4 perltoc - perl documentation table of contents
8 This page provides a brief table of contents for the rest of the Perl
9 documentation set. It is meant to be scanned quickly or grepped
10 through to locate the proper section you're looking for.
12 =head1 BASIC DOCUMENTATION
14 =head2 perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language
26 =item Reference Manual
28 =item Internals and C Language Interface
32 =item Platform-Specific
56 =head2 perlintro -- a brief introduction and overview of Perl
66 =item Running Perl programs
68 =item Basic syntax overview
70 =item Perl variable types
72 Scalars, Arrays, Hashes
74 =item Variable scoping
76 =item Conditional and looping constructs
78 if, while, for, foreach
80 =item Builtin operators and functions
82 Arithmetic, Numeric comparison, String comparison, Boolean logic,
87 =item Regular expressions
89 Simple matching, Simple substitution, More complex regular expressions,
90 Parentheses for capturing, Other regexp features
92 =item Writing subroutines
96 =item Using Perl modules
104 =head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2002/03/11
113 =item perlfaq: Structural overview of the FAQ.
115 =item L<perlfaq1>: General Questions About Perl
117 =item L<perlfaq2>: Obtaining and Learning about Perl
119 =item L<perlfaq3>: Programming Tools
121 =item L<perlfaq4>: Data Manipulation
123 =item L<perlfaq5>: Files and Formats
125 =item L<perlfaq6>: Regular Expressions
127 =item L<perlfaq7>: General Perl Language Issues
129 =item L<perlfaq8>: System Interaction
131 =item L<perlfaq9>: Networking
135 =item About the perlfaq documents
139 =item Where to get the perlfaq
141 =item How to contribute to the perlfaq
143 =item What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the
150 =item Author and Copyright Information
154 =item Bundled Distributions
162 1/November/2000, 23/May/99, 13/April/99, 7/January/99, 22/June/98,
163 24/April/97, 23/April/97, 25/March/97, 18/March/97, 17/March/97 Version,
164 Initial Release: 11/March/97
168 =head2 perlbook - Perl book information
176 =head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax
186 =item Simple statements
188 =item Compound statements
196 =item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
200 =item PODs: Embedded Documentation
202 =item Plain Old Comments (Not!)
208 =head2 perldata - Perl data types
222 =item Scalar value constructors
224 =item List value constructors
228 =item Typeglobs and Filehandles
236 =head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
246 =item Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
248 =item The Arrow Operator
250 =item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
254 =item Symbolic Unary Operators
256 =item Binding Operators
258 =item Multiplicative Operators
260 =item Additive Operators
262 =item Shift Operators
264 =item Named Unary Operators
266 =item Relational Operators
268 =item Equality Operators
272 =item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
274 =item C-style Logical And
276 =item C-style Logical Or
278 =item Range Operators
280 =item Conditional Operator
282 =item Assignment Operators
286 =item List Operators (Rightward)
292 =item Logical or and Exclusive Or
294 =item C Operators Missing From Perl
296 unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
298 =item Quote and Quote-like Operators
300 =item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
302 ?PATTERN?, m/PATTERN/cgimosx, /PATTERN/cgimosx, q/STRING/, C<'STRING'>,
303 qq/STRING/, "STRING", qr/STRING/imosx, qx/STRING/, `STRING`, qw/STRING/,
304 s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/egimosx, tr/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds,
305 y/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds, <<EOF
307 =item Gory details of parsing quoted constructs
309 Finding the end, Removal of backslashes before delimiters, Interpolation,
310 C<<<'EOF'>, C<m''>, C<s'''>, C<tr///>, C<y///>, C<''>, C<q//>, C<"">,
311 C<``>, C<qq//>, C<qx//>, C<< <file*glob> >>, C<?RE?>, C</RE/>, C<m/RE/>,
312 C<s/RE/foo/>,, Interpolation of regular expressions, Optimization of
317 =item Constant Folding
319 =item Bitwise String Operators
321 =item Integer Arithmetic
323 =item Floating-point Arithmetic
331 =head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
341 =item Private Variables via my()
343 =item Persistent Private Variables
345 =item Temporary Values via local()
347 =item Lvalue subroutines
349 =item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
351 =item When to Still Use local()
353 =item Pass by Reference
357 =item Constant Functions
359 =item Overriding Built-in Functions
363 =item Subroutine Attributes
371 =head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
379 =item Perl Functions by Category
381 Functions for SCALARs or strings, Regular expressions and pattern matching,
382 Numeric functions, Functions for real @ARRAYs, Functions for list data,
383 Functions for real %HASHes, Input and output functions, Functions for fixed
384 length data or records, Functions for filehandles, files, or directories,
385 Keywords related to the control flow of your perl program, Keywords related
386 to scoping, Miscellaneous functions, Functions for processes and process
387 groups, Keywords related to perl modules, Keywords related to classes and
388 object-orientedness, Low-level socket functions, System V interprocess
389 communication functions, Fetching user and group info, Fetching network
390 info, Time-related functions, Functions new in perl5, Functions obsoleted
395 =item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
397 I<-X> FILEHANDLE, I<-X> EXPR, I<-X>, abs VALUE, abs, accept
398 NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, alarm, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME,
399 binmode FILEHANDLE, DISCIPLINE, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME,
400 bless REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE,
401 chomp( LIST ), chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop( LIST ), chop, chown LIST, chr
402 NUMBER, chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot, close FILEHANDLE, close, closedir
403 DIRHANDLE, connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, cos, crypt
404 PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR,
405 defined, delete EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR,
406 dump LABEL, dump, each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval
407 BLOCK, exec LIST, exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp,
408 fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock
409 FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE,
410 getc, getlogin, getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority
411 WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname
412 NAME, getprotobyname NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname
413 NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE,
414 getprotobynumber NUMBER, getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent,
415 gethostent, getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent,
416 sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent
417 STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent, endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent,
418 endservent, getsockname SOCKET, getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR,
419 glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL, goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep
420 EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex, import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index
421 STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join
422 EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST, last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc,
423 lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen
424 SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR, lock THING, log EXPR, log,
425 lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK LIST, map EXPR,LIST, mkdir FILENAME,MASK,
426 mkdir FILENAME, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgrcv
427 ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, my EXPR, my EXPR : ATTRIBUTES,
428 next LABEL, next, no Module VERSION LIST, no Module VERSION, no Module
429 LIST, no Module, oct EXPR, oct, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open
430 FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR,LIST, open
431 FILEHANDLE,MODE,REFERENCE, open FILEHANDLE, opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord
432 EXPR, ord, our EXPR, our EXPR : ATTRIBUTES, pack TEMPLATE,LIST, package
433 NAMESPACE, package, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop ARRAY, pop, pos
434 SCALAR, pos, print FILEHANDLE LIST, print LIST, print, printf FILEHANDLE
435 FORMAT, LIST, printf FORMAT, LIST, prototype FUNCTION, push ARRAY,LIST,
436 q/STRING/, qq/STRING/, qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, quotemeta EXPR,
437 quotemeta, rand EXPR, rand, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read
438 FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR,
439 readlink, readpipe EXPR, recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo,
440 ref EXPR, ref, rename OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR,
441 require, reset EXPR, reset, return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir
442 DIRHANDLE, rindex STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME,
443 rmdir, s///, scalar EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir
444 DIRHANDLE,POS, select FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT,
445 semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send
446 SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority
447 WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY,
448 shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE,
449 shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep
450 EXPR, sleep, sockatmark SOCKET, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL,
451 socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort
452 BLOCK LIST, sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice
453 ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH, splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split
454 /PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split /PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf
455 FORMAT, LIST, sqrt EXPR, sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat FILEHANDLE, stat
456 EXPR, stat, study SCALAR, study, sub BLOCK, sub NAME, sub NAME BLOCK,
457 substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr
458 EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
459 FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread
460 FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek
461 FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite
462 FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,
463 syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie
464 VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate
465 FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR,
466 ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack
467 TEMPLATE,EXPR, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use Module VERSION LIST,
468 use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use VERSION, utime LIST,
469 values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn
470 LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y///
476 =head2 perlreftut - Mark's very short tutorial about references
482 =item Who Needs Complicated Data Structures?
490 =item Making References
492 =item Using References
510 =item Distribution Conditions
516 =head2 perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook
522 arrays of arrays, hashes of arrays, arrays of hashes, hashes of hashes,
523 more elaborate constructs
527 =item COMMON MISTAKES
529 =item CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE
531 =item WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS C<use strict>
537 =item ARRAYS OF ARRAYS
541 =item Declaration of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
543 =item Generation of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
545 =item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
549 =item HASHES OF ARRAYS
553 =item Declaration of a HASH OF ARRAYS
555 =item Generation of a HASH OF ARRAYS
557 =item Access and Printing of a HASH OF ARRAYS
561 =item ARRAYS OF HASHES
565 =item Declaration of an ARRAY OF HASHES
567 =item Generation of an ARRAY OF HASHES
569 =item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF HASHES
573 =item HASHES OF HASHES
577 =item Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES
579 =item Generation of a HASH OF HASHES
581 =item Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES
585 =item MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
589 =item Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
591 =item Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
593 =item Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
605 =head2 perlrequick - Perl regular expressions quick start
615 =item Simple word matching
617 =item Using character classes
619 =item Matching this or that
621 =item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
623 =item Extracting matches
625 =item Matching repetitions
629 =item Search and replace
631 =item The split operator
639 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
643 =item Acknowledgments
649 =head2 perlpod - the Plain Old Documentation format
657 =item Ordinary Paragraph
659 =item Verbatim Paragraph
661 =item Command Paragraph
663 C<=head1 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head2 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head3 I<Heading
664 Text>>, C<=head4 I<Heading Text>>, C<=over I<indentlevel>>, C<=item
665 I<stuff...>>, C<=back>, C<=cut>, C<=pod>, C<=begin I<formatname>>, C<=end
666 I<formatname>>, C<=for I<formatname> I<text...>>
668 =item Formatting Codes
670 C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
671 C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
672 C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- used
673 for filenames, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text contains non-breaking spaces,
674 C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a null
675 (zero-effect) formatting code
679 =item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
681 =item Hints for Writing Pod
691 =head2 perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and
698 =item Pod Definitions
702 "=head1", "=head2", "=head3", "=head4", "=pod", "=cut", "=over", "=item",
703 "=back", "=begin formatname", "=end formatname", "=for formatname text..."
705 =item Pod Formatting Codes
707 C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
708 C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- style for
709 filenames, C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a
710 null (zero-effect) formatting code, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
711 C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text
712 contains non-breaking spaces
714 =item Notes on Implementing Pod Processors
716 =item About LE<lt>...E<gt> Codes
718 First:, Second:, Third:, Fourth:, Fifth:, Sixth:
720 =item About =over...=back Regions
722 =item About Data Paragraphs and "=begin/=end" Regions
730 =head2 perlstyle - Perl style guide
738 =head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary
756 =item Perl4 to Perl5 Traps
758 Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps, Parsing Traps, Numerical
759 Traps, General data type traps, Context Traps - scalar, list contexts,
760 Precedence Traps, General Regular Expression Traps using s///, etc,
761 Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps, OS Traps, DBM Traps, Unclassified Traps
763 =item Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps
765 Discontinuance, Deprecation, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance,
766 Discontinuance, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance, BugFix,
767 Discontinuance, Deprecation, Discontinuance, Discontinuance
771 Parsing, Parsing, Parsing, Parsing, Parsing
773 =item Numerical Traps
775 Numerical, Numerical, Numerical, Bitwise string ops
777 =item General data type traps
779 (Arrays), (Arrays), (Hashes), (Globs), (Globs), (Scalar String),
780 (Constants), (Scalars), (Variable Suicide)
782 =item Context Traps - scalar, list contexts
784 (list context), (scalar context), (scalar context), (list, builtin)
786 =item Precedence Traps
788 Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence,
791 =item General Regular Expression Traps using s///, etc.
793 Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular
794 Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression,
797 =item Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps
799 (Signals), (Sort Subroutine), warn() won't let you specify a filehandle
805 =item Interpolation Traps
807 Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation,
808 Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation
814 =item Unclassified Traps
816 C<require>/C<do> trap using returned value, C<split> on empty string with
823 =head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
833 =item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems
835 OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS
837 =item Location of Perl
839 =item Command Switches
841 B<-0>[I<digits>], B<-a>, B<-C>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-d:>I<foo[=bar,baz]>,
842 B<-D>I<letters>, B<-D>I<number>, B<-e> I<commandline>, B<-F>I<pattern>,
843 B<-h>, B<-i>[I<extension>], B<-I>I<directory>, B<-l>[I<octnum>],
844 B<-m>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<'module ...'>,
845 B<-[mM]>[B<->]I<module=arg[,arg]...>, B<-n>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-s>, B<-S>,
846 B<-t>, B<-T>, B<-u>, B<-U>, B<-v>, B<-V>, B<-V:>I<name>, B<-w>, B<-W>,
847 B<-X>, B<-x> I<directory>
853 HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5OPT, PERLLIB, PERL5DB, PERL5SHELL
854 (specific to the Win32 port), PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL,
855 PERL_ENCODING, PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port), SYS$LOGIN (specific to
860 =head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
868 =head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings
876 =item Default Warnings and Optional Warnings
878 =item What's wrong with B<-w> and C<$^W>
880 =item Controlling Warnings from the Command Line
884 =item Backward Compatibility
886 =item Category Hierarchy
890 =item Reporting Warnings from a Module
902 =head2 perldebtut - Perl debugging tutorial
910 =item Looking at data and -w and v
914 =item Stepping through code
916 =item Placeholder for a, w, t, T
918 =item REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
936 =head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
942 =item The Perl Debugger
946 =item Debugger Commands
948 h, h [command], h h, p expr, x [maxdepth] expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], y
949 [level [vars]], T, s [expr], n [expr], r, <CR>, c [line|sub], l, l
950 min+incr, l min-max, l line, l subname, -, v [line], f filename, /pattern/,
951 ?pattern?, L [abw], S [[!]regex], t, t expr, b, b [line] [condition], b
952 subname [condition], b postpone subname [condition], b load filename, b
953 compile subname, B line, B *, a [line] command, A line, A *, w expr, W
954 expr, W *, o, o booloption .., o anyoption? .., o option=value .., < ?, < [
955 command ], << command, > ?, > command, >> command, { ?, { [ command ], {{
956 command, ! number, ! -number, ! pattern, !! cmd, @ file, H -number, q or
957 ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, M, man [manpage]
959 =item Configurable Options
961 C<recallCommand>, C<ShellBang>, C<pager>, C<tkRunning>, C<signalLevel>,
962 C<warnLevel>, C<dieLevel>, C<AutoTrace>, C<LineInfo>, C<inhibit_exit>,
963 C<PrintRet>, C<ornaments>, C<frame>, C<maxTraceLen>, C<windowSize>,
964 C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<dumpDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>,
965 C<globPrint>, C<DumpDBFiles>, C<DumpPackages>, C<DumpReused>, C<quote>,
966 C<HighBit>, C<undefPrint>, C<UsageOnly>, C<TTY>, C<noTTY>, C<ReadLine>,
969 =item Debugger input/output
971 Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame
974 =item Debugging compile-time statements
976 =item Debugger Customization
978 =item Readline Support
980 =item Editor Support for Debugging
982 =item The Perl Profiler
986 =item Debugging regular expressions
988 =item Debugging memory usage
996 =head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
1004 =item Predefined Names
1006 $ARG, $_, $a, $b, $<I<digits>>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $',
1007 $LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, $^N, @LAST_MATCH_END, @+, $MULTILINE_MATCHING, $*,
1008 HANDLE->input_line_number(EXPR), $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER, $NR, $,
1009 IO::Handle->input_record_separator(EXPR), $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $RS, $/,
1010 HANDLE->autoflush(EXPR), $OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH, $|,
1011 IO::Handle->output_field_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR, $OFS, $,,
1012 IO::Handle->output_record_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $ORS,
1013 $\, $LIST_SEPARATOR, $", $SUBSCRIPT_SEPARATOR, $SUBSEP, $;, $OFMT, $#,
1014 HANDLE->format_page_number(EXPR), $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER, $%,
1015 HANDLE->format_lines_per_page(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE, $=,
1016 HANDLE->format_lines_left(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_LEFT, $-, @LAST_MATCH_START,
1017 @-, C<$`> is the same as C<substr($var, 0, $-[0])>, C<$&> is the same as
1018 C<substr($var, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0])>, C<$'> is the same as C<substr($var,
1019 $+[0])>, C<$1> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1])>, C<$2>
1020 is the same as C<substr($var, $-[2], $+[2] - $-[2])>, C<$3> is the same as
1021 C<substr $var, $-[3], $+[3] - $-[3])>, HANDLE->format_name(EXPR),
1022 $FORMAT_NAME, $~, HANDLE->format_top_name(EXPR), $FORMAT_TOP_NAME, $^,
1023 IO::Handle->format_line_break_characters EXPR,
1024 $FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS, $:, IO::Handle->format_formfeed EXPR,
1025 $FORMAT_FORMFEED, $^L, $ACCUMULATOR, $^A, $CHILD_ERROR, $?, ${^ENCODING},
1026 $OS_ERROR, $ERRNO, $!, %!, $EXTENDED_OS_ERROR, $^E, $EVAL_ERROR, $@,
1027 $PROCESS_ID, $PID, $$, $REAL_USER_ID, $UID, $<, $EFFECTIVE_USER_ID, $EUID,
1028 $>, $REAL_GROUP_ID, $GID, $(, $EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID, $EGID, $),
1029 $PROGRAM_NAME, $0, $[, $], $COMPILING, $^C, $DEBUGGING, $^D,
1030 $SYSTEM_FD_MAX, $^F, $^H, %^H, $INPLACE_EDIT, $^I, $^M, $OSNAME, $^O,
1031 ${^OPEN}, $PERLDB, $^P, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80,
1032 0x100, 0x200, $LAST_REGEXP_CODE_RESULT, $^R, $EXCEPTIONS_BEING_CAUGHT, $^S,
1033 $BASETIME, $^T, ${^TAINT}, $PERL_VERSION, $^V, $WARNING, $^W,
1034 ${^WARNING_BITS}, ${^WIDE_SYSTEM_CALLS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X, ARGV,
1035 $ARGV, @ARGV, @F, @INC, @_, %INC, %ENV, $ENV{expr}, %SIG, $SIG{expr}
1037 =item Error Indicators
1039 =item Technical Note on the Syntax of Variable Names
1047 =head2 perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl
1055 =item Declaration and Access of Arrays of Arrays
1057 =item Growing Your Own
1059 =item Access and Printing
1071 =head2 perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl
1077 =item Open E<agrave> la shell
1085 =item The Minus File
1087 =item Mixing Reads and Writes
1093 =item Open E<agrave> la C
1097 =item Permissions E<agrave> la mode
1101 =item Obscure Open Tricks
1105 =item Re-Opening Files (dups)
1107 =item Dispelling the Dweomer
1109 =item Paths as Opens
1111 =item Single Argument Open
1113 =item Playing with STDIN and STDOUT
1117 =item Other I/O Issues
1121 =item Opening Non-File Files
1131 =item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
1137 =head2 perlpacktut - tutorial on C<pack> and C<unpack>
1143 =item The Basic Principle
1147 =item Packing Numbers
1153 =item Unpacking a Stack Frame
1155 =item How to Eat an Egg on a Net
1157 =item Floating point Numbers
1161 =item Exotic Templates
1173 =item Another Portable Binary Encoding
1177 =item Lengths and Widths
1181 =item String Lengths
1183 =item Dynamic Templates
1187 =item Packing and Unpacking C Structures
1191 =item The Alignment Pit
1193 =item Alignment, Take 2
1195 =item Alignment, Take 3
1197 =item Pointers for How to Use Them
1203 =item Funnies Section
1209 =head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial
1215 =item Part 1: The basics
1219 =item Simple word matching
1221 =item Using character classes
1223 =item Matching this or that
1225 =item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
1227 =item Extracting matches
1229 =item Matching repetitions
1231 =item Building a regexp
1233 =item Using regular expressions in Perl
1237 =item Part 2: Power tools
1241 =item More on characters, strings, and character classes
1243 =item Compiling and saving regular expressions
1245 =item Embedding comments and modifiers in a regular expression
1247 =item Non-capturing groupings
1249 =item Looking ahead and looking behind
1251 =item Using independent subexpressions to prevent backtracking
1253 =item Conditional expressions
1255 =item A bit of magic: executing Perl code in a regular expression
1257 =item Pragmas and debugging
1265 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1269 =item Acknowledgments
1275 =head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
1285 =item Regular Expressions
1287 [1], [2], [3], cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
1289 =item Extended Patterns
1291 C<(?#text)>, C<(?imsx-imsx)>, C<(?:pattern)>, C<(?imsx-imsx:pattern)>,
1292 C<(?=pattern)>, C<(?!pattern)>, C<(?<=pattern)>, C<(?<!pattern)>, C<(?{
1293 code })>, C<(??{ code })>, C<< (?>pattern) >>,
1294 C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>, C<(?(condition)yes-pattern)>
1298 =item Version 8 Regular Expressions
1300 =item Warning on \1 vs $1
1302 =item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
1304 =item Combining pieces together
1306 C<ST>, C<S|T>, C<S{REPEAT_COUNT}>, C<S{min,max}>, C<S{min,max}?>, C<S?>,
1307 C<S*>, C<S+>, C<S??>, C<S*?>, C<S+?>, C<< (?>S) >>, C<(?=S)>, C<(?<=S)>,
1308 C<(?!S)>, C<(?<!S)>, C<(??{ EXPR })>,
1309 C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>
1311 =item Creating custom RE engines
1321 =head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
1331 =item Making References
1333 =item Using References
1335 =item Symbolic references
1337 =item Not-so-symbolic references
1339 =item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
1341 =item Function Templates
1351 =head2 perlform - Perl formats
1359 =item Format Variables
1369 =item Accessing Formatting Internals
1377 =head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial
1385 =item If we could talk to the animals...
1387 =item Introducing the method invocation arrow
1389 =item Invoking a barnyard
1391 =item The extra parameter of method invocation
1393 =item Calling a second method to simplify things
1395 =item Inheriting the windpipes
1397 =item A few notes about @ISA
1399 =item Overriding the methods
1401 =item Starting the search from a different place
1403 =item The SUPER way of doing things
1405 =item Where we're at so far...
1407 =item A horse is a horse, of course of course -- or is it?
1409 =item Invoking an instance method
1411 =item Accessing the instance data
1413 =item How to build a horse
1415 =item Inheriting the constructor
1417 =item Making a method work with either classes or instances
1419 =item Adding parameters to a method
1421 =item More interesting instances
1423 =item A horse of a different color
1435 =head2 perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl
1441 =item Creating a Class
1445 =item Object Representation
1447 =item Class Interface
1449 =item Constructors and Instance Methods
1451 =item Planning for the Future: Better Constructors
1455 =item Other Object Methods
1463 =item Accessing Class Data
1465 =item Debugging Methods
1467 =item Class Destructors
1469 =item Documenting the Interface
1479 =item Overridden Methods
1481 =item Multiple Inheritance
1483 =item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects
1487 =item Alternate Object Representations
1491 =item Arrays as Objects
1493 =item Closures as Objects
1497 =item AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods
1501 =item Autoloaded Data Methods
1503 =item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods
1507 =item Metaclassical Tools
1513 =item Data Members as Variables
1521 =item Object Terminology
1527 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1533 =item Acknowledgments
1539 =head2 perltooc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl
1545 =item Class Data in a Can
1547 =item Class Data as Package Variables
1551 =item Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket
1553 =item Inheritance Concerns
1555 =item The Eponymous Meta-Object
1557 =item Indirect References to Class Data
1559 =item Monadic Classes
1561 =item Translucent Attributes
1565 =item Class Data as Lexical Variables
1569 =item Privacy and Responsibility
1571 =item File-Scoped Lexicals
1573 =item More Inheritance Concerns
1575 =item Locking the Door and Throwing Away the Key
1577 =item Translucency Revisited
1585 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
1587 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1593 =head2 perlobj - Perl objects
1601 =item An Object is Simply a Reference
1603 =item A Class is Simply a Package
1605 =item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
1607 =item Method Invocation
1609 =item Indirect Object Syntax
1611 =item Default UNIVERSAL methods
1613 isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
1619 =item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
1627 =head2 perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)
1633 =item OO SCALING TIPS
1635 =item INSTANCE VARIABLES
1637 =item SCALAR INSTANCE VARIABLES
1639 =item INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE
1641 =item OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS
1643 =item OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS
1645 =item USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM
1647 =item THINKING OF CODE REUSE
1649 =item CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT
1651 =item INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR
1657 =head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
1669 TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, UNTIE this,
1674 TIEARRAY classname, LIST, FETCH this, index, STORE this, index, value,
1675 FETCHSIZE this, STORESIZE this, count, EXTEND this, count, EXISTS this,
1676 key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, PUSH this, LIST, POP this, SHIFT this,
1677 UNSHIFT this, LIST, SPLICE this, offset, length, LIST, UNTIE this, DESTROY
1682 USER, HOME, CLOBBER, LIST, TIEHASH classname, LIST, FETCH this, key, STORE
1683 this, key, value, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, EXISTS this, key, FIRSTKEY
1684 this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, UNTIE this, DESTROY this
1686 =item Tying FileHandles
1688 TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this,
1689 LIST, READ this, LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, UNTIE this,
1694 =item The C<untie> Gotcha
1706 =head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
1707 safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
1723 =item Using open() for IPC
1729 =item Background Processes
1731 =item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
1733 =item Safe Pipe Opens
1735 =item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
1737 =item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself
1741 =item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
1745 =item Internet Line Terminators
1747 =item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
1749 =item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
1753 =item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
1757 =item A Simple Client
1759 C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
1761 =item A Webget Client
1763 =item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
1767 =item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
1769 Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
1771 =item UDP: Message Passing
1785 =head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation (EXPERIMENTAL, subject to change)
1795 =item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes
1797 $$ or $PROCESS_ID, %ENV, chdir() and all other builtins that accept
1798 filenames, wait() and waitpid(), kill(), exec(), exit(), Open handles to
1799 files, directories and network sockets
1801 =item Resource limits
1803 =item Killing the parent process
1805 =item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes
1807 =item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS
1809 BEGIN blocks, Open filehandles, Forking pipe open() not yet implemented,
1810 Global state maintained by XSUBs, Interpreter embedded in larger
1811 application, Thread-safety of extensions
1823 =head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
1831 =item Storing numbers
1833 =item Numeric operators and numeric conversions
1835 =item Flavors of Perl numeric operations
1837 Arithmetic operators except, C<no integer>, Arithmetic operators except,
1838 C<use integer>, Bitwise operators, C<no integer>, Bitwise operators, C<use
1839 integer>, Operators which expect an integer, Operators which expect a
1848 =head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl
1856 =head2 perlothrtut - old tutorial on threads in Perl
1862 =item What Is A Thread Anyway?
1864 =item Threaded Program Models
1876 =item Native threads
1878 =item What kind of threads are perl threads?
1880 =item Threadsafe Modules
1886 =item Basic Thread Support
1888 =item Creating Threads
1890 =item Giving up control
1892 =item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
1894 =item Errors In Threads
1896 =item Ignoring A Thread
1900 =item Threads And Data
1904 =item Shared And Unshared Data
1906 =item Thread Pitfall: Races
1908 =item Controlling access: lock()
1910 =item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
1912 =item Queues: Passing Data Around
1916 =item Threads And Code
1920 =item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
1922 Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
1924 =item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines
1926 =item Subroutine Locks
1930 =item Locking A Subroutine
1934 =item General Thread Utility Routines
1938 =item What Thread Am I In?
1942 =item Are These Threads The Same?
1944 =item What Threads Are Running?
1948 =item A Complete Example
1956 =item Introductory Texts
1958 =item OS-Related References
1960 =item Other References
1964 =item Acknowledgements
1972 =head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl
1978 Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is>
1987 =item Numbers endianness and Width
1989 =item Files and Filesystems
1991 =item System Interaction
1993 =item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
1995 =item External Subroutines (XS)
1997 =item Standard Modules
2001 =item Character sets and character encoding
2003 =item Internationalisation
2005 =item System Resources
2015 Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
2016 http://testers.cpan.org/
2024 =item DOS and Derivatives
2032 =item EBCDIC Platforms
2040 =item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
2044 =item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
2046 -I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, alarm SECONDS, alarm, binmode
2047 FILEHANDLE, chmod LIST, chown LIST, chroot FILENAME, chroot, crypt
2048 PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MODE, dump LABEL, exec
2049 LIST, exit EXPR, exit, fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, flock
2050 FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, getlogin, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority
2051 WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, getgrnam NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getpwuid UID,
2052 getgrgid GID, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER,
2053 getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostent, getnetent,
2054 getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent
2055 STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent,
2056 endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockopt
2057 SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, ioctl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR,
2058 kill SIGNAL, LIST, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, lstat FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR,
2059 lstat, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, msgrcv
2060 ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE, pipe
2061 READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, readlink EXPR, readlink, select
2062 RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget
2063 KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, setgrent, setpgrp PID,PGRP,
2064 setpriority WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setpwent, setsockopt
2065 SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS,
2066 shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, sockatmark SOCKET,
2067 socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, stat FILEHANDLE, stat
2068 EXPR, stat, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
2069 FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, system LIST, times, truncate
2070 FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, umask EXPR, umask, utime LIST,
2071 wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS
2077 v1.48, 02 February 2001, v1.47, 22 March 2000, v1.46, 12 February 2000,
2078 v1.45, 20 December 1999, v1.44, 19 July 1999, v1.43, 24 May 1999, v1.42, 22
2079 May 1999, v1.41, 19 May 1999, v1.40, 11 April 1999, v1.39, 11 February
2080 1999, v1.38, 31 December 1998, v1.37, 19 December 1998, v1.36, 9 September
2081 1998, v1.35, 13 August 1998, v1.33, 06 August 1998, v1.32, 05 August 1998,
2082 v1.30, 03 August 1998, v1.23, 10 July 1998
2084 =item Supported Platforms
2088 =item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
2092 =head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
2099 =item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
2105 =item The use locale pragma
2107 =item The setlocale function
2109 =item Finding locales
2111 =item LOCALE PROBLEMS
2113 =item Temporarily fixing locale problems
2115 =item Permanently fixing locale problems
2117 =item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
2119 =item Fixing system locale configuration
2121 =item The localeconv function
2123 =item I18N::Langinfo
2127 =item LOCALE CATEGORIES
2131 =item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
2133 =item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
2135 =item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
2137 =item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
2141 =item Other categories
2149 PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
2150 LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
2156 =item Backward compatibility
2158 =item I18N:Collate obsolete
2160 =item Sort speed and memory use impacts
2162 =item write() and LC_NUMERIC
2164 =item Freely available locale definitions
2168 =item An imperfect standard
2172 =item Unicode and UTF-8
2178 =item Broken systems
2188 =head2 perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction
2198 =item Perl's Unicode Support
2200 =item Perl's Unicode Model
2202 =item Unicode and EBCDIC
2204 =item Creating Unicode
2206 =item Handling Unicode
2208 =item Legacy Encodings
2212 =item Displaying Unicode As Text
2216 =item Advanced Topics
2220 =item Questions With Answers
2224 =item Hexadecimal Notation
2226 =item Further Resources
2230 =item UNICODE IN OLDER PERLS
2234 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
2236 =item AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT, AND LICENSE
2240 =head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
2248 =item Important Caveats
2250 Input and Output Disciplines, Regular Expressions, C<use utf8> still needed
2251 to enable UTF-8/UTF-EBCDIC in scripts
2253 =item Byte and Character semantics
2255 =item Effects of character semantics
2261 =item Character encodings for input and output
2263 =item Unicode Regular Expression Support Level
2265 =item Unicode Encodings
2267 =item Security Implications of Malformed UTF-8
2269 =item Unicode in Perl on EBCDIC
2273 =item Using Unicode in XS
2283 =head2 perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
2289 =item COMMON CHARACTER CODE SETS
2297 =item Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1)
2301 =item 13 variant characters
2309 =item Unicode code points versus EBCDIC code points
2311 =item Remaining Perl Unicode problems in EBCDIC
2313 =item Unicode and UTF
2319 =item SINGLE OCTET TABLES
2321 recipe 0, recipe 1, recipe 2, recipe 3, recipe 4, recipe 5, recipe 6
2323 =item IDENTIFYING CHARACTER CODE SETS
2337 =item OPERATOR DIFFERENCES
2339 =item FUNCTION DIFFERENCES
2341 chr(), ord(), pack(), print(), printf(), sort(), sprintf(), unpack()
2343 =item REGULAR EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES
2351 =item Ignore ASCII vs. EBCDIC sort differences.
2353 =item MONO CASE then sort data.
2355 =item Convert, sort data, then re convert.
2357 =item Perform sorting on one type of machine only.
2361 =item TRANSFORMATION FORMATS
2365 =item URL decoding and encoding
2367 =item uu encoding and decoding
2369 =item Quoted-Printable encoding and decoding
2371 =item Caesarian ciphers
2375 =item Hashing order and checksums
2379 =item MULTI OCTET CHARACTER SETS
2391 chcp, dataset access, OS/390, z/OS iconv, locales
2411 =head2 perlsec - Perl security
2419 =item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
2421 =item Switches On the "#!" Line
2423 =item Cleaning Up Your Path
2427 =item Protecting Your Programs
2435 =head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
2447 =item Package Constructors and Destructors
2453 =item Making your module threadsafe
2461 =head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
2471 B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
2472 module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
2486 =head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
2492 =item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
2496 =item Pragmatic Modules
2498 attributes, autouse, base, bigint, bignum, bigrat, blib, bytes, charnames,
2499 constant, diagnostics, encoding, fields, filetest, if, integer, less,
2500 locale, open, overload, re, sigtrap, sort, strict, subs, utf8, vars,
2501 vmsish, warnings, warnings::register
2503 =item Standard Modules
2505 AnyDBM_File, Attribute::Handlers, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, Benchmark, CGI,
2506 CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp, CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push,
2507 CGI::Switch, CGI::Util, CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp,
2508 Carp::Heavy, Class::ISA, Class::Struct, Cwd, DB, Devel::SelfStubber,
2509 Digest, DirHandle, Dumpvalue, English, Env, Exporter, Exporter::Heavy,
2510 ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Constant, ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install,
2511 ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist, ExtUtils::MM_BeOS,
2512 ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin, ExtUtils::MM_NW5, ExtUtils::MM_OS2, ExtUtils::MM_Unix,
2513 ExtUtils::MM_VMS, ExtUtils::MM_Win32, ExtUtils::MakeMaker,
2514 ExtUtils::Manifest, ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists,
2515 ExtUtils::Packlist, ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, File::Basename,
2516 File::CheckTree, File::Compare, File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find,
2517 File::Path, File::Spec, File::Spec::Cygwin, File::Spec::Epoc,
2518 File::Spec::Functions, File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Unix,
2519 File::Spec::VMS, File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp, File::stat, FileCache,
2520 FileHandle, Filter::Simple, FindBin, Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, Hash::Util,
2521 I18N::Collate, I18N::LangTags, I18N::LangTags::List, IPC::Open2,
2522 IPC::Open3, Locale::Constants, Locale::Country, Locale::Currency,
2523 Locale::Language, Locale::Maketext, Locale::Maketext::TPJ13,
2524 Locale::Script, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt, Math::BigInt::Calc,
2525 Math::BigRat, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Memoize, Memoize::AnyDBM_File,
2526 Memoize::Expire, Memoize::ExpireFile, Memoize::ExpireTest,
2527 Memoize::NDBM_File, Memoize::SDBM_File, Memoize::Storable, NEXT, Net::Cmd,
2528 Net::Config, Net::Domain, Net::FTP, Net::NNTP, Net::Netrc, Net::POP3,
2529 Net::Ping, Net::SMTP, Net::Time, Net::hostent, Net::libnetFAQ, Net::netent,
2530 Net::protoent, Net::servent, PerlIO, Pod::Checker, Pod::Find,
2531 Pod::Functions, Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Man,
2532 Pod::ParseLink, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Parser, Pod::Plainer, Pod::Select,
2533 Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color, Pod::Text::Overstrike, Pod::Text::Termcap,
2534 Pod::Usage, Pod::t::basic, Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell,
2535 Switch, Symbol, Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap, Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine,
2536 Test, Test::Builder, Test::Harness, Test::Harness::Assert,
2537 Test::Harness::Iterator, Test::Harness::Straps, Test::More, Test::Simple,
2538 Test::Tutorial, Text::Abbrev, Text::Balanced, Text::ParseWords,
2539 Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs, Text::Wrap, Thread, Tie::Array, Tie::File,
2540 Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::Memoize, Tie::RefHash, Tie::Scalar,
2541 Tie::SubstrHash, Time::Local, Time::gmtime, Time::localtime, Time::tm,
2542 UNIVERSAL, Unicode::Collate, Unicode::UCD, User::grent, User::pwent, Win32
2544 =item Extension Modules
2556 =item Central America
2568 =item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
2572 =item Guidelines for Module Creation
2574 =item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
2576 =item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
2584 =head2 perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide
2590 =item QUICK CHECKLIST
2594 =item Before you start
2602 =item Release considerations
2606 =item BEFORE YOU START WRITING A MODULE
2610 =item Has it been done before?
2612 =item Do one thing and do it well
2614 =item What's in a name?
2618 =item DESIGNING AND WRITING YOUR MODULE
2622 =item To OO or not to OO?
2624 =item Designing your API
2626 Write simple routines to do simple things, Separate functionality from
2627 output, Provide sensible shortcuts and defaults, Naming conventions,
2630 =item Strictness and warnings
2632 =item Backwards compatibility
2634 =item Error handling and messages
2638 =item DOCUMENTING YOUR MODULE
2644 =item README, INSTALL, release notes, changelogs
2648 =item RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS
2652 =item Version numbering
2654 =item Pre-requisites
2664 =item COMMON PITFALLS
2668 =item Reinventing the wheel
2670 =item Trying to do too much
2672 =item Inappropriate documentation
2678 L<perlstyle>, L<perlnewmod>, L<perlpod>, L<podchecker>, Testing tools,
2679 http://pause.perl.org/, Any good book on software engineering
2685 =head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
2695 =item What should I make into a module?
2697 =item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground
2699 Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again
2701 =item Step-by-step: Making the module
2703 Start with F<h2xs>, Use L<strict|strict> and L<warnings|warnings>, Use
2704 L<Carp|Carp>, Use L<Exporter|Exporter> - wisely!, Use L<plain old
2705 documentation|perlpod>, Write tests, Write the README
2707 =item Step-by-step: Distributing your module
2709 Get a CPAN user ID, C<perl Makefile.PL; make test; make dist>, Upload the
2710 tarball, Announce to the modules list, Announce to clpa, Fix bugs!
2720 =head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date:
2721 2002/02/21 14:49:15 $)
2731 =item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
2733 =item Which version of Perl should I use?
2735 =item What are perl4 and perl5?
2737 =item What is perl6?
2739 =item How stable is Perl?
2741 =item Is Perl difficult to learn?
2743 =item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
2746 =item Can I do [task] in Perl?
2748 =item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
2750 =item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
2752 =item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
2754 =item What is a JAPH?
2756 =item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
2758 =item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
2759 5/5.6.1/Perl instead of some other language?
2763 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
2767 =head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.9 $,
2768 $Date: 2002/03/09 21:01:13 $)
2776 =item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
2778 =item How can I get a binary version of Perl?
2780 =item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
2782 =item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts
2785 =item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic
2786 loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
2788 =item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
2789 What does CPAN/src/... mean?
2791 =item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?
2793 =item Where can I get information on Perl?
2795 =item What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?
2797 =item Where should I post source code?
2801 References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics
2803 =item Perl in Magazines
2805 =item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
2807 =item What mailing lists are there for Perl?
2809 =item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
2811 =item Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
2813 =item Where do I send bug reports?
2815 =item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? cpan.org?
2819 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
2823 =head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date: 2002/02/11
2832 =item How do I do (anything)?
2834 =item How can I use Perl interactively?
2836 =item Is there a Perl shell?
2838 =item How do I debug my Perl programs?
2840 =item How do I profile my Perl programs?
2842 =item How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
2844 =item Is there a pretty-printer (formatter) for Perl?
2846 =item Is there a ctags for Perl?
2848 =item Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor?
2850 Komodo, The Object System, Open Perl IDE, PerlBuilder, visiPerl+,
2851 CodeMagicCD, GNU Emacs, MicroEMACS, XEmacs, Elvis, Vile, Vim, Codewright,
2852 MultiEdit, SlickEdit, Bash, Ksh, Tcsh, Zsh, BBEdit and BBEdit Lite, Alpha
2854 =item Where can I get Perl macros for vi?
2856 =item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs?
2858 =item How can I use curses with Perl?
2860 =item How can I use X or Tk with Perl?
2862 =item How can I generate simple menus without using CGI or Tk?
2864 =item How can I make my Perl program run faster?
2866 =item How can I make my Perl program take less memory?
2868 Don't slurp!, Use map and grep selectively, Avoid unnecessary quotes and
2869 stringification, Pass by reference, Tie large variables to disk
2871 =item Is it unsafe to return a pointer to local data?
2873 =item How can I free an array or hash so my program shrinks?
2875 =item How can I make my CGI script more efficient?
2877 =item How can I hide the source for my Perl program?
2879 =item How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
2881 =item How can I compile Perl into Java?
2883 =item How can I get C<#!perl> to work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?
2885 =item Can I write useful Perl programs on the command line?
2887 =item Why don't Perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?
2889 =item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
2891 =item Where can I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
2893 =item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]
2895 =item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in
2896 my C program; what am I doing wrong?
2898 =item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean?
2900 =item What's MakeMaker?
2904 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
2908 =head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.19 $, $Date: 2002/03/11
2919 =item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
2920 numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
2922 =item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
2924 =item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()?
2927 =item How do I convert between numeric representations?
2929 B<How do I convert Hexadecimal into decimal:>, B<How do I convert from
2930 decimal to hexadecimal:>, B<How do I convert from octal to decimal:>, B<How
2931 do I convert from decimal to octal:>, B<How do I convert from binary to
2932 decimal:>, B<How do I convert from decimal to binary:>
2934 =item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?
2936 =item How do I multiply matrices?
2938 =item How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
2940 =item How can I output Roman numerals?
2942 =item Why aren't my random numbers random?
2944 =item How do I get a random number between X and Y?
2952 =item How do I find the week-of-the-year/day-of-the-year?
2954 =item How do I find the current century or millennium?
2956 =item How can I compare two dates and find the difference?
2958 =item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
2960 =item How can I find the Julian Day?
2962 =item How do I find yesterday's date?
2964 =item Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?
2972 =item How do I validate input?
2974 =item How do I unescape a string?
2976 =item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
2978 =item How do I expand function calls in a string?
2980 =item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
2982 =item How do I reverse a string?
2984 =item How do I expand tabs in a string?
2986 =item How do I reformat a paragraph?
2988 =item How can I access/change the first N letters of a string?
2990 =item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
2992 =item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
2995 =item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
2997 =item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
2998 [character]? (Comma-separated files)
3000 =item How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?
3002 =item How do I pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?
3004 =item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
3006 =item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
3008 =item How can I expand variables in text strings?
3010 =item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
3012 =item Why don't my <<HERE documents work?
3014 1. There must be no space after the << part, 2. There (probably) should be
3015 a semicolon at the end, 3. You can't (easily) have any space in front of
3024 =item What is the difference between a list and an array?
3026 =item What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?
3028 =item How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array?
3032 =item How can I tell whether a certain element is contained in a list or
3035 =item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
3036 intersection of two arrays?
3038 =item How do I test whether two arrays or hashes are equal?
3040 =item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
3042 =item How do I handle linked lists?
3044 =item How do I handle circular lists?
3046 =item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
3048 =item How do I process/modify each element of an array?
3050 =item How do I select a random element from an array?
3052 =item How do I permute N elements of a list?
3054 =item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
3056 =item How do I manipulate arrays of bits?
3058 =item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
3062 =item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
3066 =item How do I process an entire hash?
3068 =item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
3071 =item How do I look up a hash element by value?
3073 =item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
3075 =item How do I sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
3077 =item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
3079 =item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
3081 =item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
3083 =item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
3085 =item How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
3087 =item How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
3089 =item How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?
3091 =item Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create
3094 =item How can I make the Perl equivalent of a C structure/C++ class/hash or
3095 array of hashes or arrays?
3097 =item How can I use a reference as a hash key?
3105 =item How do I handle binary data correctly?
3107 =item How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?
3109 =item How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
3111 =item How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?
3113 =item How do I define methods for every class/object?
3115 =item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
3117 =item How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?
3121 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
3125 =head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.12 $, $Date: 2002/03/11
3134 =item How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this?
3136 =item How do I change one line in a file/delete a line in a file/insert a
3137 line in the middle of a file/append to the beginning of a file?
3139 =item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
3141 =item How do I make a temporary file name?
3143 =item How can I manipulate fixed-record-length files?
3145 =item How can I make a filehandle local to a subroutine? How do I pass
3146 filehandles between subroutines? How do I make an array of filehandles?
3148 =item How can I use a filehandle indirectly?
3150 =item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
3152 =item How can I write() into a string?
3154 =item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
3156 =item How can I translate tildes (~) in a filename?
3158 =item How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?
3160 =item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use <*>?
3162 =item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
3164 =item How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing blanks?
3166 =item How can I reliably rename a file?
3168 =item How can I lock a file?
3170 =item Why can't I just open(FH, ">file.lock")?
3172 =item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in
3173 the file. How can I do this?
3175 =item All I want to do is append a small amount of text to the end of a
3176 file. Do I still have to use locking?
3178 =item How do I randomly update a binary file?
3180 =item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
3182 =item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
3184 =item How do I print to more than one file at once?
3186 =item How can I read in an entire file all at once?
3188 =item How can I read in a file by paragraphs?
3190 =item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
3192 =item How can I tell whether there's a character waiting on a filehandle?
3194 =item How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl?
3196 =item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
3198 =item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
3200 =item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? Why doesn't
3201 `C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
3203 =item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
3205 =item Why does Perl let me delete read-only files? Why does C<-i> clobber
3206 protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl?
3208 =item How do I select a random line from a file?
3210 =item Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?
3214 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
3218 =head2 perlfaq6 - Regular Expressions ($Revision: 1.8 $, $Date: 2002/01/31
3227 =item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
3228 and unmaintainable code?
3230 Comments Outside the Regex, Comments Inside the Regex, Different Delimiters
3232 =item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
3234 =item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
3237 =item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
3239 =item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS while preserving
3242 =item How can I make C<\w> match national character sets?
3244 =item How can I match a locale-smart version of C</[a-zA-Z]/>?
3246 =item How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?
3248 =item What is C</o> really for?
3250 =item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
3253 =item Can I use Perl regular expressions to match balanced text?
3255 =item What does it mean that regexes are greedy? How can I get around it?
3257 =item How do I process each word on each line?
3259 =item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
3261 =item How can I do approximate matching?
3263 =item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
3265 =item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
3267 =item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
3269 =item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
3271 =item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
3273 =item What's wrong with using grep or map in a void context?
3275 =item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
3277 =item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
3281 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
3285 =head2 perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date:
3286 2002/01/31 04:27:55 $)
3294 =item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
3296 =item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
3299 =item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
3302 =item How do I skip some return values?
3304 =item How do I temporarily block warnings?
3306 =item What's an extension?
3308 =item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
3310 =item How do I declare/create a structure?
3312 =item How do I create a module?
3314 =item How do I create a class?
3316 =item How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
3318 =item What's a closure?
3320 =item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
3322 =item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
3325 Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexes,
3328 =item How do I create a static variable?
3330 =item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping?
3331 Between local() and my()?
3333 =item How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical
3336 =item What's the difference between deep and shallow binding?
3338 =item Why doesn't "my($foo) = <FILE>;" work right?
3340 =item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method?
3342 =item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
3344 =item How do I create a switch or case statement?
3346 =item How can I catch accesses to undefined variables/functions/methods?
3348 =item Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
3350 =item How can I find out my current package?
3352 =item How can I comment out a large block of perl code?
3354 =item How do I clear a package?
3356 =item How can I use a variable as a variable name?
3360 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
3364 =head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2002/01/28
3373 =item How do I find out which operating system I'm running under?
3375 =item How come exec() doesn't return?
3377 =item How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?
3379 Keyboard, Screen, Mouse
3381 =item How do I print something out in color?
3383 =item How do I read just one key without waiting for a return key?
3385 =item How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard?
3387 =item How do I clear the screen?
3389 =item How do I get the screen size?
3391 =item How do I ask the user for a password?
3393 =item How do I read and write the serial port?
3395 lockfiles, open mode, end of line, flushing output, non-blocking input
3397 =item How do I decode encrypted password files?
3399 =item How do I start a process in the background?
3401 STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR are shared, Signals, Zombies
3403 =item How do I trap control characters/signals?
3405 =item How do I modify the shadow password file on a Unix system?
3407 =item How do I set the time and date?
3409 =item How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second?
3411 =item How can I measure time under a second?
3413 =item How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling)
3415 =item Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? What
3416 does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean?
3418 =item How can I call my system's unique C functions from Perl?
3420 =item Where do I get the include files to do ioctl() or syscall()?
3422 =item Why do setuid perl scripts complain about kernel problems?
3424 =item How can I open a pipe both to and from a command?
3426 =item Why can't I get the output of a command with system()?
3428 =item How can I capture STDERR from an external command?
3430 =item Why doesn't open() return an error when a pipe open fails?
3432 =item What's wrong with using backticks in a void context?
3434 =item How can I call backticks without shell processing?
3436 =item Why can't my script read from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix,
3439 =item How can I convert my shell script to perl?
3441 =item Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session?
3443 =item How can I write expect in Perl?
3445 =item Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as
3448 =item I {changed directory, modified my environment} in a perl script. How
3449 come the change disappeared when I exited the script? How do I get my
3450 changes to be visible?
3454 =item How do I close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to
3457 =item How do I fork a daemon process?
3459 =item How do I find out if I'm running interactively or not?
3461 =item How do I timeout a slow event?
3463 =item How do I set CPU limits?
3465 =item How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system?
3467 =item How do I use an SQL database?
3469 =item How do I make a system() exit on control-C?
3471 =item How do I open a file without blocking?
3473 =item How do I install a module from CPAN?
3475 =item What's the difference between require and use?
3477 =item How do I keep my own module/library directory?
3479 =item How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library
3482 =item How do I add a directory to my include path at runtime?
3484 =item What is socket.ph and where do I get it?
3488 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
3492 =head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date: 2002/01/28 04:17:27
3501 =item What is the correct form of response from a CGI script?
3503 =item My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500
3506 =item How can I get better error messages from a CGI program?
3508 =item How do I remove HTML from a string?
3510 =item How do I extract URLs?
3512 =item How do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a
3513 file on another machine?
3515 =item How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?
3517 =item How do I fetch an HTML file?
3519 =item How do I automate an HTML form submission?
3521 =item How do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web?
3523 =item How do I redirect to another page?
3525 =item How do I put a password on my web pages?
3527 =item How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?
3529 =item How do I make sure users can't enter values into a form that cause my
3530 CGI script to do bad things?
3532 =item How do I parse a mail header?
3534 =item How do I decode a CGI form?
3536 =item How do I check a valid mail address?
3538 =item How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string?
3540 =item How do I return the user's mail address?
3542 =item How do I send mail?
3544 =item How do I use MIME to make an attachment to a mail message?
3546 =item How do I read mail?
3548 =item How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address?
3550 =item How do I fetch a news article or the active newsgroups?
3552 =item How do I fetch/put an FTP file?
3554 =item How can I do RPC in Perl?
3558 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
3562 =head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
3572 B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
3576 =item Using The Back Ends
3580 =item The Cross Referencing Back End
3584 =item The Decompiling Back End
3586 =item The Lint Back End
3588 =item The Simple C Back End
3590 =item The Bytecode Back End
3592 =item The Optimized C Back End
3596 =item Module List for the Compiler Suite
3598 B, O, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC,
3599 B::Concise, B::Debug, B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex,
3600 B::Stackobj, B::Stash, B::Terse, B::Xref
3602 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
3608 =head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
3618 B<Use C from Perl?>, B<Use a Unix program from Perl?>, B<Use Perl from
3619 Perl?>, B<Use C from C?>, B<Use Perl from C?>
3623 =item Compiling your C program
3625 =item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
3627 =item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
3629 =item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
3631 =item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
3633 =item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
3635 =item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
3637 =item Execution of END blocks
3639 =item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
3641 =item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
3646 =item Embedding Perl under Win32
3656 =head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
3662 =item Debugger Internals
3666 =item Writing Your Own Debugger
3670 =item Frame Listing Output Examples
3672 =item Debugging regular expressions
3676 =item Compile-time output
3678 C<anchored> I<STRING> C<at> I<POS>, C<floating> I<STRING> C<at>
3679 I<POS1..POS2>, C<matching floating/anchored>, C<minlen>, C<stclass>
3680 I<TYPE>, C<noscan>, C<isall>, C<GPOS>, C<plus>, C<implicit>, C<with eval>,
3683 =item Types of nodes
3685 =item Run-time output
3689 =item Debugging Perl memory usage
3693 =item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
3695 C<buckets SMALLEST(APPROX)..GREATEST(APPROX)>, Free/Used, C<Total sbrk():
3696 SBRKed/SBRKs:CONTINUOUS>, C<pad: 0>, C<heads: 2192>, C<chain: 0>, C<tail:
3699 =item Example of using B<-DL> switch
3701 C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
3703 =item B<-DL> details
3707 =item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
3715 =head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
3727 =item Version caveat
3729 =item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
3741 =item What has gone on?
3743 =item Writing good test scripts
3747 =item What's new here?
3749 =item Input and Output Parameters
3751 =item The XSUBPP Program
3753 =item The TYPEMAP file
3755 =item Warning about Output Arguments
3759 =item What has happened here?
3761 =item Anatomy of .xs file
3763 =item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
3765 =item More about XSUB arguments
3767 =item The Argument Stack
3769 =item Extending your Extension
3771 =item Documenting your Extension
3773 =item Installing your Extension
3777 =item New Things in this Example
3781 =item New Things in this Example
3783 =item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
3785 =item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
3787 =item EXAMPLE 9 (Coming Soon)
3789 =item Troubleshooting these Examples
3805 =head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
3817 =item The Anatomy of an XSUB
3819 =item The Argument Stack
3821 =item The RETVAL Variable
3823 =item The MODULE Keyword
3825 =item The PACKAGE Keyword
3827 =item The PREFIX Keyword
3829 =item The OUTPUT: Keyword
3831 =item The NO_OUTPUT Keyword
3833 =item The CODE: Keyword
3835 =item The INIT: Keyword
3837 =item The NO_INIT Keyword
3839 =item Initializing Function Parameters
3841 =item Default Parameter Values
3843 =item The PREINIT: Keyword
3845 =item The SCOPE: Keyword
3847 =item The INPUT: Keyword
3849 =item The IN/OUTLIST/IN_OUTLIST/OUT/IN_OUT Keywords
3851 =item The C<length(NAME)> Keyword
3853 =item Variable-length Parameter Lists
3855 =item The C_ARGS: Keyword
3857 =item The PPCODE: Keyword
3859 =item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
3861 =item The REQUIRE: Keyword
3863 =item The CLEANUP: Keyword
3865 =item The POSTCALL: Keyword
3867 =item The BOOT: Keyword
3869 =item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
3871 =item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
3873 =item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
3875 =item The ALIAS: Keyword
3877 =item The OVERLOAD: Keyword
3879 =item The INTERFACE: Keyword
3881 =item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
3883 =item The INCLUDE: Keyword
3885 =item The CASE: Keyword
3887 =item The & Unary Operator
3889 =item Inserting POD, Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
3891 =item Using XS With C++
3893 =item Interface Strategy
3895 =item Perl Objects And C Structures
3899 =item Safely Storing Static Data in XS
3901 MY_CXT_KEY, typedef my_cxt_t, START_MY_CXT, MY_CXT_INIT, dMY_CXT, MY_CXT
3913 =head2 perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions
3923 C<t>, C<p>, C<n>, C<s>
3925 =item File Operations
3927 =item File Input and Output
3929 =item File Positioning
3931 =item Memory Management and String Handling
3933 =item Character Class Tests
3935 =item F<stdlib.h> functions
3937 =item Miscellaneous functions
3945 =head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
3957 =item What is an "IV"?
3959 =item Working with SVs
3963 =item What's Really Stored in an SV?
3965 =item Working with AVs
3967 =item Working with HVs
3969 =item Hash API Extensions
3973 =item Blessed References and Class Objects
3975 =item Creating New Variables
3977 =item Reference Counts and Mortality
3979 =item Stashes and Globs
3981 =item Double-Typed SVs
3983 =item Magic Variables
3985 =item Assigning Magic
3987 =item Magic Virtual Tables
3991 =item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
3993 =item Localizing changes
3995 C<SAVEINT(int i)>, C<SAVEIV(IV i)>, C<SAVEI32(I32 i)>, C<SAVELONG(long i)>,
3996 C<SAVESPTR(s)>, C<SAVEPPTR(p)>, C<SAVEFREESV(SV *sv)>, C<SAVEMORTALIZESV(SV
3997 *sv)>, C<SAVEFREEOP(OP *op)>, C<SAVEFREEPV(p)>, C<SAVECLEARSV(SV *sv)>,
3998 C<SAVEDELETE(HV *hv, char *key, I32 length)>,
3999 C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR(DESTRUCTORFUNC_NOCONTEXT_t f, void *p)>,
4000 C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR_X(DESTRUCTORFUNC_t f, void *p)>, C<SAVESTACK_POS()>, C<SV*
4001 save_scalar(GV *gv)>, C<AV* save_ary(GV *gv)>, C<HV* save_hash(GV *gv)>,
4002 C<void save_item(SV *item)>, C<void save_list(SV **sarg, I32 maxsarg)>,
4003 C<SV* save_svref(SV **sptr)>, C<void save_aptr(AV **aptr)>, C<void
4004 save_hptr(HV **hptr)>
4012 =item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
4014 =item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
4016 =item Memory Allocation
4020 =item Putting a C value on Perl stack
4024 =item Scratchpads and recursion
4034 =item Examining the tree
4036 =item Compile pass 1: check routines
4038 =item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
4040 =item Compile pass 2: context propagation
4042 =item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
4044 =item Pluggable runops
4048 =item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions
4050 =item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
4054 =item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
4056 =item So what happened to dTHR?
4058 =item How do I use all this in extensions?
4060 =item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads?
4062 =item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
4066 =item Internal Functions
4068 A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, j, x
4072 =item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs
4074 =item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer
4076 =item Source Documentation
4080 =item Unicode Support
4084 =item What B<is> Unicode, anyway?
4086 =item How can I recognise a UTF8 string?
4088 =item How does UTF8 represent Unicode characters?
4090 =item How does Perl store UTF8 strings?
4092 =item How do I convert a string to UTF8?
4094 =item Is there anything else I need to know?
4098 =item Custom Operators
4106 =head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
4112 An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
4114 =item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
4116 call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
4136 =item Determining the Context
4140 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
4146 =item No Parameters, Nothing returned
4148 =item Passing Parameters
4150 =item Returning a Scalar
4152 =item Returning a list of values
4154 =item Returning a list in a scalar context
4156 =item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
4160 =item Using G_KEEPERR
4164 =item Using call_argv
4166 =item Using call_method
4170 =item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
4172 =item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
4174 1. Ignore the problem - Allow only 1 callback, 2. Create a sequence of
4175 callbacks - hard wired limit, 3. Use a parameter to map to the Perl
4178 =item Alternate Stack Manipulation
4180 =item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
4192 =head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
4202 L<perldoc|perldoc>, L<pod2man|pod2man> and L<pod2text|pod2text>,
4203 L<pod2html|pod2html> and L<pod2latex|pod2latex>, L<pod2usage|pod2usage>,
4204 L<podselect|podselect>, L<podchecker|podchecker>, L<splain|splain>,
4205 L<roffitall|roffitall>
4209 L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
4211 =item Administration
4213 L<libnetcfg|libnetcfg>
4217 L<perlbug|perlbug>, L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph> and L<pstruct|pstruct>,
4218 L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>, L<perlcc|perlcc>
4226 =head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
4236 =item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
4238 =item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
4240 B<Decryption Filters>
4242 =item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
4244 =item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
4246 =item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
4258 =head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
4266 B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
4267 B<filter_fetch_value>
4273 =item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
4275 =item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
4285 =head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
4291 =item "Gimme" Values
4293 GIMME, GIMME_V, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID
4295 =item Array Manipulation Functions
4297 AvFILL, av_clear, av_delete, av_exists, av_extend, av_fetch, av_fill,
4298 av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push, av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift,
4299 get_av, newAV, Nullav, sortsv
4301 =item Callback Functions
4303 call_argv, call_method, call_pv, call_sv, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv,
4304 FREETMPS, LEAVE, SAVETMPS
4306 =item Character classes
4308 isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, toLOWER, toUPPER
4310 =item Cloning an interpreter
4314 =item CV Manipulation Functions
4316 CvSTASH, get_cv, Nullcv
4318 =item Embedding Functions
4320 load_module, nothreadhook, perl_alloc, perl_construct, perl_destruct,
4321 perl_free, perl_parse, perl_run, require_pv
4323 =item Functions in file pp_pack.c
4325 pack_cat, unpack_str
4327 =item Global Variables
4329 PL_modglobal, PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes
4333 GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_fetchmethod_autoload,
4334 gv_fetchmeth_autoload, gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv
4338 HEf_SVKEY, Nullch, Nullsv
4340 =item Hash Manipulation Functions
4342 get_hv, HeHASH, HeKEY, HeKLEN, HePV, HeSVKEY, HeSVKEY_force, HeSVKEY_set,
4343 HeVAL, HvNAME, hv_clear, hv_delete, hv_delete_ent, hv_exists,
4344 hv_exists_ent, hv_fetch, hv_fetch_ent, hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey,
4345 hv_iterkeysv, hv_iternext, hv_iternextsv, hv_iterval, hv_magic, hv_store,
4346 hv_store_ent, hv_undef, newHV, Nullhv
4348 =item Magical Functions
4350 mg_clear, mg_copy, mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, mg_length, mg_magical, mg_set,
4351 SvGETMAGIC, SvLOCK, SvSETMAGIC, SvSetMagicSV, SvSetMagicSV_nosteal,
4352 SvSetSV, SvSetSV_nosteal, SvSHARE
4354 =item Memory Management
4356 Copy, Move, New, Newc, NEWSV, Newz, Renew, Renewc, Safefree, savepv,
4357 savepvn, savesharedpv, StructCopy, Zero
4359 =item Miscellaneous Functions
4361 fbm_compile, fbm_instr, form, getcwd_sv, strEQ, strGE, strGT, strLE, strLT,
4362 strNE, strnEQ, strnNE
4364 =item Numeric functions
4366 grok_bin, grok_hex, grok_number, grok_numeric_radix, grok_oct, scan_bin,
4369 =item Optree Manipulation Functions
4371 cv_const_sv, newCONSTSUB, newXS
4373 =item Stack Manipulation Macros
4375 dMARK, dORIGMARK, dSP, EXTEND, MARK, ORIGMARK, POPi, POPl, POPn, POPp,
4376 POPpbytex, POPpx, POPs, PUSHi, PUSHMARK, PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUSHu,
4377 PUTBACK, SP, SPAGAIN, XPUSHi, XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs, XPUSHu, XSRETURN,
4378 XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV, XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF,
4379 XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNO, XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES
4383 svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG
4385 =item SV Manipulation Functions
4387 get_sv, looks_like_number, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, newSV, newSViv, newSVnv,
4388 newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVpvn_share, newSVrv, newSVsv, newSVuv,
4389 new_vstring, SvCUR, SvCUR_set, SvEND, SvGROW, SvIOK, SvIOKp, SvIOK_notUV,
4390 SvIOK_off, SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only, SvIOK_only_UV, SvIOK_UV, SvIV, SvIVx,
4391 SvIVX, SvLEN, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp, SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, SvNOKp, SvNOK_off,
4392 SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVX, SvNVx, SvOK, SvOOK, SvPOK, SvPOKp,
4393 SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only, SvPOK_only_UTF8, SvPV, SvPVbyte,
4394 SvPVbytex, SvPVbytex_force, SvPVbyte_force, SvPVbyte_nolen, SvPVutf8,
4395 SvPVutf8x, SvPVutf8x_force, SvPVutf8_force, SvPVutf8_nolen, SvPVx, SvPVX,
4396 SvPV_force, SvPV_force_nomg, SvPV_nolen, SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec,
4397 SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK, SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV, SvSTASH, SvTAINT,
4398 SvTAINTED, SvTAINTED_off, SvTAINTED_on, SvTRUE, SvTYPE, SvUNLOCK, SvUOK,
4399 SvUPGRADE, SvUTF8, SvUTF8_off, SvUTF8_on, SvUV, SvUVX, SvUVx, sv_2bool,
4400 sv_2cv, sv_2io, sv_2iv, sv_2mortal, sv_2nv, sv_2pvbyte, sv_2pvbyte_nolen,
4401 sv_2pvutf8, sv_2pvutf8_nolen, sv_2pv_flags, sv_2pv_nolen, sv_2uv,
4402 sv_backoff, sv_bless, sv_catpv, sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg, sv_catpvn,
4403 sv_catpvn_flags, sv_catpvn_mg, sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv, sv_catsv_flags,
4404 sv_catsv_mg, sv_chop, sv_clear, sv_cmp, sv_cmp_locale, sv_collxfrm,
4405 sv_copypv, sv_dec, sv_derived_from, sv_eq, sv_force_normal,
4406 sv_force_normal_flags, sv_free, sv_gets, sv_grow, sv_inc, sv_insert,
4407 sv_isa, sv_isobject, sv_iv, sv_len, sv_len_utf8, sv_magic, sv_magicext,
4408 sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, sv_newref, sv_nolocking, sv_nosharing,
4409 sv_nounlocking, sv_nv, sv_pos_b2u, sv_pos_u2b, sv_pv, sv_pvbyte,
4410 sv_pvbyten, sv_pvbyten_force, sv_pvn, sv_pvn_force, sv_pvn_force_flags,
4411 sv_pvutf8, sv_pvutf8n, sv_pvutf8n_force, sv_reftype, sv_replace,
4412 sv_report_used, sv_reset, sv_rvweaken, sv_setiv, sv_setiv_mg, sv_setnv,
4413 sv_setnv_mg, sv_setpv, sv_setpvf, sv_setpvf_mg, sv_setpviv, sv_setpviv_mg,
4414 sv_setpvn, sv_setpvn_mg, sv_setpv_mg, sv_setref_iv, sv_setref_nv,
4415 sv_setref_pv, sv_setref_pvn, sv_setref_uv, sv_setsv, sv_setsv_flags,
4416 sv_setsv_mg, sv_setuv, sv_setuv_mg, sv_taint, sv_tainted, sv_true,
4417 sv_unmagic, sv_unref, sv_unref_flags, sv_untaint, sv_upgrade, sv_usepvn,
4418 sv_usepvn_mg, sv_utf8_decode, sv_utf8_downgrade, sv_utf8_encode,
4419 sv_utf8_upgrade, sv_utf8_upgrade_flags, sv_uv, sv_vcatpvfn, sv_vsetpvfn
4421 =item Unicode Support
4423 bytes_from_utf8, bytes_to_utf8, ibcmp_utf8, is_utf8_char, is_utf8_string,
4424 pv_uni_display, sv_recode_to_utf8, sv_uni_display, to_utf8_case,
4425 to_utf8_fold, to_utf8_lower, to_utf8_title, to_utf8_upper, utf8n_to_uvchr,
4426 utf8n_to_uvuni, utf8_distance, utf8_hop, utf8_length, utf8_to_bytes,
4427 utf8_to_uvchr, utf8_to_uvuni, uvchr_to_utf8, uvuni_to_utf8_flags
4429 =item Variables created by C<xsubpp> and C<xsubpp> internal functions
4431 ax, CLASS, dAX, dITEMS, dXSARGS, dXSI32, items, ix, newXSproto, RETVAL, ST,
4432 THIS, XS, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK
4434 =item Warning and Dieing
4444 =head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
4451 =item Global Variables
4453 PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv,
4464 =item Pad Data Structures
4468 =item Stack Manipulation Macros
4472 =item SV Manipulation Functions
4474 report_uninit, sv_add_arena, sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs, sv_free_arenas
4482 =head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
4492 =item History and Background
4494 =item Layers vs Disciplines
4496 =item Data Structures
4498 =item Functions and Attributes
4500 =item Per-instance Data
4502 =item Layers in action.
4504 =item Per-instance flag bits
4506 PERLIO_F_EOF, PERLIO_F_CANWRITE, PERLIO_F_CANREAD, PERLIO_F_ERROR,
4507 PERLIO_F_TRUNCATE, PERLIO_F_APPEND, PERLIO_F_CRLF, PERLIO_F_UTF8,
4508 PERLIO_F_UNBUF, PERLIO_F_WRBUF, PERLIO_F_RDBUF, PERLIO_F_LINEBUF,
4509 PERLIO_F_TEMP, PERLIO_F_OPEN, PERLIO_F_FASTGETS
4511 =item Methods in Detail
4513 name, size, kind, PERLIO_K_BUFFERED, PERLIO_K_CANCRLF, PERLIO_K_FASTGETS,
4514 PERLIO_K_MULTIARG, PERLIO_K_RAW, Pushed, Popped, Open, Getarg, Fileno, Dup,
4515 Read, Write, Seek, Tell, Close, Flush, Fill, Eof, Error, Clearerr,
4516 Setlinebuf, Get_base, Get_bufsiz, Get_ptr, Get_cnt, Set_ptrcnt
4520 "unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8"
4522 =item Extension Layers
4524 ":encoding", ":Scalar", ":Object" or ":Perl"
4532 =head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
4540 1. USE_STDIO, 2. USE_SFIO, 3. USE_PERLIO, B<PerlIO_stdin()>,
4541 B<PerlIO_stdout()>, B<PerlIO_stderr()>, B<PerlIO_open(path, mode)>,
4542 B<PerlIO_fdopen(fd,mode)>, B<PerlIO_reopen(path,mode,f)>,
4543 B<PerlIO_printf(f,fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_vprintf(f,fmt,a)>,
4544 B<PerlIO_stdoutf(fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_read(f,buf,count)>,
4545 B<PerlIO_write(f,buf,count)>, B<PerlIO_close(f)>, B<PerlIO_puts(f,s)>,
4546 B<PerlIO_putc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_ungetc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_getc(f)>,
4547 B<PerlIO_eof(f)>, B<PerlIO_error(f)>, B<PerlIO_fileno(f)>,
4548 B<PerlIO_clearerr(f)>, B<PerlIO_flush(f)>, B<PerlIO_seek(f,offset,whence)>,
4549 B<PerlIO_tell(f)>, B<PerlIO_getpos(f,p)>, B<PerlIO_setpos(f,p)>,
4550 B<PerlIO_rewind(f)>, B<PerlIO_tmpfile()>, B<PerlIO_setlinebuf(f)>
4554 =item Co-existence with stdio
4556 B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,flags)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,flags)>,
4557 B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>, B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>
4559 =item "Fast gets" Functions
4561 B<PerlIO_fast_gets(f)>, B<PerlIO_has_cntptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_cnt(f)>,
4562 B<PerlIO_get_ptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_set_ptrcnt(f,p,c)>, B<PerlIO_canset_cnt(f)>,
4563 B<PerlIO_set_cnt(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_has_base(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_base(f)>,
4564 B<PerlIO_get_bufsiz(f)>
4566 =item Other Functions
4568 PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers),
4569 'E<lt>' read, 'E<gt>' write, '+' read/write, PerlIO_debug(fmt,...)
4575 =head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
4581 =item To do during 5.6.x
4585 =item Support for I/O disciplines
4587 =item Autoload bytes.pm
4589 =item Make "\u{XXXX}" et al work
4591 =item Create a char *sv_pvprintify(sv, STRLEN *lenp, UV flags)
4593 =item Overloadable regex assertions
4597 =item use Thread for iThreads
4599 =item make perl_clone optionally clone ops
4601 =item Work out exit/die semantics for threads
4603 =item Typed lexicals for compiler
4605 =item Compiler workarounds for Win32
4607 =item AUTOLOADing in the compiler
4609 =item Fixing comppadlist when compiling
4611 =item Cleaning up exported namespace
4613 =item Complete signal handling
4615 =item Out-of-source builds
4617 =item POSIX realtime support
4619 =item UNIX98 support
4623 =item Long double conversion
4627 =item Thread-safe regexes
4629 =item Arithmetic on non-Arabic numerals
4631 =item POSIX Unicode character classes
4633 =item Factoring out common suffices/prefices in regexps (trie optimization)
4635 =item Security audit shipped utilities
4637 =item Sort out the uid-setting mess
4639 =item Custom opcodes
4641 =item DLL Versioning
4643 =item Introduce @( and @)
4645 =item Floating point handling
4647 =item IV/UV preservation
4649 =item Replace pod2html with something using Pod::Parser
4651 =item Automate module testing on CPAN
4653 =item sendmsg and recvmsg
4655 =item Rewrite perlre documentation
4657 =item Convert example code to IO::Handle filehandles
4659 =item Document Win32 choices
4661 =item Check new modules
4663 =item Make roffitall find pods and libs itself
4667 =item To do at some point
4671 =item Remove regular expression recursion
4673 =item Memory leaks after failed eval
4675 =item bitfields in pack
4677 =item Cross compilation
4679 =item Perl preprocessor / macros
4681 =item Perl lexer in Perl
4683 =item Using POSIX calls internally
4685 =item -i rename file when changed
4687 =item All ARGV input should act like E<lt>E<gt>
4689 =item Support for rerunning debugger
4691 =item Test Suite for the Debugger
4693 =item my sub foo { }
4695 =item One-pass global destruction
4697 =item Rewrite regexp parser
4699 =item Cache recently used regexps
4701 =item Re-entrant functions
4703 =item Cross-compilation support
4705 =item Bit-shifting bitvectors
4707 =item debugger pragma
4709 =item use less pragma
4711 =item switch structures
4713 =item Cache eval tree
4717 =item Shrink opcode tables
4719 =item Optimize away @_
4721 =item Prototypes versus indirect objects
4725 =item Prototype method calls
4727 =item Return context prototype declarations
4731 =item Garbage collection
4735 =item Rewrite perldoc
4737 =item Install .3p manpages
4739 =item Unicode tutorial
4741 =item Update POSIX.pm for 1003.1-2
4743 =item Retargetable installation
4745 =item POSIX emulation on non-POSIX systems
4747 =item Rename Win32 headers
4749 =item Finish off lvalue functions
4751 =item Update sprintf documentation
4753 =item Use fchown/fchmod internally
4755 =item Make v-strings overloaded objects
4757 =item Allow restricted hash assignment
4765 =item ref() in list context
4767 =item Make tr/// return histogram of characters in list context
4769 =item Compile to real threaded code
4771 =item Structured types
4773 =item Modifiable $1 et al.
4775 =item Procedural interfaces for IO::*, etc.
4779 =item Attach/detach debugger from running program
4783 =item foreach(reverse ...)
4785 =item Constant function cache
4787 =item Approximate regular expression matching
4795 =item Update guts documentation
4797 =item Add more tests
4799 =item Update auxiliary tools
4803 =item Recently done things
4807 =item Alternative RE syntax module
4809 =item Safe signal handling
4815 =item setitimer and getimiter
4817 =item Testing __DIE__ hook
4819 =item CPP equivalent in Perl
4821 =item Explicit switch statements
4829 =item perlcc to produce executable
4831 =item END blocks saved in compiled output
4833 =item Secure temporary file module
4835 =item Integrate Time::HiRes
4837 =item Turn Cwd into XS
4839 =item Mmap for input
4841 =item Byte to/from UTF8 and UTF8 to/from local conversion
4843 =item Add sockatmark support
4845 =item Mailing list archives
4849 =item Integrate MacPerl
4851 =item Web "nerve center" for Perl
4853 =item Regular expression tutorial
4855 =item Debugging Tutorial
4857 =item Integrate new modules
4859 =item Integrate profiler
4861 =item Y2K error detection
4863 =item Regular expression debugger
4867 =item "Dynamic" lexicals
4869 =item Cache precompiled modules
4873 =item Deprecated Wishes
4877 =item Loop control on do{}
4879 =item Lexically scoped typeglobs
4885 =item Generalised want()/caller())
4887 =item Named prototypes
4889 =item Built-in globbing
4891 =item Regression tests for suidperl
4893 =item Cached hash values
4895 =item Add compression modules
4897 =item Reorganise documentation into tutorials/references
4899 =item Remove distinction between functions and operators
4901 =item Make XS easier to use
4903 =item Make embedding easier to use
4907 =item my $Package::variable
4909 =item "or" tests defined, not truth
4911 =item "class"-based lexicals
4915 =item Lazy evaluation / tail recursion removal
4917 =item Make "use utf8" the default
4919 =item Unicode collation and normalization
4921 =item Create debugging macros
4923 =item truncate to the people
4925 =item pack/unpack tutorial
4931 =head2 perlhack - How to hack at the Perl internals
4937 Does concept match the general goals of Perl?, Where is the
4938 implementation?, Backwards compatibility, Could it be a module instead?, Is
4939 the feature generic enough?, Does it potentially introduce new bugs?, Does
4940 it preclude other desirable features?, Is the implementation robust?, Is
4941 the implementation generic enough to be portable?, Is the implementation
4942 tested?, Is there enough documentation?, Is there another way to do it?,
4943 Does it create too much work?, Patches speak louder than words
4947 =item Keeping in sync
4949 rsync'ing the source tree, Using rsync over the LAN, Using pushing over the
4950 NFS, rsync'ing the patches
4952 =item Why rsync the source tree
4954 It's easier to rsync the source tree, It's more recent, It's more reliable
4956 =item Why rsync the patches
4958 It's easier to rsync the patches, It's a good reference, Finding a start
4959 point, Finding how to fix a bug, Finding the source of misbehaviour
4961 =item Perlbug remote interface
4963 1 http://bugs.perl.org, 2 bugdb@perl.org, 3
4964 commands_and_bugdids@bugs.perl.org, notes, patches, tests
4966 =item Submitting patches
4968 L<perlguts>, L<perlxstut> and L<perlxs>, L<perlapi>,
4969 F<Porting/pumpkin.pod>, The perl5-porters FAQ
4971 =item Finding Your Way Around
4973 Core modules, Tests, Documentation, Configure, Interpreter
4975 =item Elements of the interpreter
4977 Startup, Parsing, Optimization, Running
4979 =item Internal Variable Types
4985 Argument stack, Mark stack, Save stack
4987 =item Millions of Macros
4989 =item Poking at Perl
4991 =item Using a source-level debugger
4993 run [args], break function_name, break source.c:xxx, step, next, continue,
4994 finish, 'enter', print
4996 =item Dumping Perl Data Structures
5000 =item Patching a core module
5002 =item Adding a new function to the core
5004 =item Writing a test
5006 F<t/base/>, F<t/cmd/>, F<t/comp/>, F<t/io/>, F<t/lib/>, F<t/op/>,
5007 F<t/pod/>, F<t/run/>, t/base t/comp, t/cmd t/run t/io t/op, t/lib ext lib
5011 =item EXTERNAL TOOLS FOR DEBUGGING PERL
5015 =item Rational Software's Purify
5017 =item Purify on Unix
5019 -Accflags=-DPURIFY, -Doptimize='-g', -Uusemymalloc, -Dusemultiplicity
5023 DEFINES, USE_MULTI = define, #PERL_MALLOC = define, CFG = Debug
5025 =item Compaq's/Digital's Third Degree
5027 =item PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL
5031 =item Gprof Profiling
5033 -a, -b, -e routine, -f routine, -s, -z
5035 =item GCC gcov Profiling
5037 =item Pixie Profiling
5039 -h, -l, -p[rocedures], -h[eavy], -i[nvocations], -l[ines], -testcoverage,
5042 =item Miscellaneous tricks
5046 I<The Road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began.>
5054 =head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
5062 =item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
5074 =item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
5076 =item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
5080 =item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
5084 =head2 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.8.0
5090 =item Highlights In 5.8.0
5092 =item Incompatible Changes
5096 =item 64-bit platforms and malloc
5098 =item AIX Dynaloading
5100 =item Attributes for C<my> variables now handled at run-time.
5102 =item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
5104 =item IEEE-format Floating Point Default on OpenVMS Alpha
5106 =item New Unicode Properties
5108 =item REF(...) Instead Of SCALAR(...)
5110 =item pack/unpack D/F recycled
5116 =item Core Enhancements
5120 =item PerlIO is Now The Default
5124 =item Unicode Overhaul
5126 =item Understanding of Numbers
5128 =item Miscellaneous Changes
5132 =item Modules and Pragmata
5136 =item New Modules and Pragmata
5138 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
5142 =item Utility Changes
5144 =item New Documentation
5146 =item Performance Enhancements
5148 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5152 =item Generic Improvements
5154 =item New Or Improved Platforms
5158 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5162 =item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
5166 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5168 =item Changed Internals
5170 =item Security Vulnerability Closed
5174 =item Known Problems
5180 =item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
5182 =item FreeBSD Failing locale Test 117 For ISO8859-15 Locales
5184 =item mod_perl 1.26 Doesn't Build With Threaded Perl
5186 =item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
5188 =item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
5190 =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
5194 =item op/sprintf tests 91, 129, and 130
5196 =item Failure of Thread (5.005-style) tests
5200 =item UNICOS and UNICOS/mk
5210 =item XML::Parser not working
5212 =item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
5216 =item Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken
5218 =item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
5220 =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
5222 =item Unicode Support on EBCDIC Still Spotty
5224 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
5226 =item The Long Double Support Is Still Experimental
5228 =item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
5232 =item Reporting Bugs
5240 =head2 perl572delta - what's new for perl v5.7.2
5246 =item Security Vulnerability Closed
5248 =item Incompatible Changes
5252 =item 64-bit platforms and malloc
5254 =item AIX Dynaloading
5256 =item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
5258 =item Different Definition of the Unicode Character Classes \p{In...}
5264 =item Core Enhancements
5266 =item Modules and Pragmata
5270 =item New Modules and Distributions
5272 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
5276 =item Utility Changes
5278 =item New Documentation
5280 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5284 =item New Or Improved Platforms
5286 =item Generic Improvements
5290 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5294 =item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
5298 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5300 =item Source Code Enhancements
5304 =item MAGIC constants
5306 =item Better commented code
5308 =item Regex pre-/post-compilation items matched up
5316 =item Known Problems
5322 =item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
5324 =item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
5326 =item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12
5328 =item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured
5330 =item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
5332 =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
5336 =item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
5338 =item Failure of Thread tests
5348 =item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
5350 =item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
5352 =item Variable Attributes are not Currently Usable for Tieing
5354 =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
5356 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
5358 =item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental
5362 =item Reporting Bugs
5370 =head2 perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.1
5376 =item Security Vulnerability Closed
5378 =item Incompatible Changes
5380 =item Core Enhancements
5384 =item AUTOLOAD Is Now Lvaluable
5386 =item PerlIO is Now The Default
5388 =item Signals Are Now Safe
5392 =item Modules and Pragmata
5398 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
5402 =item Performance Enhancements
5404 =item Utility Changes
5406 =item New Documentation
5422 =item README.solaris
5426 =item Porting/repository.pod
5430 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5434 =item New Or Improved Platforms
5436 =item Generic Improvements
5438 d_cmsghdr, d_fcntl_can_lock, d_fsync, d_getitimer, d_getpagsz, d_msghdr_s,
5439 need_va_copy, d_readv, d_recvmsg, d_sendmsg, sig_size, d_sockatmark,
5440 d_strtoq, d_u32align, d_ualarm, d_usleep
5444 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5448 =item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
5452 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5454 =item Changed Internals
5458 =item Known Problems
5462 =item AIX vac 5.0.0.0 May Produce Buggy Code For Perl
5464 =item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
5466 =item lib/io_multihomed Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
5468 =item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
5472 =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
5474 =item sigaction test 13 in VMS
5476 =item sprintf tests 129 and 130
5478 =item Failure of Thread tests
5480 =item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
5482 =item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
5484 =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
5486 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
5490 =item Reporting Bugs
5498 =head2 perl570delta - what's new for perl v5.7.0
5504 =item Security Vulnerability Closed
5506 =item Incompatible Changes
5508 =item Core Enhancements
5510 =item Modules and Pragmata
5516 =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
5520 =item Utility Changes
5522 =item New Documentation
5524 =item Performance Enhancements
5526 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5530 =item Generic Improvements
5534 =item Selected Bug Fixes
5538 =item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
5542 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5544 =item Changed Internals
5546 =item Known Problems
5550 =item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect
5552 =item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform
5554 =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
5556 =item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
5558 =item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
5560 =item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris
5562 =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
5564 =item Storable tests fail in some platforms
5566 =item Threads Are Still Experimental
5568 =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
5572 =item Reporting Bugs
5580 =head2 perl561delta - what's new for perl v5.6.x
5586 =item Summary of changes between 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
5590 =item Security Issues
5592 =item Core bug fixes
5594 C<UNIVERSAL::isa()>, Memory leaks, Numeric conversions, qw(a\\b), caller(),
5595 Bugs in regular expressions, "slurp" mode, Autovivification of symbolic
5596 references to special variables, Lexical warnings, Spurious warnings and
5597 errors, glob(), Tainting, sort(), #line directives, Subroutine prototypes,
5598 map(), Debugger, PERL5OPT, chop(), Unicode support, 64-bit support,
5599 Compiler, Lvalue subroutines, IO::Socket, File::Find, xsubpp, C<no
5604 =item Configuration issues
5608 =item Bundled modules
5610 B::Concise, File::Temp, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Text::Overstrike, CGI, CPAN,
5611 Class::Struct, DB_File, Devel::Peek, File::Find, Getopt::Long, IO::Poll,
5612 IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::Complex, Net::Ping, Opcode, Pod::Parser,
5613 Pod::Text, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Tie::RefHash, Tie::SubstrHash
5615 =item Platform-specific improvements
5617 NCR MP-RAS, NonStop-UX
5621 =item Core Enhancements
5625 =item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
5627 =item Lexically scoped warning categories
5629 =item Unicode and UTF-8 support
5631 =item Support for interpolating named characters
5633 =item "our" declarations
5635 =item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
5637 =item Improved Perl version numbering system
5639 =item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
5641 =item File and directory handles can be autovivified
5643 =item open() with more than two arguments
5645 =item 64-bit support
5647 =item Large file support
5653 =item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
5655 =item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
5657 =item File globbing implemented internally
5659 =item Support for CHECK blocks
5661 =item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
5663 =item Better pseudo-random number generator
5665 =item Improved C<qw//> operator
5667 =item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
5669 =item pack() format 'Z' supported
5671 =item pack() format modifier '!' supported
5673 =item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
5675 =item Comments in pack() templates
5677 =item Weak references
5679 =item Binary numbers supported
5681 =item Lvalue subroutines
5683 =item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
5685 =item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
5687 =item exists() is supported on subroutine names
5689 =item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
5691 =item Pseudo-hashes work better
5693 =item Automatic flushing of output buffers
5695 =item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
5697 =item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
5699 =item eof() has the same old magic as <>
5701 =item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
5703 =item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
5705 =item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
5707 =item Improved diagnostics
5709 =item Diagnostics follow STDERR
5711 =item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
5713 =item syswrite() ease-of-use
5715 =item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
5717 =item Bit operators support full native integer width
5719 =item Improved security features
5721 =item More functional bareword prototype (*)
5723 =item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
5725 =item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
5727 =item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
5729 =item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
5731 =item Optional Y2K warnings
5733 =item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
5737 =item Modules and Pragmata
5743 attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
5744 DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
5745 Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
5746 File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
5747 Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
5748 podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
5749 pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
5750 Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
5756 =item Utility Changes
5770 =item The Perl Debugger
5774 =item Improved Documentation
5776 perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
5777 perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
5778 perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
5779 perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
5781 =item Performance enhancements
5785 =item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
5787 =item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
5789 =item Faster subroutine calls
5791 =item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
5795 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
5799 =item -Dusethreads means something different
5801 =item New Configure flags
5803 =item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
5809 =item -Duselargefiles
5811 =item installusrbinperl
5817 =item Enhanced Installation Directories
5819 =item gcc automatically tried if 'cc' does not seem to be working
5823 =item Platform specific changes
5827 =item Supported platforms
5831 =item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
5839 =item Significant bug fixes
5843 =item <HANDLE> on empty files
5845 =item C<eval '...'> improvements
5847 =item All compilation errors are true errors
5849 =item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
5851 =item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
5853 =item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
5855 =item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
5857 =item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
5859 =item Failures in DESTROY()
5861 =item Locale bugs fixed
5865 =item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
5867 =item Taint failures under C<-U>
5869 =item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
5871 =item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
5875 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
5877 "%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
5878 implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
5879 / cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
5880 by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
5881 \\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
5882 passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
5883 early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
5884 argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
5885 subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
5886 %s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
5887 substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
5888 Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
5889 size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
5890 filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
5891 Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
5892 Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
5893 remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
5894 weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
5895 syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
5896 constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
5897 defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
5898 "local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
5899 %s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
5900 output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
5901 explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
5902 Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
5903 |%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
5904 number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
5905 %s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
5906 separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
5907 subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
5908 returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
5909 %sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
5910 No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
5911 No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
5912 is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
5913 panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
5914 around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
5915 Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
5916 instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
5917 Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
5918 Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
5919 zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
5920 Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
5921 environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
5922 '%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
5923 escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
5924 list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
5925 subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
5926 CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
5930 =item Incompatible Changes
5934 =item Perl Source Incompatibilities
5936 CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
5937 Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
5938 C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
5939 generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
5940 read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
5941 Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
5942 values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
5943 Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
5944 Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
5945 prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
5946 on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
5948 =item C Source Incompatibilities
5950 C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
5952 =item Compatible C Source API Changes
5954 C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
5956 =item Binary Incompatibilities
5960 =item Known Problems
5964 =item Localizing a tied hash element may leak memory
5966 =item Known test failures
5970 =item EBCDIC platforms not fully supported
5972 =item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
5974 =item Arrow operator and arrays
5976 =item Experimental features
5978 Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
5979 pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
5980 globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
5984 =item Obsolete Diagnostics
5986 Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
5987 logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
5988 \@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
5989 to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
5991 =item Reporting Bugs
5999 =head2 perl56delta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
6005 =item Core Enhancements
6009 =item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
6011 =item Lexically scoped warning categories
6013 =item Unicode and UTF-8 support
6015 =item Support for interpolating named characters
6017 =item "our" declarations
6019 =item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
6021 =item Improved Perl version numbering system
6023 =item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
6025 =item File and directory handles can be autovivified
6027 =item open() with more than two arguments
6029 =item 64-bit support
6031 =item Large file support
6037 =item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
6039 =item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
6041 =item File globbing implemented internally
6043 =item Support for CHECK blocks
6045 =item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
6047 =item Better pseudo-random number generator
6049 =item Improved C<qw//> operator
6051 =item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
6053 =item pack() format 'Z' supported
6055 =item pack() format modifier '!' supported
6057 =item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
6059 =item Comments in pack() templates
6061 =item Weak references
6063 =item Binary numbers supported
6065 =item Lvalue subroutines
6067 =item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
6069 =item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
6071 =item exists() is supported on subroutine names
6073 =item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
6075 =item Pseudo-hashes work better
6077 =item Automatic flushing of output buffers
6079 =item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
6081 =item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
6083 =item eof() has the same old magic as <>
6085 =item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
6087 =item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
6089 =item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
6091 =item Improved diagnostics
6093 =item Diagnostics follow STDERR
6095 =item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
6097 =item syswrite() ease-of-use
6099 =item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
6101 =item Bit operators support full native integer width
6103 =item Improved security features
6105 =item More functional bareword prototype (*)
6107 =item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
6109 =item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
6111 =item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
6113 =item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
6115 =item Optional Y2K warnings
6117 =item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
6121 =item Modules and Pragmata
6127 attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
6128 DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
6129 Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
6130 File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
6131 Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
6132 podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
6133 pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
6134 Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
6140 =item Utility Changes
6154 =item The Perl Debugger
6158 =item Improved Documentation
6160 perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
6161 perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
6162 perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
6163 perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
6165 =item Performance enhancements
6169 =item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
6171 =item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
6173 =item Faster subroutine calls
6175 =item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
6179 =item Installation and Configuration Improvements
6183 =item -Dusethreads means something different
6185 =item New Configure flags
6187 =item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
6193 =item -Duselargefiles
6195 =item installusrbinperl
6201 =item Enhanced Installation Directories
6205 =item Platform specific changes
6209 =item Supported platforms
6213 =item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
6221 =item Significant bug fixes
6225 =item <HANDLE> on empty files
6227 =item C<eval '...'> improvements
6229 =item All compilation errors are true errors
6231 =item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
6233 =item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
6235 =item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
6237 =item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
6239 =item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
6241 =item Failures in DESTROY()
6243 =item Locale bugs fixed
6247 =item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
6249 =item Taint failures under C<-U>
6251 =item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
6253 =item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
6257 =item New or Changed Diagnostics
6259 "%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
6260 implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
6261 / cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
6262 by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
6263 \\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
6264 passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
6265 early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
6266 argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
6267 subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
6268 %s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
6269 substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
6270 Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
6271 size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
6272 filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
6273 Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
6274 Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
6275 remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
6276 weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
6277 syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
6278 constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
6279 defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
6280 "local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
6281 %s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
6282 output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
6283 explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
6284 Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
6285 |%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
6286 number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
6287 %s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
6288 separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
6289 subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
6290 returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
6291 %sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
6292 No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
6293 No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
6294 is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
6295 panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
6296 around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
6297 Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
6298 instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
6299 Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
6300 Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
6301 zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
6302 Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
6303 environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
6304 '%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
6305 escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
6306 list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
6307 subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
6308 CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
6312 =item Incompatible Changes
6316 =item Perl Source Incompatibilities
6318 CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
6319 Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
6320 C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
6321 generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
6322 read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
6323 Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
6324 values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
6325 Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
6326 Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
6327 prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
6328 on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
6330 =item C Source Incompatibilities
6332 C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
6334 =item Compatible C Source API Changes
6336 C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
6338 =item Binary Incompatibilities
6342 =item Known Problems
6346 =item Thread test failures
6348 =item EBCDIC platforms not supported
6350 =item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
6352 =item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
6354 =item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
6357 =item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
6359 =item Arrow operator and arrays
6361 =item Experimental features
6363 Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
6364 pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
6365 globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
6369 =item Obsolete Diagnostics
6371 Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
6372 logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
6373 \@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
6374 to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
6376 =item Reporting Bugs
6384 =head2 perl5005delta - what's new for perl5.005
6390 =item About the new versioning system
6392 =item Incompatible Changes
6396 =item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004.
6398 =item Default installation structure has changed
6400 =item Perl Source Compatibility
6402 =item C Source Compatibility
6404 =item Binary Compatibility
6406 =item Security fixes may affect compatibility
6408 =item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004
6422 =item Regular Expressions
6424 Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression
6425 constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other
6426 improvements, Incompatible changes
6428 =item Improved malloc()
6430 =item Quicksort is internally implemented
6432 =item Reliable signals
6434 =item Reliable stack pointers
6436 =item More generous treatment of carriage returns
6440 =item Better support for multiple interpreters
6442 =item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined
6444 =item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L<Errno> module
6446 =item Pseudo-hashes are supported
6448 =item C<EXPR foreach EXPR> is supported
6450 =item Keywords can be globally overridden
6452 =item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32
6454 =item C<foreach (1..1000000)> optimized
6456 =item C<Foo::> can be used as implicitly quoted package name
6458 =item C<exists $Foo::{Bar::}> tests existence of a package
6460 =item Better locale support
6462 =item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms
6464 =item prototype() returns useful results on builtins
6466 =item Extended support for exception handling
6468 =item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods
6470 =item All C<printf> format conversions are handled internally
6472 =item New C<INIT> keyword
6474 =item New C<lock> keyword
6476 =item New C<qr//> operator
6478 =item C<our> is now a reserved word
6480 =item Tied arrays are now fully supported
6482 =item Tied handles support is better
6484 =item 4th argument to substr
6486 =item Negative LENGTH argument to splice
6488 =item Magic lvalues are now more magical
6490 =item <> now reads in records
6494 =item Supported Platforms
6500 =item Changes in existing support
6504 =item Modules and Pragmata
6510 B, Data::Dumper, Dumpvalue, Errno, File::Spec, ExtUtils::Installed,
6511 ExtUtils::Packlist, Fatal, IPC::SysV, Test, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle,
6512 Thread, attrs, fields, re
6514 =item Changes in existing modules
6516 Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File,
6517 MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd
6521 =item Utility Changes
6523 =item Documentation Changes
6525 =item New Diagnostics
6527 Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or use &, Bad index
6528 while coercing array into hash, Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent
6529 package, Can't call method "%s" on an undefined value, Can't check
6530 filesystem of script "%s" for nosuid, Can't coerce array into hash, Can't
6531 goto subroutine from an eval-string, Can't localize pseudo-hash element,
6532 Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available, Cannot find an opnumber
6533 for "%s", Character class syntax [. .] is reserved for future extensions,
6534 Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Character
6535 class syntax [= =] is reserved for future extensions, %s: Eval-group in
6536 insecure regular expression, %s: Eval-group not allowed, use re 'eval', %s:
6537 Eval-group not allowed at run time, Explicit blessing to '' (assuming
6538 package main), Illegal hex digit ignored, No such array field, No such
6539 field "%s" in variable %s of type %s, Out of memory during ridiculously
6540 large request, Range iterator outside integer range, Recursive inheritance
6541 detected while looking for method '%s' %s, Reference found where even-sized
6542 list expected, Undefined value assigned to typeglob, Use of reserved word
6543 "%s" is deprecated, perl: warning: Setting locale failed
6545 =item Obsolete Diagnostics
6547 Can't mktemp(), Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s, Cannot open
6548 temporary file, regexp too big
6550 =item Configuration Changes
6560 =head2 perl5004delta - what's new for perl5.004
6566 =item Supported Environments
6572 =item List assignment to %ENV works
6574 =item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error
6576 =item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003
6578 =item $PERL5OPT environment variable
6580 =item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options
6582 =item More precise warnings
6584 =item Deprecated: Inherited C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods
6586 =item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable
6588 =item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
6590 =item Group vector changeable with C<$)>
6592 =item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
6594 =item Fixed localization of $<digit>, $&, etc.
6596 =item No resetting of $. on implicit close
6598 =item C<wantarray> may return undef
6600 =item C<eval EXPR> determines value of EXPR in scalar context
6602 =item Changes to tainting checks
6604 No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No
6605 spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name
6607 =item New Opcode module and revised Safe module
6609 =item Embedding improvements
6611 =item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes
6613 =item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface
6615 =item New and changed syntax
6619 =item New and changed builtin constants
6623 =item New and changed builtin variables
6627 =item New and changed builtin functions
6629 delete on slices, flock, printf and sprintf, keys as an lvalue, my() in
6630 Control Structures, pack() and unpack(), sysseek(), use VERSION, use Module
6631 VERSION LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), srand, $_ as Default, C<m//gc> does not
6632 reset search position on failure, C<m//x> ignores whitespace before ?*+{},
6633 nested C<sub{}> closures work now, formats work right on changing lexicals
6635 =item New builtin methods
6637 isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
6639 =item TIEHANDLE now supported
6641 TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this
6642 LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this
6644 =item Malloc enhancements
6646 -DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
6648 =item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements
6652 =item Support for More Operating Systems
6668 use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3), use blib, use blib 'dir', use
6669 constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish
6675 =item Required Updates
6677 =item Installation directories
6679 =item Module information summary
6693 =item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators
6697 =item Utility Changes
6703 Sends converted HTML to standard output
6707 C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
6711 =item C Language API Changes
6713 C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, C<perl_eval_pv>, Extended API for
6716 =item Documentation Changes
6718 L<perldelta>, L<perlfaq>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>,
6719 L<perlmodlib>, L<perldebug>, L<perlsec>
6721 =item New Diagnostics
6723 "my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope, %s argument is
6724 not a HASH element or slice, Allocation too large: %lx, Allocation too
6725 large, Applying %s to %s will act on scalar(%s), Attempt to free
6726 nonexistent shared string, Attempt to use reference as lvalue in substr,
6727 Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package, Can't redefine active sort
6728 subroutine %s, Can't use bareword ("%s") as %s ref while "strict refs" in
6729 use, Cannot resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Constant
6730 subroutine %s redefined, Constant subroutine %s undefined, Copy method did
6731 not return a reference, Died, Exiting pseudo-block via %s, Identifier too
6732 long, Illegal character %s (carriage return), Illegal switch in PERL5OPT:
6733 %s, Integer overflow in hex number, Integer overflow in octal number,
6734 internal error: glob failed, Invalid conversion in %s: "%s", Invalid type
6735 in pack: '%s', Invalid type in unpack: '%s', Name "%s::%s" used only once:
6736 possible typo, Null picture in formline, Offset outside string, Out of
6737 memory!, Out of memory during request for %s, panic: frexp, Possible
6738 attempt to put comments in qw() list, Possible attempt to separate words
6739 with commas, Scalar value @%s{%s} better written as $%s{%s}, Stub found
6740 while resolving method `%s' overloading `%s' in %s, Too late for "B<-T>"
6741 option, untie attempted while %d inner references still exist, Unrecognized
6742 character %s, Unsupported function fork, Use of "$$<digit>" to mean
6743 "${$}<digit>" is deprecated, Value of %s can be "0"; test with defined(),
6744 Variable "%s" may be unavailable, Variable "%s" will not stay shared,
6745 Warning: something's wrong, Ill-formed logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter,
6746 Got an error from DosAllocMem, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX, PERL_SH_DIR too
6747 long, Process terminated by SIG%s
6757 =head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems
6765 =item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX
6769 =item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
6771 =item The IBM ANSI C Compiler
6773 =item Using GNU's gcc for building perl
6775 =item Using Large Files with Perl
6781 =item AIX 4.2 and extensions using C++ with statics
6791 =head2 perlapollo, README.apollo - Perl version 5 on Apollo DomainOS
6801 =head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS
6815 =item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS
6817 B<Unix emulation for AmigaOS: ixemul.library>, B<Version of Amiga OS>
6819 =item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS
6821 =item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS
6827 =item Accessing documentation
6831 =item Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS
6833 =item Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS
6835 =item Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS
6837 =item Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS
6841 =item BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS
6845 =item Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS
6847 =item Getting the Perl Source for AmigaOS
6849 =item Making Perl on AmigaOS
6851 =item Testing Perl on AmigaOS
6853 =item Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS
6863 =head2 perlbeos, README.beos - Perl version 5 on BeOS
6871 =item General Issues with Perl on BeOS
6873 =item BeOS Release-specific Notes
6877 =item Contact Information
6879 =item Update 2002-03-02
6885 =head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000.
6895 =item gzip on BS2000
6897 =item bison on BS2000
6899 =item Unpacking Perl Distribution on BS2000
6901 =item Compiling Perl on BS2000
6903 =item Testing Perl on BS2000
6905 =item Installing Perl on BS2000
6907 =item Using Perl in the Posix-Shell of BS2000
6909 =item Using Perl in "native" BS2000
6911 =item Floating point anomalies on BS2000
6945 =item Acknowledgements
6951 =head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
6957 =item PREREQUISITES FOR COMPILING PERL ON CYGWIN
6961 =item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it)
6963 =item Cygwin Configuration
6965 C<PATH>, I<nroff>, Permissions
6969 =item CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN
6973 =item Stripping Perl Binaries on Cygwin
6975 =item Optional Libraries for Perl on Cygwin
6977 C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>), C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>),
6978 C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>)
6980 =item Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin
6982 C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Uuseperlio>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>,
6983 C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles>,
6986 =item Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin
6988 I<dlsym()>, Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>, Compiler/Preprocessor defines
6992 =item MAKE ON CYGWIN
6996 =item Warnings on Cygwin
7002 =item TEST ON CYGWIN
7006 =item File Permissions on Cygwin
7008 =item Script Portability on Cygwin
7010 Pathnames, Text/Binary, F<.exe>, chown(), Miscellaneous
7014 =item INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN
7016 =item MANIFEST ON CYGWIN
7018 Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl
7019 Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts
7021 =item BUGS ON CYGWIN
7029 =head2 perldgux - Perl under DG/UX.
7041 =item BUILDING PERL ON DG/UX
7045 =item Non-threaded Perl on DG/UX
7047 =item Threaded Perl on DG/UX
7049 =item Testing Perl on DG/UX
7051 =item Installing the built perl on DG/UX
7061 =head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95.
7071 =item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on DOS
7075 =item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS
7077 =item Building Perl on DOS
7079 =item Testing Perl on DOS
7081 =item Installation of Perl on DOS
7085 =item BUILDING AND INSTALLING MODULES ON DOS
7089 =item Building Prerequisites for Perl on DOS
7091 =item Unpacking CPAN Modules on DOS
7093 =item Building Non-XS Modules on DOS
7095 =item Building XS Modules on DOS
7105 =head2 perlepoc, README.epoc - Perl for EPOC
7113 =item INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC
7115 =item STARTING PERL ON EPOC
7119 =item Editors on Epoc
7121 =item Features of Perl on Epoc
7123 =item Restrictions of Perl on Epoc
7125 =item Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment
7129 =item SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC
7137 =head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix
7146 =item Using perl as shipped with HP-UX
7148 =item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX
7160 =item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions
7162 =item Itanium Processor Family and HP-UX
7164 =item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX
7166 =item The HP ANSI C Compiler
7168 =item Using Large Files with Perl on HP-UX
7170 =item Threaded Perl on HP-UX
7172 =item 64-bit Perl on HP-UX
7174 =item GDBM and Threads on HP-UX
7176 =item NFS filesystems and utime(2) on HP-UX
7178 =item perl -P and // and HP-UX
7180 =item HP-UX Kernel Parameters (maxdsiz) for Compiling Perl
7184 =item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
7192 =head2 perlhurd, README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd
7200 =item Known Problems with Perl on Hurd
7208 =head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen
7217 =item Compiling Perl 5 on MachTen
7219 =item Failures during C<make test> on MachTen
7221 op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t
7223 =item Building external modules on MachTen
7233 =head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
7247 =head2 perlmint, README.mint - Perl version 5 on Atari MiNT
7253 =item Known problems with Perl on MiNT
7259 =head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
7267 =item Binary distribution from HP
7269 =item What's New in Perl for MPE/iX
7271 =item Welcome to Perl/iX
7273 =item System Requirements for Perl/iX
7275 =item How to Obtain Perl/iX
7277 =item Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights
7279 README, INSTALL, LIBSHP3K, PERL, .cpan/, lib/, man/,
7280 public_html/feedback.cgi, src/perl-5.6.0-mpe
7282 =item How to Compile Perl/iX
7286 =item Getting Started with Perl/iX
7288 =item MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
7290 =item Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation
7292 =item Perl/iX To-Do List
7294 =item Perl/iX Change History
7310 Buildtype.bat, SetNWBld.bat, MPKBuild.bat
7322 =item Build new extensions
7326 =item Acknowledgements
7334 =head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.
7354 EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh
7356 =item Starting Perl programs under OS/2 (and DOS and...)
7358 =item Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl
7362 =item Frequently asked questions
7366 =item "It does not work"
7368 =item I cannot run external programs
7370 =item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F<perl.dll> from my
7373 Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use
7376 =item C<``> and pipe-C<open> do not work under DOS.
7378 =item Cannot start C<find.exe "pattern" file>
7386 =item Automatic binary installation
7388 C<PERL_BADLANG>, C<PERL_BADFREE>, F<Config.pm>
7390 =item Manual binary installation
7392 Perl VIO and PM executables (dynamically linked), Perl_ VIO executable
7393 (statically linked), Executables for Perl utilities, Main Perl library,
7394 Additional Perl modules, Tools to compile Perl modules, Manpages for Perl
7395 and utilities, Manpages for Perl modules, Source for Perl documentation,
7396 Perl manual in F<.INF> format, Pdksh
7402 =item Accessing documentation
7406 =item OS/2 F<.INF> file
7414 =item GNU C<info> files
7426 =item The short story
7430 =item Getting perl source
7432 =item Application of the patches
7440 A lot of C<bad free>, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F<op/fs.t>,
7443 =item Installing the built perl
7445 =item C<a.out>-style build
7453 =item Some C</> became C<\> in pdksh.
7455 =item C<'errno'> - unresolved external
7457 =item Problems with tr or sed
7459 =item Some problem (forget which ;-)
7461 =item Library ... not found
7463 =item Segfault in make
7465 =item op/sprintf test failure
7469 =item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port
7473 =item C<setpriority>, C<getpriority>
7477 =item C<extproc> on the first line
7479 =item Additional modules:
7481 =item Prebuilt methods:
7483 C<File::Copy::syscopy>, C<DynaLoader::mod2fname>, C<Cwd::current_drive()>,
7484 C<Cwd::sys_chdir(name)>, C<Cwd::change_drive(name)>,
7485 C<Cwd::sys_is_absolute(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_is_rooted(name)>,
7486 C<Cwd::sys_is_relative(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_cwd(name)>,
7487 C<Cwd::sys_abspath(name, dir)>, C<Cwd::extLibpath([type])>,
7488 C<Cwd::extLibpath_set( path [, type ] )>,
7489 C<OS2::Error(do_harderror,do_exception)>, C<OS2::Errors2Drive(drive)>,
7490 OS2::SysInfo(), OS2::BootDrive(), C<OS2::MorphPM(serve)>,
7491 C<OS2::UnMorphPM(serve)>, C<OS2::Serve_Messages(force)>,
7492 C<OS2::Process_Messages(force [, cnt])>, C<OS2::_control87(new,mask)>,
7493 OS2::get_control87(), C<OS2::set_control87_em(new=MCW_EM,mask=MCW_EM)>
7495 =item Prebuilt variables:
7497 $OS2::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver
7503 C<popen>, C<tmpnam>, C<tmpfile>, C<ctermid>, C<stat>, C<mkdir>, C<rmdir>,
7506 =item Identifying DLLs
7508 =item Centralized management of resources
7524 =item F<perl___.exe>
7526 =item Why strange names?
7528 =item Why dynamic linking?
7530 =item Why chimera build?
7538 =item C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>
7540 =item C<PERL_BADLANG>
7542 =item C<PERL_BADFREE>
7544 =item C<PERL_SH_DIR>
7546 =item C<USE_PERL_FLOCK>
7548 =item C<TMP> or C<TEMP>
7558 =item DLL name mangling: pre 5.6.2
7560 =item DLL name mangling: 5.6.2 and beyond
7562 Global DLLs, specific DLLs, C<BEGINLIBPATH> and C<ENDLIBPATH>, F<.> from
7565 =item DLL forwarder generation
7569 =item Calls to external programs
7571 =item Memory allocation
7575 C<COND_WAIT>, F<os2.c>
7591 =head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390
7604 =item Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
7606 =item Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
7608 =item Configure Perl on OS/390
7610 =item Build, Test, Install Perl on OS/390
7612 =item Build Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
7614 =item Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
7616 =item Installation Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
7618 =item Usage Hints for Perl on OS/390
7620 =item Floating Point Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
7622 =item Modules and Extensions for Perl on OS/390
7632 =item Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
7640 =head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
7648 =item Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4
7650 /bin/sh, ar, nm, cpp, make
7652 =item Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4
7654 =item QNX auxiliary files
7658 =item Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
7666 =head2 perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl
7676 =item What's in Plan 9 Perl
7678 =item What's not in Plan 9 Perl
7680 =item Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl
7682 =item Signals in Plan 9 Perl
7686 =item COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9
7690 =item Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9
7702 =head2 perlsolaris, README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
7710 =item Solaris Version Numbers.
7716 Solaris FAQ, Precompiled Binaries, Solaris Documentation
7722 =item File Extraction Problems on Solaris.
7724 =item Compiler and Related Tools on Solaris.
7726 =item Environment for Compiling Perl on Solaris
7730 =item RUN CONFIGURE.
7734 =item 64-bit Issues with Perl on Solaris.
7736 =item Threads in Perl on Solaris.
7738 =item Malloc Issues with Perl on Solaris.
7742 =item MAKE PROBLEMS.
7744 Dynamic Loading Problems With GNU as and GNU ld, ld.so.1: ./perl: fatal:
7745 relocation error:, dlopen: stub interception failed, #error "No
7746 DATAMODEL_NATIVE specified", sh: ar: not found
7752 =item op/stat.t test 4 in Solaris
7754 =item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
7758 =item PREBUILT BINARIES OF PERL FOR SOLARIS.
7760 =item RUNTIME ISSUES FOR PERL ON SOLARIS.
7764 =item Limits on Numbers of Open Files on Solaris.
7768 =item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC MODULES.
7770 =item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH MODULES.
7774 =item Proc::ProcessTable on Solaris
7776 =item BSD::Resource on Solaris
7778 =item Net::SSLeay on Solaris
7788 =head2 perltru64, README.tru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as
7789 Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems
7797 =item Compiling Perl 5 on Tru64
7799 =item Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
7801 =item Threaded Perl on Tru64
7803 =item Long Doubles on Tru64
7805 =item 64-bit Perl on Tru64
7807 =item Warnings about floating-point overflow when compiling Perl on Tru64
7811 =item Testing Perl on Tru64
7813 =item ext/ODBM_File/odbm Test Failing With Static Builds
7819 =head2 perluts - Perl under UTS
7827 =item BUILDING PERL ON UTS
7829 =item Installing the built perl on UTS
7835 =head2 perlvmesa, README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA.
7845 =item Unpacking Perl Distribution on VM/ESA
7847 =item Setup Perl and utilities on VM/ESA
7849 =item Configure Perl on VM/ESA
7851 =item Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA
7853 =item Usage Hints for Perl on VM/ESA
7863 =item Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA
7869 =head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl
7877 =item Organization of Perl Images
7883 =item Perl Extensions
7885 =item Installing static extensions
7887 =item Installing dynamic extensions
7891 =item File specifications
7897 =item Wildcard expansion
7903 =item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB
7909 =item I/O redirection and backgrounding
7911 =item Command line switches
7917 =item Perl functions
7919 File tests, backticks, binmode FILEHANDLE, crypt PLAINTEXT, USER, dump,
7920 exec LIST, fork, getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, gmtime, kill, qx//, select
7921 (system call), stat EXPR, system LIST, time, times, unlink LIST, utime
7922 LIST, waitpid PID,FLAGS
7924 =item Perl variables
7926 %ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $|
7928 =item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences
7942 =head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS
7950 =item Multiple methods to build perl for VOS
7952 =item Stratus POSIX Support
7956 =item INSTALLING PERL IN VOS
7960 =item Compiling Perl 5 on VOS
7962 =item Installing Perl 5 on VOS
7966 =item USING PERL IN VOS
7970 =item Unimplemented Features of Perl on VOS
7972 =item Restrictions of Perl on VOS
7976 =item SUPPORT STATUS
7984 =head2 perlwin32 - Perl under Win32
7994 =item Setting Up Perl on Win32
7996 Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Mingw32 with GCC
8000 =item Testing Perl on Win32
8002 =item Installation of Perl on Win32
8004 =item Usage Hints for Perl on Win32
8006 Environment Variables, File Globbing, Using perl from the command line,
8007 Building Extensions, Command-line Wildcard Expansion, Win32 Specific
8008 Extensions, Running Perl Scripts, Miscellaneous Things
8012 =item BUGS AND CAVEATS
8016 Gary Ng E<lt>71564.1743@CompuServe.COME<gt>, Gurusamy Sarathy
8017 E<lt>gsar@activestate.comE<gt>, Nick Ing-Simmons
8018 E<lt>nick@ing-simmons.netE<gt>
8026 =head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
8028 =head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
8040 =head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
8050 =head2 threadshared::shared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing
8051 data structures between threads
8063 share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, unlock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE,
8064 cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
8076 =head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
8085 $thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
8086 threads->self, $thread->tid
8090 Cleanup skipped %d active threads
8094 Fix so the return value is returned when you join, Add join_all, Fix memory
8097 =item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
8101 creating a thread from within a thread is unsafe under win32,
8102 PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
8108 =head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes
8118 =item Built-in Attributes
8120 locked, method, lvalue
8122 =item Available Subroutines
8126 =item Package-specific Attribute Handling
8128 FETCH_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES
8130 =item Syntax of Attribute Lists
8138 =item Default exports
8140 =item Available exports
8142 =item Export tags defined
8152 =head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
8164 =head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
8180 =head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time
8194 =head2 bigint - Transparent big integer support for Perl
8206 a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
8210 =item INTERNAL FORMAT
8230 =head2 bignum - Transparent BigNumber support for Perl
8242 a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
8246 =item INTERNAL FORMAT
8266 =head2 bigrat - Transparent BigNumber/BigRational support for Perl
8288 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print sqrt(33)'
8289 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 2*255'
8290 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 4.5+2*255'
8291 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 3/7 + 5/7 + 8/3'
8292 perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 12->is_odd()';
8302 =head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
8316 =head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character
8329 =head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal
8338 =item CUSTOM TRANSLATORS
8340 =item charnames::viacode(code)
8342 =item charnames::vianame(code)
8346 =item ILLEGAL CHARACTERS
8352 =head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants
8364 =item List constants
8366 =item Defining multiple constants at once
8368 =item Magic constants
8372 =item TECHNICAL NOTES
8382 =head2 diagnostics - Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning
8393 =item The C<diagnostics> Pragma
8395 =item The I<splain> Program
8409 =head2 encoding - allows you to write your script in non-asii or non-utf8
8419 use encoding [I<ENCNAME>] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> [ STDIN =>
8420 I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, no encoding;
8428 =item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
8432 =item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
8434 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
8440 =head2 fields - compile-time class fields
8454 =head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators
8464 =item subpragma access
8470 =head2 if - C<use> a Perl module if a condition holds
8484 =head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating
8495 =head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler
8505 =head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
8515 =item Adding directories to @INC
8517 =item Deleting directories from @INC
8519 =item Restoring original @INC
8531 =head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in
8542 =head2 open - perl pragma to set default disciplines for input and output
8550 =item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY
8552 =item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
8558 =head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling
8570 =head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations
8580 =item Declaration of overloaded functions
8582 =item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations
8584 FALSE, TRUE, C<undef>
8586 =item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations
8588 =item Calling Conventions for Mutators
8590 C<++> and C<-->, C<x=> and other assignment versions
8592 =item Overloadable Operations
8594 I<Arithmetic operations>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Bit operations>,
8595 I<Increment and decrement>, I<Transcendental functions>, I<Boolean, string
8596 and numeric conversion>, I<Iteration>, I<Dereferencing>, I<Special>
8598 =item Inheritance and overloading
8600 Strings as values of C<use overload> directive, Overloading of an operation
8601 is inherited by derived classes
8605 =item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C<use overload>
8613 C<undef>, TRUE, defined, but FALSE
8615 =item Copy Constructor
8621 =item MAGIC AUTOGENERATION
8623 I<Assignment forms of arithmetic operations>, I<Conversion operations>,
8624 I<Increment and decrement>, C<abs($a)>, I<Unary minus>, I<Negation>,
8625 I<Concatenation>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Iterator>, I<Dereferencing>,
8628 =item Losing overloading
8630 =item Run-time Overloading
8632 =item Public functions
8634 overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op)
8636 =item Overloading constants
8638 integer, float, binary, q, qr
8640 =item IMPLEMENTATION
8642 =item Metaphor clash
8648 =item Two-face scalars
8650 =item Two-face references
8652 =item Symbolic calculator
8654 =item I<Really> symbolic calculator
8662 Odd number of arguments for overload::constant, `%s' is not an overloadable
8663 type, `%s' is not a code reference
8669 =head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
8679 =head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
8691 =item SIGNAL HANDLERS
8693 B<stack-trace>, B<die>, B<handler> I<your-handler>
8697 B<normal-signals>, B<error-signals>, B<old-interface-signals>
8701 B<untrapped>, B<any>, I<signal>, I<number>
8709 =head2 sort - perl pragma to control sort() behaviour
8721 =head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
8729 C<strict refs>, C<strict vars>, C<strict subs>
8733 =head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
8743 =head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
8752 $thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
8753 threads->self, $thread->tid
8757 Cleanup skipped %d active threads
8761 Fix so the return value is returned when you join, Add join_all, Fix memory
8764 =item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
8768 creating a thread from within a thread is unsafe under win32,
8769 PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
8775 =head2 threadshared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data
8776 structures between threads
8788 share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, unlock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE,
8789 cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
8801 =head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source
8812 =item Utility functions
8814 $num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string);, utf8::downgrade($string[, FAIL_OK]),
8815 utf8::encode($string), $flag = utf8::decode($string), $flag =
8824 =head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
8834 =head2 vmsish - Perl pragma to control VMS-specific language features
8842 C<vmsish status>, C<vmsish exit>, C<vmsish time>, C<vmsish hushed>
8846 =head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings
8854 use warnings::register, warnings::enabled(), warnings::enabled($category),
8855 warnings::enabled($object), warnings::warn($message),
8856 warnings::warn($category, $message), warnings::warn($object, $message),
8857 warnings::warnif($message), warnings::warnif($category, $message),
8858 warnings::warnif($object, $message)
8862 =head2 warnings::register - warnings import function
8872 =head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION
8874 =head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs
8884 =item DBM Comparisons
8894 =head2 Attribute::Handlers - Simpler definition of attribute handlers
8904 [0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
8908 =item Typed lexicals
8910 =item Type-specific attribute handlers
8912 =item Non-interpretive attribute handlers
8914 =item Phase-specific attribute handlers
8916 =item Attributes as C<tie> interfaces
8924 C<Bad attribute type: ATTR(%s)>, C<Attribute handler %s doesn't handle %s
8925 attributes>, C<Declaration of %s attribute in package %s may clash with
8926 future reserved word>, C<Can't have two ATTR specifiers on one subroutine>,
8927 C<Can't autotie a %s>, C<Internal error: %s symbol went missing>, C<Won't
8928 be able to apply END handler>
8938 =head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand
8948 =item Subroutine Stubs
8950 =item Using B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
8952 =item Overriding B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
8954 =item Package Lexicals
8956 =item Not Using AutoLoader
8958 =item B<AutoLoader> vs. B<SelfLoader>
8968 =head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
8976 $keep, $check, $modtime
8980 =item Multiple packages
8988 =head2 B - The Perl Compiler
8996 =item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
9000 =item SV-RELATED CLASSES
9008 IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv
9022 =item B::PVMG METHODS
9026 =item B::MAGIC METHODS
9028 MOREMAGIC, precomp, PRIVATE, TYPE, FLAGS, OBJ, PTR, REGEX
9030 =item B::PVLV METHODS
9032 TARGOFF, TARGLEN, TYPE, TARG
9036 USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE
9040 is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN,
9041 LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS
9045 LINES, PAGE, PAGE_LEN, LINES_LEFT, TOP_NAME, TOP_GV, FMT_NAME, FMT_GV,
9046 BOTTOM_NAME, BOTTOM_GV, SUBPROCESS, IoTYPE, IoFLAGS, IsSTD
9050 FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, AvFLAGS
9054 STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, XSUB, XSUBANY,
9059 FILL, MAX, KEYS, RITER, NAME, PMROOT, ARRAY
9061 =item OP-RELATED CLASSES
9065 next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, seq, flags, private
9067 =item B::UNOP METHOD
9071 =item B::BINOP METHOD
9075 =item B::LOGOP METHOD
9079 =item B::LISTOP METHOD
9083 =item B::PMOP METHODS
9085 pmreplroot, pmreplstart, pmnext, pmregexp, pmflags, pmdynflags,
9086 pmpermflags, precomp, pmoffet
9088 =item B::SVOP METHOD
9092 =item B::PADOP METHOD
9096 =item B::PVOP METHOD
9100 =item B::LOOP METHODS
9102 redoop, nextop, lastop
9104 =item B::COP METHODS
9106 label, stash, file, cop_seq, arybase, line
9110 =item FUNCTIONS EXPORTED BY C<B>
9112 main_cv, init_av, begin_av, end_av, main_root, main_start, comppadlist,
9113 regex_padav, sv_undef, sv_yes, sv_no, amagic_generation, walkoptree(OP,
9114 METHOD), walkoptree_debug(DEBUG), walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE,
9115 PREFIX), svref_2object(SV), ppname(OPNUM), hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c,
9116 cstring(STR), perlstring(STR), class(OBJ), threadsv_names
9122 =head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate
9131 %insn_data, @insn_name, @optype, @specialsv_name
9137 =head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode
9149 =head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
9169 =head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
9179 B<-ofilename>, B<-afilename>, B<-->, B<-f>, B<-fcompress-nullops>,
9180 B<-fomit-sequence-numbers>, B<-fbypass-nullops>, B<-On>, B<-D>, B<-Do>,
9181 B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-upackage>
9191 =head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend
9201 B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, B<-Dc>, B<-DA>,
9202 B<-DC>, B<-DM>, B<-f>, B<-fcog>, B<-fsave-data>, B<-fppaddr>, B<-fwarn-sv>,
9203 B<-fuse-script-name>, B<-fsave-sig-hash>, B<-On>, B<-O0>, B<-O1>, B<-O2>,
9214 =head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
9224 B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-mModulename>, B<-D>, B<-Dr>,
9225 B<-DO>, B<-Ds>, B<-Dp>, B<-Dq>, B<-Dl>, B<-Dt>, B<-f>,
9226 B<-ffreetmps-each-bblock>, B<-ffreetmps-each-loop>, B<-fomit-taint>, B<-On>
9238 =item Context of ".."
9242 =item Deprecated features
9250 =head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
9262 B<-basic>, B<-exec>, B<-tree>, B<-compact>, B<-loose>, B<-vt>, B<-ascii>,
9263 B<-main>, B<-base>I<n>, B<-bigendian>, B<-littleendian>, B<-concise>,
9264 B<-terse>, B<-linenoise>, B<-debug>, B<-env>
9266 =item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS
9268 B<(x(>I<exec_text>B<;>I<basic_text>B<)x)>, B<(*(>I<text>B<)*)>,
9269 B<(*(>I<text1>B<;>I<text2>B<)*)>, B<(?(>I<text1>B<#>I<var>I<Text2>B<)?)>,
9270 B<#>I<var>, B<#>I<var>I<N>, B<~>, B<#addr>, B<#arg>, B<#class>,
9271 B<#classsym>, B<#coplabel>, B<#exname>, B<#extarg>, B<#firstaddr>,
9272 B<#flags>, B<#flagval>, B<#hyphseq>, B<#label>, B<#lastaddr>, B<#name>,
9273 B<#NAME>, B<#next>, B<#nextaddr>, B<#noise>, B<#private>, B<#privval>,
9274 B<#seq>, B<#seqnum>, B<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>, B<#svclass>, B<#svval>,
9275 B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum>
9281 =item OP flags abbreviations
9283 =item OP class abbreviations
9287 =item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework
9293 =head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
9305 =head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
9315 B<-l>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-q>, B<-f>I<FILE>, B<-s>I<LETTERS>, B<C>,
9316 B<i>I<NUMBER>, B<T>, B<v>I<STRING>B<.>, B<-x>I<LEVEL>
9318 =item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE
9328 =item ambient_pragmas
9330 strict, $[, bytes, utf8, integer, re, warnings, hint_bits, warning_bits
9342 =head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode
9354 =head2 B::Lint - Perl lint
9362 =item OPTIONS AND LINT CHECKS
9364 B<context>, B<implicit-read> and B<implicit-write>, B<dollar-underscore>,
9365 B<private-names>, B<undefined-subs>, B<regexp-variables>, B<all>, B<none>
9367 =item NON LINT-CHECK OPTIONS
9377 =head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
9387 =item IMPLEMENTATION
9393 =head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files
9405 =head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend
9417 =head2 B::Stash - show what stashes are loaded
9419 =head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
9431 =head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
9441 C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-d>, C<-D[tO]>
9449 =head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
9469 =head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code
9483 =item Standard Exports
9485 timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis ( COUNT, CODE, [ TITLE, [ STYLE ]] ),
9486 timethese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), timediff ( T1, T2 ), timestr (
9487 TIMEDIFF, [ STYLE, [ FORMAT ] ] )
9489 =item Optional Exports
9491 clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUT, CODEHASHREF, [
9492 STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), countit(TIME, CODE),
9493 disablecache ( ), enablecache ( ), timesum ( T1, T2 )
9509 =item MODIFICATION HISTORY
9513 =head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code
9527 =head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
9537 B<-ofilename>, B<-afilename>, B<-->, B<-f>, B<-fcompress-nullops>,
9538 B<-fomit-sequence-numbers>, B<-fbypass-nullops>, B<-On>, B<-D>, B<-Do>,
9539 B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-upackage>
9549 =head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
9561 =item PROGRAMMING STYLE
9563 =item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES
9565 =item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE):
9567 =item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE
9569 =item FETCHING A LIST OF KEYWORDS FROM THE QUERY:
9571 =item FETCHING THE NAMES OF ALL THE PARAMETERS PASSED TO YOUR SCRIPT:
9573 =item FETCHING THE VALUE OR VALUES OF A SINGLE NAMED PARAMETER:
9575 =item SETTING THE VALUE(S) OF A NAMED PARAMETER:
9577 =item APPENDING ADDITIONAL VALUES TO A NAMED PARAMETER:
9579 =item IMPORTING ALL PARAMETERS INTO A NAMESPACE:
9581 =item DELETING A PARAMETER COMPLETELY:
9583 =item DELETING ALL PARAMETERS:
9585 =item DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARAMETER LIST:
9587 =item FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH:
9589 =item SAVING THE STATE OF THE SCRIPT TO A FILE:
9591 =item RETRIEVING CGI ERRORS
9593 =item USING THE FUNCTION-ORIENTED INTERFACE
9595 B<:cgi>, B<:form>, B<:html2>, B<:html3>, B<:html4>, B<:netscape>, B<:html>,
9596 B<:standard>, B<:all>
9600 -any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_undef_params, -no_xhtml, -nph,
9601 -newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, -no_debug, -debug,
9604 =item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS
9606 1. start_table() (generates a <table> tag), 2. end_table() (generates a
9607 </table> tag), 3. start_ul() (generates a <ul> tag), 4. end_ul() (generates
9612 =item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS
9616 =item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER:
9618 =item GENERATING A REDIRECTION HEADER
9620 =item CREATING THE HTML DOCUMENT HEADER
9622 B<Parameters:>, 4, 5, 6..
9624 =item ENDING THE HTML DOCUMENT:
9626 =item CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION:
9628 =item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL
9630 B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query>
9631 (B<-query_string>), B<-base>
9633 =item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS
9637 =item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS:
9641 =item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS
9643 =item THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF HTML SHORTCUTS
9645 =item HTML SHORTCUTS AND LIST INTERPOLATION
9647 =item NON-STANDARD HTML SHORTCUTS
9649 =item AUTOESCAPING HTML
9651 $escaped_string = escapeHTML("unescaped string");, $charset =
9652 charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]);
9654 =item PRETTY-PRINTING HTML
9658 =item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS:
9662 =item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG
9664 =item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM
9666 B<application/x-www-form-urlencoded>, B<multipart/form-data>
9668 =item CREATING A TEXT FIELD
9672 =item CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD
9674 =item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD
9676 =item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD
9680 =item CREATING A POPUP MENU
9682 =item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST
9686 =item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES
9690 =item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX
9694 =item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP
9698 =item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON
9702 =item CREATING A RESET BUTTON
9704 =item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON
9706 =item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD
9710 =item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON
9714 =item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON
9720 1. an expiration time, 2. a domain, 3. a path, 4. a "secure" flag,
9721 B<-name>, B<-value>, B<-path>, B<-domain>, B<-expires>, B<-secure>
9723 =item WORKING WITH FRAMES
9725 1. Create a <Frameset> document, 2. Specify the destination for the
9726 document in the HTTP header, 3. Specify the destination for the document in
9729 =item LIMITED SUPPORT FOR CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
9735 =item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS
9739 =item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
9741 B<Accept()>, B<raw_cookie()>, B<user_agent()>, B<path_info()>,
9742 B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()>, B<referer()>,
9743 B<auth_type ()>, B<server_name ()>, B<virtual_host ()>, B<server_port ()>,
9744 B<server_software ()>, B<remote_user ()>, B<user_name ()>,
9745 B<request_method()>, B<content_type()>, B<http()>, B<https()>
9747 =item USING NPH SCRIPTS
9749 In the B<use> statement, By calling the B<nph()> method:, By using B<-nph>
9754 multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final()
9756 =item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks
9758 B<$CGI::POST_MAX>, B<$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS>, B<1. On a script-by-script
9759 basis>, B<2. Globally for all scripts>
9761 =item COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL
9763 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
9767 Matt Heffron (heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com), James Taylor
9768 (james.taylor@srs.gov), Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com>, Mike Jewell
9769 (mlj3u@virginia.edu), Timothy Shimmin (tes@kbs.citri.edu.au), Joergen Haegg
9770 (jh@axis.se), Laurent Delfosse (delfosse@delfosse.com), Richard Resnick
9771 (applepi1@aol.com), Craig Bishop (csb@barwonwater.vic.gov.au), Tony Curtis
9772 (tc@vcpc.univie.ac.at), Tim Bunce (Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk), Tom Christiansen
9773 (tchrist@convex.com), Andreas Koenig (k@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE), Tim
9774 MacKenzie (Tim.MacKenzie@fulcrum.com.au), Kevin B. Hendricks
9775 (kbhend@dogwood.tyler.wm.edu), Stephen Dahmen (joyfire@inxpress.net), Ed
9776 Jordan (ed@fidalgo.net), David Alan Pisoni (david@cnation.com), Doug
9777 MacEachern (dougm@opengroup.org), Robin Houston (robin@oneworld.org),
9778 ...and many many more..
9780 =item A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT
9788 =head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm
9798 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
9806 =head2 CGI::Carp, B<CGI::Carp> - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or
9815 =item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES
9817 =item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW
9821 =item Changing the default message
9825 =item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS
9835 =head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies
9843 =item USING CGI::Cookie
9845 B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag>
9849 =item Creating New Cookies
9851 =item Sending the Cookie to the Browser
9853 =item Recovering Previous Cookies
9855 =item Manipulating Cookies
9857 B<name()>, B<value()>, B<domain()>, B<path()>, B<expires()>
9861 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
9869 =head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI
9877 =item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
9879 =item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS
9881 =item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS
9883 =item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS
9885 =item EXTERNAL FASTCGI SERVER INVOCATION
9887 FCGI_SOCKET_PATH, FCGI_LISTEN_QUEUE
9891 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
9899 =head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code
9909 =item Tags that won't be formatted
9911 =item Customizing the Indenting
9923 =head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push
9931 =item USING CGI::Push
9933 -next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph
9937 =item Heterogeneous Pages
9939 =item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly
9943 =item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS
9945 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
9953 =head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch
9963 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
9971 =head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module
9979 =item AUTHOR INFORMATION
9985 =head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
9995 =item Interactive Mode
9997 Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test,
9998 install, clean modules or distributions, get, readme, look module or
9999 distribution, ls author, Signals
10007 =item The four C<CPAN::*> Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution
10009 =item Programmer's interface
10011 expand($type,@things), expandany(@things), Programming Examples
10013 =item Methods in the other Classes
10015 CPAN::Author::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Author::as_string(),
10016 CPAN::Author::email(), CPAN::Author::fullname(), CPAN::Author::name(),
10017 CPAN::Bundle::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Bundle::as_string(),
10018 CPAN::Bundle::clean(), CPAN::Bundle::contains(),
10019 CPAN::Bundle::force($method,@args), CPAN::Bundle::get(),
10020 CPAN::Bundle::inst_file(), CPAN::Bundle::inst_version(),
10021 CPAN::Bundle::uptodate(), CPAN::Bundle::install(), CPAN::Bundle::make(),
10022 CPAN::Bundle::readme(), CPAN::Bundle::test(),
10023 CPAN::Distribution::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Distribution::as_string(),
10024 CPAN::Distribution::clean(), CPAN::Distribution::containsmods(),
10025 CPAN::Distribution::cvs_import(), CPAN::Distribution::dir(),
10026 CPAN::Distribution::force($method,@args), CPAN::Distribution::get(),
10027 CPAN::Distribution::install(), CPAN::Distribution::isa_perl(),
10028 CPAN::Distribution::look(), CPAN::Distribution::make(),
10029 CPAN::Distribution::prereq_pm(), CPAN::Distribution::readme(),
10030 CPAN::Distribution::test(), CPAN::Distribution::uptodate(),
10031 CPAN::Index::force_reload(), CPAN::Index::reload(), CPAN::InfoObj::dump(),
10032 CPAN::Module::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Module::as_string(),
10033 CPAN::Module::clean(), CPAN::Module::cpan_file(),
10034 CPAN::Module::cpan_version(), CPAN::Module::cvs_import(),
10035 CPAN::Module::description(), CPAN::Module::force($method,@args),
10036 CPAN::Module::get(), CPAN::Module::inst_file(),
10037 CPAN::Module::inst_version(), CPAN::Module::install(),
10038 CPAN::Module::look(), CPAN::Module::make(),
10039 CPAN::Module::manpage_headline(), CPAN::Module::readme(),
10040 CPAN::Module::test(), CPAN::Module::uptodate(), CPAN::Module::userid()
10042 =item Cache Manager
10046 =item Prerequisites
10048 =item Finding packages and VERSION
10052 =item Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode
10056 =item CONFIGURATION
10058 C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>
10059 E<lt>valueE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list
10060 optionE<gt> [shift|pop]>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>
10061 [unshift|push|splice] E<lt>listE<gt>>
10065 =item Note on urllist parameter's format
10067 =item urllist parameter has CD-ROM support
10075 =item POPULATE AN INSTALLATION WITH LOTS OF MODULES
10077 =item WORKING WITH CPAN.pm BEHIND FIREWALLS
10081 =item Three basic types of firewalls
10083 http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade
10085 =item Configuring lynx or ncftp for going through a firewall
10091 1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7), 8), 9), 10)
10103 =head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
10113 =head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS
10126 =head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
10136 =item Forcing a Stack Trace
10144 =head2 Carp::Heavy, Carp heavy machinery - no user serviceable parts inside
10146 =head2 Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree
10156 the function Class::ISA::super_path($CLASS), the function
10157 Class::ISA::self_and_super_path($CLASS), the function
10158 Class::ISA::self_and_super_versions($CLASS)
10160 =item CAUTIONARY NOTES
10168 =head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
10178 =item The C<struct()> function
10180 =item Class Creation at Compile Time
10182 =item Element Types and Accessor Methods
10184 Scalar (C<'$'> or C<'*$'>), Array (C<'@'> or C<'*@'>), Hash (C<'%'> or
10185 C<'*%'>), Class (C<'Class_Name'> or C<'*Class_Name'>)
10187 =item Initializing with C<new>
10193 Example 1, Example 2, Example 3
10195 =item Author and Modification History
10199 =head2 Config - access Perl configuration information
10207 myconfig(), config_sh(), config_vars(@names)
10219 C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o>
10223 C<afs>, C<afsroot>, C<alignbytes>, C<ansi2knr>, C<aphostname>,
10224 C<api_revision>, C<api_subversion>, C<api_version>, C<api_versionstring>,
10225 C<ar>, C<archlib>, C<archlibexp>, C<archname64>, C<archname>, C<archobjs>,
10226 C<asctime_r_proto>, C<awk>
10230 C<baserev>, C<bash>, C<bin>, C<bincompat5005>, C<binexp>, C<bison>,
10231 C<byacc>, C<byteorder>
10235 C<c>, C<castflags>, C<cat>, C<cc>, C<cccdlflags>, C<ccdlflags>, C<ccflags>,
10236 C<ccflags_uselargefiles>, C<ccname>, C<ccsymbols>, C<ccversion>, C<cf_by>,
10237 C<cf_email>, C<cf_time>, C<charsize>, C<chgrp>, C<chmod>, C<chown>,
10238 C<clocktype>, C<comm>, C<compress>, C<contains>, C<cp>, C<cpio>, C<cpp>,
10239 C<cpp_stuff>, C<cppccsymbols>, C<cppflags>, C<cpplast>, C<cppminus>,
10240 C<cpprun>, C<cppstdin>, C<cppsymbols>, C<crypt_r_proto>, C<cryptlib>,
10241 C<csh>, C<ctermid_r_proto>, C<ctime_r_proto>
10245 C<d__fwalk>, C<d_access>, C<d_accessx>, C<d_alarm>, C<d_archlib>,
10246 C<d_asctime_r>, C<d_atolf>, C<d_atoll>, C<d_attribut>, C<d_bcmp>,
10247 C<d_bcopy>, C<d_bincompat5005>, C<d_bsd>, C<d_bsdgetpgrp>, C<d_bsdsetpgrp>,
10248 C<d_bzero>, C<d_casti32>, C<d_castneg>, C<d_charvspr>, C<d_chown>,
10249 C<d_chroot>, C<d_chsize>, C<d_class>, C<d_closedir>, C<d_cmsghdr_s>,
10250 C<d_const>, C<d_crypt>, C<d_crypt_r>, C<d_csh>, C<d_ctermid_r>,
10251 C<d_ctime_r>, C<d_cuserid>, C<d_dbl_dig>, C<d_dbminitproto>, C<d_difftime>,
10252 C<d_dirfd>, C<d_dirnamlen>, C<d_dlerror>, C<d_dlopen>, C<d_dlsymun>,
10253 C<d_dosuid>, C<d_drand48_r>, C<d_drand48proto>, C<d_dup2>, C<d_eaccess>,
10254 C<d_endgrent>, C<d_endgrent_r>, C<d_endhent>, C<d_endhostent_r>,
10255 C<d_endnent>, C<d_endnetent_r>, C<d_endpent>, C<d_endprotoent_r>,
10256 C<d_endpwent>, C<d_endpwent_r>, C<d_endsent>, C<d_endservent_r>,
10257 C<d_eofnblk>, C<d_eunice>, C<d_fchdir>, C<d_fchmod>, C<d_fchown>,
10258 C<d_fcntl>, C<d_fcntl_can_lock>, C<d_fd_macros>, C<d_fd_set>,
10259 C<d_fds_bits>, C<d_fgetpos>, C<d_finite>, C<d_finitel>, C<d_flexfnam>,
10260 C<d_flock>, C<d_flockproto>, C<d_fork>, C<d_fp_class>, C<d_fpathconf>,
10261 C<d_fpclass>, C<d_fpclassify>, C<d_fpclassl>, C<d_fpos64_t>, C<d_frexpl>,
10262 C<d_fs_data_s>, C<d_fseeko>, C<d_fsetpos>, C<d_fstatfs>, C<d_fstatvfs>,
10263 C<d_fsync>, C<d_ftello>, C<d_ftime>, C<d_Gconvert>, C<d_getcwd>,
10264 C<d_getespwnam>, C<d_getfsstat>, C<d_getgrent>, C<d_getgrent_r>,
10265 C<d_getgrgid_r>, C<d_getgrnam_r>, C<d_getgrps>, C<d_gethbyaddr>,
10266 C<d_gethbyname>, C<d_gethent>, C<d_gethname>, C<d_gethostbyaddr_r>,
10267 C<d_gethostbyname_r>, C<d_gethostent_r>, C<d_gethostprotos>,
10268 C<d_getitimer>, C<d_getlogin>, C<d_getlogin_r>, C<d_getmnt>,
10269 C<d_getmntent>, C<d_getnbyaddr>, C<d_getnbyname>, C<d_getnent>,
10270 C<d_getnetbyaddr_r>, C<d_getnetbyname_r>, C<d_getnetent_r>,
10271 C<d_getnetprotos>, C<d_getpagsz>, C<d_getpbyname>, C<d_getpbynumber>,
10272 C<d_getpent>, C<d_getpgid>, C<d_getpgrp2>, C<d_getpgrp>, C<d_getppid>,
10273 C<d_getprior>, C<d_getprotobyname_r>, C<d_getprotobynumber_r>,
10274 C<d_getprotoent_r>, C<d_getprotoprotos>, C<d_getprpwnam>, C<d_getpwent>,
10275 C<d_getpwent_r>, C<d_getpwnam_r>, C<d_getpwuid_r>, C<d_getsbyname>,
10276 C<d_getsbyport>, C<d_getsent>, C<d_getservbyname_r>, C<d_getservbyport_r>,
10277 C<d_getservent_r>, C<d_getservprotos>, C<d_getspnam>, C<d_getspnam_r>,
10278 C<d_gettimeod>, C<d_gmtime_r>, C<d_gnulibc>, C<d_grpasswd>, C<d_hasmntopt>,
10279 C<d_htonl>, C<d_index>, C<d_inetaton>, C<d_int64_t>, C<d_isascii>,
10280 C<d_isfinite>, C<d_isinf>, C<d_isnan>, C<d_isnanl>, C<d_killpg>,
10281 C<d_lchown>, C<d_ldbl_dig>, C<d_link>, C<d_localtime_r>, C<d_locconv>,
10282 C<d_lockf>, C<d_longdbl>, C<d_longlong>, C<d_lseekproto>, C<d_lstat>,
10283 C<d_madvise>, C<d_mblen>, C<d_mbstowcs>, C<d_mbtowc>, C<d_memchr>,
10284 C<d_memcmp>, C<d_memcpy>, C<d_memmove>, C<d_memset>, C<d_mkdir>,
10285 C<d_mkdtemp>, C<d_mkfifo>, C<d_mkstemp>, C<d_mkstemps>, C<d_mktime>,
10286 C<d_mmap>, C<d_modfl>, C<d_modfl_pow32_bug>, C<d_mprotect>, C<d_msg>,
10287 C<d_msg_ctrunc>, C<d_msg_dontroute>, C<d_msg_oob>, C<d_msg_peek>,
10288 C<d_msg_proxy>, C<d_msgctl>, C<d_msgget>, C<d_msghdr_s>, C<d_msgrcv>,
10289 C<d_msgsnd>, C<d_msync>, C<d_munmap>, C<d_mymalloc>, C<d_nice>,
10290 C<d_nl_langinfo>, C<d_nv_preserves_uv>, C<d_off64_t>,
10291 C<d_old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<d_oldpthreads>, C<d_oldsock>,
10292 C<d_open3>, C<d_pathconf>, C<d_pause>, C<d_perl_otherlibdirs>,
10293 C<d_phostname>, C<d_pipe>, C<d_poll>, C<d_portable>, C<d_PRId64>,
10294 C<d_PRIeldbl>, C<d_PRIEUldbl>, C<d_PRIfldbl>, C<d_PRIFUldbl>,
10295 C<d_PRIgldbl>, C<d_PRIGUldbl>, C<d_PRIi64>, C<d_PRIo64>, C<d_PRIu64>,
10296 C<d_PRIx64>, C<d_PRIXU64>, C<d_procselfexe>, C<d_pthread_atfork>,
10297 C<d_pthread_yield>, C<d_pwage>, C<d_pwchange>, C<d_pwclass>,
10298 C<d_pwcomment>, C<d_pwexpire>, C<d_pwgecos>, C<d_pwpasswd>, C<d_pwquota>,
10299 C<d_qgcvt>, C<d_quad>, C<d_random_r>, C<d_readdir64_r>, C<d_readdir>,
10300 C<d_readdir_r>, C<d_readlink>, C<d_readv>, C<d_recvmsg>, C<d_rename>,
10301 C<d_rewinddir>, C<d_rmdir>, C<d_safebcpy>, C<d_safemcpy>, C<d_sanemcmp>,
10302 C<d_sbrkproto>, C<d_sched_yield>, C<d_scm_rights>, C<d_SCNfldbl>,
10303 C<d_seekdir>, C<d_select>, C<d_sem>, C<d_semctl>, C<d_semctl_semid_ds>,
10304 C<d_semctl_semun>, C<d_semget>, C<d_semop>, C<d_sendmsg>, C<d_setegid>,
10305 C<d_seteuid>, C<d_setgrent>, C<d_setgrent_r>, C<d_setgrps>, C<d_sethent>,
10306 C<d_sethostent_r>, C<d_setitimer>, C<d_setlinebuf>, C<d_setlocale>,
10307 C<d_setlocale_r>, C<d_setnent>, C<d_setnetent_r>, C<d_setpent>,
10308 C<d_setpgid>, C<d_setpgrp2>, C<d_setpgrp>, C<d_setprior>,
10309 C<d_setproctitle>, C<d_setprotoent_r>, C<d_setpwent>, C<d_setpwent_r>,
10310 C<d_setregid>, C<d_setresgid>, C<d_setresuid>, C<d_setreuid>, C<d_setrgid>,
10311 C<d_setruid>, C<d_setsent>, C<d_setservent_r>, C<d_setsid>, C<d_setvbuf>,
10312 C<d_sfio>, C<d_shm>, C<d_shmat>, C<d_shmatprototype>, C<d_shmctl>,
10313 C<d_shmdt>, C<d_shmget>, C<d_sigaction>, C<d_sigprocmask>, C<d_sigsetjmp>,
10314 C<d_sockatmark>, C<d_sockatmarkproto>, C<d_socket>, C<d_socklen_t>,
10315 C<d_sockpair>, C<d_socks5_init>, C<d_sqrtl>, C<d_srand48_r>,
10316 C<d_srandom_r>, C<d_sresgproto>, C<d_sresuproto>, C<d_statblks>,
10317 C<d_statfs_f_flags>, C<d_statfs_s>, C<d_statvfs>, C<d_stdio_cnt_lval>,
10318 C<d_stdio_ptr_lval>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_nochange_cnt>,
10319 C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_sets_cnt>, C<d_stdio_stream_array>, C<d_stdiobase>,
10320 C<d_stdstdio>, C<d_strchr>, C<d_strcoll>, C<d_strctcpy>, C<d_strerrm>,
10321 C<d_strerror>, C<d_strerror_r>, C<d_strftime>, C<d_strtod>, C<d_strtol>,
10322 C<d_strtold>, C<d_strtoll>, C<d_strtoq>, C<d_strtoul>, C<d_strtoull>,
10323 C<d_strtouq>, C<d_strxfrm>, C<d_suidsafe>, C<d_symlink>, C<d_syscall>,
10324 C<d_syscallproto>, C<d_sysconf>, C<d_sysernlst>, C<d_syserrlst>,
10325 C<d_system>, C<d_tcgetpgrp>, C<d_tcsetpgrp>, C<d_telldir>,
10326 C<d_telldirproto>, C<d_time>, C<d_times>, C<d_tm_tm_gmtoff>,
10327 C<d_tm_tm_zone>, C<d_tmpnam_r>, C<d_truncate>, C<d_ttyname_r>, C<d_tzname>,
10328 C<d_u32align>, C<d_ualarm>, C<d_umask>, C<d_uname>, C<d_union_semun>,
10329 C<d_unordered>, C<d_usleep>, C<d_usleepproto>, C<d_ustat>, C<d_vendorarch>,
10330 C<d_vendorbin>, C<d_vendorlib>, C<d_vfork>, C<d_void_closedir>,
10331 C<d_voidsig>, C<d_voidtty>, C<d_volatile>, C<d_vprintf>, C<d_wait4>,
10332 C<d_waitpid>, C<d_wcstombs>, C<d_wctomb>, C<d_writev>, C<d_xenix>, C<date>,
10333 C<db_hashtype>, C<db_prefixtype>, C<db_version_major>, C<db_version_minor>,
10334 C<db_version_patch>, C<defvoidused>, C<direntrytype>, C<dlext>, C<dlsrc>,
10335 C<doublesize>, C<drand01>, C<drand48_r_proto>, C<dynamic_ext>
10339 C<eagain>, C<ebcdic>, C<echo>, C<egrep>, C<emacs>, C<endgrent_r_proto>,
10340 C<endhostent_r_proto>, C<endnetent_r_proto>, C<endprotoent_r_proto>,
10341 C<endpwent_r_proto>, C<endservent_r_proto>, C<eunicefix>, C<exe_ext>,
10342 C<expr>, C<extensions>, C<extras>
10346 C<fflushall>, C<fflushNULL>, C<find>, C<firstmakefile>, C<flex>,
10347 C<fpossize>, C<fpostype>, C<freetype>, C<from>, C<full_ar>, C<full_csh>,
10352 C<gccosandvers>, C<gccversion>, C<getgrent_r_proto>, C<getgrgid_r_proto>,
10353 C<getgrnam_r_proto>, C<gethostbyaddr_r_proto>, C<gethostbyname_r_proto>,
10354 C<gethostent_r_proto>, C<getlogin_r_proto>, C<getnetbyaddr_r_proto>,
10355 C<getnetbyname_r_proto>, C<getnetent_r_proto>, C<getprotobyname_r_proto>,
10356 C<getprotobynumber_r_proto>, C<getprotoent_r_proto>, C<getpwent_r_proto>,
10357 C<getpwnam_r_proto>, C<getpwuid_r_proto>, C<getservbyname_r_proto>,
10358 C<getservbyport_r_proto>, C<getservent_r_proto>, C<getspnam_r_proto>,
10359 C<gidformat>, C<gidsign>, C<gidsize>, C<gidtype>, C<glibpth>, C<gmake>,
10360 C<gmtime_r_proto>, C<grep>, C<groupcat>, C<groupstype>, C<gzip>
10364 C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>
10368 C<i16size>, C<i16type>, C<i32size>, C<i32type>, C<i64size>, C<i64type>,
10369 C<i8size>, C<i8type>, C<i_arpainet>, C<i_bsdioctl>, C<i_crypt>, C<i_db>,
10370 C<i_dbm>, C<i_dirent>, C<i_dld>, C<i_dlfcn>, C<i_fcntl>, C<i_float>,
10371 C<i_fp>, C<i_fp_class>, C<i_gdbm>, C<i_grp>, C<i_ieeefp>, C<i_inttypes>,
10372 C<i_langinfo>, C<i_libutil>, C<i_limits>, C<i_locale>, C<i_machcthr>,
10373 C<i_malloc>, C<i_math>, C<i_memory>, C<i_mntent>, C<i_ndbm>, C<i_netdb>,
10374 C<i_neterrno>, C<i_netinettcp>, C<i_niin>, C<i_poll>, C<i_prot>,
10375 C<i_pthread>, C<i_pwd>, C<i_rpcsvcdbm>, C<i_sfio>, C<i_sgtty>, C<i_shadow>,
10376 C<i_socks>, C<i_stdarg>, C<i_stddef>, C<i_stdlib>, C<i_string>,
10377 C<i_sunmath>, C<i_sysaccess>, C<i_sysdir>, C<i_sysfile>, C<i_sysfilio>,
10378 C<i_sysin>, C<i_sysioctl>, C<i_syslog>, C<i_sysmman>, C<i_sysmode>,
10379 C<i_sysmount>, C<i_sysndir>, C<i_sysparam>, C<i_sysresrc>, C<i_syssecrt>,
10380 C<i_sysselct>, C<i_syssockio>, C<i_sysstat>, C<i_sysstatfs>,
10381 C<i_sysstatvfs>, C<i_systime>, C<i_systimek>, C<i_systimes>, C<i_systypes>,
10382 C<i_sysuio>, C<i_sysun>, C<i_sysutsname>, C<i_sysvfs>, C<i_syswait>,
10383 C<i_termio>, C<i_termios>, C<i_time>, C<i_unistd>, C<i_ustat>, C<i_utime>,
10384 C<i_values>, C<i_varargs>, C<i_varhdr>, C<i_vfork>,
10385 C<ignore_versioned_solibs>, C<inc_version_list>, C<inc_version_list_init>,
10386 C<incpath>, C<inews>, C<installarchlib>, C<installbin>, C<installman1dir>,
10387 C<installman3dir>, C<installprefix>, C<installprefixexp>,
10388 C<installprivlib>, C<installscript>, C<installsitearch>, C<installsitebin>,
10389 C<installsitelib>, C<installstyle>, C<installusrbinperl>,
10390 C<installvendorarch>, C<installvendorbin>, C<installvendorlib>, C<intsize>,
10391 C<issymlink>, C<ivdformat>, C<ivsize>, C<ivtype>
10395 C<known_extensions>, C<ksh>
10399 C<ld>, C<lddlflags>, C<ldflags>, C<ldflags_uselargefiles>, C<ldlibpthname>,
10400 C<less>, C<lib_ext>, C<libc>, C<libperl>, C<libpth>, C<libs>, C<libsdirs>,
10401 C<libsfiles>, C<libsfound>, C<libspath>, C<libswanted>,
10402 C<libswanted_uselargefiles>, C<line>, C<lint>, C<lkflags>, C<ln>, C<lns>,
10403 C<localtime_r_proto>, C<locincpth>, C<loclibpth>, C<longdblsize>,
10404 C<longlongsize>, C<longsize>, C<lp>, C<lpr>, C<ls>, C<lseeksize>,
10409 C<mail>, C<mailx>, C<make>, C<make_set_make>, C<mallocobj>, C<mallocsrc>,
10410 C<malloctype>, C<man1dir>, C<man1direxp>, C<man1ext>, C<man3dir>,
10411 C<man3direxp>, C<man3ext>
10415 C<Mcc>, C<mips_type>, C<mkdir>, C<mmaptype>, C<modetype>, C<more>,
10416 C<multiarch>, C<mv>, C<myarchname>, C<mydomain>, C<myhostname>, C<myuname>
10420 C<n>, C<need_va_copy>, C<netdb_hlen_type>, C<netdb_host_type>,
10421 C<netdb_name_type>, C<netdb_net_type>, C<nm>, C<nm_opt>, C<nm_so_opt>,
10422 C<nonxs_ext>, C<nroff>, C<nv_preserves_uv_bits>, C<nveformat>,
10423 C<nvEUformat>, C<nvfformat>, C<nvFUformat>, C<nvgformat>, C<nvGUformat>,
10424 C<nvsize>, C<nvtype>
10428 C<o_nonblock>, C<obj_ext>, C<old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<optimize>,
10429 C<orderlib>, C<osname>, C<osvers>, C<otherlibdirs>
10433 C<package>, C<pager>, C<passcat>, C<patchlevel>, C<path_sep>, C<perl5>,
10434 C<perl>, C<perl_patchlevel>
10438 C<PERL_REVISION>, C<PERL_SUBVERSION>, C<PERL_VERSION>, C<perladmin>,
10439 C<perllibs>, C<perlpath>, C<pg>, C<phostname>, C<pidtype>, C<plibpth>,
10440 C<pm_apiversion>, C<pmake>, C<pr>, C<prefix>, C<prefixexp>, C<privlib>,
10441 C<privlibexp>, C<procselfexe>, C<prototype>, C<ptrsize>
10445 C<quadkind>, C<quadtype>
10449 C<randbits>, C<randfunc>, C<random_r_proto>, C<randseedtype>, C<ranlib>,
10450 C<rd_nodata>, C<readdir64_r_proto>, C<readdir_r_proto>, C<revision>, C<rm>,
10451 C<rmail>, C<run>, C<runnm>
10455 C<sched_yield>, C<scriptdir>, C<scriptdirexp>, C<sed>, C<seedfunc>,
10456 C<selectminbits>, C<selecttype>, C<sendmail>, C<setgrent_r_proto>,
10457 C<sethostent_r_proto>, C<setlocale_r_proto>, C<setnetent_r_proto>,
10458 C<setprotoent_r_proto>, C<setpwent_r_proto>, C<setservent_r_proto>, C<sh>,
10459 C<shar>, C<sharpbang>, C<shmattype>, C<shortsize>, C<shrpenv>, C<shsharp>,
10460 C<sig_count>, C<sig_name>, C<sig_name_init>, C<sig_num>, C<sig_num_init>,
10461 C<sig_size>, C<signal_t>, C<sitearch>, C<sitearchexp>, C<sitebin>,
10462 C<sitebinexp>, C<sitelib>, C<sitelib_stem>, C<sitelibexp>, C<siteprefix>,
10463 C<siteprefixexp>, C<sizesize>, C<sizetype>, C<sleep>, C<smail>, C<so>,
10464 C<sockethdr>, C<socketlib>, C<socksizetype>, C<sort>, C<spackage>,
10465 C<spitshell>, C<sPRId64>, C<sPRIeldbl>, C<sPRIEUldbl>, C<sPRIfldbl>,
10466 C<sPRIFUldbl>, C<sPRIgldbl>, C<sPRIGUldbl>, C<sPRIi64>, C<sPRIo64>,
10467 C<sPRIu64>, C<sPRIx64>, C<sPRIXU64>, C<srand48_r_proto>,
10468 C<srandom_r_proto>, C<src>, C<sSCNfldbl>, C<ssizetype>, C<startperl>,
10469 C<startsh>, C<static_ext>, C<stdchar>, C<stdio_base>, C<stdio_bufsiz>,
10470 C<stdio_cnt>, C<stdio_filbuf>, C<stdio_ptr>, C<stdio_stream_array>,
10471 C<strerror_r_proto>, C<strings>, C<submit>, C<subversion>, C<sysman>
10475 C<tail>, C<tar>, C<targetarch>, C<tbl>, C<tee>, C<test>, C<timeincl>,
10476 C<timetype>, C<tmpnam_r_proto>, C<to>, C<touch>, C<tr>, C<trnl>, C<troff>,
10481 C<u16size>, C<u16type>, C<u32size>, C<u32type>, C<u64size>, C<u64type>,
10482 C<u8size>, C<u8type>, C<uidformat>, C<uidsign>, C<uidsize>, C<uidtype>,
10483 C<uname>, C<uniq>, C<uquadtype>, C<use5005threads>, C<use64bitall>,
10484 C<use64bitint>, C<usecrosscompile>, C<usedl>, C<useithreads>,
10485 C<uselargefiles>, C<uselongdouble>, C<usemorebits>, C<usemultiplicity>,
10486 C<usemymalloc>, C<usenm>, C<useopcode>, C<useperlio>, C<useposix>,
10487 C<usereentrant>, C<usesfio>, C<useshrplib>, C<usesocks>, C<usethreads>,
10488 C<usevendorprefix>, C<usevfork>, C<usrinc>, C<uuname>, C<uvoformat>,
10489 C<uvsize>, C<uvtype>, C<uvuformat>, C<uvxformat>, C<uvXUformat>
10493 C<vendorarch>, C<vendorarchexp>, C<vendorbin>, C<vendorbinexp>,
10494 C<vendorlib>, C<vendorlib_stem>, C<vendorlibexp>, C<vendorprefix>,
10495 C<vendorprefixexp>, C<version>, C<version_patchlevel_string>,
10496 C<versiononly>, C<vi>, C<voidflags>
10500 C<xlibpth>, C<xs_apiversion>
10504 C<yacc>, C<yaccflags>
10516 =head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory
10526 =item getcwd and friends
10528 getcwd, cwd, fastcwd, fastgetcwd
10530 =item abs_path and friends
10532 abs_path, realpath, fast_abs_path
10544 =head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft,
10556 =item Global Variables
10558 $DB::sub, %DB::sub, $DB::single, $DB::signal, $DB::trace, @DB::args,
10559 @DB::dbline, %DB::dbline, $DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::subname,
10564 CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'),
10565 CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done()
10567 =item Client Callback Methods
10569 CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(),
10570 CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(),
10571 CLIENT->output(LIST)
10581 =head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
10589 B<DB_HASH>, B<DB_BTREE>, B<DB_RECNO>
10593 =item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or greater
10595 =item Interface to Berkeley DB
10597 =item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File
10599 =item Default Parameters
10601 =item In Memory Databases
10609 =item A Simple Example
10617 =item Changing the BTREE sort order
10619 =item Handling Duplicate Keys
10621 =item The get_dup() Method
10623 =item The find_dup() Method
10625 =item The del_dup() Method
10627 =item Matching Partial Keys
10635 =item The 'bval' Option
10637 =item A Simple Example
10639 =item Extra RECNO Methods
10641 B<$X-E<gt>push(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-E<gt>pop ;>, B<$X-E<gt>shift>,
10642 B<$X-E<gt>unshift(list) ;>, B<$X-E<gt>length>, B<$X-E<gt>splice(offset,
10643 length, elements);>
10645 =item Another Example
10649 =item THE API INTERFACE
10651 B<$status = $X-E<gt>get($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status =
10652 $X-E<gt>put($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>del($key [,
10653 $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>fd ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>seq($key,
10654 $value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>sync([$flags]) ;>
10658 B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
10659 B<filter_fetch_value>
10665 =item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
10667 =item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
10671 =item HINTS AND TIPS
10675 =item Locking: The Trouble with fd
10677 =item Safe ways to lock a database
10679 B<Tie::DB_Lock>, B<Tie::DB_LockFile>, B<DB_File::Lock>
10681 =item Sharing Databases With C Applications
10683 =item The untie() Gotcha
10687 =item COMMON QUESTIONS
10691 =item Why is there Perl source in my database?
10693 =item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File?
10695 =item What does "Invalid Argument" mean?
10697 =item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean?
10717 =head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both
10718 printing and C<eval>
10730 I<PACKAGE>->new(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Dump I<or>
10731 I<PACKAGE>->Dump(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>),
10732 I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>),
10739 =item Configuration Variables or Methods
10741 $Data::Dumper::Indent I<or> I<$OBJ>->Indent(I<[NEWVAL]>),
10742 $Data::Dumper::Purity I<or> I<$OBJ>->Purity(I<[NEWVAL]>),
10743 $Data::Dumper::Pad I<or> I<$OBJ>->Pad(I<[NEWVAL]>),
10744 $Data::Dumper::Varname I<or> I<$OBJ>->Varname(I<[NEWVAL]>),
10745 $Data::Dumper::Useqq I<or> I<$OBJ>->Useqq(I<[NEWVAL]>),
10746 $Data::Dumper::Terse I<or> I<$OBJ>->Terse(I<[NEWVAL]>),
10747 $Data::Dumper::Freezer I<or> $I<OBJ>->Freezer(I<[NEWVAL]>),
10748 $Data::Dumper::Toaster I<or> $I<OBJ>->Toaster(I<[NEWVAL]>),
10749 $Data::Dumper::Deepcopy I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deepcopy(I<[NEWVAL]>),
10750 $Data::Dumper::Quotekeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Quotekeys(I<[NEWVAL]>),
10751 $Data::Dumper::Bless I<or> $I<OBJ>->Bless(I<[NEWVAL]>),
10752 $Data::Dumper::Maxdepth I<or> $I<OBJ>->Maxdepth(I<[NEWVAL]>),
10753 $Data::Dumper::Useperl I<or> $I<OBJ>->Useperl(I<[NEWVAL]>),
10754 $Data::Dumper::Sortkeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Sortkeys(I<[NEWVAL]>),
10755 $Data::Dumper::Deparse I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deparse(I<[NEWVAL]>)
10775 =head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler
10783 =item PROFILE FORMAT
10795 =head2 Devel::PPPort, Perl/Pollution/Portability
10817 =head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
10827 =item Runtime debugging
10829 =item Memory footprint debugging
10837 =item A simple scalar string
10839 =item A simple scalar number
10841 =item A simple scalar with an extra reference
10843 =item A reference to a simple scalar
10845 =item A reference to an array
10847 =item A reference to a hash
10849 =item Dumping a large array or hash
10851 =item A reference to an SV which holds a C pointer
10853 =item A reference to a subroutine
10867 =head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
10877 =head2 Digest:: - Modules that calculate message digests
10885 I<binary>, I<hex>, I<base64>
10889 $ctx = Digest->XXX($arg,...), $ctx = Digest->new(XXX => $arg,...), $ctx =
10890 Digest::XXX->new($arg,...), $ctx->reset, $ctx->add($data,...),
10891 $ctx->addfile($io_handle), $ctx->digest, $ctx->hexdigest, $ctx->b64digest
10899 =head2 Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
10909 md5($data,...), md5_hex($data,...), md5_base64($data,...)
10913 $md5 = Digest::MD5->new, $md5->reset, $md5->add($data,...),
10914 $md5->addfile($io_handle), $md5->digest, $md5->hexdigest, $md5->b64digest
10926 =head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
10938 =head2 Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data.
10950 C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>,
10951 C<dumpDBFiles>, C<dumpPackages>, C<dumpReused>, C<tick>, C<quoteHighBit>,
10952 C<printUndef>, C<usageOnly>, unctrl, subdump, bareStringify, quoteHighBit,
10957 dumpValue, dumpValues, stringify, dumpvars, set_quote, set_unctrl,
10958 compactDump, veryCompact, set, get
10964 =head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
10972 @dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, @dl_librefs,
10973 @dl_modules, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(), dl_expandspec(),
10974 dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_loadflags(), dl_find_symbol(),
10975 dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(), dl_install_xsub(),
10982 =head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into
10995 =head2 Encode - character encodings
11003 =item Table of Contents
11015 =item PERL ENCODING API
11017 $bytes = encode(ENCODING, $string[, CHECK]), $string = decode(ENCODING,
11018 $bytes[, CHECK]), [$length =] from_to($string, FROM_ENCODING, TO_ENCODING[,
11023 =item Listing available encodings
11025 =item Defining Aliases
11029 =item Encoding and IO
11031 =item Handling Malformed Data
11033 Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
11039 $bytes = encode_utf8($string);, $string = decode_utf8($bytes [, CHECK]);
11043 =item Defining Encodings
11045 =item Messing with Perl's Internals
11047 is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK]), _utf8_on(STRING), _utf8_off(STRING)
11053 =head2 Encode::10646_1, Encode::10656_1 -- for internal use only
11055 =head2 Encode::Alias - alias defintions to encodings
11063 As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
11068 =item Alias overloading
11076 =head2 Encode::Byte - Single Byte Encodings
11090 =head2 Encode::CJKConstants -- Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
11092 =head2 Encode::CN - China-based Chinese Encodings
11108 =head2 Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by Encode::CN
11110 =head2 Encode::EBCDIC - EBCDIC Encodings
11124 =head2 Encode::Encoding - Encode Implementation Base Class
11132 -E<gt>name, -E<gt>new_sequence, -E<gt>encode($string,$check),
11133 -E<gt>decode($octets,$check)
11137 =item Compiled Encodings
11145 =head2 Encode::Internal -- for internal use only
11147 =head2 Encode::JP - Japanese Encodings
11157 =item Note on ISO-2022-JP(-1)?
11165 =head2 Encode::JP::2022_JP -- internally used by Encode::JP
11167 =head2 Encode::JP::2022_JP1 -- internally used by Encode::JP
11169 =head2 Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by Encode::JP::2022_JP*
11171 =head2 Encode::JP::JIS -- internally used by Encode::JP
11173 =head2 Encode::Supported -- Supported encodings by Encode
11181 =item Encoding Names
11185 =item Supported Encodings
11189 =item Built-in Encodings
11191 =item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
11193 ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
11196 =item The CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
11198 Encode::CN -- Continental China, Encode::JP -- Japan, Encode::KR -- Korea,
11199 Encode::TW -- Taiwan, Encode::HanExtra -- More Chinese via CPAN
11201 =item Miscellaneous encodings
11203 Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols
11207 =item Unsupported encodings
11209 ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], various UP-UX
11210 encodings, Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], Thai
11211 encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS, various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic
11214 =item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
11216 =item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
11220 =item Microsoft-related naming mess
11222 KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
11228 character repertoire, coded character set (CCS), character encoding scheme
11229 (CES), EUC, ISO-2022, UCS, UCS-2, Unicode, UTF, UTF-16
11235 ECMA, EMCA-035 (eq C<ISO-2022>), IANA, Assigned Charset Names by IANA, ISO,
11236 RFC, UC, Unicode Glossary
11240 =item Other Notable Sites
11242 czyborra.com, CJK.inf
11248 =head2 Encode::Symbol - Symbol Encodings
11262 =head2 Encode::TW - Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings
11278 =head2 Encode::Unicode -- for internal use only
11280 =head2 Encode::XS -- for internal use only
11282 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::10646_1, Encode::10656_1 -- for internal use
11285 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Alias, Encode::Alias - alias defintions to
11294 As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
11299 =item Alias overloading
11307 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CJKConstants.pm --
11308 Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
11310 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CN::HZ, Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by
11313 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Encoding, Encode::Encoding - Encode
11314 Implementation Base Class
11322 -E<gt>name, -E<gt>new_sequence, -E<gt>encode($string,$check),
11323 -E<gt>decode($octets,$check)
11327 =item Compiled Encodings
11335 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Internal, Encode::Internal -- for internal use
11338 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::2022_JP, Encode::JP::2022_JP -- internally
11341 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::2022_JP1, Encode::JP::2022_JP1 --
11342 internally used by Encode::JP
11344 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::H2Z, Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by
11345 Encode::JP::2022_JP*
11347 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::JIS, Encode::JP::JIS -- internally used by
11350 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Supported, Encode::Supported -- Supported
11351 encodings by Encode
11359 =item Encoding Names
11363 =item Supported Encodings
11367 =item Built-in Encodings
11369 =item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
11371 ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
11374 =item The CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
11376 Encode::CN -- Continental China, Encode::JP -- Japan, Encode::KR -- Korea,
11377 Encode::TW -- Taiwan, Encode::HanExtra -- More Chinese via CPAN
11379 =item Miscellaneous encodings
11381 Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols
11385 =item Unsupported encodings
11387 ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], various UP-UX
11388 encodings, Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], Thai
11389 encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS, various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic
11392 =item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
11394 =item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
11398 =item Microsoft-related naming mess
11400 KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
11406 character repertoire, coded character set (CCS), character encoding scheme
11407 (CES), EUC, ISO-2022, UCS, UCS-2, Unicode, UTF, UTF-16
11413 ECMA, EMCA-035 (eq C<ISO-2022>), IANA, Assigned Charset Names by IANA, ISO,
11414 RFC, UC, Unicode Glossary
11418 =item Other Notable Sites
11420 czyborra.com, CJK.inf
11426 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Unicode, Encode::Unicode -- for internal use
11429 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::XS, Encode::XS -- for internal use only
11431 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::ucs2_le, Encode::ucs2_le -- for internal use
11434 =head2 Encode::lib::Encode::utf8, Encode::utf8 -- for internal use only
11436 =head2 Encode::ucs2_le -- for internal use only
11438 =head2 Encode::utf8 -- for internal use only
11440 =head2 Encodencoding, encoding - allows you to write your script in
11441 non-asii or non-utf8
11451 use encoding [I<ENCNAME>] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> [ STDIN =>
11452 I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, no encoding;
11460 =item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
11464 =item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
11466 =item KNOWN PROBLEMS
11472 =head2 English - use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation
11485 =head2 Env - perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or
11500 =head2 Errno - System errno constants
11516 =head2 Exporter - Implements default import method for modules
11526 =item How to Export
11528 =item Selecting What To Export
11530 =item How to Import
11532 C<use ModuleName;>, C<use ModuleName ();>, C<use ModuleName qw(...);>
11536 =item Advanced features
11540 =item Specialised Import Lists
11542 =item Exporting without using Exporter's import method
11544 =item Module Version Checking
11546 =item Managing Unknown Symbols
11548 =item Tag Handling Utility Functions
11550 =item Generating combined tags
11552 =item C<AUTOLOAD>ed Constants
11558 =head2 Exporter::Heavy - Exporter guts
11568 =head2 ExtUtils::Command - utilities to replace common UNIX commands in
11589 mv source... destination
11591 cp source... destination
11609 =head2 ExtUtils::Command::MM - Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles
11621 =head2 ExtUtils::Constant - generate XS code to import C header constants
11631 IV, UV, NV, PV, PVN, SV, YES, NO, UNDEF
11639 perl_stringify NAME
11643 memEQ_clause NAME, CHECKED_AT, INDENT
11645 assign INDENT, TYPE, PRE, POST, VALUE..
11649 switch_clause INDENT, NAMELEN, ITEMHASH, ITEM..
11657 C_constant, name, type, value, macro, default, pre, post, def_pre =item
11660 XS_constant PACKAGE, TYPES, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
11662 autoload PACKAGE, VERSION, AUTOLOADER
11664 WriteMakefileSnippet
11666 WriteConstants ATTRIBUTE =E<gt> VALUE [, ...], NAME, DEFAULT_TYPE,
11667 BREAKOUT_AT, NAMES, C_FILE, XS_FILE, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
11675 =head2 ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications
11687 xsinit(), Examples, ldopts(), Examples, perl_inc(), ccflags(), ccdlflags(),
11688 ccopts(), xsi_header(), xsi_protos(@modules), xsi_body(@modules)
11698 =head2 ExtUtils::Install - install files from here to there
11708 =head2 ExtUtils::Installed - Inventory management of installed modules
11720 new(), modules(), files(), directories(), directory_tree(), validate(),
11721 packlist(), version()
11729 =head2 ExtUtils::Liblist - determine libraries to use and how to use them
11737 For static extensions, For dynamic extensions at build/link time, For
11738 dynamic extensions at load time
11744 =item LDLOADLIBS and LD_RUN_PATH
11754 =item VMS implementation
11756 =item Win32 implementation
11764 =head2 ExtUtils::MM - OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass
11774 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Any - Platform agnostic MM methods
11782 =item Inherently Cross-Platform Methods
11786 =item File::Spec wrappers B<DEPRECATED>
11800 file_name_is_absolute
11810 =item Thought To Be Cross-Platform Methods
11824 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_BeOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
11825 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
11837 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
11838 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
11846 canonpath, cflags, manifypods, perl_archive
11850 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_DOS - DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
11860 =item Overridden methods
11862 B<replace_manpage_separator>
11876 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_NW5 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
11877 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
11891 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_OS2 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
11892 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
11906 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_UWIN - U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
11916 =item Overridden methods
11918 B<replace_manpage_separator>
11932 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
11946 =item SelfLoaded methods
11996 =item Methods to actually produce chunks of text for the Makefile
12042 maybe_command_in_dirs
12066 post_initialize (o)
12080 replace_manpage_separator
12094 test_via_harness (override)
12096 test_via_script (override)
12126 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_VMS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
12127 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
12137 =item Methods always loaded
12149 guess_name (override)
12153 find_perl (override)
12155 maybe_command (override)
12157 maybe_command_in_dirs (override)
12159 perl_script (override)
12161 replace_manpage_separator
12163 init_main (override)
12165 init_others (override)
12167 constants (override)
12171 const_cccmd (override)
12173 pm_to_blib (override)
12175 tool_autosplit (override)
12177 tool_sxubpp (override)
12179 xsubpp_version (override)
12181 tools_other (override)
12191 top_targets (override)
12195 dynamic_lib (override)
12197 dynamic_bs (override)
12199 static_lib (override)
12201 manifypods (override)
12203 processPL (override)
12205 installbin (override)
12207 subdir_x (override)
12211 realclean (override)
12213 dist_core (override)
12215 dist_test (override)
12219 perldepend (override)
12221 makefile (override)
12225 makeaperl (override)
12227 nicetext (override)
12229 =head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
12230 ExtUtils::MakeMaker
12252 tool_autosplit (override)
12268 =head2 ExtUtils::MY - ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization
12278 =head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - create an extension Makefile
12288 =item How To Write A Makefile.PL
12290 =item Default Makefile Behaviour
12298 =item PREFIX and LIB attribute
12302 =item Static Linking of a new Perl Binary
12304 =item Determination of Perl Library and Installation Locations
12306 =item Which architecture dependent directory?
12308 =item Using Attributes and Parameters
12310 ABSTRACT, ABSTRACT_FROM, AUTHOR, BINARY_LOCATION, C, CCFLAGS, CONFIG,
12311 CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DIR, DISTNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, EXCLUDE_EXT,
12312 EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, FULLPERLRUN, FULLPERLRUNINST,
12313 FUNCLIST, H, IMPORTS, INC, INCLUDE_EXT, INSTALLARCHLIB, INSTALLBIN,
12314 INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLMAN1DIR, INSTALLMAN3DIR, INSTALLPRIVLIB, INSTALLSCRIPT,
12315 INSTALLSITEARCH, INSTALLSITELIB, INST_ARCHLIB, INST_BIN, INST_LIB,
12316 INST_MAN1DIR, INST_MAN3DIR, INST_SCRIPT, LDFROM, LIB, LIBPERL_A, LIBS,
12317 LINKTYPE, MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET, MYEXTLIB,
12318 NAME, NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, NO_VC, OBJECT, OPTIMIZE, PERL,
12319 PERL_CORE, PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB, PERL_MALLOC_OK, PERLRUN,
12320 PERLRUNINST, PERL_SRC, PERM_RW, PERM_RWX, PL_FILES, PM, PMLIBDIRS,
12321 PM_FILTER, POLLUTE, PPM_INSTALL_EXEC, PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX,
12322 PREREQ_PM, PREREQ_FATAL, PREREQ_PRINT, PRINT_PREREQ, SKIP, TYPEMAPS,
12323 VERSION, VERSION_FROM, XS, XSOPT, XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION
12325 =item Additional lowercase attributes
12327 clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, linkext, macro, realclean, test,
12330 =item Overriding MakeMaker Methods
12332 =item Hintsfile support
12334 =item Distribution Support
12336 make distcheck, make skipcheck, make distclean, make manifest,
12337 make distdir, make disttest, make tardist, make dist, make
12338 uutardist, make shdist, make zipdist, make ci
12340 =item Disabling an extension
12346 PERL_MM_OPT, PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT
12354 =head2 ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
12362 =item MANIFEST.SKIP
12366 =item GLOBAL VARIABLES
12370 C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>, C<MANIFEST:> I<$!>,
12371 C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
12375 B<PERL_MM_MANIFEST_DEBUG>
12383 =head2 ExtUtils::Miniperl, writemain - write the C code for perlmain.c
12395 =head2 ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap - make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader
12405 =head2 ExtUtils::Mksymlists - write linker options files for dynamic
12414 DLBASE, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, FILE, FUNCLIST, IMPORTS, NAME
12422 =head2 ExtUtils::Packlist - manage .packlist files
12434 new(), read(), write(), validate(), packlist_file()
12442 =head2 ExtUtils::testlib - add blib/* directories to @INC
12452 =head2 Fatal - replace functions with equivalents which succeed or die
12464 =head2 Fcntl - load the C Fcntl.h defines
12474 =item EXPORTED SYMBOLS
12478 =head2 File::Basename, fileparse - split a pathname into pieces
12486 fileparse_set_fstype, fileparse
12490 C<basename>, C<dirname>
12494 =head2 File::CheckTree, validate - run many filetest checks on a tree
12504 =head2 File::Compare - Compare files or filehandles
12518 =head2 File::Copy - Copy files or filehandles
12528 =item Special behaviour if C<syscopy> is defined (OS/2, VMS and Win32)
12530 rmscopy($from,$to[,$date_flag])
12542 =head2 File::DosGlob - DOS like globbing and then some
12552 =item EXPORTS (by request only)
12564 =head2 File::Find - Traverse a directory tree.
12572 B<find>, B<finddepth>
12578 C<wanted>, C<bydepth>, C<preprocess>, C<postprocess>, C<follow>,
12579 C<follow_fast>, C<follow_skip>, C<dangling_symlinks>, C<no_chdir>,
12580 C<untaint>, C<untaint_pattern>, C<untaint_skip>
12582 =item The wanted function
12584 C<$File::Find::dir> is the current directory name,, C<$_> is the current
12585 filename within that directory, C<$File::Find::name> is the complete
12586 pathname to the file
12594 $dont_use_nlink, symlinks
12602 =head2 File::Glob - Perl extension for BSD glob routine
12610 C<GLOB_ERR>, C<GLOB_LIMIT>, C<GLOB_MARK>, C<GLOB_NOCASE>, C<GLOB_NOCHECK>,
12611 C<GLOB_NOSORT>, C<GLOB_BRACE>, C<GLOB_NOMAGIC>, C<GLOB_QUOTE>,
12612 C<GLOB_TILDE>, C<GLOB_CSH>, C<GLOB_ALPHASORT>
12616 C<GLOB_NOSPACE>, C<GLOB_ABEND>
12624 =head2 File::Path - create or remove directory trees
12636 =head2 File::Spec - portably perform operations on file names
12646 canonpath, catdir, catfile, curdir, devnull, rootdir, tmpdir, updir,
12647 no_upwards, case_tolerant, file_name_is_absolute, path, join, splitpath,
12648 splitdir, catpath(), abs2rel, rel2abs()
12656 =head2 File::Spec::Cygwin - methods for Cygwin file specs
12666 =head2 File::Spec::Epoc - methods for Epoc file specs
12684 =head2 File::Spec::Functions - portably perform operations on file names
12702 =head2 File::Spec::Mac - File::Spec for Mac OS (Classic)
12730 file_name_is_absolute
12760 =head2 File::Spec::OS2 - methods for OS/2 file specs
12770 =head2 File::Spec::Unix - File::Spec for Unix, base for other File::Spec
12803 file_name_is_absolute
12825 =head2 File::Spec::VMS - methods for VMS file specs
12841 =item Methods always loaded
12843 canonpath (override)
12861 case_tolerant (override)
12865 file_name_is_absolute (override)
12867 splitpath (override)
12869 splitdir (override)
12883 =head2 File::Spec::Win32 - methods for Win32 file specs
12913 =head2 File::Temp - return name and handle of a temporary file safely
12937 =item MKTEMP FUNCTIONS
12951 =item POSIX FUNCTIONS
12961 =item ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
12969 =item UTILITY FUNCTIONS
12977 =item PACKAGE VARIABLES
12979 B<safe_level>, STANDARD, MEDIUM, HIGH
12991 =item Temporary files and NFS
13003 =head2 File::stat - by-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions
13017 =head2 FileCache - keep more files open than the system permits
13029 =head2 FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles
13037 $fh->print, $fh->printf, $fh->getline, $fh->getlines
13043 =head2 Filter::Simple - Simplified source filtering
13057 =item Disabling or changing <no> behaviour
13059 =item All-in-one interface
13061 =item Filtering only specific components of source code
13063 C<"code">, C<"executable">, C<"quotelike">, C<"string">, C<"regex">,
13066 =item Filtering only the code parts of source code
13068 Most source code ceases to be grammatically correct when it is broken up
13069 into the pieces between string literals and regexes. So the C<'code'>
13070 component filter behaves slightly differently from the other partial
13072 described in the previous section.
13074 =item Using Filter::Simple with an explicit C<import> subroutine
13076 =item Using Filter::Simple and Exporter together
13088 =head2 Filter::Util::Call - Perl Source Filter Utility Module
13098 =item B<use Filter::Util::Call>
13102 =item B<filter() and anonymous sub>
13104 B<$_>, B<$status>, B<filter_read> and B<filter_read_exact>, B<filter_del>
13112 =item Example 1: A simple filter.
13114 =item Example 2: Using the context
13116 =item Example 3: Using the context within the filter
13118 =item Example 4: Using filter_del
13122 =item Filter::Simple
13130 =head2 FindBin - Locate directory of original perl script
13138 =item EXPORTABLE VARIABLES
13150 =head2 GDBM_File - Perl5 access to the gdbm library.
13166 =head2 Getopt::Long - Extended processing of command line options
13174 =item Command Line Options, an Introduction
13176 =item Getting Started with Getopt::Long
13180 =item Simple options
13182 =item A little bit less simple options
13184 =item Mixing command line option with other arguments
13186 =item Options with values
13188 =item Options with multiple values
13190 =item Options with hash values
13192 =item User-defined subroutines to handle options
13194 =item Options with multiple names
13196 =item Case and abbreviations
13198 =item Summary of Option Specifications
13200 !, +, s, i, o, f, : I<type> [ I<desttype> ], : I<number> [ I<desttype> ], :
13205 =item Advanced Possibilities
13209 =item Object oriented interface
13211 =item Documentation and help texts
13213 =item Storing options in a hash
13217 =item The lonesome dash
13219 =item Argument callback
13223 =item Configuring Getopt::Long
13225 default, posix_default, auto_abbrev, getopt_compat, gnu_compat, gnu_getopt,
13226 require_order, permute, bundling (default: disabled), bundling_override
13227 (default: disabled), ignore_case (default: enabled), ignore_case_always
13228 (default: disabled), pass_through (default: disabled), prefix,
13229 prefix_pattern, debug (default: disabled)
13231 =item Return values and Errors
13237 =item Default destinations
13239 =item Alternative option starters
13241 =item Configuration variables
13245 =item Trouble Shooting
13249 =item Warning: Ignoring '!' modifier for short option
13251 =item GetOptions does not return a false result when an option is not
13254 =item GetOptions does not split the command line correctly
13256 =item How do I put a "-?" option into a Getopt::Long?
13262 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER
13266 =head2 Getopt::Std, getopt - Process single-character switches with switch
13277 =head2 Hash::Util - A selection of general-utility hash subroutines
13287 =item Restricted hashes
13289 lock_keys, unlock_keys
13295 lock_value, unlock_value
13297 B<lock_hash>, B<unlock_hash>
13307 =head2 I18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current
13318 =head2 I18N::LangTags - functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language
13329 the function is_language_tag($lang1)
13331 the function extract_language_tags($whatever)
13333 the function same_language_tag($lang1, $lang2)
13335 the function similarity_language_tag($lang1, $lang2)
13337 the function is_dialect_of($lang1, $lang2)
13339 the function super_languages($lang1)
13341 the function locale2language_tag($locale_identifier)
13343 the function encode_language_tag($lang1)
13345 the function alternate_language_tags($lang1)
13347 the function @langs = panic_languages(@accept_languages)
13351 =item ABOUT LOWERCASING
13353 =item ABOUT UNICODE PLAINTEXT LANGUAGE TAGS
13363 =head2 I18N::LangTags::List -- tags and names for human languages
13371 =item ABOUT LANGUAGE TAGS
13373 =item LIST OF LANGUAGES
13375 {ab} : Abkhazian, {ace} : Achinese, {ach} : Acoli, {ada} : Adangme, {aa} :
13376 Afar, {afh} : Afrihili, {af} : Afrikaans, [{afa} : Afro-Asiatic (Other)],
13377 {aka} : Akan, {akk} : Akkadian, {sq} : Albanian, {ale} : Aleut, [{alg} :
13378 Algonquian languages], [{tut} : Altaic (Other)], {am} : Amharic, {i-ami} :
13379 Ami, [{apa} : Apache languages], {ar} : Arabic, {arc} : Aramaic, {arp} :
13380 Arapaho, {arn} : Araucanian, {arw} : Arawak, {hy} : Armenian, [{art} :
13381 Artificial (Other)], {as} : Assamese, [{ath} : Athapascan languages],
13382 [{aus} : Australian languages], [{map} : Austronesian (Other)], {ava} :
13383 Avaric, {ae} : Avestan, {awa} : Awadhi, {ay} : Aymara, {az} : Azerbaijani,
13384 {ban} : Balinese, [{bat} : Baltic (Other)], {bal} : Baluchi, {bam} :
13385 Bambara, [{bai} : Bamileke languages], {bad} : Banda, [{bnt} : Bantu
13386 (Other)], {bas} : Basa, {ba} : Bashkir, {eu} : Basque, {btk} : Batak
13387 (Indonesia), {bej} : Beja, {be} : Belarusian, {bem} : Bemba, {bn} :
13388 Bengali, [{ber} : Berber (Other)], {bho} : Bhojpuri, {bh} : Bihari, {bik} :
13389 Bikol, {bin} : Bini, {bi} : Bislama, {bs} : Bosnian, {bra} : Braj, {br} :
13390 Breton, {bug} : Buginese, {bg} : Bulgarian, {i-bnn} : Bunun, {bua} :
13391 Buriat, {my} : Burmese, {cad} : Caddo, {car} : Carib, {ca} : Catalan,
13392 [{cau} : Caucasian (Other)], {ceb} : Cebuano, [{cel} : Celtic (Other)],
13393 [{cai} : Central American Indian (Other)], {chg} : Chagatai, [{cmc} :
13394 Chamic languages], {ch} : Chamorro, {ce} : Chechen, {chr} : Cherokee, {chy}
13395 : Cheyenne, {chb} : Chibcha, {ny} : Chichewa, {zh} : Chinese, {chn} :
13396 Chinook Jargon, {chp} : Chipewyan, {cho} : Choctaw, {cu} : Church Slavic,
13397 {chk} : Chuukese, {cv} : Chuvash, {cop} : Coptic, {kw} : Cornish, {co} :
13398 Corsican, {cre} : Cree, {mus} : Creek, [{cpe} : English-based Creoles and
13399 pidgins (Other)], [{cpf} : French-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)],
13400 [{cpp} : Portuguese-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{crp} : Creoles
13401 and pidgins (Other)], {hr} : Croatian, [{cus} : Cushitic (Other)], {cs} :
13402 Czech, {dak} : Dakota, {da} : Danish, {day} : Dayak, {i-default} : Default
13403 (Fallthru) Language, {del} : Delaware, {din} : Dinka, {div} : Divehi, {doi}
13404 : Dogri, {dgr} : Dogrib, [{dra} : Dravidian (Other)], {dua} : Duala, {nl} :
13405 Dutch, {dum} : Middle Dutch (ca.1050-1350), {dyu} : Dyula, {dz} : Dzongkha,
13406 {efi} : Efik, {egy} : Ancient Egyptian, {eka} : Ekajuk, {elx} : Elamite,
13407 {en} : English, {enm} : Old English (1100-1500), {ang} : Old English
13408 (ca.450-1100), {eo} : Esperanto, {et} : Estonian, {ewe} : Ewe, {ewo} :
13409 Ewondo, {fan} : Fang, {fat} : Fanti, {fo} : Faroese, {fj} : Fijian, {fi} :
13410 Finnish, [{fiu} : Finno-Ugrian (Other)], {fon} : Fon, {fr} : French, {frm}
13411 : Middle French (ca.1400-1600), {fro} : Old French (842-ca.1400), {fy} :
13412 Frisian, {fur} : Friulian, {ful} : Fulah, {gaa} : Ga, {gd} : Scots Gaelic,
13413 {gl} : Gallegan, {lug} : Ganda, {gay} : Gayo, {gba} : Gbaya, {gez} : Geez,
13414 {ka} : Georgian, {de} : German, {gmh} : Middle High German (ca.1050-1500),
13415 {goh} : Old High German (ca.750-1050), [{gem} : Germanic (Other)], {gil} :
13416 Gilbertese, {gon} : Gondi, {gor} : Gorontalo, {got} : Gothic, {grb} :
13417 Grebo, {grc} : Ancient Greek, {el} : Modern Greek, {gn} : Guarani, {gu} :
13418 Gujarati, {gwi} : Gwich'in, {hai} : Haida, {ha} : Hausa, {haw} : Hawaiian,
13419 {he} : Hebrew, {hz} : Herero, {hil} : Hiligaynon, {him} : Himachali, {hi} :
13420 Hindi, {ho} : Hiri Motu, {hit} : Hittite, {hmn} : Hmong, {hu} : Hungarian,
13421 {hup} : Hupa, {iba} : Iban, {is} : Icelandic, {ibo} : Igbo, {ijo} : Ijo,
13422 {ilo} : Iloko, [{inc} : Indic (Other)], [{ine} : Indo-European (Other)],
13423 {id} : Indonesian, {ia} : Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language
13424 Association), {ie} : Interlingue, {iu} : Inuktitut, {ik} : Inupiaq, [{ira}
13425 : Iranian (Other)], {ga} : Irish, {mga} : Middle Irish (900-1200), {sga} :
13426 Old Irish (to 900), [{iro} : Iroquoian languages], {it} : Italian, {ja} :
13427 Japanese, {jw} : Javanese, {jrb} : Judeo-Arabic, {jpr} : Judeo-Persian,
13428 {kab} : Kabyle, {kac} : Kachin, {kl} : Kalaallisut, {kam} : Kamba, {kn} :
13429 Kannada, {kau} : Kanuri, {kaa} : Kara-Kalpak, {kar} : Karen, {ks} :
13430 Kashmiri, {kaw} : Kawi, {kk} : Kazakh, {kha} : Khasi, {km} : Khmer, [{khi}
13431 : Khoisan (Other)], {kho} : Khotanese, {ki} : Kikuyu, {kmb} : Kimbundu,
13432 {rw} : Kinyarwanda, {ky} : Kirghiz, {i-klingon} : Klingon, {kv} : Komi,
13433 {kon} : Kongo, {kok} : Konkani, {ko} : Korean, {kos} : Kosraean, {kpe} :
13434 Kpelle, {kro} : Kru, {kj} : Kuanyama, {kum} : Kumyk, {ku} : Kurdish, {kru}
13435 : Kurukh, {kut} : Kutenai, {lad} : Ladino, {lah} : Lahnda, {lam} : Lamba,
13436 {lo} : Lao, {la} : Latin, {lv} : Latvian, {lb} : Letzeburgesch, {lez} :
13437 Lezghian, {ln} : Lingala, {lt} : Lithuanian, {nds} : Low German, {loz} :
13438 Lozi, {lub} : Luba-Katanga, {lua} : Luba-Lulua, {lui} : Luiseno, {lun} :
13439 Lunda, {luo} : Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), {lus} : Lushai, {mk} : Macedonian,
13440 {mad} : Madurese, {mag} : Magahi, {mai} : Maithili, {mak} : Makasar, {mg} :
13441 Malagasy, {ms} : Malay, {ml} : Malayalam, {mt} : Maltese, {mnc} : Manchu,
13442 {mdr} : Mandar, {man} : Mandingo, {mni} : Manipuri, [{mno} : Manobo
13443 languages], {gv} : Manx, {mi} : Maori, {mr} : Marathi, {chm} : Mari, {mh} :
13444 Marshall, {mwr} : Marwari, {mas} : Masai, [{myn} : Mayan languages], {men}
13445 : Mende, {mic} : Micmac, {min} : Minangkabau, {i-mingo} : Mingo, [{mis} :
13446 Miscellaneous languages], {moh} : Mohawk, {mo} : Moldavian, [{mkh} :
13447 Mon-Khmer (Other)], {lol} : Mongo, {mn} : Mongolian, {mos} : Mossi, [{mul}
13448 : Multiple languages], [{mun} : Munda languages], {nah} : Nahuatl, {na} :
13449 Nauru, {nv} : Navajo, {nd} : North Ndebele, {nr} : South Ndebele, {ng} :
13450 Ndonga, {ne} : Nepali, {new} : Newari, {nia} : Nias, [{nic} :
13451 Niger-Kordofanian (Other)], [{ssa} : Nilo-Saharan (Other)], {niu} : Niuean,
13452 {non} : Old Norse, [{nai} : North American Indian], {se} : Northern Sami,
13453 {no} : Norwegian, {nb} : Norwegian Bokmal, {nn} : Norwegian Nynorsk, [{nub}
13454 : Nubian languages], {nym} : Nyamwezi, {nyn} : Nyankole, {nyo} : Nyoro,
13455 {nzi} : Nzima, {oc} : Occitan (post 1500), {oji} : Ojibwa, {or} : Oriya,
13456 {om} : Oromo, {osa} : Osage, {os} : Ossetian; Ossetic, [{oto} : Otomian
13457 languages], {pal} : Pahlavi, {i-pwn} : Paiwan, {pau} : Palauan, {pi} :
13458 Pali, {pam} : Pampanga, {pag} : Pangasinan, {pa} : Panjabi, {pap} :
13459 Papiamento, [{paa} : Papuan (Other)], {fa} : Persian, {peo} : Old Persian
13460 (ca.600-400 B.C.), [{phi} : Philippine (Other)], {phn} : Phoenician, {pon}
13461 : Pohnpeian, {pl} : Polish, {pt} : Portuguese, [{pra} : Prakrit languages],
13462 {pro} : Old Provencal (to 1500), {ps} : Pushto, {qu} : Quechua, {rm} :
13463 Raeto-Romance, {raj} : Rajasthani, {rap} : Rapanui, {rar} : Rarotongan,
13464 [{qaa - qtz} : Reserved for local use.], [{roa} : Romance (Other)], {ro} :
13465 Romanian, {rom} : Romany, {rn} : Rundi, {ru} : Russian, [{sal} : Salishan
13466 languages], {sam} : Samaritan Aramaic, [{smi} : Sami languages (Other)],
13467 {sm} : Samoan, {sad} : Sandawe, {sg} : Sango, {sa} : Sanskrit, {sat} :
13468 Santali, {sc} : Sardinian, {sas} : Sasak, {sco} : Scots, {sel} : Selkup,
13469 [{sem} : Semitic (Other)], {sr} : Serbian, {srr} : Serer, {shn} : Shan,
13470 {sn} : Shona, {sid} : Sidamo, {sgn-...} : Sign Languages, {bla} : Siksika,
13471 {sd} : Sindhi, {si} : Sinhalese, [{sit} : Sino-Tibetan (Other)], [{sio} :
13472 Siouan languages], {den} : Slave (Athapascan), [{sla} : Slavic (Other)],
13473 {sk} : Slovak, {sl} : Slovenian, {sog} : Sogdian, {so} : Somali, {son} :
13474 Songhai, {snk} : Soninke, {wen} : Sorbian languages, {nso} : Northern
13475 Sotho, {st} : Southern Sotho, [{sai} : South American Indian (Other)], {es}
13476 : Spanish, {suk} : Sukuma, {sux} : Sumerian, {su} : Sundanese, {sus} :
13477 Susu, {sw} : Swahili, {ss} : Swati, {sv} : Swedish, {syr} : Syriac, {tl} :
13478 Tagalog, {ty} : Tahitian, [{tai} : Tai (Other)], {tg} : Tajik, {tmh} :
13479 Tamashek, {ta} : Tamil, {i-tao} : Tao, {tt} : Tatar, {i-tay} : Tayal, {te}
13480 : Telugu, {ter} : Tereno, {tet} : Tetum, {th} : Thai, {bo} : Tibetan, {tig}
13481 : Tigre, {ti} : Tigrinya, {tem} : Timne, {tiv} : Tiv, {tli} : Tlingit,
13482 {tpi} : Tok Pisin, {tkl} : Tokelau, {tog} : Tonga (Nyasa), {to} : Tonga
13483 (Tonga Islands), {tsi} : Tsimshian, {ts} : Tsonga, {i-tsu} : Tsou, {tn} :
13484 Tswana, {tum} : Tumbuka, {tr} : Turkish, {ota} : Ottoman Turkish
13485 (1500-1928), {tk} : Turkmen, {tvl} : Tuvalu, {tyv} : Tuvinian, {tw} : Twi,
13486 {uga} : Ugaritic, {ug} : Uighur, {uk} : Ukrainian, {umb} : Umbundu, {und} :
13487 Undetermined, {ur} : Urdu, {uz} : Uzbek, {vai} : Vai, {ven} : Venda, {vi} :
13488 Vietnamese, {vo} : Volapuk, {vot} : Votic, [{wak} : Wakashan languages],
13489 {wal} : Walamo, {war} : Waray, {was} : Washo, {cy} : Welsh, {wo} : Wolof,
13490 {x-...} : Unregistered (Semi-Private Use), {xh} : Xhosa, {sah} : Yakut,
13491 {yao} : Yao, {yap} : Yapese, {yi} : Yiddish, {yo} : Yoruba, [{ypk} : Yupik
13492 languages], {znd} : Zande, [{zap} : Zapotec], {zen} : Zenaga, {za} :
13493 Zhuang, {zu} : Zulu, {zun} : Zuni
13497 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER
13503 =head2 I18N::Langinfo - query locale information
13521 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
13525 =head2 IO - load various IO modules
13535 =head2 IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory handles
13543 new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (),
13544 rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
13554 =head2 IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles
13564 new ( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), new_tmpfile
13568 open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] )
13576 =head2 IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O handles
13586 new (), new_from_fd ( FD, MODE )
13590 $io->fdopen ( FD, MODE ), $io->opened, $io->getline, $io->getlines,
13591 $io->ungetc ( ORD ), $io->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET ] ), $io->error,
13592 $io->clearerr, $io->sync, $io->flush, $io->printflush ( ARGS ),
13593 $io->blocking ( [ BOOL ] ), $io->untaint
13605 =head2 IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes
13615 new ( [READER, WRITER] )
13619 reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles ()
13629 =head2 IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call
13639 mask ( IO [, EVENT_MASK ] ), poll ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), events ( IO ), remove (
13640 IO ), handles( [ EVENT_MASK ] )
13650 =head2 IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for I/O objects
13658 $io->getpos, $io->setpos, $io->seek ( POS, WHENCE ), WHENCE=0 (SEEK_SET),
13659 WHENCE=1 (SEEK_CUR), WHENCE=2 (SEEK_END), $io->sysseek( POS, WHENCE ),
13668 =head2 IO::Select - OO interface to the select system call
13678 new ( [ HANDLES ] )
13682 add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read (
13683 [ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ),
13684 count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, ERROR [, TIMEOUT ] )
13694 =head2 IO::Socket - Object interface to socket communications
13708 accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), atmark, connected,
13709 protocol, sockdomain, sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), socktype, timeout([VAL])
13719 =head2 IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets
13735 sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost
13748 =head2 IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets
13762 hostpath(), peerpath()
13772 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Dir, IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory
13781 new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (),
13782 rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
13792 =head2 IO::lib::IO::File, IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles
13802 new ( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), new_tmpfile
13806 open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] )
13814 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Handle, IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O
13825 new (), new_from_fd ( FD, MODE )
13829 $io->fdopen ( FD, MODE ), $io->opened, $io->getline, $io->getlines,
13830 $io->ungetc ( ORD ), $io->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET ] ), $io->error,
13831 $io->clearerr, $io->sync, $io->flush, $io->printflush ( ARGS ),
13832 $io->blocking ( [ BOOL ] ), $io->untaint
13844 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Pipe, IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes
13854 new ( [READER, WRITER] )
13858 reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles ()
13868 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Poll, IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call
13878 mask ( IO [, EVENT_MASK ] ), poll ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), events ( IO ), remove (
13879 IO ), handles( [ EVENT_MASK ] )
13889 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Seekable, IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for
13898 $io->getpos, $io->setpos, $io->seek ( POS, WHENCE ), WHENCE=0 (SEEK_SET),
13899 WHENCE=1 (SEEK_CUR), WHENCE=2 (SEEK_END), $io->sysseek( POS, WHENCE ),
13908 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Select, IO::Select - OO interface to the select system
13919 new ( [ HANDLES ] )
13923 add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read (
13924 [ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ),
13925 count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, ERROR [, TIMEOUT ] )
13935 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket, IO::Socket - Object interface to socket
13950 accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), atmark, connected,
13951 protocol, sockdomain, sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), socktype, timeout([VAL])
13961 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket::INET, IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for
13962 AF_INET domain sockets
13978 sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost
13991 =head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket::UNIX, IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for
13992 AF_UNIX domain sockets
14006 hostpath(), peerpath()
14016 =head2 IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class
14026 new ( KEY , FLAGS ), id, rcv ( BUF, LEN [, TYPE [, FLAGS ]] ), remove, set
14027 ( STAT ), set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), snd ( TYPE, MSG [,
14038 =head2 IPC::Open2, open2 - open a process for both reading and writing
14052 =head2 IPC::Open3, open3 - open a process for reading, writing, and error
14065 =head2 IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object class
14075 new ( KEY , NSEMS , FLAGS ), getall, getncnt ( SEM ), getpid ( SEM ),
14076 getval ( SEM ), getzcnt ( SEM ), id, op ( OPLIST ), remove, set ( STAT ),
14077 set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), setall ( VALUES ), setval ( N
14088 =head2 IPC::SysV - SysV IPC constants
14106 =head2 IPC::SysV::Msg, IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class
14116 new ( KEY , FLAGS ), id, rcv ( BUF, LEN [, TYPE [, FLAGS ]] ), remove, set
14117 ( STAT ), set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), snd ( TYPE, MSG [,
14128 =head2 IPC::SysV::Semaphore, IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object
14139 new ( KEY , NSEMS , FLAGS ), getall, getncnt ( SEM ), getpid ( SEM ),
14140 getval ( SEM ), getzcnt ( SEM ), id, op ( OPLIST ), remove, set ( STAT ),
14141 set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), setall ( VALUES ), setval ( N
14152 =head2 List::Util - A selection of general-utility list subroutines
14160 first BLOCK LIST, max LIST, maxstr LIST, min LIST, minstr LIST, reduce
14161 BLOCK LIST, shuffle LIST, sum LIST
14165 =item SUGGESTED ADDITIONS
14171 =head2 List::Utilib::List::Util, List::Util - A selection of
14172 general-utility list subroutines
14180 first BLOCK LIST, max LIST, maxstr LIST, min LIST, minstr LIST, reduce
14181 BLOCK LIST, shuffle LIST, sum LIST
14185 =item SUGGESTED ADDITIONS
14191 =head2 List::Utilib::Scalar::Util, Scalar::Util - A selection of
14192 general-utility scalar subroutines
14200 blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isweak EXPR, openhandle FH, reftype
14201 EXPR, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
14211 =head2 Locale::Constants - constants for Locale codes
14219 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
14223 Locale::Language, Locale::Country, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency
14231 =head2 Locale::Country - ISO codes for country identification (ISO 3166)
14239 B<alpha-2>, B<alpha-3>, B<numeric>
14241 =item CONVERSION ROUTINES
14243 code2country( CODE, [ CODESET ] ), country2code( STRING, [ CODESET ] ),
14244 country_code2code( CODE, CODESET, CODESET )
14246 =item QUERY ROUTINES
14248 C<all_country_codes( [ CODESET ] )>, C<all_country_names( [ CODESET ] )>
14250 =item SEMI-PRIVATE ROUTINES
14256 =item rename_country
14264 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
14268 Locale::Language, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, Locale::SubCountry, ISO
14269 3166-1, http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html,
14270 http://www.egt.ie/standards/iso3166/iso3166-1-en.html,
14271 http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/app-f.html
14279 =head2 Locale::Currency - ISO three letter codes for currency
14280 identification (ISO 4217)
14290 =item CONVERSION ROUTINES
14292 code2currency(), currency2code()
14294 =item QUERY ROUTINES
14296 C<all_currency_codes()>, C<all_currency_names()>
14300 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
14304 Locale::Country, Locale::Script, ISO 4217:1995,
14305 http://www.bsi-global.com/iso4217currency
14313 =head2 Locale::Language - ISO two letter codes for language identification
14322 =item CONVERSION ROUTINES
14324 code2language(), language2code()
14326 =item QUERY ROUTINES
14328 C<all_language_codes()>, C<all_language_names()>
14332 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
14336 Locale::Country, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, ISO 639:1988 (E/F),
14337 http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html
14345 =head2 Locale::Maketext -- framework for localization
14353 =item QUICK OVERVIEW
14359 =item Construction Methods
14361 =item The "maketext" Method
14363 $lh->fail_with I<or> $lh->fail_with(I<PARAM>), $lh->failure_handler_auto
14365 =item Utility Methods
14367 $language->quant($number, $singular), $language->quant($number, $singular,
14368 $plural), $language->quant($number, $singular, $plural, $negative),
14369 $language->numf($number), $language->sprintf($format, @items),
14370 $language->language_tag(), $language->encoding()
14372 =item Language Handle Attributes and Internals
14376 =item LANGUAGE CLASS HIERARCHIES
14378 =item ENTRIES IN EACH LEXICON
14380 =item BRACKET NOTATION
14382 =item AUTO LEXICONS
14384 =item CONTROLLING LOOKUP FAILURE
14386 =item HOW TO USE MAKETEXT
14390 =item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER
14396 =head2 Locale::Maketext::TPJ13 -- article about software localization
14404 =item Localization and Perl: gettext breaks, Maketext fixes
14408 =item A Localization Horror Story: It Could Happen To You
14410 =item The Linguistic View
14412 =item Breaking gettext
14414 =item Replacing gettext
14416 =item Buzzwords: Abstraction and Encapsulation
14418 =item Buzzword: Isomorphism
14420 =item Buzzword: Inheritance
14422 =item Buzzword: Concision
14424 =item The Devil in the Details
14426 =item The Proof in the Pudding: Localizing Web Sites
14434 =head2 Locale::Script - ISO codes for script identification (ISO 15924)
14442 B<alpha-2>, B<alpha-3>, B<numeric>
14446 =item SPECIAL CODES
14450 =item CONVERSION ROUTINES
14452 code2script( CODE, [ CODESET ] ), script2code( STRING, [ CODESET ] ),
14453 script_code2code( CODE, CODESET, CODESET )
14455 =item QUERY ROUTINES
14457 C<all_script_codes ( [ CODESET ] )>, C<all_script_names ( [ CODESET ] )>
14461 =item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
14465 Locale::Language, Locale::Currency, Locale::Country, ISO 15924,
14466 http://www.evertype.com/standards/iso15924/
14474 =head2 MIME::Base64 - Encoding and decoding of base64 strings
14482 encode_base64($str, [$eol]), decode_base64($str)
14486 Premature end of base64 data, Premature padding of base64 data
14494 =head2 MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding
14495 of quoted-printable strings
14503 encode_qp($str), decode_qp($str);
14509 =head2 MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable
14518 encode_qp($str), decode_qp($str);
14524 =head2 Math::BigFloat - Arbitrary size floating point math package
14534 =item Canonical notation
14538 =item C<mantissa()>, C<exponent()> and C<parts()>
14540 =item Accuracy vs. Precision
14544 ffround ( +$scale ), ffround ( -$scale ), ffround ( 0 ), fround ( +$scale
14545 ), fround ( -$scale ) and fround ( 0 )
14553 =item Autocreating constants
14559 =item Using Math::BigInt::Lite
14567 stringify, bstr(), bdiv, Modifying and =, bpow
14575 =head2 Math::BigInt - Arbitrary size integer math package
14583 Canonical notation, Input, Output
14605 =item is_one()/is_zero()/is_nan()/is_inf()
14607 =item is_positive()/is_negative()
14609 $x->is_positive(); # true if >= 0
14610 $x->is_negative(); # true if < 0
14612 =item is_odd()/is_even()/is_int()
14694 =item ACCURACY and PRECISION
14704 =item Rounding mode R
14706 'trunc', 'even', 'odd', '+inf', '-inf', 'zero', Precision, Accuracy
14707 (significant digits), Setting/Accessing, Creating numbers, Usage,
14708 Precedence, Overriding globals, Local settings, Rounding, Default values,
14721 =item mantissa(), exponent() and parts()
14729 =item Autocreating constants
14735 =item Alternative math libraries
14741 =item Subclassing Math::BigInt
14749 bsqrt(), div(), blog()
14755 Out of Memory!, Fails to load Calc on Perl prior 5.6.0
14759 stringify, bstr(), bsstr() and 'cmp', int(), length, bdiv, infinity
14760 handling, Modifying and =, bpow, Overloading -$x, Mixing different object
14761 types, bsqrt(), brsft()
14771 =head2 Math::BigInt::Calc - Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
14781 =item WRAP YOUR OWN
14785 This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
14787 the same terms as Perl itself.
14795 =head2 Math::BigRat - arbitrarily big rationals
14819 $d = $x->denominator();
14835 =head2 Math::Complex - complex numbers and associated mathematical
14848 =item STRINGIFICATION
14852 =item CHANGED IN PERL 5.6
14858 =item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO OR LOGARITHM OF ZERO
14860 =item ERRORS DUE TO INDIGESTIBLE ARGUMENTS
14868 =head2 Math::Trig - trigonometric functions
14876 =item TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
14882 =item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO
14884 =item SIMPLE (REAL) ARGUMENTS, COMPLEX RESULTS
14888 =item PLANE ANGLE CONVERSIONS
14890 =item RADIAL COORDINATE CONVERSIONS
14894 =item COORDINATE SYSTEMS
14896 =item 3-D ANGLE CONVERSIONS
14898 cartesian_to_cylindrical, cartesian_to_spherical, cylindrical_to_cartesian,
14899 cylindrical_to_spherical, spherical_to_cartesian, spherical_to_cylindrical
14903 =item GREAT CIRCLE DISTANCES AND DIRECTIONS
14909 =item CAVEAT FOR GREAT CIRCLE FORMULAS
14919 =head2 Memoize - Make functions faster by trading space for time
14937 =item C<SCALAR_CACHE>, C<LIST_CACHE>
14939 C<MEMORY>, C<HASH>, C<TIE>, C<FAULT>, C<MERGE>
14943 =item OTHER FACILITIES
14949 =item C<flush_cache>
14955 =item PERSISTENT CACHE SUPPORT
14957 =item EXPIRATION SUPPORT
14965 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
14971 =head2 Memoize::AnyDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for AnyDBM_File for
14980 =head2 Memoize::Expire - Plug-in module for automatic expiration of
14991 TIEHASH, EXISTS, STORE
15003 =head2 Memoize::ExpireFile - test for Memoize expiration semantics
15011 =head2 Memoize::ExpireTest - test for Memoize expiration semantics
15019 =head2 Memoize::NDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for NDBM_File for
15028 =head2 Memoize::SDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for SDBM_File for
15037 =head2 Memoize::Storable - store Memoized data in Storable database
15045 =head2 NDBM_File - Tied access to ndbm files
15053 C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>, C<O_RDWR>
15059 =item C<ndbm store returned -1, errno 22, key "..." at ...>
15063 =item BUGS AND WARNINGS
15067 =head2 NEXT - Provide a pseudo-class NEXT that allows method redispatch
15077 =item Enforcing redispatch
15079 =item Avoiding repetitions
15085 =item BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
15091 =head2 Net::Cmd - Network Command class (as used by FTP, SMTP etc)
15101 debug ( VALUE ), message (), code (), ok (), status (), datasend ( DATA ),
15104 =item CLASS METHODS
15106 debug_print ( DIR, TEXT ), debug_text ( TEXT ), command ( CMD [, ARGS, ...
15107 ]), unsupported (), response (), parse_response ( TEXT ), getline (),
15108 ungetline ( TEXT ), read_until_dot (), tied_fh ()
15118 =head2 Net::Config - Local configuration data for libnet
15128 requires_firewall HOST
15130 =item NetConfig VALUES
15132 nntp_hosts, snpp_hosts, pop3_hosts, smtp_hosts, ph_hosts, daytime_hosts,
15133 time_hosts, inet_domain, ftp_firewall, ftp_firewall_type, ftp_ext_passive,
15134 ftp_int_pasive, local_netmask, test_hosts, test_exists
15138 =head2 Net::Domain - Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name
15147 hostfqdn (), hostname (), hostdomain ()
15155 =head2 Net::FTP - FTP Client class
15167 new (HOST [,OPTIONS])
15171 login ([LOGIN [,PASSWORD [, ACCOUNT] ] ]), authorize ( [AUTH [, RESP]]),
15172 site (ARGS), type (TYPE [, ARGS]), ascii ([ARGS]) binary([ARGS])
15173 ebcdic([ARGS]) byte([ARGS]), rename ( OLDNAME, NEWNAME ), delete ( FILENAME
15174 ), cwd ( [ DIR ] ), cdup (), pwd (), restart ( WHERE ), rmdir ( DIR ),
15175 mkdir ( DIR [, RECURSE ]), ls ( [ DIR ] ), dir ( [ DIR ] ), get (
15176 REMOTE_FILE [, LOCAL_FILE [, WHERE]] ), put ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ]
15177 ), put_unique ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), append ( LOCAL_FILE [,
15178 REMOTE_FILE ] ), unique_name (), mdtm ( FILE ), size ( FILE ), supported (
15179 CMD ), hash ( [FILEHANDLE_GLOB_REF],[ BYTES_PER_HASH_MARK] ), nlst ( [ DIR
15180 ] ), list ( [ DIR ] ), retr ( FILE ), stor ( FILE ), stou ( FILE ), appe (
15181 FILE ), port ( [ PORT ] ), pasv (), pasv_xfer ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [,
15182 DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_xfer_unique ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ),
15183 pasv_wait ( NON_PASV_SERVER ), abort (), quit ()
15187 =item Methods for the adventurous
15193 =item THE dataconn CLASS
15195 read ( BUFFER, SIZE [, TIMEOUT ] ), write ( BUFFER, SIZE [, TIMEOUT ] ),
15196 bytes_read (), abort (), close ()
15198 =item UNIMPLEMENTED
15200 B<ALLO>, B<SMNT>, B<HELP>, B<MODE>, B<SYST>, B<STAT>, B<STRU>, B<REIN>
15202 =item REPORTING BUGS
15210 http://www.csh.rit.edu/~adam/Progs/autoftp-2.0.tar.gz
15218 =head2 Net::NNTP - NNTP Client class
15228 new ( [ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ])
15232 article ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), body ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), head (
15233 [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), articlefh ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), bodyfh ( [
15234 MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), headfh ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), nntpstat ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ]
15235 ), group ( [ GROUP ] ), ihave ( MSGID [, MESSAGE ]), last (), date (),
15236 postok (), authinfo ( USER, PASS ), list (), newgroups ( SINCE [,
15237 DISTRIBUTIONS ]), newnews ( SINCE [, GROUPS [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]]), next (),
15238 post ( [ MESSAGE ] ), postfh (), slave (), quit ()
15242 =item Extension methods
15244 newsgroups ( [ PATTERN ] ), distributions (), subscriptions (),
15245 overview_fmt (), active_times (), active ( [ PATTERN ] ), xgtitle ( PATTERN
15246 ), xhdr ( HEADER, MESSAGE-SPEC ), xover ( MESSAGE-SPEC ), xpath (
15247 MESSAGE-ID ), xpat ( HEADER, PATTERN, MESSAGE-SPEC), xrover, listgroup ( [
15256 MESSAGE-SPEC, PATTERN, Examples, C<[^]-]>, C<*bdc>, C<[0-9a-zA-Z]>, C<a??d>
15266 =head2 Net::POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1939)
15278 new ( [ HOST, ] [ OPTIONS ] )
15282 user ( USER ), pass ( PASS ), login ( [ USER [, PASS ]] ), apop ( [ USER [,
15283 PASS ]] ), top ( MSGNUM [, NUMLINES ] ), list ( [ MSGNUM ] ), get ( MSGNUM
15284 [, FH ] ), getfh ( MSGNUM ), last (), popstat (), ping ( USER ), uidl ( [
15285 MSGNUM ] ), delete ( MSGNUM ), reset (), quit ()
15297 =head2 Net::Ping - check a remote host for reachability
15309 Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes]]]);, $p->hires( { 0 | 1 }
15310 );, $p->bind($local_addr);, $p->ping($host [, $timeout]);,
15311 $p->open($host);, $p->close();, pingecho($host [, $timeout]);
15325 =head2 Net::SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Client
15337 new Net::SMTP [ HOST, ] [ OPTIONS ]
15341 banner (), domain (), hello ( DOMAIN ), etrn ( DOMAIN ), auth ( USERNAME,
15342 PASSWORD ), mail ( ADDRESS [, OPTIONS] ), send ( ADDRESS ), send_or_mail (
15343 ADDRESS ), send_and_mail ( ADDRESS ), reset (), recipient ( ADDRESS [,
15344 ADDRESS [ ...]] [, OPTIONS ] ), to ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), cc (
15345 ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), bcc ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), data ( [
15346 DATA ] ), expand ( ADDRESS ), verify ( ADDRESS ), help ( [ $subject ] ),
15357 =head2 Net::Time - time and daytime network client interface
15365 inet_time ( [HOST [, PROTOCOL [, TIMEOUT]]]), inet_daytime ( [HOST [,
15366 PROTOCOL [, TIMEOUT]]])
15374 =head2 Net::hostent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gethost*()
15391 =head2 Net::libnetFAQ, libnetFAQ - libnet Frequently Asked Questions
15399 =item Where to get this document
15401 =item How to contribute to this document
15405 =item Author and Copyright Information
15413 =item Obtaining and installing libnet
15417 =item What is libnet ?
15419 =item Which version of perl do I need ?
15421 =item What other modules do I need ?
15423 =item What machines support libnet ?
15425 =item Where can I get the latest libnet release
15429 =item Using Net::FTP
15433 =item How do I download files from an FTP server ?
15435 =item How do I transfer files in binary mode ?
15437 =item How can I get the size of a file on a remote FTP server ?
15439 =item How can I get the modification time of a file on a remote FTP server
15442 =item How can I change the permissions of a file on a remote server ?
15444 =item Can I do a reget operation like the ftp command ?
15446 =item How do I get a directory listing from an FTP server ?
15448 =item Changing directory to "" does not fail ?
15450 =item I am behind a SOCKS firewall, but the Firewall option does not work ?
15452 =item I am behind an FTP proxy firewall, but cannot access machines outside
15455 =item My ftp proxy firewall does not listen on port 21
15457 =item Is it possible to change the file permissions of a file on an FTP
15460 =item I have seen scripts call a method message, but cannot find it
15463 =item Why does Net::FTP not implement mput and mget methods
15467 =item Using Net::SMTP
15471 =item Why can't the part of an Email address after the @ be used as the
15474 =item Why does Net::SMTP not do DNS MX lookups ?
15476 =item The verify method always returns true ?
15480 =item Debugging scripts
15484 =item How can I debug my scripts that use Net::* modules ?
15488 =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
15492 =head2 Net::netent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getnet*()
15509 =head2 Net::protoent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*()
15524 =head2 Net::servent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getserv*()
15541 =head2 Netrc, Net::Netrc - OO interface to users netrc file
15549 =item THE .netrc FILE
15551 machine name, default, login name, password string, account string, macdef
15556 lookup ( MACHINE [, LOGIN ])
15560 login (), password (), account (), lpa ()
15570 =head2 O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
15580 =item IMPLEMENTATION
15586 =head2 ODBM_File - Tied access to odbm files
15594 C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>, C<O_RDWR>
15600 =item C<odbm store returned -1, errno 22, key "..." at ...>
15604 =item BUGS AND WARNINGS
15608 =head2 Opcode - Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code
15620 =item Operator Names and Operator Lists
15622 an operator name (opname), an operator tag name (optag), a negated opname
15623 or optag, an operator set (opset)
15625 =item Opcode Functions
15627 opcodes, opset (OP, ...), opset_to_ops (OPSET), opset_to_hex (OPSET),
15628 full_opset, empty_opset, invert_opset (OPSET), verify_opset (OPSET, ...),
15629 define_optag (OPTAG, OPSET), opmask_add (OPSET), opmask, opdesc (OP, ...),
15632 =item Manipulating Opsets
15634 =item TO DO (maybe)
15640 =item Predefined Opcode Tags
15642 :base_core, :base_mem, :base_loop, :base_io, :base_orig, :base_math,
15643 :base_thread, :default, :filesys_read, :sys_db, :browse, :filesys_open,
15644 :filesys_write, :subprocess, :ownprocess, :others, :still_to_be_decided,
15653 =head2 Opcode::Safe, Safe - Compile and execute code in restricted
15662 a new namespace, an operator mask
15668 =item RECENT CHANGES
15670 =item Methods in class Safe
15672 permit (OP, ...), permit_only (OP, ...), deny (OP, ...), deny_only (OP,
15673 ...), trap (OP, ...), untrap (OP, ...), share (NAME, ...), share_from
15674 (PACKAGE, ARRAYREF), varglob (VARNAME), reval (STRING), rdo (FILENAME),
15675 root (NAMESPACE), mask (MASK)
15677 =item Some Safety Issues
15679 Memory, CPU, Snooping, Signals, State Changes
15687 =head2 Opcode::ops, ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when
15700 =head2 POSIX - Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1
15714 _exit, abort, abs, access, acos, alarm, asctime, asin, assert, atan, atan2,
15715 atexit, atof, atoi, atol, bsearch, calloc, ceil, chdir, chmod, chown,
15716 clearerr, clock, close, closedir, cos, cosh, creat, ctermid, ctime,
15717 cuserid, difftime, div, dup, dup2, errno, execl, execle, execlp, execv,
15718 execve, execvp, exit, exp, fabs, fclose, fcntl, fdopen, feof, ferror,
15719 fflush, fgetc, fgetpos, fgets, fileno, floor, fmod, fopen, fork, fpathconf,
15720 fprintf, fputc, fputs, fread, free, freopen, frexp, fscanf, fseek, fsetpos,
15721 fstat, ftell, fwrite, getc, getchar, getcwd, getegid, getenv, geteuid,
15722 getgid, getgrgid, getgrnam, getgroups, getlogin, getpgrp, getpid, getppid,
15723 getpwnam, getpwuid, gets, getuid, gmtime, isalnum, isalpha, isatty,
15724 iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace, isupper,
15725 isxdigit, kill, labs, ldexp, ldiv, link, localeconv, localtime, log, log10,
15726 longjmp, lseek, malloc, mblen, mbstowcs, mbtowc, memchr, memcmp, memcpy,
15727 memmove, memset, mkdir, mkfifo, mktime, modf, nice, offsetof, open,
15728 opendir, pathconf, pause, perror, pipe, pow, printf, putc, putchar, puts,
15729 qsort, raise, rand, read, readdir, realloc, remove, rename, rewind,
15730 rewinddir, rmdir, scanf, setgid, setjmp, setlocale, setpgid, setsid,
15731 setuid, sigaction, siglongjmp, sigpending, sigprocmask, sigsetjmp,
15732 sigsuspend, sin, sinh, sleep, sprintf, sqrt, srand, sscanf, stat, strcat,
15733 strchr, strcmp, strcoll, strcpy, strcspn, strerror, strftime, strlen,
15734 strncat, strncmp, strncpy, strpbrk, strrchr, strspn, strstr, strtod,
15735 strtok, strtol, strtoul, strxfrm, sysconf, system, tan, tanh, tcdrain,
15736 tcflow, tcflush, tcgetpgrp, tcsendbreak, tcsetpgrp, time, times, tmpfile,
15737 tmpnam, tolower, toupper, ttyname, tzname, tzset, umask, uname, ungetc,
15738 unlink, utime, vfprintf, vprintf, vsprintf, wait, waitpid, wcstombs,
15745 =item POSIX::SigAction
15749 =item POSIX::SigSet
15751 new, addset, delset, emptyset, fillset, ismember
15753 =item POSIX::Termios
15755 new, getattr, getcc, getcflag, getiflag, getispeed, getlflag, getoflag,
15756 getospeed, setattr, setcc, setcflag, setiflag, setispeed, setlflag,
15757 setoflag, setospeed, Baud rate values, Terminal interface values, c_cc
15758 field values, c_cflag field values, c_iflag field values, c_lflag field
15759 values, c_oflag field values
15763 =item PATHNAME CONSTANTS
15767 =item POSIX CONSTANTS
15771 =item SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
15825 Constants, WNOHANG, WUNTRACED, Macros, WIFEXITED, WEXITSTATUS, WIFSIGNALED,
15826 WTERMSIG, WIFSTOPPED, WSTOPSIG
15830 =head2 PerlIO - On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::*
15839 unix, stdio, perlio, crlf, utf8, raw
15843 =item Defaults and how to override them
15853 =head2 PerlIO::Scalar - support module for in-memory IO.
