=item Miscellaneous
+=item Language-Specific
+
=item Platform-Specific
=back
=back
-=head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2002/03/11
-21:32:23 $)
+=head2 perlreftut - Mark's very short tutorial about references
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item Who Needs Complicated Data Structures?
-=item perlfaq: Structural overview of the FAQ.
+=item The Solution
-=item L<perlfaq1>: General Questions About Perl
+=item Syntax
-=item L<perlfaq2>: Obtaining and Learning about Perl
+=over 4
-=item L<perlfaq3>: Programming Tools
+=item Making References
-=item L<perlfaq4>: Data Manipulation
+=item Using References
-=item L<perlfaq5>: Files and Formats
+=item An Example
-=item L<perlfaq6>: Regular Expressions
+=item Arrow Rule
-=item L<perlfaq7>: General Perl Language Issues
+=back
-=item L<perlfaq8>: System Interaction
+=item Solution
-=item L<perlfaq9>: Networking
+=item The Rest
-=back
+=item Summary
-=item About the perlfaq documents
+=item Credits
=over 4
-=item Where to get the perlfaq
-
-=item How to contribute to the perlfaq
-
-=item What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the
-authors
+=item Distribution Conditions
=back
-=item Credits
+=back
-=item Author and Copyright Information
+=head2 perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook
=over 4
-=item Bundled Distributions
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Disclaimer
+arrays of arrays, hashes of arrays, arrays of hashes, hashes of hashes,
+more elaborate constructs
-=back
+=item REFERENCES
-=item Changes
+=item COMMON MISTAKES
-1/November/2000, 23/May/99, 13/April/99, 7/January/99, 22/June/98,
-24/April/97, 23/April/97, 25/March/97, 18/March/97, 17/March/97 Version,
-Initial Release: 11/March/97
+=item CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE
-=back
+=item WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS C<use strict>
-=head2 perlbook - Perl book information
+=item DEBUGGING
-=over 4
+=item CODE EXAMPLES
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ARRAYS OF ARRAYS
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax
+=item Declaration of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
-=over 4
+=item Generation of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Declarations
+=item HASHES OF ARRAYS
-=item Simple statements
+=over 4
-=item Compound statements
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF ARRAYS
-=item Loop Control
+=item Generation of a HASH OF ARRAYS
-=item For Loops
+=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF ARRAYS
-=item Foreach Loops
+=back
-=item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
+=item ARRAYS OF HASHES
-=item Goto
+=over 4
-=item PODs: Embedded Documentation
+=item Declaration of an ARRAY OF HASHES
-=item Plain Old Comments (Not!)
+=item Generation of an ARRAY OF HASHES
-=back
+=item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF HASHES
=back
-=head2 perldata - Perl data types
+=item HASHES OF HASHES
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES
-=over 4
+=item Generation of a HASH OF HASHES
-=item Variable names
+=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES
-=item Context
+=back
-=item Scalar values
+=item MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
-=item Scalar value constructors
+=over 4
-=item List value constructors
+=item Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
-=item Slices
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
-=item Typeglobs and Filehandles
+=item Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
=back
+=item Database Ties
+
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
+=head2 perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
+=item Declaration and Access of Arrays of Arrays
-=item The Arrow Operator
+=item Growing Your Own
-=item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
+=item Access and Printing
-=item Exponentiation
+=item Slices
-=item Symbolic Unary Operators
+=back
-=item Binding Operators
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Multiplicative Operators
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Additive Operators
+=back
-=item Shift Operators
+=head2 perlrequick - Perl regular expressions quick start
-=item Named Unary Operators
+=over 4
-=item Relational Operators
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Equality Operators
+=item The Guide
-=item Bitwise And
+=over 4
-=item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
+=item Simple word matching
-=item C-style Logical And
+=item Using character classes
-=item C-style Logical Or
+=item Matching this or that
-=item Range Operators
+=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
-=item Conditional Operator
+=item Extracting matches
-=item Assignment Operators
+=item Matching repetitions
-=item Comma Operator
+=item More matching
-=item List Operators (Rightward)
+=item Search and replace
-=item Logical Not
+=item The split operator
-=item Logical And
+=back
-=item Logical or and Exclusive Or
+=item BUGS
-=item C Operators Missing From Perl
+=item SEE ALSO
-unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item Quote and Quote-like Operators
+=over 4
-=item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
+=item Acknowledgments
-?PATTERN?, m/PATTERN/cgimosx, /PATTERN/cgimosx, q/STRING/, C<'STRING'>,
-qq/STRING/, "STRING", qr/STRING/imosx, qx/STRING/, `STRING`, qw/STRING/,
-s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/egimosx, tr/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds,
-y/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds, <<EOF
+=back
-=item Gory details of parsing quoted constructs
+=back
-Finding the end, Removal of backslashes before delimiters, Interpolation,
-C<<<'EOF'>, C<m''>, C<s'''>, C<tr///>, C<y///>, C<''>, C<q//>, C<"">,
-C<``>, C<qq//>, C<qx//>, C<< <file*glob> >>, C<?RE?>, C</RE/>, C<m/RE/>,
-C<s/RE/foo/>,, Interpolation of regular expressions, Optimization of
-regular expressions
+=head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial
-=item I/O Operators
+=over 4
-=item Constant Folding
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Bitwise String Operators
+=item Part 1: The basics
-=item Integer Arithmetic
+=over 4
-=item Floating-point Arithmetic
+=item Simple word matching
-=item Bigger Numbers
+=item Using character classes
-=back
+=item Matching this or that
+
+=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
+
+=item Extracting matches
+
+=item Matching repetitions
+
+=item Building a regexp
+
+=item Using regular expressions in Perl
=back
-=head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
+=item Part 2: Power tools
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item More on characters, strings, and character classes
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Compiling and saving regular expressions
-=over 4
+=item Embedding comments and modifiers in a regular expression
-=item Private Variables via my()
+=item Non-capturing groupings
-=item Persistent Private Variables
+=item Looking ahead and looking behind
-=item Temporary Values via local()
+=item Using independent subexpressions to prevent backtracking
-=item Lvalue subroutines
+=item Conditional expressions
-=item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
+=item A bit of magic: executing Perl code in a regular expression
-=item When to Still Use local()
+=item Pragmas and debugging
-=item Pass by Reference
+=back
-=item Prototypes
+=item BUGS
-=item Constant Functions
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Overriding Built-in Functions
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item Autoloading
+=over 4
-=item Subroutine Attributes
+=item Acknowledgments
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
-
=back
-=head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
+=head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Perl Functions by Category
+=item If we could talk to the animals...
-Functions for SCALARs or strings, Regular expressions and pattern matching,
-Numeric functions, Functions for real @ARRAYs, Functions for list data,
-Functions for real %HASHes, Input and output functions, Functions for fixed
-length data or records, Functions for filehandles, files, or directories,
-Keywords related to the control flow of your perl program, Keywords related
-to scoping, Miscellaneous functions, Functions for processes and process
-groups, Keywords related to perl modules, Keywords related to classes and
-object-orientedness, Low-level socket functions, System V interprocess
-communication functions, Fetching user and group info, Fetching network
-info, Time-related functions, Functions new in perl5, Functions obsoleted
-in perl5
+=item Introducing the method invocation arrow
-=item Portability
-
-=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
+=item Invoking a barnyard
-I<-X> FILEHANDLE, I<-X> EXPR, I<-X>, abs VALUE, abs, accept
-NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, alarm, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME,
-binmode FILEHANDLE, DISCIPLINE, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME,
-bless REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE,
-chomp( LIST ), chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop( LIST ), chop, chown LIST, chr
-NUMBER, chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot, close FILEHANDLE, close, closedir
-DIRHANDLE, connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, cos, crypt
-PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR,
-defined, delete EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR,
-dump LABEL, dump, each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval
-BLOCK, exec LIST, exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp,
-fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock
-FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE,
-getc, getlogin, getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority
-WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname
-NAME, getprotobyname NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname
-NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE,
-getprotobynumber NUMBER, getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent,
-gethostent, getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent,
-sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent
-STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent, endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent,
-endservent, getsockname SOCKET, getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR,
-glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL, goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep
-EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex, import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index
-STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join
-EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST, last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc,
-lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen
-SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR, lock THING, log EXPR, log,
-lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK LIST, map EXPR,LIST, mkdir FILENAME,MASK,
-mkdir FILENAME, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgrcv
-ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, my EXPR, my EXPR : ATTRIBUTES,
-next LABEL, next, no Module LIST, oct EXPR, oct, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open
-FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR,LIST, open
-FILEHANDLE,MODE,REFERENCE, open FILEHANDLE, opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord
-EXPR, ord, our EXPR, our EXPR : ATTRIBUTES, pack TEMPLATE,LIST, package
-NAMESPACE, package, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop ARRAY, pop, pos
-SCALAR, pos, print FILEHANDLE LIST, print LIST, print, printf FILEHANDLE
-FORMAT, LIST, printf FORMAT, LIST, prototype FUNCTION, push ARRAY,LIST,
-q/STRING/, qq/STRING/, qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, quotemeta EXPR,
-quotemeta, rand EXPR, rand, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read
-FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR,
-readlink, readpipe EXPR, recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo,
-ref EXPR, ref, rename OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR,
-require, reset EXPR, reset, return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir
-DIRHANDLE, rindex STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME,
-rmdir, s///, scalar EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir
-DIRHANDLE,POS, select FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT,
-semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send
-SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority
-WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY,
-shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE,
-shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep
-EXPR, sleep, sockatmark SOCKET, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL,
-socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort
-BLOCK LIST, sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice
-ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH, splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split
-/PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split /PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf
-FORMAT, LIST, sqrt EXPR, sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat FILEHANDLE, stat
-EXPR, stat, study SCALAR, study, sub BLOCK, sub NAME, sub NAME BLOCK,
-substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr
-EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
-FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread
-FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek
-FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite
-FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,
-syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie
-VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate
-FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR,
-ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack
-TEMPLATE,EXPR, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use Module VERSION LIST,
-use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use VERSION, utime LIST,
-values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn
-LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y///
+=item The extra parameter of method invocation
-=back
+=item Calling a second method to simplify things
-=back
+=item Inheriting the windpipes
-=head2 perlreftut - Mark's very short tutorial about references
+=item A few notes about @ISA
-=over 4
+=item Overriding the methods
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Starting the search from a different place
-=item Who Needs Complicated Data Structures?
+=item The SUPER way of doing things
-=item The Solution
+=item Where we're at so far...
-=item Syntax
+=item A horse is a horse, of course of course -- or is it?
-=over 4
+=item Invoking an instance method
-=item Making References
+=item Accessing the instance data
-=item Using References
+=item How to build a horse
-=back
+=item Inheriting the constructor
-=item An Example
+=item Making a method work with either classes or instances
-=item Arrow Rule
+=item Adding parameters to a method
-=item Solution
+=item More interesting instances
-=item The Rest
+=item A horse of a different color
=item Summary
-=item Credits
-
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Distribution Conditions
+=item SEE ALSO
-=back
+=item COPYRIGHT
=back
-=head2 perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook
+=head2 perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-arrays of arrays, hashes of arrays, arrays of hashes, hashes of hashes,
-more elaborate constructs
+=item Creating a Class
-=item REFERENCES
+=over 4
-=item COMMON MISTAKES
+=item Object Representation
-=item CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE
+=item Class Interface
-=item WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS C<use strict>
+=item Constructors and Instance Methods
-=item DEBUGGING
+=item Planning for the Future: Better Constructors
-=item CODE EXAMPLES
+=item Destructors
-=item ARRAYS OF ARRAYS
+=item Other Object Methods
+
+=back
+
+=item Class Data
=over 4
-=item Declaration of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item Accessing Class Data
-=item Generation of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item Debugging Methods
-=item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item Class Destructors
+
+=item Documenting the Interface
=back
-=item HASHES OF ARRAYS
+=item Aggregation
+
+=item Inheritance
=over 4
-=item Declaration of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+=item Overridden Methods
-=item Generation of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+=item Multiple Inheritance
-=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+=item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects
=back
-=item ARRAYS OF HASHES
+=item Alternate Object Representations
=over 4
-=item Declaration of an ARRAY OF HASHES
-
-=item Generation of an ARRAY OF HASHES
+=item Arrays as Objects
-=item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF HASHES
+=item Closures as Objects
=back
-=item HASHES OF HASHES
+=item AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods
=over 4
-=item Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES
-
-=item Generation of a HASH OF HASHES
+=item Autoloaded Data Methods
-=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES
+=item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods
=back
-=item MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
+=item Metaclassical Tools
=over 4
-=item Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
-
-=item Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
+=item Class::Struct
-=item Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
+=item Data Members as Variables
=back
-=item Database Ties
+=item NOTES
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Object Terminology
=back
-=head2 perlrequick - Perl regular expressions quick start
-
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item The Guide
+=item COPYRIGHT
=over 4
-=item Simple word matching
-
-=item Using character classes
+=item Acknowledgments
-=item Matching this or that
+=back
-=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
+=back
-=item Extracting matches
+=head2 perltooc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl
-=item Matching repetitions
+=over 4
-=item More matching
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Search and replace
+=item Class Data in a Can
-=item The split operator
+=item Class Data as Package Variables
-=back
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Inheritance Concerns
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item The Eponymous Meta-Object
-=over 4
+=item Indirect References to Class Data
-=item Acknowledgments
+=item Monadic Classes
-=back
+=item Translucent Attributes
=back
-=head2 perlpod - the Plain Old Documentation format
-
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Class Data as Lexical Variables
=over 4
-=item Ordinary Paragraph
-
-=item Verbatim Paragraph
+=item Privacy and Responsibility
-=item Command Paragraph
+=item File-Scoped Lexicals
-C<=head1 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head2 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head3 I<Heading
-Text>>, C<=head4 I<Heading Text>>, C<=over I<indentlevel>>, C<=item
-I<stuff...>>, C<=back>, C<=cut>, C<=pod>, C<=begin I<formatname>>, C<=end
-I<formatname>>, C<=for I<formatname> I<text...>>
+=item More Inheritance Concerns
-=item Formatting Codes
+=item Locking the Door and Throwing Away the Key
-C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
-C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
-C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- used
-for filenames, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text contains non-breaking spaces,
-C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a null
-(zero-effect) formatting code
+=item Translucency Revisited
-=item The Intent
+=back
-=item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
+=item NOTES
-=item Hints for Writing Pod
+=item SEE ALSO
-=back
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=head2 perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and
-notes
+=head2 perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Pod Definitions
+=item OO SCALING TIPS
-=item Pod Commands
+=item INSTANCE VARIABLES
-"=head1", "=head2", "=head3", "=head4", "=pod", "=cut", "=over", "=item",
-"=back", "=begin formatname", "=end formatname", "=for formatname text..."
+=item SCALAR INSTANCE VARIABLES
-=item Pod Formatting Codes
+=item INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE
-C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
-C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- style for
-filenames, C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a
-null (zero-effect) formatting code, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
-C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text
-contains non-breaking spaces
+=item OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS
-=item Notes on Implementing Pod Processors
+=item OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS
-=item About LE<lt>...E<gt> Codes
+=item USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM
-First:, Second:, Third:, Fourth:, Fifth:, Sixth:
+=item THINKING OF CODE REUSE
-=item About =over...=back Regions
+=item CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT
-=item About Data Paragraphs and "=begin/=end" Regions
+=item INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item DELEGATION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
=back
-=head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary
+=head2 perlcheat - Perl 5 Cheat Sheet
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Awk Traps
+=item The sheet
-=item C Traps
+=back
-=item Sed Traps
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-=item Shell Traps
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Awk Traps
+
+=item C/C++ Traps
+
+=item Sed Traps
+
+=item Shell Traps
=item Perl Traps
Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular
Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression,
-Regular Expression
+Regular Expression, Regular Expression
=item Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps
=back
-=head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
-
-=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<-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_ENCODING, PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port), SYS$LOGIN (specific to
-the VMS port)
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-accept() on closed socket %s, Allocation too large: %lx, '!' allowed only
-after types %s, Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or
-use &, Ambiguous range in transliteration operator, Ambiguous use of %s
-resolved as %s, '|' and '<' may not both be specified on command line, '|'
-and '>' may not both be specified on command line, Applying %s to %s will
-act on scalar(%s), Args must match #! line, Arg too short for msgsnd, %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, Argument "%s" isn't
-numeric%s, Array @%s missing the @ in argument %d of %s(), assertion
-botched: %s, Assertion failed: file "%s", Assignment to both a list and a
-scalar, Attempt to access disallowed key '%s' in a fixed hash, Attempt to
-clear a fixed hash, Attempt to delete readonly key '%s' from a fixed hash,
-Attempt to delete disallowed key '%s' from a fixed hash, Attempt to bless
-into a reference, Attempt to free non-arena SV: 0x%lx, Attempt to free
-nonexistent shared string, Attempt to free temp prematurely, Attempt to
-free unreferenced glob pointers, Attempt to free unreferenced scalar,
-Attempt to join self, Attempt to pack pointer to temporary value, Attempt
-to use reference as lvalue in substr, Bad arg length for %s, is %d, should
-be %s, Bad evalled substitution pattern, Bad filehandle: %s, Bad free()
-ignored, Bad hash, Bad index while coercing array into hash, Badly placed
-()'s, Bad name after %s::, Bad realloc() ignored, Bad symbol for array, Bad
-symbol for filehandle, Bad symbol for hash, Bareword found in conditional,
-Bareword "%s" not allowed while "strict subs" in use, Bareword "%s" refers
-to nonexistent package, BEGIN failed--compilation aborted, BEGIN not safe
-after errors--compilation aborted, \1 better written as $1, Binary number >
-0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, bind() on closed socket
-%s, binmode() on closed filehandle %s, Bit vector size > 32 non-portable,
-Bizarre copy of %s in %s, B<-P> not allowed for setuid/setgid script,
-Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Callback called exit, %s() called
-too early to check prototype, / cannot take a count, Can't bless
-non-reference value, Can't call method "%s" in empty package "%s", Can't
-call method "%s" on an undefined value, Can't call method "%s" on unblessed
-reference, Can't call method "%s" without a package or object reference,
-Can't chdir to %s, Can't check filesystem of script "%s" for nosuid, Can't
-coerce array into hash, Can't coerce %s to integer in %s, Can't coerce %s
-to number in %s, Can't coerce %s to string in %s, Can't create pipe
-mailbox, Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s", Can't declare %s in
-"%s", Can't do inplace edit: %s is not a regular file, Can't do inplace
-edit on %s: %s, Can't do inplace edit without backup, Can't do inplace
-edit: %s would not be unique, Can't do {n,m} with n > m in regex; marked by
-<-- HERE in m/%s/, Can't do setegid!, Can't do seteuid!, Can't do setuid,
-Can't do waitpid with flags, Can't emulate -%s on #! line, Can't exec "%s":
-%s, Can't exec %s, Can't execute %s, Can't find an opnumber for "%s", Can't
-find %s character property "%s", Can't find label %s, Can't find %s on
-PATH, Can't find %s on PATH, '.' not in PATH, Can't find string terminator
-%s anywhere before EOF, Can't find %s property definition %s, Can't fork,
-Can't get filespec - stale stat buffer?, Can't get pipe mailbox device
-name, Can't get SYSGEN parameter value for MAXBUF, Can't "goto" into the
-middle of a foreach loop, Can't "goto" out of a pseudo block, Can't goto
-subroutine from an eval-string, Can't goto subroutine outside a subroutine,
-Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default, Can't "last" outside a loop
-block, Can't localize lexical variable %s, Can't localize pseudo-hash
-element, Can't localize through a reference, Can't locate file %s, Can't
-locate auto/%s.al in @INC, Can't locate object method "%s" via package
-"%s", (perhaps you forgot to load "%s"?), Can't locate package %s for
-@%s::ISA, Can't make list assignment to \%ENV on this system, Can't modify
-%s in %s, Can't modify nonexistent substring, Can't modify non-lvalue
-subroutine call, Can't msgrcv to read-only var, Can't "next" outside a loop
-block, Can't open %s: %s, Can't open bidirectional pipe, Can't open error
-file %s as stderr, Can't open input file %s as stdin, Can't open output
-file %s as stdout, Can't open output pipe (name: %s), Can't open perl
-script%s: %s, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't redefine active sort
-subroutine %s, Can't "redo" outside a loop block, Can't remove %s: %s,
-skipping file, Can't rename %s to %s: %s, skipping file, Can't reopen input
-pipe (name: %s) in binary mode, Can't resolve method `%s' overloading `%s'
-in package `%s', Can't reswap uid and euid, Can't return %s from lvalue
-subroutine, Can't return %s to lvalue scalar context, Can't return outside
-a subroutine, Can't stat script "%s", Can't swap uid and euid, Can't take
-log of %g, Can't take sqrt of %g, Can't undef active subroutine, Can't
-unshift, Can't upgrade that kind of scalar, Can't upgrade to undef, Can't
-use an undefined value as %s reference, Can't use anonymous symbol table
-for method lookup, Can't use bareword ("%s") as %s ref while "strict refs"
-in use, Can't use %! because Errno.pm is not available, Can't use %s for
-loop variable, Can't use global %s in "my", Can't use "my %s" in sort
-comparison, Can't use %s ref as %s ref, Can't use string ("%s") as %s ref
-while "strict refs" in use, Can't use subscript on %s, Can't use \%c to
-mean $%c in expression, Can't weaken a nonreference, Can't x= to read-only
-value, Character in "C" format wrapped, Character in "c" format wrapped,
-close() on unopened filehandle %s, %s: Command not found, Compilation
-failed in require, Complex regular subexpression recursion limit (%d)
-exceeded, connect() on closed socket %s, Constant(%s)%s: %s, Constant is
-not %s reference, Constant subroutine %s redefined, Constant subroutine %s
-undefined, Copy method did not return a reference, CORE::%s is not a
-keyword, corrupted regexp pointers, corrupted regexp program, Corrupt
-malloc ptr 0x%lx at 0x%lx, C<-p> destination: %s, C<-T> and C<-B> not
-implemented on filehandles, Deep recursion on subroutine "%s",
-defined(@array) is deprecated, defined(%hash) is deprecated, %s defines
-neither package nor VERSION--version check failed, Delimiter for here
-document is too long, Did not produce a valid header, %s did not return a
-true value, (Did you mean &%s instead?), (Did you mean "local" instead of
-"our"?), (Did you mean $ or @ instead of %?), Died, Document contains no
-data, %s does not define %s::VERSION--version check failed, Don't know how
-to handle magic of type '%s', do_study: out of memory, (Do you need to
-predeclare %s?), dump() better written as CORE::dump(), Duplicate free()
-ignored, elseif should be elsif, Empty %s, entering effective %s failed,
-Error converting file specification %s, %s: Eval-group in insecure regular
-expression, %s: Eval-group not allowed at run time, %s: Eval-group not
-allowed, use re 'eval', Excessively long <> operator, exec? I'm not *that*
-kind of operating system, Execution of %s aborted due to compilation
-errors, Exiting eval via %s, Exiting format via %s, Exiting pseudo-block
-via %s, Exiting subroutine via %s, Exiting substitution via %s, Explicit
-blessing to '' (assuming package main), %s: Expression syntax, %s
-failed--call queue aborted, False [] range "%s" in regex; marked by <--
-HERE in m/%s/, Fatal VMS error at %s, line %d, fcntl is not implemented,
-Filehandle %s opened only for input, Filehandle %s opened only for output,
-Final $ should be \$ or $name, Final @ should be \@ or @name, flock() on
-closed filehandle %s, Quantifier follows nothing in regex;, Format not
-terminated, Format %s redefined, Found = in conditional, should be ==, %s
-found where operator expected, gdbm store returned %d, errno %d, key "%s",
-gethostent not implemented, get%sname() on closed socket %s, getpwnam
-returned invalid UIC %#o for user "%s", getsockopt() on closed socket %s,
-Global symbol "%s" requires explicit package name, glob failed (%s), Glob
-not terminated, Got an error from DosAllocMem, goto must have label,
-%s-group starts with a count, %s had compilation errors, Had to create %s
-unexpectedly, Hash %%s missing the % in argument %d of %s(), %s has too
-many errors, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable, Identifier too
-long, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
-character %s (carriage return), Illegal character in prototype for %s : %s,
-Illegal division by zero, Illegal hexadecimal digit %s ignored, Illegal
-modulus zero, Illegal number of bits in vec, Illegal octal digit %s,
-Illegal octal digit %s ignored, Illegal switch in PERL5OPT: %s, Ill-formed
-CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter: |%s|, (in
-cleanup) %s, In EBCDIC the v-string components cannot exceed 2147483647,
-Insecure dependency in %s, Insecure directory in %s, Insecure $ENV{%s}
-while running %s, Integer overflow in %s number, Internal disaster in
-regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/, Internal inconsistency in tracking
-vforks, Internal urp in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/, %s (...)
-interpreted as function, Invalid %s attribute: %s, Invalid %s attributes:
-%s, Invalid conversion in %s: "%s", Invalid [] range "%s" in regex; marked
-by <-- HERE in m/%s/, Invalid [] range "%s" in transliteration operator,
-Invalid separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid type in pack:
-'%s', Invalid type in unpack: '%s', ioctl is not implemented, ioctl() on
-unopened %s, IO::Socket::atmark not implemented on this architecture, `%s'
-is not a code reference, `%s' is not an overloadable type, junk on end of
-regexp, Label not found for "last %s", Label not found for "next %s", Label
-not found for "redo %s", leaving effective %s failed, listen() on closed
-socket %s, lstat() on filehandle %s, Lvalue subs returning %s not
-implemented yet, Lookbehind longer than %d not implemented in regex;,
-Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX, Malformed prototype for %s: %s, Malformed UTF-8
-character (%s), Malformed UTF-16 surrogate, %s matches null string many
-times in regex;, "%s" may clash with future reserved word, % may only be
-used in unpack, Method for operation %s not found in package %s during
-blessing, Method %s not permitted, Might be a runaway multi-line %s string
-starting on line %d, Misplaced _ in number, Missing %sbrace%s on \N{},
-Missing comma after first argument to %s function, Missing command in piped
-open, Missing name in "my sub", Missing $ on loop variable, (Missing
-operator before %s?), Missing right brace on %s, Missing right curly or
-square bracket, (Missing semicolon on previous line?), Modification of a
-read-only value attempted, Modification of non-creatable array value
-attempted, %s, Modification of non-creatable hash value attempted, %s,
-Module name must be constant, Module name required with -%c option, More
-than one argument to open, msg%s not implemented, Multidimensional syntax
-%s not supported, / must be followed by a*, A* or Z*, / must be followed by
-a, A or Z, / must follow a numeric type, "my sub" not yet implemented, "my"
-variable %s can't be in a package, Name "%s::%s" used only once: possible
-typo, Negative length, Negative offset to vec in lvalue context, Nested
-quantifiers in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/, %s never introduced, No
-%s allowed while running setuid, No B<-e> allowed in setuid scripts, No
-comma allowed after %s, No command into which to pipe on command line, No
-DB::DB routine defined, No dbm on this machine, No DBsub routine, No error
-file after 2> or 2>> on command line, No input file after < on command
-line, No #! line, "no" not allowed in expression, No output file after > on
-command line, No output file after > or >> on command line, No package name
-allowed for variable %s in "our", No Perl script found in input, No
-setregid available, No setreuid available, No space allowed after -%c, No
-%s specified for -%c, No such class %s, No such pipe open, No such
-pseudo-hash field "%s", No such pseudo-hash field "%s" in variable %s of
-type %s, No such signal: SIG%s, Not a CODE reference, Not a format
-reference, Not a GLOB reference, Not a HASH reference, Not an ARRAY
-reference, Not a perl script, Not a SCALAR reference, Not a subroutine
-reference, Not a subroutine reference in overload table, Not enough
-arguments for %s, Not enough format arguments, %s: not found, %s not
-allowed in length fields, no UTC offset information; assuming local time is
-UTC, Null filename used, NULL OP IN RUN, Null picture in formline, Null
-realloc, NULL regexp argument, NULL regexp parameter, Number too long,
-Octal number in vector unsupported, Octal number > 037777777777
-non-portable, Odd number of arguments for overload::constant, Odd number of
-elements in anonymous hash, Odd number of elements in hash assignment,
-Offset outside string, -%s on unopened filehandle %s, %s() on unopened %s,
-oops: oopsAV, oops: oopsHV, Operation `%s': no method found, %s, Operator
-or semicolon missing before %s, "our" variable %s redeclared, Out of
-memory!, Out of memory during "large" request for %s, Out of memory during
-request for %s, Out of memory during ridiculously large request, Out of
-memory for yacc stack, @ outside of string, %s package attribute may clash
-with future reserved word: %s, page overflow, panic: %s, panic: ck_grep,
-panic: ck_split, panic: corrupt saved stack index, panic: del_backref,
-panic: die %s, panic: pp_match%s, panic: do_subst, panic: do_trans_%s,
-panic: frexp, panic: goto, panic: INTERPCASEMOD, panic: INTERPCONCAT,
-panic: kid popen errno read, panic: last, panic: leave_scope clearsv,
-panic: leave_scope inconsistency, panic: magic_killbackrefs, panic: malloc,
-panic: mapstart, panic: null array, panic: pad_alloc, panic: pad_free
-curpad, panic: pad_free po, panic: pad_reset curpad, panic: pad_sv po,
-panic: pad_swipe curpad, panic: pad_swipe po, panic: pp_iter, panic:
-pp_split, panic: realloc, panic: restartop, panic: return, panic: scan_num,
-panic: sv_insert, panic: top_env, panic: yylex, panic: utf16_to_utf8: odd
-bytelen, Parentheses missing around "%s" list, Perl %s required--this is
-only version %s, stopped, PERL_SH_DIR too long, perl: warning: Setting
-locale failed, perlio: argument list not closed for layer "%s", perlio:
-invalid separator character %s in attribute list, perlio: unknown layer
-"%s", Permission denied, pid %x not a child, P must have an explicit size,
-POSIX syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes in regex;, POSIX syntax
-[. .] is reserved for future extensions in regex;, POSIX syntax [= =] is
-reserved for future extensions in regex;, POSIX class [:%s:] unknown in
-regex;, POSIX getpgrp can't take an argument, Possible attempt to put
-comments in qw() list, Possible attempt to separate words with commas,
-Possible memory corruption: %s overflowed 3rd argument, Possible unintended
-interpolation of %s in string, Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is
-deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS" instead, Precedence problem: open %s
-should be open(%s), Premature end of script headers, printf() on closed
-filehandle %s, print() on closed filehandle %s, Process terminated by
-SIG%s, Prototype mismatch: %s vs %s, Prototype not terminated, Quantifier
-in {,} bigger than %d in regex;, Quantifier unexpected on zero-length
-expression;, Range iterator outside integer range, readline() on closed
-filehandle %s, Reallocation too large: %lx, realloc() of freed memory
-ignored, Recompile perl with B<-D>DEBUGGING to use B<-D> switch, Recursive
-inheritance detected in package '%s', Recursive inheritance detected while
-looking for method %s, Reference found where even-sized list expected,
-Reference is already weak, Reference miscount in sv_replace(), Reference to
-nonexistent group in regex;, regexp memory corruption, Regexp out of space,
-Repeat count in pack overflows, Repeat count in unpack overflows, Reversed
-%s= operator, Runaway format, Scalar value @%s[%s] better written as
-$%s[%s], Scalar value @%s{%s} better written as $%s{%s}, Scalars leaked:
-%d, Script is not setuid/setgid in suidperl, Search pattern not terminated,
-%sseek() on unopened filehandle, select not implemented, Self-ties of
-arrays and hashes are not supported, Semicolon seems to be missing,
-semi-panic: attempt to dup freed string, sem%s not implemented, send() on
-closed socket %s, Sequence (? incomplete in regex; marked by <-- HERE in
-m/%s/, Sequence (?{...}) not terminated or not {}-balanced in regex;,
-Sequence (?%s...) not implemented in regex;, Sequence (?%s...) not
-recognized in regex;, Sequence (?#... not terminated in regex;, 500 Server
-error, Server error, setegid() not implemented, seteuid() not implemented,
-setpgrp can't take arguments, setrgid() not implemented, setruid() not
-implemented, setsockopt() on closed socket %s, Setuid/gid script is
-writable by world, shm%s not implemented, <> should be quotes, /%s/ should
-probably be written as "%s", shutdown() on closed socket %s, SIG%s handler
-"%s" not defined, sort is now a reserved word, Sort subroutine didn't
-return a numeric value, Sort subroutine didn't return single value,
-splice() offset past end of array, Split loop, Statement unlikely to be
-reached, stat() on unopened filehandle %s, Stub found while resolving
-method `%s' overloading %s, Subroutine %s redefined, Substitution loop,
-Substitution pattern not terminated, Substitution replacement not
-terminated, substr outside of string, suidperl is no longer needed since
-%s, Switch (?(condition)... contains too many branches in regex;, Switch
-condition not recognized in regex;, switching effective %s is not
-implemented, syntax error, syntax error at line %d: `%s' unexpected, syntax
-error in file %s at line %d, next 2 tokens "%s", %s syntax OK, System V %s
-is not implemented on this machine, syswrite() on closed filehandle %s,
-Target of goto is too deeply nested, tell() on unopened filehandle, That
-use of $[ is unsupported, The crypt() function is unimplemented due to
-excessive paranoia, The %s function is unimplemented, The stat preceding %s
-wasn't an lstat, This Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This
-Perl can't set CRTL environ elements (%s=%s), times not implemented, Too
-few args to syscall, Too late for "B<-T>" option, Too late for "-%s"
-option, Too late to run %s block, Too many args to syscall, Too many
-arguments for %s, Too many )'s, Too many ('s, Trailing \ in regex m/%s/,
-Transliteration pattern not terminated, Transliteration replacement not
-terminated, truncate not implemented, Type of arg %d to %s must be %s (not
-%s), umask not implemented, Unable to create sub named "%s", Unbalanced
-context: %d more PUSHes than POPs, Unbalanced saves: %d more saves than
-restores, Unbalanced scopes: %d more ENTERs than LEAVEs, Unbalanced tmps:
-%d more allocs than frees, Undefined format "%s" called, Undefined sort
-subroutine "%s" called, Undefined subroutine &%s called, Undefined
-subroutine called, Undefined subroutine in sort, Undefined top format "%s"
-called, Undefined value assigned to typeglob, %s: Undefined variable,
-unexec of %s into %s failed!, Unicode character %s is illegal, Unknown
-BYTEORDER, Unknown "re" subpragma '%s' (known ones are: %s), Unknown switch
-condition (?(%.2s in regex;, Unknown open() mode '%s', Unknown process %x
-sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unknown warnings category '%s',
-unmatched [ in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/, unmatched ( in regex;
-marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/, Unmatched right %s bracket, Unquoted string
-"%s" may clash with future reserved word, Unrecognized character %s, /%s/:
-Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class passed through, Unrecognized
-escape \\%c passed through in regex;, Unrecognized escape \\%c passed
-through, Unrecognized signal name "%s", Unrecognized switch: -%s (-h will
-show valid options), Unsuccessful %s on filename containing newline,
-Unsupported directory function "%s" called, Unsupported function %s,
-Unsupported function fork, Unsupported script encoding, Unsupported socket
-function "%s" called, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute
-parameter in attribute list, Unterminated compressed integer, Unterminated
-<> operator, untie attempted while %d inner references still exist, Useless
-(?%s) - use /%s modifier in regex;, Useless (?-%s) - don't use /%s modifier
-in regex;, Useless use of %s in void context, Useless use of "re" pragma,
-Useless use of sort in scalar context, Useless use of %s with no values,
-"use" not allowed in expression, Use of bare << to mean <<"" is deprecated,
-Use of *glob{FILEHANDLE} is deprecated, Use of chdir('') or chdir(undef) as
-chdir() deprecated, Use of implicit split to @_ is deprecated, Use of
-inherited AUTOLOAD for non-method %s() is deprecated, Use of -l on
-filehandle %s, Use of "package" with no arguments is deprecated, Use of %s
-in printf format not supported, Use of $* is deprecated, Use of %s is
-deprecated, Use of $# is deprecated, Use of reference "%s" as array index,
-Use of reserved word "%s" is deprecated, Use of tainted arguments in %s is
-deprecated, Use of uninitialized value%s, Using a hash as a reference is
-deprecated, Using an array as a reference is deprecated, UTF-16 surrogate
-%s, Value of %s can be "0"; test with defined(), Value of CLI symbol "%s"
-too long, Variable "%s" is not imported%s, "%s" variable %s masks earlier
-declaration in same %s, Variable "%s" may be unavailable, Variable syntax,
-Variable "%s" will not stay shared, Variable length lookbehind not
-implemented in regex;, Version number must be a constant number, v-string
-in use/require is non-portable, Warning: something's wrong, Warning: unable
-to close filehandle %s properly, Warning: Use of "%s" without parentheses
-is ambiguous, Wide character in %s, write() on closed filehandle %s, X
-outside of string, x outside of string, Xsub "%s" called in sort, Xsub
-called in sort, YOU HAVEN'T DISABLED SET-ID SCRIPTS IN THE KERNEL YET!, You
-need to quote "%s"
-
-=back
-
-=head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings
-
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Default Warnings and Optional Warnings
-
-=item What's wrong with B<-w> and C<$^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
=back
-=head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
+=head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2003/01/31
+17:37:17 $)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item The Perl Debugger
-
=over 4
-=item Debugger Commands
-
-h, h [command], h h, p expr, x [maxdepth] expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars],
-T, s [expr], n [expr], r, <CR>, c [line|sub], l, l min+incr, l min-max, l
-line, l subname, -, v [line], f filename, /pattern/, ?pattern?, L [abw], S
-[[!]regex], t, t expr, b, b [line] [condition], b subname [condition], b
-postpone subname [condition], b load filename, b compile subname, B line, B
-*, a [line] command, A line, A *, w expr, W expr, W *, o, o booloption ..,
-o anyoption? .., o option=value .., < ?, < [ command ], << command, > ?, >
-command, >> command, { ?, { [ command ], {{ command, ! number, ! -number, !
-pattern, !! cmd, @ file, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m
-expr, M, man [manpage]
-
-=item Configurable Options
+=item Where to get the perlfaq
-C<recallCommand>, C<ShellBang>, C<pager>, C<tkRunning>, C<signalLevel>,
-C<warnLevel>, C<dieLevel>, C<AutoTrace>, C<LineInfo>, C<inhibit_exit>,
-C<PrintRet>, C<ornaments>, C<frame>, C<maxTraceLen>, C<windowSize>,
-C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<dumpDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>,
-C<globPrint>, C<DumpDBFiles>, C<DumpPackages>, C<DumpReused>, C<quote>,
-C<HighBit>, C<undefPrint>, C<UsageOnly>, C<TTY>, C<noTTY>, C<ReadLine>,
-C<NonStop>
+=item How to contribute to the perlfaq
-=item Debugger input/output
+=item What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the
+authors
-Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame
-listing
+=back
-=item Debugging compile-time statements
+=item Credits
-=item Debugger Customization
+=item Author and Copyright Information
-=item Readline Support
+=over 4
-=item Editor Support for Debugging
+=item Bundled Distributions
-=item The Perl Profiler
+=item Disclaimer
=back
-=item Debugging regular expressions
+=item Table of Contents
-=item Debugging memory usage
+perlfaq - this document, perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl, perlfaq2
+- Obtaining and Learning about Perl, perlfaq3 - Programming Tools, perlfaq4
+- Data Manipulation, perlfaq5 - Files and Formats, perlfaq6 - Regular
+Expressions, perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues, perlfaq8 - System
+Interaction, perlfaq9 - Networking
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item The Questions
-=item BUGS
+=over 4
-=back
+=item L<perlfaq1>: General Questions About Perl
-=head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
+=item L<perlfaq2>: Obtaining and Learning about Perl
-=over 4
+=item L<perlfaq3>: Programming Tools
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item L<perlfaq4>: Data Manipulation
-=over 4
+=item L<perlfaq5>: Files and Formats
-=item Predefined Names
+=item L<perlfaq6>: Regular Expressions
-$ARG, $_, $a, $b, $<I<digits>>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $',
-$LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, $^N, @LAST_MATCH_END, @+, $MULTILINE_MATCHING, $*,
-HANDLE->input_line_number(EXPR), $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER, $NR, $,
-IO::Handle->input_record_separator(EXPR), $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $RS, $/,
-HANDLE->autoflush(EXPR), $OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH, $|,
-IO::Handle->output_field_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR, $OFS, $,,
-IO::Handle->output_record_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $ORS,
-$\, $LIST_SEPARATOR, $", $SUBSCRIPT_SEPARATOR, $SUBSEP, $;, $OFMT, $#,
-HANDLE->format_page_number(EXPR), $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER, $%,
-HANDLE->format_lines_per_page(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE, $=,
-HANDLE->format_lines_left(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_LEFT, $-, @LAST_MATCH_START,
-@-, C<$`> is the same as C<substr($var, 0, $-[0])>, C<$&> is the same as
-C<substr($var, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0])>, C<$'> is the same as C<substr($var,
-$+[0])>, C<$1> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1])>, C<$2>
-is the same as C<substr($var, $-[2], $+[2] - $-[2])>, C<$3> is the same as
-C<substr $var, $-[3], $+[3] - $-[3])>, HANDLE->format_name(EXPR),
-$FORMAT_NAME, $~, HANDLE->format_top_name(EXPR), $FORMAT_TOP_NAME, $^,
-IO::Handle->format_line_break_characters EXPR,
-$FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS, $:, IO::Handle->format_formfeed EXPR,
-$FORMAT_FORMFEED, $^L, $ACCUMULATOR, $^A, $CHILD_ERROR, $?, ${^ENCODING},
-$OS_ERROR, $ERRNO, $!, $EXTENDED_OS_ERROR, $^E, $EVAL_ERROR, $@,
-$PROCESS_ID, $PID, $$, $REAL_USER_ID, $UID, $<, $EFFECTIVE_USER_ID, $EUID,
-$>, $REAL_GROUP_ID, $GID, $(, $EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID, $EGID, $),
-$PROGRAM_NAME, $0, $[, $], $COMPILING, $^C, $DEBUGGING, $^D,
-$SYSTEM_FD_MAX, $^F, $^H, %^H, $INPLACE_EDIT, $^I, $^M, $OSNAME, $^O,
-${^OPEN}, $PERLDB, $^P, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80,
-0x100, 0x200, $LAST_REGEXP_CODE_RESULT, $^R, $EXCEPTIONS_BEING_CAUGHT, $^S,
-$BASETIME, $^T, ${^TAINT}, $PERL_VERSION, $^V, $WARNING, $^W,
-${^WARNING_BITS}, ${^WIDE_SYSTEM_CALLS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X, ARGV,
-$ARGV, @ARGV, @F, @INC, @_, %INC, %ENV, $ENV{expr}, %SIG, $SIG{expr}
+=item L<perlfaq7>: General Perl Language Issues
-=item Error Indicators
+=item L<perlfaq8>: System Interaction
-=item Technical Note on the Syntax of Variable Names
+=item L<perlfaq9>: Networking
=back
-=item BUGS
-
=back
-=head2 perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl
+=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.12 $, $Date:
+2003/07/09 15:47:28 $)
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Declaration and Access of Arrays of Arrays
+=item What is Perl?
-=item Growing Your Own
+=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
-=item Access and Printing
+=item Which version of Perl should I use?
-=item Slices
+=item What are perl4 and perl5?
-=back
+=item What is Ponie?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item What is perl6?
-=item AUTHOR
+=item How stable is Perl?
-=back
+=item Is Perl difficult to learn?
-=head2 perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl
+=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
+Scheme, or Tcl?
-=over 4
+=item Can I do [task] in Perl?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
-=item Open E<agrave> la shell
+=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
-=over 4
+=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
-=item Simple Opens
+=item What is a JAPH?
-=item Pipe Opens
+=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
-=item The Minus File
+=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
+5/5.6.1/Perl instead of some other language?
-=item Mixing Reads and Writes
+=back
-=item Filters
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
=back
-=item Open E<agrave> la C
+=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.20 $,
+$Date: 2003/01/26 17:50:56 $)
=over 4
-=item Permissions E<agrave> la mode
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-=item Obscure Open Tricks
+=item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
-=over 4
+=item How can I get a binary version of Perl?
-=item Re-Opening Files (dups)
+=item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
-=item Dispelling the Dweomer
+=item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts
+don't work.
-=item Paths as Opens
+=item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic
+loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
-=item Single Argument Open
+=item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
+What does CPAN/src/... mean?
-=item Playing with STDIN and STDOUT
+=item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?
-=back
+=item Where can I get information on Perl?
-=item Other I/O Issues
+=item What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?
-=over 4
+=item Where should I post source code?
-=item Opening Non-File Files
+=item Perl Books
-=item Binary Files
+References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics
-=item File Locking
+=item Perl in Magazines
-=back
+=item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item What mailing lists are there for Perl?
-=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
+=item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
-=item HISTORY
+=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? cpan.org?
=back
-=head2 perlpacktut - tutorial on C<pack> and C<unpack>
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.33 $, $Date: 2003/01/31
+17:34:56 $)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item The Basic Principle
+=over 4
-=item Packing Text
+=item How do I do (anything)?
-=item Packing Numbers
+=item How can I use Perl interactively?
-=over 4
+=item Is there a Perl shell?
-=item Integers
+=item How do I find which modules are installed on my system?
-=item Unpacking a Stack Frame
+=item How do I debug my Perl programs?
-=item How to Eat an Egg on a Net
+=item How do I profile my Perl programs?
-=item Floating point Numbers
+=item How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
-=back
+=item Is there a pretty-printer (formatter) for Perl?
-=item Exotic Templates
+=item Is there a ctags for Perl?
-=over 4
+=item Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor?
-=item Bit Strings
+Komodo, The Object System, Open Perl IDE, PerlBuilder, visiPerl+, OptiPerl,
+GNU Emacs, MicroEMACS, XEmacs, Jed, Elvis, Vile, Vim, Codewright,
+MultiEdit, SlickEdit, Bash, Ksh, Tcsh, Zsh, BBEdit and BBEdit Lite, Alpha
-=item Uuencoding
+=item Where can I get Perl macros for vi?
-=item Doing Sums
+=item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs?
-=item Unicode
+=item How can I use curses with Perl?
-=item Another Portable Binary Encoding
+=item How can I use X or Tk with Perl?
-=back
+=item How can I generate simple menus without using CGI or Tk?
-=item Lengths and Widths
+=item How can I make my Perl program run faster?
-=over 4
+=item How can I make my Perl program take less memory?
-=item String Lengths
+Don't slurp!, Use map and grep selectively, Avoid unnecessary quotes and
+stringification, Pass by reference, Tie large variables to disk
-=item Dynamic Templates
+=item Is it safe to return a reference to local or lexical data?
-=back
+=item How can I free an array or hash so my program shrinks?
-=item Packing and Unpacking C Structures
+=item How can I make my CGI script more efficient?
-=over 4
+=item How can I hide the source for my Perl program?
-=item The Alignment Pit
+=item How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
-=item Alignment, Take 2
+=item How can I compile Perl into Java?
-=item Alignment, Take 3
+=item How can I get C<#!perl> to work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?
-=item Pointers for How to Use Them
+=item Can I write useful Perl programs on the command line?
-=back
+=item Why don't Perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?
-=item Pack Recipes
+=item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
-=item Funnies Section
+=item Where can I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
-=item Authors
+=item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]
+
+=item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in
+my C program; what am I doing wrong?
+
+=item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean?
+
+=item What's MakeMaker?
=back
-=head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.44 $, $Date: 2003/07/28
+17:35:21 $)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Part 1: The basics
+=item Data: Numbers
=over 4
-=item Simple word matching
+=item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
+numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
-=item Using character classes
+=item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
-=item Matching this or that
+=item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()?
+Trig functions?
-=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
+=item How do I convert between numeric representations?
-=item Extracting matches
+How do I convert hexadecimal into decimal, How do I convert from decimal to
+hexadecimal, How do I convert from octal to decimal, How do I convert from
+decimal to octal, How do I convert from binary to decimal, How do I convert
+from decimal to binary
-=item Matching repetitions
+=item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?
-=item Building a regexp
+=item How do I multiply matrices?
-=item Using regular expressions in Perl
+=item How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
-=back
+=item How can I output Roman numerals?
-=item Part 2: Power tools
+=item Why aren't my random numbers random?
-=over 4
+=item How do I get a random number between X and Y?
-=item More on characters, strings, and character classes
+=back
-=item Compiling and saving regular expressions
+=item Data: Dates
-=item Embedding comments and modifiers in a regular expression
+=over 4
-=item Non-capturing groupings
+=item How do I find the day or week of the year?
-=item Looking ahead and looking behind
+=item How can I compare two dates and find the difference?
-=item Using independent subexpressions to prevent backtracking
+=item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
-=item Conditional expressions
+=item How can I find the Julian Day?
-=item A bit of magic: executing Perl code in a regular expression
+=item How do I find yesterday's date?
-=item Pragmas and debugging
+=item Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?
=back
-=item BUGS
-
-=item SEE ALSO
-
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Data: Strings
=over 4
-=item Acknowledgments
-
-=back
+=item How do I validate input?
-=back
+=item How do I unescape a string?
-=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
+=item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
-=over 4
+=item How do I expand function calls in a string?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
-i, m, s, x
+=item How do I reverse a string?
-=over 4
+=item How do I expand tabs in a string?
-=item Regular Expressions
+=item How do I reformat a paragraph?
-[1], [2], [3], cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
+=item How can I access or change N characters of a string?
-=item Extended Patterns
+=item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
-C<(?#text)>, C<(?imsx-imsx)>, C<(?:pattern)>, C<(?imsx-imsx:pattern)>,
-C<(?=pattern)>, C<(?!pattern)>, C<(?<=pattern)>, C<(?<!pattern)>, C<(?{
-code })>, C<(??{ code })>, C<< (?>pattern) >>,
-C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>, C<(?(condition)yes-pattern)>
+=item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
+string?
-=item Backtracking
+=item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
-=item Version 8 Regular Expressions
+=item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
+[character]?
-=item Warning on \1 vs $1
+=item How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?
-=item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
+=item How do I pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?
-=item Combining pieces together
+=item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
-C<ST>, C<S|T>, C<S{REPEAT_COUNT}>, C<S{min,max}>, C<S{min,max}?>, C<S?>,
-C<S*>, C<S+>, C<S??>, C<S*?>, C<S+?>, C<< (?>S) >>, C<(?=S)>, C<(?<=S)>,
-C<(?!S)>, C<(?<!S)>, C<(??{ EXPR })>,
-C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>
+=item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
-=item Creating custom RE engines
+=item How can I expand variables in text strings?
-=back
+=item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
-=item BUGS
+=item Why don't my E<lt>E<lt>HERE documents work?
-=item SEE ALSO
+There must be no space after the E<lt>E<lt> part, There (probably) should
+be a semicolon at the end, You can't (easily) have any space in front of
+the tag
=back
-=head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
+=item Data: Arrays
=over 4
-=item NOTE
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item What is the difference between a list and an array?
-=over 4
+=item What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?
-=item Making References
+=item How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array?
-=item Using References
+a), b), c), d), e)
-=item Symbolic references
+=item How can I tell whether a certain element is contained in a list or
+array?
-=item Not-so-symbolic references
+=item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
+intersection of two arrays?
-=item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
+=item How do I test whether two arrays or hashes are equal?
-=item Function Templates
+=item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
-=back
+=item How do I handle linked lists?
-=item WARNING
+=item How do I handle circular lists?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
-=back
+=item How do I process/modify each element of an array?
-=head2 perlform - Perl formats
+=item How do I select a random element from an array?
-=over 4
+=item How do I permute N elements of a list?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
-=over 4
+=item How do I manipulate arrays of bits?
-=item Format Variables
+=item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
=back
-=item NOTES
+=item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
=over 4
-=item Footers
+=item How do I process an entire hash?
-=item Accessing Formatting Internals
+=item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
+it?
-=back
+=item How do I look up a hash element by value?
-=item WARNINGS
+=item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
-=back
+=item How do I sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
-=head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial
+=item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
-=over 4
+=item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
-=over 4
+=item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
-=item If we could talk to the animals...
+=item How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
-=item Introducing the method invocation arrow
+=item How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
-=item Invoking a barnyard
+=item How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?
-=item The extra parameter of method invocation
+=item Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create
+it?
-=item Calling a second method to simplify things
+=item How can I make the Perl equivalent of a C structure/C++ class/hash or
+array of hashes or arrays?
-=item Inheriting the windpipes
+=item How can I use a reference as a hash key?
-=item A few notes about @ISA
+=back
-=item Overriding the methods
+=item Data: Misc
-=item Starting the search from a different place
+=over 4
-=item The SUPER way of doing things
+=item How do I handle binary data correctly?
-=item Where we're at so far...
+=item How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?
-=item A horse is a horse, of course of course -- or is it?
+=item How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
-=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 How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?
-=item More interesting instances
+=item How do I define methods for every class/object?
-=item A horse of a different color
+=item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
-=item Summary
+=item How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
-
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
=back
-=head2 perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl
+=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.28 $, $Date: 2003/01/26
+17:45:46 $)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Creating a Class
-
=over 4
-=item Object Representation
+=item How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this?
-=item Class Interface
+=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 Constructors and Instance Methods
+=item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
-=item Planning for the Future: Better Constructors
+=item How can I use Perl's C<-i> option from within a program?
-=item Destructors
+=item How do I make a temporary file name?
-=item Other Object Methods
+=item How can I manipulate fixed-record-length files?
-=back
+=item How can I make a filehandle local to a subroutine? How do I pass
+filehandles between subroutines? How do I make an array of filehandles?
-=item Class Data
+=item How can I use a filehandle indirectly?
-=over 4
+=item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
-=item Accessing Class Data
+=item How can I write() into a string?
-=item Debugging Methods
+=item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
-=item Class Destructors
+=item How can I translate tildes (~) in a filename?
-=item Documenting the Interface
+=item How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?
-=back
+=item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use
+E<lt>*E<gt>?
-=item Aggregation
+=item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
-=item Inheritance
+=item How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing blanks?
-=over 4
+=item How can I reliably rename a file?
-=item Overridden Methods
+=item How can I lock a file?
-=item Multiple Inheritance
+=item Why can't I just open(FH, "E<gt>file.lock")?
-=item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects
+=item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in
+the file. How can I do this?
-=back
+=item All I want to do is append a small amount of text to the end of a
+file. Do I still have to use locking?
-=item Alternate Object Representations
+=item How do I randomly update a binary file?
-=over 4
+=item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
-=item Arrays as Objects
+=item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
-=item Closures as Objects
+=item How do I print to more than one file at once?
-=back
+=item How can I read in an entire file all at once?
-=item AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods
+=item How can I read in a file by paragraphs?
-=over 4
+=item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
-=item Autoloaded Data Methods
+=item How can I tell whether there's a character waiting on a filehandle?
-=item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods
+=item How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl?
-=back
+=item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
-=item Metaclassical Tools
+=item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
-=over 4
+=item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? Why doesn't
+`C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
-=item Class::Struct
+=item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
-=item Data Members as Variables
+=item Why does Perl let me delete read-only files? Why does C<-i> clobber
+protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl?
-=back
+=item How do I select a random line from a file?
-=item NOTES
+=item Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Object Terminology
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=head2 perlfaq6 - Regular Expressions ($Revision: 1.20 $, $Date: 2003/01/03
+20:05:28 $)
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=over 4
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Acknowledgments
-
-=back
+=item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
+and unmaintainable code?
-=back
+Comments Outside the Regex, Comments Inside the Regex, Different Delimiters
-=head2 perltooc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl
+=item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
-=over 4
+=item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
+different lines?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
-=item Class Data in a Can
+=item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS while preserving
+case on the RHS?
-=item Class Data as Package Variables
+=item How can I make C<\w> match national character sets?
-=over 4
+=item How can I match a locale-smart version of C</[a-zA-Z]/>?
-=item Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket
+=item How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?
-=item Inheritance Concerns
+=item What is C</o> really for?
-=item The Eponymous Meta-Object
+=item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
+file?
-=item Indirect References to Class Data
+=item Can I use Perl regular expressions to match balanced text?
-=item Monadic Classes
+=item What does it mean that regexes are greedy? How can I get around it?
-=item Translucent Attributes
+=item How do I process each word on each line?
-=back
+=item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
-=item Class Data as Lexical Variables
+=item How can I do approximate matching?
-=over 4
+=item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
-=item Privacy and Responsibility
+=item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
-=item File-Scoped Lexicals
+=item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
-=item More Inheritance Concerns
+=item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
-=item Locking the Door and Throwing Away the Key
+=item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
-=item Translucency Revisited
+=item What's wrong with using grep or map in a void context?
-=back
+=item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
-=item NOTES
+=item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=back
=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-
-=item HISTORY
-
=back
-=head2 perlobj - Perl objects
+=head2 perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date:
+2003/07/24 02:17:21 $)
=over 4
=over 4
-=item An Object is Simply a Reference
+=item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
-=item A Class is Simply a Package
+=item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
+use them?
-=item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
+=item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
+commas?
-=item Method Invocation
+=item How do I skip some return values?
-=item Indirect Object Syntax
+=item How do I temporarily block warnings?
-=item Default UNIVERSAL methods
+=item What's an extension?
-isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+=item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
-=item Destructors
+=item How do I declare/create a structure?
-=item Summary
+=item How do I create a module?
-=item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
+=item How do I create a class?
-=back
+=item How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item What's a closure?
-=back
+=item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
-=head2 perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)
+=item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
+Regex}?
-=over 4
+Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexes,
+Passing Methods
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I create a static variable?
-=item OO SCALING TIPS
+=item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping?
+Between local() and my()?
-=item INSTANCE VARIABLES
+=item How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical
+is in scope?
-=item SCALAR INSTANCE VARIABLES
+=item What's the difference between deep and shallow binding?
-=item INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE
+=item Why doesn't "my($foo) = E<lt>FILEE<gt>;" work right?
-=item OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS
+=item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method?
-=item OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS
+=item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
-=item USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM
+=item How do I create a switch or case statement?
-=item THINKING OF CODE REUSE
+=item How can I catch accesses to undefined variables, functions, or
+methods?
-=item CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT
+=item Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
-=item INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR
+=item How can I find out my current package?
-=item DELEGATION
+=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?
+
+=item What does "bad interpreter" mean?
=back
-=head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=over 4
+=back
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.17 $, $Date: 2003/01/26
+17:44:04 $)
+
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Tying Scalars
+=item How do I find out which operating system I'm running under?
-TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, UNTIE this,
-DESTROY this
+=item How come exec() doesn't return?
-=item Tying Arrays
+=item How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?
-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
+Keyboard, Screen, Mouse
-=item Tying Hashes
+=item How do I print something out in color?
-USER, HOME, CLOBBER, LIST, TIEHASH classname, LIST, FETCH this, key, STORE
-this, key, value, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, EXISTS this, key, FIRSTKEY
-this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, UNTIE this, DESTROY this
+=item How do I read just one key without waiting for a return key?
-=item Tying FileHandles
+=item How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard?
-TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this,
-LIST, READ this, LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, UNTIE this,
-DESTROY this
+=item How do I clear the screen?
-=item UNTIE this
+=item How do I get the screen size?
-=item The C<untie> Gotcha
+=item How do I ask the user for a password?
-=back
+=item How do I read and write the serial port?
-=item SEE ALSO
+lockfiles, open mode, end of line, flushing output, non-blocking input
-=item BUGS
+=item How do I decode encrypted password files?
-=item AUTHOR
+=item How do I start a process in the background?
-=back
+STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR are shared, Signals, Zombies
-=head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
-safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
+=item How do I trap control characters/signals?
-=over 4
+=item How do I modify the shadow password file on a Unix system?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I set the time and date?
-=item Signals
+=item How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second?
-=item Named Pipes
+=item How can I measure time under a second?
-=over 4
+=item How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling)
-=item WARNING
+=item Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? What
+does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean?
-=back
+=item How can I call my system's unique C functions from Perl?
-=item Using open() for IPC
+=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 Filehandles
+=item How can I open a pipe both to and from a command?
-=item Background Processes
+=item Why can't I get the output of a command with system()?
-=item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
+=item How can I capture STDERR from an external command?
-=item Safe Pipe Opens
+=item Why doesn't open() return an error when a pipe open fails?
-=item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
+=item What's wrong with using backticks in a void context?
-=item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself
+=item How can I call backticks without shell processing?
-=back
+=item Why can't my script read from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix,
+^Z on MS-DOS)?
-=item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
+=item How can I convert my shell script to perl?
-=over 4
+=item Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session?
-=item Internet Line Terminators
+=item How can I write expect in Perl?
-=item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
+=item Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as
+"ps"?
-=item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
+=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?
-=back
+Unix
-=item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
+=item How do I close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to
+complete?
-=over 4
+=item How do I fork a daemon process?
-=item A Simple Client
+=item How do I find out if I'm running interactively or not?
-C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
+=item How do I timeout a slow event?
-=item A Webget Client
+=item How do I set CPU limits?
-=item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
+=item How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system?
-=back
+=item How do I use an SQL database?
-=item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
+=item How do I make a system() exit on control-C?
-Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
+=item How do I open a file without blocking?
-=item UDP: Message Passing
+=item How do I install a module from CPAN?
-=item SysV IPC
+=item What's the difference between require and use?
-=item NOTES
+=item How do I keep my own module/library directory?
-=item BUGS
+=item How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library
+search path?
-=item AUTHOR
+=item How do I add a directory to my include path at runtime?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item What is socket.ph and where do I get it?
=back
-=head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation (EXPERIMENTAL, subject to change)
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=over 4
+=back
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date: 2003/01/31 17:36:57
+$)
+
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes
+=item What is the correct form of response from a CGI script?
-$$ 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 My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500
+Server Error)
-=item Resource limits
+=item How can I get better error messages from a CGI program?
-=item Killing the parent process
+=item How do I remove HTML from a string?
-=item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes
+=item How do I extract URLs?
-=item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS
+=item How do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a
+file on another machine?
-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 How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?
-=back
+=item How do I fetch an HTML file?
-=item BUGS
+=item How do I automate an HTML form submission?
-=item AUTHOR
+=item How do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How do I redirect to another page?
-=back
+=item How do I put a password on my web pages?
-=head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
+=item How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?
-=over 4
+=item How do I make sure users can't enter values into a form that cause my
+CGI script to do bad things?
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item How do I parse a mail header?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I decode a CGI form?
-=item Storing numbers
+=item How do I check a valid mail address?
-=item Numeric operators and numeric conversions
+=item How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string?
-=item Flavors of Perl numeric operations
+=item How do I return the user's mail address?
-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 How do I send mail?
-=item AUTHOR
+=item How do I use MIME to make an attachment to a mail message?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How do I read mail?
-=back
+=item How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address?
-=head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl
+=item How do I fetch a news article or the active newsgroups?
-=over 4
+=item How do I fetch/put an FTP file?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How can I do RPC in Perl?
=back
-=head2 perlothrtut - old tutorial on threads in Perl
-
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item What Is A Thread Anyway?
+=back
-=item Threaded Program Models
+=head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax
=over 4
-=item Boss/Worker
-
-=item Work Crew
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Pipeline
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Declarations
-=item Native threads
+=item Comments
-=item What kind of threads are perl threads?
+=item Simple Statements
-=item Threadsafe Modules
+=item Compound Statements
-=item Thread Basics
+=item Loop Control
-=over 4
+=item For Loops
-=item Basic Thread Support
+=item Foreach Loops
-=item Creating Threads
+=item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
-=item Giving up control
+=item Goto
-=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
+=item PODs: Embedded Documentation
-=item Errors In Threads
+=item Plain Old Comments (Not!)
-=item Ignoring A Thread
+=back
=back
-=item Threads And Data
+=head2 perldata - Perl data types
=over 4
-=item Shared And Unshared Data
-
-=item Thread Pitfall: Races
-
-=item Controlling access: lock()
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
+=over 4
-=item Queues: Passing Data Around
+=item Variable names
-=back
+=item Context
-=item Threads And Code
+=item Scalar values
-=over 4
+=item Scalar value constructors
-=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
+=item List value constructors
-Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
+=item Subscripts
-=item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines
+=item Slices
-=item Subroutine Locks
+=item Typeglobs and Filehandles
-=item Methods
+=back
-=item Locking A Subroutine
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item General Thread Utility Routines
+=head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
=over 4
-=item What Thread Am I In?
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Thread IDs
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Are These Threads The Same?
+=over 4
-=item What Threads Are Running?
+=item Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
-=back
+=item The Arrow Operator
-=item A Complete Example
+=item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
-=item Conclusion
+=item Exponentiation
-=item Bibliography
+=item Symbolic Unary Operators
-=over 4
+=item Binding Operators
-=item Introductory Texts
+=item Multiplicative Operators
-=item OS-Related References
+=item Additive Operators
-=item Other References
+=item Shift Operators
-=back
+=item Named Unary Operators
-=item Acknowledgements
+=item Relational Operators
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Equality Operators
-=item Copyrights
+=item Bitwise And
-=back
+=item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
-=head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl
+=item C-style Logical And
-=over 4
+=item C-style Logical Or
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item C-style Logical Defined-Or
-Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is>
-portable
+=item Range Operators
-=item ISSUES
+=item Conditional Operator
-=over 4
+=item Assignment Operators
-=item Newlines
+=item Comma Operator
-=item Numbers endianness and Width
+=item List Operators (Rightward)
-=item Files and Filesystems
+=item Logical Not
-=item System Interaction
+=item Logical And
-=item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
+=item Logical or, Defined or, and Exclusive Or
-=item External Subroutines (XS)
+=item C Operators Missing From Perl
-=item Standard Modules
+unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
-=item Time and Date
+=item Quote and Quote-like Operators
-=item Character sets and character encoding
+=item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
-=item Internationalisation
+?PATTERN?, m/PATTERN/cgimosx, /PATTERN/cgimosx, q/STRING/, C<'STRING'>,
+qq/STRING/, "STRING", qr/STRING/imosx, qx/STRING/, `STRING`, qw/STRING/,
+s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/egimosx, tr/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds,
+y/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds, <<EOF
-=item System Resources
+=item Gory details of parsing quoted constructs
-=item Security
+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 Style
+=item I/O Operators
-=back
+=item Constant Folding
-=item CPAN Testers
+=item Bitwise String Operators
-Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
-http://testers.cpan.org/
+=item Integer Arithmetic
-=item PLATFORMS
+=item Floating-point Arithmetic
+
+=item Bigger Numbers
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
=over 4
-=item Unix
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DOS and Derivatives
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item S<Mac OS>
+=over 4
-=item VMS
+=item Private Variables via my()
-=item VOS
+=item Persistent Private Variables
-=item EBCDIC Platforms
+=item Temporary Values via local()
-=item Acorn RISC OS
+=item Lvalue subroutines
-=item Other perls
+Lvalue subroutines are EXPERIMENTAL
-=back
+=item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
-=item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
+=item When to Still Use local()
-=over 4
+=item Pass by Reference
-=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
+=item Prototypes
--I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, alarm SECONDS, alarm, binmode
-FILEHANDLE, chmod LIST, chown LIST, chroot FILENAME, chroot, crypt
-PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MODE, dump LABEL, exec
-LIST, exit EXPR, exit, fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, flock
-FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, getlogin, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority
-WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, getgrnam NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getpwuid UID,
-getgrgid GID, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER,
-getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostent, getnetent,
-getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent
-STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent,
-endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockopt
-SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, ioctl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR,
-kill SIGNAL, LIST, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, lstat FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR,
-lstat, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, msgrcv
-ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE, pipe
-READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, readlink EXPR, readlink, select
-RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget
-KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, setgrent, setpgrp PID,PGRP,
-setpriority WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setpwent, setsockopt
-SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS,
-shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, sockatmark SOCKET,
-socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, stat FILEHANDLE, stat
-EXPR, stat, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
-FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, system LIST, times, truncate
-FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, umask EXPR, umask, utime LIST,
-wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS
+=item Constant Functions
-=back
+=item Overriding Built-in Functions
-=item CHANGES
+=item Autoloading
-v1.48, 02 February 2001, v1.47, 22 March 2000, v1.46, 12 February 2000,
-v1.45, 20 December 1999, v1.44, 19 July 1999, v1.43, 24 May 1999, v1.42, 22
-May 1999, v1.41, 19 May 1999, v1.40, 11 April 1999, v1.39, 11 February
-1999, v1.38, 31 December 1998, v1.37, 19 December 1998, v1.36, 9 September
-1998, v1.35, 13 August 1998, v1.33, 06 August 1998, v1.32, 05 August 1998,
-v1.30, 03 August 1998, v1.23, 10 July 1998
+=item Subroutine Attributes
-=item Supported Platforms
+=back
=item SEE ALSO
-=item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
-
=back
-=head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
-localization)
+=head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
-
-=item USING LOCALES
-
=over 4
-=item The use locale pragma
-
-=item The setlocale function
+=item Perl Functions by Category
-=item Finding locales
+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 LOCALE PROBLEMS
+=item Portability
-=item Temporarily fixing locale problems
+=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
-=item Permanently fixing locale problems
+-I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, abs VALUE, abs, accept
+NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, alarm, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME,
+binmode FILEHANDLE, LAYER, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME, bless
+REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE, chomp(
+LIST ), chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop( LIST ), chop, chown LIST, chr NUMBER,
+chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot, close FILEHANDLE, close, closedir DIRHANDLE,
+connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, cos, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT,
+dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR, defined, delete
+EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR, dump LABEL, dump,
+each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval BLOCK, exec LIST,
+exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp, fcntl
+FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION,
+fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE, getc, getlogin,
+getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam
+NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getprotobyname
+NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr
+ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER,
+getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostent, getnetent,
+getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent
+STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent,
+endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockname SOCKET,
+getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL,
+goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex,
+import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl
+FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST,
+last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc, lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length,
+link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR,
+lock THING, log EXPR, log, lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK LIST, map
+EXPR,LIST, mkdir FILENAME,MASK, mkdir FILENAME, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget
+KEY,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, my EXPR, my
+TYPE EXPR, my EXPR : ATTRS, my TYPE EXPR : ATTRS, next LABEL, next, no
+Module VERSION LIST, no Module VERSION, no Module LIST, no Module, oct
+EXPR, oct, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR, open
+FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR,LIST, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,REFERENCE, open FILEHANDLE,
+opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord EXPR, ord, our EXPR, our EXPR TYPE, our EXPR :
+ATTRS, our TYPE EXPR : ATTRS, pack TEMPLATE,LIST, package NAMESPACE,
+package, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop ARRAY, pop, pos SCALAR, pos,
+print FILEHANDLE LIST, print LIST, print, printf FILEHANDLE FORMAT, LIST,
+printf FORMAT, LIST, prototype FUNCTION, push ARRAY,LIST, q/STRING/,
+qq/STRING/, qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, quotemeta EXPR, quotemeta,
+rand EXPR, rand, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR,
+readlink, readpipe EXPR, recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo,
+ref EXPR, ref, rename OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR,
+require, reset EXPR, reset, return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir
+DIRHANDLE, rindex STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME,
+rmdir, s///, scalar EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir
+DIRHANDLE,POS, select FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT,
+semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send
+SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority
+WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY,
+shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE,
+shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep
+EXPR, sleep, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, socketpair
+SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort BLOCK LIST,
+sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,
+splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split /PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split
+/PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf FORMAT, LIST, format
+parameter index, flags, vector flag, (minimum) width, precision, or maximum
+width, size, order of arguments, sqrt EXPR, sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat
+FILEHANDLE, stat EXPR, stat, study SCALAR, study, sub NAME BLOCK, sub NAME
+(PROTO) BLOCK, sub NAME : ATTRS BLOCK, sub NAME (PROTO) : ATTRS BLOCK,
+substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr
+EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
+FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek
+FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,
+syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie
+VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate
+FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR,
+ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack
+TEMPLATE,EXPR, unpack TEMPLATE, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use
+Module VERSION LIST, use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use
+VERSION, utime LIST, values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid
+PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y///
-=item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
+=back
-=item Fixing system locale configuration
+=back
-=item The localeconv function
+=head2 perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl
-=item I18N::Langinfo
+=over 4
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item LOCALE CATEGORIES
+=item Open E<agrave> la shell
=over 4
-=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
+=item Simple Opens
-=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
+=item Indirect Filehandles
-=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
+=item Pipe Opens
-=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
+=item The Minus File
-=item LC_TIME
+=item Mixing Reads and Writes
-=item Other categories
+=item Filters
=back
-=item SECURITY
-
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=item Open E<agrave> la C
-PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
-LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
+=over 4
-=item NOTES
+=item Permissions E<agrave> la mode
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Backward compatibility
+=item Obscure Open Tricks
-=item I18N:Collate obsolete
+=over 4
-=item Sort speed and memory use impacts
+=item Re-Opening Files (dups)
-=item write() and LC_NUMERIC
+=item Dispelling the Dweomer
-=item Freely available locale definitions
+=item Paths as Opens
-=item I18n and l10n
+=item Single Argument Open
-=item An imperfect standard
+=item Playing with STDIN and STDOUT
=back
-=item Unicode and UTF-8
-
-=item BUGS
+=item Other I/O Issues
=over 4
-=item Broken systems
+=item Opening Non-File Files
-=back
+=item Opening Named Pipes
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Opening Sockets
-=item HISTORY
+=item Binary Files
-=back
+=item File Locking
-=head2 perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction
+=item IO Layers
-=over 4
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
-=over 4
+=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
-=item Unicode
+=item HISTORY
-=item Perl's Unicode Support
+=back
-=item Perl's Unicode Model
+=head2 perlpacktut - tutorial on C<pack> and C<unpack>
-=item Unicode and EBCDIC
+=over 4
-=item Creating Unicode
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Handling Unicode
+=item The Basic Principle
-=item Legacy Encodings
+=item Packing Text
-=item Unicode I/O
+=item Packing Numbers
-=item Displaying Unicode As Text
+=over 4
-=item Special Cases
+=item Integers
-=item Advanced Topics
+=item Unpacking a Stack Frame
-=item Miscellaneous
+=item How to Eat an Egg on a Net
-=item Questions With Answers
+=item Floating point Numbers
-, , , , , ,
+=back
-=item Hexadecimal Notation
+=item Exotic Templates
-=item Further Resources
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Bit Strings
-=item UNICODE IN OLDER PERLS
+=item Uuencoding
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Doing Sums
-=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+=item Unicode
-=item AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT, AND LICENSE
+=item Another Portable Binary Encoding
=back
-=head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
-
-=over 4
+=item Template Grouping
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Lengths and Widths
=over 4
-=item Important Caveats
-
-Input and Output Disciplines, Regular Expressions, C<use utf8> still needed
-to enable UTF-8/UTF-EBCDIC in scripts
-
-=item Byte and Character semantics
-
-=item Effects of character semantics
+=item String Lengths
-=item Scripts
+=item Dynamic Templates
-=item Blocks
+=item Counting Repetitions
-=item Character encodings for input and output
+=back
-=item Unicode Regular Expression Support Level
+=item Packing and Unpacking C Structures
-=item Unicode Encodings
+=over 4
-=item Security Implications of Malformed UTF-8
+=item The Alignment Pit
-=item Unicode in Perl on EBCDIC
+=item Alignment, Take 2
-=item Locales
+=item Alignment, Take 3
-=item Using Unicode in XS
+=item Pointers for How to Use Them
=back
-=item BUGS
+=item Pack Recipes
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Funnies Section
+
+=item Authors
=back
-=head2 perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
+=head2 perlpod - the Plain Old Documentation format
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item COMMON CHARACTER CODE SETS
-
=over 4
-=item ASCII
+=item Ordinary Paragraph
-=item ISO 8859
+=item Verbatim Paragraph
-=item Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1)
+=item Command Paragraph
-=item EBCDIC
+C<=head1 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head2 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head3 I<Heading
+Text>>, C<=head4 I<Heading Text>>, C<=over I<indentlevel>>, C<=item
+I<stuff...>>, C<=back>, C<=cut>, C<=pod>, C<=begin I<formatname>>, C<=end
+I<formatname>>, C<=for I<formatname> I<text...>>
-=item 13 variant characters
+=item Formatting Codes
-=item 0037
+C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
+C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
+C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- used
+for filenames, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text contains non-breaking spaces,
+C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a null
+(zero-effect) formatting code
-=item 1047
+=item The Intent
-=item POSIX-BC
+=item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
-=item Unicode code points versus EBCDIC code points
+=item Hints for Writing Pod
-=item Remaining Perl Unicode problems in EBCDIC
+=back
-=item Unicode and UTF
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Using Encode
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item SINGLE OCTET TABLES
+=head2 perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and
+notes
-recipe 0, recipe 1, recipe 2, recipe 3, recipe 4, recipe 5, recipe 6
+=over 4
-=item IDENTIFYING CHARACTER CODE SETS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item CONVERSIONS
+=item Pod Definitions
-=over 4
+=item Pod Commands
-=item tr///
+"=head1", "=head2", "=head3", "=head4", "=pod", "=cut", "=over", "=item",
+"=back", "=begin formatname", "=end formatname", "=for formatname text..."
-=item iconv
+=item Pod Formatting Codes
-=item C RTL
+C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
+C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- style for
+filenames, C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a
+null (zero-effect) formatting code, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
+C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text
+contains non-breaking spaces
-=back
+=item Notes on Implementing Pod Processors
-=item OPERATOR DIFFERENCES
+=item About LE<lt>...E<gt> Codes
-=item FUNCTION DIFFERENCES
+First:, Second:, Third:, Fourth:, Fifth:, Sixth:
-chr(), ord(), pack(), print(), printf(), sort(), sprintf(), unpack()
+=item About =over...=back Regions
-=item REGULAR EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES
+=item About Data Paragraphs and "=begin/=end" Regions
-=item SOCKETS
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item SORTING
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
=over 4
-=item Ignore ASCII vs. EBCDIC sort differences.
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item MONO CASE then sort data.
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Convert, sort data, then re convert.
+=over 4
-=item Perform sorting on one type of machine only.
+=item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems
-=back
+OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS
-=item TRANSFORMATION FORMATS
+=item Location of Perl
-=over 4
+=item Command Switches
-=item URL decoding and encoding
+B<-0>[I<octal/hexadecimal>], B<-A [I<assertions>]>, B<-a>, B<-C
+[I<number/list>]>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-d:>I<foo[=bar,baz]>, B<-D>I<letters>,
+B<-D>I<number>, B<-e> I<commandline>, B<-F>I<pattern>, B<-h>,
+B<-i>[I<extension>], B<-I>I<directory>, B<-l>[I<octnum>],
+B<-m>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<'module ...'>,
+B<-[mM]>[B<->]I<module=arg[,arg]...>, B<-n>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-s>, B<-S>,
+B<-t>, B<-T>, B<-u>, B<-U>, B<-v>, B<-V>, B<-V:>I<name>, B<-w>, B<-W>,
+B<-X>, B<-x> I<directory>
-=item uu encoding and decoding
+=back
-=item Quoted-Printable encoding and decoding
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-=item Caesarian ciphers
+HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5OPT, PERLIO, :bytes, :crlf, :mmap,
+:perlio, :pop, :raw, :stdio, :unix, :utf8, :win32, PERLIO_DEBUG, PERLLIB,
+PERL5DB, PERL5SHELL (specific to the Win32 port), PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS,
+PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL, PERL_ENCODING, PERL_HASH_SEED, PERL_HASH_SEED_DEBUG,
+PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port), PERL_SIGNALS, PERL_UNICODE, SYS$LOGIN
+(specific to the VMS port)
=back
-=item Hashing order and checksums
+=head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
-=item I18N AND L10N
+=over 4
-=item MULTI OCTET CHARACTER SETS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OS ISSUES
+=back
+
+=head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings
=over 4
-=item OS/400
+=item DESCRIPTION
-IFS access
+=over 4
-=item OS/390, z/OS
+=item Default Warnings and Optional Warnings
-chcp, dataset access, OS/390, z/OS iconv, locales
+=item What's wrong with B<-w> and C<$^W>
-=item VM/ESA?
+=item Controlling Warnings from the Command Line
-=item POSIX-BC?
+B<-w>, B<-W>, B<-X>
-=back
+=item Backward Compatibility
-=item BUGS
+=item Category Hierarchy
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Fatal Warnings
-=item REFERENCES
+=item Reporting Warnings from a Module
-=item HISTORY
+=back
+
+=item TODO
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlsec - Perl security
+=head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The Perl Debugger
+
=over 4
-=item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
+=item Debugger Commands
-=item Switches On the "#!" Line
+h, h [command], h h, p expr, x [maxdepth] expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], y
+[level [vars]], T, s [expr], n [expr], r, <CR>, c [line|sub], l, l
+min+incr, l min-max, l line, l subname, -, v [line], f filename, /pattern/,
+?pattern?, L [abw], S [[!]regex], t, t expr, b, b [line] [condition], b
+subname [condition], b postpone subname [condition], b load filename, b
+compile subname, B line, B *, a [line] command, A line, A *, w expr, W
+expr, W *, o, o booloption .., o anyoption? .., o option=value .., < ?, < [
+command ], < *, << command, > ?, > command, > *, >> command, { ?, { [
+command ], { *, {{ command, ! number, ! -number, ! pattern, !! cmd, source
+file, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, M, man
+[manpage]
-=item Cleaning Up Your Path
+=item Configurable Options
-=item Security Bugs
+C<recallCommand>, C<ShellBang>, C<pager>, C<tkRunning>, C<signalLevel>,
+C<warnLevel>, C<dieLevel>, C<AutoTrace>, C<LineInfo>, C<inhibit_exit>,
+C<PrintRet>, C<ornaments>, C<frame>, C<maxTraceLen>, C<windowSize>,
+C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<dumpDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>,
+C<globPrint>, C<DumpDBFiles>, C<DumpPackages>, C<DumpReused>, C<quote>,
+C<HighBit>, C<undefPrint>, C<UsageOnly>, C<TTY>, C<noTTY>, C<ReadLine>,
+C<NonStop>
-=item Protecting Your Programs
+=item Debugger input/output
+
+Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame
+listing
+
+=item Debugging compile-time statements
+
+=item Debugger Customization
+
+=item Readline Support
+
+=item Editor Support for Debugging
+
+=item The Perl Profiler
=back
+=item Debugging regular expressions
+
+=item Debugging memory usage
+
=item SEE ALSO
+=item BUGS
+
=back
-=head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
+=head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Packages
-
-=item Symbol Tables
+=item Predefined Names
-=item Package Constructors and Destructors
-
-=item Perl Classes
+$ARG, $_, $a, $b, $<I<digits>>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $',
+$LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, $^N, @LAST_MATCH_END, @+,
+HANDLE->input_line_number(EXPR), $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER, $NR, $,
+IO::Handle->input_record_separator(EXPR), $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $RS, $/,
+HANDLE->autoflush(EXPR), $OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH, $|,
+IO::Handle->output_field_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR, $OFS, $,,
+IO::Handle->output_record_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $ORS,
+$\, $LIST_SEPARATOR, $", $SUBSCRIPT_SEPARATOR, $SUBSEP, $;, $OFMT, $#,
+HANDLE->format_page_number(EXPR), $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER, $%,
+HANDLE->format_lines_per_page(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE, $=,
+HANDLE->format_lines_left(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_LEFT, $-, @LAST_MATCH_START,
+@-, C<$`> is the same as C<substr($var, 0, $-[0])>, C<$&> is the same as
+C<substr($var, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0])>, C<$'> is the same as C<substr($var,
+$+[0])>, C<$1> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1])>, C<$2>
+is the same as C<substr($var, $-[2], $+[2] - $-[2])>, C<$3> is the same as
+C<substr $var, $-[3], $+[3] - $-[3])>, HANDLE->format_name(EXPR),
+$FORMAT_NAME, $~, HANDLE->format_top_name(EXPR), $FORMAT_TOP_NAME, $^,
+IO::Handle->format_line_break_characters EXPR,
+$FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS, $:, IO::Handle->format_formfeed EXPR,
+$FORMAT_FORMFEED, $^L, $ACCUMULATOR, $^A, $CHILD_ERROR, $?, ${^ENCODING},
+$OS_ERROR, $ERRNO, $!, %!, $EXTENDED_OS_ERROR, $^E, $EVAL_ERROR, $@,
+$PROCESS_ID, $PID, $$, $REAL_USER_ID, $UID, $<, $EFFECTIVE_USER_ID, $EUID,
+$>, $REAL_GROUP_ID, $GID, $(, $EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID, $EGID, $),
+$PROGRAM_NAME, $0, $[, $], $COMPILING, $^C, $DEBUGGING, $^D,
+$SYSTEM_FD_MAX, $^F, $^H, %^H, $INPLACE_EDIT, $^I, $^M, $OSNAME, $^O,
+${^OPEN}, $PERLDB, $^P, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80,
+0x100, 0x200, 0x400, $LAST_REGEXP_CODE_RESULT, $^R,
+$EXCEPTIONS_BEING_CAUGHT, $^S, $BASETIME, $^T, ${^TAINT}, ${^UNICODE},
+$PERL_VERSION, $^V, $WARNING, $^W, ${^WARNING_BITS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X,
+ARGV, $ARGV, @ARGV, ARGVOUT, @F, @INC, @_, %INC, %ENV, $ENV{expr}, %SIG,
+$SIG{expr}
-=item Perl Modules
+=item Error Indicators
-=item Making your module threadsafe
+=item Technical Note on the Syntax of Variable Names
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item BUGS
=back
-=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
+=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+i, m, s, x
+
=over 4
-=item PREAMBLE
+=item Regular Expressions
-B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
-module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
+[1], [2], [3], cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
-=back
+=item Extended Patterns
-=item PORTABILITY
+C<(?#text)>, C<(?imsx-imsx)>, C<(?:pattern)>, C<(?imsx-imsx:pattern)>,
+C<(?=pattern)>, C<(?!pattern)>, C<(?<=pattern)>, C<(?<!pattern)>, C<(?{
+code })>, C<(??{ code })>, C<< (?>pattern) >>,
+C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>, C<(?(condition)yes-pattern)>
-=item HEY
+=item Backtracking
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Version 8 Regular Expressions
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item Warning on \1 vs $1
-=back
+=item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
-=head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
+=item Combining pieces together
-=over 4
+C<ST>, C<S|T>, C<S{REPEAT_COUNT}>, C<S{min,max}>, C<S{min,max}?>, C<S?>,
+C<S*>, C<S+>, C<S??>, C<S*?>, C<S+?>, C<< (?>S) >>, C<(?=S)>, C<(?<=S)>,
+C<(?!S)>, C<(?<!S)>, C<(??{ EXPR })>,
+C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Creating custom RE engines
-=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
+=back
-=over 4
+=item BUGS
-=item Pragmatic Modules
+=item SEE ALSO
-attributes, attrs, autouse, base, blib, bytes, charnames, constant,
-diagnostics, encoding, fields, filetest, if, integer, less, locale, open,
-ops, overload, re, sigtrap, sort, strict, subs, threads, utf8, vars,
-vmsish, warnings, warnings::register
+=back
-=item Standard Modules
+=head2 perlreref - Perl Regular Expressions Reference
-AnyDBM_File, Attribute::Handlers, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, B, B::Asmdata,
-B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Concise, B::Debug,
-B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj, B::Stash,
-B::Terse, B::Xref, Benchmark, ByteLoader, CGI, CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp,
-CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push, CGI::Switch, CGI::Util,
-CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, Carp::Heavy, Class::ISA,
-Class::Struct, Cwd, DB, DB_File, Devel::SelfStubber, Digest, DirHandle,
-Dumpvalue, Encode, English, Env, Exporter, Exporter::Heavy,
-ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Constant, ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install,
-ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist, ExtUtils::MM_BeOS,
-ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin, ExtUtils::MM_NW5, ExtUtils::MM_OS2, ExtUtils::MM_Unix,
-ExtUtils::MM_VMS, ExtUtils::MM_Win32, ExtUtils::MakeMaker,
-ExtUtils::Manifest, ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists,
-ExtUtils::Packlist, ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, Fcntl, File::Basename,
-File::CheckTree, File::Compare, File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find,
-File::Path, File::Spec, File::Spec::Cygwin, File::Spec::Epoc,
-File::Spec::Functions, File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Unix,
-File::Spec::VMS, File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp, File::stat, FileCache,
-FileHandle, Filter::Simple, FindBin, Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, Hash::Util,
-I18N::Collate, I18N::LangTags, I18N::LangTags::List, IO, IPC::Open2,
-IPC::Open3, Locale::Constants, Locale::Country, Locale::Currency,
-Locale::Language, Locale::Maketext, Locale::Maketext::TPJ13,
-Locale::Script, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt, Math::BigInt::Calc,
-Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Memoize, Memoize::AnyDBM_File, Memoize::Expire,
-Memoize::ExpireFile, Memoize::ExpireTest, Memoize::NDBM_File,
-Memoize::SDBM_File, Memoize::Storable, NDBM_File, NEXT, Net::Cmd,
-Net::Config, Net::Domain, Net::FTP, Net::NNTP, Net::Netrc, Net::POP3,
-Net::Ping, Net::SMTP, Net::Time, Net::hostent, Net::libnetFAQ, Net::netent,
-Net::protoent, Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, POSIX, PerlIO,
-Pod::Checker, Pod::Find, Pod::Functions, Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects,
-Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Man, Pod::ParseLink, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Parser,
-Pod::Plainer, Pod::Select, Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color,
-Pod::Text::Overstrike, Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Usage, Pod::t::basic,
-SDBM_File, Safe, Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell, Socket,
-Storable, Switch, Symbol, Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap, Term::Complete,
-Term::ReadLine, Test, Test::Builder, Test::Harness, Test::Harness::Assert,
-Test::Harness::Iterator, Test::Harness::Straps, Test::More, Test::Simple,
-Test::Tutorial, Text::Abbrev, Text::Balanced, Text::ParseWords,
-Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs, Text::Wrap, Thread, Tie::Array, Tie::File,
-Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::Memoize, Tie::RefHash, Tie::Scalar,
-Tie::SubstrHash, Time::Local, Time::gmtime, Time::localtime, Time::tm,
-UNIVERSAL, Unicode::Collate, Unicode::UCD, User::grent, User::pwent, Win32
+=over 4
-=item Extension Modules
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-=item CPAN
+=item OPERATORS
-=over 4
+=item SYNTAX
-=item Africa
+=item ESCAPE SEQUENCES
-=item Asia
+=item CHARACTER CLASSES
-=item Central America
+=item ANCHORS
-=item Europe
+=item QUANTIFIERS
-=item North America
+=item EXTENDED CONSTRUCTS
-=item Oceania
+=item VARIABLES
-=item South America
+=item FUNCTIONS
+
+=item TERMINOLOGY
=back
-=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
+=item AUTHOR
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Guidelines for Module Creation
+=item THANKS
-=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
+=back
-=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
+=head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
-=back
+=over 4
=item NOTE
-=back
-
-=head2 perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item INTRODUCTION
+=item Making References
-=item QUICK CHECKLIST
+=item Using References
-=over 4
+=item Symbolic references
-=item Before you start
+=item Not-so-symbolic references
-=item The API
+=item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
-=item Stability
+=item Function Templates
-=item Documentation
+=back
-=item Release considerations
+=item WARNING
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item BEFORE YOU START WRITING A MODULE
+=head2 perlform - Perl formats
=over 4
-=item Has it been done before?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Do one thing and do it well
+=over 4
-=item What's in a name?
+=item Format Variables
=back
-=item DESIGNING AND WRITING YOUR MODULE
+=item NOTES
=over 4
-=item To OO or not to OO?
-
-=item Designing your API
-
-Write simple routines to do simple things, Separate functionality from
-output, Provide sensible shortcuts and defaults, Naming conventions,
-Parameter passing
+=item Footers
-=item Strictness and warnings
+=item Accessing Formatting Internals
-=item Backwards compatibility
+=back
-=item Error handling and messages
+=item WARNINGS
=back
-=item DOCUMENTING YOUR MODULE
+=head2 perlobj - Perl objects
=over 4
-=item POD
-
-=item README, INSTALL, release notes, changelogs
-
-=back
-
-=item RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Version numbering
-
-=item Pre-requisites
+=item An Object is Simply a Reference
-=item Testing
+=item A Class is Simply a Package
-=item Packaging
+=item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
-=item Licensing
+=item Method Invocation
-=back
+=item Indirect Object Syntax
-=item COMMON PITFALLS
+=item Default UNIVERSAL methods
-=over 4
+isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
-=item Reinventing the wheel
+=item Destructors
-=item Trying to do too much
+=item Summary
-=item Inappropriate documentation
+=item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
=back
=item SEE ALSO
-L<perlstyle>, L<perlnewmod>, L<perlpod>, L<podchecker>, Testing tools,
-http://pause.perl.org/, Any good book on software engineering
-
-=item AUTHOR
-
=back
-=head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
+=head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Warning
+=item Tying Scalars
-=item What should I make into a module?
+TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, UNTIE this,
+DESTROY this
-=item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground
+=item Tying Arrays
-Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again
+TIEARRAY classname, LIST, FETCH this, index, STORE this, index, value,
+FETCHSIZE this, STORESIZE this, count, EXTEND this, count, EXISTS this,
+key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, PUSH this, LIST, POP this, SHIFT this,
+UNSHIFT this, LIST, SPLICE this, offset, length, LIST, UNTIE this, DESTROY
+this
-=item Step-by-step: Making the module
+=item Tying Hashes
-Start with F<h2xs>, Use L<strict|strict> and L<warnings|warnings>, Use
-L<Carp|Carp>, Use L<Exporter|Exporter> - wisely!, Use L<plain old
-documentation|perlpod>, Write tests, Write the README
+USER, HOME, CLOBBER, LIST, TIEHASH classname, LIST, FETCH this, key, STORE
+this, key, value, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, EXISTS this, key, FIRSTKEY
+this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, UNTIE this, DESTROY this
-=item Step-by-step: Distributing your module
+=item Tying FileHandles
-Get a CPAN user ID, C<perl Makefile.PL; make test; make dist>, Upload the
-tarball, Announce to the modules list, Announce to clpa, Fix bugs!
+TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this,
+LIST, READ this, LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, UNTIE this,
+DESTROY this
-=back
+=item UNTIE this
-=item AUTHOR
+=item The C<untie> Gotcha
+
+=back
=item SEE ALSO
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date:
-2002/02/21 14:49:15 $)
+=head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
+B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
+B<filter_fetch_value>
+
=over 4
-=item What is Perl?
+=item The Filter
-=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
+=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
-=item Which version of Perl should I use?
+=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
-=item What are perl4 and perl5?
+=back
-=item What is perl6?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How stable is Perl?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Is Perl difficult to learn?
+=back
-=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
-Scheme, or Tcl?
+=head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
+safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
-=item Can I do [task] in Perl?
+=over 4
-=item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
+=item Signals
-=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
+=over 4
-=item What is a JAPH?
+=item Handling the SIGHUP Signal in Daemons
-=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
+=back
-=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
-5/5.6.1/Perl instead of some other language?
+=item Named Pipes
-=back
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Deferred Signals (Safe signals)
+
+Long running opcodes, Interrupting IO, Restartable system calls, Signals as
+"faults", Signals triggered by operating system state
=back
-=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.9 $,
-$Date: 2002/03/09 21:01:13 $)
+=item Using open() for IPC
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Filehandles
-=over 4
+=item Background Processes
-=item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
+=item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
-=item How can I get a binary version of Perl?
+=item Safe Pipe Opens
-=item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
+=item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
-=item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts
-don't work.
+=item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself
-=item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic
-loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
+=back
-=item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
-What does CPAN/src/... mean?
+=item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
-=item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?
+=over 4
-=item Where can I get information on Perl?
+=item Internet Line Terminators
-=item What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?
+=item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
-=item Where should I post source code?
+=item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
-=item Perl Books
+=back
-References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics
+=item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
-=item Perl in Magazines
+=over 4
-=item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
+=item A Simple Client
-=item What mailing lists are there for Perl?
+C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
-=item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
+=item A Webget Client
-=item Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
+=item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
-=item Where do I send bug reports?
+=back
-=item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? cpan.org?
+=item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
-=back
+Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item UDP: Message Passing
+
+=item SysV IPC
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date: 2002/02/11
-19:29:52 $)
+=head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item How do I do (anything)?
-
-=item How can I use Perl interactively?
-
-=item Is there a Perl shell?
+=item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes
-=item How do I debug my Perl programs?
+$$ or $PROCESS_ID, %ENV, chdir() and all other builtins that accept
+filenames, wait() and waitpid(), kill(), exec(), exit(), Open handles to
+files, directories and network sockets
-=item How do I profile my Perl programs?
+=item Resource limits
-=item How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
+=item Killing the parent process
-=item Is there a pretty-printer (formatter) for Perl?
+=item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes
-=item Is there a ctags for Perl?
+=item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS
-=item Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor?
+BEGIN blocks, Open filehandles, Forking pipe open() not yet implemented,
+Global state maintained by XSUBs, Interpreter embedded in larger
+application, Thread-safety of extensions
-Komodo, The Object System, Open Perl IDE, PerlBuilder, visiPerl+,
-CodeMagicCD, GNU Emacs, MicroEMACS, XEmacs, Elvis, Vile, Vim, Codewright,
-MultiEdit, SlickEdit, Bash, Ksh, Tcsh, Zsh, BBEdit and BBEdit Lite, Alpha
+=back
-=item Where can I get Perl macros for vi?
+=item BUGS
-=item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item How can I use curses with Perl?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How can I use X or Tk with Perl?
+=back
-=item How can I generate simple menus without using CGI or Tk?
+=head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
-=item How can I make my Perl program run faster?
+=over 4
-=item How can I make my Perl program take less memory?
+=item SYNOPSIS
-Don't slurp!, Use map and grep selectively, Avoid unnecessary quotes and
-stringification, Pass by reference, Tie large variables to disk
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Is it unsafe to return a pointer to local data?
+=item Storing numbers
-=item How can I free an array or hash so my program shrinks?
+=item Numeric operators and numeric conversions
-=item How can I make my CGI script more efficient?
+=item Flavors of Perl numeric operations
-=item How can I hide the source for my Perl program?
+Arithmetic operators, ++, Arithmetic operators during C<use integer>, Other
+mathematical operators, Bitwise operators, Bitwise operators during C<use
+integer>, Operators which expect an integer, Operators which expect a
+string
-=item How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item How can I compile Perl into Java?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How can I get C<#!perl> to work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?
+=back
-=item Can I write useful Perl programs on the command line?
+=head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl
-=item Why don't Perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?
+=over 4
-=item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Where can I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
+=item Status
-=item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]
+=item What Is A Thread Anyway?
-=item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in
-my C program; what am I doing wrong?
+=item Threaded Program Models
-=item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean?
+=over 4
-=item What's MakeMaker?
+=item Boss/Worker
-=back
+=item Work Crew
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Pipeline
=back
-=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.19 $, $Date: 2002/03/11
-22:15:19 $)
+=item What kind of threads are Perl threads?
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Thread-Safe Modules
-=item Data: Numbers
+=item Thread Basics
=over 4
-=item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
-numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
-
-=item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
+=item Basic Thread Support
-=item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()?
-Trig functions?
+=item A Note about the Examples
-=item How do I convert between numeric representations?
+=item Creating Threads
-B<How do I convert Hexadecimal into decimal:>, B<How do I convert from
-decimal to hexadecimal:>, B<How do I convert from octal to decimal:>, B<How
-do I convert from decimal to octal:>, B<How do I convert from binary to
-decimal:>, B<How do I convert from decimal to binary:>
+=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
-=item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?
+=item Ignoring A Thread
-=item How do I multiply matrices?
+=back
-=item How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
+=item Threads And Data
-=item How can I output Roman numerals?
+=over 4
-=item Why aren't my random numbers random?
+=item Shared And Unshared Data
-=item How do I get a random number between X and Y?
+=item Thread Pitfalls: Races
=back
-=item Data: Dates
+=item Synchronization and control
=over 4
-=item How do I find the week-of-the-year/day-of-the-year?
+=item Controlling access: lock()
-=item How do I find the current century or millennium?
+=item A Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
-=item How can I compare two dates and find the difference?
+=item Queues: Passing Data Around
-=item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
+=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
-=item How can I find the Julian Day?
+=item Basic semaphores
-=item How do I find yesterday's date?
+=item Advanced Semaphores
-=item Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?
+=item cond_wait() and cond_signal()
+
+=item Giving up control
=back
-=item Data: Strings
+=item General Thread Utility Routines
=over 4
-=item How do I validate input?
-
-=item How do I unescape a string?
+=item What Thread Am I In?
-=item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
+=item Thread IDs
-=item How do I expand function calls in a string?
+=item Are These Threads The Same?
-=item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
+=item What Threads Are Running?
-=item How do I reverse a string?
+=back
-=item How do I expand tabs in a string?
+=item A Complete Example
-=item How do I reformat a paragraph?
+=item Different implementations of threads
-=item How can I access/change the first N letters of a string?
+=item Performance considerations
-=item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
+=item Process-scope Changes
-=item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
-string?
+=item Thread-Safety of System Libraries
-=item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
+=item Conclusion
-=item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
-[character]? (Comma-separated files)
+=item Bibliography
-=item How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?
+=over 4
-=item How do I pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?
+=item Introductory Texts
-=item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
+=item OS-Related References
-=item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
+=item Other References
-=item How can I expand variables in text strings?
+=back
-=item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
+=item Acknowledgements
-=item Why don't my <<HERE documents work?
+=item AUTHOR
-1. There must be no space after the << part, 2. There (probably) should be
-a semicolon at the end, 3. You can't (easily) have any space in front of
-the tag
+=item Copyrights
=back
-=item Data: Arrays
+=head2 perlothrtut - old tutorial on threads in Perl
=over 4
-=item What is the difference between a list and an array?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?
+=item What Is A Thread Anyway?
-=item How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array?
+=item Threaded Program Models
-a), b), c), d), e)
+=over 4
-=item How can I tell whether a certain element is contained in a list or
-array?
+=item Boss/Worker
-=item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
-intersection of two arrays?
+=item Work Crew
-=item How do I test whether two arrays or hashes are equal?
+=item Pipeline
-=item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
+=back
-=item How do I handle linked lists?
+=item Native threads
-=item How do I handle circular lists?
+=item What kind of threads are perl threads?
-=item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
+=item Threadsafe Modules
-=item How do I process/modify each element of an array?
+=item Thread Basics
-=item How do I select a random element from an array?
+=over 4
-=item How do I permute N elements of a list?
+=item Basic Thread Support
-=item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
+=item Creating Threads
-=item How do I manipulate arrays of bits?
+=item Giving up control
-=item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
+=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
+
+=item Errors In Threads
+
+=item Ignoring A Thread
=back
-=item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
+=item Threads And Data
=over 4
-=item How do I process an entire hash?
-
-=item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
-it?
+=item Shared And Unshared Data
-=item How do I look up a hash element by value?
+=item Thread Pitfall: Races
-=item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
+=item Controlling access: lock()
-=item How do I sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
+=item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
-=item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
+=item Queues: Passing Data Around
-=item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
+=back
-=item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
+=item Threads And Code
-=item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
+=over 4
-=item How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
+=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
-=item How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
+Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
-=item How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?
+=item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines
-=item Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create
-it?
+=item Subroutine Locks
-=item How can I make the Perl equivalent of a C structure/C++ class/hash or
-array of hashes or arrays?
+=item Methods
-=item How can I use a reference as a hash key?
+=item Locking A Subroutine
=back
-=item Data: Misc
+=item General Thread Utility Routines
=over 4
-=item How do I handle binary data correctly?
+=item What Thread Am I In?
-=item How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?
+=item Thread IDs
-=item How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
+=item Are These Threads The Same?
-=item How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?
+=item What Threads Are Running?
-=item How do I define methods for every class/object?
+=back
-=item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
+=item A Complete Example
-=item How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?
+=item Conclusion
+
+=item Bibliography
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Introductory Texts
+
+=item OS-Related References
+
+=item Other References
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Acknowledgements
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item Copyrights
=back
-=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.12 $, $Date: 2002/03/11
-22:25:25 $)
+=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 How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this?
+=item Newlines
-=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 Numbers endianness and Width
-=item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
+=item Files and Filesystems
-=item How do I make a temporary file name?
+=item System Interaction
-=item How can I manipulate fixed-record-length files?
+=item Command names versus file pathnames
-=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 Networking
-=item How can I use a filehandle indirectly?
+=item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
-=item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
+=item External Subroutines (XS)
-=item How can I write() into a string?
+=item Standard Modules
-=item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
+=item Time and Date
-=item How can I translate tildes (~) in a filename?
+=item Character sets and character encoding
-=item How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?
+=item Internationalisation
+
+=item System Resources
-=item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use <*>?
+=item Security
-=item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
+=item Style
-=item How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing blanks?
+=back
-=item How can I reliably rename a file?
+=item CPAN Testers
-=item How can I lock a file?
+Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
+http://testers.cpan.org/
-=item Why can't I just open(FH, ">file.lock")?
+=item PLATFORMS
-=item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in
-the file. How can I do this?
+=over 4
-=item All I want to do is append a small amount of text to the end of a
-file. Do I still have to use locking?
+=item Unix
-=item How do I randomly update a binary file?
+=item DOS and Derivatives
-=item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
+=item S<Mac OS>
-=item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
+=item VMS
-=item How do I print to more than one file at once?
+=item VOS
-=item How can I read in an entire file all at once?
+=item EBCDIC Platforms
-=item How can I read in a file by paragraphs?
+=item Acorn RISC OS
-=item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
+=item Other perls
-=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 FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
-=item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
+=over 4
-=item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
+=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
-=item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? Why doesn't
-`C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
+-I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, alarm SECONDS, alarm, binmode
+FILEHANDLE, chmod LIST, chown LIST, chroot FILENAME, chroot, crypt
+PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MODE, dump LABEL, exec
+LIST, exit EXPR, exit, fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, flock
+FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, getlogin, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority
+WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, getgrnam NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getpwuid UID,
+getgrgid GID, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER,
+getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostbyname, gethostent,
+getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent
+STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent,
+endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockopt
+SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, ioctl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR,
+kill SIGNAL, LIST, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, lstat FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR,
+lstat, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, msgrcv
+ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE, pipe
+READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, readlink EXPR, readlink, select
+RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget
+KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, setgrent, setpgrp PID,PGRP,
+setpriority WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setpwent, setsockopt
+SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS,
+shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, sockatmark SOCKET,
+socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, stat FILEHANDLE, stat
+EXPR, stat, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
+FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, system LIST, times, truncate
+FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, umask EXPR, umask, utime LIST,
+wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS
-=item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
+=back
-=item Why does Perl let me delete read-only files? Why does C<-i> clobber
-protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl?
+=item CHANGES
-=item How do I select a random line from a file?
+v1.49, 12 August 2002, v1.48, 02 February 2001, v1.47, 22 March 2000,
+v1.46, 12 February 2000, v1.45, 20 December 1999, v1.44, 19 July 1999,
+v1.43, 24 May 1999, v1.42, 22 May 1999, v1.41, 19 May 1999, v1.40, 11 April
+1999, v1.39, 11 February 1999, v1.38, 31 December 1998, v1.37, 19 December
+1998, v1.36, 9 September 1998, v1.35, 13 August 1998, v1.33, 06 August
+1998, v1.32, 05 August 1998, v1.30, 03 August 1998, v1.23, 10 July 1998
-=item Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?
+=item Supported Platforms
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
=back
-=head2 perlfaq6 - Regular Expressions ($Revision: 1.8 $, $Date: 2002/01/31
-04:27:55 $)
+=head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
+localization)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
-=item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
-and unmaintainable code?
+=item USING LOCALES
-Comments Outside the Regex, Comments Inside the Regex, Different Delimiters
+=over 4
-=item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
+=item The use locale pragma
-=item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
-different lines?
+=item The setlocale function
-=item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
+=item Finding locales
-=item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS while preserving
-case on the RHS?
+=item LOCALE PROBLEMS
-=item How can I make C<\w> match national character sets?
+=item Temporarily fixing locale problems
-=item How can I match a locale-smart version of C</[a-zA-Z]/>?
+=item Permanently fixing locale problems
-=item How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?
+=item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
-=item What is C</o> really for?
+=item Fixing system locale configuration
-=item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
-file?
+=item The localeconv function
-=item Can I use Perl regular expressions to match balanced text?
+=item I18N::Langinfo
-=item What does it mean that regexes are greedy? How can I get around it?
+=back
-=item How do I process each word on each line?
+=item LOCALE CATEGORIES
-=item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
+=over 4
-=item How can I do approximate matching?
+=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
-=item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
+=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
-=item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
+=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
-=item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
+=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
-=item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
+=item LC_TIME
-=item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
+=item Other categories
-=item What's wrong with using grep or map in a void context?
+=back
-=item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
+=item SECURITY
-=item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-=back
+PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
+LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item NOTES
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date:
-2002/01/31 04:27:55 $)
+=item Backward compatibility
-=over 4
+=item I18N:Collate obsolete
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Sort speed and memory use impacts
-=over 4
+=item write() and LC_NUMERIC
-=item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
+=item Freely available locale definitions
-=item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
-use them?
+=item I18n and l10n
-=item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
-commas?
+=item An imperfect standard
-=item How do I skip some return values?
+=back
-=item How do I temporarily block warnings?
+=item Unicode and UTF-8
-=item What's an extension?
+=item BUGS
-=item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
+=over 4
-=item How do I declare/create a structure?
+=item Broken systems
-=item How do I create a module?
+=back
-=item How do I create a class?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
+=item HISTORY
-=item What's a closure?
+=back
-=item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
+=head2 perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction
-=item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
-Regex}?
+=over 4
-Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexes,
-Passing Methods
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How do I create a static variable?
+=over 4
-=item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping?
-Between local() and my()?
+=item Unicode
-=item How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical
-is in scope?
+=item Perl's Unicode Support
-=item What's the difference between deep and shallow binding?
+=item Perl's Unicode Model
-=item Why doesn't "my($foo) = <FILE>;" work right?
+=item Unicode and EBCDIC
-=item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method?
+=item Creating Unicode
-=item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
+=item Handling Unicode
-=item How do I create a switch or case statement?
+=item Legacy Encodings
-=item How can I catch accesses to undefined variables/functions/methods?
+=item Unicode I/O
-=item Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
+=item Displaying Unicode As Text
-=item How can I find out my current package?
+=item Special Cases
-=item How can I comment out a large block of perl code?
+=item Advanced Topics
-=item How do I clear a package?
+=item Miscellaneous
-=item How can I use a variable as a variable name?
+=item Questions With Answers
+
+=item Hexadecimal Notation
+
+=item Further Resources
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item UNICODE IN OLDER PERLS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
+
+=item AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT, AND LICENSE
=back
-=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2002/01/28
-04:17:27 $)
+=head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
=over 4
=over 4
-=item How do I find out which operating system I'm running under?
-
-=item How come exec() doesn't return?
+=item Important Caveats
-=item How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?
+Input and Output Layers, Regular Expressions, C<use utf8> still needed to
+enable UTF-8/UTF-EBCDIC in scripts
-Keyboard, Screen, Mouse
+=item Byte and Character Semantics
-=item How do I print something out in color?
+=item Effects of Character Semantics
-=item How do I read just one key without waiting for a return key?
+=item Scripts
-=item How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard?
+=item Blocks
-=item How do I clear the screen?
+=item User-Defined Character Properties
-=item How do I get the screen size?
+=item Character Encodings for Input and Output
-=item How do I ask the user for a password?
+=item Unicode Regular Expression Support Level
-=item How do I read and write the serial port?
+=item Unicode Encodings
-lockfiles, open mode, end of line, flushing output, non-blocking input
+=item Security Implications of Unicode
-=item How do I decode encrypted password files?
+=item Unicode in Perl on EBCDIC
-=item How do I start a process in the background?
+=item Locales
-STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR are shared, Signals, Zombies
+=item When Unicode Does Not Happen
-=item How do I trap control characters/signals?
+=item Forcing Unicode in Perl (Or Unforcing Unicode in Perl)
-=item How do I modify the shadow password file on a Unix system?
+=item Using Unicode in XS
-=item How do I set the time and date?
+=back
-=item How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second?
+=item BUGS
-=item How can I measure time under a second?
+=over 4
-=item How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling)
+=item Interaction with Locales
-=item Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? What
-does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean?
+=item Interaction with Extensions
-=item How can I call my system's unique C functions from Perl?
+=item Speed
-=item Where do I get the include files to do ioctl() or syscall()?
+=item Porting code from perl-5.6.X
-=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 SEE ALSO
-=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 perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
-=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?
+=item COMMON CHARACTER CODE SETS
-=item Why can't my script read from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix,
-^Z on MS-DOS)?
+=over 4
-=item How can I convert my shell script to perl?
+=item ASCII
-=item Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session?
+=item ISO 8859
-=item How can I write expect in Perl?
+=item Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1)
-=item Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as
-"ps"?
+=item EBCDIC
-=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 13 variant characters
-Unix
+=item 0037
-=item How do I close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to
-complete?
+=item 1047
-=item How do I fork a daemon process?
+=item POSIX-BC
-=item How do I find out if I'm running interactively or not?
+=item Unicode code points versus EBCDIC code points
-=item How do I timeout a slow event?
+=item Remaining Perl Unicode problems in EBCDIC
-=item How do I set CPU limits?
+=item Unicode and UTF
-=item How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system?
+=item Using Encode
-=item How do I use an SQL database?
+=back
-=item How do I make a system() exit on control-C?
+=item SINGLE OCTET TABLES
-=item How do I open a file without blocking?
+recipe 0, recipe 1, recipe 2, recipe 3, recipe 4, recipe 5, recipe 6
-=item How do I install a module from CPAN?
+=item IDENTIFYING CHARACTER CODE SETS
-=item What's the difference between require and use?
+=item CONVERSIONS
-=item How do I keep my own module/library directory?
+=over 4
-=item How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library
-search path?
+=item tr///
-=item How do I add a directory to my include path at runtime?
+=item iconv
-=item What is socket.ph and where do I get it?
+=item C RTL
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item OPERATOR DIFFERENCES
-=back
+=item FUNCTION DIFFERENCES
-=head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date: 2002/01/28 04:17:27
-$)
+chr(), ord(), pack(), print(), printf(), sort(), sprintf(), unpack()
-=over 4
+=item REGULAR EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SOCKETS
+
+=item SORTING
=over 4
-=item What is the correct form of response from a CGI script?
+=item Ignore ASCII vs. EBCDIC sort differences.
-=item My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500
-Server Error)
+=item MONO CASE then sort data.
-=item How can I get better error messages from a CGI program?
+=item Convert, sort data, then re convert.
-=item How do I remove HTML from a string?
+=item Perform sorting on one type of machine only.
-=item How do I extract URLs?
+=back
-=item How do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a
-file on another machine?
+=item TRANSFORMATION FORMATS
-=item How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?
+=over 4
-=item How do I fetch an HTML file?
+=item URL decoding and encoding
-=item How do I automate an HTML form submission?
+=item uu encoding and decoding
-=item How do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web?
+=item Quoted-Printable encoding and decoding
-=item How do I redirect to another page?
+=item Caesarian ciphers
-=item How do I put a password on my web pages?
+=back
-=item How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?
+=item Hashing order and checksums
-=item How do I make sure users can't enter values into a form that cause my
-CGI script to do bad things?
+=item I18N AND L10N
-=item How do I parse a mail header?
+=item MULTI OCTET CHARACTER SETS
-=item How do I decode a CGI form?
+=item OS ISSUES
-=item How do I check a valid mail address?
+=over 4
-=item How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string?
+=item OS/400
-=item How do I return the user's mail address?
+PASE, IFS access
-=item How do I send mail?
+=item OS/390, z/OS
-=item How do I use MIME to make an attachment to a mail message?
+chcp, dataset access, OS/390, z/OS iconv, locales
-=item How do I read mail?
+=item VM/ESA?
-=item How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address?
+=item POSIX-BC?
-=item How do I fetch a news article or the active newsgroups?
+=back
-=item How do I fetch/put an FTP file?
+=item BUGS
-=item How can I do RPC in Perl?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=back
+=item REFERENCES
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item HISTORY
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
+=head2 perlsec - Perl security
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Layout
-
-B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
-
-=back
-
-=item Using The Back Ends
-
-=over 4
-
-=item The Cross Referencing Back End
-
-i, &, s, r
+=item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
-=item The Decompiling Back End
+=item Switches On the "#!" Line
-=item The Lint Back End
+=item Cleaning Up Your Path
-=item The Simple C Back End
+=item Security Bugs
-=item The Bytecode Back End
+=item Protecting Your Programs
-=item The Optimized C Back End
+=item Unicode
-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 Algorithmic Complexity Attacks
=back
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
+=head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
=over 4
=over 4
-=item PREAMBLE
+=item Packages
-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 Symbol Tables
-=item ROADMAP
+=item Package Constructors and Destructors
-=item Compiling your C program
+=item Perl Classes
-=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
+=item Perl Modules
-=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
+=item Making your module threadsafe
-=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
+=back
-=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
+=back
-=item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
+=head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
-=item Execution of END blocks
+=over 4
-=item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
+=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
-=item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
-program
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Pragmatic Modules
-=item Embedding Perl under Win32
+assertions, assertions::activate, attributes, attrs, autouse, base, bigint,
+bignum, bigrat, blib, bytes, charnames, constant, diagnostics, encoding,
+fields, filetest, if, integer, less, lib, locale, open, ops, overload, re,
+sigtrap, sort, strict, subs, threads, threads::shared, utf8, vars, version,
+vmsish, warnings, warnings::register
-=item MORAL
+=item Standard Modules
-=item AUTHOR
+AnyDBM_File, Attribute::Handlers, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, B, B::Asmdata,
+B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Concise, B::Debug,
+B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj, B::Stash,
+B::Terse, B::Xref, Benchmark, ByteLoader, CGI, CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp,
+CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push, CGI::Switch, CGI::Util,
+CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, Carp::Heavy, Class::ISA,
+Class::Struct, Config, Cwd, DB, DB_File, Data::Dumper, Devel::DProf,
+Devel::PPPort, Devel::Peek, Devel::SelfStubber, Digest, Digest::MD5,
+DirHandle, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, Encode, Encode::Alias, Encode::Byte,
+Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CN, Encode::CN::HZ, Encode::Config,
+Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Encoder, Encode::Encoding, Encode::Guess,
+Encode::JP, Encode::JP::H2Z, Encode::JP::JIS7, Encode::KR,
+Encode::KR::2022_KR, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::PerlIO,
+Encode::Supported, Encode::Symbol, Encode::TW, Encode::Unicode,
+Encode::Unicode::UTF7, English, Env, Errno, Exporter, Exporter::Heavy,
+ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Command::MM, ExtUtils::Constant,
+ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install, ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist,
+ExtUtils::MM, ExtUtils::MM_Any, ExtUtils::MM_BeOS, ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin,
+ExtUtils::MM_DOS, ExtUtils::MM_MacOS, ExtUtils::MM_NW5, ExtUtils::MM_OS2,
+ExtUtils::MM_UWIN, ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::MM_VMS, ExtUtils::MM_Win32,
+ExtUtils::MM_Win95, ExtUtils::MY, ExtUtils::MakeMaker,
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ, ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial,
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes, ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish,
+ExtUtils::Manifest, ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists,
+ExtUtils::Packlist, ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, Fcntl, File::Basename,
+File::CheckTree, File::Compare, File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find,
+File::Glob, File::Path, File::Spec, File::Spec::Cygwin, File::Spec::Epoc,
+File::Spec::Functions, File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Unix,
+File::Spec::VMS, File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp, File::stat, FileCache,
+FileHandle, Filter::Simple, Filter::Util::Call, FindBin, GDBM_File,
+Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, Hash::Util, I18N::Collate, I18N::LangTags,
+I18N::LangTags::List, I18N::Langinfo, IO, IO::Dir, IO::File, IO::Handle,
+IO::Pipe, IO::Poll, IO::Seekable, IO::Select, IO::Socket, IO::Socket::INET,
+IO::Socket::UNIX, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, IPC::SysV, IPC::SysV::Msg,
+IPC::SysV::Semaphore, List::Util, Locale::Constants, Locale::Country,
+Locale::Currency, Locale::Language, Locale::Maketext,
+Locale::Maketext::TPJ13, Locale::Script, MIME::Base64,
+MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt,
+Math::BigInt::Calc, Math::BigInt::Scalar, Math::BigRat, Math::Complex,
+Math::Trig, Memoize, Memoize::AnyDBM_File, Memoize::Expire,
+Memoize::ExpireFile, Memoize::ExpireTest, Memoize::NDBM_File,
+Memoize::SDBM_File, Memoize::Storable, NDBM_File, NEXT, Net::Cmd,
+Net::Config, Net::Domain, Net::FTP, Net::NNTP, Net::Netrc, Net::POP3,
+Net::Ping, Net::SMTP, Net::Time, Net::hostent, Net::libnetFAQ, Net::netent,
+Net::protoent, Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, POSIX, PerlIO,
+PerlIO::encoding, PerlIO::scalar, PerlIO::via, PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint,
+Pod::Checker, Pod::Find, Pod::Functions, Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects,
+Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Man, Pod::ParseLink, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Parser,
+Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker, Pod::Perldoc::ToMan, Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff,
+Pod::Perldoc::ToPod, Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf, Pod::Perldoc::ToText,
+Pod::Perldoc::ToTk, Pod::Perldoc::ToXml, Pod::PlainText, Pod::Plainer,
+Pod::Select, Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color, Pod::Text::Overstrike,
+Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Usage, SDBM_File, Safe, Scalar::Util,
+Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell, Socket, Storable, Switch,
+Symbol, Sys::Hostname, Sys::Syslog, Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap,
+Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test, Test::Builder, Test::Harness,
+Test::Harness::Assert, Test::Harness::Iterator, Test::Harness::Straps,
+Test::More, Test::Simple, Test::Tutorial, Text::Abbrev, Text::Balanced,
+Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs, Text::Wrap, Thread,
+Thread::Queue, Thread::Semaphore, Thread::Signal, Thread::Specific,
+Tie::Array, Tie::File, Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::Memoize, Tie::RefHash,
+Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, Time::HiRes, Time::Local, Time::gmtime,
+Time::localtime, Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize,
+Unicode::UCD, User::grent, User::pwent, Win32, XS::APItest, XS::Typemap,
+XSLoader
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item Extension Modules
=back
-=head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
+=item CPAN
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item Debugger Internals
+=item Africa
-=over 4
+South Africa
-=item Writing Your Own Debugger
+=item Asia
-=back
+China, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Russian Federation, Saudi
+Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan
-=item Frame Listing Output Examples
+=item Central America
-=item Debugging regular expressions
+Costa Rica
-=over 4
+=item Europe
-=item Compile-time output
+Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
+Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
+Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia,
+Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United
+Kingdom
-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 North America
-=item Types of nodes
+Canada, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Mexico, United States,
+Alabama, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,
+Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey,
+New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas,
+Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin
-=item Run-time output
+=item Oceania
-=back
+Australia, New Zealand, United States
-=item Debugging Perl memory usage
+=item South America
-=over 4
+Argentina, Brazil, Chile
-=item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
+=item RSYNC Mirrors
-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>
+=back
-=item Example of using B<-DL> switch
+=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
-C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
+=over 4
-=item B<-DL> details
+=item Guidelines for Module Creation
-C<!!!>, C<!!>, C<!>
+=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
-=item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
+=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item NOTE
=back
-=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
+=head2 perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item INTRODUCTION
-=item SPECIAL NOTES
+=item QUICK CHECKLIST
=over 4
-=item make
+=item Before you start
-=item Version caveat
+=item The API
-=item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
+=item Stability
+
+=item Documentation
+
+=item Release considerations
=back
-=item TUTORIAL
+=item BEFORE YOU START WRITING A MODULE
=over 4
-=item EXAMPLE 1
-
-=item EXAMPLE 2
+=item Has it been done before?
-=item What has gone on?
+=item Do one thing and do it well
-=item Writing good test scripts
+=item What's in a name?
-=item EXAMPLE 3
+=back
-=item What's new here?
+=item DESIGNING AND WRITING YOUR MODULE
-=item Input and Output Parameters
+=over 4
-=item The XSUBPP Program
+=item To OO or not to OO?
-=item The TYPEMAP file
+=item Designing your API
-=item Warning about Output Arguments
+Write simple routines to do simple things, Separate functionality from
+output, Provide sensible shortcuts and defaults, Naming conventions,
+Parameter passing
-=item EXAMPLE 4
+=item Strictness and warnings
-=item What has happened here?
+=item Backwards compatibility
-=item Anatomy of .xs file
+=item Error handling and messages
-=item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
+=back
-=item More about XSUB arguments
+=item DOCUMENTING YOUR MODULE
-=item The Argument Stack
+=over 4
-=item Extending your Extension
+=item POD
-=item Documenting your Extension
+=item README, INSTALL, release notes, changelogs
-=item Installing your Extension
+perl Makefile.PL, make, make test, make install, perl Build.PL, perl Build,
+perl Build test, perl Build install
-=item EXAMPLE 5
+=back
-=item New Things in this Example
+=item RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS
-=item EXAMPLE 6
+=over 4
-=item New Things in this Example
+=item Version numbering
-=item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
+=item Pre-requisites
-=item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
+=item Testing
-=item EXAMPLE 9 (Coming Soon)
+=item Packaging
-=item Troubleshooting these Examples
+=item Licensing
=back
-=item See also
-
-=item Author
+=item COMMON PITFALLS
=over 4
-=item Last Changed
+=item Reinventing the wheel
+
+=item Trying to do too much
+
+=item Inappropriate documentation
=back
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+L<perlstyle>, L<perlnewmod>, L<perlpod>, L<podchecker>, Packaging Tools,
+Testing tools, http://pause.perl.org/, Any good book on software
+engineering
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
+=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Introduction
+=item PREAMBLE
-=item On The Road
+B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
+module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
-=item The Anatomy of an XSUB
+=back
-=item The Argument Stack
+=item PORTABILITY
-=item The RETVAL Variable
+=item HEY
-=item The MODULE Keyword
+=item AUTHOR
-=item The PACKAGE Keyword
+=item COPYRIGHT
-=item The PREFIX Keyword
+=back
-=item The OUTPUT: Keyword
+=head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
-=item The NO_OUTPUT Keyword
+=over 4
-=item The CODE: Keyword
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item The INIT: Keyword
-
-=item The NO_INIT Keyword
-
-=item Initializing Function Parameters
-
-=item Default Parameter Values
-
-=item The PREINIT: Keyword
+=over 4
-=item The SCOPE: Keyword
+=item Warning
-=item The INPUT: Keyword
+=item What should I make into a module?
-=item The IN/OUTLIST/IN_OUTLIST/OUT/IN_OUT Keywords
+=item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground
-=item The C<length(NAME)> Keyword
+Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again
-=item Variable-length Parameter Lists
+=item Step-by-step: Making the module
-=item The C_ARGS: Keyword
+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 The PPCODE: Keyword
+=item Step-by-step: Distributing your module
-=item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
+Get a CPAN user ID, C<perl Makefile.PL; make test; make dist>, Upload the
+tarball, Announce to the modules list, Announce to clpa, Fix bugs!
-=item The REQUIRE: Keyword
+=back
-=item The CLEANUP: Keyword
+=item AUTHOR
-=item The POSTCALL: Keyword
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item The BOOT: Keyword
+=back
-=item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
+=head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
-=item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
+=over 4
-=item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item The ALIAS: Keyword
+=over 4
-=item The OVERLOAD: Keyword
+=item DOCUMENTATION
-=item The INTERFACE: Keyword
+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 The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
+=item CONVERTORS
-=item The INCLUDE: Keyword
+L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
-=item The CASE: Keyword
+=item Administration
-=item The & Unary Operator
+L<libnetcfg|libnetcfg>
-=item Inserting POD, Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
+=item Development
-=item Using XS With C++
+L<perlbug|perlbug>, L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph> and L<pstruct|pstruct>,
+L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>, L<perlcc|perlcc>
-=item Interface Strategy
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Perl Objects And C Structures
+=back
-=item The Typemap
+=back
-=item Safely Storing Static Data in XS
+=head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
-MY_CXT_KEY, typedef my_cxt_t, START_MY_CXT, MY_CXT_INIT, dMY_CXT, MY_CXT
+=over 4
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXAMPLES
+=over 4
-=item XS VERSION
+=item Layout
-=item AUTHOR
+B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
=back
-=head2 perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions
+=item Using The Back Ends
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=over 4
+=item The Cross Referencing Back End
-=item Conventions
+i, &, s, r
-C<t>, C<p>, C<n>, C<s>
+=item The Decompiling Back End
-=item File Operations
+=item The Lint Back End
-=item File Input and Output
+=item The Simple C Back End
-=item File Positioning
+=item The Bytecode Back End
-=item Memory Management and String Handling
+=item The Optimized C Back End
-=item Character Class Tests
+=back
-=item F<stdlib.h> functions
+=item Module List for the Compiler Suite
-=item Miscellaneous functions
+B, O, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC,
+B::Concise, B::Debug, B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex,
+B::Stackobj, B::Stash, B::Terse, B::Xref
-=back
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
+=head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Variables
-
-=over 4
+=item CONCEPTS
-=item Datatypes
+=item USING FILTERS
-=item What is an "IV"?
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
-=item Working with SVs
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
-=item Offsets
+B<Decryption Filters>
-=item What's Really Stored in an SV?
+=item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
-=item Working with AVs
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
-=item Working with HVs
+=item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
-=item Hash API Extensions
+=item CONCLUSION
-=item References
+=item THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR
-=item Blessed References and Class Objects
+Some Filters Clobber the C<DATA> Handle
-=item Creating New Variables
+=item REQUIREMENTS
-=item Reference Counts and Mortality
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Stashes and Globs
+=item Copyrights
-=item Double-Typed SVs
+=back
-=item Magic Variables
+=head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
-=item Assigning Magic
+=over 4
-=item Magic Virtual Tables
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Finding Magic
+=over 4
-=item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
+=item PREAMBLE
-=item Localizing changes
+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?>
-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 ROADMAP
-=back
+=item Compiling your C program
-=item Subroutines
+=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
-=over 4
+=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
-=item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
+=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
-=item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
+=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
-=item Memory Allocation
+=item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
-=item PerlIO
+=item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
-=item Putting a C value on Perl stack
+=item Execution of END blocks
-=item Scratchpads
+=item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
-=item Scratchpads and recursion
+=item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
+program
=back
-=item Compiled code
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Code tree
-
-=item Examining the tree
-
-=item Compile pass 1: check routines
+=item Embedding Perl under Win32
-=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
+=item Hiding Perl_
-=item Compile pass 2: context propagation
+=item MORAL
-=item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Pluggable runops
+=item COPYRIGHT
=back
-=item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions
-
-=item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
+=head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
=over 4
-=item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
-
-=item So what happened to dTHR?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How do I use all this in extensions?
+=item Debugger Internals
-=item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads?
+=over 4
-=item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
+=item Writing Your Own Debugger
=back
-=item Internal Functions
+=item Frame Listing Output Examples
-A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, j, x
+=item Debugging regular expressions
=over 4
-=item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs
+=item Compile-time output
-=item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer
+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 Source Documentation
+=item Types of nodes
+
+=item Run-time output
=back
-=item Unicode Support
+=item Debugging Perl memory usage
=over 4
-=item What B<is> Unicode, anyway?
-
-=item How can I recognise a UTF8 string?
+=item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
-=item How does UTF8 represent Unicode characters?
+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 does Perl store UTF8 strings?
+=item Example of using B<-DL> switch
-=item How do I convert a string to UTF8?
+C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
-=item Is there anything else I need to know?
+=item B<-DL> details
-=back
+C<!!!>, C<!!>, C<!>
-=item Custom Operators
+=item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
-=item AUTHORS
+=back
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
+=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
+=item SPECIAL NOTES
-=item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
+=over 4
-call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
+=item make
-=item FLAG VALUES
+=item Version caveat
-=over 4
+=item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
-=item G_VOID
+=back
-=item G_SCALAR
+=item TUTORIAL
-=item G_ARRAY
+=over 4
-=item G_DISCARD
+=item EXAMPLE 1
-=item G_NOARGS
+=item EXAMPLE 2
-=item G_EVAL
+=item What has gone on?
-=item G_KEEPERR
+=item Writing good test scripts
-=item Determining the Context
+=item EXAMPLE 3
-=back
+=item What's new here?
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+=item Input and Output Parameters
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item The XSUBPP Program
-=over 4
+=item The TYPEMAP file
-=item No Parameters, Nothing returned
+=item Warning about Output Arguments
-=item Passing Parameters
+=item EXAMPLE 4
-=item Returning a Scalar
+=item What has happened here?
-=item Returning a list of values
+=item Anatomy of .xs file
-=item Returning a list in a scalar context
+=item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
-=item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
+=item More about XSUB arguments
-=item Using G_EVAL
+=item The Argument Stack
-=item Using G_KEEPERR
+=item Extending your Extension
-=item Using call_sv
+=item Documenting your Extension
-=item Using call_argv
+=item Installing your Extension
-=item Using call_method
+=item EXAMPLE 5
-=item Using GIMME_V
+=item New Things in this Example
-=item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
+=item EXAMPLE 6
-=item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
+=item New Things in this Example
-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 EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
-=item Alternate Stack Manipulation
+=item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
-=item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
+=item EXAMPLE 9 Passing open files to XSes
+
+=item Troubleshooting these Examples
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item See also
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Author
-=item DATE
+=over 4
+
+=item Last Changed
=back
-=head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
+=back
+
+=head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
=over 4
=over 4
-=item DOCUMENTATION
+=item Introduction
-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 On The Road
-=item CONVERTORS
+=item The Anatomy of an XSUB
-L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
+=item The Argument Stack
-=item Administration
+=item The RETVAL Variable
-L<libnetcfg|libnetcfg>
+=item The MODULE Keyword
-=item Development
+=item The PACKAGE Keyword
-L<perlbug|perlbug>, L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph> and L<pstruct|pstruct>,
-L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>, L<perlcc|perlcc>
+=item The PREFIX Keyword
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item The OUTPUT: Keyword
-=back
+=item The NO_OUTPUT Keyword
-=back
+=item The CODE: Keyword
-=head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
+=item The INIT: Keyword
-=over 4
+=item The NO_INIT Keyword
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Initializing Function Parameters
-=item CONCEPTS
+=item Default Parameter Values
-=item USING FILTERS
+=item The PREINIT: Keyword
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
+=item The SCOPE: Keyword
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
+=item The INPUT: Keyword
-B<Decryption Filters>
+=item The IN/OUTLIST/IN_OUTLIST/OUT/IN_OUT Keywords
-=item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
+=item The C<length(NAME)> Keyword
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
+=item Variable-length Parameter Lists
-=item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
+=item The C_ARGS: Keyword
-=item CONCLUSION
+=item The PPCODE: Keyword
-=item REQUIREMENTS
+=item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
-=item AUTHOR
+=item The REQUIRE: Keyword
-=item Copyrights
+=item The CLEANUP: Keyword
-=back
+=item The POSTCALL: Keyword
-=head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
+=item The BOOT: Keyword
-=over 4
+=item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
-B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
-B<filter_fetch_value>
+=item The ALIAS: Keyword
-=over 4
+=item The OVERLOAD: Keyword
-=item The Filter
+=item The FALLBACK: Keyword
-=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
+=item The INTERFACE: Keyword
-=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
+=item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
+
+=item The INCLUDE: Keyword
+
+=item The CASE: Keyword
+
+=item The & Unary Operator
+
+=item Inserting POD, Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
+
+=item Using XS With C++
+
+=item Interface Strategy
+
+=item Perl Objects And C Structures
+
+=item The Typemap
+
+=item Safely Storing Static Data in XS
+
+MY_CXT_KEY, typedef my_cxt_t, START_MY_CXT, MY_CXT_INIT, dMY_CXT, MY_CXT
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item XS VERSION
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
+=head2 perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item "Gimme" Values
+=over 4
-GIMME, GIMME_V, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID
+=item Conventions
-=item Array Manipulation Functions
+C<t>, C<p>, C<n>, C<s>
-AvFILL, av_clear, av_delete, av_exists, av_extend, av_fetch, av_fill,
-av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push, av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift,
-get_av, newAV, Nullav, sortsv
+=item File Operations
-=item Callback Functions
+=item File Input and Output
-call_argv, call_method, call_pv, call_sv, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv,
-FREETMPS, LEAVE, SAVETMPS
+=item File Positioning
-=item Character classes
+=item Memory Management and String Handling
-isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, toLOWER, toUPPER
+=item Character Class Tests
-=item Cloning an interpreter
+=item F<stdlib.h> functions
-perl_clone
+=item Miscellaneous functions
-=item CV Manipulation Functions
+=back
-CvSTASH, get_cv, Nullcv
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Embedding Functions
+=back
-load_module, perl_alloc, perl_construct, perl_destruct, perl_free,
-perl_parse, perl_run, require_pv
+=head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
-=item Functions in file pp_pack.c
+=over 4
-pack_cat, unpack_str
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Global Variables
+=item Variables
-PL_modglobal, PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes
+=over 4
-=item GV Functions
+=item Datatypes
-GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_fetchmethod_autoload,
-gv_fetchmeth_autoload, gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv
+=item What is an "IV"?
-=item Handy Values
+=item Working with SVs
-HEf_SVKEY, Nullch, Nullsv
+=item Offsets
-=item Hash Manipulation Functions
+=item What's Really Stored in an SV?
-get_hv, HeHASH, HeKEY, HeKLEN, HePV, HeSVKEY, HeSVKEY_force, HeSVKEY_set,
-HeVAL, HvNAME, hv_clear, hv_delete, hv_delete_ent, hv_exists,
-hv_exists_ent, hv_fetch, hv_fetch_ent, hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey,
-hv_iterkeysv, hv_iternext, hv_iternextsv, hv_iterval, hv_magic, hv_store,
-hv_store_ent, hv_undef, newHV, Nullhv
+=item Working with AVs
-=item Magical Functions
+=item Working with HVs
-mg_clear, mg_copy, mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, mg_length, mg_magical, mg_set,
-SvGETMAGIC, SvLOCK, SvSETMAGIC, SvSetMagicSV, SvSetMagicSV_nosteal,
-SvSetSV, SvSetSV_nosteal, SvSHARE
+=item Hash API Extensions
-=item Memory Management
+=item AVs, HVs and undefined values
-Copy, Move, New, Newc, NEWSV, Newz, Renew, Renewc, Safefree, savepv,
-savepvn, savesharedpv, StructCopy, Zero
+=item References
-=item Miscellaneous Functions
+=item Blessed References and Class Objects
-fbm_compile, fbm_instr, form, getcwd_sv, strEQ, strGE, strGT, strLE, strLT,
-strNE, strnEQ, strnNE
+=item Creating New Variables
-=item Numeric functions
+GV_ADDMULTI, GV_ADDWARN
-grok_bin, grok_hex, grok_number, grok_numeric_radix, grok_oct, scan_bin,
-scan_hex, scan_oct
+=item Reference Counts and Mortality
-=item Optree Manipulation Functions
+=item Stashes and Globs
-cv_const_sv, newCONSTSUB, newXS
+=item Double-Typed SVs
-=item Stack Manipulation Macros
+=item Magic Variables
-dMARK, dORIGMARK, dSP, EXTEND, MARK, ORIGMARK, POPi, POPl, POPn, POPp,
-POPpbytex, POPpx, POPs, PUSHi, PUSHMARK, PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUSHu,
-PUTBACK, SP, SPAGAIN, XPUSHi, XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs, XPUSHu, XSRETURN,
-XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV, XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF,
-XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNO, XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES
+=item Assigning Magic
-=item SV Flags
+=item Magic Virtual Tables
-svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG
+=item Finding Magic
-=item SV Manipulation Functions
+=item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
-get_sv, looks_like_number, memcmp_byte_utf8, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, newSV,
-newSViv, newSVnv, newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVpvn_share, newSVrv,
-newSVsv, newSVuv, new_vstring, SvCUR, SvCUR_set, SvEND, SvGROW, SvIOK,
-SvIOKp, SvIOK_notUV, SvIOK_off, SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only, SvIOK_only_UV,
-SvIOK_UV, SvIV, SvIVx, SvIVX, SvLEN, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp, SvNIOK_off, SvNOK,
-SvNOKp, SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVx, SvNVX, SvOK, SvOOK,
-SvPOK, SvPOKp, SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only, SvPOK_only_UTF8, SvPV,
-SvPVbyte, SvPVbytex, SvPVbytex_force, SvPVbyte_force, SvPVbyte_nolen,
-SvPVutf8, SvPVutf8x, SvPVutf8x_force, SvPVutf8_force, SvPVutf8_nolen,
-SvPVx, SvPVX, SvPV_force, SvPV_force_nomg, SvPV_nolen, SvREFCNT,
-SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK, SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV, SvSTASH,
-SvTAINT, SvTAINTED, SvTAINTED_off, SvTAINTED_on, SvTRUE, SvTYPE, SvUNLOCK,
-SvUOK, SvUPGRADE, SvUTF8, SvUTF8_off, SvUTF8_on, SvUV, SvUVx, SvUVX,
-sv_2bool, sv_2cv, sv_2io, sv_2iv, sv_2mortal, sv_2nv, sv_2pvbyte,
-sv_2pvbyte_nolen, sv_2pvutf8, sv_2pvutf8_nolen, sv_2pv_flags, sv_2pv_nolen,
-sv_2uv, sv_backoff, sv_bless, sv_catpv, sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg, sv_catpvn,
-sv_catpvn_flags, sv_catpvn_mg, sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv, sv_catsv_flags,
-sv_catsv_mg, sv_chop, sv_clear, sv_cmp, sv_cmp_locale, sv_collxfrm,
-sv_copypv, sv_dec, sv_derived_from, sv_eq, sv_force_normal,
-sv_force_normal_flags, sv_free, sv_gets, sv_grow, sv_inc, sv_insert,
-sv_isa, sv_isobject, sv_iv, sv_len, sv_len_utf8, sv_magic, sv_magicext,
-sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, sv_newref, sv_nolocking, sv_nosharing,
-sv_nounlocking, sv_nv, sv_pos_b2u, sv_pos_u2b, sv_pv, sv_pvbyte,
-sv_pvbyten, sv_pvbyten_force, sv_pvn, sv_pvn_force, sv_pvn_force_flags,
-sv_pvutf8, sv_pvutf8n, sv_pvutf8n_force, sv_reftype, sv_replace,
-sv_report_used, sv_reset, sv_rvweaken, sv_setiv, sv_setiv_mg, sv_setnv,
-sv_setnv_mg, sv_setpv, sv_setpvf, sv_setpvf_mg, sv_setpviv, sv_setpviv_mg,
-sv_setpvn, sv_setpvn_mg, sv_setpv_mg, sv_setref_iv, sv_setref_nv,
-sv_setref_pv, sv_setref_pvn, sv_setref_uv, sv_setsv, sv_setsv_flags,
-sv_setsv_mg, sv_setuv, sv_setuv_mg, sv_taint, sv_tainted, sv_true,
-sv_unmagic, sv_unref, sv_unref_flags, sv_untaint, sv_upgrade, sv_usepvn,
-sv_usepvn_mg, sv_utf8_decode, sv_utf8_downgrade, sv_utf8_encode,
-sv_utf8_upgrade, sv_utf8_upgrade_flags, sv_uv, sv_vcatpvfn, sv_vsetpvfn
+=item Localizing changes
-=item Unicode Support
+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)>
-bytes_from_utf8, bytes_to_utf8, ibcmp_utf8, is_utf8_char, is_utf8_string,
-pv_uni_display, sv_recode_to_utf8, sv_uni_display, to_utf8_case,
-to_utf8_fold, to_utf8_lower, to_utf8_title, to_utf8_upper, utf8n_to_uvchr,
-utf8n_to_uvuni, utf8_distance, utf8_hop, utf8_length, utf8_to_bytes,
-utf8_to_uvchr, utf8_to_uvuni, uvchr_to_utf8, uvuni_to_utf8_flags
+=back
-=item Variables created by C<xsubpp> and C<xsubpp> internal functions
+=item Subroutines
-ax, CLASS, dAX, dITEMS, dXSARGS, dXSI32, items, ix, newXSproto, RETVAL, ST,
-THIS, XS, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK
+=over 4
-=item Warning and Dieing
+=item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
-croak, warn
+=item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Memory Allocation
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item PerlIO
+
+=item Putting a C value on Perl stack
+
+=item Scratchpads
+
+=item Scratchpads and recursion
=back
-=head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
- Perl functions
+=item Compiled code
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item Global Variables
+=item Code tree
-PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv,
-PL_rs
+=item Examining the tree
-=item GV Functions
+=item Compile pass 1: check routines
-is_gv_magical
+=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
-=item IO Functions
+=item Compile pass 2: context propagation
-start_glob
+=item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
-=item Pad Data Structures
+=item Pluggable runops
-CvPADLIST
+=back
-=item Stack Manipulation Macros
+=item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions
-djSP, LVRET
+=item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
-=item SV Manipulation Functions
+=over 4
-report_uninit, sv_add_arena, sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs, sv_free_arenas
+=item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
-=item AUTHORS
+=item So what happened to dTHR?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How do I use all this in extensions?
-=back
+=item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads?
-=head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
+=item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
-=over 4
+=back
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Internal Functions
-=item DESCRIPTION
+A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, j, x
=over 4
-=item History and Background
+=item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs
-=item Layers vs Disciplines
+=item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer
-=item Data Structures
+=item Source Documentation
-=item Functions and Attributes
+=back
-=item Per-instance Data
+=item Unicode Support
-=item Layers in action.
+=over 4
-=item Per-instance flag bits
+=item What B<is> Unicode, anyway?
-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 How can I recognise a UTF8 string?
-=item Methods in Detail
+=item How does UTF8 represent Unicode characters?
-name, size, kind, PERLIO_K_BUFFERED, PERLIO_K_CANCRLF, PERLIO_K_FASTGETS,
-PERLIO_K_MULTIARG, PERLIO_K_RAW, Pushed, Popped, Open, Getarg, Fileno, Dup,
-Read, Write, Seek, Tell, Close, Flush, Fill, Eof, Error, Clearerr,
-Setlinebuf, Get_base, Get_bufsiz, Get_ptr, Get_cnt, Set_ptrcnt
+=item How does Perl store UTF8 strings?
-=item Core Layers
+=item How do I convert a string to UTF8?
-"unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8"
+=item Is there anything else I need to know?
-=item Extension Layers
+=back
-":encoding", ":Scalar", ":Object" or ":Perl"
+=item Custom Operators
-=back
+=item AUTHORS
-=item TODO
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
+=head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-1. USE_STDIO, 2. USE_SFIO, 3. USE_PERLIO, B<PerlIO_stdin()>,
-B<PerlIO_stdout()>, B<PerlIO_stderr()>, B<PerlIO_open(path, mode)>,
-B<PerlIO_fdopen(fd,mode)>, B<PerlIO_reopen(path,mode,f)>,
-B<PerlIO_printf(f,fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_vprintf(f,fmt,a)>,
-B<PerlIO_stdoutf(fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_read(f,buf,count)>,
-B<PerlIO_write(f,buf,count)>, B<PerlIO_close(f)>, B<PerlIO_puts(f,s)>,
-B<PerlIO_putc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_ungetc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_getc(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_eof(f)>, B<PerlIO_error(f)>, B<PerlIO_fileno(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_clearerr(f)>, B<PerlIO_flush(f)>, B<PerlIO_seek(f,offset,whence)>,
-B<PerlIO_tell(f)>, B<PerlIO_getpos(f,p)>, B<PerlIO_setpos(f,p)>,
-B<PerlIO_rewind(f)>, B<PerlIO_tmpfile()>, B<PerlIO_setlinebuf(f)>
+An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
+
+=item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
+
+call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
+
+=item FLAG VALUES
=over 4
-=item Co-existence with stdio
+=item G_VOID
-B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,flags)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,flags)>,
-B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>, B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>
+=item G_SCALAR
-=item "Fast gets" Functions
+=item G_ARRAY
-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 G_DISCARD
-=item Other Functions
+=item G_NOARGS
-PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers),
-'E<lt>' read, 'E<gt>' write, '+' read/write, PerlIO_debug(fmt,...)
+=item G_EVAL
-=back
+=item G_KEEPERR
+
+=item Determining the Context
=back
-=head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+
+=item EXAMPLES
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item No Parameters, Nothing returned
-=item To do during 5.6.x
+=item Passing Parameters
-=over 4
+=item Returning a Scalar
-=item Support for I/O disciplines
+=item Returning a list of values
-=item Autoload bytes.pm
+=item Returning a list in a scalar context
-=item Make "\u{XXXX}" et al work
+=item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
-=item Create a char *sv_pvprintify(sv, STRLEN *lenp, UV flags)
+=item Using G_EVAL
-=item Overloadable regex assertions
+=item Using G_KEEPERR
-=item Unicode
+=item Using call_sv
-=item use Thread for iThreads
+=item Using call_argv
-=item make perl_clone optionally clone ops
+=item Using call_method
-=item Work out exit/die semantics for threads
+=item Using GIMME_V
-=item Typed lexicals for compiler
+=item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
-=item Compiler workarounds for Win32
+=item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
-=item AUTOLOADing in the compiler
+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 Fixing comppadlist when compiling
+=item Alternate Stack Manipulation
-=item Cleaning up exported namespace
+=item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
-=item Complete signal handling
+=back
-=item Out-of-source builds
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item POSIX realtime support
+=item AUTHOR
-=item UNIX98 support
+=item DATE
-=item IPv6 Support
+=back
-=item Long double conversion
+=head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
-=item Locales
+=over 4
-=item Thread-safe regexes
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Arithmetic on non-Arabic numerals
+=item "Gimme" Values
-=item POSIX Unicode character classes
+GIMME, GIMME_V, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID
-=item Factoring out common suffices/prefices in regexps (trie optimization)
+=item Array Manipulation Functions
-=item Security audit shipped utilities
+AvFILL, av_clear, av_delete, av_exists, av_extend, av_fetch, av_fill,
+av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push, av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift,
+get_av, newAV, Nullav, sortsv
-=item Sort out the uid-setting mess
+=item Callback Functions
-=item Custom opcodes
+call_argv, call_method, call_pv, call_sv, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv,
+FREETMPS, LEAVE, SAVETMPS
-=item DLL Versioning
+=item Character classes
-=item Introduce @( and @)
+isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, toLOWER, toUPPER
-=item Floating point handling
+=item Cloning an interpreter
-=item IV/UV preservation
+perl_clone
-=item Replace pod2html with something using Pod::Parser
+=item CV Manipulation Functions
-=item Automate module testing on CPAN
+CvSTASH, get_cv, Nullcv
-=item sendmsg and recvmsg
+=item Embedding Functions
-=item Rewrite perlre documentation
+cv_undef, load_module, nothreadhook, perl_alloc, perl_construct,
+perl_destruct, perl_free, perl_parse, perl_run, require_pv
-=item Convert example code to IO::Handle filehandles
+=item Functions in file pp_pack.c
-=item Document Win32 choices
+packlist, pack_cat, unpackstring, unpack_str
-=item Check new modules
+=item Global Variables
-=item Make roffitall find pods and libs itself
+PL_modglobal, PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes
-=back
+=item GV Functions
-=item To do at some point
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Remove regular expression recursion
-
-=item Memory leaks after failed eval
-
-=item bitfields in pack
-
-=item Cross compilation
-
-=item Perl preprocessor / macros
+GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_fetchmethod_autoload,
+gv_fetchmeth_autoload, gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv
-=item Perl lexer in Perl
+=item Handy Values
-=item Using POSIX calls internally
+HEf_SVKEY, Nullch, Nullsv
-=item -i rename file when changed
+=item Hash Manipulation Functions
-=item All ARGV input should act like E<lt>E<gt>
+get_hv, HeHASH, HeKEY, HeKLEN, HePV, HeSVKEY, HeSVKEY_force, HeSVKEY_set,
+HeVAL, HvNAME, hv_clear, hv_delete, hv_delete_ent, hv_exists,
+hv_exists_ent, hv_fetch, hv_fetch_ent, hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey,
+hv_iterkeysv, hv_iternext, hv_iternextsv, hv_iternext_flags, hv_iterval,
+hv_magic, hv_store, hv_store_ent, hv_undef, newHV, Nullhv
-=item Support for rerunning debugger
+=item Magical Functions
-=item Test Suite for the Debugger
+mg_clear, mg_copy, mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, mg_length, mg_magical, mg_set,
+SvGETMAGIC, SvLOCK, SvSETMAGIC, SvSetMagicSV, SvSetMagicSV_nosteal,
+SvSetSV, SvSetSV_nosteal, SvSHARE
-=item my sub foo { }
+=item Memory Management
-=item One-pass global destruction
+Copy, Move, New, Newc, NEWSV, Newz, Poison, Renew, Renewc, Safefree,
+savepv, savepvn, savesharedpv, StructCopy, Zero
-=item Rewrite regexp parser
+=item Miscellaneous Functions
-=item Cache recently used regexps
+fbm_compile, fbm_instr, form, getcwd_sv, new_version, scan_version, strEQ,
+strGE, strGT, strLE, strLT, strNE, strnEQ, strnNE, sv_nolocking,
+sv_nosharing, sv_nounlocking, upg_version, vcmp, vnumify, vstringify
-=item Re-entrant functions
+=item Numeric functions
-=item Cross-compilation support
+grok_bin, grok_hex, grok_number, grok_numeric_radix, grok_oct, scan_bin,
+scan_hex, scan_oct
-=item Bit-shifting bitvectors
+=item Optree Manipulation Functions
-=item debugger pragma
+cv_const_sv, newCONSTSUB, newXS
-=item use less pragma
+=item Pad Data Structures
-=item switch structures
+pad_sv
-=item Cache eval tree
+=item Stack Manipulation Macros
-=item rcatmaybe
+dMARK, dORIGMARK, dSP, EXTEND, MARK, ORIGMARK, POPi, POPl, POPn, POPp,
+POPpbytex, POPpx, POPs, PUSHi, PUSHMARK, PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUSHu,
+PUTBACK, SP, SPAGAIN, XPUSHi, XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs, XPUSHu, XSRETURN,
+XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV, XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF,
+XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNO, XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES
-=item Shrink opcode tables
+=item SV Flags
-=item Optimize away @_
+svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG
-=item Prototypes versus indirect objects
+=item SV Manipulation Functions
-=item Install HTML
+get_sv, looks_like_number, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, newSV, newSViv, newSVnv,
+newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVpvn_share, newSVrv, newSVsv, newSVuv,
+SvCUR, SvCUR_set, SvEND, SvGROW, SvIOK, SvIOKp, SvIOK_notUV, SvIOK_off,
+SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only, SvIOK_only_UV, SvIOK_UV, SvIsCOW,
+SvIsCOW_shared_hash, SvIV, SvIVx, SvIVX, SvLEN, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp,
+SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, SvNOKp, SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVX,
+SvNVx, SvOK, SvOOK, SvPOK, SvPOKp, SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only,
+SvPOK_only_UTF8, SvPV, SvPVbyte, SvPVbytex, SvPVbytex_force,
+SvPVbyte_force, SvPVbyte_nolen, SvPVutf8, SvPVutf8x, SvPVutf8x_force,
+SvPVutf8_force, SvPVutf8_nolen, SvPVx, SvPVX, SvPV_force, SvPV_force_nomg,
+SvPV_nolen, SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK, SvROK_off,
+SvROK_on, SvRV, SvSTASH, SvTAINT, SvTAINTED, SvTAINTED_off, SvTAINTED_on,
+SvTRUE, SvTYPE, SvUNLOCK, SvUOK, SvUPGRADE, SvUTF8, SvUTF8_off, SvUTF8_on,
+SvUV, SvUVX, SvUVx, SvVOK, sv_2bool, sv_2cv, sv_2io, sv_2iv, sv_2mortal,
+sv_2nv, sv_2pvbyte, sv_2pvbyte_nolen, sv_2pvutf8, sv_2pvutf8_nolen,
+sv_2pv_flags, sv_2pv_nolen, sv_2uv, sv_backoff, sv_bless, sv_catpv,
+sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg, sv_catpvn, sv_catpvn_flags, sv_catpvn_mg,
+sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv, sv_catsv_flags, sv_catsv_mg, sv_chop, sv_clear,
+sv_cmp, sv_cmp_locale, sv_collxfrm, sv_copypv, sv_dec, sv_derived_from,
+sv_eq, sv_force_normal, sv_force_normal_flags, sv_free, sv_gets, sv_grow,
+sv_inc, sv_insert, sv_isa, sv_isobject, sv_iv, sv_len, sv_len_utf8,
+sv_magic, sv_magicext, sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, sv_newref, sv_nv,
+sv_pos_b2u, sv_pos_u2b, sv_pv, sv_pvbyte, sv_pvbyten, sv_pvbyten_force,
+sv_pvn, sv_pvn_force, sv_pvn_force_flags, sv_pvutf8, sv_pvutf8n,
+sv_pvutf8n_force, sv_reftype, sv_replace, sv_report_used, sv_reset,
+sv_rvweaken, sv_setiv, sv_setiv_mg, sv_setnv, sv_setnv_mg, sv_setpv,
+sv_setpvf, sv_setpvf_mg, sv_setpviv, sv_setpviv_mg, sv_setpvn,
+sv_setpvn_mg, sv_setpv_mg, sv_setref_iv, sv_setref_nv, sv_setref_pv,
+sv_setref_pvn, sv_setref_uv, sv_setsv, sv_setsv_flags, sv_setsv_mg,
+sv_setuv, sv_setuv_mg, sv_taint, sv_tainted, sv_true, sv_unmagic, sv_unref,
+sv_unref_flags, sv_untaint, sv_upgrade, sv_usepvn, sv_usepvn_mg,
+sv_utf8_decode, sv_utf8_downgrade, sv_utf8_encode, sv_utf8_upgrade,
+sv_utf8_upgrade_flags, sv_uv, sv_vcatpvfn, sv_vsetpvfn
-=item Prototype method calls
+=item Unicode Support
-=item Return context prototype declarations
+bytes_from_utf8, bytes_to_utf8, ibcmp_utf8, is_utf8_char, is_utf8_string,
+pv_uni_display, sv_cat_decode, sv_recode_to_utf8, sv_uni_display,
+to_utf8_case, to_utf8_fold, to_utf8_lower, to_utf8_title, to_utf8_upper,
+utf8n_to_uvchr, utf8n_to_uvuni, utf8_distance, utf8_hop, utf8_length,
+utf8_to_bytes, utf8_to_uvchr, utf8_to_uvuni, uvchr_to_utf8,
+uvuni_to_utf8_flags
-=item magic_setisa
+=item Variables created by C<xsubpp> and C<xsubpp> internal functions
-=item Garbage collection
+ax, CLASS, dAX, dITEMS, dXSARGS, dXSI32, items, ix, newXSproto, RETVAL, ST,
+THIS, XS, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK
-=item IO tutorial
+=item Warning and Dieing
-=item Rewrite perldoc
+croak, warn
-=item Install .3p manpages
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Unicode tutorial
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Update POSIX.pm for 1003.1-2
+=back
-=item Retargetable installation
+=head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
+ Perl functions
-=item POSIX emulation on non-POSIX systems
+=over 4
-=item Rename Win32 headers
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Finish off lvalue functions
+=item CV reference counts and CvOUTSIDE
-=item Update sprintf documentation
+CvWEAKOUTSIDE
-=item Use fchown/fchmod internally
+=item Functions in file pad.h
-=item Make v-strings overloaded objects
+CX_CURPAD_SAVE, CX_CURPAD_SV, PAD_BASE_SV, PAD_CLONE_VARS,
+PAD_COMPNAME_FLAGS, PAD_COMPNAME_GEN, PAD_COMPNAME_OURSTASH,
+PAD_COMPNAME_PV, PAD_COMPNAME_TYPE, PAD_DUP, PAD_RESTORE_LOCAL,
+PAD_SAVE_LOCAL, PAD_SAVE_SETNULLPAD, PAD_SETSV, PAD_SET_CUR, PAD_SV,
+PAD_SVl, SAVECLEARSV, SAVECOMPPAD, SAVEPADSV
-=item Allow restricted hash assignment
+=item Functions in file pp_ctl.c
-=back
+find_runcv
-=item Vague ideas
+=item Global Variables
-=over 4
+PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv,
+PL_rs
-=item ref() in list context
+=item GV Functions
-=item Make tr/// return histogram of characters in list context
+is_gv_magical
-=item Compile to real threaded code
+=item IO Functions
-=item Structured types
+start_glob
-=item Modifiable $1 et al.
+=item Pad Data Structures
-=item Procedural interfaces for IO::*, etc.
+CvPADLIST, cv_clone, cv_dump, do_dump_pad, intro_my, pad_add_anon,
+pad_add_name, pad_alloc, pad_block_start, pad_check_dup, pad_findlex,
+pad_findmy, pad_fixup_inner_anons, pad_free, pad_leavemy, pad_new,
+pad_push, pad_reset, pad_setsv, pad_swipe, pad_tidy, pad_undef
-=item RPC modules
+=item Stack Manipulation Macros
-=item Attach/detach debugger from running program
+djSP, LVRET
-=item GUI::Native
+=item SV Manipulation Functions
-=item foreach(reverse ...)
+report_uninit, sv_add_arena, sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs, sv_free_arenas
-=item Constant function cache
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Approximate regular expression matching
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Ongoing
+=head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
=over 4
-=item Update guts documentation
-
-=item Add more tests
-
-=item Update auxiliary tools
-
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Recently done things
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Alternative RE syntax module
+=item History and Background
-=item Safe signal handling
+=item Layers vs Disciplines
-=item Tie Modules
+=item Data Structures
-=item gettimeofday
+=item Functions and Attributes
-=item setitimer and getimiter
+=item Per-instance Data
-=item Testing __DIE__ hook
+=item Layers in action.
-=item CPP equivalent in Perl
+=item Per-instance flag bits
-=item Explicit switch statements
+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 autocroak
+=item Methods in Detail
-=item UTF/EBCDIC
+fsize, name, size, kind, PERLIO_K_BUFFERED, PERLIO_K_RAW, PERLIO_K_CANCRLF,
+PERLIO_K_FASTGETS, PERLIO_K_MULTIARG, Pushed, Popped, Open, Binmode,
+Getarg, Fileno, Dup, Read, Write, Seek, Tell, Close, Flush, Fill, Eof,
+Error, Clearerr, Setlinebuf, Get_base, Get_bufsiz, Get_ptr, Get_cnt,
+Set_ptrcnt
-=item UTF Regexes
+=item Implementing PerlIO Layers
-=item perlcc to produce executable
+C implementations, Perl implementations
-=item END blocks saved in compiled output
+=item Core Layers
-=item Secure temporary file module
+"unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8"
-=item Integrate Time::HiRes
+=item Extension Layers
-=item Turn Cwd into XS
+":encoding", ":scalar", ":via"
-=item Mmap for input
+=back
-=item Byte to/from UTF8 and UTF8 to/from local conversion
+=item TODO
-=item Add sockatmark support
+=back
-=item Mailing list archives
+=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
-=item Bug tracking
+=over 4
-=item Integrate MacPerl
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Web "nerve center" for Perl
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Regular expression tutorial
+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 Debugging Tutorial
+=over 4
-=item Integrate new modules
+=item Co-existence with stdio
-=item Integrate profiler
+B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,mode)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,mode)>,
+B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>, B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>
-=item Y2K error detection
+=item "Fast gets" Functions
-=item Regular expression debugger
+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 POD checker
+=item Other Functions
-=item "Dynamic" lexicals
+PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers),
+'E<lt>' read, 'E<gt>' write, '+' read/write, PerlIO_debug(fmt,...)
-=item Cache precompiled modules
+=back
=back
-=item Deprecated Wishes
+=head2 perlhack - How to hack at the Perl internals
=over 4
-=item Loop control on do{}
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Lexically scoped typeglobs
+Does concept match the general goals of Perl?, Where is the
+implementation?, Backwards compatibility, Could it be a module instead?, Is
+the feature generic enough?, Does it potentially introduce new bugs?, Does
+it preclude other desirable features?, Is the implementation robust?, Is
+the implementation generic enough to be portable?, Is the implementation
+tested?, Is there enough documentation?, Is there another way to do it?,
+Does it create too much work?, Patches speak louder than words
-=item format BOTTOM
+=over 4
-=item report HANDLE
+=item Keeping in sync
-=item Generalised want()/caller())
+rsync'ing the source tree, Using rsync over the LAN, Using pushing over the
+NFS, rsync'ing the patches
-=item Named prototypes
+=item Why rsync the source tree
-=item Built-in globbing
+It's easier to rsync the source tree, It's more reliable
-=item Regression tests for suidperl
+=item Why rsync the patches
-=item Cached hash values
+It's easier to rsync the patches, It's a good reference, Finding a start
+point, Finding how to fix a bug, Finding the source of misbehaviour
-=item Add compression modules
+=item Perlbug administration
-=item Reorganise documentation into tutorials/references
+=item Submitting patches
-=item Remove distinction between functions and operators
+L<perlguts>, L<perlxstut> and L<perlxs>, L<perlapi>,
+F<Porting/pumpkin.pod>, The perl5-porters FAQ
-=item Make XS easier to use
+=item Finding Your Way Around
-=item Make embedding easier to use
+Core modules, Tests, Documentation, Configure, Interpreter
-=item man for perl
+=item Elements of the interpreter
-=item my $Package::variable
+Startup, Parsing, Optimization, Running
-=item "or" tests defined, not truth
+=item Internal Variable Types
-=item "class"-based lexicals
-
-=item byteperl
-
-=item Lazy evaluation / tail recursion removal
-
-=item Make "use utf8" the default
-
-=item Unicode collation and normalization
-
-=item Create debugging macros
-
-=item truncate to the people
-
-=item pack/unpack tutorial
-
-=back
-
-=back
-
-=head2 perlhack - How to hack at the Perl internals
-
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-Does concept match the general goals of Perl?, Where is the
-implementation?, Backwards compatibility, Could it be a module instead?, Is
-the feature generic enough?, Does it potentially introduce new bugs?, Does
-it preclude other desirable features?, Is the implementation robust?, Is
-the implementation generic enough to be portable?, Is the implementation
-tested?, Is there enough documentation?, Is there another way to do it?,
-Does it create too much work?, Patches speak louder than words
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Keeping in sync
-
-rsync'ing the source tree, Using rsync over the LAN, Using pushing over the
-NFS, rsync'ing the patches
-
-=item Why rsync the source tree
-
-It's easier to rsync the source tree, It's more recent, It's more reliable
-
-=item Why rsync the patches
-
-It's easier to rsync the patches, It's a good reference, Finding a start
-point, Finding how to fix a bug, Finding the source of misbehaviour
-
-=item Perlbug remote interface
-
-1 http://bugs.perl.org, 2 bugdb@perl.org, 3
-commands_and_bugdids@bugs.perl.org, notes, patches, tests
-
-=item Submitting patches
-
-L<perlguts>, L<perlxstut> and L<perlxs>, L<perlapi>,
-F<Porting/pumpkin.pod>, The perl5-porters FAQ
-
-=item Finding Your Way Around
-
-Core modules, Tests, Documentation, Configure, Interpreter
-
-=item Elements of the interpreter
-
-Startup, Parsing, Optimization, Running
-
-=item Internal Variable Types
-
-=item Op Trees
+=item Op Trees
=item Stacks
=item Millions of Macros
+=item The .i Targets
+
=item Poking at Perl
=item Using a source-level debugger
run [args], break function_name, break source.c:xxx, step, next, continue,
finish, 'enter', print
+=item gdb macro support
+
=item Dumping Perl Data Structures
=item Patching
=item Writing a test
F<t/base/>, F<t/cmd/>, F<t/comp/>, F<t/io/>, F<t/lib/>, F<t/op/>,
-F<t/pod/>, F<t/run/>, t/base t/comp, t/cmd t/run t/io t/op, t/lib ext lib
+F<t/pod/>, F<t/run/>, F<t/uni/>, F<t/win32/>, F<t/x2p>, t/base t/comp,
+t/cmd t/run t/io t/op, t/lib ext lib
+
+=item Special Make Test Targets
+
+coretest, test.deparse, minitest, test.valgrind check.valgrind
+utest.valgrind ucheck.valgrind, test.third check.third utest.third
+ucheck.third, test.torture torturetest, utest ucheck test.utf8 check.utf8,
+test_harness
+
+=item Running tests by hand
+
+PERL_CORE=1, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL=2, PERL, PERL_SKIP_TTY_TEST
=back
DEFINES, USE_MULTI = define, #PERL_MALLOC = define, CFG = Debug
-=item Compaq's/Digital's Third Degree
+=item valgrind
+
+=item Compaq's/Digital's/HP's Third Degree
=item PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL
=back
-=head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
+=head2 perlbook - Perl book information
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item INTRODUCTION
-
-=item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
-
-=over 4
-
-=item PUMPKIN?
-
=back
-=item THE RECORDS
+=head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
=over 4
-=item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
+=item To do during 5.6.x
-=back
+=over 4
-=item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
+=item Support for I/O disciplines
-=back
+=item Autoload bytes.pm
-=head2 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.8.0
+=item Make "\u{XXXX}" et al work
-=over 4
+=item Create a char *sv_pvprintify(sv, STRLEN *lenp, UV flags)
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Overloadable regex assertions
-=item Highlights In 5.8.0
+=item Unicode
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item Work out exit/die semantics for threads
-=over 4
+=item Better support for nonpreemptive threading systems like GNU pth
-=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
+=item Typed lexicals for compiler
-=item AIX Dynaloading
+=item Compiler workarounds for Win32
-=item Attributes for C<my> variables now handled at run-time.
+=item AUTOLOADing in the compiler
-=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
+=item Fixing comppadlist when compiling
-=item IEEE-format Floating Point Default on OpenVMS Alpha
+=item Cleaning up exported namespace
-=item New Unicode Properties
+=item Complete signal handling
-=item REF(...) Instead Of SCALAR(...)
+=item Out-of-source builds
-=item pack/unpack D/F recycled
+=item POSIX realtime support
-=item Deprecations
+=item UNIX98 support
-=back
+=item IPv6 Support
-=item Core Enhancements
+=item Long double conversion
-=over 4
+=item Locales
-=item PerlIO is Now The Default
+=item Arithmetic on non-Arabic numerals
-=item Safe Signals
+=item POSIX Unicode character classes
-=item Unicode Overhaul
+=item Factoring out common suffices/prefices in regexps (trie optimization)
-=item Understanding of Numbers
+=item Security audit shipped utilities
-=item Miscellaneous Changes
+=item Sort out the uid-setting mess
-=back
+=item Custom opcodes
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item DLL Versioning
-=over 4
+=item Introduce @( and @)
-=item New Modules and Pragmata
+=item Floating point handling
-=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+=item IV/UV preservation
-=back
+=item Replace pod2html with something using Pod::Parser
-=item Utility Changes
+=item Automate module testing on CPAN
-=item New Documentation
+=item sendmsg and recvmsg
-=item Performance Enhancements
+=item Rewrite perlre documentation
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item Convert example code to IO::Handle filehandles
-=over 4
+=item Document Win32 choices
-=item Generic Improvements
+=item Check new modules
-=item New Or Improved Platforms
+=item Make roffitall find pods and libs itself
=back
-=item Selected Bug Fixes
+=item To do at some point
=over 4
-=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+=item Remove regular expression recursion
-=back
+=item Memory leaks after failed eval
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=item bitfields in pack
-=item Changed Internals
+=item Cross compilation
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+=item Perl preprocessor / macros
-=item New Tests
+=item Perl lexer in Perl
-=item Known Problems
+=item Using POSIX calls internally
-=over 4
+=item -i rename file when changed
-=item AIX
+=item All ARGV input should act like E<lt>E<gt>
-=item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
+=item Support for rerunning debugger
-=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+=item Test Suite for the Debugger
-=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
+=item my sub foo { }
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+=item One-pass global destruction
-=item Mac OS X
+=item Rewrite regexp parser
-=item OS/390
+=item Cache recently used regexps
-=item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
+=item Cross-compilation support
-=item Failure of Thread tests
+=item Bit-shifting bitvectors
-=item UNICOS
+=item debugger pragma
-=item UNICOS and UNICOS/mk
+=item use less pragma
-=item UTS
+=item switch structures
-=item VMS
+=item Cache eval tree
-=item Win32
+=item rcatmaybe
-=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
+=item Shrink opcode tables
-=item Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken
+=item Optimize away @_
-=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+=item Prototypes versus indirect objects
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=item Install HTML
-=item Unicode Support on EBCDIC Still Spotty
+=item Prototype method calls
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+=item Return context prototype declarations
-=item The Long Double Support Is Still Experimental
+=item magic_setisa
-=item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
+=item Garbage collection
-=back
+=item IO tutorial
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item Rewrite perldoc
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Install .3p manpages
-=item HISTORY
+=item Unicode tutorial
-=back
+=item Update POSIX.pm for 1003.1-2
-=head2 perl572delta - what's new for perl v5.7.2
+=item Retargetable installation
-=over 4
+=item POSIX emulation on non-POSIX systems
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Rename Win32 headers
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+=item Finish off lvalue functions
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item Update sprintf documentation
-=over 4
+=item Use fchown/fchmod internally
-=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
+=item Make v-strings overloaded objects
-=item AIX Dynaloading
+=item Allow restricted hash assignment
-=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
+=item Should overload be inheritable?
-=item Different Definition of the Unicode Character Classes \p{In...}
+=item Taint rethink
-=item Deprecations
+=item Perform correctly when XSUBs call subroutines that exit via
+goto(LABEL) and friends
=back
-=item Core Enhancements
-
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item Vague ideas
=over 4
-=item New Modules and Distributions
-
-=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+=item ref() in list context
-=back
+=item Make tr/// return histogram of characters in list context
-=item Utility Changes
+=item Compile to real threaded code
-=item New Documentation
+=item Structured types
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item Modifiable $1 et al.
-=over 4
+=item Procedural interfaces for IO::*, etc.
-=item New Or Improved Platforms
+=item RPC modules
-=item Generic Improvements
+=item Attach/detach debugger from running program
-=back
+=item GUI::Native
-=item Selected Bug Fixes
+=item foreach(reverse ...)
-=over 4
+=item Constant function cache
-=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+=item Approximate regular expression matching
=back
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-
-=item Source Code Enhancements
+=item Ongoing
=over 4
-=item MAGIC constants
-
-=item Better commented code
+=item Update guts documentation
-=item Regex pre-/post-compilation items matched up
+=item Add more tests
-=item gcc -Wall
+=item Update auxiliary tools
-=back
+=item Create debugging macros
-=item New Tests
+=item truncate to the people
-=item Known Problems
+=item Unicode in Filenames
-=over 4
+=back
-=item AIX
+=item Unicode in %ENV
-=item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
+=item Recently done things
-=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+=over 4
-=item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12
+=item Alternative RE syntax module
-=item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured
+=item Safe signal handling
-=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
+=item Tie Modules
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+=item gettimeofday
-=item OS/390
+=item setitimer and getimiter
-=item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
+=item Testing __DIE__ hook
-=item Failure of Thread tests
+=item CPP equivalent in Perl
-=item UNICOS
+=item Explicit switch statements
-=item UTS
+=item autocroak
-=item VMS
+=item UTF/EBCDIC
-=item Win32
+=item UTF Regexes
-=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
+=item perlcc to produce executable
-=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+=item END blocks saved in compiled output
-=item Variable Attributes are not Currently Usable for Tieing
+=item Secure temporary file module
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=item Integrate Time::HiRes
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+=item Turn Cwd into XS
-=item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental
+=item Mmap for input
-=back
+=item Byte to/from UTF8 and UTF8 to/from local conversion
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item Add sockatmark support
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Mailing list archives
-=item HISTORY
+=item Bug tracking
-=back
+=item Integrate MacPerl
-=head2 perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.1
+=item Web "nerve center" for Perl
-=over 4
+=item Regular expression tutorial
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Debugging Tutorial
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+=item Integrate new modules
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item Integrate profiler
-=item Core Enhancements
+=item Y2K error detection
-=over 4
+=item Regular expression debugger
-=item AUTOLOAD Is Now Lvaluable
+=item POD checker
-=item PerlIO is Now The Default
+=item "Dynamic" lexicals
-=item Signals Are Now Safe
+=item Cache precompiled modules
=back
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item Deprecated Wishes
=over 4
-=item New Modules
+=item Loop control on do{}
-=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+=item Lexically scoped typeglobs
-=back
+=item format BOTTOM
-=item Performance Enhancements
+=item report HANDLE
-=item Utility Changes
+=item Generalised want()/caller())
-=item New Documentation
+=item Named prototypes
-=over 4
+=item Built-in globbing
-=item perlclib
+=item Regression tests for suidperl
-=item perliol
+=item Cached hash values
-=item README.aix
+=item Add compression modules
-=item README.bs2000
+=item Reorganise documentation into tutorials/references
-=item README.macos
+=item Remove distinction between functions and operators
-=item README.mpeix
+=item Make XS easier to use
-=item README.solaris
+=item Make embedding easier to use
-=item README.vos
+=item man for perl
-=item Porting/repository.pod
+=item my $Package::variable
-=back
+=item "or" tests defined, not truth
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item "class"-based lexicals
-=over 4
+=item byteperl
-=item New Or Improved Platforms
+=item Lazy evaluation / tail recursion removal
-=item Generic Improvements
+=item Make "use utf8" the default
-d_cmsghdr, d_fcntl_can_lock, d_fsync, d_getitimer, d_getpagsz, d_msghdr_s,
-need_va_copy, d_readv, d_recvmsg, d_sendmsg, sig_size, d_sockatmark,
-d_strtoq, d_u32align, d_ualarm, d_usleep
+=item Unicode collation and normalization
+
+=item pack/unpack tutorial
=back
-=item Selected Bug Fixes
+=back
+
+=head2 perldoc - Look up Perl documentation in Pod format.
=over 4
-=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=item OPTIONS
-=item Changed Internals
+B<-h>, B<-v>, B<-t>, B<-u>, B<-m> I<module>, B<-l>, B<-F>, B<-f>
+I<perlfunc>, B<-q> I<perlfaq-search-regexp>, B<-T>, B<-d>
+I<destination-filename>, B<-o> I<output-formatname>, B<-M> I<module-name>,
+B<-w> I<option:value> or B<-w> I<option>, B<-X>,
+B<PageName|ModuleName|ProgramName>, B<-n> I<some-formatter>, B<-r>, B<-i>,
+B<-V>
-=item New Tests
+=item SECURITY
-=item Known Problems
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-=over 4
+=item AUTHOR
-=item AIX vac 5.0.0.0 May Produce Buggy Code For Perl
+=back
-=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+=head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
-=item lib/io_multihomed Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+=over 4
-=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item lib/b test 19
+=item INTRODUCTION
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+=item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
-=item sigaction test 13 in VMS
+=over 4
-=item sprintf tests 129 and 130
+=item PUMPKIN?
-=item Failure of Thread tests
+=back
-=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
+=item THE RECORDS
-=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+=over 4
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+=item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
=back
-=item Reporting Bugs
-
-=item SEE ALSO
-
-=item HISTORY
+=item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
=back
-=head2 perl570delta - what's new for perl v5.7.0
+=head2 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.0
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
-
=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Core Enhancements
+=over 4
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item The C<$*> variable has been removed
-=over 4
+=back
-=item New Modules
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+=over 4
+
+=item Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices
=back
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
=item Utility Changes
=item New Documentation
=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=over 4
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Generic Improvements
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=back
+=item Changed Internals
-=item Selected Bug Fixes
+=item New Tests
-=over 4
+=item Known Problems
-=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=back
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Changed Internals
+=back
-=item Known Problems
+=head2 perl58delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.8.0
=over 4
-=item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform
+=item Highlights In 5.8.0
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+=over 4
-=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+=item Binary Incompatibility
-=item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris
-
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
-=item Storable tests fail in some platforms
+=item AIX Dynaloading
-=item Threads Are Still Experimental
+=item Attributes for C<my> variables now handled at run-time
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
-=back
+=item IEEE-format Floating Point Default on OpenVMS Alpha
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item New Unicode Semantics (no more C<use utf8>, almost)
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item New Unicode Properties
-=item HISTORY
+=item REF(...) Instead Of SCALAR(...)
-=back
+=item pack/unpack D/F recycled
-=head2 perl561delta - what's new for perl v5.6.x
+=item glob() now returns filenames in alphabetical order
-=over 4
+=item Deprecations
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-=item Summary of changes between 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
+=item Core Enhancements
=over 4
-=item Security Issues
-
-=item Core bug fixes
-
-C<UNIVERSAL::isa()>, Memory leaks, Numeric conversions, qw(a\\b), caller(),
-Bugs in regular expressions, "slurp" mode, Autovivification of symbolic
-references to special variables, Lexical warnings, Spurious warnings and
-errors, glob(), Tainting, sort(), #line directives, Subroutine prototypes,
-map(), Debugger, PERL5OPT, chop(), Unicode support, 64-bit support,
-Compiler, Lvalue subroutines, IO::Socket, File::Find, xsubpp, C<no
-Module;>, Tests
+=item Unicode Overhaul
-=item Core features
+=item PerlIO is Now The Default
-=item Configuration issues
+=item ithreads
-=item Documentation
+=item Restricted Hashes
-=item Bundled modules
+=item Safe Signals
-B::Concise, File::Temp, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Text::Overstrike, CGI, CPAN,
-Class::Struct, DB_File, Devel::Peek, File::Find, Getopt::Long, IO::Poll,
-IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::Complex, Net::Ping, Opcode, Pod::Parser,
-Pod::Text, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Tie::RefHash, Tie::SubstrHash
+=item Understanding of Numbers
-=item Platform-specific improvements
+=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings [561]
-NCR MP-RAS, NonStop-UX
+=item Miscellaneous Changes
=back
-=item Core Enhancements
+=item Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
-=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+=item New Modules and Pragmata
-=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
-=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+=back
-=item Support for interpolating named characters
+=item Utility Changes
-=item "our" declarations
+=item New Documentation
-=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+=over 4
-=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+=item Generic Improvements
-=item open() with more than two arguments
+=item New Or Improved Platforms
-=item 64-bit support
+=back
-=item Large file support
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Long doubles
+=over 4
-=item "more bits"
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
-=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+=back
-=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item File globbing implemented internally
+=item Changed Internals
-=item Support for CHECK blocks
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed [561]
-=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+=item New Tests
-=item Better pseudo-random number generator
+=item Known Problems
-=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+=over 4
-=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Very Experimental
-=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+=item Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken
-=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
-=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+=item Modifying $_ Inside for(..)
-=item Comments in pack() templates
+=item mod_perl 1.26 Doesn't Build With Threaded Perl
-=item Weak references
+=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
-=item Binary numbers supported
+=item libwww-perl (LWP) fails base/date #51
-=item Lvalue subroutines
+=item PDL failing some tests
-=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+=item Perl_get_sv
-=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+=item Self-tying Problems
-=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+=item ext/threads/t/libc
-=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+=item Failure of Thread (5.005-style) tests
-=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+=item Timing problems
-=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+=item Tied/Magical Array/Hash Elements Do Not Autovivify
-=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+=item Unicode in package/class and subroutine names does not work
-=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+=back
-=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=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 AIX
-=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+=item Alpha systems with old gccs fail several tests
-=item Improved diagnostics
+=item AmigaOS
-=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+=item BeOS
-=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+=item Cygwin "unable to remap"
-=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+=item Cygwin ndbm tests fail on FAT
-=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+=item DJGPP Failures
-=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+=item FreeBSD built with ithreads coredumps reading large directories
-=item Improved security features
+=item FreeBSD Failing locale Test 117 For ISO 8859-15 Locales
-=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
+=item IRIX fails ext/List/Util/t/shuffle.t or Digest::MD5
-=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
-=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+=item Linux with glibc 2.2.5 fails t/op/int subtest #6 with -Duse64bitint
-=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
-=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+=item Mac OS X
-=item Optional Y2K warnings
+=item Mac OS X dyld undefined symbols
-=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
+=item OS/2 Test Failures
-=back
+=item op/sprintf tests 91, 129, and 130
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item SCO
-=over 4
+=item Solaris 2.5
-=item Modules
+=item Solaris x86 Fails Tests With -Duse64bitint
-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 SUPER-UX (NEC SX)
-=item Pragmata
+=item Term::ReadKey not working on Win32
-=back
+=item UNICOS/mk
-=item Utility Changes
+=item UTS
-=over 4
+=item VOS (Stratus)
-=item dprofpp
+=item VMS
-=item find2perl
+=item Win32
-=item h2xs
+=item XML::Parser not working
-=item perlcc
+=item z/OS (OS/390)
-=item perldoc
+=item Unicode Support on EBCDIC Still Spotty
-=item The Perl Debugger
+=item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
=back
-=item Improved Documentation
+=item Reporting Bugs
-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
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl573delta - what's new for perl v5.7.3
=over 4
-=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
+=item Changes
-=item Faster subroutine calls
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=head2 perl572delta - what's new for perl v5.7.2
=over 4
-=item -Dusethreads means something different
-
-=item New Configure flags
-
-=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Long Doubles
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed
-=item -Dusemorebits
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item -Duselargefiles
+=over 4
-=item installusrbinperl
+=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
-=item SOCKS support
+=item AIX Dynaloading
-=item C<-A> flag
+=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
-=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+=item Different Definition of the Unicode Character Classes \p{In...}
-=item gcc automatically tried if 'cc' does not seem to be working
+=item Deprecations
=back
-=item Platform specific changes
+=item Core Enhancements
-=over 4
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item Supported platforms
+=over 4
-=item DOS
+=item New Modules and Distributions
-=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
-=item VMS
+=back
-=item Win32
+=item Utility Changes
-=back
+=item New Documentation
-=item Significant bug fixes
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
=over 4
-=item <HANDLE> on empty files
+=item New Or Improved Platforms
-=item C<eval '...'> improvements
+=item Generic Improvements
-=item All compilation errors are true errors
+=back
-=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
+=over 4
-=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
-=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+=back
-=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item Failures in DESTROY()
+=item Source Code Enhancements
-=item Locale bugs fixed
+=over 4
-=item Memory leaks
+=item MAGIC constants
-=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+=item Better commented code
-=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+=item Regex pre-/post-compilation items matched up
-=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
-
-=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+=item gcc -Wall
=back
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-
-"%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
-implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
-/ cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
-by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
-\\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
-passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
-early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
-argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
-subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
-%s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
-substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
-Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
-size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
-filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
-Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
-Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
-remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
-weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
-syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
-constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
-defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
-"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
-%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
-output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
-explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
-Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
-|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
-number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
-%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
-separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
-subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
-returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
-%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
-No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
-No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
-is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
-panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
-around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
-Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
-instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
-Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
-Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
-zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
-Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
-environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
-'%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
-escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
-list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
-subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
-CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
-
-=item New tests
+=item New Tests
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item Known Problems
=over 4
-=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+=item AIX
-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 Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
-=item C Source Incompatibilities
+=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
-C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+=item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12
-=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+=item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured
-C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
-=item Binary Incompatibilities
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
-=back
+=item OS/390
-=item Known Problems
+=item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
-=over 4
+=item Failure of Thread tests
-=item Localizing a tied hash element may leak memory
+=item UNICOS
-=item Known test failures
+=item UTS
-, ,
+=item VMS
-=item EBCDIC platforms not fully supported
+=item Win32
-=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
-=item Arrow operator and arrays
+=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
-=item Experimental features
+=item Variable Attributes are not Currently Usable for Tieing
-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 Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
-=back
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
-=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+=item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental
-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
+=back
=item Reporting Bugs
=back
-=head2 perl56delta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
+=head2 perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.1
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
=item Core Enhancements
=over 4
-=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+=item AUTOLOAD Is Now Lvaluable
-=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+=item PerlIO is Now The Default
-=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+=item Signals Are Now Safe
-=item Support for interpolating named characters
+=back
-=item "our" declarations
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+=over 4
-=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+=item New Modules
-=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
-=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+=back
-=item open() with more than two arguments
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item 64-bit support
+=item Utility Changes
-=item Large file support
+=item New Documentation
-=item Long doubles
+=over 4
-=item "more bits"
+=item perlclib
-=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+=item perliol
-=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+=item README.aix
-=item File globbing implemented internally
+=item README.bs2000
-=item Support for CHECK blocks
+=item README.macos
-=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+=item README.mpeix
-=item Better pseudo-random number generator
+=item README.solaris
-=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+=item README.vos
-=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+=item Porting/repository.pod
-=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+=back
-=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+=over 4
-=item Comments in pack() templates
+=item New Or Improved Platforms
-=item Weak references
+=item Generic Improvements
-=item Binary numbers supported
+d_cmsghdr, d_fcntl_can_lock, d_fsync, d_getitimer, d_getpagsz, d_msghdr_s,
+need_va_copy, d_readv, d_recvmsg, d_sendmsg, sig_size, d_sockatmark,
+d_strtoq, d_u32align, d_ualarm, d_usleep
-=item Lvalue subroutines
+=back
-=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+=over 4
-=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
-=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+=back
-=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+=item Changed Internals
-=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+=item New Tests
-=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+=item Known Problems
-=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+=over 4
-=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+=item AIX vac 5.0.0.0 May Produce Buggy Code For Perl
-=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
-=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+=item lib/io_multihomed Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
-=item Improved diagnostics
+=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
-=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+=item lib/b test 19
-=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
-=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+=item sigaction test 13 in VMS
-=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+=item sprintf tests 129 and 130
-=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+=item Failure of Thread tests
-=item Improved security features
+=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
-=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
+=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
-=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
-=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
-=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+=back
-=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item Optional Y2K warnings
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=head2 perl570delta - what's new for perl v5.7.0
=over 4
-=item Modules
+=item DESCRIPTION
-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 Security Vulnerability Closed
-=item Pragmata
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=back
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Utility Changes
+=item Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
-=item dprofpp
+=item New Modules
-=item find2perl
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
-=item h2xs
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item New Documentation
+
+=item Performance Enhancements
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Generic Improvements
+
+=back
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+=item Changed Internals
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect
+
+=item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform
+
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+
+=item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+
+=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+
+=item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris
+
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+
+=item Storable tests fail in some platforms
+
+=item Threads Are Still Experimental
+
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+
+=back
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl561delta - what's new for perl v5.6.x
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Summary of changes between 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Security Issues
+
+=item Core bug fixes
+
+C<UNIVERSAL::isa()>, Memory leaks, Numeric conversions, qw(a\\b), caller(),
+Bugs in regular expressions, "slurp" mode, Autovivification of symbolic
+references to special variables, Lexical warnings, Spurious warnings and
+errors, glob(), Tainting, sort(), #line directives, Subroutine prototypes,
+map(), Debugger, PERL5OPT, chop(), Unicode support, 64-bit support,
+Compiler, Lvalue subroutines, IO::Socket, File::Find, xsubpp, C<no
+Module;>, Tests
+
+=item Core features
+
+=item Configuration issues
+
+=item Documentation
+
+=item Bundled modules
+
+B::Concise, File::Temp, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Text::Overstrike, CGI, CPAN,
+Class::Struct, DB_File, Devel::Peek, File::Find, Getopt::Long, IO::Poll,
+IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::Complex, Net::Ping, Opcode, Pod::Parser,
+Pod::Text, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Tie::RefHash, Tie::SubstrHash
+
+=item Platform-specific improvements
+
+NCR MP-RAS, NonStop-UX
+
+=back
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+
+=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+
+=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+
+=item Support for interpolating named characters
+
+=item "our" declarations
+
+=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+
+=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+
+=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+
+=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+
+=item open() with more than two arguments
+
+=item 64-bit support
+
+=item Large file support
+
+=item Long doubles
+
+=item "more bits"
+
+=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+
+=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+
+=item File globbing implemented internally
+
+=item Support for CHECK blocks
+
+=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+
+=item Better pseudo-random number generator
+
+=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+
+=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+
+=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+
+=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+
+=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+
+=item Comments in pack() templates
+
+=item Weak references
+
+=item Binary numbers supported
+
+=item Lvalue subroutines
+
+=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+
+=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+
+=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+
+=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+
+=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+
+=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+
+=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+
+=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+
+=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+
+=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+
+=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+
+=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+
+=item Improved diagnostics
+
+=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+
+=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+
+=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+
+=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+
+=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+
+=item Improved security features
+
+=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
+
+=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+
+=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+
+=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+
+=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+
+=item Optional Y2K warnings
+
+=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Modules
+
+attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
+DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
+Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
+File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
+Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
+podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
+pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
+Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
+
+=item Pragmata
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item dprofpp
+
+=item find2perl
+
+=item h2xs
=item perlcc
=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+=item gcc automatically tried if 'cc' does not seem to be working
+
=back
=item Platform specific changes
=over 4
-=item Thread test failures
+=item Localizing a tied hash element may leak memory
-=item EBCDIC platforms not supported
+=item Known test failures
-=item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
-
-=item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
-
-=item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
-gcc
+=item EBCDIC platforms not fully supported
=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
=back
-=head2 perl5005delta - what's new for perl5.005
+=head2 perl56delta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item About the new versioning system
-
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item Core Enhancements
=over 4
-=item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004.
+=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
-=item Default installation structure has changed
+=item Lexically scoped warning categories
-=item Perl Source Compatibility
+=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
-=item C Source Compatibility
+=item Support for interpolating named characters
-=item Binary Compatibility
+=item "our" declarations
-=item Security fixes may affect compatibility
+=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
-=item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004
+=item Improved Perl version numbering system
-=item Licensing
+=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
-=back
+=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
-=item Core Changes
+=item open() with more than two arguments
-=over 4
+=item 64-bit support
-=item Threads
+=item Large file support
-=item Compiler
+=item Long doubles
-=item Regular Expressions
+=item "more bits"
-Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression
-constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other
-improvements, Incompatible changes
+=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
-=item Improved malloc()
+=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
-=item Quicksort is internally implemented
+=item File globbing implemented internally
-=item Reliable signals
+=item Support for CHECK blocks
-=item Reliable stack pointers
+=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
-=item More generous treatment of carriage returns
+=item Better pseudo-random number generator
-=item Memory leaks
+=item Improved C<qw//> operator
-=item Better support for multiple interpreters
+=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
-=item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined
+=item pack() format 'Z' supported
-=item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L<Errno> module
+=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
-=item Pseudo-hashes are supported
+=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
-=item C<EXPR foreach EXPR> is supported
+=item Comments in pack() templates
-=item Keywords can be globally overridden
+=item Weak references
-=item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32
+=item Binary numbers supported
-=item C<foreach (1..1000000)> optimized
+=item Lvalue subroutines
-=item C<Foo::> can be used as implicitly quoted package name
+=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
-=item C<exists $Foo::{Bar::}> tests existence of a package
+=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
-=item Better locale support
+=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
-=item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms
+=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
-=item prototype() returns useful results on builtins
+=item Pseudo-hashes work better
-=item Extended support for exception handling
+=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
-=item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods
+=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
-=item All C<printf> format conversions are handled internally
+=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
-=item New C<INIT> keyword
+=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
-=item New C<lock> keyword
+=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
-=item New C<qr//> operator
+=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
-=item C<our> is now a reserved word
+=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
-=item Tied arrays are now fully supported
+=item Improved diagnostics
-=item Tied handles support is better
+=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
-=item 4th argument to substr
+=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
-=item Negative LENGTH argument to splice
+=item syswrite() ease-of-use
-=item Magic lvalues are now more magical
+=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
-=item <> now reads in records
+=item Bit operators support full native integer width
-=back
+=item Improved security features
-=item Supported Platforms
+=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
-=over 4
+=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
-=item New Platforms
+=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
-=item Changes in existing support
+=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+
+=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+
+=item Optional Y2K warnings
+
+=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
=back
=over 4
-=item New Modules
-
-B, Data::Dumper, Dumpvalue, Errno, File::Spec, ExtUtils::Installed,
-ExtUtils::Packlist, Fatal, IPC::SysV, Test, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle,
-Thread, attrs, fields, re
+=item Modules
-=item Changes in existing modules
+attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
+DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
+Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
+File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
+Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
+podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
+pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
+Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
-Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File,
-MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd
+=item Pragmata
=back
=item Utility Changes
-=item Documentation Changes
+=over 4
-=item New Diagnostics
+=item dprofpp
-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 find2perl
-=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+=item h2xs
-Can't mktemp(), Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s, Cannot open
-temporary file, regexp too big
+=item perlcc
-=item Configuration Changes
+=item perldoc
-=item BUGS
+=item The Perl Debugger
-=item SEE ALSO
+=back
-=item HISTORY
+=item Improved Documentation
-=back
+perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
+perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
+perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
+perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
-=head2 perl5004delta - what's new for perl5.004
+=item Performance enhancements
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
-=item Supported Environments
+=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
-=item Core Changes
+=item Faster subroutine calls
-=over 4
+=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
-=item List assignment to %ENV works
+=back
-=item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003
+=over 4
-=item $PERL5OPT environment variable
+=item -Dusethreads means something different
-=item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options
+=item New Configure flags
-=item More precise warnings
+=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
-=item Deprecated: Inherited C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods
+=item Long Doubles
-=item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable
+=item -Dusemorebits
-=item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
+=item -Duselargefiles
-=item Group vector changeable with C<$)>
+=item installusrbinperl
-=item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
+=item SOCKS support
-=item Fixed localization of $<digit>, $&, etc.
+=item C<-A> flag
-=item No resetting of $. on implicit close
+=item Enhanced Installation Directories
-=item C<wantarray> may return undef
+=back
-=item C<eval EXPR> determines value of EXPR in scalar context
+=item Platform specific changes
-=item Changes to tainting checks
+=over 4
-No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No
-spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name
+=item Supported platforms
-=item New Opcode module and revised Safe module
+=item DOS
-=item Embedding improvements
+=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
-=item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes
+=item VMS
-=item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface
+=item Win32
-=item New and changed syntax
+=back
-$coderef->(PARAMS)
+=item Significant bug fixes
-=item New and changed builtin constants
+=over 4
-__PACKAGE__
+=item <HANDLE> on empty files
-=item New and changed builtin variables
+=item C<eval '...'> improvements
-$^E, $^H, $^M
+=item All compilation errors are true errors
-=item New and changed builtin functions
+=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
-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, $_ as Default, C<m//gc> does not
-reset search position on failure, C<m//x> ignores whitespace before ?*+{},
-nested C<sub{}> closures work now, formats work right on changing lexicals
+=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
-=item New builtin methods
+=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
-isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+
+=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+
+=item Failures in DESTROY()
+
+=item Locale bugs fixed
+
+=item Memory leaks
+
+=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+
+=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+
+=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
+
+=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+"%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
+implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
+/ cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
+by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
+\\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
+passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
+early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
+argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
+subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
+%s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
+substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
+Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
+size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
+filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
+Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
+Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
+remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
+weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
+syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
+constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
+defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
+"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
+%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
+output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
+explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
+Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
+|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
+number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
+%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
+separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
+subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
+returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
+%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
+No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
+No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
+is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
+panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
+around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
+Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
+instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
+Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
+Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
+zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
+Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
+environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
+'%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
+escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
+list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
+subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
+CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
+
+=item New tests
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+
+CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
+Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
+C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
+generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
+read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
+Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
+values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
+Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
+Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
+prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
+on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
+
+=item C Source Incompatibilities
+
+C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+
+=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+
+C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+
+=item Binary Incompatibilities
+
+=back
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Thread test failures
+
+=item EBCDIC platforms not supported
+
+=item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
+
+=item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
+
+=item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
+gcc
+
+=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+
+=item Arrow operator and arrays
+
+=item Experimental features
+
+Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
+pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
+globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
+
+=back
+
+=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+
+Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
+logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
+\@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
+to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl5005delta - what's new for perl5.005
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item About the new versioning system
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004.
+
+=item Default installation structure has changed
+
+=item Perl Source Compatibility
+
+=item C Source Compatibility
+
+=item Binary Compatibility
+
+=item Security fixes may affect compatibility
+
+=item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004
+
+=item Licensing
+
+=back
+
+=item Core Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Threads
+
+=item Compiler
+
+=item Regular Expressions
+
+Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression
+constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other
+improvements, Incompatible changes
+
+=item Improved malloc()
+
+=item Quicksort is internally implemented
+
+=item Reliable signals
+
+=item Reliable stack pointers
+
+=item More generous treatment of carriage returns
+
+=item Memory leaks
+
+=item Better support for multiple interpreters
+
+=item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined
+
+=item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L<Errno> module
+
+=item Pseudo-hashes are supported
+
+=item C<EXPR foreach EXPR> is supported
+
+=item Keywords can be globally overridden
+
+=item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32
+
+=item C<foreach (1..1000000)> optimized
+
+=item C<Foo::> can be used as implicitly quoted package name
+
+=item C<exists $Foo::{Bar::}> tests existence of a package
+
+=item Better locale support
+
+=item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms
+
+=item prototype() returns useful results on builtins
+
+=item Extended support for exception handling
+
+=item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods
+
+=item All C<printf> format conversions are handled internally
+
+=item New C<INIT> keyword
+
+=item New C<lock> keyword
+
+=item New C<qr//> operator
+
+=item C<our> is now a reserved word
+
+=item Tied arrays are now fully supported
+
+=item Tied handles support is better
+
+=item 4th argument to substr
+
+=item Negative LENGTH argument to splice
+
+=item Magic lvalues are now more magical
+
+=item <> now reads in records
+
+=back
+
+=item Supported Platforms
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Platforms
+
+=item Changes in existing support
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Modules
+
+B, Data::Dumper, Dumpvalue, Errno, File::Spec, ExtUtils::Installed,
+ExtUtils::Packlist, Fatal, IPC::SysV, Test, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle,
+Thread, attrs, fields, re
+
+=item Changes in existing modules
+
+Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File,
+MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item Documentation Changes
+
+=item New Diagnostics
+
+Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or use &, Bad index
+while coercing array into hash, Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent
+package, Can't call method "%s" on an undefined value, Can't check
+filesystem of script "%s" for nosuid, Can't coerce array into hash, Can't
+goto subroutine from an eval-string, Can't localize pseudo-hash element,
+Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available, Cannot find an opnumber
+for "%s", Character class syntax [. .] is reserved for future extensions,
+Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Character
+class syntax [= =] is reserved for future extensions, %s: Eval-group in
+insecure regular expression, %s: Eval-group not allowed, use re 'eval', %s:
+Eval-group not allowed at run time, Explicit blessing to '' (assuming
+package main), Illegal hex digit ignored, No such array field, No such
+field "%s" in variable %s of type %s, Out of memory during ridiculously
+large request, Range iterator outside integer range, Recursive inheritance
+detected while looking for method '%s' %s, Reference found where even-sized
+list expected, Undefined value assigned to typeglob, Use of reserved word
+"%s" is deprecated, perl: warning: Setting locale failed
+
+=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+
+Can't mktemp(), Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s, Cannot open
+temporary file, regexp too big
+
+=item Configuration Changes
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl5004delta - what's new for perl5.004
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Supported Environments
+
+=item Core Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item List assignment to %ENV works
+
+=item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error
+
+=item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003
+
+=item $PERL5OPT environment variable
+
+=item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options
+
+=item More precise warnings
+
+=item Deprecated: Inherited C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods
+
+=item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable
+
+=item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
+
+=item Group vector changeable with C<$)>
+
+=item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
+
+=item Fixed localization of $<digit>, $&, etc.
+
+=item No resetting of $. on implicit close
+
+=item C<wantarray> may return undef
+
+=item C<eval EXPR> determines value of EXPR in scalar context
+
+=item Changes to tainting checks
+
+No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No
+spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name
+
+=item New Opcode module and revised Safe module
+
+=item Embedding improvements
+
+=item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes
+
+=item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface
+
+=item New and changed syntax
+
+$coderef->(PARAMS)
+
+=item New and changed builtin constants
+
+__PACKAGE__
+
+=item New and changed builtin variables
+
+$^E, $^H, $^M
+
+=item New and changed builtin functions
+
+delete on slices, flock, printf and sprintf, keys as an lvalue, my() in
+Control Structures, pack() and unpack(), sysseek(), use VERSION, use Module
+VERSION LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), srand, $_ as Default, C<m//gc> does not
+reset search position on failure, C<m//x> ignores whitespace before ?*+{},
+nested C<sub{}> closures work now, formats work right on changing lexicals
+
+=item New builtin methods
+
+isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+
+=item TIEHANDLE now supported
+
+TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this
+LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this
+
+=item Malloc enhancements
+
+-DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
+
+=item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements
+
+=back
+
+=item Support for More Operating Systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Win32
+
+=item Plan 9
+
+=item QNX
+
+=item AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item Pragmata
+
+use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3), use blib, use blib 'dir', use
+constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish
+
+=item Modules
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Required Updates
+
+=item Installation directories
+
+=item Module information summary
+
+=item Fcntl
+
+=item IO
+
+=item Math::Complex
+
+=item Math::Trig
+
+=item DB_File
+
+=item Net::Ping
+
+=item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item pod2html
+
+Sends converted HTML to standard output
+
+=item xsubpp
+
+C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
+
+=back
+
+=item C Language API Changes
+
+C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, C<perl_eval_pv>, Extended API for
+manipulating hashes
+
+=item Documentation Changes
+
+L<perldelta>, L<perlfaq>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>,
+L<perlmodlib>, L<perldebug>, L<perlsec>
+
+=item New Diagnostics
+
+"my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope, %s argument is
+not a HASH element or slice, Allocation too large: %lx, Allocation too
+large, Applying %s to %s will act on scalar(%s), Attempt to free
+nonexistent shared string, Attempt to use reference as lvalue in substr,
+Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package, Can't redefine active sort
+subroutine %s, Can't use bareword ("%s") as %s ref while "strict refs" in
+use, Cannot resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Constant
+subroutine %s redefined, Constant subroutine %s undefined, Copy method did
+not return a reference, Died, Exiting pseudo-block via %s, Identifier too
+long, Illegal character %s (carriage return), Illegal switch in PERL5OPT:
+%s, Integer overflow in hex number, Integer overflow in octal number,
+internal error: glob failed, Invalid conversion in %s: "%s", Invalid type
+in pack: '%s', Invalid type in unpack: '%s', Name "%s::%s" used only once:
+possible typo, Null picture in formline, Offset outside string, Out of
+memory!, Out of memory during request for %s, panic: frexp, Possible
+attempt to put comments in qw() list, Possible attempt to separate words
+with commas, Scalar value @%s{%s} better written as $%s{%s}, Stub found
+while resolving method `%s' overloading `%s' in %s, Too late for "B<-T>"
+option, untie attempted while %d inner references still exist, Unrecognized
+character %s, Unsupported function fork, Use of "$$<digit>" to mean
+"${$}<digit>" is deprecated, Value of %s can be "0"; test with defined(),
+Variable "%s" may be unavailable, Variable "%s" will not stay shared,
+Warning: something's wrong, Ill-formed logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter,
+Got an error from DosAllocMem, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX, PERL_SH_DIR too
+long, Process terminated by SIG%s
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlartistic - the Perl Artistic License
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item The "Artistic License"
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Preamble
+
+=item Definitions
+
+"Package", "Standard Version", "Copyright Holder", "You", "Reasonable
+copying fee", "Freely Available"
+
+=item Conditions
+
+a), b), c), d), a), b), c), d)
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlgpl - the GNU General Public License, version 2
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX
+
+=item OS level
+
+=item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
+
+=item The IBM ANSI C Compiler
+
+=item Using GNU's gcc for building perl
+
+=item Using Large Files with Perl
+
+=item Threaded Perl
+
+=item 64-bit Perl
+
+=item AIX 4.2 and extensions using C++ with statics
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item NOTE
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS
+
+B<Unix emulation for AmigaOS: ixemul.library>, B<Version of Amiga OS>
+
+=item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS
+
+=item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALLATION
+
+=item Accessing documentation
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS
+
+=item Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS
+
+=item Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Getting the Perl Source for AmigaOS
+
+=item Making Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Testing Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item PERL 5.8.0 BROKEN IN AMIGAOS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlapollo, README.apollo - Perl version 5 on Apollo DomainOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlbeos, README.beos - Perl version 5 on BeOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item General Issues with Perl on BeOS
+
+=item BeOS Release-specific Notes
+
+R4 x86, R4 PPC
+
+=item Contact Information
+
+=item Update 2002-05-30
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item gzip on BS2000
+
+=item bison on BS2000
+
+=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on BS2000
+
+=item Compiling Perl on BS2000
+
+=item Testing Perl on BS2000
+
+=item Installing Perl on BS2000
+
+=item Using Perl in the Posix-Shell of BS2000
+
+=item Using Perl in "native" BS2000
+
+=item Floating point anomalies on BS2000
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Mailing list
+
+=back
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Name
+
+=item Description
+
+=item Build
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Tools & SDK
+
+Microsoft Embedded Visual Tools, Microsoft Visual C++, Rainer Keuchel's
+celib-sources, Rainer Keuchel's console-sources
+
+=item Make
+
+go to ./wince subdirectory, edit file compile.bat, run compile.bat, run
+ compile.bat dist
+
+=back
+
+=item Acknowledgements
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item PREREQUISITES FOR COMPILING PERL ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it)
+
+=item Cygwin Configuration
+
+C<PATH>, I<nroff>, Permissions
+
+=back
+
+=item CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Stripping Perl Binaries on Cygwin
+
+=item Optional Libraries for Perl on Cygwin
+
+C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>), C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>),
+C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>), C<-lutil>
+
+=item Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin
+
+C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Uuseperlio>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>,
+C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles>,
+C<-Dmksymlinks>
+
+=item Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin
+
+I<dlsym()>, Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>, Compiler/Preprocessor defines
+
+=back
+
+=item MAKE ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Errors on Cygwin
+
+=item ld2 on Cygwin
+
+=back
+
+=item TEST ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item File Permissions on Cygwin
+
+=item NDBM_File and ODBM_File do not work on FAT filesystems
+
+=item C<fork()> failures in io_* tests
+
+=item Script Portability on Cygwin
+
+Pathnames, Text/Binary, PerlIO, F<.exe>, C<chown()>, Miscellaneous
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN
+
+=item MANIFEST ON CYGWIN
+
+Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl
+Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts
+
+=item BUGS ON CYGWIN
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perldgux - Perl under DG/UX.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUILDING PERL ON DG/UX
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Non-threaded Perl on DG/UX
+
+=item Threaded Perl on DG/UX
+
+=item Testing Perl on DG/UX
+
+=item Installing the built perl on DG/UX
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on DOS
+
+DJGPP, Pthreads
+
+=item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS
+
+=item Building Perl on DOS
+
+=item Testing Perl on DOS
+
+=item Installation of Perl on DOS
+
+=back
+
+=item BUILDING AND INSTALLING MODULES ON DOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Building Prerequisites for Perl on DOS
+
+=item Unpacking CPAN Modules on DOS
+
+=item Building Non-XS Modules on DOS
+
+=item Building XS Modules on DOS
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlepoc, README.epoc - Perl for EPOC
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item INTRODUCTION
+
+=item INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC
+
+=item STARTING PERL ON EPOC
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Editors on Epoc
+
+=item Features of Perl on Epoc
+
+=item Restrictions of Perl on Epoc
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment
+
+=back
+
+=item SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item LAST UPDATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfreebsd, README.freebsd - Perl version 5 on FreeBSD systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item FreeBSD core dumps from readdir_r with ithreads
+
+=item $^X doesn't always contain a full path in FreeBSD
+
+=item Perl will no longer be part of "base FreeBSD"
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix
+(HP-UX) systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Using perl as shipped with HP-UX
+
+=item Using perl from HP's porting centre
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX
+
+=item PA-RISC
+
+=item PA-RISC 1.0
+
+=item PA-RISC 1.1
+
+=item PA-RISC 2.0
+
+=item Itanium
+
+=item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions
+
+=item Itanium Processor Family and HP-UX
+
+=item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX
+
+=item The HP ANSI C Compiler
+
+=item The GNU C Compiler
+
+=item Using Large Files with Perl on HP-UX
+
+=item Threaded Perl on HP-UX
+
+=item 64-bit Perl on HP-UX
+
+=item Oracle on HP-UX
+
+=item GDBM and Threads on HP-UX
+
+=item NFS filesystems and utime(2) on HP-UX
+
+=item perl -P and // and HP-UX
+
+=item HP-UX Kernel Parameters (maxdsiz) for Compiling Perl
+
+=back
+
+=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlhurd, README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Known Problems with Perl on Hurd
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlirix, README.irix - Perl version 5 on Irix systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Building 32-bit Perl in Irix
+
+=item Building 64-bit Perl in Irix
+
+=item About Compiler Versions of Irix
+
+=item Linker Problems in Irix
+
+=item Malloc in Irix
+
+=item Building with threads in Irix
+
+=item Irix 5.3
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen
+systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on MachTen
+
+=item Failures during C<make test> on MachTen
+
+op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t
+
+=item Building external modules on MachTen
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmacosx, README.macosx - Perl under Mac OS X
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Installation Prefix
+
+=item libperl and Prebinding
+
+=item Updating Panther
+
+=item Known problems
+
+=item MacPerl
+
+=item Carbon
+
+=item Cocoa
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmint, README.mint - Perl version 5 on Atari MiNT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Known problems with Perl on MiNT
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item NOTE
+
+=item Binary distribution from HP
+
+=item What's New in Perl for MPE/iX
-=item TIEHANDLE now supported
+=item Welcome to Perl/iX
-TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this
-LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this
+=item System Requirements for Perl/iX
-=item Malloc enhancements
+=item How to Obtain Perl/iX
--DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
+=item Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights
-=item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements
+README, INSTALL, LIBSHP3K, PERL, .cpan/, lib/, man/,
+public_html/feedback.cgi, src/perl-5.6.0-mpe
-=back
+=item How to Compile Perl/iX
-=item Support for More Operating Systems
+ 4, 6
+
+=item Getting Started with Perl/iX
+
+=item MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
+
+=item Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation
+
+=item Perl/iX To-Do List
+
+=item Perl/iX Change History
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item Name
+
+=item Description
+
+=item Build
=over 4
-=item Win32
+=item Tools & SDK
-=item Plan 9
+=item Setup
-=item QNX
+SetNWBld.bat, Buildtype.bat
-=item AmigaOS
+=item Make
+
+=item Interpreter
+
+=item Extensions
=back
-=item Pragmata
+=item Install
-use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3), use blib, use blib 'dir', use
-constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish
+=item Build new extensions
-=item Modules
+=item Acknowledgements
+
+=item Authors
+
+=item Date
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.
=over 4
-=item Required Updates
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Installation directories
+=back
-=item Module information summary
+=over 4
-=item Fcntl
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item IO
+=over 4
-=item Math::Complex
+=item Target
-=item Math::Trig
+=item Other OSes
-=item DB_File
+=item Prerequisites
-=item Net::Ping
+EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh
-=item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators
+=item Starting Perl programs under OS/2 (and DOS and...)
+
+=item Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl
=back
-=item Utility Changes
+=item Frequently asked questions
=over 4
-=item pod2html
+=item "It does not work"
-Sends converted HTML to standard output
+=item I cannot run external programs
-=item xsubpp
+=item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F<perl.dll> from my
+program.
-C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
+Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use
+L<ExtUtils::Embed>?
-=back
+=item C<``> and pipe-C<open> do not work under DOS.
-=item C Language API Changes
+=item Cannot start C<find.exe "pattern" file>
-C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, C<perl_eval_pv>, Extended API for
-manipulating hashes
+=back
-=item Documentation Changes
+=item INSTALLATION
-L<perldelta>, L<perlfaq>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>,
-L<perlmodlib>, L<perldebug>, L<perlsec>
+=over 4
-=item New Diagnostics
+=item Automatic binary installation
-"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
+C<PERL_BADLANG>, C<PERL_BADFREE>, F<Config.pm>
-=item BUGS
+=item Manual binary installation
-=item SEE ALSO
+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 HISTORY
+=item B<Warning>
=back
-=head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems
+=item Accessing documentation
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item OS/2 F<.INF> file
-=over 4
+=item Plain text
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX
+=item Manpages
-=item OS level
+=item HTML
-=item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
+=item GNU C<info> files
-=item The IBM ANSI C Compiler
+=item F<PDF> files
-=item Using GNU's gcc for building perl
+=item C<LaTeX> docs
-=item Using Large Files with Perl
+=back
-=item Threaded Perl
+=item BUILD
-=item 64-bit Perl
+=over 4
-=item AIX 4.2 and extensions using C++ with statics
+=item The short story
-=back
+=item Prerequisites
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Getting perl source
-=item DATE
+=item Application of the patches
+
+=item Hand-editing
+
+=item Making
+
+=item Testing
+
+A lot of C<bad free>, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F<op/fs.t>,
+F<op/stat.t>
+
+=item Installing the built perl
+
+=item C<a.out>-style build
=back
-=head2 perlapollo, README.apollo - Perl version 5 on Apollo DomainOS
+=item Build FAQ
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Some C</> became C<\> in pdksh.
-=item AUTHOR
+=item C<'errno'> - unresolved external
+
+=item Problems with tr or sed
+
+=item Some problem (forget which ;-)
+
+=item Library ... not found
+
+=item Segfault in make
+
+=item op/sprintf test failure
=back
-=head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS
+=item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item C<setpriority>, C<getpriority>
+
+=item C<system()>
+
+=item C<extproc> on the first line
+
+=item Additional modules:
+
+=item Prebuilt methods:
+
+C<File::Copy::syscopy>, C<DynaLoader::mod2fname>, C<Cwd::current_drive()>,
+ C<Cwd::sys_chdir(name)>, C<Cwd::change_drive(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_is_absolute(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_is_rooted(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_is_relative(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_cwd(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_abspath(name, dir)>, C<Cwd::extLibpath([type])>,
+C<Cwd::extLibpath_set( path [, type ] )>,
+C<OS2::Error(do_harderror,do_exception)>, C<OS2::Errors2Drive(drive)>,
+OS2::SysInfo(), OS2::BootDrive(), C<OS2::MorphPM(serve)>,
+C<OS2::UnMorphPM(serve)>, C<OS2::Serve_Messages(force)>,
+C<OS2::Process_Messages(force [, cnt])>, C<OS2::_control87(new,mask)>,
+OS2::get_control87(), C<OS2::set_control87_em(new=MCW_EM,mask=MCW_EM)>,
+C<OS2::DLLname([how [, \&xsub]])>
+
+=item Prebuilt variables:
+
+$OS2::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver, $OS2::is_aout, $OS2::can_fork,
+$OS2::nsyserror
+
+=item Misfeatures
+
+=item Modifications
+
+C<popen>, C<tmpnam>, C<tmpfile>, C<ctermid>, C<stat>, C<mkdir>, C<rmdir>,
+C<flock>
+
+=item Identifying DLLs
+
+=item Centralized management of resources
+
+C<HAB>, C<HMQ>, Treating errors reported by OS/2 API,
+C<CheckOSError(expr)>, C<CheckWinError(expr)>, C<SaveWinError(expr)>,
+C<SaveCroakWinError(expr,die,name1,name2)>, C<WinError_2_Perl_rc>,
+C<FillWinError>, C<FillOSError(rc)>, Loading DLLs and ordinals in DLLs
=back
+=item Perl flavors
+
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item F<perl.exe>
-=over 4
+=item F<perl_.exe>
-=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS
+=item F<perl__.exe>
-B<Unix emulation for AmigaOS: ixemul.library>, B<Version of Amiga OS>
+=item F<perl___.exe>
-=item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS
+=item Why strange names?
+
+=item Why dynamic linking?
-=item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS
+=item Why chimera build?
=back
-=item INSTALLATION
-
-=item Accessing documentation
+=item ENVIRONMENT
=over 4
-=item Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS
+=item C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>
-=item Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS
+=item C<PERL_BADLANG>
-=item Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS
+=item C<PERL_BADFREE>
-=item Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS
+=item C<PERL_SH_DIR>
-=back
+=item C<USE_PERL_FLOCK>
-=item BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS
+=item C<TMP> or C<TEMP>
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS
+=item Evolution
-=item Getting the Perl Source for AmigaOS
+=over 4
-=item Making Perl on AmigaOS
+=item Text-mode filehandles
-=item Testing Perl on AmigaOS
+=item Priorities
-=item Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS
+=item DLL name mangling: pre 5.6.2
-=back
+=item DLL name mangling: 5.6.2 and beyond
-=item AUTHORS
+Global DLLs, specific DLLs, C<BEGINLIBPATH> and C<ENDLIBPATH>, F<.> from
+C<LIBPATH>
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item DLL forwarder generation
-=back
+=item Threading
-=head2 perlbeos, README.beos - Perl version 5 on BeOS
+=item Calls to external programs
-=over 4
+=item Memory allocation
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Threads
-=over 4
+C<COND_WAIT>, F<os2.c>
-=item General Issues with Perl on BeOS
+=back
-=item BeOS Release-specific Notes
+=item BUGS
-R4 x86, R4 PPC
+=back
-=item Contact Information
+=over 4
-=item Update 2002-03-02
+=item AUTHOR
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000.
+=head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390
+and z/OS
=over 4
=over 4
-=item gzip on BS2000
+=item Tools
-=item bison on BS2000
+=item Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
-=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on BS2000
+=item Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
-=item Compiling Perl on BS2000
+=item Configure Perl on OS/390
-=item Testing Perl on BS2000
+=item Build, Test, Install Perl on OS/390
-=item Installing Perl on BS2000
+=item Build Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
-=item Using Perl in the Posix-Shell of BS2000
+=item Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
-=item Using Perl in "native" BS2000
+=item Installation Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
-=item Floating point anomalies on BS2000
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Floating Point Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Modules and Extensions for Perl on OS/390
=back
=over 4
-=item Mailing list
+=item Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
=back
=back
+=head2 perlos400, README.os400 - Perl version 5 on OS/400
+
=over 4
-=item Name
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Description
+=over 4
-=item Build
+=item Compiling Perl for OS/400 PASE
-=over 4
+=item Installing Perl in OS/400 PASE
-=item Tools & SDK
+=item Using Perl in OS/400 PASE
-=item Make
+=item Known Problems
-=back
+=item Perl on ILE
-=item Acknowledgements
+=back
-=item Author
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
+=head2 perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item PREREQUISITES FOR COMPILING PERL ON CYGWIN
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it)
+=item Invoking Perl
-=item Cygwin Configuration
+=item What's in Plan 9 Perl
-C<PATH>, I<nroff>, Permissions
+=item What's not in Plan 9 Perl
-=back
+=item Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl
-=item CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN
+=item Signals in Plan 9 Perl
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Stripping Perl Binaries on Cygwin
+=item COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9
-=item Optional Libraries for Perl on Cygwin
+=over 4
-C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>), C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>),
-C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>)
+=item Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9
-=item Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin
+=back
-C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Uuseperlio>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>,
-C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles>,
-C<-Dmksymlinks>
+=item BUGS
-=item Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin
+=item Revision date
-I<dlsym()>, Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>, Compiler/Preprocessor defines
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item MAKE ON CYGWIN
+=head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
=over 4
-=item Warnings on Cygwin
-
-=item ld2 on Cygwin
-
-=back
-
-=item TEST ON CYGWIN
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item File Permissions on Cygwin
+=item Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4
-=item Script Portability on Cygwin
+/bin/sh, ar, nm, cpp, make
-Pathnames, Text/Binary, F<.exe>, chown(), Miscellaneous
+=item Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4
-=back
+=item QNX auxiliary files
-=item INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN
+qnx/ar, qnx/cpp
-=item MANIFEST ON CYGWIN
+=item Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
-Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl
-Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts
+=back
-=item BUGS ON CYGWIN
+=item AUTHOR
-=item AUTHORS
+=back
-=item HISTORY
+=head2 perlsolaris, README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 perldgux - Perl under DG/UX.
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Solaris Version Numbers.
=back
-=over 4
+=item RESOURCES
-=item DESCRIPTION
+Solaris FAQ, Precompiled Binaries, Solaris Documentation
-=item BUILDING PERL ON DG/UX
+=item SETTING UP
=over 4
-=item Non-threaded Perl on DG/UX
-
-=item Threaded Perl on DG/UX
+=item File Extraction Problems on Solaris.
-=item Testing Perl on DG/UX
+=item Compiler and Related Tools on Solaris.
-=item Installing the built perl on DG/UX
+=item Environment for Compiling perl on Solaris
=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item RUN CONFIGURE.
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=back
+=item 64-bit perl on Solaris.
-=head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95.
+=item Threads in perl on Solaris.
-=over 4
+=item Malloc Issues with perl on Solaris.
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item MAKE PROBLEMS.
+
+Dynamic Loading Problems With GNU as and GNU ld, ld.so.1: ./perl: fatal:
+relocation error:, dlopen: stub interception failed, #error "No
+DATAMODEL_NATIVE specified", sh: ar: not found
+
+=item MAKE TEST
=over 4
-=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on DOS
+=item op/stat.t test 4 in Solaris
-DJGPP, Pthreads
+=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
-=item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS
+=back
-=item Building Perl on DOS
+=item PREBUILT BINARIES OF PERL FOR SOLARIS.
-=item Testing Perl on DOS
+=item RUNTIME ISSUES FOR PERL ON SOLARIS.
-=item Installation of Perl on DOS
+=over 4
+
+=item Limits on Numbers of Open Files on Solaris.
=back
-=item BUILDING AND INSTALLING MODULES ON DOS
+=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC MODULES.
-=over 4
+=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH MODULES.
-=item Building Prerequisites for Perl on DOS
+=over 4
-=item Unpacking CPAN Modules on DOS
+=item Proc::ProcessTable on Solaris
-=item Building Non-XS Modules on DOS
+=item BSD::Resource on Solaris
-=item Building XS Modules on DOS
+=item Net::SSLeay on Solaris
=back
=item AUTHOR
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item LAST MODIFIED
=back
-=head2 perlepoc, README.epoc - Perl for EPOC
+=head2 perltru64, README.tru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as
+Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item INTRODUCTION
+=over 4
-=item INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on Tru64
-=item STARTING PERL ON EPOC
+=item Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
-=item STOPPING PERL ON EPOC
+=item Threaded Perl on Tru64
-=item USING PERL ON EPOC
+=item Long Doubles on Tru64
-=over 4
+=item DB_File tests failing on Tru64
-=item I/O Redirection on Epoc
+=item 64-bit Perl on Tru64
-=item PATH Names on Epoc
+=item Warnings about floating-point overflow when compiling Perl on Tru64
-=item Editors on Epoc
+=back
-=item Features of Perl on Epoc
+=item Testing Perl on Tru64
+
+=item ext/ODBM_File/odbm Test Failing With Static Builds
+
+=item Perl Fails Because Of Unresolved Symbol sockatmark
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perluts - Perl under UTS
+
+=over 4
-=item Restrictions of Perl on Epoc
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item BUILDING PERL ON UTS
-=item SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC
+=item Installing the built perl on UTS
=item AUTHOR
-=item LAST UPDATE
-
=back
-=head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix
-(HP-UX) systems
+=head2 perlvmesa, README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA.
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Using perl as shipped with HP-UX
+=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on VM/ESA
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX
+=item Setup Perl and utilities on VM/ESA
-=item PA-RISC
+=item Configure Perl on VM/ESA
-=item PA-RISC 1.0
+=item Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA
-=item PA-RISC 1.1
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on VM/ESA
-=item PA-RISC 2.0
+=back
-=item Itanium
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Itanium Processor Family and HP-UX
+=over 4
-=item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX
+=item Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA
-=item The HP ANSI C Compiler
+=back
-=item Using Large Files with Perl on HP-UX
+=back
-=item Threaded Perl on HP-UX
+=head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl
-=item 64-bit Perl on HP-UX
+=over 4
-=item GDBM and Threads on HP-UX
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item NFS filesystems and utime(2) on HP-UX
+=item Installation
-=item perl -P and // and HP-UX
+=item Organization of Perl Images
-=item HP-UX Kernel Parameters (maxdsiz) for Compiling Perl
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Core Images
-=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
+=item Perl Extensions
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Installing static extensions
-=item DATE
+=item Installing dynamic extensions
=back
-=head2 perlhurd, README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd
-
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item File specifications
=over 4
-=item Known Problems with Perl on Hurd
+=item Syntax
-=back
+=item Wildcard expansion
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Pipes
=back
-=head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen
-systems
-
-=over 4
+=item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Command line
=over 4
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on MachTen
-
-=item Failures during C<make test> on MachTen
+=item I/O redirection and backgrounding
-op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t
+=item Command line switches
-=item Building external modules on MachTen
+-i, -S, -u
=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Perl functions
-=item DATE
+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
-=back
+=item Perl variables
-=head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
+%ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $|
+
+=item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item SDBM_File
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Revision date
-=item DATE
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlmint, README.mint - Perl version 5 on Atari MiNT
+=head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item Known problems with Perl on MiNT
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item BUILDING PERL FOR VOS
-=back
+=item INSTALLING PERL IN VOS
-=head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
+=item USING PERL IN VOS
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Restrictions of Perl on VOS
-=item NOTE
+=item Handling of underflow and overflow
-=item Binary distribution from HP
+=back
-=item What's New in Perl for MPE/iX
+=item TEST STATUS
-=item Welcome to Perl/iX
+=item SUPPORT STATUS
-=item System Requirements for Perl/iX
+=item AUTHOR
-=item How to Obtain Perl/iX
+=item LAST UPDATE
-=item Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights
+=back
-README, INSTALL, LIBSHP3K, PERL, .cpan/, lib/, man/,
-public_html/feedback.cgi, src/perl-5.6.0-mpe
+=head2 perlwin32 - Perl under Windows
-=item How to Compile Perl/iX
+=over 4
- 4, 6
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Getting Started with Perl/iX
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
+=over 4
-=item Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation
+=item Setting Up Perl on Win32
-=item Perl/iX To-Do List
+Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Platform
+SDK 64-bit Compiler, MinGW32 with gcc, MinGW release 1
-=item Perl/iX Change History
+=item Building
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Testing Perl on Win32
-=item Name
+=item Installation of Perl on Win32
-=item Description
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on Win32
-=item Build
+Environment Variables, File Globbing, Using perl from the command line,
+Building Extensions, Command-line Wildcard Expansion, Win32 Specific
+Extensions, Notes on 64-bit Windows
-=over 4
+=item Running Perl Scripts
-=item Tools & SDK
+Miscellaneous Things
-=item Setup
+=back
-Buildtype.bat, SetNWBld.bat, MPKBuild.bat
+=item BUGS AND CAVEATS
-=item Make
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Interpreter
+Gary Ng E<lt>71564.1743@CompuServe.COME<gt>, Gurusamy Sarathy
+E<lt>gsar@activestate.comE<gt>, Nick Ing-Simmons
+E<lt>nick@ing-simmons.netE<gt>
-=item Extensions
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=item Install
+=head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
-=item Build new extensions
+=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
-=item Known Issues
+=over 4
-=item Acknowledgements
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Authors
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Date
+method, locked
=back
-=head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.
+=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
=back
+=head2 threadshared::shared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing
+data structures between threads
+
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item EXPORT
-=item Target
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=item Other OSes
+share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, cond_signal VARIABLE,
+cond_broadcast VARIABLE
-=item Prerequisites
+=item NOTES
-EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh
+=item BUGS
-=item Starting Perl programs under OS/2 (and DOS and...)
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Frequently asked questions
+=head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
+from perl
=over 4
-=item "It does not work"
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item I cannot run external programs
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F<perl.dll> from my
-program.
+$thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
+threads->self, $thread->tid, threads->object( tid ), threads->yield();,
+threads->list();, async BLOCK;
-Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use
-L<ExtUtils::Embed>?
+=item WARNINGS
-=item C<``> and pipe-C<open> do not work under DOS.
+A thread exited while %d other threads were still running
-=item Cannot start C<find.exe "pattern" file>
+=item TODO
+
+=item BUGS
+
+Parent-Child threads, Returning objects, Creating threads inside BEGIN
+blocks, PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
+
+=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item INSTALLATION
+=head2 assertions - select assertions in blocks of code
=over 4
-=item Automatic binary installation
+=item SYNOPSIS
-C<PERL_BADLANG>, C<PERL_BADFREE>, F<Config.pm>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Manual binary installation
+=item SEE ALSO
-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 AUTHOR
-=item B<Warning>
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
-=item Accessing documentation
+=head2 assertions::activate - activate assertions
=over 4
-=item OS/2 F<.INF> file
-
-=item Plain text
-
-=item Manpages
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item HTML
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item GNU C<info> files
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item F<PDF> files
+=item AUTHOR
-=item C<LaTeX> docs
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
-=item BUILD
+=head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes
=over 4
-=item The short story
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Prerequisites
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Getting perl source
+=over 4
-=item Application of the patches
+=item Built-in Attributes
-=item Hand-editing
+locked, method, lvalue
-=item Making
+=item Available Subroutines
-=item Testing
+get, reftype
-A lot of C<bad free>, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F<op/fs.t>,
-F<op/stat.t>
+=item Package-specific Attribute Handling
-=item Installing the built perl
+FETCH_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES
-=item C<a.out>-style build
+=item Syntax of Attribute Lists
=back
-=item Build FAQ
+=item EXPORTS
=over 4
-=item Some C</> became C<\> in pdksh.
-
-=item C<'errno'> - unresolved external
+=item Default exports
-=item Problems with tr or sed
+=item Available exports
-=item Some problem (forget which ;-)
+=item Export tags defined
-=item Library ... not found
+=back
-=item Segfault in make
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item op/sprintf test failure
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port
+=head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
=over 4
-=item C<setpriority>, C<getpriority>
-
-=item C<system()>
-
-=item C<extproc> on the first line
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Additional modules:
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Prebuilt methods:
+=item WARNING
-C<File::Copy::syscopy>, C<DynaLoader::mod2fname>, C<Cwd::current_drive()>,
- C<Cwd::sys_chdir(name)>, C<Cwd::change_drive(name)>,
-C<Cwd::sys_is_absolute(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_is_rooted(name)>,
-C<Cwd::sys_is_relative(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_cwd(name)>,
-C<Cwd::sys_abspath(name, dir)>, C<Cwd::extLibpath([type])>,
-C<Cwd::extLibpath_set( path [, type ] )>,
-C<OS2::Error(do_harderror,do_exception)>, C<OS2::Errors2Drive(drive)>,
-OS2::SysInfo(), OS2::BootDrive(), C<OS2::MorphPM(serve)>,
-C<OS2::UnMorphPM(serve)>, C<OS2::Serve_Messages(force)>,
-C<OS2::Process_Messages(force [, cnt])>, C<OS2::_control87(new,mask)>,
-OS2::get_control87(), C<OS2::set_control87_em(new=MCW_EM,mask=MCW_EM)>
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Prebuilt variables:
+=item SEE ALSO
-$OS2::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver
+=back
-=item Misfeatures
+=head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time
-=item Modifications
+=over 4
-C<popen>, C<tmpnam>, C<tmpfile>, C<ctermid>, C<stat>, C<mkdir>, C<rmdir>,
-C<flock>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Identifying DLLs
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Centralized management of resources
+=item HISTORY
-C<HAB>, C<HMQ>
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Perl flavors
+=head2 bigint - Transparent BigInteger support for Perl
=over 4
-=item F<perl.exe>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item F<perl_.exe>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item F<perl__.exe>
+=over 4
-=item F<perl___.exe>
+=item OPTIONS
-=item Why strange names?
+a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
-=item Why dynamic linking?
+=item MATH LIBRARY
-=item Why chimera build?
+=item INTERNAL FORMAT
-=back
+=item SIGN
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=item METHODS
-=over 4
+=item CAVEAT
-=item C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>
+=back
-=item C<PERL_BADLANG>
+=item MODULES USED
-=item C<PERL_BADFREE>
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item C<PERL_SH_DIR>
+=item LICENSE
-=item C<USE_PERL_FLOCK>
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item C<TMP> or C<TEMP>
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=item Evolution
+=head2 bignum - Transparent BigNumber support for Perl
=over 4
-=item Priorities
-
-=item DLL name mangling: pre 5.6.2
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DLL name mangling: 5.6.2 and beyond
+=item DESCRIPTION
-Global DLLs, specific DLLs, C<BEGINLIBPATH> and C<ENDLIBPATH>, F<.> from
-C<LIBPATH>
+=over 4
-=item DLL forwarder generation
+=item OPTIONS
-=item Threading
+a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
-=item Calls to external programs
+=item METHODS
-=item Memory allocation
+=item CAVEAT
-=item Threads
+inf(), NaN(), upgrade()
-C<COND_WAIT>, F<os2.c>
+=item MATH LIBRARY
-=back
+=item INTERNAL FORMAT
-=item BUGS
+=item SIGN
=back
-=over 4
+=item MODULES USED
-=item AUTHOR
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item LICENSE
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHORS
+
=back
-=head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390
-and z/OS
+=head2 bigrat - Transparent BigNumber/BigRationale support for Perl
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Tools
+=item MODULES USED
-=item Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
+=item MATH LIBRARY
-=item Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
+=item SIGN
-=item Configure Perl on OS/390
+=item METHODS
-=item Build, Test, Install Perl on OS/390
+=item CAVEAT
-=item Build Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=back
-=item Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Installation Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+ perl -Mbigrat -le 'print sqrt(33)'
+ perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 2*255'
+ perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 4.5+2*255'
+ perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 3/7 + 5/7 + 8/3'
+ perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 12->is_odd()';
-=item Usage Hints for Perl on OS/390
+=item LICENSE
-=item Floating Point Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Modules and Extensions for Perl on OS/390
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=item AUTHORS
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
=over 4
-=item Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item HISTORY
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
+=head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character
+semantics
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal
+escapes
+
=over 4
-=item Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4
+=item SYNOPSIS
-/bin/sh, ar, nm, cpp, make
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4
+=item CUSTOM TRANSLATORS
-=item QNX auxiliary files
+=item CUSTOM ALIASES
-qnx/ar, qnx/cpp
+=over 4
-=item Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
+=item Anonymous hashes
-=back
+=item Alias file
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Alias shortcut
=back
-=head2 perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl
+=item charnames::viacode(code)
-=over 4
+=item charnames::vianame(name)
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ALIASES
-=over 4
+=item ILLEGAL CHARACTERS
-=item Invoking Perl
+=item BUGS
-=item What's in Plan 9 Perl
+=back
-=item What's not in Plan 9 Perl
+=head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants
-=item Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl
+=over 4
-=item Signals in Plan 9 Perl
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9
+=item NOTES
=over 4
-=item Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9
+=item List constants
+
+=item Defining multiple constants at once
+
+=item Magic constants
=back
-=item BUGS
+=item TECHNICAL NOTES
-=item Revision date
+=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
=back
-=head2 perlsolaris, README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
+=head2 diagnostics - Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning
+diagnostics
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Solaris Version Numbers.
+=item The C<diagnostics> Pragma
+
+=item The I<splain> Program
=back
-=item RESOURCES
+=item EXAMPLES
-Solaris FAQ, Precompiled Binaries, Solaris Documentation
+=item INTERNALS
-=item SETTING UP
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 encoding - allows you to write your script in non-ascii or non-utf8
=over 4
-=item File Extraction Problems on Solaris.
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Compiler and Related Tools on Solaris.
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Literal Conversions
-=item Environment for Compiling Perl on Solaris
+=item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
=back
-=item RUN CONFIGURE.
+=item FEATURES THAT REQUIRE 5.8.1
+
+"NON-EUC" doublebyte encodings, tr//, DATA pseudo-filehandle
+
+=item USAGE
-=over 4
+use encoding [I<ENCNAME>] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> [ STDIN =E<gt>
+I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;, no encoding;
-=item 64-bit Issues with Perl on Solaris.
+=item The Filter Option
-=item Threads in Perl on Solaris.
+=over 4
-=item Malloc Issues with Perl on Solaris.
+=item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
=back
-=item MAKE PROBLEMS.
+=item CAVEATS
-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
+=over 4
-=item MAKE TEST
+=item NOT SCOPED
-=over 4
+=item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
-=item op/stat.t test 4 in Solaris
+=item tr/// with ranges
-=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
+Legend of characters above
=back
-=item PREBUILT BINARIES OF PERL FOR SOLARIS.
+=item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
-=item RUNTIME ISSUES FOR PERL ON SOLARIS.
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-=over 4
+literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
-=item Limits on Numbers of Open Files on Solaris.
+=item HISTORY
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC MODULES.
+=back
-=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH MODULES.
+=head2 fields - compile-time class fields
=over 4
-=item Proc::ProcessTable on Solaris
-
-=item BSD::Resource on Solaris
-
-=item Net::SSLeay on Solaris
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+new, phash
-=item LAST MODIFIED
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perltru64, README.tru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as
-Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems
+=head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on Tru64
+=item subpragma access
-=item Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
+=back
-=item Threaded Perl on Tru64
+=back
-=item Long Doubles on Tru64
+=head2 if - C<use> a Perl module if a condition holds
-=item 64-bit Perl on Tru64
+=over 4
-=item Warnings about floating-point overflow when compiling Perl on Tru64
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Testing Perl on Tru64
+=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perluts - Perl under UTS
+=head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating
+point
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item BUILDING PERL ON UTS
+=back
-=item Installing the built perl on UTS
+=head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=head2 perlvmesa, README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA.
+=head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on VM/ESA
-
-=item Setup Perl and utilities on VM/ESA
-
-=item Configure Perl on VM/ESA
+=item Adding directories to @INC
-=item Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA
+=item Deleting directories from @INC
-=item Usage Hints for Perl on VM/ESA
+=item Restoring original @INC
=back
-=item AUTHORS
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item CAVEATS
-=over 4
+=item NOTES
-=item Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA
+=item SEE ALSO
-=back
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl
+=head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in
+operations
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Installation
+=back
-=item Organization of Perl Images
+=head2 open - perl pragma to set default PerlIO layers for input and output
=over 4
-=item Core Images
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Perl Extensions
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Installing static extensions
+=item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY
-=item Installing dynamic extensions
+=item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item File specifications
+=head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling
=over 4
-=item Syntax
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Wildcard expansion
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Pipes
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB
-
-=item Command line
+=head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations
=over 4
-=item I/O redirection and backgrounding
-
-=item Command line switches
+=item SYNOPSIS
--i, -S, -u
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-=item Perl functions
+=item Declaration of overloaded functions
-File tests, backticks, binmode FILEHANDLE, crypt PLAINTEXT, USER, dump,
-exec LIST, fork, getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, gmtime, kill, qx//, select
-(system call), stat EXPR, system LIST, time, times, unlink LIST, utime
-LIST, waitpid PID,FLAGS
+=item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations
-=item Perl variables
+FALSE, TRUE, C<undef>
-%ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $|
+=item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations
-=item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences
+=item Calling Conventions for Mutators
-=over 4
+C<++> and C<-->, C<x=> and other assignment versions
-=item SDBM_File
+=item Overloadable Operations
-=back
+I<Arithmetic operations>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Bit operations>,
+I<Increment and decrement>, I<Transcendental functions>, I<Boolean, string
+and numeric conversion>, I<Iteration>, I<Dereferencing>, I<Special>
-=item Revision date
+=item Inheritance and overloading
-=item AUTHOR
+Strings as values of C<use overload> directive, Overloading of an operation
+is inherited by derived classes
=back
-=head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS
+=item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C<use overload>
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Last Resort
-=over 4
+=item Fallback
-=item Multiple methods to build perl for VOS
+C<undef>, TRUE, defined, but FALSE
+
+=item Copy Constructor
-=item Stratus POSIX Support
+B<Example>
=back
-=item INSTALLING PERL IN VOS
+=item MAGIC AUTOGENERATION
-=over 4
+I<Assignment forms of arithmetic operations>, I<Conversion operations>,
+I<Increment and decrement>, C<abs($a)>, I<Unary minus>, I<Negation>,
+I<Concatenation>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Iterator>, I<Dereferencing>,
+I<Copy operator>
+
+=item Losing overloading
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on VOS
+=item Run-time Overloading
-=item Installing Perl 5 on VOS
+=item Public functions
-=back
+overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op)
-=item USING PERL IN VOS
+=item Overloading constants
+
+integer, float, binary, q, qr
+
+=item IMPLEMENTATION
+
+=item Metaphor clash
+
+=item Cookbook
=over 4
-=item Unimplemented Features of Perl on VOS
+=item Two-face scalars
+
+=item Two-face references
-=item Restrictions of Perl on VOS
+=item Symbolic calculator
-=back
+=item I<Really> symbolic calculator
-=item SUPPORT STATUS
+=back
=item AUTHOR
-=item LAST UPDATE
+=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 perlwin32 - Perl under Win32
+=head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item OPTIONS
+
=over 4
-=item Setting Up Perl on Win32
+=item SIGNAL HANDLERS
-Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Mingw32 with GCC
+B<stack-trace>, B<die>, B<handler> I<your-handler>
-=item Building
+=item SIGNAL LISTS
-=item Testing Perl on Win32
+B<normal-signals>, B<error-signals>, B<old-interface-signals>
-=item Installation of Perl on Win32
+=item OTHER
-=item Usage Hints for Perl on Win32
+B<untrapped>, B<any>, I<signal>, I<number>
-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 EXAMPLES
=back
-=item BUGS AND CAVEATS
+=head2 sort - perl pragma to control sort() behaviour
-=item AUTHORS
+=over 4
-Gary Ng E<lt>71564.1743@CompuServe.COME<gt>, Gurusamy Sarathy
-E<lt>gsar@activestate.comE<gt>, Nick Ing-Simmons
-E<lt>nick@ing-simmons.netE<gt>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item HISTORY
+=item CAVEATS
=back
-=head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
-
-=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
+=head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-method, locked
+C<strict refs>, C<strict vars>, C<strict subs>
+
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
+=head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
=over 4
=back
-=head2 threadshared::shared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing
-data structures between threads
+=head2 threadshared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data
+structures between threads
=over 4
=item FUNCTIONS
-share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, unlock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE,
-cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
+share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, cond_signal VARIABLE,
+cond_broadcast VARIABLE
=item NOTES
=back
-=head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
-from perl
+=head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source
+code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-$thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
-threads->self, $thread->tid
+=over 4
-=item TODO
+=item Utility functions
-Fix so the return value is returned when you join, Add join_all, Fix memory
-leaks!
+$num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string), $success = utf8::downgrade($string[,
+FAIL_OK]), utf8::encode($string), utf8::decode($string), $flag =
+utf8::is_utf8(STRING), $flag = utf8::valid(STRING)
-=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
+=back
=item BUGS
-creating a thread from within a thread is unsafe under win32,
-PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
-
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes
+=head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
+
+=head2 version - Perl extension for Version Objects
+
=over 4
-=item Built-in Attributes
+=item SYNOPSIS
-locked, method, lvalue
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Available Subroutines
+=over 4
-get, reftype
+=item What IS a version
-=item Package-specific Attribute Handling
+Numeric Versions, V-String Versions
-FETCH_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES
+=item Numeric Versions
-=item Syntax of Attribute Lists
+=item V-String Versions
-=back
+=item Object Methods
-=item EXPORTS
+New Operator, Stringification, Numification, Comparison operators, Logical
+Operators
-=over 4
+=item Quoting
-=item Default exports
+=item Types of Versions Objects
-=item Available exports
+Ordinary versions, alpha versions
-=item Export tags defined
+=item Replacement UNIVERSAL::VERSION
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item EXPORT
+
+=item AUTHOR
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
+=head2 vmsish - Perl pragma to control VMS-specific language features
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-method, locked
+C<vmsish status>, C<vmsish exit>, C<vmsish time>, C<vmsish hushed>
=back
-=head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
+=head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item WARNING
-
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+use warnings::register, warnings::enabled(), warnings::enabled($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 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time
+=head2 warnings::register - warnings import function
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item HISTORY
-
-=item SEE ALSO
-
=back
-=head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
+=head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION
+
+=head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item BUGS
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR
+=item DBM Comparisons
+
+[0], [1], [2], [3]
=back
-=head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character
-semantics
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Attribute::Handlers - Simpler definition of attribute handlers
=over 4
+=item VERSION
+
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SEE ALSO
+[0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal
-escapes.
+=item Typed lexicals
-=over 4
+=item Type-specific attribute handlers
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Non-interpretive attribute handlers
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Phase-specific attribute handlers
-=item CUSTOM TRANSLATORS
+=item Attributes as C<tie> interfaces
-=item charnames::viacode(code)
+=back
-=item charnames::vianame(code)
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item ILLEGAL CHARACTERS
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+C<Bad attribute type: ATTR(%s)>, C<Attribute handler %s doesn't handle %s
+attributes>, C<Declaration of %s attribute in package %s may clash with
+future reserved word>, C<Can't have two ATTR specifiers on one subroutine>,
+C<Can't autotie a %s>, C<Internal error: %s symbol went missing>, C<Won't
+be able to apply END handler>
+
+=item AUTHOR
=item BUGS
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
=back
-=head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants
+=head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item NOTES
-
=over 4
-=item List constants
+=item Subroutine Stubs
-=item Defining multiple constants at once
+=item Using B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
-=item Magic constants
+=item Overriding B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
-=back
+=item Package Lexicals
-=item TECHNICAL NOTES
+=item Not Using AutoLoader
-=item BUGS
+=item B<AutoLoader> vs. B<SelfLoader>
-=item AUTHOR
+=back
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 diagnostics - Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning
-diagnostics
+=head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+$keep, $check, $modtime
+
=over 4
-=item The C<diagnostics> Pragma
+=item Multiple packages
-=item The I<splain> Program
+=back
+
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=head2 B - The Perl Compiler
-=item INTERNALS
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item OVERVIEW
-=head2 encoding - pragma to control the conversion of legacy data into
-Unicode
+=item Utility Functions
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Functions Returning C<B::SV>, C<B::AV>, C<B::HV>, and C<B::CV>
+objects
-=item DESCRIPTION
+sv_undef, sv_yes, sv_no, svref_2object(SVREF), amagic_generation, init_av,
+check_av, begin_av, end_av, comppadlist, regex_padav, main_cv
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+=item Functions for Examining the Symbol Table
-=item SEE ALSO
+walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE, PREFIX)
+
+=item Functions Returning C<B::OP> objects or for walking op trees
+
+main_root, main_start, walkoptree(OP, METHOD), walkoptree_debug(DEBUG)
+
+=item Miscellaneous Utility Functions
+
+ppname(OPNUM), hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c, cstring(STR),
+perlstring(STR), class(OBJ), threadsv_names
=back
-=head2 fields - compile-time class fields
+=item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item SV-RELATED CLASSES
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item B::SV Methods
-new, phash
+REFCNT, FLAGS, object_2svref
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item B::IV Methods
-=back
+IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv
-=head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators
+=item B::NV Methods
-=over 4
+NV, NVX
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item B::RV Methods
-=item DESCRIPTION
+RV
-=over 4
+=item B::PV Methods
-=item subpragma access
+PV, RV, PVX
-=back
+=item B::PVMG Methods
-=back
+MAGIC, SvSTASH
-=head2 if - C<use> a Perl module if a condition holds
+=item B::MAGIC Methods
-=over 4
+MOREMAGIC, precomp, PRIVATE, TYPE, FLAGS, OBJ, PTR, REGEX
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item B::PVLV Methods
-=item DESCRIPTION
+TARGOFF, TARGLEN, TYPE, TARG
-=item BUGS
+=item B::BM Methods
-=item AUTHOR
+USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE
-=back
+=item B::GV Methods
-=head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating
-point
+is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN,
+LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS
-=over 4
+=item B::IO Methods
-=item SYNOPSIS
+LINES, PAGE, PAGE_LEN, LINES_LEFT, TOP_NAME, TOP_GV, FMT_NAME, FMT_GV,
+BOTTOM_NAME, BOTTOM_GV, SUBPROCESS, IoTYPE, IoFLAGS, IsSTD
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item B::AV Methods
-=back
+FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, ARRAYelt, AvFLAGS
-=head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler
+=item B::CV Methods
-=over 4
+STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE_SEQ, XSUB,
+XSUBANY, CvFLAGS, const_sv
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item B::HV Methods
-=item DESCRIPTION
+FILL, MAX, KEYS, RITER, NAME, PMROOT, ARRAY
-=back
+=item OP-RELATED CLASSES
-=head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
+=item B::OP Methods
-=over 4
+next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, seq, flags, private
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item B::UNOP METHOD
-=item DESCRIPTION
+first
-=over 4
+=item B::BINOP METHOD
-=item Adding directories to @INC
+last
-=item Deleting directories from @INC
+=item B::LOGOP METHOD
-=item Restoring original @INC
+other
-=back
+=item B::LISTOP METHOD
-=item CAVEATS
+children
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item B::PMOP Methods
-=item AUTHOR
+pmreplroot, pmreplstart, pmnext, pmregexp, pmflags, pmdynflags,
+pmpermflags, precomp, pmoffset
-=back
+=item B::SVOP METHOD
-=head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in
-operations
+sv, gv
-=over 4
+=item B::PADOP METHOD
-=item SYNOPSIS
+padix
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item B::PVOP METHOD
+
+pv
+
+=item B::LOOP Methods
+
+redoop, nextop, lastop
+
+=item B::COP Methods
+
+label, stash, stashpv, file, cop_seq, arybase, line, warnings, io
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 open - perl pragma to set default disciplines for input and output
+=head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate
+bytecode
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY
-
-=item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
+%insn_data, @insn_name, @optype, @specialsv_name
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling
+=head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations
+=head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Declaration of overloaded functions
-
-=item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations
-
-FALSE, TRUE, C<undef>
-
-=item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations
+=item Functions
-=item Calling Conventions for Mutators
+B<find_leaders>
-C<++> and C<-->, C<x=> and other assignment versions
+=back
-=item Overloadable Operations
+=item AUTHOR
-I<Arithmetic operations>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Bit operations>,
-I<Increment and decrement>, I<Transcendental functions>, I<Boolean, string
-and numeric conversion>, I<Iteration>, I<Dereferencing>, I<Special>
+=back
-=item Inheritance and overloading
+=head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
-Strings as values of C<use overload> directive, Overloading of an operation
-is inherited by derived classes
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C<use overload>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item EXAMPLE
-=item Last Resort
+=item OPTIONS
-=item Fallback
+B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
-C<undef>, TRUE, defined, but FALSE
+=item KNOWN BUGS
-=item Copy Constructor
+=item NOTICE
-B<Example>
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=item MAGIC AUTOGENERATION
+=head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend
-I<Assignment forms of arithmetic operations>, I<Conversion operations>,
-I<Increment and decrement>, C<abs($a)>, I<Unary minus>, I<Negation>,
-I<Concatenation>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Iterator>, I<Dereferencing>,
-I<Copy operator>
+=over 4
-=item Losing overloading
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Run-time Overloading
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Public functions
+=item OPTIONS
-overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op)
+B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, B<-Dc>, B<-DA>,
+B<-DC>, B<-DM>, B<-f>, B<-fcog>, B<-fsave-data>, B<-fppaddr>, B<-fwarn-sv>,
+B<-fuse-script-name>, B<-fsave-sig-hash>, B<-On>, B<-O0>, B<-O1>, B<-O2>,
+B<-llimit>
-=item Overloading constants
+=item EXAMPLES
-integer, float, binary, q, qr
+=item BUGS
-=item IMPLEMENTATION
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Metaphor clash
+=back
-=item Cookbook
+=head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
=over 4
-=item Two-face scalars
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Two-face references
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Symbolic calculator
+=item OPTIONS
-=item I<Really> symbolic calculator
+B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-mModulename>, B<-D>, B<-Dr>,
+B<-DO>, B<-Ds>, B<-Dp>, B<-Dq>, B<-Dl>, B<-Dt>, B<-f>,
+B<-ffreetmps-each-bblock>, B<-ffreetmps-each-loop>, B<-fomit-taint>, B<-On>
-=back
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item AUTHOR
+=item BUGS
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
+=item DIFFERENCES
-Odd number of arguments for overload::constant, `%s' is not an overloadable
-type, `%s' is not a code reference
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item Loops
-=back
+=item Context of ".."
-=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
+=item Arithmetic
-=over 4
+=item Deprecated features
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
+=head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item EXAMPLE
+
=item OPTIONS
-=over 4
+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 SIGNAL HANDLERS
+=item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS
-B<stack-trace>, B<die>, B<handler> I<your-handler>
+B<(x(>I<exec_text>B<;>I<basic_text>B<)x)>, B<(*(>I<text>B<)*)>,
+B<(*(>I<text1>B<;>I<text2>B<)*)>, B<(?(>I<text1>B<#>I<var>I<Text2>B<)?)>,
+B<#>I<var>, B<#>I<var>I<N>, B<~>, B<#addr>, B<#arg>, B<#class>,
+B<#classsym>, B<#coplabel>, B<#exname>, B<#extarg>, B<#firstaddr>,
+B<#flags>, B<#flagval>, B<#hyphseq>, B<#label>, B<#lastaddr>, B<#name>,
+B<#NAME>, B<#next>, B<#nextaddr>, B<#noise>, B<#private>, B<#privval>,
+B<#seq>, B<#seqnum>, B<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>, B<#svclass>, B<#svval>,
+B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum>
-=item SIGNAL LISTS
+=item ABBREVIATIONS
-B<normal-signals>, B<error-signals>, B<old-interface-signals>
+=over 4
-=item OTHER
+=item OP flags abbreviations
-B<untrapped>, B<any>, I<signal>, I<number>
+=item OP class abbreviations
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 sort - perl pragma to control sort() behaviour
+=head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
+=head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-C<strict refs>, C<strict vars>, C<strict subs>
+=item OPTIONS
-=back
+B<-d>, B<-f>I<FILE>, B<-l>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-q>, B<-s>I<LETTERS>, B<C>,
+B<i>I<NUMBER>, B<T>, B<v>I<STRING>B<.>, B<-x>I<LEVEL>
-=head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
+=item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Synopsis
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Description
-=back
+=item new
-=head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
-from perl
+=item ambient_pragmas
-=over 4
+strict, $[, bytes, utf8, integer, re, warnings, hint_bits, warning_bits
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item coderef2text
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-$thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
-threads->self, $thread->tid
+=item BUGS
-=item TODO
+=item AUTHOR
-Fix so the return value is returned when you join, Add join_all, Fix memory
-leaks!
+=back
-=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
+=head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode
-=item BUGS
+=over 4
-creating a thread from within a thread is unsafe under win32,
-PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 threadshared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data
-structures between threads
+=head2 B::Lint - Perl lint
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXPORT
+=item OPTIONS AND LINT CHECKS
-=item FUNCTIONS
+B<context>, B<implicit-read> and B<implicit-write>, B<bare-subs>,
+B<dollar-underscore>, B<private-names>, B<undefined-subs>,
+B<regexp-variables>, B<all>, B<none>
-share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, unlock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE,
-cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
+=item NON LINT-CHECK OPTIONS
-=item NOTES
+B<-u Package>
=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
-=item SEE ALSO
-
=back
-=head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source
-code
+=head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item Utility functions
+=item CONVENTIONS
-$num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string);, utf8::downgrade($string[, CHECK]),
-utf8::encode($string), $flag = utf8::decode($string), $flag =
-utf8::valid(STRING)
+=item IMPLEMENTATION
-=back
+=item BUGS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
+=head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 vmsish - Perl pragma to control VMS-specific language features
+=head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-C<vmsish status>, C<vmsish exit>, C<vmsish time>, C<vmsish hushed>
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings
+=head2 B::Stash - show what stashes are loaded
+
+=head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-use warnings::register, warnings::enabled(), warnings::enabled($category),
-warnings::enabled($object), warnings::warn($message),
-warnings::warn($category, $message), warnings::warn($object, $message),
-warnings::warnif($message), warnings::warnif($category, $message),
-warnings::warnif($object, $message)
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 warnings::register - warnings import function
+=head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item OPTIONS
-=head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION
+C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-d>, C<-D[tO]>
-=head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
=over 4
=over 4
-=item DBM Comparisons
+=item Functions
-[0], [1], [2], [3]
+B<find_leaders>
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 Attribute::Handlers - Simpler definition of attribute handlers
+=head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code
=over 4
-=item VERSION
-
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-[0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
-
=over 4
-=item Typed lexicals
+=item Methods
-=item Type-specific attribute handlers
+new, debug, iters
-=item Non-interpretive attribute handlers
+=item Standard Exports
-=item Phase-specific attribute handlers
+timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis ( COUNT, CODE, [ TITLE, [ STYLE ]] ),
+timethese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), timediff ( T1, T2 ), timestr (
+TIMEDIFF, [ STYLE, [ FORMAT ] ] )
-=item Attributes as C<tie> interfaces
+=item Optional Exports
+
+clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [
+STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), countit(TIME, CODE),
+disablecache ( ), enablecache ( ), timesum ( T1, T2 )
+
+=item :hireswallclock
=back
+=item NOTES
+
=item EXAMPLES
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
+=item INHERITANCE
-C<Bad attribute type: ATTR(%s)>, C<Attribute handler %s doesn't handle %s
-attributes>, C<Declaration of %s attribute in package %s may clash with
-future reserved word>, C<Can't have two ATTR specifiers on one subroutine>,
-C<Can't autotie a %s>, C<Internal error: %s symbol went missing>, C<Won't
-be able to apply END handler>
+=item CAVEATS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item BUGS
+=item AUTHORS
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item MODIFICATION HISTORY
=back
-=head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand
+=head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Subroutine Stubs
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Using B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
+=back
-=item Overriding B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
+=head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
-=item Package Lexicals
+=over 4
-=item Not Using AutoLoader
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item B<AutoLoader> vs. B<SelfLoader>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item EXAMPLE
-=item CAVEATS
+=item OPTIONS
-=item SEE ALSO
+B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
+
+=item KNOWN BUGS
+
+=item NOTICE
+
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
+=head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
-$keep, $check, $modtime
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Multiple packages
+=item PROGRAMMING STYLE
-=back
+=item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
+=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE):
-=back
+=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE
-=head2 B - The Perl Compiler
+=item FETCHING A LIST OF KEYWORDS FROM THE QUERY:
-=over 4
+=item FETCHING THE NAMES OF ALL THE PARAMETERS PASSED TO YOUR SCRIPT:
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item FETCHING THE VALUE OR VALUES OF A SINGLE NAMED PARAMETER:
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SETTING THE VALUE(S) OF A NAMED PARAMETER:
-=item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
+=item APPENDING ADDITIONAL VALUES TO A NAMED PARAMETER:
-=over 4
+=item IMPORTING ALL PARAMETERS INTO A NAMESPACE:
-=item SV-RELATED CLASSES
+=item DELETING A PARAMETER COMPLETELY:
-=item B::SV METHODS
+=item DELETING ALL PARAMETERS:
-REFCNT, FLAGS
+=item DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARAMETER LIST:
-=item B::IV METHODS
+=item FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH:
-IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv
+=item SAVING THE STATE OF THE SCRIPT TO A FILE:
-=item B::NV METHODS
+=item RETRIEVING CGI ERRORS
-NV, NVX
+=item USING THE FUNCTION-ORIENTED INTERFACE
-=item B::RV METHODS
+B<:cgi>, B<:form>, B<:html2>, B<:html3>, B<:html4>, B<:netscape>, B<:html>,
+B<:standard>, B<:all>
-RV
+=item PRAGMAS
-=item B::PV METHODS
+-any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_undef_params, -no_xhtml, -nph,
+-newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, -no_debug, -debug,
+-private_tempfiles
-PV, RV, PVX
+=item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS
-=item B::PVMG METHODS
+1. start_table() (generates a <table> tag), 2. end_table() (generates a
+</table> tag), 3. start_ul() (generates a <ul> tag), 4. end_ul() (generates
+a </ul> tag)
-MAGIC, SvSTASH
+=back
-=item B::MAGIC METHODS
+=item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS
-MOREMAGIC, precomp, PRIVATE, TYPE, FLAGS, OBJ, PTR, REGEX
+=over 4
-=item B::PVLV METHODS
+=item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER:
-TARGOFF, TARGLEN, TYPE, TARG
+=item GENERATING A REDIRECTION HEADER
-=item B::BM METHODS
+=item CREATING THE HTML DOCUMENT HEADER
-USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE
+B<Parameters:>, 4, 5, 6..
-=item B::GV METHODS
+=item ENDING THE HTML DOCUMENT:
-is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN,
-LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS
+=item CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION:
-=item B::IO METHODS
+=item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL
-LINES, PAGE, PAGE_LEN, LINES_LEFT, TOP_NAME, TOP_GV, FMT_NAME, FMT_GV,
-BOTTOM_NAME, BOTTOM_GV, SUBPROCESS, IoTYPE, IoFLAGS, IsSTD
+B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query>
+(B<-query_string>), B<-base>
-=item B::AV METHODS
+=item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS
-FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, AvFLAGS
+=back
-=item B::CV METHODS
+=item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS:
-STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, XSUB, XSUBANY,
-CvFLAGS, const_sv
+=over 4
-=item B::HV METHODS
+=item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS
-FILL, MAX, KEYS, RITER, NAME, PMROOT, ARRAY
+=item THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF HTML SHORTCUTS
-=item OP-RELATED CLASSES
+=item HTML SHORTCUTS AND LIST INTERPOLATION
-=item B::OP METHODS
+=item NON-STANDARD HTML SHORTCUTS
-next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, seq, flags, private
+=item AUTOESCAPING HTML
-=item B::UNOP METHOD
+$escaped_string = escapeHTML("unescaped string");, $charset =
+charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]);
-first
+=item PRETTY-PRINTING HTML
-=item B::BINOP METHOD
+=back
-last
+=item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS:
-=item B::LOGOP METHOD
+=over 4
-other
+=item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG
-=item B::LISTOP METHOD
+=item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM
-children
+B<application/x-www-form-urlencoded>, B<multipart/form-data>
-=item B::PMOP METHODS
+=item CREATING A TEXT FIELD
-pmreplroot, pmreplstart, pmnext, pmregexp, pmflags, pmdynflags,
-pmpermflags, precomp, pmoffet
+B<Parameters>
-=item B::SVOP METHOD
+=item CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD
-sv, gv
+=item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD
-=item B::PADOP METHOD
+=item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD
-padix
+B<Parameters>
-=item B::PVOP METHOD
+=item CREATING A POPUP MENU
-pv
+=item CREATING AN OPTION GROUP
-=item B::LOOP METHODS
+=item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST
-redoop, nextop, lastop
+B<Parameters:>
-=item B::COP METHODS
+=item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES
-label, stash, file, cop_seq, arybase, line
+B<Parameters:>
-=back
+=item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX
-=item FUNCTIONS EXPORTED BY C<B>
+B<Parameters:>
-main_cv, init_av, begin_av, end_av, main_root, main_start, comppadlist,
-regex_padav, sv_undef, sv_yes, sv_no, amagic_generation, walkoptree(OP,
-METHOD), walkoptree_debug(DEBUG), walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE,
-PREFIX), svref_2object(SV), ppname(OPNUM), hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c,
-cstring(STR), perlstring(STR), class(OBJ), threadsv_names
+=item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP
-=item AUTHOR
+B<Parameters:>
-=back
+=item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON
-=head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate
-bytecode
+B<Parameters:>
-=over 4
+=item CREATING A RESET BUTTON
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD
-%insn_data, @insn_name, @optype, @specialsv_name
+B<Parameters:>
-=item AUTHOR
+=item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON
-=back
+B<Parameters:>, 3. The third option (-align, optional) is an alignment
+type, and may be TOP, BOTTOM or MIDDLE
-=head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode
+=item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON
-=over 4
+=back
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item HTTP COOKIES
-=item DESCRIPTION
+1. an expiration time, 2. a domain, 3. a path, 4. a "secure" flag,
+B<-name>, B<-value>, B<-path>, B<-domain>, B<-expires>, B<-secure>
-=item AUTHORS
+=item WORKING WITH FRAMES
-=back
+1. Create a <Frameset> document, 2. Specify the destination for the
+document in the HTTP header, 3. Specify the destination for the document in
+the <form> tag
-=head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
+=item LIMITED SUPPORT FOR CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
+
+=item DEBUGGING
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-=over 4
+=item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
-=item Functions
+B<Accept()>, B<raw_cookie()>, B<user_agent()>, B<path_info()>,
+B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()> Return the script
+name as a partial URL, for self-refering scripts, B<referer()>, B<auth_type
+()>, B<server_name ()>, B<virtual_host ()>, B<server_port ()>,
+B<server_software ()>, B<remote_user ()>, B<user_name ()>,
+B<request_method()>, B<content_type()>, B<http()>, B<https()>
-B<find_leaders>
+=item USING NPH SCRIPTS
-=back
+In the B<use> statement, By calling the B<nph()> method:, By using B<-nph>
+parameters
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Server Push
-=back
+multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final()
-=head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
+=item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks
-=over 4
+B<$CGI::POST_MAX>, B<$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS>, B<1. On a script-by-script
+basis>, B<2. Globally for all scripts>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=item OPTIONS
+=item CREDITS
-B<-ofilename>, B<-afilename>, B<-->, B<-f>, B<-fcompress-nullops>,
-B<-fomit-sequence-numbers>, B<-fbypass-nullops>, B<-On>, B<-D>, B<-Do>,
-B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-upackage>
+Matt Heffron (heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com), James Taylor
+(james.taylor@srs.gov), Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com>, Mike Jewell
+(mlj3u@virginia.edu), Timothy Shimmin (tes@kbs.citri.edu.au), Joergen Haegg
+(jh@axis.se), Laurent Delfosse (delfosse@delfosse.com), Richard Resnick
+(applepi1@aol.com), Craig Bishop (csb@barwonwater.vic.gov.au), Tony Curtis
+(tc@vcpc.univie.ac.at), Tim Bunce (Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk), Tom Christiansen
+(tchrist@convex.com), Andreas Koenig (k@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE), Tim
+MacKenzie (Tim.MacKenzie@fulcrum.com.au), Kevin B. Hendricks
+(kbhend@dogwood.tyler.wm.edu), Stephen Dahmen (joyfire@inxpress.net), Ed
+Jordan (ed@fidalgo.net), David Alan Pisoni (david@cnation.com), Doug
+MacEachern (dougm@opengroup.org), Robin Houston (robin@oneworld.org),
+...and many many more..
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHORS
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend
+=head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item OPTIONS
-
-B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, B<-Dc>, B<-DA>,
-B<-DC>, B<-DM>, B<-f>, B<-fcog>, B<-fsave-data>, B<-fppaddr>, B<-fwarn-sv>,
-B<-fuse-script-name>, B<-fsave-sig-hash>, B<-On>, B<-O0>, B<-O1>, B<-O2>,
-B<-llimit>
-
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
+=head2 CGI::Carp, B<CGI::Carp> - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or
+other) error log
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OPTIONS
-
-B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-mModulename>, B<-D>, B<-Dr>,
-B<-DO>, B<-Ds>, B<-Dp>, B<-Dq>, B<-Dl>, B<-Dt>, B<-f>,
-B<-ffreetmps-each-bblock>, B<-ffreetmps-each-loop>, B<-fomit-taint>, B<-On>
-
-=item EXAMPLES
-
-=item BUGS
+=item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES
-=item DIFFERENCES
+=item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW
=over 4
-=item Loops
+=item Changing the default message
-=item Context of ".."
+=back
-=item Arithmetic
+=item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS
-=item Deprecated features
+=item OVERRIDING THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM
-=back
+=item AUTHORS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
+=head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXAMPLE
-
-=item OPTIONS
+=item USING CGI::Cookie
-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>
+B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag>
-=item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS
+=over 4
-B<(x(>I<exec_text>B<;>I<basic_text>B<)x)>, B<(*(>I<text>B<)*)>,
-B<(*(>I<text1>B<;>I<text2>B<)*)>, B<(?(>I<text1>B<#>I<var>I<Text2>B<)?)>,
-B<#>I<var>, B<#>I<var>I<N>, B<~>, B<#addr>, B<#arg>, B<#class>,
-B<#classsym>, B<#coplabel>, B<#exname>, B<#extarg>, B<#firstaddr>,
-B<#flags>, B<#flagval>, B<#hyphseq>, B<#label>, B<#lastaddr>, B<#name>,
-B<#NAME>, B<#next>, B<#nextaddr>, B<#noise>, B<#private>, B<#privval>,
-B<#seq>, B<#seqnum>, B<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>, B<#svclass>, B<#svval>,
-B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum>
+=item Creating New Cookies
-=item ABBREVIATIONS
+=item Sending the Cookie to the Browser
-=over 4
+=item Recovering Previous Cookies
-=item OP flags abbreviations
+=item Manipulating Cookies
-=item OP class abbreviations
+B<name()>, B<value()>, B<domain()>, B<path()>, B<expires()>
=back
-=item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
+=head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
-=back
+=item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS
-=head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
+=item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS
-=over 4
+=item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item EXTERNAL FASTCGI SERVER INVOCATION
-=item DESCRIPTION
+FCGI_SOCKET_PATH, FCGI_LISTEN_QUEUE
-=item OPTIONS
+=item CAVEATS
-B<-l>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-q>, B<-f>I<FILE>, B<-s>I<LETTERS>, B<C>,
-B<i>I<NUMBER>, B<T>, B<v>I<STRING>B<.>, B<-x>I<LEVEL>
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE
+=item BUGS
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Synopsis
+=back
-=item Description
+=head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code
-=item new
+=over 4
-=item ambient_pragmas
+=item SYNOPSIS
-strict, $[, bytes, utf8, integer, re, warnings, hint_bits, warning_bits
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item coderef2text
+=over 4
+
+=item Tags that won't be formatted
+
+=item Customizing the Indenting
=back
=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode
+=head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=back
+=item USING CGI::Push
-=head2 B::Lint - Perl lint
+-next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Heterogeneous Pages
-=item OPTIONS AND LINT CHECKS
+=item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly
-B<context>, B<implicit-read> and B<implicit-write>, B<dollar-underscore>,
-B<private-names>, B<undefined-subs>, B<regexp-variables>, B<all>, B<none>
+=back
-=item NON LINT-CHECK OPTIONS
+=item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS
-B<-u Package>
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
+=head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item ABSTRACT
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item CONVENTIONS
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=item IMPLEMENTATION
+=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files
+=head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend
+=head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item STATUS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Interactive Mode
-=head2 B::Stash - show what stashes are loaded
+Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test,
+install, clean modules or distributions, get, readme, look module or
+distribution, ls author, Signals
-=head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
+=item CPAN::Shell
-=over 4
+=item autobundle
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item recompile
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The four C<CPAN::*> Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Programmer's interface
-=back
+expand($type,@things), expandany(@things), Programming Examples
-=head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
+=item Methods in the other Classes
-=over 4
+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 SYNOPSIS
+=item Cache Manager
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Bundles
-=item OPTIONS
+=item Prerequisites
-C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-d>, C<-D[tO]>
+=item Finding packages and VERSION
-=item BUGS
+=item Debugging
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode
=back
-=head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
-
-=over 4
-
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item CONFIGURATION
-=item DESCRIPTION
+C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>
+E<lt>valueE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list
+optionE<gt> [shift|pop]>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>
+[unshift|push|splice] E<lt>listE<gt>>
=over 4
-=item Functions
+=item Note on urllist parameter's format
-B<find_leaders>
+=item urllist parameter has CD-ROM support
=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SECURITY
-=back
+=item EXPORT
-=head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code
+=item POPULATE AN INSTALLATION WITH LOTS OF MODULES
+
+=item WORKING WITH CPAN.pm BEHIND FIREWALLS
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Three basic types of firewalls
-=item DESCRIPTION
+http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade
-=over 4
+=item Configuring lynx or ncftp for going through a firewall
-=item Methods
+=back
-new, debug, iters
+=item FAQ
-=item Standard Exports
+1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7), 8), 9), 10)
-timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis ( COUNT, CODE, [ TITLE, [ STYLE ]] ),
-timethese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), timediff ( T1, T2 ), timestr (
-TIMEDIFF, [ STYLE, [ FORMAT ] ] )
+=item BUGS
-=item Optional Exports
+=item AUTHOR
-clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUT, CODEHASHREF, [
-STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), countit(TIME, CODE),
-disablecache ( ), enablecache ( ), timesum ( T1, T2 )
+=item TRANSLATIONS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item NOTES
+=head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
-=item EXAMPLES
+=over 4
-=item INHERITANCE
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item CAVEATS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SEE ALSO
+=back
-=item AUTHORS
+=head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS
+module
-=item MODIFICATION HISTORY
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code
+=head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Forcing a Stack Trace
=back
-=head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
+=item BUGS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Carp::Heavy, Carp heavy machinery - no user serviceable parts inside
+
+=head2 Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OPTIONS
+=item FUNCTIONS
-B<-ofilename>, B<-afilename>, B<-->, B<-f>, B<-fcompress-nullops>,
-B<-fomit-sequence-numbers>, B<-fbypass-nullops>, B<-On>, B<-D>, B<-Do>,
-B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-upackage>
+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 EXAMPLES
+=item CAUTIONARY NOTES
-=item BUGS
+=item COPYRIGHT
-=item AUTHORS
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
+=head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item ABSTRACT
-
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item PROGRAMMING STYLE
+=item The C<struct()> function
-=item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES
+=item Class Creation at Compile Time
-=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE):
+=item Element Types and Accessor Methods
-=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE
+Scalar (C<'$'> or C<'*$'>), Array (C<'@'> or C<'*@'>), Hash (C<'%'> or
+C<'*%'>), Class (C<'Class_Name'> or C<'*Class_Name'>)
-=item FETCHING A LIST OF KEYWORDS FROM THE QUERY:
+=item Initializing with C<new>
-=item FETCHING THE NAMES OF ALL THE PARAMETERS PASSED TO YOUR SCRIPT:
+=back
-=item FETCHING THE VALUE OR VALUES OF A SINGLE NAMED PARAMETER:
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item SETTING THE VALUE(S) OF A NAMED PARAMETER:
+Example 1, Example 2, Example 3
-=item APPENDING ADDITIONAL VALUES TO A NAMED PARAMETER:
+=item Author and Modification History
-=item IMPORTING ALL PARAMETERS INTO A NAMESPACE:
+=back
-=item DELETING A PARAMETER COMPLETELY:
+=head2 Config - access Perl configuration information
-=item DELETING ALL PARAMETERS:
+=over 4
-=item DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARAMETER LIST:
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH:
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SAVING THE STATE OF THE SCRIPT TO A FILE:
+myconfig(), config_sh(), config_re($regex), config_vars(@names)
-=item RETRIEVING CGI ERRORS
+=item EXAMPLE
-=item USING THE FUNCTION-ORIENTED INTERFACE
+=item WARNING
-B<:cgi>, B<:form>, B<:html2>, B<:html3>, B<:html4>, B<:netscape>, B<:html>,
-B<:standard>, B<:all>
+=item GLOSSARY
-=item PRAGMAS
+=over 4
--any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_undef_params, -no_xhtml, -nph,
--newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, -no_debug, -debug,
--private_tempfiles
+=item _
-=item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS
+C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o>
-1. start_table() (generates a <table> tag), 2. end_table() (generates a
-</table> tag), 3. start_ul() (generates a <ul> tag), 4. end_ul() (generates
-a </ul> tag)
+=item a
-=back
+C<afs>, C<afsroot>, C<alignbytes>, C<ansi2knr>, C<aphostname>,
+C<api_revision>, C<api_subversion>, C<api_version>, C<api_versionstring>,
+C<ar>, C<archlib>, C<archlibexp>, C<archname64>, C<archname>, C<archobjs>,
+C<asctime_r_proto>, C<awk>
-=item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS
+=item b
-=over 4
+C<baserev>, C<bash>, C<bin>, C<binexp>, C<bison>, C<byacc>, C<byteorder>
-=item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER:
+=item c
-=item GENERATING A REDIRECTION HEADER
+C<c>, C<castflags>, C<cat>, C<cc>, C<cccdlflags>, C<ccdlflags>, C<ccflags>,
+C<ccflags_uselargefiles>, C<ccname>, C<ccsymbols>, C<ccversion>, C<cf_by>,
+C<cf_email>, C<cf_time>, C<charsize>, C<chgrp>, C<chmod>, C<chown>,
+C<clocktype>, C<comm>, C<compress>, C<contains>, C<cp>, C<cpio>, C<cpp>,
+C<cpp_stuff>, C<cppccsymbols>, C<cppflags>, C<cpplast>, C<cppminus>,
+C<cpprun>, C<cppstdin>, C<cppsymbols>, C<crypt_r_proto>, C<cryptlib>,
+C<csh>, C<ctermid_r_proto>, C<ctime_r_proto>
-=item CREATING THE HTML DOCUMENT HEADER
+=item d
-B<Parameters:>, 4, 5, 6..
+C<d__fwalk>, C<d_access>, C<d_accessx>, C<d_aintl>, C<d_alarm>,
+C<d_archlib>, C<d_asctime_r>, C<d_atolf>, C<d_atoll>, C<d_attribut>,
+C<d_bcmp>, C<d_bcopy>, C<d_bsd>, C<d_bsdgetpgrp>, C<d_bsdsetpgrp>,
+C<d_bzero>, C<d_casti32>, C<d_castneg>, C<d_charvspr>, C<d_chown>,
+C<d_chroot>, C<d_chsize>, C<d_class>, C<d_closedir>, C<d_cmsghdr_s>,
+C<d_const>, C<d_copysignl>, C<d_crypt>, C<d_crypt_r>, C<d_csh>,
+C<d_ctermid_r>, C<d_ctime_r>, C<d_cuserid>, C<d_dbl_dig>,
+C<d_dbminitproto>, C<d_difftime>, C<d_dirfd>, C<d_dirnamlen>, C<d_dlerror>,
+C<d_dlopen>, C<d_dlsymun>, C<d_dosuid>, C<d_drand48_r>, C<d_drand48proto>,
+C<d_dup2>, C<d_eaccess>, C<d_endgrent>, C<d_endgrent_r>, C<d_endhent>,
+C<d_endhostent_r>, C<d_endnent>, C<d_endnetent_r>, C<d_endpent>,
+C<d_endprotoent_r>, C<d_endpwent>, C<d_endpwent_r>, C<d_endsent>,
+C<d_endservent_r>, C<d_eofnblk>, C<d_eunice>, C<d_faststdio>, C<d_fchdir>,
+C<d_fchmod>, C<d_fchown>, C<d_fcntl>, C<d_fcntl_can_lock>, C<d_fd_macros>,
+C<d_fd_set>, C<d_fds_bits>, C<d_fgetpos>, C<d_finite>, C<d_finitel>,
+C<d_flexfnam>, C<d_flock>, C<d_flockproto>, C<d_fork>, C<d_fp_class>,
+C<d_fpathconf>, C<d_fpclass>, C<d_fpclassify>, C<d_fpclassl>,
+C<d_fpos64_t>, C<d_frexpl>, C<d_fs_data_s>, C<d_fseeko>, C<d_fsetpos>,
+C<d_fstatfs>, C<d_fstatvfs>, C<d_fsync>, C<d_ftello>, C<d_ftime>,
+C<d_Gconvert>, C<d_getcwd>, C<d_getespwnam>, C<d_getfsstat>, C<d_getgrent>,
+C<d_getgrent_r>, C<d_getgrgid_r>, C<d_getgrnam_r>, C<d_getgrps>,
+C<d_gethbyaddr>, C<d_gethbyname>, C<d_gethent>, C<d_gethname>,
+C<d_gethostbyaddr_r>, C<d_gethostbyname_r>, C<d_gethostent_r>,
+C<d_gethostprotos>, C<d_getitimer>, C<d_getlogin>, C<d_getlogin_r>,
+C<d_getmnt>, C<d_getmntent>, C<d_getnbyaddr>, C<d_getnbyname>,
+C<d_getnent>, C<d_getnetbyaddr_r>, C<d_getnetbyname_r>, C<d_getnetent_r>,
+C<d_getnetprotos>, C<d_getpagsz>, C<d_getpbyname>, C<d_getpbynumber>,
+C<d_getpent>, C<d_getpgid>, C<d_getpgrp2>, C<d_getpgrp>, C<d_getppid>,
+C<d_getprior>, C<d_getprotobyname_r>, C<d_getprotobynumber_r>,
+C<d_getprotoent_r>, C<d_getprotoprotos>, C<d_getprpwnam>, C<d_getpwent>,
+C<d_getpwent_r>, C<d_getpwnam_r>, C<d_getpwuid_r>, C<d_getsbyname>,
+C<d_getsbyport>, C<d_getsent>, C<d_getservbyname_r>, C<d_getservbyport_r>,
+C<d_getservent_r>, C<d_getservprotos>, C<d_getspnam>, C<d_getspnam_r>,
+C<d_gettimeod>, C<d_gmtime_r>, C<d_gnulibc>, C<d_grpasswd>, C<d_hasmntopt>,
+C<d_htonl>, C<d_ilogbl>, C<d_index>, C<d_inetaton>, C<d_int64_t>,
+C<d_isascii>, C<d_isfinite>, C<d_isinf>, C<d_isnan>, C<d_isnanl>,
+C<d_killpg>, C<d_lchown>, C<d_ldbl_dig>, C<d_link>, C<d_localtime_r>,
+C<d_locconv>, C<d_lockf>, C<d_longdbl>, C<d_longlong>, C<d_lseekproto>,
+C<d_lstat>, C<d_madvise>, C<d_mblen>, C<d_mbstowcs>, C<d_mbtowc>,
+C<d_memchr>, C<d_memcmp>, C<d_memcpy>, C<d_memmove>, C<d_memset>,
+C<d_mkdir>, C<d_mkdtemp>, C<d_mkfifo>, C<d_mkstemp>, C<d_mkstemps>,
+C<d_mktime>, C<d_mmap>, C<d_modfl>, C<d_modfl_pow32_bug>, C<d_modflproto>,
+C<d_mprotect>, C<d_msg>, C<d_msg_ctrunc>, C<d_msg_dontroute>, C<d_msg_oob>,
+C<d_msg_peek>, C<d_msg_proxy>, C<d_msgctl>, C<d_msgget>, C<d_msghdr_s>,
+C<d_msgrcv>, C<d_msgsnd>, C<d_msync>, C<d_munmap>, C<d_mymalloc>,
+C<d_nice>, C<d_nl_langinfo>, C<d_nv_preserves_uv>, C<d_off64_t>,
+C<d_old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<d_oldpthreads>, C<d_oldsock>,
+C<d_open3>, C<d_pathconf>, C<d_pause>, C<d_perl_otherlibdirs>,
+C<d_phostname>, C<d_pipe>, C<d_poll>, C<d_portable>, C<d_PRId64>,
+C<d_PRIeldbl>, C<d_PRIEUldbl>, C<d_PRIfldbl>, C<d_PRIFUldbl>,
+C<d_PRIgldbl>, C<d_PRIGUldbl>, C<d_PRIi64>, C<d_PRIo64>, C<d_PRIu64>,
+C<d_PRIx64>, C<d_PRIXU64>, C<d_procselfexe>, C<d_pthread_atfork>,
+C<d_pthread_attr_setscope>, C<d_pthread_yield>, C<d_pwage>, C<d_pwchange>,
+C<d_pwclass>, C<d_pwcomment>, C<d_pwexpire>, C<d_pwgecos>, C<d_pwpasswd>,
+C<d_pwquota>, C<d_qgcvt>, C<d_quad>, C<d_random_r>, C<d_readdir64_r>,
+C<d_readdir>, C<d_readdir_r>, C<d_readlink>, C<d_readv>, C<d_recvmsg>,
+C<d_rename>, C<d_rewinddir>, C<d_rmdir>, C<d_safebcpy>, C<d_safemcpy>,
+C<d_sanemcmp>, C<d_sbrkproto>, C<d_scalbnl>, C<d_sched_yield>,
+C<d_scm_rights>, C<d_SCNfldbl>, C<d_seekdir>, C<d_select>, C<d_sem>,
+C<d_semctl>, C<d_semctl_semid_ds>, C<d_semctl_semun>, C<d_semget>,
+C<d_semop>, C<d_sendmsg>, C<d_setegid>, C<d_seteuid>, C<d_setgrent>,
+C<d_setgrent_r>, C<d_setgrps>, C<d_sethent>, C<d_sethostent_r>,
+C<d_setitimer>, C<d_setlinebuf>, C<d_setlocale>, C<d_setlocale_r>,
+C<d_setnent>, C<d_setnetent_r>, C<d_setpent>, C<d_setpgid>, C<d_setpgrp2>,
+C<d_setpgrp>, C<d_setprior>, C<d_setproctitle>, C<d_setprotoent_r>,
+C<d_setpwent>, C<d_setpwent_r>, C<d_setregid>, C<d_setresgid>,
+C<d_setresuid>, C<d_setreuid>, C<d_setrgid>, C<d_setruid>, C<d_setsent>,
+C<d_setservent_r>, C<d_setsid>, C<d_setvbuf>, C<d_sfio>, C<d_shm>,
+C<d_shmat>, C<d_shmatprototype>, C<d_shmctl>, C<d_shmdt>, C<d_shmget>,
+C<d_sigaction>, C<d_sigprocmask>, C<d_sigsetjmp>, C<d_sockatmark>,
+C<d_sockatmarkproto>, C<d_socket>, C<d_socklen_t>, C<d_sockpair>,
+C<d_socks5_init>, C<d_sqrtl>, C<d_srand48_r>, C<d_srandom_r>,
+C<d_sresgproto>, C<d_sresuproto>, C<d_statblks>, C<d_statfs_f_flags>,
+C<d_statfs_s>, C<d_statvfs>, C<d_stdio_cnt_lval>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval>,
+C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_nochange_cnt>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_sets_cnt>,
+C<d_stdio_stream_array>, C<d_stdiobase>, C<d_stdstdio>, C<d_strchr>,
+C<d_strcoll>, C<d_strctcpy>, C<d_strerrm>, C<d_strerror>, C<d_strerror_r>,
+C<d_strftime>, C<d_strtod>, C<d_strtol>, C<d_strtold>, C<d_strtoll>,
+C<d_strtoq>, C<d_strtoul>, C<d_strtoull>, C<d_strtouq>, C<d_strxfrm>,
+C<d_suidsafe>, C<d_symlink>, C<d_syscall>, C<d_syscallproto>, C<d_sysconf>,
+C<d_sysernlst>, C<d_syserrlst>, C<d_system>, C<d_tcgetpgrp>,
+C<d_tcsetpgrp>, C<d_telldir>, C<d_telldirproto>, C<d_time>, C<d_times>,
+C<d_tm_tm_gmtoff>, C<d_tm_tm_zone>, C<d_tmpnam_r>, C<d_truncate>,
+C<d_ttyname_r>, C<d_tzname>, C<d_u32align>, C<d_ualarm>, C<d_umask>,
+C<d_uname>, C<d_union_semun>, C<d_unordered>, C<d_usleep>,
+C<d_usleepproto>, C<d_ustat>, C<d_vendorarch>, C<d_vendorbin>,
+C<d_vendorlib>, C<d_vendorscript>, C<d_vfork>, C<d_void_closedir>,
+C<d_voidsig>, C<d_voidtty>, C<d_volatile>, C<d_vprintf>, C<d_wait4>,
+C<d_waitpid>, C<d_wcstombs>, C<d_wctomb>, C<d_writev>, C<d_xenix>, C<date>,
+C<db_hashtype>, C<db_prefixtype>, C<db_version_major>, C<db_version_minor>,
+C<db_version_patch>, C<defvoidused>, C<direntrytype>, C<dlext>, C<dlsrc>,
+C<doublesize>, C<drand01>, C<drand48_r_proto>, C<dynamic_ext>
-=item ENDING THE HTML DOCUMENT:
+=item e
-=item CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION:
+C<eagain>, C<ebcdic>, C<echo>, C<egrep>, C<emacs>, C<endgrent_r_proto>,
+C<endhostent_r_proto>, C<endnetent_r_proto>, C<endprotoent_r_proto>,
+C<endpwent_r_proto>, C<endservent_r_proto>, C<eunicefix>, C<exe_ext>,
+C<expr>, C<extensions>, C<extras>
-=item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL
+=item f
-B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query>
-(B<-query_string>), B<-base>
+C<fflushall>, C<fflushNULL>, C<find>, C<firstmakefile>, C<flex>,
+C<fpossize>, C<fpostype>, C<freetype>, C<from>, C<full_ar>, C<full_csh>,
+C<full_sed>
-=item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS
+=item g
-=back
+C<gccansipedantic>, C<gccosandvers>, C<gccversion>, C<getgrent_r_proto>,
+C<getgrgid_r_proto>, C<getgrnam_r_proto>, C<gethostbyaddr_r_proto>,
+C<gethostbyname_r_proto>, C<gethostent_r_proto>, C<getlogin_r_proto>,
+C<getnetbyaddr_r_proto>, C<getnetbyname_r_proto>, C<getnetent_r_proto>,
+C<getprotobyname_r_proto>, C<getprotobynumber_r_proto>,
+C<getprotoent_r_proto>, C<getpwent_r_proto>, C<getpwnam_r_proto>,
+C<getpwuid_r_proto>, C<getservbyname_r_proto>, C<getservbyport_r_proto>,
+C<getservent_r_proto>, C<getspnam_r_proto>, C<gidformat>, C<gidsign>,
+C<gidsize>, C<gidtype>, C<glibpth>, C<gmake>, C<gmtime_r_proto>,
+C<gnulibc_version>, C<grep>, C<groupcat>, C<groupstype>, C<gzip>
-=item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS:
+=item h
-=over 4
+C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>, C<html1dir>, C<html1direxp>,
+C<html3dir>, C<html3direxp>
-=item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS
+=item i
-=item THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF HTML SHORTCUTS
+C<i16size>, C<i16type>, C<i32size>, C<i32type>, C<i64size>, C<i64type>,
+C<i8size>, C<i8type>, C<i_arpainet>, C<i_bsdioctl>, C<i_crypt>, C<i_db>,
+C<i_dbm>, C<i_dirent>, C<i_dld>, C<i_dlfcn>, C<i_fcntl>, C<i_float>,
+C<i_fp>, C<i_fp_class>, C<i_gdbm>, C<i_grp>, C<i_ieeefp>, C<i_inttypes>,
+C<i_langinfo>, C<i_libutil>, C<i_limits>, C<i_locale>, C<i_machcthr>,
+C<i_malloc>, C<i_math>, C<i_memory>, C<i_mntent>, C<i_ndbm>, C<i_netdb>,
+C<i_neterrno>, C<i_netinettcp>, C<i_niin>, C<i_poll>, C<i_prot>,
+C<i_pthread>, C<i_pwd>, C<i_rpcsvcdbm>, C<i_sfio>, C<i_sgtty>, C<i_shadow>,
+C<i_socks>, C<i_stdarg>, C<i_stddef>, C<i_stdlib>, C<i_string>,
+C<i_sunmath>, C<i_sysaccess>, C<i_sysdir>, C<i_sysfile>, C<i_sysfilio>,
+C<i_sysin>, C<i_sysioctl>, C<i_syslog>, C<i_sysmman>, C<i_sysmode>,
+C<i_sysmount>, C<i_sysndir>, C<i_sysparam>, C<i_sysresrc>, C<i_syssecrt>,
+C<i_sysselct>, C<i_syssockio>, C<i_sysstat>, C<i_sysstatfs>,
+C<i_sysstatvfs>, C<i_systime>, C<i_systimek>, C<i_systimes>, C<i_systypes>,
+C<i_sysuio>, C<i_sysun>, C<i_sysutsname>, C<i_sysvfs>, C<i_syswait>,
+C<i_termio>, C<i_termios>, C<i_time>, C<i_unistd>, C<i_ustat>, C<i_utime>,
+C<i_values>, C<i_varargs>, C<i_varhdr>, C<i_vfork>,
+C<ignore_versioned_solibs>, C<inc_version_list>, C<inc_version_list_init>,
+C<incpath>, C<inews>, C<installarchlib>, C<installbin>, C<installhtml1dir>,
+C<installhtml3dir>, C<installman1dir>, C<installman3dir>, C<installprefix>,
+C<installprefixexp>, C<installprivlib>, C<installscript>,
+C<installsitearch>, C<installsitebin>, C<installsitehtml1dir>,
+C<installsitehtml3dir>, C<installsitelib>, C<installsiteman1dir>,
+C<installsiteman3dir>, C<installsitescript>, C<installstyle>,
+C<installusrbinperl>, C<installvendorarch>, C<installvendorbin>,
+C<installvendorhtml1dir>, C<installvendorhtml3dir>, C<installvendorlib>,
+C<installvendorman1dir>, C<installvendorman3dir>, C<installvendorscript>,
+C<intsize>, C<issymlink>, C<ivdformat>, C<ivsize>, C<ivtype>
-=item HTML SHORTCUTS AND LIST INTERPOLATION
+=item k
-=item NON-STANDARD HTML SHORTCUTS
+C<known_extensions>, C<ksh>
-=item AUTOESCAPING HTML
+=item l
-$escaped_string = escapeHTML("unescaped string");, $charset =
-charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]);
+C<ld>, C<lddlflags>, C<ldflags>, C<ldflags_uselargefiles>, C<ldlibpthname>,
+C<less>, C<lib_ext>, C<libc>, C<libperl>, C<libpth>, C<libs>, C<libsdirs>,
+C<libsfiles>, C<libsfound>, C<libspath>, C<libswanted>,
+C<libswanted_uselargefiles>, C<line>, C<lint>, C<lkflags>, C<ln>, C<lns>,
+C<localtime_r_proto>, C<locincpth>, C<loclibpth>, C<longdblsize>,
+C<longlongsize>, C<longsize>, C<lp>, C<lpr>, C<ls>, C<lseeksize>,
+C<lseektype>
-=item PRETTY-PRINTING HTML
+=item m
-=back
+C<mail>, C<mailx>, C<make>, C<make_set_make>, C<mallocobj>, C<mallocsrc>,
+C<malloctype>, C<man1dir>, C<man1direxp>, C<man1ext>, C<man3dir>,
+C<man3direxp>, C<man3ext>
-=item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS:
+=item M
-=over 4
+C<Mcc>, C<mips_type>, C<mistrustnm>, C<mkdir>, C<mmaptype>, C<modetype>,
+C<more>, C<multiarch>, C<mv>, C<myarchname>, C<mydomain>, C<myhostname>,
+C<myuname>
-=item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG
+=item n
-=item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM
+C<n>, C<need_va_copy>, C<netdb_hlen_type>, C<netdb_host_type>,
+C<netdb_name_type>, C<netdb_net_type>, C<nm>, C<nm_opt>, C<nm_so_opt>,
+C<nonxs_ext>, C<nroff>, C<nv_preserves_uv_bits>, C<nveformat>,
+C<nvEUformat>, C<nvfformat>, C<nvFUformat>, C<nvgformat>, C<nvGUformat>,
+C<nvsize>, C<nvtype>
-B<application/x-www-form-urlencoded>, B<multipart/form-data>
+=item o
-=item CREATING A TEXT FIELD
+C<o_nonblock>, C<obj_ext>, C<old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<optimize>,
+C<orderlib>, C<osname>, C<osvers>, C<otherlibdirs>
-B<Parameters>
+=item p
-=item CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD
+C<package>, C<pager>, C<passcat>, C<patchlevel>, C<path_sep>, C<perl5>,
+C<perl>, C<perl_patchlevel>
-=item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD
+=item P
-=item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD
+C<PERL_REVISION>, C<PERL_SUBVERSION>, C<PERL_VERSION>, C<perladmin>,
+C<perllibs>, C<perlpath>, C<pg>, C<phostname>, C<pidtype>, C<plibpth>,
+C<pm_apiversion>, C<pmake>, C<pr>, C<prefix>, C<prefixexp>, C<privlib>,
+C<privlibexp>, C<procselfexe>, C<prototype>, C<ptrsize>
-B<Parameters>
+=item q
-=item CREATING A POPUP MENU
+C<quadkind>, C<quadtype>
-=item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST
+=item r
-B<Parameters:>
+C<randbits>, C<randfunc>, C<random_r_proto>, C<randseedtype>, C<ranlib>,
+C<rd_nodata>, C<readdir64_r_proto>, C<readdir_r_proto>, C<revision>, C<rm>,
+C<rmail>, C<run>, C<runnm>
+
+=item s
+
+C<sched_yield>, C<scriptdir>, C<scriptdirexp>, C<sed>, C<seedfunc>,
+C<selectminbits>, C<selecttype>, C<sendmail>, C<setgrent_r_proto>,
+C<sethostent_r_proto>, C<setlocale_r_proto>, C<setnetent_r_proto>,
+C<setprotoent_r_proto>, C<setpwent_r_proto>, C<setservent_r_proto>, C<sh>,
+C<shar>, C<sharpbang>, C<shmattype>, C<shortsize>, C<shrpenv>, C<shsharp>,
+C<sig_count>, C<sig_name>, C<sig_name_init>, C<sig_num>, C<sig_num_init>,
+C<sig_size>, C<signal_t>, C<sitearch>, C<sitearchexp>, C<sitebin>,
+C<sitebinexp>, C<sitehtml1dir>, C<sitehtml1direxp>, C<sitehtml3dir>,
+C<sitehtml3direxp>, C<sitelib>, C<sitelib_stem>, C<sitelibexp>,
+C<siteman1dir>, C<siteman1direxp>, C<siteman3dir>, C<siteman3direxp>,
+C<siteprefix>, C<siteprefixexp>, C<sitescript>, C<sitescriptexp>,
+C<sizesize>, C<sizetype>, C<sleep>, C<smail>, C<so>, C<sockethdr>,
+C<socketlib>, C<socksizetype>, C<sort>, C<spackage>, C<spitshell>,
+C<sPRId64>, C<sPRIeldbl>, C<sPRIEUldbl>, C<sPRIfldbl>, C<sPRIFUldbl>,
+C<sPRIgldbl>, C<sPRIGUldbl>, C<sPRIi64>, C<sPRIo64>, C<sPRIu64>,
+C<sPRIx64>, C<sPRIXU64>, C<srand48_r_proto>, C<srandom_r_proto>, C<src>,
+C<sSCNfldbl>, C<ssizetype>, C<startperl>, C<startsh>, C<static_ext>,
+C<stdchar>, C<stdio_base>, C<stdio_bufsiz>, C<stdio_cnt>, C<stdio_filbuf>,
+C<stdio_ptr>, C<stdio_stream_array>, C<strerror_r_proto>, C<strings>,
+C<submit>, C<subversion>, C<sysman>
+
+=item t
+
+C<tail>, C<tar>, C<targetarch>, C<tbl>, C<tee>, C<test>, C<timeincl>,
+C<timetype>, C<tmpnam_r_proto>, C<to>, C<touch>, C<tr>, C<trnl>, C<troff>,
+C<ttyname_r_proto>
+
+=item u
+
+C<u16size>, C<u16type>, C<u32size>, C<u32type>, C<u64size>, C<u64type>,
+C<u8size>, C<u8type>, C<uidformat>, C<uidsign>, C<uidsize>, C<uidtype>,
+C<uname>, C<uniq>, C<uquadtype>, C<use5005threads>, C<use64bitall>,
+C<use64bitint>, C<usecrosscompile>, C<usedl>, C<usefaststdio>,
+C<useithreads>, C<uselargefiles>, C<uselongdouble>, C<usemorebits>,
+C<usemultiplicity>, C<usemymalloc>, C<usenm>, C<useopcode>, C<useperlio>,
+C<useposix>, C<usereentrant>, C<usesfio>, C<useshrplib>, C<usesocks>,
+C<usethreads>, C<usevendorprefix>, C<usevfork>, C<usrinc>, C<uuname>,
+C<uvoformat>, C<uvsize>, C<uvtype>, C<uvuformat>, C<uvxformat>,
+C<uvXUformat>
-=item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES
+=item v
-B<Parameters:>
+C<vendorarch>, C<vendorarchexp>, C<vendorbin>, C<vendorbinexp>,
+C<vendorhtml1dir>, C<vendorhtml1direxp>, C<vendorhtml3dir>,
+C<vendorhtml3direxp>, C<vendorlib>, C<vendorlib_stem>, C<vendorlibexp>,
+C<vendorman1dir>, C<vendorman1direxp>, C<vendorman3dir>,
+C<vendorman3direxp>, C<vendorprefix>, C<vendorprefixexp>, C<vendorscript>,
+C<vendorscriptexp>, C<version>, C<version_patchlevel_string>,
+C<versiononly>, C<vi>, C<voidflags>
-=item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX
+=item x
-B<Parameters:>
+C<xlibpth>, C<xs_apiversion>
-=item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP
+=item y
-B<Parameters:>
+C<yacc>, C<yaccflags>
-=item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON
+=item z
-B<Parameters:>
+C<zcat>, C<zip>
-=item CREATING A RESET BUTTON
+=back
-=item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON
+=item NOTE
-=item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD
+=back
-B<Parameters:>
+=head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory
-=item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON
+=over 4
-B<Parameters:>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-=item HTTP COOKIES
+=item getcwd and friends
-1. an expiration time, 2. a domain, 3. a path, 4. a "secure" flag,
-B<-name>, B<-value>, B<-path>, B<-domain>, B<-expires>, B<-secure>
+getcwd, cwd, fastcwd, fastgetcwd
-=item WORKING WITH FRAMES
+=item abs_path and friends
-1. Create a <Frameset> document, 2. Specify the destination for the
-document in the HTTP header, 3. Specify the destination for the document in
-the <form> tag
+abs_path, realpath, fast_abs_path
-=item LIMITED SUPPORT FOR CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
+=item $ENV{PWD}
-=item DEBUGGING
+=back
-=over 4
+=item NOTES
-=item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
-
-B<Accept()>, B<raw_cookie()>, B<user_agent()>, B<path_info()>,
-B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()>, B<referer()>,
-B<auth_type ()>, B<server_name ()>, B<virtual_host ()>, B<server_port ()>,
-B<server_software ()>, B<remote_user ()>, B<user_name ()>,
-B<request_method()>, B<content_type()>, B<http()>, B<https()>
+=head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft,
+subject to
+change)
-=item USING NPH SCRIPTS
+=over 4
-In the B<use> statement, By calling the B<nph()> method:, By using B<-nph>
-parameters
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Server Push
+=item DESCRIPTION
-multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final()
+=over 4
-=item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks
+=item Global Variables
-B<$CGI::POST_MAX>, B<$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS>, B<1. On a script-by-script
-basis>, B<2. Globally for all scripts>
+ $DB::sub, %DB::sub, $DB::single, $DB::signal, $DB::trace, @DB::args,
+@DB::dbline, %DB::dbline, $DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::subname,
+$DB::lineno
-=item COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL
+=item API Methods
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'),
+CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done()
-=item CREDITS
+=item Client Callback Methods
-Matt Heffron (heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com), James Taylor
-(james.taylor@srs.gov), Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com>, Mike Jewell
-(mlj3u@virginia.edu), Timothy Shimmin (tes@kbs.citri.edu.au), Joergen Haegg
-(jh@axis.se), Laurent Delfosse (delfosse@delfosse.com), Richard Resnick
-(applepi1@aol.com), Craig Bishop (csb@barwonwater.vic.gov.au), Tony Curtis
-(tc@vcpc.univie.ac.at), Tim Bunce (Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk), Tom Christiansen
-(tchrist@convex.com), Andreas Koenig (k@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE), Tim
-MacKenzie (Tim.MacKenzie@fulcrum.com.au), Kevin B. Hendricks
-(kbhend@dogwood.tyler.wm.edu), Stephen Dahmen (joyfire@inxpress.net), Ed
-Jordan (ed@fidalgo.net), David Alan Pisoni (david@cnation.com), Doug
-MacEachern (dougm@opengroup.org), Robin Houston (robin@oneworld.org),
-...and many many more..
+CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(),
+CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(),
+CLIENT->output(LIST)
-=item A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT
+=back
=item BUGS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm
+=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item ABSTRACT
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-
-=item BUGS
+B<DB_HASH>, B<DB_BTREE>, B<DB_RECNO>
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or greater
-=head2 CGI::Carp, B<CGI::Carp> - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or
-other) error log
+=item Interface to Berkeley DB
-=over 4
+=item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Default Parameters
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item In Memory Databases
-=item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES
+=back
-=item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW
+=item DB_HASH
=over 4
-=item Changing the default message
+=item A Simple Example
=back
-=item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS
-
-=item CHANGE LOG
+=item DB_BTREE
-=item AUTHORS
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Changing the BTREE sort order
-=back
+=item Handling Duplicate Keys
-=head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies
+=item The get_dup() Method
-=over 4
+=item The find_dup() Method
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item The del_dup() Method
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Matching Partial Keys
-=item USING CGI::Cookie
+=back
-B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag>
+=item DB_RECNO
=over 4
-=item Creating New Cookies
+=item The 'bval' Option
-=item Sending the Cookie to the Browser
+=item A Simple Example
-=item Recovering Previous Cookies
+=item Extra RECNO Methods
-=item Manipulating Cookies
+B<$X-E<gt>push(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-E<gt>pop ;>, B<$X-E<gt>shift>,
+B<$X-E<gt>unshift(list) ;>, B<$X-E<gt>length>, B<$X-E<gt>splice(offset,
+length, elements);>
-B<name()>, B<value()>, B<domain()>, B<path()>, B<expires()>
+=item Another Example
=back
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-
-=item BUGS
+=item THE API INTERFACE
-=item SEE ALSO
+B<$status = $X-E<gt>get($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status =
+$X-E<gt>put($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>del($key [,
+$flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>fd ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>seq($key,
+$value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>sync([$flags]) ;>
-=back
+=item DBM FILTERS
-=head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI
+B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
+B<filter_fetch_value>
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The Filter
-=item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
+=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
-=item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS
+=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
-=item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS
+=back
-=item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS
+=item HINTS AND TIPS
-=item EXTERNAL FASTCGI SERVER INVOCATION
+=over 4
-FCGI_SOCKET_PATH, FCGI_LISTEN_QUEUE
+=item Locking: The Trouble with fd
-=item CAVEATS
+=item Safe ways to lock a database
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+B<Tie::DB_Lock>, B<Tie::DB_LockFile>, B<DB_File::Lock>
-=item BUGS
+=item Sharing Databases With C Applications
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item The untie() Gotcha
=back
-=head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code
+=item COMMON QUESTIONS
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Why is there Perl source in my database?
-=over 4
+=item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File?
-=item Tags that won't be formatted
+=item What does "Invalid Argument" mean?
-=item Customizing the Indenting
+=item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean?
=back
+=item REFERENCES
+
+=item HISTORY
+
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item AVAILABILITY
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push
+=head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both
+printing and C<eval>
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item USING CGI::Push
-
--next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph
-
=over 4
-=item Heterogeneous Pages
+=item Methods
-=item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly
+I<PACKAGE>->new(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Dump I<or>
+I<PACKAGE>->Dump(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>),
+I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>),
+I<$OBJ>->Reset
-=back
+=item Functions
-=item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS
+Dumper(I<LIST>)
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=item Configuration Variables or Methods
-=item BUGS
+=item Exports
-=item SEE ALSO
+Dumper
=back
-=head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch
+=item EXAMPLES
-=over 4
+=item BUGS
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=over 4
-=item ABSTRACT
+=item NOTE
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=item AUTHOR
-=item BUGS
+=item VERSION
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module
+=head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=item PROFILE FORMAT
+
+=item AUTOLOAD
+
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+=item BUGS
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
+=head2 Devel::PPPort - Perl/Pollution/Portability
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Interactive Mode
-
-Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test,
-install, clean modules or distributions, get, readme, look module or
-distribution, ls author, Signals
-
-=item CPAN::Shell
-
-=item autobundle
+=item WriteFile
-=item recompile
+=back
-=item The four C<CPAN::*> Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution
+=item ppport.h
-=item Programmer's interface
+=item AUTHOR
-expand($type,@things), expandany(@things), Programming Examples
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Methods in the other Classes
+=back
-CPAN::Author::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Author::as_string(),
-CPAN::Author::email(), CPAN::Author::fullname(), CPAN::Author::name(),
-CPAN::Bundle::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Bundle::as_string(),
-CPAN::Bundle::clean(), CPAN::Bundle::contains(),
-CPAN::Bundle::force($method,@args), CPAN::Bundle::get(),
-CPAN::Bundle::inst_file(), CPAN::Bundle::inst_version(),
-CPAN::Bundle::uptodate(), CPAN::Bundle::install(), CPAN::Bundle::make(),
-CPAN::Bundle::readme(), CPAN::Bundle::test(),
-CPAN::Distribution::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Distribution::as_string(),
-CPAN::Distribution::clean(), CPAN::Distribution::containsmods(),
-CPAN::Distribution::cvs_import(), CPAN::Distribution::dir(),
-CPAN::Distribution::force($method,@args), CPAN::Distribution::get(),
-CPAN::Distribution::install(), CPAN::Distribution::isa_perl(),
-CPAN::Distribution::look(), CPAN::Distribution::make(),
-CPAN::Distribution::prereq_pm(), CPAN::Distribution::readme(),
-CPAN::Distribution::test(), CPAN::Distribution::uptodate(),
-CPAN::Index::force_reload(), CPAN::Index::reload(), CPAN::InfoObj::dump(),
-CPAN::Module::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Module::as_string(),
-CPAN::Module::clean(), CPAN::Module::cpan_file(),
-CPAN::Module::cpan_version(), CPAN::Module::cvs_import(),
-CPAN::Module::description(), CPAN::Module::force($method,@args),
-CPAN::Module::get(), CPAN::Module::inst_file(),
-CPAN::Module::inst_version(), CPAN::Module::install(),
-CPAN::Module::look(), CPAN::Module::make(),
-CPAN::Module::manpage_headline(), CPAN::Module::readme(),
-CPAN::Module::test(), CPAN::Module::uptodate(), CPAN::Module::userid()
+=head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
-=item Cache Manager
+=over 4
-=item Bundles
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Prerequisites
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Finding packages and VERSION
+=over 4
-=item Debugging
+=item Runtime debugging
-=item Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode
+=item Memory footprint debugging
=back
-=item CONFIGURATION
-
-C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>
-E<lt>valueE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list
-optionE<gt> [shift|pop]>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>
-[unshift|push|splice] E<lt>listE<gt>>
+=item EXAMPLES
=over 4
-=item Note on urllist parameter's format
-
-=item urllist parameter has CD-ROM support
-
-=back
+=item A simple scalar string
-=item SECURITY
+=item A simple scalar number
-=item EXPORT
+=item A simple scalar with an extra reference
-=item POPULATE AN INSTALLATION WITH LOTS OF MODULES
+=item A reference to a simple scalar
-=item WORKING WITH CPAN.pm BEHIND FIREWALLS
+=item A reference to an array
-=over 4
+=item A reference to a hash
-=item Three basic types of firewalls
+=item Dumping a large array or hash
-http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade
+=item A reference to an SV which holds a C pointer
-=item Configuring lynx or ncftp for going through a firewall
+=item A reference to a subroutine
=back
-=item FAQ
-
-1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7), 8), 9), 10)
+=item EXPORTS
=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
-=item TRANSLATIONS
-
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
+=head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
=over 4
=back
-=head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS
-module
+=head2 Digest:: - Modules that calculate message digests
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SEE ALSO
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
-
-=over 4
-
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+I<binary>, I<hex>, I<base64>
-=over 4
+=item OO INTERFACE
-=item Forcing a Stack Trace
+$ctx = Digest->XXX($arg,...), $ctx = Digest->new(XXX => $arg,...), $ctx =
+Digest::XXX->new($arg,...), $other_ctx = $ctx->clone, $ctx->reset,
+$ctx->add($data,...), $ctx->addfile($io_handle), $ctx->digest,
+$ctx->hexdigest, $ctx->b64digest
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item BUGS
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 Carp::Heavy, Carp heavy machinery - no user serviceable parts inside
-
-=head2 Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree
+=head2 Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
=over 4
=item FUNCTIONS
-the function Class::ISA::super_path($CLASS), the function
-Class::ISA::self_and_super_path($CLASS), the function
-Class::ISA::self_and_super_versions($CLASS)
+md5($data,...), md5_hex($data,...), md5_base64($data,...)
-=item CAUTIONARY NOTES
+=item METHODS
+
+$md5 = Digest::MD5->new, $md5->reset, $md5->clone, $md5->add($data,...),
+$md5->addfile($io_handle), $md5->digest, $md5->hexdigest, $md5->b64digest
+
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=item COPYRIGHT
-=item AUTHOR
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
+=head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item The C<struct()> function
-
-=item Class Creation at Compile Time
-
-=item Element Types and Accessor Methods
-
-Scalar (C<'$'> or C<'*$'>), Array (C<'@'> or C<'*@'>), Hash (C<'%'> or
-C<'*%'>), Class (C<'Class_Name'> or C<'*Class_Name'>)
-
-=item Initializing with C<new>
-
-=back
-
-=item EXAMPLES
-
-Example 1, Example 2, Example 3
-
-=item Author and Modification History
+=item NOTES
=back
-=head2 Config - access Perl configuration information
+=head2 Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data.
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-myconfig(), config_sh(), config_vars(@names)
-
-=item EXAMPLE
-
-=item WARNING
-
-=item GLOSSARY
-
=over 4
-=item _
+=item Creation
-C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o>
+C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>,
+C<dumpDBFiles>, C<dumpPackages>, C<dumpReused>, C<tick>, C<quoteHighBit>,
+C<printUndef>, C<usageOnly>, unctrl, subdump, bareStringify, quoteHighBit,
+stopDbSignal
-=item a
+=item Methods
-C<afs>, C<afsroot>, C<alignbytes>, C<ansi2knr>, C<aphostname>,
-C<api_revision>, C<api_subversion>, C<api_version>, C<api_versionstring>,
-C<ar>, C<archlib>, C<archlibexp>, C<archname64>, C<archname>, C<archobjs>,
-C<asctime_r_proto>, C<awk>
+dumpValue, dumpValues, stringify, dumpvars, set_quote, set_unctrl,
+compactDump, veryCompact, set, get
-=item b
+=back
-C<baserev>, C<bash>, C<bin>, C<bincompat5005>, C<binexp>, C<bison>,
-C<byacc>, C<byteorder>
+=back
-=item c
+=head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
-C<c>, C<castflags>, C<cat>, C<cc>, C<cccdlflags>, C<ccdlflags>, C<ccflags>,
-C<ccflags_uselargefiles>, C<ccname>, C<ccsymbols>, C<ccversion>, C<cf_by>,
-C<cf_email>, C<cf_time>, C<charsize>, C<chgrp>, C<chmod>, C<chown>,
-C<clocktype>, C<comm>, C<compress>, C<contains>, C<cp>, C<cpio>, C<cpp>,
-C<cpp_stuff>, C<cppccsymbols>, C<cppflags>, C<cpplast>, C<cppminus>,
-C<cpprun>, C<cppstdin>, C<cppsymbols>, C<crypt_r_proto>, C<cryptlib>,
-C<csh>, C<ctermid_r_proto>, C<ctime_r_proto>
+=over 4
-=item d
+=item SYNOPSIS
-C<d__fwalk>, C<d_access>, C<d_accessx>, C<d_alarm>, C<d_archlib>,
-C<d_asctime_r>, C<d_atolf>, C<d_atoll>, C<d_attribut>, C<d_bcmp>,
-C<d_bcopy>, C<d_bincompat5005>, C<d_bsd>, C<d_bsdgetpgrp>, C<d_bsdsetpgrp>,
-C<d_bzero>, C<d_casti32>, C<d_castneg>, C<d_charvspr>, C<d_chown>,
-C<d_chroot>, C<d_chsize>, C<d_class>, C<d_closedir>, C<d_cmsghdr_s>,
-C<d_const>, C<d_crypt>, C<d_crypt_r>, C<d_csh>, C<d_ctermid_r>,
-C<d_ctime_r>, C<d_cuserid>, C<d_dbl_dig>, C<d_dbminitproto>, C<d_difftime>,
-C<d_dirfd>, C<d_dirnamlen>, C<d_dlerror>, C<d_dlopen>, C<d_dlsymun>,
-C<d_dosuid>, C<d_drand48_r>, C<d_drand48proto>, C<d_dup2>, C<d_eaccess>,
-C<d_endgrent>, C<d_endgrent_r>, C<d_endhent>, C<d_endhostent_r>,
-C<d_endnent>, C<d_endnetent_r>, C<d_endpent>, C<d_endprotoent_r>,
-C<d_endpwent>, C<d_endpwent_r>, C<d_endsent>, C<d_endservent_r>,
-C<d_eofnblk>, C<d_eunice>, C<d_fchdir>, C<d_fchmod>, C<d_fchown>,
-C<d_fcntl>, C<d_fcntl_can_lock>, C<d_fd_macros>, C<d_fd_set>,
-C<d_fds_bits>, C<d_fgetpos>, C<d_finite>, C<d_finitel>, C<d_flexfnam>,
-C<d_flock>, C<d_flockproto>, C<d_fork>, C<d_fp_class>, C<d_fpathconf>,
-C<d_fpclass>, C<d_fpclassify>, C<d_fpclassl>, C<d_fpos64_t>, C<d_frexpl>,
-C<d_fs_data_s>, C<d_fseeko>, C<d_fsetpos>, C<d_fstatfs>, C<d_fstatvfs>,
-C<d_fsync>, C<d_ftello>, C<d_ftime>, C<d_Gconvert>, C<d_getcwd>,
-C<d_getespwnam>, C<d_getfsstat>, C<d_getgrent>, C<d_getgrent_r>,
-C<d_getgrgid_r>, C<d_getgrnam_r>, C<d_getgrps>, C<d_gethbyaddr>,
-C<d_gethbyname>, C<d_gethent>, C<d_gethname>, C<d_gethostbyaddr_r>,
-C<d_gethostbyname_r>, C<d_gethostent_r>, C<d_gethostprotos>,
-C<d_getitimer>, C<d_getlogin>, C<d_getlogin_r>, C<d_getmnt>,
-C<d_getmntent>, C<d_getnbyaddr>, C<d_getnbyname>, C<d_getnent>,
-C<d_getnetbyaddr_r>, C<d_getnetbyname_r>, C<d_getnetent_r>,
-C<d_getnetprotos>, C<d_getpagsz>, C<d_getpbyname>, C<d_getpbynumber>,
-C<d_getpent>, C<d_getpgid>, C<d_getpgrp2>, C<d_getpgrp>, C<d_getppid>,
-C<d_getprior>, C<d_getprotobyname_r>, C<d_getprotobynumber_r>,
-C<d_getprotoent_r>, C<d_getprotoprotos>, C<d_getprpwnam>, C<d_getpwent>,
-C<d_getpwent_r>, C<d_getpwnam_r>, C<d_getpwuid_r>, C<d_getsbyname>,
-C<d_getsbyport>, C<d_getsent>, C<d_getservbyname_r>, C<d_getservbyport_r>,
-C<d_getservent_r>, C<d_getservprotos>, C<d_getspnam>, C<d_getspnam_r>,
-C<d_gettimeod>, C<d_gmtime_r>, C<d_gnulibc>, C<d_grpasswd>, C<d_hasmntopt>,
-C<d_htonl>, C<d_index>, C<d_inetaton>, C<d_int64_t>, C<d_isascii>,
-C<d_isfinite>, C<d_isinf>, C<d_isnan>, C<d_isnanl>, C<d_killpg>,
-C<d_lchown>, C<d_ldbl_dig>, C<d_link>, C<d_localtime_r>, C<d_locconv>,
-C<d_lockf>, C<d_longdbl>, C<d_longlong>, C<d_lseekproto>, C<d_lstat>,
-C<d_madvise>, C<d_mblen>, C<d_mbstowcs>, C<d_mbtowc>, C<d_memchr>,
-C<d_memcmp>, C<d_memcpy>, C<d_memmove>, C<d_memset>, C<d_mkdir>,
-C<d_mkdtemp>, C<d_mkfifo>, C<d_mkstemp>, C<d_mkstemps>, C<d_mktime>,
-C<d_mmap>, C<d_modfl>, C<d_modfl_pow32_bug>, C<d_mprotect>, C<d_msg>,
-C<d_msg_ctrunc>, C<d_msg_dontroute>, C<d_msg_oob>, C<d_msg_peek>,
-C<d_msg_proxy>, C<d_msgctl>, C<d_msgget>, C<d_msghdr_s>, C<d_msgrcv>,
-C<d_msgsnd>, C<d_msync>, C<d_munmap>, C<d_mymalloc>, C<d_nice>,
-C<d_nl_langinfo>, C<d_nv_preserves_uv>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item n
+@dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, @dl_librefs,
+@dl_modules, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(), dl_expandspec(),
+dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_load_flags(), dl_find_symbol(),
+dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(), dl_install_xsub(),
+bootstrap()
-C<nv_preserves_uv_bits>, C<d_off64_t>, C<d_old_pthread_create_joinable>,
-C<d_oldpthreads>, C<d_oldsock>, C<d_open3>, C<d_pathconf>, C<d_pause>,
-C<d_perl_otherlibdirs>, C<d_phostname>, C<d_pipe>, C<d_poll>,
-C<d_portable>, C<d_PRId64>, C<d_PRIeldbl>, C<d_PRIEUldbl>, C<d_PRIfldbl>,
-C<d_PRIFUldbl>, C<d_PRIgldbl>, C<d_PRIGUldbl>, C<d_PRIi64>, C<d_PRIo64>,
-C<d_PRIu64>, C<d_PRIx64>, C<d_PRIXU64>, C<d_procselfexe>,
-C<d_pthread_atfork>, C<d_pthread_yield>, C<d_pwage>, C<d_pwchange>,
-C<d_pwclass>, C<d_pwcomment>, C<d_pwexpire>, C<d_pwgecos>, C<d_pwpasswd>,
-C<d_pwquota>, C<d_qgcvt>, C<d_quad>, C<d_random_r>, C<d_readdir64_r>,
-C<d_readdir>, C<d_readdir_r>, C<d_readlink>, C<d_readv>, C<d_recvmsg>,
-C<d_rename>, C<d_rewinddir>, C<d_rmdir>, C<d_safebcpy>, C<d_safemcpy>,
-C<d_sanemcmp>, C<d_sbrkproto>, C<d_sched_yield>, C<d_scm_rights>,
-C<d_SCNfldbl>, C<d_seekdir>, C<d_select>, C<d_sem>, C<d_semctl>,
-C<d_semctl_semid_ds>, C<d_semctl_semun>, C<d_semget>, C<d_semop>,
-C<d_sendmsg>, C<d_setegid>, C<d_seteuid>, C<d_setgrent>, C<d_setgrent_r>,
-C<d_setgrps>, C<d_sethent>, C<d_sethostent_r>, C<d_setitimer>,
-C<d_setlinebuf>, C<d_setlocale>, C<d_setlocale_r>, C<d_setnent>,
-C<d_setnetent_r>, C<d_setpent>, C<d_setpgid>, C<d_setpgrp2>, C<d_setpgrp>,
-C<d_setprior>, C<d_setproctitle>, C<d_setprotoent_r>, C<d_setpwent>,
-C<d_setpwent_r>, C<d_setregid>, C<d_setresgid>, C<d_setresuid>,
-C<d_setreuid>, C<d_setrgid>, C<d_setruid>, C<d_setsent>, C<d_setservent_r>,
-C<d_setsid>, C<d_setvbuf>, C<d_sfio>, C<d_shm>, C<d_shmat>,
-C<d_shmatprototype>, C<d_shmctl>, C<d_shmdt>, C<d_shmget>, C<d_sigaction>,
-C<d_sigprocmask>, C<d_sigsetjmp>, C<d_sockatmark>, C<d_sockatmarkproto>,
-C<d_socket>, C<d_socklen_t>, C<d_sockpair>, C<d_socks5_init>, C<d_sqrtl>,
-C<d_srand48_r>, C<d_srandom_r>, C<d_sresgproto>, C<d_sresuproto>,
-C<d_statblks>, C<d_statfs_f_flags>, C<d_statfs_s>, C<d_statvfs>,
-C<d_stdio_cnt_lval>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_nochange_cnt>,
-C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_sets_cnt>, C<d_stdio_stream_array>, C<d_stdiobase>,
-C<d_stdstdio>, C<d_strchr>, C<d_strcoll>, C<d_strctcpy>, C<d_strerrm>,
-C<d_strerror>, C<d_strerror_r>, C<d_strftime>, C<d_strtod>, C<d_strtol>,
-C<d_strtold>, C<d_strtoll>, C<d_strtoq>, C<d_strtoul>, C<d_strtoull>,
-C<d_strtouq>, C<d_strxfrm>, C<d_suidsafe>, C<d_symlink>, C<d_syscall>,
-C<d_syscallproto>, C<d_sysconf>, C<d_sysernlst>, C<d_syserrlst>,
-C<d_system>, C<d_tcgetpgrp>, C<d_tcsetpgrp>, C<d_telldir>,
-C<d_telldirproto>, C<d_time>, C<d_times>, C<d_tm_tm_gmtoff>,
-C<d_tm_tm_zone>, C<d_tmpnam_r>, C<d_truncate>, C<d_ttyname_r>, C<d_tzname>,
-C<d_u32align>, C<d_ualarm>, C<d_umask>, C<d_uname>, C<d_union_semun>,
-C<d_unordered>, C<d_usleep>, C<d_usleepproto>, C<d_ustat>, C<d_vendorarch>,
-C<d_vendorbin>, C<d_vendorlib>, C<d_vfork>, C<d_void_closedir>,
-C<d_voidsig>, C<d_voidtty>, C<d_volatile>, C<d_vprintf>, C<d_wait4>,
-C<d_waitpid>, C<d_wcstombs>, C<d_wctomb>, C<d_writev>, C<d_xenix>, C<date>,
-C<db_hashtype>, C<db_prefixtype>, C<db_version_major>, C<db_version_minor>,
-C<db_version_patch>, C<defvoidused>, C<direntrytype>, C<dlext>, C<dlsrc>,
-C<doublesize>, C<drand01>, C<drand48_r_proto>, C<dynamic_ext>
+=item AUTHOR
-=item e
+=back
-C<eagain>, C<ebcdic>, C<echo>, C<egrep>, C<emacs>, C<endgrent_r_proto>,
-C<endhostent_r_proto>, C<endnetent_r_proto>, C<endprotoent_r_proto>,
-C<endpwent_r_proto>, C<endservent_r_proto>, C<eunicefix>, C<exe_ext>,
-C<expr>, C<extensions>, C<extras>
+=head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into
+Perl code
-=item f
+=over 4
-C<fflushall>, C<fflushNULL>, C<find>, C<firstmakefile>, C<flex>,
-C<fpossize>, C<fpostype>, C<freetype>, C<from>, C<full_ar>, C<full_csh>,
-C<full_sed>
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item g
+=over 4
-C<gccosandvers>, C<gccversion>, C<getgrent_r_proto>, C<getgrgid_r_proto>,
-C<getgrnam_r_proto>, C<gethostbyaddr_r_proto>, C<gethostbyname_r_proto>,
-C<gethostent_r_proto>, C<getlogin_r_proto>, C<getnetbyaddr_r_proto>,
-C<getnetbyname_r_proto>, C<getnetent_r_proto>, C<getprotobyname_r_proto>,
-C<getprotobynumber_r_proto>, C<getprotoent_r_proto>, C<getpwent_r_proto>,
-C<getpwnam_r_proto>, C<getpwuid_r_proto>, C<getservbyname_r_proto>,
-C<getservbyport_r_proto>, C<getservent_r_proto>, C<getspnam_r_proto>,
-C<gidformat>, C<gidsign>, C<gidsize>, C<gidtype>, C<glibpth>, C<gmake>,
-C<gmtime_r_proto>, C<grep>, C<groupcat>, C<groupstype>, C<gzip>
+=item Migration from C<DynaLoader>
-=item h
+=item Backward compatible boilerplate
-C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>
+=back
-=item i
+=item Order of initialization: early load()
-C<i16size>, C<i16type>, C<i32size>, C<i32type>, C<i64size>, C<i64type>,
-C<i8size>, C<i8type>, C<i_arpainet>, C<i_bsdioctl>, C<i_crypt>, C<i_db>,
-C<i_dbm>, C<i_dirent>, C<i_dld>, C<i_dlfcn>, C<i_fcntl>, C<i_float>,
-C<i_fp>, C<i_fp_class>, C<i_gdbm>, C<i_grp>, C<i_ieeefp>, C<i_inttypes>,
-C<i_langinfo>, C<i_libutil>, C<i_limits>, C<i_locale>, C<i_machcthr>,
-C<i_malloc>, C<i_math>, C<i_memory>, C<i_mntent>, C<i_ndbm>, C<i_netdb>,
-C<i_neterrno>, C<i_netinettcp>, C<i_niin>, C<i_poll>, C<i_prot>,
-C<i_pthread>, C<i_pwd>, C<i_rpcsvcdbm>, C<i_sfio>, C<i_sgtty>, C<i_shadow>,
-C<i_socks>, C<i_stdarg>, C<i_stddef>, C<i_stdlib>, C<i_string>,
-C<i_sunmath>, C<i_sysaccess>, C<i_sysdir>, C<i_sysfile>, C<i_sysfilio>,
-C<i_sysin>, C<i_sysioctl>, C<i_syslog>, C<i_sysmman>, C<i_sysmode>,
-C<i_sysmount>, C<i_sysndir>, C<i_sysparam>, C<i_sysresrc>, C<i_syssecrt>,
-C<i_sysselct>, C<i_syssockio>, C<i_sysstat>, C<i_sysstatfs>,
-C<i_sysstatvfs>, C<i_systime>, C<i_systimek>, C<i_systimes>, C<i_systypes>,
-C<i_sysuio>, C<i_sysun>, C<i_sysutsname>, C<i_sysvfs>, C<i_syswait>,
-C<i_termio>, C<i_termios>, C<i_time>, C<i_unistd>, C<i_ustat>, C<i_utime>,
-C<i_values>, C<i_varargs>, C<i_varhdr>, C<i_vfork>,
-C<ignore_versioned_solibs>, C<inc_version_list>, C<inc_version_list_init>,
-C<incpath>, C<inews>, C<installarchlib>, C<installbin>, C<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>
+=over 4
-=item k
+=item The most hairy case
-C<known_extensions>, C<ksh>
+=back
-=item l
+=item LIMITATIONS
-C<ld>, C<lddlflags>, C<ldflags>, C<ldflags_uselargefiles>, C<ldlibpthname>,
-C<less>, C<lib_ext>, C<libc>, C<libperl>, C<libpth>, C<libs>, C<libsdirs>,
-C<libsfiles>, C<libsfound>, C<libspath>, C<libswanted>,
-C<libswanted_uselargefiles>, C<line>, C<lint>, C<lkflags>, C<ln>, C<lns>,
-C<localtime_r_proto>, C<locincpth>, C<loclibpth>, C<longdblsize>,
-C<longlongsize>, C<longsize>, C<lp>, C<lpr>, C<ls>, C<lseeksize>,
-C<lseektype>
+=item AUTHOR
-=item m
+=back
-C<mail>, C<mailx>, C<make>, C<make_set_make>, C<mallocobj>, C<mallocsrc>,
-C<malloctype>, C<man1dir>, C<man1direxp>, C<man1ext>, C<man3dir>,
-C<man3direxp>, C<man3ext>
+=head2 Encode - character encodings
-=item M
+=over 4
-C<Mcc>, C<mips_type>, C<mkdir>, C<mmaptype>, C<modetype>, C<more>,
-C<multiarch>, C<mv>, C<myarchname>, C<mydomain>, C<myhostname>, C<myuname>,
-C<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 SYNOPSIS
-=item o
+=over 4
-C<o_nonblock>, C<obj_ext>, C<old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<optimize>,
-C<orderlib>, C<osname>, C<osvers>, C<otherlibdirs>
+=item Table of Contents
-=item p
+=back
-C<package>, C<pager>, C<passcat>, C<patchlevel>, C<path_sep>, C<perl5>,
-C<perl>, C<perl_patchlevel>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item P
+=over 4
-C<PERL_REVISION>, C<PERL_SUBVERSION>, C<PERL_VERSION>, C<perladmin>,
-C<perllibs>, C<perlpath>, C<pg>, C<phostname>, C<pidtype>, C<plibpth>,
-C<pm_apiversion>, C<pmake>, C<pr>, C<prefix>, C<prefixexp>, C<privlib>,
-C<privlibexp>, C<procselfexe>, C<prototype>, C<ptrsize>
+=item TERMINOLOGY
-=item q
+=back
-C<quadkind>, C<quadtype>
+=item PERL ENCODING API
-=item r
+$octets = encode(ENCODING, $string [, CHECK]), $string = decode(ENCODING,
+$octets [, CHECK]), [$length =] from_to($octets, FROM_ENC, TO_ENC [,
+CHECK]), $octets = encode_utf8($string);, $string = decode_utf8($octets [,
+CHECK]);
-C<randbits>, C<randfunc>, C<random_r_proto>, C<randseedtype>, C<ranlib>,
-C<rd_nodata>, C<readdir64_r_proto>, C<readdir_r_proto>, C<revision>, C<rm>,
-C<rmail>, C<run>, C<runnm>
+=over 4
-=item s
+=item Listing available encodings
-C<sched_yield>, C<scriptdir>, C<scriptdirexp>, C<sed>, C<seedfunc>,
-C<selectminbits>, C<selecttype>, C<sendmail>, C<setgrent_r_proto>,
-C<sethostent_r_proto>, C<setlocale_r_proto>, C<setnetent_r_proto>,
-C<setprotoent_r_proto>, C<setpwent_r_proto>, C<setservent_r_proto>, C<sh>,
-C<shar>, C<sharpbang>, C<shmattype>, C<shortsize>, C<shrpenv>, C<shsharp>,
-C<sig_count>, C<sig_name>, C<sig_name_init>, C<sig_num>, C<sig_num_init>,
-C<sig_size>, C<signal_t>, C<sitearch>, C<sitearchexp>, C<sitebin>,
-C<sitebinexp>, C<sitelib>, C<sitelib_stem>, C<sitelibexp>, C<siteprefix>,
-C<siteprefixexp>, C<sizesize>, C<sizetype>, C<sleep>, C<smail>, C<so>,
-C<sockethdr>, C<socketlib>, C<socksizetype>, C<sort>, C<spackage>,
-C<spitshell>, C<sPRId64>, C<sPRIeldbl>, C<sPRIEUldbl>, C<sPRIfldbl>,
-C<sPRIFUldbl>, C<sPRIgldbl>, C<sPRIGUldbl>, C<sPRIi64>, C<sPRIo64>,
-C<sPRIu64>, C<sPRIx64>, C<sPRIXU64>, C<srand48_r_proto>,
-C<srandom_r_proto>, C<src>, C<sSCNfldbl>, C<ssizetype>, C<startperl>,
-C<startsh>, C<static_ext>, C<stdchar>, C<stdio_base>, C<stdio_bufsiz>,
-C<stdio_cnt>, C<stdio_filbuf>, C<stdio_ptr>, C<stdio_stream_array>,
-C<strerror_r_proto>, C<strings>, C<submit>, C<subversion>, C<sysman>
+=item Defining Aliases
-=item t
+=back
-C<tail>, C<tar>, C<targetarch>, C<tbl>, C<tee>, C<test>, C<timeincl>,
-C<timetype>, C<tmpnam_r_proto>, C<to>, C<touch>, C<tr>, C<trnl>, C<troff>,
-C<ttyname_r_proto>
+=item Encoding via PerlIO
-=item u
+=item Handling Malformed Data
-C<u16size>, C<u16type>, C<u32size>, C<u32type>, C<u64size>, C<u64type>,
-C<u8size>, C<u8type>, C<uidformat>, C<uidsign>, C<uidsize>, C<uidtype>,
-C<uname>, C<uniq>, C<uquadtype>, C<use5005threads>, C<use64bitall>,
-C<use64bitint>, C<usecrosscompile>, C<usedl>, C<useithreads>,
-C<uselargefiles>, C<uselongdouble>, C<usemorebits>, C<usemultiplicity>,
-C<usemymalloc>, C<usenm>, C<useopcode>, C<useperlio>, C<useposix>,
-C<usereentrant>, C<usesfio>, C<useshrplib>, C<usesocks>, C<usethreads>,
-C<usevendorprefix>, C<usevfork>, C<usrinc>, C<uuname>, C<uvoformat>,
-C<uvsize>, C<uvtype>, C<uvuformat>, C<uvxformat>, C<uvXUformat>
+I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_DEFAULT ( == 0), I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_CROAK ( == 1),
+I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_QUIET, I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_WARN, perlqq mode
+(I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_PERLQQ), HTML charref mode (I<CHECK> =
+Encode::FB_HTMLCREF), XML charref mode (I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_XMLCREF), The
+bitmask
-=item v
+=over 4
-C<vendorarch>, C<vendorarchexp>, C<vendorbin>, C<vendorbinexp>,
-C<vendorlib>, C<vendorlib_stem>, C<vendorlibexp>, C<vendorprefix>,
-C<vendorprefixexp>, C<version>, C<version_patchlevel_string>,
-C<versiononly>, C<vi>, C<voidflags>
+=item Unimplemented fallback schemes
-=item x
+=back
-C<xlibpth>, C<xs_apiversion>
+=item Defining Encodings
-=item y
+=item The UTF-8 flag
-C<yacc>, C<yaccflags>
+Goal #1:, Goal #2:, Goal #3:, Goal #4:
-=item z
+=over 4
-C<zcat>, C<zip>
+=item Messing with Perl's Internals
+
+is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK]), _utf8_on(STRING), _utf8_off(STRING)
=back
-=item NOTE
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item MAINTAINER
=back
-=head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory
+=head2 Encode::Alias - alias definitions to encodings
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
+reference, e.g.:
+
=over 4
-=item getcwd and friends
+=item Alias overloading
-getcwd, cwd, fastcwd, fastgetcwd
+=back
-=item abs_path and friends
+=item SEE ALSO
-abs_path, realpath, fast_abs_path
+=back
-=item $ENV{PWD}
+=head2 Encode::Byte - Single Byte Encodings
-=back
+=over 4
-=item NOTES
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft,
-subject to
-change)
+=head2 Encode::CJKConstants -- Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
+
+=head2 Encode::CN - China-based Chinese Encodings
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item NOTES
-=item Global Variables
+=item BUGS
- $DB::sub, %DB::sub, $DB::single, $DB::signal, $DB::trace, @DB::args,
-@DB::dbline, %DB::dbline, $DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::subname,
-$DB::lineno
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item API Methods
+=back
-CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'),
-CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done()
+=head2 Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by Encode::CN
-=item Client Callback Methods
+=head2 Encode::Config -- internally used by Encode
-CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(),
-CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(),
-CLIENT->output(LIST)
+=head2 Encode::EBCDIC - EBCDIC Encodings
-=back
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
+=head2 Encode::Encoding - Encode Implementation Base Class
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-B<DB_HASH>, B<DB_BTREE>, B<DB_RECNO>
-
=over 4
-=item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or greater
+=item Methods you should implement
-=item Interface to Berkeley DB
+-E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check]),
+-E<gt>cat_decode($destination, $octets, $offset, $terminator [,$check])
-=item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File
+=item Other methods defined in Encode::Encodings
-=item Default Parameters
+-E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>perlio_ok(), -E<gt>needs_lines()
-=item In Memory Databases
+=item Example: Encode::ROT13
=back
-=item DB_HASH
+=item Why the heck Encode API is different?
=over 4
-=item A Simple Example
+=item Compiled Encodings
=back
-=item DB_BTREE
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from data
=over 4
-=item Changing the BTREE sort order
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Handling Duplicate Keys
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item The get_dup() Method
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item The find_dup() Method
+Encode::Guess->set_suspects, Encode::Guess->add_suspects,
+Encode::decode("Guess" ...), Encode::Guess->guess($data),
+guess_encoding($data, [, I<list of suspects>])
-=item The del_dup() Method
+=item CAVEATS
-=item Matching Partial Keys
+=item TO DO
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item DB_RECNO
+=head2 Encode::JP - Japanese Encodings
=over 4
-=item The 'bval' Option
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item A Simple Example
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item Extra RECNO Methods
+=item DESCRIPTION
-B<$X-E<gt>push(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-E<gt>pop ;>, B<$X-E<gt>shift>,
-B<$X-E<gt>unshift(list) ;>, B<$X-E<gt>length>, B<$X-E<gt>splice(offset,
-length, elements);>
+=item Note on ISO-2022-JP(-1)?
-=item Another Example
+=item BUGS
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item THE API INTERFACE
+=back
-B<$status = $X-E<gt>get($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status =
-$X-E<gt>put($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>del($key [,
-$flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>fd ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>seq($key,
-$value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>sync([$flags]) ;>
+=head2 Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by Encode::JP::2022_JP*
-=item DBM FILTERS
+=head2 Encode::JP::JIS7 -- internally used by Encode::JP
-B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
-B<filter_fetch_value>
+=head2 Encode::KR - Korean Encodings
=over 4
-=item The Filter
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item HINTS AND TIPS
+=head2 Encode::KR::2022_KR -- internally used by Encode::KR
+
+=head2 Encode::MIME::Header -- MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding
=over 4
-=item Locking: The Trouble with fd
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Safe ways to lock a database
+=item ABSTRACT
-B<Tie::DB_Lock>, B<Tie::DB_LockFile>, B<DB_File::Lock>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Sharing Databases With C Applications
+=item BUGS
-=item The untie() Gotcha
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item COMMON QUESTIONS
+=head2 Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document on Encode and PerlIO
=over 4
-=item Why is there Perl source in my database?
-
-=item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File?
-
-=item What does "Invalid Argument" mean?
-
-=item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean?
-
-=back
+=item Overview
-=item REFERENCES
+=item How does it work?
-=item HISTORY
+=item Line Buffering
-=item BUGS
+=over 4
-=item AVAILABILITY
+=item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=back
=item SEE ALSO
-=item AUTHOR
-
=back
-=head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both
-printing and C<eval>
+=head2 Encode::Supported -- Encodings supported by Encode
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Methods
+=item Encoding Names
-I<PACKAGE>->new(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Dump I<or>
-I<PACKAGE>->Dump(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>),
-I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>),
-I<$OBJ>->Reset
+=back
-=item Functions
+=item Supported Encodings
-Dumper(I<LIST>)
+=over 4
-=item Configuration Variables or Methods
+=item Built-in Encodings
-$Data::Dumper::Indent I<or> I<$OBJ>->Indent(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Purity I<or> I<$OBJ>->Purity(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Pad I<or> I<$OBJ>->Pad(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Varname I<or> I<$OBJ>->Varname(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Useqq I<or> I<$OBJ>->Useqq(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Terse I<or> I<$OBJ>->Terse(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Freezer I<or> $I<OBJ>->Freezer(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Toaster I<or> $I<OBJ>->Toaster(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Deepcopy I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deepcopy(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Quotekeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Quotekeys(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Bless I<or> $I<OBJ>->Bless(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Maxdepth I<or> $I<OBJ>->Maxdepth(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Useperl I<or> $I<OBJ>->Useperl(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Sortkeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Sortkeys(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Deparse I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deparse(I<[NEWVAL]>)
+=item Encode::Unicode -- other Unicode encodings
-=item Exports
+=item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
-Dumper
+ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
+the Cyrillic world, gsm0338 - Hentai Latin 1
-=back
+=item CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
-=item EXAMPLES
+Encode::CN -- Continental China, Encode::JP -- Japan, Encode::KR -- Korea,
+Encode::TW -- Taiwan, Encode::HanExtra -- More Chinese via CPAN,
+Encode::JIS2K -- JIS X 0213 encodings via CPAN
-=item BUGS
+=item Miscellaneous encodings
-=item AUTHOR
+Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::Guess
-=item VERSION
+=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Unsupported encodings
-=back
+ ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], Various HP-UX encodings,
+Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], ISIRI 3342, Iran
+System, ISIRI 2900 [Farsi], Thai encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS,
+Various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic encodings
-=head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler
+=item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
-=over 4
+=item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Microsoft-related naming mess
-=item PROFILE FORMAT
+KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
-=item AUTOLOAD
+=back
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=item Glossary
-=item BUGS
+character repertoire, coded character set (CCS), character encoding scheme
+(CES), charset (in MIME context), EUC, ISO-2022, UCS, UCS-2, Unicode, UTF,
+UTF-16
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item See Also
-=back
+=item References
-=head2 Devel::PPPort, Perl/Pollution/Portability
+ECMA, ECMA-035 (eq C<ISO-2022>), IANA, Assigned Charset Names by IANA, ISO,
+RFC, UC, Unicode Glossary
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Other Notable Sites
-=item DESCRIPTION
+czyborra.com, CJK.inf, Jungshik Shin's Hangul FAQ, debian.org:
+"Introduction to i18n"
-=over 4
+=item Offline sources
-=item WriteFile
+C<CJKV Information Processing> by Ken Lunde
=back
-=item ppport.h
+=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=head2 Encode::Symbol - Symbol Encodings
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
+=head2 Encode::TW - Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item NOTES
-=item Runtime debugging
+=item BUGS
-=item Memory footprint debugging
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=head2 Encode::Unicode -- Various Unicode Transformation Formats
=over 4
-=item A simple scalar string
-
-=item A simple scalar number
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item A simple scalar with an extra reference
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item A reference to a simple scalar
+L<http://www.unicode.org/glossary/> says:, Quick Reference
-=item A reference to an array
+=item Size, Endianness, and BOM
-=item A reference to a hash
+=over 4
-=item Dumping a large array or hash
+=item by size
-=item A reference to an SV which holds a C pointer
+=item by endianness
-=item A reference to a subroutine
+BOM as integer when fetched in network byte order
=back
-=item EXPORTS
-
-=item BUGS
-
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Surrogate Pairs
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
+=head2 Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7 encoding
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item In Practice
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Digest:: - Modules that calculate message digests
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Alias, Encode::Alias - alias definitions to
+encodings
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-I<binary>, I<hex>, I<base64>
+As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
+reference, e.g.:
-=item OO INTERFACE
+=over 4
-$ctx = Digest->XXX($arg,...), $ctx = Digest->new(XXX => $arg,...), $ctx =
-Digest::XXX->new($arg,...), $ctx->reset, $ctx->add($data,...),
-$ctx->addfile($io_handle), $ctx->digest, $ctx->hexdigest, $ctx->b64digest
+=item Alias overloading
-=item SEE ALSO
+=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CJKConstants.pm --
+Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CN::HZ, Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by
+Encode::CN
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Config, Encode::Config -- internally used by
+Encode
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Encoding, Encode::Encoding - Encode
+Implementation Base Class
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item FUNCTIONS
-
-md5($data,...), md5_hex($data,...), md5_base64($data,...)
-
-=item METHODS
+=over 4
-$md5 = Digest::MD5->new, $md5->reset, $md5->add($data,...),
-$md5->addfile($io_handle), $md5->digest, $md5->hexdigest, $md5->b64digest
+=item Methods you should implement
-=item EXAMPLES
+-E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check]),
+-E<gt>cat_decode($destination, $octets, $offset, $terminator [,$check])
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Other methods defined in Encode::Encodings
-=item COPYRIGHT
+-E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>perlio_ok(), -E<gt>needs_lines()
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Example: Encode::ROT13
=back
-=head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
+=item Why the heck Encode API is different?
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Compiled Encodings
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-=item NOTES
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
=back
-=head2 Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data.
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Guess, Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from
+data
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
-=over 4
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Creation
+Encode::Guess->set_suspects, Encode::Guess->add_suspects,
+Encode::decode("Guess" ...), Encode::Guess->guess($data),
+guess_encoding($data, [, I<list of suspects>])
-C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>,
-C<dumpDBFiles>, C<dumpPackages>, C<dumpReused>, C<tick>, C<quoteHighBit>,
-C<printUndef>, C<usageOnly>, unctrl, subdump, bareStringify, quoteHighBit,
-stopDbSignal
+=item CAVEATS
-=item Methods
+=item TO DO
-dumpValue, dumpValues, dumpvars, set_quote, set_unctrl, compactDump,
-veryCompact, set, get
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=back
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::H2Z, Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by
+Encode::JP::2022_JP*
-=head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::JIS7, Encode::JP::JIS7 -- internally used
+by Encode::JP
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::KR::2022_KR, Encode::KR::2022_KR -- internally
+used by Encode::KR
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::MIME::Header -- MIME 'B'
+and 'Q' header encoding
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item ABSTRACT
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-@dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, @dl_librefs,
-@dl_modules, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(), dl_expandspec(),
-dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_loadflags(), dl_find_symbol(),
-dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(), dl_install_xsub(),
-bootstrap()
+=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into
-Perl code
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::PerlIO, Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document
+on Encode and PerlIO
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Overview
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How does it work?
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Line Buffering
+
+=over 4
+
+=item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
=back
-=head2 Encode - character encodings
+=item SEE ALSO
-=over 4
+=back
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Supported, Encode::Supported -- Encodings
+supported by Encode
+
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item TERMINOLOGY
+=item Encoding Names
=back
-=item ENCODINGS
+=item Supported Encodings
=over 4
-=item Characteristics of an Encoding
+=item Built-in Encodings
-=item Types of Encodings
+=item Encode::Unicode -- other Unicode encodings
-Fixed length 8-bit (or less) encodings, Fixed length 16-bit encodings,
-Fixed length 32-bit encodings, Multi-byte encodings, "Escape" encodings
+=item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
-=item Specifying Encodings
+ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
+the Cyrillic world, gsm0338 - Hentai Latin 1
-1. By name, 2. As an object
+=item CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
-=item Encoding Names
+Encode::CN -- Continental China, Encode::JP -- Japan, Encode::KR -- Korea,
+Encode::TW -- Taiwan, Encode::HanExtra -- More Chinese via CPAN,
+Encode::JIS2K -- JIS X 0213 encodings via CPAN
-The MIME name as defined in IETF RFCs, The name in the IANA registry, The
-name used by the organization that defined it
+=item Miscellaneous encodings
+
+Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::Guess
=back
-=item PERL ENCODING API
+=item Unsupported encodings
-=over 4
+ ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], Various HP-UX encodings,
+Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], ISIRI 3342, Iran
+System, ISIRI 2900 [Farsi], Thai encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS,
+Various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic encodings
-=item Generic Encoding Interface
+=item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
-=item Handling Malformed Data
+=item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
-Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
+=over 4
-=item UTF-8 / utf8
+=item Microsoft-related naming mess
-=item Other Encodings of Unicode
+KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
-=item Listing available encodings
+=back
-=item Defining Aliases
+=item Glossary
-As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
-reference, e.g.:
+character repertoire, coded character set (CCS), character encoding scheme
+(CES), charset (in MIME context), EUC, ISO-2022, UCS, UCS-2, Unicode, UTF,
+UTF-16
-=item Defining Encodings
+=item See Also
-=back
+=item References
-=item Encoding and IO
+ECMA, ECMA-035 (eq C<ISO-2022>), IANA, Assigned Charset Names by IANA, ISO,
+RFC, UC, Unicode Glossary
-=item Encoding How to ...
+=over 4
-IO with mixed content (faking iso-2020-*), MIME's Content-Length:, UTF-8
-strings in binary data, Perl/Encode wrappers on non-Unicode XS modules
+=item Other Notable Sites
-=item Messing with Perl's Internals
+czyborra.com, CJK.inf, Jungshik Shin's Hangul FAQ, debian.org:
+"Introduction to i18n"
-is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK])
+=item Offline sources
-=item IMPLEMENTATION CLASSES
+C<CJKV Information Processing> by Ken Lunde
+
+=back
+
+=back
--E<gt>name, -E<gt>new_sequence, -E<gt>encode($string,$check),
--E<gt>decode($octets,$check)
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Unicode::UTF7, Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7
+encoding
=over 4
-=item Compiled Encodings
+=item SYNOPSIS
-.enc, .ucm, .ucm, .c, .xs, ascii and iso-8859-*, IBM-1047 and two other
-variants of EBCDIC, symbol and dingbats as used by Tk on X11
+=item ABSTRACT
-=back
+=item In Practice
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Encode::Tcl - Tcl encodings
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Description
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 Encode::Tcl::Escape - Tcl Escape encodings
+=item Predefined Methods
-=over 4
+$e = Encode::Encoder-E<gt>new([$data, $encoding]);, encoder(),
+$e-E<gt>data([$data]), $e-E<gt>encoding([$encoding]),
+$e-E<gt>bytes([$encoding])
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Example: base64 transcoder
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Operator Overloading
+
+=back
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Encode::Tcl::Table - Tcl Table encodings
+=head2 Encodencoding, encoding - allows you to write your script in
+non-ascii or non-utf8
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
+
+=item Literal Conversions
+
+=item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
=back
-=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Tcl, Encode::Tcl - Tcl encodings
+=item FEATURES THAT REQUIRE 5.8.1
-=over 4
+"NON-EUC" doublebyte encodings, tr//, DATA pseudo-filehandle
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item USAGE
-=item DESCRIPTION
+use encoding [I<ENCNAME>] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> [ STDIN =E<gt>
+I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;, no encoding;
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item The Filter Option
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
=back
-=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Tcl::Escape, Encode::Tcl::Escape - Tcl Escape
-encodings
+=item CAVEATS
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item NOT SCOPED
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item tr/// with ranges
+
+Legend of characters above
=back
-=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Tcl::Table, Encode::Tcl::Table - Tcl Table
-encodings
+=item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
-=over 4
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-=item SYNOPSIS
+literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item HISTORY
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Encode::lib::EncodeFormat, EncodeFormat - the format of encoding
-tables of the Encode extension
+=head2 Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-[1] B<S>, [2] B<D>, [3] B<M>, [4] B<E>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item KEYWORDS
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item Description
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 EncodeFormat - the format of encoding tables of the Encode extension
+=item Predefined Methods
-=over 4
+$e = Encode::Encoder-E<gt>new([$data, $encoding]);, encoder(),
+$e-E<gt>data([$data]), $e-E<gt>encoding([$encoding]),
+$e-E<gt>bytes([$encoding])
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Example: base64 transcoder
-[1] B<S>, [2] B<D>, [3] B<M>, [4] B<E>
+=item Operator Overloading
-=item KEYWORDS
+=back
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::Command::MM - Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+B<test_harness>
+
+=back
+
+B<pod2man>
-=item SEE ALSO
+B<warn_if_old_packlist>
-=item AUTHOR
+B<perllocal_install>
-=back
+B<uninstall>
=head2 ExtUtils::Constant - generate XS code to import C header constants
C_stringify NAME
+perl_stringify NAME
+
constant_types
memEQ_clause NAME, CHECKED_AT, INDENT
dogfood
C_constant, name, type, value, macro, default, pre, post, def_pre =item
-def_post
+def_post, utf8
XS_constant PACKAGE, TYPES, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item Functions
+
+B<install>
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+B<install_default> I<DISCOURAGED>
+
+B<uninstall>
+
+B<pm_to_blib>
+
+_autosplit
+
+=over 4
+
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+B<PERL_INSTALL_ROOT>
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item LICENSE
+
=back
=head2 ExtUtils::Installed - Inventory management of installed modules
=item DESCRIPTION
-For static extensions, For dynamic extensions, For dynamic extensions
+For static extensions, For dynamic extensions at build/link time, For
+dynamic extensions at load time
=over 4
=back
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM - OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Any - Platform agnostic MM methods
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Inherently Cross-Platform Methods
+
+installvars
+
+=back
+
+os_flavor_is
+
+=over 4
+
+=item File::Spec wrappers
+
+catfile
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Thought To Be Cross-Platform Methods
+
+B<split_command>
+
+=back
+
+B<echo>
+
+init_VERSION
+
+wraplist
+
+manifypods
+
+manifypods_target
+
+makemakerdflt_target
+
+special_targets
+
+POD2MAN_macro
+
+test_via_harness
+
+test_via_script
+
+libscan
+
+tool_autosplit
+
+all_target
+
+metafile_target
+
+metafile_addtomanifest_target
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Abstract methods
+
+oneliner, B<quote_literal>, B<escape_newlines>, max_exec_len,
+B<init_others>, init_DIRFILESEP, init_linker, init_platform,
+platform_constants
+
+=back
+
+os_flavor
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_BeOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=back
-perl_archive
+os_flavor (o)
+
+init_linker
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=item DESCRIPTION
-canonpath, cflags, manifypods, perl_archive
+os_flavor (o)
=back
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_NW5 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+cflags (o)
+
+replace_manpage_separator (o)
+
+init_linker
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_DOS - DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Overridden methods
+
+os_flavor
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+B<replace_manpage_separator>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_MacOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=over 4
=back
-catfile
+maybe_command
-constants (o)
+guess_name
-static_lib (o)
+macify
-dynamic_bs (o)
+patternify
-dynamic_lib (o)
+init_main
-canonpath
+init_others
-perl_script
+init_platform, platform_constants
-pm_to_blib
+init_dirscan
-test_via_harness (o)
+init_VERSION (o)
-tool_autosplit (override)
+special_targets (o)
-tools_other (o)
+static (o)
-xs_o (o)
+dlsyms (o)
-top_targets (o)
+dynamic (o)
-htmlifypods (o)
+clean (o)
-manifypods (o)
+clean_subdirs_target
-dist_ci (o)
+realclean (o)
-dist_core (o)
+realclean_subdirs_target
-pasthru (o)
+rulez (o)
+
+processPL (o)
+
+os_flavor
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_NW5 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+os_flavor
+
+init_platform (o), platform_constants
+
+const_cccmd (o)
+
+static_lib (o)
+
+dynamic_lib (o)
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_OS2 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=item METHODS
+init_dist (o)
+
=back
-perl_archive_after
+init_linker
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+os_flavor
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_UWIN - U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item METHODS
-
=over 4
-=item Preloaded methods
+=item Overridden methods
-canonpath
+os_flavor
=back
=back
-catdir
+B<replace_manpage_separator>
-catfile
+=over 4
-curdir
+=item AUTHOR
-rootdir
+=item SEE ALSO
-updir
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=over 4
-=item SelfLoaded methods
+=item SYNOPSIS
-c_o (o)
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item METHODS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Methods
+
+os_flavor (o)
=back
+c_o (o)
+
cflags (o)
clean (o)
+clean_subdirs_target
+
const_cccmd (o)
const_config (o)
dir_target (o)
+init_DEST
+
+init_dist
+
dist (o)
dist_basics (o)
dist_core (o)
-dist_dir (o)
+B<dist_target>
+
+B<tardist_target>
+
+B<zipdist_target>
+
+B<tarfile_target>
+
+zipfile_target
+
+uutardist_target
+
+shdist_target
+
+distdir
-dist_test (o)
+dist_test
dlsyms (o)
extliblist
-file_name_is_absolute
-
find_perl
+find_tests
+
=over 4
=item Methods to actually produce chunks of text for the Makefile
has_link_code
-htmlifypods (o)
-
init_dirscan
+init_DIRFILESEP
+
init_main
init_others
+init_INST
+
+init_INSTALL
+
+init_linker
+
+init_lib2arch
+
+init_PERL
+
+init_platform (o), platform_constants (o)
+
+init_PERM
+
+init_xs
+
install (o)
installbin (o)
-libscan (o)
-
linkext (o)
lsdir
makefile (o)
-manifypods (o)
-
maybe_command
-maybe_command_in_dirs
-
needs_linking (o)
nicetext
-parse_version
-
parse_abstract
-pasthru (o)
+parse_version
-path
+pasthru (o)
perl_script
perldepend (o)
-ppd
-
perm_rw (o)
perm_rwx (o)
postamble (o)
+ppd
+
prefixify
processPL (o)
realclean (o)
+realclean_subdirs_target
+
replace_manpage_separator
+oneliner (o)
+
+quote_literal
+
+escape_newlines
+
+max_exec_len
+
static (o)
static_lib (o)
test (o)
-test_via_harness (o)
-
-test_via_script (o)
+test_via_harness (override)
-tool_autosplit (o)
+test_via_script (override)
tools_other (o)
tool_xsubpp (o)
+all_target
+
top_targets (o)
writedoc
xs_o (o)
-perl_archive
-
-perl_archive_after
-
-export_list
-
=over 4
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-rootdir (override)
-
=over 4
-=item SelfLoaded methods
+=item Methods
guess_name (override)
find_perl (override)
-path (override)
+maybe_command (override)
+
+perl_script (override)
+
+replace_manpage_separator
+
+init_DEST
-maybe_command (override)
+init_DIRFILESEP
-maybe_command_in_dirs (override)
+init_main (override)
-perl_script (override)
+init_others (override)
-file_name_is_absolute (override)
+init_platform (override)
-replace_manpage_separator
+platform_constants
-init_others (override)
+init_VERSION (override)
constants (override)
+special_targets
+
cflags (override)
const_cccmd (override)
-pm_to_blib (override)
-
-tool_autosplit (override)
-
tool_sxubpp (override)
-xsubpp_version (override)
-
tools_other (override)
-dist (override)
+init_dist (override)
c_o (override)
xs_o (override)
-top_targets (override)
-
dlsyms (override)
dynamic_lib (override)
static_lib (override)
-manifypods (override)
-
processPL (override)
installbin (override)
clean (override)
-realclean (override)
-
-dist_basics (override)
+clean_subdirs_target
-dist_core (override)
+realclean (override)
-dist_dir (override)
+zipfile_target (o), tarfile_target (o), shdist_target (o)
dist_test (override)
makefile (override)
-test (override)
-
-test_via_harness (override)
+find_tests (override)
-test_via_script (override)
+test (override)
makeaperl (override)
nicetext (override)
+prefixify (override)
+
+oneliner (o)
+
+B<echo> (o)
+
+quote_literal
+
+escape_newlines
+
+max_exec_len
+
+init_linker (o)
+
+eliminate_macros
+
+fixpath
+
+os_flavor
+
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=back
-catfile
+=over 4
-constants (o)
+=item Overridden methods
-static_lib (o)
+B<dlsyms>
-dynamic_bs (o)
+=back
+
+replace_manpage_separator
+
+B<maybe_command>
+
+B<find_tests>
+
+B<init_DIRFILESEP>
+
+B<init_others>
+
+init_platform (o), platform_constants (o)
+
+special_targets (o)
+
+static_lib (o)
dynamic_lib (o)
-canonpath
+clean
+
+init_linker
perl_script
-pm_to_blib
+xs_o (o)
-test_via_harness (o)
+pasthru (o)
-tool_autosplit (override)
+oneliner (o)
-tools_other (o)
+max_exec_len
-xs_o (o)
+os_flavor
-top_targets (o)
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win95 - method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X
-htmlifypods (o)
+=over 4
-manifypods (o)
+=item SYNOPSIS
-dist_ci (o)
+=item DESCRIPTION
-dist_core (o)
+=over 4
-pasthru (o)
+=item Overriden methods
+
+dist_test
-=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - create an extension Makefile
+=back
+
+=back
+
+subdir_x
+
+xs_c
+
+xs_cpp
+
+xs_o
+
+clean_subdirs_target
+
+realclean_subdirs_target
+
+os_flavor
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MY - ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Create a module Makefile
=over 4
=item Using Attributes and Parameters
ABSTRACT, ABSTRACT_FROM, AUTHOR, BINARY_LOCATION, C, CCFLAGS, CONFIG,
-CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DIR, DISTNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, EXCLUDE_EXT,
-EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, FUNCLIST, H, HTMLLIBPODS,
-HTMLSCRIPTPODS, IMPORTS, INC, INCLUDE_EXT, INSTALLARCHLIB, INSTALLBIN,
-INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLHTMLPRIVLIBDIR, INSTALLHTMLSCRIPTDIR,
-INSTALLHTMLSITELIBDIR, INSTALLMAN1DIR, INSTALLMAN3DIR, INSTALLPRIVLIB,
-INSTALLSCRIPT, INSTALLSITEARCH, INSTALLSITELIB, INST_ARCHLIB, INST_BIN,
-INST_EXE, INST_HTMLLIBDIR, INST_HTMLSCRIPTDIR, INST_LIB, INST_MAN1DIR,
-INST_MAN3DIR, INST_SCRIPT, LDFROM, LIB, LIBPERL_A, LIBS, LINKTYPE,
-MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET, MYEXTLIB, NAME,
-NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, NO_VC, OBJECT, OPTIMIZE, PERL, PERL_CORE,
-PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB, PERL_MALLOC_OK, PERLRUN, PERM_RW,
+CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DESTDIR, DIR, DISTNAME, DISTVNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS,
+EXCLUDE_EXT, EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, FULLPERLRUN,
+FULLPERLRUNINST, FUNCLIST, H, IMPORTS, INC, INCLUDE_EXT, INSTALLARCHLIB,
+INSTALLBIN, INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLMAN1DIR, INSTALLMAN3DIR, INSTALLPRIVLIB,
+INSTALLSCRIPT, INSTALLSITEARCH, INSTALLSITEBIN, INSTALLSITELIB,
+INSTALLSITEMAN1DIR, INSTALLSITEMAN3DIR, INSTALLVENDORARCH,
+INSTALLVENDORBIN, INSTALLVENDORLIB, INSTALLVENDORMAN1DIR,
+INSTALLVENDORMAN3DIR, INST_ARCHLIB, INST_BIN, INST_LIB, INST_MAN1DIR,
+INST_MAN3DIR, INST_SCRIPT, LD, LDDLFLAGS, LDFROM, LIB, LIBPERL_A, LIBS,
+LINKTYPE, MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE_OLD, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET,
+MYEXTLIB, NAME, NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, NO_META, NO_VC, OBJECT,
+OPTIMIZE, PERL, PERL_CORE, PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB,
+PERL_MALLOC_OK, PERLPREFIX, PERLRUN, PERLRUNINST, PERL_SRC, PERM_RW,
PERM_RWX, PL_FILES, PM, PMLIBDIRS, PM_FILTER, POLLUTE, PPM_INSTALL_EXEC,
-PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX, PREREQ_PM, PREREQ_FATAL, PREREQ_PRINT,
-PRINT_PREREQ, SKIP, TEST_LIBS, VERSION, VERSION_FROM, XS, XSOPT,
-XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION
+PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX, PREREQ_FATAL, PREREQ_PM, PREREQ_PRINT,
+PRINT_PREREQ, SITEPREFIX, SKIP, TYPEMAPS, VENDORPREFIX, VERBINST, VERSION,
+VERSION_FROM, VERSION_SYM, XS, XSOPT, XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION
=item Additional lowercase attributes
-clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, linkext, macro, realclean, test,
-tool_autosplit
+clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, linkext, macro, postamble, realclean,
+test, tool_autosplit
=item Overriding MakeMaker Methods
+=item The End Of Cargo Cult Programming
+
+C<<MAN3PODS => ' '>>
+
=item Hintsfile support
=item Distribution Support
make distcheck, make skipcheck, make distclean, make manifest,
- make distdir, make tardist, make dist, make uutardist, make
-shdist, make zipdist, make ci
+ make distdir, make disttest, make tardist, make dist, make
+uutardist, make shdist, make zipdist, make ci
+
+=item Module Meta-Data
=item Disabling an extension
+=item Other Handy Functions
+
+prompt
+
=back
=item ENVIRONMENT
=item AUTHORS
+=item LICENSE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions About
+MakeMaker
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Philosophy and History
+
+Why not just use <insert other build config tool here>?, What's
+Module::Build and how does it relate to MakeMaker?, pure perl. no make, no
+shell commands, easier to customize, cleaner internals, less cruft
+
+=item Module Writing
+
+How do I keep my $VERSION up to date without resetting it manually?, What's
+this F<META.yml> thing and how did it get in my F<MANIFEST>?!
+
+=item XS
+
+How to I prevent "object version X.XX does not match bootstrap parameter
+Y.YY" errors?, How do I make two or more XS files coexist in the same
+directory?
+
+=back
+
+=item PATCHING
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial - Writing a module with MakeMaker
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item The Mantra
+
+=item The Layout
+
+Makefile.PL, MANIFEST, lib/, t/, Changes, README, INSTALL, MANIFEST.SKIP,
+bin/
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes - Version agnostic bytes.pm
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish - Platform agnostic vmsish.pm
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
=back
=head2 ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item Functions
+
+mkmanifest
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+manifind
+
+manicheck
+
+filecheck
+
+fullcheck
+
+skipcheck
+
+maniread
+
+manicopy
+
+maniadd
+
+=over 4
+
+=item MANIFEST
+
=item MANIFEST.SKIP
=item EXPORT_OK
=item GLOBAL VARIABLES
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
=item DIAGNOSTICS
-C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>, C<MANIFEST:> I<$!>,
-C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
+C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>, C<Skipping> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>,
+C<MANIFEST:> I<$!>, C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
=item ENVIRONMENT
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item HISTORY
+
=back
=head2 File::Compare - Compare files or filehandles
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
=item AUTHORS
=back
=back
+canonpath
+
+file_name_is_absolute
+
+tmpdir (override)
+
=head2 File::Spec::Epoc - methods for Epoc file specs
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-devnull
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-tmpdir
-
-path
-
canonpath()
-splitpath
-
-splitdir
-
-catpath
-
-abs2rel
-
-rel2abs()
-
=over 4
=item SEE ALSO
=back
+tmpdir
+
canonpath
splitpath
=over 4
+=item Note For File::Spec::Win32 Maintainers
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
=over 4
+=item OO INTERFACE
+
+B<new>
+
+=back
+
+B<filename>
+
+B<DESTROY>
+
+=over 4
+
=item FUNCTIONS
B<tempfile>
=back
+B<cmpstat>
+
+B<unlink1>
+
=over 4
=item PACKAGE VARIABLES
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item BUGS
+
=item NOTE
=item AUTHOR
=item DESCRIPTION
+cacheout EXPR, cacheout MODE, EXPR
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
=item BUGS
+=item NOTES
+
=back
=head2 FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles
=item Object oriented interface
+=item Thread Safety
+
=item Documentation and help texts
=item Storing options in a hash
default, posix_default, auto_abbrev, getopt_compat, gnu_compat, gnu_getopt,
require_order, permute, bundling (default: disabled), bundling_override
(default: disabled), ignore_case (default: enabled), ignore_case_always
-(default: disabled), pass_through (default: disabled), prefix,
+(default: disabled), auto_version (default:disabled), auto_help
+(default:disabled), pass_through (default: disabled), prefix,
prefix_pattern, debug (default: disabled)
+=item Exportable Methods
+
+VersionMessage, C<-message>, C<-msg>, C<-exitval>, C<-output>, HelpMessage
+
=item Return values and Errors
=item Legacy
=item GetOptions does not split the command line correctly
+=item Undefined subroutine &main::GetOptions called
+
=item How do I put a "-?" option into a Getopt::Long?
=back
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item C<--help> and C<--version>
+
=back
=head2 Hash::Util - A selection of general-utility hash subroutines
=over 4
+=item CAVEATS
+
=item AUTHOR
=item SEE ALSO
=item LIST OF LANGUAGES
-{ab} : Abkhazian, {ace} : Achinese, {ach} : Acoli, {ada} : Adangme, {aa} :
-Afar, {afh} : Afrihili, {af} : Afrikaans, [{afa} : Afro-Asiatic (Other)],
-{aka} : Akan, {akk} : Akkadian, {sq} : Albanian, {ale} : Aleut, [{alg} :
-Algonquian languages], [{tut} : Altaic (Other)], {am} : Amharic, {i-ami} :
-Ami, [{apa} : Apache languages], {ar} : Arabic, {arc} : Aramaic, {arp} :
-Arapaho, {arn} : Araucanian, {arw} : Arawak, {hy} : Armenian, [{art} :
-Artificial (Other)], {as} : Assamese, [{ath} : Athapascan languages],
-[{aus} : Australian languages], [{map} : Austronesian (Other)], {ava} :
-Avaric, {ae} : Avestan, {awa} : Awadhi, {ay} : Aymara, {az} : Azerbaijani,
-{ban} : Balinese, [{bat} : Baltic (Other)], {bal} : Baluchi, {bam} :
-Bambara, [{bai} : Bamileke languages], {bad} : Banda, [{bnt} : Bantu
-(Other)], {bas} : Basa, {ba} : Bashkir, {eu} : Basque, {btk} : Batak
-(Indonesia), {bej} : Beja, {be} : Belarusian, {bem} : Bemba, {bn} :
-Bengali, [{ber} : Berber (Other)], {bho} : Bhojpuri, {bh} : Bihari, {bik} :
-Bikol, {bin} : Bini, {bi} : Bislama, {bs} : Bosnian, {bra} : Braj, {br} :
-Breton, {bug} : Buginese, {bg} : Bulgarian, {i-bnn} : Bunun, {bua} :
-Buriat, {my} : Burmese, {cad} : Caddo, {car} : Carib, {ca} : Catalan,
-[{cau} : Caucasian (Other)], {ceb} : Cebuano, [{cel} : Celtic (Other)],
-[{cai} : Central American Indian (Other)], {chg} : Chagatai, [{cmc} :
-Chamic languages], {ch} : Chamorro, {ce} : Chechen, {chr} : Cherokee, {chy}
-: Cheyenne, {chb} : Chibcha, {ny} : Chichewa, {zh} : Chinese, {chn} :
-Chinook Jargon, {chp} : Chipewyan, {cho} : Choctaw, {cu} : Church Slavic,
-{chk} : Chuukese, {cv} : Chuvash, {cop} : Coptic, {kw} : Cornish, {co} :
-Corsican, {cre} : Cree, {mus} : Creek, [{cpe} : English-based Creoles and
-pidgins (Other)], [{cpf} : French-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)],
-[{cpp} : Portuguese-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{crp} : Creoles
-and pidgins (Other)], {hr} : Croatian, [{cus} : Cushitic (Other)], {cs} :
-Czech, {dak} : Dakota, {da} : Danish, {day} : Dayak, {i-default} : Default
-(Fallthru) Language, {del} : Delaware, {din} : Dinka, {div} : Divehi, {doi}
-: Dogri, {dgr} : Dogrib, [{dra} : Dravidian (Other)], {dua} : Duala, {nl} :
-Dutch, {dum} : Middle Dutch (ca.1050-1350), {dyu} : Dyula, {dz} : Dzongkha,
-{efi} : Efik, {egy} : Ancient Egyptian, {eka} : Ekajuk, {elx} : Elamite,
-{en} : English, {enm} : Old English (1100-1500), {ang} : Old English
-(ca.450-1100), {eo} : Esperanto, {et} : Estonian, {ewe} : Ewe, {ewo} :
-Ewondo, {fan} : Fang, {fat} : Fanti, {fo} : Faroese, {fj} : Fijian, {fi} :
-Finnish, [{fiu} : Finno-Ugrian (Other)], {fon} : Fon, {fr} : French, {frm}
-: Middle French (ca.1400-1600), {fro} : Old French (842-ca.1400), {fy} :
-Frisian, {fur} : Friulian, {ful} : Fulah, {gaa} : Ga, {gd} : Scots Gaelic,
-{gl} : Gallegan, {lug} : Ganda, {gay} : Gayo, {gba} : Gbaya, {gez} : Geez,
-{ka} : Georgian, {de} : German, {gmh} : Middle High German (ca.1050-1500),
-{goh} : Old High German (ca.750-1050), [{gem} : Germanic (Other)], {gil} :
-Gilbertese, {gon} : Gondi, {gor} : Gorontalo, {got} : Gothic, {grb} :
-Grebo, {grc} : Ancient Greek, {el} : Modern Greek, {gn} : Guarani, {gu} :
-Gujarati, {gwi} : Gwich'in, {hai} : Haida, {ha} : Hausa, {haw} : Hawaiian,
+{ab} : Abkhazian, {ace} : Achinese, {ach} : Acoli, {ada} : Adangme, {ady} :
+Adyghe, {aa} : Afar, {afh} : Afrihili, {af} : Afrikaans, [{afa} :
+Afro-Asiatic (Other)], {ak} : Akan, {akk} : Akkadian, {sq} : Albanian,
+{ale} : Aleut, [{alg} : Algonquian languages], [{tut} : Altaic (Other)],
+{am} : Amharic, {i-ami} : Ami, [{apa} : Apache languages], {ar} : Arabic,
+{arc} : Aramaic, {arp} : Arapaho, {arn} : Araucanian, {arw} : Arawak, {hy}
+: Armenian, {an} : Aragonese, [{art} : Artificial (Other)], {ast} :
+Asturian, {as} : Assamese, [{ath} : Athapascan languages], [{aus} :
+Australian languages], [{map} : Austronesian (Other)], {av} : Avaric, {ae}
+: Avestan, {awa} : Awadhi, {ay} : Aymara, {az} : Azerbaijani, {ban} :
+Balinese, [{bat} : Baltic (Other)], {bal} : Baluchi, {bm} : Bambara, [{bai}
+: Bamileke languages], {bad} : Banda, [{bnt} : Bantu (Other)], {bas} :
+Basa, {ba} : Bashkir, {eu} : Basque, {btk} : Batak (Indonesia), {bej} :
+Beja, {be} : Belarusian, {bem} : Bemba, {bn} : Bengali, [{ber} : Berber
+(Other)], {bho} : Bhojpuri, {bh} : Bihari, {bik} : Bikol, {bin} : Bini,
+{bi} : Bislama, {bs} : Bosnian, {bra} : Braj, {br} : Breton, {bug} :
+Buginese, {bg} : Bulgarian, {i-bnn} : Bunun, {bua} : Buriat, {my} :
+Burmese, {cad} : Caddo, {car} : Carib, {ca} : Catalan, [{cau} : Caucasian
+(Other)], {ceb} : Cebuano, [{cel} : Celtic (Other)], [{cai} : Central
+American Indian (Other)], {chg} : Chagatai, [{cmc} : Chamic languages],
+{ch} : Chamorro, {ce} : Chechen, {chr} : Cherokee, {chy} : Cheyenne, {chb}
+: Chibcha, {ny} : Chichewa, {zh} : Chinese, {chn} : Chinook Jargon, {chp} :
+Chipewyan, {cho} : Choctaw, {cu} : Church Slavic, {chk} : Chuukese, {cv} :
+Chuvash, {cop} : Coptic, {kw} : Cornish, {co} : Corsican, {cr} : Cree,
+{mus} : Creek, [{cpe} : English-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{cpf}
+: French-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{cpp} : Portuguese-based
+Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{crp} : Creoles and pidgins (Other)], {hr} :
+Croatian, [{cus} : Cushitic (Other)], {cs} : Czech, {dak} : Dakota, {da} :
+Danish, {dar} : Dargwa, {day} : Dayak, {i-default} : Default (Fallthru)
+Language, {del} : Delaware, {din} : Dinka, {dv} : Divehi, {doi} : Dogri,
+{dgr} : Dogrib, [{dra} : Dravidian (Other)], {dua} : Duala, {nl} : Dutch,
+{dum} : Middle Dutch (ca.1050-1350), {dyu} : Dyula, {dz} : Dzongkha, {efi}
+: Efik, {egy} : Ancient Egyptian, {eka} : Ekajuk, {elx} : Elamite, {en} :
+English, {enm} : Old English (1100-1500), {ang} : Old English
+(ca.450-1100), {i-enochian} : Enochian (Artificial), {myv} : Erzya, {eo} :
+Esperanto, {et} : Estonian, {ee} : Ewe, {ewo} : Ewondo, {fan} : Fang, {fat}
+: Fanti, {fo} : Faroese, {fj} : Fijian, {fi} : Finnish, [{fiu} :
+Finno-Ugrian (Other)], {fon} : Fon, {fr} : French, {frm} : Middle French
+(ca.1400-1600), {fro} : Old French (842-ca.1400), {fy} : Frisian, {fur} :
+Friulian, {ff} : Fulah, {gaa} : Ga, {gd} : Scots Gaelic, {gl} : Gallegan,
+{lg} : Ganda, {gay} : Gayo, {gba} : Gbaya, {gez} : Geez, {ka} : Georgian,
+{de} : German, {gmh} : Middle High German (ca.1050-1500), {goh} : Old High
+German (ca.750-1050), [{gem} : Germanic (Other)], {gil} : Gilbertese, {gon}
+: Gondi, {gor} : Gorontalo, {got} : Gothic, {grb} : Grebo, {grc} : Ancient
+Greek, {el} : Modern Greek, {gn} : Guarani, {gu} : Gujarati, {gwi} :
+Gwich'in, {hai} : Haida, {ht} : Haitian, {ha} : Hausa, {haw} : Hawaiian,
{he} : Hebrew, {hz} : Herero, {hil} : Hiligaynon, {him} : Himachali, {hi} :
Hindi, {ho} : Hiri Motu, {hit} : Hittite, {hmn} : Hmong, {hu} : Hungarian,
-{hup} : Hupa, {iba} : Iban, {is} : Icelandic, {ibo} : Igbo, {ijo} : Ijo,
-{ilo} : Iloko, [{inc} : Indic (Other)], [{ine} : Indo-European (Other)],
-{id} : Indonesian, {ia} : Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language
-Association), {ie} : Interlingue, {iu} : Inuktitut, {ik} : Inupiaq, [{ira}
-: Iranian (Other)], {ga} : Irish, {mga} : Middle Irish (900-1200), {sga} :
-Old Irish (to 900), [{iro} : Iroquoian languages], {it} : Italian, {ja} :
-Japanese, {jw} : Javanese, {jrb} : Judeo-Arabic, {jpr} : Judeo-Persian,
-{kab} : Kabyle, {kac} : Kachin, {kl} : Kalaallisut, {kam} : Kamba, {kn} :
-Kannada, {kau} : Kanuri, {kaa} : Kara-Kalpak, {kar} : Karen, {ks} :
-Kashmiri, {kaw} : Kawi, {kk} : Kazakh, {kha} : Khasi, {km} : Khmer, [{khi}
-: Khoisan (Other)], {kho} : Khotanese, {ki} : Kikuyu, {kmb} : Kimbundu,
-{rw} : Kinyarwanda, {ky} : Kirghiz, {i-klingon} : Klingon, {kv} : Komi,
-{kon} : Kongo, {kok} : Konkani, {ko} : Korean, {kos} : Kosraean, {kpe} :
-Kpelle, {kro} : Kru, {kj} : Kuanyama, {kum} : Kumyk, {ku} : Kurdish, {kru}
-: Kurukh, {kut} : Kutenai, {lad} : Ladino, {lah} : Lahnda, {lam} : Lamba,
-{lo} : Lao, {la} : Latin, {lv} : Latvian, {lb} : Letzeburgesch, {lez} :
-Lezghian, {ln} : Lingala, {lt} : Lithuanian, {nds} : Low German, {loz} :
-Lozi, {lub} : Luba-Katanga, {lua} : Luba-Lulua, {lui} : Luiseno, {lun} :
-Lunda, {luo} : Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), {lus} : Lushai, {mk} : Macedonian,
-{mad} : Madurese, {mag} : Magahi, {mai} : Maithili, {mak} : Makasar, {mg} :
-Malagasy, {ms} : Malay, {ml} : Malayalam, {mt} : Maltese, {mnc} : Manchu,
-{mdr} : Mandar, {man} : Mandingo, {mni} : Manipuri, [{mno} : Manobo
-languages], {gv} : Manx, {mi} : Maori, {mr} : Marathi, {chm} : Mari, {mh} :
-Marshall, {mwr} : Marwari, {mas} : Masai, [{myn} : Mayan languages], {men}
-: Mende, {mic} : Micmac, {min} : Minangkabau, {i-mingo} : Mingo, [{mis} :
-Miscellaneous languages], {moh} : Mohawk, {mo} : Moldavian, [{mkh} :
-Mon-Khmer (Other)], {lol} : Mongo, {mn} : Mongolian, {mos} : Mossi, [{mul}
-: Multiple languages], [{mun} : Munda languages], {nah} : Nahuatl, {na} :
-Nauru, {nv} : Navajo, {nd} : North Ndebele, {nr} : South Ndebele, {ng} :
-Ndonga, {ne} : Nepali, {new} : Newari, {nia} : Nias, [{nic} :
+{hup} : Hupa, {iba} : Iban, {is} : Icelandic, {io} : Ido, {ig} : Igbo,
+{ijo} : Ijo, {ilo} : Iloko, [{inc} : Indic (Other)], [{ine} : Indo-European
+(Other)], {id} : Indonesian, {inh} : Ingush, {ia} : Interlingua
+(International Auxiliary Language Association), {ie} : Interlingue, {iu} :
+Inuktitut, {ik} : Inupiaq, [{ira} : Iranian (Other)], {ga} : Irish, {mga} :
+Middle Irish (900-1200), {sga} : Old Irish (to 900), [{iro} : Iroquoian
+languages], {it} : Italian, {ja} : Japanese, {jv} : Javanese, {jrb} :
+Judeo-Arabic, {jpr} : Judeo-Persian, {kbd} : Kabardian, {kab} : Kabyle,
+{kac} : Kachin, {kl} : Kalaallisut, {xal} : Kalmyk, {kam} : Kamba, {kn} :
+Kannada, {kr} : Kanuri, {krc} : Karachay-Balkar, {kaa} : Kara-Kalpak, {kar}
+: Karen, {ks} : Kashmiri, {csb} : Kashubian, {kaw} : Kawi, {kk} : Kazakh,
+{kha} : Khasi, {km} : Khmer, [{khi} : Khoisan (Other)], {kho} : Khotanese,
+{ki} : Kikuyu, {kmb} : Kimbundu, {rw} : Kinyarwanda, {ky} : Kirghiz,
+{i-klingon} : Klingon, {kv} : Komi, {kg} : Kongo, {kok} : Konkani, {ko} :
+Korean, {kos} : Kosraean, {kpe} : Kpelle, {kro} : Kru, {kj} : Kuanyama,
+{kum} : Kumyk, {ku} : Kurdish, {kru} : Kurukh, {kut} : Kutenai, {lad} :
+Ladino, {lah} : Lahnda, {lam} : Lamba, {lo} : Lao, {la} : Latin, {lv} :
+Latvian, {lb} : Letzeburgesch, {lez} : Lezghian, {li} : Limburgish, {ln} :
+Lingala, {lt} : Lithuanian, {nds} : Low German, {art-lojban} : Lojban
+(Artificial), {loz} : Lozi, {lu} : Luba-Katanga, {lua} : Luba-Lulua, {lui}
+: Luiseno, {lun} : Lunda, {luo} : Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), {lus} : Lushai,
+{mk} : Macedonian, {mad} : Madurese, {mag} : Magahi, {mai} : Maithili,
+{mak} : Makasar, {mg} : Malagasy, {ms} : Malay, {ml} : Malayalam, {mt} :
+Maltese, {mnc} : Manchu, {mdr} : Mandar, {man} : Mandingo, {mni} :
+Manipuri, [{mno} : Manobo languages], {gv} : Manx, {mi} : Maori, {mr} :
+Marathi, {chm} : Mari, {mh} : Marshall, {mwr} : Marwari, {mas} : Masai,
+[{myn} : Mayan languages], {men} : Mende, {mic} : Micmac, {min} :
+Minangkabau, {i-mingo} : Mingo, [{mis} : Miscellaneous languages], {moh} :
+Mohawk, {mdf} : Moksha, {mo} : Moldavian, [{mkh} : Mon-Khmer (Other)],
+{lol} : Mongo, {mn} : Mongolian, {mos} : Mossi, [{mul} : Multiple
+languages], [{mun} : Munda languages], {nah} : Nahuatl, {nap} : Neapolitan,
+{na} : Nauru, {nv} : Navajo, {nd} : North Ndebele, {nr} : South Ndebele,
+{ng} : Ndonga, {ne} : Nepali, {new} : Newari, {nia} : Nias, [{nic} :
Niger-Kordofanian (Other)], [{ssa} : Nilo-Saharan (Other)], {niu} : Niuean,
-{non} : Old Norse, [{nai} : North American Indian], {se} : Northern Sami,
-{no} : Norwegian, {nb} : Norwegian Bokmal, {nn} : Norwegian Nynorsk, [{nub}
-: Nubian languages], {nym} : Nyamwezi, {nyn} : Nyankole, {nyo} : Nyoro,
-{nzi} : Nzima, {oc} : Occitan (post 1500), {oji} : Ojibwa, {or} : Oriya,
-{om} : Oromo, {osa} : Osage, {os} : Ossetian; Ossetic, [{oto} : Otomian
+{nog} : Nogai, {non} : Old Norse, [{nai} : North American Indian], {no} :
+Norwegian, {nb} : Norwegian Bokmal, {nn} : Norwegian Nynorsk, [{nub} :
+Nubian languages], {nym} : Nyamwezi, {nyn} : Nyankole, {nyo} : Nyoro, {nzi}
+: Nzima, {oc} : Occitan (post 1500), {oj} : Ojibwa, {or} : Oriya, {om} :
+Oromo, {osa} : Osage, {os} : Ossetian; Ossetic, [{oto} : Otomian
languages], {pal} : Pahlavi, {i-pwn} : Paiwan, {pau} : Palauan, {pi} :
Pali, {pam} : Pampanga, {pag} : Pangasinan, {pa} : Panjabi, {pap} :
Papiamento, [{paa} : Papuan (Other)], {fa} : Persian, {peo} : Old Persian
Raeto-Romance, {raj} : Rajasthani, {rap} : Rapanui, {rar} : Rarotongan,
[{qaa - qtz} : Reserved for local use.], [{roa} : Romance (Other)], {ro} :
Romanian, {rom} : Romany, {rn} : Rundi, {ru} : Russian, [{sal} : Salishan
-languages], {sam} : Samaritan Aramaic, [{smi} : Sami languages (Other)],
-{sm} : Samoan, {sad} : Sandawe, {sg} : Sango, {sa} : Sanskrit, {sat} :
-Santali, {sc} : Sardinian, {sas} : Sasak, {sco} : Scots, {sel} : Selkup,
-[{sem} : Semitic (Other)], {sr} : Serbian, {srr} : Serer, {shn} : Shan,
-{sn} : Shona, {sid} : Sidamo, {sgn-...} : Sign Languages, {bla} : Siksika,
-{sd} : Sindhi, {si} : Sinhalese, [{sit} : Sino-Tibetan (Other)], [{sio} :
-Siouan languages], {den} : Slave (Athapascan), [{sla} : Slavic (Other)],
-{sk} : Slovak, {sl} : Slovenian, {sog} : Sogdian, {so} : Somali, {son} :
-Songhai, {snk} : Soninke, {wen} : Sorbian languages, {nso} : Northern
-Sotho, {st} : Southern Sotho, [{sai} : South American Indian (Other)], {es}
-: Spanish, {suk} : Sukuma, {sux} : Sumerian, {su} : Sundanese, {sus} :
-Susu, {sw} : Swahili, {ss} : Swati, {sv} : Swedish, {syr} : Syriac, {tl} :
-Tagalog, {ty} : Tahitian, [{tai} : Tai (Other)], {tg} : Tajik, {tmh} :
-Tamashek, {ta} : Tamil, {i-tao} : Tao, {tt} : Tatar, {i-tay} : Tayal, {te}
-: Telugu, {ter} : Tereno, {tet} : Tetum, {th} : Thai, {bo} : Tibetan, {tig}
-: Tigre, {ti} : Tigrinya, {tem} : Timne, {tiv} : Tiv, {tli} : Tlingit,
-{tpi} : Tok Pisin, {tkl} : Tokelau, {tog} : Tonga (Nyasa), {to} : Tonga
-(Tonga Islands), {tsi} : Tsimshian, {ts} : Tsonga, {i-tsu} : Tsou, {tn} :
-Tswana, {tum} : Tumbuka, {tr} : Turkish, {ota} : Ottoman Turkish
-(1500-1928), {tk} : Turkmen, {tvl} : Tuvalu, {tyv} : Tuvinian, {tw} : Twi,
-{uga} : Ugaritic, {ug} : Uighur, {uk} : Ukrainian, {umb} : Umbundu, {und} :
-Undetermined, {ur} : Urdu, {uz} : Uzbek, {vai} : Vai, {ven} : Venda, {vi} :
-Vietnamese, {vo} : Volapuk, {vot} : Votic, [{wak} : Wakashan languages],
-{wal} : Walamo, {war} : Waray, {was} : Washo, {cy} : Welsh, {wo} : Wolof,
-{x-...} : Unregistered (Semi-Private Use), {xh} : Xhosa, {sah} : Yakut,
-{yao} : Yao, {yap} : Yapese, {yi} : Yiddish, {yo} : Yoruba, [{ypk} : Yupik
-languages], {znd} : Zande, [{zap} : Zapotec], {zen} : Zenaga, {za} :
-Zhuang, {zu} : Zulu, {zun} : Zuni
+languages], {sam} : Samaritan Aramaic, {se} : Northern Sami, {sma} :
+Southern Sami, {smn} : Inari Sami, {smj} : Lule Sami, {sms} : Skolt Sami,
+[{smi} : Sami languages (Other)], {sm} : Samoan, {sad} : Sandawe, {sg} :
+Sango, {sa} : Sanskrit, {sat} : Santali, {sc} : Sardinian, {sas} : Sasak,
+{sco} : Scots, {sel} : Selkup, [{sem} : Semitic (Other)], {sr} : Serbian,
+{srr} : Serer, {shn} : Shan, {sn} : Shona, {sid} : Sidamo, {sgn-...} : Sign
+Languages, {bla} : Siksika, {sd} : Sindhi, {si} : Sinhalese, [{sit} :
+Sino-Tibetan (Other)], [{sio} : Siouan languages], {den} : Slave
+(Athapascan), [{sla} : Slavic (Other)], {sk} : Slovak, {sl} : Slovenian,
+{sog} : Sogdian, {so} : Somali, {son} : Songhai, {snk} : Soninke, {wen} :
+Sorbian languages, {nso} : Northern Sotho, {st} : Southern Sotho, [{sai} :
+South American Indian (Other)], {es} : Spanish, {suk} : Sukuma, {sux} :
+Sumerian, {su} : Sundanese, {sus} : Susu, {sw} : Swahili, {ss} : Swati,
+{sv} : Swedish, {syr} : Syriac, {tl} : Tagalog, {ty} : Tahitian, [{tai} :
+Tai (Other)], {tg} : Tajik, {tmh} : Tamashek, {ta} : Tamil, {i-tao} : Tao,
+{tt} : Tatar, {i-tay} : Tayal, {te} : Telugu, {ter} : Tereno, {tet} :
+Tetum, {th} : Thai, {bo} : Tibetan, {tig} : Tigre, {ti} : Tigrinya, {tem} :
+Timne, {tiv} : Tiv, {tli} : Tlingit, {tpi} : Tok Pisin, {tkl} : Tokelau,
+{tog} : Tonga (Nyasa), {to} : Tonga (Tonga Islands), {tsi} : Tsimshian,
+{ts} : Tsonga, {i-tsu} : Tsou, {tn} : Tswana, {tum} : Tumbuka, [{tup} :
+Tupi languages], {tr} : Turkish, {ota} : Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928), {crh}
+: Crimean Turkish, {tk} : Turkmen, {tvl} : Tuvalu, {tyv} : Tuvinian, {tw} :
+Twi, {udm} : Udmurt, {uga} : Ugaritic, {ug} : Uighur, {uk} : Ukrainian,
+{umb} : Umbundu, {und} : Undetermined, {ur} : Urdu, {uz} : Uzbek, {vai} :
+Vai, {ve} : Venda, {vi} : Vietnamese, {vo} : Volapuk, {vot} : Votic, [{wak}
+: Wakashan languages], {wa} : Walloon, {wal} : Walamo, {war} : Waray, {was}
+: Washo, {cy} : Welsh, {wo} : Wolof, {x-...} : Unregistered (Semi-Private
+Use), {xh} : Xhosa, {sah} : Yakut, {yao} : Yao, {yap} : Yapese, {ii} :
+Sichuan Yi, {yi} : Yiddish, {yo} : Yoruba, [{ypk} : Yupik languages], {znd}
+: Zande, [{zap} : Zapotec], {zen} : Zenaga, {za} : Zhuang, {zu} : Zulu,
+{zun} : Zuni
=item SEE ALSO
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item DEPRECATED
+
=back
=head2 IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory handles
=item DESCRIPTION
new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (),
-rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
+rewind (), close (), tie %hash, 'IO::Dir', DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
=item SEE ALSO
=item METHODS
-open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] )
+open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), open( FILENAME, IOLAYERS )
=item SEE ALSO
add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read (
[ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ),
-count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, ERROR [, TIMEOUT ] )
+count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, EXCEPTION [, TIMEOUT ] )
=item EXAMPLE
=item DESCRIPTION
new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (),
-rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
+rewind (), close (), tie %hash, 'IO::Dir', DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
=item SEE ALSO
=item METHODS
-open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] )
+open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), open( FILENAME, IOLAYERS )
=item SEE ALSO
add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read (
[ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ),
-count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, ERROR [, TIMEOUT ] )
+count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, EXCEPTION [, TIMEOUT ] )
=item EXAMPLE
=item DESCRIPTION
-blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isweak EXPR, openhandle FH, reftype
-EXPR, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
+blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isvstring EXPR, isweak EXPR,
+looks_like_number EXPR, openhandle FH, refaddr EXPR, reftype EXPR,
+set_prototype CODEREF, PROTOTYPE, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
=item KNOWN BUGS
Locale::Language, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, Locale::SubCountry, ISO
3166-1, http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html,
http://www.egt.ie/standards/iso3166/iso3166-1-en.html,
-http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/app-f.html
+http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/app-d-1.html
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 Locale::Maketext -- framework for localization
+=head2 Locale::Maketext - framework for localization
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-encode_base64($str, [$eol]), decode_base64($str)
+encode_base64($str), encode_base64($str, $eol);, decode_base64($str)
=item DIAGNOSTICS
=item DESCRIPTION
-encode_qp($str), decode_qp($str);
+encode_qp($str), encode_qp($str, $eol), decode_qp($str);
=item COPYRIGHT
=item DESCRIPTION
-encode_qp($str), decode_qp($str);
+encode_qp($str), encode_qp($str, $eol), decode_qp($str);
=item COPYRIGHT
=item Autocreating constants
+=over 4
+
+=item Math library
+
+=item Using Math::BigInt::Lite
+
+=back
+
=item BUGS
-=item CAVEAT
+=item CAVEATS
stringify, bstr(), bdiv, Modifying and =, bpow
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=item LICENSE
=item AUTHORS
=over 4
+=item config
+
=item accuracy
+=item precision
+
=item brsft
=item new
=item bone
-=item is_one() / is_zero() / is_nan() / is_positive() / is_negative() /
-is_inf() / is_odd() / is_even() / is_int()
+=item is_one()/is_zero()/is_nan()/is_inf()
+
+=item is_positive()/is_negative()
- $x->is_zero(); # true if arg is +0
- $x->is_nan(); # true if arg is NaN
- $x->is_one(); # true if arg is +1
- $x->is_one('-'); # true if arg is -1
- $x->is_odd(); # true if odd, false for even
- $x->is_even(); # true if even, false for odd
$x->is_positive(); # true if >= 0
$x->is_negative(); # true if < 0
- $x->is_inf(); # true if +inf
- $x->is_inf('-'); # true if -inf (sign is default
-'+')
- $x->is_int(); # true if $x is an integer
+
+=item is_odd()/is_even()/is_int()
=item bcmp
=item bmod
+=item bmodinv
+
+=item bmodpow
+
=item bpow
=item blsft
=item BUGS
-Out of Memory!, Fails to load Calc on Perl prior 5.6.0
+broot() does not work, Out of Memory!, Fails to load Calc on Perl prior
+5.6.0
=item CAVEATS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXPORT
+=item STORAGE
+
+=item METHODS
=item WRAP YOUR OWN
=back
+=head2 Math::BigInt::Scalar - Pure Perl module to test Math::BigInt with
+scalars
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item LICENSE
+
+This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
+under
+the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Math::BigRat - arbitrarily big rationales
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item MATH LIBRARY
+
+=back
+
+=item METHODS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item new()
+
+=item numerator()
+
+=item denominator()
+
+ $d = $x->denominator();
+
+=item parts()
+
+=item as_number()
+
+=item bfac()
+
+=item blog()
+
+=item bround()/round()/bfround()
+
+=item bmod()
+
+=item is_one()
+
+=item is_zero()
+
+=item is_positive()
+
+=item is_negative()
+
+=item is_int()
+
+=item is_odd()
+
+=item is_even()
+
+=item bceil()
+
+=item bfloor()
+
+ $x->bfloor();
+
+=item config
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+inf handling (partial), NaN handling (partial), rounding (not implemented
+except for bceil/bfloor), $x ** $y where $y is not an integer
+
+=item LICENSE
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=back
+
=head2 Math::Complex - complex numbers and associated mathematical
functions
=back
-=head2 Memoize - Make your functions faster by trading space for time
+=head2 Memoize - Make functions faster by trading space for time
=over 4
=back
-=head2 NEXT - Provide a pseudo-class NEXT that allows method redispatch
+=head2 NEXT - Provide a pseudo-class NEXT (et al) that allows method
+redispatch
=over 4
=item Avoiding repetitions
+=item Invoking all versions of a method with a single call
+
+=item Using C<EVERY> methods
+
=back
=item AUTHOR
debug_print ( DIR, TEXT ), debug_text ( TEXT ), command ( CMD [, ARGS, ...
]), unsupported (), response (), parse_response ( TEXT ), getline (),
-ungetline ( TEXT ), read_until_dot (), tied_fh ()
+ungetline ( TEXT ), rawdatasend ( DATA ), read_until_dot (), tied_fh ()
=item EXPORTS
site (ARGS), type (TYPE [, ARGS]), ascii ([ARGS]) binary([ARGS])
ebcdic([ARGS]) byte([ARGS]), rename ( OLDNAME, NEWNAME ), delete ( FILENAME
), cwd ( [ DIR ] ), cdup (), pwd (), restart ( WHERE ), rmdir ( DIR ),
-mkdir ( DIR [, RECURSE ]), ls ( [ DIR ] ), dir ( [ DIR ] ), get (
-REMOTE_FILE [, LOCAL_FILE [, WHERE]] ), put ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ]
-), put_unique ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), append ( LOCAL_FILE [,
-REMOTE_FILE ] ), unique_name (), mdtm ( FILE ), size ( FILE ), supported (
-CMD ), hash ( [FILEHANDLE_GLOB_REF],[ BYTES_PER_HASH_MARK] ), nlst ( [ DIR
-] ), list ( [ DIR ] ), retr ( FILE ), stor ( FILE ), stou ( FILE ), appe (
-FILE ), port ( [ PORT ] ), pasv (), pasv_xfer ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [,
-DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_xfer_unique ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ),
-pasv_wait ( NON_PASV_SERVER ), abort (), quit ()
+mkdir ( DIR [, RECURSE ]), ls ( [ DIR ] ), alloc ( SIZE [, RECORD_SIZE] ),
+dir ( [ DIR ] ), get ( REMOTE_FILE [, LOCAL_FILE [, WHERE]] ), put (
+LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), put_unique ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ),
+append ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), unique_name (), mdtm ( FILE ), size
+( FILE ), supported ( CMD ), hash ( [FILEHANDLE_GLOB_REF],[
+BYTES_PER_HASH_MARK] ), nlst ( [ DIR ] ), list ( [ DIR ] ), retr ( FILE ),
+stor ( FILE ), stou ( FILE ), appe ( FILE ), port ( [ PORT ] ), pasv (),
+pasv_xfer ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_xfer_unique (
+SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_wait ( NON_PASV_SERVER ),
+abort (), quit ()
=over 4
=item UNIMPLEMENTED
-B<ALLO>, B<SMNT>, B<HELP>, B<MODE>, B<SYST>, B<STAT>, B<STRU>, B<REIN>
+B<SMNT>, B<HELP>, B<MODE>, B<SYST>, B<STAT>, B<STRU>, B<REIN>
=item REPORTING BUGS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXAMPLES
-
=item CONSTRUCTOR
new ( [ HOST, ] [ OPTIONS ] )
=item Functions
-Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes]]]);,
-$p->bind($local_addr);, $p->ping($host [, $timeout]);, $p->open($host);,
-$p->open($host);, $p->close();, pingecho($host [, $timeout]);
+Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes [, $device [, $tos
+]]]]]);, $p->ping($host [, $timeout]);, $p->source_verify( { 0 | 1 } );,
+$p->service_check( { 0 | 1 } );, $p->tcp_service_check( { 0 | 1 } );,
+$p->hires( { 0 | 1 } );, $p->bind($local_addr);, $p->open($host);, $p->ack(
+[ $host ] );, $p->nack( $failed_ack_host );, $p->close();, pingecho($host
+[, $timeout]);
=back
-=item WARNING
-
=item NOTES
+=item INSTALL
+
+=item BUGS
+
=item AUTHORS
=item COPYRIGHT
DATA ] ), expand ( ADDRESS ), verify ( ADDRESS ), help ( [ $subject ] ),
quit ()
+=item ADDRESSES
+
=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHOR
=item IMPLEMENTATION
+=item BUGS
+
=item AUTHOR
=back
execve, execvp, exit, exp, fabs, fclose, fcntl, fdopen, feof, ferror,
fflush, fgetc, fgetpos, fgets, fileno, floor, fmod, fopen, fork, fpathconf,
fprintf, fputc, fputs, fread, free, freopen, frexp, fscanf, fseek, fsetpos,
-fstat, ftell, fwrite, getc, getchar, getcwd, getegid, getenv, geteuid,
-getgid, getgrgid, getgrnam, getgroups, getlogin, getpgrp, getpid, getppid,
-getpwnam, getpwuid, gets, getuid, gmtime, isalnum, isalpha, isatty,
-iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace, isupper,
-isxdigit, kill, labs, ldexp, ldiv, link, localeconv, localtime, log, log10,
-longjmp, lseek, malloc, mblen, mbstowcs, mbtowc, memchr, memcmp, memcpy,
-memmove, memset, mkdir, mkfifo, mktime, modf, nice, offsetof, open,
-opendir, pathconf, pause, perror, pipe, pow, printf, putc, putchar, puts,
-qsort, raise, rand, read, readdir, realloc, remove, rename, rewind,
-rewinddir, rmdir, scanf, setgid, setjmp, setlocale, setpgid, setsid,
-setuid, sigaction, siglongjmp, sigpending, sigprocmask, sigsetjmp,
+fstat, fsync, ftell, fwrite, getc, getchar, getcwd, getegid, getenv,
+geteuid, getgid, getgrgid, getgrnam, getgroups, getlogin, getpgrp, getpid,
+getppid, getpwnam, getpwuid, gets, getuid, gmtime, isalnum, isalpha,
+isatty, iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace,
+isupper, isxdigit, kill, labs, ldexp, ldiv, link, localeconv, localtime,
+log, log10, longjmp, lseek, malloc, mblen, mbstowcs, mbtowc, memchr,
+memcmp, memcpy, memmove, memset, mkdir, mkfifo, mktime, modf, nice,
+offsetof, open, opendir, pathconf, pause, perror, pipe, pow, printf, putc,
+putchar, puts, qsort, raise, rand, read, readdir, realloc, remove, rename,
+rewind, rewinddir, rmdir, scanf, setgid, setjmp, setlocale, setpgid,
+setsid, setuid, sigaction, siglongjmp, sigpending, sigprocmask, sigsetjmp,
sigsuspend, sin, sinh, sleep, sprintf, sqrt, srand, sscanf, stat, strcat,
strchr, strcmp, strcoll, strcpy, strcspn, strerror, strftime, strlen,
strncat, strncmp, strncpy, strpbrk, strrchr, strspn, strstr, strtod,
=item POSIX::SigAction
-new
+new, handler, mask, flags, safe
=item POSIX::SigSet
=item DESCRIPTION
-unix, stdio, perlio, crlf, utf8, raw
+unix, stdio, perlio, crlf, utf8, bytes, raw, pop
=over 4
+=item Custom Layers
+
+:encoding, :via
+
+=item Alternatives to raw
+
=item Defaults and how to override them
+=item Querying the layers of filehandle
+
=back
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 PerlIO::Scalar - support module for in-memory IO.
+=head2 PerlIO::encoding - encoding layer
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 PerlIO::scalar - support module for in-memory IO.
=over 4
=back
-=head2 PerlIO::Via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
+=head2 PerlIO::via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item EXPECTED METHODS
+
$class->PUSHED([$mode[,$fh]]), $obj->POPPED([$fh]),
-$class->OPEN($path,$mode[,$fh]), $class->FDOPEN($fd),
-$class->SYSOPEN($path,$imode,$perm,$fh), $obj->FILENO($fh),
+$obj->UTF8($bellowFlag,[$fh]), $obj->OPEN($path,$mode[,$fh]),
+$obj->BINMODE([,$fh]), $obj->FDOPEN($fd[,$fh]),
+$obj->SYSOPEN($path,$imode,$perm,[,$fh]), $obj->FILENO($fh),
$obj->READ($buffer,$len,$fh), $obj->WRITE($buffer,$fh), $obj->FILL($fh),
$obj->CLOSE($fh), $obj->SEEK($posn,$whence,$fh), $obj->TELL($fh),
$obj->UNREAD($buffer,$fh), $obj->FLUSH($fh), $obj->SETLINEBUF($fh),
$obj->CLEARERR($fh), $obj->ERROR($fh), $obj->EOF($fh)
+=item EXAMPLES
+
=over 4
=item Example - a Hexadecimal Handle
=back
+=head2 PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint - PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
=head2 Pod::Checker, podchecker() - check pod documents for syntax errors
=over 4
=item Warnings
-multiple occurence of link target I<name>, line containing nothing but
+multiple occurrence of link target I<name>, line containing nothing but
whitespace in paragraph, file does not start with =head, previous =item has
no contents, preceding non-item paragraph(s), =item type mismatch (I<one>
vs. I<two>), I<N> unescaped C<E<lt>E<gt>> in paragraph, Unknown entity, No
items in =over, No argument for =item, empty section in previous paragraph,
-Verbatim paragraph in NAME section
+Verbatim paragraph in NAME section, =headI<n> without preceding higher
+level
=item Hyperlinks
C<$checker-E<gt>num_errors()>
+C<$checker-E<gt>num_warnings()>
+
C<$checker-E<gt>name()>
C<$checker-E<gt>node()>
=back
-=head2 Pod::ParseLink -- Parse an LE<lt>E<gt> formatting code in POD text
+=head2 Pod::ParseLink - Parse an LE<lt>E<gt> formatting code in POD text
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=item AUTHOR
=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
-=over 4
+=over 4
+
+=item B<parse_paragraph()>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<parse_from_filehandle()>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<parse_from_file()>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item ACCESSOR METHODS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<errorsub()>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<cutting()>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<parseopts()>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<output_file()>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<output_handle()>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<input_file()>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<input_handle()>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<input_streams()>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<top_stream()>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item PRIVATE METHODS AND DATA
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<_push_input_stream()>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<_pop_input_stream()>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item TREE-BASED PARSING
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker - let Perldoc check Pod for errors
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToMan - let Perldoc render Pod as man pages
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item CAVEAT
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
-=item B<parse_paragraph()>
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=over 4
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff - let Perldoc convert Pod to nroff
-=item B<parse_from_filehandle()>
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=over 4
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item B<parse_from_file()>
+=item CAVEAT
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
-=over 4
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
-=item ACCESSOR METHODS
+=item AUTHOR
=back
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToPod - let Perldoc render Pod as ... Pod!
+
=over 4
-=item B<errorsub()>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item B<cutting()>
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf - let Perldoc render Pod as RTF
+
=over 4
-=item B<parseopts()>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item B<output_file()>
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToText - let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext
+
=over 4
-=item B<output_handle()>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item CAVEAT
-=item B<input_file()>
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToTk - let Perldoc use Tk::Pod to render Pod
+
=over 4
-=item B<input_handle()>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item B<input_streams()>
+=item AUTHOR
=back
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToXml - let Perldoc render Pod as XML
+
=over 4
-=item B<top_stream()>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item PRIVATE METHODS AND DATA
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
+=head2 Pod::PlainText - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
+
=over 4
-=item B<_push_input_stream()>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+alt, indent, loose, sentence, width
-=item B<_pop_input_stream()>
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
-=back
+Bizarre space in item, Can't open %s for reading: %s, Unknown escape: %s,
+Unknown sequence: %s, Unmatched =back
-=over 4
+=item RESTRICTIONS
-=item TREE-BASED PARSING
+=item NOTES
=item SEE ALSO
=item DESCRIPTION
-alt, code, indent, loose, quotes, sentence, width
+alt, code, indent, loose, margin, quotes, sentence, width
=item DIAGNOSTICS
=back
-=head2 Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Text::Color - Convert POD data to ASCII
-text with format escapes
+=head2 Pod::Text::Termcap - Convert POD data to ASCII text with format
+escapes
=over 4
=back
-=head2 Pod::t::basic, basic.pod - Test of various basic POD features in
-translators.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item HEADINGS
-
-=item This C<is> a "level 1" heading
-
-=over 4
-
-=item ``Level'' "2 I<heading>
-
-=back
-
-=item This C<is> a "level 1" heading
-
-=over 4
-
-=item ``Level'' 2 I<heading>
-
-=back
-
-=item LINKS
-
-=item OVER AND ITEMS
-
-This is a test, a, b, a, b, c, d, "foo", B<bar>, C<baz>, Some longer item
-text
-
-=item FORMATTING CODES
-
-E<amp>, E<apos>, E<lt>, E<gt>, E<quot>, E<sol>
-
-=item VERBATIM
-
-=item CONCLUSION
-
-=back
-
=head2 SDBM_File - Tied access to sdbm files
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isweak EXPR, openhandle FH, reftype
-EXPR, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
+blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isvstring EXPR, isweak EXPR,
+looks_like_number EXPR, openhandle FH, refaddr EXPR, reftype EXPR,
+set_prototype CODEREF, PROTOTYPE, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
=item KNOWN BUGS
=back
-=head2 Storable - persistency for perl data structures
+=head2 Storable - persistence for Perl data structures
=over 4
=item CANONICAL REPRESENTATION
+=item CODE REFERENCES
+
+=item FORWARD COMPATIBILITY
+
+utf8 data, restricted hashes, files from future versions of Storable
+
=item ERROR REPORTING
=item WIZARDS ONLY
=item BUGS
-=item CREDITS
+=over 4
-=item TRANSLATIONS
+=item 64 bit data in perl 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
+
+=back
+
+=item CREDITS
=item AUTHOR
=item DESCRIPTION
openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
-setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type (added in 5.004_02),
-closelog
+setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added
+in 5.004_02), closelog
=item EXAMPLES
=item DESCRIPTION
openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
-setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type (added in 5.004_02),
-closelog
+setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added
+in 5.004_02), closelog
=item EXAMPLES
=item AUTHORS
-=item LICENSE
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
=back
-=head2 Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various C<readline> packages. If
-no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic functions.
+=head2 Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various C<readline> packages.
+If no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic functions.
=over 4
=item Minimal set of supported functions
-C<ReadLine>, C<new>, C<readline>, C<addhistory>, C<IN>, $C<OUT>,
-C<MinLine>, C<findConsole>, Attribs, C<Features>
+C<ReadLine>, C<new>, C<readline>, C<addhistory>, C<IN>, C<OUT>, C<MinLine>,
+C<findConsole>, Attribs, C<Features>
=item Additional supported functions
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item QUICK START GUIDE
+
=over 4
=item Functions
-B<plan>
+C<plan(...)>, C<tests =E<gt> I<number>>, C<todo =E<gt> [I<1,5,14>]>,
+C<onfail =E<gt> sub { ... }>, C<onfail =E<gt> \&some_sub>
=back
B<_to_value>
-B<ok>
+C<ok(...)>
+
+C<skip(I<skip_if_true>, I<args...>)>
=over 4
B<no_plan>
+B<has_plan>
+
B<skip_all>
=over 4
B<like>, B<unlike>
+B<maybe_regex>
+
B<cmp_ok>
B<BAILOUT>
B<summary>
-B<details> I<UNIMPLEMENTED>, B<todo>
+B<details>
+
+B<todo>
B<caller>
=over 4
+=item THREADS
+
=item EXAMPLES
=item SEE ALSO
C<All tests successful.\nFiles=%d, Tests=%d, %s>, C<FAILED tests
%s\n\tFailed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.>, C<Test returned status %d (wstat
%d)>, C<Failed 1 test, %.2f%% okay. %s>, C<Failed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.
-%s>, C<FAILED--Further testing stopped%s>
+%s>, C<FAILED--Further testing stopped: %s>
=item ENVIRONMENT
-C<HARNESS_IGNORE_EXITCODE>, C<HARNESS_NOTTY>, C<HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST>,
-C<HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR>, C<HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES>, C<HARNESS_COLUMNS>,
-C<HARNESS_ACTIVE>
+C<HARNESS_ACTIVE>, C<HARNESS_COLUMNS>, C<HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST>,
+C<HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR>, C<HARNESS_IGNORE_EXITCODE>, C<HARNESS_NOTTY>,
+C<HARNESS_OK_SLOW>, C<HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES>, C<HARNESS_VERBOSE>
=item EXAMPLE
=item AUTHORS
+=item LICENSE
+
=item TODO
=item BUGS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
=item Construction
-B<new>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<new>
=back
=back
-B<_init>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_init>
+
+=back
=over 4
=item Analysis
-B<analyze>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<analyze>
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<analyze_fh>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<analyze_file>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_switches>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_INC2PERL5LIB>
=back
-B<analyze_fh>
+=over 4
-B<analyze_file>
+=item C<_filtered_INC>
-B<_switches>
+=back
-B<_INC2PERL5LIB>
+=over 4
-B<_filtered_INC>
+=item C<_restore_PERL5LIB>
-B<_restore_PERL5LIB>
+=back
=over 4
=item Parsing
-B<_is_comment>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_is_comment>
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_is_header>
=back
-B<_is_header>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_is_test>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_is_bail_out>
+
+=back
-B<_is_test>
+=over 4
-B<_is_bail_out>
+=item C<_reset_file_state>
-B<_reset_file_state>
+=back
=over 4
=item Results
-B<_detailize>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_detailize>
+
+=back
=back
B<TODO: BLOCK>, B<todo_skip>
+When do I use SKIP vs. TODO?
+
=over 4
=item Comparison functions
=item C<extract_bracketed>
+=item C<extract_variable>
+
+[0], [1], [2]
+
=item C<extract_tagged>
C<reject =E<gt> $listref>, C<ignore =E<gt> $listref>, C<fail =E<gt> $str>,
=back
-=head2 Thread - manipulate threads in Perl
+=head2 Thread - manipulate threads in Perl (for old code only)
=over 4
=back
=head2 Thread::Signal - Start a thread which runs signal handlers reliably
+(for old code)
=over 4
+=item CAVEAT
+
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
=item C<autochomp>
-=item C<defer>, C<flush>, and C<discard>
+=item C<defer>, C<flush>, C<discard>, and C<autodefer>
+
+=item C<offset>
=back
=item Deferred Writing
-=item CAVEATS
+=over 4
-You might be tempted to think that deferred writing is like transactions,
-with C<flush> as C<commit> and C<discard> as C<rollback>, but it isn't, so
-don't
+=item Autodeferring
+
+=back
+
+=item CONCURRENT ACCESS TO FILES
+
+=item CAVEATS
=item SUBCLASSING
gettimeofday (), usleep ( $useconds ), ualarm ( $useconds [,
$interval_useconds ] ), tv_interval, time (), sleep ( $floating_seconds ),
-alarm ( $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), setitimer,
-getitimer ( $which )
+alarm ( $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), setitimer (
+$which, $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), getitimer (
+$which )
=item EXAMPLES
=item C API
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item negative time not invented yet
+
+=item internal error: useconds < 0 (unsigned ... signed ...)
+
+=back
+
=item CAVEATS
=item AUTHORS
-=item REVISION
-
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
=item BUGS
+=item SUPPORT
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
=head2 Time::gmtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime()
=item DESCRIPTION
-$obj->isa( TYPE ), CLASS->isa( TYPE ), isa( VAL, TYPE ), $obj->can( METHOD
-), CLASS->can( METHOD ), can( VAL, METHOD ), VERSION ( [ REQUIRE ] )
+C<< $obj->isa( TYPE ) >>, C<< CLASS->isa( TYPE ) >>, C<isa( VAL, TYPE )>,
+C<TYPE>, C<$obj>, C<CLASS>, C<VAL>, C<< $obj->can( METHOD ) >>, C<<
+CLASS->can( METHOD ) >>, C<can( VAL, METHOD )>, C<VERSION ( [ REQUIRE ] )>
+
+=item EXPORTS
=back
-=head2 Unicode::Collate - use UCA (Unicode Collation Algorithm)
+=head2 Unicode::Collate - Unicode Collation Algorithm
=over 4
=item Constructor and Tailoring
-alternate, backwards, entry, ignoreName, ignoreChar, level, normalization,
-overrideCJK, overrideHangul, preprocess, rearrange, table, undefName,
-undefChar, katakana_before_hiragana, upper_before_lower
+UCA_Version, alternate, backwards, entry, ignoreName, ignoreChar, level,
+normalization, overrideCJK, overrideHangul, preprocess, rearrange, table,
+undefName, undefChar, katakana_before_hiragana, upper_before_lower
-=item Other methods
+=item Methods for Collation
C<@sorted = $Collator-E<gt>sort(@not_sorted)>, C<$result =
$Collator-E<gt>cmp($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>eq($a, $b)>,
C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>ne($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>lt($a,
$b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>le($a, $b)>, C<$result =
$Collator-E<gt>gt($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>ge($a, $b)>,
-C<$sortKey = $Collator-E<gt>getSortKey($string)>, C<$position =
-$Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring)>, C<($position, $length) =
-$Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring)>
+C<$sortKey = $Collator-E<gt>getSortKey($string)>, C<$sortKeyForm =
+$Collator-E<gt>viewSortKey($string)>
-=item EXPORT
+=item Methods for Searching
-=item TODO
+C<$position = $Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring[, $position])>,
+C<($position, $length) = $Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring[,
+$position])>, C<$match_ref = $Collator-E<gt>match($string, $substring)>,
+C<($match) = $Collator-E<gt>match($string, $substring)>, C<@match =
+$Collator-E<gt>gmatch($string, $substring)>, C<$count =
+$Collator-E<gt>subst($string, $substring, $replacement)>, C<$count =
+$Collator-E<gt>gsubst($string, $substring, $replacement)>
+
+=item Other Methods
+
+C<%old_tailoring = $Collator-E<gt>change(%new_tailoring)>, UCA_Version,
+Base_Unicode_Version
+
+=item EXPORT
=item CAVEAT
+=item Conformance Test
+
=back
=item AUTHOR
=item SEE ALSO
-Unicode Collation Algorithm - Unicode TR #10, L<Unicode::Normalize>
+http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr10/,
+http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr10/allkeys.txt,
+http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr10/CollationTest.html
+http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr10/CollationTest.zip,
+http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr15/, L<Unicode::Normalize>
=back
-=head2 Unicode::Normalize - normalized forms of Unicode text
+=head2 Unicode::Normalize - Unicode Normalization Forms
=over 4
C<$codepoint_composite = getComposite($codepoint_here, $codepoint_next)>,
C<$combining_class = getCombinClass($codepoint)>, C<$is_exclusion =
isExclusion($codepoint)>, C<$is_singleton = isSingleton($codepoint)>,
-C<$is_non_startar_decomposition = isNonStDecomp($codepoint)>,
+C<$is_non_starter_decomposition = isNonStDecomp($codepoint)>,
C<$may_be_composed_with_prev_char = isComp2nd($codepoint)>
=item EXPORT
=item SEE ALSO
http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr15/,
-http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/DerivedNormalizationProperties.txt
+http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/DerivedNormalizationProps.txt
=back
Win32::CopyFile(FROM, TO, OVERWRITE), Win32::DomainName(),
Win32::ExpandEnvironmentStrings(STRING), Win32::FormatMessage(ERRORCODE),
Win32::FsType(), Win32::FreeLibrary(HANDLE), Win32::GetArchName(),
-Win32::GetChipName(), Win32::GetCwd(), Win32::GetFullPathName(FILENAME),
-Win32::GetLastError(), Win32::GetLongPathName(PATHNAME),
-Win32::GetNextAvailDrive(), Win32::GetOSVersion(),
+Win32::GetChipName(), Win32::GetCwd(), Win32::GetFolderPath(FOLDER [,
+CREATE]), Win32::GetFullPathName(FILENAME), Win32::GetLastError(),
+Win32::GetLongPathName(PATHNAME), Win32::GetNextAvailDrive(),
+Win32::GetOSVersion(), Win32::GetOSName(),
Win32::GetShortPathName(PATHNAME), Win32::GetProcAddress(INSTANCE,
PROCNAME), Win32::GetTickCount(), Win32::InitiateSystemShutdown,
Win32::IsWinNT(), Win32::IsWin95(), Win32::LoadLibrary(LIBNAME),
=back
-=head2 XS::Typemap - module to test the XS typemaps distributed with perl
+=head2 XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
-
=over 4
-=item NOTES
+=item Migration from C<DynaLoader>
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Backward compatible boilerplate
=back
-=head2 XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
+=item Order of initialization: early load()
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item The most hairy case
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
+
+=item LIMITATIONS
=item AUTHOR
=item a2p
-=item s2p
+=item c2ph
-=item find2perl
+=item dprofpp
=item h2ph
-=item c2ph
-
=item h2xs
-=item xsubpp
+=item perlbug
+
+=item perldoc
+
+=item pl2pm
+
+=item pod2html
=item pod2man
-=item wrapsuid
+=item s2p
+
+=item splain
+
+=item xsubpp
=back