=back
-=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 8539 $)
+=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 9681 $)
=over 4
=item Which version of Perl should I use?
-=item What are perl4, perl5, or perl6?
+=item What are Perl 4, Perl 5, or Perl 6?
=item What was Ponie?
-=item What is perl6?
+=item What is Perl 6?
=item How stable is Perl?
=back
-=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 8539 $)
+=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 9462 $)
=over 4
=back
-=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 8539 $)
+=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 9681 $)
=over 4
=back
-=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 8579 $)
+=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 9576 $)
=over 4
=back
-=head2 perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 9309 $)
+=head2 perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 9620 $)
=over 4
=back
-=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 8539 $)
+=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 9681 $)
=over 4
=item How do I add a directory to my include path (@INC) at runtime?
+the PERLLIB environment variable, the PERL5LIB environment variable, the
+perl -Idir command line flag, the use lib pragma:
+
=item What is socket.ph and where do I get it?
=back
=item Extended Patterns
-C<(?#text)> X<(?#)>, C<(?kimsx-imsx)> X<(?)>, C<(?:pattern)> X<(?:)>,
+C<(?#text)> X<(?#)>, C<(?pimsx-imsx)> X<(?)>, C<(?:pattern)> X<(?:)>,
C<(?imsx-imsx:pattern)>, C<(?|pattern)> X<(?|)> X<Branch reset>,
Look-Around Assertions X<look-around assertion> X<lookaround assertion>
X<look-around> X<lookaround>, C<(?=pattern)> X<(?=)> X<look-ahead,
=item Special Backtracking Control Verbs
Verbs that take an argument, C<(*PRUNE)> C<(*PRUNE:NAME)> X<(*PRUNE)>
-X<(*PRUNE:NAME)> X<\v>, C<(*SKIP)> C<(*SKIP:NAME)> X<(*SKIP)>,
-C<(*MARK:NAME)> C<(*:NAME)> X<(*MARK)> C<(*MARK:NAME)> C<(*:NAME)>,
-C<(*THEN)> C<(*THEN:NAME)>, C<(*COMMIT)> X<(*COMMIT)>, Verbs without an
-argument, C<(*FAIL)> C<(*F)> X<(*FAIL)> X<(*F)>, C<(*ACCEPT)> X<(*ACCEPT)>
+X<(*PRUNE:NAME)>, C<(*SKIP)> C<(*SKIP:NAME)> X<(*SKIP)>, C<(*MARK:NAME)>
+C<(*:NAME)> X<(*MARK)> C<(*MARK:NAME)> C<(*:NAME)>, C<(*THEN)>
+C<(*THEN:NAME)>, C<(*COMMIT)> X<(*COMMIT)>, Verbs without an argument,
+C<(*FAIL)> C<(*F)> X<(*FAIL)> X<(*F)>, C<(*ACCEPT)> X<(*ACCEPT)>
=item Backtracking
X<backtrack> X<backtracking>
Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, Time::HiRes, Time::Local, Time::Piece,
Time::Piece::Seconds, Time::gmtime, Time::localtime, Time::tm, UNIVERSAL,
Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize, Unicode::UCD, User::grent,
-User::pwent, Win32, Win32API::File, XS::APItest, XS::Typemap, XSLoader
+User::pwent, Win32, Win32API::File, Win32CORE, XS::APItest, XS::Typemap,
+XSLoader
=item Extension Modules
C</m> - RXf_PMf_MULTILINE, C</s> - RXf_PMf_SINGLELINE, C</i> -
RXf_PMf_FOLD, C</x> - RXf_PMf_EXTENDED, C</p> - RXf_PMf_KEEPCOPY,
-RXf_SKIPWHITE, RXf_PMf_LOCALE, RXf_UTF8, RXf_START_ONLY, RXf_WHITE
+RXf_PMf_LOCALE, RXf_UTF8, RXf_SPLIT, RXf_SKIPWHITE, RXf_START_ONLY,
+RXf_WHITE
=item exec
X<sv_taint>, sv_unref X<sv_unref>, sv_usepvn X<sv_usepvn>, sv_usepvn_mg
X<sv_usepvn_mg>, sv_uv X<sv_uv>, unpack_str X<unpack_str>
+=item Functions in file pp_ctl.c
+
+find_runcv X<find_runcv>
+
=item Functions in file pp_pack.c
packlist X<packlist>, unpackstring X<unpackstring>
PAD_SV X<PAD_SV>, PAD_SVl X<PAD_SVl>, SAVECLEARSV X<SAVECLEARSV>,
SAVECOMPPAD X<SAVECOMPPAD>, SAVEPADSV X<SAVEPADSV>
-=item Functions in file pp_ctl.c
-
-find_runcv X<find_runcv>
-
=item GV Functions
is_gv_magical X<is_gv_magical>, is_gv_magical_sv X<is_gv_magical_sv>
=back
-=head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
+=head2 perlcommunity - a brief overview of the Perl community
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item The roadmap to 5.10
-
=over 4
-=item Needed for the final 5.10.0 release
+=item Where to find the community
+
+=item Mailing lists and Newsgroups
+
+=item IRC
+
+=item Websites
+
+L<http://perl.com/>, L<http://use.perl.org/>, L<http://www.perlmonks.org/>
+
+=item User Groups
+
+=item Workshops
+
+=item Hackathons
+
+=item Conventions
+
+=item Calendar of Perl Events
=back
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
=item Tasks that only need Perl knowledge
=over 4
=item C<(?p{})> has been removed
+=item Pseudo-hashes have been removed
+
=item Removal of the bytecode compiler and of perlcc
=item Removal of the JPL
=item C<(?p{})> has been removed
+=item Pseudo-hashes have been removed
+
=item Removal of the bytecode compiler and of perlcc
=item Removal of the JPL
=item BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
-Using non-threadsafe modules, Parent-child threads, Creating threads inside
-special blocks, Unsafe signals, Perl has been built with
-C<PERL_OLD_SIGNALS> (see C<perl -V>), The environment variable
+Threadsafe modules, Using non-threadsafe modules, Parent-child threads,
+Creating threads inside special blocks, Unsafe signals, Perl has been built
+with C<PERL_OLD_SIGNALS> (see C<perl -V>), The environment variable
C<PERL_SIGNALS> is set to C<unsafe> (see L<perlrun/"PERL_SIGNALS">), The
module L<Perl::Unsafe::Signals> is used, Returning closures from threads,
Returning objects from threads, Perl Bugs and the CPAN Version of
=back
-=head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base classes at compile time
+=head2 base - Establish an ISA relationship with base classes at compile
+time
=over 4
=item DIAGNOSTICS
-Base class package "%s" is empty
+Base class package "%s" is empty, Class 'Foo' tried to inherit from itself
=item HISTORY
=item Methods
-inf(), NaN(), upgrade(), in_effect()
+inf(), NaN(), e, PI, bexp(), bpi(), upgrade(), in_effect()
=item MATH LIBRARY
=item Caveats
-inf(), NaN(), upgrade(), in_effect()
+inf(), NaN(), e, PI(), bexp(), bpi(), upgrade(), in_effect()
=item Math Library
=item Methods
-inf(), NaN(), upgrade(), in_effect()
+inf(), NaN(), e, PI, bexp(), bpi(), upgrade(), in_effect()
=item MATH LIBRARY
=item File Extensions
-=item Bzip2 Support
-
=back
=item GLOBAL VARIABLES
=item B::OP Methods
-next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, opt, static, flags, private,
-spare
+next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, opt, flags, private, spare
=item B::UNOP METHOD
B<#classsym>, B<#coplabel>, B<#exname>, B<#extarg>, B<#firstaddr>,
B<#flags>, B<#flagval>, B<#hints>, B<#hintsval>, 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>
+B<#private>, B<#privval>, B<#seq>, B<#seqnum>, B<#opt>, B<#sibaddr>,
+B<#svaddr>, B<#svclass>, B<#svval>, B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>,
+B<#typenum>
=back
=> CODEREF );
install_prerequisite, send_test_report, munge_test_report,
-edit_test_report, proceed_on_test_failure
+edit_test_report, proceed_on_test_failure, munge_dist_metafile
=back
How do I install a module into my home directory?, How do I get MakeMaker
and Module::Build to install to the same place?, How do I keep from
-installing man pages?, How do I use a module without installing it?
+installing man pages?, How do I use a module without installing it?, PREFIX
+vs INSTALL_BASE from Module::Build::Cookbook
=item Philosophy and History
tmpdir (override)
+case_tolerant
+
=over 4
=item COPYRIGHT
=item bpi()
+=item bcos()
+
+=item bsin()
+
+=item batan2()
+
+=item batan()
+
=item bmuladd()
=back
=item bpi()
+=item bcos()
+
+=item bsin()
+
+=item batan2()
+
+=item batan()
+
=item blsft()
=item brsft()
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 ()
+BYTES_PER_HASH_MARK] ), feature ( NAME ), 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
=back
+=head2 Win32CORE - Win32 CORE function stubs
+
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION