+# !!!!!!! DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE !!!!!!!
+# This file is autogenerated by buildtoc from all the other pods.
+# Edit those files and run buildtoc --build-toc to effect changes.
+
=head1 NAME
perltoc - perl documentation table of contents
=item Miscellaneous
+=item Language-Specific
+
=item Platform-Specific
=back
=back
-=head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2002/01/31
-04:27:54 $)
+=head2 perlreftut - Mark's very short tutorial about references
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item Who Needs Complicated Data Structures?
-=item perlfaq: Structural overview of the FAQ.
+=item The Solution
-=item L<perlfaq1>: General Questions About Perl
+=item Syntax
-=item L<perlfaq2>: Obtaining and Learning about Perl
+=over 4
-=item L<perlfaq3>: Programming Tools
+=item Making References
-=item L<perlfaq4>: Data Manipulation
+=item Using References
-=item L<perlfaq5>: Files and Formats
+=item An Example
-=item L<perlfaq6>: Regular Expressions
+=item Arrow Rule
-=item L<perlfaq7>: General Perl Language Issues
+=back
-=item L<perlfaq8>: System Interaction
+=item Solution
-=item L<perlfaq9>: Networking
+=item The Rest
-=back
+=item Summary
-=item About the perlfaq documents
+=item Credits
=over 4
-=item Where to get the perlfaq
-
-=item How to contribute to the perlfaq
-
-=item What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the
-authors
+=item Distribution Conditions
=back
-=item Credits
+=back
-=item Author and Copyright Information
+=head2 perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook
=over 4
-=item Bundled Distributions
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Disclaimer
+arrays of arrays, hashes of arrays, arrays of hashes, hashes of hashes,
+more elaborate constructs
-=back
+=item REFERENCES
-=item Changes
+=item COMMON MISTAKES
-1/November/2000, 23/May/99, 13/April/99, 7/January/99, 22/June/98,
-24/April/97, 23/April/97, 25/March/97, 18/March/97, 17/March/97 Version,
-Initial Release: 11/March/97
+=item CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE
-=back
+=item WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS C<use strict>
-=head2 perlbook - Perl book information
+=item DEBUGGING
-=over 4
+=item CODE EXAMPLES
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ARRAYS OF ARRAYS
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax
+=item Declaration of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
-=over 4
+=item Generation of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Declarations
+=item HASHES OF ARRAYS
-=item Simple statements
+=over 4
-=item Compound statements
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF ARRAYS
-=item Loop Control
+=item Generation of a HASH OF ARRAYS
-=item For Loops
+=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF ARRAYS
-=item Foreach Loops
+=back
-=item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
+=item ARRAYS OF HASHES
-=item Goto
+=over 4
-=item PODs: Embedded Documentation
+=item Declaration of an ARRAY OF HASHES
-=item Plain Old Comments (Not!)
+=item Generation of an ARRAY OF HASHES
-=back
+=item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF HASHES
=back
-=head2 perldata - Perl data types
+=item HASHES OF HASHES
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES
-=over 4
+=item Generation of a HASH OF HASHES
-=item Variable names
+=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES
-=item Context
+=back
-=item Scalar values
+=item MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
-=item Scalar value constructors
+=over 4
-=item List value constructors
+=item Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
-=item Slices
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
-=item Typeglobs and Filehandles
+=item Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
=back
+=item Database Ties
+
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
+=head2 perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
+=item Declaration and Access of Arrays of Arrays
-=item The Arrow Operator
+=item Growing Your Own
-=item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
+=item Access and Printing
-=item Exponentiation
+=item Slices
-=item Symbolic Unary Operators
+=back
-=item Binding Operators
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Multiplicative Operators
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Additive Operators
+=back
-=item Shift Operators
+=head2 perlrequick - Perl regular expressions quick start
-=item Named Unary Operators
+=over 4
-=item Relational Operators
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Equality Operators
+=item The Guide
-=item Bitwise And
+=over 4
-=item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
+=item Simple word matching
-=item C-style Logical And
+=item Using character classes
-=item C-style Logical Or
+=item Matching this or that
-=item Range Operators
+=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
-=item Conditional Operator
+=item Extracting matches
-=item Assignment Operators
+=item Matching repetitions
-=item Comma Operator
+=item More matching
-=item List Operators (Rightward)
+=item Search and replace
-=item Logical Not
+=item The split operator
-=item Logical And
+=back
-=item Logical or and Exclusive Or
+=item BUGS
-=item C Operators Missing From Perl
+=item SEE ALSO
-unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item Quote and Quote-like Operators
+=over 4
-=item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
+=item Acknowledgments
-?PATTERN?, m/PATTERN/cgimosx, /PATTERN/cgimosx, q/STRING/, C<'STRING'>,
-qq/STRING/, "STRING", qr/STRING/imosx, qx/STRING/, `STRING`, qw/STRING/,
-s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/egimosx, tr/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds,
-y/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds, <<EOF
+=back
-=item Gory details of parsing quoted constructs
+=back
-Finding the end, Removal of backslashes before delimiters, Interpolation,
-C<<<'EOF'>, C<m''>, C<s'''>, C<tr///>, C<y///>, C<''>, C<q//>, C<"">,
-C<``>, C<qq//>, C<qx//>, C<< <file*glob> >>, C<?RE?>, C</RE/>, C<m/RE/>,
-C<s/RE/foo/>,, Interpolation of regular expressions, Optimization of
-regular expressions
+=head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial
-=item I/O Operators
+=over 4
-=item Constant Folding
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Bitwise String Operators
+=item Part 1: The basics
-=item Integer Arithmetic
+=over 4
-=item Floating-point Arithmetic
+=item Simple word matching
-=item Bigger Numbers
+=item Using character classes
-=back
+=item Matching this or that
+
+=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
+
+=item Extracting matches
+
+=item Matching repetitions
+
+=item Building a regexp
+
+=item Using regular expressions in Perl
=back
-=head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
+=item Part 2: Power tools
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item More on characters, strings, and character classes
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Compiling and saving regular expressions
-=over 4
+=item Embedding comments and modifiers in a regular expression
-=item Private Variables via my()
+=item Non-capturing groupings
-=item Persistent Private Variables
+=item Looking ahead and looking behind
-=item Temporary Values via local()
+=item Using independent subexpressions to prevent backtracking
-=item Lvalue subroutines
+=item Conditional expressions
-=item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
+=item A bit of magic: executing Perl code in a regular expression
-=item When to Still Use local()
+=item Pragmas and debugging
-=item Pass by Reference
+=back
-=item Prototypes
+=item BUGS
-=item Constant Functions
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Overriding Built-in Functions
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item Autoloading
+=over 4
-=item Subroutine Attributes
+=item Acknowledgments
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
-
=back
-=head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
+=head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Perl Functions by Category
+=item If we could talk to the animals...
-Functions for SCALARs or strings, Regular expressions and pattern matching,
-Numeric functions, Functions for real @ARRAYs, Functions for list data,
-Functions for real %HASHes, Input and output functions, Functions for fixed
-length data or records, Functions for filehandles, files, or directories,
-Keywords related to the control flow of your perl program, Keywords related
-to scoping, Miscellaneous functions, Functions for processes and process
-groups, Keywords related to perl modules, Keywords related to classes and
-object-orientedness, Low-level socket functions, System V interprocess
-communication functions, Fetching user and group info, Fetching network
-info, Time-related functions, Functions new in perl5, Functions obsoleted
-in perl5
+=item Introducing the method invocation arrow
-=item Portability
-
-=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
+=item Invoking a barnyard
-I<-X> FILEHANDLE, I<-X> EXPR, I<-X>, abs VALUE, abs, accept
-NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, alarm, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME,
-binmode FILEHANDLE, DISCIPLINE, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME,
-bless REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE,
-chomp( LIST ), chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop( LIST ), chop, chown LIST, chr
-NUMBER, chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot, close FILEHANDLE, close, closedir
-DIRHANDLE, connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, cos, crypt
-PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR,
-defined, delete EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR,
-dump LABEL, dump, each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval
-BLOCK, exec LIST, exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp,
-fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock
-FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE,
-getc, getlogin, getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority
-WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname
-NAME, getprotobyname NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname
-NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE,
-getprotobynumber NUMBER, getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent,
-gethostent, getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent,
-sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent
-STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent, endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent,
-endservent, getsockname SOCKET, getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR,
-glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL, goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep
-EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex, import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index
-STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join
-EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST, last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc,
-lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen
-SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR, lock THING, log EXPR, log,
-lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK LIST, map EXPR,LIST, mkdir FILENAME,MASK,
-mkdir FILENAME, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgrcv
-ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, my EXPR, my EXPR : ATTRIBUTES,
-next LABEL, next, no Module LIST, oct EXPR, oct, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open
-FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR,LIST, open
-FILEHANDLE,MODE,REFERENCE, open FILEHANDLE, opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord
-EXPR, ord, our EXPR, our EXPR : ATTRIBUTES, pack TEMPLATE,LIST, package
-NAMESPACE, package, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop ARRAY, pop, pos
-SCALAR, pos, print FILEHANDLE LIST, print LIST, print, printf FILEHANDLE
-FORMAT, LIST, printf FORMAT, LIST, prototype FUNCTION, push ARRAY,LIST,
-q/STRING/, qq/STRING/, qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, quotemeta EXPR,
-quotemeta, rand EXPR, rand, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read
-FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR,
-readlink, readpipe EXPR, recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo,
-ref EXPR, ref, rename OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR,
-require, reset EXPR, reset, return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir
-DIRHANDLE, rindex STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME,
-rmdir, s///, scalar EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir
-DIRHANDLE,POS, select FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT,
-semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send
-SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority
-WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY,
-shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE,
-shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep
-EXPR, sleep, sockatmark SOCKET, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL,
-socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort
-BLOCK LIST, sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice
-ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH, splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split
-/PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split /PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf
-FORMAT, LIST, sqrt EXPR, sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat FILEHANDLE, stat
-EXPR, stat, study SCALAR, study, sub BLOCK, sub NAME, sub NAME BLOCK,
-substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr
-EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
-FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread
-FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek
-FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite
-FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,
-syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie
-VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate
-FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR,
-ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack
-TEMPLATE,EXPR, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use Module VERSION LIST,
-use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use VERSION, utime LIST,
-values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn
-LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y///
+=item The extra parameter of method invocation
-=back
+=item Calling a second method to simplify things
-=back
+=item Inheriting the windpipes
-=head2 perlreftut - Mark's very short tutorial about references
+=item A few notes about @ISA
-=over 4
+=item Overriding the methods
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Starting the search from a different place
-=item Who Needs Complicated Data Structures?
+=item The SUPER way of doing things
-=item The Solution
+=item Where we're at so far...
-=item Syntax
+=item A horse is a horse, of course of course -- or is it?
-=over 4
+=item Invoking an instance method
-=item Making References
+=item Accessing the instance data
-=item Using References
+=item How to build a horse
-=back
+=item Inheriting the constructor
-=item An Example
+=item Making a method work with either classes or instances
-=item Arrow Rule
+=item Adding parameters to a method
-=item Solution
+=item More interesting instances
-=item The Rest
+=item A horse of a different color
=item Summary
-=item Credits
-
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Distribution Conditions
+=item SEE ALSO
-=back
+=item COPYRIGHT
=back
-=head2 perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook
+=head2 perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-arrays of arrays, hashes of arrays, arrays of hashes, hashes of hashes,
-more elaborate constructs
+=item Creating a Class
-=item REFERENCES
+=over 4
-=item COMMON MISTAKES
+=item Object Representation
-=item CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE
+=item Class Interface
-=item WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS C<use strict>
+=item Constructors and Instance Methods
-=item DEBUGGING
+=item Planning for the Future: Better Constructors
-=item CODE EXAMPLES
+=item Destructors
-=item ARRAYS OF ARRAYS
+=item Other Object Methods
+
+=back
+
+=item Class Data
=over 4
-=item Declaration of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item Accessing Class Data
-=item Generation of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item Debugging Methods
-=item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item Class Destructors
+
+=item Documenting the Interface
=back
-=item HASHES OF ARRAYS
+=item Aggregation
+
+=item Inheritance
=over 4
-=item Declaration of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+=item Overridden Methods
-=item Generation of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+=item Multiple Inheritance
-=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+=item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects
=back
-=item ARRAYS OF HASHES
+=item Alternate Object Representations
=over 4
-=item Declaration of an ARRAY OF HASHES
-
-=item Generation of an ARRAY OF HASHES
+=item Arrays as Objects
-=item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF HASHES
+=item Closures as Objects
=back
-=item HASHES OF HASHES
+=item AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods
=over 4
-=item Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES
-
-=item Generation of a HASH OF HASHES
+=item Autoloaded Data Methods
-=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES
+=item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods
=back
-=item MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
+=item Metaclassical Tools
=over 4
-=item Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
-
-=item Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
+=item Class::Struct
-=item Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
+=item Data Members as Variables
=back
-=item Database Ties
+=item NOTES
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Object Terminology
=back
-=head2 perlrequick - Perl regular expressions quick start
-
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item The Guide
+=item COPYRIGHT
=over 4
-=item Simple word matching
-
-=item Using character classes
+=item Acknowledgments
-=item Matching this or that
+=back
-=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
+=back
-=item Extracting matches
+=head2 perltooc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl
-=item Matching repetitions
+=over 4
-=item More matching
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Search and replace
+=item Class Data in a Can
-=item The split operator
+=item Class Data as Package Variables
-=back
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Inheritance Concerns
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item The Eponymous Meta-Object
-=over 4
+=item Indirect References to Class Data
-=item Acknowledgments
+=item Monadic Classes
-=back
+=item Translucent Attributes
=back
-=head2 perlpod - the Plain Old Documentation format
-
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Class Data as Lexical Variables
=over 4
-=item Ordinary Paragraph
-
-=item Verbatim Paragraph
+=item Privacy and Responsibility
-=item Command Paragraph
+=item File-Scoped Lexicals
-C<=head1 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head2 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head3 I<Heading
-Text>>, C<=head4 I<Heading Text>>, C<=over I<indentlevel>>, C<=item
-I<stuff...>>, C<=back>, C<=cut>, C<=pod>, C<=begin I<formatname>>, C<=end
-I<formatname>>, C<=for I<formatname> I<text...>>
+=item More Inheritance Concerns
-=item Formatting Codes
+=item Locking the Door and Throwing Away the Key
-C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
-C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
-C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- used
-for filenames, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text contains non-breaking spaces,
-C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a null
-(zero-effect) formatting code
+=item Translucency Revisited
-=item The Intent
+=back
-=item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
+=item NOTES
-=item Hints for Writing Pod
+=item SEE ALSO
-=back
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=head2 perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and
-notes
+=head2 perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Pod Definitions
+=item OO SCALING TIPS
-=item Pod Commands
+=item INSTANCE VARIABLES
-"=head1", "=head2", "=head3", "=head4", "=pod", "=cut", "=over", "=item",
-"=back", "=begin formatname", "=end formatname", "=for formatname text..."
+=item SCALAR INSTANCE VARIABLES
-=item Pod Formatting Codes
+=item INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE
-C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
-C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- style for
-filenames, C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a
-null (zero-effect) formatting code, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
-C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text
-contains non-breaking spaces
+=item OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS
-=item Notes on Implementing Pod Processors
+=item OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS
-=item About LE<lt>...E<gt> Codes
+=item USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM
-First:, Second:, Third:, Fourth:, Fifth:, Sixth:
+=item THINKING OF CODE REUSE
-=item About =over...=back Regions
+=item CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT
-=item About Data Paragraphs and "=begin/=end" Regions
+=item INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item DELEGATION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
=back
-=head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary
+=head2 perlcheat - Perl 5 Cheat Sheet
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Awk Traps
+=item The sheet
-=item C Traps
+=back
-=item Sed Traps
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-=item Shell Traps
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Perl Traps
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Awk Traps
+
+=item C/C++ Traps
+
+=item Sed Traps
+
+=item Shell Traps
+
+=item Perl Traps
=item Perl4 to Perl5 Traps
Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular
Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression,
-Regular Expression
+Regular Expression, Regular Expression
=item Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps
=back
-=head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
+=head2 perldebtut - Perl debugging tutorial
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item use strict
-=item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems
+=item Looking at data and -w and v
-OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS
+=item help
-=item Location of Perl
+=item Stepping through code
-=item Command Switches
+=item Placeholder for a, w, t, T
-B<-0>[I<digits>], B<-a>, B<-C>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-d:>I<foo[=bar,baz]>,
-B<-D>I<letters>, B<-D>I<number>, B<-e> I<commandline>, B<-F>I<pattern>,
-B<-h>, B<-i>[I<extension>], B<-I>I<directory>, B<-l>[I<octnum>],
-B<-m>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<'module ...'>,
-B<-[mM]>[B<->]I<module=arg[,arg]...>, B<-n>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-s>, B<-S>,
-B<-t>, B<-T>, B<-u>, B<-U>, B<-v>, B<-V>, B<-V:>I<name>, B<-w>, B<-W>,
-B<-X>, B<-x> I<directory>
+=item REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
-=back
+=item OUTPUT TIPS
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=item CGI
-HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5OPT, PERLLIB, PERL5DB, PERL5SHELL
-(specific to the Win32 port), PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL,
-PERL_ENCODING, PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port), SYS$LOGIN (specific to
-the VMS port)
+=item GUIs
-=back
+=item SUMMARY
-=head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
+=item SEE ALSO
-=over 4
+=item AUTHOR
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CONTRIBUTORS
=back
-=head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings
+=head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2003/01/31
+17:37:17 $)
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Default Warnings and Optional Warnings
-
-=item What's wrong with B<-w> and C<$^W>
-
-=item Controlling Warnings from the Command Line
-
-B<-w>, B<-W>, B<-X>
-
-=item Backward Compatibility
-
-=item Category Hierarchy
+=item Where to get the perlfaq
-=item Fatal Warnings
+=item How to contribute to the perlfaq
-=item Reporting Warnings from a Module
+=item What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the
+authors
=back
-=item TODO
+=item Credits
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Author and Copyright Information
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Bundled Distributions
-=head2 perldebtut - Perl debugging tutorial
+=item Disclaimer
-=over 4
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Table of Contents
-=item use strict
+perlfaq - this document, perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl, perlfaq2
+- Obtaining and Learning about Perl, perlfaq3 - Programming Tools, perlfaq4
+- Data Manipulation, perlfaq5 - Files and Formats, perlfaq6 - Regular
+Expressions, perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues, perlfaq8 - System
+Interaction, perlfaq9 - Networking
-=item Looking at data and -w and w
+=item The Questions
-=item help
+=over 4
-=item Stepping through code
+=item L<perlfaq1>: General Questions About Perl
-=item Placeholder for a, w, t, T
+=item L<perlfaq2>: Obtaining and Learning about Perl
-=item REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
+=item L<perlfaq3>: Programming Tools
-=item OUTPUT TIPS
+=item L<perlfaq4>: Data Manipulation
-=item CGI
+=item L<perlfaq5>: Files and Formats
-=item GUIs
+=item L<perlfaq6>: Regular Expressions
-=item SUMMARY
+=item L<perlfaq7>: General Perl Language Issues
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item L<perlfaq8>: System Interaction
-=item AUTHOR
+=item L<perlfaq9>: Networking
-=item CONTRIBUTORS
+=back
=back
-=head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
+=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.14 $, $Date:
+2003/11/23 08:02:29 $)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item The Perl Debugger
-
=over 4
-=item Debugger Commands
+=item What is Perl?
-h [command], p expr, x [maxdepth] expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], T, s
-[expr], n [expr], r, <CR>, c [line|sub], l, l min+incr, l min-max, l line,
-l subname, -, w [line], f filename, /pattern/, ?pattern?, L, S [[!]regex],
-t, t expr, b [line] [condition], b subname [condition], b postpone subname
-[condition], b load filename, b compile subname, d [line], D, a [line]
-command, a [line], A, W expr, W, O booloption .., O anyoption? .., O
-option=value .., < ?, < [ command ], << command, > ?, > command, >>
-command, { ?, { [ command ], {{ command, ! number, ! -number, ! pattern, !!
-cmd, @ file, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, man
-[manpage]
+=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
-=item Configurable Options
+=item Which version of Perl should I use?
-C<recallCommand>, C<ShellBang>, C<pager>, C<tkRunning>, C<signalLevel>,
-C<warnLevel>, C<dieLevel>, C<AutoTrace>, C<LineInfo>, C<inhibit_exit>,
-C<PrintRet>, C<ornaments>, C<frame>, C<maxTraceLen>, C<windowSize>,
-C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<dumpDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>,
-C<globPrint>, C<DumpDBFiles>, C<DumpPackages>, C<DumpReused>, C<quote>,
-C<HighBit>, C<undefPrint>, C<UsageOnly>, C<TTY>, C<noTTY>, C<ReadLine>,
-C<NonStop>
+=item What are perl4 and perl5?
-=item Debugger input/output
+=item What is Ponie?
-Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame
-listing
+=item What is perl6?
-=item Debugging compile-time statements
+=item How stable is Perl?
-=item Debugger Customization
+=item Is Perl difficult to learn?
-=item Readline Support
+=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
+Scheme, or Tcl?
-=item Editor Support for Debugging
+=item Can I do [task] in Perl?
-=item The Perl Profiler
+=item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
-=back
+=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
-=item Debugging regular expressions
+=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
-=item Debugging memory usage
+=item What is a JAPH?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
-=item BUGS
+=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
+5/5.6.1/Perl instead of some other language?
=back
-=head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.25 $,
+$Date: 2003/10/16 04:57:38 $)
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Predefined Names
+=item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
-$ARG, $_, $a, $b, $<I<digits>>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $',
-$LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, $^N, @LAST_MATCH_END, @+, $MULTILINE_MATCHING, $*,
-HANDLE->input_line_number(EXPR), $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER, $NR, $,
-IO::Handle->input_record_separator(EXPR), $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $RS, $/,
-HANDLE->autoflush(EXPR), $OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH, $|,
-IO::Handle->output_field_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR, $OFS, $,,
-IO::Handle->output_record_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $ORS,
-$\, $LIST_SEPARATOR, $", $SUBSCRIPT_SEPARATOR, $SUBSEP, $;, $OFMT, $#,
-HANDLE->format_page_number(EXPR), $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER, $%,
-HANDLE->format_lines_per_page(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE, $=,
-HANDLE->format_lines_left(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_LEFT, $-, @LAST_MATCH_START,
-@-, C<$`> is the same as C<substr($var, 0, $-[0])>, C<$&> is the same as
-C<substr($var, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0])>, C<$'> is the same as C<substr($var,
-$+[0])>, C<$1> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1])>, C<$2>
-is the same as C<substr($var, $-[2], $+[2] - $-[2])>, C<$3> is the same as
-C<substr $var, $-[3], $+[3] - $-[3])>, HANDLE->format_name(EXPR),
-$FORMAT_NAME, $~, HANDLE->format_top_name(EXPR), $FORMAT_TOP_NAME, $^,
-IO::Handle->format_line_break_characters EXPR,
-$FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS, $:, IO::Handle->format_formfeed EXPR,
-$FORMAT_FORMFEED, $^L, $ACCUMULATOR, $^A, $CHILD_ERROR, $?, ${^ENCODING},
-$OS_ERROR, $ERRNO, $!, $EXTENDED_OS_ERROR, $^E, $EVAL_ERROR, $@,
-$PROCESS_ID, $PID, $$, $REAL_USER_ID, $UID, $<, $EFFECTIVE_USER_ID, $EUID,
-$>, $REAL_GROUP_ID, $GID, $(, $EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID, $EGID, $),
-$PROGRAM_NAME, $0, $[, $], $COMPILING, $^C, $DEBUGGING, $^D,
-$SYSTEM_FD_MAX, $^F, $^H, %^H, $INPLACE_EDIT, $^I, $^M, $OSNAME, $^O,
-${^OPEN}, $PERLDB, $^P, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80,
-0x100, 0x200, $LAST_REGEXP_CODE_RESULT, $^R, $EXCEPTIONS_BEING_CAUGHT, $^S,
-$BASETIME, $^T, ${^TAINT}, $PERL_VERSION, $^V, $WARNING, $^W,
-${^WARNING_BITS}, ${^WIDE_SYSTEM_CALLS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X, ARGV,
-$ARGV, @ARGV, @F, @INC, @_, %INC, %ENV, $ENV{expr}, %SIG, $SIG{expr}
+=item How can I get a binary version of Perl?
-=item Error Indicators
+=item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
-=item Technical Note on the Syntax of Variable Names
+=item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts
+don't work.
-=back
+=item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic
+loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
-=item BUGS
+=item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
+What does CPAN/src/... mean?
-=back
+=item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?
-=head2 perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl
+=item Where can I get information on Perl?
-=over 4
+=item What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Where should I post source code?
-=over 4
+=item Perl Books
-=item Declaration and Access of Arrays of Arrays
+References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics
-=item Growing Your Own
+=item Perl in Magazines
-=item Access and Printing
+=item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
-=item Slices
+=item What mailing lists are there for Perl?
-=back
+=item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Where do I send bug reports?
+
+=item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? cpan.org?
=back
-=head2 perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.37 $, $Date: 2003/11/24
+19:55:50 $)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Open E<agrave> la shell
-
=over 4
-=item Simple Opens
+=item How do I do (anything)?
-=item Pipe Opens
+=item How can I use Perl interactively?
-=item The Minus File
+=item Is there a Perl shell?
-=item Mixing Reads and Writes
+=item How do I find which modules are installed on my system?
-=item Filters
+=item How do I debug my Perl programs?
-=back
+=item How do I profile my Perl programs?
-=item Open E<agrave> la C
+=item How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
-=over 4
+=item Is there a pretty-printer (formatter) for Perl?
-=item Permissions E<agrave> la mode
+=item Is there a ctags for Perl?
-=back
+=item Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor?
-=item Obscure Open Tricks
+Komodo, The Object System, Open Perl IDE, PerlBuilder, visiPerl+, OptiPerl,
+GNU Emacs, MicroEMACS, XEmacs, Jed, Elvis, Vile, Vim, Codewright,
+MultiEdit, SlickEdit, Bash, Ksh, Tcsh, Zsh, BBEdit and BBEdit Lite, Alpha
-=over 4
+=item Where can I get Perl macros for vi?
-=item Re-Opening Files (dups)
+=item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs?
-=item Dispelling the Dweomer
+=item How can I use curses with Perl?
-=item Paths as Opens
+=item How can I use X or Tk with Perl?
-=item Single Argument Open
+=item How can I generate simple menus without using CGI or Tk?
-=item Playing with STDIN and STDOUT
+=item How can I make my Perl program run faster?
-=back
+=item How can I make my Perl program take less memory?
-=item Other I/O Issues
+Don't slurp!, Use map and grep selectively, Avoid unnecessary quotes and
+stringification, Pass by reference, Tie large variables to disk
-=over 4
+=item Is it safe to return a reference to local or lexical data?
-=item Opening Non-File Files
+=item How can I free an array or hash so my program shrinks?
-=item Binary Files
+=item How can I make my CGI script more efficient?
-=item File Locking
+=item How can I hide the source for my Perl program?
-=back
+=item How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How can I compile Perl into Java?
-=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
+=item How can I get C<#!perl> to work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?
-=item HISTORY
+=item Can I write useful Perl programs on the command line?
-=back
+=item Why don't Perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?
-=head2 perlpacktut - tutorial on C<pack> and C<unpack>
+=item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
-=over 4
+=item Where can I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]
-=item The Basic Principle
+=item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in
+my C program; what am I doing wrong?
-=item Packing Text
+=item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean?
-=item Packing Numbers
+=item What's MakeMaker?
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Integers
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item Unpacking a Stack Frame
+=back
-=item How to Eat an Egg on a Net
+=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.54 $, $Date: 2003/11/30
+00:50:08 $)
-=item Floating point Numbers
+=over 4
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Exotic Templates
+=item Data: Numbers
=over 4
-=item Bit Strings
+=item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
+numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
-=item Uuencoding
+=item Why is int() broken?
-=item Doing Sums
+=item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
-=item Unicode
+=item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()?
+Trig functions?
-=item Another Portable Binary Encoding
+=item How do I convert between numeric representations/bases/radixes?
-=back
+How do I convert hexadecimal into decimal, How do I convert from decimal to
+hexadecimal, How do I convert from octal to decimal, How do I convert from
+decimal to octal, How do I convert from binary to decimal, How do I convert
+from decimal to binary
-=item Lengths and Widths
+=item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?
-=over 4
+=item How do I multiply matrices?
-=item String Lengths
+=item How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
-=item Dynamic Templates
+=item How can I output Roman numerals?
+
+=item Why aren't my random numbers random?
+
+=item How do I get a random number between X and Y?
=back
-=item Packing and Unpacking C Structures
+=item Data: Dates
=over 4
-=item The Alignment Pit
-
-=item Alignment, Take 2
+=item How do I find the day or week of the year?
-=item Alignment, Take 3
+=item How do I find the current century or millennium?
-=item Pointers for How to Use Them
+=item How can I compare two dates and find the difference?
-=back
+=item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
-=item Pack Recipes
+=item How can I find the Julian Day?
-=item Funnies Section
+=item How do I find yesterday's date?
-=item Authors
+=item Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?
=back
-=head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial
+=item Data: Strings
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item Part 1: The basics
-
-=over 4
+=item How do I validate input?
-=item Simple word matching
+=item How do I unescape a string?
-=item Using character classes
+=item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
-=item Matching this or that
+=item How do I expand function calls in a string?
-=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
+=item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
-=item Extracting matches
+=item How do I reverse a string?
-=item Matching repetitions
+=item How do I expand tabs in a string?
-=item Building a regexp
+=item How do I reformat a paragraph?
-=item Using regular expressions in Perl
+=item How can I access or change N characters of a string?
-=back
+=item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
-=item Part 2: Power tools
+=item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
+string?
-=over 4
+=item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
-=item More on characters, strings, and character classes
+=item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
+[character]?
-=item Compiling and saving regular expressions
+=item How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?
-=item Embedding comments and modifiers in a regular expression
+=item How do I pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?
-=item Non-capturing groupings
+=item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
-=item Looking ahead and looking behind
+=item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
-=item Using independent subexpressions to prevent backtracking
+=item How can I expand variables in text strings?
-=item Conditional expressions
+=item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
-=item A bit of magic: executing Perl code in a regular expression
+=item Why don't my E<lt>E<lt>HERE documents work?
-=item Pragmas and debugging
+There must be no space after the E<lt>E<lt> part, There (probably) should
+be a semicolon at the end, You can't (easily) have any space in front of
+the tag
=back
-=item BUGS
-
-=item SEE ALSO
-
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Data: Arrays
=over 4
-=item Acknowledgments
-
-=back
-
-=back
+=item What is the difference between a list and an array?
-=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
+=item What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?
-=over 4
+=item How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+a), b), c), d), e)
-i, m, s, x
+=item How can I tell whether a certain element is contained in a list or
+array?
-=over 4
+=item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
+intersection of two arrays?
-=item Regular Expressions
+=item How do I test whether two arrays or hashes are equal?
-[1], [2], [3], cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
+=item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
-=item Extended Patterns
+=item How do I handle linked lists?
-C<(?#text)>, C<(?imsx-imsx)>, C<(?:pattern)>, C<(?imsx-imsx:pattern)>,
-C<(?=pattern)>, C<(?!pattern)>, C<(?<=pattern)>, C<(?<!pattern)>, C<(?{
-code })>, C<(??{ code })>, C<< (?>pattern) >>,
-C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>, C<(?(condition)yes-pattern)>
+=item How do I handle circular lists?
-=item Backtracking
+=item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
-=item Version 8 Regular Expressions
+=item How do I process/modify each element of an array?
-=item Warning on \1 vs $1
+=item How do I select a random element from an array?
-=item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
+=item How do I permute N elements of a list?
-=item Combining pieces together
+=item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
-C<ST>, C<S|T>, C<S{REPEAT_COUNT}>, C<S{min,max}>, C<S{min,max}?>, C<S?>,
-C<S*>, C<S+>, C<S??>, C<S*?>, C<S+?>, C<< (?>S) >>, C<(?=S)>, C<(?<=S)>,
-C<(?!S)>, C<(?<!S)>, C<(??{ EXPR })>,
-C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>
+=item How do I manipulate arrays of bits?
-=item Creating custom RE engines
+=item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
=back
-=item BUGS
+=item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=back
+=item How do I process an entire hash?
-=head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
+=item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
+it?
-=over 4
+=item How do I look up a hash element by value?
-=item NOTE
+=item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
-=over 4
+=item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
-=item Making References
+=item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
-=item Using References
+=item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
-=item Symbolic references
+=item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
-=item Not-so-symbolic references
+=item How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
-=item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
+=item How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
-=item Function Templates
+=item How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?
-=back
+=item Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create
+it?
-=item WARNING
+=item How can I make the Perl equivalent of a C structure/C++ class/hash or
+array of hashes or arrays?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How can I use a reference as a hash key?
=back
-=head2 perlform - Perl formats
+=item Data: Misc
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=over 4
+=item How do I handle binary data correctly?
-=item Format Variables
+=item How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?
-=back
+=item How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
-=item NOTES
+=item How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?
-=over 4
+=item How do I define methods for every class/object?
-=item Footers
+=item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
-=item Accessing Formatting Internals
+=item How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?
=back
-=item WARNINGS
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
=back
-=head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial
+=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.30 $, $Date: 2003/11/23
+08:07:46 $)
=over 4
=over 4
-=item If we could talk to the animals...
+=item How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this?
-=item Introducing the method invocation arrow
+=item How do I change one line in a file/delete a line in a file/insert a
+line in the middle of a file/append to the beginning of a file?
-=item Invoking a barnyard
+=item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
-=item The extra parameter of method invocation
+=item How can I use Perl's C<-i> option from within a program?
-=item Calling a second method to simplify things
+=item How do I make a temporary file name?
-=item Inheriting the windpipes
+=item How can I manipulate fixed-record-length files?
-=item A few notes about @ISA
+=item How can I make a filehandle local to a subroutine? How do I pass
+filehandles between subroutines? How do I make an array of filehandles?
-=item Overriding the methods
+=item How can I use a filehandle indirectly?
-=item Starting the search from a different place
+=item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
-=item The SUPER way of doing things
+=item How can I write() into a string?
-=item Where we're at so far...
+=item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
-=item A horse is a horse, of course of course -- or is it?
+=item How can I translate tildes (~) in a filename?
-=item Invoking an instance method
+=item How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?
-=item Accessing the instance data
+=item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use
+E<lt>*E<gt>?
-=item How to build a horse
+=item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
-=item Inheriting the constructor
+=item How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing blanks?
-=item Making a method work with either classes or instances
+=item How can I reliably rename a file?
-=item Adding parameters to a method
+=item How can I lock a file?
-=item More interesting instances
+=item Why can't I just open(FH, "E<gt>file.lock")?
-=item A horse of a different color
+=item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in
+the file. How can I do this?
-=item Summary
+=item All I want to do is append a small amount of text to the end of a
+file. Do I still have to use locking?
-=back
+=item How do I randomly update a binary file?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
-=back
+=item How do I print to more than one file at once?
-=head2 perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl
+=item How can I read in an entire file all at once?
-=over 4
+=item How can I read in a file by paragraphs?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
-=item Creating a Class
+=item How can I tell whether there's a character waiting on a filehandle?
-=over 4
+=item How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl?
-=item Object Representation
+=item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
-=item Class Interface
+=item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
-=item Constructors and Instance Methods
+=item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? Why doesn't
+`C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
-=item Planning for the Future: Better Constructors
+=item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
-=item Destructors
+=item Why does Perl let me delete read-only files? Why does C<-i> clobber
+protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl?
-=item Other Object Methods
+=item How do I select a random line from a file?
+
+=item Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?
=back
-=item Class Data
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Accessing Class Data
+=head2 perlfaq6 - Regular Expressions ($Revision: 1.20 $, $Date: 2003/01/03
+20:05:28 $)
-=item Debugging Methods
+=over 4
-=item Class Destructors
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Documenting the Interface
+=over 4
-=back
+=item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
+and unmaintainable code?
-=item Aggregation
+Comments Outside the Regex, Comments Inside the Regex, Different Delimiters
-=item Inheritance
+=item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
-=over 4
+=item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
+different lines?
-=item Overridden Methods
+=item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
-=item Multiple Inheritance
+=item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS while preserving
+case on the RHS?
-=item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects
+=item How can I make C<\w> match national character sets?
-=back
+=item How can I match a locale-smart version of C</[a-zA-Z]/>?
-=item Alternate Object Representations
+=item How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?
-=over 4
+=item What is C</o> really for?
-=item Arrays as Objects
+=item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
+file?
-=item Closures as Objects
+=item Can I use Perl regular expressions to match balanced text?
-=back
+=item What does it mean that regexes are greedy? How can I get around it?
-=item AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods
+=item How do I process each word on each line?
-=over 4
+=item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
-=item Autoloaded Data Methods
+=item How can I do approximate matching?
-=item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods
+=item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
-=back
+=item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
-=item Metaclassical Tools
+=item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
-=over 4
+=item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
-=item Class::Struct
+=item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
-=item Data Members as Variables
+=item What's wrong with using grep in a void context?
-=back
+=item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
-=item NOTES
+=item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Object Terminology
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=head2 perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date:
+2003/07/24 02:17:21 $)
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=over 4
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Acknowledgments
+=item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
-=back
+=item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
+use them?
-=back
+=item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
+commas?
-=head2 perltooc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl
+=item How do I skip some return values?
-=over 4
+=item How do I temporarily block warnings?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item What's an extension?
-=item Class Data in a Can
+=item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
-=item Class Data as Package Variables
+=item How do I declare/create a structure?
-=over 4
+=item How do I create a module?
-=item Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket
+=item How do I create a class?
-=item Inheritance Concerns
+=item How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
-=item The Eponymous Meta-Object
+=item What's a closure?
-=item Indirect References to Class Data
+=item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
-=item Monadic Classes
+=item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
+Regex}?
-=item Translucent Attributes
+Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexes,
+Passing Methods
-=back
+=item How do I create a static variable?
-=item Class Data as Lexical Variables
+=item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping?
+Between local() and my()?
-=over 4
+=item How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical
+is in scope?
-=item Privacy and Responsibility
+=item What's the difference between deep and shallow binding?
-=item File-Scoped Lexicals
+=item Why doesn't "my($foo) = E<lt>FILEE<gt>;" work right?
-=item More Inheritance Concerns
+=item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method?
-=item Locking the Door and Throwing Away the Key
+=item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
-=item Translucency Revisited
+=item How do I create a switch or case statement?
-=back
+=item How can I catch accesses to undefined variables, functions, or
+methods?
-=item NOTES
+=item Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How can I find out my current package?
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item How can I comment out a large block of perl code?
-=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+=item How do I clear a package?
-=item HISTORY
+=item How can I use a variable as a variable name?
+
+=item What does "bad interpreter" mean?
=back
-=head2 perlobj - Perl objects
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.17 $, $Date: 2003/01/26
+17:44:04 $)
=over 4
=over 4
-=item An Object is Simply a Reference
+=item How do I find out which operating system I'm running under?
-=item A Class is Simply a Package
+=item How come exec() doesn't return?
-=item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
+=item How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?
-=item Method Invocation
+Keyboard, Screen, Mouse
-=item Indirect Object Syntax
+=item How do I print something out in color?
-=item Default UNIVERSAL methods
+=item How do I read just one key without waiting for a return key?
-isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+=item How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard?
-=item Destructors
+=item How do I clear the screen?
-=item Summary
+=item How do I get the screen size?
-=item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
+=item How do I ask the user for a password?
-=back
+=item How do I read and write the serial port?
-=item SEE ALSO
+lockfiles, open mode, end of line, flushing output, non-blocking input
-=back
+=item How do I decode encrypted password files?
-=head2 perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)
+=item How do I start a process in the background?
-=over 4
+STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR are shared, Signals, Zombies
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I trap control characters/signals?
-=item OO SCALING TIPS
+=item How do I modify the shadow password file on a Unix system?
-=item INSTANCE VARIABLES
+=item How do I set the time and date?
-=item SCALAR INSTANCE VARIABLES
+=item How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second?
-=item INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE
+=item How can I measure time under a second?
-=item OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS
+=item How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling)
-=item OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS
+=item Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? What
+does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean?
-=item USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM
+=item How can I call my system's unique C functions from Perl?
-=item THINKING OF CODE REUSE
+=item Where do I get the include files to do ioctl() or syscall()?
-=item CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT
+=item Why do setuid perl scripts complain about kernel problems?
-=item INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR
+=item How can I open a pipe both to and from a command?
-=item DELEGATION
+=item Why can't I get the output of a command with system()?
-=back
+=item How can I capture STDERR from an external command?
-=head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
+=item Why doesn't open() return an error when a pipe open fails?
-=over 4
+=item What's wrong with using backticks in a void context?
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item How can I call backticks without shell processing?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Why can't my script read from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix,
+^Z on MS-DOS)?
-=over 4
+=item How can I convert my shell script to perl?
-=item Tying Scalars
+=item Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session?
-TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, UNTIE this,
-DESTROY this
+=item How can I write expect in Perl?
-=item Tying Arrays
+=item Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as
+"ps"?
-TIEARRAY classname, LIST, FETCH this, index, STORE this, index, value,
-FETCHSIZE this, STORESIZE this, count, EXTEND this, count, EXISTS this,
-key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, PUSH this, LIST, POP this, SHIFT this,
-UNSHIFT this, LIST, SPLICE this, offset, length, LIST, UNTIE this, DESTROY
-this
+=item I {changed directory, modified my environment} in a perl script. How
+come the change disappeared when I exited the script? How do I get my
+changes to be visible?
-=item Tying Hashes
+Unix
-USER, HOME, CLOBBER, LIST, TIEHASH classname, LIST, FETCH this, key, STORE
-this, key, value, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, EXISTS this, key, FIRSTKEY
-this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, UNTIE this, DESTROY this
+=item How do I close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to
+complete?
-=item Tying FileHandles
+=item How do I fork a daemon process?
-TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this,
-LIST, READ this, LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, UNTIE this,
-DESTROY this
+=item How do I find out if I'm running interactively or not?
-=item UNTIE this
+=item How do I timeout a slow event?
-=item The C<untie> Gotcha
+=item How do I set CPU limits?
-=back
+=item How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How do I use an SQL database?
-=item BUGS
+=item How do I make a system() exit on control-C?
-=item AUTHOR
+=item How do I open a file without blocking?
-=back
+=item How do I install a module from CPAN?
-=head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
-safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
+=item What's the difference between require and use?
-=over 4
+=item How do I keep my own module/library directory?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library
+search path?
-=item Signals
+=item How do I add a directory to my include path (@INC) at runtime?
-=item Named Pipes
+=item What is socket.ph and where do I get it?
-=over 4
+=back
-=item WARNING
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
=back
-=item Using open() for IPC
+=head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date: 2003/01/31 17:36:57
+$)
=over 4
-=item Filehandles
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Background Processes
+=over 4
-=item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
+=item What is the correct form of response from a CGI script?
-=item Safe Pipe Opens
+=item My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500
+Server Error)
-=item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
+=item How can I get better error messages from a CGI program?
-=item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself
+=item How do I remove HTML from a string?
-=back
+=item How do I extract URLs?
-=item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
+=item How do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a
+file on another machine?
-=over 4
+=item How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?
-=item Internet Line Terminators
+=item How do I fetch an HTML file?
-=item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
+=item How do I automate an HTML form submission?
-=item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
+=item How do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web?
-=back
+=item How do I redirect to another page?
-=item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
+=item How do I put a password on my web pages?
-=over 4
+=item How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?
-=item A Simple Client
+=item How do I make sure users can't enter values into a form that cause my
+CGI script to do bad things?
-C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
+=item How do I parse a mail header?
-=item A Webget Client
+=item How do I decode a CGI form?
-=item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
+=item How do I check a valid mail address?
-=back
+=item How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string?
-=item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
+=item How do I return the user's mail address?
-Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
+=item How do I send mail?
-=item UDP: Message Passing
+=item How do I use MIME to make an attachment to a mail message?
-=item SysV IPC
+=item How do I read mail?
-=item NOTES
+=item How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address?
-=item BUGS
+=item How do I fetch a news article or the active newsgroups?
-=item AUTHOR
+=item How do I fetch/put an FTP file?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How can I do RPC in Perl?
=back
-=head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation (EXPERIMENTAL, subject to change)
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=over 4
+=back
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax
+
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes
+=item Declarations
-$$ or $PROCESS_ID, %ENV, chdir() and all other builtins that accept
-filenames, wait() and waitpid(), kill(), exec(), exit(), Open handles to
-files, directories and network sockets
+=item Comments
-=item Resource limits
+=item Simple Statements
-=item Killing the parent process
+=item Truth and Falsehood
-=item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes
+=item Statement Modifiers
-=item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS
+=item Compound Statements
-BEGIN blocks, Open filehandles, Forking pipe open() not yet implemented,
-Global state maintained by XSUBs, Interpreter embedded in larger
-application, Thread-safety of extensions
+=item Loop Control
-=back
+=item For Loops
-=item BUGS
+=item Foreach Loops
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Goto
+
+=item PODs: Embedded Documentation
+
+=item Plain Old Comments (Not!)
=back
-=head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
+=back
-=over 4
+=head2 perldata - Perl data types
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Storing numbers
+=over 4
-=item Numeric operators and numeric conversions
+=item Variable names
-=item Flavors of Perl numeric operations
+=item Context
-Arithmetic operators except, C<no integer>, Arithmetic operators except,
-C<use integer>, Bitwise operators, C<no integer>, Bitwise operators, C<use
-integer>, Operators which expect an integer, Operators which expect a
-string
+=item Scalar values
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Scalar value constructors
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item List value constructors
-=back
+=item Subscripts
-=head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl
+=item Slices
-=over 4
+=item Typeglobs and Filehandles
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlothrtut - old tutorial on threads in Perl
+=head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What Is A Thread Anyway?
-
-=item Threaded Program Models
-
=over 4
-=item Boss/Worker
+=item Operator Precedence and Associativity
-=item Work Crew
+=item Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
-=item Pipeline
+=item The Arrow Operator
-=back
+=item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
-=item Native threads
+=item Exponentiation
-=item What kind of threads are perl threads?
+=item Symbolic Unary Operators
-=item Threadsafe Modules
+=item Binding Operators
-=item Thread Basics
+=item Multiplicative Operators
-=over 4
+=item Additive Operators
-=item Basic Thread Support
+=item Shift Operators
-=item Creating Threads
+=item Named Unary Operators
-=item Giving up control
+=item Relational Operators
-=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
+=item Equality Operators
-=item Errors In Threads
+=item Bitwise And
-=item Ignoring A Thread
+=item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
-=back
+=item C-style Logical And
-=item Threads And Data
+=item C-style Logical Or
-=over 4
+=item C-style Logical Defined-Or
-=item Shared And Unshared Data
+=item Range Operators
-=item Thread Pitfall: Races
+=item Conditional Operator
-=item Controlling access: lock()
+=item Assignment Operators
-=item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
+=item Comma Operator
-=item Queues: Passing Data Around
+=item List Operators (Rightward)
-=back
+=item Logical Not
-=item Threads And Code
+=item Logical And
-=over 4
+=item Logical or, Defined or, and Exclusive Or
-=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
+=item C Operators Missing From Perl
-Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
+unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
-=item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines
+=item Quote and Quote-like Operators
-=item Subroutine Locks
+=item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
-=item Methods
+?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 Locking A Subroutine
+=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
-=item General Thread Utility Routines
+=item I/O Operators
-=over 4
+=item Constant Folding
-=item What Thread Am I In?
