X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperlmodlib.pod;h=eebeedbd0f327de6cba4a5043f5d4dbda404aec8;hb=024963f8e0e4bfbd631d6878a69f86cabc760a32;hp=66282424e3467521184aca4f95084ad5bedf9017;hpb=fbe3d936b182fa637b8c6c3747dd099aa13c0433;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perlmodlib.pod b/pod/perlmodlib.pod index 6628242..eebeedb 100644 --- a/pod/perlmodlib.pod +++ b/pod/perlmodlib.pod @@ -1,16 +1,15 @@ -# Generated by perlmodlib.PL DO NOT EDIT! +=for maintainers +Generated by perlmodlib.PL -- DO NOT EDIT! =head1 NAME perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones -=head1 DESCRIPTION - =head1 THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY -Many modules are included the Perl distribution. These are described +Many modules are included in the Perl distribution. These are described below, and all end in F<.pm>. You may discover compiled library -file (usually ending in F<.so>) or small pieces of modules to be +files (usually ending in F<.so>) or small pieces of modules to be autoloaded (ending in F<.al>); these were automatically generated by the installation process. You may also discover files in the library directory that end in either F<.pl> or F<.ph>. These are @@ -62,7 +61,19 @@ Postpone load of modules until a function is used =item base -Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time +Establish an ISA relationship with base classes at compile time + +=item bigint + +Transparent BigInteger support for Perl + +=item bignum + +Transparent BigNumber support for Perl + +=item bigrat + +Transparent BigNumber/BigRational support for Perl =item blib @@ -74,7 +85,7 @@ Force byte semantics rather than character semantics =item charnames -Define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal escape. +Define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal escapes =item constant @@ -82,7 +93,19 @@ Declare constants =item diagnostics -Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning diagnostics +Produce verbose warning diagnostics + +=item encoding + +Allows you to write your script in non-ascii or non-utf8 + +=item encoding::warnings + +Warn on implicit encoding conversions + +=item feature + +Enable new syntactic features =item fields @@ -92,21 +115,33 @@ 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 =item less -Request less of something from the compiler +Request less of something + +=item lib + +Manipulate @INC at compile time =item locale Use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations +=item mro + +Method Resolution Order + =item open -Set default disciplines for input and output +Set default PerlIO layers for input and output =item ops @@ -114,7 +149,7 @@ Restrict unsafe operations when compiling =item overload -Package for overloading perl operations +Package for overloading Perl operations =item re @@ -124,6 +159,10 @@ Alter regular expression behaviour Enable simple signal handling +=item sort + +Control sort() behaviour + =item strict Restrict unsafe constructs @@ -132,9 +171,13 @@ Restrict unsafe constructs Predeclare sub names -=item unicode::distinct +=item threads + +Perl interpreter-based threads -Strictly distinguish UTF8 data and non-UTF data. +=item threads::shared + +Perl extension for sharing data structures between threads =item utf8 @@ -144,6 +187,14 @@ Enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source code Predeclare global variable names (obsolete) +=item version + +Perl extension for Version Objects + +=item vmsish + +Control VMS-specific language features + =item warnings Control optional warnings @@ -160,12 +211,28 @@ Standard, bundled modules are all expected to behave in a well-defined manner with respect to namespace pollution because they use the Exporter module. See their own documentation for details. +It's possible that not all modules listed below are installed on your +system. For example, the GDBM_File module will not be installed if you +don't have the gdbm library. + =over 12 =item AnyDBM_File Provide framework for multiple DBMs +=item Archive::Extract + +A generic archive extracting mechanism + +=item Archive::Tar + +Module for manipulations of tar archives + +=item Archive::Tar::File + +A subclass for in-memory extracted file from Archive::Tar + =item Attribute::Handlers Simpler definition of attribute handlers @@ -182,30 +249,6 @@ Split a package for autoloading 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 @@ -218,10 +261,6 @@ Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops Perl compiler backend to produce perl code -=item B::Disassembler - -Disassemble Perl bytecode - =item B::Lint Perl lint @@ -230,14 +269,6 @@ Perl lint 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 @@ -250,10 +281,6 @@ Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs Benchmark running times of Perl code -=item ByteLoader - -Load byte compiled perl code - =item CGI Simple Common Gateway Interface Class @@ -290,25 +317,61 @@ Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch Internal utilities used by CGI module +=item CORE + +Pseudo-namespace for Perl's core routines + =item CPAN Query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites +=item CPAN::API::HOWTO + +A recipe book for programming with CPAN.pm + =item CPAN::FirstTime Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization +=item CPAN::Kwalify + +Interface between CPAN.pm and Kwalify.pm + =item CPAN::Nox Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS module +=item CPAN::Version + +Utility functions to compare CPAN versions + +=item CPANPLUS + +API & CLI access to the CPAN mirrors + +=item CPANPLUS::Dist::Base + +Base class for custom distribution classes + +=item CPANPLUS::Dist::Sample + +Sample code to create your own Dist::* plugin + +=item CPANPLUS::Shell::Classic + +CPAN.pm emulation for CPANPLUS + +=item CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::HOWTO + +Documentation on how to write your own plugins + =item Carp Warn of errors (from perspective of caller) =item Carp::Heavy -No user serviceable parts inside +Heavy machinery, no user serviceable parts inside =item Class::ISA @@ -318,18 +381,70 @@ Report the search path for a class's ISA tree Declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes +=item Compress::Raw::Zlib + +Low-Level Interface to zlib compression library + +=item Compress::Zlib + +Interface to zlib compression library + +=item Config + +Access Perl configuration information + =item Cwd Get pathname of current working directory =item DB -Programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft, subject to +Programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API + +=item DBM_Filter + +Filter DBM keys/values + +=item DBM_Filter::compress + +Filter for DBM_Filter + +=item DBM_Filter::encode + +Filter for DBM_Filter + +=item DBM_Filter::int32 + +Filter for DBM_Filter + +=item DBM_Filter::null + +Filter for DBM_Filter + +=item DBM_Filter::utf8 + +Filter for DBM_Filter =item DB_File Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x +=item Data::Dumper + +Stringified perl data structures, suitable for both printing and C + +=item Devel::DProf + +A Perl code profiler + +=item Devel::InnerPackage + +Find all the inner packages of a package + +=item Devel::Peek + +A data debugging tool for the XS programmer + =item Devel::SelfStubber Generate stubs for a SelfLoading module @@ -338,6 +453,22 @@ Generate stubs for a SelfLoading module Modules that calculate message digests +=item Digest::MD5 + +Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm + +=item Digest::SHA + +Perl extension for SHA-1/224/256/384/512 + +=item Digest::base + +Digest base class + +=item Digest::file + +Calculate digests of files + =item DirHandle Supply object methods for directory handles @@ -346,17 +477,109 @@ Supply object methods for directory handles Provides screen dump of Perl data. +=item DynaLoader + +Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code + =item Encode Character encodings -=item Encode::EncodeFormat +=item Encode::Alias + +Alias definitions to encodings + +=item Encode::Byte + +Single Byte Encodings + +=item Encode::CJKConstants + +Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_* + +=item Encode::CN + +China-based Chinese Encodings -The format of encoding tables of the Encode extension +=item Encode::CN::HZ -=item Encode::Tcl +Internally used by Encode::CN -Tcl encodings +=item Encode::Config + +Internally used by Encode + +=item Encode::EBCDIC + +EBCDIC Encodings + +=item Encode::Encoder + +Object Oriented Encoder + +=item Encode::Encoding + +Encode Implementation Base Class + +=item Encode::GSM0338 + +ESTI GSM 03.38 Encoding + +=item Encode::Guess + +Guesses encoding from data + +=item Encode::JP + +Japanese Encodings + +=item Encode::JP::H2Z + +Internally used by Encode::JP::2022_JP* + +=item Encode::JP::JIS7 + +Internally used by Encode::JP + +=item Encode::KR + +Korean Encodings + +=item Encode::KR::2022_KR + +Internally used by Encode::KR + +=item Encode::MIME::Header + +MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding + +=item Encode::MIME::Name + +Internally used by Encode + +=item Encode::PerlIO + +A detailed document on Encode and PerlIO + +=item Encode::Supported + +Encodings supported by Encode + +=item Encode::Symbol + +Symbol Encodings + +=item Encode::TW + +Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings + +=item Encode::Unicode + +Various Unicode Transformation Formats + +=item Encode::Unicode::UTF7 + +UTF-7 encoding =item English @@ -366,6 +589,10 @@ Use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation variables Perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or arrays +=item Errno + +System errno constants + =item Exporter Implements default import method for modules @@ -374,14 +601,38 @@ Implements default import method for modules Exporter guts +=item ExtUtils::CBuilder + +Compile and link C code for Perl modules + +=item ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::Windows + +Builder class for Windows platforms + =item ExtUtils::Command Utilities to replace common UNIX commands in Makefiles etc. +=item ExtUtils::Command::MM + +Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles + =item ExtUtils::Constant Generate XS code to import C header constants +=item ExtUtils::Constant::Base + +Base class for ExtUtils::Constant objects + +=item ExtUtils::Constant::Utils + +Helper functions for ExtUtils::Constant + +=item ExtUtils::Constant::XS + +Base class for ExtUtils::Constant objects + =item ExtUtils::Embed Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications @@ -398,10 +649,34 @@ Inventory management of installed modules Determine libraries to use and how to use them +=item ExtUtils::MM + +OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass + +=item ExtUtils::MM_AIX + +AIX specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix + +=item ExtUtils::MM_Any + +Platform-agnostic MM methods + +=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 +=item ExtUtils::MM_DOS + +DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix + +=item ExtUtils::MM_MacOS + +Once produced Makefiles for MacOS Classic + =item ExtUtils::MM_NW5 Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker @@ -410,6 +685,14 @@ Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker +=item ExtUtils::MM_QNX + +QNX specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix + +=item ExtUtils::MM_UWIN + +U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix + =item ExtUtils::MM_Unix Methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker @@ -418,13 +701,45 @@ Methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker +=item ExtUtils::MM_VOS + +VOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix + =item ExtUtils::MM_Win32 Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker +=item ExtUtils::MM_Win95 + +Method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X + +=item ExtUtils::MY + +ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization + =item ExtUtils::MakeMaker -Create an extension Makefile +Create a module Makefile + +=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Config + +Wrapper around Config.pm + +=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ + +Frequently Asked Questions About MakeMaker + +=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial + +Writing a module with MakeMaker + +=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes + +Version-agnostic bytes.pm + +=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish + +Platform-agnostic vmsish.pm =item ExtUtils::Manifest @@ -442,6 +757,10 @@ Write linker options files for dynamic extension Manage .packlist files +=item ExtUtils::ParseXS + +Converts Perl XS code into C code + =item ExtUtils::testlib Add blib/* directories to @INC @@ -456,7 +775,7 @@ Load the C Fcntl.h defines =item File::Basename -Split a pathname into pieces +Parse file paths into directory, filename and suffix. =item File::CheckTree @@ -474,9 +793,21 @@ Copy files or filehandles DOS like globbing and then some +=item File::Fetch + +A generic file fetching mechanism + =item File::Find -Traverse a file tree +Traverse a directory tree. + +=item File::Glob + +Perl extension for BSD glob routine + +=item File::GlobMapper + +Extend File Glob to Allow Input and Output Files =item File::Path @@ -486,6 +817,10 @@ 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 @@ -496,7 +831,7 @@ Portably perform operations on file names =item File::Spec::Mac -File::Spec for MacOS +File::Spec for Mac OS (Classic) =item File::Spec::OS2 @@ -504,7 +839,7 @@ Methods for OS/2 file specs =item File::Spec::Unix -Methods used by File::Spec +File::Spec for Unix, base for other File::Spec modules =item File::Spec::VMS @@ -534,10 +869,18 @@ Supply object methods for filehandles Simplified source filtering +=item Filter::Util::Call + +Perl Source Filter Utility Module + =item FindBin Locate directory of original perl script +=item GDBM_File + +Perl5 access to the gdbm library. + =item Getopt::Long Extended processing of command line options @@ -546,6 +889,14 @@ Extended processing of command line options Process single-character switches with switch clustering +=item Hash::Util + +A selection of general-utility hash subroutines + +=item Hash::Util::FieldHash + +Support for Inside-Out Classes + =item I18N::Collate Compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current locale @@ -554,14 +905,118 @@ Compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current locale Functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language tags +=item I18N::LangTags::Detect + +Detect the user's language preferences + =item I18N::LangTags::List Tags and names for human languages +=item I18N::Langinfo + +Query locale information + =item IO Load various IO modules +=item IO::Compress::Base + +Base Class for IO::Compress modules + +=item IO::Compress::Deflate + +Write RFC 1950 files/buffers + +=item IO::Compress::Gzip + +Write RFC 1952 files/buffers + +=item IO::Compress::RawDeflate + +Write RFC 1951 files/buffers + +=item IO::Compress::Zip + +Write zip files/buffers + +=item IO::Dir + +Supply object methods for directory handles + +=item IO::File + +Supply object methods for filehandles + +=item IO::Handle + +Supply object methods for I/O handles + +=item IO::Pipe + +Supply object methods for pipes + +=item IO::Poll + +Object interface to system poll call + +=item IO::Seekable + +Supply seek based methods for I/O objects + +=item IO::Select + +OO interface to the select system call + +=item IO::Socket + +Object interface to socket communications + +=item IO::Socket::INET + +Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets + +=item IO::Socket::UNIX + +Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets + +=item IO::Uncompress::AnyInflate + +Uncompress zlib-based (zip, gzip) file/buffer + +=item IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress + +Uncompress gzip, zip, bzip2 or lzop file/buffer + +=item IO::Uncompress::Base + +Base Class for IO::Uncompress modules + +=item IO::Uncompress::Gunzip + +Read RFC 1952 files/buffers + +=item IO::Uncompress::Inflate + +Read RFC 1950 files/buffers + +=item IO::Uncompress::RawInflate + +Read RFC 1951 files/buffers + +=item IO::Uncompress::Unzip + +Read zip files/buffers + +=item IO::Zlib + +IO:: style interface to L + +=item IPC::Cmd + +Finding and running system commands made easy + =item IPC::Open2 Open a process for both reading and writing @@ -570,6 +1025,22 @@ Open a process for both reading and writing Open a process for reading, writing, and error handling +=item IPC::SysV + +SysV IPC constants + +=item IPC::SysV::Msg + +SysV Msg IPC object class + +=item IPC::SysV::Semaphore + +SysV Semaphore IPC object class + +=item List::Util + +A selection of general-utility list subroutines + =item Locale::Constants Constants for Locale codes @@ -590,17 +1061,65 @@ ISO two letter codes for language identification (ISO 639) Framework for localization +=item Locale::Maketext::Simple + +Simple interface to Locale::Maketext::Lexicon + =item Locale::Maketext::TPJ13 Article about software localization +=item Locale::Script + +ISO codes for script identification (ISO 15924) + +=item Log::Message + +A generic message storing mechanism; + +=item Log::Message::Config + +Configuration options for Log::Message + +=item Log::Message::Handlers + +Message handlers for Log::Message + +=item Log::Message::Item + +Message objects for Log::Message + +=item MIME::Base64 + +Encoding and decoding of base64 strings + +=item MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint + +Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable strings + =item Math::BigFloat Arbitrary size floating point math package =item Math::BigInt -Arbitrary size integer math package +Arbitrary size integer/float math package + +=item Math::BigInt::Calc + +Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt + +=item Math::BigInt::CalcEmu + +Emulate low-level math with BigInt code + +=item Math::BigInt::FastCalc + +Math::BigInt::Calc with some XS for more speed + +=item Math::BigRat + +Arbitrary big rational numbers =item Math::Complex @@ -612,7 +1131,7 @@ Trigonometric functions =item Memoize -Make your functions faster by trading space for time +Make functions faster by trading space for time =item Memoize::AnyDBM_File @@ -638,21 +1157,141 @@ 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 Module::Build + +Build and install Perl modules + +=item Module::Build::API + +API Reference for Module Authors + +=item Module::Build::Authoring + +Authoring Module::Build modules + +=item Module::Build::Base + +Default methods for Module::Build + +=item Module::Build::Compat + +Compatibility with ExtUtils::MakeMaker + +=item Module::Build::ConfigData + +Configuration for Module::Build + +=item Module::Build::Cookbook + +Examples of Module::Build Usage + +=item Module::Build::ModuleInfo + +Gather package and POD information from a perl module files + +=item Module::Build::Notes + +Configuration for $module_name + +=item Module::Build::PPMMaker + +Perl Package Manager file creation + +=item Module::Build::Platform::Amiga + +Builder class for Amiga platforms + +=item Module::Build::Platform::Default + +Stub class for unknown platforms + +=item Module::Build::Platform::EBCDIC + +Builder class for EBCDIC platforms + +=item Module::Build::Platform::MPEiX + +Builder class for MPEiX platforms + +=item Module::Build::Platform::MacOS + +Builder class for MacOS platforms + +=item Module::Build::Platform::RiscOS + +Builder class for RiscOS platforms + +=item Module::Build::Platform::Unix + +Builder class for Unix platforms + +=item Module::Build::Platform::VMS + +Builder class for VMS platforms + +=item Module::Build::Platform::VOS + +Builder class for VOS platforms + +=item Module::Build::Platform::Windows + +Builder class for Windows platforms + +=item Module::Build::Platform::aix + +Builder class for AIX platform + +=item Module::Build::Platform::cygwin + +Builder class for Cygwin platform + +=item Module::Build::Platform::darwin + +Builder class for Mac OS X platform + +=item Module::Build::Platform::os2 + +Builder class for OS/2 platform + +=item Module::Build::YAML + +Provides just enough YAML support so that Module::Build works even if YAML.pm is not installed + +=item Module::CoreList + +What modules shipped with versions of perl + +=item Module::Load + +Runtime require of both modules and files + +=item Module::Load::Conditional + +Looking up module information / loading at runtime + +=item Module::Loaded + +Mark modules as loaded or unloaded + +=item Module::Pluggable + +Automatically give your module the ability to have plugins + +=item Module::Pluggable::Object + +Automatically give your module the ability to have plugins + =item NDBM_File Tied access to ndbm files =item NEXT -Provide a pseudo-class NEXT that allows method redispatch +Provide a pseudo-class NEXT (et al) that allows method redispatch =item Net::Cmd @@ -680,7 +1319,7 @@ 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 @@ -730,18 +1369,50 @@ Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1 +=item Package::Constants + +List all constants declared in a package + +=item Params::Check + +A generic input parsing/checking mechanism. + =item PerlIO On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::* name space +=item PerlIO::encoding + +Encoding layer + +=item PerlIO::scalar + +In-memory IO, scalar IO + +=item PerlIO::via + +Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl + +=item PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint + +PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings + =item Pod::Checker Check pod documents for syntax errors +=item Pod::Escapes + +For resolving Pod EE...E sequences + =item Pod::Find 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 @@ -754,25 +1425,149 @@ Objects representing POD input paragraphs, commands, etc. Convert Pod data to formatted Latex -=item Pod::Man +=item Pod::Man + +Convert POD data to formatted *roff input + +=item Pod::ParseLink + +Parse an LEE formatting code in POD text + +=item Pod::ParseUtils + +Helpers for POD parsing and conversion + +=item Pod::Parser + +Base class for creating POD filters and translators + +=item Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker + +Let Perldoc check Pod for errors + +=item Pod::Perldoc::ToMan + +Let Perldoc render Pod as man pages + +=item Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff + +Let Perldoc convert Pod to nroff + +=item Pod::Perldoc::ToPod + +Let Perldoc render Pod as ... Pod! + +=item Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf + +Let Perldoc render Pod as RTF + +=item Pod::Perldoc::ToText + +Let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext + +=item Pod::Perldoc::ToTk + +Let Perldoc use Tk::Pod to render Pod + +=item Pod::Perldoc::ToXml + +Let Perldoc render Pod as XML + +=item Pod::PlainText + +Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text + +=item Pod::Plainer + +Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod. + +=item Pod::Select + +Extract selected sections of POD from input + +=item Pod::Simple + +Framework for parsing Pod + +=item Pod::Simple::Checker + +Check the Pod syntax of a document + +=item Pod::Simple::Debug + +Put Pod::Simple into trace/debug mode + +=item Pod::Simple::DumpAsText + +Dump Pod-parsing events as text + +=item Pod::Simple::DumpAsXML + +Turn Pod into XML + +=item Pod::Simple::HTML + +Convert Pod to HTML + +=item Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch + +Convert several Pod files to several HTML files + +=item Pod::Simple::LinkSection + +Represent "section" attributes of L codes + +=item Pod::Simple::Methody + +Turn Pod::Simple events into method calls + +=item Pod::Simple::PullParser + +A pull-parser interface to parsing Pod + +=item Pod::Simple::PullParserEndToken + +End-tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser + +=item Pod::Simple::PullParserStartToken + +Start-tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser + +=item Pod::Simple::PullParserTextToken + +Text-tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser + +=item Pod::Simple::PullParserToken + +Tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser + +=item Pod::Simple::RTF + +Format Pod as RTF + +=item Pod::Simple::Search + +Find POD documents in directory trees + +=item Pod::Simple::SimpleTree -Convert POD data to formatted *roff input +Parse Pod into a simple parse tree -=item Pod::ParseUtils +=item Pod::Simple::Subclassing -Helpers for POD parsing and conversion +Write a formatter as a Pod::Simple subclass -=item Pod::Parser +=item Pod::Simple::Text -Base class for creating POD filters and translators +Format Pod as plaintext -=item Pod::Plainer +=item Pod::Simple::TextContent -Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod. +Get the text content of Pod -=item Pod::Select +=item Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream -Extract selected sections of POD from input +Turn Pod into XML =item Pod::Text @@ -802,6 +1597,10 @@ Tied access to sdbm files Compile and execute code in restricted compartments +=item Scalar::Util + +A selection of general-utility scalar subroutines + =item Search::Dict Search for key in dictionary file @@ -824,7 +1623,7 @@ Load the C socket.h defines and structure manipulators =item Storable -Persistency for perl data structures +Persistence for Perl data structures =item Switch @@ -834,6 +1633,18 @@ A switch statement for Perl Manipulate Perl symbols and their names +=item Sys::Hostname + +Try every conceivable way to get hostname + +=item Sys::Syslog + +Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls + +=item Sys::Syslog::win32::Win32 + +Win32 support for Sys::Syslog + =item Term::ANSIColor Color screen output using ANSI escape sequences @@ -848,15 +1659,63 @@ Perl word completion module =item Term::ReadLine -Perl interface to various C packages. If +Perl interface to various C packages. + +=item Term::UI + +Term::ReadLine UI made easy =item Test Provides a simple framework for writing test scripts +=item Test::Builder + +Backend for building test libraries + +=item Test::Builder::Module + +Base class for test modules + +=item Test::Builder::Tester + +Test testsuites that have been built with + +=item Test::Builder::Tester::Color + +Turn on colour in Test::Builder::Tester + =item Test::Harness -Run perl standard test scripts with statistics +Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics + +=item Test::Harness::Assert + +Simple assert + +=item Test::Harness::Iterator + +Internal Test::Harness Iterator + +=item Test::Harness::Point + +Object for tracking a single test point + +=item Test::Harness::Results + +Object for tracking results from a single test file + +=item Test::Harness::Straps + +Detailed analysis of test results + +=item Test::Harness::TAP + +Documentation for the TAP format + +=item Test::Harness::Util + +Utility functions for Test::Harness::* =item Test::More @@ -866,6 +1725,10 @@ Yet another framework for writing test scripts Basic utilities for writing tests. +=item Test::Tutorial + +A tutorial about writing really basic tests + =item Text::Abbrev Create an abbreviation table from a list @@ -880,7 +1743,7 @@ Parse text into an array of tokens or array of arrays =item Text::Soundex -Implementation of the Soundex Algorithm as Described by Knuth +Implementation of the soundex algorithm. =item Text::Tabs @@ -892,7 +1755,7 @@ Line wrapping to form simple paragraphs =item Thread -Manipulate threads in Perl (EXPERIMENTAL, subject to change) +Manipulate threads in Perl (for old code only) =item Thread::Queue @@ -902,18 +1765,14 @@ Thread-safe queues Thread-safe semaphores -=item Thread::Signal - -Start a thread which runs signal handlers reliably - -=item Thread::Specific - -Thread-specific keys - =item Tie::Array 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 @@ -922,6 +1781,14 @@ Base class definitions for tied handles Base class definitions for tied hashes +=item Tie::Hash::NamedCapture + +Named regexp capture buffers + +=item Tie::Memoize + +Add data to hash when needed + =item Tie::RefHash Use references as hash keys @@ -934,10 +1801,22 @@ Base class definitions for tied scalars Fixed-table-size, fixed-key-length hashing +=item Time::HiRes + +High resolution alarm, sleep, gettimeofday, interval timers + =item Time::Local Efficiently compute time from local and GMT time +=item Time::Piece + +Object Oriented time objects + +=item Time::Piece::Seconds + +A simple API to convert seconds to other date values + =item Time::gmtime By-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime() function @@ -954,6 +1833,14 @@ Internal object used by Time::gmtime and Time::localtime Base class for ALL classes (blessed references) +=item Unicode::Collate + +Unicode Collation Algorithm + +=item Unicode::Normalize + +Unicode Normalization Forms + =item Unicode::UCD Unicode character database @@ -970,14 +1857,38 @@ By-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*() functions Interfaces to some Win32 API Functions +=item Win32API::File + +Low-level access to Win32 system API calls for files/dirs. + +=item Win32CORE + +Win32 CORE function stubs + +=item XS::APItest + +Test the perl C API + +=item XS::Typemap + +Module to test the XS typemaps distributed with perl + +=item XSLoader + +Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code + =back To find out I modules installed on your system, including those without documentation or outside the standard release, -just do this: +just use the following command (under the default win32 shell, +double quotes should be used instead of single quotes). - % find `perl -e 'print "@INC"'` -name '*.pm' -print + % perl -MFile::Find=find -MFile::Spec::Functions -Tlwe \ + 'find { wanted => sub { print canonpath $_ if /\.pm\z/ }, + no_chdir => 1 }, @INC' +(The -T is here to prevent '.' from being listed in @INC.) They should all have their own documentation installed and accessible via your system man(1) command. If you do not have a B program, you can use the Perl B program instead, which @@ -986,11 +1897,16 @@ have a B program but it doesn't find your modules, you'll have to fix your manpath. See L for details. If you have no system B command, you might try the B program. +Note also that the command C gives you a (possibly +incomplete) list of the modules that have been further installed on +your system. (The perllocal.pod file is updated by the standard MakeMaker +install process.) + =head2 Extension Modules Extension modules are written in C (or a mix of Perl and C). They are usually dynamically loaded into Perl if and when you need them, -but may also be be linked in statically. Supported extension modules +but may also be linked in statically. Supported extension modules include Socket, Fcntl, and POSIX. Many popular C extension modules do not come bundled (at least, not @@ -998,7 +1914,7 @@ completely) due to their sizes, volatility, or simply lack of time for adequate testing and configuration across the multitude of platforms on which Perl was beta-tested. You are encouraged to look for them on CPAN (described below), or using web search engines -like Alta Vista or Deja News. +like Alta Vista or Google. =head1 CPAN @@ -1006,8 +1922,7 @@ 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 @@ -1101,21 +2016,35 @@ Miscellaneous Modules =back -Registered CPAN sites as of this writing include the following. -You should try to choose one close to you: +The list of the registered CPAN sites as of this writing follows. +Please note that the sorting order is alphabetical on fields: + +Continent + | + |-->Country + | + |-->[state/province] + | + |-->ftp + | + |-->[http] + +and thus the North American servers happen to be listed between the +European and the South American sites. + +You should try to choose one close to you. =head2 Africa =over 4 -=item * - -South Africa +=item South Africa - ftp://ftp.is.co.za/programming/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftpza.co.za/pub/mirrors/cpan/ - ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/CPAN/ + http://ftp.rucus.ru.ac.za/pub/perl/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.rucus.ru.ac.za/pub/perl/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.is.co.za/programming/perl/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/CPAN/CPAN/ =back @@ -1123,92 +2052,83 @@ South Africa =over 4 -=item * - -China - - ftp://freesoft.cei.gov.cn/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ - http://www2.linuxforum.net/mirror/CPAN/ - http://cpan.shellhung.org/ - ftp://ftp.shellhung.org/pub/CPAN - -=item * - -Hong Kong - - http://CPAN.pacific.net.hk/ - ftp://ftp.pacific.net.hk/pub/mirror/CPAN/ - -=item * - -Indonesia +=item China - http://piksi.itb.ac.id/CPAN/ - ftp://mirrors.piksi.itb.ac.id/CPAN/ - http://CPAN.mweb.co.id/ - ftp://ftp.mweb.co.id/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ - -=item * + http://cpan.linuxforum.net/ + http://cpan.shellhung.org/ + ftp://ftp.shellhung.org/pub/CPAN + ftp://mirrors.hknet.com/CPAN -Israel +=item Indonesia - http://www.iglu.org.il:/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.iglu.org.il/pub/CPAN/ - http://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/ + http://mirrors.tf.itb.ac.id/cpan/ + http://cpan.cbn.net.id/ + ftp://ftp.cbn.net.id/mirror/CPAN -=item * +=item Israel -Japan + ftp://ftp.iglu.org.il/pub/CPAN/ + http://cpan.lerner.co.il/ + http://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/ + ftp://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/CPAN/ - http://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/Perl/ - ftp://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/Perl/ - ftp://ftp.meisei-u.ac.jp/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/ +=item Japan -=item * + ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/CPAN + ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.ayamura.org/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ + http://ftp.cpan.jp/ + ftp://ftp.cpan.jp/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/pub/lang/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ -Saudi Arabia +=item Malaysia - ftp://ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/CPAN/ + http://cpan.MyBSD.org.my + http://mirror.leafbug.org/pub/CPAN + http://ossig.mncc.com.my/mirror/pub/CPAN -=item * +=item Russian Federation -Singapore + http://cpan.tomsk.ru + ftp://cpan.tomsk.ru/ - http://cpan.hjc.edu.sg - http://ftp.nus.edu.sg/unix/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.nus.edu.sg/pub/unix/perl/CPAN/ +=item Saudi Arabia -=item * + ftp://ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/CPAN/ -South Korea +=item Singapore - http://CPAN.bora.net/ - ftp://ftp.bora.net/pub/CPAN/ - http://ftp.kornet.net/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.kornet.net/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.nuri.net/pub/CPAN/ + http://CPAN.en.com.sg/ + ftp://cpan.en.com.sg/ + http://mirror.averse.net/pub/CPAN + ftp://mirror.averse.net/pub/CPAN + http://cpan.oss.eznetsols.org + ftp://ftp.oss.eznetsols.org/cpan -=item * +=item South Korea -Taiwan + http://CPAN.bora.net/ + ftp://ftp.bora.net/pub/CPAN/ + http://mirror.kr.FreeBSD.org/CPAN + ftp://ftp.kr.FreeBSD.org/pub/CPAN - 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/ +=item Taiwan -=item * + ftp://ftp.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/perl/CPAN + http://cpan.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw/ + ftp://cpan.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN + http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN + ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN + ftp://ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub1/perl/CPAN/ + http://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/ -Thailand +=item Thailand - http://download.nectec.or.th/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/languages/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.cs.riubon.ac.th/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.loxinfo.co.th/pub/cpan/ + ftp://ftp.cs.riubon.ac.th/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ =back @@ -1216,13 +2136,10 @@ Thailand =over 4 -=item * - -Costa Rica +=item Costa Rica - ftp://ftp.linux.co.cr/mirrors/CPAN/ - http://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/Unix/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/pub/Unix/CPAN/ + http://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/Unix/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/pub/Unix/CPAN/ =back @@ -1230,250 +2147,270 @@ Costa Rica =over 4 -=item * - -Austria - - ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ - -=item * - -Belgium - - http://ftp.easynet.be/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.easynet.be/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/mirror/CPAN/ - -=item * - -Bulgaria - - ftp://ftp.ntrl.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ - -=item * - -Croatia - - ftp://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/ - -=item * - -Czech Republic - - http://www.fi.muni.cz/pub/perl/ - ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/perl/ - ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ - -=item * - -Denmark - - ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ - http://www.cpan.dk/CPAN/ - ftp://www.cpan.dk/ftp.cpan.org/CPAN/ - -=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/ - ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/perl/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/ - -=item * - -Finland - - ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ - -=item * - -France - - ftp://cpan.ftp.worldonline.fr/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.oleane.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/computing/CPAN/ - ftp://cpan.cict.fr/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.uvsq.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/ - -=item * - -Germany - - ftp://ftp.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/source/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/CPAN - ftp://ftp.gigabell.net/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/ - ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/general/programming/languages/script/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.gmd.de/mirrors/CPAN/ - -=item * - -Greece - - ftp://ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/languages/perl/CPAN - ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/perl/ - -=item * - -Hungary - - http://cpan.artifact.hu/ - ftp://cpan.artifact.hu/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/packages/perl/CPAN/ - -=item * - -Iceland - - http://cpan.gm.is/ - ftp://ftp.gm.is/pub/CPAN/ - -=item * - -Ireland - - http://cpan.indigo.ie/ - ftp://cpan.indigo.ie/pub/CPAN/ - http://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/ - ftp://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/ - -=item * - -Italy - - http://cpan.nettuno.it/ - http://gusp.dyndns.org/CPAN/ - 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.unipi.it/pub/mirror/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://cis.uniRoma2.it/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.edisontel.it/pub/CPAN_Mirror/ - ftp://ftp.flashnet.it/pub/CPAN/ - -=item * - -Latvia - - http://kvin.lv/pub/CPAN/ - -=item * - -Netherlands - - ftp://download.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.cpan.nl/pub/CPAN/ - http://www.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/ - -=item * - -Norway - - ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.uit.no/pub/languages/perl/cpan/ - -=item * - -Poland - - ftp://ftp.pk.edu.pl/pub/lang/perl/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/ - -=item * - -Portugal - - ftp://ftp.ua.pt/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://perl.di.uminho.pt/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.ist.utl.pt/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.netc.pt/pub/CPAN/ - -=item * +=item Austria -Romania + http://cpan.inode.at/ + ftp://cpan.inode.at + ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at/pub/CPAN/ - 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.timisoara.roedu.net/mirrors/CPAN/ +=item Belgium -=item * + http://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/ + http://cpan.skynet.be + ftp://ftp.cpan.skynet.be/pub/CPAN + ftp://ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/mirror/CPAN/ -Russia +=item Bosnia and Herzegovina - ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ - http://cpan.rinet.ru/ - ftp://cpan.rinet.ru/pub/mirror/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.aha.ru/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ + http://cpan.blic.net/ -=item * +=item Bulgaria -Slovakia + http://cpan.online.bg + ftp://cpan.online.bg/cpan + http://cpan.zadnik.org + ftp://ftp.zadnik.org/mirrors/CPAN/ + http://cpan.lirex.net/ + ftp://ftp.lirex.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN - ftp://ftp.entry.sk/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ +=item Croatia -=item * + http://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/ -Slovenia +=item Czech Republic - ftp://ftp.arnes.si/software/perl/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ -=item * +=item Denmark -Spain + http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/cpan/ + ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/cpan/ + http://cpan.cybercity.dk + http://www.cpan.dk/CPAN/ + ftp://www.cpan.dk/ftp.cpan.org/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.etse.urv.es/pub/perl/ +=item Estonia -=item * + ftp://ftp.ut.ee/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ -Sweden +=item Finland - http://ftp.du.se/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ + http://mirror.eunet.fi/CPAN -=item * +=item France -Switzerland + http://www.enstimac.fr/Perl/CPAN + http://ftp.u-paris10.fr/perl/CPAN + ftp://ftp.u-paris10.fr/perl/CPAN + http://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/ + ftp://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/pub/ftp.cpan.org/ + ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/ + http://fr.cpan.org/ + ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.oleane.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/computing/CPAN/ + http://mir2.ovh.net/ftp.cpan.org + ftp://mir1.ovh.net/ftp.cpan.org + http://ftp.crihan.fr/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/ + ftp://ftp.crihan.fr/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/ + http://ftp.u-strasbg.fr/CPAN + ftp://ftp.u-strasbg.fr/CPAN + ftp://cpan.cict.fr/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.uvsq.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.danyk.ch/CPAN/ - ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/CPAN/ +=item Germany -=item * + ftp://ftp.rub.de/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/source/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/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/ + ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/CPAN/ + http://cpan.noris.de/ + ftp://cpan.noris.de/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/perl/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.gmd.de/mirrors/CPAN/ + +=item Greece -Turkey + ftp://ftp.acn.gr/pub/lang/perl + ftp://ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/languages/perl/CPAN + ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/perl/ + +=item Hungary + + http://ftp.kfki.hu/packages/perl/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/packages/perl/CPAN/ + +=item Iceland + + http://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/ + +=item Ireland + + http://cpan.indigo.ie/ + ftp://cpan.indigo.ie/pub/CPAN/ + http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN + ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN + http://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/ + ftp://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/ + +=item Italy + + http://cpan.nettuno.it/ + http://gusp.dyndns.org/CPAN/ + ftp://gusp.dyndns.org/pub/CPAN + http://softcity.iol.it/cpan + ftp://softcity.iol.it/pub/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/ + http://cpan.flashnet.it/ + ftp://ftp.flashnet.it/pub/CPAN/ + +=item Latvia + + http://kvin.lv/pub/CPAN/ + +=item Lithuania + + ftp://ftp.unix.lt/pub/CPAN/ + +=item 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://mirror.vuurwerk.nl/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.cpan.nl/pub/CPAN/ + http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/CPAN + ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/CPAN + http://archive.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/ + +=item Norway + + ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/languages/perl/CPAN + ftp://ftp.uit.no/pub/languages/perl/cpan/ + +=item Poland + + ftp://ftp.mega.net.pl/CPAN + ftp://ftp.man.torun.pl/pub/doc/CPAN/ + ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/CPAN/ + +=item Portugal + + ftp://ftp.ua.pt/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://perl.di.uminho.pt/pub/CPAN/ + http://cpan.dei.uc.pt/ + ftp://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/CPAN + ftp://ftp.nfsi.pt/pub/CPAN + http://ftp.linux.pt/pub/mirrors/CPAN + ftp://ftp.linux.pt/pub/mirrors/CPAN + http://cpan.ip.pt/ + ftp://cpan.ip.pt/pub/cpan/ + http://cpan.telepac.pt/ + ftp://ftp.telepac.pt/pub/cpan/ + +=item Romania + + ftp://ftp.bio-net.ro/pub/CPAN + ftp://ftp.kappa.ro/pub/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.lug.ro/CPAN + ftp://ftp.roedu.net/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.dntis.ro/pub/cpan/ + ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/ + http://cpan.ambra.ro/ + ftp://ftp.ambra.ro/pub/CPAN + ftp://ftp.dnttm.ro/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.lasting.ro/pub/CPAN + ftp://ftp.timisoara.roedu.net/mirrors/CPAN/ - ftp://sunsite.bilkent.edu.tr/pub/languages/CPAN/ +=item Russia + + ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ + http://cpan.rinet.ru/ + ftp://cpan.rinet.ru/pub/mirror/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.aha.ru/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.corbina.ru/pub/CPAN/ + http://cpan.sai.msu.ru/ + ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ + +=item Slovakia + + ftp://ftp.cvt.stuba.sk/pub/CPAN/ + +=item Slovenia + + ftp://ftp.arnes.si/software/perl/CPAN/ + +=item Spain + + http://cpan.imasd.elmundo.es/ + ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.ri.telefonica-data.net/CPAN + ftp://ftp.etse.urv.es/pub/perl/ + +=item Sweden + + http://ftp.du.se/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/CPAN/ + http://mirror.dataphone.se/CPAN + ftp://mirror.dataphone.se/pub/CPAN + ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ + +=item Switzerland + + http://cpan.mirror.solnet.ch/ + ftp://ftp.solnet.ch/mirror/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.danyk.ch/CPAN/ + ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/CPAN/ + +=item Turkey + + http://ftp.ulak.net.tr/perl/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.ulak.net.tr/perl/CPAN + ftp://sunsite.bilkent.edu.tr/pub/languages/CPAN/ + +=item Ukraine + + http://cpan.org.ua/ + ftp://cpan.org.ua/ + ftp://ftp.perl.org.ua/pub/CPAN/ + http://no-more.kiev.ua/CPAN/ + ftp://no-more.kiev.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.mirror.anlx.net/ + ftp://ftp.mirror.anlx.net/CPAN/ + http://cpan.etla.org/ + ftp://cpan.etla.org/pub/CPAN + ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/CPAN/ + http://cpan.m.flirble.org/ + ftp://ftp.flirble.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.plig.org/pub/CPAN/ + http://cpan.hambule.co.uk/ + http://cpan.mirrors.clockerz.net/ + ftp://ftp.clockerz.net/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://usit.shef.ac.uk/pub/packages/CPAN/ =back @@ -1481,213 +2418,205 @@ Turkey =over 4 -=item * - -Canada +=item Canada =over 8 -=item * - -Alberta - - http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/CPAN/ - ftp://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/CPAN/ - -=item * - -Manitoba +=item Alberta - http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/ + http://cpan.sunsite.ualberta.ca/ + ftp://cpan.sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/CPAN/ -=item * - -Nova Scotia - - ftp://cpan.chebucto.ns.ca/pub/CPAN/ - -=item * +=item Manitoba -Ontario + http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.crc.ca/pub/packages/lang/perl/CPAN/ +=item Nova Scotia -=item * + ftp://cpan.chebucto.ns.ca/pub/CPAN/ -Mexico +=item Ontario - http://www.msg.com.mx/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.msg.com.mx/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.nrc.ca/pub/CPAN/ =back -=item * - -United States - -=over 8 - -=item * - -Alabama - - http://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/ - ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/ - -=item * - -California - - http://www.cpan.org/ - ftp://ftp.cpan.org/CPAN/ - ftp://cpan.nas.nasa.gov/pub/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/plan/perl/CPAN/ - http://www.kernel.org/pub/mirrors/cpan/ - ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/mirrors/cpan/ - http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ - http://download.sourceforge.net/mirrors/CPAN/ - -=item * - -Colorado - - ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ - -=item * - -Florida - - ftp://ftp.cise.ufl.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ - -=item * - -Georgia +=item Mexico - ftp://ftp.twoguys.org/CPAN/ + http://cpan.azc.uam.mx + ftp://cpan.azc.uam.mx/mirrors/CPAN + http://www.cpan.unam.mx/ + ftp://ftp.unam.mx/pub/CPAN + http://www.msg.com.mx/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.msg.com.mx/pub/CPAN/ -=item * +=item United States -Illinois +=over 8 - http://www.neurogames.com/mirrors/CPAN - http://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/mirrors/ftp/ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/mirrors/ftp/ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/ +=item Alabama -=item * + http://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/ + ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/ -Indiana +=item California - ftp://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ - http://cpan.nitco.com/ - ftp://cpan.nitco.com/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://cpan.in-span.net/ - http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN - ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN + http://cpan.develooper.com/ + http://www.cpan.org/ + ftp://cpan.valueclick.com/pub/CPAN/ + http://www.mednor.net/ftp/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.mednor.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ + http://mirrors.gossamer-threads.com/CPAN + ftp://cpan.nas.nasa.gov/pub/perl/CPAN/ + http://mirrors.kernel.org/cpan/ + ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/pub/CPAN + http://cpan-sj.viaverio.com/ + ftp://cpan-sj.viaverio.com/pub/CPAN/ + http://cpan.digisle.net/ + ftp://cpan.digisle.net/pub/CPAN + http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ + http://www.uberlan.net/CPAN -=item * +=item Colorado -Kentucky + ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ + http://cpan.four10.com - http://cpan.uky.edu/ - ftp://cpan.uky.edu/pub/CPAN/ +=item Delaware -=item * + http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/CPAN + ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/CPAN -Massachusetts +=item District of Columbia - ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu/net/mirrors/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.iguide.com/pub/mirrors/packages/perl/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.dc.aleron.net/pub/CPAN/ -=item * +=item Florida -New Jersey + ftp://ftp.cise.ufl.edu/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ + http://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/ + http://cpan.mirrors.nks.net/ - ftp://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/ +=item Indiana -=item * + 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/ + http://fx.saintjoe.edu/pub/CPAN + ftp://ftp.saintjoe.edu/pub/CPAN + http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN + ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN -New York +=item Kentucky - ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/perl/CPAN/ - http://www.deao.net/mirrors/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.deao.net/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.stealth.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/ - http://mirror.nyc.anidea.com/CPAN/ - ftp://mirror.nyc.anidea.com/pub/CPAN/ - http://www.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/ - ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/ - ftp://mirrors.cloud9.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ + http://cpan.uky.edu/ + ftp://cpan.uky.edu/pub/CPAN/ + http://slugsite.louisville.edu/cpan + ftp://slugsite.louisville.edu/CPAN -=item * +=item Massachusetts -North Carolina + http://mirrors.towardex.com/CPAN + ftp://mirrors.towardex.com/pub/CPAN + ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu/net/mirrors/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/perl/ +=item Michigan -=item * + ftp://cpan.cse.msu.edu/ + http://cpan.calvin.edu/pub/CPAN + ftp://cpan.calvin.edu/pub/CPAN -Ohio +=item Nevada - ftp://ftp.loaded.net/pub/CPAN/ + http://www.oss.redundant.com/pub/CPAN + ftp://www.oss.redundant.com/pub/CPAN -=item * +=item New Jersey -Oklahoma + http://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/ + http://cpan.teleglobe.net/ + ftp://cpan.teleglobe.net/pub/CPAN - ftp://ftp.ou.edu/mirrors/CPAN/ +=item New York -=item * + http://cpan.belfry.net/ + http://cpan.erlbaum.net/ + ftp://cpan.erlbaum.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/ -Oregon +=item North Carolina - ftp://ftp.orst.edu/pub/packages/CPAN/ + http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN + ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN + ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/perl/ + ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/mirror/CPAN/ -=item * +=item Oklahoma -Pennsylvania + ftp://ftp.ou.edu/mirrors/CPAN/ - http://ftp.epix.net/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.epix.net/pub/languages/perl/ - ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/CPAN/ +=item Oregon -=item * + ftp://ftp.orst.edu/pub/CPAN -Tennessee +=item Pennsylvania - ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/CPAN/ + http://ftp.epix.net/CPAN/ + 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 * +=item Tennessee -Texas + ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/CPAN/ - http://ftp.sedl.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ - http://jhcloos.com/pub/mirror/CPAN/ - ftp://jhcloos.com/pub/mirror/CPAN/ +=item Texas -=item * + http://ftp.sedl.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ + http://www.binarycode.org/cpan + ftp://mirror.telentente.com/pub/CPAN + http://mirrors.theonlinerecordstore.com/CPAN -Utah +=item Utah - ftp://mirror.xmission.com/CPAN/ + ftp://mirror.xmission.com/CPAN/ -=item * +=item Virginia -Virginia + http://cpan-du.viaverio.com/ + ftp://cpan-du.viaverio.com/pub/CPAN/ + 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://noc.cvaix.com/mirrors/CPAN/ - http://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/ - ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/ - ftp://ruff.cs.jmu.edu/pub/CPAN/ - http://perl.Liquidation.com/CPAN/ +=item Washington -=item * + http://cpan.llarian.net/ + ftp://cpan.llarian.net/pub/CPAN/ + http://cpan.mirrorcentral.com/ + ftp://ftp.mirrorcentral.com/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/CPAN/ -Washington +=item Wisconsin - http://cpan.llarian.net/ - ftp://cpan.llarian.net/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.spu.edu/pub/CPAN/ + http://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/ + http://mirror.aphix.com/CPAN + ftp://mirror.aphix.com/pub/CPAN =back @@ -1697,20 +2626,22 @@ Washington =over 4 -=item * +=item Australia -Australia + http://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/perl/CPAN/ + ftp://cpan.topend.com.au/pub/CPAN/ + http://cpan.mirrors.ilisys.com.au - http://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://cpan.topend.com.au/pub/CPAN/ +=item New Zealand -=item * + ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/ -New Zealand +=item United States - ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/ + http://aniani.ifa.hawaii.edu/CPAN/ + ftp://aniani.ifa.hawaii.edu/CPAN/ =back @@ -1718,29 +2649,68 @@ New Zealand =over 4 -=item * - -Argentina - - ftp://mirrors.bannerlandia.com.ar/mirrors/CPAN/ - -=item * +=item Argentina -Brazil + ftp://mirrors.bannerlandia.com.ar/mirrors/CPAN/ + http://www.linux.org.ar/mirrors/cpan + ftp://ftp.linux.org.ar/mirrors/cpan - ftp://cpan.pop-mg.com.br/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.matrix.com.br/pub/perl/ - ftp://cpan.if.usp.br/pub/mirror/CPAN/ +=item Brazil -=item * + ftp://cpan.pop-mg.com.br/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.matrix.com.br/pub/perl/CPAN/ + http://cpan.hostsul.com.br/ + ftp://cpan.hostsul.com.br/ -Chile +=item Chile - ftp://ftp.psinet.cl/pub/programming/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://sunsite.dcc.uchile.cl/pub/lang/perl/ + http://cpan.netglobalis.net/ + ftp://cpan.netglobalis.net/pub/CPAN/ =back +=head2 RSYNC Mirrors + + www.linux.org.ar::cpan + theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca::CPAN + ftp.shellhung.org::CPAN + rsync.nic.funet.fi::CPAN + ftp.u-paris10.fr::CPAN + mir1.ovh.net::CPAN + rsync://ftp.crihan.fr::CPAN + ftp.gwdg.de::FTP/languages/perl/CPAN/ + ftp.leo.org::CPAN + ftp.cbn.net.id::CPAN + rsync://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN + ftp.iglu.org.il::CPAN + gusp.dyndns.org::cpan + ftp.kddlabs.co.jp::cpan + ftp.ayamura.org::pub/CPAN/ + mirror.leafbug.org::CPAN + rsync.en.com.sg::CPAN + mirror.averse.net::cpan + rsync.oss.eznetsols.org + ftp.kr.FreeBSD.org::CPAN + ftp.solnet.ch::CPAN + cpan.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw::CPAN + cpan.teleglobe.net::CPAN + rsync://rsync.mirror.anlx.net::CPAN + ftp.sedl.org::cpan + ibiblio.org::CPAN + cpan-du.viaverio.com::CPAN + aniani.ifa.hawaii.edu::CPAN + archive.progeny.com::CPAN + rsync://slugsite.louisville.edu::CPAN + mirror.aphix.com::CPAN + cpan.teleglobe.net::CPAN + ftp.lug.udel.edu::cpan + mirrors.kernel.org::mirrors/CPAN + mirrors.phenominet.com::CPAN + cpan.pair.com::CPAN + cpan-sj.viaverio.com::CPAN + mirror.csit.fsu.edu::CPAN + csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu::CPAN + For an up-to-date listing of CPAN sites, see http://www.cpan.org/SITES or ftp://www.cpan.org/SITES . @@ -1834,8 +2804,8 @@ the module after __END__ either using AutoSplit or by saying: Does your module pass the 'empty subclass' test? If you say C<@SUBCLASS::ISA = qw(YOURCLASS);> your applications should be able to use SUBCLASS in exactly the same way as YOURCLASS. For example, -does your application still work if you change: C<$obj = new YOURCLASS;> -into: C<$obj = new SUBCLASS;> ? +does your application still work if you change: C<< $obj = YOURCLASS->new(); >> +into: C<< $obj = SUBCLASS->new(); >> ? Avoid keeping any state information in your packages. It makes it difficult for multiple other packages to use yours. Keep state @@ -2017,16 +2987,18 @@ Copying, ToDo etc. =over 4 -=item Adding a Copyright Notice. +=item * +Adding a Copyright Notice. How you choose to license your work is a personal decision. The general mechanism is to assert your Copyright and then make a declaration of how others may copy/use/modify your work. -Perl, for example, is supplied with two types of licence: The GNU -GPL and The Artistic Licence (see the files README, Copying, and -Artistic). Larry has good reasons for NOT just using the GNU GPL. +Perl, for example, is supplied with two types of licence: The GNU GPL +and The Artistic Licence (see the files README, Copying, and Artistic, +or L and L). Larry has good reasons for NOT +just using the GNU GPL. My personal recommendation, out of respect for Larry, Perl, and the Perl community at large is to state something simply like: