Changes5.001 Differences between 5.000 and 5.001
Changes5.002 Differences between 5.001 and 5.002
Changes5.003 Differences between 5.002 and 5.003
-configure Crude emulation of GNU configure
-configure.gnu Copy of configure (for case-insensitive systems)
+Changes5.004 Differences between 5.003 and 5.004
Configure Portability tool
Copying The GNU General Public License
EXTERN.h Included before foreign .h files
INTERN.h Included before domestic .h files
MANIFEST This list of files
Makefile.SH A script that generates Makefile
+Policy_sh.SH Hold site-wide preferences between Configure runs.
Porting/Glossary Glossary of config.sh variables
+Porting/config.sh Sample config.sh
+Porting/config_H Sample config.h
Porting/makerel Release making utility
Porting/patchls Flexible patch file listing utility
Porting/pumpkin.pod Guidelines and hints for Perl maintainers
README The Instructions
README.amiga Notes about AmigaOS port
README.cygwin32 Notes about Cygwin32 port
+README.dos Notes about dos/djgpp port
README.os2 Notes about OS/2 port
README.plan9 Notes about Plan9 port
README.qnx Notes about QNX port
README.vms Notes about VMS port
README.win32 Notes about Win32 port
Todo The Wishlist
+Todo.5.005 What needs doing before 5.005 release
XSUB.h Include file for extension subroutines
+atomic.h Atomic refcount handling for multi-threading
av.c Array value code
av.h Array value header
+bytecode.h Bytecode header for compiler
+bytecode.pl Produces byterun.h, byterun.c and ext/B/Asmdata.pm
+byterun.c Runtime support for compiler-generated bytecode
+byterun.h Header for byterun.c
+cc_runtime.h Macros need by runtime of compiler-generated code
cflags.SH A script that emits C compilation flags per file
compat3.sym List of symbols for binary-compatibility with 5.003
-config_H Sample config.h
config_h.SH Produces config.h
configpm Produces lib/Config.pm
+configure.gnu Crude emulation of GNU configure
cop.h Control operator header
cv.h Code value header
cygwin32/cw32imp.h Cygwin32 port
cygwin32/perlgcc Cygwin32 port
cygwin32/perlld Cygwin32 port
deb.c Debugging routines
+djgpp/config.over DOS/DJGPP port
+djgpp/configure.bat DOS/DJGPP port
+djgpp/djgpp.c DOS/DJGPP port
+djgpp/djgppsed.sh DOS/DJGPP port
+djgpp/fixpmain DOS/DJGPP port
doio.c I/O operations
doop.c Support code for various operations
dosish.h Some defines for MS/DOSish machines
eg/who A sample who program
eg/wrapsuid A setuid script wrapper generator
emacs/cperl-mode.el An alternate perl-mode
+emacs/ptags Creates smart TAGS file
embed.h Maps symbols to safer names
embed.pl Produces embed.h
+embedvar.h C namespace management
+ext/B/B.pm Compiler backend support functions and methods
+ext/B/B.xs Compiler backend external subroutines
+ext/B/B/Asmdata.pm Compiler backend data for assembler
+ext/B/B/Assembler.pm Compiler backend assembler support functions
+ext/B/B/Bblock.pm Compiler basic block analysis support
+ext/B/B/Bytecode.pm Compiler Bytecode backend
+ext/B/B/C.pm Compiler C backend
+ext/B/B/CC.pm Compiler CC backend
+ext/B/B/Debug.pm Compiler Debug backend
+ext/B/B/Deparse.pm Compiler Deparse backend
+ext/B/B/Disassembler.pm Compiler Disassembler backend
+ext/B/B/Lint.pm Compiler Lint backend
+ext/B/B/Showlex.pm Compiler Showlex backend
+ext/B/B/Stackobj.pm Compiler stack objects support functions
+ext/B/B/Terse.pm Compiler Terse backend
+ext/B/B/Xref.pm Compiler Xref backend
+ext/B/B/assemble Assemble compiler bytecode
+ext/B/B/cc_harness Simplistic wrapper for using -MO=CC compiler
+ext/B/B/disassemble Disassemble compiler bytecode output
+ext/B/B/makeliblinks Make a simplistic XSUB .so symlink tree for compiler
+ext/B/Makefile.PL Compiler backend makefile writer
+ext/B/NOTES Compiler backend notes
+ext/B/O.pm Compiler front-end module (-MO=...)
+ext/B/README Compiler backend README
+ext/B/TESTS Compiler backend test data
+ext/B/Todo Compiler backend Todo list
+ext/B/byteperl.c Bytecode runner
+ext/B/ramblings/cc.notes Compiler ramblings: notes on CC backend
+ext/B/ramblings/curcop.runtime Compiler ramblings: notes on curcop use
+ext/B/ramblings/flip-flop Compiler ramblings: notes on flip-flop
+ext/B/ramblings/magic Compiler ramblings: notes on magic
+ext/B/ramblings/reg.alloc Compiler ramblings: register allocation
+ext/B/ramblings/runtime.porting Compiler ramblings: porting PP enging
+ext/B/typemap Compiler backend interface types
+ext/DB_File/Changes Berkeley DB extension change log
ext/DB_File/DB_File.pm Berkeley DB extension Perl module
ext/DB_File/DB_File.xs Berkeley DB extension external subroutines
ext/DB_File/DB_File_BS Berkeley DB extension mkbootstrap fodder
ext/POSIX/POSIX.pm POSIX extension Perl module
ext/POSIX/POSIX.pod POSIX extension documentation
ext/POSIX/POSIX.xs POSIX extension external subroutines
+ext/POSIX/hints/linux.pl Hint for POSIX for named architecture
ext/POSIX/hints/next_3.pl Hint for POSIX for named architecture
+ext/POSIX/hints/sunos_4.pl Hint for POSIX for named architecture
ext/POSIX/typemap POSIX extension interface types
ext/SDBM_File/Makefile.PL SDBM extension makefile writer
ext/SDBM_File/SDBM_File.pm SDBM extension Perl module
ext/Socket/Makefile.PL Socket extension makefile writer
ext/Socket/Socket.pm Socket extension Perl module
ext/Socket/Socket.xs Socket extension external subroutines
+ext/Thread/Makefile.PL Thread extension makefile writer
+ext/Thread/Notes Thread notes
+ext/Thread/README Thread README
+ext/Thread/Thread.pm Thread extension Perl module
+ext/Thread/Thread.xs Thread extension external subroutines
+ext/Thread/Thread/Queue.pm Thread synchronised queue objects
+ext/Thread/Thread/Semaphore.pm Thread semaphore objects
+ext/Thread/Thread/Signal.pm Start a thread to run signal handlers
+ext/Thread/Thread/Specific.pm Thread specific data access
+ext/Thread/create.t Test thread creation
+ext/Thread/die.t Test thread die()
+ext/Thread/die2.t Test thread die() differently
+ext/Thread/io.t Test threads doing simple I/O
+ext/Thread/join.t Test thread joining
+ext/Thread/join2.t Test thread joining differently
+ext/Thread/list.t Test getting list of all threads
+ext/Thread/lock.t Test lock primitive
+ext/Thread/queue.t Test Thread::Queue module
+ext/Thread/specific.t Test thread-specific user data
+ext/Thread/sync.t Test thread synchronisation
+ext/Thread/sync2.t Test thread synchronisation
+ext/Thread/typemap Thread extension interface types
+ext/Thread/unsync.t Test thread implicit synchronisation
+ext/Thread/unsync2.t Test thread implicit synchronisation
+ext/Thread/unsync3.t Test thread implicit synchronisation
+ext/Thread/unsync4.t Test thread implicit synchronisation
ext/attrs/Makefile.PL attrs extension makefile writer
ext/attrs/attrs.pm attrs extension Perl module
ext/attrs/attrs.xs attrs extension external subroutines
-ext/util/extliblist Used by extension Makefile.PL to make lib lists
ext/util/make_ext Used by Makefile to execute extension Makefiles
ext/util/mkbootstrap Turns ext/*/*_BS into bootstrap info
+fakethr.h Fake threads header
form.h Public declarations for the above
global.sym Symbols that need hiding when embedded
globals.c File to declare global symbols (for shared library)
hints/dcosx.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/dec_osf.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/dgux.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/dos_djgpp.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/dynix.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/dynixptx.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/epix.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/next_4.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/opus.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/os2.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/os390.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/powerux.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/qnx.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/sco.sh Hints for named architecture
installman Perl script to install man pages for pods
installperl Perl script to do "make install" dirty work
interp.sym Interpreter specific symbols to hide in a struct
+intrpvar.h Variables held in each interpreter instance
keywords.h The keyword numbers
keywords.pl Program to write keywords.h
lib/AnyDBM_File.pm Perl module to emulate dbmopen
lib/CPAN/FirstTime.pm Utility for creating CPAN config files
lib/CPAN/Nox.pm Runs CPAN while avoiding compiled extensions
lib/Carp.pm Error message base class
-lib/Class/Fields.pm Set up object field names for pseudo-hash-using classes
lib/Class/Struct.pm Declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
lib/Cwd.pm Various cwd routines (getcwd, fastcwd, chdir)
lib/Devel/SelfStubber.pm Generate stubs for SelfLoader.pm
lib/ExtUtils/Command.pm Utilities for Make on non-UNIX platforms
lib/ExtUtils/Embed.pm Utilities for embedding Perl in C programs
lib/ExtUtils/Install.pm Handles 'make install' on extensions
+lib/ExtUtils/Installed.pm Information on installed extensions
lib/ExtUtils/Liblist.pm Locates libraries
lib/ExtUtils/MM_OS2.pm MakeMaker methods for OS/2
lib/ExtUtils/MM_Unix.pm MakeMaker base class for Unix
lib/ExtUtils/Manifest.pm Utilities to write MANIFEST files
lib/ExtUtils/Mkbootstrap.pm Writes a bootstrap file (see MakeMaker)
lib/ExtUtils/Mksymlists.pm Writes a linker options file for extensions
+lib/ExtUtils/Packlist.pm Manipulates .packlist files
+lib/ExtUtils/inst Give information about installed extensions
lib/ExtUtils/testlib.pm Fixes up @INC to use just-built extension
lib/ExtUtils/typemap Extension interface types
lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp External subroutine preprocessor
+lib/Fatal.pm Make errors in functions/builtins fatal
lib/File/Basename.pm Emulate the basename program
lib/File/CheckTree.pm Perl module supporting wholesale file mode validation
lib/File/Compare.pm Emulation of cmp command
lib/I18N/Collate.pm Routines to do strxfrm-based collation
lib/IPC/Open2.pm Open a two-ended pipe
lib/IPC/Open3.pm Open a three-ended pipe!
-lib/ISA.pm Initialise @ISA at compile-time
lib/Math/BigFloat.pm An arbitrary precision floating-point arithmetic package
lib/Math/BigInt.pm An arbitrary precision integer arithmetic package
lib/Math/Complex.pm A Complex package
lib/Term/Cap.pm Perl module supporting termcap usage
lib/Term/Complete.pm A command completion subroutine
lib/Term/ReadLine.pm Stub readline library
+lib/Test.pm A simple framework for writing test scripts
lib/Test/Harness.pm A test harness
lib/Text/Abbrev.pm An abbreviation table builder
lib/Text/ParseWords.pm Perl module to split words on arbitrary delimiter
lib/Text/Soundex.pm Perl module to implement Soundex
lib/Text/Tabs.pm Do expand and unexpand
lib/Text/Wrap.pm Paragraph formatter
+lib/Tie/Array.pm Base class for tied arrays
+lib/Tie/Handle.pm Base class for tied handles
lib/Tie/Hash.pm Base class for tied hashes
lib/Tie/RefHash.pm Base class for tied hashes with references as keys
lib/Tie/Scalar.pm Base class for tied scalars
lib/abbrev.pl An abbreviation table builder
lib/assert.pl assertion and panic with stack trace
lib/autouse.pm Load and call a function only when it's used
+lib/base.pm Establish IS-A relationship at compile time
lib/bigfloat.pl An arbitrary precision floating point package
lib/bigint.pl An arbitrary precision integer arithmetic package
lib/bigrat.pl An arbitrary precision rational arithmetic package
lib/dumpvar.pl A variable dumper
lib/exceptions.pl catch and throw routines
lib/fastcwd.pl a faster but more dangerous getcwd
+lib/fields.pm Set up object field names for pseudo-hash-using classes
lib/find.pl A find emulator--used by find2perl
lib/finddepth.pl A depth-first find emulator--used by find2perl
lib/flush.pl Routines to do single flush
os2/dl_os2.c Addon for dl_open
os2/dlfcn.h Addon for dl_open
os2/os2.c Additional code for OS/2
+os2/os2.sym Additional symbols to export
os2/os2ish.h Header for OS/2
+os2/os2thread.h pthread-like typedefs
os2/perl2cmd.pl Corrects installed binaries under OS/2
patchlevel.h The current patch level of perl
perl.c main()
perl.h Global declarations
perl_exp.SH Creates list of exported symbols for AIX
+perldir.h perldir stuff
+perlenv.h perlenv stuff
perlio.c C code for PerlIO abstraction
perlio.h Interface to PerlIO abstraction
perlio.sym Symbols for PerlIO abstraction
+perllio.h perllio stuff
+perlmem.h perlmem stuff
+perlproc.h perlproc stuff
perlsdio.h Fake stdio using perlio
perlsfio.h Prototype sfio mapping for PerlIO
perlsh A poor man's perl shell
+perlsock.h perlsock stuff
+perlvars.h Global variables
perly.c A byacc'ed perly.y
perly.c.diff Fixup perly.c to allow recursion
perly.fixer A program to remove yacc stack limitations
pod/perlform.pod Format info
pod/perlfunc.pod Function info
pod/perlguts.pod Internals info
+pod/perlhist.pod Perl history info
pod/perlipc.pod IPC info
pod/perllocale.pod Locale support info
pod/perllol.pod How to use lists of lists
t/comp/package.t See if packages work
t/comp/proto.t See if function prototypes work
t/comp/redef.t See if we get correct warnings on redefined subs
+t/comp/require.t See if require works
t/comp/script.t See if script invokation works
t/comp/term.t See if more terms work
t/comp/use.t See if pragmas work
t/lib/db-hash.t See if DB_File works
t/lib/db-recno.t See if DB_File works
t/lib/dirhand.t See if DirHandle works
+t/lib/dosglob.t See if File::DosGlob works
t/lib/english.t See if English works
t/lib/env.t See if Env works
t/lib/filecache.t See if FileCache works
t/lib/open3.t See if IPC::Open3 works
t/lib/ops.t See if Opcode works
t/lib/parsewords.t See if Text::ParseWords works
+t/lib/ph.t See if h2ph works
t/lib/posix.t See if POSIX works
t/lib/safe1.t See if Safe works
t/lib/safe2.t See if Safe works
t/lib/symbol.t See if Symbol works
t/lib/texttabs.t See if Text::Tabs works
t/lib/textwrap.t See if Text::Wrap works
+t/lib/thread.t Basic test of threading (skipped if no threads)
+t/lib/tie-push.t Test for Tie::Array
+t/lib/tie-stdarray.t Test for Tie::StdArray
+t/lib/tie-stdpush.t Test for Tie::StdArray
t/lib/timelocal.t See if Time::Local works
t/lib/trig.t See if Math::Trig works
t/op/append.t See if . works
t/op/array.t See if array operations work
t/op/assignwarn.t See if OP= operators warn correctly for undef targets
t/op/auto.t See if autoincrement et all work
+t/op/avhv.t See if pseudo-hashes work
t/op/bop.t See if bitops work
t/op/chop.t See if chop works
t/op/closure.t See if closures work
t/op/goto.t See if goto works
t/op/groups.t See if $( works
t/op/gv.t See if typeglobs work
+t/op/hashwarn.t See if warnings for bad hash assignments work
t/op/inc.t See if inc/dec of integers near 32 bit limit work
t/op/index.t See if index works
t/op/int.t See if int works
t/op/misc.t See if miscellaneous bugs have been fixed
t/op/mkdir.t See if mkdir works
t/op/my.t See if lexical scoping works
+t/op/nothread.t local @_ test which does not work threaded
t/op/oct.t See if oct and hex work
t/op/ord.t See if ord works
t/op/pack.t See if pack and unpack work
t/op/sysio.t See if sysread and syswrite work
t/op/taint.t See if tainting works
t/op/tie.t See if tie/untie functions work
+t/op/tiearray.t See if tie for arrays works
+t/op/tiehandle.t See if tie for handles works
t/op/time.t See if time functions work
t/op/undef.t See if undef works
t/op/universal.t See if UNIVERSAL class works
t/op/unshift.t See if unshift works
t/op/vec.t See if vectors work
+t/op/wantarray.t See if wantarray works
t/op/write.t See if write works
t/pragma/constant.t See if compile-time constants work
t/pragma/locale.t See if locale support (i18n and l10n) works
t/pragma/warn-1global Tests of global warnings for warning.t
t/pragma/warning.t See if warning controls work
taint.c Tainting code
+thrdvar.h Per-thread variables
thread.h Threading header
+thread.sym Symbols for threads
toke.c The tokener
universal.c The default UNIVERSAL package methods
unixish.h Defines that are assumed on Unix
win32/TEST Win32 port
win32/autosplit.pl Win32 port
win32/bin/network.pl Win32 port
-win32/bin/pl2bat.bat Win32 port
-win32/bin/search.bat Win32 port
-win32/bin/test.bat Win32 port
-win32/bin/webget.bat Win32 port
+win32/bin/perlglob.pl Win32 globbing
+win32/bin/pl2bat.pl wrap perl scripts into batch files
+win32/bin/runperl.pl run perl script via batch file namesake
+win32/bin/search.pl Win32 port
+win32/bin/webget.pl Win32 port
win32/bin/www.pl Win32 port
win32/config.bc Win32 base line config.sh (Borland C++ build)
+win32/config.gc Win32 base line config.sh (GNU build)?
win32/config.vc Win32 base line config.sh (Visual C++ build)
win32/config_H.bc Win32 config header (Borland C++ build)
+win32/config_H.gc Win32 config header (GNU build)?
win32/config_H.vc Win32 config header (Visual C++ build)
win32/config_h.PL Perl code to convert Win32 config.sh to config.h
win32/config_sh.PL Perl code to update Win32 config.sh from Makefile
win32/splittree.pl Win32 port
win32/win32.c Win32 port
win32/win32.h Win32 port
-win32/win32io.c Win32 port
-win32/win32io.h Win32 port
win32/win32iop.h Win32 port
win32/win32sck.c Win32 port
+win32/win32thread.c Win32 functions for threads
+win32/win32thread.h Win32 port mapping to threads
writemain.SH Generate perlmain.c from miniperlmain.c+extensions
x2p/EXTERN.h Same as above
x2p/INTERN.h Same as above