+# !!!!!!! DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE !!!!!!!
+# This file is autogenerated by buildtoc from all the other pods.
+# Edit those files and run buildtoc --build-toc to effect changes.
+
=head1 NAME
perltoc - perl documentation table of contents
=item Miscellaneous
+=item Language-Specific
+
=item Platform-Specific
=back
=back
-=head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2001/10/16
-13:27:22 $)
+=head2 perlreftut - Mark's very short tutorial about references
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item Who Needs Complicated Data Structures?
-=item perlfaq: Structural overview of the FAQ.
+=item The Solution
-=item L<perlfaq1>: General Questions About Perl
+=item Syntax
-=item L<perlfaq2>: Obtaining and Learning about Perl
+=over 4
-=item L<perlfaq3>: Programming Tools
+=item Making References
-=item L<perlfaq4>: Data Manipulation
+=item Using References
-=item L<perlfaq5>: Files and Formats
+=item An Example
-=item L<perlfaq6>: Regexps
+=item Arrow Rule
-=item L<perlfaq7>: General Perl Language Issues
+=back
-=item L<perlfaq8>: System Interaction
+=item Solution
-=item L<perlfaq9>: Networking
+=item The Rest
-=back
+=item Summary
-=item About the perlfaq documents
+=item Credits
=over 4
-=item Where to get the perlfaq
-
-=item How to contribute to the perlfaq
-
-=item What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the
-authors
+=item Distribution Conditions
=back
-=item Credits
+=back
-=item Author and Copyright Information
+=head2 perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook
=over 4
-=item Bundled Distributions
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Disclaimer
+arrays of arrays, hashes of arrays, arrays of hashes, hashes of hashes,
+more elaborate constructs
-=back
+=item REFERENCES
-=item Changes
+=item COMMON MISTAKES
-1/November/2000, 23/May/99, 13/April/99, 7/January/99, 22/June/98,
-24/April/97, 23/April/97, 25/March/97, 18/March/97, 17/March/97 Version,
-Initial Release: 11/March/97
+=item CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE
-=back
+=item WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS C<use strict>
-=head2 perlbook - Perl book information
+=item DEBUGGING
-=over 4
+=item CODE EXAMPLES
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ARRAYS OF ARRAYS
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax
+=item Declaration of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
-=over 4
+=item Generation of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Declarations
+=item HASHES OF ARRAYS
-=item Simple statements
+=over 4
-=item Compound statements
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF ARRAYS
-=item Loop Control
+=item Generation of a HASH OF ARRAYS
-=item For Loops
+=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF ARRAYS
-=item Foreach Loops
+=back
-=item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
+=item ARRAYS OF HASHES
-=item Goto
+=over 4
-=item PODs: Embedded Documentation
+=item Declaration of an ARRAY OF HASHES
-=item Plain Old Comments (Not!)
+=item Generation of an ARRAY OF HASHES
-=back
+=item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF HASHES
=back
-=head2 perldata - Perl data types
+=item HASHES OF HASHES
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES
-=over 4
+=item Generation of a HASH OF HASHES
-=item Variable names
+=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES
-=item Context
+=back
-=item Scalar values
+=item MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
-=item Scalar value constructors
+=over 4
-=item List value constructors
+=item Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
-=item Slices
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
-=item Typeglobs and Filehandles
+=item Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
=back
+=item Database Ties
+
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
+=head2 perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
+=item Declaration and Access of Arrays of Arrays
-=item The Arrow Operator
+=item Growing Your Own
-=item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
+=item Access and Printing
-=item Exponentiation
+=item Slices
-=item Symbolic Unary Operators
+=back
-=item Binding Operators
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Multiplicative Operators
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Additive Operators
+=back
-=item Shift Operators
+=head2 perlrequick - Perl regular expressions quick start
-=item Named Unary Operators
+=over 4
-=item Relational Operators
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Equality Operators
+=item The Guide
-=item Bitwise And
+=over 4
-=item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
+=item Simple word matching
-=item C-style Logical And
+=item Using character classes
-=item C-style Logical Or
+=item Matching this or that
-=item Range Operators
+=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
-=item Conditional Operator
+=item Extracting matches
-=item Assignment Operators
+=item Matching repetitions
-=item Comma Operator
+=item More matching
-=item List Operators (Rightward)
+=item Search and replace
-=item Logical Not
+=item The split operator
-=item Logical And
+=back
-=item Logical or and Exclusive Or
+=item BUGS
-=item C Operators Missing From Perl
+=item SEE ALSO
-unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item Quote and Quote-like Operators
+=over 4
-=item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
+=item Acknowledgments
-?PATTERN?, m/PATTERN/cgimosx, /PATTERN/cgimosx, q/STRING/, C<'STRING'>,
-qq/STRING/, "STRING", qr/STRING/imosx, qx/STRING/, `STRING`, qw/STRING/,
-s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/egimosx, tr/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds,
-y/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds, <<EOF
+=back
-=item Gory details of parsing quoted constructs
+=back
-Finding the end, Removal of backslashes before delimiters, Interpolation,
-C<<<'EOF'>, C<m''>, C<s'''>, C<tr///>, C<y///>, C<''>, C<q//>, C<"">,
-C<``>, C<qq//>, C<qx//>, C<< <file*glob> >>, C<?RE?>, C</RE/>, C<m/RE/>,
-C<s/RE/foo/>,, Interpolation of regular expressions, Optimization of
-regular expressions
+=head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial
-=item I/O Operators
+=over 4
-=item Constant Folding
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Bitwise String Operators
+=item Part 1: The basics
-=item Integer Arithmetic
+=over 4
-=item Floating-point Arithmetic
+=item Simple word matching
-=item Bigger Numbers
+=item Using character classes
-=back
+=item Matching this or that
+
+=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
+
+=item Extracting matches
+
+=item Matching repetitions
+
+=item Building a regexp
+
+=item Using regular expressions in Perl
=back
-=head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
+=item Part 2: Power tools
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item More on characters, strings, and character classes
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Compiling and saving regular expressions
-=over 4
+=item Embedding comments and modifiers in a regular expression
-=item Private Variables via my()
+=item Non-capturing groupings
-=item Persistent Private Variables
+=item Looking ahead and looking behind
-=item Temporary Values via local()
+=item Using independent subexpressions to prevent backtracking
-=item Lvalue subroutines
+=item Conditional expressions
-=item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
+=item A bit of magic: executing Perl code in a regular expression
-=item When to Still Use local()
+=item Pragmas and debugging
-=item Pass by Reference
+=back
-=item Prototypes
+=item BUGS
-=item Constant Functions
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Overriding Built-in Functions
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item Autoloading
+=over 4
-=item Subroutine Attributes
+=item Acknowledgments
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
-
=back
-=head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
+=head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Perl Functions by Category
+=item If we could talk to the animals...
-Functions for SCALARs or strings, Regular expressions and pattern matching,
-Numeric functions, Functions for real @ARRAYs, Functions for list data,
-Functions for real %HASHes, Input and output functions, Functions for fixed
-length data or records, Functions for filehandles, files, or directories,
-Keywords related to the control flow of your perl program, Keywords related
-to scoping, Miscellaneous functions, Functions for processes and process
-groups, Keywords related to perl modules, Keywords related to classes and
-object-orientedness, Low-level socket functions, System V interprocess
-communication functions, Fetching user and group info, Fetching network
-info, Time-related functions, Functions new in perl5, Functions obsoleted
-in perl5
+=item Introducing the method invocation arrow
-=item Portability
+=item Invoking a barnyard
-=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
+=item The extra parameter of method invocation
-I<-X> FILEHANDLE, I<-X> EXPR, I<-X>, abs VALUE, abs, accept
-NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, alarm, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME,
-binmode FILEHANDLE, DISCIPLINE, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME,
-bless REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE,
-chomp LIST, chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop LIST, chop, chown LIST, chr NUMBER,
-chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot, close FILEHANDLE, close, closedir DIRHANDLE,
-connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, cos, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT,
-dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR, defined, delete
-EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR, dump LABEL, dump,
-each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval BLOCK, exec LIST,
-exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp, fcntl
-FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION,
-fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE, getc, getlogin,
-getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam
-NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getprotobyname
-NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr
-ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER,
-getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostent, getnetent,
-getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent
-STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent,
-endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockname SOCKET,
-getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL,
-goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex,
-import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl
-FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST,
-last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc, lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length,
-link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR,
-lock, log EXPR, log, lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK LIST, map EXPR,LIST,
-mkdir FILENAME,MASK, mkdir FILENAME, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS,
-msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, my EXPR, my EXPR :
-ATTRIBUTES, next LABEL, next, no Module LIST, oct EXPR, oct, open
-FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR,LIST,
-open FILEHANDLE, opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord EXPR, ord, our EXPR, our EXPR
-: ATTRIBUTES, pack TEMPLATE,LIST, package NAMESPACE, package, pipe
-READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop ARRAY, pop, pos SCALAR, pos, print FILEHANDLE
-LIST, print LIST, print, printf FILEHANDLE FORMAT, LIST, printf FORMAT,
-LIST, prototype FUNCTION, push ARRAY,LIST, q/STRING/, qq/STRING/,
-qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, quotemeta EXPR, quotemeta, rand EXPR,
-rand, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,
-readdir DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR, readlink, readpipe EXPR,
-recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo, ref EXPR, ref, rename
-OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR, require, reset EXPR, reset,
-return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir DIRHANDLE, rindex
-STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME, rmdir, s///, scalar
-EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir DIRHANDLE,POS, select
-FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl
-ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send
-SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority
-WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY,
-shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE,
-shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep
-EXPR, sleep, sockatmark SOCKET, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL,
-socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort
-BLOCK LIST, sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice
-ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH, splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split
-/PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split /PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf
-FORMAT, LIST, sqrt EXPR, sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat FILEHANDLE, stat
-EXPR, stat, study SCALAR, study, sub BLOCK, sub NAME, sub NAME BLOCK,
-substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr
-EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
-FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread
-FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek
-FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite
-FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,
-syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie
-VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate
-FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR,
-ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack
-TEMPLATE,EXPR, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use Module VERSION LIST,
-use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use VERSION, utime LIST,
-values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn
-LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y///
-
-=back
+=item Calling a second method to simplify things
-=back
+=item Inheriting the windpipes
-=head2 perlreftut - Mark's very short tutorial about references
+=item A few notes about @ISA
-=over 4
+=item Overriding the methods
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Starting the search from a different place
-=item Who Needs Complicated Data Structures?
+=item The SUPER way of doing things
-=item The Solution
+=item Where we're at so far...
-=item Syntax
+=item A horse is a horse, of course of course -- or is it?
-=over 4
+=item Invoking an instance method
-=item Making References
+=item Accessing the instance data
-=item Using References
+=item How to build a horse
-=back
+=item Inheriting the constructor
-=item An Example
+=item Making a method work with either classes or instances
-=item Arrow Rule
+=item Adding parameters to a method
-=item Solution
+=item More interesting instances
-=item The Rest
+=item A horse of a different color
=item Summary
-=item Credits
-
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Distribution Conditions
+=item SEE ALSO
-=back
+=item COPYRIGHT
=back
-=head2 perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook
+=head2 perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-arrays of arrays, hashes of arrays, arrays of hashes, hashes of hashes,
-more elaborate constructs
+=item Creating a Class
-=item REFERENCES
+=over 4
-=item COMMON MISTAKES
+=item Object Representation
-=item CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE
+=item Class Interface
-=item WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS C<use strict>
+=item Constructors and Instance Methods
-=item DEBUGGING
+=item Planning for the Future: Better Constructors
-=item CODE EXAMPLES
+=item Destructors
-=item ARRAYS OF ARRAYS
+=item Other Object Methods
+
+=back
+
+=item Class Data
=over 4
-=item Declaration of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item Accessing Class Data
+
+=item Debugging Methods
-=item Generation of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item Class Destructors
-=item Access and Printing of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item Documenting the Interface
=back
-=item HASHES OF ARRAYS
+=item Aggregation
+
+=item Inheritance
=over 4
-=item Declaration of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+=item Overridden Methods
-=item Generation of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+=item Multiple Inheritance
-=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+=item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects
=back
-=item ARRAYS OF HASHES
+=item Alternate Object Representations
=over 4
-=item Declaration of a ARRAY OF HASHES
-
-=item Generation of a ARRAY OF HASHES
+=item Arrays as Objects
-=item Access and Printing of a ARRAY OF HASHES
+=item Closures as Objects
=back
-=item HASHES OF HASHES
+=item AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods
=over 4
-=item Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES
-
-=item Generation of a HASH OF HASHES
+=item Autoloaded Data Methods
-=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES
+=item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods
=back
-=item MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
+=item Metaclassical Tools
=over 4
-=item Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
-
-=item Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
+=item Class::Struct
-=item Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
+=item Data Members as Variables
=back
-=item Database Ties
+=item NOTES
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Object Terminology
=back
-=head2 perlrequick - Perl regular expressions quick start
-
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item The Guide
+=item COPYRIGHT
=over 4
-=item Simple word matching
-
-=item Using character classes
+=item Acknowledgments
-=item Matching this or that
+=back
-=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
+=back
-=item Extracting matches
+=head2 perltooc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl
-=item Matching repetitions
+=over 4
-=item More matching
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Search and replace
+=item Class Data in a Can
-=item The split operator
+=item Class Data as Package Variables
-=back
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Inheritance Concerns
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item The Eponymous Meta-Object
-=over 4
+=item Indirect References to Class Data
-=item Acknowledgments
+=item Monadic Classes
-=back
+=item Translucent Attributes
=back
-=head2 perlpod - the Plain Old Documentation format
-
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Class Data as Lexical Variables
=over 4
-=item Ordinary Paragraph
-
-=item Verbatim Paragraph
+=item Privacy and Responsibility
-=item Command Paragraph
+=item File-Scoped Lexicals
-C<=head1 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head2 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head3 I<Heading
-Text>>, C<=head4 I<Heading Text>>, C<=over I<indentlevel>>, C<=item
-I<stuff...>>, C<=back>, C<=cut>, C<=pod>, C<=begin I<formatname>>, C<=end
-I<formatname>>, C<=for I<formatname> I<text...>>
+=item More Inheritance Concerns
-=item Formatting Codes
+=item Locking the Door and Throwing Away the Key
-C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
-C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
-C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- used
-for filenames, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text contains non-breaking spaces,
-C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a null
-(zero-effect) formatting code
+=item Translucency Revisited
-=item The Intent
+=back
-=item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
+=item NOTES
-=item Hints for Writing Pod
+=item SEE ALSO
-=back
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=head2 perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and
-notes
+=head2 perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Pod Definitions
+=item OO SCALING TIPS
-=item Pod Commands
+=item INSTANCE VARIABLES
-"=head1", "=head2", "=head3", "=head4", "=pod", "=cut", "=over", "=item",
-"=back", "=begin formatname", "=end formatname", "=for formatname text..."
+=item SCALAR INSTANCE VARIABLES
-=item Pod Formatting Codes
+=item INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE
-C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
-C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- style for
-filenames, C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a
-null (zero-effect) formatting code, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
-C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text
-contains non-breaking spaces
+=item OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS
-=item Notes on Implementing Pod Processors
+=item OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS
-=item About LE<lt>...E<gt> Codes
+=item USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM
-First:, Second:, Third:, Fourth:, Fifth:, Sixth:
+=item THINKING OF CODE REUSE
-=item About =over...=back Regions
+=item CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT
-=item About Data Paragraphs and "=begin/=end" Regions
+=item INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item DELEGATION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
=back
-=head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary
+=head2 perlcheat - Perl 5 Cheat Sheet
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Awk Traps
+=item The sheet
-=item C Traps
+=back
-=item Sed Traps
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-=item Shell Traps
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Perl Traps
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Awk Traps
+
+=item C/C++ Traps
+
+=item Sed Traps
+
+=item Shell Traps
+
+=item Perl Traps
=item Perl4 to Perl5 Traps
=item Parsing Traps
-Parsing, Parsing, Parsing, Parsing
+Parsing, Parsing, Parsing, Parsing, Parsing
=item Numerical Traps
Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular
Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression,
-Regular Expression
+Regular Expression, Regular Expression
=item Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps
=back
-=head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
+=head2 perldebtut - Perl debugging tutorial
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item use strict
-=item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems
+=item Looking at data and -w and v
-OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS
+=item help
-=item Location of Perl
+=item Stepping through code
-=item Command Switches
+=item Placeholder for a, w, t, T
-B<-0>[I<digits>], B<-a>, B<-C>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-d:>I<foo[=bar,baz]>,
-B<-D>I<letters>, B<-D>I<number>, B<-e> I<commandline>, B<-F>I<pattern>,
-B<-h>, B<-i>[I<extension>], B<-I>I<directory>, B<-l>[I<octnum>],
-B<-m>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<'module ...'>,
-B<-[mM]>[B<->]I<module=arg[,arg]...>, B<-n>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-s>, B<-S>,
-B<-T>, B<-u>, B<-U>, B<-v>, B<-V>, B<-V:>I<name>, B<-w>, B<-W>, B<-X>,
-B<-x> I<directory>
+=item REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
-=back
+=item OUTPUT TIPS
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=item CGI
-HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5OPT, PERLLIB, PERL5DB, PERL5SHELL
-(specific to the Win32 port), PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL,
-PERL_ENCODING, PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port), SYS$LOGIN (specific to
-the VMS port)
+=item GUIs
-=back
+=item SUMMARY
-=head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
+=item SEE ALSO
-=over 4
+=item AUTHOR
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CONTRIBUTORS
=back
-=head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings
+=head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2004/10/05
+22:15:44 $)
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Default Warnings and Optional Warnings
-
-=item What's wrong with B<-w> and C<$^W>
-
-=item Controlling Warnings from the Command Line
-
-B<-w>, B<-W>, B<-X>
-
-=item Backward Compatibility
-
-=item Category Hierarchy
+=item Where to get the perlfaq
-=item Fatal Warnings
+=item How to contribute to the perlfaq
-=item Reporting Warnings from a Module
+=item What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the
+authors
=back
-=item TODO
+=item Credits
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Author and Copyright Information
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Bundled Distributions
-=head2 perldebtut - Perl debugging tutorial
+=item Disclaimer
-=over 4
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Table of Contents
-=item use strict
+perlfaq - this document, perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl, perlfaq2
+- Obtaining and Learning about Perl, perlfaq3 - Programming Tools, perlfaq4
+- Data Manipulation, perlfaq5 - Files and Formats, perlfaq6 - Regular
+Expressions, perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues, perlfaq8 - System
+Interaction, perlfaq9 - Networking
-=item Looking at data and -w and w
+=item The Questions
-=item help
+=over 4
-=item Stepping through code
+=item L<perlfaq1>: General Questions About Perl
-=item Placeholder for a, w, t, T
+=item L<perlfaq2>: Obtaining and Learning about Perl
-=item REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
+=item L<perlfaq3>: Programming Tools
-=item OUTPUT TIPS
+=item L<perlfaq4>: Data Manipulation
-=item CGI
+=item L<perlfaq5>: Files and Formats
-=item GUIs
+=item L<perlfaq6>: Regular Expressions
-=item SUMMARY
+=item L<perlfaq7>: General Perl Language Issues
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item L<perlfaq8>: System Interaction
-=item AUTHOR
+=item L<perlfaq9>: Networking
-=item CONTRIBUTORS
+=back
=back
-=head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
+=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date:
+2004/10/11 05:06:29 $)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item The Perl Debugger
-
=over 4
-=item Debugger Commands
+=item What is Perl?
-h [command], p expr, x expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], T, s [expr], n
-[expr], r, <CR>, c [line|sub], l, l min+incr, l min-max, l line, l subname,
--, w [line], f filename, /pattern/, ?pattern?, L, S [[!]regex], t, t expr,
-b [line] [condition], b subname [condition], b postpone subname
-[condition], b load filename, b compile subname, d [line], D, a [line]
-command, a [line], A, W expr, W, O booloption .., O anyoption? .., O
-option=value .., < ?, < [ command ], << command, > ?, > command, >>
-command, { ?, { [ command ], {{ command, ! number, ! -number, ! pattern, !!
-cmd, @ file, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, man
-[manpage]
+=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
-=item Configurable Options
+=item Which version of Perl should I use?
-C<recallCommand>, C<ShellBang>, C<pager>, C<tkRunning>, C<signalLevel>,
-C<warnLevel>, C<dieLevel>, C<AutoTrace>, C<LineInfo>, C<inhibit_exit>,
-C<PrintRet>, C<ornaments>, C<frame>, C<maxTraceLen>, C<windowSize>,
-C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>,
-C<DumpDBFiles>, C<DumpPackages>, C<DumpReused>, C<quote>, C<HighBit>,
-C<undefPrint>, C<UsageOnly>, C<TTY>, C<noTTY>, C<ReadLine>, C<NonStop>
+=item What are perl4 and perl5?
-=item Debugger input/output
+=item What is Ponie?
-Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame
-listing
+=item What is perl6?
-=item Debugging compile-time statements
+=item How stable is Perl?
-=item Debugger Customization
+=item Is Perl difficult to learn?
-=item Readline Support
+=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
+Scheme, or Tcl?
-=item Editor Support for Debugging
+=item Can I do [task] in Perl?
-=item The Perl Profiler
+=item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
-=back
+=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
-=item Debugging regular expressions
+=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
-=item Debugging memory usage
+=item What is a JAPH?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
-=item BUGS
+=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
+5/5.6.1/Perl instead of some other language?
=back
-=head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.29 $,
+$Date: 2004/10/25 18:37:23 $)
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Predefined Names
+=item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
-$ARG, $_, $a, $b, $<I<digits>>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $',
-$LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, $^N, @LAST_MATCH_END, @+, $MULTILINE_MATCHING, $*,
-HANDLE->input_line_number(EXPR), $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER, $NR, $,
-IO::Handle->input_record_separator(EXPR), $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $RS, $/,
-HANDLE->autoflush(EXPR), $OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH, $|,
-IO::Handle->output_field_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR, $OFS, $,,
-IO::Handle->output_record_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $ORS,
-$\, $LIST_SEPARATOR, $", $SUBSCRIPT_SEPARATOR, $SUBSEP, $;, $OFMT, $#,
-HANDLE->format_page_number(EXPR), $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER, $%,
-HANDLE->format_lines_per_page(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE, $=,
-HANDLE->format_lines_left(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_LEFT, $-, @LAST_MATCH_START,
-@-, C<$`> is the same as C<substr($var, 0, $-[0])>, C<$&> is the same as
-C<substr($var, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0])>, C<$'> is the same as C<substr($var,
-$+[0])>, C<$1> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1])>, C<$2>
-is the same as C<substr($var, $-[2], $+[2] - $-[2])>, C<$3> is the same as
-C<substr $var, $-[3], $+[3] - $-[3])>, HANDLE->format_name(EXPR),
-$FORMAT_NAME, $~, HANDLE->format_top_name(EXPR), $FORMAT_TOP_NAME, $^,
-IO::Handle->format_line_break_characters EXPR,
-$FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS, $:, IO::Handle->format_formfeed EXPR,
-$FORMAT_FORMFEED, $^L, $ACCUMULATOR, $^A, $CHILD_ERROR, $?, ${^ENCODING},
-$OS_ERROR, $ERRNO, $!, $EXTENDED_OS_ERROR, $^E, $EVAL_ERROR, $@,
-$PROCESS_ID, $PID, $$, $REAL_USER_ID, $UID, $<, $EFFECTIVE_USER_ID, $EUID,
-$>, $REAL_GROUP_ID, $GID, $(, $EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID, $EGID, $),
-$PROGRAM_NAME, $0, $[, $], $COMPILING, $^C, $DEBUGGING, $^D,
-$SYSTEM_FD_MAX, $^F, $^H, %^H, $INPLACE_EDIT, $^I, $^M, $OSNAME, $^O,
-$PERLDB, $^P, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80, 0x100, 0x200,
-$LAST_REGEXP_CODE_RESULT, $^R, $EXCEPTIONS_BEING_CAUGHT, $^S, $BASETIME,
-$^T, ${^TAINT}, $PERL_VERSION, $^V, $WARNING, $^W, ${^WARNING_BITS},
-${^WIDE_SYSTEM_CALLS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X, ARGV, $ARGV, @ARGV, @F, @INC,
-@_, %INC, %ENV, $ENV{expr}, %SIG, $SIG{expr}
+=item How can I get a binary version of Perl?
-=item Error Indicators
+=item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
-=item Technical Note on the Syntax of Variable Names
+=item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts
+don't work.
-=back
+=item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic
+loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
-=item BUGS
+=item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
+What does CPAN/src/... mean?
-=back
+=item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?
-=head2 perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl
+=item Where can I get information on Perl?
-=over 4
+=item What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Where should I post source code?
-=over 4
+=item Perl Books
-=item Declaration and Access of Arrays of Arrays
+References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics
-=item Growing Your Own
+=item Perl in Magazines
-=item Access and Printing
+=item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
-=item Slices
+=item What mailing lists are there for Perl?
-=back
+=item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Where do I send bug reports?
+
+=item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? cpan.org?
=back
-=head2 perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.41 $, $Date: 2004/11/03
+22:45:32 $)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Open E<agrave> la shell
-
=over 4
-=item Simple Opens
+=item How do I do (anything)?
-=item Pipe Opens
+=item How can I use Perl interactively?
-=item The Minus File
+=item Is there a Perl shell?
-=item Mixing Reads and Writes
+=item How do I find which modules are installed on my system?
-=item Filters
+=item How do I debug my Perl programs?
-=back
+=item How do I profile my Perl programs?
-=item Open E<agrave> la C
+=item How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
-=over 4
+=item Is there a pretty-printer (formatter) for Perl?
-=item Permissions E<agrave> la mode
+=item Is there a ctags for Perl?
-=back
+=item Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor?
-=item Obscure Open Tricks
+Eclipse, Komodo, Open Perl IDE, OptiPerl, PerlBuilder, visiPerl+, Visual
+Perl, GNU Emacs, MicroEMACS, XEmacs, Jed, Elvis, Vile, Vim, Codewright,
+MultiEdit, SlickEdit, Bash, Ksh, Tcsh, Zsh, Affrus, Alpha, BBEdit and
+BBEdit Lite
-=over 4
+=item Where can I get Perl macros for vi?
-=item Re-Opening Files (dups)
+=item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs?
-=item Dispelling the Dweomer
+=item How can I use curses with Perl?
-=item Paths as Opens
+=item How can I use X or Tk with Perl?
-=item Single Argument Open
+=item How can I generate simple menus without using CGI or Tk?
-=item Playing with STDIN and STDOUT
+=item How can I make my Perl program run faster?
-=back
+=item How can I make my Perl program take less memory?
-=item Other I/O Issues
+Don't slurp!, Use map and grep selectively, Avoid unnecessary quotes and
+stringification, Pass by reference, Tie large variables to disk
-=over 4
+=item Is it safe to return a reference to local or lexical data?
-=item Opening Non-File Files
+=item How can I free an array or hash so my program shrinks?
-=item Binary Files
+=item How can I make my CGI script more efficient?
-=item File Locking
+=item How can I hide the source for my Perl program?
-=back
+=item How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How can I compile Perl into Java?
-=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
+=item How can I get C<#!perl> to work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?
-=item HISTORY
+=item Can I write useful Perl programs on the command line?
-=back
+=item Why don't Perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?
-=head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial
+=item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
-=over 4
+=item Where can I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]
-=item Part 1: The basics
+=item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in
+my C program; what am I doing wrong?
-=over 4
+=item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean?
-=item Simple word matching
+=item What's MakeMaker?
-=item Using character classes
+=back
-=item Matching this or that
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
+=back
-=item Extracting matches
+=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.56 $, $Date: 2004/11/03
+22:47:56 $)
-=item Matching repetitions
+=over 4
-=item Building a regexp
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Using regular expressions in Perl
+=item Data: Numbers
-=back
+=over 4
-=item Part 2: Power tools
+=item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
+numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
-=over 4
+=item Why is int() broken?
-=item More on characters, strings, and character classes
+=item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
-=item Compiling and saving regular expressions
+=item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()?
+Trig functions?
-=item Embedding comments and modifiers in a regular expression
+=item How do I convert between numeric representations/bases/radixes?
-=item Non-capturing groupings
+How do I convert hexadecimal into decimal, How do I convert from decimal to
+hexadecimal, How do I convert from octal to decimal, How do I convert from
+decimal to octal, How do I convert from binary to decimal, How do I convert
+from decimal to binary
-=item Looking ahead and looking behind
+=item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?
-=item Using independent subexpressions to prevent backtracking
+=item How do I multiply matrices?
-=item Conditional expressions
+=item How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
-=item A bit of magic: executing Perl code in a regular expression
+=item How can I output Roman numerals?
-=item Pragmas and debugging
+=item Why aren't my random numbers random?
+
+=item How do I get a random number between X and Y?
=back
-=item BUGS
+=item Data: Dates
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item How do I find the day or week of the year?
-=over 4
+=item How do I find the current century or millennium?
-=item Acknowledgments
+=item How can I compare two dates and find the difference?
-=back
+=item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
-=back
+=item How can I find the Julian Day?
-=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
+=item How do I find yesterday's date?
-=over 4
+=item Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-i, m, s, x
+=item Data: Strings
=over 4
-=item Regular Expressions
-
-cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
+=item How do I validate input?
-=item Extended Patterns
+=item How do I unescape a string?
-C<(?#text)>, C<(?imsx-imsx)>, C<(?:pattern)>, C<(?imsx-imsx:pattern)>,
-C<(?=pattern)>, C<(?!pattern)>, C<(?<=pattern)>, C<(?<!pattern)>, C<(?{
-code })>, C<(??{ code })>, C<< (?>pattern) >>,
-C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>, C<(?(condition)yes-pattern)>
+=item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
-=item Backtracking
+=item How do I expand function calls in a string?
-=item Version 8 Regular Expressions
+=item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
-=item Warning on \1 vs $1
+=item How do I reverse a string?
-=item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
+=item How do I expand tabs in a string?
-=item Combining pieces together
+=item How do I reformat a paragraph?
-C<ST>, C<S|T>, C<S{REPEAT_COUNT}>, C<S{min,max}>, C<S{min,max}?>, C<S?>,
-C<S*>, C<S+>, C<S??>, C<S*?>, C<S+?>, C<< (?>S) >>, C<(?=S)>, C<(?<=S)>,
-C<(?!S)>, C<(?<!S)>, C<(??{ EXPR })>,
-C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>
+=item How can I access or change N characters of a string?
-=item Creating custom RE engines
+=item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
-=back
+=item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
+string?
-=item BUGS
+=item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
+[character]?
-=back
+=item How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?
-=head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
+=item How do I pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?
-=over 4
+=item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
-=item NOTE
+=item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How can I expand variables in text strings?
-=over 4
+=item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
-=item Making References
+=item Why don't my E<lt>E<lt>HERE documents work?
-=item Using References
+There must be no space after the E<lt>E<lt> part, There (probably) should
+be a semicolon at the end, You can't (easily) have any space in front of
+the tag
-=item Symbolic references
+=back
-=item Not-so-symbolic references
+=item Data: Arrays
-=item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
+=over 4
-=item Function Templates
+=item What is the difference between a list and an array?
-=back
+=item What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?
-=item WARNING
+=item How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array?
-=item SEE ALSO
+a), b), c), d), e)
-=back
+=item How can I tell whether a certain element is contained in a list or
+array?
-=head2 perlform - Perl formats
+=item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
+intersection of two arrays?
-=over 4
+=item How do I test whether two arrays or hashes are equal?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
-=over 4
+=item How do I handle linked lists?
-=item Format Variables
+=item How do I handle circular lists?
-=back
+=item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
-=item NOTES
+=item How do I process/modify each element of an array?
-=over 4
+=item How do I select a random element from an array?
-=item Footers
+=item How do I permute N elements of a list?
-=item Accessing Formatting Internals
+=item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
-=back
+=item How do I manipulate arrays of bits?
-=item WARNINGS
+=item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
=back
-=head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial
+=item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I process an entire hash?
-=over 4
+=item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
+it?
-=item If we could talk to the animals...
+=item How do I look up a hash element by value?
-=item Introducing the method invocation arrow
+=item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
-=item Invoking a barnyard
+=item How do I sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
-=item The extra parameter of method invocation
+=item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
-=item Calling a second method to simplify things
+=item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
-=item Inheriting the windpipes
+=item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
-=item A few notes about @ISA
+=item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
-=item Overriding the methods
+=item How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
-=item Starting the search from a different place
+=item How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
-=item The SUPER way of doing things
+=item How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?
-=item Where we're at so far...
+=item Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create
+it?
-=item A horse is a horse, of course of course -- or is it?
+=item How can I make the Perl equivalent of a C structure/C++ class/hash or
+array of hashes or arrays?
-=item Invoking an instance method
+=item How can I use a reference as a hash key?
-=item Accessing the instance data
+=back
-=item How to build a horse
+=item Data: Misc
-=item Inheriting the constructor
+=over 4
-=item Making a method work with either classes or instances
+=item How do I handle binary data correctly?
-=item Adding parameters to a method
+=item How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?
-=item More interesting instances
+=item How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
-=item A horse of a different color
+=item How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?
-=item Summary
+=item How do I define methods for every class/object?
-=back
+=item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
=back
-=head2 perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl
+=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.31 $, $Date: 2004/02/07
+04:29:50 $)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Creating a Class
-
=over 4
-=item Object Representation
+=item How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this?
-=item Class Interface
+=item How do I change one line in a file/delete a line in a file/insert a
+line in the middle of a file/append to the beginning of a file?
-=item Constructors and Instance Methods
+=item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
-=item Planning for the Future: Better Constructors
+=item How can I use Perl's C<-i> option from within a program?
-=item Destructors
+=item How do I make a temporary file name?
-=item Other Object Methods
+=item How can I manipulate fixed-record-length files?
-=back
+=item How can I make a filehandle local to a subroutine? How do I pass
+filehandles between subroutines? How do I make an array of filehandles?
-=item Class Data
+=item How can I use a filehandle indirectly?
-=over 4
+=item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
-=item Accessing Class Data
+=item How can I write() into a string?
-=item Debugging Methods
+=item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
-=item Class Destructors
+=item How can I translate tildes (~) in a filename?
-=item Documenting the Interface
+=item How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?
-=back
+=item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use
+E<lt>*E<gt>?
-=item Aggregation
+=item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
-=item Inheritance
+=item How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing blanks?
-=over 4
+=item How can I reliably rename a file?
-=item Overridden Methods
+=item How can I lock a file?
-=item Multiple Inheritance
+=item Why can't I just open(FH, "E<gt>file.lock")?
-=item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects
+=item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in
+the file. How can I do this?
-=back
+=item All I want to do is append a small amount of text to the end of a
+file. Do I still have to use locking?
-=item Alternate Object Representations
+=item How do I randomly update a binary file?
-=over 4
+=item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
-=item Arrays as Objects
+=item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
-=item Closures as Objects
+=item How do I print to more than one file at once?
-=back
+=item How can I read in an entire file all at once?
-=item AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods
+=item How can I read in a file by paragraphs?
-=over 4
+=item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
-=item Autoloaded Data Methods
+=item How can I tell whether there's a character waiting on a filehandle?
-=item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods
+=item How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl?
-=back
+=item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
-=item Metaclassical Tools
+=item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
-=over 4
+=item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? Why doesn't
+`C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
-=item Class::Struct
+=item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
-=item Data Members as Variables
+=item Why does Perl let me delete read-only files? Why does C<-i> clobber
+protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl?
-=back
+=item How do I select a random line from a file?
-=item NOTES
+=item Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Object Terminology
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=head2 perlfaq6 - Regular Expressions ($Revision: 1.27 $, $Date: 2004/11/03
+22:52:16 $)
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=over 4
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Acknowledgments
-
-=back
+=item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
+and unmaintainable code?
-=back
+Comments Outside the Regex, Comments Inside the Regex, Different Delimiters
-=head2 perltooc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl
+=item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
-=over 4
+=item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
+different lines?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
-=item Class Data in a Can
+=item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS while preserving
+case on the RHS?
-=item Class Data as Package Variables
+=item How can I make C<\w> match national character sets?
-=over 4
+=item How can I match a locale-smart version of C</[a-zA-Z]/>?
-=item Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket
+=item How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?
-=item Inheritance Concerns
+=item What is C</o> really for?
-=item The Eponymous Meta-Object
+=item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
+file?
-=item Indirect References to Class Data
+=item Can I use Perl regular expressions to match balanced text?
-=item Monadic Classes
+=item What does it mean that regexes are greedy? How can I get around it?
-=item Translucent Attributes
+=item How do I process each word on each line?
-=back
+=item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
-=item Class Data as Lexical Variables
+=item How can I do approximate matching?
-=over 4
+=item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
-=item Privacy and Responsibility
+=item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
-=item File-Scoped Lexicals
+=item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
-=item More Inheritance Concerns
+=item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
-=item Locking the Door and Throwing Away the Key
+=item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
-=item Translucency Revisited
+=item What's wrong with using grep in a void context?
-=back
+=item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
-=item NOTES
+=item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=back
=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-
-=item HISTORY
-
=back
-=head2 perlobj - Perl objects
+=head2 perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.18 $, $Date:
+2004/11/03 22:54:08 $)
=over 4
=over 4
-=item An Object is Simply a Reference
+=item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
-=item A Class is Simply a Package
+=item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
+use them?
-=item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
+=item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
+commas?
-=item Method Invocation
+=item How do I skip some return values?
-=item Indirect Object Syntax
+=item How do I temporarily block warnings?
-=item Default UNIVERSAL methods
+=item What's an extension?
-isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+=item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
-=item Destructors
+=item How do I declare/create a structure?
-=item Summary
+=item How do I create a module?
-=item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
+=item How do I create a class?
-=back
+=item How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item What's a closure?
-=back
+=item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
-=head2 perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)
+=item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
+Regex}?
-=over 4
+Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexes,
+Passing Methods
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I create a static variable?
-=item OO SCALING TIPS
+=item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping?
+Between local() and my()?
-=item INSTANCE VARIABLES
+=item How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical
+is in scope?
-=item SCALAR INSTANCE VARIABLES
+=item What's the difference between deep and shallow binding?
-=item INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE
+=item Why doesn't "my($foo) = E<lt>FILEE<gt>;" work right?
-=item OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS
+=item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method?
-=item OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS
+=item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
-=item USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM
+=item How do I create a switch or case statement?
-=item THINKING OF CODE REUSE
+=item How can I catch accesses to undefined variables, functions, or
+methods?
-=item CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT
+=item Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
-=item INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR
+=item How can I find out my current package?
-=item DELEGATION
+=item How can I comment out a large block of perl code?
+
+=item How do I clear a package?
+
+=item How can I use a variable as a variable name?
+
+=item What does "bad interpreter" mean?
=back
-=head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=over 4
+=back
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.22 $, $Date: 2004/10/05
+22:13:49 $)
+
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Tying Scalars
+=item How do I find out which operating system I'm running under?
-TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, UNTIE this,
-DESTROY this
+=item How come exec() doesn't return?
-=item Tying Arrays
+=item How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?
-TIEARRAY classname, LIST, FETCH this, index, STORE this, index, value,
-FETCHSIZE this, STORESIZE this, count, EXTEND this, count, EXISTS this,
-key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, PUSH this, LIST, POP this, SHIFT this,
-UNSHIFT this, LIST, SPLICE this, offset, length, LIST, UNTIE this, DESTROY
-this
+Keyboard, Screen, Mouse
-=item Tying Hashes
+=item How do I print something out in color?
-USER, HOME, CLOBBER, LIST, TIEHASH classname, LIST, FETCH this, key, STORE
-this, key, value, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, EXISTS this, key, FIRSTKEY
-this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, UNTIE this, DESTROY this
+=item How do I read just one key without waiting for a return key?
-=item Tying FileHandles
+=item How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard?
-TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this,
-LIST, READ this, LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, UNTIE this,
-DESTROY this
+=item How do I clear the screen?
-=item UNTIE this
+=item How do I get the screen size?
-=item The C<untie> Gotcha
+=item How do I ask the user for a password?
-=back
+=item How do I read and write the serial port?
-=item SEE ALSO
+lockfiles, open mode, end of line, flushing output, non-blocking input
-=item BUGS
+=item How do I decode encrypted password files?
-=item AUTHOR
+=item How do I start a process in the background?
-=back
+STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR are shared, Signals, Zombies
-=head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
-safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
+=item How do I trap control characters/signals?
-=over 4
+=item How do I modify the shadow password file on a Unix system?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I set the time and date?
-=item Signals
+=item How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second?
-=item Named Pipes
+=item How can I measure time under a second?
-=over 4
+=item How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling)
-=item WARNING
+=item Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? What
+does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean?
-=back
+=item How can I call my system's unique C functions from Perl?
-=item Using open() for IPC
+=item Where do I get the include files to do ioctl() or syscall()?
-=over 4
+=item Why do setuid perl scripts complain about kernel problems?
-=item Filehandles
+=item How can I open a pipe both to and from a command?
-=item Background Processes
+=item Why can't I get the output of a command with system()?
-=item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
+=item How can I capture STDERR from an external command?
-=item Safe Pipe Opens
+=item Why doesn't open() return an error when a pipe open fails?
-=item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
+=item What's wrong with using backticks in a void context?
-=item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself
+=item How can I call backticks without shell processing?
-=back
+=item Why can't my script read from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix,
+^Z on MS-DOS)?
-=item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
+=item How can I convert my shell script to perl?
-=over 4
+=item Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session?
-=item Internet Line Terminators
+=item How can I write expect in Perl?
-=item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
+=item Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as
+"ps"?
-=item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
+=item I {changed directory, modified my environment} in a perl script. How
+come the change disappeared when I exited the script? How do I get my
+changes to be visible?
-=back
+Unix
-=item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
+=item How do I close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to
+complete?
-=over 4
+=item How do I fork a daemon process?
-=item A Simple Client
+=item How do I find out if I'm running interactively or not?
-C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
+=item How do I timeout a slow event?
-=item A Webget Client
+=item How do I set CPU limits?
-=item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
+=item How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system?
-=back
+=item How do I use an SQL database?
-=item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
+=item How do I make a system() exit on control-C?
-Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
+=item How do I open a file without blocking?
-=item UDP: Message Passing
+=item How do I tell the difference between errors from the shell and perl?
-=item SysV IPC
+=item How do I install a module from CPAN?
-=item NOTES
+=item What's the difference between require and use?
-=item BUGS
+=item How do I keep my own module/library directory?
-=item AUTHOR
+=item How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library
+search path?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How do I add a directory to my include path (@INC) at runtime?
+
+=item What is socket.ph and where do I get it?
=back
-=head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation (EXPERIMENTAL, subject to change)
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=over 4
+=back
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.16 $, $Date: 2004/10/30 12:20:59
+$)
+
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes
+=item What is the correct form of response from a CGI script?
-$$ or $PROCESS_ID, %ENV, chdir() and all other builtins that accept
-filenames, wait() and waitpid(), kill(), exec(), exit(), Open handles to
-files, directories and network sockets
+=item My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500
+Server Error)
-=item Resource limits
+=item How can I get better error messages from a CGI program?
-=item Killing the parent process
+=item How do I remove HTML from a string?
-=item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes
+=item How do I extract URLs?
-=item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS
+=item How do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a
+file on another machine?
-BEGIN blocks, Open filehandles, Forking pipe open() not yet implemented,
-Global state maintained by XSUBs, Interpreter embedded in larger
-application, Thread-safety of extensions
+=item How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?
-=back
+=item How do I fetch an HTML file?
-=item BUGS
+=item How do I automate an HTML form submission?
-=item AUTHOR
+=item How do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How do I redirect to another page?
-=back
+=item How do I put a password on my web pages?
-=head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
+=item How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?
-=over 4
+=item How do I make sure users can't enter values into a form that cause my
+CGI script to do bad things?
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item How do I parse a mail header?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I decode a CGI form?
-=item Storing numbers
+=item How do I check a valid mail address?
-=item Numeric operators and numeric conversions
+=item How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string?
-=item Flavors of Perl numeric operations
+=item How do I return the user's mail address?
-Arithmetic operators except, C<no integer>, Arithmetic operators except,
-C<use integer>, Bitwise operators, C<no integer>, Bitwise operators, C<use
-integer>, Operators which expect an integer, Operators which expect a
-string
+=item How do I send mail?
-=item AUTHOR
+=item How do I use MIME to make an attachment to a mail message?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How do I read mail?
-=back
+=item How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address?
-=head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl
+=item How do I fetch a news article or the active newsgroups?
-=over 4
+=item How do I fetch/put an FTP file?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How can I do RPC in Perl?
=back
-=head2 perlothrtut - old tutorial on threads in Perl
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=over 4
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax
-=item What Is A Thread Anyway?
+=over 4
-=item Threaded Program Models
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Boss/Worker
-
-=item Work Crew
+=item Declarations
-=item Pipeline
+=item Comments
-=back
+=item Simple Statements
-=item Native threads
+=item Truth and Falsehood
-=item What kind of threads are perl threads?
+=item Statement Modifiers
-=item Threadsafe Modules
+=item Compound Statements
-=item Thread Basics
+=item Loop Control
-=over 4
+=item For Loops
-=item Basic Thread Support
+=item Foreach Loops
-=item Creating Threads
+=item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
-=item Giving up control
+=item Goto
-=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
+=item PODs: Embedded Documentation
-=item Errors In Threads
+=item Plain Old Comments (Not!)
-=item Ignoring A Thread
+=back
=back
-=item Threads And Data
+=head2 perldata - Perl data types
=over 4
-=item Shared And Unshared Data
-
-=item Thread Pitfall: Races
-
-=item Controlling access: lock()
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
+=over 4
-=item Queues: Passing Data Around
+=item Variable names
-=back
+=item Context
-=item Threads And Code
+=item Scalar values
-=over 4
+=item Scalar value constructors
-=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
+=item List value constructors
-Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
+=item Subscripts
-=item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines
+=item Slices
-=item Subroutine Locks
+=item Typeglobs and Filehandles
-=item Methods
+=back
-=item Locking A Subroutine
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item General Thread Utility Routines
+=head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
=over 4
-=item What Thread Am I In?
-
-=item Thread IDs
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Are These Threads The Same?
+=over 4
-=item What Threads Are Running?
+=item Operator Precedence and Associativity
-=back
+=item Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
-=item A Complete Example
+=item The Arrow Operator
-=item Conclusion
+=item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
-=item Bibliography
+=item Exponentiation
-=over 4
+=item Symbolic Unary Operators
-=item Introductory Texts
+=item Binding Operators
-=item OS-Related References
+=item Multiplicative Operators
-=item Other References
+=item Additive Operators
-=back
+=item Shift Operators
-=item Acknowledgements
+=item Named Unary Operators
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Relational Operators
-=item Copyrights
+=item Equality Operators
-=back
+=item Bitwise And
-=head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl
+=item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
-=over 4
+=item C-style Logical And
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item C-style Logical Or
-Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is>
-portable
+=item C-style Logical Defined-Or
-=item ISSUES
+=item Range Operators
-=over 4
+=item Conditional Operator
-=item Newlines
+=item Assignment Operators
-=item Numbers endianness and Width
+=item Comma Operator
-=item Files and Filesystems
+=item List Operators (Rightward)
-=item System Interaction
+=item Logical Not
-=item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
+=item Logical And
-=item External Subroutines (XS)
+=item Logical or, Defined or, and Exclusive Or
-=item Standard Modules
+=item C Operators Missing From Perl
-=item Time and Date
+unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
-=item Character sets and character encoding
+=item Quote and Quote-like Operators
-=item Internationalisation
+=item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
-=item System Resources
-
-=item Security
-
-=item Style
+?PATTERN?, m/PATTERN/cgimosx, /PATTERN/cgimosx, q/STRING/, C<'STRING'>,
+qq/STRING/, "STRING", qr/STRING/imosx, qx/STRING/, `STRING`, qw/STRING/,
+s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/egimosx, tr/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds,
+y/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds, <<EOF
-=back
+=item Gory details of parsing quoted constructs
-=item CPAN Testers
+Finding the end, Removal of backslashes before delimiters, Interpolation,
+C<<<'EOF'>, C<m''>, C<s'''>, C<tr///>, C<y///>, C<''>, C<q//>, C<"">,
+C<``>, C<qq//>, C<qx//>, C<< <file*glob> >>, C<?RE?>, C</RE/>, C<m/RE/>,
+C<s/RE/foo/>,, Interpolation of regular expressions, Optimization of
+regular expressions
-Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
-http://testers.cpan.org/
+=item I/O Operators
-=item PLATFORMS
+=item Constant Folding
-=over 4
+=item No-ops
-=item Unix
+=item Bitwise String Operators
-=item DOS and Derivatives
+=item Integer Arithmetic
-=item S<Mac OS>
+=item Floating-point Arithmetic
-=item VMS
+=item Bigger Numbers
-=item VOS
+=back
-=item EBCDIC Platforms
+=back
-=item Acorn RISC OS
+=head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
-=item Other perls
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
+=item Private Variables via my()
--I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, alarm SECONDS, alarm, binmode
-FILEHANDLE, chmod LIST, chown LIST, chroot FILENAME, chroot, crypt
-PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MODE, dump LABEL, exec
-LIST, fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork,
-getlogin, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME,
-getgrnam NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getnetbyaddr
-ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER, getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent,
-getgrent, gethostent, getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, setpwent,
-setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN,
-setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent, endhostent, endnetent,
-endprotoent, endservent, exit EXPR, exit, getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,
-glob EXPR, glob, ioctl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, kill SIGNAL, LIST, link
-OLDFILE,NEWFILE, lstat FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR, lstat, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG,
-msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, open
-FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, readlink
-EXPR, readlink, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG,
-semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, setgrent, setpgrp PID,PGRP,
-setpriority WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setpwent, setsockopt
-SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS,
-shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, sockatmark SOCKET,
-socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, stat FILEHANDLE, stat
-EXPR, stat, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
-FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, system LIST, times, truncate
-FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, umask EXPR, umask, utime LIST,
-wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS
+=item Persistent Private Variables
-=back
+=item Temporary Values via local()
-=item CHANGES
+=item Lvalue subroutines
-v1.48, 02 February 2001, v1.47, 22 March 2000, v1.46, 12 February 2000,
-v1.45, 20 December 1999, v1.44, 19 July 1999, v1.43, 24 May 1999, v1.42, 22
-May 1999, v1.41, 19 May 1999, v1.40, 11 April 1999, v1.39, 11 February
-1999, v1.38, 31 December 1998, v1.37, 19 December 1998, v1.36, 9 September
-1998, v1.35, 13 August 1998, v1.33, 06 August 1998, v1.32, 05 August 1998,
-v1.30, 03 August 1998, v1.23, 10 July 1998
+Lvalue subroutines are EXPERIMENTAL
-=item Supported Platforms
+=item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item When to Still Use local()
-=item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
+=item Pass by Reference
-=item VERSION
+=item Prototypes
-=back
+=item Constant Functions
-=head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
-localization)
+=item Overriding Built-in Functions
-=over 4
+=item Autoloading
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Subroutine Attributes
-=item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
+=back
-=item USING LOCALES
+=item SEE ALSO
-=over 4
+=back
-=item The use locale pragma
+=head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
-=item The setlocale function
+=over 4
-=item Finding locales
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item LOCALE PROBLEMS
+=over 4
-=item Temporarily fixing locale problems
+=item Perl Functions by Category
-=item Permanently fixing locale problems
+Functions for SCALARs or strings, Regular expressions and pattern matching,
+Numeric functions, Functions for real @ARRAYs, Functions for list data,
+Functions for real %HASHes, Input and output functions, Functions for fixed
+length data or records, Functions for filehandles, files, or directories,
+Keywords related to the control flow of your perl program, Keywords related
+to scoping, Miscellaneous functions, Functions for processes and process
+groups, Keywords related to perl modules, Keywords related to classes and
+object-orientedness, Low-level socket functions, System V interprocess
+communication functions, Fetching user and group info, Fetching network
+info, Time-related functions, Functions new in perl5, Functions obsoleted
+in perl5
-=item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
+=item Portability
-=item Fixing system locale configuration
+=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
-=item The localeconv function
+-I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, abs VALUE, abs, accept
+NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, alarm, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME,
+binmode FILEHANDLE, LAYER, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME, bless
+REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE, chomp(
+LIST ), chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop( LIST ), chop, chown LIST, chr NUMBER,
+chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot, close FILEHANDLE, close, closedir DIRHANDLE,
+connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, cos, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT,
+dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR, defined, delete
+EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR, dump LABEL, dump,
+each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval BLOCK, exec LIST,
+exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp, fcntl
+FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION,
+fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE, getc, getlogin,
+getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam
+NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getprotobyname
+NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr
+ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER,
+getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostent, getnetent,
+getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent
+STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent,
+endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockname SOCKET,
+getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL,
+goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex,
+import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl
+FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST,
+last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc, lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length,
+link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR,
+lock THING, log EXPR, log, lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK LIST, map
+EXPR,LIST, mkdir FILENAME,MASK, mkdir FILENAME, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget
+KEY,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, my EXPR, my
+TYPE EXPR, my EXPR : ATTRS, my TYPE EXPR : ATTRS, next LABEL, next, no
+Module VERSION LIST, no Module VERSION, no Module LIST, no Module, oct
+EXPR, oct, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR, open
+FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR,LIST, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,REFERENCE, open FILEHANDLE,
+opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord EXPR, ord, our EXPR, our EXPR TYPE, our EXPR :
+ATTRS, our TYPE EXPR : ATTRS, pack TEMPLATE,LIST, package NAMESPACE,
+package, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop ARRAY, pop, pos SCALAR, pos,
+print FILEHANDLE LIST, print LIST, print, printf FILEHANDLE FORMAT, LIST,
+printf FORMAT, LIST, prototype FUNCTION, push ARRAY,LIST, q/STRING/,
+qq/STRING/, qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, quotemeta EXPR, quotemeta,
+rand EXPR, rand, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR,
+readlink, readpipe EXPR, recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo,
+ref EXPR, ref, rename OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR,
+require, reset EXPR, reset, return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir
+DIRHANDLE, rindex STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME,
+rmdir, s///, scalar EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir
+DIRHANDLE,POS, select FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT,
+semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send
+SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority
+WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY,
+shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE,
+shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep
+EXPR, sleep, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, socketpair
+SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort BLOCK LIST,
+sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,
+splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split /PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split
+/PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf FORMAT, LIST, format
+parameter index, flags, vector flag, (minimum) width, precision, or maximum
+width, size, order of arguments, sqrt EXPR, sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat
+FILEHANDLE, stat EXPR, stat, study SCALAR, study, sub NAME BLOCK, sub NAME
+(PROTO) BLOCK, sub NAME : ATTRS BLOCK, sub NAME (PROTO) : ATTRS BLOCK,
+substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr
+EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall NUMBER, LIST, sysopen
+FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek
+FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,
+syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie
+VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate
+FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR,
+ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack
+TEMPLATE,EXPR, unpack TEMPLATE, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use
+Module VERSION LIST, use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use
+VERSION, utime LIST, values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid
+PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y///
-=item I18N::Langinfo
+=back
=back
-=item LOCALE CATEGORIES
+=head2 perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl
=over 4
-=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
+=item Open E<agrave> la shell
-=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
+=over 4
-=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
+=item Simple Opens
-=item LC_TIME
+=item Indirect Filehandles
-=item Other categories
+=item Pipe Opens
-=back
+=item The Minus File
-=item SECURITY
+=item Mixing Reads and Writes
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=item Filters
-PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
-LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
+=back
-=item NOTES
+=item Open E<agrave> la C
=over 4
-=item Backward compatibility
-
-=item I18N:Collate obsolete
-
-=item Sort speed and memory use impacts
-
-=item write() and LC_NUMERIC
-
-=item Freely available locale definitions
-
-=item I18n and l10n
-
-=item An imperfect standard
+=item Permissions E<agrave> la mode
=back
-=item BUGS
+=item Obscure Open Tricks
=over 4
-=item Broken systems
-
-=back
+=item Re-Opening Files (dups)
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Dispelling the Dweomer
-=item HISTORY
+=item Paths as Opens
-=back
+=item Single Argument Open
-=head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
+=item Playing with STDIN and STDOUT
-=over 4
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Other I/O Issues
=over 4
-=item Important Caveats
-
-Input and Output Disciplines, Regular Expressions, C<use utf8> still needed
-to enable UTF-8/UTF-EBCDIC in scripts
+=item Opening Non-File Files
-=item Byte and Character semantics
+=item Opening Named Pipes
-=item Effects of character semantics
+=item Opening Sockets
-=item Scripts
+=item Binary Files
-=item Blocks
+=item File Locking
-=item Character encodings for input and output
+=item IO Layers
=back
-=item CAVEATS
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item UNICODE REGULAR EXPRESSION SUPPORT LEVEL
+=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=head2 perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
+=head2 perlpacktut - tutorial on C<pack> and C<unpack>
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item COMMON CHARACTER CODE SETS
+=item The Basic Principle
+
+=item Packing Text
+
+=item Packing Numbers
=over 4
-=item ASCII
+=item Integers
-=item ISO 8859
+=item Unpacking a Stack Frame
-=item Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1)
+=item How to Eat an Egg on a Net
-=item EBCDIC
+=item Byte-order modifiers
-=item 13 variant characters
+=item Floating point Numbers
-=item 0037
+=back
-=item 1047
+=item Exotic Templates
-=item POSIX-BC
+=over 4
-=item Unicode and UTF
+=item Bit Strings
-=back
+=item Uuencoding
-=item SINGLE OCTET TABLES
+=item Doing Sums
-recipe 0, recipe 1, recipe 2, recipe 3, recipe 4, recipe 5, recipe 6
+=item Unicode
-=item IDENTIFYING CHARACTER CODE SETS
+=item Another Portable Binary Encoding
-=item CONVERSIONS
+=back
+
+=item Template Grouping
+
+=item Lengths and Widths
=over 4
-=item tr///
+=item String Lengths
-=item iconv
+=item Dynamic Templates
-=item C RTL
+=item Counting Repetitions
=back
-=item OPERATOR DIFFERENCES
+=item Packing and Unpacking C Structures
-=item FUNCTION DIFFERENCES
+=over 4
-chr(), ord(), pack(), print(), printf(), sort(), sprintf(), unpack()
+=item The Alignment Pit
-=item REGULAR EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES
+=item Dealing with Endian-ness
-=item SOCKETS
+=item Alignment, Take 2
-=item SORTING
+=item Alignment, Take 3
-=over 4
+=item Pointers for How to Use Them
-=item Ignore ASCII vs. EBCDIC sort differences.
+=back
-=item MONO CASE then sort data.
+=item Pack Recipes
-=item Convert, sort data, then re convert.
+=item Funnies Section
-=item Perform sorting on one type of machine only.
+=item Authors
=back
-=item TRANSFORMATION FORMATS
+=head2 perlpod - the Plain Old Documentation format
=over 4
-=item URL decoding and encoding
-
-=item uu encoding and decoding
-
-=item Quoted-Printable encoding and decoding
-
-=item Caesarian ciphers
-
-=back
-
-=item Hashing order and checksums
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item I18N AND L10N
+=over 4
-=item MULTI OCTET CHARACTER SETS
+=item Ordinary Paragraph
-=item OS ISSUES
+=item Verbatim Paragraph
-=over 4
+=item Command Paragraph
-=item OS/400
+C<=head1 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head2 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head3 I<Heading
+Text>>, C<=head4 I<Heading Text>>, C<=over I<indentlevel>>, C<=item
+I<stuff...>>, C<=back>, C<=cut>, C<=pod>, C<=begin I<formatname>>, C<=end
+I<formatname>>, C<=for I<formatname> I<text...>>, C<=encoding
+I<encodingname>>
-IFS access
+=item Formatting Codes
-=item OS/390, z/OS
+C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
+C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
+C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- used
+for filenames, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text contains non-breaking spaces,
+C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a null
+(zero-effect) formatting code
-chcp, dataset access, OS/390, z/OS iconv, locales
+=item The Intent
-=item VM/ESA?
+=item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
-=item POSIX-BC?
+=item Hints for Writing Pod
=back
-=item BUGS
-
=item SEE ALSO
-=item REFERENCES
-
-=item HISTORY
-
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlsec - Perl security
+=head2 perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and
+notes
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item Pod Definitions
-=item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
+=item Pod Commands
-=item Switches On the "#!" Line
+"=head1", "=head2", "=head3", "=head4", "=pod", "=cut", "=over", "=item",
+"=back", "=begin formatname", "=end formatname", "=for formatname text...",
+"=encoding encodingname"
-=item Cleaning Up Your Path
+=item Pod Formatting Codes
-=item Security Bugs
+C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
+C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- style for
+filenames, C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a
+null (zero-effect) formatting code, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
+C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text
+contains non-breaking spaces
-=item Protecting Your Programs
+=item Notes on Implementing Pod Processors
-=back
+=item About LE<lt>...E<gt> Codes
+
+First:, Second:, Third:, Fourth:, Fifth:, Sixth:
+
+=item About =over...=back Regions
+
+=item About Data Paragraphs and "=begin/=end" Regions
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
+=head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Packages
+=item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems
-=item Symbol Tables
+OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS
-=item Package Constructors and Destructors
+=item Location of Perl
-=item Perl Classes
+=item Command Switches
-=item Perl Modules
+B<-0>[I<octal/hexadecimal>], B<-A [I<assertions>]>, B<-a>, B<-C
+[I<number/list>]>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-dt>, B<-d:>I<foo[=bar,baz]>,
+B<-dt:>I<foo[=bar,baz]>, B<-D>I<letters>, B<-D>I<number>, B<-e>
+I<commandline>, B<-F>I<pattern>, B<-h>, B<-i>[I<extension>],
+B<-I>I<directory>, B<-l>[I<octnum>], B<-m>[B<->]I<module>,
+B<-M>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<'module ...'>,
+B<-[mM]>[B<->]I<module=arg[,arg]...>, B<-n>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-s>, B<-S>,
+B<-t>, B<-T>, B<-u>, B<-U>, B<-v>, B<-V>, B<-V:>I<configvar>, B<-w>, B<-W>,
+B<-X>, B<-x>, B<-x> I<directory>
-=item Making your module threadsafe
+=back
+
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5OPT, PERLIO, :bytes, :crlf, :mmap,
+:perlio, :pop, :raw, :stdio, :unix, :utf8, :win32, PERLIO_DEBUG, PERLLIB,
+PERL5DB, PERL5DB_THREADED, PERL5SHELL (specific to the Win32 port),
+PERL_ALLOW_NON_IFS_LSP (specific to the Win32 port), PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS,
+PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL, PERL_DL_NONLAZY, PERL_ENCODING, PERL_HASH_SEED,
+PERL_HASH_SEED_DEBUG, PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port), PERL_SIGNALS,
+PERL_UNICODE, SYS$LOGIN (specific to the VMS port)
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
+=head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings
=over 4
=over 4
-=item PREAMBLE
+=item Default Warnings and Optional Warnings
-B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
-module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
+=item What's wrong with B<-w> and C<$^W>
+
+=item Controlling Warnings from the Command Line
+
+B<-w>, B<-W>, B<-X>
+
+=item Backward Compatibility
+
+=item Category Hierarchy
+
+=item Fatal Warnings
+
+=item Reporting Warnings from a Module
=back
-=item PORTABILITY
+=item TODO
-=item HEY
+=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHOR
-=item COPYRIGHT
-
=back
-=head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
+=head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
+=item The Perl Debugger
=over 4
-=item Pragmatic Modules
+=item Debugger Commands
+
+h, h [command], h h, p expr, x [maxdepth] expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], y
+[level [vars]], T, s [expr], n [expr], r, <CR>, c [line|sub], l, l
+min+incr, l min-max, l line, l subname, -, v [line], f filename, /pattern/,
+?pattern?, L [abw], S [[!]regex], t, t expr, b, b [line] [condition], b
+subname [condition], b postpone subname [condition], b load filename, b
+compile subname, B line, B *, a [line] command, A line, A *, w expr, W
+expr, W *, o, o booloption .., o anyoption? .., o option=value .., < ?, < [
+command ], < *, << command, > ?, > command, > *, >> command, { ?, { [
+command ], { *, {{ command, ! number, ! -number, ! pattern, !! cmd, source
+file, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, M, man
+[manpage]
-attributes, attrs, autouse, base, blib, bytes, charnames, constant,
-diagnostics, fields, filetest, integer, less, locale, open, ops, overload,
-re, sigtrap, strict, subs, threads, utf8, vars, warnings,
-warnings::register
+=item Configurable Options
-=item Standard Modules
+C<recallCommand>, C<ShellBang>, C<pager>, C<tkRunning>, C<signalLevel>,
+C<warnLevel>, C<dieLevel>, C<AutoTrace>, C<LineInfo>, C<inhibit_exit>,
+C<PrintRet>, C<ornaments>, C<frame>, C<maxTraceLen>, C<windowSize>,
+C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<dumpDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>,
+C<globPrint>, C<DumpDBFiles>, C<DumpPackages>, C<DumpReused>, C<quote>,
+C<HighBit>, C<undefPrint>, C<UsageOnly>, C<TTY>, C<noTTY>, C<ReadLine>,
+C<NonStop>
-AnyDBM_File, Attribute::Handlers, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, B, B::Asmdata,
-B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Concise, B::Debug,
-B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj, B::Stash,
-B::Terse, B::Xref, Benchmark, ByteLoader, CGI, CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp,
-CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push, CGI::Switch, CGI::Util,
-CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, Carp::Heavy, Class::ISA,
-Class::Struct, Cwd, DB, DB_File, Devel::SelfStubber, Digest, DirHandle,
-Dumpvalue, Encode, Encode::EncodeFormat, Encode::Tcl, English, Env,
-Exporter, Exporter::Heavy, ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Constant,
-ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install, ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist,
-ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin, ExtUtils::MM_NW5, ExtUtils::MM_OS2, ExtUtils::MM_Unix,
-ExtUtils::MM_VMS, ExtUtils::MM_Win32, ExtUtils::MakeMaker,
-ExtUtils::Manifest, ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists,
-ExtUtils::Packlist, ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, Fcntl, File::Basename,
-File::CheckTree, File::Compare, File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find,
-File::Path, File::Spec, File::Spec::Epoc, File::Spec::Functions,
-File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Unix, File::Spec::VMS,
-File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp, File::stat, FileCache, FileHandle,
-Filter::Simple, FindBin, Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, I18N::Collate,
-I18N::LangTags, I18N::LangTags::List, IO, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3,
-Lingua::KO::Hangul::Util, Locale::Constants, Locale::Country,
-Locale::Currency, Locale::Language, Locale::Maketext,
-Locale::Maketext::TPJ13, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt, Math::BigInt::Calc,
-Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Memoize, Memoize::AnyDBM_File, Memoize::Expire,
-Memoize::ExpireFile, Memoize::ExpireTest, Memoize::NDBM_File,
-Memoize::SDBM_File, Memoize::Saves, Memoize::Storable, NDBM_File, NEXT,
-Net::Cmd, Net::Config, Net::Domain, Net::FTP, Net::NNTP, Net::Netrc,
-Net::POP3, Net::Ping, Net::SMTP, Net::Time, Net::hostent, Net::libnetFAQ,
-Net::netent, Net::protoent, Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, POSIX,
-PerlIO, Pod::Checker, Pod::Find, Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::LaTeX,
-Pod::Man, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Parser, Pod::Plainer, Pod::Select,
-Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color, Pod::Text::Overstrike, Pod::Text::Termcap,
-Pod::Usage, SDBM_File, Safe, Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell,
-Socket, Storable, Switch, Symbol, Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap,
-Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test, Test::Harness, Test::More,
-Test::Simple, Test::Tutorial, Text::Abbrev, Text::Balanced,
-Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs, Text::Wrap, Tie::Array,
-Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::RefHash, Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash,
-Time::Local, Time::gmtime, Time::localtime, Time::tm, UNIVERSAL,
-Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize, Unicode::UCD, User::grent,
-User::pwent, Win32
+=item Debugger input/output
-=item Extension Modules
+Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame
+listing
-=back
+=item Debugging compile-time statements
-=item CPAN
+=item Debugger Customization
-=over 4
+=item Readline Support
-=item Africa
+=item Editor Support for Debugging
-=item Asia
+=item The Perl Profiler
-=item Central America
+=back
-=item Europe
+=item Debugging regular expressions
-=item North America
+=item Debugging memory usage
-=item Oceania
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item South America
+=item BUGS
=back
-=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
+=head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
=over 4
-=item Guidelines for Module Creation
+=item DESCRIPTION
-Adding a Copyright Notice
+=over 4
-=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
+=item Predefined Names
-=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
+$ARG, $_, $a, $b, $<I<digits>>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $',
+$LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, $^N, @LAST_MATCH_END, @+,
+HANDLE->input_line_number(EXPR), $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER, $NR, $,
+IO::Handle->input_record_separator(EXPR), $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $RS, $/,
+HANDLE->autoflush(EXPR), $OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH, $|,
+IO::Handle->output_field_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR, $OFS, $,,
+IO::Handle->output_record_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $ORS,
+$\, $LIST_SEPARATOR, $", $SUBSCRIPT_SEPARATOR, $SUBSEP, $;, $#,
+HANDLE->format_page_number(EXPR), $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER, $%,
+HANDLE->format_lines_per_page(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE, $=,
+HANDLE->format_lines_left(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_LEFT, $-, @LAST_MATCH_START,
+@-, C<$`> is the same as C<substr($var, 0, $-[0])>, C<$&> is the same as
+C<substr($var, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0])>, C<$'> is the same as C<substr($var,
+$+[0])>, C<$1> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1])>, C<$2>
+is the same as C<substr($var, $-[2], $+[2] - $-[2])>, C<$3> is the same as
+C<substr $var, $-[3], $+[3] - $-[3])>, HANDLE->format_name(EXPR),
+$FORMAT_NAME, $~, HANDLE->format_top_name(EXPR), $FORMAT_TOP_NAME, $^,
+IO::Handle->format_line_break_characters EXPR,
+$FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS, $:, IO::Handle->format_formfeed EXPR,
+$FORMAT_FORMFEED, $^L, $ACCUMULATOR, $^A, $CHILD_ERROR, $?, ${^ENCODING},
+$OS_ERROR, $ERRNO, $!, %!, $EXTENDED_OS_ERROR, $^E, $EVAL_ERROR, $@,
+$PROCESS_ID, $PID, $$, $REAL_USER_ID, $UID, $<, $EFFECTIVE_USER_ID, $EUID,
+$>, $REAL_GROUP_ID, $GID, $(, $EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID, $EGID, $),
+$PROGRAM_NAME, $0, $[, $], $COMPILING, $^C, $DEBUGGING, $^D,
+$SYSTEM_FD_MAX, $^F, $^H, %^H, $INPLACE_EDIT, $^I, $^M, $OSNAME, $^O,
+${^OPEN}, $PERLDB, $^P, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80,
+0x100, 0x200, 0x400, $LAST_REGEXP_CODE_RESULT, $^R,
+$EXCEPTIONS_BEING_CAUGHT, $^S, $BASETIME, $^T, ${^TAINT}, ${^UNICODE},
+$PERL_VERSION, $^V, $WARNING, $^W, ${^WARNING_BITS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X,
+ARGV, $ARGV, @ARGV, ARGVOUT, @F, @INC, @_, %INC, %ENV, $ENV{expr}, %SIG,
+$SIG{expr}
+
+=item Error Indicators
+
+=item Technical Note on the Syntax of Variable Names
=back
-=item NOTE
+=item BUGS
=back
-=head2 perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide
+=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
=over 4
-=item INTRODUCTION
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item QUICK CHECKLIST
+i, m, s, x
=over 4
-=item Before you start
+=item Regular Expressions
-=item The API
+[1], [2], [3], cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
-=item Stability
+=item Extended Patterns
-=item Documentation
+C<(?#text)>, C<(?imsx-imsx)>, C<(?:pattern)>, C<(?imsx-imsx:pattern)>,
+C<(?=pattern)>, C<(?!pattern)>, C<(?<=pattern)>, C<(?<!pattern)>, C<(?{
+code })>, C<(??{ code })>, C<< (?>pattern) >>,
+C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>, C<(?(condition)yes-pattern)>
-=item Release considerations
+=item Backtracking
-=back
+=item Version 8 Regular Expressions
-=item BEFORE YOU START WRITING A MODULE
+=item Warning on \1 vs $1
-=over 4
+=item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
-=item Has it been done before?
+=item Combining pieces together
-=item Do one thing and do it well
+C<ST>, C<S|T>, C<S{REPEAT_COUNT}>, C<S{min,max}>, C<S{min,max}?>, C<S?>,
+C<S*>, C<S+>, C<S??>, C<S*?>, C<S+?>, C<< (?>S) >>, C<(?=S)>, C<(?<=S)>,
+C<(?!S)>, C<(?<!S)>, C<(??{ EXPR })>,
+C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>
-=item What's in a name?
+=item Creating custom RE engines
=back
-=item DESIGNING AND WRITING YOUR MODULE
+=item BUGS
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item To OO or not to OO?
+=back
-=item Designing your API
+=head2 perlreref - Perl Regular Expressions Reference
-Write simple routines to do simple things, Separate functionality from
-output, Provide sensible shortcuts and defaults, Naming conventions,
-Parameter passing
+=over 4
-=item Strictness and warnings
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Backwards compatibility
+=over 4
-=item Error handling and messages
+=item OPERATORS
-=back
+=item SYNTAX
-=item DOCUMENTING YOUR MODULE
+=item ESCAPE SEQUENCES
-=over 4
-
-=item POD
-
-=item README, INSTALL, release notes, changelogs
-
-=back
-
-=item RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS
+=item CHARACTER CLASSES
-=over 4
+=item ANCHORS
-=item Version numbering
+=item QUANTIFIERS
-=item Pre-requisites
+=item EXTENDED CONSTRUCTS
-=item Testing
+=item VARIABLES
-=item Packaging
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=item Licensing
+=item TERMINOLOGY
=back
-=item COMMON PITFALLS
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Reinventing the wheel
-
-=item Trying to do too much
-
-=item Inappropriate documentation
-
-=back
+=item AUTHOR
=item SEE ALSO
-L<perlstyle>, L<perlnewmod>, L<perlpod>, L<podchecker>, Testing tools,
-http://pause.perl.org/, Any good book on software engineering
-
-=item AUTHOR
+=item THANKS
=back
-=head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
+=head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
=over 4
+=item NOTE
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Warning
-
-=item What should I make into a module?
-
-=item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground
+=item Making References
-Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again
+=item Using References
-=item Step-by-step: Making the module
+=item Symbolic references
-Start with F<h2xs>, Use L<strict|strict> and L<warnings|warnings>, Use
-L<Carp|Carp>, Use L<Exporter|Exporter> - wisely!, Use L<plain old
-documentation|perlpod>, Write tests, Write the README
+=item Not-so-symbolic references
-=item Step-by-step: Distributing your module
+=item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
-Get a CPAN user ID, C<perl Makefile.PL; make test; make dist>, Upload the
-tarball, Announce to the modules list, Announce to clpa, Fix bugs!
+=item Function Templates
=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item WARNING
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.2 $, $Date:
-2001/11/09 08:06:04 $)
+=head2 perlform - Perl formats
=over 4
=over 4
-=item What is Perl?
+=item Text Fields
-=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
+=item Numeric Fields
-=item Which version of Perl should I use?
+=item The Field @* for Variable Width Multi-Line Text
-=item What are perl4 and perl5?
+=item The Field ^* for Variable Width One-line-at-a-time Text
-=item What is perl6?
+=item Specifying Values
-=item How stable is Perl?
+=item Using Fill Mode
-=item Is Perl difficult to learn?
+=item Suppressing Lines Where All Fields Are Void
-=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
-Scheme, or Tcl?
+=item Repeating Format Lines
-=item Can I do [task] in Perl?
+=item Top of Form Processing
-=item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
+=item Format Variables
-=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
+=back
-=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
+=item NOTES
-=item What is a JAPH?
+=over 4
-=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
+=item Footers
-=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
-5/5.005/Perl instead of some other language?
+=item Accessing Formatting Internals
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item WARNINGS
=back
-=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.3 $,
-$Date: 2001/11/09 08:06:04 $)
+=head2 perlobj - Perl objects
=over 4
=over 4
-=item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
-
-=item How can I get a binary version of Perl?
-
-=item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
-
-=item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts
-don't work.
-
-=item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic
-loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
-
-=item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
-What does CPAN/src/... mean?
-
-=item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?
-
-=item Where can I get information on Perl?
-
-=item What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?
-
-=item Where should I post source code?
+=item An Object is Simply a Reference
-=item Perl Books
+=item A Class is Simply a Package
-References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics
+=item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
-=item Perl in Magazines
+=item Method Invocation
-=item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
+=item Indirect Object Syntax
-=item What mailing lists are there for Perl?
+=item Default UNIVERSAL methods
-=item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
+isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
-=item Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
+=item Destructors
-=item Where do I send bug reports?
+=item Summary
-=item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org?
+=item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.9 $, $Date: 2001/11/09
-08:06:04 $)
+=head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item How do I do (anything)?
+=item Tying Scalars
-=item How can I use Perl interactively?
+TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, UNTIE this,
+DESTROY this
-=item Is there a Perl shell?
+=item Tying Arrays
-=item How do I debug my Perl programs?
+TIEARRAY classname, LIST, FETCH this, index, STORE this, index, value,
+FETCHSIZE this, STORESIZE this, count, EXTEND this, count, EXISTS this,
+key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, PUSH this, LIST, POP this, SHIFT this,
+UNSHIFT this, LIST, SPLICE this, offset, length, LIST, UNTIE this, DESTROY
+this
-=item How do I profile my Perl programs?
+=item Tying Hashes
-=item How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
+USER, HOME, CLOBBER, LIST, TIEHASH classname, LIST, FETCH this, key, STORE
+this, key, value, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, EXISTS this, key, FIRSTKEY
+this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, SCALAR this, UNTIE this, DESTROY this
-=item Is there a pretty-printer (formatter) for Perl?
+=item Tying FileHandles
-=item Is there a ctags for Perl?
+TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this,
+LIST, READ this, LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, UNTIE this,
+DESTROY this
-=item Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor?
+=item UNTIE this
-Komodo, The Object System, Open Perl IDE, PerlBuilder, visiPerl+,
-CodeMagicCD, GNU Emacs, MicroEMACS, XEmacs, Elvis, Vile, Vim, Codewright,
-MultiEdit, SlickEdit, Bash, Ksh, Tcsh, Zsh, BBEdit and BBEdit Lite, Alpha
+=item The C<untie> Gotcha
-=item Where can I get Perl macros for vi?
+=back
-=item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How can I use curses with Perl?
+=item BUGS
-=item How can I use X or Tk with Perl?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item How can I generate simple menus without using CGI or Tk?
+=back
-=item What is undump?
+=head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
-=item How can I make my Perl program run faster?
+=over 4
-=item How can I make my Perl program take less memory?
+=item SYNOPSIS
-Don't slurp!, Use map and grep selectively, Avoid unnecessary quotes and
-stringification, Pass by reference, Tie large variables to disk
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Is it unsafe to return a pointer to local data?
+B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
+B<filter_fetch_value>
-=item How can I free an array or hash so my program shrinks?
+=over 4
-=item How can I make my CGI script more efficient?
+=item The Filter
-=item How can I hide the source for my Perl program?
+=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
-=item How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
+=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
-=item How can I compile Perl into Java?
+=back
-=item How can I get C<#!perl> to work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Can I write useful Perl programs on the command line?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Why don't Perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?
+=back
-=item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
+=head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
+safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
-=item Where can I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
+=over 4
-=item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in
-my C program; what am I doing wrong?
+=item Signals
-=item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it
-mean?
+=over 4
-=item What's MakeMaker?
+=item Handling the SIGHUP Signal in Daemons
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Named Pipes
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.8 $, $Date: 2001/11/09
-08:06:04 $)
+=item Deferred Signals (Safe Signals)
-=over 4
+Long running opcodes, Interrupting IO, Restartable system calls, Signals as
+"faults", Signals triggered by operating system state
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-=item Data: Numbers
+=item Using open() for IPC
=over 4
-=item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
-numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
+=item Filehandles
-=item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
+=item Background Processes
-=item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()?
-Trig functions?
+=item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
-=item How do I convert between numeric representations:
+=item Safe Pipe Opens
-B<How do I convert Hexadecimal into decimal:>, B<How do I convert from
-decimal to hexadecimal:>, B<How do I convert from octal to decimal:>, B<How
-do I convert from decimal to octal:>, B<How do I convert from binary to
-decimal:>, B<How do I convert from decimal to binary:>
+=item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
-=item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?
+=item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself
-=item How do I multiply matrices?
+=back
-=item How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
+=item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
-=item How can I output Roman numerals?
+=over 4
-=item Why aren't my random numbers random?
+=item Internet Line Terminators
+
+=item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
+
+=item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
=back
-=item Data: Dates
+=item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
=over 4
-=item How do I find the week-of-the-year/day-of-the-year?
+=item A Simple Client
-=item How do I find the current century or millennium?
+C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
-=item How can I compare two dates and find the difference?
+=item A Webget Client
-=item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
+=item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
-=item How can I find the Julian Day?
+=back
-=item How do I find yesterday's date?
+=item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
-=item Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?
+Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
-=back
+=item UDP: Message Passing
-=item Data: Strings
+=item SysV IPC
-=over 4
+=item NOTES
-=item How do I validate input?
+=item BUGS
-=item How do I unescape a string?
-
-=item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item How do I expand function calls in a string?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
+=back
-=item How do I reverse a string?
+=head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation
-=item How do I expand tabs in a string?
+=over 4
-=item How do I reformat a paragraph?
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item How can I access/change the first N letters of a string?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
+=over 4
-=item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
-string?
+=item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes
-=item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
+$$ or $PROCESS_ID, %ENV, chdir() and all other builtins that accept
+filenames, wait() and waitpid(), kill(), exec(), exit(), Open handles to
+files, directories and network sockets
-=item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
-[character]? (Comma-separated files)
+=item Resource limits
-=item How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?
+=item Killing the parent process
-=item How do I pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?
+=item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes
-=item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
+=item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS
-=item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
+BEGIN blocks, Open filehandles, Forking pipe open() not yet implemented,
+Global state maintained by XSUBs, Interpreter embedded in larger
+application, Thread-safety of extensions
-=item How can I expand variables in text strings?
+=back
-=item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
+=item BUGS
-=item Why don't my <<HERE documents work?
+=item AUTHOR
-1. There must be no space after the << part, 2. There (probably) should be
-a semicolon at the end, 3. You can't (easily) have any space in front of
-the tag
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Data: Arrays
+=head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
=over 4
-=item What is the difference between a list and an array?
-
-=item What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-a), b), c), d), e)
+=item Storing numbers
-=item How can I tell whether a certain element is contained in a list or
-array?
+=item Numeric operators and numeric conversions
-=item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
-intersection of two arrays?
+=item Flavors of Perl numeric operations
-=item How do I test whether two arrays or hashes are equal?
+Arithmetic operators, ++, Arithmetic operators during C<use integer>, Other
+mathematical operators, Bitwise operators, Bitwise operators during C<use
+integer>, Operators which expect an integer, Operators which expect a
+string
-=item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item How do I handle linked lists?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How do I handle circular lists?
+=back
-=item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
+=head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl
-=item How do I process/modify each element of an array?
+=over 4
-=item How do I select a random element from an array?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How do I permute N elements of a list?
+=item Status
-=item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
+=item What Is A Thread Anyway?
-=item How do I manipulate arrays of bits?
+=item Threaded Program Models
-=item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Boss/Worker
-=item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
+=item Work Crew
-=over 4
+=item Pipeline
-=item How do I process an entire hash?
+=back
-=item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
-it?
+=item What kind of threads are Perl threads?
-=item How do I look up a hash element by value?
+=item Thread-Safe Modules
-=item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
+=item Thread Basics
-=item How do I sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
+=over 4
-=item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
+=item Basic Thread Support
-=item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
+=item A Note about the Examples
-=item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
+=item Creating Threads
-=item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
+=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
-=item How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
+=item Ignoring A Thread
-=item How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
+=back
-=item How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?
+=item Threads And Data
-=item Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create
-it?
+=over 4
-=item How can I make the Perl equivalent of a C structure/C++ class/hash or
-array of hashes or arrays?
+=item Shared And Unshared Data
-=item How can I use a reference as a hash key?
+=item Thread Pitfalls: Races
=back
-=item Data: Misc
+=item Synchronization and control
=over 4
-=item How do I handle binary data correctly?
-
-=item How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?
+=item Controlling access: lock()
-=item How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
+=item A Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
-=item How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?
+=item Queues: Passing Data Around
-=item How do I define methods for every class/object?
+=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
-=item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
+=item Basic semaphores
-=item How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?
+=item Advanced Semaphores
-=back
+=item cond_wait() and cond_signal()
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Giving up control
=back
-=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.4 $, $Date: 2001/11/09
-08:06:04 $)
+=item General Thread Utility Routines
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item What Thread Am I In?
-=over 4
+=item Thread IDs
-=item How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this?
+=item Are These Threads The Same?
-=item How do I change one line in a file/delete a line in a file/insert a
-line in the middle of a file/append to the beginning of a file?
+=item What Threads Are Running?
-=item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
+=back
-=item How do I make a temporary file name?
+=item A Complete Example
-=item How can I manipulate fixed-record-length files?
+=item Different implementations of threads
-=item How can I make a filehandle local to a subroutine? How do I pass
-filehandles between subroutines? How do I make an array of filehandles?
+=item Performance considerations
-=item How can I use a filehandle indirectly?
+=item Process-scope Changes
-=item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
+=item Thread-Safety of System Libraries
-=item How can I write() into a string?
+=item Conclusion
-=item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
+=item Bibliography
-=item How can I translate tildes (~) in a filename?
+=over 4
-=item How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?
+=item Introductory Texts
-=item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use <*>?
+=item OS-Related References
-=item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
+=item Other References
-=item How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing blanks?
+=back
-=item How can I reliably rename a file?
+=item Acknowledgements
-=item How can I lock a file?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Why can't I just open(FH, ">file.lock")?
+=item Copyrights
-=item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in
-the file. How can I do this?
+=back
-=item All I want to do is append a small amount of text to the end of a
-file. Do I still have to use locking?
+=head2 perlothrtut - old tutorial on threads in Perl
-=item How do I randomly update a binary file?
+=over 4
-=item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
+=item What Is A Thread Anyway?
-=item How do I print to more than one file at once?
+=item Threaded Program Models
-=item How can I read in an entire file all at once?
+=over 4
-=item How can I read in a file by paragraphs?
+=item Boss/Worker
-=item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
+=item Work Crew
-=item How can I tell whether there's a character waiting on a filehandle?
+=item Pipeline
-=item How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl?
+=back
-=item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
+=item Native threads
-=item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
+=item What kind of threads are perl threads?
-=item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? What doesn't
-`C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
+=item Threadsafe Modules
-=item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
+=item Thread Basics
-=item Why does Perl let me delete read-only files? Why does C<-i> clobber
-protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl?
+=over 4
-=item How do I select a random line from a file?
+=item Basic Thread Support
-=item Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?
+=item Creating Threads
-=back
+=item Giving up control
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
-=back
+=item Errors In Threads
-=head2 perlfaq6 - Regexes ($Revision: 1.4 $, $Date: 2001/11/09 08:06:04 $)
+=item Ignoring A Thread
-=over 4
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Threads And Data
=over 4
-=item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
-and unmaintainable code?
+=item Shared And Unshared Data
-Comments Outside the Regex, Comments Inside the Regex, Different Delimiters
+=item Thread Pitfall: Races
-=item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
+=item Controlling access: lock()
-=item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
-different lines?
+=item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
-=item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
+=item Queues: Passing Data Around
-=item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS while preserving
-case on the RHS?
+=back
-=item How can I make C<\w> match national character sets?
+=item Threads And Code
-=item How can I match a locale-smart version of C</[a-zA-Z]/>?
+=over 4
-=item How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?
+=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
-=item What is C</o> really for?
+Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
-=item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
-file?
+=item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines
-=item Can I use Perl regular expressions to match balanced text?
+=item Subroutine Locks
-=item What does it mean that regexes are greedy? How can I get around it?
+=item Methods
-=item How do I process each word on each line?
+=item Locking A Subroutine
-=item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
+=back
-=item How can I do approximate matching?
+=item General Thread Utility Routines
-=item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
+=over 4
-=item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
+=item What Thread Am I In?
-=item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
+=item Thread IDs
-=item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
+=item Are These Threads The Same?
-=item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
+=item What Threads Are Running?
-=item What's wrong with using grep or map in a void context?
+=back
-=item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
+=item A Complete Example
-=item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
+=item Conclusion
+
+=item Bibliography
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Introductory Texts
+
+=item OS-Related References
+
+=item Other References
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Acknowledgements
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item Copyrights
=back
-=head2 perlfaq7 - Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.4 $, $Date: 2001/11/07
-02:27:50 $)
+=head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
+Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is>
+portable
-=item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
-use them?
+=item ISSUES
-=item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
-commas?
+=over 4
-=item How do I skip some return values?
+=item Newlines
-=item How do I temporarily block warnings?
+=item Numbers endianness and Width
-=item What's an extension?
+=item Files and Filesystems
-=item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
+=item System Interaction
-=item How do I declare/create a structure?
+=item Command names versus file pathnames
-=item How do I create a module?
+=item Networking
-=item How do I create a class?
+=item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
-=item How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
+=item External Subroutines (XS)
-=item What's a closure?
+=item Standard Modules
-=item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
+=item Time and Date
-=item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
-Regex}?
+=item Character sets and character encoding
-Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexes,
-Passing Methods
+=item Internationalisation
-=item How do I create a static variable?
+=item System Resources
-=item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping?
-Between local() and my()?
+=item Security
-=item How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical
-is in scope?
+=item Style
-=item What's the difference between deep and shallow binding?
+=back
-=item Why doesn't "my($foo) = <FILE>;" work right?
+=item CPAN Testers
-=item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method?
+Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
+http://testers.cpan.org/
-=item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
+=item PLATFORMS
-=item How do I create a switch or case statement?
+=over 4
-=item How can I catch accesses to undefined variables/functions/methods?
+=item Unix
-=item Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
+=item DOS and Derivatives
-=item How can I find out my current package?
+=item S<Mac OS>
-=item How can I comment out a large block of perl code?
+=item VMS
-=item How do I clear a package?
+=item VOS
-=item How can I use a variable as a variable name?
+=item EBCDIC Platforms
-=back
+=item Acorn RISC OS
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Other perls
=back
-=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.4 $, $Date: 2001/11/09
-08:06:04 $)
-
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
=over 4
-=item How do I find out which operating system I'm running under?
-
-=item How come exec() doesn't return?
+=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
-=item How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?
+-I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, binmode FILEHANDLE, chmod LIST, chown
+LIST, chroot FILENAME, chroot, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen
+HASH,DBNAME,MODE, dump LABEL, exec LIST, exit EXPR, exit, fcntl
+FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, getlogin,
+getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, getgrnam NAME,
+getnetbyname NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE,
+getprotobynumber NUMBER, getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent,
+gethostbyname, gethostent, getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, sethostent
+STAYOPEN, setnetent STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN,
+endpwent, endgrent, endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent,
+getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, ioctl
+FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, kill SIGNAL, LIST, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, lstat
+FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR, lstat, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgsnd
+ID,MSG,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open
+FILEHANDLE, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, readlink EXPR, readlink, select
+RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget
+KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, setgrent, setpgrp PID,PGRP,
+setpriority WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setpwent, setsockopt
+SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS,
+shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, sockatmark SOCKET,
+socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, stat FILEHANDLE, stat
+EXPR, stat, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
+FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, system LIST, times, truncate
+FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, umask EXPR, umask, utime LIST,
+wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS
-Keyboard, Screen, Mouse
+=back
-=item How do I print something out in color?
+=item CHANGES
-=item How do I read just one key without waiting for a return key?
+v1.49, 12 August 2002, v1.48, 02 February 2001, v1.47, 22 March 2000,
+v1.46, 12 February 2000, v1.45, 20 December 1999, v1.44, 19 July 1999,
+v1.43, 24 May 1999, v1.42, 22 May 1999, v1.41, 19 May 1999, v1.40, 11 April
+1999, v1.39, 11 February 1999, v1.38, 31 December 1998, v1.37, 19 December
+1998, v1.36, 9 September 1998, v1.35, 13 August 1998, v1.33, 06 August
+1998, v1.32, 05 August 1998, v1.30, 03 August 1998, v1.23, 10 July 1998
-=item How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard?
+=item Supported Platforms
-=item How do I clear the screen?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How do I get the screen size?
+=item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
-=item How do I ask the user for a password?
+=back
-=item How do I read and write the serial port?
+=head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
+localization)
-lockfiles, open mode, end of line, flushing output, non-blocking input
+=over 4
-=item How do I decode encrypted password files?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How do I start a process in the background?
+=item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
-STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR are shared, Signals, Zombies
+=item USING LOCALES
-=item How do I trap control characters/signals?
+=over 4
-=item How do I modify the shadow password file on a Unix system?
+=item The use locale pragma
-=item How do I set the time and date?
+=item The setlocale function
-=item How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second?
+=item Finding locales
-=item How can I measure time under a second?
+=item LOCALE PROBLEMS
-=item How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling)
+=item Temporarily fixing locale problems
-=item Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? What
-does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean?
+=item Permanently fixing locale problems
-=item How can I call my system's unique C functions from Perl?
+=item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
-=item Where do I get the include files to do ioctl() or syscall()?
+=item Fixing system locale configuration
-=item Why do setuid perl scripts complain about kernel problems?
+=item The localeconv function
-=item How can I open a pipe both to and from a command?
+=item I18N::Langinfo
-=item Why can't I get the output of a command with system()?
+=back
-=item How can I capture STDERR from an external command?
+=item LOCALE CATEGORIES
-=item Why doesn't open() return an error when a pipe open fails?
+=over 4
-=item What's wrong with using backticks in a void context?
+=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
-=item How can I call backticks without shell processing?
+=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
-=item Why can't my script read from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix,
-^Z on MS-DOS)?
+=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
-=item How can I convert my shell script to perl?
+=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
-=item Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session?
+=item LC_TIME
-=item How can I write expect in Perl?
+=item Other categories
-=item Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as
-"ps"?
+=back
-=item I {changed directory, modified my environment} in a perl script. How
-come the change disappeared when I exited the script? How do I get my
-changes to be visible?
+=item SECURITY
-Unix
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-=item How do I close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to
-complete?
+PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
+LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
-=item How do I fork a daemon process?
+=item NOTES
-=item How do I find out if I'm running interactively or not?
+=over 4
-=item How do I timeout a slow event?
+=item Backward compatibility
-=item How do I set CPU limits?
+=item I18N:Collate obsolete
-=item How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system?
+=item Sort speed and memory use impacts
-=item How do I use an SQL database?
+=item write() and LC_NUMERIC
-=item How do I make a system() exit on control-C?
+=item Freely available locale definitions
-=item How do I open a file without blocking?
+=item I18n and l10n
-=item How do I install a module from CPAN?
+=item An imperfect standard
-=item What's the difference between require and use?
+=back
-=item How do I keep my own module/library directory?
+=item Unicode and UTF-8
-=item How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library
-search path?
+=item BUGS
-=item How do I add a directory to my include path at runtime?
+=over 4
-=item What is socket.ph and where do I get it?
+=item Broken systems
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.5 $, $Date: 2001/11/09 08:06:04
-$)
+=head2 perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction
=over 4
=over 4
-=item What is the correct form of response from a CGI script?
+=item Unicode
-=item My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500
-Server Error)
+=item Perl's Unicode Support
-=item How can I get better error messages from a CGI program?
+=item Perl's Unicode Model
-=item How do I remove HTML from a string?
+=item Unicode and EBCDIC
-=item How do I extract URLs?
+=item Creating Unicode
-=item How do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a
-file on another machine?
+=item Handling Unicode
-=item How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?
+=item Legacy Encodings
-=item How do I fetch an HTML file?
+=item Unicode I/O
-=item How do I automate an HTML form submission?
+=item Displaying Unicode As Text
-=item How do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web?
+=item Special Cases
-=item How do I redirect to another page?
+=item Advanced Topics
-=item How do I put a password on my web pages?
+=item Miscellaneous
-=item How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?
+=item Questions With Answers
-=item How do I make sure users can't enter values into a form that cause my
-CGI script to do bad things?
+=item Hexadecimal Notation
-=item How do I parse a mail header?
+=item Further Resources
-=item How do I decode a CGI form?
+=back
-=item How do I check a valid mail address?
+=item UNICODE IN OLDER PERLS
-=item How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How do I return the user's mail address?
+=item ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
-=item How do I send mail?
+=item AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT, AND LICENSE
-=item How do I use MIME to make an attachment to a mail message?
+=back
-=item How do I read mail?
+=head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
-=item How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address?
+=over 4
-=item How do I fetch a news article or the active newsgroups?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How do I fetch/put an FTP file?
+=over 4
-=item How can I do RPC in Perl?
+=item Important Caveats
-=back
+Input and Output Layers, Regular Expressions, C<use utf8> still needed to
+enable UTF-8/UTF-EBCDIC in scripts, BOM-marked scripts and UTF-16 scripts
+autodetected, C<use encoding> needed to upgrade non-Latin-1 byte strings
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Byte and Character Semantics
-=back
+=item Effects of Character Semantics
-=head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
+=item Scripts
-=over 4
+=item Blocks
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item User-Defined Character Properties
-=over 4
+=item Character Encodings for Input and Output
-=item Layout
+=item Unicode Regular Expression Support Level
-B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
+=item Unicode Encodings
-=back
+=item Security Implications of Unicode
-=item Using The Back Ends
+=item Unicode in Perl on EBCDIC
-=over 4
+=item Locales
-=item The Cross Referencing Back End
+=item When Unicode Does Not Happen
-i, &, s, r
+=item Forcing Unicode in Perl (Or Unforcing Unicode in Perl)
-=item The Decompiling Back End
+=item Using Unicode in XS
-=item The Lint Back End
+=back
-=item The Simple C Back End
+=item BUGS
-=item The Bytecode Back End
+=over 4
-=item The Optimized C Back End
+=item Interaction with Locales
-B, O, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC,
-B::Debug, B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj,
-B::Stash, B::Terse, B::Xref
+=item Interaction with Extensions
-=back
+=item Speed
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+=item Porting code from perl-5.6.X
-=item AUTHOR
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
+=head2 perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item COMMON CHARACTER CODE SETS
-=item PREAMBLE
+=over 4
-B<Use C from Perl?>, B<Use a Unix program from Perl?>, B<Use Perl from
-Perl?>, B<Use C from C?>, B<Use Perl from C?>
+=item ASCII
-=item ROADMAP
+=item ISO 8859
-=item Compiling your C program
+=item Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1)
-=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
+=item EBCDIC
-=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
+=item 13 variant characters
-=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
+=item 0037
-=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
+=item 1047
-=item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
+=item POSIX-BC
-=item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
+=item Unicode code points versus EBCDIC code points
-=item Execution of END blocks
+=item Remaining Perl Unicode problems in EBCDIC
-=item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
+=item Unicode and UTF
-=item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
-program
+=item Using Encode
=back
-=item Embedding Perl under Win32
-
-=item MORAL
-
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SINGLE OCTET TABLES
-=item COPYRIGHT
+recipe 0, recipe 1, recipe 2, recipe 3, recipe 4, recipe 5, recipe 6
-=back
+=item IDENTIFYING CHARACTER CODE SETS
-=head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
+=item CONVERSIONS
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item Debugger Internals
+=item tr///
-=over 4
+=item iconv
-=item Writing Your Own Debugger
+=item C RTL
=back
-=item Frame Listing Output Examples
-
-=item Debugging regular expressions
+=item OPERATOR DIFFERENCES
-=over 4
+=item FUNCTION DIFFERENCES
-=item Compile-time output
+chr(), ord(), pack(), print(), printf(), sort(), sprintf(), unpack()
-C<anchored> I<STRING> C<at> I<POS>, C<floating> I<STRING> C<at>
-I<POS1..POS2>, C<matching floating/anchored>, C<minlen>, C<stclass>
-I<TYPE>, C<noscan>, C<isall>, C<GPOS>, C<plus>, C<implicit>, C<with eval>,
-C<anchored(TYPE)>
+=item REGULAR EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES
-=item Types of nodes
+=item SOCKETS
-=item Run-time output
+=item SORTING
-=back
+=over 4
-=item Debugging Perl memory usage
+=item Ignore ASCII vs. EBCDIC sort differences.
-=over 4
+=item MONO CASE then sort data.
-=item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
+=item Convert, sort data, then re convert.
-C<buckets SMALLEST(APPROX)..GREATEST(APPROX)>, Free/Used, C<Total sbrk():
-SBRKed/SBRKs:CONTINUOUS>, C<pad: 0>, C<heads: 2192>, C<chain: 0>, C<tail:
-6144>
+=item Perform sorting on one type of machine only.
-=item Example of using B<-DL> switch
+=back
-C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
+=item TRANSFORMATION FORMATS
-=item B<-DL> details
+=over 4
-C<!!!>, C<!!>, C<!>
+=item URL decoding and encoding
-=item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
+=item uu encoding and decoding
-=back
+=item Quoted-Printable encoding and decoding
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Caesarian ciphers
=back
-=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
+=item Hashing order and checksums
-=over 4
+=item I18N AND L10N
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item MULTI OCTET CHARACTER SETS
-=item SPECIAL NOTES
+=item OS ISSUES
=over 4
-=item make
+=item OS/400
-=item Version caveat
+PASE, IFS access
-=item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
+=item OS/390, z/OS
-=back
+chcp, dataset access, OS/390, z/OS iconv, locales
-=item TUTORIAL
+=item VM/ESA?
-=over 4
+=item POSIX-BC?
-=item EXAMPLE 1
+=back
-=item EXAMPLE 2
+=item BUGS
-=item What has gone on?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Writing good test scripts
+=item REFERENCES
-=item EXAMPLE 3
+=item HISTORY
-=item What's new here?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Input and Output Parameters
+=back
-=item The XSUBPP Program
+=head2 perlsec - Perl security
-=item The TYPEMAP file
+=over 4
-=item Warning about Output Arguments
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXAMPLE 4
+=over 4
-=item What has happened here?
+=item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
-=item Anatomy of .xs file
+=item Switches On the "#!" Line
-=item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
+=item Taint mode and @INC
-=item More about XSUB arguments
+=item Cleaning Up Your Path
-=item The Argument Stack
+=item Security Bugs
-=item Extending your Extension
+=item Protecting Your Programs
-=item Documenting your Extension
+=item Unicode
-=item Installing your Extension
+=item Algorithmic Complexity Attacks
-=item EXAMPLE 5
+=back
-=item New Things in this Example
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item EXAMPLE 6
+=back
-=item New Things in this Example
+=head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
-=item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
+=over 4
-=item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXAMPLE 9 (Coming Soon)
+=over 4
-=item Troubleshooting these Examples
+=item Packages
-=back
+=item Symbol Tables
-=item See also
+=item BEGIN, CHECK, INIT and END
-=item Author
+=item Perl Classes
-=over 4
+=item Perl Modules
-=item Last Changed
+=item Making your module threadsafe
=back
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
+=head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
=over 4
-=item Introduction
+=item Pragmatic Modules
-=item On The Road
+assertions, assertions::activate, attributes, attrs, autouse, base, bigint,
+bignum, bigrat, blib, bytes, charnames, constant, diagnostics, encoding,
+fields, filetest, if, integer, less, lib, locale, open, ops, overload, re,
+sigtrap, sort, strict, subs, threads, threads::shared, utf8, vars, version,
+vmsish, warnings, warnings::register
-=item The Anatomy of an XSUB
+=item Standard Modules
-=item The Argument Stack
+AnyDBM_File, Attribute::Handlers, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, B, B::Asmdata,
+B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Concise, B::Debug,
+B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj, B::Stash,
+B::Terse, B::Xref, Benchmark, ByteLoader, CGI, CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp,
+CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push, CGI::Switch, CGI::Util,
+CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, Carp::Heavy, Class::ISA,
+Class::Struct, Config, Cwd, DB, DBM_Filter, DB_File, Data::Dumper,
+Devel::DProf, Devel::PPPort, Devel::Peek, Devel::SelfStubber, Digest,
+Digest::MD5, Digest::base, DirHandle, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, Encode,
+Encode::Alias, Encode::Byte, Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CN,
+Encode::CN::HZ, Encode::Config, Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Encoder,
+Encode::Encoding, Encode::Guess, Encode::JP, Encode::JP::H2Z,
+Encode::JP::JIS7, Encode::KR, Encode::KR::2022_KR, Encode::MIME::Header,
+Encode::PerlIO, Encode::Supported, Encode::Symbol, Encode::TW,
+Encode::Unicode, Encode::Unicode::UTF7, English, Env, Errno, Exporter,
+Exporter::Heavy, ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Command::MM,
+ExtUtils::Constant, ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install,
+ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist, ExtUtils::MM, ExtUtils::MM_Any,
+ExtUtils::MM_BeOS, ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin, ExtUtils::MM_DOS,
+ExtUtils::MM_MacOS, ExtUtils::MM_NW5, ExtUtils::MM_OS2, ExtUtils::MM_UWIN,
+ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::MM_VMS, ExtUtils::MM_Win32,
+ExtUtils::MM_Win95, ExtUtils::MY, ExtUtils::MakeMaker,
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ, ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial,
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes, ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish,
+ExtUtils::Manifest, ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists,
+ExtUtils::Packlist, ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, Fcntl, File::Basename,
+File::CheckTree, File::Compare, File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find,
+File::Glob, File::Path, File::Spec, File::Spec::Cygwin, File::Spec::Epoc,
+File::Spec::Functions, File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Unix,
+File::Spec::VMS, File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp, File::stat, FileCache,
+FileHandle, Filter::Simple, Filter::Util::Call, FindBin, GDBM_File,
+Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, Hash::Util, I18N::Collate, I18N::LangTags,
+I18N::LangTags::List, I18N::Langinfo, IO, IO::Dir, IO::File, IO::Handle,
+IO::Pipe, IO::Poll, IO::Seekable, IO::Select, IO::Socket, IO::Socket::INET,
+IO::Socket::UNIX, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, IPC::SysV, IPC::SysV::Msg,
+IPC::SysV::Semaphore, List::Util, Locale::Constants, Locale::Country,
+Locale::Currency, Locale::Language, Locale::Maketext,
+Locale::Maketext::TPJ13, Locale::Script, MIME::Base64,
+MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt,
+Math::BigInt::Calc, Math::BigInt::CalcEmu, Math::BigRat, Math::Complex,
+Math::Trig, Memoize, Memoize::AnyDBM_File, Memoize::Expire,
+Memoize::ExpireFile, Memoize::ExpireTest, Memoize::NDBM_File,
+Memoize::SDBM_File, Memoize::Storable, NDBM_File, NEXT, Net::Cmd,
+Net::Config, Net::Domain, Net::FTP, Net::NNTP, Net::Netrc, Net::POP3,
+Net::Ping, Net::SMTP, Net::Time, Net::hostent, Net::libnetFAQ, Net::netent,
+Net::protoent, Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, POSIX, PerlIO,
+PerlIO::encoding, PerlIO::scalar, PerlIO::via, PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint,
+Pod::Checker, Pod::Find, Pod::Functions, Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects,
+Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Man, Pod::ParseLink, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Parser,
+Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker, Pod::Perldoc::ToMan, Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff,
+Pod::Perldoc::ToPod, Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf, Pod::Perldoc::ToText,
+Pod::Perldoc::ToTk, Pod::Perldoc::ToXml, Pod::PlainText, Pod::Plainer,
+Pod::Select, Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color, Pod::Text::Overstrike,
+Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Usage, SDBM_File, Safe, Scalar::Util,
+Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell, Socket, Storable, Switch,
+Symbol, Sys::Hostname, Sys::Syslog, Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap,
+Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test, Test::Builder, Test::Harness,
+Test::Harness::Assert, Test::Harness::Iterator, Test::Harness::Straps,
+Test::More, Test::Simple, Test::Tutorial, Text::Abbrev, Text::Balanced,
+Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs, Text::Wrap, Thread,
+Thread::Queue, Thread::Semaphore, Thread::Signal, Thread::Specific,
+Tie::Array, Tie::File, Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::Memoize, Tie::RefHash,
+Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, Time::HiRes, Time::Local, Time::gmtime,
+Time::localtime, Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize,
+Unicode::UCD, User::grent, User::pwent, Win32, XS::APItest, XS::Typemap,
+XSLoader
-=item The RETVAL Variable
+=item Extension Modules
-=item The MODULE Keyword
+=back
-=item The PACKAGE Keyword
+=item CPAN
-=item The PREFIX Keyword
+=over 4
-=item The OUTPUT: Keyword
+=item Africa
-=item The NO_OUTPUT Keyword
+South Africa
-=item The CODE: Keyword
+=item Asia
-=item The INIT: Keyword
+China, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Russian Federation, Saudi
+Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand
-=item The NO_INIT Keyword
+=item Central America
-=item Initializing Function Parameters
+Costa Rica
-=item Default Parameter Values
+=item Europe
-=item The PREINIT: Keyword
+Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
+Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
+Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
+Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
+Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
-=item The SCOPE: Keyword
+=item North America
-=item The INPUT: Keyword
+Canada, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Mexico, United States,
+Alabama, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,
+Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York,
+North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
+Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin
-=item The IN/OUTLIST/IN_OUTLIST/OUT/IN_OUT Keywords
+=item Oceania
-=item Variable-length Parameter Lists
+Australia, New Zealand, United States
-=item The C_ARGS: Keyword
+=item South America
-=item The PPCODE: Keyword
+Argentina, Brazil, Chile
-=item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
+=item RSYNC Mirrors
-=item The REQUIRE: Keyword
+=back
-=item The CLEANUP: Keyword
+=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
-=item The POSTCALL: Keyword
+=over 4
-=item The BOOT: Keyword
+=item Guidelines for Module Creation
-=item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
+=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
-=item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
+=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
-=item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
+=back
-=item The ALIAS: Keyword
+=item NOTE
-=item The INTERFACE: Keyword
+=back
-=item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
+=head2 perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide
-=item The INCLUDE: Keyword
+=over 4
-=item The CASE: Keyword
+=item INTRODUCTION
-=item The & Unary Operator
+=item QUICK CHECKLIST
-=item Inserting POD, Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
+=over 4
-=item Using XS With C++
+=item Before you start
-=item Interface Strategy
+=item The API
-=item Perl Objects And C Structures
+=item Stability
-=item The Typemap
+=item Documentation
+
+=item Release considerations
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item BEFORE YOU START WRITING A MODULE
-=item XS VERSION
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Has it been done before?
-=back
+=item Do one thing and do it well
-=head2 perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions
+=item What's in a name?
-=over 4
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item DESIGNING AND WRITING YOUR MODULE
=over 4
-=item Conventions
+=item To OO or not to OO?
-C<t>, C<p>, C<n>, C<s>
+=item Designing your API
-=item File Operations
+Write simple routines to do simple things, Separate functionality from
+output, Provide sensible shortcuts and defaults, Naming conventions,
+Parameter passing
-=item File Input and Output
+=item Strictness and warnings
-=item File Positioning
+=item Backwards compatibility
-=item Memory Management and String Handling
+=item Error handling and messages
-=item Character Class Tests
+=back
-=item F<stdlib.h> functions
+=item DOCUMENTING YOUR MODULE
-=item Miscellaneous functions
+=over 4
-=back
+=item POD
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item README, INSTALL, release notes, changelogs
+
+perl Makefile.PL, make, make test, make install, perl Build.PL, perl Build,
+perl Build test, perl Build install
=back
-=head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
+=item RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Version numbering
-=item Variables
+=item Pre-requisites
-=over 4
+=item Testing
-=item Datatypes
+=item Packaging
-=item What is an "IV"?
+=item Licensing
-=item Working with SVs
+=back
-=item Offsets
+=item COMMON PITFALLS
-=item What's Really Stored in an SV?
+=over 4
-=item Working with AVs
+=item Reinventing the wheel
-=item Working with HVs
+=item Trying to do too much
-=item Hash API Extensions
+=item Inappropriate documentation
-=item References
+=back
-=item Blessed References and Class Objects
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Creating New Variables
+L<perlstyle>, L<perlnewmod>, L<perlpod>, L<podchecker>, Packaging Tools,
+Testing tools, http://pause.perl.org/, Any good book on software
+engineering
-=item Reference Counts and Mortality
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Stashes and Globs
+=back
-=item Double-Typed SVs
+=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
-=item Magic Variables
+=over 4
-=item Assigning Magic
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Magic Virtual Tables
+=over 4
-=item Finding Magic
+=item PREAMBLE
-=item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
+B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
+module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
-=item Localizing changes
+=back
-C<SAVEINT(int i)>, C<SAVEIV(IV i)>, C<SAVEI32(I32 i)>, C<SAVELONG(long i)>,
-C<SAVESPTR(s)>, C<SAVEPPTR(p)>, C<SAVEFREESV(SV *sv)>, C<SAVEMORTALIZESV(SV
-*sv)>, C<SAVEFREEOP(OP *op)>, C<SAVEFREEPV(p)>, C<SAVECLEARSV(SV *sv)>,
-C<SAVEDELETE(HV *hv, char *key, I32 length)>,
-C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR(DESTRUCTORFUNC_NOCONTEXT_t f, void *p)>,
-C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR_X(DESTRUCTORFUNC_t f, void *p)>, C<SAVESTACK_POS()>, C<SV*
-save_scalar(GV *gv)>, C<AV* save_ary(GV *gv)>, C<HV* save_hash(GV *gv)>,
-C<void save_item(SV *item)>, C<void save_list(SV **sarg, I32 maxsarg)>,
-C<SV* save_svref(SV **sptr)>, C<void save_aptr(AV **aptr)>, C<void
-save_hptr(HV **hptr)>
+=item PORTABILITY
+
+=item HEY
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
=back
-=item Subroutines
+=head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
=over 4
-=item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
+=over 4
-=item Memory Allocation
+=item Warning
-=item PerlIO
+=item What should I make into a module?
-=item Putting a C value on Perl stack
+=item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground
-=item Scratchpads
+Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again
-=item Scratchpads and recursion
+=item Step-by-step: Making the module
-=back
+Start with F<module-starter> or F<h2xs>, Use L<strict|strict> and
+L<warnings|warnings>, Use L<Carp|Carp>, Use L<Exporter|Exporter> - wisely!,
+Use L<plain old documentation|perlpod>, Write tests, Write the README
-=item Compiled code
+=item Step-by-step: Distributing your module
-=over 4
+Get a CPAN user ID, C<perl Makefile.PL; make test; make dist>, Upload the
+tarball, Announce to the modules list, Announce to clpa, Fix bugs!
-=item Code tree
+=back
-=item Examining the tree
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Compile pass 1: check routines
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
+=back
-=item Compile pass 2: context propagation
+=head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
-=item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
+=over 4
-=item Pluggable runops
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-=item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions
+=item DOCUMENTATION
-=item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
+L<perldoc|perldoc>, L<pod2man|pod2man> and L<pod2text|pod2text>,
+L<pod2html|pod2html> and L<pod2latex|pod2latex>, L<pod2usage|pod2usage>,
+L<podselect|podselect>, L<podchecker|podchecker>, L<splain|splain>,
+L<roffitall|roffitall>
-=over 4
+=item CONVERTORS
-=item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
+L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
-=item So what happened to dTHR?
+=item Administration
-=item How do I use all this in extensions?
+L<libnetcfg|libnetcfg>
-=item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads?
+=item Development
-=item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
+L<perlbug|perlbug>, L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph> and L<pstruct|pstruct>,
+L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>, L<perlcc|perlcc>
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Internal Functions
+=back
-A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, j, x
+=head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
=over 4
-=item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer
+=over 4
-=item Source Documentation
+=item Layout
+
+B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
=back
-=item Unicode Support
+=item Using The Back Ends
=over 4
-=item What B<is> Unicode, anyway?
+=item The Cross Referencing Back End
-=item How can I recognise a UTF8 string?
+i, &, s, r
+
+=item The Decompiling Back End
-=item How does UTF8 represent Unicode characters?
+=item The Lint Back End
-=item How does Perl store UTF8 strings?
+=item The Simple C Back End
-=item How do I convert a string to UTF8?
+=item The Bytecode Back End
-=item Is there anything else I need to know?
+=item The Optimized C Back End
=back
-=item Custom Operators
+=item Module List for the Compiler Suite
-=item AUTHORS
+B, O, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC,
+B::Concise, B::Debug, B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex,
+B::Stackobj, B::Stash, B::Terse, B::Xref
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
+=head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
+=item CONCEPTS
-=item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
+=item USING FILTERS
-call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
-=item FLAG VALUES
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
-=over 4
+B<Decryption Filters>
-=item G_VOID
+=item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
-=item G_SCALAR
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
-=item G_ARRAY
+=item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
-=item G_DISCARD
+=item CONCLUSION
-=item G_NOARGS
+=item THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR
-=item G_EVAL
+Some Filters Clobber the C<DATA> Handle
-=item G_KEEPERR
+=item REQUIREMENTS
-=item Determining the Context
+=item AUTHOR
-=back
+=item Copyrights
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
=over 4
-=item No Parameters, Nothing returned
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Passing Parameters
+=over 4
-=item Returning a Scalar
+=item PREAMBLE
-=item Returning a list of values
+B<Use C from Perl?>, B<Use a Unix program from Perl?>, B<Use Perl from
+Perl?>, B<Use C from C?>, B<Use Perl from C?>
-=item Returning a list in a scalar context
+=item ROADMAP
-=item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
+=item Compiling your C program
-=item Using G_EVAL
+=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
-=item Using G_KEEPERR
+=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
-=item Using call_sv
+=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
-=item Using call_argv
+=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
-=item Using call_method
+=item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
-=item Using GIMME_V
+=item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
-=item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
+=item Execution of END blocks
-=item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
+=item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
-1. Ignore the problem - Allow only 1 callback, 2. Create a sequence of
-callbacks - hard wired limit, 3. Use a parameter to map to the Perl
-callback
+=item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
+program
-=item Alternate Stack Manipulation
+=back
-=item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
+=item Embedding Perl under Win32
-=back
+=item Hiding Perl_
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item MORAL
=item AUTHOR
-=item DATE
+=item COPYRIGHT
=back
-=head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
+=head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item Debugger Internals
-=item DOCUMENTATION
+=over 4
-L<perldoc|perldoc>, L<pod2man|pod2man> and L<pod2text|pod2text>,
-L<pod2html|pod2html> and L<pod2latex|pod2latex>, L<pod2usage|pod2usage>,
-L<podselect|podselect>, L<podchecker|podchecker>, L<splain|splain>,
-L<roffitall|roffitall>
+=item Writing Your Own Debugger
-=item CONVERTORS
+=back
-L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
+=item Frame Listing Output Examples
-=item Administration
+=item Debugging regular expressions
-L<libnetcfg|libnetcfg>
+=over 4
-=item Development
+=item Compile-time output
-L<perlbug|perlbug>, L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph> and L<pstruct|pstruct>,
-L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>, L<perlcc|perlcc>
+C<anchored> I<STRING> C<at> I<POS>, C<floating> I<STRING> C<at>
+I<POS1..POS2>, C<matching floating/anchored>, C<minlen>, C<stclass>
+I<TYPE>, C<noscan>, C<isall>, C<GPOS>, C<plus>, C<implicit>, C<with eval>,
+C<anchored(TYPE)>
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Types of nodes
-=back
+=item Run-time output
=back
-=head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
+=item Debugging Perl memory usage
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item CONCEPTS
-
-=item USING FILTERS
-
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
-
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
+=item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
-B<Decryption Filters>
+C<buckets SMALLEST(APPROX)..GREATEST(APPROX)>, Free/Used, C<Total sbrk():
+SBRKed/SBRKs:CONTINUOUS>, C<pad: 0>, C<heads: 2192>, C<chain: 0>, C<tail:
+6144>
-=item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
+=item Example of using B<-DL> switch
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
+C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
-=item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
+=item B<-DL> details
-=item CONCLUSION
+C<!!!>, C<!!>, C<!>
-=item REQUIREMENTS
+=item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
-=item AUTHOR
+=back
-=item Copyrights
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
+=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
-B<filter_fetch_value>
+=item SPECIAL NOTES
=over 4
-=item The Filter
-
-=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
-
-=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
-
-=back
+=item make
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Version caveat
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
=back
-=head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
+=item TUTORIAL
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item EXAMPLE 1
-AvFILL, av_clear, av_delete, av_exists, av_extend, av_fetch, av_fill,
-av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push, av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift,
-ax, bytes_from_utf8, bytes_to_utf8, call_argv, call_method, call_pv,
-call_sv, CLASS, Copy, croak, CvSTASH, cv_const_sv, dAX, dITEMS, dMARK,
-dORIGMARK, dSP, dXSARGS, dXSI32, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv, EXTEND,
-fbm_compile, fbm_instr, FREETMPS, getcwd_sv, get_av, get_cv, get_hv,
-get_sv, GIMME, GIMME_V, grok_bin, grok_hex, grok_number,
-grok_numeric_radix, grok_oct, GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod,
-gv_fetchmethod_autoload, gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD,
-G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID, HEf_SVKEY, HeHASH, HeKEY, HeKLEN, HePV,
-HeSVKEY, HeSVKEY_force, HeSVKEY_set, HeVAL, HvNAME, hv_clear, hv_delete,
-hv_delete_ent, hv_exists, hv_exists_ent, hv_fetch, hv_fetch_ent,
-hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey, hv_iterkeysv, hv_iternext, hv_iternextsv,
-hv_iterval, hv_magic, hv_store, hv_store_ent, hv_undef, isALNUM, isALPHA,
-isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, is_utf8_char, is_utf8_string, items,
-ix, LEAVE, load_module, looks_like_number, MARK, mg_clear, mg_copy,
-mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, mg_length, mg_magical, mg_set, Move, New, newAV,
-Newc, newCONSTSUB, newHV, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, NEWSV, newSV, newSViv,
-newSVnv, newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVpvn_share, newSVrv, newSVsv,
-newSVuv, newXS, newXSproto, Newz, Nullav, Nullch, Nullcv, Nullhv, Nullsv,
-ORIGMARK, perl_alloc, perl_clone, perl_construct, perl_destruct, perl_free,
-perl_parse, perl_run, PL_modglobal, PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef,
-PL_sv_yes, POPi, POPl, POPn, POPp, POPpbytex, POPpx, POPs, PUSHi, PUSHMARK,
-PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUSHu, PUTBACK, Renew, Renewc, require_pv, RETVAL,
-Safefree, savepv, savepvn, SAVETMPS, scan_bin, scan_hex, scan_oct,
-sharedsv_find, sharedsv_init, sharedsv_lock, sharedsv_new,
-sharedsv_thrcnt_dec, sharedsv_thrcnt_inc, sharedsv_unlock, sortsv, SP,
-SPAGAIN, ST, strEQ, strGE, strGT, strLE, strLT, strNE, strnEQ, strnNE,
-StructCopy, SvCUR, SvCUR_set, SvEND, SvGETMAGIC, SvGROW, SvIOK, SvIOKp,
-SvIOK_notUV, SvIOK_off, SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only, SvIOK_only_UV, SvIOK_UV,
-SvIV, SvIVx, SvIVX, SvLEN, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp, SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, SvNOKp,
-SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVX, SvNVx, SvOK, SvOOK, SvPOK,
-SvPOKp, SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only, SvPOK_only_UTF8, SvPV, SvPVbyte,
-SvPVbytex, SvPVbytex_force, SvPVbyte_force, SvPVbyte_nolen, SvPVutf8,
-SvPVutf8x, SvPVutf8x_force, SvPVutf8_force, SvPVutf8_nolen, SvPVX, SvPVx,
-SvPV_force, SvPV_force_nomg, SvPV_nolen, SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec,
-SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK, SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV, SvSETMAGIC, SvSetMagicSV,
-SvSetMagicSV_nosteal, SvSetSV, SvSetSV_nosteal, SvSTASH, SvTAINT,
-SvTAINTED, SvTAINTED_off, SvTAINTED_on, SvTRUE, svtype, SvTYPE, SVt_IV,
-SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG, SvUOK, SvUPGRADE,
-SvUTF8, SvUTF8_off, SvUTF8_on, SvUV, SvUVx, SvUVX, sv_2bool, sv_2cv,
-sv_2io, sv_2iv, sv_2mortal, sv_2nv, sv_2pvbyte, sv_2pvbyte_nolen,
-sv_2pvutf8, sv_2pvutf8_nolen, sv_2pv_flags, sv_2pv_nolen, sv_2uv,
-sv_backoff, sv_bless, sv_catpv, sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg, sv_catpvn,
-sv_catpvn_flags, sv_catpvn_mg, sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv, sv_catsv_flags,
-sv_catsv_mg, sv_chop, sv_clear, sv_cmp, sv_cmp_locale, sv_collxfrm, sv_dec,
-sv_derived_from, sv_eq, sv_force_normal, sv_force_normal_flags, sv_free,
-sv_gets, sv_grow, sv_inc, sv_insert, sv_isa, sv_isobject, sv_iv, sv_len,
-sv_len_utf8, sv_magic, sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, sv_newref, sv_nv,
-sv_pos_b2u, sv_pos_u2b, sv_pv, sv_pvbyte, sv_pvbyten, sv_pvbyten_force,
-sv_pvn, sv_pvn_force, sv_pvn_force_flags, sv_pvutf8, sv_pvutf8n,
-sv_pvutf8n_force, sv_recode_to_utf8, sv_reftype, sv_replace,
-sv_report_used, sv_reset, sv_rvweaken, sv_setiv, sv_setiv_mg, sv_setnv,
-sv_setnv_mg, sv_setpv, sv_setpvf, sv_setpvf_mg, sv_setpviv, sv_setpviv_mg,
-sv_setpvn, sv_setpvn_mg, sv_setpv_mg, sv_setref_iv, sv_setref_nv,
-sv_setref_pv, sv_setref_pvn, sv_setref_uv, sv_setsv, sv_setsv_flags,
-sv_setsv_mg, sv_setuv, sv_setuv_mg, sv_taint, sv_tainted, sv_true,
-sv_unmagic, sv_unref, sv_unref_flags, sv_untaint, sv_upgrade, sv_usepvn,
-sv_usepvn_mg, sv_utf8_decode, sv_utf8_downgrade, sv_utf8_encode,
-sv_utf8_upgrade, sv_utf8_upgrade_flags, sv_uv, sv_vcatpvfn, sv_vsetpvfn,
-THIS, toLOWER, toUPPER, to_utf8_case, utf8n_to_uvchr, utf8n_to_uvuni,
-utf8_distance, utf8_hop, utf8_length, utf8_to_bytes, utf8_to_uvchr,
-utf8_to_uvuni, uvchr_to_utf8, uvuni_to_utf8, warn, XPUSHi, XPUSHn, XPUSHp,
-XPUSHs, XPUSHu, XS, XSRETURN, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO,
-XSRETURN_NV, XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF, XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNO,
-XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK,
-Zero
+=item EXAMPLE 2
-=item AUTHORS
+=item What has gone on?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Writing good test scripts
-=back
+=item EXAMPLE 3
-=head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
- Perl functions
+=item What's new here?
-=over 4
+=item Input and Output Parameters
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The XSUBPP Program
-djSP, is_gv_magical, LVRET, PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn,
-PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv, PL_rs, report_uninit, start_glob, sv_add_arena,
-sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs, sv_free_arenas
+=item The TYPEMAP file
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Warning about Output Arguments
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item EXAMPLE 4
-=back
+=item What has happened here?
-=head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
+=item Anatomy of .xs file
-=over 4
+=item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item More about XSUB arguments
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The Argument Stack
-=over 4
+=item Extending your Extension
-=item History and Background
+=item Documenting your Extension
-=item Layers vs Disciplines
+=item Installing your Extension
-=item Data Structures
+=item EXAMPLE 5
-1. The functions and attributes of the "layer class", 2. The per-instance
-data for a particular handle
+=item New Things in this Example
-=item Functions and Attributes
+=item EXAMPLE 6
-=item Per-instance Data
+=item New Things in this Example
-=item Layers in action.
+=item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
-=item Per-instance flag bits
+=item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
-PERLIO_F_EOF, PERLIO_F_CANWRITE, PERLIO_F_CANREAD, PERLIO_F_ERROR,
-PERLIO_F_TRUNCATE, PERLIO_F_APPEND, PERLIO_F_CRLF, PERLIO_F_UTF8,
-PERLIO_F_UNBUF, PERLIO_F_WRBUF, PERLIO_F_RDBUF, PERLIO_F_LINEBUF,
-PERLIO_F_TEMP, PERLIO_F_OPEN, PERLIO_F_FASTGETS
+=item EXAMPLE 9 Passing open files to XSes
-=item Methods in Detail
+=item Troubleshooting these Examples
- IV (*Pushed)(PerlIO *f,const char *mode, SV *arg);, IV
- (*Popped)(PerlIO *f);, PerlIO * (*Open)(...);, SV *
-(*Getarg)(PerlIO *f);, IV (*Fileno)(PerlIO *f);, SSize_t
-(*Read)(PerlIO *f, void *vbuf, Size_t count);, SSize_t (*Unread)(PerlIO
-*f, const void *vbuf, Size_t count);, SSize_t (*Write)(PerlIO *f, const
-void *vbuf, Size_t count);, IV (*Seek)(PerlIO *f, Off_t
-offset, int whence);, Off_t (*Tell)(PerlIO *f);, IV
- (*Close)(PerlIO *f);, IV (*Flush)(PerlIO *f);, IV
- (*Fill)(PerlIO *f);, IV (*Eof)(PerlIO *f);, IV
- (*Error)(PerlIO *f);, void (*Clearerr)(PerlIO *f);, void
- (*Setlinebuf)(PerlIO *f);, STDCHAR * (*Get_base)(PerlIO *f);,
-Size_t (*Get_bufsiz)(PerlIO *f);, STDCHAR *
-(*Get_ptr)(PerlIO *f);, SSize_t (*Get_cnt)(PerlIO *f);, void
- (*Set_ptrcnt)(PerlIO *f,STDCHAR *ptr,SSize_t cnt);
+=back
-=item Core Layers
+=item See also
-"unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8"
+=item Author
-=item Extension Layers
+=over 4
-":encoding", ":Scalar", ":Object" or ":Perl"
+=item Last Changed
=back
=back
-=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
+=head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-1. USE_STDIO, 2. USE_SFIO, 3. USE_PERLIO, B<PerlIO_stdin()>,
-B<PerlIO_stdout()>, B<PerlIO_stderr()>, B<PerlIO_open(path, mode)>,
-B<PerlIO_fdopen(fd,mode)>, B<PerlIO_reopen(path,mode,f)>,
-B<PerlIO_printf(f,fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_vprintf(f,fmt,a)>,
-B<PerlIO_stdoutf(fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_read(f,buf,count)>,
-B<PerlIO_write(f,buf,count)>, B<PerlIO_close(f)>, B<PerlIO_puts(f,s)>,
-B<PerlIO_putc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_ungetc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_getc(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_eof(f)>, B<PerlIO_error(f)>, B<PerlIO_fileno(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_clearerr(f)>, B<PerlIO_flush(f)>, B<PerlIO_seek(f,offset,whence)>,
-B<PerlIO_tell(f)>, B<PerlIO_getpos(f,p)>, B<PerlIO_setpos(f,p)>,
-B<PerlIO_rewind(f)>, B<PerlIO_tmpfile()>, B<PerlIO_setlinebuf(f)>
-
=over 4
-=item Co-existence with stdio
+=item Introduction
-B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,flags)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,flags)>,
-B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>, B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>
+=item On The Road
-=item "Fast gets" Functions
+=item The Anatomy of an XSUB
-B<PerlIO_fast_gets(f)>, B<PerlIO_has_cntptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_cnt(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_get_ptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_set_ptrcnt(f,p,c)>, B<PerlIO_canset_cnt(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_set_cnt(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_has_base(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_base(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_get_bufsiz(f)>
+=item The Argument Stack
-=item Other Functions
+=item The RETVAL Variable
-PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers),
-'E<lt>' read, 'E<gt>' write, '+' read/write, PerlIO_debug(fmt,...)
+=item Returning SVs, AVs and HVs through RETVAL
-=back
+=item The MODULE Keyword
-=back
+=item The PACKAGE Keyword
-=head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
+=item The PREFIX Keyword
-=over 4
+=item The OUTPUT: Keyword
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The NO_OUTPUT Keyword
-=item To do during 5.6.x
+=item The CODE: Keyword
-=over 4
+=item The INIT: Keyword
-=item Support for I/O disciplines
+=item The NO_INIT Keyword
-=item Autoload bytes.pm
+=item Initializing Function Parameters
-=item Make "\u{XXXX}" et al work
+=item Default Parameter Values
-=item Create a char *sv_pvprintify(sv, STRLEN *lenp, UV flags)
+=item The PREINIT: Keyword
-=item Overloadable regex assertions
+=item The SCOPE: Keyword
-=item Unicode
+=item The INPUT: Keyword
-=item use Thread for iThreads
-
-=item make perl_clone optionally clone ops
+=item The IN/OUTLIST/IN_OUTLIST/OUT/IN_OUT Keywords
-=item Work out exit/die semantics for threads
+=item The C<length(NAME)> Keyword
-=item Typed lexicals for compiler
+=item Variable-length Parameter Lists
-=item Compiler workarounds for Win32
+=item The C_ARGS: Keyword
-=item AUTOLOADing in the compiler
+=item The PPCODE: Keyword
-=item Fixing comppadlist when compiling
+=item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
-=item Cleaning up exported namespace
+=item The REQUIRE: Keyword
-=item Complete signal handling
+=item The CLEANUP: Keyword
-=item Out-of-source builds
+=item The POSTCALL: Keyword
-=item POSIX realtime support
+=item The BOOT: Keyword
-=item UNIX98 support
+=item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
-=item IPv6 Support
+=item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
-=item Long double conversion
+=item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
-=item Locales
+=item The ALIAS: Keyword
-=item Thread-safe regexes
+=item The OVERLOAD: Keyword
-=item Arithmetic on non-Arabic numerals
+=item The FALLBACK: Keyword
-=item POSIX Unicode character classes
+=item The INTERFACE: Keyword
-=item Factoring out common suffices/prefices in regexps (trie optimization)
+=item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
-=item Security audit shipped utilities
+=item The INCLUDE: Keyword
-=item Custom opcodes
+=item The CASE: Keyword
-=item DLL Versioning
+=item The & Unary Operator
-=item Introduce @( and @)
+=item Inserting POD, Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
-=item Floating point handling
+=item Using XS With C++
-=item IV/UV preservation
+=item Interface Strategy
-=item Replace pod2html with something using Pod::Parser
+=item Perl Objects And C Structures
-=item Automate module testing on CPAN
+=item The Typemap
-=item sendmsg and recvmsg
+=item Safely Storing Static Data in XS
-=item Rewrite perlre documentation
+MY_CXT_KEY, typedef my_cxt_t, START_MY_CXT, MY_CXT_INIT, dMY_CXT, MY_CXT
-=item Convert example code to IO::Handle filehandles
+=back
-=item Document Win32 choices
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Check new modules
+=item XS VERSION
-=item Make roffitall find pods and libs itself
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item To do at some point
+=head2 perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions
=over 4
-=item Remove regular expression recursion
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
-=item Memory leaks after failed eval
+=item Conventions
-=item pack "(stuff)*"
+C<t>, C<p>, C<n>, C<s>
-=item bitfields in pack
+=item File Operations
-=item Cross compilation
+=item File Input and Output
-=item Perl preprocessor / macros
+=item File Positioning
-=item Perl lexer in Perl
+=item Memory Management and String Handling
-=item Using POSIX calls internally
+=item Character Class Tests
-=item -i rename file when changed
+=item F<stdlib.h> functions
-=item All ARGV input should act like E<lt>E<gt>
+=item Miscellaneous functions
-=item Support for rerunning debugger
+=back
-=item Test Suite for the Debugger
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item my sub foo { }
+=back
-=item One-pass global destruction
+=head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
-=item Rewrite regexp parser
+=over 4
-=item Cache recently used regexps
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Re-entrant functions
+=item Variables
-=item Cross-compilation support
+=over 4
-=item Bit-shifting bitvectors
+=item Datatypes
-=item debugger pragma
+=item What is an "IV"?
-=item use less pragma
+=item Working with SVs
-=item switch structures
+=item Offsets
-=item Cache eval tree
+=item What's Really Stored in an SV?
-=item rcatmaybe
+=item Working with AVs
-=item Shrink opcode tables
+=item Working with HVs
-=item Optimize away @_
+=item Hash API Extensions
-=item Prototypes versus indirect objects
+=item AVs, HVs and undefined values
-=item Install HMTL
+=item References
-=item Prototype method calls
+=item Blessed References and Class Objects
-=item Return context prototype declarations
+=item Creating New Variables
-=item magic_setisa
+GV_ADDMULTI, GV_ADDWARN
-=item Garbage collection
+=item Reference Counts and Mortality
-=item IO tutorial
+=item Stashes and Globs
-=item pack/unpack tutorial
+=item Double-Typed SVs
-=item Rewrite perldoc
+=item Magic Variables
-=item Install .3p manpages
+=item Assigning Magic
-=item Unicode tutorial
+=item Magic Virtual Tables
-=item Update POSIX.pm for 1003.1-2
+=item Finding Magic
-=item Retargetable installation
+=item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
-=item POSIX emulation on non-POSIX systems
+=item Localizing changes
-=item Rename Win32 headers
+C<SAVEINT(int i)>, C<SAVEIV(IV i)>, C<SAVEI32(I32 i)>, C<SAVELONG(long i)>,
+C<SAVESPTR(s)>, C<SAVEPPTR(p)>, C<SAVEFREESV(SV *sv)>, C<SAVEMORTALIZESV(SV
+*sv)>, C<SAVEFREEOP(OP *op)>, C<SAVEFREEPV(p)>, C<SAVECLEARSV(SV *sv)>,
+C<SAVEDELETE(HV *hv, char *key, I32 length)>,
+C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR(DESTRUCTORFUNC_NOCONTEXT_t f, void *p)>,
+C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR_X(DESTRUCTORFUNC_t f, void *p)>, C<SAVESTACK_POS()>, C<SV*
+save_scalar(GV *gv)>, C<AV* save_ary(GV *gv)>, C<HV* save_hash(GV *gv)>,
+C<void save_item(SV *item)>, C<void save_list(SV **sarg, I32 maxsarg)>,
+C<SV* save_svref(SV **sptr)>, C<void save_aptr(AV **aptr)>, C<void
+save_hptr(HV **hptr)>
-=item Finish off lvalue functions
+=back
-=item Update sprintf documentation
+=item Subroutines
-=item Use fchown/fchmod internally
+=over 4
-=item Make v-strings overloaded objects
+=item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
-=back
+=item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
-=item Vague ideas
+=item Memory Allocation
-=over 4
+=item PerlIO
-=item ref() in list context
+=item Putting a C value on Perl stack
-=item Make tr/// return histogram of characters in list context
+=item Scratchpads
-=item Compile to real threaded code
+=item Scratchpads and recursion
-=item Structured types
+=back
-=item Modifiable $1 et al.
+=item Compiled code
-=item Procedural interfaces for IO::*, etc.
+=over 4
-=item RPC modules
+=item Code tree
-=item Attach/detach debugger from running program
+=item Examining the tree
-=item Alternative RE syntax module
+=item Compile pass 1: check routines
-=item GUI::Native
+=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
-=item foreach(reverse ...)
+=item Compile pass 2: context propagation
-=item Constant function cache
+=item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
-=item Approximate regular expression matching
+=item Pluggable runops
=back
-=item Ongoing
+=item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions
+
+=item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
=over 4
-=item Update guts documentation
+=item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
+
+=item So what happened to dTHR?
+
+=item How do I use all this in extensions?
-=item Add more tests
+=item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads?
-=item Update auxiliary tools
+=item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
=back
-=item Recently done things
+=item Internal Functions
+
+A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, x, m, X, E, b
=over 4
-=item Safe signal handling
+=item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs
+
+=item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer
-=item Tie Modules
+=item Source Documentation
-=item gettimeofday
+=item Backwards compatibility
-=item setitimer and getimiter
+=back
-=item Testing __DIE__ hook
+=item Unicode Support
-=item CPP equivalent in Perl
+=over 4
-=item Explicit switch statements
+=item What B<is> Unicode, anyway?
-=item autocroak
+=item How can I recognise a UTF-8 string?
-=item UTF/EBCDIC
+=item How does UTF-8 represent Unicode characters?
-=item UTF Regexes
+=item How does Perl store UTF-8 strings?
-=item perlcc to produce executable
+=item How do I convert a string to UTF-8?
-=item END blocks saved in compiled output
+=item Is there anything else I need to know?
-=item Secure temporary file module
+=back
-=item Integrate Time::HiRes
+=item Custom Operators
-=item Turn Cwd into XS
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Mmap for input
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Byte to/from UTF8 and UTF8 to/from local conversion
+=back
-=item Add sockatmark support
+=head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
-=item Mailing list archives
+=over 4
-=item Bug tracking
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Integrate MacPerl
+An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
-=item Web "nerve center" for Perl
+=item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
-=item Regular expression tutorial
+call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
-=item Debugging Tutorial
+=item FLAG VALUES
-=item Integrate new modules
+=over 4
-=item Integrate profiler
+=item G_VOID
-=item Y2K error detection
+=item G_SCALAR
-=item Regular expression debugger
+=item G_ARRAY
-=item POD checker
+=item G_DISCARD
-=item "Dynamic" lexicals
+=item G_NOARGS
-=item Cache precompiled modules
+=item G_EVAL
-=back
+=item G_KEEPERR
-=item Deprecated Wishes
+=item Determining the Context
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Loop control on do{}
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-=item Lexically scoped typeglobs
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item format BOTTOM
+=over 4
-=item report HANDLE
+=item No Parameters, Nothing returned
-=item Generalised want()/caller())
+=item Passing Parameters
-=item Named prototypes
+=item Returning a Scalar
-=item Built-in globbing
+=item Returning a list of values
-=item Regression tests for suidperl
+=item Returning a list in a scalar context
-=item Cached hash values
+=item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
-=item Add compression modules
+=item Using G_EVAL
-=item Reorganise documentation into tutorials/references
+=item Using G_KEEPERR
-=item Remove distinction between functions and operators
+=item Using call_sv
-=item Make XS easier to use
+=item Using call_argv
-=item Make embedding easier to use
+=item Using call_method
-=item man for perl
+=item Using GIMME_V
-=item my $Package::variable
+=item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
-=item "or" tests defined, not truth
+=item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
-=item "class"-based lexicals
+1. Ignore the problem - Allow only 1 callback, 2. Create a sequence of
+callbacks - hard wired limit, 3. Use a parameter to map to the Perl
+callback
-=item byteperl
+=item Alternate Stack Manipulation
-=item Lazy evaluation / tail recursion removal
+=item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
-=item Make "use utf8" the default
+=back
-=item Unicode collation and normalization
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Create debugging macros
+=item AUTHOR
-=back
+=item DATE
=back
-=head2 perlhack - How to hack at the Perl internals
+=head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-Does concept match the general goals of Perl?, Where is the
-implementation?, Backwards compatibility, Could it be a module instead?, Is
-the feature generic enough?, Does it potentially introduce new bugs?, Does
-it preclude other desirable features?, Is the implementation robust?, Is
-the implementation generic enough to be portable?, Is there enough
-documentation?, Is there another way to do it?, Does it create too much
-work?, Patches speak louder than words
+=item "Gimme" Values
-=over 4
+GIMME, GIMME_V, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID
-=item Keeping in sync
+=item Array Manipulation Functions
-rsync'ing the source tree, Using rsync over the LAN, Using pushing over the
-NFS, rsync'ing the patches
+AvFILL, av_clear, av_delete, av_exists, av_extend, av_fetch, av_fill,
+av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push, av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift,
+get_av, newAV, sortsv
-=item Why rsync the source tree
+=item Callback Functions
-It's easier to rsync the source tree, It's more recent, It's more reliable
+call_argv, call_method, call_pv, call_sv, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv,
+FREETMPS, LEAVE, SAVETMPS
-=item Why rsync the patches
+=item Character classes
-It's easier to rsync the patches, It's a good reference, Finding a start
-point, Finding how to fix a bug, Finding the source of misbehaviour
+isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, toLOWER, toUPPER
-=item Perlbug remote interface
+=item Cloning an interpreter
-1 http://bugs.perl.org, 2 bugdb@perl.org, 3
-commands_and_bugdids@bugs.perl.org, notes, patches, tests
+perl_clone
-=item Submitting patches
+=item CV Manipulation Functions
-L<perlguts>, L<perlxstut> and L<perlxs>, L<perlapi>,
-F<Porting/pumpkin.pod>, The perl5-porters FAQ
+CvSTASH, get_cv
-=item Finding Your Way Around
+=item Embedding Functions
-Core modules, Tests, Documentation, Configure, Interpreter
+cv_undef, load_module, nothreadhook, perl_alloc, perl_construct,
+perl_destruct, perl_free, perl_parse, perl_run, require_pv
-=item Elements of the interpreter
+=item Functions in file pp_pack.c
-Startup, Parsing, Optimization, Running
+packlist, pack_cat, unpackstring, unpack_str
-=item Internal Variable Types
+=item Global Variables
-=item Op Trees
+PL_modglobal, PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes
-=item Stacks
+=item GV Functions
-Argument stack, Mark stack, Save stack
+GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_fetchmethod_autoload,
+gv_fetchmeth_autoload, gv_stashpv, gv_stashpvn, gv_stashsv
-=item Millions of Macros
+=item Handy Values
-=item Poking at Perl
+Nullav, Nullch, Nullcv, Nullhv, Nullsv
-=item Using a source-level debugger
+=item Hash Manipulation Functions
-run [args], break function_name, break source.c:xxx, step, next, continue,
-finish, 'enter', print
+get_hv, HEf_SVKEY, HeHASH, HeKEY, HeKLEN, HePV, HeSVKEY, HeSVKEY_force,
+HeSVKEY_set, HeVAL, HvNAME, hv_assert, hv_clear, hv_clear_placeholders,
+hv_delete, hv_delete_ent, hv_exists, hv_exists_ent, hv_fetch, hv_fetch_ent,
+hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey, hv_iterkeysv, hv_iternext, hv_iternextsv,
+hv_iternext_flags, hv_iterval, hv_magic, hv_scalar, hv_store, hv_store_ent,
+hv_undef, newHV
-=item Dumping Perl Data Structures
+=item Magical Functions
-=item Patching
+mg_clear, mg_copy, mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, mg_length, mg_magical, mg_set,
+SvGETMAGIC, SvLOCK, SvSETMAGIC, SvSetMagicSV, SvSetMagicSV_nosteal,
+SvSetSV, SvSetSV_nosteal, SvSHARE, SvUNLOCK
-=item Patching a core module
+=item Memory Management
-=item Adding a new function to the core
+Copy, CopyD, Move, MoveD, New, Newc, Newz, Poison, Renew, Renewc, Safefree,
+savepv, savepvn, savesharedpv, savesvpv, StructCopy, Zero, ZeroD
-=item Writing a test
+=item Miscellaneous Functions
-F<t/base/>, F<t/cmd/>, F<t/comp/>, F<t/io/>, F<t/lib/>, F<t/op/>,
-F<t/pod/>, F<t/run/>, t/base t/comp, t/cmd t/run t/io t/op, t/lib ext lib
+fbm_compile, fbm_instr, form, getcwd_sv, new_version, scan_version, strEQ,
+strGE, strGT, strLE, strLT, strNE, strnEQ, strnNE, sv_nolocking,
+sv_nosharing, sv_nounlocking, upg_version, vcmp, vnormal, vnumify,
+vstringify
-=back
+=item Numeric functions
-=item EXTERNAL TOOLS FOR DEBUGGING PERL
+grok_bin, grok_hex, grok_number, grok_numeric_radix, grok_oct, scan_bin,
+scan_hex, scan_oct
-=over 4
+=item Optree Manipulation Functions
-=item Rational Software's Purify
+cv_const_sv, newCONSTSUB, newXS
-=item Purify on Unix
+=item Pad Data Structures
--Accflags=-DPURIFY, -Doptimize='-g', -Uusemymalloc, -Dusemultiplicity
+pad_sv
-=item Purify on NT
+=item Stack Manipulation Macros
-DEFINES, USE_MULTI = define, #PERL_MALLOC = define, CFG = Debug
+dMARK, dORIGMARK, dSP, EXTEND, MARK, mPUSHi, mPUSHn, mPUSHp, mPUSHu,
+mXPUSHi, mXPUSHn, mXPUSHp, mXPUSHu, ORIGMARK, POPi, POPl, POPn, POPp,
+POPpbytex, POPpx, POPs, PUSHi, PUSHMARK, PUSHmortal, PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs,
+PUSHu, PUTBACK, SP, SPAGAIN, XPUSHi, XPUSHmortal, XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs,
+XPUSHu, XSRETURN, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV,
+XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF, XSRETURN_UV, XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNO,
+XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES
-=item Compaq's/Digital's Third Degree
+=item SV Flags
-=item PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL
+svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG
-=item Profiling
+=item SV Manipulation Functions
-=item Gprof Profiling
+get_sv, looks_like_number, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, newSV, NEWSV, newSViv,
+newSVnv, newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVpvn_share, newSVrv, newSVsv,
+newSVuv, SvCUR, SvCUR_set, SvEND, SvGROW, SvIOK, SvIOKp, SvIOK_notUV,
+SvIOK_off, SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only, SvIOK_only_UV, SvIOK_UV, SvIsCOW,
+SvIsCOW_shared_hash, SvIV, SvIVX, SvIVx, SvIV_nomg, SvLEN, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp,
+SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, SvNOKp, SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVx,
+SvNVX, SvOK, SvOOK, SvPOK, SvPOKp, SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only,
+SvPOK_only_UTF8, SvPV, SvPVbyte, SvPVbytex, SvPVbytex_force,
+SvPVbyte_force, SvPVbyte_nolen, SvPVutf8, SvPVutf8x, SvPVutf8x_force,
+SvPVutf8_force, SvPVutf8_nolen, SvPVX, SvPVx, SvPV_force, SvPV_force_nomg,
+SvPV_nolen, SvPV_nomg, SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK,
+SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV, SvSTASH, SvTAINT, SvTAINTED, SvTAINTED_off,
+SvTAINTED_on, SvTRUE, SvTYPE, SvUOK, SvUPGRADE, SvUTF8, SvUTF8_off,
+SvUTF8_on, SvUV, SvUVx, SvUVX, SvUV_nomg, SvVOK, sv_2bool, sv_2cv, sv_2io,
+sv_2iv_flags, sv_2mortal, sv_2nv, sv_2pvbyte, sv_2pvbyte_nolen, sv_2pvutf8,
+sv_2pvutf8_nolen, sv_2pv_flags, sv_2pv_nolen, sv_2uv_flags, sv_backoff,
+sv_bless, sv_catpv, sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg, sv_catpvn, sv_catpvn_flags,
+sv_catpvn_mg, sv_catpvn_nomg, sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv, sv_catsv_flags,
+sv_catsv_mg, sv_catsv_nomg, sv_chop, sv_clear, sv_cmp, sv_cmp_locale,
+sv_collxfrm, sv_copypv, sv_dec, sv_derived_from, sv_eq, sv_force_normal,
+sv_force_normal_flags, sv_free, sv_gets, sv_grow, sv_inc, sv_insert,
+sv_isa, sv_isobject, sv_iv, sv_len, sv_len_utf8, sv_magic, sv_magicext,
+sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, sv_newref, sv_nv, sv_pos_b2u, sv_pos_u2b,
+sv_pv, sv_pvbyte, sv_pvbyten, sv_pvbyten_force, sv_pvn, sv_pvn_force,
+sv_pvn_force_flags, sv_pvutf8, sv_pvutf8n, sv_pvutf8n_force, sv_reftype,
+sv_replace, sv_report_used, sv_reset, sv_rvweaken, sv_setiv, sv_setiv_mg,
+sv_setnv, sv_setnv_mg, sv_setpv, sv_setpvf, sv_setpvf_mg, sv_setpviv,
+sv_setpviv_mg, sv_setpvn, sv_setpvn_mg, sv_setpv_mg, sv_setref_iv,
+sv_setref_nv, sv_setref_pv, sv_setref_pvn, sv_setref_uv, sv_setsv,
+sv_setsv_flags, sv_setsv_mg, sv_setsv_nomg, sv_setuv, sv_setuv_mg,
+sv_taint, sv_tainted, sv_true, sv_unmagic, sv_unref, sv_unref_flags,
+sv_untaint, sv_upgrade, sv_usepvn, sv_usepvn_mg, sv_utf8_decode,
+sv_utf8_downgrade, sv_utf8_encode, sv_utf8_upgrade, sv_utf8_upgrade_flags,
+sv_uv, sv_vcatpvf, sv_vcatpvfn, sv_vcatpvf_mg, sv_vsetpvf, sv_vsetpvfn,
+sv_vsetpvf_mg
--a, -b, -e routine, -f routine, -s, -z
+=item Unicode Support
-=item GCC gcov Profiling
+bytes_from_utf8, bytes_to_utf8, ibcmp_utf8, is_utf8_char, is_utf8_string,
+is_utf8_string_loc, pv_uni_display, sv_cat_decode, sv_recode_to_utf8,
+sv_uni_display, to_utf8_case, to_utf8_fold, to_utf8_lower, to_utf8_title,
+to_utf8_upper, utf8n_to_uvchr, utf8n_to_uvuni, utf8_distance, utf8_hop,
+utf8_length, utf8_to_bytes, utf8_to_uvchr, utf8_to_uvuni, uvchr_to_utf8,
+uvuni_to_utf8_flags
-=item Pixie Profiling
+=item Variables created by C<xsubpp> and C<xsubpp> internal functions
--h, -l, -p[rocedures], -h[eavy], -i[nvocations], -l[ines], -testcoverage,
--z[ero]
+ax, CLASS, dAX, dITEMS, dUNDERBAR, dXSARGS, dXSI32, items, ix, newXSproto,
+RETVAL, ST, THIS, UNDERBAR, XS, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK
-=item CONCLUSION
+=item Warning and Dieing
-I<The Road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began.>
+croak, warn
-=back
+=item AUTHORS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
+=head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
+ Perl functions
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item INTRODUCTION
+=item CV reference counts and CvOUTSIDE
-=item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
+CvWEAKOUTSIDE
-=over 4
+=item Functions in file pad.h
-=item PUMPKIN?
+CX_CURPAD_SAVE, CX_CURPAD_SV, PAD_BASE_SV, PAD_CLONE_VARS,
+PAD_COMPNAME_FLAGS, PAD_COMPNAME_GEN, PAD_COMPNAME_OURSTASH,
+PAD_COMPNAME_PV, PAD_COMPNAME_TYPE, PAD_DUP, PAD_RESTORE_LOCAL,
+PAD_SAVE_LOCAL, PAD_SAVE_SETNULLPAD, PAD_SETSV, PAD_SET_CUR,
+PAD_SET_CUR_NOSAVE, PAD_SV, PAD_SVl, SAVECLEARSV, SAVECOMPPAD, SAVEPADSV
-=back
+=item Functions in file pp_ctl.c
-=item THE RECORDS
+find_runcv
-=over 4
+=item Global Variables
-=item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
+PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv,
+PL_rs
-=item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
+=item GV Functions
-=back
+is_gv_magical
-=item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
+=item IO Functions
-=back
+start_glob
-=head2 perldelta - what will be new for perl v5.8.0
+=item Pad Data Structures
-=over 4
+CvPADLIST, cv_clone, cv_dump, do_dump_pad, intro_my, pad_add_anon,
+pad_add_name, pad_alloc, pad_block_start, pad_check_dup, pad_findlex,
+pad_findmy, pad_fixup_inner_anons, pad_free, pad_leavemy, pad_new,
+pad_push, pad_reset, pad_setsv, pad_swipe, pad_tidy, pad_undef
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Stack Manipulation Macros
-=item Reporting Bugs
+djSP, LVRET
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item SV Manipulation Functions
-=item HISTORY
+find_uninit_var, report_uninit, sv_add_arena, sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs,
+sv_free_arenas
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perl572delta - what's new for perl v5.7.2
+=head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+=over 4
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item History and Background
-=over 4
+=item Basic Structure
-=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
+=item Layers vs Disciplines
-=item AIX Dynaloading
+=item Data Structures
-=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
+=item Functions and Attributes
-=item Different Definition of the Unicode Character Classes \p{In...}
+=item Per-instance Data
-=item Deprecations
+=item Layers in action.
-=back
+=item Per-instance flag bits
-=item Core Enhancements
+PERLIO_F_EOF, PERLIO_F_CANWRITE, PERLIO_F_CANREAD, PERLIO_F_ERROR,
+PERLIO_F_TRUNCATE, PERLIO_F_APPEND, PERLIO_F_CRLF, PERLIO_F_UTF8,
+PERLIO_F_UNBUF, PERLIO_F_WRBUF, PERLIO_F_RDBUF, PERLIO_F_LINEBUF,
+PERLIO_F_TEMP, PERLIO_F_OPEN, PERLIO_F_FASTGETS
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item Methods in Detail
-=over 4
+fsize, name, size, kind, PERLIO_K_BUFFERED, PERLIO_K_RAW, PERLIO_K_CANCRLF,
+PERLIO_K_FASTGETS, PERLIO_K_MULTIARG, Pushed, Popped, Open, Binmode,
+Getarg, Fileno, Dup, Read, Write, Seek, Tell, Close, Flush, Fill, Eof,
+Error, Clearerr, Setlinebuf, Get_base, Get_bufsiz, Get_ptr, Get_cnt,
+Set_ptrcnt
-=item New Modules and Distributions
+=item Utilities
-=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+=item Implementing PerlIO Layers
-=back
+C implementations, Perl implementations
-=item Utility Changes
+=item Core Layers
-=item New Documentation
+"unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8"
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item Extension Layers
-=over 4
+":encoding", ":scalar", ":via"
-=item New Or Improved Platforms
+=back
-=item Generic Improvements
+=item TODO
=back
-=item Selected Bug Fixes
+=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
=over 4
-=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
-
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Source Code Enhancements
+1. USE_STDIO, 2. USE_SFIO, 3. USE_PERLIO, B<PerlIO_stdin()>,
+B<PerlIO_stdout()>, B<PerlIO_stderr()>, B<PerlIO_open(path, mode)>,
+B<PerlIO_fdopen(fd,mode)>, B<PerlIO_reopen(path,mode,f)>,
+B<PerlIO_printf(f,fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_vprintf(f,fmt,a)>,
+B<PerlIO_stdoutf(fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_read(f,buf,count)>,
+B<PerlIO_write(f,buf,count)>, B<PerlIO_close(f)>, B<PerlIO_puts(f,s)>,
+B<PerlIO_putc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_ungetc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_getc(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_eof(f)>, B<PerlIO_error(f)>, B<PerlIO_fileno(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_clearerr(f)>, B<PerlIO_flush(f)>, B<PerlIO_seek(f,offset,whence)>,
+B<PerlIO_tell(f)>, B<PerlIO_getpos(f,p)>, B<PerlIO_setpos(f,p)>,
+B<PerlIO_rewind(f)>, B<PerlIO_tmpfile()>, B<PerlIO_setlinebuf(f)>
=over 4
-=item MAGIC constants
+=item Co-existence with stdio
-=item Better commented code
+B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,mode)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,mode)>,
+B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>, B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>
-=item Regex pre-/post-compilation items matched up
+=item "Fast gets" Functions
-=item gcc -Wall
+B<PerlIO_fast_gets(f)>, B<PerlIO_has_cntptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_cnt(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_get_ptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_set_ptrcnt(f,p,c)>, B<PerlIO_canset_cnt(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_set_cnt(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_has_base(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_base(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_get_bufsiz(f)>
+
+=item Other Functions
+
+PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers),
+'E<lt>' read, 'E<gt>' write, '+' read/write, PerlIO_debug(fmt,...)
=back
-=item New Tests
+=back
-=item Known Problems
+=head2 perlhack - How to hack at the Perl internals
=over 4
-=item AIX
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
+Does concept match the general goals of Perl?, Where is the
+implementation?, Backwards compatibility, Could it be a module instead?, Is
+the feature generic enough?, Does it potentially introduce new bugs?, Does
+it preclude other desirable features?, Is the implementation robust?, Is
+the implementation generic enough to be portable?, Is the implementation
+tested?, Is there enough documentation?, Is there another way to do it?,
+Does it create too much work?, Patches speak louder than words
-=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+=over 4
-=item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12
+=item Keeping in sync
-=item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configur
+rsync'ing the source tree, Using rsync over the LAN, Using pushing over the
+NFS, rsync'ing the patches
-=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
+=item Why rsync the source tree
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+It's easier to rsync the source tree, It's more reliable
-=item OS/390
+=item Why rsync the patches
-=item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
+It's easier to rsync the patches, It's a good reference, Finding a start
+point, Finding how to fix a bug, Finding the source of misbehaviour
-=item Failure of Thread tests
+=item Working with the source
-=item UNICOS
+=item Perlbug administration
-=item UTS
+=item Submitting patches
-=item VMS
+L<perlguts>, L<perlxstut> and L<perlxs>, L<perlapi>,
+F<Porting/pumpkin.pod>, The perl5-porters FAQ
-=item Win32
+=item Finding Your Way Around
-=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
+Core modules, Tests, Documentation, Configure, Interpreter
-=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+=item Elements of the interpreter
-=item Variable Attributes are not Currently Usable for Tieing
+Startup, Parsing, Optimization, Running
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=item Internal Variable Types
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+=item Op Trees
-=item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental
+=item Stacks
-=back
+Argument stack, Mark stack, Save stack
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item Millions of Macros
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item The .i Targets
-=item HISTORY
+=item Poking at Perl
-=back
+=item Using a source-level debugger
-=head2 perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.1
+run [args], break function_name, break source.c:xxx, step, next, continue,
+finish, 'enter', print
-=over 4
+=item gdb macro support
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Dumping Perl Data Structures
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+=item Patching
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item Patching a core module
-=item Core Enhancements
+=item Adding a new function to the core
-=over 4
+=item Writing a test
-=item AUTOLOAD Is Now Lvaluable
+F<t/base/>, F<t/cmd/>, F<t/comp/>, F<t/io/>, F<t/lib/>, F<t/op/>,
+F<t/pod/>, F<t/run/>, F<t/uni/>, F<t/win32/>, F<t/x2p>, t/base t/comp,
+t/cmd t/run t/io t/op, t/lib ext lib
-=item PerlIO is Now The Default
+=item Special Make Test Targets
-=item Signals Are Now Safe
+coretest, test.deparse, test.taintwarn, minitest, test.valgrind
+check.valgrind utest.valgrind ucheck.valgrind, test.third check.third
+utest.third ucheck.third, test.torture torturetest, utest ucheck test.utf8
+check.utf8, minitest.utf16 test.utf16, test_harness
+
+=item Running tests by hand
+
+PERL_CORE=1, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL=2, PERL, PERL_SKIP_TTY_TEST
=back
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item EXTERNAL TOOLS FOR DEBUGGING PERL
=over 4
-=item New Modules
+=item Rational Software's Purify
-=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+=item Purify on Unix
-=back
+-Accflags=-DPURIFY, -Doptimize='-g', -Uusemymalloc, -Dusemultiplicity
-=item Performance Enhancements
+=item Purify on NT
-=item Utility Changes
+DEFINES, USE_MULTI = define, #PERL_MALLOC = define, CFG = Debug
-=item New Documentation
+=item valgrind
-=over 4
+=item Compaq's/Digital's/HP's Third Degree
-=item perlclib
+=item PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL
-=item perliol
+=item Profiling
-=item README.aix
+=item Gprof Profiling
-=item README.bs2000
+-a, -b, -e routine, -f routine, -s, -z
-=item README.macos
+=item GCC gcov Profiling
-=item README.mpeix
+=item Pixie Profiling
-=item README.solaris
+-h, -l, -p[rocedures], -h[eavy], -i[nvocations], -l[ines], -testcoverage,
+-z[ero]
-=item README.vos
+=item Miscellaneous tricks
-=item Porting/repository.pod
+=item CONCLUSION
+
+I<The Road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began.>
=back
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item AUTHOR
-=over 4
+=back
-=item New Or Improved Platforms
+=head2 perlbook - Perl book information
-=item Generic Improvements
+=over 4
-d_cmsghdr, d_fcntl_can_lock, d_fsync, d_getitimer, d_getpagsz, d_msghdr_s,
-need_va_copy, d_readv, d_recvmsg, d_sendmsg, sig_size, d_sockatmark,
-d_strtoq, d_u32align, d_ualarm, d_usleep
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=item Selected Bug Fixes
+=head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
=over 4
-=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item assertions
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=item iCOW
-=item Changed Internals
+=item (?{...}) closures in regexps
-=item New Tests
+=item A re-entrant regexp engine
-=item Known Problems
+=item pragmata
=over 4
-=item AIX vac 5.0.0.0 May Produce Buggy Code For Perl
+=item lexical pragmas
-=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+=item use less 'memory'
-=item lib/io_multihomed Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+=back
-=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+=item prototypes and functions
-=item lib/b test 19
+=over 4
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+=item _ prototype character
-=item sigaction test 13 in VMS
+=item inlining autoloaded constants
-=item sprintf tests 129 and 130
+=item Finish off lvalue functions
-=item Failure of Thread tests
+=back
-=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
+=item Unicode and UTF8
-=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+=over 4
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=item Implicit Latin 1 => Unicode translation
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+=item UTF8 caching code
+
+=item Unicode in Filenames
+
+=item Unicode in %ENV
=back
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item Regexps
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=item HISTORY
+=item regexp optimiser optional
+
+=item common suffices/prefices in regexps (trie optimization)
=back
-=head2 perl570delta - what's new for perl v5.7.0
+=item POD
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item POD -> HTML conversion still sucks
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+=back
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item Misc medium sized projects
-=item Core Enhancements
+=over 4
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item UNITCHECK
-=over 4
+=item optional optimizer
-=item New Modules
+=item You WANT *how* many
-=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+=item lexical aliases
-=back
+=item no 6
-=item Utility Changes
+=item IPv6
-=item New Documentation
+=item entersub XS vs Perl
-=item Performance Enhancements
+=item @INC source filter to Filter::Simple
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item bincompat functions
-=over 4
+=item Use fchown/fchmod internally
-=item Generic Improvements
+=item Constant folding
=back
-=item Selected Bug Fixes
+=item Tests
=over 4
-=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+=item Make Schwern poorer
-=back
+=item test B
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=item common test code for timed bailout
-=item Changed Internals
+=back
-=item Known Problems
+=item Installation
=over 4
-=item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect
+=item compressed man pages
-=item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform
+=item Make Config.pm cope with differences between build and installed perl
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=item Relocatable perl
-=item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+=item make HTML install work
-=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+=item put patchlevel in -v
-=item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris
+=back
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+=item Incremental things
-=item Storable tests fail in some platforms
+=over 4
-=item Threads Are Still Experimental
+=item autovivification
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+=item fix tainting bugs
+
+=item Make tainting consistent
+
+=item Dual life everything
=back
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item Vague things
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=item HISTORY
+=item threads
-=back
+=item POSIX memory footprint
-=head2 perl56delta, perldelta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
+=item Optimize away @_
-=over 4
+=item switch ops
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Attach/detach debugger from running program
-=item Core Enhancements
+=item A decent benchmark
+
+=item readpipe(LIST)
+
+=item Self ties
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perldoc - Look up Perl documentation in Pod format.
=over 4
-=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+=item OPTIONS
-=item Support for interpolating named characters
+B<-h>, B<-v>, B<-t>, B<-u>, B<-m> I<module>, B<-l>, B<-F>, B<-f>
+I<perlfunc>, B<-q> I<perlfaq-search-regexp>, B<-T>, B<-d>
+I<destination-filename>, B<-o> I<output-formatname>, B<-M> I<module-name>,
+B<-w> I<option:value> or B<-w> I<option>, B<-X>,
+B<PageName|ModuleName|ProgramName>, B<-n> I<some-formatter>, B<-r>, B<-i>,
+B<-V>
-=item "our" declarations
+=item SECURITY
-=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+=item AUTHOR
-=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+=back
-=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+=head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
-=item open() with more than two arguments
+=over 4
-=item 64-bit support
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Large file support
+=item INTRODUCTION
-=item Long doubles
+=item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
-=item "more bits"
+=over 4
-=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+=item PUMPKIN?
-=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+=back
-=item File globbing implemented internally
+=item THE RECORDS
-=item Support for CHECK blocks
+=over 4
-=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+=item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
-=item Better pseudo-random number generator
+=item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
-=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+=back
-=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+=item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
-=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+=back
-=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+=head2 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.2
-=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+=over 4
-=item Comments in pack() templates
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Weak references
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Binary numbers supported
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Lvalue subroutines
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+=item Utility Changes
-=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+=item Documentation
-=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+=item Changed Internals
-=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+=item Known Problems
-=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+=over 4
-=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+=back
-=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item Improved diagnostics
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+=back
-=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+=head2 perl592delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.2
-=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+=over 4
-=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Improved security features
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+=item Utility Changes
-=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+=item Documentation
-=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item Optional Y2K warnings
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=back
+=item Changed Internals
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item Known Problems
=over 4
-=item Modules
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
-DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
-Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
-File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
-Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
-podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
-pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
-Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
+=back
-=item Pragmata
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Utility Changes
+=head2 perl591delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.1
=over 4
-=item dprofpp
-
-=item find2perl
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item h2xs
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item perlcc
+=over 4
-=item perldoc
+=item substr() lvalues are no longer fixed-length
-=item The Perl Debugger
+=item The C<:unique> attribute is only meaningful for globals
=back
-=item Improved Documentation
-
-perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
-perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
-perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
-perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
-
-=item Performance enhancements
+=item Core Enhancements
=over 4
-=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
+=item Lexical C<$_>
-=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
+=item Tied hashes in scalar context
-=item Faster subroutine calls
+=item Formats
-=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
+=item Stacked filetest operators
=back
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+Benchmark, Carp, Exporter, FindBin, List::Util, threads::shared
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item Documentation
+
+=item Performance Enhancements
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
=over 4
-=item -Dusethreads means something different
+=item UTF-8 bugs
-=item New Configure flags
+=item Threading bugs
-=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
+=item More bugs
-=item Long Doubles
+=back
-=item -Dusemorebits
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item -Duselargefiles
+=item Changed Internals
-=item installusrbinperl
+=over 4
-=item SOCKS support
+=item Reordering of SVt_* constants
-=item C<-A> flag
+=item Removal of CPP symbols
-=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+=item Less space is used by ops
+
+=item New parser
=back
-=item Platform specific changes
+=item Configuration and Building
+
+=item Known Problems
=over 4
-=item Supported platforms
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item DOS
+=back
-=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
+=item To-do for perl 5.10.0
-=item VMS
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item Win32
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Significant bug fixes
+=head2 perl590delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.0
=over 4
-=item <HANDLE> on empty files
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item C<eval '...'> improvements
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item All compilation errors are true errors
+=over 4
-=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
+=item Hash Randomisation
-=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
+=item UTF-8 On Filehandles No Longer Activated By Locale
-=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
+=item Single-number v-strings are no longer v-strings before "=>"
-=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+=item (Win32) The -C Switch Has Been Repurposed
-=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+=item (Win32) The /d Switch Of cmd.exe
-=item Failures in DESTROY()
+=item The C<$*> variable has been removed
-=item Locale bugs fixed
+=back
-=item Memory leaks
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+=over 4
-=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+=item Assertions
-=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
+=item Defined-or operators
-=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+=item UTF-8 no longer default under UTF-8 locales
-=back
+=item Unsafe signals again available
+
+=item Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices
+
+=item local ${$x}
+
+=item Unicode Character Database 4.0.0
+
+=item Miscellaneous Enhancements
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Updated Modules And Pragmata
+
+base, B::Bytecode, B::Concise, B::Deparse, Benchmark, ByteLoader, bytes,
+CGI, charnames, CPAN, Data::Dumper, DB_File, Devel::PPPort, Digest::MD5,
+Encode, fields, libnet, Math::BigInt, MIME::Base64, NEXT, Net::Ping,
+PerlIO::scalar, podlators, Pod::LaTeX, PodParsers, Pod::Perldoc,
+Scalar::Util, Storable, strict, Term::ANSIcolor, Test::Harness, Test::More,
+Test::Simple, Text::Balanced, Time::HiRes, threads, threads::shared,
+Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize, Win32::GetFolderPath,
+Win32::GetOSVersion
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item New Documentation
+
+=item Performance Enhancements
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Platform-specific enhancements
+
+=back
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Closures, eval and lexicals
+
+=item Generic fixes
+
+=item Platform-specific fixes
+
+=back
=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-"%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
-implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
-/ cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
-by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
-\\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
-passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
-early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
-argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
-subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
-%s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
-substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
-Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
-size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
-filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
-Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
-Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
-remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
-weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
-syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
-constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
-defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
-"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
-%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
-output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
-explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
-Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
-|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
-number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
-%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
-separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
-subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
-returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
-%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
-No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
-No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
-is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
-panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
-around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
-Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
-instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
-Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
-Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
-zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
-Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
-environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
-'%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
-escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
-list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
-subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
-CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
+=over 4
+
+=item Changed "A thread exited while %d threads were running"
+
+=item Removed "Attempt to clear a restricted hash"
+
+=item New "Illegal declaration of anonymous subroutine"
+
+=item Changed "Invalid range "%s" in transliteration operator"
+
+=item New "Missing control char name in \c"
+
+=item New "Newline in left-justified string for %s"
+
+=item New "Possible precedence problem on bitwise %c operator"
+
+=item New "read() on %s filehandle %s"
+
+=item New "Tied variable freed while still in use"
+
+=item New "To%s: illegal mapping '%s'"
+
+=item New "Use of freed value in iteration"
+
+=back
+
+=item Changed Internals
+
+=item New Tests
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Tied hashes in scalar context
+
+=item Net::Ping 450_service and 510_ping_udp failures
+
+=item B::C
+
+=back
+
+=item Platform Specific Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item EBCDIC Platforms
+
+=item Cygwin 1.5 problems
+
+=item HP-UX: HP cc warnings about sendfile and sendpath
+
+=item IRIX: t/uni/tr_7jis.t falsely failing
+
+=item Mac OS X: no usemymalloc
+
+=item Tru64: No threaded builds with GNU cc (gcc)
+
+=item Win32: sysopen, sysread, syswrite
+
+=back
+
+=item TODO
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl586delta - what is new for perl v5.8.6
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item Performance Enhancements
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+=item Changed Internals
+
+=item New Tests
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl585delta - what is new for perl v5.8.5
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Perl's debugger
+
+=item h2ph
+
+=back
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+=item Changed Internals
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=item Platform Specific Problems
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl584delta - what is new for perl v5.8.4
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Malloc wrapping
+
+=item Unicode Character Database 4.0.1
+
+=item suidperl less insecure
+
+=item format
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Updated modules
+
+Attribute::Handlers, B, Benchmark, CGI, Carp, Cwd, Exporter, File::Find,
+IO, IPC::Open3, Local::Maketext, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt,
+Math::BigRat, MIME::Base64, ODBM_File, POSIX, Shell, Socket, Storable,
+Switch, Sys::Syslog, Term::ANSIColor, Time::HiRes, Unicode::UCD, Win32,
+base, open, threads, utf8
+
+=back
+
+=item Performance Enhancements
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+=item Changed Internals
+
+=item Future Directions
+
+=item Platform Specific Problems
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl583delta - what is new for perl v5.8.3
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+CGI, Cwd, Digest, Digest::MD5, Encode, File::Spec, FindBin, List::Util,
+Math::BigInt, PodParser, Pod::Perldoc, POSIX, Unicode::Collate,
+Unicode::Normalize, Test::Harness, threads::shared
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item New Documentation
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+=item Changed Internals
+
+=item Configuration and Building
+
+=item Platform Specific Problems
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=item Future Directions
+
+=item Obituary
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl582delta - what is new for perl v5.8.2
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Hash Randomisation
+
+=item Threading
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Updated Modules And Pragmata
+
+Devel::PPPort, Digest::MD5, I18N::LangTags, libnet, MIME::Base64,
+Pod::Perldoc, strict, Tie::Hash, Time::HiRes, Unicode::Collate,
+Unicode::Normalize, UNIVERSAL
+
+=back
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=item Changed Internals
+
+=item Platform Specific Problems
+
+=item Future Directions
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl581delta - what is new for perl v5.8.1
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Hash Randomisation
+
+=item UTF-8 On Filehandles No Longer Activated By Locale
+
+=item Single-number v-strings are no longer v-strings before "=>"
+
+=item (Win32) The -C Switch Has Been Repurposed
+
+=item (Win32) The /d Switch Of cmd.exe
+
+=back
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item UTF-8 no longer default under UTF-8 locales
+
+=item Unsafe signals again available
+
+=item Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices
+
+=item local ${$x}
+
+=item Unicode Character Database 4.0.0
+
+=item Deprecation Warnings
+
+=item Miscellaneous Enhancements
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Updated Modules And Pragmata
+
+base, B::Bytecode, B::Concise, B::Deparse, Benchmark, ByteLoader, bytes,
+CGI, charnames, CPAN, Data::Dumper, DB_File, Devel::PPPort, Digest::MD5,
+Encode, fields, libnet, Math::BigInt, MIME::Base64, NEXT, Net::Ping,
+PerlIO::scalar, podlators, Pod::LaTeX, PodParsers, Pod::Perldoc,
+Scalar::Util, Storable, strict, Term::ANSIcolor, Test::Harness, Test::More,
+Test::Simple, Text::Balanced, Time::HiRes, threads, threads::shared,
+Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize, Win32::GetFolderPath,
+Win32::GetOSVersion
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item New Documentation
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Platform-specific enhancements
+
+=back
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Closures, eval and lexicals
+
+=item Generic fixes
+
+=item Platform-specific fixes
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Changed "A thread exited while %d threads were running"
+
+=item Removed "Attempt to clear a restricted hash"
+
+=item New "Illegal declaration of anonymous subroutine"
+
+=item Changed "Invalid range "%s" in transliteration operator"
+
+=item New "Missing control char name in \c"
+
+=item New "Newline in left-justified string for %s"
+
+=item New "Possible precedence problem on bitwise %c operator"
+
+=item New "Pseudo-hashes are deprecated"
+
+=item New "read() on %s filehandle %s"
+
+=item New "5.005 threads are deprecated"
+
+=item New "Tied variable freed while still in use"
+
+=item New "To%s: illegal mapping '%s'"
+
+=item New "Use of freed value in iteration"
+
+=back
+
+=item Changed Internals
+
+=item New Tests
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Tied hashes in scalar context
+
+=item Net::Ping 450_service and 510_ping_udp failures
+
+=item B::C
+
+=back
+
+=item Platform Specific Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item EBCDIC Platforms
+
+=item Cygwin 1.5 problems
+
+=item HP-UX: HP cc warnings about sendfile and sendpath
+
+=item IRIX: t/uni/tr_7jis.t falsely failing
+
+=item Mac OS X: no usemymalloc
+
+=item Tru64: No threaded builds with GNU cc (gcc)
+
+=item Win32: sysopen, sysread, syswrite
+
+=back
+
+=item Future Directions
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl58delta - what is new for perl v5.8.0
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Highlights In 5.8.0
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Binary Incompatibility
+
+=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
+
+=item AIX Dynaloading
+
+=item Attributes for C<my> variables now handled at run-time
+
+=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
+
+=item IEEE-format Floating Point Default on OpenVMS Alpha
+
+=item New Unicode Semantics (no more C<use utf8>, almost)
+
+=item New Unicode Properties
+
+=item REF(...) Instead Of SCALAR(...)
+
+=item pack/unpack D/F recycled
+
+=item glob() now returns filenames in alphabetical order
+
+=item Deprecations
+
+=back
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Unicode Overhaul
+
+=item PerlIO is Now The Default
+
+=item ithreads
+
+=item Restricted Hashes
+
+=item Safe Signals
+
+=item Understanding of Numbers
+
+=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings [561]
+
+=item Miscellaneous Changes
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Modules and Pragmata
+
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item New Documentation
+
+=item Performance Enhancements
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Generic Improvements
+
+=item New Or Improved Platforms
+
+=back
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+=item Changed Internals
+
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed [561]
+
+=item New Tests
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Very Experimental
+
+=item Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken
+
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+
+=item Modifying $_ Inside for(..)
+
+=item mod_perl 1.26 Doesn't Build With Threaded Perl
+
+=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+
+=item libwww-perl (LWP) fails base/date #51
+
+=item PDL failing some tests
+
+=item Perl_get_sv
+
+=item Self-tying Problems
+
+=item ext/threads/t/libc
+
+=item Failure of Thread (5.005-style) tests
+
+=item Timing problems
+
+=item Tied/Magical Array/Hash Elements Do Not Autovivify
+
+=item Unicode in package/class and subroutine names does not work
+
+=back
+
+=item Platform Specific Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AIX
+
+=item Alpha systems with old gccs fail several tests
+
+=item AmigaOS
+
+=item BeOS
+
+=item Cygwin "unable to remap"
+
+=item Cygwin ndbm tests fail on FAT
+
+=item DJGPP Failures
+
+=item FreeBSD built with ithreads coredumps reading large directories
+
+=item FreeBSD Failing locale Test 117 For ISO 8859-15 Locales
+
+=item IRIX fails ext/List/Util/t/shuffle.t or Digest::MD5
+
+=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
+
+=item Linux with glibc 2.2.5 fails t/op/int subtest #6 with -Duse64bitint
+
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+
+=item Mac OS X
+
+=item Mac OS X dyld undefined symbols
+
+=item OS/2 Test Failures
+
+=item op/sprintf tests 91, 129, and 130
+
+=item SCO
+
+=item Solaris 2.5
+
+=item Solaris x86 Fails Tests With -Duse64bitint
+
+=item SUPER-UX (NEC SX)
+
+=item Term::ReadKey not working on Win32
+
+=item UNICOS/mk
+
+=item UTS
+
+=item VOS (Stratus)
+
+=item VMS
+
+=item Win32
+
+=item XML::Parser not working
+
+=item z/OS (OS/390)
+
+=item Unicode Support on EBCDIC Still Spotty
+
+=item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
+
+=back
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl573delta - what's new for perl v5.7.3
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Changes
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl572delta - what's new for perl v5.7.2
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
+
+=item AIX Dynaloading
+
+=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
+
+=item Different Definition of the Unicode Character Classes \p{In...}
+
+=item Deprecations
+
+=back
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Modules and Distributions
+
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item New Documentation
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Or Improved Platforms
+
+=item Generic Improvements
+
+=back
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+=item Source Code Enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item MAGIC constants
+
+=item Better commented code
+
+=item Regex pre-/post-compilation items matched up
+
+=item gcc -Wall
+
+=back
+
+=item New Tests
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AIX
+
+=item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
+
+=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+
+=item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12
+
+=item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured
+
+=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
+
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+
+=item OS/390
+
+=item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
+
+=item Failure of Thread tests
+
+=item UNICOS
+
+=item UTS
+
+=item VMS
+
+=item Win32
+
+=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
+
+=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+
+=item Variable Attributes are not Currently Usable for Tieing
+
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+
+=item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental
+
+=back
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.1
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AUTOLOAD Is Now Lvaluable
+
+=item PerlIO is Now The Default
+
+=item Signals Are Now Safe
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Modules
+
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+
+=back
+
+=item Performance Enhancements
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item New Documentation
+
+=over 4
+
+=item perlclib
+
+=item perliol
+
+=item README.aix
+
+=item README.bs2000
+
+=item README.macos
+
+=item README.mpeix
+
+=item README.solaris
+
+=item README.vos
+
+=item Porting/repository.pod
+
+=back
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Or Improved Platforms
+
+=item Generic Improvements
+
+d_cmsghdr, d_fcntl_can_lock, d_fsync, d_getitimer, d_getpagsz, d_msghdr_s,
+need_va_copy, d_readv, d_recvmsg, d_sendmsg, sig_size, d_sockatmark,
+d_strtoq, d_u32align, d_ualarm, d_usleep
+
+=back
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+=item Changed Internals
+
+=item New Tests
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AIX vac 5.0.0.0 May Produce Buggy Code For Perl
+
+=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+
+=item lib/io_multihomed Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+
+=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+
+=item lib/b test 19
+
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+
+=item sigaction test 13 in VMS
+
+=item sprintf tests 129 and 130
+
+=item Failure of Thread tests
+
+=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
+
+=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+
+=back
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl570delta - what's new for perl v5.7.0
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Modules
+
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item New Documentation
+
+=item Performance Enhancements
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Generic Improvements
+
+=back
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+=item Changed Internals
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect
+
+=item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform
+
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+
+=item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+
+=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+
+=item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris
+
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+
+=item Storable tests fail in some platforms
+
+=item Threads Are Still Experimental
+
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+
+=back
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl561delta - what's new for perl v5.6.x
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Summary of changes between 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Security Issues
+
+=item Core bug fixes
+
+C<UNIVERSAL::isa()>, Memory leaks, Numeric conversions, qw(a\\b), caller(),
+Bugs in regular expressions, "slurp" mode, Autovivification of symbolic
+references to special variables, Lexical warnings, Spurious warnings and
+errors, glob(), Tainting, sort(), #line directives, Subroutine prototypes,
+map(), Debugger, PERL5OPT, chop(), Unicode support, 64-bit support,
+Compiler, Lvalue subroutines, IO::Socket, File::Find, xsubpp, C<no
+Module;>, Tests
+
+=item Core features
+
+=item Configuration issues
+
+=item Documentation
+
+=item Bundled modules
+
+B::Concise, File::Temp, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Text::Overstrike, CGI, CPAN,
+Class::Struct, DB_File, Devel::Peek, File::Find, Getopt::Long, IO::Poll,
+IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::Complex, Net::Ping, Opcode, Pod::Parser,
+Pod::Text, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Tie::RefHash, Tie::SubstrHash
+
+=item Platform-specific improvements
+
+NCR MP-RAS, NonStop-UX
+
+=back
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+
+=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+
+=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+
+=item Support for interpolating named characters
+
+=item "our" declarations
+
+=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+
+=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+
+=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+
+=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+
+=item open() with more than two arguments
+
+=item 64-bit support
+
+=item Large file support
+
+=item Long doubles
+
+=item "more bits"
+
+=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+
+=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+
+=item File globbing implemented internally
+
+=item Support for CHECK blocks
+
+=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+
+=item Better pseudo-random number generator
+
+=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+
+=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+
+=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+
+=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+
+=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+
+=item Comments in pack() templates
+
+=item Weak references
+
+=item Binary numbers supported
+
+=item Lvalue subroutines
+
+=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+
+=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+
+=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+
+=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+
+=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+
+=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+
+=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+
+=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+
+=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+
+=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+
+=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+
+=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+
+=item Improved diagnostics
+
+=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+
+=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+
+=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+
+=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+
+=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+
+=item Improved security features
+
+=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
+
+=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+
+=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+
+=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+
+=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+
+=item Optional Y2K warnings
+
+=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Modules
+
+attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
+DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
+Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
+File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
+Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
+podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
+pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
+Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
+
+=item Pragmata
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item dprofpp
+
+=item find2perl
+
+=item h2xs
+
+=item perlcc
+
+=item perldoc
+
+=item The Perl Debugger
+
+=back
+
+=item Improved Documentation
+
+perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
+perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
+perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
+perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
+
+=item Performance enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
+
+=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
+
+=item Faster subroutine calls
+
+=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
+
+=back
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item -Dusethreads means something different
+
+=item New Configure flags
+
+=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
+
+=item Long Doubles
+
+=item -Dusemorebits
+
+=item -Duselargefiles
+
+=item installusrbinperl
+
+=item SOCKS support
+
+=item C<-A> flag
+
+=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+
+=item gcc automatically tried if 'cc' does not seem to be working
+
+=back
+
+=item Platform specific changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Supported platforms
+
+=item DOS
+
+=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
+
+=item VMS
+
+=item Win32
+
+=back
+
+=item Significant bug fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item <HANDLE> on empty files
+
+=item C<eval '...'> improvements
+
+=item All compilation errors are true errors
+
+=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
+
+=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
+
+=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
+
+=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+
+=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+
+=item Failures in DESTROY()
+
+=item Locale bugs fixed
+
+=item Memory leaks
+
+=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+
+=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+
+=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
+
+=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+"%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
+implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
+/ cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
+by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
+\\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
+passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
+early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
+argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
+subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
+%s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
+substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
+Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
+size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
+filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
+Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
+Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
+remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
+weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
+syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
+constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
+defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
+"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
+%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
+output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
+explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
+Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
+|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
+number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
+%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
+separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
+subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
+returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
+%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
+No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
+No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
+is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
+panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
+around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
+Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
+instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
+Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
+Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
+zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
+Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
+environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
+'%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
+escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
+list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
+subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
+CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
+
+=item New tests
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+
+CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
+Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
+C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
+generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
+read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
+Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
+values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
+Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
+Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
+prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
+on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
+
+=item C Source Incompatibilities
+
+C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+
+=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+
+C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+
+=item Binary Incompatibilities
+
+=back
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Localizing a tied hash element may leak memory
+
+=item Known test failures
+
+=item EBCDIC platforms not fully supported
+
+=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+
+=item Arrow operator and arrays
+
+=item Experimental features
+
+Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
+pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
+globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
+
+=back
+
+=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+
+Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
+logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
+\@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
+to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl56delta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+
+=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+
+=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+
+=item Support for interpolating named characters
+
+=item "our" declarations
+
+=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+
+=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+
+=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+
+=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+
+=item open() with more than two arguments
+
+=item 64-bit support
+
+=item Large file support
+
+=item Long doubles
+
+=item "more bits"
+
+=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+
+=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+
+=item File globbing implemented internally
+
+=item Support for CHECK blocks
+
+=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+
+=item Better pseudo-random number generator
+
+=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+
+=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+
+=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+
+=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+
+=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+
+=item Comments in pack() templates
+
+=item Weak references
+
+=item Binary numbers supported
+
+=item Lvalue subroutines
+
+=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+
+=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+
+=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+
+=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+
+=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+
+=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+
+=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+
+=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+
+=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+
+=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+
+=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+
+=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+
+=item Improved diagnostics
+
+=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+
+=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+
+=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+
+=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+
+=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+
+=item Improved security features
+
+=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
+
+=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+
+=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+
+=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+
+=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+
+=item Optional Y2K warnings
+
+=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Modules
+
+attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
+DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
+Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
+File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
+Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
+podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
+pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
+Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
+
+=item Pragmata
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item dprofpp
+
+=item find2perl
+
+=item h2xs
+
+=item perlcc
+
+=item perldoc
+
+=item The Perl Debugger
+
+=back
+
+=item Improved Documentation
+
+perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
+perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
+perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
+perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
+
+=item Performance enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
+
+=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
+
+=item Faster subroutine calls
+
+=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
+
+=back
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item -Dusethreads means something different
+
+=item New Configure flags
+
+=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
+
+=item Long Doubles
+
+=item -Dusemorebits
+
+=item -Duselargefiles
+
+=item installusrbinperl
+
+=item SOCKS support
+
+=item C<-A> flag
+
+=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+
+=back
+
+=item Platform specific changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Supported platforms
+
+=item DOS
+
+=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
+
+=item VMS
+
+=item Win32
+
+=back
+
+=item Significant bug fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item <HANDLE> on empty files
+
+=item C<eval '...'> improvements
+
+=item All compilation errors are true errors
+
+=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
+
+=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
+
+=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
+
+=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+
+=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+
+=item Failures in DESTROY()
+
+=item Locale bugs fixed
+
+=item Memory leaks
+
+=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+
+=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+
+=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
+
+=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+"%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
+implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
+/ cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
+by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
+\\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
+passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
+early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
+argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
+subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
+%s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
+substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
+Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
+size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
+filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
+Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
+Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
+remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
+weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
+syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
+constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
+defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
+"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
+%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
+output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
+explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
+Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
+|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
+number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
+%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
+separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
+subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
+returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
+%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
+No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
+No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
+is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
+panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
+around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
+Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
+instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
+Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
+Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
+zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
+Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
+environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
+'%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
+escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
+list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
+subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
+CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
+
+=item New tests
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+
+CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
+Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
+C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
+generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
+read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
+Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
+values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
+Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
+Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
+prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
+on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
+
+=item C Source Incompatibilities
+
+C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+
+=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+
+C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+
+=item Binary Incompatibilities
+
+=back
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Thread test failures
+
+=item EBCDIC platforms not supported
+
+=item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
+
+=item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
+
+=item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
+gcc
+
+=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+
+=item Arrow operator and arrays
+
+=item Experimental features
+
+Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
+pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
+globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
+
+=back
+
+=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+
+Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
+logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
+\@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
+to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl5005delta - what's new for perl5.005
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item About the new versioning system
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004.
+
+=item Default installation structure has changed
+
+=item Perl Source Compatibility
+
+=item C Source Compatibility
+
+=item Binary Compatibility
+
+=item Security fixes may affect compatibility
+
+=item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004
+
+=item Licensing
+
+=back
+
+=item Core Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Threads
+
+=item Compiler
+
+=item Regular Expressions
+
+Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression
+constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other
+improvements, Incompatible changes
+
+=item Improved malloc()
+
+=item Quicksort is internally implemented
+
+=item Reliable signals
+
+=item Reliable stack pointers
+
+=item More generous treatment of carriage returns
+
+=item Memory leaks
+
+=item Better support for multiple interpreters
+
+=item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined
+
+=item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L<Errno> module
+
+=item Pseudo-hashes are supported
+
+=item C<EXPR foreach EXPR> is supported
+
+=item Keywords can be globally overridden
+
+=item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32
+
+=item C<foreach (1..1000000)> optimized
+
+=item C<Foo::> can be used as implicitly quoted package name
+
+=item C<exists $Foo::{Bar::}> tests existence of a package
+
+=item Better locale support
+
+=item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms
+
+=item prototype() returns useful results on builtins
+
+=item Extended support for exception handling
+
+=item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods
+
+=item All C<printf> format conversions are handled internally
+
+=item New C<INIT> keyword
+
+=item New C<lock> keyword
+
+=item New C<qr//> operator
+
+=item C<our> is now a reserved word
+
+=item Tied arrays are now fully supported
+
+=item Tied handles support is better
+
+=item 4th argument to substr
+
+=item Negative LENGTH argument to splice
+
+=item Magic lvalues are now more magical
+
+=item <> now reads in records
+
+=back
+
+=item Supported Platforms
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Platforms
+
+=item Changes in existing support
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Modules
+
+B, Data::Dumper, Dumpvalue, Errno, File::Spec, ExtUtils::Installed,
+ExtUtils::Packlist, Fatal, IPC::SysV, Test, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle,
+Thread, attrs, fields, re
+
+=item Changes in existing modules
+
+Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File,
+MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item Documentation Changes
+
+=item New Diagnostics
+
+Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or use &, Bad index
+while coercing array into hash, Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent
+package, Can't call method "%s" on an undefined value, Can't check
+filesystem of script "%s" for nosuid, Can't coerce array into hash, Can't
+goto subroutine from an eval-string, Can't localize pseudo-hash element,
+Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available, Cannot find an opnumber
+for "%s", Character class syntax [. .] is reserved for future extensions,
+Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Character
+class syntax [= =] is reserved for future extensions, %s: Eval-group in
+insecure regular expression, %s: Eval-group not allowed, use re 'eval', %s:
+Eval-group not allowed at run time, Explicit blessing to '' (assuming
+package main), Illegal hex digit ignored, No such array field, No such
+field "%s" in variable %s of type %s, Out of memory during ridiculously
+large request, Range iterator outside integer range, Recursive inheritance
+detected while looking for method '%s' %s, Reference found where even-sized
+list expected, Undefined value assigned to typeglob, Use of reserved word
+"%s" is deprecated, perl: warning: Setting locale failed
+
+=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+
+Can't mktemp(), Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s, Cannot open
+temporary file, regexp too big
+
+=item Configuration Changes
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl5004delta - what's new for perl5.004
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Supported Environments
+
+=item Core Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item List assignment to %ENV works
+
+=item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error
+
+=item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003
+
+=item $PERL5OPT environment variable
+
+=item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options
+
+=item More precise warnings
+
+=item Deprecated: Inherited C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods
+
+=item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable
+
+=item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
+
+=item Group vector changeable with C<$)>
+
+=item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
+
+=item Fixed localization of $<digit>, $&, etc.
+
+=item No resetting of $. on implicit close
+
+=item C<wantarray> may return undef
+
+=item C<eval EXPR> determines value of EXPR in scalar context
+
+=item Changes to tainting checks
+
+No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No
+spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name
+
+=item New Opcode module and revised Safe module
+
+=item Embedding improvements
+
+=item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes
+
+=item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface
+
+=item New and changed syntax
+
+$coderef->(PARAMS)
+
+=item New and changed builtin constants
+
+__PACKAGE__
+
+=item New and changed builtin variables
+
+$^E, $^H, $^M
+
+=item New and changed builtin functions
+
+delete on slices, flock, printf and sprintf, keys as an lvalue, my() in
+Control Structures, pack() and unpack(), sysseek(), use VERSION, use Module
+VERSION LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), srand, $_ as Default, C<m//gc> does not
+reset search position on failure, C<m//x> ignores whitespace before ?*+{},
+nested C<sub{}> closures work now, formats work right on changing lexicals
+
+=item New builtin methods
+
+isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+
+=item TIEHANDLE now supported
+
+TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this
+LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this
+
+=item Malloc enhancements
+
+-DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
+
+=item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements
+
+=back
+
+=item Support for More Operating Systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Win32
+
+=item Plan 9
+
+=item QNX
+
+=item AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item Pragmata
+
+use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3), use blib, use blib 'dir', use
+constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish
+
+=item Modules
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Required Updates
+
+=item Installation directories
+
+=item Module information summary
+
+=item Fcntl
+
+=item IO
+
+=item Math::Complex
+
+=item Math::Trig
+
+=item DB_File
+
+=item Net::Ping
+
+=item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item pod2html
+
+Sends converted HTML to standard output
+
+=item xsubpp
+
+C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
+
+=back
+
+=item C Language API Changes
+
+C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, C<perl_eval_pv>, Extended API for
+manipulating hashes
+
+=item Documentation Changes
+
+L<perldelta>, L<perlfaq>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>,
+L<perlmodlib>, L<perldebug>, L<perlsec>
+
+=item New Diagnostics
+
+"my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope, %s argument is
+not a HASH element or slice, Allocation too large: %lx, Allocation too
+large, Applying %s to %s will act on scalar(%s), Attempt to free
+nonexistent shared string, Attempt to use reference as lvalue in substr,
+Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package, Can't redefine active sort
+subroutine %s, Can't use bareword ("%s") as %s ref while "strict refs" in
+use, Cannot resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Constant
+subroutine %s redefined, Constant subroutine %s undefined, Copy method did
+not return a reference, Died, Exiting pseudo-block via %s, Identifier too
+long, Illegal character %s (carriage return), Illegal switch in PERL5OPT:
+%s, Integer overflow in hex number, Integer overflow in octal number,
+internal error: glob failed, Invalid conversion in %s: "%s", Invalid type
+in pack: '%s', Invalid type in unpack: '%s', Name "%s::%s" used only once:
+possible typo, Null picture in formline, Offset outside string, Out of
+memory!, Out of memory during request for %s, panic: frexp, Possible
+attempt to put comments in qw() list, Possible attempt to separate words
+with commas, Scalar value @%s{%s} better written as $%s{%s}, Stub found
+while resolving method `%s' overloading `%s' in %s, Too late for "B<-T>"
+option, untie attempted while %d inner references still exist, Unrecognized
+character %s, Unsupported function fork, Use of "$$<digit>" to mean
+"${$}<digit>" is deprecated, Value of %s can be "0"; test with defined(),
+Variable "%s" may be unavailable, Variable "%s" will not stay shared,
+Warning: something's wrong, Ill-formed logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter,
+Got an error from DosAllocMem, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX, PERL_SH_DIR too
+long, Process terminated by SIG%s
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlartistic - the Perl Artistic License
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item The "Artistic License"
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Preamble
+
+=item Definitions
+
+"Package", "Standard Version", "Copyright Holder", "You", "Reasonable
+copying fee", "Freely Available"
+
+=item Conditions
+
+a), b), c), d), a), b), c), d)
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlgpl - the GNU General Public License, version 2
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX
+
+=item OS level
+
+=item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
+
+=item The IBM ANSI C Compiler
+
+=item The usenm option
+
+=item Using GNU's gcc for building perl
+
+=item Using Large Files with Perl
+
+=item Threaded Perl
+
+=item 64-bit Perl
+
+=item AIX 4.2 and extensions using C++ with statics
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item NOTE
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS
+
+B<Unix emulation for AmigaOS: ixemul.library>, B<Version of Amiga OS>
+
+=item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS
+
+=item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALLATION
+
+=item Accessing documentation
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS
+
+=item Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS
+
+=item Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Getting the Perl Source for AmigaOS
+
+=item Making Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Testing Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item PERL 5.8.0 BROKEN IN AMIGAOS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlapollo, README.apollo - Perl version 5 on Apollo DomainOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlbeos, README.beos - Perl version 5.8+ on BeOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUILD AND INSTALL
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Requirements
+
+=item Configure
+
+=item Build
+
+=item Install
+
+=back
+
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+
+=item CONTACT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item gzip on BS2000
+
+=item bison on BS2000
+
+=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on BS2000
+
+=item Compiling Perl on BS2000
+
+=item Testing Perl on BS2000
+
+=item Installing Perl on BS2000
+
+=item Using Perl in the Posix-Shell of BS2000
+
+=item Using Perl in "native" BS2000
+
+=item Floating point anomalies on BS2000
+
+=item Using PerlIO and different encodings on ASCII and EBCDIC partitions
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Mailing list
+
+=back
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlce - Perl for WinCE
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUILD
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Tools & SDK
+
+Microsoft Embedded Visual Tools, Microsoft Visual C++, Rainer Keuchel's
+celib-sources, Rainer Keuchel's console-sources
+
+=item Make
+
+go to ./wince subdirectory, edit file compile.bat, run compile.bat, run
+ compile.bat dist
+
+=back
+
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item PREREQUISITES FOR COMPILING PERL ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it)
+
+=item Cygwin Configuration
+
+C<PATH>, I<nroff>, Permissions
+
+=back
+
+=item CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Stripping Perl Binaries on Cygwin
+
+=item Optional Libraries for Perl on Cygwin
+
+C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>), C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>),
+C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>), C<-lutil>
+
+=item Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin
+
+C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Uuseperlio>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>,
+C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles>,
+C<-Dmksymlinks>
+
+=item Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin
+
+I<dlsym()>, Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>, Compiler/Preprocessor defines
+
+=back
+
+=item MAKE ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Errors on Cygwin
+
+=item ld2 on Cygwin
+
+=back
+
+=item TEST ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item File Permissions on Cygwin
+
+=item NDBM_File and ODBM_File do not work on FAT filesystems
+
+=item C<fork()> failures in io_* tests
+
+=item Script Portability on Cygwin
+
+Pathnames, Text/Binary, PerlIO, F<.exe>, C<chown()>, Miscellaneous
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN
+
+=item MANIFEST ON CYGWIN
+
+Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl
+Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts
+
+=item BUGS ON CYGWIN
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perldgux - Perl under DG/UX.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUILDING PERL ON DG/UX
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Non-threaded Perl on DG/UX
+
+=item Threaded Perl on DG/UX
+
+=item Testing Perl on DG/UX
+
+=item Installing the built perl on DG/UX
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on DOS
+
+DJGPP, Pthreads
+
+=item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS
+
+=item Building Perl on DOS
+
+=item Testing Perl on DOS
+
+=item Installation of Perl on DOS
+
+=back
+
+=item BUILDING AND INSTALLING MODULES ON DOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Building Prerequisites for Perl on DOS
+
+=item Unpacking CPAN Modules on DOS
+
+=item Building Non-XS Modules on DOS
+
+=item Building XS Modules on DOS
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlepoc, README.epoc - Perl for EPOC
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item INTRODUCTION
+
+=item INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC
+
+=item STARTING PERL ON EPOC
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Editors on Epoc
+
+=item Features of Perl on Epoc
+
+=item Restrictions of Perl on Epoc
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment
+
+=back
+
+=item SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item LAST UPDATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfreebsd, README.freebsd - Perl version 5 on FreeBSD systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item FreeBSD core dumps from readdir_r with ithreads
+
+=item $^X doesn't always contain a full path in FreeBSD
+
+=item Perl will no longer be part of "base FreeBSD"
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix
+(HP-UX) systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Using perl as shipped with HP-UX
+
+=item Using perl from HP's porting centre
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX
+
+=item PA-RISC
+
+=item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions
+
+=item PA-RISC 1.0
+
+=item PA-RISC 1.1
+
+=item PA-RISC 2.0
+
+=item Itanium Processor Family and HP-UX
+
+=item Itanium & Itanium 2
+
+=item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX
+
+=item The HP ANSI C Compiler
+
+=item The GNU C Compiler
+
+=item Using Large Files with Perl on HP-UX
+
+=item Threaded Perl on HP-UX
+
+=item 64-bit Perl on HP-UX
+
+=item Oracle on HP-UX
+
+=item GDBM and Threads on HP-UX
+
+=item NFS filesystems and utime(2) on HP-UX
+
+=item perl -P and // and HP-UX
+
+=item HP-UX Kernel Parameters (maxdsiz) for Compiling Perl
+
+=back
+
+=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlhurd, README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Known Problems with Perl on Hurd
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlirix, README.irix - Perl version 5 on Irix systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Building 32-bit Perl in Irix
+
+=item Building 64-bit Perl in Irix
+
+=item About Compiler Versions of Irix
+
+=item Linker Problems in Irix
+
+=item Malloc in Irix
+
+=item Building with threads in Irix
+
+=item Irix 5.3
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen
+systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Perl version 5.8.x and greater not supported
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5.6.x on MachTen
+
+=item Failures during C<make test> on MachTen
+
+op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t
+
+=item Building external modules on MachTen
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmacosx, README.macosx - Perl under Mac OS X
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Installation Prefix
+
+=item libperl and Prebinding
+
+=item Updating Panther
+
+=item Known problems
+
+=item MacPerl
+
+=item Carbon
+
+=item Cocoa
+
+=back
+
+=item Starting From Scratch
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmint, README.mint - Perl version 5 on Atari MiNT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Known problems with Perl on MiNT
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item NOTE
+
+=item Binary distribution from HP
+
+=item What's New in Perl for MPE/iX
+
+=item Welcome to Perl/iX
+
+=item System Requirements for Perl/iX
+
+=item How to Obtain Perl/iX
+
+=item Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights
+
+README, INSTALL, LIBSHP3K, PERL, .cpan/, lib/, man/,
+public_html/feedback.cgi, src/perl-5.6.0-mpe
+
+=item How to Compile Perl/iX
+
+ 4, 6
+
+=item Getting Started with Perl/iX
+
+=item MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
+
+=item Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation
+
+=item Perl/iX To-Do List
+
+=item Perl/iX Change History
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlnetware - Perl for NetWare
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUILD
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Tools & SDK
+
+=item Setup
+
+SetNWBld.bat, Buildtype.bat
+
+=item Make
+
+=item Interpreter
+
+=item Extensions
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALL
+
+=item BUILD NEW EXTENSIONS
+
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Target
+
+=item Other OSes
+
+=item Prerequisites
+
+EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh
+
+=item Starting Perl programs under OS/2 (and DOS and...)
+
+=item Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl
+
+=back
+
+=item Frequently asked questions
+
+=over 4
+
+=item "It does not work"
+
+=item I cannot run external programs
+
+=item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F<perl.dll> from my
+program.
+
+Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use
+L<ExtUtils::Embed>?
+
+=item C<``> and pipe-C<open> do not work under DOS.
+
+=item Cannot start C<find.exe "pattern" file>
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALLATION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Automatic binary installation
+
+C<PERL_BADLANG>, C<PERL_BADFREE>, F<Config.pm>
+
+=item Manual binary installation
+
+Perl VIO and PM executables (dynamically linked), Perl_ VIO executable
+(statically linked), Executables for Perl utilities, Main Perl library,
+Additional Perl modules, Tools to compile Perl modules, Manpages for Perl
+and utilities, Manpages for Perl modules, Source for Perl documentation,
+Perl manual in F<.INF> format, Pdksh
+
+=item B<Warning>
+
+=back
+
+=item Accessing documentation
+
+=over 4
+
+=item OS/2 F<.INF> file
+
+=item Plain text
+
+=item Manpages
+
+=item HTML
+
+=item GNU C<info> files
+
+=item F<PDF> files
+
+=item C<LaTeX> docs
+
+=back
+
+=item BUILD
+
+=over 4
+
+=item The short story
+
+=item Prerequisites
+
+=item Getting perl source
+
+=item Application of the patches
+
+=item Hand-editing
+
+=item Making
+
+=item Testing
+
+A lot of C<bad free>, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F<op/fs.t>,
+F<op/stat.t>
+
+=item Installing the built perl
+
+=item C<a.out>-style build
+
+=back
+
+=item Building a binary distribution
+
+=item Building custom F<.EXE> files
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Making executables with a custom collection of statically loaded
+extensions
+
+=item Making executables with a custom search-paths
+
+=back
+
+=item Build FAQ
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Some C</> became C<\> in pdksh.
+
+=item C<'errno'> - unresolved external
+
+=item Problems with tr or sed
+
+=item Some problem (forget which ;-)
+
+=item Library ... not found
+
+=item Segfault in make
+
+=item op/sprintf test failure
+
+=back
+
+=item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<setpriority>, C<getpriority>
+
+=item C<system()>
+
+=item C<extproc> on the first line
+
+=item Additional modules:
+
+=item Prebuilt methods:
+
+C<File::Copy::syscopy>, C<DynaLoader::mod2fname>, C<Cwd::current_drive()>,
+ C<Cwd::sys_chdir(name)>, C<Cwd::change_drive(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_is_absolute(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_is_rooted(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_is_relative(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_cwd(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_abspath(name, dir)>, C<Cwd::extLibpath([type])>,
+C<Cwd::extLibpath_set( path [, type ] )>,
+C<OS2::Error(do_harderror,do_exception)>, C<OS2::Errors2Drive(drive)>,
+OS2::SysInfo(), OS2::BootDrive(), C<OS2::MorphPM(serve)>,
+C<OS2::UnMorphPM(serve)>, C<OS2::Serve_Messages(force)>,
+C<OS2::Process_Messages(force [, cnt])>, C<OS2::_control87(new,mask)>,
+OS2::get_control87(), C<OS2::set_control87_em(new=MCW_EM,mask=MCW_EM)>,
+C<OS2::DLLname([how [, \&xsub]])>
+
+=item Prebuilt variables:
+
+$OS2::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver, $OS2::is_aout, $OS2::can_fork,
+$OS2::nsyserror
+
+=item Misfeatures
+
+=item Modifications
+
+C<popen>, C<tmpnam>, C<tmpfile>, C<ctermid>, C<stat>, C<mkdir>, C<rmdir>,
+C<flock>
+
+=item Identifying DLLs
+
+=item Centralized management of resources
+
+C<HAB>, C<HMQ>, Treating errors reported by OS/2 API,
+C<CheckOSError(expr)>, C<CheckWinError(expr)>, C<SaveWinError(expr)>,
+C<SaveCroakWinError(expr,die,name1,name2)>, C<WinError_2_Perl_rc>,
+C<FillWinError>, C<FillOSError(rc)>, Loading DLLs and ordinals in DLLs
+
+=back
+
+=item Perl flavors
+
+=over 4
+
+=item F<perl.exe>
+
+=item F<perl_.exe>
+
+=item F<perl__.exe>
+
+=item F<perl___.exe>
+
+=item Why strange names?
+
+=item Why dynamic linking?
+
+=item Why chimera build?
+
+=back
+
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>
+
+=item C<PERL_BADLANG>
+
+=item C<PERL_BADFREE>
+
+=item C<PERL_SH_DIR>
+
+=item C<USE_PERL_FLOCK>
+
+=item C<TMP> or C<TEMP>
+
+=back
+
+=item Evolution
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Text-mode filehandles
+
+=item Priorities
+
+=item DLL name mangling: pre 5.6.2
+
+=item DLL name mangling: 5.6.2 and beyond
+
+Global DLLs, specific DLLs, C<BEGINLIBPATH> and C<ENDLIBPATH>, F<.> from
+C<LIBPATH>
+
+=item DLL forwarder generation
+
+=item Threading
+
+=item Calls to external programs
+
+=item Memory allocation
+
+=item Threads
+
+C<COND_WAIT>, F<os2.c>
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390
+and z/OS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Tools
+
+=item Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
+
+=item Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Configure Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Build, Test, Install Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Build Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Installation Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Floating Point Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Modules and Extensions for Perl on OS/390
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
+
+=back
+
+=item HISTORY
-=item New tests
+=back
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=head2 perlos400, README.os400 - Perl version 5 on OS/400
=over 4
-=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+=item DESCRIPTION
-CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
-Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
-C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
-generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
-read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
-Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
-values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
-Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
-Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
-prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
-on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
+=over 4
-=item C Source Incompatibilities
+=item Compiling Perl for OS/400 PASE
-C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+=item Installing Perl in OS/400 PASE
-=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+=item Using Perl in OS/400 PASE
-C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+=item Known Problems
-=item Binary Incompatibilities
+=item Perl on ILE
=back
-=item Known Problems
+=item AUTHORS
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Thread test failures
+=head2 perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl
-=item EBCDIC platforms not supported
+=over 4
-=item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
+=over 4
-=item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
-gcc
+=item Invoking Perl
-=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+=item What's in Plan 9 Perl
-=item Arrow operator and arrays
+=item What's not in Plan 9 Perl
-=item Experimental features
+=item Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl
-Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
-pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
-globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
+=item Signals in Plan 9 Perl
=back
-=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+=item COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9
-Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
-logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
-\@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
-to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
+=over 4
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9
-=item SEE ALSO
+=back
-=item HISTORY
+=item BUGS
+
+=item Revision date
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perl5005delta, perldelta - what's new for perl5.005
+=head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item About the new versioning system
+=over 4
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4
+
+/bin/sh, ar, nm, cpp, make
+
+=item Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4
+
+=item QNX auxiliary files
+
+qnx/ar, qnx/cpp
+
+=item Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlsolaris, README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
=over 4
-=item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004.
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Default installation structure has changed
+=over 4
-=item Perl Source Compatibility
+=item Solaris Version Numbers.
-=item C Source Compatibility
+=back
-=item Binary Compatibility
+=item RESOURCES
-=item Security fixes may affect compatibility
+Solaris FAQ, Precompiled Binaries, Solaris Documentation
-=item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004
+=item SETTING UP
-=item Licensing
+=over 4
+
+=item File Extraction Problems on Solaris.
+
+=item Compiler and Related Tools on Solaris.
+
+=item Environment for Compiling perl on Solaris
=back
-=item Core Changes
+=item RUN CONFIGURE.
=over 4
-=item Threads
+=item 64-bit perl on Solaris.
-=item Compiler
+=item Threads in perl on Solaris.
-=item Regular Expressions
+=item Malloc Issues with perl on Solaris.
-Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression
-constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other
-improvements, Incompatible changes
+=back
-=item Improved malloc()
+=item MAKE PROBLEMS.
-=item Quicksort is internally implemented
+Dynamic Loading Problems With GNU as and GNU ld, ld.so.1: ./perl: fatal:
+relocation error:, dlopen: stub interception failed, #error "No
+DATAMODEL_NATIVE specified", sh: ar: not found
-=item Reliable signals
+=item MAKE TEST
-=item Reliable stack pointers
+=over 4
-=item More generous treatment of carriage returns
+=item op/stat.t test 4 in Solaris
-=item Memory leaks
+=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
-=item Better support for multiple interpreters
+=back
-=item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined
+=item PREBUILT BINARIES OF PERL FOR SOLARIS.
-=item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L<Errno> module
+=item RUNTIME ISSUES FOR PERL ON SOLARIS.
-=item Pseudo-hashes are supported
+=over 4
-=item C<EXPR foreach EXPR> is supported
+=item Limits on Numbers of Open Files on Solaris.
-=item Keywords can be globally overridden
+=back
-=item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32
+=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC MODULES.
-=item C<foreach (1..1000000)> optimized
+=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH MODULES.
-=item C<Foo::> can be used as implicitly quoted package name
+=over 4
-=item C<exists $Foo::{Bar::}> tests existence of a package
+=item Proc::ProcessTable on Solaris
-=item Better locale support
+=item BSD::Resource on Solaris
-=item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms
+=item Net::SSLeay on Solaris
-=item prototype() returns useful results on builtins
+=back
-=item Extended support for exception handling
+=item SunOS 4.x
-=item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods
+=item AUTHOR
-=item All C<printf> format conversions are handled internally
+=item LAST MODIFIED
-=item New C<INIT> keyword
+=back
-=item New C<lock> keyword
+=head2 perltru64, README.tru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as
+Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems
-=item New C<qr//> operator
+=over 4
-=item C<our> is now a reserved word
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Tied arrays are now fully supported
+=over 4
-=item Tied handles support is better
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on Tru64
-=item 4th argument to substr
+=item Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
-=item Negative LENGTH argument to splice
+=item Threaded Perl on Tru64
-=item Magic lvalues are now more magical
+=item Long Doubles on Tru64
-=item <> now reads in records
+=item DB_File tests failing on Tru64
+
+=item 64-bit Perl on Tru64
+
+=item Warnings about floating-point overflow when compiling Perl on Tru64
=back
-=item Supported Platforms
+=item Testing Perl on Tru64
+
+=item ext/ODBM_File/odbm Test Failing With Static Builds
+
+=item Perl Fails Because Of Unresolved Symbol sockatmark
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perluts - Perl under UTS
=over 4
-=item New Platforms
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Changes in existing support
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUILDING PERL ON UTS
+
+=item Installing the built perl on UTS
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=head2 perlvmesa, README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA.
=over 4
-=item New Modules
+=item SYNOPSIS
-B, Data::Dumper, Dumpvalue, Errno, File::Spec, ExtUtils::Installed,
-ExtUtils::Packlist, Fatal, IPC::SysV, Test, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle,
-Thread, attrs, fields, re
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Changes in existing modules
+=over 4
-Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File,
-MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd
+=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on VM/ESA
+
+=item Setup Perl and utilities on VM/ESA
+
+=item Configure Perl on VM/ESA
+
+=item Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA
+
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on VM/ESA
=back
-=item Utility Changes
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Documentation Changes
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item New Diagnostics
+=over 4
-Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or use &, Bad index
-while coercing array into hash, Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent
-package, Can't call method "%s" on an undefined value, Can't check
-filesystem of script "%s" for nosuid, Can't coerce array into hash, Can't
-goto subroutine from an eval-string, Can't localize pseudo-hash element,
-Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available, Cannot find an opnumber
-for "%s", Character class syntax [. .] is reserved for future extensions,
-Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Character
-class syntax [= =] is reserved for future extensions, %s: Eval-group in
-insecure regular expression, %s: Eval-group not allowed, use re 'eval', %s:
-Eval-group not allowed at run time, Explicit blessing to '' (assuming
-package main), Illegal hex digit ignored, No such array field, No such
-field "%s" in variable %s of type %s, Out of memory during ridiculously
-large request, Range iterator outside integer range, Recursive inheritance
-detected while looking for method '%s' %s, Reference found where even-sized
-list expected, Undefined value assigned to typeglob, Use of reserved word
-"%s" is deprecated, perl: warning: Setting locale failed
+=item Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA
+
+=back
+
+=back
-=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+=head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl
-Can't mktemp(), Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s, Cannot open
-temporary file, regexp too big
+=over 4
-=item Configuration Changes
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item BUGS
+=item Installation
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Organization of Perl Images
-=item HISTORY
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Core Images
-=head2 perl5004delta, perldelta - what's new for perl5.004
+=item Perl Extensions
-=over 4
+=item Installing static extensions
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Installing dynamic extensions
-=item Supported Environments
+=back
-=item Core Changes
+=item File specifications
=over 4
-=item List assignment to %ENV works
+=item Syntax
-=item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error
+=item Wildcard expansion
-=item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003
+=item Pipes
-=item $PERL5OPT environment variable
+=back
-=item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options
+=item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB
-=item More precise warnings
+=item Command line
-=item Deprecated: Inherited C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods
+=over 4
-=item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable
+=item I/O redirection and backgrounding
-=item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
+=item Command line switches
-=item Group vector changeable with C<$)>
+-i, -S, -u
-=item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
+=back
-=item Fixed localization of $<digit>, $&, etc.
+=item Perl functions
-=item No resetting of $. on implicit close
+File tests, backticks, binmode FILEHANDLE, crypt PLAINTEXT, USER, dump,
+exec LIST, fork, getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, gmtime, kill, qx//, select
+(system call), stat EXPR, system LIST, time, times, unlink LIST, utime
+LIST, waitpid PID,FLAGS
-=item C<wantarray> may return undef
+=item Perl variables
-=item C<eval EXPR> determines value of EXPR in scalar context
+%ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $|
-=item Changes to tainting checks
+=item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences
-No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No
-spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name
+=over 4
-=item New Opcode module and revised Safe module
+=item SDBM_File
-=item Embedding improvements
+=back
-=item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes
+=item Revision date
-=item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface
+=item AUTHOR
-=item New and changed syntax
+=back
-$coderef->(PARAMS)
+=head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS
-=item New and changed builtin constants
+=over 4
-__PACKAGE__
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item New and changed builtin variables
+=item BUILDING PERL FOR VOS
-$^E, $^H, $^M
+=item INSTALLING PERL IN VOS
-=item New and changed builtin functions
+=item USING PERL IN VOS
-delete on slices, flock, printf and sprintf, keys as an lvalue, my() in
-Control Structures, pack() and unpack(), sysseek(), use VERSION, use Module
-VERSION LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), srand, $_ as Default, C<m//gc> does not
-reset search position on failure, C<m//x> ignores whitespace before ?*+{},
-nested C<sub{}> closures work now, formats work right on changing lexicals
+=over 4
-=item New builtin methods
+=item Restrictions of Perl on VOS
-isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+=item Handling of underflow and overflow
-=item TIEHANDLE now supported
+=back
-TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this
-LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this
+=item TEST STATUS
-=item Malloc enhancements
+=item SUPPORT STATUS
--DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements
+=item LAST UPDATE
=back
-=item Support for More Operating Systems
+=head2 perlwin32 - Perl under Windows
=over 4
-=item Win32
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Plan 9
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item QNX
+=over 4
-=item AmigaOS
+=item Setting Up Perl on Win32
-=back
+Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Visual
+C++ Toolkit 2003, Microsoft Platform SDK 64-bit Compiler, MinGW release 3
+with gcc, MinGW release 1 with gcc
-=item Pragmata
+=item Building
-use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3), use blib, use blib 'dir', use
-constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish
+=item Testing Perl on Win32
-=item Modules
+=item Installation of Perl on Win32
-=over 4
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on Win32
-=item Required Updates
+Environment Variables, File Globbing, Using perl from the command line,
+Building Extensions, Command-line Wildcard Expansion, Win32 Specific
+Extensions, Notes on 64-bit Windows
-=item Installation directories
+=item Running Perl Scripts
-=item Module information summary
+=item Miscellaneous Things
-=item Fcntl
+=back
-=item IO
+=item BUGS AND CAVEATS
-=item Math::Complex
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-=item Math::Trig
+=item AUTHORS
-=item DB_File
+Gary Ng E<lt>71564.1743@CompuServe.COME<gt>, Gurusamy Sarathy
+E<lt>gsar@activestate.comE<gt>, Nick Ing-Simmons
+E<lt>nick@ing-simmons.netE<gt>
-=item Net::Ping
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=item Utility Changes
+=head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
+
+=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
=over 4
-=item pod2html
+=item SYNOPSIS
-Sends converted HTML to standard output
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item xsubpp
+method, locked
-C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
+=back
+
+=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=item C Language API Changes
+=head2 threadshared::shared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing
+data structures between threads
-C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, C<perl_eval_pv>, Extended API for
-manipulating hashes
+=over 4
-=item Documentation Changes
+=item SYNOPSIS
-L<perldelta>, L<perlfaq>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>,
-L<perlmodlib>, L<perldebug>, L<perlsec>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item New Diagnostics
+=item EXPORT
-"my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope, %s argument is
-not a HASH element or slice, Allocation too large: %lx, Allocation too
-large, Applying %s to %s will act on scalar(%s), Attempt to free
-nonexistent shared string, Attempt to use reference as lvalue in substr,
-Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package, Can't redefine active sort
-subroutine %s, Can't use bareword ("%s") as %s ref while "strict refs" in
-use, Cannot resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Constant
-subroutine %s redefined, Constant subroutine %s undefined, Copy method did
-not return a reference, Died, Exiting pseudo-block via %s, Identifier too
-long, Illegal character %s (carriage return), Illegal switch in PERL5OPT:
-%s, Integer overflow in hex number, Integer overflow in octal number,
-internal error: glob failed, Invalid conversion in %s: "%s", Invalid type
-in pack: '%s', Invalid type in unpack: '%s', Name "%s::%s" used only once:
-possible typo, Null picture in formline, Offset outside string, Out of
-memory!, Out of memory during request for %s, panic: frexp, Possible
-attempt to put comments in qw() list, Possible attempt to separate words
-with commas, Scalar value @%s{%s} better written as $%s{%s}, Stub found
-while resolving method `%s' overloading `%s' in %s, Too late for "B<-T>"
-option, untie attempted while %d inner references still exist, Unrecognized
-character %s, Unsupported function fork, Use of "$$<digit>" to mean
-"${$}<digit>" is deprecated, Value of %s can be "0"; test with defined(),
-Variable "%s" may be unavailable, Variable "%s" will not stay shared,
-Warning: something's wrong, Ill-formed logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter,
-Got an error from DosAllocMem, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX, PERL_SH_DIR too
-long, Process terminated by SIG%s
+=item FUNCTIONS
+
+share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, cond_wait CONDVAR,
+LOCKVAR, cond_timedwait VARIABLE, ABS_TIMEOUT, cond_timedwait CONDVAR,
+ABS_TIMEOUT, LOCKVAR, cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
+
+=item NOTES
=item BUGS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
-=item HISTORY
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems
+=head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
+from perl
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+$thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
+threads->self, $thread->tid, threads->object( tid ), threads->yield();,
+threads->list();, async BLOCK;
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX
+=item WARNINGS
-=item OS level
+A thread exited while %d other threads were still running
-=item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
+=item TODO
-=item The IBM ANSI C Compiler
+=item BUGS
-=item Using GNU's gcc for building perl
+Parent-Child threads, Returning objects, Creating threads inside BEGIN
+blocks, PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
-=item Using Large Files with Perl
+=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
-=item Threaded Perl
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item 64-bit Perl
+=back
-=item AIX 4.2 and extensions using C++ with statics
+=head2 assertions - select assertions in blocks of code
-=back
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHOR
-=item DATE
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
-=head2 perlapollo, README.apollo - Perl version 5 on Apollo DomainOS
+=head2 assertions::activate - activate assertions
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=item AUTHOR
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+
=back
-=head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS
+=head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Built-in Attributes
-=over 4
+locked, method, lvalue
+
+=item Available Subroutines
-=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS
+get, reftype
-B<Unix emulation for AmigaOS: ixemul.library>, B<Version of Amiga OS>
+=item Package-specific Attribute Handling
-=item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS
+FETCH_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES
-=item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS
+=item Syntax of Attribute Lists
=back
-=item INSTALLATION
-
-=item Accessing documentation
+=item EXPORTS
=over 4
-=item Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS
-
-=item Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS
+=item Default exports
-=item Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS
+=item Available exports
-=item Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS
+=item Export tags defined
=back
-=item BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS
+=item EXAMPLES
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS
+=back
-=item Getting the Perl Source for AmigaOS
+=head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
-=item Making Perl on AmigaOS
+=over 4
-=item Testing Perl on AmigaOS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item WARNING
-=item AUTHORS
+=item AUTHOR
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlbeos, README.beos - Perl version 5 on BeOS
+=head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base classes at compile time
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=over 4
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item General Issues with Perl on BeOS
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
-=item BeOS Release-specific Notes
+Base class package "%s" is empty
-R4 x86, R4 PPC
+=item HISTORY
-=item Contact Information
+=item CAVEATS
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000.
+=head2 bigint - Transparent BigInteger support for Perl
=over 4
=over 4
-=item gzip on BS2000
+=item Options
-=item bison on BS2000
+a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
-=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on BS2000
+=item Math Library
-=item Compiling Perl on BS2000
+=item Internal Format
-=item Testing Perl on BS2000
+=item Sign
-=item Installing Perl on BS2000
+=item Methods
-=item Using Perl in the Posix-Shell of BS2000
+=item Caveat
-=item Using Perl in "native" BS2000
+=back
-=item Floating point anomalies on BS2000
+=item MODULES USED
-=back
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item AUTHORS
+=item LICENSE
=item SEE ALSO
-=over 4
-
-=item Mailing list
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=item HISTORY
+=head2 bignum - Transparent BigNumber support for Perl
-=back
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Name
+=item Options
-=item Description
+a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
-=item Build
+=item Methods
-=over 4
+=item Caveat
-=item Tools & SDK
+inf(), NaN(), upgrade()
-=item Make
+=item MATH LIBRARY
+
+=item INTERNAL FORMAT
+
+=item SIGN
=back
-=item Acknowledgements
+=item MODULES USED
-=item Author
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item LICENSE
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
+=head2 bigrat - Transparent BigNumber/BigRational support for Perl
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item PREREQUISITES FOR COMPILING PERL ON CYGWIN
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it)
+=item Modules Used
-=item Cygwin Configuration
+=item Math Library
-C<PATH>, I<nroff>, Permissions
+=item Sign
-=back
+=item Methods
-=item CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN
+=item Cavaet
-=over 4
+=item Options
-=item Stripping Perl Binaries on Cygwin
+a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
-=item Optional Libraries for Perl on Cygwin
+=back
-C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>), C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>),
-C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>)
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin
+ perl -Mbigrat -le 'print sqrt(33)'
+ perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 2*255'
+ perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 4.5+2*255'
+ perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 3/7 + 5/7 + 8/3'
+ perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 12->is_odd()';
-C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>, C<-Duseperlio>,
-C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles>
+=item LICENSE
-=item Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin
+=item SEE ALSO
-I<dlsym()>, Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>, Compiler/Preprocessor defines
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=item MAKE ON CYGWIN
+=head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
=over 4
-=item Warnings on Cygwin
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item ld2 on Cygwin
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item TEST ON CYGWIN
+=head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character
+semantics
=over 4
-=item File Permissions on Cygwin
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Hard Links on Cygwin
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Filetime Granularity on Cygwin
+=item LIMITATIONS
-=item Tainting Checks on Cygwin
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item /etc/group on Cygwin
+=back
-=item Script Portability on Cygwin
+=head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal
+escapes
-Pathnames, Text/Binary, F<.exe>, chown(), Miscellaneous
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item MANIFEST ON CYGWIN
+=item CUSTOM TRANSLATORS
-Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl
-Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts
+=item CUSTOM ALIASES
-=item BUGS ON CYGWIN
+=over 4
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Anonymous hashes
-=item HISTORY
+=item Alias file
+
+=item Alias shortcut
=back
-=head2 perldgux - Perl under DG/UX.
+=item charnames::viacode(code)
-=over 4
+=item charnames::vianame(name)
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item ALIASES
+
+=item ILLEGAL CHARACTERS
+
+=item BUGS
=back
+=head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants
+
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item BUILDING PERL ON DG/UX
+=item NOTES
=over 4
-=item Non-threaded Perl on DG/UX
-
-=item Threaded Perl on DG/UX
+=item List constants
-=item Testing Perl on DG/UX
+=item Defining multiple constants at once
-=item Installing the built perl on DG/UX
+=item Magic constants
=back
+=item TECHNICAL NOTES
+
+=item BUGS
+
=item AUTHOR
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item COPYRIGHT
=back
-=head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95.
+=head2 diagnostics, splain - produce verbose warning diagnostics
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on DOS
+=item The C<diagnostics> Pragma
-DJGPP, Pthreads
+=item The I<splain> Program
-=item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS
+=back
-=item Building Perl on DOS
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Testing Perl on DOS
+=item INTERNALS
-=item Installation of Perl on DOS
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item BUILDING AND INSTALLING MODULES ON DOS
+=head2 encoding - allows you to write your script in non-ascii or non-utf8
=over 4
-=item Building Prerequisites for Perl on DOS
-
-=item Unpacking CPAN Modules on DOS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Building Non-XS Modules on DOS
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item Building XS Modules on DOS
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Literal Conversions
-=item AUTHOR
+=item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Implicit upgrading for byte strings
=back
-=head2 perlepoc, README.epoc - Perl for EPOC
+=item FEATURES THAT REQUIRE 5.8.1
-=over 4
+"NON-EUC" doublebyte encodings, tr//, DATA pseudo-filehandle
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item USAGE
-=item INTRODUCTION
+use encoding [I<ENCNAME>] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> [ STDIN =E<gt>
+I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;, no encoding;
-=item INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC
+=item The Filter Option
-=item STARTING PERL ON EPOC
+=over 4
+
+=item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
-=item STOPPING PERL ON EPOC
+=back
-=item USING PERL ON EPOC
+=item CAVEATS
=over 4
-=item I/O Redirection on Epoc
+=item NOT SCOPED
-=item PATH Names on Epoc
+=item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
-=item Editors on Epoc
+=item tr/// with ranges
-=item Features of Perl on Epoc
+Legend of characters above
-=item Restrictions of Perl on Epoc
+=back
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment
+=item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
-=back
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-=item SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC
+literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=item LAST UPDATE
+=item The Logic of :locale
=back
-=head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix
-(HP-UX) systems
-
-=over 4
+=item HISTORY
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Using perl as shipped with HP-UX
+=head2 fields - compile-time class fields
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX
+=over 4
-=item PA-RISC
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item PA-RISC 1.0
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item PA-RISC 1.1
+new, phash
-=item PA-RISC 2.0
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Itanium
+=back
-=item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions
+=head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators
-=item Itanium Processor Family and HP-UX
+=over 4
-=item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item The HP ANSI C Compiler
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Using Large Files with Perl on HP-UX
+=over 4
-=item Threaded Perl on HP-UX
+=item subpragma access
-=item 64-bit Perl on HP-UX
+=back
-=item GDBM and Threads on HP-UX
+=back
-=item NFS filesystems and utime(2) on HP-UX
+=head2 if - C<use> a Perl module if a condition holds
-=item perl -P and // and HP-UX
+=over 4
-=item HP-UX Kernel Parameters (maxdsiz) for Compiling Perl
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
+=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
-=item DATE
-
=back
-=head2 perlhurd, README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd
+=head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating
+point
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Known Problems with Perl on Hurd
+=head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler
-=back
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen
-systems
+=head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on MachTen
-
-=item Failures during C<make test> on MachTen
+=item Adding directories to @INC
-op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t
+=item Deleting directories from @INC
-=item Building external modules on MachTen
+=item Restoring original @INC
=back
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=item AUTHOR
-=item DATE
+=back
+
+=head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in
+operations
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
+=head2 open - perl pragma to set default PerlIO layers for input and output
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY
-=item DATE
+=item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlmint, README.mint - Perl version 5 on Atari MiNT
+=head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Known problems with Perl on MiNT
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
+=head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item NOTE
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What's New in Perl ffor MPE/iX
+=over 4
-=item Welcome to Perl/iX
+=item Declaration of overloaded functions
-=item System Requirements for Perl/iX
+=item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations
-=item How to Obtain Perl/iX
+FALSE, TRUE, C<undef>
-=item Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights
+=item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations
-README, INSTALL, LIBSHP3K, PERL, .cpan/, lib/, man/,
-public_html/feedback.cgi, src/perl-5.6.0-mpe
+=item Calling Conventions for Mutators
-=item How to Compile Perl/iX
+C<++> and C<-->, C<x=> and other assignment versions
- 4, 6
+=item Overloadable Operations
-=item Getting Started with Perl/iX
+I<Arithmetic operations>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Bit operations>,
+I<Increment and decrement>, I<Transcendental functions>, I<Boolean, string
+and numeric conversion>, I<Iteration>, I<Dereferencing>, I<Special>
-=item MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
+=item Inheritance and overloading
-=item Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation
+Strings as values of C<use overload> directive, Overloading of an operation
+is inherited by derived classes
-=item Perl/iX To-Do List
+=back
-=item Perl/iX Change History
+=item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C<use overload>
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=item Name
+=item Last Resort
-=item Description
+=item Fallback
-=item Build
+C<undef>, TRUE, defined, but FALSE
-=over 4
+=item Copy Constructor
-=item Tools & SDK
+B<Example>
-=item Setup
+=back
-Buildtype.bat, SetNWBld.bat, MPKBuild.bat
+=item MAGIC AUTOGENERATION
-=item Make
+I<Assignment forms of arithmetic operations>, I<Conversion operations>,
+I<Increment and decrement>, C<abs($a)>, I<Unary minus>, I<Negation>,
+I<Concatenation>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Iterator>, I<Dereferencing>,
+I<Copy operator>
-=item Interpreter
+=item Losing overloading
-=item Extensions
+=item Run-time Overloading
-=back
+=item Public functions
-=item Install
+overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op)
+
+=item Overloading constants
-=item Build new extensions
+integer, float, binary, q, qr
-=item Known Issues
+=item IMPLEMENTATION
-=item Acknowledgements
+=item Metaphor clash
-=item Authors
+=item Cookbook
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Two-face scalars
+
+=item Two-face references
+
+=item Symbolic calculator
-=item Date
+=item I<Really> symbolic calculator
=back
-=head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.
+=item AUTHOR
-=over 4
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
-=item SYNOPSIS
+Odd number of arguments for overload::constant, `%s' is not an overloadable
+type, `%s' is not a code reference
+
+=item BUGS
=back
+=head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
+
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item OPTIONS
+
=over 4
-=item Target
+=item SIGNAL HANDLERS
-=item Other OSes
+B<stack-trace>, B<die>, B<handler> I<your-handler>
-=item Prerequisites
+=item SIGNAL LISTS
-EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh
+B<normal-signals>, B<error-signals>, B<old-interface-signals>
-=item Starting Perl programs under OS/2 (and DOS and...)
+=item OTHER
-=item Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl
+B<untrapped>, B<any>, I<signal>, I<number>
=back
-=item Frequently asked questions
-
-=over 4
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item "It does not work"
+=back
-=item I cannot run external programs
+=head2 sort - perl pragma to control sort() behaviour
-=item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F<perl.dll> from my
-program.
+=over 4
-Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use
-L<ExtUtils::Embed>?
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item C<``> and pipe-C<open> do not work under DOS.
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Cannot start C<find.exe "pattern" file>
+=item CAVEATS
=back
-=item INSTALLATION
+=head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
=over 4
-=item Automatic binary installation
-
-C<PERL_BADLANG>, C<PERL_BADFREE>, F<Config.pm>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Manual binary installation
+=item DESCRIPTION
-Perl VIO and PM executables (dynamically linked), Perl_ VIO executable
-(statically linked), Executables for Perl utilities, Main Perl library,
-Additional Perl modules, Tools to compile Perl modules, Manpages for Perl
-and utilities, Manpages for Perl modules, Source for Perl documentation,
-Perl manual in F<.INF> format, Pdksh
+C<strict refs>, C<strict vars>, C<strict subs>
-=item B<Warning>
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=item Accessing documentation
+=head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
=over 4
-=item OS/2 F<.INF> file
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Plain text
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Manpages
+=back
-=item HTML
+=head2 threadshared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data
+structures between threads
-=item GNU C<info> files
+=over 4
-=item F<.PDF> files
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item C<LaTeX> docs
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item EXPORT
-=item BUILD
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=over 4
+share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, cond_wait CONDVAR,
+LOCKVAR, cond_timedwait VARIABLE, ABS_TIMEOUT, cond_timedwait CONDVAR,
+ABS_TIMEOUT, LOCKVAR, cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
-=item The short story
+=item NOTES
-=item Prerequisites
+=item BUGS
-=item Getting perl source
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Application of the patches
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Hand-editing
+=back
-=item Making
+=head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source
+code
-=item Testing
+=over 4
-A lot of C<bad free>, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F<op/fs.t>,
-F<op/stat.t>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Installing the built perl
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item C<a.out>-style build
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Utility functions
-=item Build FAQ
+$num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string), $success = utf8::downgrade($string[,
+FAIL_OK]), utf8::encode($string), utf8::decode($string), $flag =
+utf8::is_utf8(STRING), $flag = utf8::valid(STRING)
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Some C</> became C<\> in pdksh.
+=item BUGS
-=item C<'errno'> - unresolved external
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Problems with tr or sed
+=back
-=item Some problem (forget which ;-)
+=head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
-=item Library ... not found
+=over 4
-=item Segfault in make
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item op/sprintf test failure
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port
+=head2 version - Perl extension for Version Objects
=over 4
-=item C<setpriority>, C<getpriority>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item C<system()>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item C<extproc> on the first line
+=over 4
-=item Additional modules:
+=item What IS a version
-=item Prebuilt methods:
+Numeric Versions, Quoted Versions
-C<File::Copy::syscopy>, C<DynaLoader::mod2fname>, C<Cwd::current_drive()>,
- C<Cwd::sys_chdir(name)>, C<Cwd::change_drive(name)>,
-C<Cwd::sys_is_absolute(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_is_rooted(name)>,
-C<Cwd::sys_is_relative(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_cwd(name)>,
-C<Cwd::sys_abspath(name, dir)>, C<Cwd::extLibpath([type])>,
-C<Cwd::extLibpath_set( path [, type ] )>,
-C<OS2::Error(do_harderror,do_exception)>, C<OS2::Errors2Drive(drive)>,
-OS2::SysInfo(), OS2::BootDrive(), C<OS2::MorphPM(serve)>,
-C<OS2::UnMorphPM(serve)>, C<OS2::Serve_Messages(force)>,
-C<OS2::Process_Messages(force [, cnt])>, C<OS2::_control87(new,mask)>,
-OS2::get_control87(), C<OS2::set_control87_em(new=MCW_EM,mask=MCW_EM)>
+=item What about v-strings?
-=item Prebuilt variables:
+=item Numeric Versions
-$OS2::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver
+=item Quoted Versions
-=item Misfeatures
+=item Object Methods
-=item Modifications
+New Operator, qv(), Normal Form, Numification, Stringification, Comparison
+operators, Logical Operators
-C<popen>, C<tmpnam>, C<tmpfile>, C<ctermid>, C<stat>, C<mkdir>, C<rmdir>,
-C<flock>
+=item Quoting
-=item Identifying DLLs
+=item Types of Versions Objects
-=item Centralized management of resources
+Ordinary versions, Alpha versions
-C<HAB>, C<HMQ>
+=item Replacement UNIVERSAL::VERSION
=back
-=item Perl flavors
+=item EXPORT
-=over 4
+=item AUTHOR
-=item F<perl.exe>
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item F<perl_.exe>
+=back
-=item F<perl__.exe>
+=head2 vmsish - Perl pragma to control VMS-specific language features
-=item F<perl___.exe>
+=over 4
-=item Why strange names?
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Why dynamic linking?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Why chimera build?
+C<vmsish status>, C<vmsish exit>, C<vmsish time>, C<vmsish hushed>
=back
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings
=over 4
-=item C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>
-
-=item C<PERL_BADLANG>
-
-=item C<PERL_BADFREE>
-
-=item C<PERL_SH_DIR>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item C<USE_PERL_FLOCK>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item C<TMP> or C<TEMP>
+use warnings::register, warnings::enabled(), warnings::enabled($category),
+warnings::enabled($object), warnings::warn($message),
+warnings::warn($category, $message), warnings::warn($object, $message),
+warnings::warnif($message), warnings::warnif($category, $message),
+warnings::warnif($object, $message)
=back
-=item Evolution
+=head2 warnings::register - warnings import function
=over 4
-=item Priorities
-
-=item DLL name mangling: pre 5.6.2
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DLL name mangling: 5.6.2 and beyond
+=item DESCRIPTION
-Global DLLs, specific DLLs, C<BEGINLIBPATH> and C<ENDLIBPATH>, F<.> from
-C<LIBPATH>
+=back
-=item DLL forwarder generation
+=head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION
-=item Threading
+=head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs
-=item Calls to external programs
+=over 4
-=item Memory allocation
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Threads
+=item DESCRIPTION
-C<COND_WAIT>, F<os2.c>
+=over 4
-=back
+=item DBM Comparisons
-=item BUGS
+[0], [1], [2], [3]
=back
-=over 4
-
-=item AUTHOR
-
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390.
+=head2 Attribute::Handlers - Simpler definition of attribute handlers
=over 4
+=item VERSION
+
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
-
-=item Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
-
-=item Configure Perl on OS/390
-
-=item Build, Test, Install Perl on OS/390
+[0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
-=item Build Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=over 4
-=item Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=item Typed lexicals
-=item Installation Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=item Type-specific attribute handlers
-=item Usage Hints for Perl on OS/390
+=item Non-interpretive attribute handlers
-=item Floating Point Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=item Phase-specific attribute handlers
-=item Modules and Extensions for Perl on OS/390
+=item Attributes as C<tie> interfaces
=back
-=item AUTHORS
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
-=over 4
+C<Bad attribute type: ATTR(%s)>, C<Attribute handler %s doesn't handle %s
+attributes>, C<Declaration of %s attribute in package %s may clash with
+future reserved word>, C<Can't have two ATTR specifiers on one subroutine>,
+C<Can't autotie a %s>, C<Internal error: %s symbol went missing>, C<Won't
+be able to apply END handler>
-=item Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
+=item AUTHOR
-=back
+=item BUGS
-=item HISTORY
+=item COPYRIGHT
=back
-=head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
+=head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4
+=item Subroutine Stubs
-/bin/sh, ar, nm, cpp, make
+=item Using B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
-=item Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4
+=item Overriding B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
-=item QNX auxiliary files
+=item Package Lexicals
-qnx/ar, qnx/cpp
+=item Not Using AutoLoader
-=item Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
+=item B<AutoLoader> vs. B<SelfLoader>
=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl
+=head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
+$keep, $check, $modtime
+
=over 4
-=item Invoking Perl
+=item Multiple packages
-=item What's in Plan 9 Perl
+=back
-=item What's not in Plan 9 Perl
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
-=item Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl
+=back
-=item Signals in Plan 9 Perl
+=head2 B - The Perl Compiler
-=back
+=over 4
-=item COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item OVERVIEW
+
+=item Utility Functions
=over 4
-=item Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9
+=item Functions Returning C<B::SV>, C<B::AV>, C<B::HV>, and C<B::CV>
+objects
-=back
+sv_undef, sv_yes, sv_no, svref_2object(SVREF), amagic_generation, init_av,
+check_av, begin_av, end_av, comppadlist, regex_padav, main_cv
-=item BUGS
+=item Functions for Examining the Symbol Table
-=item Revision date
+walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE, PREFIX)
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Functions Returning C<B::OP> objects or for walking op trees
+
+main_root, main_start, walkoptree(OP, METHOD), walkoptree_debug(DEBUG)
+
+=item Miscellaneous Utility Functions
+
+ppname(OPNUM), hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c, cstring(STR),
+perlstring(STR), class(OBJ), threadsv_names
=back
-=head2 perlsolaris, README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
+=item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SV-RELATED CLASSES
-=over 4
+=item B::SV Methods
-=item Solaris Version Numbers.
+REFCNT, FLAGS, object_2svref
-=back
+=item B::IV Methods
-=item RESOURCES
+IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv
-Solaris FAQ, Precompiled Binaries, Solaris Documentation
+=item B::NV Methods
-=item SETTING UP
+NV, NVX
-=over 4
+=item B::RV Methods
-=item File Extraction Problems on Solaris.
+RV
-=item Compiler and Related Tools on Solaris.
+=item B::PV Methods
-=item Environment for Compiling Perl on Solaris
+PV, RV, PVX
-=back
+=item B::PVMG Methods
-=item RUN CONFIGURE.
+MAGIC, SvSTASH
-=over 4
+=item B::MAGIC Methods
-=item 64-bit Issues with Perl on Solaris.
+MOREMAGIC, precomp, PRIVATE, TYPE, FLAGS, OBJ, PTR, REGEX
-=item Threads in Perl on Solaris.
+=item B::PVLV Methods
-=item Malloc Issues with Perl on Solaris.
+TARGOFF, TARGLEN, TYPE, TARG
-=back
+=item B::BM Methods
-=item MAKE PROBLEMS.
+USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE
-Dynamic Loading Problems With GNU as and GNU ld, ld.so.1: ./perl: fatal:
-relocation error:, dlopen: stub interception failed, #error "No
-DATAMODEL_NATIVE specified", sh: ar: not found
+=item B::GV Methods
-=item MAKE TEST
+is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN,
+LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS
-=over 4
+=item B::IO Methods
-=item op/stat.t test 4 in Solaris
+LINES, PAGE, PAGE_LEN, LINES_LEFT, TOP_NAME, TOP_GV, FMT_NAME, FMT_GV,
+BOTTOM_NAME, BOTTOM_GV, SUBPROCESS, IoTYPE, IoFLAGS, IsSTD
-=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
+=item B::AV Methods
-=back
+FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, ARRAYelt, AvFLAGS
-=item PREBUILT BINARIES OF PERL FOR SOLARIS.
+=item B::CV Methods
-=item RUNTIME ISSUES FOR PERL ON SOLARIS.
+STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE_SEQ, XSUB,
+XSUBANY, CvFLAGS, const_sv
-=over 4
+=item B::HV Methods
-=item Limits on Numbers of Open Files on Solaris.
+FILL, MAX, KEYS, RITER, NAME, PMROOT, ARRAY
-=back
+=item OP-RELATED CLASSES
-=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC MODULES.
+=item B::OP Methods
-=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH MODULES.
+next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, opt, static, flags, private,
+spare
-=over 4
+=item B::UNOP METHOD
-=item Proc::ProcessTable on Solaris
+first
-=item BSD::Resource on Solaris
+=item B::BINOP METHOD
-=item Net::SSLeay on Solaris
+last
-=back
+=item B::LOGOP METHOD
+
+other
+
+=item B::LISTOP METHOD
-=item AUTHOR
+children
-=item LAST MODIFIED
+=item B::PMOP Methods
-=back
+pmreplroot, pmreplstart, pmnext, pmregexp, pmflags, pmdynflags,
+pmpermflags, precomp, pmoffset
-=head2 perltru64, README.tru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as
-Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems
+=item B::SVOP METHOD
-=over 4
+sv, gv
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item B::PADOP METHOD
-=over 4
+padix
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on Tru64
+=item B::PVOP METHOD
-=item Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
+pv
-=item Threaded Perl on Tru64
+=item B::LOOP Methods
-=item Long Doubles on Tru64
+redoop, nextop, lastop
-=item 64-bit Perl on Tru64
+=item B::COP Methods
-=item Warnings about floating-point overflow when compiling Perl on Tru64
+label, stash, stashpv, file, cop_seq, arybase, line, warnings, io
=back
-=item Testing Perl on Tru64
-
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perluts - Perl under UTS
+=head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate
+bytecode
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item BUILDING PERL ON UTS
-
-=item Installing the built perl on UTS
+%insn_data, @insn_name, @optype, @specialsv_name
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlvmesa, README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA.
+=head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on VM/ESA
-
-=item Setup Perl and utilities on VM/ESA
-
-=item Configure Perl on VM/ESA
-
-=item Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA
-
-=item Usage Hints for Perl on VM/ESA
-
-=back
-
=item AUTHORS
-=item SEE ALSO
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA
-
-=back
-
=back
-=head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl
+=head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item Installation
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Organization of Perl Images
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Core Images
+=item Functions
-=item Perl Extensions
+B<find_leaders>
-=item Installing static extensions
+=back
-=item Installing dynamic extensions
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item File specifications
+=head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
=over 4
-=item Syntax
-
-=item Wildcard expansion
-
-=item Pipes
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB
+=item EXAMPLE
-=item Command line
+=item OPTIONS
-=over 4
+B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
-=item I/O redirection and backgrounding
+=item KNOWN BUGS
-=item Command line switches
+=item NOTICE
--i, -S, -u
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=item Perl functions
-
-File tests, backticks, binmode FILEHANDLE, crypt PLAINTEXT, USER, dump,
-exec LIST, fork, getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, gmtime, kill, qx//, select
-(system call), stat EXPR, system LIST, time, times, unlink LIST, utime
-LIST, waitpid PID,FLAGS
+=head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend
-=item Perl variables
+=over 4
-%ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $|
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item OPTIONS
-=item SDBM_File
+B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, B<-Dc>, B<-DA>,
+B<-DC>, B<-DM>, B<-f>, B<-fcog>, B<-fsave-data>, B<-fppaddr>, B<-fwarn-sv>,
+B<-fuse-script-name>, B<-fsave-sig-hash>, B<-On>, B<-O0>, B<-O1>, B<-O2>,
+B<-llimit>
-=back
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Revision date
+=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS
+=head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=over 4
-
-=item Stratus POSIX Support
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item OPTIONS
-=item INSTALLING PERL IN VOS
+B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-mModulename>, B<-D>, B<-Dr>,
+B<-DO>, B<-Ds>, B<-Dp>, B<-Dq>, B<-Dl>, B<-Dt>, B<-f>,
+B<-ffreetmps-each-bblock>, B<-ffreetmps-each-loop>, B<-fomit-taint>, B<-On>
-=over 4
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on VOS
+=item BUGS
-=item Installing Perl 5 on VOS
+=item DIFFERENCES
-=back
+=over 4
-=item USING PERL IN VOS
+=item Loops
-=over 4
+=item Context of ".."
-=item Unimplemented Features of Perl on VOS
+=item Arithmetic
-=item Restrictions of Perl on VOS
+=item Deprecated features
=back
-=item SUPPORT STATUS
-
=item AUTHOR
-=item LAST UPDATE
-
=back
-=head2 perlwin32 - Perl under Win32
+=head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item EXAMPLE
-=item Setting Up Perl on Win32
+=item OPTIONS
-Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Mingw32 with GCC
+=over 4
-=item Building
+=item Options for Opcode Ordering
-=item Testing Perl on Win32
+B<-basic>, B<-exec>, B<-tree>
-=item Installation of Perl on Win32
+=item Options for Line-Style
-=item Usage Hints for Perl on Win32
+B<-concise>, B<-terse>, B<-linenoise>, B<-debug>, B<-env>
-Environment Variables, File Globbing, Using perl from the command line,
-Building Extensions, Command-line Wildcard Expansion, Win32 Specific
-Extensions, Running Perl Scripts, Miscellaneous Things
+=item Options for tree-specific formatting
-=back
+B<-compact>, B<-loose>, B<-vt>, B<-ascii>
-=item BUGS AND CAVEATS
+=item Options controlling sequence numbering
-=item AUTHORS
+B<-base>I<n>, B<-bigendian>, B<-littleendian>
-Gary Ng E<lt>71564.1743@CompuServe.COME<gt>, Gurusamy Sarathy
-E<lt>gsar@activestate.comE<gt>, Nick Ing-Simmons
-E<lt>nick@ing-simmons.netE<gt>
+=item Other options
-=item SEE ALSO
+B<-main>, B<-nomain>, B<-nobanner>, B<-banner>, B<-banneris> => subref
-=item HISTORY
+=item Option Stickiness
=back
-=head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
-
-=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
+=item ABBREVIATIONS
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item OP class abbreviations
-method, locked
+=item OP flags abbreviations
=back
-=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
+=item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Special Patterns
-=item DESCRIPTION
+B<(x(>I<exec_text>B<;>I<basic_text>B<)x)>, B<(*(>I<text>B<)*)>,
+B<(*(>I<text1>B<;>I<text2>B<)*)>, B<(?(>I<text1>B<#>I<var>I<Text2>B<)?)>,
+B<~>
+
+=item # Variables
+
+B<#>I<var>, B<#>I<var>I<N>, B<#>I<Var>, B<#addr>, B<#arg>, B<#class>,
+B<#classsym>, B<#coplabel>, B<#exname>, B<#extarg>, B<#firstaddr>,
+B<#flags>, B<#flagval>, B<#hyphseq>, B<#label>, B<#lastaddr>, B<#name>,
+B<#NAME>, B<#next>, B<#nextaddr>, B<#noise>, B<#private>, B<#privval>,
+B<#seq>, B<#seqnum>, B<#opt>, B<#static>, B<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>,
+B<#svclass>, B<#svval>, B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum>
=back
-=head2 threadshared::shared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing
-data structures between threads
+=item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Example: Altering Concise Renderings
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item set_style()
-=item EXPORT
+=item set_style_standard($name)
-=item FUNCTIONS
+=item add_style()
-share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, unlock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE,
-cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
+=item add_callback()
-=item BUGS
+=item Running B::Concise::compile()
-=item AUTHOR
+=item B::Concise::reset_sequence()
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Errors
=back
-=head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
-from perl
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-new, function, LIST, $thread->join, $thread->detach, threads->self,
-$thread->tid
-
-=item TODO
-
-Fix so the return value is returned when you join, Add join_all, Fix memory
-leaks!
-
-=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
-
-=item BUGS
-
-creating a thread from within a thread is unsafe under win32,
-PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes
+=head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item OPTIONS
-=item Built-in Attributes
+B<-d>, B<-f>I<FILE>, B<-l>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-q>, B<-s>I<LETTERS>, B<C>,
+B<i>I<NUMBER>, B<T>, B<v>I<STRING>B<.>, B<-x>I<LEVEL>
-locked, method, lvalue
+=item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE
-=item Available Subroutines
+=over 4
-get, reftype
+=item Synopsis
-=item Package-specific Attribute Handling
+=item Description
-FETCH_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES
+=item new
-=item Syntax of Attribute Lists
+=item ambient_pragmas
+
+strict, $[, bytes, utf8, integer, re, warnings, hint_bits, warning_bits
+
+=item coderef2text
=back
-=item EXPORTS
+=item BUGS
-=over 4
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Default exports
+=back
-=item Available exports
+=head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode
-=item Export tags defined
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
+=head2 B::Lint - Perl lint
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-method, locked
+=item OPTIONS AND LINT CHECKS
+
+B<context>, B<implicit-read> and B<implicit-write>, B<bare-subs>,
+B<dollar-underscore>, B<private-names>, B<undefined-subs>,
+B<regexp-variables>, B<all>, B<none>
+
+=item NON LINT-CHECK OPTIONS
+
+B<-u Package>
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
+=head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item WARNING
+=item CONVENTIONS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item IMPLEMENTATION
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time
+=head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item HISTORY
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item OPTIONS
+
+=back
=item SEE ALSO
+=item TODO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
+=head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item BUGS
-
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character
-semantics
+=head2 B::Stash - show what stashes are loaded
+
+=head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal
-escape.
+=head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item CUSTOM TRANSLATORS
+=item OPTIONS
+
+C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-d>, C<-D[tO]>
=item BUGS
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants
+=head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item NOTES
-
=over 4
-=item List constants
-
-=item Defining multiple constants at once
+=item Functions
-=item Magic constants
+B<find_leaders>
=back
-=item TECHNICAL NOTES
-
-=item BUGS
-
=item AUTHOR
-=item COPYRIGHT
-
=back
-=head2 diagnostics - Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning
-diagnostics
+=head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code
=over 4
=over 4
-=item The C<diagnostics> Pragma
+=item Methods
-=item The I<splain> Program
+new, debug, iters
-=back
+=item Standard Exports
-=item EXAMPLES
+timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis ( COUNT, CODE, [ TITLE, [ STYLE ]] ),
+timethese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), timediff ( T1, T2 ), timestr (
+TIMEDIFF, [ STYLE, [ FORMAT ] ] )
-=item INTERNALS
+=item Optional Exports
-=item BUGS
+clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [
+STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), countit(TIME, CODE),
+disablecache ( ), enablecache ( ), timesum ( T1, T2 )
-=item AUTHOR
+=item :hireswallclock
=back
-=head2 encoding - pragma to control the conversion of legacy data into
-Unicode
-
-=over 4
+=item NOTES
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item INHERITANCE
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+=item CAVEATS
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item MODIFICATION HISTORY
+
=back
-=head2 fields - compile-time class fields
+=head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-new, phash
+=item AUTHOR
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators
+=head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item EXAMPLE
-=item subpragma access
+=item OPTIONS
-=back
+B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
+
+=item KNOWN BUGS
+
+=item NOTICE
+
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating
-point
+=head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item ABSTRACT
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler
+=item PROGRAMMING STYLE
-=over 4
+=item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE):
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE
-=back
+=item FETCHING A LIST OF KEYWORDS FROM THE QUERY:
-=head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
+=item FETCHING THE NAMES OF ALL THE PARAMETERS PASSED TO YOUR SCRIPT:
-=over 4
+=item FETCHING THE VALUE OR VALUES OF A SINGLE NAMED PARAMETER:
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item SETTING THE VALUE(S) OF A NAMED PARAMETER:
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item APPENDING ADDITIONAL VALUES TO A NAMED PARAMETER:
-=over 4
+=item IMPORTING ALL PARAMETERS INTO A NAMESPACE:
-=item Adding directories to @INC
+=item DELETING A PARAMETER COMPLETELY:
-=item Deleting directories from @INC
+=item DELETING ALL PARAMETERS:
-=item Restoring original @INC
+=item DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARAMETER LIST:
-=back
+=item FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH:
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item SAVING THE STATE OF THE SCRIPT TO A FILE:
-=item AUTHOR
+=item RETRIEVING CGI ERRORS
-=back
+=item USING THE FUNCTION-ORIENTED INTERFACE
-=head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in
-operations
+B<:cgi>, B<:form>, B<:html2>, B<:html3>, B<:html4>, B<:netscape>, B<:html>,
+B<:standard>, B<:all>
-=over 4
+=item PRAGMAS
-=item SYNOPSIS
+-any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_undef_params, -no_xhtml, -nph,
+-newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, -no_debug, -debug,
+-private_tempfiles
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS
+
+1. start_table() (generates a <table> tag), 2. end_table() (generates a
+</table> tag), 3. start_ul() (generates a <ul> tag), 4. end_ul() (generates
+a </ul> tag)
=back
-=head2 open - perl pragma to set default disciplines for input and output
+=item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY
+=item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER:
-=item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
+=item GENERATING A REDIRECTION HEADER
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item CREATING THE HTML DOCUMENT HEADER
-=back
+B<Parameters:>, 4, 5, 6..
-=head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling
+=item ENDING THE HTML DOCUMENT:
-=over 4
+=item CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION:
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL
-=item DESCRIPTION
+B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query>
+(B<-query_string>), B<-base>
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS
=back
-=head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations
+=item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS:
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF HTML SHORTCUTS
-=over 4
+=item HTML SHORTCUTS AND LIST INTERPOLATION
-=item Declaration of overloaded functions
+=item NON-STANDARD HTML SHORTCUTS
-=item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations
+=item AUTOESCAPING HTML
-FALSE, TRUE, C<undef>
+$escaped_string = escapeHTML("unescaped string");, $charset =
+charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]);
-=item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations
+=item PRETTY-PRINTING HTML
-=item Calling Conventions for Mutators
+=back
-C<++> and C<-->, C<x=> and other assignment versions
+=item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS:
-=item Overloadable Operations
+=over 4
-I<Arithmetic operations>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Bit operations>,
-I<Increment and decrement>, I<Transcendental functions>, I<Boolean, string
-and numeric conversion>, I<Iteration>, I<Dereferencing>, I<Special>
+=item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG
-=item Inheritance and overloading
+=item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM
-Strings as values of C<use overload> directive, Overloading of an operation
-is inherited by derived classes
+B<application/x-www-form-urlencoded>, B<multipart/form-data>
-=back
+=item CREATING A TEXT FIELD
-=item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C<use overload>
+B<Parameters>
-=over 4
+=item CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD
-=item Last Resort
+=item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD
-=item Fallback
+=item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD
-C<undef>, TRUE, defined, but FALSE
+B<Parameters>
-=item Copy Constructor
+=item CREATING A POPUP MENU
-B<Example>
+=item CREATING AN OPTION GROUP
-=back
+=item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST
-=item MAGIC AUTOGENERATION
+B<Parameters:>
-I<Assignment forms of arithmetic operations>, I<Conversion operations>,
-I<Increment and decrement>, C<abs($a)>, I<Unary minus>, I<Negation>,
-I<Concatenation>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Iterator>, I<Dereferencing>,
-I<Copy operator>
+=item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES
-=item Losing overloading
+B<Parameters:>
-=item Run-time Overloading
+=item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX
-=item Public functions
+B<Parameters:>
-overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op)
+=item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP
-=item Overloading constants
+B<Parameters:>
-integer, float, binary, q, qr
+=item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON
-=item IMPLEMENTATION
+B<Parameters:>
-=item Metaphor clash
+=item CREATING A RESET BUTTON
-=item Cookbook
+=item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON
-=over 4
+=item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD
-=item Two-face scalars
+B<Parameters:>
-=item Two-face references
+=item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON
-=item Symbolic calculator
+B<Parameters:>, 3. The third option (-align, optional) is an alignment
+type, and may be TOP, BOTTOM or MIDDLE
-=item I<Really> symbolic calculator
+=item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON
=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item HTTP COOKIES
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
+1. an expiration time, 2. a domain, 3. a path, 4. a "secure" flag,
+B<-name>, B<-value>, B<-path>, B<-domain>, B<-expires>, B<-secure>
-Odd number of arguments for overload::constant, `%s' is not an overloadable
-type, `%s' is not a code reference
+=item WORKING WITH FRAMES
-=item BUGS
+1. Create a <Frameset> document, 2. Specify the destination for the
+document in the HTTP header, 3. Specify the destination for the document in
+the <form> tag
-=back
+=item LIMITED SUPPORT FOR CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
-=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
+=item DEBUGGING
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS
=back
-=head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
+=item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
-=over 4
+B<Accept()>, B<raw_cookie()>, B<user_agent()>, B<path_info()>,
+B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()> Return the script
+name as a partial URL, for self-refering scripts, B<referer()>, B<auth_type
+()>, B<server_name ()>, B<virtual_host ()>, B<server_port ()>,
+B<virtual_port ()>, B<server_software ()>, B<remote_user ()>, B<user_name
+()>, B<request_method()>, B<content_type()>, B<http()>, B<https()>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item USING NPH SCRIPTS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+In the B<use> statement, By calling the B<nph()> method:, By using B<-nph>
+parameters
-=item OPTIONS
+=item Server Push
-=over 4
+multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final()
-=item SIGNAL HANDLERS
+=item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks
-B<stack-trace>, B<die>, B<handler> I<your-handler>
+B<$CGI::POST_MAX>, B<$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS>, B<1. On a script-by-script
+basis>, B<2. Globally for all scripts>
-=item SIGNAL LISTS
+=item COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL
-B<normal-signals>, B<error-signals>, B<old-interface-signals>
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=item OTHER
+=item CREDITS
-B<untrapped>, B<any>, I<signal>, I<number>
+Matt Heffron (heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com), James Taylor
+(james.taylor@srs.gov), Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com>, Mike Jewell
+(mlj3u@virginia.edu), Timothy Shimmin (tes@kbs.citri.edu.au), Joergen Haegg
+(jh@axis.se), Laurent Delfosse (delfosse@delfosse.com), Richard Resnick
+(applepi1@aol.com), Craig Bishop (csb@barwonwater.vic.gov.au), Tony Curtis
+(tc@vcpc.univie.ac.at), Tim Bunce (Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk), Tom Christiansen
+(tchrist@convex.com), Andreas Koenig (k@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE), Tim
+MacKenzie (Tim.MacKenzie@fulcrum.com.au), Kevin B. Hendricks
+(kbhend@dogwood.tyler.wm.edu), Stephen Dahmen (joyfire@inxpress.net), Ed
+Jordan (ed@fidalgo.net), David Alan Pisoni (david@cnation.com), Doug
+MacEachern (dougm@opengroup.org), Robin Houston (robin@oneworld.org),
+...and many many more..
-=back
+=item A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
+=head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item ABSTRACT
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-C<strict refs>, C<strict vars>, C<strict subs>
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
+=head2 CGI::Carp, B<CGI::Carp> - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or
+other) error log
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES
-=head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source
-code
+=item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Changing the default message
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Utility functions
+=item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS
-$num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string);, utf8::downgrade($string[, CHECK]),
-utf8::encode($string), $flag = utf8::decode($string)
+=item OVERRIDING THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM
-=back
+=item AUTHORS
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
+=head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item USING CGI::Cookie
-=head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings
+B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag>
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Creating New Cookies
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Sending the Cookie to the Browser
-use warnings::register, warnings::enabled(), warnings::enabled($category),
-warnings::enabled($object), warnings::warn($message),
-warnings::warn($category, $message), warnings::warn($object, $message),
-warnings::warnif($message), warnings::warnif($category, $message),
-warnings::warnif($object, $message)
+=item Recovering Previous Cookies
-=back
+=item Manipulating Cookies
-=head2 warnings::register - warnings import function
+B<name()>, B<value()>, B<domain()>, B<path()>, B<expires()>
-=over 4
+=back
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item BUGS
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
-=head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION
+=back
-=head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs
+=head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
-=item DBM Comparisons
+=item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS
-[0], [1], [2], [3]
+=item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS
-=back
+=item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item EXTERNAL FASTCGI SERVER INVOCATION
-=back
+FCGI_SOCKET_PATH, FCGI_LISTEN_QUEUE
-=head2 Attribute::Handlers - Simpler definition of attribute handlers
+=item CAVEATS
-=over 4
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=item VERSION
+=item BUGS
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-[0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
+=head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code
=over 4
-=item Typed lexicals
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Type-specific attribute handlers
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Non-interpretive attribute handlers
+=over 4
-=item Phase-specific attribute handlers
+=item Tags that won't be formatted
-=item Attributes as C<tie> interfaces
+=item Customizing the Indenting
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
-
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
-
-C<Bad attribute type: ATTR(%s)>, C<Attribute handler %s doesn't handle %s
-attributes>, C<Declaration of %s attribute in package %s may clash with
-future reserved word>, C<Can't have two ATTR specifiers on one subroutine>,
-C<Can't autotie a %s>, C<Internal error: %s symbol went missing>
+=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
-=item BUGS
-
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand
+=head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item USING CGI::Push
-=item Subroutine Stubs
+-next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph
-=item Using B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
+=over 4
-=item Overriding B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
+=item Heterogeneous Pages
-=item Package Lexicals
+=item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly
-=item Not Using AutoLoader
+=back
-=item B<AutoLoader> vs. B<SelfLoader>
+=item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS
-=back
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=item CAVEATS
+=item BUGS
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
+=head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-$keep, $check, $modtime
+=item ABSTRACT
-=over 4
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Multiple packages
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=back
+=item BUGS
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B - The Perl Compiler
+=head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
-
-=over 4
-
-=item SV-RELATED CLASSES
-
-=item B::SV METHODS
-
-REFCNT, FLAGS
-
-=item B::IV METHODS
-
-IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv
-
-=item B::NV METHODS
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-NV, NVX
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item B::RV METHODS
+=back
-RV
+=head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
-=item B::PV METHODS
+=over 4
-PV, PVX
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item B::PVMG METHODS
+=item STATUS
-MAGIC, SvSTASH
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item B::MAGIC METHODS
+=over 4
-MOREMAGIC, PRIVATE, TYPE, FLAGS, OBJ, PTR
+=item Interactive Mode
-=item B::PVLV METHODS
+Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test,
+install, clean modules or distributions, get, readme, look module or
+distribution, ls author, Signals
-TARGOFF, TARGLEN, TYPE, TARG
+=item CPAN::Shell
-=item B::BM METHODS
+=item autobundle
-USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE
+=item recompile
-=item B::GV METHODS
+=item The four C<CPAN::*> Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution
-is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN,
-LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS
+=item Programmer's interface
-=item B::IO METHODS
+expand($type,@things), expandany(@things), Programming Examples
-LINES, PAGE, PAGE_LEN, LINES_LEFT, TOP_NAME, TOP_GV, FMT_NAME, FMT_GV,
-BOTTOM_NAME, BOTTOM_GV, SUBPROCESS, IoTYPE, IoFLAGS
+=item Methods in the other Classes
-=item B::AV METHODS
+CPAN::Author::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Author::as_string(),
+CPAN::Author::email(), CPAN::Author::fullname(), CPAN::Author::name(),
+CPAN::Bundle::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Bundle::as_string(),
+CPAN::Bundle::clean(), CPAN::Bundle::contains(),
+CPAN::Bundle::force($method,@args), CPAN::Bundle::get(),
+CPAN::Bundle::inst_file(), CPAN::Bundle::inst_version(),
+CPAN::Bundle::uptodate(), CPAN::Bundle::install(), CPAN::Bundle::make(),
+CPAN::Bundle::readme(), CPAN::Bundle::test(),
+CPAN::Distribution::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Distribution::as_string(),
+CPAN::Distribution::clean(), CPAN::Distribution::containsmods(),
+CPAN::Distribution::cvs_import(), CPAN::Distribution::dir(),
+CPAN::Distribution::force($method,@args), CPAN::Distribution::get(),
+CPAN::Distribution::install(), CPAN::Distribution::isa_perl(),
+CPAN::Distribution::look(), CPAN::Distribution::make(),
+CPAN::Distribution::prereq_pm(), CPAN::Distribution::readme(),
+CPAN::Distribution::test(), CPAN::Distribution::uptodate(),
+CPAN::Index::force_reload(), CPAN::Index::reload(), CPAN::InfoObj::dump(),
+CPAN::Module::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Module::as_string(),
+CPAN::Module::clean(), CPAN::Module::cpan_file(),
+CPAN::Module::cpan_version(), CPAN::Module::cvs_import(),
+CPAN::Module::description(), CPAN::Module::force($method,@args),
+CPAN::Module::get(), CPAN::Module::inst_file(),
+CPAN::Module::inst_version(), CPAN::Module::install(),
+CPAN::Module::look(), CPAN::Module::make(),
+CPAN::Module::manpage_headline(), CPAN::Module::readme(),
+CPAN::Module::test(), CPAN::Module::uptodate(), CPAN::Module::userid()
-FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, AvFLAGS
+=item Cache Manager
-=item B::CV METHODS
+=item Bundles
-STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, XSUB, XSUBANY,
-CvFLAGS, const_sv
+=item Prerequisites
-=item B::HV METHODS
+=item Finding packages and VERSION
-FILL, MAX, KEYS, RITER, NAME, PMROOT, ARRAY
+=item Debugging
-=item OP-RELATED CLASSES
+=item Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode
-=item B::OP METHODS
+=back
-next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, seq, flags, private
+=item CONFIGURATION
-=item B::UNOP METHOD
+C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>
+E<lt>valueE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list
+optionE<gt> [shift|pop]>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>
+[unshift|push|splice] E<lt>listE<gt>>
-first
+=over 4
-=item B::BINOP METHOD
+=item Note on urllist parameter's format
-last
+=item urllist parameter has CD-ROM support
-=item B::LOGOP METHOD
+=back
-other
+=item SECURITY
-=item B::LISTOP METHOD
+=item EXPORT
-children
+=item POPULATE AN INSTALLATION WITH LOTS OF MODULES
-=item B::PMOP METHODS
+=item WORKING WITH CPAN.pm BEHIND FIREWALLS
-pmreplroot, pmreplstart, pmnext, pmregexp, pmflags, pmpermflags, precomp
+=over 4
-=item B::SVOP METHOD
+=item Three basic types of firewalls
-sv, gv
+http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade
-=item B::PADOP METHOD
+=item Configuring lynx or ncftp for going through a firewall
-padix
+=back
-=item B::PVOP METHOD
+=item FAQ
-pv
+1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7), 8), 9), 10)
-=item B::LOOP METHODS
+=item BUGS
-redoop, nextop, lastop
+=item AUTHOR
-=item B::COP METHODS
+=item TRANSLATIONS
-label, stash, file, cop_seq, arybase, line
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item FUNCTIONS EXPORTED BY C<B>
+=head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
+
+=over 4
-main_cv, init_av, main_root, main_start, comppadlist, sv_undef, sv_yes,
-sv_no, amagic_generation, walkoptree(OP, METHOD), walkoptree_debug(DEBUG),
-walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE, PREFIX), svref_2object(SV),
-ppname(OPNUM), hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c, cstring(STR), class(OBJ),
-threadsv_names
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate
-bytecode
+=head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS
+module
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode
+=head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHORS
+=over 4
+
+=item Forcing a Stack Trace
=back
-=head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
+=back
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item GLOBAL VARIABLES
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=back
+=item $Carp::CarpLevel
-=head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
+=item $Carp::MaxEvalLen
-=over 4
+=item $Carp::MaxArgLen
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item $Carp::MaxArgNums
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item $Carp::Verbose
-=item OPTIONS
+=back
-B<-ofilename>, B<-afilename>, B<-->, B<-f>, B<-fcompress-nullops>,
-B<-fomit-sequence-numbers>, B<-fbypass-nullops>, B<-On>, B<-D>, B<-Do>,
-B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-upackage>
+=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=over 4
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHORS
-
=back
-=head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend
+=head2 Carp::Heavy - heavy machinery, no user serviceable parts inside
+
+=head2 Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OPTIONS
+=item FUNCTIONS
-B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, B<-Dc>, B<-DA>,
-B<-DC>, B<-DM>, B<-f>, B<-fcog>, B<-fno-cog>, B<-On>, B<-llimit>
+the function Class::ISA::super_path($CLASS), the function
+Class::ISA::self_and_super_path($CLASS), the function
+Class::ISA::self_and_super_versions($CLASS)
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item CAUTIONARY NOTES
-=item BUGS
+=item COPYRIGHT
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
+=head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OPTIONS
-
-B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-mModulename>, B<-D>, B<-Dr>,
-B<-DO>, B<-Ds>, B<-Dp>, B<-Dq>, B<-Dl>, B<-Dt>, B<-f>,
-B<-ffreetmps-each-bblock>, B<-ffreetmps-each-loop>, B<-fomit-taint>, B<-On>
-
-=item EXAMPLES
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item The C<struct()> function
-=item DIFFERENCES
+=item Class Creation at Compile Time
-=over 4
+=item Element Types and Accessor Methods
-=item Loops
+Scalar (C<'$'> or C<'*$'>), Array (C<'@'> or C<'*@'>), Hash (C<'%'> or
+C<'*%'>), Class (C<'Class_Name'> or C<'*Class_Name'>)
-=item Context of ".."
+=item Initializing with C<new>
-=item Arithmetic
+=back
-=item Deprecated features
+=item EXAMPLES
-=back
+Example 1, Example 2, Example 3
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Author and Modification History
=back
-=head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
+=head2 Config - access Perl configuration information
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OPTIONS
-
-B<-basic>, B<-exec>, B<-tree>, B<-compact>, B<-loose>, B<-vt>, B<-ascii>,
-B<-main>, B<-base>I<n>, B<-bigendian>, B<-littleendian>, B<-concise>,
-B<-terse>, B<-linenoise>, B<-debug>, B<-env>
+myconfig(), config_sh(), config_re($regex), config_vars(@names)
-=item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS
+=item EXAMPLE
-B<(x(>I<exec_text>B<;>I<basic_text>B<)x)>, B<(*(>I<text>B<)*)>,
-B<(*(>I<text1>B<;>I<text2>B<)*)>, B<(?(>I<text1>B<#>I<var>I<Text2>B<)?)>,
-B<#>I<var>, B<#>I<var>I<N>, B<~>, B<#addr>, B<#arg>, B<#class>,
-B<#classym>, B<#coplabel>, B<#exname>, B<#extarg>, B<#firstaddr>,
-B<#flags>, B<#flagval>, B<#hyphenseq>, B<#label>, B<#lastaddr>, B<#name>,
-B<#NAME>, B<#next>, B<#nextaddr>, B<#noise>, B<#private>, B<#privval>,
-B<#seq>, B<#seqnum>, B<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>, B<#svclass>, B<#svval>,
-B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum>
+=item WARNING
-=item ABBREVIATIONS
+=item GLOSSARY
=over 4
-=item OP flags abbreviations
+=item _
-=item OP class abbreviations
+C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o>
-=back
+=item a
-=item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework
+C<afs>, C<afsroot>, C<alignbytes>, C<ansi2knr>, C<aphostname>,
+C<api_revision>, C<api_subversion>, C<api_version>, C<api_versionstring>,
+C<ar>, C<archlib>, C<archlibexp>, C<archname64>, C<archname>, C<archobjs>,
+C<asctime_r_proto>, C<awk>
-=item AUTHOR
+=item b
-=back
+C<baserev>, C<bash>, C<bin>, C<binexp>, C<bison>, C<byacc>, C<byteorder>
-=head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
+=item c
-=over 4
+C<c>, C<castflags>, C<cat>, C<cc>, C<cccdlflags>, C<ccdlflags>, C<ccflags>,
+C<ccflags_uselargefiles>, C<ccname>, C<ccsymbols>, C<ccversion>, C<cf_by>,
+C<cf_email>, C<cf_time>, C<charsize>, C<chgrp>, C<chmod>, C<chown>,
+C<clocktype>, C<comm>, C<compress>, C<contains>, C<cp>, C<cpio>, C<cpp>,
+C<cpp_stuff>, C<cppccsymbols>, C<cppflags>, C<cpplast>, C<cppminus>,
+C<cpprun>, C<cppstdin>, C<cppsymbols>, C<crypt_r_proto>, C<cryptlib>,
+C<csh>, C<ctermid_r_proto>, C<ctime_r_proto>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item d
-=item DESCRIPTION
+C<d__fwalk>, C<d_access>, C<d_accessx>, C<d_aintl>, C<d_alarm>,
+C<d_archlib>, C<d_asctime_r>, C<d_atolf>, C<d_atoll>, C<d_attribut>,
+C<d_bcmp>, C<d_bcopy>, C<d_bsd>, C<d_bsdgetpgrp>, C<d_bsdsetpgrp>,
+C<d_bzero>, C<d_casti32>, C<d_castneg>, C<d_charvspr>, C<d_chown>,
+C<d_chroot>, C<d_chsize>, C<d_class>, C<d_closedir>, C<d_cmsghdr_s>,
+C<d_const>, C<d_copysignl>, C<d_crypt>, C<d_crypt_r>, C<d_csh>,
+C<d_ctermid_r>, C<d_ctime_r>, C<d_cuserid>, C<d_dbl_dig>,
+C<d_dbminitproto>, C<d_difftime>, C<d_dirfd>, C<d_dirnamlen>, C<d_dlerror>,
+C<d_dlopen>, C<d_dlsymun>, C<d_dosuid>, C<d_drand48_r>, C<d_drand48proto>,
+C<d_dup2>, C<d_eaccess>, C<d_endgrent>, C<d_endgrent_r>, C<d_endhent>,
+C<d_endhostent_r>, C<d_endnent>, C<d_endnetent_r>, C<d_endpent>,
+C<d_endprotoent_r>, C<d_endpwent>, C<d_endpwent_r>, C<d_endsent>,
+C<d_endservent_r>, C<d_eofnblk>, C<d_eunice>, C<d_faststdio>, C<d_fchdir>,
+C<d_fchmod>, C<d_fchown>, C<d_fcntl>, C<d_fcntl_can_lock>, C<d_fd_macros>,
+C<d_fd_set>, C<d_fds_bits>, C<d_fgetpos>, C<d_finite>, C<d_finitel>,
+C<d_flexfnam>, C<d_flock>, C<d_flockproto>, C<d_fork>, C<d_fp_class>,
+C<d_fpathconf>, C<d_fpclass>, C<d_fpclassify>, C<d_fpclassl>,
+C<d_fpos64_t>, C<d_frexpl>, C<d_fs_data_s>, C<d_fseeko>, C<d_fsetpos>,
+C<d_fstatfs>, C<d_fstatvfs>, C<d_fsync>, C<d_ftello>, C<d_ftime>,
+C<d_Gconvert>, C<d_getcwd>, C<d_getespwnam>, C<d_getfsstat>, C<d_getgrent>,
+C<d_getgrent_r>, C<d_getgrgid_r>, C<d_getgrnam_r>, C<d_getgrps>,
+C<d_gethbyaddr>, C<d_gethbyname>, C<d_gethent>, C<d_gethname>,
+C<d_gethostbyaddr_r>, C<d_gethostbyname_r>, C<d_gethostent_r>,
+C<d_gethostprotos>, C<d_getitimer>, C<d_getlogin>, C<d_getlogin_r>,
+C<d_getmnt>, C<d_getmntent>, C<d_getnbyaddr>, C<d_getnbyname>,
+C<d_getnent>, C<d_getnetbyaddr_r>, C<d_getnetbyname_r>, C<d_getnetent_r>,
+C<d_getnetprotos>, C<d_getpagsz>, C<d_getpbyname>, C<d_getpbynumber>,
+C<d_getpent>, C<d_getpgid>, C<d_getpgrp2>, C<d_getpgrp>, C<d_getppid>,
+C<d_getprior>, C<d_getprotobyname_r>, C<d_getprotobynumber_r>,
+C<d_getprotoent_r>, C<d_getprotoprotos>, C<d_getprpwnam>, C<d_getpwent>,
+C<d_getpwent_r>, C<d_getpwnam_r>, C<d_getpwuid_r>, C<d_getsbyname>,
+C<d_getsbyport>, C<d_getsent>, C<d_getservbyname_r>, C<d_getservbyport_r>,
+C<d_getservent_r>, C<d_getservprotos>, C<d_getspnam>, C<d_getspnam_r>,
+C<d_gettimeod>, C<d_gmtime_r>, C<d_gnulibc>, C<d_grpasswd>, C<d_hasmntopt>,
+C<d_htonl>, C<d_ilogbl>, C<d_index>, C<d_inetaton>, C<d_int64_t>,
+C<d_isascii>, C<d_isfinite>, C<d_isinf>, C<d_isnan>, C<d_isnanl>,
+C<d_killpg>, C<d_lchown>, C<d_ldbl_dig>, C<d_link>, C<d_localtime_r>,
+C<d_locconv>, C<d_lockf>, C<d_longdbl>, C<d_longlong>, C<d_lseekproto>,
+C<d_lstat>, C<d_madvise>, C<d_mblen>, C<d_mbstowcs>, C<d_mbtowc>,
+C<d_memchr>, C<d_memcmp>, C<d_memcpy>, C<d_memmove>, C<d_memset>,
+C<d_mkdir>, C<d_mkdtemp>, C<d_mkfifo>, C<d_mkstemp>, C<d_mkstemps>,
+C<d_mktime>, C<d_mmap>, C<d_modfl>, C<d_modfl_pow32_bug>, C<d_modflproto>,
+C<d_mprotect>, C<d_msg>, C<d_msg_ctrunc>, C<d_msg_dontroute>, C<d_msg_oob>,
+C<d_msg_peek>, C<d_msg_proxy>, C<d_msgctl>, C<d_msgget>, C<d_msghdr_s>,
+C<d_msgrcv>, C<d_msgsnd>, C<d_msync>, C<d_munmap>, C<d_mymalloc>,
+C<d_nice>, C<d_nl_langinfo>, C<d_nv_preserves_uv>, C<d_off64_t>,
+C<d_old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<d_oldpthreads>, C<d_oldsock>,
+C<d_open3>, C<d_pathconf>, C<d_pause>, C<d_perl_otherlibdirs>,
+C<d_phostname>, C<d_pipe>, C<d_poll>, C<d_portable>, C<d_PRId64>,
+C<d_PRIeldbl>, C<d_PRIEUldbl>, C<d_PRIfldbl>, C<d_PRIFUldbl>,
+C<d_PRIgldbl>, C<d_PRIGUldbl>, C<d_PRIi64>, C<d_PRIo64>, C<d_PRIu64>,
+C<d_PRIx64>, C<d_PRIXU64>, C<d_procselfexe>, C<d_pthread_atfork>,
+C<d_pthread_attr_setscope>, C<d_pthread_yield>, C<d_pwage>, C<d_pwchange>,
+C<d_pwclass>, C<d_pwcomment>, C<d_pwexpire>, C<d_pwgecos>, C<d_pwpasswd>,
+C<d_pwquota>, C<d_qgcvt>, C<d_quad>, C<d_random_r>, C<d_readdir64_r>,
+C<d_readdir>, C<d_readdir_r>, C<d_readlink>, C<d_readv>, C<d_recvmsg>,
+C<d_rename>, C<d_rewinddir>, C<d_rmdir>, C<d_safebcpy>, C<d_safemcpy>,
+C<d_sanemcmp>, C<d_sbrkproto>, C<d_scalbnl>, C<d_sched_yield>,
+C<d_scm_rights>, C<d_SCNfldbl>, C<d_seekdir>, C<d_select>, C<d_sem>,
+C<d_semctl>, C<d_semctl_semid_ds>, C<d_semctl_semun>, C<d_semget>,
+C<d_semop>, C<d_sendmsg>, C<d_setegid>, C<d_seteuid>, C<d_setgrent>,
+C<d_setgrent_r>, C<d_setgrps>, C<d_sethent>, C<d_sethostent_r>,
+C<d_setitimer>, C<d_setlinebuf>, C<d_setlocale>, C<d_setlocale_r>,
+C<d_setnent>, C<d_setnetent_r>, C<d_setpent>, C<d_setpgid>, C<d_setpgrp2>,
+C<d_setpgrp>, C<d_setprior>, C<d_setproctitle>, C<d_setprotoent_r>,
+C<d_setpwent>, C<d_setpwent_r>, C<d_setregid>, C<d_setresgid>,
+C<d_setresuid>, C<d_setreuid>, C<d_setrgid>, C<d_setruid>, C<d_setsent>,
+C<d_setservent_r>, C<d_setsid>, C<d_setvbuf>, C<d_sfio>, C<d_shm>,
+C<d_shmat>, C<d_shmatprototype>, C<d_shmctl>, C<d_shmdt>, C<d_shmget>,
+C<d_sigaction>, C<d_sigprocmask>, C<d_sigsetjmp>, C<d_sockatmark>,
+C<d_sockatmarkproto>, C<d_socket>, C<d_socklen_t>, C<d_sockpair>,
+C<d_socks5_init>, C<d_sqrtl>, C<d_srand48_r>, C<d_srandom_r>,
+C<d_sresgproto>, C<d_sresuproto>, C<d_statblks>, C<d_statfs_f_flags>,
+C<d_statfs_s>, C<d_statvfs>, C<d_stdio_cnt_lval>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval>,
+C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_nochange_cnt>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_sets_cnt>,
+C<d_stdio_stream_array>, C<d_stdiobase>, C<d_stdstdio>, C<d_strchr>,
+C<d_strcoll>, C<d_strctcpy>, C<d_strerrm>, C<d_strerror>, C<d_strerror_r>,
+C<d_strftime>, C<d_strlcat>, C<d_strlcpy>, C<d_strtod>, C<d_strtol>,
+C<d_strtold>, C<d_strtoll>, C<d_strtoq>, C<d_strtoul>, C<d_strtoull>,
+C<d_strtouq>, C<d_strxfrm>, C<d_suidsafe>, C<d_symlink>, C<d_syscall>,
+C<d_syscallproto>, C<d_sysconf>, C<d_sysernlst>, C<d_syserrlst>,
+C<d_system>, C<d_tcgetpgrp>, C<d_tcsetpgrp>, C<d_telldir>,
+C<d_telldirproto>, C<d_time>, C<d_times>, C<d_tm_tm_gmtoff>,
+C<d_tm_tm_zone>, C<d_tmpnam_r>, C<d_truncate>, C<d_ttyname_r>, C<d_tzname>,
+C<d_u32align>, C<d_ualarm>, C<d_umask>, C<d_uname>, C<d_union_semun>,
+C<d_unordered>, C<d_usleep>, C<d_usleepproto>, C<d_ustat>, C<d_vendorarch>,
+C<d_vendorbin>, C<d_vendorlib>, C<d_vendorscript>, C<d_vfork>,
+C<d_void_closedir>, C<d_voidsig>, C<d_voidtty>, C<d_volatile>,
+C<d_vprintf>, C<d_wait4>, C<d_waitpid>, C<d_wcstombs>, C<d_wctomb>,
+C<d_writev>, C<d_xenix>, C<date>, C<db_hashtype>, C<db_prefixtype>,
+C<db_version_major>, C<db_version_minor>, C<db_version_patch>,
+C<defvoidused>, C<direntrytype>, C<dlext>, C<dlsrc>, C<doublesize>,
+C<drand01>, C<drand48_r_proto>, C<dynamic_ext>
-=item AUTHOR
+=item e
-=back
+C<eagain>, C<ebcdic>, C<echo>, C<egrep>, C<emacs>, C<endgrent_r_proto>,
+C<endhostent_r_proto>, C<endnetent_r_proto>, C<endprotoent_r_proto>,
+C<endpwent_r_proto>, C<endservent_r_proto>, C<eunicefix>, C<exe_ext>,
+C<expr>, C<extensions>, C<extras>
-=head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
+=item f
-=over 4
+C<fflushall>, C<fflushNULL>, C<find>, C<firstmakefile>, C<flex>,
+C<fpossize>, C<fpostype>, C<freetype>, C<from>, C<full_ar>, C<full_csh>,
+C<full_sed>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item g
-=item DESCRIPTION
+C<gccansipedantic>, C<gccosandvers>, C<gccversion>, C<getgrent_r_proto>,
+C<getgrgid_r_proto>, C<getgrnam_r_proto>, C<gethostbyaddr_r_proto>,
+C<gethostbyname_r_proto>, C<gethostent_r_proto>, C<getlogin_r_proto>,
+C<getnetbyaddr_r_proto>, C<getnetbyname_r_proto>, C<getnetent_r_proto>,
+C<getprotobyname_r_proto>, C<getprotobynumber_r_proto>,
+C<getprotoent_r_proto>, C<getpwent_r_proto>, C<getpwnam_r_proto>,
+C<getpwuid_r_proto>, C<getservbyname_r_proto>, C<getservbyport_r_proto>,
+C<getservent_r_proto>, C<getspnam_r_proto>, C<gidformat>, C<gidsign>,
+C<gidsize>, C<gidtype>, C<glibpth>, C<gmake>, C<gmtime_r_proto>,
+C<gnulibc_version>, C<grep>, C<groupcat>, C<groupstype>, C<gzip>
-=item OPTIONS
+=item h
-B<-l>, B<-p>, B<-q>, B<-f>I<FILE>, B<-s>I<LETTERS>, B<C>, B<i>I<NUMBER>,
-B<T>, B<v>I<STRING>B<.>, B<-x>I<LEVEL>
+C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>, C<html1dir>, C<html1direxp>,
+C<html3dir>, C<html3direxp>
-=item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE
+=item i
-=over 4
+C<i16size>, C<i16type>, C<i32size>, C<i32type>, C<i64size>, C<i64type>,
+C<i8size>, C<i8type>, C<i_arpainet>, C<i_bsdioctl>, C<i_crypt>, C<i_db>,
+C<i_dbm>, C<i_dirent>, C<i_dld>, C<i_dlfcn>, C<i_fcntl>, C<i_float>,
+C<i_fp>, C<i_fp_class>, C<i_gdbm>, C<i_grp>, C<i_ieeefp>, C<i_inttypes>,
+C<i_langinfo>, C<i_libutil>, C<i_limits>, C<i_locale>, C<i_machcthr>,
+C<i_malloc>, C<i_math>, C<i_memory>, C<i_mntent>, C<i_ndbm>, C<i_netdb>,
+C<i_neterrno>, C<i_netinettcp>, C<i_niin>, C<i_poll>, C<i_prot>,
+C<i_pthread>, C<i_pwd>, C<i_rpcsvcdbm>, C<i_sfio>, C<i_sgtty>, C<i_shadow>,
+C<i_socks>, C<i_stdarg>, C<i_stddef>, C<i_stdlib>, C<i_string>,
+C<i_sunmath>, C<i_sysaccess>, C<i_sysdir>, C<i_sysfile>, C<i_sysfilio>,
+C<i_sysin>, C<i_sysioctl>, C<i_syslog>, C<i_sysmman>, C<i_sysmode>,
+C<i_sysmount>, C<i_sysndir>, C<i_sysparam>, C<i_sysresrc>, C<i_syssecrt>,
+C<i_sysselct>, C<i_syssockio>, C<i_sysstat>, C<i_sysstatfs>,
+C<i_sysstatvfs>, C<i_systime>, C<i_systimek>, C<i_systimes>, C<i_systypes>,
+C<i_sysuio>, C<i_sysun>, C<i_sysutsname>, C<i_sysvfs>, C<i_syswait>,
+C<i_termio>, C<i_termios>, C<i_time>, C<i_unistd>, C<i_ustat>, C<i_utime>,
+C<i_values>, C<i_varargs>, C<i_varhdr>, C<i_vfork>,
+C<ignore_versioned_solibs>, C<inc_version_list>, C<inc_version_list_init>,
+C<incpath>, C<inews>, C<installarchlib>, C<installbin>, C<installhtml1dir>,
+C<installhtml3dir>, C<installman1dir>, C<installman3dir>, C<installprefix>,
+C<installprefixexp>, C<installprivlib>, C<installscript>,
+C<installsitearch>, C<installsitebin>, C<installsitehtml1dir>,
+C<installsitehtml3dir>, C<installsitelib>, C<installsiteman1dir>,
+C<installsiteman3dir>, C<installsitescript>, C<installstyle>,
+C<installusrbinperl>, C<installvendorarch>, C<installvendorbin>,
+C<installvendorhtml1dir>, C<installvendorhtml3dir>, C<installvendorlib>,
+C<installvendorman1dir>, C<installvendorman3dir>, C<installvendorscript>,
+C<intsize>, C<issymlink>, C<ivdformat>, C<ivsize>, C<ivtype>
-=item Synopsis
+=item k
-=item Description
+C<known_extensions>, C<ksh>
-=item new
+=item l
+
+C<ld>, C<lddlflags>, C<ldflags>, C<ldflags_uselargefiles>, C<ldlibpthname>,
+C<less>, C<lib_ext>, C<libc>, C<libperl>, C<libpth>, C<libs>, C<libsdirs>,
+C<libsfiles>, C<libsfound>, C<libspath>, C<libswanted>,
+C<libswanted_uselargefiles>, C<line>, C<lint>, C<lkflags>, C<ln>, C<lns>,
+C<localtime_r_proto>, C<locincpth>, C<loclibpth>, C<longdblsize>,
+C<longlongsize>, C<longsize>, C<lp>, C<lpr>, C<ls>, C<lseeksize>,
+C<lseektype>
+
+=item m
+
+C<mail>, C<mailx>, C<make>, C<make_set_make>, C<mallocobj>, C<mallocsrc>,
+C<malloctype>, C<man1dir>, C<man1direxp>, C<man1ext>, C<man3dir>,
+C<man3direxp>, C<man3ext>
+
+=item M
+
+C<Mcc>, C<mips_type>, C<mistrustnm>, C<mkdir>, C<mmaptype>, C<modetype>,
+C<more>, C<multiarch>, C<mv>, C<myarchname>, C<mydomain>, C<myhostname>,
+C<myuname>
+
+=item n
+
+C<n>, C<need_va_copy>, C<netdb_hlen_type>, C<netdb_host_type>,
+C<netdb_name_type>, C<netdb_net_type>, C<nm>, C<nm_opt>, C<nm_so_opt>,
+C<nonxs_ext>, C<nroff>, C<nv_preserves_uv_bits>, C<nveformat>,
+C<nvEUformat>, C<nvfformat>, C<nvFUformat>, C<nvgformat>, C<nvGUformat>,
+C<nvsize>, C<nvtype>
+
+=item o
-=item ambient_pragmas
+C<o_nonblock>, C<obj_ext>, C<old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<optimize>,
+C<orderlib>, C<osname>, C<osvers>, C<otherlibdirs>
-strict, $[, bytes, utf8, integer, re, warnings, hint_bits, warning_bits
+=item p
-=item coderef2text
+C<package>, C<pager>, C<passcat>, C<patchlevel>, C<path_sep>, C<perl5>,
+C<perl>, C<perl_patchlevel>
-=back
+=item P
-=item BUGS
+C<PERL_REVISION>, C<PERL_SUBVERSION>, C<PERL_VERSION>, C<perladmin>,
+C<perllibs>, C<perlpath>, C<pg>, C<phostname>, C<pidtype>, C<plibpth>,
+C<pmake>, C<pr>, C<prefix>, C<prefixexp>, C<privlib>, C<privlibexp>,
+C<procselfexe>, C<prototype>, C<ptrsize>
-=item AUTHOR
+=item q
-=back
+C<quadkind>, C<quadtype>
-=head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode
+=item r
-=over 4
+C<randbits>, C<randfunc>, C<random_r_proto>, C<randseedtype>, C<ranlib>,
+C<rd_nodata>, C<readdir64_r_proto>, C<readdir_r_proto>, C<revision>, C<rm>,
+C<rmail>, C<run>, C<runnm>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item s
-=item DESCRIPTION
+C<sched_yield>, C<scriptdir>, C<scriptdirexp>, C<sed>, C<seedfunc>,
+C<selectminbits>, C<selecttype>, C<sendmail>, C<setgrent_r_proto>,
+C<sethostent_r_proto>, C<setlocale_r_proto>, C<setnetent_r_proto>,
+C<setprotoent_r_proto>, C<setpwent_r_proto>, C<setservent_r_proto>, C<sh>,
+C<shar>, C<sharpbang>, C<shmattype>, C<shortsize>, C<shrpenv>, C<shsharp>,
+C<sig_count>, C<sig_name>, C<sig_name_init>, C<sig_num>, C<sig_num_init>,
+C<sig_size>, C<signal_t>, C<sitearch>, C<sitearchexp>, C<sitebin>,
+C<sitebinexp>, C<sitehtml1dir>, C<sitehtml1direxp>, C<sitehtml3dir>,
+C<sitehtml3direxp>, C<sitelib>, C<sitelib_stem>, C<sitelibexp>,
+C<siteman1dir>, C<siteman1direxp>, C<siteman3dir>, C<siteman3direxp>,
+C<siteprefix>, C<siteprefixexp>, C<sitescript>, C<sitescriptexp>,
+C<sizesize>, C<sizetype>, C<sleep>, C<smail>, C<so>, C<sockethdr>,
+C<socketlib>, C<socksizetype>, C<sort>, C<spackage>, C<spitshell>,
+C<sPRId64>, C<sPRIeldbl>, C<sPRIEUldbl>, C<sPRIfldbl>, C<sPRIFUldbl>,
+C<sPRIgldbl>, C<sPRIGUldbl>, C<sPRIi64>, C<sPRIo64>, C<sPRIu64>,
+C<sPRIx64>, C<sPRIXU64>, C<srand48_r_proto>, C<srandom_r_proto>, C<src>,
+C<sSCNfldbl>, C<ssizetype>, C<startperl>, C<startsh>, C<static_ext>,
+C<stdchar>, C<stdio_base>, C<stdio_bufsiz>, C<stdio_cnt>, C<stdio_filbuf>,
+C<stdio_ptr>, C<stdio_stream_array>, C<strerror_r_proto>, C<strings>,
+C<submit>, C<subversion>, C<sysman>
-=item AUTHOR
+=item t
-=back
+C<tail>, C<tar>, C<targetarch>, C<tbl>, C<tee>, C<test>, C<timeincl>,
+C<timetype>, C<tmpnam_r_proto>, C<to>, C<touch>, C<tr>, C<trnl>, C<troff>,
+C<ttyname_r_proto>
-=head2 B::Lint - Perl lint
+=item u
-=over 4
+C<u16size>, C<u16type>, C<u32size>, C<u32type>, C<u64size>, C<u64type>,
+C<u8size>, C<u8type>, C<uidformat>, C<uidsign>, C<uidsize>, C<uidtype>,
+C<uname>, C<uniq>, C<uquadtype>, C<use5005threads>, C<use64bitall>,
+C<use64bitint>, C<usecrosscompile>, C<usedl>, C<usefaststdio>,
+C<useithreads>, C<uselargefiles>, C<uselongdouble>, C<usemallocwrap>,
+C<usemorebits>, C<usemultiplicity>, C<usemymalloc>, C<usenm>, C<useopcode>,
+C<useperlio>, C<useposix>, C<usereentrant>, C<userelocatableinc>,
+C<usesfio>, C<useshrplib>, C<usesocks>, C<usethreads>, C<usevendorprefix>,
+C<usevfork>, C<usrinc>, C<uuname>, C<uvoformat>, C<uvsize>, C<uvtype>,
+C<uvuformat>, C<uvxformat>, C<uvXUformat>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item v
-=item DESCRIPTION
+C<vendorarch>, C<vendorarchexp>, C<vendorbin>, C<vendorbinexp>,
+C<vendorhtml1dir>, C<vendorhtml1direxp>, C<vendorhtml3dir>,
+C<vendorhtml3direxp>, C<vendorlib>, C<vendorlib_stem>, C<vendorlibexp>,
+C<vendorman1dir>, C<vendorman1direxp>, C<vendorman3dir>,
+C<vendorman3direxp>, C<vendorprefix>, C<vendorprefixexp>, C<vendorscript>,
+C<vendorscriptexp>, C<version>, C<version_patchlevel_string>,
+C<versiononly>, C<vi>, C<voidflags>
-=item OPTIONS AND LINT CHECKS
+=item x
-B<context>, B<implicit-read> and B<implicit-write>, B<dollar-underscore>,
-B<private-names>, B<undefined-subs>, B<regexp-variables>, B<all>, B<none>
+C<xlibpth>
-=item NON LINT-CHECK OPTIONS
+=item y
-B<-u Package>
+C<yacc>, C<yaccflags>
-=item BUGS
+=item z
-=item AUTHOR
+C<zcat>, C<zip>
=back
-=head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
+=item NOTE
+
+=back
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item CONVENTIONS
-
-=item IMPLEMENTATION
+dynamic, nonxs, static
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files
+=head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=back
+=item getcwd and friends
-=head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend
+getcwd, cwd, fastcwd, fastgetcwd, getdcwd
-=over 4
+=item abs_path and friends
-=item SYNOPSIS
+abs_path, realpath, fast_abs_path
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item $ENV{PWD}
+
+=back
+
+=item NOTES
=item AUTHOR
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
-=head2 B::Stash - show what stashes are loaded
+=back
-=head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
+=head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft,
+subject to
+change)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Global Variables
-=head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
+ $DB::sub, %DB::sub, $DB::single, $DB::signal, $DB::trace, @DB::args,
+@DB::dbline, %DB::dbline, $DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::subname,
+$DB::lineno
-=over 4
+=item API Methods
-=item SYNOPSIS
+CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'),
+CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done()
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Client Callback Methods
-=item OPTIONS
+CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(),
+CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(),
+CLIENT->output(LIST)
-C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-D[tO]>
+=back
=item BUGS
=back
-=head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
+=head2 DBM_Filter -- Filter DBM keys/values
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code
+=item What is a DBM Filter?
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item So what's new?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
+
+=item METHODS
=over 4
-=item Methods
+=item $db->Filter_Push()
-new, debug, iters
+=item $db->Filter_Key_Push()
-=item Standard Exports
+=item $db->Filter_Value_Push()
-timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis ( COUNT, CODE, [ TITLE, [ STYLE ]] ),
-timethese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), timediff ( T1, T2 ), timestr (
-TIMEDIFF, [ STYLE, [ FORMAT ] ] )
+Filter_Push, Filter_Key_Push, Filter_Value_Push
-=item Optional Exports
+=item $db->Filter_Pop()
-clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUT, CODEHASHREF, [
-STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF ), countit(TIME, CODE), disablecache (
-), enablecache ( ), timesum ( T1, T2 )
+=item $db->Filtered()
=back
-=item NOTES
+=item Writing a Filter
-=item EXAMPLES
+=over 4
-=item INHERITANCE
+=item Immediate Filters
-=item CAVEATS
+=item Canned Filters
-=item SEE ALSO
+"name", params
-=item AUTHORS
+=back
-=item MODIFICATION HISTORY
+=item Filters Included
-=back
+utf8, encode, compress, int32, null
-=head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code
+=item NOTES
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Maintain Round Trip Integrity
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Don't mix filtered & non-filtered data in the same database file.
-=item AUTHOR
+=back
+
+=item EXAMPLE
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
+=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OPTIONS
+B<DB_HASH>, B<DB_BTREE>, B<DB_RECNO>
-B<-ofilename>, B<-afilename>, B<-->, B<-f>, B<-fcompress-nullops>,
-B<-fomit-sequence-numbers>, B<-fbypass-nullops>, B<-On>, B<-D>, B<-Do>,
-B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-upackage>
+=over 4
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or greater
-=item BUGS
+=item Interface to Berkeley DB
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File
+
+=item Default Parameters
+
+=item In Memory Databases
=back
-=head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
+=item DB_HASH
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item A Simple Example
-=item ABSTRACT
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item DB_BTREE
=over 4
-=item PROGRAMMING STYLE
+=item Changing the BTREE sort order
-=item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES
+=item Handling Duplicate Keys
-=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE):
+=item The get_dup() Method
-=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE
+=item The find_dup() Method
-=item FETCHING A LIST OF KEYWORDS FROM THE QUERY:
+=item The del_dup() Method
-=item FETCHING THE NAMES OF ALL THE PARAMETERS PASSED TO YOUR SCRIPT:
+=item Matching Partial Keys
-=item FETCHING THE VALUE OR VALUES OF A SINGLE NAMED PARAMETER:
+=back
-=item SETTING THE VALUE(S) OF A NAMED PARAMETER:
+=item DB_RECNO
-=item APPENDING ADDITIONAL VALUES TO A NAMED PARAMETER:
+=over 4
-=item IMPORTING ALL PARAMETERS INTO A NAMESPACE:
+=item The 'bval' Option
-=item DELETING A PARAMETER COMPLETELY:
+=item A Simple Example
-=item DELETING ALL PARAMETERS:
+=item Extra RECNO Methods
-=item DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARAMETER LIST:
+B<$X-E<gt>push(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-E<gt>pop ;>, B<$X-E<gt>shift>,
+B<$X-E<gt>unshift(list) ;>, B<$X-E<gt>length>, B<$X-E<gt>splice(offset,
+length, elements);>
-=item FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH:
+=item Another Example
-=item SAVING THE STATE OF THE SCRIPT TO A FILE:
+=back
-=item RETRIEVING CGI ERRORS
+=item THE API INTERFACE
-=item USING THE FUNCTION-ORIENTED INTERFACE
+B<$status = $X-E<gt>get($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status =
+$X-E<gt>put($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>del($key [,
+$flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>fd ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>seq($key,
+$value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>sync([$flags]) ;>
-B<:cgi>, B<:form>, B<:html2>, B<:html3>, B<:netscape>, B<:html>,
-B<:standard>, B<:all>
+=item DBM FILTERS
-=item PRAGMAS
+B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
+B<filter_fetch_value>
--any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_undef_params, -no_xhtml, -nph,
--newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, -no_debug, -debug,
--private_tempfiles
+=over 4
-=item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS
+=item The Filter
+
+=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
-1. start_table() (generates a <TABLE> tag), 2. end_table() (generates a
-</TABLE> tag), 3. start_ul() (generates a <UL> tag), 4. end_ul() (generates
-a </UL> tag)
+=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
=back
-=item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS
+=item HINTS AND TIPS
=over 4
-=item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER:
+=item Locking: The Trouble with fd
-=item GENERATING A REDIRECTION HEADER
+=item Safe ways to lock a database
-=item CREATING THE HTML DOCUMENT HEADER
+B<Tie::DB_Lock>, B<Tie::DB_LockFile>, B<DB_File::Lock>
-B<Parameters:>, 4, 5, 6..
+=item Sharing Databases With C Applications
-=item ENDING THE HTML DOCUMENT:
+=item The untie() Gotcha
-=item CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION:
+=back
-=item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL
+=item COMMON QUESTIONS
-B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query>
-(B<-query_string>), B<-base>
+=over 4
-=item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS
+=item Why is there Perl source in my database?
-=back
+=item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File?
-=item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS:
+=item What does "Invalid Argument" mean?
-=over 4
+=item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean?
-=item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS
+=back
-=item THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF HTML SHORTCUTS
+=item REFERENCES
-=item HTML SHORTCUTS AND LIST INTERPOLATION
+=item HISTORY
-=item NON-STANDARD HTML SHORTCUTS
+=item BUGS
-=item AUTOESCAPING HTML
+=item AVAILABILITY
-$escaped_string = escapeHTML("unescaped string");, $charset =
-charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]);
+=item COPYRIGHT
-=item PRETTY-PRINTING HTML
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS:
+=head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both
+printing and C<eval>
=over 4
-=item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM
+=item DESCRIPTION
-B<application/x-www-form-urlencoded>, B<multipart/form-data>
+=over 4
-=item CREATING A TEXT FIELD
+=item Methods
-B<Parameters>
+I<PACKAGE>->new(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Dump I<or>
+I<PACKAGE>->Dump(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>),
+I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>),
+I<$OBJ>->Reset
-=item CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD
+=item Functions
-=item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD
+Dumper(I<LIST>)
-=item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD
+=item Configuration Variables or Methods
-B<Parameters>
+=item Exports
-=item CREATING A POPUP MENU
+Dumper
-=item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST
+=back
-B<Parameters:>
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES
+=item BUGS
-B<Parameters:>
+=over 4
-=item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX
+=item NOTE
-B<Parameters:>
+=back
-=item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP
+=item AUTHOR
-B<Parameters:>
+=item VERSION
-=item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON
+=item SEE ALSO
-B<Parameters:>
+=back
-=item CREATING A RESET BUTTON
+=head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler
-=item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON
+=over 4
-=item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD
+=item SYNOPSIS
-B<Parameters:>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON
+=item PROFILE FORMAT
-B<Parameters:>, 3. The third option (-align, optional) is an alignment
-type, and may be TOP, BOTTOM or MIDDLE
+=item AUTOLOAD
-=item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-=back
+=item BUGS
-=item HTTP COOKIES
+=item SEE ALSO
-1. an expiration time, 2. a domain, 3. a path, 4. a "secure" flag,
-B<-name>, B<-value>, B<-path>, B<-domain>, B<-expires>, B<-secure>
+=back
-=item WORKING WITH FRAMES
+=head2 Devel::PPPort - Perl/Pollution/Portability
-1. Create a <Frameset> document, 2. Specify the destination for the
-document in the HTTP header, 3. Specify the destination for the document in
-the <FORM> tag
+=over 4
-=item LIMITED SUPPORT FOR CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DEBUGGING
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS
+=item Why use ppport.h?
-=back
+You should use F<ppport.h> in modern code so that your code will work
+with the widest range of Perl interpreters possible, without significant
+additional work.
-=item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
+=item How to use ppport.h
-B<Accept()>, B<raw_cookie()>, B<user_agent()>, B<path_info()>,
-B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()> Return the script
-name as a partial URL, for self-refering scripts, B<referer()>, B<auth_type
-()>, B<server_name ()>, B<virtual_host ()>, B<server_port ()>,
-B<server_software ()>, B<remote_user ()>, B<user_name ()>,
-B<request_method()>, B<content_type()>, B<http()>, B<https()>
+=item Running ppport.h
-=item USING NPH SCRIPTS
+=back
-In the B<use> statement, By calling the B<nph()> method:, By using B<-nph>
-parameters
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=item Server Push
+=over 4
-multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final()
+=item WriteFile
-=item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks
+=back
-B<$CGI::POST_MAX>, B<$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS>, B<1. On a script-by-script
-basis>, B<2. Globally for all scripts>
+=item COMPATIBILITY
-=item COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=item Provided Perl compatibility API
-=item CREDITS
+=item Perl API not supported by ppport.h
-Matt Heffron (heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com), James Taylor
-(james.taylor@srs.gov), Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com>, Mike Jewell
-(mlj3u@virginia.edu), Timothy Shimmin (tes@kbs.citri.edu.au), Joergen Haegg
-(jh@axis.se), Laurent Delfosse (delfosse@delfosse.com), Richard Resnick
-(applepi1@aol.com), Craig Bishop (csb@barwonwater.vic.gov.au), Tony Curtis
-(tc@vcpc.univie.ac.at), Tim Bunce (Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk), Tom Christiansen
-(tchrist@convex.com), Andreas Koenig (k@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE), Tim
-MacKenzie (Tim.MacKenzie@fulcrum.com.au), Kevin B. Hendricks
-(kbhend@dogwood.tyler.wm.edu), Stephen Dahmen (joyfire@inxpress.net), Ed
-Jordan (ed@fidalgo.net), David Alan Pisoni (david@cnation.com), Doug
-MacEachern (dougm@opengroup.org), Robin Houston (robin@oneworld.org),
-...and many many more..
+perl 5.9.2, perl 5.9.1, perl 5.9.0, perl 5.8.3, perl 5.8.1, perl 5.8.0,
+perl 5.7.3, perl 5.7.2, perl 5.7.1, perl 5.6.1, perl 5.6.0, perl 5.005_03,
+perl 5.005, perl 5.004_05, perl 5.004_04, perl 5.004
-=item A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT
+=back
=item BUGS
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm
+=head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item ABSTRACT
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item Runtime debugging
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Memory footprint debugging
=back
-=head2 CGI::Carp, B<CGI::Carp> - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or
-other) error log
+=item EXAMPLES
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item A simple scalar string
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item A simple scalar number
-=item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES
+=item A simple scalar with an extra reference
-=item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW
+=item A reference to a simple scalar
-=over 4
+=item A reference to an array
-=item Changing the default message
+=item A reference to a hash
+
+=item Dumping a large array or hash
+
+=item A reference to an SV which holds a C pointer
+
+=item A reference to a subroutine
=back
-=item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS
+=item EXPORTS
-=item CHANGE LOG
+=item BUGS
-=item AUTHORS
+=item AUTHOR
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies
+=head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item USING CGI::Cookie
+=back
-B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag>
+=head2 Digest - Modules that calculate message digests
=over 4
-=item Creating New Cookies
-
-=item Sending the Cookie to the Browser
-
-=item Recovering Previous Cookies
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Manipulating Cookies
+=item DESCRIPTION
-B<name()>, B<value()>, B<domain()>, B<path()>, B<expires()>
+I<binary>, I<hex>, I<base64>
-=back
+=item OO INTERFACE
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+$ctx = Digest->XXX($arg,...), $ctx = Digest->new(XXX => $arg,...), $ctx =
+Digest::XXX->new($arg,...), $other_ctx = $ctx->clone, $ctx->reset,
+$ctx->add( $data, ... ), $ctx->addfile( $io_handle ), $ctx->add_bits(
+$data, $nbits ), $ctx->add_bits( $bitstring ), $ctx->digest,
+$ctx->hexdigest, $ctx->b64digest
-=item BUGS
+=item Digest speed
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI
+=head2 Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
-
-=item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS
-
-=item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS
+md5($data,...), md5_hex($data,...), md5_base64($data,...)
-=item EXTERNAL FASTCGI SERVER INVOCATION
+=item METHODS
-FCGI_SOCKET_PATH, FCGI_LISTEN_QUEUE
+$md5 = Digest::MD5->new, $md5->reset, $md5->clone, $md5->add($data,...),
+$md5->addfile($io_handle), $md5->add_bits($data, $nbits),
+$md5->add_bits($bitstring), $md5->digest, $md5->hexdigest, $md5->b64digest
-=item CAVEATS
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item BUGS
+=item COPYRIGHT
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code
+=head2 Digest::base - Digest base class
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item SYNPOSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Tags that won't be formatted
+=back
-=item Customizing the Indenting
+=head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
-=back
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item NOTES
=back
-=head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push
+=head2 Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data.
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item USING CGI::Push
+=over 4
--next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph
+=item Creation
-=over 4
+C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>,
+C<dumpDBFiles>, C<dumpPackages>, C<dumpReused>, C<tick>, C<quoteHighBit>,
+C<printUndef>, C<usageOnly>, unctrl, subdump, bareStringify, quoteHighBit,
+stopDbSignal
-=item Heterogeneous Pages
+=item Methods
-=item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly
+dumpValue, dumpValues, stringify, dumpvars, set_quote, set_unctrl,
+compactDump, veryCompact, set, get
=back
-=item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS
+=back
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
-=item BUGS
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+@dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, @dl_librefs,
+@dl_modules, @dl_shared_objects, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(),
+dl_expandspec(), dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_load_flags(),
+dl_find_symbol(), dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(),
+dl_install_xsub(), bootstrap()
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch
+=head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into
+Perl code
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item ABSTRACT
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item Migration from C<DynaLoader>
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Backward compatible boilerplate
=back
-=head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module
+=item Order of initialization: early load()
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item The most hairy case
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=item LIMITATIONS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
+=head2 Encode - character encodings
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
=over 4
-=item Interactive Mode
+=item Table of Contents
-Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test,
-install, clean modules or distributions, get, readme, look module or
-distribution, ls author, Signals
+=back
-=item CPAN::Shell
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item autobundle
+=over 4
-=item recompile
+=item TERMINOLOGY
-=item The four C<CPAN::*> Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution
+=back
-=item Programmer's interface
+=item PERL ENCODING API
-expand($type,@things), expandany(@things), Programming Examples
+$octets = encode(ENCODING, $string [, CHECK]), $string = decode(ENCODING,
+$octets [, CHECK]), [$length =] from_to($octets, FROM_ENC, TO_ENC [,
+CHECK]), $octets = encode_utf8($string);, $string = decode_utf8($octets [,
+CHECK]);
-=item Methods in the other Classes
+=over 4
-CPAN::Author::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Author::as_string(),
-CPAN::Author::email(), CPAN::Author::fullname(), CPAN::Author::name(),
-CPAN::Bundle::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Bundle::as_string(),
-CPAN::Bundle::clean(), CPAN::Bundle::contains(),
-CPAN::Bundle::force($method,@args), CPAN::Bundle::get(),
-CPAN::Bundle::inst_file(), CPAN::Bundle::inst_version(),
-CPAN::Bundle::uptodate(), CPAN::Bundle::install(), CPAN::Bundle::make(),
-CPAN::Bundle::readme(), CPAN::Bundle::test(),
-CPAN::Distribution::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Distribution::as_string(),
-CPAN::Distribution::clean(), CPAN::Distribution::containsmods(),
-CPAN::Distribution::cvs_import(), CPAN::Distribution::dir(),
-CPAN::Distribution::force($method,@args), CPAN::Distribution::get(),
-CPAN::Distribution::install(), CPAN::Distribution::isa_perl(),
-CPAN::Distribution::look(), CPAN::Distribution::make(),
-CPAN::Distribution::prereq_pm(), CPAN::Distribution::readme(),
-CPAN::Distribution::test(), CPAN::Distribution::uptodate(),
-CPAN::Index::force_reload(), CPAN::Index::reload(), CPAN::InfoObj::dump(),
-CPAN::Module::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Module::as_string(),
-CPAN::Module::clean(), CPAN::Module::cpan_file(),
-CPAN::Module::cpan_version(), CPAN::Module::cvs_import(),
-CPAN::Module::description(), CPAN::Module::force($method,@args),
-CPAN::Module::get(), CPAN::Module::inst_file(),
-CPAN::Module::inst_version(), CPAN::Module::install(),
-CPAN::Module::look(), CPAN::Module::make(),
-CPAN::Module::manpage_headline(), CPAN::Module::readme(),
-CPAN::Module::test(), CPAN::Module::uptodate(), CPAN::Module::userid()
+=item Listing available encodings
-=item Cache Manager
+=item Defining Aliases
-=item Bundles
+=back
-=item Prerequisites
+=item Encoding via PerlIO
-=item Finding packages and VERSION
+=item Handling Malformed Data
-=item Debugging
+B<NOTE:> Not all encoding suppport this feature, I<CHECK> =
+Encode::FB_DEFAULT ( == 0), I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_CROAK ( == 1), I<CHECK> =
+Encode::FB_QUIET, I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_WARN, perlqq mode (I<CHECK> =
+Encode::FB_PERLQQ), HTML charref mode (I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_HTMLCREF), XML
+charref mode (I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_XMLCREF), The bitmask
-=item Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode
+=over 4
+
+=item Unimplemented fallback schemes
=back
-=item CONFIGURATION
+=item Defining Encodings
-C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>
-E<lt>valueE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list
-optionE<gt> [shift|pop]>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>
-[unshift|push|splice] E<lt>listE<gt>>
+=item The UTF-8 flag
+
+Goal #1:, Goal #2:, Goal #3:, Goal #4:
=over 4
-=item Note on urllist parameter's format
+=item Messing with Perl's Internals
-=item urllist parameter has CD-ROM support
+is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK]), _utf8_on(STRING), _utf8_off(STRING)
=back
-=item SECURITY
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item EXPORT
+=item MAINTAINER
-=item POPULATE AN INSTALLATION WITH LOTS OF MODULES
+=back
-=item WORKING WITH CPAN.pm BEHIND FIREWALLS
+=head2 Encode::Alias - alias definitions to encodings
=over 4
-=item Three basic types of firewalls
+=item SYNOPSIS
-http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Configuring lynx or ncftp for going through a firewall
+As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
+reference, e.g.:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Alias overloading
=back
-=item FAQ
+=item SEE ALSO
-1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7), 8), 9), 10)
+=back
-=item BUGS
+=head2 Encode::Byte - Single Byte Encodings
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=item TRANSLATIONS
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
+=head2 Encode::CJKConstants -- Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
+
+=head2 Encode::CN - China-based Chinese Encodings
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item NOTES
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS
-module
+=head2 Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by Encode::CN
+
+=head2 Encode::Config -- internally used by Encode
+
+=head2 Encode::EBCDIC - EBCDIC Encodings
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item ABSTRACT
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
+=head2 Encode::Encoding - Encode Implementation Base Class
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Forcing a Stack Trace
+=item Methods you should implement
+
+-E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check]),
+-E<gt>cat_decode($destination, $octets, $offset, $terminator [,$check])
+
+=item Other methods defined in Encode::Encodings
+
+-E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>renewed, -E<gt>perlio_ok(),
+-E<gt>needs_lines()
+
+=item Example: Encode::ROT13
=back
-=item BUGS
+=item Why the heck Encode API is different?
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Compiled Encodings
=back
-=head2 Carp::Heavy, Carp heavy machinery - no user serviceable parts inside
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
-=head2 Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree
+=back
+
+=head2 Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from data
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item FUNCTIONS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-the function Class::ISA::super_path($CLASS), the function
-Class::ISA::self_and_super_path($CLASS), the function
-Class::ISA::self_and_super_versions($CLASS)
+Encode::Guess->set_suspects, Encode::Guess->add_suspects,
+Encode::decode("Guess" ...), Encode::Guess->guess($data),
+guess_encoding($data, [, I<list of suspects>])
-=item CAUTIONARY NOTES
+=item CAVEATS
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item TO DO
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
+=head2 Encode::JP - Japanese Encodings
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item ABSTRACT
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item Note on ISO-2022-JP(-1)?
-=item The C<struct()> function
+=item BUGS
-=item Class Creation at Compile Time
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Element Types and Accessor Methods
+=back
-Scalar (C<'$'> or C<'*$'>), Array (C<'@'> or C<'*@'>), Hash (C<'%'> or
-C<'*%'>), Class (C<'Class_Name'> or C<'*Class_Name'>)
+=head2 Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by Encode::JP::2022_JP*
-=item Initializing with C<new>
+=head2 Encode::JP::JIS7 -- internally used by Encode::JP
-=back
+=head2 Encode::KR - Korean Encodings
-=item EXAMPLES
+=over 4
-Example 1, Example 2, Example 3
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Author and Modification History
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Config - access Perl configuration information
+=head2 Encode::KR::2022_KR -- internally used by Encode::KR
+
+=head2 Encode::MIME::Header -- MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item ABSTRACT
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-myconfig(), config_sh(), config_vars(@names)
+=item BUGS
-=item EXAMPLE
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item WARNING
+=back
-=item GLOSSARY
+=head2 Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document on Encode and PerlIO
=over 4
-=item _
+=item Overview
-C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o>
+=item How does it work?
-=item a
+=item Line Buffering
-C<afs>, C<afsroot>, C<alignbytes>, C<ansi2knr>, C<aphostname>,
-C<api_revision>, C<api_subversion>, C<api_version>, C<api_versionstring>,
-C<ar>, C<archlib>, C<archlibexp>, C<archname64>, C<archname>, C<archobjs>,
-C<awk>
+=over 4
-=item b
+=item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
-C<baserev>, C<bash>, C<bin>, C<bincompat5005>, C<binexp>, C<bison>,
-C<byacc>, C<byteorder>
+=back
-=item c
+=item SEE ALSO
-C<c>, C<castflags>, C<cat>, C<cc>, C<cccdlflags>, C<ccdlflags>, C<ccflags>,
-C<ccflags_uselargefiles>, C<ccname>, C<ccsymbols>, C<ccversion>, C<cf_by>,
-C<cf_email>, C<cf_time>, C<charsize>, C<chgrp>, C<chmod>, C<chown>,
-C<clocktype>, C<comm>, C<compress>, C<contains>, C<cp>, C<cpio>, C<cpp>,
-C<cpp_stuff>, C<cppccsymbols>, C<cppflags>, C<cpplast>, C<cppminus>,
-C<cpprun>, C<cppstdin>, C<cppsymbols>, C<cryptlib>, C<csh>
+=back
-=item d
+=head2 Encode::Supported -- Encodings supported by Encode
-C<d__fwalk>, C<d_access>, C<d_accessx>, C<d_alarm>, C<d_archlib>,
-C<d_atolf>, C<d_atoll>, C<d_attribut>, C<d_bcmp>, C<d_bcopy>,
-C<d_bincompat5005>, C<d_bsd>, C<d_bsdgetpgrp>, C<d_bsdsetpgrp>, C<d_bzero>,
-C<d_casti32>, C<d_castneg>, C<d_charvspr>, C<d_chown>, C<d_chroot>,
-C<d_chsize>, C<d_class>, C<d_closedir>, C<d_cmsghdr_s>, C<d_const>,
-C<d_crypt>, C<d_csh>, C<d_cuserid>, C<d_dbl_dig>, C<d_dbminitproto>,
-C<d_difftime>, C<d_dirnamlen>, C<d_dlerror>, C<d_dlopen>, C<d_dlsymun>,
-C<d_dosuid>, C<d_drand48proto>, C<d_dup2>, C<d_eaccess>, C<d_endgrent>,
-C<d_endhent>, C<d_endnent>, C<d_endpent>, C<d_endpwent>, C<d_endsent>,
-C<d_eofnblk>, C<d_eunice>, C<d_fchdir>, C<d_fchmod>, C<d_fchown>,
-C<d_fcntl>, C<d_fcntl_can_lock>, C<d_fd_macros>, C<d_fd_set>,
-C<d_fds_bits>, C<d_fgetpos>, C<d_finite>, C<d_finitel>, C<d_flexfnam>,
-C<d_flock>, C<d_flockproto>, C<d_fork>, C<d_fp_class>, C<d_fpathconf>,
-C<d_fpclass>, C<d_fpclassify>, C<d_fpclassl>, C<d_fpos64_t>, C<d_frexpl>,
-C<d_fs_data_s>, C<d_fseeko>, C<d_fsetpos>, C<d_fstatfs>, C<d_fstatvfs>,
-C<d_fsync>, C<d_ftello>, C<d_ftime>, C<d_Gconvert>, C<d_getcwd>,
-C<d_getespwnam>, C<d_getfsstat>, C<d_getgrent>, C<d_getgrps>,
-C<d_gethbyaddr>, C<d_gethbyname>, C<d_gethent>, C<d_gethname>,
-C<d_gethostprotos>, C<d_getitimer>, C<d_getlogin>, C<d_getmnt>,
-C<d_getmntent>, C<d_getnbyaddr>, C<d_getnbyname>, C<d_getnent>,
-C<d_getnetprotos>, C<d_getpagsz>, C<d_getpbyname>, C<d_getpbynumber>,
-C<d_getpent>, C<d_getpgid>, C<d_getpgrp2>, C<d_getpgrp>, C<d_getppid>,
-C<d_getprior>, C<d_getprotoprotos>, C<d_getprpwnam>, C<d_getpwent>,
-C<d_getsbyname>, C<d_getsbyport>, C<d_getsent>, C<d_getservprotos>,
-C<d_getspnam>, C<d_gettimeod>, C<d_gnulibc>, C<d_grpasswd>, C<d_hasmntopt>,
-C<d_htonl>, C<d_index>, C<d_inetaton>, C<d_int64_t>, C<d_isascii>,
-C<d_isfinite>, C<d_isinf>, C<d_isnan>, C<d_isnanl>, C<d_killpg>,
-C<d_lchown>, C<d_ldbl_dig>, C<d_link>, C<d_locconv>, C<d_lockf>,
-C<d_longdbl>, C<d_longlong>, C<d_lseekproto>, C<d_lstat>, C<d_madvise>,
-C<d_mblen>, C<d_mbstowcs>, C<d_mbtowc>, C<d_memchr>, C<d_memcmp>,
-C<d_memcpy>, C<d_memmove>, C<d_memset>, C<d_mkdir>, C<d_mkdtemp>,
-C<d_mkfifo>, C<d_mkstemp>, C<d_mkstemps>, C<d_mktime>, C<d_mmap>,
-C<d_modfl>, C<d_modfl_pow32_bug>, C<d_mprotect>, C<d_msg>, C<d_msg_ctrunc>,
-C<d_msg_dontroute>, C<d_msg_oob>, C<d_msg_peek>, C<d_msg_proxy>,
-C<d_msgctl>, C<d_msgget>, C<d_msghdr_s>, C<d_msgrcv>, C<d_msgsnd>,
-C<d_msync>, C<d_munmap>, C<d_mymalloc>, C<d_nice>, C<d_nl_langinfo>,
-C<d_nv_preserves_uv>, C<d_nv_preserves_uv_bits>, C<d_off64_t>,
-C<d_old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<d_oldpthreads>, C<d_oldsock>,
-C<d_open3>, C<d_pathconf>, C<d_pause>, C<d_perl_otherlibdirs>,
-C<d_phostname>, C<d_pipe>, C<d_poll>, C<d_portable>, C<d_PRId64>,
-C<d_PRIeldbl>, C<d_PRIEUldbl>, C<d_PRIfldbl>, C<d_PRIFUldbl>,
-C<d_PRIgldbl>, C<d_PRIGUldbl>, C<d_PRIi64>, C<d_PRIo64>, C<d_PRIu64>,
-C<d_PRIx64>, C<d_PRIXU64>, C<d_pthread_atfork>, C<d_pthread_yield>,
-C<d_pwage>, C<d_pwchange>, C<d_pwclass>, C<d_pwcomment>, C<d_pwexpire>,
-C<d_pwgecos>, C<d_pwpasswd>, C<d_pwquota>, C<d_qgcvt>, C<d_quad>,
-C<d_readdir>, C<d_readlink>, C<d_readv>, C<d_recvmsg>, C<d_rename>,
-C<d_rewinddir>, C<d_rmdir>, C<d_safebcpy>, C<d_safemcpy>, C<d_sanemcmp>,
-C<d_sbrkproto>, C<d_sched_yield>, C<d_scm_rights>, C<d_SCNfldbl>,
-C<d_seekdir>, C<d_select>, C<d_sem>, C<d_semctl>, C<d_semctl_semid_ds>,
-C<d_semctl_semun>, C<d_semget>, C<d_semop>, C<d_sendmsg>, C<d_setegid>,
-C<d_seteuid>, C<d_setgrent>, C<d_setgrps>, C<d_sethent>, C<d_setitimer>,
-C<d_setlinebuf>, C<d_setlocale>, C<d_setnent>, C<d_setpent>, C<d_setpgid>,
-C<d_setpgrp2>, C<d_setpgrp>, C<d_setprior>, C<d_setproctitle>,
-C<d_setpwent>, C<d_setregid>, C<d_setresgid>, C<d_setresuid>,
-C<d_setreuid>, C<d_setrgid>, C<d_setruid>, C<d_setsent>, C<d_setsid>,
-C<d_setvbuf>, C<d_sfio>, C<d_shm>, C<d_shmat>, C<d_shmatprototype>,
-C<d_shmctl>, C<d_shmdt>, C<d_shmget>, C<d_sigaction>, C<d_sigprocmask>,
-C<d_sigsetjmp>, C<d_sockatmark>, C<d_sockatmarkproto>, C<d_socket>,
-C<d_socklen_t>, C<d_sockpair>, C<d_socks5_init>, C<d_sqrtl>,
-C<d_sresgproto>, C<d_sresuproto>, C<d_statblks>, C<d_statfs_f_flags>,
-C<d_statfs_s>, C<d_statvfs>, C<d_stdio_cnt_lval>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval>,
-C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_nochange_cnt>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_sets_cnt>,
-C<d_stdio_stream_array>, C<d_stdiobase>, C<d_stdstdio>, C<d_strchr>,
-C<d_strcoll>, C<d_strctcpy>, C<d_strerrm>, C<d_strerror>, C<d_strftime>,
-C<d_strtod>, C<d_strtol>, C<d_strtold>, C<d_strtoll>, C<d_strtoq>,
-C<d_strtoul>, C<d_strtoull>, C<d_strtouq>, C<d_strxfrm>, C<d_suidsafe>,
-C<d_symlink>, C<d_syscall>, C<d_syscallproto>, C<d_sysconf>,
-C<d_sysernlst>, C<d_syserrlst>, C<d_system>, C<d_tcgetpgrp>,
-C<d_tcsetpgrp>, C<d_telldir>, C<d_telldirproto>, C<d_time>, C<d_times>,
-C<d_truncate>, C<d_tzname>, C<d_u32align>, C<d_ualarm>, C<d_umask>,
-C<d_uname>, C<d_union_semun>, C<d_unordered>, C<d_usleep>,
-C<d_usleepproto>, C<d_ustat>, C<d_vendorarch>, C<d_vendorbin>,
-C<d_vendorlib>, C<d_vfork>, C<d_void_closedir>, C<d_voidsig>, C<d_voidtty>,
-C<d_volatile>, C<d_vprintf>, C<d_wait4>, C<d_waitpid>, C<d_wcstombs>,
-C<d_wctomb>, C<d_writev>, C<d_xenix>, C<date>, C<db_hashtype>,
-C<db_prefixtype>, C<db_version_major>, C<db_version_minor>,
-C<db_version_patch>, C<defvoidused>, C<direntrytype>, C<dlext>, C<dlsrc>,
-C<doublesize>, C<drand01>, C<dynamic_ext>
+=over 4
-=item e
+=item DESCRIPTION
-C<eagain>, C<ebcdic>, C<echo>, C<egrep>, C<emacs>, C<eunicefix>,
-C<exe_ext>, C<expr>, C<extensions>, C<extras>
+=over 4
-=item f
+=item Encoding Names
-C<fflushall>, C<fflushNULL>, C<find>, C<firstmakefile>, C<flex>,
-C<fpossize>, C<fpostype>, C<freetype>, C<from>, C<full_ar>, C<full_csh>,
-C<full_sed>
+=back
-=item g
+=item Supported Encodings
-C<gccosandvers>, C<gccversion>, C<gidformat>, C<gidsign>, C<gidsize>,
-C<gidtype>, C<glibpth>, C<grep>, C<groupcat>, C<groupstype>, C<gzip>
+=over 4
-=item h
+=item Built-in Encodings
-C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>
+=item Encode::Unicode -- other Unicode encodings
-=item i
+=item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
-C<i16size>, C<i16type>, C<i32size>, C<i32type>, C<i64size>, C<i64type>,
-C<i8size>, C<i8type>, C<i_arpainet>, C<i_bsdioctl>, C<i_db>, C<i_dbm>,
-C<i_dirent>, C<i_dld>, C<i_dlfcn>, C<i_fcntl>, C<i_float>, C<i_fp>,
-C<i_fp_class>, C<i_gdbm>, C<i_grp>, C<i_ieeefp>, C<i_inttypes>,
-C<i_langinfo>, C<i_libutil>, C<i_limits>, C<i_locale>, C<i_machcthr>,
-C<i_malloc>, C<i_math>, C<i_memory>, C<i_mntent>, C<i_ndbm>, C<i_netdb>,
-C<i_neterrno>, C<i_netinettcp>, C<i_niin>, C<i_poll>, C<i_prot>,
-C<i_pthread>, C<i_pwd>, C<i_rpcsvcdbm>, C<i_sfio>, C<i_sgtty>, C<i_shadow>,
-C<i_socks>, C<i_stdarg>, C<i_stddef>, C<i_stdlib>, C<i_string>,
-C<i_sunmath>, C<i_sysaccess>, C<i_sysdir>, C<i_sysfile>, C<i_sysfilio>,
-C<i_sysin>, C<i_sysioctl>, C<i_syslog>, C<i_sysmman>, C<i_sysmode>,
-C<i_sysmount>, C<i_sysndir>, C<i_sysparam>, C<i_sysresrc>, C<i_syssecrt>,
-C<i_sysselct>, C<i_syssockio>, C<i_sysstat>, C<i_sysstatfs>,
-C<i_sysstatvfs>, C<i_systime>, C<i_systimek>, C<i_systimes>, C<i_systypes>,
-C<i_sysuio>, C<i_sysun>, C<i_sysutsname>, C<i_sysvfs>, C<i_syswait>,
-C<i_termio>, C<i_termios>, C<i_time>, C<i_unistd>, C<i_ustat>, C<i_utime>,
-C<i_values>, C<i_varargs>, C<i_varhdr>, C<i_vfork>,
-C<ignore_versioned_solibs>, C<inc_version_list>, C<inc_version_list_init>,
-C<incpath>, C<inews>, C<installarchlib>, C<installbin>, C<installman1dir>,
-C<installman3dir>, C<installprefix>, C<installprefixexp>,
-C<installprivlib>, C<installscript>, C<installsitearch>, C<installsitebin>,
-C<installsitelib>, C<installstyle>, C<installusrbinperl>,
-C<installvendorarch>, C<installvendorbin>, C<installvendorlib>, C<intsize>,
-C<issymlink>, C<ivdformat>, C<ivsize>, C<ivtype>
+ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
+the Cyrillic world, gsm0338 - Hentai Latin 1
-=item k
+=item CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
-C<known_extensions>, C<ksh>
+Encode::CN -- Continental China, Encode::JP -- Japan, Encode::KR -- Korea,
+Encode::TW -- Taiwan, Encode::HanExtra -- More Chinese via CPAN,
+Encode::JIS2K -- JIS X 0213 encodings via CPAN
-=item l
+=item Miscellaneous encodings
-C<ld>, C<lddlflags>, C<ldflags>, C<ldflags_uselargefiles>, C<ldlibpthname>,
-C<less>, C<lib_ext>, C<libc>, C<libperl>, C<libpth>, C<libs>, C<libsdirs>,
-C<libsfiles>, C<libsfound>, C<libspath>, C<libswanted>,
-C<libswanted_uselargefiles>, C<line>, C<lint>, C<lkflags>, C<ln>, C<lns>,
-C<locincpth>, C<loclibpth>, C<longdblsize>, C<longlongsize>, C<longsize>,
-C<lp>, C<lpr>, C<ls>, C<lseeksize>, C<lseektype>
+Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::Guess
-=item m
+=back
-C<mail>, C<mailx>, C<make>, C<make_set_make>, C<mallocobj>, C<mallocsrc>,
-C<malloctype>, C<man1dir>, C<man1direxp>, C<man1ext>, C<man3dir>,
-C<man3direxp>, C<man3ext>
+=item Unsupported encodings
+
+ ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], Various HP-UX encodings,
+Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], ISIRI 3342, Iran
+System, ISIRI 2900 [Farsi], Thai encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS,
+Various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic encodings
-=item M
+=item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
-C<Mcc>, C<mips_type>, C<mkdir>, C<mmaptype>, C<modetype>, C<more>,
-C<multiarch>, C<mv>, C<myarchname>, C<mydomain>, C<myhostname>, C<myuname>
+=item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
-=item n
+=over 4
-C<n>, C<need_va_copy>, C<netdb_hlen_type>, C<netdb_host_type>,
-C<netdb_name_type>, C<netdb_net_type>, C<nm>, C<nm_opt>, C<nm_so_opt>,
-C<nonxs_ext>, C<nroff>, C<nveformat>, C<nvEUformat>, C<nvfformat>,
-C<nvFUformat>, C<nvgformat>, C<nvGUformat>, C<nvsize>, C<nvtype>
+=item Microsoft-related naming mess
-=item o
+KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
-C<o_nonblock>, C<obj_ext>, C<old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<optimize>,
-C<orderlib>, C<osname>, C<osvers>, C<otherlibdirs>
+=back
-=item p
+=item Glossary
-C<package>, C<pager>, C<passcat>, C<patchlevel>, C<path_sep>, C<perl5>,
-C<perl>, C<perl_patchlevel>
+character repertoire, coded character set (CCS), character encoding scheme
+(CES), charset (in MIME context), EUC, ISO-2022, UCS, UCS-2, Unicode, UTF,
+UTF-16
-=item P
+=item See Also
-C<PERL_REVISION>, C<PERL_SUBVERSION>, C<PERL_VERSION>, C<perladmin>,
-C<perllibs>, C<perlpath>, C<pg>, C<phostname>, C<pidtype>, C<plibpth>,
-C<pm_apiversion>, C<pmake>, C<pr>, C<prefix>, C<prefixexp>, C<privlib>,
-C<privlibexp>, C<prototype>, C<ptrsize>
+=item References
-=item q
+ECMA, ECMA-035 (eq C<ISO-2022>), IANA, Assigned Charset Names by IANA, ISO,
+RFC, UC, Unicode Glossary
-C<quadkind>, C<quadtype>
+=over 4
-=item r
+=item Other Notable Sites
-C<randbits>, C<randfunc>, C<randseedtype>, C<ranlib>, C<rd_nodata>,
-C<revision>, C<rm>, C<rmail>, C<run>, C<runnm>
+czyborra.com, CJK.inf, Jungshik Shin's Hangul FAQ, debian.org:
+"Introduction to i18n"
-=item s
+=item Offline sources
-C<sched_yield>, C<scriptdir>, C<scriptdirexp>, C<sed>, C<seedfunc>,
-C<selectminbits>, C<selecttype>, C<sendmail>, C<sh>, C<shar>, C<sharpbang>,
-C<shmattype>, C<shortsize>, C<shrpenv>, C<shsharp>, C<sig_count>,
-C<sig_name>, C<sig_name_init>, C<sig_num>, C<sig_num_init>, C<sig_size>,
-C<signal_t>, C<sitearch>, C<sitearchexp>, C<sitebin>, C<sitebinexp>,
-C<sitelib>, C<sitelib_stem>, C<sitelibexp>, C<siteprefix>,
-C<siteprefixexp>, C<sizesize>, C<sizetype>, C<sleep>, C<smail>, C<so>,
-C<sockethdr>, C<socketlib>, C<socksizetype>, C<sort>, C<spackage>,
-C<spitshell>, C<sPRId64>, C<sPRIeldbl>, C<sPRIEUldbl>, C<sPRIfldbl>,
-C<sPRIFUldbl>, C<sPRIgldbl>, C<sPRIGUldbl>, C<sPRIi64>, C<sPRIo64>,
-C<sPRIu64>, C<sPRIx64>, C<sPRIXU64>, C<src>, C<sSCNfldbl>, C<ssizetype>,
-C<startperl>, C<startsh>, C<static_ext>, C<stdchar>, C<stdio_base>,
-C<stdio_bufsiz>, C<stdio_cnt>, C<stdio_filbuf>, C<stdio_ptr>,
-C<stdio_stream_array>, C<strings>, C<submit>, C<subversion>, C<sysman>
+C<CJKV Information Processing> by Ken Lunde
-=item t
+=back
-C<tail>, C<tar>, C<targetarch>, C<tbl>, C<tee>, C<test>, C<timeincl>,
-C<timetype>, C<to>, C<touch>, C<tr>, C<trnl>, C<troff>
+=back
-=item u
+=head2 Encode::Symbol - Symbol Encodings
-C<u16size>, C<u16type>, C<u32size>, C<u32type>, C<u64size>, C<u64type>,
-C<u8size>, C<u8type>, C<uidformat>, C<uidsign>, C<uidsize>, C<uidtype>,
-C<uname>, C<uniq>, C<uquadtype>, C<use5005threads>, C<use64bitall>,
-C<use64bitint>, C<usecrosscompile>, C<usedl>, C<useithreads>,
-C<uselargefiles>, C<uselongdouble>, C<usemorebits>, C<usemultiplicity>,
-C<usemymalloc>, C<usenm>, C<useopcode>, C<useperlio>, C<useposix>,
-C<usereentrant>, C<usesfio>, C<useshrplib>, C<usesocks>, C<usethreads>,
-C<usevendorprefix>, C<usevfork>, C<usrinc>, C<uuname>, C<uvoformat>,
-C<uvsize>, C<uvtype>, C<uvuformat>, C<uvxformat>, C<uvXUformat>
+=over 4
-=item v
+=item SYNOPSIS
-C<vendorarch>, C<vendorarchexp>, C<vendorbin>, C<vendorbinexp>,
-C<vendorlib>, C<vendorlib_stem>, C<vendorlibexp>, C<vendorprefix>,
-C<vendorprefixexp>, C<version>, C<version_patchlevel_string>,
-C<versiononly>, C<vi>, C<voidflags>
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item x
+=item DESCRIPTION
-C<xlibpth>, C<xs_apiversion>
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item y
+=back
-C<yacc>, C<yaccflags>
+=head2 Encode::TW - Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings
-=item z
+=over 4
-C<zcat>, C<zip>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item NOTE
+=item NOTES
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory
+=head2 Encode::Unicode -- Various Unicode Transformation Formats
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
-=over 4
+L<http://www.unicode.org/glossary/> says:, Quick Reference
-=item getcwd and friends
+=item Size, Endianness, and BOM
-getcwd, cwd, fastcwd, fastgetcwd
+=over 4
-=item abs_path and friends
+=item by size
-abs_path, realpath, fast_abs_path
+=item by endianness
-=item $ENV{PWD}
+BOM as integer when fetched in network byte order
=back
-=item NOTES
+=item Surrogate Pairs
+
+=item Error Checking
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft,
-subject to
-change)
+=head2 Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7 encoding
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item In Practice
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Alias, Encode::Alias - alias definitions to
+encodings
=over 4
-=item Global Variables
+=item SYNOPSIS
- $DB::sub, %DB::sub, $DB::single, $DB::signal, $DB::trace, @DB::args,
-@DB::dbline, %DB::dbline, $DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::subname,
-$DB::lineno
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item API Methods
+As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
+reference, e.g.:
-CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'),
-CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done()
+=over 4
-=item Client Callback Methods
+=item Alias overloading
-CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(),
-CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(),
-CLIENT->output(LIST)
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item BUGS
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CJKConstants.pm --
+Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
-=item AUTHOR
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CN::HZ, Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by
+Encode::CN
-=back
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Config, Encode::Config -- internally used by
+Encode
-=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Encoding, Encode::Encoding - Encode
+Implementation Base Class
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-B<DB_HASH>, B<DB_BTREE>, B<DB_RECNO>
-
=over 4
-=item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or greater
+=item Methods you should implement
-=item Interface to Berkeley DB
+-E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check]),
+-E<gt>cat_decode($destination, $octets, $offset, $terminator [,$check])
-=item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File
+=item Other methods defined in Encode::Encodings
-=item Default Parameters
+-E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>renewed, -E<gt>perlio_ok(),
+-E<gt>needs_lines()
-=item In Memory Databases
+=item Example: Encode::ROT13
=back
-=item DB_HASH
+=item Why the heck Encode API is different?
=over 4
-=item A Simple Example
+=item Compiled Encodings
=back
-=item DB_BTREE
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Guess, Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from
+data
=over 4
-=item Changing the BTREE sort order
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Handling Duplicate Keys
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item The get_dup() Method
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item The find_dup() Method
+Encode::Guess->set_suspects, Encode::Guess->add_suspects,
+Encode::decode("Guess" ...), Encode::Guess->guess($data),
+guess_encoding($data, [, I<list of suspects>])
-=item The del_dup() Method
+=item CAVEATS
-=item Matching Partial Keys
+=item TO DO
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item DB_RECNO
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::H2Z, Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by
+Encode::JP::2022_JP*
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::JIS7, Encode::JP::JIS7 -- internally used
+by Encode::JP
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::KR::2022_KR, Encode::KR::2022_KR -- internally
+used by Encode::KR
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::MIME::Header -- MIME 'B'
+and 'Q' header encoding
=over 4
-=item The 'bval' Option
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item A Simple Example
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item Extra RECNO Methods
+=item DESCRIPTION
-B<$X-E<gt>push(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-E<gt>pop ;>, B<$X-E<gt>shift>,
-B<$X-E<gt>unshift(list) ;>, B<$X-E<gt>length>, B<$X-E<gt>splice(offset,
-length, elements);>
+=item BUGS
-=item Another Example
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item THE API INTERFACE
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::PerlIO, Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document
+on Encode and PerlIO
-B<$status = $X-E<gt>get($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status =
-$X-E<gt>put($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>del($key [,
-$flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>fd ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>seq($key,
-$value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>sync([$flags]) ;>
+=over 4
-=item DBM FILTERS
+=item Overview
-B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
-B<filter_fetch_value>
+=item How does it work?
+
+=item Line Buffering
=over 4
-=item The Filter
+=item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
-=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
+=back
-=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item HINTS AND TIPS
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Supported, Encode::Supported -- Encodings
+supported by Encode
=over 4
-=item Locking: The Trouble with fd
-
-=item Safe ways to lock a database
-
-B<Tie::DB_Lock>, B<Tie::DB_LockFile>, B<DB_File::Lock>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Sharing Databases With C Applications
+=over 4
-=item The untie() Gotcha
+=item Encoding Names
=back
-=item COMMON QUESTIONS
+=item Supported Encodings
=over 4
-=item Why is there Perl source in my database?
-
-=item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File?
+=item Built-in Encodings
-=item What does "Invalid Argument" mean?
+=item Encode::Unicode -- other Unicode encodings
-=item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean?
+=item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
-=back
+ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
+the Cyrillic world, gsm0338 - Hentai Latin 1
-=item REFERENCES
+=item CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
-=item HISTORY
+Encode::CN -- Continental China, Encode::JP -- Japan, Encode::KR -- Korea,
+Encode::TW -- Taiwan, Encode::HanExtra -- More Chinese via CPAN,
+Encode::JIS2K -- JIS X 0213 encodings via CPAN
-=item BUGS
+=item Miscellaneous encodings
-=item AVAILABILITY
+Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::Guess
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Unsupported encodings
-=item AUTHOR
+ ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], Various HP-UX encodings,
+Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], ISIRI 3342, Iran
+System, ISIRI 2900 [Farsi], Thai encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS,
+Various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic encodings
-=back
+=item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
-=head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both
-printing and C<eval>
+=item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Microsoft-related naming mess
-=item DESCRIPTION
+KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Methods
+=item Glossary
-I<PACKAGE>->new(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Dump I<or>
-I<PACKAGE>->Dump(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>),
-I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>),
-I<$OBJ>->Reset
+character repertoire, coded character set (CCS), character encoding scheme
+(CES), charset (in MIME context), EUC, ISO-2022, UCS, UCS-2, Unicode, UTF,
+UTF-16
-=item Functions
+=item See Also
-Dumper(I<LIST>)
+=item References
-=item Configuration Variables or Methods
+ECMA, ECMA-035 (eq C<ISO-2022>), IANA, Assigned Charset Names by IANA, ISO,
+RFC, UC, Unicode Glossary
-$Data::Dumper::Indent I<or> I<$OBJ>->Indent(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Purity I<or> I<$OBJ>->Purity(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Pad I<or> I<$OBJ>->Pad(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Varname I<or> I<$OBJ>->Varname(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Useqq I<or> I<$OBJ>->Useqq(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Terse I<or> I<$OBJ>->Terse(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Freezer I<or> $I<OBJ>->Freezer(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Toaster I<or> $I<OBJ>->Toaster(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Deepcopy I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deepcopy(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Quotekeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Quotekeys(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Bless I<or> $I<OBJ>->Bless(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Maxdepth I<or> $I<OBJ>->Maxdepth(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Useperl I<or> $I<OBJ>->Useperl(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Sortkeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Sortkeys(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Deparse I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deparse(I<[NEWVAL]>)
+=over 4
-=item Exports
+=item Other Notable Sites
-Dumper
+czyborra.com, CJK.inf, Jungshik Shin's Hangul FAQ, debian.org:
+"Introduction to i18n"
+
+=item Offline sources
+
+C<CJKV Information Processing> by Ken Lunde
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=back
-=item BUGS
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Unicode::UTF7, Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7
+encoding
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=item VERSION
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item In Practice
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item PROFILE FORMAT
+=item Description
-=item AUTOLOAD
+=over 4
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=item Predefined Methods
-=item BUGS
+$e = Encode::Encoder-E<gt>new([$data, $encoding]);, encoder(),
+$e-E<gt>data([$data]), $e-E<gt>encoding([$encoding]),
+$e-E<gt>bytes([$encoding])
+
+=item Example: base64 transcoder
+
+=item Operator Overloading
+
+=back
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
+=head2 Encodencoding, encoding - allows you to write your script in
+non-ascii or non-utf8
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
=over 4
-=item Memory footprint debugging
+=item Literal Conversions
+
+=item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
+
+=item Implicit upgrading for byte strings
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item FEATURES THAT REQUIRE 5.8.1
+
+"NON-EUC" doublebyte encodings, tr//, DATA pseudo-filehandle
+
+=item USAGE
+
+use encoding [I<ENCNAME>] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> [ STDIN =E<gt>
+I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;, no encoding;
+
+=item The Filter Option
=over 4
-=item A simple scalar string
+=item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
-=item A simple scalar number
+=back
-=item A simple scalar with an extra reference
+=item CAVEATS
-=item A reference to a simple scalar
+=over 4
-=item A reference to an array
+=item NOT SCOPED
-=item A reference to a hash
+=item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
-=item Dumping a large array or hash
+=item tr/// with ranges
+
+Legend of characters above
+
+=back
+
+=item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
-=item A reference to an SV which holds a C pointer
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-=item A reference to a subroutine
+literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
-=back
+=over 4
-=item EXPORTS
+=item The Logic of :locale
-=item BUGS
+=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item HISTORY
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
+=head2 Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=back
+=item ABSTRACT
-=head2 Digest:: - Modules that calculate message digests
+=item Description
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Predefined Methods
-=item DESCRIPTION
+$e = Encode::Encoder-E<gt>new([$data, $encoding]);, encoder(),
+$e-E<gt>data([$data]), $e-E<gt>encoding([$encoding]),
+$e-E<gt>bytes([$encoding])
-I<binary>, I<hex>, I<base64>
+=item Example: base64 transcoder
-=item OO INTERFACE
+=item Operator Overloading
-$ctx = Digest->XXX($arg,...), $ctx = Digest->new(XXX => $arg,...), $ctx =
-Digest::XXX->new($arg,...), $ctx->reset, $ctx->add($data,...),
-$ctx->addfile($io_handle), $ctx->digest, $ctx->hexdigest, $ctx->b64digest
+=back
=item SEE ALSO
-=item AUTHOR
-
=back
-=head2 Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
+=head2 English - use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation
+variables
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item FUNCTIONS
+=item PERFORMANCE
-md5($data,...), md5_hex($data,...), md5_base64($data,...)
+=back
-=item METHODS
+=head2 Env - perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or
+arrays
-$md5 = Digest::MD5->new, $md5->reset, $md5->add($data,...),
-$md5->addfile($io_handle), $md5->digest, $md5->hexdigest, $md5->b64digest
+=over 4
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item LIMITATIONS
-=item AUTHORS
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
+=head2 Errno - System errno constants
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item NOTES
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
=back
-=head2 Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data.
+=head2 Exporter - Implements default import method for modules
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Creation
-
-C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>,
-C<dumpDBFiles>, C<dumpPackages>, C<dumpReused>, C<tick>, C<quoteHighBit>,
-C<printUndef>, C<usageOnly>, unctrl, subdump, bareStringify, quoteHighBit,
-stopDbSignal
+=item How to Export
-=item Methods
+=item Selecting What To Export
-dumpValue, dumpValues, dumpvars, set_quote, set_unctrl, compactDump,
-veryCompact, set, get
+=item How to Import
-=back
+C<use ModuleName;>, C<use ModuleName ();>, C<use ModuleName qw(...);>
=back
-=head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
+=item Advanced features
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Specialised Import Lists
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Exporting without using Exporter's import method
-@dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, @dl_librefs,
-@dl_modules, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(), dl_expandspec(),
-dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_loadflags(), dl_find_symbol(),
-dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(), dl_install_xsub(),
-bootstrap()
+=item Exporting without inheriting from Exporter
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Module Version Checking
+
+=item Managing Unknown Symbols
+
+=item Tag Handling Utility Functions
+
+=item Generating combined tags
+
+=item C<AUTOLOAD>ed Constants
=back
-=head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into
-Perl code
+=back
+
+=head2 Exporter::Heavy - Exporter guts
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
-
=back
-=head2 Encode - character encodings
+=head2 ExtUtils::Command - utilities to replace common UNIX commands in
+Makefiles etc.
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item TERMINOLOGY
-
=back
-=item ENCODINGS
+cat
-=over 4
+eqtime src dst
-=item Characteristics of an Encoding
+rm_rf files...
-=item Types of Encodings
+rm_f files...
-Fixed length 8-bit (or less) encodings, Fixed length 16-bit encodings,
-Fixed length 32-bit encodings, Multi-byte encodings, "Escape" encodings
+touch files ..
-=item Specifying Encodings
+mv source... destination
-1. By name, 2. As an object
+cp source... destination
-=item Encoding Names
+chmod mode files..
-The MIME name as defined in IETF RFC-XXXX, The name in the IANA registry,
-The name used by the the organization that defined it
+mkpath directory..
-=back
+test_f file
-=item PERL ENCODING API
+dos2unix
=over 4
-=item Generic Encoding Interface
+=item BUGS
-=item Handling Malformed Data
+=item SEE ALSO
-Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
+=item AUTHOR
-=item UTF-8 / utf8
+=back
-=item Other Encodings of Unicode
+=head2 ExtUtils::Command::MM - Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles
-=item Listing available encodings
+=over 4
-=item Defining Aliases
+=item SYNOPSIS
-As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
-reference, e.g.:
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Defining Encodings
+B<test_harness>
=back
-=item Encoding and IO
+B<pod2man>
-=item Encoding How to ...
+B<warn_if_old_packlist>
-IO with mixed content (faking iso-2020-*), MIME's Content-Length:, UTF-8
-strings in binary data, Perl/Encode wrappers on non-Unicode XS modules
+B<perllocal_install>
-=item Messing with Perl's Internals
+B<uninstall>
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::Constant - generate XS code to import C header constants
-is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK]), valid_utf8(STRING)
+=over 4
-=item IMPLEMENTATION CLASSES
+=item SYNOPSIS
--E<gt>name, -E<gt>new_sequence, -E<gt>encode($string,$check),
--E<gt>decode($octets,$check)
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item USAGE
-=item Compiled Encodings
+IV, UV, NV, PV, PVN, SV, YES, NO, UNDEF
-.enc, .ucm, .ucm, .c, .xs, ascii and iso-8859-*, IBM-1047 and two other
-variants of EBCDIC, symbol and dingbats as used by Tk on X11
+=item FUNCTIONS
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+C_stringify NAME
-=back
+perl_stringify NAME
-=head2 Encode::EncodeFormat, EncodeFormat - the format of encoding tables
-of the Encode extension
+constant_types
-=over 4
+memEQ_clause NAME, CHECKED_AT, INDENT
-=item DESCRIPTION
+assign INDENT, TYPE, PRE, POST, VALUE..
-[1] B<S>, [2] B<D>, [3] B<M>, [4] B<E>
+return_clause
-=item KEYWORDS
+switch_clause INDENT, NAMELEN, ITEMHASH, ITEM..
-=item COPYRIGHT
+params WHAT
-=back
+dump_names
+
+dogfood
-=head2 Encode::Tcl - Tcl encodings
+C_constant, name, type, value, macro, default, pre, post, def_pre =item
+def_post, utf8
-=head2 EncodeFormat - the format of encoding tables of the Encode extension
+XS_constant PACKAGE, TYPES, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
-=over 4
+autoload PACKAGE, VERSION, AUTOLOADER
-=item DESCRIPTION
+WriteMakefileSnippet
-[1] B<S>, [2] B<D>, [3] B<M>, [4] B<E>
+WriteConstants ATTRIBUTE =E<gt> VALUE [, ...], NAME, DEFAULT_TYPE,
+BREAKOUT_AT, NAMES, C_FILE, XS_FILE, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
-=item KEYWORDS
+=over 4
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 English - use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation
-variables
+=head2 ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item PERFORMANCE
+=item @EXPORT
+
+=item FUNCTIONS
+
+xsinit(), Examples, ldopts(), Examples, perl_inc(), ccflags(), ccdlflags(),
+ccopts(), xsi_header(), xsi_protos(@modules), xsi_body(@modules)
+
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 Env - perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or
-arrays
+=head2 ExtUtils::Install - install files from here to there
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item LIMITATIONS
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Functions
+
+B<install>
=back
-=head2 Errno - System errno constants
+=back
-=over 4
+B<install_default> I<DISCOURAGED>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+B<uninstall>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+B<pm_to_blib>
-=item CAVEATS
+_autosplit
+
+=over 4
+
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+B<PERL_INSTALL_ROOT>
=item AUTHOR
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item LICENSE
=back
-=head2 Exporter - Implements default import method for modules
+=head2 ExtUtils::Installed - Inventory management of installed modules
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item USAGE
-=item How to Export
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=item Selecting What To Export
+new(), modules(), files(), directories(), directory_tree(), validate(),
+packlist(), version()
-=item Specialised Import Lists
+=item EXAMPLE
-=item Exporting without using Export's import method
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Module Version Checking
+=back
-=item Managing Unknown Symbols
+=head2 ExtUtils::Liblist - determine libraries to use and how to use them
-=item Tag Handling Utility Functions
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=head2 Exporter::Heavy - Exporter guts
+For static extensions, For dynamic extensions at build/link time, For
+dynamic extensions at load time
=over 4
-=item SYNOPIS
+=item EXTRALIBS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item LDLOADLIBS and LD_RUN_PATH
+
+=item BSLOADLIBS
=back
-=head2 ExtUtils::Command - utilities to replace common UNIX commands in
-Makefiles etc.
+=item PORTABILITY
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item VMS implementation
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Win32 implementation
=back
-cat
-
-eqtime src dst
-
-rm_rf files...
+=item SEE ALSO
-rm_f files...
+=back
-touch files ..
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM - OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass
-mv source... destination
+=over 4
-cp source... destination
+=item SYNOPSIS
-chmod mode files..
+=item DESCRIPTION
-mkpath directory..
+=back
-test_f file
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Any - Platform-agnostic MM methods
=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Inherently Cross-Platform Methods
-=back
+installvars
-=head2 ExtUtils::Constant - generate XS code to import C header constants
+=back
-=over 4
+os_flavor_is
-=item SYNOPSIS
+dir_target B<DEPRECATED>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+blibdirs_target (o)
-=item USAGE
+=over 4
-IV, UV, NV, PV, PVN, SV, YES, NO, UNDEF
+=item File::Spec wrappers
-=item FUNCTIONS
+catfile
=back
-C_stringify NAME
+=over 4
-constant_types
+=item Thought To Be Cross-Platform Methods
-memEQ_clause NAME, CHECKED_AT, INDENT
+B<split_command>
-assign INDENT, TYPE, PRE, POST, VALUE..
+=back
-return_clause
+B<echo>
-switch_clause INDENT, NAMELEN, ITEMHASH, ITEM..
+init_VERSION
-params WHAT
+wraplist
-dump_names
+manifypods
-dogfood
+manifypods_target
-C_constant, name, type, value, macro, default, pre, post, def_pre =item
-def_post
+makemakerdflt_target
-XS_constant PACKAGE, TYPES, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
+special_targets
-autoload PACKAGE, VERSION, AUTOLOADER
+POD2MAN_macro
-WriteMakefileSnippet
+test_via_harness
-WriteConstants ATTRIBUTE =E<gt> VALUE [, ...], NAME, DEFAULT_TYPE,
-BREAKOUT_AT, NAMES, C_FILE, XS_FILE, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
+test_via_script
-=over 4
+libscan
-=item AUTHOR
+tool_autosplit
-=back
+all_target
-=head2 ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications
+metafile_target
-=over 4
+signature_target
-=item SYNOPSIS
+metafile_addtomanifest_target
-=item DESCRIPTION
+signature_addtomanifest_target
-=item @EXPORT
+=over 4
-=item FUNCTIONS
+=item Abstract methods
-xsinit(), Examples, ldopts(), Examples, perl_inc(), ccflags(), ccdlflags(),
-ccopts(), xsi_header(), xsi_protos(@modules), xsi_body(@modules)
+oneliner, B<quote_literal>, B<escape_newlines>, max_exec_len,
+B<init_others>, init_DIRFILESEP, init_linker, init_platform,
+platform_constants
-=item EXAMPLES
+=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+os_flavor
+
+=over 4
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 ExtUtils::Install - install files from here to there
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_BeOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=over 4
=back
-=head2 ExtUtils::Installed - Inventory management of installed modules
+os_flavor (o)
+
+init_linker
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item USAGE
-
-=item FUNCTIONS
+os_flavor (o)
-new(), modules(), files(), directories(), directory_tree(), validate(),
-packlist(), version()
+=back
-=item EXAMPLE
+cflags (o)
-=item AUTHOR
+replace_manpage_separator (o)
-=back
+init_linker
-=head2 ExtUtils::Liblist - determine libraries to use and how to use them
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_DOS - DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-For static extensions, For dynamic extensions, For dynamic extensions
-
=over 4
-=item EXTRALIBS
+=item Overridden methods
-=item LDLOADLIBS and LD_RUN_PATH
+os_flavor
-=item BSLOADLIBS
+=back
=back
-=item PORTABILITY
+B<replace_manpage_separator>
=over 4
-=item VMS implementation
-
-=item Win32 implementation
-
-=back
+=item AUTHOR
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
-ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_MacOS - once produced Makefiles for MacOS Classic
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-canonpath, cflags, manifypods, perl_archive
-
=back
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_NW5 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
=back
-catfile
+os_flavor
-constants (o)
+init_platform (o), platform_constants
-static_lib (o)
+const_cccmd (o)
-dynamic_bs (o)
+static_lib (o)
dynamic_lib (o)
-canonpath
-
-perl_script
-
-pm_to_blib
-
-test_via_harness (o)
-
-tool_autosplit (override)
-
-tools_other (o)
-
-xs_o (o)
-
-top_targets (o)
-
-htmlifypods (o)
-
-manifypods (o)
-
-dist_ci (o)
-
-dist_core (o)
-
-pasthru (o)
-
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_OS2 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=item METHODS
+init_dist (o)
+
=back
-perl_archive_after
+init_linker
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+os_flavor
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_UWIN - U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item METHODS
-
=over 4
-=item Preloaded methods
+=item Overridden methods
-canonpath
+os_flavor
=back
=back
-catdir
+B<replace_manpage_separator>
-catfile
+=over 4
-curdir
+=item AUTHOR
-rootdir
+=item SEE ALSO
-updir
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=over 4
-=item SelfLoaded methods
+=item SYNOPSIS
-c_o (o)
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item METHODS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Methods
+
+os_flavor (o)
=back
+c_o (o)
+
cflags (o)
clean (o)
+clean_subdirs_target
+
const_cccmd (o)
const_config (o)
depend (o)
-dir_target (o)
+init_DEST
+
+init_dist
dist (o)
dist_core (o)
-dist_dir (o)
+B<dist_target>
-dist_test (o)
+B<tardist_target>
+
+B<zipdist_target>
+
+B<tarfile_target>
+
+zipfile_target
+
+uutardist_target
+
+shdist_target
+
+distdir
+
+dist_test
dlsyms (o)
extliblist
-file_name_is_absolute
-
find_perl
+find_tests
+
=over 4
=item Methods to actually produce chunks of text for the Makefile
has_link_code
-htmlifypods (o)
-
init_dirscan
+init_DIRFILESEP
+
init_main
init_others
+init_INST
+
+init_INSTALL
+
+init_linker
+
+init_lib2arch
+
+init_PERL
+
+init_platform (o), platform_constants (o)
+
+init_PERM
+
+init_xs
+
install (o)
installbin (o)
-libscan (o)
-
linkext (o)
lsdir
makefile (o)
-manifypods (o)
-
maybe_command
-maybe_command_in_dirs
-
needs_linking (o)
nicetext
-parse_version
-
parse_abstract
-pasthru (o)
+parse_version
-path
+pasthru (o)
perl_script
perldepend (o)
-ppd
-
perm_rw (o)
perm_rwx (o)
postamble (o)
+ppd
+
prefixify
processPL (o)
realclean (o)
+realclean_subdirs_target
+
replace_manpage_separator
+oneliner (o)
+
+quote_literal
+
+escape_newlines
+
+max_exec_len
+
static (o)
static_lib (o)
test (o)
-test_via_harness (o)
-
-test_via_script (o)
+test_via_harness (override)
-tool_autosplit (o)
+test_via_script (override)
tools_other (o)
tool_xsubpp (o)
+all_target
+
top_targets (o)
writedoc
xs_o (o)
-perl_archive
-
-perl_archive_after
-
-export_list
-
=over 4
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-rootdir (override)
-
=over 4
-=item SelfLoaded methods
+=item Methods
guess_name (override)
find_perl (override)
-path (override)
-
maybe_command (override)
-maybe_command_in_dirs (override)
-
perl_script (override)
-file_name_is_absolute (override)
-
replace_manpage_separator
+init_DEST
+
+init_DIRFILESEP
+
+init_main (override)
+
init_others (override)
+init_platform (override)
+
+platform_constants
+
+init_VERSION (override)
+
constants (override)
+special_targets
+
cflags (override)
const_cccmd (override)
-pm_to_blib (override)
-
-tool_autosplit (override)
-
tool_sxubpp (override)
-xsubpp_version (override)
-
tools_other (override)
-dist (override)
+init_dist (override)
c_o (override)
xs_o (override)
-top_targets (override)
-
dlsyms (override)
dynamic_lib (override)
static_lib (override)
-manifypods (override)
-
processPL (override)
installbin (override)
clean (override)
-realclean (override)
-
-dist_basics (override)
+clean_subdirs_target
-dist_core (override)
+realclean (override)
-dist_dir (override)
+zipfile_target (o), tarfile_target (o), shdist_target (o)
dist_test (override)
perldepend (override)
-makefile (override)
+makefile (override)
+
+find_tests (override)
+
+test (override)
+
+makeaperl (override)
+
+nicetext (override)
+
+prefixify (override)
+
+oneliner (o)
+
+B<echo> (o)
+
+quote_literal
+
+escape_newlines
+
+max_exec_len
+
+init_linker (o)
+
+eliminate_macros
+
+fixpath
+
+os_flavor
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Overridden methods
+
+B<dlsyms>
+
+=back
+
+replace_manpage_separator
+
+B<maybe_command>
+
+B<find_tests>
+
+B<init_DIRFILESEP>
+
+B<init_others>
+
+init_platform (o), platform_constants (o)
+
+special_targets (o)
+
+static_lib (o)
+
+dynamic_lib (o)
+
+clean
+
+init_linker
+
+perl_script
-test (override)
+xs_o (o)
-test_via_harness (override)
+pasthru (o)
-test_via_script (override)
+oneliner (o)
-makeaperl (override)
+max_exec_len
-nicetext (override)
+os_flavor
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
-ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win95 - method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-catfile
+=item Overriden methods
-constants (o)
+dist_test
-static_lib (o)
+=back
-dynamic_bs (o)
+=back
-dynamic_lib (o)
+subdir_x
-canonpath
+xs_c
-perl_script
+xs_cpp
-pm_to_blib
+xs_o
-test_via_harness (o)
+clean_subdirs_target
-tool_autosplit (override)
+realclean_subdirs_target
-tools_other (o)
+max_exec_len
-xs_o (o)
+os_flavor
-top_targets (o)
+=over 4
-htmlifypods (o)
+=item AUTHOR
-manifypods (o)
+=back
-dist_ci (o)
+=head2 ExtUtils::MY - ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization
-dist_core (o)
+=over 4
-pasthru (o)
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - create an extension Makefile
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Create a module Makefile
=over 4
=item Using Attributes and Parameters
ABSTRACT, ABSTRACT_FROM, AUTHOR, BINARY_LOCATION, C, CCFLAGS, CONFIG,
-CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DIR, DISTNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, EXCLUDE_EXT,
-EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, FUNCLIST, H, HTMLLIBPODS,
-HTMLSCRIPTPODS, IMPORTS, INC, INCLUDE_EXT, INSTALLARCHLIB, INSTALLBIN,
-INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLHTMLPRIVLIBDIR, INSTALLHTMLSCRIPTDIR,
-INSTALLHTMLSITELIBDIR, INSTALLMAN1DIR, INSTALLMAN3DIR, INSTALLPRIVLIB,
-INSTALLSCRIPT, INSTALLSITEARCH, INSTALLSITELIB, INST_ARCHLIB, INST_BIN,
-INST_EXE, INST_HTMLLIBDIR, INST_HTMLSCRIPTDIR, INST_LIB, INST_MAN1DIR,
-INST_MAN3DIR, INST_SCRIPT, LDFROM, LIB, LIBPERL_A, LIBS, LINKTYPE,
-MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET, MYEXTLIB, NAME,
-NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, NO_VC, OBJECT, OPTIMIZE, PERL, PERL_CORE,
-PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB, PERL_MALLOC_OK, PERLRUN, PERM_RW,
+CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DESTDIR, DIR, DISTNAME, DISTVNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS,
+EXCLUDE_EXT, EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, FULLPERLRUN,
+FULLPERLRUNINST, FUNCLIST, H, IMPORTS, INC, INCLUDE_EXT, INSTALLARCHLIB,
+INSTALLBIN, INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLMAN1DIR, INSTALLMAN3DIR, INSTALLPRIVLIB,
+INSTALLSCRIPT, INSTALLSITEARCH, INSTALLSITEBIN, INSTALLSITELIB,
+INSTALLSITEMAN1DIR, INSTALLSITEMAN3DIR, INSTALLVENDORARCH,
+INSTALLVENDORBIN, INSTALLVENDORLIB, INSTALLVENDORMAN1DIR,
+INSTALLVENDORMAN3DIR, INST_ARCHLIB, INST_BIN, INST_LIB, INST_MAN1DIR,
+INST_MAN3DIR, INST_SCRIPT, LD, LDDLFLAGS, LDFROM, LIB, LIBPERL_A, LIBS,
+LINKTYPE, MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE_OLD, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET,
+MYEXTLIB, NAME, NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, NO_META, NO_VC, OBJECT,
+OPTIMIZE, PERL, PERL_CORE, PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB,
+PERL_MALLOC_OK, PERLPREFIX, PERLRUN, PERLRUNINST, PERL_SRC, PERM_RW,
PERM_RWX, PL_FILES, PM, PMLIBDIRS, PM_FILTER, POLLUTE, PPM_INSTALL_EXEC,
-PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX, PREREQ_PM, PREREQ_FATAL, PREREQ_PRINT,
-PRINT_PREREQ, SKIP, TEST_LIBS, VERSION, VERSION_FROM, XS, XSOPT,
-XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION
+PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX, PREREQ_FATAL, PREREQ_PM, PREREQ_PRINT,
+PRINT_PREREQ, SITEPREFIX, SIGN, SKIP, TYPEMAPS, VENDORPREFIX, VERBINST,
+VERSION, VERSION_FROM, VERSION_SYM, XS, XSOPT, XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION
=item Additional lowercase attributes
-clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, linkext, macro, realclean, test,
-tool_autosplit
+clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, linkext, macro, postamble, realclean,
+test, tool_autosplit
=item Overriding MakeMaker Methods
+=item The End Of Cargo Cult Programming
+
+C<<MAN3PODS => ' '>>
+
=item Hintsfile support
=item Distribution Support
make distcheck, make skipcheck, make distclean, make manifest,
- make distdir, make tardist, make dist, make uutardist, make
-shdist, make zipdist, make ci
+ make distdir, make disttest, make tardist, make dist, make
+uutardist, make shdist, make zipdist, make ci
+
+=item Module Meta-Data
=item Disabling an extension
+=item Other Handy Functions
+
+prompt
+
=back
=item ENVIRONMENT
=item AUTHORS
+=item LICENSE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions About
+MakeMaker
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Module Installation
+
+How do I keep from installing man pages?, How do I use a module without
+installing it?
+
+=item Philosophy and History
+
+Why not just use <insert other build config tool here>?, What is
+Module::Build and how does it relate to MakeMaker?, pure perl. no make, no
+shell commands, easier to customize, cleaner internals, less cruft
+
+=item Module Writing
+
+How do I keep my $VERSION up to date without resetting it manually?, What's
+this F<META.yml> thing and how did it get in my F<MANIFEST>?!
+
+=item XS
+
+How to I prevent "object version X.XX does not match bootstrap parameter
+Y.YY" errors?, How do I make two or more XS files coexist in the same
+directory?
+
+=back
+
+=item PATCHING
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial - Writing a module with MakeMaker
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item The Mantra
+
+=item The Layout
+
+Makefile.PL, MANIFEST, lib/, t/, Changes, README, INSTALL, MANIFEST.SKIP,
+bin/
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes - Version-agnostic bytes.pm
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish - Platform-agnostic vmsish.pm
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
=back
=head2 ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item Functions
+
+mkmanifest
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+manifind
+
+manicheck
+
+filecheck
+
+fullcheck
+
+skipcheck
+
+maniread
+
+manicopy
+
+maniadd
+
+=over 4
+
+=item MANIFEST
+
=item MANIFEST.SKIP
=item EXPORT_OK
=item GLOBAL VARIABLES
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
=item DIAGNOSTICS
-C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>, C<MANIFEST:> I<$!>,
-C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
+C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>, C<Skipping> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>,
+C<MANIFEST:> I<$!>, C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
=item ENVIRONMENT
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item HISTORY
+
=back
=head2 File::Compare - Compare files or filehandles
=back
-=head2 File::Find, find - traverse a file tree
+=head2 File::Find - Traverse a directory tree.
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+B<find>, B<finddepth>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item %options
+
C<wanted>, C<bydepth>, C<preprocess>, C<postprocess>, C<follow>,
C<follow_fast>, C<follow_skip>, C<dangling_symlinks>, C<no_chdir>,
C<untaint>, C<untaint_pattern>, C<untaint_skip>
+=item The wanted function
+
+C<$File::Find::dir> is the current directory name,, C<$_> is the current
+filename within that directory, C<$File::Find::name> is the complete
+pathname to the file
+
+=back
+
=item WARNINGS
=item CAVEAT
=item NOTES
+=item BUGS AND CAVEATS
+
=item HISTORY
=back
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
=item AUTHORS
=back
=item SEE ALSO
-=item AUTHORS
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 File::Spec::Epoc - methods for Epoc file specs
+=head2 File::Spec::Cygwin - methods for Cygwin file specs
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-devnull
-
=back
-tmpdir
+canonpath
-path
+file_name_is_absolute
-canonpath()
+tmpdir (override)
-splitpath
+=head2 File::Spec::Epoc - methods for Epoc file specs
-splitdir
+=over 4
-catpath
+=item SYNOPSIS
-abs2rel
+=item DESCRIPTION
-rel2abs()
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=back
+
+canonpath()
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+tmpdir, splitpath
+
=back
=head2 File::Spec::Unix - File::Spec for Unix, base for other File::Spec
=over 4
+=item Note For File::Spec::Win32 Maintainers
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
=over 4
+=item OO INTERFACE
+
+B<new>
+
+=back
+
+B<filename>
+
+B<DESTROY>
+
+=over 4
+
=item FUNCTIONS
B<tempfile>
=back
+B<cmpstat>
+
+B<unlink1>
+
=over 4
=item PACKAGE VARIABLES
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item BUGS
+
=item NOTE
=item AUTHOR
=item DESCRIPTION
+cacheout EXPR, cacheout MODE, EXPR
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
=item BUGS
=back
=item All-in-one interface
+=item Filtering only specific components of source code
+
+C<"code">, C<"executable">, C<"quotelike">, C<"string">, C<"regex">,
+C<"all">
+
+=item Filtering only the code parts of source code
+
+Most source code ceases to be grammatically correct when it is broken up
+into the pieces between string literals and regexes. So the C<'code'>
+component filter behaves slightly differently from the other partial
+filters
+described in the previous section.
+
+=item Using Filter::Simple with an explicit C<import> subroutine
+
=item Using Filter::Simple and Exporter together
=item How it works
=item Summary of Option Specifications
-!, +, s, i, o, f, : I<type> [ I<desttype> ]
+!, +, s, i, o, f, : I<type> [ I<desttype> ], : I<number> [ I<desttype> ], :
++ [ I<desttype> ]
=back
=item Object oriented interface
+=item Thread Safety
+
=item Documentation and help texts
=item Storing options in a hash
default, posix_default, auto_abbrev, getopt_compat, gnu_compat, gnu_getopt,
require_order, permute, bundling (default: disabled), bundling_override
(default: disabled), ignore_case (default: enabled), ignore_case_always
-(default: disabled), pass_through (default: disabled), prefix,
+(default: disabled), auto_version (default:disabled), auto_help
+(default:disabled), pass_through (default: disabled), prefix,
prefix_pattern, debug (default: disabled)
+=item Exportable Methods
+
+VersionMessage, C<-message>, C<-msg>, C<-exitval>, C<-output>, HelpMessage
+
=item Return values and Errors
=item Legacy
=over 4
-=item Warning: Ignoring '!' modifier for short option
-
=item GetOptions does not return a false result when an option is not
supplied
=item GetOptions does not split the command line correctly
+=item Undefined subroutine &main::GetOptions called
+
=item How do I put a "-?" option into a Getopt::Long?
=back
=back
-=head2 Getopt::Std, getopt - Process single-character switches with switch
-clustering
+=head2 Getopt::Std, getopt, getopts - Process single-character switches
+with switch clustering
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item C<--help> and C<--version>
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Hash::Util - A selection of general-utility hash subroutines
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item Restricted hashes
+
+lock_keys, unlock_keys
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+lock_value, unlock_value
+
+B<lock_hash>, B<unlock_hash>
+
+B<hash_seed>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
=head2 I18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current
the function @langs = panic_languages(@accept_languages)
+the function implicate_supers( ...languages... ), the function
+implicate_supers_strictly( ...languages... )
+
=over 4
=item ABOUT LOWERCASING
=back
+=head2 I18N::LangTags::Detect - detect the user's language preferences
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item FUNCTIONS
+
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
=head2 I18N::LangTags::List -- tags and names for human languages
=over 4
=item LIST OF LANGUAGES
-{ab} : Abkhazian, {ace} : Achinese, {ach} : Acoli, {ada} : Adangme, {aa} :
-Afar, {afh} : Afrihili, {af} : Afrikaans, [{afa} : Afro-Asiatic (Other)],
-{aka} : Akan, {akk} : Akkadian, {sq} : Albanian, {ale} : Aleut, [{alg} :
-Algonquian languages], [{tut} : Altaic (Other)], {am} : Amharic, {i-ami} :
-Ami, [{apa} : Apache languages], {ar} : Arabic, {arc} : Aramaic, {arp} :
-Arapaho, {arn} : Araucanian, {arw} : Arawak, {hy} : Armenian, [{art} :
-Artificial (Other)], {as} : Assamese, [{ath} : Athapascan languages],
-[{aus} : Australian languages], [{map} : Austronesian (Other)], {ava} :
-Avaric, {ae} : Avestan, {awa} : Awadhi, {ay} : Aymara, {az} : Azerbaijani,
-{ban} : Balinese, [{bat} : Baltic (Other)], {bal} : Baluchi, {bam} :
-Bambara, [{bai} : Bamileke languages], {bad} : Banda, [{bnt} : Bantu
-(Other)], {bas} : Basa, {ba} : Bashkir, {eu} : Basque, {btk} : Batak
-(Indonesia), {bej} : Beja, {be} : Belarusian, {bem} : Bemba, {bn} :
-Bengali, [{ber} : Berber (Other)], {bho} : Bhojpuri, {bh} : Bihari, {bik} :
-Bikol, {bin} : Bini, {bi} : Bislama, {bs} : Bosnian, {bra} : Braj, {br} :
-Breton, {bug} : Buginese, {bg} : Bulgarian, {i-bnn} : Bunun, {bua} :
-Buriat, {my} : Burmese, {cad} : Caddo, {car} : Carib, {ca} : Catalan,
-[{cau} : Caucasian (Other)], {ceb} : Cebuano, [{cel} : Celtic (Other)],
-[{cai} : Central American Indian (Other)], {chg} : Chagatai, [{cmc} :
-Chamic languages], {ch} : Chamorro, {ce} : Chechen, {chr} : Cherokee, {chy}
-: Cheyenne, {chb} : Chibcha, {ny} : Chichewa, {zh} : Chinese, {chn} :
-Chinook Jargon, {chp} : Chipewyan, {cho} : Choctaw, {cu} : Church Slavic,
-{chk} : Chuukese, {cv} : Chuvash, {cop} : Coptic, {kw} : Cornish, {co} :
-Corsican, {cre} : Cree, {mus} : Creek, [{cpe} : English-based Creoles and
-pidgins (Other)], [{cpf} : French-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)],
-[{cpp} : Portuguese-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{crp} : Creoles
-and pidgins (Other)], {hr} : Croatian, [{cus} : Cushitic (Other)], {cs} :
-Czech, {dak} : Dakota, {da} : Danish, {day} : Dayak, {i-default} : Default
-(Fallthru) Language, {del} : Delaware, {din} : Dinka, {div} : Divehi, {doi}
-: Dogri, {dgr} : Dogrib, [{dra} : Dravidian (Other)], {dua} : Duala, {nl} :
-Dutch, {dum} : Middle Dutch (ca.1050-1350), {dyu} : Dyula, {dz} : Dzongkha,
-{efi} : Efik, {egy} : Ancient Egyptian, {eka} : Ekajuk, {elx} : Elamite,
-{en} : English, {enm} : Old English (1100-1500), {ang} : Old English
-(ca.450-1100), {eo} : Esperanto, {et} : Estonian, {ewe} : Ewe, {ewo} :
-Ewondo, {fan} : Fang, {fat} : Fanti, {fo} : Faroese, {fj} : Fijian, {fi} :
-Finnish, [{fiu} : Finno-Ugrian (Other)], {fon} : Fon, {fr} : French, {frm}
-: Middle French (ca.1400-1600), {fro} : Old French (842-ca.1400), {fy} :
-Frisian, {fur} : Friulian, {ful} : Fulah, {gaa} : Ga, {gd} : Scots Gaelic,
-{gl} : Gallegan, {lug} : Ganda, {gay} : Gayo, {gba} : Gbaya, {gez} : Geez,
-{ka} : Georgian, {de} : German, {gmh} : Middle High German (ca.1050-1500),
-{goh} : Old High German (ca.750-1050), [{gem} : Germanic (Other)], {gil} :
-Gilbertese, {gon} : Gondi, {gor} : Gorontalo, {got} : Gothic, {grb} :
-Grebo, {grc} : Ancient Greek, {el} : Modern Greek, {gn} : Guarani, {gu} :
-Gujarati, {gwi} : Gwich'in, {hai} : Haida, {ha} : Hausa, {haw} : Hawaiian,
+{ab} : Abkhazian, {ace} : Achinese, {ach} : Acoli, {ada} : Adangme, {ady} :
+Adyghe, {aa} : Afar, {afh} : Afrihili, {af} : Afrikaans, [{afa} :
+Afro-Asiatic (Other)], {ak} : Akan, {akk} : Akkadian, {sq} : Albanian,
+{ale} : Aleut, [{alg} : Algonquian languages], [{tut} : Altaic (Other)],
+{am} : Amharic, {i-ami} : Ami, [{apa} : Apache languages], {ar} : Arabic,
+{arc} : Aramaic, {arp} : Arapaho, {arn} : Araucanian, {arw} : Arawak, {hy}
+: Armenian, {an} : Aragonese, [{art} : Artificial (Other)], {ast} :
+Asturian, {as} : Assamese, [{ath} : Athapascan languages], [{aus} :
+Australian languages], [{map} : Austronesian (Other)], {av} : Avaric, {ae}
+: Avestan, {awa} : Awadhi, {ay} : Aymara, {az} : Azerbaijani, {ban} :
+Balinese, [{bat} : Baltic (Other)], {bal} : Baluchi, {bm} : Bambara, [{bai}
+: Bamileke languages], {bad} : Banda, [{bnt} : Bantu (Other)], {bas} :
+Basa, {ba} : Bashkir, {eu} : Basque, {btk} : Batak (Indonesia), {bej} :
+Beja, {be} : Belarusian, {bem} : Bemba, {bn} : Bengali, [{ber} : Berber
+(Other)], {bho} : Bhojpuri, {bh} : Bihari, {bik} : Bikol, {bin} : Bini,
+{bi} : Bislama, {bs} : Bosnian, {bra} : Braj, {br} : Breton, {bug} :
+Buginese, {bg} : Bulgarian, {i-bnn} : Bunun, {bua} : Buriat, {my} :
+Burmese, {cad} : Caddo, {car} : Carib, {ca} : Catalan, [{cau} : Caucasian
+(Other)], {ceb} : Cebuano, [{cel} : Celtic (Other)], [{cai} : Central
+American Indian (Other)], {chg} : Chagatai, [{cmc} : Chamic languages],
+{ch} : Chamorro, {ce} : Chechen, {chr} : Cherokee, {chy} : Cheyenne, {chb}
+: Chibcha, {ny} : Chichewa, {zh} : Chinese, {chn} : Chinook Jargon, {chp} :
+Chipewyan, {cho} : Choctaw, {cu} : Church Slavic, {chk} : Chuukese, {cv} :
+Chuvash, {cop} : Coptic, {kw} : Cornish, {co} : Corsican, {cr} : Cree,
+{mus} : Creek, [{cpe} : English-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{cpf}
+: French-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{cpp} : Portuguese-based
+Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{crp} : Creoles and pidgins (Other)], {hr} :
+Croatian, [{cus} : Cushitic (Other)], {cs} : Czech, {dak} : Dakota, {da} :
+Danish, {dar} : Dargwa, {day} : Dayak, {i-default} : Default (Fallthru)
+Language, {del} : Delaware, {din} : Dinka, {dv} : Divehi, {doi} : Dogri,
+{dgr} : Dogrib, [{dra} : Dravidian (Other)], {dua} : Duala, {nl} : Dutch,
+{dum} : Middle Dutch (ca.1050-1350), {dyu} : Dyula, {dz} : Dzongkha, {efi}
+: Efik, {egy} : Ancient Egyptian, {eka} : Ekajuk, {elx} : Elamite, {en} :
+English, {enm} : Old English (1100-1500), {ang} : Old English
+(ca.450-1100), {i-enochian} : Enochian (Artificial), {myv} : Erzya, {eo} :
+Esperanto, {et} : Estonian, {ee} : Ewe, {ewo} : Ewondo, {fan} : Fang, {fat}
+: Fanti, {fo} : Faroese, {fj} : Fijian, {fi} : Finnish, [{fiu} :
+Finno-Ugrian (Other)], {fon} : Fon, {fr} : French, {frm} : Middle French
+(ca.1400-1600), {fro} : Old French (842-ca.1400), {fy} : Frisian, {fur} :
+Friulian, {ff} : Fulah, {gaa} : Ga, {gd} : Scots Gaelic, {gl} : Gallegan,
+{lg} : Ganda, {gay} : Gayo, {gba} : Gbaya, {gez} : Geez, {ka} : Georgian,
+{de} : German, {gmh} : Middle High German (ca.1050-1500), {goh} : Old High
+German (ca.750-1050), [{gem} : Germanic (Other)], {gil} : Gilbertese, {gon}
+: Gondi, {gor} : Gorontalo, {got} : Gothic, {grb} : Grebo, {grc} : Ancient
+Greek, {el} : Modern Greek, {gn} : Guarani, {gu} : Gujarati, {gwi} :
+Gwich'in, {hai} : Haida, {ht} : Haitian, {ha} : Hausa, {haw} : Hawaiian,
{he} : Hebrew, {hz} : Herero, {hil} : Hiligaynon, {him} : Himachali, {hi} :
Hindi, {ho} : Hiri Motu, {hit} : Hittite, {hmn} : Hmong, {hu} : Hungarian,
-{hup} : Hupa, {iba} : Iban, {is} : Icelandic, {ibo} : Igbo, {ijo} : Ijo,
-{ilo} : Iloko, [{inc} : Indic (Other)], [{ine} : Indo-European (Other)],
-{id} : Indonesian, {ia} : Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language
-Association), {ie} : Interlingue, {iu} : Inuktitut, {ik} : Inupiaq, [{ira}
-: Iranian (Other)], {ga} : Irish, {mga} : Middle Irish (900-1200), {sga} :
-Old Irish (to 900), [{iro} : Iroquoian languages], {it} : Italian, {ja} :
-Japanese, {jw} : Javanese, {jrb} : Judeo-Arabic, {jpr} : Judeo-Persian,
-{kab} : Kabyle, {kac} : Kachin, {kl} : Kalaallisut, {kam} : Kamba, {kn} :
-Kannada, {kau} : Kanuri, {kaa} : Kara-Kalpak, {kar} : Karen, {ks} :
-Kashmiri, {kaw} : Kawi, {kk} : Kazakh, {kha} : Khasi, {km} : Khmer, [{khi}
-: Khoisan (Other)], {kho} : Khotanese, {ki} : Kikuyu, {kmb} : Kimbundu,
-{rw} : Kinyarwanda, {ky} : Kirghiz, {i-klingon} : Klingon, {kv} : Komi,
-{kon} : Kongo, {kok} : Konkani, {ko} : Korean, {kos} : Kosraean, {kpe} :
-Kpelle, {kro} : Kru, {kj} : Kuanyama, {kum} : Kumyk, {ku} : Kurdish, {kru}
-: Kurukh, {kut} : Kutenai, {lad} : Ladino, {lah} : Lahnda, {lam} : Lamba,
-{lo} : Lao, {la} : Latin, {lv} : Latvian, {lb} : Letzeburgesch, {lez} :
-Lezghian, {ln} : Lingala, {lt} : Lithuanian, {nds} : Low German, {loz} :
-Lozi, {lub} : Luba-Katanga, {lua} : Luba-Lulua, {lui} : Luiseno, {lun} :
-Lunda, {luo} : Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), {lus} : Lushai, {mk} : Macedonian,
-{mad} : Madurese, {mag} : Magahi, {mai} : Maithili, {mak} : Makasar, {mg} :
-Malagasy, {ms} : Malay, {ml} : Malayalam, {mt} : Maltese, {mnc} : Manchu,
-{mdr} : Mandar, {man} : Mandingo, {mni} : Manipuri, [{mno} : Manobo
-languages], {gv} : Manx, {mi} : Maori, {mr} : Marathi, {chm} : Mari, {mh} :
-Marshall, {mwr} : Marwari, {mas} : Masai, [{myn} : Mayan languages], {men}
-: Mende, {mic} : Micmac, {min} : Minangkabau, {i-mingo} : Mingo, [{mis} :
-Miscellaneous languages], {moh} : Mohawk, {mo} : Moldavian, [{mkh} :
-Mon-Khmer (Other)], {lol} : Mongo, {mn} : Mongolian, {mos} : Mossi, [{mul}
-: Multiple languages], [{mun} : Munda languages], {nah} : Nahuatl, {na} :
-Nauru, {nv} : Navajo, {nd} : North Ndebele, {nr} : South Ndebele, {ng} :
-Ndonga, {ne} : Nepali, {new} : Newari, {nia} : Nias, [{nic} :
+{hup} : Hupa, {iba} : Iban, {is} : Icelandic, {io} : Ido, {ig} : Igbo,
+{ijo} : Ijo, {ilo} : Iloko, [{inc} : Indic (Other)], [{ine} : Indo-European
+(Other)], {id} : Indonesian, {inh} : Ingush, {ia} : Interlingua
+(International Auxiliary Language Association), {ie} : Interlingue, {iu} :
+Inuktitut, {ik} : Inupiaq, [{ira} : Iranian (Other)], {ga} : Irish, {mga} :
+Middle Irish (900-1200), {sga} : Old Irish (to 900), [{iro} : Iroquoian
+languages], {it} : Italian, {ja} : Japanese, {jv} : Javanese, {jrb} :
+Judeo-Arabic, {jpr} : Judeo-Persian, {kbd} : Kabardian, {kab} : Kabyle,
+{kac} : Kachin, {kl} : Kalaallisut, {xal} : Kalmyk, {kam} : Kamba, {kn} :
+Kannada, {kr} : Kanuri, {krc} : Karachay-Balkar, {kaa} : Kara-Kalpak, {kar}
+: Karen, {ks} : Kashmiri, {csb} : Kashubian, {kaw} : Kawi, {kk} : Kazakh,
+{kha} : Khasi, {km} : Khmer, [{khi} : Khoisan (Other)], {kho} : Khotanese,
+{ki} : Kikuyu, {kmb} : Kimbundu, {rw} : Kinyarwanda, {ky} : Kirghiz,
+{i-klingon} : Klingon, {kv} : Komi, {kg} : Kongo, {kok} : Konkani, {ko} :
+Korean, {kos} : Kosraean, {kpe} : Kpelle, {kro} : Kru, {kj} : Kuanyama,
+{kum} : Kumyk, {ku} : Kurdish, {kru} : Kurukh, {kut} : Kutenai, {lad} :
+Ladino, {lah} : Lahnda, {lam} : Lamba, {lo} : Lao, {la} : Latin, {lv} :
+Latvian, {lb} : Letzeburgesch, {lez} : Lezghian, {li} : Limburgish, {ln} :
+Lingala, {lt} : Lithuanian, {nds} : Low German, {art-lojban} : Lojban
+(Artificial), {loz} : Lozi, {lu} : Luba-Katanga, {lua} : Luba-Lulua, {lui}
+: Luiseno, {lun} : Lunda, {luo} : Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), {lus} : Lushai,
+{mk} : Macedonian, {mad} : Madurese, {mag} : Magahi, {mai} : Maithili,
+{mak} : Makasar, {mg} : Malagasy, {ms} : Malay, {ml} : Malayalam, {mt} :
+Maltese, {mnc} : Manchu, {mdr} : Mandar, {man} : Mandingo, {mni} :
+Manipuri, [{mno} : Manobo languages], {gv} : Manx, {mi} : Maori, {mr} :
+Marathi, {chm} : Mari, {mh} : Marshall, {mwr} : Marwari, {mas} : Masai,
+[{myn} : Mayan languages], {men} : Mende, {mic} : Micmac, {min} :
+Minangkabau, {i-mingo} : Mingo, [{mis} : Miscellaneous languages], {moh} :
+Mohawk, {mdf} : Moksha, {mo} : Moldavian, [{mkh} : Mon-Khmer (Other)],
+{lol} : Mongo, {mn} : Mongolian, {mos} : Mossi, [{mul} : Multiple
+languages], [{mun} : Munda languages], {nah} : Nahuatl, {nap} : Neapolitan,
+{na} : Nauru, {nv} : Navajo, {nd} : North Ndebele, {nr} : South Ndebele,
+{ng} : Ndonga, {ne} : Nepali, {new} : Newari, {nia} : Nias, [{nic} :
Niger-Kordofanian (Other)], [{ssa} : Nilo-Saharan (Other)], {niu} : Niuean,
-{non} : Old Norse, [{nai} : North American Indian], {se} : Northern Sami,
-{no} : Norwegian, {nb} : Norwegian Bokmal, {nn} : Norwegian Nynorsk, [{nub}
-: Nubian languages], {nym} : Nyamwezi, {nyn} : Nyankole, {nyo} : Nyoro,
-{nzi} : Nzima, {oc} : Occitan (post 1500), {oji} : Ojibwa, {or} : Oriya,
-{om} : Oromo, {osa} : Osage, {os} : Ossetian; Ossetic, [{oto} : Otomian
+{nog} : Nogai, {non} : Old Norse, [{nai} : North American Indian], {no} :
+Norwegian, {nb} : Norwegian Bokmal, {nn} : Norwegian Nynorsk, [{nub} :
+Nubian languages], {nym} : Nyamwezi, {nyn} : Nyankole, {nyo} : Nyoro, {nzi}
+: Nzima, {oc} : Occitan (post 1500), {oj} : Ojibwa, {or} : Oriya, {om} :
+Oromo, {osa} : Osage, {os} : Ossetian; Ossetic, [{oto} : Otomian
languages], {pal} : Pahlavi, {i-pwn} : Paiwan, {pau} : Palauan, {pi} :
Pali, {pam} : Pampanga, {pag} : Pangasinan, {pa} : Panjabi, {pap} :
Papiamento, [{paa} : Papuan (Other)], {fa} : Persian, {peo} : Old Persian
Raeto-Romance, {raj} : Rajasthani, {rap} : Rapanui, {rar} : Rarotongan,
[{qaa - qtz} : Reserved for local use.], [{roa} : Romance (Other)], {ro} :
Romanian, {rom} : Romany, {rn} : Rundi, {ru} : Russian, [{sal} : Salishan
-languages], {sam} : Samaritan Aramaic, [{smi} : Sami languages (Other)],
-{sm} : Samoan, {sad} : Sandawe, {sg} : Sango, {sa} : Sanskrit, {sat} :
-Santali, {sc} : Sardinian, {sas} : Sasak, {sco} : Scots, {sel} : Selkup,
-[{sem} : Semitic (Other)], {sr} : Serbian, {srr} : Serer, {shn} : Shan,
-{sn} : Shona, {sid} : Sidamo, {sgn-...} : Sign Languages, {bla} : Siksika,
-{sd} : Sindhi, {si} : Sinhalese, [{sit} : Sino-Tibetan (Other)], [{sio} :
-Siouan languages], {den} : Slave (Athapascan), [{sla} : Slavic (Other)],
-{sk} : Slovak, {sl} : Slovenian, {sog} : Sogdian, {so} : Somali, {son} :
-Songhai, {snk} : Soninke, {wen} : Sorbian languages, {nso} : Northern
-Sotho, {st} : Southern Sotho, [{sai} : South American Indian (Other)], {es}
-: Spanish, {suk} : Sukuma, {sux} : Sumerian, {su} : Sundanese, {sus} :
-Susu, {sw} : Swahili, {ss} : Swati, {sv} : Swedish, {syr} : Syriac, {tl} :
-Tagalog, {ty} : Tahitian, [{tai} : Tai (Other)], {tg} : Tajik, {tmh} :
-Tamashek, {ta} : Tamil, {i-tao} : Tao, {tt} : Tatar, {i-tay} : Tayal, {te}
-: Telugu, {ter} : Tereno, {tet} : Tetum, {th} : Thai, {bo} : Tibetan, {tig}
-: Tigre, {ti} : Tigrinya, {tem} : Timne, {tiv} : Tiv, {tli} : Tlingit,
-{tpi} : Tok Pisin, {tkl} : Tokelau, {tog} : Tonga (Nyasa), {to} : Tonga
-(Tonga Islands), {tsi} : Tsimshian, {ts} : Tsonga, {i-tsu} : Tsou, {tn} :
-Tswana, {tum} : Tumbuka, {tr} : Turkish, {ota} : Ottoman Turkish
-(1500-1928), {tk} : Turkmen, {tvl} : Tuvalu, {tyv} : Tuvinian, {tw} : Twi,
-{uga} : Ugaritic, {ug} : Uighur, {uk} : Ukrainian, {umb} : Umbundu, {und} :
-Undetermined, {ur} : Urdu, {uz} : Uzbek, {vai} : Vai, {ven} : Venda, {vi} :
-Vietnamese, {vo} : Volapuk, {vot} : Votic, [{wak} : Wakashan languages],
-{wal} : Walamo, {war} : Waray, {was} : Washo, {cy} : Welsh, {wo} : Wolof,
-{x-...} : Unregistered (Semi-Private Use), {xh} : Xhosa, {sah} : Yakut,
-{yao} : Yao, {yap} : Yapese, {yi} : Yiddish, {yo} : Yoruba, [{ypk} : Yupik
-languages], {znd} : Zande, [{zap} : Zapotec], {zen} : Zenaga, {za} :
-Zhuang, {zu} : Zulu, {zun} : Zuni
+languages], {sam} : Samaritan Aramaic, {se} : Northern Sami, {sma} :
+Southern Sami, {smn} : Inari Sami, {smj} : Lule Sami, {sms} : Skolt Sami,
+[{smi} : Sami languages (Other)], {sm} : Samoan, {sad} : Sandawe, {sg} :
+Sango, {sa} : Sanskrit, {sat} : Santali, {sc} : Sardinian, {sas} : Sasak,
+{sco} : Scots, {sel} : Selkup, [{sem} : Semitic (Other)], {sr} : Serbian,
+{srr} : Serer, {shn} : Shan, {sn} : Shona, {sid} : Sidamo, {sgn-...} : Sign
+Languages, {bla} : Siksika, {sd} : Sindhi, {si} : Sinhalese, [{sit} :
+Sino-Tibetan (Other)], [{sio} : Siouan languages], {den} : Slave
+(Athapascan), [{sla} : Slavic (Other)], {sk} : Slovak, {sl} : Slovenian,
+{sog} : Sogdian, {so} : Somali, {son} : Songhai, {snk} : Soninke, {wen} :
+Sorbian languages, {nso} : Northern Sotho, {st} : Southern Sotho, [{sai} :
+South American Indian (Other)], {es} : Spanish, {suk} : Sukuma, {sux} :
+Sumerian, {su} : Sundanese, {sus} : Susu, {sw} : Swahili, {ss} : Swati,
+{sv} : Swedish, {syr} : Syriac, {tl} : Tagalog, {ty} : Tahitian, [{tai} :
+Tai (Other)], {tg} : Tajik, {tmh} : Tamashek, {ta} : Tamil, {i-tao} : Tao,
+{tt} : Tatar, {i-tay} : Tayal, {te} : Telugu, {ter} : Tereno, {tet} :
+Tetum, {th} : Thai, {bo} : Tibetan, {tig} : Tigre, {ti} : Tigrinya, {tem} :
+Timne, {tiv} : Tiv, {tli} : Tlingit, {tpi} : Tok Pisin, {tkl} : Tokelau,
+{tog} : Tonga (Nyasa), {to} : Tonga (Tonga Islands), {tsi} : Tsimshian,
+{ts} : Tsonga, {i-tsu} : Tsou, {tn} : Tswana, {tum} : Tumbuka, [{tup} :
+Tupi languages], {tr} : Turkish, {ota} : Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928), {crh}
+: Crimean Turkish, {tk} : Turkmen, {tvl} : Tuvalu, {tyv} : Tuvinian, {tw} :
+Twi, {udm} : Udmurt, {uga} : Ugaritic, {ug} : Uighur, {uk} : Ukrainian,
+{umb} : Umbundu, {und} : Undetermined, {ur} : Urdu, {uz} : Uzbek, {vai} :
+Vai, {ve} : Venda, {vi} : Vietnamese, {vo} : Volapuk, {vot} : Votic, [{wak}
+: Wakashan languages], {wa} : Walloon, {wal} : Walamo, {war} : Waray, {was}
+: Washo, {cy} : Welsh, {wo} : Wolof, {x-...} : Unregistered (Semi-Private
+Use), {xh} : Xhosa, {sah} : Yakut, {yao} : Yao, {yap} : Yapese, {ii} :
+Sichuan Yi, {yi} : Yiddish, {yo} : Yoruba, [{ypk} : Yupik languages], {znd}
+: Zande, [{zap} : Zapotec], {zen} : Zenaga, {za} : Zhuang, {zu} : Zulu,
+{zun} : Zuni
=item SEE ALSO
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item DEPRECATED
+
=back
=head2 IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory handles
=item DESCRIPTION
new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (),
-rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
+rewind (), close (), tie %hash, 'IO::Dir', DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
=item SEE ALSO
=item METHODS
-open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] )
+open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), open( FILENAME, IOLAYERS ), binmode(
+[LAYER] )
=item SEE ALSO
add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read (
[ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ),
-count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, ERROR [, TIMEOUT ] )
+count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, EXCEPTION [, TIMEOUT ] )
=item EXAMPLE
=item DESCRIPTION
new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (),
-rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
+rewind (), close (), tie %hash, 'IO::Dir', DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
=item SEE ALSO
=item METHODS
-open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] )
+open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), open( FILENAME, IOLAYERS ), binmode(
+[LAYER] )
=item SEE ALSO
add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read (
[ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ),
-count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, ERROR [, TIMEOUT ] )
+count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, EXCEPTION [, TIMEOUT ] )
=item EXAMPLE
first BLOCK LIST, max LIST, maxstr LIST, min LIST, minstr LIST, reduce
BLOCK LIST, shuffle LIST, sum LIST
+=item KNOWN BUGS
+
=item SUGGESTED ADDITIONS
=item COPYRIGHT
first BLOCK LIST, max LIST, maxstr LIST, min LIST, minstr LIST, reduce
BLOCK LIST, shuffle LIST, sum LIST
+=item KNOWN BUGS
+
=item SUGGESTED ADDITIONS
=item COPYRIGHT
=item DESCRIPTION
-blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isweak EXPR, readonly SCALAR, reftype
-EXPR, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
+blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isvstring EXPR, isweak EXPR,
+looks_like_number EXPR, openhandle FH, refaddr EXPR, reftype EXPR,
+set_prototype CODEREF, PROTOTYPE, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
+
+=item KNOWN BUGS
=item COPYRIGHT
=item SEE ALSO
-Locale::Language, Locale::Country, Locale::Currency
+Locale::Language, Locale::Country, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency
=item AUTHOR
=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item DESCRIPTION
B<alpha-2>, B<alpha-3>, B<numeric>
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item CONVERSION ROUTINES
code2country( CODE, [ CODESET ] ), country2code( STRING, [ CODESET ] ),
country_code2code( CODE, CODESET, CODESET )
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item QUERY ROUTINES
C<all_country_codes( [ CODESET ] )>, C<all_country_names( [ CODESET ] )>
-=back
+=item SEMI-PRIVATE ROUTINES
=over 4
-=item CODE ALIASING
+=item alias_code
-=back
+=item rename_country
-=over 4
+=back
=item EXAMPLES
=item SEE ALSO
-Locale::Language, Locale::Currency, ISO 3166,
-http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/,
+Locale::Language, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, Locale::SubCountry, ISO
+3166-1, http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html,
http://www.egt.ie/standards/iso3166/iso3166-1-en.html,
-http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/app-f.html
+http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/app-d-1.html
=item AUTHOR
=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item DESCRIPTION
XTS, XXX
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item CONVERSION ROUTINES
code2currency(), currency2code()
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item QUERY ROUTINES
C<all_currency_codes()>, C<all_currency_names()>
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item EXAMPLES
=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
=item SEE ALSO
-Locale::Country, ISO 4217:1995, http://www.bsi-global.com/iso4217currency
+Locale::Country, Locale::Script, ISO 4217:1995,
+http://www.bsi-global.com/iso4217currency
=item AUTHOR
=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item CONVERSION ROUTINES
code2language(), language2code()
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item QUERY ROUTINES
C<all_language_codes()>, C<all_language_names()>
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item EXAMPLES
=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
=item SEE ALSO
-Locale::Country, Locale::Currency, ISO 639:1988 (E/F),
+Locale::Country, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, ISO 639:1988 (E/F),
http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 Locale::Maketext -- framework for localization
+=head2 Locale::Maketext - framework for localization
=over 4
=back
+=head2 Locale::Script - ISO codes for script identification (ISO 15924)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+B<alpha-2>, B<alpha-3>, B<numeric>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SPECIAL CODES
+
+=back
+
+=item CONVERSION ROUTINES
+
+code2script( CODE, [ CODESET ] ), script2code( STRING, [ CODESET ] ),
+script_code2code( CODE, CODESET, CODESET )
+
+=item QUERY ROUTINES
+
+C<all_script_codes ( [ CODESET ] )>, C<all_script_names ( [ CODESET ] )>
+
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+Locale::Language, Locale::Currency, Locale::Country, ISO 15924,
+http://www.evertype.com/standards/iso15924/
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
=head2 MIME::Base64 - Encoding and decoding of base64 strings
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-encode_base64($str, [$eol]), decode_base64($str)
+encode_base64($str), encode_base64($str, $eol);, decode_base64($str)
=item DIAGNOSTICS
=item COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
=head2 MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding
=item DESCRIPTION
-encode_qp($str), decode_qp($str);
+encode_qp($str), encode_qp($str, $eol), encode_qp($str, $eol, $binmode),
+decode_qp($str);
=item COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
=head2 MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable
=item DESCRIPTION
-encode_qp($str), decode_qp($str);
+encode_qp($str), encode_qp($str, $eol), encode_qp($str, $eol, $binmode),
+decode_qp($str);
=item COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
=head2 Math::BigFloat - Arbitrary size floating point math package
=item Autocreating constants
+=over 4
+
+=item Math library
+
+=item Using Math::BigInt::Lite
+
+=back
+
=item BUGS
-=item CAVEAT
+=item CAVEATS
stringify, bstr(), bdiv, Modifying and =, bpow
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=item LICENSE
=item AUTHORS
=item DESCRIPTION
-Canonical notation, Input, Output
+Input, Output
+
+=item METHODS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item config
+
+=item accuracy
+
+=item precision
+
+=item brsft
+
+=item new
+
+=item bnan
+
+=item bzero
+
+=item binf
+
+=item bone
+
+=item is_one()/is_zero()/is_nan()/is_inf()
+
+=item is_pos()/is_neg()
+
+ $x->is_pos(); # true if > 0
+ $x->is_neg(); # true if < 0
+
+=item is_odd()/is_even()/is_int()
+
+=item bcmp
+
+=item bacmp
+
+=item sign
+
+=item digit
+
+=item bneg
+
+=item babs
+
+=item bnorm
+
+=item bnot
+
+=item binc
+
+=item bdec
+
+=item badd
+
+=item bsub
+
+=item bmul
+
+=item bdiv
+
+=item bmod
+
+=item bmodinv
+
+=item bmodpow
+
+=item bpow
+
+=item blsft
+
+=item brsft
+
+=item band
+
+=item bior
+
+=item bxor
+
+=item bnot
+
+=item bsqrt
+
+=item bfac
+
+=item round
+
+=item bround
+
+=item bfround
+
+=item bfloor
+
+=item bceil
+
+=item bgcd
+
+=item blcm
+
+=item exponent
+
+=item mantissa
+
+=item parts
+
+=item copy
+
+=item as_int
+
+=item bsstr
+
+=item as_hex
+
+=item as_bin
+
+=back
=item ACCURACY and PRECISION
=back
+=item Infinity and Not a Number
+
+oct()/hex(), log(-inf), exp(), cos(), sin(), atan2()
+
=item INTERNALS
=over 4
=item EXAMPLES
- use Math::BigInt qw(bstr);
+ use Math::BigInt;
=item Autocreating constants
=item Alternative math libraries
+=item SUBCLASSING
+
+=back
+
+=item Subclassing Math::BigInt
+
+=item UPGRADING
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Auto-upgrade
+
+bsqrt(), div(), blog()
+
=back
=item BUGS
-Out of Memory!, Fails to load Calc on Perl prior 5.6.0
+broot() does not work, Out of Memory!, Fails to load Calc on Perl prior
+5.6.0
=item CAVEATS
-stringify, bstr(), bsstr() and 'cmp', int(), length, bdiv, infinity
-handling, Modifying and =, bpow, Overloading -$x, Mixing different object
-types, bsqrt()
+bstr(), bsstr() and 'cmp', int(), length, bdiv, infinity handling,
+Modifying and =, bpow, Overloading -$x, Mixing different object types,
+bsqrt(), brsft()
=item LICENSE
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXPORT
+=item STORAGE
+
+=item METHODS
=item WRAP YOUR OWN
=back
+=head2 Math::BigInt::CalcEmu - Emulate low-level math with BigInt code
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item METHODS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item __emu_bxor
+
+=item __emu_band
+
+=item __emu_bior
+
+=back
+
+=item LICENSE
+
+This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
+under
+the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Math::BigRat - Arbitrary big rational numbers
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item MATH LIBRARY
+
+=back
+
+=item METHODS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item new()
+
+=item numerator()
+
+=item denominator()
+
+ $d = $x->denominator();
+
+=item parts()
+
+=item as_int()
+
+=item as_hex()
+
+=item as_bin()
+
+=item bfac()
+
+=item blog()
+
+=item bround()/round()/bfround()
+
+=item bmod()
+
+=item is_one()
+
+=item is_zero()
+
+=item is_pos()
+
+=item is_neg()
+
+=item is_int()
+
+=item is_odd()
+
+=item is_even()
+
+=item bceil()
+
+=item bfloor()
+
+ $x->bfloor();
+
+=item bsqrt()
+
+ $x->bsqrt();
+
+=item config
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+inf handling (partial), NaN handling (partial), rounding (not implemented
+except for bceil/bfloor), $x ** $y where $y is not an integer, bmod(),
+blog(), bmodinv() and bmodpow() (partial)
+
+=item LICENSE
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=back
+
=head2 Math::Complex - complex numbers and associated mathematical
functions
=back
-=head2 Memoize - Make your functions faster by trading space for time
+=head2 Memoize - Make functions faster by trading space for time
=over 4
=back
-=head2 Memoize::Saves - Plug-in module to specify which return values
-should be memoized
-
-=over 4
-
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item CAVEATS
-
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=item SEE ALSO
-
-=back
-
=head2 Memoize::Storable - store Memoized data in Storable database
=over 4
=back
-=head2 NEXT - Provide a pseudo-class NEXT that allows method redispatch
+=head2 NEXT - Provide a pseudo-class NEXT (et al) that allows method
+redispatch
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item Enforcing redispatch
+
+=item Avoiding repetitions
+
+=item Invoking all versions of a method with a single call
+
+=item Using C<EVERY> methods
+
+=back
+
=item AUTHOR
=item BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
debug_print ( DIR, TEXT ), debug_text ( TEXT ), command ( CMD [, ARGS, ...
]), unsupported (), response (), parse_response ( TEXT ), getline (),
-ungetline ( TEXT ), read_until_dot ()
+ungetline ( TEXT ), rawdatasend ( DATA ), read_until_dot (), tied_fh ()
=item EXPORTS
=item CONSTRUCTOR
-new (HOST [,OPTIONS])
+new ([ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ])
=item METHODS
login ([LOGIN [,PASSWORD [, ACCOUNT] ] ]), authorize ( [AUTH [, RESP]]),
-site (ARGS), type (TYPE [, ARGS]), ascii ([ARGS]) binary([ARGS])
-ebcdic([ARGS]) byte([ARGS]), rename ( OLDNAME, NEWNAME ), delete ( FILENAME
-), cwd ( [ DIR ] ), cdup (), pwd (), restart ( WHERE ), rmdir ( DIR ),
-mkdir ( DIR [, RECURSE ]), ls ( [ DIR ] ), dir ( [ DIR ] ), get (
-REMOTE_FILE [, LOCAL_FILE [, WHERE]] ), put ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ]
-), put_unique ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), append ( LOCAL_FILE [,
-REMOTE_FILE ] ), unique_name (), mdtm ( FILE ), size ( FILE ), supported (
-CMD ), hash ( [FILEHANDLE_GLOB_REF],[ BYTES_PER_HASH_MARK] ), nlst ( [ DIR
-] ), list ( [ DIR ] ), retr ( FILE ), stor ( FILE ), stou ( FILE ), appe (
-FILE ), port ( [ PORT ] ), pasv (), pasv_xfer ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [,
-DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_xfer_unique ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ),
-pasv_wait ( NON_PASV_SERVER ), abort (), quit ()
+site (ARGS), ascii, binary, rename ( OLDNAME, NEWNAME ), delete ( FILENAME
+), cwd ( [ DIR ] ), cdup (), pwd (), restart ( WHERE ), rmdir ( DIR [,
+RECURSE ]), mkdir ( DIR [, RECURSE ]), alloc ( SIZE [, RECORD_SIZE] ), ls (
+[ DIR ] ), dir ( [ DIR ] ), get ( REMOTE_FILE [, LOCAL_FILE [, WHERE]] ),
+put ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), put_unique ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE
+] ), append ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), unique_name (), mdtm ( FILE ),
+size ( FILE ), supported ( CMD ), hash ( [FILEHANDLE_GLOB_REF],[
+BYTES_PER_HASH_MARK] ), nlst ( [ DIR ] ), list ( [ DIR ] ), retr ( FILE ),
+stor ( FILE ), stou ( FILE ), appe ( FILE ), port ( [ PORT ] ), pasv (),
+pasv_xfer ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_xfer_unique (
+SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_wait ( NON_PASV_SERVER ),
+abort (), quit ()
=over 4
=item UNIMPLEMENTED
-B<ALLO>, B<SMNT>, B<HELP>, B<MODE>, B<SYST>, B<STAT>, B<STRU>, B<REIN>
+B<SMNT>, B<HELP>, B<MODE>, B<SYST>, B<STAT>, B<STRU>, B<REIN>
=item REPORTING BUGS
=item USE EXAMPLES
-http://www.csh.rit.edu/~adam/Progs/autoftp-2.0.tar.gz
+http://www.csh.rit.edu/~adam/Progs/
=item CREDITS
=item METHODS
article ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), body ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), head (
-[ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), nntpstat ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), group ( [ GROUP ]
-), ihave ( MSGID [, MESSAGE ]), last (), date (), postok (), authinfo (
-USER, PASS ), list (), newgroups ( SINCE [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]), newnews (
-SINCE [, GROUPS [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]]), next (), post ( [ MESSAGE ] ), slave
-(), quit ()
+[ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), articlefh ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), bodyfh ( [
+MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), headfh ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), nntpstat ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ]
+), group ( [ GROUP ] ), ihave ( MSGID [, MESSAGE ]), last (), date (),
+postok (), authinfo ( USER, PASS ), list (), newgroups ( SINCE [,
+DISTRIBUTIONS ]), newnews ( SINCE [, GROUPS [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]]), next (),
+post ( [ MESSAGE ] ), postfh (), slave (), quit ()
=over 4
=back
-=head2 Net::POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1081)
+=head2 Net::POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1939)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXAMPLES
-
=item CONSTRUCTOR
-new ( [ HOST, ] [ OPTIONS ] )
+new ( [ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ] 0
=item METHODS
-user ( USER ), pass ( PASS ), login ( [ USER [, PASS ]] ), apop ( USER,
-PASS ), top ( MSGNUM [, NUMLINES ] ), list ( [ MSGNUM ] ), get ( MSGNUM [,
-FH ] ), last (), popstat (), ping ( USER ), uidl ( [ MSGNUM ] ), delete (
-MSGNUM ), reset (), quit ()
+auth ( USERNAME, PASSWORD ), user ( USER ), pass ( PASS ), login ( [ USER
+[, PASS ]] ), apop ( [ USER [, PASS ]] ), banner (), capa (), capabilities
+(), top ( MSGNUM [, NUMLINES ] ), list ( [ MSGNUM ] ), get ( MSGNUM [, FH ]
+), getfh ( MSGNUM ), last (), popstat (), ping ( USER ), uidl ( [ MSGNUM ]
+), delete ( MSGNUM ), reset (), quit ()
=item NOTES
=item DESCRIPTION
-icmp, udp, tcp, stream, external
-
=over 4
=item Functions
-Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes]]]);, $p->ping($host [,
-$timeout]);, $p->open($host);, $p->close();, pingecho($host [, $timeout]);
+Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes [, $device [, $tos
+]]]]]);, $p->ping($host [, $timeout]);, $p->source_verify( { 0 | 1 } );,
+$p->service_check( { 0 | 1 } );, $p->tcp_service_check( { 0 | 1 } );,
+$p->hires( { 0 | 1 } );, $p->bind($local_addr);, $p->open($host);, $p->ack(
+[ $host ] );, $p->nack( $failed_ack_host );, $p->close();, pingecho($host
+[, $timeout]);
=back
=item NOTES
+=item INSTALL
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
=back
=head2 Net::SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Client
=item CONSTRUCTOR
-new Net::SMTP [ HOST, ] [ OPTIONS ]
+new ( [ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ] )
=item METHODS
-banner (), domain (), hello ( DOMAIN ), etrn ( DOMAIN ), mail ( ADDRESS [,
-OPTIONS] ), send ( ADDRESS ), send_or_mail ( ADDRESS ), send_and_mail (
-ADDRESS ), reset (), recipient ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [ ...]] [, OPTIONS ] ),
-to ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), cc ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), bcc (
-ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), data ( [ DATA ] ), expand ( ADDRESS ), verify
-( ADDRESS ), help ( [ $subject ] ), quit ()
+banner (), domain (), hello ( DOMAIN ), host (), etrn ( DOMAIN ), auth (
+USERNAME, PASSWORD ), mail ( ADDRESS [, OPTIONS] ), send ( ADDRESS ),
+send_or_mail ( ADDRESS ), send_and_mail ( ADDRESS ), reset (), recipient (
+ADDRESS [, ADDRESS, [...]] [, OPTIONS ] ), to ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]]
+), cc ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), bcc ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ),
+data ( [ DATA ] ), expand ( ADDRESS ), verify ( ADDRESS ), help ( [
+$subject ] ), quit ()
+
+=item ADDRESSES
=item SEE ALSO
=over 4
-=item How do I download files from a FTP server ?
+=item How do I download files from an FTP server ?
=item How do I transfer files in binary mode ?
=item Can I do a reget operation like the ftp command ?
-=item How do I get a directory listing from a FTP server ?
+=item How do I get a directory listing from an FTP server ?
-=item Changeing directory to "" does not fail ?
+=item Changing directory to "" does not fail ?
=item I am behind a SOCKS firewall, but the Firewall option does not work ?
-=item I am behind a FTP proxy firewall, but cannot access machines outside
+=item I am behind an FTP proxy firewall, but cannot access machines outside
?
=item My ftp proxy firewall does not listen on port 21
=item IMPLEMENTATION
+=item BUGS
+
=item AUTHOR
=back
execve, execvp, exit, exp, fabs, fclose, fcntl, fdopen, feof, ferror,
fflush, fgetc, fgetpos, fgets, fileno, floor, fmod, fopen, fork, fpathconf,
fprintf, fputc, fputs, fread, free, freopen, frexp, fscanf, fseek, fsetpos,
-fstat, ftell, fwrite, getc, getchar, getcwd, getegid, getenv, geteuid,
-getgid, getgrgid, getgrnam, getgroups, getlogin, getpgrp, getpid, getppid,
-getpwnam, getpwuid, gets, getuid, gmtime, isalnum, isalpha, isatty,
-iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace, isupper,
-isxdigit, kill, labs, ldexp, ldiv, link, localeconv, localtime, log, log10,
-longjmp, lseek, malloc, mblen, mbstowcs, mbtowc, memchr, memcmp, memcpy,
-memmove, memset, mkdir, mkfifo, mktime, modf, nice, offsetof, open,
-opendir, pathconf, pause, perror, pipe, pow, printf, putc, putchar, puts,
-qsort, raise, rand, read, readdir, realloc, remove, rename, rewind,
-rewinddir, rmdir, scanf, setgid, setjmp, setlocale, setpgid, setsid,
-setuid, sigaction, siglongjmp, sigpending, sigprocmask, sigsetjmp,
+fstat, fsync, ftell, fwrite, getc, getchar, getcwd, getegid, getenv,
+geteuid, getgid, getgrgid, getgrnam, getgroups, getlogin, getpgrp, getpid,
+getppid, getpwnam, getpwuid, gets, getuid, gmtime, isalnum, isalpha,
+isatty, iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace,
+isupper, isxdigit, kill, labs, ldexp, ldiv, link, localeconv, localtime,
+log, log10, longjmp, lseek, malloc, mblen, mbstowcs, mbtowc, memchr,
+memcmp, memcpy, memmove, memset, mkdir, mkfifo, mktime, modf, nice,
+offsetof, open, opendir, pathconf, pause, perror, pipe, pow, printf, putc,
+putchar, puts, qsort, raise, rand, read, readdir, realloc, remove, rename,
+rewind, rewinddir, rmdir, scanf, setgid, setjmp, setlocale, setpgid,
+setsid, setuid, sigaction, siglongjmp, sigpending, sigprocmask, sigsetjmp,
sigsuspend, sin, sinh, sleep, sprintf, sqrt, srand, sscanf, stat, strcat,
strchr, strcmp, strcoll, strcpy, strcspn, strerror, strftime, strlen,
strncat, strncmp, strncpy, strpbrk, strrchr, strspn, strstr, strtod,
=item POSIX::SigAction
-new
+new, handler, mask, flags, safe
=item POSIX::SigSet
=item WAIT
-Constants, Macros
+Constants, WNOHANG, WUNTRACED, Macros, WIFEXITED, WEXITSTATUS, WIFSIGNALED,
+WTERMSIG, WIFSTOPPED, WSTOPSIG
=back
=item DESCRIPTION
-unix, stdio, perlio, crlf, utf8, raw
+:unix, :stdio, :perlio, :crlf, :mmap, :utf8, :bytes, :raw, :pop, :win32
=over 4
+=item Custom Layers
+
+:encoding, :via
+
+=item Alternatives to raw
+
=item Defaults and how to override them
+=item Querying the layers of filehandles
+
=back
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 PerlIO::Scalar - support module for in-memory IO.
+=head2 PerlIO::encoding - encoding layer
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 PerlIO::scalar - in-memory IO, scalar IO
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item IMPLEMENTATION NOTE
+
=back
-=head2 PerlIO::Via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
+=head2 PerlIO::via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-$class->PUSHED([$mode][,$fh]), $obj->POPPED([$fh]),
-$class->OPEN($path,$mode[,$fh]), $class->FDOPEN($fd),
-$class->SYSOPEN($path,$imode,$perm,$fh), $obj->FILENO($fh),
+=item EXPECTED METHODS
+
+$class->PUSHED([$mode[,$fh]]), $obj->POPPED([$fh]),
+$obj->UTF8($bellowFlag,[$fh]), $obj->OPEN($path,$mode[,$fh]),
+$obj->BINMODE([,$fh]), $obj->FDOPEN($fd[,$fh]),
+$obj->SYSOPEN($path,$imode,$perm,[,$fh]), $obj->FILENO($fh),
$obj->READ($buffer,$len,$fh), $obj->WRITE($buffer,$fh), $obj->FILL($fh),
$obj->CLOSE($fh), $obj->SEEK($posn,$whence,$fh), $obj->TELL($fh),
$obj->UNREAD($buffer,$fh), $obj->FLUSH($fh), $obj->SETLINEBUF($fh),
$obj->CLEARERR($fh), $obj->ERROR($fh), $obj->EOF($fh)
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Example - a Hexadecimal Handle
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint - PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item REQUIRED MODULES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
=back
=head2 Pod::Checker, podchecker() - check pod documents for syntax errors
=item Warnings
-multiple occurence of link target I<name>, line containing nothing but
+multiple occurrence of link target I<name>, line containing nothing but
whitespace in paragraph, file does not start with =head, previous =item has
no contents, preceding non-item paragraph(s), =item type mismatch (I<one>
vs. I<two>), I<N> unescaped C<E<lt>E<gt>> in paragraph, Unknown entity, No
items in =over, No argument for =item, empty section in previous paragraph,
-Verbatim paragraph in NAME section
+Verbatim paragraph in NAME section, =headI<n> without preceding higher
+level
=item Hyperlinks
C<$checker-E<gt>num_errors()>
+C<$checker-E<gt>num_warnings()>
+
C<$checker-E<gt>name()>
C<$checker-E<gt>node()>
=item ARGUMENTS
-backlink, cachedir, css, flush, header, help, htmldir, htmlroot, index,
-infile, libpods, netscape, outfile, podpath, podroot, quiet, recurse,
-title, verbose
+backlink, cachedir, css, flush, header, help, hiddendirs, htmldir,
+htmlroot, index, infile, libpods, netscape, outfile, podpath, podroot,
+quiet, recurse, title, verbose
=item EXAMPLE
B<_replace_special_chars>
+B<_replace_special_chars_late>
+
B<_create_label>
B<_create_index>
B<_clean_latex_commands>
+B<_split_delimited>
+
=over 4
=item NOTES
=item DESCRIPTION
-center, date, fixed, fixedbold, fixeditalic, fixedbolditalic, quotes,
+center, date, fixed, fixedbold, fixeditalic, fixedbolditalic, name, quotes,
release, section
=item DIAGNOSTICS
roff font should be 1 or 2 chars, not "%s", Invalid link %s, Invalid quote
specification "%s", %s:%d: Unknown command paragraph "%s", %s:%d: Unknown
-escape EE<lt>%sE<gt>, %s:%d: Unknown sequence %s, %s:%d: Unmatched =back
+escape EE<lt>%sE<gt>, %s:%d: Unknown formatting code %s, %s:%d: Unmatched
+=back
=item BUGS
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::ParseLink - Parse an LE<lt>E<gt> formatting code in POD text
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHOR
=back
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker - let Perldoc check Pod for errors
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToMan - let Perldoc render Pod as man pages
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item CAVEAT
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff - let Perldoc convert Pod to nroff
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item CAVEAT
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToPod - let Perldoc render Pod as ... Pod!
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf - let Perldoc render Pod as RTF
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToText - let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item CAVEAT
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToTk - let Perldoc use Tk::Pod to render Pod
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToXml - let Perldoc render Pod as XML
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::PlainText - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+alt, indent, loose, sentence, width
+
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+Bizarre space in item, Can't open %s for reading: %s, Unknown escape: %s,
+Unknown sequence: %s, Unmatched =back
+
+=item RESTRICTIONS
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
=head2 Pod::Plainer - Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-alt, code, indent, loose, quotes, sentence, width
+alt, code, indent, loose, margin, quotes, sentence, width
=item DIAGNOSTICS
Bizarre space in item, Item called without tag, Can't open %s for reading:
-%s, Invalid quote specification "%s", %s:%d: Unknown command paragraph
-"%s", %s:%d: Unknown escape: %s, %s:%d: Unknown sequence: %s, %s:%d:
+%s, Invalid quote specification "%s", %s:%d: Unknown command paragraph: %s,
+%s:%d: Unknown escape: %s, %s:%d: Unknown formatting code: %s, %s:%d:
Unmatched =back
=item RESTRICTIONS
=back
-=head2 Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Text::Color - Convert POD data to ASCII
-text with format escapes
+=head2 Pod::Text::Termcap - Convert POD data to ASCII text with format
+escapes
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item NOTES
+
=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHOR
=item DESCRIPTION
-blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isweak EXPR, readonly SCALAR, reftype
-EXPR, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
+blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isvstring EXPR, isweak EXPR,
+looks_like_number EXPR, openhandle FH, refaddr EXPR, reftype EXPR,
+set_prototype CODEREF, PROTOTYPE, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
+
+=item KNOWN BUGS
=item COPYRIGHT
=over 4
-=item OBJECT ORIENTED SYNTAX
+=item Caveats
+
+=item Escaping Magic Characters
+
+=item Configuration
=back
+=item BUGS
+
=item AUTHOR
=back
=item DESCRIPTION
inet_aton HOSTNAME, inet_ntoa IP_ADDRESS, INADDR_ANY, INADDR_BROADCAST,
-INADDR_LOOPBACK, INADDR_NONE, sockaddr_in PORT, ADDRESS, sockaddr_in
-SOCKADDR_IN, pack_sockaddr_in PORT, IP_ADDRESS, unpack_sockaddr_in
-SOCKADDR_IN, sockaddr_un PATHNAME, sockaddr_un SOCKADDR_UN,
-pack_sockaddr_un PATH, unpack_sockaddr_un SOCKADDR_UN
+INADDR_LOOPBACK, INADDR_NONE, sockaddr_family SOCKADDR, sockaddr_in PORT,
+ADDRESS, sockaddr_in SOCKADDR_IN, pack_sockaddr_in PORT, IP_ADDRESS,
+unpack_sockaddr_in SOCKADDR_IN, sockaddr_un PATHNAME, sockaddr_un
+SOCKADDR_UN, pack_sockaddr_un PATH, unpack_sockaddr_un SOCKADDR_UN
=back
-=head2 Storable - persistency for perl data structures
+=head2 Storable - persistence for Perl data structures
=over 4
=item CANONICAL REPRESENTATION
+=item CODE REFERENCES
+
+=item FORWARD COMPATIBILITY
+
+utf8 data, restricted hashes, files from future versions of Storable
+
=item ERROR REPORTING
=item WIZARDS ONLY
=back
+=item Storable magic
+
=item EXAMPLES
=item WARNING
=item BUGS
+=over 4
+
+=item 64 bit data in perl 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
+
+=back
+
=item CREDITS
-=item TRANSLATIONS
-
=item AUTHOR
=item SEE ALSO
=item BUGS
+=item LIMITATIONS
+
=item COPYRIGHT
=back
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item BUGS
+
=back
=head2 Sys::Hostname - Try every conceivable way to get hostname
=item DESCRIPTION
openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
-setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type (added in 5.004_02),
-closelog
+setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added
+in 5.004_02), closelog
=item EXAMPLES
=item DESCRIPTION
openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
-setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type (added in 5.004_02),
-closelog
+setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added
+in 5.004_02), closelog
=item EXAMPLES
=item AUTHORS
-=item LICENSE
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item METHODS
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+B<Tgetent>, OSPEED, TERM
+
+B<Tpad>, B<$string>, B<$cnt>, B<$FH>
+
+B<Tputs>, B<$cap>, B<$cnt>, B<$FH>
+
+B<Tgoto>, B<$cap>, B<$col>, B<$row>, B<$FH>
+
+B<Trequire>
+
+=over 4
+
=item EXAMPLES
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
=head2 Term::Complete - Perl word completion module
=back
-=head2 Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various C<readline> packages. If
-no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic functions.
+=head2 Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various C<readline> packages.
+If no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic functions.
=over 4
=item Minimal set of supported functions
-C<ReadLine>, C<new>, C<readline>, C<addhistory>, C<IN>, $C<OUT>,
-C<MinLine>, C<findConsole>, Attribs, C<Features>
+C<ReadLine>, C<new>, C<readline>, C<addhistory>, C<IN>, C<OUT>, C<MinLine>,
+C<findConsole>, Attribs, C<Features>
=item Additional supported functions
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item QUICK START GUIDE
+
=over 4
=item Functions
-B<plan>
+C<plan(...)>, C<tests =E<gt> I<number>>, C<todo =E<gt> [I<1,5,14>]>,
+C<onfail =E<gt> sub { ... }>, C<onfail =E<gt> \&some_sub>
=back
B<_to_value>
-B<ok>
+C<ok(...)>
+
+C<skip(I<skip_if_true>, I<args...>)>
=over 4
=item BUGS and CAVEATS
-=item TODO
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+=item NOTE
=item SEE ALSO
=back
+B<reset>
+
=over 4
=item Setting up tests
B<no_plan>
+B<has_plan>
+
B<skip_all>
=over 4
B<is_eq>, B<is_num>
-B<like>
+B<isnt_eq>, B<isnt_num>
+
+B<like>, B<unlike>
+
+B<maybe_regex>
+
+B<cmp_ok>
+
+B<BAILOUT>
B<skip>
+B<todo_skip>
+
B<skip_rest>
=over 4
=item Test style
-B<level>
+B<level>
+
+=back
+
+B<use_numbers>
+
+B<no_header>, B<no_ending>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Output
+
+B<diag>
+
+=back
+
+B<_print>
+
+B<_print_diag>
+
+B<output>, B<failure_output>, B<todo_output>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Test Status and Info
+
+B<current_test>
+
+=back
+
+B<summary>
+
+B<details>
+
+B<todo>
+
+B<caller>
+
+B<_sanity_check>
+
+B<_whoa>
+
+B<_my_exit>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item EXIT CODES
+
+=item THREADS
+
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Test::Harness - Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics
+
+=over 4
+
+=item VERSION
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item The test script output
+
+B<'1..M'>, B<'ok', 'not ok'. Ok?>, B<test numbers>, B<test names>,
+B<Skipping tests>, B<Todo tests>, B<Bail out!>, B<Comments>, B<Anything
+else>
+
+=item Taint mode
+
+=item Configuration variables.
+
+B<$Test::Harness::Verbose>, B<$Test::Harness::switches>
+
+=item Failure
+
+B<Failed Test>, B<Stat>, B<Wstat>, B<Total>, B<Fail>, B<Failed>, B<List of
+Failed>
+
+=item Functions
+
+B<runtests>
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+B<_all_ok>
+
+B<_globdir>
+
+B<_run_all_tests>
+
+B<_mk_leader>
+
+B<_leader_width>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item EXPORT
+
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+C<All tests successful.\nFiles=%d, Tests=%d, %s>, C<FAILED tests
+%s\n\tFailed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.>, C<Test returned status %d (wstat
+%d)>, C<Failed 1 test, %.2f%% okay. %s>, C<Failed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.
+%s>, C<FAILED--Further testing stopped: %s>
+
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+C<HARNESS_ACTIVE>, C<HARNESS_COLUMNS>, C<HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST>,
+C<HARNESS_DEBUG>, C<HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR>, C<HARNESS_IGNORE_EXITCODE>,
+C<HARNESS_NOTTY>, C<HARNESS_OK_SLOW>, C<HARNESS_PERL>,
+C<HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES>, C<HARNESS_VERBOSE>
+
+=item EXAMPLE
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item LICENSE
+
+=item TODO
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Test::Harness::Assert - simple assert
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item FUNCTIONS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<assert()>
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Test::Harness::Iterator - Internal Test::Harness Iterator
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item new()
+
+=item next()
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Test::Harness::Straps - detailed analysis of test results
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Construction
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<new>
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_init>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Analysis
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<analyze>
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<analyze_fh>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<analyze_file>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_command_line( $file )>
=back
-B<use_numbers>
+=over 4
-B<no_header>, B<no_ending>
+=item C<_command>
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Output
+=over 4
-B<diag>
+=item C<_switches>
=back
-B<_print>
+=over 4
-B<output>, B<failure_output>, B<todo_output>
+=item C<_cleaned_switches>
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Test Status and Info
+=over 4
-B<current_test>
+=item C<_INC2PERL5LIB>
=back
-B<summary>
+=over 4
-B<details> I<UNIMPLEMENTED>, B<todo>
+=item C<_filtered_INC>
-B<caller>
+=back
-B<_sanity_check>
+=over 4
-B<_whoa>
+=item C<_restore_PERL5LIB>
-B<_my_exit>
+=back
=over 4
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item Parsing
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item C<_is_comment>
=back
-=head2 Test::Harness - run perl standard test scripts with statistics
+=back
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item C<_is_header>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
=over 4
-=item The test script output
-
-B<'1..M'>, B<'ok', 'not ok'. Ok?>, B<test numbers>,
-B<$Test::Harness::verbose>, B<$Test::Harness::switches>, B<Skipping tests>,
-B<Todo tests>, B<Bail out!>, B<Comments>, B<Anything else>
-
-=item Failure
+=item C<_is_test>
-B<Failed Test>, B<Stat>, B<Wstat>, B<Total>, B<Fail>, B<Failed>, B<List of
-Failed>
+=back
-=item Functions
+=over 4
-B<runtests>
+=item C<_is_bail_out>
=back
-=back
+=over 4
-B<_all_ok>
+=item C<_reset_file_state>
-B<_globdir>
+=back
-B<_run_all_tests>
+=over 4
-B<_mk_leader>
+=item Results
=over 4
-=item EXPORT
+=item C<_detailize>
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
+=back
-C<All tests successful.\nFiles=%d, Tests=%d, %s>, C<FAILED tests
-%s\n\tFailed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.>, C<Test returned status %d (wstat
-%d)>, C<Failed 1 test, %.2f%% okay. %s>, C<Failed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.
-%s>, C<FAILED--Further testing stopped%s>
+=back
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=over 4
-C<HARNESS_IGNORE_EXITCODE>, C<HARNESS_NOTTY>, C<HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST>,
-C<HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR>, C<HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES>, C<HARNESS_COLUMNS>,
-C<HARNESS_ACTIVE>
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item EXAMPLE
+=item AUTHOR
=item SEE ALSO
-=item AUTHORS
-
-=item TODO
-
-=item BUGS
-
=back
=head2 Test::More - yet another framework for writing test scripts
B<like>
+B<unlike>
+
+B<cmp_ok>
+
B<can_ok>
B<isa_ok>
=over 4
+=item Diagnostics
+
+B<diag>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
=item Module tests
B<use_ok>
=back
-B<TODO: BLOCK>
+B<TODO: BLOCK>, B<todo_skip>
+
+When do I use SKIP vs. TODO?
=over 4
-=item Comparision functions
+=item Comparison functions
B<is_deeply>
=over 4
-=item NOTES
+=item Extending and Embedding Test::More
-=item BUGS and CAVEATS
+B<builder>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
-Making your own ok(), The eq_* family have some caveats, Test::Harness
-upgrades
+=item EXIT CODES
-=item AUTHOR
+=item CAVEATS and NOTES
+
+Backwards compatibility, Overloaded objects, Threads, Test::Harness upgrade
=item HISTORY
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
=back
=head2 Test::Simple - Basic utilities for writing tests.
=item HISTORY
-=item AUTHOR
-
=item SEE ALSO
-L<Test::More>, L<Test>, L<Test::Unit>, L<Pod::Tests>, L<SelfTest>,
+L<Test::More>, L<Test>, L<Test::Unit>, L<Test::Inline>, L<SelfTest>,
L<Test::Harness>
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
=back
=head2 Test::Tutorial - A tutorial about writing really basic tests
=item FOOTNOTES
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
=back
=head2 Text::Abbrev, abbrev - create an abbreviation table from a list
=item C<extract_bracketed>
+=item C<extract_variable>
+
+[0], [1], [2]
+
=item C<extract_tagged>
C<reject =E<gt> $listref>, C<ignore =E<gt> $listref>, C<fail =E<gt> $str>,
=back
-=head2 Thread - manipulate threads in Perl (EXPERIMENTAL, subject to
-change)
+=head2 Thread - manipulate threads in Perl (for old code only)
=over 4
=item FUNCTIONS
-new \&start_sub, new \&start_sub, LIST, lock VARIABLE, async BLOCK;,
-Thread->self, Thread->list, cond_wait VARIABLE, cond_signal VARIABLE,
-cond_broadcast VARIABLE, yield
+$thread = Thread->new(\&start_sub), $thread = Thread->new(\&start_sub,
+LIST), lock VARIABLE, async BLOCK;, Thread->self, cond_wait VARIABLE,
+cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE, yield
=item METHODS
=back
=head2 Thread::Signal - Start a thread which runs signal handlers reliably
+(for old code)
=over 4
+=item CAVEAT
+
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
=back
+=head2 Tie::File - Access the lines of a disk file via a Perl array
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<recsep>
+
+=item C<autochomp>
+
+=item C<mode>
+
+=item C<memory>
+
+=item C<dw_size>
+
+=item Option Format
+
+=back
+
+=item Public Methods
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<flock>
+
+=item C<autochomp>
+
+=item C<defer>, C<flush>, C<discard>, and C<autodefer>
+
+=item C<offset>
+
+=back
+
+=item Tying to an already-opened filehandle
+
+=item Deferred Writing
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Autodeferring
+
+=back
+
+=item CONCURRENT ACCESS TO FILES
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item SUBCLASSING
+
+=item WHAT ABOUT C<DB_File>?
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item LICENSE
+
+=item WARRANTY
+
+=item THANKS
+
+=item TODO
+
+=back
+
=head2 Tie::Handle, Tie::StdHandle - base class definitions for tied
handles
=back
-=head2 Tie::Hash, Tie::StdHash - base class definitions for tied hashes
+=head2 Tie::Hash, Tie::StdHash, Tie::ExtraHash - base class definitions for
+tied hashes
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
TIEHASH classname, LIST, STORE this, key, value, FETCH this, key, FIRSTKEY
-this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, EXISTS this, key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this
+this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, EXISTS this, key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR
+this, SCALAR this
-=item CAVEATS
+=item Inheriting from B<Tie::StdHash>
+
+=item Inheriting from B<Tie::ExtraHash>
+
+=item C<SCALAR>, C<UNTIE> and C<DESTROY>
=item MORE INFORMATION
=back
+=head2 Tie::Memoize - add data to hash when needed
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Inheriting from B<Tie::Memoize>
+
+=item EXAMPLE
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
=head2 Tie::RefHash - use references as hash keys
=over 4
gettimeofday (), usleep ( $useconds ), ualarm ( $useconds [,
$interval_useconds ] ), tv_interval, time (), sleep ( $floating_seconds ),
-alarm ( $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), setitimer,
-getitimer ( $which )
+alarm ( $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), setitimer (
+$which, $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), getitimer (
+$which )
=item EXAMPLES
=item C API
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item negative time not invented yet
+
+=item internal error: useconds < 0 (unsigned ... signed ...)
+
+=back
+
=item CAVEATS
=item AUTHORS
-=item REVISION
-
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item Ambiguous Local Times (DST)
+
+=item Non-Existent Local Times (DST)
+
+=item Negative Epoch Values
+
+=back
+
=item IMPLEMENTATION
=item BUGS
+=item SUPPORT
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
=head2 Time::gmtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime()
=item DESCRIPTION
-isa ( TYPE ), can ( METHOD ), VERSION ( [ REQUIRE ] ), UNIVERSAL::isa (
-VAL, TYPE ), UNIVERSAL::can ( VAL, METHOD )
+C<< $obj->isa( TYPE ) >>, C<< CLASS->isa( TYPE ) >>, C<isa( VAL, TYPE )>,
+C<TYPE>, C<$obj>, C<CLASS>, C<VAL>, C<< $obj->can( METHOD ) >>, C<<
+CLASS->can( METHOD ) >>, C<can( VAL, METHOD )>, C<VERSION ( [ REQUIRE ] )>
+
+=item EXPORTS
=back
-=head2 Unicode::Collate - use UCA (Unicode Collation Algorithm)
+=head2 Unicode::Collate - Unicode Collation Algorithm
=over 4
=item Constructor and Tailoring
-alternate, backwards, entry, ignoreName, ignoreChar, level, normalization,
-overrideCJK, overrideHangul, preprocess, rearrange, table, undefName,
-undefChar, katakana_before_hiragana, upper_before_lower
+UCA_Version, backwards, entry, hangul_terminator, ignoreName, ignoreChar,
+level, normalization, overrideCJK, overrideHangul, preprocess, rearrange,
+table, undefName, undefChar, katakana_before_hiragana, upper_before_lower,
+variable, alternate
+
+=item Methods for Collation
+
+C<@sorted = $Collator-E<gt>sort(@not_sorted)>, C<$result =
+$Collator-E<gt>cmp($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>eq($a, $b)>,
+C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>ne($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>lt($a,
+$b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>le($a, $b)>, C<$result =
+$Collator-E<gt>gt($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>ge($a, $b)>,
+C<$sortKey = $Collator-E<gt>getSortKey($string)>, C<$sortKeyForm =
+$Collator-E<gt>viewSortKey($string)>
-=item Other methods
+=item Methods for Searching
-C<@sorted = $UCA-E<gt>sort(@not_sorted)>, C<$result = $UCA-E<gt>cmp($a,
-$b)>, C<$sortKey = $UCA-E<gt>getSortKey($string)>, C<$position =
-$UCA-E<gt>index($string, $substring)>, C<($position, $length) =
-$UCA-E<gt>index($string, $substring)>
+C<$position = $Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring[, $position])>,
+C<($position, $length) = $Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring[,
+$position])>, C<$match_ref = $Collator-E<gt>match($string, $substring)>,
+C<($match) = $Collator-E<gt>match($string, $substring)>, C<@match =
+$Collator-E<gt>gmatch($string, $substring)>, C<$count =
+$Collator-E<gt>subst($string, $substring, $replacement)>, C<$count =
+$Collator-E<gt>gsubst($string, $substring, $replacement)>
+
+=item Other Methods
+
+C<%old_tailoring = $Collator-E<gt>change(%new_tailoring)>, C<$version =
+$Collator-E<gt>version()>, C<UCA_Version()>, C<Base_Unicode_Version()>
=item EXPORT
=item CAVEAT
+=item Conformance Test
+
=back
=item AUTHOR
=item SEE ALSO
-L<Lingua::KO::Hangul::Util>, L<Unicode::Normalize>, Unicode Collation
-Algorithm - Unicode TR #10
+Unicode Collation Algorithm - UTS #10, The Default Unicode Collation
+Element Table (DUCET), The conformance test for the UCA, Hangul Syllable
+Type, Unicode Normalization Forms - UAX #15, L<Unicode::Normalize>
=back
-=head2 Unicode::Normalize - normalized forms of Unicode text
+=head2 Unicode::Normalize - Unicode Normalization Forms
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-C<$string_NFD = NFD($raw_string)>, C<$string_NFC = NFC($raw_string)>,
-C<$string_NFKD = NFKD($raw_string)>, C<$string_NFKC = NFKC($raw_string)>,
-C<$normalized_string = normalize($form_name, $raw_string)>
-
=over 4
+=item Normalization Forms
+
+C<$NFD_string = NFD($string)>, C<$NFC_string = NFC($string)>,
+C<$NFKD_string = NFKD($string)>, C<$NFKC_string = NFKC($string)>,
+C<$FCD_string = FCD($string)>, C<$FCC_string = FCC($string)>,
+C<$normalized_string = normalize($form_name, $string)>
+
+=item Decomposition and Composition
+
+C<$decomposed_string = decompose($string)>, C<$decomposed_string =
+decompose($string, $useCompatMapping)>, C<$reordered_string =
+reorder($string)>, C<$composed_string = compose($string)>
+
+=item Quick Check
+
+C<$result = checkNFD($string)>, C<$result = checkNFC($string)>, C<$result =
+checkNFKD($string)>, C<$result = checkNFKC($string)>, C<$result =
+checkFCD($string)>, C<$result = checkFCC($string)>, C<$result =
+check($form_name, $string)>
+
+=item Character Data
+
+C<$canonical_decomposed = getCanon($codepoint)>,
+C<$compatibility_decomposed = getCompat($codepoint)>,
+C<$codepoint_composite = getComposite($codepoint_here, $codepoint_next)>,
+C<$combining_class = getCombinClass($codepoint)>, C<$is_exclusion =
+isExclusion($codepoint)>, C<$is_singleton = isSingleton($codepoint)>,
+C<$is_non_starter_decomposition = isNonStDecomp($codepoint)>,
+C<$may_be_composed_with_prev_char = isComp2nd($codepoint)>
+
=item EXPORT
=back
=item SEE ALSO
-L<Lingua::KO::Hangul::Util>, http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr15/
+http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr15/,
+http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/DerivedNormalizationProps.txt,
+http://www.unicode.org/notes/tn5/
=back
=back
-=head2 Win32 - Interfaces to some Win32 API Functions
-
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Alphabetical Listing of Win32 Functions
-
-Win32::AbortSystemShutdown(MACHINE), Win32::BuildNumber(),
-Win32::CopyFile(FROM, TO, OVERWRITE), Win32::DomainName(),
-Win32::ExpandEnvironmentStrings(STRING), Win32::FormatMessage(ERRORCODE),
-Win32::FsType(), Win32::FreeLibrary(HANDLE), Win32::GetArchName(),
-Win32::GetChipName(), Win32::GetCwd(), Win32::GetFullPathName(FILENAME),
-Win32::GetLastError(), Win32::GetLongPathName(PATHNAME),
-Win32::GetNextAvailDrive(), Win32::GetOSVersion(),
-Win32::GetShortPathName(PATHNAME), Win32::GetProcAddress(INSTANCE,
-PROCNAME), Win32::GetTickCount(), Win32::InitiateSystemShutdown,
-Win32::IsWinNT(), Win32::IsWin95(), Win32::LoadLibrary(LIBNAME),
-Win32::LoginName(), Win32::LookupAccountName(SYSTEM, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SID,
-SIDTYPE), Win32::LookupAccountSID(SYSTEM, SID, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SIDTYPE),
-Win32::MsgBox(MESSAGE [, FLAGS [, TITLE]]), Win32::NodeName(),
-Win32::RegisterServer(LIBRARYNAME), Win32::SetCwd(NEWDIRECTORY),
-Win32::SetLastError(ERROR), Win32::Sleep(TIME), Win32::Spawn(COMMAND, ARGS,
-PID), Win32::UnregisterServer(LIBRARYNAME)
-
-=back
-
-=back
-
-=head2 XS::Typemap - module to test the XS typemaps distributed with perl
+=head2 XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
-
=over 4
-=item NOTES
+=item Migration from C<DynaLoader>
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Backward compatible boilerplate
=back
-=head2 XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
+=item Order of initialization: early load()
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item The most hairy case
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
+
+=item LIMITATIONS
=item AUTHOR
=item a2p
-=item s2p
+=item c2ph
-=item find2perl
+=item dprofpp
=item h2ph
-=item c2ph
-
=item h2xs
-=item xsubpp
+=item perlbug
+
+=item perldoc
+
+=item pl2pm
+
+=item pod2html
=item pod2man
-=item wrapsuid
+=item s2p
+
+=item splain
+
+=item xsubpp
=back