fixes to enable PERL_OBJECT build with mingw32/egcs-1.0.2

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / ext / GDBM_File / GDBM_File.pm

diff --git a/ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.pm b/ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.pm
index 23422f7..09df437 100644 (file)
--- a/ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.pm
+++ b/ext/GDBM_File/GDBM_File.pm
@@ -1,11 +1,53 @@
+# GDBM_File.pm -- Perl 5 interface to GNU gdbm library.
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+GDBM_File - Perl5 access to the gdbm library.
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+    use GDBM_File ;
+    tie %hash, 'GDBM_File', $filename, &GDBM_WRCREAT, 0640;
+    # Use the %hash array.
+    untie %hash ;
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+B<GDBM_File> is a module which allows Perl programs to make use of the
+facilities provided by the GNU gdbm library.  If you intend to use this
+module you should really have a copy of the gdbm manualpage at hand.
+
+Most of the libgdbm.a functions are available through the GDBM_File
+interface.
+
+=head1 AVAILABILITY
+
+Gdbm is available from any GNU archive.  The master site is
+C<prep.ai.mit.edu>, but your are strongly urged to use one of the many
+mirrors.   You can obtain a list of mirror sites by issuing the
+command        C<finger fsf@prep.ai.mit.edu>.
+
+=head1 BUGS
+
+The available functions and the gdbm/perl interface need to be documented.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<perl(1)>, L<DB_File(3)>. 
+
+=cut
+
 package GDBM_File;
 
+use strict;
+use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT $AUTOLOAD);
+
 require Carp;
-require TieHash;
+require Tie::Hash;
 require Exporter;
-require AutoLoader;
+use AutoLoader;
 require DynaLoader;
-@ISA = (TieHash, Exporter, AutoLoader, DynaLoader);
+@ISA = qw(Tie::Hash Exporter DynaLoader);
 @EXPORT = qw(
        GDBM_CACHESIZE
        GDBM_FAST
@@ -17,14 +59,12 @@ require DynaLoader;
        GDBM_WRITER
 );
 
+$VERSION = "1.00";
+
 sub AUTOLOAD {
-    if (@_ > 1) {
-       $AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD = $AUTOLOAD;
-       goto &AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD;
-    }
-    local($constname);
+    my($constname);
     ($constname = $AUTOLOAD) =~ s/.*:://;
-    $val = constant($constname, @_ ? $_[0] : 0);
+    my $val = constant($constname, @_ ? $_[0] : 0);
     if ($! != 0) {
        if ($! =~ /Invalid/) {
            $AutoLoader::AUTOLOAD = $AUTOLOAD;
@@ -38,7 +78,7 @@ sub AUTOLOAD {
     goto &$AUTOLOAD;
 }
 
-bootstrap GDBM_File;
+bootstrap GDBM_File $VERSION;
 
 # Preloaded methods go here.  Autoload methods go after __END__, and are
 # processed by the autosplit program.