X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperlmodlib.pod;h=eebeedbd0f327de6cba4a5043f5d4dbda404aec8;hb=024963f8e0e4bfbd631d6878a69f86cabc760a32;hp=c1e1a46be43c664ff0a675217f355383a74f8e8b;hpb=7ef5744c3d4533e5052c995815258d3686f7e8ae;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perlmodlib.pod b/pod/perlmodlib.pod index c1e1a46..eebeedb 100644 --- a/pod/perlmodlib.pod +++ b/pod/perlmodlib.pod @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ 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 @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Transparent BigNumber support for Perl =item bigrat -Transparent BigNumber/BigRationale support for Perl +Transparent BigNumber/BigRational support for Perl =item blib @@ -93,12 +93,20 @@ 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 Compile-time class fields @@ -117,7 +125,7 @@ Use integer arithmetic instead of floating point =item less -Request less of something from the compiler +Request less of something =item lib @@ -127,6 +135,10 @@ Manipulate @INC at compile time Use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations +=item mro + +Method Resolution Order + =item open Set default PerlIO layers for input and output @@ -137,7 +149,7 @@ Restrict unsafe operations when compiling =item overload -Package for overloading perl operations +Package for overloading Perl operations =item re @@ -161,7 +173,7 @@ Predeclare sub names =item threads -Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads from perl +Perl interpreter-based threads =item threads::shared @@ -175,6 +187,10 @@ 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 @@ -205,6 +221,18 @@ don't have the gdbm library. 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 @@ -221,30 +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 @@ -257,10 +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 @@ -269,14 +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 @@ -289,10 +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 @@ -329,25 +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 @@ -357,6 +381,14 @@ 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 @@ -367,7 +399,31 @@ 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 @@ -381,6 +437,10 @@ Stringified perl data structures, suitable for both printing and C 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 @@ -397,6 +457,18 @@ Modules that calculate message digests 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 @@ -449,6 +521,10 @@ Object Oriented Encoder Encode Implementation Base Class +=item Encode::GSM0338 + +ESTI GSM 03.38 Encoding + =item Encode::Guess Guesses encoding from data @@ -477,6 +553,10 @@ Internally used by Encode::KR MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding +=item Encode::MIME::Name + +Internally used by Encode + =item Encode::PerlIO A detailed document on Encode and PerlIO @@ -497,6 +577,10 @@ Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings Various Unicode Transformation Formats +=item Encode::Unicode::UTF7 + +UTF-7 encoding + =item English Use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation variables @@ -517,6 +601,14 @@ 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. @@ -529,6 +621,18 @@ Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles 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 @@ -549,9 +653,13 @@ Determine libraries to use and how to use them OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass +=item ExtUtils::MM_AIX + +AIX specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix + =item ExtUtils::MM_Any -Platform agnostic MM methods +Platform-agnostic MM methods =item ExtUtils::MM_BeOS @@ -567,7 +675,7 @@ DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix =item ExtUtils::MM_MacOS -Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker +Once produced Makefiles for MacOS Classic =item ExtUtils::MM_NW5 @@ -577,6 +685,10 @@ 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 @@ -589,6 +701,10 @@ 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 @@ -603,7 +719,27 @@ 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 @@ -621,6 +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 @@ -635,7 +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 @@ -653,6 +793,10 @@ Copy files or filehandles DOS like globbing and then some +=item File::Fetch + +A generic file fetching mechanism + =item File::Find Traverse a directory tree. @@ -661,6 +805,10 @@ Traverse a directory tree. Perl extension for BSD glob routine +=item File::GlobMapper + +Extend File Glob to Allow Input and Output Files + =item File::Path Create or remove directory trees @@ -745,6 +893,10 @@ Process single-character switches with switch clustering 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 @@ -753,6 +905,10 @@ 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 @@ -765,6 +921,26 @@ Query locale information 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 @@ -805,6 +981,42 @@ Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets 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 @@ -849,6 +1061,10 @@ 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 @@ -857,6 +1073,22 @@ Article about software localization 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 @@ -871,19 +1103,23 @@ 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::Scalar +=item Math::BigInt::CalcEmu -Pure Perl module to test Math::BigInt with scalars +Emulate low-level math with BigInt code + +=item Math::BigInt::FastCalc + +Math::BigInt::Calc with some XS for more speed =item Math::BigRat -Arbitrarily big rationales +Arbitrary big rational numbers =item Math::Complex @@ -925,13 +1161,137 @@ Glue to provide EXISTS for SDBM_File for Storable use 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 @@ -1009,6 +1369,14 @@ 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 @@ -1019,7 +1387,7 @@ Encoding layer =item PerlIO::scalar -Support module for in-memory IO. +In-memory IO, scalar IO =item PerlIO::via @@ -1033,6 +1401,10 @@ PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings Check pod documents for syntax errors +=item Pod::Escapes + +For resolving Pod EE...E sequences + =item Pod::Find Find POD documents in directory trees @@ -1069,6 +1441,42 @@ Helpers for POD parsing and conversion 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. @@ -1077,6 +1485,90 @@ Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod. 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 + +Parse Pod into a simple parse tree + +=item Pod::Simple::Subclassing + +Write a formatter as a Pod::Simple subclass + +=item Pod::Simple::Text + +Format Pod as plaintext + +=item Pod::Simple::TextContent + +Get the text content of Pod + +=item Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream + +Turn Pod into XML + =item Pod::Text Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text @@ -1149,6 +1641,10 @@ Try every conceivable way to get hostname 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 @@ -1165,6 +1661,10 @@ Perl word completion module Perl interface to various C packages. +=item Term::UI + +Term::ReadLine UI made easy + =item Test Provides a simple framework for writing test scripts @@ -1173,9 +1673,21 @@ Provides a simple framework for writing test scripts 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 @@ -1185,10 +1697,26 @@ Simple assert 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 Yet another framework for writing test scripts @@ -1215,7 +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 @@ -1237,14 +1765,6 @@ Thread-safe queues Thread-safe semaphores -=item Thread::Signal - -Start a thread which runs signal handlers reliably (for old code) - -=item Thread::Specific - -Thread-specific keys - =item Tie::Array Base class for tied arrays @@ -1261,6 +1781,10 @@ 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 @@ -1285,6 +1809,14 @@ High resolution alarm, sleep, gettimeofday, interval timers 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 @@ -1325,6 +1857,14 @@ 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 @@ -1341,10 +1881,14 @@ Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code 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 @@ -1353,6 +1897,11 @@ 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 @@ -1491,8 +2040,9 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. =item South Africa + 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.mweb.co.za/pub/mirrors/cpan/ ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/CPAN/CPAN/ @@ -1504,28 +2054,19 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. =item China - ftp://freesoft.cei.gov.cn/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ - http://www2.linuxforum.net/mirror/CPAN/ + http://cpan.linuxforum.net/ http://cpan.shellhung.org/ ftp://ftp.shellhung.org/pub/CPAN - -=item India - - http://cpan.in.freeos.com - ftp://cpan.in.freeos.com/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://mirrors.hknet.com/CPAN =item Indonesia - http://cpan.itb.web.id/ - ftp://mirrors.piksi.itb.ac.id/CPAN/ + http://mirrors.tf.itb.ac.id/cpan/ http://cpan.cbn.net.id/ ftp://ftp.cbn.net.id/mirror/CPAN - http://CPAN.mweb.co.id/ - ftp://ftp.mweb.co.id/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ =item Israel - http://www.iglu.org.il:/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.iglu.org.il/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.lerner.co.il/ http://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/ @@ -1535,27 +2076,23 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/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.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/ -=item Korea +=item Malaysia - http://mirror.Mazic.org/pub/CPAN - ftp://mirror.Mazic.org/pub/CPAN - -=item Philippines - - http://www.adzu.edu.ph/CPAN + http://cpan.MyBSD.org.my + http://mirror.leafbug.org/pub/CPAN + http://ossig.mncc.com.my/mirror/pub/CPAN =item Russian Federation http://cpan.tomsk.ru - ftp://cpan.tomsk.ru/pub/CPAN + ftp://cpan.tomsk.ru/ =item Saudi Arabia @@ -1563,24 +2100,27 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. =item Singapore - http://cpan.hjc.edu.sg + 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 South Korea http://CPAN.bora.net/ ftp://ftp.bora.net/pub/CPAN/ - 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 + http://mirror.kr.FreeBSD.org/CPAN + ftp://ftp.kr.FreeBSD.org/pub/CPAN =item Taiwan ftp://ftp.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/perl/CPAN - ftp://ftp.ee.ncku.edu.tw/pub/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/ @@ -1598,7 +2138,6 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. =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/ @@ -1610,6 +2149,8 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. =item Austria + http://cpan.inode.at/ + ftp://cpan.inode.at ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at/pub/CPAN/ =item Belgium @@ -1617,11 +2158,19 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. http://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.skynet.be - ftp://ftp.skynet.be/pub/CPAN + ftp://ftp.cpan.skynet.be/pub/CPAN ftp://ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/mirror/CPAN/ +=item Bosnia and Herzegovina + + http://cpan.blic.net/ + =item Bulgaria + 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 @@ -1632,7 +2181,6 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. =item Czech Republic - http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/CPAN/ ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ @@ -1651,10 +2199,11 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. =item Finland ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ - http://cpan.kpnqwest.fi/ + http://mirror.eunet.fi/CPAN =item France + 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/ @@ -1666,15 +2215,16 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. 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 - http://cpan.cict.fr/ 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.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 @@ -1691,14 +2241,12 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. =item Greece - ftp://ftp.acn.gr/pub/lang/perl/CPAN + 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://cpan.artifact.hu/ - ftp://cpan.artifact.hu/CPAN/ http://ftp.kfki.hu/packages/perl/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/packages/perl/CPAN/ @@ -1711,6 +2259,8 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. 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/ @@ -1725,6 +2275,7 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. 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 @@ -1742,6 +2293,7 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. 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 @@ -1755,8 +2307,7 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. =item Poland - ftp://ftp.pk.edu.pl/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.mega.net.pl/pub/mirrors/ftp.perl.com/ + ftp://ftp.mega.net.pl/CPAN ftp://ftp.man.torun.pl/pub/doc/CPAN/ ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/CPAN/ @@ -1766,16 +2317,24 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. ftp://perl.di.uminho.pt/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.dei.uc.pt/ ftp://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/CPAN - ftp://ftp.ist.utl.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/ - ftp://ftp.netc.pt/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.up.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/ @@ -1786,12 +2345,12 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. 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 - http://ftp.cvt.stuba.sk/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.cvt.stuba.sk/pub/CPAN/ =item Slovenia @@ -1802,17 +2361,21 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. 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/ @@ -1827,6 +2390,8 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. 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 @@ -1834,13 +2399,15 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. 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 + 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://mirror.uklinux.net/CPAN/ - ftp://mirror.uklinux.net/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/ @@ -1851,10 +2418,14 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. =over 4 +=item Canada + +=over 8 + =item Alberta - http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/CPAN/ - ftp://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/CPAN/ + http://cpan.sunsite.ualberta.ca/ + ftp://cpan.sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/CPAN/ =item Manitoba @@ -1867,26 +2438,22 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. =item Ontario - ftp://ftp.crc.ca/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.nrc.ca/pub/CPAN/ -=item Quebec - - http://cpan.mirror.smartworker.org/ +=back =item Mexico http://cpan.azc.uam.mx ftp://cpan.azc.uam.mx/mirrors/CPAN - http://cpan.unam.mx/ - ftp://cpan.unam.mx/pub/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/ -=back +=item United States -=head2 United States - -=over 4 +=over 8 =item Alabama @@ -1898,18 +2465,23 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. 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://download.sourceforge.net/mirrors/CPAN/ + http://www.uberlan.net/CPAN =item Colorado ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ + http://cpan.four10.com =item Delaware @@ -1927,11 +2499,6 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. ftp://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.mirrors.nks.net/ -=item Illinois - - http://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/mirrors/ftp/cpan.cse.msu.edu/ - ftp://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/mirrors/ftp/cpan.cse.msu.edu/ - =item Indiana ftp://ftp.uwsg.iu.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ @@ -1939,7 +2506,8 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. ftp://cpan.netnitco.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ http://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/ ftp://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/ - ftp://cpan.in-span.net/ + 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 @@ -1947,41 +2515,50 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. http://cpan.uky.edu/ ftp://cpan.uky.edu/pub/CPAN/ + http://slugsite.louisville.edu/cpan + ftp://slugsite.louisville.edu/CPAN =item Massachusetts + 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/ - http://cpan.mirrors.netnumina.com/ - ftp://mirrors.netnumina.com/cpan/ =item Michigan ftp://cpan.cse.msu.edu/ + http://cpan.calvin.edu/pub/CPAN + ftp://cpan.calvin.edu/pub/CPAN + +=item Nevada + + http://www.oss.redundant.com/pub/CPAN + ftp://www.oss.redundant.com/pub/CPAN =item New Jersey + http://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/ ftp://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/ http://cpan.teleglobe.net/ ftp://cpan.teleglobe.net/pub/CPAN =item New York - ftp://ftp.exobit.org/pub/perl/CPAN 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/ - ftp://mirrors.cloud9.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ =item North Carolina + http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN + ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/perl/ - -=item Ohio - - ftp://ftp.loaded.net/pub/CPAN/ + ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/mirror/CPAN/ =item Oklahoma @@ -2008,7 +2585,9 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. =item Texas http://ftp.sedl.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ + http://www.binarycode.org/cpan ftp://mirror.telentente.com/pub/CPAN + http://mirrors.theonlinerecordstore.com/CPAN =item Utah @@ -2016,16 +2595,15 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. =item 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://mirrors.phihost.com/CPAN/ - ftp://mirrors.phihost.com/CPAN/ - ftp://ruff.cs.jmu.edu/pub/CPAN/ - http://perl.Liquidation.com/CPAN/ + http://noc.cvaix.com/mirrors/CPAN/ -=item ashington +=item Washington http://cpan.llarian.net/ ftp://cpan.llarian.net/pub/CPAN/ @@ -2037,6 +2615,10 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. 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 =back @@ -2050,11 +2632,16 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. 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 =item New Zealand ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/ - http://cpan.soa.co.nz/CPAN/ + +=item United States + + http://aniani.ifa.hawaii.edu/CPAN/ + ftp://aniani.ifa.hawaii.edu/CPAN/ =back @@ -2065,13 +2652,15 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. =item Argentina ftp://mirrors.bannerlandia.com.ar/mirrors/CPAN/ - http://ftp.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar/pub/CPAN/ - ftp://ftp.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar/pub/CPAN/ + http://www.linux.org.ar/mirrors/cpan + ftp://ftp.linux.org.ar/mirrors/cpan =item Brazil 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/ =item Chile @@ -2082,29 +2671,43 @@ You should try to choose one close to you. =head2 RSYNC Mirrors - ftp.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar::CPAN - cpan.mirror.smartworker.org::CPAN + www.linux.org.ar::cpan theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca::CPAN ftp.shellhung.org::CPAN - ftp.funet.fi::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 - CPAN.piksi.itb.ac.id::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 @@ -2201,8 +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 @@ -2392,9 +2995,10 @@ 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: