perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
-
=head1 THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
-Many modules are included the Perl distribution. These are described
+Many modules are included in the Perl distribution. These are described
below, and all end in F<.pm>. You may discover compiled library
-file (usually ending in F<.so>) or small pieces of modules to be
+files (usually ending in F<.so>) or small pieces of modules to be
autoloaded (ending in F<.al>); these were automatically generated
by the installation process. You may also discover files in the
library directory that end in either F<.pl> or F<.ph>. These are
=item base
-Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time
+Establish an ISA relationship with base classes at compile time
=item bigint
-Transparent big integer support for Perl
+Transparent BigInteger support for Perl
=item bignum
=item diagnostics
-Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning diagnostics
+Produce verbose warning diagnostics
=item encoding
Allows you to write your script in non-ascii or non-utf8
+=item encoding::warnings
+
+Warn on implicit encoding conversions
+
+=item feature
+
+Enable new syntactic features
+
=item fields
Compile-time class fields
=item less
-Request less of something from the compiler
+Request less of something
+
+=item lib
+
+Manipulate @INC at compile time
=item locale
Use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations
+=item mro
+
+Method Resolution Order
+
=item open
-Set default disciplines for input and output
+Set default PerlIO layers for input and output
=item ops
=item overload
-Package for overloading perl operations
+Package for overloading Perl operations
=item re
=item threads
-Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads from perl
+Perl interpreter-based threads
+
+=item threads::shared
+
+Perl extension for sharing data structures between threads
=item utf8
Predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
+=item version
+
+Perl extension for Version Objects
+
=item vmsish
Control VMS-specific language features
manner with respect to namespace pollution because they use the
Exporter module. See their own documentation for details.
+It's possible that not all modules listed below are installed on your
+system. For example, the GDBM_File module will not be installed if you
+don't have the gdbm library.
+
=over 12
=item AnyDBM_File
Provide framework for multiple DBMs
+=item Archive::Extract
+
+A generic archive extracting mechanism
+
+=item Archive::Tar
+
+Module for manipulations of tar archives
+
+=item Archive::Tar::File
+
+A subclass for in-memory extracted file from Archive::Tar
+
=item Attribute::Handlers
Simpler definition of attribute handlers
The Perl Compiler
-=item B::Asmdata
-
-Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate bytecode
-
-=item B::Assembler
-
-Assemble Perl bytecode
-
-=item B::Bblock
-
-Walk basic blocks
-
-=item B::Bytecode
-
-Perl compiler's bytecode backend
-
-=item B::C
-
-Perl compiler's C backend
-
-=item B::CC
-
-Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
-
=item B::Concise
Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
-=item B::Disassembler
-
-Disassemble Perl bytecode
-
=item B::Lint
Perl lint
Show lexical variables used in functions or files
-=item B::Stackobj
-
-Helper module for CC backend
-
-=item B::Stash
-
-Show what stashes are loaded
-
=item B::Terse
Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
Benchmark running times of Perl code
-=item ByteLoader
-
-Load byte compiled perl code
-
=item CGI
Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
Internal utilities used by CGI module
+=item CORE
+
+Pseudo-namespace for Perl's core routines
+
=item CPAN
Query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
+=item CPAN::API::HOWTO
+
+A recipe book for programming with CPAN.pm
+
=item CPAN::FirstTime
Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
+=item CPAN::Kwalify
+
+Interface between CPAN.pm and Kwalify.pm
+
=item CPAN::Nox
Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS module
+=item CPAN::Version
+
+Utility functions to compare CPAN versions
+
+=item CPANPLUS
+
+API & CLI access to the CPAN mirrors
+
+=item CPANPLUS::Dist::Base
+
+Base class for custom distribution classes
+
+=item CPANPLUS::Dist::Sample
+
+Sample code to create your own Dist::* plugin
+
+=item CPANPLUS::Shell::Classic
+
+CPAN.pm emulation for CPANPLUS
+
+=item CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::HOWTO
+
+Documentation on how to write your own plugins
+
=item Carp
Warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
=item Carp::Heavy
-No user serviceable parts inside
+Heavy machinery, no user serviceable parts inside
=item Class::ISA
Declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
+=item Compress::Raw::Zlib
+
+Low-Level Interface to zlib compression library
+
+=item Compress::Zlib
+
+Interface to zlib compression library
+
=item Config
Access Perl configuration information
=item DB
-Programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft, subject to
+Programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API
+
+=item DBM_Filter
+
+Filter DBM keys/values
+
+=item DBM_Filter::compress
+
+Filter for DBM_Filter
+
+=item DBM_Filter::encode
+
+Filter for DBM_Filter
+
+=item DBM_Filter::int32
+
+Filter for DBM_Filter
+
+=item DBM_Filter::null
+
+Filter for DBM_Filter
+
+=item DBM_Filter::utf8
+
+Filter for DBM_Filter
=item DB_File
Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
+=item Data::Dumper
+
+Stringified perl data structures, suitable for both printing and C<eval>
+
+=item Devel::DProf
+
+A Perl code profiler
+
+=item Devel::InnerPackage
+
+Find all the inner packages of a package
+
+=item Devel::Peek
+
+A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
+
=item Devel::SelfStubber
Generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
Modules that calculate message digests
+=item Digest::MD5
+
+Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
+
+=item Digest::SHA
+
+Perl extension for SHA-1/224/256/384/512
+
+=item Digest::base
+
+Digest base class
+
+=item Digest::file
+
+Calculate digests of files
+
=item DirHandle
Supply object methods for directory handles
Provides screen dump of Perl data.
+=item DynaLoader
+
+Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
+
=item Encode
Character encodings
+=item Encode::Alias
+
+Alias definitions to encodings
+
+=item Encode::Byte
+
+Single Byte Encodings
+
+=item Encode::CJKConstants
+
+Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
+
+=item Encode::CN
+
+China-based Chinese Encodings
+
+=item Encode::CN::HZ
+
+Internally used by Encode::CN
+
+=item Encode::Config
+
+Internally used by Encode
+
+=item Encode::EBCDIC
+
+EBCDIC Encodings
+
+=item Encode::Encoder
+
+Object Oriented Encoder
+
+=item Encode::Encoding
+
+Encode Implementation Base Class
+
+=item Encode::GSM0338
+
+ESTI GSM 03.38 Encoding
+
+=item Encode::Guess
+
+Guesses encoding from data
+
+=item Encode::JP
+
+Japanese Encodings
+
+=item Encode::JP::H2Z
+
+Internally used by Encode::JP::2022_JP*
+
+=item Encode::JP::JIS7
+
+Internally used by Encode::JP
+
+=item Encode::KR
+
+Korean Encodings
+
+=item Encode::KR::2022_KR
+
+Internally used by Encode::KR
+
+=item Encode::MIME::Header
+
+MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding
+
+=item Encode::MIME::Name
+
+Internally used by Encode
+
+=item Encode::PerlIO
+
+A detailed document on Encode and PerlIO
+
+=item Encode::Supported
+
+Encodings supported by Encode
+
+=item Encode::Symbol
+
+Symbol Encodings
+
+=item Encode::TW
+
+Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings
+
+=item Encode::Unicode
+
+Various Unicode Transformation Formats
+
+=item Encode::Unicode::UTF7
+
+UTF-7 encoding
+
=item English
Use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation variables
Exporter guts
+=item ExtUtils::CBuilder
+
+Compile and link C code for Perl modules
+
+=item ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::Windows
+
+Builder class for Windows platforms
+
=item ExtUtils::Command
Utilities to replace common UNIX commands in Makefiles etc.
Generate XS code to import C header constants
+=item ExtUtils::Constant::Base
+
+Base class for ExtUtils::Constant objects
+
+=item ExtUtils::Constant::Utils
+
+Helper functions for ExtUtils::Constant
+
+=item ExtUtils::Constant::XS
+
+Base class for ExtUtils::Constant objects
+
=item ExtUtils::Embed
Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications
OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass
+=item ExtUtils::MM_AIX
+
+AIX specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+
=item ExtUtils::MM_Any
-Platform agnostic MM methods
+Platform-agnostic MM methods
=item ExtUtils::MM_BeOS
=item ExtUtils::MM_MacOS
-Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+Once produced Makefiles for MacOS Classic
=item ExtUtils::MM_NW5
Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+=item ExtUtils::MM_QNX
+
+QNX specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+
=item ExtUtils::MM_UWIN
U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+=item ExtUtils::MM_VOS
+
+VOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+
=item ExtUtils::MM_Win32
Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker
-Create an extension Makefile
+Create a module Makefile
+
+=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Config
+
+Wrapper around Config.pm
+
+=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ
+
+Frequently Asked Questions About MakeMaker
+
+=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial
+
+Writing a module with MakeMaker
+
+=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes
+
+Version-agnostic bytes.pm
+
+=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish
+
+Platform-agnostic vmsish.pm
=item ExtUtils::Manifest
Manage .packlist files
+=item ExtUtils::ParseXS
+
+Converts Perl XS code into C code
+
=item ExtUtils::testlib
Add blib/* directories to @INC
=item File::Basename
-Split a pathname into pieces
+Parse file paths into directory, filename and suffix.
=item File::CheckTree
DOS like globbing and then some
+=item File::Fetch
+
+A generic file fetching mechanism
+
=item File::Find
Traverse a directory tree.
+=item File::Glob
+
+Perl extension for BSD glob routine
+
+=item File::GlobMapper
+
+Extend File Glob to Allow Input and Output Files
+
=item File::Path
Create or remove directory trees
File::Spec for Mac OS (Classic)
-=item File::Spec::NW5
-
-Methods for NW5 file specs
-
=item File::Spec::OS2
Methods for OS/2 file specs
Simplified source filtering
+=item Filter::Util::Call
+
+Perl Source Filter Utility Module
+
=item FindBin
Locate directory of original perl script
+=item GDBM_File
+
+Perl5 access to the gdbm library.
+
=item Getopt::Long
Extended processing of command line options
A selection of general-utility hash subroutines
+=item Hash::Util::FieldHash
+
+Support for Inside-Out Classes
+
=item I18N::Collate
Compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current locale
Functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language tags
+=item I18N::LangTags::Detect
+
+Detect the user's language preferences
+
=item I18N::LangTags::List
Tags and names for human languages
+=item I18N::Langinfo
+
+Query locale information
+
=item IO
Load various IO modules
-=item IPC::Open2
+=item IO::Compress::Base
-Open a process for both reading and writing
+Base Class for IO::Compress modules
-=item IPC::Open3
+=item IO::Compress::Deflate
-Open a process for reading, writing, and error handling
+Write RFC 1950 files/buffers
-=item Locale::Constants
+=item IO::Compress::Gzip
-Constants for Locale codes
+Write RFC 1952 files/buffers
-=item Locale::Country
+=item IO::Compress::RawDeflate
-ISO codes for country identification (ISO 3166)
+Write RFC 1951 files/buffers
-=item Locale::Currency
+=item IO::Compress::Zip
-ISO three letter codes for currency identification (ISO 4217)
+Write zip files/buffers
-=item Locale::Language
+=item IO::Dir
-ISO two letter codes for language identification (ISO 639)
+Supply object methods for directory handles
-=item Locale::Maketext
+=item IO::File
-Framework for localization
+Supply object methods for filehandles
-=item Locale::Maketext::TPJ13
+=item IO::Handle
-Article about software localization
+Supply object methods for I/O handles
-=item Locale::Script
+=item IO::Pipe
-ISO codes for script identification (ISO 15924)
+Supply object methods for pipes
-=item Math::BigFloat
+=item IO::Poll
-Arbitrary size floating point math package
+Object interface to system poll call
-=item Math::BigInt
+=item IO::Seekable
-Arbitrary size integer math package
+Supply seek based methods for I/O objects
-=item Math::BigInt::Calc
+=item IO::Select
-Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
+OO interface to the select system call
-=item Math::BigRat
+=item IO::Socket
-Arbitrarily big rationals
+Object interface to socket communications
-=item Math::Complex
+=item IO::Socket::INET
-Complex numbers and associated mathematical functions
+Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets
-=item Math::Trig
+=item IO::Socket::UNIX
-Trigonometric functions
+Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets
-=item Memoize
+=item IO::Uncompress::AnyInflate
-Make functions faster by trading space for time
+Uncompress zlib-based (zip, gzip) file/buffer
-=item Memoize::AnyDBM_File
+=item IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress
-Glue to provide EXISTS for AnyDBM_File for Storable use
+Uncompress gzip, zip, bzip2 or lzop file/buffer
-=item Memoize::Expire
+=item IO::Uncompress::Base
-Plug-in module for automatic expiration of memoized values
+Base Class for IO::Uncompress modules
-=item Memoize::ExpireFile
+=item IO::Uncompress::Gunzip
-Test for Memoize expiration semantics
+Read RFC 1952 files/buffers
-=item Memoize::ExpireTest
+=item IO::Uncompress::Inflate
-Test for Memoize expiration semantics
+Read RFC 1950 files/buffers
-=item Memoize::NDBM_File
+=item IO::Uncompress::RawInflate
-Glue to provide EXISTS for NDBM_File for Storable use
+Read RFC 1951 files/buffers
-=item Memoize::SDBM_File
+=item IO::Uncompress::Unzip
-Glue to provide EXISTS for SDBM_File for Storable use
+Read zip files/buffers
-=item Memoize::Storable
+=item IO::Zlib
-Store Memoized data in Storable database
+IO:: style interface to L<Compress::Zlib>
-=item NDBM_File
+=item IPC::Cmd
-Tied access to ndbm files
+Finding and running system commands made easy
-=item NEXT
+=item IPC::Open2
-Provide a pseudo-class NEXT that allows method redispatch
+Open a process for both reading and writing
-=item Net::Cmd
+=item IPC::Open3
-Network Command class (as used by FTP, SMTP etc)
+Open a process for reading, writing, and error handling
-=item Net::Config
+=item IPC::SysV
-Local configuration data for libnet
+SysV IPC constants
-=item Net::Domain
+=item IPC::SysV::Msg
-Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name and domain
+SysV Msg IPC object class
-=item Net::FTP
+=item IPC::SysV::Semaphore
-FTP Client class
+SysV Semaphore IPC object class
-=item Net::NNTP
+=item List::Util
-NNTP Client class
+A selection of general-utility list subroutines
-=item Net::Netrc
+=item Locale::Constants
-OO interface to users netrc file
+Constants for Locale codes
-=item Net::POP3
+=item Locale::Country
+
+ISO codes for country identification (ISO 3166)
+
+=item Locale::Currency
+
+ISO three letter codes for currency identification (ISO 4217)
+
+=item Locale::Language
+
+ISO two letter codes for language identification (ISO 639)
+
+=item Locale::Maketext
+
+Framework for localization
+
+=item Locale::Maketext::Simple
+
+Simple interface to Locale::Maketext::Lexicon
+
+=item Locale::Maketext::TPJ13
+
+Article about software localization
+
+=item Locale::Script
+
+ISO codes for script identification (ISO 15924)
+
+=item Log::Message
+
+A generic message storing mechanism;
+
+=item Log::Message::Config
+
+Configuration options for Log::Message
+
+=item Log::Message::Handlers
+
+Message handlers for Log::Message
+
+=item Log::Message::Item
+
+Message objects for Log::Message
+
+=item MIME::Base64
+
+Encoding and decoding of base64 strings
+
+=item MIME::QuotedPrint
+
+Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable strings
+
+=item Math::BigFloat
+
+Arbitrary size floating point math package
+
+=item Math::BigInt
+
+Arbitrary size integer/float math package
+
+=item Math::BigInt::Calc
+
+Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
+
+=item Math::BigInt::CalcEmu
+
+Emulate low-level math with BigInt code
+
+=item Math::BigInt::FastCalc
+
+Math::BigInt::Calc with some XS for more speed
+
+=item Math::BigRat
+
+Arbitrary big rational numbers
+
+=item Math::Complex
+
+Complex numbers and associated mathematical functions
+
+=item Math::Trig
+
+Trigonometric functions
+
+=item Memoize
+
+Make functions faster by trading space for time
+
+=item Memoize::AnyDBM_File
+
+Glue to provide EXISTS for AnyDBM_File for Storable use
+
+=item Memoize::Expire
+
+Plug-in module for automatic expiration of memoized values
+
+=item Memoize::ExpireFile
+
+Test for Memoize expiration semantics
+
+=item Memoize::ExpireTest
+
+Test for Memoize expiration semantics
+
+=item Memoize::NDBM_File
+
+Glue to provide EXISTS for NDBM_File for Storable use
+
+=item Memoize::SDBM_File
+
+Glue to provide EXISTS for SDBM_File for Storable use
+
+=item Memoize::Storable
+
+Store Memoized data in Storable database
+
+=item Module::Build
+
+Build and install Perl modules
+
+=item Module::Build::API
+
+API Reference for Module Authors
+
+=item Module::Build::Authoring
+
+Authoring Module::Build modules
+
+=item Module::Build::Base
+
+Default methods for Module::Build
+
+=item Module::Build::Compat
+
+Compatibility with ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
+=item Module::Build::ConfigData
+
+Configuration for Module::Build
+
+=item Module::Build::Cookbook
+
+Examples of Module::Build Usage
+
+=item Module::Build::ModuleInfo
+
+Gather package and POD information from a perl module files
+
+=item Module::Build::Notes
+
+Configuration for $module_name
+
+=item Module::Build::PPMMaker
+
+Perl Package Manager file creation
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::Amiga
+
+Builder class for Amiga platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::Default
+
+Stub class for unknown platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::EBCDIC
+
+Builder class for EBCDIC platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::MPEiX
+
+Builder class for MPEiX platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::MacOS
+
+Builder class for MacOS platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::RiscOS
+
+Builder class for RiscOS platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::Unix
+
+Builder class for Unix platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::VMS
+
+Builder class for VMS platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::VOS
+
+Builder class for VOS platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::Windows
+
+Builder class for Windows platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::aix
+
+Builder class for AIX platform
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::cygwin
+
+Builder class for Cygwin platform
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::darwin
+
+Builder class for Mac OS X platform
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::os2
+
+Builder class for OS/2 platform
+
+=item Module::Build::YAML
+
+Provides just enough YAML support so that Module::Build works even if YAML.pm is not installed
+
+=item Module::CoreList
+
+What modules shipped with versions of perl
+
+=item Module::Load
+
+Runtime require of both modules and files
+
+=item Module::Load::Conditional
+
+Looking up module information / loading at runtime
+
+=item Module::Loaded
+
+Mark modules as loaded or unloaded
+
+=item Module::Pluggable
+
+Automatically give your module the ability to have plugins
+
+=item Module::Pluggable::Object
+
+Automatically give your module the ability to have plugins
+
+=item NDBM_File
+
+Tied access to ndbm files
+
+=item NEXT
+
+Provide a pseudo-class NEXT (et al) that allows method redispatch
+
+=item Net::Cmd
+
+Network Command class (as used by FTP, SMTP etc)
+
+=item Net::Config
+
+Local configuration data for libnet
+
+=item Net::Domain
+
+Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name and domain
+
+=item Net::FTP
+
+FTP Client class
+
+=item Net::NNTP
+
+NNTP Client class
+
+=item Net::Netrc
+
+OO interface to users netrc file
+
+=item Net::POP3
Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1939)
Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1
+=item Package::Constants
+
+List all constants declared in a package
+
+=item Params::Check
+
+A generic input parsing/checking mechanism.
+
=item PerlIO
On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::* name space
+=item PerlIO::encoding
+
+Encoding layer
+
+=item PerlIO::scalar
+
+In-memory IO, scalar IO
+
+=item PerlIO::via
+
+Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
+
+=item PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint
+
+PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings
+
=item Pod::Checker
Check pod documents for syntax errors
+=item Pod::Escapes
+
+For resolving Pod EE<lt>...E<gt> sequences
+
=item Pod::Find
Find POD documents in directory trees
Base class for creating POD filters and translators
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker
+
+Let Perldoc check Pod for errors
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToMan
+
+Let Perldoc render Pod as man pages
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff
+
+Let Perldoc convert Pod to nroff
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToPod
+
+Let Perldoc render Pod as ... Pod!
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf
+
+Let Perldoc render Pod as RTF
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToText
+
+Let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToTk
+
+Let Perldoc use Tk::Pod to render Pod
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToXml
+
+Let Perldoc render Pod as XML
+
+=item Pod::PlainText
+
+Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
+
=item Pod::Plainer
Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.
Extract selected sections of POD from input
+=item Pod::Simple
+
+Framework for parsing Pod
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Checker
+
+Check the Pod syntax of a document
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Debug
+
+Put Pod::Simple into trace/debug mode
+
+=item Pod::Simple::DumpAsText
+
+Dump Pod-parsing events as text
+
+=item Pod::Simple::DumpAsXML
+
+Turn Pod into XML
+
+=item Pod::Simple::HTML
+
+Convert Pod to HTML
+
+=item Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch
+
+Convert several Pod files to several HTML files
+
+=item Pod::Simple::LinkSection
+
+Represent "section" attributes of L codes
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Methody
+
+Turn Pod::Simple events into method calls
+
+=item Pod::Simple::PullParser
+
+A pull-parser interface to parsing Pod
+
+=item Pod::Simple::PullParserEndToken
+
+End-tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser
+
+=item Pod::Simple::PullParserStartToken
+
+Start-tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser
+
+=item Pod::Simple::PullParserTextToken
+
+Text-tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser
+
+=item Pod::Simple::PullParserToken
+
+Tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser
+
+=item Pod::Simple::RTF
+
+Format Pod as RTF
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Search
+
+Find POD documents in directory trees
+
+=item Pod::Simple::SimpleTree
+
+Parse Pod into a simple parse tree
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Subclassing
+
+Write a formatter as a Pod::Simple subclass
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Text
+
+Format Pod as plaintext
+
+=item Pod::Simple::TextContent
+
+Get the text content of Pod
+
+=item Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream
+
+Turn Pod into XML
+
=item Pod::Text
Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
=item Safe
-Compile and execute code in restricted compartments
+Compile and execute code in restricted compartments
+
+=item Scalar::Util
+
+A selection of general-utility scalar subroutines
=item Search::Dict
Manipulate Perl symbols and their names
+=item Sys::Hostname
+
+Try every conceivable way to get hostname
+
+=item Sys::Syslog
+
+Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
+
+=item Sys::Syslog::win32::Win32
+
+Win32 support for Sys::Syslog
+
=item Term::ANSIColor
Color screen output using ANSI escape sequences
=item Term::ReadLine
-Perl interface to various C<readline> packages. If
+Perl interface to various C<readline> packages.
+
+=item Term::UI
+
+Term::ReadLine UI made easy
=item Test
Backend for building test libraries
+=item Test::Builder::Module
+
+Base class for test modules
+
+=item Test::Builder::Tester
+
+Test testsuites that have been built with
+
+=item Test::Builder::Tester::Color
+
+Turn on colour in Test::Builder::Tester
+
=item Test::Harness
-Run perl standard test scripts with statistics
+Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics
=item Test::Harness::Assert
Internal Test::Harness Iterator
+=item Test::Harness::Point
+
+Object for tracking a single test point
+
+=item Test::Harness::Results
+
+Object for tracking results from a single test file
+
=item Test::Harness::Straps
Detailed analysis of test results
+=item Test::Harness::TAP
+
+Documentation for the TAP format
+
+=item Test::Harness::Util
+
+Utility functions for Test::Harness::*
+
=item Test::More
Yet another framework for writing test scripts
=item Text::Soundex
-Implementation of the Soundex Algorithm as Described by Knuth
+Implementation of the soundex algorithm.
=item Text::Tabs
=item Thread::Queue
-Thread-safe queues (for old code only)
+Thread-safe queues
=item Thread::Semaphore
-Thread-safe semaphores (for old code only)
+Thread-safe semaphores
=item Tie::Array
Base class definitions for tied hashes
+=item Tie::Hash::NamedCapture
+
+Named regexp capture buffers
+
=item Tie::Memoize
Add data to hash when needed
Fixed-table-size, fixed-key-length hashing
+=item Time::HiRes
+
+High resolution alarm, sleep, gettimeofday, interval timers
+
=item Time::Local
Efficiently compute time from local and GMT time
+=item Time::Piece
+
+Object Oriented time objects
+
+=item Time::Piece::Seconds
+
+A simple API to convert seconds to other date values
+
=item Time::gmtime
By-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime() function
Unicode Collation Algorithm
+=item Unicode::Normalize
+
+Unicode Normalization Forms
+
=item Unicode::UCD
Unicode character database
Interfaces to some Win32 API Functions
+=item Win32API::File
+
+Low-level access to Win32 system API calls for files/dirs.
+
+=item Win32CORE
+
+Win32 CORE function stubs
+
+=item XS::APItest
+
+Test the perl C API
+
+=item XS::Typemap
+
+Module to test the XS typemaps distributed with perl
+
+=item XSLoader
+
+Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
+
=back
To find out I<all> modules installed on your system, including
those without documentation or outside the standard release,
-just do this:
+just use the following command (under the default win32 shell,
+double quotes should be used instead of single quotes).
- % find `perl -e 'print "@INC"'` -name '*.pm' -print
+ % perl -MFile::Find=find -MFile::Spec::Functions -Tlwe \
+ 'find { wanted => sub { print canonpath $_ if /\.pm\z/ },
+ no_chdir => 1 }, @INC'
+(The -T is here to prevent '.' from being listed in @INC.)
They should all have their own documentation installed and accessible
via your system man(1) command. If you do not have a B<find>
program, you can use the Perl B<find2perl> program instead, which
to fix your manpath. See L<perl> for details. If you have no
system B<man> command, you might try the B<perldoc> program.
+Note also that the command C<perldoc perllocal> gives you a (possibly
+incomplete) list of the modules that have been further installed on
+your system. (The perllocal.pod file is updated by the standard MakeMaker
+install process.)
+
=head2 Extension Modules
Extension modules are written in C (or a mix of Perl and C). They
for adequate testing and configuration across the multitude of
platforms on which Perl was beta-tested. You are encouraged to
look for them on CPAN (described below), or using web search engines
-like Alta Vista or Deja News.
+like Alta Vista or Google.
=head1 CPAN
=back
-Registered CPAN sites as of this writing include the following.
-You should try to choose one close to you:
+The list of the registered CPAN sites as of this writing follows.
+Please note that the sorting order is alphabetical on fields:
+
+Continent
+ |
+ |-->Country
+ |
+ |-->[state/province]
+ |
+ |-->ftp
+ |
+ |-->[http]
+
+and thus the North American servers happen to be listed between the
+European and the South American sites.
+
+You should try to choose one close to you.
=head2 Africa
=over 4
-=item *
-
-South Africa
+=item South Africa
- ftp://ftp.is.co.za/programming/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.mweb.co.za/pub/mirrors/cpan/
- ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/CPAN/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.rucus.ru.ac.za/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.rucus.ru.ac.za/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.is.co.za/programming/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/CPAN/CPAN/
=back
=over 4
-=item *
-
-China
-
- ftp://freesoft.cei.gov.cn/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- http://www2.linuxforum.net/mirror/CPAN/
- http://cpan.shellhung.org/
- ftp://ftp.shellhung.org/pub/CPAN
-
-=item *
-
-India
-
- http://cpan.in.freeos.com
- ftp://cpan.in.freeos.com/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Indonesia
-
- http://cpan.itb.web.id/
- ftp://mirrors.piksi.itb.ac.id/CPAN/
- http://CPAN.mweb.co.id/
- ftp://ftp.mweb.co.id/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Israel
-
- http://www.iglu.org.il:/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.iglu.org.il/pub/CPAN/
- http://cpan.lerner.co.il/
- http://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/
+=item China
-=item *
-
-Japan
-
- ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/CPAN/
- http://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/Perl/
- ftp://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/Perl/
- ftp://ftp.meisei-u.ac.jp/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.ayamura.org/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/pub/lang/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Korea
-
- http://mirror.Mazic.org/pub/CPAN
- ftp://mirror.Mazic.org/pub/CPAN
-
-=item *
+ http://cpan.linuxforum.net/
+ http://cpan.shellhung.org/
+ ftp://ftp.shellhung.org/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://mirrors.hknet.com/CPAN
-Philippines
+=item Indonesia
- http://www.adzu.edu.ph/CPAN
+ http://mirrors.tf.itb.ac.id/cpan/
+ http://cpan.cbn.net.id/
+ ftp://ftp.cbn.net.id/mirror/CPAN
-=item *
+=item Israel
-Russian Federation
+ ftp://ftp.iglu.org.il/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.lerner.co.il/
+ http://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/
- http://cpan.tomsk.ru
- ftp://cpan.tomsk.ru/pub/CPAN
+=item Japan
-=item *
+ ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.ayamura.org/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.cpan.jp/
+ ftp://ftp.cpan.jp/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/pub/lang/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
-Saudi Arabia
+=item Malaysia
- ftp://ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.MyBSD.org.my
+ http://mirror.leafbug.org/pub/CPAN
+ http://ossig.mncc.com.my/mirror/pub/CPAN
-=item *
+=item Russian Federation
-Singapore
+ http://cpan.tomsk.ru
+ ftp://cpan.tomsk.ru/
- http://cpan.hjc.edu.sg
+=item Saudi Arabia
-=item *
+ ftp://ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/CPAN/
-South Korea
+=item Singapore
- http://CPAN.bora.net/
- ftp://ftp.bora.net/pub/CPAN/
- http://ftp.kornet.net/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.kornet.net/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.nuri.net/pub/CPAN/
- http://ftp.xgate.co.kr/cpan/
- ftp://ftp.xgate.co.kr/pub/mirror/CPAN
+ http://CPAN.en.com.sg/
+ ftp://cpan.en.com.sg/
+ http://mirror.averse.net/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://mirror.averse.net/pub/CPAN
+ http://cpan.oss.eznetsols.org
+ ftp://ftp.oss.eznetsols.org/cpan
-=item *
+=item South Korea
-Taiwan
+ http://CPAN.bora.net/
+ ftp://ftp.bora.net/pub/CPAN/
+ http://mirror.kr.FreeBSD.org/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.kr.FreeBSD.org/pub/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.ee.ncku.edu.tw/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub1/perl/CPAN/
- http://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/
+=item Taiwan
-=item *
+ ftp://ftp.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/perl/CPAN
+ http://cpan.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw/
+ ftp://cpan.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN
+ http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub1/perl/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/
-Thailand
+=item Thailand
- ftp://ftp.cs.riubon.ac.th/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.loxinfo.co.th/pub/cpan/
+ ftp://ftp.cs.riubon.ac.th/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
=back
=over 4
-=item *
-
-Costa Rica
+=item Costa Rica
- ftp://ftp.linux.co.cr/mirrors/CPAN/
- http://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/Unix/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/pub/Unix/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/Unix/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/pub/Unix/CPAN/
=back
=over 4
-=item *
-
-Austria
-
- ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Belgium
-
- http://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/
- http://cpan.skynet.be
- ftp://ftp.skynet.be/pub/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/mirror/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Bulgaria
-
- http://cpan.lirex.net/
- ftp://ftp.lirex.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN
-
-=item *
-
-Croatia
-
- ftp://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Czech Republic
-
- http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Denmark
-
- http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/cpan/
- ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/cpan/
- http://www.cpan.dk/CPAN/
- ftp://www.cpan.dk/ftp.cpan.org/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Estonia
-
- ftp://ftp.ut.ee/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Finland
-
- ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- http://cpan.kpnqwest.fi/
-
-=item *
-
-France
-
- http://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/
- ftp://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/pub/ftp.cpan.org/
- ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
- http://fr.cpan.org/
- ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.oleane.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/computing/CPAN/
- http://cpan.cict.fr/
- ftp://cpan.cict.fr/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.uvsq.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Germany
-
- ftp://ftp.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/source/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.gigabell.net/pub/CPAN/
- http://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/CPAN/
- http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/pub/soft/lang/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/CPAN/
- http://cpan.noris.de/
- ftp://cpan.noris.de/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.gmd.de/mirrors/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Greece
-
- ftp://ftp.acn.gr/pub/lang/perl/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/perl/
-
-=item *
-
-Hungary
-
- http://cpan.artifact.hu/
- ftp://cpan.artifact.hu/CPAN/
- http://ftp.kfki.hu/packages/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/packages/perl/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Iceland
-
- http://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Ireland
-
- http://cpan.indigo.ie/
- ftp://cpan.indigo.ie/pub/CPAN/
- http://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/
- ftp://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/
-
-=item *
-
-Italy
-
- http://cpan.nettuno.it/
- http://gusp.dyndns.org/CPAN/
- ftp://gusp.dyndns.org/pub/CPAN
- http://softcity.iol.it/cpan
- ftp://softcity.iol.it/pub/cpan
- ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/Other/CPAN/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.unipi.it/pub/mirror/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://cis.uniRoma2.it/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.edisontel.it/pub/CPAN_Mirror/
- ftp://ftp.flashnet.it/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Latvia
-
- http://kvin.lv/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Lithuania
-
- ftp://ftp.unix.lt/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Netherlands
-
- ftp://download.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.cpan.nl/pub/CPAN/
- http://www.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Norway
-
- ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.uit.no/pub/languages/perl/cpan/
-
-=item *
-
-Poland
-
- ftp://ftp.pk.edu.pl/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.mega.net.pl/pub/mirrors/ftp.perl.com/
- ftp://ftp.man.torun.pl/pub/doc/CPAN/
- ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Portugal
-
- ftp://ftp.ua.pt/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://perl.di.uminho.pt/pub/CPAN/
- http://cpan.dei.uc.pt/
- ftp://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.ist.utl.pt/pub/CPAN/
- http://cpan.ip.pt/
- ftp://cpan.ip.pt/pub/cpan/
- ftp://ftp.netc.pt/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.up.pt/pub/CPAN
-
-=item *
-
-Romania
-
- ftp://ftp.kappa.ro/pub/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.dntis.ro/pub/cpan/
- ftp://ftp.dnttm.ro/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.lasting.ro/pub/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.timisoara.roedu.net/mirrors/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Russia
+=item Austria
- ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
- http://cpan.rinet.ru/
- ftp://cpan.rinet.ru/pub/mirror/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.aha.ru/pub/CPAN/
- http://cpan.sai.msu.ru/
- ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
-
-=item *
+ http://cpan.inode.at/
+ ftp://cpan.inode.at
+ ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at/pub/CPAN/
-Slovakia
+=item Belgium
- http://ftp.cvt.stuba.sk/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.cvt.stuba.sk/pub/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.skynet.be
+ ftp://ftp.cpan.skynet.be/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/mirror/CPAN/
-=item *
+=item Bosnia and Herzegovina
-Slovenia
+ http://cpan.blic.net/
- ftp://ftp.arnes.si/software/perl/CPAN/
+=item Bulgaria
-=item *
+ http://cpan.online.bg
+ ftp://cpan.online.bg/cpan
+ http://cpan.zadnik.org
+ ftp://ftp.zadnik.org/mirrors/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.lirex.net/
+ ftp://ftp.lirex.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN
-Spain
+=item Croatia
- http://cpan.imasd.elmundo.es/
- ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.etse.urv.es/pub/perl/
+ http://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/
-=item *
+=item Czech Republic
-Sweden
+ ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- http://ftp.du.se/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://mirror.dataphone.se/pub/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
+=item Denmark
-=item *
+ http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/cpan/
+ ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/cpan/
+ http://cpan.cybercity.dk
+ http://www.cpan.dk/CPAN/
+ ftp://www.cpan.dk/ftp.cpan.org/CPAN/
-Switzerland
+=item Estonia
- ftp://ftp.danyk.ch/CPAN/
- ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.ut.ee/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-=item *
+=item Finland
-Turkey
+ ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ http://mirror.eunet.fi/CPAN
- ftp://sunsite.bilkent.edu.tr/pub/languages/CPAN/
+=item France
-=item *
+ http://www.enstimac.fr/Perl/CPAN
+ http://ftp.u-paris10.fr/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.u-paris10.fr/perl/CPAN
+ http://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/
+ ftp://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/pub/ftp.cpan.org/
+ ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ http://fr.cpan.org/
+ ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.oleane.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/computing/CPAN/
+ http://mir2.ovh.net/ftp.cpan.org
+ ftp://mir1.ovh.net/ftp.cpan.org
+ http://ftp.crihan.fr/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/
+ ftp://ftp.crihan.fr/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/
+ http://ftp.u-strasbg.fr/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.u-strasbg.fr/CPAN
+ ftp://cpan.cict.fr/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.uvsq.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
-Ukraine
+=item Germany
- http://cpan.org.ua/
- ftp://cpan.org.ua/
- ftp://ftp.perl.org.ua/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.rub.de/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/source/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/CPAN
+ http://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/pub/soft/lang/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.noris.de/
+ ftp://cpan.noris.de/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.gmd.de/mirrors/CPAN/
+
+=item Greece
-=item *
+ ftp://ftp.acn.gr/pub/lang/perl
+ ftp://ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/perl/
+
+=item Hungary
+
+ http://ftp.kfki.hu/packages/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/packages/perl/CPAN/
+
+=item Iceland
+
+ http://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item Ireland
+
+ http://cpan.indigo.ie/
+ ftp://cpan.indigo.ie/pub/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN
+ http://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/
+ ftp://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/
+
+=item Italy
+
+ http://cpan.nettuno.it/
+ http://gusp.dyndns.org/CPAN/
+ ftp://gusp.dyndns.org/pub/CPAN
+ http://softcity.iol.it/cpan
+ ftp://softcity.iol.it/pub/cpan
+ ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/Other/CPAN/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.unipi.it/pub/mirror/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://cis.uniRoma2.it/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.edisontel.it/pub/CPAN_Mirror/
+ http://cpan.flashnet.it/
+ ftp://ftp.flashnet.it/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item Latvia
+
+ http://kvin.lv/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item Lithuania
+
+ ftp://ftp.unix.lt/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item Netherlands
+
+ ftp://download.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.cybercomm.nl/
+ ftp://mirror.cybercomm.nl/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://mirror.vuurwerk.nl/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.cpan.nl/pub/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/CPAN
+ http://archive.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/
+
+=item Norway
+
+ ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.uit.no/pub/languages/perl/cpan/
+
+=item Poland
+
+ ftp://ftp.mega.net.pl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.man.torun.pl/pub/doc/CPAN/
+ ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item Portugal
+
+ ftp://ftp.ua.pt/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://perl.di.uminho.pt/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.dei.uc.pt/
+ ftp://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.nfsi.pt/pub/CPAN
+ http://ftp.linux.pt/pub/mirrors/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.linux.pt/pub/mirrors/CPAN
+ http://cpan.ip.pt/
+ ftp://cpan.ip.pt/pub/cpan/
+ http://cpan.telepac.pt/
+ ftp://ftp.telepac.pt/pub/cpan/
+
+=item Romania
+
+ ftp://ftp.bio-net.ro/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.kappa.ro/pub/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.lug.ro/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.roedu.net/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.dntis.ro/pub/cpan/
+ ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/
+ http://cpan.ambra.ro/
+ ftp://ftp.ambra.ro/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.dnttm.ro/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.lasting.ro/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.timisoara.roedu.net/mirrors/CPAN/
-United Kingdom
-
- http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- http://cpan.teleglobe.net/
- ftp://cpan.teleglobe.net/pub/CPAN
- http://cpan.crazygreek.co.uk
- ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.flirble.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.plig.org/pub/CPAN/
- http://mirror.uklinux.net/CPAN/
- ftp://mirror.uklinux.net/pub/CPAN/
- http://cpan.mirrors.clockerz.net/
- ftp://ftp.clockerz.net/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://usit.shef.ac.uk/pub/packages/CPAN/
+=item Russia
+
+ ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.rinet.ru/
+ ftp://cpan.rinet.ru/pub/mirror/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.aha.ru/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.corbina.ru/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.sai.msu.ru/
+ ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
+
+=item Slovakia
+
+ ftp://ftp.cvt.stuba.sk/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item Slovenia
+
+ ftp://ftp.arnes.si/software/perl/CPAN/
+
+=item Spain
+
+ http://cpan.imasd.elmundo.es/
+ ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.ri.telefonica-data.net/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.etse.urv.es/pub/perl/
+
+=item Sweden
+
+ http://ftp.du.se/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/CPAN/
+ http://mirror.dataphone.se/CPAN
+ ftp://mirror.dataphone.se/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
+
+=item Switzerland
+
+ http://cpan.mirror.solnet.ch/
+ ftp://ftp.solnet.ch/mirror/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.danyk.ch/CPAN/
+ ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/CPAN/
+
+=item Turkey
+
+ http://ftp.ulak.net.tr/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.ulak.net.tr/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://sunsite.bilkent.edu.tr/pub/languages/CPAN/
+
+=item Ukraine
+
+ http://cpan.org.ua/
+ ftp://cpan.org.ua/
+ ftp://ftp.perl.org.ua/pub/CPAN/
+ http://no-more.kiev.ua/CPAN/
+ ftp://no-more.kiev.ua/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item United Kingdom
+
+ http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.teleglobe.net/
+ ftp://cpan.teleglobe.net/pub/CPAN
+ http://cpan.mirror.anlx.net/
+ ftp://ftp.mirror.anlx.net/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.etla.org/
+ ftp://cpan.etla.org/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.m.flirble.org/
+ ftp://ftp.flirble.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.plig.org/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.hambule.co.uk/
+ http://cpan.mirrors.clockerz.net/
+ ftp://ftp.clockerz.net/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://usit.shef.ac.uk/pub/packages/CPAN/
=back
=over 4
-=item *
-
-Canada
+=item Canada
=over 8
-=item *
-
-Alberta
-
- http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/CPAN/
- ftp://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/CPAN/
+=item Alberta
-=item *
-
-Manitoba
-
- http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Nova Scotia
+ http://cpan.sunsite.ualberta.ca/
+ ftp://cpan.sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://cpan.chebucto.ns.ca/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
+=item Manitoba
-Ontario
+ http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.crc.ca/pub/CPAN/
+=item Nova Scotia
-=item *
+ ftp://cpan.chebucto.ns.ca/pub/CPAN/
-Quebec
+=item Ontario
- http://cpan.mirror.smartworker.org/
+ ftp://ftp.nrc.ca/pub/CPAN/
=back
-=item *
-
-Mexico
-
- http://cpan.azc.uam.mx
- ftp://cpan.azc.uam.mx/mirrors/CPAN
- http://cpan.unam.mx/
- ftp://cpan.unam.mx/pub/CPAN
- http://www.msg.com.mx/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.msg.com.mx/pub/CPAN/
+=item Mexico
-=item *
+ http://cpan.azc.uam.mx
+ ftp://cpan.azc.uam.mx/mirrors/CPAN
+ http://www.cpan.unam.mx/
+ ftp://ftp.unam.mx/pub/CPAN
+ http://www.msg.com.mx/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.msg.com.mx/pub/CPAN/
-United States
+=item United States
=over 8
-=item *
-
-Alabama
-
- http://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/
- ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-California
-
- http://www.cpan.org/
- ftp://cpan.valueclick.com/pub/CPAN/
- http://mirrors.gossamer-threads.com/CPAN
- ftp://cpan.nas.nasa.gov/pub/perl/CPAN/
- http://mirrors.kernel.org/cpan/
- ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/pub/CPAN
- http://cpan.digisle.net/
- ftp://cpan.digisle.net/pub/CPAN
- http://www.perl.com/CPAN/
- http://download.sourceforge.net/mirrors/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Colorado
-
- ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Delaware
-
- http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/CPAN
-
-=item *
-
-District of Columbia
-
- ftp://ftp.dc.aleron.net/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Florida
-
- ftp://ftp.cise.ufl.edu/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
- http://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
-
-Illinois
-
- http://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/mirrors/ftp/cpan.cse.msu.edu/
- ftp://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/mirrors/ftp/cpan.cse.msu.edu/
+=item Alabama
-=item *
-
-Indiana
-
- ftp://ftp.uwsg.iu.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
- http://cpan.netnitco.net/
- ftp://cpan.netnitco.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
- http://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/
- ftp://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/
- ftp://cpan.in-span.net/
- http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN
- ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN
-
-=item *
-
-Kentucky
+ http://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/
+ ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/
- http://cpan.uky.edu/
- ftp://cpan.uky.edu/pub/CPAN/
-
-=item *
+=item California
-Massachusetts
+ http://cpan.develooper.com/
+ http://www.cpan.org/
+ ftp://cpan.valueclick.com/pub/CPAN/
+ http://www.mednor.net/ftp/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.mednor.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ http://mirrors.gossamer-threads.com/CPAN
+ ftp://cpan.nas.nasa.gov/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ http://mirrors.kernel.org/cpan/
+ ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/pub/CPAN
+ http://cpan-sj.viaverio.com/
+ ftp://cpan-sj.viaverio.com/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.digisle.net/
+ ftp://cpan.digisle.net/pub/CPAN
+ http://www.perl.com/CPAN/
+ http://www.uberlan.net/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu/net/mirrors/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- http://cpan.mirrors.netnumina.com/
- ftp://mirrors.netnumina.com/cpan/
+=item Colorado
-=item *
+ ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.four10.com
-Michigan
+=item Delaware
- ftp://cpan.cse.msu.edu/
+ http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/CPAN
-=item *
+=item District of Columbia
-New Jersey
+ ftp://ftp.dc.aleron.net/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/
- http://cpan.teleglobe.net/
- ftp://cpan.teleglobe.net/pub/CPAN
+=item Florida
-=item *
+ ftp://ftp.cise.ufl.edu/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ http://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.mirrors.nks.net/
-New York
+=item Indiana
- ftp://ftp.exobit.org/pub/perl/CPAN
- http://cpan.belfry.net/
- http://cpan.thepirtgroup.com/
- ftp://cpan.thepirtgroup.com/
- ftp://ftp.stealth.net/pub/CPAN/
- http://www.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/
- ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/
- ftp://mirrors.cloud9.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.uwsg.iu.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.netnitco.net/
+ ftp://cpan.netnitco.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ http://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/
+ ftp://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/
+ http://fx.saintjoe.edu/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.saintjoe.edu/pub/CPAN
+ http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN
-=item *
+=item Kentucky
-North Carolina
+ http://cpan.uky.edu/
+ ftp://cpan.uky.edu/pub/CPAN/
+ http://slugsite.louisville.edu/cpan
+ ftp://slugsite.louisville.edu/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/perl/
+=item Massachusetts
-=item *
+ http://mirrors.towardex.com/CPAN
+ ftp://mirrors.towardex.com/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu/net/mirrors/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-Ohio
+=item Michigan
- ftp://ftp.loaded.net/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://cpan.cse.msu.edu/
+ http://cpan.calvin.edu/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://cpan.calvin.edu/pub/CPAN
-=item *
+=item Nevada
-Oklahoma
+ http://www.oss.redundant.com/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://www.oss.redundant.com/pub/CPAN
- ftp://ftp.ou.edu/mirrors/CPAN/
+=item New Jersey
-=item *
+ http://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.teleglobe.net/
+ ftp://cpan.teleglobe.net/pub/CPAN
-Oregon
+=item New York
- ftp://ftp.orst.edu/pub/CPAN
+ http://cpan.belfry.net/
+ http://cpan.erlbaum.net/
+ ftp://cpan.erlbaum.net/
+ http://cpan.thepirtgroup.com/
+ ftp://cpan.thepirtgroup.com/
+ ftp://ftp.stealth.net/pub/CPAN/
+ http://www.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/
+ ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/
-=item *
+=item North Carolina
-Pennsylvania
+ http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/perl/
+ ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/mirror/CPAN/
- http://ftp.epix.net/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.epix.net/pub/languages/perl/
- http://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/
- http://cpan.pair.com/
- ftp://cpan.pair.com/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/CPAN/
+=item Oklahoma
-=item *
+ ftp://ftp.ou.edu/mirrors/CPAN/
-Tennessee
+=item Oregon
- ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.orst.edu/pub/CPAN
-=item *
+=item Pennsylvania
-Texas
+ http://ftp.epix.net/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.epix.net/pub/languages/perl/
+ http://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.pair.com/
+ ftp://cpan.pair.com/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/CPAN/
- http://ftp.sedl.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
- ftp://mirror.telentente.com/pub/CPAN
+=item Tennessee
-=item *
+ ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/CPAN/
-Utah
+=item Texas
- ftp://mirror.xmission.com/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.sedl.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ http://www.binarycode.org/cpan
+ ftp://mirror.telentente.com/pub/CPAN
+ http://mirrors.theonlinerecordstore.com/CPAN
-=item *
+=item Utah
-Virginia
+ ftp://mirror.xmission.com/CPAN/
- http://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/
- ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/
- http://perl.secsup.org/
- ftp://perl.secsup.org/pub/perl/
- http://mirrors.phihost.com/CPAN/
- ftp://mirrors.phihost.com/CPAN/
- ftp://ruff.cs.jmu.edu/pub/CPAN/
- http://perl.Liquidation.com/CPAN/
+=item Virginia
-=item *
+ http://cpan-du.viaverio.com/
+ ftp://cpan-du.viaverio.com/pub/CPAN/
+ http://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/
+ ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/
+ http://perl.secsup.org/
+ ftp://perl.secsup.org/pub/perl/
+ http://noc.cvaix.com/mirrors/CPAN/
-Washington
+=item Washington
- http://cpan.llarian.net/
- ftp://cpan.llarian.net/pub/CPAN/
- http://cpan.mirrorcentral.com/
- ftp://ftp.mirrorcentral.com/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.llarian.net/
+ ftp://cpan.llarian.net/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.mirrorcentral.com/
+ ftp://ftp.mirrorcentral.com/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/CPAN/
-=item *
+=item Wisconsin
-Wisconsin
+ http://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/
+ http://mirror.aphix.com/CPAN
+ ftp://mirror.aphix.com/pub/CPAN
- http://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/
+=back
=back
=over 4
-=item *
+=item Australia
-Australia
+ http://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://cpan.topend.com.au/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.mirrors.ilisys.com.au
- http://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://cpan.topend.com.au/pub/CPAN/
+=item New Zealand
-=item *
+ ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/
-New Zealand
+=item United States
- ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ http://aniani.ifa.hawaii.edu/CPAN/
+ ftp://aniani.ifa.hawaii.edu/CPAN/
=back
=over 4
-=item *
-
-Argentina
-
- ftp://mirrors.bannerlandia.com.ar/mirrors/CPAN/
+=item Argentina
-=item *
-
-Brazil
+ ftp://mirrors.bannerlandia.com.ar/mirrors/CPAN/
+ http://www.linux.org.ar/mirrors/cpan
+ ftp://ftp.linux.org.ar/mirrors/cpan
- ftp://cpan.pop-mg.com.br/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.matrix.com.br/pub/perl/CPAN/
+=item Brazil
-=item *
+ ftp://cpan.pop-mg.com.br/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.matrix.com.br/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.hostsul.com.br/
+ ftp://cpan.hostsul.com.br/
-Chile
+=item Chile
- ftp://ftp.psinet.cl/pub/programming/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.netglobalis.net/
+ ftp://cpan.netglobalis.net/pub/CPAN/
=back
+=head2 RSYNC Mirrors
+
+ www.linux.org.ar::cpan
+ theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca::CPAN
+ ftp.shellhung.org::CPAN
+ rsync.nic.funet.fi::CPAN
+ ftp.u-paris10.fr::CPAN
+ mir1.ovh.net::CPAN
+ rsync://ftp.crihan.fr::CPAN
+ ftp.gwdg.de::FTP/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp.leo.org::CPAN
+ ftp.cbn.net.id::CPAN
+ rsync://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN
+ ftp.iglu.org.il::CPAN
+ gusp.dyndns.org::cpan
+ ftp.kddlabs.co.jp::cpan
+ ftp.ayamura.org::pub/CPAN/
+ mirror.leafbug.org::CPAN
+ rsync.en.com.sg::CPAN
+ mirror.averse.net::cpan
+ rsync.oss.eznetsols.org
+ ftp.kr.FreeBSD.org::CPAN
+ ftp.solnet.ch::CPAN
+ cpan.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw::CPAN
+ cpan.teleglobe.net::CPAN
+ rsync://rsync.mirror.anlx.net::CPAN
+ ftp.sedl.org::cpan
+ ibiblio.org::CPAN
+ cpan-du.viaverio.com::CPAN
+ aniani.ifa.hawaii.edu::CPAN
+ archive.progeny.com::CPAN
+ rsync://slugsite.louisville.edu::CPAN
+ mirror.aphix.com::CPAN
+ cpan.teleglobe.net::CPAN
+ ftp.lug.udel.edu::cpan
+ mirrors.kernel.org::mirrors/CPAN
+ mirrors.phenominet.com::CPAN
+ cpan.pair.com::CPAN
+ cpan-sj.viaverio.com::CPAN
+ mirror.csit.fsu.edu::CPAN
+ csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu::CPAN
+
For an up-to-date listing of CPAN sites,
see http://www.cpan.org/SITES or ftp://www.cpan.org/SITES .
Does your module pass the 'empty subclass' test? If you say
C<@SUBCLASS::ISA = qw(YOURCLASS);> your applications should be able
to use SUBCLASS in exactly the same way as YOURCLASS. For example,
-does your application still work if you change: C<$obj = new YOURCLASS;>
-into: C<$obj = new SUBCLASS;> ?
+does your application still work if you change: C<< $obj = YOURCLASS->new(); >>
+into: C<< $obj = SUBCLASS->new(); >> ?
Avoid keeping any state information in your packages. It makes it
difficult for multiple other packages to use yours. Keep state
The general mechanism is to assert your Copyright and then make
a declaration of how others may copy/use/modify your work.
-Perl, for example, is supplied with two types of licence: The GNU
-GPL and The Artistic Licence (see the files README, Copying, and
-Artistic). Larry has good reasons for NOT just using the GNU GPL.
+Perl, for example, is supplied with two types of licence: The GNU GPL
+and The Artistic Licence (see the files README, Copying, and Artistic,
+or L<perlgpl> and L<perlartistic>). Larry has good reasons for NOT
+just using the GNU GPL.
My personal recommendation, out of respect for Larry, Perl, and the
Perl community at large is to state something simply like: