X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperltoc.pod;h=2c00af49ee9c8c415140abb7109af70eb722ab1f;hb=574bacfe464e67c186e160f356e339f5a9faa3e8;hp=2e23fc91168a8687c8f1a38de88d259e567f06e9;hpb=d83268b4d361b8b6a29f97c1f25fe1161acb736c;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perltoc.pod b/pod/perltoc.pod index 2e23fc9..2c00af4 100644 --- a/pod/perltoc.pod +++ b/pod/perltoc.pod @@ -13,22 +13,12 @@ through to locate the proper section you're looking for. =head2 perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -modularity and reusability using innumerable modules, embeddable and -extensible, roll-your-own magic variables (including multiple simultaneous -DBM implementations), subroutines can now be overridden, autoloaded, and -prototyped, arbitrarily nested data structures and anonymous functions, -object-oriented programming, compilability into C code or Perl bytecode, -support for light-weight processes (threads), support for -internationalization, localization, and Unicode, lexical scoping, regular -expression enhancements, enhanced debugger and interactive Perl -environment, with integrated editor support, POSIX 1003.1 compliant library - =item AVAILABILITY =item ENVIRONMENT @@ -50,284 +40,70 @@ environment, with integrated editor support, POSIX 1003.1 compliant library =head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 1999/05/23 20:38:02 $) -=over - -=item DESCRIPTION - -perlfaq: Structural overview of the FAQ, L: General Questions -About Perl, What is Perl?, Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it -free?, Which version of Perl should I use?, What are perl4 and perl5?, What -is perl6?, How stable is Perl?, Is Perl difficult to learn?, How does Perl -compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX, Scheme, or Tcl?, Can -I do [task] in Perl?, When shouldn't I program in Perl?, What's the -difference between "perl" and "Perl"?, Is it a Perl program or a Perl -script?, What is a JAPH?, Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?, -How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version -(5/5.005/Perl instead of some other language)?, L: Obtaining and -Learning about Perl, What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?, How -can I get a binary version of Perl?, I don't have a C compiler on my -system. How can I compile perl?, I copied the Perl binary from one machine -to another, but scripts don't work, I grabbed the sources and tried to -compile but gdbm/dynamic loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make -it work?, What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is -CPAN? What does CPAN/src/... mean?, Is there an ISO or ANSI certified -version of Perl?, Where can I get information on Perl?, What are the Perl -newsgroups on USENET? Where do I post questions?, Where should I post -source code?, Perl Books, Perl in Magazines, Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW -Access, What mailing lists are there for perl?, Archives of -comp.lang.perl.misc, Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?, Where -do I send bug reports?, What is perl.com?, L: Programming Tools, -How do I do (anything)?, How can I use Perl interactively?, Is there a Perl -shell?, How do I debug my Perl programs?, How do I profile my Perl -programs?, How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?, Is there a -pretty-printer (formatter) for Perl?, Is there a ctags for Perl?, Is there -an IDE or Windows Perl Editor?, Where can I get Perl macros for vi?, Where -can I get perl-mode for emacs?, How can I use curses with Perl?, How can I -use X or Tk with Perl?, How can I generate simple menus without using CGI -or Tk?, What is undump?, How can I make my Perl program run faster?, How -can I make my Perl program take less memory?, Is it unsafe to return a -pointer to local data?, How can I free an array or hash so my program -shrinks?, How can I make my CGI script more efficient?, How can I hide the -source for my Perl program?, How can I compile my Perl program into byte -code or C?, How can I compile Perl into Java?, How can I get C<#!perl> to -work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?, Can I write useful perl programs on the command -line?, Why don't perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?, Where can -I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?, Where can I learn about -object-oriented Perl programming?, Where can I learn about linking C with -Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp], I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't -embed perl in my C program, what am I doing wrong?, When I tried to run my -script, I got this message. What does it mean?, What's MakeMaker?, -L: Data Manipulation, Why am I getting long decimals (eg, -19.9499999999999) instead of the numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?, -Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?, Does Perl have a round() -function? What about ceil() and floor()? Trig functions?, How do I -convert bits into ints?, Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?, How do I -multiply matrices?, How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?, -How can I output Roman numerals?, Why aren't my random numbers random?, How -do I find the week-of-the-year/day-of-the-year?, How do I find the current -century or millennium?, How can I compare two dates and find the -difference?, How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?, How -can I find the Julian Day?, How do I find yesterday's date?, Does Perl have -a year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?, How do I validate input?, How -do I unescape a string?, How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?, -How do I expand function calls in a string?, How do I find matching/nesting -anything?, How do I reverse a string?, How do I expand tabs in a string?, -How do I reformat a paragraph?, How can I access/change the first N letters -of a string?, How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?, How can I -count the number of occurrences of a substring within a string?, How do I -capitalize all the words on one line?, How can I split a [character] -delimited string except when inside [character]? (Comma-separated files), -How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?, How do I -pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?, How do I extract -selected columns from a string?, How do I find the soundex value of a -string?, How can I expand variables in text strings?, What's wrong with -always quoting "$vars"?, Why don't my <: Files and Formats, How do I flush/unbuffer an output -filehandle? Why must I do this?, How do I change one line in a file/delete -a line in a file/insert a line in the middle of a file/append to the -beginning of a file?, How do I count the number of lines in a file?, How do -I make a temporary file name?, How can I manipulate fixed-record-length -files?, How can I make a filehandle local to a subroutine? How do I pass -filehandles between subroutines? How do I make an array of filehandles?, -How can I use a filehandle indirectly?, How can I set up a footer format to -be used with write()?, How can I write() into a string?, How can I output -my numbers with commas added?, How can I translate tildes (~) in a -filename?, How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?, Why do -I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use <*>?, Is there a -leak/bug in glob()?, How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing -blanks?, How can I reliably rename a file?, How can I lock a file?, Why -can't I just open(FH, ">file.lock")?, I still don't get locking. I just -want to increment the number in the file. How can I do this?, How do I -randomly update a binary file?, How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?, -How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?, How do I print to more than one -file at once?, How can I read in an entire file all at once?, How can I -read in a file by paragraphs?, How can I read a single character from a -file? From the keyboard?, How can I tell whether there's a character -waiting on a filehandle?, How do I do a C in perl?, How do I dup() -a filehandle in Perl?, How do I close a file descriptor by number?, Why -can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? What doesn't `C:\temp\foo.exe` -work?, Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?, Why does Perl let me -delete read-only files? Why does C<-i> clobber protected files? Isn't -this a bug in Perl?, How do I select a random line from a file?, Why do I -get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?, L: Regexps, How -can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible and -unmaintainable code?, I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. -What's wrong?, How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are -themselves on different lines?, I put a regular expression into $/ but it -didn't work. What's wrong?, How do I substitute case insensitively on the -LHS, but preserving case on the RHS?, How can I make C<\w> match national -character sets?, How can I match a locale-smart version of C?, -How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?, What is C really for?, -How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a file?, -Can I use Perl regular expressions to match balanced text?, What does it -mean that regexes are greedy? How can I get around it?, How do I process -each word on each line?, How can I print out a word-frequency or -line-frequency summary?, How can I do approximate matching?, How do I -efficiently match many regular expressions at once?, Why don't -word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?, Why does using $&, $`, or -$' slow my program down?, What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?, Are -Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?, What's wrong with -using grep or map in a void context?, How can I match strings with -multibyte characters?, How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the -user?, L: General Perl Language Issues, Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE -for the Perl language?, What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how -do I know when to use them?, Do I always/never have to quote my strings or -use semicolons and commas?, How do I skip some return values?, How do I -temporarily block warnings?, What's an extension?, Why do Perl operators -have different precedence than C operators?, How do I declare/create a -structure?, How do I create a module?, How do I create a class?, How can I -tell if a variable is tainted?, What's a closure?, What is variable suicide -and how can I prevent it?, How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, -Array, Hash, Method, Regex}?, How do I create a static variable?, What's -the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping? Between -local() and my()?, How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly -named lexical is in scope?, What's the difference between deep and shallow -binding?, Why doesn't "my($foo) = ;" work right?, How do I redefine a -builtin function, operator, or method?, What's the difference between -calling a function as &foo and foo()?, How do I create a switch or case -statement?, How can I catch accesses to undefined -variables/functions/methods?, Why can't a method included in this same file -be found?, How can I find out my current package?, How can I comment out a -large block of perl code?, How do I clear a package?, How can I use a -variable as a variable name?, L: System Interaction, How do I -find out which operating system I'm running under?, How come exec() doesn't -return?, How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?, How do I -print something out in color?, How do I read just one key without waiting -for a return key?, How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard?, -How do I clear the screen?, How do I get the screen size?, How do I ask the -user for a password?, How do I read and write the serial port?, How do I -decode encrypted password files?, How do I start a process in the -background?, How do I trap control characters/signals?, How do I modify the -shadow password file on a Unix system?, How do I set the time and date?, -How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second?, How can I measure time -under a second?, How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception -handling), Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? -What does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean?, How can I call -my system's unique C functions from Perl?, Where do I get the include files -to do ioctl() or syscall()?, Why do setuid perl scripts complain about -kernel problems?, How can I open a pipe both to and from a command?, Why -can't I get the output of a command with system()?, How can I capture -STDERR from an external command?, Why doesn't open() return an error when a -pipe open fails?, What's wrong with using backticks in a void context?, How -can I call backticks without shell processing?, Why can't my script read -from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix, ^Z on MS-DOS)?, How can I -convert my shell script to perl?, Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp -session?, How can I write expect in Perl?, Is there a way to hide perl's -command line from programs such as "ps"?, I {changed directory, modified my -environment} in a perl script. How come the change disappeared when I -exited the script? How do I get my changes to be visible?, How do I close -a process's filehandle without waiting for it to complete?, How do I fork a -daemon process?, How do I make my program run with sh and csh?, How do I -find out if I'm running interactively or not?, How do I timeout a slow -event?, How do I set CPU limits?, How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system?, -How do I use an SQL database?, How do I make a system() exit on control-C?, -How do I open a file without blocking?, How do I install a module from -CPAN?, What's the difference between require and use?, How do I keep my own -module/library directory?, How do I add the directory my program lives in -to the module/library search path?, How do I add a directory to my include -path at runtime?, What is socket.ph and where do I get it?, L: -Networking, My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. -(500 Server Error), How can I get better error messages from a CGI -program?, How do I remove HTML from a string?, How do I extract URLs?, How -do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a file on -another machine?, How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?, How do I fetch an -HTML file?, How do I automate an HTML form submission?, How do I decode or -create those %-encodings on the web?, How do I redirect to another page?, -How do I put a password on my web pages?, How do I edit my .htpasswd and -.htgroup files with Perl?, How do I make sure users can't enter values into -a form that cause my CGI script to do bad things?, How do I parse a mail -header?, How do I decode a CGI form?, How do I check a valid mail address?, -How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string?, How do I return the user's mail -address?, How do I send mail?, How do I read mail?, How do I find out my -hostname/domainname/IP address?, How do I fetch a news article or the -active newsgroups?, How do I fetch/put an FTP file?, How can I do RPC in -Perl? - -=over +=over 4 -=item Where to get this document +=item DESCRIPTION -=item How to contribute to this document +=over 4 -=item What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the -authors +=item perlfaq: Structural overview of the FAQ. -=back +=item L: General Questions About Perl -=item Credits +=item L: Obtaining and Learning about Perl -=item Author and Copyright Information +=item L: Programming Tools -=over +=item L: Data Manipulation -=item Bundled Distributions +=item L: Files and Formats -=item Disclaimer +=item L: Regexps -=back +=item L: General Perl Language Issues -=item Changes +=item L: System Interaction -23/May/99, 13/April/99, 7/January/99, 22/June/98, 24/April/97, 23/April/97, -25/March/97, 18/March/97, 17/March/97 Version, Initial Release: 11/March/97 +=item L: Networking =back -=head2 perltoc - perl documentation table of contents +=item About the perlfaq documents -=over +=over 4 -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Where to get the perlfaq + +=item How to contribute to the perlfaq + +=item What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the +authors -=item BASIC DOCUMENTATION +=back -=over +=item Credits -=item perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language +=item Author and Copyright Information -SYNOPSIS, DESCRIPTION, AVAILABILITY, ENVIRONMENT, AUTHOR, FILES, SEE ALSO, -DIAGNOSTICS, BUGS, NOTES +=over 4 -=item perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 1999/05/23 -20:38:02 $) +=item Bundled Distributions -DESCRIPTION +=item Disclaimer =back +=item Changes + +1/November/2000, 23/May/99, 13/April/99, 7/January/99, 22/June/98, +24/April/97, 23/April/97, 25/March/97, 18/March/97, 17/March/97 Version, +Initial Release: 11/March/97 + =back =head2 perlbook - Perl book information -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION @@ -335,11 +111,11 @@ DESCRIPTION =head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item Declarations @@ -367,11 +143,11 @@ DESCRIPTION =head2 perldata - Perl data types -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item Variable names @@ -395,13 +171,13 @@ DESCRIPTION =head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item Terms and List Operators (Leftward) @@ -488,9 +264,152 @@ regular expressions =back +=head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Private Variables via my() + +=item Persistent Private Variables + +=item Temporary Values via local() + +=item Lvalue subroutines + +=item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs) + +=item When to Still Use local() + +=item Pass by Reference + +=item Prototypes + +=item Constant Functions + +=item Overriding Built-in Functions + +=item Autoloading + +=item Subroutine Attributes + +=back + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Perl Functions by Category + +Functions for SCALARs or strings, Regular expressions and pattern matching, +Numeric functions, Functions for real @ARRAYs, Functions for list data, +Functions for real %HASHes, Input and output functions, Functions for fixed +length data or records, Functions for filehandles, files, or directories, +Keywords related to the control flow of your perl program, Keywords related +to scoping, Miscellaneous functions, Functions for processes and process +groups, Keywords related to perl modules, Keywords related to classes and +object-orientedness, Low-level socket functions, System V interprocess +communication functions, Fetching user and group info, Fetching network +info, Time-related functions, Functions new in perl5, Functions obsoleted +in perl5 + +=item Portability + +=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions + +I<-X> FILEHANDLE, I<-X> EXPR, I<-X>, abs VALUE, abs, accept +NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, alarm, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME, +binmode FILEHANDLE, DISCIPLINE, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME, +bless REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE, +chomp LIST, chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop LIST, chop, chown LIST, chr NUMBER, +chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot, close FILEHANDLE, close, closedir DIRHANDLE, +connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, cos, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT, +dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR, defined, delete +EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR, dump LABEL, dump, +each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval BLOCK, exec LIST, +exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp, fcntl +FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, +fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE, getc, getlogin, +getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam +NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getprotobyname +NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr +ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER, +getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostent, getnetent, +getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent +STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent, +endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockname SOCKET, +getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL, +goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex, +import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl +FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST, +last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc, lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length, +link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR, +lock, log EXPR, log, lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK LIST, map EXPR,LIST, +mkdir FILENAME,MASK, mkdir FILENAME, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, +msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, my EXPR, my EXPR : +ATTRIBUTES, next LABEL, next, no Module LIST, oct EXPR, oct, open +FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR,LIST, +open FILEHANDLE, opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord EXPR, ord, our EXPR, our EXPR +: ATTRIBUTES, pack TEMPLATE,LIST, package NAMESPACE, package, pipe +READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop ARRAY, pop, pos SCALAR, pos, print FILEHANDLE +LIST, print LIST, print, printf FILEHANDLE FORMAT, LIST, printf FORMAT, +LIST, prototype FUNCTION, push ARRAY,LIST, q/STRING/, qq/STRING/, +qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, quotemeta EXPR, quotemeta, rand EXPR, +rand, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, +readdir DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR, readlink, readpipe EXPR, +recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo, ref EXPR, ref, rename +OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR, require, reset EXPR, reset, +return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir DIRHANDLE, rindex +STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME, rmdir, s///, scalar +EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir DIRHANDLE,POS, select +FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl +ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send +SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority +WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY, +shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, +shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep +EXPR, sleep, sockatmark SOCKET, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, +socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort +BLOCK LIST, sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice +ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH, splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split +/PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split /PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf +FORMAT, LIST, sqrt EXPR, sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat FILEHANDLE, stat +EXPR, stat, study SCALAR, study, sub BLOCK, sub NAME, sub NAME BLOCK, +substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr +EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen +FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread +FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek +FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite +FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, +syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie +VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate +FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR, +ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack +TEMPLATE,EXPR, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use Module VERSION LIST, +use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use VERSION, utime LIST, +values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn +LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y/// + +=back + +=back + =head2 perlreftut - Mark's very short tutorial about references -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION @@ -500,7 +419,7 @@ regular expressions =item Syntax -=over +=over 4 =item Making References @@ -520,7 +439,7 @@ regular expressions =item Credits -=over +=over 4 =item Distribution Conditions @@ -530,7 +449,7 @@ regular expressions =head2 perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION @@ -551,7 +470,7 @@ more elaborate constructs =item ARRAYS OF ARRAYS -=over +=over 4 =item Declaration of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS @@ -563,7 +482,7 @@ more elaborate constructs =item HASHES OF ARRAYS -=over +=over 4 =item Declaration of a HASH OF ARRAYS @@ -575,7 +494,7 @@ more elaborate constructs =item ARRAYS OF HASHES -=over +=over 4 =item Declaration of a ARRAY OF HASHES @@ -587,7 +506,7 @@ more elaborate constructs =item HASHES OF HASHES -=over +=over 4 =item Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES @@ -599,7 +518,7 @@ more elaborate constructs =item MORE ELABORATE RECORDS -=over +=over 4 =item Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS @@ -617,47 +536,20 @@ more elaborate constructs =back -=head2 perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl - -=over - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item Declaration and Access of Arrays of Arrays - -=item Growing Your Own - -=item Access and Printing - -=item Slices - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item AUTHOR - -=back - =head2 perlrequick - Perl regular expressions quick start -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION =item The Guide -=over +=over 4 =item Simple word matching =item Using character classes -\d is a digit and represents [0-9], \s is a whitespace character and -represents [\ \t\r\n\f], \w is a word character (alphanumeric or _) and -represents [0-9a-zA-Z_], \D is a negated \d; it represents any character -but a digit [^0-9], \S is a negated \s; it represents any non-whitespace -character [^\s], \W is a negated \w; it represents any non-word character -[^\w], The period '.' matches any character but "\n" - =item Matching this or that =item Grouping things and hierarchical matching @@ -666,12 +558,6 @@ character [^\s], \W is a negated \w; it represents any non-word character =item Matching repetitions -C = match 'a' 1 or 0 times, C = match 'a' 0 or more times, i.e., -any number of times, C = match 'a' 1 or more times, i.e., at least -once, C = match at least C times, but not more than C times, -C = match at least C or more times, C = match exactly C -times - =item More matching =item Search and replace @@ -686,7 +572,7 @@ times =item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT -=over +=over 4 =item Acknowledgments @@ -694,247 +580,136 @@ times =back -=head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial +=head2 perlpod - plain old documentation -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=item Part 1: The basics +=over 4 -=over +=item Verbatim Paragraph -=item Simple word matching +=item Command Paragraph -=item Using character classes +=item Ordinary Block of Text -\d is a digit and represents [0-9], \s is a whitespace character and -represents [\ \t\r\n\f], \w is a word character (alphanumeric or _) and -represents [0-9a-zA-Z_], \D is a negated \d; it represents any character -but a digit [^0-9], \S is a negated \s; it represents any non-whitespace -character [^\s], \W is a negated \w; it represents any non-word character -[^\w], The period '.' matches any character but "\n", no modifiers (//): -Default behavior. C<'.'> matches any character except C<"\n">. C<^> -matches only at the beginning of the string and C<$> matches only at the -end or before a newline at the end, s modifier (//s): Treat string as a -single long line. C<'.'> matches any character, even C<"\n">. C<^> -matches only at the beginning of the string and C<$> matches only at the -end or before a newline at the end, m modifier (//m): Treat string as a set -of multiple lines. C<'.'> matches any character except C<"\n">. C<^> and -C<$> are able to match at the start or end of I line within the -string, both s and m modifiers (//sm): Treat string as a single long line, -but detect multiple lines. C<'.'> matches any character, even C<"\n">. -C<^> and C<$>, however, are able to match at the start or end of I -line within the string +=item The Intent -=item Matching this or that +=item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules -=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching +=item Common Pod Pitfalls -0 Start with the first letter in the string 'a', 1 Try the first -alternative in the first group 'abd', 2 Match 'a' followed by 'b'. So far -so good, 3 'd' in the regexp doesn't match 'c' in the string - a dead end. -So backtrack two characters and pick the second alternative in the first -group 'abc', 4 Match 'a' followed by 'b' followed by 'c'. We are on a roll -and have satisfied the first group. Set $1 to 'abc', 5 Move on to the -second group and pick the first alternative 'df', 6 Match the 'd', 7 'f' in -the regexp doesn't match 'e' in the string, so a dead end. Backtrack one -character and pick the second alternative in the second group 'd', 8 'd' -matches. The second grouping is satisfied, so set $2 to 'd', 9 We are at -the end of the regexp, so we are done! We have matched 'abcd' out of the -string "abcde" +=back -=item Extracting matches +=item SEE ALSO -=item Matching repetitions +=item AUTHOR -C = match 'a' 1 or 0 times, C = match 'a' 0 or more times, i.e., -any number of times, C = match 'a' 1 or more times, i.e., at least -once, C = match at least C times, but not more than C times, -C = match at least C or more times, C = match exactly C -times, Principle 0: Taken as a whole, any regexp will be matched at the -earliest possible position in the string, Principle 1: In an alternation -C, the leftmost alternative that allows a match for the whole -regexp will be the one used, Principle 2: The maximal matching quantifiers -C, C<*>, C<+> and C<{n,m}> will in general match as much of the string -as possible while still allowing the whole regexp to match, Principle 3: If -there are two or more elements in a regexp, the leftmost greedy quantifier, -if any, will match as much of the string as possible while still allowing -the whole regexp to match. The next leftmost greedy quantifier, if any, -will try to match as much of the string remaining available to it as -possible, while still allowing the whole regexp to match. And so on, until -all the regexp elements are satisfied, C = match 'a' 0 or 1 times. Try -0 first, then 1, C = match 'a' 0 or more times, i.e., any number of -times, but as few times as possible, C = match 'a' 1 or more times, -i.e., at least once, but as few times as possible, C = match at -least C times, not more than C times, as few times as possible, -C = match at least C times, but as few times as possible, -C = match exactly C times. Because we match exactly C times, -C is equivalent to C and is just there for notational -consistency, Principle 3: If there are two or more elements in a regexp, -the leftmost greedy (non-greedy) quantifier, if any, will match as much -(little) of the string as possible while still allowing the whole regexp to -match. The next leftmost greedy (non-greedy) quantifier, if any, will try -to match as much (little) of the string remaining available to it as -possible, while still allowing the whole regexp to match. And so on, until -all the regexp elements are satisfied, 0 Start with the first letter in the -string 't', 1 The first quantifier '.*' starts out by matching the whole -string 'the cat in the hat', 2 'a' in the regexp element 'at' doesn't match -the end of the string. Backtrack one character, 3 'a' in the regexp -element 'at' still doesn't match the last letter of the string 't', so -backtrack one more character, 4 Now we can match the 'a' and the 't', 5 -Move on to the third element '.*'. Since we are at the end of the string -and '.*' can match 0 times, assign it the empty string, 6 We are done! +=back -=item Building a regexp +=head2 perlstyle - Perl style guide -specifying the task in detail,, breaking down the problem into smaller -parts,, translating the small parts into regexps,, combining the regexps,, -and optimizing the final combined regexp +=over 4 -=item Using regular expressions in Perl +=item DESCRIPTION =back -=item Part 2: Power tools +=head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary -=over +=over 4 -=item More on characters, strings, and character classes +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Compiling and saving regular expressions +=over 4 -=item Embedding comments and modifiers in a regular expression +=item Awk Traps -=item Non-capturing groupings +=item C Traps -=item Looking ahead and looking behind +=item Sed Traps -=item Using independent subexpressions to prevent backtracking +=item Shell Traps -=item Conditional expressions +=item Perl Traps -=item A bit of magic: executing Perl code in a regular expression +=item Perl4 to Perl5 Traps -=item Pragmas and debugging +Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps, Parsing Traps, Numerical +Traps, General data type traps, Context Traps - scalar, list contexts, +Precedence Traps, General Regular Expression Traps using s///, etc, +Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps, OS Traps, DBM Traps, Unclassified Traps -=back +=item Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps -=item BUGS +Discontinuance, Deprecation, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance, +Discontinuance, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance, BugFix, +Discontinuance, Deprecation, Discontinuance, Discontinuance -=item SEE ALSO +=item Parsing Traps -=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT +Parsing, Parsing, Parsing, Parsing -=over +=item Numerical Traps -=item Acknowledgments +Numerical, Numerical, Numerical, Bitwise string ops -=back +=item General data type traps -=back +(Arrays), (Arrays), (Hashes), (Globs), (Globs), (Scalar String), +(Constants), (Scalars), (Variable Suicide) -=head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings +=item Context Traps - scalar, list contexts -=over +(list context), (scalar context), (scalar context), (list, builtin) -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Precedence Traps -=over +Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, +Precedence -=item Default Warnings and Optional Warnings +=item General Regular Expression Traps using s///, etc. -=item What's wrong with B<-w> and C<$^W> +Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular +Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, +Regular Expression -=item Controlling Warnings from the Command Line +=item Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps -B<-w>, B<-W>, B<-X> +(Signals), (Sort Subroutine), warn() won't let you specify a filehandle -=item Backward Compatibility +=item OS Traps -=item Category Hierarchy +(SysV), (SysV) -=item Fatal Warnings +=item Interpolation Traps -=item Reporting Warnings from a Module +Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, +Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation -=back +=item DBM Traps -=item TODO - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item AUTHOR - -=back - -=head2 perldebug - Perl debugging - -=over - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item The Perl Debugger - -=over - -=item Debugger Commands - -h [command], p expr, x expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], T, s [expr], n -[expr], r, , c [line|sub], l, l min+incr, l min-max, l line, l subname, --, w [line], f filename, /pattern/, ?pattern?, L, S [[!]regex], t, t expr, -b [line] [condition], b subname [condition], b postpone subname -[condition], b load filename, b compile subname, d [line], D, a [line] -command, a [line], A, W expr, W, O booloption .., O anyoption? .., O -option=value .., < ?, < [ command ], << command, > ?, > command, >> -command, { ?, { [ command ], {{ command, ! number, ! -number, ! pattern, !! -cmd, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, man [manpage] - -=item Configurable Options - -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C - -=item Debugger input/output - -Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame -listing - -=item Debugging compile-time statements - -=item Debugger Customization - -=item Readline Support +DBM, DBM -=item Editor Support for Debugging +=item Unclassified Traps -=item The Perl Profiler +C/C trap using returned value, C on empty string with +LIMIT specified =back -=item Debugging regular expressions - -=item Debugging memory usage - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item BUGS - =back =head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems @@ -944,7 +719,7 @@ OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS =item Command Switches -B<-0>[I], B<-a>, B<-C>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-d:>I, +B<-0>[I], B<-a>, B<-C>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-d:>I, B<-D>I, B<-D>I, B<-e> I, B<-F>I, B<-h>, B<-i>[I], B<-I>I, B<-l>[I], B<-m>[B<->]I, B<-M>[B<->]I, B<-M>[B<->]I<'module ...'>, @@ -962,187 +737,152 @@ PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port), SYS$LOGIN (specific to the VMS port) =back -=head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions +=head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=back -=item Perl Functions by Category +=head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings -Functions for SCALARs or strings, Regular expressions and pattern matching, -Numeric functions, Functions for real @ARRAYs, Functions for list data, -Functions for real %HASHes, Input and output functions, Functions for fixed -length data or records, Functions for filehandles, files, or directories, -Keywords related to the control flow of your perl program, Keywords related -to scoping, Miscellaneous functions, Functions for processes and process -groups, Keywords related to perl modules, Keywords related to classes and -object-orientedness, Low-level socket functions, System V interprocess -communication functions, Fetching user and group info, Fetching network -info, Time-related functions, Functions new in perl5, Functions obsoleted -in perl5 +=over 4 -=item Portability +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions +=over 4 -I<-X> FILEHANDLE, I<-X> EXPR, I<-X>, abs VALUE, abs, accept -NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, alarm, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME, -binmode FILEHANDLE, DISCIPLINE, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME, -bless REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE, -chomp LIST, chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop LIST, chop, chown LIST, chr NUMBER, -chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot, close FILEHANDLE, close, closedir DIRHANDLE, -connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT, -dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR, defined, delete -EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR, dump LABEL, dump, -each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval BLOCK, exec LIST, -exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp, fcntl -FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, -fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE, getc, getlogin, -getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam -NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getprotobyname -NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr -ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER, -getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostent, getnetent, -getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent -STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent, -endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockname SOCKET, -getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL, -goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex, -import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl -FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST, -last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc, lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length, -link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR, -lock, log EXPR, log, lstat FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK -LIST, map EXPR,LIST, mkdir FILENAME,MASK, mkdir FILENAME, msgctl -ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, msgsnd -ID,MSG,FLAGS, my EXPR, my EXPR : ATTRIBUTES, next LABEL, next, no Module -LIST, oct EXPR, oct, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,LIST, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open -FILEHANDLE, opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord EXPR, ord, our EXPR, pack -TEMPLATE,LIST, package, package NAMESPACE, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop -ARRAY, pop, pos SCALAR, pos, print FILEHANDLE LIST, print LIST, print, -printf FILEHANDLE FORMAT, LIST, printf FORMAT, LIST, prototype FUNCTION, -push ARRAY,LIST, q/STRING/, qq/STRING/, qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, -quotemeta EXPR, quotemeta, rand EXPR, rand, read -FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir -DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR, readlink, readpipe EXPR, recv -SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo, ref EXPR, ref, rename -OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR, require, reset EXPR, reset, -return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir DIRHANDLE, rindex -STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME, rmdir, s///, scalar -EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir DIRHANDLE,POS, select -FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl -ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send -SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority -WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY, -shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, -shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep -EXPR, sleep, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, socketpair -SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort BLOCK LIST, -sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH, -splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split /PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split -/PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf FORMAT, LIST, sqrt EXPR, -sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat FILEHANDLE, stat EXPR, stat, study SCALAR, -study, sub BLOCK, sub NAME, sub NAME BLOCK, substr -EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr -EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen -FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread -FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek -FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite -FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, -syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie -VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate -FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR, -ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack -TEMPLATE,EXPR, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use Module VERSION LIST, -use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use VERSION, utime LIST, -values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn -LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y/// +=item Default Warnings and Optional Warnings + +=item What's wrong with B<-w> and C<$^W> + +=item Controlling Warnings from the Command Line + +B<-w>, B<-W>, B<-X> + +=item Backward Compatibility + +=item Category Hierarchy + +=item Fatal Warnings + +=item Reporting Warnings from a Module =back +=item TODO + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item AUTHOR + =back -=head2 perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl +=head2 perldebtut - Perl debugging tutorial -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=item Open E la shell +=item use strict -=over +=item Looking at data and -w and w -=item Simple Opens +=item help -=item Pipe Opens +=item Stepping through code -=item The Minus File +=item Placeholder for a, w, t, T -=item Mixing Reads and Writes +=item REGULAR EXPRESSIONS -=item Filters +=item OUTPUT TIPS -=back +=item CGI -=item Open E la C +=item GUIs -=over +=item SUMMARY -=item Permissions E la mode +=item SEE ALSO + +=item AUTHOR + +=item CONTRIBUTORS =back -=item Obscure Open Tricks +=head2 perldebug - Perl debugging -=over +=over 4 -=item Re-Opening Files (dups) +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Dispelling the Dweomer +=item The Perl Debugger -=item Paths as Opens +=over 4 -=item Single Argument Open +=item Debugger Commands -=item Playing with STDIN and STDOUT +h [command], p expr, x expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], T, s [expr], n +[expr], r, , c [line|sub], l, l min+incr, l min-max, l line, l subname, +-, w [line], f filename, /pattern/, ?pattern?, L, S [[!]regex], t, t expr, +b [line] [condition], b subname [condition], b postpone subname +[condition], b load filename, b compile subname, d [line], D, a [line] +command, a [line], A, W expr, W, O booloption .., O anyoption? .., O +option=value .., < ?, < [ command ], << command, > ?, > command, >> +command, { ?, { [ command ], {{ command, ! number, ! -number, ! pattern, !! +cmd, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, man [manpage] -=back +=item Configurable Options -=item Other I/O Issues +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C -=over +=item Debugger input/output -=item Opening Non-File Files +Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame +listing -=item Binary Files +=item Debugging compile-time statements -=item File Locking +=item Debugger Customization + +=item Readline Support + +=item Editor Support for Debugging + +=item The Perl Profiler =back -=item SEE ALSO +=item Debugging regular expressions -=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT +=item Debugging memory usage -=item HISTORY +=item SEE ALSO + +=item BUGS =back =head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item Predefined Names -$ARG, $_, $>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $', -$LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, @LAST_MATCH_END, @+, $MULTILINE_MATCHING, $*, +$ARG, $_, $a, $b, $>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $', +$LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, $^N, @LAST_MATCH_END, @+, $MULTILINE_MATCHING, $*, input_line_number HANDLE EXPR, $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER, $NR, $, input_record_separator HANDLE EXPR, $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $RS, $/, autoflush HANDLE EXPR, $OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH, $|, output_field_separator HANDLE @@ -1168,8 +908,8 @@ $DEBUGGING, $^D, $SYSTEM_FD_MAX, $^F, $^H, %^H, $INPLACE_EDIT, $^I, $^M, $OSNAME, $^O, $PERLDB, $^P, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80, 0x100, 0x200, $LAST_REGEXP_CODE_RESULT, $^R, $EXCEPTIONS_BEING_CAUGHT, $^S, $BASETIME, $^T, $PERL_VERSION, $^V, $WARNING, $^W, ${^WARNING_BITS}, -${^WIDE_SYSTEM_CALLS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X, $ARGV, @ARGV, @INC, @_, %INC, -%ENV, $ENV{expr}, %SIG, $SIG{expr} +${^WIDE_SYSTEM_CALLS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X, $ARGV, @ARGV, @F, @INC, @_, +%INC, %ENV, $ENV{expr}, %SIG, $SIG{expr} =item Error Indicators @@ -1181,1389 +921,1503 @@ ${^WIDE_SYSTEM_CALLS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X, $ARGV, @ARGV, @INC, @_, %INC, =back -=head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines - -=over +=head2 perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl -=item SYNOPSIS +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 -=item Private Variables via my() +=item Declaration and Access of Arrays of Arrays -=item Persistent Private Variables +=item Growing Your Own -=item Temporary Values via local() +=item Access and Printing -=item Lvalue subroutines +=item Slices -=item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs) +=back -=item When to Still Use local() +=item SEE ALSO -1. You need to give a global variable a temporary value, especially $_, 2. -You need to create a local file or directory handle or a local function, 3. -You want to temporarily change just one element of an array or hash +=item AUTHOR -=item Pass by Reference +=back -=item Prototypes +=head2 perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl -=item Constant Functions +=over 4 -=item Overriding Built-in Functions +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Autoloading +=item Open E la shell -=item Subroutine Attributes +=over 4 -=back +=item Simple Opens -=item SEE ALSO +=item Pipe Opens -=back +=item The Minus File -=head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables) +=item Mixing Reads and Writes -=over +=item Filters -=item DESCRIPTION +=back -=over +=item Open E la C -=item Packages +=over 4 -=item Symbol Tables +=item Permissions E la mode -=item Package Constructors and Destructors +=back -=item Perl Classes +=item Obscure Open Tricks -=item Perl Modules +=over 4 -=back +=item Re-Opening Files (dups) -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 perlpod - plain old documentation +=item Dispelling the Dweomer -=over +=item Paths as Opens -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Single Argument Open -=over +=item Playing with STDIN and STDOUT -=item Verbatim Paragraph +=back -=item Command Paragraph +=item Other I/O Issues -=item Ordinary Block of Text +=over 4 -=item The Intent +=item Opening Non-File Files -=item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules +=item Binary Files -=item Common Pod Pitfalls +=item File Locking =back -=item SEE ALSO +=item SEE ALSO -=item AUTHOR +=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT + +=item HISTORY =back -=head2 perlstyle - Perl style guide +=head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=back - -=head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones +=item Part 1: The basics -=over +=over 4 -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Simple word matching -=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY +=item Using character classes -=over +=item Matching this or that -=item Pragmatic Modules +=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching -attributes, attrs, autouse, base, blib, bytes, charnames, constant, -diagnostics, fields, filetest, integer, less, locale, open, ops, overload, -re, sigtrap, strict, subs, utf8, vars, warnings +=item Extracting matches -=item Standard Modules +=item Matching repetitions -AnyDBM_File, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, B, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock, -B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Debug, B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, -B::Showlex, B::Stackobj, B::Terse, B::Xref, Benchmark, ByteLoader, CGI, -CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp, CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push, -CGI::Switch, CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, Carp::Heavy, -Class::Struct, Cwd, DB, DB_File, Devel::SelfStubber, DirHandle, Dumpvalue, -English, Env, Exporter, Exporter::Heavy, ExtUtils::Command, -ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install, ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist, -ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin, ExtUtils::MM_OS2, ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::MM_VMS, -ExtUtils::MM_Win32, ExtUtils::MakeMaker, ExtUtils::Manifest, -ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists, ExtUtils::Packlist, -ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, Fcntl, File::Basename, File::CheckTree, -File::Compare, File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find, File::Path, -File::Spec, File::Spec::Functions, File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, -File::Spec::Unix, File::Spec::VMS, File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp, -File::stat, FileCache, FileHandle, FindBin, Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, -I18N::Collate, IO, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt, -Math::Complex, Math::Trig, NDBM_File, Net::Ping, Net::hostent, Net::netent, -Net::protoent, Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, Pod::Checker, Pod::Find, -Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Man, Pod::ParseUtils, -Pod::Parser, Pod::Plainer, Pod::Select, Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color, -Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Usage, SDBM_File, Safe, Search::Dict, SelectSaver, -SelfLoader, Shell, Socket, Symbol, Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap, -Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test, Test::Harness, Text::Abbrev, -Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Wrap, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle, -Tie::Hash, Tie::RefHash, Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, Time::Local, -Time::gmtime, Time::localtime, Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, User::grent, -User::pwent +=item Building a regexp -=item Extension Modules +=item Using regular expressions in Perl =back -=item CPAN - -Language Extensions and Documentation Tools, Development Support, Operating -System Interfaces, Networking, Device Control (modems) and InterProcess -Communication, Data Types and Data Type Utilities, Database Interfaces, -User Interfaces, Interfaces to / Emulations of Other Programming Languages, -File Names, File Systems and File Locking (see also File Handles), String -Processing, Language Text Processing, Parsing, and Searching, Option, -Argument, Parameter, and Configuration File Processing, -Internationalization and Locale, Authentication, Security, and Encryption, -World Wide Web, HTML, HTTP, CGI, MIME, Server and Daemon Utilities, -Archiving and Compression, Images, Pixmap and Bitmap Manipulation, Drawing, -and Graphing, Mail and Usenet News, Control Flow Utilities (callbacks and -exceptions etc), File Handle and Input/Output Stream Utilities, -Miscellaneous Modules, Africa, Asia, Australasia, Central America, Europe, -North America, South America +=item Part 2: Power tools -=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse +=over 4 -=over +=item More on characters, strings, and character classes -=item Guidelines for Module Creation +=item Compiling and saving regular expressions -Do similar modules already exist in some form?, Try to design the new -module to be easy to extend and reuse, Some simple style guidelines, Select -what to export, Select a name for the module, Have you got it right?, -README and other Additional Files, A description of the -module/package/extension etc, A copyright notice - see below, Prerequisites -- what else you may need to have, How to build it - possible changes to -Makefile.PL etc, How to install it, Recent changes in this release, -especially incompatibilities, Changes / enhancements you plan to make in -the future, Adding a Copyright Notice, Give the module a -version/issue/release number, How to release and distribute a module, Take -care when changing a released module +=item Embedding comments and modifiers in a regular expression -=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules +=item Non-capturing groupings -There is no requirement to convert anything, Consider the implications, -Make the most of the opportunity, The pl2pm utility will get you started, -Adds the standard Module prologue lines, Converts package specifiers from ' -to ::, Converts die(...) to croak(...), Several other minor changes +=item Looking ahead and looking behind -=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code +=item Using independent subexpressions to prevent backtracking -Complete applications rarely belong in the Perl Module Library, Many -applications contain some Perl code that could be reused, Break-out the -reusable code into one or more separate module files, Take the opportunity -to reconsider and redesign the interfaces, In some cases the 'application' -can then be reduced to a small +=item Conditional expressions -=back +=item A bit of magic: executing Perl code in a regular expression -=item NOTE +=item Pragmas and debugging =back -=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules +=item BUGS -=over +=item SEE ALSO -=item DESCRIPTION +=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT -=over +=over 4 -=item PREAMBLE +=item Acknowledgments -B the file, B the file into a directory, B the -module (sometimes unnecessary), B the module +=back =back -=item HEY +=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions -=item AUTHOR +=over 4 -=item COPYRIGHT +=item DESCRIPTION -=back +i, m, s, x -=head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution +=over 4 -=over +=item Regular Expressions -=item DESCRIPTION +cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit -=over +=item Extended Patterns -=item Warning +C<(?#text)>, C<(?imsx-imsx)>, C<(?:pattern)>, C<(?imsx-imsx:pattern)>, +C<(?=pattern)>, C<(?!pattern)>, C<(?<=pattern)>, C<(?, C<(?{ +code })>, C<(??{ code })>, C<< (?>pattern) >>, +C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>, C<(?(condition)yes-pattern)> -=item What should I make into a module? +=item Backtracking -=item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground +=item Version 8 Regular Expressions -Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again +=item Warning on \1 vs $1 -=item Step-by-step: Making the module +=item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring -Start with F, Use L and L, Use -L, Use L - wisely!, Use L, Write tests, Write the README +=item Combining pieces together -=item Step-by-step: Distributing your module +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C<< (?>S) >>, C<(?=S)>, C<(?<=S)>, +C<(?!S)>, C<(?, C<(??{ EXPR })>, +C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)> -Get a CPAN user ID, C, Upload the -tarball, Announce to the modules list, Announce to clpa, Fix bugs! +=item Creating custom RE engines =back -=item AUTHOR +=item BUGS =item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary +=head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures -=over +=over 4 -=item DESCRIPTION +=item NOTE -=over +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Awk Traps +=over 4 -=item C Traps +=item Making References -=item Sed Traps +=item Using References -=item Shell Traps +=item Symbolic references -=item Perl Traps +=item Not-so-symbolic references -=item Perl4 to Perl5 Traps +=item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash -Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps, Parsing Traps, Numerical -Traps, General data type traps, Context Traps - scalar, list contexts, -Precedence Traps, General Regular Expression Traps using s///, etc, -Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps, OS Traps, DBM Traps, Unclassified Traps +=item Function Templates -=item Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps +=back -Discontinuance, Deprecation, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance, -Discontinuance, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance, BugFix, -Discontinuance, Deprecation, Discontinuance, Discontinuance +=item WARNING -=item Parsing Traps +=item SEE ALSO -Parsing, Parsing, Parsing, Parsing +=back -=item Numerical Traps +=head2 perlform - Perl formats -Numerical, Numerical, Numerical, Bitwise string ops +=over 4 -=item General data type traps +=item DESCRIPTION -(Arrays), (Arrays), (Hashes), (Globs), (Globs), (Scalar String), -(Constants), (Scalars), (Variable Suicide) +=over 4 -=item Context Traps - scalar, list contexts +=item Format Variables -(list context), (scalar context), (scalar context), (list, builtin) +=back -=item Precedence Traps +=item NOTES -Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, -Precedence +=over 4 -=item General Regular Expression Traps using s///, etc. +=item Footers -Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular -Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, -Regular Expression +=item Accessing Formatting Internals -=item Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps +=back -(Signals), (Sort Subroutine), warn() won't let you specify a filehandle +=item WARNINGS -=item OS Traps +=back -(SysV), (SysV) +=head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial -=item Interpolation Traps +=over 4 -Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, -Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation +=item DESCRIPTION -=item DBM Traps +=over 4 -DBM, DBM +=item If we could talk to the animals... -=item Unclassified Traps +=item Introducing the method invocation arrow -C/C trap using returned value, C on empty string with -LIMIT specified +=item Invoking a barnyard -=back +=item The extra parameter of method invocation -=back +=item Calling a second method to simplify things -=head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl +=item Inheriting the windpipes -=over +=item A few notes about @ISA -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Overriding the methods -Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I -portable +=item Starting the search from a different place -=item ISSUES +=item The SUPER way of doing things -=over +=item Where we're at so far... -=item Newlines +=item A horse is a horse, of course of course -- or is it? -=item Numbers endianness and Width +=item Invoking an instance method -=item Files and Filesystems +=item Accessing the instance data -=item System Interaction +=item How to build a horse -=item Interprocess Communication (IPC) +=item Inheriting the constructor -=item External Subroutines (XS) +=item Making a method work with either classes or instances -=item Standard Modules +=item Adding parameters to a method -=item Time and Date +=item More interesting instances -=item Character sets and character encoding +=item A horse of a different color -=item Internationalisation +=item Summary -=item System Resources +=back -=item Security +=item SEE ALSO -=item Style +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=item CPAN Testers - -Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results: -http://testers.cpan.org/ - -=item PLATFORMS +=head2 perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl -=over +=over 4 -=item Unix +=item DESCRIPTION -=item DOS and Derivatives +=item Creating a Class -Build instructions for OS/2, L +=over 4 -=item S +=item Object Representation -=item VMS +=item Class Interface -=item VOS +=item Constructors and Instance Methods -=item EBCDIC Platforms +=item Planning for the Future: Better Constructors -=item Acorn RISC OS +=item Destructors -=item Other perls +=item Other Object Methods =back -=item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS +=item Class Data -=over +=over 4 -=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions +=item Accessing Class Data --I FILEHANDLE, -I EXPR, -I, alarm SECONDS, alarm, binmode -FILEHANDLE, chmod LIST, chown LIST, chroot FILENAME, chroot, crypt -PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MODE, dump LABEL, exec -LIST, fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, -getlogin, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, -getgrnam NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getnetbyaddr -ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER, getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, -getgrent, gethostent, getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, -setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, -setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent, endhostent, endnetent, -endprotoent, endservent, getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, -ioctl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, kill SIGNAL, LIST, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, -lstat FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR, lstat, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, -msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, -open FILEHANDLE, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, readlink EXPR, readlink, -select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget -KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, setgrent, setpgrp PID,PGRP, -setpriority WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setpwent, setsockopt -SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, -shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, socketpair -SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, stat FILEHANDLE, stat EXPR, stat, -symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen -FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, system LIST, times, truncate -FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, umask EXPR, umask, utime LIST, -wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS +=item Debugging Methods + +=item Class Destructors + +=item Documenting the Interface =back -=item CHANGES +=item Aggregation -v1.47, 22 March 2000, v1.46, 12 February 2000, v1.45, 20 December 1999, -v1.44, 19 July 1999, v1.43, 24 May 1999, v1.42, 22 May 1999, v1.41, 19 May -1999, v1.40, 11 April 1999, v1.39, 11 February 1999, v1.38, 31 December -1998, v1.37, 19 December 1998, v1.36, 9 September 1998, v1.35, 13 August -1998, v1.33, 06 August 1998, v1.32, 05 August 1998, v1.30, 03 August 1998, -v1.23, 10 July 1998 +=item Inheritance -=item Supported Platforms +=over 4 -=item SEE ALSO +=item Overridden Methods -=item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS +=item Multiple Inheritance -=item VERSION +=item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects =back -=head2 perlsec - Perl security +=item Alternate Object Representations -=over +=over 4 -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Arrays as Objects -=over +=item Closures as Objects -=item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data +=back -=item Switches On the "#!" Line +=item AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods -=item Cleaning Up Your Path +=over 4 -=item Security Bugs +=item Autoloaded Data Methods -=item Protecting Your Programs +=item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods =back -=item SEE ALSO - -=back +=item Metaclassical Tools -=head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures +=over 4 -=over +=item Class::Struct -=item NOTE +=item Data Members as Variables -=item DESCRIPTION +=back -=over +=item NOTES -=item Making References +=over 4 -=item Using References +=item Object Terminology -=item Symbolic references +=back -=item Not-so-symbolic references +=item SEE ALSO -=item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash +=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT -=item Function Templates +=item COPYRIGHT -=back +=over 4 -=item WARNING +=item Acknowledgments -=item SEE ALSO +=back =back -=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions +=head2 perltootc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -i, m, s, x +=item Class Data in a Can -=over +=item Class Data as Package Variables -=item Regular Expressions +=over 4 -cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit +=item Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket -=item Extended Patterns +=item Inheritance Concerns -C<(?#text)>, C<(?imsx-imsx)>, C<(?:pattern)>, C<(?imsx-imsx:pattern)>, -C<(?=pattern)>, C<(?!pattern)>, C<(?<=pattern)>, C<(?, C<(?{ -code })>, C<(??{ code })>, C<< (?>pattern) >>, -C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>, C<(?(condition)yes-pattern)> +=item The Eponymous Meta-Object -=item Backtracking +=item Indirect References to Class Data -=item Version 8 Regular Expressions +=item Monadic Classes -=item Warning on \1 vs $1 +=item Translucent Attributes -=item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring +=back -=item Combining pieces together +=item Class Data as Lexical Variables -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C<< (?>S) >>, C<(?=S)>, C<(?<=S)>, -C<(?!S)>, C<(?, C<(??{ EXPR })>, -C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)> +=over 4 -=item Creating custom RE engines +=item Privacy and Responsibility -=back +=item File-Scoped Lexicals -=item BUGS +=item More Inheritance Concerns -=item SEE ALSO +=item Locking the Door and Throwing Away the Key + +=item Translucency Revisited =back -=head2 perlform - Perl formats +=item NOTES -=over +=item SEE ALSO -=item DESCRIPTION +=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT -=over +=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -=item Format Variables +=item HISTORY =back -=item NOTES +=head2 perlobj - Perl objects -=over +=over 4 -=item Footers +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Accessing Formatting Internals +=over 4 -=back +=item An Object is Simply a Reference -=item WARNINGS +=item A Class is Simply a Package -=back +=item A Method is Simply a Subroutine -=head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and -localization) +=item Method Invocation -=over +=item Indirect Object Syntax -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Default UNIVERSAL methods -=item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES +isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] ) -=item USING LOCALES +=item Destructors -=over +=item Summary -=item The use locale pragma +=item Two-Phased Garbage Collection -=item The setlocale function +=back -=item Finding locales +=item SEE ALSO -=item LOCALE PROBLEMS +=back -=item Temporarily fixing locale problems +=head2 perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT) -=item Permanently fixing locale problems +=over 4 -=item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Fixing system locale configuration +=item OO SCALING TIPS -=item The localeconv function +=item INSTANCE VARIABLES -=back +=item SCALAR INSTANCE VARIABLES -=item LOCALE CATEGORIES +=item INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE -=over +=item OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS -=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation +=item OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS -=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types +=item USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM -=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting +=item THINKING OF CODE REUSE -=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts +=item CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT -=item LC_TIME +=item INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR -=item Other categories +=item DELEGATION =back -=item SECURITY - -B (C, C, C, C and C):, -B (with C<\l>, C<\L>, C<\u> or C<\U>), -B (C):, B (C):, -B (printf() and write()):, B (lc(), lcfirst(), uc(), ucfirst()):, B (localeconv(), strcoll(), strftime(), strxfrm()):, B (isalnum(), isalpha(), isdigit(), isgraph(), -islower(), isprint(), ispunct(), isspace(), isupper(), isxdigit()): - -=item ENVIRONMENT +=head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable -PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY, -LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG +=over 4 -=item NOTES +=item SYNOPSIS -=over +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Backward compatibility +=over 4 -=item I18N:Collate obsolete +=item Tying Scalars -=item Sort speed and memory use impacts +TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, UNTIE this, +DESTROY this -=item write() and LC_NUMERIC +=item Tying Arrays -=item Freely available locale definitions +TIEARRAY classname, LIST, FETCH this, index, STORE this, index, value, +FETCHSIZE this, STORESIZE this, count, EXTEND this, count, EXISTS this, +key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, PUSH this, LIST, POP this, SHIFT this, +UNSHIFT this, LIST, SPLICE this, offset, length, LIST, UNTIE this, DESTROY +this -=item I18n and l10n +=item Tying Hashes -=item An imperfect standard +USER, HOME, CLOBBER, LIST, TIEHASH classname, LIST, FETCH this, key, STORE +this, key, value, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, EXISTS this, key, FIRSTKEY +this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, UNTIE this, DESTROY this -=back +=item Tying FileHandles -=item BUGS +TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, +LIST, READ this, LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, UNTIE this, +DESTROY this -=over +=item UNTIE this -=item Broken systems +=item The C Gotcha =back =item SEE ALSO -=item HISTORY +=item BUGS + +=item AUTHOR =back -=head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl +=head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes, +safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores) -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=over - -=item Important Caveat - -Input and Output Disciplines, Regular Expressions, C still needed -to enable a few features +=item Signals -=item Byte and Character semantics +=item Named Pipes -=item Effects of character semantics +=over 4 -=item Character encodings for input and output +=item WARNING =back -=item CAVEATS +=item Using open() for IPC -=item SEE ALSO +=over 4 -=back +=item Filehandles -=head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial +=item Background Processes -=over +=item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Safe Pipe Opens -=over +=item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process -=item If we could talk to the animals... +=item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself -=item Introducing the method invocation arrow +=back -=item Invoking a barnyard +=item Sockets: Client/Server Communication -=item The extra parameter of method invocation +=over 4 -=item Calling a second method to simplify things +=item Internet Line Terminators -=item Inheriting the windpipes +=item Internet TCP Clients and Servers -=item A few notes about @ISA +=item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers -=item Overriding the methods +=back -=item Starting the search from a different place +=item TCP Clients with IO::Socket -=item The SUPER way of doing things +=over 4 -=item Where we're at so far... +=item A Simple Client -=item A horse is a horse, of course of course -- or is it? +C, C, C -=item Invoking an instance method +=item A Webget Client -=item Accessing the instance data +=item Interactive Client with IO::Socket -=item How to build a horse +=back -=item Inheriting the constructor +=item TCP Servers with IO::Socket -=item Making a method work with either classes or instances +Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse -=item Adding parameters to a method +=item UDP: Message Passing -=item More interesting instances +=item SysV IPC -=item A horse of a different color +=item NOTES -=item Summary +=item BUGS -=back +=item AUTHOR =item SEE ALSO -=item COPYRIGHT - =back -=head2 perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl +=head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation (EXPERIMENTAL, subject to change) -=over +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item Creating a Class +=over 4 -=over +=item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes -=item Object Representation +$$ or $PROCESS_ID, %ENV, chdir() and all other builtins that accept +filenames, wait() and waitpid(), kill(), exec(), exit(), Open handles to +files, directories and network sockets -=item Class Interface +=item Resource limits -=item Constructors and Instance Methods +=item Killing the parent process -=item Planning for the Future: Better Constructors +=item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes -=item Destructors +=item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS -=item Other Object Methods +BEGIN blocks, Open filehandles, Forking pipe open() not yet implemented, +Global state maintained by XSUBs, Interpreter embedded in larger +application, Thread-safety of extensions =back -=item Class Data - -=over - -=item Accessing Class Data - -=item Debugging Methods +=item BUGS -=item Class Destructors +=item AUTHOR -=item Documenting the Interface +=item SEE ALSO =back -=item Aggregation - -=item Inheritance +=head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl -=over +=over 4 -=item Overridden Methods +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Multiple Inheritance +=item DESCRIPTION -=item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects +=item Storing numbers -=back +=item Numeric operators and numeric conversions -=item Alternate Object Representations +=item Flavors of Perl numeric operations -=over +Arithmetic operators except, C, Arithmetic operators except, +C, Bitwise operators, C, Bitwise operators, C, Operators which expect an integer, Operators which expect a +string -=item Arrays as Objects +=item AUTHOR -=item Closures as Objects +=item SEE ALSO =back -=item AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods - -=over - -=item Autoloaded Data Methods +=head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl -=item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods +=over 4 -=back +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Metaclassical Tools +=item What Is A Thread Anyway? -=over +=item Threaded Program Models -=item Class::Struct +=over 4 -=item Data Members as Variables +=item Boss/Worker -=item NOTES +=item Work Crew -=item Object Terminology +=item Pipeline =back -=item SEE ALSO - -=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT - -=item COPYRIGHT - -=over - -=item Acknowledgments +=item Native threads -=back +=item What kind of threads are perl threads? -=back +=item Threadsafe Modules -=head2 perltootc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl +=item Thread Basics -=over +=over 4 -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Basic Thread Support -=item Class Data as Package Variables +=item Creating Threads -=over +=item Giving up control -=item Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket +=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit -=item Inheritance Concerns +=item Errors In Threads -=item The Eponymous Meta-Object +=item Ignoring A Thread -=item Indirect References to Class Data +=back -=item Monadic Classes +=item Threads And Data -=item Translucent Attributes +=over 4 -=back +=item Shared And Unshared Data -=item Class Data as Lexical Variables +=item Thread Pitfall: Races -=over +=item Controlling access: lock() -=item Privacy and Responsibility +=item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks -=item File-Scoped Lexicals +=item Queues: Passing Data Around -=item More Inheritance Concerns +=back -=item Locking the Door and Throwing Away the Key +=item Threads And Code -=item Translucency Revisited +=over 4 -=back +=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access -=item NOTES +Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores -=item SEE ALSO +=item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines -=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT +=item Subroutine Locks -=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS +=item Methods -=item HISTORY +=item Locking A Subroutine =back -=head2 perlobj - Perl objects +=item General Thread Utility Routines -=over +=over 4 -=item DESCRIPTION +=item What Thread Am I In? -=over +=item Thread IDs -=item An Object is Simply a Reference +=item Are These Threads The Same? -=item A Class is Simply a Package +=item What Threads Are Running? -=item A Method is Simply a Subroutine +=back -=item Method Invocation +=item A Complete Example -=item WARNING +=item Conclusion -=item Default UNIVERSAL methods +=item Bibliography -isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] ) +=over 4 -=item Destructors +=item Introductory Texts -=item Summary +=item OS-Related References -=item Two-Phased Garbage Collection +=item Other References =back -=item SEE ALSO +=item Acknowledgements + +=item AUTHOR + +=item Copyrights =back -=head2 perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT) +=head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=item OO SCALING TIPS +Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I +portable -=item INSTANCE VARIABLES +=item ISSUES -=item INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE +=over 4 -=item OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS +=item Newlines -=item OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS +=item Numbers endianness and Width -=item USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM +=item Files and Filesystems -=item THINKING OF CODE REUSE +=item System Interaction -=item CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT +=item Interprocess Communication (IPC) -=item INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR +=item External Subroutines (XS) -=item DELEGATION +=item Standard Modules -=back +=item Time and Date -=head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable +=item Character sets and character encoding -=over +=item Internationalisation -=item SYNOPSIS +=item System Resources -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Security -=over +=item Style -=item Tying Scalars +=back -TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, DESTROY this +=item CPAN Testers -=item Tying Arrays +Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results: +http://testers.cpan.org/ -TIEARRAY classname, LIST, FETCH this, index, STORE this, index, value, -DESTROY this +=item PLATFORMS -=item Tying Hashes +=over 4 -USER, HOME, CLOBBER, LIST, TIEHASH classname, LIST, FETCH this, key, STORE -this, key, value, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, EXISTS this, key, FIRSTKEY -this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, DESTROY this +=item Unix -=item Tying FileHandles +=item DOS and Derivatives -TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, -LIST, READ this, LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, DESTROY this +=item S -=item The C Gotcha +=item VMS -=back +=item VOS -=item SEE ALSO +=item EBCDIC Platforms -=item BUGS +=item Acorn RISC OS -=item AUTHOR +=item Other perls =back -=head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes, -safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores) - -=over - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item Signals - -=item Named Pipes +=item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS -=over +=over 4 -=item WARNING +=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions + +-I FILEHANDLE, -I EXPR, -I, alarm SECONDS, alarm, binmode +FILEHANDLE, chmod LIST, chown LIST, chroot FILENAME, chroot, crypt +PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MODE, dump LABEL, exec +LIST, fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, +getlogin, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, +getgrnam NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getnetbyaddr +ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER, getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, +getgrent, gethostent, getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, +setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, +setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent, endhostent, endnetent, +endprotoent, endservent, getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, +ioctl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, kill SIGNAL, LIST, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, +lstat FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR, lstat, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, +msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, +open FILEHANDLE, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, readlink EXPR, readlink, +select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget +KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, setgrent, setpgrp PID,PGRP, +setpriority WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setpwent, setsockopt +SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, +shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, sockatmark SOCKET, +socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, stat FILEHANDLE, stat +EXPR, stat, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen +FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, system LIST, times, truncate +FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, umask EXPR, umask, utime LIST, +wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS =back -=item Using open() for IPC +=item CHANGES -=over +v1.48, 02 February 2001, v1.47, 22 March 2000, v1.46, 12 February 2000, +v1.45, 20 December 1999, v1.44, 19 July 1999, v1.43, 24 May 1999, v1.42, 22 +May 1999, v1.41, 19 May 1999, v1.40, 11 April 1999, v1.39, 11 February +1999, v1.38, 31 December 1998, v1.37, 19 December 1998, v1.36, 9 September +1998, v1.35, 13 August 1998, v1.33, 06 August 1998, v1.32, 05 August 1998, +v1.30, 03 August 1998, v1.23, 10 July 1998 -=item Filehandles +=item Supported Platforms -=item Background Processes +=item SEE ALSO -=item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent +=item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS -=item Safe Pipe Opens +=item VERSION -=item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process +=back -=item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself +=head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and +localization) -=back +=over 4 -=item Sockets: Client/Server Communication +=item DESCRIPTION -=over +=item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES -=item Internet Line Terminators +=item USING LOCALES -=item Internet TCP Clients and Servers +=over 4 -=item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers +=item The use locale pragma -=back +=item The setlocale function -=item TCP Clients with IO::Socket +=item Finding locales -=over +=item LOCALE PROBLEMS -=item A Simple Client +=item Temporarily fixing locale problems -C, C, C +=item Permanently fixing locale problems -=item A Webget Client +=item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration -=item Interactive Client with IO::Socket +=item Fixing system locale configuration + +=item The localeconv function + +=item I18N::Langinfo =back -=item TCP Servers with IO::Socket +=item LOCALE CATEGORIES -Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse +=over 4 -=item UDP: Message Passing +=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation -=item SysV IPC +=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types -=item NOTES +=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting -=item BUGS +=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts -=item AUTHOR +=item LC_TIME -=item SEE ALSO +=item Other categories =back -=head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl +=item SECURITY -=over +=item ENVIRONMENT -=item SYNOPSIS +PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY, +LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG -=item DESCRIPTION +=item NOTES -=item Storing numbers +=over 4 -=item Numeric operators and numeric conversions +=item Backward compatibility -=item Flavors of Perl numeric operations +=item I18N:Collate obsolete -Arithmetic operators except, C, Arithmetic operators except, -C, Bitwise operators, C, Bitwise operators, C, Operators which expect an integer, Operators which expect a -string +=item Sort speed and memory use impacts -=item AUTHOR +=item write() and LC_NUMERIC -=item SEE ALSO +=item Freely available locale definitions + +=item I18n and l10n + +=item An imperfect standard =back -=head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation +=item BUGS -=over +=over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item Broken systems + +=back + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item HISTORY + +=back + +=head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl + +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 -=item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes +=item Important Caveats -$$ or $PROCESS_ID, %ENV, chdir() and all other builtins that accept -filenames, wait() and waitpid(), kill(), exec(), exit(), Open handles to -files, directories and network sockets +Input and Output Disciplines, Regular Expressions, C still needed +to enable a few features -=item Resource limits +=item Byte and Character semantics -=item Killing the parent process +=item Effects of character semantics -=item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes +=item Scripts -=item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS +=item Blocks -BEGIN blocks, Open filehandles, Forking pipe open() not yet implemented, -Global state maintained by XSUBs, Interpreter embedded in larger -application, Thread-safety of extensions +=item Character encodings for input and output =back -=item BUGS - -=item AUTHOR +=item CAVEATS =item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl +=head2 perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=item What Is A Thread Anyway? +=item COMMON CHARACTER CODE SETS -=item Threaded Program Models +=over 4 -=over +=item ASCII -=item Boss/Worker +=item ISO 8859 -=item Work Crew +=item Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1) -=item Pipeline +=item EBCDIC -=back +=item 13 variant characters -=item Native threads +=item 0037 -=item What kind of threads are perl threads? +=item 1047 -=item Threadsafe Modules +=item POSIX-BC -=item Thread Basics +=item Unicode and UTF -=over +=back -=item Basic Thread Support +=item SINGLE OCTET TABLES -=item Creating Threads +recipe 0, recipe 1, recipe 2, recipe 3, recipe 4, recipe 5, recipe 6 -=item Giving up control +=item IDENTIFYING CHARACTER CODE SETS -=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit +=item CONVERSIONS -=item Errors In Threads +=over 4 -=item Ignoring A Thread +=item tr/// + +=item iconv + +=item C RTL =back -=item Threads And Data +=item OPERATOR DIFFERENCES -=over +=item FUNCTION DIFFERENCES -=item Shared And Unshared Data +chr(), ord(), pack(), print(), printf(), sort(), sprintf(), unpack() -=item Thread Pitfall: Races +=item REGULAR EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES -=item Controlling access: lock() +=item SOCKETS -=item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks +=item SORTING -=item Queues: Passing Data Around +=over 4 -=back +=item Ignore ASCII vs. EBCDIC sort differences. -=item Threads And Code +=item MONO CASE then sort data. -=over +=item Convert, sort data, then re convert. -=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access +=item Perform sorting on one type of machine only. -Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores +=back -=item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines +=item TRANSFORMATION FORMATS -=item Subroutine Locks +=over 4 -=item Methods +=item URL decoding and encoding -=item Locking A Subroutine +=item uu encoding and decoding + +=item Quoted-Printable encoding and decoding + +=item Caesarian ciphers =back -=item General Thread Utility Routines +=item Hashing order and checksums -=over +=item I18N AND L10N -=item What Thread Am I In? +=item MULTI OCTET CHARACTER SETS -=item Thread IDs +=item OS ISSUES -=item Are These Threads The Same? +=over 4 -=item What Threads Are Running? +=item OS/400 -=back +IFS access -=item A Complete Example +=item OS/390, z/OS -=item Conclusion +chcp, dataset access, OS/390, z/OS iconv, locales -=item Bibliography +=item VM/ESA? -=over +=item POSIX-BC? -=item Introductory Texts +=back -=item OS-Related References +=item BUGS -=item Other References +=item SEE ALSO -=back +=item REFERENCES -=item Acknowledgements +=item HISTORY =item AUTHOR -=item Copyrights - =back -=head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics +=head2 perlsec - Perl security -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=back - -=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.23 $, $Date: -1999/05/23 16:08:30 $) +=over 4 -=over +=item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Switches On the "#!" Line -=over +=item Cleaning Up Your Path -=item What is Perl? +=item Security Bugs -=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free? +=item Protecting Your Programs -=item Which version of Perl should I use? +=back -=item What are perl4 and perl5? +=item SEE ALSO -=item What is perl6? +=back -=item How stable is Perl? +=head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables) -=item Is Perl difficult to learn? +=over 4 -=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX, -Scheme, or Tcl? +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Can I do [task] in Perl? +=over 4 -=item When shouldn't I program in Perl? +=item Packages -=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"? +=item Symbol Tables -=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script? +=item Package Constructors and Destructors -=item What is a JAPH? +=item Perl Classes -=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms? +=item Perl Modules -=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version -(5/5.005/Perl instead of some other language)? +=item Making your module threadsafe =back -=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT +=item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.32 $, -$Date: 1999/10/14 18:46:09 $) +=head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY -=item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it? +=over 4 -=item How can I get a binary version of Perl? +=item Pragmatic Modules -=item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl? +attributes, attrs, autouse, base, blib, bytes, charnames, constant, +diagnostics, fields, filetest, integer, less, locale, open, ops, overload, +re, sigtrap, strict, subs, utf8, vars, warnings, warnings::register -=item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts -don't work. +=item Standard Modules -=item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic -loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work? +AnyDBM_File, Attribute::Handlers, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, B, B::Asmdata, +B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Concise, B::Debug, +B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj, B::Stash, +B::Terse, B::Xref, Benchmark, ByteLoader, CGI, CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp, +CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push, CGI::Switch, CGI::Util, +CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, Carp::Heavy, Class::ISA, +Class::Struct, Cwd, DB, DB_File, Devel::SelfStubber, Digest, DirHandle, +Dumpvalue, Encode, Encode::EncodeFormat, Encode::Tcl, English, Env, +Exporter, Exporter::Heavy, ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Constant, +ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install, ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist, +ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin, ExtUtils::MM_NW5, ExtUtils::MM_OS2, ExtUtils::MM_Unix, +ExtUtils::MM_VMS, ExtUtils::MM_Win32, ExtUtils::MakeMaker, +ExtUtils::Manifest, ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists, +ExtUtils::Packlist, ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, Fcntl, File::Basename, +File::CheckTree, File::Compare, File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find, +File::Path, File::Spec, File::Spec::Epoc, File::Spec::Functions, +File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Unix, File::Spec::VMS, +File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp, File::stat, FileCache, FileHandle, +Filter::Simple, FindBin, Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, I18N::Collate, +I18N::LangTags, I18N::LangTags::List, IO, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, +Locale::Constants, Locale::Country, Locale::Currency, Locale::Language, +Locale::Maketext, Locale::Maketext::TPJ13, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt, +Math::BigInt::Calc, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Memoize, +Memoize::AnyDBM_File, Memoize::Expire, Memoize::ExpireFile, +Memoize::ExpireTest, Memoize::NDBM_File, Memoize::SDBM_File, +Memoize::Saves, Memoize::Storable, NDBM_File, NEXT, Net::Cmd, Net::Config, +Net::Domain, Net::FTP, Net::NNTP, Net::Netrc, Net::POP3, Net::Ping, +Net::SMTP, Net::Time, Net::hostent, Net::libnetFAQ, Net::netent, +Net::protoent, Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, POSIX, PerlIO, +Pod::Checker, Pod::Find, Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::LaTeX, +Pod::Man, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Parser, Pod::Plainer, Pod::Select, +Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color, Pod::Text::Overstrike, Pod::Text::Termcap, +Pod::Usage, SDBM_File, Safe, Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell, +Socket, Storable, Switch, Symbol, Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap, +Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test, Test::Harness, Test::More, +Test::Simple, Text::Abbrev, Text::Balanced, Text::ParseWords, +Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs, Text::Wrap, Thread, Thread::Queue, +Thread::Semaphore, Thread::Signal, Thread::Specific, Tie::Array, +Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::RefHash, Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, +Time::Local, Time::gmtime, Time::localtime, Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, UnicodeCD, +User::grent, User::pwent, Win32 -=item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN? -What does CPAN/src/... mean? +=item Extension Modules -=item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl? +=back + +=item CPAN + +=over 4 + +=item Africa + +=item Asia + +=item Central America + +=item Europe + +=item North America + +=item Oceania + +=item South America + +=back + +=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse + +=over 4 + +=item Guidelines for Module Creation + +Adding a Copyright Notice + +=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules + +=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code + +=back + +=item NOTE + +=back + +=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item PREAMBLE + +B the file, B the file into a directory, B the +module (sometimes unnecessary), B the module + +=back + +=item PORTABILITY + +=item HEY + +=item AUTHOR + +=item COPYRIGHT + +=back + +=head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Warning + +=item What should I make into a module? + +=item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground + +Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again + +=item Step-by-step: Making the module + +Start with F, Use L and L, Use +L, Use L - wisely!, Use L, Write tests, Write the README + +=item Step-by-step: Distributing your module + +Get a CPAN user ID, C, Upload the +tarball, Announce to the modules list, Announce to clpa, Fix bugs! + +=back + +=item AUTHOR + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.23 $, $Date: +1999/05/23 16:08:30 $) + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item What is Perl? + +=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free? + +=item Which version of Perl should I use? + +=item What are perl4 and perl5? + +=item What is perl6? + +=item How stable is Perl? + +=item Is Perl difficult to learn? + +=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX, +Scheme, or Tcl? + +=item Can I do [task] in Perl? + +=item When shouldn't I program in Perl? + +=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"? + +=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script? + +=item What is a JAPH? + +=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms? + +=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version +5/5.005/Perl instead of some other language? + +=back + +=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT + +=back + +=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.32 $, +$Date: 1999/10/14 18:46:09 $) + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it? + +=item How can I get a binary version of Perl? + +=item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl? + +=item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts +don't work. + +=item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic +loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work? + +=item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN? +What does CPAN/src/... mean? + +=item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl? =item Where can I get information on Perl? @@ -2598,11 +2452,11 @@ References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics =head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.38 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 16:08:30 $) -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item How do I do (anything)? @@ -2622,6 +2476,10 @@ References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics =item Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor? +Komodo, The Object System, Open Perl IDE, PerlBuilder, visiPerl+, +CodeMagicCD, GNU Emacs, MicroEMACS, XEmacs, Elvis, Vile, Vim, Codewright, +MultiEdit, SlickEdit, Bash, Ksh, Tcsh, Zsh, BBEdit and BBEdit Lite, Alpha + =item Where can I get Perl macros for vi? =item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs? @@ -2663,7 +2521,7 @@ References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics =item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp] =item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in -my C program, what am I doing wrong? +my C program; what am I doing wrong? =item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean? @@ -2679,13 +2537,13 @@ mean? =head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.49 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 20:37:49 $) -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION =item Data: Numbers -=over +=over 4 =item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)? @@ -2711,7 +2569,7 @@ Trig functions? =item Data: Dates -=over +=over 4 =item How do I find the week-of-the-year/day-of-the-year? @@ -2731,7 +2589,7 @@ Trig functions? =item Data: Strings -=over +=over 4 =item How do I validate input? @@ -2783,7 +2641,7 @@ the tag =item Data: Arrays -=over +=over 4 =item What is the difference between a list and an array? @@ -2791,13 +2649,10 @@ the tag =item How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array? -a) If @in is sorted, and you want @out to be sorted: (this assumes all true -values in the array), b) If you don't know whether @in is sorted:, c) Like -(b), but @in contains only small integers:, d) A way to do (b) without any -loops or greps:, e) Like (d), but @in contains only small positive -integers: +a), b), c), d), e) -=item How can I tell whether a list or array contains a certain element? +=item How can I tell whether a certain element is contained in a list or +array? =item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the intersection of two arrays? @@ -2828,7 +2683,7 @@ intersection of two arrays? =item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays) -=over +=over 4 =item How do I process an entire hash? @@ -2867,7 +2722,7 @@ array of hashes or arrays? =item Data: Misc -=over +=over 4 =item How do I handle binary data correctly? @@ -2892,11 +2747,11 @@ array of hashes or arrays? =head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.38 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 16:08:30 $) -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this? @@ -2939,6 +2794,9 @@ filehandles between subroutines? How do I make an array of filehandles? =item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in the file. How can I do this? +=item All I want to do is append a small amount of text to the end of a +file. Do I still have to use locking? + =item How do I randomly update a binary file? =item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl? @@ -2981,11 +2839,11 @@ protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl? =head2 perlfaq6 - Regexes ($Revision: 1.27 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 16:08:30 $) -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible and unmaintainable code? @@ -2999,7 +2857,7 @@ different lines? =item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong? -=item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS, but preserving +=item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS while preserving case on the RHS? =item How can I make C<\w> match national character sets? @@ -3017,7 +2875,7 @@ file? =item What does it mean that regexes are greedy? How can I get around it? -=item How do I process each word on each line? +=item How do I process each word on each line? =item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary? @@ -3048,11 +2906,11 @@ file? =head2 perlfaq7 - Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.28 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 20:36:18 $) -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language? @@ -3127,11 +2985,11 @@ is in scope? =head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.39 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 18:37:57 $) -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item How do I find out which operating system I'm running under? @@ -3175,7 +3033,7 @@ STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR are shared, Signals, Zombies =item How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling) -=item Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? What +=item Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? What does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean? =item How can I call my system's unique C functions from Perl? @@ -3219,8 +3077,6 @@ complete? =item How do I fork a daemon process? -=item How do I make my program run with sh and csh? - =item How do I find out if I'm running interactively or not? =item How do I timeout a slow event? @@ -3257,13 +3113,13 @@ search path? =head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.26 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 16:08:30 $) -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 -=item My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500 +=item My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500 Server Error) =item How can I get better error messages from a CGI program? @@ -3304,6 +3160,8 @@ CGI script to do bad things? =item How do I send mail? +=item How do I use MIME to make an attachment to a mail message? + =item How do I read mail? =item How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address? @@ -3322,11 +3180,11 @@ CGI script to do bad things? =head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item Layout @@ -3336,7 +3194,7 @@ B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref =item Using The Back Ends -=over +=over 4 =item The Cross Referencing Back End @@ -3366,11 +3224,11 @@ B::Stash, B::Terse, B::Xref =head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item PREAMBLE @@ -3400,7 +3258,7 @@ program =back -=item Embedding Perl under Windows +=item Embedding Perl under Win32 =item MORAL @@ -3412,13 +3270,13 @@ program =head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION =item Debugger Internals -=over +=over 4 =item Writing Your Own Debugger @@ -3428,7 +3286,7 @@ program =item Debugging regular expressions -=over +=over 4 =item Compile-time output @@ -3445,7 +3303,7 @@ C =item Debugging Perl memory usage -=over +=over 4 =item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}> @@ -3471,13 +3329,13 @@ C, C, C =head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION =item SPECIAL NOTES -=over +=over 4 =item make @@ -3489,7 +3347,7 @@ C, C, C =item TUTORIAL -=over +=over 4 =item EXAMPLE 1 @@ -3551,7 +3409,7 @@ C, C, C =item Author -=over +=over 4 =item Last Changed @@ -3561,11 +3419,11 @@ C, C, C =head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item Introduction @@ -3585,6 +3443,8 @@ C, C, C =item The OUTPUT: Keyword +=item The NO_OUTPUT Keyword + =item The CODE: Keyword =item The INIT: Keyword @@ -3601,6 +3461,8 @@ C, C, C =item The INPUT: Keyword +=item The IN/OUTLIST/IN_OUTLIST/OUT/IN_OUT Keywords + =item Variable-length Parameter Lists =item The C_ARGS: Keyword @@ -3613,6 +3475,8 @@ C, C, C =item The CLEANUP: Keyword +=item The POSTCALL: Keyword + =item The BOOT: Keyword =item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword @@ -3633,7 +3497,7 @@ C, C, C =item The & Unary Operator -=item Inserting Comments and C Preprocessor Directives +=item Inserting POD, Comments and C Preprocessor Directives =item Using XS With C++ @@ -3653,15 +3517,47 @@ C, C, C =back +=head2 perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Conventions + +C, C

