+# !!!!!!! 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
=back
-=head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2002/03/11
-21:32:23 $)
+=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>: Regular Expressions
+=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 Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
+=item Invoking a barnyard
-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 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 EXPR : ATTRIBUTES,
-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 : 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, 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///
+=item The extra parameter of method invocation
-=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 an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item Accessing Class Data
-=item Generation of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item Debugging Methods
-=item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item Class Destructors
+
+=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 an ARRAY OF HASHES
-
-=item Generation of an ARRAY OF HASHES
+=item Arrays as Objects
-=item Access and Printing of an 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 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
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<-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, PERLIO, :bytes, :crlf, :mmap,
-:perlio, :raw, :stdio, :unix, :utf8, :win32, PERLIO_DEBUG, 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: 2003/01/31
+17:37:17 $)
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Default Warnings and Optional Warnings
-
-=item What's wrong with B<-w> and C<$^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 v
+=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: 1.14 $, $Date:
+2003/11/23 08:02:29 $)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item The Perl Debugger
-
=over 4
-=item Debugger Commands
+=item What is Perl?
-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, @ file, H -number, q or
-^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, M, 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<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>
+=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: 1.25 $,
+$Date: 2003/10/16 04:57:38 $)
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Predefined Names
+=item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
-$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,
-${^OPEN}, $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: 1.37 $, $Date: 2003/11/24
+19:55:50 $)
=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
+Komodo, The Object System, Open Perl IDE, PerlBuilder, visiPerl+, OptiPerl,
+GNU Emacs, MicroEMACS, XEmacs, Jed, Elvis, Vile, Vim, Codewright,
+MultiEdit, SlickEdit, Bash, Ksh, Tcsh, Zsh, BBEdit and BBEdit Lite, Alpha
-=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?
+
+=item Why don't Perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?
+
+=item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
+
+=item Where can I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
+
+=item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]
+
+=item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in
+my C program; what am I doing wrong?
+
+=item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean?
+
+=item What's MakeMaker?
=back
-=head2 perlpacktut - tutorial on C<pack> and C<unpack>
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=over 4
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.54 $, $Date: 2003/11/30
+00:50:08 $)
-=item The Basic Principle
+=over 4
-=item Packing Text
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Packing Numbers
+=item Data: Numbers
=over 4
-=item Integers
+=item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
+numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
-=item Unpacking a Stack Frame
+=item Why is int() broken?
-=item How to Eat an Egg on a Net
+=item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
-=item Floating point Numbers
+=item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()?
+Trig functions?
-=back
+=item How do I convert between numeric representations/bases/radixes?
-=item Exotic Templates
+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
-=over 4
+=item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?
-=item Bit Strings
+=item How do I multiply matrices?
-=item Uuencoding
+=item How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
-=item Doing Sums
+=item How can I output Roman numerals?
-=item Unicode
+=item Why aren't my random numbers random?
-=item Another Portable Binary Encoding
+=item How do I get a random number between X and Y?
=back
-=item Lengths and Widths
+=item Data: Dates
=over 4
-=item String Lengths
+=item How do I find the day or week of the year?
-=item Dynamic Templates
+=item How do I find the current century or millennium?
+
+=item How can I compare two dates and find the difference?
+
+=item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
+
+=item How can I find the Julian Day?
+
+=item How do I find yesterday's date?
+
+=item Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?
=back
-=item Packing and Unpacking C Structures
+=item Data: Strings
=over 4
-=item The Alignment Pit
-
-=item Alignment, Take 2
+=item How do I validate input?
-=item Alignment, Take 3
+=item How do I unescape a string?
-=item Pointers for How to Use Them
+=item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
-=back
+=item How do I expand function calls in a string?
-=item Pack Recipes
+=item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
-=item Funnies Section
+=item How do I reverse a string?
-=item Authors
+=item How do I expand tabs in a string?
-=back
+=item How do I reformat a paragraph?
-=head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial
+=item How can I access or change N characters of a string?
-=over 4
+=item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
+string?
-=item Part 1: The basics
+=item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
-=over 4
+=item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
+[character]?
-=item Simple word matching
+=item How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?
-=item Using character classes
+=item How do I pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?
-=item Matching this or that
+=item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
-=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
+=item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
-=item Extracting matches
+=item How can I expand variables in text strings?
-=item Matching repetitions
+=item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
-=item Building a regexp
+=item Why don't my E<lt>E<lt>HERE documents work?
-=item Using regular expressions in Perl
+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
=back
-=item Part 2: Power tools
+=item Data: Arrays
=over 4
-=item More on characters, strings, and character classes
+=item What is the difference between a list and an array?
-=item Compiling and saving regular expressions
+=item What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?
-=item Embedding comments and modifiers in a regular expression
+=item How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array?
-=item Non-capturing groupings
+a), b), c), d), e)
-=item Looking ahead and looking behind
+=item How can I tell whether a certain element is contained in a list or
+array?
-=item Using independent subexpressions to prevent backtracking
+=item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
+intersection of two arrays?
-=item Conditional expressions
+=item How do I test whether two arrays or hashes are equal?
-=item A bit of magic: executing Perl code in a regular expression
+=item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
-=item Pragmas and debugging
+=item How do I handle linked lists?
-=back
+=item How do I handle circular lists?
-=item BUGS
+=item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How do I process/modify each element of an array?
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item How do I select a random element from an array?
-=over 4
+=item How do I permute N elements of a list?
-=item Acknowledgments
+=item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
-=back
+=item How do I manipulate arrays of bits?
+
+=item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
=back
-=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
+=item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-i, m, s, x
-
-=over 4
+=item How do I process an entire hash?
-=item Regular Expressions
+=item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
+it?
-[1], [2], [3], cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
+=item How do I look up a hash element by value?
-=item Extended Patterns
+=item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
-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 sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
-=item Backtracking
+=item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
-=item Version 8 Regular Expressions
+=item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
-=item Warning on \1 vs $1
+=item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
-=item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
+=item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
-=item Combining pieces together
+=item How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
-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 store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
-=item Creating custom RE engines
+=item How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?
-=back
+=item Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create
+it?
-=item BUGS
+=item How can I make the Perl equivalent of a C structure/C++ class/hash or
+array of hashes or arrays?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How can I use a reference as a hash key?
=back
-=head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
+=item Data: Misc
=over 4
-=item NOTE
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=over 4
+=item How do I handle binary data correctly?
-=item Making References
+=item How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?
-=item Using References
+=item How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
-=item Symbolic references
+=item How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?
-=item Not-so-symbolic references
+=item How do I define methods for every class/object?
-=item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
+=item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
-=item Function Templates
+=item How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?
=back
-=item WARNING
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
=back
-=head2 perlform - Perl formats
+=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.30 $, $Date: 2003/11/23
+08:07:46 $)
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Format Variables
+=item How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this?
-=back
+=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 NOTES
+=item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
-=over 4
+=item How can I use Perl's C<-i> option from within a program?
-=item Footers
+=item How do I make a temporary file name?
-=item Accessing Formatting Internals
+=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 WARNINGS
+=item How can I use a filehandle indirectly?
-=back
+=item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
-=head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial
+=item How can I write() into a string?
-=over 4
+=item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=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 If we could talk to the animals...
+=item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use
+E<lt>*E<gt>?
-=item Introducing the method invocation arrow
+=item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
-=item Invoking a barnyard
+=item How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing blanks?
-=item The extra parameter of method invocation
+=item How can I reliably rename a file?
-=item Calling a second method to simplify things
+=item How can I lock a file?
-=item Inheriting the windpipes
+=item Why can't I just open(FH, "E<gt>file.lock")?
-=item A few notes about @ISA
+=item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in
+the file. How can I do this?
-=item Overriding the methods
+=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 Starting the search from a different place
+=item How do I randomly update a binary file?
-=item The SUPER way of doing things
+=item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
-=item Where we're at so far...
+=item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
-=item A horse is a horse, of course of course -- or is it?
+=item How do I print to more than one file at once?
-=item Invoking an instance method
+=item How can I read in an entire file all at once?
-=item Accessing the instance data
+=item How can I read in a file by paragraphs?
-=item How to build a horse
+=item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
-=item Inheriting the constructor
+=item How can I tell whether there's a character waiting on a filehandle?
-=item Making a method work with either classes or instances
+=item How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl?
-=item Adding parameters to a method
+=item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
-=item More interesting instances
+=item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
-=item A horse of a different color
+=item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? Why doesn't
+`C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
-=item Summary
+=item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
-=back
+=item Why does Perl let me delete read-only files? Why does C<-i> clobber
+protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How do I select a random line from a file?
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?
=back
-=head2 perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq6 - Regular Expressions ($Revision: 1.20 $, $Date: 2003/01/03
+20:05:28 $)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Creating a Class
-
=over 4
-=item Object Representation
-
-=item Class Interface
+=item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
+and unmaintainable code?
-=item Constructors and Instance Methods
+Comments Outside the Regex, Comments Inside the Regex, Different Delimiters
-=item Planning for the Future: Better Constructors
+=item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
-=item Destructors
+=item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
+different lines?
-=item Other Object Methods
+=item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
-=back
+=item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS while preserving
+case on the RHS?
-=item Class Data
+=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 Accessing Class Data
+=item How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?
-=item Debugging Methods
+=item What is C</o> really for?
-=item Class Destructors
+=item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
+file?
-=item Documenting the Interface
+=item Can I use Perl regular expressions to match balanced text?
-=back
+=item What does it mean that regexes are greedy? How can I get around it?
-=item Aggregation
+=item How do I process each word on each line?
-=item Inheritance
+=item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
-=over 4
+=item How can I do approximate matching?
-=item Overridden Methods
+=item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
-=item Multiple Inheritance
+=item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
-=item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects
+=item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
-=back
+=item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
-=item Alternate Object Representations
+=item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
-=over 4
+=item What's wrong with using grep in a void context?
-=item Arrays as Objects
+=item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
-=item Closures as Objects
+=item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
=back
-=item AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Autoloaded Data Methods
-
-=item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
=back
-=item Metaclassical Tools
+=head2 perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date:
+2003/07/24 02:17:21 $)
=over 4
-=item Class::Struct
-
-=item Data Members as Variables
-
-=back
-
-=item NOTES
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Object Terminology
-
-=back
+=item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
+use them?
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
+commas?
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item How do I skip some return values?
-=over 4
+=item How do I temporarily block warnings?
-=item Acknowledgments
+=item What's an extension?
-=back
+=item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
-=back
+=item How do I declare/create a structure?
-=head2 perltooc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl
+=item How do I create a module?
-=over 4
+=item How do I create a class?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
-=item Class Data in a Can
+=item What's a closure?
-=item Class Data as Package Variables
+=item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
-=over 4
+=item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
+Regex}?
-=item Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket
+Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexes,
+Passing Methods
-=item Inheritance Concerns
+=item How do I create a static variable?
-=item The Eponymous Meta-Object
+=item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping?
+Between local() and my()?
-=item Indirect References to Class Data
+=item How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical
+is in scope?
-=item Monadic Classes
+=item What's the difference between deep and shallow binding?
-=item Translucent Attributes
+=item Why doesn't "my($foo) = E<lt>FILEE<gt>;" work right?
-=back
+=item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method?
-=item Class Data as Lexical Variables
+=item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
-=over 4
+=item How do I create a switch or case statement?
-=item Privacy and Responsibility
+=item How can I catch accesses to undefined variables, functions, or
+methods?
-=item File-Scoped Lexicals
+=item Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
-=item More Inheritance Concerns
+=item How can I find out my current package?
-=item Locking the Door and Throwing Away the Key
+=item How can I comment out a large block of perl code?
-=item Translucency Revisited
+=item How do I clear a package?
-=back
+=item How can I use a variable as a variable name?
-=item NOTES
+=item What does "bad interpreter" mean?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=back
=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-
-=item HISTORY
-
=back
-=head2 perlobj - Perl objects
+=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.17 $, $Date: 2003/01/26
+17:44:04 $)
=over 4
=over 4
-=item An Object is Simply a Reference
+=item How do I find out which operating system I'm running under?
-=item A Class is Simply a Package
+=item How come exec() doesn't return?
-=item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
+=item How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?
-=item Method Invocation
+Keyboard, Screen, Mouse
-=item Indirect Object Syntax
+=item How do I print something out in color?
-=item Default UNIVERSAL methods
+=item How do I read just one key without waiting for a return key?
-isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+=item How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard?
-=item Destructors
+=item How do I clear the screen?
-=item Summary
+=item How do I get the screen size?
-=item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
+=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
-=back
+=item How do I decode encrypted password files?
-=head2 perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)
+=item How do I start a process in the background?
-=over 4
+STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR are shared, Signals, Zombies
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I trap control characters/signals?
-=item OO SCALING TIPS
+=item How do I modify the shadow password file on a Unix system?
-=item INSTANCE VARIABLES
+=item How do I set the time and date?
-=item SCALAR INSTANCE VARIABLES
+=item How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second?
-=item INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE
+=item How can I measure time under a second?
-=item OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS
+=item How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling)
-=item OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS
+=item Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? What
+does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean?
-=item USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM
+=item How can I call my system's unique C functions from Perl?
-=item THINKING OF CODE REUSE
+=item Where do I get the include files to do ioctl() or syscall()?
-=item CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT
+=item Why do setuid perl scripts complain about kernel problems?
-=item INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR
+=item How can I open a pipe both to and from a command?
-=item DELEGATION
+=item Why can't I get the output of a command with system()?
-=back
+=item How can I capture STDERR from an external command?
-=head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
+=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 SYNOPSIS
+=item How can I call backticks without shell processing?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Why can't my script read from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix,
+^Z on MS-DOS)?
-=over 4
+=item How can I convert my shell script to perl?
-=item Tying Scalars
+=item Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session?
-TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, UNTIE this,
-DESTROY this
+=item How can I write expect in Perl?
-=item Tying Arrays
+=item Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as
+"ps"?
-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 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 Tying Hashes
+Unix
-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 close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to
+complete?
-=item Tying FileHandles
+=item How do I fork a daemon process?
-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 find out if I'm running interactively or not?
-=item UNTIE this
+=item How do I timeout a slow event?
-=item The C<untie> Gotcha
+=item How do I set CPU limits?
-=back
+=item How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How do I use an SQL database?
-=item BUGS
+=item How do I make a system() exit on control-C?
-=item AUTHOR
+=item How do I open a file without blocking?
-=back
+=item How do I install a module from CPAN?
-=head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
-safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
+=item What's the difference between require and use?
-=over 4
+=item How do I keep my own module/library directory?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library
+search path?
-=item Signals
+=item How do I add a directory to my include path (@INC) at runtime?
-=item Named Pipes
+=item What is socket.ph and where do I get it?
-=over 4
+=back
-=item WARNING
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
=back
-=item Using open() for IPC
+=head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date: 2003/01/31 17:36:57
+$)
=over 4
-=item Filehandles
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Background Processes
+=over 4
-=item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
+=item What is the correct form of response from a CGI script?
-=item Safe Pipe Opens
+=item My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500
+Server Error)
-=item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
+=item How can I get better error messages from a CGI program?
-=item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself
+=item How do I remove HTML from a string?
-=back
+=item How do I extract URLs?
-=item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
+=item How do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a
+file on another machine?
-=over 4
+=item How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?
-=item Internet Line Terminators
+=item How do I fetch an HTML file?
-=item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
+=item How do I automate an HTML form submission?
-=item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
+=item How do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web?
-=back
+=item How do I redirect to another page?
-=item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
+=item How do I put a password on my web pages?
-=over 4
+=item How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?
-=item A Simple Client
+=item How do I make sure users can't enter values into a form that cause my
+CGI script to do bad things?
-C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
+=item How do I parse a mail header?
-=item A Webget Client
+=item How do I decode a CGI form?
-=item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
+=item How do I check a valid mail address?
-=back
+=item How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string?
-=item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
+=item How do I return the user's mail address?
-Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
+=item How do I send mail?
-=item UDP: Message Passing
+=item How do I use MIME to make an attachment to a mail message?
-=item SysV IPC
+=item How do I read mail?
-=item NOTES
+=item How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address?
-=item BUGS
+=item How do I fetch a news article or the active newsgroups?
-=item AUTHOR
+=item How do I fetch/put an FTP file?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How can I do RPC in Perl?
=back
-=head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation (EXPERIMENTAL, subject to change)
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=over 4
+=back
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax
+
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes
+=item Declarations
-$$ 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 Comments
-=item Resource limits
+=item Simple Statements
-=item Killing the parent process
+=item Truth and Falsehood
-=item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes
+=item Statement Modifiers
-=item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS
+=item Compound Statements
-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 Loop Control
-=back
+=item For Loops
-=item BUGS
+=item Foreach Loops
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Goto
+
+=item PODs: Embedded Documentation
+
+=item Plain Old Comments (Not!)
=back
-=head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
+=back
-=over 4
+=head2 perldata - Perl data types
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Storing numbers
+=over 4
-=item Numeric operators and numeric conversions
+=item Variable names
-=item Flavors of Perl numeric operations
+=item Context
-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 Scalar values
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Scalar value constructors
+
+=item List value constructors
+
+=item Subscripts
+
+=item Slices
+
+=item Typeglobs and Filehandles
+
+=back
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl
+=head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What Is A Thread Anyway?
-
-=item Threaded Program Models
-
=over 4
-=item Boss/Worker
+=item Operator Precedence and Associativity
-=item Work Crew
+=item Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
-=item Pipeline
+=item The Arrow Operator
-=back
+=item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
-=item Native threads
+=item Exponentiation
-=item What kind of threads are perl threads?
+=item Symbolic Unary Operators
-=item Threadsafe Modules
+=item Binding Operators
-=item Thread Basics
+=item Multiplicative Operators
-=over 4
+=item Additive Operators
-=item Basic Thread Support
+=item Shift Operators
-=item Creating Threads
+=item Named Unary Operators
-=item Giving up control
+=item Relational Operators
-=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
+=item Equality Operators
-=item Ignoring A Thread
+=item Bitwise And
-=back
+=item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
-=item Threads And Data
+=item C-style Logical And
-=over 4
+=item C-style Logical Or
-=item Shared And Unshared Data
+=item C-style Logical Defined-Or
-=item Thread Pitfalls: Races
+=item Range Operators
-=item Controlling access: lock()
+=item Conditional Operator
-=item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
+=item Assignment Operators
-=item Queues: Passing Data Around
+=item Comma Operator
-=back
+=item List Operators (Rightward)
-=item Threads And Code
+=item Logical Not
-=over 4
+=item Logical And
-=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
+=item Logical or, Defined or, and Exclusive Or
-Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
+=item C Operators Missing From Perl
-=back
+unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
-=item General Thread Utility Routines
+=item Quote and Quote-like Operators
-=over 4
+=item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
-=item What Thread Am I In?
+?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
-=item Thread IDs
+=item Gory details of parsing quoted constructs
-=item Are These Threads The Same?
+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
-=item What Threads Are Running?
+=item I/O Operators
-=back
+=item Constant Folding
-=item A Complete Example
+=item Bitwise String Operators
-=item Conclusion
+=item Integer Arithmetic
-=item Bibliography
+=item Floating-point Arithmetic
-=over 4
+=item Bigger Numbers
-=item Introductory Texts
+=back
-=item OS-Related References
+=back
-=item Other References
+=head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
-=back
+=over 4
-=item Acknowledgements
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Copyrights
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Private Variables via my()
-=head2 perlothrtut - old tutorial on threads in Perl
+=item Persistent Private Variables
-=over 4
+=item Temporary Values via local()
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Lvalue subroutines
-=item What Is A Thread Anyway?
+Lvalue subroutines are EXPERIMENTAL
-=item Threaded Program Models
+=item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
-=over 4
+=item When to Still Use local()
-=item Boss/Worker
+=item Pass by Reference
-=item Work Crew
+=item Prototypes
-=item Pipeline
+=item Constant Functions
+
+=item Overriding Built-in Functions
+
+=item Autoloading
+
+=item Subroutine Attributes
=back
-=item Native threads
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item What kind of threads are perl threads?
+=back
-=item Threadsafe Modules
+=head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
-=item Thread Basics
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Basic Thread Support
+=item Perl Functions by Category
-=item Creating Threads
+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 Giving up control
+=item Portability
-=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
+=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
-=item Errors In Threads
+-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 Ignoring A Thread
+=back
=back
-=item Threads And Data
+=head2 perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl
=over 4
-=item Shared And Unshared Data
-
-=item Thread Pitfall: Races
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Controlling access: lock()
+=item Open E<agrave> la shell
-=item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
+=over 4
-=item Queues: Passing Data Around
+=item Simple Opens
-=back
+=item Indirect Filehandles
-=item Threads And Code
+=item Pipe Opens
-=over 4
+=item The Minus File
-=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
+=item Mixing Reads and Writes
-Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
+=item Filters
-=item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines
+=back
-=item Subroutine Locks
+=item Open E<agrave> la C
-=item Methods
+=over 4
-=item Locking A Subroutine
+=item Permissions E<agrave> la mode
=back
-=item General Thread Utility Routines
+=item Obscure Open Tricks
=over 4
-=item What Thread Am I In?
+=item Re-Opening Files (dups)
-=item Thread IDs
+=item Dispelling the Dweomer
-=item Are These Threads The Same?
+=item Paths as Opens
-=item What Threads Are Running?
+=item Single Argument Open
+
+=item Playing with STDIN and STDOUT
=back
-=item A Complete Example
+=item Other I/O Issues
-=item Conclusion
+=over 4
-=item Bibliography
+=item Opening Non-File Files
-=over 4
+=item Opening Named Pipes
-=item Introductory Texts
+=item Opening Sockets
-=item OS-Related References
+=item Binary Files
-=item Other References
+=item File Locking
+
+=item IO Layers
=back
-=item Acknowledgements
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item AUTHOR
+=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
-=item Copyrights
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl
+=head2 perlpacktut - tutorial on C<pack> and C<unpack>
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is>
-portable
+=item The Basic Principle
-=item ISSUES
+=item Packing Text
+
+=item Packing Numbers
=over 4
-=item Newlines
+=item Integers
-=item Numbers endianness and Width
+=item Unpacking a Stack Frame
-=item Files and Filesystems
+=item How to Eat an Egg on a Net
-=item System Interaction
+=item Byte-order modifiers
-=item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
+=item Floating point Numbers
-=item External Subroutines (XS)
+=back
-=item Standard Modules
+=item Exotic Templates
-=item Time and Date
+=over 4
-=item Character sets and character encoding
+=item Bit Strings
-=item Internationalisation
+=item Uuencoding
-=item System Resources
+=item Doing Sums
-=item Security
+=item Unicode
-=item Style
+=item Another Portable Binary Encoding
=back
-=item CPAN Testers
-
-Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
-http://testers.cpan.org/
+=item Template Grouping
-=item PLATFORMS
+=item Lengths and Widths
=over 4
-=item Unix
+=item String Lengths
-=item DOS and Derivatives
+=item Dynamic Templates
-=item S<Mac OS>
+=item Counting Repetitions
-=item VMS
+=back
-=item VOS
+=item Packing and Unpacking C Structures
-=item EBCDIC Platforms
+=over 4
-=item Acorn RISC OS
+=item The Alignment Pit
-=item Other perls
+=item Dealing with Endian-ness
-=back
+=item Alignment, Take 2
-=item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
+=item Alignment, Take 3
-=over 4
-
-=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
-
--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, 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, 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
+=item Pointers for How to Use Them
=back
-=item CHANGES
-
-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 Supported Platforms
+=item Pack Recipes
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Funnies Section
-=item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
+=item Authors
=back
-=head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
-localization)
+=head2 perlpod - the Plain Old Documentation format
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
+=over 4
-=item USING LOCALES
+=item Ordinary Paragraph
-=over 4
+=item Verbatim Paragraph
-=item The use locale pragma
+=item Command Paragraph
-=item The setlocale function
+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>>
-=item Finding locales
+=item Formatting Codes
-=item LOCALE PROBLEMS
+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 Temporarily fixing locale problems
+=item The Intent
-=item Permanently fixing locale problems
+=item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
-=item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
+=item Hints for Writing Pod
-=item Fixing system locale configuration
+=back
-=item The localeconv function
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item I18N::Langinfo
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item LOCALE CATEGORIES
+=head2 perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and
+notes
=over 4
-=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
+=item Pod Definitions
-=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
+=item Pod Commands
-=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
+"=head1", "=head2", "=head3", "=head4", "=pod", "=cut", "=over", "=item",
+"=back", "=begin formatname", "=end formatname", "=for formatname text...",
+"=encoding encodingname"
-=item LC_TIME
+=item Pod Formatting Codes
-=item Other categories
+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
-=back
+=item Notes on Implementing Pod Processors
-=item SECURITY
+=item About LE<lt>...E<gt> Codes
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+First:, Second:, Third:, Fourth:, Fifth:, Sixth:
-PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
-LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
+=item About =over...=back Regions
-=item NOTES
+=item About Data Paragraphs and "=begin/=end" Regions
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Backward compatibility
+=item AUTHOR
-=item I18N:Collate obsolete
+=back
-=item Sort speed and memory use impacts
+=head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
-=item write() and LC_NUMERIC
+=over 4
-=item Freely available locale definitions
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item I18n and l10n
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item An imperfect standard
+=over 4
-=back
+=item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems
-=item Unicode and UTF-8
+OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS
-=item BUGS
+=item Location of Perl
-=over 4
+=item Command Switches
-=item Broken systems
+B<-0>[I<octal/hexadecimal>], B<-A [I<assertions>]>, B<-a>, B<-C
+[I<number/list>]>, 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<-T>, B<-u>, B<-U>, B<-v>, B<-V>, B<-V:>I<name>, B<-w>, B<-W>,
+B<-X>, B<-x>, B<-x> I<directory>
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-=item HISTORY
+HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5OPT, PERLIO, :bytes, :crlf, :mmap,
+:perlio, :pop, :raw, :stdio, :unix, :utf8, :win32, PERLIO_DEBUG, PERLLIB,
+PERL5DB, PERL5SHELL (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
-=head2 perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction
+=head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item Unicode
-
-=item Perl's Unicode Support
-
-=item Perl's Unicode Model
-
-=item Unicode and EBCDIC
+=back
-=item Creating Unicode
+=head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings
-=item Handling Unicode
+=over 4
-=item Legacy Encodings
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Unicode I/O
+=over 4
-=item Displaying Unicode As Text
+=item Default Warnings and Optional Warnings
-=item Special Cases
+=item What's wrong with B<-w> and C<$^W>
-=item Advanced Topics
+=item Controlling Warnings from the Command Line
-=item Miscellaneous
+B<-w>, B<-W>, B<-X>
-=item Questions With Answers
+=item Backward Compatibility
-, , , , , ,
+=item Category Hierarchy
-=item Hexadecimal Notation
+=item Fatal Warnings
-=item Further Resources
+=item Reporting Warnings from a Module
=back
-=item UNICODE IN OLDER PERLS
+=item TODO
=item SEE ALSO
-=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-
-=item AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT, AND LICENSE
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
+=head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The Perl Debugger
+
=over 4
-=item Important Caveats
+=item Debugger Commands
-Input and Output Disciplines, Regular Expressions, C<use utf8> still needed
-to enable UTF-8/UTF-EBCDIC in scripts
+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]
-=item Byte and Character semantics
+=item Configurable Options
-=item Effects of character semantics
+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>
-=item Scripts
+=item Debugger input/output
-=item Blocks
+Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame
+listing
-=item User-defined Character Properties
+=item Debugging compile-time statements
-=item Character encodings for input and output
+=item Debugger Customization
-=item Unicode Regular Expression Support Level
+=item Readline Support
-=item Unicode Encodings
+=item Editor Support for Debugging
-=item Security Implications of Unicode
+=item The Perl Profiler
-=item Unicode in Perl on EBCDIC
+=back
-=item Locales
+=item Debugging regular expressions
-=item Using Unicode in XS
+=item Debugging memory usage
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
=item BUGS
+=back
+
+=head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
=over 4
-=item Interaction with locales
+=item Predefined Names
+
+$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 Interaction with extensions
+=item Error Indicators
-=item speed
+=item Technical Note on the Syntax of Variable Names
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item BUGS
=back
-=head2 perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
+=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item COMMON CHARACTER CODE SETS
+i, m, s, x
=over 4
-=item ASCII
+=item Regular Expressions
-=item ISO 8859
+[1], [2], [3], cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
-=item Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1)
+=item Extended Patterns
-=item EBCDIC
+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 13 variant characters
-
-=item 0037
+=item Backtracking
-=item 1047
+=item Version 8 Regular Expressions
-=item POSIX-BC
+=item Warning on \1 vs $1
-=item Unicode code points versus EBCDIC code points
+=item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
-=item Remaining Perl Unicode problems in EBCDIC
+=item Combining pieces together
-=item Unicode and UTF
+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 Using Encode
+=item Creating custom RE engines
=back
-=item SINGLE OCTET TABLES
+=item BUGS
-recipe 0, recipe 1, recipe 2, recipe 3, recipe 4, recipe 5, recipe 6
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item IDENTIFYING CHARACTER CODE SETS
+=back
-=item CONVERSIONS
+=head2 perlreref - Perl Regular Expressions Reference
=over 4
-=item tr///
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item iconv
+=over 4
-=item C RTL
+=item OPERATORS
-=back
+=item SYNTAX
-=item OPERATOR DIFFERENCES
+=item ESCAPE SEQUENCES
-=item FUNCTION DIFFERENCES
+=item CHARACTER CLASSES
-chr(), ord(), pack(), print(), printf(), sort(), sprintf(), unpack()
+=item ANCHORS
-=item REGULAR EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES
+=item QUANTIFIERS
-=item SOCKETS
+=item EXTENDED CONSTRUCTS
-=item SORTING
+=item VARIABLES
-=over 4
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=item Ignore ASCII vs. EBCDIC sort differences.
+=item TERMINOLOGY
-=item MONO CASE then sort data.
+=back
-=item Convert, sort data, then re convert.
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Perform sorting on one type of machine only.
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item THANKS
=back
-=item TRANSFORMATION FORMATS
+=head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
=over 4
-=item URL decoding and encoding
+=item NOTE
-=item uu encoding and decoding
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Quoted-Printable encoding and decoding
+=over 4
-=item Caesarian ciphers
+=item Making References
+
+=item Using References
+
+=item Symbolic references
+
+=item Not-so-symbolic references
+
+=item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
+
+=item Function Templates
=back
-=item Hashing order and checksums
+=item WARNING
-=item I18N AND L10N
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item MULTI OCTET CHARACTER SETS
+=back
-=item OS ISSUES
+=head2 perlform - Perl formats
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item OS/400
+=item Text Fields
-IFS access
+=item Numeric Fields
-=item OS/390, z/OS
+=item The Field @* for Variable Width Multi-Line Text
-chcp, dataset access, OS/390, z/OS iconv, locales
+=item The Field ^* for Variable Width One-line-at-a-time Text
-=item VM/ESA?
+=item Specifying Values
-=item POSIX-BC?
+=item Using Fill Mode
+
+=item Suppressing Lines Where All Fields Are Void
+
+=item Repeating Format Lines
+
+=item Top of Form Processing
+
+=item Format Variables
=back
-=item BUGS
+=item NOTES
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=item REFERENCES
+=item Footers
-=item HISTORY
+=item Accessing Formatting Internals
-=item AUTHOR
+=back
+
+=item WARNINGS
=back
-=head2 perlsec - Perl security
+=head2 perlobj - Perl objects
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
+=item An Object is Simply a Reference
-=item Switches On the "#!" Line
+=item A Class is Simply a Package
-=item Cleaning Up Your Path
+=item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
-=item Security Bugs
+=item Method Invocation
-=item Protecting Your Programs
+=item Indirect Object Syntax
-=item Unicode
+=item Default UNIVERSAL methods
+
+isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+
+=item Destructors
+
+=item Summary
+
+=item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
=back
=back
-=head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
+=head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Packages
+=item Tying Scalars
-=item Symbol Tables
+TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, UNTIE this,
+DESTROY this
-=item Package Constructors and Destructors
+=item Tying Arrays
-=item Perl Classes
+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 Perl Modules
+=item Tying Hashes
-=item Making your module threadsafe
+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 Tying FileHandles
+
+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 UNTIE this
+
+=item The C<untie> Gotcha
=back
=item SEE ALSO
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
+=head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
+B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
+B<filter_fetch_value>
+
=over 4
-=item PREAMBLE
+=item The Filter
-B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
-module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
+=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
-=back
+=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
-=item PORTABILITY
+=back
-=item HEY
+=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHOR
-=item COPYRIGHT
-
=back
-=head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
+=head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
+safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
+=item Signals
=over 4
-=item Pragmatic Modules
+=item Handling the SIGHUP Signal in Daemons
-attributes, autouse, base, bigint, bignum, bigrat, blib, bytes, charnames,
-constant, diagnostics, encoding, fields, filetest, if, integer, less,
-locale, open, overload, re, sigtrap, sort, strict, subs, utf8, vars,
-vmsish, warnings, warnings::register
+=back
-=item Standard Modules
+=item Named Pipes
-AnyDBM_File, Attribute::Handlers, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, Benchmark, 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, Devel::SelfStubber,
-Digest, DirHandle, Dumpvalue, English, Env, Exporter, Exporter::Heavy,
-ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Constant, ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install,
-ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist, ExtUtils::MM_BeOS,
-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, File::Basename,
-File::CheckTree, File::Compare, File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find,
-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, FindBin, Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, Hash::Util,
-I18N::Collate, I18N::LangTags, I18N::LangTags::List, IPC::Open2,
-IPC::Open3, Locale::Constants, Locale::Country, Locale::Currency,
-Locale::Language, Locale::Maketext, Locale::Maketext::TPJ13,
-Locale::Script, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt, Math::BigInt::Calc,
-Math::BigRat, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Memoize, Memoize::AnyDBM_File,
-Memoize::Expire, Memoize::ExpireFile, Memoize::ExpireTest,
-Memoize::NDBM_File, Memoize::SDBM_File, Memoize::Storable, 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, PerlIO, Pod::Checker, Pod::Find,
-Pod::Functions, Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Man,
-Pod::ParseLink, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Parser, Pod::Plainer, Pod::Select,
-Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color, Pod::Text::Overstrike, Pod::Text::Termcap,
-Pod::Usage, Pod::t::basic, Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell,
-Switch, Symbol, 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, Tie::Array, Tie::File,
-Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::Memoize, Tie::RefHash, Tie::Scalar,
-Tie::SubstrHash, Time::Local, Time::gmtime, Time::localtime, Time::tm,
-UNIVERSAL, Unicode::Collate, Unicode::UCD, User::grent, User::pwent, Win32
+=over 4
-=item Extension Modules
+=item Deferred Signals (Safe Signals)
+
+Long running opcodes, Interrupting IO, Restartable system calls, Signals as
+"faults", Signals triggered by operating system state
=back
-=item CPAN
+=item Using open() for IPC
=over 4
-=item Africa
-
-=item Asia
+=item Filehandles
-=item Central America
+=item Background Processes
-=item Europe
+=item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
-=item North America
+=item Safe Pipe Opens
-=item Oceania
+=item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
-=item South America
+=item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself
=back
-=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
+=item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
=over 4
-=item Guidelines for Module Creation
+=item Internet Line Terminators
-=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
+=item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
-=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
+=item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
=back
-=item NOTE
+=item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide
+=item A Simple Client
-=over 4
+C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
-=item INTRODUCTION
+=item A Webget Client
-=item QUICK CHECKLIST
+=item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Before you start
+=item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
-=item The API
+Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
-=item Stability
+=item UDP: Message Passing
-=item Documentation
+=item SysV IPC
-=item Release considerations
+=item NOTES
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item BEFORE YOU START WRITING A MODULE
+=head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation
=over 4
-=item Has it been done before?
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Do one thing and do it well
-
-=item What's in a name?
-
-=back
-
-=item DESIGNING AND WRITING YOUR MODULE
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item To OO or not to OO?
-
-=item Designing your API
-
-Write simple routines to do simple things, Separate functionality from
-output, Provide sensible shortcuts and defaults, Naming conventions,
-Parameter passing
-
-=item Strictness and warnings
-
-=item Backwards compatibility
+=item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes
-=item Error handling and messages
+$$ 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
-=back
+=item Resource limits
-=item DOCUMENTING YOUR MODULE
+=item Killing the parent process
-=over 4
+=item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes
-=item POD
+=item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS
-=item README, INSTALL, release notes, changelogs
+BEGIN blocks, Open filehandles, Forking pipe open() not yet implemented,
+Global state maintained by XSUBs, Interpreter embedded in larger
+application, Thread-safety of extensions
=back
-=item RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Version numbering
-
-=item Pre-requisites
-
-=item Testing
+=item BUGS
-=item Packaging
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Licensing
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item COMMON PITFALLS
+=head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
=over 4
-=item Reinventing the wheel
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Trying to do too much
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Inappropriate documentation
+=item Storing numbers
-=back
+=item Numeric operators and numeric conversions
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Flavors of Perl numeric operations
-L<perlstyle>, L<perlnewmod>, L<perlpod>, L<podchecker>, Testing tools,
-http://pause.perl.org/, Any good book on software engineering
+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 AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
+=head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item Warning
-
-=item What should I make into a module?
+=item Status
-=item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground
+=item What Is A Thread Anyway?
-Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again
+=item Threaded Program Models
-=item Step-by-step: Making the module
+=over 4
-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 Boss/Worker
-=item Step-by-step: Distributing your module
+=item Work Crew
-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 Pipeline
=back
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item What kind of threads are Perl threads?
-=back
+=item Thread-Safe Modules
-=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.8 $, $Date:
-2002/04/07 18:46:13 $)
+=item Thread Basics
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Basic Thread Support
-=over 4
+=item A Note about the Examples
-=item What is Perl?
+=item Creating Threads
-=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
+=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
-=item Which version of Perl should I use?
+=item Ignoring A Thread
-=item What are perl4 and perl5?
+=back
-=item What is perl6?
+=item Threads And Data
-=item How stable is Perl?
+=over 4
-=item Is Perl difficult to learn?
+=item Shared And Unshared Data
-=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
-Scheme, or Tcl?
+=item Thread Pitfalls: Races
-=item Can I do [task] in Perl?
+=back
-=item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
+=item Synchronization and control
-=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
+=over 4
-=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
+=item Controlling access: lock()
-=item What is a JAPH?
+=item A Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
-=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
+=item Queues: Passing Data Around
-=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
-5/5.6.1/Perl instead of some other language?
+=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
-=back
+=item Basic semaphores
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Advanced Semaphores
-=back
+=item cond_wait() and cond_signal()
-=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.13 $,
-$Date: 2002/04/26 16:56:35 $)
+=item Giving up control
-=over 4
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item General Thread Utility Routines
=over 4
-=item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
-
-=item How can I get a binary version of Perl?
+=item What Thread Am I In?
-=item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
+=item Thread IDs
-=item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts
-don't work.
+=item Are These Threads The Same?
-=item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic
-loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
+=item What Threads Are Running?
-=item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
-What does CPAN/src/... mean?
+=back
-=item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?
+=item A Complete Example
-=item Where can I get information on Perl?
+=item Different implementations of threads
-=item What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?
+=item Performance considerations
-=item Where should I post source code?
+=item Process-scope Changes
-=item Perl Books
+=item Thread-Safety of System Libraries
-References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics
+=item Conclusion
-=item Perl in Magazines
+=item Bibliography
-=item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
+=over 4
-=item What mailing lists are there for Perl?
+=item Introductory Texts
-=item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
+=item OS-Related References
-=item Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
+=item Other References
-=item Where do I send bug reports?
+=back
-=item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? cpan.org?
+=item Acknowledgements
-=back
+=item AUTHOR
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Copyrights
=back
-=head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.22 $, $Date: 2002/05/06
-13:11:13 $)
+=head2 perlothrtut - old tutorial on threads in Perl
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item How do I do (anything)?
+=item What Is A Thread Anyway?
-=item How can I use Perl interactively?
+=item Threaded Program Models
-=item Is there a Perl shell?
+=over 4
-=item How do I debug my Perl programs?
+=item Boss/Worker
-=item How do I profile my Perl programs?
+=item Work Crew
-=item How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
+=item Pipeline
-=item Is there a pretty-printer (formatter) for Perl?
+=back
-=item Is there a ctags for Perl?
+=item Native threads
-=item Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor?
+=item What kind of threads are perl threads?
-Komodo, The Object System, Open Perl IDE, PerlBuilder, visiPerl+, OptiPerl,
-CodeMagicCD, GNU Emacs, MicroEMACS, XEmacs, Elvis, Vile, Vim, Codewright,
-MultiEdit, SlickEdit, Bash, Ksh, Tcsh, Zsh, BBEdit and BBEdit Lite, Alpha
+=item Threadsafe Modules
-=item Where can I get Perl macros for vi?
+=item Thread Basics
-=item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs?
+=over 4
-=item How can I use curses with Perl?
+=item Basic Thread Support
-=item How can I use X or Tk with Perl?
+=item Creating Threads
-=item How can I generate simple menus without using CGI or Tk?
+=item Giving up control
-=item How can I make my Perl program run faster?
+=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
-=item How can I make my Perl program take less memory?
+=item Errors In Threads
-Don't slurp!, Use map and grep selectively, Avoid unnecessary quotes and
-stringification, Pass by reference, Tie large variables to disk
+=item Ignoring A Thread
-=item Is it unsafe to return a pointer to local data?
+=back
-=item How can I free an array or hash so my program shrinks?
+=item Threads And Data
-=item How can I make my CGI script more efficient?
+=over 4
-=item How can I hide the source for my Perl program?
+=item Shared And Unshared Data
-=item How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
+=item Thread Pitfall: Races
-=item How can I compile Perl into Java?
+=item Controlling access: lock()
-=item How can I get C<#!perl> to work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?
+=item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
-=item Can I write useful Perl programs on the command line?
+=item Queues: Passing Data Around
-=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?
+=item Threads And Code
-=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 Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
-=item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in
-my C program; what am I doing wrong?
+Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
-=item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean?
+=item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines
-=item What's MakeMaker?
+=item Subroutine Locks
-=back
+=item Methods
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Locking A Subroutine
=back
-=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.21 $, $Date: 2002/05/06
-13:08:46 $)
+=item General Thread Utility Routines
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item What Thread Am I In?
-=item Data: Numbers
+=item Thread IDs
-=over 4
+=item Are These Threads The Same?
-=item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
-numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
+=item What Threads Are Running?
-=item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
+=back
-=item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()?
-Trig functions?
+=item A Complete Example
-=item How do I convert between numeric representations?
+=item Conclusion
-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 Bibliography
-=item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?
+=over 4
-=item How do I multiply matrices?
+=item Introductory Texts
-=item How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
+=item OS-Related References
-=item How can I output Roman numerals?
+=item Other References
-=item Why aren't my random numbers random?
+=back
-=item How do I get a random number between X and Y?
+=item Acknowledgements
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item Copyrights
=back
-=item Data: Dates
+=head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl
=over 4
-=item How do I find the week-of-the-year/day-of-the-year?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How do I find the current century or millennium?
+Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is>
+portable
-=item How can I compare two dates and find the difference?
+=item ISSUES
-=item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
+=over 4
-=item How can I find the Julian Day?
+=item Newlines
-=item How do I find yesterday's date?
+=item Numbers endianness and Width
-=item Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?
+=item Files and Filesystems
-=back
+=item System Interaction
-=item Data: Strings
+=item Command names versus file pathnames
-=over 4
+=item Networking
-=item How do I validate input?
+=item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
-=item How do I unescape a string?
+=item External Subroutines (XS)
-=item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
+=item Standard Modules
-=item How do I expand function calls in a string?
+=item Time and Date
-=item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
+=item Character sets and character encoding
-=item How do I reverse a string?
+=item Internationalisation
-=item How do I expand tabs in a string?
+=item System Resources
-=item How do I reformat a paragraph?
+=item Security
+
+=item Style
-=item How can I access/change the first N letters of a string?
+=back
-=item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
+=item CPAN Testers
-=item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
-string?
+Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
+http://testers.cpan.org/
-=item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
+=item PLATFORMS
-=item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
-[character]? (Comma-separated files)
+=over 4
-=item How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?
+=item Unix
-=item How do I pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?
+=item DOS and Derivatives
-=item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
+=item S<Mac OS>
-=item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
+=item VMS
-=item How can I expand variables in text strings?
+=item VOS
-=item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
+=item EBCDIC Platforms
-=item Why don't my <<HERE documents work?
+=item Acorn RISC OS
-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 Other perls
=back
-=item Data: Arrays
+=item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
=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 Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
-=item How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array?
+-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
-a), b), c), d), e)
+=back
-=item How can I tell whether a certain element is contained in a list or
-array?
+=item CHANGES
-=item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
-intersection of two arrays?
+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 test whether two arrays or hashes are equal?
+=item Supported Platforms
-=item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How do I handle linked lists?
+=item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
-=item How do I handle circular lists?
+=back
-=item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
+=head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
+localization)
-=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 PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
-=item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
+=item USING LOCALES
-=item How do I manipulate arrays of bits?
+=over 4
-=item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
+=item The use locale pragma
-=back
+=item The setlocale function
-=item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
+=item Finding locales
-=over 4
+=item LOCALE PROBLEMS
-=item How do I process an entire hash?
+=item Temporarily fixing locale problems
-=item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
-it?
+=item Permanently fixing locale problems
-=item How do I look up a hash element by value?
+=item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
-=item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
+=item Fixing system locale configuration
-=item How do I sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
+=item The localeconv function
-=item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
+=item I18N::Langinfo
-=item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
+=back
-=item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
+=item LOCALE CATEGORIES
-=item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
+=over 4
-=item How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
+=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
-=item How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
+=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
-=item How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?
+=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
-=item Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create
-it?
+=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
-=item How can I make the Perl equivalent of a C structure/C++ class/hash or
-array of hashes or arrays?
+=item LC_TIME
-=item How can I use a reference as a hash key?
+=item Other categories
=back
-=item Data: Misc
+=item SECURITY
+
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
+LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
+
+=item NOTES
=over 4
-=item How do I handle binary data correctly?
+=item Backward compatibility
-=item How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?
+=item I18N:Collate obsolete
-=item How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
+=item Sort speed and memory use impacts
-=item How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?
+=item write() and LC_NUMERIC
-=item How do I define methods for every class/object?
+=item Freely available locale definitions
-=item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
+=item I18n and l10n
-=item How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?
+=item An imperfect standard
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Unicode and UTF-8
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Broken systems
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date: 2002/04/12
-02:02:05 $)
+=head2 perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction
=over 4
=over 4
-=item How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this?
+=item Unicode
-=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 Perl's Unicode Support
-=item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
+=item Perl's Unicode Model
-=item How do I make a temporary file name?
+=item Unicode and EBCDIC
-=item How can I manipulate fixed-record-length files?
+=item Creating Unicode
-=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 Handling Unicode
-=item How can I use a filehandle indirectly?
+=item Legacy Encodings
-=item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
+=item Unicode I/O
-=item How can I write() into a string?
+=item Displaying Unicode As Text
-=item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
+=item Special Cases
-=item How can I translate tildes (~) in a filename?
+=item Advanced Topics
-=item How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?
+=item Miscellaneous
-=item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use <*>?
+=item Questions With Answers
-=item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
+=item Hexadecimal Notation
-=item How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing blanks?
+=item Further Resources
-=item How can I reliably rename a file?
+=back
-=item How can I lock a file?
+=item UNICODE IN OLDER PERLS
-=item Why can't I just open(FH, ">file.lock")?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in
-the file. How can I do this?
+=item ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
-=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 AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT, AND LICENSE
-=item How do I randomly update a binary file?
+=back
-=item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
+=head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
-=item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
+=over 4
-=item How do I print to more than one file at once?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=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 Important Caveats
-=item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
+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 How can I tell whether there's a character waiting on a filehandle?
+=item Byte and Character Semantics
-=item How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl?
+=item Effects of Character Semantics
-=item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
+=item Scripts
-=item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
+=item Blocks
-=item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? Why doesn't
-`C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
+=item User-Defined Character Properties
-=item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
+=item Character Encodings for Input and Output
-=item Why does Perl let me delete read-only files? Why does C<-i> clobber
-protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl?
+=item Unicode Regular Expression Support Level
-=item How do I select a random line from a file?
+=item Unicode Encodings
-=item Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?
+=item Security Implications of Unicode
-=back
+=item Unicode in Perl on EBCDIC
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Locales
-=back
+=item When Unicode Does Not Happen
-=head2 perlfaq6 - Regular Expressions ($Revision: 1.10 $, $Date: 2002/04/07
-18:32:57 $)
+=item Forcing Unicode in Perl (Or Unforcing Unicode in Perl)
-=over 4
+=item Using Unicode in XS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
=over 4
-=item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
-and unmaintainable code?
+=item Interaction with Locales
-Comments Outside the Regex, Comments Inside the Regex, Different Delimiters
+=item Interaction with Extensions
-=item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
+=item Speed
-=item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
-different lines?
+=item Porting code from perl-5.6.X
-=item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
+=back
-=item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS while preserving
-case on the RHS?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How can I make C<\w> match national character sets?
+=back
-=item How can I match a locale-smart version of C</[a-zA-Z]/>?
+=head2 perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
-=item How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?
+=over 4
-=item What is C</o> really for?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
-file?
+=item COMMON CHARACTER CODE SETS
-=item Can I use Perl regular expressions to match balanced text?
+=over 4
-=item What does it mean that regexes are greedy? How can I get around it?
+=item ASCII
-=item How do I process each word on each line?
+=item ISO 8859
-=item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
+=item Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1)
-=item How can I do approximate matching?
+=item EBCDIC
-=item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
+=item 13 variant characters
-=item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
+=item 0037
-=item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
+=item 1047
-=item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
+=item POSIX-BC
-=item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
+=item Unicode code points versus EBCDIC code points
-=item What's wrong with using grep or map in a void context?
+=item Remaining Perl Unicode problems in EBCDIC
-=item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
+=item Unicode and UTF
-=item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
+=item Using Encode
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item SINGLE OCTET TABLES
-=back
+recipe 0, recipe 1, recipe 2, recipe 3, recipe 4, recipe 5, recipe 6
+
+=item IDENTIFYING CHARACTER CODE SETS
-=head2 perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.8 $, $Date:
-2002/03/26 15:48:32 $)
+=item CONVERSIONS
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item tr///
-=over 4
+=item iconv
-=item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
+=item C RTL
-=item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
-use them?
+=back
-=item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
-commas?
+=item OPERATOR DIFFERENCES
-=item How do I skip some return values?
+=item FUNCTION DIFFERENCES
-=item How do I temporarily block warnings?
+chr(), ord(), pack(), print(), printf(), sort(), sprintf(), unpack()
-=item What's an extension?
+=item REGULAR EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES
-=item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
+=item SOCKETS
-=item How do I declare/create a structure?
+=item SORTING
-=item How do I create a module?
+=over 4
-=item How do I create a class?
+=item Ignore ASCII vs. EBCDIC sort differences.
-=item How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
+=item MONO CASE then sort data.
-=item What's a closure?
+=item Convert, sort data, then re convert.
-=item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
+=item Perform sorting on one type of machine only.
-=item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
-Regex}?
+=back
-Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexes,
-Passing Methods
+=item TRANSFORMATION FORMATS
-=item How do I create a static variable?
+=over 4
-=item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping?
-Between local() and my()?
+=item URL decoding and encoding
-=item How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical
-is in scope?
+=item uu encoding and decoding
-=item What's the difference between deep and shallow binding?
+=item Quoted-Printable encoding and decoding
-=item Why doesn't "my($foo) = <FILE>;" work right?
+=item Caesarian ciphers
-=item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method?
+=back
-=item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
+=item Hashing order and checksums
-=item How do I create a switch or case statement?
+=item I18N AND L10N
-=item How can I catch accesses to undefined variables/functions/methods?
+=item MULTI OCTET CHARACTER SETS
-=item Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
+=item OS ISSUES
-=item How can I find out my current package?
+=over 4
-=item How can I comment out a large block of perl code?
+=item OS/400
-=item How do I clear a package?
+PASE, IFS access
-=item How can I use a variable as a variable name?
+=item OS/390, z/OS
+
+chcp, dataset access, OS/390, z/OS iconv, locales
+
+=item VM/ESA?
+
+=item POSIX-BC?
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item REFERENCES
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date: 2002/04/18
-14:23:15 $)
+=head2 perlsec - Perl security
=over 4
=over 4
-=item How do I find out which operating system I'm running under?
+=item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
-=item How come exec() doesn't return?
+=item Switches On the "#!" Line
-=item How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?
+=item Taint mode and @INC
-Keyboard, Screen, Mouse
+=item Cleaning Up Your Path
-=item How do I print something out in color?
+=item Security Bugs
-=item How do I read just one key without waiting for a return key?
+=item Protecting Your Programs
-=item How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard?
+=item Unicode
-=item How do I clear the screen?
+=item Algorithmic Complexity Attacks
-=item How do I get the screen size?
+=back
-=item How do I ask the user for a password?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How do I read and write the serial port?
+=back
-lockfiles, open mode, end of line, flushing output, non-blocking input
+=head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
-=item How do I decode encrypted password files?
+=over 4
-=item How do I start a process in the background?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR are shared, Signals, Zombies
+=over 4
-=item How do I trap control characters/signals?
+=item Packages
-=item How do I modify the shadow password file on a Unix system?
+=item Symbol Tables
-=item How do I set the time and date?
+=item BEGIN, CHECK, INIT and END
-=item How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second?
+=item Perl Classes
-=item How can I measure time under a second?
+=item Perl Modules
-=item How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling)
+=item Making your module threadsafe
-=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 SEE ALSO
-=item Where do I get the include files to do ioctl() or syscall()?
+=back
-=item Why do setuid perl scripts complain about kernel problems?
+=head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
-=item How can I open a pipe both to and from a command?
+=over 4
-=item Why can't I get the output of a command with system()?
+=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
-=item How can I capture STDERR from an external command?
+=over 4
-=item Why doesn't open() return an error when a pipe open fails?
+=item Pragmatic Modules
-=item What's wrong with using backticks in a void context?
+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 How can I call backticks without shell processing?
+=item Standard Modules
-=item Why can't my script read from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix,
-^Z on MS-DOS)?
+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 How can I convert my shell script to perl?
+=item Extension Modules
-=item Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session?
+=back
-=item How can I write expect in Perl?
+=item CPAN
-=item Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as
-"ps"?
+=over 4
-=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 Africa
-Unix
+South Africa
-=item How do I close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to
-complete?
+=item Asia
-=item How do I fork a daemon process?
+China, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Russian Federation, Saudi
+Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand
-=item How do I find out if I'm running interactively or not?
+=item Central America
-=item How do I timeout a slow event?
+Costa Rica
-=item How do I set CPU limits?
+=item Europe
-=item How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system?
+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 How do I use an SQL database?
+=item North America
-=item How do I make a system() exit on control-C?
+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 How do I open a file without blocking?
+=item Oceania
-=item How do I install a module from CPAN?
+Australia, New Zealand, United States
-=item What's the difference between require and use?
+=item South America
-=item How do I keep my own module/library directory?
+Argentina, Brazil, Chile
-=item How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library
-search path?
+=item RSYNC Mirrors
-=item How do I add a directory to my include path at runtime?
+=back
-=item What is socket.ph and where do I get it?
+=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
-=back
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Guidelines for Module Creation
+
+=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
+
+=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
=back
-=head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.9 $, $Date: 2002/04/07 18:46:13
-$)
+=item NOTE
-=over 4
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide
=over 4
-=item What is the correct form of response from a CGI script?
+=item INTRODUCTION
-=item My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500
-Server Error)
+=item QUICK CHECKLIST
-=item How can I get better error messages from a CGI program?
+=over 4
-=item How do I remove HTML from a string?
+=item Before you start
-=item How do I extract URLs?
+=item The API
-=item How do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a
-file on another machine?
+=item Stability
-=item How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?
+=item Documentation
-=item How do I fetch an HTML file?
+=item Release considerations
-=item How do I automate an HTML form submission?
+=back
-=item How do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web?
+=item BEFORE YOU START WRITING A MODULE
-=item How do I redirect to another page?
+=over 4
-=item How do I put a password on my web pages?
+=item Has it been done before?
-=item How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?
+=item Do one thing and do it well
-=item How do I make sure users can't enter values into a form that cause my
-CGI script to do bad things?
+=item What's in a name?
-=item How do I parse a mail header?
+=back
-=item How do I decode a CGI form?
+=item DESIGNING AND WRITING YOUR MODULE
-=item How do I check a valid mail address?
+=over 4
-=item How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string?
+=item To OO or not to OO?
-=item How do I return the user's mail address?
+=item Designing your API
-=item How do I send mail?
+Write simple routines to do simple things, Separate functionality from
+output, Provide sensible shortcuts and defaults, Naming conventions,
+Parameter passing
-=item How do I use MIME to make an attachment to a mail message?
+=item Strictness and warnings
-=item How do I read mail?
+=item Backwards compatibility
-=item How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address?
+=item Error handling and messages
-=item How do I fetch a news article or the active newsgroups?
+=back
-=item How do I fetch/put an FTP file?
+=item DOCUMENTING YOUR MODULE
-=item How can I do RPC in Perl?
+=over 4
-=back
+=item POD
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=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 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
+=item RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Version numbering
-=over 4
+=item Pre-requisites
-=item Layout
+=item Testing
-B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
+=item Packaging
+
+=item Licensing
=back
-=item Using The Back Ends
+=item COMMON PITFALLS
=over 4
-=item The Cross Referencing Back End
-
-i, &, s, r
-
-=item The Decompiling Back End
-
-=item The Lint Back End
-
-=item The Simple C Back End
+=item Reinventing the wheel
-=item The Bytecode Back End
+=item Trying to do too much
-=item The Optimized C Back End
+=item Inappropriate documentation
=back
-=item Module List for the Compiler Suite
-
-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
+L<perlstyle>, L<perlnewmod>, L<perlpod>, L<podchecker>, Packaging Tools,
+Testing tools, http://pause.perl.org/, Any good book on software
+engineering
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
+=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
=over 4
=item PREAMBLE
-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 ROADMAP
-
-=item Compiling your C program
-
-=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
-
-=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
-
-=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
-
-=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
-
-=item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
-
-=item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
-
-=item Execution of END blocks
-
-=item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
-
-=item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
-program
+B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
+module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
=back
-=item Embedding Perl under Win32
+=item PORTABILITY
-=item MORAL
+=item HEY
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
+=head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Debugger Internals
-
=over 4
-=item Writing Your Own Debugger
+=item Warning
-=back
+=item What should I make into a module?
-=item Frame Listing Output Examples
+=item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground
-=item Debugging regular expressions
+Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again
-=over 4
+=item Step-by-step: Making the module
-=item Compile-time output
+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
-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 Step-by-step: Distributing your module
-=item Types of nodes
+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 Run-time output
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Debugging Perl memory usage
+=head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
=over 4
-=item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-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>
+=over 4
-=item Example of using B<-DL> switch
+=item DOCUMENTATION
-C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
+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 B<-DL> details
+=item CONVERTORS
-C<!!!>, C<!!>, C<!>
+L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
-=item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
+=item Administration
-=back
+L<libnetcfg|libnetcfg>
+
+=item Development
+
+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
-=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
+=back
+
+=head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SPECIAL NOTES
-
=over 4
-=item make
-
-=item Version caveat
+=item Layout
-=item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
+B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
=back
-=item TUTORIAL
+=item Using The Back Ends
=over 4
-=item EXAMPLE 1
+=item The Cross Referencing Back End
-=item EXAMPLE 2
+i, &, s, r
-=item What has gone on?
+=item The Decompiling Back End
-=item Writing good test scripts
+=item The Lint Back End
-=item EXAMPLE 3
+=item The Simple C Back End
-=item What's new here?
+=item The Bytecode Back End
-=item Input and Output Parameters
+=item The Optimized C Back End
+
+=back
+
+=item Module List for the Compiler Suite
+
+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 KNOWN PROBLEMS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item CONCEPTS
+
+=item USING FILTERS
+
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
+
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
+
+B<Decryption Filters>
+
+=item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
+
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
+
+=item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
+
+=item CONCLUSION
+
+=item THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR
+
+Some Filters Clobber the C<DATA> Handle
+
+=item REQUIREMENTS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item Copyrights
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item PREAMBLE
+
+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 ROADMAP
+
+=item Compiling your C program
+
+=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
+
+=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
+
+=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
+
+=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
+
+=item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
+
+=item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
+
+=item Execution of END blocks
+
+=item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
+
+=item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
+program
+
+=back
+
+=item Embedding Perl under Win32
+
+=item Hiding Perl_
+
+=item MORAL
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Debugger Internals
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Writing Your Own Debugger
+
+=back
+
+=item Frame Listing Output Examples
+
+=item Debugging regular expressions
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Compile-time output
+
+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 Types of nodes
+
+=item Run-time output
+
+=back
+
+=item Debugging Perl memory usage
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
+
+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 Example of using B<-DL> switch
+
+C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
+
+=item B<-DL> details
+
+C<!!!>, C<!!>, C<!>
+
+=item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SPECIAL NOTES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item make
+
+=item Version caveat
+
+=item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
+
+=back
+
+=item TUTORIAL
+
+=over 4
+
+=item EXAMPLE 1
+
+=item EXAMPLE 2
+
+=item What has gone on?
+
+=item Writing good test scripts
+
+=item EXAMPLE 3
+
+=item What's new here?
+
+=item Input and Output Parameters
=item The XSUBPP Program
=item The RETVAL Variable
+=item Returning SVs, AVs and HVs through RETVAL
+
=item The MODULE Keyword
=item The PACKAGE Keyword
=item The OVERLOAD: Keyword
+=item The FALLBACK: Keyword
+
=item The INTERFACE: Keyword
=item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
=item Hash API Extensions
+=item AVs, HVs and undefined values
+
=item References
=item Blessed References and Class Objects
=item Memory Allocation
-=item PerlIO
+=item PerlIO
+
+=item Putting a C value on Perl stack
+
+=item Scratchpads
+
+=item Scratchpads and recursion
+
+=back
+
+=item Compiled code
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Code tree
+
+=item Examining the tree
+
+=item Compile pass 1: check routines
+
+=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
+
+=item Compile pass 2: context propagation
+
+=item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
+
+=item Pluggable runops
+
+=back
+
+=item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions
+
+=item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
+
+=item So what happened to dTHR?
+
+=item How do I use all this in extensions?
+
+=item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads?
+
+=item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
+
+=back
+
+=item Internal Functions
+
+A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, x, m, X, E, b
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs
+
+=item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer
+
+=item Source Documentation
+
+=back
+
+=item Unicode Support
+
+=over 4
+
+=item What B<is> Unicode, anyway?
+
+=item How can I recognise a UTF-8 string?
+
+=item How does UTF-8 represent Unicode characters?
+
+=item How does Perl store UTF-8 strings?
+
+=item How do I convert a string to UTF-8?
+
+=item Is there anything else I need to know?
+
+=back
+
+=item Custom Operators
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
+
+=item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
+
+call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
+
+=item FLAG VALUES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item G_VOID
+
+=item G_SCALAR
+
+=item G_ARRAY
+
+=item G_DISCARD
+
+=item G_NOARGS
+
+=item G_EVAL
+
+=item G_KEEPERR
+
+=item Determining the Context
+
+=back
+
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item No Parameters, Nothing returned
+
+=item Passing Parameters
+
+=item Returning a Scalar
+
+=item Returning a list of values
+
+=item Returning a list in a scalar context
+
+=item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
+
+=item Using G_EVAL
+
+=item Using G_KEEPERR
+
+=item Using call_sv
+
+=item Using call_argv
+
+=item Using call_method
+
+=item Using GIMME_V
+
+=item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
+
+=item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
+
+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 Alternate Stack Manipulation
+
+=item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item "Gimme" Values
+
+GIMME, GIMME_V, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID
+
+=item Array Manipulation Functions
+
+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 Callback Functions
+
+call_argv, call_method, call_pv, call_sv, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv,
+FREETMPS, LEAVE, SAVETMPS
+
+=item Character classes
+
+isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, toLOWER, toUPPER
+
+=item Cloning an interpreter
+
+perl_clone
+
+=item CV Manipulation Functions
+
+CvSTASH, get_cv
+
+=item Embedding Functions
+
+cv_undef, load_module, nothreadhook, perl_alloc, perl_construct,
+perl_destruct, perl_free, perl_parse, perl_run, require_pv
+
+=item Functions in file pp_pack.c
+
+packlist, pack_cat, unpackstring, unpack_str
+
+=item Global Variables
+
+PL_modglobal, PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes
+
+=item GV Functions
+
+GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_fetchmethod_autoload,
+gv_fetchmeth_autoload, gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv
+
+=item Handy Values
+
+Nullav, Nullch, Nullcv, Nullhv, Nullsv
+
+=item Hash Manipulation Functions
+
+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 Magical Functions
+
+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 Memory Management
+
+Copy, CopyD, Move, MoveD, New, Newc, Newz, Poison, Renew, Renewc, Safefree,
+savepv, savepvn, savesharedpv, StructCopy, Zero, ZeroD
+
+=item Miscellaneous Functions
+
+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
+
+=item Numeric functions
+
+grok_bin, grok_hex, grok_number, grok_numeric_radix, grok_oct, scan_bin,
+scan_hex, scan_oct
+
+=item Optree Manipulation Functions
+
+cv_const_sv, newCONSTSUB, newXS
+
+=item Pad Data Structures
+
+pad_sv
+
+=item Stack Manipulation Macros
+
+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 SV Flags
+
+svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG
+
+=item SV Manipulation Functions
+
+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_catpv_mg, sv_catsv, sv_catsv_flags, sv_catsv_mg, 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_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
+
+=item Unicode Support
+
+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 Variables created by C<xsubpp> and C<xsubpp> internal functions
+
+ax, CLASS, dAX, dITEMS, dUNDERBAR, dXSARGS, dXSI32, items, ix, newXSproto,
+RETVAL, ST, THIS, UNDERBAR, XS, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK
+
+=item Warning and Dieing
+
+croak, warn
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
+ Perl functions
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item CV reference counts and CvOUTSIDE
+
+CvWEAKOUTSIDE
+
+=item Functions in file pad.h
+
+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
+
+=item Functions in file pp_ctl.c
+
+find_runcv
+
+=item Global Variables
+
+PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv,
+PL_rs
+
+=item GV Functions
+
+is_gv_magical
+
+=item IO Functions
+
+start_glob
+
+=item Pad Data Structures
+
+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 Stack Manipulation Macros
+
+djSP, LVRET
+
+=item SV Manipulation Functions
+
+find_uninit_var, report_uninit, sv_add_arena, sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs,
+sv_free_arenas
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item History and Background
+
+=item Basic Structure
+
+=item Layers vs Disciplines
+
+=item Data Structures
+
+=item Functions and Attributes
+
+=item Per-instance Data
+
+=item Layers in action.
+
+=item Per-instance flag bits
+
+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 Methods in Detail
+
+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 Utilities
+
+=item Implementing PerlIO Layers
+
+C implementations, Perl implementations
+
+=item Core Layers
+
+"unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8"
+
+=item Extension Layers
+
+":encoding", ":scalar", ":via"
+
+=back
+
+=item TODO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
+
+=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
+
+B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,mode)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,mode)>,
+B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>, B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>
+
+=item "Fast gets" Functions
+
+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
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlhack - How to hack at the Perl internals
+
+=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 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
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Keeping in sync
+
+rsync'ing the source tree, Using rsync over the LAN, Using pushing over the
+NFS, rsync'ing the patches
+
+=item Why rsync the source tree
+
+It's easier to rsync the source tree, It's more reliable
+
+=item Why rsync the patches
+
+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 Working with the source
+
+=item Perlbug administration
+
+=item Submitting patches
+
+L<perlguts>, L<perlxstut> and L<perlxs>, L<perlapi>,
+F<Porting/pumpkin.pod>, The perl5-porters FAQ
+
+=item Finding Your Way Around
+
+Core modules, Tests, Documentation, Configure, Interpreter
-=item Putting a C value on Perl stack
+=item Elements of the interpreter
-=item Scratchpads
+Startup, Parsing, Optimization, Running
-=item Scratchpads and recursion
+=item Internal Variable Types
-=back
+=item Op Trees
-=item Compiled code
+=item Stacks
-=over 4
+Argument stack, Mark stack, Save stack
-=item Code tree
+=item Millions of Macros
-=item Examining the tree
+=item The .i Targets
-=item Compile pass 1: check routines
+=item Poking at Perl
-=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
+=item Using a source-level debugger
-=item Compile pass 2: context propagation
+run [args], break function_name, break source.c:xxx, step, next, continue,
+finish, 'enter', print
-=item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
+=item gdb macro support
-=item Pluggable runops
+=item Dumping Perl Data Structures
-=back
+=item Patching
-=item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions
+=item Patching a core module
-=item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
+=item Adding a new function to the core
-=over 4
+=item Writing a test
-=item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
+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 So what happened to dTHR?
+=item Special Make Test Targets
-=item How do I use all this in extensions?
+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, test_harness
-=item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads?
+=item Running tests by hand
-=item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
+PERL_CORE=1, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL=2, PERL, PERL_SKIP_TTY_TEST
=back
-=item Internal Functions
-
-A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, j, x
+=item EXTERNAL TOOLS FOR DEBUGGING PERL
=over 4
-=item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs
+=item Rational Software's Purify
-=item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer
+=item Purify on Unix
-=item Source Documentation
+-Accflags=-DPURIFY, -Doptimize='-g', -Uusemymalloc, -Dusemultiplicity
-=back
+=item Purify on NT
-=item Unicode Support
+DEFINES, USE_MULTI = define, #PERL_MALLOC = define, CFG = Debug
-=over 4
+=item valgrind
-=item What B<is> Unicode, anyway?
+=item Compaq's/Digital's/HP's Third Degree
-=item How can I recognise a UTF8 string?
+=item PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL
-=item How does UTF8 represent Unicode characters?
+=item Profiling
-=item How does Perl store UTF8 strings?
+=item Gprof Profiling
-=item How do I convert a string to UTF8?
+-a, -b, -e routine, -f routine, -s, -z
-=item Is there anything else I need to know?
+=item GCC gcov Profiling
-=back
+=item Pixie Profiling
-=item Custom Operators
+-h, -l, -p[rocedures], -h[eavy], -i[nvocations], -l[ines], -testcoverage,
+-z[ero]
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Miscellaneous tricks
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item CONCLUSION
+
+I<The Road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began.>
=back
-=head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
+=item AUTHOR
-=over 4
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 perlbook - Perl book information
-An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
+=over 4
-=item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
+=back
-=item FLAG VALUES
+=head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
=over 4
-=item G_VOID
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item G_SCALAR
+=item assertions
-=item G_ARRAY
+=item iCOW
-=item G_DISCARD
+=item (?{...}) closures in regexps
-=item G_NOARGS
+=item A re-entrant regexp engine
-=item G_EVAL
+=item pragmata
-=item G_KEEPERR
+=over 4
-=item Determining the Context
+=item lexical pragmas
-=back
+=item use less 'memory'
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item prototypes and functions
=over 4
-=item No Parameters, Nothing returned
-
-=item Passing Parameters
-
-=item Returning a Scalar
+=item _ prototype character
-=item Returning a list of values
+=item inlining autoloaded constants
-=item Returning a list in a scalar context
+=item Finish off lvalue functions
-=item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
+=back
-=item Using G_EVAL
+=item Unicode and UTF8
-=item Using G_KEEPERR
+=over 4
-=item Using call_sv
+=item Implicit Latin 1 => Unicode translation
-=item Using call_argv
+=item UTF8 caching code
-=item Using call_method
+=item Unicode in Filenames
-=item Using GIMME_V
+=item Unicode in %ENV
-=item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
+=back
-=item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
+=item Regexps
-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
+=over 4
-=item Alternate Stack Manipulation
+=item regexp optimiser optional
-=item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
+=item common suffices/prefices in regexps (trie optimization)
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item POD
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=item DATE
+=item POD -> HTML conversion still sucks
=back
-=head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
-
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Misc medium sized projects
=over 4
-=item DOCUMENTATION
+=item UNITCHECK
-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 optional optimizer
-=item CONVERTORS
+=item You WANT *how* many
-L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
+=item lexical aliases
-=item Administration
+=item no 6
-L<libnetcfg|libnetcfg>
+=item IPv6
-=item Development
+=item entersub XS vs Perl
-L<perlbug|perlbug>, L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph> and L<pstruct|pstruct>,
-L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>, L<perlcc|perlcc>
+=item @INC source filter to Filter::Simple
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item bincompat functions
-=back
+=item Use fchown/fchmod internally
=back
-=head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
+=item Tests
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item CONCEPTS
+=item Make Schwern poorer
-=item USING FILTERS
+=item test B
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
+=item Improve tests for Config.pm
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
+=item common test code for timed bailout
-B<Decryption Filters>
+=back
-=item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
+=item Installation
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
+=over 4
-=item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
+=item compressed man pages
-=item CONCLUSION
+=item Make Config.pm cope with differences between build and installed perl
-=item REQUIREMENTS
+=item Relocatable perl
-=item AUTHOR
+=item make HTML install work
-=item Copyrights
+=item put patchlevel in -v
=back
-=head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
+=item Incremental things
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
-B<filter_fetch_value>
-
-=over 4
+=item autovivification
-=item The Filter
+=item fix tainting bugs
-=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
+=item Make tainting consistent
-=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
+=item Dual life everything
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Vague things
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=back
+=item threads
-=head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
+=item POSIX memory footprint
-=over 4
+=item Optimize away @_
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item switch ops
-=item "Gimme" Values
+=item Attach/detach debugger from running program
-GIMME, GIMME_V, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID
+=item A decent benchmark
-=item Array Manipulation Functions
+=back
-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, Nullav, sortsv
+=back
-=item Callback Functions
+=head2 perldoc - Look up Perl documentation in Pod format.
-call_argv, call_method, call_pv, call_sv, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv,
-FREETMPS, LEAVE, SAVETMPS
+=over 4
-=item Character classes
+=item SYNOPSIS
-isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, toLOWER, toUPPER
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Cloning an interpreter
+=item OPTIONS
-perl_clone
+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 CV Manipulation Functions
+=item SECURITY
-CvSTASH, get_cv, Nullcv
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-=item Embedding Functions
+=item AUTHOR
-load_module, nothreadhook, perl_alloc, perl_construct, perl_destruct,
-perl_free, perl_parse, perl_run, require_pv
+=back
-=item Functions in file pp_pack.c
+=head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
-pack_cat, unpack_str
+=over 4
-=item Global Variables
+=item DESCRIPTION
-PL_modglobal, PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes
+=item INTRODUCTION
-=item GV Functions
+=item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
-GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_fetchmethod_autoload,
-gv_fetchmeth_autoload, gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv
+=over 4
-=item Handy Values
+=item PUMPKIN?
-HEf_SVKEY, Nullch, Nullsv
+=back
-=item Hash Manipulation Functions
+=item THE RECORDS
-get_hv, 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_iternext_flags, hv_iterval,
-hv_magic, hv_store, hv_store_ent, hv_undef, newHV, Nullhv
+=over 4
-=item Magical Functions
+=item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
-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
+=item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
-=item Memory Management
+=back
-Copy, Move, New, Newc, NEWSV, Newz, Renew, Renewc, Safefree, savepv,
-savepvn, savesharedpv, StructCopy, Zero
+=item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
-=item Miscellaneous Functions
+=back
-fbm_compile, fbm_instr, form, getcwd_sv, strEQ, strGE, strGT, strLE, strLT,
-strNE, strnEQ, strnNE
+=head2 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.2
-=item Numeric functions
+=over 4
-grok_bin, grok_hex, grok_number, grok_numeric_radix, grok_oct, scan_bin,
-scan_hex, scan_oct
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Optree Manipulation Functions
+=item Incompatible Changes
-cv_const_sv, newCONSTSUB, newXS
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Stack Manipulation Macros
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-dMARK, dORIGMARK, dSP, EXTEND, MARK, ORIGMARK, POPi, POPl, POPn, POPp,
-POPpbytex, POPpx, POPs, PUSHi, PUSHMARK, PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUSHu,
-PUTBACK, SP, SPAGAIN, XPUSHi, XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs, XPUSHu, XSRETURN,
-XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV, XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF,
-XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNO, XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES
+=item Utility Changes
-=item SV Flags
+=item Documentation
-svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item SV Manipulation Functions
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-get_sv, looks_like_number, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, newSV, newSViv, newSVnv,
-newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVpvn_share, newSVrv, newSVsv, newSVuv,
-new_vstring, SvCUR, SvCUR_set, SvEND, 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, SvSTASH, SvTAINT,
-SvTAINTED, SvTAINTED_off, SvTAINTED_on, SvTRUE, SvTYPE, SvUNLOCK, 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_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_nolocking, sv_nosharing,
-sv_nounlocking, 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_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
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Unicode Support
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-bytes_from_utf8, bytes_to_utf8, ibcmp_utf8, is_utf8_char, is_utf8_string,
-pv_uni_display, 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 Changed Internals
-=item Variables created by C<xsubpp> and C<xsubpp> internal functions
+=item Known Problems
-ax, CLASS, dAX, dITEMS, dXSARGS, dXSI32, items, ix, newXSproto, RETVAL, ST,
-THIS, XS, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK
+=over 4
-=item Warning and Dieing
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-croak, warn
+=back
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Reporting Bugs
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
- Perl functions
+=head2 perl592delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.2
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Global Variables
+=item Incompatible Changes
-PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv,
-PL_rs
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item GV Functions
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-is_gv_magical
+=item Utility Changes
-=item IO Functions
+=item Documentation
-start_glob
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item Pad Data Structures
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-CvPADLIST
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Stack Manipulation Macros
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-djSP, LVRET
+=item Changed Internals
-=item SV Manipulation Functions
+=item Known Problems
-report_uninit, sv_add_arena, sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs, sv_free_arenas
+=over 4
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Platform Specific Problems
+
+=back
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
+=head2 perl591delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.1
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item History and Background
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Layers vs Disciplines
+=over 4
-=item Data Structures
+=item substr() lvalues are no longer fixed-length
-=item Functions and Attributes
+=item The C<:unique> attribute is only meaningful for globals
-=item Per-instance Data
+=back
-=item Layers in action.
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Per-instance flag bits
+=over 4
-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 Lexical C<$_>
-=item Methods in Detail
+=item Tied hashes in scalar context
-name, size, kind, PERLIO_K_BUFFERED, PERLIO_K_CANCRLF, PERLIO_K_FASTGETS,
-PERLIO_K_MULTIARG, PERLIO_K_RAW, Pushed, Popped, Open, 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 Formats
-=item Core Layers
+=item Stacked filetest operators
-"unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8"
+=back
-=item Extension Layers
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-":encoding", ":Scalar", ":Via"
+Benchmark, Carp, Exporter, FindBin, List::Util, threads::shared
-=back
+=item Utility Changes
-=item TODO
+=item Documentation
-=back
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item UTF-8 bugs
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Threading bugs
-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)>
+=item More bugs
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Co-existence with stdio
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,flags)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,flags)>,
-B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>, B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>
+=item Changed Internals
-=item "Fast gets" Functions
+=over 4
-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 Reordering of SVt_* constants
-=item Other Functions
+=item Removal of CPP symbols
-PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers),
-'E<lt>' read, 'E<gt>' write, '+' read/write, PerlIO_debug(fmt,...)
+=item Less space is used by ops
-=back
+=item New parser
=back
-=head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
-
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Configuration and Building
-=item To do during 5.6.x
+=item Known Problems
=over 4
-=item Support for I/O disciplines
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item Autoload bytes.pm
+=back
-=item Make "\u{XXXX}" et al work
+=item To-do for perl 5.10.0
-=item Create a char *sv_pvprintify(sv, STRLEN *lenp, UV flags)
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item Overloadable regex assertions
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Unicode
+=back
-=item use Thread for iThreads
+=head2 perl590delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.0
-=item make perl_clone optionally clone ops
+=over 4
-=item Work out exit/die semantics for threads
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Typed lexicals for compiler
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Compiler workarounds for Win32
+=over 4
-=item AUTOLOADing in the compiler
+=item Hash Randomisation
-=item Fixing comppadlist when compiling
+=item UTF-8 On Filehandles No Longer Activated By Locale
-=item Cleaning up exported namespace
+=item Single-number v-strings are no longer v-strings before "=>"
-=item Complete signal handling
+=item (Win32) The -C Switch Has Been Repurposed
-=item Out-of-source builds
+=item (Win32) The /d Switch Of cmd.exe
-=item POSIX realtime support
+=item The C<$*> variable has been removed
-=item UNIX98 support
+=back
-=item IPv6 Support
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Long double conversion
+=over 4
-=item Locales
+=item Assertions
-=item Thread-safe regexes
+=item Defined-or operators
-=item Arithmetic on non-Arabic numerals
+=item UTF-8 no longer default under UTF-8 locales
-=item POSIX Unicode character classes
+=item Unsafe signals again available
-=item Factoring out common suffices/prefices in regexps (trie optimization)
+=item Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices
-=item Security audit shipped utilities
+=item local ${$x}
-=item Sort out the uid-setting mess
+=item Unicode Character Database 4.0.0
-=item Custom opcodes
+=item Miscellaneous Enhancements
-=item DLL Versioning
+=back
-=item Introduce @( and @)
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item Floating point handling
+=over 4
-=item IV/UV preservation
+=item Updated Modules And Pragmata
-=item Replace pod2html with something using Pod::Parser
+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
-=item Automate module testing on CPAN
+=back
-=item sendmsg and recvmsg
+=item Utility Changes
-=item Rewrite perlre documentation
+=item New Documentation
-=item Convert example code to IO::Handle filehandles
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item Document Win32 choices
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item Check new modules
+=over 4
-=item Make roffitall find pods and libs itself
+=item Platform-specific enhancements
=back
-=item To do at some point
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
=over 4
-=item Remove regular expression recursion
-
-=item Memory leaks after failed eval
+=item Closures, eval and lexicals
-=item bitfields in pack
+=item Generic fixes
-=item Cross compilation
+=item Platform-specific fixes
-=item Perl preprocessor / macros
+=back
-=item Perl lexer in Perl
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item Using POSIX calls internally
+=over 4
-=item -i rename file when changed
+=item Changed "A thread exited while %d threads were running"
-=item All ARGV input should act like E<lt>E<gt>
+=item Removed "Attempt to clear a restricted hash"
-=item Support for rerunning debugger
+=item New "Illegal declaration of anonymous subroutine"
-=item Test Suite for the Debugger
+=item Changed "Invalid range "%s" in transliteration operator"
-=item my sub foo { }
+=item New "Missing control char name in \c"
-=item One-pass global destruction
+=item New "Newline in left-justified string for %s"
-=item Rewrite regexp parser
+=item New "Possible precedence problem on bitwise %c operator"
-=item Cache recently used regexps
+=item New "read() on %s filehandle %s"
-=item Re-entrant functions
+=item New "Tied variable freed while still in use"
-=item Cross-compilation support
+=item New "To%s: illegal mapping '%s'"
-=item Bit-shifting bitvectors
+=item New "Use of freed value in iteration"
-=item debugger pragma
+=back
-=item use less pragma
+=item Changed Internals
-=item switch structures
+=item New Tests
-=item Cache eval tree
+=item Known Problems
-=item rcatmaybe
+=over 4
-=item Shrink opcode tables
+=item Tied hashes in scalar context
-=item Optimize away @_
+=item Net::Ping 450_service and 510_ping_udp failures
-=item Prototypes versus indirect objects
+=item B::C
-=item Install HTML
+=back
-=item Prototype method calls
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item Return context prototype declarations
+=over 4
-=item magic_setisa
+=item EBCDIC Platforms
-=item Garbage collection
+=item Cygwin 1.5 problems
-=item IO tutorial
+=item HP-UX: HP cc warnings about sendfile and sendpath
-=item Rewrite perldoc
+=item IRIX: t/uni/tr_7jis.t falsely failing
-=item Install .3p manpages
+=item Mac OS X: no usemymalloc
-=item Unicode tutorial
+=item Tru64: No threaded builds with GNU cc (gcc)
-=item Update POSIX.pm for 1003.1-2
+=item Win32: sysopen, sysread, syswrite
-=item Retargetable installation
+=back
-=item POSIX emulation on non-POSIX systems
+=item TODO
-=item Rename Win32 headers
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item Finish off lvalue functions
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Update sprintf documentation
+=back
-=item Use fchown/fchmod internally
+=head2 perl585delta - what is new for perl v5.8.5
-=item Make v-strings overloaded objects
+=over 4
-=item Allow restricted hash assignment
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Should overload be inheritable?
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Taint rethink
+=item Core Enhancements
-=back
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item Vague ideas
+=item Utility Changes
=over 4
-=item ref() in list context
+=item Perl's debugger
-=item Make tr/// return histogram of characters in list context
-
-=item Compile to real threaded code
+=item h2ph
-=item Structured types
+=back
-=item Modifiable $1 et al.
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item Procedural interfaces for IO::*, etc.
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item RPC modules
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item Attach/detach debugger from running program
+=item Changed Internals
-=item GUI::Native
+=item Known Problems
-=item foreach(reverse ...)
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item Constant function cache
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item Approximate regular expression matching
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Ongoing
+=head2 perl584delta - what is new for perl v5.8.4
=over 4
-=item Update guts documentation
-
-=item Add more tests
-
-=item Update auxiliary tools
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Create debugging macros
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item truncate to the people
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Unicode in Filenames
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Malloc wrapping
-=item Recently done things
+=item Unicode Character Database 4.0.1
-=over 4
+=item suidperl less insecure
-=item Alternative RE syntax module
+=item format
-=item Safe signal handling
+=back
-=item Tie Modules
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item gettimeofday
+=over 4
-=item setitimer and getimiter
+=item Updated modules
-=item Testing __DIE__ hook
+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
-=item CPP equivalent in Perl
+=back
-=item Explicit switch statements
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item autocroak
+=item Utility Changes
-=item UTF/EBCDIC
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item UTF Regexes
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item perlcc to produce executable
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item END blocks saved in compiled output
+=item Changed Internals
-=item Secure temporary file module
+=item Future Directions
-=item Integrate Time::HiRes
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item Turn Cwd into XS
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item Mmap for input
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Byte to/from UTF8 and UTF8 to/from local conversion
+=back
-=item Add sockatmark support
+=head2 perl583delta - what is new for perl v5.8.3
-=item Mailing list archives
+=over 4
-=item Bug tracking
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Integrate MacPerl
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Web "nerve center" for Perl
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Regular expression tutorial
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item Debugging Tutorial
+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 Integrate new modules
+=item Utility Changes
-=item Integrate profiler
+=item New Documentation
-=item Y2K error detection
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item Regular expression debugger
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item POD checker
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item "Dynamic" lexicals
+=item Changed Internals
-=item Cache precompiled modules
+=item Configuration and Building
-=back
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item Deprecated Wishes
+=item Known Problems
-=over 4
+=item Future Directions
-=item Loop control on do{}
+=item Obituary
-=item Lexically scoped typeglobs
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item format BOTTOM
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item report HANDLE
+=back
-=item Generalised want()/caller())
+=head2 perl582delta - what is new for perl v5.8.2
-=item Named prototypes
+=over 4
-=item Built-in globbing
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Regression tests for suidperl
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Cached hash values
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Add compression modules
+=over 4
-=item Reorganise documentation into tutorials/references
+=item Hash Randomisation
-=item Remove distinction between functions and operators
+=item Threading
-=item Make XS easier to use
+=back
-=item Make embedding easier to use
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item man for perl
+=over 4
-=item my $Package::variable
+=item Updated Modules And Pragmata
-=item "or" tests defined, not truth
+Devel::PPPort, Digest::MD5, I18N::LangTags, libnet, MIME::Base64,
+Pod::Perldoc, strict, Tie::Hash, Time::HiRes, Unicode::Collate,
+Unicode::Normalize, UNIVERSAL
-=item "class"-based lexicals
+=back
-=item byteperl
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Lazy evaluation / tail recursion removal
+=item Changed Internals
-=item Make "use utf8" the default
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item Unicode collation and normalization
+=item Future Directions
-=item pack/unpack tutorial
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlhack - How to hack at the Perl internals
+=head2 perl581delta - what is new for perl v5.8.1
=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 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 Incompatible Changes
=over 4
-=item Keeping in sync
-
-rsync'ing the source tree, Using rsync over the LAN, Using pushing over the
-NFS, rsync'ing the patches
-
-=item Why rsync the source tree
-
-It's easier to rsync the source tree, It's more recent, It's more reliable
-
-=item Why rsync the patches
-
-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 Hash Randomisation
-=item Perlbug remote interface
+=item UTF-8 On Filehandles No Longer Activated By Locale
-1 http://bugs.perl.org, 2 bugdb@perl.org, 3
-commands_and_bugdids@bugs.perl.org, notes, patches, tests
+=item Single-number v-strings are no longer v-strings before "=>"
-=item Submitting patches
+=item (Win32) The -C Switch Has Been Repurposed
-L<perlguts>, L<perlxstut> and L<perlxs>, L<perlapi>,
-F<Porting/pumpkin.pod>, The perl5-porters FAQ
+=item (Win32) The /d Switch Of cmd.exe
-=item Finding Your Way Around
+=back
-Core modules, Tests, Documentation, Configure, Interpreter
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Elements of the interpreter
+=over 4
-Startup, Parsing, Optimization, Running
+=item UTF-8 no longer default under UTF-8 locales
-=item Internal Variable Types
+=item Unsafe signals again available
-=item Op Trees
+=item Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices
-=item Stacks
+=item local ${$x}
-Argument stack, Mark stack, Save stack
+=item Unicode Character Database 4.0.0
-=item Millions of Macros
+=item Deprecation Warnings
-=item Poking at Perl
+=item Miscellaneous Enhancements
-=item Using a source-level debugger
+=back
-run [args], break function_name, break source.c:xxx, step, next, continue,
-finish, 'enter', print
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item Dumping Perl Data Structures
+=over 4
-=item Patching
+=item Updated Modules And Pragmata
-=item Patching a core module
+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
-=item Adding a new function to the core
+=back
-=item Writing a test
+=item Utility Changes
-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
+=item New Documentation
-=item Special Make Test Targets
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
-coretest, test.deparse, minitest, test.third check.third utest.third
-ucheck.third, test.torture torturetest, utest ucheck test.utf8 check.utf8
+=item Platform-specific enhancements
=back
-=item EXTERNAL TOOLS FOR DEBUGGING PERL
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
=over 4
-=item Rational Software's Purify
+=item Closures, eval and lexicals
-=item Purify on Unix
+=item Generic fixes
--Accflags=-DPURIFY, -Doptimize='-g', -Uusemymalloc, -Dusemultiplicity
+=item Platform-specific fixes
-=item Purify on NT
+=back
-DEFINES, USE_MULTI = define, #PERL_MALLOC = define, CFG = Debug
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item Compaq's/Digital's Third Degree
+=over 4
-=item PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL
+=item Changed "A thread exited while %d threads were running"
-=item Profiling
+=item Removed "Attempt to clear a restricted hash"
-=item Gprof Profiling
+=item New "Illegal declaration of anonymous subroutine"
--a, -b, -e routine, -f routine, -s, -z
+=item Changed "Invalid range "%s" in transliteration operator"
-=item GCC gcov Profiling
+=item New "Missing control char name in \c"
-=item Pixie Profiling
+=item New "Newline in left-justified string for %s"
--h, -l, -p[rocedures], -h[eavy], -i[nvocations], -l[ines], -testcoverage,
--z[ero]
+=item New "Possible precedence problem on bitwise %c operator"
-=item Miscellaneous tricks
+=item New "Pseudo-hashes are deprecated"
-=item CONCLUSION
+=item New "read() on %s filehandle %s"
-I<The Road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began.>
+=item New "5.005 threads are deprecated"
-=back
+=item New "Tied variable freed while still in use"
-=item AUTHOR
+=item New "To%s: illegal mapping '%s'"
+
+=item New "Use of freed value in iteration"
=back
-=head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
+=item Changed Internals
-=over 4
+=item New Tests
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Known Problems
-=item INTRODUCTION
+=over 4
-=item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
+=item Tied hashes in scalar context
-=over 4
+=item Net::Ping 450_service and 510_ping_udp failures
-=item PUMPKIN?
+=item B::C
=back
-=item THE RECORDS
+=item Platform Specific Problems
=over 4
-=item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
+=item EBCDIC Platforms
-=item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
+=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 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
+=item Future Directions
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.8.0
+=head2 perl58delta - what is new for perl v5.8.0
=over 4
=item AIX Dynaloading
-=item Attributes for C<my> variables now handled at run-time.
+=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
=over 4
+=item Unicode Overhaul
+
=item PerlIO is Now The Default
+=item ithreads
+
=item Restricted Hashes
=item Safe Signals
-=item Unicode Overhaul
-
=item Understanding of Numbers
+=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings [561]
+
=item Miscellaneous Changes
=back
=item Changed Internals
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed [561]
=item New Tests
=over 4
-=item AIX
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Very Experimental
-=item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
+=item Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken
-=item FreeBSD Failing locale Test 117 For ISO8859-15 Locales
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
=item Modifying $_ Inside for(..)
=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 Failure of Thread (5.005-style) tests
+=item Solaris x86 Fails Tests With -Duse64bitint
-=item UNICOS
+=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 z/OS (OS/390)
-=item Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken
-
-=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+=item Unicode Support on EBCDIC Still Spotty
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
-=item Unicode Support on EBCDIC Still Spotty
+=back
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item The Long Double Support Is Still Experimental
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
+=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 Known test failures
-, ,
-
=item EBCDIC platforms not fully supported
=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
=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 The IBM ANSI C Compiler
+=item The usenm option
+
=item Using GNU's gcc for building perl
=item Using Large Files with Perl
=back
-=head2 perlapollo, README.apollo - Perl version 5 on Apollo DomainOS
-
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=back
-
=head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS
=over 4
+=item NOTE
+
=item SYNOPSIS
=back
=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 on BeOS
=over 4
=item Contact Information
-=item Update 2002-03-02
+=item Update 2002-05-30
=back
=item Floating point anomalies on BS2000
+=item Using PerlIO and different encodings on ASCII and EBCDIC partitions
+
=back
=item AUTHORS
=back
-=over 4
+=head2 perlce - Perl for WinCE
-=item Name
+=over 4
-=item Description
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Build
+=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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-=item Author
+=item AUTHORS
=back
=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<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>), C<-lutil>
=item Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin
=over 4
-=item Warnings on Cygwin
+=item Errors on Cygwin
=item ld2 on Cygwin
=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, F<.exe>, chown(), Miscellaneous
+Pathnames, Text/Binary, PerlIO, F<.exe>, C<chown()>, Miscellaneous
=back
=item MANIFEST ON CYGWIN
-Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl
-Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts
+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
-=item BUGS ON CYGWIN
+=back
-=item AUTHORS
+=item AUTHOR
-=item HISTORY
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perldgux - Perl under DG/UX.
+=head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95.
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on DOS
-=item BUILDING PERL ON DG/UX
+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 Non-threaded Perl on DG/UX
+=item Building Prerequisites for Perl on DOS
-=item Threaded Perl on DG/UX
+=item Unpacking CPAN Modules on DOS
-=item Testing Perl on DG/UX
+=item Building Non-XS Modules on DOS
-=item Installing the built perl on DG/UX
+=item Building XS Modules on DOS
=back
=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
=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 PA-RISC 2.0
-=item Itanium
+=item Itanium & Itanium 2
=item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions
=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
=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 Compiling Perl 5 on MachTen
+=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
=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 AUTHOR
-=item Name
+=back
-=item Description
+=head2 perlnetware - Perl for NetWare
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Build
+=item BUILD
=over 4
=item Setup
-Buildtype.bat, SetNWBld.bat, MPKBuild.bat
+SetNWBld.bat, Buildtype.bat
=item Make
=back
-=item Install
-
-=item Build new extensions
+=item INSTALL
-=item Known Issues
+=item BUILD NEW EXTENSIONS
-=item Acknowledgements
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-=item Authors
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Date
+=item DATE
=back
=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
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)>
+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::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver, $OS2::is_aout, $OS2::can_fork,
+$OS2::nsyserror
=item Misfeatures
=item Centralized management of resources
-C<HAB>, C<HMQ>
+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
=over 4
+=item Text-mode filehandles
+
=item Priorities
=item DLL name mangling: pre 5.6.2
=back
-=head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
+=head2 perlos400, README.os400 - Perl version 5 on OS/400
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4
-
-/bin/sh, ar, nm, cpp, make
+=item Compiling Perl for OS/400 PASE
-=item Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4
+=item Installing Perl in OS/400 PASE
-=item QNX auxiliary files
+=item Using Perl in OS/400 PASE
-qnx/ar, qnx/cpp
+=item Known Problems
-=item Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
+=item Perl on ILE
=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item AUTHORS
=back
=back
+=head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=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 Compiler and Related Tools on Solaris.
-=item Environment for Compiling Perl on Solaris
+=item Environment for Compiling perl on Solaris
=back
=over 4
-=item 64-bit Issues with Perl on Solaris.
+=item 64-bit perl on Solaris.
-=item Threads in Perl on Solaris.
+=item Threads in perl on Solaris.
-=item Malloc Issues with Perl on Solaris.
+=item Malloc Issues with perl on Solaris.
=back
=back
+=item SunOS 4.x
+
=item AUTHOR
=item LAST MODIFIED
=item Long Doubles on Tru64
+=item DB_File tests failing on Tru64
+
=item 64-bit Perl on Tru64
=item Warnings about floating-point overflow when compiling Perl on Tru64
=item ext/ODBM_File/odbm Test Failing With Static Builds
+=item Perl Fails Because Of Unresolved Symbol sockatmark
+
=item AUTHOR
=back
=item SYNOPSIS
-=over 4
-
-=item Multiple methods to build perl for VOS
-
-=item Stratus POSIX Support
-
-=back
+=item BUILDING PERL FOR VOS
=item INSTALLING PERL IN VOS
-=over 4
-
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on VOS
-
-=item Installing Perl 5 on VOS
-
-=back
-
=item USING PERL IN VOS
=over 4
-=item Unimplemented Features of Perl on VOS
-
=item Restrictions of Perl on VOS
+=item Handling of underflow and overflow
+
=back
+=item TEST STATUS
+
=item SUPPORT STATUS
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
-
-=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
+=head2 perlwin32 - Perl under Windows
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-method, locked
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Setting Up Perl on Win32
-=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
+Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Platform
+SDK 64-bit Compiler, MinGW release 3 with gcc, MinGW release 1 with gcc
-=over 4
+=item Building
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Testing Perl on Win32
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Installation of Perl on Win32
-=back
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on Win32
-=head2 threadshared::queue, threads::shared::queue - thread-safe queues
+Environment Variables, File Globbing, Using perl from the command line,
+Building Extensions, Command-line Wildcard Expansion, Win32 Specific
+Extensions, Notes on 64-bit Windows
-=over 4
+=item Running Perl Scripts
-=item SYNOPSIS
+Miscellaneous Things
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-=item FUNCTIONS AND METHODS
+=item BUGS AND CAVEATS
-new, enqueue LIST, dequeue, dequeue_nb, pending
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+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 SEE ALSO
+=item HISTORY
+
=back
-=head2 threadshared::semaphore, threads::shared::semaphore - thread-safe
-semaphores
+=head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
+
+=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item FUNCTIONS AND METHODS
+method, locked
-new, new NUMBER, down, down NUMBER, up, up NUMBER
+=back
+
+=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
=item FUNCTIONS
-share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, unlock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE,
-cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
+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 DESCRIPTION
$thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
-threads->self, $thread->tid, threads->yield();, threads->list();, async
-BLOCK;
+threads->self, $thread->tid, threads->object( tid ), threads->yield();,
+threads->list();, async BLOCK;
=item WARNINGS
-Cleanup skipped %d active threads
+A thread exited while %d other threads were still running
+
+=item TODO
-=item BUGS / TODO
+=item BUGS
-Parent-Child threads, tid is I32, Returning objects, PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are
-not threadsafe, will not be
+Parent-Child threads, Returning objects, Creating threads inside BEGIN
+blocks, PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
=back
+=head2 assertions - select assertions in blocks of code
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 assertions::activate - activate assertions
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+
+=back
+
=head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes
=over 4
=back
-=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
-
-=over 4
-
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-method, locked
-
-=back
-
=head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
=over 4
=back
-=head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time
+=head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base classes at compile time
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+Base class package "%s" is empty
+
=item HISTORY
+=item CAVEATS
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 bigint - Transparent big integer support for Perl
+=head2 bigint - Transparent BigInteger support for Perl
=over 4
=item METHODS
+=item CAVEAT
+
=back
=item MODULES USED
a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
+=item METHODS
+
+=item CAVEAT
+
+inf(), NaN(), upgrade()
+
=item MATH LIBRARY
=item INTERNAL FORMAT
=item SIGN
-=item METHODS
-
=back
=item MODULES USED
=item METHODS
+=item CAVEAT
+
=back
=item EXAMPLES
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item LIMITATIONS
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
=item CUSTOM TRANSLATORS
+=item CUSTOM ALIASES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Anonymous hashes
+
+=item Alias file
+
+=item Alias shortcut
+
+=back
+
=item charnames::viacode(code)
-=item charnames::vianame(code)
+=item charnames::vianame(name)
=item ALIASES
=back
-=head2 diagnostics - Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning
-diagnostics
+=head2 diagnostics, splain - produce verbose warning diagnostics
=over 4
=item ABSTRACT
+=over 4
+
+=item Literal Conversions
+
+=item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
+
+=item Implicit upgrading for byte strings
+
+=back
+
+=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> ...] ;, no encoding;
+I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;, no encoding;
+
+=item The Filter Option
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
+
+=back
=item CAVEATS
=item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
-=back
+=item tr/// with ranges
-=item Non-ASCII Identifiers and Filter option
+Legend of characters above
-use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;
+=back
=item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
+
+=item HISTORY
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
=item CAVEATS
+=item NOTES
+
=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 open - perl pragma to set default disciplines for input and output
+=head2 open - perl pragma to set default PerlIO layers for input and output
=over 4
=back
-=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
-
-=over 4
-
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=back
-
=head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
=over 4
C<strict refs>, C<strict vars>, C<strict subs>
+=item HISTORY
+
=back
=head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
=back
-=head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
-from perl
+=head2 threadshared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data
+structures between threads
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-$thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
-threads->self, $thread->tid, threads->yield();, threads->list();, async
-BLOCK;
+=item EXPORT
-=item WARNINGS
+=item FUNCTIONS
-Cleanup skipped %d active threads
+share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, cond_wait CONDVAR,
+LOCKVAR, cond_timedwait VARIABLE, ABS_TIMEOUT, cond_timedwait CONDVAR,
+ABS_TIMEOUT, LOCKVAR, cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
-=item BUGS / TODO
+=item NOTES
-Parent-Child threads, tid is I32, Returning objects, PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are
-not threadsafe, will not be
+=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
+=item AUTHOR
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 threadshared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data
-structures between threads
+=head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source
+code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXPORT
+=over 4
-=item FUNCTIONS
+=item Utility functions
-share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, unlock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE,
-cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
+$num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string), $success = utf8::downgrade($string[,
+FAIL_OK]), utf8::encode($string), utf8::decode($string), $flag =
+utf8::is_utf8(STRING), $flag = utf8::valid(STRING)
-=item NOTES
+=back
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
-
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 threadshared::queue, threads::shared::queue - thread-safe queues
+=head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item FUNCTIONS AND METHODS
-
-new, enqueue LIST, dequeue, dequeue_nb, pending
-
-=item SEE ALSO
-
=back
-=head2 threadshared::semaphore, threads::shared::semaphore - thread-safe
-semaphores
+=head2 version - Perl extension for Version Objects
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item FUNCTIONS AND METHODS
+=over 4
-new, new NUMBER, down, down NUMBER, up, up NUMBER
+=item What IS a version
-=back
+Numeric Versions, Quoted Versions
-=head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source
-code
+=item What about v-strings?
-=over 4
+=item Numeric Versions
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Quoted Versions
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Object Methods
-=over 4
+New Operator, qv(), Normal Form, Numification, Stringification, Comparison
+operators, Logical Operators
-=item Utility functions
+=item Quoting
-$num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string);, utf8::downgrade($string[, FAIL_OK]),
-utf8::encode($string), $flag = utf8::decode($string), $flag =
-utf8::valid(STRING)
+=item Types of Versions Objects
-=back
+Ordinary versions, Alpha versions
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Replacement UNIVERSAL::VERSION
=back
-=head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
-
-=over 4
+=item EXPORT
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item AUTHOR
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item OVERVIEW
+
+=item Utility Functions
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Functions Returning C<B::SV>, C<B::AV>, C<B::HV>, and C<B::CV>
+objects
+
+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 Functions for Examining the Symbol Table
+
+walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE, PREFIX)
+
+=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
+
=item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
=over 4
=item SV-RELATED CLASSES
-=item B::SV METHODS
+=item B::SV Methods
-REFCNT, FLAGS
+REFCNT, FLAGS, object_2svref
-=item B::IV METHODS
+=item B::IV Methods
IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv
-=item B::NV METHODS
+=item B::NV Methods
NV, NVX
-=item B::RV METHODS
+=item B::RV Methods
RV
-=item B::PV METHODS
+=item B::PV Methods
PV, RV, PVX
-=item B::PVMG METHODS
+=item B::PVMG Methods
MAGIC, SvSTASH
-=item B::MAGIC METHODS
+=item B::MAGIC Methods
MOREMAGIC, precomp, PRIVATE, TYPE, FLAGS, OBJ, PTR, REGEX
-=item B::PVLV METHODS
+=item B::PVLV Methods
TARGOFF, TARGLEN, TYPE, TARG
-=item B::BM METHODS
+=item B::BM Methods
USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE
-=item B::GV METHODS
+=item B::GV Methods
is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN,
LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS
-=item B::IO METHODS
+=item B::IO Methods
LINES, PAGE, PAGE_LEN, LINES_LEFT, TOP_NAME, TOP_GV, FMT_NAME, FMT_GV,
BOTTOM_NAME, BOTTOM_GV, SUBPROCESS, IoTYPE, IoFLAGS, IsSTD
-=item B::AV METHODS
+=item B::AV Methods
-FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, AvFLAGS
+FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, ARRAYelt, AvFLAGS
-=item B::CV METHODS
+=item B::CV Methods
-STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, XSUB, XSUBANY,
-CvFLAGS, const_sv
+STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE_SEQ, XSUB,
+XSUBANY, CvFLAGS, const_sv
-=item B::HV METHODS
+=item B::HV Methods
FILL, MAX, KEYS, RITER, NAME, PMROOT, ARRAY
=item OP-RELATED CLASSES
-=item B::OP METHODS
+=item B::OP Methods
next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, seq, flags, private
children
-=item B::PMOP METHODS
+=item B::PMOP Methods
pmreplroot, pmreplstart, pmnext, pmregexp, pmflags, pmdynflags,
-pmpermflags, precomp, pmoffet
+pmpermflags, precomp, pmoffset
=item B::SVOP METHOD
pv
-=item B::LOOP METHODS
+=item B::LOOP Methods
redoop, nextop, lastop
-=item B::COP METHODS
+=item B::COP Methods
-label, stash, file, cop_seq, arybase, line
+label, stash, stashpv, file, cop_seq, arybase, line, warnings, io
=back
-=item FUNCTIONS EXPORTED BY C<B>
-
-main_cv, init_av, begin_av, end_av, main_root, main_start, comppadlist,
-regex_padav, 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), perlstring(STR), class(OBJ), threadsv_names
-
=item AUTHOR
=back
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item EXAMPLE
+
=item OPTIONS
-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>
+B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item KNOWN BUGS
-=item BUGS
+=item NOTICE
=item AUTHORS
=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>
+=over 4
+
+=item Options for Opcode Ordering
+
+B<-basic>, B<-exec>, B<-tree>
+
+=item Options for Line-Style
+
+B<-concise>, B<-terse>, B<-linenoise>, B<-debug>, B<-env>
+
+=item Options for tree-specific formatting
+
+B<-compact>, B<-loose>, B<-vt>, B<-ascii>
+
+=item Options controlling sequence numbering
+
+B<-base>I<n>, B<-bigendian>, B<-littleendian>
+
+=item Other options
+
+B<-main>, B<-nomain>, B<-nobanner>, B<-banner>, B<-banneris> => subref
+
+=item Option Stickiness
+
+=back
+
+=item ABBREVIATIONS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item OP class abbreviations
+
+=item OP flags abbreviations
+
+=back
=item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS
+=over 4
+
+=item Special Patterns
+
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<~>
+
+=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<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>, B<#svclass>, B<#svval>,
-B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum>
+B<#seq>, B<#opt>, B<#static>, B<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>, B<#svclass>,
+B<#svval>, B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum>
-=item ABBREVIATIONS
+=back
+
+=item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework
=over 4
-=item OP flags abbreviations
+=item Example: Altering Concise Renderings
-=item OP class abbreviations
+=item set_style()
-=back
+=item set_style_standard($name)
-=item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework
+=item add_style()
+
+=item add_callback()
+
+=item Running B::Concise::compile()
+
+=item B::Concise::reset_sequence()
+
+=item Errors
+
+=back
=item AUTHOR
=item OPTIONS
-B<-l>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-q>, B<-f>I<FILE>, B<-s>I<LETTERS>, B<C>,
+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>
=item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE
=item OPTIONS AND LINT CHECKS
-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>
+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
=item Optional Exports
-clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUT, CODEHASHREF, [
+clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [
STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), countit(TIME, CODE),
disablecache ( ), enablecache ( ), timesum ( T1, T2 )
+=item :hireswallclock
+
=back
=item NOTES
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item EXAMPLE
+
=item OPTIONS
-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>
+B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item KNOWN BUGS
-=item BUGS
+=item NOTICE
=item AUTHORS
=item CREATING A POPUP MENU
+=item CREATING AN OPTION GROUP
+
=item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST
B<Parameters:>
=item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON
-B<Parameters:>
+B<Parameters:>, 3. The third option (-align, optional) is an alignment
+type, and may be TOP, BOTTOM or MIDDLE
=item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON
=item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
B<Accept()>, B<raw_cookie()>, B<user_agent()>, B<path_info()>,
-B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()>, 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()>
+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 USING NPH SCRIPTS
=item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS
-=item CHANGE LOG
+=item OVERRIDING THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM
=item AUTHORS
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item STATUS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
=back
-=head2 Carp::Heavy, Carp heavy machinery - no user serviceable parts inside
+=head2 Carp::Heavy - heavy machinery, no user serviceable parts inside
=head2 Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree
=item DESCRIPTION
-myconfig(), config_sh(), config_vars(@names)
+myconfig(), config_sh(), config_re($regex), config_vars(@names)
=item EXAMPLE
=item d
-C<d__fwalk>, C<d_access>, C<d_accessx>, 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_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_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_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_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_yield>, C<d_pwage>, C<d_pwchange>,
+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_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_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_vfork>, C<d_void_closedir>,
+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_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>,
=item g
-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<grep>, C<groupcat>, C<groupstype>, C<gzip>
+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 h
-C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>
+C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>, C<html1dir>, C<html1direxp>,
+C<html3dir>, C<html3direxp>
=item i
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>
+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 k
=item M
-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>
+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<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<procselfexe>, C<prototype>, C<ptrsize>
+C<pmake>, C<pr>, C<prefix>, C<prefixexp>, C<privlib>, C<privlibexp>,
+C<procselfexe>, C<prototype>, C<ptrsize>
=item q
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<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>
+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 t
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>
+C<use64bitint>, C<usecrosscompile>, C<usedl>, C<usefaststdio>,
+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>
=item v
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<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 x
-C<xlibpth>, C<xs_apiversion>
+C<xlibpth>
=item y
=item getcwd and friends
-getcwd, cwd, fastcwd, fastgetcwd
+getcwd, cwd, fastcwd, fastgetcwd, getdcwd
=item abs_path and friends
=item NOTES
+=item AUTHOR
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
=back
+=head2 DBM_Filter -- Filter DBM keys/values
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item What is a DBM Filter?
+
+=over 4
+
+=item So what's new?
+
+=back
+
+=item METHODS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item $db->Filter_Push()
+
+=item $db->Filter_Key_Push()
+
+=item $db->Filter_Value_Push()
+
+Filter_Push, Filter_Key_Push, Filter_Value_Push
+
+=item $db->Filter_Pop()
+
+=item $db->Filtered()
+
+=back
+
+=item Writing a Filter
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Immediate Filters
+
+=item Canned Filters
+
+"name", params
+
+=back
+
+=item Filters Included
+
+utf8, encode, compress, int32, null
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Maintain Round Trip Integrity
+
+=item Don't mix filtered & non-filtered data in the same database file.
+
+=back
+
+=item EXAMPLE
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
=over 4
=item Configuration Variables or Methods
-$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]>)
-
=item Exports
Dumper
=item BUGS
+=over 4
+
+=item NOTE
+
+=back
+
=item AUTHOR
=item VERSION
=back
-=head2 Devel::PPPort, Perl/Pollution/Portability
+=head2 Devel::PPPort - Perl/Pollution/Portability
=over 4
=back
-=head2 Digest:: - Modules that calculate message digests
+=head2 Digest - Modules that calculate message digests
=over 4
=item OO INTERFACE
$ctx = Digest->XXX($arg,...), $ctx = Digest->new(XXX => $arg,...), $ctx =
-Digest::XXX->new($arg,...), $ctx->reset, $ctx->add($data,...),
-$ctx->addfile($io_handle), $ctx->digest, $ctx->hexdigest, $ctx->b64digest
+Digest::XXX->new($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, $ctx->b64digest
+
+=item Digest speed
=item SEE ALSO
=item METHODS
-$md5 = Digest::MD5->new, $md5->reset, $md5->add($data,...),
-$md5->addfile($io_handle), $md5->digest, $md5->hexdigest, $md5->b64digest
+$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 EXAMPLES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Digest::base - Digest base class
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNPOSIS
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item DESCRIPTION
=item SEE ALSO
-=item COPYRIGHT
-
-=item AUTHORS
-
=back
=head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
=item DESCRIPTION
@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()
+@dl_modules, @dl_shared_objects, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(),
+dl_expandspec(), dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_load_flags(),
+dl_find_symbol(), dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(),
+dl_install_xsub(), bootstrap()
=item AUTHOR
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item Migration from C<DynaLoader>
+
+=item Backward compatible boilerplate
+
+=back
+
+=item Order of initialization: early load()
+
+=over 4
+
+=item The most hairy case
+
+=back
+
+=item LIMITATIONS
+
=item AUTHOR
=back
=back
-=head2 Encode::CJKConstants -- Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
+=head2 Encode::CJKConstants -- Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
=head2 Encode::CN - China-based Chinese Encodings
=item Methods you should implement
--E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check])
+-E<gt>encode($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>new_sequence, -E<gt>perlio_ok(), -E<gt>needs_lines()
+-E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>perlio_ok(), -E<gt>needs_lines()
=item Example: Encode::ROT13
=item How does it work?
-=item BUGS
+=item Line Buffering
=over 4
-=item Workaround
-
=item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
=back
=back
+=head2 Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7 encoding
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item In Practice
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Alias, Encode::Alias - alias definitions to
encodings
=back
-=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CJKConstants.pm --
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CJKConstants.pm --
Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CN::HZ, Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by
=item Methods you should implement
--E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check])
+-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>new_sequence, -E<gt>perlio_ok(), -E<gt>needs_lines()
+-E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>perlio_ok(), -E<gt>needs_lines()
=item Example: Encode::ROT13
=item How does it work?
-=item BUGS
+=item Line Buffering
=over 4
-=item Workaround
-
=item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
=back
=back
-=head2 Encode::lib::Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Unicode::UTF7, Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7
+encoding
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
- use Encode::Encoder;
- # Encode::encode("ISO-8859-1", $data);
- Encode::Encoder->new($data)->iso_8859_1; # OOP way
- # shortcut
- use Encode::Encoder qw(encoder);
- encoder($data)->iso_8859_1;
- # you can stack them!
- encoder($data)->iso_8859_1->base64; # provided base64() is defined
- # you can use it as a decoder as well
- encoder($base64)->bytes('base64')->latin1;
- # stringified
- print encoder($data)->utf8->latin1; # prints the string in latin1
- # numified
- encoder("\x{abcd}\x{ef}g")->utf8 == 6; # true. bytes::length($data)
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item In Practice
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
=item ABSTRACT
=item ABSTRACT
+=over 4
+
+=item Literal Conversions
+
+=item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
+
+=item Implicit upgrading for byte strings
+
+=back
+
+=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> ...] ;, no encoding;
+I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;, no encoding;
+
+=item The Filter Option
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
+
+=back
=item CAVEATS
=item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
-=back
+=item tr/// with ranges
-=item Non-ASCII Identifiers and Filter option
+Legend of characters above
-use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;
+=back
=item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
+
+=item HISTORY
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
=item SYNOPSIS
- use Encode::Encoder;
- # Encode::encode("ISO-8859-1", $data);
- Encode::Encoder->new($data)->iso_8859_1; # OOP way
- # shortcut
- use Encode::Encoder qw(encoder);
- encoder($data)->iso_8859_1;
- # you can stack them!
- encoder($data)->iso_8859_1->base64; # provided base64() is defined
- # you can use it as a decoder as well
- encoder($base64)->bytes('base64')->latin1;
- # stringified
- print encoder($data)->utf8->latin1; # prints the string in latin1
- # numified
- encoder("\x{abcd}\x{ef}g")->utf8 == 6; # true. bytes::length($data)
-
=item ABSTRACT
=item Description
=item Exporting without using Exporter's import method
+=item Exporting without inheriting from Exporter
+
=item Module Version Checking
=item Managing Unknown Symbols
test_f file
+dos2unix
+
=over 4
=item BUGS
=back
+B<pod2man>
+
+B<warn_if_old_packlist>
+
+B<perllocal_install>
+
+B<uninstall>
+
=head2 ExtUtils::Constant - generate XS code to import C header constants
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item Functions
+
+B<install>
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+B<install_default> I<DISCOURAGED>
+
+B<uninstall>
+
+B<pm_to_blib>
+
+_autosplit
+
+=over 4
+
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+B<PERL_INSTALL_ROOT>
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item LICENSE
+
=back
=head2 ExtUtils::Installed - Inventory management of installed modules
=back
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Any - Platform agnostic MM methods
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Any - Platform-agnostic MM methods
=over 4
=item Inherently Cross-Platform Methods
+installvars
+
+=back
+
+os_flavor_is
+
+blibdirs_target (o)
+
=over 4
-=item File::Spec wrappers B<DEPRECATED>
+=item File::Spec wrappers
-canonpath
+catfile
=back
+=over 4
+
+=item Thought To Be Cross-Platform Methods
+
+B<split_command>
+
=back
-catdir
+B<echo>
-catfile
+init_VERSION
-curdir
+wraplist
-file_name_is_absolute
+manifypods
-path
+manifypods_target
-rootdir
+makemakerdflt_target
-updir
+special_targets
+
+POD2MAN_macro
+
+test_via_harness
+
+test_via_script
+
+libscan
+
+tool_autosplit
+
+all_target
+
+metafile_target
+
+signature_target
+
+metafile_addtomanifest_target
+
+signature_addtomanifest_target
=over 4
-=item Thought To Be Cross-Platform Methods
+=item Abstract methods
-test_via_harness
+oneliner, B<quote_literal>, B<escape_newlines>, max_exec_len,
+B<init_others>, init_DIRFILESEP, init_linker, init_platform,
+platform_constants
=back
-test_via_script
+os_flavor
=over 4
=back
-perl_archive
+os_flavor (o)
+
+init_linker
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=item DESCRIPTION
-canonpath, cflags, manifypods, perl_archive
+os_flavor (o)
=back
+cflags (o)
+
+replace_manpage_separator (o)
+
+init_linker
+
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_DOS - DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
=over 4
=item Overridden methods
-B<replace_manpage_separator>
+os_flavor
=back
=back
+B<replace_manpage_separator>
+
=over 4
=item AUTHOR
init_others
+init_platform, platform_constants
+
init_dirscan
-libscan (o)
+init_VERSION (o)
-constants (o)
+special_targets (o)
static (o)
clean (o)
+clean_subdirs_target
+
realclean (o)
+realclean_subdirs_target
+
rulez (o)
processPL (o)
+os_flavor
+
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_NW5 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=back
-constants (o)
+os_flavor
+
+init_platform (o), platform_constants
+
+const_cccmd (o)
static_lib (o)
=item METHODS
+init_dist (o)
+
=back
-perl_archive_after
+init_linker
+
+os_flavor
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_UWIN - U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
=item Overridden methods
-B<replace_manpage_separator>
+os_flavor
=back
=back
+B<replace_manpage_separator>
+
=over 4
=item AUTHOR
=over 4
-=item SelfLoaded methods
+=item Methods
-c_o (o)
+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)
+dir_target B<DEPRECATED>
+
+init_DEST
+
+init_dist
dist (o)
dist_core (o)
-dist_dir
+B<dist_target>
+
+B<tardist_target>
+
+B<zipdist_target>
+
+B<tarfile_target>
+
+zipfile_target
+
+uutardist_target
+
+shdist_target
+
+distdir
dist_test
init_dirscan
+init_DIRFILESEP
+
init_main
init_others
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
realclean (o)
+realclean_subdirs_target
+
replace_manpage_separator
+oneliner (o)
+
+quote_literal
+
+escape_newlines
+
+max_exec_len
+
static (o)
static_lib (o)
test_via_script (override)
-tool_autosplit (o)
-
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
maybe_command (override)
-maybe_command_in_dirs (override)
-
perl_script (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)
+clean_subdirs_target
+
realclean (override)
-dist_core (override)
+zipfile_target (o), tarfile_target (o), shdist_target (o)
dist_test (override)
makefile (override)
-find_tests (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
+
+blibdirs_target (override)
+
+=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
+
+xs_o (o)
-test (override)
+pasthru (o)
-makeaperl (override)
+oneliner (o)
-nicetext (override)
+max_exec_len
-prefixify (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
-
-constants (o)
-
-static_lib (o)
-
-dynamic_bs (o)
+=over 4
-dynamic_lib (o)
+=item Overriden methods
-perl_script
+dist_test
-pm_to_blib
+=back
-tool_autosplit (override)
+=back
-tools_other (o)
+subdir_x
-xs_o (o)
+xs_c
-top_targets (o)
+xs_cpp
-manifypods (o)
+xs_o
-dist_ci (o)
+clean_subdirs_target
-dist_core (o)
+realclean_subdirs_target
-pasthru (o)
+max_exec_len
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win95 - method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X
+os_flavor
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
=back
=back
-=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - create an extension Makefile
+=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, 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, 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, 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, SITEPREFIX, SKIP,
-TYPEMAPS, VENDORPREFIX, VERBINST, VERSION, VERSION_FROM, XS, XSOPT,
-XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION
+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_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 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<Skipping> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>,
=item NOTES
+=item BUGS AND CAVEATS
+
=item HISTORY
=back
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
=item AUTHORS
=back
=back
+canonpath
+
+file_name_is_absolute
+
+tmpdir (override)
+
=head2 File::Spec::Epoc - methods for Epoc file specs
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-canonpath()
+=item AUTHORS
=back
+canonpath()
+
=over 4
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-canonpath
-
-splitpath
-
-splitdir
-
-catpath
-
=head2 File::Spec::OS2 - methods for OS/2 file specs
=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 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 DESCRIPTION
+=item C<--help> and C<--version>
+
=back
=head2 Hash::Util - A selection of general-utility hash subroutines
B<lock_hash>, B<unlock_hash>
+B<hash_seed>
+
=over 4
+=item CAVEATS
+
=item AUTHOR
=item SEE ALSO
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 )
=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 )
=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
-blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isweak EXPR, openhandle FH, 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
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
=back
-=head2 Locale::Maketext -- framework for localization
+=head2 Locale::Maketext - framework for localization
=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, $eol), decode_qp($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, $eol), decode_qp($str);
=item COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
=head2 Math::BigFloat - Arbitrary size floating point math package
=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
=item accuracy
+=item precision
+
=item brsft
=item new
=item is_one()/is_zero()/is_nan()/is_inf()
-=item is_positive()/is_negative()
+=item is_pos()/is_neg()
- $x->is_positive(); # true if >= 0
- $x->is_negative(); # true if < 0
+ $x->is_pos(); # true if >= 0
+ $x->is_neg(); # true if < 0
=item is_odd()/is_even()/is_int()
=item sign
-=item bcmp
+=item digit
=item bneg
=item bmod
+=item bmodinv
+
+=item bmodpow
+
=item bpow
=item blsft
=item copy
-=item as_number
+=item as_int
=item bsstr
=item BUGS
-Out of Memory!, Fails to load Calc on Perl prior 5.6.0
+broot() does not work, Out of Memory!, Fails to load Calc on Perl prior
+5.6.0
=item CAVEATS
-stringify, bstr(), bsstr() and 'cmp', int(), length, bdiv, infinity
-handling, Modifying and =, bpow, Overloading -$x, Mixing different object
-types, bsqrt(), brsft()
+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::BigRat - arbitrarily big rationals
+=head2 Math::BigInt::CalcEmu - Emulate low-level math with BigInt code
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item METHODS
+
+=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 - arbitrarily big rational numbers
=over 4
=over 4
-=item new
+=item new()
-=item numerator
+=item numerator()
-=item denominator
+=item denominator()
$d = $x->denominator();
-=item parts
+=item parts()
+
+=item as_number()
+
+=item bfac()
+
+=item blog()
+
+=item bround()/round()/bfround()
+
+=item bmod()
+
+=item is_one()
+
+=item is_zero()
+
+=item is_positive()
+
+=item is_negative()
+
+=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
=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 Avoiding repetitions
+=item Invoking all versions of a method with a single call
+
+=item Using C<EVERY> methods
+
=back
=item AUTHOR
debug_print ( DIR, TEXT ), debug_text ( TEXT ), command ( CMD [, ARGS, ...
]), unsupported (), response (), parse_response ( TEXT ), getline (),
-ungetline ( TEXT ), read_until_dot (), tied_fh ()
+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 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 ] ), getfh ( MSGNUM ), 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 Functions
-Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes]]]);, $p->hires( { 0 | 1 }
-);, $p->bind($local_addr);, $p->ping($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 WARNING
-
=item NOTES
+=item INSTALL
+
+=item BUGS
+
=item AUTHORS
=item COPYRIGHT
=item CONSTRUCTOR
-new Net::SMTP [ HOST, ] [ OPTIONS ]
+new ( [ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ] )
=item METHODS
-banner (), domain (), hello ( DOMAIN ), 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 ( [ $subject ] ),
-quit ()
+banner (), domain (), hello ( DOMAIN ), host (), etrn ( DOMAIN ), auth (
+USERNAME, PASSWORD ), mail ( ADDRESS [, OPTIONS] ), send ( ADDRESS ),
+send_or_mail ( ADDRESS ), send_and_mail ( ADDRESS ), reset (), recipient (
+ADDRESS [, ADDRESS, [...]] [, OPTIONS ] ), to ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]]
+), cc ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), bcc ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ),
+data ( [ DATA ] ), expand ( ADDRESS ), verify ( ADDRESS ), help ( [
+$subject ] ), quit ()
+
+=item ADDRESSES
=item SEE ALSO
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 DESCRIPTION
-unix, stdio, perlio, crlf, utf8, bytes, 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
+=item EXPECTED METHODS
+
$class->PUSHED([$mode[,$fh]]), $obj->POPPED([$fh]),
-$class->OPEN($path,$mode[,$fh]), $class->FDOPEN($fd),
-$class->SYSOPEN($path,$imode,$perm,$fh), $obj->FILENO($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
-=head2 PerlIO::encoding - encoding layer
+=head2 PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint - PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings
=over 4
=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
=back
-=head2 Pod::ParseLink -- Parse an LE<lt>E<gt> formatting code in POD text
+=head2 Pod::ParseLink - Parse an LE<lt>E<gt> formatting code in POD text
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=item AUTHOR
=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
-=head2 Pod::Plainer - Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker - let Perldoc check Pod for errors
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item EXPORT
+=item SEE ALSO
-=back
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
=item AUTHOR
-=item SEE ALSO
-
=back
-=head2 Pod::Select, podselect() - extract selected sections of POD from
-input
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToMan - let Perldoc render Pod as man pages
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item REQUIRES
-
-=item EXPORTS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SECTION SPECIFICATIONS
-
-=item RANGE SPECIFICATIONS
+=item CAVEAT
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
-=over 4
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
-=item OBJECT METHODS
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=over 4
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff - let Perldoc convert Pod to nroff
-=item B<curr_headings()>
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=over 4
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item B<select()>
+=item CAVEAT
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
-=over 4
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
-=item B<add_selection()>
+=item AUTHOR
=back
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToPod - let Perldoc render Pod as ... Pod!
+
=over 4
-=item B<clear_selections()>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item B<match_section()>
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf - let Perldoc render Pod as RTF
+
=over 4
-=item B<is_selected()>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item EXPORTED FUNCTIONS
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToText - let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext
+
=over 4
-=item B<podselect()>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-B<-output>, B<-sections>, B<-ranges>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item CAVEAT
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item PRIVATE METHODS AND DATA
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToTk - let Perldoc use Tk::Pod to render Pod
+
=over 4
-=item B<_compile_section_spec()>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item $self->{_SECTION_HEADINGS}
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=over 4
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToXml - let Perldoc render Pod as XML
-=item $self->{_SELECTED_SECTIONS}
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=over 4
+=item DESCRIPTION
=item SEE ALSO
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 Pod::Text - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
+=head2 Pod::PlainText - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-alt, code, indent, loose, quotes, sentence, width
+alt, indent, loose, 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 formatting code: %s, %s:%d:
-Unmatched =back
+Bizarre space in item, Can't open %s for reading: %s, Unknown escape: %s,
+Unknown sequence: %s, Unmatched =back
=item RESTRICTIONS
=item AUTHOR
-=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
-
=back
-=head2 Pod::Text::Color - Convert POD data to formatted color ASCII text
+=head2 Pod::Plainer - Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item BUGS
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item EXPORT
+
+=back
=item AUTHOR
-=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Pod::Text::Overstrike - Convert POD data to formatted overstrike
-text
+=head2 Pod::Select, podselect() - extract selected sections of POD from
+input
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item REQUIRES
+
+=item EXPORTS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item BUGS
+=item SECTION SPECIFICATIONS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item RANGE SPECIFICATIONS
-=item AUTHOR
+=back
-=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+=over 4
+
+=item OBJECT METHODS
=back
-=head2 Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Text::Color - Convert POD data to ASCII
-text with format escapes
+=over 4
+
+=item B<curr_headings()>
+
+=back
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item B<select()>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-=item NOTES
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item B<add_selection()>
-=item AUTHOR
+=back
-=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+=over 4
+
+=item B<clear_selections()>
=back
-=head2 Pod::Usage, pod2usage() - print a usage message from embedded pod
-documentation
+=over 4
+
+=item B<match_section()>
+
+=back
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item B<is_selected()>
-=item ARGUMENTS
+=back
-C<-message>, C<-msg>, C<-exitval>, C<-verbose>, C<-output>, C<-input>,
-C<-pathlist>
+=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item EXPORTED FUNCTIONS
-=item EXAMPLES
+=back
=over 4
-=item Recommended Use
+=item B<podselect()>
+
+B<-output>, B<-sections>, B<-ranges>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item PRIVATE METHODS AND DATA
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<_compile_section_spec()>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item $self->{_SECTION_HEADINGS}
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item $self->{_SELECTED_SECTIONS}
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item CAVEATS
+=head2 Pod::Text - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+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 formatting code: %s, %s:%d:
+Unmatched =back
+
+=item RESTRICTIONS
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHOR
-=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
-=head2 Pod::t::basic, basic.pod - Test of various basic POD features in
-translators.
+=head2 Pod::Text::Color - Convert POD data to formatted color ASCII text
=over 4
-=item HEADINGS
-
-=item This C<is> a "level 1" heading
-
-=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item ``Level'' "2 I<heading>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item BUGS
-=item This C<is> a "level 1" heading
+=item SEE ALSO
-=over 4
+=item AUTHOR
-=item ``Level'' 2 I<heading>
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
-=item LINKS
+=head2 Pod::Text::Overstrike - Convert POD data to formatted overstrike
+text
+
+=over 4
-=item OVER AND ITEMS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-This is a test, a, b, a, b, c, d, "foo", B<bar>, C<baz>, Some longer item
-text
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item FORMATTING CODES
+=item BUGS
-E<amp>, E<apos>, E<lt>, E<gt>, E<quot>, E<sol>
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item VERBATIM
+=item AUTHOR
-=item CONCLUSION
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
-=head2 Pod::t::htmlescp, Escape Sequences Test
+=head2 Pod::Text::Termcap - Convert POD data to ASCII text with format
+escapes
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item NOTES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+
=back
-=head2 Pod::t::htmlview, Test HTML Rendering
+=head2 Pod::Usage, pod2usage() - print a usage message from embedded pod
+documentation
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ARGUMENTS
-=item METHODS =E<gt> OTHER STUFF
+C<-message>, C<-msg>, C<-exitval>, C<-verbose>, C<-output>, C<-input>,
+C<-pathlist>
-=over 4
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item new()
+=item EXAMPLES
-foo, bar, baz, C<Black> Cat, Sat S<I<on> the>, MatE<lt>!E<gt>, 1 Cat, 2
-Sat, 3 Mat
+=over 4
-=item old()
+=item Recommended Use
=back
-=item TESTING FOR AND BEGIN
+=item CAVEATS
-=item TESTING URLs hyperlinking
+=item AUTHOR
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
=back
=item DESCRIPTION
-blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isweak EXPR, openhandle FH, 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
=over 4
-=item OBJECT ORIENTED SYNTAX
+=item Caveats
+
+=item Escaping Magic Characters
+
+=item Configuration
=back
+=item BUGS
+
=item AUTHOR
=back
=item CANONICAL REPRESENTATION
+=item CODE REFERENCES
+
=item FORWARD COMPATIBILITY
utf8 data, restricted hashes, files from future versions of Storable
=item BUGS
+=over 4
+
+=item 64 bit data in perl 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
+
+=back
+
=item CREDITS
=item AUTHOR
=item BUGS
-=item LIMITATION
+=item LIMITATIONS
=item COPYRIGHT
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item BUGS
+
=back
=head2 Sys::Hostname - Try every conceivable way to get hostname
=item AUTHORS
-=item LICENSE
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
=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>, $C<OUT>,
-C<MinLine>, C<findConsole>, Attribs, C<Features>
+C<ReadLine>, C<new>, C<readline>, C<addhistory>, C<IN>, C<OUT>, C<MinLine>,
+C<findConsole>, Attribs, C<Features>
=item Additional supported functions
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item QUICK START GUIDE
+
=over 4
=item Functions
-B<plan>
+C<plan(...)>, C<tests =E<gt> I<number>>, C<todo =E<gt> [I<1,5,14>]>,
+C<onfail =E<gt> sub { ... }>, C<onfail =E<gt> \&some_sub>
=back
B<_to_value>
-B<ok>
+C<ok(...)>
+
+C<skip(I<skip_if_true>, I<args...>)>
=over 4
=item BUGS and CAVEATS
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
=item NOTE
=item SEE ALSO
B<no_plan>
+B<has_plan>
+
B<skip_all>
=over 4
B<summary>
-B<details> I<UNIMPLEMENTED>, B<todo>
+B<details>
+
+B<todo>
B<caller>
=over 4
+=item THREADS
+
=item EXAMPLES
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Test::Harness - run perl standard test scripts with statistics
+=head2 Test::Harness - Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics
+
+=over 4
+
+=item VERSION
+
+=back
=over 4
=item Configuration variables.
-B<$Test::Harness::verbose>, B<$Test::Harness::switches>
+B<$Test::Harness::Verbose>, B<$Test::Harness::switches>
=item Failure
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>
+%s>, C<FAILED--Further testing stopped: %s>
=item ENVIRONMENT
C<HARNESS_ACTIVE>, C<HARNESS_COLUMNS>, C<HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST>,
-C<HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR>, C<HARNESS_IGNORE_EXITCODE>, C<HARNESS_NOTTY>,
+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 AUTHORS
+=item LICENSE
+
=item TODO
=item BUGS
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
=back
=head2 Test::Harness::Assert - simple assert
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=item Functions
+=over 4
-B<assert>
+=item C<assert()>
=back
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item new()
+
+=item next()
+
+=back
+
=back
=head2 Test::Harness::Straps - detailed analysis of test results
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
=item Construction
-B<new>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<new>
=back
=back
-B<_init>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_init>
+
+=back
=over 4
=item Analysis
-B<analyze>
+=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
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_command>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_switches>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_cleaned_switches>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_INC2PERL5LIB>
=back
-B<analyze_fh>
+=over 4
-B<analyze_file>
+=item C<_filtered_INC>
-B<_switches>
+=back
-B<_INC2PERL5LIB>
+=over 4
-B<_filtered_INC>
+=item C<_restore_PERL5LIB>
-B<_restore_PERL5LIB>
+=back
=over 4
=item Parsing
-B<_is_comment>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_is_comment>
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_is_header>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_is_test>
=back
-B<_is_header>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_is_bail_out>
+
+=back
-B<_is_test>
+=over 4
-B<_is_bail_out>
+=item C<_reset_file_state>
-B<_reset_file_state>
+=back
=over 4
=item Results
-B<_detailize>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_detailize>
+
+=back
=back
B<TODO: BLOCK>, B<todo_skip>
+When do I use SKIP vs. TODO?
+
=over 4
=item Comparison functions
=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
+=head2 Thread - manipulate threads in Perl (for old code only)
=over 4
=back
=head2 Thread::Signal - Start a thread which runs signal handlers reliably
+(for old code)
=over 4
+=item CAVEAT
+
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
=item C<defer>, C<flush>, C<discard>, and C<autodefer>
+=item C<offset>
+
=back
=item Tying to an already-opened filehandle
=back
+=item CONCURRENT ACCESS TO FILES
+
=item CAVEATS
=item SUBCLASSING
=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 Inheriting from B<Tie::StdHash>
=item Inheriting from B<Tie::ExtraHash>
-=item C<UNTIE> and C<DESTROY>
+=item C<SCALAR>, C<UNTIE> and C<DESTROY>
=item MORE INFORMATION
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
-$obj->isa( TYPE ), CLASS->isa( TYPE ), isa( VAL, TYPE ), $obj->can( METHOD
-), CLASS->can( METHOD ), can( VAL, METHOD ), VERSION ( [ REQUIRE ] )
+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
=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
$b)>, C<$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($string)>, C<$position =
-$Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring)>, C<($position, $length) =
-$Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring)>
+$Collator-E<gt>viewSortKey($string)>
+
+=item Methods for Searching
+
+C<$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
-UCA_Version, Base_Unicode_Version
+C<%old_tailoring = $Collator-E<gt>change(%new_tailoring)>, C<$version =
+$Collator-E<gt>version()>, C<UCA_Version()>, C<Base_Unicode_Version()>
=item EXPORT
-=item TODO
-
=item CAVEAT
-=item BUGS
+=item Conformance Test
=back
=item SEE ALSO
-http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr10/,
-http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr10/allkeys.txt,
-http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr15/,
-http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr18, L<Unicode::Normalize>
+Unicode Collation Algorithm - UTS #10, The Default Unicode Collation
+Element Table (DUCET), The conformance test for the UCA, Hangul Syllable
+Type, Unicode Normalization Forms - UAX #15, L<Unicode::Normalize>
=back
C<$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, $string)>
=item Decomposition and Composition
C<$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, $string)>
=item Character Data
C<$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_startar_decomposition = isNonStDecomp($codepoint)>,
+C<$is_non_starter_decomposition = isNonStDecomp($codepoint)>,
C<$may_be_composed_with_prev_char = isComp2nd($codepoint)>
=item EXPORT
=item SEE ALSO
-http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr15/,
-http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/DerivedNormalizationProps.txt
+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::SetChildShowWindow(SHOWWINDOW),
-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