+# !!!!!!! DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE !!!!!!!
+# This file is autogenerated by buildtoc from all the other pods.
+# Edit those files and run buildtoc --build-toc to effect changes.
+
=head1 NAME
perltoc - perl documentation table of contents
=item Miscellaneous
+=item Language-Specific
+
=item Platform-Specific
=back
=back
-=head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2002/01/31
-04:27:54 $)
+=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 LIST, 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, sockatmark SOCKET, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL,
-socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort
-BLOCK LIST, sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice
-ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH, splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split
-/PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split /PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf
-FORMAT, LIST, sqrt EXPR, sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat FILEHANDLE, stat
-EXPR, stat, study SCALAR, study, sub BLOCK, sub NAME, sub NAME BLOCK,
-substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr
-EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
-FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread
-FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek
-FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite
-FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,
-syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie
-VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate
-FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR,
-ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack
-TEMPLATE,EXPR, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use Module VERSION LIST,
-use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use VERSION, utime LIST,
-values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn
-LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y///
+=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 Perl Traps
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Awk Traps
+
+=item C/C++ Traps
+
+=item Sed Traps
+
+=item Shell Traps
+
+=item Perl Traps
=item Perl4 to Perl5 Traps
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, 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 w
+=item The Questions
-=item help
+=over 4
-=item Stepping through code
+=item L<perlfaq1>: General Questions About Perl
-=item Placeholder for a, w, t, T
+=item L<perlfaq2>: Obtaining and Learning about Perl
-=item REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
+=item L<perlfaq3>: Programming Tools
-=item OUTPUT TIPS
+=item L<perlfaq4>: Data Manipulation
-=item CGI
+=item L<perlfaq5>: Files and Formats
-=item GUIs
+=item L<perlfaq6>: Regular Expressions
-=item SUMMARY
+=item L<perlfaq7>: General Perl Language Issues
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item L<perlfaq8>: System Interaction
-=item AUTHOR
+=item L<perlfaq9>: Networking
-=item CONTRIBUTORS
+=back
=back
-=head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
+=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.14 $, $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 [command], p expr, x [maxdepth] expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], T, s
-[expr], n [expr], r, <CR>, c [line|sub], l, l min+incr, l min-max, l line,
-l subname, -, w [line], f filename, /pattern/, ?pattern?, L, S [[!]regex],
-t, t expr, b [line] [condition], b subname [condition], b postpone subname
-[condition], b load filename, b compile subname, d [line], D, a [line]
-command, a [line], A, W expr, W, O booloption .., O anyoption? .., O
-option=value .., < ?, < [ command ], << command, > ?, > command, >>
-command, { ?, { [ command ], {{ command, ! number, ! -number, ! pattern, !!
-cmd, @ file, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, man
-[manpage]
+=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
-=item Configurable Options
+=item Which version of Perl should I use?
-C<recallCommand>, C<ShellBang>, C<pager>, C<tkRunning>, C<signalLevel>,
-C<warnLevel>, C<dieLevel>, C<AutoTrace>, C<LineInfo>, C<inhibit_exit>,
-C<PrintRet>, C<ornaments>, C<frame>, C<maxTraceLen>, C<windowSize>,
-C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<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?
-=back
+=item Why don't Perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?
-=head2 perlpacktut - tutorial on C<pack> and C<unpack>
+=item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
-=over 4
+=item Where can I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]
-=item The Basic Principle
+=item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in
+my C program; what am I doing wrong?
-=item Packing Text
+=item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean?
-=item Packing Numbers
+=item What's MakeMaker?
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Integers
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item Unpacking a Stack Frame
+=back
-=item How to Eat an Egg on a Net
+=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.54 $, $Date: 2003/11/30
+00:50:08 $)
-=item Floating point Numbers
+=over 4
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Exotic Templates
+=item Data: Numbers
=over 4
-=item Bit Strings
+=item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
+numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
-=item Uuencoding
+=item Why is int() broken?
-=item Doing Sums
+=item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
-=item Unicode
+=item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()?
+Trig functions?
-=item Another Portable Binary Encoding
+=item How do I convert between numeric representations/bases/radixes?
-=back
+How do I convert hexadecimal into decimal, How do I convert from decimal to
+hexadecimal, How do I convert from octal to decimal, How do I convert from
+decimal to octal, How do I convert from binary to decimal, How do I convert
+from decimal to binary
-=item Lengths and Widths
+=item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?
-=over 4
+=item How do I multiply matrices?
-=item String Lengths
+=item How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
-=item Dynamic Templates
+=item How can I output Roman numerals?
+
+=item Why aren't my random numbers random?
+
+=item How do I get a random number between X and Y?
=back
-=item Packing and Unpacking C Structures
+=item Data: Dates
=over 4
-=item The Alignment Pit
-
-=item Alignment, Take 2
+=item How do I find the day or week of the year?
-=item Alignment, Take 3
+=item How do I find the current century or millennium?
-=item Pointers for How to Use Them
+=item How can I compare two dates and find the difference?
-=back
+=item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
-=item Pack Recipes
+=item How can I find the Julian Day?
-=item Funnies Section
+=item How do I find yesterday's date?
-=item Authors
+=item Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?
=back
-=head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial
+=item Data: Strings
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item Part 1: The basics
-
-=over 4
+=item How do I validate input?
-=item Simple word matching
+=item How do I unescape a string?
-=item Using character classes
+=item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
-=item Matching this or that
+=item How do I expand function calls in a string?
-=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
+=item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
-=item Extracting matches
+=item How do I reverse a string?
-=item Matching repetitions
+=item How do I expand tabs in a string?
-=item Building a regexp
+=item How do I reformat a paragraph?
-=item Using regular expressions in Perl
+=item How can I access or change N characters of a string?
-=back
+=item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
-=item Part 2: Power tools
+=item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
+string?
-=over 4
+=item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
-=item More on characters, strings, and character classes
+=item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
+[character]?
-=item Compiling and saving regular expressions
+=item How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?
-=item Embedding comments and modifiers in a regular expression
+=item How do I pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?
-=item Non-capturing groupings
+=item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
-=item Looking ahead and looking behind
+=item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
-=item Using independent subexpressions to prevent backtracking
+=item How can I expand variables in text strings?
-=item Conditional expressions
+=item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
-=item A bit of magic: executing Perl code in a regular expression
+=item Why don't my E<lt>E<lt>HERE documents work?
-=item Pragmas and debugging
+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 BUGS
-
-=item SEE ALSO
-
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Data: Arrays
=over 4
-=item Acknowledgments
-
-=back
-
-=back
+=item What is the difference between a list and an array?
-=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
+=item What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?
-=over 4
+=item How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+a), b), c), d), e)
-i, m, s, x
+=item How can I tell whether a certain element is contained in a list or
+array?
-=over 4
+=item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
+intersection of two arrays?
-=item Regular Expressions
+=item How do I test whether two arrays or hashes are equal?
-[1], [2], [3], cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
+=item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
-=item Extended Patterns
+=item How do I handle linked lists?
-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 handle circular lists?
-=item Backtracking
+=item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
-=item Version 8 Regular Expressions
+=item How do I process/modify each element of an array?
-=item Warning on \1 vs $1
+=item How do I select a random element from an array?
-=item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
+=item How do I permute N elements of a list?
-=item Combining pieces together
+=item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
-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 do I manipulate arrays of bits?
-=item Creating custom RE engines
+=item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
=back
-=item BUGS
+=item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=back
+=item How do I process an entire hash?
-=head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
+=item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
+it?
-=over 4
+=item How do I look up a hash element by value?
-=item NOTE
+=item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
-=over 4
+=item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
-=item Making References
+=item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
-=item Using References
+=item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
-=item Symbolic references
+=item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
-=item Not-so-symbolic references
+=item How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
-=item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
+=item How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
-=item Function Templates
+=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 WARNING
+=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 perlform - Perl formats
+=item Data: Misc
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=over 4
+=item How do I handle binary data correctly?
-=item Format Variables
+=item How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?
-=back
+=item How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
-=item NOTES
+=item How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?
-=over 4
+=item How do I define methods for every class/object?
-=item Footers
+=item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
-=item Accessing Formatting Internals
+=item How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?
=back
-=item WARNINGS
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
=back
-=head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial
+=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.30 $, $Date: 2003/11/23
+08:07:46 $)
=over 4
=over 4
-=item If we could talk to the animals...
+=item How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this?
-=item Introducing the method invocation arrow
+=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 Invoking a barnyard
+=item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
-=item The extra parameter of method invocation
+=item How can I use Perl's C<-i> option from within a program?
-=item Calling a second method to simplify things
+=item How do I make a temporary file name?
-=item Inheriting the windpipes
+=item How can I manipulate fixed-record-length files?
-=item A few notes about @ISA
+=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 Overriding the methods
+=item How can I use a filehandle indirectly?
-=item Starting the search from a different place
+=item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
-=item The SUPER way of doing things
+=item How can I write() into a string?
-=item Where we're at so far...
+=item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
-=item A horse is a horse, of course of course -- or is it?
+=item How can I translate tildes (~) in a filename?
-=item Invoking an instance method
+=item How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?
-=item Accessing the instance data
+=item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use
+E<lt>*E<gt>?
-=item How to build a horse
+=item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
-=item Inheriting the constructor
+=item How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing blanks?
-=item Making a method work with either classes or instances
+=item How can I reliably rename a file?
-=item Adding parameters to a method
+=item How can I lock a file?
-=item More interesting instances
+=item Why can't I just open(FH, "E<gt>file.lock")?
-=item A horse of a different color
+=item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in
+the file. How can I do this?
-=item Summary
+=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?
-=back
+=item How do I randomly update a binary file?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
-=back
+=item How do I print to more than one file at once?
-=head2 perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl
+=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 DESCRIPTION
+=item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
-=item Creating a Class
+=item How can I tell whether there's a character waiting on a filehandle?
-=over 4
+=item How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl?
-=item Object Representation
+=item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
-=item Class Interface
+=item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
-=item Constructors and Instance Methods
+=item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? Why doesn't
+`C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
-=item Planning for the Future: Better Constructors
+=item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
-=item Destructors
+=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 Other Object Methods
+=item How do I select a random line from a file?
+
+=item Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?
=back
-=item Class Data
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Accessing Class Data
+=head2 perlfaq6 - Regular Expressions ($Revision: 1.20 $, $Date: 2003/01/03
+20:05:28 $)
-=item Debugging Methods
+=over 4
-=item Class Destructors
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Documenting the Interface
+=over 4
-=back
+=item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
+and unmaintainable code?
-=item Aggregation
+Comments Outside the Regex, Comments Inside the Regex, Different Delimiters
-=item Inheritance
+=item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
-=over 4
+=item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
+different lines?
-=item Overridden Methods
+=item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
-=item Multiple Inheritance
+=item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS while preserving
+case on the RHS?
-=item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects
+=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]/>?
-=item Alternate Object Representations
+=item How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?
-=over 4
+=item What is C</o> really for?
-=item Arrays as Objects
+=item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
+file?
-=item Closures as Objects
+=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 AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods
+=item How do I process each word on each line?
-=over 4
+=item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
-=item Autoloaded Data Methods
+=item How can I do approximate matching?
-=item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods
+=item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
-=back
+=item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
-=item Metaclassical Tools
+=item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
-=over 4
+=item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
-=item Class::Struct
+=item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
-=item Data Members as Variables
+=item What's wrong with using grep in a void context?
-=back
+=item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
-=item NOTES
+=item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Object Terminology
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=head2 perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date:
+2003/07/24 02:17:21 $)
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=over 4
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Acknowledgments
+=item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
-=back
+=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?
-=head2 perltooc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl
+=item How do I skip some return values?
-=over 4
+=item How do I temporarily block warnings?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item What's an extension?
-=item Class Data in a Can
+=item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
-=item Class Data as Package Variables
+=item How do I declare/create a structure?
-=over 4
+=item How do I create a module?
-=item Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket
+=item How do I create a class?
-=item Inheritance Concerns
+=item How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
-=item The Eponymous Meta-Object
+=item What's a closure?
-=item Indirect References to Class Data
+=item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
-=item Monadic Classes
+=item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
+Regex}?
-=item Translucent Attributes
+Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexes,
+Passing Methods
-=back
+=item How do I create a static variable?
-=item Class Data as Lexical Variables
+=item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping?
+Between local() and my()?
-=over 4
+=item How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical
+is in scope?
-=item Privacy and Responsibility
+=item What's the difference between deep and shallow binding?
-=item File-Scoped Lexicals
+=item Why doesn't "my($foo) = E<lt>FILEE<gt>;" work right?
-=item More Inheritance Concerns
+=item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method?
-=item Locking the Door and Throwing Away the Key
+=item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
-=item Translucency Revisited
+=item How do I create a switch or case statement?
-=back
+=item How can I catch accesses to undefined variables, functions, or
+methods?
-=item NOTES
+=item Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How can I find out my current package?
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item How can I comment out a large block of perl code?
-=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+=item How do I clear a package?
-=item HISTORY
+=item How can I use a variable as a variable name?
+
+=item What does "bad interpreter" mean?
=back
-=head2 perlobj - Perl objects
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=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 SEE ALSO
+=item List value constructors
-=back
+=item Subscripts
-=head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl
+=item Slices
-=over 4
+=item Typeglobs and Filehandles
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlothrtut - old 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 Errors In Threads
+=item Bitwise And
-=item Ignoring A Thread
+=item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
-=back
+=item C-style Logical And
-=item Threads And Data
+=item C-style Logical Or
-=over 4
+=item C-style Logical Defined-Or
-=item Shared And Unshared Data
+=item Range Operators
-=item Thread Pitfall: Races
+=item Conditional Operator
-=item Controlling access: lock()
+=item Assignment Operators
-=item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
+=item Comma Operator
-=item Queues: Passing Data Around
+=item List Operators (Rightward)
-=back
+=item Logical Not
-=item Threads And Code
+=item Logical And
-=over 4
+=item Logical or, Defined or, and Exclusive Or
-=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
+=item C Operators Missing From Perl
-Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
+unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
-=item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines
+=item Quote and Quote-like Operators
-=item Subroutine Locks
+=item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
-=item Methods
-
-=item Locking A Subroutine
-
-=back
-
-=item General Thread Utility Routines
-
-=over 4
-
-=item What Thread Am I In?
-
-=item Thread IDs
-
-=item Are These Threads The Same?
-
-=item What Threads Are Running?
+?PATTERN?, m/PATTERN/cgimosx, /PATTERN/cgimosx, q/STRING/, C<'STRING'>,
+qq/STRING/, "STRING", qr/STRING/imosx, qx/STRING/, `STRING`, qw/STRING/,
+s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/egimosx, tr/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds,
+y/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds, <<EOF
-=back
+=item Gory details of parsing quoted constructs
-=item A Complete Example
+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 Conclusion
+=item I/O Operators
-=item Bibliography
+=item Constant Folding
-=over 4
+=item Bitwise String Operators
-=item Introductory Texts
+=item Integer Arithmetic
-=item OS-Related References
+=item Floating-point Arithmetic
-=item Other References
+=item Bigger Numbers
=back
-=item Acknowledgements
-
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=item Copyrights
-
=back
-=head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl
+=head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is>
-portable
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item ISSUES
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Newlines
+=item Private Variables via my()
-=item Numbers endianness and Width
+=item Persistent Private Variables
-=item Files and Filesystems
+=item Temporary Values via local()
-=item System Interaction
+=item Lvalue subroutines
-=item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
+Lvalue subroutines are EXPERIMENTAL
-=item External Subroutines (XS)
+=item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
-=item Standard Modules
+=item When to Still Use local()
-=item Time and Date
+=item Pass by Reference
-=item Character sets and character encoding
+=item Prototypes
-=item Internationalisation
+=item Constant Functions
-=item System Resources
+=item Overriding Built-in Functions
-=item Security
+=item Autoloading
-=item Style
+=item Subroutine Attributes
=back
-=item CPAN Testers
+=item SEE ALSO
-Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
-http://testers.cpan.org/
+=back
-=item PLATFORMS
+=head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
=over 4
-=item Unix
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item DOS and Derivatives
+=over 4
-=item S<Mac OS>
+=item Perl Functions by Category
-=item VMS
+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 VOS
+=item Portability
-=item EBCDIC Platforms
+=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
-=item Acorn RISC OS
+-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 Other perls
+=back
=back
-=item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
+=head2 perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl
=over 4
-=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
+=item DESCRIPTION
--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, setpwent, setgrent, 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 Open E<agrave> la shell
-=back
+=over 4
-=item CHANGES
+=item Simple Opens
-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 Indirect Filehandles
-=item Supported Platforms
+=item Pipe Opens
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item The Minus File
-=item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
+=item Mixing Reads and Writes
-=item VERSION
+=item Filters
=back
-=head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
-localization)
+=item Open E<agrave> la C
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Permissions E<agrave> la mode
-=item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
+=back
-=item USING LOCALES
+=item Obscure Open Tricks
=over 4
-=item The use locale pragma
-
-=item The setlocale function
+=item Re-Opening Files (dups)
-=item Finding locales
+=item Dispelling the Dweomer
-=item LOCALE PROBLEMS
+=item Paths as Opens
-=item Temporarily fixing locale problems
+=item Single Argument Open
-=item Permanently fixing locale problems
+=item Playing with STDIN and STDOUT
-=item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
+=back
-=item Fixing system locale configuration
+=item Other I/O Issues
-=item The localeconv function
+=over 4
-=item I18N::Langinfo
+=item Opening Non-File Files
-=back
+=item Opening Named Pipes
-=item LOCALE CATEGORIES
+=item Opening Sockets
-=over 4
+=item Binary Files
-=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
+=item File Locking
-=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
+=item IO Layers
-=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
+=back
-=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item LC_TIME
+=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
-=item Other categories
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=item SECURITY
+=head2 perlpacktut - tutorial on C<pack> and C<unpack>
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=over 4
-PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
-LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item NOTES
+=item The Basic Principle
-=over 4
+=item Packing Text
-=item Backward compatibility
+=item Packing Numbers
-=item I18N:Collate obsolete
+=over 4
-=item Sort speed and memory use impacts
+=item Integers
-=item write() and LC_NUMERIC
+=item Unpacking a Stack Frame
-=item Freely available locale definitions
+=item How to Eat an Egg on a Net
-=item I18n and l10n
+=item Byte-order modifiers
-=item An imperfect standard
+=item Floating point Numbers
=back
-=item BUGS
+=item Exotic Templates
=over 4
-=item Broken systems
+=item Bit Strings
-=back
+=item Uuencoding
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Doing Sums
-=item HISTORY
+=item Unicode
-=back
+=item Another Portable Binary Encoding
-=head2 perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction
+=back
-=over 4
+=item Template Grouping
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Lengths and Widths
=over 4
-=item Unicode
+=item String Lengths
-=item Perl's Unicode Support
+=item Dynamic Templates
-=item Perl's Unicode Model
-
-=item Creating Unicode
-
-=item Handling Unicode
-
-=item Legacy Encodings
-
-=item Unicode I/O
+=item Counting Repetitions
-=item Displaying Unicode As Text
+=back
-=item Special Cases
+=item Packing and Unpacking C Structures
-=item Advanced Topics
+=over 4
-=item Miscellaneous
+=item The Alignment Pit
-=item Questions With Answers
+=item Dealing with Endian-ness
-Will My Old Scripts Break?, How Do I Make My Scripts Work With Unicode?,
-How Do I Know Whether My String Is In Unicode?, How Do I Detect Data That's
-Not Valid In a Particular Encoding, How Do I Convert Binary Data Into a
-Particular Encoding, Or Vice Versa?, How Do I Display Unicode? How Do I
-Input Unicode?, How Does Unicode Work With Traditional Locales?
+=item Alignment, Take 2
-=item Hexadecimal Notation
+=item Alignment, Take 3
-=item Further Resources
+=item Pointers for How to Use Them
=back
-=item UNICODE IN OLDER PERLS
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Pack Recipes
-=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+=item Funnies Section
-=item AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT, AND LICENSE
+=item Authors
=back
-=head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
+=head2 perlpod - the Plain Old Documentation format
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Important Caveats
-
-Input and Output Disciplines, Regular Expressions, C<use utf8> still needed
-to enable UTF-8/UTF-EBCDIC in scripts
-
-=item Byte and Character semantics
-
-=item Effects of character semantics
-
-=item Scripts
-
-=item Blocks
-
-=item Character encodings for input and output
-
-=back
+=item Ordinary Paragraph
-=item CAVEATS
+=item Verbatim Paragraph
-=item UNICODE REGULAR EXPRESSION SUPPORT LEVEL
+=item Command Paragraph
-=over 4
+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 Unicode Encodings
+=item Formatting Codes
-UTF-8, UTF-EBCDIC, UTF-16, UTF-16BE, UTF16-LE, Surrogates, and BOMs (Byte
-Order Marks), UTF-32, UTF-32BE, UTF32-LE, UCS-2, UCS-4, UTF-7
+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 Security Implications of Malformed UTF-8
+=item The Intent
-=item Unicode in Perl on EBCDIC
+=item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
-=item Using Unicode in XS
+=item Hints for Writing Pod
=back
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
+=head2 perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and
+notes
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item COMMON CHARACTER CODE SETS
+=item Pod Definitions
-=over 4
+=item Pod Commands
-=item ASCII
+"=head1", "=head2", "=head3", "=head4", "=pod", "=cut", "=over", "=item",
+"=back", "=begin formatname", "=end formatname", "=for formatname text...",
+"=encoding encodingname"
-=item ISO 8859
+=item Pod Formatting Codes
-=item Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1)
+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 EBCDIC
+=item Notes on Implementing Pod Processors
-=item 13 variant characters
+=item About LE<lt>...E<gt> Codes
-=item 0037
+First:, Second:, Third:, Fourth:, Fifth:, Sixth:
-=item 1047
+=item About =over...=back Regions
-=item POSIX-BC
+=item About Data Paragraphs and "=begin/=end" Regions
-=item Unicode and UTF
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item SINGLE OCTET TABLES
+=head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
-recipe 0, recipe 1, recipe 2, recipe 3, recipe 4, recipe 5, recipe 6
+=over 4
-=item IDENTIFYING CHARACTER CODE SETS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item CONVERSIONS
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item tr///
+=item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems
-=item iconv
+OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS
-=item C RTL
+=item Location of Perl
-=back
+=item Command Switches
-=item OPERATOR DIFFERENCES
+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>
-=item FUNCTION DIFFERENCES
+=back
-chr(), ord(), pack(), print(), printf(), sort(), sprintf(), unpack()
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-=item REGULAR EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES
+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)
-=item SOCKETS
+=back
-=item SORTING
+=head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
=over 4
-=item Ignore ASCII vs. EBCDIC sort differences.
-
-=item MONO CASE then sort data.
-
-=item Convert, sort data, then re convert.
-
-=item Perform sorting on one type of machine only.
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=item TRANSFORMATION FORMATS
+=head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings
=over 4
-=item URL decoding and encoding
-
-=item uu encoding and decoding
-
-=item Quoted-Printable encoding and decoding
-
-=item Caesarian ciphers
-
-=back
-
-=item Hashing order and checksums
-
-=item I18N AND L10N
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item MULTI OCTET CHARACTER SETS
+=over 4
-=item OS ISSUES
+=item Default Warnings and Optional Warnings
-=over 4
+=item What's wrong with B<-w> and C<$^W>
-=item OS/400
+=item Controlling Warnings from the Command Line
-IFS access
+B<-w>, B<-W>, B<-X>
-=item OS/390, z/OS
+=item Backward Compatibility
-chcp, dataset access, OS/390, z/OS iconv, locales
+=item Category Hierarchy
-=item VM/ESA?
+=item Fatal Warnings
-=item POSIX-BC?
+=item Reporting Warnings from a Module
=back
-=item BUGS
+=item TODO
=item SEE ALSO
-=item REFERENCES
-
-=item HISTORY
-
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlsec - Perl security
+=head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The Perl Debugger
+
=over 4
-=item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
+=item Debugger Commands
-=item Switches On the "#!" Line
+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 Cleaning Up Your Path
+=item Configurable Options
-=item Security Bugs
+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 Protecting Your Programs
+=item Debugger input/output
+
+Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame
+listing
+
+=item Debugging compile-time statements
+
+=item Debugger Customization
+
+=item Readline Support
+
+=item Editor Support for Debugging
+
+=item The Perl Profiler
=back
+=item Debugging regular expressions
+
+=item Debugging memory usage
+
=item SEE ALSO
+=item BUGS
+
=back
-=head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
+=head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Packages
-
-=item Symbol Tables
-
-=item Package Constructors and Destructors
+=item Predefined Names
-=item Perl Classes
+$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 Perl Modules
+=item Error Indicators
-=item Making your module threadsafe
+=item Technical Note on the Syntax of Variable Names
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item BUGS
=back
-=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
+=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+i, m, s, x
+
=over 4
-=item PREAMBLE
+=item Regular Expressions
-B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
-module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
+[1], [2], [3], cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
-=back
+=item Extended Patterns
-=item PORTABILITY
+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 HEY
+=item Backtracking
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Version 8 Regular Expressions
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item Warning on \1 vs $1
-=back
+=item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
-=head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
+=item Combining pieces together
-=over 4
+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 DESCRIPTION
+=item Creating custom RE engines
-=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
+=back
-=over 4
+=item BUGS
-=item Pragmatic Modules
+=item SEE ALSO
-attributes, autouse, base, blib, bytes, charnames, constant, diagnostics,
-encoding, fields, filetest, integer, less, locale, open, overload, sigtrap,
-sort, strict, subs, utf8, vars, vmsish, warnings, warnings::register
+=back
-=item Standard Modules
+=head2 perlreref - Perl Regular Expressions Reference
-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_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, I18N::Collate,
-I18N::LangTags, I18N::LangTags::List, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3,
-Locale::Constants, Locale::Country, Locale::Currency, Locale::Language,
-Locale::Maketext, Locale::Maketext::TPJ13, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt,
-Math::BigInt::Calc, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Memoize,
-Memoize::AnyDBM_File, Memoize::Expire, Memoize::ExpireFile,
-Memoize::ExpireTest, Memoize::NDBM_File, Memoize::SDBM_File,
-Memoize::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::More, Test::Simple, Test::Tutorial,
-Text::Abbrev, Text::Balanced, Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs,
-Text::Wrap, Thread, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, 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 DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-=item CPAN
+=item OPERATORS
-=over 4
+=item SYNTAX
-=item Africa
+=item ESCAPE SEQUENCES
-=item Asia
+=item CHARACTER CLASSES
-=item Central America
+=item ANCHORS
-=item Europe
+=item QUANTIFIERS
-=item North America
+=item EXTENDED CONSTRUCTS
-=item Oceania
+=item VARIABLES
-=item South America
+=item FUNCTIONS
+
+=item TERMINOLOGY
=back
-=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
+=item AUTHOR
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Guidelines for Module Creation
+=item THANKS
-=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
+=back
-=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
+=head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
-=back
+=over 4
=item NOTE
-=back
-
-=head2 perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item INTRODUCTION
+=item Making References
-=item QUICK CHECKLIST
+=item Using References
-=over 4
+=item Symbolic references
-=item Before you start
+=item Not-so-symbolic references
-=item The API
+=item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
-=item Stability
+=item Function Templates
-=item Documentation
+=back
-=item Release considerations
+=item WARNING
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item BEFORE YOU START WRITING A MODULE
+=head2 perlform - Perl formats
=over 4
-=item Has it been done before?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Do one thing and do it well
+=over 4
-=item What's in a name?
+=item Text Fields
-=back
+=item Numeric Fields
-=item DESIGNING AND WRITING YOUR MODULE
+=item The Field @* for Variable Width Multi-Line Text
-=over 4
+=item The Field ^* for Variable Width One-line-at-a-time Text
-=item To OO or not to OO?
+=item Specifying Values
-=item Designing your API
+=item Using Fill Mode
-Write simple routines to do simple things, Separate functionality from
-output, Provide sensible shortcuts and defaults, Naming conventions,
-Parameter passing
+=item Suppressing Lines Where All Fields Are Void
-=item Strictness and warnings
+=item Repeating Format Lines
-=item Backwards compatibility
+=item Top of Form Processing
-=item Error handling and messages
+=item Format Variables
=back
-=item DOCUMENTING YOUR MODULE
+=item NOTES
=over 4
-=item POD
+=item Footers
-=item README, INSTALL, release notes, changelogs
+=item Accessing Formatting Internals
=back
-=item RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS
+=item WARNINGS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlobj - Perl objects
=over 4
-=item Version numbering
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Pre-requisites
+=over 4
-=item Testing
+=item An Object is Simply a Reference
-=item Packaging
+=item A Class is Simply a Package
-=item Licensing
+=item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
-=back
+=item Method Invocation
-=item COMMON PITFALLS
+=item Indirect Object Syntax
-=over 4
+=item Default UNIVERSAL methods
-=item Reinventing the wheel
+isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
-=item Trying to do too much
+=item Destructors
-=item Inappropriate documentation
+=item Summary
+
+=item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
=back
=item SEE ALSO
-L<perlstyle>, L<perlnewmod>, L<perlpod>, L<podchecker>, Testing tools,
-http://pause.perl.org/, Any good book on software engineering
-
-=item AUTHOR
-
=back
-=head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
+=head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Warning
+=item Tying Scalars
-=item What should I make into a module?
+TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, UNTIE this,
+DESTROY this
-=item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground
+=item Tying Arrays
-Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again
+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 Step-by-step: Making the module
+=item Tying Hashes
-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
+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 Step-by-step: Distributing your module
+=item Tying FileHandles
-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!
+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
-=back
+=item UNTIE this
-=item AUTHOR
+=item The C<untie> Gotcha
+
+=back
=item SEE ALSO
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date:
-2002/01/31 01:46:23 $)
+=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 What is Perl?
+=item The Filter
-=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
+=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
-=item Which version of Perl should I use?
+=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
-=item What are perl4 and perl5?
+=back
-=item What is perl6?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How stable is Perl?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Is Perl difficult to learn?
+=back
-=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
-Scheme, or Tcl?
+=head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
+safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
-=item Can I do [task] in Perl?
+=over 4
-=item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
+=item Signals
-=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
+=over 4
-=item What is a JAPH?
+=item Handling the SIGHUP Signal in Daemons
-=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
+=back
-=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
-5/5.6.1/Perl instead of some other language?
+=item Named Pipes
-=back
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Deferred Signals (Safe Signals)
+
+Long running opcodes, Interrupting IO, Restartable system calls, Signals as
+"faults", Signals triggered by operating system state
=back
-=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.8 $,
-$Date: 2002/02/08 22:31:57 $)
+=item Using open() for IPC
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Filehandles
-=over 4
+=item Background Processes
-=item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
+=item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
-=item How can I get a binary version of Perl?
+=item Safe Pipe Opens
-=item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
+=item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
-=item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts
-don't work.
+=item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself
-=item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic
-loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
+=back
-=item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
-What does CPAN/src/... mean?
+=item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
-=item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?
+=over 4
-=item Where can I get information on Perl?
+=item Internet Line Terminators
-=item What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?
+=item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
-=item Where should I post source code?
+=item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
-=item Perl Books
+=back
-References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics
+=item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
-=item Perl in Magazines
+=over 4
-=item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
+=item A Simple Client
-=item What mailing lists are there for Perl?
+C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
-=item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
+=item A Webget Client
-=item Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
+=item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
-=item Where do I send bug reports?
+=back
-=item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? cpan.org?
+=item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
-=back
+Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item UDP: Message Passing
+
+=item SysV IPC
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date: 2002/02/11
-19:29:52 $)
+=head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item How do I do (anything)?
-
-=item How can I use Perl interactively?
-
-=item Is there a Perl shell?
+=item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes
-=item How do I debug my Perl programs?
+$$ or $PROCESS_ID, %ENV, chdir() and all other builtins that accept
+filenames, wait() and waitpid(), kill(), exec(), exit(), Open handles to
+files, directories and network sockets
-=item How do I profile my Perl programs?
+=item Resource limits
-=item How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
+=item Killing the parent process
-=item Is there a pretty-printer (formatter) for Perl?
+=item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes
-=item Is there a ctags for Perl?
+=item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS
-=item Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor?
+BEGIN blocks, Open filehandles, Forking pipe open() not yet implemented,
+Global state maintained by XSUBs, Interpreter embedded in larger
+application, Thread-safety of extensions
-Komodo, The Object System, Open Perl IDE, PerlBuilder, visiPerl+,
-CodeMagicCD, GNU Emacs, MicroEMACS, XEmacs, Elvis, Vile, Vim, Codewright,
-MultiEdit, SlickEdit, Bash, Ksh, Tcsh, Zsh, BBEdit and BBEdit Lite, Alpha
+=back
-=item Where can I get Perl macros for vi?
+=item BUGS
-=item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item How can I use curses with Perl?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How can I use X or Tk with Perl?
+=back
-=item How can I generate simple menus without using CGI or Tk?
+=head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
-=item How can I make my Perl program run faster?
+=over 4
-=item How can I make my Perl program take less memory?
+=item SYNOPSIS
-Don't slurp!, Use map and grep selectively, Avoid unnecessary quotes and
-stringification, Pass by reference, Tie large variables to disk
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Is it unsafe to return a pointer to local data?
+=item Storing numbers
-=item How can I free an array or hash so my program shrinks?
+=item Numeric operators and numeric conversions
-=item How can I make my CGI script more efficient?
+=item Flavors of Perl numeric operations
-=item How can I hide the source for my Perl program?
+Arithmetic operators, ++, Arithmetic operators during C<use integer>, Other
+mathematical operators, Bitwise operators, Bitwise operators during C<use
+integer>, Operators which expect an integer, Operators which expect a
+string
-=item How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item How can I compile Perl into Java?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How can I get C<#!perl> to work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?
+=back
-=item Can I write useful Perl programs on the command line?
+=head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl
-=item Why don't Perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?
+=over 4
-=item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Where can I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
+=item Status
-=item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]
+=item What Is A Thread Anyway?
-=item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in
-my C program; what am I doing wrong?
+=item Threaded Program Models
-=item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean?
+=over 4
-=item What's MakeMaker?
+=item Boss/Worker
-=back
+=item Work Crew
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Pipeline
=back
-=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.14 $, $Date: 2002/02/08
-22:30:23 $)
-
-=over 4
+=item What kind of threads are Perl threads?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Thread-Safe Modules
-=item Data: Numbers
+=item Thread Basics
=over 4
-=item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
-numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
+=item Basic Thread Support
-=item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
+=item A Note about the Examples
-=item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()?
-Trig functions?
+=item Creating Threads
-=item How do I convert between numeric representations?
+=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
-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 Ignoring A Thread
-=item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?
+=back
-=item How do I multiply matrices?
+=item Threads And Data
-=item How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
+=over 4
-=item How can I output Roman numerals?
+=item Shared And Unshared Data
-=item Why aren't my random numbers random?
+=item Thread Pitfalls: Races
=back
-=item Data: Dates
+=item Synchronization and control
=over 4
-=item How do I find the week-of-the-year/day-of-the-year?
+=item Controlling access: lock()
-=item How do I find the current century or millennium?
+=item A Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
-=item How can I compare two dates and find the difference?
+=item Queues: Passing Data Around
-=item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
+=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
-=item How can I find the Julian Day?
+=item Basic semaphores
-=item How do I find yesterday's date?
+=item Advanced Semaphores
-=item Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?
+=item cond_wait() and cond_signal()
+
+=item Giving up control
=back
-=item Data: Strings
+=item General Thread Utility Routines
=over 4
-=item How do I validate input?
-
-=item How do I unescape a string?
+=item What Thread Am I In?
-=item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
+=item Thread IDs
-=item How do I expand function calls in a string?
+=item Are These Threads The Same?
-=item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
+=item What Threads Are Running?
-=item How do I reverse a string?
+=back
-=item How do I expand tabs in a string?
+=item A Complete Example
-=item How do I reformat a paragraph?
+=item Different implementations of threads
-=item How can I access/change the first N letters of a string?
+=item Performance considerations
-=item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
+=item Process-scope Changes
-=item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
-string?
+=item Thread-Safety of System Libraries
-=item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
+=item Conclusion
-=item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
-[character]? (Comma-separated files)
+=item Bibliography
-=item How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?
+=over 4
-=item How do I pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?
+=item Introductory Texts
-=item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
+=item OS-Related References
-=item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
+=item Other References
-=item How can I expand variables in text strings?
+=back
-=item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
+=item Acknowledgements
-=item Why don't my <<HERE documents work?
+=item AUTHOR
-1. There must be no space after the << part, 2. There (probably) should be
-a semicolon at the end, 3. You can't (easily) have any space in front of
-the tag
+=item Copyrights
=back
-=item Data: Arrays
+=head2 perlothrtut - old tutorial on threads in Perl
=over 4
-=item What is the difference between a list and an array?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?
+=item What Is A Thread Anyway?
-=item How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array?
+=item Threaded Program Models
-a), b), c), d), e)
+=over 4
-=item How can I tell whether a certain element is contained in a list or
-array?
+=item Boss/Worker
-=item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
-intersection of two arrays?
+=item Work Crew
-=item How do I test whether two arrays or hashes are equal?
+=item Pipeline
-=item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
+=back
-=item How do I handle linked lists?
+=item Native threads
-=item How do I handle circular lists?
+=item What kind of threads are perl threads?
-=item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
+=item Threadsafe Modules
-=item How do I process/modify each element of an array?
+=item Thread Basics
-=item How do I select a random element from an array?
+=over 4
-=item How do I permute N elements of a list?
+=item Basic Thread Support
-=item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
+=item Creating Threads
-=item How do I manipulate arrays of bits?
+=item Giving up control
-=item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
+=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
+
+=item Errors In Threads
+
+=item Ignoring A Thread
=back
-=item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
+=item Threads And Data
=over 4
-=item How do I process an entire hash?
+=item Shared And Unshared Data
-=item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
-it?
+=item Thread Pitfall: Races
-=item How do I look up a hash element by value?
+=item Controlling access: lock()
-=item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
+=item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
-=item How do I sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
+=item Queues: Passing Data Around
-=item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
+=back
-=item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
+=item Threads And Code
-=item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
+=over 4
-=item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
+=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
-=item How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
+Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
-=item How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
+=item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines
-=item How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?
+=item Subroutine Locks
-=item Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create
-it?
+=item Methods
-=item How can I make the Perl equivalent of a C structure/C++ class/hash or
-array of hashes or arrays?
-
-=item How can I use a reference as a hash key?
+=item Locking A Subroutine
=back
-=item Data: Misc
+=item General Thread Utility Routines
=over 4
-=item How do I handle binary data correctly?
-
-=item How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?
-
-=item How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
-
-=item How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?
+=item What Thread Am I In?
-=item How do I define methods for every class/object?
+=item Thread IDs
-=item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
+=item Are These Threads The Same?
-=item How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?
+=item What Threads Are Running?
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item A Complete Example
-=back
+=item Conclusion
-=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.9 $, $Date: 2002/02/11
-19:30:21 $)
+=item Bibliography
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Introductory Texts
-=over 4
+=item OS-Related References
-=item How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this?
+=item Other References
-=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?
+=back
-=item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
+=item Acknowledgements
-=item How do I make a temporary file name?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item How can I manipulate fixed-record-length files?
+=item Copyrights
-=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?
+=back
-=item How can I use a filehandle indirectly?
+=head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl
-=item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
+=over 4
-=item How can I write() into a string?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
+Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is>
+portable
-=item How can I translate tildes (~) in a filename?
+=item ISSUES
-=item How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?
+=over 4
-=item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use <*>?
+=item Newlines
-=item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
+=item Numbers endianness and Width
-=item How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing blanks?
+=item Files and Filesystems
-=item How can I reliably rename a file?
+=item System Interaction
-=item How can I lock a file?
+=item Command names versus file pathnames
-=item Why can't I just open(FH, ">file.lock")?
+=item Networking
-=item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in
-the file. How can I do this?
+=item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
-=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 External Subroutines (XS)
-=item How do I randomly update a binary file?
+=item Standard Modules
-=item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
+=item Time and Date
-=item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
+=item Character sets and character encoding
-=item How do I print to more than one file at once?
+=item Internationalisation
-=item How can I read in an entire file all at once?
+=item System Resources
-=item How can I read in a file by paragraphs?
+=item Security
-=item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
+=item Style
-=item How can I tell whether there's a character waiting on a filehandle?
+=back
-=item How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl?
+=item CPAN Testers
-=item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
+Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
+http://testers.cpan.org/
-=item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
+=item PLATFORMS
-=item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? What doesn't
-`C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
+=over 4
-=item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
+=item Unix
-=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 DOS and Derivatives
-=item How do I select a random line from a file?
+=item S<Mac OS>
-=item Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?
+=item VMS
-=back
+=item VOS
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item EBCDIC Platforms
-=back
+=item Acorn RISC OS
-=head2 perlfaq6 - Regular Expressions ($Revision: 1.8 $, $Date: 2002/01/31
-04:27:55 $)
+=item Other perls
-=over 4
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
=over 4
-=item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
-and unmaintainable code?
-
-Comments Outside the Regex, Comments Inside the Regex, Different Delimiters
+=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
-=item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
+-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
-=item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
-different lines?
+=back
-=item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
+=item CHANGES
-=item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS while preserving
-case on the RHS?
+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 can I make C<\w> match national character sets?
+=item Supported Platforms
-=item How can I match a locale-smart version of C</[a-zA-Z]/>?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?
+=item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
-=item What is C</o> really for?
+=back
-=item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
-file?
+=head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
+localization)
-=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 DESCRIPTION
-=item How do I process each word on each line?
+=item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
-=item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
+=item USING LOCALES
-=item How can I do approximate matching?
+=over 4
-=item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
+=item The use locale pragma
-=item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
+=item The setlocale function
-=item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
+=item Finding locales
-=item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
+=item LOCALE PROBLEMS
-=item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
+=item Temporarily fixing locale problems
-=item What's wrong with using grep or map in a void context?
+=item Permanently fixing locale problems
-=item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
+=item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
-=item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
+=item Fixing system locale configuration
-=back
+=item The localeconv function
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item I18N::Langinfo
=back
-=head2 perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date:
-2002/01/31 04:27:55 $)
-
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item LOCALE CATEGORIES
=over 4
-=item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
-
-=item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
-use them?
-
-=item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
-commas?
-
-=item How do I skip some return values?
-
-=item How do I temporarily block warnings?
-
-=item What's an extension?
+=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
-=item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
+=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
-=item How do I declare/create a structure?
+=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
-=item How do I create a module?
+=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
-=item How do I create a class?
+=item LC_TIME
-=item How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
+=item Other categories
-=item What's a closure?
+=back
-=item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
+=item SECURITY
-=item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
-Regex}?
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexes,
-Passing Methods
+PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
+LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
-=item How do I create a static variable?
+=item NOTES
-=item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping?
-Between local() and my()?
+=over 4
-=item How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical
-is in scope?
+=item Backward compatibility
-=item What's the difference between deep and shallow binding?
+=item I18N:Collate obsolete
-=item Why doesn't "my($foo) = <FILE>;" work right?
+=item Sort speed and memory use impacts
-=item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method?
+=item write() and LC_NUMERIC
-=item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
+=item Freely available locale definitions
-=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 An imperfect standard
-=item Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
+=back
-=item How can I find out my current package?
+=item Unicode and UTF-8
-=item How can I comment out a large block of perl code?
+=item BUGS
-=item How do I clear a package?
+=over 4
-=item How can I use a variable as a variable name?
+=item Broken systems
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2002/01/28
-04:17:27 $)
+=head2 perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction
=over 4
=over 4
-=item How do I find out which operating system I'm running under?
+=item Unicode
-=item How come exec() doesn't return?
+=item Perl's Unicode Support
-=item How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?
+=item Perl's Unicode Model
-Keyboard, Screen, Mouse
-
-=item How do I print something out in color?
-
-=item How do I read just one key without waiting for a return key?
-
-=item How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard?
-
-=item How do I clear the screen?
-
-=item How do I get the screen size?
+=item Unicode and EBCDIC
-=item How do I ask the user for a password?
+=item Creating Unicode
-=item How do I read and write the serial port?
+=item Handling Unicode
-lockfiles, open mode, end of line, flushing output, non-blocking input
+=item Legacy Encodings
-=item How do I decode encrypted password files?
+=item Unicode I/O
-=item How do I start a process in the background?
+=item Displaying Unicode As Text
-STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR are shared, Signals, Zombies
+=item Special Cases
-=item How do I trap control characters/signals?
+=item Advanced Topics
-=item How do I modify the shadow password file on a Unix system?
+=item Miscellaneous
-=item How do I set the time and date?
+=item Questions With Answers
-=item How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second?
+=item Hexadecimal Notation
-=item How can I measure time under a second?
+=item Further Resources
-=item How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling)
+=back
-=item Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? What
-does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean?
+=item UNICODE IN OLDER PERLS
-=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()?
+=item ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
-=item Why do setuid perl scripts complain about kernel problems?
+=item AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT, AND LICENSE
-=item How can I open a pipe both to and from a command?
+=back
-=item Why can't I get the output of a command with system()?
+=head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
-=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 DESCRIPTION
-=item What's wrong with using backticks in a void context?
+=over 4
-=item How can I call backticks without shell processing?
+=item Important Caveats
-=item Why can't my script read from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix,
-^Z on MS-DOS)?
+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 convert my shell script to perl?
+=item Byte and Character Semantics
-=item Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session?
+=item Effects of Character Semantics
-=item How can I write expect in Perl?
+=item Scripts
-=item Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as
-"ps"?
+=item Blocks
-=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 User-Defined Character Properties
-Unix
+=item Character Encodings for Input and Output
-=item How do I close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to
-complete?
+=item Unicode Regular Expression Support Level
-=item How do I fork a daemon process?
+=item Unicode Encodings
-=item How do I find out if I'm running interactively or not?
+=item Security Implications of Unicode
-=item How do I timeout a slow event?
+=item Unicode in Perl on EBCDIC
-=item How do I set CPU limits?
+=item Locales
-=item How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system?
+=item When Unicode Does Not Happen
-=item How do I use an SQL database?
+=item Forcing Unicode in Perl (Or Unforcing Unicode in Perl)
-=item How do I make a system() exit on control-C?
+=item Using Unicode in XS
-=item How do I open a file without blocking?
+=back
-=item How do I install a module from CPAN?
+=item BUGS
-=item What's the difference between require and use?
+=over 4
-=item How do I keep my own module/library directory?
+=item Interaction with Locales
-=item How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library
-search path?
+=item Interaction with Extensions
-=item How do I add a directory to my include path at runtime?
+=item Speed
-=item What is socket.ph and where do I get it?
+=item Porting code from perl-5.6.X
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date: 2002/01/28 04:17:27
-$)
+=head2 perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item COMMON CHARACTER CODE SETS
+
=over 4
-=item What is the correct form of response from a CGI script?
+=item ASCII
-=item My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500
-Server Error)
+=item ISO 8859
-=item How can I get better error messages from a CGI program?
+=item Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1)
-=item How do I remove HTML from a string?
+=item EBCDIC
-=item How do I extract URLs?
+=item 13 variant characters
-=item How do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a
-file on another machine?
+=item 0037
-=item How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?
+=item 1047
-=item How do I fetch an HTML file?
+=item POSIX-BC
-=item How do I automate an HTML form submission?
+=item Unicode code points versus EBCDIC code points
-=item How do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web?
+=item Remaining Perl Unicode problems in EBCDIC
-=item How do I redirect to another page?
+=item Unicode and UTF
-=item How do I put a password on my web pages?
+=item Using Encode
-=item How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?
+=back
-=item How do I make sure users can't enter values into a form that cause my
-CGI script to do bad things?
+=item SINGLE OCTET TABLES
-=item How do I parse a mail header?
+recipe 0, recipe 1, recipe 2, recipe 3, recipe 4, recipe 5, recipe 6
-=item How do I decode a CGI form?
+=item IDENTIFYING CHARACTER CODE SETS
-=item How do I check a valid mail address?
+=item CONVERSIONS
-=item How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string?
+=over 4
-=item How do I return the user's mail address?
+=item tr///
-=item How do I send mail?
+=item iconv
-=item How do I use MIME to make an attachment to a mail message?
+=item C RTL
-=item How do I read mail?
+=back
-=item How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address?
+=item OPERATOR DIFFERENCES
-=item How do I fetch a news article or the active newsgroups?
+=item FUNCTION DIFFERENCES
-=item How do I fetch/put an FTP file?
+chr(), ord(), pack(), print(), printf(), sort(), sprintf(), unpack()
-=item How can I do RPC in Perl?
+=item REGULAR EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES
-=back
+=item SOCKETS
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item SORTING
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Ignore ASCII vs. EBCDIC sort differences.
+
+=item MONO CASE then sort data.
+
+=item Convert, sort data, then re convert.
+
+=item Perform sorting on one type of machine only.
=back
-=head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
+=item TRANSFORMATION FORMATS
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item URL decoding and encoding
-=over 4
+=item uu encoding and decoding
-=item Layout
+=item Quoted-Printable encoding and decoding
-B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
+=item Caesarian ciphers
=back
-=item Using The Back Ends
+=item Hashing order and checksums
-=over 4
+=item I18N AND L10N
-=item The Cross Referencing Back End
+=item MULTI OCTET CHARACTER SETS
-i, &, s, r
+=item OS ISSUES
-=item The Decompiling Back End
+=over 4
-=item The Lint Back End
+=item OS/400
-=item The Simple C Back End
+PASE, IFS access
-=item The Bytecode Back End
+=item OS/390, z/OS
-=item The Optimized C Back End
+chcp, dataset access, OS/390, z/OS iconv, locales
-B, O, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC,
-B::Debug, B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj,
-B::Stash, B::Terse, B::Xref
+=item VM/ESA?
+
+=item POSIX-BC?
=back
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item REFERENCES
+
+=item HISTORY
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
+=head2 perlsec - Perl security
=over 4
=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 Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
-=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
+=item Switches On the "#!" Line
-=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
+=item Taint mode and @INC
-=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
+=item Cleaning Up Your Path
-=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
+=item Security Bugs
-=item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
+=item Protecting Your Programs
-=item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
+=item Unicode
-=item Execution of END blocks
+=item Algorithmic Complexity Attacks
-=item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
+=back
-=item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
-program
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Embedding Perl under Win32
-
-=item MORAL
+=head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
+=item Packages
-=over 4
+=item Symbol Tables
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item BEGIN, CHECK, INIT and END
-=item Debugger Internals
+=item Perl Classes
-=over 4
+=item Perl Modules
-=item Writing Your Own Debugger
+=item Making your module threadsafe
=back
-=item Frame Listing Output Examples
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Debugging regular expressions
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
=over 4
-=item Compile-time output
+=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
-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)>
+=over 4
-=item Types of nodes
+=item Pragmatic Modules
-=item Run-time output
+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
-=back
+=item Standard Modules
-=item Debugging Perl memory usage
+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
-=over 4
+=item Extension Modules
-=item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
+=back
-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 CPAN
-=item Example of using B<-DL> switch
+=over 4
-C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
+=item Africa
-=item B<-DL> details
+South Africa
-C<!!!>, C<!!>, C<!>
+=item Asia
-=item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
+China, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Russian Federation, Saudi
+Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand
-=back
+=item Central America
-=item SEE ALSO
+Costa Rica
-=back
+=item Europe
-=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
+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
-=over 4
+=item North America
-=item DESCRIPTION
+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 SPECIAL NOTES
+=item Oceania
-=over 4
+Australia, New Zealand, United States
-=item make
+=item South America
-=item Version caveat
+Argentina, Brazil, Chile
-=item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
+=item RSYNC Mirrors
=back
-=item TUTORIAL
+=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
=over 4
-=item EXAMPLE 1
-
-=item EXAMPLE 2
-
-=item What has gone on?
+=item Guidelines for Module Creation
-=item Writing good test scripts
+=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
-=item EXAMPLE 3
+=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
-=item What's new here?
+=back
-=item Input and Output Parameters
+=item NOTE
-=item The XSUBPP Program
+=back
-=item The TYPEMAP file
+=head2 perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide
-=item Warning about Output Arguments
+=over 4
-=item EXAMPLE 4
+=item INTRODUCTION
-=item What has happened here?
+=item QUICK CHECKLIST
-=item Anatomy of .xs file
+=over 4
-=item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
+=item Before you start
-=item More about XSUB arguments
+=item The API
-=item The Argument Stack
+=item Stability
-=item Extending your Extension
+=item Documentation
-=item Documenting your Extension
+=item Release considerations
-=item Installing your Extension
+=back
-=item EXAMPLE 5
+=item BEFORE YOU START WRITING A MODULE
-=item New Things in this Example
+=over 4
-=item EXAMPLE 6
+=item Has it been done before?
-=item New Things in this Example
+=item Do one thing and do it well
-=item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
+=item What's in a name?
-=item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
+=back
-=item EXAMPLE 9 (Coming Soon)
+=item DESIGNING AND WRITING YOUR MODULE
-=item Troubleshooting these Examples
+=over 4
-=back
+=item To OO or not to OO?
-=item See also
+=item Designing your API
-=item Author
+Write simple routines to do simple things, Separate functionality from
+output, Provide sensible shortcuts and defaults, Naming conventions,
+Parameter passing
-=over 4
+=item Strictness and warnings
-=item Last Changed
+=item Backwards compatibility
-=back
+=item Error handling and messages
=back
-=head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
+=item DOCUMENTING YOUR MODULE
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=over 4
+=item POD
-=item Introduction
+=item README, INSTALL, release notes, changelogs
-=item On The Road
+perl Makefile.PL, make, make test, make install, perl Build.PL, perl Build,
+perl Build test, perl Build install
-=item The Anatomy of an XSUB
+=back
-=item The Argument Stack
+=item RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS
-=item The RETVAL Variable
+=over 4
-=item The MODULE Keyword
+=item Version numbering
-=item The PACKAGE Keyword
+=item Pre-requisites
-=item The PREFIX Keyword
+=item Testing
-=item The OUTPUT: Keyword
+=item Packaging
-=item The NO_OUTPUT Keyword
+=item Licensing
-=item The CODE: Keyword
+=back
-=item The INIT: Keyword
+=item COMMON PITFALLS
-=item The NO_INIT Keyword
+=over 4
-=item Initializing Function Parameters
+=item Reinventing the wheel
-=item Default Parameter Values
+=item Trying to do too much
-=item The PREINIT: Keyword
+=item Inappropriate documentation
-=item The SCOPE: Keyword
+=back
-=item The INPUT: Keyword
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item The IN/OUTLIST/IN_OUTLIST/OUT/IN_OUT Keywords
+L<perlstyle>, L<perlnewmod>, L<perlpod>, L<podchecker>, Packaging Tools,
+Testing tools, http://pause.perl.org/, Any good book on software
+engineering
-=item Variable-length Parameter Lists
+=item AUTHOR
-=item The C_ARGS: Keyword
+=back
-=item The PPCODE: Keyword
+=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
-=item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
+=over 4
-=item The REQUIRE: Keyword
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item The CLEANUP: Keyword
+=over 4
-=item The POSTCALL: Keyword
+=item PREAMBLE
-=item The BOOT: Keyword
+B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
+module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
-=item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
+=back
-=item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
+=item PORTABILITY
-=item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
+=item HEY
-=item The ALIAS: Keyword
+=item AUTHOR
-=item The INTERFACE: Keyword
+=item COPYRIGHT
-=item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
+=back
-=item The INCLUDE: Keyword
+=head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
-=item The CASE: Keyword
+=over 4
-=item The & Unary Operator
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Inserting POD, Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
+=over 4
-=item Using XS With C++
+=item Warning
-=item Interface Strategy
+=item What should I make into a module?
-=item Perl Objects And C Structures
+=item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground
-=item The Typemap
+Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again
-=item Safely Storing Static Data in XS
+=item Step-by-step: Making the module
-MY_CXT_KEY, typedef my_cxt_t, START_MY_CXT, MY_CXT_INIT, dMY_CXT, MY_CXT
+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
-=back
+=item Step-by-step: Distributing your module
-=item EXAMPLES
+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 XS VERSION
+=back
=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions
+=head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Conventions
+=item DOCUMENTATION
-C<t>, C<p>, C<n>, C<s>
+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 File Operations
+=item CONVERTORS
-=item File Input and Output
+L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
-=item File Positioning
+=item Administration
-=item Memory Management and String Handling
+L<libnetcfg|libnetcfg>
-=item Character Class Tests
+=item Development
-=item F<stdlib.h> functions
+L<perlbug|perlbug>, L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph> and L<pstruct|pstruct>,
+L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>, L<perlcc|perlcc>
-=item Miscellaneous functions
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
-
=back
-=head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
+=head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Variables
-
=over 4
-=item Datatypes
+=item Layout
-=item What is an "IV"?
+B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
-=item Working with SVs
+=back
-=item Offsets
+=item Using The Back Ends
-=item What's Really Stored in an SV?
+=over 4
-=item Working with AVs
+=item The Cross Referencing Back End
-=item Working with HVs
+i, &, s, r
-=item Hash API Extensions
+=item The Decompiling Back End
-=item References
+=item The Lint Back End
-=item Blessed References and Class Objects
+=item The Simple C Back End
-=item Creating New Variables
+=item The Bytecode Back End
-=item Reference Counts and Mortality
+=item The Optimized C Back End
-=item Stashes and Globs
+=back
-=item Double-Typed SVs
+=item Module List for the Compiler Suite
-=item Magic Variables
+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 Assigning Magic
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-=item Magic Virtual Tables
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Finding Magic
+=back
-=item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
+=head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
-=item Localizing changes
+=over 4
-C<SAVEINT(int i)>, C<SAVEIV(IV i)>, C<SAVEI32(I32 i)>, C<SAVELONG(long i)>,
-C<SAVESPTR(s)>, C<SAVEPPTR(p)>, C<SAVEFREESV(SV *sv)>, C<SAVEMORTALIZESV(SV
-*sv)>, C<SAVEFREEOP(OP *op)>, C<SAVEFREEPV(p)>, C<SAVECLEARSV(SV *sv)>,
-C<SAVEDELETE(HV *hv, char *key, I32 length)>,
-C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR(DESTRUCTORFUNC_NOCONTEXT_t f, void *p)>,
-C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR_X(DESTRUCTORFUNC_t f, void *p)>, C<SAVESTACK_POS()>, C<SV*
-save_scalar(GV *gv)>, C<AV* save_ary(GV *gv)>, C<HV* save_hash(GV *gv)>,
-C<void save_item(SV *item)>, C<void save_list(SV **sarg, I32 maxsarg)>,
-C<SV* save_svref(SV **sptr)>, C<void save_aptr(AV **aptr)>, C<void
-save_hptr(HV **hptr)>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item CONCEPTS
-=item Subroutines
+=item USING FILTERS
-=over 4
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
-=item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
-=item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
+B<Decryption Filters>
-=item Memory Allocation
+=item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
-=item PerlIO
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
-=item Putting a C value on Perl stack
+=item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
-=item Scratchpads
+=item CONCLUSION
-=item Scratchpads and recursion
+=item THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR
+
+Some Filters Clobber the C<DATA> Handle
+
+=item REQUIREMENTS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item Copyrights
=back
-=item Compiled code
+=head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
=over 4
-=item Code tree
-
-=item Examining the tree
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Compile pass 1: check routines
+=over 4
-=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
+=item PREAMBLE
-=item Compile pass 2: context propagation
+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 Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
+=item ROADMAP
-=item Pluggable runops
+=item Compiling your C program
-=back
+=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
-=item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions
+=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
-=item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
+=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
-=over 4
+=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
-=item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
+=item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
-=item So what happened to dTHR?
+=item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
-=item How do I use all this in extensions?
+=item Execution of END blocks
-=item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads?
+=item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
-=item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
+=item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
+program
=back
-=item Internal Functions
-
-A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, j, x
+=item Embedding Perl under Win32
-=over 4
+=item Hiding Perl_
-=item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs
+=item MORAL
-=item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Source Documentation
+=item COPYRIGHT
=back
-=item Unicode Support
+=head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
=over 4
-=item What B<is> Unicode, anyway?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How can I recognise a UTF8 string?
+=item Debugger Internals
-=item How does UTF8 represent Unicode characters?
+=over 4
-=item How does Perl store UTF8 strings?
+=item Writing Your Own Debugger
-=item How do I convert a string to UTF8?
+=back
-=item Is there anything else I need to know?
+=item Frame Listing Output Examples
-=back
+=item Debugging regular expressions
-=item Custom Operators
+=over 4
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Compile-time output
-=item SEE ALSO
+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
-=head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
+=item Debugging Perl memory usage
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
-An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
+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 THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
+=item Example of using B<-DL> switch
-call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
+C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
-=item FLAG VALUES
+=item B<-DL> details
-=over 4
+C<!!!>, C<!!>, C<!>
-=item G_VOID
+=item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
-=item G_SCALAR
+=back
-=item G_ARRAY
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item G_DISCARD
+=back
-=item G_NOARGS
+=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
-=item G_EVAL
+=over 4
-=item G_KEEPERR
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Determining the Context
+=item SPECIAL NOTES
-=back
+=over 4
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+=item make
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item Version caveat
-=over 4
+=item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
-=item No Parameters, Nothing returned
+=back
-=item Passing Parameters
+=item TUTORIAL
-=item Returning a Scalar
+=over 4
-=item Returning a list of values
+=item EXAMPLE 1
-=item Returning a list in a scalar context
+=item EXAMPLE 2
-=item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
+=item What has gone on?
-=item Using G_EVAL
+=item Writing good test scripts
-=item Using G_KEEPERR
+=item EXAMPLE 3
-=item Using call_sv
+=item What's new here?
-=item Using call_argv
+=item Input and Output Parameters
-=item Using call_method
+=item The XSUBPP Program
-=item Using GIMME_V
+=item The TYPEMAP file
-=item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
+=item Warning about Output Arguments
-=item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
+=item EXAMPLE 4
-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 What has happened here?
-=item Alternate Stack Manipulation
+=item Anatomy of .xs file
-=item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
+=item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
-=back
+=item More about XSUB arguments
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item The Argument Stack
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Extending your Extension
-=item DATE
+=item Documenting your Extension
-=back
+=item Installing your Extension
-=head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
+=item EXAMPLE 5
-=over 4
+=item New Things in this Example
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item EXAMPLE 6
-=over 4
+=item New Things in this Example
-=item DOCUMENTATION
+=item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
-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 EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
-=item CONVERTORS
+=item EXAMPLE 9 Passing open files to XSes
-L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
+=item Troubleshooting these Examples
-=item Administration
+=back
-L<libnetcfg|libnetcfg>
+=item See also
-=item Development
+=item Author
-L<perlbug|perlbug>, L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph> and L<pstruct|pstruct>,
-L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>, L<perlcc|perlcc>
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Last Changed
=back
=back
-=head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
+=head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item CONCEPTS
+=over 4
-=item USING FILTERS
+=item Introduction
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
+=item On The Road
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
+=item The Anatomy of an XSUB
-B<Decryption Filters>
+=item The Argument Stack
-=item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
+=item The RETVAL Variable
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
+=item Returning SVs, AVs and HVs through RETVAL
-=item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
+=item The MODULE Keyword
-=item CONCLUSION
+=item The PACKAGE Keyword
-=item REQUIREMENTS
+=item The PREFIX Keyword
-=item AUTHOR
+=item The OUTPUT: Keyword
-=item Copyrights
+=item The NO_OUTPUT Keyword
-=back
+=item The CODE: Keyword
-=head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
+=item The INIT: Keyword
-=over 4
+=item The NO_INIT Keyword
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Initializing Function Parameters
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Default Parameter Values
-B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
-B<filter_fetch_value>
+=item The PREINIT: Keyword
-=over 4
+=item The SCOPE: Keyword
-=item The Filter
+=item The INPUT: Keyword
-=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
+=item The IN/OUTLIST/IN_OUTLIST/OUT/IN_OUT Keywords
-=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
+=item The C<length(NAME)> Keyword
-=back
+=item Variable-length Parameter Lists
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item The C_ARGS: Keyword
-=item AUTHOR
+=item The PPCODE: Keyword
-=back
+=item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
-=head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
+=item The REQUIRE: Keyword
-=over 4
+=item The CLEANUP: Keyword
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The POSTCALL: Keyword
-=item "Gimme" Values
+=item The BOOT: Keyword
-GIMME, GIMME_V, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID
+=item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
-=item Array Manipulation Functions
+=item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
-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
+=item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
-=item Callback Functions
+=item The ALIAS: Keyword
-call_argv, call_method, call_pv, call_sv, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv,
-FREETMPS, LEAVE, SAVETMPS
+=item The OVERLOAD: Keyword
-=item Character classes
+=item The FALLBACK: Keyword
-isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, toLOWER, toUPPER
+=item The INTERFACE: Keyword
-=item Cloning an interpreter
+=item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
-perl_clone
+=item The INCLUDE: Keyword
-=item CV Manipulation Functions
+=item The CASE: Keyword
-CvSTASH, get_cv, Nullcv
+=item The & Unary Operator
-=item Embedding Functions
+=item Inserting POD, Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
-load_module, perl_alloc, perl_construct, perl_destruct, perl_free,
-perl_parse, perl_run, require_pv
+=item Using XS With C++
-=item Global Variables
+=item Interface Strategy
-PL_modglobal, PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes
+=item Perl Objects And C Structures
-=item GV Functions
+=item The Typemap
-GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_fetchmethod_autoload, gv_stashpv,
-gv_stashsv
+=item Safely Storing Static Data in XS
-=item Handy Values
+MY_CXT_KEY, typedef my_cxt_t, START_MY_CXT, MY_CXT_INIT, dMY_CXT, MY_CXT
-HEf_SVKEY, Nullch, Nullsv
+=back
-=item Hash Manipulation Functions
+=item EXAMPLES
-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_iterval, hv_magic, hv_store,
-hv_store_ent, hv_undef, newHV, Nullhv
+=item XS VERSION
-=item Magical Functions
+=item AUTHOR
-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
+=back
-=item Memory Management
+=head2 perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions
-Copy, Move, New, Newc, NEWSV, Newz, Renew, Renewc, Safefree, savepv,
-savepvn, savesharedpv, StructCopy, Zero
+=over 4
-=item Miscellaneous Functions
+=item DESCRIPTION
-fbm_compile, fbm_instr, form, getcwd_sv, strEQ, strGE, strGT, strLE, strLT,
-strNE, strnEQ, strnNE
+=over 4
-=item Numeric functions
+=item Conventions
-grok_bin, grok_hex, grok_number, grok_numeric_radix, grok_oct, scan_bin,
-scan_hex, scan_oct
+C<t>, C<p>, C<n>, C<s>
-=item Optree Manipulation Functions
+=item File Operations
-cv_const_sv, newCONSTSUB, newXS
+=item File Input and Output
-=item Stack Manipulation Macros
+=item File Positioning
-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 Memory Management and String Handling
-=item SV Flags
+=item Character Class Tests
-svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG
+=item F<stdlib.h> functions
-=item SV Manipulation Functions
+=item Miscellaneous functions
-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_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_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
+=back
-=item Unicode Support
+=item SEE ALSO
-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
+=back
-=item Variables created by C<xsubpp> and C<xsubpp> internal functions
+=head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
-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 DESCRIPTION
-croak, warn
+=item Variables
-=item AUTHORS
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Datatypes
-=back
+=item What is an "IV"?
-=head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
- Perl functions
+=item Working with SVs
-=over 4
+=item Offsets
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item What's Really Stored in an SV?
-=item Global Variables
+=item Working with AVs
-PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv,
-PL_rs
+=item Working with HVs
-=item GV Functions
+=item Hash API Extensions
-is_gv_magical
+=item AVs, HVs and undefined values
-=item IO Functions
+=item References
-start_glob
+=item Blessed References and Class Objects
-=item Pad Data Structures
+=item Creating New Variables
-CvPADLIST
+GV_ADDMULTI, GV_ADDWARN
-=item Stack Manipulation Macros
+=item Reference Counts and Mortality
-djSP, LVRET
+=item Stashes and Globs
-=item SV Manipulation Functions
+=item Double-Typed SVs
-report_uninit, sv_add_arena, sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs, sv_free_arenas
+=item Magic Variables
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Assigning Magic
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Magic Virtual Tables
-=back
+=item Finding Magic
-=head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
+=item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
-=over 4
+=item Localizing changes
-=item SYNOPSIS
+C<SAVEINT(int i)>, C<SAVEIV(IV i)>, C<SAVEI32(I32 i)>, C<SAVELONG(long i)>,
+C<SAVESPTR(s)>, C<SAVEPPTR(p)>, C<SAVEFREESV(SV *sv)>, C<SAVEMORTALIZESV(SV
+*sv)>, C<SAVEFREEOP(OP *op)>, C<SAVEFREEPV(p)>, C<SAVECLEARSV(SV *sv)>,
+C<SAVEDELETE(HV *hv, char *key, I32 length)>,
+C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR(DESTRUCTORFUNC_NOCONTEXT_t f, void *p)>,
+C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR_X(DESTRUCTORFUNC_t f, void *p)>, C<SAVESTACK_POS()>, C<SV*
+save_scalar(GV *gv)>, C<AV* save_ary(GV *gv)>, C<HV* save_hash(GV *gv)>,
+C<void save_item(SV *item)>, C<void save_list(SV **sarg, I32 maxsarg)>,
+C<SV* save_svref(SV **sptr)>, C<void save_aptr(AV **aptr)>, C<void
+save_hptr(HV **hptr)>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
+
+=item Subroutines
=over 4
-=item History and Background
+=item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
-=item Layers vs Disciplines
+=item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
-=item Data Structures
+=item Memory Allocation
-=item Functions and Attributes
+=item PerlIO
-=item Per-instance Data
+=item Putting a C value on Perl stack
-=item Layers in action.
+=item Scratchpads
-=item Per-instance flag bits
+=item Scratchpads and recursion
-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
+=back
-=item Methods in Detail
+=item Compiled code
-char * name;, Size_t size;, IV kind;, PERLIO_K_BUFFERED, PERLIO_K_CANCRLF,
-PERLIO_K_FASTGETS, PERLIO_K_MULTIARG, PERLIO_K_RAW, IV
-(*Pushed)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f,const char *mode, SV *arg);, IV
-(*Popped)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, PerlIO * (*Open)(...);, SV *
-(*Getarg)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f, CLONE_PARAMS *param, int flags), IV
-(*Fileno)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, PerlIO * (*Dup)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f, PerlIO *o,
-CLONE_PARAMS *param, int flags), SSize_t (*Read)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f,
-void *vbuf, Size_t count);, SSize_t (*Unread)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f, const
-void *vbuf, Size_t count);, SSize_t (*Write)(PerlIO *f, const void
-*vbuf, Size_t count);, IV (*Seek)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f, Off_t
-offset, int whence);, Off_t (*Tell)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, IV
- (*Close)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, IV (*Flush)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);,
-IV (*Fill)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, IV (*Eof)(pTHX_ PerlIO
-*f);, IV (*Error)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, void
-(*Clearerr)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, void (*Setlinebuf)(pTHX_ PerlIO
-*f);, STDCHAR * (*Get_base)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, Size_t
-(*Get_bufsiz)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, STDCHAR * (*Get_ptr)(pTHX_ PerlIO
-*f);, SSize_t (*Get_cnt)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, void
-(*Set_ptrcnt)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f,STDCHAR *ptr,SSize_t cnt);
+=over 4
-=item Core Layers
+=item Code tree
-"unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8"
+=item Examining the tree
-=item Extension Layers
+=item Compile pass 1: check routines
-":encoding", ":Scalar", ":Object" or ":Perl"
+=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
-=back
+=item Compile pass 2: context propagation
-=item TODO
+=item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
+
+=item Pluggable runops
=back
-=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
+=item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions
+
+=item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item So what happened to dTHR?
-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 How do I use all this in extensions?
-=over 4
+=item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads?
-=item Co-existence with stdio
-
-B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,flags)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,flags)>,
-B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>, B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,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,...)
+=item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
=back
-=back
+=item Internal Functions
-=head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
+A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, x, m, X, E, b
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs
-=item To do during 5.6.x
+=item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer
-=over 4
+=item Source Documentation
-=item Support for I/O disciplines
+=back
-=item Autoload bytes.pm
+=item Unicode Support
-=item Make "\u{XXXX}" et al work
+=over 4
-=item Create a char *sv_pvprintify(sv, STRLEN *lenp, UV flags)
+=item What B<is> Unicode, anyway?
-=item Overloadable regex assertions
+=item How can I recognise a UTF-8 string?
-=item Unicode
+=item How does UTF-8 represent Unicode characters?
-=item use Thread for iThreads
+=item How does Perl store UTF-8 strings?
-=item make perl_clone optionally clone ops
+=item How do I convert a string to UTF-8?
-=item Work out exit/die semantics for threads
+=item Is there anything else I need to know?
-=item Typed lexicals for compiler
+=back
-=item Compiler workarounds for Win32
+=item Custom Operators
-=item AUTOLOADing in the compiler
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Fixing comppadlist when compiling
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Cleaning up exported namespace
+=back
-=item Complete signal handling
+=head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
-=item Out-of-source builds
+=over 4
-=item POSIX realtime support
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item UNIX98 support
+An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
-=item IPv6 Support
+=item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
-=item Long double conversion
+call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
-=item Locales
+=item FLAG VALUES
-=item Thread-safe regexes
+=over 4
-=item Arithmetic on non-Arabic numerals
+=item G_VOID
-=item POSIX Unicode character classes
+=item G_SCALAR
-=item Factoring out common suffices/prefices in regexps (trie optimization)
+=item G_ARRAY
-=item Security audit shipped utilities
+=item G_DISCARD
-=item Sort out the uid-setting mess
+=item G_NOARGS
-=item DLL Versioning
+=item G_EVAL
-=item Introduce @( and @)
+=item G_KEEPERR
-=item Floating point handling
+=item Determining the Context
-=item IV/UV preservation
+=back
-=item Replace pod2html with something using Pod::Parser
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-=item Automate module testing on CPAN
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item sendmsg and recvmsg
+=over 4
-=item Rewrite perlre documentation
+=item No Parameters, Nothing returned
-=item Convert example code to IO::Handle filehandles
+=item Passing Parameters
-=item Document Win32 choices
+=item Returning a Scalar
-=item Check new modules
+=item Returning a list of values
-=item Make roffitall find pods and libs itself
+=item Returning a list in a scalar context
-=back
+=item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
-=item To do at some point
+=item Using G_EVAL
-=over 4
+=item Using G_KEEPERR
-=item Remove regular expression recursion
+=item Using call_sv
-=item Memory leaks after failed eval
+=item Using call_argv
-=item pack for IV, UVs, NVs, and long doubles
+=item Using call_method
-=item pack "(stuff)*"
+=item Using GIMME_V
-=item bitfields in pack
+=item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
-=item Cross compilation
+=item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
-=item Perl preprocessor / macros
+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 Perl lexer in Perl
+=item Alternate Stack Manipulation
-=item Using POSIX calls internally
+=item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
-=item -i rename file when changed
+=back
-=item All ARGV input should act like E<lt>E<gt>
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Support for rerunning debugger
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Test Suite for the Debugger
+=item DATE
-=item my sub foo { }
+=back
-=item One-pass global destruction
+=head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
-=item Rewrite regexp parser
+=over 4
-=item Cache recently used regexps
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Re-entrant functions
+=item "Gimme" Values
-=item Cross-compilation support
+GIMME, GIMME_V, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID
-=item Bit-shifting bitvectors
+=item Array Manipulation Functions
-=item debugger pragma
+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 use less pragma
+=item Callback Functions
-=item switch structures
+call_argv, call_method, call_pv, call_sv, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv,
+FREETMPS, LEAVE, SAVETMPS
-=item Cache eval tree
+=item Character classes
-=item rcatmaybe
+isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, toLOWER, toUPPER
-=item Shrink opcode tables
+=item Cloning an interpreter
-=item Optimize away @_
+perl_clone
-=item Prototypes versus indirect objects
+=item CV Manipulation Functions
-=item Install HTML
+CvSTASH, get_cv
-=item Prototype method calls
+=item Embedding Functions
-=item Return context prototype declarations
+cv_undef, load_module, nothreadhook, perl_alloc, perl_construct,
+perl_destruct, perl_free, perl_parse, perl_run, require_pv
-=item magic_setisa
+=item Functions in file pp_pack.c
-=item Garbage collection
+packlist, pack_cat, unpackstring, unpack_str
-=item IO tutorial
+=item Global Variables
-=item Rewrite perldoc
+PL_modglobal, PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes
-=item Install .3p manpages
+=item GV Functions
-=item Unicode tutorial
+GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_fetchmethod_autoload,
+gv_fetchmeth_autoload, gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv
-=item Update POSIX.pm for 1003.1-2
+=item Handy Values
-=item Retargetable installation
+Nullav, Nullch, Nullcv, Nullhv, Nullsv
-=item POSIX emulation on non-POSIX systems
+=item Hash Manipulation Functions
-=item Rename Win32 headers
+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 Finish off lvalue functions
+=item Magical Functions
-=item Update sprintf documentation
+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 Use fchown/fchmod internally
+=item Memory Management
-=item Make v-strings overloaded objects
+Copy, CopyD, Move, MoveD, New, Newc, Newz, Poison, Renew, Renewc, Safefree,
+savepv, savepvn, savesharedpv, StructCopy, Zero, ZeroD
-=back
+=item Miscellaneous Functions
-=item Vague ideas
+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
-=over 4
+=item Numeric functions
-=item ref() in list context
+grok_bin, grok_hex, grok_number, grok_numeric_radix, grok_oct, scan_bin,
+scan_hex, scan_oct
-=item Make tr/// return histogram of characters in list context
+=item Optree Manipulation Functions
-=item Compile to real threaded code
+cv_const_sv, newCONSTSUB, newXS
-=item Structured types
+=item Pad Data Structures
-=item Modifiable $1 et al.
+pad_sv
-=item Procedural interfaces for IO::*, etc.
+=item Stack Manipulation Macros
-=item RPC modules
+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 Attach/detach debugger from running program
+=item SV Flags
-=item GUI::Native
+svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG
-=item foreach(reverse ...)
+=item SV Manipulation Functions
-=item Constant function cache
+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 Approximate regular expression matching
+=item Unicode Support
-=back
+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 Ongoing
+=item Variables created by C<xsubpp> and C<xsubpp> internal functions
-=over 4
+ax, CLASS, dAX, dITEMS, dUNDERBAR, dXSARGS, dXSI32, items, ix, newXSproto,
+RETVAL, ST, THIS, UNDERBAR, XS, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK
+
+=item Warning and Dieing
-=item Update guts documentation
+croak, warn
-=item Add more tests
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Update auxiliary tools
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Recently done things
+=head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
+ Perl functions
=over 4
-=item Alternative RE syntax module
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Safe signal handling
+=item CV reference counts and CvOUTSIDE
-=item Tie Modules
+CvWEAKOUTSIDE
-=item gettimeofday
+=item Functions in file pad.h
-=item setitimer and getimiter
+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 Testing __DIE__ hook
+=item Functions in file pp_ctl.c
-=item CPP equivalent in Perl
+find_runcv
-=item Explicit switch statements
+=item Global Variables
-=item autocroak
+PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv,
+PL_rs
-=item UTF/EBCDIC
+=item GV Functions
-=item UTF Regexes
+is_gv_magical
-=item perlcc to produce executable
+=item IO Functions
-=item END blocks saved in compiled output
+start_glob
-=item Secure temporary file module
+=item Pad Data Structures
-=item Integrate Time::HiRes
+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 Turn Cwd into XS
+=item Stack Manipulation Macros
-=item Mmap for input
+djSP, LVRET
-=item Byte to/from UTF8 and UTF8 to/from local conversion
+=item SV Manipulation Functions
-=item Add sockatmark support
+find_uninit_var, report_uninit, sv_add_arena, sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs,
+sv_free_arenas
-=item Mailing list archives
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Bug tracking
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Integrate MacPerl
+=back
-=item Web "nerve center" for Perl
+=head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
-=item Regular expression tutorial
+=over 4
-=item Debugging Tutorial
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Integrate new modules
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Integrate profiler
+=over 4
-=item Y2K error detection
+=item History and Background
-=item Regular expression debugger
+=item Basic Structure
-=item POD checker
+=item Layers vs Disciplines
-=item "Dynamic" lexicals
+=item Data Structures
-=item Cache precompiled modules
+=item Functions and Attributes
-=back
+=item Per-instance Data
-=item Deprecated Wishes
+=item Layers in action.
-=over 4
+=item Per-instance flag bits
-=item Loop control on do{}
+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 Lexically scoped typeglobs
+=item Methods in Detail
-=item format BOTTOM
+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 report HANDLE
+=item Utilities
-=item Generalised want()/caller())
+=item Implementing PerlIO Layers
-=item Named prototypes
+C implementations, Perl implementations
-=item Built-in globbing
+=item Core Layers
-=item Regression tests for suidperl
+"unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8"
-=item Cached hash values
+=item Extension Layers
-=item Add compression modules
+":encoding", ":scalar", ":via"
-=item Reorganise documentation into tutorials/references
+=back
-=item Remove distinction between functions and operators
+=item TODO
-=item Make XS easier to use
+=back
-=item Make embedding easier to use
+=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
-=item man for perl
+=over 4
-=item my $Package::variable
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item "or" tests defined, not truth
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item "class"-based lexicals
+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 byteperl
+=over 4
-=item Lazy evaluation / tail recursion removal
+=item Co-existence with stdio
-=item Make "use utf8" the default
+B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,mode)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,mode)>,
+B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>, B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>
-=item Unicode collation and normalization
+=item "Fast gets" Functions
-=item Create debugging macros
+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 truncate to the people
+=item Other Functions
-=item pack/unpack tutorial
+PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers),
+'E<lt>' read, 'E<gt>' write, '+' read/write, PerlIO_debug(fmt,...)
=back
=item Why rsync the source tree
-It's easier to rsync the source tree, It's more recent, It's more reliable
+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 Perlbug remote interface
+=item Working with the source
-1 http://bugs.perl.org, 2 bugdb@perl.org, 3
-commands_and_bugdids@bugs.perl.org, notes, patches, tests
+=item Perlbug administration
=item Submitting patches
=item Millions of Macros
+=item The .i Targets
+
=item Poking at Perl
=item Using a source-level debugger
run [args], break function_name, break source.c:xxx, step, next, continue,
finish, 'enter', print
+=item gdb macro support
+
=item Dumping Perl Data Structures
=item Patching
=item Writing a test
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
+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 Special Make Test Targets
+
+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 Running tests by hand
+
+PERL_CORE=1, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL=2, PERL, PERL_SKIP_TTY_TEST
=back
DEFINES, USE_MULTI = define, #PERL_MALLOC = define, CFG = Debug
-=item Compaq's/Digital's Third Degree
+=item valgrind
+
+=item Compaq's/Digital's/HP's Third Degree
=item PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL
-h, -l, -p[rocedures], -h[eavy], -i[nvocations], -l[ines], -testcoverage,
-z[ero]
+=item Miscellaneous tricks
+
=item CONCLUSION
I<The Road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began.>
=back
-=head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
+=head2 perlbook - Perl book information
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item INTRODUCTION
+=back
-=item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
+=head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
=over 4
-=item PUMPKIN?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item assertions
-=item THE RECORDS
+=item iCOW
-=over 4
+=item (?{...}) closures in regexps
-=item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
+=item A re-entrant regexp engine
-=item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
+=item pragmata
-=back
+=over 4
-=item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
+=item lexical pragmas
+
+=item use less 'memory'
=back
-=head2 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.8.0
+=item prototypes and functions
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item _ prototype character
-=item Highlights In 5.8.0
+=item inlining autoloaded constants
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item Finish off lvalue functions
+
+=back
+
+=item Unicode and UTF8
=over 4
-=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
+=item Implicit Latin 1 => Unicode translation
-=item AIX Dynaloading
+=item UTF8 caching code
-=item Attributes for C<my> variables now handled at run-time.
+=item Unicode in Filenames
-=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
+=item Unicode in %ENV
-=item IEEE-format Floating Point Default on OpenVMS Alpha
+=back
-=item New Unicode Properties
+=item Regexps
-=item Perl Parser Stress Tested
+=over 4
-=item REF(...) Instead Of SCALAR(...)
+=item regexp optimiser optional
-=item Deprecations
+=item common suffices/prefices in regexps (trie optimization)
=back
-=item Core Enhancements
+=item POD
=over 4
-=item PerlIO is Now The Default
+=item POD -> HTML conversion still sucks
-=item Safe Signals
+=back
-=item Unicode Overhaul
+=item Misc medium sized projects
-=item Understanding of Numbers
+=over 4
-=item Miscellaneous Changes
+=item UNITCHECK
-=back
+=item optional optimizer
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item You WANT *how* many
-=over 4
+=item lexical aliases
-=item New Modules and Pragmata
+=item no 6
-=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
-
-=back
-
-=item Utility Changes
-
-=item New Documentation
-
-=item Performance Enhancements
+=item IPv6
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item entersub XS vs Perl
-=over 4
+=item @INC source filter to Filter::Simple
-=item Generic Improvements
+=item bincompat functions
-=item New Or Improved Platforms
+=item Use fchown/fchmod internally
=back
-=item Selected Bug Fixes
+=item Tests
=over 4
-=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
-
-=back
+=item Make Schwern poorer
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=item test B
-=item Changed Internals
+=item Improve tests for Config.pm
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+=item common test code for timed bailout
-=item New Tests
+=back
-=item Known Problems
+=item Installation
=over 4
-=item AIX
-
-=item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
-
-=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+=item compressed man pages
-=item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12
+=item Make Config.pm cope with differences between build and installed perl
-=item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured
+=item Relocatable perl
-=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
+=item make HTML install work
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+=item put patchlevel in -v
-=item Mac OS X
+=back
-=item OS/390
+=item Incremental things
-=item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
+=over 4
-=item Failure of Thread tests
+=item autovivification
-=item UNICOS
+=item fix tainting bugs
-=item UTS
+=item Make tainting consistent
-=item VMS
+=item Dual life everything
-=item Win32
+=back
-=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
+=item Vague things
-=item Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken
+=over 4
-=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+=item threads
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=item POSIX memory footprint
-=item Unicode Support on EBCDIC Still Spotty
+=item Optimize away @_
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+=item switch ops
-=item The Long Double Support Is Still Experimental
+=item Attach/detach debugger from running program
-=item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
+=item A decent benchmark
=back
-=item Reporting Bugs
-
-=item SEE ALSO
-
-=item HISTORY
-
=back
-=head2 perl572delta - what's new for perl v5.7.2
+=head2 perldoc - Look up Perl documentation in Pod format.
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+=item OPTIONS
-=item Incompatible Changes
+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>
-=over 4
+=item SECURITY
-=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-=item AIX Dynaloading
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
+=back
-=item Different Definition of the Unicode Character Classes \p{In...}
+=head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
-=item Deprecations
+=over 4
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Core Enhancements
+=item INTRODUCTION
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
=over 4
-=item New Modules and Distributions
-
-=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+=item PUMPKIN?
=back
-=item Utility Changes
+=item THE RECORDS
-=item New Documentation
+=over 4
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
-=over 4
+=item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
-=item New Or Improved Platforms
+=back
-=item Generic Improvements
+=item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
=back
-=item Selected Bug Fixes
+=head2 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.2
=over 4
-=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Source Code Enhancements
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=over 4
+=item Utility Changes
-=item MAGIC constants
+=item Documentation
-=item Better commented code
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item Regex pre-/post-compilation items matched up
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item gcc -Wall
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=back
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item New Tests
+=item Changed Internals
=item Known Problems
=over 4
-=item AIX
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
+=back
-=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured
+=back
-=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
+=head2 perl592delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.2
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+=over 4
-=item OS/390
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Failure of Thread tests
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item UNICOS
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item UTS
+=item Utility Changes
-=item VMS
+=item Documentation
-=item Win32
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Variable Attributes are not Currently Usable for Tieing
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=item Changed Internals
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+=item Known Problems
-=item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental
+=over 4
+
+=item Platform Specific Problems
=back
=item SEE ALSO
-=item HISTORY
-
=back
-=head2 perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.1
+=head2 perl591delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.1
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
-
=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Core Enhancements
-
=over 4
-=item AUTOLOAD Is Now Lvaluable
-
-=item PerlIO is Now The Default
+=item substr() lvalues are no longer fixed-length
-=item Signals Are Now Safe
+=item The C<:unique> attribute is only meaningful for globals
=back
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item Core Enhancements
=over 4
-=item New Modules
+=item Lexical C<$_>
-=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+=item Tied hashes in scalar context
+
+=item Formats
+
+=item Stacked filetest operators
=back
-=item Performance Enhancements
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+Benchmark, Carp, Exporter, FindBin, List::Util, threads::shared
=item Utility Changes
-=item New Documentation
+=item Documentation
+
+=item Performance Enhancements
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
=over 4
-=item perlclib
+=item UTF-8 bugs
-=item perliol
+=item Threading bugs
-=item README.aix
+=item More bugs
-=item README.bs2000
+=back
-=item README.macos
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item README.mpeix
+=item Changed Internals
-=item README.solaris
+=over 4
-=item README.vos
+=item Reordering of SVt_* constants
-=item Porting/repository.pod
+=item Removal of CPP symbols
-=back
+=item Less space is used by ops
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item New parser
-=over 4
+=back
-=item New Or Improved Platforms
+=item Configuration and Building
-=item Generic Improvements
+=item Known Problems
-d_cmsghdr, d_fcntl_can_lock, d_fsync, d_getitimer, d_getpagsz, d_msghdr_s,
-need_va_copy, d_readv, d_recvmsg, d_sendmsg, sig_size, d_sockatmark,
-d_strtoq, d_u32align, d_ualarm, d_usleep
+=over 4
+
+=item Platform Specific Problems
=back
-=item Selected Bug Fixes
+=item To-do for perl 5.10.0
-=over 4
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=head2 perl590delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.0
-=item Changed Internals
+=over 4
-=item New Tests
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Known Problems
+=item Incompatible Changes
=over 4
-=item AIX vac 5.0.0.0 May Produce Buggy Code For Perl
+=item Hash Randomisation
-=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+=item UTF-8 On Filehandles No Longer Activated By Locale
-=item lib/io_multihomed Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+=item Single-number v-strings are no longer v-strings before "=>"
-=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+=item (Win32) The -C Switch Has Been Repurposed
-=item lib/b test 19
+=item (Win32) The /d Switch Of cmd.exe
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+=item The C<$*> variable has been removed
-=item sigaction test 13 in VMS
+=back
-=item sprintf tests 129 and 130
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Failure of Thread tests
+=over 4
-=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
+=item Assertions
-=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+=item Defined-or operators
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=item UTF-8 no longer default under UTF-8 locales
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+=item Unsafe signals again available
-=back
+=item Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item local ${$x}
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Unicode Character Database 4.0.0
-=item HISTORY
+=item Miscellaneous Enhancements
=back
-=head2 perl570delta - what's new for perl v5.7.0
+=item Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Updated Modules And Pragmata
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+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 Incompatible Changes
+=back
-=item Core Enhancements
+=item Utility Changes
-=item Modules and Pragmata
-
-=over 4
-
-=item New Modules
-
-=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
-
-=back
-
-=item Utility Changes
-
-=item New Documentation
+=item New Documentation
=item Performance Enhancements
=over 4
-=item Generic Improvements
+=item Platform-specific enhancements
=back
=over 4
-=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+=item Closures, eval and lexicals
-=back
+=item Generic fixes
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=item Platform-specific fixes
-=item Changed Internals
+=back
-=item Known Problems
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
=over 4
-=item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect
+=item Changed "A thread exited while %d threads were running"
-=item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform
+=item Removed "Attempt to clear a restricted hash"
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=item New "Illegal declaration of anonymous subroutine"
-=item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+=item Changed "Invalid range "%s" in transliteration operator"
-=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+=item New "Missing control char name in \c"
-=item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris
+=item New "Newline in left-justified string for %s"
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+=item New "Possible precedence problem on bitwise %c operator"
-=item Storable tests fail in some platforms
+=item New "read() on %s filehandle %s"
-=item Threads Are Still Experimental
+=item New "Tied variable freed while still in use"
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+=item New "To%s: illegal mapping '%s'"
+
+=item New "Use of freed value in iteration"
=back
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item Changed Internals
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item New Tests
-=item HISTORY
+=item Known Problems
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 perl561delta - what's new for perl v5.6.x
+=item Tied hashes in scalar context
-=over 4
+=item Net::Ping 450_service and 510_ping_udp failures
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item B::C
-=item Summary of changes between 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
+=back
+
+=item Platform Specific Problems
=over 4
-=item Security Issues
+=item EBCDIC Platforms
-=item Core bug fixes
+=item Cygwin 1.5 problems
-C<UNIVERSAL::isa()>, Memory leaks, Numeric conversions, qw(a\\b), caller(),
-Bugs in regular expressions, "slurp" mode, Autovivification of symbolic
-references to special variables, Lexical warnings, Spurious warnings and
-errors, glob(), Tainting, sort(), #line directives, Subroutine prototypes,
-map(), Debugger, PERL5OPT, chop(), Unicode support, 64-bit support,
-Compiler, Lvalue subroutines, IO::Socket, File::Find, xsubpp, C<no
-Module;>, Tests
+=item HP-UX: HP cc warnings about sendfile and sendpath
-=item Core features
+=item IRIX: t/uni/tr_7jis.t falsely failing
-=item Configuration issues
+=item Mac OS X: no usemymalloc
-=item Documentation
+=item Tru64: No threaded builds with GNU cc (gcc)
-=item Bundled modules
+=item Win32: sysopen, sysread, syswrite
-B::Concise, File::Temp, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Text::Overstrike, CGI, CPAN,
-Class::Struct, DB_File, Devel::Peek, File::Find, Getopt::Long, IO::Poll,
-IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::Complex, Net::Ping, Opcode, Pod::Parser,
-Pod::Text, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Tie::RefHash, Tie::SubstrHash
+=back
-=item Platform-specific improvements
+=item TODO
-NCR MP-RAS, NonStop-UX
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Core Enhancements
+=head2 perl585delta - what is new for perl v5.8.5
=over 4
-=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Support for interpolating named characters
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item "our" declarations
+=item Utility Changes
-=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+=over 4
-=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+=item Perl's debugger
-=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+=item h2ph
-=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+=back
-=item open() with more than two arguments
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item 64-bit support
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Large file support
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item Long doubles
+=item Changed Internals
-=item "more bits"
+=item Known Problems
-=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item File globbing implemented internally
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Support for CHECK blocks
+=back
-=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+=head2 perl584delta - what is new for perl v5.8.4
-=item Better pseudo-random number generator
+=over 4
-=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+=over 4
-=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+=item Malloc wrapping
-=item Comments in pack() templates
+=item Unicode Character Database 4.0.1
-=item Weak references
+=item suidperl less insecure
-=item Binary numbers supported
+=item format
-=item Lvalue subroutines
+=back
-=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+=over 4
-=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+=item Updated modules
-=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+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 Pseudo-hashes work better
+=back
-=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+=item Utility Changes
-=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+=item Changed Internals
-=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+=item Future Directions
-=item Improved diagnostics
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+=back
-=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+=head2 perl583delta - what is new for perl v5.8.3
-=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+=over 4
-=item Improved security features
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+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 New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+=item Utility Changes
-=item Optional Y2K warnings
+=item New Documentation
-=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=back
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=over 4
+=item Changed Internals
-=item Modules
+=item Configuration and Building
-attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
-DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
-Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
-File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
-Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
-podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
-pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
-Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item Pragmata
+=item Known Problems
+
+=item Future Directions
+
+=item Obituary
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Utility Changes
+=head2 perl582delta - what is new for perl v5.8.2
=over 4
-=item dprofpp
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item find2perl
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item h2xs
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item perlcc
+=over 4
-=item perldoc
+=item Hash Randomisation
-=item The Perl Debugger
+=item Threading
=back
-=item Improved Documentation
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
-perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
-perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
-perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
+=over 4
-=item Performance enhancements
+=item Updated Modules And Pragmata
-=over 4
+Devel::PPPort, Digest::MD5, I18N::LangTags, libnet, MIME::Base64,
+Pod::Perldoc, strict, Tie::Hash, Time::HiRes, Unicode::Collate,
+Unicode::Normalize, UNIVERSAL
-=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
+=back
-=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Faster subroutine calls
+=item Changed Internals
-=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=back
+=item Future Directions
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item -Dusethreads means something different
+=back
-=item New Configure flags
+=head2 perl581delta - what is new for perl v5.8.1
-=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
+=over 4
-=item Long Doubles
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item -Dusemorebits
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item -Duselargefiles
+=over 4
-=item installusrbinperl
+=item Hash Randomisation
-=item SOCKS support
+=item UTF-8 On Filehandles No Longer Activated By Locale
-=item C<-A> flag
+=item Single-number v-strings are no longer v-strings before "=>"
-=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+=item (Win32) The -C Switch Has Been Repurposed
-=item gcc automatically tried if 'cc' does not seem to be working
+=item (Win32) The /d Switch Of cmd.exe
=back
-=item Platform specific changes
+=item Core Enhancements
=over 4
-=item Supported platforms
+=item UTF-8 no longer default under UTF-8 locales
-=item DOS
+=item Unsafe signals again available
-=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
+=item Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices
-=item VMS
+=item local ${$x}
-=item Win32
+=item Unicode Character Database 4.0.0
+
+=item Deprecation Warnings
+
+=item Miscellaneous Enhancements
=back
-=item Significant bug fixes
+=item Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
-=item <HANDLE> on empty files
+=item Updated Modules And Pragmata
-=item C<eval '...'> improvements
+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 All compilation errors are true errors
+=back
-=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
-
-=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
+=item Utility Changes
-=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
+=item New Documentation
-=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+=over 4
-=item Failures in DESTROY()
+=item Platform-specific enhancements
-=item Locale bugs fixed
+=back
-=item Memory leaks
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+=over 4
-=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+=item Closures, eval and lexicals
-=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
+=item Generic fixes
-=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+=item Platform-specific fixes
=back
=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-"%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
-implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
-/ cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
-by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
-\\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
-passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
-early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
-argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
-subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
-%s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
-substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
-Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
-size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
-filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
-Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
-Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
-remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
-weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
-syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
-constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
-defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
-"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
-%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
-output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
-explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
-Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
-|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
-number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
-%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
-separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
-subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
-returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
-%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
-No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
-No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
-is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
-panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
-around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
-Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
-instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
-Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
-Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
-zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
-Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
-environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
-'%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
-escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
-list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
-subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
-CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
+=over 4
-=item New tests
+=item Changed "A thread exited while %d threads were running"
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item Removed "Attempt to clear a restricted hash"
-=over 4
+=item New "Illegal declaration of anonymous subroutine"
-=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+=item Changed "Invalid range "%s" in transliteration operator"
-CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
-Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
-C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
-generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
-read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
-Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
-values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
-Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
-Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
-prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
-on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
+=item New "Missing control char name in \c"
-=item C Source Incompatibilities
+=item New "Newline in left-justified string for %s"
-C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+=item New "Possible precedence problem on bitwise %c operator"
-=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+=item New "Pseudo-hashes are deprecated"
-C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+=item New "read() on %s filehandle %s"
-=item Binary Incompatibilities
+=item New "5.005 threads are deprecated"
+
+=item New "Tied variable freed while still in use"
+
+=item New "To%s: illegal mapping '%s'"
+
+=item New "Use of freed value in iteration"
=back
+=item Changed Internals
+
+=item New Tests
+
=item Known Problems
=over 4
-=item Localizing a tied hash element may leak memory
+=item Tied hashes in scalar context
-=item Known test failures
+=item Net::Ping 450_service and 510_ping_udp failures
-64-bit builds, Failure of Thread tests, NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure,
-Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with gcc
+=item B::C
-=item EBCDIC platforms not fully supported
+=back
-=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item Arrow operator and arrays
+=over 4
-=item Experimental features
+=item EBCDIC Platforms
-Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
-pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
-globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
+=item Cygwin 1.5 problems
-=back
+=item HP-UX: HP cc warnings about sendfile and sendpath
-=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+=item IRIX: t/uni/tr_7jis.t falsely failing
-Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
-logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
-\@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
-to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
+=item Mac OS X: no usemymalloc
+
+=item Tru64: No threaded builds with GNU cc (gcc)
+
+=item Win32: sysopen, sysread, syswrite
+
+=back
+
+=item Future Directions
=item Reporting Bugs
=item SEE ALSO
-=item HISTORY
-
=back
-=head2 perl56delta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
+=head2 perl58delta - what is new for perl v5.8.0
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Core Enhancements
+=item Highlights In 5.8.0
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
=over 4
-=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+=item Binary Incompatibility
-=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
-=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+=item AIX Dynaloading
-=item Support for interpolating named characters
+=item Attributes for C<my> variables now handled at run-time
-=item "our" declarations
+=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
-=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+=item IEEE-format Floating Point Default on OpenVMS Alpha
-=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+=item New Unicode Semantics (no more C<use utf8>, almost)
-=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+=item New Unicode Properties
-=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+=item REF(...) Instead Of SCALAR(...)
-=item open() with more than two arguments
+=item pack/unpack D/F recycled
-=item 64-bit support
+=item glob() now returns filenames in alphabetical order
-=item Large file support
+=item Deprecations
-=item Long doubles
+=back
-=item "more bits"
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+=over 4
-=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+=item Unicode Overhaul
-=item File globbing implemented internally
+=item PerlIO is Now The Default
-=item Support for CHECK blocks
+=item ithreads
-=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+=item Restricted Hashes
-=item Better pseudo-random number generator
+=item Safe Signals
-=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+=item Understanding of Numbers
-=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings [561]
-=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+=item Miscellaneous Changes
-=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+=back
-=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item Comments in pack() templates
+=over 4
-=item Weak references
+=item New Modules and Pragmata
-=item Binary numbers supported
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
-=item Lvalue subroutines
+=back
-=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+=item Utility Changes
-=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+=item New Documentation
-=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+=over 4
-=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+=item Generic Improvements
-=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+=item New Or Improved Platforms
-=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+=back
-=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+=over 4
-=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
-=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+=back
-=item Improved diagnostics
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+=item Changed Internals
-=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed [561]
-=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+=item New Tests
-=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+=item Known Problems
-=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+=over 4
-=item Improved security features
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Very Experimental
-=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
+=item Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken
-=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
-=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+=item Modifying $_ Inside for(..)
-=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+=item mod_perl 1.26 Doesn't Build With Threaded Perl
-=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
-=item Optional Y2K warnings
+=item libwww-perl (LWP) fails base/date #51
-=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
+=item PDL failing some tests
-=back
+=item Perl_get_sv
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item Self-tying Problems
-=over 4
+=item ext/threads/t/libc
-=item Modules
+=item Failure of Thread (5.005-style) tests
-attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
-DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
-Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
-File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
-Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
-podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
-pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
-Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
+=item Timing problems
-=item Pragmata
+=item Tied/Magical Array/Hash Elements Do Not Autovivify
+
+=item Unicode in package/class and subroutine names does not work
=back
-=item Utility Changes
+=item Platform Specific Problems
=over 4
-=item dprofpp
+=item AIX
-=item find2perl
+=item Alpha systems with old gccs fail several tests
-=item h2xs
+=item AmigaOS
-=item perlcc
+=item BeOS
-=item perldoc
+=item Cygwin "unable to remap"
-=item The Perl Debugger
+=item Cygwin ndbm tests fail on FAT
-=back
+=item DJGPP Failures
-=item Improved Documentation
+=item FreeBSD built with ithreads coredumps reading large directories
-perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
-perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
-perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
-perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
+=item FreeBSD Failing locale Test 117 For ISO 8859-15 Locales
-=item Performance enhancements
+=item IRIX fails ext/List/Util/t/shuffle.t or Digest::MD5
-=over 4
+=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
-=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
+=item Linux with glibc 2.2.5 fails t/op/int subtest #6 with -Duse64bitint
-=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
-=item Faster subroutine calls
+=item Mac OS X
-=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
+=item Mac OS X dyld undefined symbols
+
+=item OS/2 Test Failures
+
+=item op/sprintf tests 91, 129, and 130
+
+=item SCO
+
+=item Solaris 2.5
+
+=item Solaris x86 Fails Tests With -Duse64bitint
+
+=item SUPER-UX (NEC SX)
+
+=item Term::ReadKey not working on Win32
+
+=item UNICOS/mk
+
+=item UTS
+
+=item VOS (Stratus)
+
+=item VMS
+
+=item Win32
+
+=item XML::Parser not working
+
+=item z/OS (OS/390)
+
+=item Unicode Support on EBCDIC Still Spotty
+
+=item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
=back
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl573delta - what's new for perl v5.7.3
=over 4
-=item -Dusethreads means something different
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item New Configure flags
+=item Changes
-=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item Long Doubles
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item -Dusemorebits
+=item HISTORY
-=item -Duselargefiles
+=back
-=item installusrbinperl
+=head2 perl572delta - what's new for perl v5.7.2
-=item SOCKS support
+=over 4
-=item C<-A> flag
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
+
+=item AIX Dynaloading
+
+=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
+
+=item Different Definition of the Unicode Character Classes \p{In...}
+
+=item Deprecations
=back
-=item Platform specific changes
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
-=item Supported platforms
+=item New Modules and Distributions
-=item DOS
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
-=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
+=back
-=item VMS
+=item Utility Changes
-=item Win32
+=item New Documentation
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Or Improved Platforms
+
+=item Generic Improvements
=back
-=item Significant bug fixes
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
=over 4
-=item <HANDLE> on empty files
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
-=item C<eval '...'> improvements
+=back
-=item All compilation errors are true errors
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
+=item Source Code Enhancements
-=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
+=over 4
-=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
+=item MAGIC constants
-=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+=item Better commented code
-=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+=item Regex pre-/post-compilation items matched up
-=item Failures in DESTROY()
+=item gcc -Wall
-=item Locale bugs fixed
+=back
-=item Memory leaks
+=item New Tests
-=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+=item Known Problems
-=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+=over 4
-=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
+=item AIX
-=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+=item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
+
+=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+
+=item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12
+
+=item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured
+
+=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
+
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+
+=item OS/390
+
+=item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
+
+=item Failure of Thread tests
+
+=item UNICOS
+
+=item UTS
+
+=item VMS
+
+=item Win32
+
+=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
+
+=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+
+=item Variable Attributes are not Currently Usable for Tieing
+
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+
+=item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental
=back
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=item Reporting Bugs
-"%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
-implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
-/ cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
-by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
-\\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
-passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
-early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
-argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
-subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
-%s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
-substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
-Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
-size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
-filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
-Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
-Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
-remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
-weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
-syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
-constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
-defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
-"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
-%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
-output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
-explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
-Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
-|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
-number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
-%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
-separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
-subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
-returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
-%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
-No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
-No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
-is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
-panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
-around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
-Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
-instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
-Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
-Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
-zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
-Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
-environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
-'%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
-escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
-list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
-subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
-CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item New tests
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.1
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed
=item Incompatible Changes
+=item Core Enhancements
+
=over 4
-=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+=item AUTOLOAD Is Now Lvaluable
-CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
-Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
-C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
-generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
-read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
-Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
-values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
-Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
-Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
-prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
-on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
+=item PerlIO is Now The Default
+
+=item Signals Are Now Safe
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Modules
+
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+
+=back
+
+=item Performance Enhancements
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item New Documentation
+
+=over 4
+
+=item perlclib
+
+=item perliol
+
+=item README.aix
+
+=item README.bs2000
+
+=item README.macos
+
+=item README.mpeix
+
+=item README.solaris
+
+=item README.vos
+
+=item Porting/repository.pod
+
+=back
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Or Improved Platforms
+
+=item Generic Improvements
+
+d_cmsghdr, d_fcntl_can_lock, d_fsync, d_getitimer, d_getpagsz, d_msghdr_s,
+need_va_copy, d_readv, d_recvmsg, d_sendmsg, sig_size, d_sockatmark,
+d_strtoq, d_u32align, d_ualarm, d_usleep
+
+=back
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+=item Changed Internals
+
+=item New Tests
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AIX vac 5.0.0.0 May Produce Buggy Code For Perl
+
+=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+
+=item lib/io_multihomed Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+
+=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+
+=item lib/b test 19
+
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+
+=item sigaction test 13 in VMS
+
+=item sprintf tests 129 and 130
+
+=item Failure of Thread tests
+
+=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
+
+=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+
+=back
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl570delta - what's new for perl v5.7.0
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Modules
+
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item New Documentation
+
+=item Performance Enhancements
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Generic Improvements
+
+=back
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+=item Changed Internals
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect
+
+=item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform
+
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+
+=item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+
+=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+
+=item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris
+
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+
+=item Storable tests fail in some platforms
+
+=item Threads Are Still Experimental
+
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+
+=back
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl561delta - what's new for perl v5.6.x
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Summary of changes between 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Security Issues
+
+=item Core bug fixes
+
+C<UNIVERSAL::isa()>, Memory leaks, Numeric conversions, qw(a\\b), caller(),
+Bugs in regular expressions, "slurp" mode, Autovivification of symbolic
+references to special variables, Lexical warnings, Spurious warnings and
+errors, glob(), Tainting, sort(), #line directives, Subroutine prototypes,
+map(), Debugger, PERL5OPT, chop(), Unicode support, 64-bit support,
+Compiler, Lvalue subroutines, IO::Socket, File::Find, xsubpp, C<no
+Module;>, Tests
+
+=item Core features
+
+=item Configuration issues
+
+=item Documentation
+
+=item Bundled modules
+
+B::Concise, File::Temp, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Text::Overstrike, CGI, CPAN,
+Class::Struct, DB_File, Devel::Peek, File::Find, Getopt::Long, IO::Poll,
+IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::Complex, Net::Ping, Opcode, Pod::Parser,
+Pod::Text, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Tie::RefHash, Tie::SubstrHash
+
+=item Platform-specific improvements
+
+NCR MP-RAS, NonStop-UX
+
+=back
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+
+=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+
+=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+
+=item Support for interpolating named characters
+
+=item "our" declarations
+
+=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+
+=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+
+=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+
+=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+
+=item open() with more than two arguments
+
+=item 64-bit support
+
+=item Large file support
+
+=item Long doubles
+
+=item "more bits"
+
+=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+
+=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+
+=item File globbing implemented internally
+
+=item Support for CHECK blocks
+
+=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+
+=item Better pseudo-random number generator
+
+=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+
+=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+
+=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+
+=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+
+=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+
+=item Comments in pack() templates
+
+=item Weak references
+
+=item Binary numbers supported
+
+=item Lvalue subroutines
+
+=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+
+=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+
+=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+
+=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+
+=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+
+=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+
+=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+
+=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+
+=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+
+=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+
+=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+
+=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+
+=item Improved diagnostics
+
+=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+
+=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+
+=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+
+=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+
+=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+
+=item Improved security features
+
+=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
+
+=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+
+=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+
+=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+
+=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+
+=item Optional Y2K warnings
+
+=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Modules
+
+attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
+DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
+Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
+File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
+Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
+podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
+pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
+Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
+
+=item Pragmata
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item dprofpp
+
+=item find2perl
+
+=item h2xs
+
+=item perlcc
+
+=item perldoc
+
+=item The Perl Debugger
+
+=back
+
+=item Improved Documentation
+
+perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
+perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
+perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
+perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
+
+=item Performance enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
+
+=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
+
+=item Faster subroutine calls
+
+=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
+
+=back
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item -Dusethreads means something different
+
+=item New Configure flags
+
+=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
+
+=item Long Doubles
+
+=item -Dusemorebits
+
+=item -Duselargefiles
+
+=item installusrbinperl
+
+=item SOCKS support
+
+=item C<-A> flag
+
+=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+
+=item gcc automatically tried if 'cc' does not seem to be working
+
+=back
+
+=item Platform specific changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Supported platforms
+
+=item DOS
+
+=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
+
+=item VMS
+
+=item Win32
+
+=back
+
+=item Significant bug fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item <HANDLE> on empty files
+
+=item C<eval '...'> improvements
+
+=item All compilation errors are true errors
+
+=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
+
+=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
+
+=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
+
+=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+
+=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+
+=item Failures in DESTROY()
+
+=item Locale bugs fixed
+
+=item Memory leaks
+
+=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+
+=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+
+=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
+
+=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+"%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
+implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
+/ cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
+by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
+\\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
+passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
+early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
+argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
+subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
+%s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
+substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
+Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
+size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
+filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
+Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
+Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
+remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
+weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
+syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
+constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
+defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
+"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
+%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
+output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
+explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
+Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
+|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
+number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
+%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
+separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
+subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
+returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
+%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
+No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
+No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
+is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
+panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
+around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
+Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
+instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
+Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
+Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
+zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
+Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
+environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
+'%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
+escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
+list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
+subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
+CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
+
+=item New tests
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+
+CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
+Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
+C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
+generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
+read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
+Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
+values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
+Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
+Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
+prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
+on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
+
+=item C Source Incompatibilities
+
+C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+
+=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+
+C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+
+=item Binary Incompatibilities
+
+=back
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Localizing a tied hash element may leak memory
+
+=item Known test failures
+
+=item EBCDIC platforms not fully supported
+
+=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+
+=item Arrow operator and arrays
+
+=item Experimental features
+
+Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
+pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
+globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
+
+=back
+
+=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+
+Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
+logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
+\@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
+to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl56delta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+
+=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+
+=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+
+=item Support for interpolating named characters
+
+=item "our" declarations
+
+=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+
+=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+
+=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+
+=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+
+=item open() with more than two arguments
+
+=item 64-bit support
+
+=item Large file support
+
+=item Long doubles
+
+=item "more bits"
+
+=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+
+=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+
+=item File globbing implemented internally
+
+=item Support for CHECK blocks
+
+=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+
+=item Better pseudo-random number generator
+
+=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+
+=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+
+=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+
+=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+
+=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+
+=item Comments in pack() templates
+
+=item Weak references
+
+=item Binary numbers supported
+
+=item Lvalue subroutines
+
+=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+
+=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+
+=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+
+=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+
+=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+
+=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+
+=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+
+=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+
+=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+
+=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+
+=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+
+=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+
+=item Improved diagnostics
+
+=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+
+=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+
+=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+
+=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+
+=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+
+=item Improved security features
+
+=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
+
+=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+
+=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+
+=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+
+=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+
+=item Optional Y2K warnings
+
+=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Modules
+
+attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
+DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
+Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
+File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
+Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
+podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
+pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
+Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
+
+=item Pragmata
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item dprofpp
+
+=item find2perl
+
+=item h2xs
+
+=item perlcc
+
+=item perldoc
+
+=item The Perl Debugger
+
+=back
+
+=item Improved Documentation
+
+perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
+perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
+perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
+perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
+
+=item Performance enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
+
+=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
+
+=item Faster subroutine calls
+
+=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
+
+=back
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item -Dusethreads means something different
+
+=item New Configure flags
+
+=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
+
+=item Long Doubles
+
+=item -Dusemorebits
+
+=item -Duselargefiles
+
+=item installusrbinperl
+
+=item SOCKS support
+
+=item C<-A> flag
+
+=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+
+=back
+
+=item Platform specific changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Supported platforms
+
+=item DOS
+
+=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
+
+=item VMS
+
+=item Win32
+
+=back
+
+=item Significant bug fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item <HANDLE> on empty files
+
+=item C<eval '...'> improvements
+
+=item All compilation errors are true errors
+
+=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
+
+=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
+
+=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
+
+=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+
+=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+
+=item Failures in DESTROY()
+
+=item Locale bugs fixed
+
+=item Memory leaks
+
+=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+
+=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+
+=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
+
+=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+"%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
+implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
+/ cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
+by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
+\\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
+passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
+early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
+argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
+subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
+%s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
+substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
+Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
+size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
+filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
+Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
+Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
+remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
+weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
+syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
+constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
+defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
+"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
+%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
+output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
+explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
+Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
+|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
+number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
+%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
+separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
+subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
+returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
+%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
+No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
+No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
+is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
+panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
+around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
+Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
+instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
+Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
+Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
+zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
+Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
+environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
+'%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
+escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
+list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
+subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
+CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
+
+=item New tests
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+
+CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
+Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
+C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
+generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
+read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
+Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
+values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
+Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
+Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
+prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
+on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
+
+=item C Source Incompatibilities
+
+C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+
+=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+
+C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+
+=item Binary Incompatibilities
+
+=back
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Thread test failures
+
+=item EBCDIC platforms not supported
+
+=item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
+
+=item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
+
+=item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
+gcc
+
+=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+
+=item Arrow operator and arrays
+
+=item Experimental features
+
+Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
+pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
+globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
+
+=back
+
+=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+
+Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
+logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
+\@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
+to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl5005delta - what's new for perl5.005
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item About the new versioning system
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004.
+
+=item Default installation structure has changed
+
+=item Perl Source Compatibility
+
+=item C Source Compatibility
+
+=item Binary Compatibility
+
+=item Security fixes may affect compatibility
+
+=item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004
+
+=item Licensing
+
+=back
+
+=item Core Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Threads
+
+=item Compiler
+
+=item Regular Expressions
+
+Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression
+constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other
+improvements, Incompatible changes
+
+=item Improved malloc()
+
+=item Quicksort is internally implemented
+
+=item Reliable signals
+
+=item Reliable stack pointers
+
+=item More generous treatment of carriage returns
+
+=item Memory leaks
+
+=item Better support for multiple interpreters
+
+=item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined
+
+=item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L<Errno> module
+
+=item Pseudo-hashes are supported
+
+=item C<EXPR foreach EXPR> is supported
+
+=item Keywords can be globally overridden
+
+=item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32
+
+=item C<foreach (1..1000000)> optimized
+
+=item C<Foo::> can be used as implicitly quoted package name
+
+=item C<exists $Foo::{Bar::}> tests existence of a package
+
+=item Better locale support
+
+=item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms
+
+=item prototype() returns useful results on builtins
+
+=item Extended support for exception handling
+
+=item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods
+
+=item All C<printf> format conversions are handled internally
+
+=item New C<INIT> keyword
+
+=item New C<lock> keyword
+
+=item New C<qr//> operator
+
+=item C<our> is now a reserved word
+
+=item Tied arrays are now fully supported
+
+=item Tied handles support is better
+
+=item 4th argument to substr
+
+=item Negative LENGTH argument to splice
+
+=item Magic lvalues are now more magical
+
+=item <> now reads in records
+
+=back
+
+=item Supported Platforms
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Platforms
+
+=item Changes in existing support
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Modules
+
+B, Data::Dumper, Dumpvalue, Errno, File::Spec, ExtUtils::Installed,
+ExtUtils::Packlist, Fatal, IPC::SysV, Test, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle,
+Thread, attrs, fields, re
+
+=item Changes in existing modules
+
+Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File,
+MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item Documentation Changes
+
+=item New Diagnostics
+
+Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or use &, Bad index
+while coercing array into hash, Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent
+package, Can't call method "%s" on an undefined value, Can't check
+filesystem of script "%s" for nosuid, Can't coerce array into hash, Can't
+goto subroutine from an eval-string, Can't localize pseudo-hash element,
+Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available, Cannot find an opnumber
+for "%s", Character class syntax [. .] is reserved for future extensions,
+Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Character
+class syntax [= =] is reserved for future extensions, %s: Eval-group in
+insecure regular expression, %s: Eval-group not allowed, use re 'eval', %s:
+Eval-group not allowed at run time, Explicit blessing to '' (assuming
+package main), Illegal hex digit ignored, No such array field, No such
+field "%s" in variable %s of type %s, Out of memory during ridiculously
+large request, Range iterator outside integer range, Recursive inheritance
+detected while looking for method '%s' %s, Reference found where even-sized
+list expected, Undefined value assigned to typeglob, Use of reserved word
+"%s" is deprecated, perl: warning: Setting locale failed
+
+=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+
+Can't mktemp(), Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s, Cannot open
+temporary file, regexp too big
+
+=item Configuration Changes
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl5004delta - what's new for perl5.004
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Supported Environments
+
+=item Core Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item List assignment to %ENV works
+
+=item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error
+
+=item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003
+
+=item $PERL5OPT environment variable
+
+=item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options
+
+=item More precise warnings
+
+=item Deprecated: Inherited C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods
+
+=item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable
+
+=item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
+
+=item Group vector changeable with C<$)>
+
+=item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
+
+=item Fixed localization of $<digit>, $&, etc.
+
+=item No resetting of $. on implicit close
+
+=item C<wantarray> may return undef
+
+=item C<eval EXPR> determines value of EXPR in scalar context
+
+=item Changes to tainting checks
+
+No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No
+spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name
+
+=item New Opcode module and revised Safe module
+
+=item Embedding improvements
+
+=item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes
+
+=item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface
+
+=item New and changed syntax
+
+$coderef->(PARAMS)
+
+=item New and changed builtin constants
+
+__PACKAGE__
+
+=item New and changed builtin variables
+
+$^E, $^H, $^M
+
+=item New and changed builtin functions
+
+delete on slices, flock, printf and sprintf, keys as an lvalue, my() in
+Control Structures, pack() and unpack(), sysseek(), use VERSION, use Module
+VERSION LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), srand, $_ as Default, C<m//gc> does not
+reset search position on failure, C<m//x> ignores whitespace before ?*+{},
+nested C<sub{}> closures work now, formats work right on changing lexicals
+
+=item New builtin methods
+
+isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+
+=item TIEHANDLE now supported
+
+TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this
+LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this
+
+=item Malloc enhancements
+
+-DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
+
+=item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements
+
+=back
+
+=item Support for More Operating Systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Win32
+
+=item Plan 9
+
+=item QNX
+
+=item AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item Pragmata
+
+use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3), use blib, use blib 'dir', use
+constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish
+
+=item Modules
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Required Updates
+
+=item Installation directories
+
+=item Module information summary
+
+=item Fcntl
+
+=item IO
+
+=item Math::Complex
+
+=item Math::Trig
+
+=item DB_File
+
+=item Net::Ping
+
+=item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item pod2html
+
+Sends converted HTML to standard output
+
+=item xsubpp
+
+C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
+
+=back
+
+=item C Language API Changes
+
+C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, C<perl_eval_pv>, Extended API for
+manipulating hashes
+
+=item Documentation Changes
+
+L<perldelta>, L<perlfaq>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>,
+L<perlmodlib>, L<perldebug>, L<perlsec>
+
+=item New Diagnostics
+
+"my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope, %s argument is
+not a HASH element or slice, Allocation too large: %lx, Allocation too
+large, Applying %s to %s will act on scalar(%s), Attempt to free
+nonexistent shared string, Attempt to use reference as lvalue in substr,
+Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package, Can't redefine active sort
+subroutine %s, Can't use bareword ("%s") as %s ref while "strict refs" in
+use, Cannot resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Constant
+subroutine %s redefined, Constant subroutine %s undefined, Copy method did
+not return a reference, Died, Exiting pseudo-block via %s, Identifier too
+long, Illegal character %s (carriage return), Illegal switch in PERL5OPT:
+%s, Integer overflow in hex number, Integer overflow in octal number,
+internal error: glob failed, Invalid conversion in %s: "%s", Invalid type
+in pack: '%s', Invalid type in unpack: '%s', Name "%s::%s" used only once:
+possible typo, Null picture in formline, Offset outside string, Out of
+memory!, Out of memory during request for %s, panic: frexp, Possible
+attempt to put comments in qw() list, Possible attempt to separate words
+with commas, Scalar value @%s{%s} better written as $%s{%s}, Stub found
+while resolving method `%s' overloading `%s' in %s, Too late for "B<-T>"
+option, untie attempted while %d inner references still exist, Unrecognized
+character %s, Unsupported function fork, Use of "$$<digit>" to mean
+"${$}<digit>" is deprecated, Value of %s can be "0"; test with defined(),
+Variable "%s" may be unavailable, Variable "%s" will not stay shared,
+Warning: something's wrong, Ill-formed logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter,
+Got an error from DosAllocMem, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX, PERL_SH_DIR too
+long, Process terminated by SIG%s
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlartistic - the Perl Artistic License
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item The "Artistic License"
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Preamble
+
+=item Definitions
+
+"Package", "Standard Version", "Copyright Holder", "You", "Reasonable
+copying fee", "Freely Available"
+
+=item Conditions
+
+a), b), c), d), a), b), c), d)
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlgpl - the GNU General Public License, version 2
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX
+
+=item OS level
+
+=item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
+
+=item The IBM ANSI C Compiler
+
+=item The usenm option
+
+=item Using GNU's gcc for building perl
+
+=item Using Large Files with Perl
+
+=item Threaded Perl
+
+=item 64-bit Perl
+
+=item AIX 4.2 and extensions using C++ with statics
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item NOTE
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS
+
+B<Unix emulation for AmigaOS: ixemul.library>, B<Version of Amiga OS>
+
+=item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS
+
+=item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALLATION
+
+=item Accessing documentation
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS
+
+=item Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS
+
+=item Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Getting the Perl Source for AmigaOS
+
+=item Making Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Testing Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item PERL 5.8.0 BROKEN IN AMIGAOS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlapollo, README.apollo - Perl version 5 on Apollo DomainOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlbeos, README.beos - Perl version 5 on BeOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item General Issues with Perl on BeOS
+
+=item BeOS Release-specific Notes
+
+R4 x86, R4 PPC
+
+=item Contact Information
+
+=item Update 2002-05-30
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item gzip on BS2000
+
+=item bison on BS2000
+
+=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on BS2000
+
+=item Compiling Perl on BS2000
+
+=item Testing Perl on BS2000
+
+=item Installing Perl on BS2000
+
+=item Using Perl in the Posix-Shell of BS2000
+
+=item Using Perl in "native" BS2000
+
+=item Floating point anomalies on BS2000
+
+=item Using PerlIO and different encodings on ASCII and EBCDIC partitions
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Mailing list
+
+=back
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlce - Perl for WinCE
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUILD
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Tools & SDK
+
+Microsoft Embedded Visual Tools, Microsoft Visual C++, Rainer Keuchel's
+celib-sources, Rainer Keuchel's console-sources
+
+=item Make
+
+go to ./wince subdirectory, edit file compile.bat, run compile.bat, run
+ compile.bat dist
+
+=back
+
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item PREREQUISITES FOR COMPILING PERL ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it)
+
+=item Cygwin Configuration
+
+C<PATH>, I<nroff>, Permissions
+
+=back
+
+=item CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Stripping Perl Binaries on Cygwin
+
+=item Optional Libraries for Perl on Cygwin
+
+C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>), C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>),
+C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>), C<-lutil>
+
+=item Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin
+
+C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Uuseperlio>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>,
+C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles>,
+C<-Dmksymlinks>
+
+=item Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin
+
+I<dlsym()>, Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>, Compiler/Preprocessor defines
+
+=back
+
+=item MAKE ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Errors on Cygwin
+
+=item ld2 on Cygwin
+
+=back
+
+=item TEST ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item File Permissions on Cygwin
+
+=item NDBM_File and ODBM_File do not work on FAT filesystems
+
+=item C<fork()> failures in io_* tests
+
+=item Script Portability on Cygwin
+
+Pathnames, Text/Binary, PerlIO, F<.exe>, C<chown()>, Miscellaneous
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN
+
+=item MANIFEST ON CYGWIN
+
+Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl
+Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts
+
+=item BUGS ON CYGWIN
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perldgux - Perl under DG/UX.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUILDING PERL ON DG/UX
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Non-threaded Perl on DG/UX
+
+=item Threaded Perl on DG/UX
+
+=item Testing Perl on DG/UX
+
+=item Installing the built perl on DG/UX
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on DOS
+
+DJGPP, Pthreads
+
+=item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS
+
+=item Building Perl on DOS
+
+=item Testing Perl on DOS
+
+=item Installation of Perl on DOS
+
+=back
+
+=item BUILDING AND INSTALLING MODULES ON DOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Building Prerequisites for Perl on DOS
+
+=item Unpacking CPAN Modules on DOS
+
+=item Building Non-XS Modules on DOS
+
+=item Building XS Modules on DOS
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlepoc, README.epoc - Perl for EPOC
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item INTRODUCTION
+
+=item INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC
+
+=item STARTING PERL ON EPOC
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Editors on Epoc
+
+=item Features of Perl on Epoc
+
+=item Restrictions of Perl on Epoc
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment
+
+=back
+
+=item SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item LAST UPDATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfreebsd, README.freebsd - Perl version 5 on FreeBSD systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item FreeBSD core dumps from readdir_r with ithreads
+
+=item $^X doesn't always contain a full path in FreeBSD
+
+=item Perl will no longer be part of "base FreeBSD"
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix
+(HP-UX) systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Using perl as shipped with HP-UX
+
+=item Using perl from HP's porting centre
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX
+
+=item PA-RISC
+
+=item PA-RISC 1.0
+
+=item PA-RISC 1.1
+
+=item PA-RISC 2.0
+
+=item Itanium & Itanium 2
+
+=item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions
+
+=item Itanium Processor Family and HP-UX
+
+=item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX
+
+=item The HP ANSI C Compiler
+
+=item The GNU C Compiler
+
+=item Using Large Files with Perl on HP-UX
+
+=item Threaded Perl on HP-UX
+
+=item 64-bit Perl on HP-UX
+
+=item Oracle on HP-UX
+
+=item GDBM and Threads on HP-UX
+
+=item NFS filesystems and utime(2) on HP-UX
+
+=item perl -P and // and HP-UX
+
+=item HP-UX Kernel Parameters (maxdsiz) for Compiling Perl
+
+=back
+
+=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlhurd, README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Known Problems with Perl on Hurd
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlirix, README.irix - Perl version 5 on Irix systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Building 32-bit Perl in Irix
+
+=item Building 64-bit Perl in Irix
+
+=item About Compiler Versions of Irix
+
+=item Linker Problems in Irix
+
+=item Malloc in Irix
+
+=item Building with threads in Irix
+
+=item Irix 5.3
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen
+systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Perl version 5.8.x and greater not supported
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5.6.x on MachTen
+
+=item Failures during C<make test> on MachTen
+
+op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t
+
+=item Building external modules on MachTen
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmacosx, README.macosx - Perl under Mac OS X
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Installation Prefix
+
+=item libperl and Prebinding
+
+=item Updating Panther
+
+=item Known problems
+
+=item MacPerl
+
+=item Carbon
+
+=item Cocoa
+
+=back
+
+=item Starting From Scratch
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmint, README.mint - Perl version 5 on Atari MiNT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Known problems with Perl on MiNT
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item NOTE
+
+=item Binary distribution from HP
+
+=item What's New in Perl for MPE/iX
+
+=item Welcome to Perl/iX
+
+=item System Requirements for Perl/iX
+
+=item How to Obtain Perl/iX
+
+=item Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights
+
+README, INSTALL, LIBSHP3K, PERL, .cpan/, lib/, man/,
+public_html/feedback.cgi, src/perl-5.6.0-mpe
+
+=item How to Compile Perl/iX
+
+ 4, 6
+
+=item Getting Started with Perl/iX
+
+=item MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
+
+=item Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation
+
+=item Perl/iX To-Do List
+
+=item Perl/iX Change History
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlnetware - Perl for NetWare
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUILD
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Tools & SDK
+
+=item Setup
+
+SetNWBld.bat, Buildtype.bat
+
+=item Make
+
+=item Interpreter
+
+=item Extensions
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALL
+
+=item BUILD NEW EXTENSIONS
+
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Target
+
+=item Other OSes
+
+=item Prerequisites
+
+EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh
+
+=item Starting Perl programs under OS/2 (and DOS and...)
+
+=item Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl
+
+=back
+
+=item Frequently asked questions
+
+=over 4
+
+=item "It does not work"
+
+=item I cannot run external programs
+
+=item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F<perl.dll> from my
+program.
+
+Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use
+L<ExtUtils::Embed>?
+
+=item C<``> and pipe-C<open> do not work under DOS.
+
+=item Cannot start C<find.exe "pattern" file>
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALLATION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Automatic binary installation
+
+C<PERL_BADLANG>, C<PERL_BADFREE>, F<Config.pm>
+
+=item Manual binary installation
+
+Perl VIO and PM executables (dynamically linked), Perl_ VIO executable
+(statically linked), Executables for Perl utilities, Main Perl library,
+Additional Perl modules, Tools to compile Perl modules, Manpages for Perl
+and utilities, Manpages for Perl modules, Source for Perl documentation,
+Perl manual in F<.INF> format, Pdksh
+
+=item B<Warning>
+
+=back
+
+=item Accessing documentation
+
+=over 4
+
+=item OS/2 F<.INF> file
+
+=item Plain text
+
+=item Manpages
+
+=item HTML
+
+=item GNU C<info> files
+
+=item F<PDF> files
+
+=item C<LaTeX> docs
+
+=back
+
+=item BUILD
+
+=over 4
+
+=item The short story
+
+=item Prerequisites
+
+=item Getting perl source
+
+=item Application of the patches
+
+=item Hand-editing
+
+=item Making
+
+=item Testing
+
+A lot of C<bad free>, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F<op/fs.t>,
+F<op/stat.t>
+
+=item Installing the built perl
+
+=item C<a.out>-style build
+
+=back
+
+=item Building a binary distribution
+
+=item Building custom F<.EXE> files
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Making executables with a custom collection of statically loaded
+extensions
+
+=item Making executables with a custom search-paths
+
+=back
+
+=item Build FAQ
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Some C</> became C<\> in pdksh.
+
+=item C<'errno'> - unresolved external
+
+=item Problems with tr or sed
+
+=item Some problem (forget which ;-)
+
+=item Library ... not found
+
+=item Segfault in make
+
+=item op/sprintf test failure
+
+=back
+
+=item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<setpriority>, C<getpriority>
+
+=item C<system()>
+
+=item C<extproc> on the first line
+
+=item Additional modules:
+
+=item Prebuilt methods:
+
+C<File::Copy::syscopy>, C<DynaLoader::mod2fname>, C<Cwd::current_drive()>,
+ C<Cwd::sys_chdir(name)>, C<Cwd::change_drive(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_is_absolute(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_is_rooted(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_is_relative(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_cwd(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_abspath(name, dir)>, C<Cwd::extLibpath([type])>,
+C<Cwd::extLibpath_set( path [, type ] )>,
+C<OS2::Error(do_harderror,do_exception)>, C<OS2::Errors2Drive(drive)>,
+OS2::SysInfo(), OS2::BootDrive(), C<OS2::MorphPM(serve)>,
+C<OS2::UnMorphPM(serve)>, C<OS2::Serve_Messages(force)>,
+C<OS2::Process_Messages(force [, cnt])>, C<OS2::_control87(new,mask)>,
+OS2::get_control87(), C<OS2::set_control87_em(new=MCW_EM,mask=MCW_EM)>,
+C<OS2::DLLname([how [, \&xsub]])>
-=item C Source Incompatibilities
+=item Prebuilt variables:
-C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+$OS2::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver, $OS2::is_aout, $OS2::can_fork,
+$OS2::nsyserror
-=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+=item Misfeatures
-C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+=item Modifications
-=item Binary Incompatibilities
+C<popen>, C<tmpnam>, C<tmpfile>, C<ctermid>, C<stat>, C<mkdir>, C<rmdir>,
+C<flock>
+
+=item Identifying DLLs
+
+=item Centralized management of resources
+
+C<HAB>, C<HMQ>, Treating errors reported by OS/2 API,
+C<CheckOSError(expr)>, C<CheckWinError(expr)>, C<SaveWinError(expr)>,
+C<SaveCroakWinError(expr,die,name1,name2)>, C<WinError_2_Perl_rc>,
+C<FillWinError>, C<FillOSError(rc)>, Loading DLLs and ordinals in DLLs
=back
-=item Known Problems
+=item Perl flavors
=over 4
-=item Thread test failures
+=item F<perl.exe>
-=item EBCDIC platforms not supported
+=item F<perl_.exe>
-=item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
+=item F<perl__.exe>
-=item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
+=item F<perl___.exe>
-=item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
-gcc
+=item Why strange names?
-=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+=item Why dynamic linking?
-=item Arrow operator and arrays
+=item Why chimera build?
-=item Experimental features
+=back
-Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
-pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
-globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-=back
+=over 4
-=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+=item C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>
-Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
-logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
-\@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
-to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
+=item C<PERL_BADLANG>
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item C<PERL_BADFREE>
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item C<PERL_SH_DIR>
-=item HISTORY
+=item C<USE_PERL_FLOCK>
+
+=item C<TMP> or C<TEMP>
=back
-=head2 perl5005delta - what's new for perl5.005
+=item Evolution
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item About the new versioning system
+=item Text-mode filehandles
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item Priorities
-=over 4
+=item DLL name mangling: pre 5.6.2
-=item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004.
+=item DLL name mangling: 5.6.2 and beyond
-=item Default installation structure has changed
+Global DLLs, specific DLLs, C<BEGINLIBPATH> and C<ENDLIBPATH>, F<.> from
+C<LIBPATH>
-=item Perl Source Compatibility
+=item DLL forwarder generation
-=item C Source Compatibility
+=item Threading
-=item Binary Compatibility
+=item Calls to external programs
-=item Security fixes may affect compatibility
+=item Memory allocation
-=item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004
+=item Threads
-=item Licensing
+C<COND_WAIT>, F<os2.c>
=back
-=item Core Changes
+=item BUGS
+
+=back
=over 4
-=item Threads
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Compiler
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Regular Expressions
+=back
-Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression
-constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other
-improvements, Incompatible changes
+=head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390
+and z/OS
-=item Improved malloc()
+=over 4
-=item Quicksort is internally implemented
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Reliable signals
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Reliable stack pointers
+=over 4
-=item More generous treatment of carriage returns
+=item Tools
-=item Memory leaks
+=item Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
-=item Better support for multiple interpreters
+=item Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
-=item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined
+=item Configure Perl on OS/390
-=item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L<Errno> module
+=item Build, Test, Install Perl on OS/390
-=item Pseudo-hashes are supported
+=item Build Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
-=item C<EXPR foreach EXPR> is supported
+=item Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
-=item Keywords can be globally overridden
+=item Installation Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
-=item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on OS/390
-=item C<foreach (1..1000000)> optimized
+=item Floating Point Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
-=item C<Foo::> can be used as implicitly quoted package name
+=item Modules and Extensions for Perl on OS/390
-=item C<exists $Foo::{Bar::}> tests existence of a package
+=back
-=item Better locale support
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item prototype() returns useful results on builtins
+=over 4
-=item Extended support for exception handling
+=item Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
-=item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods
+=back
-=item All C<printf> format conversions are handled internally
+=item HISTORY
-=item New C<INIT> keyword
+=back
-=item New C<lock> keyword
+=head2 perlos400, README.os400 - Perl version 5 on OS/400
-=item New C<qr//> operator
+=over 4
-=item C<our> is now a reserved word
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Tied arrays are now fully supported
+=over 4
-=item Tied handles support is better
+=item Compiling Perl for OS/400 PASE
-=item 4th argument to substr
+=item Installing Perl in OS/400 PASE
-=item Negative LENGTH argument to splice
+=item Using Perl in OS/400 PASE
-=item Magic lvalues are now more magical
+=item Known Problems
-=item <> now reads in records
+=item Perl on ILE
=back
-=item Supported Platforms
-
-=over 4
-
-=item New Platforms
-
-=item Changes in existing support
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=head2 perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl
=over 4
-=item New Modules
+=item DESCRIPTION
-B, Data::Dumper, Dumpvalue, Errno, File::Spec, ExtUtils::Installed,
-ExtUtils::Packlist, Fatal, IPC::SysV, Test, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle,
-Thread, attrs, fields, re
+=over 4
-=item Changes in existing modules
+=item Invoking Perl
-Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File,
-MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd
+=item What's in Plan 9 Perl
-=back
+=item What's not in Plan 9 Perl
-=item Utility Changes
+=item Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl
-=item Documentation Changes
+=item Signals in Plan 9 Perl
-=item New Diagnostics
+=back
-Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or use &, Bad index
-while coercing array into hash, Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent
-package, Can't call method "%s" on an undefined value, Can't check
-filesystem of script "%s" for nosuid, Can't coerce array into hash, Can't
-goto subroutine from an eval-string, Can't localize pseudo-hash element,
-Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available, Cannot find an opnumber
-for "%s", Character class syntax [. .] is reserved for future extensions,
-Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Character
-class syntax [= =] is reserved for future extensions, %s: Eval-group in
-insecure regular expression, %s: Eval-group not allowed, use re 'eval', %s:
-Eval-group not allowed at run time, Explicit blessing to '' (assuming
-package main), Illegal hex digit ignored, No such array field, No such
-field "%s" in variable %s of type %s, Out of memory during ridiculously
-large request, Range iterator outside integer range, Recursive inheritance
-detected while looking for method '%s' %s, Reference found where even-sized
-list expected, Undefined value assigned to typeglob, Use of reserved word
-"%s" is deprecated, perl: warning: Setting locale failed
+=item COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9
-=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+=over 4
-Can't mktemp(), Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s, Cannot open
-temporary file, regexp too big
+=item Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9
-=item Configuration Changes
+=back
=item BUGS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Revision date
-=item HISTORY
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perl5004delta - what's new for perl5.004
+=head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Supported Environments
-
-=item Core Changes
-
=over 4
-=item List assignment to %ENV works
-
-=item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error
-
-=item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003
-
-=item $PERL5OPT environment variable
-
-=item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options
-
-=item More precise warnings
-
-=item Deprecated: Inherited C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods
-
-=item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable
-
-=item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
+=item Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4
-=item Group vector changeable with C<$)>
+/bin/sh, ar, nm, cpp, make
-=item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
+=item Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4
-=item Fixed localization of $<digit>, $&, etc.
+=item QNX auxiliary files
-=item No resetting of $. on implicit close
+qnx/ar, qnx/cpp
-=item C<wantarray> may return undef
+=item Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
-=item C<eval EXPR> determines value of EXPR in scalar context
+=back
-=item Changes to tainting checks
+=item AUTHOR
-No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No
-spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name
+=back
-=item New Opcode module and revised Safe module
+=head2 perlsolaris, README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
-=item Embedding improvements
+=over 4
-=item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface
+=over 4
-=item New and changed syntax
+=item Solaris Version Numbers.
-$coderef->(PARAMS)
+=back
-=item New and changed builtin constants
+=item RESOURCES
-__PACKAGE__
+Solaris FAQ, Precompiled Binaries, Solaris Documentation
-=item New and changed builtin variables
+=item SETTING UP
-$^E, $^H, $^M
+=over 4
-=item New and changed builtin functions
+=item File Extraction Problems on Solaris.
-delete on slices, flock, printf and sprintf, keys as an lvalue, my() in
-Control Structures, pack() and unpack(), sysseek(), use VERSION, use Module
-VERSION LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), srand, $_ as Default, C<m//gc> does not
-reset search position on failure, C<m//x> ignores whitespace before ?*+{},
-nested C<sub{}> closures work now, formats work right on changing lexicals
+=item Compiler and Related Tools on Solaris.
-=item New builtin methods
+=item Environment for Compiling perl on Solaris
-isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+=back
-=item TIEHANDLE now supported
+=item RUN CONFIGURE.
-TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this
-LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this
+=over 4
-=item Malloc enhancements
+=item 64-bit perl on Solaris.
--DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
+=item Threads in perl on Solaris.
-=item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements
+=item Malloc Issues with perl on Solaris.
=back
-=item Support for More Operating Systems
+=item MAKE PROBLEMS.
-=over 4
+Dynamic Loading Problems With GNU as and GNU ld, ld.so.1: ./perl: fatal:
+relocation error:, dlopen: stub interception failed, #error "No
+DATAMODEL_NATIVE specified", sh: ar: not found
-=item Win32
+=item MAKE TEST
-=item Plan 9
+=over 4
-=item QNX
+=item op/stat.t test 4 in Solaris
-=item AmigaOS
+=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
=back
-=item Pragmata
-
-use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3), use blib, use blib 'dir', use
-constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish
+=item PREBUILT BINARIES OF PERL FOR SOLARIS.
-=item Modules
+=item RUNTIME ISSUES FOR PERL ON SOLARIS.
=over 4
-=item Required Updates
+=item Limits on Numbers of Open Files on Solaris.
-=item Installation directories
+=back
-=item Module information summary
+=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC MODULES.
-=item Fcntl
+=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH MODULES.
-=item IO
+=over 4
-=item Math::Complex
+=item Proc::ProcessTable on Solaris
-=item Math::Trig
+=item BSD::Resource on Solaris
-=item DB_File
+=item Net::SSLeay on Solaris
-=item Net::Ping
+=back
-=item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators
+=item SunOS 4.x
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item LAST MODIFIED
=back
-=item Utility Changes
+=head2 perltru64, README.tru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as
+Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems
=over 4
-=item pod2html
+=item DESCRIPTION
-Sends converted HTML to standard output
+=over 4
-=item xsubpp
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on Tru64
-C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
+=item Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
-=back
+=item Threaded Perl on Tru64
-=item C Language API Changes
+=item Long Doubles on Tru64
-C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, C<perl_eval_pv>, Extended API for
-manipulating hashes
+=item DB_File tests failing on Tru64
-=item Documentation Changes
+=item 64-bit Perl on Tru64
-L<perldelta>, L<perlfaq>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>,
-L<perlmodlib>, L<perldebug>, L<perlsec>
+=item Warnings about floating-point overflow when compiling Perl on Tru64
-=item New Diagnostics
+=back
-"my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope, %s argument is
-not a HASH element or slice, Allocation too large: %lx, Allocation too
-large, Applying %s to %s will act on scalar(%s), Attempt to free
-nonexistent shared string, Attempt to use reference as lvalue in substr,
-Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package, Can't redefine active sort
-subroutine %s, Can't use bareword ("%s") as %s ref while "strict refs" in
-use, Cannot resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Constant
-subroutine %s redefined, Constant subroutine %s undefined, Copy method did
-not return a reference, Died, Exiting pseudo-block via %s, Identifier too
-long, Illegal character %s (carriage return), Illegal switch in PERL5OPT:
-%s, Integer overflow in hex number, Integer overflow in octal number,
-internal error: glob failed, Invalid conversion in %s: "%s", Invalid type
-in pack: '%s', Invalid type in unpack: '%s', Name "%s::%s" used only once:
-possible typo, Null picture in formline, Offset outside string, Out of
-memory!, Out of memory during request for %s, panic: frexp, Possible
-attempt to put comments in qw() list, Possible attempt to separate words
-with commas, Scalar value @%s{%s} better written as $%s{%s}, Stub found
-while resolving method `%s' overloading `%s' in %s, Too late for "B<-T>"
-option, untie attempted while %d inner references still exist, Unrecognized
-character %s, Unsupported function fork, Use of "$$<digit>" to mean
-"${$}<digit>" is deprecated, Value of %s can be "0"; test with defined(),
-Variable "%s" may be unavailable, Variable "%s" will not stay shared,
-Warning: something's wrong, Ill-formed logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter,
-Got an error from DosAllocMem, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX, PERL_SH_DIR too
-long, Process terminated by SIG%s
+=item Testing Perl on Tru64
-=item BUGS
+=item ext/ODBM_File/odbm Test Failing With Static Builds
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Perl Fails Because Of Unresolved Symbol sockatmark
-=item HISTORY
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems
+=head2 perluts - Perl under UTS
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item BUILDING PERL ON UTS
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX
+=item Installing the built perl on UTS
-=item OS level
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
+=back
-=item The IBM ANSI C Compiler
+=head2 perlvmesa, README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA.
-=item Using GNU's gcc for building perl
+=over 4
-=item Using Large Files with Perl
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Threaded Perl
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item 64-bit Perl
+=over 4
-=item AIX 4.2 and extensions using C++ with statics
+=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on VM/ESA
-=back
+=item Setup Perl and utilities on VM/ESA
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Configure Perl on VM/ESA
-=item DATE
+=item Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA
+
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on VM/ESA
=back
-=head2 perlapollo, README.apollo - Perl version 5 on Apollo DomainOS
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA
-=item AUTHOR
+=back
=back
-=head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS
+=head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item Installation
+
+=item Organization of Perl Images
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Core Images
-=over 4
+=item Perl Extensions
-=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS
+=item Installing static extensions
-B<Unix emulation for AmigaOS: ixemul.library>, B<Version of Amiga OS>
+=item Installing dynamic extensions
-=item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS
+=back
-=item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS
+=item File specifications
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Syntax
+
+=item Wildcard expansion
+
+=item Pipes
=back
-=item INSTALLATION
+=item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB
-=item Accessing documentation
+=item Command line
=over 4
-=item Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS
-
-=item Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS
+=item I/O redirection and backgrounding
-=item Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS
+=item Command line switches
-=item Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS
+-i, -S, -u
=back
-=item BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS
+=item Perl functions
-=over 4
+File tests, backticks, binmode FILEHANDLE, crypt PLAINTEXT, USER, dump,
+exec LIST, fork, getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, gmtime, kill, qx//, select
+(system call), stat EXPR, system LIST, time, times, unlink LIST, utime
+LIST, waitpid PID,FLAGS
-=item Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS
+=item Perl variables
-=item Getting the Perl Source for AmigaOS
+%ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $|
-=item Making Perl on AmigaOS
+=item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences
-=item Testing Perl on AmigaOS
+=over 4
-=item Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS
+=item SDBM_File
=back
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Revision date
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlbeos, README.beos - Perl version 5 on BeOS
+=head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item BUILDING PERL FOR VOS
+
+=item INSTALLING PERL IN VOS
+
+=item USING PERL IN VOS
=over 4
-=item General Issues with Perl on BeOS
+=item Restrictions of Perl on VOS
-=item BeOS Release-specific Notes
+=item Handling of underflow and overflow
-R4 x86, R4 PPC
+=back
-=item Contact Information
+=item TEST STATUS
+
+=item SUPPORT STATUS
-=item Update 2001-12-26
+=item AUTHOR
-=back
+=item LAST UPDATE
=back
-=head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000.
+=head2 perlwin32 - Perl under Windows
=over 4
=over 4
-=item gzip on BS2000
+=item Setting Up Perl on Win32
-=item bison on BS2000
+Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Platform
+SDK 64-bit Compiler, MinGW release 3 with gcc, MinGW release 1 with gcc
-=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on BS2000
+=item Building
-=item Compiling Perl on BS2000
+=item Testing Perl on Win32
-=item Testing Perl on BS2000
+=item Installation of Perl on Win32
-=item Installing Perl on BS2000
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on Win32
-=item Using Perl in the Posix-Shell of BS2000
+Environment Variables, File Globbing, Using perl from the command line,
+Building Extensions, Command-line Wildcard Expansion, Win32 Specific
+Extensions, Notes on 64-bit Windows
-=item Using Perl in "native" BS2000
+=item Running Perl Scripts
-=item Floating point anomalies on BS2000
+Miscellaneous Things
=back
-=item AUTHORS
+=item BUGS AND CAVEATS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-=over 4
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Mailing list
+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>
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
=item HISTORY
=back
-=over 4
-
-=item Name
-
-=item Description
+=head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
-=item Build
+=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
=over 4
-=item Tools & SDK
-
-=item Make
-
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Acknowledgements
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Author
+method, locked
=back
-=head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
+=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item PREREQUISITES FOR COMPILING PERL ON CYGWIN
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it)
-
-=item Cygwin Configuration
-
-C<PATH>, I<nroff>, Permissions
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=item CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN
+=head2 threadshared::shared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing
+data structures between threads
=over 4
-=item Stripping Perl Binaries on Cygwin
-
-=item Optional Libraries for Perl on Cygwin
-
-C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>), C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>),
-C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>)
-
-=item Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin
+=item SYNOPSIS
-C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Uuseperlio>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>,
-C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin
+=item EXPORT
-I<dlsym()>, Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>, Compiler/Preprocessor defines
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=back
+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 MAKE ON CYGWIN
+=item NOTES
-=over 4
+=item BUGS
-=item Warnings on Cygwin
+=item AUTHOR
-=item ld2 on Cygwin
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item TEST ON CYGWIN
+=head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
+from perl
=over 4
-=item File Permissions on Cygwin
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Script Portability on Cygwin
+=item DESCRIPTION
-Pathnames, Text/Binary, F<.exe>, chown(), Miscellaneous
+$thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
+threads->self, $thread->tid, threads->object( tid ), threads->yield();,
+threads->list();, async BLOCK;
-=back
+=item WARNINGS
-=item INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN
+A thread exited while %d other threads were still running
-=item MANIFEST ON CYGWIN
+=item TODO
-Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl
-Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts
+=item BUGS
-=item BUGS ON CYGWIN
+Parent-Child threads, Returning objects, Creating threads inside BEGIN
+blocks, PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
-=item AUTHORS
+=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
-=item HISTORY
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perldgux - Perl under DG/UX.
+=head2 assertions - select assertions in blocks of code
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
-=item BUILDING PERL ON DG/UX
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Non-threaded Perl on DG/UX
+=head2 assertions::activate - activate assertions
-=item Threaded Perl on DG/UX
+=over 4
-=item Testing Perl on DG/UX
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Installing the built perl on DG/UX
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHOR
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
-=head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95.
+=head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on DOS
+=item Built-in Attributes
-DJGPP, Pthreads
+locked, method, lvalue
-=item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS
+=item Available Subroutines
-=item Building Perl on DOS
+get, reftype
-=item Testing Perl on DOS
+=item Package-specific Attribute Handling
-=item Installation of Perl on DOS
+FETCH_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES
+
+=item Syntax of Attribute Lists
=back
-=item BUILDING AND INSTALLING MODULES ON DOS
+=item EXPORTS
=over 4
-=item Building Prerequisites for Perl on DOS
-
-=item Unpacking CPAN Modules on DOS
+=item Default exports
-=item Building Non-XS Modules on DOS
+=item Available exports
-=item Building XS Modules on DOS
+=item Export tags defined
=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item EXAMPLES
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlepoc, README.epoc - Perl for EPOC
+=head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item INTRODUCTION
-
-=item INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC
-
-=item STARTING PERL ON EPOC
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item STOPPING PERL ON EPOC
+=item WARNING
-=item USING PERL ON EPOC
+=item AUTHOR
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item I/O Redirection on Epoc
+=back
-=item PATH Names on Epoc
+=head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base classes at compile time
-=item Editors on Epoc
+=over 4
-=item Features of Perl on Epoc
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Restrictions of Perl on Epoc
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
-=back
+Base class package "%s" is empty
-=item SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC
+=item HISTORY
-=item AUTHOR
+=item CAVEATS
-=item LAST UPDATE
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix
-(HP-UX) systems
+=head2 bigint - Transparent BigInteger support for Perl
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Using perl as shipped with HP-UX
-
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX
+=item OPTIONS
-=item PA-RISC
+a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
-=item PA-RISC 1.0
+=item MATH LIBRARY
-=item PA-RISC 1.1
+=item INTERNAL FORMAT
-=item PA-RISC 2.0
+=item SIGN
-=item Itanium
+=item METHODS
-=item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions
+=item CAVEAT
-=item Itanium Processor Family and HP-UX
+=back
-=item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX
+=item MODULES USED
-=item The HP ANSI C Compiler
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Using Large Files with Perl on HP-UX
+=item LICENSE
-=item Threaded Perl on HP-UX
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item 64-bit Perl on HP-UX
+=item AUTHORS
-=item GDBM and Threads on HP-UX
+=back
-=item NFS filesystems and utime(2) on HP-UX
+=head2 bignum - Transparent BigNumber support for Perl
-=item perl -P and // and HP-UX
+=over 4
-=item HP-UX Kernel Parameters (maxdsiz) for Compiling Perl
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR
+=item OPTIONS
-=item DATE
+a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
-=back
+=item METHODS
-=head2 perlhurd, README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd
+=item CAVEAT
-=over 4
+inf(), NaN(), upgrade()
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item MATH LIBRARY
-=over 4
+=item INTERNAL FORMAT
-=item Known Problems with Perl on Hurd
+=item SIGN
=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item MODULES USED
+
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item LICENSE
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen
-systems
+=head2 bigrat - Transparent BigNumber/BigRational support for Perl
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on MachTen
+=item MODULES USED
+
+=item MATH LIBRARY
+
+=item SIGN
+
+=item METHODS
+
+=item CAVEAT
-=item Failures during C<make test> on MachTen
+=back
-op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Building external modules on MachTen
+ perl -Mbigrat -le 'print sqrt(33)'
+ perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 2*255'
+ perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 4.5+2*255'
+ perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 3/7 + 5/7 + 8/3'
+ perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 12->is_odd()';
-=back
+=item LICENSE
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item DATE
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
+=head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item BUGS
-=item DATE
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlmint, README.mint - Perl version 5 on Atari MiNT
+=head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character
+semantics
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Known problems with Perl on MiNT
+=item LIMITATIONS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
+=head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal
+escapes
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item NOTE
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Binary distribution from HP
+=item CUSTOM TRANSLATORS
-=item What's New in Perl for MPE/iX
+=item CUSTOM ALIASES
-=item Welcome to Perl/iX
+=over 4
-=item System Requirements for Perl/iX
+=item Anonymous hashes
-=item How to Obtain Perl/iX
+=item Alias file
-=item Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights
+=item Alias shortcut
-README, INSTALL, LIBSHP3K, PERL, .cpan/, lib/, man/,
-public_html/feedback.cgi, src/perl-5.6.0-mpe
+=back
-=item How to Compile Perl/iX
+=item charnames::viacode(code)
- 4, 6
+=item charnames::vianame(name)
-=item Getting Started with Perl/iX
+=item ALIASES
-=item MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
+=item ILLEGAL CHARACTERS
-=item Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation
+=item BUGS
-=item Perl/iX To-Do List
+=back
-=item Perl/iX Change History
+=head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=item Name
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Description
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Build
+=item NOTES
=over 4
-=item Tools & SDK
-
-=item Setup
-
-Buildtype.bat, SetNWBld.bat, MPKBuild.bat
-
-=item Make
+=item List constants
-=item Interpreter
+=item Defining multiple constants at once
-=item Extensions
+=item Magic constants
=back
-=item Install
-
-=item Build new extensions
-
-=item Known Issues
+=item TECHNICAL NOTES
-=item Acknowledgements
+=item BUGS
-=item Authors
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Date
+=item COPYRIGHT
=back
-=head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.
+=head2 diagnostics, splain - produce verbose warning diagnostics
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Target
+=item The C<diagnostics> Pragma
-=item Other OSes
+=item The I<splain> Program
-=item Prerequisites
+=back
-EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Starting Perl programs under OS/2 (and DOS and...)
+=item INTERNALS
-=item Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item Frequently asked questions
+=head2 encoding - allows you to write your script in non-ascii or non-utf8
=over 4
-=item "It does not work"
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item I cannot run external programs
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F<perl.dll> from my
-program.
+=over 4
-Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use
-L<ExtUtils::Embed>?
+=item Literal Conversions
-=item C<``> and pipe-C<open> do not work under DOS.
+=item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
-=item Cannot start C<find.exe "pattern" file>
+=item Implicit upgrading for byte strings
=back
-=item INSTALLATION
+=item FEATURES THAT REQUIRE 5.8.1
-=over 4
+"NON-EUC" doublebyte encodings, tr//, DATA pseudo-filehandle
-=item Automatic binary installation
+=item USAGE
-C<PERL_BADLANG>, C<PERL_BADFREE>, F<Config.pm>
+use encoding [I<ENCNAME>] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> [ STDIN =E<gt>
+I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;, no encoding;
-=item Manual binary installation
+=item The Filter Option
-Perl VIO and PM executables (dynamically linked), Perl_ VIO executable
-(statically linked), Executables for Perl utilities, Main Perl library,
-Additional Perl modules, Tools to compile Perl modules, Manpages for Perl
-and utilities, Manpages for Perl modules, Source for Perl documentation,
-Perl manual in F<.INF> format, Pdksh
+=over 4
-=item B<Warning>
+=item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
=back
-=item Accessing documentation
+=item CAVEATS
=over 4
-=item OS/2 F<.INF> file
-
-=item Plain text
-
-=item Manpages
-
-=item HTML
+=item NOT SCOPED
-=item GNU C<info> files
+=item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
-=item F<.PDF> files
+=item tr/// with ranges
-=item C<LaTeX> docs
+Legend of characters above
=back
-=item BUILD
+=item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
-=over 4
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-=item The short story
+literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
-=item Prerequisites
+=item HISTORY
-=item Getting perl source
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Application of the patches
+=back
-=item Hand-editing
+=head2 fields - compile-time class fields
-=item Making
+=over 4
-=item Testing
+=item SYNOPSIS
-A lot of C<bad free>, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F<op/fs.t>,
-F<op/stat.t>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Installing the built perl
+new, phash
-=item C<a.out>-style build
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Build FAQ
+=head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators
=over 4
-=item Some C</> became C<\> in pdksh.
-
-=item C<'errno'> - unresolved external
-
-=item Problems with tr or sed
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Some problem (forget which ;-)
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Library ... not found
+=over 4
-=item Segfault in make
+=item subpragma access
-=item op/sprintf test failure
+=back
=back
-=item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port
+=head2 if - C<use> a Perl module if a condition holds
=over 4
-=item C<setpriority>, C<getpriority>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item C<system()>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item C<extproc> on the first line
+=item BUGS
-=item Additional modules:
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Prebuilt methods:
+=back
-C<File::Copy::syscopy>, C<DynaLoader::mod2fname>, C<Cwd::current_drive()>,
- C<Cwd::sys_chdir(name)>, C<Cwd::change_drive(name)>,
-C<Cwd::sys_is_absolute(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_is_rooted(name)>,
-C<Cwd::sys_is_relative(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_cwd(name)>,
-C<Cwd::sys_abspath(name, dir)>, C<Cwd::extLibpath([type])>,
-C<Cwd::extLibpath_set( path [, type ] )>,
-C<OS2::Error(do_harderror,do_exception)>, C<OS2::Errors2Drive(drive)>,
-OS2::SysInfo(), OS2::BootDrive(), C<OS2::MorphPM(serve)>,
-C<OS2::UnMorphPM(serve)>, C<OS2::Serve_Messages(force)>,
-C<OS2::Process_Messages(force [, cnt])>, C<OS2::_control87(new,mask)>,
-OS2::get_control87(), C<OS2::set_control87_em(new=MCW_EM,mask=MCW_EM)>
+=head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating
+point
-=item Prebuilt variables:
+=over 4
-$OS2::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Misfeatures
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Modifications
+=back
-C<popen>, C<tmpnam>, C<tmpfile>, C<ctermid>, C<stat>, C<mkdir>, C<rmdir>,
-C<flock>
+=head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler
-=item Identifying DLLs
+=over 4
-=item Centralized management of resources
+=item SYNOPSIS
-C<HAB>, C<HMQ>
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=item Perl flavors
+=head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
=over 4
-=item F<perl.exe>
-
-=item F<perl_.exe>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item F<perl__.exe>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item F<perl___.exe>
+=over 4
-=item Why strange names?
+=item Adding directories to @INC
-=item Why dynamic linking?
+=item Deleting directories from @INC
-=item Why chimera build?
+=item Restoring original @INC
=back
-=item ENVIRONMENT
-
-=over 4
-
-=item C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>
-
-=item C<PERL_BADLANG>
-
-=item C<PERL_BADFREE>
+=item CAVEATS
-=item C<PERL_SH_DIR>
+=item NOTES
-=item C<USE_PERL_FLOCK>
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item C<TMP> or C<TEMP>
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item Evolution
+=head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in
+operations
=over 4
-=item Priorities
-
-=item DLL name mangling: pre 5.6.2
-
-=item DLL name mangling: 5.6.2 and beyond
-
-Global DLLs, specific DLLs, C<BEGINLIBPATH> and C<ENDLIBPATH>, F<.> from
-C<LIBPATH>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DLL forwarder generation
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Threading
+=back
-=item Calls to external programs
+=head2 open - perl pragma to set default PerlIO layers for input and output
-=item Memory allocation
+=over 4
-=item Threads
+=item SYNOPSIS
-C<COND_WAIT>, F<os2.c>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY
-=item BUGS
+=item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
+=head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling
+
=over 4
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390
-and z/OS
+=head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Tools
-
-=item Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
+=item Declaration of overloaded functions
-=item Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
+=item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations
-=item Configure Perl on OS/390
+FALSE, TRUE, C<undef>
-=item Build, Test, Install Perl on OS/390
+=item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations
-=item Build Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=item Calling Conventions for Mutators
-=item Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+C<++> and C<-->, C<x=> and other assignment versions
-=item Installation Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=item Overloadable Operations
-=item Usage Hints for Perl on OS/390
+I<Arithmetic operations>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Bit operations>,
+I<Increment and decrement>, I<Transcendental functions>, I<Boolean, string
+and numeric conversion>, I<Iteration>, I<Dereferencing>, I<Special>
-=item Floating Point Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=item Inheritance and overloading
-=item Modules and Extensions for Perl on OS/390
+Strings as values of C<use overload> directive, Overloading of an operation
+is inherited by derived classes
=back
-=item AUTHORS
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C<use overload>
=over 4
-=item Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
+=item Last Resort
-=back
+=item Fallback
-=item HISTORY
+C<undef>, TRUE, defined, but FALSE
+
+=item Copy Constructor
+
+B<Example>
=back
-=head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
+=item MAGIC AUTOGENERATION
-=over 4
+I<Assignment forms of arithmetic operations>, I<Conversion operations>,
+I<Increment and decrement>, C<abs($a)>, I<Unary minus>, I<Negation>,
+I<Concatenation>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Iterator>, I<Dereferencing>,
+I<Copy operator>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Losing overloading
-=over 4
+=item Run-time Overloading
-=item Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4
+=item Public functions
-/bin/sh, ar, nm, cpp, make
+overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op)
-=item Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4
+=item Overloading constants
-=item QNX auxiliary files
+integer, float, binary, q, qr
-qnx/ar, qnx/cpp
+=item IMPLEMENTATION
-=item Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
+=item Metaphor clash
+
+=item Cookbook
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Two-face scalars
+
+=item Two-face references
+
+=item Symbolic calculator
+
+=item I<Really> symbolic calculator
=back
=item AUTHOR
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+Odd number of arguments for overload::constant, `%s' is not an overloadable
+type, `%s' is not a code reference
+
+=item BUGS
+
=back
-=head2 perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl
+=head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item OPTIONS
+
=over 4
-=item Invoking Perl
+=item SIGNAL HANDLERS
-=item What's in Plan 9 Perl
+B<stack-trace>, B<die>, B<handler> I<your-handler>
-=item What's not in Plan 9 Perl
+=item SIGNAL LISTS
-=item Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl
+B<normal-signals>, B<error-signals>, B<old-interface-signals>
-=item Signals in Plan 9 Perl
+=item OTHER
+
+B<untrapped>, B<any>, I<signal>, I<number>
=back
-=item COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9
+=item EXAMPLES
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9
+=head2 sort - perl pragma to control sort() behaviour
-=back
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Revision date
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item CAVEATS
=back
-=head2 perlsolaris, README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
+=head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+C<strict refs>, C<strict vars>, C<strict subs>
-=item Solaris Version Numbers.
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=item RESOURCES
-
-Solaris FAQ, Precompiled Binaries, Solaris Documentation
-
-=item SETTING UP
+=head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
=over 4
-=item File Extraction Problems on Solaris.
-
-=item Compiler and Related Tools on Solaris.
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Environment for Compiling Perl on Solaris
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=item RUN CONFIGURE.
+=head2 threadshared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data
+structures between threads
=over 4
-=item 64-bit Issues with Perl on Solaris.
-
-=item Threads in Perl on Solaris.
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Malloc Issues with Perl on Solaris.
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item EXPORT
-=item MAKE PROBLEMS.
+=item FUNCTIONS
-Dynamic Loading Problems With GNU as and GNU ld, ld.so.1: ./perl: fatal:
-relocation error:, dlopen: stub interception failed, #error "No
-DATAMODEL_NATIVE specified", sh: ar: not found
+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 MAKE TEST
+=item NOTES
-=over 4
+=item BUGS
-=item op/stat.t test 4 in Solaris
+=item AUTHOR
-=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item PREBUILT BINARIES OF PERL FOR SOLARIS.
-
-=item RUNTIME ISSUES FOR PERL ON SOLARIS.
+=head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source
+code
=over 4
-=item Limits on Numbers of Open Files on Solaris.
-
-=back
-
-=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC MODULES.
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH MODULES.
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Proc::ProcessTable on Solaris
-
-=item BSD::Resource on Solaris
+=item Utility functions
-=item Net::SSLeay on Solaris
+$num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string), $success = utf8::downgrade($string[,
+FAIL_OK]), utf8::encode($string), utf8::decode($string), $flag =
+utf8::is_utf8(STRING), $flag = utf8::valid(STRING)
=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item BUGS
-=item LAST MODIFIED
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perltru64, README.tru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as
-Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems
+=head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
+
+=head2 version - Perl extension for Version Objects
+
=over 4
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on Tru64
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Threaded Perl on Tru64
+=over 4
-=item Long Doubles on Tru64
+=item What IS a version
-=item 64-bit Perl on Tru64
+Numeric Versions, Quoted Versions
-=item Warnings about floating-point overflow when compiling Perl on Tru64
+=item What about v-strings?
-=back
+=item Numeric Versions
-=item Testing Perl on Tru64
+=item Quoted Versions
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Object Methods
-=back
+New Operator, qv(), Normal Form, Numification, Stringification, Comparison
+operators, Logical Operators
-=head2 perluts - Perl under UTS
+=item Quoting
-=over 4
+=item Types of Versions Objects
-=item SYNOPSIS
+Ordinary versions, Alpha versions
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Replacement UNIVERSAL::VERSION
-=item BUILDING PERL ON UTS
+=back
-=item Installing the built perl on UTS
+=item EXPORT
=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 perlvmesa, README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA.
+=head2 vmsish - Perl pragma to control VMS-specific language features
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+C<vmsish status>, C<vmsish exit>, C<vmsish time>, C<vmsish hushed>
-=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on VM/ESA
+=back
-=item Setup Perl and utilities on VM/ESA
+=head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings
-=item Configure Perl on VM/ESA
+=over 4
-=item Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Usage Hints for Perl on VM/ESA
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+use warnings::register, warnings::enabled(), warnings::enabled($category),
+warnings::enabled($object), warnings::warn($message),
+warnings::warn($category, $message), warnings::warn($object, $message),
+warnings::warnif($message), warnings::warnif($category, $message),
+warnings::warnif($object, $message)
-=item AUTHORS
+=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=head2 warnings::register - warnings import function
=over 4
-=item Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl
+=head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION
-=over 4
+=head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
-=item Installation
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Organization of Perl Images
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Core Images
+=item DBM Comparisons
-=item Perl Extensions
+[0], [1], [2], [3]
-=item Installing static extensions
+=back
-=item Installing dynamic extensions
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item File specifications
+=head2 Attribute::Handlers - Simpler definition of attribute handlers
=over 4
-=item Syntax
-
-=item Wildcard expansion
-
-=item Pipes
+=item VERSION
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Command line
+[0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
=over 4
-=item I/O redirection and backgrounding
-
-=item Command line switches
-
--i, -S, -u
+=item Typed lexicals
-=back
+=item Type-specific attribute handlers
-=item Perl functions
+=item Non-interpretive attribute handlers
-File tests, backticks, binmode FILEHANDLE, crypt PLAINTEXT, USER, dump,
-exec LIST, fork, getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, gmtime, kill, qx//, select
-(system call), stat EXPR, system LIST, time, times, unlink LIST, utime
-LIST, waitpid PID,FLAGS
+=item Phase-specific attribute handlers
-=item Perl variables
+=item Attributes as C<tie> interfaces
-%ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $|
+=back
-=item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences
+=item EXAMPLES
-=over 4
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
-=item SDBM_File
+C<Bad attribute type: ATTR(%s)>, C<Attribute handler %s doesn't handle %s
+attributes>, C<Declaration of %s attribute in package %s may clash with
+future reserved word>, C<Can't have two ATTR specifiers on one subroutine>,
+C<Can't autotie a %s>, C<Internal error: %s symbol went missing>, C<Won't
+be able to apply END handler>
-=back
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Revision date
+=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item COPYRIGHT
=back
-=head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS
+=head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=over 4
-
-=item Multiple methods to build perl for VOS
-
-=item Stratus POSIX Support
-
-=back
-
-=item INSTALLING PERL IN VOS
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on VOS
-
-=item Installing Perl 5 on VOS
+=item Subroutine Stubs
-=back
+=item Using B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
-=item USING PERL IN VOS
+=item Overriding B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
-=over 4
+=item Package Lexicals
-=item Unimplemented Features of Perl on VOS
+=item Not Using AutoLoader
-=item Restrictions of Perl on VOS
+=item B<AutoLoader> vs. B<SelfLoader>
=back
-=item SUPPORT STATUS
-
-=item AUTHOR
+=item CAVEATS
-=item LAST UPDATE
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlwin32 - Perl under Win32
+=head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+$keep, $check, $modtime
-=item Setting Up Perl on Win32
+=over 4
-Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Mingw32 with GCC
+=item Multiple packages
-=item Building
+=back
-=item Testing Perl on Win32
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
-=item Installation of Perl on Win32
+=back
-=item Usage Hints for Perl on Win32
+=head2 B - The Perl Compiler
-Environment Variables, File Globbing, Using perl from the command line,
-Building Extensions, Command-line Wildcard Expansion, Win32 Specific
-Extensions, Running Perl Scripts, Miscellaneous Things
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item BUGS AND CAVEATS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHORS
+=item OVERVIEW
-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 Utility Functions
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=item HISTORY
+=item Functions Returning C<B::SV>, C<B::AV>, C<B::HV>, and C<B::CV>
+objects
-=back
+sv_undef, sv_yes, sv_no, svref_2object(SVREF), amagic_generation, init_av,
+check_av, begin_av, end_av, comppadlist, regex_padav, main_cv
-=head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
+=item Functions for Examining the Symbol Table
-=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
+walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE, PREFIX)
-=over 4
+=item Functions Returning C<B::OP> objects or for walking op trees
-=item SYNOPSIS
+main_root, main_start, walkoptree(OP, METHOD), walkoptree_debug(DEBUG)
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Miscellaneous Utility Functions
-method, locked
+ppname(OPNUM), hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c, cstring(STR),
+perlstring(STR), class(OBJ), threadsv_names
=back
-=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
+=item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item SV-RELATED CLASSES
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item B::SV Methods
-=back
+REFCNT, FLAGS, object_2svref
-=head2 threadshared::shared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing
-data structures between threads
+=item B::IV Methods
-=over 4
+IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item B::NV Methods
-=item DESCRIPTION
+NV, NVX
-=item EXPORT
+=item B::RV Methods
-=item FUNCTIONS
+RV
-share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, unlock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE,
-cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
+=item B::PV Methods
-=item NOTES
+PV, RV, PVX
-=item BUGS
+=item B::PVMG Methods
-=item AUTHOR
+MAGIC, SvSTASH
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item B::MAGIC Methods
-=back
+MOREMAGIC, precomp, PRIVATE, TYPE, FLAGS, OBJ, PTR, REGEX
-=head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
-from perl
+=item B::PVLV Methods
-=over 4
+TARGOFF, TARGLEN, TYPE, TARG
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item B::BM Methods
-=item DESCRIPTION
+USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE
-$thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
-threads->self, $thread->tid
+=item B::GV Methods
-=item TODO
+is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN,
+LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS
-Fix so the return value is returned when you join, Add join_all, Fix memory
-leaks!
+=item B::IO Methods
-=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
+LINES, PAGE, PAGE_LEN, LINES_LEFT, TOP_NAME, TOP_GV, FMT_NAME, FMT_GV,
+BOTTOM_NAME, BOTTOM_GV, SUBPROCESS, IoTYPE, IoFLAGS, IsSTD
-=item BUGS
+=item B::AV Methods
-creating a thread from within a thread is unsafe under win32,
-PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
+FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, ARRAYelt, AvFLAGS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item B::CV Methods
-=back
+STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE_SEQ, XSUB,
+XSUBANY, CvFLAGS, const_sv
-=head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes
+=item B::HV Methods
-=over 4
+FILL, MAX, KEYS, RITER, NAME, PMROOT, ARRAY
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item OP-RELATED CLASSES
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item B::OP Methods
-=over 4
+next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, seq, flags, private
-=item Built-in Attributes
+=item B::UNOP METHOD
-locked, method, lvalue
+first
-=item Available Subroutines
+=item B::BINOP METHOD
-get, reftype
+last
-=item Package-specific Attribute Handling
+=item B::LOGOP METHOD
-FETCH_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES
+other
-=item Syntax of Attribute Lists
+=item B::LISTOP METHOD
-=back
+children
-=item EXPORTS
+=item B::PMOP Methods
-=over 4
+pmreplroot, pmreplstart, pmnext, pmregexp, pmflags, pmdynflags,
+pmpermflags, precomp, pmoffset
-=item Default exports
+=item B::SVOP METHOD
-=item Available exports
+sv, gv
-=item Export tags defined
+=item B::PADOP METHOD
-=back
+padix
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item B::PVOP METHOD
-=item SEE ALSO
+pv
-=back
+=item B::LOOP Methods
-=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
+redoop, nextop, lastop
-=over 4
+=item B::COP Methods
-=item SYNOPSIS
+label, stash, stashpv, file, cop_seq, arybase, line, warnings, io
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-method, locked
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
+=head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate
+bytecode
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item WARNING
+%insn_data, @insn_name, @optype, @specialsv_name
=item AUTHOR
-=item SEE ALSO
-
=back
-=head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time
+=head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item HISTORY
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
+=head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item BUGS
+=over 4
+
+=item Functions
+
+B<find_leaders>
+
+=back
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character
-semantics
+=head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item EXAMPLE
+
+=item OPTIONS
+
+B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
+
+=item KNOWN BUGS
+
+=item NOTICE
+
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal
-escapes.
+=head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item CUSTOM TRANSLATORS
-
-=item charnames::viacode(code)
+=item OPTIONS
-=item charnames::vianame(code)
+B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, B<-Dc>, B<-DA>,
+B<-DC>, B<-DM>, B<-f>, B<-fcog>, B<-fsave-data>, B<-fppaddr>, B<-fwarn-sv>,
+B<-fuse-script-name>, B<-fsave-sig-hash>, B<-On>, B<-O0>, B<-O1>, B<-O2>,
+B<-llimit>
-=item ILLEGAL CHARACTERS
+=item EXAMPLES
=item BUGS
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants
+=head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item NOTES
+=item OPTIONS
-=over 4
+B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-mModulename>, B<-D>, B<-Dr>,
+B<-DO>, B<-Ds>, B<-Dp>, B<-Dq>, B<-Dl>, B<-Dt>, B<-f>,
+B<-ffreetmps-each-bblock>, B<-ffreetmps-each-loop>, B<-fomit-taint>, B<-On>
-=item List constants
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Defining multiple constants at once
+=item BUGS
-=item Magic constants
+=item DIFFERENCES
-=back
+=over 4
-=item TECHNICAL NOTES
+=item Loops
-=item BUGS
+=item Context of ".."
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Arithmetic
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item Deprecated features
=back
-=head2 diagnostics - Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning
-diagnostics
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item EXAMPLE
+
+=item OPTIONS
+
=over 4
-=item The C<diagnostics> Pragma
+=item Options for Opcode Ordering
-=item The I<splain> Program
+B<-basic>, B<-exec>, B<-tree>
-=back
+=item Options for Line-Style
-=item EXAMPLES
+B<-concise>, B<-terse>, B<-linenoise>, B<-debug>, B<-env>
-=item INTERNALS
+=item Options for tree-specific formatting
-=item BUGS
+B<-compact>, B<-loose>, B<-vt>, B<-ascii>
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Options controlling sequence numbering
-=back
+B<-base>I<n>, B<-bigendian>, B<-littleendian>
-=head2 encoding - pragma to control the conversion of legacy data into
-Unicode
+=item Other options
-=over 4
+B<-main>, B<-nomain>, B<-nobanner>, B<-banner>, B<-banneris> => subref
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Option Stickiness
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+=item ABBREVIATIONS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
+
+=item OP class abbreviations
+
+=item OP flags abbreviations
=back
-=head2 fields - compile-time class fields
+=item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Special Patterns
-=item DESCRIPTION
+B<(x(>I<exec_text>B<;>I<basic_text>B<)x)>, B<(*(>I<text>B<)*)>,
+B<(*(>I<text1>B<;>I<text2>B<)*)>, B<(?(>I<text1>B<#>I<var>I<Text2>B<)?)>,
+B<~>
-new, phash
+=item # Variables
-=item SEE ALSO
+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<#opt>, B<#static>, B<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>, B<#svclass>,
+B<#svval>, B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum>
=back
-=head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators
+=item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=over 4
+=item Example: Altering Concise Renderings
-=item subpragma access
+=item set_style()
-=back
+=item set_style_standard($name)
-=back
+=item add_style()
-=head2 if - C<use> a Perl module if a condition holds
+=item add_callback()
-=over 4
+=item Running B::Concise::compile()
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item B::Concise::reset_sequence()
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Errors
-=item BUGS
+=back
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating
-point
+=head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler
+=head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item OPTIONS
-=head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
+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
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Synopsis
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Description
-=over 4
+=item new
-=item Adding directories to @INC
+=item ambient_pragmas
-=item Deleting directories from @INC
+strict, $[, bytes, utf8, integer, re, warnings, hint_bits, warning_bits
-=item Restoring original @INC
+=item coderef2text
=back
-=item CAVEATS
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in
-operations
+=head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 open - perl pragma to set default disciplines for input and output
+=head2 B::Lint - Perl lint
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY
+=item OPTIONS AND LINT CHECKS
-=item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
+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 SEE ALSO
+=item NON LINT-CHECK OPTIONS
+
+B<-u Package>
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling
+=head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item CONVENTIONS
-=back
+=item IMPLEMENTATION
-=head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations
+=item BUGS
-=over 4
+=item AUTHOR
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files
=over 4
-=item Declaration of overloaded functions
-
-=item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations
+=item SYNOPSIS
-FALSE, TRUE, C<undef>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Calling Conventions for Mutators
+=back
-C<++> and C<-->, C<x=> and other assignment versions
+=head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend
-=item Overloadable Operations
+=over 4
-I<Arithmetic operations>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Bit operations>,
-I<Increment and decrement>, I<Transcendental functions>, I<Boolean, string
-and numeric conversion>, I<Iteration>, I<Dereferencing>, I<Special>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Inheritance and overloading
+=item DESCRIPTION
-Strings as values of C<use overload> directive, Overloading of an operation
-is inherited by derived classes
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C<use overload>
-
-=over 4
+=head2 B::Stash - show what stashes are loaded
-=item Last Resort
+=head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
-=item Fallback
+=over 4
-C<undef>, TRUE, defined, but FALSE
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Copy Constructor
+=item DESCRIPTION
-B<Example>
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item MAGIC AUTOGENERATION
-
-I<Assignment forms of arithmetic operations>, I<Conversion operations>,
-I<Increment and decrement>, C<abs($a)>, I<Unary minus>, I<Negation>,
-I<Concatenation>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Iterator>, I<Dereferencing>,
-I<Copy operator>
+=head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
-=item Losing overloading
+=over 4
-=item Run-time Overloading
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Public functions
+=item DESCRIPTION
-overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op)
+=item OPTIONS
-=item Overloading constants
+C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-d>, C<-D[tO]>
-integer, float, binary, q, qr
+=item BUGS
-=item IMPLEMENTATION
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Metaphor clash
+=back
-=item Cookbook
+=head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
=over 4
-=item Two-face scalars
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Two-face references
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Symbolic calculator
+=over 4
-=item I<Really> symbolic calculator
+=item Functions
+
+B<find_leaders>
=back
=item AUTHOR
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
-
-Odd number of arguments for overload::constant, `%s' is not an overloadable
-type, `%s' is not a code reference
-
-=item BUGS
-
=back
-=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
+=head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
+=item Methods
-=over 4
+new, debug, iters
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Standard Exports
-=item DESCRIPTION
+timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis ( COUNT, CODE, [ TITLE, [ STYLE ]] ),
+timethese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), timediff ( T1, T2 ), timestr (
+TIMEDIFF, [ STYLE, [ FORMAT ] ] )
-=item OPTIONS
+=item Optional Exports
-=over 4
+clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [
+STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), countit(TIME, CODE),
+disablecache ( ), enablecache ( ), timesum ( T1, T2 )
-=item SIGNAL HANDLERS
+=item :hireswallclock
+
+=back
-B<stack-trace>, B<die>, B<handler> I<your-handler>
+=item NOTES
-=item SIGNAL LISTS
+=item EXAMPLES
-B<normal-signals>, B<error-signals>, B<old-interface-signals>
+=item INHERITANCE
-=item OTHER
+=item CAVEATS
-B<untrapped>, B<any>, I<signal>, I<number>
+=item SEE ALSO
-=back
+=item AUTHORS
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item MODIFICATION HISTORY
=back
-=head2 sort - perl pragma to control sort() behaviour
+=head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
+=head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-C<strict refs>, C<strict vars>, C<strict subs>
+=item EXAMPLE
-=back
+=item OPTIONS
-=head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
+B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
-=over 4
+=item KNOWN BUGS
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item NOTICE
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
-from perl
+=head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item ABSTRACT
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-$thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
-threads->self, $thread->tid
+=over 4
-=item TODO
+=item PROGRAMMING STYLE
-Fix so the return value is returned when you join, Add join_all, Fix memory
-leaks!
+=item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES
-=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
+=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE):
-=item BUGS
+=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE
-creating a thread from within a thread is unsafe under win32,
-PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
+=item FETCHING A LIST OF KEYWORDS FROM THE QUERY:
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item FETCHING THE NAMES OF ALL THE PARAMETERS PASSED TO YOUR SCRIPT:
-=back
+=item FETCHING THE VALUE OR VALUES OF A SINGLE NAMED PARAMETER:
-=head2 threadshared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data
-structures between threads
+=item SETTING THE VALUE(S) OF A NAMED PARAMETER:
-=over 4
+=item APPENDING ADDITIONAL VALUES TO A NAMED PARAMETER:
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item IMPORTING ALL PARAMETERS INTO A NAMESPACE:
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item DELETING A PARAMETER COMPLETELY:
-=item EXPORT
+=item DELETING ALL PARAMETERS:
-=item FUNCTIONS
+=item DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARAMETER LIST:
-share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, unlock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE,
-cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
+=item FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH:
-=item NOTES
+=item SAVING THE STATE OF THE SCRIPT TO A FILE:
-=item BUGS
+=item RETRIEVING CGI ERRORS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item USING THE FUNCTION-ORIENTED INTERFACE
-=item SEE ALSO
+B<:cgi>, B<:form>, B<:html2>, B<:html3>, B<:html4>, B<:netscape>, B<:html>,
+B<:standard>, B<:all>
-=back
+=item PRAGMAS
-=head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source
-code
+-any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_undef_params, -no_xhtml, -nph,
+-newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, -no_debug, -debug,
+-private_tempfiles
-=over 4
+=item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS
-=item SYNOPSIS
+1. start_table() (generates a <table> tag), 2. end_table() (generates a
+</table> tag), 3. start_ul() (generates a <ul> tag), 4. end_ul() (generates
+a </ul> tag)
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
+
+=item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS
=over 4
-=item Utility functions
+=item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER:
-$num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string);, utf8::downgrade($string[, CHECK]),
-utf8::encode($string), $flag = utf8::decode($string)
+=item GENERATING A REDIRECTION HEADER
-=back
+=item CREATING THE HTML DOCUMENT HEADER
-=item SEE ALSO
+B<Parameters:>, 4, 5, 6..
-=back
+=item ENDING THE HTML DOCUMENT:
-=head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
+=item CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION:
-=over 4
+=item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL
-=item SYNOPSIS
+B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query>
+(B<-query_string>), B<-base>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS
=back
-=head2 vmsish - Perl pragma to control VMS-specific language features
+=item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS:
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-C<vmsish status>, C<vmsish exit>, C<vmsish time>, C<vmsish hushed>
+=item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS
-=back
+=item THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF HTML SHORTCUTS
-=head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings
+=item HTML SHORTCUTS AND LIST INTERPOLATION
-=over 4
+=item NON-STANDARD HTML SHORTCUTS
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item AUTOESCAPING HTML
-=item DESCRIPTION
+$escaped_string = escapeHTML("unescaped string");, $charset =
+charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]);
-use warnings::register, warnings::enabled(), warnings::enabled($category),
-warnings::enabled($object), warnings::warn($message),
-warnings::warn($category, $message), warnings::warn($object, $message),
-warnings::warnif($message), warnings::warnif($category, $message),
-warnings::warnif($object, $message)
+=item PRETTY-PRINTING HTML
=back
-=head2 warnings::register - warnings import function
+=item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS:
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM
-=back
+B<application/x-www-form-urlencoded>, B<multipart/form-data>
-=head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION
+=item CREATING A TEXT FIELD
-=head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs
+B<Parameters>
-=over 4
+=item CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD
-=over 4
+B<Parameters>
-=item DBM Comparisons
+=item CREATING A POPUP MENU
-[0], [1], [2], [3]
+=item CREATING AN OPTION GROUP
-=back
+=item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST
-=item SEE ALSO
+B<Parameters:>
-=back
+=item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES
-=head2 Attribute::Handlers - Simpler definition of attribute handlers
+B<Parameters:>
-=over 4
+=item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX
-=item VERSION
+B<Parameters:>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP
-=item DESCRIPTION
+B<Parameters:>
-[0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
+=item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON
-=over 4
+B<Parameters:>
-=item Typed lexicals
+=item CREATING A RESET BUTTON
-=item Type-specific attribute handlers
+=item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON
-=item Non-interpretive attribute handlers
+=item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD
-=item Phase-specific attribute handlers
+B<Parameters:>
-=item Attributes as C<tie> interfaces
+=item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON
+
+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
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item HTTP COOKIES
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
+1. an expiration time, 2. a domain, 3. a path, 4. a "secure" flag,
+B<-name>, B<-value>, B<-path>, B<-domain>, B<-expires>, B<-secure>
-C<Bad attribute type: ATTR(%s)>, C<Attribute handler %s doesn't handle %s
-attributes>, C<Declaration of %s attribute in package %s may clash with
-future reserved word>, C<Can't have two ATTR specifiers on one subroutine>,
-C<Can't autotie a %s>, C<Internal error: %s symbol went missing>, C<Won't
-be able to apply END handler>
+=item WORKING WITH FRAMES
-=item AUTHOR
+1. Create a <Frameset> document, 2. Specify the destination for the
+document in the HTTP header, 3. Specify the destination for the document in
+the <form> tag
-=item BUGS
+=item LIMITED SUPPORT FOR CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item DEBUGGING
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS
=back
-=head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand
+=item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
-=over 4
+B<Accept()>, B<raw_cookie()>, B<user_agent()>, B<path_info()>,
+B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()> Return the script
+name as a partial URL, for self-refering scripts, B<referer()>, B<auth_type
+()>, B<server_name ()>, B<virtual_host ()>, B<server_port ()>,
+B<virtual_port ()>, B<server_software ()>, B<remote_user ()>, B<user_name
+()>, B<request_method()>, B<content_type()>, B<http()>, B<https()>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item USING NPH SCRIPTS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+In the B<use> statement, By calling the B<nph()> method:, By using B<-nph>
+parameters
-=over 4
+=item Server Push
-=item Subroutine Stubs
+multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final()
-=item Using B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
+=item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks
-=item Overriding B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
+B<$CGI::POST_MAX>, B<$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS>, B<1. On a script-by-script
+basis>, B<2. Globally for all scripts>
-=item Package Lexicals
+=item COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL
-=item Not Using AutoLoader
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=item B<AutoLoader> vs. B<SelfLoader>
+=item CREDITS
+
+Matt Heffron (heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com), James Taylor
+(james.taylor@srs.gov), Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com>, Mike Jewell
+(mlj3u@virginia.edu), Timothy Shimmin (tes@kbs.citri.edu.au), Joergen Haegg
+(jh@axis.se), Laurent Delfosse (delfosse@delfosse.com), Richard Resnick
+(applepi1@aol.com), Craig Bishop (csb@barwonwater.vic.gov.au), Tony Curtis
+(tc@vcpc.univie.ac.at), Tim Bunce (Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk), Tom Christiansen
+(tchrist@convex.com), Andreas Koenig (k@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE), Tim
+MacKenzie (Tim.MacKenzie@fulcrum.com.au), Kevin B. Hendricks
+(kbhend@dogwood.tyler.wm.edu), Stephen Dahmen (joyfire@inxpress.net), Ed
+Jordan (ed@fidalgo.net), David Alan Pisoni (david@cnation.com), Doug
+MacEachern (dougm@opengroup.org), Robin Houston (robin@oneworld.org),
+...and many many more..
-=back
+=item A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT
-=item CAVEATS
+=item BUGS
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
+=head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-$keep, $check, $modtime
+=item ABSTRACT
-=over 4
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Multiple packages
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=back
+=item BUGS
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B - The Perl Compiler
+=head2 CGI::Carp, B<CGI::Carp> - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or
+other) error log
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
-
-=over 4
-
-=item SV-RELATED CLASSES
-
-=item B::SV METHODS
-
-REFCNT, FLAGS
-
-=item B::IV METHODS
+=item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES
-IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv
+=item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW
-=item B::NV METHODS
+=over 4
-NV, NVX
+=item Changing the default message
-=item B::RV METHODS
+=back
-RV
+=item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS
-=item B::PV METHODS
+=item OVERRIDING THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM
-PV, RV, PVX
+=item AUTHORS
-=item B::PVMG METHODS
+=item SEE ALSO
-MAGIC, SvSTASH
+=back
-=item B::MAGIC METHODS
+=head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies
-MOREMAGIC, precomp, PRIVATE, TYPE, FLAGS, OBJ, PTR, REGEX
+=over 4
-=item B::PVLV METHODS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-TARGOFF, TARGLEN, TYPE, TARG
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item B::BM METHODS
+=item USING CGI::Cookie
-USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE
+B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag>
-=item B::GV METHODS
+=over 4
-is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN,
-LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS
+=item Creating New Cookies
-=item B::IO METHODS
+=item Sending the Cookie to the Browser
-LINES, PAGE, PAGE_LEN, LINES_LEFT, TOP_NAME, TOP_GV, FMT_NAME, FMT_GV,
-BOTTOM_NAME, BOTTOM_GV, SUBPROCESS, IoTYPE, IoFLAGS, IsSTD
+=item Recovering Previous Cookies
-=item B::AV METHODS
+=item Manipulating Cookies
-FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, AvFLAGS
+B<name()>, B<value()>, B<domain()>, B<path()>, B<expires()>
-=item B::CV METHODS
+=back
-STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, XSUB, XSUBANY,
-CvFLAGS, const_sv
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=item B::HV METHODS
+=item BUGS
-FILL, MAX, KEYS, RITER, NAME, PMROOT, ARRAY
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item OP-RELATED CLASSES
+=back
-=item B::OP METHODS
+=head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI
-next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, seq, flags, private
+=over 4
-=item B::UNOP METHOD
+=item SYNOPSIS
-first
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item B::BINOP METHOD
+=item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
-last
+=item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS
-=item B::LOGOP METHOD
+=item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS
-other
+=item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS
-=item B::LISTOP METHOD
+=item EXTERNAL FASTCGI SERVER INVOCATION
-children
+FCGI_SOCKET_PATH, FCGI_LISTEN_QUEUE
-=item B::PMOP METHODS
+=item CAVEATS
-pmreplroot, pmreplstart, pmnext, pmregexp, pmflags, pmdynflags,
-pmpermflags, precomp, pmoffet
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=item B::SVOP METHOD
+=item BUGS
-sv, gv
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item B::PADOP METHOD
+=back
-padix
+=head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code
-=item B::PVOP METHOD
+=over 4
-pv
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item B::LOOP METHODS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-redoop, nextop, lastop
+=over 4
-=item B::COP METHODS
+=item Tags that won't be formatted
-label, stash, file, cop_seq, arybase, line
+=item Customizing the Indenting
=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), class(OBJ), threadsv_names
+=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate
-bytecode
+=head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-%insn_data, @insn_name, @optype, @specialsv_name
+=item USING CGI::Push
-=item AUTHOR
+-next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode
+=item Heterogeneous Pages
-=over 4
+=item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS
-=item AUTHORS
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
+=head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=over 4
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item Functions
+=item DESCRIPTION
-B<find_leaders>
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=back
+=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
+=head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=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>
-
-=item EXAMPLES
-
-=item BUGS
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=item AUTHORS
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend
+=head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item OPTIONS
-
-B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, B<-Dc>, B<-DA>,
-B<-DC>, B<-DM>, B<-f>, B<-fcog>, B<-fsave-data>, B<-fppaddr>, B<-fwarn-sv>,
-B<-fuse-script-name>, B<-fsave-sig-hash>, B<-On>, B<-O0>, B<-O1>, B<-O2>,
-B<-llimit>
+=item STATUS
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item BUGS
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Interactive Mode
-=back
+Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test,
+install, clean modules or distributions, get, readme, look module or
+distribution, ls author, Signals
-=head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
+=item CPAN::Shell
-=over 4
+=item autobundle
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item recompile
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The four C<CPAN::*> Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution
-=item OPTIONS
+=item Programmer's interface
-B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-mModulename>, B<-D>, B<-Dr>,
-B<-DO>, B<-Ds>, B<-Dp>, B<-Dq>, B<-Dl>, B<-Dt>, B<-f>,
-B<-ffreetmps-each-bblock>, B<-ffreetmps-each-loop>, B<-fomit-taint>, B<-On>
+expand($type,@things), expandany(@things), Programming Examples
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item Methods in the other Classes
-=item BUGS
+CPAN::Author::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Author::as_string(),
+CPAN::Author::email(), CPAN::Author::fullname(), CPAN::Author::name(),
+CPAN::Bundle::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Bundle::as_string(),
+CPAN::Bundle::clean(), CPAN::Bundle::contains(),
+CPAN::Bundle::force($method,@args), CPAN::Bundle::get(),
+CPAN::Bundle::inst_file(), CPAN::Bundle::inst_version(),
+CPAN::Bundle::uptodate(), CPAN::Bundle::install(), CPAN::Bundle::make(),
+CPAN::Bundle::readme(), CPAN::Bundle::test(),
+CPAN::Distribution::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Distribution::as_string(),
+CPAN::Distribution::clean(), CPAN::Distribution::containsmods(),
+CPAN::Distribution::cvs_import(), CPAN::Distribution::dir(),
+CPAN::Distribution::force($method,@args), CPAN::Distribution::get(),
+CPAN::Distribution::install(), CPAN::Distribution::isa_perl(),
+CPAN::Distribution::look(), CPAN::Distribution::make(),
+CPAN::Distribution::prereq_pm(), CPAN::Distribution::readme(),
+CPAN::Distribution::test(), CPAN::Distribution::uptodate(),
+CPAN::Index::force_reload(), CPAN::Index::reload(), CPAN::InfoObj::dump(),
+CPAN::Module::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Module::as_string(),
+CPAN::Module::clean(), CPAN::Module::cpan_file(),
+CPAN::Module::cpan_version(), CPAN::Module::cvs_import(),
+CPAN::Module::description(), CPAN::Module::force($method,@args),
+CPAN::Module::get(), CPAN::Module::inst_file(),
+CPAN::Module::inst_version(), CPAN::Module::install(),
+CPAN::Module::look(), CPAN::Module::make(),
+CPAN::Module::manpage_headline(), CPAN::Module::readme(),
+CPAN::Module::test(), CPAN::Module::uptodate(), CPAN::Module::userid()
-=item DIFFERENCES
+=item Cache Manager
-=over 4
+=item Bundles
-=item Loops
+=item Prerequisites
-=item Context of ".."
+=item Finding packages and VERSION
-=item Arithmetic
+=item Debugging
-=item Deprecated features
+=item Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode
=back
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=back
+=item CONFIGURATION
-=head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
+C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>
+E<lt>valueE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list
+optionE<gt> [shift|pop]>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>
+[unshift|push|splice] E<lt>listE<gt>>
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Note on urllist parameter's format
-=item OPTIONS
+=item urllist parameter has CD-ROM support
-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>
+=back
-=item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS
+=item SECURITY
-B<(x(>I<exec_text>B<;>I<basic_text>B<)x)>, B<(*(>I<text>B<)*)>,
-B<(*(>I<text1>B<;>I<text2>B<)*)>, B<(?(>I<text1>B<#>I<var>I<Text2>B<)?)>,
-B<#>I<var>, B<#>I<var>I<N>, B<~>, B<#addr>, B<#arg>, B<#class>,
-B<#classym>, B<#coplabel>, B<#exname>, B<#extarg>, B<#firstaddr>,
-B<#flags>, B<#flagval>, B<#hyphenseq>, B<#label>, B<#lastaddr>, B<#name>,
-B<#NAME>, B<#next>, B<#nextaddr>, B<#noise>, B<#private>, B<#privval>,
-B<#seq>, B<#seqnum>, B<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>, B<#svclass>, B<#svval>,
-B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum>
+=item EXPORT
-=item ABBREVIATIONS
+=item POPULATE AN INSTALLATION WITH LOTS OF MODULES
+
+=item WORKING WITH CPAN.pm BEHIND FIREWALLS
=over 4
-=item OP flags abbreviations
+=item Three basic types of firewalls
-=item OP class abbreviations
+http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade
+
+=item Configuring lynx or ncftp for going through a firewall
=back
-=item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework
+=item FAQ
+
+1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7), 8), 9), 10)
+
+=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
+=item TRANSLATIONS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
+=head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
-
=back
-=head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
+=head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS
+module
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OPTIONS
+=item SEE ALSO
-B<-l>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-q>, B<-f>I<FILE>, B<-s>I<LETTERS>, B<C>,
-B<i>I<NUMBER>, B<T>, B<v>I<STRING>B<.>, B<-x>I<LEVEL>
+=back
-=item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE
+=head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
=over 4
-=item Synopsis
-
-=item Description
-
-=item new
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item ambient_pragmas
+=item DESCRIPTION
-strict, $[, bytes, utf8, integer, re, warnings, hint_bits, warning_bits
+=over 4
-=item coderef2text
+=item Forcing a Stack Trace
=back
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
-
=back
-=head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode
-
-=over 4
-
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=back
+=head2 Carp::Heavy - heavy machinery, no user serviceable parts inside
-=head2 B::Lint - Perl lint
+=head2 Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OPTIONS AND LINT CHECKS
-
-B<context>, B<implicit-read> and B<implicit-write>, B<dollar-underscore>,
-B<private-names>, B<undefined-subs>, B<regexp-variables>, B<all>, B<none>
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=item NON LINT-CHECK OPTIONS
+the function Class::ISA::super_path($CLASS), the function
+Class::ISA::self_and_super_path($CLASS), the function
+Class::ISA::self_and_super_versions($CLASS)
-B<-u Package>
+=item CAUTIONARY NOTES
-=item BUGS
+=item COPYRIGHT
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
+=head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item CONVENTIONS
+=over 4
-=item IMPLEMENTATION
+=item The C<struct()> function
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Class Creation at Compile Time
-=back
+=item Element Types and Accessor Methods
-=head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files
+Scalar (C<'$'> or C<'*$'>), Array (C<'@'> or C<'*@'>), Hash (C<'%'> or
+C<'*%'>), Class (C<'Class_Name'> or C<'*Class_Name'>)
-=over 4
+=item Initializing with C<new>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item AUTHOR
+Example 1, Example 2, Example 3
+
+=item Author and Modification History
=back
-=head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend
+=head2 Config - access Perl configuration information
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+myconfig(), config_sh(), config_re($regex), config_vars(@names)
-=back
+=item EXAMPLE
-=head2 B::Stash - show what stashes are loaded
+=item WARNING
-=head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
+=item GLOSSARY
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=back
+=item _
-=head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
+C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o>
-=over 4
+=item a
-=item SYNOPSIS
+C<afs>, C<afsroot>, C<alignbytes>, C<ansi2knr>, C<aphostname>,
+C<api_revision>, C<api_subversion>, C<api_version>, C<api_versionstring>,
+C<ar>, C<archlib>, C<archlibexp>, C<archname64>, C<archname>, C<archobjs>,
+C<asctime_r_proto>, C<awk>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item b
-=item OPTIONS
+C<baserev>, C<bash>, C<bin>, C<binexp>, C<bison>, C<byacc>, C<byteorder>
-C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-D[tO]>
+=item c
-=item BUGS
+C<c>, C<castflags>, C<cat>, C<cc>, C<cccdlflags>, C<ccdlflags>, C<ccflags>,
+C<ccflags_uselargefiles>, C<ccname>, C<ccsymbols>, C<ccversion>, C<cf_by>,
+C<cf_email>, C<cf_time>, C<charsize>, C<chgrp>, C<chmod>, C<chown>,
+C<clocktype>, C<comm>, C<compress>, C<contains>, C<cp>, C<cpio>, C<cpp>,
+C<cpp_stuff>, C<cppccsymbols>, C<cppflags>, C<cpplast>, C<cppminus>,
+C<cpprun>, C<cppstdin>, C<cppsymbols>, C<crypt_r_proto>, C<cryptlib>,
+C<csh>, C<ctermid_r_proto>, C<ctime_r_proto>
-=item AUTHOR
+=item d
-=back
+C<d__fwalk>, C<d_access>, C<d_accessx>, C<d_aintl>, C<d_alarm>,
+C<d_archlib>, C<d_asctime_r>, C<d_atolf>, C<d_atoll>, C<d_attribut>,
+C<d_bcmp>, C<d_bcopy>, C<d_bsd>, C<d_bsdgetpgrp>, C<d_bsdsetpgrp>,
+C<d_bzero>, C<d_casti32>, C<d_castneg>, C<d_charvspr>, C<d_chown>,
+C<d_chroot>, C<d_chsize>, C<d_class>, C<d_closedir>, C<d_cmsghdr_s>,
+C<d_const>, C<d_copysignl>, C<d_crypt>, C<d_crypt_r>, C<d_csh>,
+C<d_ctermid_r>, C<d_ctime_r>, C<d_cuserid>, C<d_dbl_dig>,
+C<d_dbminitproto>, C<d_difftime>, C<d_dirfd>, C<d_dirnamlen>, C<d_dlerror>,
+C<d_dlopen>, C<d_dlsymun>, C<d_dosuid>, C<d_drand48_r>, C<d_drand48proto>,
+C<d_dup2>, C<d_eaccess>, C<d_endgrent>, C<d_endgrent_r>, C<d_endhent>,
+C<d_endhostent_r>, C<d_endnent>, C<d_endnetent_r>, C<d_endpent>,
+C<d_endprotoent_r>, C<d_endpwent>, C<d_endpwent_r>, C<d_endsent>,
+C<d_endservent_r>, C<d_eofnblk>, C<d_eunice>, C<d_faststdio>, C<d_fchdir>,
+C<d_fchmod>, C<d_fchown>, C<d_fcntl>, C<d_fcntl_can_lock>, C<d_fd_macros>,
+C<d_fd_set>, C<d_fds_bits>, C<d_fgetpos>, C<d_finite>, C<d_finitel>,
+C<d_flexfnam>, C<d_flock>, C<d_flockproto>, C<d_fork>, C<d_fp_class>,
+C<d_fpathconf>, C<d_fpclass>, C<d_fpclassify>, C<d_fpclassl>,
+C<d_fpos64_t>, C<d_frexpl>, C<d_fs_data_s>, C<d_fseeko>, C<d_fsetpos>,
+C<d_fstatfs>, C<d_fstatvfs>, C<d_fsync>, C<d_ftello>, C<d_ftime>,
+C<d_Gconvert>, C<d_getcwd>, C<d_getespwnam>, C<d_getfsstat>, C<d_getgrent>,
+C<d_getgrent_r>, C<d_getgrgid_r>, C<d_getgrnam_r>, C<d_getgrps>,
+C<d_gethbyaddr>, C<d_gethbyname>, C<d_gethent>, C<d_gethname>,
+C<d_gethostbyaddr_r>, C<d_gethostbyname_r>, C<d_gethostent_r>,
+C<d_gethostprotos>, C<d_getitimer>, C<d_getlogin>, C<d_getlogin_r>,
+C<d_getmnt>, C<d_getmntent>, C<d_getnbyaddr>, C<d_getnbyname>,
+C<d_getnent>, C<d_getnetbyaddr_r>, C<d_getnetbyname_r>, C<d_getnetent_r>,
+C<d_getnetprotos>, C<d_getpagsz>, C<d_getpbyname>, C<d_getpbynumber>,
+C<d_getpent>, C<d_getpgid>, C<d_getpgrp2>, C<d_getpgrp>, C<d_getppid>,
+C<d_getprior>, C<d_getprotobyname_r>, C<d_getprotobynumber_r>,
+C<d_getprotoent_r>, C<d_getprotoprotos>, C<d_getprpwnam>, C<d_getpwent>,
+C<d_getpwent_r>, C<d_getpwnam_r>, C<d_getpwuid_r>, C<d_getsbyname>,
+C<d_getsbyport>, C<d_getsent>, C<d_getservbyname_r>, C<d_getservbyport_r>,
+C<d_getservent_r>, C<d_getservprotos>, C<d_getspnam>, C<d_getspnam_r>,
+C<d_gettimeod>, C<d_gmtime_r>, C<d_gnulibc>, C<d_grpasswd>, C<d_hasmntopt>,
+C<d_htonl>, C<d_ilogbl>, C<d_index>, C<d_inetaton>, C<d_int64_t>,
+C<d_isascii>, C<d_isfinite>, C<d_isinf>, C<d_isnan>, C<d_isnanl>,
+C<d_killpg>, C<d_lchown>, C<d_ldbl_dig>, C<d_link>, C<d_localtime_r>,
+C<d_locconv>, C<d_lockf>, C<d_longdbl>, C<d_longlong>, C<d_lseekproto>,
+C<d_lstat>, C<d_madvise>, C<d_mblen>, C<d_mbstowcs>, C<d_mbtowc>,
+C<d_memchr>, C<d_memcmp>, C<d_memcpy>, C<d_memmove>, C<d_memset>,
+C<d_mkdir>, C<d_mkdtemp>, C<d_mkfifo>, C<d_mkstemp>, C<d_mkstemps>,
+C<d_mktime>, C<d_mmap>, C<d_modfl>, C<d_modfl_pow32_bug>, C<d_modflproto>,
+C<d_mprotect>, C<d_msg>, C<d_msg_ctrunc>, C<d_msg_dontroute>, C<d_msg_oob>,
+C<d_msg_peek>, C<d_msg_proxy>, C<d_msgctl>, C<d_msgget>, C<d_msghdr_s>,
+C<d_msgrcv>, C<d_msgsnd>, C<d_msync>, C<d_munmap>, C<d_mymalloc>,
+C<d_nice>, C<d_nl_langinfo>, C<d_nv_preserves_uv>, C<d_off64_t>,
+C<d_old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<d_oldpthreads>, C<d_oldsock>,
+C<d_open3>, C<d_pathconf>, C<d_pause>, C<d_perl_otherlibdirs>,
+C<d_phostname>, C<d_pipe>, C<d_poll>, C<d_portable>, C<d_PRId64>,
+C<d_PRIeldbl>, C<d_PRIEUldbl>, C<d_PRIfldbl>, C<d_PRIFUldbl>,
+C<d_PRIgldbl>, C<d_PRIGUldbl>, C<d_PRIi64>, C<d_PRIo64>, C<d_PRIu64>,
+C<d_PRIx64>, C<d_PRIXU64>, C<d_procselfexe>, C<d_pthread_atfork>,
+C<d_pthread_attr_setscope>, C<d_pthread_yield>, C<d_pwage>, C<d_pwchange>,
+C<d_pwclass>, C<d_pwcomment>, C<d_pwexpire>, C<d_pwgecos>, C<d_pwpasswd>,
+C<d_pwquota>, C<d_qgcvt>, C<d_quad>, C<d_random_r>, C<d_readdir64_r>,
+C<d_readdir>, C<d_readdir_r>, C<d_readlink>, C<d_readv>, C<d_recvmsg>,
+C<d_rename>, C<d_rewinddir>, C<d_rmdir>, C<d_safebcpy>, C<d_safemcpy>,
+C<d_sanemcmp>, C<d_sbrkproto>, C<d_scalbnl>, C<d_sched_yield>,
+C<d_scm_rights>, C<d_SCNfldbl>, C<d_seekdir>, C<d_select>, C<d_sem>,
+C<d_semctl>, C<d_semctl_semid_ds>, C<d_semctl_semun>, C<d_semget>,
+C<d_semop>, C<d_sendmsg>, C<d_setegid>, C<d_seteuid>, C<d_setgrent>,
+C<d_setgrent_r>, C<d_setgrps>, C<d_sethent>, C<d_sethostent_r>,
+C<d_setitimer>, C<d_setlinebuf>, C<d_setlocale>, C<d_setlocale_r>,
+C<d_setnent>, C<d_setnetent_r>, C<d_setpent>, C<d_setpgid>, C<d_setpgrp2>,
+C<d_setpgrp>, C<d_setprior>, C<d_setproctitle>, C<d_setprotoent_r>,
+C<d_setpwent>, C<d_setpwent_r>, C<d_setregid>, C<d_setresgid>,
+C<d_setresuid>, C<d_setreuid>, C<d_setrgid>, C<d_setruid>, C<d_setsent>,
+C<d_setservent_r>, C<d_setsid>, C<d_setvbuf>, C<d_sfio>, C<d_shm>,
+C<d_shmat>, C<d_shmatprototype>, C<d_shmctl>, C<d_shmdt>, C<d_shmget>,
+C<d_sigaction>, C<d_sigprocmask>, C<d_sigsetjmp>, C<d_sockatmark>,
+C<d_sockatmarkproto>, C<d_socket>, C<d_socklen_t>, C<d_sockpair>,
+C<d_socks5_init>, C<d_sqrtl>, C<d_srand48_r>, C<d_srandom_r>,
+C<d_sresgproto>, C<d_sresuproto>, C<d_statblks>, C<d_statfs_f_flags>,
+C<d_statfs_s>, C<d_statvfs>, C<d_stdio_cnt_lval>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval>,
+C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_nochange_cnt>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_sets_cnt>,
+C<d_stdio_stream_array>, C<d_stdiobase>, C<d_stdstdio>, C<d_strchr>,
+C<d_strcoll>, C<d_strctcpy>, C<d_strerrm>, C<d_strerror>, C<d_strerror_r>,
+C<d_strftime>, C<d_strtod>, C<d_strtol>, C<d_strtold>, C<d_strtoll>,
+C<d_strtoq>, C<d_strtoul>, C<d_strtoull>, C<d_strtouq>, C<d_strxfrm>,
+C<d_suidsafe>, C<d_symlink>, C<d_syscall>, C<d_syscallproto>, C<d_sysconf>,
+C<d_sysernlst>, C<d_syserrlst>, C<d_system>, C<d_tcgetpgrp>,
+C<d_tcsetpgrp>, C<d_telldir>, C<d_telldirproto>, C<d_time>, C<d_times>,
+C<d_tm_tm_gmtoff>, C<d_tm_tm_zone>, C<d_tmpnam_r>, C<d_truncate>,
+C<d_ttyname_r>, C<d_tzname>, C<d_u32align>, C<d_ualarm>, C<d_umask>,
+C<d_uname>, C<d_union_semun>, C<d_unordered>, C<d_usleep>,
+C<d_usleepproto>, C<d_ustat>, C<d_vendorarch>, C<d_vendorbin>,
+C<d_vendorlib>, C<d_vendorscript>, C<d_vfork>, C<d_void_closedir>,
+C<d_voidsig>, C<d_voidtty>, C<d_volatile>, C<d_vprintf>, C<d_wait4>,
+C<d_waitpid>, C<d_wcstombs>, C<d_wctomb>, C<d_writev>, C<d_xenix>, C<date>,
+C<db_hashtype>, C<db_prefixtype>, C<db_version_major>, C<db_version_minor>,
+C<db_version_patch>, C<defvoidused>, C<direntrytype>, C<dlext>, C<dlsrc>,
+C<doublesize>, C<drand01>, C<drand48_r_proto>, C<dynamic_ext>
-=head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
+=item e
-=over 4
+C<eagain>, C<ebcdic>, C<echo>, C<egrep>, C<emacs>, C<endgrent_r_proto>,
+C<endhostent_r_proto>, C<endnetent_r_proto>, C<endprotoent_r_proto>,
+C<endpwent_r_proto>, C<endservent_r_proto>, C<eunicefix>, C<exe_ext>,
+C<expr>, C<extensions>, C<extras>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item f
-=item DESCRIPTION
+C<fflushall>, C<fflushNULL>, C<find>, C<firstmakefile>, C<flex>,
+C<fpossize>, C<fpostype>, C<freetype>, C<from>, C<full_ar>, C<full_csh>,
+C<full_sed>
-=over 4
+=item g
-=item Functions
+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>
-B<find_leaders>
+=item h
-=back
+C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>, C<html1dir>, C<html1direxp>,
+C<html3dir>, C<html3direxp>
-=item AUTHOR
+=item i
-=back
+C<i16size>, C<i16type>, C<i32size>, C<i32type>, C<i64size>, C<i64type>,
+C<i8size>, C<i8type>, C<i_arpainet>, C<i_bsdioctl>, C<i_crypt>, C<i_db>,
+C<i_dbm>, C<i_dirent>, C<i_dld>, C<i_dlfcn>, C<i_fcntl>, C<i_float>,
+C<i_fp>, C<i_fp_class>, C<i_gdbm>, C<i_grp>, C<i_ieeefp>, C<i_inttypes>,
+C<i_langinfo>, C<i_libutil>, C<i_limits>, C<i_locale>, C<i_machcthr>,
+C<i_malloc>, C<i_math>, C<i_memory>, C<i_mntent>, C<i_ndbm>, C<i_netdb>,
+C<i_neterrno>, C<i_netinettcp>, C<i_niin>, C<i_poll>, C<i_prot>,
+C<i_pthread>, C<i_pwd>, C<i_rpcsvcdbm>, C<i_sfio>, C<i_sgtty>, C<i_shadow>,
+C<i_socks>, C<i_stdarg>, C<i_stddef>, C<i_stdlib>, C<i_string>,
+C<i_sunmath>, C<i_sysaccess>, C<i_sysdir>, C<i_sysfile>, C<i_sysfilio>,
+C<i_sysin>, C<i_sysioctl>, C<i_syslog>, C<i_sysmman>, C<i_sysmode>,
+C<i_sysmount>, C<i_sysndir>, C<i_sysparam>, C<i_sysresrc>, C<i_syssecrt>,
+C<i_sysselct>, C<i_syssockio>, C<i_sysstat>, C<i_sysstatfs>,
+C<i_sysstatvfs>, C<i_systime>, C<i_systimek>, C<i_systimes>, C<i_systypes>,
+C<i_sysuio>, C<i_sysun>, C<i_sysutsname>, C<i_sysvfs>, C<i_syswait>,
+C<i_termio>, C<i_termios>, C<i_time>, C<i_unistd>, C<i_ustat>, C<i_utime>,
+C<i_values>, C<i_varargs>, C<i_varhdr>, C<i_vfork>,
+C<ignore_versioned_solibs>, C<inc_version_list>, C<inc_version_list_init>,
+C<incpath>, C<inews>, C<installarchlib>, C<installbin>, C<installhtml1dir>,
+C<installhtml3dir>, C<installman1dir>, C<installman3dir>, C<installprefix>,
+C<installprefixexp>, C<installprivlib>, C<installscript>,
+C<installsitearch>, C<installsitebin>, C<installsitehtml1dir>,
+C<installsitehtml3dir>, C<installsitelib>, C<installsiteman1dir>,
+C<installsiteman3dir>, C<installsitescript>, C<installstyle>,
+C<installusrbinperl>, C<installvendorarch>, C<installvendorbin>,
+C<installvendorhtml1dir>, C<installvendorhtml3dir>, C<installvendorlib>,
+C<installvendorman1dir>, C<installvendorman3dir>, C<installvendorscript>,
+C<intsize>, C<issymlink>, C<ivdformat>, C<ivsize>, C<ivtype>
-=head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code
+=item k
-=over 4
+C<known_extensions>, C<ksh>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item l
-=item DESCRIPTION
+C<ld>, C<lddlflags>, C<ldflags>, C<ldflags_uselargefiles>, C<ldlibpthname>,
+C<less>, C<lib_ext>, C<libc>, C<libperl>, C<libpth>, C<libs>, C<libsdirs>,
+C<libsfiles>, C<libsfound>, C<libspath>, C<libswanted>,
+C<libswanted_uselargefiles>, C<line>, C<lint>, C<lkflags>, C<ln>, C<lns>,
+C<localtime_r_proto>, C<locincpth>, C<loclibpth>, C<longdblsize>,
+C<longlongsize>, C<longsize>, C<lp>, C<lpr>, C<ls>, C<lseeksize>,
+C<lseektype>
-=over 4
+=item m
-=item Methods
+C<mail>, C<mailx>, C<make>, C<make_set_make>, C<mallocobj>, C<mallocsrc>,
+C<malloctype>, C<man1dir>, C<man1direxp>, C<man1ext>, C<man3dir>,
+C<man3direxp>, C<man3ext>
-new, debug, iters
+=item M
-=item Standard Exports
+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>
-timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis ( COUNT, CODE, [ TITLE, [ STYLE ]] ),
-timethese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), timediff ( T1, T2 ), timestr (
-TIMEDIFF, [ STYLE, [ FORMAT ] ] )
+=item n
-=item Optional Exports
+C<n>, C<need_va_copy>, C<netdb_hlen_type>, C<netdb_host_type>,
+C<netdb_name_type>, C<netdb_net_type>, C<nm>, C<nm_opt>, C<nm_so_opt>,
+C<nonxs_ext>, C<nroff>, C<nv_preserves_uv_bits>, C<nveformat>,
+C<nvEUformat>, C<nvfformat>, C<nvFUformat>, C<nvgformat>, C<nvGUformat>,
+C<nvsize>, C<nvtype>
-clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUT, CODEHASHREF, [
-STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), countit(TIME, CODE),
-disablecache ( ), enablecache ( ), timesum ( T1, T2 )
+=item o
-=back
+C<o_nonblock>, C<obj_ext>, C<old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<optimize>,
+C<orderlib>, C<osname>, C<osvers>, C<otherlibdirs>
-=item NOTES
+=item p
-=item EXAMPLES
+C<package>, C<pager>, C<passcat>, C<patchlevel>, C<path_sep>, C<perl5>,
+C<perl>, C<perl_patchlevel>
-=item INHERITANCE
+=item P
-=item CAVEATS
+C<PERL_REVISION>, C<PERL_SUBVERSION>, C<PERL_VERSION>, C<perladmin>,
+C<perllibs>, C<perlpath>, C<pg>, C<phostname>, C<pidtype>, C<plibpth>,
+C<pmake>, C<pr>, C<prefix>, C<prefixexp>, C<privlib>, C<privlibexp>,
+C<procselfexe>, C<prototype>, C<ptrsize>
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item q
-=item AUTHORS
+C<quadkind>, C<quadtype>
-=item MODIFICATION HISTORY
+=item r
-=back
+C<randbits>, C<randfunc>, C<random_r_proto>, C<randseedtype>, C<ranlib>,
+C<rd_nodata>, C<readdir64_r_proto>, C<readdir_r_proto>, C<revision>, C<rm>,
+C<rmail>, C<run>, C<runnm>
-=head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code
+=item s
-=over 4
+C<sched_yield>, C<scriptdir>, C<scriptdirexp>, C<sed>, C<seedfunc>,
+C<selectminbits>, C<selecttype>, C<sendmail>, C<setgrent_r_proto>,
+C<sethostent_r_proto>, C<setlocale_r_proto>, C<setnetent_r_proto>,
+C<setprotoent_r_proto>, C<setpwent_r_proto>, C<setservent_r_proto>, C<sh>,
+C<shar>, C<sharpbang>, C<shmattype>, C<shortsize>, C<shrpenv>, C<shsharp>,
+C<sig_count>, C<sig_name>, C<sig_name_init>, C<sig_num>, C<sig_num_init>,
+C<sig_size>, C<signal_t>, C<sitearch>, C<sitearchexp>, C<sitebin>,
+C<sitebinexp>, C<sitehtml1dir>, C<sitehtml1direxp>, C<sitehtml3dir>,
+C<sitehtml3direxp>, C<sitelib>, C<sitelib_stem>, C<sitelibexp>,
+C<siteman1dir>, C<siteman1direxp>, C<siteman3dir>, C<siteman3direxp>,
+C<siteprefix>, C<siteprefixexp>, C<sitescript>, C<sitescriptexp>,
+C<sizesize>, C<sizetype>, C<sleep>, C<smail>, C<so>, C<sockethdr>,
+C<socketlib>, C<socksizetype>, C<sort>, C<spackage>, C<spitshell>,
+C<sPRId64>, C<sPRIeldbl>, C<sPRIEUldbl>, C<sPRIfldbl>, C<sPRIFUldbl>,
+C<sPRIgldbl>, C<sPRIGUldbl>, C<sPRIi64>, C<sPRIo64>, C<sPRIu64>,
+C<sPRIx64>, C<sPRIXU64>, C<srand48_r_proto>, C<srandom_r_proto>, C<src>,
+C<sSCNfldbl>, C<ssizetype>, C<startperl>, C<startsh>, C<static_ext>,
+C<stdchar>, C<stdio_base>, C<stdio_bufsiz>, C<stdio_cnt>, C<stdio_filbuf>,
+C<stdio_ptr>, C<stdio_stream_array>, C<strerror_r_proto>, C<strings>,
+C<submit>, C<subversion>, C<sysman>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item t
-=item DESCRIPTION
+C<tail>, C<tar>, C<targetarch>, C<tbl>, C<tee>, C<test>, C<timeincl>,
+C<timetype>, C<tmpnam_r_proto>, C<to>, C<touch>, C<tr>, C<trnl>, C<troff>,
+C<ttyname_r_proto>
-=item AUTHOR
+=item u
-=item SEE ALSO
+C<u16size>, C<u16type>, C<u32size>, C<u32type>, C<u64size>, C<u64type>,
+C<u8size>, C<u8type>, C<uidformat>, C<uidsign>, C<uidsize>, C<uidtype>,
+C<uname>, C<uniq>, C<uquadtype>, C<use5005threads>, C<use64bitall>,
+C<use64bitint>, C<usecrosscompile>, C<usedl>, C<usefaststdio>,
+C<useithreads>, C<uselargefiles>, C<uselongdouble>, C<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>
-=back
+=item v
-=head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
+C<vendorarch>, C<vendorarchexp>, C<vendorbin>, C<vendorbinexp>,
+C<vendorhtml1dir>, C<vendorhtml1direxp>, C<vendorhtml3dir>,
+C<vendorhtml3direxp>, C<vendorlib>, C<vendorlib_stem>, C<vendorlibexp>,
+C<vendorman1dir>, C<vendorman1direxp>, C<vendorman3dir>,
+C<vendorman3direxp>, C<vendorprefix>, C<vendorprefixexp>, C<vendorscript>,
+C<vendorscriptexp>, C<version>, C<version_patchlevel_string>,
+C<versiononly>, C<vi>, C<voidflags>
-=over 4
+=item x
-=item SYNOPSIS
+C<xlibpth>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item y
-=item OPTIONS
+C<yacc>, C<yaccflags>
-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>
+=item z
-=item EXAMPLES
+C<zcat>, C<zip>
-=item BUGS
+=back
-=item AUTHORS
+=item NOTE
=back
-=head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
+=head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item ABSTRACT
-
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item PROGRAMMING STYLE
-
-=item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES
+=item getcwd and friends
-=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE):
+getcwd, cwd, fastcwd, fastgetcwd, getdcwd
-=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE
+=item abs_path and friends
-=item FETCHING A LIST OF KEYWORDS FROM THE QUERY:
+abs_path, realpath, fast_abs_path
-=item FETCHING THE NAMES OF ALL THE PARAMETERS PASSED TO YOUR SCRIPT:
+=item $ENV{PWD}
-=item FETCHING THE VALUE OR VALUES OF A SINGLE NAMED PARAMETER:
+=back
-=item SETTING THE VALUE(S) OF A NAMED PARAMETER:
+=item NOTES
-=item APPENDING ADDITIONAL VALUES TO A NAMED PARAMETER:
+=item AUTHOR
-=item IMPORTING ALL PARAMETERS INTO A NAMESPACE:
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item DELETING A PARAMETER COMPLETELY:
+=back
-=item DELETING ALL PARAMETERS:
+=head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft,
+subject to
+change)
-=item DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARAMETER LIST:
+=over 4
-=item FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH:
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item SAVING THE STATE OF THE SCRIPT TO A FILE:
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item RETRIEVING CGI ERRORS
+=over 4
-=item USING THE FUNCTION-ORIENTED INTERFACE
+=item Global Variables
-B<:cgi>, B<:form>, B<:html2>, B<:html3>, B<:html4>, B<:netscape>, B<:html>,
-B<:standard>, B<:all>
+ $DB::sub, %DB::sub, $DB::single, $DB::signal, $DB::trace, @DB::args,
+@DB::dbline, %DB::dbline, $DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::subname,
+$DB::lineno
-=item PRAGMAS
+=item API Methods
--any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_undef_params, -no_xhtml, -nph,
--newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, -no_debug, -debug,
--private_tempfiles
+CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'),
+CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done()
-=item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS
+=item Client Callback Methods
-1. start_table() (generates a <table> tag), 2. end_table() (generates a
-</table> tag), 3. start_ul() (generates a <ul> tag), 4. end_ul() (generates
-a </ul> tag)
+CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(),
+CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(),
+CLIENT->output(LIST)
=back
-=item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS
-
-=over 4
+=item BUGS
-=item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER:
+=item AUTHOR
-=item GENERATING A REDIRECTION HEADER
+=back
-=item CREATING THE HTML DOCUMENT HEADER
+=head2 DBM_Filter -- Filter DBM keys/values
-B<Parameters:>, 4, 5, 6..
+=over 4
-=item ENDING THE HTML DOCUMENT:
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION:
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL
+=item What is a DBM Filter?
-B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query>
-(B<-query_string>), B<-base>
+=over 4
-=item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS
+=item So what's new?
=back
-=item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS:
+=item METHODS
=over 4
-=item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS
-
-=item THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF HTML SHORTCUTS
+=item $db->Filter_Push()
-=item HTML SHORTCUTS AND LIST INTERPOLATION
+=item $db->Filter_Key_Push()
-=item NON-STANDARD HTML SHORTCUTS
+=item $db->Filter_Value_Push()
-=item AUTOESCAPING HTML
+Filter_Push, Filter_Key_Push, Filter_Value_Push
-$escaped_string = escapeHTML("unescaped string");, $charset =
-charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]);
+=item $db->Filter_Pop()
-=item PRETTY-PRINTING HTML
+=item $db->Filtered()
=back
-=item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS:
+=item Writing a Filter
=over 4
-=item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG
+=item Immediate Filters
-=item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM
+=item Canned Filters
-B<application/x-www-form-urlencoded>, B<multipart/form-data>
+"name", params
-=item CREATING A TEXT FIELD
+=back
-B<Parameters>
+=item Filters Included
-=item CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD
+utf8, encode, compress, int32, null
-=item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD
+=item NOTES
-=item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD
+=over 4
-B<Parameters>
+=item Maintain Round Trip Integrity
-=item CREATING A POPUP MENU
+=item Don't mix filtered & non-filtered data in the same database file.
-=item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST
+=back
-B<Parameters:>
+=item EXAMPLE
-=item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES
+=item SEE ALSO
-B<Parameters:>
+=item AUTHOR
-=item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX
+=back
-B<Parameters:>
+=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
-=item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP
+=over 4
-B<Parameters:>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON
+=item DESCRIPTION
-B<Parameters:>
+B<DB_HASH>, B<DB_BTREE>, B<DB_RECNO>
-=item CREATING A RESET BUTTON
+=over 4
-=item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON
+=item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or greater
-=item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD
+=item Interface to Berkeley DB
-B<Parameters:>
+=item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File
-=item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON
+=item Default Parameters
-B<Parameters:>, 3. The third option (-align, optional) is an alignment
-type, and may be TOP, BOTTOM or MIDDLE
+=item In Memory Databases
-=item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON
+=back
+
+=item DB_HASH
+
+=over 4
+
+=item A Simple Example
=back
-=item HTTP COOKIES
+=item DB_BTREE
-1. an expiration time, 2. a domain, 3. a path, 4. a "secure" flag,
-B<-name>, B<-value>, B<-path>, B<-domain>, B<-expires>, B<-secure>
+=over 4
-=item WORKING WITH FRAMES
+=item Changing the BTREE sort order
-1. Create a <Frameset> document, 2. Specify the destination for the
-document in the HTTP header, 3. Specify the destination for the document in
-the <form> tag
+=item Handling Duplicate Keys
-=item LIMITED SUPPORT FOR CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
+=item The get_dup() Method
-=item DEBUGGING
+=item The find_dup() Method
-=over 4
+=item The del_dup() Method
-=item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS
+=item Matching Partial Keys
=back
-=item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
+=item DB_RECNO
-B<Accept()>, B<raw_cookie()>, B<user_agent()>, B<path_info()>,
-B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()> Return the script
-name as a partial URL, for self-refering scripts, B<referer()>, B<auth_type
-()>, B<server_name ()>, B<virtual_host ()>, B<server_port ()>,
-B<server_software ()>, B<remote_user ()>, B<user_name ()>,
-B<request_method()>, B<content_type()>, B<http()>, B<https()>
+=over 4
-=item USING NPH SCRIPTS
+=item The 'bval' Option
-In the B<use> statement, By calling the B<nph()> method:, By using B<-nph>
-parameters
+=item A Simple Example
-=item Server Push
+=item Extra RECNO Methods
-multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final()
+B<$X-E<gt>push(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-E<gt>pop ;>, B<$X-E<gt>shift>,
+B<$X-E<gt>unshift(list) ;>, B<$X-E<gt>length>, B<$X-E<gt>splice(offset,
+length, elements);>
-=item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks
+=item Another Example
-B<$CGI::POST_MAX>, B<$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS>, B<1. On a script-by-script
-basis>, B<2. Globally for all scripts>
+=back
-=item COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL
+=item THE API INTERFACE
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+B<$status = $X-E<gt>get($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status =
+$X-E<gt>put($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>del($key [,
+$flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>fd ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>seq($key,
+$value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>sync([$flags]) ;>
-=item CREDITS
+=item DBM FILTERS
-Matt Heffron (heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com), James Taylor
-(james.taylor@srs.gov), Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com>, Mike Jewell
-(mlj3u@virginia.edu), Timothy Shimmin (tes@kbs.citri.edu.au), Joergen Haegg
-(jh@axis.se), Laurent Delfosse (delfosse@delfosse.com), Richard Resnick
-(applepi1@aol.com), Craig Bishop (csb@barwonwater.vic.gov.au), Tony Curtis
-(tc@vcpc.univie.ac.at), Tim Bunce (Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk), Tom Christiansen
-(tchrist@convex.com), Andreas Koenig (k@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE), Tim
-MacKenzie (Tim.MacKenzie@fulcrum.com.au), Kevin B. Hendricks
-(kbhend@dogwood.tyler.wm.edu), Stephen Dahmen (joyfire@inxpress.net), Ed
-Jordan (ed@fidalgo.net), David Alan Pisoni (david@cnation.com), Doug
-MacEachern (dougm@opengroup.org), Robin Houston (robin@oneworld.org),
-...and many many more..
+B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
+B<filter_fetch_value>
-=item A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item The Filter
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
+
+=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
=back
-=head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm
+=item HINTS AND TIPS
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item ABSTRACT
+=item Locking: The Trouble with fd
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Safe ways to lock a database
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+B<Tie::DB_Lock>, B<Tie::DB_LockFile>, B<DB_File::Lock>
-=item BUGS
+=item Sharing Databases With C Applications
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item The untie() Gotcha
=back
-=head2 CGI::Carp, B<CGI::Carp> - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or
-other) error log
+=item COMMON QUESTIONS
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES
+=item Why is there Perl source in my database?
-=item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW
+=item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File?
-=over 4
+=item What does "Invalid Argument" mean?
-=item Changing the default message
+=item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean?
=back
-=item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS
+=item REFERENCES
-=item CHANGE LOG
+=item HISTORY
-=item AUTHORS
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AVAILABILITY
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies
+=head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both
+printing and C<eval>
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item USING CGI::Cookie
+=over 4
-B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag>
+=item Methods
-=over 4
+I<PACKAGE>->new(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Dump I<or>
+I<PACKAGE>->Dump(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>),
+I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>),
+I<$OBJ>->Reset
-=item Creating New Cookies
+=item Functions
-=item Sending the Cookie to the Browser
+Dumper(I<LIST>)
-=item Recovering Previous Cookies
+=item Configuration Variables or Methods
-=item Manipulating Cookies
+=item Exports
-B<name()>, B<value()>, B<domain()>, B<path()>, B<expires()>
+Dumper
=back
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=item EXAMPLES
=item BUGS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=back
+=item NOTE
-=head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI
+=back
-=over 4
+=item AUTHOR
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item VERSION
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
+=back
-=item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS
+=head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler
-=item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS
+=over 4
-=item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item EXTERNAL FASTCGI SERVER INVOCATION
+=item DESCRIPTION
-FCGI_SOCKET_PATH, FCGI_LISTEN_QUEUE
+=item PROFILE FORMAT
-=item CAVEATS
+=item AUTOLOAD
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=item ENVIRONMENT
=item BUGS
=back
-=head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code
+=head2 Devel::PPPort - Perl/Pollution/Portability
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Tags that won't be formatted
-
-=item Customizing the Indenting
+=item WriteFile
=back
-=item BUGS
+=item ppport.h
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push
+=head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item USING CGI::Push
-
--next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph
-
=over 4
-=item Heterogeneous Pages
+=item Runtime debugging
-=item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly
+=item Memory footprint debugging
=back
-=item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item A simple scalar string
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item A simple scalar number
-=back
+=item A simple scalar with an extra reference
-=head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch
+=item A reference to a simple scalar
-=over 4
+=item A reference to an array
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item A reference to a hash
-=item ABSTRACT
+=item Dumping a large array or hash
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item A reference to an SV which holds a C pointer
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=item A reference to a subroutine
+
+=back
+
+=item EXPORTS
=item BUGS
+=item AUTHOR
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module
+=head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-
-=item SEE ALSO
-
=back
-=head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
+=head2 Digest - Modules that calculate message digests
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item Interactive Mode
-
-Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test,
-install, clean modules or distributions, get, readme, look module or
-distribution, ls author, Signals
-
-=item CPAN::Shell
-
-=item autobundle
-
-=item recompile
-
-=item The four C<CPAN::*> Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution
-
-=item Programmer's interface
-
-expand($type,@things), expandany(@things), Programming Examples
-
-=item Methods in the other Classes
-
-CPAN::Author::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Author::as_string(),
-CPAN::Author::email(), CPAN::Author::fullname(), CPAN::Author::name(),
-CPAN::Bundle::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Bundle::as_string(),
-CPAN::Bundle::clean(), CPAN::Bundle::contains(),
-CPAN::Bundle::force($method,@args), CPAN::Bundle::get(),
-CPAN::Bundle::inst_file(), CPAN::Bundle::inst_version(),
-CPAN::Bundle::uptodate(), CPAN::Bundle::install(), CPAN::Bundle::make(),
-CPAN::Bundle::readme(), CPAN::Bundle::test(),
-CPAN::Distribution::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Distribution::as_string(),
-CPAN::Distribution::clean(), CPAN::Distribution::containsmods(),
-CPAN::Distribution::cvs_import(), CPAN::Distribution::dir(),
-CPAN::Distribution::force($method,@args), CPAN::Distribution::get(),
-CPAN::Distribution::install(), CPAN::Distribution::isa_perl(),
-CPAN::Distribution::look(), CPAN::Distribution::make(),
-CPAN::Distribution::prereq_pm(), CPAN::Distribution::readme(),
-CPAN::Distribution::test(), CPAN::Distribution::uptodate(),
-CPAN::Index::force_reload(), CPAN::Index::reload(), CPAN::InfoObj::dump(),
-CPAN::Module::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Module::as_string(),
-CPAN::Module::clean(), CPAN::Module::cpan_file(),
-CPAN::Module::cpan_version(), CPAN::Module::cvs_import(),
-CPAN::Module::description(), CPAN::Module::force($method,@args),
-CPAN::Module::get(), CPAN::Module::inst_file(),
-CPAN::Module::inst_version(), CPAN::Module::install(),
-CPAN::Module::look(), CPAN::Module::make(),
-CPAN::Module::manpage_headline(), CPAN::Module::readme(),
-CPAN::Module::test(), CPAN::Module::uptodate(), CPAN::Module::userid()
-
-=item Cache Manager
+I<binary>, I<hex>, I<base64>
-=item Bundles
+=item OO INTERFACE
-=item Prerequisites
+$ctx = Digest->XXX($arg,...), $ctx = Digest->new(XXX => $arg,...), $ctx =
+Digest::XXX->new($arg,...), $other_ctx = $ctx->clone, $ctx->reset,
+$ctx->add( $data, ... ), $ctx->addfile( $io_handle ), $ctx->add_bits(
+$data, $nbits ), $ctx->add_bits( $bitstring ), $ctx->digest,
+$ctx->hexdigest, $ctx->b64digest
-=item Finding packages and VERSION
+=item Digest speed
-=item Debugging
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item CONFIGURATION
-
-C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>
-E<lt>valueE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list
-optionE<gt> [shift|pop]>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>
-[unshift|push|splice] E<lt>listE<gt>>
+=head2 Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
=over 4
-=item Note on urllist parameter's format
-
-=item urllist parameter has CD-ROM support
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SECURITY
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=item EXPORT
+md5($data,...), md5_hex($data,...), md5_base64($data,...)
-=item POPULATE AN INSTALLATION WITH LOTS OF MODULES
+=item METHODS
-=item WORKING WITH CPAN.pm BEHIND FIREWALLS
+$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, $md5->b64digest
-=over 4
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Three basic types of firewalls
+=item SEE ALSO
-http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade
+=item COPYRIGHT
-=item Configuring lynx or ncftp for going through a firewall
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=item FAQ
-
-1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7), 8), 9), 10)
+=head2 Digest::base - Digest base class
-=item BUGS
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SYNPOSIS
-=item TRANSLATIONS
+=item DESCRIPTION
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
+=head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item NOTES
+
=back
-=head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS
-module
+=head2 Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data.
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SEE ALSO
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
-
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Creation
-=item DESCRIPTION
+C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>,
+C<dumpDBFiles>, C<dumpPackages>, C<dumpReused>, C<tick>, C<quoteHighBit>,
+C<printUndef>, C<usageOnly>, unctrl, subdump, bareStringify, quoteHighBit,
+stopDbSignal
-=over 4
+=item Methods
-=item Forcing a Stack Trace
+dumpValue, dumpValues, stringify, dumpvars, set_quote, set_unctrl,
+compactDump, veryCompact, set, get
=back
-=item BUGS
-
=back
-=head2 Carp::Heavy, Carp heavy machinery - no user serviceable parts inside
-
-=head2 Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree
+=head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item FUNCTIONS
-
-the function Class::ISA::super_path($CLASS), the function
-Class::ISA::self_and_super_path($CLASS), the function
-Class::ISA::self_and_super_versions($CLASS)
-
-=item CAUTIONARY NOTES
-
-=item COPYRIGHT
+@dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, @dl_librefs,
+@dl_modules, @dl_shared_objects, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(),
+dl_expandspec(), dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_load_flags(),
+dl_find_symbol(), dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(),
+dl_install_xsub(), bootstrap()
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
+=head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into
+Perl code
=over 4
=over 4
-=item The C<struct()> function
+=item Migration from C<DynaLoader>
+
+=item Backward compatible boilerplate
-=item Class Creation at Compile Time
+=back
-=item Element Types and Accessor Methods
+=item Order of initialization: early load()
-Scalar (C<'$'> or C<'*$'>), Array (C<'@'> or C<'*@'>), Hash (C<'%'> or
-C<'*%'>), Class (C<'Class_Name'> or C<'*Class_Name'>)
+=over 4
-=item Initializing with C<new>
+=item The most hairy case
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
-
-Example 1, Example 2, Example 3
+=item LIMITATIONS
-=item Author and Modification History
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 Config - access Perl configuration information
+=head2 Encode - character encodings
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-myconfig(), config_sh(), config_vars(@names)
+=over 4
-=item EXAMPLE
+=item Table of Contents
-=item WARNING
+=back
-=item GLOSSARY
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item _
+=item TERMINOLOGY
-C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o>
+=back
-=item a
+=item PERL ENCODING API
-C<afs>, C<afsroot>, C<alignbytes>, C<ansi2knr>, C<aphostname>,
-C<api_revision>, C<api_subversion>, C<api_version>, C<api_versionstring>,
-C<ar>, C<archlib>, C<archlibexp>, C<archname64>, C<archname>, C<archobjs>,
-C<awk>
+$octets = encode(ENCODING, $string [, CHECK]), $string = decode(ENCODING,
+$octets [, CHECK]), [$length =] from_to($octets, FROM_ENC, TO_ENC [,
+CHECK]), $octets = encode_utf8($string);, $string = decode_utf8($octets [,
+CHECK]);
-=item b
+=over 4
-C<baserev>, C<bash>, C<bin>, C<bincompat5005>, C<binexp>, C<bison>,
-C<byacc>, C<byteorder>
+=item Listing available encodings
-=item c
+=item Defining Aliases
-C<c>, C<castflags>, C<cat>, C<cc>, C<cccdlflags>, C<ccdlflags>, C<ccflags>,
-C<ccflags_uselargefiles>, C<ccname>, C<ccsymbols>, C<ccversion>, C<cf_by>,
-C<cf_email>, C<cf_time>, C<charsize>, C<chgrp>, C<chmod>, C<chown>,
-C<clocktype>, C<comm>, C<compress>, C<contains>, C<cp>, C<cpio>, C<cpp>,
-C<cpp_stuff>, C<cppccsymbols>, C<cppflags>, C<cpplast>, C<cppminus>,
-C<cpprun>, C<cppstdin>, C<cppsymbols>, C<cryptlib>, C<csh>
+=back
-=item d
+=item Encoding via PerlIO
-C<d__fwalk>, C<d_access>, C<d_accessx>, C<d_alarm>, C<d_archlib>,
-C<d_atolf>, C<d_atoll>, C<d_attribut>, C<d_bcmp>, C<d_bcopy>,
-C<d_bincompat5005>, C<d_bsd>, C<d_bsdgetpgrp>, C<d_bsdsetpgrp>, C<d_bzero>,
-C<d_casti32>, C<d_castneg>, C<d_charvspr>, C<d_chown>, C<d_chroot>,
-C<d_chsize>, C<d_class>, C<d_closedir>, C<d_cmsghdr_s>, C<d_const>,
-C<d_crypt>, C<d_csh>, C<d_cuserid>, C<d_dbl_dig>, C<d_dbminitproto>,
-C<d_difftime>, C<d_dirfd>, C<d_dirnamlen>, C<d_dlerror>, C<d_dlopen>,
-C<d_dlsymun>, C<d_dosuid>, C<d_drand48proto>, C<d_dup2>, C<d_eaccess>,
-C<d_endgrent>, C<d_endhent>, C<d_endnent>, C<d_endpent>, C<d_endpwent>,
-C<d_endsent>, C<d_eofnblk>, C<d_eunice>, C<d_fchdir>, C<d_fchmod>,
-C<d_fchown>, C<d_fcntl>, C<d_fcntl_can_lock>, C<d_fd_macros>, C<d_fd_set>,
-C<d_fds_bits>, C<d_fgetpos>, C<d_finite>, C<d_finitel>, C<d_flexfnam>,
-C<d_flock>, C<d_flockproto>, C<d_fork>, C<d_fp_class>, C<d_fpathconf>,
-C<d_fpclass>, C<d_fpclassify>, C<d_fpclassl>, C<d_fpos64_t>, C<d_frexpl>,
-C<d_fs_data_s>, C<d_fseeko>, C<d_fsetpos>, C<d_fstatfs>, C<d_fstatvfs>,
-C<d_fsync>, C<d_ftello>, C<d_ftime>, C<d_Gconvert>, C<d_getcwd>,
-C<d_getespwnam>, C<d_getfsstat>, C<d_getgrent>, C<d_getgrps>,
-C<d_gethbyaddr>, C<d_gethbyname>, C<d_gethent>, C<d_gethname>,
-C<d_gethostprotos>, C<d_getitimer>, C<d_getlogin>, C<d_getmnt>,
-C<d_getmntent>, C<d_getnbyaddr>, C<d_getnbyname>, C<d_getnent>,
-C<d_getnetprotos>, C<d_getpagsz>, C<d_getpbyname>, C<d_getpbynumber>,
-C<d_getpent>, C<d_getpgid>, C<d_getpgrp2>, C<d_getpgrp>, C<d_getppid>,
-C<d_getprior>, C<d_getprotoprotos>, C<d_getprpwnam>, C<d_getpwent>,
-C<d_getsbyname>, C<d_getsbyport>, C<d_getsent>, C<d_getservprotos>,
-C<d_getspnam>, C<d_gettimeod>, C<d_gnulibc>, C<d_grpasswd>, C<d_hasmntopt>,
-C<d_htonl>, C<d_index>, C<d_inetaton>, C<d_int64_t>, C<d_isascii>,
-C<d_isfinite>, C<d_isinf>, C<d_isnan>, C<d_isnanl>, C<d_killpg>,
-C<d_lchown>, C<d_ldbl_dig>, C<d_link>, C<d_locconv>, C<d_lockf>,
-C<d_longdbl>, C<d_longlong>, C<d_lseekproto>, C<d_lstat>, C<d_madvise>,
-C<d_mblen>, C<d_mbstowcs>, C<d_mbtowc>, C<d_memchr>, C<d_memcmp>,
-C<d_memcpy>, C<d_memmove>, C<d_memset>, C<d_mkdir>, C<d_mkdtemp>,
-C<d_mkfifo>, C<d_mkstemp>, C<d_mkstemps>, C<d_mktime>, C<d_mmap>,
-C<d_modfl>, C<d_modfl_pow32_bug>, C<d_mprotect>, C<d_msg>, C<d_msg_ctrunc>,
-C<d_msg_dontroute>, C<d_msg_oob>, C<d_msg_peek>, C<d_msg_proxy>,
-C<d_msgctl>, C<d_msgget>, C<d_msghdr_s>, C<d_msgrcv>, C<d_msgsnd>,
-C<d_msync>, C<d_munmap>, C<d_mymalloc>, C<d_nice>, C<d_nl_langinfo>,
-C<d_nv_preserves_uv>, C<d_nv_preserves_uv_bits>, C<d_off64_t>,
-C<d_old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<d_oldpthreads>, C<d_oldsock>,
-C<d_open3>, C<d_pathconf>, C<d_pause>, C<d_perl_otherlibdirs>,
-C<d_phostname>, C<d_pipe>, C<d_poll>, C<d_portable>, C<d_PRId64>,
-C<d_PRIeldbl>, C<d_PRIEUldbl>, C<d_PRIfldbl>, C<d_PRIFUldbl>,
-C<d_PRIgldbl>, C<d_PRIGUldbl>, C<d_PRIi64>, C<d_PRIo64>, C<d_PRIu64>,
-C<d_PRIx64>, C<d_PRIXU64>, C<d_procselfexe>, C<d_pthread_atfork>,
-C<d_pthread_yield>, C<d_pwage>, C<d_pwchange>, C<d_pwclass>,
-C<d_pwcomment>, C<d_pwexpire>, C<d_pwgecos>, C<d_pwpasswd>, C<d_pwquota>,
-C<d_qgcvt>, C<d_quad>, C<d_readdir>, C<d_readlink>, C<d_readv>,
-C<d_recvmsg>, C<d_rename>, C<d_rewinddir>, C<d_rmdir>, C<d_safebcpy>,
-C<d_safemcpy>, C<d_sanemcmp>, C<d_sbrkproto>, C<d_sched_yield>,
-C<d_scm_rights>, C<d_SCNfldbl>, C<d_seekdir>, C<d_select>, C<d_sem>,
-C<d_semctl>, C<d_semctl_semid_ds>, C<d_semctl_semun>, C<d_semget>,
-C<d_semop>, C<d_sendmsg>, C<d_setegid>, C<d_seteuid>, C<d_setgrent>,
-C<d_setgrps>, C<d_sethent>, C<d_setitimer>, C<d_setlinebuf>,
-C<d_setlocale>, C<d_setnent>, C<d_setpent>, C<d_setpgid>, C<d_setpgrp2>,
-C<d_setpgrp>, C<d_setprior>, C<d_setproctitle>, C<d_setpwent>,
-C<d_setregid>, C<d_setresgid>, C<d_setresuid>, C<d_setreuid>, C<d_setrgid>,
-C<d_setruid>, C<d_setsent>, C<d_setsid>, C<d_setvbuf>, C<d_sfio>, C<d_shm>,
-C<d_shmat>, C<d_shmatprototype>, C<d_shmctl>, C<d_shmdt>, C<d_shmget>,
-C<d_sigaction>, C<d_sigprocmask>, C<d_sigsetjmp>, C<d_sockatmark>,
-C<d_sockatmarkproto>, C<d_socket>, C<d_socklen_t>, C<d_sockpair>,
-C<d_socks5_init>, C<d_sqrtl>, C<d_sresgproto>, C<d_sresuproto>,
-C<d_statblks>, C<d_statfs_f_flags>, C<d_statfs_s>, C<d_statvfs>,
-C<d_stdio_cnt_lval>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_nochange_cnt>,
-C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_sets_cnt>, C<d_stdio_stream_array>, C<d_stdiobase>,
-C<d_stdstdio>, C<d_strchr>, C<d_strcoll>, C<d_strctcpy>, C<d_strerrm>,
-C<d_strerror>, C<d_strftime>, C<d_strtod>, C<d_strtol>, C<d_strtold>,
-C<d_strtoll>, C<d_strtoq>, C<d_strtoul>, C<d_strtoull>, C<d_strtouq>,
-C<d_strxfrm>, C<d_suidsafe>, C<d_symlink>, C<d_syscall>, C<d_syscallproto>,
-C<d_sysconf>, C<d_sysernlst>, C<d_syserrlst>, C<d_system>, C<d_tcgetpgrp>,
-C<d_tcsetpgrp>, C<d_telldir>, C<d_telldirproto>, C<d_time>, C<d_times>,
-C<d_truncate>, C<d_tzname>, C<d_u32align>, C<d_ualarm>, C<d_umask>,
-C<d_uname>, C<d_union_semun>, C<d_unordered>, C<d_usleep>,
-C<d_usleepproto>, C<d_ustat>, C<d_vendorarch>, C<d_vendorbin>,
-C<d_vendorlib>, C<d_vfork>, C<d_void_closedir>, C<d_voidsig>, C<d_voidtty>,
-C<d_volatile>, C<d_vprintf>, C<d_wait4>, C<d_waitpid>, C<d_wcstombs>,
-C<d_wctomb>, C<d_writev>, C<d_xenix>, C<date>, C<db_hashtype>,
-C<db_prefixtype>, C<db_version_major>, C<db_version_minor>,
-C<db_version_patch>, C<defvoidused>, C<direntrytype>, C<dlext>, C<dlsrc>,
-C<doublesize>, C<drand01>, C<dynamic_ext>
+=item Handling Malformed Data
-=item e
+I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_DEFAULT ( == 0), I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_CROAK ( == 1),
+I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_QUIET, I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_WARN, perlqq mode
+(I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_PERLQQ), HTML charref mode (I<CHECK> =
+Encode::FB_HTMLCREF), XML charref mode (I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_XMLCREF), The
+bitmask
-C<eagain>, C<ebcdic>, C<echo>, C<egrep>, C<emacs>, C<eunicefix>,
-C<exe_ext>, C<expr>, C<extensions>, C<extras>
+=over 4
-=item f
+=item Unimplemented fallback schemes
-C<fflushall>, C<fflushNULL>, C<find>, C<firstmakefile>, C<flex>,
-C<fpossize>, C<fpostype>, C<freetype>, C<from>, C<full_ar>, C<full_csh>,
-C<full_sed>
+=back
-=item g
+=item Defining Encodings
-C<gccosandvers>, C<gccversion>, C<gidformat>, C<gidsign>, C<gidsize>,
-C<gidtype>, C<glibpth>, C<gmake>, C<grep>, C<groupcat>, C<groupstype>,
-C<gzip>
+=item The UTF-8 flag
-=item h
+Goal #1:, Goal #2:, Goal #3:, Goal #4:
-C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>
+=over 4
-=item i
+=item Messing with Perl's Internals
-C<i16size>, C<i16type>, C<i32size>, C<i32type>, C<i64size>, C<i64type>,
-C<i8size>, C<i8type>, C<i_arpainet>, C<i_bsdioctl>, C<i_db>, C<i_dbm>,
-C<i_dirent>, C<i_dld>, C<i_dlfcn>, C<i_fcntl>, C<i_float>, C<i_fp>,
-C<i_fp_class>, C<i_gdbm>, C<i_grp>, C<i_ieeefp>, C<i_inttypes>,
-C<i_langinfo>, C<i_libutil>, C<i_limits>, C<i_locale>, C<i_machcthr>,
-C<i_malloc>, C<i_math>, C<i_memory>, C<i_mntent>, C<i_ndbm>, C<i_netdb>,
-C<i_neterrno>, C<i_netinettcp>, C<i_niin>, C<i_poll>, C<i_prot>,
-C<i_pthread>, C<i_pwd>, C<i_rpcsvcdbm>, C<i_sfio>, C<i_sgtty>, C<i_shadow>,
-C<i_socks>, C<i_stdarg>, C<i_stddef>, C<i_stdlib>, C<i_string>,
-C<i_sunmath>, C<i_sysaccess>, C<i_sysdir>, C<i_sysfile>, C<i_sysfilio>,
-C<i_sysin>, C<i_sysioctl>, C<i_syslog>, C<i_sysmman>, C<i_sysmode>,
-C<i_sysmount>, C<i_sysndir>, C<i_sysparam>, C<i_sysresrc>, C<i_syssecrt>,
-C<i_sysselct>, C<i_syssockio>, C<i_sysstat>, C<i_sysstatfs>,
-C<i_sysstatvfs>, C<i_systime>, C<i_systimek>, C<i_systimes>, C<i_systypes>,
-C<i_sysuio>, C<i_sysun>, C<i_sysutsname>, C<i_sysvfs>, C<i_syswait>,
-C<i_termio>, C<i_termios>, C<i_time>, C<i_unistd>, C<i_ustat>, C<i_utime>,
-C<i_values>, C<i_varargs>, C<i_varhdr>, C<i_vfork>,
-C<ignore_versioned_solibs>, C<inc_version_list>, C<inc_version_list_init>,
-C<incpath>, C<inews>, C<installarchlib>, C<installbin>, C<installman1dir>,
-C<installman3dir>, C<installprefix>, C<installprefixexp>,
-C<installprivlib>, C<installscript>, C<installsitearch>, C<installsitebin>,
-C<installsitelib>, C<installstyle>, C<installusrbinperl>,
-C<installvendorarch>, C<installvendorbin>, C<installvendorlib>, C<intsize>,
-C<issymlink>, C<ivdformat>, C<ivsize>, C<ivtype>
+is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK]), _utf8_on(STRING), _utf8_off(STRING)
-=item k
+=back
-C<known_extensions>, C<ksh>
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item l
+=item MAINTAINER
-C<ld>, C<lddlflags>, C<ldflags>, C<ldflags_uselargefiles>, C<ldlibpthname>,
-C<less>, C<lib_ext>, C<libc>, C<libperl>, C<libpth>, C<libs>, C<libsdirs>,
-C<libsfiles>, C<libsfound>, C<libspath>, C<libswanted>,
-C<libswanted_uselargefiles>, C<line>, C<lint>, C<lkflags>, C<ln>, C<lns>,
-C<locincpth>, C<loclibpth>, C<longdblsize>, C<longlongsize>, C<longsize>,
-C<lp>, C<lpr>, C<ls>, C<lseeksize>, C<lseektype>
+=back
-=item m
+=head2 Encode::Alias - alias definitions to encodings
-C<mail>, C<mailx>, C<make>, C<make_set_make>, C<mallocobj>, C<mallocsrc>,
-C<malloctype>, C<man1dir>, C<man1direxp>, C<man1ext>, C<man3dir>,
-C<man3direxp>, C<man3ext>
+=over 4
-=item M
+=item SYNOPSIS
-C<Mcc>, C<mips_type>, C<mkdir>, C<mmaptype>, C<modetype>, C<more>,
-C<multiarch>, C<mv>, C<myarchname>, C<mydomain>, C<myhostname>, C<myuname>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item n
+As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
+reference, e.g.:
-C<n>, C<need_va_copy>, C<netdb_hlen_type>, C<netdb_host_type>,
-C<netdb_name_type>, C<netdb_net_type>, C<nm>, C<nm_opt>, C<nm_so_opt>,
-C<nonxs_ext>, C<nroff>, C<nveformat>, C<nvEUformat>, C<nvfformat>,
-C<nvFUformat>, C<nvgformat>, C<nvGUformat>, C<nvsize>, C<nvtype>
+=over 4
-=item o
+=item Alias overloading
-C<o_nonblock>, C<obj_ext>, C<old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<optimize>,
-C<orderlib>, C<osname>, C<osvers>, C<otherlibdirs>
+=back
-=item p
+=item SEE ALSO
-C<package>, C<pager>, C<passcat>, C<patchlevel>, C<path_sep>, C<perl5>,
-C<perl>, C<perl_patchlevel>
+=back
-=item P
+=head2 Encode::Byte - Single Byte Encodings
-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>
+=over 4
-=item q
+=item SYNOPSIS
-C<quadkind>, C<quadtype>
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item r
+=item DESCRIPTION
-C<randbits>, C<randfunc>, C<randseedtype>, C<ranlib>, C<rd_nodata>,
-C<revision>, C<rm>, C<rmail>, C<run>, C<runnm>
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item s
+=back
-C<sched_yield>, C<scriptdir>, C<scriptdirexp>, C<sed>, C<seedfunc>,
-C<selectminbits>, C<selecttype>, C<sendmail>, C<sh>, C<shar>, C<sharpbang>,
-C<shmattype>, C<shortsize>, C<shrpenv>, C<shsharp>, C<sig_count>,
-C<sig_name>, C<sig_name_init>, C<sig_num>, C<sig_num_init>, C<sig_size>,
-C<signal_t>, C<sitearch>, C<sitearchexp>, C<sitebin>, C<sitebinexp>,
-C<sitelib>, C<sitelib_stem>, C<sitelibexp>, C<siteprefix>,
-C<siteprefixexp>, C<sizesize>, C<sizetype>, C<sleep>, C<smail>, C<so>,
-C<sockethdr>, C<socketlib>, C<socksizetype>, C<sort>, C<spackage>,
-C<spitshell>, C<sPRId64>, C<sPRIeldbl>, C<sPRIEUldbl>, C<sPRIfldbl>,
-C<sPRIFUldbl>, C<sPRIgldbl>, C<sPRIGUldbl>, C<sPRIi64>, C<sPRIo64>,
-C<sPRIu64>, C<sPRIx64>, C<sPRIXU64>, C<src>, C<sSCNfldbl>, C<ssizetype>,
-C<startperl>, C<startsh>, C<static_ext>, C<stdchar>, C<stdio_base>,
-C<stdio_bufsiz>, C<stdio_cnt>, C<stdio_filbuf>, C<stdio_ptr>,
-C<stdio_stream_array>, C<strings>, C<submit>, C<subversion>, C<sysman>
+=head2 Encode::CJKConstants -- Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
-=item t
+=head2 Encode::CN - China-based Chinese Encodings
-C<tail>, C<tar>, C<targetarch>, C<tbl>, C<tee>, C<test>, C<timeincl>,
-C<timetype>, C<to>, C<touch>, C<tr>, C<trnl>, C<troff>
+=over 4
-=item u
+=item SYNOPSIS
-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>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item v
+=item NOTES
-C<vendorarch>, C<vendorarchexp>, C<vendorbin>, C<vendorbinexp>,
-C<vendorlib>, C<vendorlib_stem>, C<vendorlibexp>, C<vendorprefix>,
-C<vendorprefixexp>, C<version>, C<version_patchlevel_string>,
-C<versiononly>, C<vi>, C<voidflags>
+=item BUGS
-=item x
+=item SEE ALSO
-C<xlibpth>, C<xs_apiversion>
+=back
-=item y
+=head2 Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by Encode::CN
-C<yacc>, C<yaccflags>
+=head2 Encode::Config -- internally used by Encode
-=item z
+=head2 Encode::EBCDIC - EBCDIC Encodings
-C<zcat>, C<zip>
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item NOTE
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory
+=head2 Encode::Encoding - Encode Implementation Base Class
=over 4
=over 4
-=item getcwd and friends
+=item Methods you should implement
-getcwd, cwd, fastcwd, fastgetcwd
+-E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check]),
+-E<gt>cat_decode($destination, $octets, $offset, $terminator [,$check])
-=item abs_path and friends
+=item Other methods defined in Encode::Encodings
-abs_path, realpath, fast_abs_path
+-E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>perlio_ok(), -E<gt>needs_lines()
-=item $ENV{PWD}
+=item Example: Encode::ROT13
=back
-=item NOTES
+=item Why the heck Encode API is different?
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Compiled Encodings
+
+=back
=item SEE ALSO
+Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
+
=back
-=head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft,
-subject to
-change)
+=head2 Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from data
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item ABSTRACT
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+Encode::Guess->set_suspects, Encode::Guess->add_suspects,
+Encode::decode("Guess" ...), Encode::Guess->guess($data),
+guess_encoding($data, [, I<list of suspects>])
-=item Global Variables
+=item CAVEATS
- $DB::sub, %DB::sub, $DB::single, $DB::signal, $DB::trace, @DB::args,
-@DB::dbline, %DB::dbline, $DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::subname,
-$DB::lineno
+=item TO DO
-=item API Methods
+=item SEE ALSO
-CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'),
-CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done()
+=back
-=item Client Callback Methods
+=head2 Encode::JP - Japanese Encodings
-CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(),
-CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(),
-CLIENT->output(LIST)
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Note on ISO-2022-JP(-1)?
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
+=head2 Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by Encode::JP::2022_JP*
+
+=head2 Encode::JP::JIS7 -- internally used by Encode::JP
+
+=head2 Encode::KR - Korean Encodings
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-B<DB_HASH>, B<DB_BTREE>, B<DB_RECNO>
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Encode::KR::2022_KR -- internally used by Encode::KR
+
+=head2 Encode::MIME::Header -- MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding
=over 4
-=item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or greater
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Interface to Berkeley DB
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Default Parameters
+=item BUGS
-=item In Memory Databases
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item DB_HASH
+=head2 Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document on Encode and PerlIO
=over 4
-=item A Simple Example
+=item Overview
-=back
+=item How does it work?
-=item DB_BTREE
+=item Line Buffering
=over 4
-=item Changing the BTREE sort order
+=item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
-=item Handling Duplicate Keys
+=back
-=item The get_dup() Method
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item The find_dup() Method
+=back
-=item The del_dup() Method
+=head2 Encode::Supported -- Encodings supported by Encode
-=item Matching Partial Keys
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Encoding Names
=back
-=item DB_RECNO
+=item Supported Encodings
=over 4
-=item The 'bval' Option
+=item Built-in Encodings
-=item A Simple Example
+=item Encode::Unicode -- other Unicode encodings
-=item Extra RECNO Methods
+=item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
-B<$X-E<gt>push(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-E<gt>pop ;>, B<$X-E<gt>shift>,
-B<$X-E<gt>unshift(list) ;>, B<$X-E<gt>length>, B<$X-E<gt>splice(offset,
-length, elements);>
+ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
+the Cyrillic world, gsm0338 - Hentai Latin 1
-=item Another Example
+=item CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
+
+Encode::CN -- Continental China, Encode::JP -- Japan, Encode::KR -- Korea,
+Encode::TW -- Taiwan, Encode::HanExtra -- More Chinese via CPAN,
+Encode::JIS2K -- JIS X 0213 encodings via CPAN
+
+=item Miscellaneous encodings
+
+Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::Guess
=back
-=item THE API INTERFACE
+=item Unsupported encodings
-B<$status = $X-E<gt>get($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status =
-$X-E<gt>put($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>del($key [,
-$flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>fd ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>seq($key,
-$value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>sync([$flags]) ;>
+ ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], Various HP-UX encodings,
+Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], ISIRI 3342, Iran
+System, ISIRI 2900 [Farsi], Thai encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS,
+Various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic encodings
-=item DBM FILTERS
+=item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
-B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
-B<filter_fetch_value>
+=item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
=over 4
-=item The Filter
-
-=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
+=item Microsoft-related naming mess
-=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
+KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
=back
-=item HINTS AND TIPS
+=item Glossary
+
+character repertoire, coded character set (CCS), character encoding scheme
+(CES), charset (in MIME context), EUC, ISO-2022, UCS, UCS-2, Unicode, UTF,
+UTF-16
+
+=item See Also
+
+=item References
+
+ECMA, ECMA-035 (eq C<ISO-2022>), IANA, Assigned Charset Names by IANA, ISO,
+RFC, UC, Unicode Glossary
=over 4
-=item Locking: The Trouble with fd
+=item Other Notable Sites
-=item Safe ways to lock a database
+czyborra.com, CJK.inf, Jungshik Shin's Hangul FAQ, debian.org:
+"Introduction to i18n"
-B<Tie::DB_Lock>, B<Tie::DB_LockFile>, B<DB_File::Lock>
+=item Offline sources
-=item Sharing Databases With C Applications
+C<CJKV Information Processing> by Ken Lunde
-=item The untie() Gotcha
+=back
=back
-=item COMMON QUESTIONS
+=head2 Encode::Symbol - Symbol Encodings
=over 4
-=item Why is there Perl source in my database?
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File?
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item What does "Invalid Argument" mean?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean?
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item REFERENCES
+=head2 Encode::TW - Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings
-=item HISTORY
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item AVAILABILITY
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item NOTES
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both
-printing and C<eval>
+=head2 Encode::Unicode -- Various Unicode Transformation Formats
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
-=over 4
+L<http://www.unicode.org/glossary/> says:, Quick Reference
-=item Methods
+=item Size, Endianness, and BOM
-I<PACKAGE>->new(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Dump I<or>
-I<PACKAGE>->Dump(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>),
-I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>),
-I<$OBJ>->Reset
+=over 4
-=item Functions
+=item by size
-Dumper(I<LIST>)
+=item by endianness
-=item Configuration Variables or Methods
+BOM as integer when fetched in network byte order
-$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> $I<OBJ>->Deparse(I<[NEWVAL]>)
+=back
-=item Exports
+=item Surrogate Pairs
-Dumper
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=head2 Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7 encoding
-=item BUGS
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item VERSION
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item In Practice
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Alias, Encode::Alias - alias definitions to
+encodings
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item PROFILE FORMAT
+As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
+reference, e.g.:
-=item AUTOLOAD
+=over 4
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=item Alias overloading
-=item BUGS
+=back
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Devel::PPPort, Perl/Pollution/Portability
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CJKConstants.pm --
+Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CN::HZ, Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by
+Encode::CN
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Config, Encode::Config -- internally used by
+Encode
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Encoding, Encode::Encoding - Encode
+Implementation Base Class
=over 4
=over 4
-=item WriteFile
+=item Methods you should implement
-=back
+-E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check]),
+-E<gt>cat_decode($destination, $octets, $offset, $terminator [,$check])
-=item ppport.h
+=item Other methods defined in Encode::Encodings
-=item AUTHOR
+-E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>perlio_ok(), -E<gt>needs_lines()
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Example: Encode::ROT13
=back
-=head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
+=item Why the heck Encode API is different?
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Compiled Encodings
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Runtime debugging
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Memory footprint debugging
+Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Guess, Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from
+data
=over 4
-=item A simple scalar string
-
-=item A simple scalar number
-
-=item A simple scalar with an extra reference
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item A reference to a simple scalar
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item A reference to an array
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item A reference to a hash
+Encode::Guess->set_suspects, Encode::Guess->add_suspects,
+Encode::decode("Guess" ...), Encode::Guess->guess($data),
+guess_encoding($data, [, I<list of suspects>])
-=item Dumping a large array or hash
+=item CAVEATS
-=item A reference to an SV which holds a C pointer
+=item TO DO
-=item A reference to a subroutine
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item EXPORTS
-
-=item BUGS
-
-=item AUTHOR
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::H2Z, Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by
+Encode::JP::2022_JP*
-=item SEE ALSO
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::JIS7, Encode::JP::JIS7 -- internally used
+by Encode::JP
-=back
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::KR::2022_KR, Encode::KR::2022_KR -- internally
+used by Encode::KR
-=head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::MIME::Header -- MIME 'B'
+and 'Q' header encoding
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item ABSTRACT
+
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 Digest:: - Modules that calculate message digests
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::PerlIO, Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document
+on Encode and PerlIO
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Overview
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How does it work?
-I<binary>, I<hex>, I<base64>
+=item Line Buffering
-=item OO INTERFACE
+=over 4
-$ctx = Digest->XXX($arg,...), $ctx = Digest->new(XXX => $arg,...), $ctx =
-Digest::XXX->new($arg,...), $ctx->reset, $ctx->add($data,...),
-$ctx->addfile($io_handle), $ctx->digest, $ctx->hexdigest, $ctx->b64digest
+=item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Supported, Encode::Supported -- Encodings
+supported by Encode
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item FUNCTIONS
-
-md5($data,...), md5_hex($data,...), md5_base64($data,...)
+=over 4
-=item METHODS
+=item Encoding Names
-$md5 = Digest::MD5->new, $md5->reset, $md5->add($data,...),
-$md5->addfile($io_handle), $md5->digest, $md5->hexdigest, $md5->b64digest
+=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item Supported Encodings
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item Built-in Encodings
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Encode::Unicode -- other Unicode encodings
-=back
+=item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
-=head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
+ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
+the Cyrillic world, gsm0338 - Hentai Latin 1
-=over 4
+=item CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
-=item SYNOPSIS
+Encode::CN -- Continental China, Encode::JP -- Japan, Encode::KR -- Korea,
+Encode::TW -- Taiwan, Encode::HanExtra -- More Chinese via CPAN,
+Encode::JIS2K -- JIS X 0213 encodings via CPAN
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Miscellaneous encodings
-=item NOTES
+Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::Guess
=back
-=head2 Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data.
+=item Unsupported encodings
-=over 4
+ ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], Various HP-UX encodings,
+Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], ISIRI 3342, Iran
+System, ISIRI 2900 [Farsi], Thai encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS,
+Various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic encodings
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
=over 4
-=item Creation
+=item Microsoft-related naming mess
-C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>,
-C<dumpDBFiles>, C<dumpPackages>, C<dumpReused>, C<tick>, C<quoteHighBit>,
-C<printUndef>, C<usageOnly>, unctrl, subdump, bareStringify, quoteHighBit,
-stopDbSignal
+KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
-=item Methods
+=back
-dumpValue, dumpValues, dumpvars, set_quote, set_unctrl, compactDump,
-veryCompact, set, get
+=item Glossary
-=back
+character repertoire, coded character set (CCS), character encoding scheme
+(CES), charset (in MIME context), EUC, ISO-2022, UCS, UCS-2, Unicode, UTF,
+UTF-16
-=back
+=item See Also
-=head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
+=item References
+
+ECMA, ECMA-035 (eq C<ISO-2022>), IANA, Assigned Charset Names by IANA, ISO,
+RFC, UC, Unicode Glossary
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Other Notable Sites
-=item DESCRIPTION
+czyborra.com, CJK.inf, Jungshik Shin's Hangul FAQ, debian.org:
+"Introduction to i18n"
-@dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, @dl_librefs,
-@dl_modules, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(), dl_expandspec(),
-dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_loadflags(), dl_find_symbol(),
-dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(), dl_install_xsub(),
-bootstrap()
+=item Offline sources
-=item AUTHOR
+C<CJKV Information Processing> by Ken Lunde
=back
-=head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into
-Perl code
+=back
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Unicode::UTF7, Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7
+encoding
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item AUTHOR
+=item In Practice
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Encode - character encodings
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item Description
=over 4
-=item TERMINOLOGY
+=item Predefined Methods
-=back
+$e = Encode::Encoder-E<gt>new([$data, $encoding]);, encoder(),
+$e-E<gt>data([$data]), $e-E<gt>encoding([$encoding]),
+$e-E<gt>bytes([$encoding])
-=item ENCODINGS
+=item Example: base64 transcoder
-=over 4
+=item Operator Overloading
-=item Characteristics of an Encoding
+=back
-=item Types of Encodings
+=item SEE ALSO
-Fixed length 8-bit (or less) encodings, Fixed length 16-bit encodings,
-Fixed length 32-bit encodings, Multi-byte encodings, "Escape" encodings
+=back
-=item Specifying Encodings
+=head2 Encodencoding, encoding - allows you to write your script in
+non-ascii or non-utf8
-1. By name, 2. As an object
+=over 4
-=item Encoding Names
+=item SYNOPSIS
-The MIME name as defined in IETF RFCs, The name in the IANA registry, The
-name used by the organization that defined it
+=item ABSTRACT
-=back
+=over 4
-=item PERL ENCODING API
+=item Literal Conversions
-=over 4
+=item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
-=item Generic Encoding Interface
+=item Implicit upgrading for byte strings
-=item Handling Malformed Data
+=back
-Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
+=item FEATURES THAT REQUIRE 5.8.1
-=item UTF-8 / utf8
+"NON-EUC" doublebyte encodings, tr//, DATA pseudo-filehandle
-=item Other Encodings of Unicode
+=item USAGE
-=item Listing available encodings
+use encoding [I<ENCNAME>] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> [ STDIN =E<gt>
+I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;, no encoding;
-=item Defining Aliases
+=item The Filter Option
-As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
-reference, e.g.:
+=over 4
-=item Defining Encodings
+=item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
=back
-=item Encoding and IO
+=item CAVEATS
-=item Encoding How to ...
+=over 4
-IO with mixed content (faking iso-2020-*), MIME's Content-Length:, UTF-8
-strings in binary data, Perl/Encode wrappers on non-Unicode XS modules
+=item NOT SCOPED
-=item Messing with Perl's Internals
+=item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
-is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK]), valid_utf8(STRING)
+=item tr/// with ranges
-=item IMPLEMENTATION CLASSES
+Legend of characters above
--E<gt>name, -E<gt>new_sequence, -E<gt>encode($string,$check),
--E<gt>decode($octets,$check)
+=back
-=over 4
+=item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
-=item Compiled Encodings
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-.enc, .ucm, .ucm, .c, .xs, ascii and iso-8859-*, IBM-1047 and two other
-variants of EBCDIC, symbol and dingbats as used by Tk on X11
+literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
-=back
+=item HISTORY
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Encode::Tcl - Tcl encodings
-
-=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Tcl, Encode::Tcl - Tcl encodings
-
-=head2 Encode::lib::EncodeFormat, EncodeFormat - the format of encoding
-tables of the Encode extension
+=head2 Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-[1] B<S>, [2] B<D>, [3] B<M>, [4] B<E>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item KEYWORDS
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item Description
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 EncodeFormat - the format of encoding tables of the Encode extension
+=item Predefined Methods
-=over 4
+$e = Encode::Encoder-E<gt>new([$data, $encoding]);, encoder(),
+$e-E<gt>data([$data]), $e-E<gt>encoding([$encoding]),
+$e-E<gt>bytes([$encoding])
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Example: base64 transcoder
-[1] B<S>, [2] B<D>, [3] B<M>, [4] B<E>
+=item Operator Overloading
-=item KEYWORDS
+=back
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
=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
+=head2 ExtUtils::Command::MM - Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+B<test_harness>
+
+=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
C_stringify NAME
+perl_stringify NAME
+
constant_types
memEQ_clause NAME, CHECKED_AT, INDENT
dogfood
C_constant, name, type, value, macro, default, pre, post, def_pre =item
-def_post
+def_post, utf8
XS_constant PACKAGE, TYPES, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
=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
=item DESCRIPTION
-For static extensions, For dynamic extensions, For dynamic extensions
+For static extensions, For dynamic extensions at build/link time, For
+dynamic extensions at load time
=over 4
=back
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM - OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Any - Platform-agnostic MM methods
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Inherently Cross-Platform Methods
+
+installvars
+
+=back
+
+os_flavor_is
+
+blibdirs_target (o)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item File::Spec wrappers
+
+catfile
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Thought To Be Cross-Platform Methods
+
+B<split_command>
+
+=back
+
+B<echo>
+
+init_VERSION
+
+wraplist
+
+manifypods
+
+manifypods_target
+
+makemakerdflt_target
+
+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 Abstract methods
+
+oneliner, B<quote_literal>, B<escape_newlines>, max_exec_len,
+B<init_others>, init_DIRFILESEP, init_linker, init_platform,
+platform_constants
+
+=back
+
+os_flavor
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_BeOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=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
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_NW5 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+cflags (o)
+
+replace_manpage_separator (o)
+
+init_linker
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_DOS - DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Overridden methods
+
+os_flavor
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+B<replace_manpage_separator>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_MacOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=over 4
=back
-catfile
+maybe_command
-constants (o)
+guess_name
-static_lib (o)
+macify
-dynamic_bs (o)
+patternify
-dynamic_lib (o)
+init_main
-canonpath
+init_others
-perl_script
+init_platform, platform_constants
-pm_to_blib
+init_dirscan
-test_via_harness (o)
+init_VERSION (o)
-tool_autosplit (override)
+special_targets (o)
-tools_other (o)
+static (o)
-xs_o (o)
+dlsyms (o)
-top_targets (o)
+dynamic (o)
-htmlifypods (o)
+clean (o)
-manifypods (o)
+clean_subdirs_target
-dist_ci (o)
+realclean (o)
-dist_core (o)
+realclean_subdirs_target
-pasthru (o)
+rulez (o)
+
+processPL (o)
+
+os_flavor
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_NW5 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+os_flavor
+
+init_platform (o), platform_constants
+
+const_cccmd (o)
+
+static_lib (o)
+
+dynamic_lib (o)
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_OS2 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=item METHODS
+init_dist (o)
+
=back
-perl_archive_after
+init_linker
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+os_flavor
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_UWIN - U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item METHODS
-
=over 4
-=item Preloaded methods
+=item Overridden methods
-canonpath
+os_flavor
=back
=back
-catdir
+B<replace_manpage_separator>
-catfile
+=over 4
-curdir
+=item AUTHOR
-rootdir
+=item SEE ALSO
-updir
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=over 4
-=item SelfLoaded methods
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
-c_o (o)
+=item METHODS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Methods
+
+os_flavor (o)
=back
+c_o (o)
+
cflags (o)
clean (o)
+clean_subdirs_target
+
const_cccmd (o)
const_config (o)
depend (o)
-dir_target (o)
+dir_target B<DEPRECATED>
+
+init_DEST
+
+init_dist
dist (o)
dist_core (o)
-dist_dir (o)
+B<dist_target>
-dist_test (o)
+B<tardist_target>
+
+B<zipdist_target>
+
+B<tarfile_target>
+
+zipfile_target
+
+uutardist_target
+
+shdist_target
+
+distdir
+
+dist_test
dlsyms (o)
extliblist
-file_name_is_absolute
-
find_perl
+find_tests
+
=over 4
=item Methods to actually produce chunks of text for the Makefile
has_link_code
-htmlifypods (o)
-
init_dirscan
+init_DIRFILESEP
+
init_main
init_others
+init_INST
+
+init_INSTALL
+
+init_linker
+
+init_lib2arch
+
+init_PERL
+
+init_platform (o), platform_constants (o)
+
+init_PERM
+
+init_xs
+
install (o)
installbin (o)
-libscan (o)
-
linkext (o)
lsdir
makefile (o)
-manifypods (o)
-
maybe_command
-maybe_command_in_dirs
-
needs_linking (o)
nicetext
-parse_version
-
parse_abstract
-pasthru (o)
+parse_version
-path
+pasthru (o)
perl_script
perldepend (o)
-ppd
-
perm_rw (o)
perm_rwx (o)
postamble (o)
+ppd
+
prefixify
processPL (o)
quote_paren
-realclean (o)
+realclean (o)
+
+realclean_subdirs_target
+
+replace_manpage_separator
+
+oneliner (o)
+
+quote_literal
+
+escape_newlines
-replace_manpage_separator
+max_exec_len
static (o)
test (o)
-test_via_harness (o)
-
-test_via_script (o)
+test_via_harness (override)
-tool_autosplit (o)
+test_via_script (override)
tools_other (o)
tool_xsubpp (o)
+all_target
+
top_targets (o)
writedoc
xs_o (o)
-perl_archive
-
-perl_archive_after
-
-export_list
-
=over 4
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-rootdir (override)
-
=over 4
-=item SelfLoaded methods
+=item Methods
guess_name (override)
find_perl (override)
-path (override)
-
maybe_command (override)
-maybe_command_in_dirs (override)
-
perl_script (override)
-file_name_is_absolute (override)
-
replace_manpage_separator
+init_DEST
+
+init_DIRFILESEP
+
+init_main (override)
+
init_others (override)
+init_platform (override)
+
+platform_constants
+
+init_VERSION (override)
+
constants (override)
+special_targets
+
cflags (override)
const_cccmd (override)
-pm_to_blib (override)
-
-tool_autosplit (override)
-
tool_sxubpp (override)
-xsubpp_version (override)
-
tools_other (override)
-dist (override)
+init_dist (override)
c_o (override)
xs_o (override)
-top_targets (override)
-
dlsyms (override)
dynamic_lib (override)
static_lib (override)
-manifypods (override)
-
processPL (override)
installbin (override)
clean (override)
-realclean (override)
-
-dist_basics (override)
+clean_subdirs_target
-dist_core (override)
+realclean (override)
-dist_dir (override)
+zipfile_target (o), tarfile_target (o), shdist_target (o)
dist_test (override)
makefile (override)
-test (override)
-
-test_via_harness (override)
+find_tests (override)
-test_via_script (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
=back
-catfile
+=over 4
-constants (o)
+=item Overridden methods
-static_lib (o)
+B<dlsyms>
-dynamic_bs (o)
+=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)
-canonpath
+clean
+
+init_linker
perl_script
-pm_to_blib
+xs_o (o)
-test_via_harness (o)
+pasthru (o)
-tool_autosplit (override)
+oneliner (o)
-tools_other (o)
+max_exec_len
-xs_o (o)
+os_flavor
-top_targets (o)
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win95 - method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X
-htmlifypods (o)
+=over 4
-manifypods (o)
+=item SYNOPSIS
-dist_ci (o)
+=item DESCRIPTION
-dist_core (o)
+=over 4
-pasthru (o)
+=item Overriden methods
+
+dist_test
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+subdir_x
+
+xs_c
+
+xs_cpp
+
+xs_o
+
+clean_subdirs_target
+
+realclean_subdirs_target
+
+max_exec_len
+
+os_flavor
+
+=over 4
-=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - create an extension Makefile
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MY - ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Create a module Makefile
=over 4
=item Using Attributes and Parameters
ABSTRACT, ABSTRACT_FROM, AUTHOR, BINARY_LOCATION, C, CCFLAGS, CONFIG,
-CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DIR, DISTNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, EXCLUDE_EXT,
-EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, FUNCLIST, H, HTMLLIBPODS,
-HTMLSCRIPTPODS, IMPORTS, INC, INCLUDE_EXT, INSTALLARCHLIB, INSTALLBIN,
-INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLHTMLPRIVLIBDIR, INSTALLHTMLSCRIPTDIR,
-INSTALLHTMLSITELIBDIR, INSTALLMAN1DIR, INSTALLMAN3DIR, INSTALLPRIVLIB,
-INSTALLSCRIPT, INSTALLSITEARCH, INSTALLSITELIB, INST_ARCHLIB, INST_BIN,
-INST_EXE, INST_HTMLLIBDIR, INST_HTMLSCRIPTDIR, INST_LIB, INST_MAN1DIR,
-INST_MAN3DIR, INST_SCRIPT, LDFROM, LIB, LIBPERL_A, LIBS, LINKTYPE,
-MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET, MYEXTLIB, NAME,
-NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, NO_VC, OBJECT, OPTIMIZE, PERL, PERL_CORE,
-PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB, PERL_MALLOC_OK, PERLRUN, PERM_RW,
+CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DESTDIR, DIR, DISTNAME, DISTVNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS,
+EXCLUDE_EXT, EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, FULLPERLRUN,
+FULLPERLRUNINST, FUNCLIST, H, IMPORTS, INC, INCLUDE_EXT, INSTALLARCHLIB,
+INSTALLBIN, INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLMAN1DIR, INSTALLMAN3DIR, INSTALLPRIVLIB,
+INSTALLSCRIPT, INSTALLSITEARCH, INSTALLSITEBIN, INSTALLSITELIB,
+INSTALLSITEMAN1DIR, INSTALLSITEMAN3DIR, INSTALLVENDORARCH,
+INSTALLVENDORBIN, INSTALLVENDORLIB, INSTALLVENDORMAN1DIR,
+INSTALLVENDORMAN3DIR, INST_ARCHLIB, INST_BIN, INST_LIB, INST_MAN1DIR,
+INST_MAN3DIR, INST_SCRIPT, LD, LDDLFLAGS, LDFROM, LIB, LIBPERL_A, LIBS,
+LINKTYPE, MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE_OLD, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET,
+MYEXTLIB, NAME, NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, NO_META, NO_VC, OBJECT,
+OPTIMIZE, PERL, PERL_CORE, PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB,
+PERL_MALLOC_OK, PERLPREFIX, PERLRUN, PERLRUNINST, PERL_SRC, PERM_RW,
PERM_RWX, PL_FILES, PM, PMLIBDIRS, PM_FILTER, POLLUTE, PPM_INSTALL_EXEC,
-PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX, PREREQ_PM, PREREQ_FATAL, PREREQ_PRINT,
-PRINT_PREREQ, SKIP, TEST_LIBS, VERSION, VERSION_FROM, XS, XSOPT,
-XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION
+PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX, PREREQ_FATAL, PREREQ_PM, PREREQ_PRINT,
+PRINT_PREREQ, SITEPREFIX, SIGN, SKIP, TYPEMAPS, VENDORPREFIX, VERBINST,
+VERSION, VERSION_FROM, VERSION_SYM, XS, XSOPT, XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION
=item Additional lowercase attributes
-clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, linkext, macro, realclean, test,
-tool_autosplit
+clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, linkext, macro, postamble, realclean,
+test, tool_autosplit
=item Overriding MakeMaker Methods
+=item The End Of Cargo Cult Programming
+
+C<<MAN3PODS => ' '>>
+
=item Hintsfile support
=item Distribution Support
make distcheck, make skipcheck, make distclean, make manifest,
- make distdir, make tardist, make dist, make uutardist, make
-shdist, make zipdist, make ci
+ make distdir, make disttest, make tardist, make dist, make
+uutardist, make shdist, make zipdist, make ci
+
+=item Module Meta-Data
=item Disabling an extension
+=item Other Handy Functions
+
+prompt
+
=back
=item ENVIRONMENT
=item AUTHORS
+=item LICENSE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions About
+MakeMaker
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Module Installation
+
+How do I keep from installing man pages?, How do I use a module without
+installing it?
+
+=item Philosophy and History
+
+Why not just use <insert other build config tool here>?, What is
+Module::Build and how does it relate to MakeMaker?, pure perl. no make, no
+shell commands, easier to customize, cleaner internals, less cruft
+
+=item Module Writing
+
+How do I keep my $VERSION up to date without resetting it manually?, What's
+this F<META.yml> thing and how did it get in my F<MANIFEST>?!
+
+=item XS
+
+How to I prevent "object version X.XX does not match bootstrap parameter
+Y.YY" errors?, How do I make two or more XS files coexist in the same
+directory?
+
+=back
+
+=item PATCHING
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial - Writing a module with MakeMaker
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item The Mantra
+
+=item The Layout
+
+Makefile.PL, MANIFEST, lib/, t/, Changes, README, INSTALL, MANIFEST.SKIP,
+bin/
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes - Version-agnostic bytes.pm
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish - Platform-agnostic vmsish.pm
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
=back
=head2 ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item Functions
+
+mkmanifest
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+manifind
+
+manicheck
+
+filecheck
+
+fullcheck
+
+skipcheck
+
+maniread
+
+manicopy
+
+maniadd
+
+=over 4
+
+=item MANIFEST
+
=item MANIFEST.SKIP
=item EXPORT_OK
=item GLOBAL VARIABLES
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
=item DIAGNOSTICS
-C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>, C<MANIFEST:> I<$!>,
-C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
+C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>, C<Skipping> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>,
+C<MANIFEST:> I<$!>, C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
=item ENVIRONMENT
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item HISTORY
+
=back
=head2 File::Compare - Compare files or filehandles
=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
-devnull
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-tmpdir
-
-path
-
canonpath()
-splitpath
-
-splitdir
-
-catpath
-
-abs2rel
-
-rel2abs()
-
=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
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item OO INTERFACE
+
+B<new>
+
+=back
+
+B<filename>
+
+B<DESTROY>
=over 4
=back
+B<cmpstat>
+
+B<unlink1>
+
=over 4
=item PACKAGE VARIABLES
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item BUGS
+
=item NOTE
=item AUTHOR
=item DESCRIPTION
+cacheout EXPR, cacheout MODE, EXPR
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
=item BUGS
=back
=item Summary of Option Specifications
-!, +, s, i, o, f, : I<type> [ I<desttype> ]
+!, +, s, i, o, f, : I<type> [ I<desttype> ], : I<number> [ I<desttype> ], :
++ [ I<desttype> ]
=back
=item Object oriented interface
+=item Thread Safety
+
=item Documentation and help texts
=item Storing options in a hash
default, posix_default, auto_abbrev, getopt_compat, gnu_compat, gnu_getopt,
require_order, permute, bundling (default: disabled), bundling_override
(default: disabled), ignore_case (default: enabled), ignore_case_always
-(default: disabled), pass_through (default: disabled), prefix,
+(default: disabled), auto_version (default:disabled), auto_help
+(default:disabled), pass_through (default: disabled), prefix,
prefix_pattern, debug (default: disabled)
+=item Exportable Methods
+
+VersionMessage, C<-message>, C<-msg>, C<-exitval>, C<-output>, HelpMessage
+
=item Return values and Errors
=item Legacy
=over 4
-=item Warning: Ignoring '!' modifier for short option
-
=item GetOptions does not return a false result when an option is not
supplied
=item GetOptions does not split the command line correctly
+=item Undefined subroutine &main::GetOptions called
+
=item How do I put a "-?" option into a Getopt::Long?
=back
=back
-=head2 Getopt::Std, getopt - Process single-character switches with switch
-clustering
+=head2 Getopt::Std, getopt, getopts - Process single-character switches
+with switch clustering
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item C<--help> and C<--version>
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Hash::Util - A selection of general-utility hash subroutines
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item Restricted hashes
+
+lock_keys, unlock_keys
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+lock_value, unlock_value
+
+B<lock_hash>, B<unlock_hash>
+
+B<hash_seed>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
=head2 I18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current
the function @langs = panic_languages(@accept_languages)
+the function implicate_supers( ...languages... ), the function
+implicate_supers_strictly( ...languages... )
+
=over 4
=item ABOUT LOWERCASING
=back
+=head2 I18N::LangTags::Detect - detect the user's language preferences
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item FUNCTIONS
+
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
=head2 I18N::LangTags::List -- tags and names for human languages
=over 4
=item LIST OF LANGUAGES
-{ab} : Abkhazian, {ace} : Achinese, {ach} : Acoli, {ada} : Adangme, {aa} :
-Afar, {afh} : Afrihili, {af} : Afrikaans, [{afa} : Afro-Asiatic (Other)],
-{aka} : Akan, {akk} : Akkadian, {sq} : Albanian, {ale} : Aleut, [{alg} :
-Algonquian languages], [{tut} : Altaic (Other)], {am} : Amharic, {i-ami} :
-Ami, [{apa} : Apache languages], {ar} : Arabic, {arc} : Aramaic, {arp} :
-Arapaho, {arn} : Araucanian, {arw} : Arawak, {hy} : Armenian, [{art} :
-Artificial (Other)], {as} : Assamese, [{ath} : Athapascan languages],
-[{aus} : Australian languages], [{map} : Austronesian (Other)], {ava} :
-Avaric, {ae} : Avestan, {awa} : Awadhi, {ay} : Aymara, {az} : Azerbaijani,
-{ban} : Balinese, [{bat} : Baltic (Other)], {bal} : Baluchi, {bam} :
-Bambara, [{bai} : Bamileke languages], {bad} : Banda, [{bnt} : Bantu
-(Other)], {bas} : Basa, {ba} : Bashkir, {eu} : Basque, {btk} : Batak
-(Indonesia), {bej} : Beja, {be} : Belarusian, {bem} : Bemba, {bn} :
-Bengali, [{ber} : Berber (Other)], {bho} : Bhojpuri, {bh} : Bihari, {bik} :
-Bikol, {bin} : Bini, {bi} : Bislama, {bs} : Bosnian, {bra} : Braj, {br} :
-Breton, {bug} : Buginese, {bg} : Bulgarian, {i-bnn} : Bunun, {bua} :
-Buriat, {my} : Burmese, {cad} : Caddo, {car} : Carib, {ca} : Catalan,
-[{cau} : Caucasian (Other)], {ceb} : Cebuano, [{cel} : Celtic (Other)],
-[{cai} : Central American Indian (Other)], {chg} : Chagatai, [{cmc} :
-Chamic languages], {ch} : Chamorro, {ce} : Chechen, {chr} : Cherokee, {chy}
-: Cheyenne, {chb} : Chibcha, {ny} : Chichewa, {zh} : Chinese, {chn} :
-Chinook Jargon, {chp} : Chipewyan, {cho} : Choctaw, {cu} : Church Slavic,
-{chk} : Chuukese, {cv} : Chuvash, {cop} : Coptic, {kw} : Cornish, {co} :
-Corsican, {cre} : Cree, {mus} : Creek, [{cpe} : English-based Creoles and
-pidgins (Other)], [{cpf} : French-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)],
-[{cpp} : Portuguese-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{crp} : Creoles
-and pidgins (Other)], {hr} : Croatian, [{cus} : Cushitic (Other)], {cs} :
-Czech, {dak} : Dakota, {da} : Danish, {day} : Dayak, {i-default} : Default
-(Fallthru) Language, {del} : Delaware, {din} : Dinka, {div} : Divehi, {doi}
-: Dogri, {dgr} : Dogrib, [{dra} : Dravidian (Other)], {dua} : Duala, {nl} :
-Dutch, {dum} : Middle Dutch (ca.1050-1350), {dyu} : Dyula, {dz} : Dzongkha,
-{efi} : Efik, {egy} : Ancient Egyptian, {eka} : Ekajuk, {elx} : Elamite,
-{en} : English, {enm} : Old English (1100-1500), {ang} : Old English
-(ca.450-1100), {eo} : Esperanto, {et} : Estonian, {ewe} : Ewe, {ewo} :
-Ewondo, {fan} : Fang, {fat} : Fanti, {fo} : Faroese, {fj} : Fijian, {fi} :
-Finnish, [{fiu} : Finno-Ugrian (Other)], {fon} : Fon, {fr} : French, {frm}
-: Middle French (ca.1400-1600), {fro} : Old French (842-ca.1400), {fy} :
-Frisian, {fur} : Friulian, {ful} : Fulah, {gaa} : Ga, {gd} : Scots Gaelic,
-{gl} : Gallegan, {lug} : Ganda, {gay} : Gayo, {gba} : Gbaya, {gez} : Geez,
-{ka} : Georgian, {de} : German, {gmh} : Middle High German (ca.1050-1500),
-{goh} : Old High German (ca.750-1050), [{gem} : Germanic (Other)], {gil} :
-Gilbertese, {gon} : Gondi, {gor} : Gorontalo, {got} : Gothic, {grb} :
-Grebo, {grc} : Ancient Greek, {el} : Modern Greek, {gn} : Guarani, {gu} :
-Gujarati, {gwi} : Gwich'in, {hai} : Haida, {ha} : Hausa, {haw} : Hawaiian,
+{ab} : Abkhazian, {ace} : Achinese, {ach} : Acoli, {ada} : Adangme, {ady} :
+Adyghe, {aa} : Afar, {afh} : Afrihili, {af} : Afrikaans, [{afa} :
+Afro-Asiatic (Other)], {ak} : Akan, {akk} : Akkadian, {sq} : Albanian,
+{ale} : Aleut, [{alg} : Algonquian languages], [{tut} : Altaic (Other)],
+{am} : Amharic, {i-ami} : Ami, [{apa} : Apache languages], {ar} : Arabic,
+{arc} : Aramaic, {arp} : Arapaho, {arn} : Araucanian, {arw} : Arawak, {hy}
+: Armenian, {an} : Aragonese, [{art} : Artificial (Other)], {ast} :
+Asturian, {as} : Assamese, [{ath} : Athapascan languages], [{aus} :
+Australian languages], [{map} : Austronesian (Other)], {av} : Avaric, {ae}
+: Avestan, {awa} : Awadhi, {ay} : Aymara, {az} : Azerbaijani, {ban} :
+Balinese, [{bat} : Baltic (Other)], {bal} : Baluchi, {bm} : Bambara, [{bai}
+: Bamileke languages], {bad} : Banda, [{bnt} : Bantu (Other)], {bas} :
+Basa, {ba} : Bashkir, {eu} : Basque, {btk} : Batak (Indonesia), {bej} :
+Beja, {be} : Belarusian, {bem} : Bemba, {bn} : Bengali, [{ber} : Berber
+(Other)], {bho} : Bhojpuri, {bh} : Bihari, {bik} : Bikol, {bin} : Bini,
+{bi} : Bislama, {bs} : Bosnian, {bra} : Braj, {br} : Breton, {bug} :
+Buginese, {bg} : Bulgarian, {i-bnn} : Bunun, {bua} : Buriat, {my} :
+Burmese, {cad} : Caddo, {car} : Carib, {ca} : Catalan, [{cau} : Caucasian
+(Other)], {ceb} : Cebuano, [{cel} : Celtic (Other)], [{cai} : Central
+American Indian (Other)], {chg} : Chagatai, [{cmc} : Chamic languages],
+{ch} : Chamorro, {ce} : Chechen, {chr} : Cherokee, {chy} : Cheyenne, {chb}
+: Chibcha, {ny} : Chichewa, {zh} : Chinese, {chn} : Chinook Jargon, {chp} :
+Chipewyan, {cho} : Choctaw, {cu} : Church Slavic, {chk} : Chuukese, {cv} :
+Chuvash, {cop} : Coptic, {kw} : Cornish, {co} : Corsican, {cr} : Cree,
+{mus} : Creek, [{cpe} : English-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{cpf}
+: French-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{cpp} : Portuguese-based
+Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{crp} : Creoles and pidgins (Other)], {hr} :
+Croatian, [{cus} : Cushitic (Other)], {cs} : Czech, {dak} : Dakota, {da} :
+Danish, {dar} : Dargwa, {day} : Dayak, {i-default} : Default (Fallthru)
+Language, {del} : Delaware, {din} : Dinka, {dv} : Divehi, {doi} : Dogri,
+{dgr} : Dogrib, [{dra} : Dravidian (Other)], {dua} : Duala, {nl} : Dutch,
+{dum} : Middle Dutch (ca.1050-1350), {dyu} : Dyula, {dz} : Dzongkha, {efi}
+: Efik, {egy} : Ancient Egyptian, {eka} : Ekajuk, {elx} : Elamite, {en} :
+English, {enm} : Old English (1100-1500), {ang} : Old English
+(ca.450-1100), {i-enochian} : Enochian (Artificial), {myv} : Erzya, {eo} :
+Esperanto, {et} : Estonian, {ee} : Ewe, {ewo} : Ewondo, {fan} : Fang, {fat}
+: Fanti, {fo} : Faroese, {fj} : Fijian, {fi} : Finnish, [{fiu} :
+Finno-Ugrian (Other)], {fon} : Fon, {fr} : French, {frm} : Middle French
+(ca.1400-1600), {fro} : Old French (842-ca.1400), {fy} : Frisian, {fur} :
+Friulian, {ff} : Fulah, {gaa} : Ga, {gd} : Scots Gaelic, {gl} : Gallegan,
+{lg} : Ganda, {gay} : Gayo, {gba} : Gbaya, {gez} : Geez, {ka} : Georgian,
+{de} : German, {gmh} : Middle High German (ca.1050-1500), {goh} : Old High
+German (ca.750-1050), [{gem} : Germanic (Other)], {gil} : Gilbertese, {gon}
+: Gondi, {gor} : Gorontalo, {got} : Gothic, {grb} : Grebo, {grc} : Ancient
+Greek, {el} : Modern Greek, {gn} : Guarani, {gu} : Gujarati, {gwi} :
+Gwich'in, {hai} : Haida, {ht} : Haitian, {ha} : Hausa, {haw} : Hawaiian,
{he} : Hebrew, {hz} : Herero, {hil} : Hiligaynon, {him} : Himachali, {hi} :
Hindi, {ho} : Hiri Motu, {hit} : Hittite, {hmn} : Hmong, {hu} : Hungarian,
-{hup} : Hupa, {iba} : Iban, {is} : Icelandic, {ibo} : Igbo, {ijo} : Ijo,
-{ilo} : Iloko, [{inc} : Indic (Other)], [{ine} : Indo-European (Other)],
-{id} : Indonesian, {ia} : Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language
-Association), {ie} : Interlingue, {iu} : Inuktitut, {ik} : Inupiaq, [{ira}
-: Iranian (Other)], {ga} : Irish, {mga} : Middle Irish (900-1200), {sga} :
-Old Irish (to 900), [{iro} : Iroquoian languages], {it} : Italian, {ja} :
-Japanese, {jw} : Javanese, {jrb} : Judeo-Arabic, {jpr} : Judeo-Persian,
-{kab} : Kabyle, {kac} : Kachin, {kl} : Kalaallisut, {kam} : Kamba, {kn} :
-Kannada, {kau} : Kanuri, {kaa} : Kara-Kalpak, {kar} : Karen, {ks} :
-Kashmiri, {kaw} : Kawi, {kk} : Kazakh, {kha} : Khasi, {km} : Khmer, [{khi}
-: Khoisan (Other)], {kho} : Khotanese, {ki} : Kikuyu, {kmb} : Kimbundu,
-{rw} : Kinyarwanda, {ky} : Kirghiz, {i-klingon} : Klingon, {kv} : Komi,
-{kon} : Kongo, {kok} : Konkani, {ko} : Korean, {kos} : Kosraean, {kpe} :
-Kpelle, {kro} : Kru, {kj} : Kuanyama, {kum} : Kumyk, {ku} : Kurdish, {kru}
-: Kurukh, {kut} : Kutenai, {lad} : Ladino, {lah} : Lahnda, {lam} : Lamba,
-{lo} : Lao, {la} : Latin, {lv} : Latvian, {lb} : Letzeburgesch, {lez} :
-Lezghian, {ln} : Lingala, {lt} : Lithuanian, {nds} : Low German, {loz} :
-Lozi, {lub} : Luba-Katanga, {lua} : Luba-Lulua, {lui} : Luiseno, {lun} :
-Lunda, {luo} : Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), {lus} : Lushai, {mk} : Macedonian,
-{mad} : Madurese, {mag} : Magahi, {mai} : Maithili, {mak} : Makasar, {mg} :
-Malagasy, {ms} : Malay, {ml} : Malayalam, {mt} : Maltese, {mnc} : Manchu,
-{mdr} : Mandar, {man} : Mandingo, {mni} : Manipuri, [{mno} : Manobo
-languages], {gv} : Manx, {mi} : Maori, {mr} : Marathi, {chm} : Mari, {mh} :
-Marshall, {mwr} : Marwari, {mas} : Masai, [{myn} : Mayan languages], {men}
-: Mende, {mic} : Micmac, {min} : Minangkabau, {i-mingo} : Mingo, [{mis} :
-Miscellaneous languages], {moh} : Mohawk, {mo} : Moldavian, [{mkh} :
-Mon-Khmer (Other)], {lol} : Mongo, {mn} : Mongolian, {mos} : Mossi, [{mul}
-: Multiple languages], [{mun} : Munda languages], {nah} : Nahuatl, {na} :
-Nauru, {nv} : Navajo, {nd} : North Ndebele, {nr} : South Ndebele, {ng} :
-Ndonga, {ne} : Nepali, {new} : Newari, {nia} : Nias, [{nic} :
+{hup} : Hupa, {iba} : Iban, {is} : Icelandic, {io} : Ido, {ig} : Igbo,
+{ijo} : Ijo, {ilo} : Iloko, [{inc} : Indic (Other)], [{ine} : Indo-European
+(Other)], {id} : Indonesian, {inh} : Ingush, {ia} : Interlingua
+(International Auxiliary Language Association), {ie} : Interlingue, {iu} :
+Inuktitut, {ik} : Inupiaq, [{ira} : Iranian (Other)], {ga} : Irish, {mga} :
+Middle Irish (900-1200), {sga} : Old Irish (to 900), [{iro} : Iroquoian
+languages], {it} : Italian, {ja} : Japanese, {jv} : Javanese, {jrb} :
+Judeo-Arabic, {jpr} : Judeo-Persian, {kbd} : Kabardian, {kab} : Kabyle,
+{kac} : Kachin, {kl} : Kalaallisut, {xal} : Kalmyk, {kam} : Kamba, {kn} :
+Kannada, {kr} : Kanuri, {krc} : Karachay-Balkar, {kaa} : Kara-Kalpak, {kar}
+: Karen, {ks} : Kashmiri, {csb} : Kashubian, {kaw} : Kawi, {kk} : Kazakh,
+{kha} : Khasi, {km} : Khmer, [{khi} : Khoisan (Other)], {kho} : Khotanese,
+{ki} : Kikuyu, {kmb} : Kimbundu, {rw} : Kinyarwanda, {ky} : Kirghiz,
+{i-klingon} : Klingon, {kv} : Komi, {kg} : Kongo, {kok} : Konkani, {ko} :
+Korean, {kos} : Kosraean, {kpe} : Kpelle, {kro} : Kru, {kj} : Kuanyama,
+{kum} : Kumyk, {ku} : Kurdish, {kru} : Kurukh, {kut} : Kutenai, {lad} :
+Ladino, {lah} : Lahnda, {lam} : Lamba, {lo} : Lao, {la} : Latin, {lv} :
+Latvian, {lb} : Letzeburgesch, {lez} : Lezghian, {li} : Limburgish, {ln} :
+Lingala, {lt} : Lithuanian, {nds} : Low German, {art-lojban} : Lojban
+(Artificial), {loz} : Lozi, {lu} : Luba-Katanga, {lua} : Luba-Lulua, {lui}
+: Luiseno, {lun} : Lunda, {luo} : Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), {lus} : Lushai,
+{mk} : Macedonian, {mad} : Madurese, {mag} : Magahi, {mai} : Maithili,
+{mak} : Makasar, {mg} : Malagasy, {ms} : Malay, {ml} : Malayalam, {mt} :
+Maltese, {mnc} : Manchu, {mdr} : Mandar, {man} : Mandingo, {mni} :
+Manipuri, [{mno} : Manobo languages], {gv} : Manx, {mi} : Maori, {mr} :
+Marathi, {chm} : Mari, {mh} : Marshall, {mwr} : Marwari, {mas} : Masai,
+[{myn} : Mayan languages], {men} : Mende, {mic} : Micmac, {min} :
+Minangkabau, {i-mingo} : Mingo, [{mis} : Miscellaneous languages], {moh} :
+Mohawk, {mdf} : Moksha, {mo} : Moldavian, [{mkh} : Mon-Khmer (Other)],
+{lol} : Mongo, {mn} : Mongolian, {mos} : Mossi, [{mul} : Multiple
+languages], [{mun} : Munda languages], {nah} : Nahuatl, {nap} : Neapolitan,
+{na} : Nauru, {nv} : Navajo, {nd} : North Ndebele, {nr} : South Ndebele,
+{ng} : Ndonga, {ne} : Nepali, {new} : Newari, {nia} : Nias, [{nic} :
Niger-Kordofanian (Other)], [{ssa} : Nilo-Saharan (Other)], {niu} : Niuean,
-{non} : Old Norse, [{nai} : North American Indian], {se} : Northern Sami,
-{no} : Norwegian, {nb} : Norwegian Bokmal, {nn} : Norwegian Nynorsk, [{nub}
-: Nubian languages], {nym} : Nyamwezi, {nyn} : Nyankole, {nyo} : Nyoro,
-{nzi} : Nzima, {oc} : Occitan (post 1500), {oji} : Ojibwa, {or} : Oriya,
-{om} : Oromo, {osa} : Osage, {os} : Ossetian; Ossetic, [{oto} : Otomian
+{nog} : Nogai, {non} : Old Norse, [{nai} : North American Indian], {no} :
+Norwegian, {nb} : Norwegian Bokmal, {nn} : Norwegian Nynorsk, [{nub} :
+Nubian languages], {nym} : Nyamwezi, {nyn} : Nyankole, {nyo} : Nyoro, {nzi}
+: Nzima, {oc} : Occitan (post 1500), {oj} : Ojibwa, {or} : Oriya, {om} :
+Oromo, {osa} : Osage, {os} : Ossetian; Ossetic, [{oto} : Otomian
languages], {pal} : Pahlavi, {i-pwn} : Paiwan, {pau} : Palauan, {pi} :
Pali, {pam} : Pampanga, {pag} : Pangasinan, {pa} : Panjabi, {pap} :
Papiamento, [{paa} : Papuan (Other)], {fa} : Persian, {peo} : Old Persian
Raeto-Romance, {raj} : Rajasthani, {rap} : Rapanui, {rar} : Rarotongan,
[{qaa - qtz} : Reserved for local use.], [{roa} : Romance (Other)], {ro} :
Romanian, {rom} : Romany, {rn} : Rundi, {ru} : Russian, [{sal} : Salishan
-languages], {sam} : Samaritan Aramaic, [{smi} : Sami languages (Other)],
-{sm} : Samoan, {sad} : Sandawe, {sg} : Sango, {sa} : Sanskrit, {sat} :
-Santali, {sc} : Sardinian, {sas} : Sasak, {sco} : Scots, {sel} : Selkup,
-[{sem} : Semitic (Other)], {sr} : Serbian, {srr} : Serer, {shn} : Shan,
-{sn} : Shona, {sid} : Sidamo, {sgn-...} : Sign Languages, {bla} : Siksika,
-{sd} : Sindhi, {si} : Sinhalese, [{sit} : Sino-Tibetan (Other)], [{sio} :
-Siouan languages], {den} : Slave (Athapascan), [{sla} : Slavic (Other)],
-{sk} : Slovak, {sl} : Slovenian, {sog} : Sogdian, {so} : Somali, {son} :
-Songhai, {snk} : Soninke, {wen} : Sorbian languages, {nso} : Northern
-Sotho, {st} : Southern Sotho, [{sai} : South American Indian (Other)], {es}
-: Spanish, {suk} : Sukuma, {sux} : Sumerian, {su} : Sundanese, {sus} :
-Susu, {sw} : Swahili, {ss} : Swati, {sv} : Swedish, {syr} : Syriac, {tl} :
-Tagalog, {ty} : Tahitian, [{tai} : Tai (Other)], {tg} : Tajik, {tmh} :
-Tamashek, {ta} : Tamil, {i-tao} : Tao, {tt} : Tatar, {i-tay} : Tayal, {te}
-: Telugu, {ter} : Tereno, {tet} : Tetum, {th} : Thai, {bo} : Tibetan, {tig}
-: Tigre, {ti} : Tigrinya, {tem} : Timne, {tiv} : Tiv, {tli} : Tlingit,
-{tpi} : Tok Pisin, {tkl} : Tokelau, {tog} : Tonga (Nyasa), {to} : Tonga
-(Tonga Islands), {tsi} : Tsimshian, {ts} : Tsonga, {i-tsu} : Tsou, {tn} :
-Tswana, {tum} : Tumbuka, {tr} : Turkish, {ota} : Ottoman Turkish
-(1500-1928), {tk} : Turkmen, {tvl} : Tuvalu, {tyv} : Tuvinian, {tw} : Twi,
-{uga} : Ugaritic, {ug} : Uighur, {uk} : Ukrainian, {umb} : Umbundu, {und} :
-Undetermined, {ur} : Urdu, {uz} : Uzbek, {vai} : Vai, {ven} : Venda, {vi} :
-Vietnamese, {vo} : Volapuk, {vot} : Votic, [{wak} : Wakashan languages],
-{wal} : Walamo, {war} : Waray, {was} : Washo, {cy} : Welsh, {wo} : Wolof,
-{x-...} : Unregistered (Semi-Private Use), {xh} : Xhosa, {sah} : Yakut,
-{yao} : Yao, {yap} : Yapese, {yi} : Yiddish, {yo} : Yoruba, [{ypk} : Yupik
-languages], {znd} : Zande, [{zap} : Zapotec], {zen} : Zenaga, {za} :
-Zhuang, {zu} : Zulu, {zun} : Zuni
+languages], {sam} : Samaritan Aramaic, {se} : Northern Sami, {sma} :
+Southern Sami, {smn} : Inari Sami, {smj} : Lule Sami, {sms} : Skolt Sami,
+[{smi} : Sami languages (Other)], {sm} : Samoan, {sad} : Sandawe, {sg} :
+Sango, {sa} : Sanskrit, {sat} : Santali, {sc} : Sardinian, {sas} : Sasak,
+{sco} : Scots, {sel} : Selkup, [{sem} : Semitic (Other)], {sr} : Serbian,
+{srr} : Serer, {shn} : Shan, {sn} : Shona, {sid} : Sidamo, {sgn-...} : Sign
+Languages, {bla} : Siksika, {sd} : Sindhi, {si} : Sinhalese, [{sit} :
+Sino-Tibetan (Other)], [{sio} : Siouan languages], {den} : Slave
+(Athapascan), [{sla} : Slavic (Other)], {sk} : Slovak, {sl} : Slovenian,
+{sog} : Sogdian, {so} : Somali, {son} : Songhai, {snk} : Soninke, {wen} :
+Sorbian languages, {nso} : Northern Sotho, {st} : Southern Sotho, [{sai} :
+South American Indian (Other)], {es} : Spanish, {suk} : Sukuma, {sux} :
+Sumerian, {su} : Sundanese, {sus} : Susu, {sw} : Swahili, {ss} : Swati,
+{sv} : Swedish, {syr} : Syriac, {tl} : Tagalog, {ty} : Tahitian, [{tai} :
+Tai (Other)], {tg} : Tajik, {tmh} : Tamashek, {ta} : Tamil, {i-tao} : Tao,
+{tt} : Tatar, {i-tay} : Tayal, {te} : Telugu, {ter} : Tereno, {tet} :
+Tetum, {th} : Thai, {bo} : Tibetan, {tig} : Tigre, {ti} : Tigrinya, {tem} :
+Timne, {tiv} : Tiv, {tli} : Tlingit, {tpi} : Tok Pisin, {tkl} : Tokelau,
+{tog} : Tonga (Nyasa), {to} : Tonga (Tonga Islands), {tsi} : Tsimshian,
+{ts} : Tsonga, {i-tsu} : Tsou, {tn} : Tswana, {tum} : Tumbuka, [{tup} :
+Tupi languages], {tr} : Turkish, {ota} : Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928), {crh}
+: Crimean Turkish, {tk} : Turkmen, {tvl} : Tuvalu, {tyv} : Tuvinian, {tw} :
+Twi, {udm} : Udmurt, {uga} : Ugaritic, {ug} : Uighur, {uk} : Ukrainian,
+{umb} : Umbundu, {und} : Undetermined, {ur} : Urdu, {uz} : Uzbek, {vai} :
+Vai, {ve} : Venda, {vi} : Vietnamese, {vo} : Volapuk, {vot} : Votic, [{wak}
+: Wakashan languages], {wa} : Walloon, {wal} : Walamo, {war} : Waray, {was}
+: Washo, {cy} : Welsh, {wo} : Wolof, {x-...} : Unregistered (Semi-Private
+Use), {xh} : Xhosa, {sah} : Yakut, {yao} : Yao, {yap} : Yapese, {ii} :
+Sichuan Yi, {yi} : Yiddish, {yo} : Yoruba, [{ypk} : Yupik languages], {znd}
+: Zande, [{zap} : Zapotec], {zen} : Zenaga, {za} : Zhuang, {zu} : Zulu,
+{zun} : Zuni
=item SEE ALSO
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item DEPRECATED
+
=back
=head2 IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory handles
=item DESCRIPTION
new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (),
-rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
+rewind (), close (), tie %hash, 'IO::Dir', DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
=item SEE ALSO
=item METHODS
-open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] )
+open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), open( FILENAME, IOLAYERS )
=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, readonly SCALAR, reftype
-EXPR, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
+blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isvstring EXPR, isweak EXPR,
+looks_like_number EXPR, openhandle FH, refaddr EXPR, reftype EXPR,
+set_prototype CODEREF, PROTOTYPE, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
=item KNOWN BUGS
C<all_country_codes( [ CODESET ] )>, C<all_country_names( [ CODESET ] )>
-=item CODE ALIASING
+=item SEMI-PRIVATE ROUTINES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item alias_code
+
+=item rename_country
+
+=back
=item EXAMPLES
=item SEE ALSO
-Locale::Language, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, ISO 3166,
-http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/,
+Locale::Language, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, Locale::SubCountry, ISO
+3166-1, http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html,
http://www.egt.ie/standards/iso3166/iso3166-1-en.html,
-http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/app-f.html
+http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/app-d-1.html
=item AUTHOR
=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 Autocreating constants
+=over 4
+
+=item Math library
+
+=item Using Math::BigInt::Lite
+
+=back
+
=item BUGS
-=item CAVEAT
+=item CAVEATS
stringify, bstr(), bdiv, Modifying and =, bpow
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=item LICENSE
=item AUTHORS
=item DESCRIPTION
-Canonical notation, Input, Output
+Input, Output
+
+=item METHODS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item config
+
+=item accuracy
+
+=item precision
+
+=item brsft
+
+=item new
+
+=item bnan
+
+=item bzero
+
+=item binf
+
+=item bone
+
+=item is_one()/is_zero()/is_nan()/is_inf()
+
+=item is_pos()/is_neg()
+
+ $x->is_pos(); # true if >= 0
+ $x->is_neg(); # true if < 0
+
+=item is_odd()/is_even()/is_int()
+
+=item bcmp
+
+=item bacmp
+
+=item sign
+
+=item digit
+
+=item bneg
+
+=item babs
+
+=item bnorm
+
+=item bnot
+
+=item binc
+
+=item bdec
+
+=item badd
+
+=item bsub
+
+=item bmul
+
+=item bdiv
+
+=item bmod
+
+=item bmodinv
+
+=item bmodpow
+
+=item bpow
+
+=item blsft
+
+=item brsft
+
+=item band
+
+=item bior
+
+=item bxor
+
+=item bnot
+
+=item bsqrt
+
+=item bfac
+
+=item round
+
+=item bround
+
+=item bfround
+
+=item bfloor
+
+=item bceil
+
+=item bgcd
+
+=item blcm
+
+=item exponent
+
+=item mantissa
+
+=item parts
+
+=item copy
+
+=item as_int
+
+=item bsstr
+
+=item as_hex
+
+=item as_bin
+
+=back
=item ACCURACY and PRECISION
=item Rounding mode R
-'trunc', 'even', 'odd', '+inf', '-inf', 'zero', Precision, Accuracy
-(significant digits), Setting/Accessing, Creating numbers, Usage,
-Precedence, Overriding globals, Local settings, Rounding, Default values,
-Remarks
+'trunc', 'even', 'odd', '+inf', '-inf', 'zero', Precision, Accuracy
+(significant digits), Setting/Accessing, Creating numbers, Usage,
+Precedence, Overriding globals, Local settings, Rounding, Default values,
+Remarks
+
+=back
+
+=item INTERNALS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item MATH LIBRARY
+
+=item SIGN
+
+=item mantissa(), exponent() and parts()
+
+=back
+
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+ use Math::BigInt;
+
+=item Autocreating constants
+
+=item PERFORMANCE
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Alternative math libraries
+
+=item SUBCLASSING
+
+=back
+
+=item Subclassing Math::BigInt
+
+=item UPGRADING
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Auto-upgrade
+
+bsqrt(), div(), blog()
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+broot() does not work, Out of Memory!, Fails to load Calc on Perl prior
+5.6.0
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
+bstr(), bsstr() and 'cmp', int(), length, bdiv, infinity handling,
+Modifying and =, bpow, Overloading -$x, Mixing different object types,
+bsqrt(), brsft()
+
+=item LICENSE
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Math::BigInt::Calc - Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item STORAGE
+
+=item METHODS
+
+=item WRAP YOUR OWN
+
+=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::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
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item MATH LIBRARY
=back
-=item INTERNALS
+=item METHODS
=over 4
-=item MATH LIBRARY
+=item new()
-=item SIGN
+=item numerator()
-=item mantissa(), exponent() and parts()
+=item denominator()
-=back
+ $d = $x->denominator();
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item parts()
- use Math::BigInt;
+=item as_number()
-=item Autocreating constants
+=item bfac()
-=item PERFORMANCE
+=item blog()
-=over 4
+=item bround()/round()/bfround()
-=item Alternative math libraries
+=item bmod()
-=back
+=item is_one()
-=item BUGS
+=item is_zero()
-Out of Memory!, Fails to load Calc on Perl prior 5.6.0
+=item is_positive()
-=item CAVEATS
+=item is_negative()
-stringify, bstr(), bsstr() and 'cmp', int(), length, bdiv, infinity
-handling, Modifying and =, bpow, Overloading -$x, Mixing different object
-types, bsqrt()
+=item is_int()
-=item LICENSE
+=item is_odd()
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item is_even()
-=item AUTHORS
+=item bceil()
-=back
+=item bfloor()
-=head2 Math::BigInt::Calc - Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
+ $x->bfloor();
-=over 4
+=item bsqrt()
-=item SYNOPSIS
+ $x->bsqrt();
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item config
-=item EXPORT
+=back
-=item WRAP YOUR OWN
+=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
-This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
-under
-the same terms as Perl itself.
+=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHORS
-=item SEE ALSO
-
=back
=head2 Math::Complex - complex numbers and associated mathematical
=back
-=head2 Memoize - Make your functions faster by trading space for time
+=head2 Memoize - Make functions faster by trading space for time
=over 4
=back
-=head2 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 ()
+ungetline ( TEXT ), rawdatasend ( DATA ), read_until_dot (), tied_fh ()
=item EXPORTS
=item CONSTRUCTOR
-new (HOST [,OPTIONS])
+new ([ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ])
=item METHODS
login ([LOGIN [,PASSWORD [, ACCOUNT] ] ]), authorize ( [AUTH [, RESP]]),
-site (ARGS), type (TYPE [, ARGS]), ascii ([ARGS]) binary([ARGS])
-ebcdic([ARGS]) byte([ARGS]), rename ( OLDNAME, NEWNAME ), delete ( FILENAME
-), cwd ( [ DIR ] ), cdup (), pwd (), restart ( WHERE ), rmdir ( DIR ),
-mkdir ( DIR [, RECURSE ]), ls ( [ DIR ] ), dir ( [ DIR ] ), get (
-REMOTE_FILE [, LOCAL_FILE [, WHERE]] ), put ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ]
-), put_unique ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), append ( LOCAL_FILE [,
-REMOTE_FILE ] ), unique_name (), mdtm ( FILE ), size ( FILE ), supported (
-CMD ), hash ( [FILEHANDLE_GLOB_REF],[ BYTES_PER_HASH_MARK] ), nlst ( [ DIR
-] ), list ( [ DIR ] ), retr ( FILE ), stor ( FILE ), stou ( FILE ), appe (
-FILE ), port ( [ PORT ] ), pasv (), pasv_xfer ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [,
-DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_xfer_unique ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ),
-pasv_wait ( NON_PASV_SERVER ), abort (), quit ()
+site (ARGS), ascii, binary, rename ( OLDNAME, NEWNAME ), delete ( FILENAME
+), cwd ( [ DIR ] ), cdup (), pwd (), restart ( WHERE ), rmdir ( DIR [,
+RECURSE ]), mkdir ( DIR [, RECURSE ]), alloc ( SIZE [, RECORD_SIZE] ), ls (
+[ DIR ] ), dir ( [ DIR ] ), get ( REMOTE_FILE [, LOCAL_FILE [, WHERE]] ),
+put ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), put_unique ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE
+] ), append ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), unique_name (), mdtm ( FILE ),
+size ( FILE ), supported ( CMD ), hash ( [FILEHANDLE_GLOB_REF],[
+BYTES_PER_HASH_MARK] ), nlst ( [ DIR ] ), list ( [ DIR ] ), retr ( FILE ),
+stor ( FILE ), stou ( FILE ), appe ( FILE ), port ( [ PORT ] ), pasv (),
+pasv_xfer ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_xfer_unique (
+SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_wait ( NON_PASV_SERVER ),
+abort (), quit ()
=over 4
=item UNIMPLEMENTED
-B<ALLO>, B<SMNT>, B<HELP>, B<MODE>, B<SYST>, B<STAT>, B<STRU>, B<REIN>
+B<SMNT>, B<HELP>, B<MODE>, B<SYST>, B<STAT>, B<STRU>, B<REIN>
=item REPORTING BUGS
=item USE EXAMPLES
-http://www.csh.rit.edu/~adam/Progs/autoftp-2.0.tar.gz
+http://www.csh.rit.edu/~adam/Progs/
=item CREDITS
=item METHODS
article ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), body ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), head (
-[ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), nntpstat ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), group ( [ GROUP ]
-), ihave ( MSGID [, MESSAGE ]), last (), date (), postok (), authinfo (
-USER, PASS ), list (), newgroups ( SINCE [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]), newnews (
-SINCE [, GROUPS [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]]), next (), post ( [ MESSAGE ] ), slave
-(), quit ()
+[ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), articlefh ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), bodyfh ( [
+MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), headfh ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), nntpstat ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ]
+), group ( [ GROUP ] ), ihave ( MSGID [, MESSAGE ]), last (), date (),
+postok (), authinfo ( USER, PASS ), list (), newgroups ( SINCE [,
+DISTRIBUTIONS ]), newnews ( SINCE [, GROUPS [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]]), next (),
+post ( [ MESSAGE ] ), postfh (), slave (), quit ()
=over 4
=back
-=head2 Net::POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1081)
+=head2 Net::POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1939)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXAMPLES
-
=item CONSTRUCTOR
-new ( [ HOST, ] [ OPTIONS ] )
+new ( [ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ] 0
=item METHODS
-user ( USER ), pass ( PASS ), login ( [ USER [, PASS ]] ), apop ( USER,
-PASS ), top ( MSGNUM [, NUMLINES ] ), list ( [ MSGNUM ] ), get ( MSGNUM [,
-FH ] ), last (), popstat (), ping ( USER ), uidl ( [ MSGNUM ] ), delete (
-MSGNUM ), reset (), quit ()
+auth ( USERNAME, PASSWORD ), user ( USER ), pass ( PASS ), login ( [ USER
+[, PASS ]] ), apop ( [ USER [, PASS ]] ), banner (), capa (), capabilities
+(), top ( MSGNUM [, NUMLINES ] ), list ( [ MSGNUM ] ), get ( MSGNUM [, FH ]
+), getfh ( MSGNUM ), last (), popstat (), ping ( USER ), uidl ( [ MSGNUM ]
+), delete ( MSGNUM ), reset (), quit ()
=item NOTES
=item Functions
-Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes]]]);,
-$p->bind($local_addr);, $p->ping($host [, $timeout]);, $p->open($host);,
-$p->open($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
=item IMPLEMENTATION
+=item BUGS
+
=item AUTHOR
=back
execve, execvp, exit, exp, fabs, fclose, fcntl, fdopen, feof, ferror,
fflush, fgetc, fgetpos, fgets, fileno, floor, fmod, fopen, fork, fpathconf,
fprintf, fputc, fputs, fread, free, freopen, frexp, fscanf, fseek, fsetpos,
-fstat, ftell, fwrite, getc, getchar, getcwd, getegid, getenv, geteuid,
-getgid, getgrgid, getgrnam, getgroups, getlogin, getpgrp, getpid, getppid,
-getpwnam, getpwuid, gets, getuid, gmtime, isalnum, isalpha, isatty,
-iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace, isupper,
-isxdigit, kill, labs, ldexp, ldiv, link, localeconv, localtime, log, log10,
-longjmp, lseek, malloc, mblen, mbstowcs, mbtowc, memchr, memcmp, memcpy,
-memmove, memset, mkdir, mkfifo, mktime, modf, nice, offsetof, open,
-opendir, pathconf, pause, perror, pipe, pow, printf, putc, putchar, puts,
-qsort, raise, rand, read, readdir, realloc, remove, rename, rewind,
-rewinddir, rmdir, scanf, setgid, setjmp, setlocale, setpgid, setsid,
-setuid, sigaction, siglongjmp, sigpending, sigprocmask, sigsetjmp,
+fstat, fsync, ftell, fwrite, getc, getchar, getcwd, getegid, getenv,
+geteuid, getgid, getgrgid, getgrnam, getgroups, getlogin, getpgrp, getpid,
+getppid, getpwnam, getpwuid, gets, getuid, gmtime, isalnum, isalpha,
+isatty, iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace,
+isupper, isxdigit, kill, labs, ldexp, ldiv, link, localeconv, localtime,
+log, log10, longjmp, lseek, malloc, mblen, mbstowcs, mbtowc, memchr,
+memcmp, memcpy, memmove, memset, mkdir, mkfifo, mktime, modf, nice,
+offsetof, open, opendir, pathconf, pause, perror, pipe, pow, printf, putc,
+putchar, puts, qsort, raise, rand, read, readdir, realloc, remove, rename,
+rewind, rewinddir, rmdir, scanf, setgid, setjmp, setlocale, setpgid,
+setsid, setuid, sigaction, siglongjmp, sigpending, sigprocmask, sigsetjmp,
sigsuspend, sin, sinh, sleep, sprintf, sqrt, srand, sscanf, stat, strcat,
strchr, strcmp, strcoll, strcpy, strcspn, strerror, strftime, strlen,
strncat, strncmp, strncpy, strpbrk, strrchr, strspn, strstr, strtod,
=item POSIX::SigAction
-new
+new, handler, mask, flags, safe
=item POSIX::SigSet
=item DESCRIPTION
-unix, stdio, perlio, crlf, utf8, raw
+:unix, :stdio, :perlio, :crlf, :mmap, :utf8, :bytes, :raw, :pop, :win32
=over 4
+=item Custom Layers
+
+:encoding, :via
+
+=item Alternatives to raw
+
=item Defaults and how to override them
+=item Querying the layers of filehandles
+
=back
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 PerlIO::Scalar - support module for in-memory IO.
+=head2 PerlIO::encoding - encoding layer
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 PerlIO::scalar - in-memory IO, scalar IO
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item IMPLEMENTATION NOTE
+
=back
-=head2 PerlIO::Via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
+=head2 PerlIO::via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=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::via::QuotedPrint - PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item REQUIRED MODULES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
=head2 Pod::Checker, podchecker() - check pod documents for syntax errors
=over 4
=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::Perldoc::ToChecker - let Perldoc check Pod for errors
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToMan - let Perldoc render Pod as man pages
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item CAVEAT
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff - let Perldoc convert Pod to nroff
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item CAVEAT
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToPod - let Perldoc render Pod as ... Pod!
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf - let Perldoc render Pod as RTF
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToText - let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item CAVEAT
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToTk - let Perldoc use Tk::Pod to render Pod
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToXml - let Perldoc render Pod as XML
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::PlainText - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+alt, indent, loose, sentence, width
+
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+Bizarre space in item, Can't open %s for reading: %s, Unknown escape: %s,
+Unknown sequence: %s, Unmatched =back
+
+=item RESTRICTIONS
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
=head2 Pod::Plainer - Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-alt, code, indent, loose, quotes, sentence, width
+alt, code, indent, loose, margin, quotes, sentence, width
=item DIAGNOSTICS
=back
-=head2 Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Text::Color - Convert POD data to ASCII
-text with format escapes
+=head2 Pod::Text::Termcap - Convert POD data to ASCII text with format
+escapes
=over 4
=back
-=head2 Pod::t::basic, basic.pod - Test of various basic POD features in
-translators.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item HEADINGS
-
-=item This C<is> a "level 1" heading
-
-=over 4
-
-=item ``Level'' "2 I<heading>
-
-=back
-
-=item This C<is> a "level 1" heading
-
-=over 4
-
-=item ``Level'' 2 I<heading>
-
-=back
-
-=item LINKS
-
-=item OVER AND ITEMS
-
-This is a test, a, b, a, b, c, d, "foo", B<bar>, C<baz>, Some longer item
-text
-
-=item FORMATTING CODES
-
-E<amp>, E<apos>, E<lt>, E<gt>, E<quot>, E<sol>
-
-=item VERBATIM
-
-=item CONCLUSION
-
-=back
-
=head2 SDBM_File - Tied access to sdbm files
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isweak EXPR, readonly SCALAR, reftype
-EXPR, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
+blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isvstring EXPR, isweak EXPR,
+looks_like_number EXPR, openhandle FH, refaddr EXPR, reftype EXPR,
+set_prototype CODEREF, PROTOTYPE, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
=item KNOWN BUGS
=over 4
-=item OBJECT ORIENTED SYNTAX
+=item Caveats
+
+=item Escaping Magic Characters
+
+=item Configuration
=back
+=item BUGS
+
=item AUTHOR
=back
=back
-=head2 Storable - persistency for perl data structures
+=head2 Storable - persistence for Perl data structures
=over 4
=item CANONICAL REPRESENTATION
+=item CODE REFERENCES
+
+=item FORWARD COMPATIBILITY
+
+utf8 data, restricted hashes, files from future versions of Storable
+
=item ERROR REPORTING
=item WIZARDS ONLY
=item BUGS
-=item CREDITS
+=over 4
-=item TRANSLATIONS
+=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 DESCRIPTION
openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
-setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type (added in 5.004_02),
-closelog
+setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added
+in 5.004_02), closelog
=item EXAMPLES
=item DESCRIPTION
openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
-setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type (added in 5.004_02),
-closelog
+setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added
+in 5.004_02), closelog
=item EXAMPLES
=item AUTHORS
-=item LICENSE
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
=back
-=head2 Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various C<readline> packages. If
-no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic functions.
+=head2 Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various C<readline> packages.
+If no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic functions.
=over 4
=item Minimal set of supported functions
-C<ReadLine>, C<new>, C<readline>, C<addhistory>, C<IN>, $C<OUT>,
-C<MinLine>, C<findConsole>, Attribs, C<Features>
+C<ReadLine>, C<new>, C<readline>, C<addhistory>, C<IN>, C<OUT>, C<MinLine>,
+C<findConsole>, Attribs, C<Features>
=item Additional supported functions
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item QUICK START GUIDE
+
=over 4
=item Functions
-B<plan>
+C<plan(...)>, C<tests =E<gt> I<number>>, C<todo =E<gt> [I<1,5,14>]>,
+C<onfail =E<gt> sub { ... }>, C<onfail =E<gt> \&some_sub>
=back
B<_to_value>
-B<ok>
+C<ok(...)>
+
+C<skip(I<skip_if_true>, I<args...>)>
=over 4
=item BUGS and CAVEATS
-=item TODO
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+=item NOTE
=item SEE ALSO
B<no_plan>
+B<has_plan>
+
B<skip_all>
=over 4
B<like>, B<unlike>
+B<maybe_regex>
+
B<cmp_ok>
B<BAILOUT>
B<summary>
-B<details> I<UNIMPLEMENTED>, B<todo>
+B<details>
+
+B<todo>
B<caller>
=over 4
+=item THREADS
+
=item EXAMPLES
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Test::Harness - run perl standard test scripts with statistics
+=head2 Test::Harness - Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics
+
+=over 4
+
+=item VERSION
+
+=back
=over 4
=item Configuration variables.
-B<$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_IGNORE_EXITCODE>, C<HARNESS_NOTTY>, C<HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST>,
-C<HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR>, C<HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES>, C<HARNESS_COLUMNS>,
-C<HARNESS_ACTIVE>
+C<HARNESS_ACTIVE>, C<HARNESS_COLUMNS>, C<HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST>,
+C<HARNESS_DEBUG>, C<HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR>, C<HARNESS_IGNORE_EXITCODE>,
+C<HARNESS_NOTTY>, C<HARNESS_OK_SLOW>, C<HARNESS_PERL>,
+C<HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES>, C<HARNESS_VERBOSE>
=item EXAMPLE
=item 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
-B<analyze_fh>
+=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_file>
+=over 4
+
+=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
=back
+=head2 Tie::File - Access the lines of a disk file via a Perl array
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<recsep>
+
+=item C<autochomp>
+
+=item C<mode>
+
+=item C<memory>
+
+=item C<dw_size>
+
+=item Option Format
+
+=back
+
+=item Public Methods
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<flock>
+
+=item C<autochomp>
+
+=item C<defer>, C<flush>, C<discard>, and C<autodefer>
+
+=item C<offset>
+
+=back
+
+=item Tying to an already-opened filehandle
+
+=item Deferred Writing
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Autodeferring
+
+=back
+
+=item CONCURRENT ACCESS TO FILES
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item SUBCLASSING
+
+=item WHAT ABOUT C<DB_File>?
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item LICENSE
+
+=item WARRANTY
+
+=item THANKS
+
+=item TODO
+
+=back
+
=head2 Tie::Handle, Tie::StdHandle - base class definitions for tied
handles
=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
-=head2 Unicode::Collate - use UCA (Unicode Collation Algorithm)
+=head2 Unicode::Collate - Unicode Collation Algorithm
=over 4
=item Constructor and Tailoring
-alternate, backwards, entry, ignoreName, ignoreChar, level, normalization,
-overrideCJK, overrideHangul, preprocess, rearrange, table, undefName,
-undefChar, katakana_before_hiragana, upper_before_lower
+UCA_Version, backwards, entry, hangul_terminator, ignoreName, ignoreChar,
+level, normalization, overrideCJK, overrideHangul, preprocess, rearrange,
+table, undefName, undefChar, katakana_before_hiragana, upper_before_lower,
+variable, alternate
-=item Other methods
+=item Methods for Collation
C<@sorted = $Collator-E<gt>sort(@not_sorted)>, C<$result =
$Collator-E<gt>cmp($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>eq($a, $b)>,
C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>ne($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>lt($a,
$b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>le($a, $b)>, C<$result =
$Collator-E<gt>gt($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>ge($a, $b)>,
-C<$sortKey = $Collator-E<gt>getSortKey($string)>, C<$position =
-$Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring)>, C<($position, $length) =
-$Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring)>
+C<$sortKey = $Collator-E<gt>getSortKey($string)>, C<$sortKeyForm =
+$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
+
+C<%old_tailoring = $Collator-E<gt>change(%new_tailoring)>, C<$version =
+$Collator-E<gt>version()>, C<UCA_Version()>, C<Base_Unicode_Version()>
=item EXPORT
=item CAVEAT
+=item Conformance Test
+
=back
=item AUTHOR
=item SEE ALSO
-Unicode Collation Algorithm - Unicode TR #10, L<Unicode::Normalize>
+Unicode Collation Algorithm - UTS #10, The Default Unicode Collation
+Element Table (DUCET), The conformance test for the UCA, Hangul Syllable
+Type, Unicode Normalization Forms - UAX #15, L<Unicode::Normalize>
=back
-=head2 Unicode::Normalize - normalized forms of Unicode text
+=head2 Unicode::Normalize - Unicode Normalization Forms
=over 4
=item Normalization Forms
-C<$string_NFD = NFD($raw_string)>, C<$string_NFC = NFC($raw_string)>,
-C<$string_NFKD = NFKD($raw_string)>, C<$string_NFKC = NFKC($raw_string)>,
-C<$normalized_string = normalize($form_name, $raw_string)>
+C<$NFD_string = NFD($string)>, C<$NFC_string = NFC($string)>,
+C<$NFKD_string = NFKD($string)>, C<$NFKC_string = NFKC($string)>,
+C<$FCD_string = FCD($string)>, C<$FCC_string = FCC($string)>,
+C<$normalized_string = normalize($form_name, $string)>
+
+=item Decomposition and Composition
+
+C<$decomposed_string = decompose($string)>, C<$decomposed_string =
+decompose($string, $useCompatMapping)>, C<$reordered_string =
+reorder($string)>, C<$composed_string = compose($string)>
+
+=item Quick Check
+
+C<$result = checkNFD($string)>, C<$result = checkNFC($string)>, C<$result =
+checkNFKD($string)>, C<$result = checkNFKC($string)>, C<$result =
+checkFCD($string)>, C<$result = checkFCC($string)>, C<$result =
+check($form_name, $string)>
=item Character Data
C<$canonical_decomposed = getCanon($codepoint)>,
-C<$compatibility_decomposed = getCompat($codepoint)>, C<$uv_composite =
-getComposite($uv_here, $uv_next)>, C<$combining_class =
-getCombinClass($codepoint)>, C<$is_exclusion = isExclusion($codepoint)>
+C<$compatibility_decomposed = getCompat($codepoint)>,
+C<$codepoint_composite = getComposite($codepoint_here, $codepoint_next)>,
+C<$combining_class = getCombinClass($codepoint)>, C<$is_exclusion =
+isExclusion($codepoint)>, C<$is_singleton = isSingleton($codepoint)>,
+C<$is_non_starter_decomposition = isNonStDecomp($codepoint)>,
+C<$may_be_composed_with_prev_char = isComp2nd($codepoint)>
=item EXPORT
=item SEE ALSO
-http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr15/
+http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr15/,
+http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/DerivedNormalizationProps.txt,
+http://www.unicode.org/notes/tn5/
=back
=back
-=head2 Win32 - Interfaces to some Win32 API Functions
-
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Alphabetical Listing of Win32 Functions
-
-Win32::AbortSystemShutdown(MACHINE), Win32::BuildNumber(),
-Win32::CopyFile(FROM, TO, OVERWRITE), Win32::DomainName(),
-Win32::ExpandEnvironmentStrings(STRING), Win32::FormatMessage(ERRORCODE),
-Win32::FsType(), Win32::FreeLibrary(HANDLE), Win32::GetArchName(),
-Win32::GetChipName(), Win32::GetCwd(), Win32::GetFullPathName(FILENAME),
-Win32::GetLastError(), Win32::GetLongPathName(PATHNAME),
-Win32::GetNextAvailDrive(), Win32::GetOSVersion(),
-Win32::GetShortPathName(PATHNAME), Win32::GetProcAddress(INSTANCE,
-PROCNAME), Win32::GetTickCount(), Win32::InitiateSystemShutdown,
-Win32::IsWinNT(), Win32::IsWin95(), Win32::LoadLibrary(LIBNAME),
-Win32::LoginName(), Win32::LookupAccountName(SYSTEM, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SID,
-SIDTYPE), Win32::LookupAccountSID(SYSTEM, SID, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SIDTYPE),
-Win32::MsgBox(MESSAGE [, FLAGS [, TITLE]]), Win32::NodeName(),
-Win32::RegisterServer(LIBRARYNAME), Win32::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