, C, C + +=item File Operations + +=item File Input and Output + +=item File Positioning + +=item Memory Management and String Handling + +=item Character Class Tests + +=item F functions + +=item Miscellaneous functions + +=back + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + =head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION =item Variables -=over +=over 4 =item Datatypes @@ -3669,6 +3565,8 @@ C, C, C =item Working with SVs +=item Offsets + =item What's Really Stored in an SV? =item Working with AVs @@ -3702,20 +3600,21 @@ C, C, C =item Localizing changes C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, C, -C +C, C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, +C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, +C, C, C =back =item Subroutines -=over +=over 4 =item XSUBs and the Argument Stack @@ -3735,7 +3634,7 @@ C =item Compiled code -=over +=over 4 =item Code tree @@ -3749,20 +3648,60 @@ C =item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization +=item Pluggable runops + =back +=item Examining internal data structures with the C functions + =item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported -=over +=over 4 =item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT +=item So what happened to dTHR? + =item How do I use all this in extensions? +=item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads? + =item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS =back +=item Internal Functions + +A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, j, x + +=over 4 + +=item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs + +=item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer + +=item Source Documentation + +=back + +=item Unicode Support + +=over 4 + +=item What B Unicode, anyway? + +=item How can I recognise a UTF8 string? + +=item How does UTF8 represent Unicode characters? + +=item How does Perl store UTF8 strings? + +=item How do I convert a string to UTF8? + +=item Is there anything else I need to know? + +=back + =item AUTHORS =item SEE ALSO @@ -3771,7 +3710,7 @@ C =head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION @@ -3783,7 +3722,7 @@ call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv =item FLAG VALUES -=over +=over 4 =item G_VOID @@ -3807,7 +3746,7 @@ call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv =item EXAMPLES -=over +=over 4 =item No Parameters, Nothing returned @@ -3857,11 +3796,11 @@ callback =head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item DOCUMENTATION @@ -3874,6 +3813,10 @@ L L, L, L +=item Administration + +L + =item Development L, L, L and L, @@ -3887,7 +3830,7 @@ L, L, L =head2 perlfilter - Source Filters -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION @@ -3919,7 +3862,7 @@ B =head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -3928,7 +3871,7 @@ B B, B, B, B -=over +=over 4 =item The Filter @@ -3946,54 +3889,73 @@ B =head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -AvFILL, av_clear, av_extend, av_fetch, av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push, -av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift, bytes_to_utf8, call_argv, -call_method, call_pv, call_sv, CLASS, Copy, croak, CvSTASH, dMARK, +AvFILL, av_clear, av_delete, av_exists, av_extend, av_fetch, av_fill, +av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push, av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift, +ax, bytes_from_utf8, bytes_to_utf8, call_argv, call_method, call_pv, +call_sv, CLASS, Copy, croak, CvSTASH, cv_const_sv, dAX, dITEMS, dMARK, dORIGMARK, dSP, dXSARGS, dXSI32, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv, EXTEND, -fbm_compile, fbm_instr, FREETMPS, get_av, get_cv, get_hv, get_sv, GIMME, -GIMME_V, GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_fetchmethod_autoload, -gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, -G_VOID, HEf_SVKEY, HeHASH, HeKEY, HeKLEN, HePV, HeSVKEY, HeSVKEY_force, +fbm_compile, fbm_instr, FREETMPS, getcwd_sv, get_av, get_cv, get_hv, +get_sv, GIMME, GIMME_V, grok_number, grok_numeric_radix, GvSV, +gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_fetchmethod_autoload, gv_stashpv, +gv_stashsv, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID, +HEf_SVKEY, HeHASH, HeKEY, HeKLEN, HePV, HeSVKEY, HeSVKEY_force, HeSVKEY_set, HeVAL, HvNAME, hv_clear, hv_delete, hv_delete_ent, hv_exists, hv_exists_ent, hv_fetch, hv_fetch_ent, hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey, hv_iterkeysv, hv_iternext, hv_iternextsv, hv_iterval, hv_magic, hv_store, hv_store_ent, hv_undef, isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, -isUPPER, items, ix, LEAVE, looks_like_number, MARK, mg_clear, mg_copy, -mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, mg_length, mg_magical, mg_set, Move, New, newAV, -Newc, newCONSTSUB, newHV, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, NEWSV, newSViv, newSVnv, -newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVrv, newSVsv, newSVuv, newXS, newXSproto, +isUPPER, is_utf8_char, is_utf8_string, items, ix, LEAVE, load_module, +looks_like_number, MARK, mg_clear, mg_copy, mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, +mg_length, mg_magical, mg_set, Move, New, newAV, Newc, newCONSTSUB, newHV, +newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, NEWSV, newSV, newSViv, newSVnv, newSVpv, newSVpvf, +newSVpvn, newSVpvn_share, newSVrv, newSVsv, newSVuv, newXS, newXSproto, Newz, Nullav, Nullch, Nullcv, Nullhv, Nullsv, ORIGMARK, perl_alloc, -perl_construct, perl_destruct, perl_free, perl_parse, perl_run, -PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_modglobal, PL_na, -PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes, POPi, POPl, POPn, POPp, POPs, PUSHi, -PUSHMARK, PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUSHu, PUTBACK, Renew, Renewc, require_pv, -RETVAL, Safefree, savepv, savepvn, SAVETMPS, SP, SPAGAIN, ST, strEQ, strGE, -strGT, strLE, strLT, strNE, strnEQ, strnNE, StructCopy, SvCUR, SvCUR_set, -SvEND, SvGETMAGIC, SvGROW, SvIOK, SvIOKp, SvIOK_off, SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only, -SvIV, SvIVX, SvLEN, SvLOCK, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp, SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, SvNOKp, -SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVX, SvOK, SvOOK, SvPOK, SvPOKp, -SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only, SvPV, SvPVX, SvPV_force, SvPV_nolen, -SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK, SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV, -SvSETMAGIC, SvSetSV, SvSetSV_nosteal, SvSTASH, SvTAINT, SvTAINTED, -SvTAINTED_off, SvTAINTED_on, SvTRUE, SvTYPE, svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV, -SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG, SvUNLOCK, SvUPGRADE, SvUV, -SvUVX, sv_2mortal, sv_bless, sv_catpv, sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg, sv_catpvn, -sv_catpvn_mg, sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv, sv_catsv_mg, sv_chop, sv_cmp, sv_dec, -sv_derived_from, sv_eq, sv_grow, sv_inc, sv_insert, sv_isa, sv_isobject, -sv_len, sv_magic, sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, sv_setiv, sv_setiv_mg, -sv_setnv, sv_setnv_mg, sv_setpv, sv_setpvf, sv_setpvf_mg, sv_setpviv, -sv_setpviv_mg, sv_setpvn, sv_setpvn_mg, sv_setpv_mg, sv_setref_iv, -sv_setref_nv, sv_setref_pv, sv_setref_pvn, sv_setsv, sv_setsv_mg, sv_setuv, -sv_setuv_mg, sv_unref, sv_upgrade, sv_usepvn, sv_usepvn_mg, sv_vcatpvfn, -sv_vsetpvfn, THIS, toLOWER, toUPPER, U8 *s, utf8_to_bytes, warn, XPUSHi, -XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs, XPUSHu, XS, XSRETURN, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XSRETURN_IV, -XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV, XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF, XSRETURN_YES, -XST_mIV, XST_mNO, XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES, XS_VERSION, -XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK, Zero +perl_clone, perl_construct, perl_destruct, perl_free, perl_parse, perl_run, +PL_modglobal, PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes, POPi, POPl, POPn, +POPp, POPpbytex, POPpx, POPs, PUSHi, PUSHMARK, PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUSHu, +PUTBACK, Renew, Renewc, require_pv, RETVAL, Safefree, savepv, savepvn, +SAVETMPS, SP, SPAGAIN, ST, strEQ, strGE, strGT, strLE, strLT, strNE, +strnEQ, strnNE, StructCopy, SvCUR, SvCUR_set, SvEND, SvGETMAGIC, SvGROW, +SvIOK, SvIOKp, SvIOK_notUV, SvIOK_off, SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only, SvIOK_only_UV, +SvIOK_UV, SvIV, SvIVx, SvIVX, SvLEN, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp, SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, +SvNOKp, SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVx, SvNVX, SvOK, SvOOK, +SvPOK, SvPOKp, SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only, SvPOK_only_UTF8, SvPV, +SvPVbyte, SvPVbytex, SvPVbytex_force, SvPVbyte_force, SvPVbyte_nolen, +SvPVutf8, SvPVutf8x, SvPVutf8x_force, SvPVutf8_force, SvPVutf8_nolen, +SvPVx, SvPVX, SvPV_force, SvPV_force_nomg, SvPV_nolen, SvREFCNT, +SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK, SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV, SvSETMAGIC, +SvSetMagicSV, SvSetMagicSV_nosteal, SvSetSV, SvSetSV_nosteal, SvSTASH, +SvTAINT, SvTAINTED, SvTAINTED_off, SvTAINTED_on, SvTRUE, SvTYPE, svtype, +SVt_IV, SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG, SvUOK, +SvUPGRADE, SvUTF8, SvUTF8_off, SvUTF8_on, SvUV, SvUVX, SvUVx, sv_2bool, +sv_2cv, sv_2io, sv_2iv, sv_2mortal, sv_2nv, sv_2pvbyte, sv_2pvbyte_nolen, +sv_2pvutf8, sv_2pvutf8_nolen, sv_2pv_flags, sv_2pv_nolen, sv_2uv, +sv_backoff, sv_bless, sv_catpv, sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg, sv_catpvn, +sv_catpvn_flags, sv_catpvn_mg, sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv, sv_catsv_flags, +sv_catsv_mg, sv_chop, sv_clear, sv_cmp, sv_cmp_locale, sv_collxfrm, sv_dec, +sv_derived_from, sv_eq, sv_force_normal, sv_force_normal_flags, sv_free, +sv_gets, sv_grow, sv_inc, sv_insert, sv_isa, sv_isobject, sv_iv, sv_len, +sv_len_utf8, sv_magic, sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, sv_newref, sv_nv, +sv_pos_b2u, sv_pos_u2b, sv_pv, sv_pvbyte, sv_pvbyten, sv_pvbyten_force, +sv_pvn, sv_pvn_force, sv_pvn_force_flags, sv_pvutf8, sv_pvutf8n, +sv_pvutf8n_force, sv_reftype, sv_replace, sv_report_used, sv_reset, +sv_rvweaken, sv_setiv, sv_setiv_mg, sv_setnv, sv_setnv_mg, sv_setpv, +sv_setpvf, sv_setpvf_mg, sv_setpviv, sv_setpviv_mg, sv_setpvn, +sv_setpvn_mg, sv_setpv_mg, sv_setref_iv, sv_setref_nv, sv_setref_pv, +sv_setref_pvn, sv_setref_uv, sv_setsv, sv_setsv_flags, sv_setsv_mg, +sv_setuv, sv_setuv_mg, sv_taint, sv_tainted, sv_true, sv_unmagic, sv_unref, +sv_unref_flags, sv_untaint, sv_upgrade, sv_usepvn, sv_usepvn_mg, +sv_utf8_decode, sv_utf8_downgrade, sv_utf8_encode, sv_utf8_upgrade, +sv_utf8_upgrade_flags, sv_uv, sv_vcatpvfn, sv_vsetpvfn, THIS, toLOWER, +toUPPER, utf8n_to_uvchr, utf8n_to_uvuni, utf8_distance, utf8_hop, +utf8_length, utf8_to_bytes, utf8_to_uvchr, utf8_to_uvuni, uvchr_to_utf8, +uvuni_to_utf8, warn, XPUSHi, XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs, XPUSHu, XS, XSRETURN, +XSRETURN_EMPTY, XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV, XSRETURN_PV, +XSRETURN_UNDEF, XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNO, XST_mNV, XST_mPV, +XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK, Zero =item AUTHORS @@ -4001,14 +3963,16 @@ XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK, Zero =back -=head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B +=head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B Perl functions -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -is_gv_magical +djSP, is_gv_magical, LVRET, PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, +PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv, PL_rs, report_uninit, start_glob, sv_add_arena, +sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs, sv_free_arenas =item AUTHORS @@ -4016,243 +3980,255 @@ is_gv_magical =back -=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface. +=head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers. -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -B, B, B, B, -B, B, -B, B, -B, B, -B, B, B, -B, B, B, -B, B, B, -B, B, B, -B, B, B, -B, B +=over 4 -=over +=item History and Background -=item Co-existence with stdio +=item Layers vs Disciplines -B, B, -B, B, B, -B, B, B, -B, B, -B, B, B, -B, B +=item Data Structures -=back +1. The functions and attributes of the "layer class", 2. The per-instance +data for a particular handle -=back +=item Functions and Attributes -=head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List +=item Per-instance Data -=over +=item Layers in action. -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Per-instance flag bits -=item Infrastructure +PERLIO_F_EOF, PERLIO_F_CANWRITE, PERLIO_F_CANREAD, PERLIO_F_ERROR, +PERLIO_F_TRUNCATE, PERLIO_F_APPEND, PERLIO_F_CRLF, PERLIO_F_UTF8, +PERLIO_F_UNBUF, PERLIO_F_WRBUF, PERLIO_F_RDBUF, PERLIO_F_LINEBUF, +PERLIO_F_TEMP, PERLIO_F_OPEN, PERLIO_F_FASTGETS -=over +=item Methods in Detail -=item Mailing list archives + IV (*Pushed)(PerlIO *f,const char *mode, SV *arg);, IV + (*Popped)(PerlIO *f);, PerlIO * (*Open)(...);, SV * +(*Getarg)(PerlIO *f);, IV (*Fileno)(PerlIO *f);, SSize_t +(*Read)(PerlIO *f, void *vbuf, Size_t count);, SSize_t (*Unread)(PerlIO +*f, const void *vbuf, Size_t count);, SSize_t (*Write)(PerlIO *f, const +void *vbuf, Size_t count);, IV (*Seek)(PerlIO *f, Off_t +offset, int whence);, Off_t (*Tell)(PerlIO *f);, IV + (*Close)(PerlIO *f);, IV (*Flush)(PerlIO *f);, IV + (*Fill)(PerlIO *f);, IV (*Eof)(PerlIO *f);, IV + (*Error)(PerlIO *f);, void (*Clearerr)(PerlIO *f);, void + (*Setlinebuf)(PerlIO *f);, STDCHAR * (*Get_base)(PerlIO *f);, +Size_t (*Get_bufsiz)(PerlIO *f);, STDCHAR * +(*Get_ptr)(PerlIO *f);, SSize_t (*Get_cnt)(PerlIO *f);, void + (*Set_ptrcnt)(PerlIO *f,STDCHAR *ptr,SSize_t cnt); -=item Bug tracking system +=item Core Layers -=item Regression Tests +"unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8" -Coverage, Regression, __DIE__, suidperl, The 25% slowdown from perl4 to -perl5 +=item Extension Layers -=back +":encoding", ":Scalar", ":Object" or ":Perl" -=item Configure +=back -=over +=back -=item Install HTML +=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface. -=back +=over 4 -=item Perl Language +=item SYNOPSIS -=over +=item DESCRIPTION -=item our ($var) +1. USE_STDIO, 2. USE_SFIO, 3. USE_PERLIO, B, +B, B, B, +B, B, +B, B, +B, B, +B, B, B, +B, B, B, +B, B, B, +B, B, B, +B, B, B, +B, B, B -=item 64-bit Perl +=over 4 -=item Prototypes +=item Co-existence with stdio -Named prototypes, Indirect objects, Method calls, Context, Scoped subs +B, B, +B, B -=back +=item "Fast gets" Functions -=item Perl Internals +B, B, B, +B, B, B, +B, B, B, +B -=over +=item Other Functions -=item magic_setisa +PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers), +'E' read, 'E' write, '+' read/write, PerlIO_debug(fmt,...) -=item Garbage Collection +=back -=item Reliable signals +=back -Alternate runops() for signal despatch, Figure out how to die() in delayed -sighandler, Add tests for Thread::Signal, Automatic tests against CPAN +=head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List -=item Interpolated regex performance bugs +=over 4 -=item Memory leaks from failed eval/regcomp +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Make XS easier to use +=item To do during 5.6.x -=item Make embedded Perl easier to use +=over 4 -=item Namespace cleanup +=item Support for I/O disciplines -=item MULTIPLICITY +=item Eliminate need for "use utf8"; -=item MacPerl +=item Create a char *sv_pvprintify(sv, STRLEN *lenp, UV flags) -=back +=item Autoload byte.pm -=item Documentation +=item Make "\u{XXXX}" et al work -=over +=item Overloadable regex assertions -=item A clear division into tutorial and reference +=item Unicode collation and normalization -=item Remove the artificial distinction between operators and functions +=item Unicode case mappings -=item More tutorials +=item Unicode regular expression character classes -Regular expressions, I/O, pack/unpack, Debugging +=item use Thread for iThreads -=item Include a search tool +=item make perl_clone optionally clone ops -=item Include a locate tool +=item Work out exit/die semantics for threads -=item Separate function manpages by default +=item Typed lexicals for compiler -=item Users can't find the manpages +=item Compiler workarounds for Win32 -=item Install ALL Documentation +=item AUTOLOADing in the compiler -=item Outstanding issues to be documented +=item Fixing comppadlist when compiling -=item Adapt www.linuxhq.com for Perl +=item Cleaning up exported namespace -=item Replace man with a perl program +=item Complete signal handling -=item Unicode tutorial +=item Out-of-source builds -=back +=item POSIX realtime support -=item Modules +=item UNIX98 support -=over +=item IPv6 Support -=item Update the POSIX extension to conform with the POSIX 1003.1 Edition 2 +=item Long double conversion -=item Module versions +=item Locales -=item New modules +=item Thread-safe regexes -=item Profiler +=item Arithmetic on non-Arabic numerals -=item Tie Modules +=item POSIX Unicode character classes -VecArray, SubstrArray, VirtualArray, ShiftSplice +=item Factoring out common suffices/prefices in regexps (trie optimization) -=item Procedural options +=item Security audit shipped utilities -=item RPC +=item Custom opcodes -=item y2k localtime/gmtime +=item spawnvp() on Win32 -=item Export File::Find variables +=item DLL Versioning -=item Ioctl +=item Introduce @( and @) -=item Debugger attach/detach +=item Floating point handling -=item Regular Expression debugger +=item IV/UV preservation -=item Alternative RE Syntax +=item Replace pod2html with something using Pod::Parser -=item Bundled modules +=item Automate module testing on CPAN -=item Expect +=item sendmsg and recvmsg -=item GUI::Native +=item Rewrite perlre documentation -=item Update semibroken auxiliary tools; h2ph, a2p, etc. +=item Convert example code to IO::Handle filehandles -=item POD Converters +=item Document Win32 choices -=item pod2html +=item Check new modules -=item Podchecker +=item Make roffitall find pods and libs itself =back -=item Tom's Wishes +=item To do at some point -=over +=over 4 -=item Webperl +=item Remove regular expression recursion -=item Mobile agents +=item Memory leaks after failed eval -=item POSIX on non-POSIX +=item pack "(stuff)*" -=item Portable installations +=item bitfields in pack -=back +=item Cross compilation -=item Win32 Stuff +=item Perl preprocessor / macros -=over +=item Perl lexer in Perl -=item Rename new headers to be consistent with the rest +=item Using POSIX calls internally -=item Sort out the spawnvp() mess +=item -i rename file when changed -=item Work out DLL versioning +=item All ARGV input should act like EE -=item Style-check +=item Support for rerunning debugger -=back +=item Test Suite for the Debugger -=item Would be nice to have +=item my sub foo { } -C, Contiguous bitfields in pack/unpack, lexperl, Bundled -perl preprocessor, Use posix calls internally where possible, format -BOTTOM, -i rename file only when successfully changed, All ARGV input -should act like <>, report HANDLE [formats], support in perlmain to rerun -debugger, lvalue functions +=item One-pass global destruction -=item Possible pragmas +=item Rewrite regexp parser -=over +=item Cache recently used regexps -=item 'less' +=item Re-entrant functions -=back +=item Cross-compilation support -=item Optimizations +=item Bit-shifting bitvectors -=over +=item debugger pragma -=item constant function cache +=item use less pragma -=item foreach(reverse...) +=item switch structures =item Cache eval tree @@ -4260,536 +4236,487 @@ debugger, lvalue functions =item Shrink opcode tables -=item Cache hash value +=item Optimize away @_ -=item Optimize away @_ where possible +=item Prototypes versus indirect objects -=item Optimize sort by { $a <=> $b } +=item Install HMTL -=item Rewrite regexp parser for better integrated optimization +=item Prototype method calls -=back +=item Return context prototype declarations -=item Vague possibilities +=item magic_setisa -ref function in list context, make tr/// return histogram in list context?, -Loop control on do{} et al, Explicit switch statements, compile to real -threaded code, structured types, Modifiable $1 et al +=item Garbage collection -=item To Do Or Not To Do +=item IO tutorial -=over +=item pack/unpack tutorial -=item Making my() work on "package" variables +=item Rewrite perldoc -=item "or" testing defined not truth +=item Install .3p manpages -=item "dynamic" lexicals +=item Unicode tutorial -=item "class"-based, rather than package-based "lexicals" +=item Update POSIX.pm for 1003.1-2 -=back +=item Retargetable installation -=item Threading +=item POSIX emulation on non-POSIX systems -=over +=item Rename Win32 headers -=item Modules +=item Finish off lvalue functions -=item Testing +=item Update sprintf documentation -=item $AUTOLOAD +=item Use fchown/fchmod internally -=item exit/die +=back -=item External threads +=item Vague ideas -=item Thread::Pool +=over 4 -=item thread-safety +=item ref() in list context -=item Per-thread GVs +=item Make tr/// return histogram -=back +=item Compile to real threaded code -=item Compiler +=item Structured types -=over +=item Modifiable $1 et al. -=item Optimization +=item Procedural interfaces for IO::*, etc. -=item Byteperl +=item RPC modules -=item Precompiled modules +=item Attach/detach debugger from running program -=item Executables +=item Alternative RE syntax module -=item Typed lexicals +=item GUI::Native -=item Win32 +=item foreach(reverse ...) + +=item Constant function cache -=item END blocks +=item Approximate regular expression matching -=item _AUTOLOAD +=back -=item comppadlist +=item Ongoing -=item Cached compilation +=over 4 -=back +=item Update guts documentation -=item Recently Finished Tasks +=item Add more tests -=over +=item Update auxiliary tools -=item Figure a way out of $^(capital letter) +=back -=item Filenames +=item Recently done things -=item Foreign lines +=over 4 -=item Namespace cleanup +=item Safe signal handling -=item ISA.pm +=item Tie Modules =item gettimeofday -=item autocroak? +=item setitimer and getimiter -=back +=item Testing __DIE__ hook -=back +=item CPP equivalent in Perl -=head2 perlhack - How to hack at the Perl internals +=item Explicit switch statements -=over +=item autocroak -=item DESCRIPTION +=item UTF/EBCDIC -Does concept match the general goals of Perl?, Where is the -implementation?, Backwards compatibility, Could it be a module instead?, Is -the feature generic enough?, Does it potentially introduce new bugs?, Does -it preclude other desirable features?, Is the implementation robust?, Is -the implementation generic enough to be portable?, Is there enough -documentation?, Is there another way to do it?, Does it create too much -work?, Patches speak louder than words +=item UTF Regexes -=item AUTHOR +=item perlcc to produce executable -=back +=item END blocks saved in compiled output -=head2 perlhist - the Perl history records +=item Secure temporary file module -=over +=item Integrate Time::HiRes -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Turn Cwd into XS -=item INTRODUCTION +=item Mmap for input -=item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN +=item Byte to/from UTF8 and UTF8 to/from local conversion -=over +=item Add sockatmark support -=item PUMPKIN? +=item Mailing list archives -=back +=item Bug tracking -=item THE RECORDS +=item Integrate MacPerl -=over +=item Web "nerve center" for Perl -=item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES +=item Regular expression tutorial -=item SELECTED PATCH SIZES +=item Debugging Tutorial -=back +=item Integrate new modules -=item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS +=item Integrate profiler -=back +=item Y2K error detection -=head2 perldelta - what's new for perl v5.6.0 +=item Regular expression debugger -=over +=item POD checker -=item DESCRIPTION +=item "Dynamic" lexicals -=item Core Enhancements +=item Cache precompiled modules -=over +=back -=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency +=item Deprecated Wishes -=item Lexically scoped warning categories +=over 4 -=item Unicode and UTF-8 support +=item Loop control on do{} -=item Support for interpolating named characters +=item Lexically scoped typeglobs -=item "our" declarations +=item format BOTTOM -=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals +=item report HANDLE -=item Improved Perl version numbering system +=item Generalised want()/caller()) -=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes +=item Named prototypes -=item File and directory handles can be autovivified +=item Built-in globbing -=item open() with more than two arguments +=item Regression tests for suidperl -=item 64-bit support +=item Cached hash values -=item Large file support +=item Add compression modules -=item Long doubles +=item Reorganise documentation into tutorials/references -=item "more bits" +=item Remove distinction between functions and operators -=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines +=item Make XS easier to use -=item C allowed +=item Make embedding easier to use -=item File globbing implemented internally +=item man for perl -Support for CHECK blocks +=item my $Package::variable -=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported +=item "or" tests defined, not truth -Better pseudo-random number generator +=item "class"-based lexicals -=item Improved C operator +=item byteperl -Better worst-case behavior of hashes +=item Lazy evaluation / tail recursion removal -=item pack() format 'Z' supported +=item Make "use utf8" the default -=item pack() format modifier '!' supported +=back -=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings +=back -=item Comments in pack() templates +=head2 perlhack - How to hack at the Perl internals -=item Weak references +=over 4 -=item Binary numbers supported +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Lvalue subroutines +Does concept match the general goals of Perl?, Where is the +implementation?, Backwards compatibility, Could it be a module instead?, Is +the feature generic enough?, Does it potentially introduce new bugs?, Does +it preclude other desirable features?, Is the implementation robust?, Is +the implementation generic enough to be portable?, Is there enough +documentation?, Is there another way to do it?, Does it create too much +work?, Patches speak louder than words -=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references +=over 4 -=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues +=item Keeping in sync -=item exists() is supported on subroutine names +rsync'ing the source tree, Using rsync over the LAN, Using pushing over the +NFS, rsync'ing the patches -=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements +=item Why rsync the source tree -=item Pseudo-hashes work better +It's easier to rsync the source tree, It's more recent, It's more reliable -=item Automatic flushing of output buffers +=item Why rsync the patches -=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations +It's easier to rsync the patches, It's a good reference, Finding a start +point, Finding how to fix a bug, Finding the source of misbehaviour -=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle +=item Submitting patches -=item eof() has the same old magic as <> +L, L and L, L, +F, The perl5-porters FAQ -=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes +=item Finding Your Way Around -=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text" +Core modules, Tests, Documentation, Configure, Interpreter -=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure +=item Elements of the interpreter -=item Improved diagnostics +Startup, Parsing, Optimization, Running -=item Diagnostics follow STDERR +=item Internal Variable Types -More consistent close-on-exec behavior +=item Op Trees -=item syswrite() ease-of-use +=item Stacks -=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators +Argument stack, Mark stack, Save stack -=item Bit operators support full native integer width +=item Millions of Macros -=item Improved security features +=item Poking at Perl -More functional bareword prototype (*) +=item Using a source-level debugger -=item C and C may be overridden +run [args], break function_name, break source.c:xxx, step, next, continue, +finish, 'enter', print -=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character +=item Dumping Perl Data Structures -=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch +=item Patching -=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string +=item Patching a core module -=item Optional Y2K warnings +=item Writing a test + +F, F, F, F, F, F, +F, F =back -=item Modules and Pragmata +=item EXTERNAL TOOLS FOR DEBUGGING PERL -=over +=over 4 -=item Modules +=item Rational Software's Purify -attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper, -DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English, -Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec, -File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt, -Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker, -podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage, -pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname, -Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters +=item Purify on Unix -=item Pragmata +-Accflags=-DPURIFY, -Doptimize='-g', -Uusemymalloc, -Dusemultiplicity -=back +=item Purify on NT -=item Utility Changes +DEFINES, USE_MULTI = define, #PERL_MALLOC = define, CFG = Debug -=over +=item Compaq's/Digital's Third Degree -=item dprofpp +=item PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL -=item find2perl +=item Profiling -=item h2xs +=item Gprof Profiling -=item perlcc +-a, -b, -e routine, -f routine, -s, -z -=item perldoc +=item GCC gcov Profiling -=item The Perl Debugger +=item Pixie Profiling + +-h, -l, -p[rocedures], -h[eavy], -i[nvocations], -l[ines], -testcoverage, +-z[ero] + +=item CONCLUSION + +I =back -=item Improved Documentation +=item AUTHOR -perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod, -perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod, -perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod, -perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod +=back -=item Performance enhancements +=head2 perlhist - the Perl history records -=over +=over 4 -=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables +=item INTRODUCTION -=item Faster subroutine calls +=item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN + +=over 4 -delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster +=item PUMPKIN? =back -=item Installation and Configuration Improvements +=item THE RECORDS -=over +=over 4 -=item -Dusethreads means something different +=item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES -=item New Configure flags +=item SELECTED PATCH SIZES -=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring +=back -=item Long Doubles +=item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS -=item -Dusemorebits +=back -=item -Duselargefiles +=head2 perldelta - what will be new for perl v5.8.0 -=item installusrbinperl +=over 4 -=item SOCKS support +=item DESCRIPTION -=item C<-A> flag +=item Reporting Bugs -=item Enhanced Installation Directories +=item SEE ALSO + +=item HISTORY =back -=item Platform specific changes +=head2 perl572delta - what's new for perl v5.7.2 -=over +=over 4 -=item Supported platforms +=item DESCRIPTION -=item DOS +=item Security Vulnerability Closed -=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS) +=item Incompatible Changes -=item VMS +=over 4 -=item Win32 +=item 64-bit platforms and malloc -=back +=item AIX Dynaloading -=item Significant bug fixes +=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS -=over +=item Different Definition of the Unicode Character Classes \p{In...} -=item on empty files +=item Deprecations -=item C improvements +=back -=item All compilation errors are true errors +=item Core Enhancements -=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer +=item Modules and Pragmata -=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent +=over 4 -=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}> +=item New Modules and Distributions -=item C and AUTOLOAD +=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata -=item C<-bareword> allowed under C +=back -=item Failures in DESTROY() +=item Utility Changes -=item Locale bugs fixed +=item New Documentation -=item Memory leaks +=item Installation and Configuration Improvements -=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls +=over 4 -=item Taint failures under C<-U> +=item New Or Improved Platforms -=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch +=item Generic Improvements -=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles +=back + +=item Selected Bug Fixes + +=over 4 + +=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes =back =item New or Changed Diagnostics -(perhaps you forgot to load "%s"?), "%s" variable %s masks earlier -declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet implemented, "our" variable %s -redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s, / cannot take a count, / must -be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow -a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c passed through, /%s/: -Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class passed through, /%s/ should -probably be written as "%s", %s() called too early to check prototype, %s -argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY -element or slice, %s argument is not a subroutine name, %s package -attribute may clash with future reserved word: %s, (in cleanup) %s, <> -should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled substitution pattern, -Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional, Binary number > -0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector size > 32 -non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check filesystem -of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s", Can't -declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default, Can't -modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't remove -%s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't weaken -a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class syntax [%s] -belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference, -constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated, -defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean -"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective -%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for -output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires -explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable, -Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter: -|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal -number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute: -%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid -separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in -subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs -returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing -%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub", -No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our", -No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time -is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref, -panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing -around "%s" list, Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use -"sub NAME : ATTRS" instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count -in pack overflows, Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed -memory ignored, Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, -Strange *+?{} on zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not -implemented, This Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl -can't set CRTL environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown -open() mode '%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, -Unrecognized escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter -in attribute list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute -parameter in subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute -list, Value of CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant -number +=item Source Code Enhancements -=item New tests +=over 4 -=item Incompatible Changes +=item MAGIC constants -=over +=item Better commented code -=item Perl Source Incompatibilities +=item Regex pre-/post-compilation items matched up -CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed +=item gcc -Wall -=item Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different +=back -Literals of the form C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed -pseudo-random number generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, -C fails on read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe -and socket handles, Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, -delete(), values() and C<\(%h)> operate on aliases to values, not copies, -vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS, Text of some diagnostic -output has changed, C<%@> has been removed, Parenthesized not() behaves -like a list operator, Semantics of bareword prototype C<(*)> have changed +=item New Tests -=item Semantics of bit operators may have changed on 64-bit platforms +=item Known Problems -=item More builtins taint their results +=over 4 -=item C Source Incompatibilities +=item AIX -C, C, C +=item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery -=item Compatible C Source API Changes +=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure' -C is now C +=item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12 -=item Binary Incompatibilities +=item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configur -=back +=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured -=item Known Problems +=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48 -=over +=item OS/390 -=item Thread test failures +=item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130 -=item EBCDIC platforms not supported +=item Failure of Thread tests -=item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang +=item UNICOS -=item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure +=item UTS -=item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with -gcc +=item VMS -=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run +=item Win32 -=item Arrow operator and arrays +=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory -=item Windows 2000 +=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden -=item Experimental features +=item Variable Attributes are not Currently Usable for Tieing -Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The -pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file -globbing, The DB module, The regular expression constructs C<(?{ code })> -and C<(??{ code })> +=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles -=back +=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental -=item Obsolete Diagnostics +=item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental -Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed -logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, Probable precedence problem on %s, -regexp too big, Use of "$$" to mean "${$}" is deprecated +=back =item Reporting Bugs @@ -4799,21 +4726,231 @@ regexp too big, Use of "$$" to mean "${$}" is deprecated =back -=head2 perl56delta, perldelta - what's new for perl v5.6.0 +=head2 perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.1 -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION +=item Security Vulnerability Closed + +=item Incompatible Changes + =item Core Enhancements -=over +=over 4 -=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency +=item AUTOLOAD Is Now Lvaluable -=item Lexically scoped warning categories +=item PerlIO is Now The Default -=item Unicode and UTF-8 support +=item Signals Are Now Safe + +=back + +=item Modules and Pragmata + +=over 4 + +=item New Modules + +=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata + +=back + +=item Performance Enhancements + +=item Utility Changes + +=item New Documentation + +=over 4 + +=item perlclib + +=item perliol + +=item README.aix + +=item README.bs2000 + +=item README.macos + +=item README.mpeix + +=item README.solaris + +=item README.vos + +=item Porting/repository.pod + +=back + +=item Installation and Configuration Improvements + +=over 4 + +=item New Or Improved Platforms + +=item Generic Improvements + +d_cmsghdr, d_fcntl_can_lock, d_fsync, d_getitimer, d_getpagsz, d_msghdr_s, +need_va_copy, d_readv, d_recvmsg, d_sendmsg, sig_size, d_sockatmark, +d_strtoq, d_u32align, d_ualarm, d_usleep + +=back + +=item Selected Bug Fixes + +=over 4 + +=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes + +=back + +=item New or Changed Diagnostics + +=item Changed Internals + +=item New Tests + +=item Known Problems + +=over 4 + +=item AIX vac 5.0.0.0 May Produce Buggy Code For Perl + +=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure' + +=item lib/io_multihomed Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX + +=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX + +=item lib/b test 19 + +=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48 + +=item sigaction test 13 in VMS + +=item sprintf tests 129 and 130 + +=item Failure of Thread tests + +=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory + +=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden + +=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles + +=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental + +=back + +=item Reporting Bugs + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item HISTORY + +=back + +=head2 perl570delta - what's new for perl v5.7.0 + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item Security Vulnerability Closed + +=item Incompatible Changes + +=item Core Enhancements + +=item Modules and Pragmata + +=over 4 + +=item New Modules + +=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata + +=back + +=item Utility Changes + +=item New Documentation + +=item Performance Enhancements + +=item Installation and Configuration Improvements + +=over 4 + +=item Generic Improvements + +=back + +=item Selected Bug Fixes + +=over 4 + +=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes + +=back + +=item New or Changed Diagnostics + +=item Changed Internals + +=item Known Problems + +=over 4 + +=item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect + +=item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform + +=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles + +=item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure' + +=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX + +=item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris + +=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48 + +=item Storable tests fail in some platforms + +=item Threads Are Still Experimental + +=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental + +=back + +=item Reporting Bugs + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item HISTORY + +=back + +=head2 perl56delta, perldelta - what's new for perl v5.6.0 + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item Core Enhancements + +=over 4 + +=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency + +=item Lexically scoped warning categories + +=item Unicode and UTF-8 support =item Support for interpolating named characters @@ -4923,7 +5060,7 @@ regexp too big, Use of "$$" to mean "${$}" is deprecated =item Modules and Pragmata -=over +=over 4 =item Modules @@ -4942,7 +5079,7 @@ Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters =item Utility Changes -=over +=over 4 =item dprofpp @@ -4967,7 +5104,7 @@ perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod =item Performance enhancements -=over +=over 4 =item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized @@ -4981,7 +5118,7 @@ perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod =item Installation and Configuration Improvements -=over +=over 4 =item -Dusethreads means something different @@ -5007,7 +5144,7 @@ perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod =item Platform specific changes -=over +=over 4 =item Supported platforms @@ -5023,7 +5160,7 @@ perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod =item Significant bug fixes -=over +=over 4 =item on empty files @@ -5114,7 +5251,7 @@ CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number =item Incompatible Changes -=over +=over 4 =item Perl Source Incompatibilities @@ -5123,13 +5260,12 @@ Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C fails on read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles, -Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), values() and -C<\(%h)> operate on aliases to values, not copies, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) -enforces powers-of-two BITS, Text of some diagnostic output has changed, -C<%@> has been removed, Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, -Semantics of bareword prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit -operators may have changed on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their -results +Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(), +values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS, +Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed, +Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword +prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed +on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results =item C Source Incompatibilities @@ -5145,7 +5281,7 @@ C is now C =item Known Problems -=over +=over 4 =item Thread test failures @@ -5166,8 +5302,7 @@ gcc Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file -globbing, The DB module, The regular expression constructs C<(?{ code })> -and C<(??{ code })> +globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs: =back @@ -5188,7 +5323,7 @@ to mean "${$}" is deprecated =head2 perl5005delta, perldelta - what's new for perl5.005 -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION @@ -5196,7 +5331,7 @@ to mean "${$}" is deprecated =item Incompatible Changes -=over +=over 4 =item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004. @@ -5206,10 +5341,6 @@ to mean "${$}" is deprecated =item C Source Compatibility -Core sources now require ANSI C compiler, All Perl global variables must -now be referenced with an explicit prefix, Enabling threads has source -compatibility issues - =item Binary Compatibility =item Security fixes may affect compatibility @@ -5222,7 +5353,7 @@ compatibility issues =item Core Changes -=over +=over 4 =item Threads @@ -5302,7 +5433,7 @@ improvements, Incompatible changes =item Supported Platforms -=over +=over 4 =item New Platforms @@ -5312,7 +5443,7 @@ improvements, Incompatible changes =item Modules and Pragmata -=over +=over 4 =item New Modules @@ -5323,7 +5454,7 @@ Thread, attrs, fields, re =item Changes in existing modules Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File, -MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd, Benchmark +MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd =back @@ -5347,9 +5478,9 @@ Eval-group not allowed at run time, Explicit blessing to '' (assuming package main), Illegal hex digit ignored, No such array field, No such field "%s" in variable %s of type %s, Out of memory during ridiculously large request, Range iterator outside integer range, Recursive inheritance -detected while looking for method '%s' in package '%s', Reference found -where even-sized list expected, Undefined value assigned to typeglob, Use -of reserved word "%s" is deprecated, perl: warning: Setting locale failed +detected while looking for method '%s' %s, Reference found where even-sized +list expected, Undefined value assigned to typeglob, Use of reserved word +"%s" is deprecated, perl: warning: Setting locale failed =item Obsolete Diagnostics @@ -5368,7 +5499,7 @@ temporary file, regexp too big =head2 perl5004delta, perldelta - what's new for perl5.004 -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION @@ -5376,11 +5507,11 @@ temporary file, regexp too big =item Core Changes -=over +=over 4 =item List assignment to %ENV works -=item "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error now lists @INC +=item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error =item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003 @@ -5460,7 +5591,7 @@ LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this =item Support for More Operating Systems -=over +=over 4 =item Win32 @@ -5479,7 +5610,7 @@ constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish =item Modules -=over +=over 4 =item Required Updates @@ -5505,7 +5636,7 @@ constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish =item Utility Changes -=over +=over 4 =item pod2html @@ -5546,14 +5677,14 @@ possible typo, Null picture in formline, Offset outside string, Out of memory!, Out of memory during request for %s, panic: frexp, Possible attempt to put comments in qw() list, Possible attempt to separate words with commas, Scalar value @%s{%s} better written as $%s{%s}, Stub found -while resolving method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Too late for -"B<-T>" option, untie attempted while %d inner references still exist, -Unrecognized character %s, Unsupported function fork, Use of "$$" to -mean "${$}" is deprecated, Value of %s can be "0"; test with -defined(), Variable "%s" may be unavailable, Variable "%s" will not stay -shared, Warning: something's wrong, Ill-formed logical name |%s| in -prime_env_iter, Got an error from DosAllocMem, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX, -PERL_SH_DIR too long, Process terminated by SIG%s +while resolving method `%s' overloading `%s' in %s, Too late for "B<-T>" +option, untie attempted while %d inner references still exist, Unrecognized +character %s, Unsupported function fork, Use of "$$" to mean +"${$}" is deprecated, Value of %s can be "0"; test with defined(), +Variable "%s" may be unavailable, Variable "%s" will not stay shared, +Warning: something's wrong, Ill-formed logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, +Got an error from DosAllocMem, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX, PERL_SH_DIR too +long, Process terminated by SIG%s =item BUGS @@ -5563,21 +5694,65 @@ PERL_SH_DIR too long, Process terminated by SIG%s =back -=head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS (possibly very outdated information) +=head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX + +=item OS level + +=item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX + +=item The IBM ANSI C Compiler + +=item Using GNU's gcc for building perl + +=item Using Large Files with Perl + +=item Threaded Perl + +=item 64-bit Perl + +=item AIX 4.2 and extensions using C++ with statics + +=back + +=item AUTHOR + +=item DATE + +=back + +=head2 perlapollo, README.apollo - Perl version 5 on Apollo DomainOS + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =back -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 -=item Prerequisites +=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS B, B @@ -5585,201 +5760,373 @@ B, B =item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS -fork(), some features of the UNIX filesystem regarding link count and file -dates, inplace operation (the -i switch) without backup file, umask() -works, but the correct permissions are only set when the file is -finally close()d - =back =item INSTALLATION =item Accessing documentation -=over +=over 4 -=item Manpages +=item Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS -=item B +=item Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS -=item B C files +=item Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS -=item C docs +=item Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS =back -=item BUILD +=item BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS -=over +=over 4 -=item Prerequisites +=item Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS -=item Getting the perl source +=item Getting the Perl Source for AmigaOS -=item Making +=item Making Perl on AmigaOS -=item Testing +=item Testing Perl on AmigaOS -=item Installing the built perl +=item Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS =back -=item AUTHOR +=item AUTHORS =item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin +=head2 perlbeos, README.beos - Perl version 5 on BeOS -=over +=over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item DESCRIPTION -=item PREREQUISITES +=over 4 -=over +=item General Issues with Perl on BeOS -=item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it) +=item BeOS Release-specific Notes -=item Cygwin Configuration +R4 x86, R4 PPC -C, I, Permissions +=item Contact Information =back -=item CONFIGURE +=back -=over +=head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000. -=item Strip Binaries +=over 4 -=item Optional Libraries +=item SYNOPSIS -C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C), C<-ldb> (C), -C<-lcygipc> (C) +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Configure-time Options +=over 4 -C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>, C<-Duseperlio>, -C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles> +=item gzip on BS2000 -=item Suspicious Warnings +=item bison on BS2000 -Whoa There, I, Win9x and C, Checking how std your stdio -is.., Compiler/Preprocessor defines +=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on BS2000 -=back +=item Compiling Perl on BS2000 -=item MAKE +=item Testing Perl on BS2000 -=over +=item Installing Perl on BS2000 -=item Warnings +=item Using Perl in the Posix-Shell of BS2000 + +=item Using Perl in "native" BS2000 -=item ld2 +=item Floating point anomalies on BS2000 =back -=item TEST +=item AUTHORS + +=item SEE ALSO -=over +=over 4 -=item File Permissions +=item Mailing list -=item Hard Links +=back -=item Filetime Granularity +=item HISTORY -=item Tainting Checks +=back -=item /etc/group +=over 4 -=item Script Portability +=item Name -Pathnames, Text/Binary, F<.exe>, chown(), Miscellaneous +=item Description -=back +=item Build -=item INSTALL +=over 4 -=item MANIFEST +=item Tools & SDK -Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl -Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts +=item Make -=item BUGS +=back -=item AUTHORS +=item Acknowledgements -=item HISTORY +=item Author =back -=head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95. +=head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS -=item DESCRIPTION +=item PREREQUISITES FOR COMPILING PERL ON CYGWIN -=over +=over 4 -=item Prerequisites +=item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it) -DJGPP, Pthreads +=item Cygwin Configuration -=item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS +C, I, Permissions -=item Building +=back -=item Testing +=item CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN -=item Installation +=over 4 -=back +=item Stripping Perl Binaries on Cygwin -=item AUTHOR +=item Optional Libraries for Perl on Cygwin -=item SEE ALSO +C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C), C<-ldb> (C), +C<-lcygipc> (C) -=back +=item Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin -=head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix -(HP-UX) systems +C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>, C<-Duseperlio>, +C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles> -=over +=item Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin -=item DESCRIPTION +I, Win9x and C, Compiler/Preprocessor defines -=over +=back -=item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX +=item MAKE ON CYGWIN -=item PA-RISC +=over 4 -=item PA-RISC 1.0 +=item Warnings on Cygwin -=item PA-RISC 1.1 +=item ld2 on Cygwin -=item PA-RISC 2.0 +=back -=item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions +=item TEST ON CYGWIN -=item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX +=over 4 -=item The HP ANSI C Compiler +=item File Permissions on Cygwin -=item Using Large Files with Perl +=item Hard Links on Cygwin -=item Threaded Perl +=item Filetime Granularity on Cygwin -=item 64-bit Perl +=item Tainting Checks on Cygwin + +=item /etc/group on Cygwin + +=item Script Portability on Cygwin + +Pathnames, Text/Binary, F<.exe>, chown(), Miscellaneous + +=back + +=item INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN + +=item MANIFEST ON CYGWIN + +Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl +Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts + +=item BUGS ON CYGWIN + +=item AUTHORS + +=item HISTORY + +=back + +=head2 perldgux - Perl under DG/UX. + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=back + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item BUILDING PERL ON DG/UX + +=over 4 + +=item Non-threaded Perl on DG/UX + +=item Threaded Perl on DG/UX + +=item Testing Perl on DG/UX + +=item Installing the built perl on DG/UX + +=back + +=item AUTHOR + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95. + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on DOS + +DJGPP, Pthreads + +=item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS + +=item Building Perl on DOS + +=item Testing Perl on DOS + +=item Installation of Perl on DOS + +=back + +=item BUILDING AND INSTALLING MODULES ON DOS + +=over 4 + +=item Building Prerequisites for Perl on DOS + +=item Unpacking CPAN Modules on DOS + +=item Building Non-XS Modules on DOS + +=item Building XS Modules on DOS + +=back + +=item AUTHOR + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 perlepoc, README.epoc - Perl for EPOC + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item INTRODUCTION + +=item INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC + +=item STARTING PERL ON EPOC + +=item STOPPING PERL ON EPOC + +=item USING PERL ON EPOC + +=over 4 + +=item I/O Redirection on Epoc + +=item PATH Names on Epoc + +=item Editors on Epoc + +=item Features of Perl on Epoc + +=item Restrictions of Perl on Epoc + +=item Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment + +=back + +=item SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC + +=item AUTHOR + +=item LAST UPDATE + +=back + +=head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix +(HP-UX) systems + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX + +=item PA-RISC + +=item PA-RISC 1.0 + +=item PA-RISC 1.1 + +=item PA-RISC 2.0 + +=item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions + +=item Itanium Processor Family and HP-UX + +=item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX + +=item The HP ANSI C Compiler + +=item Using Large Files with Perl on HP-UX + +=item Threaded Perl on HP-UX + +=item 64-bit Perl on HP-UX + +=item GDBM and Threads on HP-UX -=item GDBM and Threads +=item NFS filesystems and utime(2) on HP-UX -=item NFS filesystems and utime(2) +=item perl -P and // and HP-UX + +=item HP-UX Kernel Parameters (maxdsiz) for Compiling Perl =back @@ -5789,40 +6136,159 @@ DJGPP, Pthreads =back +=head2 perlhurd, README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Known Problems with Perl on Hurd + +=back + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + =head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen systems -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item Compiling Perl 5 on MachTen -=item Failures during C +=item Failures during C on MachTen op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t -=item Building external modules +=item Building external modules on MachTen + +=back + +=item AUTHOR + +=item DATE =back +=head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic) + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + =item AUTHOR =item DATE =back +=head2 perlmint, README.mint - Perl version 5 on Atari MiNT + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item Known problems with Perl on MiNT + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item NOTE + +=item What's New in Perl ffor MPE/iX + +=item Welcome to Perl/iX + +=item System Requirements for Perl/iX + +=item How to Obtain Perl/iX + +=item Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights + +README, INSTALL, LIBSHP3K, PERL, .cpan/, lib/, man/, +public_html/feedback.cgi, src/perl-5.6.0-mpe + +=item How to Compile Perl/iX + + 4, 6 + +=item Getting Started with Perl/iX + +=item MPE/iX Implementation Considerations + +=item Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation + +=item Perl/iX To-Do List + +=item Perl/iX Change History + +=item AUTHOR + +=item Name + +=item Description + +=item Build + +=over 4 + +=item Tools & SDK + +=item Setup + +Buildtype.bat, SetNWBld.bat, MPKBuild.bat + +=item Make + +=item Interpreter + +=item Extensions + +=back + +=item Install + +=item Build new extensions + +=item Known Issues + +=item Acknowledgements + +=item Authors + +=item Date + +=back + =head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT. -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =back -=over +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 =item Target @@ -5838,11 +6304,11 @@ EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh =back -=over - =item Frequently asked questions -=over +=over 4 + +=item "It does not work" =item I cannot run external programs @@ -5860,7 +6326,7 @@ L? =item INSTALLATION -=over +=over 4 =item Automatic binary installation @@ -5880,7 +6346,7 @@ Perl manual in F<.INF> format, Pdksh =item Accessing documentation -=over +=over 4 =item OS/2 F<.INF> file @@ -5900,7 +6366,9 @@ Perl manual in F<.INF> format, Pdksh =item BUILD -=over +=over 4 + +=item The short story =item Prerequisites @@ -5915,7 +6383,7 @@ Perl manual in F<.INF> format, Pdksh =item Testing A lot of C, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F, -F, F, F, F +F =item Installing the built perl @@ -5925,7 +6393,7 @@ F, F, F, F =item Build FAQ -=over +=over 4 =item Some C became C<\> in pdksh. @@ -5939,11 +6407,13 @@ F, F, F, F =item Segfault in make +=item op/sprintf test failure + =back =item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port -=over +=over 4 =item C, C @@ -5960,19 +6430,35 @@ C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, -C +C, +C, C, +OS2::SysInfo(), OS2::BootDrive(), C, +C, C, +C, C, +OS2::get_control87(), C + +=item Prebuilt variables: + +$OS2::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver =item Misfeatures =item Modifications -C, C, C, C, C, C +C, C, C, C, C, C, C, +C + +=item Identifying DLLs + +=item Centralized management of resources + +C, C =back =item Perl flavors -=over +=over 4 =item F @@ -5988,13 +6474,11 @@ C, C, C, C, C, C =item Why chimera build? -explicit fork(), open FH, "|-", open FH, "-|" - =back =item ENVIRONMENT -=over +=over 4 =item C @@ -6012,11 +6496,18 @@ explicit fork(), open FH, "|-", open FH, "-|" =item Evolution -=over +=over 4 =item Priorities -=item DLL name mangling +=item DLL name mangling: pre 5.6.2 + +=item DLL name mangling: 5.6.2 and beyond + +Global DLLs, specific DLLs, C and C, F<.> from +C + +=item DLL forwarder generation =item Threading @@ -6030,9 +6521,11 @@ C, F =back +=item BUGS + =back -=over +=over 4 =item AUTHOR @@ -6042,25 +6535,33 @@ C, F =head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390. -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 -=item Unpacking +=item Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390 -=item Setup and utilities +=item Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390 -=item Configure +=item Configure Perl on OS/390 -=item Build, test, install +=item Build, Test, Install Perl on OS/390 -=item Usage Hints +=item Build Anomalies with Perl on OS/390 -=item Extensions +=item Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390 + +=item Installation Anomalies with Perl on OS/390 + +=item Usage Hints for Perl on OS/390 + +=item Floating Point Anomalies with Perl on OS/390 + +=item Modules and Extensions for Perl on OS/390 =back @@ -6068,9 +6569,9 @@ C, F =item SEE ALSO -=over +=over 4 -=item Mailing list +=item Mailing list for Perl on OS/390 =back @@ -6078,68 +6579,293 @@ C, F =back -=head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl +=head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX -=over +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=item Installation +=over 4 -=item Organization of Perl Images +=item Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4 -=over +/bin/sh, ar, nm, cpp, make -=item Core Images +=item Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4 -=item Perl Extensions +=item QNX auxiliary files -=item Installing static extensions +qnx/ar, qnx/cpp -=item Installing dynamic extensions +=item Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6 =back -=item File specifications - -=over +=item AUTHOR -=item Syntax +=back -=item Wildcard expansion +=head2 perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl -=item Pipes +=over 4 -=back +=item DESCRIPTION -=item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB +=over 4 -=item Command line +=item Invoking Perl -=over +=item What's in Plan 9 Perl -=item I/O redirection and backgrounding +=item What's not in Plan 9 Perl -=item Command line switches +=item Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl --i, -S, -u +=item Signals in Plan 9 Perl =back -=item Perl functions +=item COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9 -File tests, backticks, binmode FILEHANDLE, crypt PLAINTEXT, USER, dump, -exec LIST, fork, getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, gmtime, kill, qx//, select -(system call), stat EXPR, system LIST, time, times, unlink LIST, utime -LIST, waitpid PID,FLAGS +=over 4 + +=item Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9 + +=back + +=item BUGS + +=item Revision date + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 perlsolaris, README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Solaris Version Numbers. + +=back + +=item RESOURCES + +Solaris FAQ, Precompiled Binaries, Solaris Documentation + +=item SETTING UP + +=over 4 + +=item File Extraction Problems on Solaris. + +=item Compiler and Related Tools on Solaris. + +=item Environment for Compiling Perl on Solaris + +=back + +=item RUN CONFIGURE. + +=over 4 + +=item 64-bit Issues with Perl on Solaris. + +=item Threads in Perl on Solaris. + +=item Malloc Issues with Perl on Solaris. + +=back + +=item MAKE PROBLEMS. + +Dynamic Loading Problems With GNU as and GNU ld, ld.so.1: ./perl: fatal: +relocation error:, dlopen: stub interception failed, #error "No +DATAMODEL_NATIVE specified", sh: ar: not found + +=item MAKE TEST + +=over 4 + +=item op/stat.t test 4 in Solaris + +=back + +=item PREBUILT BINARIES OF PERL FOR SOLARIS. + +=item RUNTIME ISSUES FOR PERL ON SOLARIS. + +=over 4 + +=item Limits on Numbers of Open Files on Solaris. + +=back + +=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC MODULES. + +=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH MODULES. + +=over 4 + +=item Proc::ProcessTable on Solaris + +=item BSD::Resource on Solaris + +=item Net::SSLeay on Solaris + +=back + +=item AUTHOR + +=item LAST MODIFIED + +=back + +=head2 perltru64, README.tru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as +Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Compiling Perl 5 on Tru64 + +=item Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64 + +=item Threaded Perl on Tru64 + +=item Long Doubles on Tru64 + +=item 64-bit Perl on Tru64 + +=item Warnings about floating-point overflow when compiling Perl on Tru64 + +=back + +=item Testing Perl on Tru64 + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 perluts - Perl under UTS + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item BUILDING PERL ON UTS + +=item Installing the built perl on UTS + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 perlvmesa, README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA. + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on VM/ESA + +=item Setup Perl and utilities on VM/ESA + +=item Configure Perl on VM/ESA + +=item Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA + +=item Usage Hints for Perl on VM/ESA + +=back + +=item AUTHORS + +=item SEE ALSO + +=over 4 + +=item Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA + +=back + +=back + +=head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item Installation + +=item Organization of Perl Images + +=over 4 + +=item Core Images + +=item Perl Extensions + +=item Installing static extensions + +=item Installing dynamic extensions + +=back + +=item File specifications + +=over 4 + +=item Syntax + +=item Wildcard expansion + +=item Pipes + +=back + +=item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB + +=item Command line + +=over 4 + +=item I/O redirection and backgrounding + +=item Command line switches + +-i, -S, -u + +=back + +=item Perl functions + +File tests, backticks, binmode FILEHANDLE, crypt PLAINTEXT, USER, dump, +exec LIST, fork, getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, gmtime, kill, qx//, select +(system call), stat EXPR, system LIST, time, times, unlink LIST, utime +LIST, waitpid PID,FLAGS =item Perl variables -%ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $^S, $| +%ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $| =item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences -=over +=over 4 =item SDBM_File @@ -6151,27 +6877,67 @@ LIST, waitpid PID,FLAGS =back +=head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=over 4 + +=item Stratus POSIX Support + +=back + +=item INSTALLING PERL IN VOS + +=over 4 + +=item Compiling Perl 5 on VOS + +=item Installing Perl 5 on VOS + +=back + +=item USING PERL IN VOS + +=over 4 + +=item Unimplemented Features of Perl on VOS + +=item Restrictions of Perl on VOS + +=back + +=item SUPPORT STATUS + +=item AUTHOR + +=item LAST UPDATE + +=back + =head2 perlwin32 - Perl under Win32 -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 -=item Setting Up +=item Setting Up Perl on Win32 Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Mingw32 with GCC =item Building -=item Testing +=item Testing Perl on Win32 -=item Installation +=item Installation of Perl on Win32 -=item Usage Hints +=item Usage Hints for Perl on Win32 Environment Variables, File Globbing, Using perl from the command line, Building Extensions, Command-line Wildcard Expansion, Win32 Specific @@ -6183,6 +6949,10 @@ Extensions, Running Perl Scripts, Miscellaneous Things =item AUTHORS +Gary Ng E71564.1743@CompuServe.COME, Gurusamy Sarathy +Egsar@activestate.comE, Nick Ing-Simmons +Enick@ing-simmons.netE + =item SEE ALSO =item HISTORY @@ -6193,7 +6963,7 @@ Extensions, Running Perl Scripts, Miscellaneous Things =head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated) -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6205,7 +6975,7 @@ method, locked =head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6215,13 +6985,13 @@ method, locked =head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item Built-in Attributes @@ -6241,7 +7011,7 @@ FETCH_I_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I_ATTRIBUTES =item EXPORTS -=over +=over 4 =item Default exports @@ -6259,7 +7029,7 @@ FETCH_I_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I_ATTRIBUTES =head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated) -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6271,7 +7041,7 @@ method, locked =head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6287,7 +7057,7 @@ method, locked =head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6301,7 +7071,7 @@ method, locked =head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6316,7 +7086,7 @@ method, locked =head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character semantics -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6329,7 +7099,7 @@ semantics =head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal escape. -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6343,7 +7113,7 @@ escape. =head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6364,13 +7134,13 @@ escape. =head2 diagnostics - Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning diagnostics -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item The C Pragma @@ -6390,7 +7160,7 @@ diagnostics =head2 fields - compile-time class fields -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6404,13 +7174,13 @@ new, phash =head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item subpragma access @@ -6418,10 +7188,10 @@ new, phash =back -=head2 integer - Perl pragma to compute arithmetic in integer instead of -double +=head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating +point -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6431,7 +7201,7 @@ double =head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6441,13 +7211,13 @@ double =head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item Adding directories to @INC @@ -6466,7 +7236,7 @@ double =head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6476,13 +7246,15 @@ operations =head2 open - perl pragma to set default disciplines for input and output -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item UNIMPLEMENTED FUNCTIONALITY +=item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY + +=item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS =item SEE ALSO @@ -6490,7 +7262,7 @@ operations =head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6502,13 +7274,13 @@ operations =head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item Declaration of overloaded functions @@ -6537,11 +7309,11 @@ is inherited by derived classes =item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C -=over +=over 4 =item Last Resort -=item Fallback +=item Fallback C, TRUE, defined, but FALSE @@ -6576,7 +7348,7 @@ integer, float, binary, q, qr =item Cookbook -=over +=over 4 =item Two-face scalars @@ -6592,13 +7364,16 @@ integer, float, binary, q, qr =item DIAGNOSTICS +Odd number of arguments for overload::constant, `%s' is not an overloadable +type, `%s' is not a code reference + =item BUGS =back =head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6608,7 +7383,7 @@ integer, float, binary, q, qr =head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6616,7 +7391,7 @@ integer, float, binary, q, qr =item OPTIONS -=over +=over 4 =item SIGNAL HANDLERS @@ -6638,7 +7413,7 @@ B, B, I, I =head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6650,7 +7425,7 @@ C, C, C =head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6658,21 +7433,31 @@ C, C, C =back -=head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 in source code +=head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source +code -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION +=over 4 + +=item Utility functions + +$num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string);, utf8::downgrade($string[, CHECK]), +utf8::encode($string), $flag = utf8::decode($string) + +=back + =item SEE ALSO =back =head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete) -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6682,14 +7467,17 @@ C, C, C =head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -use warnings::register, warnings::enabled([$category]), -warnings::warn([$category,] $message) +use warnings::register, warnings::enabled(), warnings::enabled($category), +warnings::enabled($object), warnings::warn($message), +warnings::warn($category, $message), warnings::warn($object, $message), +warnings::warnif($message), warnings::warnif($category, $message), +warnings::warnif($object, $message) =back @@ -6699,13 +7487,13 @@ warnings::warn([$category,] $message) =head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item DBM Comparisons @@ -6717,15 +7505,58 @@ warnings::warn([$category,] $message) =back +=head2 Attribute::Handlers - Simpler definition of attribute handlers + +=over 4 + +=item VERSION + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +[0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5] + +=over 4 + +=item Typed lexicals + +=item Type-specific attribute handlers + +=item Non-interpretive attribute handlers + +=item Phase-specific attribute handlers + +=item Attributes as C interfaces + +=back + +=item EXAMPLES + +=item DIAGNOSTICS + +C, C, C, C, +C, C + +=item AUTHOR + +=item BUGS + +=item COPYRIGHT + +=back + =head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item Subroutine Stubs @@ -6735,6 +7566,8 @@ warnings::warn([$category,] $message) =item Package Lexicals +=item Not Using AutoLoader + =item B vs. B =back @@ -6747,7 +7580,7 @@ warnings::warn([$category,] $message) =head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6755,7 +7588,7 @@ warnings::warn([$category,] $message) $keep, $check, $modtime -=over +=over 4 =item Multiple packages @@ -6767,7 +7600,7 @@ $keep, $check, $modtime =head2 B - The Perl Compiler -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6775,7 +7608,7 @@ $keep, $check, $modtime =item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES -=over +=over 4 =item SV-RELATED CLASSES @@ -6785,7 +7618,7 @@ REFCNT, FLAGS =item B::IV METHODS -IV, IVX, needs64bits, packiv +IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv =item B::NV METHODS @@ -6797,7 +7630,7 @@ RV =item B::PV METHODS -PV +PV, PVX =item B::PVMG METHODS @@ -6817,8 +7650,8 @@ USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE =item B::GV METHODS -is_empty, NAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN, LINE, FILE, -FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS +is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN, +LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS =item B::IO METHODS @@ -6832,7 +7665,7 @@ FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, AvFLAGS =item B::CV METHODS STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, XSUB, XSUBANY, -CvFLAGS +CvFLAGS, const_sv =item B::HV METHODS @@ -6890,8 +7723,9 @@ label, stash, file, cop_seq, arybase, line main_cv, init_av, main_root, main_start, comppadlist, sv_undef, sv_yes, sv_no, amagic_generation, walkoptree(OP, METHOD), walkoptree_debug(DEBUG), -walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE), svref_2object(SV), ppname(OPNUM), -hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c, cstring(STR), class(OBJ), threadsv_names +walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE, PREFIX), svref_2object(SV), +ppname(OPNUM), hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c, cstring(STR), class(OBJ), +threadsv_names =item AUTHOR @@ -6900,7 +7734,7 @@ hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c, cstring(STR), class(OBJ), threadsv_names =head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate bytecode -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6912,7 +7746,7 @@ bytecode =head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6924,7 +7758,7 @@ bytecode =head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6936,7 +7770,7 @@ bytecode =head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6946,8 +7780,7 @@ bytecode B<-ofilename>, B<-afilename>, B<-->, B<-f>, B<-fcompress-nullops>, B<-fomit-sequence-numbers>, B<-fbypass-nullops>, B<-On>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, -B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-Ppackage> Stores package in the -output. =back +B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-upackage> =item EXAMPLES @@ -6959,7 +7792,7 @@ output. =back =head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6980,7 +7813,7 @@ B<-DC>, B<-DM>, B<-f>, B<-fcog>, B<-fno-cog>, B<-On>, B<-llimit> =head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -6998,7 +7831,7 @@ B<-ffreetmps-each-bblock>, B<-ffreetmps-each-loop>, B<-fomit-taint>, B<-On> =item DIFFERENCES -=over +=over 4 =item Loops @@ -7014,21 +7847,9 @@ B<-ffreetmps-each-bblock>, B<-ffreetmps-each-loop>, B<-fomit-taint>, B<-On> =back -=head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops - -=over - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item AUTHOR - -=back - -=head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code +=head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -7036,32 +7857,40 @@ B<-ffreetmps-each-bblock>, B<-ffreetmps-each-loop>, B<-fomit-taint>, B<-On> =item OPTIONS -B<-l>, B<-p>, B<-q>, B<-u>I, B<-s>I, B, BI, -B, BIB<.