSetMagicSV, SvSetMagicSV_nosteal,
4705 SvSetSV, SvSetSV_nosteal, SvSHARE, SvUNLOCK
4707 =item Memory Management
4709 Copy, CopyD, Move, MoveD, New, Newc, Newz, Poison, Renew, Renewc, Safefree,
4710 savepv, savepvn, savesharedpv, savesvpv, StructCopy, Zero, ZeroD
4712 =item Miscellaneous Functions
4714 fbm_compile, fbm_instr, form, getcwd_sv, new_version, scan_version, strEQ,
4715 strGE, strGT, strLE, strLT, strNE, strnEQ, strnNE, sv_nolocking,
4716 sv_nosharing, sv_nounlocking, upg_version, vcmp, vnormal, vnumify,
4719 =item Numeric functions
4721 grok_bin, grok_hex, grok_number, grok_numeric_radix, grok_oct, scan_bin,
4724 =item Optree Manipulation Functions
4726 cv_const_sv, newCONSTSUB, newXS
4728 =item Pad Data Structures
4732 =item Simple Exception Handling Macros
4734 dXCPT, XCPT_CATCH, XCPT_RETHROW, XCPT_TRY_END, XCPT_TRY_START
4736 =item Stack Manipulation Macros
4738 dMARK, dORIGMARK, dSP, EXTEND, MARK, mPUSHi, mPUSHn, mPUSHp, mPUSHu,
4739 mXPUSHi, mXPUSHn, mXPUSHp, mXPUSHu, ORIGMARK, POPi, POPl, POPn, POPp,
4740 POPpbytex, POPpx, POPs, PUSHi, PUSHMARK, PUSHmortal, PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs,
4741 PUSHu, PUTBACK, SP, SPAGAIN, XPUSHi, XPUSHmortal, XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs,
4742 XPUSHu, XSRETURN, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV,
4743 XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF, XSRETURN_UV, XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNO,
4744 XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES
4748 svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG
4750 =item SV Manipulation Functions
4752 get_sv, looks_like_number, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, NEWSV, newSV, newSViv,
4753 newSVnv, newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVpvn_share, newSVrv, newSVsv,
4754 newSVuv, SvCUR, SvCUR_set, SvEND, SvGROW, SvIOK, SvIOKp, SvIOK_notUV,
4755 SvIOK_off, SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only, SvIOK_only_UV, SvIOK_UV, SvIsCOW,
4756 SvIsCOW_shared_hash, SvIV, SvIVX, SvIVx, SvIV_nomg, SvLEN, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp,
4757 SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, SvNOKp, SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVX,
4758 SvNVx, SvOK, SvOOK, SvPOK, SvPOKp, SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only,
4759 SvPOK_only_UTF8, SvPV, SvPVbyte, SvPVbytex, SvPVbytex_force,
4760 SvPVbyte_force, SvPVbyte_nolen, SvPVutf8, SvPVutf8x, SvPVutf8x_force,
4761 SvPVutf8_force, SvPVutf8_nolen, SvPVX, SvPVx, SvPV_force, SvPV_force_nomg,
4762 SvPV_nolen, SvPV_nomg, SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK,
4763 SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV, SvSTASH, SvTAINT, SvTAINTED, SvTAINTED_off,
4764 SvTAINTED_on, SvTRUE, SvTYPE, SvUOK, SvUPGRADE, SvUTF8, SvUTF8_off,
4765 SvUTF8_on, SvUV, SvUVX, SvUVx, SvUV_nomg, SvVOK, sv_2bool, sv_2cv, sv_2io,
4766 sv_2iv_flags, sv_2mortal, sv_2nv, sv_2pvbyte, sv_2pvbyte_nolen, sv_2pvutf8,
4767 sv_2pvutf8_nolen, sv_2pv_flags, sv_2pv_nolen, sv_2uv_flags, sv_backoff,
4768 sv_bless, sv_catpv, sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg, sv_catpvn, sv_catpvn_flags,
4769 sv_catpvn_mg, sv_catpvn_nomg, sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv, sv_catsv_flags,
4770 sv_catsv_mg, sv_catsv_nomg, sv_chop, sv_clear, sv_cmp, sv_cmp_locale,
4771 sv_collxfrm, sv_copypv, sv_dec, sv_derived_from, sv_eq, sv_force_normal,
4772 sv_force_normal_flags, sv_free, sv_gets, sv_grow, sv_inc, sv_insert,
4773 sv_isa, sv_isobject, sv_iv, sv_len, sv_len_utf8, sv_magic, sv_magicext,
4774 sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, sv_newref, sv_nv, sv_pos_b2u, sv_pos_u2b,
4775 sv_pv, sv_pvbyte, sv_pvbyten, sv_pvbyten_force, sv_pvn, sv_pvn_force,
4776 sv_pvn_force_flags, sv_pvutf8, sv_pvutf8n, sv_pvutf8n_force, sv_reftype,
4777 sv_replace, sv_report_used, sv_reset, sv_rvweaken, sv_setiv, sv_setiv_mg,
4778 sv_setnv, sv_setnv_mg, sv_setpv, sv_setpvf, sv_setpvf_mg, sv_setpviv,
4779 sv_setpviv_mg, sv_setpvn, sv_setpvn_mg, sv_setpv_mg, sv_setref_iv,
4780 sv_setref_nv, sv_setref_pv, sv_setref_pvn, sv_setref_uv, sv_setsv,
4781 sv_setsv_flags, sv_setsv_mg, sv_setsv_nomg, sv_setuv, sv_setuv_mg,
4782 sv_taint, sv_tainted, sv_true, sv_unmagic, sv_unref, sv_unref_flags,
4783 sv_untaint, sv_upgrade, sv_usepvn, sv_usepvn_mg, sv_utf8_decode,
4784 sv_utf8_downgrade, sv_utf8_encode, sv_utf8_upgrade, sv_utf8_upgrade_flags,
4785 sv_uv, sv_vcatpvf, sv_vcatpvfn, sv_vcatpvf_mg, sv_vsetpvf, sv_vsetpvfn,
4788 =item Unicode Support
4790 bytes_from_utf8, bytes_to_utf8, ibcmp_utf8, is_utf8_char, is_utf8_string,
4791 is_utf8_string_loc, pv_uni_display, sv_cat_decode, sv_recode_to_utf8,
4792 sv_uni_display, to_utf8_case, to_utf8_fold, to_utf8_lower, to_utf8_title,
4793 to_utf8_upper, utf8n_to_uvchr, utf8n_to_uvuni, utf8_distance, utf8_hop,
4794 utf8_length, utf8_to_bytes, utf8_to_uvchr, utf8_to_uvuni, uvchr_to_utf8,
4797 =item Variables created by C<xsubpp> and C<xsubpp> internal functions
4799 ax, CLASS, dAX, dITEMS, dUNDERBAR, dXSARGS, dXSI32, items, ix, newXSproto,
4800 RETVAL, ST, THIS, UNDERBAR, XS, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK
4802 =item Warning and Dieing
4812 =head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
4819 =item CV reference counts and CvOUTSIDE
4823 =item Functions in file pad.h
4825 CX_CURPAD_SAVE, CX_CURPAD_SV, PAD_BASE_SV, PAD_CLONE_VARS,
4826 PAD_COMPNAME_FLAGS, PAD_COMPNAME_GEN, PAD_COMPNAME_OURSTASH,
4827 PAD_COMPNAME_PV, PAD_COMPNAME_TYPE, PAD_DUP, PAD_RESTORE_LOCAL,
4828 PAD_SAVE_LOCAL, PAD_SAVE_SETNULLPAD, PAD_SETSV, PAD_SET_CUR,
4829 PAD_SET_CUR_NOSAVE, PAD_SV, PAD_SVl, SAVECLEARSV, SAVECOMPPAD, SAVEPADSV
4831 =item Functions in file pp_ctl.c
4835 =item Global Variables
4837 PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv,
4842 is_gv_magical, is_gv_magical_sv
4848 =item Pad Data Structures
4850 CvPADLIST, cv_clone, cv_dump, do_dump_pad, intro_my, pad_add_anon,
4851 pad_add_name, pad_alloc, pad_block_start, pad_check_dup, pad_findlex,
4852 pad_findmy, pad_fixup_inner_anons, pad_free, pad_leavemy, pad_new,
4853 pad_push, pad_reset, pad_setsv, pad_swipe, pad_tidy, pad_undef
4855 =item Stack Manipulation Macros
4859 =item SV Manipulation Functions
4861 find_uninit_var, report_uninit, sv_add_arena, sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs,
4870 =head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
4880 =item History and Background
4882 =item Basic Structure
4884 =item Layers vs Disciplines
4886 =item Data Structures
4888 =item Functions and Attributes
4890 =item Per-instance Data
4892 =item Layers in action.
4894 =item Per-instance flag bits
4896 PERLIO_F_EOF, PERLIO_F_CANWRITE, PERLIO_F_CANREAD, PERLIO_F_ERROR,
4897 PERLIO_F_TRUNCATE, PERLIO_F_APPEND, PERLIO_F_CRLF, PERLIO_F_UTF8,
4898 PERLIO_F_UNBUF, PERLIO_F_WRBUF, PERLIO_F_RDBUF, PERLIO_F_LINEBUF,
4899 PERLIO_F_TEMP, PERLIO_F_OPEN, PERLIO_F_FASTGETS
4901 =item Methods in Detail
4903 fsize, name, size, kind, PERLIO_K_BUFFERED, PERLIO_K_RAW, PERLIO_K_CANCRLF,
4904 PERLIO_K_FASTGETS, PERLIO_K_MULTIARG, Pushed, Popped, Open, Binmode,
4905 Getarg, Fileno, Dup, Read, Write, Seek, Tell, Close, Flush, Fill, Eof,
4906 Error, Clearerr, Setlinebuf, Get_base, Get_bufsiz, Get_ptr, Get_cnt,
4911 =item Implementing PerlIO Layers
4913 C implementations, Perl implementations
4917 "unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8"
4919 =item Extension Layers
4921 ":encoding", ":scalar", ":via"
4929 =head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
4937 1. USE_STDIO, 2. USE_SFIO, 3. USE_PERLIO, B<PerlIO_stdin()>,
4938 B<PerlIO_stdout()>, B<PerlIO_stderr()>, B<PerlIO_open(path, mode)>,
4939 B<PerlIO_fdopen(fd,mode)>, B<PerlIO_reopen(path,mode,f)>,
4940 B<PerlIO_printf(f,fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_vprintf(f,fmt,a)>,
4941 B<PerlIO_stdoutf(fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_read(f,buf,count)>,
4942 B<PerlIO_write(f,buf,count)>, B<PerlIO_close(f)>, B<PerlIO_puts(f,s)>,
4943 B<PerlIO_putc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_ungetc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_getc(f)>,
4944 B<PerlIO_eof(f)>, B<PerlIO_error(f)>, B<PerlIO_fileno(f)>,
4945 B<PerlIO_clearerr(f)>, B<PerlIO_flush(f)>, B<PerlIO_seek(f,offset,whence)>,
4946 B<PerlIO_tell(f)>, B<PerlIO_getpos(f,p)>, B<PerlIO_setpos(f,p)>,
4947 B<PerlIO_rewind(f)>, B<PerlIO_tmpfile()>, B<PerlIO_setlinebuf(f)>
4951 =item Co-existence with stdio
4953 B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,mode)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,mode)>,
4954 B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>, B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>
4956 =item "Fast gets" Functions
4958 B<PerlIO_fast_gets(f)>, B<PerlIO_has_cntptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_cnt(f)>,
4959 B<PerlIO_get_ptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_set_ptrcnt(f,p,c)>, B<PerlIO_canset_cnt(f)>,
4960 B<PerlIO_set_cnt(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_has_base(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_base(f)>,
4961 B<PerlIO_get_bufsiz(f)>
4963 =item Other Functions
4965 PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers),
4966 'E<lt>' read, 'E<gt>' write, '+' read/write, PerlIO_debug(fmt,...)
4972 =head2 perlhack - How to hack at the Perl internals
4978 Does concept match the general goals of Perl?, Where is the
4979 implementation?, Backwards compatibility, Could it be a module instead?, Is
4980 the feature generic enough?, Does it potentially introduce new bugs?, Does
4981 it preclude other desirable features?, Is the implementation robust?, Is
4982 the implementation generic enough to be portable?, Is the implementation
4983 tested?, Is there enough documentation?, Is there another way to do it?,
4984 Does it create too much work?, Patches speak louder than words
4988 =item Keeping in sync
4990 rsync'ing the source tree, Using rsync over the LAN, Using pushing over the
4991 NFS, rsync'ing the patches
4993 =item Why rsync the source tree
4995 It's easier to rsync the source tree, It's more reliable
4997 =item Why rsync the patches
4999 It's easier to rsync the patches, It's a good reference, Finding a start
5000 point, Finding how to fix a bug, Finding the source of misbehaviour
5002 =item Working with the source
5004 =item Perlbug administration
5006 =item Submitting patches
5008 L<perlguts>, L<perlxstut> and L<perlxs>, L<perlapi>,
5009 F<Porting/pumpkin.pod>, The perl5-porters FAQ
5011 =item Finding Your Way Around
5013 Core modules, Tests, Documentation, Configure, Interpreter
5015 =item Elements of the interpreter
5017 Startup, Parsing, Optimization, Running
5019 =item Internal Variable Types
5025 Argument stack, Mark stack, Save stack
5027 =item Millions of Macros
5029 =item The .i Targets
5031 =item Poking at Perl
5033 =item Using a source-level debugger
5035 run [args], break function_name, break source.c:xxx, step, next, continue,
5036 finish, 'enter', print
5038 =item gdb macro support
5040 =item Dumping Perl Data Structures
5044 =item Patching a core module
5046 =item Adding a new function to the core
5048 =item Writing a test
5050 F<t/base/>, F<t/cmd/>, F<t/comp/>, F<t/io/>, F<t/lib/>, F<t/op/>,
5051 F<t/pod/>, F<t/run/>, F<t/uni/>, F<t/win32/>, F<t/x2p>, t/base t/comp,
5052 t/cmd t/run t/io t/op, t/lib ext lib
5054 =item Special Make Test Targets
5056 coretest, test.deparse, test.taintwarn, minitest, test.valgrind
5057 check.valgrind utest.valgrind ucheck.valgrind, test.third check.third
5058 utest.third ucheck.third, test.torture torturetest, utest ucheck test.utf8
5059 check.utf8, minitest.utf16 test.utf16, test_harness, test-notty test_notty
5061 =item Running tests by hand
5063 -v, -torture, -re=PATTERN, -re LIST OF PATTERNS, PERL_CORE=1,
5064 PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL=2, PERL, PERL_SKIP_TTY_TEST
5068 =item EXTERNAL TOOLS FOR DEBUGGING PERL
5072 =item Rational Software's Purify
5074 =item Purify on Unix
5076 -Accflags=-DPURIFY, -Doptimize='-g', -Uusemymalloc, -Dusemultiplicity
5080 DEFINES, USE_MULTI = define, #PERL_MALLOC = define, CFG = Debug
5084 =item Compaq's/Digital's/HP's Third Degree
5086 =item PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL
5090 =item Gprof Profiling
5092 -a, -b, -e routine, -f routine, -s, -z
5094 =item GCC gcov Profiling
5096 =item Pixie Profiling
5098 -h, -l, -p[rocedures], -h[eavy], -i[nvocations], -l[ines], -testcoverage,
5101 =item Miscellaneous tricks
5105 I<The Road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began.>
5113 =head2 perlbook - Perl book information
5121 =head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
5131 =item (?{...}) closures in regexps
5133 =item A re-entrant regexp engine
5139 =item lexical pragmas
5141 =item use less 'memory'
5145 =item prototypes and functions
5149 =item _ prototype character
5151 =item inlining autoloaded constants
5153 =item Finish off lvalue functions
5157 =item Unicode and UTF8
5161 =item Implicit Latin 1 => Unicode translation
5163 =item UTF8 caching code
5165 =item Unicode in Filenames
5167 =item Unicode in %ENV
5175 =item regexp optimiser optional
5183 =item POD -> HTML conversion still sucks
5187 =item Misc medium sized projects
5193 =item optional optimizer
5195 =item You WANT *how* many
5197 =item lexical aliases
5203 =item entersub XS vs Perl
5205 =item @INC source filter to Filter::Simple
5207 =item bincompat functions
5209 =item Use fchown/fchmod internally
5211 =item Constant folding
5219 =item Make Schwern poorer
5223 =item common test code for timed bailout
5231 =item compressed man pages
5233 =item Make Config.pm cope with differences between build and installed perl
5235 =item Relocatable perl
5237 =item make HTML install work
5239 =item put patchlevel in -v
5243 =item Incremental things
5247 =item autovivification
5249 =item fix tainting bugs
5251 =item Make tainting consistent
5253 =item Dual life everything
5263 =item POSIX memory footprint
5265 =item Optimize away @_
5269 =item Attach/detach debugger from running program
5271 =item A decent benchmark
5273 =item readpipe(LIST)
5281 =head2 perldoc - Look up Perl documentation in Pod format.
5291 B<-h>, B<-v>, B<-t>, B<-u>, B<-m> I<module>, B<-l>, B<-F>, B<-f>
5292 I<perlfunc>, B<-q> I<perlfaq-search-regexp>, B<-T>, B<-d>
5293 I<destination-filename>, B<-o> I<output-formatname>, B<-M> I<module-name>,
5294 B<-w> I<option:value> or B<-w> I<option>, B<-X>,
5295 B<PageName|ModuleName|ProgramName>, B<-n> I<some-formatter>, B<-r>, B<-i>,
5306 =head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
5314 =item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
5326 =item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
5328 =item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
5332 =item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
5336 =head2 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.2
5342 =item Incompatible Changes
5346 =item Packing and UTF-8 strings
5352 =item Core Enhancements
5356 =item Malloc wrapping
5358 =item Unicode Character Database 4.0.1
5360 =item suidperl less insecure
5366 =item Unicode Character Classes
5368 =item Byte-order modifiers for pack() and unpack()
5370 =item Byte count feature in pack()
5376 =item Modules and Pragmata
5382 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
5384 B::Concise, Socket, Sys::Syslog, threads
5388 =item Utility Changes
5390 =item Performance Enhancements
5392 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5394 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5396 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5398 =item Changed Internals
5400 =item Known Problems
5402 =item Plans for the next release
5404 =item Reporting Bugs
5410 =head2 perl592delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.2
5416 =item Incompatible Changes
5420 =item Packing and UTF-8 strings
5426 =item Core Enhancements
5430 =item Malloc wrapping
5432 =item Unicode Character Database 4.0.1
5434 =item suidperl less insecure
5440 =item Unicode Character Classes
5442 =item Byte-order modifiers for pack() and unpack()
5444 =item Byte count feature in pack()
5450 =item Modules and Pragmata
5456 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
5458 B::Concise, Socket, Sys::Syslog, threads
5462 =item Utility Changes
5464 =item Performance Enhancements
5466 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5468 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5470 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5472 =item Changed Internals
5474 =item Known Problems
5476 =item Plans for the next release
5478 =item Reporting Bugs
5484 =head2 perl591delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.1
5490 =item Incompatible Changes
5494 =item substr() lvalues are no longer fixed-length
5496 =item The C<:unique> attribute is only meaningful for globals
5500 =item Core Enhancements
5506 =item Tied hashes in scalar context
5510 =item Stacked filetest operators
5514 =item Modules and Pragmata
5516 Benchmark, Carp, Exporter, FindBin, List::Util, threads::shared
5518 =item Utility Changes
5522 =item Performance Enhancements
5524 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5530 =item Threading bugs
5536 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5538 =item Changed Internals
5542 =item Reordering of SVt_* constants
5544 =item Removal of CPP symbols
5546 =item Less space is used by ops
5552 =item Configuration and Building
5554 =item Known Problems
5558 =item Platform Specific Problems
5562 =item To-do for perl 5.10.0
5564 =item Reporting Bugs
5570 =head2 perl590delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.0
5576 =item Incompatible Changes
5580 =item Hash Randomisation
5582 =item UTF-8 On Filehandles No Longer Activated By Locale
5584 =item Single-number v-strings are no longer v-strings before "=>"
5586 =item (Win32) The -C Switch Has Been Repurposed
5588 =item (Win32) The /d Switch Of cmd.exe
5590 =item The C<$*> variable has been removed
5594 =item Core Enhancements
5600 =item Defined-or operators
5602 =item UTF-8 no longer default under UTF-8 locales
5604 =item Unsafe signals again available
5606 =item Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices
5610 =item Unicode Character Database 4.0.0
5612 =item Miscellaneous Enhancements
5616 =item Modules and Pragmata
5620 =item Updated Modules And Pragmata
5622 base, B::Bytecode, B::Concise, B::Deparse, Benchmark, ByteLoader, bytes,
5623 CGI, charnames, CPAN, Data::Dumper, DB_File, Devel::PPPort, Digest::MD5,
5624 Encode, fields, libnet, Math::BigInt, MIME::Base64, NEXT, Net::Ping,
5625 PerlIO::scalar, podlators, Pod::LaTeX, PodParsers, Pod::Perldoc,
5626 Scalar::Util, Storable, strict, Term::ANSIcolor, Test::Harness, Test::More,
5627 Test::Simple, Text::Balanced, Time::HiRes, threads, threads::shared,
5628 Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize, Win32::GetFolderPath,
5633 =item Utility Changes
5635 =item New Documentation
5637 =item Performance Enhancements
5639 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5643 =item Platform-specific enhancements
5647 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5651 =item Closures, eval and lexicals
5655 =item Platform-specific fixes
5659 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5663 =item Changed "A thread exited while %d threads were running"
5665 =item Removed "Attempt to clear a restricted hash"
5667 =item New "Illegal declaration of anonymous subroutine"
5669 =item Changed "Invalid range "%s" in transliteration operator"
5671 =item New "Missing control char name in \c"
5673 =item New "Newline in left-justified string for %s"
5675 =item New "Possible precedence problem on bitwise %c operator"
5677 =item New "read() on %s filehandle %s"
5679 =item New "Tied variable freed while still in use"
5681 =item New "To%s: illegal mapping '%s'"
5683 =item New "Use of freed value in iteration"
5687 =item Changed Internals
5691 =item Known Problems
5695 =item Tied hashes in scalar context
5697 =item Net::Ping 450_service and 510_ping_udp failures
5703 =item Platform Specific Problems
5707 =item EBCDIC Platforms
5709 =item Cygwin 1.5 problems
5711 =item HP-UX: HP cc warnings about sendfile and sendpath
5713 =item IRIX: t/uni/tr_7jis.t falsely failing
5715 =item Mac OS X: no usemymalloc
5717 =item Tru64: No threaded builds with GNU cc (gcc)
5719 =item Win32: sysopen, sysread, syswrite
5725 =item Reporting Bugs
5731 =head2 perl586delta - what is new for perl v5.8.6
5737 =item Incompatible Changes
5739 =item Core Enhancements
5741 =item Modules and Pragmata
5743 =item Utility Changes
5745 =item Performance Enhancements
5747 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5749 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5751 =item Changed Internals
5755 =item Reporting Bugs
5761 =head2 perl585delta - what is new for perl v5.8.5
5767 =item Incompatible Changes
5769 =item Core Enhancements
5771 =item Modules and Pragmata
5773 =item Utility Changes
5777 =item Perl's debugger
5783 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5785 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5787 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5789 =item Changed Internals
5791 =item Known Problems
5793 =item Platform Specific Problems
5795 =item Reporting Bugs
5801 =head2 perl584delta - what is new for perl v5.8.4
5807 =item Incompatible Changes
5809 =item Core Enhancements
5813 =item Malloc wrapping
5815 =item Unicode Character Database 4.0.1
5817 =item suidperl less insecure
5823 =item Modules and Pragmata
5827 =item Updated modules
5829 Attribute::Handlers, B, Benchmark, CGI, Carp, Cwd, Exporter, File::Find,
5830 IO, IPC::Open3, Local::Maketext, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt,
5831 Math::BigRat, MIME::Base64, ODBM_File, POSIX, Shell, Socket, Storable,
5832 Switch, Sys::Syslog, Term::ANSIColor, Time::HiRes, Unicode::UCD, Win32,
5833 base, open, threads, utf8
5837 =item Performance Enhancements
5839 =item Utility Changes
5841 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5843 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5845 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5847 =item Changed Internals
5849 =item Future Directions
5851 =item Platform Specific Problems
5853 =item Reporting Bugs
5859 =head2 perl583delta - what is new for perl v5.8.3
5865 =item Incompatible Changes
5867 =item Core Enhancements
5869 =item Modules and Pragmata
5871 CGI, Cwd, Digest, Digest::MD5, Encode, File::Spec, FindBin, List::Util,
5872 Math::BigInt, PodParser, Pod::Perldoc, POSIX, Unicode::Collate,
5873 Unicode::Normalize, Test::Harness, threads::shared
5875 =item Utility Changes
5877 =item New Documentation
5879 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5881 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5883 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5885 =item Changed Internals
5887 =item Configuration and Building
5889 =item Platform Specific Problems
5891 =item Known Problems
5893 =item Future Directions
5897 =item Reporting Bugs
5903 =head2 perl582delta - what is new for perl v5.8.2
5909 =item Incompatible Changes
5911 =item Core Enhancements
5915 =item Hash Randomisation
5921 =item Modules and Pragmata
5925 =item Updated Modules And Pragmata
5927 Devel::PPPort, Digest::MD5, I18N::LangTags, libnet, MIME::Base64,
5928 Pod::Perldoc, strict, Tie::Hash, Time::HiRes, Unicode::Collate,
5929 Unicode::Normalize, UNIVERSAL
5933 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5935 =item Changed Internals
5937 =item Platform Specific Problems
5939 =item Future Directions
5941 =item Reporting Bugs
5947 =head2 perl581delta - what is new for perl v5.8.1
5953 =item Incompatible Changes
5957 =item Hash Randomisation
5959 =item UTF-8 On Filehandles No Longer Activated By Locale
5961 =item Single-number v-strings are no longer v-strings before "=>"
5963 =item (Win32) The -C Switch Has Been Repurposed
5965 =item (Win32) The /d Switch Of cmd.exe
5969 =item Core Enhancements
5973 =item UTF-8 no longer default under UTF-8 locales
5975 =item Unsafe signals again available
5977 =item Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices
5981 =item Unicode Character Database 4.0.0
5983 =item Deprecation Warnings
5985 =item Miscellaneous Enhancements
5989 =item Modules and Pragmata
5993 =item Updated Modules And Pragmata
5995 base, B::Bytecode, B::Concise, B::Deparse, Benchmark, ByteLoader, bytes,
5996 CGI, charnames, CPAN, Data::Dumper, DB_File, Devel::PPPort, Digest::MD5,
5997 Encode, fields, libnet, Math::BigInt, MIME::Base64, NEXT, Net::Ping,
5998 PerlIO::scalar, podlators, Pod::LaTeX, PodParsers, Pod::Perldoc,
5999 Scalar::Util, Storable, strict, Term::ANSIcolor, Test::Harness, Test::More,
6000 Test::Simple, Text::Balanced, Time::HiRes, threads, threads::shared,
6001 Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize, Win32::GetFolderPath,
6006 =item Utility Changes
6008 =item New Documentation
6010 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
6014 =item Platform-specific enhancements
6018 =item Selected Bug Fixes
6022 =item Closures, eval and lexicals
6026 =item Platform-specific fixes
6030 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
6034 =item Changed "A thread exited while %d threads were running"
6036 =item Removed "Attempt to clear a restricted hash"
6038 =item New "Illegal declaration of anonymous subroutine"
6040 =item Changed "Invalid range "%s" in transliteration operator"
6042 =item New "Missing control char name in \c"
6044 =item New "Newline in left-justified string for %s"
6046 =item New "Possible precedence problem on bitwise %c operator"
6048 =item New "Pseudo-hashes are deprecated"
6050 =item New "read() on %s filehandle %s"
6052 =item New "5.005 threads are deprecated"
6054 =item New "Tied variable freed while still in use"
6056 =item New "To%s: illegal mapping '%s'"
6058 =item New "Use of freed value in iteration"
6062 =item Changed Internals
6066 =item Known Problems
6070 =item Tied hashes in scalar context
6072 =item Net::Ping 450_service and 510_ping_udp failures
6078 =item Platform Specific Problems
6082 =item EBCDIC Platforms
6084 =item Cygwin 1.5 problems
6086 =item HP-UX: HP cc warnings about sendfile and sendpath
6088 =item IRIX: t/uni/tr_7jis.t falsely failing
6090 =item Mac OS X: no usemymalloc
6092 =item Tru64: No threaded builds with GNU cc (gcc)
6094 =item Win32: sysopen, sysread, syswrite
6098 =item Future Directions
6100 =item Reporting Bugs
6106 =head2 perl58delta - what is new for perl v5.8.0
6112 =item Highlights In 5.8.0
6114 =item Incompatible Changes
6118 =item Binary Incompatibility
6120 =item 64-bit platforms and malloc
6122 =item AIX Dynaloading
6124 =item Attributes for C<my> variables now handled at run-time
6126 =item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
6128 =item IEEE-format Floating Point Default on OpenVMS Alpha
6130 =item New Unicode Semantics (no more C<use utf8>, almost)
6132 =item New Unicode Properties
6134 =item REF(...) Instead Of SCALAR(...)
6136 =item pack/unpack D/F recycled
6138 =item glob() now returns filenames in alphabetical order
6144 =item Core Enhancements
6148 =item Unicode Overhaul
6150 =item PerlIO is Now The Default
6154 =item Restricted Hashes
6158 =item Understanding of Numbers
6160 =item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings [561]
6162 =item Miscellaneous Changes
6166 =item Modules and Pragmata
6170 =item New Modules and Pragmata
6172 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
6176 =item Utility Changes
6178 =item New Documentation
6180 =item Performance Enhancements
6182 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
6186 =item Generic Improvements
6188 =item New Or Improved Platforms
6192 =item Selected Bug Fixes
6196 =item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
6200 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
6202 =item Changed Internals
6204 =item Security Vulnerability Closed [561]
6208 =item Known Problems
6212 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Very Experimental
6214 =item Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken
6216 =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
6218 =item Modifying $_ Inside for(..)
6220 =item mod_perl 1.26 Doesn't Build With Threaded Perl
6222 =item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
6224 =item libwww-perl (LWP) fails base/date #51
6226 =item PDL failing some tests
6230 =item Self-tying Problems
6232 =item ext/threads/t/libc
6234 =item Failure of Thread (5.005-style) tests
6236 =item Timing problems
6238 =item Tied/Magical Array/Hash Elements Do Not Autovivify
6240 =item Unicode in package/class and subroutine names does not work
6244 =item Platform Specific Problems
6250 =item Alpha systems with old gccs fail several tests
6256 =item Cygwin "unable to remap"
6258 =item Cygwin ndbm tests fail on FAT
6260 =item DJGPP Failures
6262 =item FreeBSD built with ithreads coredumps reading large directories
6264 =item FreeBSD Failing locale Test 117 For ISO 8859-15 Locales
6266 =item IRIX fails ext/List/Util/t/shuffle.t or Digest::MD5
6268 =item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
6270 =item Linux with glibc 2.2.5 fails t/op/int subtest #6 with -Duse64bitint
6272 =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
6276 =item Mac OS X dyld undefined symbols
6278 =item OS/2 Test Failures
6280 =item op/sprintf tests 91, 129, and 130
6286 =item Solaris x86 Fails Tests With -Duse64bitint
6288 =item SUPER-UX (NEC SX)
6290 =item Term::ReadKey not working on Win32
6302 =item XML::Parser not working
6306 =item Unicode Support on EBCDIC Still Spotty
6308 =item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
6312 =item Reporting Bugs
6320 =head2 perl573delta - what's new for perl v5.7.3
6328 =item Reporting Bugs
6336 =head2 perl572delta - what's new for perl v5.7.2
6342 =item Security Vulnerability Closed
6344 =item Incompatible Changes
6348 =item 64-bit platforms and malloc
6350 =item AIX Dynaloading
6352 =item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
6354 =item Different Definition of the Unicode Character Classes \p{In...}
6360 =item Core Enhancements
6362 =item Modules and Pragmata
6366 =item New Modules and Distributions
6368 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
6372 =item Utility Changes
6374 =item New Documentation
6376 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
6380 =item New Or Improved Platforms
6382 =item Generic Improvements
6386 =item Selected Bug Fixes
6390 =item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
6394 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
6396 =item Source Code Enhancements
6400 =item MAGIC constants
6402 =item Better commented code
6404 =item Regex pre-/post-compilation items matched up
6412 =item Known Problems
6418 =item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
6420 =item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
6422 =item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12
6424 =item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured
6426 =item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
6428 =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
6432 =item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
6434 =item Failure of Thread tests
6444 =item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
6446 =item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
6448 =item Variable Attributes are not Currently Usable for Tieing
6450 =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
6452 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
6454 =item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental
6458 =item Reporting Bugs
6466 =head2 perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.1
6472 =item Security Vulnerability Closed
6474 =item Incompatible Changes
6476 =item Core Enhancements
6480 =item AUTOLOAD Is Now Lvaluable
6482 =item PerlIO is Now The Default
6484 =item Signals Are Now Safe
6488 =item Modules and Pragmata
6494 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
6498 =item Performance Enhancements
6500 =item Utility Changes
6502 =item New Documentation
6518 =item README.solaris
6522 =item Porting/repository.pod
6526 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
6530 =item New Or Improved Platforms
6532 =item Generic Improvements
6534 d_cmsghdr, d_fcntl_can_lock, d_fsync, d_getitimer, d_getpagsz, d_msghdr_s,
6535 need_va_copy, d_readv, d_recvmsg, d_sendmsg, sig_size, d_sockatmark,
6536 d_strtoq, d_u32align, d_ualarm, d_usleep
6540 =item Selected Bug Fixes
6544 =item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
6548 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
6550 =item Changed Internals
6554 =item Known Problems
6558 =item AIX vac 5.0.0.0 May Produce Buggy Code For Perl
6560 =item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
6562 =item lib/io_multihomed Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
6564 =item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
6568 =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
6570 =item sigaction test 13 in VMS
6572 =item sprintf tests 129 and 130
6574 =item Failure of Thread tests
6576 =item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
6578 =item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
6580 =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
6582 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
6586 =item Reporting Bugs
6594 =head2 perl570delta - what's new for perl v5.7.0
6600 =item Security Vulnerability Closed
6602 =item Incompatible Changes
6604 =item Core Enhancements
6606 =item Modules and Pragmata
6612 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
6616 =item Utility Changes
6618 =item New Documentation
6620 =item Performance Enhancements
6622 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
6626 =item Generic Improvements
6630 =item Selected Bug Fixes
6634 =item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
6638 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
6640 =item Changed Internals
6642 =item Known Problems
6646 =item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect
6648 =item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform
6650 =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
6652 =item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
6654 =item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
6656 =item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris
6658 =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
6660 =item Storable tests fail in some platforms
6662 =item Threads Are Still Experimental
6664 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
6668 =item Reporting Bugs
6676 =head2 perl561delta - what's new for perl v5.6.x
6682 =item Summary of changes between 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
6686 =item Security Issues
6688 =item Core bug fixes
6690 C<UNIVERSAL::isa()>, Memory leaks, Numeric conversions, qw(a\\b), caller(),
6691 Bugs in regular expressions, "slurp" mode, Autovivification of symbolic
6692 references to special variables, Lexical warnings, Spurious warnings and
6693 errors, glob(), Tainting, sort(), #line directives, Subroutine prototypes,
6694 map(), Debugger, PERL5OPT, chop(), Unicode support, 64-bit support,
6695 Compiler, Lvalue subroutines, IO::Socket, File::Find, xsubpp, C<no
6700 =item Configuration issues
6704 =item Bundled modules
6706 B::Concise, File::Temp, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Text::Overstrike, CGI, CPAN,
6707 Class::Struct, DB_File, Devel::Peek, File::Find, Getopt::Long, IO::Poll,
6708 IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::Complex, Net::Ping, Opcode, Pod::Parser,
6709 Pod::Text, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Tie::RefHash, Tie::SubstrHash
6711 =item Platform-specific improvements
6713 NCR MP-RAS, NonStop-UX
6717 =item Core Enhancements
6721 =item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
6723 =item Lexically scoped warning categories
6725 =item Unicode and UTF-8 support
6727 =item Support for interpolating named characters
6729 =item "our" declarations
6731 =item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
6733 =item Improved Perl version numbering system
6735 =item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
6737 =item File and directory handles can be autovivified
6739 =item open() with more than two arguments
6741 =item 64-bit support
6743 =item Large file support
6749 =item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
6751 =item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
6753 =item File globbing implemented internally
6755 =item Support for CHECK blocks
6757 =item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
6759 =item Better pseudo-random number generator
6761 =item Improved C<qw//> operator
6763 =item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
6765 =item pack() format 'Z' supported
6767 =item pack() format modifier '!' supported
6769 =item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
6771 =item Comments in pack() templates
6773 =item Weak references
6775 =item Binary numbers supported
6777 =item Lvalue subroutines
6779 =item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
6781 =item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
6783 =item exists() is supported on subroutine names
6785 =item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
6787 =item Pseudo-hashes work better
6789 =item Automatic flushing of output buffers
6791 =item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
6793 =item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
6795 =item eof() has the same old magic as <>
6797 =item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
6799 =item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
6801 =item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
6803 =item Improved diagnostics
6805 =item Diagnostics follow STDERR
6807 =item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
6809 =item syswrite() ease-of-use
6811 =item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
6813 =item Bit operators support full native integer width
6815 =item Improved security features
6817 =item More functional bareword prototype (*)
6819 =item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
6821 =item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
6823 =item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
6825 =item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
6827 =item Optional Y2K warnings
6829 =item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
6833 =item Modules and Pragmata
6839 attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
6840 DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
6841 Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
6842 File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
6843 Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
6844 podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
6845 pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
6846 Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
6852 =item Utility Changes
6866 =item The Perl Debugger
6870 =item Improved Documentation
6872 perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
6873 perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
6874 perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
6875 perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
6877 =item Performance enhancements
6881 =item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
6883 =item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
6885 =item Faster subroutine calls
6887 =item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
6891 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
6895 =item -Dusethreads means something different
6897 =item New Configure flags
6899 =item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
6905 =item -Duselargefiles
6907 =item installusrbinperl
6913 =item Enhanced Installation Directories
6915 =item gcc automatically tried if 'cc' does not seem to be working
6919 =item Platform specific changes
6923 =item Supported platforms
6927 =item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
6935 =item Significant bug fixes
6939 =item <HANDLE> on empty files
6941 =item C<eval '...'> improvements
6943 =item All compilation errors are true errors
6945 =item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
6947 =item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
6949 =item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
6951 =item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
6953 =item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
6955 =item Failures in DESTROY()
6957 =item Locale bugs fixed
6961 =item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
6963 =item Taint failures under C<-U>
6965 =item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
6967 =item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
6971 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
6973 "%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
6974 implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
6975 / cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
6976 by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
6977 \\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
6978 passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
6979 early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
6980 argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
6981 subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
6982 %s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
6983 substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
6984 Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
6985 size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
6986 filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
6987 Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
6988 Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
6989 remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
6990 weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
6991 syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
6992 constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
6993 defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
6994 "local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
6995 %s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
6996 output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
6997 explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
6998 Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
6999 |%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
7000 number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
7001 %s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
7002 separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
7003 subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
7004 returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
7005 %sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
7006 No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
7007 No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
7008 is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
7009 panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
7010 around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
7011 Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
7012 instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
7013 Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
7014 Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
7015 zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
7016 Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
7017 environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
7018 '%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
7019 escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
7020 list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
7021 subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
7022 CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
7026 =item Incompatible Changes
7030 =item Perl Source Incompatibilities
7032 CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
7033 Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
7034 C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
7035 generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
7036 read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
7037 Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
7038 values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
7039 Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
7040 Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
7041 prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
7042 on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
7044 =item C Source Incompatibilities
7046 C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
7048 =item Compatible C Source API Changes
7050 C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
7052 =item Binary Incompatibilities
7056 =item Known Problems
7060 =item Localizing a tied hash element may leak memory
7062 =item Known test failures
7064 =item EBCDIC platforms not fully supported
7066 =item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
7068 =item Arrow operator and arrays
7070 =item Experimental features
7072 Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
7073 pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
7074 globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
7078 =item Obsolete Diagnostics
7080 Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
7081 logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
7082 \@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
7083 to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
7085 =item Reporting Bugs
7093 =head2 perl56delta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
7099 =item Core Enhancements
7103 =item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
7105 =item Lexically scoped warning categories
7107 =item Unicode and UTF-8 support
7109 =item Support for interpolating named characters
7111 =item "our" declarations
7113 =item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
7115 =item Improved Perl version numbering system
7117 =item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
7119 =item File and directory handles can be autovivified
7121 =item open() with more than two arguments
7123 =item 64-bit support
7125 =item Large file support
7131 =item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
7133 =item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
7135 =item File globbing implemented internally
7137 =item Support for CHECK blocks
7139 =item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
7141 =item Better pseudo-random number generator
7143 =item Improved C<qw//> operator
7145 =item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
7147 =item pack() format 'Z' supported
7149 =item pack() format modifier '!' supported
7151 =item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
7153 =item Comments in pack() templates
7155 =item Weak references
7157 =item Binary numbers supported
7159 =item Lvalue subroutines
7161 =item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
7163 =item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
7165 =item exists() is supported on subroutine names
7167 =item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
7169 =item Pseudo-hashes work better
7171 =item Automatic flushing of output buffers
7173 =item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
7175 =item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
7177 =item eof() has the same old magic as <>
7179 =item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
7181 =item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
7183 =item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
7185 =item Improved diagnostics
7187 =item Diagnostics follow STDERR
7189 =item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
7191 =item syswrite() ease-of-use
7193 =item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
7195 =item Bit operators support full native integer width
7197 =item Improved security features
7199 =item More functional bareword prototype (*)
7201 =item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
7203 =item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
7205 =item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
7207 =item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
7209 =item Optional Y2K warnings
7211 =item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
7215 =item Modules and Pragmata
7221 attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
7222 DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
7223 Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
7224 File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
7225 Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
7226 podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
7227 pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
7228 Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
7234 =item Utility Changes
7248 =item The Perl Debugger
7252 =item Improved Documentation
7254 perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
7255 perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
7256 perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
7257 perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
7259 =item Performance enhancements
7263 =item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
7265 =item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
7267 =item Faster subroutine calls
7269 =item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
7273 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
7277 =item -Dusethreads means something different
7279 =item New Configure flags
7281 =item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
7287 =item -Duselargefiles
7289 =item installusrbinperl
7295 =item Enhanced Installation Directories
7299 =item Platform specific changes
7303 =item Supported platforms
7307 =item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
7315 =item Significant bug fixes
7319 =item <HANDLE> on empty files
7321 =item C<eval '...'> improvements
7323 =item All compilation errors are true errors
7325 =item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
7327 =item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
7329 =item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
7331 =item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
7333 =item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
7335 =item Failures in DESTROY()
7337 =item Locale bugs fixed
7341 =item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
7343 =item Taint failures under C<-U>
7345 =item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
7347 =item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
7351 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
7353 "%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
7354 implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
7355 / cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
7356 by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
7357 \\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
7358 passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
7359 early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
7360 argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
7361 subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
7362 %s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
7363 substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
7364 Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
7365 size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
7366 filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
7367 Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
7368 Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
7369 remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
7370 weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
7371 syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
7372 constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
7373 defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
7374 "local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
7375 %s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
7376 output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
7377 explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
7378 Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
7379 |%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
7380 number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
7381 %s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
7382 separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
7383 subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
7384 returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
7385 %sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
7386 No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
7387 No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
7388 is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
7389 panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
7390 around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
7391 Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
7392 instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
7393 Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
7394 Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
7395 zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
7396 Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
7397 environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
7398 '%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
7399 escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
7400 list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
7401 subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
7402 CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
7406 =item Incompatible Changes
7410 =item Perl Source Incompatibilities
7412 CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
7413 Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
7414 C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
7415 generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
7416 read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
7417 Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
7418 values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
7419 Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
7420 Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
7421 prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
7422 on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
7424 =item C Source Incompatibilities
7426 C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
7428 =item Compatible C Source API Changes
7430 C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
7432 =item Binary Incompatibilities
7436 =item Known Problems
7440 =item Thread test failures
7442 =item EBCDIC platforms not supported
7444 =item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
7446 =item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
7448 =item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
7451 =item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
7453 =item Arrow operator and arrays
7455 =item Experimental features
7457 Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
7458 pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
7459 globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
7463 =item Obsolete Diagnostics
7465 Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
7466 logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
7467 \@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
7468 to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
7470 =item Reporting Bugs
7478 =head2 perl5005delta - what's new for perl5.005
7484 =item About the new versioning system
7486 =item Incompatible Changes
7490 =item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004.
7492 =item Default installation structure has changed
7494 =item Perl Source Compatibility
7496 =item C Source Compatibility
7498 =item Binary Compatibility
7500 =item Security fixes may affect compatibility
7502 =item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004
7516 =item Regular Expressions
7518 Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression
7519 constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other
7520 improvements, Incompatible changes
7522 =item Improved malloc()
7524 =item Quicksort is internally implemented
7526 =item Reliable signals
7528 =item Reliable stack pointers
7530 =item More generous treatment of carriage returns
7534 =item Better support for multiple interpreters
7536 =item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined
7538 =item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L<Errno> module
7540 =item Pseudo-hashes are supported
7542 =item C<EXPR foreach EXPR> is supported
7544 =item Keywords can be globally overridden
7546 =item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32
7548 =item C<foreach (1..1000000)> optimized
7550 =item C<Foo::> can be used as implicitly quoted package name
7552 =item C<exists $Foo::{Bar::}> tests existence of a package
7554 =item Better locale support
7556 =item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms
7558 =item prototype() returns useful results on builtins
7560 =item Extended support for exception handling
7562 =item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods
7564 =item All C<printf> format conversions are handled internally
7566 =item New C<INIT> keyword
7568 =item New C<lock> keyword
7570 =item New C<qr//> operator
7572 =item C<our> is now a reserved word
7574 =item Tied arrays are now fully supported
7576 =item Tied handles support is better
7578 =item 4th argument to substr
7580 =item Negative LENGTH argument to splice
7582 =item Magic lvalues are now more magical
7584 =item <> now reads in records
7588 =item Supported Platforms
7594 =item Changes in existing support
7598 =item Modules and Pragmata
7604 B, Data::Dumper, Dumpvalue, Errno, File::Spec, ExtUtils::Installed,
7605 ExtUtils::Packlist, Fatal, IPC::SysV, Test, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle,
7606 Thread, attrs, fields, re
7608 =item Changes in existing modules
7610 Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File,
7611 MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd
7615 =item Utility Changes
7617 =item Documentation Changes
7619 =item New Diagnostics
7621 Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or use &, Bad index
7622 while coercing array into hash, Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent
7623 package, Can't call method "%s" on an undefined value, Can't check
7624 filesystem of script "%s" for nosuid, Can't coerce array into hash, Can't
7625 goto subroutine from an eval-string, Can't localize pseudo-hash element,
7626 Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available, Cannot find an opnumber
7627 for "%s", Character class syntax [. .] is reserved for future extensions,
7628 Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Character
7629 class syntax [= =] is reserved for future extensions, %s: Eval-group in
7630 insecure regular expression, %s: Eval-group not allowed, use re 'eval', %s:
7631 Eval-group not allowed at run time, Explicit blessing to '' (assuming
7632 package main), Illegal hex digit ignored, No such array field, No such
7633 field "%s" in variable %s of type %s, Out of memory during ridiculously
7634 large request, Range iterator outside integer range, Recursive inheritance
7635 detected while looking for method '%s' %s, Reference found where even-sized
7636 list expected, Undefined value assigned to typeglob, Use of reserved word
7637 "%s" is deprecated, perl: warning: Setting locale failed
7639 =item Obsolete Diagnostics
7641 Can't mktemp(), Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s, Cannot open
7642 temporary file, regexp too big
7644 =item Configuration Changes
7654 =head2 perl5004delta - what's new for perl5.004
7660 =item Supported Environments
7666 =item List assignment to %ENV works
7668 =item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error
7670 =item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003
7672 =item $PERL5OPT environment variable
7674 =item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options
7676 =item More precise warnings
7678 =item Deprecated: Inherited C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods
7680 =item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable
7682 =item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
7684 =item Group vector changeable with C<$)>
7686 =item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
7688 =item Fixed localization of $<digit>, $&, etc.
7690 =item No resetting of $. on implicit close
7692 =item C<wantarray> may return undef
7694 =item C<eval EXPR> determines value of EXPR in scalar context
7696 =item Changes to tainting checks
7698 No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No
7699 spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name
7701 =item New Opcode module and revised Safe module
7703 =item Embedding improvements
7705 =item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes
7707 =item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface
7709 =item New and changed syntax
7713 =item New and changed builtin constants
7717 =item New and changed builtin variables
7721 =item New and changed builtin functions
7723 delete on slices, flock, printf and sprintf, keys as an lvalue, my() in
7724 Control Structures, pack() and unpack(), sysseek(), use VERSION, use Module
7725 VERSION LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), srand, $_ as Default, C<m//gc> does not
7726 reset search position on failure, C<m//x> ignores whitespace before ?*+{},
7727 nested C<sub{}> closures work now, formats work right on changing lexicals
7729 =item New builtin methods
7731 isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
7733 =item TIEHANDLE now supported
7735 TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this
7736 LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this
7738 =item Malloc enhancements
7740 -DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
7742 =item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements
7746 =item Support for More Operating Systems
7762 use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3), use blib, use blib 'dir', use
7763 constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish
7769 =item Required Updates
7771 =item Installation directories
7773 =item Module information summary
7787 =item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators
7791 =item Utility Changes
7797 Sends converted HTML to standard output
7801 C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
7805 =item C Language API Changes
7807 C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, C<perl_eval_pv>, Extended API for
7810 =item Documentation Changes
7812 L<perldelta>, L<perlfaq>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>,
7813 L<perlmodlib>, L<perldebug>, L<perlsec>
7815 =item New Diagnostics
7817 "my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope, %s argument is
7818 not a HASH element or slice, Allocation too large: %lx, Allocation too
7819 large, Applying %s to %s will act on scalar(%s), Attempt to free
7820 nonexistent shared string, Attempt to use reference as lvalue in substr,
7821 Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package, Can't redefine active sort
7822 subroutine %s, Can't use bareword ("%s") as %s ref while "strict refs" in
7823 use, Cannot resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Constant
7824 subroutine %s redefined, Constant subroutine %s undefined, Copy method did
7825 not return a reference, Died, Exiting pseudo-block via %s, Identifier too
7826 long, Illegal character %s (carriage return), Illegal switch in PERL5OPT:
7827 %s, Integer overflow in hex number, Integer overflow in octal number,
7828 internal error: glob failed, Invalid conversion in %s: "%s", Invalid type
7829 in pack: '%s', Invalid type in unpack: '%s', Name "%s::%s" used only once:
7830 possible typo, Null picture in formline, Offset outside string, Out of
7831 memory!, Out of memory during request for %s, panic: frexp, Possible
7832 attempt to put comments in qw() list, Possible attempt to separate words
7833 with commas, Scalar value @%s{%s} better written as $%s{%s}, Stub found
7834 while resolving method `%s' overloading `%s' in %s, Too late for "B<-T>"
7835 option, untie attempted while %d inner references still exist, Unrecognized
7836 character %s, Unsupported function fork, Use of "$$<digit>" to mean
7837 "${$}<digit>" is deprecated, Value of %s can be "0"; test with defined(),
7838 Variable "%s" may be unavailable, Variable "%s" will not stay shared,
7839 Warning: something's wrong, Ill-formed logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter,
7840 Got an error from DosAllocMem, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX, PERL_SH_DIR too
7841 long, Process terminated by SIG%s
7851 =head2 perlartistic - the Perl Artistic License
7859 =item The "Artistic License"
7867 "Package", "Standard Version", "Copyright Holder", "You", "Reasonable
7868 copying fee", "Freely Available"
7872 a), b), c), d), a), b), c), d)
7878 =head2 perlgpl - the GNU General Public License, version 2
7890 =item GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
7894 =head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems
7902 =item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX
7906 =item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
7908 =item The IBM ANSI C Compiler
7910 =item The usenm option
7912 =item Using GNU's gcc for building perl
7914 =item Using Large Files with Perl
7920 =item AIX 4.2 and extensions using C++ with statics
7930 =head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS
7946 =item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS
7948 B<Unix emulation for AmigaOS: ixemul.library>, B<Version of Amiga OS>
7950 =item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS
7952 =item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS
7958 =item Accessing documentation
7962 =item Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS
7964 =item Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS
7966 =item Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS
7968 =item Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS
7972 =item BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS
7976 =item Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS
7978 =item Getting the Perl Source for AmigaOS
7980 =item Making Perl on AmigaOS
7982 =item Testing Perl on AmigaOS
7984 =item Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS
7988 =item PERL 5.8.0 BROKEN IN AMIGAOS
7996 =head2 perlapollo, README.apollo - Perl version 5 on Apollo DomainOS
8006 =head2 perlbeos, README.beos - Perl version 5.8+ on BeOS
8012 =item BUILD AND INSTALL
8026 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
8032 =head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000.
8042 =item gzip on BS2000
8044 =item bison on BS2000
8046 =item Unpacking Perl Distribution on BS2000
8048 =item Compiling Perl on BS2000
8050 =item Testing Perl on BS2000
8052 =item Installing Perl on BS2000
8054 =item Using Perl in the Posix-Shell of BS2000
8056 =item Using Perl in "native" BS2000
8058 =item Floating point anomalies on BS2000
8060 =item Using PerlIO and different encodings on ASCII and EBCDIC partitions
8078 =head2 perlce - Perl for WinCE
8090 Microsoft Embedded Visual Tools, Microsoft Visual C++, Rainer Keuchel's
8091 celib-sources, Rainer Keuchel's console-sources
8095 go to ./wince subdirectory, edit file compile.bat, run compile.bat, run
8100 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
8106 =head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
8112 =item PREREQUISITES FOR COMPILING PERL ON CYGWIN
8116 =item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it)
8118 =item Cygwin Configuration
8120 C<PATH>, I<nroff>, Permissions
8124 =item CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN
8128 =item Stripping Perl Binaries on Cygwin
8130 =item Optional Libraries for Perl on Cygwin
8132 C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>), C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>),
8133 C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>), C<-lutil>
8135 =item Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin
8137 C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Uuseperlio>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>,
8138 C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles>,
8141 =item Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin
8143 I<dlsym()>, Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>, Compiler/Preprocessor defines
8147 =item MAKE ON CYGWIN
8151 =item Errors on Cygwin
8157 =item TEST ON CYGWIN
8161 =item File Permissions on Cygwin
8163 =item NDBM_File and ODBM_File do not work on FAT filesystems
8165 =item C<fork()> failures in io_* tests
8169 =item Specific features of the Cygwin port
8173 =item Script Portability on Cygwin
8175 Pathnames, Text/Binary, PerlIO, F<.exe>, cygwin vs. windows process ids,
8176 C<chown()>, Miscellaneous
8178 =item Prebuilt methods:
8180 C<Cwd::cwd>, C<Cygwin::pid_to_winpid>, C<Cygwin::winpid_to_pid>
8184 =item INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN
8186 =item MANIFEST ON CYGWIN
8188 Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl
8189 Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts
8191 =item BUGS ON CYGWIN
8199 =head2 perldgux - Perl under DG/UX.
8211 =item BUILDING PERL ON DG/UX
8215 =item Non-threaded Perl on DG/UX
8217 =item Threaded Perl on DG/UX
8219 =item Testing Perl on DG/UX
8221 =item Installing the built perl on DG/UX
8231 =head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95.
8241 =item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on DOS
8245 =item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS
8247 =item Building Perl on DOS
8249 =item Testing Perl on DOS
8251 =item Installation of Perl on DOS
8255 =item BUILDING AND INSTALLING MODULES ON DOS
8259 =item Building Prerequisites for Perl on DOS
8261 =item Unpacking CPAN Modules on DOS
8263 =item Building Non-XS Modules on DOS
8265 =item Building XS Modules on DOS
8275 =head2 perlepoc, README.epoc - Perl for EPOC
8283 =item INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC
8285 =item STARTING PERL ON EPOC
8289 =item Editors on Epoc
8291 =item Features of Perl on Epoc
8293 =item Restrictions of Perl on Epoc
8295 =item Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment
8299 =item SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC
8307 =head2 perlfreebsd, README.freebsd - Perl version 5 on FreeBSD systems
8315 =item FreeBSD core dumps from readdir_r with ithreads
8317 =item $^X doesn't always contain a full path in FreeBSD
8319 =item Perl will no longer be part of "base FreeBSD"
8327 =head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix
8336 =item Using perl as shipped with HP-UX
8338 =item Using perl from HP's porting centre
8340 =item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX
8344 =item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions
8352 =item Itanium Processor Family and HP-UX
8354 =item Itanium & Itanium 2
8356 =item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX
8358 =item The HP ANSI C Compiler
8360 =item The GNU C Compiler
8362 =item Using Large Files with Perl on HP-UX
8364 =item Threaded Perl on HP-UX
8366 =item 64-bit Perl on HP-UX
8368 =item Oracle on HP-UX
8370 =item GDBM and Threads on HP-UX
8372 =item NFS filesystems and utime(2) on HP-UX
8374 =item perl -P and // and HP-UX
8376 =item HP-UX Kernel Parameters (maxdsiz) for Compiling Perl
8380 =item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
8388 =head2 perlhurd, README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd
8396 =item Known Problems with Perl on Hurd
8404 =head2 perlirix, README.irix - Perl version 5 on Irix systems
8412 =item Building 32-bit Perl in Irix
8414 =item Building 64-bit Perl in Irix
8416 =item About Compiler Versions of Irix
8418 =item Linker Problems in Irix
8420 =item Malloc in Irix
8422 =item Building with threads in Irix
8432 =head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen
8441 =item Perl version 5.8.x and greater not supported
8443 =item Compiling Perl 5.6.x on MachTen
8445 =item Failures during C<make test> on MachTen
8447 op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t
8449 =item Building external modules on MachTen
8459 =head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
8473 =head2 perlmacosx, README.macosx - Perl under Mac OS X
8483 =item Installation Prefix
8485 =item libperl and Prebinding
8487 =item Updating Panther
8489 =item Known problems
8499 =item Starting From Scratch
8507 =head2 perlmint, README.mint - Perl version 5 on Atari MiNT
8513 =item Known problems with Perl on MiNT
8519 =head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
8527 =item Binary distribution from HP
8529 =item What's New in Perl for MPE/iX
8531 =item Welcome to Perl/iX
8533 =item System Requirements for Perl/iX
8535 =item How to Obtain Perl/iX
8537 =item Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights
8539 README, INSTALL, LIBSHP3K, PERL, .cpan/, lib/, man/,
8540 public_html/feedback.cgi, src/perl-5.6.0-mpe
8542 =item How to Compile Perl/iX
8546 =item Getting Started with Perl/iX
8548 =item MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
8550 =item Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation
8552 =item Perl/iX To-Do List
8554 =item Perl/iX Change History
8560 =head2 perlnetware - Perl for NetWare
8574 SetNWBld.bat, Buildtype.bat
8586 =item BUILD NEW EXTENSIONS
8588 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
8596 =head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.
8616 EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh
8618 =item Starting Perl programs under OS/2 (and DOS and...)
8620 =item Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl
8624 =item Frequently asked questions
8628 =item "It does not work"
8630 =item I cannot run external programs
8632 =item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F<perl.dll> from my
8635 Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use
8638 =item C<``> and pipe-C<open> do not work under DOS.
8640 =item Cannot start C<find.exe "pattern" file>
8648 =item Automatic binary installation
8650 C<PERL_BADLANG>, C<PERL_BADFREE>, F<Config.pm>
8652 =item Manual binary installation
8654 Perl VIO and PM executables (dynamically linked), Perl_ VIO executable
8655 (statically linked), Executables for Perl utilities, Main Perl library,
8656 Additional Perl modules, Tools to compile Perl modules, Manpages for Perl
8657 and utilities, Manpages for Perl modules, Source for Perl documentation,
8658 Perl manual in F<.INF> format, Pdksh
8664 =item Accessing documentation
8668 =item OS/2 F<.INF> file
8676 =item GNU C<info> files
8688 =item The short story
8692 =item Getting perl source
8694 =item Application of the patches
8702 A lot of C<bad free>, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F<op/fs.t>,
8705 =item Installing the built perl
8707 =item C<a.out>-style build
8711 =item Building a binary distribution
8713 =item Building custom F<.EXE> files
8717 =item Making executables with a custom collection of statically loaded
8720 =item Making executables with a custom search-paths
8728 =item Some C</> became C<\> in pdksh.
8730 =item C<'errno'> - unresolved external
8732 =item Problems with tr or sed
8734 =item Some problem (forget which ;-)
8736 =item Library ... not found
8738 =item Segfault in make
8740 =item op/sprintf test failure
8744 =item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port
8748 =item C<setpriority>, C<getpriority>
8752 =item C<extproc> on the first line
8754 =item Additional modules:
8756 =item Prebuilt methods:
8758 C<File::Copy::syscopy>, C<DynaLoader::mod2fname>, C<Cwd::current_drive()>,
8759 C<Cwd::sys_chdir(name)>, C<Cwd::change_drive(name)>,
8760 C<Cwd::sys_is_absolute(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_is_rooted(name)>,
8761 C<Cwd::sys_is_relative(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_cwd(name)>,
8762 C<Cwd::sys_abspath(name, dir)>, C<Cwd::extLibpath([type])>,
8763 C<Cwd::extLibpath_set( path [, type ] )>,
8764 C<OS2::Error(do_harderror,do_exception)>, C<OS2::Errors2Drive(drive)>,
8765 OS2::SysInfo(), OS2::BootDrive(), C<OS2::MorphPM(serve)>,
8766 C<OS2::UnMorphPM(serve)>, C<OS2::Serve_Messages(force)>,
8767 C<OS2::Process_Messages(force [, cnt])>, C<OS2::_control87(new,mask)>,
8768 OS2::get_control87(), C<OS2::set_control87_em(new=MCW_EM,mask=MCW_EM)>,
8769 C<OS2::DLLname([how [, \&xsub]])>
8771 =item Prebuilt variables:
8773 $OS2::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver, $OS2::is_aout, $OS2::can_fork,
8780 C<popen>, C<tmpnam>, C<tmpfile>, C<ctermid>, C<stat>, C<mkdir>, C<rmdir>,
8783 =item Identifying DLLs
8785 =item Centralized management of resources
8787 C<HAB>, C<HMQ>, Treating errors reported by OS/2 API,
8788 C<CheckOSError(expr)>, C<CheckWinError(expr)>, C<SaveWinError(expr)>,
8789 C<SaveCroakWinError(expr,die,name1,name2)>, C<WinError_2_Perl_rc>,
8790 C<FillWinError>, C<FillOSError(rc)>, Loading DLLs and ordinals in DLLs
8804 =item F<perl___.exe>
8806 =item Why strange names?
8808 =item Why dynamic linking?
8810 =item Why chimera build?
8818 =item C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>
8820 =item C<PERL_BADLANG>
8822 =item C<PERL_BADFREE>
8824 =item C<PERL_SH_DIR>
8826 =item C<USE_PERL_FLOCK>
8828 =item C<TMP> or C<TEMP>
8836 =item Text-mode filehandles
8840 =item DLL name mangling: pre 5.6.2
8842 =item DLL name mangling: 5.6.2 and beyond
8844 Global DLLs, specific DLLs, C<BEGINLIBPATH> and C<ENDLIBPATH>, F<.> from
8847 =item DLL forwarder generation
8851 =item Calls to external programs
8853 =item Memory allocation
8857 C<COND_WAIT>, F<os2.c>
8873 =head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390
8886 =item Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
8888 =item Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
8890 =item Configure Perl on OS/390
8892 =item Build, Test, Install Perl on OS/390
8894 =item Build Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
8896 =item Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
8898 =item Installation Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
8900 =item Usage Hints for Perl on OS/390
8902 =item Floating Point Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
8904 =item Modules and Extensions for Perl on OS/390
8914 =item Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
8922 =head2 perlos400, README.os400 - Perl version 5 on OS/400
8930 =item Compiling Perl for OS/400 PASE
8932 =item Installing Perl in OS/400 PASE
8934 =item Using Perl in OS/400 PASE
8936 =item Known Problems
8946 =head2 perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl
8956 =item What's in Plan 9 Perl
8958 =item What's not in Plan 9 Perl
8960 =item Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl
8962 =item Signals in Plan 9 Perl
8966 =item COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9
8970 =item Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9
8982 =head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
8990 =item Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4
8992 /bin/sh, ar, nm, cpp, make
8994 =item Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4
8996 =item QNX auxiliary files
9000 =item Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
9008 =head2 perlsolaris, README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
9016 =item Solaris Version Numbers.
9022 Solaris FAQ, Precompiled Binaries, Solaris Documentation
9028 =item File Extraction Problems on Solaris.
9030 =item Compiler and Related Tools on Solaris.
9032 =item Environment for Compiling perl on Solaris
9036 =item RUN CONFIGURE.
9040 =item 64-bit perl on Solaris.
9042 =item Threads in perl on Solaris.
9044 =item Malloc Issues with perl on Solaris.
9048 =item MAKE PROBLEMS.
9050 Dynamic Loading Problems With GNU as and GNU ld, ld.so.1: ./perl: fatal:
9051 relocation error:, dlopen: stub interception failed, #error "No
9052 DATAMODEL_NATIVE specified", sh: ar: not found
9058 =item op/stat.t test 4 in Solaris
9060 =item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
9064 =item PREBUILT BINARIES OF PERL FOR SOLARIS.
9066 =item RUNTIME ISSUES FOR PERL ON SOLARIS.
9070 =item Limits on Numbers of Open Files on Solaris.
9074 =item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC MODULES.
9076 =item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH MODULES.
9080 =item Proc::ProcessTable on Solaris
9082 =item BSD::Resource on Solaris
9084 =item Net::SSLeay on Solaris
9096 =head2 perltru64, README.tru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as
9097 Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems
9105 =item Compiling Perl 5 on Tru64
9107 =item Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
9109 =item Threaded Perl on Tru64
9111 =item Long Doubles on Tru64
9113 =item DB_File tests failing on Tru64
9115 =item 64-bit Perl on Tru64
9117 =item Warnings about floating-point overflow when compiling Perl on Tru64
9121 =item Testing Perl on Tru64
9123 =item ext/ODBM_File/odbm Test Failing With Static Builds
9125 =item Perl Fails Because Of Unresolved Symbol sockatmark
9131 =head2 perluts - Perl under UTS
9139 =item BUILDING PERL ON UTS
9141 =item Installing the built perl on UTS
9147 =head2 perlvmesa, README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA.
9157 =item Unpacking Perl Distribution on VM/ESA
9159 =item Setup Perl and utilities on VM/ESA
9161 =item Configure Perl on VM/ESA
9163 =item Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA
9165 =item Usage Hints for Perl on VM/ESA
9175 =item Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA
9181 =head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl
9189 =item Organization of Perl Images
9195 =item Perl Extensions
9197 =item Installing static extensions
9199 =item Installing dynamic extensions
9203 =item File specifications
9209 =item Wildcard expansion
9215 =item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB
9221 =item I/O redirection and backgrounding
9223 =item Command line switches
9229 =item Perl functions
9231 File tests, backticks, binmode FILEHANDLE, crypt PLAINTEXT, USER, dump,
9232 exec LIST, fork, getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, gmtime, kill, qx//, select
9233 (system call), stat EXPR, system LIST, time, times, unlink LIST, utime
9234 LIST, waitpid PID,FLAGS
9236 =item Perl variables
9238 %ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $|
9240 =item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences
9254 =head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS
9260 =item BUILDING PERL FOR VOS
9262 =item INSTALLING PERL IN VOS
9264 =item USING PERL IN VOS
9268 =item Restrictions of Perl on VOS
9270 =item Handling of underflow and overflow
9276 =item SUPPORT STATUS
9284 =head2 perlwin32 - Perl under Windows
9294 =item Setting Up Perl on Win32
9296 Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Visual
9297 C++ Toolkit 2003, Microsoft Platform SDK 64-bit Compiler, MinGW release 3
9298 with gcc, MinGW release 1 with gcc
9302 =item Testing Perl on Win32
9304 =item Installation of Perl on Win32
9306 =item Usage Hints for Perl on Win32
9308 Environment Variables, File Globbing, Using perl from the command line,
9309 Building Extensions, Command-line Wildcard Expansion, Win32 Specific
9310 Extensions, Notes on 64-bit Windows
9312 =item Running Perl Scripts
9314 =item Miscellaneous Things
9318 =item BUGS AND CAVEATS
9320 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
9324 Gary Ng E<lt>71564.1743@CompuServe.COME<gt>, Gurusamy Sarathy
9325 E<lt>gsar@activestate.comE<gt>, Nick Ing-Simmons
9326 E<lt>nick@ing-simmons.netE<gt>, Jan Dubois E<lt>jand@activestate.comE<gt>,
9327 Steve Hay E<lt>steve.hay@uk.radan.comE<gt>
9335 =head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
9337 =head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
9349 =head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
9359 =head2 threadshared::shared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing
9360 data structures between threads
9372 share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, cond_wait CONDVAR,
9373 LOCKVAR, cond_timedwait VARIABLE, ABS_TIMEOUT, cond_timedwait CONDVAR,
9374 ABS_TIMEOUT, LOCKVAR, cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
9386 =head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
9395 $thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
9396 threads->self, $thread->tid, threads->object( tid ), threads->yield();,
9397 threads->list();, async BLOCK;
9401 A thread exited while %d other threads were still running
9407 Parent-Child threads, Returning objects, Creating threads inside BEGIN
9408 blocks, PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
9410 =item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
9416 =head2 assertions - select assertions in blocks of code
9428 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
9432 =head2 assertions::activate - activate assertions
9444 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
9448 =head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes
9458 =item Built-in Attributes
9460 locked, method, lvalue
9462 =item Available Subroutines
9466 =item Package-specific Attribute Handling
9468 FETCH_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES
9470 =item Syntax of Attribute Lists
9478 =item Default exports
9480 =item Available exports
9482 =item Export tags defined
9492 =head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
9508 =head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base classes at compile time
9518 Base class package "%s" is empty
9528 =head2 bigint - Transparent BigInteger support for Perl
9540 a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
9544 =item Internal Format
9566 =head2 bignum - Transparent BigNumber support for Perl
9578 a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
9584 inf(), NaN(), upgrade()
9588 =item INTERNAL FORMAT
9606 =head2 bigrat - Transparent BigNumber/BigRational support for Perl
9628 a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
9634 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print sqrt(33)'
9635 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 2*255'
9636 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 4.5+2*255'
9637 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 3/7 + 5/7 + 8/3'
9638 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 12->is_odd()';
9648 =head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
9662 =head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character
9677 =head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal
9686 =item CUSTOM TRANSLATORS
9688 =item CUSTOM ALIASES
9692 =item Anonymous hashes
9696 =item Alias shortcut
9700 =item charnames::viacode(code)
9702 =item charnames::vianame(name)
9706 =item ILLEGAL CHARACTERS
9712 =head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants
9724 =item List constants
9726 =item Defining multiple constants at once
9728 =item Magic constants
9732 =item TECHNICAL NOTES
9742 =head2 diagnostics, splain - produce verbose warning diagnostics
9752 =item The C<diagnostics> Pragma
9754 =item The I<splain> Program
9768 =head2 encoding - allows you to write your script in non-ascii or non-utf8
9778 =item Literal Conversions
9780 =item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
9782 =item Implicit upgrading for byte strings
9786 =item FEATURES THAT REQUIRE 5.8.1
9788 "NON-EUC" doublebyte encodings, tr//, DATA pseudo-filehandle
9792 use encoding [I<ENCNAME>] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> [ STDIN =E<gt>
9793 I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;, no encoding;
9795 =item The Filter Option
9799 =item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
9809 =item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
9811 =item tr/// with ranges
9813 Legend of characters above
9817 =item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
9819 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
9821 literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
9825 =item The Logic of :locale
9835 =head2 encoding::warnings - Warn on implicit encoding conversions
9847 =item Overview of the problem
9849 =item Detecting the problem
9851 =item Solving the problem
9853 Upgrade both sides to unicode-strings, Downgrade both sides to
9854 byte-strings, Specify the encoding for implicit byte-string upgrading,
9855 PerlIO layers for B<STDIN> and B<STDOUT>, Literal conversions, Implicit
9856 upgrading for byte-strings
9874 =head2 fields - compile-time class fields
9888 =head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators
9898 =item subpragma access
9904 =head2 if - C<use> a Perl module if a condition holds
9918 =head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating
9929 =head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler
9939 =head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
9949 =item Adding directories to @INC
9951 =item Deleting directories from @INC
9953 =item Restoring original @INC
9967 =head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in
9978 =head2 open - perl pragma to set default PerlIO layers for input and output
9986 =item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY
9988 =item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
9994 =head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling
10006 =head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations
10016 =item Declaration of overloaded functions
10018 =item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations
10020 FALSE, TRUE, C<undef>
10022 =item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations
10024 =item Calling Conventions for Mutators
10026 C<++> and C<-->, C<x=> and other assignment versions
10028 =item Overloadable Operations
10030 I<Arithmetic operations>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Bit operations>,
10031 I<Increment and decrement>, I<Transcendental functions>, I<Boolean, string
10032 and numeric conversion>, I<Iteration>, I<Dereferencing>, I<Special>
10034 =item Inheritance and overloading
10036 Strings as values of C<use overload> directive, Overloading of an operation
10037 is inherited by derived classes
10041 =item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C<use overload>
10049 C<undef>, TRUE, defined, but FALSE
10051 =item Copy Constructor
10057 =item MAGIC AUTOGENERATION
10059 I<Assignment forms of arithmetic operations>, I<Conversion operations>,
10060 I<Increment and decrement>, C<abs($a)>, I<Unary minus>, I<Negation>,
10061 I<Concatenation>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Iterator>, I<Dereferencing>,
10064 =item Losing overloading
10066 =item Run-time Overloading
10068 =item Public functions
10070 overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op)
10072 =item Overloading constants
10074 integer, float, binary, q, qr
10076 =item IMPLEMENTATION
10078 =item Metaphor clash
10084 =item Two-face scalars
10086 =item Two-face references
10088 =item Symbolic calculator
10090 =item I<Really> symbolic calculator
10098 Odd number of arguments for overload::constant, `%s' is not an overloadable
10099 type, `%s' is not a code reference
10105 =head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
10117 =item SIGNAL HANDLERS
10119 B<stack-trace>, B<die>, B<handler> I<your-handler>
10123 B<normal-signals>, B<error-signals>, B<old-interface-signals>
10127 B<untrapped>, B<any>, I<signal>, I<number>
10135 =head2 sort - perl pragma to control sort() behaviour
10147 =head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
10155 C<strict refs>, C<strict vars>, C<strict subs>
10161 =head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
10171 =head2 threadshared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data
10172 structures between threads
10184 share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, cond_wait CONDVAR,
10185 LOCKVAR, cond_timedwait VARIABLE, ABS_TIMEOUT, cond_timedwait CONDVAR,
10186 ABS_TIMEOUT, LOCKVAR, cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
10198 =head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source
10209 =item Utility functions
10211 $num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string), $success = utf8::downgrade($string[,
10212 FAIL_OK]), utf8::encode($string), utf8::decode($string), $flag =
10213 utf8::is_utf8(STRING), $flag = utf8::valid(STRING)
10223 =head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
10233 =head2 version - Perl extension for Version Objects
10243 =item What IS a version
10245 Numeric Versions, Quoted Versions
10247 =item What about v-strings?
10249 =item Numeric Versions
10251 =item Quoted Versions
10253 =item Object Methods
10255 New Operator, qv(), Normal Form, Numification, Stringification, Comparison
10256 operators, Logical Operators
10260 =item Types of Versions Objects
10262 Ordinary versions, Alpha versions
10264 =item Replacement UNIVERSAL::VERSION
10276 =head2 vmsish - Perl pragma to control VMS-specific language features
10284 C<vmsish status>, C<vmsish exit>, C<vmsish time>, C<vmsish hushed>
10288 =head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings
10296 use warnings::register, warnings::enabled(), warnings::enabled($category),
10297 warnings::enabled($object), warnings::warn($message),
10298 warnings::warn($category, $message), warnings::warn($object, $message),
10299 warnings::warnif($message), warnings::warnif($category, $message),
10300 warnings::warnif($object, $message)
10304 =head2 warnings::register - warnings import function
10314 =head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION
10316 =head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs
10326 =item DBM Comparisons
10336 =head2 Attribute::Handlers - Simpler definition of attribute handlers
10346 [0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
10350 =item Typed lexicals
10352 =item Type-specific attribute handlers
10354 =item Non-interpretive attribute handlers
10356 =item Phase-specific attribute handlers
10358 =item Attributes as C<tie> interfaces
10366 C<Bad attribute type: ATTR(%s)>, C<Attribute handler %s doesn't handle %s
10367 attributes>, C<Declaration of %s attribute in package %s may clash with
10368 future reserved word>, C<Can't have two ATTR specifiers on one subroutine>,
10369 C<Can't autotie a %s>, C<Internal error: %s symbol went missing>, C<Won't
10370 be able to apply END handler>
10380 =head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand
10390 =item Subroutine Stubs
10392 =item Using B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
10394 =item Overriding B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
10396 =item Package Lexicals
10398 =item Not Using AutoLoader
10400 =item B<AutoLoader> vs. B<SelfLoader>
10410 =head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
10418 $keep, $check, $modtime
10422 =item Multiple packages
10430 =head2 B - The Perl Compiler
10440 =item Utility Functions
10444 =item Functions Returning C<B::SV>, C<B::AV>, C<B::HV>, and C<B::CV>
10447 sv_undef, sv_yes, sv_no, svref_2object(SVREF), amagic_generation, init_av,
10448 check_av, begin_av, end_av, comppadlist, regex_padav, main_cv
10450 =item Functions for Examining the Symbol Table
10452 walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE, PREFIX)
10454 =item Functions Returning C<B::OP> objects or for walking op trees
10456 main_root, main_start, walkoptree(OP, METHOD), walkoptree_debug(DEBUG)
10458 =item Miscellaneous Utility Functions
10460 ppname(OPNUM), hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c, cstring(STR),
10461 perlstring(STR), class(OBJ), threadsv_names
10465 =item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
10469 =item SV-RELATED CLASSES
10471 =item B::SV Methods
10473 REFCNT, FLAGS, object_2svref
10475 =item B::IV Methods
10477 IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv
10479 =item B::NV Methods
10483 =item B::RV Methods
10487 =item B::PV Methods
10491 =item B::PVMG Methods
10495 =item B::MAGIC Methods
10497 MOREMAGIC, precomp, PRIVATE, TYPE, FLAGS, OBJ, PTR, REGEX
10499 =item B::PVLV Methods
10501 TARGOFF, TARGLEN, TYPE, TARG
10503 =item B::BM Methods
10505 USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE
10507 =item B::GV Methods
10509 is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN,
10510 LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS
10512 =item B::IO Methods
10514 LINES, PAGE, PAGE_LEN, LINES_LEFT, TOP_NAME, TOP_GV, FMT_NAME, FMT_GV,
10515 BOTTOM_NAME, BOTTOM_GV, SUBPROCESS, IoTYPE, IoFLAGS, IsSTD
10517 =item B::AV Methods
10519 FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, ARRAYelt, AvFLAGS
10521 =item B::CV Methods
10523 STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE_SEQ, XSUB,
10524 XSUBANY, CvFLAGS, const_sv
10526 =item B::HV Methods
10528 FILL, MAX, KEYS, RITER, NAME, PMROOT, ARRAY
10530 =item OP-RELATED CLASSES
10532 =item B::OP Methods
10534 next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, opt, static, flags, private,
10537 =item B::UNOP METHOD
10541 =item B::BINOP METHOD
10545 =item B::LOGOP METHOD
10549 =item B::LISTOP METHOD
10553 =item B::PMOP Methods
10555 pmreplroot, pmreplstart, pmnext, pmregexp, pmflags, pmdynflags,
10556 pmpermflags, precomp, pmoffset
10558 =item B::SVOP METHOD
10562 =item B::PADOP METHOD
10566 =item B::PVOP METHOD
10570 =item B::LOOP Methods
10572 redoop, nextop, lastop
10574 =item B::COP Methods
10576 label, stash, stashpv, file, cop_seq, arybase, line, warnings, io
10584 =head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate
10593 %insn_data, @insn_name, @optype, @specialsv_name
10599 =head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode
10611 =head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
10631 =head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
10643 B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
10653 =head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend
10663 B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, B<-Dc>, B<-DA>,
10664 B<-DC>, B<-DM>, B<-f>, B<-fcog>, B<-fsave-data>, B<-fppaddr>, B<-fwarn-sv>,
10665 B<-fuse-script-name>, B<-fsave-sig-hash>, B<-On>, B<-O0>, B<-O1>, B<-O2>,
10676 =head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
10686 B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-mModulename>, B<-D>, B<-Dr>,
10687 B<-DO>, B<-Ds>, B<-Dp>, B<-Dq>, B<-Dl>, B<-Dt>, B<-f>,
10688 B<-ffreetmps-each-bblock>, B<-ffreetmps-each-loop>, B<-fomit-taint>, B<-On>
10700 =item Context of ".."
10704 =item Deprecated features
10712 =head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
10726 =item Options for Opcode Ordering
10728 B<-basic>, B<-exec>, B<-tree>
10730 =item Options for Line-Style
10732 B<-concise>, B<-terse>, B<-linenoise>, B<-debug>, B<-env>
10734 =item Options for tree-specific formatting
10736 B<-compact>, B<-loose>, B<-vt>, B<-ascii>
10738 =item Options controlling sequence numbering
10740 B<-base>I<n>, B<-bigendian>, B<-littleendian>
10742 =item Other options
10744 B<-main>, B<-nomain>, B<-nobanner>, B<-banner>, B<-banneris> => subref
10746 =item Option Stickiness
10750 =item ABBREVIATIONS
10754 =item OP class abbreviations
10756 =item OP flags abbreviations
10760 =item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS
10764 =item Special Patterns
10766 B<(x(>I<exec_text>B<;>I<basic_text>B<)x)>, B<(*(>I<text>B<)*)>,
10767 B<(*(>I<text1>B<;>I<text2>B<)*)>, B<(?(>I<text1>B<#>I<var>I<Text2>B<)?)>,
10772 B<#>I<var>, B<#>I<var>I<N>, B<#>I<Var>, B<#addr>, B<#arg>, B<#class>,
10773 B<#classsym>, B<#coplabel>, B<#exname>, B<#extarg>, B<#firstaddr>,
10774 B<#flags>, B<#flagval>, B<#hyphseq>, B<#label>, B<#lastaddr>, B<#name>,
10775 B<#NAME>, B<#next>, B<#nextaddr>, B<#noise>, B<#private>, B<#privval>,
10776 B<#seq>, B<#seqnum>, B<#opt>, B<#static>, B<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>,
10777 B<#svclass>, B<#svval>, B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum>
10781 =item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework
10785 =item Example: Altering Concise Renderings
10789 =item set_style_standard($name)
10793 =item add_callback()
10795 =item Running B::Concise::compile()
10797 =item B::Concise::reset_sequence()
10807 =head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
10819 =head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
10829 B<-d>, B<-f>I<FILE>, B<-l>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-q>, B<-s>I<LETTERS>, B<C>,
10830 B<i>I<NUMBER>, B<T>, B<v>I<STRING>B<.>, B<-x>I<LEVEL>
10832 =item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE
10842 =item ambient_pragmas
10844 strict, $[, bytes, utf8, integer, re, warnings, hint_bits, warning_bits
10856 =head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode
10868 =head2 B::Lint - Perl lint
10876 =item OPTIONS AND LINT CHECKS
10878 B<context>, B<implicit-read> and B<implicit-write>, B<bare-subs>,
10879 B<dollar-underscore>, B<private-names>, B<undefined-subs>,
10880 B<regexp-variables>, B<all>, B<none>
10882 =item NON LINT-CHECK OPTIONS
10892 =head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
10902 =item IMPLEMENTATION
10910 =head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files
10934 =head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend
10946 =head2 B::Stash - show what stashes are loaded
10948 =head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
10960 =head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
10970 C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-d>, C<-D[tO]>
10978 =head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
10998 =head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code
11012 =item Standard Exports
11014 timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis ( COUNT, CODE, [ TITLE, [ STYLE ]] ),
11015 timethese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), timediff ( T1, T2 ), timestr (
11016 TIMEDIFF, [ STYLE, [ FORMAT ] ] )
11018 =item Optional Exports
11020 clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [
11021 STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), countit(TIME, CODE),
11022 disablecache ( ), enablecache ( ), timesum ( T1, T2 )
11024 =item :hireswallclock
11040 =item MODIFICATION HISTORY
11044 =head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code
11058 =head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
11070 B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
11080 =head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
11092 =item PROGRAMMING STYLE
11094 =item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES
11096 =item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE):
11098 =item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE
11100 =item FETCHING A LIST OF KEYWORDS FROM THE QUERY:
11102 =item FETCHING THE NAMES OF ALL THE PARAMETERS PASSED TO YOUR SCRIPT:
11104 =item FETCHING THE VALUE OR VALUES OF A SINGLE NAMED PARAMETER:
11106 =item SETTING THE VALUE(S) OF A NAMED PARAMETER:
11108 =item APPENDING ADDITIONAL VALUES TO A NAMED PARAMETER:
11110 =item IMPORTING ALL PARAMETERS INTO A NAMESPACE:
11112 =item DELETING A PARAMETER COMPLETELY:
11114 =item DELETING ALL PARAMETERS:
11116 =item DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARAMETER LIST:
11118 =item FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH:
11120 =item SAVING THE STATE OF THE SCRIPT TO A FILE:
11122 =item RETRIEVING CGI ERRORS
11124 =item USING THE FUNCTION-ORIENTED INTERFACE
11126 B<:cgi>, B<:form>, B<:html2>, B<:html3>, B<:html4>, B<:netscape>, B<:html>,
11127 B<:standard>, B<:all>
11131 -any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_undef_params, -no_xhtml, -nph,
11132 -newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, -no_debug, -debug,
11135 =item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS
11137 1. start_table() (generates a <table> tag), 2. end_table() (generates a
11138 </table> tag), 3. start_ul() (generates a <ul> tag), 4. end_ul() (generates
11143 =item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS
11147 =item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER:
11149 =item GENERATING A REDIRECTION HEADER
11151 =item CREATING THE HTML DOCUMENT HEADER
11153 B<Parameters:>, 4, 5, 6..
11155 =item ENDING THE HTML DOCUMENT:
11157 =item CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION:
11159 =item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL
11161 B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query>
11162 (B<-query_string>), B<-base>
11164 =item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS
11168 =item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS:
11172 =item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS
11174 =item THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF HTML SHORTCUTS
11176 =item HTML SHORTCUTS AND LIST INTERPOLATION
11178 =item NON-STANDARD HTML SHORTCUTS
11180 =item AUTOESCAPING HTML
11182 $escaped_string = escapeHTML("unescaped string");, $charset =
11183 charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]);
11185 =item PRETTY-PRINTING HTML
11189 =item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS:
11193 =item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG
11195 =item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM
11197 B<application/x-www-form-urlencoded>, B<multipart/form-data>
11199 =item FORM ELEMENTS
11201 B<-name>, B<-value>, B<-values>, B<-tabindex>, B<-id>, B<-override>,
11202 B<-onChange>, B<-onFocus>, B<-onBlur>, B<-onMouseOver>, B<-onMouseOut>,
11205 =item CREATING A TEXT FIELD
11209 =item CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD
11211 =item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD
11213 =item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD
11217 =item CREATING A POPUP MENU
11219 =item CREATING AN OPTION GROUP
11221 =item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST
11225 =item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES
11229 =item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX
11233 =item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP
11237 =item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON
11241 =item CREATING A RESET BUTTON
11243 =item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON
11245 =item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD
11249 =item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON
11251 B<Parameters:>, 3. The third option (-align, optional) is an alignment
11252 type, and may be TOP, BOTTOM or MIDDLE
11254 =item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON
11260 1. an expiration time, 2. a domain, 3. a path, 4. a "secure" flag,
11261 B<-name>, B<-value>, B<-path>, B<-domain>, B<-expires>, B<-secure>
11263 =item WORKING WITH FRAMES
11265 1. Create a <Frameset> document, 2. Specify the destination for the
11266 document in the HTTP header, 3. Specify the destination for the document in
11269 =item SUPPORT FOR JAVASCRIPT
11271 B<onLoad>, B<onUnload>, B<onSubmit>, B<onClick>, B<onChange>, B<onFocus>,
11272 B<onBlur>, B<onSelect>, B<onMouseOver>, B<onMouseOut>
11274 =item LIMITED SUPPORT FOR CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
11280 =item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS
11284 =item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
11286 B<Accept()>, B<raw_cookie()>, B<user_agent()>, B<path_info()>,
11287 B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()> Return the script
11288 name as a partial URL, for self-refering scripts, B<referer()>, B<auth_type
11289 ()>, B<server_name ()>, B<virtual_host ()>, B<server_port ()>,
11290 B<virtual_port ()>, B<server_software ()>, B<remote_user ()>, B<user_name
11291 ()>, B<request_method()>, B<content_type()>, B<http()>, B<https()>
11293 =item USING NPH SCRIPTS
11295 In the B<use> statement, By calling the B<nph()> method:, By using B<-nph>
11300 multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final()
11302 =item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks
11304 B<$CGI::POST_MAX>, B<$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS>, B<1. On a script-by-script
11305 basis>, B<2. Globally for all scripts>
11307 =item COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL
11309 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
11313 Matt Heffron (heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com), James Taylor
11314 (james.taylor@srs.gov), Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com>, Mike Jewell
11315 (mlj3u@virginia.edu), Timothy Shimmin (tes@kbs.citri.edu.au), Joergen Haegg
11316 (jh@axis.se), Laurent Delfosse (delfosse@delfosse.com), Richard Resnick
11317 (applepi1@aol.com), Craig Bishop (csb@barwonwater.vic.gov.au), Tony Curtis
11318 (tc@vcpc.univie.ac.at), Tim Bunce (Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk), Tom Christiansen
11319 (tchrist@convex.com), Andreas Koenig (k@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE), Tim
11320 MacKenzie (Tim.MacKenzie@fulcrum.com.au), Kevin B. Hendricks
11321 (kbhend@dogwood.tyler.wm.edu), Stephen Dahmen (joyfire@inxpress.net), Ed
11322 Jordan (ed@fidalgo.net), David Alan Pisoni (david@cnation.com), Doug
11323 MacEachern (dougm@opengroup.org), Robin Houston (robin@oneworld.org),
11324 ...and many many more..
11326 =item A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT
11334 =head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm
11344 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
11352 =head2 CGI::Carp, B<CGI::Carp> - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or
11361 =item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES
11363 =item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW
11367 =item Changing the default message
11371 =item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS
11373 =item OVERRIDING THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM
11381 =head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies
11389 =item USING CGI::Cookie
11391 B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag>
11395 =item Creating New Cookies
11397 =item Sending the Cookie to the Browser
11399 =item Recovering Previous Cookies
11401 =item Manipulating Cookies
11403 B<name()>, B<value()>, B<domain()>, B<path()>, B<expires()>
11407 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
11415 =head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI
11423 =item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
11425 =item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS
11427 =item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS
11429 =item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS
11431 =item EXTERNAL FASTCGI SERVER INVOCATION
11433 FCGI_SOCKET_PATH, FCGI_LISTEN_QUEUE
11437 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
11445 =head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code
11455 =item Tags that won't be formatted
11457 =item Customizing the Indenting
11469 =head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push
11477 =item USING CGI::Push
11479 -next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph
11483 =item Heterogeneous Pages
11485 =item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly
11489 =item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS
11491 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
11499 =head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch
11509 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
11517 =head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module
11525 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
11531 =head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
11543 =item Interactive Mode
11545 Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test,
11546 install, clean modules or distributions, get, readme, look module or
11547 distribution, ls author, Signals
11555 =item The four C<CPAN::*> Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution
11557 =item Programmer's interface
11559 expand($type,@things), expandany(@things), Programming Examples
11561 =item Methods in the other Classes
11563 CPAN::Author::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Author::as_string(),
11564 CPAN::Author::email(), CPAN::Author::fullname(), CPAN::Author::name(),
11565 CPAN::Bundle::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Bundle::as_string(),
11566 CPAN::Bundle::clean(), CPAN::Bundle::contains(),
11567 CPAN::Bundle::force($method,@args), CPAN::Bundle::get(),
11568 CPAN::Bundle::inst_file(), CPAN::Bundle::inst_version(),
11569 CPAN::Bundle::uptodate(), CPAN::Bundle::install(), CPAN::Bundle::make(),
11570 CPAN::Bundle::readme(), CPAN::Bundle::test(),
11571 CPAN::Distribution::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Distribution::as_string(),
11572 CPAN::Distribution::clean(), CPAN::Distribution::containsmods(),
11573 CPAN::Distribution::cvs_import(), CPAN::Distribution::dir(),
11574 CPAN::Distribution::force($method,@args), CPAN::Distribution::get(),
11575 CPAN::Distribution::install(), CPAN::Distribution::isa_perl(),
11576 CPAN::Distribution::look(), CPAN::Distribution::make(),
11577 CPAN::Distribution::prereq_pm(), CPAN::Distribution::readme(),
11578 CPAN::Distribution::test(), CPAN::Distribution::uptodate(),
11579 CPAN::Index::force_reload(), CPAN::Index::reload(), CPAN::InfoObj::dump(),
11580 CPAN::Module::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Module::as_string(),
11581 CPAN::Module::clean(), CPAN::Module::cpan_file(),
11582 CPAN::Module::cpan_version(), CPAN::Module::cvs_import(),
11583 CPAN::Module::description(), CPAN::Module::force($method,@args),
11584 CPAN::Module::get(), CPAN::Module::inst_file(),
11585 CPAN::Module::inst_version(), CPAN::Module::install(),
11586 CPAN::Module::look(), CPAN::Module::make(),
11587 CPAN::Module::manpage_headline(), CPAN::Module::readme(),
11588 CPAN::Module::test(), CPAN::Module::uptodate(), CPAN::Module::userid()
11590 =item Cache Manager
11594 =item Prerequisites
11596 =item Finding packages and VERSION
11600 =item Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode
11604 =item CONFIGURATION
11606 C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>
11607 E<lt>valueE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list
11608 optionE<gt> [shift|pop]>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>
11609 [unshift|push|splice] E<lt>listE<gt>>
11613 =item Note on urllist parameter's format
11615 =item urllist parameter has CD-ROM support
11623 =item POPULATE AN INSTALLATION WITH LOTS OF MODULES
11625 =item WORKING WITH CPAN.pm BEHIND FIREWALLS
11629 =item Three basic types of firewalls
11631 http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade
11633 =item Configuring lynx or ncftp for going through a firewall
11639 1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7), 8), 9), 10)
11651 =head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
11661 =head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS
11674 =head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
11684 =item Forcing a Stack Trace
11692 =item GLOBAL VARIABLES
11696 =item $Carp::CarpLevel
11698 =item $Carp::MaxEvalLen
11700 =item $Carp::MaxArgLen
11702 =item $Carp::MaxArgNums
11704 =item $Carp::Verbose
11716 =head2 Carp::Heavy - heavy machinery, no user serviceable parts inside
11718 =head2 Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree
11728 the function Class::ISA::super_path($CLASS), the function
11729 Class::ISA::self_and_super_path($CLASS), the function
11730 Class::ISA::self_and_super_versions($CLASS)
11732 =item CAUTIONARY NOTES
11740 =head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
11750 =item The C<struct()> function
11752 =item Class Creation at Compile Time
11754 =item Element Types and Accessor Methods
11756 Scalar (C<'$'> or C<'*$'>), Array (C<'@'> or C<'*@'>), Hash (C<'%'> or
11757 C<'*%'>), Class (C<'Class_Name'> or C<'*Class_Name'>)
11759 =item Initializing with C<new>
11765 Example 1, Example 2, Example 3
11767 =item Author and Modification History
11771 =head2 Config - access Perl configuration information
11779 myconfig(), config_sh(), config_re($regex), config_vars(@names)
11791 C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o>
11795 C<afs>, C<afsroot>, C<alignbytes>, C<ansi2knr>, C<aphostname>,
11796 C<api_revision>, C<api_subversion>, C<api_version>, C<api_versionstring>,
11797 C<ar>, C<archlib>, C<archlibexp>, C<archname64>, C<archname>, C<archobjs>,
11798 C<asctime_r_proto>, C<awk>
11802 C<baserev>, C<bash>, C<bin>, C<binexp>, C<bison>, C<byacc>, C<byteorder>
11806 C<c>, C<castflags>, C<cat>, C<cc>, C<cccdlflags>, C<ccdlflags>, C<ccflags>,
11807 C<ccflags_uselargefiles>, C<ccname>, C<ccsymbols>, C<ccversion>, C<cf_by>,
11808 C<cf_email>, C<cf_time>, C<charsize>, C<chgrp>, C<chmod>, C<chown>,
11809 C<clocktype>, C<comm>, C<compress>, C<contains>, C<cp>, C<cpio>, C<cpp>,
11810 C<cpp_stuff>, C<cppccsymbols>, C<cppflags>, C<cpplast>, C<cppminus>,
11811 C<cpprun>, C<cppstdin>, C<cppsymbols>, C<crypt_r_proto>, C<cryptlib>,
11812 C<csh>, C<ctermid_r_proto>, C<ctime_r_proto>
11816 C<d__fwalk>, C<d_access>, C<d_accessx>, C<d_aintl>, C<d_alarm>,
11817 C<d_archlib>, C<d_asctime_r>, C<d_atolf>, C<d_atoll>, C<d_attribut>,
11818 C<d_bcmp>, C<d_bcopy>, C<d_bsd>, C<d_bsdgetpgrp>, C<d_bsdsetpgrp>,
11819 C<d_bzero>, C<d_casti32>, C<d_castneg>, C<d_charvspr>, C<d_chown>,
11820 C<d_chroot>, C<d_chsize>, C<d_class>, C<d_closedir>, C<d_cmsghdr_s>,
11821 C<d_const>, C<d_copysignl>, C<d_crypt>, C<d_crypt_r>, C<d_csh>,
11822 C<d_ctermid_r>, C<d_ctime_r>, C<d_cuserid>, C<d_dbl_dig>,
11823 C<d_dbminitproto>, C<d_difftime>, C<d_dirfd>, C<d_dirnamlen>, C<d_dlerror>,
11824 C<d_dlopen>, C<d_dlsymun>, C<d_dosuid>, C<d_drand48_r>, C<d_drand48proto>,
11825 C<d_dup2>, C<d_eaccess>, C<d_endgrent>, C<d_endgrent_r>, C<d_endhent>,
11826 C<d_endhostent_r>, C<d_endnent>, C<d_endnetent_r>, C<d_endpent>,
11827 C<d_endprotoent_r>, C<d_endpwent>, C<d_endpwent_r>, C<d_endsent>,
11828 C<d_endservent_r>, C<d_eofnblk>, C<d_eunice>, C<d_faststdio>, C<d_fchdir>,
11829 C<d_fchmod>, C<d_fchown>, C<d_fcntl>, C<d_fcntl_can_lock>, C<d_fd_macros>,
11830 C<d_fd_set>, C<d_fds_bits>, C<d_fgetpos>, C<d_finite>, C<d_finitel>,
11831 C<d_flexfnam>, C<d_flock>, C<d_flockproto>, C<d_fork>, C<d_fp_class>,
11832 C<d_fpathconf>, C<d_fpclass>, C<d_fpclassify>, C<d_fpclassl>,
11833 C<d_fpos64_t>, C<d_frexpl>, C<d_fs_data_s>, C<d_fseeko>, C<d_fsetpos>,
11834 C<d_fstatfs>, C<d_fstatvfs>, C<d_fsync>, C<d_ftello>, C<d_ftime>,
11835 C<d_Gconvert>, C<d_getcwd>, C<d_getespwnam>, C<d_getfsstat>, C<d_getgrent>,
11836 C<d_getgrent_r>, C<d_getgrgid_r>, C<d_getgrnam_r>, C<d_getgrps>,
11837 C<d_gethbyaddr>, C<d_gethbyname>, C<d_gethent>, C<d_gethname>,
11838 C<d_gethostbyaddr_r>, C<d_gethostbyname_r>, C<d_gethostent_r>,
11839 C<d_gethostprotos>, C<d_getitimer>, C<d_getlogin>, C<d_getlogin_r>,
11840 C<d_getmnt>, C<d_getmntent>, C<d_getnbyaddr>, C<d_getnbyname>,
11841 C<d_getnent>, C<d_getnetbyaddr_r>, C<d_getnetbyname_r>, C<d_getnetent_r>,
11842 C<d_getnetprotos>, C<d_getpagsz>, C<d_getpbyname>, C<d_getpbynumber>,
11843 C<d_getpent>, C<d_getpgid>, C<d_getpgrp2>, C<d_getpgrp>, C<d_getppid>,
11844 C<d_getprior>, C<d_getprotobyname_r>, C<d_getprotobynumber_r>,
11845 C<d_getprotoent_r>, C<d_getprotoprotos>, C<d_getprpwnam>, C<d_getpwent>,
11846 C<d_getpwent_r>, C<d_getpwnam_r>, C<d_getpwuid_r>, C<d_getsbyname>,
11847 C<d_getsbyport>, C<d_getsent>, C<d_getservbyname_r>, C<d_getservbyport_r>,
11848 C<d_getservent_r>, C<d_getservprotos>, C<d_getspnam>, C<d_getspnam_r>,
11849 C<d_gettimeod>, C<d_gmtime_r>, C<d_gnulibc>, C<d_grpasswd>, C<d_hasmntopt>,
11850 C<d_htonl>, C<d_ilogbl>, C<d_index>, C<d_inetaton>, C<d_int64_t>,
11851 C<d_isascii>, C<d_isfinite>, C<d_isinf>, C<d_isnan>, C<d_isnanl>,
11852 C<d_killpg>, C<d_lchown>, C<d_ldbl_dig>, C<d_link>, C<d_localtime_r>,
11853 C<d_locconv>, C<d_lockf>, C<d_longdbl>, C<d_longlong>, C<d_lseekproto>,
11854 C<d_lstat>, C<d_madvise>, C<d_mblen>, C<d_mbstowcs>, C<d_mbtowc>,
11855 C<d_memchr>, C<d_memcmp>, C<d_memcpy>, C<d_memmove>, C<d_memset>,
11856 C<d_mkdir>, C<d_mkdtemp>, C<d_mkfifo>, C<d_mkstemp>, C<d_mkstemps>,
11857 C<d_mktime>, C<d_mmap>, C<d_modfl>, C<d_modfl_pow32_bug>, C<d_modflproto>,
11858 C<d_mprotect>, C<d_msg>, C<d_msg_ctrunc>, C<d_msg_dontroute>, C<d_msg_oob>,
11859 C<d_msg_peek>, C<d_msg_proxy>, C<d_msgctl>, C<d_msgget>, C<d_msghdr_s>,
11860 C<d_msgrcv>, C<d_msgsnd>, C<d_msync>, C<d_munmap>, C<d_mymalloc>,
11861 C<d_nice>, C<d_nl_langinfo>, C<d_nv_preserves_uv>, C<d_off64_t>,
11862 C<d_old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<d_oldpthreads>, C<d_oldsock>,
11863 C<d_open3>, C<d_pathconf>, C<d_pause>, C<d_perl_otherlibdirs>,
11864 C<d_phostname>, C<d_pipe>, C<d_poll>, C<d_portable>, C<d_PRId64>,
11865 C<d_PRIeldbl>, C<d_PRIEUldbl>, C<d_PRIfldbl>, C<d_PRIFUldbl>,
11866 C<d_PRIgldbl>, C<d_PRIGUldbl>, C<d_PRIi64>, C<d_PRIo64>, C<d_PRIu64>,
11867 C<d_PRIx64>, C<d_PRIXU64>, C<d_procselfexe>, C<d_pthread_atfork>,
11868 C<d_pthread_attr_setscope>, C<d_pthread_yield>, C<d_pwage>, C<d_pwchange>,
11869 C<d_pwclass>, C<d_pwcomment>, C<d_pwexpire>, C<d_pwgecos>, C<d_pwpasswd>,
11870 C<d_pwquota>, C<d_qgcvt>, C<d_quad>, C<d_random_r>, C<d_readdir64_r>,
11871 C<d_readdir>, C<d_readdir_r>, C<d_readlink>, C<d_readv>, C<d_recvmsg>,
11872 C<d_rename>, C<d_rewinddir>, C<d_rmdir>, C<d_safebcpy>, C<d_safemcpy>,
11873 C<d_sanemcmp>, C<d_sbrkproto>, C<d_scalbnl>, C<d_sched_yield>,
11874 C<d_scm_rights>, C<d_SCNfldbl>, C<d_seekdir>, C<d_select>, C<d_sem>,
11875 C<d_semctl>, C<d_semctl_semid_ds>, C<d_semctl_semun>, C<d_semget>,
11876 C<d_semop>, C<d_sendmsg>, C<d_setegid>, C<d_seteuid>, C<d_setgrent>,
11877 C<d_setgrent_r>, C<d_setgrps>, C<d_sethent>, C<d_sethostent_r>,
11878 C<d_setitimer>, C<d_setlinebuf>, C<d_setlocale>, C<d_setlocale_r>,
11879 C<d_setnent>, C<d_setnetent_r>, C<d_setpent>, C<d_setpgid>, C<d_setpgrp2>,
11880 C<d_setpgrp>, C<d_setprior>, C<d_setproctitle>, C<d_setprotoent_r>,
11881 C<d_setpwent>, C<d_setpwent_r>, C<d_setregid>, C<d_setresgid>,
11882 C<d_setresuid>, C<d_setreuid>, C<d_setrgid>, C<d_setruid>, C<d_setsent>,
11883 C<d_setservent_r>, C<d_setsid>, C<d_setvbuf>, C<d_sfio>, C<d_shm>,
11884 C<d_shmat>, C<d_shmatprototype>, C<d_shmctl>, C<d_shmdt>, C<d_shmget>,
11885 C<d_sigaction>, C<d_sigprocmask>, C<d_sigsetjmp>, C<d_sockatmark>,
11886 C<d_sockatmarkproto>, C<d_socket>, C<d_socklen_t>, C<d_sockpair>,
11887 C<d_socks5_init>, C<d_sqrtl>, C<d_srand48_r>, C<d_srandom_r>,
11888 C<d_sresgproto>, C<d_sresuproto>, C<d_statblks>, C<d_statfs_f_flags>,
11889 C<d_statfs_s>, C<d_statvfs>, C<d_stdio_cnt_lval>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval>,
11890 C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_nochange_cnt>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_sets_cnt>,
11891 C<d_stdio_stream_array>, C<d_stdiobase>, C<d_stdstdio>, C<d_strchr>,
11892 C<d_strcoll>, C<d_strctcpy>, C<d_strerrm>, C<d_strerror>, C<d_strerror_r>,
11893 C<d_strftime>, C<d_strlcat>, C<d_strlcpy>, C<d_strtod>, C<d_strtol>,
11894 C<d_strtold>, C<d_strtoll>, C<d_strtoq>, C<d_strtoul>, C<d_strtoull>,
11895 C<d_strtouq>, C<d_strxfrm>, C<d_suidsafe>, C<d_symlink>, C<d_syscall>,
11896 C<d_syscallproto>, C<d_sysconf>, C<d_sysernlst>, C<d_syserrlst>,
11897 C<d_system>, C<d_tcgetpgrp>, C<d_tcsetpgrp>, C<d_telldir>,
11898 C<d_telldirproto>, C<d_time>, C<d_times>, C<d_tm_tm_gmtoff>,
11899 C<d_tm_tm_zone>, C<d_tmpnam_r>, C<d_truncate>, C<d_ttyname_r>, C<d_tzname>,
11900 C<d_u32align>, C<d_ualarm>, C<d_umask>, C<d_uname>, C<d_union_semun>,
11901 C<d_unordered>, C<d_usleep>, C<d_usleepproto>, C<d_ustat>, C<d_vendorarch>,
11902 C<d_vendorbin>, C<d_vendorlib>, C<d_vendorscript>, C<d_vfork>,
11903 C<d_void_closedir>, C<d_voidsig>, C<d_voidtty>, C<d_volatile>,
11904 C<d_vprintf>, C<d_wait4>, C<d_waitpid>, C<d_wcstombs>, C<d_wctomb>,
11905 C<d_writev>, C<d_xenix>, C<date>, C<db_hashtype>, C<db_prefixtype>,
11906 C<db_version_major>, C<db_version_minor>, C<db_version_patch>,
11907 C<defvoidused>, C<direntrytype>, C<dlext>, C<dlsrc>, C<doublesize>,
11908 C<drand01>, C<drand48_r_proto>, C<dynamic_ext>
11912 C<eagain>, C<ebcdic>, C<echo>, C<egrep>, C<emacs>, C<endgrent_r_proto>,
11913 C<endhostent_r_proto>, C<endnetent_r_proto>, C<endprotoent_r_proto>,
11914 C<endpwent_r_proto>, C<endservent_r_proto>, C<eunicefix>, C<exe_ext>,
11915 C<expr>, C<extensions>, C<extras>
11919 C<fflushall>, C<fflushNULL>, C<find>, C<firstmakefile>, C<flex>,
11920 C<fpossize>, C<fpostype>, C<freetype>, C<from>, C<full_ar>, C<full_csh>,
11925 C<gccansipedantic>, C<gccosandvers>, C<gccversion>, C<getgrent_r_proto>,
11926 C<getgrgid_r_proto>, C<getgrnam_r_proto>, C<gethostbyaddr_r_proto>,
11927 C<gethostbyname_r_proto>, C<gethostent_r_proto>, C<getlogin_r_proto>,
11928 C<getnetbyaddr_r_proto>, C<getnetbyname_r_proto>, C<getnetent_r_proto>,
11929 C<getprotobyname_r_proto>, C<getprotobynumber_r_proto>,
11930 C<getprotoent_r_proto>, C<getpwent_r_proto>, C<getpwnam_r_proto>,
11931 C<getpwuid_r_proto>, C<getservbyname_r_proto>, C<getservbyport_r_proto>,
11932 C<getservent_r_proto>, C<getspnam_r_proto>, C<gidformat>, C<gidsign>,
11933 C<gidsize>, C<gidtype>, C<glibpth>, C<gmake>, C<gmtime_r_proto>,
11934 C<gnulibc_version>, C<grep>, C<groupcat>, C<groupstype>, C<gzip>
11938 C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>, C<html1dir>, C<html1direxp>,
11939 C<html3dir>, C<html3direxp>
11943 C<i16size>, C<i16type>, C<i32size>, C<i32type>, C<i64size>, C<i64type>,
11944 C<i8size>, C<i8type>, C<i_arpainet>, C<i_bsdioctl>, C<i_crypt>, C<i_db>,
11945 C<i_dbm>, C<i_dirent>, C<i_dld>, C<i_dlfcn>, C<i_fcntl>, C<i_float>,
11946 C<i_fp>, C<i_fp_class>, C<i_gdbm>, C<i_grp>, C<i_ieeefp>, C<i_inttypes>,
11947 C<i_langinfo>, C<i_libutil>, C<i_limits>, C<i_locale>, C<i_machcthr>,
11948 C<i_malloc>, C<i_math>, C<i_memory>, C<i_mntent>, C<i_ndbm>, C<i_netdb>,
11949 C<i_neterrno>, C<i_netinettcp>, C<i_niin>, C<i_poll>, C<i_prot>,
11950 C<i_pthread>, C<i_pwd>, C<i_rpcsvcdbm>, C<i_sfio>, C<i_sgtty>, C<i_shadow>,
11951 C<i_socks>, C<i_stdarg>, C<i_stddef>, C<i_stdlib>, C<i_string>,
11952 C<i_sunmath>, C<i_sysaccess>, C<i_sysdir>, C<i_sysfile>, C<i_sysfilio>,
11953 C<i_sysin>, C<i_sysioctl>, C<i_syslog>, C<i_sysmman>, C<i_sysmode>,
11954 C<i_sysmount>, C<i_sysndir>, C<i_sysparam>, C<i_sysresrc>, C<i_syssecrt>,
11955 C<i_sysselct>, C<i_syssockio>, C<i_sysstat>, C<i_sysstatfs>,
11956 C<i_sysstatvfs>, C<i_systime>, C<i_systimek>, C<i_systimes>, C<i_systypes>,
11957 C<i_sysuio>, C<i_sysun>, C<i_sysutsname>, C<i_sysvfs>, C<i_syswait>,
11958 C<i_termio>, C<i_termios>, C<i_time>, C<i_unistd>, C<i_ustat>, C<i_utime>,
11959 C<i_values>, C<i_varargs>, C<i_varhdr>, C<i_vfork>,
11960 C<ignore_versioned_solibs>, C<inc_version_list>, C<inc_version_list_init>,
11961 C<incpath>, C<inews>, C<installarchlib>, C<installbin>, C<installhtml1dir>,
11962 C<installhtml3dir>, C<installman1dir>, C<installman3dir>, C<installprefix>,
11963 C<installprefixexp>, C<installprivlib>, C<installscript>,
11964 C<installsitearch>, C<installsitebin>, C<installsitehtml1dir>,
11965 C<installsitehtml3dir>, C<installsitelib>, C<installsiteman1dir>,
11966 C<installsiteman3dir>, C<installsitescript>, C<installstyle>,
11967 C<installusrbinperl>, C<installvendorarch>, C<installvendorbin>,
11968 C<installvendorhtml1dir>, C<installvendorhtml3dir>, C<installvendorlib>,
11969 C<installvendorman1dir>, C<installvendorman3dir>, C<installvendorscript>,
11970 C<intsize>, C<issymlink>, C<ivdformat>, C<ivsize>, C<ivtype>
11974 C<known_extensions>, C<ksh>
11978 C<ld>, C<lddlflags>, C<ldflags>, C<ldflags_uselargefiles>, C<ldlibpthname>,
11979 C<less>, C<lib_ext>, C<libc>, C<libperl>, C<libpth>, C<libs>, C<libsdirs>,
11980 C<libsfiles>, C<libsfound>, C<libspath>, C<libswanted>,
11981 C<libswanted_uselargefiles>, C<line>, C<lint>, C<lkflags>, C<ln>, C<lns>,
11982 C<localtime_r_proto>, C<locincpth>, C<loclibpth>, C<longdblsize>,
11983 C<longlongsize>, C<longsize>, C<lp>, C<lpr>, C<ls>, C<lseeksize>,
11988 C<mail>, C<mailx>, C<make>, C<make_set_make>, C<mallocobj>, C<mallocsrc>,
11989 C<malloctype>, C<man1dir>, C<man1direxp>, C<man1ext>, C<man3dir>,
11990 C<man3direxp>, C<man3ext>
11994 C<Mcc>, C<mips_type>, C<mistrustnm>, C<mkdir>, C<mmaptype>, C<modetype>,
11995 C<more>, C<multiarch>, C<mv>, C<myarchname>, C<mydomain>, C<myhostname>,
12000 C<n>, C<need_va_copy>, C<netdb_hlen_type>, C<netdb_host_type>,
12001 C<netdb_name_type>, C<netdb_net_type>, C<nm>, C<nm_opt>, C<nm_so_opt>,
12002 C<nonxs_ext>, C<nroff>, C<nv_preserves_uv_bits>, C<nveformat>,
12003 C<nvEUformat>, C<nvfformat>, C<nvFUformat>, C<nvgformat>, C<nvGUformat>,
12004 C<nvsize>, C<nvtype>
12008 C<o_nonblock>, C<obj_ext>, C<old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<optimize>,
12009 C<orderlib>, C<osname>, C<osvers>, C<otherlibdirs>
12013 C<package>, C<pager>, C<passcat>, C<patchlevel>, C<path_sep>, C<perl5>,
12014 C<perl>, C<perl_patchlevel>
12018 C<PERL_REVISION>, C<PERL_SUBVERSION>, C<PERL_VERSION>, C<perladmin>,
12019 C<perllibs>, C<perlpath>, C<pg>, C<phostname>, C<pidtype>, C<plibpth>,
12020 C<pmake>, C<pr>, C<prefix>, C<prefixexp>, C<privlib>, C<privlibexp>,
12021 C<procselfexe>, C<prototype>, C<ptrsize>
12025 C<quadkind>, C<quadtype>
12029 C<randbits>, C<randfunc>, C<random_r_proto>, C<randseedtype>, C<ranlib>,
12030 C<rd_nodata>, C<readdir64_r_proto>, C<readdir_r_proto>, C<revision>, C<rm>,
12031 C<rmail>, C<run>, C<runnm>
12035 C<sched_yield>, C<scriptdir>, C<scriptdirexp>, C<sed>, C<seedfunc>,
12036 C<selectminbits>, C<selecttype>, C<sendmail>, C<setgrent_r_proto>,
12037 C<sethostent_r_proto>, C<setlocale_r_proto>, C<setnetent_r_proto>,
12038 C<setprotoent_r_proto>, C<setpwent_r_proto>, C<setservent_r_proto>, C<sh>,
12039 C<shar>, C<sharpbang>, C<shmattype>, C<shortsize>, C<shrpenv>, C<shsharp>,
12040 C<sig_count>, C<sig_name>, C<sig_name_init>, C<sig_num>, C<sig_num_init>,
12041 C<sig_size>, C<signal_t>, C<sitearch>, C<sitearchexp>, C<sitebin>,
12042 C<sitebinexp>, C<sitehtml1dir>, C<sitehtml1direxp>, C<sitehtml3dir>,
12043 C<sitehtml3direxp>, C<sitelib>, C<sitelib_stem>, C<sitelibexp>,
12044 C<siteman1dir>, C<siteman1direxp>, C<siteman3dir>, C<siteman3direxp>,
12045 C<siteprefix>, C<siteprefixexp>, C<sitescript>, C<sitescriptexp>,
12046 C<sizesize>, C<sizetype>, C<sleep>, C<smail>, C<so>, C<sockethdr>,
12047 C<socketlib>, C<socksizetype>, C<sort>, C<spackage>, C<spitshell>,
12048 C<sPRId64>, C<sPRIeldbl>, C<sPRIEUldbl>, C<sPRIfldbl>, C<sPRIFUldbl>,
12049 C<sPRIgldbl>, C<sPRIGUldbl>, C<sPRIi64>, C<sPRIo64>, C<sPRIu64>,
12050 C<sPRIx64>, C<sPRIXU64>, C<srand48_r_proto>, C<srandom_r_proto>, C<src>,
12051 C<sSCNfldbl>, C<ssizetype>, C<startperl>, C<startsh>, C<static_ext>,
12052 C<stdchar>, C<stdio_base>, C<stdio_bufsiz>, C<stdio_cnt>, C<stdio_filbuf>,
12053 C<stdio_ptr>, C<stdio_stream_array>, C<strerror_r_proto>, C<strings>,
12054 C<submit>, C<subversion>, C<sysman>
12058 C<tail>, C<tar>, C<targetarch>, C<tbl>, C<tee>, C<test>, C<timeincl>,
12059 C<timetype>, C<tmpnam_r_proto>, C<to>, C<touch>, C<tr>, C<trnl>, C<troff>,
12064 C<u16size>, C<u16type>, C<u32size>, C<u32type>, C<u64size>, C<u64type>,
12065 C<u8size>, C<u8type>, C<uidformat>, C<uidsign>, C<uidsize>, C<uidtype>,
12066 C<uname>, C<uniq>, C<uquadtype>, C<use5005threads>, C<use64bitall>,
12067 C<use64bitint>, C<usecrosscompile>, C<usedl>, C<usefaststdio>,
12068 C<useithreads>, C<uselargefiles>, C<uselongdouble>, C<usemallocwrap>,
12069 C<usemorebits>, C<usemultiplicity>, C<usemymalloc>, C<usenm>, C<useopcode>,
12070 C<useperlio>, C<useposix>, C<usereentrant>, C<userelocatableinc>,
12071 C<usesfio>, C<useshrplib>, C<usesocks>, C<usethreads>, C<usevendorprefix>,
12072 C<usevfork>, C<usrinc>, C<uuname>, C<uvoformat>, C<uvsize>, C<uvtype>,
12073 C<uvuformat>, C<uvxformat>, C<uvXUformat>
12077 C<vendorarch>, C<vendorarchexp>, C<vendorbin>, C<vendorbinexp>,
12078 C<vendorhtml1dir>, C<vendorhtml1direxp>, C<vendorhtml3dir>,
12079 C<vendorhtml3direxp>, C<vendorlib>, C<vendorlib_stem>, C<vendorlibexp>,
12080 C<vendorman1dir>, C<vendorman1direxp>, C<vendorman3dir>,
12081 C<vendorman3direxp>, C<vendorprefix>, C<vendorprefixexp>, C<vendorscript>,
12082 C<vendorscriptexp>, C<version>, C<version_patchlevel_string>,
12083 C<versiononly>, C<vi>, C<voidflags>
12091 C<yacc>, C<yaccflags>
12109 dynamic, nonxs, static
12115 =head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory
12125 =item getcwd and friends
12127 getcwd, cwd, fastcwd, fastgetcwd, getdcwd
12129 =item abs_path and friends
12131 abs_path, realpath, fast_abs_path
12147 =head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft,
12159 =item Global Variables
12161 $DB::sub, %DB::sub, $DB::single, $DB::signal, $DB::trace, @DB::args,
12162 @DB::dbline, %DB::dbline, $DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::subname,
12167 CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'),
12168 CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done()
12170 =item Client Callback Methods
12172 CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(),
12173 CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(),
12174 CLIENT->output(LIST)
12184 =head2 DBM_Filter -- Filter DBM keys/values
12192 =item What is a DBM Filter?
12196 =item So what's new?
12204 =item $db->Filter_Push()
12206 =item $db->Filter_Key_Push()
12208 =item $db->Filter_Value_Push()
12210 Filter_Push, Filter_Key_Push, Filter_Value_Push
12212 =item $db->Filter_Pop()
12214 =item $db->Filtered()
12218 =item Writing a Filter
12222 =item Immediate Filters
12224 =item Canned Filters
12230 =item Filters Included
12232 utf8, encode, compress, int32, null
12238 =item Maintain Round Trip Integrity
12240 =item Don't mix filtered & non-filtered data in the same database file.
12252 =head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
12260 B<DB_HASH>, B<DB_BTREE>, B<DB_RECNO>
12264 =item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or greater
12266 =item Interface to Berkeley DB
12268 =item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File
12270 =item Default Parameters
12272 =item In Memory Databases
12280 =item A Simple Example
12288 =item Changing the BTREE sort order
12290 =item Handling Duplicate Keys
12292 =item The get_dup() Method
12294 =item The find_dup() Method
12296 =item The del_dup() Method
12298 =item Matching Partial Keys
12306 =item The 'bval' Option
12308 =item A Simple Example
12310 =item Extra RECNO Methods
12312 B<$X-E<gt>push(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-E<gt>pop ;>, B<$X-E<gt>shift>,
12313 B<$X-E<gt>unshift(list) ;>, B<$X-E<gt>length>, B<$X-E<gt>splice(offset,
12314 length, elements);>
12316 =item Another Example
12320 =item THE API INTERFACE
12322 B<$status = $X-E<gt>get($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status =
12323 $X-E<gt>put($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>del($key [,
12324 $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>fd ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>seq($key,
12325 $value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>sync([$flags]) ;>
12329 B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
12330 B<filter_fetch_value>
12336 =item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
12338 =item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
12342 =item HINTS AND TIPS
12346 =item Locking: The Trouble with fd
12348 =item Safe ways to lock a database
12350 B<Tie::DB_Lock>, B<Tie::DB_LockFile>, B<DB_File::Lock>
12352 =item Sharing Databases With C Applications
12354 =item The untie() Gotcha
12358 =item COMMON QUESTIONS
12362 =item Why is there Perl source in my database?
12364 =item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File?
12366 =item What does "Invalid Argument" mean?
12368 =item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean?
12388 =head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both
12389 printing and C<eval>
12401 I<PACKAGE>->new(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Dump I<or>
12402 I<PACKAGE>->Dump(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>),
12403 I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>),
12410 =item Configuration Variables or Methods
12436 =head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler
12444 =item PROFILE FORMAT
12456 =head2 Devel::PPPort - Perl/Pollution/Portability
12466 =item Why use ppport.h?
12468 You should use F<ppport.h> in modern code so that your code will work
12469 with the widest range of Perl interpreters possible, without significant
12472 =item How to use ppport.h
12474 =item Running ppport.h
12486 =item COMPATIBILITY
12490 =item Provided Perl compatibility API
12492 =item Perl API not supported by ppport.h
12494 perl 5.9.2, perl 5.9.1, perl 5.9.0, perl 5.8.3, perl 5.8.1, perl 5.8.0,
12495 perl 5.7.3, perl 5.7.2, perl 5.7.1, perl 5.6.1, perl 5.6.0, perl 5.005_03,
12496 perl 5.005, perl 5.004_05, perl 5.004_04, perl 5.004
12510 =head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
12520 =item Runtime debugging
12522 =item Memory footprint debugging
12530 =item A simple scalar string
12532 =item A simple scalar number
12534 =item A simple scalar with an extra reference
12536 =item A reference to a simple scalar
12538 =item A reference to an array
12540 =item A reference to a hash
12542 =item Dumping a large array or hash
12544 =item A reference to an SV which holds a C pointer
12546 =item A reference to a subroutine
12560 =head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
12570 =head2 Digest - Modules that calculate message digests
12578 I<binary>, I<hex>, I<base64>
12582 $ctx = Digest->XXX($arg,...), $ctx = Digest->new(XXX => $arg,...), $ctx =
12583 Digest::XXX->new($arg,...), $other_ctx = $ctx->clone, $ctx->reset,
12584 $ctx->add( $data, ... ), $ctx->addfile( $io_handle ), $ctx->add_bits(
12585 $data, $nbits ), $ctx->add_bits( $bitstring ), $ctx->digest,
12586 $ctx->hexdigest, $ctx->b64digest
12596 =head2 Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
12606 md5($data,...), md5_hex($data,...), md5_base64($data,...)
12610 $md5 = Digest::MD5->new, $md5->reset, $md5->clone, $md5->add($data,...),
12611 $md5->addfile($io_handle), $md5->add_bits($data, $nbits),
12612 $md5->add_bits($bitstring), $md5->digest, $md5->hexdigest, $md5->b64digest
12624 =head2 Digest::base - Digest base class
12636 =head2 Digest::file - Calculate digests of files
12644 digest_file( $file, $algorithm, [$arg,...] ), digest_file_hex( $file,
12645 $algorithm, [$arg,...] ), digest_file_base64( $file, $algorithm, [$arg,...]
12652 =head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
12664 =head2 Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data.
12676 C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>,
12677 C<dumpDBFiles>, C<dumpPackages>, C<dumpReused>, C<tick>, C<quoteHighBit>,
12678 C<printUndef>, C<usageOnly>, unctrl, subdump, bareStringify, quoteHighBit,
12683 dumpValue, dumpValues, stringify, dumpvars, set_quote, set_unctrl,
12684 compactDump, veryCompact, set, get
12690 =head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
12698 @dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, @dl_librefs,
12699 @dl_modules, @dl_shared_objects, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(),
12700 dl_expandspec(), dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_load_flags(),
12701 dl_find_symbol(), dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(),
12702 dl_install_xsub(), bootstrap()
12708 =head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into
12719 =item Migration from C<DynaLoader>
12721 =item Backward compatible boilerplate
12725 =item Order of initialization: early load()
12729 =item The most hairy case
12739 =head2 Encode - character encodings
12747 =item Table of Contents
12759 =item PERL ENCODING API
12761 $octets = encode(ENCODING, $string [, CHECK]), $string = decode(ENCODING,
12762 $octets [, CHECK]), [$length =] from_to($octets, FROM_ENC, TO_ENC [,
12763 CHECK]), $octets = encode_utf8($string);, $string = decode_utf8($octets [,
12768 =item Listing available encodings
12770 =item Defining Aliases
12774 =item Encoding via PerlIO
12776 =item Handling Malformed Data
12778 B<NOTE:> Not all encoding suppport this feature, I<CHECK> =
12779 Encode::FB_DEFAULT ( == 0), I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_CROAK ( == 1), I<CHECK> =
12780 Encode::FB_QUIET, I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_WARN, perlqq mode (I<CHECK> =
12781 Encode::FB_PERLQQ), HTML charref mode (I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_HTMLCREF), XML
12782 charref mode (I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_XMLCREF), The bitmask
12786 =item Unimplemented fallback schemes
12790 =item Defining Encodings
12792 =item The UTF-8 flag
12794 Goal #1:, Goal #2:, Goal #3:, Goal #4:
12798 =item Messing with Perl's Internals
12800 is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK]), _utf8_on(STRING), _utf8_off(STRING)
12810 =head2 Encode::Alias - alias definitions to encodings
12818 As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
12823 =item Alias overloading
12831 =head2 Encode::Byte - Single Byte Encodings
12845 =head2 Encode::CJKConstants -- Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
12847 =head2 Encode::CN - China-based Chinese Encodings
12863 =head2 Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by Encode::CN
12865 =head2 Encode::Config -- internally used by Encode
12867 =head2 Encode::EBCDIC - EBCDIC Encodings
12881 =head2 Encode::Encoding - Encode Implementation Base Class
12891 =item Methods you should implement
12893 -E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check]),
12894 -E<gt>cat_decode($destination, $octets, $offset, $terminator [,$check])
12896 =item Other methods defined in Encode::Encodings
12898 -E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>renewed, -E<gt>perlio_ok(),
12899 -E<gt>needs_lines()
12901 =item Example: Encode::ROT13
12905 =item Why the heck Encode API is different?
12909 =item Compiled Encodings
12915 Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
12919 =head2 Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from data
12929 Encode::Guess->set_suspects, Encode::Guess->add_suspects,
12930 Encode::decode("Guess" ...), Encode::Guess->guess($data),
12931 guess_encoding($data, [, I<list of suspects>])
12941 =head2 Encode::JP - Japanese Encodings
12951 =item Note on ISO-2022-JP(-1)?
12959 =head2 Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by Encode::JP::2022_JP*
12961 =head2 Encode::JP::JIS7 -- internally used by Encode::JP
12963 =head2 Encode::KR - Korean Encodings
12977 =head2 Encode::KR::2022_KR -- internally used by Encode::KR
12979 =head2 Encode::MIME::Header -- MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding
12995 =head2 Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document on Encode and PerlIO
13001 =item How does it work?
13003 =item Line Buffering
13007 =item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
13015 =head2 Encode::Supported -- Encodings supported by Encode
13023 =item Encoding Names
13027 =item Supported Encodings
13031 =item Built-in Encodings
13033 =item Encode::Unicode -- other Unicode encodings
13035 =item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
13037 ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
13038 the Cyrillic world, gsm0338 - Hentai Latin 1
13040 =item CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
13042 Encode::CN -- Continental China, Encode::JP -- Japan, Encode::KR -- Korea,
13043 Encode::TW -- Taiwan, Encode::HanExtra -- More Chinese via CPAN,
13044 Encode::JIS2K -- JIS X 0213 encodings via CPAN
13046 =item Miscellaneous encodings
13048 Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::Guess
13052 =item Unsupported encodings
13054 ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], Various HP-UX encodings,
13055 Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], ISIRI 3342, Iran
13056 System, ISIRI 2900 [Farsi], Thai encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS,
13057 Various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic encodings
13059 =item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
13061 =item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
13065 =item Microsoft-related naming mess
13067 KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
13073 character repertoire, coded character set (CCS), character encoding scheme
13074 (CES), charset (in MIME context), EUC, ISO-2022, UCS, UCS-2, Unicode, UTF,
13081 ECMA, ECMA-035 (eq C<ISO-2022>), IANA, Assigned Charset Names by IANA, ISO,
13082 RFC, UC, Unicode Glossary
13086 =item Other Notable Sites
13088 czyborra.com, CJK.inf, Jungshik Shin's Hangul FAQ, debian.org:
13089 "Introduction to i18n"
13091 =item Offline sources
13093 C<CJKV Information Processing> by Ken Lunde
13099 =head2 Encode::Symbol - Symbol Encodings
13113 =head2 Encode::TW - Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings
13129 =head2 Encode::Unicode -- Various Unicode Transformation Formats
13137 L<http://www.unicode.org/glossary/> says:, Quick Reference
13139 =item Size, Endianness, and BOM
13145 =item by endianness
13147 BOM as integer when fetched in network byte order
13151 =item Surrogate Pairs
13153 =item Error Checking
13159 =head2 Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7 encoding
13173 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Alias, Encode::Alias - alias definitions to
13182 As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
13187 =item Alias overloading
13195 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CJKConstants.pm --
13196 Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
13198 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CN::HZ, Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by
13201 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Config, Encode::Config -- internally used by
13204 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Encoding, Encode::Encoding - Encode
13205 Implementation Base Class
13215 =item Methods you should implement
13217 -E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check]),
13218 -E<gt>cat_decode($destination, $octets, $offset, $terminator [,$check])
13220 =item Other methods defined in Encode::Encodings
13222 -E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>renewed, -E<gt>perlio_ok(),
13223 -E<gt>needs_lines()
13225 =item Example: Encode::ROT13
13229 =item Why the heck Encode API is different?
13233 =item Compiled Encodings
13239 Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
13243 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Guess, Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from
13254 Encode::Guess->set_suspects, Encode::Guess->add_suspects,
13255 Encode::decode("Guess" ...), Encode::Guess->guess($data),
13256 guess_encoding($data, [, I<list of suspects>])
13266 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::H2Z, Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by
13267 Encode::JP::2022_JP*
13269 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::JIS7, Encode::JP::JIS7 -- internally used
13272 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::KR::2022_KR, Encode::KR::2022_KR -- internally
13275 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::MIME::Header -- MIME 'B'
13276 and 'Q' header encoding
13292 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::PerlIO, Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document
13293 on Encode and PerlIO
13299 =item How does it work?
13301 =item Line Buffering
13305 =item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
13313 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Supported, Encode::Supported -- Encodings
13314 supported by Encode
13322 =item Encoding Names
13326 =item Supported Encodings
13330 =item Built-in Encodings
13332 =item Encode::Unicode -- other Unicode encodings
13334 =item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
13336 ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
13337 the Cyrillic world, gsm0338 - Hentai Latin 1
13339 =item CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
13341 Encode::CN -- Continental China, Encode::JP -- Japan, Encode::KR -- Korea,
13342 Encode::TW -- Taiwan, Encode::HanExtra -- More Chinese via CPAN,
13343 Encode::JIS2K -- JIS X 0213 encodings via CPAN
13345 =item Miscellaneous encodings
13347 Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::Guess
13351 =item Unsupported encodings
13353 ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], Various HP-UX encodings,
13354 Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], ISIRI 3342, Iran
13355 System, ISIRI 2900 [Farsi], Thai encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS,
13356 Various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic encodings
13358 =item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
13360 =item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
13364 =item Microsoft-related naming mess
13366 KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
13372 character repertoire, coded character set (CCS), character encoding scheme
13373 (CES), charset (in MIME context), EUC, ISO-2022, UCS, UCS-2, Unicode, UTF,
13380 ECMA, ECMA-035 (eq C<ISO-2022>), IANA, Assigned Charset Names by IANA, ISO,
13381 RFC, UC, Unicode Glossary
13385 =item Other Notable Sites
13387 czyborra.com, CJK.inf, Jungshik Shin's Hangul FAQ, debian.org:
13388 "Introduction to i18n"
13390 =item Offline sources
13392 C<CJKV Information Processing> by Ken Lunde
13398 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Unicode::UTF7, Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7
13413 =head2 Encode::lib::Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
13425 =item Predefined Methods
13427 $e = Encode::Encoder-E<gt>new([$data, $encoding]);, encoder(),
13428 $e-E<gt>data([$data]), $e-E<gt>encoding([$encoding]),
13429 $e-E<gt>bytes([$encoding])
13431 =item Example: base64 transcoder
13433 =item Operator Overloading
13441 =head2 Encodencoding, encoding - allows you to write your script in
13442 non-ascii or non-utf8
13452 =item Literal Conversions
13454 =item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
13456 =item Implicit upgrading for byte strings
13460 =item FEATURES THAT REQUIRE 5.8.1
13462 "NON-EUC" doublebyte encodings, tr//, DATA pseudo-filehandle
13466 use encoding [I<ENCNAME>] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> [ STDIN =E<gt>
13467 I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;, no encoding;
13469 =item The Filter Option
13473 =item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
13483 =item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
13485 =item tr/// with ranges
13487 Legend of characters above
13491 =item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
13493 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
13495 literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
13499 =item The Logic of :locale
13509 =head2 Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
13521 =item Predefined Methods
13523 $e = Encode::Encoder-E<gt>new([$data, $encoding]);, encoder(),
13524 $e-E<gt>data([$data]), $e-E<gt>encoding([$encoding]),
13525 $e-E<gt>bytes([$encoding])
13527 =item Example: base64 transcoder
13529 =item Operator Overloading
13537 =head2 English - use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation
13550 =head2 Env - perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or
13565 =head2 Errno - System errno constants
13581 =head2 Exporter - Implements default import method for modules
13591 =item How to Export
13593 =item Selecting What To Export
13595 =item How to Import
13597 C<use ModuleName;>, C<use ModuleName ();>, C<use ModuleName qw(...);>
13601 =item Advanced features
13605 =item Specialised Import Lists
13607 =item Exporting without using Exporter's import method
13609 =item Exporting without inheriting from Exporter
13611 =item Module Version Checking
13613 =item Managing Unknown Symbols
13615 =item Tag Handling Utility Functions
13617 =item Generating combined tags
13619 =item C<AUTOLOAD>ed Constants
13625 =head2 Exporter::Heavy - Exporter guts
13635 =head2 ExtUtils::Command - utilities to replace common UNIX commands in
13656 mv source... destination
13658 cp source... destination
13678 =head2 ExtUtils::Command::MM - Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles
13692 B<warn_if_old_packlist>
13694 B<perllocal_install>
13698 =head2 ExtUtils::Constant - generate XS code to import C header constants
13708 IV, UV, NV, PV, PVN, SV, YES, NO, UNDEF
13716 XS_constant PACKAGE, TYPES, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
13718 autoload PACKAGE, VERSION, AUTOLOADER
13720 WriteMakefileSnippet
13722 WriteConstants ATTRIBUTE =E<gt> VALUE [, ...], NAME, DEFAULT_TYPE,
13723 BREAKOUT_AT, NAMES, C_FILE, XS_FILE, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
13731 =head2 ExtUtils::Constant::Base - base class for ExtUtils::Constant objects
13745 memEQ_clause args_hashref
13747 dump_names arg_hashref, ITEM..
13749 assign arg_hashref, VALUE..
13751 return_clause arg_hashref, ITEM
13753 switch_clause arg_hashref, NAMELEN, ITEMHASH, ITEM..
13757 dogfood arg_hashref, ITEM..
13759 C_constant arg_hashref, ITEM.., name, type, value, macro, default, pre,
13760 post, def_pre, def_post, utf8, weight
13770 =head2 ExtUtils::Constant::Utils - helper functions for ExtUtils::Constant
13784 perl_stringify NAME
13792 =head2 ExtUtils::Constant::XS, ExtUtils::Constant::Base - base class for
13793 ExtUtils::Constant objects
13807 =head2 ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications
13819 xsinit(), Examples, ldopts(), Examples, perl_inc(), ccflags(), ccdlflags(),
13820 ccopts(), xsi_header(), xsi_protos(@modules), xsi_body(@modules)
13830 =head2 ExtUtils::Install - install files from here to there
13848 B<install_default> I<DISCOURAGED>
13860 B<PERL_INSTALL_ROOT>
13868 =head2 ExtUtils::Installed - Inventory management of installed modules
13880 new(), modules(), files(), directories(), directory_tree(), validate(),
13881 packlist(), version()
13889 =head2 ExtUtils::Liblist - determine libraries to use and how to use them
13897 For static extensions, For dynamic extensions at build/link time, For
13898 dynamic extensions at load time
13904 =item LDLOADLIBS and LD_RUN_PATH
13914 =item VMS implementation
13916 =item Win32 implementation
13924 =head2 ExtUtils::MM - OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass
13934 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Any - Platform-agnostic MM methods
13942 =item Inherently Cross-Platform Methods
13950 dir_target B<DEPRECATED>
13952 blibdirs_target (o)
13956 =item File::Spec wrappers
13964 =item Thought To Be Cross-Platform Methods
13980 makemakerdflt_target
14000 metafile_addtomanifest_target
14002 signature_addtomanifest_target
14006 =item Abstract methods
14008 oneliner, B<quote_literal>, B<escape_newlines>, max_exec_len,
14009 B<init_others>, init_DIRFILESEP, init_linker, init_platform,
14022 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_BeOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
14023 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
14037 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
14038 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
14052 replace_manpage_separator (o)
14056 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_DOS - DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
14066 =item Overridden methods
14074 B<replace_manpage_separator>
14084 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_MacOS - once produced Makefiles for MacOS Classic
14094 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_NW5 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
14095 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
14107 init_platform (o), platform_constants
14115 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_OS2 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
14116 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
14134 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_UWIN - U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
14144 =item Overridden methods
14152 B<replace_manpage_separator>
14162 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
14188 clean_subdirs_target
14248 =item Methods to actually produce chunks of text for the Makefile
14278 init_platform (o), platform_constants (o)
14322 post_initialize (o)
14336 realclean_subdirs_target
14338 replace_manpage_separator
14360 test_via_harness (override)
14362 test_via_script (override)
14386 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_VMS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
14387 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
14397 =item Methods always loaded
14409 guess_name (override)
14413 find_perl (override)
14415 maybe_command (override)
14417 perl_script (override)
14419 replace_manpage_separator
14425 init_main (override)
14427 init_others (override)
14429 init_platform (override)
14433 init_VERSION (override)
14435 constants (override)
14441 const_cccmd (override)
14443 tool_sxubpp (override)
14445 tools_other (override)
14447 init_dist (override)
14457 dynamic_lib (override)
14459 dynamic_bs (override)
14461 static_lib (override)
14463 processPL (override)
14465 installbin (override)
14467 subdir_x (override)
14471 clean_subdirs_target
14473 realclean (override)
14475 zipfile_target (o), tarfile_target (o), shdist_target (o)
14477 dist_test (override)
14481 perldepend (override)
14483 makefile (override)
14485 find_tests (override)
14489 makeaperl (override)
14491 nicetext (override)
14493 prefixify (override)
14513 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
14514 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
14526 =item Overridden methods
14532 replace_manpage_separator
14542 init_platform (o), platform_constants (o)
14544 special_targets (o)
14566 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win95 - method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X
14576 =item Overriden methods
14592 clean_subdirs_target
14594 realclean_subdirs_target
14606 =head2 ExtUtils::MY - ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization
14616 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Create a module Makefile
14626 =item How To Write A Makefile.PL
14628 =item Default Makefile Behaviour
14636 =item PREFIX and LIB attribute
14640 =item Static Linking of a new Perl Binary
14642 =item Determination of Perl Library and Installation Locations
14644 =item Which architecture dependent directory?
14646 =item Using Attributes and Parameters
14648 ABSTRACT, ABSTRACT_FROM, AUTHOR, BINARY_LOCATION, C, CCFLAGS, CONFIG,
14649 CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DESTDIR, DIR, DISTNAME, DISTVNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS,
14650 EXCLUDE_EXT, EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, FULLPERLRUN,
14651 FULLPERLRUNINST, FUNCLIST, H, IMPORTS, INC, INCLUDE_EXT, INSTALLARCHLIB,
14652 INSTALLBIN, INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLMAN1DIR, INSTALLMAN3DIR, INSTALLPRIVLIB,
14653 INSTALLSCRIPT, INSTALLSITEARCH, INSTALLSITEBIN, INSTALLSITELIB,
14654 INSTALLSITEMAN1DIR, INSTALLSITEMAN3DIR, INSTALLVENDORARCH,
14655 INSTALLVENDORBIN, INSTALLVENDORLIB, INSTALLVENDORMAN1DIR,
14656 INSTALLVENDORMAN3DIR, INST_ARCHLIB, INST_BIN, INST_LIB, INST_MAN1DIR,
14657 INST_MAN3DIR, INST_SCRIPT, LD, LDDLFLAGS, LDFROM, LIB, LIBPERL_A, LIBS,
14658 LINKTYPE, MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE_OLD, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET,
14659 MYEXTLIB, NAME, NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, NO_META, NO_VC, OBJECT,
14660 OPTIMIZE, PERL, PERL_CORE, PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB,
14661 PERL_MALLOC_OK, PERLPREFIX, PERLRUN, PERLRUNINST, PERL_SRC, PERM_RW,
14662 PERM_RWX, PL_FILES, PM, PMLIBDIRS, PM_FILTER, POLLUTE, PPM_INSTALL_EXEC,
14663 PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX, PREREQ_FATAL, PREREQ_PM, PREREQ_PRINT,
14664 PRINT_PREREQ, SITEPREFIX, SIGN, SKIP, TYPEMAPS, VENDORPREFIX, VERBINST,
14665 VERSION, VERSION_FROM, VERSION_SYM, XS, XSOPT, XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION
14667 =item Additional lowercase attributes
14669 clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, linkext, macro, postamble, realclean,
14670 test, tool_autosplit
14672 =item Overriding MakeMaker Methods
14674 =item The End Of Cargo Cult Programming
14676 C<<MAN3PODS => ' '>>
14678 =item Hintsfile support
14680 =item Distribution Support
14682 make distcheck, make skipcheck, make distclean, make manifest,
14683 make distdir, make disttest, make tardist, make dist, make
14684 uutardist, make shdist, make zipdist, make ci
14686 =item Module Meta-Data
14688 =item Disabling an extension
14690 =item Other Handy Functions
14698 PERL_MM_OPT, PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT
14708 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions About
14717 =item Module Installation
14719 How do I keep from installing man pages?, How do I use a module without
14722 =item Philosophy and History
14724 Why not just use <insert other build config tool here>?, What is
14725 Module::Build and how does it relate to MakeMaker?, pure perl. no make, no
14726 shell commands, easier to customize, cleaner internals, less cruft
14728 =item Module Writing
14730 How do I keep my $VERSION up to date without resetting it manually?, What's
14731 this F<META.yml> thing and how did it get in my F<MANIFEST>?!
14735 How to I prevent "object version X.XX does not match bootstrap parameter
14736 Y.YY" errors?, How do I make two or more XS files coexist in the same
14749 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial - Writing a module with MakeMaker
14763 Makefile.PL, MANIFEST, lib/, t/, Changes, README, INSTALL, MANIFEST.SKIP,
14772 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes - Version-agnostic bytes.pm
14782 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish - Platform-agnostic vmsish.pm
14792 =head2 ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
14830 =item MANIFEST.SKIP
14834 =item GLOBAL VARIABLES
14842 C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>, C<Skipping> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>,
14843 C<MANIFEST:> I<$!>, C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
14847 B<PERL_MM_MANIFEST_DEBUG>
14855 =head2 ExtUtils::Miniperl, writemain - write the C code for perlmain.c
14867 =head2 ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap - make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader
14877 =head2 ExtUtils::Mksymlists - write linker options files for dynamic
14886 DLBASE, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, FILE, FUNCLIST, IMPORTS, NAME
14894 =head2 ExtUtils::Packlist - manage .packlist files
14906 new(), read(), write(), validate(), packlist_file()
14914 =head2 ExtUtils::testlib - add blib/* directories to @INC
14924 =head2 Fatal - replace functions with equivalents which succeed or die
14936 =head2 Fcntl - load the C Fcntl.h defines
14946 =item EXPORTED SYMBOLS
14950 =head2 File::Basename, fileparse - split a pathname into pieces
14958 fileparse_set_fstype, fileparse
14962 C<basename>, C<dirname>
14966 =head2 File::CheckTree, validate - run many filetest checks on a tree
14980 =head2 File::Compare - Compare files or filehandles
14994 =head2 File::Copy - Copy files or filehandles
15004 =item Special behaviour if C<syscopy> is defined (OS/2, VMS and Win32)
15006 rmscopy($from,$to[,$date_flag])
15018 =head2 File::DosGlob - DOS like globbing and then some
15028 =item EXPORTS (by request only)
15040 =head2 File::Find - Traverse a directory tree.
15048 B<find>, B<finddepth>
15054 C<wanted>, C<bydepth>, C<preprocess>, C<postprocess>, C<follow>,
15055 C<follow_fast>, C<follow_skip>, C<dangling_symlinks>, C<no_chdir>,
15056 C<untaint>, C<untaint_pattern>, C<untaint_skip>
15058 =item The wanted function
15060 C<$File::Find::dir> is the current directory name,, C<$_> is the current
15061 filename within that directory, C<$File::Find::name> is the complete
15062 pathname to the file
15070 $dont_use_nlink, symlinks
15074 =item BUGS AND CAVEATS
15080 =head2 File::Glob - Perl extension for BSD glob routine
15090 =item META CHARACTERS
15094 C<GLOB_ERR>, C<GLOB_LIMIT>, C<GLOB_MARK>, C<GLOB_NOCASE>, C<GLOB_NOCHECK>,
15095 C<GLOB_NOSORT>, C<GLOB_BRACE>, C<GLOB_NOMAGIC>, C<GLOB_QUOTE>,
15096 C<GLOB_TILDE>, C<GLOB_CSH>, C<GLOB_ALPHASORT>
15102 C<GLOB_NOSPACE>, C<GLOB_ABEND>
15112 =head2 File::Path - create or remove directory trees
15126 =head2 File::Spec - portably perform operations on file names
15136 canonpath, catdir, catfile, curdir, devnull, rootdir, tmpdir, updir,
15137 no_upwards, case_tolerant, file_name_is_absolute, path, join, splitpath,
15138 splitdir, catpath(), abs2rel, rel2abs()
15148 =head2 File::Spec::Cygwin - methods for Cygwin file specs
15160 file_name_is_absolute
15170 =head2 File::Spec::Epoc - methods for Epoc file specs
15192 =head2 File::Spec::Functions - portably perform operations on file names
15212 =head2 File::Spec::Mac - File::Spec for Mac OS (Classic)
15240 file_name_is_absolute
15264 =head2 File::Spec::OS2 - methods for OS/2 file specs
15278 =head2 File::Spec::Unix - File::Spec for Unix, base for other File::Spec
15311 file_name_is_absolute
15335 =head2 File::Spec::VMS - methods for VMS file specs
15351 =item Methods always loaded
15353 canonpath (override)
15371 case_tolerant (override)
15375 file_name_is_absolute (override)
15377 splitpath (override)
15379 splitdir (override)
15395 =head2 File::Spec::Win32 - methods for Win32 file specs
15421 =item Note For File::Spec::Win32 Maintainers
15433 =head2 File::Temp - return name and handle of a temporary file safely
15447 =item OBJECT-ORIENTED INTERFACE
15455 B<unlink_on_destroy>
15471 =item MKTEMP FUNCTIONS
15485 =item POSIX FUNCTIONS
15495 =item ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
15503 =item UTILITY FUNCTIONS
15517 =item PACKAGE VARIABLES
15519 B<safe_level>, STANDARD, MEDIUM, HIGH
15525 B<$KEEP_ALL>, B<$DEBUG>
15533 =item Temporary files and NFS
15549 =head2 File::stat - by-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions
15565 =head2 FileCache - keep more files open than the system permits
15573 cacheout EXPR, cacheout MODE, EXPR
15581 =head2 FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles
15589 $fh->print, $fh->printf, $fh->getline, $fh->getlines
15595 =head2 Filter::Simple - Simplified source filtering
15609 =item Disabling or changing <no> behaviour
15611 =item All-in-one interface
15613 =item Filtering only specific components of source code
15615 C<"code">, C<"executable">, C<"quotelike">, C<"string">, C<"regex">,
15618 =item Filtering only the code parts of source code
15620 Most source code ceases to be grammatically correct when it is broken up
15621 into the pieces between string literals and regexes. So the C<'code'>
15622 component filter behaves slightly differently from the other partial
15624 described in the previous section.
15626 =item Using Filter::Simple with an explicit C<import> subroutine
15628 =item Using Filter::Simple and Exporter together
15640 =head2 Filter::Util::Call - Perl Source Filter Utility Module
15650 =item B<use Filter::Util::Call>
15654 =item B<filter() and anonymous sub>
15656 B<$_>, B<$status>, B<filter_read> and B<filter_read_exact>, B<filter_del>
15664 =item Example 1: A simple filter.
15666 =item Example 2: Using the context
15668 =item Example 3: Using the context within the filter
15670 =item Example 4: Using filter_del
15674 =item Filter::Simple
15682 =head2 FindBin - Locate directory of original perl script
15690 =item EXPORTABLE VARIABLES
15702 =head2 GDBM_File - Perl5 access to the gdbm library.
15718 =head2 Getopt::Long - Extended processing of command line options
15726 =item Command Line Options, an Introduction
15728 =item Getting Started with Getopt::Long
15732 =item Simple options
15734 =item A little bit less simple options
15736 =item Mixing command line option with other arguments
15738 =item Options with values
15740 =item Options with multiple values
15742 =item Options with hash values
15744 =item User-defined subroutines to handle options
15746 =item Options with multiple names
15748 =item Case and abbreviations
15750 =item Summary of Option Specifications
15752 !, +, s, i, o, f, : I<type> [ I<desttype> ], : I<number> [ I<desttype> ], :
15757 =item Advanced Possibilities
15761 =item Object oriented interface
15763 =item Thread Safety
15765 =item Documentation and help texts
15767 =item Storing options in a hash
15771 =item The lonesome dash
15773 =item Argument callback
15777 =item Configuring Getopt::Long
15779 default, posix_default, auto_abbrev, getopt_compat, gnu_compat, gnu_getopt,
15780 require_order, permute, bundling (default: disabled), bundling_override
15781 (default: disabled), ignore_case (default: enabled), ignore_case_always
15782 (default: disabled), auto_version (default:disabled), auto_help
15783 (default:disabled), pass_through (default: disabled), prefix,
15784 prefix_pattern, debug (default: disabled)
15786 =item Exportable Methods
15788 VersionMessage, C<-message>, C<-msg>, C<-exitval>, C<-output>, HelpMessage
15790 =item Return values and Errors
15796 =item Default destinations
15798 =item Alternative option starters
15800 =item Configuration variables
15804 =item Trouble Shooting
15808 =item GetOptions does not return a false result when an option is not
15811 =item GetOptions does not split the command line correctly
15813 =item Undefined subroutine &main::GetOptions called
15815 =item How do I put a "-?" option into a Getopt::Long?
15821 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER
15825 =head2 Getopt::Std, getopt, getopts - Process single-character switches
15826 with switch clustering
15834 =item C<--help> and C<--version>
15838 =head2 Hash::Util - A selection of general-utility hash subroutines
15848 =item Restricted hashes
15850 lock_keys, unlock_keys
15856 lock_value, unlock_value
15858 B<lock_hash>, B<unlock_hash>
15872 =head2 I18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current
15883 =head2 I18N::LangTags - functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language
15894 the function is_language_tag($lang1)
15896 the function extract_language_tags($whatever)
15898 the function same_language_tag($lang1, $lang2)
15900 the function similarity_language_tag($lang1, $lang2)
15902 the function is_dialect_of($lang1, $lang2)
15904 the function super_languages($lang1)
15906 the function locale2language_tag($locale_identifier)
15908 the function encode_language_tag($lang1)
15910 the function alternate_language_tags($lang1)
15912 the function @langs = panic_languages(@accept_languages)
15914 the function implicate_supers( ...languages... ), the function
15915 implicate_supers_strictly( ...languages... )
15919 =item ABOUT LOWERCASING
15921 =item ABOUT UNICODE PLAINTEXT LANGUAGE TAGS
15931 =head2 I18N::LangTags::Detect - detect the user's language preferences
15951 =head2 I18N::LangTags::List -- tags and names for human languages
15959 =item ABOUT LANGUAGE TAGS
15961 =item LIST OF LANGUAGES
15963 {ab} : Abkhazian, {ace} : Achinese, {ach} : Acoli, {ada} : Adangme, {ady} :
15964 Adyghe, {aa} : Afar, {afh} : Afrihili, {af} : Afrikaans, [{afa} :
15965 Afro-Asiatic (Other)], {ak} : Akan, {akk} : Akkadian, {sq} : Albanian,
15966 {ale} : Aleut, [{alg} : Algonquian languages], [{tut} : Altaic (Other)],
15967 {am} : Amharic, {i-ami} : Ami, [{apa} : Apache languages], {ar} : Arabic,
15968 {arc} : Aramaic, {arp} : Arapaho, {arn} : Araucanian, {arw} : Arawak, {hy}
15969 : Armenian, {an} : Aragonese, [{art} : Artificial (Other)], {ast} :
15970 Asturian, {as} : Assamese, [{ath} : Athapascan languages], [{aus} :
15971 Australian languages], [{map} : Austronesian (Other)], {av} : Avaric, {ae}
15972 : Avestan, {awa} : Awadhi, {ay} : Aymara, {az} : Azerbaijani, {ban} :
15973 Balinese, [{bat} : Baltic (Other)], {bal} : Baluchi, {bm} : Bambara, [{bai}
15974 : Bamileke languages], {bad} : Banda, [{bnt} : Bantu (Other)], {bas} :
15975 Basa, {ba} : Bashkir, {eu} : Basque, {btk} : Batak (Indonesia), {bej} :
15976 Beja, {be} : Belarusian, {bem} : Bemba, {bn} : Bengali, [{ber} : Berber
15977 (Other)], {bho} : Bhojpuri, {bh} : Bihari, {bik} : Bikol, {bin} : Bini,
15978 {bi} : Bislama, {bs} : Bosnian, {bra} : Braj, {br} : Breton, {bug} :
15979 Buginese, {bg} : Bulgarian, {i-bnn} : Bunun, {bua} : Buriat, {my} :
15980 Burmese, {cad} : Caddo, {car} : Carib, {ca} : Catalan, [{cau} : Caucasian
15981 (Other)], {ceb} : Cebuano, [{cel} : Celtic (Other)], [{cai} : Central
15982 American Indian (Other)], {chg} : Chagatai, [{cmc} : Chamic languages],
15983 {ch} : Chamorro, {ce} : Chechen, {chr} : Cherokee, {chy} : Cheyenne, {chb}
15984 : Chibcha, {ny} : Chichewa, {zh} : Chinese, {chn} : Chinook Jargon, {chp} :
15985 Chipewyan, {cho} : Choctaw, {cu} : Church Slavic, {chk} : Chuukese, {cv} :
15986 Chuvash, {cop} : Coptic, {kw} : Cornish, {co} : Corsican, {cr} : Cree,
15987 {mus} : Creek, [{cpe} : English-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{cpf}
15988 : French-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{cpp} : Portuguese-based
15989 Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{crp} : Creoles and pidgins (Other)], {hr} :
15990 Croatian, [{cus} : Cushitic (Other)], {cs} : Czech, {dak} : Dakota, {da} :
15991 Danish, {dar} : Dargwa, {day} : Dayak, {i-default} : Default (Fallthru)
15992 Language, {del} : Delaware, {din} : Dinka, {dv} : Divehi, {doi} : Dogri,
15993 {dgr} : Dogrib, [{dra} : Dravidian (Other)], {dua} : Duala, {nl} : Dutch,
15994 {dum} : Middle Dutch (ca.1050-1350), {dyu} : Dyula, {dz} : Dzongkha, {efi}
15995 : Efik, {egy} : Ancient Egyptian, {eka} : Ekajuk, {elx} : Elamite, {en} :
15996 English, {enm} : Old English (1100-1500), {ang} : Old English
15997 (ca.450-1100), {i-enochian} : Enochian (Artificial), {myv} : Erzya, {eo} :
15998 Esperanto, {et} : Estonian, {ee} : Ewe, {ewo} : Ewondo, {fan} : Fang, {fat}
15999 : Fanti, {fo} : Faroese, {fj} : Fijian, {fi} : Finnish, [{fiu} :
16000 Finno-Ugrian (Other)], {fon} : Fon, {fr} : French, {frm} : Middle French
16001 (ca.1400-1600), {fro} : Old French (842-ca.1400), {fy} : Frisian, {fur} :
16002 Friulian, {ff} : Fulah, {gaa} : Ga, {gd} : Scots Gaelic, {gl} : Gallegan,
16003 {lg} : Ganda, {gay} : Gayo, {gba} : Gbaya, {gez} : Geez, {ka} : Georgian,
16004 {de} : German, {gmh} : Middle High German (ca.1050-1500), {goh} : Old High
16005 German (ca.750-1050), [{gem} : Germanic (Other)], {gil} : Gilbertese, {gon}
16006 : Gondi, {gor} : Gorontalo, {got} : Gothic, {grb} : Grebo, {grc} : Ancient
16007 Greek, {el} : Modern Greek, {gn} : Guarani, {gu} : Gujarati, {gwi} :
16008 Gwich'in, {hai} : Haida, {ht} : Haitian, {ha} : Hausa, {haw} : Hawaiian,
16009 {he} : Hebrew, {hz} : Herero, {hil} : Hiligaynon, {him} : Himachali, {hi} :
16010 Hindi, {ho} : Hiri Motu, {hit} : Hittite, {hmn} : Hmong, {hu} : Hungarian,
16011 {hup} : Hupa, {iba} : Iban, {is} : Icelandic, {io} : Ido, {ig} : Igbo,
16012 {ijo} : Ijo, {ilo} : Iloko, [{inc} : Indic (Other)], [{ine} : Indo-European
16013 (Other)], {id} : Indonesian, {inh} : Ingush, {ia} : Interlingua
16014 (International Auxiliary Language Association), {ie} : Interlingue, {iu} :
16015 Inuktitut, {ik} : Inupiaq, [{ira} : Iranian (Other)], {ga} : Irish, {mga} :
16016 Middle Irish (900-1200), {sga} : Old Irish (to 900), [{iro} : Iroquoian
16017 languages], {it} : Italian, {ja} : Japanese, {jv} : Javanese, {jrb} :
16018 Judeo-Arabic, {jpr} : Judeo-Persian, {kbd} : Kabardian, {kab} : Kabyle,
16019 {kac} : Kachin, {kl} : Kalaallisut, {xal} : Kalmyk, {kam} : Kamba, {kn} :
16020 Kannada, {kr} : Kanuri, {krc} : Karachay-Balkar, {kaa} : Kara-Kalpak, {kar}
16021 : Karen, {ks} : Kashmiri, {csb} : Kashubian, {kaw} : Kawi, {kk} : Kazakh,
16022 {kha} : Khasi, {km} : Khmer, [{khi} : Khoisan (Other)], {kho} : Khotanese,
16023 {ki} : Kikuyu, {kmb} : Kimbundu, {rw} : Kinyarwanda, {ky} : Kirghiz,
16024 {i-klingon} : Klingon, {kv} : Komi, {kg} : Kongo, {kok} : Konkani, {ko} :
16025 Korean, {kos} : Kosraean, {kpe} : Kpelle, {kro} : Kru, {kj} : Kuanyama,
16026 {kum} : Kumyk, {ku} : Kurdish, {kru} : Kurukh, {kut} : Kutenai, {lad} :
16027 Ladino, {lah} : Lahnda, {lam} : Lamba, {lo} : Lao, {la} : Latin, {lv} :
16028 Latvian, {lb} : Letzeburgesch, {lez} : Lezghian, {li} : Limburgish, {ln} :
16029 Lingala, {lt} : Lithuanian, {nds} : Low German, {art-lojban} : Lojban
16030 (Artificial), {loz} : Lozi, {lu} : Luba-Katanga, {lua} : Luba-Lulua, {lui}
16031 : Luiseno, {lun} : Lunda, {luo} : Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), {lus} : Lushai,
16032 {mk} : Macedonian, {mad} : Madurese, {mag} : Magahi, {mai} : Maithili,
16033 {mak} : Makasar, {mg} : Malagasy, {ms} : Malay, {ml} : Malayalam, {mt} :
16034 Maltese, {mnc} : Manchu, {mdr} : Mandar, {man} : Mandingo, {mni} :
16035 Manipuri, [{mno} : Manobo languages], {gv} : Manx, {mi} : Maori, {mr} :
16036 Marathi, {chm} : Mari, {mh} : Marshall, {mwr} : Marwari, {mas} : Masai,
16037 [{myn} : Mayan languages], {men} : Mende, {mic} : Micmac, {min} :
16038 Minangkabau, {i-mingo} : Mingo, [{mis} : Miscellaneous languages], {moh} :
16039 Mohawk, {mdf} : Moksha, {mo} : Moldavian, [{mkh} : Mon-Khmer (Other)],
16040 {lol} : Mongo, {mn} : Mongolian, {mos} : Mossi, [{mul} : Multiple
16041 languages], [{mun} : Munda languages], {nah} : Nahuatl, {nap} : Neapolitan,
16042 {na} : Nauru, {nv} : Navajo, {nd} : North Ndebele, {nr} : South Ndebele,
16043 {ng} : Ndonga, {ne} : Nepali, {new} : Newari, {nia} : Nias, [{nic} :
16044 Niger-Kordofanian (Other)], [{ssa} : Nilo-Saharan (Other)], {niu} : Niuean,
16045 {nog} : Nogai, {non} : Old Norse, [{nai} : North American Indian], {no} :
16046 Norwegian, {nb} : Norwegian Bokmal, {nn} : Norwegian Nynorsk, [{nub} :
16047 Nubian languages], {nym} : Nyamwezi, {nyn} : Nyankole, {nyo} : Nyoro, {nzi}
16048 : Nzima, {oc} : Occitan (post 1500), {oj} : Ojibwa, {or} : Oriya, {om} :
16049 Oromo, {osa} : Osage, {os} : Ossetian; Ossetic, [{oto} : Otomian
16050 languages], {pal} : Pahlavi, {i-pwn} : Paiwan, {pau} : Palauan, {pi} :
16051 Pali, {pam} : Pampanga, {pag} : Pangasinan, {pa} : Panjabi, {pap} :
16052 Papiamento, [{paa} : Papuan (Other)], {fa} : Persian, {peo} : Old Persian
16053 (ca.600-400 B.C.), [{phi} : Philippine (Other)], {phn} : Phoenician, {pon}
16054 : Pohnpeian, {pl} : Polish, {pt} : Portuguese, [{pra} : Prakrit languages],
16055 {pro} : Old Provencal (to 1500), {ps} : Pushto, {qu} : Quechua, {rm} :
16056 Raeto-Romance, {raj} : Rajasthani, {rap} : Rapanui, {rar} : Rarotongan,
16057 [{qaa - qtz} : Reserved for local use.], [{roa} : Romance (Other)], {ro} :
16058 Romanian, {rom} : Romany, {rn} : Rundi, {ru} : Russian, [{sal} : Salishan
16059 languages], {sam} : Samaritan Aramaic, {se} : Northern Sami, {sma} :
16060 Southern Sami, {smn} : Inari Sami, {smj} : Lule Sami, {sms} : Skolt Sami,
16061 [{smi} : Sami languages (Other)], {sm} : Samoan, {sad} : Sandawe, {sg} :
16062 Sango, {sa} : Sanskrit, {sat} : Santali, {sc} : Sardinian, {sas} : Sasak,
16063 {sco} : Scots, {sel} : Selkup, [{sem} : Semitic (Other)], {sr} : Serbian,
16064 {srr} : Serer, {shn} : Shan, {sn} : Shona, {sid} : Sidamo, {sgn-...} : Sign
16065 Languages, {bla} : Siksika, {sd} : Sindhi, {si} : Sinhalese, [{sit} :
16066 Sino-Tibetan (Other)], [{sio} : Siouan languages], {den} : Slave
16067 (Athapascan), [{sla} : Slavic (Other)], {sk} : Slovak, {sl} : Slovenian,
16068 {sog} : Sogdian, {so} : Somali, {son} : Songhai, {snk} : Soninke, {wen} :
16069 Sorbian languages, {nso} : Northern Sotho, {st} : Southern Sotho, [{sai} :
16070 South American Indian (Other)], {es} : Spanish, {suk} : Sukuma, {sux} :
16071 Sumerian, {su} : Sundanese, {sus} : Susu, {sw} : Swahili, {ss} : Swati,
16072 {sv} : Swedish, {syr} : Syriac, {tl} : Tagalog, {ty} : Tahitian, [{tai} :
16073 Tai (Other)], {tg} : Tajik, {tmh} : Tamashek, {ta} : Tamil, {i-tao} : Tao,
16074 {tt} : Tatar, {i-tay} : Tayal, {te} : Telugu, {ter} : Tereno, {tet} :
16075 Tetum, {th} : Thai, {bo} : Tibetan, {tig} : Tigre, {ti} : Tigrinya, {tem} :
16076 Timne, {tiv} : Tiv, {tli} : Tlingit, {tpi} : Tok Pisin, {tkl} : Tokelau,
16077 {tog} : Tonga (Nyasa), {to} : Tonga (Tonga Islands), {tsi} : Tsimshian,
16078 {ts} : Tsonga, {i-tsu} : Tsou, {tn} : Tswana, {tum} : Tumbuka, [{tup} :
16079 Tupi languages], {tr} : Turkish, {ota} : Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928), {crh}
16080 : Crimean Turkish, {tk} : Turkmen, {tvl} : Tuvalu, {tyv} : Tuvinian, {tw} :
16081 Twi, {udm} : Udmurt, {uga} : Ugaritic, {ug} : Uighur, {uk} : Ukrainian,
16082 {umb} : Umbundu, {und} : Undetermined, {ur} : Urdu, {uz} : Uzbek, {vai} :
16083 Vai, {ve} : Venda, {vi} : Vietnamese, {vo} : Volapuk, {vot} : Votic, [{wak}
16084 : Wakashan languages], {wa} : Walloon, {wal} : Walamo, {war} : Waray, {was}
16085 : Washo, {cy} : Welsh, {wo} : Wolof, {x-...} : Unregistered (Semi-Private
16086 Use), {xh} : Xhosa, {sah} : Yakut, {yao} : Yao, {yap} : Yapese, {ii} :
16087 Sichuan Yi, {yi} : Yiddish, {yo} : Yoruba, [{ypk} : Yupik languages], {znd}
16088 : Zande, [{zap} : Zapotec], {zen} : Zenaga, {za} : Zhuang, {zu} : Zulu,
16093 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER
16099 =head2 I18N::Langinfo - query locale information
16117 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
16121 =head2 IO - load various IO modules
16133 =head2 IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory handles
16141 new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (),
16142 rewind (), close (), tie %hash, 'IO::Dir', DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
16152 =head2 IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles
16162 new ( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), new_tmpfile
16166 open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), open( FILENAME, IOLAYERS ), binmode(
16177 =head2 IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O handles
16187 new (), new_from_fd ( FD, MODE )
16191 $io->fdopen ( FD, MODE ), $io->opened, $io->getline, $io->getlines,
16192 $io->ungetc ( ORD ), $io->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET ] ), $io->error,
16193 $io->clearerr, $io->sync, $io->flush, $io->printflush ( ARGS ),
16194 $io->blocking ( [ BOOL ] ), $io->untaint
16206 =head2 IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes
16216 new ( [READER, WRITER] )
16220 reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles ()
16230 =head2 IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call
16240 mask ( IO [, EVENT_MASK ] ), poll ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), events ( IO ), remove (
16241 IO ), handles( [ EVENT_MASK ] )
16251 =head2 IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for I/O objects
16259 $io->getpos, $io->setpos, $io->seek ( POS, WHENCE ), WHENCE=0 (SEEK_SET),
16260 WHENCE=1 (SEEK_CUR), WHENCE=2 (SEEK_END), $io->sysseek( POS, WHENCE ),
16269 =head2 IO::Select - OO interface to the select system call
16279 new ( [ HANDLES ] )
16283 add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read (
16284 [ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ),
16285 count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, EXCEPTION [, TIMEOUT ] )
16295 =head2 IO::Socket - Object interface to socket communications
16309 accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), atmark, connected,
16310 protocol, sockdomain, sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), socktype, timeout([VAL])
16320 =head2 IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets
16336 sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost
16349 =head2 IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets
16363 hostpath(), peerpath()
16373 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Dir, IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory
16382 new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (),
16383 rewind (), close (), tie %hash, 'IO::Dir', DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
16393 =head2 IO::lib::IO::File, IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles
16403 new ( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), new_tmpfile
16407 open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), open( FILENAME, IOLAYERS ), binmode(
16418 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Handle, IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O
16429 new (), new_from_fd ( FD, MODE )
16433 $io->fdopen ( FD, MODE ), $io->opened, $io->getline, $io->getlines,
16434 $io->ungetc ( ORD ), $io->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET ] ), $io->error,
16435 $io->clearerr, $io->sync, $io->flush, $io->printflush ( ARGS ),
16436 $io->blocking ( [ BOOL ] ), $io->untaint
16448 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Pipe, IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes
16458 new ( [READER, WRITER] )
16462 reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles ()
16472 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Poll, IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call
16482 mask ( IO [, EVENT_MASK ] ), poll ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), events ( IO ), remove (
16483 IO ), handles( [ EVENT_MASK ] )
16493 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Seekable, IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for
16502 $io->getpos, $io->setpos, $io->seek ( POS, WHENCE ), WHENCE=0 (SEEK_SET),
16503 WHENCE=1 (SEEK_CUR), WHENCE=2 (SEEK_END), $io->sysseek( POS, WHENCE ),
16512 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Select, IO::Select - OO interface to the select system
16523 new ( [ HANDLES ] )
16527 add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read (
16528 [ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ),
16529 count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, EXCEPTION [, TIMEOUT ] )
16539 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket, IO::Socket - Object interface to socket
16554 accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), atmark, connected,
16555 protocol, sockdomain, sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), socktype, timeout([VAL])
16565 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket::INET, IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for
16566 AF_INET domain sockets
16582 sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost
16595 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket::UNIX, IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for
16596 AF_UNIX domain sockets
16610 hostpath(), peerpath()
16620 =head2 IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class
16630 new ( KEY , FLAGS ), id, rcv ( BUF, LEN [, TYPE [, FLAGS ]] ), remove, set
16631 ( STAT ), set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), snd ( TYPE, MSG [,
16642 =head2 IPC::Open2, open2 - open a process for both reading and writing
16656 =head2 IPC::Open3, open3 - open a process for reading, writing, and error
16669 =head2 IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object class
16679 new ( KEY , NSEMS , FLAGS ), getall, getncnt ( SEM ), getpid ( SEM ),
16680 getval ( SEM ), getzcnt ( SEM ), id, op ( OPLIST ), remove, set ( STAT ),
16681 set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), setall ( VALUES ), setval ( N
16692 =head2 IPC::SysV - SysV IPC constants
16710 =head2 IPC::SysV::Msg, IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class
16720 new ( KEY , FLAGS ), id, rcv ( BUF, LEN [, TYPE [, FLAGS ]] ), remove, set
16721 ( STAT ), set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), snd ( TYPE, MSG [,
16732 =head2 IPC::SysV::Semaphore, IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object
16743 new ( KEY , NSEMS , FLAGS ), getall, getncnt ( SEM ), getpid ( SEM ),
16744 getval ( SEM ), getzcnt ( SEM ), id, op ( OPLIST ), remove, set ( STAT ),
16745 set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), setall ( VALUES ), setval ( N
16756 =head2 List::Util - A selection of general-utility list subroutines
16764 first BLOCK LIST, max LIST, maxstr LIST, min LIST, minstr LIST, reduce
16765 BLOCK LIST, shuffle LIST, sum LIST
16769 =item SUGGESTED ADDITIONS
16775 =head2 List::Utilib::List::Util, List::Util - A selection of
16776 general-utility list subroutines
16784 first BLOCK LIST, max LIST, maxstr LIST, min LIST, minstr LIST, reduce
16785 BLOCK LIST, shuffle LIST, sum LIST
16789 =item SUGGESTED ADDITIONS
16795 =head2 List::Utilib::Scalar::Util, Scalar::Util - A selection of
16796 general-utility scalar subroutines
16804 blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isvstring EXPR, isweak EXPR,
16805 looks_like_number EXPR, openhandle FH, refaddr EXPR, reftype EXPR,
16806 set_prototype CODEREF, PROTOTYPE, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
16816 =head2 Locale::Constants - constants for Locale codes
16824 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
16828 Locale::Language, Locale::Country, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency
16836 =head2 Locale::Country - ISO codes for country identification (ISO 3166)
16844 B<alpha-2>, B<alpha-3>, B<numeric>
16846 =item CONVERSION ROUTINES
16848 code2country( CODE, [ CODESET ] ), country2code( STRING, [ CODESET ] ),
16849 country_code2code( CODE, CODESET, CODESET )
16851 =item QUERY ROUTINES
16853 C<all_country_codes( [ CODESET ] )>, C<all_country_names( [ CODESET ] )>
16855 =item SEMI-PRIVATE ROUTINES
16861 =item rename_country
16869 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
16873 Locale::Language, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, Locale::SubCountry, ISO
16874 3166-1, http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html,
16875 http://www.egt.ie/standards/iso3166/iso3166-1-en.html,
16876 http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/app-d-1.html
16884 =head2 Locale::Currency - ISO three letter codes for currency
16885 identification (ISO 4217)
16895 =item CONVERSION ROUTINES
16897 code2currency(), currency2code()
16899 =item QUERY ROUTINES
16901 C<all_currency_codes()>, C<all_currency_names()>
16905 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
16909 Locale::Country, Locale::Script, ISO 4217:1995,
16910 http://www.bsi-global.com/iso4217currency
16918 =head2 Locale::Language - ISO two letter codes for language identification
16927 =item CONVERSION ROUTINES
16929 code2language(), language2code()
16931 =item QUERY ROUTINES
16933 C<all_language_codes()>, C<all_language_names()>
16937 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
16941 Locale::Country, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, ISO 639:1988 (E/F),
16942 http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html
16950 =head2 Locale::Maketext - framework for localization
16958 =item QUICK OVERVIEW
16964 =item Construction Methods
16966 =item The "maketext" Method
16968 $lh->fail_with I<or> $lh->fail_with(I<PARAM>), $lh->failure_handler_auto
16970 =item Utility Methods
16972 $language->quant($number, $singular), $language->quant($number, $singular,
16973 $plural), $language->quant($number, $singular, $plural, $negative),
16974 $language->numf($number), $language->sprintf($format, @items),
16975 $language->language_tag(), $language->encoding()
16977 =item Language Handle Attributes and Internals
16981 =item LANGUAGE CLASS HIERARCHIES
16983 =item ENTRIES IN EACH LEXICON
16985 =item BRACKET NOTATION
16987 =item AUTO LEXICONS
16989 =item CONTROLLING LOOKUP FAILURE
16991 =item HOW TO USE MAKETEXT
16995 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER
17001 =head2 Locale::Maketext::TPJ13 -- article about software localization
17009 =item Localization and Perl: gettext breaks, Maketext fixes
17013 =item A Localization Horror Story: It Could Happen To You
17015 =item The Linguistic View
17017 =item Breaking gettext
17019 =item Replacing gettext
17021 =item Buzzwords: Abstraction and Encapsulation
17023 =item Buzzword: Isomorphism
17025 =item Buzzword: Inheritance
17027 =item Buzzword: Concision
17029 =item The Devil in the Details
17031 =item The Proof in the Pudding: Localizing Web Sites
17039 =head2 Locale::Script - ISO codes for script identification (ISO 15924)
17047 B<alpha-2>, B<alpha-3>, B<numeric>
17051 =item SPECIAL CODES
17055 =item CONVERSION ROUTINES
17057 code2script( CODE, [ CODESET ] ), script2code( STRING, [ CODESET ] ),
17058 script_code2code( CODE, CODESET, CODESET )
17060 =item QUERY ROUTINES
17062 C<all_script_codes ( [ CODESET ] )>, C<all_script_names ( [ CODESET ] )>
17066 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
17070 Locale::Language, Locale::Currency, Locale::Country, ISO 15924,
17071 http://www.evertype.com/standards/iso15924/
17079 =head2 MIME::Base64 - Encoding and decoding of base64 strings
17087 encode_base64($str), encode_base64($str, $eol);, decode_base64($str)
17091 Premature end of base64 data, Premature padding of base64 data
17101 =head2 MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding
17102 of quoted-printable strings
17110 encode_qp($str), encode_qp($str, $eol), encode_qp($str, $eol, $binmode),
17119 =head2 MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable
17128 encode_qp($str), encode_qp($str, $eol), encode_qp($str, $eol, $binmode),
17137 =head2 Math::BigFloat - Arbitrary size floating point math package
17147 =item Canonical notation
17151 =item C<mantissa()>, C<exponent()> and C<parts()>
17153 =item Accuracy vs. Precision
17157 ffround ( +$scale ), ffround ( -$scale ), ffround ( 0 ), fround ( +$scale
17158 ), fround ( -$scale ) and fround ( 0 )
17166 =item Autocreating constants
17172 =item Using Math::BigInt::Lite
17180 stringify, bstr(), bdiv, Modifying and =, bpow
17190 =head2 Math::BigInt - Arbitrary size integer math package
17222 =item is_one()/is_zero()/is_nan()/is_inf()
17224 =item is_pos()/is_neg()
17226 $x->is_pos(); # true if > 0
17227 $x->is_neg(); # true if < 0
17229 =item is_odd()/is_even()/is_int()
17315 =item ACCURACY and PRECISION
17325 =item Rounding mode R
17327 'trunc', 'even', 'odd', '+inf', '-inf', 'zero', Precision, Accuracy
17328 (significant digits), Setting/Accessing, Creating numbers, Usage,
17329 Precedence, Overriding globals, Local settings, Rounding, Default values,
17334 =item Infinity and Not a Number
17336 oct()/hex(), log(-inf), exp(), cos(), sin(), atan2()
17346 =item mantissa(), exponent() and parts()
17354 =item Autocreating constants
17360 =item Alternative math libraries
17366 =item Subclassing Math::BigInt
17374 bsqrt(), div(), blog()
17380 broot() does not work, Out of Memory!, Fails to load Calc on Perl prior
17385 bstr(), bsstr() and 'cmp', int(), length, bdiv, infinity handling,
17386 Modifying and =, bpow, Overloading -$x, Mixing different object types,
17397 =head2 Math::BigInt::Calc - Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
17409 =item WRAP YOUR OWN
17413 This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
17415 the same terms as Perl itself.
17423 =head2 Math::BigInt::CalcEmu - Emulate low-level math with BigInt code
17445 This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
17447 the same terms as Perl itself.
17455 =head2 Math::BigRat - Arbitrary big rational numbers
17477 =item denominator()
17479 $d = $x->denominator();
17493 =item bround()/round()/bfround()
17527 inf handling (partial), NaN handling (partial), rounding (not implemented
17528 except for bceil/bfloor), $x ** $y where $y is not an integer, bmod(),
17529 blog(), bmodinv() and bmodpow() (partial)
17539 =head2 Math::Complex - complex numbers and associated mathematical
17552 =item STRINGIFICATION
17556 =item CHANGED IN PERL 5.6
17562 =item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO OR LOGARITHM OF ZERO
17564 =item ERRORS DUE TO INDIGESTIBLE ARGUMENTS
17572 =head2 Math::Trig - trigonometric functions
17580 =item TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
17586 =item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO
17588 =item SIMPLE (REAL) ARGUMENTS, COMPLEX RESULTS
17592 =item PLANE ANGLE CONVERSIONS
17594 =item RADIAL COORDINATE CONVERSIONS
17598 =item COORDINATE SYSTEMS
17600 =item 3-D ANGLE CONVERSIONS
17602 cartesian_to_cylindrical, cartesian_to_spherical, cylindrical_to_cartesian,
17603 cylindrical_to_spherical, spherical_to_cartesian, spherical_to_cylindrical
17607 =item GREAT CIRCLE DISTANCES AND DIRECTIONS
17613 =item CAVEAT FOR GREAT CIRCLE FORMULAS
17623 =head2 Memoize - Make functions faster by trading space for time
17641 =item C<SCALAR_CACHE>, C<LIST_CACHE>
17643 C<MEMORY>, C<HASH>, C<TIE>, C<FAULT>, C<MERGE>
17647 =item OTHER FACILITIES
17653 =item C<flush_cache>
17659 =item PERSISTENT CACHE SUPPORT
17661 =item EXPIRATION SUPPORT
17669 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
17675 =head2 Memoize::AnyDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for AnyDBM_File for
17684 =head2 Memoize::Expire - Plug-in module for automatic expiration of
17695 TIEHASH, EXISTS, STORE
17707 =head2 Memoize::ExpireFile - test for Memoize expiration semantics
17715 =head2 Memoize::ExpireTest - test for Memoize expiration semantics
17723 =head2 Memoize::NDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for NDBM_File for
17732 =head2 Memoize::SDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for SDBM_File for
17741 =head2 Memoize::Storable - store Memoized data in Storable database
17749 =head2 Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl
17769 =head2 NDBM_File - Tied access to ndbm files
17777 C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>, C<O_RDWR>
17783 =item C<ndbm store returned -1, errno 22, key "..." at ...>
17787 =item BUGS AND WARNINGS
17791 =head2 NEXT - Provide a pseudo-class NEXT (et al) that allows method
17802 =item Enforcing redispatch
17804 =item Avoiding repetitions
17806 =item Invoking all versions of a method with a single call
17808 =item Using C<EVERY> methods
17814 =item BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
17820 =head2 Net::Cmd - Network Command class (as used by FTP, SMTP etc)
17830 debug ( VALUE ), message (), code (), ok (), status (), datasend ( DATA ),
17833 =item CLASS METHODS
17835 debug_print ( DIR, TEXT ), debug_text ( TEXT ), command ( CMD [, ARGS, ...
17836 ]), unsupported (), response (), parse_response ( TEXT ), getline (),
17837 ungetline ( TEXT ), rawdatasend ( DATA ), read_until_dot (), tied_fh ()
17847 =head2 Net::Config - Local configuration data for libnet
17857 requires_firewall HOST
17859 =item NetConfig VALUES
17861 nntp_hosts, snpp_hosts, pop3_hosts, smtp_hosts, ph_hosts, daytime_hosts,
17862 time_hosts, inet_domain, ftp_firewall, ftp_firewall_type, ftp_ext_passive,
17863 ftp_int_pasive, local_netmask, test_hosts, test_exists
17867 =head2 Net::Domain - Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name
17876 hostfqdn (), hostname (), hostdomain ()
17884 =head2 Net::FTP - FTP Client class
17896 new ([ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ])
17900 login ([LOGIN [,PASSWORD [, ACCOUNT] ] ]), authorize ( [AUTH [, RESP]]),
17901 site (ARGS), ascii, binary, rename ( OLDNAME, NEWNAME ), delete ( FILENAME
17902 ), cwd ( [ DIR ] ), cdup (), pwd (), restart ( WHERE ), rmdir ( DIR [,
17903 RECURSE ]), mkdir ( DIR [, RECURSE ]), alloc ( SIZE [, RECORD_SIZE] ), ls (
17904 [ DIR ] ), dir ( [ DIR ] ), get ( REMOTE_FILE [, LOCAL_FILE [, WHERE]] ),
17905 put ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), put_unique ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE
17906 ] ), append ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), unique_name (), mdtm ( FILE ),
17907 size ( FILE ), supported ( CMD ), hash ( [FILEHANDLE_GLOB_REF],[
17908 BYTES_PER_HASH_MARK] ), nlst ( [ DIR ] ), list ( [ DIR ] ), retr ( FILE ),
17909 stor ( FILE ), stou ( FILE ), appe ( FILE ), port ( [ PORT ] ), pasv (),
17910 pasv_xfer ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_xfer_unique (
17911 SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_wait ( NON_PASV_SERVER ),
17916 =item Methods for the adventurous
17922 =item THE dataconn CLASS
17924 read ( BUFFER, SIZE [, TIMEOUT ] ), write ( BUFFER, SIZE [, TIMEOUT ] ),
17925 bytes_read (), abort (), close ()
17927 =item UNIMPLEMENTED
17929 B<SMNT>, B<HELP>, B<MODE>, B<SYST>, B<STAT>, B<STRU>, B<REIN>
17931 =item REPORTING BUGS
17939 http://www.csh.rit.edu/~adam/Progs/
17947 =head2 Net::NNTP - NNTP Client class
17957 new ( [ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ])
17961 article ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), body ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), head (
17962 [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), articlefh ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), bodyfh ( [
17963 MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), headfh ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), nntpstat ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ]
17964 ), group ( [ GROUP ] ), ihave ( MSGID [, MESSAGE ]), last (), date (),
17965 postok (), authinfo ( USER, PASS ), list (), newgroups ( SINCE [,
17966 DISTRIBUTIONS ]), newnews ( SINCE [, GROUPS [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]]), next (),
17967 post ( [ MESSAGE ] ), postfh (), slave (), quit ()
17971 =item Extension methods
17973 newsgroups ( [ PATTERN ] ), distributions (), subscriptions (),
17974 overview_fmt (), active_times (), active ( [ PATTERN ] ), xgtitle ( PATTERN
17975 ), xhdr ( HEADER, MESSAGE-SPEC ), xover ( MESSAGE-SPEC ), xpath (
17976 MESSAGE-ID ), xpat ( HEADER, PATTERN, MESSAGE-SPEC), xrover, listgroup ( [
17985 MESSAGE-SPEC, PATTERN, Examples, C<[^]-]>, C<*bdc>, C<[0-9a-zA-Z]>, C<a??d>
17995 =head2 Net::POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1939)
18005 new ( [ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ] 0
18009 auth ( USERNAME, PASSWORD ), user ( USER ), pass ( PASS ), login ( [ USER
18010 [, PASS ]] ), apop ( [ USER [, PASS ]] ), banner (), capa (), capabilities
18011 (), top ( MSGNUM [, NUMLINES ] ), list ( [ MSGNUM ] ), get ( MSGNUM [, FH ]
18012 ), getfh ( MSGNUM ), last (), popstat (), ping ( USER ), uidl ( [ MSGNUM ]
18013 ), delete ( MSGNUM ), reset (), quit ()
18025 =head2 Net::Ping - check a remote host for reachability
18037 Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes [, $device [, $tos
18038 ]]]]]);, $p->ping($host [, $timeout]);, $p->source_verify( { 0 | 1 } );,
18039 $p->service_check( { 0 | 1 } );, $p->tcp_service_check( { 0 | 1 } );,
18040 $p->hires( { 0 | 1 } );, $p->bind($local_addr);, $p->open($host);, $p->ack(
18041 [ $host ] );, $p->nack( $failed_ack_host );, $p->close();, pingecho($host
18058 =head2 Net::SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Client
18070 new ( [ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ] )
18074 banner (), domain (), hello ( DOMAIN ), host (), etrn ( DOMAIN ), auth (
18075 USERNAME, PASSWORD ), mail ( ADDRESS [, OPTIONS] ), send ( ADDRESS ),
18076 send_or_mail ( ADDRESS ), send_and_mail ( ADDRESS ), reset (), recipient (
18077 ADDRESS [, ADDRESS, [...]] [, OPTIONS ] ), to ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]]
18078 ), cc ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), bcc ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ),
18079 data ( [ DATA ] ), expand ( ADDRESS ), verify ( ADDRESS ), help ( [
18080 $subject ] ), quit ()
18092 =head2 Net::Time - time and daytime network client interface
18100 inet_time ( [HOST [, PROTOCOL [, TIMEOUT]]]), inet_daytime ( [HOST [,
18101 PROTOCOL [, TIMEOUT]]])
18109 =head2 Net::hostent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gethost*()
18126 =head2 Net::libnetFAQ, libnetFAQ - libnet Frequently Asked Questions
18134 =item Where to get this document
18136 =item How to contribute to this document
18140 =item Author and Copyright Information
18148 =item Obtaining and installing libnet
18152 =item What is libnet ?
18154 =item Which version of perl do I need ?
18156 =item What other modules do I need ?
18158 =item What machines support libnet ?
18160 =item Where can I get the latest libnet release
18164 =item Using Net::FTP
18168 =item How do I download files from an FTP server ?
18170 =item How do I transfer files in binary mode ?
18172 =item How can I get the size of a file on a remote FTP server ?
18174 =item How can I get the modification time of a file on a remote FTP server
18177 =item How can I change the permissions of a file on a remote server ?
18179 =item Can I do a reget operation like the ftp command ?
18181 =item How do I get a directory listing from an FTP server ?
18183 =item Changing directory to "" does not fail ?
18185 =item I am behind a SOCKS firewall, but the Firewall option does not work ?
18187 =item I am behind an FTP proxy firewall, but cannot access machines outside
18190 =item My ftp proxy firewall does not listen on port 21
18192 =item Is it possible to change the file permissions of a file on an FTP
18195 =item I have seen scripts call a method message, but cannot find it
18198 =item Why does Net::FTP not implement mput and mget methods
18202 =item Using Net::SMTP
18206 =item Why can't the part of an Email address after the @ be used as the
18209 =item Why does Net::SMTP not do DNS MX lookups ?
18211 =item The verify method always returns true ?
18215 =item Debugging scripts
18219 =item How can I debug my scripts that use Net::* modules ?
18223 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
18227 =head2 Net::netent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getnet*()
18244 =head2 Net::protoent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*()
18259 =head2 Net::servent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getserv*()
18276 =head2 Netrc, Net::Netrc - OO interface to users netrc file
18284 =item THE .netrc FILE
18286 machine name, default, login name, password string, account string, macdef
18291 lookup ( MACHINE [, LOGIN ])
18295 login (), password (), account (), lpa ()
18305 =head2 O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
18315 =item IMPLEMENTATION
18323 =head2 ODBM_File - Tied access to odbm files
18331 C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>, C<O_RDWR>
18337 =item C<odbm store returned -1, errno 22, key "..." at ...>
18341 =item BUGS AND WARNINGS
18345 =head2 Opcode - Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code
18357 =item Operator Names and Operator Lists
18359 an operator name (opname), an operator tag name (optag), a negated opname
18360 or optag, an operator set (opset)
18362 =item Opcode Functions
18364 opcodes, opset (OP, ...), opset_to_ops (OPSET), opset_to_hex (OPSET),
18365 full_opset, empty_opset, invert_opset (OPSET), verify_opset (OPSET, ...),
18366 define_optag (OPTAG, OPSET), opmask_add (OPSET), opmask, opdesc (OP, ...),
18369 =item Manipulating Opsets
18371 =item TO DO (maybe)
18377 =item Predefined Opcode Tags
18379 :base_core, :base_mem, :base_loop, :base_io, :base_orig, :base_math,
18380 :base_thread, :default, :filesys_read, :sys_db, :browse, :filesys_open,
18381 :filesys_write, :subprocess, :ownprocess, :others, :still_to_be_decided,
18390 =head2 Opcode::Safe, Safe - Compile and execute code in restricted
18399 a new namespace, an operator mask
18405 =item RECENT CHANGES
18407 =item Methods in class Safe
18409 permit (OP, ...), permit_only (OP, ...), deny (OP, ...), deny_only (OP,
18410 ...), trap (OP, ...), untrap (OP, ...), share (NAME, ...), share_from
18411 (PACKAGE, ARRAYREF), varglob (VARNAME), reval (STRING), rdo (FILENAME),
18412 root (NAMESPACE), mask (MASK)
18414 =item Some Safety Issues
18416 Memory, CPU, Snooping, Signals, State Changes
18424 =head2 Opcode::ops, ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when
18437 =head2 POSIX - Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1
18451 _exit, abort, abs, access, acos, alarm, asctime, asin, assert, atan, atan2,
18452 atexit, atof, atoi, atol, bsearch, calloc, ceil, chdir, chmod, chown,
18453 clearerr, clock, close, closedir, cos, cosh, creat, ctermid, ctime,
18454 cuserid, difftime, div, dup, dup2, errno, execl, execle, execlp, execv,
18455 execve, execvp, exit, exp, fabs, fclose, fcntl, fdopen, feof, ferror,
18456 fflush, fgetc, fgetpos, fgets, fileno, floor, fmod, fopen, fork, fpathconf,
18457 fprintf, fputc, fputs, fread, free, freopen, frexp, fscanf, fseek, fsetpos,
18458 fstat, fsync, ftell, fwrite, getc, getchar, getcwd, getegid, getenv,
18459 geteuid, getgid, getgrgid, getgrnam, getgroups, getlogin, getpgrp, getpid,
18460 getppid, getpwnam, getpwuid, gets, getuid, gmtime, isalnum, isalpha,
18461 isatty, iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace,
18462 isupper, isxdigit, kill, labs, ldexp, ldiv, link, localeconv, localtime,
18463 log, log10, longjmp, lseek, malloc, mblen, mbstowcs, mbtowc, memchr,
18464 memcmp, memcpy, memmove, memset, mkdir, mkfifo, mktime, modf, nice,
18465 offsetof, open, opendir, pathconf, pause, perror, pipe, pow, printf, putc,
18466 putchar, puts, qsort, raise, rand, read, readdir, realloc, remove, rename,
18467 rewind, rewinddir, rmdir, scanf, setgid, setjmp, setlocale, setpgid,
18468 setsid, setuid, sigaction, siglongjmp, sigpending, sigprocmask, sigsetjmp,
18469 sigsuspend, sin, sinh, sleep, sprintf, sqrt, srand, sscanf, stat, strcat,
18470 strchr, strcmp, strcoll, strcpy, strcspn, strerror, strftime, strlen,
18471 strncat, strncmp, strncpy, strpbrk, strrchr, strspn, strstr, strtod,
18472 strtok, strtol, strtoul, strxfrm, sysconf, system, tan, tanh, tcdrain,
18473 tcflow, tcflush, tcgetpgrp, tcsendbreak, tcsetpgrp, time, times, tmpfile,
18474 tmpnam, tolower, toupper, ttyname, tzname, tzset, umask, uname, ungetc,
18475 unlink, utime, vfprintf, vprintf, vsprintf, wait, waitpid, wcstombs,
18482 =item POSIX::SigAction
18484 new, handler, mask, flags, safe
18486 =item POSIX::SigSet
18488 new, addset, delset, emptyset, fillset, ismember
18490 =item POSIX::Termios
18492 new, getattr, getcc, getcflag, getiflag, getispeed, getlflag, getoflag,
18493 getospeed, setattr, setcc, setcflag, setiflag, setispeed, setlflag,
18494 setoflag, setospeed, Baud rate values, Terminal interface values, c_cc
18495 field values, c_cflag field values, c_iflag field values, c_lflag field
18496 values, c_oflag field values
18500 =item PATHNAME CONSTANTS
18504 =item POSIX CONSTANTS
18508 =item SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
18562 Constants, WNOHANG, WUNTRACED, Macros, WIFEXITED, WEXITSTATUS, WIFSIGNALED,
18563 WTERMSIG, WIFSTOPPED, WSTOPSIG
18567 =head2 PerlIO - On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::*
18576 :unix, :stdio, :perlio, :crlf, :mmap, :utf8, :bytes, :raw, :pop, :win32
18580 =item Custom Layers
18584 =item Alternatives to raw
18586 =item Defaults and how to override them
18588 =item Querying the layers of filehandles
18598 =head2 PerlIO::encoding - encoding layer
18610 =head2 PerlIO::scalar - in-memory IO, scalar IO
18618 =item IMPLEMENTATION NOTE
18622 =head2 PerlIO::via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
18630 =item EXPECTED METHODS
18632 $class->PUSHED([$mode[,$fh]]), $obj->POPPED([$fh]),
18633 $obj->UTF8($bellowFlag,[$fh]), $obj->OPEN($path,$mode[,$fh]),
18634 $obj->BINMODE([,$fh]), $obj->FDOPEN($fd[,$fh]),
18635 $obj->SYSOPEN($path,$imode,$perm,[,$fh]), $obj->FILENO($fh),
18636 $obj->READ($buffer,$len,$fh), $obj->WRITE($buffer,$fh), $obj->FILL($fh),
18637 $obj->CLOSE($fh), $obj->SEEK($posn,$whence,$fh), $obj->TELL($fh),
18638 $obj->UNREAD($buffer,$fh), $obj->FLUSH($fh), $obj->SETLINEBUF($fh),
18639 $obj->CLEARERR($fh), $obj->ERROR($fh), $obj->EOF($fh)
18645 =item Example - a Hexadecimal Handle
18651 =head2 PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint - PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings
18659 =item REQUIRED MODULES
18663 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
18669 =head2 Pod::Checker, podchecker() - check pod documents for syntax errors
18675 =item OPTIONS/ARGUMENTS
18681 B<-warnings> =E<gt> I<val>
18693 empty =headn, =over on line I<N> without closing =back, =item without
18694 previous =over, =back without previous =over, No argument for =begin, =end
18695 without =begin, Nested =begin's, =for without formatter specification,
18696 unresolved internal link I<NAME>, Unknown command "I<CMD>", Unknown
18697 interior-sequence "I<SEQ>", nested commands
18698 I<CMD>E<lt>...I<CMD>E<lt>...E<gt>...E<gt>, garbled entity I<STRING>, Entity
18699 number out of range, malformed link LE<lt>E<gt>, nonempty ZE<lt>E<gt>,
18700 empty XE<lt>E<gt>, Spurious text after =pod / =cut, Spurious character(s)
18705 multiple occurrence of link target I<name>, line containing nothing but
18706 whitespace in paragraph, file does not start with =head, previous =item has
18707 no contents, preceding non-item paragraph(s), =item type mismatch (I<one>
18708 vs. I<two>), I<N> unescaped C<E<lt>E<gt>> in paragraph, Unknown entity, No
18709 items in =over, No argument for =item, empty section in previous paragraph,
18710 Verbatim paragraph in NAME section, =headI<n> without preceding higher
18715 ignoring leading/trailing whitespace in link, (section) in '$page'
18716 deprecated, alternative text/node '%s' contains non-escaped | or /
18728 C<Pod::Checker-E<gt>new( %options )>
18730 C<$checker-E<gt>poderror( @args )>, C<$checker-E<gt>poderror( {%opts},
18733 C<$checker-E<gt>num_errors()>
18735 C<$checker-E<gt>num_warnings()>
18737 C<$checker-E<gt>name()>
18739 C<$checker-E<gt>node()>
18741 C<$checker-E<gt>idx()>
18743 C<$checker-E<gt>hyperlink()>
18751 =head2 Pod::Find - find POD documents in directory trees
18763 =item C<pod_find( { %opts } , @directories )>
18765 C<-verbose =E<gt> 1>, C<-perl =E<gt> 1>, C<-script =E<gt> 1>, C<-inc =E<gt>
18772 =item C<simplify_name( $str )>
18778 =item C<pod_where( { %opts }, $pod )>
18780 C<-inc =E<gt> 1>, C<-dirs =E<gt> [ $dir1, $dir2, ... ]>, C<-verbose =E<gt>
18787 =item C<contains_pod( $file , $verbose )>
18799 =head2 Pod::Html - module to convert pod files to HTML
18809 backlink, cachedir, css, flush, header, help, hiddendirs, htmldir,
18810 htmlroot, index, infile, libpods, netscape, outfile, podpath, podroot,
18811 quiet, recurse, title, verbose
18825 =head2 Pod::InputObjects - objects representing POD input paragraphs,
18838 package B<Pod::InputSource>, package B<Pod::Paragraph>, package
18839 B<Pod::InteriorSequence>, package B<Pod::ParseTree>
18845 =item B<Pod::InputSource>
18869 =item B<was_cutting()>
18875 =item B<Pod::Paragraph>
18881 =item Pod::Paragraph-E<gt>B<new()>
18887 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<cmd_name()>
18893 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<text()>
18899 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<raw_text()>
18905 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<cmd_prefix()>
18911 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<cmd_separator()>
18917 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<parse_tree()>
18923 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<file_line()>
18929 =item B<Pod::InteriorSequence>
18935 =item Pod::InteriorSequence-E<gt>B<new()>
18941 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<cmd_name()>
18947 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<prepend()>
18953 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<append()>
18959 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<nested()>
18965 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<raw_text()>
18971 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<left_delimiter()>
18977 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<right_delimiter()>
18983 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<parse_tree()>
18989 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<file_line()>
18995 =item Pod::InteriorSequence::B<DESTROY()>
19001 =item B<Pod::ParseTree>
19007 =item Pod::ParseTree-E<gt>B<new()>
19013 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<top()>
19019 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<children()>
19025 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<prepend()>
19031 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<append()>
19037 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<raw_text()>
19043 =item Pod::ParseTree::B<DESTROY()>
19055 =head2 Pod::LaTeX - Convert Pod data to formatted Latex
19067 =item OBJECT METHODS
19075 =item Data Accessors
19091 B<ReplaceNAMEwithSection>
19093 B<StartWithNewPage>
19107 =item Subclassed methods
19121 B<interior_sequence>
19137 =item Methods for headings
19145 =item Internal methods
19151 B<_replace_special_chars>
19153 B<_replace_special_chars_late>
19159 B<_clean_latex_commands>
19161 B<_split_delimited>
19177 =head2 Pod::Man - Convert POD data to formatted *roff input
19185 center, date, fixed, fixedbold, fixeditalic, fixedbolditalic, name, quotes,
19190 roff font should be 1 or 2 chars, not "%s", Invalid link %s, Invalid quote
19191 specification "%s", %s:%d: Unknown command paragraph "%s", %s:%d: Unknown
19192 escape EE<lt>%sE<gt>, %s:%d: Unknown formatting code %s, %s:%d: Unmatched
19203 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
19207 =head2 Pod::ParseLink - Parse an LE<lt>E<gt> formatting code in POD text
19219 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
19223 =head2 Pod::ParseUtils - helpers for POD parsing and conversion
19237 Pod::List-E<gt>new()
19245 $list-E<gt>indent()
19253 $list-E<gt>parent()
19259 =item Pod::Hyperlink
19261 Pod::Hyperlink-E<gt>new()
19265 $link-E<gt>parse($string)
19267 $link-E<gt>markup($string)
19271 $link-E<gt>warning()
19273 $link-E<gt>file(), $link-E<gt>line()
19279 $link-E<gt>alttext()
19289 Pod::Cache-E<gt>new()
19295 $cache-E<gt>find_page($name)
19299 =item Pod::Cache::Item
19301 Pod::Cache::Item-E<gt>new()
19305 $cacheitem-E<gt>page()
19307 $cacheitem-E<gt>description()
19309 $cacheitem-E<gt>path()
19311 $cacheitem-E<gt>file()
19313 $cacheitem-E<gt>nodes()
19315 $cacheitem-E<gt>find_node($name)
19317 $cacheitem-E<gt>idx()
19327 =head2 Pod::Parser - base class for creating POD filters and translators
19339 =item QUICK OVERVIEW
19341 =item PARSING OPTIONS
19343 B<-want_nonPODs> (default: unset), B<-process_cut_cmd> (default: unset),
19344 B<-warnings> (default: unset)
19350 =item RECOMMENDED SUBROUTINE/METHOD OVERRIDES
19358 C<$cmd>, C<$text>, C<$line_num>, C<$pod_para>
19364 =item B<verbatim()>
19366 C<$text>, C<$line_num>, C<$pod_para>
19372 =item B<textblock()>
19374 C<$text>, C<$line_num>, C<$pod_para>
19380 =item B<interior_sequence()>
19386 =item OPTIONAL SUBROUTINE/METHOD OVERRIDES
19398 =item B<initialize()>
19404 =item B<begin_pod()>
19410 =item B<begin_input()>
19416 =item B<end_input()>
19428 =item B<preprocess_line()>
19434 =item B<preprocess_paragraph()>
19440 =item METHODS FOR PARSING AND PROCESSING
19446 =item B<parse_text()>
19448 B<-expand_seq> =E<gt> I<code-ref>|I<method-name>, B<-expand_text> =E<gt>
19449 I<code-ref>|I<method-name>, B<-expand_ptree> =E<gt>
19450 I<code-ref>|I<method-name>
19456 =item B<interpolate()>
19462 =item B<parse_paragraph()>
19468 =item B<parse_from_filehandle()>
19474 =item B<parse_from_file()>
19480 =item ACCESSOR METHODS
19486 =item B<errorsub()>
19498 =item B<parseopts()>
19504 =item B<output_file()>
19510 =item B<output_handle()>
19516 =item B<input_file()>
19522 =item B<input_handle()>
19528 =item B<input_streams()>
19534 =item B<top_stream()>
19540 =item PRIVATE METHODS AND DATA
19546 =item B<_push_input_stream()>
19552 =item B<_pop_input_stream()>
19558 =item TREE-BASED PARSING
19566 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker - let Perldoc check Pod for errors
19576 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
19582 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToMan - let Perldoc render Pod as man pages
19594 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
19600 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff - let Perldoc convert Pod to nroff
19612 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
19618 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToPod - let Perldoc render Pod as ... Pod!
19628 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
19634 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf - let Perldoc render Pod as RTF
19644 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
19650 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToText - let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext
19662 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
19668 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToTk - let Perldoc use Tk::Pod to render Pod
19682 =head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToXml - let Perldoc render Pod as XML
19692 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
19698 =head2 Pod::PlainText - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
19706 alt, indent, loose, sentence, width
19710 Bizarre space in item, Can't open %s for reading: %s, Unknown escape: %s,
19711 Unknown sequence: %s, Unmatched =back
19723 =head2 Pod::Plainer - Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.
19743 =head2 Pod::Select, podselect() - extract selected sections of POD from
19756 =item SECTION SPECIFICATIONS
19758 =item RANGE SPECIFICATIONS
19764 =item OBJECT METHODS
19770 =item B<curr_headings()>
19782 =item B<add_selection()>
19788 =item B<clear_selections()>
19794 =item B<match_section()>
19800 =item B<is_selected()>
19806 =item EXPORTED FUNCTIONS
19812 =item B<podselect()>
19814 B<-output>, B<-sections>, B<-ranges>
19820 =item PRIVATE METHODS AND DATA
19826 =item B<_compile_section_spec()>
19832 =item $self->{_SECTION_HEADINGS}
19838 =item $self->{_SELECTED_SECTIONS}
19850 =head2 Pod::Text - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
19858 alt, code, indent, loose, margin, quotes, sentence, width
19862 Bizarre space in item, Item called without tag, Can't open %s for reading:
19863 %s, Invalid quote specification "%s", %s:%d: Unknown command paragraph: %s,
19864 %s:%d: Unknown escape: %s, %s:%d: Unknown formatting code: %s, %s:%d:
19875 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
19879 =head2 Pod::Text::Color - Convert POD data to formatted color ASCII text
19893 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
19897 =head2 Pod::Text::Overstrike - Convert POD data to formatted overstrike
19912 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
19916 =head2 Pod::Text::Termcap - Convert POD data to ASCII text with format
19931 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
19935 =head2 Pod::Usage, pod2usage() - print a usage message from embedded pod
19944 C<-message>, C<-msg>, C<-exitval>, C<-verbose>, C<-section>, C<-output>,
19945 C<-input>, C<-pathlist>
19953 =item Recommended Use
19961 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
19965 =head2 SDBM_File - Tied access to sdbm files
19973 C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>, C<O_RDWR>
19979 =item C<sdbm store returned -1, errno 22, key "..." at ...>
19983 =item BUGS AND WARNINGS
19987 =head2 Safe - Compile and execute code in restricted compartments
19995 a new namespace, an operator mask
20001 =item RECENT CHANGES
20003 =item Methods in class Safe
20005 permit (OP, ...), permit_only (OP, ...), deny (OP, ...), deny_only (OP,
20006 ...), trap (OP, ...), untrap (OP, ...), share (NAME, ...), share_from
20007 (PACKAGE, ARRAYREF), varglob (VARNAME), reval (STRING), rdo (FILENAME),
20008 root (NAMESPACE), mask (MASK)
20010 =item Some Safety Issues
20012 Memory, CPU, Snooping, Signals, State Changes
20020 =head2 Scalar::Util - A selection of general-utility scalar subroutines
20028 blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isvstring EXPR, isweak EXPR,
20029 looks_like_number EXPR, openhandle FH, refaddr EXPR, reftype EXPR,
20030 set_prototype CODEREF, PROTOTYPE, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
20040 =head2 Search::Dict, look - search for key in dictionary file
20050 =head2 SelectSaver - save and restore selected file handle
20060 =head2 SelfLoader - load functions only on demand
20070 =item The __DATA__ token
20072 =item SelfLoader autoloading
20074 =item Autoloading and package lexicals
20076 =item SelfLoader and AutoLoader
20078 =item __DATA__, __END__, and the FOOBAR::DATA filehandle.
20080 =item Classes and inherited methods.
20084 =item Multiple packages and fully qualified subroutine names
20088 =head2 Shell - run shell commands transparently within perl
20100 =item Escaping Magic Characters
20102 =item Configuration
20112 =head2 Socket, sockaddr_in, sockaddr_un, inet_aton, inet_ntoa - load the C
20113 socket.h defines and structure manipulators
20121 inet_aton HOSTNAME, inet_ntoa IP_ADDRESS, INADDR_ANY, INADDR_BROADCAST,
20122 INADDR_LOOPBACK, INADDR_NONE, sockaddr_family SOCKADDR, sockaddr_in PORT,
20123 ADDRESS, sockaddr_in SOCKADDR_IN, pack_sockaddr_in PORT, IP_ADDRESS,
20124 unpack_sockaddr_in SOCKADDR_IN, sockaddr_un PATHNAME, sockaddr_un
20125 SOCKADDR_UN, pack_sockaddr_un PATH, unpack_sockaddr_un SOCKADDR_UN
20129 =head2 Storable - persistence for Perl data structures
20139 =item ADVISORY LOCKING
20143 =item CANONICAL REPRESENTATION
20145 =item CODE REFERENCES
20147 =item FORWARD COMPATIBILITY
20149 utf8 data, restricted hashes, files from future versions of Storable
20151 =item ERROR REPORTING
20159 C<STORABLE_freeze> I<obj>, I<cloning>, C<STORABLE_thaw> I<obj>, I<cloning>,
20164 C<Storable::last_op_in_netorder>, C<Storable::is_storing>,
20165 C<Storable::is_retrieving>
20173 =item Storable magic
20183 =item 64 bit data in perl 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
20195 =head2 Switch - A switch statement for Perl
20209 =item Allowing fall-through
20211 =item Automating fall-through
20213 =item Alternative syntax
20215 =item Higher-order Operations
20231 =head2 Symbol - manipulate Perl symbols and their names
20243 =head2 Sys::Hostname - Try every conceivable way to get hostname
20255 =head2 Syslog, Sys::Syslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask, syslog - Perl
20256 interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
20264 openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
20265 setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added
20266 in 5.004_02), closelog
20276 =head2 Syslog::Syslog, Sys::Syslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask, syslog -
20277 Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
20285 openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
20286 setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added
20287 in 5.004_02), closelog
20297 =head2 Term::ANSIColor - Color screen output using ANSI escape sequences
20307 Bad escape sequence %s, Bareword "%s" not allowed while "strict subs" in
20308 use, Invalid attribute name %s, Name "%s" used only once: possible typo, No
20309 comma allowed after filehandle, No name for escape sequence %s
20313 ANSI_COLORS_DISABLED
20323 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
20327 =head2 Term::Cap - Perl termcap interface
20343 B<Tgetent>, OSPEED, TERM
20345 B<Tpad>, B<$string>, B<$cnt>, B<$FH>
20347 B<Tputs>, B<$cap>, B<$cnt>, B<$FH>
20349 B<Tgoto>, B<$cap>, B<$col>, B<$row>, B<$FH>
20357 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
20365 =head2 Term::Complete - Perl word completion module
20373 E<lt>tabE<gt>, ^D, ^U, E<lt>delE<gt>, E<lt>bsE<gt>
20383 =head2 Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various C<readline> packages.
20384 If no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic functions.
20392 =item Minimal set of supported functions
20394 C<ReadLine>, C<new>, C<readline>, C<addhistory>, C<IN>, C<OUT>, C<MinLine>,
20395 C<findConsole>, Attribs, C<Features>
20397 =item Additional supported functions
20399 C<tkRunning>, C<ornaments>, C<newTTY>
20409 =head2 Test - provides a simple framework for writing test scripts
20417 =item QUICK START GUIDE
20423 C<plan(...)>, C<tests =E<gt> I<number>>, C<todo =E<gt> [I<1,5,14>]>,
20424 C<onfail =E<gt> sub { ... }>, C<onfail =E<gt> \&some_sub>
20434 C<skip(I<skip_if_true>, I<args...>)>
20440 NORMAL TESTS, SKIPPED TESTS, TODO TESTS
20444 =item BUGS and CAVEATS
20456 =head2 Test::Builder - Backend for building test libraries
20478 =item Setting up tests
20496 =item Running tests
20502 B<is_eq>, B<is_num>
20504 B<isnt_eq>, B<isnt_num>
20530 B<no_header>, B<no_ending>
20544 B<output>, B<failure_output>, B<todo_output>
20548 =item Test Status and Info
20584 =head2 Test::Harness - Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics
20602 =item Configuration variables.
20604 C<$Test::Harness::Verbose>, C<$Test::Harness::switches>
20608 B<Failed Test>, B<Stat>, B<Wstat>, B<Total>, B<Fail>, B<Failed>, B<List of
20635 C<All tests successful.\nFiles=%d, Tests=%d, %s>, C<FAILED tests
20636 %s\n\tFailed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.>, C<Test returned status %d (wstat
20637 %d)>, C<Failed 1 test, %.2f%% okay. %s>, C<Failed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.
20638 %s>, C<FAILED--Further testing stopped: %s>
20642 C<HARNESS_ACTIVE>, C<HARNESS_COLUMNS>, C<HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST>,
20643 C<HARNESS_DEBUG>, C<HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR>, C<HARNESS_IGNORE_EXITCODE>,
20644 C<HARNESS_NOTTY>, C<HARNESS_PERL>, C<HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES>,
20661 =head2 Test::Harness::Assert - simple assert
20687 =head2 Test::Harness::Iterator - Internal Test::Harness Iterator
20705 =head2 Test::Harness::Straps - detailed analysis of test results
20735 =item $strap->analyze( $name, \@output_lines )
20743 =item C<analyze_fh>
20749 =item C<analyze_file>
20755 =item C<_command_line( $file )>
20773 =item C<_cleaned_switches>
20779 =item C<_INC2PERL5LIB>
20785 =item C<_filtered_INC>
20791 =item C<_restore_PERL5LIB>
20801 =item C<_is_comment>
20809 =item C<_is_header>
20821 =item C<_is_bail_out>
20827 =item C<_reset_file_state>
20843 =head2 Test::Harness::TAP - Documentation for the TAP format
20851 =item THE TAP FORMAT
20855 =item The test script output
20857 B<"1..M">, B<'ok', 'not ok'. Ok?>, B<test numbers>, B<test labels>,
20858 B<Skipping tests>, B<Todo tests>, B<Bail out!>, B<Comments>, B<Anything
20867 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
20875 =head2 Test::More - yet another framework for writing test scripts
20885 =item I love it when a plan comes together
20895 =item I'm ok, you're not ok.
20935 =item Conditional tests
20941 B<TODO: BLOCK>, B<todo_skip>
20943 When do I use SKIP vs. TODO?
20947 =item Comparison functions
20961 =item Extending and Embedding Test::More
20971 =item CAVEATS and NOTES
20973 Backwards compatibility, Overloaded objects, Threads, Test::Harness upgrade
20987 =head2 Test::Simple - Basic utilities for writing tests.
21011 L<Test::More>, L<Test>, L<Test::Unit>, L<Test::Inline>, L<SelfTest>,
21020 =head2 Test::Tutorial - A tutorial about writing really basic tests
21028 =item Nuts and bolts of testing.
21030 =item Where to start?
21034 =item Test the manual
21036 =item Sometimes the tests are wrong
21038 =item Testing lots of values
21040 =item Informative names
21042 =item Skipping tests
21046 =item Testing with taint mode.
21058 =head2 Text::Abbrev, abbrev - create an abbreviation table from a list
21070 =head2 Text::Balanced - Extract delimited text sequences from strings.
21080 =item General behaviour in list contexts
21084 =item General behaviour in scalar and void contexts
21086 =item A note about prefixes
21088 =item C<extract_delimited>
21090 =item C<extract_bracketed>
21092 =item C<extract_variable>
21096 =item C<extract_tagged>
21098 C<reject =E<gt> $listref>, C<ignore =E<gt> $listref>, C<fail =E<gt> $str>,
21099 [0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
21101 =item C<gen_extract_tagged>
21103 =item C<extract_quotelike>
21105 [0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10]
21107 =item C<extract_quotelike> and "here documents"
21109 [0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7..10]
21111 =item C<extract_codeblock>
21113 =item C<extract_multiple>
21115 =item C<gen_delimited_pat>
21121 C<Did not find a suitable bracket: "%s">, C<Did not find prefix: /%s/>,
21122 C<Did not find opening bracket after prefix: "%s">, C<No quotelike
21123 operator found after prefix: "%s">, C<Unmatched closing bracket: "%c">,
21124 C<Unmatched opening bracket(s): "%s">, C<Unmatched embedded quote (%s)>,
21125 C<Did not find closing delimiter to match '%s'>, C<Mismatched closing
21126 bracket: expected "%c" but found "%s">, C<No block delimiter found after
21127 quotelike "%s">, C<Did not find leading dereferencer>, C<Bad identifier
21128 after dereferencer>, C<Did not find expected opening bracket at %s>,
21129 C<Improperly nested codeblock at %s>, C<Missing second block for quotelike
21130 "%s">, C<No match found for opening bracket>, C<Did not find opening tag:
21131 /%s/>, C<Unable to construct closing tag to match: /%s/>, C<Found invalid
21132 nested tag: %s>, C<Found unbalanced nested tag: %s>, C<Did not find closing
21137 =item BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
21143 =head2 Text::ParseWords - parse text into an array of tokens or array of
21158 =head2 Text::Soundex - Implementation of the Soundex Algorithm as Described
21175 =head2 Text::Tabs -- expand and unexpand tabs per the unix expand(1) and
21190 =head2 Text::Wrap - line wrapping to form simple paragraphs
21206 =head2 Thread - manipulate threads in Perl (for old code only)
21218 $thread = Thread->new(\&start_sub), $thread = Thread->new(\&start_sub,
21219 LIST), lock VARIABLE, async BLOCK;, Thread->self, cond_wait VARIABLE,
21220 cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE, yield
21224 join, eval, detach, equal, tid, flags, done
21232 =head2 Thread::Queue - thread-safe queues
21240 =item FUNCTIONS AND METHODS
21242 new, enqueue LIST, dequeue, dequeue_nb, pending
21248 =head2 Thread::Semaphore - thread-safe semaphores
21256 =item FUNCTIONS AND METHODS
21258 new, new NUMBER, down, down NUMBER, up, up NUMBER
21262 =head2 Thread::Signal - Start a thread which runs signal handlers reliably
21277 =head2 Thread::Specific - thread-specific keys
21287 =head2 Tie::Array - base class for tied arrays
21295 TIEARRAY classname, LIST, STORE this, index, value, FETCH this, index,
21296 FETCHSIZE this, STORESIZE this, count, EXTEND this, count, EXISTS this,
21297 key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, DESTROY this, PUSH this, LIST, POP this,
21298 SHIFT this, UNSHIFT this, LIST, SPLICE this, offset, length, LIST
21306 =head2 Tie::File - Access the lines of a disk file via a Perl array
21326 =item Option Format
21330 =item Public Methods
21338 =item C<defer>, C<flush>, C<discard>, and C<autodefer>
21344 =item Tying to an already-opened filehandle
21346 =item Deferred Writing
21350 =item Autodeferring
21354 =item CONCURRENT ACCESS TO FILES
21360 =item WHAT ABOUT C<DB_File>?
21374 =head2 Tie::Handle, Tie::StdHandle - base class definitions for tied
21383 TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, scalar, length, offset, PRINT this,
21384 LIST, PRINTF this, format, LIST, READ this, scalar, length, offset,
21385 READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, OPEN this, filename, BINMODE this,
21386 EOF this, TELL this, SEEK this, offset, whence, DESTROY this
21388 =item MORE INFORMATION
21390 =item COMPATIBILITY
21394 =head2 Tie::Hash, Tie::StdHash, Tie::ExtraHash - base class definitions for
21403 TIEHASH classname, LIST, STORE this, key, value, FETCH this, key, FIRSTKEY
21404 this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, EXISTS this, key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR
21407 =item Inheriting from B<Tie::StdHash>
21409 =item Inheriting from B<Tie::ExtraHash>
21411 =item C<SCALAR>, C<UNTIE> and C<DESTROY>
21413 =item MORE INFORMATION
21417 =head2 Tie::Memoize - add data to hash when needed
21425 =item Inheriting from B<Tie::Memoize>
21435 =head2 Tie::RefHash - use references as hash keys
21453 =head2 Tie::Scalar, Tie::StdScalar - base class definitions for tied
21462 TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, DESTROY this
21464 =item MORE INFORMATION
21468 =head2 Tie::SubstrHash - Fixed-table-size, fixed-key-length hashing
21480 =head2 Time::HiRes - High resolution alarm, sleep, gettimeofday, interval
21489 gettimeofday (), usleep ( $useconds ), nanosleep ( $nanoseconds ), ualarm (
21490 $useconds [, $interval_useconds ] ), tv_interval, time (), sleep (
21491 $floating_seconds ), alarm ( $floating_seconds [,
21492 $interval_floating_seconds ] ), setitimer ( $which, $floating_seconds [,
21493 $interval_floating_seconds ] ), getitimer ( $which )
21503 =item negative time not invented yet
21505 =item internal error: useconds < 0 (unsigned ... signed ...)
21513 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
21517 =head2 Time::Local - efficiently compute time from local and GMT time
21527 =item Ambiguous Local Times (DST)
21529 =item Non-Existent Local Times (DST)
21531 =item Negative Epoch Values
21535 =item IMPLEMENTATION
21545 =head2 Time::gmtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime()
21560 =head2 Time::localtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in localtime()
21575 =head2 Time::tm - internal object used by Time::gmtime and Time::localtime
21587 =head2 UNIVERSAL - base class for ALL classes (blessed references)
21595 C<< $obj->isa( TYPE ) >>, C<< CLASS->isa( TYPE ) >>, C<isa( VAL, TYPE )>,
21596 C<TYPE>, C<$obj>, C<CLASS>, C<VAL>, C<< $obj->can( METHOD ) >>, C<<
21597 CLASS->can( METHOD ) >>, C<can( VAL, METHOD )>, C<VERSION ( [ REQUIRE ] )>
21603 =head2 Unicode::Collate - Unicode Collation Algorithm
21613 =item Constructor and Tailoring
21615 UCA_Version, backwards, entry, hangul_terminator, ignoreName, ignoreChar,
21616 level, normalization, overrideCJK, overrideHangul, preprocess, rearrange,
21617 table, undefName, undefChar, katakana_before_hiragana, upper_before_lower,
21618 variable, alternate
21620 =item Methods for Collation
21622 C<@sorted = $Collator-E<gt>sort(@not_sorted)>, C<$result =
21623 $Collator-E<gt>cmp($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>eq($a, $b)>,
21624 C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>ne($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>lt($a,
21625 $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>le($a, $b)>, C<$result =
21626 $Collator-E<gt>gt($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>ge($a, $b)>,
21627 C<$sortKey = $Collator-E<gt>getSortKey($string)>, C<$sortKeyForm =
21628 $Collator-E<gt>viewSortKey($string)>
21630 =item Methods for Searching
21632 C<$position = $Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring[, $position])>,
21633 C<($position, $length) = $Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring[,
21634 $position])>, C<$match_ref = $Collator-E<gt>match($string, $substring)>,
21635 C<($match) = $Collator-E<gt>match($string, $substring)>, C<@match =
21636 $Collator-E<gt>gmatch($string, $substring)>, C<$count =
21637 $Collator-E<gt>subst($string, $substring, $replacement)>, C<$count =
21638 $Collator-E<gt>gsubst($string, $substring, $replacement)>
21640 =item Other Methods
21642 C<%old_tailoring = $Collator-E<gt>change(%new_tailoring)>, C<$version =
21643 $Collator-E<gt>version()>, C<UCA_Version()>, C<Base_Unicode_Version()>
21649 =item Conformance Test
21657 Unicode Collation Algorithm - UTS #10, The Default Unicode Collation
21658 Element Table (DUCET), The conformance test for the UCA, Hangul Syllable
21659 Type, Unicode Normalization Forms - UAX #15, L<Unicode::Normalize>
21663 =head2 Unicode::Normalize - Unicode Normalization Forms
21673 =item Normalization Forms
21675 C<$NFD_string = NFD($string)>, C<$NFC_string = NFC($string)>,
21676 C<$NFKD_string = NFKD($string)>, C<$NFKC_string = NFKC($string)>,
21677 C<$FCD_string = FCD($string)>, C<$FCC_string = FCC($string)>,
21678 C<$normalized_string = normalize($form_name, $string)>
21680 =item Decomposition and Composition
21682 C<$decomposed_string = decompose($string)>, C<$decomposed_string =
21683 decompose($string, $useCompatMapping)>, C<$reordered_string =
21684 reorder($string)>, C<$composed_string = compose($string)>
21688 C<$result = checkNFD($string)>, C<$result = checkNFC($string)>, C<$result =
21689 checkNFKD($string)>, C<$result = checkNFKC($string)>, C<$result =
21690 checkFCD($string)>, C<$result = checkFCC($string)>, C<$result =
21691 check($form_name, $string)>
21693 =item Character Data
21695 C<$canonical_decomposed = getCanon($codepoint)>,
21696 C<$compatibility_decomposed = getCompat($codepoint)>,
21697 C<$codepoint_composite = getComposite($codepoint_here, $codepoint_next)>,
21698 C<$combining_class = getCombinClass($codepoint)>, C<$is_exclusion =
21699 isExclusion($codepoint)>, C<$is_singleton = isSingleton($codepoint)>,
21700 C<$is_non_starter_decomposition = isNonStDecomp($codepoint)>,
21701 C<$may_be_composed_with_prev_char = isComp2nd($codepoint)>
21711 http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr15/,
21712 http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/DerivedNormalizationProps.txt,
21713 http://www.unicode.org/notes/tn5/
21717 =head2 Unicode::UCD - Unicode character database
21759 =item Blocks versus Scripts
21761 =item Matching Scripts and Blocks
21763 =item Code Point Arguments
21789 =item Unicode::UCD::UnicodeVersion
21795 =item Implementation Note
21807 =head2 User::grent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getgr*()
21822 =head2 User::pwent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*()
21833 =item System Specifics
21847 =head2 XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
21857 =item Migration from C<DynaLoader>
21859 =item Backward compatible boilerplate
21863 =item Order of initialization: early load()
21867 =item The most hairy case
21877 =head1 AUXILIARY DOCUMENTATION
21879 Here should be listed all the extra programs' documentation, but they
21880 don't all have manual pages yet:
21914 Larry Wall <F<larry@wall.org>>, with the help of oodles
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