+# !!!!!!! DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE !!!!!!!
+# This file is autogenerated by buildtoc from all the other pods.
+# Edit those files and run buildtoc --build-toc to effect changes.
+
=head1 NAME
perltoc - perl documentation table of contents
=item Miscellaneous
+=item Language-Specific
+
=item Platform-Specific
=back
=back
-=head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2001/11/19
-17:09:37 $)
+=head2 perlreftut - Mark's very short tutorial about references
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item Who Needs Complicated Data Structures?
-=item perlfaq: Structural overview of the FAQ.
+=item The Solution
-=item L<perlfaq1>: General Questions About Perl
+=item Syntax
-=item L<perlfaq2>: Obtaining and Learning about Perl
+=over 4
-=item L<perlfaq3>: Programming Tools
+=item Making References
-=item L<perlfaq4>: Data Manipulation
+=item Using References
-=item L<perlfaq5>: Files and Formats
+=item An Example
-=item L<perlfaq6>: Regexps
+=item Arrow Rule
-=item L<perlfaq7>: General Perl Language Issues
+=back
-=item L<perlfaq8>: System Interaction
+=item Solution
-=item L<perlfaq9>: Networking
+=item The Rest
-=back
+=item Summary
-=item About the perlfaq documents
+=item Credits
=over 4
-=item Where to get the perlfaq
-
-=item How to contribute to the perlfaq
-
-=item What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the
-authors
+=item Distribution Conditions
=back
-=item Credits
+=back
-=item Author and Copyright Information
+=head2 perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook
=over 4
-=item Bundled Distributions
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Disclaimer
+arrays of arrays, hashes of arrays, arrays of hashes, hashes of hashes,
+more elaborate constructs
-=back
+=item REFERENCES
-=item Changes
+=item COMMON MISTAKES
-1/November/2000, 23/May/99, 13/April/99, 7/January/99, 22/June/98,
-24/April/97, 23/April/97, 25/March/97, 18/March/97, 17/March/97 Version,
-Initial Release: 11/March/97
+=item CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE
-=back
+=item WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS C<use strict>
-=head2 perlbook - Perl book information
+=item DEBUGGING
-=over 4
+=item CODE EXAMPLES
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ARRAYS OF ARRAYS
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax
+=item Declaration of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
-=over 4
+=item Generation of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Declarations
+=item HASHES OF ARRAYS
-=item Simple statements
+=over 4
-=item Compound statements
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF ARRAYS
-=item Loop Control
+=item Generation of a HASH OF ARRAYS
-=item For Loops
+=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF ARRAYS
-=item Foreach Loops
+=back
-=item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
+=item ARRAYS OF HASHES
-=item Goto
+=over 4
-=item PODs: Embedded Documentation
+=item Declaration of an ARRAY OF HASHES
-=item Plain Old Comments (Not!)
+=item Generation of an ARRAY OF HASHES
-=back
+=item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF HASHES
=back
-=head2 perldata - Perl data types
+=item HASHES OF HASHES
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES
-=over 4
+=item Generation of a HASH OF HASHES
-=item Variable names
+=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES
-=item Context
+=back
-=item Scalar values
+=item MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
-=item Scalar value constructors
+=over 4
-=item List value constructors
+=item Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
-=item Slices
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
-=item Typeglobs and Filehandles
+=item Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
=back
+=item Database Ties
+
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
+=head2 perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
+=item Declaration and Access of Arrays of Arrays
-=item The Arrow Operator
+=item Growing Your Own
-=item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
+=item Access and Printing
-=item Exponentiation
+=item Slices
-=item Symbolic Unary Operators
+=back
-=item Binding Operators
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Multiplicative Operators
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Additive Operators
+=back
-=item Shift Operators
+=head2 perlrequick - Perl regular expressions quick start
-=item Named Unary Operators
+=over 4
-=item Relational Operators
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Equality Operators
+=item The Guide
-=item Bitwise And
+=over 4
-=item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
+=item Simple word matching
-=item C-style Logical And
+=item Using character classes
-=item C-style Logical Or
+=item Matching this or that
-=item Range Operators
+=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
-=item Conditional Operator
+=item Extracting matches
-=item Assignment Operators
+=item Matching repetitions
-=item Comma Operator
+=item More matching
-=item List Operators (Rightward)
+=item Search and replace
-=item Logical Not
+=item The split operator
-=item Logical And
+=back
-=item Logical or and Exclusive Or
+=item BUGS
-=item C Operators Missing From Perl
+=item SEE ALSO
-unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item Quote and Quote-like Operators
+=over 4
-=item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
+=item Acknowledgments
-?PATTERN?, m/PATTERN/cgimosx, /PATTERN/cgimosx, q/STRING/, C<'STRING'>,
-qq/STRING/, "STRING", qr/STRING/imosx, qx/STRING/, `STRING`, qw/STRING/,
-s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/egimosx, tr/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds,
-y/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds, <<EOF
+=back
-=item Gory details of parsing quoted constructs
+=back
-Finding the end, Removal of backslashes before delimiters, Interpolation,
-C<<<'EOF'>, C<m''>, C<s'''>, C<tr///>, C<y///>, C<''>, C<q//>, C<"">,
-C<``>, C<qq//>, C<qx//>, C<< <file*glob> >>, C<?RE?>, C</RE/>, C<m/RE/>,
-C<s/RE/foo/>,, Interpolation of regular expressions, Optimization of
-regular expressions
+=head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial
-=item I/O Operators
+=over 4
-=item Constant Folding
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Bitwise String Operators
+=item Part 1: The basics
-=item Integer Arithmetic
+=over 4
-=item Floating-point Arithmetic
+=item Simple word matching
-=item Bigger Numbers
+=item Using character classes
-=back
+=item Matching this or that
+
+=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
+
+=item Extracting matches
+
+=item Matching repetitions
+
+=item Building a regexp
+
+=item Using regular expressions in Perl
=back
-=head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
+=item Part 2: Power tools
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item More on characters, strings, and character classes
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Compiling and saving regular expressions
-=over 4
+=item Embedding comments and modifiers in a regular expression
-=item Private Variables via my()
+=item Non-capturing groupings
-=item Persistent Private Variables
+=item Looking ahead and looking behind
-=item Temporary Values via local()
+=item Using independent subexpressions to prevent backtracking
-=item Lvalue subroutines
+=item Conditional expressions
-=item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
+=item A bit of magic: executing Perl code in a regular expression
-=item When to Still Use local()
+=item Pragmas and debugging
-=item Pass by Reference
+=back
-=item Prototypes
+=item BUGS
-=item Constant Functions
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Overriding Built-in Functions
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item Autoloading
+=over 4
-=item Subroutine Attributes
+=item Acknowledgments
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
-
=back
-=head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
+=head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Perl Functions by Category
+=item If we could talk to the animals...
-Functions for SCALARs or strings, Regular expressions and pattern matching,
-Numeric functions, Functions for real @ARRAYs, Functions for list data,
-Functions for real %HASHes, Input and output functions, Functions for fixed
-length data or records, Functions for filehandles, files, or directories,
-Keywords related to the control flow of your perl program, Keywords related
-to scoping, Miscellaneous functions, Functions for processes and process
-groups, Keywords related to perl modules, Keywords related to classes and
-object-orientedness, Low-level socket functions, System V interprocess
-communication functions, Fetching user and group info, Fetching network
-info, Time-related functions, Functions new in perl5, Functions obsoleted
-in perl5
+=item Introducing the method invocation arrow
-=item Portability
-
-=item 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
-=item Perl4 to Perl5 Traps
+=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
Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps, Parsing Traps, Numerical
Traps, General data type traps, Context Traps - scalar, list contexts,
Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular
Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression,
-Regular Expression
+Regular Expression, Regular Expression
=item Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps
=back
-=head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
+=head2 perldebtut - Perl debugging tutorial
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item use strict
-=item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems
+=item Looking at data and -w and v
-OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS
+=item help
-=item Location of Perl
+=item Stepping through code
-=item Command Switches
+=item Placeholder for a, w, t, T
-B<-0>[I<digits>], B<-a>, B<-C>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-d:>I<foo[=bar,baz]>,
-B<-D>I<letters>, B<-D>I<number>, B<-e> I<commandline>, B<-F>I<pattern>,
-B<-h>, B<-i>[I<extension>], B<-I>I<directory>, B<-l>[I<octnum>],
-B<-m>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<'module ...'>,
-B<-[mM]>[B<->]I<module=arg[,arg]...>, B<-n>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-s>, B<-S>,
-B<-T>, B<-u>, B<-U>, B<-v>, B<-V>, B<-V:>I<name>, B<-w>, B<-W>, B<-X>,
-B<-x> I<directory>
+=item REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
-=back
+=item OUTPUT TIPS
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=item CGI
-HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5OPT, PERLLIB, PERL5DB, PERL5SHELL
-(specific to the Win32 port), PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL,
-PERL_ENCODING, PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port), SYS$LOGIN (specific to
-the VMS port)
+=item GUIs
-=back
+=item SUMMARY
-=head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
+=item SEE ALSO
-=over 4
+=item AUTHOR
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CONTRIBUTORS
=back
-=head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings
+=head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 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 expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], T, s [expr], n
-[expr], r, <CR>, c [line|sub], l, l min+incr, l min-max, l line, l subname,
--, w [line], f filename, /pattern/, ?pattern?, L, S [[!]regex], t, t expr,
-b [line] [condition], b subname [condition], b postpone subname
-[condition], b load filename, b compile subname, d [line], D, a [line]
-command, a [line], A, W expr, W, O booloption .., O anyoption? .., O
-option=value .., < ?, < [ command ], << command, > ?, > command, >>
-command, { ?, { [ command ], {{ command, ! number, ! -number, ! pattern, !!
-cmd, @ file, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, man
-[manpage]
+=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
-=item Configurable Options
+=item Which version of Perl should I use?
-C<recallCommand>, C<ShellBang>, C<pager>, C<tkRunning>, C<signalLevel>,
-C<warnLevel>, C<dieLevel>, C<AutoTrace>, C<LineInfo>, C<inhibit_exit>,
-C<PrintRet>, C<ornaments>, C<frame>, C<maxTraceLen>, C<windowSize>,
-C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>,
-C<DumpDBFiles>, C<DumpPackages>, C<DumpReused>, C<quote>, C<HighBit>,
-C<undefPrint>, C<UsageOnly>, C<TTY>, C<noTTY>, C<ReadLine>, C<NonStop>
+=item What are perl4 and perl5?
-=item Debugger input/output
+=item What is Ponie?
-Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame
-listing
+=item What is perl6?
-=item Debugging compile-time statements
+=item How stable is Perl?
-=item Debugger Customization
+=item Is Perl difficult to learn?
-=item Readline Support
+=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
+Scheme, or Tcl?
-=item Editor Support for Debugging
+=item Can I do [task] in Perl?
-=item The Perl Profiler
+=item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
-=back
+=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
-=item Debugging regular expressions
+=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
-=item Debugging memory usage
+=item What is a JAPH?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
-=item BUGS
+=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
+5/5.6.1/Perl instead of some other language?
=back
-=head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.25 $,
+$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 Work Crew
+=item Operator Precedence and Associativity
-=item Pipeline
+=item Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
-=back
+=item The Arrow Operator
-=item Native threads
+=item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
-=item What kind of threads are perl threads?
+=item Exponentiation
-=item Threadsafe Modules
+=item Symbolic Unary Operators
-=item Thread Basics
+=item Binding Operators
-=over 4
+=item Multiplicative Operators
-=item Basic Thread Support
+=item Additive Operators
-=item Creating Threads
+=item Shift Operators
-=item Giving up control
+=item Named Unary Operators
-=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
+=item Relational Operators
-=item Errors In Threads
+=item Equality Operators
-=item Ignoring A Thread
+=item Bitwise And
-=back
+=item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
-=item Threads And Data
+=item C-style Logical And
-=over 4
+=item C-style Logical Or
-=item Shared And Unshared Data
+=item C-style Logical Defined-Or
-=item Thread Pitfall: Races
+=item Range Operators
-=item Controlling access: lock()
+=item Conditional Operator
-=item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
+=item Assignment Operators
-=item Queues: Passing Data Around
+=item Comma Operator
-=back
+=item List Operators (Rightward)
-=item Threads And Code
+=item Logical Not
-=over 4
+=item Logical And
-=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
+=item Logical or, Defined or, and Exclusive Or
-Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
+=item C Operators Missing From Perl
-=item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines
+unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
-=item Subroutine Locks
+=item Quote and Quote-like Operators
-=item Methods
+=item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
-=item Locking A Subroutine
+?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 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?
-
-=back
-
-=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 Finding locales
-
-=item LOCALE PROBLEMS
-
-=item Temporarily fixing locale problems
-
-=item Permanently fixing locale problems
+=item Re-Opening Files (dups)
-=item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
+=item Dispelling the Dweomer
-=item Fixing system locale configuration
+=item Paths as Opens
-=item The localeconv function
+=item Single Argument Open
-=item I18N::Langinfo
+=item Playing with STDIN and STDOUT
=back
-=item LOCALE CATEGORIES
+=item Other I/O Issues
=over 4
-=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
+=item Opening Non-File Files
-=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
+=item Opening Named Pipes
-=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
+=item Opening Sockets
-=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
+=item Binary Files
-=item LC_TIME
+=item File Locking
-=item Other categories
+=item IO Layers
=back
-=item SECURITY
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
-PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
-LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
+=item HISTORY
-=item NOTES
+=back
+
+=head2 perlpacktut - tutorial on C<pack> and C<unpack>
=over 4
-=item Backward compatibility
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item I18N:Collate obsolete
+=item The Basic Principle
-=item Sort speed and memory use impacts
+=item Packing Text
-=item write() and LC_NUMERIC
+=item Packing Numbers
-=item Freely available locale definitions
+=over 4
-=item I18n and l10n
+=item Integers
-=item An imperfect standard
+=item Unpacking a Stack Frame
+
+=item How to Eat an Egg on a Net
+
+=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
+
+=item Another Portable Binary Encoding
=back
-=head2 perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction
+=item Template Grouping
+
+=item Lengths and Widths
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Unicode
-
-=item Perl's Unicode Support
-
-=item Perl's Unicode Model
-
-=item Creating Unicode
-
-=item Handling Unicode
-
-=item Legacy Encodings
+=item String Lengths
-=item Unicode I/O
+=item Dynamic Templates
-=item Displaying Unicode As Text
+=item Counting Repetitions
-=item Special Cases
+=back
-=item Advanced Topics
+=item Packing and Unpacking C Structures
-=item Miscellaneous
+=over 4
-=item Questions With Answers
+=item The Alignment Pit
-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 Invalid
-UTF-8?, How Do I Convert Data Into UTF-8? 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
+=item Ordinary Paragraph
-=back
+=item Verbatim Paragraph
-=item CAVEATS
+=item Command Paragraph
-=item UNICODE REGULAR EXPRESSION SUPPORT LEVEL
+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>>
-=over 4
+=item Formatting Codes
-=item Unicode Encodings
+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
-UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-16BE, UTF16-LE, Surrogates, and BOMs (Byte Order Marks),
-UTF-32, UTF-32BE, UTF32-LE, UCS-2, UCS-4, UTF-7
+=item The Intent
-=item Security Implications of Malformed UTF-8
+=item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
-=item Unicode in Perl on EBCDIC
+=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> 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, attrs, autouse, base, blib, bytes, charnames, constant,
-diagnostics, encoding, fields, filetest, integer, less, locale, open, ops,
-overload, re, sigtrap, sort, strict, subs, utf8, vars, vmsish, warnings,
-warnings::register
+=back
-=item Standard Modules
+=head2 perlreref - Perl Regular Expressions Reference
-AnyDBM_File, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, B, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock,
-B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Concise, B::Debug, B::Deparse,
-B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj, B::Stash, B::Terse,
-B::Xref, Benchmark, ByteLoader, CGI, CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp, CGI::Cookie,
-CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push, CGI::Switch, CGI::Util, CPAN,
-CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, Carp::Heavy, Class::ISA, Class::Struct,
-Cwd, DB, DB_File, Devel::SelfStubber, Digest, DirHandle, Dumpvalue, Encode,
-Encode::EncodeFormat, Encode::Tcl, English, Env, Exporter, Exporter::Heavy,
-ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Constant, ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install,
-ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist, ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin,
-ExtUtils::MM_NW5, ExtUtils::MM_OS2, ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::MM_VMS,
-ExtUtils::MM_Win32, ExtUtils::MakeMaker, ExtUtils::Manifest,
-ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists, ExtUtils::Packlist,
-ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, Fcntl, File::Basename, File::CheckTree,
-File::Compare, File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find, File::Path,
-File::Spec, File::Spec::Epoc, File::Spec::Functions, File::Spec::Mac,
-File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Unix, File::Spec::VMS, File::Spec::Win32,
-File::Temp, File::stat, FileCache, FileHandle, Filter::Simple, FindBin,
-Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, I18N::Collate, I18N::LangTags,
-I18N::LangTags::List, IO, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, Locale::Constants,
-Locale::Country, Locale::Currency, Locale::Language, Locale::Maketext,
-Locale::Maketext::TPJ13, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt, Math::BigInt::Calc,
-Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Memoize, Memoize::AnyDBM_File, Memoize::Expire,
-Memoize::ExpireFile, Memoize::ExpireTest, Memoize::NDBM_File,
-Memoize::SDBM_File, Memoize::Saves, Memoize::Storable, NDBM_File, NEXT,
-Net::Cmd, Net::Config, Net::Domain, Net::FTP, Net::NNTP, Net::Netrc,
-Net::POP3, Net::Ping, Net::SMTP, Net::Time, Net::hostent, Net::libnetFAQ,
-Net::netent, Net::protoent, Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, POSIX,
-PerlIO, Pod::Checker, Pod::Find, Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::LaTeX,
-Pod::Man, Pod::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, SDBM_File, Safe,
-Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell, Socket, Storable, 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 Format Variables
=back
-=item DESIGNING AND WRITING YOUR MODULE
+=item NOTES
=over 4
-=item To OO or not to OO?
-
-=item Designing your API
-
-Write simple routines to do simple things, Separate functionality from
-output, Provide sensible shortcuts and defaults, Naming conventions,
-Parameter passing
+=item Footers
-=item Strictness and warnings
+=item Accessing Formatting Internals
-=item Backwards compatibility
+=back
-=item Error handling and messages
+=item WARNINGS
=back
-=item DOCUMENTING YOUR MODULE
+=head2 perlobj - Perl objects
=over 4
-=item POD
-
-=item README, INSTALL, release notes, changelogs
-
-=back
-
-=item RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Version numbering
-
-=item Pre-requisites
+=item An Object is Simply a Reference
-=item Testing
+=item A Class is Simply a Package
-=item Packaging
+=item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
-=item Licensing
+=item Method Invocation
-=back
+=item Indirect Object Syntax
-=item COMMON PITFALLS
+=item Default UNIVERSAL methods
-=over 4
+isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
-=item Reinventing the wheel
+=item Destructors
-=item Trying to do too much
+=item Summary
-=item Inappropriate documentation
+=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: 1.2 $, $Date:
-2001/11/09 08:06:04 $)
+=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
-5/5.005/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: 1.3 $,
-$Date: 2001/11/09 08:06:04 $)
+=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?
+=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: 1.10 $, $Date: 2001/11/19
-17:09:37 $)
+=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: 1.9 $, $Date: 2001/12/07
-21:17:58 $)
-
-=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: 1.4 $, $Date: 2001/11/09
-08:06:04 $)
+=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 - Regexes ($Revision: 1.5 $, $Date: 2001/12/02 01:55:12 $)
+=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>, 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, 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 $' slow my program down?
+=item Finding locales
-=item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
+=item LOCALE PROBLEMS
-=item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
+=item Temporarily fixing locale problems
-=item What's wrong with using grep or map in a void context?
+=item Permanently fixing locale problems
-=item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
+=item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
-=item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
+=item Fixing system locale configuration
-=back
+=item The localeconv function
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item I18N::Langinfo
=back
-=head2 perlfaq7 - Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.4 $, $Date: 2001/11/07
-02:27:50 $)
+=item LOCALE CATEGORIES
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
-=over 4
+=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
-=item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
+=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
-=item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
-use them?
+=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
-=item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
-commas?
+=item LC_TIME
-=item How do I skip some return values?
+=item Other categories
-=item How do I temporarily block warnings?
+=back
-=item What's an extension?
+=item SECURITY
-=item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-=item How do I declare/create a structure?
+PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
+LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
-=item How do I create a module?
+=item NOTES
-=item How do I create a class?
+=over 4
-=item How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
+=item Backward compatibility
-=item What's a closure?
+=item I18N:Collate obsolete
-=item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
+=item Sort speed and memory use impacts
-=item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
-Regex}?
+=item write() and LC_NUMERIC
-Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexes,
-Passing Methods
+=item Freely available locale definitions
-=item How do I create a static variable?
+=item I18n and l10n
-=item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping?
-Between local() and my()?
+=item An imperfect standard
-=item How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical
-is in scope?
+=back
-=item What's the difference between deep and shallow binding?
+=item Unicode and UTF-8
-=item Why doesn't "my($foo) = <FILE>;" work right?
+=item BUGS
-=item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method?
+=over 4
-=item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
+=item Broken systems
-=item How do I create a switch or case statement?
+=back
-=item How can I catch accesses to undefined variables/functions/methods?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
+=item HISTORY
-=item How can I find out my current package?
+=back
-=item How can I comment out a large block of perl code?
-
-=item How do I clear a package?
-
-=item How can I use a variable as a variable name?
-
-=back
-
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-
-=back
-
-=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.4 $, $Date: 2001/11/09
-08:06:04 $)
+=head2 perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction
=over 4
=over 4
-=item How do I find out which operating system I'm running under?
-
-=item How come exec() doesn't return?
-
-=item How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?
-
-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 Unicode
-=item How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard?
+=item Perl's Unicode Support
-=item How do I clear the screen?
+=item Perl's Unicode Model
-=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, 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: 1.5 $, $Date: 2001/11/09 08:06:04
-$)
+=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
+=item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
-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 Switches On the "#!" Line
-=item ROADMAP
+=item Taint mode and @INC
-=item Compiling your C program
+=item Cleaning Up Your Path
-=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
+=item Security Bugs
-=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
+=item Protecting Your Programs
-=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
+=item Unicode
-=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
+=item Algorithmic Complexity Attacks
-=item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
+=back
-=item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Execution of END blocks
+=back
-=item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
+=head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
-=item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
-program
+=over 4
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Embedding Perl under Win32
+=over 4
-=item MORAL
+=item Packages
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Symbol Tables
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item BEGIN, CHECK, INIT and END
-=back
+=item Perl Classes
-=head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
-
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item Debugger Internals
-
-=over 4
+=item Perl Modules
-=item Writing Your Own Debugger
+=item Making your module threadsafe
=back
-=item Frame Listing Output Examples
-
-=item Debugging regular expressions
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Compile-time output
-
-C<anchored> I<STRING> C<at> I<POS>, C<floating> I<STRING> C<at>
-I<POS1..POS2>, C<matching floating/anchored>, C<minlen>, C<stclass>
-I<TYPE>, C<noscan>, C<isall>, C<GPOS>, C<plus>, C<implicit>, C<with eval>,
-C<anchored(TYPE)>
-
-=item Types of nodes
-
-=item Run-time output
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Debugging Perl memory usage
+=head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
=over 4
-=item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
-
-C<buckets SMALLEST(APPROX)..GREATEST(APPROX)>, Free/Used, C<Total sbrk():
-SBRKed/SBRKs:CONTINUOUS>, C<pad: 0>, C<heads: 2192>, C<chain: 0>, C<tail:
-6144>
-
-=item Example of using B<-DL> switch
+=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
-C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
+=over 4
-=item B<-DL> details
+=item Pragmatic Modules
-C<!!!>, C<!!>, C<!>
+assertions, assertions::activate, attributes, attrs, autouse, base, bigint,
+bignum, bigrat, blib, bytes, charnames, constant, diagnostics, encoding,
+fields, filetest, if, integer, less, lib, locale, open, ops, overload, re,
+sigtrap, sort, strict, subs, threads, threads::shared, utf8, vars, version,
+vmsish, warnings, warnings::register
-=item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
+=item Standard Modules
-=back
+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, 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::BigRat, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Memoize,
+Memoize::AnyDBM_File, Memoize::Expire, Memoize::ExpireFile,
+Memoize::ExpireTest, Memoize::NDBM_File, Memoize::SDBM_File,
+Memoize::Storable, NDBM_File, NEXT, Net::Cmd, Net::Config, Net::Domain,
+Net::FTP, Net::NNTP, Net::Netrc, Net::POP3, Net::Ping, Net::SMTP,
+Net::Time, Net::hostent, Net::libnetFAQ, Net::netent, Net::protoent,
+Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, POSIX, PerlIO, PerlIO::encoding,
+PerlIO::scalar, PerlIO::via, PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint, Pod::Checker,
+Pod::Find, Pod::Functions, Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::LaTeX,
+Pod::Man, Pod::ParseLink, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Parser,
+Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker, Pod::Perldoc::ToMan, Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff,
+Pod::Perldoc::ToPod, Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf, Pod::Perldoc::ToText,
+Pod::Perldoc::ToTk, Pod::Perldoc::ToXml, Pod::PlainText, Pod::Plainer,
+Pod::Select, Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color, Pod::Text::Overstrike,
+Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Usage, SDBM_File, Safe, Scalar::Util,
+Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell, Socket, Storable, Switch,
+Symbol, Sys::Hostname, Sys::Syslog, Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap,
+Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test, Test::Builder, Test::Harness,
+Test::Harness::Assert, Test::Harness::Iterator, Test::Harness::Straps,
+Test::More, Test::Simple, Test::Tutorial, Text::Abbrev, Text::Balanced,
+Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs, Text::Wrap, Thread,
+Thread::Queue, Thread::Semaphore, Thread::Signal, Thread::Specific,
+Tie::Array, Tie::File, Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::Memoize, Tie::RefHash,
+Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, Time::HiRes, Time::Local, Time::gmtime,
+Time::localtime, Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize,
+Unicode::UCD, User::grent, User::pwent, Win32, XS::APItest, XS::Typemap,
+XSLoader
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Extension Modules
=back
-=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
+=item CPAN
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item SPECIAL NOTES
-
-=over 4
+=item Africa
-=item make
+South Africa
-=item Version caveat
+=item Asia
-=item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
+China, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Russian Federation, Saudi
+Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand
-=back
+=item Central America
-=item TUTORIAL
+Costa Rica
-=over 4
+=item Europe
-=item EXAMPLE 1
+Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
+Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
+Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
+Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
+Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
-=item EXAMPLE 2
+=item North America
-=item What has gone on?
+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 Writing good test scripts
+=item Oceania
-=item EXAMPLE 3
+Australia, New Zealand, United States
-=item What's new here?
+=item South America
-=item Input and Output Parameters
+Argentina, Brazil, Chile
-=item The XSUBPP Program
+=item RSYNC Mirrors
-=item The TYPEMAP file
+=back
-=item Warning about Output Arguments
+=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
-=item EXAMPLE 4
+=over 4
-=item What has happened here?
+=item Guidelines for Module Creation
-=item Anatomy of .xs file
+=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
-=item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
+=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
-=item More about XSUB arguments
+=back
-=item The Argument Stack
+=item NOTE
-=item Extending your Extension
+=back
-=item Documenting your Extension
+=head2 perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide
-=item Installing your Extension
+=over 4
-=item EXAMPLE 5
+=item INTRODUCTION
-=item New Things in this Example
+=item QUICK CHECKLIST
-=item EXAMPLE 6
+=over 4
-=item New Things in this Example
+=item Before you start
-=item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
+=item The API
-=item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
+=item Stability
-=item EXAMPLE 9 (Coming Soon)
+=item Documentation
-=item Troubleshooting these Examples
+=item Release considerations
=back
-=item See also
-
-=item Author
+=item BEFORE YOU START WRITING A MODULE
=over 4
-=item Last Changed
-
-=back
+=item Has it been done before?
-=back
+=item Do one thing and do it well
-=head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
+=item What's in a name?
-=over 4
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item DESIGNING AND WRITING YOUR MODULE
=over 4
-=item Introduction
-
-=item On The Road
-
-=item The Anatomy of an XSUB
-
-=item The Argument Stack
-
-=item The RETVAL Variable
-
-=item The MODULE Keyword
-
-=item The PACKAGE Keyword
+=item To OO or not to OO?
-=item The PREFIX Keyword
+=item Designing your API
-=item The OUTPUT: Keyword
+Write simple routines to do simple things, Separate functionality from
+output, Provide sensible shortcuts and defaults, Naming conventions,
+Parameter passing
-=item The NO_OUTPUT Keyword
+=item Strictness and warnings
-=item The CODE: Keyword
+=item Backwards compatibility
-=item The INIT: Keyword
+=item Error handling and messages
-=item The NO_INIT Keyword
+=back
-=item Initializing Function Parameters
+=item DOCUMENTING YOUR MODULE
-=item Default Parameter Values
+=over 4
-=item The PREINIT: Keyword
+=item POD
-=item The SCOPE: Keyword
+=item README, INSTALL, release notes, changelogs
-=item The INPUT: Keyword
+perl Makefile.PL, make, make test, make install, perl Build.PL, perl Build,
+perl Build test, perl Build install
-=item The IN/OUTLIST/IN_OUTLIST/OUT/IN_OUT Keywords
+=back
-=item Variable-length Parameter Lists
+=item RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS
-=item The C_ARGS: Keyword
+=over 4
-=item The PPCODE: Keyword
+=item Version numbering
-=item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
+=item Pre-requisites
-=item The REQUIRE: Keyword
+=item Testing
-=item The CLEANUP: Keyword
+=item Packaging
-=item The POSTCALL: Keyword
+=item Licensing
-=item The BOOT: Keyword
+=back
-=item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
+=item COMMON PITFALLS
-=item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
+=over 4
-=item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
+=item Reinventing the wheel
-=item The ALIAS: Keyword
+=item Trying to do too much
-=item The INTERFACE: Keyword
+=item Inappropriate documentation
-=item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
+=back
-=item The INCLUDE: Keyword
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item The CASE: Keyword
+L<perlstyle>, L<perlnewmod>, L<perlpod>, L<podchecker>, Packaging Tools,
+Testing tools, http://pause.perl.org/, Any good book on software
+engineering
-=item The & Unary Operator
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Inserting POD, Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
+=back
-=item Using XS With C++
+=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
-=item Interface Strategy
+=over 4
-=item Perl Objects And C Structures
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item The Typemap
+=over 4
-=item Safely Storing Static Data in XS
+=item PREAMBLE
-MY_CXT_KEY, typedef my_cxt_t, START_MY_CXT, MY_CXT_INIT, dMY_CXT, MY_CXT
+B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
+module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item PORTABILITY
-=item XS VERSION
+=item HEY
=item AUTHOR
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
=back
-=head2 perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions
+=head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Conventions
-
-C<t>, C<p>, C<n>, C<s>
+=item Warning
-=item File Operations
+=item What should I make into a module?
-=item File Input and Output
+=item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground
-=item File Positioning
+Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again
-=item Memory Management and String Handling
+=item Step-by-step: Making the module
-=item Character Class Tests
+Start with F<h2xs>, Use L<strict|strict> and L<warnings|warnings>, Use
+L<Carp|Carp>, Use L<Exporter|Exporter> - wisely!, Use L<plain old
+documentation|perlpod>, Write tests, Write the README
-=item F<stdlib.h> functions
+=item Step-by-step: Distributing your module
-=item Miscellaneous functions
+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!
=back
+=item AUTHOR
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
+=head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Variables
-
=over 4
-=item Datatypes
+=item DOCUMENTATION
-=item What is an "IV"?
+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 Working with SVs
+=item CONVERTORS
-=item Offsets
+L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
-=item What's Really Stored in an SV?
+=item Administration
-=item Working with AVs
+L<libnetcfg|libnetcfg>
-=item Working with HVs
+=item Development
-=item Hash API Extensions
+L<perlbug|perlbug>, L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph> and L<pstruct|pstruct>,
+L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>, L<perlcc|perlcc>
-=item References
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Blessed References and Class Objects
+=back
-=item Creating New Variables
+=back
-=item Reference Counts and Mortality
+=head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
-=item Stashes and Globs
+=over 4
-=item Double-Typed SVs
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Magic Variables
+=over 4
-=item Assigning Magic
+=item Layout
-=item Magic Virtual Tables
+B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
-=item Finding Magic
+=back
-=item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
+=item Using The Back Ends
-=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 The Cross Referencing Back End
-=back
+i, &, s, r
-=item Subroutines
+=item The Decompiling Back End
-=over 4
+=item The Lint Back End
-=item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
+=item The Simple C Back End
-=item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
+=item The Bytecode Back End
-=item Memory Allocation
+=item The Optimized C Back End
-=item PerlIO
+=back
-=item Putting a C value on Perl stack
+=item Module List for the Compiler Suite
-=item Scratchpads
+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 Scratchpads and recursion
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item Compiled code
+=head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
=over 4
-=item Code tree
-
-=item Examining the tree
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Compile pass 1: check routines
+=item CONCEPTS
-=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
+=item USING FILTERS
-=item Compile pass 2: context propagation
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
-=item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
-=item Pluggable runops
+B<Decryption Filters>
-=back
+=item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
-=item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
-=item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
+=item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
-=over 4
+=item CONCLUSION
-=item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
+=item THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR
-=item So what happened to dTHR?
+Some Filters Clobber the C<DATA> Handle
-=item How do I use all this in extensions?
+=item REQUIREMENTS
-=item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
+=item Copyrights
=back
-=item Internal Functions
-
-A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, j, x
+=head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
=over 4
-=item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs
-
-=item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Source Documentation
+=over 4
-=back
+=item PREAMBLE
-=item Unicode Support
+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?>
-=over 4
+=item ROADMAP
-=item What B<is> Unicode, anyway?
+=item Compiling your C program
-=item How can I recognise a UTF8 string?
+=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
-=item How does UTF8 represent Unicode characters?
+=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
-=item How does Perl store UTF8 strings?
+=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
-=item How do I convert a string to UTF8?
+=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
-=item Is there anything else I need to know?
+=item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
-=back
+=item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
-=item Custom Operators
+=item Execution of END blocks
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
+program
=back
-=head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
+=item Embedding Perl under Win32
-=over 4
+=item Hiding Perl_
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item MORAL
-An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
+=item AUTHOR
-=item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
+=item COPYRIGHT
-call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
+=back
-=item FLAG VALUES
+=head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
=over 4
-=item G_VOID
-
-=item G_SCALAR
-
-=item G_ARRAY
-
-=item G_DISCARD
-
-=item G_NOARGS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item G_EVAL
+=item Debugger Internals
-=item G_KEEPERR
+=over 4
-=item Determining the Context
+=item Writing Your Own Debugger
=back
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+=item Frame Listing Output Examples
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item Debugging regular expressions
=over 4
-=item No Parameters, Nothing returned
-
-=item Passing Parameters
-
-=item Returning a Scalar
-
-=item Returning a list of values
+=item Compile-time output
-=item Returning a list in a scalar context
+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 Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
+=item Types of nodes
-=item Using G_EVAL
+=item Run-time output
-=item Using G_KEEPERR
+=back
-=item Using call_sv
+=item Debugging Perl memory usage
-=item Using call_argv
+=over 4
-=item Using call_method
+=item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
-=item Using GIMME_V
+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 Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
+=item Example of using B<-DL> switch
-=item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
+C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
-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 B<-DL> details
-=item Alternate Stack Manipulation
+C<!!!>, C<!!>, C<!>
-=item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
+=item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
=back
=item SEE ALSO
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=item DATE
-
=back
-=head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
+=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SPECIAL NOTES
+
=over 4
-=item DOCUMENTATION
+=item make
-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 Version caveat
-=item CONVERTORS
+=item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
-L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
+=back
-=item Administration
+=item TUTORIAL
-L<libnetcfg|libnetcfg>
+=over 4
-=item Development
+=item EXAMPLE 1
-L<perlbug|perlbug>, L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph> and L<pstruct|pstruct>,
-L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>, L<perlcc|perlcc>
+=item EXAMPLE 2
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item What has gone on?
-=back
+=item Writing good test scripts
-=back
+=item EXAMPLE 3
-=head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
+=item What's new here?
-=over 4
+=item Input and Output Parameters
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The XSUBPP Program
-=item CONCEPTS
+=item The TYPEMAP file
-=item USING FILTERS
+=item Warning about Output Arguments
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
+=item EXAMPLE 4
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
+=item What has happened here?
-B<Decryption Filters>
+=item Anatomy of .xs file
-=item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
+=item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
+=item More about XSUB arguments
-=item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
+=item The Argument Stack
-=item CONCLUSION
+=item Extending your Extension
-=item REQUIREMENTS
+=item Documenting your Extension
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Installing your Extension
-=item Copyrights
+=item EXAMPLE 5
-=back
+=item New Things in this Example
-=head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
+=item EXAMPLE 6
-=over 4
+=item New Things in this Example
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
-B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
-B<filter_fetch_value>
+=item EXAMPLE 9 Passing open files to XSes
-=over 4
+=item Troubleshooting these Examples
-=item The Filter
+=back
-=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
+=item See also
-=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
+=item Author
-=back
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Last Changed
-=item AUTHOR
+=back
=back
-=head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
+=head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-AvFILL, av_clear, av_delete, av_exists, av_extend, av_fetch, av_fill,
-av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push, av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift,
-ax, bytes_from_utf8, bytes_to_utf8, call_argv, call_method, call_pv,
-call_sv, CLASS, Copy, croak, CvSTASH, cv_const_sv, dAX, dITEMS, dMARK,
-dORIGMARK, dSP, dXSARGS, dXSI32, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv, EXTEND,
-fbm_compile, fbm_instr, FREETMPS, getcwd_sv, get_av, get_cv, get_hv,
-get_sv, GIMME, GIMME_V, grok_bin, grok_hex, grok_number,
-grok_numeric_radix, grok_oct, GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod,
-gv_fetchmethod_autoload, gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD,
-G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID, HEf_SVKEY, HeHASH, HeKEY, HeKLEN, HePV,
-HeSVKEY, HeSVKEY_force, HeSVKEY_set, HeVAL, HvNAME, hv_clear, hv_delete,
-hv_delete_ent, hv_exists, hv_exists_ent, hv_fetch, hv_fetch_ent,
-hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey, hv_iterkeysv, hv_iternext, hv_iternextsv,
-hv_iterval, hv_magic, hv_store, hv_store_ent, hv_undef, isALNUM, isALPHA,
-isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, is_utf8_char, is_utf8_string, items,
-ix, LEAVE, load_module, looks_like_number, MARK, mg_clear, mg_copy,
-mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, mg_length, mg_magical, mg_set, Move, New, newAV,
-Newc, newCONSTSUB, newHV, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, NEWSV, newSV, newSViv,
-newSVnv, newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVpvn_share, newSVrv, newSVsv,
-newSVuv, newXS, newXSproto, Newz, new_vstring, Nullav, Nullch, Nullcv,
-Nullhv, Nullsv, ORIGMARK, perl_alloc, perl_clone, perl_construct,
-perl_destruct, perl_free, perl_parse, perl_run, PL_modglobal, PL_na,
-PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes, POPi, POPl, POPn, POPp, POPpbytex, POPpx,
-POPs, PUSHi, PUSHMARK, PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUSHu, PUTBACK, Renew, Renewc,
-require_pv, RETVAL, Safefree, savepv, savepvn, SAVETMPS, scan_bin,
-scan_hex, scan_oct, sharedsv_find, sharedsv_init, sharedsv_lock,
-sharedsv_new, sharedsv_thrcnt_dec, sharedsv_thrcnt_inc, sharedsv_unlock,
-sortsv, SP, SPAGAIN, ST, strEQ, strGE, strGT, strLE, strLT, strNE, strnEQ,
-strnNE, StructCopy, SvCUR, SvCUR_set, SvEND, SvGETMAGIC, SvGROW, SvIOK,
-SvIOKp, SvIOK_notUV, SvIOK_off, SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only, SvIOK_only_UV,
-SvIOK_UV, SvIV, SvIVX, SvIVx, SvLEN, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp, SvNIOK_off, SvNOK,
-SvNOKp, SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVx, SvNVX, SvOK, SvOOK,
-SvPOK, SvPOKp, SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only, SvPOK_only_UTF8, SvPV,
-SvPVbyte, SvPVbytex, SvPVbytex_force, SvPVbyte_force, SvPVbyte_nolen,
-SvPVutf8, SvPVutf8x, SvPVutf8x_force, SvPVutf8_force, SvPVutf8_nolen,
-SvPVX, SvPVx, SvPV_force, SvPV_force_nomg, SvPV_nolen, SvREFCNT,
-SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK, SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV, SvSETMAGIC,
-SvSetMagicSV, SvSetMagicSV_nosteal, SvSetSV, SvSetSV_nosteal, SvSTASH,
-SvTAINT, SvTAINTED, SvTAINTED_off, SvTAINTED_on, SvTRUE, svtype, SvTYPE,
-SVt_IV, SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG, SvUOK,
-SvUPGRADE, SvUTF8, SvUTF8_off, SvUTF8_on, SvUV, SvUVx, SvUVX, sv_2bool,
-sv_2cv, sv_2io, sv_2iv, sv_2mortal, sv_2nv, sv_2pvbyte, sv_2pvbyte_nolen,
-sv_2pvutf8, sv_2pvutf8_nolen, sv_2pv_flags, sv_2pv_nolen, sv_2uv,
-sv_backoff, sv_bless, sv_catpv, sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg, sv_catpvn,
-sv_catpvn_flags, sv_catpvn_mg, sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv, sv_catsv_flags,
-sv_catsv_mg, sv_chop, sv_clear, sv_cmp, sv_cmp_locale, sv_collxfrm, sv_dec,
-sv_derived_from, sv_eq, sv_force_normal, sv_force_normal_flags, sv_free,
-sv_gets, sv_grow, sv_inc, sv_insert, sv_isa, sv_isobject, sv_iv, sv_len,
-sv_len_utf8, sv_magic, sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, sv_newref, sv_nv,
-sv_pos_b2u, sv_pos_u2b, sv_pv, sv_pvbyte, sv_pvbyten, sv_pvbyten_force,
-sv_pvn, sv_pvn_force, sv_pvn_force_flags, sv_pvutf8, sv_pvutf8n,
-sv_pvutf8n_force, sv_recode_to_utf8, sv_reftype, sv_replace,
-sv_report_used, sv_reset, sv_rvweaken, sv_setiv, sv_setiv_mg, sv_setnv,
-sv_setnv_mg, sv_setpv, sv_setpvf, sv_setpvf_mg, sv_setpviv, sv_setpviv_mg,
-sv_setpvn, sv_setpvn_mg, sv_setpv_mg, sv_setref_iv, sv_setref_nv,
-sv_setref_pv, sv_setref_pvn, sv_setref_uv, sv_setsv, sv_setsv_flags,
-sv_setsv_mg, sv_setuv, sv_setuv_mg, sv_taint, sv_tainted, sv_true,
-sv_unmagic, sv_unref, sv_unref_flags, sv_untaint, sv_upgrade, sv_usepvn,
-sv_usepvn_mg, sv_utf8_decode, sv_utf8_downgrade, sv_utf8_encode,
-sv_utf8_upgrade, sv_utf8_upgrade_flags, sv_uv, sv_vcatpvfn, sv_vsetpvfn,
-THIS, toLOWER, toUPPER, to_utf8_case, utf8n_to_uvchr, utf8n_to_uvuni,
-utf8_distance, utf8_hop, utf8_length, utf8_to_bytes, utf8_to_uvchr,
-utf8_to_uvuni, uvchr_to_utf8, uvuni_to_utf8, warn, XPUSHi, XPUSHn, XPUSHp,
-XPUSHs, XPUSHu, XS, XSRETURN, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO,
-XSRETURN_NV, XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF, XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNO,
-XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK,
-Zero
+=over 4
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Introduction
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item On The Road
-=back
+=item The Anatomy of an XSUB
-=head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
- Perl functions
+=item The Argument Stack
-=over 4
+=item The RETVAL Variable
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The MODULE Keyword
-djSP, is_gv_magical, LVRET, PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn,
-PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv, PL_rs, report_uninit, start_glob, sv_add_arena,
-sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs, sv_free_arenas
+=item The PACKAGE Keyword
-=item AUTHORS
+=item The PREFIX Keyword
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item The OUTPUT: Keyword
-=back
+=item The NO_OUTPUT Keyword
-=head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
+=item The CODE: Keyword
-=over 4
+=item The INIT: Keyword
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item The NO_INIT Keyword
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Initializing Function Parameters
-=over 4
+=item Default Parameter Values
-=item History and Background
+=item The PREINIT: Keyword
-=item Layers vs Disciplines
+=item The SCOPE: Keyword
-=item Data Structures
+=item The INPUT: Keyword
-=item Functions and Attributes
+=item The IN/OUTLIST/IN_OUTLIST/OUT/IN_OUT Keywords
-=item Per-instance Data
+=item The C<length(NAME)> Keyword
-=item Layers in action.
+=item Variable-length Parameter Lists
-=item Per-instance flag bits
+=item The C_ARGS: Keyword
-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 The PPCODE: Keyword
-=item Methods in Detail
+=item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
- IV (*Pushed)(PerlIO *f,const char *mode, SV *arg);, IV
- (*Popped)(PerlIO *f);, PerlIO * (*Open)(...);, SV *
-(*Getarg)(PerlIO *f);, IV (*Fileno)(PerlIO *f);, SSize_t
-(*Read)(PerlIO *f, void *vbuf, Size_t count);, SSize_t (*Unread)(PerlIO
-*f, const void *vbuf, Size_t count);, SSize_t (*Write)(PerlIO *f, const
-void *vbuf, Size_t count);, IV (*Seek)(PerlIO *f, Off_t
-offset, int whence);, Off_t (*Tell)(PerlIO *f);, IV
- (*Close)(PerlIO *f);, IV (*Flush)(PerlIO *f);, IV
- (*Fill)(PerlIO *f);, IV (*Eof)(PerlIO *f);, IV
- (*Error)(PerlIO *f);, void (*Clearerr)(PerlIO *f);, void
- (*Setlinebuf)(PerlIO *f);, STDCHAR * (*Get_base)(PerlIO *f);,
-Size_t (*Get_bufsiz)(PerlIO *f);, STDCHAR *
-(*Get_ptr)(PerlIO *f);, SSize_t (*Get_cnt)(PerlIO *f);, void
- (*Set_ptrcnt)(PerlIO *f,STDCHAR *ptr,SSize_t cnt);
+=item The REQUIRE: Keyword
-=item Core Layers
+=item The CLEANUP: Keyword
-"unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8"
+=item The POSTCALL: Keyword
-=item Extension Layers
+=item The BOOT: Keyword
-":encoding", ":Scalar", ":Object" or ":Perl"
+=item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
-=back
+=item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
-=back
+=item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
-=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
+=item The ALIAS: Keyword
-=over 4
+=item The OVERLOAD: Keyword
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item The FALLBACK: Keyword
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The INTERFACE: Keyword
-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 The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
-=over 4
+=item The INCLUDE: Keyword
-=item Co-existence with stdio
+=item The CASE: Keyword
-B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,flags)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,flags)>,
-B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>, B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>
+=item The & Unary Operator
-=item "Fast gets" Functions
+=item Inserting POD, Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
-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 Using XS With C++
-=item Other Functions
+=item Interface Strategy
-PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers),
-'E<lt>' read, 'E<gt>' write, '+' read/write, PerlIO_debug(fmt,...)
+=item Perl Objects And C Structures
+
+=item The Typemap
+
+=item Safely Storing Static Data in XS
+
+MY_CXT_KEY, typedef my_cxt_t, START_MY_CXT, MY_CXT_INIT, dMY_CXT, MY_CXT
=back
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item XS VERSION
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
+=head2 perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item To do during 5.6.x
-
=over 4
-=item Support for I/O disciplines
+=item Conventions
-=item Autoload bytes.pm
+C<t>, C<p>, C<n>, C<s>
-=item Make "\u{XXXX}" et al work
+=item File Operations
-=item Create a char *sv_pvprintify(sv, STRLEN *lenp, UV flags)
+=item File Input and Output
-=item Overloadable regex assertions
+=item File Positioning
-=item Unicode
+=item Memory Management and String Handling
-=item use Thread for iThreads
+=item Character Class Tests
-=item make perl_clone optionally clone ops
+=item F<stdlib.h> functions
-=item Work out exit/die semantics for threads
+=item Miscellaneous functions
-=item Typed lexicals for compiler
+=back
-=item Compiler workarounds for Win32
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item AUTOLOADing in the compiler
+=back
-=item Fixing comppadlist when compiling
+=head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
-=item Cleaning up exported namespace
+=over 4
-=item Complete signal handling
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Out-of-source builds
+=item Variables
-=item POSIX realtime support
+=over 4
-=item UNIX98 support
+=item Datatypes
-=item IPv6 Support
+=item What is an "IV"?
-=item Long double conversion
+=item Working with SVs
-=item Locales
+=item Offsets
-=item Thread-safe regexes
+=item What's Really Stored in an SV?
-=item Arithmetic on non-Arabic numerals
+=item Working with AVs
-=item POSIX Unicode character classes
+=item Working with HVs
-=item Factoring out common suffices/prefices in regexps (trie optimization)
+=item Hash API Extensions
-=item Security audit shipped utilities
+=item AVs, HVs and undefined values
-=item Custom opcodes
+=item References
-=item DLL Versioning
+=item Blessed References and Class Objects
-=item Introduce @( and @)
+=item Creating New Variables
-=item Floating point handling
+GV_ADDMULTI, GV_ADDWARN
-=item IV/UV preservation
+=item Reference Counts and Mortality
-=item Replace pod2html with something using Pod::Parser
+=item Stashes and Globs
-=item Automate module testing on CPAN
+=item Double-Typed SVs
-=item sendmsg and recvmsg
+=item Magic Variables
-=item Rewrite perlre documentation
+=item Assigning Magic
-=item Convert example code to IO::Handle filehandles
+=item Magic Virtual Tables
-=item Document Win32 choices
+=item Finding Magic
-=item Check new modules
+=item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
-=item Make roffitall find pods and libs itself
+=item Localizing changes
+
+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)>
=back
-=item To do at some point
+=item Subroutines
=over 4
-=item Remove regular expression recursion
+=item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
-=item Memory leaks after failed eval
+=item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
-=item pack "(stuff)*"
+=item Memory Allocation
-=item bitfields in pack
+=item PerlIO
-=item Cross compilation
+=item Putting a C value on Perl stack
-=item Perl preprocessor / macros
+=item Scratchpads
-=item Perl lexer in Perl
+=item Scratchpads and recursion
-=item Using POSIX calls internally
+=back
-=item -i rename file when changed
+=item Compiled code
-=item All ARGV input should act like E<lt>E<gt>
+=over 4
-=item Support for rerunning debugger
+=item Code tree
-=item Test Suite for the Debugger
+=item Examining the tree
-=item my sub foo { }
+=item Compile pass 1: check routines
-=item One-pass global destruction
+=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
-=item Rewrite regexp parser
+=item Compile pass 2: context propagation
-=item Cache recently used regexps
+=item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
-=item Re-entrant functions
+=item Pluggable runops
-=item Cross-compilation support
+=back
-=item Bit-shifting bitvectors
+=item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions
-=item debugger pragma
+=item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
-=item use less pragma
+=over 4
-=item switch structures
+=item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
-=item Cache eval tree
+=item So what happened to dTHR?
-=item rcatmaybe
+=item How do I use all this in extensions?
-=item Shrink opcode tables
+=item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads?
-=item Optimize away @_
+=item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
-=item Prototypes versus indirect objects
+=back
-=item Install HTML
+=item Internal Functions
-=item Prototype method calls
+A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, x, m, X, E, b
-=item Return context prototype declarations
+=over 4
-=item magic_setisa
+=item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs
-=item Garbage collection
+=item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer
-=item IO tutorial
+=item Source Documentation
-=item pack/unpack tutorial
+=back
-=item Rewrite perldoc
+=item Unicode Support
-=item Install .3p manpages
+=over 4
-=item Unicode tutorial
+=item What B<is> Unicode, anyway?
-=item Update POSIX.pm for 1003.1-2
+=item How can I recognise a UTF-8 string?
-=item Retargetable installation
+=item How does UTF-8 represent Unicode characters?
-=item POSIX emulation on non-POSIX systems
+=item How does Perl store UTF-8 strings?
-=item Rename Win32 headers
+=item How do I convert a string to UTF-8?
-=item Finish off lvalue functions
+=item Is there anything else I need to know?
-=item Update sprintf documentation
+=back
-=item Use fchown/fchmod internally
+=item Custom Operators
-=item Make v-strings overloaded objects
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Vague ideas
+=head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
=over 4
-=item ref() in list context
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Make tr/// return histogram of characters in list context
+An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
-=item Compile to real threaded code
+=item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
-=item Structured types
+call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
-=item Modifiable $1 et al.
+=item FLAG VALUES
-=item Procedural interfaces for IO::*, etc.
+=over 4
-=item RPC modules
+=item G_VOID
-=item Attach/detach debugger from running program
+=item G_SCALAR
-=item Alternative RE syntax module
+=item G_ARRAY
-=item GUI::Native
+=item G_DISCARD
-=item foreach(reverse ...)
+=item G_NOARGS
-=item Constant function cache
+=item G_EVAL
-=item Approximate regular expression matching
+=item G_KEEPERR
+
+=item Determining the Context
=back
-=item Ongoing
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+
+=item EXAMPLES
=over 4
-=item Update guts documentation
+=item No Parameters, Nothing returned
-=item Add more tests
+=item Passing Parameters
-=item Update auxiliary tools
+=item Returning a Scalar
-=back
+=item Returning a list of values
-=item Recently done things
+=item Returning a list in a scalar context
-=over 4
+=item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
-=item Safe signal handling
+=item Using G_EVAL
-=item Tie Modules
+=item Using G_KEEPERR
-=item gettimeofday
+=item Using call_sv
-=item setitimer and getimiter
+=item Using call_argv
-=item Testing __DIE__ hook
+=item Using call_method
-=item CPP equivalent in Perl
+=item Using GIMME_V
-=item Explicit switch statements
+=item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
-=item autocroak
+=item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
-=item UTF/EBCDIC
+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 UTF Regexes
+=item Alternate Stack Manipulation
-=item perlcc to produce executable
+=item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
-=item END blocks saved in compiled output
+=back
-=item Secure temporary file module
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Integrate Time::HiRes
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Turn Cwd into XS
+=item DATE
-=item Mmap for input
+=back
-=item Byte to/from UTF8 and UTF8 to/from local conversion
+=head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
-=item Add sockatmark support
+=over 4
-=item Mailing list archives
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Bug tracking
+=item "Gimme" Values
-=item Integrate MacPerl
+GIMME, GIMME_V, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID
-=item Web "nerve center" for Perl
+=item Array Manipulation Functions
-=item Regular expression tutorial
+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 Debugging Tutorial
+=item Callback Functions
-=item Integrate new modules
+call_argv, call_method, call_pv, call_sv, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv,
+FREETMPS, LEAVE, SAVETMPS
-=item Integrate profiler
+=item Character classes
-=item Y2K error detection
+isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, toLOWER, toUPPER
-=item Regular expression debugger
+=item Cloning an interpreter
-=item POD checker
+perl_clone
-=item "Dynamic" lexicals
+=item CV Manipulation Functions
-=item Cache precompiled modules
+CvSTASH, get_cv, Nullcv
-=back
+=item Embedding Functions
-=item Deprecated Wishes
+cv_undef, load_module, nothreadhook, perl_alloc, perl_construct,
+perl_destruct, perl_free, perl_parse, perl_run, require_pv
-=over 4
+=item Functions in file pp_pack.c
-=item Loop control on do{}
+packlist, pack_cat, unpackstring, unpack_str
-=item Lexically scoped typeglobs
+=item Global Variables
-=item format BOTTOM
+PL_modglobal, PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes
-=item report HANDLE
+=item GV Functions
-=item Generalised want()/caller())
+GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_fetchmethod_autoload,
+gv_fetchmeth_autoload, gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv
-=item Named prototypes
+=item Handy Values
-=item Built-in globbing
+HEf_SVKEY, Nullch, Nullsv
-=item Regression tests for suidperl
+=item Hash Manipulation Functions
-=item Cached hash values
+get_hv, 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, Nullhv
-=item Add compression modules
+=item Magical Functions
-=item Reorganise documentation into tutorials/references
+mg_clear, mg_copy, mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, mg_length, mg_magical, mg_set,
+SvGETMAGIC, SvLOCK, SvSETMAGIC, SvSetMagicSV, SvSetMagicSV_nosteal,
+SvSetSV, SvSetSV_nosteal, SvSHARE
-=item Remove distinction between functions and operators
+=item Memory Management
-=item Make XS easier to use
+Copy, Move, New, Newc, NEWSV, Newz, Poison, Renew, Renewc, Safefree,
+savepv, savepvn, savesharedpv, StructCopy, Zero
-=item Make embedding easier to use
+=item Miscellaneous Functions
-=item man for perl
+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, vnumify, vstringify
-=item my $Package::variable
+=item Numeric functions
-=item "or" tests defined, not truth
+grok_bin, grok_hex, grok_number, grok_numeric_radix, grok_oct, scan_bin,
+scan_hex, scan_oct
-=item "class"-based lexicals
+=item Optree Manipulation Functions
-=item byteperl
+cv_const_sv, newCONSTSUB, newXS
-=item Lazy evaluation / tail recursion removal
+=item Pad Data Structures
-=item Make "use utf8" the default
+pad_sv
-=item Unicode collation and normalization
+=item Stack Manipulation Macros
-=item Create debugging macros
+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_UV, XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNO, XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF,
+XST_mYES
-=back
+=item SV Flags
-=back
+svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG
-=head2 perlhack - How to hack at the Perl internals
+=item SV Manipulation Functions
-=over 4
+get_sv, looks_like_number, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, 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, 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, SvVOK, sv_2bool, sv_2cv, sv_2io, sv_2iv, sv_2mortal,
+sv_2nv, sv_2pvbyte, sv_2pvbyte_nolen, sv_2pvutf8, sv_2pvutf8_nolen,
+sv_2pv_flags, sv_2pv_nolen, sv_2uv, sv_backoff, sv_bless, sv_catpv,
+sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg, sv_catpvn, sv_catpvn_flags, sv_catpvn_mg,
+sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv, sv_catsv_flags, sv_catsv_mg, sv_chop, sv_clear,
+sv_cmp, sv_cmp_locale, sv_collxfrm, sv_copypv, sv_dec, sv_derived_from,
+sv_eq, sv_force_normal, sv_force_normal_flags, sv_free, sv_gets, sv_grow,
+sv_inc, sv_insert, sv_isa, sv_isobject, sv_iv, sv_len, sv_len_utf8,
+sv_magic, sv_magicext, sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, sv_newref, sv_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 DESCRIPTION
+=item Unicode Support
-Does concept match the general goals of Perl?, Where is the
-implementation?, Backwards compatibility, Could it be a module instead?, Is
-the feature generic enough?, Does it potentially introduce new bugs?, Does
-it preclude other desirable features?, Is the implementation robust?, Is
-the implementation generic enough to be portable?, Is the implementation
-tested?, Is there enough documentation?, Is there another way to do it?,
-Does it create too much work?, Patches speak louder than words
+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
-=over 4
+=item Variables created by C<xsubpp> and C<xsubpp> internal functions
-=item Keeping in sync
+ax, CLASS, dAX, dITEMS, dXSARGS, dXSI32, items, ix, newXSproto, RETVAL, ST,
+THIS, XS, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK
-rsync'ing the source tree, Using rsync over the LAN, Using pushing over the
-NFS, rsync'ing the patches
+=item Warning and Dieing
-=item Why rsync the source tree
+croak, warn
-It's easier to rsync the source tree, It's more recent, It's more reliable
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Why rsync the patches
+=item SEE ALSO
-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
+=back
-=item Perlbug remote interface
+=head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
+ Perl functions
-1 http://bugs.perl.org, 2 bugdb@perl.org, 3
-commands_and_bugdids@bugs.perl.org, notes, patches, tests
+=over 4
-=item Submitting patches
+=item DESCRIPTION
-L<perlguts>, L<perlxstut> and L<perlxs>, L<perlapi>,
-F<Porting/pumpkin.pod>, The perl5-porters FAQ
+=item CV reference counts and CvOUTSIDE
-=item Finding Your Way Around
+CvWEAKOUTSIDE
-Core modules, Tests, Documentation, Configure, Interpreter
+=item Functions in file pad.h
-=item Elements of the interpreter
+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
-Startup, Parsing, Optimization, Running
+=item Functions in file pp_ctl.c
-=item Internal Variable Types
+find_runcv
-=item Op Trees
+=item Global Variables
-=item Stacks
+PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv,
+PL_rs
-Argument stack, Mark stack, Save stack
+=item GV Functions
-=item Millions of Macros
+is_gv_magical
-=item Poking at Perl
+=item IO Functions
-=item Using a source-level debugger
+start_glob
-run [args], break function_name, break source.c:xxx, step, next, continue,
-finish, 'enter', print
+=item Pad Data Structures
-=item Dumping Perl Data Structures
+CvPADLIST, cv_clone, cv_dump, do_dump_pad, intro_my, pad_add_anon,
+pad_add_name, pad_alloc, pad_block_start, pad_check_dup, pad_findlex,
+pad_findmy, pad_fixup_inner_anons, pad_free, pad_leavemy, pad_new,
+pad_push, pad_reset, pad_setsv, pad_swipe, pad_tidy, pad_undef
-=item Patching
+=item Stack Manipulation Macros
-=item Patching a core module
+djSP, LVRET
-=item Adding a new function to the core
+=item SV Manipulation Functions
-=item Writing a test
+report_uninit, sv_add_arena, sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs, sv_free_arenas
-F<t/base/>, F<t/cmd/>, F<t/comp/>, F<t/io/>, F<t/lib/>, F<t/op/>,
-F<t/pod/>, F<t/run/>, t/base t/comp, t/cmd t/run t/io t/op, t/lib ext lib
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item EXTERNAL TOOLS FOR DEBUGGING PERL
+=head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
=over 4
-=item Rational Software's Purify
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Purify on Unix
+=item DESCRIPTION
--Accflags=-DPURIFY, -Doptimize='-g', -Uusemymalloc, -Dusemultiplicity
+=over 4
-=item Purify on NT
+=item History and Background
-DEFINES, USE_MULTI = define, #PERL_MALLOC = define, CFG = Debug
+=item Basic Structure
-=item Compaq's/Digital's Third Degree
+=item Layers vs Disciplines
-=item PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL
+=item Data Structures
-=item Profiling
+=item Functions and Attributes
-=item Gprof Profiling
+=item Per-instance Data
--a, -b, -e routine, -f routine, -s, -z
+=item Layers in action.
-=item GCC gcov Profiling
+=item Per-instance flag bits
-=item Pixie Profiling
+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
--h, -l, -p[rocedures], -h[eavy], -i[nvocations], -l[ines], -testcoverage,
--z[ero]
+=item Methods in Detail
-=item CONCLUSION
+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
-I<The Road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began.>
+=item Utilities
+
+=item Implementing PerlIO Layers
+
+C implementations, Perl implementations
+
+=item Core Layers
+
+"unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8"
+
+=item Extension Layers
+
+":encoding", ":scalar", ":via"
=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item TODO
=back
-=head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
+=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item INTRODUCTION
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
+1. USE_STDIO, 2. USE_SFIO, 3. USE_PERLIO, B<PerlIO_stdin()>,
+B<PerlIO_stdout()>, B<PerlIO_stderr()>, B<PerlIO_open(path, mode)>,
+B<PerlIO_fdopen(fd,mode)>, B<PerlIO_reopen(path,mode,f)>,
+B<PerlIO_printf(f,fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_vprintf(f,fmt,a)>,
+B<PerlIO_stdoutf(fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_read(f,buf,count)>,
+B<PerlIO_write(f,buf,count)>, B<PerlIO_close(f)>, B<PerlIO_puts(f,s)>,
+B<PerlIO_putc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_ungetc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_getc(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_eof(f)>, B<PerlIO_error(f)>, B<PerlIO_fileno(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_clearerr(f)>, B<PerlIO_flush(f)>, B<PerlIO_seek(f,offset,whence)>,
+B<PerlIO_tell(f)>, B<PerlIO_getpos(f,p)>, B<PerlIO_setpos(f,p)>,
+B<PerlIO_rewind(f)>, B<PerlIO_tmpfile()>, B<PerlIO_setlinebuf(f)>
=over 4
-=item PUMPKIN?
+=item Co-existence with stdio
-=back
+B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,mode)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,mode)>,
+B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>, B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>
-=item THE RECORDS
+=item "Fast gets" Functions
-=over 4
+B<PerlIO_fast_gets(f)>, B<PerlIO_has_cntptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_cnt(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_get_ptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_set_ptrcnt(f,p,c)>, B<PerlIO_canset_cnt(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_set_cnt(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_has_base(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_base(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_get_bufsiz(f)>
-=item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
+=item Other Functions
-=item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
+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 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
-
=back
-=head2 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.8.0
+=head2 perlhack - How to hack at the Perl internals
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Highlights In 5.8.0
-
-=item Incompatible Changes
+Does concept match the general goals of Perl?, Where is the
+implementation?, Backwards compatibility, Could it be a module instead?, Is
+the feature generic enough?, Does it potentially introduce new bugs?, Does
+it preclude other desirable features?, Is the implementation robust?, Is
+the implementation generic enough to be portable?, Is the implementation
+tested?, Is there enough documentation?, Is there another way to do it?,
+Does it create too much work?, Patches speak louder than words
=over 4
-=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
-
-=item AIX Dynaloading
+=item Keeping in sync
-=item Attributes for C<my> variables now handled at run-time.
+rsync'ing the source tree, Using rsync over the LAN, Using pushing over the
+NFS, rsync'ing the patches
-=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
+=item Why rsync the source tree
-=item IEEE-format Floating Point Default on OpenVMS Alpha
+It's easier to rsync the source tree, It's more reliable
-=item Different Definition of the Unicode Character Classes \p{In...}
+=item Why rsync the patches
-=item Perl Parser Stress Tested
+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 REF(...) Instead Of SCALAR(...)
+=item Perlbug administration
-=item Deprecations
+=item Submitting patches
-=back
+L<perlguts>, L<perlxstut> and L<perlxs>, L<perlapi>,
+F<Porting/pumpkin.pod>, The perl5-porters FAQ
-=item Core Enhancements
+=item Finding Your Way Around
-=over 4
+Core modules, Tests, Documentation, Configure, Interpreter
-=item PerlIO is Now The Default
+=item Elements of the interpreter
-=item Signals Are Now Safe
+Startup, Parsing, Optimization, Running
-=item Unicode Overhaul
+=item Internal Variable Types
-=item Understanding of Numbers
+=item Op Trees
-=item Miscellaneous Enhancements
+=item Stacks
-=back
+Argument stack, Mark stack, Save stack
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item Millions of Macros
-=over 4
+=item The .i Targets
-=item New Modules and Pragmata
+=item Poking at Perl
-=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+=item Using a source-level debugger
-=back
+run [args], break function_name, break source.c:xxx, step, next, continue,
+finish, 'enter', print
-=item Utility Changes
+=item gdb macro support
-=item New Documentation
+=item Dumping Perl Data Structures
-=item Performance Enhancements
+=item Patching
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item Patching a core module
-=over 4
+=item Adding a new function to the core
-=item Generic Improvements
+=item Writing a test
-=item New Or Improved Platforms
+F<t/base/>, F<t/cmd/>, F<t/comp/>, F<t/io/>, F<t/lib/>, F<t/op/>,
+F<t/pod/>, F<t/run/>, F<t/uni/>, F<t/win32/>, F<t/x2p>, t/base t/comp,
+t/cmd t/run t/io t/op, t/lib ext lib
-=back
+=item Special Make Test Targets
-=item Selected Bug Fixes
+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
-=over 4
+=item Running tests by hand
-=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+PERL_CORE=1, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL=2, PERL, PERL_SKIP_TTY_TEST
=back
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-
-=item Changed Internals
-
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
-
-=item New Tests
-
-=item Known Problems
+=item EXTERNAL TOOLS FOR DEBUGGING PERL
=over 4
-=item AIX
-
-=item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
-
-=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
-
-=item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12
+=item Rational Software's Purify
-=item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured
+=item Purify on Unix
-=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
+-Accflags=-DPURIFY, -Doptimize='-g', -Uusemymalloc, -Dusemultiplicity
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+=item Purify on NT
-=item Mac OS X
+DEFINES, USE_MULTI = define, #PERL_MALLOC = define, CFG = Debug
-=item OS/390
+=item valgrind
-=item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
+=item Compaq's/Digital's/HP's Third Degree
-=item Failure of Thread tests
+=item PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL
-=item UNICOS
+=item Profiling
-=item UTS
+=item Gprof Profiling
-=item VMS
+-a, -b, -e routine, -f routine, -s, -z
-=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
+=item GCC gcov Profiling
-=item Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken
+=item Pixie Profiling
-=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+-h, -l, -p[rocedures], -h[eavy], -i[nvocations], -l[ines], -testcoverage,
+-z[ero]
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=item Miscellaneous tricks
-=item Unicode Support on EBCDIC Still Spotty
+=item CONCLUSION
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+I<The Road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began.>
-=item The Long Double Support Is Still Experimental
+=back
-=item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=head2 perlbook - Perl book information
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=item HISTORY
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=head2 perl572delta - what's new for perl v5.7.2
+=head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
-
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item To do during 5.6.x
=over 4
-=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
+=item Support for I/O disciplines
-=item AIX Dynaloading
+=item Autoload bytes.pm
-=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
+=item Make "\u{XXXX}" et al work
-=item Different Definition of the Unicode Character Classes \p{In...}
+=item Create a char *sv_pvprintify(sv, STRLEN *lenp, UV flags)
-=item Deprecations
+=item Overloadable regex assertions
-=back
+=item Unicode
-=item Core Enhancements
+=item Work out exit/die semantics for threads
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item Better support for nonpreemptive threading systems like GNU pth
-=over 4
+=item Typed lexicals for compiler
-=item New Modules and Distributions
+=item Compiler workarounds for Win32
-=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+=item AUTOLOADing in the compiler
-=back
+=item Fixing comppadlist when compiling
-=item Utility Changes
+=item Cleaning up exported namespace
-=item New Documentation
+=item Complete signal handling
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item Out-of-source builds
-=over 4
-
-=item New Or Improved Platforms
+=item POSIX realtime support
-=item Generic Improvements
+=item UNIX98 support
-=back
+=item IPv6 Support
-=item Selected Bug Fixes
+=item Long double conversion
-=over 4
+=item Locales
-=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+=item Arithmetic on non-Arabic numerals
-=back
+=item POSIX Unicode character classes
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=item Factoring out common suffices/prefices in regexps (trie optimization)
-=item Source Code Enhancements
+=item Security audit shipped utilities
-=over 4
+=item Sort out the uid-setting mess
-=item MAGIC constants
+=item Custom opcodes
-=item Better commented code
+=item DLL Versioning
-=item Regex pre-/post-compilation items matched up
+=item Introduce @( and @)
-=item gcc -Wall
+=item Floating point handling
-=back
+=item IV/UV preservation
-=item New Tests
+=item Replace pod2html with something using Pod::Parser
-=item Known Problems
+=item Automate module testing on CPAN
-=over 4
+=item sendmsg and recvmsg
-=item AIX
+=item Rewrite perlre documentation
-=item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
+=item Convert example code to IO::Handle filehandles
-=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+=item Document Win32 choices
-=item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12
+=item Check new modules
-=item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured
+=item Make roffitall find pods and libs itself
-=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
+=back
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+=item To do at some point
-=item OS/390
+=over 4
-=item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
+=item Remove regular expression recursion
-=item Failure of Thread tests
+=item Memory leaks after failed eval
-=item UNICOS
+=item bitfields in pack
-=item UTS
+=item Cross compilation
-=item VMS
+=item Perl preprocessor / macros
-=item Win32
+=item Perl lexer in Perl
-=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
+=item Using POSIX calls internally
-=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+=item -i rename file when changed
-=item Variable Attributes are not Currently Usable for Tieing
+=item All ARGV input should act like E<lt>E<gt>
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=item Support for rerunning debugger
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+=item Test Suite for the Debugger
-=item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental
+=item my sub foo { }
-=back
+=item One-pass global destruction
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item Rewrite regexp parser
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Cache recently used regexps
-=item HISTORY
+=item Cross-compilation support
-=back
+=item Bit-shifting bitvectors
-=head2 perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.1
+=item debugger pragma
-=over 4
+=item use less pragma
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item switch structures
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+=item Cache eval tree
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item rcatmaybe
-=item Core Enhancements
+=item Shrink opcode tables
-=over 4
+=item Optimize away @_
-=item AUTOLOAD Is Now Lvaluable
+=item Prototypes versus indirect objects
-=item PerlIO is Now The Default
+=item Install HTML
-=item Signals Are Now Safe
+=item Prototype method calls
-=back
+=item Return context prototype declarations
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item magic_setisa
-=over 4
+=item Garbage collection
-=item New Modules
+=item IO tutorial
-=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+=item Rewrite perldoc
-=back
+=item Install .3p manpages
-=item Performance Enhancements
+=item Unicode tutorial
-=item Utility Changes
+=item Update POSIX.pm for 1003.1-2
-=item New Documentation
+=item Retargetable installation
-=over 4
+=item POSIX emulation on non-POSIX systems
-=item perlclib
+=item Rename Win32 headers
-=item perliol
+=item Finish off lvalue functions
-=item README.aix
+=item Update sprintf documentation
-=item README.bs2000
+=item Use fchown/fchmod internally
-=item README.macos
+=item Make v-strings overloaded objects
-=item README.mpeix
+=item Allow restricted hash assignment
-=item README.solaris
+=item Should overload be inheritable?
-=item README.vos
+=item Taint rethink
-=item Porting/repository.pod
+=item Perform correctly when XSUBs call subroutines that exit via
+goto(LABEL) and friends
=back
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item Vague ideas
=over 4
-=item New Or Improved Platforms
+=item ref() in list context
-=item Generic Improvements
+=item Make tr/// return histogram of characters in list context
-d_cmsghdr, d_fcntl_can_lock, d_fsync, d_getitimer, d_getpagsz, d_msghdr_s,
-need_va_copy, d_readv, d_recvmsg, d_sendmsg, sig_size, d_sockatmark,
-d_strtoq, d_u32align, d_ualarm, d_usleep
+=item Compile to real threaded code
-=back
+=item Structured types
-=item Selected Bug Fixes
+=item Modifiable $1 et al.
-=over 4
+=item Procedural interfaces for IO::*, etc.
-=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+=item RPC modules
-=back
+=item Attach/detach debugger from running program
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=item GUI::Native
-=item Changed Internals
+=item foreach(reverse ...)
-=item New Tests
+=item Constant function cache
-=item Known Problems
+=item Approximate regular expression matching
+
+=back
+
+=item Ongoing
=over 4
-=item AIX vac 5.0.0.0 May Produce Buggy Code For Perl
+=item Update guts documentation
-=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+=item Add more tests
-=item lib/io_multihomed Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+=item Update auxiliary tools
-=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+=item Create debugging macros
-=item lib/b test 19
+=item truncate to the people
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+=item Unicode in Filenames
-=item sigaction test 13 in VMS
+=back
-=item sprintf tests 129 and 130
+=item Unicode in %ENV
-=item Failure of Thread tests
+=item Recently done things
-=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
+=over 4
-=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+=item Alternative RE syntax module
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=item Safe signal handling
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+=item Tie Modules
-=back
+=item gettimeofday
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item setitimer and getimiter
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Testing __DIE__ hook
-=item HISTORY
+=item CPP equivalent in Perl
-=back
+=item Explicit switch statements
-=head2 perl570delta - what's new for perl v5.7.0
+=item autocroak
-=over 4
+=item UTF/EBCDIC
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item UTF Regexes
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+=item perlcc to produce executable
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item END blocks saved in compiled output
-=item Core Enhancements
+=item Secure temporary file module
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item Integrate Time::HiRes
-=over 4
+=item Turn Cwd into XS
-=item New Modules
+=item Mmap for input
-=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+=item Byte to/from UTF-8 and UTF-8 to/from local conversion
-=back
+=item Add sockatmark support
-=item Utility Changes
+=item Mailing list archives
-=item New Documentation
+=item Bug tracking
-=item Performance Enhancements
+=item Integrate MacPerl
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item Web "nerve center" for Perl
-=over 4
+=item Regular expression tutorial
-=item Generic Improvements
+=item Debugging Tutorial
-=back
+=item Integrate new modules
-=item Selected Bug Fixes
+=item Integrate profiler
-=over 4
+=item Y2K error detection
-=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+=item Regular expression debugger
-=back
+=item POD checker
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=item "Dynamic" lexicals
-=item Changed Internals
+=item Cache precompiled modules
-=item Known Problems
+=back
+
+=item Deprecated Wishes
=over 4
-=item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect
+=item Loop control on do{}
-=item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform
+=item Lexically scoped typeglobs
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=item format BOTTOM
-=item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+=item report HANDLE
-=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+=item Generalised want()/caller())
-=item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris
+=item Named prototypes
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+=item Built-in globbing
-=item Storable tests fail in some platforms
+=item Regression tests for suidperl
-=item Threads Are Still Experimental
+=item Cached hash values
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+=item Add compression modules
-=back
+=item Reorganise documentation into tutorials/references
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item Remove distinction between functions and operators
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Make XS easier to use
-=item HISTORY
+=item Make embedding easier to use
-=back
+=item man for perl
-=head2 perl561delta, perldelta - what's new for perl v5.6.x
+=item my $Package::variable
-=over 4
+=item "or" tests defined, not truth
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item "class"-based lexicals
-=item Summary of changes between 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
+=item byteperl
-=over 4
+=item Lazy evaluation / tail recursion removal
-=item Security Issues
+=item Make "use utf8" the default
-=item Core bug fixes
+=item Unicode collation and normalization
-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 pack/unpack tutorial
-=item Core features
+=back
-=item Configuration issues
+=back
-=item Documentation
+=head2 perldoc - Look up Perl documentation in Pod format.
-=item Bundled modules
+=over 4
-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 SYNOPSIS
-=item Platform-specific improvements
+=item DESCRIPTION
-NCR MP-RAS, NonStop-UX
+=item OPTIONS
-=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+B<-h>, B<-v>, B<-t>, B<-u>, B<-m> I<module>, B<-l>, B<-F>, B<-f>
+I<perlfunc>, B<-q> I<perlfaq-search-regexp>, B<-T>, B<-d>
+I<destination-filename>, B<-o> I<output-formatname>, B<-M> I<module-name>,
+B<-w> I<option:value> or B<-w> I<option>, B<-X>,
+B<PageName|ModuleName|ProgramName>, B<-n> I<some-formatter>, B<-r>, B<-i>,
+B<-V>
-=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+=item SECURITY
-=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-=item Support for interpolating named characters
+=item AUTHOR
-=item "our" declarations
+=back
-=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+=head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
-=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+=over 4
-=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+=item INTRODUCTION
-=item open() with more than two arguments
+=item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
-=item 64-bit support
+=over 4
-=item Large file support
+=item PUMPKIN?
-=item Long doubles
+=back
-=item "more bits"
+=item THE RECORDS
-=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+=over 4
-=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+=item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
-=item File globbing implemented internally
+=item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
-=item Support for CHECK blocks
+=back
-=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+=item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
-=item Better pseudo-random number generator
+=back
-=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+=head2 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.0
-=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+=over 4
-=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+=over 4
-=item Comments in pack() templates
+=item Hash Randomisation
-=item Weak references
+=item UTF-8 On Filehandles No Longer Activated By Locale
-=item Binary numbers supported
+=item Single-number v-strings are no longer v-strings before "=>"
-=item Lvalue subroutines
+=item (Win32) The -C Switch Has Been Repurposed
-=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+=item (Win32) The /d Switch Of cmd.exe
-=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+=item The C<$*> variable has been removed
-=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+=back
-=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+=over 4
-=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+=item Assertions
-=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+=item Defined-or operators
-=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+=item UTF-8 no longer default under UTF-8 locales
-=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+=item Unsafe signals again available
-=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+=item Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices
-=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+=item Tied hashes in scalar context
-=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+=item local ${$x}
-=item Improved diagnostics
+=item Unicode Character Database 4.0.0
-=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+=item Miscellaneous Enhancements
-=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+=back
-=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+=over 4
-=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+=item Updated Modules And Pragmata
-=item Improved security features
+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 More functional bareword prototype (*)
+=back
-=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+=item Utility Changes
-=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+=item New Documentation
-=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item Optional Y2K warnings
+=over 4
-=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
+=item Platform-specific enhancements
=back
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
=over 4
-=item Modules
+=item Closures, eval and lexicals
-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 Generic fixes
-=item Pragmata
+=item Platform-specific fixes
=back
-=item Utility Changes
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
=over 4
-=item dprofpp
+=item Changed "A thread exited while %d threads were running"
-=item find2perl
+=item Removed "Attempt to clear a restricted hash"
-=item h2xs
+=item New "Illegal declaration of anonymous subroutine"
-=item perlcc
+=item Changed "Invalid range "%s" in transliteration operator"
-=item perldoc
+=item New "Missing control char name in \c"
-=item The Perl Debugger
+=item New "Newline in left-justified string for %s"
-=back
+=item New "Possible precedence problem on bitwise %c operator"
-=item Improved Documentation
+=item New "read() on %s filehandle %s"
-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 New "Tied variable freed while still in use"
-=item Performance enhancements
+=item New "To%s: illegal mapping '%s'"
-=over 4
+=item New "Use of freed value in iteration"
-=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
+=back
-=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
+=item Changed Internals
-=item Faster subroutine calls
+=item New Tests
-=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Net::Ping 450_service and 510_ping_udp failures
+
+=item B::C
=back
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item Platform Specific Problems
=over 4
-=item -Dusethreads means something different
+=item EBCDIC Platforms
-=item New Configure flags
+=item Cygwin 1.5 problems
-=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
+=item HP-UX: HP cc warnings about sendfile and sendpath
-=item Long Doubles
+=item IRIX: t/uni/tr_7jis.t falsely failing
-=item -Dusemorebits
+=item Mac OS X: no usemymalloc
-=item -Duselargefiles
+=item Tru64: No threaded builds with GNU cc (gcc)
-=item installusrbinperl
+=item Win32: sysopen, sysread, syswrite
-=item SOCKS support
+=back
-=item C<-A> flag
+=item TODO
-=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item gcc automatically tried if 'cc' does not seem to be working
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Platform specific changes
+=head2 perl58delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.8.0
=over 4
-=item Supported platforms
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item DOS
+=item Highlights In 5.8.0
-=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item VMS
+=over 4
-=item Win32
+=item Binary Incompatibility
-=back
+=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
-=item Significant bug fixes
+=item AIX Dynaloading
-=over 4
+=item Attributes for C<my> variables now handled at run-time
-=item <HANDLE> on empty files
+=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
-=item C<eval '...'> improvements
+=item IEEE-format Floating Point Default on OpenVMS Alpha
-=item All compilation errors are true errors
+=item New Unicode Semantics (no more C<use utf8>, almost)
-=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
+=item New Unicode Properties
-=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
+=item REF(...) Instead Of SCALAR(...)
-=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
+=item pack/unpack D/F recycled
-=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+=item glob() now returns filenames in alphabetical order
-=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+=item Deprecations
-=item Failures in DESTROY()
+=back
-=item Locale bugs fixed
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Memory leaks
+=over 4
-=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+=item Unicode Overhaul
-=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+=item PerlIO is Now The Default
-=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
+=item ithreads
-=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+=item Restricted Hashes
-=back
+=item Safe Signals
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=item Understanding of Numbers
-"%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 Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings [561]
-=item New tests
+=item Miscellaneous Changes
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
-=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+=item New Modules and Pragmata
-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 Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
-=item C Source Incompatibilities
+=back
-C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+=item Utility Changes
-=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+=item New Documentation
-C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item Binary Incompatibilities
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=back
+=over 4
-=item Known Problems
+=item Generic Improvements
-=over 4
+=item New Or Improved Platforms
-=item Localizing a tied hash element may leak memory
+=back
-=item Known test failures
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-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
+=over 4
-=item EBCDIC platforms not fully supported
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
-=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+=back
-=item Arrow operator and arrays
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item Experimental features
+=item Changed Internals
-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 Security Vulnerability Closed [561]
-=back
+=item New Tests
-=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+=item Known Problems
-Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
-logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
-\@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
-to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
+=over 4
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Very Experimental
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken
-=item HISTORY
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
-=back
+=item Modifying $_ Inside for(..)
-=head2 perl56delta, perldelta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
+=item mod_perl 1.26 Doesn't Build With Threaded Perl
-=over 4
+=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item libwww-perl (LWP) fails base/date #51
-=item Core Enhancements
+=item PDL failing some tests
-=over 4
+=item Perl_get_sv
-=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+=item Self-tying Problems
-=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+=item ext/threads/t/libc
-=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+=item Failure of Thread (5.005-style) tests
-=item Support for interpolating named characters
+=item Timing problems
-=item "our" declarations
+=item Tied/Magical Array/Hash Elements Do Not Autovivify
-=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+=item Unicode in package/class and subroutine names does not work
-=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+=back
-=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+=over 4
-=item open() with more than two arguments
+=item AIX
-=item 64-bit support
+=item Alpha systems with old gccs fail several tests
-=item Large file support
+=item AmigaOS
-=item Long doubles
+=item BeOS
-=item "more bits"
+=item Cygwin "unable to remap"
-=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+=item Cygwin ndbm tests fail on FAT
-=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+=item DJGPP Failures
-=item File globbing implemented internally
+=item FreeBSD built with ithreads coredumps reading large directories
-=item Support for CHECK blocks
+=item FreeBSD Failing locale Test 117 For ISO 8859-15 Locales
-=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+=item IRIX fails ext/List/Util/t/shuffle.t or Digest::MD5
-=item Better pseudo-random number generator
+=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
-=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+=item Linux with glibc 2.2.5 fails t/op/int subtest #6 with -Duse64bitint
-=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
-=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+=item Mac OS X
-=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+=item Mac OS X dyld undefined symbols
-=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+=item OS/2 Test Failures
-=item Comments in pack() templates
+=item op/sprintf tests 91, 129, and 130
-=item Weak references
+=item SCO
-=item Binary numbers supported
+=item Solaris 2.5
-=item Lvalue subroutines
+=item Solaris x86 Fails Tests With -Duse64bitint
-=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+=item SUPER-UX (NEC SX)
-=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+=item Term::ReadKey not working on Win32
-=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+=item UNICOS/mk
-=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+=item UTS
-=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+=item VOS (Stratus)
-=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+=item VMS
-=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+=item Win32
-=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+=item XML::Parser not working
-=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+=item z/OS (OS/390)
-=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+=item Unicode Support on EBCDIC Still Spotty
-=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+=item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
-=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+=back
-=item Improved diagnostics
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+=item HISTORY
-=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+=back
-=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+=head2 perl581delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.8.1
-=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
+=over 4
-=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+=item Hash Randomisation
-=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+=item UTF-8 On Filehandles No Longer Activated By Locale
-=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+=item Single-number v-strings are no longer v-strings before "=>"
-=item Optional Y2K warnings
+=item (Win32) The -C Switch Has Been Repurposed
-=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
+=item (Win32) The /d Switch Of cmd.exe
=back
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item Core Enhancements
=over 4
-=item Modules
+=item UTF-8 no longer default under UTF-8 locales
-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 Unsafe signals again available
-=item Pragmata
+=item Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices
-=back
+=item local ${$x}
-=item Utility Changes
+=item Unicode Character Database 4.0.0
-=over 4
+=item Deprecation Warnings
-=item dprofpp
+=item Miscellaneous Enhancements
-=item find2perl
+=back
-=item h2xs
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item perlcc
+=over 4
-=item perldoc
+=item Updated Modules And Pragmata
-=item The Perl Debugger
+base, B::Bytecode, B::Concise, B::Deparse, Benchmark, ByteLoader, bytes,
+CGI, charnames, CPAN, Data::Dumper, DB_File, Devel::PPPort, Digest::MD5,
+Encode, fields, libnet, Math::BigInt, MIME::Base64, NEXT, Net::Ping,
+PerlIO::scalar, podlators, Pod::LaTeX, PodParsers, Pod::Perldoc,
+Scalar::Util, Storable, strict, Term::ANSIcolor, Test::Harness, Test::More,
+Test::Simple, Text::Balanced, Time::HiRes, threads, threads::shared,
+Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize, Win32::GetFolderPath,
+Win32::GetOSVersion
=back
-=item Improved Documentation
+=item Utility Changes
-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 New Documentation
-=item Performance enhancements
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
=over 4
-=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
+=item Platform-specific enhancements
-=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
+=back
-=item Faster subroutine calls
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
+=over 4
+
+=item Closures, eval and lexicals
+
+=item Generic fixes
+
+=item Platform-specific fixes
=back
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
=over 4
-=item -Dusethreads means something different
+=item Changed "A thread exited while %d threads were running"
-=item New Configure flags
+=item Removed "Attempt to clear a restricted hash"
-=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
+=item New "Illegal declaration of anonymous subroutine"
-=item Long Doubles
+=item Changed "Invalid range "%s" in transliteration operator"
-=item -Dusemorebits
+=item New "Missing control char name in \c"
-=item -Duselargefiles
+=item New "Newline in left-justified string for %s"
-=item installusrbinperl
+=item New "Possible precedence problem on bitwise %c operator"
-=item SOCKS support
+=item New "Pseudo-hashes are deprecated"
-=item C<-A> flag
+=item New "read() on %s filehandle %s"
-=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+=item New "5.005 threads are deprecated"
-=back
+=item New "Tied variable freed while still in use"
-=item Platform specific changes
+=item New "To%s: illegal mapping '%s'"
-=over 4
-
-=item Supported platforms
-
-=item DOS
-
-=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
-
-=item VMS
-
-=item Win32
+=item New "Use of freed value in iteration"
=back
-=item Significant bug fixes
+=item Changed Internals
-=over 4
+=item New Tests
-=item <HANDLE> on empty files
+=item Known Problems
-=item C<eval '...'> improvements
+=over 4
-=item All compilation errors are true errors
+=item Tied hashes in scalar context
-=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
+=item Net::Ping 450_service and 510_ping_udp failures
-=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
+=item B::C
-=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
+=back
-=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+=over 4
-=item Failures in DESTROY()
+=item EBCDIC Platforms
-=item Locale bugs fixed
+=item Cygwin 1.5 problems
-=item Memory leaks
+=item HP-UX: HP cc warnings about sendfile and sendpath
-=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+=item IRIX: t/uni/tr_7jis.t falsely failing
-=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+=item Mac OS X: no usemymalloc
-=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
+=item Tru64: No threaded builds with GNU cc (gcc)
-=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+=item Win32: sysopen, sysread, syswrite
=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 Future Directions
-=item New tests
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item SEE ALSO
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+=head2 perl573delta - what's new for perl v5.7.3
-CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
-Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
-C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
-generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
-read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
-Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
-values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
-Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
-Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
-prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
-on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
+=over 4
-=item C Source Incompatibilities
+=item DESCRIPTION
-C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+=item Changes
-=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+=item Reporting Bugs
-C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Binary Incompatibilities
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=item Known Problems
+=head2 perl572delta - what's new for perl v5.7.2
=over 4
-=item Thread test failures
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EBCDIC platforms not supported
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed
-=item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
+=over 4
-=item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
-gcc
+=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
-=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+=item AIX Dynaloading
-=item Arrow operator and arrays
+=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
-=item Experimental features
+=item Different Definition of the Unicode Character Classes \p{In...}
-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 Deprecations
=back
-=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+=item Core Enhancements
-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 Modules and Pragmata
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item New Modules and Distributions
-=item HISTORY
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
=back
-=head2 perl5005delta, perldelta - what's new for perl5.005
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item New Documentation
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item New Or Improved Platforms
-=item About the new versioning system
+=item Generic Improvements
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=back
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
=over 4
-=item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004.
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
-=item Default installation structure has changed
+=back
-=item Perl Source Compatibility
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item C Source Compatibility
+=item Source Code Enhancements
-=item Binary Compatibility
+=over 4
-=item Security fixes may affect compatibility
+=item MAGIC constants
-=item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004
+=item Better commented code
-=item Licensing
+=item Regex pre-/post-compilation items matched up
+
+=item gcc -Wall
=back
-=item Core Changes
+=item New Tests
+
+=item Known Problems
=over 4
-=item Threads
+=item AIX
-=item Compiler
+=item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
-=item Regular Expressions
+=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
-Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression
-constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other
-improvements, Incompatible changes
+=item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12
-=item Improved malloc()
+=item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured
-=item Quicksort is internally implemented
+=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
-=item Reliable signals
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
-=item Reliable stack pointers
+=item OS/390
-=item More generous treatment of carriage returns
+=item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
-=item Memory leaks
+=item Failure of Thread tests
-=item Better support for multiple interpreters
+=item UNICOS
-=item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined
+=item UTS
-=item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L<Errno> module
+=item VMS
-=item Pseudo-hashes are supported
+=item Win32
-=item C<EXPR foreach EXPR> is supported
+=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
-=item Keywords can be globally overridden
+=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
-=item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32
+=item Variable Attributes are not Currently Usable for Tieing
-=item C<foreach (1..1000000)> optimized
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
-=item C<Foo::> can be used as implicitly quoted package name
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
-=item C<exists $Foo::{Bar::}> tests existence of a package
+=item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental
-=item Better locale support
+=back
-=item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item prototype() returns useful results on builtins
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Extended support for exception handling
+=item HISTORY
-=item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods
+=back
-=item All C<printf> format conversions are handled internally
+=head2 perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.1
-=item New C<INIT> keyword
+=over 4
-=item New C<lock> keyword
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item New C<qr//> operator
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed
-=item C<our> is now a reserved word
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Tied arrays are now fully supported
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Tied handles support is better
+=over 4
-=item 4th argument to substr
+=item AUTOLOAD Is Now Lvaluable
-=item Negative LENGTH argument to splice
+=item PerlIO is Now The Default
-=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
+=item Signals Are Now Safe
=back
=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
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
=back
-=item Utility Changes
-
-=item Documentation Changes
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item New Diagnostics
+=item Utility Changes
-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 New Documentation
-=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 perlclib
-=item Configuration Changes
+=item perliol
-=item BUGS
+=item README.aix
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item README.bs2000
-=item HISTORY
+=item README.macos
-=back
+=item README.mpeix
-=head2 perl5004delta, perldelta - what's new for perl5.004
+=item README.solaris
-=over 4
+=item README.vos
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Porting/repository.pod
-=item Supported Environments
+=back
-=item Core Changes
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
=over 4
-=item List assignment to %ENV works
+=item New Or Improved Platforms
-=item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error
+=item Generic Improvements
-=item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003
+d_cmsghdr, d_fcntl_can_lock, d_fsync, d_getitimer, d_getpagsz, d_msghdr_s,
+need_va_copy, d_readv, d_recvmsg, d_sendmsg, sig_size, d_sockatmark,
+d_strtoq, d_u32align, d_ualarm, d_usleep
-=item $PERL5OPT environment variable
+=back
-=item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item More precise warnings
+=over 4
-=item Deprecated: Inherited C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
-=item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable
+=back
-=item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item Group vector changeable with C<$)>
+=item Changed Internals
-=item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
+=item New Tests
-=item Fixed localization of $<digit>, $&, etc.
+=item Known Problems
-=item No resetting of $. on implicit close
+=over 4
-=item C<wantarray> may return undef
+=item AIX vac 5.0.0.0 May Produce Buggy Code For Perl
-=item C<eval EXPR> determines value of EXPR in scalar context
+=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
-=item Changes to tainting checks
+=item lib/io_multihomed Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
-No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No
-spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name
+=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
-=item New Opcode module and revised Safe module
+=item lib/b test 19
-=item Embedding improvements
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
-=item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes
+=item sigaction test 13 in VMS
-=item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface
+=item sprintf tests 129 and 130
-=item New and changed syntax
+=item Failure of Thread tests
-$coderef->(PARAMS)
+=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
-=item New and changed builtin constants
+=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
-__PACKAGE__
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
-=item New and changed builtin variables
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
-$^E, $^H, $^M
+=back
-=item New and changed builtin functions
+=item Reporting Bugs
-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 SEE ALSO
-=item New builtin methods
+=item HISTORY
-isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+=back
-=item TIEHANDLE now supported
+=head2 perl570delta - what's new for perl v5.7.0
-TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this
-LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this
+=over 4
-=item Malloc enhancements
+=item DESCRIPTION
--DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed
-=item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=back
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Support for More Operating Systems
+=item Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
-=item Win32
-
-=item Plan 9
-
-=item QNX
+=item New Modules
-=item AmigaOS
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
=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
+=item Utility Changes
-=over 4
+=item New Documentation
-=item Required Updates
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item Installation directories
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item Module information summary
+=over 4
-=item Fcntl
+=item Generic Improvements
-=item IO
+=back
-=item Math::Complex
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Math::Trig
+=over 4
-=item DB_File
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
-=item Net::Ping
+=back
-=item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=back
+=item Changed Internals
-=item Utility Changes
+=item Known Problems
=over 4
-=item pod2html
+=item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect
-Sends converted HTML to standard output
+=item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform
-=item xsubpp
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
-C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
+=item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
-=back
+=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
-=item C Language API Changes
+=item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris
-C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, C<perl_eval_pv>, Extended API for
-manipulating hashes
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
-=item Documentation Changes
+=item Storable tests fail in some platforms
-L<perldelta>, L<perlfaq>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>,
-L<perlmodlib>, L<perldebug>, L<perlsec>
+=item Threads Are Still Experimental
-=item New Diagnostics
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
-"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
+=back
-=item BUGS
+=item Reporting Bugs
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems
+=head2 perl561delta - what's new for perl v5.6.x
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item Summary of changes between 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX
+=over 4
-=item OS level
+=item Security Issues
-=item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
+=item Core bug fixes
-=item The IBM ANSI C Compiler
-
-=item Using GNU's gcc for building perl
+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 Using Large Files with Perl
+=item Core features
-=item Threaded Perl
+=item Configuration issues
-=item 64-bit Perl
+=item Documentation
-=item AIX 4.2 and extensions using C++ with statics
+=item Bundled modules
-=back
+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 AUTHOR
+=item Platform-specific improvements
-=item DATE
+NCR MP-RAS, NonStop-UX
=back
-=head2 perlapollo, README.apollo - Perl version 5 on Apollo DomainOS
+=item Core Enhancements
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=back
-
-=head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS
+=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
-=over 4
+=item Lexically scoped warning categories
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
-=back
+=item Support for interpolating named characters
-=over 4
+=item "our" declarations
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
-=over 4
+=item Improved Perl version numbering system
-=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS
+=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
-B<Unix emulation for AmigaOS: ixemul.library>, B<Version of Amiga OS>
+=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
-=item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS
+=item open() with more than two arguments
-=item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS
+=item 64-bit support
-=back
+=item Large file support
-=item INSTALLATION
+=item Long doubles
-=item Accessing documentation
+=item "more bits"
-=over 4
+=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
-=item Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS
+=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
-=item Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS
+=item File globbing implemented internally
-=item Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS
+=item Support for CHECK blocks
-=item Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS
+=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
-=back
+=item Better pseudo-random number generator
-=item BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS
+=item Improved C<qw//> operator
-=over 4
+=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
-=item Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS
+=item pack() format 'Z' supported
-=item Getting the Perl Source for AmigaOS
+=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
-=item Making Perl on AmigaOS
+=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
-=item Testing Perl on AmigaOS
+=item Comments in pack() templates
-=item Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS
+=item Weak references
-=back
+=item Binary numbers supported
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Lvalue subroutines
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
-=back
+=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
-=head2 perlbeos, README.beos - Perl version 5 on BeOS
+=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
-=over 4
+=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Pseudo-hashes work better
-=over 4
+=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
-=item General Issues with Perl on BeOS
+=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
-=item BeOS Release-specific Notes
+=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
-R4 x86, R4 PPC
+=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
-=item Contact Information
+=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
-=back
+=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
-=back
+=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
-=head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000.
+=item Improved diagnostics
-=over 4
+=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item syswrite() ease-of-use
-=over 4
+=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
-=item gzip on BS2000
+=item Bit operators support full native integer width
-=item bison on BS2000
+=item Improved security features
-=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on BS2000
+=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
-=item Compiling Perl on BS2000
+=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
-=item Testing Perl on BS2000
+=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
-=item Installing Perl on BS2000
+=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
-=item Using Perl in the Posix-Shell of BS2000
+=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
-=item Using Perl in "native" BS2000
+=item Optional Y2K warnings
-=item Floating point anomalies on BS2000
+=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
=back
-=item AUTHORS
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
-=item Mailing list
+=item Modules
-=back
+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 HISTORY
+=item Pragmata
=back
+=item Utility Changes
+
=over 4
-=item Name
+=item dprofpp
-=item Description
+=item find2perl
-=item Build
+=item h2xs
-=over 4
+=item perlcc
-=item Tools & SDK
+=item perldoc
-=item Make
+=item The Perl Debugger
=back
-=item Acknowledgements
-
-=item Author
+=item Improved Documentation
-=back
+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
-=head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
+=item Performance enhancements
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item PREREQUISITES FOR COMPILING PERL ON CYGWIN
-
-=over 4
+=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
-=item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it)
+=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
-=item Cygwin Configuration
+=item Faster subroutine calls
-C<PATH>, I<nroff>, Permissions
+=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
=back
-=item CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
=over 4
-=item Stripping Perl Binaries on Cygwin
-
-=item Optional Libraries for Perl on Cygwin
+=item -Dusethreads means something different
-C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>), C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>),
-C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>)
+=item New Configure flags
-=item Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin
+=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
-C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Uuseperlio>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>,
-C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles>
+=item Long Doubles
-=item Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin
+=item -Dusemorebits
-I<dlsym()>, Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>, Compiler/Preprocessor defines
+=item -Duselargefiles
-=back
+=item installusrbinperl
-=item MAKE ON CYGWIN
+=item SOCKS support
-=over 4
+=item C<-A> flag
-=item Warnings on Cygwin
+=item Enhanced Installation Directories
-=item ld2 on Cygwin
+=item gcc automatically tried if 'cc' does not seem to be working
=back
-=item TEST ON CYGWIN
+=item Platform specific changes
=over 4
-=item File Permissions on Cygwin
-
-=item Hard Links on Cygwin
-
-=item Filetime Granularity on Cygwin
+=item Supported platforms
-=item Tainting Checks on Cygwin
+=item DOS
-=item /etc/group on Cygwin
+=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
-=item Script Portability on Cygwin
+=item VMS
-Pathnames, Text/Binary, F<.exe>, chown(), Miscellaneous
+=item Win32
=back
-=item INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN
+=item Significant bug fixes
-=item MANIFEST ON CYGWIN
+=over 4
-Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl
-Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts
+=item <HANDLE> on empty files
-=item BUGS ON CYGWIN
+=item C<eval '...'> improvements
-=item AUTHORS
+=item All compilation errors are true errors
-=item HISTORY
+=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
-=back
+=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
-=head2 perldgux - Perl under DG/UX.
+=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
-=over 4
+=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
-=back
+=item Failures in DESTROY()
-=over 4
+=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
+
+=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 Compiling Perl 5 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 Build FAQ
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Some C</> became C<\> in pdksh.
+
+=item C<'errno'> - unresolved external
+
+=item Problems with tr or sed
+
+=item Some problem (forget which ;-)
+
+=item Library ... not found
+
+=item Segfault in make
+
+=item op/sprintf test failure
+
+=back
+
+=item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<setpriority>, C<getpriority>
+
+=item C<system()>
+
+=item C<extproc> on the first line
+
+=item Additional modules:
+
+=item Prebuilt methods:
+
+C<File::Copy::syscopy>, C<DynaLoader::mod2fname>, C<Cwd::current_drive()>,
+ C<Cwd::sys_chdir(name)>, C<Cwd::change_drive(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_is_absolute(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_is_rooted(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_is_relative(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_cwd(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_abspath(name, dir)>, C<Cwd::extLibpath([type])>,
+C<Cwd::extLibpath_set( path [, type ] )>,
+C<OS2::Error(do_harderror,do_exception)>, C<OS2::Errors2Drive(drive)>,
+OS2::SysInfo(), OS2::BootDrive(), C<OS2::MorphPM(serve)>,
+C<OS2::UnMorphPM(serve)>, C<OS2::Serve_Messages(force)>,
+C<OS2::Process_Messages(force [, cnt])>, C<OS2::_control87(new,mask)>,
+OS2::get_control87(), C<OS2::set_control87_em(new=MCW_EM,mask=MCW_EM)>,
+C<OS2::DLLname([how [, \&xsub]])>
+
+=item Prebuilt variables:
+
+$OS2::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver, $OS2::is_aout, $OS2::can_fork,
+$OS2::nsyserror
+
+=item Misfeatures
+
+=item Modifications
+
+C<popen>, C<tmpnam>, C<tmpfile>, C<ctermid>, C<stat>, C<mkdir>, C<rmdir>,
+C<flock>
+
+=item Identifying DLLs
+
+=item Centralized management of resources
+
+C<HAB>, C<HMQ>, Treating errors reported by OS/2 API,
+C<CheckOSError(expr)>, C<CheckWinError(expr)>, C<SaveWinError(expr)>,
+C<SaveCroakWinError(expr,die,name1,name2)>, C<WinError_2_Perl_rc>,
+C<FillWinError>, C<FillOSError(rc)>, Loading DLLs and ordinals in DLLs
+
+=back
+
+=item Perl flavors
+
+=over 4
+
+=item F<perl.exe>
+
+=item F<perl_.exe>
+
+=item F<perl__.exe>
+
+=item F<perl___.exe>
+
+=item Why strange names?
+
+=item Why dynamic linking?
+
+=item Why chimera build?
+
+=back
+
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>
+
+=item C<PERL_BADLANG>
+
+=item C<PERL_BADFREE>
+
+=item C<PERL_SH_DIR>
+
+=item C<USE_PERL_FLOCK>
+
+=item C<TMP> or C<TEMP>
+
+=back
+
+=item Evolution
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Text-mode filehandles
+
+=item Priorities
+
+=item DLL name mangling: pre 5.6.2
+
+=item DLL name mangling: 5.6.2 and beyond
+
+Global DLLs, specific DLLs, C<BEGINLIBPATH> and C<ENDLIBPATH>, F<.> from
+C<LIBPATH>
+
+=item DLL forwarder generation
+
+=item Threading
+
+=item Calls to external programs
+
+=item Memory allocation
+
+=item Threads
+
+C<COND_WAIT>, F<os2.c>
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390
+and z/OS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Tools
+
+=item Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
+
+=item Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Configure Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Build, Test, Install Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Build Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Installation Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Floating Point Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Modules and Extensions for Perl on OS/390
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
+
+=back
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlos400, README.os400 - Perl version 5 on OS/400
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Compiling Perl for OS/400 PASE
+
+=item Installing Perl in OS/400 PASE
+
+=item Using Perl in OS/400 PASE
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=item Perl on ILE
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Invoking Perl
+
+=item What's in Plan 9 Perl
+
+=item What's not in Plan 9 Perl
+
+=item Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl
+
+=item Signals in Plan 9 Perl
+
+=back
+
+=item COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item Revision date
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4
+
+/bin/sh, ar, nm, cpp, make
+
+=item Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4
+
+=item QNX auxiliary files
+
+qnx/ar, qnx/cpp
+
+=item Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlsolaris, README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Solaris Version Numbers.
+
+=back
+
+=item RESOURCES
-=item DESCRIPTION
+Solaris FAQ, Precompiled Binaries, Solaris Documentation
-=item BUILDING PERL ON DG/UX
+=item SETTING UP
=over 4
-=item Non-threaded Perl on DG/UX
+=item File Extraction Problems on Solaris.
-=item Threaded Perl on DG/UX
+=item Compiler and Related Tools on Solaris.
-=item Testing Perl on DG/UX
+=item Environment for Compiling perl on Solaris
-=item Installing the built perl on DG/UX
+=back
+
+=item RUN CONFIGURE.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item 64-bit perl on Solaris.
+
+=item Threads in perl on Solaris.
+
+=item Malloc Issues with perl on Solaris.
+
+=back
+
+=item MAKE PROBLEMS.
+
+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 MAKE TEST
+
+=over 4
+
+=item op/stat.t test 4 in Solaris
+
+=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
+
+=back
+
+=item PREBUILT BINARIES OF PERL FOR SOLARIS.
+
+=item RUNTIME ISSUES FOR PERL ON SOLARIS.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Limits on Numbers of Open Files on Solaris.
+
+=back
+
+=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC MODULES.
+
+=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH MODULES.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Proc::ProcessTable on Solaris
+
+=item BSD::Resource on Solaris
+
+=item Net::SSLeay on Solaris
+
+=back
+
+=item SunOS 4.x
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item LAST MODIFIED
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perltru64, README.tru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as
+Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on Tru64
+
+=item Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
+
+=item Threaded Perl on Tru64
+
+=item Long Doubles on Tru64
+
+=item DB_File tests failing on Tru64
+
+=item 64-bit Perl on Tru64
+
+=item Warnings about floating-point overflow when compiling Perl on Tru64
+
+=back
+
+=item Testing Perl on Tru64
+
+=item ext/ODBM_File/odbm Test Failing With Static Builds
+
+=item Perl Fails Because Of Unresolved Symbol sockatmark
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
+=head2 perluts - Perl under UTS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUILDING PERL ON UTS
+
+=item Installing the built perl on UTS
+
=item AUTHOR
+=back
+
+=head2 perlvmesa, README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on VM/ESA
+
+=item Setup Perl and utilities on VM/ESA
+
+=item Configure Perl on VM/ESA
+
+=item Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA
+
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on VM/ESA
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
+
+=item Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA
+
=back
-=head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95.
+=back
+
+=head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Installation
+
+=item Organization of Perl Images
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Core Images
+
+=item Perl Extensions
+
+=item Installing static extensions
+
+=item Installing dynamic extensions
+
+=back
+
+=item File specifications
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Syntax
+
+=item Wildcard expansion
+
+=item Pipes
+
+=back
+
+=item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB
+
+=item Command line
+
+=over 4
+
+=item I/O redirection and backgrounding
+
+=item Command line switches
+
+-i, -S, -u
+
+=back
+
+=item Perl functions
+
+File tests, backticks, binmode FILEHANDLE, crypt PLAINTEXT, USER, dump,
+exec LIST, fork, getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, gmtime, kill, qx//, select
+(system call), stat EXPR, system LIST, time, times, unlink LIST, utime
+LIST, waitpid PID,FLAGS
+
+=item Perl variables
+
+%ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $|
+
+=item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SDBM_File
+
+=back
+
+=item Revision date
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item BUILDING PERL FOR VOS
+
+=item INSTALLING PERL IN VOS
+
+=item USING PERL IN VOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Restrictions of Perl on VOS
+
+=item Handling of underflow and overflow
+
+=back
+
+=item TEST STATUS
+
+=item SUPPORT STATUS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item LAST UPDATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlwin32 - Perl under Windows
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on DOS
+=item Setting Up Perl on Win32
+
+Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Platform
+SDK 64-bit Compiler, MinGW32 with gcc, MinGW release 1
+
+=item Building
+
+=item Testing Perl on Win32
+
+=item Installation of Perl on Win32
+
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on Win32
+
+Environment Variables, File Globbing, Using perl from the command line,
+Building Extensions, Command-line Wildcard Expansion, Win32 Specific
+Extensions, Notes on 64-bit Windows
-DJGPP, Pthreads
+=item Running Perl Scripts
-=item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS
+Miscellaneous Things
-=item Building Perl on DOS
+=back
-=item Testing Perl on DOS
+=item BUGS AND CAVEATS
-=item Installation of Perl on DOS
+=item AUTHORS
-=back
+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 BUILDING AND INSTALLING MODULES ON DOS
+=item SEE ALSO
-=over 4
+=item HISTORY
-=item Building Prerequisites for Perl on DOS
+=back
-=item Unpacking CPAN Modules on DOS
+=head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
-=item Building Non-XS Modules on DOS
+=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
-=item Building XS Modules on DOS
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SEE ALSO
+method, locked
=back
-=head2 perlepoc, README.epoc - Perl for EPOC
+=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item INTRODUCTION
-
-=item INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC
-
-=item STARTING PERL ON EPOC
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item STOPPING PERL ON EPOC
+=back
-=item USING PERL ON EPOC
+=head2 threadshared::shared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing
+data structures between threads
=over 4
-=item I/O Redirection on Epoc
-
-=item PATH Names on Epoc
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Editors on Epoc
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Features of Perl on Epoc
+=item EXPORT
-=item Restrictions of Perl on Epoc
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment
+share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, cond_signal VARIABLE,
+cond_broadcast VARIABLE
-=back
+=item NOTES
-=item SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC
+=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
-=item LAST UPDATE
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix
-(HP-UX) systems
+=head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
+from perl
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+$thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
+threads->self, $thread->tid, threads->object( tid ), threads->yield();,
+threads->list();, async BLOCK;
-=item Using perl as shipped with HP-UX
+=item WARNINGS
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX
+A thread exited while %d other threads were still running
-=item PA-RISC
+=item TODO
-=item PA-RISC 1.0
+=item BUGS
-=item PA-RISC 1.1
+Parent-Child threads, Returning objects, Creating threads inside BEGIN
+blocks, PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
-=item PA-RISC 2.0
+=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
-=item Itanium
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions
+=back
-=item Itanium Processor Family and HP-UX
+=head2 assertions - select assertions in blocks of code
-=item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX
+=over 4
-=item The HP ANSI C Compiler
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Using Large Files with Perl on HP-UX
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Threaded Perl on HP-UX
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item 64-bit Perl on HP-UX
+=item AUTHOR
-=item GDBM and Threads on HP-UX
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
-=item NFS filesystems and utime(2) on HP-UX
+=back
-=item perl -P and // and HP-UX
+=head2 assertions::activate - activate assertions
-=item HP-UX Kernel Parameters (maxdsiz) for Compiling Perl
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHOR
-=item DATE
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
-=head2 perlhurd, README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd
+=head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Known Problems with Perl on Hurd
+=item Built-in Attributes
-=back
+locked, method, lvalue
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Available Subroutines
-=back
+get, reftype
-=head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen
-systems
+=item Package-specific Attribute Handling
-=over 4
+FETCH_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Syntax of Attribute Lists
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on MachTen
+=item EXPORTS
-=item Failures during C<make test> on MachTen
+=over 4
-op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t
+=item Default exports
-=item Building external modules on MachTen
+=item Available exports
+
+=item Export tags defined
=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item DATE
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
+=head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item WARNING
+
=item AUTHOR
-=item DATE
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlmint, README.mint - Perl version 5 on Atari MiNT
+=head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Known problems with Perl on MiNT
+=item HISTORY
-=item AUTHOR
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
+=head2 bigint - Transparent BigInteger support for Perl
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item NOTE
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Binary distribution from HP
+=over 4
-=item What's New in Perl for MPE/iX
+=item OPTIONS
-=item Welcome to Perl/iX
+a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
-=item System Requirements for Perl/iX
+=item MATH LIBRARY
-=item How to Obtain Perl/iX
+=item INTERNAL FORMAT
-=item Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights
+=item SIGN
-README, INSTALL, LIBSHP3K, PERL, .cpan/, lib/, man/,
-public_html/feedback.cgi, src/perl-5.6.0-mpe
+=item METHODS
-=item How to Compile Perl/iX
+=item CAVEAT
- 4, 6
+=back
-=item Getting Started with Perl/iX
+=item MODULES USED
-=item MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation
+=item LICENSE
-=item Perl/iX To-Do List
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Perl/iX Change History
+=item AUTHORS
-=item AUTHOR
+=back
-=item Name
+=head2 bignum - Transparent BigNumber support for Perl
-=item Description
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Build
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Tools & SDK
+=item OPTIONS
-=item Setup
+a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
-Buildtype.bat, SetNWBld.bat, MPKBuild.bat
+=item METHODS
-=item Make
+=item CAVEAT
-=item Interpreter
+inf(), NaN(), upgrade()
-=item Extensions
+=item MATH LIBRARY
-=back
+=item INTERNAL FORMAT
-=item Install
+=item SIGN
-=item Build new extensions
+=back
-=item Known Issues
+=item MODULES USED
-=item Acknowledgements
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Authors
+=item LICENSE
+
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Date
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.
+=head2 bigrat - Transparent BigNumber/BigRational support for Perl
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Target
-
-=item Other OSes
+=item MODULES USED
-=item Prerequisites
+=item MATH LIBRARY
-EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh
+=item SIGN
-=item Starting Perl programs under OS/2 (and DOS and...)
+=item METHODS
-=item Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl
+=item CAVEAT
=back
-=item Frequently asked questions
-
-=over 4
-
-=item "It does not work"
-
-=item I cannot run external programs
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F<perl.dll> from my
-program.
+ 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()';
-Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use
-L<ExtUtils::Embed>?
+=item LICENSE
-=item C<``> and pipe-C<open> do not work under DOS.
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Cannot start C<find.exe "pattern" file>
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=item INSTALLATION
+=head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
=over 4
-=item Automatic binary installation
-
-C<PERL_BADLANG>, C<PERL_BADFREE>, F<Config.pm>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Manual binary installation
+=item DESCRIPTION
-Perl VIO and PM executables (dynamically linked), Perl_ VIO executable
-(statically linked), Executables for Perl utilities, Main Perl library,
-Additional Perl modules, Tools to compile Perl modules, Manpages for Perl
-and utilities, Manpages for Perl modules, Source for Perl documentation,
-Perl manual in F<.INF> format, Pdksh
+=item BUGS
-=item B<Warning>
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item Accessing documentation
+=head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character
+semantics
=over 4
-=item OS/2 F<.INF> file
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Plain text
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Manpages
+=item LIMITATIONS
-=item HTML
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item GNU C<info> files
+=back
-=item F<.PDF> files
+=head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal
+escapes
-=item C<LaTeX> docs
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item BUILD
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item CUSTOM TRANSLATORS
-=item The short story
+=item CUSTOM ALIASES
-=item Prerequisites
+=over 4
-=item Getting perl source
+=item Anonymous hashes
-=item Application of the patches
+=item Alias file
-=item Hand-editing
+=item Alias shortcut
-=item Making
+=back
-=item Testing
+=item charnames::viacode(code)
-A lot of C<bad free>, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F<op/fs.t>,
-F<op/stat.t>
+=item charnames::vianame(name)
-=item Installing the built perl
+=item ALIASES
-=item C<a.out>-style build
+=item ILLEGAL CHARACTERS
+
+=item BUGS
=back
-=item Build FAQ
+=head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants
=over 4
-=item Some C</> became C<\> in pdksh.
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item C<'errno'> - unresolved external
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Problems with tr or sed
+=item NOTES
-=item Some problem (forget which ;-)
+=over 4
-=item Library ... not found
+=item List constants
-=item Segfault in make
+=item Defining multiple constants at once
-=item op/sprintf test failure
+=item Magic constants
=back
-=item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port
+=item TECHNICAL NOTES
-=over 4
+=item BUGS
-=item C<setpriority>, C<getpriority>
+=item AUTHOR
-=item C<system()>
+=item COPYRIGHT
-=item C<extproc> on the first line
+=back
-=item Additional modules:
+=head2 diagnostics, splain - produce verbose warning diagnostics
-=item Prebuilt methods:
+=over 4
-C<File::Copy::syscopy>, C<DynaLoader::mod2fname>, C<Cwd::current_drive()>,
- C<Cwd::sys_chdir(name)>, C<Cwd::change_drive(name)>,
-C<Cwd::sys_is_absolute(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_is_rooted(name)>,
-C<Cwd::sys_is_relative(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_cwd(name)>,
-C<Cwd::sys_abspath(name, dir)>, C<Cwd::extLibpath([type])>,
-C<Cwd::extLibpath_set( path [, type ] )>,
-C<OS2::Error(do_harderror,do_exception)>, C<OS2::Errors2Drive(drive)>,
-OS2::SysInfo(), OS2::BootDrive(), C<OS2::MorphPM(serve)>,
-C<OS2::UnMorphPM(serve)>, C<OS2::Serve_Messages(force)>,
-C<OS2::Process_Messages(force [, cnt])>, C<OS2::_control87(new,mask)>,
-OS2::get_control87(), C<OS2::set_control87_em(new=MCW_EM,mask=MCW_EM)>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Prebuilt variables:
+=item DESCRIPTION
-$OS2::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver
+=over 4
-=item Misfeatures
+=item The C<diagnostics> Pragma
-=item Modifications
+=item The I<splain> Program
-C<popen>, C<tmpnam>, C<tmpfile>, C<ctermid>, C<stat>, C<mkdir>, C<rmdir>,
-C<flock>
+=back
-=item Identifying DLLs
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Centralized management of resources
+=item INTERNALS
+
+=item BUGS
-C<HAB>, C<HMQ>
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item Perl flavors
+=head2 encoding - allows you to write your script in non-ascii or non-utf8
=over 4
-=item F<perl.exe>
-
-=item F<perl_.exe>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item F<perl__.exe>
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item F<perl___.exe>
+=over 4
-=item Why strange names?
+=item Literal Conversions
-=item Why dynamic linking?
+=item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
-=item Why chimera build?
+=item Implicit upgrading for byte strings
=back
-=item ENVIRONMENT
-
-=over 4
+=item FEATURES THAT REQUIRE 5.8.1
-=item C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>
+"NON-EUC" doublebyte encodings, tr//, DATA pseudo-filehandle
-=item C<PERL_BADLANG>
+=item USAGE
-=item C<PERL_BADFREE>
+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 C<PERL_SH_DIR>
+=item The Filter Option
-=item C<USE_PERL_FLOCK>
+=over 4
-=item C<TMP> or C<TEMP>
+=item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
=back
-=item Evolution
+=item CAVEATS
=over 4
-=item Priorities
+=item NOT SCOPED
-=item DLL name mangling: pre 5.6.2
+=item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
-=item DLL name mangling: 5.6.2 and beyond
+=item tr/// with ranges
-Global DLLs, specific DLLs, C<BEGINLIBPATH> and C<ENDLIBPATH>, F<.> from
-C<LIBPATH>
+Legend of characters above
-=item DLL forwarder generation
+=back
-=item Threading
+=item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
-=item Calls to external programs
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-=item Memory allocation
+literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
-=item Threads
+=item HISTORY
-C<COND_WAIT>, F<os2.c>
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item BUGS
-
-=back
+=head2 fields - compile-time class fields
=over 4
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+new, phash
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390
-and z/OS
+=head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Tools
-
-=item Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
-
-=item Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
+=item subpragma access
-=item Configure Perl on OS/390
+=back
-=item Build, Test, Install Perl on OS/390
+=back
-=item Build Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=head2 if - C<use> a Perl module if a condition holds
-=item Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=over 4
-=item Installation Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Usage Hints for Perl on OS/390
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Floating Point Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=item BUGS
-=item Modules and Extensions for Perl on OS/390
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item AUTHORS
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating
+point
=over 4
-=item Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=item HISTORY
+=head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
+=head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4
+=item Adding directories to @INC
-/bin/sh, ar, nm, cpp, make
+=item Deleting directories from @INC
-=item Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4
+=item Restoring original @INC
-=item QNX auxiliary files
+=back
-qnx/ar, qnx/cpp
+=item CAVEATS
-=item Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
+=item NOTES
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl
+=head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in
+operations
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
+
+=head2 open - perl pragma to set default PerlIO layers for input and output
+
=over 4
-=item Invoking Perl
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item What's in Plan 9 Perl
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What's not in Plan 9 Perl
+=item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY
-=item Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl
+=item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
-=item Signals in Plan 9 Perl
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9
+=head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling
=over 4
-=item Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9
-
-=back
-
-=item BUGS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Revision date
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlsolaris, README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
+=head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Solaris Version Numbers.
+=item Declaration of overloaded functions
-=back
+=item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations
-=item RESOURCES
+FALSE, TRUE, C<undef>
-Solaris FAQ, Precompiled Binaries, Solaris Documentation
+=item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations
-=item SETTING UP
+=item Calling Conventions for Mutators
-=over 4
+C<++> and C<-->, C<x=> and other assignment versions
-=item File Extraction Problems on Solaris.
+=item Overloadable Operations
+
+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 Compiler and Related Tools on Solaris.
+=item Inheritance and overloading
-=item Environment for Compiling Perl on Solaris
+Strings as values of C<use overload> directive, Overloading of an operation
+is inherited by derived classes
=back
-=item RUN CONFIGURE.
+=item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C<use overload>
=over 4
-=item 64-bit Issues with Perl on Solaris.
-
-=item Threads in Perl on Solaris.
+=item Last Resort
-=item Malloc Issues with Perl on Solaris.
+=item Fallback
-=back
+C<undef>, TRUE, defined, but FALSE
-=item MAKE PROBLEMS.
+=item Copy Constructor
-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
+B<Example>
-=item MAKE TEST
+=back
-=over 4
+=item MAGIC AUTOGENERATION
-=item op/stat.t test 4 in Solaris
+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 nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
+=item Losing overloading
-=back
+=item Run-time Overloading
-=item PREBUILT BINARIES OF PERL FOR SOLARIS.
+=item Public functions
-=item RUNTIME ISSUES FOR PERL ON SOLARIS.
+overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op)
-=over 4
+=item Overloading constants
-=item Limits on Numbers of Open Files on Solaris.
+integer, float, binary, q, qr
-=back
+=item IMPLEMENTATION
-=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC MODULES.
+=item Metaphor clash
-=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH MODULES.
+=item Cookbook
=over 4
-=item Proc::ProcessTable on Solaris
+=item Two-face scalars
-=item BSD::Resource on Solaris
+=item Two-face references
-=item Net::SSLeay on Solaris
+=item Symbolic calculator
+
+=item I<Really> symbolic calculator
=back
=item AUTHOR
-=item LAST MODIFIED
+=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 perltru64, README.tru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as
-Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems
+=head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item OPTIONS
+
=over 4
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on Tru64
+=item SIGNAL HANDLERS
-=item Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
+B<stack-trace>, B<die>, B<handler> I<your-handler>
-=item Threaded Perl on Tru64
+=item SIGNAL LISTS
-=item Long Doubles on Tru64
+B<normal-signals>, B<error-signals>, B<old-interface-signals>
-=item 64-bit Perl on Tru64
+=item OTHER
-=item Warnings about floating-point overflow when compiling Perl on Tru64
+B<untrapped>, B<any>, I<signal>, I<number>
=back
-=item Testing Perl on Tru64
-
-=item AUTHOR
+=item EXAMPLES
=back
-=head2 perluts - Perl under UTS
+=head2 sort - perl pragma to control sort() behaviour
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item BUILDING PERL ON UTS
-
-=item Installing the built perl on UTS
-
-=item AUTHOR
+=item CAVEATS
=back
-=head2 perlvmesa, README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA.
+=head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on VM/ESA
-
-=item Setup Perl and utilities on VM/ESA
-
-=item Configure Perl on VM/ESA
-
-=item Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA
+C<strict refs>, C<strict vars>, C<strict subs>
-=item Usage Hints for Perl on VM/ESA
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=item AUTHORS
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
=over 4
-=item Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl
+=head2 threadshared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data
+structures between threads
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Installation
+=item EXPORT
-=item Organization of Perl Images
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=over 4
+share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, cond_signal VARIABLE,
+cond_broadcast VARIABLE
-=item Core Images
+=item NOTES
-=item Perl Extensions
+=item BUGS
-=item Installing static extensions
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Installing dynamic extensions
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item File specifications
+=head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source
+code
=over 4
-=item Syntax
-
-=item Wildcard expansion
-
-=item Pipes
-
-=back
-
-=item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Command line
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item I/O redirection and backgrounding
-
-=item Command line switches
+=item Utility functions
--i, -S, -u
+$num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string), $success = utf8::downgrade($string[,
+FAIL_OK]), utf8::encode($string), utf8::decode($string), $flag =
+utf8::is_utf8(STRING), $flag = utf8::valid(STRING)
=back
-=item Perl functions
-
-File tests, backticks, binmode FILEHANDLE, crypt PLAINTEXT, USER, dump,
-exec LIST, fork, getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, gmtime, kill, qx//, select
-(system call), stat EXPR, system LIST, time, times, unlink LIST, utime
-LIST, waitpid PID,FLAGS
+=item BUGS
-=item Perl variables
+=item SEE ALSO
-%ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $|
+=back
-=item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences
+=head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
=over 4
-=item SDBM_File
-
-=back
-
-=item Revision date
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS
+=head2 version - Perl extension for Version Objects
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=over 4
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Stratus POSIX Support
+=over 4
-=back
+=item What IS a version
-=item INSTALLING PERL IN VOS
+Numeric Versions, V-String Versions
-=over 4
+=item Numeric Versions
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on VOS
+=item V-String Versions
-=item Installing Perl 5 on VOS
+=item Object Methods
-=back
+New Operator, Stringification, Numification, Comparison operators, Logical
+Operators
-=item USING PERL IN VOS
+=item Quoting
-=over 4
+=item Types of Versions Objects
-=item Unimplemented Features of Perl on VOS
+Ordinary versions, alpha versions
-=item Restrictions of Perl on VOS
+=item Replacement UNIVERSAL::VERSION
=back
-=item SUPPORT STATUS
+=item EXPORT
=item AUTHOR
-=item LAST UPDATE
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlwin32 - Perl under Win32
+=head2 vmsish - Perl pragma to control VMS-specific language features
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item Setting Up Perl on Win32
+C<vmsish status>, C<vmsish exit>, C<vmsish time>, C<vmsish hushed>
-Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Mingw32 with GCC
+=back
-=item Building
+=head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings
-=item Testing Perl on Win32
+=over 4
-=item Installation of Perl on Win32
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Usage Hints for Perl on Win32
+=item DESCRIPTION
-Environment Variables, File Globbing, Using perl from the command line,
-Building Extensions, Command-line Wildcard Expansion, Win32 Specific
-Extensions, Running Perl Scripts, Miscellaneous Things
+use warnings::register, warnings::enabled(), warnings::enabled($category),
+warnings::enabled($object), warnings::warn($message),
+warnings::warn($category, $message), warnings::warn($object, $message),
+warnings::warnif($message), warnings::warnif($category, $message),
+warnings::warnif($object, $message)
=back
-=item BUGS AND CAVEATS
-
-=item AUTHORS
+=head2 warnings::register - warnings import function
-Gary Ng E<lt>71564.1743@CompuServe.COME<gt>, Gurusamy Sarathy
-E<lt>gsar@activestate.comE<gt>, Nick Ing-Simmons
-E<lt>nick@ing-simmons.netE<gt>
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item HISTORY
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
+=head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION
-=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
+=head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-method, locked
-
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
+=item DBM Comparisons
-=over 4
+[0], [1], [2], [3]
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 threadshared::shared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing
-data structures between threads
+=head2 Attribute::Handlers - Simpler definition of attribute handlers
=over 4
+=item VERSION
+
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXPORT
-
-=item FUNCTIONS
-
-share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, unlock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE,
-cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
-
-=item BUGS
+[0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Typed lexicals
-=back
+=item Type-specific attribute handlers
-=head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
-from perl
+=item Non-interpretive attribute handlers
-=over 4
+=item Phase-specific attribute handlers
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Attributes as C<tie> interfaces
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-$thread = new(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
-threads->self, $thread->tid
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item TODO
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
-Fix so the return value is returned when you join, Add join_all, Fix memory
-leaks!
+C<Bad attribute type: ATTR(%s)>, C<Attribute handler %s doesn't handle %s
+attributes>, C<Declaration of %s attribute in package %s may clash with
+future reserved word>, C<Can't have two ATTR specifiers on one subroutine>,
+C<Can't autotie a %s>, C<Internal error: %s symbol went missing>, C<Won't
+be able to apply END handler>
-=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
+=item AUTHOR
=item BUGS
-creating a thread from within a thread is unsafe under win32,
-PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item COPYRIGHT
=back
-=head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes
+=head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Built-in Attributes
+=item Subroutine Stubs
-locked, method, lvalue
+=item Using B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
-=item Available Subroutines
+=item Overriding B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
-get, reftype
+=item Package Lexicals
-=item Package-specific Attribute Handling
+=item Not Using AutoLoader
-FETCH_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES
+=item B<AutoLoader> vs. B<SelfLoader>
-=item Syntax of Attribute Lists
+=back
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item EXPORTS
+=head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
=over 4
-=item Default exports
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Available exports
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Export tags defined
+$keep, $check, $modtime
-=back
+=over 4
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item Multiple packages
-=item SEE ALSO
+=back
+
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
=back
-=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
+=head2 B - The Perl Compiler
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-method, locked
-
-=back
+=item OVERVIEW
-=head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
+=item Utility Functions
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Functions Returning C<B::SV>, C<B::AV>, C<B::HV>, and C<B::CV>
+objects
-=item DESCRIPTION
+sv_undef, sv_yes, sv_no, svref_2object(SVREF), amagic_generation, init_av,
+check_av, begin_av, end_av, comppadlist, regex_padav, main_cv
-=item WARNING
+=item Functions for Examining the Symbol Table
-=item AUTHOR
+walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE, PREFIX)
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Functions Returning C<B::OP> objects or for walking op trees
+
+main_root, main_start, walkoptree(OP, METHOD), walkoptree_debug(DEBUG)
+
+=item Miscellaneous Utility Functions
+
+ppname(OPNUM), hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c, cstring(STR),
+perlstring(STR), class(OBJ), threadsv_names
=back
-=head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time
+=item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item SV-RELATED CLASSES
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item B::SV Methods
-=item HISTORY
+REFCNT, FLAGS, object_2svref
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item B::IV Methods
-=back
+IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv
-=head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
+=item B::NV Methods
-=over 4
+NV, NVX
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item B::RV Methods
-=item DESCRIPTION
+RV
-=item BUGS
+=item B::PV Methods
-=item AUTHOR
+PV, RV, PVX
-=back
+=item B::PVMG Methods
-=head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character
-semantics
+MAGIC, SvSTASH
-=over 4
+=item B::MAGIC Methods
-=item SYNOPSIS
+MOREMAGIC, precomp, PRIVATE, TYPE, FLAGS, OBJ, PTR, REGEX
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item B::PVLV Methods
-=item SEE ALSO
+TARGOFF, TARGLEN, TYPE, TARG
-=back
+=item B::BM Methods
-=head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal
-escapes.
+USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE
-=over 4
+=item B::GV Methods
-=item SYNOPSIS
+is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN,
+LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item B::IO Methods
-=item CUSTOM TRANSLATORS
+LINES, PAGE, PAGE_LEN, LINES_LEFT, TOP_NAME, TOP_GV, FMT_NAME, FMT_GV,
+BOTTOM_NAME, BOTTOM_GV, SUBPROCESS, IoTYPE, IoFLAGS, IsSTD
-=item charnames::viacode(code)
+=item B::AV Methods
-=item charnames::vianame(code)
+FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, ARRAYelt, AvFLAGS
-=item BUGS
+=item B::CV Methods
-=back
+STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE_SEQ, XSUB,
+XSUBANY, CvFLAGS, const_sv
-=head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants
+=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
-=item NOTES
+next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, seq, flags, private
-=over 4
+=item B::UNOP METHOD
-=item List constants
+first
-=item Defining multiple constants at once
+=item B::BINOP METHOD
-=item Magic constants
+last
-=back
+=item B::LOGOP METHOD
-=item TECHNICAL NOTES
+other
-=item BUGS
+=item B::LISTOP METHOD
-=item AUTHOR
+children
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item B::PMOP Methods
-=back
+pmreplroot, pmreplstart, pmnext, pmregexp, pmflags, pmdynflags,
+pmpermflags, precomp, pmoffset
-=head2 diagnostics - Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning
-diagnostics
+=item B::SVOP METHOD
-=over 4
+sv, gv
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item B::PADOP METHOD
-=item DESCRIPTION
+padix
-=over 4
+=item B::PVOP METHOD
-=item The C<diagnostics> Pragma
+pv
-=item The I<splain> Program
+=item B::LOOP Methods
-=back
+redoop, nextop, lastop
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item B::COP Methods
-=item INTERNALS
+label, stash, stashpv, file, cop_seq, arybase, line, warnings, io
-=item BUGS
+=back
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 encoding - pragma to control the conversion of legacy data into
-Unicode
+=head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate
+bytecode
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+%insn_data, @insn_name, @optype, @specialsv_name
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 fields - compile-time class fields
+=head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-new, phash
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators
+=head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
=over 4
=over 4
-=item subpragma access
+=item Functions
+
+B<find_leaders>
=back
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating
-point
+=head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item EXAMPLE
-=head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler
+=item OPTIONS
-=over 4
+B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item KNOWN BUGS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item NOTICE
+
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
+=head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item Adding directories to @INC
-
-=item Deleting directories from @INC
+=item OPTIONS
-=item Restoring original @INC
+B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, B<-Dc>, B<-DA>,
+B<-DC>, B<-DM>, B<-f>, B<-fcog>, B<-fsave-data>, B<-fppaddr>, B<-fwarn-sv>,
+B<-fuse-script-name>, B<-fsave-sig-hash>, B<-On>, B<-O0>, B<-O1>, B<-O2>,
+B<-llimit>
-=back
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in
-operations
+=head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item OPTIONS
-=head2 open - perl pragma to set default disciplines for input and output
+B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-mModulename>, B<-D>, B<-Dr>,
+B<-DO>, B<-Ds>, B<-Dp>, B<-Dq>, B<-Dl>, B<-Dt>, B<-f>,
+B<-ffreetmps-each-bblock>, B<-ffreetmps-each-loop>, B<-fomit-taint>, B<-On>
+
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item DIFFERENCES
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Loops
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Context of ".."
-=item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY
+=item Arithmetic
-=item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
+=item Deprecated features
-=item SEE ALSO
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling
+=head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item EXAMPLE
-=back
+=item OPTIONS
-=head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations
+B<-basic>, B<-exec>, B<-tree>, B<-compact>, B<-loose>, B<-vt>, B<-ascii>,
+B<-main>, B<-base>I<n>, B<-bigendian>, B<-littleendian>, B<-concise>,
+B<-terse>, B<-linenoise>, B<-debug>, B<-env>
-=over 4
+=item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS
-=item SYNOPSIS
+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<#classsym>, B<#coplabel>, B<#exname>, B<#extarg>, B<#firstaddr>,
+B<#flags>, B<#flagval>, B<#hyphseq>, B<#label>, B<#lastaddr>, B<#name>,
+B<#NAME>, B<#next>, B<#nextaddr>, B<#noise>, B<#private>, B<#privval>,
+B<#seq>, B<#seqnum>, B<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>, B<#svclass>, B<#svval>,
+B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABBREVIATIONS
=over 4
-=item Declaration of overloaded functions
+=item OP flags abbreviations
-=item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations
+=item OP class abbreviations
-FALSE, TRUE, C<undef>
+=back
-=item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations
+=item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework
-=item Calling Conventions for Mutators
+=item AUTHOR
-C<++> and C<-->, C<x=> and other assignment versions
+=back
-=item Overloadable Operations
+=head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
-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>
+=over 4
+
+=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>
+=head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
=over 4
-=item Last Resort
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Fallback
+=item DESCRIPTION
-C<undef>, TRUE, defined, but FALSE
+=item OPTIONS
-=item Copy Constructor
+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>
-B<Example>
+=item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE
-=back
+=over 4
-=item MAGIC AUTOGENERATION
+=item Synopsis
-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
+=item new
-=item Run-time Overloading
+=item ambient_pragmas
-=item Public functions
+strict, $[, bytes, utf8, integer, re, warnings, hint_bits, warning_bits
-overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op)
+=item coderef2text
-=item Overloading constants
+=back
-integer, float, binary, q, qr
+=item BUGS
-=item IMPLEMENTATION
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Metaphor clash
+=back
-=item Cookbook
+=head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode
=over 4
-=item Two-face scalars
-
-=item Two-face references
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Symbolic calculator
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item I<Really> symbolic calculator
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=head2 B::Lint - Perl lint
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
+=over 4
-Odd number of arguments for overload::constant, `%s' is not an overloadable
-type, `%s' is not a code reference
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item BUGS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item OPTIONS AND LINT CHECKS
-=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
+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>
-=over 4
+=item NON LINT-CHECK OPTIONS
-=item SYNOPSIS
+B<-u Package>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
+=head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OPTIONS
+=item CONVENTIONS
-=over 4
+=item IMPLEMENTATION
-=item SIGNAL HANDLERS
+=item BUGS
-B<stack-trace>, B<die>, B<handler> I<your-handler>
+=item AUTHOR
-=item SIGNAL LISTS
+=back
-B<normal-signals>, B<error-signals>, B<old-interface-signals>
+=head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files
-=item OTHER
+=over 4
-B<untrapped>, B<any>, I<signal>, I<number>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 sort - perl pragma to control sort() behaviour
+=head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
+=head2 B::Stash - show what stashes are loaded
+
+=head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-C<strict refs>, C<strict vars>, C<strict subs>
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
+=head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item OPTIONS
+
+C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-d>, C<-D[tO]>
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source
-code
+=head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Utility functions
+=item Functions
-$num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string);, utf8::downgrade($string[, CHECK]),
-utf8::encode($string), $flag = utf8::decode($string)
+B<find_leaders>
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
+=head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 vmsish - Perl pragma to control VMS-specific language features
+=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 ] ] )
-C<vmsish status>, C<vmsish exit>, C<vmsish time>, C<vmsish hushed>
+=item Optional Exports
+
+clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [
+STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), countit(TIME, CODE),
+disablecache ( ), enablecache ( ), timesum ( T1, T2 )
+
+=item :hireswallclock
=back
-=head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings
+=item NOTES
-=over 4
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item INHERITANCE
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CAVEATS
-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 SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item MODIFICATION HISTORY
=back
-=head2 warnings::register - warnings import function
+=head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item AUTHOR
-=head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION
+=item SEE ALSO
-=head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs
+=back
+
+=head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item EXAMPLE
-=item DBM Comparisons
+=item OPTIONS
-[0], [1], [2], [3]
+B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
-=back
+=item KNOWN BUGS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item NOTICE
+
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand
+=head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item ABSTRACT
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Subroutine Stubs
+=item PROGRAMMING STYLE
-=item Using B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
+=item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES
-=item Overriding B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
+=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE):
-=item Package Lexicals
+=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE
-=item Not Using AutoLoader
+=item FETCHING A LIST OF KEYWORDS FROM THE QUERY:
-=item B<AutoLoader> vs. B<SelfLoader>
+=item FETCHING THE NAMES OF ALL THE PARAMETERS PASSED TO YOUR SCRIPT:
+
+=item FETCHING THE VALUE OR VALUES OF A SINGLE NAMED PARAMETER:
+
+=item SETTING THE VALUE(S) OF A NAMED PARAMETER:
+
+=item APPENDING ADDITIONAL VALUES TO A NAMED PARAMETER:
+
+=item IMPORTING ALL PARAMETERS INTO A NAMESPACE:
+
+=item DELETING A PARAMETER COMPLETELY:
+
+=item DELETING ALL PARAMETERS:
+
+=item DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARAMETER LIST:
+
+=item FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH:
+
+=item SAVING THE STATE OF THE SCRIPT TO A FILE:
+
+=item RETRIEVING CGI ERRORS
+
+=item USING THE FUNCTION-ORIENTED INTERFACE
+
+B<:cgi>, B<:form>, B<:html2>, B<:html3>, B<:html4>, B<:netscape>, B<:html>,
+B<:standard>, B<:all>
+
+=item PRAGMAS
+
+-any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_undef_params, -no_xhtml, -nph,
+-newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, -no_debug, -debug,
+-private_tempfiles
+
+=item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS
+
+1. start_table() (generates a <table> tag), 2. end_table() (generates a
+</table> tag), 3. start_ul() (generates a <ul> tag), 4. end_ul() (generates
+a </ul> tag)
=back
-=item CAVEATS
+=item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
+
+=item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER:
+
+=item GENERATING A REDIRECTION HEADER
+
+=item CREATING THE HTML DOCUMENT HEADER
+
+B<Parameters:>, 4, 5, 6..
+
+=item ENDING THE HTML DOCUMENT:
+
+=item CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION:
+
+=item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL
+
+B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query>
+(B<-query_string>), B<-base>
+
+=item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS
=back
-=head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
+=item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS:
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF HTML SHORTCUTS
-$keep, $check, $modtime
+=item HTML SHORTCUTS AND LIST INTERPOLATION
-=over 4
+=item NON-STANDARD HTML SHORTCUTS
-=item Multiple packages
+=item AUTOESCAPING HTML
-=back
+$escaped_string = escapeHTML("unescaped string");, $charset =
+charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]);
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
+=item PRETTY-PRINTING HTML
=back
-=head2 B - The Perl Compiler
+=item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS:
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM
-=item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
+B<application/x-www-form-urlencoded>, B<multipart/form-data>
-=over 4
+=item CREATING A TEXT FIELD
-=item SV-RELATED CLASSES
+B<Parameters>
-=item B::SV METHODS
+=item CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD
-REFCNT, FLAGS
+=item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD
-=item B::IV METHODS
+=item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD
-IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv
+B<Parameters>
-=item B::NV METHODS
+=item CREATING A POPUP MENU
-NV, NVX
+=item CREATING AN OPTION GROUP
-=item B::RV METHODS
+=item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST
-RV
+B<Parameters:>
-=item B::PV METHODS
+=item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES
-PV, PVX
+B<Parameters:>
-=item B::PVMG METHODS
+=item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX
-MAGIC, SvSTASH
+B<Parameters:>
-=item B::MAGIC METHODS
+=item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP
-MOREMAGIC, PRIVATE, TYPE, FLAGS, OBJ, PTR
+B<Parameters:>
-=item B::PVLV METHODS
+=item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON
-TARGOFF, TARGLEN, TYPE, TARG
+B<Parameters:>
-=item B::BM METHODS
+=item CREATING A RESET BUTTON
-USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE
+=item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON
-=item B::GV METHODS
+=item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD
-is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN,
-LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS
+B<Parameters:>
-=item B::IO METHODS
+=item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON
-LINES, PAGE, PAGE_LEN, LINES_LEFT, TOP_NAME, TOP_GV, FMT_NAME, FMT_GV,
-BOTTOM_NAME, BOTTOM_GV, SUBPROCESS, IoTYPE, IoFLAGS
+B<Parameters:>, 3. The third option (-align, optional) is an alignment
+type, and may be TOP, BOTTOM or MIDDLE
-=item B::AV METHODS
+=item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON
-FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, AvFLAGS
+=back
-=item B::CV METHODS
+=item HTTP COOKIES
-STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, XSUB, XSUBANY,
-CvFLAGS, const_sv
+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>
-=item B::HV METHODS
+=item WORKING WITH FRAMES
-FILL, MAX, KEYS, RITER, NAME, PMROOT, ARRAY
+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 OP-RELATED CLASSES
+=item LIMITED SUPPORT FOR CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
-=item B::OP METHODS
+=item DEBUGGING
-next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, seq, flags, private
+=over 4
-=item B::UNOP METHOD
+=item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS
-first
+=back
-=item B::BINOP METHOD
+=item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
-last
+B<Accept()>, B<raw_cookie()>, B<user_agent()>, B<path_info()>,
+B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()> Return the script
+name as a partial URL, for self-refering scripts, B<referer()>, B<auth_type
+()>, B<server_name ()>, B<virtual_host ()>, B<server_port ()>,
+B<server_software ()>, B<remote_user ()>, B<user_name ()>,
+B<request_method()>, B<content_type()>, B<http()>, B<https()>
-=item B::LOGOP METHOD
+=item USING NPH SCRIPTS
-other
+In the B<use> statement, By calling the B<nph()> method:, By using B<-nph>
+parameters
-=item B::LISTOP METHOD
+=item Server Push
-children
+multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final()
-=item B::PMOP METHODS
+=item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks
-pmreplroot, pmreplstart, pmnext, pmregexp, pmflags, pmpermflags, precomp
+B<$CGI::POST_MAX>, B<$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS>, B<1. On a script-by-script
+basis>, B<2. Globally for all scripts>
-=item B::SVOP METHOD
+=item COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL
-sv, gv
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=item B::PADOP METHOD
+=item CREDITS
-padix
+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..
-=item B::PVOP METHOD
+=item A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT
-pv
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item B::LOOP METHODS
+=back
-redoop, nextop, lastop
+=head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm
-=item B::COP METHODS
+=over 4
-label, stash, file, cop_seq, arybase, line
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item FUNCTIONS EXPORTED BY C<B>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-main_cv, init_av, main_root, main_start, comppadlist, sv_undef, sv_yes,
-sv_no, amagic_generation, walkoptree(OP, METHOD), walkoptree_debug(DEBUG),
-walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE, PREFIX), svref_2object(SV),
-ppname(OPNUM), hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c, cstring(STR), class(OBJ),
-threadsv_names
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate
-bytecode
+=head2 CGI::Carp, B<CGI::Carp> - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or
+other) error log
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=back
+=item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES
-=head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode
+=item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Changing the default message
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
+
+=item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS
+
+=item OVERRIDING THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM
=item AUTHORS
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
+=head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=back
+=item USING CGI::Cookie
-=head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
+B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag>
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Creating New Cookies
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Sending the Cookie to the Browser
-=item OPTIONS
+=item Recovering Previous Cookies
+
+=item Manipulating Cookies
-B<-ofilename>, B<-afilename>, B<-->, B<-f>, B<-fcompress-nullops>,
-B<-fomit-sequence-numbers>, B<-fbypass-nullops>, B<-On>, B<-D>, B<-Do>,
-B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-upackage>
+B<name()>, B<value()>, B<domain()>, B<path()>, B<expires()>
-=item EXAMPLES
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHORS
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend
+=head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OPTIONS
+=item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
-B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, B<-Dc>, B<-DA>,
-B<-DC>, B<-DM>, B<-f>, B<-fcog>, B<-fno-cog>, B<-On>, B<-llimit>
+=item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS
+
+=item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS
+
+=item EXTERNAL FASTCGI SERVER INVOCATION
+
+FCGI_SOCKET_PATH, FCGI_LISTEN_QUEUE
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
+=head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=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 Tags that won't be formatted
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item Customizing the Indenting
-=item BUGS
+=back
-=item DIFFERENCES
+=item BUGS
-=over 4
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Loops
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Context of ".."
+=back
-=item Arithmetic
+=head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push
-=item Deprecated features
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item USING CGI::Push
-=head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
+-next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Heterogeneous Pages
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly
-=item OPTIONS
+=back
-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>
+=item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS
-=item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-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 BUGS
-=item ABBREVIATIONS
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch
=over 4
-=item OP flags abbreviations
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item OP class abbreviations
+=item ABSTRACT
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework
+=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
+=head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
+=head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item STATUS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OPTIONS
+=over 4
-B<-l>, B<-p>, B<-q>, B<-f>I<FILE>, B<-s>I<LETTERS>, B<C>, B<i>I<NUMBER>,
-B<T>, B<v>I<STRING>B<.>, B<-x>I<LEVEL>
+=item Interactive Mode
-=item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE
+Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test,
+install, clean modules or distributions, get, readme, look module or
+distribution, ls author, Signals
-=over 4
+=item CPAN::Shell
-=item Synopsis
+=item autobundle
-=item Description
+=item recompile
-=item new
+=item The four C<CPAN::*> Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution
-=item ambient_pragmas
+=item Programmer's interface
-strict, $[, bytes, utf8, integer, re, warnings, hint_bits, warning_bits
+expand($type,@things), expandany(@things), Programming Examples
-=item coderef2text
+=item Methods in the other Classes
-=back
+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 BUGS
+=item Cache Manager
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Bundles
+
+=item Prerequisites
+
+=item Finding packages and VERSION
+
+=item Debugging
+
+=item Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode
=back
-=head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode
+=item CONFIGURATION
-=over 4
+C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>
+E<lt>valueE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list
+optionE<gt> [shift|pop]>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>
+[unshift|push|splice] E<lt>listE<gt>>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Note on urllist parameter's format
-=item AUTHOR
+=item urllist parameter has CD-ROM support
=back
-=head2 B::Lint - Perl lint
+=item SECURITY
+
+=item EXPORT
+
+=item POPULATE AN INSTALLATION WITH LOTS OF MODULES
+
+=item WORKING WITH CPAN.pm BEHIND FIREWALLS
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Three basic types of firewalls
-=item DESCRIPTION
+http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade
-=item OPTIONS AND LINT CHECKS
+=item Configuring lynx or ncftp for going through a firewall
-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>
+=back
-=item NON LINT-CHECK OPTIONS
+=item FAQ
-B<-u Package>
+1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7), 8), 9), 10)
=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
+=item TRANSLATIONS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
+=head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item CONVENTIONS
-
-=item IMPLEMENTATION
-
-=item AUTHOR
-
=back
-=head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files
+=head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS
+module
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend
+=head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
+
+=item Forcing a Stack Trace
=back
-=head2 B::Stash - show what stashes are loaded
+=item BUGS
-=head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
+=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
=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
+
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
+=head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OPTIONS
+=over 4
-C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-D[tO]>
+=item The C<struct()> function
-=item BUGS
+=item Class Creation at Compile Time
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Element Types and Accessor Methods
-=back
+Scalar (C<'$'> or C<'*$'>), Array (C<'@'> or C<'*@'>), Hash (C<'%'> or
+C<'*%'>), Class (C<'Class_Name'> or C<'*Class_Name'>)
-=head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
+=item Initializing with C<new>
-=over 4
+=back
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item DESCRIPTION
+Example 1, Example 2, Example 3
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Author and Modification History
=back
-=head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code
+=head2 Config - access Perl configuration information
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+myconfig(), config_sh(), config_re($regex), config_vars(@names)
-=item Methods
+=item EXAMPLE
-new, debug, iters
+=item WARNING
-=item Standard Exports
+=item GLOSSARY
-timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis ( COUNT, CODE, [ TITLE, [ STYLE ]] ),
-timethese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), timediff ( T1, T2 ), timestr (
-TIMEDIFF, [ STYLE, [ FORMAT ] ] )
+=over 4
-=item Optional Exports
+=item _
-clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUT, CODEHASHREF, [
-STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), countit(TIME, CODE),
-disablecache ( ), enablecache ( ), timesum ( T1, T2 )
+C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o>
-=back
+=item a
-=item NOTES
+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 EXAMPLES
+=item b
-=item INHERITANCE
+C<baserev>, C<bash>, C<bin>, C<binexp>, C<bison>, C<byacc>, C<byteorder>
-=item CAVEATS
+=item c
-=item SEE ALSO
+C<c>, C<castflags>, C<cat>, C<cc>, C<cccdlflags>, C<ccdlflags>, C<ccflags>,
+C<ccflags_uselargefiles>, C<ccname>, C<ccsymbols>, C<ccversion>, C<cf_by>,
+C<cf_email>, C<cf_time>, C<charsize>, C<chgrp>, C<chmod>, C<chown>,
+C<clocktype>, C<comm>, C<compress>, C<contains>, C<cp>, C<cpio>, C<cpp>,
+C<cpp_stuff>, C<cppccsymbols>, C<cppflags>, C<cpplast>, C<cppminus>,
+C<cpprun>, C<cppstdin>, C<cppsymbols>, C<crypt_r_proto>, C<cryptlib>,
+C<csh>, C<ctermid_r_proto>, C<ctime_r_proto>
-=item AUTHORS
+=item d
-=item MODIFICATION HISTORY
+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>
-=back
+=item e
-=head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code
+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>
-=over 4
+=item f
-=item SYNOPSIS
+C<fflushall>, C<fflushNULL>, C<find>, C<firstmakefile>, C<flex>,
+C<fpossize>, C<fpostype>, C<freetype>, C<from>, C<full_ar>, C<full_csh>,
+C<full_sed>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item g
-=item AUTHOR
+C<gccansipedantic>, C<gccosandvers>, C<gccversion>, C<getgrent_r_proto>,
+C<getgrgid_r_proto>, C<getgrnam_r_proto>, C<gethostbyaddr_r_proto>,
+C<gethostbyname_r_proto>, C<gethostent_r_proto>, C<getlogin_r_proto>,
+C<getnetbyaddr_r_proto>, C<getnetbyname_r_proto>, C<getnetent_r_proto>,
+C<getprotobyname_r_proto>, C<getprotobynumber_r_proto>,
+C<getprotoent_r_proto>, C<getpwent_r_proto>, C<getpwnam_r_proto>,
+C<getpwuid_r_proto>, C<getservbyname_r_proto>, C<getservbyport_r_proto>,
+C<getservent_r_proto>, C<getspnam_r_proto>, C<gidformat>, C<gidsign>,
+C<gidsize>, C<gidtype>, C<glibpth>, C<gmake>, C<gmtime_r_proto>,
+C<gnulibc_version>, C<grep>, C<groupcat>, C<groupstype>, C<gzip>
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item h
-=back
+C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>, C<html1dir>, C<html1direxp>,
+C<html3dir>, C<html3direxp>
-=head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
+=item i
-=over 4
+C<i16size>, C<i16type>, C<i32size>, C<i32type>, C<i64size>, C<i64type>,
+C<i8size>, C<i8type>, C<i_arpainet>, C<i_bsdioctl>, C<i_crypt>, C<i_db>,
+C<i_dbm>, C<i_dirent>, C<i_dld>, C<i_dlfcn>, C<i_fcntl>, C<i_float>,
+C<i_fp>, C<i_fp_class>, C<i_gdbm>, C<i_grp>, C<i_ieeefp>, C<i_inttypes>,
+C<i_langinfo>, C<i_libutil>, C<i_limits>, C<i_locale>, C<i_machcthr>,
+C<i_malloc>, C<i_math>, C<i_memory>, C<i_mntent>, C<i_ndbm>, C<i_netdb>,
+C<i_neterrno>, C<i_netinettcp>, C<i_niin>, C<i_poll>, C<i_prot>,
+C<i_pthread>, C<i_pwd>, C<i_rpcsvcdbm>, C<i_sfio>, C<i_sgtty>, C<i_shadow>,
+C<i_socks>, C<i_stdarg>, C<i_stddef>, C<i_stdlib>, C<i_string>,
+C<i_sunmath>, C<i_sysaccess>, C<i_sysdir>, C<i_sysfile>, C<i_sysfilio>,
+C<i_sysin>, C<i_sysioctl>, C<i_syslog>, C<i_sysmman>, C<i_sysmode>,
+C<i_sysmount>, C<i_sysndir>, C<i_sysparam>, C<i_sysresrc>, C<i_syssecrt>,
+C<i_sysselct>, C<i_syssockio>, C<i_sysstat>, C<i_sysstatfs>,
+C<i_sysstatvfs>, C<i_systime>, C<i_systimek>, C<i_systimes>, C<i_systypes>,
+C<i_sysuio>, C<i_sysun>, C<i_sysutsname>, C<i_sysvfs>, C<i_syswait>,
+C<i_termio>, C<i_termios>, C<i_time>, C<i_unistd>, C<i_ustat>, C<i_utime>,
+C<i_values>, C<i_varargs>, C<i_varhdr>, C<i_vfork>,
+C<ignore_versioned_solibs>, C<inc_version_list>, C<inc_version_list_init>,
+C<incpath>, C<inews>, C<installarchlib>, C<installbin>, C<installhtml1dir>,
+C<installhtml3dir>, C<installman1dir>, C<installman3dir>, C<installprefix>,
+C<installprefixexp>, C<installprivlib>, C<installscript>,
+C<installsitearch>, C<installsitebin>, C<installsitehtml1dir>,
+C<installsitehtml3dir>, C<installsitelib>, C<installsiteman1dir>,
+C<installsiteman3dir>, C<installsitescript>, C<installstyle>,
+C<installusrbinperl>, C<installvendorarch>, C<installvendorbin>,
+C<installvendorhtml1dir>, C<installvendorhtml3dir>, C<installvendorlib>,
+C<installvendorman1dir>, C<installvendorman3dir>, C<installvendorscript>,
+C<intsize>, C<issymlink>, C<ivdformat>, C<ivsize>, C<ivtype>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item k
-=item DESCRIPTION
+C<known_extensions>, C<ksh>
-=item OPTIONS
+=item l
-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>
+C<ld>, C<lddlflags>, C<ldflags>, C<ldflags_uselargefiles>, C<ldlibpthname>,
+C<less>, C<lib_ext>, C<libc>, C<libperl>, C<libpth>, C<libs>, C<libsdirs>,
+C<libsfiles>, C<libsfound>, C<libspath>, C<libswanted>,
+C<libswanted_uselargefiles>, C<line>, C<lint>, C<lkflags>, C<ln>, C<lns>,
+C<localtime_r_proto>, C<locincpth>, C<loclibpth>, C<longdblsize>,
+C<longlongsize>, C<longsize>, C<lp>, C<lpr>, C<ls>, C<lseeksize>,
+C<lseektype>
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item m
-=item BUGS
+C<mail>, C<mailx>, C<make>, C<make_set_make>, C<mallocobj>, C<mallocsrc>,
+C<malloctype>, C<man1dir>, C<man1direxp>, C<man1ext>, C<man3dir>,
+C<man3direxp>, C<man3ext>
-=item AUTHORS
+=item M
-=back
+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>
-=head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
+=item n
-=over 4
+C<n>, C<need_va_copy>, C<netdb_hlen_type>, C<netdb_host_type>,
+C<netdb_name_type>, C<netdb_net_type>, C<nm>, C<nm_opt>, C<nm_so_opt>,
+C<nonxs_ext>, C<nroff>, C<nv_preserves_uv_bits>, C<nveformat>,
+C<nvEUformat>, C<nvfformat>, C<nvFUformat>, C<nvgformat>, C<nvGUformat>,
+C<nvsize>, C<nvtype>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item o
-=item ABSTRACT
+C<o_nonblock>, C<obj_ext>, C<old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<optimize>,
+C<orderlib>, C<osname>, C<osvers>, C<otherlibdirs>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item p
-=over 4
+C<package>, C<pager>, C<passcat>, C<patchlevel>, C<path_sep>, C<perl5>,
+C<perl>, C<perl_patchlevel>
-=item PROGRAMMING STYLE
+=item P
-=item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES
+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>
-=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE):
+=item q
-=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE
+C<quadkind>, C<quadtype>
-=item FETCHING A LIST OF KEYWORDS FROM THE QUERY:
+=item r
-=item FETCHING THE NAMES OF ALL THE PARAMETERS PASSED TO YOUR SCRIPT:
+C<randbits>, C<randfunc>, C<random_r_proto>, C<randseedtype>, C<ranlib>,
+C<rd_nodata>, C<readdir64_r_proto>, C<readdir_r_proto>, C<revision>, C<rm>,
+C<rmail>, C<run>, C<runnm>
-=item FETCHING THE VALUE OR VALUES OF A SINGLE NAMED PARAMETER:
+=item s
-=item SETTING THE VALUE(S) OF A NAMED PARAMETER:
+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 APPENDING ADDITIONAL VALUES TO A NAMED PARAMETER:
+=item t
-=item IMPORTING ALL PARAMETERS INTO A NAMESPACE:
+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 DELETING A PARAMETER COMPLETELY:
+=item u
-=item DELETING ALL PARAMETERS:
+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>
-=item DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARAMETER LIST:
+=item v
-=item FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH:
+C<vendorarch>, C<vendorarchexp>, C<vendorbin>, C<vendorbinexp>,
+C<vendorhtml1dir>, C<vendorhtml1direxp>, C<vendorhtml3dir>,
+C<vendorhtml3direxp>, C<vendorlib>, C<vendorlib_stem>, C<vendorlibexp>,
+C<vendorman1dir>, C<vendorman1direxp>, C<vendorman3dir>,
+C<vendorman3direxp>, C<vendorprefix>, C<vendorprefixexp>, C<vendorscript>,
+C<vendorscriptexp>, C<version>, C<version_patchlevel_string>,
+C<versiononly>, C<vi>, C<voidflags>
-=item SAVING THE STATE OF THE SCRIPT TO A FILE:
+=item x
-=item RETRIEVING CGI ERRORS
+C<xlibpth>, C<xs_apiversion>
-=item USING THE FUNCTION-ORIENTED INTERFACE
+=item y
-B<:cgi>, B<:form>, B<:html2>, B<:html3>, B<:netscape>, B<:html>,
-B<:standard>, B<:all>
+C<yacc>, C<yaccflags>
-=item PRAGMAS
+=item z
--any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_undef_params, -no_xhtml, -nph,
--newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, -no_debug, -debug,
--private_tempfiles
+C<zcat>, C<zip>
-=item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS
+=back
-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 NOTE
=back
-=item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS
+=head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory
=over 4
-=item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER:
-
-=item GENERATING A REDIRECTION HEADER
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item CREATING THE HTML DOCUMENT HEADER
+=item DESCRIPTION
-B<Parameters:>, 4, 5, 6..
+=over 4
-=item ENDING THE HTML DOCUMENT:
+=item getcwd and friends
-=item CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION:
+getcwd, cwd, fastcwd, fastgetcwd
-=item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL
+=item abs_path and friends
-B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query>
-(B<-query_string>), B<-base>
+abs_path, realpath, fast_abs_path
-=item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS
+=item $ENV{PWD}
=back
-=item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS:
-
-=over 4
-
-=item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS
-
-=item THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF HTML SHORTCUTS
-
-=item HTML SHORTCUTS AND LIST INTERPOLATION
-
-=item NON-STANDARD HTML SHORTCUTS
-
-=item AUTOESCAPING HTML
-
-$escaped_string = escapeHTML("unescaped string");, $charset =
-charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]);
+=item NOTES
-=item PRETTY-PRINTING HTML
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS:
+=head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft,
+subject to
+change)
=over 4
-=item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM
+=item DESCRIPTION
-B<application/x-www-form-urlencoded>, B<multipart/form-data>
+=over 4
-=item CREATING A TEXT FIELD
+=item Global Variables
-B<Parameters>
+ $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 CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD
+=item API Methods
-=item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD
+CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'),
+CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done()
-=item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD
+=item Client Callback Methods
-B<Parameters>
+CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(),
+CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(),
+CLIENT->output(LIST)
-=item CREATING A POPUP MENU
+=back
-=item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST
+=item BUGS
-B<Parameters:>
+=item AUTHOR
-=item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES
+=back
-B<Parameters:>
+=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
-=item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX
+=over 4
-B<Parameters:>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP
+=item DESCRIPTION
-B<Parameters:>
+B<DB_HASH>, B<DB_BTREE>, B<DB_RECNO>
-=item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON
+=over 4
-B<Parameters:>
+=item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or greater
-=item CREATING A RESET BUTTON
+=item Interface to Berkeley DB
-=item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON
+=item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File
-=item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD
+=item Default Parameters
-B<Parameters:>
+=item In Memory Databases
-=item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON
+=back
-B<Parameters:>, 3. The third option (-align, optional) is an alignment
-type, and may be TOP, BOTTOM or MIDDLE
+=item DB_HASH
-=item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON
+=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
-
-B<Accept()>, B<raw_cookie()>, B<user_agent()>, B<path_info()>,
-B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()> Return the script
-name as a partial URL, for self-refering scripts, B<referer()>, B<auth_type
-()>, B<server_name ()>, B<virtual_host ()>, B<server_port ()>,
-B<server_software ()>, B<remote_user ()>, B<user_name ()>,
-B<request_method()>, B<content_type()>, B<http()>, B<https()>
-
-=item USING NPH SCRIPTS
+=item DB_RECNO
-In the B<use> statement, By calling the B<nph()> method:, By using B<-nph>
-parameters
+=over 4
-=item Server Push
+=item The 'bval' Option
-multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final()
+=item A Simple Example
-=item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks
+=item Extra RECNO Methods
-B<$CGI::POST_MAX>, B<$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS>, B<1. On a script-by-script
-basis>, B<2. Globally for all scripts>
+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<$X-E<gt>splice(offset,
+length, elements);>
-=item COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL
+=item Another Example
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=back
-=item CREDITS
+=item THE API INTERFACE
-Matt Heffron (heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com), James Taylor
-(james.taylor@srs.gov), Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com>, Mike Jewell
-(mlj3u@virginia.edu), Timothy Shimmin (tes@kbs.citri.edu.au), Joergen Haegg
-(jh@axis.se), Laurent Delfosse (delfosse@delfosse.com), Richard Resnick
-(applepi1@aol.com), Craig Bishop (csb@barwonwater.vic.gov.au), Tony Curtis
-(tc@vcpc.univie.ac.at), Tim Bunce (Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk), Tom Christiansen
-(tchrist@convex.com), Andreas Koenig (k@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE), Tim
-MacKenzie (Tim.MacKenzie@fulcrum.com.au), Kevin B. Hendricks
-(kbhend@dogwood.tyler.wm.edu), Stephen Dahmen (joyfire@inxpress.net), Ed
-Jordan (ed@fidalgo.net), David Alan Pisoni (david@cnation.com), Doug
-MacEachern (dougm@opengroup.org), Robin Houston (robin@oneworld.org),
-...and many many more..
+B<$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 A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT
+=item DBM FILTERS
-=item BUGS
+B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
+B<filter_fetch_value>
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
+
+=item The Filter
+
+=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 Why is there Perl source in my database?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File?
-=item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES
+=item What does "Invalid Argument" mean?
-=item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW
+=item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean?
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Changing the default message
+=item REFERENCES
-=back
+=item HISTORY
-=item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS
+=item BUGS
-=item CHANGE LOG
+=item AVAILABILITY
-=item AUTHORS
+=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($method,@args),
-CPAN::Module::get(), CPAN::Module::inst_file(),
-CPAN::Module::inst_version(), CPAN::Module::install(),
-CPAN::Module::look(), CPAN::Module::make(),
-CPAN::Module::manpage_headline(), CPAN::Module::readme(),
-CPAN::Module::test(), CPAN::Module::uptodate(), CPAN::Module::userid()
-
-=item Cache Manager
-
-=item Bundles
+I<binary>, I<hex>, I<base64>
-=item Prerequisites
+=item OO INTERFACE
-=item Finding packages and VERSION
+$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 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
+=over 4
+
+=item Creation
+
+C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>,
+C<dumpDBFiles>, C<dumpPackages>, C<dumpReused>, C<tick>, C<quoteHighBit>,
+C<printUndef>, C<usageOnly>, unctrl, subdump, bareStringify, quoteHighBit,
+stopDbSignal
+
+=item Methods
+
+dumpValue, dumpValues, stringify, dumpvars, set_quote, set_unctrl,
+compactDump, veryCompact, set, get
=back
-=head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
+=back
+
+=head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+@dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, @dl_librefs,
+@dl_modules, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(), dl_expandspec(),
+dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_load_flags(), dl_find_symbol(),
+dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(), dl_install_xsub(),
+bootstrap()
-=item Forcing a Stack Trace
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item BUGS
+=head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into
+Perl code
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 Carp::Heavy, Carp heavy machinery - no user serviceable parts inside
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=head2 Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Migration from C<DynaLoader>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Backward compatible boilerplate
-=item FUNCTIONS
+=back
-the function Class::ISA::super_path($CLASS), the function
-Class::ISA::self_and_super_path($CLASS), the function
-Class::ISA::self_and_super_versions($CLASS)
+=item Order of initialization: early load()
-=item CAUTIONARY NOTES
+=over 4
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item The most hairy case
+
+=back
+
+=item LIMITATIONS
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
+=head2 Encode - character encodings
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
=over 4
-=item The C<struct()> function
+=item Table of Contents
-=item Class Creation at Compile Time
+=back
-=item Element Types and Accessor Methods
+=item DESCRIPTION
-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 TERMINOLOGY
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item PERL ENCODING API
-Example 1, Example 2, Example 3
+$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 Author and Modification History
+=over 4
+
+=item Listing available encodings
+
+=item Defining Aliases
=back
-=head2 Config - access Perl configuration information
+=item Encoding via PerlIO
-=over 4
+=item Handling Malformed Data
-=item SYNOPSIS
+I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_DEFAULT ( == 0), I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_CROAK ( == 1),
+I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_QUIET, I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_WARN, perlqq mode
+(I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_PERLQQ), HTML charref mode (I<CHECK> =
+Encode::FB_HTMLCREF), XML charref mode (I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_XMLCREF), The
+bitmask
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
-myconfig(), config_sh(), config_vars(@names)
+=item Unimplemented fallback schemes
-=item EXAMPLE
+=back
-=item WARNING
+=item Defining Encodings
-=item GLOSSARY
+=item The UTF-8 flag
+
+Goal #1:, Goal #2:, Goal #3:, Goal #4:
=over 4
-=item _
+=item Messing with Perl's Internals
-C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o>
+is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK]), _utf8_on(STRING), _utf8_off(STRING)
-=item a
+=back
-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>
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item b
+=item MAINTAINER
-C<baserev>, C<bash>, C<bin>, C<bincompat5005>, C<binexp>, C<bison>,
-C<byacc>, C<byteorder>
+=back
-=item c
+=head2 Encode::Alias - alias definitions to encodings
-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>
+=over 4
-=item d
+=item SYNOPSIS
-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 DESCRIPTION
-=item e
+As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
+reference, e.g.:
-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 Alias overloading
-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 SEE ALSO
-C<gccosandvers>, C<gccversion>, C<gidformat>, C<gidsign>, C<gidsize>,
-C<gidtype>, C<glibpth>, C<grep>, C<groupcat>, C<groupstype>, C<gzip>
+=back
-=item h
+=head2 Encode::Byte - Single Byte Encodings
-C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>
+=over 4
-=item i
+=item SYNOPSIS
-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>
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item k
+=item DESCRIPTION
-C<known_extensions>, C<ksh>
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item l
+=back
-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>
+=head2 Encode::CJKConstants -- Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
-=item m
+=head2 Encode::CN - China-based Chinese 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
+=item NOTES
-C<n>, C<need_va_copy>, C<netdb_hlen_type>, C<netdb_host_type>,
-C<netdb_name_type>, C<netdb_net_type>, C<nm>, C<nm_opt>, C<nm_so_opt>,
-C<nonxs_ext>, C<nroff>, C<nveformat>, C<nvEUformat>, C<nvfformat>,
-C<nvFUformat>, C<nvgformat>, C<nvGUformat>, C<nvsize>, C<nvtype>
+=item BUGS
-=item o
+=item SEE ALSO
-C<o_nonblock>, C<obj_ext>, C<old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<optimize>,
-C<orderlib>, C<osname>, C<osvers>, C<otherlibdirs>
+=back
-=item p
+=head2 Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by Encode::CN
-C<package>, C<pager>, C<passcat>, C<patchlevel>, C<path_sep>, C<perl5>,
-C<perl>, C<perl_patchlevel>
+=head2 Encode::Config -- internally used by Encode
-=item P
+=head2 Encode::EBCDIC - EBCDIC 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::Encoding - Encode Implementation Base Class
-=item t
+=over 4
-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>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item u
+=item DESCRIPTION
-C<u16size>, C<u16type>, C<u32size>, C<u32type>, C<u64size>, C<u64type>,
-C<u8size>, C<u8type>, C<uidformat>, C<uidsign>, C<uidsize>, C<uidtype>,
-C<uname>, C<uniq>, C<uquadtype>, C<use5005threads>, C<use64bitall>,
-C<use64bitint>, C<usecrosscompile>, C<usedl>, C<useithreads>,
-C<uselargefiles>, C<uselongdouble>, C<usemorebits>, C<usemultiplicity>,
-C<usemymalloc>, C<usenm>, C<useopcode>, C<useperlio>, C<useposix>,
-C<usereentrant>, C<usesfio>, C<useshrplib>, C<usesocks>, C<usethreads>,
-C<usevendorprefix>, C<usevfork>, C<usrinc>, C<uuname>, C<uvoformat>,
-C<uvsize>, C<uvtype>, C<uvuformat>, C<uvxformat>, C<uvXUformat>
+=over 4
-=item v
+=item Methods you should implement
-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>
+-E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check]),
+-E<gt>cat_decode($destination, $octets, $offset, $terminator [,$check])
-=item x
+=item Other methods defined in Encode::Encodings
-C<xlibpth>, C<xs_apiversion>
+-E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>perlio_ok(), -E<gt>needs_lines()
-=item y
+=item Example: Encode::ROT13
-C<yacc>, C<yaccflags>
+=back
-=item z
+=item Why the heck Encode API is different?
-C<zcat>, C<zip>
+=over 4
+
+=item Compiled Encodings
=back
-=item NOTE
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
=back
-=head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory
+=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 getcwd and friends
+=item CAVEATS
-getcwd, cwd, fastcwd, fastgetcwd
+=item TO DO
-=item abs_path and friends
+=item SEE ALSO
-abs_path, realpath, fast_abs_path
+=back
-=item $ENV{PWD}
+=head2 Encode::JP - Japanese Encodings
-=back
+=over 4
-=item NOTES
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Note on ISO-2022-JP(-1)?
+
+=item BUGS
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft,
-subject to
-change)
+=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
-=over 4
+=item BUGS
-=item Global Variables
+=item SEE ALSO
- $DB::sub, %DB::sub, $DB::single, $DB::signal, $DB::trace, @DB::args,
-@DB::dbline, %DB::dbline, $DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::subname,
-$DB::lineno
+=back
-=item API Methods
+=head2 Encode::KR::2022_KR -- internally used by Encode::KR
-CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'),
-CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done()
+=head2 Encode::MIME::Header -- MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding
-=item Client Callback Methods
+=over 4
-CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(),
-CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(),
-CLIENT->output(LIST)
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
+=head2 Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document on Encode and PerlIO
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Overview
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How does it work?
-B<DB_HASH>, B<DB_BTREE>, B<DB_RECNO>
+=item Line Buffering
=over 4
-=item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or greater
+=item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
-=item Interface to Berkeley DB
+=back
-=item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Default Parameters
+=back
-=item In Memory Databases
+=head2 Encode::Supported -- Encodings supported by Encode
-=back
+=over 4
-=item DB_HASH
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item A Simple Example
+=item Encoding Names
=back
-=item DB_BTREE
+=item Supported Encodings
=over 4
-=item Changing the BTREE sort order
-
-=item Handling Duplicate Keys
-
-=item The get_dup() Method
-
-=item The find_dup() Method
+=item Built-in Encodings
-=item The del_dup() Method
+=item Encode::Unicode -- other Unicode encodings
-=item Matching Partial Keys
+=item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
-=back
+ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
+the Cyrillic world, gsm0338 - Hentai Latin 1
-=item DB_RECNO
+=item CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
-=over 4
+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 The 'bval' Option
+=item Miscellaneous encodings
-=item A Simple Example
+Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::Guess
-=item Extra RECNO Methods
+=back
-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<$X-E<gt>splice(offset,
-length, elements);>
+=item Unsupported encodings
-=item Another Example
+ ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], Various HP-UX encodings,
+Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], ISIRI 3342, Iran
+System, ISIRI 2900 [Farsi], Thai encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS,
+Various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic encodings
-=back
+=item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
-=item THE API INTERFACE
+=item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
-B<$status = $X-E<gt>get($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status =
-$X-E<gt>put($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>del($key [,
-$flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>fd ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>seq($key,
-$value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>sync([$flags]) ;>
+=over 4
-=item DBM FILTERS
+=item Microsoft-related naming mess
-B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
-B<filter_fetch_value>
+KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
-=over 4
+=back
-=item The Filter
+=item Glossary
-=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
+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 Another Example -- Key is a C int.
+=item See Also
-=back
+=item References
-=item HINTS AND TIPS
+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(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(), dl_expandspec(),
-dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_loadflags(), dl_find_symbol(),
-dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(), dl_install_xsub(),
-bootstrap()
+=item Offline sources
-=item AUTHOR
+C<CJKV Information Processing> by Ken Lunde
+
+=back
=back
-=head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into
-Perl code
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Unicode::UTF7, Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7
+encoding
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item AUTHOR
+=item In Practice
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Encode - character encodings
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item Description
=over 4
-=item TERMINOLOGY
+=item Predefined Methods
-=back
+$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::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 KEYWORDS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item ABSTRACT
-=back
+=item Description
-=head2 Encode::Tcl - Tcl encodings
+=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 Selecting What To Export
+=item How to Import
+
+C<use ModuleName;>, C<use ModuleName ();>, C<use ModuleName qw(...);>
+
+=back
+
+=item Advanced features
+
+=over 4
+
=item Specialised Import Lists
-=item Exporting without using Export's import method
+=item Exporting without using Exporter's import method
+
+=item Exporting without inheriting from Exporter
=item Module Version Checking
=item Tag Handling Utility Functions
+=item Generating combined tags
+
=item C<AUTOLOAD>ed Constants
=back
=over 4
-=item SYNOPIS
+=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
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
switch_clause INDENT, NAMELEN, ITEMHASH, ITEM..
-params WHAT
+params WHAT
+
+dump_names
+
+dogfood
+
+C_constant, name, type, value, macro, default, pre, post, def_pre =item
+def_post, utf8
+
+XS_constant PACKAGE, TYPES, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
+
+autoload PACKAGE, VERSION, AUTOLOADER
+
+WriteMakefileSnippet
+
+WriteConstants ATTRIBUTE =E<gt> VALUE [, ...], NAME, DEFAULT_TYPE,
+BREAKOUT_AT, NAMES, C_FILE, XS_FILE, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item @EXPORT
+
+=item FUNCTIONS
+
+xsinit(), Examples, ldopts(), Examples, perl_inc(), ccflags(), ccdlflags(),
+ccopts(), xsi_header(), xsi_protos(@modules), xsi_body(@modules)
+
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::Install - install files from here to there
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=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
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item USAGE
+
+=item FUNCTIONS
+
+new(), modules(), files(), directories(), directory_tree(), validate(),
+packlist(), version()
+
+=item EXAMPLE
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::Liblist - determine libraries to use and how to use them
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+For static extensions, For dynamic extensions at build/link time, For
+dynamic extensions at load time
+
+=over 4
+
+=item EXTRALIBS
+
+=item LDLOADLIBS and LD_RUN_PATH
+
+=item BSLOADLIBS
+
+=back
+
+=item PORTABILITY
+
+=over 4
+
+=item VMS implementation
+
+=item Win32 implementation
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=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
-dump_names
+manifypods_target
-dogfood
+makemakerdflt_target
-C_constant, name, type, value, macro, default, pre, post, def_pre =item
-def_post
+special_targets
-XS_constant PACKAGE, TYPES, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
+POD2MAN_macro
-autoload PACKAGE, VERSION, AUTOLOADER
+test_via_harness
-WriteMakefileSnippet
+test_via_script
-WriteConstants ATTRIBUTE =E<gt> VALUE [, ...], NAME, DEFAULT_TYPE,
-BREAKOUT_AT, NAMES, C_FILE, XS_FILE, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
+libscan
-=over 4
+tool_autosplit
-=item AUTHOR
+all_target
-=back
+metafile_target
-=head2 ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications
+signature_target
-=over 4
+metafile_addtomanifest_target
-=item SYNOPSIS
+signature_addtomanifest_target
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
-=item @EXPORT
+=item Abstract methods
-=item FUNCTIONS
+oneliner, B<quote_literal>, B<escape_newlines>, max_exec_len,
+B<init_others>, init_DIRFILESEP, init_linker, init_platform,
+platform_constants
-xsinit(), Examples, ldopts(), Examples, perl_inc(), ccflags(), ccdlflags(),
-ccopts(), xsi_header(), xsi_protos(@modules), xsi_body(@modules)
+=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+os_flavor
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 ExtUtils::Install - install files from here to there
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_BeOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=over 4
=back
-=head2 ExtUtils::Installed - Inventory management of installed modules
+os_flavor (o)
+
+init_linker
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item USAGE
-
-=item FUNCTIONS
+os_flavor (o)
-new(), modules(), files(), directories(), directory_tree(), validate(),
-packlist(), version()
+=back
-=item EXAMPLE
+cflags (o)
-=item AUTHOR
+replace_manpage_separator (o)
-=back
+init_linker
-=head2 ExtUtils::Liblist - determine libraries to use and how to use them
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_DOS - DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-For static extensions, For dynamic extensions, For dynamic extensions
-
=over 4
-=item EXTRALIBS
+=item Overridden methods
-=item LDLOADLIBS and LD_RUN_PATH
+os_flavor
-=item BSLOADLIBS
+=back
=back
-=item PORTABILITY
+B<replace_manpage_separator>
=over 4
-=item VMS implementation
-
-=item Win32 implementation
-
-=back
+=item AUTHOR
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_MacOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-canonpath, cflags, manifypods, perl_archive
-
=back
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_NW5 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
-ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+maybe_command
-=over 4
+guess_name
-=item SYNOPSIS
+macify
-=item DESCRIPTION
+patternify
-=back
+init_main
-catfile
+init_others
-constants (o)
+init_platform, platform_constants
-static_lib (o)
+init_dirscan
-dynamic_bs (o)
+init_VERSION (o)
-dynamic_lib (o)
+special_targets (o)
-canonpath
+static (o)
-perl_script
+dlsyms (o)
-pm_to_blib
+dynamic (o)
-test_via_harness (o)
+clean (o)
-tool_autosplit (override)
+clean_subdirs_target
-tools_other (o)
+realclean (o)
-xs_o (o)
+realclean_subdirs_target
-top_targets (o)
+rulez (o)
-htmlifypods (o)
+processPL (o)
-manifypods (o)
+os_flavor
-dist_ci (o)
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_NW5 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker
-dist_core (o)
+=over 4
-pasthru (o)
+=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>
+
+B<tardist_target>
+
+B<zipdist_target>
+
+B<tarfile_target>
+
+zipfile_target
-dist_test (o)
+uutardist_target
+
+shdist_target
+
+distdir
+
+dist_test
dlsyms (o)
extliblist
-file_name_is_absolute
-
find_perl
+find_tests
+
=over 4
=item Methods to actually produce chunks of text for the Makefile
has_link_code
-htmlifypods (o)
-
init_dirscan
+init_DIRFILESEP
+
init_main
init_others
+init_INST
+
+init_INSTALL
+
+init_linker
+
+init_lib2arch
+
+init_PERL
+
+init_platform (o), platform_constants (o)
+
+init_PERM
+
+init_xs
+
install (o)
installbin (o)
-libscan (o)
-
linkext (o)
lsdir
makefile (o)
-manifypods (o)
-
maybe_command
-maybe_command_in_dirs
-
needs_linking (o)
nicetext
-parse_version
-
parse_abstract
-pasthru (o)
+parse_version
-path
+pasthru (o)
perl_script
perldepend (o)
-ppd
-
perm_rw (o)
perm_rwx (o)
postamble (o)
+ppd
+
prefixify
processPL (o)
realclean (o)
+realclean_subdirs_target
+
replace_manpage_separator
+oneliner (o)
+
+quote_literal
+
+escape_newlines
+
+max_exec_len
+
static (o)
static_lib (o)
test (o)
-test_via_harness (o)
-
-test_via_script (o)
+test_via_harness (override)
-tool_autosplit (o)
+test_via_script (override)
tools_other (o)
tool_xsubpp (o)
+all_target
+
top_targets (o)
writedoc
xs_o (o)
-perl_archive
-
-perl_archive_after
-
-export_list
-
=over 4
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-rootdir (override)
-
=over 4
-=item SelfLoaded methods
+=item Methods
guess_name (override)
find_perl (override)
-path (override)
-
maybe_command (override)
-maybe_command_in_dirs (override)
-
perl_script (override)
-file_name_is_absolute (override)
-
replace_manpage_separator
+init_DEST
+
+init_DIRFILESEP
+
+init_main (override)
+
init_others (override)
+init_platform (override)
+
+platform_constants
+
+init_VERSION (override)
+
constants (override)
+special_targets
+
cflags (override)
const_cccmd (override)
-pm_to_blib (override)
-
-tool_autosplit (override)
-
tool_sxubpp (override)
-xsubpp_version (override)
-
tools_other (override)
-dist (override)
+init_dist (override)
c_o (override)
xs_c (override)
-xs_o (override)
+xs_o (override)
+
+dlsyms (override)
+
+dynamic_lib (override)
+
+dynamic_bs (override)
+
+static_lib (override)
+
+processPL (override)
+
+installbin (override)
+
+subdir_x (override)
+
+clean (override)
+
+clean_subdirs_target
+
+realclean (override)
+
+zipfile_target (o), tarfile_target (o), shdist_target (o)
+
+dist_test (override)
+
+install (override)
+
+perldepend (override)
+
+makefile (override)
+
+find_tests (override)
+
+test (override)
+
+makeaperl (override)
+
+nicetext (override)
+
+prefixify (override)
+
+oneliner (o)
+
+B<echo> (o)
+
+quote_literal
+
+escape_newlines
+
+max_exec_len
+
+init_linker (o)
+
+eliminate_macros
+
+fixpath
+
+os_flavor
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
-top_targets (override)
+=item DESCRIPTION
-dlsyms (override)
+=back
-dynamic_lib (override)
+=over 4
-dynamic_bs (override)
+=item Overridden methods
-static_lib (override)
+B<dlsyms>
-manifypods (override)
+=back
-processPL (override)
+replace_manpage_separator
-installbin (override)
+B<maybe_command>
-subdir_x (override)
+B<find_tests>
-clean (override)
+B<init_DIRFILESEP>
-realclean (override)
+B<init_others>
-dist_basics (override)
+init_platform (o), platform_constants (o)
-dist_core (override)
+special_targets (o)
-dist_dir (override)
+static_lib (o)
-dist_test (override)
+dynamic_lib (o)
-install (override)
+clean
-perldepend (override)
+init_linker
-makefile (override)
+perl_script
-test (override)
+xs_o (o)
-test_via_harness (override)
+pasthru (o)
-test_via_script (override)
+oneliner (o)
-makeaperl (override)
+max_exec_len
-nicetext (override)
+os_flavor
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
-ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win95 - method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-catfile
+=item Overriden methods
-constants (o)
+dist_test
-static_lib (o)
+=back
-dynamic_bs (o)
+=back
-dynamic_lib (o)
+subdir_x
-canonpath
+xs_c
-perl_script
+xs_cpp
-pm_to_blib
+xs_o
-test_via_harness (o)
+clean_subdirs_target
-tool_autosplit (override)
+realclean_subdirs_target
-tools_other (o)
+os_flavor
-xs_o (o)
+=over 4
-top_targets (o)
+=item AUTHOR
-htmlifypods (o)
+=back
-manifypods (o)
+=head2 ExtUtils::MY - ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization
-dist_ci (o)
+=over 4
-dist_core (o)
+=item SYNOPSIS
-pasthru (o)
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
-=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - create an extension Makefile
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Create a module Makefile
=over 4
=item Using Attributes and Parameters
ABSTRACT, ABSTRACT_FROM, AUTHOR, BINARY_LOCATION, C, CCFLAGS, CONFIG,
-CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DIR, DISTNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, EXCLUDE_EXT,
-EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, 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 Philosophy and History
+
+Why not just use <insert other build config tool here>?, What's
+Module::Build and how does it relate to MakeMaker?, pure perl. no make, no
+shell commands, easier to customize, cleaner internals, less cruft
+
+=item Module Writing
+
+How do I keep my $VERSION up to date without resetting it manually?, What's
+this F<META.yml> thing and how did it get in my F<MANIFEST>?!
+
+=item XS
+
+How to I prevent "object version X.XX does not match bootstrap parameter
+Y.YY" errors?, How do I make two or more XS files coexist in the same
+directory?
+
+=back
+
+=item PATCHING
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial - Writing a module with MakeMaker
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item The Mantra
+
+=item The Layout
+
+Makefile.PL, MANIFEST, lib/, t/, Changes, README, INSTALL, MANIFEST.SKIP,
+bin/
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes - Version-agnostic bytes.pm
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish - Platform-agnostic vmsish.pm
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
=back
=head2 ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item Functions
+
+mkmanifest
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+manifind
+
+manicheck
+
+filecheck
+
+fullcheck
+
+skipcheck
+
+maniread
+
+manicopy
+
+maniadd
+
+=over 4
+
+=item MANIFEST
+
=item MANIFEST.SKIP
=item EXPORT_OK
=item GLOBAL VARIABLES
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
=item DIAGNOSTICS
-C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>, C<MANIFEST:> I<$!>,
-C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
+C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>, C<Skipping> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>,
+C<MANIFEST:> I<$!>, C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
=item ENVIRONMENT
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item HISTORY
+
=back
=head2 File::Compare - Compare files or filehandles
=back
-=head2 File::Find, find - traverse a file tree
+=head2 File::Find - Traverse a directory tree.
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+B<find>, B<finddepth>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item %options
+
C<wanted>, C<bydepth>, C<preprocess>, C<postprocess>, C<follow>,
C<follow_fast>, C<follow_skip>, C<dangling_symlinks>, C<no_chdir>,
C<untaint>, C<untaint_pattern>, C<untaint_skip>
+=item The wanted function
+
+C<$File::Find::dir> is the current directory name,, C<$_> is the current
+filename within that directory, C<$File::Find::name> is the complete
+pathname to the file
+
+=back
+
=item WARNINGS
=item CAVEAT
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
=item AUTHORS
=back
=back
-=head2 File::Spec::Epoc - methods for Epoc file specs
+=head2 File::Spec::Cygwin - methods for Cygwin file specs
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-devnull
-
=back
-tmpdir
+canonpath
-path
+file_name_is_absolute
-canonpath()
+tmpdir (override)
-splitpath
+=head2 File::Spec::Epoc - methods for Epoc file specs
-splitdir
+=over 4
-catpath
+=item SYNOPSIS
-abs2rel
+=item DESCRIPTION
-rel2abs()
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=back
+
+canonpath()
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+tmpdir, splitpath
+
=back
=head2 File::Spec::Unix - File::Spec for Unix, base for other File::Spec
=over 4
+=item Note For File::Spec::Win32 Maintainers
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
=over 4
+=item OO INTERFACE
+
+B<new>
+
+=back
+
+B<filename>
+
+B<DESTROY>
+
+=over 4
+
=item FUNCTIONS
B<tempfile>
=back
+B<cmpstat>
+
+B<unlink1>
+
=over 4
=item PACKAGE VARIABLES
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item BUGS
+
=item NOTE
=item AUTHOR
=item DESCRIPTION
+cacheout EXPR, cacheout MODE, EXPR
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
=item BUGS
+=item NOTES
+
=back
=head2 FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles
=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
=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
first BLOCK LIST, max LIST, maxstr LIST, min LIST, minstr LIST, reduce
BLOCK LIST, shuffle LIST, sum LIST
+=item KNOWN BUGS
+
=item SUGGESTED ADDITIONS
=item COPYRIGHT
first BLOCK LIST, max LIST, maxstr LIST, min LIST, minstr LIST, reduce
BLOCK LIST, shuffle LIST, sum LIST
+=item KNOWN BUGS
+
=item SUGGESTED ADDITIONS
=item COPYRIGHT
=item DESCRIPTION
-blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isweak EXPR, readonly SCALAR, reftype
-EXPR, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
+blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isvstring EXPR, isweak EXPR,
+looks_like_number EXPR, openhandle FH, refaddr EXPR, reftype EXPR,
+set_prototype CODEREF, PROTOTYPE, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
+
+=item KNOWN BUGS
=item COPYRIGHT
=item SEE ALSO
-Locale::Language, Locale::Country, Locale::Currency
+Locale::Language, Locale::Country, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency
=item AUTHOR
=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item DESCRIPTION
B<alpha-2>, B<alpha-3>, B<numeric>
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item CONVERSION ROUTINES
code2country( CODE, [ CODESET ] ), country2code( STRING, [ CODESET ] ),
country_code2code( CODE, CODESET, CODESET )
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item QUERY ROUTINES
C<all_country_codes( [ CODESET ] )>, C<all_country_names( [ CODESET ] )>
-=back
+=item SEMI-PRIVATE ROUTINES
=over 4
-=item CODE ALIASING
+=item alias_code
-=back
+=item rename_country
-=over 4
+=back
=item EXAMPLES
=item SEE ALSO
-Locale::Language, Locale::Currency, ISO 3166,
-http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/,
+Locale::Language, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, Locale::SubCountry, ISO
+3166-1, http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html,
http://www.egt.ie/standards/iso3166/iso3166-1-en.html,
-http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/app-f.html
+http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/app-d-1.html
=item AUTHOR
=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item DESCRIPTION
XTS, XXX
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item CONVERSION ROUTINES
code2currency(), currency2code()
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item QUERY ROUTINES
C<all_currency_codes()>, C<all_currency_names()>
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item EXAMPLES
=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
=item SEE ALSO
-Locale::Country, ISO 4217:1995, http://www.bsi-global.com/iso4217currency
+Locale::Country, Locale::Script, ISO 4217:1995,
+http://www.bsi-global.com/iso4217currency
=item AUTHOR
=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item CONVERSION ROUTINES
code2language(), language2code()
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item QUERY ROUTINES
C<all_language_codes()>, C<all_language_names()>
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item EXAMPLES
=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
=item SEE ALSO
-Locale::Country, Locale::Currency, ISO 639:1988 (E/F),
+Locale::Country, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, ISO 639:1988 (E/F),
http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 Locale::Maketext -- framework for localization
+=head2 Locale::Maketext - framework for localization
=over 4
=back
+=head2 Locale::Script - ISO codes for script identification (ISO 15924)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+B<alpha-2>, B<alpha-3>, B<numeric>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SPECIAL CODES
+
+=back
+
+=item CONVERSION ROUTINES
+
+code2script( CODE, [ CODESET ] ), script2code( STRING, [ CODESET ] ),
+script_code2code( CODE, CODESET, CODESET )
+
+=item QUERY ROUTINES
+
+C<all_script_codes ( [ CODESET ] )>, C<all_script_names ( [ CODESET ] )>
+
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+Locale::Language, Locale::Currency, Locale::Country, ISO 15924,
+http://www.evertype.com/standards/iso15924/
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
=head2 MIME::Base64 - Encoding and decoding of base64 strings
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-encode_base64($str, [$eol]), decode_base64($str)
+encode_base64($str), encode_base64($str, $eol);, decode_base64($str)
=item DIAGNOSTICS
=item COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
=head2 MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding
=item DESCRIPTION
-encode_qp($str), decode_qp($str);
+encode_qp($str), encode_qp($str, $eol), decode_qp($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
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Math::BigInt - Arbitrary size integer math package
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+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_positive()/is_negative()
+
+ $x->is_positive(); # true if >= 0
+ $x->is_negative(); # true if < 0
+
+=item is_odd()/is_even()/is_int()
+
+=item bcmp
+
+=item bacmp
+
+=item sign
+
+=item digit
+
+=item bneg
+
+=item babs
+
+=item bnorm
+
+=item bnot
+
+=item binc
+
+=item bdec
+
+=item badd
+
+=item bsub
+
+=item bmul
+
+=item bdiv
+
+=item bmod
+
+=item bmodinv
+
+=item bmodpow
+
+=item bpow
+
+=item blsft
+
+=item brsft
+
+=item band
+
+=item bior
+
+=item bxor
+
+=item bnot
+
+=item bsqrt
+
+=item bfac
+
+=item round
+
+=item bround
+
+=item bfround
+
+=item bfloor
+
+=item bceil
+
+=item bgcd
+
+=item blcm
+
+=item exponent
+
+=item mantissa
+
+=item parts
+
+=item copy
+
+=item as_number
+
+=item bsstr
+
+=item as_hex
+
+=item as_bin
+
+=back
+
+=item ACCURACY and PRECISION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Precision P
+
+=item Accuracy A
+
+=item Fallback F
+
+=item Rounding mode R
+
+'trunc', 'even', 'odd', '+inf', '-inf', 'zero', Precision, Accuracy
+(significant digits), Setting/Accessing, Creating numbers, Usage,
+Precedence, Overriding globals, Local settings, Rounding, Default values,
+Remarks
+
+=back
+
+=item INTERNALS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item MATH LIBRARY
+
+=item SIGN
+
+=item mantissa(), exponent() and parts()
+
+=back
+
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+ use Math::BigInt;
+
+=item Autocreating constants
+
+=item PERFORMANCE
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Alternative math libraries
+
+=item SUBCLASSING
+
+=back
+
+=item Subclassing Math::BigInt
+
+=item UPGRADING
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Auto-upgrade
+
+bsqrt(), div(), blog()
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+broot() does not work, Out of Memory!, Fails to load Calc on Perl prior
+5.6.0
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
+bstr(), bsstr() and 'cmp', int(), length, bdiv, infinity handling,
+Modifying and =, bpow, Overloading -$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 - Arbitrary size integer math package
+=head2 Math::BigRat - arbitrarily big rationals
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-Canonical notation, Input, Output
-
-=item ACCURACY and PRECISION
-
=over 4
-=item Precision P
-
-=item Accuracy A
-
-=item Fallback F
-
-=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
+=item MATH LIBRARY
=back
-=item INTERNALS
+=item METHODS
=over 4
-=item MATH LIBRARY
-
-=item SIGN
+=item new()
-=item mantissa(), exponent() and parts()
+=item numerator()
-=back
+=item denominator()
-=item EXAMPLES
+ $d = $x->denominator();
- use Math::BigInt;
+=item parts()
-=item Autocreating constants
+=item as_number()
-=item PERFORMANCE
+=item bfac()
-=over 4
+=item blog()
-=item Alternative math libraries
+=item bround()/round()/bfround()
-=back
+=item bmod()
-=item BUGS
+=item is_one()
-Out of Memory!, Fails to load Calc on Perl prior 5.6.0
+=item is_zero()
-=item CAVEATS
+=item is_positive()
-stringify, bstr(), bsstr() and 'cmp', int(), length, bdiv, infinity
-handling, Modifying and =, bpow, Overloading -$x, Mixing different object
-types, bsqrt()
+=item is_negative()
-=item LICENSE
+=item is_int()
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item is_odd()
-=item AUTHORS
+=item is_even()
-=back
+=item bceil()
-=head2 Math::BigInt::Calc - Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
+=item bfloor()
-=over 4
+ $x->bfloor();
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item config
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-=item EXPORT
+=item BUGS
-=item WRAP YOUR OWN
+inf handling (partial), NaN handling (partial), rounding (not implemented
+except for bceil/bfloor), $x ** $y where $y is not an integer
=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 Memoize::Saves - Plug-in module to specify which return values
-should be memoized
-
-=over 4
-
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item CAVEATS
-
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=item SEE ALSO
-
-=back
-
=head2 Memoize::Storable - store Memoized data in Storable database
=over 4
=back
-=head2 NEXT - Provide a pseudo-class NEXT that allows method redispatch
+=head2 NEXT - Provide a pseudo-class NEXT (et al) that allows method
+redispatch
=over 4
=item 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 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 ]), ls ( [ DIR ] ), alloc ( SIZE [,
+RECORD_SIZE] ), 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 ] )
=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 ()
+user ( USER ), pass ( PASS ), login ( [ USER [, PASS ]] ), apop ( [ USER [,
+PASS ]] ), top ( MSGNUM [, NUMLINES ] ), list ( [ MSGNUM ] ), get ( MSGNUM
+[, FH ] ), getfh ( MSGNUM ), last (), popstat (), ping ( USER ), uidl ( [
+MSGNUM ] ), delete ( MSGNUM ), reset (), quit ()
=item NOTES
=item Functions
-Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes]]]);, $p->ping($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 AUTHOR(S)
+=item INSTALL
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHORS
=item COPYRIGHT
DATA ] ), expand ( ADDRESS ), verify ( ADDRESS ), help ( [ $subject ] ),
quit ()
+=item ADDRESSES
+
=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHOR
=item IMPLEMENTATION
+=item BUGS
+
=item AUTHOR
=back
execve, execvp, exit, exp, fabs, fclose, fcntl, fdopen, feof, ferror,
fflush, fgetc, fgetpos, fgets, fileno, floor, fmod, fopen, fork, fpathconf,
fprintf, fputc, fputs, fread, free, freopen, frexp, fscanf, fseek, fsetpos,
-fstat, ftell, fwrite, getc, getchar, getcwd, getegid, getenv, geteuid,
-getgid, getgrgid, getgrnam, getgroups, getlogin, getpgrp, getpid, getppid,
-getpwnam, getpwuid, gets, getuid, gmtime, isalnum, isalpha, isatty,
-iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace, isupper,
-isxdigit, kill, labs, ldexp, ldiv, link, localeconv, localtime, log, log10,
-longjmp, lseek, malloc, mblen, mbstowcs, mbtowc, memchr, memcmp, memcpy,
-memmove, memset, mkdir, mkfifo, mktime, modf, nice, offsetof, open,
-opendir, pathconf, pause, perror, pipe, pow, printf, putc, putchar, puts,
-qsort, raise, rand, read, readdir, realloc, remove, rename, rewind,
-rewinddir, rmdir, scanf, setgid, setjmp, setlocale, setpgid, setsid,
-setuid, sigaction, siglongjmp, sigpending, sigprocmask, sigsetjmp,
+fstat, fsync, ftell, fwrite, getc, getchar, getcwd, getegid, getenv,
+geteuid, getgid, getgrgid, getgrnam, getgroups, getlogin, getpgrp, getpid,
+getppid, getpwnam, getpwuid, gets, getuid, gmtime, isalnum, isalpha,
+isatty, iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace,
+isupper, isxdigit, kill, labs, ldexp, ldiv, link, localeconv, localtime,
+log, log10, longjmp, lseek, malloc, mblen, mbstowcs, mbtowc, memchr,
+memcmp, memcpy, memmove, memset, mkdir, mkfifo, mktime, modf, nice,
+offsetof, open, opendir, pathconf, pause, perror, pipe, pow, printf, putc,
+putchar, puts, qsort, raise, rand, read, readdir, realloc, remove, rename,
+rewind, rewinddir, rmdir, scanf, setgid, setjmp, setlocale, setpgid,
+setsid, setuid, sigaction, siglongjmp, sigpending, sigprocmask, sigsetjmp,
sigsuspend, sin, sinh, sleep, sprintf, sqrt, srand, sscanf, stat, strcat,
strchr, strcmp, strcoll, strcpy, strcspn, strerror, strftime, strlen,
strncat, strncmp, strncpy, strpbrk, strrchr, strspn, strstr, strtod,
=item POSIX::SigAction
-new
+new, handler, mask, flags, safe
=item POSIX::SigSet
=item WAIT
-Constants, Macros
+Constants, WNOHANG, WUNTRACED, Macros, WIFEXITED, WEXITSTATUS, WIFSIGNALED,
+WTERMSIG, WIFSTOPPED, WSTOPSIG
=back
=item DESCRIPTION
-unix, stdio, perlio, crlf, utf8, raw
+:unix, :stdio, :perlio, :crlf, :mmap, :utf8, :bytes, :raw, :pop, :win32
=over 4
+=item Custom Layers
+
+:encoding, :via
+
+=item Alternatives to raw
+
=item Defaults and how to override them
+=item Querying the layers of filehandles
+
=back
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 PerlIO::Scalar - support module for in-memory IO.
+=head2 PerlIO::encoding - encoding layer
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 PerlIO::scalar - in-memory IO, scalar IO
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item IMPLEMENTATION NOTE
+
=back
-=head2 PerlIO::Via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
+=head2 PerlIO::via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=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 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
Bizarre space in item, Item called without tag, Can't open %s for reading:
-%s, Invalid quote specification "%s", %s:%d: Unknown command paragraph
-"%s", %s:%d: Unknown escape: %s, %s:%d: Unknown formatting code: %s, %s:%d:
+%s, Invalid quote specification "%s", %s:%d: Unknown command paragraph: %s,
+%s:%d: Unknown escape: %s, %s:%d: Unknown formatting code: %s, %s:%d:
Unmatched =back
=item RESTRICTIONS
=back
-=head2 Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Text::Color - Convert POD data to ASCII
-text with format escapes
+=head2 Pod::Text::Termcap - Convert POD data to ASCII text with format
+escapes
=over 4
=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
-
-=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
=item COPYRIGHT
=item DESCRIPTION
inet_aton HOSTNAME, inet_ntoa IP_ADDRESS, INADDR_ANY, INADDR_BROADCAST,
-INADDR_LOOPBACK, INADDR_NONE, sockaddr_in PORT, ADDRESS, sockaddr_in
-SOCKADDR_IN, pack_sockaddr_in PORT, IP_ADDRESS, unpack_sockaddr_in
-SOCKADDR_IN, sockaddr_un PATHNAME, sockaddr_un SOCKADDR_UN,
-pack_sockaddr_un PATH, unpack_sockaddr_un SOCKADDR_UN
+INADDR_LOOPBACK, INADDR_NONE, sockaddr_family SOCKADDR, sockaddr_in PORT,
+ADDRESS, sockaddr_in SOCKADDR_IN, pack_sockaddr_in PORT, IP_ADDRESS,
+unpack_sockaddr_in SOCKADDR_IN, sockaddr_un PATHNAME, sockaddr_un
+SOCKADDR_UN, pack_sockaddr_un PATH, unpack_sockaddr_un SOCKADDR_UN
=back
-=head2 Storable - persistency for perl data structures
+=head2 Storable - persistence for Perl data structures
=over 4
=item CANONICAL REPRESENTATION
+=item CODE REFERENCES
+
+=item FORWARD COMPATIBILITY
+
+utf8 data, restricted hashes, files from future versions of Storable
+
=item ERROR REPORTING
=item WIZARDS ONLY
=back
+=item Storable magic
+
=item EXAMPLES
=item WARNING
=item BUGS
-=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 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 NOTE
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Test::Builder - Backend for building test libraries
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Construction
+
+B<new>
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Setting up tests
+
+B<exported_to>
+
+=back
+
+B<plan>
+
+B<expected_tests>
+
+B<no_plan>
+
+B<has_plan>
+
+B<skip_all>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Running tests
+
+B<ok>
+
+=back
+
+B<is_eq>, B<is_num>
+
+B<isnt_eq>, B<isnt_num>
+
+B<like>, B<unlike>
+
+B<maybe_regex>
+
+B<cmp_ok>
+
+B<BAILOUT>
+
+B<skip>
+
+B<todo_skip>
+
+B<skip_rest>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Test style
+
+B<level>
+
+=back
+
+B<use_numbers>
+
+B<no_header>, B<no_ending>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Output
+
+B<diag>
+
+=back
+
+B<_print>
+
+B<output>, B<failure_output>, B<todo_output>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Test Status and Info
+
+B<current_test>
+
+=back
+
+B<summary>
+
+B<details>
+
+B<todo>
+
+B<caller>
+
+B<_sanity_check>
+
+B<_whoa>
+
+B<_my_exit>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item THREADS
+
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Test::Harness - Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics
+
+=over 4
+
+=item VERSION
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item The test script output
+
+B<'1..M'>, B<'ok', 'not ok'. Ok?>, B<test numbers>, B<test names>,
+B<Skipping tests>, B<Todo tests>, B<Bail out!>, B<Comments>, B<Anything
+else>
+
+=item Taint mode
+
+=item Configuration variables.
+
+B<$Test::Harness::Verbose>, B<$Test::Harness::switches>
+
+=item Failure
+
+B<Failed Test>, B<Stat>, B<Wstat>, B<Total>, B<Fail>, B<Failed>, B<List of
+Failed>
+
+=item Functions
+
+B<runtests>
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+B<_all_ok>
+
+B<_globdir>
+
+B<_run_all_tests>
+
+B<_mk_leader>
+
+B<_leader_width>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item EXPORT
+
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+C<All tests successful.\nFiles=%d, Tests=%d, %s>, C<FAILED tests
+%s\n\tFailed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.>, C<Test returned status %d (wstat
+%d)>, C<Failed 1 test, %.2f%% okay. %s>, C<Failed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.
+%s>, C<FAILED--Further testing stopped: %s>
+
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+C<HARNESS_ACTIVE>, C<HARNESS_COLUMNS>, C<HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST>,
+C<HARNESS_DEBUG>, C<HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR>, C<HARNESS_IGNORE_EXITCODE>,
+C<HARNESS_NOTTY>, C<HARNESS_OK_SLOW>, C<HARNESS_PERL>,
+C<HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES>, C<HARNESS_VERBOSE>
+
+=item EXAMPLE
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item LICENSE
+
+=item TODO
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Test::Harness::Assert - simple assert
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item FUNCTIONS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<assert()>
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 Test::Builder - Backend for building test libraries
+=head2 Test::Harness::Iterator - Internal Test::Harness Iterator
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
+
+=head2 Test::Harness::Straps - detailed analysis of test results
+
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
=item Construction
-B<new>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<new>
=back
=over 4
-=item Setting up tests
-
-B<exported_to>
+=item C<_init>
=back
-B<plan>
-
-B<expected_tests>
-
-B<no_plan>
+=over 4
-B<skip_all>
+=item Analysis
=over 4
-=item Running tests
-
-B<ok>
+=item C<analyze>
=back
-B<is_eq>, B<is_num>
+=back
-B<like>
+=over 4
-B<skip>
+=item C<analyze_fh>
-B<skip_rest>
+=back
=over 4
-=item Test style
-
-B<level>
+=item C<analyze_file>
=back
-B<use_numbers>
-
-B<no_header>, B<no_ending>
-
=over 4
-=item Output
-
-B<diag>
+=item C<_command_line( $file )>
=back
-B<_print>
+=over 4
-B<output>, B<failure_output>, B<todo_output>
+=item C<_command>
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Test Status and Info
+=over 4
-B<current_test>
+=item C<_switches>
=back
-B<summary>
+=over 4
-B<details> I<UNIMPLEMENTED>, B<todo>
+=item C<_cleaned_switches>
-B<caller>
+=back
-B<_sanity_check>
+=over 4
-B<_whoa>
+=item C<_INC2PERL5LIB>
-B<_my_exit>
+=back
=over 4
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item C<_filtered_INC>
-=item SEE ALSO
+=back
-=item AUTHORS
+=over 4
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item C<_restore_PERL5LIB>
=back
-=head2 Test::Harness - run perl standard test scripts with statistics
+=over 4
+
+=item Parsing
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item C<_is_comment>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
+
+=back
=over 4
-=item The test script output
+=item C<_is_header>
-B<'1..M'>, B<'ok', 'not ok'. Ok?>, B<test numbers>,
-B<$Test::Harness::verbose>, B<$Test::Harness::switches>, B<Skipping tests>,
-B<Todo tests>, B<Bail out!>, B<Comments>, B<Anything else>
+=back
-=item Failure
+=over 4
-B<Failed Test>, B<Stat>, B<Wstat>, B<Total>, B<Fail>, B<Failed>, B<List of
-Failed>
+=item C<_is_test>
-=item Functions
+=back
-B<runtests>
+=over 4
-=back
+=item C<_is_bail_out>
=back
-B<_all_ok>
-
-B<_globdir>
+=over 4
-B<_run_all_tests>
+=item C<_reset_file_state>
-B<_mk_leader>
+=back
=over 4
-=item EXPORT
-
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
+=item Results
-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>
+=over 4
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=item C<_detailize>
-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>
+=back
-=item EXAMPLE
+=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=item AUTHORS
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item TODO
+=item AUTHOR
-=item BUGS
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
B<like>
+B<unlike>
+
+B<cmp_ok>
+
B<can_ok>
B<isa_ok>
=over 4
+=item Diagnostics
+
+B<diag>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
=item Module tests
B<use_ok>
=back
-B<TODO: BLOCK>
+B<TODO: BLOCK>, B<todo_skip>
+
+When do I use SKIP vs. TODO?
=over 4
=over 4
+=item Extending and Embedding Test::More
+
+B<builder>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
=item NOTES
=item BUGS and CAVEATS
-Making your own ok(), The eq_* family have some caveats, Test::Harness
+Making your own ok(), The eq_* family has some caveats, Test::Harness
upgrades
=item HISTORY
=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
=back
-=head2 Tie::Hash, Tie::StdHash - base class definitions for tied hashes
+=head2 Tie::Hash, Tie::StdHash, Tie::ExtraHash - base class definitions for
+tied hashes
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
TIEHASH classname, LIST, STORE this, key, value, FETCH this, key, FIRSTKEY
-this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, EXISTS this, key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this
+this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, EXISTS this, key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR
+this, SCALAR this
-=item CAVEATS
+=item Inheriting from B<Tie::StdHash>
+
+=item Inheriting from B<Tie::ExtraHash>
+
+=item C<SCALAR>, C<UNTIE> and C<DESTROY>
=item MORE INFORMATION
=back
+=head2 Tie::Memoize - add data to hash when needed
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Inheriting from B<Tie::Memoize>
+
+=item EXAMPLE
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
=head2 Tie::RefHash - use references as hash keys
=over 4
gettimeofday (), usleep ( $useconds ), ualarm ( $useconds [,
$interval_useconds ] ), tv_interval, time (), sleep ( $floating_seconds ),
-alarm ( $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), setitimer,
-getitimer ( $which )
+alarm ( $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), setitimer (
+$which, $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), getitimer (
+$which )
=item EXAMPLES
=item C API
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item negative time not invented yet
+
+=item internal error: useconds < 0 (unsigned ... signed ...)
+
+=back
+
=item CAVEATS
=item AUTHORS
-=item REVISION
-
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
=item 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 =
+$Collator-E<gt>version()>, C<UCA_Version()>, C<Base_Unicode_Version()>
=item EXPORT
=item CAVEAT
+=item Conformance Test
+
=back
=item AUTHOR
=item SEE ALSO
-Unicode Collation Algorithm - Unicode TR #10, L<Unicode::Normalize>
+Unicode Collation Algorithm - UTS #10, The Default Unicode Collation
+Element Table (DUCET), The conformance test for the UCA, Hangul Syllable
+Type, Unicode Normalization Forms - UAX #15, L<Unicode::Normalize>
=back
-=head2 Unicode::Normalize - normalized forms of Unicode text
+=head2 Unicode::Normalize - Unicode Normalization Forms
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-C<$string_NFD = NFD($raw_string)>, C<$string_NFC = NFC($raw_string)>,
-C<$string_NFKD = NFKD($raw_string)>, C<$string_NFKC = NFKC($raw_string)>,
-C<$normalized_string = normalize($form_name, $raw_string)>
-
=over 4
+=item Normalization Forms
+
+C<$NFD_string = NFD($string)>, C<$NFC_string = NFC($string)>,
+C<$NFKD_string = NFKD($string)>, C<$NFKC_string = NFKC($string)>,
+C<$FCD_string = FCD($string)>, C<$FCC_string = FCC($string)>,
+C<$normalized_string = normalize($form_name, $string)>
+
+=item Decomposition and Composition
+
+C<$decomposed_string = decompose($string)>, C<$decomposed_string =
+decompose($string, $useCompatMapping)>, C<$reordered_string =
+reorder($string)>, C<$composed_string = compose($string)>
+
+=item Quick Check
+
+C<$result = checkNFD($string)>, C<$result = checkNFC($string)>, C<$result =
+checkNFKD($string)>, C<$result = checkNFKC($string)>, C<$result =
+checkFCD($string)>, C<$result = checkFCC($string)>, C<$result =
+check($form_name, $string)>
+
+=item Character Data
+
+C<$canonical_decomposed = getCanon($codepoint)>,
+C<$compatibility_decomposed = getCompat($codepoint)>,
+C<$codepoint_composite = getComposite($codepoint_here, $codepoint_next)>,
+C<$combining_class = getCombinClass($codepoint)>, C<$is_exclusion =
+isExclusion($codepoint)>, C<$is_singleton = isSingleton($codepoint)>,
+C<$is_non_starter_decomposition = isNonStDecomp($codepoint)>,
+C<$may_be_composed_with_prev_char = isComp2nd($codepoint)>
+
=item EXPORT
=back
=item SEE ALSO
-L<Lingua::KO::Hangul::Util>, http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr15/
+http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr15/,
+http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/DerivedNormalizationProps.txt,
+http://www.unicode.org/notes/tn5/
=back
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::GetChipName(), Win32::GetCwd(), Win32::GetFolderPath(FOLDER [,
+CREATE]), Win32::GetFullPathName(FILENAME), Win32::GetLastError(),
+Win32::GetLongPathName(PATHNAME), Win32::GetNextAvailDrive(),
+Win32::GetOSVersion(), Win32::GetOSName(),
Win32::GetShortPathName(PATHNAME), Win32::GetProcAddress(INSTANCE,
PROCNAME), Win32::GetTickCount(), Win32::InitiateSystemShutdown,
Win32::IsWinNT(), Win32::IsWin95(), Win32::LoadLibrary(LIBNAME),
Win32::LoginName(), Win32::LookupAccountName(SYSTEM, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SID,
SIDTYPE), Win32::LookupAccountSID(SYSTEM, SID, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SIDTYPE),
Win32::MsgBox(MESSAGE [, FLAGS [, TITLE]]), Win32::NodeName(),
-Win32::RegisterServer(LIBRARYNAME), Win32::SetCwd(NEWDIRECTORY),
-Win32::SetLastError(ERROR), Win32::Sleep(TIME), Win32::Spawn(COMMAND, ARGS,
-PID), Win32::UnregisterServer(LIBRARYNAME)
+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