=item NOTES
+=head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 1997/03/25
+18:20:48 $)
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+perlfaq: Structural overview of the FAQ, L<perlfaq1>: General Questions
+About Perl, L<perlfaq2>: Obtaining and Learning about Perl, L<perlfaq3>:
+Programming Tools, L<perlfaq4>: Data Manipulation, L<perlfaq5>: Files and
+Formats, L<perlfaq6>: Regexps, L<perlfaq7>: General Perl Language Issues,
+L<perlfaq8>: System Interaction, L<perlfaq9>: Networking
+
+=over
+
+=item Where to get this document
+
+=item How to contribute to this document
+
+=item What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the
+authors
+
+=back
+
+=item Credits
+
+=item Author and Copyright Information
+
+=over
+
+=item Noncommercial Reproduction
+
+=item Commercial Reproduction
+
+=item Disclaimer
+
+=back
+
+=item Changes
+
+25/March/97, 18/March/97, 17/March/97 Version, Initial Release: 11/March/97
+
+=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.11 $, $Date:
+1997/03/19 17:23:09 $)
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item What is Perl?
+
+=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
+
+=item Which version of Perl should I use?
+
+=item What are perl4 and perl5?
+
+=item How stable is Perl?
+
+=item Is Perl difficult to learn?
+
+=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
+Scheme, or Tcl?
+
+=item Can I do [task] in Perl?
+
+=item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
+
+=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
+
+=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
+
+=item What is a JAPH?
+
+=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
+
+=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
+(5/5.004/Perl instead of some other language)?
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.15 $,
+$Date: 1997/03/25 18:15:48 $)
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
+
+=item How can I get a binary version of Perl?
+
+=item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
+
+=item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts
+don't work.
+
+=item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic
+loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
+
+=item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
+What does CPAN/src/... mean?
+
+=item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?
+
+=item Where can I get information on Perl?
+
+=item What are the Perl newsgroups on USENET? Where do I post questions?
+
+=item Where should I post source code?
+
+=item Perl Books
+
+=item Perl in Magazines
+
+=item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
+
+=item What mailing lists are there for perl?
+
+MacPerl, Perl5-Porters, NTPerl, Perl-Packrats
+
+=item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
+
+=item Perl Training
+
+=item Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
+
+=item Where do I send bug reports?
+
+=item What is perl.com? perl.org? The Perl Institute?
+
+=item How do I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.20 $, $Date: 1997/03/19
+17:23:43 $)
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item How do I do (anything)?
+
+=item How can I use Perl interactively?
+
+=item Is there a Perl shell?
+
+=item How do I debug my Perl programs?
+
+=item How do I profile my Perl programs?
+
+=item How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
+
+=item Is there a pretty-printer (formatter) for Perl?
+
+=item Is there a ctags for Perl?
+
+=item Where can I get Perl macros for vi?
+
+=item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs?
+
+=item How can I use curses with Perl?
+
+=item How can I use X or Tk with Perl?
+
+=item How can I generate simple menus without using CGI or Tk?
+
+=item Can I dynamically load C routines into Perl?
+
+=item What is undump?
+
+=item How can I make my Perl program run faster?
+
+=item How can I make my Perl program take less memory?
+
+=item Is it unsafe to return a pointer to local data?
+
+=item How can I free an array or hash so my program shrinks?
+
+=item How can I make my CGI script more efficient?
+
+=item How can I hide the source for my Perl program?
+
+=item How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
+
+=item How can I get '#!perl' to work on [MS-DOS,Windows NT,...]?
+
+=item Can I write useful perl programs on the command line?
+
+=item Why don't perl one-liners work on my MS-DOS/Macintosh/VMS system?
+
+=item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
+
+=item Where can I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
+
+=item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]
+
+=item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in
+my C program, what am I doing wrong?
+
+=item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it
+mean?
+
+=item What's MakeMaker?
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.17 $, $Date: 1997/03/25
+18:16:24 $)
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Data: Numbers
+
+=over
+
+=item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
+
+=item Does perl have a round function? What about ceil() and floor()?
+Trig functions?
+
+=item How do I convert bits into ints?
+
+=item How do I multiply matrices?
+
+=item How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
+
+=item How can I output Roman numerals?
+
+=item Why aren't my random numbers random?
+
+=back
+
+=item Data: Dates
+
+=over
+
+=item How do I find the week-of-the-year/day-of-the-year?
+
+=item How can I compare two date strings?
+
+=item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
+
+=item How can I find the Julian Day?
+
+=item Does Perl have a year 2000 problem?
+
+=back
+
+=item Data: Strings
+
+=over
+
+=item How do I validate input?
+
+=item How do I unescape a string?
+
+=item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
+
+=item How do I expand function calls in a string?
+
+=item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
+
+=item How do I reverse a string?
+
+=item How do I expand tabs in a string?
+
+=item How do I reformat a paragraph?