+=item Bitwise String Operators
-=item Thread IDs
+=item Integer Arithmetic
-=item Are These Threads The Same?
+=item Floating-point Arithmetic
-=item What Threads Are Running?
+=item Bigger Numbers
=back
-=item A Complete Example
-
-=item Conclusion
+=back
-=item Bibliography
+=head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
=over 4
-=item Introductory Texts
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item OS-Related References
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Other References
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Private Variables via my()
-=item Acknowledgements
+=item Persistent Private Variables
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Temporary Values via local()
-=item Copyrights
+=item Lvalue subroutines
-=back
+Lvalue subroutines are EXPERIMENTAL
-=head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl
+=item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
-=over 4
+=item When to Still Use local()
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Pass by Reference
-Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is>
-portable
+=item Prototypes
-=item ISSUES
+=item Constant Functions
-=over 4
+=item Overriding Built-in Functions
-=item Newlines
+=item Autoloading
-=item Numbers endianness and Width
+=item Subroutine Attributes
-=item Files and Filesystems
+=back
-=item System Interaction
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
+=back
-=item External Subroutines (XS)
+=head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
-=item Standard Modules
+=over 4
-=item Time and Date
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Character sets and character encoding
+=over 4
-=item Internationalisation
+=item Perl Functions by Category
-=item System Resources
+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 Security
+=item Portability
-=item Style
+=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
-=back
+-I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, abs VALUE, abs, accept
+NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, alarm, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME,
+binmode FILEHANDLE, LAYER, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME, bless
+REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE, chomp(
+LIST ), chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop( LIST ), chop, chown LIST, chr NUMBER,
+chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot, close FILEHANDLE, close, closedir DIRHANDLE,
+connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, cos, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT,
+dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR, defined, delete
+EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR, dump LABEL, dump,
+each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval BLOCK, exec LIST,
+exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp, fcntl
+FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION,
+fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE, getc, getlogin,
+getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam
+NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getprotobyname
+NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr
+ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER,
+getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostent, getnetent,
+getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent
+STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent,
+endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockname SOCKET,
+getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL,
+goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex,
+import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl
+FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST,
+last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc, lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length,
+link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR,
+lock THING, log EXPR, log, lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK LIST, map
+EXPR,LIST, mkdir FILENAME,MASK, mkdir FILENAME, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget
+KEY,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, my EXPR, my
+TYPE EXPR, my EXPR : ATTRS, my TYPE EXPR : ATTRS, next LABEL, next, no
+Module VERSION LIST, no Module VERSION, no Module LIST, no Module, oct
+EXPR, oct, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR, open
+FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR,LIST, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,REFERENCE, open FILEHANDLE,
+opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord EXPR, ord, our EXPR, our EXPR TYPE, our EXPR :
+ATTRS, our TYPE EXPR : ATTRS, pack TEMPLATE,LIST, package NAMESPACE,
+package, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop ARRAY, pop, pos SCALAR, pos,
+print FILEHANDLE LIST, print LIST, print, printf FILEHANDLE FORMAT, LIST,
+printf FORMAT, LIST, prototype FUNCTION, push ARRAY,LIST, q/STRING/,
+qq/STRING/, qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, quotemeta EXPR, quotemeta,
+rand EXPR, rand, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR,
+readlink, readpipe EXPR, recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo,
+ref EXPR, ref, rename OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR,
+require, reset EXPR, reset, return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir
+DIRHANDLE, rindex STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME,
+rmdir, s///, scalar EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir
+DIRHANDLE,POS, select FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT,
+semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send
+SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority
+WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY,
+shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE,
+shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep
+EXPR, sleep, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, socketpair
+SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort BLOCK LIST,
+sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,
+splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split /PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split
+/PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf FORMAT, LIST, format
+parameter index, flags, vector flag, (minimum) width, precision, or maximum
+width, size, order of arguments, sqrt EXPR, sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat
+FILEHANDLE, stat EXPR, stat, study SCALAR, study, sub NAME BLOCK, sub NAME
+(PROTO) BLOCK, sub NAME : ATTRS BLOCK, sub NAME (PROTO) : ATTRS BLOCK,
+substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr
+EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall NUMBER, LIST, sysopen
+FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek
+FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,
+syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie
+VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate
+FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR,
+ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack
+TEMPLATE,EXPR, unpack TEMPLATE, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use
+Module VERSION LIST, use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use
+VERSION, utime LIST, values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid
+PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y///
-=item CPAN Testers
+=back
-Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
-http://testers.cpan.org/
+=back
-=item PLATFORMS
+=head2 perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl
=over 4
-=item Unix
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item DOS and Derivatives
+=item Open E<agrave> la shell
-=item S<Mac OS>
+=over 4
-=item VMS
+=item Simple Opens
-=item VOS
+=item Indirect Filehandles
-=item EBCDIC Platforms
+=item Pipe Opens
-=item Acorn RISC OS
+=item The Minus File
-=item Other perls
+=item Mixing Reads and Writes
+
+=item Filters
=back
-=item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
+=item Open E<agrave> la C
=over 4
-=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
-
--I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, alarm SECONDS, alarm, binmode
-FILEHANDLE, chmod LIST, chown LIST, chroot FILENAME, chroot, crypt
-PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MODE, dump LABEL, exec
-LIST, 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 Permissions E<agrave> la mode
=back
-=item CHANGES
-
-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 Supported Platforms
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Obscure Open Tricks
-=item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
+=over 4
-=item VERSION
+=item Re-Opening Files (dups)
-=back
+=item Dispelling the Dweomer
-=head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
-localization)
+=item Paths as Opens
-=over 4
+=item Single Argument Open
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Playing with STDIN and STDOUT
-=item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
+=back
-=item USING LOCALES
+=item Other I/O Issues
=over 4
-=item The use locale pragma
+=item Opening Non-File Files
-=item The setlocale function
+=item Opening Named Pipes
-=item Finding locales
+=item Opening Sockets
-=item LOCALE PROBLEMS
+=item Binary Files
-=item Temporarily fixing locale problems
+=item File Locking
-=item Permanently fixing locale problems
+=item IO Layers
-=item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
+=back
-=item Fixing system locale configuration
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item The localeconv function
+=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
-=item I18N::Langinfo
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=item LOCALE CATEGORIES
+=head2 perlpacktut - tutorial on C<pack> and C<unpack>
=over 4
-=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
+=item The Basic Principle
-=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
+=item Packing Text
-=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
+=item Packing Numbers
-=item LC_TIME
+=over 4
-=item Other categories
+=item Integers
-=back
+=item Unpacking a Stack Frame
-=item SECURITY
+=item How to Eat an Egg on a Net
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=item Floating point Numbers
-PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
-LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
+=back
-=item NOTES
+=item Exotic Templates
=over 4
-=item Backward compatibility
-
-=item I18N:Collate obsolete
-
-=item Sort speed and memory use impacts
+=item Bit Strings
-=item write() and LC_NUMERIC
+=item Uuencoding
-=item Freely available locale definitions
+=item Doing Sums
-=item I18n and l10n
+=item Unicode
-=item An imperfect standard
+=item Another Portable Binary Encoding
=back
-=item BUGS
+=item Template Grouping
-=over 4
+=item Lengths and Widths
-=item Broken systems
+=over 4
-=back
+=item String Lengths
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Dynamic Templates
-=item HISTORY
+=item Counting Repetitions
=back
-=head2 perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction
+=item Packing and Unpacking C Structures
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The Alignment Pit
-=over 4
+=item Alignment, Take 2
-=item Unicode
+=item Alignment, Take 3
-=item Perl's Unicode Support
+=item Pointers for How to Use Them
-=item Perl's Unicode Model
+=back
-=item Creating Unicode
+=item Pack Recipes
-=item Handling Unicode
+=item Funnies Section
-=item Legacy Encodings
+=item Authors
-=item Unicode I/O
+=back
-=item Displaying Unicode As Text
+=head2 perlpod - the Plain Old Documentation format
-=item Special Cases
+=over 4
-=item Advanced Topics
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Miscellaneous
+=over 4
-=item Questions With Answers
+=item Ordinary Paragraph
-Will My Old Scripts Break?, How Do I Make My Scripts Work With Unicode?,
-How Do I Know Whether My String Is In Unicode?, How Do I Detect Data That's
-Not Valid In a Particular Encoding, How Do I Convert Binary Data Into a
-Particular Encoding, Or Vice Versa?, How Do I Display Unicode? How Do I
-Input Unicode?, How Does Unicode Work With Traditional Locales?
+=item Verbatim Paragraph
-=item Hexadecimal Notation
+=item Command Paragraph
-=item Further Resources
+C<=head1 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head2 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head3 I<Heading
+Text>>, C<=head4 I<Heading Text>>, C<=over I<indentlevel>>, C<=item
+I<stuff...>>, C<=back>, C<=cut>, C<=pod>, C<=begin I<formatname>>, C<=end
+I<formatname>>, C<=for I<formatname> I<text...>>, C<=encoding
+I<encodingname>>
-=back
+=item Formatting Codes
-=item UNICODE IN OLDER PERLS
+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 SEE ALSO
+=item The Intent
-=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+=item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
-=item AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT, AND LICENSE
+=item Hints for Writing Pod
=back
-=head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
-
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Important Caveats
-
-Input and Output Disciplines, Regular Expressions, C<use utf8> still needed
-to enable UTF-8/UTF-EBCDIC in scripts
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Byte and Character semantics
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Effects of character semantics
+=back
-=item Scripts
+=head2 perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and
+notes
-=item Blocks
+=over 4
-=item Character encodings for input and output
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item Pod Definitions
-=item CAVEATS
+=item Pod Commands
-=item UNICODE REGULAR EXPRESSION SUPPORT LEVEL
+"=head1", "=head2", "=head3", "=head4", "=pod", "=cut", "=over", "=item",
+"=back", "=begin formatname", "=end formatname", "=for formatname text...",
+"=encoding encodingname"
-=over 4
+=item Pod Formatting Codes
-=item Unicode Encodings
+C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
+C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<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
-UTF-8, UTF-EBCDIC, UTF-16, UTF-16BE, UTF16-LE, Surrogates, and BOMs (Byte
-Order Marks), UTF-32, UTF-32BE, UTF32-LE, UCS-2, UCS-4, UTF-7
+=item Notes on Implementing Pod Processors
-=item Security Implications of Malformed UTF-8
+=item About LE<lt>...E<gt> Codes
-=item Unicode in Perl on EBCDIC
+First:, Second:, Third:, Fourth:, Fifth:, Sixth:
-=item Using Unicode in XS
+=item About =over...=back Regions
-=back
+=item About Data Paragraphs and "=begin/=end" Regions
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
+=head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item COMMON CHARACTER CODE SETS
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item ASCII
-
-=item ISO 8859
+=item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems
-=item Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1)
+OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS
-=item EBCDIC
+=item Location of Perl
-=item 13 variant characters
+=item Command Switches
-=item 0037
+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 1047
+=back
-=item POSIX-BC
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-=item Unicode and UTF
+HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5OPT, PERLIO, :bytes, :crlf, :mmap,
+:perlio, :pop, :raw, :stdio, :unix, :utf8, :win32, PERLIO_DEBUG, PERLLIB,
+PERL5DB, PERL5SHELL (specific to the Win32 port), PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS,
+PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL, PERL_DL_NONLAZY, PERL_ENCODING, PERL_HASH_SEED,
+PERL_HASH_SEED_DEBUG, PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port), PERL_SIGNALS,
+PERL_UNICODE, SYS$LOGIN (specific to the VMS port)
=back
-=item SINGLE OCTET TABLES
+=head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
-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
+=back
-=over 4
+=head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings
-=item tr///
+=over 4
-=item iconv
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item C RTL
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Default Warnings and Optional Warnings
-=item OPERATOR DIFFERENCES
+=item What's wrong with B<-w> and C<$^W>
-=item FUNCTION DIFFERENCES
+=item Controlling Warnings from the Command Line
-chr(), ord(), pack(), print(), printf(), sort(), sprintf(), unpack()
+B<-w>, B<-W>, B<-X>
-=item REGULAR EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES
+=item Backward Compatibility
-=item SOCKETS
+=item Category Hierarchy
-=item SORTING
+=item Fatal Warnings
-=over 4
+=item Reporting Warnings from a Module
-=item Ignore ASCII vs. EBCDIC sort differences.
+=back
-=item MONO CASE then sort data.
+=item TODO
-=item Convert, sort data, then re convert.
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Perform sorting on one type of machine only.
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item TRANSFORMATION FORMATS
+=head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
=over 4
-=item URL decoding and encoding
-
-=item uu encoding and decoding
-
-=item Quoted-Printable encoding and decoding
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Caesarian ciphers
+=item The Perl Debugger
-=back
+=over 4
-=item Hashing order and checksums
+=item Debugger Commands
-=item I18N AND L10N
+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 MULTI OCTET CHARACTER SETS
+=item Configurable Options
-=item OS ISSUES
+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>
-=over 4
+=item Debugger input/output
-=item OS/400
+Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame
+listing
-IFS access
+=item Debugging compile-time statements
-=item OS/390, z/OS
+=item Debugger Customization
-chcp, dataset access, OS/390, z/OS iconv, locales
+=item Readline Support
-=item VM/ESA?
+=item Editor Support for Debugging
-=item POSIX-BC?
+=item The Perl Profiler
=back
-=item BUGS
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Debugging regular expressions
-=item REFERENCES
+=item Debugging memory usage
-=item HISTORY
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item AUTHOR
+=item BUGS
=back
-=head2 perlsec - Perl security
+=head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
-
-=item Switches On the "#!" Line
+=item Predefined Names
-=item Cleaning Up Your Path
+$ARG, $_, $a, $b, $<I<digits>>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $',
+$LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, $^N, @LAST_MATCH_END, @+,
+HANDLE->input_line_number(EXPR), $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER, $NR, $,
+IO::Handle->input_record_separator(EXPR), $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $RS, $/,
+HANDLE->autoflush(EXPR), $OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH, $|,
+IO::Handle->output_field_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR, $OFS, $,,
+IO::Handle->output_record_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $ORS,
+$\, $LIST_SEPARATOR, $", $SUBSCRIPT_SEPARATOR, $SUBSEP, $;, $#,
+HANDLE->format_page_number(EXPR), $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER, $%,
+HANDLE->format_lines_per_page(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE, $=,
+HANDLE->format_lines_left(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_LEFT, $-, @LAST_MATCH_START,
+@-, C<$`> is the same as C<substr($var, 0, $-[0])>, C<$&> is the same as
+C<substr($var, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0])>, C<$'> is the same as C<substr($var,
+$+[0])>, C<$1> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1])>, C<$2>
+is the same as C<substr($var, $-[2], $+[2] - $-[2])>, C<$3> is the same as
+C<substr $var, $-[3], $+[3] - $-[3])>, HANDLE->format_name(EXPR),
+$FORMAT_NAME, $~, HANDLE->format_top_name(EXPR), $FORMAT_TOP_NAME, $^,
+IO::Handle->format_line_break_characters EXPR,
+$FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS, $:, IO::Handle->format_formfeed EXPR,
+$FORMAT_FORMFEED, $^L, $ACCUMULATOR, $^A, $CHILD_ERROR, $?, ${^ENCODING},
+$OS_ERROR, $ERRNO, $!, %!, $EXTENDED_OS_ERROR, $^E, $EVAL_ERROR, $@,
+$PROCESS_ID, $PID, $$, $REAL_USER_ID, $UID, $<, $EFFECTIVE_USER_ID, $EUID,
+$>, $REAL_GROUP_ID, $GID, $(, $EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID, $EGID, $),
+$PROGRAM_NAME, $0, $[, $], $COMPILING, $^C, $DEBUGGING, $^D,
+$SYSTEM_FD_MAX, $^F, $^H, %^H, $INPLACE_EDIT, $^I, $^M, $OSNAME, $^O,
+${^OPEN}, $PERLDB, $^P, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80,
+0x100, 0x200, 0x400, $LAST_REGEXP_CODE_RESULT, $^R,
+$EXCEPTIONS_BEING_CAUGHT, $^S, $BASETIME, $^T, ${^TAINT}, ${^UNICODE},
+$PERL_VERSION, $^V, $WARNING, $^W, ${^WARNING_BITS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X,
+ARGV, $ARGV, @ARGV, ARGVOUT, @F, @INC, @_, %INC, %ENV, $ENV{expr}, %SIG,
+$SIG{expr}
-=item Security Bugs
+=item Error Indicators
-=item Protecting Your Programs
+=item Technical Note on the Syntax of Variable Names
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item BUGS
=back
-=head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
+=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item Packages
+i, m, s, x
-=item Symbol Tables
+=over 4
-=item Package Constructors and Destructors
+=item Regular Expressions
-=item Perl Classes
+[1], [2], [3], cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
-=item Perl Modules
+=item Extended Patterns
-=item Making your module threadsafe
-
-=back
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+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)>
-=back
+=item Backtracking
-=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
+=item Version 8 Regular Expressions
-=over 4
+=item Warning on \1 vs $1
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
-=over 4
+=item Combining pieces together
-=item PREAMBLE
+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)>
-B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
-module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
+=item Creating custom RE engines
=back
-=item PORTABILITY
-
-=item HEY
-
-=item AUTHOR
+=item BUGS
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
+=head2 perlreref - Perl Regular Expressions Reference
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
-
=over 4
-=item Pragmatic Modules
-
-attributes, autouse, base, blib, bytes, charnames, constant, diagnostics,
-encoding, fields, filetest, integer, less, locale, open, overload, sigtrap,
-sort, strict, subs, utf8, vars, vmsish, warnings, warnings::register
+=item OPERATORS
-=item Standard Modules
+=item SYNTAX
-AnyDBM_File, Attribute::Handlers, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, Benchmark, CGI,
-CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp, CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push,
-CGI::Switch, CGI::Util, CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp,
-Carp::Heavy, Class::ISA, Class::Struct, Cwd, DB, Devel::SelfStubber,
-Digest, DirHandle, Dumpvalue, English, Env, Exporter, Exporter::Heavy,
-ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Constant, ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install,
-ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist, ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin,
-ExtUtils::MM_NW5, ExtUtils::MM_OS2, ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::MM_VMS,
-ExtUtils::MM_Win32, ExtUtils::MakeMaker, ExtUtils::Manifest,
-ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists, ExtUtils::Packlist,
-ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, File::Basename, File::CheckTree, File::Compare,
-File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find, File::Path, File::Spec,
-File::Spec::Cygwin, File::Spec::Epoc, File::Spec::Functions,
-File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Unix, File::Spec::VMS,
-File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp, File::stat, FileCache, FileHandle,
-Filter::Simple, FindBin, Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, I18N::Collate,
-I18N::LangTags, I18N::LangTags::List, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3,
-Locale::Constants, Locale::Country, Locale::Currency, Locale::Language,
-Locale::Maketext, Locale::Maketext::TPJ13, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt,
-Math::BigInt::Calc, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Memoize,
-Memoize::AnyDBM_File, Memoize::Expire, Memoize::ExpireFile,
-Memoize::ExpireTest, Memoize::NDBM_File, Memoize::SDBM_File,
-Memoize::Storable, NEXT, Net::Cmd, Net::Config, Net::Domain, Net::FTP,
-Net::NNTP, Net::Netrc, Net::POP3, Net::Ping, Net::SMTP, Net::Time,
-Net::hostent, Net::libnetFAQ, Net::netent, Net::protoent, Net::servent,
-PerlIO, Pod::Checker, Pod::Find, Pod::Functions, Pod::Html,
-Pod::InputObjects, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Man, Pod::ParseLink, Pod::ParseUtils,
-Pod::Parser, Pod::Plainer, Pod::Select, Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color,
-Pod::Text::Overstrike, Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Usage, Pod::t::basic,
-Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell, Switch, Symbol,
-Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap, Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test,
-Test::Builder, Test::Harness, Test::More, Test::Simple, Test::Tutorial,
-Text::Abbrev, Text::Balanced, Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs,
-Text::Wrap, Thread, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::RefHash,
-Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, Time::Local, Time::gmtime, Time::localtime,
-Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, Unicode::Collate, Unicode::UCD, User::grent,
-User::pwent, Win32
+=item ESCAPE SEQUENCES
-=item Extension Modules
+=item CHARACTER CLASSES
-=back
+=item ANCHORS
-=item CPAN
+=item QUANTIFIERS
-=over 4
+=item EXTENDED CONSTRUCTS
-=item Africa
+=item VARIABLES
-=item Asia
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=item Central America
+=item TERMINOLOGY
-=item Europe
+=back
-=item North America
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Oceania
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item South America
+=item THANKS
=back
-=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
+=head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
=over 4
-=item Guidelines for Module Creation
-
-=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
-
-=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
-
-=back
-
=item NOTE
-=back
-
-=head2 perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item INTRODUCTION
+=item Making References
-=item QUICK CHECKLIST
+=item Using References
-=over 4
+=item Symbolic references
-=item Before you start
+=item Not-so-symbolic references
-=item The API
+=item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
-=item Stability
+=item Function Templates
-=item Documentation
+=back
-=item Release considerations
+=item WARNING
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item BEFORE YOU START WRITING A MODULE
+=head2 perlform - Perl formats
=over 4
-=item Has it been done before?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Do one thing and do it well
+=over 4
-=item What's in a name?
+=item Text Fields
-=back
+=item Numeric Fields
-=item DESIGNING AND WRITING YOUR MODULE
+=item The Field @* for Variable Width Multi-Line Text
-=over 4
+=item The Field ^* for Variable Width One-line-at-a-time Text
-=item To OO or not to OO?
+=item Specifying Values
-=item Designing your API
+=item Using Fill Mode
-Write simple routines to do simple things, Separate functionality from
-output, Provide sensible shortcuts and defaults, Naming conventions,
-Parameter passing
+=item Suppressing Lines Where All Fields Are Void
-=item Strictness and warnings
+=item Repeating Format Lines
-=item Backwards compatibility
+=item Top of Form Processing
-=item Error handling and messages
+=item Format Variables
=back
-=item DOCUMENTING YOUR MODULE
+=item NOTES
=over 4
-=item POD
+=item Footers
-=item README, INSTALL, release notes, changelogs
+=item Accessing Formatting Internals
=back
-=item RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS
+=item WARNINGS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlobj - Perl objects
=over 4
-=item Version numbering
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Pre-requisites
+=over 4
-=item Testing
+=item An Object is Simply a Reference
-=item Packaging
+=item A Class is Simply a Package
-=item Licensing
+=item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
-=back
+=item Method Invocation
-=item COMMON PITFALLS
+=item Indirect Object Syntax
-=over 4
+=item Default UNIVERSAL methods
-=item Reinventing the wheel
+isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
-=item Trying to do too much
+=item Destructors
-=item Inappropriate documentation
+=item Summary
+
+=item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
=back
=item SEE ALSO
-L<perlstyle>, L<perlnewmod>, L<perlpod>, L<podchecker>, Testing tools,
-http://pause.perl.org/, Any good book on software engineering
-
-=item AUTHOR
-
=back
-=head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
+=head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Warning
+=item Tying Scalars
-=item What should I make into a module?
+TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, UNTIE this,
+DESTROY this
-=item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground
+=item Tying Arrays
-Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again
+TIEARRAY classname, LIST, FETCH this, index, STORE this, index, value,
+FETCHSIZE this, STORESIZE this, count, EXTEND this, count, EXISTS this,
+key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, PUSH this, LIST, POP this, SHIFT this,
+UNSHIFT this, LIST, SPLICE this, offset, length, LIST, UNTIE this, DESTROY
+this
-=item Step-by-step: Making the module
+=item Tying Hashes
-Start with F<h2xs>, Use L<strict|strict> and L<warnings|warnings>, Use
-L<Carp|Carp>, Use L<Exporter|Exporter> - wisely!, Use L<plain old
-documentation|perlpod>, Write tests, Write the README
+USER, HOME, CLOBBER, LIST, TIEHASH classname, LIST, FETCH this, key, STORE
+this, key, value, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, EXISTS this, key, FIRSTKEY
+this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, SCALAR this, UNTIE this, DESTROY this
-=item Step-by-step: Distributing your module
+=item Tying FileHandles
-Get a CPAN user ID, C<perl Makefile.PL; make test; make dist>, Upload the
-tarball, Announce to the modules list, Announce to clpa, Fix bugs!
+TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this,
+LIST, READ this, LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, UNTIE this,
+DESTROY this
-=back
+=item UNTIE this
-=item AUTHOR
+=item The C<untie> Gotcha
+
+=back
=item SEE ALSO
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date:
-2002/01/31 01:46:23 $)
+=head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
+B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
+B<filter_fetch_value>
+
=over 4
-=item What is Perl?
+=item The Filter
-=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
+=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
-=item Which version of Perl should I use?
+=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
-=item What are perl4 and perl5?
+=back
-=item What is perl6?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How stable is Perl?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Is Perl difficult to learn?
+=back
-=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
-Scheme, or Tcl?
+=head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
+safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
-=item Can I do [task] in Perl?
+=over 4
-=item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
+=item Signals
-=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
+=over 4
-=item What is a JAPH?
+=item Handling the SIGHUP Signal in Daemons
-=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
+=back
-=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
-5/5.6.1/Perl instead of some other language?
+=item Named Pipes
-=back
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Deferred Signals (Safe Signals)
+
+Long running opcodes, Interrupting IO, Restartable system calls, Signals as
+"faults", Signals triggered by operating system state
=back
-=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.8 $,
-$Date: 2002/02/08 22:31:57 $)
+=item Using open() for IPC
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Filehandles
-=over 4
+=item Background Processes
-=item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
+=item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
-=item How can I get a binary version of Perl?
+=item Safe Pipe Opens
-=item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
+=item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
-=item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts
-don't work.
+=item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself
-=item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic
-loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
+=back
-=item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
-What does CPAN/src/... mean?
+=item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
-=item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?
+=over 4
-=item Where can I get information on Perl?
+=item Internet Line Terminators
-=item What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?
+=item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
-=item Where should I post source code?
+=item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
-=item Perl Books
+=back
-References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics
+=item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
-=item Perl in Magazines
+=over 4
-=item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
+=item A Simple Client
-=item What mailing lists are there for Perl?
+C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
-=item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
+=item A Webget Client
-=item Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
+=item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
-=item Where do I send bug reports?
+=back
-=item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? cpan.org?
+=item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
-=back
+Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item UDP: Message Passing
+
+=item SysV IPC
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date: 2002/02/11
-19:29:52 $)
+=head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item How do I do (anything)?
-
-=item How can I use Perl interactively?
-
-=item Is there a Perl shell?
+=item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes
-=item How do I debug my Perl programs?
+$$ or $PROCESS_ID, %ENV, chdir() and all other builtins that accept
+filenames, wait() and waitpid(), kill(), exec(), exit(), Open handles to
+files, directories and network sockets
-=item How do I profile my Perl programs?
+=item Resource limits
-=item How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
+=item Killing the parent process
-=item Is there a pretty-printer (formatter) for Perl?
+=item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes
-=item Is there a ctags for Perl?
+=item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS
-=item Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor?
+BEGIN blocks, Open filehandles, Forking pipe open() not yet implemented,
+Global state maintained by XSUBs, Interpreter embedded in larger
+application, Thread-safety of extensions
-Komodo, The Object System, Open Perl IDE, PerlBuilder, visiPerl+,
-CodeMagicCD, GNU Emacs, MicroEMACS, XEmacs, Elvis, Vile, Vim, Codewright,
-MultiEdit, SlickEdit, Bash, Ksh, Tcsh, Zsh, BBEdit and BBEdit Lite, Alpha
+=back
-=item Where can I get Perl macros for vi?
+=item BUGS
-=item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item How can I use curses with Perl?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How can I use X or Tk with Perl?
+=back
-=item How can I generate simple menus without using CGI or Tk?
+=head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
-=item How can I make my Perl program run faster?
+=over 4
-=item How can I make my Perl program take less memory?
+=item SYNOPSIS
-Don't slurp!, Use map and grep selectively, Avoid unnecessary quotes and
-stringification, Pass by reference, Tie large variables to disk
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Is it unsafe to return a pointer to local data?
+=item Storing numbers
-=item How can I free an array or hash so my program shrinks?
+=item Numeric operators and numeric conversions
-=item How can I make my CGI script more efficient?
+=item Flavors of Perl numeric operations
-=item How can I hide the source for my Perl program?
+Arithmetic operators, ++, Arithmetic operators during C<use integer>, Other
+mathematical operators, Bitwise operators, Bitwise operators during C<use
+integer>, Operators which expect an integer, Operators which expect a
+string
-=item How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item How can I compile Perl into Java?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How can I get C<#!perl> to work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?
+=back
-=item Can I write useful Perl programs on the command line?
+=head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl
-=item Why don't Perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?
+=over 4
-=item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Where can I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
+=item Status
-=item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]
+=item What Is A Thread Anyway?
-=item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in
-my C program; what am I doing wrong?
+=item Threaded Program Models
-=item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean?
+=over 4
-=item What's MakeMaker?
+=item Boss/Worker
-=back
+=item Work Crew
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Pipeline
=back
-=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.14 $, $Date: 2002/02/08
-22:30:23 $)
-
-=over 4
+=item What kind of threads are Perl threads?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Thread-Safe Modules
-=item Data: Numbers
+=item Thread Basics
=over 4
-=item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
-numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
+=item Basic Thread Support
-=item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
+=item A Note about the Examples
-=item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()?
-Trig functions?
+=item Creating Threads
-=item How do I convert between numeric representations?
+=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
-B<How do I convert Hexadecimal into decimal:>, B<How do I convert from
-decimal to hexadecimal:>, B<How do I convert from octal to decimal:>, B<How
-do I convert from decimal to octal:>, B<How do I convert from binary to
-decimal:>, B<How do I convert from decimal to binary:>
+=item Ignoring A Thread
-=item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?
+=back
-=item How do I multiply matrices?
+=item Threads And Data
-=item How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
+=over 4
-=item How can I output Roman numerals?
+=item Shared And Unshared Data
-=item Why aren't my random numbers random?
+=item Thread Pitfalls: Races
=back
-=item Data: Dates
+=item Synchronization and control
=over 4
-=item How do I find the week-of-the-year/day-of-the-year?
+=item Controlling access: lock()
-=item How do I find the current century or millennium?
+=item A Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
-=item How can I compare two dates and find the difference?
+=item Queues: Passing Data Around
-=item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
+=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
-=item How can I find the Julian Day?
+=item Basic semaphores
-=item How do I find yesterday's date?
+=item Advanced Semaphores
-=item Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?
+=item cond_wait() and cond_signal()
+
+=item Giving up control
=back
-=item Data: Strings
+=item General Thread Utility Routines
=over 4
-=item How do I validate input?
-
-=item How do I unescape a string?
+=item What Thread Am I In?
-=item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
+=item Thread IDs
-=item How do I expand function calls in a string?
+=item Are These Threads The Same?
-=item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
+=item What Threads Are Running?
-=item How do I reverse a string?
+=back
-=item How do I expand tabs in a string?
+=item A Complete Example
-=item How do I reformat a paragraph?
+=item Different implementations of threads
-=item How can I access/change the first N letters of a string?
+=item Performance considerations
-=item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
+=item Process-scope Changes
-=item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
-string?
+=item Thread-Safety of System Libraries
-=item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
+=item Conclusion
-=item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
-[character]? (Comma-separated files)
+=item Bibliography
-=item How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?
+=over 4
-=item How do I pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?
+=item Introductory Texts
-=item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
+=item OS-Related References
-=item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
+=item Other References
-=item How can I expand variables in text strings?
+=back
-=item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
+=item Acknowledgements
-=item Why don't my <<HERE documents work?
+=item AUTHOR
-1. There must be no space after the << part, 2. There (probably) should be
-a semicolon at the end, 3. You can't (easily) have any space in front of
-the tag
+=item Copyrights
=back
-=item Data: Arrays
+=head2 perlothrtut - old tutorial on threads in Perl
=over 4
-=item What is the difference between a list and an array?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?
+=item What Is A Thread Anyway?
-=item How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array?
+=item Threaded Program Models
-a), b), c), d), e)
+=over 4
-=item How can I tell whether a certain element is contained in a list or
-array?
+=item Boss/Worker
-=item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
-intersection of two arrays?
+=item Work Crew
-=item How do I test whether two arrays or hashes are equal?
+=item Pipeline
-=item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
+=back
-=item How do I handle linked lists?
+=item Native threads
-=item How do I handle circular lists?
+=item What kind of threads are perl threads?
-=item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
+=item Threadsafe Modules
-=item How do I process/modify each element of an array?
+=item Thread Basics
-=item How do I select a random element from an array?
+=over 4
-=item How do I permute N elements of a list?
+=item Basic Thread Support
-=item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
+=item Creating Threads
-=item How do I manipulate arrays of bits?
+=item Giving up control
-=item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
+=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
+
+=item Errors In Threads
+
+=item Ignoring A Thread
=back
-=item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
+=item Threads And Data
=over 4
-=item How do I process an entire hash?
+=item Shared And Unshared Data
-=item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
-it?
+=item Thread Pitfall: Races
-=item How do I look up a hash element by value?
+=item Controlling access: lock()
-=item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
+=item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
-=item How do I sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
+=item Queues: Passing Data Around
-=item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
+=back
-=item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
+=item Threads And Code
-=item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
+=over 4
-=item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
+=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
-=item How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
+Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
-=item How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
+=item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines
-=item How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?
+=item Subroutine Locks
-=item Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create
-it?
-
-=item 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 How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?
-
-=item How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
-
-=item How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?
+=item What Thread Am I In?
-=item How do I define methods for every class/object?
+=item Thread IDs
-=item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
+=item Are These Threads The Same?
-=item How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?
+=item What Threads Are Running?
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item A Complete Example
-=back
+=item Conclusion
-=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.9 $, $Date: 2002/02/11
-19:30:21 $)
+=item Bibliography
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Introductory Texts
-=over 4
+=item OS-Related References
-=item How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this?
+=item Other References
-=item How do I change one line in a file/delete a line in a file/insert a
-line in the middle of a file/append to the beginning of a file?
+=back
-=item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
+=item Acknowledgements
-=item How do I make a temporary file name?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item How can I manipulate fixed-record-length files?
+=item Copyrights
-=item How can I make a filehandle local to a subroutine? How do I pass
-filehandles between subroutines? How do I make an array of filehandles?
+=back
-=item How can I use a filehandle indirectly?
+=head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl
-=item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
+=over 4
-=item How can I write() into a string?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
+Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is>
+portable
-=item How can I translate tildes (~) in a filename?
+=item ISSUES
-=item How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?
+=over 4
-=item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use <*>?
+=item Newlines
-=item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
+=item Numbers endianness and Width
-=item How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing blanks?
+=item Files and Filesystems
-=item How can I reliably rename a file?
+=item System Interaction
-=item How can I lock a file?
+=item Command names versus file pathnames
-=item Why can't I just open(FH, ">file.lock")?
+=item Networking
-=item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in
-the file. How can I do this?
+=item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
-=item All I want to do is append a small amount of text to the end of a
-file. Do I still have to use locking?
+=item External Subroutines (XS)
-=item How do I randomly update a binary file?
+=item Standard Modules
-=item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
+=item Time and Date
-=item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
+=item Character sets and character encoding
-=item How do I print to more than one file at once?
+=item Internationalisation
-=item How can I read in an entire file all at once?
+=item System Resources
-=item How can I read in a file by paragraphs?
+=item Security
-=item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
+=item Style
-=item How can I tell whether there's a character waiting on a filehandle?
+=back
-=item How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl?
+=item CPAN Testers
-=item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
+Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
+http://testers.cpan.org/
-=item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
+=item PLATFORMS
-=item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? What doesn't
-`C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
+=over 4
-=item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
+=item Unix
-=item Why does Perl let me delete read-only files? Why does C<-i> clobber
-protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl?
+=item DOS and Derivatives
-=item How do I select a random line from a file?
+=item S<Mac OS>
-=item Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?
+=item VMS
-=back
+=item VOS
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item EBCDIC Platforms
-=back
+=item Acorn RISC OS
-=head2 perlfaq6 - Regular Expressions ($Revision: 1.8 $, $Date: 2002/01/31
-04:27:55 $)
+=item Other perls
-=over 4
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
=over 4
-=item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
-and unmaintainable code?
-
-Comments Outside the Regex, Comments Inside the Regex, Different Delimiters
+=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
-=item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
+-I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, binmode FILEHANDLE, chmod LIST, chown
+LIST, chroot FILENAME, chroot, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen
+HASH,DBNAME,MODE, dump LABEL, exec LIST, exit EXPR, exit, fcntl
+FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, getlogin,
+getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, getgrnam NAME,
+getnetbyname NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE,
+getprotobynumber NUMBER, getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent,
+gethostbyname, gethostent, getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, sethostent
+STAYOPEN, setnetent STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN,
+endpwent, endgrent, endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent,
+getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, ioctl
+FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, kill SIGNAL, LIST, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, lstat
+FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR, lstat, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgsnd
+ID,MSG,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open
+FILEHANDLE, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, readlink EXPR, readlink, select
+RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget
+KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, setgrent, setpgrp PID,PGRP,
+setpriority WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setpwent, setsockopt
+SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS,
+shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, sockatmark SOCKET,
+socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, stat FILEHANDLE, stat
+EXPR, stat, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
+FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, system LIST, times, truncate
+FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, umask EXPR, umask, utime LIST,
+wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS
-=item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
-different lines?
+=back
-=item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
+=item CHANGES
-=item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS while preserving
-case on the RHS?
+v1.49, 12 August 2002, v1.48, 02 February 2001, v1.47, 22 March 2000,
+v1.46, 12 February 2000, v1.45, 20 December 1999, v1.44, 19 July 1999,
+v1.43, 24 May 1999, v1.42, 22 May 1999, v1.41, 19 May 1999, v1.40, 11 April
+1999, v1.39, 11 February 1999, v1.38, 31 December 1998, v1.37, 19 December
+1998, v1.36, 9 September 1998, v1.35, 13 August 1998, v1.33, 06 August
+1998, v1.32, 05 August 1998, v1.30, 03 August 1998, v1.23, 10 July 1998
-=item How can I make C<\w> match national character sets?
+=item Supported Platforms
-=item How can I match a locale-smart version of C</[a-zA-Z]/>?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?
+=item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
-=item What is C</o> really for?
+=back
-=item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
-file?
+=head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
+localization)
-=item Can I use Perl regular expressions to match balanced text?
+=over 4
-=item What does it mean that regexes are greedy? How can I get around it?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How do I process each word on each line?
+=item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
-=item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
+=item USING LOCALES
-=item How can I do approximate matching?
+=over 4
-=item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
+=item The use locale pragma
-=item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
+=item The setlocale function
-=item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
+=item Finding locales
-=item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
+=item LOCALE PROBLEMS
-=item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
+=item Temporarily fixing locale problems
-=item What's wrong with using grep or map in a void context?
+=item Permanently fixing locale problems
-=item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
+=item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
-=item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
+=item Fixing system locale configuration
-=back
+=item The localeconv function
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item I18N::Langinfo
=back
-=head2 perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date:
-2002/01/31 04:27:55 $)
-
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item LOCALE CATEGORIES
=over 4
-=item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
-
-=item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
-use them?
-
-=item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
-commas?
-
-=item How do I skip some return values?
-
-=item How do I temporarily block warnings?
-
-=item What's an extension?
+=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
-=item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
+=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
-=item How do I declare/create a structure?
+=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
-=item How do I create a module?
+=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
-=item How do I create a class?
+=item LC_TIME
-=item How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
+=item Other categories
-=item What's a closure?
+=back
-=item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
+=item SECURITY
-=item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
-Regex}?
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexes,
-Passing Methods
+PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
+LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
-=item How do I create a static variable?
+=item NOTES
-=item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping?
-Between local() and my()?
+=over 4
-=item How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical
-is in scope?
+=item Backward compatibility
-=item What's the difference between deep and shallow binding?
+=item I18N:Collate obsolete
-=item Why doesn't "my($foo) = <FILE>;" work right?
+=item Sort speed and memory use impacts
-=item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method?
+=item write() and LC_NUMERIC
-=item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
+=item Freely available locale definitions
-=item How do I create a switch or case statement?
+=item I18n and l10n
-=item How can I catch accesses to undefined variables/functions/methods?
+=item An imperfect standard
-=item Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
+=back
-=item How can I find out my current package?
+=item Unicode and UTF-8
-=item How can I comment out a large block of perl code?
+=item BUGS
-=item How do I clear a package?
+=over 4
-=item How can I use a variable as a variable name?
+=item Broken systems
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2002/01/28
-04:17:27 $)
+=head2 perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction
=over 4
=over 4
-=item How do I find out which operating system I'm running under?
+=item Unicode
-=item How come exec() doesn't return?
-
-=item How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?
-
-Keyboard, Screen, Mouse
-
-=item How do I print something out in color?
-
-=item How do I read just one key without waiting for a return key?
-
-=item How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard?
+=item Perl's Unicode Support
-=item How do I clear the screen?
+=item Perl's Unicode Model
-=item How do I get the screen size?
+=item Unicode and EBCDIC
-=item How do I ask the user for a password?
+=item Creating Unicode
-=item How do I read and write the serial port?
+=item Handling Unicode
-lockfiles, open mode, end of line, flushing output, non-blocking input
+=item Legacy Encodings
-=item How do I decode encrypted password files?
+=item Unicode I/O
-=item How do I start a process in the background?
+=item Displaying Unicode As Text
-STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR are shared, Signals, Zombies
+=item Special Cases
-=item How do I trap control characters/signals?
+=item Advanced Topics
-=item How do I modify the shadow password file on a Unix system?
+=item Miscellaneous
-=item How do I set the time and date?
+=item Questions With Answers
-=item How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second?
+=item Hexadecimal Notation
-=item How can I measure time under a second?
+=item Further Resources
-=item How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling)
+=back
-=item Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? What
-does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean?
+=item UNICODE IN OLDER PERLS
-=item How can I call my system's unique C functions from Perl?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Where do I get the include files to do ioctl() or syscall()?
+=item ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
-=item Why do setuid perl scripts complain about kernel problems?
+=item AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT, AND LICENSE
-=item How can I open a pipe both to and from a command?
+=back
-=item Why can't I get the output of a command with system()?
+=head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
-=item How can I capture STDERR from an external command?
+=over 4
-=item Why doesn't open() return an error when a pipe open fails?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What's wrong with using backticks in a void context?
+=over 4
-=item How can I call backticks without shell processing?
+=item Important Caveats
-=item Why can't my script read from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix,
-^Z on MS-DOS)?
+Input and Output Layers, Regular Expressions, C<use utf8> still needed to
+enable UTF-8/UTF-EBCDIC in scripts, C<use encoding> needed to upgrade
+non-Latin-1 byte strings
-=item How can I convert my shell script to perl?
+=item Byte and Character Semantics
-=item Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session?
+=item Effects of Character Semantics
-=item How can I write expect in Perl?
+=item Scripts
-=item Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as
-"ps"?
+=item Blocks
-=item I {changed directory, modified my environment} in a perl script. How
-come the change disappeared when I exited the script? How do I get my
-changes to be visible?
+=item User-Defined Character Properties
-Unix
+=item Character Encodings for Input and Output
-=item How do I close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to
-complete?
+=item Unicode Regular Expression Support Level
-=item How do I fork a daemon process?
+=item Unicode Encodings
-=item How do I find out if I'm running interactively or not?
+=item Security Implications of Unicode
-=item How do I timeout a slow event?
+=item Unicode in Perl on EBCDIC
-=item How do I set CPU limits?
+=item Locales
-=item How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system?
+=item When Unicode Does Not Happen
-=item How do I use an SQL database?
+=item Forcing Unicode in Perl (Or Unforcing Unicode in Perl)
-=item How do I make a system() exit on control-C?
+=item Using Unicode in XS
-=item How do I open a file without blocking?
+=back
-=item How do I install a module from CPAN?
+=item BUGS
-=item What's the difference between require and use?
+=over 4
-=item How do I keep my own module/library directory?
+=item Interaction with Locales
-=item How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library
-search path?
+=item Interaction with Extensions
-=item How do I add a directory to my include path at runtime?
+=item Speed
-=item What is socket.ph and where do I get it?
+=item Porting code from perl-5.6.X
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date: 2002/01/28 04:17:27
-$)
+=head2 perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item COMMON CHARACTER CODE SETS
+
=over 4
-=item What is the correct form of response from a CGI script?
+=item ASCII
-=item My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500
-Server Error)
+=item ISO 8859
-=item How can I get better error messages from a CGI program?
+=item Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1)
-=item How do I remove HTML from a string?
+=item EBCDIC
-=item How do I extract URLs?
+=item 13 variant characters
-=item How do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a
-file on another machine?
+=item 0037
-=item How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?
+=item 1047
-=item How do I fetch an HTML file?
+=item POSIX-BC
-=item How do I automate an HTML form submission?
+=item Unicode code points versus EBCDIC code points
-=item How do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web?
+=item Remaining Perl Unicode problems in EBCDIC
-=item How do I redirect to another page?
+=item Unicode and UTF
-=item How do I put a password on my web pages?
+=item Using Encode
-=item How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?
+=back
-=item How do I make sure users can't enter values into a form that cause my
-CGI script to do bad things?
+=item SINGLE OCTET TABLES
-=item How do I parse a mail header?
+recipe 0, recipe 1, recipe 2, recipe 3, recipe 4, recipe 5, recipe 6
-=item How do I decode a CGI form?
+=item IDENTIFYING CHARACTER CODE SETS
-=item How do I check a valid mail address?
+=item CONVERSIONS
-=item How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string?
+=over 4
-=item How do I return the user's mail address?
+=item tr///
-=item How do I send mail?
+=item iconv
-=item How do I use MIME to make an attachment to a mail message?
+=item C RTL
-=item How do I read mail?
+=back
-=item How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address?
+=item OPERATOR DIFFERENCES
-=item How do I fetch a news article or the active newsgroups?
+=item FUNCTION DIFFERENCES
-=item How do I fetch/put an FTP file?
+chr(), ord(), pack(), print(), printf(), sort(), sprintf(), unpack()
-=item How can I do RPC in Perl?
+=item REGULAR EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES
-=back
+=item SOCKETS
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item SORTING
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Ignore ASCII vs. EBCDIC sort differences.
+
+=item MONO CASE then sort data.
+
+=item Convert, sort data, then re convert.
+
+=item Perform sorting on one type of machine only.
=back
-=head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
+=item TRANSFORMATION FORMATS
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item URL decoding and encoding
-=over 4
+=item uu encoding and decoding
-=item Layout
+=item Quoted-Printable encoding and decoding
-B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
+=item Caesarian ciphers
=back
-=item Using The Back Ends
+=item Hashing order and checksums
-=over 4
+=item I18N AND L10N
-=item The Cross Referencing Back End
+=item MULTI OCTET CHARACTER SETS
-i, &, s, r
+=item OS ISSUES
-=item The Decompiling Back End
+=over 4
-=item The Lint Back End
+=item OS/400
-=item The Simple C Back End
+PASE, IFS access
-=item The Bytecode Back End
+=item OS/390, z/OS
-=item The Optimized C Back End
+chcp, dataset access, OS/390, z/OS iconv, locales
-B, O, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC,
-B::Debug, B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj,
-B::Stash, B::Terse, B::Xref
+=item VM/ESA?
+
+=item POSIX-BC?
=back
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item REFERENCES
+
+=item HISTORY
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
+=head2 perlsec - Perl security
=over 4
=over 4
-=item PREAMBLE
-
-B<Use C from Perl?>, B<Use a Unix program from Perl?>, B<Use Perl from
-Perl?>, B<Use C from C?>, B<Use Perl from C?>
-
-=item ROADMAP
-
-=item Compiling your C program
-
-=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
-
-=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
+=item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
-=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
+=item Switches On the "#!" Line
-=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
+=item Taint mode and @INC
-=item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
+=item Cleaning Up Your Path
-=item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
+=item Security Bugs
-=item Execution of END blocks
+=item Protecting Your Programs
-=item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
+=item Unicode
-=item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
-program
+=item Algorithmic Complexity Attacks
=back
-=item Embedding Perl under Win32
-
-=item MORAL
-
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
+=head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Debugger Internals
-
=over 4
-=item Writing Your Own Debugger
+=item Packages
-=back
+=item Symbol Tables
-=item Frame Listing Output Examples
+=item BEGIN, CHECK, INIT and END
-=item Debugging regular expressions
+=item Perl Classes
-=over 4
+=item Perl Modules
-=item Compile-time output
+=item Making your module threadsafe
-C<anchored> I<STRING> C<at> I<POS>, C<floating> I<STRING> C<at>
-I<POS1..POS2>, C<matching floating/anchored>, C<minlen>, C<stclass>
-I<TYPE>, C<noscan>, C<isall>, C<GPOS>, C<plus>, C<implicit>, C<with eval>,
-C<anchored(TYPE)>
-
-=item Types of nodes
+=back
-=item Run-time output
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Debugging Perl memory usage
+=head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
=over 4
-=item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
+=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
-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>
+=over 4
-=item Example of using B<-DL> switch
+=item Pragmatic Modules
-C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
+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 B<-DL> details
+=item Standard Modules
-C<!!!>, C<!!>, C<!>
+AnyDBM_File, Attribute::Handlers, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, B, B::Asmdata,
+B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Concise, B::Debug,
+B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj, B::Stash,
+B::Terse, B::Xref, Benchmark, ByteLoader, CGI, CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp,
+CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push, CGI::Switch, CGI::Util,
+CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, Carp::Heavy, Class::ISA,
+Class::Struct, Config, Cwd, DB, DBM_Filter, DB_File, Data::Dumper,
+Devel::DProf, Devel::PPPort, Devel::Peek, Devel::SelfStubber, Digest,
+Digest::MD5, Digest::base, DirHandle, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, Encode,
+Encode::Alias, Encode::Byte, Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CN,
+Encode::CN::HZ, Encode::Config, Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Encoder,
+Encode::Encoding, Encode::Guess, Encode::JP, Encode::JP::H2Z,
+Encode::JP::JIS7, Encode::KR, Encode::KR::2022_KR, Encode::MIME::Header,
+Encode::PerlIO, Encode::Supported, Encode::Symbol, Encode::TW,
+Encode::Unicode, Encode::Unicode::UTF7, English, Env, Errno, Exporter,
+Exporter::Heavy, ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Command::MM,
+ExtUtils::Constant, ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install,
+ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist, ExtUtils::MM, ExtUtils::MM_Any,
+ExtUtils::MM_BeOS, ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin, ExtUtils::MM_DOS,
+ExtUtils::MM_MacOS, ExtUtils::MM_NW5, ExtUtils::MM_OS2, ExtUtils::MM_UWIN,
+ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::MM_VMS, ExtUtils::MM_Win32,
+ExtUtils::MM_Win95, ExtUtils::MY, ExtUtils::MakeMaker,
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ, ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial,
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes, ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish,
+ExtUtils::Manifest, ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists,
+ExtUtils::Packlist, ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, Fcntl, File::Basename,
+File::CheckTree, File::Compare, File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find,
+File::Glob, File::Path, File::Spec, File::Spec::Cygwin, File::Spec::Epoc,
+File::Spec::Functions, File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Unix,
+File::Spec::VMS, File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp, File::stat, FileCache,
+FileHandle, Filter::Simple, Filter::Util::Call, FindBin, GDBM_File,
+Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, Hash::Util, I18N::Collate, I18N::LangTags,
+I18N::LangTags::List, I18N::Langinfo, IO, IO::Dir, IO::File, IO::Handle,
+IO::Pipe, IO::Poll, IO::Seekable, IO::Select, IO::Socket, IO::Socket::INET,
+IO::Socket::UNIX, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, IPC::SysV, IPC::SysV::Msg,
+IPC::SysV::Semaphore, List::Util, Locale::Constants, Locale::Country,
+Locale::Currency, Locale::Language, Locale::Maketext,
+Locale::Maketext::TPJ13, Locale::Script, MIME::Base64,
+MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt,
+Math::BigInt::Calc, Math::BigInt::CalcEmu, Math::BigRat, Math::Complex,
+Math::Trig, Memoize, Memoize::AnyDBM_File, Memoize::Expire,
+Memoize::ExpireFile, Memoize::ExpireTest, Memoize::NDBM_File,
+Memoize::SDBM_File, Memoize::Storable, NDBM_File, NEXT, Net::Cmd,
+Net::Config, Net::Domain, Net::FTP, Net::NNTP, Net::Netrc, Net::POP3,
+Net::Ping, Net::SMTP, Net::Time, Net::hostent, Net::libnetFAQ, Net::netent,
+Net::protoent, Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, POSIX, PerlIO,
+PerlIO::encoding, PerlIO::scalar, PerlIO::via, PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint,
+Pod::Checker, Pod::Find, Pod::Functions, Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects,
+Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Man, Pod::ParseLink, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Parser,
+Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker, Pod::Perldoc::ToMan, Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff,
+Pod::Perldoc::ToPod, Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf, Pod::Perldoc::ToText,
+Pod::Perldoc::ToTk, Pod::Perldoc::ToXml, Pod::PlainText, Pod::Plainer,
+Pod::Select, Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color, Pod::Text::Overstrike,
+Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Usage, SDBM_File, Safe, Scalar::Util,
+Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell, Socket, Storable, Switch,
+Symbol, Sys::Hostname, Sys::Syslog, Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap,
+Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test, Test::Builder, Test::Harness,
+Test::Harness::Assert, Test::Harness::Iterator, Test::Harness::Straps,
+Test::More, Test::Simple, Test::Tutorial, Text::Abbrev, Text::Balanced,
+Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs, Text::Wrap, Thread,
+Thread::Queue, Thread::Semaphore, Thread::Signal, Thread::Specific,
+Tie::Array, Tie::File, Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::Memoize, Tie::RefHash,
+Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, Time::HiRes, Time::Local, Time::gmtime,
+Time::localtime, Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize,
+Unicode::UCD, User::grent, User::pwent, Win32, XS::APItest, XS::Typemap,
+XSLoader
-=item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
+=item Extension Modules
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item CPAN
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
+=item Africa
-=over 4
+South Africa
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Asia
-=item SPECIAL NOTES
+China, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Russian Federation, Saudi
+Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand
-=over 4
+=item Central America
-=item make
+Costa Rica
-=item Version caveat
+=item Europe
-=item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
+Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
+Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
+Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
+Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
+Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
-=back
+=item North America
-=item TUTORIAL
+Canada, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Mexico, United States,
+Alabama, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,
+Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York,
+North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
+Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin
-=over 4
+=item Oceania
-=item EXAMPLE 1
+Australia, New Zealand, United States
-=item EXAMPLE 2
+=item South America
-=item What has gone on?
+Argentina, Brazil, Chile
-=item Writing good test scripts
+=item RSYNC Mirrors
-=item EXAMPLE 3
+=back
-=item What's new here?
+=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
-=item Input and Output Parameters
+=over 4
-=item The XSUBPP Program
+=item Guidelines for Module Creation
-=item The TYPEMAP file
+=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
-=item Warning about Output Arguments
+=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
-=item EXAMPLE 4
+=back
-=item What has happened here?
+=item NOTE
-=item Anatomy of .xs file
+=back
-=item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
+=head2 perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide
-=item More about XSUB arguments
+=over 4
-=item The Argument Stack
+=item INTRODUCTION
-=item Extending your Extension
+=item QUICK CHECKLIST
-=item Documenting your Extension
+=over 4
-=item Installing your Extension
+=item Before you start
-=item EXAMPLE 5
+=item The API
-=item New Things in this Example
+=item Stability
-=item EXAMPLE 6
+=item Documentation
-=item New Things in this Example
+=item Release considerations
-=item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
+=back
-=item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
+=item BEFORE YOU START WRITING A MODULE
-=item EXAMPLE 9 (Coming Soon)
+=over 4
-=item Troubleshooting these Examples
+=item Has it been done before?
-=back
+=item Do one thing and do it well
-=item See also
+=item What's in a name?
-=item Author
+=back
+
+=item DESIGNING AND WRITING YOUR MODULE
=over 4
-=item Last Changed
+=item To OO or not to OO?
-=back
+=item Designing your API
-=back
+Write simple routines to do simple things, Separate functionality from
+output, Provide sensible shortcuts and defaults, Naming conventions,
+Parameter passing
-=head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
+=item Strictness and warnings
-=over 4
+=item Backwards compatibility
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Error handling and messages
+
+=back
+
+=item DOCUMENTING YOUR MODULE
=over 4
-=item Introduction
+=item POD
-=item On The Road
+=item README, INSTALL, release notes, changelogs
-=item The Anatomy of an XSUB
+perl Makefile.PL, make, make test, make install, perl Build.PL, perl Build,
+perl Build test, perl Build install
-=item The Argument Stack
+=back
-=item The RETVAL Variable
+=item RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS
-=item The MODULE Keyword
+=over 4
-=item The PACKAGE Keyword
+=item Version numbering
-=item The PREFIX Keyword
+=item Pre-requisites
-=item The OUTPUT: Keyword
+=item Testing
-=item The NO_OUTPUT Keyword
+=item Packaging
-=item The CODE: Keyword
+=item Licensing
-=item The INIT: Keyword
+=back
-=item The NO_INIT Keyword
+=item COMMON PITFALLS
-=item Initializing Function Parameters
+=over 4
-=item Default Parameter Values
+=item Reinventing the wheel
-=item The PREINIT: Keyword
+=item Trying to do too much
-=item The SCOPE: Keyword
+=item Inappropriate documentation
-=item The INPUT: Keyword
+=back
-=item The IN/OUTLIST/IN_OUTLIST/OUT/IN_OUT Keywords
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Variable-length Parameter Lists
+L<perlstyle>, L<perlnewmod>, L<perlpod>, L<podchecker>, Packaging Tools,
+Testing tools, http://pause.perl.org/, Any good book on software
+engineering
-=item The C_ARGS: Keyword
+=item AUTHOR
-=item The PPCODE: Keyword
+=back
-=item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
+=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
-=item The REQUIRE: Keyword
+=over 4
-=item The CLEANUP: Keyword
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item The POSTCALL: Keyword
+=over 4
-=item The BOOT: Keyword
+=item PREAMBLE
-=item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
+B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
+module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
-=item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
+=back
-=item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
+=item PORTABILITY
-=item The ALIAS: Keyword
+=item HEY
-=item The INTERFACE: Keyword
+=item AUTHOR
-=item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
+=item COPYRIGHT
-=item The INCLUDE: Keyword
+=back
-=item The CASE: Keyword
+=head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
-=item The & Unary Operator
+=over 4
-=item Inserting POD, Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Using XS With C++
+=over 4
-=item Interface Strategy
+=item Warning
-=item Perl Objects And C Structures
+=item What should I make into a module?
-=item The Typemap
+=item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground
-=item Safely Storing Static Data in XS
+Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again
-MY_CXT_KEY, typedef my_cxt_t, START_MY_CXT, MY_CXT_INIT, dMY_CXT, MY_CXT
+=item Step-by-step: Making the module
-=back
+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 EXAMPLES
+=item Step-by-step: Distributing your module
-=item XS VERSION
+Get a CPAN user ID, C<perl Makefile.PL; make test; make dist>, Upload the
+tarball, Announce to the modules list, Announce to clpa, Fix bugs!
+
+=back
=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions
+=head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Conventions
+=item DOCUMENTATION
-C<t>, C<p>, C<n>, C<s>
+L<perldoc|perldoc>, L<pod2man|pod2man> and L<pod2text|pod2text>,
+L<pod2html|pod2html> and L<pod2latex|pod2latex>, L<pod2usage|pod2usage>,
+L<podselect|podselect>, L<podchecker|podchecker>, L<splain|splain>,
+L<roffitall|roffitall>
-=item File Operations
+=item CONVERTORS
-=item File Input and Output
+L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
-=item File Positioning
+=item Administration
-=item Memory Management and String Handling
+L<libnetcfg|libnetcfg>
-=item Character Class Tests
+=item Development
-=item F<stdlib.h> functions
+L<perlbug|perlbug>, L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph> and L<pstruct|pstruct>,
+L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>, L<perlcc|perlcc>
-=item Miscellaneous functions
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
-
=back
-=head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
+=head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Variables
-
=over 4
-=item Datatypes
+=item Layout
-=item What is an "IV"?
+B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
-=item Working with SVs
+=back
-=item Offsets
-
-=item What's Really Stored in an SV?
-
-=item Working with AVs
-
-=item Working with HVs
-
-=item Hash API Extensions
+=item Using The Back Ends
-=item References
+=over 4
-=item Blessed References and Class Objects
+=item The Cross Referencing Back End
-=item Creating New Variables
+i, &, s, r
-=item Reference Counts and Mortality
+=item The Decompiling Back End
-=item Stashes and Globs
+=item The Lint Back End
-=item Double-Typed SVs
+=item The Simple C Back End
-=item Magic Variables
+=item The Bytecode Back End
-=item Assigning Magic
+=item The Optimized C Back End
-=item Magic Virtual Tables
+=back
-=item Finding Magic
+=item Module List for the Compiler Suite
-=item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
+B, O, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC,
+B::Concise, B::Debug, B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex,
+B::Stackobj, B::Stash, B::Terse, B::Xref
-=item Localizing changes
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-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 AUTHOR
=back
-=item Subroutines
+=head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
=over 4
-=item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
-
-=item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
-
-=item Memory Allocation
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item PerlIO
+=item CONCEPTS
-=item Putting a C value on Perl stack
+=item USING FILTERS
-=item Scratchpads
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
-=item Scratchpads and recursion
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
-=back
+B<Decryption Filters>
-=item Compiled code
+=item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
-=over 4
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
-=item Code tree
+=item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
-=item Examining the tree
+=item CONCLUSION
-=item Compile pass 1: check routines
+=item THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR
-=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
+Some Filters Clobber the C<DATA> Handle
-=item Compile pass 2: context propagation
+=item REQUIREMENTS
-=item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Pluggable runops
+=item Copyrights
=back
-=item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions
+=head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
-=item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
+=item PREAMBLE
-=item So what happened to dTHR?
+B<Use C from Perl?>, B<Use a Unix program from Perl?>, B<Use Perl from
+Perl?>, B<Use C from C?>, B<Use Perl from C?>
-=item How do I use all this in extensions?
+=item ROADMAP
-=item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads?
+=item Compiling your C program
-=item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
+=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
-=back
+=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
-=item Internal Functions
+=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
-A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, j, x
+=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
-=over 4
+=item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
-=item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs
+=item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
-=item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer
+=item Execution of END blocks
-=item Source Documentation
+=item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
+
+=item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
+program
=back
-=item Unicode Support
+=item Embedding Perl under Win32
-=over 4
+=item Hiding Perl_
-=item What B<is> Unicode, anyway?
+=item MORAL
-=item How can I recognise a UTF8 string?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item How does UTF8 represent Unicode characters?
+=item COPYRIGHT
-=item How does Perl store UTF8 strings?
+=back
-=item How do I convert a string to UTF8?
+=head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
-=item Is there anything else I need to know?
+=over 4
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Custom Operators
+=item Debugger Internals
-=item AUTHORS
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Writing Your Own Debugger
=back
-=head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
+=item Frame Listing Output Examples
+
+=item Debugging regular expressions
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Compile-time output
-An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
+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 THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
+=item Types of nodes
-call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
+=item Run-time output
-=item FLAG VALUES
+=back
-=over 4
+=item Debugging Perl memory usage
-=item G_VOID
+=over 4
-=item G_SCALAR
+=item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
-=item G_ARRAY
+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 G_DISCARD
+=item Example of using B<-DL> switch
-=item G_NOARGS
+C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
-=item G_EVAL
+=item B<-DL> details
-=item G_KEEPERR
+C<!!!>, C<!!>, C<!>
-=item Determining the Context
+=item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
=back
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item EXAMPLES
+=back
+
+=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
=over 4
-=item No Parameters, Nothing returned
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Passing Parameters
+=item SPECIAL NOTES
-=item Returning a Scalar
+=over 4
-=item Returning a list of values
+=item make
-=item Returning a list in a scalar context
+=item Version caveat
-=item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
+=item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
-=item Using G_EVAL
+=back
-=item Using G_KEEPERR
+=item TUTORIAL
-=item Using call_sv
+=over 4
-=item Using call_argv
+=item EXAMPLE 1
-=item Using call_method
+=item EXAMPLE 2
-=item Using GIMME_V
+=item What has gone on?
-=item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
+=item Writing good test scripts
-=item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
+=item EXAMPLE 3
-1. Ignore the problem - Allow only 1 callback, 2. Create a sequence of
-callbacks - hard wired limit, 3. Use a parameter to map to the Perl
-callback
+=item What's new here?
-=item Alternate Stack Manipulation
+=item Input and Output Parameters
-=item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
+=item The XSUBPP Program
-=back
+=item The TYPEMAP file
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Warning about Output Arguments
-=item AUTHOR
+=item EXAMPLE 4
-=item DATE
+=item What has happened here?
-=back
+=item Anatomy of .xs file
-=head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
+=item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
-=over 4
+=item More about XSUB arguments
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The Argument Stack
-=over 4
+=item Extending your Extension
-=item DOCUMENTATION
+=item Documenting your Extension
-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 Installing your Extension
-=item CONVERTORS
+=item EXAMPLE 5
-L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
+=item New Things in this Example
-=item Administration
+=item EXAMPLE 6
-L<libnetcfg|libnetcfg>
+=item New Things in this Example
-=item Development
+=item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
-L<perlbug|perlbug>, L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph> and L<pstruct|pstruct>,
-L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>, L<perlcc|perlcc>
+=item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item EXAMPLE 9 Passing open files to XSes
-=back
+=item Troubleshooting these Examples
=back
-=head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
+=item See also
+
+=item Author
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Last Changed
-=item CONCEPTS
-
-=item USING FILTERS
-
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
+=back
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
+=back
-B<Decryption Filters>
+=head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
-=item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
+=over 4
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
+=over 4
-=item CONCLUSION
+=item Introduction
-=item REQUIREMENTS
+=item On The Road
-=item AUTHOR
+=item The Anatomy of an XSUB
-=item Copyrights
+=item The Argument Stack
-=back
+=item The RETVAL Variable
-=head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
+=item Returning SVs, AVs and HVs through RETVAL
-=over 4
+=item The MODULE Keyword
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item The PACKAGE Keyword
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The PREFIX Keyword
-B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
-B<filter_fetch_value>
+=item The OUTPUT: Keyword
-=over 4
+=item The NO_OUTPUT Keyword
-=item The Filter
+=item The CODE: Keyword
-=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
+=item The INIT: Keyword
-=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
+=item The NO_INIT Keyword
-=back
+=item Initializing Function Parameters
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Default Parameter Values
-=item AUTHOR
+=item The PREINIT: Keyword
-=back
+=item The SCOPE: Keyword
-=head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
+=item The INPUT: Keyword
-=over 4
+=item The IN/OUTLIST/IN_OUTLIST/OUT/IN_OUT Keywords
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The C<length(NAME)> Keyword
-=item "Gimme" Values
+=item Variable-length Parameter Lists
-GIMME, GIMME_V, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID
+=item The C_ARGS: Keyword
-=item Array Manipulation Functions
+=item The PPCODE: Keyword
-AvFILL, av_clear, av_delete, av_exists, av_extend, av_fetch, av_fill,
-av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push, av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift,
-get_av, newAV, Nullav, sortsv
+=item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
-=item Callback Functions
+=item The REQUIRE: Keyword
-call_argv, call_method, call_pv, call_sv, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv,
-FREETMPS, LEAVE, SAVETMPS
+=item The CLEANUP: Keyword
-=item Character classes
+=item The POSTCALL: Keyword
-isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, toLOWER, toUPPER
+=item The BOOT: Keyword
-=item Cloning an interpreter
+=item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
-perl_clone
+=item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
-=item CV Manipulation Functions
+=item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
-CvSTASH, get_cv, Nullcv
+=item The ALIAS: Keyword
-=item Embedding Functions
+=item The OVERLOAD: Keyword
-load_module, perl_alloc, perl_construct, perl_destruct, perl_free,
-perl_parse, perl_run, require_pv
+=item The FALLBACK: Keyword
-=item Global Variables
+=item The INTERFACE: Keyword
-PL_modglobal, PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes
+=item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
-=item GV Functions
+=item The INCLUDE: Keyword
-GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_fetchmethod_autoload, gv_stashpv,
-gv_stashsv
+=item The CASE: Keyword
-=item Handy Values
+=item The & Unary Operator
-HEf_SVKEY, Nullch, Nullsv
+=item Inserting POD, Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
-=item Hash Manipulation Functions
+=item Using XS With C++
-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 Interface Strategy
-=item Magical Functions
+=item Perl Objects And C Structures
-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 The Typemap
-=item Memory Management
+=item Safely Storing Static Data in XS
-Copy, Move, New, Newc, NEWSV, Newz, Renew, Renewc, Safefree, savepv,
-savepvn, savesharedpv, StructCopy, Zero
+MY_CXT_KEY, typedef my_cxt_t, START_MY_CXT, MY_CXT_INIT, dMY_CXT, MY_CXT
-=item Miscellaneous Functions
+=back
-fbm_compile, fbm_instr, form, getcwd_sv, strEQ, strGE, strGT, strLE, strLT,
-strNE, strnEQ, strnNE
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Numeric functions
+=item XS VERSION
-grok_bin, grok_hex, grok_number, grok_numeric_radix, grok_oct, scan_bin,
-scan_hex, scan_oct
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Optree Manipulation Functions
+=back
-cv_const_sv, newCONSTSUB, newXS
+=head2 perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions
-=item Stack Manipulation Macros
+=over 4
-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 DESCRIPTION
-=item SV Flags
+=over 4
-svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG
+=item Conventions
-=item SV Manipulation Functions
+C<t>, C<p>, C<n>, C<s>
-get_sv, looks_like_number, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, newSV, newSViv, newSVnv,
-newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVpvn_share, newSVrv, newSVsv, newSVuv,
-new_vstring, SvCUR, SvCUR_set, SvEND, SvGROW, SvIOK, SvIOKp, SvIOK_notUV,
-SvIOK_off, SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only, SvIOK_only_UV, SvIOK_UV, SvIV, SvIVX,
-SvIVx, SvLEN, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp, SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, SvNOKp, SvNOK_off,
-SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVx, SvNVX, SvOK, SvOOK, SvPOK, SvPOKp,
-SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only, SvPOK_only_UTF8, SvPV, SvPVbyte,
-SvPVbytex, SvPVbytex_force, SvPVbyte_force, SvPVbyte_nolen, SvPVutf8,
-SvPVutf8x, SvPVutf8x_force, SvPVutf8_force, SvPVutf8_nolen, SvPVX, SvPVx,
-SvPV_force, SvPV_force_nomg, SvPV_nolen, SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec,
-SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK, SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV, SvSTASH, SvTAINT,
-SvTAINTED, SvTAINTED_off, SvTAINTED_on, SvTRUE, SvTYPE, SvUNLOCK, SvUOK,
-SvUPGRADE, SvUTF8, SvUTF8_off, SvUTF8_on, SvUV, SvUVX, SvUVx, sv_2bool,
-sv_2cv, sv_2io, sv_2iv, sv_2mortal, sv_2nv, sv_2pvbyte, sv_2pvbyte_nolen,
-sv_2pvutf8, sv_2pvutf8_nolen, sv_2pv_flags, sv_2pv_nolen, sv_2uv,
-sv_backoff, sv_bless, sv_catpv, sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg, sv_catpvn,
-sv_catpvn_flags, sv_catpvn_mg, sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv, sv_catsv_flags,
-sv_catsv_mg, sv_chop, sv_clear, sv_cmp, sv_cmp_locale, sv_collxfrm, sv_dec,
-sv_derived_from, sv_eq, sv_force_normal, sv_force_normal_flags, sv_free,
-sv_gets, sv_grow, sv_inc, sv_insert, sv_isa, sv_isobject, sv_iv, sv_len,
-sv_len_utf8, sv_magic, sv_magicext, sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, sv_newref,
-sv_nolocking, sv_nosharing, sv_nounlocking, sv_nv, sv_pos_b2u, sv_pos_u2b,
-sv_pv, sv_pvbyte, sv_pvbyten, sv_pvbyten_force, sv_pvn, sv_pvn_force,
-sv_pvn_force_flags, sv_pvutf8, sv_pvutf8n, sv_pvutf8n_force, sv_reftype,
-sv_replace, sv_report_used, sv_reset, sv_rvweaken, sv_setiv, sv_setiv_mg,
-sv_setnv, sv_setnv_mg, sv_setpv, sv_setpvf, sv_setpvf_mg, sv_setpviv,
-sv_setpviv_mg, sv_setpvn, sv_setpvn_mg, sv_setpv_mg, sv_setref_iv,
-sv_setref_nv, sv_setref_pv, sv_setref_pvn, sv_setref_uv, sv_setsv,
-sv_setsv_flags, sv_setsv_mg, sv_setuv, sv_setuv_mg, sv_taint, sv_tainted,
-sv_true, sv_unmagic, sv_unref, sv_unref_flags, sv_untaint, sv_upgrade,
-sv_usepvn, sv_usepvn_mg, sv_utf8_decode, sv_utf8_downgrade, sv_utf8_encode,
-sv_utf8_upgrade, sv_utf8_upgrade_flags, sv_uv, sv_vcatpvfn, sv_vsetpvfn
+=item File Operations
-=item Unicode Support
+=item File Input and Output
-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
+=item File Positioning
-=item Variables created by C<xsubpp> and C<xsubpp> internal functions
+=item Memory Management and String Handling
-ax, CLASS, dAX, dITEMS, dXSARGS, dXSI32, items, ix, newXSproto, RETVAL, ST,
-THIS, XS, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK
+=item Character Class Tests
-=item Warning and Dieing
+=item F<stdlib.h> functions
-croak, warn
+=item Miscellaneous functions
-=item AUTHORS
+=back
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
- Perl functions
+=head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Global Variables
-
-PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv,
-PL_rs
+=item Variables
-=item GV Functions
+=over 4
-is_gv_magical
+=item Datatypes
-=item IO Functions
+=item What is an "IV"?
-start_glob
+=item Working with SVs
-=item Pad Data Structures
+=item Offsets
-CvPADLIST
+=item What's Really Stored in an SV?
-=item Stack Manipulation Macros
+=item Working with AVs
-djSP, LVRET
+=item Working with HVs
-=item SV Manipulation Functions
+=item Hash API Extensions
-report_uninit, sv_add_arena, sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs, sv_free_arenas
+=item AVs, HVs and undefined values
-=item AUTHORS
+=item References
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Blessed References and Class Objects
-=back
+=item Creating New Variables
-=head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
+GV_ADDMULTI, GV_ADDWARN
-=over 4
+=item Reference Counts and Mortality
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Stashes and Globs
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Double-Typed SVs
-=over 4
+=item Magic Variables
-=item History and Background
+=item Assigning Magic
-=item Layers vs Disciplines
+=item Magic Virtual Tables
-=item Data Structures
+=item Finding Magic
-=item Functions and Attributes
+=item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
-=item Per-instance Data
+=item Localizing changes
-=item Layers in action.
+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 Per-instance flag bits
+=back
-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 Subroutines
-=item Methods in Detail
+=over 4
-char * name;, Size_t size;, IV kind;, PERLIO_K_BUFFERED, PERLIO_K_CANCRLF,
-PERLIO_K_FASTGETS, PERLIO_K_MULTIARG, PERLIO_K_RAW, IV
-(*Pushed)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f,const char *mode, SV *arg);, IV
-(*Popped)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, PerlIO * (*Open)(...);, SV *
-(*Getarg)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f, CLONE_PARAMS *param, int flags), IV
-(*Fileno)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, PerlIO * (*Dup)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f, PerlIO *o,
-CLONE_PARAMS *param, int flags), SSize_t (*Read)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f,
-void *vbuf, Size_t count);, SSize_t (*Unread)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f, const
-void *vbuf, Size_t count);, SSize_t (*Write)(PerlIO *f, const void
-*vbuf, Size_t count);, IV (*Seek)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f, Off_t
-offset, int whence);, Off_t (*Tell)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, IV
- (*Close)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, IV (*Flush)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);,
-IV (*Fill)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, IV (*Eof)(pTHX_ PerlIO
-*f);, IV (*Error)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, void
-(*Clearerr)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, void (*Setlinebuf)(pTHX_ PerlIO
-*f);, STDCHAR * (*Get_base)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, Size_t
-(*Get_bufsiz)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, STDCHAR * (*Get_ptr)(pTHX_ PerlIO
-*f);, SSize_t (*Get_cnt)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, void
-(*Set_ptrcnt)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f,STDCHAR *ptr,SSize_t cnt);
+=item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
-=item Core Layers
+=item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
-"unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8"
+=item Memory Allocation
-=item Extension Layers
+=item PerlIO
-":encoding", ":Scalar", ":Object" or ":Perl"
+=item Putting a C value on Perl stack
-=back
+=item Scratchpads
-=item TODO
+=item Scratchpads and recursion
=back
-=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
+=item Compiled code
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Code tree
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Examining the tree
-1. USE_STDIO, 2. USE_SFIO, 3. USE_PERLIO, B<PerlIO_stdin()>,
-B<PerlIO_stdout()>, B<PerlIO_stderr()>, B<PerlIO_open(path, mode)>,
-B<PerlIO_fdopen(fd,mode)>, B<PerlIO_reopen(path,mode,f)>,
-B<PerlIO_printf(f,fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_vprintf(f,fmt,a)>,
-B<PerlIO_stdoutf(fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_read(f,buf,count)>,
-B<PerlIO_write(f,buf,count)>, B<PerlIO_close(f)>, B<PerlIO_puts(f,s)>,
-B<PerlIO_putc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_ungetc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_getc(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_eof(f)>, B<PerlIO_error(f)>, B<PerlIO_fileno(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_clearerr(f)>, B<PerlIO_flush(f)>, B<PerlIO_seek(f,offset,whence)>,
-B<PerlIO_tell(f)>, B<PerlIO_getpos(f,p)>, B<PerlIO_setpos(f,p)>,
-B<PerlIO_rewind(f)>, B<PerlIO_tmpfile()>, B<PerlIO_setlinebuf(f)>
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Co-existence with stdio
-
-B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,flags)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,flags)>,
-B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>, B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>
+=item Compile pass 1: check routines
-=item "Fast gets" Functions
+=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
-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 Compile pass 2: context propagation
-=item Other Functions
+=item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
-PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers),
-'E<lt>' read, 'E<gt>' write, '+' read/write, PerlIO_debug(fmt,...)
+=item Pluggable runops
=back
-=back
+=item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions
-=head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
+=item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
-=item To do during 5.6.x
+=item So what happened to dTHR?
-=over 4
+=item How do I use all this in extensions?
-=item Support for I/O disciplines
+=item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads?
-=item Autoload bytes.pm
+=item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
-=item Make "\u{XXXX}" et al work
+=back
-=item Create a char *sv_pvprintify(sv, STRLEN *lenp, UV flags)
+=item Internal Functions
-=item Overloadable regex assertions
+A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, x, m, X, E, b
-=item Unicode
+=over 4
-=item use Thread for iThreads
+=item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs
-=item make perl_clone optionally clone ops
+=item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer
-=item Work out exit/die semantics for threads
+=item Source Documentation
-=item Typed lexicals for compiler
+=back
-=item Compiler workarounds for Win32
+=item Unicode Support
-=item AUTOLOADing in the compiler
+=over 4
-=item Fixing comppadlist when compiling
+=item What B<is> Unicode, anyway?
-=item Cleaning up exported namespace
+=item How can I recognise a UTF-8 string?
-=item Complete signal handling
+=item How does UTF-8 represent Unicode characters?
-=item Out-of-source builds
+=item How does Perl store UTF-8 strings?
-=item POSIX realtime support
+=item How do I convert a string to UTF-8?
-=item UNIX98 support
+=item Is there anything else I need to know?
-=item IPv6 Support
+=back
-=item Long double conversion
+=item Custom Operators
-=item Locales
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Thread-safe regexes
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Arithmetic on non-Arabic numerals
+=back
-=item POSIX Unicode character classes
+=head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
-=item Factoring out common suffices/prefices in regexps (trie optimization)
+=over 4
-=item Security audit shipped utilities
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Sort out the uid-setting mess
+An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
-=item DLL Versioning
+=item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
-=item Introduce @( and @)
+call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
-=item Floating point handling
+=item FLAG VALUES
-=item IV/UV preservation
+=over 4
-=item Replace pod2html with something using Pod::Parser
+=item G_VOID
-=item Automate module testing on CPAN
+=item G_SCALAR
-=item sendmsg and recvmsg
+=item G_ARRAY
-=item Rewrite perlre documentation
+=item G_DISCARD
-=item Convert example code to IO::Handle filehandles
+=item G_NOARGS
-=item Document Win32 choices
+=item G_EVAL
-=item Check new modules
+=item G_KEEPERR
-=item Make roffitall find pods and libs itself
+=item Determining the Context
=back
-=item To do at some point
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+
+=item EXAMPLES
=over 4
-=item Remove regular expression recursion
+=item No Parameters, Nothing returned
-=item Memory leaks after failed eval
+=item Passing Parameters
-=item pack for IV, UVs, NVs, and long doubles
+=item Returning a Scalar
-=item pack "(stuff)*"
+=item Returning a list of values
-=item bitfields in pack
+=item Returning a list in a scalar context
-=item Cross compilation
+=item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
-=item Perl preprocessor / macros
+=item Using G_EVAL
-=item Perl lexer in Perl
+=item Using G_KEEPERR
-=item Using POSIX calls internally
+=item Using call_sv
-=item -i rename file when changed
+=item Using call_argv
-=item All ARGV input should act like E<lt>E<gt>
+=item Using call_method
-=item Support for rerunning debugger
+=item Using GIMME_V
-=item Test Suite for the Debugger
+=item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
-=item my sub foo { }
+=item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
-=item One-pass global destruction
+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 Rewrite regexp parser
+=item Alternate Stack Manipulation
-=item Cache recently used regexps
+=item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
-=item Re-entrant functions
+=back
-=item Cross-compilation support
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Bit-shifting bitvectors
+=item AUTHOR
-=item debugger pragma
+=item DATE
-=item use less pragma
+=back
-=item switch structures
+=head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
-=item Cache eval tree
+=over 4
-=item rcatmaybe
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Shrink opcode tables
+=item "Gimme" Values
-=item Optimize away @_
+GIMME, GIMME_V, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID
-=item Prototypes versus indirect objects
+=item Array Manipulation Functions
-=item Install HTML
+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 Prototype method calls
+=item Callback Functions
-=item Return context prototype declarations
+call_argv, call_method, call_pv, call_sv, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv,
+FREETMPS, LEAVE, SAVETMPS
-=item magic_setisa
+=item Character classes
-=item Garbage collection
+isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, toLOWER, toUPPER
-=item IO tutorial
+=item Cloning an interpreter
-=item Rewrite perldoc
+perl_clone
-=item Install .3p manpages
+=item CV Manipulation Functions
-=item Unicode tutorial
+CvSTASH, get_cv, Nullcv
-=item Update POSIX.pm for 1003.1-2
+=item Embedding Functions
-=item Retargetable installation
+cv_undef, load_module, nothreadhook, perl_alloc, perl_construct,
+perl_destruct, perl_free, perl_parse, perl_run, require_pv
-=item POSIX emulation on non-POSIX systems
+=item Functions in file pp_pack.c
-=item Rename Win32 headers
+packlist, pack_cat, unpackstring, unpack_str
-=item Finish off lvalue functions
+=item Global Variables
-=item Update sprintf documentation
+PL_modglobal, PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes
-=item Use fchown/fchmod internally
+=item GV Functions
-=item Make v-strings overloaded objects
+GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_fetchmethod_autoload,
+gv_fetchmeth_autoload, gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv
-=back
+=item Handy Values
-=item Vague ideas
+HEf_SVKEY, Nullch, Nullsv
-=over 4
+=item Hash Manipulation Functions
-=item ref() in list context
+get_hv, HeHASH, HeKEY, HeKLEN, HePV, HeSVKEY, HeSVKEY_force, HeSVKEY_set,
+HeVAL, HvNAME, hv_assert, hv_clear, hv_clear_placeholders, hv_delete,
+hv_delete_ent, hv_exists, hv_exists_ent, hv_fetch, hv_fetch_ent,
+hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey, hv_iterkeysv, hv_iternext, hv_iternextsv,
+hv_iternext_flags, hv_iterval, hv_magic, hv_scalar, hv_store, hv_store_ent,
+hv_undef, newHV, Nullhv
-=item Make tr/// return histogram of characters in list context
+=item Magical Functions
-=item Compile to real threaded code
+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 Structured types
+=item Memory Management
-=item Modifiable $1 et al.
+Copy, Move, New, Newc, NEWSV, Newz, Poison, Renew, Renewc, Safefree,
+savepv, savepvn, savesharedpv, StructCopy, Zero
-=item Procedural interfaces for IO::*, etc.
+=item Miscellaneous Functions
-=item RPC modules
+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 Attach/detach debugger from running program
+=item Numeric functions
-=item GUI::Native
+grok_bin, grok_hex, grok_number, grok_numeric_radix, grok_oct, scan_bin,
+scan_hex, scan_oct
-=item foreach(reverse ...)
+=item Optree Manipulation Functions
-=item Constant function cache
+cv_const_sv, newCONSTSUB, newXS
-=item Approximate regular expression matching
+=item Pad Data Structures
-=back
+pad_sv
-=item Ongoing
+=item Stack Manipulation Macros
-=over 4
+dMARK, dORIGMARK, dSP, EXTEND, MARK, ORIGMARK, POPi, POPl, POPn, POPp,
+POPpbytex, POPpx, POPs, PUSHi, PUSHMARK, PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUSHu,
+PUTBACK, SP, SPAGAIN, XPUSHi, XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs, XPUSHu, XSRETURN,
+XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV, XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF,
+XSRETURN_UV, XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNO, XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF,
+XST_mYES
-=item Update guts documentation
+=item SV Flags
-=item Add more tests
+svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG
-=item Update auxiliary tools
+=item SV Manipulation Functions
-=back
+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, SvIV_nomg, SvLEN, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp,
+SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, SvNOKp, SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVx,
+SvNVX, SvOK, SvOOK, SvPOK, SvPOKp, SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only,
+SvPOK_only_UTF8, SvPV, SvPVbyte, SvPVbytex, SvPVbytex_force,
+SvPVbyte_force, SvPVbyte_nolen, SvPVutf8, SvPVutf8x, SvPVutf8x_force,
+SvPVutf8_force, SvPVutf8_nolen, SvPVX, SvPVx, SvPV_force, SvPV_force_nomg,
+SvPV_nolen, SvPV_nomg, SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK,
+SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV, SvSTASH, SvTAINT, SvTAINTED, SvTAINTED_off,
+SvTAINTED_on, SvTRUE, SvTYPE, SvUNLOCK, SvUOK, SvUPGRADE, SvUTF8,
+SvUTF8_off, SvUTF8_on, SvUV, SvUVx, SvUVX, SvUV_nomg, SvVOK, sv_2bool,
+sv_2cv, sv_2io, sv_2iv_flags, sv_2mortal, sv_2nv, sv_2pvbyte,
+sv_2pvbyte_nolen, sv_2pvutf8, sv_2pvutf8_nolen, sv_2pv_flags, sv_2pv_nolen,
+sv_2uv_flags, sv_backoff, sv_bless, sv_catpv, sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg,
+sv_catpvn, sv_catpvn_flags, sv_catpvn_mg, sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv,
+sv_catsv_flags, sv_catsv_mg, sv_chop, sv_clear, sv_cmp, sv_cmp_locale,
+sv_collxfrm, sv_copypv, sv_dec, sv_derived_from, sv_eq, sv_force_normal,
+sv_force_normal_flags, sv_free, sv_gets, sv_grow, sv_inc, sv_insert,
+sv_isa, sv_isobject, sv_iv, sv_len, sv_len_utf8, sv_magic, sv_magicext,
+sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, sv_newref, sv_nv, sv_pos_b2u, sv_pos_u2b,
+sv_pv, sv_pvbyte, sv_pvbyten, sv_pvbyten_force, sv_pvn, sv_pvn_force,
+sv_pvn_force_flags, sv_pvutf8, sv_pvutf8n, sv_pvutf8n_force, sv_reftype,
+sv_replace, sv_report_used, sv_reset, sv_rvweaken, sv_setiv, sv_setiv_mg,
+sv_setnv, sv_setnv_mg, sv_setpv, sv_setpvf, sv_setpvf_mg, sv_setpviv,
+sv_setpviv_mg, sv_setpvn, sv_setpvn_mg, sv_setpv_mg, sv_setref_iv,
+sv_setref_nv, sv_setref_pv, sv_setref_pvn, sv_setref_uv, sv_setsv,
+sv_setsv_flags, sv_setsv_mg, sv_setuv, sv_setuv_mg, sv_taint, sv_tainted,
+sv_true, sv_unmagic, sv_unref, sv_unref_flags, sv_untaint, sv_upgrade,
+sv_usepvn, sv_usepvn_mg, sv_utf8_decode, sv_utf8_downgrade, sv_utf8_encode,
+sv_utf8_upgrade, sv_utf8_upgrade_flags, sv_uv, sv_vcatpvfn, sv_vsetpvfn
-=item Recently done things
+=item Unicode Support
-=over 4
+bytes_from_utf8, bytes_to_utf8, ibcmp_utf8, is_utf8_char, is_utf8_string,
+is_utf8_string_loc, pv_uni_display, sv_cat_decode, sv_recode_to_utf8,
+sv_uni_display, to_utf8_case, to_utf8_fold, to_utf8_lower, to_utf8_title,
+to_utf8_upper, utf8n_to_uvchr, utf8n_to_uvuni, utf8_distance, utf8_hop,
+utf8_length, utf8_to_bytes, utf8_to_uvchr, utf8_to_uvuni, uvchr_to_utf8,
+uvuni_to_utf8_flags
-=item Alternative RE syntax module
+=item Variables created by C<xsubpp> and C<xsubpp> internal functions
-=item Safe signal handling
+ax, CLASS, dAX, dITEMS, dXSARGS, dXSI32, items, ix, newXSproto, RETVAL, ST,
+THIS, XS, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK
-=item Tie Modules
+=item Warning and Dieing
-=item gettimeofday
+croak, warn
-=item setitimer and getimiter
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Testing __DIE__ hook
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item CPP equivalent in Perl
+=back
-=item Explicit switch statements
+=head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
+ Perl functions
-=item autocroak
+=over 4
-=item UTF/EBCDIC
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item UTF Regexes
+=item CV reference counts and CvOUTSIDE
-=item perlcc to produce executable
+CvWEAKOUTSIDE
-=item END blocks saved in compiled output
+=item Functions in file pad.h
-=item Secure temporary file module
+CX_CURPAD_SAVE, CX_CURPAD_SV, PAD_BASE_SV, PAD_CLONE_VARS,
+PAD_COMPNAME_FLAGS, PAD_COMPNAME_GEN, PAD_COMPNAME_OURSTASH,
+PAD_COMPNAME_PV, PAD_COMPNAME_TYPE, PAD_DUP, PAD_RESTORE_LOCAL,
+PAD_SAVE_LOCAL, PAD_SAVE_SETNULLPAD, PAD_SETSV, PAD_SET_CUR,
+PAD_SET_CUR_NOSAVE, PAD_SV, PAD_SVl, SAVECLEARSV, SAVECOMPPAD, SAVEPADSV
-=item Integrate Time::HiRes
+=item Functions in file pp_ctl.c
-=item Turn Cwd into XS
+find_runcv
-=item Mmap for input
+=item Global Variables
-=item Byte to/from UTF8 and UTF8 to/from local conversion
+PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv,
+PL_rs
-=item Add sockatmark support
+=item GV Functions
-=item Mailing list archives
+is_gv_magical
-=item Bug tracking
+=item IO Functions
-=item Integrate MacPerl
+start_glob
-=item Web "nerve center" for Perl
+=item Pad Data Structures
-=item Regular expression tutorial
+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 Debugging Tutorial
+=item Stack Manipulation Macros
-=item Integrate new modules
+djSP, LVRET
-=item Integrate profiler
+=item SV Manipulation Functions
-=item Y2K error detection
+report_uninit, sv_add_arena, sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs, sv_free_arenas
-=item Regular expression debugger
+=item AUTHORS
-=item POD checker
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item "Dynamic" lexicals
+=back
-=item Cache precompiled modules
+=head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
-=back
+=over 4
-=item Deprecated Wishes
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Loop control on do{}
+=item History and Background
-=item Lexically scoped typeglobs
+=item Basic Structure
-=item format BOTTOM
+=item Layers vs Disciplines
-=item report HANDLE
+=item Data Structures
-=item Generalised want()/caller())
+=item Functions and Attributes
-=item Named prototypes
+=item Per-instance Data
-=item Built-in globbing
+=item Layers in action.
-=item Regression tests for suidperl
+=item Per-instance flag bits
-=item Cached hash values
+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 Add compression modules
+=item Methods in Detail
-=item Reorganise documentation into tutorials/references
+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 Remove distinction between functions and operators
+=item Utilities
-=item Make XS easier to use
+=item Implementing PerlIO Layers
-=item Make embedding easier to use
+C implementations, Perl implementations
-=item man for perl
+=item Core Layers
-=item my $Package::variable
+"unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8"
-=item "or" tests defined, not truth
+=item Extension Layers
-=item "class"-based lexicals
+":encoding", ":scalar", ":via"
-=item byteperl
+=back
-=item Lazy evaluation / tail recursion removal
+=item TODO
-=item Make "use utf8" the default
+=back
-=item Unicode collation and normalization
+=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
-=item Create debugging macros
+=over 4
-=item truncate to the people
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item pack/unpack tutorial
+=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)>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Co-existence with stdio
+
+B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,mode)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,mode)>,
+B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>, B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>
+
+=item "Fast gets" Functions
+
+B<PerlIO_fast_gets(f)>, B<PerlIO_has_cntptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_cnt(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_get_ptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_set_ptrcnt(f,p,c)>, B<PerlIO_canset_cnt(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_set_cnt(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_has_base(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_base(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_get_bufsiz(f)>
+
+=item Other Functions
+
+PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers),
+'E<lt>' read, 'E<gt>' write, '+' read/write, PerlIO_debug(fmt,...)
=back
=item Why rsync the source tree
-It's easier to rsync the source tree, It's more recent, It's more reliable
+It's easier to rsync the source tree, It's more reliable
=item Why rsync the patches
It's easier to rsync the patches, It's a good reference, Finding a start
point, Finding how to fix a bug, Finding the source of misbehaviour
-=item Perlbug remote interface
-
-1 http://bugs.perl.org, 2 bugdb@perl.org, 3
-commands_and_bugdids@bugs.perl.org, notes, patches, tests
+=item Perlbug administration
=item Submitting patches
=item Millions of Macros
+=item The .i Targets
+
=item Poking at Perl
=item Using a source-level debugger
run [args], break function_name, break source.c:xxx, step, next, continue,
finish, 'enter', print
+=item gdb macro support
+
=item Dumping Perl Data Structures
=item Patching
=item Writing a test
F<t/base/>, F<t/cmd/>, F<t/comp/>, F<t/io/>, F<t/lib/>, F<t/op/>,
-F<t/pod/>, F<t/run/>, t/base t/comp, t/cmd t/run t/io t/op, t/lib ext lib
+F<t/pod/>, F<t/run/>, F<t/uni/>, F<t/win32/>, F<t/x2p>, t/base t/comp,
+t/cmd t/run t/io t/op, t/lib ext lib
+
+=item Special Make Test Targets
+
+coretest, test.deparse, test.taintwarn, minitest, test.valgrind
+check.valgrind utest.valgrind ucheck.valgrind, test.third check.third
+utest.third ucheck.third, test.torture torturetest, utest ucheck test.utf8
+check.utf8, test_harness
+
+=item Running tests by hand
+
+PERL_CORE=1, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL=2, PERL, PERL_SKIP_TTY_TEST
=back
DEFINES, USE_MULTI = define, #PERL_MALLOC = define, CFG = Debug
-=item Compaq's/Digital's Third Degree
+=item valgrind
+
+=item Compaq's/Digital's/HP's Third Degree
=item PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL
-h, -l, -p[rocedures], -h[eavy], -i[nvocations], -l[ines], -testcoverage,
-z[ero]
+=item Miscellaneous tricks
+
=item CONCLUSION
I<The Road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began.>
=back
-=head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
+=head2 perlbook - Perl book information
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item INTRODUCTION
-
-=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 Perl Parser Stress Tested
+=item Out-of-source builds
-=item REF(...) Instead Of SCALAR(...)
+=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
-
-=over 4
+=item Using POSIX calls internally
-=item AIX
+=item -i rename file when changed
-=item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
+=item All ARGV input should act like E<lt>E<gt>
-=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+=item Support for rerunning debugger
-=item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12
+=item Test Suite for the Debugger
-=item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured
+=item my sub foo { }
-=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
+=item One-pass global destruction
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+=item Rewrite regexp parser
-=item Mac OS X
+=item Cache recently used regexps
-=item OS/390
+=item Cross-compilation support
-=item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
+=item Bit-shifting bitvectors
-=item Failure of Thread tests
+=item debugger pragma
-=item UNICOS
+=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 UTF-8 and UTF-8 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 v5.9.1
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
-
=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Core Enhancements
-
-=item Modules and Pragmata
-
=over 4
-=item New Modules
+=item substr() lvalues are no longer fixed-length
-=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+=item The C<:unique> attribute is only meaningful for globals
=back
-=item Utility Changes
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item New Documentation
+=over 4
-=item Performance Enhancements
+=item Lexical C<$_>
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item Tied hashes in scalar context
-=over 4
+=item Formats
-=item Generic Improvements
+=item Stacked filetest operators
=back
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+Benchmark, Carp, Exporter, FindBin, List::Util, threads::shared
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item Documentation
+
+=item Performance Enhancements
+
=item Selected Bug Fixes
=over 4
-=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+=item UTF-8 bugs
+
+=item Threading bugs
+
+=item More bugs
=back
=item Changed Internals
-=item Known Problems
-
=over 4
-=item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect
-
-=item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform
+=item Reordering of SVt_* constants
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=item Removal of CPP symbols
-=item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+=item Less space is used by ops
-=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+=item New parser
-=item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris
+=back
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+=item Configuration and Building
-=item Storable tests fail in some platforms
+=item Known Problems
-=item Threads Are Still Experimental
+=over 4
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+=item Platform Specific Problems
=back
+=item To-do for perl 5.10.0
+
=item Reporting Bugs
=item SEE ALSO
-=item HISTORY
-
=back
-=head2 perl561delta - what's new for perl v5.6.x
+=head2 perl591delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.1
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Summary of changes between 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
+=item Incompatible Changes
=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
+=item substr() lvalues are no longer fixed-length
-NCR MP-RAS, NonStop-UX
+=item The C<:unique> attribute is only meaningful for globals
=back
=over 4
-=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+=item Lexical C<$_>
-=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+=item Tied hashes in scalar context
-=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+=item Formats
-=item Support for interpolating named characters
+=item Stacked filetest operators
-=item "our" declarations
+=back
-=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+Benchmark, Carp, Exporter, FindBin, List::Util, threads::shared
-=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+=item Utility Changes
-=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+=item Documentation
-=item open() with more than two arguments
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item 64-bit support
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Large file support
+=over 4
-=item Long doubles
+=item UTF-8 bugs
-=item "more bits"
+=item Threading bugs
-=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+=item More bugs
-=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+=back
-=item File globbing implemented internally
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item Support for CHECK blocks
+=item Changed Internals
-=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+=over 4
-=item Better pseudo-random number generator
+=item Reordering of SVt_* constants
-=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+=item Removal of CPP symbols
-=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+=item Less space is used by ops
-=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+=item New parser
-=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+=back
-=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+=item Configuration and Building
-=item Comments in pack() templates
+=item Known Problems
-=item Weak references
+=over 4
-=item Binary numbers supported
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item Lvalue subroutines
+=back
-=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+=item To-do for perl 5.10.0
-=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+=back
-=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+=head2 perl590delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.0
-=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+=over 4
-=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+=over 4
-=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+=item Hash Randomisation
-=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+=item UTF-8 On Filehandles No Longer Activated By Locale
-=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+=item Single-number v-strings are no longer v-strings before "=>"
-=item Improved diagnostics
+=item (Win32) The -C Switch Has Been Repurposed
-=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+=item (Win32) The /d Switch Of cmd.exe
-=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+=item The C<$*> variable has been removed
-=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+=back
-=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+=over 4
-=item Improved security features
+=item Assertions
-=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
+=item Defined-or operators
-=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+=item UTF-8 no longer default under UTF-8 locales
-=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+=item Unsafe signals again available
-=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+=item Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices
-=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+=item local ${$x}
-=item Optional Y2K warnings
+=item Unicode Character Database 4.0.0
-=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
+=item Miscellaneous Enhancements
=back
=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 Updated Modules And Pragmata
-=item Pragmata
+base, B::Bytecode, B::Concise, B::Deparse, Benchmark, ByteLoader, bytes,
+CGI, charnames, CPAN, Data::Dumper, DB_File, Devel::PPPort, Digest::MD5,
+Encode, fields, libnet, Math::BigInt, MIME::Base64, NEXT, Net::Ping,
+PerlIO::scalar, podlators, Pod::LaTeX, PodParsers, Pod::Perldoc,
+Scalar::Util, Storable, strict, Term::ANSIcolor, Test::Harness, Test::More,
+Test::Simple, Text::Balanced, Time::HiRes, threads, threads::shared,
+Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize, Win32::GetFolderPath,
+Win32::GetOSVersion
=back
=item Utility Changes
-=over 4
-
-=item dprofpp
-
-=item find2perl
+=item New Documentation
-=item h2xs
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item perlcc
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item perldoc
+=over 4
-=item The Perl Debugger
+=item Platform-specific enhancements
=back
-=item Improved Documentation
-
-perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
-perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
-perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
-perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
-
-=item Performance enhancements
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
=over 4
-=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
-
-=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
+=item Closures, eval and lexicals
-=item Faster subroutine calls
+=item Generic fixes
-=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
+=item Platform-specific fixes
=back
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
=over 4
-=item -Dusethreads means something different
+=item Changed "A thread exited while %d threads were running"
-=item New Configure flags
+=item Removed "Attempt to clear a restricted hash"
-=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
+=item New "Illegal declaration of anonymous subroutine"
-=item Long Doubles
+=item Changed "Invalid range "%s" in transliteration operator"
-=item -Dusemorebits
+=item New "Missing control char name in \c"
-=item -Duselargefiles
+=item New "Newline in left-justified string for %s"
-=item installusrbinperl
+=item New "Possible precedence problem on bitwise %c operator"
-=item SOCKS support
+=item New "read() on %s filehandle %s"
-=item C<-A> flag
+=item New "Tied variable freed while still in use"
-=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+=item New "To%s: illegal mapping '%s'"
-=item gcc automatically tried if 'cc' does not seem to be working
+=item New "Use of freed value in iteration"
=back
-=item Platform specific changes
+=item Changed Internals
-=over 4
+=item New Tests
-=item Supported platforms
+=item Known Problems
-=item DOS
+=over 4
-=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
+=item Tied hashes in scalar context
-=item VMS
+=item Net::Ping 450_service and 510_ping_udp failures
-=item Win32
+=item B::C
=back
-=item Significant bug fixes
+=item Platform Specific Problems
=over 4
-=item <HANDLE> on empty files
+=item EBCDIC Platforms
-=item C<eval '...'> improvements
+=item Cygwin 1.5 problems
-=item All compilation errors are true errors
+=item HP-UX: HP cc warnings about sendfile and sendpath
-=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
+=item IRIX: t/uni/tr_7jis.t falsely failing
-=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
+=item Mac OS X: no usemymalloc
-=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
+=item Tru64: No threaded builds with GNU cc (gcc)
-=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+=item Win32: sysopen, sysread, syswrite
-=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+=back
-=item Failures in DESTROY()
+=item TODO
-=item Locale bugs fixed
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item Memory leaks
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+=back
-=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+=head2 perl583delta - what is new for perl v5.8.3
-=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
+=over 4
-=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=item Core Enhancements
-"%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 Modules and Pragmata
-=item New tests
+CGI, Cwd, Digest, Digest::MD5, Encode, File::Spec, FindBin, List::Util,
+Math::BigInt, PodParser, Pod::Perldoc, POSIX, Unicode::Collate,
+Unicode::Normalize, Test::Harness, threads::shared
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item Utility Changes
-=over 4
+=item New Documentation
-=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-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 Selected Bug Fixes
-=item C Source Incompatibilities
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+=item Changed Internals
-=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+=item Configuration and Building
-C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item Binary Incompatibilities
+=item Known Problems
+
+=item Future Directions
+
+=item Obituary
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Known Problems
+=head2 perl582delta - what is new for perl v5.8.2
=over 4
-=item Localizing a tied hash element may leak memory
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Known test failures
+=item Incompatible Changes
-64-bit builds, Failure of Thread tests, NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure,
-Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with gcc
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item EBCDIC platforms not fully supported
+=over 4
-=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+=item Hash Randomisation
-=item Arrow operator and arrays
+=item Threading
-=item Experimental features
+=back
-Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
-pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
-globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Updated Modules And Pragmata
+
+Devel::PPPort, Digest::MD5, I18N::LangTags, libnet, MIME::Base64,
+Pod::Perldoc, strict, Tie::Hash, Time::HiRes, Unicode::Collate,
+Unicode::Normalize, UNIVERSAL
=back
-=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-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 Changed Internals
+
+=item Platform Specific Problems
+
+=item Future Directions
=item Reporting Bugs
=item SEE ALSO
-=item HISTORY
-
=back
-=head2 perl56delta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
+=head2 perl581delta - what is new for perl v5.8.1
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Core Enhancements
+=item Incompatible Changes
=over 4
-=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+=item Hash Randomisation
-=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+=item UTF-8 On Filehandles No Longer Activated By Locale
-=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+=item Single-number v-strings are no longer v-strings before "=>"
-=item Support for interpolating named characters
+=item (Win32) The -C Switch Has Been Repurposed
-=item "our" declarations
+=item (Win32) The /d Switch Of cmd.exe
-=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+=back
-=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+=over 4
-=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+=item UTF-8 no longer default under UTF-8 locales
-=item open() with more than two arguments
+=item Unsafe signals again available
-=item 64-bit support
+=item Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices
-=item Large file support
+=item local ${$x}
-=item Long doubles
+=item Unicode Character Database 4.0.0
-=item "more bits"
+=item Deprecation Warnings
-=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+=item Miscellaneous Enhancements
-=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+=back
-=item File globbing implemented internally
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item Support for CHECK blocks
+=over 4
-=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+=item Updated Modules And Pragmata
-=item Better pseudo-random number generator
+base, B::Bytecode, B::Concise, B::Deparse, Benchmark, ByteLoader, bytes,
+CGI, charnames, CPAN, Data::Dumper, DB_File, Devel::PPPort, Digest::MD5,
+Encode, fields, libnet, Math::BigInt, MIME::Base64, NEXT, Net::Ping,
+PerlIO::scalar, podlators, Pod::LaTeX, PodParsers, Pod::Perldoc,
+Scalar::Util, Storable, strict, Term::ANSIcolor, Test::Harness, Test::More,
+Test::Simple, Text::Balanced, Time::HiRes, threads, threads::shared,
+Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize, Win32::GetFolderPath,
+Win32::GetOSVersion
-=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+=back
-=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+=item Utility Changes
-=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+=item New Documentation
-=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 Platform-specific enhancements
-=item Weak references
+=back
-=item Binary numbers supported
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Lvalue subroutines
+=over 4
-=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+=item Closures, eval and lexicals
-=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+=item Generic fixes
-=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+=item Platform-specific 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
+=over 4
-=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+=item Changed "A thread exited while %d threads were running"
-=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+=item Removed "Attempt to clear a restricted hash"
-=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+=item New "Illegal declaration of anonymous subroutine"
-=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+=item Changed "Invalid range "%s" in transliteration operator"
-=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+=item New "Missing control char name in \c"
-=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+=item New "Newline in left-justified string for %s"
-=item Improved diagnostics
+=item New "Possible precedence problem on bitwise %c operator"
-=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+=item New "Pseudo-hashes are deprecated"
-=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+=item New "read() on %s filehandle %s"
-=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+=item New "5.005 threads are deprecated"
-=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+=item New "Tied variable freed while still in use"
-=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+=item New "To%s: illegal mapping '%s'"
-=item Improved security features
+=item New "Use of freed value in iteration"
-=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
+=back
-=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+=item Changed Internals
-=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+=item New Tests
-=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+=item Known Problems
-=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+=over 4
-=item Optional Y2K warnings
+=item Tied hashes in scalar context
-=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
+=item Net::Ping 450_service and 510_ping_udp failures
+
+=item B::C
=back
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item Platform Specific Problems
=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 EBCDIC Platforms
-=item Pragmata
+=item Cygwin 1.5 problems
-=back
+=item HP-UX: HP cc warnings about sendfile and sendpath
-=item Utility Changes
+=item IRIX: t/uni/tr_7jis.t falsely failing
-=over 4
+=item Mac OS X: no usemymalloc
-=item dprofpp
+=item Tru64: No threaded builds with GNU cc (gcc)
-=item find2perl
+=item Win32: sysopen, sysread, syswrite
-=item h2xs
+=back
-=item perlcc
+=item Future Directions
-=item perldoc
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item The Perl Debugger
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Improved Documentation
+=head2 perl58delta - what is new for perl v5.8.0
-perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
-perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
-perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
-perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
+=over 4
-=item Performance enhancements
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item Highlights In 5.8.0
-=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
+=over 4
-=item Faster subroutine calls
+=item Binary Incompatibility
-=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
+=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
-=back
+=item AIX Dynaloading
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item Attributes for C<my> variables now handled at run-time
-=over 4
+=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
-=item -Dusethreads means something different
+=item IEEE-format Floating Point Default on OpenVMS Alpha
-=item New Configure flags
+=item New Unicode Semantics (no more C<use utf8>, almost)
-=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
+=item New Unicode Properties
-=item Long Doubles
+=item REF(...) Instead Of SCALAR(...)
-=item -Dusemorebits
+=item pack/unpack D/F recycled
-=item -Duselargefiles
+=item glob() now returns filenames in alphabetical order
-=item installusrbinperl
+=item Deprecations
-=item SOCKS support
+=back
-=item C<-A> flag
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Unicode Overhaul
-=item Platform specific changes
+=item PerlIO is Now The Default
-=over 4
+=item ithreads
-=item Supported platforms
+=item Restricted Hashes
-=item DOS
+=item Safe Signals
-=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
+=item Understanding of Numbers
-=item VMS
+=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings [561]
-=item Win32
+=item Miscellaneous Changes
=back
-=item Significant bug fixes
+=item Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
-=item <HANDLE> on empty files
-
-=item C<eval '...'> improvements
+=item New Modules and Pragmata
-=item All compilation errors are true errors
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
-=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
+=back
-=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
+=item Utility Changes
-=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
+=item New Documentation
-=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item Failures in DESTROY()
+=over 4
-=item Locale bugs fixed
+=item Generic Improvements
-=item Memory leaks
+=item New Or Improved Platforms
-=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+=back
-=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
+=over 4
-=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
=back
=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-"%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
-implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
-/ cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
-by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
-\\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
-passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
-early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
-argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
-subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
-%s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
-substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
-Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
-size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
-filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
-Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
-Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
-remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
-weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
-syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
-constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
-defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
-"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
-%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
-output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
-explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
-Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
-|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
-number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
-%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
-separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
-subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
-returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
-%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
-No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
-No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
-is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
-panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
-around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
-Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
-instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
-Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
-Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
-zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
-Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
-environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
-'%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
-escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
-list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
-subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
-CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
+=item Changed Internals
-=item New tests
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed [561]
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item New Tests
+
+=item Known Problems
=over 4
-=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Very Experimental
-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 Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken
-=item C Source Incompatibilities
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
-C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+=item Modifying $_ Inside for(..)
-=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+=item mod_perl 1.26 Doesn't Build With Threaded Perl
-C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
-=item Binary Incompatibilities
+=item libwww-perl (LWP) fails base/date #51
-=back
+=item PDL failing some tests
-=item Known Problems
+=item Perl_get_sv
-=over 4
+=item Self-tying Problems
-=item Thread test failures
+=item ext/threads/t/libc
-=item EBCDIC platforms not supported
+=item Failure of Thread (5.005-style) tests
-=item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
+=item Timing problems
-=item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
+=item Tied/Magical Array/Hash Elements Do Not Autovivify
-=item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
-gcc
+=item Unicode in package/class and subroutine names does not work
-=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+=back
-=item Arrow operator and arrays
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item Experimental features
+=over 4
-Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
-pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
-globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
+=item AIX
-=back
+=item Alpha systems with old gccs fail several tests
-=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+=item AmigaOS
-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 BeOS
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item Cygwin "unable to remap"
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Cygwin ndbm tests fail on FAT
-=item HISTORY
+=item DJGPP Failures
-=back
+=item FreeBSD built with ithreads coredumps reading large directories
-=head2 perl5005delta - what's new for perl5.005
+=item FreeBSD Failing locale Test 117 For ISO 8859-15 Locales
-=over 4
+=item IRIX fails ext/List/Util/t/shuffle.t or Digest::MD5
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
-=item About the new versioning system
+=item Linux with glibc 2.2.5 fails t/op/int subtest #6 with -Duse64bitint
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
-=over 4
+=item Mac OS X
-=item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004.
+=item Mac OS X dyld undefined symbols
-=item Default installation structure has changed
+=item OS/2 Test Failures
-=item Perl Source Compatibility
+=item op/sprintf tests 91, 129, and 130
-=item C Source Compatibility
+=item SCO
-=item Binary Compatibility
+=item Solaris 2.5
-=item Security fixes may affect compatibility
+=item Solaris x86 Fails Tests With -Duse64bitint
-=item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004
+=item SUPER-UX (NEC SX)
-=item Licensing
+=item Term::ReadKey not working on Win32
-=back
+=item UNICOS/mk
-=item Core Changes
+=item UTS
-=over 4
+=item VOS (Stratus)
-=item Threads
+=item VMS
-=item Compiler
+=item Win32
-=item Regular Expressions
+=item XML::Parser not working
-Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression
-constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other
-improvements, Incompatible changes
+=item z/OS (OS/390)
-=item Improved malloc()
+=item Unicode Support on EBCDIC Still Spotty
-=item Quicksort is internally implemented
+=item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
-=item Reliable signals
+=back
-=item Reliable stack pointers
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item More generous treatment of carriage returns
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Memory leaks
+=item HISTORY
-=item Better support for multiple interpreters
+=back
-=item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined
+=head2 perl573delta - what's new for perl v5.7.3
-=item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L<Errno> module
+=over 4
-=item Pseudo-hashes are supported
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item C<EXPR foreach EXPR> is supported
+=item Changes
-=item Keywords can be globally overridden
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item C<foreach (1..1000000)> optimized
+=item HISTORY
-=item C<Foo::> can be used as implicitly quoted package name
+=back
-=item C<exists $Foo::{Bar::}> tests existence of a package
+=head2 perl572delta - what's new for perl v5.7.2
-=item Better locale support
+=over 4
-=item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item prototype() returns useful results on builtins
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed
-=item Extended support for exception handling
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods
+=over 4
-=item All C<printf> format conversions are handled internally
+=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
-=item New C<INIT> keyword
+=item AIX Dynaloading
-=item New C<lock> keyword
+=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
-=item New C<qr//> operator
+=item Different Definition of the Unicode Character Classes \p{In...}
-=item C<our> is now a reserved word
+=item Deprecations
-=item Tied arrays are now fully supported
+=back
-=item Tied handles support is better
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item 4th argument to substr
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item Negative LENGTH argument to splice
+=over 4
-=item Magic lvalues are now more magical
+=item New Modules and Distributions
-=item <> now reads in records
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
=back
-=item Supported Platforms
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item New Documentation
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
=over 4
-=item New Platforms
+=item New Or Improved Platforms
-=item Changes in existing support
+=item Generic Improvements
=back
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
=over 4
-=item New Modules
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
-B, Data::Dumper, Dumpvalue, Errno, File::Spec, ExtUtils::Installed,
-ExtUtils::Packlist, Fatal, IPC::SysV, Test, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle,
-Thread, attrs, fields, re
+=back
-=item Changes in existing modules
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File,
-MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd
+=item Source Code Enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item MAGIC constants
+
+=item Better commented code
+
+=item Regex pre-/post-compilation items matched up
+
+=item gcc -Wall
=back
-=item Utility Changes
+=item New Tests
-=item Documentation Changes
+=item Known Problems
-=item New Diagnostics
+=over 4
-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 AIX
-=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+=item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
-Can't mktemp(), Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s, Cannot open
-temporary file, regexp too big
+=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
-=item Configuration Changes
+=item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12
-=item BUGS
+=item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
-=item HISTORY
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
-=back
+=item OS/390
-=head2 perl5004delta - what's new for perl5.004
+=item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
-=over 4
+=item Failure of Thread tests
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item UNICOS
-=item Supported Environments
+=item UTS
-=item Core Changes
+=item VMS
-=over 4
+=item Win32
-=item List assignment to %ENV works
+=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
-=item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error
+=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
-=item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003
+=item Variable Attributes are not Currently Usable for Tieing
-=item $PERL5OPT environment variable
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
-=item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
-=item More precise warnings
+=item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental
-=item Deprecated: Inherited C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods
+=back
-=item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Group vector changeable with C<$)>
+=item HISTORY
-=item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
+=back
-=item Fixed localization of $<digit>, $&, etc.
+=head2 perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.1
-=item No resetting of $. on implicit close
+=over 4
-=item C<wantarray> may return undef
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item C<eval EXPR> determines value of EXPR in scalar context
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed
-=item Changes to tainting checks
+=item Incompatible Changes
-No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No
-spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item New Opcode module and revised Safe module
+=over 4
-=item Embedding improvements
+=item AUTOLOAD Is Now Lvaluable
-=item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes
+=item PerlIO is Now The Default
-=item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface
+=item Signals Are Now Safe
-=item New and changed syntax
+=back
-$coderef->(PARAMS)
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item New and changed builtin constants
+=over 4
-__PACKAGE__
+=item New Modules
-=item New and changed builtin variables
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
-$^E, $^H, $^M
+=back
-=item New and changed builtin functions
+=item Performance Enhancements
-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 Utility Changes
-=item New builtin methods
+=item New Documentation
-isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+=over 4
-=item TIEHANDLE now supported
+=item perlclib
-TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this
-LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this
+=item perliol
-=item Malloc enhancements
+=item README.aix
--DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
+=item README.bs2000
-=item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements
+=item README.macos
+
+=item README.mpeix
+
+=item README.solaris
+
+=item README.vos
+
+=item Porting/repository.pod
=back
-=item Support for More Operating Systems
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
=over 4
-=item Win32
-
-=item Plan 9
+=item New Or Improved Platforms
-=item QNX
+=item Generic Improvements
-=item AmigaOS
+d_cmsghdr, d_fcntl_can_lock, d_fsync, d_getitimer, d_getpagsz, d_msghdr_s,
+need_va_copy, d_readv, d_recvmsg, d_sendmsg, sig_size, d_sockatmark,
+d_strtoq, d_u32align, d_ualarm, d_usleep
=back
-=item Pragmata
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3), use blib, use blib 'dir', use
-constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish
+=over 4
-=item Modules
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Required Updates
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item Installation directories
+=item Changed Internals
-=item Module information summary
+=item New Tests
-=item Fcntl
+=item Known Problems
-=item IO
+=over 4
-=item Math::Complex
+=item AIX vac 5.0.0.0 May Produce Buggy Code For Perl
-=item Math::Trig
+=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
-=item DB_File
+=item lib/io_multihomed Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
-=item Net::Ping
+=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
-=item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators
+=item lib/b test 19
-=back
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
-=item Utility Changes
+=item sigaction test 13 in VMS
-=over 4
+=item sprintf tests 129 and 130
-=item pod2html
+=item Failure of Thread tests
-Sends converted HTML to standard output
+=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
-=item xsubpp
+=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
-C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
=back
-=item C Language API Changes
+=item Reporting Bugs
-C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, C<perl_eval_pv>, Extended API for
-manipulating hashes
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Documentation Changes
+=item HISTORY
-L<perldelta>, L<perlfaq>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>,
-L<perlmodlib>, L<perldebug>, L<perlsec>
+=back
-=item New Diagnostics
+=head2 perl570delta - what's new for perl v5.7.0
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Modules
+
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item New Documentation
+
+=item Performance Enhancements
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Generic Improvements
+
+=back
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+=item Changed Internals
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect
+
+=item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform
+
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+
+=item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+
+=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+
+=item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris
+
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+
+=item Storable tests fail in some platforms
+
+=item Threads Are Still Experimental
+
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+
+=back
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl561delta - what's new for perl v5.6.x
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Summary of changes between 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Security Issues
+
+=item Core bug fixes
+
+C<UNIVERSAL::isa()>, Memory leaks, Numeric conversions, qw(a\\b), caller(),
+Bugs in regular expressions, "slurp" mode, Autovivification of symbolic
+references to special variables, Lexical warnings, Spurious warnings and
+errors, glob(), Tainting, sort(), #line directives, Subroutine prototypes,
+map(), Debugger, PERL5OPT, chop(), Unicode support, 64-bit support,
+Compiler, Lvalue subroutines, IO::Socket, File::Find, xsubpp, C<no
+Module;>, Tests
+
+=item Core features
+
+=item Configuration issues
+
+=item Documentation
+
+=item Bundled modules
+
+B::Concise, File::Temp, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Text::Overstrike, CGI, CPAN,
+Class::Struct, DB_File, Devel::Peek, File::Find, Getopt::Long, IO::Poll,
+IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::Complex, Net::Ping, Opcode, Pod::Parser,
+Pod::Text, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Tie::RefHash, Tie::SubstrHash
+
+=item Platform-specific improvements
+
+NCR MP-RAS, NonStop-UX
+
+=back
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+
+=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+
+=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+
+=item Support for interpolating named characters
+
+=item "our" declarations
+
+=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+
+=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+
+=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+
+=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+
+=item open() with more than two arguments
+
+=item 64-bit support
+
+=item Large file support
+
+=item Long doubles
+
+=item "more bits"
+
+=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+
+=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+
+=item File globbing implemented internally
+
+=item Support for CHECK blocks
+
+=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+
+=item Better pseudo-random number generator
+
+=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+
+=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+
+=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+
+=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+
+=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+
+=item Comments in pack() templates
+
+=item Weak references
+
+=item Binary numbers supported
+
+=item Lvalue subroutines
+
+=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+
+=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+
+=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+
+=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+
+=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+
+=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+
+=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+
+=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+
+=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+
+=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+
+=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+
+=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+
+=item Improved diagnostics
+
+=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+
+=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+
+=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+
+=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+
+=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+
+=item Improved security features
+
+=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
+
+=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+
+=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+
+=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+
+=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+
+=item Optional Y2K warnings
+
+=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Modules
+
+attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
+DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
+Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
+File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
+Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
+podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
+pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
+Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
+
+=item Pragmata
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item dprofpp
+
+=item find2perl
+
+=item h2xs
+
+=item perlcc
+
+=item perldoc
+
+=item The Perl Debugger
+
+=back
+
+=item Improved Documentation
+
+perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
+perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
+perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
+perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
+
+=item Performance enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
+
+=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
+
+=item Faster subroutine calls
+
+=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
+
+=back
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item -Dusethreads means something different
+
+=item New Configure flags
+
+=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
+
+=item Long Doubles
+
+=item -Dusemorebits
+
+=item -Duselargefiles
+
+=item installusrbinperl
+
+=item SOCKS support
+
+=item C<-A> flag
+
+=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+
+=item gcc automatically tried if 'cc' does not seem to be working
+
+=back
+
+=item Platform specific changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Supported platforms
+
+=item DOS
+
+=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
+
+=item VMS
+
+=item Win32
+
+=back
+
+=item Significant bug fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item <HANDLE> on empty files
+
+=item C<eval '...'> improvements
+
+=item All compilation errors are true errors
+
+=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
+
+=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
+
+=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
+
+=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+
+=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+
+=item Failures in DESTROY()
+
+=item Locale bugs fixed
+
+=item Memory leaks
+
+=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+
+=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+
+=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
+
+=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+"%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
+implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
+/ cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
+by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
+\\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
+passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
+early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
+argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
+subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
+%s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
+substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
+Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
+size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
+filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
+Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
+Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
+remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
+weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
+syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
+constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
+defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
+"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
+%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
+output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
+explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
+Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
+|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
+number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
+%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
+separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
+subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
+returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
+%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
+No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
+No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
+is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
+panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
+around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
+Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
+instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
+Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
+Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
+zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
+Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
+environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
+'%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
+escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
+list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
+subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
+CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
+
+=item New tests
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+
+CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
+Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
+C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
+generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
+read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
+Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
+values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
+Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
+Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
+prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
+on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
+
+=item C Source Incompatibilities
+
+C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+
+=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+
+C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+
+=item Binary Incompatibilities
+
+=back
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Localizing a tied hash element may leak memory
+
+=item Known test failures
+
+=item EBCDIC platforms not fully supported
+
+=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+
+=item Arrow operator and arrays
+
+=item Experimental features
+
+Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
+pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
+globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
+
+=back
+
+=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+
+Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
+logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
+\@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
+to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl56delta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+
+=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+
+=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+
+=item Support for interpolating named characters
+
+=item "our" declarations
+
+=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+
+=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+
+=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+
+=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+
+=item open() with more than two arguments
+
+=item 64-bit support
+
+=item Large file support
+
+=item Long doubles
+
+=item "more bits"
+
+=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+
+=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+
+=item File globbing implemented internally
+
+=item Support for CHECK blocks
+
+=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+
+=item Better pseudo-random number generator
+
+=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+
+=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+
+=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+
+=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+
+=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+
+=item Comments in pack() templates
+
+=item Weak references
+
+=item Binary numbers supported
+
+=item Lvalue subroutines
+
+=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+
+=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+
+=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+
+=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+
+=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+
+=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+
+=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+
+=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+
+=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+
+=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+
+=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+
+=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+
+=item Improved diagnostics
+
+=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+
+=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+
+=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+
+=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+
+=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+
+=item Improved security features
+
+=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
+
+=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+
+=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+
+=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+
+=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+
+=item Optional Y2K warnings
+
+=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Modules
+
+attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
+DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
+Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
+File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
+Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
+podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
+pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
+Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
+
+=item Pragmata
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item dprofpp
+
+=item find2perl
+
+=item h2xs
+
+=item perlcc
+
+=item perldoc
+
+=item The Perl Debugger
+
+=back
+
+=item Improved Documentation
+
+perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
+perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
+perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
+perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
+
+=item Performance enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
+
+=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
+
+=item Faster subroutine calls
+
+=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
+
+=back
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item -Dusethreads means something different
+
+=item New Configure flags
+
+=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
+
+=item Long Doubles
+
+=item -Dusemorebits
+
+=item -Duselargefiles
+
+=item installusrbinperl
+
+=item SOCKS support
+
+=item C<-A> flag
+
+=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+
+=back
+
+=item Platform specific changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Supported platforms
+
+=item DOS
+
+=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
+
+=item VMS
+
+=item Win32
+
+=back
+
+=item Significant bug fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item <HANDLE> on empty files
+
+=item C<eval '...'> improvements
+
+=item All compilation errors are true errors
+
+=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
+
+=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
+
+=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
+
+=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+
+=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+
+=item Failures in DESTROY()
+
+=item Locale bugs fixed
+
+=item Memory leaks
+
+=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+
+=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+
+=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
+
+=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+"%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
+implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
+/ cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
+by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
+\\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
+passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
+early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
+argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
+subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
+%s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
+substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
+Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
+size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
+filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
+Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
+Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
+remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
+weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
+syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
+constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
+defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
+"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
+%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
+output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
+explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
+Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
+|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
+number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
+%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
+separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
+subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
+returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
+%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
+No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
+No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
+is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
+panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
+around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
+Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
+instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
+Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
+Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
+zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
+Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
+environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
+'%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
+escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
+list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
+subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
+CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
+
+=item New tests
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+
+CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
+Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
+C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
+generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
+read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
+Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
+values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
+Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
+Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
+prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
+on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
+
+=item C Source Incompatibilities
+
+C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+
+=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+
+C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+
+=item Binary Incompatibilities
+
+=back
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Thread test failures
+
+=item EBCDIC platforms not supported
+
+=item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
+
+=item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
+
+=item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
+gcc
+
+=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+
+=item Arrow operator and arrays
+
+=item Experimental features
+
+Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
+pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
+globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
+
+=back
+
+=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+
+Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
+logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
+\@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
+to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl5005delta - what's new for perl5.005
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item About the new versioning system
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004.
+
+=item Default installation structure has changed
+
+=item Perl Source Compatibility
+
+=item C Source Compatibility
+
+=item Binary Compatibility
+
+=item Security fixes may affect compatibility
+
+=item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004
+
+=item Licensing
+
+=back
+
+=item Core Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Threads
+
+=item Compiler
+
+=item Regular Expressions
+
+Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression
+constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other
+improvements, Incompatible changes
+
+=item Improved malloc()
+
+=item Quicksort is internally implemented
+
+=item Reliable signals
+
+=item Reliable stack pointers
+
+=item More generous treatment of carriage returns
+
+=item Memory leaks
+
+=item Better support for multiple interpreters
+
+=item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined
+
+=item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L<Errno> module
+
+=item Pseudo-hashes are supported
+
+=item C<EXPR foreach EXPR> is supported
+
+=item Keywords can be globally overridden
+
+=item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32
+
+=item C<foreach (1..1000000)> optimized
+
+=item C<Foo::> can be used as implicitly quoted package name
+
+=item C<exists $Foo::{Bar::}> tests existence of a package
+
+=item Better locale support
+
+=item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms
+
+=item prototype() returns useful results on builtins
+
+=item Extended support for exception handling
+
+=item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods
+
+=item All C<printf> format conversions are handled internally
+
+=item New C<INIT> keyword
+
+=item New C<lock> keyword
+
+=item New C<qr//> operator
+
+=item C<our> is now a reserved word
+
+=item Tied arrays are now fully supported
+
+=item Tied handles support is better
+
+=item 4th argument to substr
+
+=item Negative LENGTH argument to splice
+
+=item Magic lvalues are now more magical
+
+=item <> now reads in records
+
+=back
+
+=item Supported Platforms
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Platforms
+
+=item Changes in existing support
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Modules
+
+B, Data::Dumper, Dumpvalue, Errno, File::Spec, ExtUtils::Installed,
+ExtUtils::Packlist, Fatal, IPC::SysV, Test, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle,
+Thread, attrs, fields, re
+
+=item Changes in existing modules
+
+Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File,
+MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item Documentation Changes
+
+=item New Diagnostics
+
+Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or use &, Bad index
+while coercing array into hash, Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent
+package, Can't call method "%s" on an undefined value, Can't check
+filesystem of script "%s" for nosuid, Can't coerce array into hash, Can't
+goto subroutine from an eval-string, Can't localize pseudo-hash element,
+Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available, Cannot find an opnumber
+for "%s", Character class syntax [. .] is reserved for future extensions,
+Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Character
+class syntax [= =] is reserved for future extensions, %s: Eval-group in
+insecure regular expression, %s: Eval-group not allowed, use re 'eval', %s:
+Eval-group not allowed at run time, Explicit blessing to '' (assuming
+package main), Illegal hex digit ignored, No such array field, No such
+field "%s" in variable %s of type %s, Out of memory during ridiculously
+large request, Range iterator outside integer range, Recursive inheritance
+detected while looking for method '%s' %s, Reference found where even-sized
+list expected, Undefined value assigned to typeglob, Use of reserved word
+"%s" is deprecated, perl: warning: Setting locale failed
+
+=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+
+Can't mktemp(), Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s, Cannot open
+temporary file, regexp too big
+
+=item Configuration Changes
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl5004delta - what's new for perl5.004
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Supported Environments
+
+=item Core Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item List assignment to %ENV works
+
+=item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error
+
+=item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003
+
+=item $PERL5OPT environment variable
+
+=item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options
+
+=item More precise warnings
+
+=item Deprecated: Inherited C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods
+
+=item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable
+
+=item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
+
+=item Group vector changeable with C<$)>
+
+=item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
+
+=item Fixed localization of $<digit>, $&, etc.
+
+=item No resetting of $. on implicit close
+
+=item C<wantarray> may return undef
+
+=item C<eval EXPR> determines value of EXPR in scalar context
+
+=item Changes to tainting checks
+
+No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No
+spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name
+
+=item New Opcode module and revised Safe module
+
+=item Embedding improvements
+
+=item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes
+
+=item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface
+
+=item New and changed syntax
+
+$coderef->(PARAMS)
+
+=item New and changed builtin constants
+
+__PACKAGE__
+
+=item New and changed builtin variables
+
+$^E, $^H, $^M
+
+=item New and changed builtin functions
+
+delete on slices, flock, printf and sprintf, keys as an lvalue, my() in
+Control Structures, pack() and unpack(), sysseek(), use VERSION, use Module
+VERSION LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), srand, $_ as Default, C<m//gc> does not
+reset search position on failure, C<m//x> ignores whitespace before ?*+{},
+nested C<sub{}> closures work now, formats work right on changing lexicals
+
+=item New builtin methods
+
+isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+
+=item TIEHANDLE now supported
+
+TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this
+LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this
+
+=item Malloc enhancements
+
+-DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
+
+=item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements
+
+=back
+
+=item Support for More Operating Systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Win32
+
+=item Plan 9
+
+=item QNX
+
+=item AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item Pragmata
+
+use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3), use blib, use blib 'dir', use
+constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish
+
+=item Modules
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Required Updates
+
+=item Installation directories
+
+=item Module information summary
+
+=item Fcntl
+
+=item IO
+
+=item Math::Complex
+
+=item Math::Trig
+
+=item DB_File
+
+=item Net::Ping
+
+=item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item pod2html
+
+Sends converted HTML to standard output
+
+=item xsubpp
+
+C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
+
+=back
+
+=item C Language API Changes
+
+C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, C<perl_eval_pv>, Extended API for
+manipulating hashes
+
+=item Documentation Changes
+
+L<perldelta>, L<perlfaq>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>,
+L<perlmodlib>, L<perldebug>, L<perlsec>
+
+=item New Diagnostics
"my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope, %s argument is
not a HASH element or slice, Allocation too large: %lx, Allocation too
Got an error from DosAllocMem, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX, PERL_SH_DIR too
long, Process terminated by SIG%s
-=item BUGS
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlartistic - the Perl Artistic License
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item The "Artistic License"
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Preamble
+
+=item Definitions
+
+"Package", "Standard Version", "Copyright Holder", "You", "Reasonable
+copying fee", "Freely Available"
+
+=item Conditions
+
+a), b), c), d), a), b), c), d)
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlgpl - the GNU General Public License, version 2
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX
+
+=item OS level
+
+=item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
+
+=item The IBM ANSI C Compiler
+
+=item The usenm option
+
+=item Using GNU's gcc for building perl
+
+=item Using Large Files with Perl
+
+=item Threaded Perl
+
+=item 64-bit Perl
+
+=item AIX 4.2 and extensions using C++ with statics
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item NOTE
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS
+
+B<Unix emulation for AmigaOS: ixemul.library>, B<Version of Amiga OS>
+
+=item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS
+
+=item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALLATION
+
+=item Accessing documentation
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS
+
+=item Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS
+
+=item Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Getting the Perl Source for AmigaOS
+
+=item Making Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Testing Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item PERL 5.8.0 BROKEN IN AMIGAOS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlapollo, README.apollo - Perl version 5 on Apollo DomainOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlbeos, README.beos - Perl version 5 on BeOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item General Issues with Perl on BeOS
+
+=item BeOS Release-specific Notes
+
+R4 x86, R4 PPC
+
+=item Contact Information
+
+=item Update 2002-05-30
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item gzip on BS2000
+
+=item bison on BS2000
+
+=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on BS2000
+
+=item Compiling Perl on BS2000
+
+=item Testing Perl on BS2000
+
+=item Installing Perl on BS2000
+
+=item Using Perl in the Posix-Shell of BS2000
+
+=item Using Perl in "native" BS2000
+
+=item Floating point anomalies on BS2000
+
+=item Using PerlIO and different encodings on ASCII and EBCDIC partitions
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Mailing list
+
+=back
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlce - Perl for WinCE
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUILD
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Tools & SDK
+
+Microsoft Embedded Visual Tools, Microsoft Visual C++, Rainer Keuchel's
+celib-sources, Rainer Keuchel's console-sources
+
+=item Make
+
+go to ./wince subdirectory, edit file compile.bat, run compile.bat, run
+ compile.bat dist
+
+=back
+
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item PREREQUISITES FOR COMPILING PERL ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it)
+
+=item Cygwin Configuration
+
+C<PATH>, I<nroff>, Permissions
+
+=back
+
+=item CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Stripping Perl Binaries on Cygwin
+
+=item Optional Libraries for Perl on Cygwin
+
+C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>), C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>),
+C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>), C<-lutil>
+
+=item Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin
+
+C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Uuseperlio>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>,
+C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles>,
+C<-Dmksymlinks>
+
+=item Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin
+
+I<dlsym()>, Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>, Compiler/Preprocessor defines
+
+=back
+
+=item MAKE ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Errors on Cygwin
+
+=item ld2 on Cygwin
+
+=back
+
+=item TEST ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item File Permissions on Cygwin
+
+=item NDBM_File and ODBM_File do not work on FAT filesystems
+
+=item C<fork()> failures in io_* tests
+
+=item Script Portability on Cygwin
+
+Pathnames, Text/Binary, PerlIO, F<.exe>, C<chown()>, Miscellaneous
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN
+
+=item MANIFEST ON CYGWIN
+
+Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl
+Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts
+
+=item BUGS ON CYGWIN
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perldgux - Perl under DG/UX.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUILDING PERL ON DG/UX
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Non-threaded Perl on DG/UX
+
+=item Threaded Perl on DG/UX
+
+=item Testing Perl on DG/UX
+
+=item Installing the built perl on DG/UX
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on DOS
+
+DJGPP, Pthreads
+
+=item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS
+
+=item Building Perl on DOS
+
+=item Testing Perl on DOS
+
+=item Installation of Perl on DOS
+
+=back
+
+=item BUILDING AND INSTALLING MODULES ON DOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Building Prerequisites for Perl on DOS
+
+=item Unpacking CPAN Modules on DOS
+
+=item Building Non-XS Modules on DOS
+
+=item Building XS Modules on DOS
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlepoc, README.epoc - Perl for EPOC
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item INTRODUCTION
+
+=item INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC
+
+=item STARTING PERL ON EPOC
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Editors on Epoc
+
+=item Features of Perl on Epoc
+
+=item Restrictions of Perl on Epoc
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment
+
+=back
+
+=item SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item LAST UPDATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfreebsd, README.freebsd - Perl version 5 on FreeBSD systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item FreeBSD core dumps from readdir_r with ithreads
+
+=item $^X doesn't always contain a full path in FreeBSD
+
+=item Perl will no longer be part of "base FreeBSD"
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix
+(HP-UX) systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Using perl as shipped with HP-UX
+
+=item Using perl from HP's porting centre
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX
+
+=item PA-RISC
+
+=item PA-RISC 1.0
+
+=item PA-RISC 1.1
+
+=item PA-RISC 2.0
+
+=item Itanium
+
+=item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions
+
+=item Itanium Processor Family and HP-UX
+
+=item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX
+
+=item The HP ANSI C Compiler
+
+=item The GNU C Compiler
+
+=item Using Large Files with Perl on HP-UX
+
+=item Threaded Perl on HP-UX
+
+=item 64-bit Perl on HP-UX
+
+=item Oracle on HP-UX
+
+=item GDBM and Threads on HP-UX
+
+=item NFS filesystems and utime(2) on HP-UX
+
+=item perl -P and // and HP-UX
+
+=item HP-UX Kernel Parameters (maxdsiz) for Compiling Perl
+
+=back
+
+=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlhurd, README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Known Problems with Perl on Hurd
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlirix, README.irix - Perl version 5 on Irix systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Building 32-bit Perl in Irix
+
+=item Building 64-bit Perl in Irix
+
+=item About Compiler Versions of Irix
+
+=item Linker Problems in Irix
+
+=item Malloc in Irix
+
+=item Building with threads in Irix
+
+=item Irix 5.3
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen
+systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Perl version 5.8.x and greater not supported
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5.6.x on MachTen
+
+=item Failures during C<make test> on MachTen
+
+op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t
+
+=item Building external modules on MachTen
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmacosx, README.macosx - Perl under Mac OS X
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Installation Prefix
+
+=item libperl and Prebinding
+
+=item Updating Panther
+
+=item Known problems
+
+=item MacPerl
+
+=item Carbon
+
+=item Cocoa
+
+=back
+
+=item Starting From Scratch
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmint, README.mint - Perl version 5 on Atari MiNT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Known problems with Perl on MiNT
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item NOTE
+
+=item Binary distribution from HP
+
+=item What's New in Perl for MPE/iX
+
+=item Welcome to Perl/iX
+
+=item System Requirements for Perl/iX
+
+=item How to Obtain Perl/iX
+
+=item Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights
+
+README, INSTALL, LIBSHP3K, PERL, .cpan/, lib/, man/,
+public_html/feedback.cgi, src/perl-5.6.0-mpe
+
+=item How to Compile Perl/iX
+
+ 4, 6
+
+=item Getting Started with Perl/iX
+
+=item MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
+
+=item Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation
+
+=item Perl/iX To-Do List
+
+=item Perl/iX Change History
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlnetware - Perl for NetWare
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUILD
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Tools & SDK
+
+=item Setup
+
+SetNWBld.bat, Buildtype.bat
+
+=item Make
+
+=item Interpreter
+
+=item Extensions
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALL
+
+=item BUILD NEW EXTENSIONS
+
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Target
+
+=item Other OSes
+
+=item Prerequisites
+
+EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh
+
+=item Starting Perl programs under OS/2 (and DOS and...)
+
+=item Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl
+
+=back
+
+=item Frequently asked questions
+
+=over 4
+
+=item "It does not work"
+
+=item I cannot run external programs
+
+=item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F<perl.dll> from my
+program.
+
+Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use
+L<ExtUtils::Embed>?
+
+=item C<``> and pipe-C<open> do not work under DOS.
+
+=item Cannot start C<find.exe "pattern" file>
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALLATION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Automatic binary installation
+
+C<PERL_BADLANG>, C<PERL_BADFREE>, F<Config.pm>
+
+=item Manual binary installation
+
+Perl VIO and PM executables (dynamically linked), Perl_ VIO executable
+(statically linked), Executables for Perl utilities, Main Perl library,
+Additional Perl modules, Tools to compile Perl modules, Manpages for Perl
+and utilities, Manpages for Perl modules, Source for Perl documentation,
+Perl manual in F<.INF> format, Pdksh
+
+=item B<Warning>
+
+=back
+
+=item Accessing documentation
+
+=over 4
+
+=item OS/2 F<.INF> file
+
+=item Plain text
+
+=item Manpages
+
+=item HTML
+
+=item GNU C<info> files
+
+=item F<PDF> files
+
+=item C<LaTeX> docs
+
+=back
+
+=item BUILD
+
+=over 4
+
+=item The short story
+
+=item Prerequisites
+
+=item Getting perl source
+
+=item Application of the patches
+
+=item Hand-editing
+
+=item Making
+
+=item Testing
+
+A lot of C<bad free>, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F<op/fs.t>,
+F<op/stat.t>
+
+=item Installing the built perl
+
+=item C<a.out>-style build
+
+=back
+
+=item Building a binary distribution
+
+=item Building custom F<.EXE> files
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Making executables with a custom collection of statically loaded
+extensions
+
+=item Making executables with a custom search-paths
+
+=back
+
+=item Build FAQ
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Some C</> became C<\> in pdksh.
+
+=item C<'errno'> - unresolved external
+
+=item Problems with tr or sed
+
+=item Some problem (forget which ;-)
+
+=item Library ... not found
+
+=item Segfault in make
+
+=item op/sprintf test failure
+
+=back
+
+=item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<setpriority>, C<getpriority>
+
+=item C<system()>
+
+=item C<extproc> on the first line
+
+=item Additional modules:
+
+=item Prebuilt methods:
+
+C<File::Copy::syscopy>, C<DynaLoader::mod2fname>, C<Cwd::current_drive()>,
+ C<Cwd::sys_chdir(name)>, C<Cwd::change_drive(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_is_absolute(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_is_rooted(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_is_relative(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_cwd(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_abspath(name, dir)>, C<Cwd::extLibpath([type])>,
+C<Cwd::extLibpath_set( path [, type ] )>,
+C<OS2::Error(do_harderror,do_exception)>, C<OS2::Errors2Drive(drive)>,
+OS2::SysInfo(), OS2::BootDrive(), C<OS2::MorphPM(serve)>,
+C<OS2::UnMorphPM(serve)>, C<OS2::Serve_Messages(force)>,
+C<OS2::Process_Messages(force [, cnt])>, C<OS2::_control87(new,mask)>,
+OS2::get_control87(), C<OS2::set_control87_em(new=MCW_EM,mask=MCW_EM)>,
+C<OS2::DLLname([how [, \&xsub]])>
+
+=item Prebuilt variables:
+
+$OS2::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver, $OS2::is_aout, $OS2::can_fork,
+$OS2::nsyserror
+
+=item Misfeatures
+
+=item Modifications
+
+C<popen>, C<tmpnam>, C<tmpfile>, C<ctermid>, C<stat>, C<mkdir>, C<rmdir>,
+C<flock>
+
+=item Identifying DLLs
+
+=item Centralized management of resources
+
+C<HAB>, C<HMQ>, Treating errors reported by OS/2 API,
+C<CheckOSError(expr)>, C<CheckWinError(expr)>, C<SaveWinError(expr)>,
+C<SaveCroakWinError(expr,die,name1,name2)>, C<WinError_2_Perl_rc>,
+C<FillWinError>, C<FillOSError(rc)>, Loading DLLs and ordinals in DLLs
+
+=back
+
+=item Perl flavors
+
+=over 4
+
+=item F<perl.exe>
+
+=item F<perl_.exe>
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item F<perl__.exe>
-=item HISTORY
+=item F<perl___.exe>
+
+=item Why strange names?
+
+=item Why dynamic linking?
+
+=item Why chimera build?
=back
-=head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems
+=item ENVIRONMENT
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>
-=over 4
+=item C<PERL_BADLANG>
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX
+=item C<PERL_BADFREE>
-=item OS level
+=item C<PERL_SH_DIR>
-=item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
+=item C<USE_PERL_FLOCK>
-=item The IBM ANSI C Compiler
+=item C<TMP> or C<TEMP>
-=item Using GNU's gcc for building perl
+=back
-=item Using Large Files with Perl
+=item Evolution
-=item Threaded Perl
+=over 4
-=item 64-bit Perl
+=item Text-mode filehandles
-=item AIX 4.2 and extensions using C++ with statics
+=item Priorities
-=back
+=item DLL name mangling: pre 5.6.2
-=item AUTHOR
+=item DLL name mangling: 5.6.2 and beyond
-=item DATE
+Global DLLs, specific DLLs, C<BEGINLIBPATH> and C<ENDLIBPATH>, F<.> from
+C<LIBPATH>
-=back
+=item DLL forwarder generation
-=head2 perlapollo, README.apollo - Perl version 5 on Apollo DomainOS
+=item Threading
-=over 4
+=item Calls to external programs
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Memory allocation
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Threads
+
+C<COND_WAIT>, F<os2.c>
=back
-=head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS
+=item BUGS
+
+=back
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
+=head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390
+and z/OS
+
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS
+=item Tools
-B<Unix emulation for AmigaOS: ixemul.library>, B<Version of Amiga OS>
+=item Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
-=item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS
+=item Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
-=item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS
+=item Configure Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Build, Test, Install Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Build Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Installation Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Floating Point Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Modules and Extensions for Perl on OS/390
=back
-=item INSTALLATION
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Accessing documentation
+=item SEE ALSO
=over 4
-=item Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS
-
-=item Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS
+=item Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
-=item Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS
+=back
-=item Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=item BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS
+=head2 perlos400, README.os400 - Perl version 5 on OS/400
=over 4
-=item Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Getting the Perl Source for AmigaOS
+=over 4
-=item Making Perl on AmigaOS
+=item Compiling Perl for OS/400 PASE
-=item Testing Perl on AmigaOS
+=item Installing Perl in OS/400 PASE
-=item Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS
+=item Using Perl in OS/400 PASE
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=item Perl on ILE
=back
=item AUTHORS
-=item SEE ALSO
-
=back
-=head2 perlbeos, README.beos - Perl version 5 on BeOS
+=head2 perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl
=over 4
=over 4
-=item General Issues with Perl on BeOS
+=item Invoking Perl
-=item BeOS Release-specific Notes
+=item What's in Plan 9 Perl
-R4 x86, R4 PPC
+=item What's not in Plan 9 Perl
-=item Contact Information
+=item Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl
+
+=item Signals in Plan 9 Perl
+
+=back
+
+=item COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9
+
+=over 4
-=item Update 2001-12-26
+=item Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9
=back
+=item BUGS
+
+=item Revision date
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000.
+=head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item gzip on BS2000
-
-=item bison on BS2000
+=item Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4
-=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on BS2000
+/bin/sh, ar, nm, cpp, make
-=item Compiling Perl on BS2000
+=item Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4
-=item Testing Perl on BS2000
+=item QNX auxiliary files
-=item Installing Perl on BS2000
+qnx/ar, qnx/cpp
-=item Using Perl in the Posix-Shell of BS2000
+=item Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
-=item Using Perl in "native" BS2000
+=back
-=item Floating point anomalies on BS2000
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item AUTHORS
+=head2 perlsolaris, README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Mailing list
+=item Solaris Version Numbers.
=back
-=item HISTORY
+=item RESOURCES
-=back
+Solaris FAQ, Precompiled Binaries, Solaris Documentation
+
+=item SETTING UP
=over 4
-=item Name
+=item File Extraction Problems on Solaris.
-=item Description
+=item Compiler and Related Tools on Solaris.
-=item Build
+=item Environment for Compiling perl on Solaris
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Tools & SDK
+=item RUN CONFIGURE.
-=item Make
+=over 4
-=back
+=item 64-bit perl on Solaris.
-=item Acknowledgements
+=item Threads in perl on Solaris.
-=item Author
+=item Malloc Issues with perl on Solaris.
=back
-=head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
+=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 SYNOPSIS
+=item op/stat.t test 4 in Solaris
-=item PREREQUISITES FOR COMPILING PERL ON CYGWIN
+=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it)
+=item PREBUILT BINARIES OF PERL FOR SOLARIS.
-=item Cygwin Configuration
+=item RUNTIME ISSUES FOR PERL ON SOLARIS.
-C<PATH>, I<nroff>, Permissions
+=over 4
+
+=item Limits on Numbers of Open Files on Solaris.
=back
-=item CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN
+=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC MODULES.
+
+=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH MODULES.
=over 4
-=item Stripping Perl Binaries on Cygwin
+=item Proc::ProcessTable on Solaris
-=item Optional Libraries for Perl on Cygwin
+=item BSD::Resource on Solaris
-C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>), C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>),
-C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>)
+=item Net::SSLeay on Solaris
-=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>
+=item SunOS 4.x
-=item Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin
+=item AUTHOR
-I<dlsym()>, Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>, Compiler/Preprocessor defines
+=item LAST MODIFIED
=back
-=item MAKE ON CYGWIN
+=head2 perltru64, README.tru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as
+Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems
=over 4
-=item Warnings on Cygwin
-
-=item ld2 on Cygwin
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-=item TEST ON CYGWIN
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on Tru64
-=over 4
+=item Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
-=item File Permissions on Cygwin
+=item Threaded Perl on Tru64
-=item Script Portability on Cygwin
+=item Long Doubles on Tru64
-Pathnames, Text/Binary, F<.exe>, chown(), Miscellaneous
+=item DB_File tests failing on Tru64
-=back
+=item 64-bit Perl on Tru64
-=item INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN
+=item Warnings about floating-point overflow when compiling Perl on Tru64
-=item MANIFEST ON CYGWIN
+=back
-Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl
-Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts
+=item Testing Perl on Tru64
-=item BUGS ON CYGWIN
+=item ext/ODBM_File/odbm Test Failing With Static Builds
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Perl Fails Because Of Unresolved Symbol sockatmark
-=item HISTORY
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perldgux - Perl under DG/UX.
+=head2 perluts - Perl under UTS
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUILDING PERL ON UTS
+
+=item Installing the built perl on UTS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
+=head2 perlvmesa, README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA.
+
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item BUILDING PERL ON DG/UX
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Non-threaded Perl on DG/UX
+=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on VM/ESA
-=item Threaded Perl on DG/UX
+=item Setup Perl and utilities on VM/ESA
-=item Testing Perl on DG/UX
+=item Configure Perl on VM/ESA
-=item Installing the built perl on DG/UX
+=item Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA
+
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on VM/ESA
=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item AUTHORS
=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
+
+=item Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA
+
=back
-=head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95.
+=back
-=over 4
+=head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item Installation
-=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on DOS
+=item Organization of Perl Images
-DJGPP, Pthreads
+=over 4
-=item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS
+=item Core Images
-=item Building Perl on DOS
+=item Perl Extensions
-=item Testing Perl on DOS
+=item Installing static extensions
-=item Installation of Perl on DOS
+=item Installing dynamic extensions
=back
-=item BUILDING AND INSTALLING MODULES ON DOS
+=item File specifications
=over 4
-=item Building Prerequisites for Perl on DOS
-
-=item Unpacking CPAN Modules on DOS
+=item Syntax
-=item Building Non-XS Modules on DOS
+=item Wildcard expansion
-=item Building XS Modules on DOS
+=item Pipes
=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Command line
+
+=over 4
+
+=item I/O redirection and backgrounding
+
+=item Command line switches
+
+-i, -S, -u
=back
-=head2 perlepoc, README.epoc - Perl for EPOC
+=item Perl functions
+
+File tests, backticks, binmode FILEHANDLE, crypt PLAINTEXT, USER, dump,
+exec LIST, fork, getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, gmtime, kill, qx//, select
+(system call), stat EXPR, system LIST, time, times, unlink LIST, utime
+LIST, waitpid PID,FLAGS
+
+=item Perl variables
+
+%ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $|
+
+=item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item SDBM_File
-=item INTRODUCTION
+=back
-=item INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC
+=item Revision date
-=item STARTING PERL ON EPOC
+=item AUTHOR
-=item STOPPING PERL ON EPOC
+=back
-=item USING PERL ON EPOC
+=head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS
=over 4
-=item I/O Redirection on Epoc
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item PATH Names on Epoc
+=item BUILDING PERL FOR VOS
-=item Editors on Epoc
+=item INSTALLING PERL IN VOS
-=item Features of Perl on Epoc
+=item USING PERL IN VOS
-=item Restrictions of Perl on Epoc
+=over 4
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment
+=item Restrictions of Perl on VOS
+
+=item Handling of underflow and overflow
=back
-=item SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC
+=item TEST STATUS
+
+=item SUPPORT STATUS
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix
-(HP-UX) systems
+=head2 perlwin32 - Perl under Windows
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Using perl as shipped with HP-UX
-
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX
-
-=item PA-RISC
+=item Setting Up Perl on Win32
-=item PA-RISC 1.0
+Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Platform
+SDK 64-bit Compiler, MinGW32 with gcc, MinGW release 1
-=item PA-RISC 1.1
+=item Building
-=item PA-RISC 2.0
+=item Testing Perl on Win32
-=item Itanium
+=item Installation of Perl on Win32
-=item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on Win32
-=item Itanium Processor Family and HP-UX
+Environment Variables, File Globbing, Using perl from the command line,
+Building Extensions, Command-line Wildcard Expansion, Win32 Specific
+Extensions, Notes on 64-bit Windows
-=item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX
+=item Running Perl Scripts
-=item The HP ANSI C Compiler
+Miscellaneous Things
-=item Using Large Files with Perl on HP-UX
+=back
-=item Threaded Perl on HP-UX
+=item BUGS AND CAVEATS
-=item 64-bit Perl on HP-UX
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-=item GDBM and Threads on HP-UX
+=item AUTHORS
-=item NFS filesystems and utime(2) on HP-UX
+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 perl -P and // and HP-UX
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item HP-UX Kernel Parameters (maxdsiz) for Compiling Perl
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
+=head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
-=item AUTHOR
+=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
-=item DATE
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=head2 perlhurd, README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+method, locked
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-=over 4
+=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
-=item Known Problems with Perl on Hurd
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen
-systems
+=head2 threadshared::shared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing
+data structures between threads
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=over 4
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on MachTen
+=item EXPORT
-=item Failures during C<make test> on MachTen
+=item FUNCTIONS
-op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t
+share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, cond_wait CONDVAR,
+LOCKVAR, cond_timedwait VARIABLE, ABS_TIMEOUT, cond_timedwait CONDVAR,
+ABS_TIMEOUT, LOCKVAR, cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
-=item Building external modules on MachTen
+=item NOTES
-=back
+=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
-=item DATE
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
+=head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
+from perl
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+$thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
+threads->self, $thread->tid, threads->object( tid ), threads->yield();,
+threads->list();, async BLOCK;
-=item DATE
+=item WARNINGS
-=back
+A thread exited while %d other threads were still running
-=head2 perlmint, README.mint - Perl version 5 on Atari MiNT
+=item TODO
-=over 4
+=item BUGS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+Parent-Child threads, Returning objects, Creating threads inside BEGIN
+blocks, PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
-=item Known problems with Perl on MiNT
+=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
+=head2 assertions - select assertions in blocks of code
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item NOTE
-
-=item Binary distribution from HP
-
-=item What's New in Perl for MPE/iX
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Welcome to Perl/iX
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item System Requirements for Perl/iX
+=item AUTHOR
-=item How to Obtain Perl/iX
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
-=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 assertions::activate - activate assertions
-=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
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Perl/iX To-Do List
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
-=item Perl/iX Change History
+=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes
-=item Name
+=over 4
-=item Description
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Build
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Tools & SDK
+=item Built-in Attributes
-=item Setup
+locked, method, lvalue
-Buildtype.bat, SetNWBld.bat, MPKBuild.bat
+=item Available Subroutines
-=item Make
+get, reftype
-=item Interpreter
+=item Package-specific Attribute Handling
-=item Extensions
+FETCH_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES
+
+=item Syntax of Attribute Lists
=back
-=item Install
-
-=item Build new extensions
+=item EXPORTS
-=item Known Issues
+=over 4
-=item Acknowledgements
+=item Default exports
-=item Authors
+=item Available exports
-=item Date
+=item Export tags defined
=back
-=head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.
-
-=over 4
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
=over 4
-=item Target
-
-=item Other OSes
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Prerequisites
+=item DESCRIPTION
-EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh
+=item WARNING
-=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 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base classes at compile time
=over 4
-=item "It does not work"
-
-=item I cannot run external programs
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F<perl.dll> from my
-program.
+=item DESCRIPTION
-Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use
-L<ExtUtils::Embed>?
+=item HISTORY
-=item C<``> and pipe-C<open> do not work under DOS.
+=item CAVEATS
-=item Cannot start C<find.exe "pattern" file>
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item INSTALLATION
+=head2 bigint - Transparent BigInteger support for Perl
=over 4
-=item Automatic binary installation
+=item SYNOPSIS
-C<PERL_BADLANG>, C<PERL_BADFREE>, F<Config.pm>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Manual binary installation
+=over 4
-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 OPTIONS
-=item B<Warning>
+a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
-=back
+=item MATH LIBRARY
-=item Accessing documentation
+=item INTERNAL FORMAT
-=over 4
+=item SIGN
-=item OS/2 F<.INF> file
+=item METHODS
-=item Plain text
+=item CAVEAT
-=item Manpages
+=back
-=item HTML
+=item MODULES USED
-=item GNU C<info> files
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item F<.PDF> files
+=item LICENSE
-=item C<LaTeX> docs
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=item BUILD
+=head2 bignum - Transparent BigNumber support for Perl
=over 4
-=item The short story
-
-=item Prerequisites
-
-=item Getting perl source
-
-=item Application of the patches
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Hand-editing
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Making
+=over 4
-=item Testing
+=item OPTIONS
-A lot of C<bad free>, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F<op/fs.t>,
-F<op/stat.t>
+a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
-=item Installing the built perl
+=item METHODS
-=item C<a.out>-style build
+=item CAVEAT
-=back
+inf(), NaN(), upgrade()
-=item Build FAQ
+=item MATH LIBRARY
-=over 4
+=item INTERNAL FORMAT
-=item Some C</> became C<\> in pdksh.
+=item SIGN
-=item C<'errno'> - unresolved external
+=back
-=item Problems with tr or sed
+=item MODULES USED
-=item Some problem (forget which ;-)
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Library ... not found
+=item LICENSE
-=item Segfault in make
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item op/sprintf test failure
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port
+=head2 bigrat - Transparent BigNumber/BigRational support for Perl
=over 4
-=item C<setpriority>, C<getpriority>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item C<system()>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item C<extproc> on the first line
+=over 4
-=item Additional modules:
+=item MODULES USED
-=item Prebuilt methods:
+=item MATH LIBRARY
-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 SIGN
-=item Prebuilt variables:
+=item METHODS
-$OS2::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver
+=item CAVEAT
-=item Misfeatures
+=back
-=item Modifications
+=item EXAMPLES
-C<popen>, C<tmpnam>, C<tmpfile>, C<ctermid>, C<stat>, C<mkdir>, C<rmdir>,
-C<flock>
+ 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 Identifying DLLs
+=item LICENSE
-=item Centralized management of resources
+=item SEE ALSO
-C<HAB>, C<HMQ>
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=item Perl flavors
+=head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
=over 4
-=item F<perl.exe>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item F<perl_.exe>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item F<perl__.exe>
+=item BUGS
-=item F<perl___.exe>
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Why strange names?
+=back
-=item Why dynamic linking?
+=head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character
+semantics
-=item Why chimera build?
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item LIMITATIONS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal
+escapes
=over 4
-=item C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item C<PERL_BADLANG>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item C<PERL_BADFREE>
+=item CUSTOM TRANSLATORS
-=item C<PERL_SH_DIR>
+=item CUSTOM ALIASES
-=item C<USE_PERL_FLOCK>
+=over 4
-=item C<TMP> or C<TEMP>
+=item Anonymous hashes
+
+=item Alias file
+
+=item Alias shortcut
=back
-=item Evolution
+=item charnames::viacode(code)
-=over 4
+=item charnames::vianame(name)
-=item Priorities
+=item ALIASES
-=item DLL name mangling: pre 5.6.2
+=item ILLEGAL CHARACTERS
-=item DLL name mangling: 5.6.2 and beyond
+=item BUGS
-Global DLLs, specific DLLs, C<BEGINLIBPATH> and C<ENDLIBPATH>, F<.> from
-C<LIBPATH>
+=back
-=item DLL forwarder generation
+=head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants
-=item Threading
+=over 4
-=item Calls to external programs
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Memory allocation
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Threads
+=item NOTES
-C<COND_WAIT>, F<os2.c>
+=over 4
-=back
+=item List constants
-=item BUGS
+=item Defining multiple constants at once
+
+=item Magic constants
=back
-=over 4
+=item TECHNICAL NOTES
+
+=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item COPYRIGHT
=back
-=head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390
-and z/OS
+=head2 diagnostics, splain - produce verbose warning diagnostics
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Tools
+=item The C<diagnostics> Pragma
-=item Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
+=item The I<splain> Program
-=item Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
+=back
-=item Configure Perl on OS/390
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Build, Test, Install Perl on OS/390
+=item INTERNALS
-=item Build Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=item BUGS
-=item Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Installation Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=back
-=item Usage Hints for Perl on OS/390
+=head2 encoding - allows you to write your script in non-ascii or non-utf8
-=item Floating Point Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=over 4
-=item Modules and Extensions for Perl on OS/390
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Literal Conversions
+
+=item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
+
+=item Implicit upgrading for byte strings
=back
-=item AUTHORS
+=item FEATURES THAT REQUIRE 5.8.1
-=item SEE ALSO
+"NON-EUC" doublebyte encodings, tr//, DATA pseudo-filehandle
-=over 4
+=item USAGE
-=item Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
+use encoding [I<ENCNAME>] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> [ STDIN =E<gt>
+I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;, no encoding;
-=back
+=item The Filter Option
-=item HISTORY
+=over 4
+
+=item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
=back
-=head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
+=item CAVEATS
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item NOT SCOPED
-=over 4
+=item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
-=item Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4
+=item tr/// with ranges
-/bin/sh, ar, nm, cpp, make
+Legend of characters above
-=item Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4
+=back
-=item QNX auxiliary files
+=item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
-qnx/ar, qnx/cpp
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-=item Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
+literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
-=back
+=item HISTORY
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl
+=head2 fields - compile-time class fields
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
+new, phash
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators
+
=over 4
-=item Invoking Perl
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item What's in Plan 9 Perl
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What's not in Plan 9 Perl
+=over 4
-=item Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl
+=item subpragma access
-=item Signals in Plan 9 Perl
+=back
=back
-=item COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9
+=head2 if - C<use> a Perl module if a condition holds
=over 4
-=item Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
=item BUGS
-=item Revision date
-
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlsolaris, README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
+=head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating
+point
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
+
+=head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler
+
=over 4
-=item Solaris Version Numbers.
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=item RESOURCES
+=head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
-Solaris FAQ, Precompiled Binaries, Solaris Documentation
+=over 4
-=item SETTING UP
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item File Extraction Problems on Solaris.
+=item Adding directories to @INC
-=item Compiler and Related Tools on Solaris.
+=item Deleting directories from @INC
-=item Environment for Compiling Perl on Solaris
+=item Restoring original @INC
=back
-=item RUN CONFIGURE.
-
-=over 4
+=item CAVEATS
-=item 64-bit Issues with Perl on Solaris.
+=item NOTES
-=item Threads in Perl on Solaris.
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Malloc Issues with Perl on Solaris.
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item MAKE PROBLEMS.
-
-Dynamic Loading Problems With GNU as and GNU ld, ld.so.1: ./perl: fatal:
-relocation error:, dlopen: stub interception failed, #error "No
-DATAMODEL_NATIVE specified", sh: ar: not found
-
-=item MAKE TEST
+=head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in
+operations
=over 4
-=item op/stat.t test 4 in Solaris
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=item PREBUILT BINARIES OF PERL FOR SOLARIS.
-
-=item RUNTIME ISSUES FOR PERL ON SOLARIS.
+=head2 open - perl pragma to set default PerlIO layers for input and output
=over 4
-=item Limits on Numbers of Open Files on Solaris.
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC MODULES.
+=item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY
-=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH MODULES.
+=item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Proc::ProcessTable on Solaris
+=back
-=item BSD::Resource on Solaris
+=head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling
-=item Net::SSLeay on Solaris
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=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 overload - Package for overloading perl operations
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on Tru64
+=item Declaration of overloaded functions
-=item Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
+=item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations
-=item Threaded Perl on Tru64
+FALSE, TRUE, C<undef>
-=item Long Doubles on Tru64
+=item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations
-=item 64-bit Perl on Tru64
+=item Calling Conventions for Mutators
-=item Warnings about floating-point overflow when compiling Perl on Tru64
+C<++> and C<-->, C<x=> and other assignment versions
-=back
+=item Overloadable Operations
-=item Testing Perl on Tru64
+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 AUTHOR
+=item Inheritance and overloading
+
+Strings as values of C<use overload> directive, Overloading of an operation
+is inherited by derived classes
=back
-=head2 perluts - Perl under UTS
+=item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C<use overload>
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Last Resort
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Fallback
-=item BUILDING PERL ON UTS
+C<undef>, TRUE, defined, but FALSE
-=item Installing the built perl on UTS
+=item Copy Constructor
-=item AUTHOR
+B<Example>
=back
-=head2 perlvmesa, README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA.
+=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 SYNOPSIS
+=item Losing overloading
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Run-time Overloading
-=over 4
+=item Public functions
-=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on VM/ESA
+overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op)
-=item Setup Perl and utilities on VM/ESA
+=item Overloading constants
-=item Configure Perl on VM/ESA
+integer, float, binary, q, qr
-=item Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA
+=item IMPLEMENTATION
-=item Usage Hints for Perl on VM/ESA
+=item Metaphor clash
-=back
+=item Cookbook
-=item AUTHORS
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Two-face scalars
-=over 4
+=item Two-face references
-=item Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA
+=item Symbolic calculator
+
+=item I<Really> symbolic calculator
=back
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+Odd number of arguments for overload::constant, `%s' is not an overloadable
+type, `%s' is not a code reference
+
+=item BUGS
+
=back
-=head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl
+=head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Installation
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Organization of Perl Images
+=item OPTIONS
=over 4
-=item Core Images
+=item SIGNAL HANDLERS
-=item Perl Extensions
+B<stack-trace>, B<die>, B<handler> I<your-handler>
-=item Installing static extensions
+=item SIGNAL LISTS
-=item Installing dynamic extensions
+B<normal-signals>, B<error-signals>, B<old-interface-signals>
+
+=item OTHER
+
+B<untrapped>, B<any>, I<signal>, I<number>
=back
-=item File specifications
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=back
+
+=head2 sort - perl pragma to control sort() behaviour
=over 4
-=item Syntax
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Wildcard expansion
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Pipes
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+C<strict refs>, C<strict vars>, C<strict subs>
+
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB
-
-=item Command line
+=head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
=over 4
-=item I/O redirection and backgrounding
-
-=item Command line switches
+=item SYNOPSIS
--i, -S, -u
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=item Perl functions
+=head2 threadshared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data
+structures between threads
-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
+=over 4
-=item Perl variables
+=item SYNOPSIS
-%ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $|
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences
+=item EXPORT
-=over 4
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=item SDBM_File
+share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, cond_wait CONDVAR,
+LOCKVAR, cond_timedwait VARIABLE, ABS_TIMEOUT, cond_timedwait CONDVAR,
+ABS_TIMEOUT, LOCKVAR, cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
-=back
+=item NOTES
-=item Revision date
+=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS
+=head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source
+code
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
=over 4
-=item Multiple methods to build perl for VOS
+=item Utility functions
-=item Stratus POSIX Support
+$num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string), $success = utf8::downgrade($string[,
+FAIL_OK]), utf8::encode($string), utf8::decode($string), $flag =
+utf8::is_utf8(STRING), $flag = utf8::valid(STRING)
=back
-=item INSTALLING PERL IN VOS
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on VOS
+=item BUGS
-=item Installing Perl 5 on VOS
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item USING PERL IN VOS
+=head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
=over 4
-=item Unimplemented Features of Perl on VOS
-
-=item Restrictions of Perl on VOS
-
-=back
-
-=item SUPPORT STATUS
-
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item LAST UPDATE
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=head2 perlwin32 - Perl under Win32
+=head2 version - Perl extension for Version Objects
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Setting Up Perl on Win32
+=item What IS a version
-Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Mingw32 with GCC
+Numeric Versions, Quoted Versions
-=item Building
+=item What about v-strings?
-=item Testing Perl on Win32
+=item Numeric Versions
-=item Installation of Perl on Win32
+=item Quoted Versions
-=item Usage Hints for Perl on Win32
+=item Object Methods
-Environment Variables, File Globbing, Using perl from the command line,
-Building Extensions, Command-line Wildcard Expansion, Win32 Specific
-Extensions, Running Perl Scripts, Miscellaneous Things
+New Operator, qv(), Stringification, Numification, Comparison operators,
+Logical Operators
-=back
+=item Quoting
-=item BUGS AND CAVEATS
+=item Types of Versions Objects
-=item AUTHORS
+Ordinary versions, Alpha versions
-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 Replacement UNIVERSAL::VERSION
-=item SEE ALSO
+=back
-=item HISTORY
+=item EXPORT
-=back
+=item AUTHOR
-=head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
+=item SEE ALSO
-=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
+=back
+
+=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 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
+=head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings
=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, $message)
+
=back
-=head2 threadshared::shared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing
-data structures between threads
+=head2 warnings::register - warnings import function
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXPORT
+=back
-=item FUNCTIONS
+=head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION
-share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, unlock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE,
-cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
+=head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs
-=item NOTES
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DBM Comparisons
+
+[0], [1], [2], [3]
+
+=back
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
-from perl
+=head2 Attribute::Handlers - Simpler definition of attribute handlers
=over 4
+=item VERSION
+
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-$thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
-threads->self, $thread->tid
+[0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
-=item TODO
+=over 4
-Fix so the return value is returned when you join, Add join_all, Fix memory
-leaks!
+=item Typed lexicals
-=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
+=item Type-specific attribute handlers
-=item BUGS
+=item Non-interpretive attribute handlers
-creating a thread from within a thread is unsafe under win32,
-PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
+=item Phase-specific attribute handlers
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Attributes as C<tie> interfaces
=back
-=head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes
+=item EXAMPLES
-=over 4
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
-=item SYNOPSIS
+C<Bad attribute type: ATTR(%s)>, C<Attribute handler %s doesn't handle %s
+attributes>, C<Declaration of %s attribute in package %s may clash with
+future reserved word>, C<Can't have two ATTR specifiers on one subroutine>,
+C<Can't autotie a %s>, C<Internal error: %s symbol went missing>, C<Won't
+be able to apply END handler>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
-=over 4
+=item BUGS
-=item Built-in Attributes
+=item COPYRIGHT
-locked, method, lvalue
+=back
-=item Available Subroutines
+=head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand
-get, reftype
+=over 4
-=item Package-specific Attribute Handling
+=item SYNOPSIS
-FETCH_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Syntax of Attribute Lists
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Subroutine Stubs
-=item EXPORTS
+=item Using B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
-=over 4
+=item Overriding B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
-=item Default exports
+=item Package Lexicals
-=item Available exports
+=item Not Using AutoLoader
-=item Export tags defined
+=item B<AutoLoader> vs. B<SelfLoader>
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item CAVEATS
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
+=head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-method, locked
+$keep, $check, $modtime
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Multiple packages
=back
-=head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 B - The Perl Compiler
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item WARNING
+=item OVERVIEW
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Utility Functions
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Functions Returning C<B::SV>, C<B::AV>, C<B::HV>, and C<B::CV>
+objects
-=head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time
+sv_undef, sv_yes, sv_no, svref_2object(SVREF), amagic_generation, init_av,
+check_av, begin_av, end_av, comppadlist, regex_padav, main_cv
-=over 4
+=item Functions for Examining the Symbol Table
-=item SYNOPSIS
+walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE, PREFIX)
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Functions Returning C<B::OP> objects or for walking op trees
-=item HISTORY
+main_root, main_start, walkoptree(OP, METHOD), walkoptree_debug(DEBUG)
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Miscellaneous Utility Functions
+
+ppname(OPNUM), hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c, cstring(STR),
+perlstring(STR), class(OBJ), threadsv_names
=back
-=head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
+=item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item SV-RELATED CLASSES
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item B::SV Methods
-=item BUGS
+REFCNT, FLAGS, object_2svref
-=item AUTHOR
+=item B::IV Methods
-=back
+IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv
-=head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character
-semantics
+=item B::NV Methods
-=over 4
+NV, NVX
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item B::RV Methods
-=item DESCRIPTION
+RV
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item B::PV Methods
-=back
+PV, RV, PVX
-=head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal
-escapes.
+=item B::PVMG Methods
-=over 4
+MAGIC, SvSTASH
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item B::MAGIC Methods
-=item DESCRIPTION
+MOREMAGIC, precomp, PRIVATE, TYPE, FLAGS, OBJ, PTR, REGEX
-=item CUSTOM TRANSLATORS
+=item B::PVLV Methods
-=item charnames::viacode(code)
+TARGOFF, TARGLEN, TYPE, TARG
-=item charnames::vianame(code)
+=item B::BM Methods
-=item ILLEGAL CHARACTERS
+USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE
-=item BUGS
+=item B::GV Methods
-=back
+is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN,
+LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS
-=head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants
+=item B::IO Methods
-=over 4
+LINES, PAGE, PAGE_LEN, LINES_LEFT, TOP_NAME, TOP_GV, FMT_NAME, FMT_GV,
+BOTTOM_NAME, BOTTOM_GV, SUBPROCESS, IoTYPE, IoFLAGS, IsSTD
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item B::AV Methods
-=item DESCRIPTION
+FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, ARRAYelt, AvFLAGS
-=item NOTES
+=item B::CV Methods
-=over 4
+STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE_SEQ, XSUB,
+XSUBANY, CvFLAGS, const_sv
-=item List constants
+=item B::HV Methods
-=item Defining multiple constants at once
+FILL, MAX, KEYS, RITER, NAME, PMROOT, ARRAY
+
+=item OP-RELATED CLASSES
+
+=item B::OP Methods
+
+next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, seq, flags, private
+
+=item B::UNOP METHOD
+
+first
+
+=item B::BINOP METHOD
-=item Magic constants
+last
-=back
+=item B::LOGOP METHOD
-=item TECHNICAL NOTES
+other
-=item BUGS
+=item B::LISTOP METHOD
-=item AUTHOR
+children
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item B::PMOP Methods
-=back
+pmreplroot, pmreplstart, pmnext, pmregexp, pmflags, pmdynflags,
+pmpermflags, precomp, pmoffset
-=head2 diagnostics - Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning
-diagnostics
+=item B::SVOP METHOD
-=over 4
+sv, gv
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item B::PADOP METHOD
-=item DESCRIPTION
+padix
-=over 4
+=item B::PVOP METHOD
-=item The C<diagnostics> Pragma
+pv
-=item The I<splain> Program
+=item B::LOOP Methods
-=back
+redoop, nextop, lastop
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item B::COP Methods
-=item INTERNALS
+label, stash, stashpv, file, cop_seq, arybase, line, warnings, io
-=item BUGS
+=back
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 encoding - pragma to control the conversion of legacy data into
-Unicode
+=head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate
+bytecode
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+%insn_data, @insn_name, @optype, @specialsv_name
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 fields - compile-time class fields
+=head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-new, phash
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators
+=head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
=over 4
=over 4
-=item subpragma access
+=item Functions
+
+B<find_leaders>
=back
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 if - C<use> a Perl module if a condition holds
+=head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item BUGS
+=item EXAMPLE
-=item AUTHOR
+=item OPTIONS
+
+B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
+
+=item KNOWN BUGS
+
+=item NOTICE
+
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating
-point
+=head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item OPTIONS
-=head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler
+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>
-=over 4
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item BUGS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
+=head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item OPTIONS
-=item Adding directories to @INC
+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 Deleting directories from @INC
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Restoring original @INC
+=item BUGS
-=back
+=item DIFFERENCES
-=item CAVEATS
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Loops
+
+=item Context of ".."
+
+=item Arithmetic
+
+=item Deprecated features
+
+=back
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in
-operations
+=head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item EXAMPLE
+
+=item OPTIONS
-=head2 open - perl pragma to set default disciplines for input and output
+B<-basic>, B<-exec>, B<-tree>, B<-compact>, B<-loose>, B<-vt>, B<-ascii>,
+B<-main>, B<-base>I<n>, B<-bigendian>, B<-littleendian>, B<-concise>,
+B<-terse>, B<-linenoise>, B<-debug>, B<-env>
+
+=item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS
+
+B<(x(>I<exec_text>B<;>I<basic_text>B<)x)>, B<(*(>I<text>B<)*)>,
+B<(*(>I<text1>B<;>I<text2>B<)*)>, B<(?(>I<text1>B<#>I<var>I<Text2>B<)?)>,
+B<#>I<var>, B<#>I<var>I<N>, B<~>, B<#addr>, B<#arg>, B<#class>,
+B<#classsym>, B<#coplabel>, B<#exname>, B<#extarg>, B<#firstaddr>,
+B<#flags>, B<#flagval>, B<#hyphseq>, B<#label>, B<#lastaddr>, B<#name>,
+B<#NAME>, B<#next>, B<#nextaddr>, B<#noise>, B<#private>, B<#privval>,
+B<#seq>, B<#opt>, B<#static>, B<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>, B<#svclass>,
+B<#svval>, B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum>
+
+=item ABBREVIATIONS
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item OP flags abbreviations
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item OP class abbreviations
-=item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY
+=back
-=item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
+=item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling
+=head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations
+=head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item Declaration of overloaded functions
+=item OPTIONS
-=item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations
+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>
-FALSE, TRUE, C<undef>
+=item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE
-=item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations
+=over 4
-=item Calling Conventions for Mutators
+=item Synopsis
-C<++> and C<-->, C<x=> and other assignment versions
+=item Description
-=item Overloadable Operations
+=item new
-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 ambient_pragmas
-=item Inheritance and overloading
+strict, $[, bytes, utf8, integer, re, warnings, hint_bits, warning_bits
-Strings as values of C<use overload> directive, Overloading of an operation
-is inherited by derived classes
+=item coderef2text
=back
-=item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C<use overload>
+=item BUGS
-=over 4
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Last Resort
+=back
-=item Fallback
+=head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode
-C<undef>, TRUE, defined, but FALSE
+=over 4
-=item Copy Constructor
+=item SYNOPSIS
-B<Example>
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item MAGIC AUTOGENERATION
+=head2 B::Lint - Perl lint
-I<Assignment forms of arithmetic operations>, I<Conversion operations>,
-I<Increment and decrement>, C<abs($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 AND LINT CHECKS
-overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op)
+B<context>, B<implicit-read> and B<implicit-write>, B<bare-subs>,
+B<dollar-underscore>, B<private-names>, B<undefined-subs>,
+B<regexp-variables>, B<all>, B<none>
-=item Overloading constants
+=item NON LINT-CHECK OPTIONS
-integer, float, binary, q, qr
+B<-u Package>
-=item IMPLEMENTATION
+=item BUGS
-=item Metaphor clash
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Cookbook
+=back
+
+=head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
=over 4
-=item Two-face scalars
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Two-face references
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Symbolic calculator
+=item CONVENTIONS
-=item I<Really> symbolic calculator
+=item IMPLEMENTATION
-=back
+=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
+=back
-Odd number of arguments for overload::constant, `%s' is not an overloadable
-type, `%s' is not a code reference
+=head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files
-=item BUGS
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
+=head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
+=head2 B::Stash - show what stashes are loaded
+
+=head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OPTIONS
+=item AUTHOR
-=over 4
+=back
-=item SIGNAL HANDLERS
+=head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
-B<stack-trace>, B<die>, B<handler> I<your-handler>
+=over 4
-=item SIGNAL LISTS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-B<normal-signals>, B<error-signals>, B<old-interface-signals>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OTHER
+=item OPTIONS
-B<untrapped>, B<any>, I<signal>, I<number>
+C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-d>, C<-D[tO]>
-=back
+=item BUGS
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 sort - perl pragma to control sort() behaviour
+=head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
-
-=head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
-
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Functions
-=item DESCRIPTION
+B<find_leaders>
-C<strict refs>, C<strict vars>, C<strict subs>
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
+=head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
-from perl
+=item Methods
-=over 4
+new, debug, iters
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Standard Exports
-=item DESCRIPTION
+timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis ( COUNT, CODE, [ TITLE, [ STYLE ]] ),
+timethese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), timediff ( T1, T2 ), timestr (
+TIMEDIFF, [ STYLE, [ FORMAT ] ] )
-$thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
-threads->self, $thread->tid
+=item Optional Exports
-=item TODO
+clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [
+STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), countit(TIME, CODE),
+disablecache ( ), enablecache ( ), timesum ( T1, T2 )
-Fix so the return value is returned when you join, Add join_all, Fix memory
-leaks!
+=item :hireswallclock
-=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
+=back
-=item BUGS
+=item NOTES
+
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item INHERITANCE
-creating a thread from within a thread is unsafe under win32,
-PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
+=item CAVEATS
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item MODIFICATION HISTORY
+
=back
-=head2 threadshared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data
-structures between threads
+=head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXPORT
-
-=item FUNCTIONS
-
-share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, unlock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE,
-cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
-
-=item NOTES
-
-=item BUGS
-
=item AUTHOR
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source
-code
+=head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item EXAMPLE
-=item Utility functions
+=item OPTIONS
-$num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string);, utf8::downgrade($string[, CHECK]),
-utf8::encode($string), $flag = utf8::decode($string)
+B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
-=back
+=item KNOWN BUGS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item NOTICE
+
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
+=head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item ABSTRACT
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 vmsish - Perl pragma to control VMS-specific language features
+=item PROGRAMMING STYLE
-=over 4
+=item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE):
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE
-C<vmsish status>, C<vmsish exit>, C<vmsish time>, C<vmsish hushed>
+=item FETCHING A LIST OF KEYWORDS FROM THE QUERY:
-=back
+=item FETCHING THE NAMES OF ALL THE PARAMETERS PASSED TO YOUR SCRIPT:
-=head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings
+=item FETCHING THE VALUE OR VALUES OF A SINGLE NAMED PARAMETER:
-=over 4
+=item SETTING THE VALUE(S) OF A NAMED PARAMETER:
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item APPENDING ADDITIONAL VALUES TO A NAMED PARAMETER:
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item IMPORTING ALL PARAMETERS INTO A NAMESPACE:
-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 DELETING A PARAMETER COMPLETELY:
-=back
+=item DELETING ALL PARAMETERS:
-=head2 warnings::register - warnings import function
+=item DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARAMETER LIST:
-=over 4
+=item FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH:
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item SAVING THE STATE OF THE SCRIPT TO A FILE:
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item RETRIEVING CGI ERRORS
-=back
+=item USING THE FUNCTION-ORIENTED INTERFACE
-=head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION
+B<:cgi>, B<:form>, B<:html2>, B<:html3>, B<:html4>, B<:netscape>, B<:html>,
+B<:standard>, B<:all>
-=head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs
+=item PRAGMAS
-=over 4
+-any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_undef_params, -no_xhtml, -nph,
+-newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, -no_debug, -debug,
+-private_tempfiles
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+1. start_table() (generates a <table> tag), 2. end_table() (generates a
+</table> tag), 3. start_ul() (generates a <ul> tag), 4. end_ul() (generates
+a </ul> tag)
+
+=back
+
+=item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS
=over 4
-=item DBM Comparisons
+=item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER:
-[0], [1], [2], [3]
+=item GENERATING A REDIRECTION HEADER
-=back
+=item CREATING THE HTML DOCUMENT HEADER
-=item SEE ALSO
+B<Parameters:>, 4, 5, 6..
-=back
+=item ENDING THE HTML DOCUMENT:
-=head2 Attribute::Handlers - Simpler definition of attribute handlers
+=item CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION:
-=over 4
+=item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL
-=item VERSION
+B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query>
+(B<-query_string>), B<-base>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-[0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
+=item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS:
=over 4
-=item Typed lexicals
+=item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS
-=item Type-specific attribute handlers
+=item THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF HTML SHORTCUTS
-=item Non-interpretive attribute handlers
+=item HTML SHORTCUTS AND LIST INTERPOLATION
-=item Phase-specific attribute handlers
+=item NON-STANDARD HTML SHORTCUTS
-=item Attributes as C<tie> interfaces
+=item AUTOESCAPING HTML
-=back
+$escaped_string = escapeHTML("unescaped string");, $charset =
+charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]);
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item PRETTY-PRINTING HTML
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
+=back
-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 CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS:
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM
-=back
+B<application/x-www-form-urlencoded>, B<multipart/form-data>
-=head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand
+=item CREATING A TEXT FIELD
-=over 4
+B<Parameters>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD
-=over 4
+=item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD
-=item Subroutine Stubs
+B<Parameters>
-=item Using B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
+=item CREATING A POPUP MENU
-=item Overriding B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
+=item CREATING AN OPTION GROUP
-=item Package Lexicals
+=item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST
-=item Not Using AutoLoader
+B<Parameters:>
-=item B<AutoLoader> vs. B<SelfLoader>
+=item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES
-=back
+B<Parameters:>
-=item CAVEATS
+=item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX
-=item SEE ALSO
+B<Parameters:>
-=back
+=item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP
-=head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
+B<Parameters:>
-=over 4
+=item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON
-=item SYNOPSIS
+B<Parameters:>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CREATING A RESET BUTTON
-$keep, $check, $modtime
+=item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON
-=over 4
+=item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD
-=item Multiple packages
+B<Parameters:>
-=back
+=item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
+B<Parameters:>, 3. The third option (-align, optional) is an alignment
+type, and may be TOP, BOTTOM or MIDDLE
+
+=item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON
=back
-=head2 B - The Perl Compiler
+=item HTTP COOKIES
-=over 4
+1. an expiration time, 2. a domain, 3. a path, 4. a "secure" flag,
+B<-name>, B<-value>, B<-path>, B<-domain>, B<-expires>, B<-secure>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item WORKING WITH FRAMES
-=item DESCRIPTION
+1. Create a <Frameset> document, 2. Specify the destination for the
+document in the HTTP header, 3. Specify the destination for the document in
+the <form> tag
-=item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
+=item LIMITED SUPPORT FOR CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
+
+=item DEBUGGING
=over 4
-=item SV-RELATED CLASSES
+=item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS
-=item B::SV METHODS
+=back
-REFCNT, FLAGS
+=item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
-=item B::IV METHODS
+B<Accept()>, B<raw_cookie()>, B<user_agent()>, B<path_info()>,
+B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()> Return the script
+name as a partial URL, for self-refering scripts, B<referer()>, B<auth_type
+()>, B<server_name ()>, B<virtual_host ()>, B<server_port ()>,
+B<virtual_port ()>, B<server_software ()>, B<remote_user ()>, B<user_name
+()>, B<request_method()>, B<content_type()>, B<http()>, B<https()>
-IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv
+=item USING NPH SCRIPTS
-=item B::NV METHODS
+In the B<use> statement, By calling the B<nph()> method:, By using B<-nph>
+parameters
-NV, NVX
+=item Server Push
-=item B::RV METHODS
+multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final()
-RV
+=item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks
-=item B::PV METHODS
+B<$CGI::POST_MAX>, B<$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS>, B<1. On a script-by-script
+basis>, B<2. Globally for all scripts>
-PV, RV, PVX
+=item COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL
-=item B::PVMG METHODS
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-MAGIC, SvSTASH
+=item CREDITS
-=item B::MAGIC 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..
-MOREMAGIC, precomp, PRIVATE, TYPE, FLAGS, OBJ, PTR, REGEX
+=item A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT
-=item B::PVLV METHODS
+=item BUGS
-TARGOFF, TARGLEN, TYPE, TARG
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item B::BM METHODS
+=back
-USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE
+=head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm
-=item B::GV METHODS
+=over 4
-is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN,
-LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item B::IO METHODS
+=item ABSTRACT
-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
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, AvFLAGS
+=item BUGS
-=item B::CV METHODS
+=item SEE ALSO
-STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, XSUB, XSUBANY,
-CvFLAGS, const_sv
+=back
-=item B::HV METHODS
+=head2 CGI::Carp, B<CGI::Carp> - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or
+other) error log
-FILL, MAX, KEYS, RITER, NAME, PMROOT, ARRAY
+=over 4
-=item OP-RELATED CLASSES
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item B::OP METHODS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, seq, flags, private
+=item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES
-=item B::UNOP METHOD
+=item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW
-first
+=over 4
-=item B::BINOP METHOD
+=item Changing the default message
-last
+=back
-=item B::LOGOP METHOD
+=item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS
-other
+=item OVERRIDING THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM
-=item B::LISTOP METHOD
+=item AUTHORS
-children
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item B::PMOP METHODS
+=back
-pmreplroot, pmreplstart, pmnext, pmregexp, pmflags, pmdynflags,
-pmpermflags, precomp, pmoffet
+=head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies
-=item B::SVOP METHOD
+=over 4
-sv, gv
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item B::PADOP METHOD
+=item DESCRIPTION
-padix
+=item USING CGI::Cookie
-=item B::PVOP METHOD
+B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag>
-pv
+=over 4
+
+=item Creating New Cookies
-=item B::LOOP METHODS
+=item Sending the Cookie to the Browser
-redoop, nextop, lastop
+=item Recovering Previous Cookies
-=item B::COP METHODS
+=item Manipulating Cookies
-label, stash, file, cop_seq, arybase, line
+B<name()>, B<value()>, B<domain()>, B<path()>, B<expires()>
=back
-=item FUNCTIONS EXPORTED BY C<B>
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-main_cv, init_av, begin_av, end_av, main_root, main_start, comppadlist,
-regex_padav, sv_undef, sv_yes, sv_no, amagic_generation, walkoptree(OP,
-METHOD), walkoptree_debug(DEBUG), walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE,
-PREFIX), svref_2object(SV), ppname(OPNUM), hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c,
-cstring(STR), class(OBJ), threadsv_names
+=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate
-bytecode
+=head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-%insn_data, @insn_name, @optype, @specialsv_name
+=item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
-=item AUTHOR
+=item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS
-=back
+=item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS
-=head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode
+=item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS
-=over 4
+=item EXTERNAL FASTCGI SERVER INVOCATION
-=item SYNOPSIS
+FCGI_SOCKET_PATH, FCGI_LISTEN_QUEUE
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CAVEATS
-=item AUTHORS
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
+=head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Functions
+=item Tags that won't be formatted
-B<find_leaders>
+=item Customizing the Indenting
=back
+=item BUGS
+
=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
+=head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OPTIONS
+=item USING CGI::Push
+
+-next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph
-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>
+=over 4
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item Heterogeneous Pages
+
+=item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS
+
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHORS
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend
+=head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item OPTIONS
+=item ABSTRACT
-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 DESCRIPTION
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
+=head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module
=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 AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item BUGS
+=back
-=item DIFFERENCES
+=head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
=over 4
-=item Loops
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Context of ".."
+=item STATUS
-=item Arithmetic
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Deprecated features
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Interactive Mode
-=item AUTHOR
+Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test,
+install, clean modules or distributions, get, readme, look module or
+distribution, ls author, Signals
-=back
+=item CPAN::Shell
-=head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
+=item autobundle
-=over 4
+=item recompile
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item The four C<CPAN::*> Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Programmer's interface
-=item OPTIONS
+expand($type,@things), expandany(@things), Programming Examples
-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 Methods in the other Classes
-=item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS
+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()
-B<(x(>I<exec_text>B<;>I<basic_text>B<)x)>, B<(*(>I<text>B<)*)>,
-B<(*(>I<text1>B<;>I<text2>B<)*)>, B<(?(>I<text1>B<#>I<var>I<Text2>B<)?)>,
-B<#>I<var>, B<#>I<var>I<N>, B<~>, B<#addr>, B<#arg>, B<#class>,
-B<#classym>, B<#coplabel>, B<#exname>, B<#extarg>, B<#firstaddr>,
-B<#flags>, B<#flagval>, B<#hyphenseq>, B<#label>, B<#lastaddr>, B<#name>,
-B<#NAME>, B<#next>, B<#nextaddr>, B<#noise>, B<#private>, B<#privval>,
-B<#seq>, B<#seqnum>, B<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>, B<#svclass>, B<#svval>,
-B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum>
+=item Cache Manager
-=item ABBREVIATIONS
+=item Bundles
-=over 4
+=item Prerequisites
-=item OP flags abbreviations
+=item Finding packages and VERSION
+
+=item Debugging
-=item OP class abbreviations
+=item Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode
=back
-=item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework
+=item CONFIGURATION
-=item AUTHOR
+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>>
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
+=item Note on urllist parameter's format
-=over 4
+=item urllist parameter has CD-ROM support
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SECURITY
-=item AUTHOR
+=item EXPORT
-=back
+=item POPULATE AN INSTALLATION WITH LOTS OF MODULES
-=head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
+=item WORKING WITH CPAN.pm BEHIND FIREWALLS
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Three basic types of firewalls
-=item DESCRIPTION
+http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade
-=item OPTIONS
+=item Configuring lynx or ncftp for going through a firewall
-B<-l>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-q>, B<-f>I<FILE>, B<-s>I<LETTERS>, B<C>,
-B<i>I<NUMBER>, B<T>, B<v>I<STRING>B<.>, B<-x>I<LEVEL>
+=back
-=item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE
+=item FAQ
-=over 4
+1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7), 8), 9), 10)
-=item Synopsis
+=item BUGS
-=item Description
+=item AUTHOR
-=item new
+=item TRANSLATIONS
-=item ambient_pragmas
+=item SEE ALSO
-strict, $[, bytes, utf8, integer, re, warnings, hint_bits, warning_bits
+=back
-=item coderef2text
+=head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
-=back
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode
+=head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS
+module
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::Lint - Perl lint
+=head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OPTIONS AND LINT CHECKS
-
-B<context>, B<implicit-read> and B<implicit-write>, B<dollar-underscore>,
-B<private-names>, B<undefined-subs>, B<regexp-variables>, B<all>, B<none>
+=over 4
-=item NON LINT-CHECK OPTIONS
+=item Forcing a Stack Trace
-B<-u Package>
+=back
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
-
=back
-=head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
+=head2 Carp::Heavy - heavy machinery, no user serviceable parts inside
+
+=head2 Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item CONVENTIONS
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=item IMPLEMENTATION
+the function Class::ISA::super_path($CLASS), the function
+Class::ISA::self_and_super_path($CLASS), the function
+Class::ISA::self_and_super_versions($CLASS)
+
+=item CAUTIONARY NOTES
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files
+=head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend
+=item The C<struct()> function
-=over 4
+=item Class Creation at Compile Time
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Element Types and Accessor Methods
-=item DESCRIPTION
+Scalar (C<'$'> or C<'*$'>), Array (C<'@'> or C<'*@'>), Hash (C<'%'> or
+C<'*%'>), Class (C<'Class_Name'> or C<'*Class_Name'>)
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Initializing with C<new>
=back
-=head2 B::Stash - show what stashes are loaded
+=item EXAMPLES
-=head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
+Example 1, Example 2, Example 3
+
+=item Author and Modification History
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Config - access Perl configuration information
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+myconfig(), config_sh(), config_re($regex), config_vars(@names)
-=back
+=item EXAMPLE
-=head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
+=item WARNING
+
+=item GLOSSARY
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item _
-=item DESCRIPTION
+C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o>
-=item OPTIONS
+=item a
-C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-D[tO]>
+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 BUGS
+=item b
-=item AUTHOR
+C<baserev>, C<bash>, C<bin>, C<binexp>, C<bison>, C<byacc>, C<byteorder>
-=back
+=item c
-=head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
+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_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 DESCRIPTION
+=item e
-=over 4
+C<eagain>, C<ebcdic>, C<echo>, C<egrep>, C<emacs>, C<endgrent_r_proto>,
+C<endhostent_r_proto>, C<endnetent_r_proto>, C<endprotoent_r_proto>,
+C<endpwent_r_proto>, C<endservent_r_proto>, C<eunicefix>, C<exe_ext>,
+C<expr>, C<extensions>, C<extras>
-=item Functions
+=item f
-B<find_leaders>
+C<fflushall>, C<fflushNULL>, C<find>, C<firstmakefile>, C<flex>,
+C<fpossize>, C<fpostype>, C<freetype>, C<from>, C<full_ar>, C<full_csh>,
+C<full_sed>
-=back
+=item g
-=item AUTHOR
+C<gccansipedantic>, C<gccosandvers>, C<gccversion>, C<getgrent_r_proto>,
+C<getgrgid_r_proto>, C<getgrnam_r_proto>, C<gethostbyaddr_r_proto>,
+C<gethostbyname_r_proto>, C<gethostent_r_proto>, C<getlogin_r_proto>,
+C<getnetbyaddr_r_proto>, C<getnetbyname_r_proto>, C<getnetent_r_proto>,
+C<getprotobyname_r_proto>, C<getprotobynumber_r_proto>,
+C<getprotoent_r_proto>, C<getpwent_r_proto>, C<getpwnam_r_proto>,
+C<getpwuid_r_proto>, C<getservbyname_r_proto>, C<getservbyport_r_proto>,
+C<getservent_r_proto>, C<getspnam_r_proto>, C<gidformat>, C<gidsign>,
+C<gidsize>, C<gidtype>, C<glibpth>, C<gmake>, C<gmtime_r_proto>,
+C<gnulibc_version>, C<grep>, C<groupcat>, C<groupstype>, C<gzip>
-=back
+=item h
-=head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code
+C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>, C<html1dir>, C<html1direxp>,
+C<html3dir>, C<html3direxp>
-=over 4
+=item i
-=item SYNOPSIS
+C<i16size>, C<i16type>, C<i32size>, C<i32type>, C<i64size>, C<i64type>,
+C<i8size>, C<i8type>, C<i_arpainet>, C<i_bsdioctl>, C<i_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 DESCRIPTION
+=item k
-=over 4
+C<known_extensions>, C<ksh>
-=item Methods
+=item l
-new, debug, iters
+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 Standard Exports
+=item m
-timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis ( COUNT, CODE, [ TITLE, [ STYLE ]] ),
-timethese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), timediff ( T1, T2 ), timestr (
-TIMEDIFF, [ STYLE, [ FORMAT ] ] )
+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 Optional Exports
+=item M
-clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUT, CODEHASHREF, [
-STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), countit(TIME, CODE),
-disablecache ( ), enablecache ( ), timesum ( T1, T2 )
+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>
-=back
+=item n
-=item NOTES
+C<n>, C<need_va_copy>, C<netdb_hlen_type>, C<netdb_host_type>,
+C<netdb_name_type>, C<netdb_net_type>, C<nm>, C<nm_opt>, C<nm_so_opt>,
+C<nonxs_ext>, C<nroff>, C<nv_preserves_uv_bits>, C<nveformat>,
+C<nvEUformat>, C<nvfformat>, C<nvFUformat>, C<nvgformat>, C<nvGUformat>,
+C<nvsize>, C<nvtype>
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item o
-=item INHERITANCE
+C<o_nonblock>, C<obj_ext>, C<old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<optimize>,
+C<orderlib>, C<osname>, C<osvers>, C<otherlibdirs>
-=item CAVEATS
+=item p
-=item SEE ALSO
+C<package>, C<pager>, C<passcat>, C<patchlevel>, C<path_sep>, C<perl5>,
+C<perl>, C<perl_patchlevel>
-=item AUTHORS
+=item P
-=item MODIFICATION HISTORY
+C<PERL_REVISION>, C<PERL_SUBVERSION>, C<PERL_VERSION>, C<perladmin>,
+C<perllibs>, C<perlpath>, C<pg>, C<phostname>, C<pidtype>, C<plibpth>,
+C<pmake>, C<pr>, C<prefix>, C<prefixexp>, C<privlib>, C<privlibexp>,
+C<procselfexe>, C<prototype>, C<ptrsize>
-=back
+=item q
-=head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code
+C<quadkind>, C<quadtype>
-=over 4
+=item r
-=item SYNOPSIS
+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 DESCRIPTION
+=item s
-=item AUTHOR
+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 SEE ALSO
+=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>
-=back
+=item v
-=head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
+C<vendorarch>, C<vendorarchexp>, C<vendorbin>, C<vendorbinexp>,
+C<vendorhtml1dir>, C<vendorhtml1direxp>, C<vendorhtml3dir>,
+C<vendorhtml3direxp>, C<vendorlib>, C<vendorlib_stem>, C<vendorlibexp>,
+C<vendorman1dir>, C<vendorman1direxp>, C<vendorman3dir>,
+C<vendorman3direxp>, C<vendorprefix>, C<vendorprefixexp>, C<vendorscript>,
+C<vendorscriptexp>, C<version>, C<version_patchlevel_string>,
+C<versiononly>, C<vi>, C<voidflags>
-=over 4
+=item x
-=item SYNOPSIS
+C<xlibpth>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item y
-=item OPTIONS
+C<yacc>, C<yaccflags>
-B<-ofilename>, B<-afilename>, B<-->, B<-f>, B<-fcompress-nullops>,
-B<-fomit-sequence-numbers>, B<-fbypass-nullops>, B<-On>, B<-D>, B<-Do>,
-B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-upackage>
+=item z
-=item EXAMPLES
+C<zcat>, C<zip>
-=item BUGS
+=back
-=item AUTHORS
+=item NOTE
=back
-=head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
+=head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item ABSTRACT
-
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item PROGRAMMING STYLE
-
-=item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES
+=item getcwd and friends
-=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE):
+getcwd, cwd, fastcwd, fastgetcwd
-=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE
+=item abs_path and friends
-=item FETCHING A LIST OF KEYWORDS FROM THE QUERY:
+abs_path, realpath, fast_abs_path
-=item FETCHING THE NAMES OF ALL THE PARAMETERS PASSED TO YOUR SCRIPT:
+=item $ENV{PWD}
-=item FETCHING THE VALUE OR VALUES OF A SINGLE NAMED PARAMETER:
+=back
-=item SETTING THE VALUE(S) OF A NAMED PARAMETER:
+=item NOTES
-=item APPENDING ADDITIONAL VALUES TO A NAMED PARAMETER:
+=item AUTHOR
-=item IMPORTING ALL PARAMETERS INTO A NAMESPACE:
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item DELETING A PARAMETER COMPLETELY:
+=back
-=item DELETING ALL PARAMETERS:
+=head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft,
+subject to
+change)
-=item DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARAMETER LIST:
+=over 4
-=item FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH:
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item SAVING THE STATE OF THE SCRIPT TO A FILE:
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item RETRIEVING CGI ERRORS
+=over 4
-=item USING THE FUNCTION-ORIENTED INTERFACE
+=item Global Variables
-B<:cgi>, B<:form>, B<:html2>, B<:html3>, B<:html4>, B<:netscape>, B<:html>,
-B<:standard>, B<:all>
+ $DB::sub, %DB::sub, $DB::single, $DB::signal, $DB::trace, @DB::args,
+@DB::dbline, %DB::dbline, $DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::subname,
+$DB::lineno
-=item PRAGMAS
+=item API Methods
--any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_undef_params, -no_xhtml, -nph,
--newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, -no_debug, -debug,
--private_tempfiles
+CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'),
+CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done()
-=item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS
+=item Client Callback Methods
-1. start_table() (generates a <table> tag), 2. end_table() (generates a
-</table> tag), 3. start_ul() (generates a <ul> tag), 4. end_ul() (generates
-a </ul> tag)
+CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(),
+CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(),
+CLIENT->output(LIST)
=back
-=item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS
-
-=over 4
+=item BUGS
-=item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER:
+=item AUTHOR
-=item GENERATING A REDIRECTION HEADER
+=back
-=item CREATING THE HTML DOCUMENT HEADER
+=head2 DBM_Filter -- Filter DBM keys/values
-B<Parameters:>, 4, 5, 6..
+=over 4
-=item ENDING THE HTML DOCUMENT:
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION:
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL
+=item What is a DBM Filter?
-B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query>
-(B<-query_string>), B<-base>
+=over 4
-=item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS
+=item So what's new?
=back
-=item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS:
+=item METHODS
=over 4
-=item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS
-
-=item THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF HTML SHORTCUTS
+=item $db->Filter_Push()
-=item HTML SHORTCUTS AND LIST INTERPOLATION
+=item $db->Filter_Key_Push()
-=item NON-STANDARD HTML SHORTCUTS
+=item $db->Filter_Value_Push()
-=item AUTOESCAPING HTML
+Filter_Push, Filter_Key_Push, Filter_Value_Push
-$escaped_string = escapeHTML("unescaped string");, $charset =
-charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]);
+=item $db->Filter_Pop()
-=item PRETTY-PRINTING HTML
+=item $db->Filtered()
=back
-=item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS:
+=item Writing a Filter
=over 4
-=item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG
+=item Immediate Filters
-=item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM
+=item Canned Filters
-B<application/x-www-form-urlencoded>, B<multipart/form-data>
+"name", params
-=item CREATING A TEXT FIELD
+=back
-B<Parameters>
+=item Filters Included
-=item CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD
+utf8, encode, compress, int32, null
-=item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD
+=item NOTES
-=item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD
+=over 4
-B<Parameters>
+=item Maintain Round Trip Integrity
-=item CREATING A POPUP MENU
+=item Don't mix filtered & non-filtered data in the same database file.
-=item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST
+=back
-B<Parameters:>
+=item EXAMPLE
-=item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES
+=item SEE ALSO
-B<Parameters:>
+=item AUTHOR
-=item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX
+=back
-B<Parameters:>
+=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
-=item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP
+=over 4
-B<Parameters:>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON
+=item DESCRIPTION
-B<Parameters:>
+B<DB_HASH>, B<DB_BTREE>, B<DB_RECNO>
-=item CREATING A RESET BUTTON
+=over 4
-=item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON
+=item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or greater
-=item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD
+=item Interface to Berkeley DB
-B<Parameters:>
+=item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File
-=item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON
+=item Default Parameters
-B<Parameters:>, 3. The third option (-align, optional) is an alignment
-type, and may be TOP, BOTTOM or MIDDLE
+=item In Memory Databases
-=item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON
+=back
+
+=item DB_HASH
+
+=over 4
+
+=item A Simple Example
=back
-=item HTTP COOKIES
+=item DB_BTREE
-1. an expiration time, 2. a domain, 3. a path, 4. a "secure" flag,
-B<-name>, B<-value>, B<-path>, B<-domain>, B<-expires>, B<-secure>
+=over 4
-=item WORKING WITH FRAMES
+=item Changing the BTREE sort order
-1. Create a <Frameset> document, 2. Specify the destination for the
-document in the HTTP header, 3. Specify the destination for the document in
-the <form> tag
+=item Handling Duplicate Keys
-=item LIMITED SUPPORT FOR CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
+=item The get_dup() Method
-=item DEBUGGING
+=item The find_dup() Method
-=over 4
+=item The del_dup() Method
-=item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS
+=item Matching Partial Keys
=back
-=item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
+=item DB_RECNO
-B<Accept()>, B<raw_cookie()>, B<user_agent()>, B<path_info()>,
-B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()> Return the script
-name as a partial URL, for self-refering scripts, B<referer()>, B<auth_type
-()>, B<server_name ()>, B<virtual_host ()>, B<server_port ()>,
-B<server_software ()>, B<remote_user ()>, B<user_name ()>,
-B<request_method()>, B<content_type()>, B<http()>, B<https()>
+=over 4
-=item USING NPH SCRIPTS
+=item The 'bval' Option
-In the B<use> statement, By calling the B<nph()> method:, By using B<-nph>
-parameters
+=item A Simple Example
-=item Server Push
+=item Extra RECNO Methods
-multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final()
+B<$X-E<gt>push(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-E<gt>pop ;>, B<$X-E<gt>shift>,
+B<$X-E<gt>unshift(list) ;>, B<$X-E<gt>length>, B<$X-E<gt>splice(offset,
+length, elements);>
-=item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks
+=item Another Example
-B<$CGI::POST_MAX>, B<$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS>, B<1. On a script-by-script
-basis>, B<2. Globally for all scripts>
+=back
-=item COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL
+=item THE API INTERFACE
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+B<$status = $X-E<gt>get($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status =
+$X-E<gt>put($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>del($key [,
+$flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>fd ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>seq($key,
+$value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>sync([$flags]) ;>
-=item CREDITS
+=item DBM FILTERS
-Matt Heffron (heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com), James Taylor
-(james.taylor@srs.gov), Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com>, Mike Jewell
-(mlj3u@virginia.edu), Timothy Shimmin (tes@kbs.citri.edu.au), Joergen Haegg
-(jh@axis.se), Laurent Delfosse (delfosse@delfosse.com), Richard Resnick
-(applepi1@aol.com), Craig Bishop (csb@barwonwater.vic.gov.au), Tony Curtis
-(tc@vcpc.univie.ac.at), Tim Bunce (Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk), Tom Christiansen
-(tchrist@convex.com), Andreas Koenig (k@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE), Tim
-MacKenzie (Tim.MacKenzie@fulcrum.com.au), Kevin B. Hendricks
-(kbhend@dogwood.tyler.wm.edu), Stephen Dahmen (joyfire@inxpress.net), Ed
-Jordan (ed@fidalgo.net), David Alan Pisoni (david@cnation.com), Doug
-MacEachern (dougm@opengroup.org), Robin Houston (robin@oneworld.org),
-...and many many more..
+B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
+B<filter_fetch_value>
-=item A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item The Filter
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
+
+=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
=back
-=head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm
+=item HINTS AND TIPS
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item ABSTRACT
+=item Locking: The Trouble with fd
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Safe ways to lock a database
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+B<Tie::DB_Lock>, B<Tie::DB_LockFile>, B<DB_File::Lock>
-=item BUGS
+=item Sharing Databases With C Applications
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item The untie() Gotcha
=back
-=head2 CGI::Carp, B<CGI::Carp> - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or
-other) error log
+=item COMMON QUESTIONS
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Why is there Perl source in my database?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File?
-=item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES
+=item What does "Invalid Argument" mean?
-=item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW
+=item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean?
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Changing the default message
+=item REFERENCES
-=back
+=item HISTORY
-=item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS
+=item BUGS
-=item CHANGE LOG
+=item AVAILABILITY
-=item AUTHORS
+=item COPYRIGHT
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies
+=head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both
+printing and C<eval>
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item USING CGI::Cookie
+=over 4
-B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag>
+=item Methods
-=over 4
+I<PACKAGE>->new(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Dump I<or>
+I<PACKAGE>->Dump(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>),
+I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>),
+I<$OBJ>->Reset
-=item Creating New Cookies
+=item Functions
-=item Sending the Cookie to the Browser
+Dumper(I<LIST>)
-=item Recovering Previous Cookies
+=item Configuration Variables or Methods
-=item Manipulating Cookies
+=item Exports
-B<name()>, B<value()>, B<domain()>, B<path()>, B<expires()>
+Dumper
=back
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=item EXAMPLES
=item BUGS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=back
+=item NOTE
-=head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI
+=back
-=over 4
+=item AUTHOR
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item VERSION
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
+=back
-=item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS
+=head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler
-=item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS
+=over 4
-=item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item EXTERNAL FASTCGI SERVER INVOCATION
+=item DESCRIPTION
-FCGI_SOCKET_PATH, FCGI_LISTEN_QUEUE
+=item PROFILE FORMAT
-=item CAVEATS
+=item AUTOLOAD
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=item ENVIRONMENT
=item BUGS
=back
-=head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code
+=head2 Devel::PPPort - Perl/Pollution/Portability
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Tags that won't be formatted
-
-=item Customizing the Indenting
+=item WriteFile
=back
-=item BUGS
+=item ppport.h
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push
+=head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item USING CGI::Push
-
--next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph
-
=over 4
-=item Heterogeneous Pages
+=item Runtime debugging
-=item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly
+=item Memory footprint debugging
=back
-=item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item A simple scalar string
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item A simple scalar number
-=back
+=item A simple scalar with an extra reference
-=head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch
+=item A reference to a simple scalar
-=over 4
+=item A reference to an array
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item A reference to a hash
-=item ABSTRACT
+=item Dumping a large array or hash
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item A reference to an SV which holds a C pointer
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=item A reference to a subroutine
+
+=back
+
+=item EXPORTS
=item BUGS
+=item AUTHOR
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module
+=head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-
-=item SEE ALSO
-
=back
-=head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
+=head2 Digest - Modules that calculate message digests
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item Interactive Mode
-
-Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test,
-install, clean modules or distributions, get, readme, look module or
-distribution, ls author, Signals
-
-=item CPAN::Shell
-
-=item autobundle
-
-=item recompile
-
-=item The four C<CPAN::*> Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution
-
-=item Programmer's interface
-
-expand($type,@things), expandany(@things), Programming Examples
-
-=item Methods in the other Classes
-
-CPAN::Author::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Author::as_string(),
-CPAN::Author::email(), CPAN::Author::fullname(), CPAN::Author::name(),
-CPAN::Bundle::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Bundle::as_string(),
-CPAN::Bundle::clean(), CPAN::Bundle::contains(),
-CPAN::Bundle::force($method,@args), CPAN::Bundle::get(),
-CPAN::Bundle::inst_file(), CPAN::Bundle::inst_version(),
-CPAN::Bundle::uptodate(), CPAN::Bundle::install(), CPAN::Bundle::make(),
-CPAN::Bundle::readme(), CPAN::Bundle::test(),
-CPAN::Distribution::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Distribution::as_string(),
-CPAN::Distribution::clean(), CPAN::Distribution::containsmods(),
-CPAN::Distribution::cvs_import(), CPAN::Distribution::dir(),
-CPAN::Distribution::force($method,@args), CPAN::Distribution::get(),
-CPAN::Distribution::install(), CPAN::Distribution::isa_perl(),
-CPAN::Distribution::look(), CPAN::Distribution::make(),
-CPAN::Distribution::prereq_pm(), CPAN::Distribution::readme(),
-CPAN::Distribution::test(), CPAN::Distribution::uptodate(),
-CPAN::Index::force_reload(), CPAN::Index::reload(), CPAN::InfoObj::dump(),
-CPAN::Module::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Module::as_string(),
-CPAN::Module::clean(), CPAN::Module::cpan_file(),
-CPAN::Module::cpan_version(), CPAN::Module::cvs_import(),
-CPAN::Module::description(), CPAN::Module::force($method,@args),
-CPAN::Module::get(), CPAN::Module::inst_file(),
-CPAN::Module::inst_version(), CPAN::Module::install(),
-CPAN::Module::look(), CPAN::Module::make(),
-CPAN::Module::manpage_headline(), CPAN::Module::readme(),
-CPAN::Module::test(), CPAN::Module::uptodate(), CPAN::Module::userid()
-
-=item Cache Manager
+I<binary>, I<hex>, I<base64>
-=item Bundles
+=item OO INTERFACE
-=item Prerequisites
+$ctx = Digest->XXX($arg,...), $ctx = Digest->new(XXX => $arg,...), $ctx =
+Digest::XXX->new($arg,...), $other_ctx = $ctx->clone, $ctx->reset,
+$ctx->add( $data, ... ), $ctx->addfile( $io_handle ), $ctx->add_bits(
+$data, $nbits ), $ctx->add_bits( $bitstring ), $ctx->digest,
+$ctx->hexdigest, $ctx->b64digest
-=item Finding packages and VERSION
+=item Digest speed
-=item Debugging
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item CONFIGURATION
-
-C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>
-E<lt>valueE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list
-optionE<gt> [shift|pop]>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>
-[unshift|push|splice] E<lt>listE<gt>>
+=head2 Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
=over 4
-=item Note on urllist parameter's format
-
-=item urllist parameter has CD-ROM support
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SECURITY
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=item EXPORT
+md5($data,...), md5_hex($data,...), md5_base64($data,...)
-=item POPULATE AN INSTALLATION WITH LOTS OF MODULES
+=item METHODS
-=item WORKING WITH CPAN.pm BEHIND FIREWALLS
+$md5 = Digest::MD5->new, $md5->reset, $md5->clone, $md5->add($data,...),
+$md5->addfile($io_handle), $md5->add_bits($data, $nbits),
+$md5->add_bits($bitstring), $md5->digest, $md5->hexdigest, $md5->b64digest
-=over 4
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Three basic types of firewalls
+=item SEE ALSO
-http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade
+=item COPYRIGHT
-=item Configuring lynx or ncftp for going through a firewall
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=item FAQ
-
-1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7), 8), 9), 10)
+=head2 Digest::base - Digest base class
-=item BUGS
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SYNPOSIS
-=item TRANSLATIONS
+=item DESCRIPTION
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
+=head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item NOTES
+
=back
-=head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS
-module
+=head2 Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data.
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SEE ALSO
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
-
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Creation
-=item DESCRIPTION
+C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>,
+C<dumpDBFiles>, C<dumpPackages>, C<dumpReused>, C<tick>, C<quoteHighBit>,
+C<printUndef>, C<usageOnly>, unctrl, subdump, bareStringify, quoteHighBit,
+stopDbSignal
-=over 4
+=item Methods
-=item Forcing a Stack Trace
+dumpValue, dumpValues, stringify, dumpvars, set_quote, set_unctrl,
+compactDump, veryCompact, set, get
=back
-=item BUGS
-
=back
-=head2 Carp::Heavy, Carp heavy machinery - no user serviceable parts inside
-
-=head2 Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree
-
-=over 4
-
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
-=item FUNCTIONS
+=over 4
-the function Class::ISA::super_path($CLASS), the function
-Class::ISA::self_and_super_path($CLASS), the function
-Class::ISA::self_and_super_versions($CLASS)
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item CAUTIONARY NOTES
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item COPYRIGHT
+@dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, @dl_librefs,
+@dl_modules, @dl_shared_objects, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(),
+dl_expandspec(), dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_load_flags(),
+dl_find_symbol(), dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(),
+dl_install_xsub(), bootstrap()
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
+=head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into
+Perl code
=over 4
=over 4
-=item The C<struct()> function
+=item Migration from C<DynaLoader>
-=item Class Creation at Compile Time
+=item Backward compatible boilerplate
-=item Element Types and Accessor Methods
+=back
-Scalar (C<'$'> or C<'*$'>), Array (C<'@'> or C<'*@'>), Hash (C<'%'> or
-C<'*%'>), Class (C<'Class_Name'> or C<'*Class_Name'>)
+=item Order of initialization: early load()
-=item Initializing with C<new>
+=over 4
-=back
+=item The most hairy case
-=item EXAMPLES
+=back
-Example 1, Example 2, Example 3
+=item LIMITATIONS
-=item Author and Modification History
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 Config - access Perl configuration information
+=head2 Encode - character encodings
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-myconfig(), config_sh(), config_vars(@names)
+=over 4
-=item EXAMPLE
+=item Table of Contents
-=item WARNING
+=back
-=item GLOSSARY
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item _
+=item TERMINOLOGY
-C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o>
+=back
-=item a
+=item PERL ENCODING API
-C<afs>, C<afsroot>, C<alignbytes>, C<ansi2knr>, C<aphostname>,
-C<api_revision>, C<api_subversion>, C<api_version>, C<api_versionstring>,
-C<ar>, C<archlib>, C<archlibexp>, C<archname64>, C<archname>, C<archobjs>,
-C<awk>
+$octets = encode(ENCODING, $string [, CHECK]), $string = decode(ENCODING,
+$octets [, CHECK]), [$length =] from_to($octets, FROM_ENC, TO_ENC [,
+CHECK]), $octets = encode_utf8($string);, $string = decode_utf8($octets [,
+CHECK]);
-=item b
+=over 4
-C<baserev>, C<bash>, C<bin>, C<bincompat5005>, C<binexp>, C<bison>,
-C<byacc>, C<byteorder>
+=item Listing available encodings
-=item c
+=item Defining Aliases
-C<c>, C<castflags>, C<cat>, C<cc>, C<cccdlflags>, C<ccdlflags>, C<ccflags>,
-C<ccflags_uselargefiles>, C<ccname>, C<ccsymbols>, C<ccversion>, C<cf_by>,
-C<cf_email>, C<cf_time>, C<charsize>, C<chgrp>, C<chmod>, C<chown>,
-C<clocktype>, C<comm>, C<compress>, C<contains>, C<cp>, C<cpio>, C<cpp>,
-C<cpp_stuff>, C<cppccsymbols>, C<cppflags>, C<cpplast>, C<cppminus>,
-C<cpprun>, C<cppstdin>, C<cppsymbols>, C<cryptlib>, C<csh>
+=back
-=item d
+=item Encoding via PerlIO
-C<d__fwalk>, C<d_access>, C<d_accessx>, C<d_alarm>, C<d_archlib>,
-C<d_atolf>, C<d_atoll>, C<d_attribut>, C<d_bcmp>, C<d_bcopy>,
-C<d_bincompat5005>, C<d_bsd>, C<d_bsdgetpgrp>, C<d_bsdsetpgrp>, C<d_bzero>,
-C<d_casti32>, C<d_castneg>, C<d_charvspr>, C<d_chown>, C<d_chroot>,
-C<d_chsize>, C<d_class>, C<d_closedir>, C<d_cmsghdr_s>, C<d_const>,
-C<d_crypt>, C<d_csh>, C<d_cuserid>, C<d_dbl_dig>, C<d_dbminitproto>,
-C<d_difftime>, C<d_dirfd>, C<d_dirnamlen>, C<d_dlerror>, C<d_dlopen>,
-C<d_dlsymun>, C<d_dosuid>, C<d_drand48proto>, C<d_dup2>, C<d_eaccess>,
-C<d_endgrent>, C<d_endhent>, C<d_endnent>, C<d_endpent>, C<d_endpwent>,
-C<d_endsent>, C<d_eofnblk>, C<d_eunice>, C<d_fchdir>, C<d_fchmod>,
-C<d_fchown>, C<d_fcntl>, C<d_fcntl_can_lock>, C<d_fd_macros>, C<d_fd_set>,
-C<d_fds_bits>, C<d_fgetpos>, C<d_finite>, C<d_finitel>, C<d_flexfnam>,
-C<d_flock>, C<d_flockproto>, C<d_fork>, C<d_fp_class>, C<d_fpathconf>,
-C<d_fpclass>, C<d_fpclassify>, C<d_fpclassl>, C<d_fpos64_t>, C<d_frexpl>,
-C<d_fs_data_s>, C<d_fseeko>, C<d_fsetpos>, C<d_fstatfs>, C<d_fstatvfs>,
-C<d_fsync>, C<d_ftello>, C<d_ftime>, C<d_Gconvert>, C<d_getcwd>,
-C<d_getespwnam>, C<d_getfsstat>, C<d_getgrent>, C<d_getgrps>,
-C<d_gethbyaddr>, C<d_gethbyname>, C<d_gethent>, C<d_gethname>,
-C<d_gethostprotos>, C<d_getitimer>, C<d_getlogin>, C<d_getmnt>,
-C<d_getmntent>, C<d_getnbyaddr>, C<d_getnbyname>, C<d_getnent>,
-C<d_getnetprotos>, C<d_getpagsz>, C<d_getpbyname>, C<d_getpbynumber>,
-C<d_getpent>, C<d_getpgid>, C<d_getpgrp2>, C<d_getpgrp>, C<d_getppid>,
-C<d_getprior>, C<d_getprotoprotos>, C<d_getprpwnam>, C<d_getpwent>,
-C<d_getsbyname>, C<d_getsbyport>, C<d_getsent>, C<d_getservprotos>,
-C<d_getspnam>, C<d_gettimeod>, C<d_gnulibc>, C<d_grpasswd>, C<d_hasmntopt>,
-C<d_htonl>, C<d_index>, C<d_inetaton>, C<d_int64_t>, C<d_isascii>,
-C<d_isfinite>, C<d_isinf>, C<d_isnan>, C<d_isnanl>, C<d_killpg>,
-C<d_lchown>, C<d_ldbl_dig>, C<d_link>, C<d_locconv>, C<d_lockf>,
-C<d_longdbl>, C<d_longlong>, C<d_lseekproto>, C<d_lstat>, C<d_madvise>,
-C<d_mblen>, C<d_mbstowcs>, C<d_mbtowc>, C<d_memchr>, C<d_memcmp>,
-C<d_memcpy>, C<d_memmove>, C<d_memset>, C<d_mkdir>, C<d_mkdtemp>,
-C<d_mkfifo>, C<d_mkstemp>, C<d_mkstemps>, C<d_mktime>, C<d_mmap>,
-C<d_modfl>, C<d_modfl_pow32_bug>, C<d_mprotect>, C<d_msg>, C<d_msg_ctrunc>,
-C<d_msg_dontroute>, C<d_msg_oob>, C<d_msg_peek>, C<d_msg_proxy>,
-C<d_msgctl>, C<d_msgget>, C<d_msghdr_s>, C<d_msgrcv>, C<d_msgsnd>,
-C<d_msync>, C<d_munmap>, C<d_mymalloc>, C<d_nice>, C<d_nl_langinfo>,
-C<d_nv_preserves_uv>, C<d_nv_preserves_uv_bits>, C<d_off64_t>,
-C<d_old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<d_oldpthreads>, C<d_oldsock>,
-C<d_open3>, C<d_pathconf>, C<d_pause>, C<d_perl_otherlibdirs>,
-C<d_phostname>, C<d_pipe>, C<d_poll>, C<d_portable>, C<d_PRId64>,
-C<d_PRIeldbl>, C<d_PRIEUldbl>, C<d_PRIfldbl>, C<d_PRIFUldbl>,
-C<d_PRIgldbl>, C<d_PRIGUldbl>, C<d_PRIi64>, C<d_PRIo64>, C<d_PRIu64>,
-C<d_PRIx64>, C<d_PRIXU64>, C<d_procselfexe>, C<d_pthread_atfork>,
-C<d_pthread_yield>, C<d_pwage>, C<d_pwchange>, C<d_pwclass>,
-C<d_pwcomment>, C<d_pwexpire>, C<d_pwgecos>, C<d_pwpasswd>, C<d_pwquota>,
-C<d_qgcvt>, C<d_quad>, C<d_readdir>, C<d_readlink>, C<d_readv>,
-C<d_recvmsg>, C<d_rename>, C<d_rewinddir>, C<d_rmdir>, C<d_safebcpy>,
-C<d_safemcpy>, C<d_sanemcmp>, C<d_sbrkproto>, C<d_sched_yield>,
-C<d_scm_rights>, C<d_SCNfldbl>, C<d_seekdir>, C<d_select>, C<d_sem>,
-C<d_semctl>, C<d_semctl_semid_ds>, C<d_semctl_semun>, C<d_semget>,
-C<d_semop>, C<d_sendmsg>, C<d_setegid>, C<d_seteuid>, C<d_setgrent>,
-C<d_setgrps>, C<d_sethent>, C<d_setitimer>, C<d_setlinebuf>,
-C<d_setlocale>, C<d_setnent>, C<d_setpent>, C<d_setpgid>, C<d_setpgrp2>,
-C<d_setpgrp>, C<d_setprior>, C<d_setproctitle>, C<d_setpwent>,
-C<d_setregid>, C<d_setresgid>, C<d_setresuid>, C<d_setreuid>, C<d_setrgid>,
-C<d_setruid>, C<d_setsent>, C<d_setsid>, C<d_setvbuf>, C<d_sfio>, C<d_shm>,
-C<d_shmat>, C<d_shmatprototype>, C<d_shmctl>, C<d_shmdt>, C<d_shmget>,
-C<d_sigaction>, C<d_sigprocmask>, C<d_sigsetjmp>, C<d_sockatmark>,
-C<d_sockatmarkproto>, C<d_socket>, C<d_socklen_t>, C<d_sockpair>,
-C<d_socks5_init>, C<d_sqrtl>, C<d_sresgproto>, C<d_sresuproto>,
-C<d_statblks>, C<d_statfs_f_flags>, C<d_statfs_s>, C<d_statvfs>,
-C<d_stdio_cnt_lval>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_nochange_cnt>,
-C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_sets_cnt>, C<d_stdio_stream_array>, C<d_stdiobase>,
-C<d_stdstdio>, C<d_strchr>, C<d_strcoll>, C<d_strctcpy>, C<d_strerrm>,
-C<d_strerror>, C<d_strftime>, C<d_strtod>, C<d_strtol>, C<d_strtold>,
-C<d_strtoll>, C<d_strtoq>, C<d_strtoul>, C<d_strtoull>, C<d_strtouq>,
-C<d_strxfrm>, C<d_suidsafe>, C<d_symlink>, C<d_syscall>, C<d_syscallproto>,
-C<d_sysconf>, C<d_sysernlst>, C<d_syserrlst>, C<d_system>, C<d_tcgetpgrp>,
-C<d_tcsetpgrp>, C<d_telldir>, C<d_telldirproto>, C<d_time>, C<d_times>,
-C<d_truncate>, C<d_tzname>, C<d_u32align>, C<d_ualarm>, C<d_umask>,
-C<d_uname>, C<d_union_semun>, C<d_unordered>, C<d_usleep>,
-C<d_usleepproto>, C<d_ustat>, C<d_vendorarch>, C<d_vendorbin>,
-C<d_vendorlib>, C<d_vfork>, C<d_void_closedir>, C<d_voidsig>, C<d_voidtty>,
-C<d_volatile>, C<d_vprintf>, C<d_wait4>, C<d_waitpid>, C<d_wcstombs>,
-C<d_wctomb>, C<d_writev>, C<d_xenix>, C<date>, C<db_hashtype>,
-C<db_prefixtype>, C<db_version_major>, C<db_version_minor>,
-C<db_version_patch>, C<defvoidused>, C<direntrytype>, C<dlext>, C<dlsrc>,
-C<doublesize>, C<drand01>, C<dynamic_ext>
+=item Handling Malformed Data
-=item e
+I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_DEFAULT ( == 0), I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_CROAK ( == 1),
+I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_QUIET, I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_WARN, perlqq mode
+(I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_PERLQQ), HTML charref mode (I<CHECK> =
+Encode::FB_HTMLCREF), XML charref mode (I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_XMLCREF), The
+bitmask
-C<eagain>, C<ebcdic>, C<echo>, C<egrep>, C<emacs>, C<eunicefix>,
-C<exe_ext>, C<expr>, C<extensions>, C<extras>
+=over 4
-=item f
+=item Unimplemented fallback schemes
-C<fflushall>, C<fflushNULL>, C<find>, C<firstmakefile>, C<flex>,
-C<fpossize>, C<fpostype>, C<freetype>, C<from>, C<full_ar>, C<full_csh>,
-C<full_sed>
+=back
-=item g
+=item Defining Encodings
-C<gccosandvers>, C<gccversion>, C<gidformat>, C<gidsign>, C<gidsize>,
-C<gidtype>, C<glibpth>, C<gmake>, C<grep>, C<groupcat>, C<groupstype>,
-C<gzip>
+=item The UTF-8 flag
-=item h
+Goal #1:, Goal #2:, Goal #3:, Goal #4:
-C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>
+=over 4
-=item i
+=item Messing with Perl's Internals
-C<i16size>, C<i16type>, C<i32size>, C<i32type>, C<i64size>, C<i64type>,
-C<i8size>, C<i8type>, C<i_arpainet>, C<i_bsdioctl>, C<i_db>, C<i_dbm>,
-C<i_dirent>, C<i_dld>, C<i_dlfcn>, C<i_fcntl>, C<i_float>, C<i_fp>,
-C<i_fp_class>, C<i_gdbm>, C<i_grp>, C<i_ieeefp>, C<i_inttypes>,
-C<i_langinfo>, C<i_libutil>, C<i_limits>, C<i_locale>, C<i_machcthr>,
-C<i_malloc>, C<i_math>, C<i_memory>, C<i_mntent>, C<i_ndbm>, C<i_netdb>,
-C<i_neterrno>, C<i_netinettcp>, C<i_niin>, C<i_poll>, C<i_prot>,
-C<i_pthread>, C<i_pwd>, C<i_rpcsvcdbm>, C<i_sfio>, C<i_sgtty>, C<i_shadow>,
-C<i_socks>, C<i_stdarg>, C<i_stddef>, C<i_stdlib>, C<i_string>,
-C<i_sunmath>, C<i_sysaccess>, C<i_sysdir>, C<i_sysfile>, C<i_sysfilio>,
-C<i_sysin>, C<i_sysioctl>, C<i_syslog>, C<i_sysmman>, C<i_sysmode>,
-C<i_sysmount>, C<i_sysndir>, C<i_sysparam>, C<i_sysresrc>, C<i_syssecrt>,
-C<i_sysselct>, C<i_syssockio>, C<i_sysstat>, C<i_sysstatfs>,
-C<i_sysstatvfs>, C<i_systime>, C<i_systimek>, C<i_systimes>, C<i_systypes>,
-C<i_sysuio>, C<i_sysun>, C<i_sysutsname>, C<i_sysvfs>, C<i_syswait>,
-C<i_termio>, C<i_termios>, C<i_time>, C<i_unistd>, C<i_ustat>, C<i_utime>,
-C<i_values>, C<i_varargs>, C<i_varhdr>, C<i_vfork>,
-C<ignore_versioned_solibs>, C<inc_version_list>, C<inc_version_list_init>,
-C<incpath>, C<inews>, C<installarchlib>, C<installbin>, C<installman1dir>,
-C<installman3dir>, C<installprefix>, C<installprefixexp>,
-C<installprivlib>, C<installscript>, C<installsitearch>, C<installsitebin>,
-C<installsitelib>, C<installstyle>, C<installusrbinperl>,
-C<installvendorarch>, C<installvendorbin>, C<installvendorlib>, C<intsize>,
-C<issymlink>, C<ivdformat>, C<ivsize>, C<ivtype>
+is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK]), _utf8_on(STRING), _utf8_off(STRING)
-=item k
+=back
-C<known_extensions>, C<ksh>
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item l
+=item MAINTAINER
-C<ld>, C<lddlflags>, C<ldflags>, C<ldflags_uselargefiles>, C<ldlibpthname>,
-C<less>, C<lib_ext>, C<libc>, C<libperl>, C<libpth>, C<libs>, C<libsdirs>,
-C<libsfiles>, C<libsfound>, C<libspath>, C<libswanted>,
-C<libswanted_uselargefiles>, C<line>, C<lint>, C<lkflags>, C<ln>, C<lns>,
-C<locincpth>, C<loclibpth>, C<longdblsize>, C<longlongsize>, C<longsize>,
-C<lp>, C<lpr>, C<ls>, C<lseeksize>, C<lseektype>
+=back
-=item m
+=head2 Encode::Alias - alias definitions to encodings
-C<mail>, C<mailx>, C<make>, C<make_set_make>, C<mallocobj>, C<mallocsrc>,
-C<malloctype>, C<man1dir>, C<man1direxp>, C<man1ext>, C<man3dir>,
-C<man3direxp>, C<man3ext>
+=over 4
-=item M
+=item SYNOPSIS
-C<Mcc>, C<mips_type>, C<mkdir>, C<mmaptype>, C<modetype>, C<more>,
-C<multiarch>, C<mv>, C<myarchname>, C<mydomain>, C<myhostname>, C<myuname>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item n
+As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
+reference, e.g.:
-C<n>, C<need_va_copy>, C<netdb_hlen_type>, C<netdb_host_type>,
-C<netdb_name_type>, C<netdb_net_type>, C<nm>, C<nm_opt>, C<nm_so_opt>,
-C<nonxs_ext>, C<nroff>, C<nveformat>, C<nvEUformat>, C<nvfformat>,
-C<nvFUformat>, C<nvgformat>, C<nvGUformat>, C<nvsize>, C<nvtype>
+=over 4
-=item o
+=item Alias overloading
-C<o_nonblock>, C<obj_ext>, C<old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<optimize>,
-C<orderlib>, C<osname>, C<osvers>, C<otherlibdirs>
+=back
-=item p
+=item SEE ALSO
-C<package>, C<pager>, C<passcat>, C<patchlevel>, C<path_sep>, C<perl5>,
-C<perl>, C<perl_patchlevel>
+=back
-=item P
+=head2 Encode::Byte - Single Byte Encodings
-C<PERL_REVISION>, C<PERL_SUBVERSION>, C<PERL_VERSION>, C<perladmin>,
-C<perllibs>, C<perlpath>, C<pg>, C<phostname>, C<pidtype>, C<plibpth>,
-C<pm_apiversion>, C<pmake>, C<pr>, C<prefix>, C<prefixexp>, C<privlib>,
-C<privlibexp>, C<procselfexe>, C<prototype>, C<ptrsize>
+=over 4
-=item q
+=item SYNOPSIS
-C<quadkind>, C<quadtype>
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item r
+=item DESCRIPTION
-C<randbits>, C<randfunc>, C<randseedtype>, C<ranlib>, C<rd_nodata>,
-C<revision>, C<rm>, C<rmail>, C<run>, C<runnm>
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item s
+=back
-C<sched_yield>, C<scriptdir>, C<scriptdirexp>, C<sed>, C<seedfunc>,
-C<selectminbits>, C<selecttype>, C<sendmail>, C<sh>, C<shar>, C<sharpbang>,
-C<shmattype>, C<shortsize>, C<shrpenv>, C<shsharp>, C<sig_count>,
-C<sig_name>, C<sig_name_init>, C<sig_num>, C<sig_num_init>, C<sig_size>,
-C<signal_t>, C<sitearch>, C<sitearchexp>, C<sitebin>, C<sitebinexp>,
-C<sitelib>, C<sitelib_stem>, C<sitelibexp>, C<siteprefix>,
-C<siteprefixexp>, C<sizesize>, C<sizetype>, C<sleep>, C<smail>, C<so>,
-C<sockethdr>, C<socketlib>, C<socksizetype>, C<sort>, C<spackage>,
-C<spitshell>, C<sPRId64>, C<sPRIeldbl>, C<sPRIEUldbl>, C<sPRIfldbl>,
-C<sPRIFUldbl>, C<sPRIgldbl>, C<sPRIGUldbl>, C<sPRIi64>, C<sPRIo64>,
-C<sPRIu64>, C<sPRIx64>, C<sPRIXU64>, C<src>, C<sSCNfldbl>, C<ssizetype>,
-C<startperl>, C<startsh>, C<static_ext>, C<stdchar>, C<stdio_base>,
-C<stdio_bufsiz>, C<stdio_cnt>, C<stdio_filbuf>, C<stdio_ptr>,
-C<stdio_stream_array>, C<strings>, C<submit>, C<subversion>, C<sysman>
+=head2 Encode::CJKConstants -- Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
-=item t
+=head2 Encode::CN - China-based Chinese Encodings
-C<tail>, C<tar>, C<targetarch>, C<tbl>, C<tee>, C<test>, C<timeincl>,
-C<timetype>, C<to>, C<touch>, C<tr>, C<trnl>, C<troff>
+=over 4
-=item u
+=item SYNOPSIS
-C<u16size>, C<u16type>, C<u32size>, C<u32type>, C<u64size>, C<u64type>,
-C<u8size>, C<u8type>, C<uidformat>, C<uidsign>, C<uidsize>, C<uidtype>,
-C<uname>, C<uniq>, C<uquadtype>, C<use5005threads>, C<use64bitall>,
-C<use64bitint>, C<usecrosscompile>, C<usedl>, C<useithreads>,
-C<uselargefiles>, C<uselongdouble>, C<usemorebits>, C<usemultiplicity>,
-C<usemymalloc>, C<usenm>, C<useopcode>, C<useperlio>, C<useposix>,
-C<usereentrant>, C<usesfio>, C<useshrplib>, C<usesocks>, C<usethreads>,
-C<usevendorprefix>, C<usevfork>, C<usrinc>, C<uuname>, C<uvoformat>,
-C<uvsize>, C<uvtype>, C<uvuformat>, C<uvxformat>, C<uvXUformat>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item v
+=item NOTES
-C<vendorarch>, C<vendorarchexp>, C<vendorbin>, C<vendorbinexp>,
-C<vendorlib>, C<vendorlib_stem>, C<vendorlibexp>, C<vendorprefix>,
-C<vendorprefixexp>, C<version>, C<version_patchlevel_string>,
-C<versiononly>, C<vi>, C<voidflags>
+=item BUGS
-=item x
+=item SEE ALSO
-C<xlibpth>, C<xs_apiversion>
+=back
-=item y
+=head2 Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by Encode::CN
-C<yacc>, C<yaccflags>
+=head2 Encode::Config -- internally used by Encode
-=item z
+=head2 Encode::EBCDIC - EBCDIC Encodings
-C<zcat>, C<zip>
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item NOTE
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory
+=head2 Encode::Encoding - Encode Implementation Base Class
=over 4
=over 4
-=item getcwd and friends
+=item Methods you should implement
-getcwd, cwd, fastcwd, fastgetcwd
+-E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check]),
+-E<gt>cat_decode($destination, $octets, $offset, $terminator [,$check])
-=item abs_path and friends
+=item Other methods defined in Encode::Encodings
-abs_path, realpath, fast_abs_path
+-E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>perlio_ok(), -E<gt>needs_lines()
-=item $ENV{PWD}
+=item Example: Encode::ROT13
=back
-=item NOTES
+=item Why the heck Encode API is different?
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Compiled Encodings
+
+=back
=item SEE ALSO
+Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
+
=back
-=head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft,
-subject to
-change)
+=head2 Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from data
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item ABSTRACT
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+Encode::Guess->set_suspects, Encode::Guess->add_suspects,
+Encode::decode("Guess" ...), Encode::Guess->guess($data),
+guess_encoding($data, [, I<list of suspects>])
-=item Global Variables
+=item CAVEATS
- $DB::sub, %DB::sub, $DB::single, $DB::signal, $DB::trace, @DB::args,
-@DB::dbline, %DB::dbline, $DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::subname,
-$DB::lineno
+=item TO DO
-=item API Methods
+=item SEE ALSO
-CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'),
-CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done()
+=back
-=item Client Callback Methods
+=head2 Encode::JP - Japanese Encodings
-CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(),
-CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(),
-CLIENT->output(LIST)
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Note on ISO-2022-JP(-1)?
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
+=head2 Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by Encode::JP::2022_JP*
+
+=head2 Encode::JP::JIS7 -- internally used by Encode::JP
+
+=head2 Encode::KR - Korean Encodings
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-B<DB_HASH>, B<DB_BTREE>, B<DB_RECNO>
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Encode::KR::2022_KR -- internally used by Encode::KR
+
+=head2 Encode::MIME::Header -- MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding
=over 4
-=item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or greater
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Interface to Berkeley DB
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Default Parameters
+=item BUGS
-=item In Memory Databases
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item DB_HASH
+=head2 Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document on Encode and PerlIO
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Overview
+
+=item How does it work?
+
+=item Line Buffering
=over 4
-=item A Simple Example
+=item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
=back
-=item DB_BTREE
-
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Changing the BTREE sort order
+=back
-=item Handling Duplicate Keys
+=head2 Encode::Supported -- Encodings supported by Encode
-=item The get_dup() Method
+=over 4
-=item The find_dup() Method
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item The del_dup() Method
+=over 4
-=item Matching Partial Keys
+=item Encoding Names
=back
-=item DB_RECNO
+=item Supported Encodings
=over 4
-=item The 'bval' Option
+=item Built-in Encodings
-=item A Simple Example
+=item Encode::Unicode -- other Unicode encodings
-=item Extra RECNO Methods
+=item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
-B<$X-E<gt>push(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-E<gt>pop ;>, B<$X-E<gt>shift>,
-B<$X-E<gt>unshift(list) ;>, B<$X-E<gt>length>, B<$X-E<gt>splice(offset,
-length, elements);>
+ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
+the Cyrillic world, gsm0338 - Hentai Latin 1
-=item Another Example
+=item CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
+
+Encode::CN -- Continental China, Encode::JP -- Japan, Encode::KR -- Korea,
+Encode::TW -- Taiwan, Encode::HanExtra -- More Chinese via CPAN,
+Encode::JIS2K -- JIS X 0213 encodings via CPAN
+
+=item Miscellaneous encodings
+
+Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::Guess
=back
-=item THE API INTERFACE
+=item Unsupported encodings
-B<$status = $X-E<gt>get($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status =
-$X-E<gt>put($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>del($key [,
-$flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>fd ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>seq($key,
-$value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>sync([$flags]) ;>
+ ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], Various HP-UX encodings,
+Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], ISIRI 3342, Iran
+System, ISIRI 2900 [Farsi], Thai encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS,
+Various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic encodings
-=item DBM FILTERS
+=item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
-B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
-B<filter_fetch_value>
+=item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
=over 4
-=item The Filter
-
-=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
+=item Microsoft-related naming mess
-=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
+KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
=back
-=item HINTS AND TIPS
+=item Glossary
+
+character repertoire, coded character set (CCS), character encoding scheme
+(CES), charset (in MIME context), EUC, ISO-2022, UCS, UCS-2, Unicode, UTF,
+UTF-16
+
+=item See Also
+
+=item References
+
+ECMA, ECMA-035 (eq C<ISO-2022>), IANA, Assigned Charset Names by IANA, ISO,
+RFC, UC, Unicode Glossary
=over 4
-=item Locking: The Trouble with fd
+=item Other Notable Sites
-=item Safe ways to lock a database
+czyborra.com, CJK.inf, Jungshik Shin's Hangul FAQ, debian.org:
+"Introduction to i18n"
-B<Tie::DB_Lock>, B<Tie::DB_LockFile>, B<DB_File::Lock>
+=item Offline sources
-=item Sharing Databases With C Applications
+C<CJKV Information Processing> by Ken Lunde
-=item The untie() Gotcha
+=back
=back
-=item COMMON QUESTIONS
+=head2 Encode::Symbol - Symbol Encodings
=over 4
-=item Why is there Perl source in my database?
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File?
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item What does "Invalid Argument" mean?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean?
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item REFERENCES
+=head2 Encode::TW - Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings
-=item HISTORY
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item AVAILABILITY
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item NOTES
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both
-printing and C<eval>
+=head2 Encode::Unicode -- Various Unicode Transformation Formats
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
-=over 4
+L<http://www.unicode.org/glossary/> says:, Quick Reference
-=item Methods
+=item Size, Endianness, and BOM
-I<PACKAGE>->new(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Dump I<or>
-I<PACKAGE>->Dump(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>),
-I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>),
-I<$OBJ>->Reset
+=over 4
-=item Functions
+=item by size
-Dumper(I<LIST>)
+=item by endianness
-=item Configuration Variables or Methods
+BOM as integer when fetched in network byte order
-$Data::Dumper::Indent I<or> I<$OBJ>->Indent(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Purity I<or> I<$OBJ>->Purity(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Pad I<or> I<$OBJ>->Pad(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Varname I<or> I<$OBJ>->Varname(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Useqq I<or> I<$OBJ>->Useqq(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Terse I<or> I<$OBJ>->Terse(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Freezer I<or> $I<OBJ>->Freezer(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Toaster I<or> $I<OBJ>->Toaster(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Deepcopy I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deepcopy(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Quotekeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Quotekeys(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Bless I<or> $I<OBJ>->Bless(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Maxdepth I<or> $I<OBJ>->Maxdepth(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Useperl I<or> $I<OBJ>->Useperl(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Sortkeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Sortkeys(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Deparse I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deparse(I<[NEWVAL]>)
+=back
-=item Exports
+=item Surrogate Pairs
-Dumper
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=head2 Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7 encoding
-=item BUGS
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item VERSION
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item In Practice
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Alias, Encode::Alias - alias definitions to
+encodings
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item PROFILE FORMAT
+As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
+reference, e.g.:
-=item AUTOLOAD
+=over 4
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=item Alias overloading
-=item BUGS
+=back
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Devel::PPPort, Perl/Pollution/Portability
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CJKConstants.pm --
+Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CN::HZ, Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by
+Encode::CN
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Config, Encode::Config -- internally used by
+Encode
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Encoding, Encode::Encoding - Encode
+Implementation Base Class
=over 4
=over 4
-=item WriteFile
+=item Methods you should implement
-=back
+-E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check]),
+-E<gt>cat_decode($destination, $octets, $offset, $terminator [,$check])
-=item ppport.h
+=item Other methods defined in Encode::Encodings
-=item AUTHOR
+-E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>perlio_ok(), -E<gt>needs_lines()
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Example: Encode::ROT13
=back
-=head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
+=item Why the heck Encode API is different?
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Compiled Encodings
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Runtime debugging
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Memory footprint debugging
+Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Guess, Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from
+data
=over 4
-=item A simple scalar string
-
-=item A simple scalar number
-
-=item A simple scalar with an extra reference
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item A reference to a simple scalar
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item A reference to an array
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item A reference to a hash
+Encode::Guess->set_suspects, Encode::Guess->add_suspects,
+Encode::decode("Guess" ...), Encode::Guess->guess($data),
+guess_encoding($data, [, I<list of suspects>])
-=item Dumping a large array or hash
+=item CAVEATS
-=item A reference to an SV which holds a C pointer
+=item TO DO
-=item A reference to a subroutine
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item EXPORTS
-
-=item BUGS
-
-=item AUTHOR
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::H2Z, Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by
+Encode::JP::2022_JP*
-=item SEE ALSO
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::JIS7, Encode::JP::JIS7 -- internally used
+by Encode::JP
-=back
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::KR::2022_KR, Encode::KR::2022_KR -- internally
+used by Encode::KR
-=head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::MIME::Header -- MIME 'B'
+and 'Q' header encoding
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item ABSTRACT
+
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 Digest:: - Modules that calculate message digests
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::PerlIO, Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document
+on Encode and PerlIO
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Overview
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How does it work?
-I<binary>, I<hex>, I<base64>
+=item Line Buffering
-=item OO INTERFACE
+=over 4
-$ctx = Digest->XXX($arg,...), $ctx = Digest->new(XXX => $arg,...), $ctx =
-Digest::XXX->new($arg,...), $ctx->reset, $ctx->add($data,...),
-$ctx->addfile($io_handle), $ctx->digest, $ctx->hexdigest, $ctx->b64digest
+=item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Supported, Encode::Supported -- Encodings
+supported by Encode
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item FUNCTIONS
-
-md5($data,...), md5_hex($data,...), md5_base64($data,...)
+=over 4
-=item METHODS
+=item Encoding Names
-$md5 = Digest::MD5->new, $md5->reset, $md5->add($data,...),
-$md5->addfile($io_handle), $md5->digest, $md5->hexdigest, $md5->b64digest
+=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item Supported Encodings
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item Built-in Encodings
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Encode::Unicode -- other Unicode encodings
-=back
+=item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
-=head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
+ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
+the Cyrillic world, gsm0338 - Hentai Latin 1
-=over 4
+=item CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
-=item SYNOPSIS
+Encode::CN -- Continental China, Encode::JP -- Japan, Encode::KR -- Korea,
+Encode::TW -- Taiwan, Encode::HanExtra -- More Chinese via CPAN,
+Encode::JIS2K -- JIS X 0213 encodings via CPAN
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Miscellaneous encodings
-=item NOTES
+Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::Guess
=back
-=head2 Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data.
+=item Unsupported encodings
-=over 4
+ ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], Various HP-UX encodings,
+Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], ISIRI 3342, Iran
+System, ISIRI 2900 [Farsi], Thai encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS,
+Various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic encodings
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
=over 4
-=item Creation
+=item Microsoft-related naming mess
-C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>,
-C<dumpDBFiles>, C<dumpPackages>, C<dumpReused>, C<tick>, C<quoteHighBit>,
-C<printUndef>, C<usageOnly>, unctrl, subdump, bareStringify, quoteHighBit,
-stopDbSignal
+KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
-=item Methods
+=back
-dumpValue, dumpValues, dumpvars, set_quote, set_unctrl, compactDump,
-veryCompact, set, get
+=item Glossary
-=back
+character repertoire, coded character set (CCS), character encoding scheme
+(CES), charset (in MIME context), EUC, ISO-2022, UCS, UCS-2, Unicode, UTF,
+UTF-16
-=back
+=item See Also
-=head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
+=item References
+
+ECMA, ECMA-035 (eq C<ISO-2022>), IANA, Assigned Charset Names by IANA, ISO,
+RFC, UC, Unicode Glossary
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Other Notable Sites
-=item DESCRIPTION
+czyborra.com, CJK.inf, Jungshik Shin's Hangul FAQ, debian.org:
+"Introduction to i18n"
-@dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, @dl_librefs,
-@dl_modules, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(), dl_expandspec(),
-dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_loadflags(), dl_find_symbol(),
-dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(), dl_install_xsub(),
-bootstrap()
+=item Offline sources
-=item AUTHOR
+C<CJKV Information Processing> by Ken Lunde
=back
-=head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into
-Perl code
+=back
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Unicode::UTF7, Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7
+encoding
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item AUTHOR
+=item In Practice
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Encode - character encodings
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
+
+=item Description
=over 4
-=item TERMINOLOGY
+=item Predefined Methods
-=back
+$e = Encode::Encoder-E<gt>new([$data, $encoding]);, encoder(),
+$e-E<gt>data([$data]), $e-E<gt>encoding([$encoding]),
+$e-E<gt>bytes([$encoding])
-=item ENCODINGS
+=item Example: base64 transcoder
-=over 4
+=item Operator Overloading
-=item Characteristics of an Encoding
+=back
-=item Types of Encodings
+=item SEE ALSO
-Fixed length 8-bit (or less) encodings, Fixed length 16-bit encodings,
-Fixed length 32-bit encodings, Multi-byte encodings, "Escape" encodings
+=back
-=item Specifying Encodings
+=head2 Encodencoding, encoding - allows you to write your script in
+non-ascii or non-utf8
-1. By name, 2. As an object
+=over 4
-=item Encoding Names
+=item SYNOPSIS
-The MIME name as defined in IETF RFCs, The name in the IANA registry, The
-name used by the organization that defined it
+=item ABSTRACT
-=back
+=over 4
-=item PERL ENCODING API
+=item Literal Conversions
-=over 4
+=item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
-=item Generic Encoding Interface
+=item Implicit upgrading for byte strings
-=item Handling Malformed Data
+=back
-Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
+=item FEATURES THAT REQUIRE 5.8.1
-=item UTF-8 / utf8
+"NON-EUC" doublebyte encodings, tr//, DATA pseudo-filehandle
-=item Other Encodings of Unicode
+=item USAGE
-=item Listing available encodings
+use encoding [I<ENCNAME>] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> [ STDIN =E<gt>
+I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;, no encoding;
-=item Defining Aliases
+=item The Filter Option
-As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
-reference, e.g.:
+=over 4
-=item Defining Encodings
+=item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
=back
-=item Encoding and IO
+=item CAVEATS
-=item Encoding How to ...
+=over 4
-IO with mixed content (faking iso-2020-*), MIME's Content-Length:, UTF-8
-strings in binary data, Perl/Encode wrappers on non-Unicode XS modules
+=item NOT SCOPED
-=item Messing with Perl's Internals
+=item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
-is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK]), valid_utf8(STRING)
+=item tr/// with ranges
-=item IMPLEMENTATION CLASSES
+Legend of characters above
--E<gt>name, -E<gt>new_sequence, -E<gt>encode($string,$check),
--E<gt>decode($octets,$check)
+=back
-=over 4
+=item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
-=item Compiled Encodings
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-.enc, .ucm, .ucm, .c, .xs, ascii and iso-8859-*, IBM-1047 and two other
-variants of EBCDIC, symbol and dingbats as used by Tk on X11
+literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
-=back
+=item HISTORY
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Encode::Tcl - Tcl encodings
-
-=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Tcl, Encode::Tcl - Tcl encodings
-
-=head2 Encode::lib::EncodeFormat, EncodeFormat - the format of encoding
-tables of the Encode extension
+=head2 Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-[1] B<S>, [2] B<D>, [3] B<M>, [4] B<E>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item KEYWORDS
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item Description
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 EncodeFormat - the format of encoding tables of the Encode extension
+=item Predefined Methods
-=over 4
+$e = Encode::Encoder-E<gt>new([$data, $encoding]);, encoder(),
+$e-E<gt>data([$data]), $e-E<gt>encoding([$encoding]),
+$e-E<gt>bytes([$encoding])
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Example: base64 transcoder
-[1] B<S>, [2] B<D>, [3] B<M>, [4] B<E>
+=item Operator Overloading
-=item KEYWORDS
+=back
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
=item Exporting without using Exporter's import method
+=item Exporting without inheriting from Exporter
+
=item Module Version Checking
=item Managing Unknown Symbols
test_f file
+dos2unix
+
=over 4
=item BUGS
=back
+=head2 ExtUtils::Command::MM - Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+B<test_harness>
+
+=back
+
+B<pod2man>
+
+B<warn_if_old_packlist>
+
+B<perllocal_install>
+
+B<uninstall>
+
=head2 ExtUtils::Constant - generate XS code to import C header constants
=over 4
C_stringify NAME
+perl_stringify NAME
+
constant_types
memEQ_clause NAME, CHECKED_AT, INDENT
dogfood
C_constant, name, type, value, macro, default, pre, post, def_pre =item
-def_post
+def_post, utf8
XS_constant PACKAGE, TYPES, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item Functions
+
+B<install>
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+B<install_default> I<DISCOURAGED>
+
+B<uninstall>
+
+B<pm_to_blib>
+
+_autosplit
+
+=over 4
+
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+B<PERL_INSTALL_ROOT>
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item LICENSE
+
=back
=head2 ExtUtils::Installed - Inventory management of installed modules
=item DESCRIPTION
-For static extensions, For dynamic extensions, For dynamic extensions
+For static extensions, For dynamic extensions at build/link time, For
+dynamic extensions at load time
=over 4
=back
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM - OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Any - Platform-agnostic MM methods
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Inherently Cross-Platform Methods
+
+installvars
+
+=back
+
+os_flavor_is
+
+blibdirs_target (o)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item File::Spec wrappers
+
+catfile
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Thought To Be Cross-Platform Methods
+
+B<split_command>
+
+=back
+
+B<echo>
+
+init_VERSION
+
+wraplist
+
+manifypods
+
+manifypods_target
+
+makemakerdflt_target
+
+special_targets
+
+POD2MAN_macro
+
+test_via_harness
+
+test_via_script
+
+libscan
+
+tool_autosplit
+
+all_target
+
+metafile_target
+
+signature_target
+
+metafile_addtomanifest_target
+
+signature_addtomanifest_target
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Abstract methods
+
+oneliner, B<quote_literal>, B<escape_newlines>, max_exec_len,
+B<init_others>, init_DIRFILESEP, init_linker, init_platform,
+platform_constants
+
+=back
+
+os_flavor
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_BeOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=back
-perl_archive
+os_flavor (o)
+
+init_linker
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=item DESCRIPTION
-canonpath, cflags, manifypods, perl_archive
+os_flavor (o)
=back
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_NW5 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+cflags (o)
+
+replace_manpage_separator (o)
+
+init_linker
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_DOS - DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Overridden methods
+
+os_flavor
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+B<replace_manpage_separator>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_MacOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=over 4
=back
-catfile
+maybe_command
-constants (o)
+guess_name
-static_lib (o)
+macify
-dynamic_bs (o)
+patternify
-dynamic_lib (o)
+init_main
-canonpath
+init_others
-perl_script
+init_platform, platform_constants
-pm_to_blib
+init_dirscan
-test_via_harness (o)
+init_VERSION (o)
-tool_autosplit (override)
+special_targets (o)
-tools_other (o)
+static (o)
-xs_o (o)
+dlsyms (o)
-top_targets (o)
+dynamic (o)
-htmlifypods (o)
+clean (o)
-manifypods (o)
+clean_subdirs_target
-dist_ci (o)
+realclean (o)
-dist_core (o)
+realclean_subdirs_target
-pasthru (o)
+rulez (o)
+
+processPL (o)
+
+os_flavor
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_NW5 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+os_flavor
+
+init_platform (o), platform_constants
+
+const_cccmd (o)
+
+static_lib (o)
+
+dynamic_lib (o)
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_OS2 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=item METHODS
+init_dist (o)
+
=back
-perl_archive_after
+init_linker
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+os_flavor
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_UWIN - U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item METHODS
-
=over 4
-=item Preloaded methods
+=item Overridden methods
-canonpath
+os_flavor
=back
=back
-catdir
+B<replace_manpage_separator>
-catfile
+=over 4
-curdir
+=item AUTHOR
-rootdir
+=item SEE ALSO
-updir
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=over 4
-=item SelfLoaded methods
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
-c_o (o)
+=item METHODS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Methods
+
+os_flavor (o)
=back
+c_o (o)
+
cflags (o)
clean (o)
+clean_subdirs_target
+
const_cccmd (o)
const_config (o)
depend (o)
-dir_target (o)
+dir_target B<DEPRECATED>
+
+init_DEST
+
+init_dist
dist (o)
dist_core (o)
-dist_dir (o)
+B<dist_target>
-dist_test (o)
+B<tardist_target>
+
+B<zipdist_target>
+
+B<tarfile_target>
+
+zipfile_target
+
+uutardist_target
+
+shdist_target
+
+distdir
+
+dist_test
dlsyms (o)
extliblist
-file_name_is_absolute
-
find_perl
+find_tests
+
=over 4
=item Methods to actually produce chunks of text for the Makefile
fixin
-=back
+=back
+
+force (o)
+
+guess_name
+
+has_link_code
+
+init_dirscan
+
+init_DIRFILESEP
+
+init_main
+
+init_others
+
+init_INST
-force (o)
+init_INSTALL
-guess_name
+init_linker
-has_link_code
+init_lib2arch
-htmlifypods (o)
+init_PERL
-init_dirscan
+init_platform (o), platform_constants (o)
-init_main
+init_PERM
-init_others
+init_xs
install (o)
installbin (o)
-libscan (o)
-
linkext (o)
lsdir
makefile (o)
-manifypods (o)
-
maybe_command
-maybe_command_in_dirs
-
needs_linking (o)
nicetext
-parse_version
-
parse_abstract
-pasthru (o)
+parse_version
-path
+pasthru (o)
perl_script
perldepend (o)
-ppd
-
perm_rw (o)
perm_rwx (o)
postamble (o)
+ppd
+
prefixify
processPL (o)
realclean (o)
+realclean_subdirs_target
+
replace_manpage_separator
+oneliner (o)
+
+quote_literal
+
+escape_newlines
+
+max_exec_len
+
static (o)
static_lib (o)
test (o)
-test_via_harness (o)
-
-test_via_script (o)
+test_via_harness (override)
-tool_autosplit (o)
+test_via_script (override)
tools_other (o)
tool_xsubpp (o)
+all_target
+
top_targets (o)
writedoc
xs_o (o)
-perl_archive
-
-perl_archive_after
-
-export_list
-
=over 4
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-rootdir (override)
-
=over 4
-=item SelfLoaded methods
+=item Methods
guess_name (override)
find_perl (override)
-path (override)
-
maybe_command (override)
-maybe_command_in_dirs (override)
-
perl_script (override)
-file_name_is_absolute (override)
-
replace_manpage_separator
+init_DEST
+
+init_DIRFILESEP
+
+init_main (override)
+
init_others (override)
+init_platform (override)
+
+platform_constants
+
+init_VERSION (override)
+
constants (override)
+special_targets
+
cflags (override)
const_cccmd (override)
-pm_to_blib (override)
-
-tool_autosplit (override)
-
tool_sxubpp (override)
-xsubpp_version (override)
-
tools_other (override)
-dist (override)
+init_dist (override)
c_o (override)
xs_o (override)
-top_targets (override)
-
dlsyms (override)
dynamic_lib (override)
static_lib (override)
-manifypods (override)
-
processPL (override)
installbin (override)
clean (override)
-realclean (override)
-
-dist_basics (override)
+clean_subdirs_target
-dist_core (override)
+realclean (override)
-dist_dir (override)
+zipfile_target (o), tarfile_target (o), shdist_target (o)
dist_test (override)
makefile (override)
-test (override)
-
-test_via_harness (override)
+find_tests (override)
-test_via_script (override)
+test (override)
makeaperl (override)
nicetext (override)
+prefixify (override)
+
+oneliner (o)
+
+B<echo> (o)
+
+quote_literal
+
+escape_newlines
+
+max_exec_len
+
+init_linker (o)
+
+eliminate_macros
+
+fixpath
+
+os_flavor
+
+blibdirs_target (override)
+
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=back
-catfile
+=over 4
-constants (o)
+=item Overridden methods
-static_lib (o)
+B<dlsyms>
-dynamic_bs (o)
+=back
+
+replace_manpage_separator
+
+B<maybe_command>
+
+B<find_tests>
+
+B<init_DIRFILESEP>
+
+B<init_others>
+
+init_platform (o), platform_constants (o)
+
+special_targets (o)
+
+static_lib (o)
dynamic_lib (o)
-canonpath
+clean
+
+init_linker
perl_script
-pm_to_blib
+xs_o (o)
-test_via_harness (o)
+pasthru (o)
-tool_autosplit (override)
+oneliner (o)
-tools_other (o)
+max_exec_len
-xs_o (o)
+os_flavor
-top_targets (o)
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win95 - method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X
-htmlifypods (o)
+=over 4
-manifypods (o)
+=item SYNOPSIS
-dist_ci (o)
+=item DESCRIPTION
-dist_core (o)
+=over 4
-pasthru (o)
+=item Overriden methods
+
+dist_test
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+subdir_x
+
+xs_c
+
+xs_cpp
+
+xs_o
+
+clean_subdirs_target
+
+realclean_subdirs_target
+
+max_exec_len
+
+os_flavor
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MY - ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
-=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - create an extension Makefile
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Create a module Makefile
=over 4
=item Using Attributes and Parameters
ABSTRACT, ABSTRACT_FROM, AUTHOR, BINARY_LOCATION, C, CCFLAGS, CONFIG,
-CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DIR, DISTNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, EXCLUDE_EXT,
-EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, FUNCLIST, H, HTMLLIBPODS,
-HTMLSCRIPTPODS, IMPORTS, INC, INCLUDE_EXT, INSTALLARCHLIB, INSTALLBIN,
-INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLHTMLPRIVLIBDIR, INSTALLHTMLSCRIPTDIR,
-INSTALLHTMLSITELIBDIR, INSTALLMAN1DIR, INSTALLMAN3DIR, INSTALLPRIVLIB,
-INSTALLSCRIPT, INSTALLSITEARCH, INSTALLSITELIB, INST_ARCHLIB, INST_BIN,
-INST_EXE, INST_HTMLLIBDIR, INST_HTMLSCRIPTDIR, INST_LIB, INST_MAN1DIR,
-INST_MAN3DIR, INST_SCRIPT, LDFROM, LIB, LIBPERL_A, LIBS, LINKTYPE,
-MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET, MYEXTLIB, NAME,
-NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, NO_VC, OBJECT, OPTIMIZE, PERL, PERL_CORE,
-PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB, PERL_MALLOC_OK, PERLRUN, PERM_RW,
+CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DESTDIR, DIR, DISTNAME, DISTVNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS,
+EXCLUDE_EXT, EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, FULLPERLRUN,
+FULLPERLRUNINST, FUNCLIST, H, IMPORTS, INC, INCLUDE_EXT, INSTALLARCHLIB,
+INSTALLBIN, INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLMAN1DIR, INSTALLMAN3DIR, INSTALLPRIVLIB,
+INSTALLSCRIPT, INSTALLSITEARCH, INSTALLSITEBIN, INSTALLSITELIB,
+INSTALLSITEMAN1DIR, INSTALLSITEMAN3DIR, INSTALLVENDORARCH,
+INSTALLVENDORBIN, INSTALLVENDORLIB, INSTALLVENDORMAN1DIR,
+INSTALLVENDORMAN3DIR, INST_ARCHLIB, INST_BIN, INST_LIB, INST_MAN1DIR,
+INST_MAN3DIR, INST_SCRIPT, LD, LDDLFLAGS, LDFROM, LIB, LIBPERL_A, LIBS,
+LINKTYPE, MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE_OLD, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET,
+MYEXTLIB, NAME, NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, NO_META, NO_VC, OBJECT,
+OPTIMIZE, PERL, PERL_CORE, PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB,
+PERL_MALLOC_OK, PERLPREFIX, PERLRUN, PERLRUNINST, PERL_SRC, PERM_RW,
PERM_RWX, PL_FILES, PM, PMLIBDIRS, PM_FILTER, POLLUTE, PPM_INSTALL_EXEC,
-PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX, PREREQ_PM, PREREQ_FATAL, PREREQ_PRINT,
-PRINT_PREREQ, SKIP, TEST_LIBS, VERSION, VERSION_FROM, XS, XSOPT,
-XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION
+PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX, PREREQ_FATAL, PREREQ_PM, PREREQ_PRINT,
+PRINT_PREREQ, SITEPREFIX, SIGN, SKIP, TYPEMAPS, VENDORPREFIX, VERBINST,
+VERSION, VERSION_FROM, VERSION_SYM, XS, XSOPT, XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION
=item Additional lowercase attributes
-clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, linkext, macro, realclean, test,
-tool_autosplit
+clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, linkext, macro, postamble, realclean,
+test, tool_autosplit
=item Overriding MakeMaker Methods
+=item The End Of Cargo Cult Programming
+
+C<<MAN3PODS => ' '>>
+
=item Hintsfile support
=item Distribution Support
make distcheck, make skipcheck, make distclean, make manifest,
- make distdir, make tardist, make dist, make uutardist, make
-shdist, make zipdist, make ci
+ make distdir, make disttest, make tardist, make dist, make
+uutardist, make shdist, make zipdist, make ci
+
+=item Module Meta-Data
=item Disabling an extension
+=item Other Handy Functions
+
+prompt
+
=back
=item ENVIRONMENT
=item AUTHORS
+=item LICENSE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions About
+MakeMaker
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Module Installation
+
+How do I keep from installing man pages?, How do I use a module without
+installing it?
+
+=item Philosophy and History
+
+Why not just use <insert other build config tool here>?, What is
+Module::Build and how does it relate to MakeMaker?, pure perl. no make, no
+shell commands, easier to customize, cleaner internals, less cruft
+
+=item Module Writing
+
+How do I keep my $VERSION up to date without resetting it manually?, What's
+this F<META.yml> thing and how did it get in my F<MANIFEST>?!
+
+=item XS
+
+How to I prevent "object version X.XX does not match bootstrap parameter
+Y.YY" errors?, How do I make two or more XS files coexist in the same
+directory?
+
+=back
+
+=item PATCHING
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial - Writing a module with MakeMaker
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item The Mantra
+
+=item The Layout
+
+Makefile.PL, MANIFEST, lib/, t/, Changes, README, INSTALL, MANIFEST.SKIP,
+bin/
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes - Version-agnostic bytes.pm
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish - Platform-agnostic vmsish.pm
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
=back
=head2 ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item Functions
+
+mkmanifest
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+manifind
+
+manicheck
+
+filecheck
+
+fullcheck
+
+skipcheck
+
+maniread
+
+manicopy
+
+maniadd
+
+=over 4
+
+=item MANIFEST
+
=item MANIFEST.SKIP
=item EXPORT_OK
=item GLOBAL VARIABLES
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
=item DIAGNOSTICS
-C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>, C<MANIFEST:> I<$!>,
-C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
+C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>, C<Skipping> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>,
+C<MANIFEST:> I<$!>, C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
=item ENVIRONMENT
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item HISTORY
+
=back
=head2 File::Compare - Compare files or filehandles
=item NOTES
+=item BUGS AND CAVEATS
+
=item HISTORY
=back
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
=item AUTHORS
=back
=back
+canonpath
+
+file_name_is_absolute
+
+tmpdir (override)
+
=head2 File::Spec::Epoc - methods for Epoc file specs
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-devnull
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-tmpdir
-
-path
-
-canonpath()
-
-splitpath
-
-splitdir
-
-catpath
-
-abs2rel
-
-rel2abs()
+canonpath()
=over 4
=back
-canonpath
-
-splitpath
-
-splitdir
-
-catpath
-
=head2 File::Spec::OS2 - methods for OS/2 file specs
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+tmpdir, splitpath
+
=back
=head2 File::Spec::Unix - File::Spec for Unix, base for other File::Spec
=over 4
+=item Note For File::Spec::Win32 Maintainers
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
=over 4
+=item OO INTERFACE
+
+B<new>
+
+=back
+
+B<filename>
+
+B<DESTROY>
+
+=over 4
+
=item FUNCTIONS
B<tempfile>
=back
+B<cmpstat>
+
+B<unlink1>
+
=over 4
=item PACKAGE VARIABLES
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item BUGS
+
=item NOTE
=item AUTHOR
=item DESCRIPTION
+cacheout EXPR, cacheout MODE, EXPR
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
=item BUGS
+=item NOTES
+
=back
=head2 FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles
=item Summary of Option Specifications
-!, +, s, i, o, f, : I<type> [ I<desttype> ]
+!, +, s, i, o, f, : I<type> [ I<desttype> ], : I<number> [ I<desttype> ], :
++ [ I<desttype> ]
=back
=item Object oriented interface
+=item Thread Safety
+
=item Documentation and help texts
=item Storing options in a hash
default, posix_default, auto_abbrev, getopt_compat, gnu_compat, gnu_getopt,
require_order, permute, bundling (default: disabled), bundling_override
(default: disabled), ignore_case (default: enabled), ignore_case_always
-(default: disabled), pass_through (default: disabled), prefix,
+(default: disabled), auto_version (default:disabled), auto_help
+(default:disabled), pass_through (default: disabled), prefix,
prefix_pattern, debug (default: disabled)
+=item Exportable Methods
+
+VersionMessage, C<-message>, C<-msg>, C<-exitval>, C<-output>, HelpMessage
+
=item Return values and Errors
=item Legacy
=over 4
-=item Warning: Ignoring '!' modifier for short option
-
=item GetOptions does not return a false result when an option is not
supplied
=item GetOptions does not split the command line correctly
+=item Undefined subroutine &main::GetOptions called
+
=item How do I put a "-?" option into a Getopt::Long?
=back
=back
-=head2 Getopt::Std, getopt - Process single-character switches with switch
-clustering
+=head2 Getopt::Std, getopt, getopts - Process single-character switches
+with switch clustering
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item C<--help> and C<--version>
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Hash::Util - A selection of general-utility hash subroutines
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item Restricted hashes
+
+lock_keys, unlock_keys
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+lock_value, unlock_value
+
+B<lock_hash>, B<unlock_hash>
+
+B<hash_seed>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
=head2 I18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current
=item LIST OF LANGUAGES
-{ab} : Abkhazian, {ace} : Achinese, {ach} : Acoli, {ada} : Adangme, {aa} :
-Afar, {afh} : Afrihili, {af} : Afrikaans, [{afa} : Afro-Asiatic (Other)],
-{aka} : Akan, {akk} : Akkadian, {sq} : Albanian, {ale} : Aleut, [{alg} :
-Algonquian languages], [{tut} : Altaic (Other)], {am} : Amharic, {i-ami} :
-Ami, [{apa} : Apache languages], {ar} : Arabic, {arc} : Aramaic, {arp} :
-Arapaho, {arn} : Araucanian, {arw} : Arawak, {hy} : Armenian, [{art} :
-Artificial (Other)], {as} : Assamese, [{ath} : Athapascan languages],
-[{aus} : Australian languages], [{map} : Austronesian (Other)], {ava} :
-Avaric, {ae} : Avestan, {awa} : Awadhi, {ay} : Aymara, {az} : Azerbaijani,
-{ban} : Balinese, [{bat} : Baltic (Other)], {bal} : Baluchi, {bam} :
-Bambara, [{bai} : Bamileke languages], {bad} : Banda, [{bnt} : Bantu
-(Other)], {bas} : Basa, {ba} : Bashkir, {eu} : Basque, {btk} : Batak
-(Indonesia), {bej} : Beja, {be} : Belarusian, {bem} : Bemba, {bn} :
-Bengali, [{ber} : Berber (Other)], {bho} : Bhojpuri, {bh} : Bihari, {bik} :
-Bikol, {bin} : Bini, {bi} : Bislama, {bs} : Bosnian, {bra} : Braj, {br} :
-Breton, {bug} : Buginese, {bg} : Bulgarian, {i-bnn} : Bunun, {bua} :
-Buriat, {my} : Burmese, {cad} : Caddo, {car} : Carib, {ca} : Catalan,
-[{cau} : Caucasian (Other)], {ceb} : Cebuano, [{cel} : Celtic (Other)],
-[{cai} : Central American Indian (Other)], {chg} : Chagatai, [{cmc} :
-Chamic languages], {ch} : Chamorro, {ce} : Chechen, {chr} : Cherokee, {chy}
-: Cheyenne, {chb} : Chibcha, {ny} : Chichewa, {zh} : Chinese, {chn} :
-Chinook Jargon, {chp} : Chipewyan, {cho} : Choctaw, {cu} : Church Slavic,
-{chk} : Chuukese, {cv} : Chuvash, {cop} : Coptic, {kw} : Cornish, {co} :
-Corsican, {cre} : Cree, {mus} : Creek, [{cpe} : English-based Creoles and
-pidgins (Other)], [{cpf} : French-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)],
-[{cpp} : Portuguese-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{crp} : Creoles
-and pidgins (Other)], {hr} : Croatian, [{cus} : Cushitic (Other)], {cs} :
-Czech, {dak} : Dakota, {da} : Danish, {day} : Dayak, {i-default} : Default
-(Fallthru) Language, {del} : Delaware, {din} : Dinka, {div} : Divehi, {doi}
-: Dogri, {dgr} : Dogrib, [{dra} : Dravidian (Other)], {dua} : Duala, {nl} :
-Dutch, {dum} : Middle Dutch (ca.1050-1350), {dyu} : Dyula, {dz} : Dzongkha,
-{efi} : Efik, {egy} : Ancient Egyptian, {eka} : Ekajuk, {elx} : Elamite,
-{en} : English, {enm} : Old English (1100-1500), {ang} : Old English
-(ca.450-1100), {eo} : Esperanto, {et} : Estonian, {ewe} : Ewe, {ewo} :
-Ewondo, {fan} : Fang, {fat} : Fanti, {fo} : Faroese, {fj} : Fijian, {fi} :
-Finnish, [{fiu} : Finno-Ugrian (Other)], {fon} : Fon, {fr} : French, {frm}
-: Middle French (ca.1400-1600), {fro} : Old French (842-ca.1400), {fy} :
-Frisian, {fur} : Friulian, {ful} : Fulah, {gaa} : Ga, {gd} : Scots Gaelic,
-{gl} : Gallegan, {lug} : Ganda, {gay} : Gayo, {gba} : Gbaya, {gez} : Geez,
-{ka} : Georgian, {de} : German, {gmh} : Middle High German (ca.1050-1500),
-{goh} : Old High German (ca.750-1050), [{gem} : Germanic (Other)], {gil} :
-Gilbertese, {gon} : Gondi, {gor} : Gorontalo, {got} : Gothic, {grb} :
-Grebo, {grc} : Ancient Greek, {el} : Modern Greek, {gn} : Guarani, {gu} :
-Gujarati, {gwi} : Gwich'in, {hai} : Haida, {ha} : Hausa, {haw} : Hawaiian,
+{ab} : Abkhazian, {ace} : Achinese, {ach} : Acoli, {ada} : Adangme, {ady} :
+Adyghe, {aa} : Afar, {afh} : Afrihili, {af} : Afrikaans, [{afa} :
+Afro-Asiatic (Other)], {ak} : Akan, {akk} : Akkadian, {sq} : Albanian,
+{ale} : Aleut, [{alg} : Algonquian languages], [{tut} : Altaic (Other)],
+{am} : Amharic, {i-ami} : Ami, [{apa} : Apache languages], {ar} : Arabic,
+{arc} : Aramaic, {arp} : Arapaho, {arn} : Araucanian, {arw} : Arawak, {hy}
+: Armenian, {an} : Aragonese, [{art} : Artificial (Other)], {ast} :
+Asturian, {as} : Assamese, [{ath} : Athapascan languages], [{aus} :
+Australian languages], [{map} : Austronesian (Other)], {av} : Avaric, {ae}
+: Avestan, {awa} : Awadhi, {ay} : Aymara, {az} : Azerbaijani, {ban} :
+Balinese, [{bat} : Baltic (Other)], {bal} : Baluchi, {bm} : Bambara, [{bai}
+: Bamileke languages], {bad} : Banda, [{bnt} : Bantu (Other)], {bas} :
+Basa, {ba} : Bashkir, {eu} : Basque, {btk} : Batak (Indonesia), {bej} :
+Beja, {be} : Belarusian, {bem} : Bemba, {bn} : Bengali, [{ber} : Berber
+(Other)], {bho} : Bhojpuri, {bh} : Bihari, {bik} : Bikol, {bin} : Bini,
+{bi} : Bislama, {bs} : Bosnian, {bra} : Braj, {br} : Breton, {bug} :
+Buginese, {bg} : Bulgarian, {i-bnn} : Bunun, {bua} : Buriat, {my} :
+Burmese, {cad} : Caddo, {car} : Carib, {ca} : Catalan, [{cau} : Caucasian
+(Other)], {ceb} : Cebuano, [{cel} : Celtic (Other)], [{cai} : Central
+American Indian (Other)], {chg} : Chagatai, [{cmc} : Chamic languages],
+{ch} : Chamorro, {ce} : Chechen, {chr} : Cherokee, {chy} : Cheyenne, {chb}
+: Chibcha, {ny} : Chichewa, {zh} : Chinese, {chn} : Chinook Jargon, {chp} :
+Chipewyan, {cho} : Choctaw, {cu} : Church Slavic, {chk} : Chuukese, {cv} :
+Chuvash, {cop} : Coptic, {kw} : Cornish, {co} : Corsican, {cr} : Cree,
+{mus} : Creek, [{cpe} : English-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{cpf}
+: French-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{cpp} : Portuguese-based
+Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{crp} : Creoles and pidgins (Other)], {hr} :
+Croatian, [{cus} : Cushitic (Other)], {cs} : Czech, {dak} : Dakota, {da} :
+Danish, {dar} : Dargwa, {day} : Dayak, {i-default} : Default (Fallthru)
+Language, {del} : Delaware, {din} : Dinka, {dv} : Divehi, {doi} : Dogri,
+{dgr} : Dogrib, [{dra} : Dravidian (Other)], {dua} : Duala, {nl} : Dutch,
+{dum} : Middle Dutch (ca.1050-1350), {dyu} : Dyula, {dz} : Dzongkha, {efi}
+: Efik, {egy} : Ancient Egyptian, {eka} : Ekajuk, {elx} : Elamite, {en} :
+English, {enm} : Old English (1100-1500), {ang} : Old English
+(ca.450-1100), {i-enochian} : Enochian (Artificial), {myv} : Erzya, {eo} :
+Esperanto, {et} : Estonian, {ee} : Ewe, {ewo} : Ewondo, {fan} : Fang, {fat}
+: Fanti, {fo} : Faroese, {fj} : Fijian, {fi} : Finnish, [{fiu} :
+Finno-Ugrian (Other)], {fon} : Fon, {fr} : French, {frm} : Middle French
+(ca.1400-1600), {fro} : Old French (842-ca.1400), {fy} : Frisian, {fur} :
+Friulian, {ff} : Fulah, {gaa} : Ga, {gd} : Scots Gaelic, {gl} : Gallegan,
+{lg} : Ganda, {gay} : Gayo, {gba} : Gbaya, {gez} : Geez, {ka} : Georgian,
+{de} : German, {gmh} : Middle High German (ca.1050-1500), {goh} : Old High
+German (ca.750-1050), [{gem} : Germanic (Other)], {gil} : Gilbertese, {gon}
+: Gondi, {gor} : Gorontalo, {got} : Gothic, {grb} : Grebo, {grc} : Ancient
+Greek, {el} : Modern Greek, {gn} : Guarani, {gu} : Gujarati, {gwi} :
+Gwich'in, {hai} : Haida, {ht} : Haitian, {ha} : Hausa, {haw} : Hawaiian,
{he} : Hebrew, {hz} : Herero, {hil} : Hiligaynon, {him} : Himachali, {hi} :
Hindi, {ho} : Hiri Motu, {hit} : Hittite, {hmn} : Hmong, {hu} : Hungarian,
-{hup} : Hupa, {iba} : Iban, {is} : Icelandic, {ibo} : Igbo, {ijo} : Ijo,
-{ilo} : Iloko, [{inc} : Indic (Other)], [{ine} : Indo-European (Other)],
-{id} : Indonesian, {ia} : Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language
-Association), {ie} : Interlingue, {iu} : Inuktitut, {ik} : Inupiaq, [{ira}
-: Iranian (Other)], {ga} : Irish, {mga} : Middle Irish (900-1200), {sga} :
-Old Irish (to 900), [{iro} : Iroquoian languages], {it} : Italian, {ja} :
-Japanese, {jw} : Javanese, {jrb} : Judeo-Arabic, {jpr} : Judeo-Persian,
-{kab} : Kabyle, {kac} : Kachin, {kl} : Kalaallisut, {kam} : Kamba, {kn} :
-Kannada, {kau} : Kanuri, {kaa} : Kara-Kalpak, {kar} : Karen, {ks} :
-Kashmiri, {kaw} : Kawi, {kk} : Kazakh, {kha} : Khasi, {km} : Khmer, [{khi}
-: Khoisan (Other)], {kho} : Khotanese, {ki} : Kikuyu, {kmb} : Kimbundu,
-{rw} : Kinyarwanda, {ky} : Kirghiz, {i-klingon} : Klingon, {kv} : Komi,
-{kon} : Kongo, {kok} : Konkani, {ko} : Korean, {kos} : Kosraean, {kpe} :
-Kpelle, {kro} : Kru, {kj} : Kuanyama, {kum} : Kumyk, {ku} : Kurdish, {kru}
-: Kurukh, {kut} : Kutenai, {lad} : Ladino, {lah} : Lahnda, {lam} : Lamba,
-{lo} : Lao, {la} : Latin, {lv} : Latvian, {lb} : Letzeburgesch, {lez} :
-Lezghian, {ln} : Lingala, {lt} : Lithuanian, {nds} : Low German, {loz} :
-Lozi, {lub} : Luba-Katanga, {lua} : Luba-Lulua, {lui} : Luiseno, {lun} :
-Lunda, {luo} : Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), {lus} : Lushai, {mk} : Macedonian,
-{mad} : Madurese, {mag} : Magahi, {mai} : Maithili, {mak} : Makasar, {mg} :
-Malagasy, {ms} : Malay, {ml} : Malayalam, {mt} : Maltese, {mnc} : Manchu,
-{mdr} : Mandar, {man} : Mandingo, {mni} : Manipuri, [{mno} : Manobo
-languages], {gv} : Manx, {mi} : Maori, {mr} : Marathi, {chm} : Mari, {mh} :
-Marshall, {mwr} : Marwari, {mas} : Masai, [{myn} : Mayan languages], {men}
-: Mende, {mic} : Micmac, {min} : Minangkabau, {i-mingo} : Mingo, [{mis} :
-Miscellaneous languages], {moh} : Mohawk, {mo} : Moldavian, [{mkh} :
-Mon-Khmer (Other)], {lol} : Mongo, {mn} : Mongolian, {mos} : Mossi, [{mul}
-: Multiple languages], [{mun} : Munda languages], {nah} : Nahuatl, {na} :
-Nauru, {nv} : Navajo, {nd} : North Ndebele, {nr} : South Ndebele, {ng} :
-Ndonga, {ne} : Nepali, {new} : Newari, {nia} : Nias, [{nic} :
+{hup} : Hupa, {iba} : Iban, {is} : Icelandic, {io} : Ido, {ig} : Igbo,
+{ijo} : Ijo, {ilo} : Iloko, [{inc} : Indic (Other)], [{ine} : Indo-European
+(Other)], {id} : Indonesian, {inh} : Ingush, {ia} : Interlingua
+(International Auxiliary Language Association), {ie} : Interlingue, {iu} :
+Inuktitut, {ik} : Inupiaq, [{ira} : Iranian (Other)], {ga} : Irish, {mga} :
+Middle Irish (900-1200), {sga} : Old Irish (to 900), [{iro} : Iroquoian
+languages], {it} : Italian, {ja} : Japanese, {jv} : Javanese, {jrb} :
+Judeo-Arabic, {jpr} : Judeo-Persian, {kbd} : Kabardian, {kab} : Kabyle,
+{kac} : Kachin, {kl} : Kalaallisut, {xal} : Kalmyk, {kam} : Kamba, {kn} :
+Kannada, {kr} : Kanuri, {krc} : Karachay-Balkar, {kaa} : Kara-Kalpak, {kar}
+: Karen, {ks} : Kashmiri, {csb} : Kashubian, {kaw} : Kawi, {kk} : Kazakh,
+{kha} : Khasi, {km} : Khmer, [{khi} : Khoisan (Other)], {kho} : Khotanese,
+{ki} : Kikuyu, {kmb} : Kimbundu, {rw} : Kinyarwanda, {ky} : Kirghiz,
+{i-klingon} : Klingon, {kv} : Komi, {kg} : Kongo, {kok} : Konkani, {ko} :
+Korean, {kos} : Kosraean, {kpe} : Kpelle, {kro} : Kru, {kj} : Kuanyama,
+{kum} : Kumyk, {ku} : Kurdish, {kru} : Kurukh, {kut} : Kutenai, {lad} :
+Ladino, {lah} : Lahnda, {lam} : Lamba, {lo} : Lao, {la} : Latin, {lv} :
+Latvian, {lb} : Letzeburgesch, {lez} : Lezghian, {li} : Limburgish, {ln} :
+Lingala, {lt} : Lithuanian, {nds} : Low German, {art-lojban} : Lojban
+(Artificial), {loz} : Lozi, {lu} : Luba-Katanga, {lua} : Luba-Lulua, {lui}
+: Luiseno, {lun} : Lunda, {luo} : Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), {lus} : Lushai,
+{mk} : Macedonian, {mad} : Madurese, {mag} : Magahi, {mai} : Maithili,
+{mak} : Makasar, {mg} : Malagasy, {ms} : Malay, {ml} : Malayalam, {mt} :
+Maltese, {mnc} : Manchu, {mdr} : Mandar, {man} : Mandingo, {mni} :
+Manipuri, [{mno} : Manobo languages], {gv} : Manx, {mi} : Maori, {mr} :
+Marathi, {chm} : Mari, {mh} : Marshall, {mwr} : Marwari, {mas} : Masai,
+[{myn} : Mayan languages], {men} : Mende, {mic} : Micmac, {min} :
+Minangkabau, {i-mingo} : Mingo, [{mis} : Miscellaneous languages], {moh} :
+Mohawk, {mdf} : Moksha, {mo} : Moldavian, [{mkh} : Mon-Khmer (Other)],
+{lol} : Mongo, {mn} : Mongolian, {mos} : Mossi, [{mul} : Multiple
+languages], [{mun} : Munda languages], {nah} : Nahuatl, {nap} : Neapolitan,
+{na} : Nauru, {nv} : Navajo, {nd} : North Ndebele, {nr} : South Ndebele,
+{ng} : Ndonga, {ne} : Nepali, {new} : Newari, {nia} : Nias, [{nic} :
Niger-Kordofanian (Other)], [{ssa} : Nilo-Saharan (Other)], {niu} : Niuean,
-{non} : Old Norse, [{nai} : North American Indian], {se} : Northern Sami,
-{no} : Norwegian, {nb} : Norwegian Bokmal, {nn} : Norwegian Nynorsk, [{nub}
-: Nubian languages], {nym} : Nyamwezi, {nyn} : Nyankole, {nyo} : Nyoro,
-{nzi} : Nzima, {oc} : Occitan (post 1500), {oji} : Ojibwa, {or} : Oriya,
-{om} : Oromo, {osa} : Osage, {os} : Ossetian; Ossetic, [{oto} : Otomian
+{nog} : Nogai, {non} : Old Norse, [{nai} : North American Indian], {no} :
+Norwegian, {nb} : Norwegian Bokmal, {nn} : Norwegian Nynorsk, [{nub} :
+Nubian languages], {nym} : Nyamwezi, {nyn} : Nyankole, {nyo} : Nyoro, {nzi}
+: Nzima, {oc} : Occitan (post 1500), {oj} : Ojibwa, {or} : Oriya, {om} :
+Oromo, {osa} : Osage, {os} : Ossetian; Ossetic, [{oto} : Otomian
languages], {pal} : Pahlavi, {i-pwn} : Paiwan, {pau} : Palauan, {pi} :
Pali, {pam} : Pampanga, {pag} : Pangasinan, {pa} : Panjabi, {pap} :
Papiamento, [{paa} : Papuan (Other)], {fa} : Persian, {peo} : Old Persian
Raeto-Romance, {raj} : Rajasthani, {rap} : Rapanui, {rar} : Rarotongan,
[{qaa - qtz} : Reserved for local use.], [{roa} : Romance (Other)], {ro} :
Romanian, {rom} : Romany, {rn} : Rundi, {ru} : Russian, [{sal} : Salishan
-languages], {sam} : Samaritan Aramaic, [{smi} : Sami languages (Other)],
-{sm} : Samoan, {sad} : Sandawe, {sg} : Sango, {sa} : Sanskrit, {sat} :
-Santali, {sc} : Sardinian, {sas} : Sasak, {sco} : Scots, {sel} : Selkup,
-[{sem} : Semitic (Other)], {sr} : Serbian, {srr} : Serer, {shn} : Shan,
-{sn} : Shona, {sid} : Sidamo, {sgn-...} : Sign Languages, {bla} : Siksika,
-{sd} : Sindhi, {si} : Sinhalese, [{sit} : Sino-Tibetan (Other)], [{sio} :
-Siouan languages], {den} : Slave (Athapascan), [{sla} : Slavic (Other)],
-{sk} : Slovak, {sl} : Slovenian, {sog} : Sogdian, {so} : Somali, {son} :
-Songhai, {snk} : Soninke, {wen} : Sorbian languages, {nso} : Northern
-Sotho, {st} : Southern Sotho, [{sai} : South American Indian (Other)], {es}
-: Spanish, {suk} : Sukuma, {sux} : Sumerian, {su} : Sundanese, {sus} :
-Susu, {sw} : Swahili, {ss} : Swati, {sv} : Swedish, {syr} : Syriac, {tl} :
-Tagalog, {ty} : Tahitian, [{tai} : Tai (Other)], {tg} : Tajik, {tmh} :
-Tamashek, {ta} : Tamil, {i-tao} : Tao, {tt} : Tatar, {i-tay} : Tayal, {te}
-: Telugu, {ter} : Tereno, {tet} : Tetum, {th} : Thai, {bo} : Tibetan, {tig}
-: Tigre, {ti} : Tigrinya, {tem} : Timne, {tiv} : Tiv, {tli} : Tlingit,
-{tpi} : Tok Pisin, {tkl} : Tokelau, {tog} : Tonga (Nyasa), {to} : Tonga
-(Tonga Islands), {tsi} : Tsimshian, {ts} : Tsonga, {i-tsu} : Tsou, {tn} :
-Tswana, {tum} : Tumbuka, {tr} : Turkish, {ota} : Ottoman Turkish
-(1500-1928), {tk} : Turkmen, {tvl} : Tuvalu, {tyv} : Tuvinian, {tw} : Twi,
-{uga} : Ugaritic, {ug} : Uighur, {uk} : Ukrainian, {umb} : Umbundu, {und} :
-Undetermined, {ur} : Urdu, {uz} : Uzbek, {vai} : Vai, {ven} : Venda, {vi} :
-Vietnamese, {vo} : Volapuk, {vot} : Votic, [{wak} : Wakashan languages],
-{wal} : Walamo, {war} : Waray, {was} : Washo, {cy} : Welsh, {wo} : Wolof,
-{x-...} : Unregistered (Semi-Private Use), {xh} : Xhosa, {sah} : Yakut,
-{yao} : Yao, {yap} : Yapese, {yi} : Yiddish, {yo} : Yoruba, [{ypk} : Yupik
-languages], {znd} : Zande, [{zap} : Zapotec], {zen} : Zenaga, {za} :
-Zhuang, {zu} : Zulu, {zun} : Zuni
+languages], {sam} : Samaritan Aramaic, {se} : Northern Sami, {sma} :
+Southern Sami, {smn} : Inari Sami, {smj} : Lule Sami, {sms} : Skolt Sami,
+[{smi} : Sami languages (Other)], {sm} : Samoan, {sad} : Sandawe, {sg} :
+Sango, {sa} : Sanskrit, {sat} : Santali, {sc} : Sardinian, {sas} : Sasak,
+{sco} : Scots, {sel} : Selkup, [{sem} : Semitic (Other)], {sr} : Serbian,
+{srr} : Serer, {shn} : Shan, {sn} : Shona, {sid} : Sidamo, {sgn-...} : Sign
+Languages, {bla} : Siksika, {sd} : Sindhi, {si} : Sinhalese, [{sit} :
+Sino-Tibetan (Other)], [{sio} : Siouan languages], {den} : Slave
+(Athapascan), [{sla} : Slavic (Other)], {sk} : Slovak, {sl} : Slovenian,
+{sog} : Sogdian, {so} : Somali, {son} : Songhai, {snk} : Soninke, {wen} :
+Sorbian languages, {nso} : Northern Sotho, {st} : Southern Sotho, [{sai} :
+South American Indian (Other)], {es} : Spanish, {suk} : Sukuma, {sux} :
+Sumerian, {su} : Sundanese, {sus} : Susu, {sw} : Swahili, {ss} : Swati,
+{sv} : Swedish, {syr} : Syriac, {tl} : Tagalog, {ty} : Tahitian, [{tai} :
+Tai (Other)], {tg} : Tajik, {tmh} : Tamashek, {ta} : Tamil, {i-tao} : Tao,
+{tt} : Tatar, {i-tay} : Tayal, {te} : Telugu, {ter} : Tereno, {tet} :
+Tetum, {th} : Thai, {bo} : Tibetan, {tig} : Tigre, {ti} : Tigrinya, {tem} :
+Timne, {tiv} : Tiv, {tli} : Tlingit, {tpi} : Tok Pisin, {tkl} : Tokelau,
+{tog} : Tonga (Nyasa), {to} : Tonga (Tonga Islands), {tsi} : Tsimshian,
+{ts} : Tsonga, {i-tsu} : Tsou, {tn} : Tswana, {tum} : Tumbuka, [{tup} :
+Tupi languages], {tr} : Turkish, {ota} : Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928), {crh}
+: Crimean Turkish, {tk} : Turkmen, {tvl} : Tuvalu, {tyv} : Tuvinian, {tw} :
+Twi, {udm} : Udmurt, {uga} : Ugaritic, {ug} : Uighur, {uk} : Ukrainian,
+{umb} : Umbundu, {und} : Undetermined, {ur} : Urdu, {uz} : Uzbek, {vai} :
+Vai, {ve} : Venda, {vi} : Vietnamese, {vo} : Volapuk, {vot} : Votic, [{wak}
+: Wakashan languages], {wa} : Walloon, {wal} : Walamo, {war} : Waray, {was}
+: Washo, {cy} : Welsh, {wo} : Wolof, {x-...} : Unregistered (Semi-Private
+Use), {xh} : Xhosa, {sah} : Yakut, {yao} : Yao, {yap} : Yapese, {ii} :
+Sichuan Yi, {yi} : Yiddish, {yo} : Yoruba, [{ypk} : Yupik languages], {znd}
+: Zande, [{zap} : Zapotec], {zen} : Zenaga, {za} : Zhuang, {zu} : Zulu,
+{zun} : Zuni
=item SEE ALSO
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item DEPRECATED
+
=back
=head2 IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory handles
=item DESCRIPTION
new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (),
-rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
+rewind (), close (), tie %hash, 'IO::Dir', DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
=item SEE ALSO
=item METHODS
-open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] )
+open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), open( FILENAME, IOLAYERS )
=item SEE ALSO
add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read (
[ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ),
-count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, ERROR [, TIMEOUT ] )
+count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, EXCEPTION [, TIMEOUT ] )
=item EXAMPLE
=item DESCRIPTION
new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (),
-rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
+rewind (), close (), tie %hash, 'IO::Dir', DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
=item SEE ALSO
=item METHODS
-open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] )
+open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), open( FILENAME, IOLAYERS )
=item SEE ALSO
add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read (
[ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ),
-count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, ERROR [, TIMEOUT ] )
+count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, EXCEPTION [, TIMEOUT ] )
=item EXAMPLE
=item DESCRIPTION
-blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isweak EXPR, readonly SCALAR, reftype
-EXPR, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
+blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isvstring EXPR, isweak EXPR,
+looks_like_number EXPR, openhandle FH, refaddr EXPR, reftype EXPR,
+set_prototype CODEREF, PROTOTYPE, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
=item KNOWN BUGS
C<all_country_codes( [ CODESET ] )>, C<all_country_names( [ CODESET ] )>
-=item CODE ALIASING
+=item SEMI-PRIVATE ROUTINES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item alias_code
+
+=item rename_country
+
+=back
=item EXAMPLES
=item SEE ALSO
-Locale::Language, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, ISO 3166,
-http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/,
+Locale::Language, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, Locale::SubCountry, ISO
+3166-1, http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html,
http://www.egt.ie/standards/iso3166/iso3166-1-en.html,
-http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/app-f.html
+http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/app-d-1.html
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 Locale::Maketext -- framework for localization
+=head2 Locale::Maketext - framework for localization
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-encode_base64($str, [$eol]), decode_base64($str)
+encode_base64($str), encode_base64($str, $eol);, decode_base64($str)
=item DIAGNOSTICS
=item COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
=head2 MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding
=item DESCRIPTION
-encode_qp($str), decode_qp($str);
+encode_qp($str), encode_qp($str, $eol), decode_qp($str);
=item COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
=head2 MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable
=item DESCRIPTION
-encode_qp($str), decode_qp($str);
+encode_qp($str), encode_qp($str, $eol), decode_qp($str);
=item COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
=head2 Math::BigFloat - Arbitrary size floating point math package
=item Autocreating constants
+=over 4
+
+=item Math library
+
+=item Using Math::BigInt::Lite
+
+=back
+
=item BUGS
-=item CAVEAT
+=item CAVEATS
stringify, bstr(), bdiv, Modifying and =, bpow
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=item LICENSE
=item AUTHORS
=item DESCRIPTION
-Canonical notation, Input, Output
+Input, Output
+
+=item METHODS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item config
+
+=item accuracy
+
+=item precision
+
+=item brsft
+
+=item new
+
+=item bnan
+
+=item bzero
+
+=item binf
+
+=item bone
+
+=item is_one()/is_zero()/is_nan()/is_inf()
+
+=item is_pos()/is_neg()
+
+ $x->is_pos(); # true if >= 0
+ $x->is_neg(); # true if < 0
+
+=item is_odd()/is_even()/is_int()
+
+=item bcmp
+
+=item bacmp
+
+=item sign
+
+=item digit
+
+=item bneg
+
+=item babs
+
+=item bnorm
+
+=item bnot
+
+=item binc
+
+=item bdec
+
+=item badd
+
+=item bsub
+
+=item bmul
+
+=item bdiv
+
+=item bmod
+
+=item bmodinv
+
+=item bmodpow
+
+=item bpow
+
+=item blsft
+
+=item brsft
+
+=item band
+
+=item bior
+
+=item bxor
+
+=item bnot
+
+=item bsqrt
+
+=item bfac
+
+=item round
+
+=item bround
+
+=item bfround
+
+=item bfloor
+
+=item bceil
+
+=item bgcd
+
+=item blcm
+
+=item exponent
+
+=item mantissa
+
+=item parts
+
+=item copy
+
+=item as_int
+
+=item bsstr
+
+=item as_hex
+
+=item as_bin
+
+=back
=item ACCURACY and PRECISION
=item EXAMPLES
- use Math::BigInt;
+ use Math::BigInt;
+
+=item Autocreating constants
+
+=item PERFORMANCE
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Alternative math libraries
+
+=item SUBCLASSING
+
+=back
+
+=item Subclassing Math::BigInt
+
+=item UPGRADING
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Auto-upgrade
+
+bsqrt(), div(), blog()
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+broot() does not work, Out of Memory!, Fails to load Calc on Perl prior
+5.6.0
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
+bstr(), bsstr() and 'cmp', int(), length, bdiv, infinity handling,
+Modifying and =, bpow, Overloading -$x, Mixing different object types,
+bsqrt(), brsft()
+
+=item LICENSE
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Math::BigInt::Calc - Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item STORAGE
+
+=item METHODS
+
+=item WRAP YOUR OWN
+
+=item LICENSE
+
+This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
+under
+the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Math::BigInt::CalcEmu - Emulate low-level math with BigInt code
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item METHODS
+
+=item LICENSE
+
+This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
+under
+the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Math::BigRat - arbitrarily big rational numbers
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item MATH LIBRARY
+
+=back
+
+=item METHODS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item new()
+
+=item numerator()
+
+=item denominator()
+
+ $d = $x->denominator();
+
+=item parts()
+
+=item as_number()
+
+=item bfac()
-=item Autocreating constants
+=item blog()
-=item PERFORMANCE
+=item bround()/round()/bfround()
-=over 4
+=item bmod()
-=item Alternative math libraries
+=item is_one()
-=back
+=item is_zero()
-=item BUGS
+=item is_positive()
-Out of Memory!, Fails to load Calc on Perl prior 5.6.0
+=item is_negative()
-=item CAVEATS
+=item is_int()
-stringify, bstr(), bsstr() and 'cmp', int(), length, bdiv, infinity
-handling, Modifying and =, bpow, Overloading -$x, Mixing different object
-types, bsqrt()
+=item is_odd()
-=item LICENSE
+=item is_even()
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item bceil()
-=item AUTHORS
+=item bfloor()
-=back
+ $x->bfloor();
-=head2 Math::BigInt::Calc - Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
+=item bsqrt()
-=over 4
+ $x->bsqrt();
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item config
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-=item EXPORT
+=item BUGS
-=item WRAP YOUR OWN
+inf handling (partial), NaN handling (partial), rounding (not implemented
+except for bceil/bfloor), $x ** $y where $y is not an integer, bmod(),
+blog(), bmodinv() and bmodpow() (partial)
=item LICENSE
-This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
-under
-the same terms as Perl itself.
+=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHORS
-=item SEE ALSO
-
=back
=head2 Math::Complex - complex numbers and associated mathematical
=back
-=head2 Memoize - Make your functions faster by trading space for time
+=head2 Memoize - Make functions faster by trading space for time
=over 4
=back
-=head2 NEXT - Provide a pseudo-class NEXT that allows method redispatch
+=head2 NEXT - Provide a pseudo-class NEXT (et al) that allows method
+redispatch
=over 4
=item Avoiding repetitions
+=item Invoking all versions of a method with a single call
+
+=item Using C<EVERY> methods
+
=back
=item AUTHOR
debug_print ( DIR, TEXT ), debug_text ( TEXT ), command ( CMD [, ARGS, ...
]), unsupported (), response (), parse_response ( TEXT ), getline (),
-ungetline ( TEXT ), read_until_dot ()
+ungetline ( TEXT ), rawdatasend ( DATA ), read_until_dot (), tied_fh ()
=item EXPORTS
=item METHODS
login ([LOGIN [,PASSWORD [, ACCOUNT] ] ]), authorize ( [AUTH [, RESP]]),
-site (ARGS), type (TYPE [, ARGS]), ascii ([ARGS]) binary([ARGS])
-ebcdic([ARGS]) byte([ARGS]), rename ( OLDNAME, NEWNAME ), delete ( FILENAME
-), cwd ( [ DIR ] ), cdup (), pwd (), restart ( WHERE ), rmdir ( DIR ),
-mkdir ( DIR [, RECURSE ]), ls ( [ DIR ] ), dir ( [ DIR ] ), get (
-REMOTE_FILE [, LOCAL_FILE [, WHERE]] ), put ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ]
-), put_unique ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), append ( LOCAL_FILE [,
-REMOTE_FILE ] ), unique_name (), mdtm ( FILE ), size ( FILE ), supported (
-CMD ), hash ( [FILEHANDLE_GLOB_REF],[ BYTES_PER_HASH_MARK] ), nlst ( [ DIR
-] ), list ( [ DIR ] ), retr ( FILE ), stor ( FILE ), stou ( FILE ), appe (
-FILE ), port ( [ PORT ] ), pasv (), pasv_xfer ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [,
-DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_xfer_unique ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ),
-pasv_wait ( NON_PASV_SERVER ), abort (), quit ()
+site (ARGS), ascii, binary, rename ( OLDNAME, NEWNAME ), delete ( FILENAME
+), cwd ( [ DIR ] ), cdup (), pwd (), restart ( WHERE ), rmdir ( DIR [,
+RECURSE ]), mkdir ( DIR [, RECURSE ]), ls ( [ DIR ] ), alloc ( SIZE [,
+RECORD_SIZE] ), dir ( [ DIR ] ), get ( REMOTE_FILE [, LOCAL_FILE [, WHERE]]
+), put ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), put_unique ( LOCAL_FILE [,
+REMOTE_FILE ] ), append ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), unique_name (),
+mdtm ( FILE ), size ( FILE ), supported ( CMD ), hash (
+[FILEHANDLE_GLOB_REF],[ BYTES_PER_HASH_MARK] ), nlst ( [ DIR ] ), list ( [
+DIR ] ), retr ( FILE ), stor ( FILE ), stou ( FILE ), appe ( FILE ), port (
+[ PORT ] ), pasv (), pasv_xfer ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ),
+pasv_xfer_unique ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_wait (
+NON_PASV_SERVER ), abort (), quit ()
=over 4
=item UNIMPLEMENTED
-B<ALLO>, B<SMNT>, B<HELP>, B<MODE>, B<SYST>, B<STAT>, B<STRU>, B<REIN>
+B<SMNT>, B<HELP>, B<MODE>, B<SYST>, B<STAT>, B<STRU>, B<REIN>
=item REPORTING BUGS
=item USE EXAMPLES
-http://www.csh.rit.edu/~adam/Progs/autoftp-2.0.tar.gz
+http://www.csh.rit.edu/~adam/Progs/
=item CREDITS
=item METHODS
article ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), body ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), head (
-[ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), nntpstat ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), group ( [ GROUP ]
-), ihave ( MSGID [, MESSAGE ]), last (), date (), postok (), authinfo (
-USER, PASS ), list (), newgroups ( SINCE [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]), newnews (
-SINCE [, GROUPS [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]]), next (), post ( [ MESSAGE ] ), slave
-(), quit ()
+[ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), articlefh ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), bodyfh ( [
+MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), headfh ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), nntpstat ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ]
+), group ( [ GROUP ] ), ihave ( MSGID [, MESSAGE ]), last (), date (),
+postok (), authinfo ( USER, PASS ), list (), newgroups ( SINCE [,
+DISTRIBUTIONS ]), newnews ( SINCE [, GROUPS [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]]), next (),
+post ( [ MESSAGE ] ), postfh (), slave (), quit ()
=over 4
=back
-=head2 Net::POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1081)
+=head2 Net::POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1939)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXAMPLES
-
=item CONSTRUCTOR
new ( [ HOST, ] [ OPTIONS ] )
=item METHODS
-user ( USER ), pass ( PASS ), login ( [ USER [, PASS ]] ), apop ( USER,
-PASS ), top ( MSGNUM [, NUMLINES ] ), list ( [ MSGNUM ] ), get ( MSGNUM [,
-FH ] ), last (), popstat (), ping ( USER ), uidl ( [ MSGNUM ] ), delete (
-MSGNUM ), reset (), quit ()
+user ( USER ), pass ( PASS ), login ( [ USER [, PASS ]] ), apop ( [ USER [,
+PASS ]] ), top ( MSGNUM [, NUMLINES ] ), list ( [ MSGNUM ] ), get ( MSGNUM
+[, FH ] ), getfh ( MSGNUM ), last (), popstat (), ping ( USER ), uidl ( [
+MSGNUM ] ), delete ( MSGNUM ), reset (), quit ()
=item NOTES
=item Functions
-Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes]]]);,
-$p->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, :mmap, :utf8, :bytes, :raw, :pop, :win32
=over 4
+=item Custom Layers
+
+:encoding, :via
+
+=item Alternatives to raw
+
=item Defaults and how to override them
+=item Querying the layers of filehandles
+
=back
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 PerlIO::Scalar - support module for in-memory IO.
+=head2 PerlIO::encoding - encoding layer
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 PerlIO::scalar - in-memory IO, scalar IO
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item IMPLEMENTATION NOTE
+
=back
-=head2 PerlIO::Via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
+=head2 PerlIO::via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item EXPECTED METHODS
+
$class->PUSHED([$mode[,$fh]]), $obj->POPPED([$fh]),
-$class->OPEN($path,$mode[,$fh]), $class->FDOPEN($fd),
-$class->SYSOPEN($path,$imode,$perm,$fh), $obj->FILENO($fh),
+$obj->UTF8($bellowFlag,[$fh]), $obj->OPEN($path,$mode[,$fh]),
+$obj->BINMODE([,$fh]), $obj->FDOPEN($fd[,$fh]),
+$obj->SYSOPEN($path,$imode,$perm,[,$fh]), $obj->FILENO($fh),
$obj->READ($buffer,$len,$fh), $obj->WRITE($buffer,$fh), $obj->FILL($fh),
$obj->CLOSE($fh), $obj->SEEK($posn,$whence,$fh), $obj->TELL($fh),
$obj->UNREAD($buffer,$fh), $obj->FLUSH($fh), $obj->SETLINEBUF($fh),
$obj->CLEARERR($fh), $obj->ERROR($fh), $obj->EOF($fh)
+=item EXAMPLES
+
=over 4
=item Example - a Hexadecimal Handle
=back
+=head2 PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint - PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item REQUIRED MODULES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
=head2 Pod::Checker, podchecker() - check pod documents for syntax errors
=over 4
=item Warnings
-multiple occurence of link target I<name>, line containing nothing but
+multiple occurrence of link target I<name>, line containing nothing but
whitespace in paragraph, file does not start with =head, previous =item has
no contents, preceding non-item paragraph(s), =item type mismatch (I<one>
vs. I<two>), I<N> unescaped C<E<lt>E<gt>> in paragraph, Unknown entity, No
items in =over, No argument for =item, empty section in previous paragraph,
-Verbatim paragraph in NAME section
+Verbatim paragraph in NAME section, =headI<n> without preceding higher
+level
=item Hyperlinks
C<$checker-E<gt>num_errors()>
+C<$checker-E<gt>num_warnings()>
+
C<$checker-E<gt>name()>
C<$checker-E<gt>node()>
=item ARGUMENTS
-backlink, cachedir, css, flush, header, help, htmldir, htmlroot, index,
-infile, libpods, netscape, outfile, podpath, podroot, quiet, recurse,
-title, verbose
+backlink, cachedir, css, flush, header, help, hiddendirs, htmldir,
+htmlroot, index, infile, libpods, netscape, outfile, podpath, podroot,
+quiet, recurse, title, verbose
=item EXAMPLE
=back
-=head2 Pod::ParseLink -- Parse an LE<lt>E<gt> formatting code in POD text
+=head2 Pod::ParseLink - Parse an LE<lt>E<gt> formatting code in POD text
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=item AUTHOR
=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker - let Perldoc check Pod for errors
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToMan - let Perldoc render Pod as man pages
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item CAVEAT
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff - let Perldoc convert Pod to nroff
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item CAVEAT
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToPod - let Perldoc render Pod as ... Pod!
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf - let Perldoc render Pod as RTF
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToText - let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item CAVEAT
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToTk - let Perldoc use Tk::Pod to render Pod
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToXml - let Perldoc render Pod as XML
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::PlainText - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+alt, indent, loose, sentence, width
+
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+Bizarre space in item, Can't open %s for reading: %s, Unknown escape: %s,
+Unknown sequence: %s, Unmatched =back
+
+=item RESTRICTIONS
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
=head2 Pod::Plainer - Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-alt, code, indent, loose, quotes, sentence, width
+alt, code, indent, loose, margin, quotes, sentence, width
=item DIAGNOSTICS
=back
-=head2 Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Text::Color - Convert POD data to ASCII
-text with format escapes
+=head2 Pod::Text::Termcap - Convert POD data to ASCII text with format
+escapes
=over 4
=item AUTHOR
-=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
-
-=back
-
-=head2 Pod::Usage, pod2usage() - print a usage message from embedded pod
-documentation
-
-=over 4
-
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item ARGUMENTS
-
-C<-message>, C<-msg>, C<-exitval>, C<-verbose>, C<-output>, C<-input>,
-C<-pathlist>
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item EXAMPLES
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Recommended Use
-
-=back
-
-=item CAVEATS
-
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-
-=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>
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
-=item This C<is> a "level 1" heading
+=head2 Pod::Usage, pod2usage() - print a usage message from embedded pod
+documentation
=over 4
-=item ``Level'' 2 I<heading>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item ARGUMENTS
-=item LINKS
+C<-message>, C<-msg>, C<-exitval>, C<-verbose>, C<-output>, C<-input>,
+C<-pathlist>
-=item OVER AND ITEMS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-This is a test, a, b, a, b, c, d, "foo", B<bar>, C<baz>, Some longer item
-text
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item FORMATTING CODES
+=over 4
-E<amp>, E<apos>, E<lt>, E<gt>, E<quot>, E<sol>
+=item Recommended Use
-=item VERBATIM
+=back
-=item CONCLUSION
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
=back
=item DESCRIPTION
-blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isweak EXPR, readonly SCALAR, reftype
-EXPR, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
+blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isvstring EXPR, isweak EXPR,
+looks_like_number EXPR, openhandle FH, refaddr EXPR, reftype EXPR,
+set_prototype CODEREF, PROTOTYPE, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
=item KNOWN BUGS
=back
-=head2 Storable - persistency for perl data structures
+=head2 Storable - persistence for Perl data structures
=over 4
=item CANONICAL REPRESENTATION
+=item CODE REFERENCES
+
+=item FORWARD COMPATIBILITY
+
+utf8 data, restricted hashes, files from future versions of Storable
+
=item ERROR REPORTING
=item WIZARDS ONLY
=item BUGS
-=item CREDITS
+=over 4
-=item TRANSLATIONS
+=item 64 bit data in perl 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
+
+=back
+
+=item CREDITS
=item AUTHOR
=item BUGS
-=item LIMITATION
+=item LIMITATIONS
=item COPYRIGHT
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item BUGS
+
=back
=head2 Sys::Hostname - Try every conceivable way to get hostname
=item DESCRIPTION
openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
-setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type (added in 5.004_02),
-closelog
+setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added
+in 5.004_02), closelog
=item EXAMPLES
=item DESCRIPTION
openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
-setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type (added in 5.004_02),
-closelog
+setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added
+in 5.004_02), closelog
=item EXAMPLES
=item AUTHORS
-=item LICENSE
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
=back
-=head2 Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various C<readline> packages. If
-no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic functions.
+=head2 Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various C<readline> packages.
+If no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic functions.
=over 4
=item Minimal set of supported functions
-C<ReadLine>, C<new>, C<readline>, C<addhistory>, C<IN>, $C<OUT>,
-C<MinLine>, C<findConsole>, Attribs, C<Features>
+C<ReadLine>, C<new>, C<readline>, C<addhistory>, C<IN>, C<OUT>, C<MinLine>,
+C<findConsole>, Attribs, C<Features>
=item Additional supported functions
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item QUICK START GUIDE
+
=over 4
=item Functions
-B<plan>
+C<plan(...)>, C<tests =E<gt> I<number>>, C<todo =E<gt> [I<1,5,14>]>,
+C<onfail =E<gt> sub { ... }>, C<onfail =E<gt> \&some_sub>
=back
B<_to_value>
-B<ok>
+C<ok(...)>
+
+C<skip(I<skip_if_true>, I<args...>)>
=over 4
=item BUGS and CAVEATS
-=item TODO
+=item NOTE
=item SEE ALSO
B<no_plan>
+B<has_plan>
+
B<skip_all>
=over 4
B<like>, B<unlike>
+B<maybe_regex>
+
B<cmp_ok>
B<BAILOUT>
B<summary>
-B<details> I<UNIMPLEMENTED>, B<todo>
+B<details>
+
+B<todo>
B<caller>
=over 4
+=item THREADS
+
=item EXAMPLES
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Test::Harness - run perl standard test scripts with statistics
+=head2 Test::Harness - Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics
+
+=over 4
+
+=item VERSION
+
+=back
=over 4
=item Configuration variables.
-B<$Test::Harness::verbose>, B<$Test::Harness::switches>
+B<$Test::Harness::Verbose>, B<$Test::Harness::switches>
=item Failure
C<All tests successful.\nFiles=%d, Tests=%d, %s>, C<FAILED tests
%s\n\tFailed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.>, C<Test returned status %d (wstat
%d)>, C<Failed 1 test, %.2f%% okay. %s>, C<Failed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.
-%s>, C<FAILED--Further testing stopped%s>
+%s>, C<FAILED--Further testing stopped: %s>
=item ENVIRONMENT
-C<HARNESS_IGNORE_EXITCODE>, C<HARNESS_NOTTY>, C<HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST>,
-C<HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR>, C<HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES>, C<HARNESS_COLUMNS>,
-C<HARNESS_ACTIVE>
+C<HARNESS_ACTIVE>, C<HARNESS_COLUMNS>, C<HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST>,
+C<HARNESS_DEBUG>, C<HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR>, C<HARNESS_IGNORE_EXITCODE>,
+C<HARNESS_NOTTY>, C<HARNESS_OK_SLOW>, C<HARNESS_PERL>,
+C<HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES>, C<HARNESS_VERBOSE>
=item EXAMPLE
=item AUTHORS
+=item LICENSE
+
=item TODO
=item BUGS
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
=back
=head2 Test::Harness::Assert - simple assert
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=item Functions
+=over 4
-B<assert>
+=item C<assert()>
=back
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item new()
+
+=item next()
+
+=back
+
=back
=head2 Test::Harness::Straps - detailed analysis of test results
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
=item Construction
-B<new>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<new>
=back
=back
-B<_init>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_init>
+
+=back
=over 4
=item Analysis
-B<analyze>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<analyze>
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<analyze_fh>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<analyze_file>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_command_line( $file )>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_command>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_switches>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_cleaned_switches>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_INC2PERL5LIB>
=back
-B<analyze_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
=back
+=head2 Tie::File - Access the lines of a disk file via a Perl array
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<recsep>
+
+=item C<autochomp>
+
+=item C<mode>
+
+=item C<memory>
+
+=item C<dw_size>
+
+=item Option Format
+
+=back
+
+=item Public Methods
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<flock>
+
+=item C<autochomp>
+
+=item C<defer>, C<flush>, C<discard>, and C<autodefer>
+
+=item C<offset>
+
+=back
+
+=item Tying to an already-opened filehandle
+
+=item Deferred Writing
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Autodeferring
+
+=back
+
+=item CONCURRENT ACCESS TO FILES
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item SUBCLASSING
+
+=item WHAT ABOUT C<DB_File>?
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item LICENSE
+
+=item WARRANTY
+
+=item THANKS
+
+=item TODO
+
+=back
+
=head2 Tie::Handle, Tie::StdHandle - base class definitions for tied
handles
=item DESCRIPTION
TIEHASH classname, LIST, STORE this, key, value, FETCH this, key, FIRSTKEY
-this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, EXISTS this, key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this
+this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, EXISTS this, key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR
+this, SCALAR this
=item Inheriting from B<Tie::StdHash>
=item Inheriting from B<Tie::ExtraHash>
-=item C<UNTIE> and C<DESTROY>
+=item C<SCALAR>, C<UNTIE> and C<DESTROY>
=item MORE INFORMATION
gettimeofday (), usleep ( $useconds ), ualarm ( $useconds [,
$interval_useconds ] ), tv_interval, time (), sleep ( $floating_seconds ),
-alarm ( $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), setitimer,
-getitimer ( $which )
+alarm ( $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), setitimer (
+$which, $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), getitimer (
+$which )
=item EXAMPLES
=item C API
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item negative time not invented yet
+
+=item internal error: useconds < 0 (unsigned ... signed ...)
+
+=back
+
=item CAVEATS
=item AUTHORS
-=item REVISION
-
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item Ambiguous Local Times (DST)
+
+=item Negative Epoch Values
+
+=back
+
=item IMPLEMENTATION
=item BUGS
+=item SUPPORT
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
=head2 Time::gmtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime()
=item DESCRIPTION
-$obj->isa( TYPE ), CLASS->isa( TYPE ), isa( VAL, TYPE ), $obj->can( METHOD
-), CLASS->can( METHOD ), can( VAL, METHOD ), VERSION ( [ REQUIRE ] )
+C<< $obj->isa( TYPE ) >>, C<< CLASS->isa( TYPE ) >>, C<isa( VAL, TYPE )>,
+C<TYPE>, C<$obj>, C<CLASS>, C<VAL>, C<< $obj->can( METHOD ) >>, C<<
+CLASS->can( METHOD ) >>, C<can( VAL, METHOD )>, C<VERSION ( [ REQUIRE ] )>
+
+=item EXPORTS
=back
-=head2 Unicode::Collate - use UCA (Unicode Collation Algorithm)
+=head2 Unicode::Collate - Unicode Collation Algorithm
=over 4
=item Constructor and Tailoring
-alternate, backwards, entry, ignoreName, ignoreChar, level, normalization,
-overrideCJK, overrideHangul, preprocess, rearrange, table, undefName,
-undefChar, katakana_before_hiragana, upper_before_lower
+UCA_Version, backwards, entry, hangul_terminator, ignoreName, ignoreChar,
+level, normalization, overrideCJK, overrideHangul, preprocess, rearrange,
+table, undefName, undefChar, katakana_before_hiragana, upper_before_lower,
+variable, alternate
-=item Other methods
+=item Methods for Collation
C<@sorted = $Collator-E<gt>sort(@not_sorted)>, C<$result =
$Collator-E<gt>cmp($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>eq($a, $b)>,
C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>ne($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>lt($a,
$b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>le($a, $b)>, C<$result =
$Collator-E<gt>gt($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>ge($a, $b)>,
-C<$sortKey = $Collator-E<gt>getSortKey($string)>, C<$position =
-$Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring)>, C<($position, $length) =
-$Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring)>
+C<$sortKey = $Collator-E<gt>getSortKey($string)>, C<$sortKeyForm =
+$Collator-E<gt>viewSortKey($string)>
+
+=item Methods for Searching
+
+C<$position = $Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring[, $position])>,
+C<($position, $length) = $Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring[,
+$position])>, C<$match_ref = $Collator-E<gt>match($string, $substring)>,
+C<($match) = $Collator-E<gt>match($string, $substring)>, C<@match =
+$Collator-E<gt>gmatch($string, $substring)>, C<$count =
+$Collator-E<gt>subst($string, $substring, $replacement)>, C<$count =
+$Collator-E<gt>gsubst($string, $substring, $replacement)>
+
+=item Other Methods
+
+C<%old_tailoring = $Collator-E<gt>change(%new_tailoring)>, C<$version =
+$Collator-E<gt>version()>, C<UCA_Version()>, C<Base_Unicode_Version()>
=item EXPORT
=item CAVEAT
+=item Conformance Test
+
=back
=item AUTHOR
=item SEE ALSO
-Unicode Collation Algorithm - Unicode TR #10, L<Unicode::Normalize>
+Unicode Collation Algorithm - UTS #10, The Default Unicode Collation
+Element Table (DUCET), The conformance test for the UCA, Hangul Syllable
+Type, Unicode Normalization Forms - UAX #15, L<Unicode::Normalize>
=back
-=head2 Unicode::Normalize - normalized forms of Unicode text
+=head2 Unicode::Normalize - Unicode Normalization Forms
=over 4
=item Normalization Forms
-C<$string_NFD = NFD($raw_string)>, C<$string_NFC = NFC($raw_string)>,
-C<$string_NFKD = NFKD($raw_string)>, C<$string_NFKC = NFKC($raw_string)>,
-C<$normalized_string = normalize($form_name, $raw_string)>
+C<$NFD_string = NFD($string)>, C<$NFC_string = NFC($string)>,
+C<$NFKD_string = NFKD($string)>, C<$NFKC_string = NFKC($string)>,
+C<$FCD_string = FCD($string)>, C<$FCC_string = FCC($string)>,
+C<$normalized_string = normalize($form_name, $string)>
+
+=item Decomposition and Composition
+
+C<$decomposed_string = decompose($string)>, C<$decomposed_string =
+decompose($string, $useCompatMapping)>, C<$reordered_string =
+reorder($string)>, C<$composed_string = compose($string)>
+
+=item Quick Check
+
+C<$result = checkNFD($string)>, C<$result = checkNFC($string)>, C<$result =
+checkNFKD($string)>, C<$result = checkNFKC($string)>, C<$result =
+checkFCD($string)>, C<$result = checkFCC($string)>, C<$result =
+check($form_name, $string)>
=item Character Data
C<$canonical_decomposed = getCanon($codepoint)>,
-C<$compatibility_decomposed = getCompat($codepoint)>, C<$uv_composite =
-getComposite($uv_here, $uv_next)>, C<$combining_class =
-getCombinClass($codepoint)>, C<$is_exclusion = isExclusion($codepoint)>
+C<$compatibility_decomposed = getCompat($codepoint)>,
+C<$codepoint_composite = getComposite($codepoint_here, $codepoint_next)>,
+C<$combining_class = getCombinClass($codepoint)>, C<$is_exclusion =
+isExclusion($codepoint)>, C<$is_singleton = isSingleton($codepoint)>,
+C<$is_non_starter_decomposition = isNonStDecomp($codepoint)>,
+C<$may_be_composed_with_prev_char = isComp2nd($codepoint)>
=item EXPORT
=item SEE ALSO
-http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr15/
+http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr15/,
+http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/DerivedNormalizationProps.txt,
+http://www.unicode.org/notes/tn5/
=back
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