X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperlmodlib.pod;h=3a687070a39f0fd3b8106e34454443842ed938ab;hb=6e5a998b1cc5eddc2fb262c2e2e7f989bfb76f23;hp=5da25649b952348032891d7827fc8d3b8a95ed2a;hpb=c27482a4ae759620db85e55c84e6da0b10b95e5a;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perlmodlib.pod b/pod/perlmodlib.pod index 5da2564..3a68707 100644 --- a/pod/perlmodlib.pod +++ b/pod/perlmodlib.pod @@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ The following pragmas are defined (and have their own documentation). Get/set subroutine or variable attributes -=item attrs - -Set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated) - =item autouse Postpone load of modules until a function is used @@ -65,6 +61,18 @@ Postpone load of modules until a function is used Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time +=item bigint + +Transparent big integer support for Perl + +=item bignum + +Transparent BigNumber support for Perl + +=item bigrat + +Transparent BigNumber/BigRational support for Perl + =item blib Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package @@ -97,6 +105,10 @@ Compile-time class fields Control the filetest permission operators +=item if + +C a Perl module if a condition holds + =item integer Use integer arithmetic instead of floating point @@ -113,10 +125,6 @@ Use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations Set default disciplines for input and output -=item ops - -Restrict unsafe operations when compiling - =item overload Package for overloading perl operations @@ -175,6 +183,10 @@ Exporter module. See their own documentation for details. Provide framework for multiple DBMs +=item Attribute::Handlers + +Simpler definition of attribute handlers + =item AutoLoader Load subroutines only on demand @@ -183,82 +195,10 @@ Load subroutines only on demand Split a package for autoloading -=item B - -The Perl Compiler - -=item B::Asmdata - -Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate bytecode - -=item B::Assembler - -Assemble Perl bytecode - -=item B::Bblock - -Walk basic blocks - -=item B::Bytecode - -Perl compiler's bytecode backend - -=item B::C - -Perl compiler's C backend - -=item B::CC - -Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend - -=item B::Concise - -Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops - -=item B::Debug - -Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops - -=item B::Deparse - -Perl compiler backend to produce perl code - -=item B::Disassembler - -Disassemble Perl bytecode - -=item B::Lint - -Perl lint - -=item B::Showlex - -Show lexical variables used in functions or files - -=item B::Stackobj - -Helper module for CC backend - -=item B::Stash - -Show what stashes are loaded - -=item B::Terse - -Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops - -=item B::Xref - -Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs - =item Benchmark Benchmark running times of Perl code -=item ByteLoader - -Load byte compiled perl code - =item CGI Simple Common Gateway Interface Class @@ -331,10 +271,6 @@ Get pathname of current working directory Programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft, subject to -=item DB_File - -Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x - =item Devel::SelfStubber Generate stubs for a SelfLoading module @@ -351,18 +287,6 @@ Supply object methods for directory handles Provides screen dump of Perl data. -=item Encode - -Character encodings - -=item Encode::EncodeFormat - -The format of encoding tables of the Encode extension - -=item Encode::Tcl - -Tcl encodings - =item English Use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation variables @@ -403,6 +327,10 @@ Inventory management of installed modules Determine libraries to use and how to use them +=item ExtUtils::MM_BeOS + +Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker + =item ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker @@ -455,10 +383,6 @@ Add blib/* directories to @INC Replace functions with equivalents which succeed or die -=item Fcntl - -Load the C Fcntl.h defines - =item File::Basename Split a pathname into pieces @@ -481,7 +405,7 @@ DOS like globbing and then some =item File::Find -Traverse a file tree +Traverse a directory tree. =item File::Path @@ -491,6 +415,10 @@ Create or remove directory trees Portably perform operations on file names +=item File::Spec::Cygwin + +Methods for Cygwin file specs + =item File::Spec::Epoc Methods for Epoc file specs @@ -551,6 +479,10 @@ Extended processing of command line options Process single-character switches with switch clustering +=item Hash::Util + +A selection of general-utility hash subroutines + =item I18N::Collate Compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current locale @@ -563,10 +495,6 @@ Functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language tags Tags and names for human languages -=item IO - -Load various IO modules - =item IPC::Open2 Open a process for both reading and writing @@ -599,6 +527,10 @@ Framework for localization Article about software localization +=item Locale::Script + +ISO codes for script identification (ISO 15924) + =item Math::BigFloat Arbitrary size floating point math package @@ -611,6 +543,10 @@ Arbitrary size integer math package Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt +=item Math::BigRat + +Arbitrarily big rationals + =item Math::Complex Complex numbers and associated mathematical functions @@ -647,18 +583,10 @@ Glue to provide EXISTS for NDBM_File for Storable use Glue to provide EXISTS for SDBM_File for Storable use -=item Memoize::Saves - -Plug-in module to specify which return values should be memoized - =item Memoize::Storable Store Memoized data in Storable database -=item NDBM_File - -Tied access to ndbm files - =item NEXT Provide a pseudo-class NEXT that allows method redispatch @@ -689,7 +617,7 @@ OO interface to users netrc file =item Net::POP3 -Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1081) +Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1939) =item Net::Ping @@ -723,22 +651,6 @@ By-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*() functions By-name interface to Perl's built-in getserv*() functions -=item O - -Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends - -=item ODBM_File - -Tied access to odbm files - -=item Opcode - -Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code - -=item POSIX - -Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1 - =item PerlIO On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::* name space @@ -751,6 +663,10 @@ Check pod documents for syntax errors Find POD documents in directory trees +=item Pod::Functions + +Group Perl's functions a la perlfunc.pod + =item Pod::Html Module to convert pod files to HTML @@ -811,14 +727,6 @@ Print a usage message from embedded pod documentation Test of various basic POD features in translators. -=item SDBM_File - -Tied access to sdbm files - -=item Safe - -Compile and execute code in restricted compartments - =item Search::Dict Search for key in dictionary file @@ -835,14 +743,6 @@ Load functions only on demand Run shell commands transparently within perl -=item Socket - -Load the C socket.h defines and structure manipulators - -=item Storable - -Persistency for perl data structures - =item Switch A switch statement for Perl @@ -879,6 +779,18 @@ Backend for building test libraries Run perl standard test scripts with statistics +=item Test::Harness::Assert + +Simple assert + +=item Test::Harness::Iterator + +Internal Test::Harness Iterator + +=item Test::Harness::Straps + +Detailed analysis of test results + =item Test::More Yet another framework for writing test scripts @@ -923,6 +835,10 @@ Manipulate threads in Perl Base class for tied arrays +=item Tie::File + +Access the lines of a disk file via a Perl array + =item Tie::Handle Base class definitions for tied handles @@ -931,6 +847,10 @@ Base class definitions for tied handles Base class definitions for tied hashes +=item Tie::Memoize + +Add data to hash when needed + =item Tie::RefHash Use references as hash keys @@ -1019,8 +939,7 @@ CPAN stands for Comprehensive Perl Archive Network; it's a globally replicated trove of Perl materials, including documentation, style guides, tricks and traps, alternate ports to non-Unix systems and occasional binary distributions for these. Search engines for -CPAN can be found at http://cpan.perl.com/ and at -http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/mod_perl/cpan-search.pl . +CPAN can be found at http://www.cpan.org/ Most importantly, CPAN includes around a thousand unbundled modules, some of which require a C compiler to build. Major categories of @@ -1128,7 +1047,7 @@ South Africa ftp://ftp.is.co.za/programming/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.mweb.co.za/pub/mirrors/cpan/ ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/CPAN/CPAN/ =back @@ -1142,8 +1061,6 @@ China ftp://freesoft.cei.gov.cn/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ http://www2.linuxforum.net/mirror/CPAN/ - http://CPAN.pacific.net.hk/ - ftp://ftp.pacific.net.hk/pub/mirror/CPAN/ http://cpan.shellhung.org/ ftp://ftp.shellhung.org/pub/CPAN @@ -1182,6 +1099,7 @@ Japan http://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/Perl/ ftp://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/Perl/ ftp://ftp.meisei-u.ac.jp/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.ayamura.org/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/pub/lang/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ @@ -1227,12 +1145,13 @@ South Korea http://ftp.kornet.net/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.kornet.net/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.nuri.net/pub/CPAN/ + http://ftp.xgate.co.kr/cpan/ + ftp://ftp.xgate.co.kr/pub/mirror/CPAN =item * Taiwan - ftp://coda.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/perl/CPAN ftp://ftp.ee.ncku.edu.tw/pub/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub1/perl/CPAN/ http://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/ @@ -1242,8 +1161,6 @@ Taiwan Thailand - http://download.nectec.or.th/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/languages/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.cs.riubon.ac.th/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ =back @@ -1286,7 +1203,8 @@ Belgium Bulgaria - ftp://ftp.ntrl.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ + http://cpan.lirex.net/ + ftp://ftp.lirex.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN =item * @@ -1313,21 +1231,6 @@ Denmark =item * -England - - http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN - ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ - http://cpan.crazygreek.co.uk - ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.flirble.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.plig.org/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/CPAN/ - http://mirror.uklinux.net/CPAN/ - ftp://mirror.uklinux.net/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://usit.shef.ac.uk/pub/packages/CPAN/ - -=item * - Estonia ftp://ftp.ut.ee/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ @@ -1343,7 +1246,6 @@ Finland France - ftp://cpan.ftp.worldonline.fr/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/ ftp://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/pub/ftp.cpan.org/ ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/ @@ -1364,6 +1266,8 @@ Germany ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/source/CPAN/ ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/CPAN ftp://ftp.gigabell.net/pub/CPAN/ + http://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/CPAN/ http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/pub/soft/lang/perl/CPAN/ @@ -1377,6 +1281,7 @@ Germany Greece + ftp://ftp.acn.gr/pub/lang/perl/CPAN ftp://ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/languages/perl/CPAN ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/perl/ @@ -1386,8 +1291,8 @@ Hungary http://cpan.artifact.hu/ ftp://cpan.artifact.hu/CPAN/ - http://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/CPAN/ + http://ftp.kfki.hu/packages/perl/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/packages/perl/CPAN/ =item * @@ -1414,7 +1319,7 @@ Italy ftp://gusp.dyndns.org/pub/CPAN http://softcity.iol.it/cpan ftp://softcity.iol.it/pub/cpan - ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/Other/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/Other/CPAN/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.unipi.it/pub/mirror/perl/CPAN/ ftp://cis.uniRoma2.it/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.edisontel.it/pub/CPAN_Mirror/ @@ -1439,8 +1344,6 @@ Netherlands ftp://download.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ - http://cpan.cybercomm.nl/ - ftp://mirror.cybercomm.nl/pub/cpan/ ftp://ftp.cpan.nl/pub/CPAN/ http://www.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/ @@ -1457,8 +1360,6 @@ Norway Poland ftp://ftp.pk.edu.pl/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ - http://www.fic.uni.lodz.pl/pub/CPAN - ftp://ftp.fic.uni.lodz.pl/pub/CPAN ftp://ftp.mega.net.pl/pub/mirrors/ftp.perl.com/ ftp://ftp.man.torun.pl/pub/doc/CPAN/ ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/CPAN/ @@ -1469,8 +1370,8 @@ Portugal ftp://ftp.ua.pt/pub/CPAN/ ftp://perl.di.uminho.pt/pub/CPAN/ - http://cpan.ip.pt/ - ftp://cpan.ip.pt/pub/perl/ + http://cpan.dei.uc.pt/ + ftp://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/CPAN ftp://ftp.ist.utl.pt/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.ip.pt/ ftp://cpan.ip.pt/pub/cpan/ @@ -1481,10 +1382,8 @@ Portugal Romania - ftp://archive.logicnet.ro/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.kappa.ro/pub/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.dntis.ro/pub/cpan/ - ftp://ftp.opsynet.com/cpan/ ftp://ftp.dnttm.ro/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.lasting.ro/pub/CPAN ftp://ftp.timisoara.roedu.net/mirrors/CPAN/ @@ -1504,7 +1403,8 @@ Russia Slovakia - ftp://ftp.entry.sk/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ + http://ftp.cvt.stuba.sk/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.cvt.stuba.sk/pub/CPAN/ =item * @@ -1516,6 +1416,7 @@ Slovenia Spain + http://cpan.imasd.elmundo.es/ ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.etse.urv.es/pub/perl/ @@ -1549,6 +1450,24 @@ Ukraine ftp://cpan.org.ua/ ftp://ftp.perl.org.ua/pub/CPAN/ +=item * + +United Kingdom + + http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN + ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ + http://cpan.teleglobe.net/ + ftp://cpan.teleglobe.net/pub/CPAN + http://cpan.crazygreek.co.uk + ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.flirble.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.plig.org/pub/CPAN/ + http://mirror.uklinux.net/CPAN/ + ftp://mirror.uklinux.net/pub/CPAN/ + http://cpan.mirrors.clockerz.net/ + ftp://ftp.clockerz.net/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://usit.shef.ac.uk/pub/packages/CPAN/ + =back =head2 North America @@ -1592,7 +1511,6 @@ Ontario Quebec http://cpan.mirror.smartworker.org/ - ftp://cpan.mirror.smartworker.org/pub/CPAN =back @@ -1628,13 +1546,10 @@ California ftp://cpan.valueclick.com/pub/CPAN/ http://mirrors.gossamer-threads.com/CPAN ftp://cpan.nas.nasa.gov/pub/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/plan/perl/CPAN/ http://mirrors.kernel.org/cpan/ ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/pub/CPAN http://cpan.digisle.net/ ftp://cpan.digisle.net/pub/CPAN - http://www.linuxjar.com/CPAN - ftp://linuxjar.com/pub/CPAN http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ http://download.sourceforge.net/mirrors/CPAN/ @@ -1646,9 +1561,16 @@ Colorado =item * +Delaware + + http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/CPAN + ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/CPAN + +=item * + District of Columbia - ftp://ftp.dc.us.telia.net/pub/cpan/ + ftp://ftp.dc.aleron.net/pub/CPAN/ =item * @@ -1669,9 +1591,9 @@ Illinois Indiana - ftp://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ - http://cpan.nitco.com/ - ftp://cpan.nitco.com/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.uwsg.iu.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ + http://cpan.netnitco.net/ + ftp://cpan.netnitco.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ http://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/ ftp://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/ ftp://cpan.in-span.net/ @@ -1692,7 +1614,6 @@ Massachusetts ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu/net/mirrors/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ http://cpan.mirrors.netnumina.com/ ftp://mirrors.netnumina.com/cpan/ - ftp://ftp.iguide.com/pub/mirrors/packages/perl/CPAN/ =item * @@ -1705,12 +1626,17 @@ Michigan New Jersey ftp://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/ + http://cpan.teleglobe.net/ + ftp://cpan.teleglobe.net/pub/CPAN =item * New York - ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/perl/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.exobit.org/pub/perl/CPAN + http://cpan.belfry.net/ + http://cpan.thepirtgroup.com/ + ftp://cpan.thepirtgroup.com/ ftp://ftp.stealth.net/pub/CPAN/ http://www.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/ ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/ @@ -1748,6 +1674,8 @@ Pennsylvania ftp://ftp.epix.net/pub/languages/perl/ http://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/ ftp://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/ + http://cpan.pair.com/ + ftp://cpan.pair.com/pub/CPAN/ ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/CPAN/ =item * @@ -1761,6 +1689,7 @@ Tennessee Texas http://ftp.sedl.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ + ftp://mirror.telentente.com/pub/CPAN =item * @@ -1774,6 +1703,10 @@ Virginia http://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/ ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/ + http://perl.secsup.org/ + ftp://perl.secsup.org/pub/perl/ + http://mirrors.phihost.com/CPAN/ + ftp://mirrors.phihost.com/CPAN/ ftp://ruff.cs.jmu.edu/pub/CPAN/ http://perl.Liquidation.com/CPAN/ @@ -1787,7 +1720,12 @@ Washington ftp://ftp.mirrorcentral.com/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/CPAN/ -=back +=item * + +Wisconsin + + http://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/ =back @@ -1807,6 +1745,7 @@ Australia =item * New Zealand + ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/ =back @@ -1833,11 +1772,9 @@ Brazil Chile ftp://ftp.psinet.cl/pub/programming/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://sunsite.dcc.uchile.cl/pub/lang/perl/ =back - For an up-to-date listing of CPAN sites, see http://www.cpan.org/SITES or ftp://www.cpan.org/SITES .