=head2 perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-modularity and reusability using innumerable modules, embeddable and
-extensible, roll-your-own magic variables (including multiple simultaneous
-DBM implementations), subroutines can now be overridden, autoloaded, and
-prototyped, arbitrarily nested data structures and anonymous functions,
-object-oriented programming, compilability into C code or Perl bytecode,
-support for light-weight processes (threads), support for
-internationalization, localization, and Unicode, lexical scoping, regular
-expression enhancements, enhanced debugger and interactive Perl
-environment, with integrated editor support, POSIX 1003.1 compliant library
-
=item AVAILABILITY
=item ENVIRONMENT
=head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 1999/05/23
20:38:02 $)
-=over
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-perlfaq: Structural overview of the FAQ, L<perlfaq1>: General Questions
-About Perl, What is Perl?, Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it
-free?, Which version of Perl should I use?, What are perl4 and perl5?, What
-is perl6?, How stable is Perl?, Is Perl difficult to learn?, How does Perl
-compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX, Scheme, or Tcl?, Can
-I do [task] in Perl?, When shouldn't I program in Perl?, What's the
-difference between "perl" and "Perl"?, Is it a Perl program or a Perl
-script?, What is a JAPH?, Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?,
-How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
-(5/5.005/Perl instead of some other language)?, L<perlfaq2>: Obtaining and
-Learning about Perl, What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?, How
-can I get a binary version of Perl?, I don't have a C compiler on my
-system. How can I compile perl?, I copied the Perl binary from one machine
-to another, but scripts don't work, I grabbed the sources and tried to
-compile but gdbm/dynamic loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make
-it work?, What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is
-CPAN? What does CPAN/src/... mean?, Is there an ISO or ANSI certified
-version of Perl?, Where can I get information on Perl?, What are the Perl
-newsgroups on USENET? Where do I post questions?, Where should I post
-source code?, Perl Books, Perl in Magazines, Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW
-Access, What mailing lists are there for perl?, Archives of
-comp.lang.perl.misc, Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?, Where
-do I send bug reports?, What is perl.com?, L<perlfaq3>: Programming Tools,
-How do I do (anything)?, How can I use Perl interactively?, Is there a Perl
-shell?, How do I debug my Perl programs?, How do I profile my Perl
-programs?, How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?, Is there a
-pretty-printer (formatter) for Perl?, Is there a ctags for Perl?, Is there
-an IDE or Windows Perl Editor?, Where can I get Perl macros for vi?, Where
-can I get perl-mode for emacs?, How can I use curses with Perl?, How can I
-use X or Tk with Perl?, How can I generate simple menus without using CGI
-or Tk?, What is undump?, How can I make my Perl program run faster?, How
-can I make my Perl program take less memory?, Is it unsafe to return a
-pointer to local data?, How can I free an array or hash so my program
-shrinks?, How can I make my CGI script more efficient?, How can I hide the
-source for my Perl program?, How can I compile my Perl program into byte
-code or C?, How can I compile Perl into Java?, How can I get C<#!perl> to
-work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?, Can I write useful perl programs on the command
-line?, Why don't perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?, Where can
-I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?, Where can I learn about
-object-oriented Perl programming?, Where can I learn about linking C with
-Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp], I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't
-embed perl in my C program, what am I doing wrong?, When I tried to run my
-script, I got this message. What does it mean?, What's MakeMaker?,
-L<perlfaq4>: Data Manipulation, Why am I getting long decimals (eg,
-19.9499999999999) instead of the numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?,
-Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?, Does Perl have a round()
-function? What about ceil() and floor()? Trig functions?, How do I
-convert bits into ints?, Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?, How do I
-multiply matrices?, How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?,
-How can I output Roman numerals?, Why aren't my random numbers random?, How
-do I find the week-of-the-year/day-of-the-year?, How do I find the current
-century or millennium?, How can I compare two dates and find the
-difference?, How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?, How
-can I find the Julian Day?, How do I find yesterday's date?, Does Perl have
-a year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?, How do I validate input?, How
-do I unescape a string?, How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?,
-How do I expand function calls in a string?, How do I find matching/nesting
-anything?, How do I reverse a string?, How do I expand tabs in a string?,
-How do I reformat a paragraph?, How can I access/change the first N letters
-of a string?, How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?, How can I
-count the number of occurrences of a substring within a string?, How do I
-capitalize all the words on one line?, How can I split a [character]
-delimited string except when inside [character]? (Comma-separated files),
-How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?, How do I
-pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?, How do I extract
-selected columns from a string?, How do I find the soundex value of a
-string?, How can I expand variables in text strings?, What's wrong with
-always quoting "$vars"?, Why don't my <<HERE documents work?, What is the
-difference between a list and an array?, What is the difference between
-$array[1] and @array[1]?, How can I remove duplicate elements from a list
-or array?, How can I tell whether a list or array contains a certain
-element?, How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute
-the intersection of two arrays?, How do I test whether two arrays or hashes
-are equal?, How do I find the first array element for which a condition is
-true?, How do I handle linked lists?, How do I handle circular lists?, How
-do I shuffle an array randomly?, How do I process/modify each element of an
-array?, How do I select a random element from an array?, How do I permute N
-elements of a list?, How do I sort an array by (anything)?, How do I
-manipulate arrays of bits?, Why does defined() return true on empty arrays
-and hashes?, How do I process an entire hash?, What happens if I add or
-remove keys from a hash while iterating over it?, How do I look up a hash
-element by value?, How can I know how many entries are in a hash?, How do I
-sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?, How can I always keep my
-hash sorted?, What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with
-hashes?, Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?, How
-do I reset an each() operation part-way through?, How can I get the unique
-keys from two hashes?, How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM
-file?, How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?,
-Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create it?,
-How can I make the Perl equivalent of a C structure/C++ class/hash or array
-of hashes or arrays?, How can I use a reference as a hash key?, How do I
-handle binary data correctly?, How do I determine whether a scalar is a
-number/whole/integer/float?, How do I keep persistent data across program
-calls?, How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?, How do I
-define methods for every class/object?, How do I verify a credit card
-checksum?, How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?,
-L<perlfaq5>: Files and Formats, How do I flush/unbuffer an output
-filehandle? Why must I do this?, 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?, How do I count the number of lines in a file?, How do
-I make a temporary file name?, How can I manipulate fixed-record-length
-files?, 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?,
-How can I use a filehandle indirectly?, How can I set up a footer format to
-be used with write()?, How can I write() into a string?, How can I output
-my numbers with commas added?, How can I translate tildes (~) in a
-filename?, How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?, Why do
-I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use <*>?, Is there a
-leak/bug in glob()?, How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing
-blanks?, How can I reliably rename a file?, How can I lock a file?, Why
-can't I just open(FH, ">file.lock")?, I still don't get locking. I just
-want to increment the number in the file. How can I do this?, How do I
-randomly update a binary file?, How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?,
-How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?, How do I print to more than one
-file at once?, How can I read in an entire file all at once?, How can I
-read in a file by paragraphs?, How can I read a single character from a
-file? From the keyboard?, How can I tell whether there's a character
-waiting on a filehandle?, How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl?, How do I dup()
-a filehandle in Perl?, How do I close a file descriptor by number?, Why
-can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? What doesn't `C:\temp\foo.exe`
-work?, Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?, Why does Perl let me
-delete read-only files? Why does C<-i> clobber protected files? Isn't
-this a bug in Perl?, How do I select a random line from a file?, Why do I
-get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?, L<perlfaq6>: Regexps, How
-can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible and
-unmaintainable code?, I'm having trouble matching over more than one line.
-What's wrong?, How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are
-themselves on different lines?, I put a regular expression into $/ but it
-didn't work. What's wrong?, How do I substitute case insensitively on the
-LHS, but preserving case on the RHS?, How can I make C<\w> match national
-character sets?, How can I match a locale-smart version of C</[a-zA-Z]/>?,
-How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?, What is C</o> really for?,
-How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a file?,
-Can I use Perl regular expressions to match balanced text?, What does it
-mean that regexes are greedy? How can I get around it?, How do I process
-each word on each line?, How can I print out a word-frequency or
-line-frequency summary?, How can I do approximate matching?, How do I
-efficiently match many regular expressions at once?, Why don't
-word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?, Why does using $&, $`, or
-$' slow my program down?, What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?, Are
-Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?, What's wrong with
-using grep or map in a void context?, How can I match strings with
-multibyte characters?, How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the
-user?, L<perlfaq7>: General Perl Language Issues, Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE
-for the Perl language?, What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how
-do I know when to use them?, Do I always/never have to quote my strings or
-use semicolons and commas?, How do I skip some return values?, How do I
-temporarily block warnings?, What's an extension?, Why do Perl operators
-have different precedence than C operators?, How do I declare/create a
-structure?, How do I create a module?, How do I create a class?, How can I
-tell if a variable is tainted?, What's a closure?, What is variable suicide
-and how can I prevent it?, How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle,
-Array, Hash, Method, Regex}?, How do I create a static variable?, What's
-the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping? Between
-local() and my()?, How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly
-named lexical is in scope?, What's the difference between deep and shallow
-binding?, Why doesn't "my($foo) = <FILE>;" work right?, How do I redefine a
-builtin function, operator, or method?, What's the difference between
-calling a function as &foo and foo()?, How do I create a switch or case
-statement?, How can I catch accesses to undefined
-variables/functions/methods?, Why can't a method included in this same file
-be found?, How can I find out my current package?, How can I comment out a
-large block of perl code?, How do I clear a package?, How can I use a
-variable as a variable name?, L<perlfaq8>: System Interaction, How do I
-find out which operating system I'm running under?, How come exec() doesn't
-return?, How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?, How do I
-print something out in color?, How do I read just one key without waiting
-for a return key?, How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard?,
-How do I clear the screen?, How do I get the screen size?, How do I ask the
-user for a password?, How do I read and write the serial port?, How do I
-decode encrypted password files?, How do I start a process in the
-background?, How do I trap control characters/signals?, How do I modify the
-shadow password file on a Unix system?, How do I set the time and date?,
-How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second?, How can I measure time
-under a second?, How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception
-handling), Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)?
-What does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean?, How can I call
-my system's unique C functions from Perl?, Where do I get the include files
-to do ioctl() or syscall()?, Why do setuid perl scripts complain about
-kernel problems?, How can I open a pipe both to and from a command?, Why
-can't I get the output of a command with system()?, How can I capture
-STDERR from an external command?, Why doesn't open() return an error when a
-pipe open fails?, What's wrong with using backticks in a void context?, How
-can I call backticks without shell processing?, Why can't my script read
-from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix, ^Z on MS-DOS)?, How can I
-convert my shell script to perl?, Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp
-session?, How can I write expect in Perl?, Is there a way to hide perl's
-command line from programs such as "ps"?, 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?, How do I close
-a process's filehandle without waiting for it to complete?, How do I fork a
-daemon process?, How do I make my program run with sh and csh?, How do I
-find out if I'm running interactively or not?, How do I timeout a slow
-event?, How do I set CPU limits?, How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system?,
-How do I use an SQL database?, How do I make a system() exit on control-C?,
-How do I open a file without blocking?, How do I install a module from
-CPAN?, What's the difference between require and use?, How do I keep my own
-module/library directory?, How do I add the directory my program lives in
-to the module/library search path?, How do I add a directory to my include
-path at runtime?, What is socket.ph and where do I get it?, L<perlfaq9>:
-Networking, My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser.
-(500 Server Error), How can I get better error messages from a CGI
-program?, How do I remove HTML from a string?, How do I extract URLs?, How
-do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a file on
-another machine?, How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?, How do I fetch an
-HTML file?, How do I automate an HTML form submission?, How do I decode or
-create those %-encodings on the web?, How do I redirect to another page?,
-How do I put a password on my web pages?, How do I edit my .htpasswd and
-.htgroup files with Perl?, How do I make sure users can't enter values into
-a form that cause my CGI script to do bad things?, How do I parse a mail
-header?, How do I decode a CGI form?, How do I check a valid mail address?,
-How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string?, How do I return the user's mail
-address?, How do I send mail?, How do I read mail?, How do I find out my
-hostname/domainname/IP address?, How do I fetch a news article or the
-active newsgroups?, How do I fetch/put an FTP file?, How can I do RPC in
-Perl?
-
-=over
-
-=item Where to get this document
-
-=item How to contribute to this document
-
-=item What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the
-authors
-
-=back
-
-=item Credits
-
-=item Author and Copyright Information
-
-=over
-
-=item Bundled Distributions
+=over 4
-=item Disclaimer
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-=item Changes
+=item perlfaq: Structural overview of the FAQ.
-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 L<perlfaq1>: General Questions About Perl
-=back
+=item L<perlfaq2>: Obtaining and Learning about Perl
-=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.23 $, $Date:
-1999/05/23 16:08:30 $)
+=item L<perlfaq3>: Programming Tools
-=over
+=item L<perlfaq4>: Data Manipulation
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item L<perlfaq5>: Files and Formats
-=over
+=item L<perlfaq6>: Regexps
-=item What is Perl?
+=item L<perlfaq7>: General Perl Language Issues
-=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
+=item L<perlfaq8>: System Interaction
-=item Which version of Perl should I use?
+=item L<perlfaq9>: Networking
-=item What are perl4 and perl5?
+=back
-=item What is perl6?
+=item About the perlfaq documents
-=item How stable is Perl?
+=over 4
-=item Is Perl difficult to learn?
+=item Where to get the perlfaq
-=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
-Scheme, or Tcl?
+=item How to contribute to the perlfaq
-=item Can I do [task] in Perl?
+=item What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the
+authors
-=item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
+=back
-=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
+=item Credits
-=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
+=item Author and Copyright Information
-=item What is a JAPH?
+=over 4
-=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
+=item Bundled Distributions
-=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
-(5/5.005/Perl instead of some other language)?
+=item Disclaimer
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Changes
+
+1/November/2000, 23/May/99, 13/April/99, 7/January/99, 22/June/98,
+24/April/97, 23/April/97, 25/March/97, 18/March/97, 17/March/97 Version,
+Initial Release: 11/March/97
=back
-=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.32 $,
-$Date: 1999/10/14 18:46:09 $)
+=head2 perlbook - Perl book information
-=over
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
-
-=item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
-
-=item How can I get a binary version of Perl?
-
-=item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
-
-=item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts
-don't work.
-
-=item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic
-loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
+=back
-=item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
-What does CPAN/src/... mean?
+=head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax
-=item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?
+=over 4
-=item Where can I get information on Perl?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?
+=over 4
-=item Where should I post source code?
+=item Declarations
-=item Perl Books
+=item Simple statements
-References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics
+=item Compound statements
-=item Perl in Magazines
+=item Loop Control
-=item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
+=item For Loops
-=item What mailing lists are there for Perl?
+=item Foreach Loops
-=item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
+=item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
-=item Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
+=item Goto
-=item Where do I send bug reports?
+=item PODs: Embedded Documentation
-=item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org?
+=item Plain Old Comments (Not!)
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-
=back
-=head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.38 $, $Date: 1999/05/23
-16:08:30 $)
+=head2 perldata - Perl data types
-=over
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
-=item How do I do (anything)?
+=item Variable names
-=item How can I use Perl interactively?
+=item Context
-=item Is there a Perl shell?
+=item Scalar values
-=item How do I debug my Perl programs?
+=item Scalar value constructors
-=item How do I profile my Perl programs?
+=item List value constructors
-=item How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
+=item Slices
-=item Is there a pretty-printer (formatter) for Perl?
+=item Typeglobs and Filehandles
-=item Is there a ctags for Perl?
+=back
-=item Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Where can I get Perl macros for vi?
+=back
-=item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs?
+=head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
-=item How can I use curses with Perl?
+=over 4
-=item How can I use X or Tk with Perl?
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item How can I generate simple menus without using CGI or Tk?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What is undump?
+=over 4
-=item How can I make my Perl program run faster?
+=item Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
-=item How can I make my Perl program take less memory?
+=item The Arrow Operator
-=item Is it unsafe to return a pointer to local data?
+=item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
-=item How can I free an array or hash so my program shrinks?
+=item Exponentiation
-=item How can I make my CGI script more efficient?
+=item Symbolic Unary Operators
-=item How can I hide the source for my Perl program?
+=item Binding Operators
-=item How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
+=item Multiplicative Operators
-=item How can I compile Perl into Java?
+=item Additive Operators
-=item How can I get C<#!perl> to work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?
+=item Shift Operators
-=item Can I write useful Perl programs on the command line?
+=item Named Unary Operators
-=item Why don't Perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?
+=item Relational Operators
-=item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
+=item Equality Operators
-=item Where can I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
+=item Bitwise And
-=item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]
+=item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
-=item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in
-my C program, what am I doing wrong?
+=item C-style Logical And
-=item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it
-mean?
+=item C-style Logical Or
-=item What's MakeMaker?
+=item Range Operators
-=back
+=item Conditional Operator
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Assignment Operators
-=back
+=item Comma Operator
-=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.49 $, $Date: 1999/05/23
-20:37:49 $)
+=item List Operators (Rightward)
-=over
+=item Logical Not
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Logical And
-=item Data: Numbers
+=item Logical or and Exclusive Or
-=over
+=item C Operators Missing From Perl
-=item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
-numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
+unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
-=item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
+=item Quote and Quote-like Operators
-=item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()?
-Trig functions?
+=item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
-=item How do I convert bits into ints?
+?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
-=item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?
+=item Gory details of parsing quoted constructs
-=item How do I multiply matrices?
+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 How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
+=item I/O Operators
-=item How can I output Roman numerals?
+=item Constant Folding
-=item Why aren't my random numbers random?
+=item Bitwise String Operators
-=back
+=item Integer Arithmetic
-=item Data: Dates
+=item Floating-point Arithmetic
-=over
+=item Bigger Numbers
-=item How do I find the week-of-the-year/day-of-the-year?
+=back
-=item How do I find the current century or millennium?
+=back
-=item How can I compare two dates and find the difference?
+=head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
-=item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
+=over 4
-=item How can I find the Julian Day?
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item How do I find yesterday's date?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Private Variables via my()
-=item Data: Strings
+=item Persistent Private Variables
-=over
+=item Temporary Values via local()
-=item How do I validate input?
+=item Lvalue subroutines
-=item How do I unescape a string?
+=item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
-=item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
+=item When to Still Use local()
-=item How do I expand function calls in a string?
+=item Pass by Reference
-=item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
+=item Prototypes
-=item How do I reverse a string?
+=item Constant Functions
-=item How do I expand tabs in a string?
+=item Overriding Built-in Functions
-=item How do I reformat a paragraph?
+=item Autoloading
-=item How can I access/change the first N letters of a string?
+=item Subroutine Attributes
-=item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
+=back
-=item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
-string?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
+=back
-=item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
-[character]? (Comma-separated files)
+=head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
-=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 DESCRIPTION
-=item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
+=over 4
-=item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
+=item Perl Functions by Category
-=item How can I expand variables in text strings?
+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 Portability
+
+=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
+
+I<-X> FILEHANDLE, I<-X> EXPR, I<-X>, abs VALUE, abs, accept
+NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, alarm, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME,
+binmode FILEHANDLE, DISCIPLINE, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME,
+bless REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE,
+chomp LIST, chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop LIST, chop, chown LIST, chr NUMBER,
+chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot, close FILEHANDLE, close, closedir DIRHANDLE,
+connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, cos, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT,
+dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR, defined, delete
+EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR, dump LABEL, dump,
+each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval BLOCK, exec LIST,
+exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp, fcntl
+FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION,
+fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE, getc, getlogin,
+getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam
+NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getprotobyname
+NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr
+ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER,
+getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostent, getnetent,
+getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent
+STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent,
+endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockname SOCKET,
+getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL,
+goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex,
+import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl
+FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST,
+last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc, lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length,
+link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR,
+lock, log EXPR, log, lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK LIST, map EXPR,LIST,
+mkdir FILENAME,MASK, mkdir FILENAME, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS,
+msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, my EXPR, my EXPR :
+ATTRIBUTES, next LABEL, next, no Module LIST, oct EXPR, oct, open
+FILEHANDLE,MODE,LIST, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE, opendir
+DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord EXPR, ord, our EXPR, pack TEMPLATE,LIST, package
+NAMESPACE, package, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop ARRAY, pop, pos
+SCALAR, pos, print FILEHANDLE LIST, print LIST, print, printf FILEHANDLE
+FORMAT, LIST, printf FORMAT, LIST, prototype FUNCTION, push ARRAY,LIST,
+q/STRING/, qq/STRING/, qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, quotemeta EXPR,
+quotemeta, rand EXPR, rand, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR,
+readlink, readpipe EXPR, recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo,
+ref EXPR, ref, rename OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR,
+require, reset EXPR, reset, return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir
+DIRHANDLE, rindex STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME,
+rmdir, s///, scalar EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir
+DIRHANDLE,POS, select FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT,
+semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send
+SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority
+WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY,
+shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE,
+shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep
+EXPR, sleep, sockatmark SOCKET, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL,
+socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort
+BLOCK LIST, sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice
+ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH, splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split
+/PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split /PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf
+FORMAT, LIST, sqrt EXPR, sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat FILEHANDLE, stat
+EXPR, stat, study SCALAR, study, sub BLOCK, sub NAME, sub NAME BLOCK,
+substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr
+EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
+FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek
+FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,
+syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie
+VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate
+FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR,
+ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack
+TEMPLATE,EXPR, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use Module VERSION LIST,
+use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use VERSION, utime LIST,
+values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn
+LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y///
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlreftut - Mark's very short tutorial about references
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Who Needs Complicated Data Structures?
+
+=item The Solution
+
+=item Syntax
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Making References
+
+=item Using References
+
+=back
+
+=item An Example
+
+=item Arrow Rule
+
+=item Solution
+
+=item The Rest
+
+=item Summary
+
+=item Credits
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Distribution Conditions
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+arrays of arrays, hashes of arrays, arrays of hashes, hashes of hashes,
+more elaborate constructs
+
+=item REFERENCES
+
+=item COMMON MISTAKES
+
+=item CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE
+
+=item WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS C<use strict>
+
+=item DEBUGGING
+
+=item CODE EXAMPLES
+
+=item ARRAYS OF ARRAYS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Declaration of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+
+=item Generation of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+
+=item Access and Printing of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+
+=back
+
+=item HASHES OF ARRAYS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+
+=item Generation of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+
+=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+
+=back
+
+=item ARRAYS OF HASHES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Declaration of a ARRAY OF HASHES
+
+=item Generation of a ARRAY OF HASHES
+
+=item Access and Printing of a ARRAY OF HASHES
+
+=back
+
+=item HASHES OF HASHES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES
+
+=item Generation of a HASH OF HASHES
+
+=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES
+
+=back
+
+=item MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
+
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
+
+=item Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
+
+=back
+
+=item Database Ties
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlrequick - Perl regular expressions quick start
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item The Guide
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Simple word matching
+
+=item Using character classes
+
+=item Matching this or that
+
+=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
+
+=item Extracting matches
+
+=item Matching repetitions
+
+=item More matching
+
+=item Search and replace
+
+=item The split operator
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Acknowledgments
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlpod - plain old documentation
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Verbatim Paragraph
+
+=item Command Paragraph
+
+=item Ordinary Block of Text
+
+=item The Intent
+
+=item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
+
+=item Common Pod Pitfalls
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlstyle - Perl style guide
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Awk Traps
+
+=item 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,
+Precedence Traps, General Regular Expression Traps using s///, etc,
+Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps, OS Traps, DBM Traps, Unclassified Traps
+
+=item Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps
+
+Discontinuance, Deprecation, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance,
+Discontinuance, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance, BugFix,
+Discontinuance, Deprecation, Discontinuance, Discontinuance
+
+=item Parsing Traps
+
+Parsing, Parsing, Parsing, Parsing
+
+=item Numerical Traps
+
+Numerical, Numerical, Numerical, Bitwise string ops
+
+=item General data type traps
+
+(Arrays), (Arrays), (Hashes), (Globs), (Globs), (Scalar String),
+(Constants), (Scalars), (Variable Suicide)
+
+=item Context Traps - scalar, list contexts
+
+(list context), (scalar context), (scalar context), (list, builtin)
+
+=item Precedence Traps
+
+Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence,
+Precedence
+
+=item General Regular Expression Traps using s///, etc.
+
+Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular
+Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression,
+Regular Expression
+
+=item Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps
+
+(Signals), (Sort Subroutine), warn() won't let you specify a filehandle
+
+=item OS Traps
+
+(SysV), (SysV)
+
+=item Interpolation Traps
+
+Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation,
+Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation
+
+=item DBM Traps
+
+DBM, DBM
+
+=item Unclassified Traps
+
+C<require>/C<do> trap using returned value, C<split> on empty string with
+LIMIT specified
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems
+
+OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS
+
+=item Location of Perl
+
+=item Command Switches
+
+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>
+
+=back
+
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5OPT, PERLLIB, PERL5DB, PERL5SHELL
+(specific to the Win32 port), PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL,
+PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port), SYS$LOGIN (specific to the VMS port)
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=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 Fatal Warnings
+
+=item Reporting Warnings from a Module
+
+=back
+
+=item TODO
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perldebtut - Perl debugging tutorial
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item use strict
+
+=item Looking at data and -w and w
+
+=item help
+
+=item Stepping through code
+
+=item Placeholder for a, w, t, T
+
+=item REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
+
+=item OUTPUT TIPS
+
+=item CGI
+
+=item GUIs
+
+=item SUMMARY
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item CONTRIBUTORS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item The Perl Debugger
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Debugger Commands
+
+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, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, man [manpage]
+
+=item Configurable Options
+
+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<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 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 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Predefined Names
+
+$ARG, $_, $<I<digits>>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $',
+$LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, @LAST_MATCH_END, @+, $MULTILINE_MATCHING, $*,
+input_line_number HANDLE EXPR, $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER, $NR, $,
+input_record_separator HANDLE EXPR, $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $RS, $/,
+autoflush HANDLE EXPR, $OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH, $|, output_field_separator HANDLE
+EXPR, $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR, $OFS, $,, output_record_separator HANDLE
+EXPR, $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $ORS, $\, $LIST_SEPARATOR, $",
+$SUBSCRIPT_SEPARATOR, $SUBSEP, $;, $OFMT, $#, format_page_number HANDLE
+EXPR, $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER, $%, format_lines_per_page HANDLE EXPR,
+$FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE, $=, format_lines_left HANDLE EXPR,
+$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])>, format_name HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_NAME, $~,
+format_top_name HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_TOP_NAME, $^,
+format_line_break_characters HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS,
+$:, format_formfeed HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_FORMFEED, $^L, $ACCUMULATOR, $^A,
+$CHILD_ERROR, $?, $OS_ERROR, $ERRNO, $!, $EXTENDED_OS_ERROR, $^E,
+$EVAL_ERROR, $@, $PROCESS_ID, $PID, $$, $REAL_USER_ID, $UID, $<,
+$EFFECTIVE_USER_ID, $EUID, $>, $REAL_GROUP_ID, $GID, $(,
+$EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID, $EGID, $), $PROGRAM_NAME, $0, $[, $], $COMPILING, $^C,
+$DEBUGGING, $^D, $SYSTEM_FD_MAX, $^F, $^H, %^H, $INPLACE_EDIT, $^I, $^M,
+$OSNAME, $^O, $PERLDB, $^P, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80,
+0x100, 0x200, $LAST_REGEXP_CODE_RESULT, $^R, $EXCEPTIONS_BEING_CAUGHT, $^S,
+$BASETIME, $^T, $PERL_VERSION, $^V, $WARNING, $^W, ${^WARNING_BITS},
+${^WIDE_SYSTEM_CALLS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X, $ARGV, @ARGV, @INC, @_, %INC,
+%ENV, $ENV{expr}, %SIG, $SIG{expr}
+
+=item Error Indicators
+
+=item Technical Note on the Syntax of Variable Names
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Declaration and Access of Arrays of Arrays
+
+=item Growing Your Own
+
+=item Access and Printing
+
+=item Slices
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Open E<agrave> la shell
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Simple Opens
+
+=item Pipe Opens
+
+=item The Minus File
+
+=item Mixing Reads and Writes
+
+=item Filters
+
+=back
+
+=item Open E<agrave> la C
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Permissions E<agrave> la mode
+
+=back
+
+=item Obscure Open Tricks
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Re-Opening Files (dups)
+
+=item Dispelling the Dweomer
+
+=item Paths as Opens
+
+=item Single Argument Open
+
+=item Playing with STDIN and STDOUT
+
+=back
+
+=item Other I/O Issues
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Opening Non-File Files
+
+=item Binary Files
+
+=item File Locking
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Part 1: The basics
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Simple word matching
+
+=item Using character classes
+
+=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
+
+=item Part 2: Power tools
+
+=over 4
+
+=item More on characters, strings, and character classes
+
+=item Compiling and saving regular expressions
+
+=item Embedding comments and modifiers in a regular expression
+
+=item Non-capturing groupings
+
+=item Looking ahead and looking behind
+
+=item Using independent subexpressions to prevent backtracking
+
+=item Conditional expressions
+
+=item A bit of magic: executing Perl code in a regular expression
+
+=item Pragmas and debugging
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Acknowledgments
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+i, m, s, x
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Regular Expressions
+
+cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
+
+=item Extended Patterns
+
+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 Backtracking
+
+=item Version 8 Regular Expressions
+
+=item Warning on \1 vs $1
+
+=item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
+
+=item Combining pieces together
+
+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 Creating custom RE engines
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
+
+=over 4
+
+=item NOTE
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Making References
+
+=item Using References
+
+=item Symbolic references
+
+=item Not-so-symbolic references
+
+=item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
+
+=item Function Templates
+
+=back
+
+=item WARNING
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlform - Perl formats
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Format Variables
+
+=back
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Footers
+
+=item Accessing Formatting Internals
+
+=back
+
+=item WARNINGS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item If we could talk to the animals...
+
+=item Introducing the method invocation arrow
+
+=item Invoking a barnyard
+
+=item The extra parameter of method invocation
+
+=item Calling a second method to simplify things
+
+=item Inheriting the windpipes
+
+=item A few notes about @ISA
+
+=item Overriding the methods
+
+=item Starting the search from a different place
+
+=item The SUPER way of doing things
+
+=item Where we're at so far...
+
+=item A horse is a horse, of course of course -- or is it?
+
+=item Invoking an instance method
+
+=item Accessing the instance data
+
+=item How to build a horse
+
+=item Inheriting the constructor
+
+=item Making a method work with either classes or instances
+
+=item Adding parameters to a method
+
+=item More interesting instances
+
+=item A horse of a different color
+
+=item Summary
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Creating a Class
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Object Representation
+
+=item Class Interface
+
+=item Constructors and Instance Methods
+
+=item Planning for the Future: Better Constructors
+
+=item Destructors
+
+=item Other Object Methods
+
+=back
+
+=item Class Data
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Accessing Class Data
+
+=item Debugging Methods
+
+=item Class Destructors
+
+=item Documenting the Interface
+
+=back
+
+=item Aggregation
+
+=item Inheritance
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Overridden Methods
+
+=item Multiple Inheritance
+
+=item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects
+
+=back
+
+=item Alternate Object Representations
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Arrays as Objects
+
+=item Closures as Objects
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Autoloaded Data Methods
+
+=item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods
+
+=back
+
+=item Metaclassical Tools
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Class::Struct
+
+=item Data Members as Variables
+
+=back
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Object Terminology
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Acknowledgments
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perltootc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Class Data in a Can
+
+=item Class Data as Package Variables
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket
+
+=item Inheritance Concerns
+
+=item The Eponymous Meta-Object
+
+=item Indirect References to Class Data
+
+=item Monadic Classes
+
+=item Translucent Attributes
+
+=back
+
+=item Class Data as Lexical Variables
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Privacy and Responsibility
+
+=item File-Scoped Lexicals
+
+=item More Inheritance Concerns
+
+=item Locking the Door and Throwing Away the Key
+
+=item Translucency Revisited
+
+=back
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlobj - Perl objects
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item An Object is Simply a Reference
+
+=item A Class is Simply a Package
+
+=item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
+
+=item Method Invocation
+
+=item WARNING
+
+=item Default UNIVERSAL methods
+
+isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+
+=item Destructors
+
+=item Summary
+
+=item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item OO SCALING TIPS
+
+=item INSTANCE VARIABLES
+
+=item SCALAR INSTANCE VARIABLES
+
+=item INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE
+
+=item OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS
+
+=item OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS
+
+=item USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM
+
+=item THINKING OF CODE REUSE
+
+=item CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT
+
+=item INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR
+
+=item DELEGATION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Tying Scalars
+
+TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, UNTIE this,
+DESTROY this
+
+=item Tying Arrays
+
+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 Tying Hashes
+
+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 Tying FileHandles
+
+TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this,
+LIST, READ this, LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, UNTIE this,
+DESTROY this
+
+=item UNTIE this
+
+=item The C<untie> Gotcha
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
+safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Signals
+
+=item Named Pipes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item WARNING
+
+=back
+
+=item Using open() for IPC
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Filehandles
+
+=item Background Processes
+
+=item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
+
+=item Safe Pipe Opens
+
+=item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
+
+=item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself
+
+=back
+
+=item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Internet Line Terminators
+
+=item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
+
+=item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
+
+=back
+
+=item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
+
+=over 4
+
+=item A Simple Client
+
+C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
+
+=item A Webget Client
+
+=item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
+
+=back
+
+=item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
+
+Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
+
+=item UDP: Message Passing
+
+=item SysV IPC
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes
+
+$$ 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 Resource limits
+
+=item Killing the parent process
+
+=item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes
+
+=item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS
+
+BEGIN blocks, Open filehandles, Forking pipe open() not yet implemented,
+Global state maintained by XSUBs, Interpreter embedded in larger
+application, Thread-safety of extensions
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Storing numbers
+
+=item Numeric operators and numeric conversions
+
+=item Flavors of Perl numeric operations
+
+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 AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item What Is A Thread Anyway?
+
+=item Threaded Program Models
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Boss/Worker
+
+=item Work Crew
+
+=item Pipeline
+
+=back
+
+=item Native threads
+
+=item What kind of threads are perl threads?
+
+=item Threadsafe Modules
+
+=item Thread Basics
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Basic Thread Support
+
+=item Creating Threads
+
+=item Giving up control
+
+=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
+
+=item Errors In Threads
+
+=item Ignoring A Thread
+
+=back
+
+=item Threads And Data
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Shared And Unshared Data
+
+=item Thread Pitfall: Races
+
+=item Controlling access: lock()
+
+=item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
+
+=item Queues: Passing Data Around
+
+=back
+
+=item Threads And Code
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
+
+Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
+
+=item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines
+
+=item Subroutine Locks
+
+=item Methods
+
+=item Locking A Subroutine
+
+=back
+
+=item General Thread Utility Routines
+
+=over 4
+
+=item What Thread Am I In?
+
+=item Thread IDs
+
+=item Are These Threads The Same?
+
+=item What Threads Are Running?
+
+=back
+
+=item A Complete Example
+
+=item Conclusion
+
+=item Bibliography
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Introductory Texts
+
+=item OS-Related References
+
+=item Other References
+
+=back
+
+=item Acknowledgements
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item Copyrights
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is>
+portable
+
+=item ISSUES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Newlines
+
+=item Numbers endianness and Width
+
+=item Files and Filesystems
+
+=item System Interaction
+
+=item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
+
+=item External Subroutines (XS)
+
+=item Standard Modules
+
+=item Time and Date
+
+=item Character sets and character encoding
+
+=item Internationalisation
+
+=item System Resources
+
+=item Security
+
+=item Style
+
+=back
+
+=item CPAN Testers
+
+Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
+http://testers.cpan.org/
+
+=item PLATFORMS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Unix
+
+=item DOS and Derivatives
+
+=item S<Mac OS>
+
+=item VMS
+
+=item VOS
+
+=item EBCDIC Platforms
+
+=item Acorn RISC OS
+
+=item Other perls
+
+=back
+
+=item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
+
+-I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, alarm SECONDS, alarm, binmode
+FILEHANDLE, chmod LIST, chown LIST, chroot FILENAME, chroot, crypt
+PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MODE, dump LABEL, exec
+LIST, 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
+
+=back
+
+=item CHANGES
+
+v1.47, 22 March 2000, v1.46, 12 February 2000, v1.45, 20 December 1999,
+v1.44, 19 July 1999, v1.43, 24 May 1999, v1.42, 22 May 1999, v1.41, 19 May
+1999, v1.40, 11 April 1999, v1.39, 11 February 1999, v1.38, 31 December
+1998, v1.37, 19 December 1998, v1.36, 9 September 1998, v1.35, 13 August
+1998, v1.33, 06 August 1998, v1.32, 05 August 1998, v1.30, 03 August 1998,
+v1.23, 10 July 1998
+
+=item Supported Platforms
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
+
+=item VERSION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
+localization)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
+
+=item USING LOCALES
+
+=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 Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
+
+=item Fixing system locale configuration
+
+=item The localeconv function
+
+=back
+
+=item LOCALE CATEGORIES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
+
+=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
+
+=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
+
+=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
+
+=item LC_TIME
+
+=item Other categories
+
+=back
+
+=item SECURITY
+
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
+LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Backward compatibility
+
+=item I18N:Collate obsolete
+
+=item Sort speed and memory use impacts
+
+=item write() and LC_NUMERIC
+
+=item Freely available locale definitions
+
+=item I18n and l10n
+
+=item An imperfect standard
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Broken systems
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Important Caveats
+
+Input and Output Disciplines, Regular Expressions, C<use utf8> still needed
+to enable a few features
+
+=item Byte and Character semantics
+
+=item Effects of character semantics
+
+=item Character encodings for input and output
+
+=back
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item COMMON CHARACTER CODE SETS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item ASCII
+
+=item ISO 8859
+
+=item Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1)
+
+=item EBCDIC
+
+=item 13 variant characters
+
+=item 0037
+
+=item 1047
+
+=item POSIX-BC
+
+=back
+
+=item SINGLE OCTET TABLES
+
+recipe 0, recipe 1, recipe 2, recipe 3, recipe 4
+
+=item IDENTIFYING CHARACTER CODE SETS
+
+=item CONVERSIONS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item tr///
+
+=item iconv
+
+=item C RTL
+
+=back
+
+=item OPERATOR DIFFERENCES
+
+=item FUNCTION DIFFERENCES
+
+chr(), ord(), pack(), print(), printf(), sort(), sprintf(), unpack()
+
+=item REGULAR EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES
+
+=item SOCKETS
+
+=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
+
+=item TRANFORMATION FORMATS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item URL decoding and encoding
+
+=item uu encoding and decoding
+
+=item Quoted-Printable encoding and decoding
+
+=item Caesarian cyphers
+
+=back
+
+=item Hashing order and checksums
+
+=item I18N AND L10N
+
+=item MULTI OCTET CHARACTER SETS
+
+=item OS ISSUES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item OS/400
+
+IFS access
+
+=item OS/390
+
+chcp, dataset access, OS/390 iconv, locales
+
+=item VM/ESA?
+
+=item POSIX-BC?
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item REFERENCES
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlsec - Perl security
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
+
+=item Switches On the "#!" Line
+
+=item Cleaning Up Your Path
+
+=item Security Bugs
+
+=item Protecting Your Programs
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Packages
+
+=item Symbol Tables
+
+=item Package Constructors and Destructors
+
+=item Perl Classes
+
+=item Perl Modules
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Pragmatic Modules
+
+attributes, attrs, autouse, base, blib, bytes, charnames, constant,
+diagnostics, fields, filetest, integer, less, locale, open, ops, overload,
+perlio, re, sigtrap, strict, subs, utf8, vars, warnings, warnings::register
+
+=item Standard Modules
+
+AnyDBM_File, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, B, 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, Benchmark,
+ByteLoader, CGI, CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp, CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast,
+CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push, CGI::Switch, CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox,
+Carp, Class::Struct, Cwd, DB, DB_File, Devel::SelfStubber, DirHandle,
+Dumpvalue, Encode, English, Env, Exporter, Exporter::Heavy,
+ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install, ExtUtils::Installed,
+ExtUtils::Liblist, ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin, 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, IO, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt,
+Math::Complex, Math::Trig, NDBM_File, Net::Ping, Net::hostent, Net::netent,
+Net::protoent, Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, Pod::Checker, Pod::Find,
+Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Man, Pod::ParseUtils,
+Pod::Parser, Pod::Plainer, Pod::Select, Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color,
+Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Usage, SDBM_File, Safe, Search::Dict, SelectSaver,
+SelfLoader, Shell, Socket, Storable, Symbol, Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap,
+Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test, Test::Harness, Text::Abbrev,
+Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Wrap, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle,
+Tie::Hash, Tie::RefHash, Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, Time::Local,
+Time::gmtime, Time::localtime, Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, User::grent,
+User::pwent
+
+=item Extension Modules
+
+=back
+
+=item CPAN
+
+Africa, Asia, Australasia, Central America, Europe, North America, South
+America
+
+=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Guidelines for Module Creation
+
+Do similar modules already exist in some form?, Try to design the new
+module to be easy to extend and reuse, Some simple style guidelines, Select
+what to export, Select a name for the module, Have you got it right?,
+README and other Additional Files, A description of the
+module/package/extension etc, A copyright notice - see below, Prerequisites
+- what else you may need to have, How to build it - possible changes to
+Makefile.PL etc, How to install it, Recent changes in this release,
+especially incompatibilities, Changes / enhancements you plan to make in
+the future, Adding a Copyright Notice, Give the module a
+version/issue/release number, How to release and distribute a module, Take
+care when changing a released module
+
+=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
+
+There is no requirement to convert anything, Consider the implications,
+Make the most of the opportunity, The pl2pm utility will get you started,
+Adds the standard Module prologue lines, Converts package specifiers from '
+to ::, Converts die(...) to croak(...), Several other minor changes
+
+=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
+
+=back
+
+=item NOTE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item PREAMBLE
+
+B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
+module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
+
+=back
+
+=item PORTABILITY
+
+=item HEY
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Warning
+
+=item What should I make into a module?
+
+=item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground
+
+Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again
+
+=item Step-by-step: Making the module
+
+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 Step-by-step: Distributing your module
+
+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 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.23 $, $Date:
+1999/05/23 16:08:30 $)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item What is Perl?
+
+=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
+
+=item Which version of Perl should I use?
+
+=item What are perl4 and perl5?
+
+=item What is perl6?
+
+=item How stable is Perl?
+
+=item Is Perl difficult to learn?
+
+=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
+Scheme, or Tcl?
+
+=item Can I do [task] in Perl?
+
+=item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
+
+=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
+
+=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
+
+=item What is a JAPH?
+
+=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
+
+=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
+5/5.005/Perl instead of some other language?
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.32 $,
+$Date: 1999/10/14 18:46:09 $)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
+
+=item How can I get a binary version of Perl?
+
+=item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
+
+=item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts
+don't work.
+
+=item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic
+loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
+
+=item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
+What does CPAN/src/... mean?
+
+=item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?
+
+=item Where can I get information on Perl?
+
+=item What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?
+
+=item Where should I post source code?
+
+=item Perl Books
+
+References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics
+
+=item Perl in Magazines
+
+=item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
+
+=item What mailing lists are there for Perl?
+
+=item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
+
+=item Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
+
+=item Where do I send bug reports?
+
+=item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org?
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.38 $, $Date: 1999/05/23
+16:08:30 $)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item How do I do (anything)?
+
+=item How can I use Perl interactively?
+
+=item Is there a Perl shell?
+
+=item How do I debug my Perl programs?
+
+=item How do I profile my Perl programs?
+
+=item How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
+
+=item Is there a pretty-printer (formatter) for Perl?
+
+=item Is there a ctags for Perl?
+
+=item Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor?
+
+=item Where can I get Perl macros for vi?
+
+=item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs?
+
+=item How can I use curses with Perl?
+
+=item How can I use X or Tk with Perl?
+
+=item How can I generate simple menus without using CGI or Tk?
+
+=item What is undump?
+
+=item How can I make my Perl program run faster?
+
+=item How can I make my Perl program take less memory?
+
+=item Is it unsafe to return a pointer to local data?
+
+=item How can I free an array or hash so my program shrinks?
+
+=item How can I make my CGI script more efficient?
+
+=item How can I hide the source for my Perl program?
+
+=item How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
+
+=item How can I compile Perl into Java?
+
+=item How can I get C<#!perl> to work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?
+
+=item Can I write useful Perl programs on the command line?
+
+=item Why don't Perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?
+
+=item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
+
+=item Where can I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
+
+=item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]
+
+=item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in
+my C program; what am I doing wrong?
+
+=item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it
+mean?
+
+=item What's MakeMaker?
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.49 $, $Date: 1999/05/23
+20:37:49 $)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Data: Numbers
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
+numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
+
+=item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
+
+=item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()?
+Trig functions?
+
+=item How do I convert bits into ints?
+
+=item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?
+
+=item How do I multiply matrices?
+
+=item How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
+
+=item How can I output Roman numerals?
+
+=item Why aren't my random numbers random?
+
+=back
+
+=item Data: Dates
+
+=over 4
+
+=item How do I find the week-of-the-year/day-of-the-year?
+
+=item How do I find the current century or millennium?
+
+=item How can I compare two dates and find the difference?
+
+=item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
+
+=item How can I find the Julian Day?
+
+=item How do I find yesterday's date?
+
+=item Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?
+
+=back
+
+=item Data: Strings
+
+=over 4
+
+=item How do I validate input?
+
+=item How do I unescape a string?
+
+=item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
+
+=item How do I expand function calls in a string?
+
+=item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
+
+=item How do I reverse a string?
+
+=item How do I expand tabs in a string?
+
+=item How do I reformat a paragraph?
+
+=item How can I access/change the first N letters of a string?
+
+=item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
+
+=item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
+string?
+
+=item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
+
+=item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
+[character]? (Comma-separated files)
+
+=item How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?
+
+=item How do I pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?
+
+=item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
+
+=item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
+
+=item How can I expand variables in text strings?
+
+=item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
+
+=item Why don't my <<HERE documents work?
+
+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
+
+=back
+
+=item Data: Arrays
+
+=over 4
+
+=item What is the difference between a list and an array?
+
+=item What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?
+
+=item How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array?
+
+a), b), c), d), e)
+
+=item How can I tell whether a list or array contains a certain element?
+
+=item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
+intersection of two arrays?
+
+=item How do I test whether two arrays or hashes are equal?
+
+=item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
+
+=item How do I handle linked lists?
+
+=item How do I handle circular lists?
+
+=item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
+
+=item How do I process/modify each element of an array?
+
+=item How do I select a random element from an array?
+
+=item How do I permute N elements of a list?
+
+=item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
+
+=item How do I manipulate arrays of bits?
+
+=item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
+
+=back
+
+=item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item How do I process an entire hash?
+
+=item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
+it?
+
+=item How do I look up a hash element by value?
+
+=item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
+
+=item How do I sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
+
+=item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
+
+=item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
+
+=item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
+
+=item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
+
+=item How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
+
+=item How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
+
+=item How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?
+
+=item Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create
+it?
+
+=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?
+
+=back
+
+=item Data: Misc
+
+=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 How do I define methods for every class/object?
+
+=item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
+
+=item How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.38 $, $Date: 1999/05/23
+16:08:30 $)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this?
+
+=item How do I change one line in a file/delete a line in a file/insert a
+line in the middle of a file/append to the beginning of a file?
-=item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
+=item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
-=item Why don't my <<HERE documents work?
+=item How do I make a temporary file name?
-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 How can I manipulate fixed-record-length files?
+
+=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 How can I use a filehandle indirectly?
+
+=item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
+
+=item How can I write() into a string?
+
+=item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
+
+=item How can I translate tildes (~) in a filename?
+
+=item How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?
+
+=item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use <*>?
+
+=item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
+
+=item How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing blanks?
+
+=item How can I reliably rename a file?
+
+=item How can I lock a file?
+
+=item Why can't I just open(FH, ">file.lock")?
+
+=item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in
+the file. How can I do this?
+
+=item How do I randomly update a binary file?
+
+=item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
+
+=item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
+
+=item How do I print to more than one file at once?
+
+=item How can I read in an entire file all at once?
+
+=item How can I read in a file by paragraphs?
+
+=item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
+
+=item How can I tell whether there's a character waiting on a filehandle?
+
+=item How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl?
+
+=item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
+
+=item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
+
+=item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? What doesn't
+`C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
+
+=item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
+
+=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 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 Data: Arrays
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=over
+=back
-=item What is the difference between a list and an array?
+=head2 perlfaq6 - Regexes ($Revision: 1.27 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 16:08:30 $)
-=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) If @in is sorted, and you want @out to be sorted: (this assumes all true
-values in the array), b) If you don't know whether @in is sorted:, c) Like
-(b), but @in contains only small integers:, d) A way to do (b) without any
-loops or greps:, e) Like (d), but @in contains only small positive
-integers:
+=over 4
-=item How can I tell whether a list or array contains a certain element?
+=item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
+and unmaintainable code?
-=item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
-intersection of two arrays?
+Comments Outside the Regex, Comments Inside the Regex, Different Delimiters
-=item How do I test whether two arrays or hashes are equal?
+=item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
-=item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
+=item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
+different lines?
-=item How do I handle linked lists?
+=item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
+
+=item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS while preserving
+case on the RHS?
+
+=item How can I make C<\w> match national character sets?
+
+=item How can I match a locale-smart version of C</[a-zA-Z]/>?
+
+=item How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?
+
+=item What is C</o> really for?
+
+=item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
+file?
+
+=item Can I use Perl regular expressions to match balanced text?
+
+=item What does it mean that regexes are greedy? How can I get around it?
+
+=item How do I process each word on each line?
+
+=item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
+
+=item How can I do approximate matching?
+
+=item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
+
+=item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
+
+=item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
+
+=item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
+
+=item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
+
+=item What's wrong with using grep or map in a void context?
+
+=item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
+
+=item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq7 - Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.28 $, $Date:
+1999/05/23 20:36:18 $)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
+
+=item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
+use them?
+
+=item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
+commas?
+
+=item How do I skip some return values?
+
+=item How do I temporarily block warnings?
+
+=item What's an extension?
+
+=item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
+
+=item How do I declare/create a structure?
+
+=item How do I create a module?
+
+=item How do I create a class?
+
+=item How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
+
+=item What's a closure?
+
+=item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
+
+=item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
+Regex}?
+
+Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexes,
+Passing Methods
+
+=item How do I create a static variable?
+
+=item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping?
+Between local() and my()?
+
+=item How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical
+is in scope?
+
+=item What's the difference between deep and shallow binding?
+
+=item Why doesn't "my($foo) = <FILE>;" work right?
+
+=item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method?
+
+=item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
+
+=item How do I create a switch or case statement?
+
+=item How can I catch accesses to undefined variables/functions/methods?
+
+=item Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
+
+=item How can I find out my current package?
+
+=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: 1.39 $, $Date: 1999/05/23
+18:37:57 $)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=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 How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard?
+
+=item How do I clear the screen?
+
+=item How do I get the screen size?
+
+=item How do I ask the user for a password?
+
+=item How do I read and write the serial port?
+
+lockfiles, open mode, end of line, flushing output, non-blocking input
+
+=item How do I decode encrypted password files?
+
+=item How do I start a process in the background?
+
+STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR are shared, Signals, Zombies
+
+=item How do I trap control characters/signals?
+
+=item How do I modify the shadow password file on a Unix system?
-=item How do I handle circular lists?
+=item How do I set the time and date?
-=item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
+=item How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second?
-=item How do I process/modify each element of an array?
+=item How can I measure time under a second?
-=item How do I select a random element from an array?
+=item How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling)
-=item How do I permute N elements of a list?
+=item Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? What
+does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean?
-=item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
+=item How can I call my system's unique C functions from Perl?
-=item How do I manipulate arrays of bits?
+=item Where do I get the include files to do ioctl() or syscall()?
-=item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
+=item Why do setuid perl scripts complain about kernel problems?
-=back
+=item How can I open a pipe both to and from a command?
-=item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
+=item Why can't I get the output of a command with system()?
-=over
+=item How can I capture STDERR from an external command?
-=item How do I process an entire hash?
+=item Why doesn't open() return an error when a pipe open fails?
-=item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
-it?
+=item What's wrong with using backticks in a void context?
-=item How do I look up a hash element by value?
+=item How can I call backticks without shell processing?
-=item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
+=item Why can't my script read from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix,
+^Z on MS-DOS)?
-=item How do I sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
+=item How can I convert my shell script to perl?
-=item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
+=item Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session?
-=item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
+=item How can I write expect in Perl?
-=item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
+=item Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as
+"ps"?
-=item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
+=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 How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
+Unix
-=item How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
+=item How do I close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to
+complete?
-=item How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?
+=item How do I fork a daemon process?
-=item Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create
-it?
+=item How do I find out if I'm running interactively or not?
-=item How can I make the Perl equivalent of a C structure/C++ class/hash or
-array of hashes or arrays?
+=item How do I timeout a slow event?
-=item How can I use a reference as a hash key?
+=item How do I set CPU limits?
-=back
+=item How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system?
-=item Data: Misc
+=item How do I use an SQL database?
-=over
+=item How do I make a system() exit on control-C?
-=item How do I handle binary data correctly?
+=item How do I open a file without blocking?
-=item How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?
+=item How do I install a module from CPAN?
-=item How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
+=item What's the difference between require and use?
-=item How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?
+=item How do I keep my own module/library directory?
-=item How do I define methods for every class/object?
+=item How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library
+search path?
-=item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
+=item How do I add a directory to my include path at runtime?
-=item How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?
+=item What is socket.ph and where do I get it?
=back
=back
-=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.38 $, $Date: 1999/05/23
-16:08:30 $)
+=head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.26 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 16:08:30
+$)
-=over
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
-=item How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this?
-
-=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 My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500
+Server Error)
-=item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
+=item How can I get better error messages from a CGI program?
-=item How do I make a temporary file name?
+=item How do I remove HTML from a string?
-=item How can I manipulate fixed-record-length files?
+=item How do I extract URLs?
-=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 How do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a
+file on another machine?
-=item How can I use a filehandle indirectly?
+=item How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?
-=item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
+=item How do I fetch an HTML file?
-=item How can I write() into a string?
+=item How do I automate an HTML form submission?
-=item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
+=item How do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web?
-=item How can I translate tildes (~) in a filename?
+=item How do I redirect to another page?
-=item How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?
+=item How do I put a password on my web pages?
-=item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use <*>?
+=item How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?
-=item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
+=item How do I make sure users can't enter values into a form that cause my
+CGI script to do bad things?
-=item How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing blanks?
+=item How do I parse a mail header?
-=item How can I reliably rename a file?
+=item How do I decode a CGI form?
-=item How can I lock a file?
+=item How do I check a valid mail address?
-=item Why can't I just open(FH, ">file.lock")?
+=item How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string?
-=item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in
-the file. How can I do this?
+=item How do I return the user's mail address?
-=item How do I randomly update a binary file?
+=item How do I send mail?
-=item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
+=item How do I use MIME to make an attachment to a mail message?
-=item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
+=item How do I read mail?
-=item How do I print to more than one file at once?
+=item How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address?
-=item How can I read in an entire file all at once?
+=item How do I fetch a news article or the active newsgroups?
-=item How can I read in a file by paragraphs?
+=item How do I fetch/put an FTP file?
-=item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
+=item How can I do RPC in Perl?
-=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 AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
+=back
-=item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
+=head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
-=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 DESCRIPTION
-=item Why does Perl let me delete read-only files? Why does C<-i> clobber
-protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl?
+=over 4
-=item How do I select a random line from a file?
+=item Layout
-=item Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?
+B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Using The Back Ends
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 perlfaq6 - Regexes ($Revision: 1.27 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 16:08:30 $)
+=item The Cross Referencing Back End
-=over
+i, &, s, r
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The Decompiling Back End
-=over
+=item The Lint Back End
-=item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
-and unmaintainable code?
+=item The Simple C Back End
-Comments Outside the Regex, Comments Inside the Regex, Different Delimiters
+=item The Bytecode Back End
-=item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
+=item The Optimized C Back End
-=item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
-different lines?
+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 I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
+=back
-=item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS, but preserving
-case on the RHS?
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-=item How can I make C<\w> match national character sets?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item How can I match a locale-smart version of C</[a-zA-Z]/>?
+=back
-=item How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?
+=head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
-=item What is C</o> really for?
+=over 4
-=item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
-file?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=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 PREAMBLE
-=item How do I process each word on each line?
+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 How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
+=item ROADMAP
-=item How can I do approximate matching?
+=item Compiling your C program
-=item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
+=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
-=item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
+=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
-=item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
+=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
-=item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
+=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
-=item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
+=item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
-=item What's wrong with using grep or map in a void context?
+=item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
-=item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
+=item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
-=item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
+=item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
+program
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Embedding Perl under Win32
+
+=item MORAL
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
=back
-=head2 perlfaq7 - Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.28 $, $Date:
-1999/05/23 20:36:18 $)
+=head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
-=over
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=item Debugger Internals
-=item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
+=over 4
-=item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
-use them?
+=item Writing Your Own Debugger
-=item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
-commas?
+=back
-=item How do I skip some return values?
+=item Frame Listing Output Examples
-=item How do I temporarily block warnings?
+=item Debugging regular expressions
-=item What's an extension?
+=over 4
+
+=item Compile-time output
+
+C<anchored> I<STRING> C<at> I<POS>, C<floating> I<STRING> C<at>
+I<POS1..POS2>, C<matching floating/anchored>, C<minlen>, C<stclass>
+I<TYPE>, C<noscan>, C<isall>, C<GPOS>, C<plus>, C<implicit>, C<with eval>,
+C<anchored(TYPE)>
+
+=item Types of nodes
+
+=item Run-time output
+
+=back
-=item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
+=item Debugging Perl memory usage
-=item How do I declare/create a structure?
+=over 4
-=item How do I create a module?
+=item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
-=item How do I create a class?
+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 How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
+=item Example of using B<-DL> switch
-=item What's a closure?
+C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
-=item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
+=item B<-DL> details
-=item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
-Regex}?
+C<!!!>, C<!!>, C<!>
-Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexes,
-Passing Methods
+=item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
-=item How do I create a static variable?
+=back
-=item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping?
-Between local() and my()?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=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?
+=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
-=item Why doesn't "my($foo) = <FILE>;" work right?
+=over 4
-=item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
+=item SPECIAL NOTES
-=item How do I create a switch or case statement?
+=over 4
-=item How can I catch accesses to undefined variables/functions/methods?
+=item make
-=item Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
+=item Version caveat
-=item How can I find out my current package?
+=item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
-=item How can I comment out a large block of perl code?
+=back
-=item How do I clear a package?
+=item TUTORIAL
-=item How can I use a variable as a variable name?
+=over 4
-=back
+=item EXAMPLE 1
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item EXAMPLE 2
-=back
+=item What has gone on?
-=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.39 $, $Date: 1999/05/23
-18:37:57 $)
+=item Writing good test scripts
-=over
+=item EXAMPLE 3
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item What's new here?
-=over
+=item Input and Output Parameters
-=item How do I find out which operating system I'm running under?
+=item The XSUBPP Program
-=item How come exec() doesn't return?
+=item The TYPEMAP file
-=item How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?
+=item Warning about Output Arguments
-Keyboard, Screen, Mouse
+=item EXAMPLE 4
-=item How do I print something out in color?
+=item What has happened here?
-=item How do I read just one key without waiting for a return key?
+=item Anatomy of .xs file
-=item How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard?
+=item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
-=item How do I clear the screen?
+=item More about XSUB arguments
-=item How do I get the screen size?
+=item The Argument Stack
-=item How do I ask the user for a password?
+=item Extending your Extension
-=item How do I read and write the serial port?
+=item Documenting your Extension
-lockfiles, open mode, end of line, flushing output, non-blocking input
+=item Installing your Extension
-=item How do I decode encrypted password files?
+=item EXAMPLE 5
-=item How do I start a process in the background?
+=item New Things in this Example
-STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR are shared, Signals, Zombies
+=item EXAMPLE 6
-=item How do I trap control characters/signals?
+=item New Things in this Example
-=item How do I modify the shadow password file on a Unix system?
+=item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
-=item How do I set the time and date?
+=item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
-=item How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second?
+=item EXAMPLE 9 (Coming Soon)
-=item How can I measure time under a second?
+=item Troubleshooting these Examples
-=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 See also
-=item How can I call my system's unique C functions from Perl?
+=item Author
-=item Where do I get the include files to do ioctl() or syscall()?
+=over 4
-=item Why do setuid perl scripts complain about kernel problems?
+=item Last Changed
-=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()?
+=back
-=item How can I capture STDERR from an external command?
+=head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
-=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 DESCRIPTION
-=item How can I call backticks without shell processing?
+=over 4
-=item Why can't my script read from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix,
-^Z on MS-DOS)?
+=item Introduction
-=item How can I convert my shell script to perl?
+=item On The Road
-=item Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session?
+=item The Anatomy of an XSUB
-=item How can I write expect in Perl?
+=item The Argument Stack
-=item Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as
-"ps"?
+=item The RETVAL Variable
-=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 The MODULE Keyword
-Unix
+=item The PACKAGE Keyword
-=item How do I close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to
-complete?
+=item The PREFIX Keyword
-=item How do I fork a daemon process?
+=item The OUTPUT: Keyword
-=item How do I make my program run with sh and csh?
+=item The NO_OUTPUT Keyword
-=item How do I find out if I'm running interactively or not?
+=item The CODE: Keyword
-=item How do I timeout a slow event?
+=item The INIT: Keyword
-=item How do I set CPU limits?
+=item The NO_INIT Keyword
-=item How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system?
+=item Initializing Function Parameters
-=item How do I use an SQL database?
+=item Default Parameter Values
-=item How do I make a system() exit on control-C?
+=item The PREINIT: Keyword
-=item How do I open a file without blocking?
+=item The SCOPE: Keyword
-=item How do I install a module from CPAN?
+=item The INPUT: Keyword
-=item What's the difference between require and use?
+=item The IN/OUTLIST/IN_OUTLIST/OUT/IN_OUT Keywords
-=item How do I keep my own module/library directory?
+=item Variable-length Parameter Lists
-=item How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library
-search path?
+=item The C_ARGS: Keyword
-=item How do I add a directory to my include path at runtime?
+=item The PPCODE: Keyword
-=item What is socket.ph and where do I get it?
+=item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
-=back
+=item The REQUIRE: Keyword
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item The CLEANUP: Keyword
-=back
+=item The POST_CALL: Keyword
-=head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.26 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 16:08:30
-$)
+=item The BOOT: Keyword
-=over
+=item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
-=over
+=item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
-=item My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500
-Server Error)
+=item The ALIAS: Keyword
-=item How can I get better error messages from a CGI program?
+=item The INTERFACE: Keyword
-=item How do I remove HTML from a string?
+=item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
-=item How do I extract URLs?
+=item The INCLUDE: Keyword
-=item How do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a
-file on another machine?
+=item The CASE: Keyword
-=item How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?
+=item The & Unary Operator
-=item How do I fetch an HTML file?
+=item Inserting POD, Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
-=item How do I automate an HTML form submission?
+=item Using XS With C++
-=item How do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web?
+=item Interface Strategy
-=item How do I redirect to another page?
+=item Perl Objects And C Structures
-=item How do I put a password on my web pages?
+=item The Typemap
-=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 EXAMPLES
-=item How do I parse a mail header?
+=item XS VERSION
-=item How do I decode a CGI form?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item How do I check a valid mail address?
+=back
-=item How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string?
+=head2 perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions
-=item How do I return the user's mail address?
+=over 4
-=item How do I send mail?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How do I read mail?
+=over 4
-=item How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address?
+=item Conventions
-=item How do I fetch a news article or the active newsgroups?
+C<t>, C<p>, C<n>, C<s>
-=item How do I fetch/put an FTP file?
+=item File Operations
-=item How can I do RPC in Perl?
+=item File Input and Output
-=back
+=item File Positioning
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Memory Management and String Handling
-=back
+=item Character Class Tests
-=head2 perldelta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
+=item F<stdlib.h> functions
-=over
+=item Miscellaneous functions
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-=item Core Enhancements
+=item SEE ALSO
-=over
+=back
-=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+=head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
-=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+=over 4
-=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Support for interpolating named characters
+=item Variables
-=item "our" declarations
+=over 4
-=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+=item Datatypes
-=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+=item What is an "IV"?
-=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+=item Working with SVs
-=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+=item Offsets
-=item open() with more than two arguments
+=item What's Really Stored in an SV?
-=item 64-bit support
+=item Working with AVs
-=item Large file support
+=item Working with HVs
-=item Long doubles
+=item Hash API Extensions
-=item "more bits"
+=item References
-=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+=item Blessed References and Class Objects
-=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+=item Creating New Variables
-=item File globbing implemented internally
+=item Reference Counts and Mortality
-Support for CHECK blocks
+=item Stashes and Globs
-=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+=item Double-Typed SVs
-Better pseudo-random number generator
+=item Magic Variables
-=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+=item Assigning Magic
-Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+=item Magic Virtual Tables
-=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+=item Finding Magic
-=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+=item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
-=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+=item Localizing changes
-=item Comments in pack() templates
+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 Weak references
+=back
-=item Binary numbers supported
+=item Subroutines
-=item Lvalue subroutines
+=over 4
-=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+=item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
-=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+=item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
-=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+=item Memory Allocation
-=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+=item PerlIO
-=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+=item Putting a C value on Perl stack
-=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+=item Scratchpads
-=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+=item Scratchpads and recursion
-=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+=back
-=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+=item Compiled code
-=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+=over 4
-=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+=item Code tree
-=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+=item Examining the tree
-=item Improved diagnostics
+=item Compile pass 1: check routines
-=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
-More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+=item Compile pass 2: context propagation
-=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+=item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
-=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+=back
-=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+=item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions
-=item Improved security features
+=item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
-More functional bareword prototype (*)
+=over 4
-=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+=item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
-=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+=item So what happened to dTHR?
-=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+=item How do I use all this in extensions?
-=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+=item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads?
-=item Optional Y2K warnings
+=item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
=back
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item Internal Functions
-=over
+A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, j, x
-=item Modules
+=over 4
-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 Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs
-=item Pragmata
+=item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer
+
+=item Source Documentation
=back
-=item Utility Changes
+=item Unicode Support
-=over
+=over 4
-=item dprofpp
+=item What B<is> Unicode, anyway?
-=item find2perl
+=item How can I recognise a UTF8 string?
-=item h2xs
+=item How does UTF8 represent Unicode characters?
-=item perlcc
+=item How does Perl store UTF8 strings?
-=item perldoc
+=item How do I convert a string to UTF8?
-=item The Perl Debugger
+=item Is there anything else I need to know?
=back
-=item Improved Documentation
+=item AUTHORS
-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 SEE ALSO
-=item Performance enhancements
+=back
-=over
+=head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
-=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
+=over 4
-=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Faster subroutine calls
+An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
-delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
+=item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
-=back
+call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item FLAG VALUES
-=over
+=over 4
-=item -Dusethreads means something different
+=item G_VOID
-=item New Configure flags
+=item G_SCALAR
-=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
+=item G_ARRAY
-=item Long Doubles
+=item G_DISCARD
-=item -Dusemorebits
+=item G_NOARGS
-=item -Duselargefiles
+=item G_EVAL
-=item installusrbinperl
+=item G_KEEPERR
-=item SOCKS support
+=item Determining the Context
-=item C<-A> flag
+=back
-=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-=back
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Platform specific changes
+=over 4
-=over
+=item No Parameters, Nothing returned
-=item Supported platforms
+=item Passing Parameters
-=item DOS
+=item Returning a Scalar
-=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
+=item Returning a list of values
-=item VMS
+=item Returning a list in a scalar context
-=item Win32
+=item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
-=back
+=item Using G_EVAL
-=item Significant bug fixes
+=item Using G_KEEPERR
-=over
+=item Using call_sv
-=item <HANDLE> on empty files
+=item Using call_argv
-=item C<eval '...'> improvements
+=item Using call_method
-=item All compilation errors are true errors
+=item Using GIMME_V
-=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
+=item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
-=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
+=item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
-=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
+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 C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+=item Alternate Stack Manipulation
-=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+=item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
-=item Failures in DESTROY()
+=back
-=item Locale bugs fixed
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Memory leaks
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+=item DATE
-=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+=back
-=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
+=head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
-=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+=over 4
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=over 4
-"%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 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 DOCUMENTATION
-=item New tests
+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 Incompatible Changes
+=item CONVERTORS
-=over
+L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
-=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+=item Development
-CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed
+L<perlbug|perlbug>, L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph> and L<pstruct|pstruct>,
+L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>, L<perlcc|perlcc>
-=item Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different
+=item SEE ALSO
-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(), values() and C<\(%h)> operate on aliases to values, not copies,
-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
+=back
-=item Semantics of bit operators may have changed on 64-bit platforms
+=back
-=item More builtins taint their results
+=head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
-=item C Source Incompatibilities
+=over 4
-C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+=item CONCEPTS
-C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+=item USING FILTERS
-=item Binary Incompatibilities
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
-=back
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
-=item Known Problems
+B<Decryption Filters>
-=over
+=item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
-=item Thread test failures
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
-=item EBCDIC platforms not supported
+=item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
-=item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
+=item CONCLUSION
-=item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
+=item REQUIREMENTS
-=item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
-gcc
+=item AUTHOR
-=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+=item Copyrights
-=item Arrow operator and arrays
+=back
-=item Windows 2000
+=head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
-=item Experimental features
+=over 4
-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 constructs C<(?{ code })>
-and C<(??{ code })>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
+B<filter_fetch_value>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item The Filter
+
+=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
-Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
-logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, Probable precedence problem on %s,
-regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>" to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
+=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=back
=item SEE ALSO
-=item HISTORY
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perldata - Perl data types
+=head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
-=over
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+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,
+bytes_from_utf8, bytes_to_utf8, call_argv, call_method, call_pv, call_sv,
+CLASS, Copy, croak, CvSTASH, cv_const_sv, dMARK, dORIGMARK, dSP, dXSARGS,
+dXSI32, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv, EXTEND, fbm_compile, fbm_instr, FREETMPS,
+get_av, get_cv, get_hv, get_sv, GIMME, GIMME_V, 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, newSViv, newSVnv,
+newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVpvn_share, newSVrv, newSVsv, newSVuv,
+newXS, newXSproto, Newz, Nullav, Nullch, Nullcv, Nullhv, Nullsv, ORIGMARK,
+perl_alloc, 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, 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, SvLEN, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp, SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, SvNOKp,
+SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVX, SvOK, SvOOK, SvPOK, SvPOKp,
+SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only, SvPOK_only_UTF8, SvPV, SvPVX, SvPV_force,
+SvPV_nolen, SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK, SvROK_off,
+SvROK_on, SvRV, SvSETMAGIC, 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, sv_2mortal, sv_bless, sv_catpv,
+sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg, sv_catpvn, sv_catpvn_mg, sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv,
+sv_catsv_mg, sv_chop, sv_clear, sv_cmp, sv_cmp_locale, sv_dec,
+sv_derived_from, sv_eq, sv_free, sv_gets, sv_grow, sv_inc, sv_insert,
+sv_isa, sv_isobject, sv_len, sv_len_utf8, sv_magic, sv_mortalcopy,
+sv_newmortal, sv_pvn_force, sv_pvutf8n_force, sv_reftype, sv_replace,
+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_mg, sv_setuv, sv_setuv_mg,
+sv_true, sv_unmagic, sv_unref, sv_unref_flags, sv_upgrade, sv_usepvn,
+sv_usepvn_mg, sv_utf8_decode, sv_utf8_downgrade, sv_utf8_encode,
+sv_utf8_upgrade, sv_vcatpvfn, sv_vsetpvfn, THIS, toLOWER, toUPPER,
+utf8n_to_uvchr, utf8n_to_uvuni, utf8_distance, utf8_hop, utf8_length,
+utf8_to_bytes, utf8_to_uvchr, utf8_to_uvuni, uvchr_to_utf8, uvuni_to_utf8,
+warn, XPUSHi, XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs, XPUSHu, XS, XSRETURN, XSRETURN_EMPTY,
+XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV, XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF,
+XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNO, XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES,
+XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK, Zero
-=item Variable names
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Context
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Scalar values
+=back
-=item Scalar value constructors
+=head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
+ Perl functions
-=item List value constructors
+=over 4
-=item Slices
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Typeglobs and Filehandles
+djSP, is_gv_magical, LVRET, PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn,
+PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv, PL_rs, start_glob
-=back
+=item AUTHORS
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax
+=head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
-=over
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
-=item Declarations
+=item History and Background
-=item Simple statements
+=item Layers vs Disciplines
-=item Compound statements
+=item Data Structures
-=item Loop Control
+1. The functions and attributes of the "layer class", 2. The per-instance
+data for a particular handle
-=item For Loops
+=item Functions and Attributes
-=item Foreach Loops
+=item Per-instance Data
-=item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
+=item Layers in action.
-=item Goto
+=item Per-instance flag bits
-=item PODs: Embedded Documentation
+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 Plain Old Comments (Not!)
+=item Methods in Detail
+
+ 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 Core Layers
+
+"unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8"
+
+=item Extension Layers
+
+":encoding", ":Scalar", ":Object" or ":Perl"
=back
=back
-=head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
+=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+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 Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
+=over 4
-=item The Arrow Operator
+=item Co-existence with stdio
-=item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
+B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,flags)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,flags)>,
+B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>, B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>
-=item Exponentiation
+=item "Fast gets" Functions
-=item Symbolic Unary Operators
+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 Binding Operators
+=item Other Functions
-=item Multiplicative Operators
+PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers),
+'E<lt>' read, 'E<gt>' write, '+' read/write, PerlIO_debug(fmt,...)
-=item Additive Operators
+=back
-=item Shift Operators
+=back
-=item Named Unary Operators
+=head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
-=item Relational Operators
+=over 4
-=item Equality Operators
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Bitwise And
+=item Infrastructure
-=item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
+=over 4
-=item C-style Logical And
+=item Mailing list archives
-=item C-style Logical Or
+=item Bug tracking system
-=item Range Operators
+=item Regression Tests
-=item Conditional Operator
+Coverage, Regression, __DIE__, suidperl, The 25% slowdown from perl4 to
+perl5
-=item Assignment Operators
+=back
-=item Comma Operator
+=item Configure
-=item List Operators (Rightward)
+=over 4
-=item Logical Not
+=item Install HTML
-=item Logical And
+=back
-=item Logical or and Exclusive Or
+=item Perl Language
-=item C Operators Missing From Perl
+=over 4
-unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
+=item 64-bit Perl
-=item Quote and Quote-like Operators
+=item Prototypes
-=item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
+Named prototypes, Indirect objects, Method calls, Context, Scoped subs
-?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/cdsUC,
-y/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cdsUC
+=back
-=item Gory details of parsing quoted constructs
+=item Perl Internals
-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
+=over 4
-=item I/O Operators
+=item magic_setisa
-=item Constant Folding
+=item Garbage Collection
-=item Bitwise String Operators
+=item Reliable signals
-=item Integer Arithmetic
+Alternate runops() for signal despatch, Figure out how to die() in delayed
+sighandler, Add tests for Thread::Signal, Automatic tests against CPAN
-=item Floating-point Arithmetic
+=item Interpolated regex performance bugs
-=item Bigger Numbers
+=item Memory leaks from failed eval/regcomp
-=back
+=item Make XS easier to use
-=back
+=item Make embedded Perl easier to use
-=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
+=item Namespace cleanup
-=over
+=item MULTIPLICITY
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item MacPerl
-i, m, s, x
+=back
-=over
+=item Documentation
-=item Regular Expressions
+=over 4
-cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
+=item A clear division into tutorial and reference
-=item Extended Patterns
+=item Remove the artificial distinction between operators and functions
-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 More tutorials
-=item Backtracking
+Regular expressions, I/O, pack/unpack, Debugging
-=item Version 8 Regular Expressions
+=item Include a search tool
-=item Warning on \1 vs $1
+=item Include a locate tool
-=item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
+=item Separate function manpages by default
-=item Combining pieces together
+=item Users can't find the manpages
-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 Install ALL Documentation
-=item Creating custom RE engines
+=item Outstanding issues to be documented
-=back
+=item Adapt www.linuxhq.com for Perl
-=item BUGS
+=item Replace man with a perl program
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Unicode tutorial
=back
-=head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
-
-=over
+=item Modules
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Update the POSIX extension to conform with the POSIX 1003.1 Edition 2
-=over
+=item Module versions
-=item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems
+=item New modules
-OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS
+=item Profiler
-=item Location of Perl
+=item Tie Modules
-=item Command Switches
+VecArray, SubstrArray, VirtualArray, ShiftSplice
-B<-0>[I<digits>], B<-a>, B<-C>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-d:>I<foo>,
-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 Procedural options
-=back
+=item RPC
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=item y2k localtime/gmtime
-HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5OPT, PERLLIB, PERL5DB, PERL5SHELL
-(specific to the Win32 port), PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL,
-PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port), SYS$LOGIN (specific to the VMS port)
+=item Export File::Find variables
-=back
+=item Ioctl
-=head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
+=item Debugger attach/detach
-=over
+=item Regular Expression debugger
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Alternative RE Syntax
-=over
+=item Bundled modules
-=item Perl Functions by Category
+=item Expect
-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 GUI::Native
-=item Portability
+=item Update semibroken auxiliary tools; h2ph, a2p, etc.
-=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
+=item pod2html
-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, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT,
-dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR, defined, delete
-EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR, dump LABEL, dump,
-each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval BLOCK, exec LIST,
-exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp, fcntl
-FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION,
-fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE, getc, getlogin,
-getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam
-NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getprotobyname
-NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr
-ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER,
-getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostent, getnetent,
-getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent
-STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent,
-endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockname SOCKET,
-getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL,
-goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex,
-import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl
-FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST,
-last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc, lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length,
-link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR,
-lock, log EXPR, log, lstat FILEHANDLE, 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,MODE,LIST, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open
-FILEHANDLE, opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord EXPR, ord, our EXPR, pack
-TEMPLATE,LIST, package, package NAMESPACE, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop
-ARRAY, pop, pos SCALAR, pos, print FILEHANDLE LIST, print LIST, print,
-printf FILEHANDLE FORMAT, LIST, printf FORMAT, LIST, prototype FUNCTION,
-push ARRAY,LIST, q/STRING/, qq/STRING/, qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/,
-quotemeta EXPR, quotemeta, rand EXPR, rand, read
-FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir
-DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR, readlink, readpipe EXPR, recv
-SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo, ref EXPR, ref, rename
-OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR, require, reset EXPR, reset,
-return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir DIRHANDLE, rindex
-STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME, rmdir, s///, scalar
-EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir DIRHANDLE,POS, select
-FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl
-ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send
-SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority
-WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY,
-shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE,
-shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep
-EXPR, sleep, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, socketpair
-SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort BLOCK LIST,
-sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,
-splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split /PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split
-/PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf FORMAT, LIST, sqrt EXPR,
-sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat FILEHANDLE, stat EXPR, stat, study SCALAR,
-study, sub BLOCK, sub NAME, sub NAME BLOCK, substr
-EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr
-EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
-FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread
-FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek
-FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite
-FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,
-syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie
-VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate
-FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR,
-ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack
-TEMPLATE,EXPR, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use Module VERSION LIST,
-use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use VERSION, utime LIST,
-values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn
-LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y///
+=item Podchecker
=back
+=item Tom's Wishes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Webperl
+
+=item Mobile agents
+
+=item POSIX on non-POSIX
+
+=item Portable installations
+
=back
-=head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
+=item Win32 Stuff
-=over
+=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Rename new headers to be consistent with the rest
-=over
+=item Sort out the spawnvp() mess
-=item Predefined Names
+=item Work out DLL versioning
-$ARG, $_, $<I<digits>>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $',
-$LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, @LAST_MATCH_END, @+, $MULTILINE_MATCHING, $*,
-input_line_number HANDLE EXPR, $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER, $NR, $,
-input_record_separator HANDLE EXPR, $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $RS, $/,
-autoflush HANDLE EXPR, $OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH, $|, output_field_separator HANDLE
-EXPR, $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR, $OFS, $,, output_record_separator HANDLE
-EXPR, $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $ORS, $\, $LIST_SEPARATOR, $",
-$SUBSCRIPT_SEPARATOR, $SUBSEP, $;, $OFMT, $#, format_page_number HANDLE
-EXPR, $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER, $%, format_lines_per_page HANDLE EXPR,
-$FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE, $=, format_lines_left HANDLE 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])>, format_name HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_NAME, $~,
-format_top_name HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_TOP_NAME, $^,
-format_line_break_characters HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS,
-$:, format_formfeed HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_FORMFEED, $^L, $ACCUMULATOR, $^A,
-$CHILD_ERROR, $?, $OS_ERROR, $ERRNO, $!, $EXTENDED_OS_ERROR, $^E,
-$EVAL_ERROR, $@, $PROCESS_ID, $PID, $$, $REAL_USER_ID, $UID, $<,
-$EFFECTIVE_USER_ID, $EUID, $>, $REAL_GROUP_ID, $GID, $(,
-$EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID, $EGID, $), $PROGRAM_NAME, $0, $[, $], $COMPILING, $^C,
-$DEBUGGING, $^D, $SYSTEM_FD_MAX, $^F, $^H, %^H, $INPLACE_EDIT, $^I, $^M,
-$OSNAME, $^O, $PERLDB, $^P, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80,
-0x100, 0x200, $LAST_REGEXP_CODE_RESULT, $^R, $EXCEPTIONS_BEING_CAUGHT, $^S,
-$BASETIME, $^T, $PERL_VERSION, $^V, $WARNING, $^W, ${^WARNING_BITS},
-${^WIDE_SYSTEM_CALLS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X, $ARGV, @ARGV, @INC, @_, %INC,
-%ENV, $ENV{expr}, %SIG, $SIG{expr}
+=item Style-check
+
+=back
+
+=item Would be nice to have
-=item Error Indicators
+C<pack "(stuff)*">, Contiguous bitfields in pack/unpack, lexperl, Bundled
+perl preprocessor, Use posix calls internally where possible, format
+BOTTOM, -i rename file only when successfully changed, All ARGV input
+should act like <>, report HANDLE [formats], support in perlmain to rerun
+debugger, lvalue functions
-=item Technical Note on the Syntax of Variable Names
+=item Possible pragmas
-=back
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item 'less'
=back
-=head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
+=item Optimizations
-=over
+=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item constant function cache
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item foreach(reverse...)
-=over
+=item Cache eval tree
-=item Private Variables via my()
+=item rcatmaybe
-=item Persistent Private Variables
+=item Shrink opcode tables
-=item Temporary Values via local()
+=item Cache hash value
-=item Lvalue subroutines
+=item Optimize away @_ where possible
-=item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
+=item Optimize sort by { $a <=> $b }
-=item When to Still Use local()
+=item Rewrite regexp parser for better integrated optimization
-1. You need to give a global variable a temporary value, especially $_, 2.
-You need to create a local file or directory handle or a local function, 3.
-You want to temporarily change just one element of an array or hash
+=back
-=item Pass by Reference
+=item Vague possibilities
-=item Prototypes
+ref function in list context, make tr/// return histogram in list context?,
+Loop control on do{} et al, Explicit switch statements, compile to real
+threaded code, structured types, Modifiable $1 et al
-=item Constant Functions
+=item To Do Or Not To Do
-=item Overriding Built-in Functions
+=over 4
-=item Autoloading
+=item Making my() work on "package" variables
-=item Subroutine Attributes
+=item "or" testing defined not truth
-=back
+=item "dynamic" lexicals
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item "class"-based, rather than package-based "lexicals"
=back
-=head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
+=item Threading
-=over
+=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Modules
-=over
+=item Testing
-=item Packages
+=item $AUTOLOAD
-=item Symbol Tables
+=item exit/die
-=item Package Constructors and Destructors
+=item External threads
-=item Perl Classes
+=item Thread::Pool
-=item Perl Modules
+=item thread-safety
+
+=item Per-thread GVs
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Compiler
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
+=item Optimization
-=over
+=item Byteperl
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Precompiled modules
-=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
+=item Executables
-=over
+=item Typed lexicals
-=item Pragmatic Modules
+=item Win32
-attributes, attrs, autouse, base, blib, bytes, charnames, constant,
-diagnostics, fields, filetest, integer, less, lib, locale, open, ops,
-overload, re, sigtrap, strict, subs, utf8, vars, warnings
+=item END blocks
-=item Standard Modules
+=item _AUTOLOAD
-AnyDBM_File, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, B, 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::Terse, B::Xref, Benchmark, ByteLoader, CGI,
-CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp, CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push,
-CGI::Switch, CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, Carp::Heavy,
-Class::Struct, Cwd, DB, DB_File, Devel::SelfStubber, DirHandle, Dumpvalue,
-English, Env, Exporter, Exporter::Heavy, ExtUtils::Command,
-ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install, ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist,
-ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin, 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::Functions, File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2,
-File::Spec::Unix, File::Spec::VMS, File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp,
-File::stat, FileCache, FileHandle, FindBin, Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std,
-I18N::Collate, IO, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt,
-Math::Complex, Math::Trig, NDBM_File, Net::Ping, Net::hostent, Net::netent,
-Net::protoent, Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, Pod::Checker, Pod::Find,
-Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Man, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Parser,
-Pod::Plainer, Pod::Select, Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color, Pod::Text::Termcap,
-Pod::Usage, SDBM_File, Safe, Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell,
-Socket, Symbol, Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap, Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine,
-Test, Test::Harness, Text::Abbrev, Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex,
-Text::Wrap, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::RefHash, Tie::Scalar,
-Tie::SubstrHash, Time::Local, Time::gmtime, Time::localtime, Time::tm,
-UNIVERSAL, User::grent, User::pwent
+=item comppadlist
-=item Extension Modules
+=item Cached compilation
=back
-=item CPAN
-
-Language Extensions and Documentation Tools, Development Support, Operating
-System Interfaces, Networking, Device Control (modems) and InterProcess
-Communication, Data Types and Data Type Utilities, Database Interfaces,
-User Interfaces, Interfaces to / Emulations of Other Programming Languages,
-File Names, File Systems and File Locking (see also File Handles), String
-Processing, Language Text Processing, Parsing, and Searching, Option,
-Argument, Parameter, and Configuration File Processing,
-Internationalization and Locale, Authentication, Security, and Encryption,
-World Wide Web, HTML, HTTP, CGI, MIME, Server and Daemon Utilities,
-Archiving and Compression, Images, Pixmap and Bitmap Manipulation, Drawing,
-and Graphing, Mail and Usenet News, Control Flow Utilities (callbacks and
-exceptions etc), File Handle and Input/Output Stream Utilities,
-Miscellaneous Modules, Africa, Asia, Australasia, Central America, Europe,
-North America, South America
+=item Recently Finished Tasks
-=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
+=over 4
-=over
+=item Figure a way out of $^(capital letter)
-=item Guidelines for Module Creation
+=item Filenames
-Do similar modules already exist in some form?, Try to design the new
-module to be easy to extend and reuse, Some simple style guidelines, Select
-what to export, Select a name for the module, Have you got it right?,
-README and other Additional Files, A description of the
-module/package/extension etc, A copyright notice - see below, Prerequisites
-- what else you may need to have, How to build it - possible changes to
-Makefile.PL etc, How to install it, Recent changes in this release,
-especially incompatibilities, Changes / enhancements you plan to make in
-the future, Adding a Copyright Notice, Give the module a
-version/issue/release number, How to release and distribute a module, Take
-care when changing a released module
+=item Foreign lines
-=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
+=item Namespace cleanup
-There is no requirement to convert anything, Consider the implications,
-Make the most of the opportunity, The pl2pm utility will get you started,
-Adds the standard Module prologue lines, Converts package specifiers from '
-to ::, Converts die(...) to croak(...), Several other minor changes
+=item ISA.pm
-=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
+=item gettimeofday
-Complete applications rarely belong in the Perl Module Library, Many
-applications contain some Perl code that could be reused, Break-out the
-reusable code into one or more separate module files, Take the opportunity
-to reconsider and redesign the interfaces, In some cases the 'application'
-can then be reduced to a small
+=item autocroak?
=back
-=item NOTE
-
=back
-=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
+=head2 perlhack - How to hack at the Perl internals
-=over
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+Does concept match the general goals of Perl?, Where is the
+implementation?, Backwards compatibility, Could it be a module instead?, Is
+the feature generic enough?, Does it potentially introduce new bugs?, Does
+it preclude other desirable features?, Is the implementation robust?, Is
+the implementation generic enough to be portable?, Is there enough
+documentation?, Is there another way to do it?, Does it create too much
+work?, Patches speak louder than words
-=item PREAMBLE
+=over 4
-B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
-module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
+=item Keeping in sync
-=back
+rsync'ing the source tree, Using rsync over the LAN, Using pushing over the
+NFS, rsync'ing the patches, It's easier, It's more recent, It's more
+reliable, It's easier, It's a good reference, Finding a start point,
+Finding how to fix a bug, Finding the source of misbehaviour
-=item HEY
+=item Submitting patches
-=item AUTHOR
+L<perlguts>, L<perlxstut> and L<perlxs>, L<perlapi>,
+F<Porting/pumpkin.pod>, The perl5-porters FAQ
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item Finding Your Way Around
-=back
+Core modules, Documentation, Configure, Interpreter
-=head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation
+=item Elements of the interpreter
-=over
+Startup, Parsing, Optimization, Running
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Internal Variable Types
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Op Trees
-=over
+=item Stacks
-=item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes
+Argument stack, Mark stack, Save stack
-$$ 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 Millions of Macros
-=item Resource limits
+=item Poking at Perl
-=item Killing the parent process
+=item Using a source-level debugger
-=item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes
+run [args], break function_name, break source.c:xxx, step, next, continue,
+finish, 'enter', print
-=item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS
+=item Dumping Perl Data Structures
-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 Patching
=back
-=item BUGS
+=item EXTERNAL TOOLS FOR DEBUGGING PERL
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Rational Software's Purify
+
+=item Purify on Unix
+
+-Accflags=-DPURIFY, -Doptimize='-g', -Uusemymalloc, -Dusemultiplicity
+
+=item Purify on NT
+
+DEFINES, USE_MULTI = define, #PERL_MALLOC = define, CFG = Debug
+
+=item Compaq's/Digital's Third Degree
+
+=item PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL
+
+=item Pixie Profiling
+
+-h, -l, -p, -h, -i, -l, -testcoverage, -zero
+
+=item CONCLUSION
+
+I<The Road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began.>
=back
-=head2 perlform - Perl formats
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
-=over
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=item INTRODUCTION
+
+=item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
+
+=over 4
-=item Format Variables
+=item PUMPKIN?
=back
-=item NOTES
+=item THE RECORDS
-=over
+=over 4
-=item Footers
+=item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
-=item Accessing Formatting Internals
+=item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
=back
-=item WARNINGS
+=item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
=back
-=head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
-localization)
+=head2 perldelta - what's new for perl v5.7.0
-=over
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed
-=item USING LOCALES
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=over
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item The use locale pragma
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item The setlocale function
+=over 4
-=item Finding locales
+=item New Modules
-=item LOCALE PROBLEMS
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
-=item Temporarily fixing locale problems
+=back
-=item Permanently fixing locale problems
+=item Utility Changes
-=item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
+=item New Documentation
-=item Fixing system locale configuration
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item The localeconv function
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Generic Improvements
=back
-=item LOCALE CATEGORIES
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=over
+=over 4
-=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
-=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
+=back
-=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
+=item Changed Internals
-=item LC_TIME
+=item Known Problems
-=item Other categories
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect
-=item SECURITY
+=item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform
-B<Comparison operators> (C<lt>, C<le>, C<ge>, C<gt> and C<cmp>):,
-B<Case-mapping interpolation> (with C<\l>, C<\L>, C<\u> or C<\U>),
-B<Matching operator> (C<m//>):, B<Substitution operator> (C<s///>):,
-B<Output formatting functions> (printf() and write()):, B<Case-mapping
-functions> (lc(), lcfirst(), uc(), ucfirst()):, B<POSIX locale-dependent
-functions> (localeconv(), strcoll(), strftime(), strxfrm()):, B<POSIX
-character class tests> (isalnum(), isalpha(), isdigit(), isgraph(),
-islower(), isprint(), ispunct(), isspace(), isupper(), isxdigit()):
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
-PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
-LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
+=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
-=item NOTES
+=item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris
-=over
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
-=item Backward compatibility
+=item sprintf tests 129 and 130
-=item I18N:Collate obsolete
+=item Storable tests fail in some platforms
-=item Sort speed and memory use impacts
+=item Threads Are Still Experimental
-=item write() and LC_NUMERIC
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
-=item Freely available locale definitions
+=back
-=item I18n and l10n
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item An imperfect standard
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=item BUGS
+=head2 perl56delta, perldelta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
-=over
+=over 4
-=item Broken systems
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=item HISTORY
+=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
-=back
+=item Lexically scoped warning categories
-=head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
+=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
-=over
+=item Support for interpolating named characters
-=item NOTE
+=item "our" declarations
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+
+=item Improved Perl version numbering system
-=over
+=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
-=item Making References
+=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
-=item Using References
+=item open() with more than two arguments
-=item Symbolic references
+=item 64-bit support
-=item Not-so-symbolic references
+=item Large file support
-=item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
+=item Long doubles
-=item Function Templates
+=item "more bits"
-=back
+=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
-=item WARNING
+=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item File globbing implemented internally
-=back
+=item Support for CHECK blocks
-=head2 perlreftut - Mark's very short tutorial about references
+=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
-=over
+=item Better pseudo-random number generator
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Improved C<qw//> operator
-=item Who Needs Complicated Data Structures?
+=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
-=item The Solution
+=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 Syntax
+=item Improved diagnostics
-=over
+=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
-=item Making References
+=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
-=item Using References
+=item syswrite() ease-of-use
-=back
+=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
-=item An Example
+=item Bit operators support full native integer width
-=item Arrow Rule
+=item Improved security features
-=item Solution
+=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
-=item The Rest
+=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
-=item Summary
+=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
-=item Credits
+=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
-=over
+=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
-=item Distribution Conditions
+=item Optional Y2K warnings
-=back
+=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
=back
-=head2 perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook
-
-=over
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
-arrays of arrays, hashes of arrays, arrays of hashes, hashes of hashes,
-more elaborate constructs
+=item Modules
-=item REFERENCES
+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 COMMON MISTAKES
+=item Pragmata
-=item CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE
+=back
-=item WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS C<use strict>
+=item Utility Changes
-=item DEBUGGING
+=over 4
-=item CODE EXAMPLES
+=item dprofpp
-=item ARRAYS OF ARRAYS
+=item find2perl
-=over
+=item h2xs
-=item Declaration of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item perlcc
-=item Generation of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item perldoc
-=item Access and Printing of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item The Perl Debugger
=back
-=item HASHES OF ARRAYS
+=item Improved Documentation
-=over
+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 Declaration of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+=item Performance enhancements
-=item Generation of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+=over 4
-=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
-=back
+=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
-=item ARRAYS OF HASHES
+=item Faster subroutine calls
-=over
+=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
-=item Declaration of a ARRAY OF HASHES
+=back
-=item Generation of a ARRAY OF HASHES
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item Access and Printing of a ARRAY OF HASHES
+=over 4
-=back
+=item -Dusethreads means something different
-=item HASHES OF HASHES
+=item New Configure flags
-=over
+=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
-=item Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES
+=item Long Doubles
-=item Generation of a HASH OF HASHES
+=item -Dusemorebits
-=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES
+=item -Duselargefiles
-=back
+=item installusrbinperl
-=item MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
+=item SOCKS support
-=over
+=item C<-A> flag
-=item Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
+=item Enhanced Installation Directories
-=item Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
+=back
-=item Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
+=item Platform specific changes
-=back
+=over 4
-=item Database Ties
+=item Supported platforms
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item DOS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
-=back
+=item VMS
-=head2 perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl
+=item Win32
-=over
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Significant bug fixes
-=item Declaration and Access of Arrays of Arrays
+=over 4
-=item Growing Your Own
+=item <HANDLE> on empty files
-=item Access and Printing
+=item C<eval '...'> improvements
-=item Slices
+=item All compilation errors are true errors
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
-=back
+=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
-=head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial
+=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
-=over
+=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Failures in DESTROY()
-=over
+=item Locale bugs fixed
-=item If we could talk to the animals...
+=item Memory leaks
-=item Introducing the method invocation arrow
+=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
-=item Invoking a barnyard
+=item Taint failures under C<-U>
-=item The extra parameter of method invocation
+=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
-=item Calling a second method to simplify things
+=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
-=item Inheriting the windpipes
+=back
-=item A few notes about @ISA
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item Overriding the methods
+"%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 Starting the search from a different place
+=item New tests
-=item The SUPER way of doing things
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Where we're at so far...
+=over 4
-=item A horse is a horse, of course of course -- or is it?
+=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
-=item Invoking an instance method
+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 Accessing the instance data
+=item C Source Incompatibilities
-=item How to build a horse
+C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
-=item Inheriting the constructor
+=item Compatible C Source API Changes
-=item Making a method work with either classes or instances
+C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
-=item Adding parameters to a method
+=item Binary Incompatibilities
-=item More interesting instances
+=back
-=item A horse of a different color
+=item Known Problems
-=item Summary
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Thread test failures
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item EBCDIC platforms not supported
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
-=back
+=item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
-=head2 perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl
+=item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
+gcc
-=over
+=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Arrow operator and arrays
-=item Creating a Class
+=item Experimental features
-=over
+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 Object Representation
+=back
-=item Class Interface
+=item Obsolete Diagnostics
-=item Constructors and Instance Methods
+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 Planning for the Future: Better Constructors
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item Destructors
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Other Object Methods
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=item Class Data
+=head2 perl5005delta, perldelta - what's new for perl5.005
-=over
+=over 4
-=item Accessing Class Data
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Debugging Methods
+=item About the new versioning system
-=item Class Destructors
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Documenting the Interface
+=over 4
-=back
+=item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004.
-=item Aggregation
+=item Default installation structure has changed
-=item Inheritance
+=item Perl Source Compatibility
-=over
+=item C Source Compatibility
-=item Overridden Methods
+=item Binary Compatibility
-=item Multiple Inheritance
+=item Security fixes may affect compatibility
-=item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects
+=item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004
+
+=item Licensing
=back
-=item Alternate Object Representations
+=item Core Changes
-=over
+=over 4
-=item Arrays as Objects
+=item Threads
-=item Closures as Objects
+=item Compiler
-=back
+=item Regular Expressions
-=item AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods
+Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression
+constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other
+improvements, Incompatible changes
-=over
+=item Improved malloc()
-=item Autoloaded Data Methods
+=item Quicksort is internally implemented
-=item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods
+=item Reliable signals
-=back
+=item Reliable stack pointers
-=item Metaclassical Tools
+=item More generous treatment of carriage returns
-=over
+=item Memory leaks
-=item Class::Struct
+=item Better support for multiple interpreters
-=item Data Members as Variables
+=item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined
-=item NOTES
+=item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L<Errno> module
-=item Object Terminology
+=item Pseudo-hashes are supported
-=back
+=item C<EXPR foreach EXPR> is supported
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Keywords can be globally overridden
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item C<foreach (1..1000000)> optimized
-=over
+=item C<Foo::> can be used as implicitly quoted package name
-=item Acknowledgments
+=item C<exists $Foo::{Bar::}> tests existence of a package
-=back
+=item Better locale support
-=back
+=item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms
-=head2 perltootc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl
+=item prototype() returns useful results on builtins
-=over
+=item Extended support for exception handling
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods
-=item Class Data as Package Variables
+=item All C<printf> format conversions are handled internally
-=over
+=item New C<INIT> keyword
-=item Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket
+=item New C<lock> keyword
-=item Inheritance Concerns
+=item New C<qr//> operator
-=item The Eponymous Meta-Object
+=item C<our> is now a reserved word
-=item Indirect References to Class Data
+=item Tied arrays are now fully supported
-=item Monadic Classes
+=item Tied handles support is better
-=item Translucent Attributes
+=item 4th argument to substr
-=back
+=item Negative LENGTH argument to splice
-=item Class Data as Lexical Variables
+=item Magic lvalues are now more magical
-=over
+=item <> now reads in records
-=item Privacy and Responsibility
+=back
-=item File-Scoped Lexicals
+=item Supported Platforms
-=item More Inheritance Concerns
+=over 4
-=item Locking the Door and Throwing Away the Key
+=item New Platforms
-=item Translucency Revisited
+=item Changes in existing support
=back
-=item NOTES
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item New Modules
-=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+B, Data::Dumper, Dumpvalue, Errno, File::Spec, ExtUtils::Installed,
+ExtUtils::Packlist, Fatal, IPC::SysV, Test, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle,
+Thread, attrs, fields, re
-=item HISTORY
+=item Changes in existing modules
+
+Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File,
+MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd
=back
-=head2 perlobj - Perl objects
+=item Utility Changes
-=over
+=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 DESCRIPTION
+=item Obsolete Diagnostics
-=over
+Can't mktemp(), Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s, Cannot open
+temporary file, regexp too big
-=item An Object is Simply a Reference
+=item Configuration Changes
-=item A Class is Simply a Package
+=item BUGS
-=item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Method Invocation
+=item HISTORY
-=item WARNING
+=back
-=item Default UNIVERSAL methods
+=head2 perl5004delta, perldelta - what's new for perl5.004
-isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+=over 4
-=item Destructors
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Summary
+=item Supported Environments
-=item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
+=item Core Changes
-=back
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item List assignment to %ENV works
-=back
+=item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error
-=head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
+=item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003
-=over
+=item $PERL5OPT environment variable
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item More precise warnings
-=over
+=item Deprecated: Inherited C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods
-=item Tying Scalars
+=item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable
-TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, DESTROY this
+=item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
-=item Tying Arrays
+=item Group vector changeable with C<$)>
-TIEARRAY classname, LIST, FETCH this, index, STORE this, index, value,
-DESTROY this
+=item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
-=item Tying Hashes
+=item Fixed localization of $<digit>, $&, etc.
-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, DESTROY this
+=item No resetting of $. on implicit close
-=item Tying FileHandles
+=item C<wantarray> may return undef
-TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this,
-LIST, READ this, LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, DESTROY this
+=item C<eval EXPR> determines value of EXPR in scalar context
-=item The C<untie> Gotcha
+=item Changes to tainting checks
-=back
+No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No
+spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item New Opcode module and revised Safe module
-=item BUGS
+=item Embedding improvements
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes
-=back
+=item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface
-=head2 perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)
+=item New and changed syntax
-=over
+$coderef->(PARAMS)
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item New and changed builtin constants
-=item OO SCALING TIPS
+__PACKAGE__
-=item INSTANCE VARIABLES
+=item New and changed builtin variables
-=item SCALAR INSTANCE VARIABLES
+$^E, $^H, $^M
-=item INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE
+=item New and changed builtin functions
-=item OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS
+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 OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS
+=item New builtin methods
-=item USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM
+isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
-=item THINKING OF CODE REUSE
+=item TIEHANDLE now supported
-=item CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT
+TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this
+LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this
-=item INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR
+=item Malloc enhancements
-=item DELEGATION
+-DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
-=back
+=item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements
-=head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
-safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
+=back
-=over
+=item Support for More Operating Systems
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
-=item Signals
+=item Win32
-=item Named Pipes
+=item Plan 9
-=over
+=item QNX
-=item WARNING
+=item AmigaOS
=back
-=item Using open() for IPC
+=item Pragmata
-=over
+use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3), use blib, use blib 'dir', use
+constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish
-=item Filehandles
+=item Modules
-=item Background Processes
+=over 4
-=item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
+=item Required Updates
-=item Safe Pipe Opens
+=item Installation directories
-=item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
+=item Module information summary
-=item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself
+=item Fcntl
-=back
+=item IO
-=item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
+=item Math::Complex
-=over
+=item Math::Trig
-=item Internet Line Terminators
+=item DB_File
-=item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
+=item Net::Ping
-=item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
+=item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators
=back
-=item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
+=item Utility Changes
-=over
+=over 4
-=item A Simple Client
+=item pod2html
-C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
+Sends converted HTML to standard output
-=item A Webget Client
+=item xsubpp
-=item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
+C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
=back
-=item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
+=item C Language API Changes
-Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
+C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, C<perl_eval_pv>, Extended API for
+manipulating hashes
-=item UDP: Message Passing
+=item Documentation Changes
-=item SysV IPC
+L<perldelta>, L<perlfaq>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>,
+L<perlmodlib>, L<perldebug>, L<perlsec>
-=item NOTES
+=item New Diagnostics
-=item BUGS
+"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 AUTHOR
+=item BUGS
=item SEE ALSO
-=back
+=item HISTORY
-=head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
+=back
-=over
+=head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
-B<filter_fetch_value>
+=over 4
-=over
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX
-=item The Filter
+=item OS level
-=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
+=item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
-=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
+=item The IBM ANSI C Compiler
-=back
+=item Using GNU's gcc for building perl
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Using Large Files with Perl
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Threaded Perl
-=back
+=item 64-bit Perl
-=head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
+=item GDBM and Threads
-=over
+=item NFS filesystems and utime(2)
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-=item The Perl Debugger
+=item AUTHOR
-=over
+=item DATE
-=item Debugger Commands
+=back
-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, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, man [manpage]
+=head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS
-=item Configurable Options
+=over 4
-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<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 SYNOPSIS
-=item Debugger input/output
+=back
-Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame
-listing
+=over 4
-=item Debugging compile-time statements
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Debugger Customization
+=over 4
-=item Readline Support
+=item Prerequisites
-=item Editor Support for Debugging
+B<Unix emulation for AmigaOS: ixemul.library>, B<Version of Amiga OS>
-=item The Perl Profiler
+=item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS
+
+=item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS
=back
-=item Debugging regular expressions
+=item INSTALLATION
-=item Debugging memory usage
+=item Accessing documentation
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item Manpages
+
+=item B<HTML>
+
+=item B<GNU> C<info> files
+
+=item C<LaTeX> docs
=back
-=head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
+=item BUILD
-=over
+=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Prerequisites
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Getting the perl source
-=item Storing numbers
+=item Making
-=item Numeric operators and numeric conversions
+sh Configure -Dprefix=/ade -Dloclibpth=/ade/lib
-=item Flavors of Perl numeric operations
+=item Testing
-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 Installing the built perl
-=item AUTHOR
+=back
+
+=item AUTHORS
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
+=head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000.
-=over
+=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Debugger Internals
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
-=item Writing Your Own Debugger
+=item gzip
-=back
+=item bison
-=item Frame Listing Output Examples
+=item Unpacking
-=item Debugging regular expressions
+=item Compiling
-=over
+=item Testing
-=item Compile-time output
+=item Install
-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 Using Perl in the Posix-Shell
-=item Types of nodes
+=item Using Perl in "native" BS2000
-=item Run-time output
+=item Floating point anomalies
=back
-=item Debugging Perl memory usage
+=item AUTHORS
-=over
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
+=over 4
-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 Mailing list
-=item Example of using B<-DL> switch
+=back
-C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
+=item HISTORY
-=item B<-DL> details
+=back
-C<!!!>, C<!!>, C<!>
+=head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
-=item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item PREREQUISITES
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
+=item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it)
-=over
+=item Cygwin Configuration
-=item DESCRIPTION
+C<PATH>, I<nroff>, Permissions
=back
-=head2 perlsec - Perl security
+=item CONFIGURE
-=over
+=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Strip Binaries
-=over
+=item Optional Libraries
-=item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
+C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>), C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>),
+C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>)
-=item Switches On the "#!" Line
+=item Configure-time Options
-=item Cleaning Up Your Path
+C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>, C<-Duseperlio>,
+C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles>
-=item Security Bugs
+=item Suspicious Warnings
-=item Protecting Your Programs
+I<dlsym()>, Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>, Compiler/Preprocessor defines
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item MAKE
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Warnings
+
+=item ld2
=back
-=head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary
-
-=over
+=item TEST
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
-=over
+=item File Permissions
-=item Awk Traps
+=item Hard Links
-=item C Traps
+=item Filetime Granularity
-=item Sed Traps
+=item Tainting Checks
-=item Shell Traps
+=item /etc/group
-=item Perl Traps
+=item Script Portability
-=item Perl4 to Perl5 Traps
+Pathnames, Text/Binary, F<.exe>, chown(), Miscellaneous
-Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps, Parsing Traps, Numerical
-Traps, General data type traps, Context Traps - scalar, list contexts,
-Precedence Traps, General Regular Expression Traps using s///, etc,
-Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps, OS Traps, DBM Traps, Unclassified Traps
+=back
-=item Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps
+=item INSTALL
-Discontinuance, Deprecation, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance,
-Discontinuance, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance, BugFix,
-Discontinuance, Deprecation, Discontinuance
+=item MANIFEST
-=item Parsing Traps
+Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl
+Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts
-Parsing, Parsing, Parsing, Parsing
+=item BUGS
-=item Numerical Traps
+=item AUTHORS
-Numerical, Numerical, Numerical, Bitwise string ops
+=item HISTORY
-=item General data type traps
+=back
-(Arrays), (Arrays), (Hashes), (Globs), (Globs), (Scalar String),
-(Constants), (Scalars), (Variable Suicide)
+=head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95.
-=item Context Traps - scalar, list contexts
+=over 4
-(list context), (scalar context), (scalar context), (list, builtin)
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Precedence Traps
+=item DESCRIPTION
-Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence,
-Precedence
+=over 4
-=item General Regular Expression Traps using s///, etc.
+=item Prerequisites
-Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular
-Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression,
-Regular Expression
+DJGPP, Pthreads
-=item Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps
+=item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS
-(Signals), (Sort Subroutine), warn() won't let you specify a filehandle
+=item Building
-=item OS Traps
+=item Testing
-(SysV), (SysV)
+=item Installation
-=item Interpolation Traps
+=back
-Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation,
-Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation
+=item BUILDING AND INSTALLING MODULES
-=item DBM Traps
+=over 4
-DBM, DBM
+=item Prerequisites
-=item Unclassified Traps
+=item Unpacking CPAN Modules
-C<require>/C<do> trap using returned value, C<split> on empty string with
-LIMIT specified
+=item Building Non-XS Modules
-=back
+=item Building XS Modules
=back
-=head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl
-
-=over
+=item AUTHOR
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
-Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is>
-portable
+=back
-=item ISSUES
+=head2 perlepoc, README.epoc - Perl for EPOC
-=over
+=over 4
-=item Newlines
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Numbers endianness and Width
+=item INTRODUCTION
-=item Files and Filesystems
+=item INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC
-=item System Interaction
+=item STARTING PERL ON EPOC
-=item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
+=item STOPPING PERL ON EPOC
-=item External Subroutines (XS)
+=item USING PERL ON EPOC
-=item Standard Modules
+=over 4
-=item Time and Date
+=item I/O Redirection
-=item Character sets and character encoding
+=item PATH Names
-=item Internationalisation
+=item Editors
-=item System Resources
+=item Features
-=item Security
+=item Restrictions
-=item Style
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment
=back
-=item CPAN Testers
+=item SUPPORT STATUS
-Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
-http://testers.cpan.org/
+=item AUTHOR
-=item PLATFORMS
+=item LAST UPDATE
-=over
+=back
-=item Unix
+=head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix
+(HP-UX) systems
-=item DOS and Derivatives
+=over 4
-Build instructions for OS/2, L<perlos2>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item S<Mac OS>
+=over 4
-=item VMS
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX
-=item VOS
+=item PA-RISC
-=item EBCDIC Platforms
+=item PA-RISC 1.0
-=item Acorn RISC OS
+=item PA-RISC 1.1
-=item Other perls
+=item PA-RISC 2.0
-=back
+=item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions
-=item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
+=item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX
-=over
+=item The HP ANSI C Compiler
-=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
+=item Using Large Files with Perl
--I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, alarm SECONDS, alarm, binmode
-FILEHANDLE, chmod LIST, chown LIST, chroot FILENAME, chroot, crypt
-PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MODE, dump LABEL, exec
-LIST, fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork,
-getlogin, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME,
-getgrnam NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getnetbyaddr
-ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER, getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent,
-getgrent, gethostent, getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, setpwent,
-setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN,
-setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent, endhostent, endnetent,
-endprotoent, endservent, 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, 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 Threaded Perl
-=back
+=item 64-bit Perl
-=item CHANGES
+=item GDBM and Threads
-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 NFS filesystems and utime(2)
-=item Supported Platforms
+=item perl -P and //
-=item SEE ALSO
+=back
-=item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
+=item AUTHOR
-=item VERSION
+=item DATE
=back
-=head2 perlstyle - Perl style guide
+=head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen
+systems
-=over
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 perlpod - plain old documentation
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on MachTen
-=over
+=item Failures during C<make test>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t
-=over
+=item Building external modules
-=item Verbatim Paragraph
+=back
-=item Command Paragraph
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Ordinary Block of Text
+=item DATE
-=item The Intent
+=back
-=item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
+=head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
-=item Common Pod Pitfalls
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item DESCRIPTION
=item AUTHOR
+=item DATE
+
=back
-=head2 perlbook - Perl book information
+=head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
-=over
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
-=back
+=item What's New
-=head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
+=item System Requirements
-=over
+=item How to Obtain Perl/iX
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Distribution Contents Highlights
-=over
+README, public_html/feedback.cgi, 4, 6
-=item PREAMBLE
+=item Getting Started with Perl/iX
-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 MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
-=item ROADMAP
+=item Change History
-=item Compiling your C program
+=back
-=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
+=head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.
-=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
+=over 4
-=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
+=back
-=item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
+=over 4
-=item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
+=over 4
-=item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
-program
+=item Target
-=back
+=item Other OSes
-=item Embedding Perl under Win32
+=item Prerequisites
-=item MORAL
+EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Starting Perl programs under OS/2 (and DOS and...)
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl
=back
-=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
+=item Frequently asked questions
-=over
+=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item "It does not work"
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item I cannot run external programs
-B<PerlIO *>, B<PerlIO_stdin()>, B<PerlIO_stdout()>, B<PerlIO_stderr()>,
-B<PerlIO_open(path, mode)>, B<PerlIO_fdopen(fd,mode)>,
-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_tell(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_seek(f,o,w)>, B<PerlIO_getpos(f,p)>, B<PerlIO_setpos(f,p)>,
-B<PerlIO_rewind(f)>, B<PerlIO_tmpfile()>
+=item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F<perl.dll> from my
+program.
-=over
+Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use
+L<ExtUtils::Embed>?
-=item Co-existence with stdio
+=item C<``> and pipe-C<open> do not work under DOS.
-B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,flags)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,flags)>,
-B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>, B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>, B<PerlIO_setlinebuf(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_has_cntptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_ptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_cnt(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_canset_cnt(f)>, B<PerlIO_fast_gets(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_set_ptrcnt(f,p,c)>, B<PerlIO_set_cnt(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_has_base(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_get_base(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_bufsiz(f)>
+=item Cannot start C<find.exe "pattern" file>
=back
-=back
+=item INSTALLATION
-=head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
+=over 4
-=over
+=item Automatic binary installation
-=item DESCRIPTION
+C<PERL_BADLANG>, C<PERL_BADFREE>, F<Config.pm>
-=over
+=item Manual binary installation
-=item Introduction
+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 On The Road
+=item B<Warning>
-=item The Anatomy of an XSUB
+=back
-=item The Argument Stack
+=item Accessing documentation
-=item The RETVAL Variable
+=over 4
-=item The MODULE Keyword
+=item OS/2 F<.INF> file
-=item The PACKAGE Keyword
+=item Plain text
-=item The PREFIX Keyword
+=item Manpages
-=item The OUTPUT: Keyword
+=item HTML
-=item The CODE: Keyword
+=item GNU C<info> files
-=item The INIT: Keyword
+=item F<.PDF> files
-=item The NO_INIT Keyword
+=item C<LaTeX> docs
-=item Initializing Function Parameters
+=back
-=item Default Parameter Values
+=item BUILD
-=item The PREINIT: Keyword
+=over 4
-=item The SCOPE: Keyword
+=item The short story
-=item The INPUT: Keyword
+=item Prerequisites
-=item Variable-length Parameter Lists
+=item Getting perl source
-=item The C_ARGS: Keyword
+=item Application of the patches
-=item The PPCODE: Keyword
+=item Hand-editing
-=item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
+=item Making
-=item The REQUIRE: Keyword
+=item Testing
-=item The CLEANUP: Keyword
+A lot of C<bad free>, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F<op/fs.t>,
+F<op/stat.t>
-=item The BOOT: Keyword
+=item Installing the built perl
-=item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
+=item C<a.out>-style build
-=item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
+=back
-=item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
+=item Build FAQ
-=item The ALIAS: Keyword
+=over 4
-=item The INTERFACE: Keyword
+=item Some C</> became C<\> in pdksh.
-=item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
+=item C<'errno'> - unresolved external
-=item The INCLUDE: Keyword
+=item Problems with tr or sed
-=item The CASE: Keyword
+=item Some problem (forget which ;-)
-=item The & Unary Operator
+=item Library ... not found
-=item Inserting Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
+=item Segfault in make
-=item Using XS With C++
+=item op/sprintf test failure
-=item Interface Strategy
+=back
-=item Perl Objects And C Structures
+=item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port
-=item The Typemap
+=over 4
-=back
+=item C<setpriority>, C<getpriority>
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item C<system()>
-=item XS VERSION
+=item C<extproc> on the first line
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Additional modules:
-=back
+=item Prebuilt methods:
-=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
+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)>
-=over
+=item Prebuilt variables:
-=item DESCRIPTION
+$OS2::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver
-=item SPECIAL NOTES
+=item Misfeatures
-=over
+=item Modifications
-=item make
+C<popen>, C<tmpnam>, C<tmpfile>, C<ctermid>, C<stat>, C<mkdir>, C<rmdir>,
+C<flock>
-=item Version caveat
+=item Identifying DLLs
-=item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
+=item Centralized management of resources
-=back
+C<HAB>, C<HMQ>
-=item TUTORIAL
+=back
-=over
+=item Perl flavors
-=item EXAMPLE 1
+=over 4
-=item EXAMPLE 2
+=item F<perl.exe>
-=item What has gone on?
+=item F<perl_.exe>
-=item Writing good test scripts
+=item F<perl__.exe>
-=item EXAMPLE 3
+=item F<perl___.exe>
-=item What's new here?
+=item Why strange names?
-=item Input and Output Parameters
+=item Why dynamic linking?
-=item The XSUBPP Program
+=item Why chimera build?
-=item The TYPEMAP file
+=back
-=item Warning about Output Arguments
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-=item EXAMPLE 4
+=over 4
-=item What has happened here?
+=item C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>
-=item Anatomy of .xs file
+=item C<PERL_BADLANG>
-=item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
+=item C<PERL_BADFREE>
-=item More about XSUB arguments
+=item C<PERL_SH_DIR>
-=item The Argument Stack
+=item C<USE_PERL_FLOCK>
-=item Extending your Extension
+=item C<TMP> or C<TEMP>
-=item Documenting your Extension
+=back
-=item Installing your Extension
+=item Evolution
-=item EXAMPLE 5
+=over 4
-=item New Things in this Example
+=item Priorities
-=item EXAMPLE 6
+=item DLL name mangling
-=item New Things in this Example
+=item Threading
-=item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
+=item Calls to external programs
-=item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
+=item Memory allocation
-=item EXAMPLE 9 (Coming Soon)
+=item Threads
-=item Troubleshooting these Examples
+C<COND_WAIT>, F<os2.c>
=back
-=item See also
+=back
-=item Author
+=over 4
-=over
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Last Changed
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=back
+=head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390.
-=head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
+=over 4
-=over
+=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Variables
+=over 4
-=over
+=item Unpacking
-=item Datatypes
+=item Setup and utilities
-=item What is an "IV"?
+=item Configure
-=item Working with SVs
+=item Build, test, install
-=item What's Really Stored in an SV?
+=item build anomalies
-=item Working with AVs
+=item testing anomalies
-=item Working with HVs
+=item installation anomalies
-=item Hash API Extensions
+=item Usage Hints
-=item References
+=item Floating point anomalies
-=item Blessed References and Class Objects
+=item Modules and Extensions
-=item Creating New Variables
+=back
-=item Reference Counts and Mortality
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Stashes and Globs
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Double-Typed SVs
+=over 4
-=item Magic Variables
+=item Mailing list
-=item Assigning Magic
+=back
-=item Magic Virtual Tables
+=item HISTORY
-=item Finding Magic
+=back
-=item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
+=head2 perlsolaris, README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
-=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<SAVEFREEOP(OP
-*op)>, C<SAVEFREEPV(p)>, C<SAVECLEARSV(SV *sv)>, C<SAVEDELETE(HV *hv, char
-*key, I32 length)>, C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR(DESTRUCTORFUNC_NOCONTEXT_t f, void
-*p)>, C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR_X(DESTRUCTORFUNC_t f, void *p)>, C<SAVESTACK_POS()>,
-C<SV* save_scalar(GV *gv)>, C<AV* save_ary(GV *gv)>, C<HV* save_hash(GV
-*gv)>, C<void save_item(SV *item)>, C<void save_list(SV **sarg, I32
-maxsarg)>, C<SV* save_svref(SV **sptr)>, C<void save_aptr(AV **aptr)>,
-C<void save_hptr(HV **hptr)>
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Solaris Version Numbers.
=back
-=item Subroutines
+=item RESOURCES
-=over
+Solaris FAQ, Precompiled Binaries, Solaris Documentation
-=item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
+=item SETTING UP
-=item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
+=over 4
-=item Memory Allocation
+=item File Extraction Problems.
-=item PerlIO
+=item Compiler and Related Tools.
-=item Putting a C value on Perl stack
+=item Environment
-=item Scratchpads
+=back
-=item Scratchpads and recursion
+=item RUN CONFIGURE.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item 64-bit Issues.
+
+=item Threads.
+
+=item Malloc Issues.
=back
-=item Compiled code
+=item MAKE PROBLEMS.
-=over
+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 Code tree
+=item MAKE TEST
-=item Examining the tree
+=over 4
-=item Compile pass 1: check routines
+=item op/stat.t test 4
-=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
+=back
-=item Compile pass 2: context propagation
+=item PREBUILT BINARIES.
-=item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
+=item RUNTIME ISSUES.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Limits on Numbers of Open Files.
=back
-=item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
+=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC MODULES.
-=over
+=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH MODULES.
-=item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
+=over 4
-=item How do I use all this in extensions?
+=item Proc::ProcessTable
-=item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
+=item BSD::Resource
+
+=item Net::SSLeay
=back
-=item AUTHORS
+=item AUTHOR
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item LAST MODIFIED
=back
-=head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
+=head2 perlvmesa, README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA.
-=over
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
+=over 4
-=item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
+=item Unpacking
-call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
+=item Setup and utilities
-=item FLAG VALUES
+=item Configure
-=over
+Don't turn on the compiler optimization flag "-O". There's a bug in the
+compiler (APAR PQ18812) that generates some bad code the optimizer is on,
+As VM/ESA doesn't fully support the fork() API programs relying on this
+call will not work. I've replaced fork()/exec() with spawn() and the
+standalone exec() with spawn(). This has a side effect when opening unnamed
+pipes in a shell script: there is no child process generated under
-=item G_VOID
+=item testing anomalies
-=item G_SCALAR
+=item Usage Hints
-=item G_ARRAY
+When using perl on VM/ESA please keep in mind that the EBCDIC and ASCII
+character sets are different. Perl builtin functions that may behave
+differently under EBCDIC are mentioned in the perlport.pod document.
-=item G_DISCARD
+=back
-=item G_NOARGS
+=item AUTHORS
-=item G_EVAL
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item G_KEEPERR
+=over 4
-=item Determining the Context
+=item Mailing list
=back
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl
-=over
+=over 4
-=item No Parameters, Nothing returned
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Passing Parameters
+=item Installation
-=item Returning a Scalar
+=item Organization of Perl Images
-=item Returning a list of values
+=over 4
-=item Returning a list in a scalar context
+=item Core Images
-=item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
+=item Perl Extensions
-=item Using G_EVAL
+=item Installing static extensions
-=item Using G_KEEPERR
+=item Installing dynamic extensions
-=item Using call_sv
+=back
-=item Using call_argv
+=item File specifications
-=item Using call_method
+=over 4
-=item Using GIMME_V
+=item Syntax
-=item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
+=item Wildcard expansion
-=item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
+=item Pipes
-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
+=back
-=item Alternate Stack Manipulation
+=item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB
-=item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
+=item Command line
-=back
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item I/O redirection and backgrounding
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Command line switches
-=item DATE
+-i, -S, -u
=back
-=head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
+=item Perl functions
-=over
+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 DESCRIPTION
+=item Perl variables
-=over
+%ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $^S, $|
-=item Layout
+=item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences
-B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
+=over 4
+
+=item SDBM_File
=back
-=item Using The Back Ends
+=item Revision date
-=over
+=item AUTHOR
-=item The Cross Referencing Back End
+=back
-i, &, s, r
+=head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS
-=item The Decompiling Back End
+=over 4
-=item The Lint Back End
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item The Simple C Back End
+=over 4
-=item The Bytecode Back End
+=item Stratus POSIX Support
-=item The Optimized C Back End
+=back
-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 INSTALLING PERL IN VOS
-=back
+=over 4
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on VOS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Installing Perl 5 on VOS
=back
-=head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
+=item USING PERL IN VOS
-=over
+=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Unimplemented Features
-AvFILL, av_clear, av_extend, av_fetch, av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push,
-av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift, call_argv, call_method, call_pv,
-call_sv, CLASS, Copy, croak, CvSTASH, dMARK, dORIGMARK, dSP, dXSARGS,
-dXSI32, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv, EXTEND, fbm_compile, fbm_instr, FREETMPS,
-get_av, get_cv, get_hv, get_sv, GIMME, GIMME_V, 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, items, ix, LEAVE, 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, newSViv, newSVnv, newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVrv, newSVsv,
-newSVuv, newXS, newXSproto, Newz, Nullav, Nullch, Nullcv, Nullhv, Nullsv,
-ORIGMARK, perl_alloc, perl_construct, perl_destruct, perl_free, perl_parse,
-perl_run, PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_modglobal,
-PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes, POPi, POPl, POPn, POPp, POPs,
-PUSHi, PUSHMARK, PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUSHu, PUTBACK, Renew, Renewc,
-require_pv, RETVAL, Safefree, savepv, savepvn, SAVETMPS, SP, SPAGAIN, ST,
-strEQ, strGE, strGT, strLE, strLT, strNE, strnEQ, strnNE, StructCopy,
-SvCUR, SvCUR_set, SvEND, SvGETMAGIC, SvGROW, SvIOK, SvIOKp, SvIOK_off,
-SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only, SvIV, SvIVX, SvLEN, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp, SvNIOK_off,
-SvNOK, SvNOKp, SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVX, SvOK, SvOOK,
-SvPOK, SvPOKp, SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only, SvPV, SvPVX, SvPV_force,
-SvPV_nolen, SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK, SvROK_off,
-SvROK_on, SvRV, SvSETMAGIC, 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, SvUPGRADE, SvUV,
-SvUVX, sv_2mortal, sv_bless, sv_catpv, sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg, sv_catpvn,
-sv_catpvn_mg, sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv, sv_catsv_mg, sv_chop, sv_cmp, sv_dec,
-sv_derived_from, sv_eq, sv_grow, sv_inc, sv_insert, sv_isa, sv_isobject,
-sv_len, sv_magic, sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, 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_setsv, sv_setsv_mg, sv_setuv,
-sv_setuv_mg, sv_unref, sv_upgrade, sv_usepvn, sv_usepvn_mg, sv_vcatpvfn,
-sv_vsetpvfn, THIS, toLOWER, toUPPER, warn, XPUSHi, XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs,
-XPUSHu, XS, XSRETURN, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO,
-XSRETURN_NV, XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF, XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNO,
-XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK,
-Zero
+=item Restrictions
-=item AUTHORS
+=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item SUPPORT STATUS
-=back
+=item AUTHOR
-=head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
- Perl functions
+=item LAST UPDATE
-=over
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 perlwin32 - Perl under Win32
-is_gv_magical
+=over 4
-=item AUTHORS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
+=item Setting Up
-=over
+Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Mingw32 with GCC
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Building
-=item INTRODUCTION
+=item Testing
-=item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
+=item Installation
-=over
+=item Usage Hints
-=item PUMPKIN?
+Environment Variables, File Globbing, Using perl from the command line,
+Building Extensions, Command-line Wildcard Expansion, Win32 Specific
+Extensions, Running Perl Scripts, Miscellaneous Things
=back
-=item THE RECORDS
-
-=over
+=item BUGS AND CAVEATS
-=item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
+=item AUTHORS
-=item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
+Gary Ng E<lt>71564.1743@CompuServe.COME<gt>, Gurusamy Sarathy
+E<lt>gsar@activestate.comE<gt>, Nick Ing-Simmons
+E<lt>nick@ing-simmons.netE<gt>
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
+=item HISTORY
=back
=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item Built-in Attributes
=item EXPORTS
-=over
+=over 4
=item Default exports
=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character
semantics
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal
escape.
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 diagnostics - Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning
diagnostics
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item The C<diagnostics> Pragma
=head2 fields - compile-time class fields
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item subpragma access
=back
-=head2 integer - Perl pragma to compute arithmetic in integer instead of
-double
+=head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating
+point
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item Adding directories to @INC
=head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in
operations
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 open - perl pragma to set default disciplines for input and output
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item UNIMPLEMENTED FUNCTIONALITY
+=item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY
+
+=item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
=item SEE ALSO
=head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item Declaration of overloaded functions
=item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C<use overload>
-=over
+=over 4
=item Last Resort
-=item Fallback
+=item Fallback
C<undef>, TRUE, defined, but FALSE
=item Cookbook
-=over
+=over 4
=item Two-face scalars
=item DIAGNOSTICS
+Odd number of arguments for overload::constant, `%s' is not an overloadable
+type, `%s' is not a code reference
+
=item BUGS
=back
=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item OPTIONS
-=over
+=over 4
=item SIGNAL HANDLERS
=head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
-=over
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 unicode::distinct - Perl pragma to strictly distinguish UTF8 data
+and non-UTF data.
+
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
=head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 in source code
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item Utility functions
+
+$num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string);, utf8::downgrade($string[, CHECK]),
+utf8::encode($string), $flag = utf8::decode($string)
+
+=back
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
=head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-use warnings::register, warnings::enabled([$category]),
-warnings::warn([$category,] $message)
+use warnings::register, warnings::enabled(), warnings::enabled($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
+=head2 warnings::register - warnings import function
+
=head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION
=head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item DBM Comparisons
=head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item Subroutine Stubs
=item Package Lexicals
+=item Not Using AutoLoader
+
=item B<AutoLoader> vs. B<SelfLoader>
=back
=head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
$keep, $check, $modtime
-=over
+=over 4
=item Multiple packages
=head2 B - The Perl Compiler
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
-=over
+=over 4
=item SV-RELATED CLASSES
=item B::IV METHODS
-IV, IVX, needs64bits, packiv
+IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv
=item B::NV METHODS
=item B::PV METHODS
-PV
+PV, PVX
=item B::PVMG METHODS
=item B::GV METHODS
-is_empty, NAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN, LINE, FILE,
-FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS
+is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN,
+LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS
=item B::IO METHODS
=item B::CV METHODS
STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, XSUB, XSUBANY,
-CvFLAGS
+CvFLAGS, const_sv
=item B::HV METHODS
=head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate
bytecode
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item AUTHORS
=back
=head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item OPTIONS
B<-ofilename>, B<-afilename>, B<-->, B<-f>, B<-fcompress-nullops>,
-B<-fomit-sequence-numbers>, B<-fbypass-nullops>, B<-fstrip-syntax-tree>,
-B<-On>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-m>
+B<-fomit-sequence-numbers>, B<-fbypass-nullops>, B<-On>, B<-D>, B<-Do>,
+B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-upackage>
=item EXAMPLES
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item AUTHORS
=back
=head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DIFFERENCES
-=over
+=over 4
=item Loops
=back
+=head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item OPTIONS
+
+B<-basic>, B<-exec>, B<-tree>, B<-compact>, B<-loose>, B<-vt>, B<-ascii>,
+B<-main>, B<-base>I<n>, B<-bigendian>, B<-littleendian>, B<-concise>,
+B<-terse>, B<-linenoise>, B<-debug>, B<-env>
+
+=item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS
+
+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 ABBREVIATIONS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item OP flags abbreviations
+
+=item OP class abbreviations
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
=head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item OPTIONS
B<-l>, B<-p>, B<-q>, B<-u>I<PACKAGE>, B<-s>I<LETTERS>, B<C>, B<i>I<NUMBER>,
-B<T>, B<v>I<STRING>B<.>
+B<T>, B<v>I<STRING>B<.>, B<-x>I<LEVEL>
=item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE
-=over
+=over 4
=item Synopsis
=head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 B::Lint - Perl lint
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=back
+=head2 B::Stash - show what stashes are loaded
+
=head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item Methods
=head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item OPTIONS
B<-ofilename>, B<-afilename>, B<-->, B<-f>, B<-fcompress-nullops>,
-B<-fomit-sequence-numbers>, B<-fbypass-nullops>, B<-fstrip-syntax-tree>,
-B<-On>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-m>
+B<-fomit-sequence-numbers>, B<-fbypass-nullops>, B<-On>, B<-D>, B<-Do>,
+B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-upackage>
=item EXAMPLES
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item AUTHORS
=back
=head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item PROGRAMMING STYLE
=item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES
-1. Use another name for the argument, if one is available. For example,
--value is an alias for -values, 2. Change the capitalization, e.g. -Values,
-3. Put quotes around the argument name, e.g. '-values'
-
=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE):
=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE
=item PRAGMAS
--any, -compile, -nosticky, -nph, -newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload,
--no_debug, -debug, -private_tempfiles
+-any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_xhtml, -nph, -newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls,
+-autoload, -no_debug, -debug, -private_tempfiles
=item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS
=item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS
-=over
+=over 4
=item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER:
=item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL
B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query>
-(B<-query_string>)
+(B<-query_string>), B<-base>
=item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS
=item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS:
-=over
+=over 4
=item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS
=item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS:
-=over
+=over 4
=item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG
=item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON
-B<Parameters:>, 3. The third option (-align, optional) is an alignment
-type, and may be TOP, BOTTOM or MIDDLE
+B<Parameters:>
=item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON
=item DEBUGGING
-=over
+=over 4
=item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS
=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_software ()>,
-B<remote_user ()>, B<user_name ()>, B<request_method()>, B<content_type()>,
-B<http()>, B<https()>
+B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()>, 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
In the B<use> statement, By calling the B<nph()> method:, By using B<-nph>
-parameters in the B<header()> and B<redirect()> statements:
+parameters
=item Server Push
-multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end()
+multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final()
=item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks
=head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 CGI::Carp, B<CGI::Carp> - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or
other) error log
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW
-=over
+=over 4
=item Changing the default message
=back
+=item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS
+
=item CHANGE LOG
=item AUTHORS
=head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag>
-=over
+=over 4
=item Creating New Cookies
=head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item Tags that won't be formatted
=head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item USING CGI::Push
--next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires
+-next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph
-=over
+=over 4
=item Heterogeneous Pages
=head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=back
+=head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
=head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=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, Signals
+distribution, ls author, Signals
=item CPAN::Shell
=item The four C<CPAN::*> Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution
-=item ProgrammerE<39>s interface
-
-expand($type,@things), Programming Examples
-
-=item Methods in the four Classes
+=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
optionE<gt> [shift|pop]>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>
[unshift|push|splice] E<lt>listE<gt>>
-=over
+=over 4
=item Note on urllist parameter's format
=item WORKING WITH CPAN.pm BEHIND FIREWALLS
+=over 4
+
+=item Three basic types of firewalls
+
http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade
+=item Configuring lynx or ncftp for going through a firewall
+
+=back
+
+=item FAQ
+
+1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7), 8), 9), 10)
+
=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
+=item TRANSLATIONS
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
=head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS
module
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item Forcing a Stack Trace
=back
-=head2 Carp::Heavy - Carp guts
+=head2 Carp::Heavy, Carp heavy machinery - no user serviceable parts inside
-=over
+=head2 Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree
-=item SYNOPIS
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
=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($CLASS)
+
+=item CAUTIONARY NOTES
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
=head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item The C<struct()> function
+=item Class Creation at Compile Time
+
=item Element Types and Accessor Methods
Scalar (C<'$'> or C<'*$'>), Array (C<'@'> or C<'*@'>), Hash (C<'%'> or
=head2 Config - access Perl configuration information
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item GLOSSARY
-=over
+=over 4
=item _
=item c
C<c>, C<castflags>, C<cat>, C<cc>, C<cccdlflags>, C<ccdlflags>, C<ccflags>,
-C<ccsymbols>, C<cf_by>, C<cf_email>, C<cf_time>, C<charsize>, C<chgrp>,
-C<chmod>, C<chown>, C<clocktype>, C<comm>, C<compress>
+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>
=item C
=item d
-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_closedir>, C<d_const>, C<d_crypt>, C<d_csh>, C<d_cuserid>,
-C<d_dbl_dig>, C<d_difftime>, C<d_dirnamlen>, C<d_dlerror>, C<d_dlopen>,
-C<d_dlsymun>, C<d_dosuid>, C<d_drand48proto>, C<d_dup2>, C<d_eaccess>,
-C<d_endgrent>, C<d_endhent>, C<d_endnent>, C<d_endpent>, C<d_endpwent>,
-C<d_endsent>, C<d_eofnblk>, C<d_eunice>, C<d_fchmod>, C<d_fchown>,
-C<d_fcntl>, C<d_fd_macros>, C<d_fd_set>, C<d_fds_bits>, C<d_fgetpos>,
-C<d_flexfnam>, C<d_flock>, C<d_fork>, C<d_fpathconf>, 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_ftello>, C<d_ftime>, C<d_Gconvert>, C<d_getcwd>,
+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_closedir>, C<d_cmsghdr_s>, C<d_const>, C<d_crypt>,
+C<d_csh>, C<d_cuserid>, C<d_dbl_dig>, C<d_difftime>, C<d_dirnamlen>,
+C<d_dlerror>, C<d_dlopen>, C<d_dlsymun>, C<d_dosuid>, C<d_drand48proto>,
+C<d_dup2>, C<d_eaccess>, C<d_endgrent>, C<d_endhent>, C<d_endnent>,
+C<d_endpent>, C<d_endpwent>, C<d_endsent>, C<d_eofnblk>, C<d_eunice>,
+C<d_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_flexfnam>, C<d_flock>,
+C<d_fork>, C<d_fpathconf>, 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_getlogin>, C<d_getmnt>, C<d_getmntent>, C<d_getnbyaddr>,
-C<d_getnbyname>, C<d_getnent>, C<d_getnetprotos>, 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_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_iconv>, C<d_index>, C<d_inetaton>, C<d_int64_t>,
-C<d_isascii>, 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_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_msgrcv>,
+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_iconv>, C<d_index>, C<d_inetaton>, C<d_int64_t>, C<d_isascii>,
+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_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_nv_preserved_bits>, C<d_nv_preserves_uv>, C<d_off64_t>,
+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_PRIEldbl>, C<d_PRIfldbl>, C<d_PRIFldbl>, C<d_PRIgldbl>,
-C<d_PRIGldbl>, C<d_PRIi64>, C<d_PRIo64>, C<d_PRIu64>, C<d_PRIx64>,
-C<d_PRIX64>, 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_rename>,
-C<d_rewinddir>, C<d_rmdir>, C<d_safebcpy>, C<d_safemcpy>, C<d_sanemcmp>,
-C<d_sched_yield>, C<d_scm_rights>, 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_setegid>, C<d_seteuid>, C<d_setgrent>, C<d_setgrps>,
-C<d_sethent>, 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_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_sigsetjmp>, C<d_socket>, C<d_socklen_t>, C<d_sockpair>,
-C<d_sqrtl>, 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_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_strtod>,
-C<d_strtol>, C<d_strtold>, C<d_strtoll>, C<d_strtoul>, C<d_strtoull>,
-C<d_strtouq>, C<d_strxfrm>, C<d_suidsafe>, C<d_symlink>, C<d_syscall>,
-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_umask>, C<d_uname>, C<d_union_semun>,
-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_PRIeldbl>, C<d_PRIEUldbl>, C<d_PRIfldbl>, C<d_PRIFUldbl>,
+C<d_PRIgldbl>, C<d_PRIGUldbl>, C<d_PRIi64>, C<d_PRIo64>, C<d_PRIu64>,
+C<d_PRIx64>, C<d_PRIXU64>, C<d_pthread_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_socket>, C<d_socklen_t>,
+C<d_sockpair>, C<d_socks5_init>, C<d_sqrtl>, 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_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_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_usleep>, 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_xenix>, C<date>, C<db_hashtype>, C<db_prefixtype>, C<defvoidused>,
-C<direntrytype>, C<dlext>, C<dlsrc>, C<doublesize>, C<drand01>,
-C<dynamic_ext>
+C<d_writev>, C<d_xenix>, C<date>, C<db_hashtype>, C<db_prefixtype>,
+C<defvoidused>, C<direntrytype>, C<dlext>, C<dlsrc>, C<doublesize>,
+C<drand01>, C<dynamic_ext>
=item e
=item g
-C<gccversion>, C<gidformat>, C<gidsign>, C<gidsize>, C<gidtype>,
-C<glibpth>, C<grep>, C<groupcat>, C<groupstype>, C<gzip>
+C<gccosandvers>, C<gccversion>, C<gidformat>, C<gidsign>, C<gidsize>,
+C<gidtype>, C<glibpth>, C<grep>, C<groupcat>, C<groupstype>, C<gzip>
=item h
-C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>, C<huge>
+C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>
=item i
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_gdbm>,
-C<i_grp>, C<i_iconv>, C<i_ieeefp>, C<i_inttypes>, 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_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<ivdformat>, C<ivsize>, C<ivtype>
+C<i_grp>, C<i_iconv>, C<i_ieeefp>, C<i_inttypes>, 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 k
=item l
-C<large>, C<ld>, C<lddlflags>, C<ldflags>, 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<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>
+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>
=item m
=item M
-C<Mcc>, C<medium>, C<mips_type>, C<mkdir>, C<mmaptype>, C<models>,
-C<modetype>, C<more>, C<multiarch>, C<mv>, C<myarchname>, C<mydomain>,
-C<myhostname>, C<myuname>
+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 n
-C<n>, 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<nvsize>, C<nvtype>
+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 o
=item P
C<PERL_REVISION>, C<PERL_SUBVERSION>, C<PERL_VERSION>, C<perladmin>,
-C<perlpath>, C<pg>, C<phostname>, C<pidtype>, C<plibpth>, C<pm_apiversion>,
-C<pmake>, C<pr>, C<prefix>, C<prefixexp>, C<privlib>, C<privlibexp>,
-C<prototype>, C<ptrsize>
+C<perllibs>, C<perlpath>, C<pg>, C<phostname>, C<pidtype>, C<plibpth>,
+C<pm_apiversion>, C<pmake>, C<pr>, C<prefix>, C<prefixexp>, C<privlib>,
+C<privlibexp>, C<prototype>, C<ptrsize>
=item q
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<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<small>, C<so>,
+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<split>, C<sPRId64>, C<sPRIeldbl>, C<sPRIEldbl>,
-C<sPRIfldbl>, C<sPRIFldbl>, C<sPRIgldbl>, C<sPRIGldbl>, C<sPRIi64>,
-C<sPRIo64>, C<sPRIu64>, C<sPRIx64>, C<sPRIX64>, C<src>, C<ssizetype>,
+C<spitshell>, C<sPRId64>, C<sPRIeldbl>, C<sPRIEUldbl>, C<sPRIfldbl>,
+C<sPRIFUldbl>, C<sPRIgldbl>, C<sPRIGUldbl>, C<sPRIi64>, C<sPRIo64>,
+C<sPRIu64>, C<sPRIx64>, C<sPRIXU64>, C<src>, C<sSCNfldbl>, C<ssizetype>,
C<startperl>, C<startsh>, C<static_ext>, C<stdchar>, C<stdio_base>,
C<stdio_bufsiz>, C<stdio_cnt>, C<stdio_filbuf>, C<stdio_ptr>,
C<stdio_stream_array>, C<strings>, C<submit>, C<subversion>, C<sysman>
C<usenm>, C<useopcode>, C<useperlio>, C<useposix>, 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<uvxformat>, C<uvXUformat>
=item v
C<vendorarch>, C<vendorarchexp>, C<vendorbin>, C<vendorbinexp>,
C<vendorlib>, C<vendorlib_stem>, C<vendorlibexp>, C<vendorprefix>,
-C<vendorprefixexp>, C<version>, C<vi>, C<voidflags>
+C<vendorprefixexp>, C<version>, C<versiononly>, C<vi>, C<voidflags>
=item x
C<xlibpth>, C<xs_apiversion>
+=item y
+
+C<yacc>, C<yaccflags>
+
=item z
C<zcat>, C<zip>
=back
-=head2 Cwd, getcwd - get pathname of current working directory
+=head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
subject to
change)
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item Global Variables
=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
B<DB_HASH>, B<DB_BTREE>, B<DB_RECNO>
-=over
+=over 4
=item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or 3
=item DB_HASH
-=over
+=over 4
=item A Simple Example
=item DB_BTREE
-=over
+=over 4
=item Changing the BTREE sort order
=item DB_RECNO
-=over
+=over 4
=item The 'bval' Option
B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
B<filter_fetch_value>
-=over
+=over 4
=item The Filter
=item HINTS AND TIPS
-=over
+=over 4
=item Locking: The Trouble with fd
=item COMMON QUESTIONS
-=over
+=over 4
=item Why is there Perl source in my database?
=head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both
printing and C<eval>
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item Methods
=head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item Memory footprint debugging
+
+=back
+
=item EXAMPLES
-=over
+=over 4
=item A simple scalar string
=head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
-=over
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Digest:: - Modules that calculate message digests
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+I<binary>, I<hex>, I<base64>
+
+=item OO INTERFACE
+
+$ctx = Digest->XXX($arg,...), $ctx = Digest->new(XXX => $arg,...), $ctx =
+Digest::XXX->new($arg,...), $ctx->reset, $ctx->add($data,...),
+$ctx->addfile($io_handle), $ctx->digest, $ctx->hexdigest, $ctx->b64digest
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
+
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item FUNCTIONS
+
+md5($data,...), md5_hex($data,...), md5_base64($data,...)
+
+=item METHODS
+
+$md5 = Digest::MD5->new, $md5->reset, $md5->add($data,...),
+$md5->addfile($io_handle), $md5->digest, $md5->hexdigest, $md5->b64digest
+
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
=back
=head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data.
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item Creation
=head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into
Perl code
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=back
+=head2 Encode - character encodings
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item TERMINOLOGY
+
+=back
+
+=item ENCODINGS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Characteristics of an Encoding
+
+=item Types of Encodings
+
+Fixed length 8-bit (or less) encodings, Fixed length 16-bit encodings,
+Fixed length 32-bit encodings, Multi-byte encodings, "Escape" encodings
+
+=item Specifying Encodings
+
+1. By name, 2. As an object
+
+=item Encoding Names
+
+The MIME name as defined in IETF RFC-XXXX, The name in the IANA registry,
+The name used by the the organization that defined it
+
+=back
+
+=item PERL ENCODING API
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Generic Encoding Interface
+
+=item Handling Malformed Data
+
+Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
+
+=item UTF-8 / utf8
+
+=item Other Encodings of Unicode
+
+=item Listing available encodings
+
+=item Defining Aliases
+
+As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
+reference, e.g.:
+
+=item Defining Encodings
+
+=back
+
+=item Encoding and IO
+
+=item Encoding How to ...
+
+IO with mixed content (faking iso-2020-*), MIME's Content-Length:, UTF-8
+strings in binary data, perl/Encode wrappers on non-Unicode XS modules
+
+=item Messing with Perl's Internals
+
+is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK]), valid_utf8(STRING)
+
+=item IMPLEMENTATION CLASSES
+
+-E<gt>name, -E<gt>new_sequence, -E<gt>encode($string,$check),
+-E<gt>decode($octets,$check)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Compiled Encodings
+
+.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
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Encode::EncodeFormat, EncodeFormat - the format of encoding tables
+of the Encode extension
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+[1] B<S>, [2] B<D>, [3] B<M>, [4] B<E>
+
+=item KEYWORDS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Encode::Tcl - Tcl encodings
+
+=head2 EncodeFormat - the format of encoding tables of the Encode extension
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+[1] B<S>, [2] B<D>, [3] B<M>, [4] B<E>
+
+=item KEYWORDS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
=head2 English - use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation
variables
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item BUGS
+=item PERFORMANCE
=back
=head2 Env - perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or
arrays
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Errno - System errno constants
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Exporter - Implements default import method for modules
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item How to Export
=head2 Exporter::Heavy - Exporter guts
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPIS
=head2 ExtUtils::Command - utilities to replace common UNIX commands in
Makefiles etc.
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
test_f file
-=over
+=over 4
=item BUGS
=head2 ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 ExtUtils::Install - install files from here to there
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 ExtUtils::Installed - Inventory management of installed modules
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 ExtUtils::Liblist - determine libraries to use and how to use them
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
For static extensions, For dynamic extensions, For dynamic extensions
-=over
+=over 4
=item EXTRALIBS
=item PORTABILITY
-=over
+=over 4
=item VMS implementation
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_OS2 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item METHODS
+
=back
+perl_archive_after
+
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item METHODS
-=over
+=over 4
=item Preloaded methods
updir
-=over
+=over 4
=item SelfLoaded methods
find_perl
-=over
+=over 4
=item Methods to actually produce chunks of text for the Makefile
perl_archive
+perl_archive_after
+
export_list
-=over
+=over 4
=item SEE ALSO
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_VMS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item Methods always loaded
rootdir (override)
-=over
+=over 4
=item SelfLoaded methods
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - create an extension Makefile
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item How To Write A Makefile.PL
=item Using Attributes and Parameters
-AUTHOR, ABSTRACT, ABSTRACT_FROM, BINARY_LOCATION, C, CAPI, CCFLAGS, CONFIG,
+ABSTRACT, ABSTRACT_FROM, AUTHOR, BINARY_LOCATION, C, CAPI, 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_LIB, INST_HTMLLIBDIR, INST_HTMLSCRIPTDIR, INST_MAN1DIR,
-INST_MAN3DIR, INST_SCRIPT, PERL_MALLOC_OK, LDFROM, LIB, LIBPERL_A, LIBS,
-LINKTYPE, MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET, MYEXTLIB,
-NAME, NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, NO_VC, OBJECT, OPTIMIZE, PERL,
-PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB, PERL_SRC, PERM_RW, PERM_RWX, PL_FILES,
-PM, PMLIBDIRS, POLLUTE, PPM_INSTALL_EXEC, PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX,
-PREREQ_PM, SKIP, TYPEMAPS, VERSION, VERSION_FROM, XS, XSOPT, XSPROTOARG,
-XS_VERSION
+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, PERLMAINCC,
+PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB, PERL_MALLOC_OK, PERL_SRC, PERM_RW, PERM_RWX,
+PL_FILES, PM, PMLIBDIRS, PM_FILTER, POLLUTE, PPM_INSTALL_EXEC,
+PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX, PREREQ_PM, SKIP, TYPEMAPS, VERSION,
+VERSION_FROM, XS, XSOPT, XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION
=item Additional lowercase attributes
=head2 ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>, C<MANIFEST:> I<$!>,
C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+B<PERL_MM_MANIFEST_DEBUG>
+
=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHOR
=head2 ExtUtils::Miniperl, writemain - write the C code for perlmain.c
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap - make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 ExtUtils::Mksymlists - write linker options files for dynamic
extension
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 ExtUtils::Packlist - manage .packlist files
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 ExtUtils::testlib - add blib/* directories to @INC
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Fatal - replace functions with equivalents which succeed or die
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Fcntl - load the C Fcntl.h defines
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 File::Basename, fileparse - split a pathname into pieces
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 File::CheckTree, validate - run many filetest checks on a tree
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 File::Compare - Compare files or filehandles
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 File::Copy - Copy files or filehandles
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item Special behaviour if C<syscopy> is defined (OS/2, VMS and Win32)
=head2 File::DosGlob - DOS like globbing and then some
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 File::Find, find - traverse a file tree
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-C<wanted>, C<bydepth>, C<follow>, C<follow_fast>, C<follow_skip>,
-C<no_chdir>, C<untaint>, C<untaint_pattern>, C<untaint_skip>
+C<wanted>, C<bydepth>, C<preprocess>, C<postprocess>, C<follow>,
+C<follow_fast>, C<follow_skip>, C<no_chdir>, C<untaint>,
+C<untaint_pattern>, C<untaint_skip>
=item CAVEAT
=head2 File::Glob - Perl extension for BSD glob routine
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
C<GLOB_ERR>, C<GLOB_MARK>, C<GLOB_NOCASE>, C<GLOB_NOCHECK>, C<GLOB_NOSORT>,
-C<GLOB_BRACE>, C<GLOB_NOMAGIC>, C<GLOB_QUOTE>, C<GLOB_TILDE>, C<GLOB_CSH>
+C<GLOB_BRACE>, C<GLOB_NOMAGIC>, C<GLOB_QUOTE>, C<GLOB_TILDE>, C<GLOB_CSH>,
+C<GLOB_ALPHASORT>
=item DIAGNOSTICS
=head2 File::Path - create or remove directory trees
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 File::Spec - portably perform operations on file names
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=back
+=head2 File::Spec::Epoc - methods for Epoc file specs
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+devnull
+
+=back
+
+tmpdir
+
+path
+
+canonpath
+
+splitpath
+
+splitdir
+
+catpath
+
+abs2rel
+
+rel2abs
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
=head2 File::Spec::Functions - portably perform operations on file names
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item Exports
=head2 File::Spec::Mac - File::Spec for MacOS
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
rel2abs
-=over
+=over 4
=item SEE ALSO
=head2 File::Spec::OS2 - methods for OS/2 file specs
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 File::Spec::Unix - methods used by File::Spec
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
rel2abs
-=over
+=over 4
=item SEE ALSO
=head2 File::Spec::VMS - methods for VMS file specs
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
fixpath
-=over
+=over 4
=item Methods always loaded
rel2abs (override)
-=over
+=over 4
=item SEE ALSO
=head2 File::Spec::Win32 - methods for Win32 file specs
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
catpath
-abs2rel
-
-rel2abs
-
-=over
+=over 4
=item SEE ALSO
=head2 File::Temp - return name and handle of a temporary file safely
-=over
+=over 4
+
+=item PORTABILITY
=item SYNOPSIS
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item FUNCTIONS
B<tempdir>
-=over
+=over 4
=item MKTEMP FUNCTIONS
B<mktemp>
-=over
+=over 4
=item POSIX FUNCTIONS
B<tmpfile>
-=over
+=over 4
=item ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item UTILITY FUNCTIONS
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item PACKAGE VARIABLES
TopSystemUID
-=over
+=over 4
=item WARNING
+=over 4
+
+=item Temporary files and NFS
+
+=back
+
=item HISTORY
=item SEE ALSO
=head2 File::stat - by-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 FileCache - keep more files open than the system permits
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=back
+=head2 Filter::Simple - Simplified source filtering
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item The Problem
+
+=item A Solution
+
+=item How it works
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Filter::Util::Call - Perl Source Filter Utility Module
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<use Filter::Util::Call>
+
+=item B<import()>
+
+=item B<filter() and anonymous sub>
+
+B<$_>, B<$status>, B<filter_read> and B<filter_read_exact>, B<filter_del>
+
+=back
+
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Example 1: A simple filter.
+
+=item Example 2: Using the context
+
+=item Example 3: Using the context within the filter
+
+=item Example 4: Using filter_del
+
+=back
+
+=item Filter::Simple
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
=head2 FindBin - Locate directory of original perl script
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 GDBM_File - Perl5 access to the gdbm library.
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Getopt::Long - Extended processing of command line options
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item Getting Started with Getopt::Long
-=over
+=over 4
=item Simple options
=item Advanced Possibilities
-=over
+=over 4
+
+=item Object oriented interface
=item Documentation and help texts
=item Configuring Getopt::Long
-default, auto_abbrev, getopt_compat, require_order, permute, bundling
-(default: reset), bundling_override (default: reset), ignore_case
-(default: set), ignore_case_always (default: reset), pass_through (default:
-reset), prefix, prefix_pattern, debug (default: reset)
+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,
+prefix_pattern, debug (default: disabled)
=item Return values and Errors
-=item Legacy
+=item Legacy
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Default destinations
+
+=item Alternative option starters
+
+=item Configuration variables
+
+=back
-=over
+=item Trouble Shooting
-=item Default destinations
+=over 4
-=item Alternative option starters
+=item Warning: Ignoring '!' modifier for short option
-=item Configuration variables
+=item GetOptions does not return a false result when an option is not
+supplied
=back
=head2 Getopt::Std, getopt - Process single-character switches with switch
clustering
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 I18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current
locale
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IO - load various IO modules
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory handles
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O handles
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for I/O objects
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+$io->getpos, $io->setpos, $io->setpos ( POS, WHENCE ), WHENCE=0 (SEEK_SET),
+WHENCE=1 (SEEK_CUR), WHENCE=1 (SEEK_END), $io->sysseek( POS, WHENCE ),
+$io->tell
+
=item SEE ALSO
=item HISTORY
=head2 IO::Select - OO interface to the select system call
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IO::Socket - Object interface to socket communications
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item METHODS
-accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), timeout([VAL]),
-sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), sockdomain, socktype, protocol, connected
+accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), atmark, connected,
+protocol, sockdomain, sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), socktype, timeout([VAL])
=item SEE ALSO
=head2 IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
new ( [ARGS] )
-=over
+=over 4
=item METHODS
=head2 IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IO::lib::IO::Dir, IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory
handles
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IO::lib::IO::File, IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IO::lib::IO::Handle, IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O
handles
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IO::lib::IO::Pipe, IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IO::lib::IO::Poll, IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IO::lib::IO::Seekable, IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for
I/O objects
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+$io->getpos, $io->setpos, $io->setpos ( POS, WHENCE ), WHENCE=0 (SEEK_SET),
+WHENCE=1 (SEEK_CUR), WHENCE=1 (SEEK_END), $io->sysseek( POS, WHENCE ),
+$io->tell
+
=item SEE ALSO
=item HISTORY
=head2 IO::lib::IO::Select, IO::Select - OO interface to the select system
call
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket, IO::Socket - Object interface to socket
communications
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item METHODS
-accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), timeout([VAL]),
-sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), sockdomain, socktype, protocol, connected
+accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), atmark, connected,
+protocol, sockdomain, sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), socktype, timeout([VAL])
=item SEE ALSO
=head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket::INET, IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for
AF_INET domain sockets
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
new ( [ARGS] )
-=over
+=over 4
=item METHODS
=head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket::UNIX, IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for
AF_UNIX domain sockets
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IPC::Open2, open2 - open a process for both reading and writing
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IPC::Open3, open3 - open a process for reading, writing, and error
handling
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object class
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IPC::SysV - SysV IPC constants
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IPC::SysV::Msg, IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 IPC::SysV::Semaphore, IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object
class
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=back
+=head2 Locale::Constants - constants for Locale codes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+Locale::Language, Locale::Country, Locale::Currency
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Locale::Country - ISO codes for country identification (ISO 3166)
+
+=over 4
+
+=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
+
+=over 4
+
+=item CODE ALIASING
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item DOMAIN NAMES
+
+=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+Locale::Language, Locale::Currency, ISO 3166,
+http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/,
+http://www.egt.ie/standards/iso3166/iso3166-1-en.html,
+http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/app-f.html
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Locale::Currency - ISO three letter codes for currency
+identification (ISO 4217)
+
+=over 4
+
+=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
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Locale::Language - ISO two letter codes for language identification
+(ISO 639)
+
+=over 4
+
+=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),
+http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 MIME::Base64 - Encoding and decoding of base64 strings
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+encode_base64($str, [$eol]), decode_base64($str)
+
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+Premature end of base64 data, Premature padding of base64 data
+
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding
+of quoted-printable strings
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+encode_qp($str), decode_qp($str);
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable
+strings
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+encode_qp($str), decode_qp($str);
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
=head2 Math::BigFloat - Arbitrary length float math package
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Math::BigInt - Arbitrary size integer math package
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Math::Complex - complex numbers and associated mathematical
functions
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item STRINGIFICATION
-=over
+=over 4
=item CHANGED IN PERL 5.6
=head2 Math::Trig - trigonometric functions
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
B<tan>
-=over
+=over 4
=item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO
=item RADIAL COORDINATE CONVERSIONS
-=over
+=over 4
=item COORDINATE SYSTEMS
=back
-=item GREAT CIRCLE DISTANCES
+=item GREAT CIRCLE DISTANCES AND DIRECTIONS
=item EXAMPLES
+=over 4
+
+=item CAVEAT FOR GREAT CIRCLE FORMULAS
+
+=back
+
=item BUGS
=item AUTHORS
=head2 NDBM_File - Tied access to ndbm files
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>, C<O_RDWR>
+
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<ndbm store returned -1, errno 22, key "..." at ...>
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS AND WARNINGS
+
=back
=head2 Net::Ping - check a remote host for reachability
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item Functions
=back
-=item WARNING
-
=item NOTES
=back
=head2 Net::hostent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gethost*()
functions
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Net::netent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getnet*()
functions
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Net::protoent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*()
functions
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Net::servent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getserv*()
functions
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 ODBM_File - Tied access to odbm files
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>, C<O_RDWR>
+
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<odbm store returned -1, errno 22, key "..." at ...>
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS AND WARNINGS
+
=back
=head2 Opcode - Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item Predefined Opcode Tags
=head2 Opcode::Safe, Safe - Compile and execute code in restricted
compartments
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item WARNING
-=over
+=over 4
=item RECENT CHANGES
=head2 Opcode::ops, ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when
compiling
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 POSIX - Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
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, stroul, strpbrk, strrchr, strspn, strstr,
-strtod, strtok, strtol, strtoul, strxfrm, sysconf, system, tan, tanh,
-tcdrain, tcflow, tcflush, tcgetpgrp, tcsendbreak, tcsetpgrp, time, times,
-tmpfile, tmpnam, tolower, toupper, ttyname, tzname, tzset, umask, uname,
-ungetc, unlink, utime, vfprintf, vprintf, vsprintf, wait, waitpid,
-wcstombs, wctomb, write
+strncat, strncmp, strncpy, strpbrk, strrchr, strspn, strstr, strtod,
+strtok, strtol, strtoul, strxfrm, sysconf, system, tan, tanh, tcdrain,
+tcflow, tcflush, tcgetpgrp, tcsendbreak, tcsetpgrp, time, times, tmpfile,
+tmpnam, tolower, toupper, ttyname, tzname, tzset, umask, uname, ungetc,
+unlink, utime, vfprintf, vprintf, vsprintf, wait, waitpid, wcstombs,
+wctomb, write
=item CLASSES
-=over
+=over 4
=item POSIX::SigAction
Constants, Macros
-=item CREATION
+=back
+
+=head2 PerlIO - On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::*
+name space
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+unix, stdio, perlio, crlf, utf8, raw
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Defaults and how to override them
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 PerlIO::Scalar - support module for in-memory IO.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 PerlIO::Via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+$class->PUSHED([$mode][,$fh]), $obj->POPPED([$fh]),
+$class->OPEN($path,$mode[,$fh]), $class->FDOPEN($fd),
+$class->SYSOPEN($path,$imode,$perm,$fh), $obj->FILENO($fh),
+$obj->READ($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)
=back
=head2 Pod::Checker, podchecker() - check pod documents for syntax errors
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item OPTIONS/ARGUMENTS
-=over
+=over 4
=item podchecker()
=item DIAGNOSTICS
-=over
+=over 4
=item Errors
=item Warnings
multiple occurence of link target I<name>, line containing nothing but
-whitespace in paragraph, file does not start with =head, No numeric
-argument for =over, 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, Hyperlinks
+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
+
+=item Hyperlinks
+
+ignoring leading/trailing whitespace in link, (section) in '$page'
+deprecated, alternative text/node '%s' contains non-escaped | or /
=back
=item EXAMPLES
-=item INTERFACE
+=item INTERFACE
+
+=back
+
+C<Pod::Checker-E<gt>new( %options )>
+
+C<$checker-E<gt>poderror( @args )>, C<$checker-E<gt>poderror( {%opts},
+@args )>
+
+C<$checker-E<gt>num_errors()>
+
+C<$checker-E<gt>name()>
+
+C<$checker-E<gt>node()>
+
+C<$checker-E<gt>idx()>
+
+C<$checker-E<gt>hyperlink()>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Find - find POD documents in directory trees
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-C<$checker-E<gt>poderror( @args )>, C<$checker-E<gt>poderror( {%opts},
-@args )>
+=over 4
-C<$checker-E<gt>num_errors()>
+=item C<pod_find( { %opts } , @directories )>
-C<$checker-E<gt>name()>
+C<-verbose =E<gt> 1>, C<-perl =E<gt> 1>, C<-script =E<gt> 1>, C<-inc =E<gt>
+1>
-C<$checker-E<gt>node()>
+=back
-C<$checker-E<gt>idx()>
+=over 4
-C<$checker-E<gt>hyperlink()>
+=item C<simplify_name( $str )>
-=over
+=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=back
+=item C<pod_where( { %opts }, $pod )>
-=head2 Pod::Find - find POD documents in directory trees
+C<-inc =E<gt> 1>, C<-dirs =E<gt> [ $dir1, $dir2, ... ]>, C<-verbose =E<gt>
+1>
-=over
+=back
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item C<contains_pod( $file , $verbose )>
-=item OPTIONS
+=back
-B<-verbose>, B<-perl>, B<-script>, B<-inc>
+=over 4
=item AUTHOR
=head2 Pod::Html - module to convert pod files to HTML
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Pod::InputObjects - objects representing POD input paragraphs,
commands, etc.
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-B<Pod::InputSource>, B<Pod::Paragraph>, B<Pod::InteriorSequence>,
-B<Pod::ParseTree>
+package B<Pod::InputSource>, package B<Pod::Paragraph>, package
+B<Pod::InteriorSequence>, package B<Pod::ParseTree>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<Pod::InputSource>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<new()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<name()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<handle()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<was_cutting()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<Pod::Paragraph>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<new()>
+=item Pod::Paragraph-E<gt>B<new()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<cmd_name()>
+=item $pod_para-E<gt>B<cmd_name()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<text()>
+=item $pod_para-E<gt>B<text()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<raw_text()>
+=item $pod_para-E<gt>B<raw_text()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<cmd_prefix()>
+=item $pod_para-E<gt>B<cmd_prefix()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<cmd_separator()>
+=item $pod_para-E<gt>B<cmd_separator()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<parse_tree()>
+=item $pod_para-E<gt>B<parse_tree()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<file_line()>
+=item $pod_para-E<gt>B<file_line()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<Pod::InteriorSequence>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<new()>
+=item Pod::InteriorSequence-E<gt>B<new()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<cmd_name()>
+=item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<cmd_name()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<prepend()>
+=item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<prepend()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<append()>
+=item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<append()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<nested()>
+=item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<nested()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<raw_text()>
+=item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<raw_text()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<left_delimiter()>
+=item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<left_delimiter()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<right_delimiter()>
+=item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<right_delimiter()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<parse_tree()>
+=item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<parse_tree()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<file_line()>
+=item $pod_seq-E<gt>B<file_line()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<DESTROY()>
+=item Pod::InteriorSequence::B<DESTROY()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<Pod::ParseTree>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<new()>
+=item Pod::ParseTree-E<gt>B<new()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<top()>
+=item $ptree-E<gt>B<top()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<children()>
+=item $ptree-E<gt>B<children()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<prepend()>
+=item $ptree-E<gt>B<prepend()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<append()>
+=item $ptree-E<gt>B<append()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<raw_text()>
+=item $ptree-E<gt>B<raw_text()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
-=item B<DESTROY()>
+=item Pod::ParseTree::B<DESTROY()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item SEE ALSO
=back
+=head2 Pod::LaTeX - Convert Pod data to formatted Latex
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item OBJECT METHODS
+
+C<initialize>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Data Accessors
+
+B<AddPreamble>
+
+=back
+
+B<AddPostamble>
+
+B<Head1Level>
+
+B<Label>
+
+B<LevelNoNum>
+
+B<MakeIndex>
+
+B<ReplaceNAMEwithSection>
+
+B<StartWithNewPage>
+
+B<TableOfContents>
+
+B<UniqueLabels>
+
+B<UserPreamble>
+
+B<UserPostamble>
+
+B<Lists>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Subclassed methods
+
+=back
+
+B<begin_pod>
+
+B<end_pod>
+
+B<command>
+
+B<verbatim>
+
+B<textblock>
+
+B<interior_sequence>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item List Methods
+
+B<begin_list>
+
+=back
+
+B<end_list>
+
+B<add_item>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Methods for headings
+
+B<head>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Internal methods
+
+B<_output>
+
+=back
+
+B<_replace_special_chars>
+
+B<_create_label>
+
+B<_create_index>
+
+B<_clean_latex_commands>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=item REVISION
+
+=back
+
=head2 Pod::Man - Convert POD data to formatted *roff input
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-center, date, fixed, fixedbold, fixeditalic, fixedbolditalic, release,
-section
+center, date, fixed, fixedbold, fixeditalic, fixedbolditalic, quotes,
+release, section
=item DIAGNOSTICS
-roff font should be 1 or 2 chars, not `%s', Invalid link %s, Unknown escape
-EE<lt>%sE<gt>, Unknown sequence %s, Unmatched =back
+roff font should be 1 or 2 chars, not "%s", Invalid link %s, Invalid quote
+specification "%s", %s:%d: Unknown command paragraph "%s", Unknown escape
+EE<lt>%sE<gt>, Unknown sequence %s, %s: Unknown command paragraph "%s" on
+line %d, Unmatched =back
=item BUGS
=head2 Pod::ParseUtils - helpers for POD parsing and conversion
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item Pod::List
-new()
+Pod::List-E<gt>new()
=back
-file()
+$list-E<gt>file()
-start()
+$list-E<gt>start()
-indent()
+$list-E<gt>indent()
-type()
+$list-E<gt>type()
-rx()
+$list-E<gt>rx()
-item()
+$list-E<gt>item()
-parent()
+$list-E<gt>parent()
-tag()
+$list-E<gt>tag()
-=over
+=over 4
=item Pod::Hyperlink
-new()
+Pod::Hyperlink-E<gt>new()
=back
-parse($string)
+$link-E<gt>parse($string)
-markup($string)
+$link-E<gt>markup($string)
-text()
+$link-E<gt>text()
-warning()
+$link-E<gt>warning()
-line(), file()
+$link-E<gt>file(), $link-E<gt>line()
-page()
+$link-E<gt>page()
-node()
+$link-E<gt>node()
-alttext()
+$link-E<gt>alttext()
-type()
+$link-E<gt>type()
-link()
+$link-E<gt>link()
-=over
+=over 4
=item Pod::Cache
-new()
+Pod::Cache-E<gt>new()
=back
-item()
+$cache-E<gt>item()
-find_page($name)
+$cache-E<gt>find_page($name)
-=over
+=over 4
=item Pod::Cache::Item
-new()
+Pod::Cache::Item-E<gt>new()
=back
-page()
+$cacheitem-E<gt>page()
-description()
+$cacheitem-E<gt>description()
-path()
+$cacheitem-E<gt>path()
-file()
+$cacheitem-E<gt>file()
-nodes()
+$cacheitem-E<gt>nodes()
-find_node($name)
+$cacheitem-E<gt>find_node($name)
-idx()
+$cacheitem-E<gt>idx()
-=over
+=over 4
=item AUTHOR
=head2 Pod::Parser - base class for creating POD filters and translators
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item RECOMMENDED SUBROUTINE/METHOD OVERRIDES
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<command()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<verbatim()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<textblock()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<interior_sequence()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item OPTIONAL SUBROUTINE/METHOD OVERRIDES
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<new()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<initialize()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<begin_pod()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<begin_input()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<end_input()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<end_pod()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<preprocess_line()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<preprocess_paragraph()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item METHODS FOR PARSING AND PROCESSING
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<parse_text()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<interpolate()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<parse_paragraph()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<parse_from_filehandle()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<parse_from_file()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item ACCESSOR METHODS
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<errorsub()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<cutting()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<parseopts()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<output_file()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<output_handle()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<input_file()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<input_handle()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<input_streams()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<top_stream()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item PRIVATE METHODS AND DATA
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<_push_input_stream()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<_pop_input_stream()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item TREE-BASED PARSING
=head2 Pod::Plainer - Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item EXPORT
=head2 Pod::Select, podselect() - extract selected sections of POD from
input
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item OBJECT METHODS
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<curr_headings()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<select()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<add_selection()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<clear_selections()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<match_section()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<is_selected()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item EXPORTED FUNCTIONS
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<podselect()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item PRIVATE METHODS AND DATA
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item B<_compile_section_spec()>
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item $self->{_SECTION_HEADINGS}
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item $self->{_SELECTED_SECTIONS}
=back
-=over
+=over 4
=item SEE ALSO
=head2 Pod::Text - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-alt, indent, loose, sentence, width
+alt, indent, loose, quotes, sentence, width
=item DIAGNOSTICS
-Bizarre space in item, Can't open %s for reading: %s, Unknown escape: %s,
-Unknown sequence: %s, Unmatched =back
+Bizarre space in item, Can't open %s for reading: %s, Invalid quote
+specification "%s", %s:%d: Unknown command paragraph "%s", Unknown escape:
+%s, Unknown sequence: %s, Unmatched =back
=item RESTRICTIONS
=head2 Pod::Text::Color - Convert POD data to formatted color ASCII text
-=over
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Text::Overstrike - Convert POD data to formatted overstrike
+text
+
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Text::Color - Convert POD data to ASCII
text with format escapes
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Pod::Usage, pod2usage() - print a usage message from embedded pod
documentation
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item EXAMPLES
-=over
+=over 4
=item Recommended Use
=head2 SDBM_File - Tied access to sdbm files
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+C<O_RDONLY>, C<O_WRONLY>, C<O_RDWR>
+
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<sdbm store returned -1, errno 22, key "..." at ...>
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS AND WARNINGS
+
=back
=head2 Safe - Compile and execute code in restricted compartments
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item WARNING
-=over
+=over 4
=item RECENT CHANGES
=head2 Search::Dict, look - search for key in dictionary file
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 SelectSaver - save and restore selected file handle
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 SelfLoader - load functions only on demand
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item The __DATA__ token
=head2 Shell - run shell commands transparently within perl
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item OBJECT ORIENTED SYNTAX
+
+=back
+
=item AUTHOR
=back
=head2 Socket, sockaddr_in, sockaddr_un, inet_aton, inet_ntoa - load the C
socket.h defines and structure manipulators
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=back
+=head2 Storable - persistency for perl data structures
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item MEMORY STORE
+
+=item ADVISORY LOCKING
+
+=item SPEED
+
+=item CANONICAL REPRESENTATION
+
+=item ERROR REPORTING
+
+=item WIZARDS ONLY
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Hooks
+
+C<STORABLE_freeze> I<obj>, I<cloning>, C<STORABLE_thaw> I<obj>, I<cloning>,
+I<serialized>, ..
+
+=item Predicates
+
+C<Storable::last_op_in_netorder>, C<Storable::is_storing>,
+C<Storable::is_retrieving>
+
+=item Recursion
+
+=item Deep Cloning
+
+=back
+
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item WARNING
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item CREDITS
+
+=item TRANSLATIONS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Switch - A switch statement for Perl
+
+=over 4
+
+=item VERSION
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item BACKGROUND
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Allowing fall-through
+
+=item Automating fall-through
+
+=item Higher-order Operations
+
+=back
+
+=item DEPENDENCIES
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
=head2 Symbol - manipulate Perl symbols and their names
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Sys::Hostname - Try every conceivable way to get hostname
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Syslog, Sys::Syslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask, syslog - Perl
interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Syslog::Syslog, Sys::Syslog, openlog, closelog, setlogmask, syslog -
Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Term::ANSIColor - Color screen output using ANSI escape sequences
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DIAGNOSTICS
-Invalid attribute name %s, Identifier %s used only once: possible typo, No
-comma allowed after filehandle, Bareword %s not allowed while "strict subs"
-in use
+Invalid attribute name %s, Name "%s" used only once: possible typo, No
+comma allowed after filehandle, Bareword "%s" not allowed while "strict
+subs" in use
=item RESTRICTIONS
+=item NOTES
+
=item AUTHORS
=back
=head2 Term::Cap - Perl termcap interface
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Term::Complete - Perl word completion module
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various C<readline> packages. If
no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic functions.
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item ENVIRONMENT
+=item CAVEATS
+
=back
-=head2 Test - provides a simple framework for writing test scripts
+=head2 Test - provides a simple framework for writing test scripts
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Test::Harness - run perl standard test scripts with statistics
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item The test script output
+B<'1..M'>, B<'ok', 'not ok'. Ok?>, B<test numbers>,
+B<$Test::Harness::verbose>, B<$Test::Harness::switches>, B<Skipping tests>,
+B<Todo tests>, B<Bail out!>, B<Comments>
+
=back
=item EXPORT
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>
+%s>, C<FAILED--Further testing stopped%s>
=item ENVIRONMENT
+C<HARNESS_IGNORE_EXITCODE>, C<HARNESS_NOTTY>, C<HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST>,
+C<HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR>, C<HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES>, C<HARNESS_COLUMNS>,
+C<HARNESS_ACTIVE>
+
=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHORS
=head2 Text::Abbrev, abbrev - create an abbreviation table from a list
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=back
+=head2 Text::Balanced - Extract delimited text sequences from strings.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item General behaviour in list contexts
+
+[0], [1], [2]
+
+=item General behaviour in scalar and void contexts
+
+=item A note about prefixes
+
+=item C<extract_delimited>
+
+=item C<extract_bracketed>
+
+=item C<extract_tagged>
+
+C<reject =E<gt> $listref>, C<ignore =E<gt> $listref>, C<fail =E<gt> $str>,
+[0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
+
+=item C<gen_extract_tagged>
+
+=item C<extract_quotelike>
+
+[0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10]
+
+=item C<extract_quotelike> and "here documents"
+
+[0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7..10]
+
+=item C<extract_codeblock>
+
+=item C<extract_multiple>
+
+=item C<gen_delimited_pat>
+
+=back
+
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+ C<Did not find a suitable bracket: "%s">, C<Did not find prefix: /%s/>,
+C<Did not find opening bracket after prefix: "%s">, C<No quotelike
+operator found after prefix: "%s">, C<Unmatched closing bracket: "%c">,
+C<Unmatched opening bracket(s): "%s">, C<Unmatched embedded quote (%s)>,
+C<Did not find closing delimiter to match '%s'>, C<Mismatched closing
+bracket: expected "%c" but found "%s">, C<No block delimiter found after
+quotelike "%s">, C<Did not find leading dereferencer>, C<Bad identifier
+after dereferencer>, C<Did not find expected opening bracket at %s>,
+C<Improperly nested codeblock at %s>, C<Missing second block for quotelike
+"%s">, C<No match found for opening bracket>, C<Did not find opening tag:
+/%s/>, C<Unable to construct closing tag to match: /%s/>, C<Found invalid
+nested tag: %s>, C<Found unbalanced nested tag: %s>, C<Did not find closing
+tag>
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
=head2 Text::ParseWords - parse text into an array of tokens or array of
arrays
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item EXAMPLES
-0 a simple word, 1 multiple spaces are skipped because of our $delim, 2 use
-of quotes to include a space in a word, 3 use of a backslash to include a
-space in a word, 4 use of a backslash to remove the special meaning of a
-double-quote, 5 another simple word (note the lack of effect of the
-backslashed double-quote)
-
=item AUTHORS
=back
=head2 Text::Soundex - Implementation of the Soundex Algorithm as Described
by Knuth
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Text::Tabs -- expand and unexpand tabs per the unix expand(1) and
unexpand(1)
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Text::Wrap - line wrapping to form simple paragraphs
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Thread - manipulate threads in Perl (EXPERIMENTAL, subject to
change)
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item METHODS
-join, eval, detach, equal, tid
+join, eval, detach, equal, tid, flags, done
=item LIMITATIONS
=head2 Thread::Queue - thread-safe queues
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Thread::Semaphore - thread-safe semaphores
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Thread::Signal - Start a thread which runs signal handlers reliably
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Thread::Specific - thread-specific keys
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Tie::Array - base class for tied arrays
-=over
+=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item DESCRIPTION
TIEARRAY classname, LIST, STORE this, index, value, FETCH this, index,
FETCHSIZE this, STORESIZE this, count, EXTEND this, count, EXISTS this,
=item CAVEATS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item AUTHOR
=back
=head2 Tie::Handle, Tie::StdHandle - base class definitions for tied
handles
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item MORE INFORMATION
+=item COMPATIBILITY
+
=back
=head2 Tie::Hash, Tie::StdHash - base class definitions for tied hashes
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Tie::RefHash - use references as hash keys
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Tie::Scalar, Tie::StdScalar - base class definitions for tied
scalars
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Tie::SubstrHash - Fixed-table-size, fixed-key-length hashing
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Time::Local - efficiently compute time from local and GMT time
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Time::gmtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime()
function
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Time::localtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in localtime()
function
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 Time::tm - internal object used by Time::gmtime and Time::localtime
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 UNIVERSAL - base class for ALL classes (blessed references)
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 User::grent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getgr*()
functions
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=head2 User::pwent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*()
functions
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=over 4
=item System Specifics
=back
+=head2 Win32 - Interfaces to some Win32 API Functions
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Alphabetical Listing of Win32 Functions
+
+Win32::AbortSystemShutdown(MACHINE), Win32::BuildNumber(),
+Win32::CopyFile(FROM, TO, OVERWRITE), Win32::DomainName(),
+Win32::ExpandEnvironmentStrings(STRING), Win32::FormatMessage(ERRORCODE),
+Win32::FsType(), Win32::FreeLibrary(HANDLE), Win32::GetArchName(),
+Win32::GetChipName(), Win32::GetCwd(), Win32::GetFullPathName(FILENAME),
+Win32::GetLastError(), Win32::GetLongPathName(PATHNAME),
+Win32::GetNextAvailDrive(), Win32::GetOSVersion(),
+Win32::GetShortPathName(PATHNAME), Win32::GetProcAddress(INSTANCE,
+PROCNAME), Win32::GetTickCount(), Win32::InitiateSystemShutdown,
+Win32::IsWinNT(), Win32::IsWin95(), Win32::LoadLibrary(LIBNAME),
+Win32::LoginName(), Win32::LookupAccountName(SYSTEM, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SID,
+SIDTYPE), Win32::LookupAccountSID(SYSTEM, SID, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SIDTYPE),
+Win32::MsgBox(MESSAGE [, FLAGS [, TITLE]]), Win32::NodeName(),
+Win32::RegisterServer(LIBRARYNAME), Win32::SetCwd(NEWDIRECTORY),
+Win32::SetLastError(ERROR), Win32::Sleep(TIME), Win32::Spawn(COMMAND, ARGS,
+PID), Win32::UnregisterServer(LIBRARYNAME)
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 XS::Typemap - module to test the XS typemaps distributed with perl
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
=head2 XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
-=over
+=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
Here should be listed all the extra programs' documentation, but they
don't all have manual pages yet:
-=over
+=over 4
=item a2p
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