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

diff --git a/pod/perlmodlib.pod b/pod/perlmodlib.pod
index c5afea2..62d249a 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlmodlib.pod
+++ b/pod/perlmodlib.pod
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ Restrict unsafe operations when compiling
 
 Package for overloading perl operations
 
+=item perlio
+
+Configure C level IO
+
 =item re
 
 Alter regular expression behaviour
@@ -288,10 +292,6 @@ Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS module
 
 Warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
 
-=item Carp::Heavy
-
-Carp guts
-
 =item Class::Struct
 
 Declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
@@ -444,6 +444,10 @@ Create or remove directory trees
 
 Portably perform operations on file names
 
+=item File::Spec::Epoc
+
+Methods for Epoc file specs
+
 =item File::Spec::Functions
 
 Portably perform operations on file names
@@ -484,6 +488,10 @@ Keep more files open than the system permits
 
 Supply object methods for filehandles
 
+=item Filter::Simple
+
+Simplified source filtering
+
 =item FindBin
 
 Locate directory of original perl script
@@ -794,66 +802,87 @@ modules are:
 =over 4
 
 =item *
+
 Language Extensions and Documentation Tools
 
 =item *
+
 Development Support
 
 =item *
+
 Operating System Interfaces
 
 =item *
+
 Networking, Device Control (modems) and InterProcess Communication
 
 =item *
+
 Data Types and Data Type Utilities
 
 =item *
+
 Database Interfaces
 
 =item *
+
 User Interfaces
 
 =item *
+
 Interfaces to / Emulations of Other Programming Languages
 
 =item *
+
 File Names, File Systems and File Locking (see also File Handles)
 
 =item *
+
 String Processing, Language Text Processing, Parsing, and Searching
 
 =item *
+
 Option, Argument, Parameter, and Configuration File Processing
 
 =item *
+
 Internationalization and Locale
 
 =item *
+
 Authentication, Security, and Encryption
 
 =item *
+
 World Wide Web, HTML, HTTP, CGI, MIME
 
 =item *
+
 Server and Daemon Utilities
 
 =item *
+
 Archiving and Compression
 
 =item *
+
 Images, Pixmap and Bitmap Manipulation, Drawing, and Graphing
 
 =item *
+
 Mail and Usenet News
 
 =item *
+
 Control Flow Utilities (callbacks and exceptions etc)
 
 =item *
+
 File Handle and Input/Output Stream Utilities
 
 =item *
+
 Miscellaneous Modules
 
 =back
@@ -1217,6 +1246,12 @@ If adding a new module to a set, follow the original author's
 standards for naming modules and the interface to methods in
 those modules.
 
+If developing modules for private internal or project specific use,
+that will never be released to the public, then you should ensure
+that their names will not clash with any future public module. You
+can do this either by using the reserved Local::* category or by
+using a category name that includes an underscore like Foo_Corp::*.
+
 To be portable each component of a module name should be limited to
 11 characters. If it might be used on MS-DOS then try to ensure each is
 unique in the first 8 characters. Nested modules make this easier.
@@ -1416,18 +1451,28 @@ Don't delete the original .pl file till the new .pm one works!
 
 =over 4
 
-=item Complete applications rarely belong in the Perl Module Library.
+=item *
+
+Complete applications rarely belong in the Perl Module Library.
 
-=item Many applications contain some Perl code that could be reused.
+=item *
+
+Many applications contain some Perl code that could be reused.
 
 Help save the world! Share your code in a form that makes it easy
 to reuse.
 
-=item Break-out the reusable code into one or more separate module files.
+=item *
+
+Break-out the reusable code into one or more separate module files.
+
+=item *
 
-=item Take the opportunity to reconsider and redesign the interfaces.
+Take the opportunity to reconsider and redesign the interfaces.
+
+=item *
 
-=item In some cases the 'application' can then be reduced to a small
+In some cases the 'application' can then be reduced to a small
 
 fragment of code built on top of the reusable modules. In these cases
 the application could invoked as: