Artistic The "Artistic License"
-Changes Differences from previous versions.
-Changes5.000 Differences from perl4.
-Changes5.001 Differences from 5.000.
-Changes5.002 Differences from 5.001.
-Changes5.003 Differences from 5.002.
+Changes Differences from previous version
+Changes5.000 Differences between 4.x and 5.000
+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)
Configure Portability tool
Copying The GNU General Public License
EXTERN.h Included before foreign .h files
-INSTALL Detailed installation instructions.
+INSTALL Detailed installation instructions
INTERN.h Included before domestic .h files
MANIFEST This list of files
Makefile.SH A script that generates Makefile
-Porting/Glossary Glossary of config.sh variables.
+Porting/Glossary Glossary of config.sh variables
README The Instructions
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
Todo The Wishlist
XSUB.h Include file for extension subroutines
av.c Array value code
av.h Array value header
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
ext/DynaLoader/dl_hpux.xs HP-UX implementation
ext/DynaLoader/dl_next.xs Next implementation
ext/DynaLoader/dl_none.xs Stub implementation
-ext/DynaLoader/dl_os2.xs OS/2 implementation
ext/DynaLoader/dl_vms.xs VMS implementation
ext/DynaLoader/dlutils.c Dynamic loader utilities for dl_*.xs files
ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.pm Fcntl extension Perl module
ext/Fcntl/Fcntl.xs Fcntl extension external subroutines
ext/Fcntl/Makefile.PL Fcntl extension makefile writer
-ext/FileHandle/FileHandle.pm FileHandle extension Perl module
-ext/FileHandle/FileHandle.xs FileHandle extension external subroutines
-ext/FileHandle/Makefile.PL FileHandle extension makefile writer
ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.pm GDBM extension Perl module
ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.xs GDBM extension external subroutines
ext/GDBM_File/Makefile.PL GDBM extension makefile writer
ext/IO/IO.pm Top-level interface to IO::* classes
ext/IO/IO.xs IO extension external subroutines
ext/IO/Makefile.PL IO extension makefile writer
+ext/IO/README IO extension maintenance notice
ext/IO/lib/IO/File.pm IO::File extension Perl module
ext/IO/lib/IO/Handle.pm IO::Handle extension Perl module
ext/IO/lib/IO/Pipe.pm IO::Pipe extension Perl module
handy.h Handy definitions
hints/3b1.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/3b1cc Hints for named architecture
-hints/README.NeXT Notes about NeXT hints.
-hints/README.hints Notes about hints.
+hints/README.NeXT Notes about NeXT hints
+hints/README.hints Notes about hints
hints/aix.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/altos486.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/amigaos.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/apollo.sh Hints for named architecture
-hints/aux.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/aux_3.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/broken-db.msg Warning message for systems with broken DB library
hints/bsdos.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/convexos.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/cxux.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/dcosx.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/dec_osf.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/dgux.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/dynix.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/irix_5.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/irix_6.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/irix_6_2.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/irix_6_3.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/irix_6_4.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/isc.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/isc_2.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/linux.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/lynxos.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/machten.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/machten_2.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/mips.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/opus.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/os2.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
hints/sco_2_3_0.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/sco_2_3_1.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/ultrix_4.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/umips.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/unicos.sh Hints for named architecture
+hints/unicosmk.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/unisysdynix.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/utekv.sh Hints for named architecture
hints/uts.sh Hints for named architecture
hv.c Hash value code
hv.h Hash value header
-installman Perl script to install man pages for pods.
+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
keywords.h The keyword numbers
keywords.pl Program to write keywords.h
lib/AnyDBM_File.pm Perl module to emulate dbmopen
lib/AutoLoader.pm Autoloader base class
-lib/AutoSplit.pm A module to split up autoload functions
-lib/Benchmark.pm A module to time pieces of code and such
+lib/AutoSplit.pm Split up autoload functions
+lib/Benchmark.pm Measure execution time
+lib/CPAN.pm Interface to Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
+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/Template.pm Structure/member template builder; makes nested types
lib/Cwd.pm Various cwd routines (getcwd, fastcwd, chdir)
lib/Devel/SelfStubber.pm Generate stubs for SelfLoader.pm
lib/DirHandle.pm like FileHandle only for directories
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/MM_VMS.pm MakeMaker methods for VMS.
+lib/ExtUtils/MM_VMS.pm MakeMaker methods for VMS
lib/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm Write Makefiles for extensions
lib/ExtUtils/Manifest.pm Utilities to write MANIFEST files
lib/ExtUtils/Mkbootstrap.pm Writes a bootstrap file (see MakeMaker)
lib/ExtUtils/typemap Extension interface types
lib/ExtUtils/xsubpp External subroutine preprocessor
lib/Fatal.pm Make do-or-die equivalents of functions
-lib/File/Basename.pm A module to emulate the basename program
+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/File/Copy.pm Emulation of cp command
lib/File/Find.pm Routines to do a find
-lib/File/Path.pm A module to do things like `mkdir -p' and `rm -r'
+lib/File/Path.pm Do things like `mkdir -p' and `rm -r'
+lib/File/stat.pm By-name interface to Perl's built-in stat
lib/FileCache.pm Keep more files open than the system permits
+lib/FileHandle.pm Backward-compatible front end to IO extension
lib/FindBin.pm Find name of currently executing program
-lib/Getopt/Long.pm A module to fetch command options (GetOptions)
-lib/Getopt/Std.pm A module to fetch command options (getopt, getopts)
+lib/Getopt/Long.pm Fetch command options (GetOptions)
+lib/Getopt/Std.pm Fetch command options (getopt, getopts)
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/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/Net/Ping.pm Ping methods
+lib/Net/Ping.pm Hello, anybody home?
+lib/Net/hostent.pm By-name interface to Perl's built-in gethost*
+lib/Net/netent.pm By-name interface to Perl's built-in getnet*
+lib/Net/protoent.pm By-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*
+lib/Net/servent.pm By-name interface to Perl's built-in getserv*
lib/Pod/Functions.pm used by pod/splitpod
lib/Pod/Text.pm Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
-lib/Search/Dict.pm A module to do binary search on dictionaries
-lib/SelectSaver.pm A module to enforce proper select scoping
-lib/SelfLoader.pm A module to load functions only on demand.
-lib/Shell.pm A module to make AUTOLOADed system() calls
+lib/Search/Dict.pm Perform binary search on dictionaries
+lib/SelectSaver.pm Enforce proper select scoping
+lib/SelfLoader.pm Load functions only on demand
+lib/Shell.pm Make AUTOLOADed system() calls
lib/Symbol.pm Symbol table manipulation routines
lib/Sys/Hostname.pm Hostname methods
lib/Sys/Syslog.pm Perl module supporting syslogging
lib/Text/Tabs.pm Do expand and unexpand
lib/Text/Wrap.pm Paragraph formatter
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/Tie/SubstrHash.pm Compact hash for known key, value and table size
lib/Time/Local.pm Reverse translation of localtime, gmtime
-lib/UNIVERSAL.pm Base class for ALL classes.
+lib/Time/gmtime.pm By-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime
+lib/Time/localtime.pm By-name interface to Perl's built-in localtime
+lib/Time/tm.pm Internal oject for Time::{gm,local}time
+lib/UNIVERSAL.pm Base class for ALL classes
+lib/User/grent.pm By-name interface to Perl's built-in getgr*
+lib/User/pwent.pm By-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*
lib/abbrev.pl An abbreviation table builder
lib/assert.pl assertion and panic with stack trace
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/blib.pm For "use blib"
lib/cacheout.pl Manages output filehandles when you need too many
lib/chat2.inter A chat2 with interaction
lib/chat2.pl Randal's famous expect-ish routines
lib/integer.pm For "use integer"
lib/less.pm For "use less"
lib/lib.pm For "use lib"
+lib/locale.pm For "use locale"
lib/look.pl A "look" equivalent
lib/newgetopt.pl A perl library supporting long option parsing
-lib/open2.pl Open a two-ended pipe
-lib/open3.pl Open a three-ended pipe
-lib/overload.pm Module for overloading perl operators.
+lib/open2.pl Open a two-ended pipe (uses IPC::Open2)
+lib/open3.pl Open a three-ended pipe (uses IPC::Open3)
+lib/overload.pm Module for overloading perl operators
lib/perl5db.pl Perl debugging routines
lib/pwd.pl Routines to keep track of PWD environment variable
lib/shellwords.pl Perl library to split into words with shell quoting
lib/sigtrap.pm For trapping an abort and giving traceback
-lib/splain Standalone program to print verbose diagnostics.
lib/stat.pl Perl library supporting stat function
lib/strict.pm For "use strict"
lib/subs.pm Declare overriding subs
mv-if-diff Script to mv a file if it changed
myconfig Prints summary of the current configuration
nostdio.h Cause compile error on stdio calls
-old_embed.pl Produces embed.h using old_global.sym
-old_global.sym Old list of symbols to hide when embedded
op.c Opcode syntax tree code
op.h Opcode syntax tree header
opcode.h Automatically generated opcode header
os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_tieydb.t DLL access module
os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_varset.t DLL access module
os2/OS2/REXX/t/rx_vrexx.t DLL access module
-os2/POSIX.mkfifo POSIX.xs patch.
+os2/POSIX.mkfifo POSIX.xs patch
os2/diff.configure Patches to Configure
os2/dl_os2.c Addon for dl_open
os2/dlfcn.h Addon for dl_open
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.
-perlio.c C code for PerlIO abstraction.
-perlio.h Interface to PerlIO abstraction.
+perl_exp.SH Creates list of exported symbols for AIX
+perlio.c C code for PerlIO abstraction
+perlio.h Interface to PerlIO abstraction
perlsdio.h Fake stdio using perlio
perlsfio.h Prototype sfio mapping for PerlIO
perlsh A poor man's perl shell
plan9/versnum Plan9 port: script to print version number
pod/Makefile Make pods into something else
pod/buildtoc generate perltoc.pod
-pod/checkpods.PL Tool to check for common errors in pods.
+pod/checkpods.PL Tool to check for common errors in pods
pod/perl.pod Top level perl man page
pod/perlapio.pod IO API info
pod/perlbook.pod Book info
pod/perlcall.pod Callback info
pod/perldata.pod Data structure info
pod/perldebug.pod Debugger info
+pod/perldelta.pod Changes since last version
pod/perldiag.pod Diagnostic info
pod/perldsc.pod Data Structures Cookbook
pod/perlembed.pod Embedding info
pod/perlform.pod Format info
pod/perlfunc.pod Function info
pod/perlguts.pod Internals info
-pod/perli18n.pod I18N info
pod/perlipc.pod IPC info
-pod/perllol.pod How to use lists of lists.
+pod/perllocale.pod Locale support info
+pod/perllol.pod How to use lists of lists
pod/perlmod.pod Module info
pod/perlobj.pod Object info
pod/perlop.pod Operator info
-pod/perlovl.pod Overloading info
pod/perlpod.pod Pod info
pod/perlre.pod Regular expression info
pod/perlref.pod References info
pod/perlsyn.pod Syntax info
pod/perltie.pod Tieing an object class into a simple variable
pod/perltoc.pod Table of Contents info
+pod/perltoot.pod Tom's object-oriented tutorial
pod/perltrap.pod Trap info
pod/perlvar.pod Variable info
pod/perlxs.pod XS api info
pod/pod2man.PL Precursor for translator to turn pod into manpage
pod/pod2text.PL Precursor for translator to turn pod into text
pod/roffitall troff the whole man page set
+pod/rofftoc Generate a table of contents in troff format
pod/splitman Splits perlfunc into multiple man pages
pod/splitpod Splits perlfunc into multiple pod pages
pp.c Push/Pop code
pp_hot.c Push/Pop code for heavily used opcodes
pp_sys.c Push/Pop code for system interaction
proto.h Prototypes
+qnx/ar QNX implementation of "ar" utility
+qnx/cpp QNX implementation of preprocessor filter
regcomp.c Regular expression compiler
regcomp.h Private declarations for above
regexec.c Regular expression evaluator
t/cmd/switch.t See if switch optimizations work
t/cmd/while.t See if while loops work
t/comp/cmdopt.t See if command optimization works
+t/comp/colon.t See if colons are parsed correctly
t/comp/cpp.aux main file for cpp.t
t/comp/cpp.t See if C preprocessor works
t/comp/decl.t See if declarations work
t/comp/multiline.t See if multiline strings work
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/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/harness Finer diagnostics from test suite
t/io/argv.t See if ARGV stuff works
t/io/dup.t See if >& works right
t/lib/hostname.t See if Sys::Hostname works
t/lib/io_dup.t See if dup()-related methods from IO work
t/lib/io_pipe.t See if pipe()-related methods from IO work
+t/lib/io_sel.t See if select()-related methods from IO work
t/lib/io_sock.t See if INET socket-related methods from IO work
t/lib/io_taint.t See if the untaint method from IO works
t/lib/io_tell.t See if seek()/tell()-related methods from IO work
t/lib/ndbm.t See if NDBM_File works
t/lib/odbm.t See if ODBM_File works
t/lib/opcode.t See if Opcode works
+t/lib/open2.t See if IPC::Open2 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/posix.t See if POSIX works
t/lib/timelocal.t See if Time::Local 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/bop.t See if bitops work
t/op/chop.t See if chop works
+t/op/cmp.t See if the various string and numeric compare work
t/op/cond.t See if conditional expressions work
t/op/delete.t See if delete works
t/op/do.t See if subroutines work
t/op/list.t See if array lists work
t/op/local.t See if local works
t/op/magic.t See if magic variables work
+t/op/method.t See if method calls work
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/oct.t See if oct and hex work
t/op/ord.t See if ord works
-t/op/overload.t See if operator overload works
t/op/pack.t See if pack and unpack work
t/op/pat.t See if esoteric patterns work
t/op/push.t See if push and pop work
t/op/quotemeta.t See if quotemeta works
t/op/rand.t See if rand works
t/op/range.t See if .. works
-t/op/re_tests Input file for op.regexp
+t/op/re_tests Regular expressions for regexp.t
t/op/read.t See if read() works
t/op/readdir.t See if readdir() works
+t/op/recurse.t See if deep recursion works
t/op/ref.t See if refs and objects work
t/op/regexp.t See if regular expressions work
t/op/repeat.t See if x operator works
t/op/study.t See if study works
t/op/subst.t See if substitution works
t/op/substr.t See if substr works
+t/op/sysio.t See if sysread and syswrite work
t/op/tie.t See if tie/untie functions work
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/write.t See if write works
-t/re_tests Regular expressions for regexp.t
+t/pragma/locale.t See if locale support (i18n and l10n) works
+t/pragma/overload.t See if operator overloading works
+t/pragma/strict-refs Tests of "use strict 'refs'" for strict.t
+t/pragma/strict-subs Tests of "use strict 'subs'" for strict.t
+t/pragma/strict-vars Tests of "use strict 'vars'" for strict.t
+t/pragma/strict.t See if strictures work
+t/pragma/subs.t See if subroutine pseudo-importation 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
toke.c The tokener
universal.c The default UNIVERSAL package methods
unixish.h Defines that are assumed on Unix
util.c Utility routines
-util.h Public declarations for the above
-utils/Makefile Extract the utility scripts.
+util.h Dummy header
+utils/Makefile Extract the utility scripts
utils/c2ph.PL program to translate dbx stabs to perl
utils/h2ph.PL A thing to turn C .h files into perl .ph files
utils/h2xs.PL Program to make .xs files from C header files
utils/perlbug.PL A simple tool to submit a bug report
utils/perldoc.PL A simple tool to find & display perl's documentation
utils/pl2pm.PL A pl to pm translator
+utils/splain.PL Stand-alone version of diagnostics.pm
vms/Makefile VMS port
vms/config.vms default config.h for VMS
vms/descrip.mms MM[SK] description file for build
+vms/ext/DCLsym/0README.txt ReadMe file for VMS::DCLsym
+vms/ext/DCLsym/DCLsym.pm Perl access to CLI symbols
+vms/ext/DCLsym/DCLsym.xs Perl access to CLI symbols
+vms/ext/DCLsym/Makefile.PL MakeMaker driver for VMS::DCLsym
+vms/ext/DCLsym/test.pl regression tests for VMS::DCLsym
vms/ext/Filespec.pm VMS-Unix file syntax interconversion
vms/ext/Stdio/0README.txt ReadMe file for VMS::Stdio
vms/ext/Stdio/Makefile.PL MakeMaker driver for VMS::Stdio
x2p/find2perl.PL A find to perl translator
x2p/hash.c Associative arrays again
x2p/hash.h Public declarations for the above
+x2p/proto.h Dummy header
x2p/s2p.PL Sed to perl translator
x2p/str.c String handling package
x2p/str.h Public declarations for the above