=over 12
-=item assertions
-
-Select assertions in blocks of code
-
-=item assertions::activate
-
-Activate assertions
-
-=item assertions::compat
-
-Assertions for pre-5.9 versions of perl
-
=item attributes
Get/set subroutine or variable attributes
=item base
-Establish IS-A relationship with base classes at compile time
+Establish an ISA relationship with base classes at compile time
=item bigint
=item less
-Request less of something from the compiler
+Request less of something
=item lib
Use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations
+=item mro
+
+Method Resolution Order
+
=item open
Set default PerlIO layers for input and output
Package for overloading Perl operations
+=item parent
+
+Establish an ISA relationship with base classes at compile time
+
=item re
Alter regular expression behaviour
Provide framework for multiple DBMs
+=item App::Prove
+
+Implements the C<prove> command.
+
+=item App::Prove::State
+
+State storage for the C<prove> command.
+
+=item Archive::Extract
+
+A generic archive extracting mechanism
+
=item Archive::Tar
Module for manipulations of tar archives
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
-=item B::Showlex
-
-Show lexical variables used in functions or files
-
-=item B::Stackobj
+=item B::Lint::Debug
-Helper module for CC backend
+Adds debugging stringification to B::
-=item B::Stash
+=item B::Showlex
-Show what stashes are loaded
+Show lexical variables used in functions or files
=item B::Terse
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
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 DB
-Programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft, subject to
+Programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API
=item DBM_Filter
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
Encode Implementation Base Class
+=item Encode::GSM0338
+
+ESTI GSM 03.38 Encoding
+
=item Encode::Guess
Guesses encoding from data
MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding
+=item Encode::MIME::Name
+
+Internally used by Encode
+
=item Encode::PerlIO
A detailed document on Encode and PerlIO
DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+=item ExtUtils::MM_Darwin
+
+Special behaviors for OS X
+
=item ExtUtils::MM_MacOS
Once produced Makefiles for MacOS Classic
DOS like globbing and then some
+=item File::Fetch
+
+A generic file fetching mechanism
+
=item File::Find
Traverse a directory tree.
=item Hash::Util::FieldHash
-Associate references with data
+Support for Inside-Out Classes
=item I18N::Collate
IO:: style interface to L<Compress::Zlib>
+=item IPC::Cmd
+
+Finding and running system commands made easy
+
+=item IPC::Msg
+
+SysV Msg IPC object class
+
=item IPC::Open2
Open a process for both reading and writing
Open a process for reading, writing, and error handling
-=item IPC::SysV
+=item IPC::Semaphore
-SysV IPC constants
+SysV Semaphore IPC object class
-=item IPC::SysV::Msg
+=item IPC::SharedMem
-SysV Msg IPC object class
+SysV Shared Memory IPC object class
-=item IPC::SysV::Semaphore
+=item IPC::SysV
-SysV Semaphore IPC object class
+System V IPC constants and system calls
=item List::Util
Framework for localization
+=item Locale::Maketext::Simple
+
+Simple interface to Locale::Maketext::Lexicon
+
=item Locale::Maketext::TPJ13
Article about software localization
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::Base64::QuotedPrint
+=item MIME::QuotedPrint
Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable strings
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
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
Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
+=item Sys::Syslog::win32::Win32
+
+Win32 support for Sys::Syslog
+
+=item TAP::Base
+
+Base class that provides common functionality to L<TAP::Parser> and L<TAP::Harness>
+
+=item TAP::Formatter::Color
+
+Run Perl test scripts with color
+
+=item TAP::Formatter::Console
+
+Harness output delegate for default console output
+
+=item TAP::Formatter::Console::ParallelSession
+
+Harness output delegate for parallel console output
+
+=item TAP::Formatter::Console::Session
+
+Harness output delegate for default console output
+
+=item TAP::Harness
+
+Run test scripts with statistics
+
+=item TAP::Parser
+
+Parse L<TAP|Test::Harness::TAP> output
+
+=item TAP::Parser::Aggregator
+
+Aggregate TAP::Parser results
+
+=item TAP::Parser::Grammar
+
+A grammar for the Test Anything Protocol.
+
+=item TAP::Parser::Iterator
+
+Internal TAP::Parser Iterator
+
+=item TAP::Parser::Iterator::Array
+
+Internal TAP::Parser Iterator
+
+=item TAP::Parser::Iterator::Process
+
+Internal TAP::Parser Iterator
+
+=item TAP::Parser::Iterator::Stream
+
+Internal TAP::Parser Iterator
+
+=item TAP::Parser::Multiplexer
+
+Multiplex multiple TAP::Parsers
+
+=item TAP::Parser::Result
+
+TAP::Parser output
+
+=item TAP::Parser::Result::Bailout
+
+Bailout result token.
+
+=item TAP::Parser::Result::Comment
+
+Comment result token.
+
+=item TAP::Parser::Result::Plan
+
+Plan result token.
+
+=item TAP::Parser::Result::Pragma
+
+TAP pragma token.
+
+=item TAP::Parser::Result::Test
+
+Test result token.
+
+=item TAP::Parser::Result::Unknown
+
+Unknown result token.
+
+=item TAP::Parser::Result::Version
+
+TAP syntax version token.
+
+=item TAP::Parser::Result::YAML
+
+YAML result token.
+
+=item TAP::Parser::Source
+
+Stream output from some source
+
+=item TAP::Parser::Source::Perl
+
+Stream Perl output
+
+=item TAP::Parser::Utils
+
+Internal TAP::Parser utilities
+
+=item TAP::Parser::YAMLish::Reader
+
+Read YAMLish data from iterator
+
+=item TAP::Parser::YAMLish::Writer
+
+Write YAMLish data
+
=item Term::ANSIColor
Color screen output using ANSI escape sequences
Perl interface to various C<readline> packages.
+=item Term::UI
+
+Term::ReadLine UI made easy
+
=item Test
Provides a simple framework for writing test scripts
Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics
-=item Test::Harness::Assert
-
-Simple assert
-
-=item Test::Harness::Iterator
-
-Internal Test::Harness Iterator
-
-=item Test::Harness::Point
-
-Object for tracking a single test point
-
-=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
Thread-safe semaphores
-=item Thread::Signal
-
-Start a thread which runs signal handlers reliably (for old code)
-
-=item Thread::Specific
-
-Thread-specific keys
-
=item Tie::Array
Base class for tied arrays
Base class definitions for tied hashes
+=item Tie::Hash::NamedCapture
+
+Named regexp capture buffers
+
=item Tie::Memoize
Add data to hash when needed
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
By-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*() functions
+=item Win32
+
+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
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