Update the 'wide characters' FAQ entry.

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / pod / perlmodlib.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlmodlib.pod b/pod/perlmodlib.pod
index adc14cd..2d0b9ae 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlmodlib.pod
+++ b/pod/perlmodlib.pod
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Force byte semantics rather than character semantics
 
 =item charnames
 
-Define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal escape.
+Define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal escapes.
 
 =item constant
 
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ Declare constants
 
 Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning diagnostics
 
+=item encoding
+
+Pragma to control the conversion of legacy data into Unicode
+
 =item fields
 
 Compile-time class fields
@@ -124,6 +128,10 @@ Alter regular expression behaviour
 
 Enable simple signal handling
 
+=item sort
+
+Control sort() behaviour
+
 =item strict
 
 Restrict unsafe constructs
@@ -132,9 +140,9 @@ Restrict unsafe constructs
 
 Predeclare sub names
 
-=item unicode::distinct
+=item threads
 
-Strictly distinguish UTF8 data and non-UTF data.
+Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads from perl
 
 =item utf8
 
@@ -144,6 +152,10 @@ Enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source code
 
 Predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
 
+=item vmsish
+
+Control VMS-specific language features
+
 =item warnings
 
 Control optional warnings
@@ -496,7 +508,7 @@ Portably perform operations on file names
 
 =item File::Spec::Mac
 
-File::Spec for MacOS
+File::Spec for Mac OS (Classic)
 
 =item File::Spec::OS2
 
@@ -504,7 +516,7 @@ Methods for OS/2 file specs
 
 =item File::Spec::Unix
 
-Methods used by File::Spec
+File::Spec for Unix, base for other File::Spec modules
 
 =item File::Spec::VMS
 
@@ -762,6 +774,10 @@ Convert Pod data to formatted Latex
 
 Convert POD data to formatted *roff input
 
+=item Pod::ParseLink
+
+Parse an L<> formatting code in POD text
+
 =item Pod::ParseUtils
 
 Helpers for POD parsing and conversion
@@ -798,6 +814,10 @@ Convert POD data to ASCII text with format escapes
 
 Print a usage message from embedded pod documentation
 
+=item Pod::t::basic
+
+Test of various basic POD features in translators.
+
 =item SDBM_File
 
 Tied access to sdbm files
@@ -858,6 +878,10 @@ Perl interface to various C<readline> packages. If
 
 Provides a simple framework for writing test scripts
 
+=item Test::Builder
+
+Backend for building test libraries
+
 =item Test::Harness
 
 Run perl standard test scripts with statistics
@@ -870,6 +894,10 @@ Yet another framework for writing test scripts
 
 Basic utilities for writing tests.
 
+=item Test::Tutorial
+
+A tutorial about writing really basic tests
+
 =item Text::Abbrev
 
 Create an abbreviation table from a list
@@ -894,6 +922,10 @@ Expand and unexpand tabs per the unix expand(1) and unexpand(1)
 
 Line wrapping to form simple paragraphs
 
+=item Thread
+
+Manipulate threads in Perl
+
 =item Tie::Array
 
 Base class for tied arrays
@@ -938,7 +970,11 @@ Internal object used by Time::gmtime and Time::localtime
 
 Base class for ALL classes (blessed references)
 
-=item UnicodeCD
+=item Unicode::Collate
+
+Use UCA (Unicode Collation Algorithm)
+
+=item Unicode::UCD
 
 Unicode character database
 
@@ -974,7 +1010,7 @@ system B<man> command, you might try the B<perldoc> program.
 
 Extension modules are written in C (or a mix of Perl and C).  They
 are usually dynamically loaded into Perl if and when you need them,
-but may also be be linked in statically.  Supported extension modules
+but may also be linked in statically.  Supported extension modules
 include Socket, Fcntl, and POSIX.
 
 Many popular C extension modules do not come bundled (at least, not