+
+=item How can I access/change the first N letters of a string?
+
+=item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
+
+=item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
+string?
+
+=item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
+
+=item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
+[character]? (Comma-separated files)
+
+=item How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?
+
+=item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
+
+=item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
+
+=item How can I expand variables in text strings?
+
+=item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
+
+=item Why don't my <<HERE documents work?
+
+1. There must be no space after the << part, 2. There (probably) should be
+a semicolon at the end, 3. You can't (easily) have any space in front of
+the tag
+
+=back
+
+=item Data: Arrays
+
+=over
+
+=item What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?
+
+=item How can I extract just the unique elements of an array?
+
+a) If @in is sorted, and you want @out to be sorted:, b) If you don't know
+whether @in is sorted:, c) Like (b), but @in contains only small integers:,
+d) A way to do (b) without any loops or greps:, e) Like (d), but @in
+contains only small positive integers:
+
+=item How can I tell whether an array contains a certain element?
+
+=item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
+intersection of two arrays?
+
+=item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
+
+=item How do I handle linked lists?
+
+=item How do I handle circular lists?
+
+=item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
+
+=item How do I process/modify each element of an array?
+
+=item How do I select a random element from an array?
+
+=item How do I permute N elements of a list?
+
+=item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
+
+=item How do I manipulate arrays of bits?
+
+=item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
+
+=back
+
+=item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
+
+=over
+
+=item How do I process an entire hash?
+
+=item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
+it?
+
+=item How do I look up a hash element by value?
+
+=item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
+
+=item How do I sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
+
+=item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
+
+=item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
+
+=item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
+
+=item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
+
+=item How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
+
+=item How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
+
+=item How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?
+
+=item Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create
+it?
+
+=item How can I make the Perl equivalent of a C structure/C++ class/hash
+or array of hashes or arrays?
+
+=item How can I use a reference as a hash key?
+
+=back
+
+=item Data: Misc
+
+=over
+
+=item How do I handle binary data correctly?
+
+=item How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?
+
+=item How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
+
+=item How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?
+
+=item How do I define methods for every class/object?
+
+=item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.20 $, $Date: 1997/03/19
+17:24:51 $)
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item How do I flush/unbuffer a filehandle? Why must I do this?
+
+=item How do I change one line in a file/delete a line in a file/insert a
+line in the middle of a file/append to the beginning of a file?
+
+=item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
+
+=item How do I make a temporary file name?
+
+=item How can I manipulate fixed-record-length files?
+
+=item How can I make a filehandle local to a subroutine? How do I pass
+filehandles between subroutines? How do I make an array of filehandles?
+
+=item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
+
+=item How can I write() into a string?
+
+=item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
+
+=item How can I translate tildes (~) in a filename?
+
+=item How come when I open the file read-write it wipes it out?
+
+=item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use <*>?
+
+=item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
+
+=item How can I open a file with a leading "E<gt>" or trailing blanks?
+
+=item How can I reliably rename a file?
+
+=item How can I lock a file?
+
+=item What can't I just open(FH, ">file.lock")?
+
+=item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number
+in the file. How can I do this?
+
+=item How do I randomly update a binary file?
+
+=item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
+
+=item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
+
+=item How do I print to more than one file at once?
+
+=item How can I read in a file by paragraphs?
+
+=item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
+
+=item How can I tell if there's a character waiting on a filehandle?
+
+=item How do I open a file without blocking?
+
+=item How do I create a file only if it doesn't exist?
+
+=item How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl?
+
+=item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
+
+=item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
+
+=item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in MS-DOS paths? What doesn't
+`C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
+
+=item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
+
+=item Why does Perl let me delete read-only files? Why does C<-i> clobber
+protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl?
+
+=item How do I select a random line from a file?
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=head2 perlfaq6 - Regexps ($Revision: 1.16 $, $Date: 1997/03/25 18:16:56 $)
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
+and unmaintainable code?
+
+Comments Outside the Regexp, Comments Inside the Regexp, Different
+Delimiters
+
+=item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
+
+=item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
+different lines?
+
+=item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
+
+=item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS, but preserving
+case on the RHS?
+
+=item How can I make C<\w> match accented characters?
+
+=item How can I match a locale-smart version of C</[a-zA-Z]/>?
+
+=item How can I quote a variable to use in a regexp?
+
+=item What is C</o> really for?
+
+=item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
+file?
+
+=item Can I use Perl regular expressions to match balanced text?
+
+=item What does it mean that regexps are greedy? How can I get around it?
+
+=item How do I process each word on each line?
+
+=item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
+
+=item How can I do approximate matching?
+
+=item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
+
+=item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
+
+=item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
+
+=item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
+
+=item Are Perl regexps DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
+
+=item What's wrong with using grep or map in a void context?
+
+=item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=head2 perlfaq7 - Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.16 $, $Date:
+1997/03/19 17:25:23 $)
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
+
+=item What are all these $@%* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
+use them?
+
+=item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
+commas?
+
+=item How do I skip some return values?
+
+=item How do I temporarily block warnings?
+
+=item What's an extension?
+
+=item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
+
+=item How do I declare/create a structure?
+
+=item How do I create a module?
+
+=item How do I create a class?
+
+=item How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
+
+=item What's a closure?
+
+=item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
+Regexp}?
+
+Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexps,
+Passing Methods
+
+=item How do I create a static variable?
+
+=item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping?
+Between local() and my()?
+
+=item How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical
+is in scope?
+
+=item What's the difference between deep and shallow binding?
+
+=item Why doesn't "local($foo) = <FILE>;" work right?
+
+=item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method?
+
+=item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
+
+=item How do I create a switch or case statement?
+
+=item How can I catch accesses to undefined variables/functions/methods?
+
+=item Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
+
+=item How can I find out my current package?
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.17 $, $Date: 1997/03/25
+18:17:12 $)
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item How do I find out which operating system I'm running under?
+
+=item How come exec() doesn't return?
+
+=item How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?
+
+Keyboard, Screen, Mouse
+
+=item How do I ask the user for a password?
+
+=item How do I read and write the serial port?
+
+lockfiles, open mode, end of line, flushing output, non-blocking input
+
+=item How do I decode encrypted password files?
+
+=item How do I start a process in the background?
+
+STDIN, STDOUT and STDERR are shared, Signals, Zombies
+
+=item How do I trap control characters/signals?
+
+=item How do I modify the shadow password file on a Unix system?
+
+=item How do I set the time and date?
+
+=item How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second?
+
+=item How can I measure time under a second?
+
+=item How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling)
+
+=item Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? What
+does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean?
+
+=item How can I call my system's unique C functions from Perl?
+
+=item Where do I get the include files to do ioctl() or syscall()?
+
+=item Why do setuid perl scripts complain about kernel problems?
+
+=item How can I open a pipe both to and from a command?
+
+=item Why can't I get the output of a command with system()?
+
+=item How can I capture STDERR from an external command?
+
+=item Why doesn't open() return an error when a pipe open fails?
+
+=item What's wrong with using backticks in a void context?
+
+=item How can I call backticks without shell processing?
+
+=item Why can't my script read from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix,
+^Z on MS-DOS)?
+
+=item How can I convert my shell script to perl?
+
+=item Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session?
+
+=item How can I write expect in Perl?
+
+=item Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as
+"ps"?
+
+=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?
+
+Unix, VMS
+
+=item How do I close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to
+complete?
+
+=item How do I fork a daemon process?
+
+=item How do I make my program run with sh and csh?
+
+=item How do I keep my own module/library directory?
+
+=item How do I find out if I'm running interactively or not?
+
+=item How do I timeout a slow event?
+
+=item How do I set CPU limits?
+
+=item How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system?
+
+=item How do I use an SQL database?
+
+=item How do I make a system() exit on control-C?
+
+=item How do I open a file without blocking?
+
+=item How do I install a CPAN module?
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date: 1997/03/25 18:17:20
+$)
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. Can
+you help me fix it?
+
+=item How do I remove HTML from a string?
+
+=item How do I extract URLs?
+
+=item How do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a
+file on another machine?
+
+=item How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?
+
+=item How do I fetch an HTML file?
+
+=item how do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web?
+
+=item How do I redirect to another page?
+
+=item How do I put a password on my web pages?
+
+=item How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?
+
+=item How do I parse an email header?
+
+=item How do I decode a CGI form?
+
+=item How do I check a valid email address?
+
+=item How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string?
+
+=item How do I return the user's email address?
+
+=item How do I send/read mail?
+
+=item How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address?
+
+=item How do I fetch a news article or the active newsgroups?
+
+=item How do I fetch/put an FTP file?
+
+=item How can I do RPC in Perl?
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
=head2 perldelta - what's new for perl5.004
=item DESCRIPTION
=over
-=item Compilation Option: Binary Compatibility With 5.003
+=item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003
+
+=item $PERL5OPT environment variable
+
+=item Limitations on B<-M>, and C<-m>, and B<-T> options
+
+=item More precise warnings
+
+=item Deprecated: Inherited C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods
+
+=item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
+
+=item Group vector changeable with C<$)>
+
+=item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
+
+=item No resetting of $. on implicit close
+
+=item C<wantarray> may return undef
-=item New Opcode Module and Revised Safe Module
+=item Changes to tainting checks
-=item Fixed Parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
+=item New Opcode module and revised Safe module
-=item Changes to Tainting Checks
+=item Embedding improvements
-=item Internal Change: FileHandle Class Based on IO::* Classes
+=item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes
-=item Internal Change: PerlIO internal IO abstraction interface
+=item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface
-=item New and Changed Built-in Variables
+=item New and changed builtin variables
$^E, $^H, $^M
-=item New and Changed Built-in Functions
+=item New and changed builtin functions
delete on slices, flock, printf and sprintf, keys as an lvalue, my() in
-Control Structures, unpack() and pack(), use VERSION, use Module VERSION
-LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), srand, $_ as Default, C<m//g> does not trigger a
-pos() reset on failure, nested C<sub{}> closures work now, formats work
+Control Structures, pack() and unpack(), sysseek() and systell(), use
+VERSION, use Module VERSION LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), srand, $_ as
+Default, C<m//g> 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 Built-in Methods
+=item New builtin methods
isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
-=item TIEHANDLE Now Supported
+=item TIEHANDLE now supported
-TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, READLINE this, DESTROY this
+TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, READ this LIST, READLINE this,
+GETC this, DESTROY this
-=item Malloc Enhancements
+=item Malloc enhancements
--DEMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
+-DDEBUGGING_MSTATS, -DEMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
-=item Miscellaneous Efficiency Enhancements
+=item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements
=back
=item Pragmata
-use blib, use blib 'dir', use locale, use ops, use vmsish
+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
-=item Installation Directories
+=item Required Updates
-=item Fcntl
+=item Installation directories
+
+=item Module information summary
-=item Module Information Summary
+=item Fcntl
=item IO
=item Math::Complex
+=item Math::Trig
+
=item DB_File
=item Net::Ping
-=item Overridden Built-ins
+=item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators
=back
=item C Language API Changes
-C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, Extended API for manipulating hashes
+C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, C<perl_eval_pv>, Extended API for
+manipulating hashes
=item Documentation Changes
"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, Attempt to free non-existent shared string, Attempt to use reference
-as lvalue in substr, Unsupported function fork, Ill-formed logical name
-|%s| in prime_env_iter, Can't use bareword ("%s") as %s ref while "strict
-refs" in use, Constant subroutine %s redefined, Died, Integer overflow in
-hex number, Integer overflow in octal number, Name "%s::%s" used only once:
-possible typo, Null picture in formline, Offset outside string, Stub found
-while resolving method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Cannot
-resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `s', Out of memory!, Out of
-memory during request for %s, Possible attempt to put comments in qw()
-list, Possible attempt to separate words with commas, Scalar value @%s{%s}
-better written as $%s{%s}, untie attempted while %d inner references still
-exist, Value of %s construct can be "0"; test with defined(), Variable "%s"
-may be unavailable, Variable "%s" will not stay shared, Warning:
-something's wrong, Got an error from DosAllocMem, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX,
+large, Applying %s to %s will act on scalar(%s), Attempt to free
+nonexistent shared string, Attempt to use reference as lvalue in substr,
+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, Illegal character %s
+(carriage return), Illegal switch in PERL5OPT: %s, Integer overflow in hex
+number, Integer overflow in octal number, internal error: glob failed, 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,
+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 package `%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 Integer Arithmetic
+=item Floating-point Arithmetic
+
=back
=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
=over
+=item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems
+
+OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh
+
=item Switches
B<-0>[I<digits>], B<-a>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-d:>I<foo>, B<-D>I<number>,
=item ENVIRONMENT
-HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERLLIB, PERL5DB, PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS,
-PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL
+HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5OPT, PERLLIB, PERL5DB,
+PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL
=head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir
DIRHANDLE, readlink EXPR, readlink, recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LEN,FLAGS, redo
LABEL, redo, ref EXPR, ref, rename OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require EXPR, require,
-reset EXPR, reset, return LIST, 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
+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
sub NAME, sub NAME BLOCK, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LEN, 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, system
-LIST, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek
+FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, systell FILEHANDLE, systell, system LIST,
+syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite
FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, 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,
$EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID, $EGID, $), $PROGRAM_NAME, $0, $[, $PERL_VERSION, $],
$DEBUGGING, $^D, $SYSTEM_FD_MAX, $^F, $^H, $INPLACE_EDIT, $^I, $OSNAME,
$^O, $PERLDB, $^P, $BASETIME, $^T, $WARNING, $^W, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X,
-$ARGV, @ARGV, @INC, %INC, $ENV{expr}, $SIG{expr}
+$ARGV, @ARGV, @INC, %INC, $ENV{expr}, $SIG{expr}, $^M
=back
=item Standard Modules
AnyDBM_File, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, Benchmark, CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime,
-CPAN::Nox, Carp, Class::Template, Config, Cwd, DB_File, Devel::SelfStubber,
+CPAN::Nox, Carp, Class::Struct, Config, Cwd, DB_File, Devel::SelfStubber,
DirHandle, DynaLoader, English, Env, Exporter, ExtUtils::Embed,
ExtUtils::Install, ExtUtils::Liblist, ExtUtils::MM_OS2, ExtUtils::MM_Unix,
ExtUtils::MM_VMS, ExtUtils::MakeMaker, ExtUtils::Manifest,
=over
-=item Class::Template
+=item Class::Struct
=item Data Members as Variables
isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
-=item Destructors
+=item Destructors
=item WARNING
=item Tying FileHandles
-TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, READLINE this, DESTROY this
+TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, READ this LIST, READLINE this,
+GETC this, DESTROY this
=item The C<untie> Gotcha
=over
+=item Filehandles
+
+=item Background Processes
+
+=item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
+
=item Safe Pipe Opens
=item Bidirectional Communication
=item Debugger input/output
-Prompt, Multi-line commands, Stack backtrace, Listing, Frame listing
+Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Listing, Frame listing
=item Debugging compile-time statements
=item Security Bugs
+=item Protecting Your Programs
+
=back
=head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary
Discontinuance, Deprecation, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance,
Discontinuance, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance, BugFix,
-Discontinuance, Deprecation, Discontinuance
+Discontinuance, Discontinuance, Deprecation, Discontinuance
=item Parsing 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
-Subroutine calls provide lvalue context to arguments, (Signals), (Sort
-Subroutine), warn() won't let you specify a filehandle
+(Signals), (Sort Subroutine), warn() won't let you specify a filehandle
=item OS Traps
=item PREAMBLE
-B<Use C from Perl?>, B<Use a UNIX program from Perl?>, B<Use Perl from
+B<Use C from Perl?>, B<Use a Unix program from Perl?>, B<Use Perl from
Perl?>, B<Use C from C?>, B<Use Perl from C?>
=item ROADMAP
=item What is an "IV"?
-=item Working with SV's
+=item Working with SVs
=item What's Really Stored in an SV?
-=item Working with AV's
+=item Working with AVs
-=item Working with HV's
+=item Working with HVs
=item Hash API Extensions
=item Stashes and Globs
-=item Double-Typed SV's
+=item Double-Typed SVs
=item Magic Variables
=over
-=item XSUB's and the Argument Stack
+=item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
=item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
=item Scratchpads
-=item Scratchpads and recursions
+=item Scratchpads and recursion
=back
av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift, CLASS, Copy, croak, CvSTASH,
DBsingle, DBsub, DBtrace, dMARK, dORIGMARK, dowarn, dSP, dXSARGS, dXSI32,
dXSI32, ENTER, EXTEND, FREETMPS, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, GIMME,
-G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv,
-GvSV, he_delayfree, HEf_SVKEY, he_free, HeHASH, HeKEY, HeKLEN, HePV,
-HeSVKEY, HeSVKEY_force, HeSVKEY_set, HeVAL, hv_clear, hv_delete,
-hv_delete_ent, hv_exists, hv_exists_ent, hv_fetch, hv_fetch_ent,
-hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey, hv_iterkeysv
-Returns the key as an C<SV*> from the current position of the hash
-iterator. The return value will always be a mortal copy of the
-key. Also see C<hv_iterinit>, hv_iternext, hv_iternextsv, hv_iterval,
-hv_magic, HvNAME, hv_store, hv_store_ent, hv_undef, isALNUM, isALPHA,
-isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, items, ix, LEAVE, MARK, mg_clear,
-mg_copy, mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, mg_len, mg_magical, mg_set, Move, na,
-New, Newc, Newz, newAV, newHV, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, newSV, newSViv,
-newSVnv, newSVpv, newSVrv, newSVsv, newXS, newXSproto, Nullav, Nullch,
-Nullcv, Nullhv, Nullsv, ORIGMARK, perl_alloc, perl_call_argv,
-perl_call_method, perl_call_pv, perl_call_sv, perl_construct,
-perl_destruct, perl_eval_sv, perl_free, perl_get_av, perl_get_cv,
-perl_get_hv, perl_get_sv, perl_parse, perl_require_pv, perl_run, POPi,
-POPl, POPp, POPn, POPs, PUSHMARK, PUSHi, PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUTBACK,
-Renew, Renewc, RETVAL, safefree, safemalloc, saferealloc, savepv, savepvn,
-SAVETMPS, SP, SPAGAIN, ST, strEQ, strGE, strGT, strLE, strLT, strNE,
-strnEQ, strnNE, sv_2mortal, sv_bless, sv_catpv, sv_catpvn, sv_catsv,
-sv_cmp, sv_cmp, SvCUR, SvCUR_set, sv_dec, sv_dec, SvEND, sv_eq, SvGROW,
-sv_grow, sv_inc, SvIOK, SvIOK_off, SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only, SvIOK_only,
-SvIOKp, sv_isa, SvIV, sv_isobject, SvIVX, SvLEN, sv_len, sv_len, sv_magic,
-sv_mortalcopy, SvOK, sv_newmortal, sv_no, SvNIOK, SvNIOK_off, SvNIOKp,
-SvNOK, SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNOK_only, SvNOKp, SvNV, SvNVX,
-SvPOK, SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only, SvPOK_only, SvPOKp, SvPV, SvPVX,
-SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK, SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV,
-sv_setiv, sv_setnv, sv_setpv, sv_setpvn, sv_setref_iv, sv_setref_nv,
-sv_setref_pv, sv_setref_pvn, sv_setsv, SvSTASH, SVt_IV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV,
-SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG, SVt_NV, SvTRUE, SvTYPE, svtype, SvUPGRADE,
-sv_upgrade, sv_undef, sv_unref, sv_usepvn, sv_yes, THIS, toLOWER, toUPPER,
-warn, XPUSHi, XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs, XS, XSRETURN, XSRETURN_EMPTY,
-XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV, XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF,
-XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNV, XST_mNO, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES,
-XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK, Zero
+GIMME_V, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod,
+gv_fetchmethod_autoload, gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv, GvSV, HEf_SVKEY, HeHASH,
+HeKEY, HeKLEN, HePV, HeSVKEY, HeSVKEY_force, HeSVKEY_set, HeVAL, hv_clear,
+hv_delayfree_ent, hv_delete, hv_delete_ent, hv_exists, hv_exists_ent,
+hv_fetch, hv_fetch_ent, hv_free_ent, hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey, hv_iterkeysv,
+hv_iternext, hv_iternextsv, hv_iterval, hv_magic, HvNAME, hv_store,
+hv_store_ent, hv_undef, isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE,
+isUPPER, items, ix, LEAVE, MARK, mg_clear, mg_copy, mg_find, mg_free,
+mg_get, mg_len, mg_magical, mg_set, Move, na, New, Newc, Newz, newAV,
+newHV, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, newSV, newSViv, newSVnv, newSVpv, newSVrv,
+newSVsv, newXS, newXSproto, Nullav, Nullch, Nullcv, Nullhv, Nullsv,
+ORIGMARK, perl_alloc, perl_call_argv, perl_call_method, perl_call_pv,
+perl_call_sv, perl_construct, perl_destruct, perl_eval_sv, perl_eval_pv,
+perl_free, perl_get_av, perl_get_cv, perl_get_hv, perl_get_sv, perl_parse,
+perl_require_pv, perl_run, POPi, POPl, POPp, POPn, POPs, PUSHMARK, PUSHi,
+PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUTBACK, Renew, Renewc, RETVAL, safefree, safemalloc,
+saferealloc, savepv, savepvn, SAVETMPS, SP, SPAGAIN, ST, strEQ, strGE,
+strGT, strLE, strLT, strNE, strnEQ, strnNE, sv_2mortal, sv_bless, sv_catpv,
+sv_catpvn, sv_catsv, sv_cmp, sv_cmp, SvCUR, SvCUR_set, sv_dec, sv_dec,
+SvEND, sv_eq, SvGROW, sv_grow, sv_inc, SvIOK, SvIOK_off, SvIOK_on,
+SvIOK_only, SvIOK_only, SvIOKp, sv_isa, SvIV, sv_isobject, SvIVX, SvLEN,
+sv_len, sv_len, sv_magic, sv_mortalcopy, SvOK, sv_newmortal, sv_no, SvNIOK,
+SvNIOK_off, SvNIOKp, SvNOK, SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNOK_only,
+SvNOKp, SvNV, SvNVX, SvPOK, SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only, SvPOK_only,
+SvPOKp, SvPV, SvPVX, SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK,
+SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV, sv_setiv, sv_setnv, sv_setpv, sv_setpvn,
+sv_setref_iv, sv_setref_nv, sv_setref_pv, sv_setref_pvn, sv_setsv, SvSTASH,
+SVt_IV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG, SVt_NV, SvTRUE,
+SvTYPE, svtype, SvUPGRADE, sv_upgrade, sv_undef, sv_unref, sv_usepvn,
+sv_yes, THIS, toLOWER, toUPPER, warn, XPUSHi, XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs, XS,
+XSRETURN, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV,
+XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF, XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNV, XST_mNO,
+XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK, Zero
=item EDITOR
=over
+=item G_VOID
+
=item G_SCALAR
=item G_ARRAY
=item G_NOARGS
-=item G_EVAL
+=item G_EVAL
=item G_KEEPERR
-=item Determining the Context
+=item Determining the Context
=back
=item Using perl_call_method
-=item Using GIMME
+=item Using GIMME_V
=item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
=item Alternate Stack Manipulation
+=item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
+
=back
=item SEE ALSO
=head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
+=head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item WARNING
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
=item SYNOPSIS
=item AUTHOR
+=head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=item TECHNICAL NOTE
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
=head2 diagnostics - Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning
diagnostics
=item SEE ALSO
-=head2 AutoLoader - load functions only on demand
+=head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand
=item SYNOPSIS
=over
-=item __END__
+=item Subroutine Stubs
-=item Loading Stubs
+=item Using B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
+
+=item Overriding B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
=item Package Lexicals
-=item AutoLoader vs. SelfLoader
+=item B<AutoLoader> vs. B<SelfLoader>
=back
-=item CAVEAT
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
=item Standard Exports
-timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis, timethese, timediff, timestr
+timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis ( COUNT, CODE, [ TITLE, [ STYLE ]] ),
+timethese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), timediff ( T1, T2 ), timestr (
+TIMEDIFF, [ STYLE, [ FORMAT ]] )
=item Optional Exports
+clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), disablecache ( ), enablecache ( )
+
=back
=item NOTES
=item AUTHOR
+=head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item INSTALLATION:
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT:
+
+=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE
+
+=item FETCHING A LIST OF KEYWORDS FROM THE QUERY:
+
+=item FETCHING THE NAMES OF ALL THE PARAMETERS PASSED TO YOUR SCRIPT:
+
+=item FETCHING THE VALUE OR VALUES OF A SINGLE NAMED PARAMETER:
+
+=item SETTING THE VALUE(S) OF A NAMED PARAMETER:
+
+=item APPENDING ADDITIONAL VALUES TO A NAMED PARAMETER:
+
+=item IMPORTING ALL PARAMETERS INTO A NAMESPACE:
+
+=item DELETING A PARAMETER COMPLETELY:
+
+=item DELETING ALL PARAMETERS:
+
+=item SAVING THE STATE OF THE FORM TO A FILE:
+
+=item CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION:
+
+=item COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL
+
+=item CALLING CGI FUNCTIONS THAT TAKE MULTIPLE ARGUMENTS
+
+=item CREATING THE HTTP HEADER:
+
+=item GENERATING A REDIRECTION INSTRUCTION
+
+=item CREATING THE HTML HEADER:
+
+B<Parameters:>, 4, 5, 6..
+
+=item ENDING THE HTML DOCUMENT:
+
+=back
+
+=item CREATING FORMS:
+
+=over
+
+=item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG
+
+=item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM
+
+B<application/x-www-form-urlencoded>, B<multipart/form-data>
+
+=item CREATING A TEXT FIELD
+
+B<Parameters>
+
+=item CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD
+
+=item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD
+
+=item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD
+
+B<Parameters>
+
+=item CREATING A POPUP MENU
+
+=item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST
+
+B<Parameters:>
+
+=item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES
+
+B<Parameters:>
+
+=item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX
+
+B<Parameters:>
+
+=item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP
+
+B<Parameters:>
+
+=item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON
+
+B<Parameters:>
+
+=item CREATING A RESET BUTTON
+
+=item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON
+
+=item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD
+
+B<Parameters:>
+
+=item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON
+
+B<Parameters:>, 3.The third option (-align, optional) is an alignment type,
+and may be
+TOP, BOTTOM or MIDDLE
+
+=item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON
+
+=back
+
+=item NETSCAPE COOKIES
+
+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 WORKING WITH NETSCAPE FRAMES
+
+1. Create a <Frameset> document, 2. Specify the destination for the
+document in the HTTP header, 3. Specify the destination for the document in
+the <FORM> tag
+
+=item DEBUGGING
+
+=over
+
+=item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS
+
+=back
+
+=item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
+
+B<accept()>, B<raw_cookie()>, B<user_agent()>, B<path_info()>,
+B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()>Return the script
+name as a partial URL, for self-refering
+scripts, B<referer()>, B<auth_type ()>, B<server_name ()>, B<virtual_host
+()>, B<server_software ()>, B<remote_user ()>, B<user_name ()>,
+B<request_method()>
+
+=item CREATING HTML ELEMENTS:
+
+=over
+
+=item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS
+
+=item Generating new HTML tags
+
+=back
+
+=item IMPORTING CGI METHOD CALLS INTO YOUR NAME SPACE
+
+B<cgi>, B<form>, B<html2>, B<html3>, B<netscape>, B<shortcuts>,
+B<standard>, B<all>
+
+=item USING NPH SCRIPTS
+
+In the B<use> statementSimply add ":nph" to the list of symbols to be
+imported into your script:, By calling the B<nph()> method:, By using
+B<-nph> parameters in the B<header()> and B<redirect()> statements:
+
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+
+=item CREDITS
+
+Matt Heffron (heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com), James Taylor
+(james.taylor@srs.gov), Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com>, Mike Jewell
+(mlj3u@virginia.edu), Timothy Shimmin (tes@kbs.citri.edu.au), Joergen Haegg
+(jh@axis.se), Laurent Delfosse (delfosse@csgrad1.cs.wvu.edu), 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), ...and many many more..
+
+=item A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=head2 CGI::Apache - Make things work with CGI.pm against Perl-Apache API
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item NOTE 1
+
+=item NOTE 2
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=head2 CGI::Carp, B<CGI::Carp> - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or
+other) error log
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES
+
+=item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW
+
+=item CHANGE LOG
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
+
+=item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS
+
+=item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS
+
+=item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item USING CGI::Push
+
+-last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires
+
+=item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=head2 CGI::Switch - Try more than one constructors and return the first
+object available
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
=head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
=item SYNOPSIS
=item recompile
+=item The 4 Classes: Authors, Bundles, Modules, Distributions
+
=item ProgrammerE<39>s interface
+expand($type,@things), Programming Examples
+
=item Cache Manager
=item Bundles
=item DESCRIPTION
-=head2 Class::Template - struct/member template builder
+=head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over
+
+=item The C<struct()> function
+
+=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'>)
+
+=back
+
=item EXAMPLES
Example 1, Example 2
-=item NOTES
+=item Author and Modification History
=head2 Config - access Perl configuration information
=over
-=item How does DB_File interface to Berkeley DB?
+=item Interface to Berkeley DB
=item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File
=over
-=item A Simple Example.
+=item A Simple Example
=back
=item Changing the BTREE sort order
-=item Handling duplicate keys
+=item Handling Duplicate Keys
-=item The get_dup method.
+=item The get_dup() Method
=item Matching Partial Keys
=over
-=item The bval option
+=item The 'bval' Option
=item A Simple Example
=item Locking Databases
-=item Sharing databases with C applications
+=item Sharing Databases With C Applications
-=item The untie gotcha
+=item The untie() Gotcha
=back
=back
+=head2 ExtUtils::Command - utilities to replace common UNIX commands in
+Makefiles etc.
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+cat, eqtime src dst, rm_f files..., rm_f files..., touch files .., mv
+source... destination, cp source... destination, chmod mode files.., mkpath
+directory.., test_f file
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
=head2 ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications
=item SYNOPSIS
(o), replace_manpage_separator, static (o), static_lib (o), staticmake (o),
subdir_x (o), subdirs (o), test (o), test_via_harness (o), test_via_script
(o), tool_autosplit (o), tools_other (o), tool_xsubpp (o), top_targets (o),
-writedoc, xs_c (o), xs_o (o)
+writedoc, xs_c (o), xs_o (o), perl_archive, export_list
=back
=back
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+catfile, static_lib (o), dynamic_lib (o), canonpath, perl_script,
+pm_to_blib, test_via_harness (o), tool_autosplit (override), tools_other
+(o), manifypods (o), dist_ci (o), dist_core (o), pasthru (o)
+
=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - create an extension Makefile
=item SYNOPSIS
=item METHODS
-$fh->getline, $fh->getlines, $fh->fdopen ( FD, MODE ), $fh->write ( BUF,
-LEN [, OFFSET }\] ), $fh->opened, $fh->untaint
+$fh->fdopen ( FD, MODE ), $fh->opened, $fh->getline, $fh->getlines,
+$fh->ungetc ( ORD ), $fh->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET }\] ), $fh->flush,
+$fh->error, $fh->clearerr, $fh->untaint
=item NOTE
=item METHODS
-$fh->getline, $fh->getlines, $fh->fdopen ( FD, MODE ), $fh->write ( BUF,
-LEN [, OFFSET }\] ), $fh->opened, $fh->untaint
+$fh->fdopen ( FD, MODE ), $fh->opened, $fh->getline, $fh->getlines,
+$fh->ungetc ( ORD ), $fh->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET }\] ), $fh->flush,
+$fh->error, $fh->clearerr, $fh->untaint
=item NOTE
=item USAGE
+=item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO
+
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=head2 Math::Trig - trigonometric functions
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
+
+=over
+
+=item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO
+
+=item SIMPLE (REAL) ARGUMENTS, COMPLEX RESULTS
+
+=back
+
+=item ANGLE CONVERSIONS
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHORS
=head2 NDBM_File - Tied access to ndbm files
=item CREATION
+=head2 Pod::Html, Pod::HTML - module to convert pod files to HTML
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item ARGUMENTS
+
+help, htmlroot, infile, outfile, podroot, podpath, libpods, netscape,
+nonetscape, index, noindex, recurse, norecurse, title, verbose
+
+=item EXAMPLE
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
=head2 Pod::Text - convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-E<lt>tabE<gt>Attempts word completion.
-Cannot be changed, ^D, ^U, E<lt>delE<gt>, E<lt>bsE<gt>
+E<lt>tabE<gt>, ^D, ^U, E<lt>delE<gt>, E<lt>bsE<gt>
=item DIAGNOSTICS
=item DESCRIPTION
-isa ( TYPE ), can ( METHOD ), VERSION ( [ REQUIRE ] ), isa ( REF, TYPE )
+isa ( TYPE ), can ( METHOD ), VERSION ( [ REQUIRE ] ), isa ( VAL, TYPE ),
+can ( VAL, METHOD )
=head2 User::grent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getgr*()
functions
=head1 AUTHOR
-Larry Wall E<lt>F<larry@wall.org>E<gt>, with the help of oodles
+Larry Wall <F<larry@wall.org>>, with the help of oodles
of other folks.
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