15863 =head2 PerlIO::Via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
15871 $class->PUSHED([$mode[,$fh]]), $obj->POPPED([$fh]),
15872 $class->OPEN($path,$mode[,$fh]), $class->FDOPEN($fd),
15873 $class->SYSOPEN($path,$imode,$perm,$fh), $obj->FILENO($fh),
15874 $obj->READ($buffer,$len,$fh), $obj->WRITE($buffer,$fh), $obj->FILL($fh),
15875 $obj->CLOSE($fh), $obj->SEEK($posn,$whence,$fh), $obj->TELL($fh),
15876 $obj->UNREAD($buffer,$fh), $obj->FLUSH($fh), $obj->SETLINEBUF($fh),
15877 $obj->CLEARERR($fh), $obj->ERROR($fh), $obj->EOF($fh)
15881 =item Example - a Hexadecimal Handle
15887 =head2 Pod::Checker, podchecker() - check pod documents for syntax errors
15893 =item OPTIONS/ARGUMENTS
15899 B<-warnings> =E<gt> I<val>
15911 empty =headn, =over on line I<N> without closing =back, =item without
15912 previous =over, =back without previous =over, No argument for =begin, =end
15913 without =begin, Nested =begin's, =for without formatter specification,
15914 unresolved internal link I<NAME>, Unknown command "I<CMD>", Unknown
15915 interior-sequence "I<SEQ>", nested commands
15916 I<CMD>E<lt>...I<CMD>E<lt>...E<gt>...E<gt>, garbled entity I<STRING>, Entity
15917 number out of range, malformed link LE<lt>E<gt>, nonempty ZE<lt>E<gt>,
15918 empty XE<lt>E<gt>, Spurious text after =pod / =cut, Spurious character(s)
15923 multiple occurence of link target I<name>, line containing nothing but
15924 whitespace in paragraph, file does not start with =head, previous =item has
15925 no contents, preceding non-item paragraph(s), =item type mismatch (I<one>
15926 vs. I<two>), I<N> unescaped C<E<lt>E<gt>> in paragraph, Unknown entity, No
15927 items in =over, No argument for =item, empty section in previous paragraph,
15928 Verbatim paragraph in NAME section
15932 ignoring leading/trailing whitespace in link, (section) in '$page'
15933 deprecated, alternative text/node '%s' contains non-escaped | or /
15945 C<Pod::Checker-E<gt>new( %options )>
15947 C<$checker-E<gt>poderror( @args )>, C<$checker-E<gt>poderror( {%opts},
15950 C<$checker-E<gt>num_errors()>
15952 C<$checker-E<gt>name()>
15954 C<$checker-E<gt>node()>
15956 C<$checker-E<gt>idx()>
15958 C<$checker-E<gt>hyperlink()>
15966 =head2 Pod::Find - find POD documents in directory trees
15978 =item C<pod_find( { %opts } , @directories )>
15980 C<-verbose =E<gt> 1>, C<-perl =E<gt> 1>, C<-script =E<gt> 1>, C<-inc =E<gt>
15987 =item C<simplify_name( $str )>
15993 =item C<pod_where( { %opts }, $pod )>
15995 C<-inc =E<gt> 1>, C<-dirs =E<gt> [ $dir1, $dir2, ... ]>, C<-verbose =E<gt>
16002 =item C<contains_pod( $file , $verbose )>
16014 =head2 Pod::Html - module to convert pod files to HTML
16024 backlink, cachedir, css, flush, header, help, htmldir, htmlroot, index,
16025 infile, libpods, netscape, outfile, podpath, podroot, quiet, recurse,
16040 =head2 Pod::InputObjects - objects representing POD input paragraphs,
16053 package B<Pod::InputSource>, package B<Pod::Paragraph>, package
16054 B<Pod::InteriorSequence>, package B<Pod::ParseTree>
16060 =item B<Pod::InputSource>
16084 =item B<was_cutting()>
16090 =item B<Pod::Paragraph>
16096 =item Pod::Paragraph-E<gt>B<new()>
16102 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<cmd_name()>
16108 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<text()>
16114 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<raw_text()>
16120 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<cmd_prefix()>
16126 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<cmd_separator()>
16132 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<parse_tree()>
16138 =item $pod_para-E<gt>B<file_line()>
16144 =item B<Pod::InteriorSequence>
16150 =item Pod::InteriorSequence-E<gt>B<new()>
16156 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<cmd_name()>
16162 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<prepend()>
16168 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<append()>
16174 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<nested()>
16180 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<raw_text()>
16186 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<left_delimiter()>
16192 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<right_delimiter()>
16198 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<parse_tree()>
16204 =item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<file_line()>
16210 =item Pod::InteriorSequence::B<DESTROY()>
16216 =item B<Pod::ParseTree>
16222 =item Pod::ParseTree-E<gt>B<new()>
16228 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<top()>
16234 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<children()>
16240 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<prepend()>
16246 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<append()>
16252 =item $ptree-E<gt>B<raw_text()>
16258 =item Pod::ParseTree::B<DESTROY()>
16270 =head2 Pod::LaTeX - Convert Pod data to formatted Latex
16282 =item OBJECT METHODS
16290 =item Data Accessors
16306 B<ReplaceNAMEwithSection>
16308 B<StartWithNewPage>
16322 =item Subclassed methods
16336 B<interior_sequence>
16352 =item Methods for headings
16360 =item Internal methods
16366 B<_replace_special_chars>
16368 B<_replace_special_chars_late>
16374 B<_clean_latex_commands>
16376 B<_split_delimited>
16392 =head2 Pod::Man - Convert POD data to formatted *roff input
16400 center, date, fixed, fixedbold, fixeditalic, fixedbolditalic, name, quotes,
16405 roff font should be 1 or 2 chars, not "%s", Invalid link %s, Invalid quote
16406 specification "%s", %s:%d: Unknown command paragraph "%s", %s:%d: Unknown
16407 escape EE<lt>%sE<gt>, %s:%d: Unknown formatting code %s, %s:%d: Unmatched
16418 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
16422 =head2 Pod::ParseLink -- Parse an LE<lt>E<gt> formatting code in POD text
16432 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
16436 =head2 Pod::ParseUtils - helpers for POD parsing and conversion
16450 Pod::List-E<gt>new()
16458 $list-E<gt>indent()
16466 $list-E<gt>parent()
16472 =item Pod::Hyperlink
16474 Pod::Hyperlink-E<gt>new()
16478 $link-E<gt>parse($string)
16480 $link-E<gt>markup($string)
16484 $link-E<gt>warning()
16486 $link-E<gt>file(), $link-E<gt>line()
16492 $link-E<gt>alttext()
16502 Pod::Cache-E<gt>new()
16508 $cache-E<gt>find_page($name)
16512 =item Pod::Cache::Item
16514 Pod::Cache::Item-E<gt>new()
16518 $cacheitem-E<gt>page()
16520 $cacheitem-E<gt>description()
16522 $cacheitem-E<gt>path()
16524 $cacheitem-E<gt>file()
16526 $cacheitem-E<gt>nodes()
16528 $cacheitem-E<gt>find_node($name)
16530 $cacheitem-E<gt>idx()
16540 =head2 Pod::Parser - base class for creating POD filters and translators
16552 =item QUICK OVERVIEW
16554 =item PARSING OPTIONS
16556 B<-want_nonPODs> (default: unset), B<-process_cut_cmd> (default: unset),
16557 B<-warnings> (default: unset)
16563 =item RECOMMENDED SUBROUTINE/METHOD OVERRIDES
16571 C<$cmd>, C<$text>, C<$line_num>, C<$pod_para>
16577 =item B<verbatim()>
16579 C<$text>, C<$line_num>, C<$pod_para>
16585 =item B<textblock()>
16587 C<$text>, C<$line_num>, C<$pod_para>
16593 =item B<interior_sequence()>
16599 =item OPTIONAL SUBROUTINE/METHOD OVERRIDES
16611 =item B<initialize()>
16617 =item B<begin_pod()>
16623 =item B<begin_input()>
16629 =item B<end_input()>
16641 =item B<preprocess_line()>
16647 =item B<preprocess_paragraph()>
16653 =item METHODS FOR PARSING AND PROCESSING
16659 =item B<parse_text()>
16661 B<-expand_seq> =E<gt> I<code-ref>|I<method-name>, B<-expand_text> =E<gt>
16662 I<code-ref>|I<method-name>, B<-expand_ptree> =E<gt>
16663 I<code-ref>|I<method-name>
16669 =item B<interpolate()>
16675 =item B<parse_paragraph()>
16681 =item B<parse_from_filehandle()>
16687 =item B<parse_from_file()>
16693 =item ACCESSOR METHODS
16699 =item B<errorsub()>
16711 =item B<parseopts()>
16717 =item B<output_file()>
16723 =item B<output_handle()>
16729 =item B<input_file()>
16735 =item B<input_handle()>
16741 =item B<input_streams()>
16747 =item B<top_stream()>
16753 =item PRIVATE METHODS AND DATA
16759 =item B<_push_input_stream()>
16765 =item B<_pop_input_stream()>
16771 =item TREE-BASED PARSING
16779 =head2 Pod::Plainer - Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.
16799 =head2 Pod::Select, podselect() - extract selected sections of POD from
16812 =item SECTION SPECIFICATIONS
16814 =item RANGE SPECIFICATIONS
16820 =item OBJECT METHODS
16826 =item B<curr_headings()>
16838 =item B<add_selection()>
16844 =item B<clear_selections()>
16850 =item B<match_section()>
16856 =item B<is_selected()>
16862 =item EXPORTED FUNCTIONS
16868 =item B<podselect()>
16870 B<-output>, B<-sections>, B<-ranges>
16876 =item PRIVATE METHODS AND DATA
16882 =item B<_compile_section_spec()>
16888 =item $self->{_SECTION_HEADINGS}
16894 =item $self->{_SELECTED_SECTIONS}
16906 =head2 Pod::Text - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
16914 alt, code, indent, loose, quotes, sentence, width
16918 Bizarre space in item, Item called without tag, Can't open %s for reading:
16919 %s, Invalid quote specification "%s", %s:%d: Unknown command paragraph: %s,
16920 %s:%d: Unknown escape: %s, %s:%d: Unknown formatting code: %s, %s:%d:
16931 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
16935 =head2 Pod::Text::Color - Convert POD data to formatted color ASCII text
16949 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
16953 =head2 Pod::Text::Overstrike - Convert POD data to formatted overstrike
16968 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
16972 =head2 Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Text::Color - Convert POD data to ASCII
16973 text with format escapes
16987 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
16991 =head2 Pod::Usage, pod2usage() - print a usage message from embedded pod
17000 C<-message>, C<-msg>, C<-exitval>, C<-verbose>, C<-output>, C<-input>,
17009 =item Recommended Use
17017 =item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
17021 =head2 Pod::t::basic, basic.pod - Test of various basic POD features in
17028 =item This C<is> a "level 1" heading
17032 =item ``Level'' "2 I<heading>
17036 =item This C<is> a "level 1" heading
17040 =item ``Level'' 2 I<heading>
17046 =item OVER AND ITEMS
17048 This is a test, a, b, a, b, c, d, "foo", B<bar>, C<baz>, Some longer item
17051 =item FORMATTING CODES
17053 E<amp>, E<apos>, E<lt>, E<gt>, E<quot>, E<sol>
17061 =head2 Pod::t::htmlescp, Escape Sequences Test
17069 =head2 Pod::t::htmlview, Test HTML Rendering
17077 =item METHODS =E<gt> OTHER STUFF
17083 foo, bar, baz, C<Black> Cat, Sat S<I<on> the>, MatE<lt>!E<gt>, 1 Cat, 2
17090 =item TESTING FOR AND BEGIN
17092 =item TESTING URLs hyperlinking
17098 =head2 SDBM_File - Tied access to sdbm files
17106 C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>, C<O_RDWR>
17112 =item C<sdbm store returned -1, errno 22, key "..." at ...>
17116 =item BUGS AND WARNINGS
17120 =head2 Safe - Compile and execute code in restricted compartments
17128 a new namespace, an operator mask
17134 =item RECENT CHANGES
17136 =item Methods in class Safe
17138 permit (OP, ...), permit_only (OP, ...), deny (OP, ...), deny_only (OP,
17139 ...), trap (OP, ...), untrap (OP, ...), share (NAME, ...), share_from
17140 (PACKAGE, ARRAYREF), varglob (VARNAME), reval (STRING), rdo (FILENAME),
17141 root (NAMESPACE), mask (MASK)
17143 =item Some Safety Issues
17145 Memory, CPU, Snooping, Signals, State Changes
17153 =head2 Scalar::Util - A selection of general-utility scalar subroutines
17161 blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isweak EXPR, openhandle FH, reftype
17162 EXPR, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
17172 =head2 Search::Dict, look - search for key in dictionary file
17182 =head2 SelectSaver - save and restore selected file handle
17192 =head2 SelfLoader - load functions only on demand
17202 =item The __DATA__ token
17204 =item SelfLoader autoloading
17206 =item Autoloading and package lexicals
17208 =item SelfLoader and AutoLoader
17210 =item __DATA__, __END__, and the FOOBAR::DATA filehandle.
17212 =item Classes and inherited methods.
17216 =item Multiple packages and fully qualified subroutine names
17220 =head2 Shell - run shell commands transparently within perl
17230 =item OBJECT ORIENTED SYNTAX
17238 =head2 Socket, sockaddr_in, sockaddr_un, inet_aton, inet_ntoa - load the C
17239 socket.h defines and structure manipulators
17247 inet_aton HOSTNAME, inet_ntoa IP_ADDRESS, INADDR_ANY, INADDR_BROADCAST,
17248 INADDR_LOOPBACK, INADDR_NONE, sockaddr_family SOCKADDR, sockaddr_in PORT,
17249 ADDRESS, sockaddr_in SOCKADDR_IN, pack_sockaddr_in PORT, IP_ADDRESS,
17250 unpack_sockaddr_in SOCKADDR_IN, sockaddr_un PATHNAME, sockaddr_un
17251 SOCKADDR_UN, pack_sockaddr_un PATH, unpack_sockaddr_un SOCKADDR_UN
17255 =head2 Storable - persistency for perl data structures
17265 =item ADVISORY LOCKING
17269 =item CANONICAL REPRESENTATION
17271 =item ERROR REPORTING
17279 C<STORABLE_freeze> I<obj>, I<cloning>, C<STORABLE_thaw> I<obj>, I<cloning>,
17284 C<Storable::last_op_in_netorder>, C<Storable::is_storing>,
17285 C<Storable::is_retrieving>
17293 =item Storable magic
17311 =head2 Switch - A switch statement for Perl
17325 =item Allowing fall-through
17327 =item Automating fall-through
17329 =item Alternative syntax
17331 =item Higher-order Operations
17347 =head2 Symbol - manipulate Perl symbols and their names
17357 =head2 Sys::Hostname - Try every conceivable way to get hostname
17369 =head2 Syslog, Sys::Syslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask, syslog - Perl
17370 interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
17378 openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
17379 setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added
17380 in 5.004_02), closelog
17390 =head2 Syslog::Syslog, Sys::Syslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask, syslog -
17391 Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
17399 openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
17400 setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added
17401 in 5.004_02), closelog
17411 =head2 Term::ANSIColor - Color screen output using ANSI escape sequences
17421 Bad escape sequence %s, Bareword "%s" not allowed while "strict subs" in
17422 use, Invalid attribute name %s, Name "%s" used only once: possible typo, No
17423 comma allowed after filehandle, No name for escape sequence %s
17427 ANSI_COLORS_DISABLED
17441 =head2 Term::Cap - Perl termcap interface
17457 B<Tgetent>, OSPEED, TERM
17459 B<Tpad>, B<$string>, B<$cnt>, B<$FH>
17461 B<Tputs>, B<$cap>, B<$cnt>, B<$FH>
17463 B<Tgoto>, B<$cap>, B<$col>, B<$row>, B<$FH>
17471 =item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
17479 =head2 Term::Complete - Perl word completion module
17487 E<lt>tabE<gt>, ^D, ^U, E<lt>delE<gt>, E<lt>bsE<gt>
17497 =head2 Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various C<readline> packages. If
17498 no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic functions.
17506 =item Minimal set of supported functions
17508 C<ReadLine>, C<new>, C<readline>, C<addhistory>, C<IN>, $C<OUT>,
17509 C<MinLine>, C<findConsole>, Attribs, C<Features>
17511 =item Additional supported functions
17513 C<tkRunning>, C<ornaments>, C<newTTY>
17523 =head2 Test - provides a simple framework for writing test scripts
17549 NORMAL TESTS, SKIPPED TESTS, TODO TESTS
17553 =item BUGS and CAVEATS
17563 =head2 Test::Builder - Backend for building test libraries
17583 =item Setting up tests
17599 =item Running tests
17605 B<is_eq>, B<is_num>
17607 B<isnt_eq>, B<isnt_num>
17631 B<no_header>, B<no_ending>
17643 B<output>, B<failure_output>, B<todo_output>
17647 =item Test Status and Info
17655 B<details> I<UNIMPLEMENTED>, B<todo>
17677 =head2 Test::Harness - run perl standard test scripts with statistics
17687 =item The test script output
17689 B<'1..M'>, B<'ok', 'not ok'. Ok?>, B<test numbers>, B<test names>,
17690 B<Skipping tests>, B<Todo tests>, B<Bail out!>, B<Comments>, B<Anything
17695 =item Configuration variables.
17697 B<$Test::Harness::verbose>, B<$Test::Harness::switches>
17701 B<Failed Test>, B<Stat>, B<Wstat>, B<Total>, B<Fail>, B<Failed>, B<List of
17728 C<All tests successful.\nFiles=%d, Tests=%d, %s>, C<FAILED tests
17729 %s\n\tFailed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.>, C<Test returned status %d (wstat
17730 %d)>, C<Failed 1 test, %.2f%% okay. %s>, C<Failed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.
17731 %s>, C<FAILED--Further testing stopped%s>
17735 C<HARNESS_IGNORE_EXITCODE>, C<HARNESS_NOTTY>, C<HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST>,
17736 C<HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR>, C<HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES>, C<HARNESS_COLUMNS>,
17751 =head2 Test::Harness::Assert - simple assert
17777 =head2 Test::Harness::Iterator - Internal Test::Harness Iterator
17787 =head2 Test::Harness::Straps - detailed analysis of test results
17825 B<_restore_PERL5LIB>
17841 B<_reset_file_state>
17861 =head2 Test::More - yet another framework for writing test scripts
17871 =item I love it when a plan comes together
17881 =item I'm ok, you're not ok.
17921 =item Conditional tests
17927 B<TODO: BLOCK>, B<todo_skip>
17931 =item Comparison functions
17945 =item Extending and Embedding Test::More
17955 =item BUGS and CAVEATS
17957 Making your own ok(), The eq_* family has some caveats, Test::Harness
17970 =head2 Test::Simple - Basic utilities for writing tests.
17994 L<Test::More>, L<Test>, L<Test::Unit>, L<Test::Inline>, L<SelfTest>,
18003 =head2 Test::Tutorial - A tutorial about writing really basic tests
18011 =item Nuts and bolts of testing.
18013 =item Where to start?
18017 =item Test the manual
18019 =item Sometimes the tests are wrong
18021 =item Testing lots of values
18023 =item Informative names
18025 =item Skipping tests
18029 =item Testing with taint mode.
18041 =head2 Text::Abbrev, abbrev - create an abbreviation table from a list
18053 =head2 Text::Balanced - Extract delimited text sequences from strings.
18063 =item General behaviour in list contexts
18067 =item General behaviour in scalar and void contexts
18069 =item A note about prefixes
18071 =item C<extract_delimited>
18073 =item C<extract_bracketed>
18075 =item C<extract_tagged>
18077 C<reject =E<gt> $listref>, C<ignore =E<gt> $listref>, C<fail =E<gt> $str>,
18078 [0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
18080 =item C<gen_extract_tagged>
18082 =item C<extract_quotelike>
18084 [0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10]
18086 =item C<extract_quotelike> and "here documents"
18088 [0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7..10]
18090 =item C<extract_codeblock>
18092 =item C<extract_multiple>
18094 =item C<gen_delimited_pat>
18100 C<Did not find a suitable bracket: "%s">, C<Did not find prefix: /%s/>,
18101 C<Did not find opening bracket after prefix: "%s">, C<No quotelike
18102 operator found after prefix: "%s">, C<Unmatched closing bracket: "%c">,
18103 C<Unmatched opening bracket(s): "%s">, C<Unmatched embedded quote (%s)>,
18104 C<Did not find closing delimiter to match '%s'>, C<Mismatched closing
18105 bracket: expected "%c" but found "%s">, C<No block delimiter found after
18106 quotelike "%s">, C<Did not find leading dereferencer>, C<Bad identifier
18107 after dereferencer>, C<Did not find expected opening bracket at %s>,
18108 C<Improperly nested codeblock at %s>, C<Missing second block for quotelike
18109 "%s">, C<No match found for opening bracket>, C<Did not find opening tag:
18110 /%s/>, C<Unable to construct closing tag to match: /%s/>, C<Found invalid
18111 nested tag: %s>, C<Found unbalanced nested tag: %s>, C<Did not find closing
18116 =item BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
18122 =head2 Text::ParseWords - parse text into an array of tokens or array of
18137 =head2 Text::Soundex - Implementation of the Soundex Algorithm as Described
18154 =head2 Text::Tabs -- expand and unexpand tabs per the unix expand(1) and
18169 =head2 Text::Wrap - line wrapping to form simple paragraphs
18185 =head2 Thread - manipulate threads in Perl
18197 $thread = Thread->new(\&start_sub), $thread = Thread->new(\&start_sub,
18198 LIST), lock VARIABLE, async BLOCK;, Thread->self, cond_wait VARIABLE,
18199 cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE, yield
18203 join, eval, detach, equal, tid, flags, done
18211 =head2 Thread::Queue - thread-safe queues
18219 =item FUNCTIONS AND METHODS
18221 new, enqueue LIST, dequeue, dequeue_nb, pending
18227 =head2 Thread::Semaphore - thread-safe semaphores
18235 =item FUNCTIONS AND METHODS
18237 new, new NUMBER, down, down NUMBER, up, up NUMBER
18241 =head2 Thread::Signal - Start a thread which runs signal handlers reliably
18253 =head2 Thread::Specific - thread-specific keys
18263 =head2 Tie::Array - base class for tied arrays
18271 TIEARRAY classname, LIST, STORE this, index, value, FETCH this, index,
18272 FETCHSIZE this, STORESIZE this, count, EXTEND this, count, EXISTS this,
18273 key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, DESTROY this, PUSH this, LIST, POP this,
18274 SHIFT this, UNSHIFT this, LIST, SPLICE this, offset, length, LIST
18282 =head2 Tie::File - Access the lines of a disk file via a Perl array
18302 =item Option Format
18306 =item Public Methods
18314 =item C<defer>, C<flush>, C<discard>, and C<autodefer>
18318 =item Tying to an already-opened filehandle
18320 =item Deferred Writing
18324 =item Autodeferring
18332 =item WHAT ABOUT C<DB_File>?
18346 =head2 Tie::Handle, Tie::StdHandle - base class definitions for tied
18355 TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, scalar, length, offset, PRINT this,
18356 LIST, PRINTF this, format, LIST, READ this, scalar, length, offset,
18357 READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, OPEN this, filename, BINMODE this,
18358 EOF this, TELL this, SEEK this, offset, whence, DESTROY this
18360 =item MORE INFORMATION
18362 =item COMPATIBILITY
18366 =head2 Tie::Hash, Tie::StdHash, Tie::ExtraHash - base class definitions for
18375 TIEHASH classname, LIST, STORE this, key, value, FETCH this, key, FIRSTKEY
18376 this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, EXISTS this, key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this
18378 =item Inheriting from B<Tie::StdHash>
18380 =item Inheriting from B<Tie::ExtraHash>
18382 =item C<UNTIE> and C<DESTROY>
18384 =item MORE INFORMATION
18388 =head2 Tie::Memoize - add data to hash when needed
18396 =item Inheriting from B<Tie::Memoize>
18406 =head2 Tie::RefHash - use references as hash keys
18424 =head2 Tie::Scalar, Tie::StdScalar - base class definitions for tied
18433 TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, DESTROY this
18435 =item MORE INFORMATION
18439 =head2 Tie::SubstrHash - Fixed-table-size, fixed-key-length hashing
18451 =head2 Time::HiRes - High resolution alarm, sleep, gettimeofday, interval
18460 gettimeofday (), usleep ( $useconds ), ualarm ( $useconds [,
18461 $interval_useconds ] ), tv_interval, time (), sleep ( $floating_seconds ),
18462 alarm ( $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), setitimer,
18463 getitimer ( $which )
18479 =head2 Time::Local - efficiently compute time from local and GMT time
18487 =item IMPLEMENTATION
18493 =head2 Time::gmtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime()
18508 =head2 Time::localtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in localtime()
18523 =head2 Time::tm - internal object used by Time::gmtime and Time::localtime
18535 =head2 UNIVERSAL - base class for ALL classes (blessed references)
18543 $obj->isa( TYPE ), CLASS->isa( TYPE ), isa( VAL, TYPE ), $obj->can( METHOD
18544 ), CLASS->can( METHOD ), can( VAL, METHOD ), VERSION ( [ REQUIRE ] )
18548 =head2 Unicode::Collate - use UCA (Unicode Collation Algorithm)
18558 =item Constructor and Tailoring
18560 alternate, backwards, entry, ignoreName, ignoreChar, level, normalization,
18561 overrideCJK, overrideHangul, preprocess, rearrange, table, undefName,
18562 undefChar, katakana_before_hiragana, upper_before_lower
18564 =item Other methods
18566 C<@sorted = $Collator-E<gt>sort(@not_sorted)>, C<$result =
18567 $Collator-E<gt>cmp($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>eq($a, $b)>,
18568 C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>ne($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>lt($a,
18569 $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>le($a, $b)>, C<$result =
18570 $Collator-E<gt>gt($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>ge($a, $b)>,
18571 C<$sortKey = $Collator-E<gt>getSortKey($string)>, C<$position =
18572 $Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring)>, C<($position, $length) =
18573 $Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring)>
18587 Unicode Collation Algorithm - Unicode TR #10, L<Unicode::Normalize>
18591 =head2 Unicode::Normalize - normalized forms of Unicode text
18601 =item Normalization Forms
18603 C<$NFD_string = NFD($string)>, C<$NFC_string = NFC($string)>,
18604 C<$NFKD_string = NFKD($string)>, C<$NFKC_string = NFKC($string)>,
18605 C<$normalized_string = normalize($form_name, $string)>
18607 =item Decomposition and Composition
18609 C<$decomposed_string = decompose($string)>, C<$decomposed_string =
18610 decompose($string, $useCompatMapping)>, C<$reordered_string =
18611 reorder($string)>, C<$composed_string = compose($string)>
18615 C<$result = checkNFD($string)>, C<$result = checkNFC($string)>, C<$result =
18616 checkNFKD($string)>, C<$result = checkNFKC($string)>, C<$result =
18617 check($form_name, $string)>
18619 =item Character Data
18621 C<$canonical_decomposed = getCanon($codepoint)>,
18622 C<$compatibility_decomposed = getCompat($codepoint)>,
18623 C<$codepoint_composite = getComposite($codepoint_here, $codepoint_next)>,
18624 C<$combining_class = getCombinClass($codepoint)>, C<$is_exclusion =
18625 isExclusion($codepoint)>, C<$is_singleton = isSingleton($codepoint)>,
18626 C<$is_non_startar_decomposition = isNonStDecomp($codepoint)>,
18627 C<$may_be_composed_with_prev_char = isComp2nd($codepoint)>
18637 http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr15/,
18638 http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/DerivedNormalizationProps.txt
18642 =head2 Unicode::UCD - Unicode character database
18684 =item Blocks versus Scripts
18686 =item Matching Scripts and Blocks
18688 =item Code Point Arguments
18714 =item Unicode::UCD::UnicodeVersion
18720 =item Implementation Note
18732 =head2 User::grent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getgr*()
18747 =head2 User::pwent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*()
18758 =item System Specifics
18772 =head2 Win32 - Interfaces to some Win32 API Functions
18780 =item Alphabetical Listing of Win32 Functions
18782 Win32::AbortSystemShutdown(MACHINE), Win32::BuildNumber(),
18783 Win32::CopyFile(FROM, TO, OVERWRITE), Win32::DomainName(),
18784 Win32::ExpandEnvironmentStrings(STRING), Win32::FormatMessage(ERRORCODE),
18785 Win32::FsType(), Win32::FreeLibrary(HANDLE), Win32::GetArchName(),
18786 Win32::GetChipName(), Win32::GetCwd(), Win32::GetFullPathName(FILENAME),
18787 Win32::GetLastError(), Win32::GetLongPathName(PATHNAME),
18788 Win32::GetNextAvailDrive(), Win32::GetOSVersion(),
18789 Win32::GetShortPathName(PATHNAME), Win32::GetProcAddress(INSTANCE,
18790 PROCNAME), Win32::GetTickCount(), Win32::InitiateSystemShutdown,
18791 Win32::IsWinNT(), Win32::IsWin95(), Win32::LoadLibrary(LIBNAME),
18792 Win32::LoginName(), Win32::LookupAccountName(SYSTEM, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SID,
18793 SIDTYPE), Win32::LookupAccountSID(SYSTEM, SID, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SIDTYPE),
18794 Win32::MsgBox(MESSAGE [, FLAGS [, TITLE]]), Win32::NodeName(),
18795 Win32::RegisterServer(LIBRARYNAME), Win32::SetChildShowWindow(SHOWWINDOW),
18796 Win32::SetCwd(NEWDIRECTORY), Win32::SetLastError(ERROR),
18797 Win32::Sleep(TIME), Win32::Spawn(COMMAND, ARGS, PID),
18798 Win32::UnregisterServer(LIBRARYNAME)
18804 =head2 XS::Typemap - module to test the XS typemaps distributed with perl
18822 =head2 XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
18834 =head1 AUXILIARY DOCUMENTATION
18836 Here should be listed all the extra programs' documentation, but they
18837 don't all have manual pages yet:
18863 Larry Wall <F<larry@wall.org>>, with the help of oodles