> +B<-basic>, B<-exec>, B<-tree>, B<-compact>, B<-loose>, B<-vt>, B<-ascii>, +B<-main>, B<-base>I, B<-bigendian>, B<-littleendian>, B<-concise>, +B<-terse>, B<-linenoise>, B<-debug>, B<-env> -=item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE +=item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS -=over +B<(x(>IB<;>IB<)x)>, B<(*(>IB<)*)>, +B<(*(>IB<;>IB<)*)>, B<(?(>IB<#>IIB<)?)>, +B<#>I, B<#>II, B<~>, B<#addr>, B<#arg>, B<#class>, +B<#classym>, B<#coplabel>, B<#exname>, B<#extarg>, B<#firstaddr>, +B<#flags>, B<#flagval>, B<#hyphenseq>, B<#label>, B<#lastaddr>, B<#name>, +B<#NAME>, B<#next>, B<#nextaddr>, B<#noise>, B<#private>, B<#privval>, +B<#seq>, B<#seqnum>, B<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>, B<#svclass>, B<#svval>, +B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum> -=item Synopsis +=item ABBREVIATIONS -=item Description +=over 4 -=item new +=item OP flags abbreviations -=item coderef2text +=item OP class abbreviations =back -=item BUGS +=item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework =item AUTHOR =back -=head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode +=head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -7071,9 +7900,58 @@ B, BIB<.> =back -=head2 B::Lint - Perl lint +=head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code -=over +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item OPTIONS + +B<-l>, B<-p>, B<-q>, B<-f>I, B<-s>I, B, BI, +B, BIB<.>, B<-x>I + +=item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE + +=over 4 + +=item Synopsis + +=item Description + +=item new + +=item ambient_pragmas + +strict, $[, bytes, utf8, integer, re, warnings, hint_bits, warning_bits + +=item coderef2text + +=back + +=item BUGS + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 B::Lint - Perl lint + +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -7096,7 +7974,7 @@ B<-u Package> =head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -7112,7 +7990,7 @@ B<-u Package> =head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -7124,7 +8002,7 @@ B<-u Package> =head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -7138,7 +8016,7 @@ B<-u Package> =head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -7150,7 +8028,7 @@ B<-u Package> =head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -7168,7 +8046,7 @@ C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-D[tO]> =head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -7180,13 +8058,13 @@ C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-D[tO]> =head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item Methods @@ -7224,7 +8102,7 @@ STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF ), countit(TIME, CODE), disablecache ( =head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -7238,7 +8116,7 @@ STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF ), countit(TIME, CODE), disablecache ( =head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -7248,8 +8126,7 @@ STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF ), countit(TIME, CODE), disablecache ( B<-ofilename>, B<-afilename>, B<-->, B<-f>, B<-fcompress-nullops>, B<-fomit-sequence-numbers>, B<-fbypass-nullops>, B<-On>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, -B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-Ppackage> Stores package in the -output. =back +B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-upackage> =item EXAMPLES @@ -7261,7 +8138,7 @@ output. =back =head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -7269,16 +8146,12 @@ output. =back =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=over 4 =item PROGRAMMING STYLE =item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES -1. Use another name for the argument, if one is available. For example, --value is an alias for -values, 2. Change the capitalization, e.g. -Values, -3. Put quotes around the argument name, e.g. '-values' - =item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE): =item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE @@ -7314,8 +8187,9 @@ B<:standard>, B<:all> =item PRAGMAS --any, -compile, -nosticky, -nph, -newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, --no_debug, -debug, -private_tempfiles +-any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_undef_params, -no_xhtml, -nph, +-newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, -no_debug, -debug, +-private_tempfiles =item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS @@ -7327,7 +8201,7 @@ a tag) =item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS -=over +=over 4 =item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER: @@ -7344,7 +8218,7 @@ B, 4, 5, 6.. =item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query> -(B<-query_string>) +(B<-query_string>), B<-base> =item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS @@ -7352,7 +8226,7 @@ B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query> =item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS: -=over +=over 4 =item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS @@ -7373,7 +8247,7 @@ charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]); =item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS: -=over +=over 4 =item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG @@ -7425,8 +8299,7 @@ B =item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON -B, 3. The third option (-align, optional) is an alignment -type, and may be TOP, BOTTOM or MIDDLE +B =item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON @@ -7447,7 +8320,7 @@ the

tag =item DEBUGGING -=over +=over 4 =item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS @@ -7456,20 +8329,19 @@ the tag =item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES B, B, B, B, -B, B, B Return the script -name as a partial URL, for self-refering scripts, B, B, B, B, B, -B, B, B, B, -B, B +B, B, B, B, +B, B, B, B, +B, B, B, +B, B, B, B =item USING NPH SCRIPTS In the B statement, By calling the B method:, By using B<-nph> -parameters in the B and B statements: +parameters =item Server Push -multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end() +multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final() =item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks @@ -7505,7 +8377,7 @@ MacEachern (dougm@opengroup.org), Robin Houston (robin@oneworld.org), =head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -7524,7 +8396,7 @@ MacEachern (dougm@opengroup.org), Robin Houston (robin@oneworld.org), =head2 CGI::Carp, B - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or other) error log -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -7534,12 +8406,14 @@ other) error log =item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW -=over +=over 4 =item Changing the default message =back +=item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS + =item CHANGE LOG =item AUTHORS @@ -7550,7 +8424,7 @@ other) error log =head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -7560,7 +8434,7 @@ other) error log B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag> -=over +=over 4 =item Creating New Cookies @@ -7574,2361 +8448,4534 @@ B, B, B, B, B =back -=item AUTHOR INFORMATION +=item AUTHOR INFORMATION + +=item BUGS + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE + +=item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS + +=item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS + +=item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS + +=item CAVEATS + +=item AUTHOR INFORMATION + +=item BUGS + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Tags that won't be formatted + +=item Customizing the Indenting + +=back + +=item BUGS + +=item AUTHOR + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item USING CGI::Push + +-next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph + +=over 4 + +=item Heterogeneous Pages + +=item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly + +=back + +=item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS + +=item AUTHOR INFORMATION + +=item BUGS + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item ABSTRACT + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item AUTHOR INFORMATION + +=item BUGS + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item AUTHOR INFORMATION + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Interactive Mode + +Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test, +install, clean modules or distributions, get, readme, look module or +distribution, ls author, Signals + +=item CPAN::Shell + +=item autobundle + +=item recompile + +=item The four C Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution + +=item Programmer's interface + +expand($type,@things), expandany(@things), Programming Examples + +=item Methods in the other Classes + +CPAN::Author::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Author::as_string(), +CPAN::Author::email(), CPAN::Author::fullname(), CPAN::Author::name(), +CPAN::Bundle::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Bundle::as_string(), +CPAN::Bundle::clean(), CPAN::Bundle::contains(), +CPAN::Bundle::force($method,@args), CPAN::Bundle::get(), +CPAN::Bundle::inst_file(), CPAN::Bundle::inst_version(), +CPAN::Bundle::uptodate(), CPAN::Bundle::install(), CPAN::Bundle::make(), +CPAN::Bundle::readme(), CPAN::Bundle::test(), +CPAN::Distribution::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Distribution::as_string(), +CPAN::Distribution::clean(), CPAN::Distribution::containsmods(), +CPAN::Distribution::cvs_import(), CPAN::Distribution::dir(), +CPAN::Distribution::force($method,@args), CPAN::Distribution::get(), +CPAN::Distribution::install(), CPAN::Distribution::isa_perl(), +CPAN::Distribution::look(), CPAN::Distribution::make(), +CPAN::Distribution::prereq_pm(), CPAN::Distribution::readme(), +CPAN::Distribution::test(), CPAN::Distribution::uptodate(), +CPAN::Index::force_reload(), CPAN::Index::reload(), CPAN::InfoObj::dump(), +CPAN::Module::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Module::as_string(), +CPAN::Module::clean(), CPAN::Module::cpan_file(), +CPAN::Module::cpan_version(), CPAN::Module::cvs_import(), +CPAN::Module::description(), CPAN::Module::force($method,@args), +CPAN::Module::get(), CPAN::Module::inst_file(), +CPAN::Module::inst_version(), CPAN::Module::install(), +CPAN::Module::look(), CPAN::Module::make(), +CPAN::Module::manpage_headline(), CPAN::Module::readme(), +CPAN::Module::test(), CPAN::Module::uptodate(), CPAN::Module::userid() + +=item Cache Manager + +=item Bundles + +=item Prerequisites + +=item Finding packages and VERSION + +=item Debugging + +=item Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode + +=back + +=item CONFIGURATION + +Cscalar optionE>, Cscalar optionE +EvalueE>, Clist optionE>, Clist +optionE [shift|pop]>, Clist optionE +[unshift|push|splice] ElistE> + +=over 4 + +=item Note on urllist parameter's format + +=item urllist parameter has CD-ROM support + +=back + +=item SECURITY + +=item EXPORT + +=item POPULATE AN INSTALLATION WITH LOTS OF MODULES + +=item WORKING WITH CPAN.pm BEHIND FIREWALLS + +=over 4 + +=item Three basic types of firewalls + +http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade + +=item Configuring lynx or ncftp for going through a firewall + +=back + +=item FAQ + +1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7), 8), 9), 10) + +=item BUGS + +=item AUTHOR + +=item TRANSLATIONS + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=back + +=head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS +module + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller) + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Forcing a Stack Trace + +=back + +=item BUGS + +=back + +=head2 Carp::Heavy, Carp heavy machinery - no user serviceable parts inside + +=head2 Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item FUNCTIONS + +the function Class::ISA::super_path($CLASS), the function +Class::ISA::self_and_super_path($CLASS), the function +Class::ISA::self_and_super_versions($CLASS) + +=item CAUTIONARY NOTES + +=item COPYRIGHT + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item The C function + +=item Class Creation at Compile Time + +=item Element Types and Accessor Methods + +Scalar (C<'$'> or C<'*$'>), Array (C<'@'> or C<'*@'>), Hash (C<'%'> or +C<'*%'>), Class (C<'Class_Name'> or C<'*Class_Name'>) + +=item Initializing with C + +=back + +=item EXAMPLES + +Example 1, Example 2, Example 3 + +=item Author and Modification History + +=back + +=head2 Config - access Perl configuration information + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +myconfig(), config_sh(), config_vars(@names) + +=item EXAMPLE + +=item WARNING + +=item GLOSSARY + +=over 4 + +=item _ + +C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o> + +=item a + +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C + +=item b + +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C + +=item c + +C, C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C + +=item d + +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, +C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, +C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C + +=item e + +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C + +=item f + +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C + +=item g + +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C + +=item h + +C, C, C, C + +=item i + +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C + +=item k + +C, C + +=item l + +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C + +=item m + +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C + +=item M + +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C + +=item n + +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C + +=item o + +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C + +=item p + +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C + +=item P + +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C + +=item q + +C, C + +=item r + +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C + +=item s + +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C + +=item t + +C, C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C + +=item u + +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C + +=item v + +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, +C, C, C + +=item x + +C, C + +=item y + +C, C + +=item z + +C, C + +=back + +=item NOTE + +=back + +=head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item NOTES + +=back + +=head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft, +subject to +change) + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Global Variables + + $DB::sub, %DB::sub, $DB::single, $DB::signal, $DB::trace, @DB::args, +@DB::dbline, %DB::dbline, $DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::subname, +$DB::lineno + +=item API Methods + +CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'), +CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done() + +=item Client Callback Methods + +CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(), +CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(), +CLIENT->output(LIST) + +=back + +=item BUGS + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +B, B, B + +=over 4 + +=item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or 3 + +=item Interface to Berkeley DB + +=item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File + +=item Default Parameters + +=item In Memory Databases + +=back + +=item DB_HASH + +=over 4 + +=item A Simple Example + +=back + +=item DB_BTREE + +=over 4 + +=item Changing the BTREE sort order + +=item Handling Duplicate Keys + +=item The get_dup() Method + +=item The find_dup() Method + +=item The del_dup() Method + +=item Matching Partial Keys + +=back + +=item DB_RECNO + +=over 4 + +=item The 'bval' Option + +=item A Simple Example + +=item Extra RECNO Methods + +B<$X-Epush(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-Epop ;>, B<$X-Eshift>, +B<$X-Eunshift(list) ;>, B<$X-Elength>, B<$X-Esplice(offset, +length, elements);> + +=item Another Example + +=back + +=item THE API INTERFACE + +B<$status = $X-Eget($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = +$X-Eput($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-Edel($key [, +$flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-Efd ;>, B<$status = $X-Eseq($key, +$value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-Esync([$flags]) ;> + +=item DBM FILTERS + +B, B, B, +B + +=over 4 + +=item The Filter + +=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem. + +=item Another Example -- Key is a C int. + +=back + +=item HINTS AND TIPS + +=over 4 + +=item Locking: The Trouble with fd + +=item Safe ways to lock a database + +B, B, B + +=item Sharing Databases With C Applications + +=item The untie() Gotcha + +=back + +=item COMMON QUESTIONS + +=over 4 + +=item Why is there Perl source in my database? + +=item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File? + +=item What does "Invalid Argument" mean? + +=item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean? + +=back + +=item REFERENCES + +=item HISTORY + +=item BUGS + +=item AVAILABILITY + +=item COPYRIGHT + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both +printing and C + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Methods + +I->new(I, I), I<$OBJ>->Dump I +I->Dump(I, I), I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>), +I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>), +I<$OBJ>->Reset + +=item Functions + +Dumper(I) + +=item Configuration Variables or Methods + +$Data::Dumper::Indent I I<$OBJ>->Indent(I<[NEWVAL]>), +$Data::Dumper::Purity I I<$OBJ>->Purity(I<[NEWVAL]>), +$Data::Dumper::Pad I I<$OBJ>->Pad(I<[NEWVAL]>), +$Data::Dumper::Varname I I<$OBJ>->Varname(I<[NEWVAL]>), +$Data::Dumper::Useqq I I<$OBJ>->Useqq(I<[NEWVAL]>), +$Data::Dumper::Terse I I<$OBJ>->Terse(I<[NEWVAL]>), +$Data::Dumper::Freezer I $I->Freezer(I<[NEWVAL]>), +$Data::Dumper::Toaster I $I->Toaster(I<[NEWVAL]>), +$Data::Dumper::Deepcopy I $I->Deepcopy(I<[NEWVAL]>), +$Data::Dumper::Quotekeys I $I->Quotekeys(I<[NEWVAL]>), +$Data::Dumper::Bless I $I->Bless(I<[NEWVAL]>), +$Data::Dumper::Maxdepth I $I->Maxdepth(I<[NEWVAL]>) + +=item Exports + +Dumper + +=back + +=item EXAMPLES + +=item BUGS + +=item AUTHOR + +=item VERSION + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item PROFILE FORMAT + +=item AUTOLOAD + +=item ENVIRONMENT + +=item BUGS + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Memory footprint debugging + +=back + +=item EXAMPLES + +=over 4 + +=item A simple scalar string + +=item A simple scalar number + +=item A simple scalar with an extra reference + +=item A reference to a simple scalar + +=item A reference to an array + +=item A reference to a hash + +=item Dumping a large array or hash + +=item A reference to an SV which holds a C pointer + +=item A reference to a subroutine + +=back + +=item EXPORTS + +=item BUGS + +=item AUTHOR + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=back + +=head2 Digest:: - Modules that calculate message digests + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +I, I, I + +=item OO INTERFACE + +$ctx = Digest->XXX($arg,...), $ctx = Digest->new(XXX => $arg,...), $ctx = +Digest::XXX->new($arg,...), $ctx->reset, $ctx->add($data,...), +$ctx->addfile($io_handle), $ctx->digest, $ctx->hexdigest, $ctx->b64digest + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item FUNCTIONS + +md5($data,...), md5_hex($data,...), md5_base64($data,...) + +=item METHODS + +$md5 = Digest::MD5->new, $md5->reset, $md5->add($data,...), +$md5->addfile($io_handle), $md5->digest, $md5->hexdigest, $md5->b64digest + +=item EXAMPLES + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item COPYRIGHT + +=item AUTHORS + +=back + +=head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item NOTES + +=back + +=head2 Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data. + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Creation + +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, unctrl, subdump, bareStringify, quoteHighBit, +stopDbSignal + +=item Methods + +dumpValue, dumpValues, dumpvars, set_quote, set_unctrl, compactDump, +veryCompact, set, get + +=back + +=back + +=head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +@dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, @dl_librefs, +@dl_modules, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(), dl_expandspec(), +dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_loadflags(), dl_find_symbol(), +dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(), dl_install_xsub(), +bootstrap() + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into +Perl code + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 Encode - character encodings + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item TERMINOLOGY + +=back + +=item ENCODINGS + +=over 4 + +=item Characteristics of an Encoding + +=item Types of Encodings + +Fixed length 8-bit (or less) encodings, Fixed length 16-bit encodings, +Fixed length 32-bit encodings, Multi-byte encodings, "Escape" encodings + +=item Specifying Encodings + +1. By name, 2. As an object + +=item Encoding Names + +The MIME name as defined in IETF RFC-XXXX, The name in the IANA registry, +The name used by the the organization that defined it + +=back + +=item PERL ENCODING API + +=over 4 + +=item Generic Encoding Interface + +=item Handling Malformed Data + +Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes + +=item UTF-8 / utf8 + +=item Other Encodings of Unicode + +=item Listing available encodings + +=item Defining Aliases + +As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code +reference, e.g.: + +=item Defining Encodings + +=back + +=item Encoding and IO + +=item Encoding How to ... + +IO with mixed content (faking iso-2020-*), MIME's Content-Length:, UTF-8 +strings in binary data, Perl/Encode wrappers on non-Unicode XS modules + +=item Messing with Perl's Internals + +is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK]), valid_utf8(STRING) + +=item IMPLEMENTATION CLASSES + +-Ename, -Enew_sequence, -Eencode($string,$check), +-Edecode($octets,$check) + +=over 4 + +=item Compiled Encodings + +.enc, .ucm, .ucm, .c, .xs, ascii and iso-8859-*, IBM-1047 and two other +variants of EBCDIC, symbol and dingbats as used by Tk on X11 + +=back + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 Encode::EncodeFormat, EncodeFormat - the format of encoding tables +of the Encode extension + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +[1] B, [2] B, [3] B, [4] B + +=item KEYWORDS + +=item COPYRIGHT + +=back + +=head2 Encode::Tcl - Tcl encodings + +=head2 EncodeFormat - the format of encoding tables of the Encode extension + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +[1] B, [2] B, [3] B, [4] B + +=item KEYWORDS + +=item COPYRIGHT + +=back + +=head2 English - use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation +variables + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item PERFORMANCE + +=back + +=head2 Env - perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or +arrays + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item LIMITATIONS + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 Errno - System errno constants + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item CAVEATS + +=item AUTHOR + +=item COPYRIGHT + +=back + +=head2 Exporter - Implements default import method for modules + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item How to Export + +=item Selecting What To Export + +=item Specialised Import Lists + +=item Exporting without using Export's import method + +=item Module Version Checking + +=item Managing Unknown Symbols + +=item Tag Handling Utility Functions + +=back + +=back + +=head2 Exporter::Heavy - Exporter guts + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=back + +=head2 ExtUtils::Command - utilities to replace common UNIX commands in +Makefiles etc. + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=back + +cat + +eqtime src dst + +rm_f files... + +rm_f files... + +touch files .. + +mv source... destination + +cp source... destination + +chmod mode files.. + +mkpath directory.. + +test_f file + +=over 4 + +=item BUGS + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 ExtUtils::Constant - generate XS code to import C header constants + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item USAGE + +IV, UV, NV, PV, PVN, PVN, YES, NO, UNDEF + +=item FUNCTIONS + +=back + +C_stringify NAME + +constant_types + +memEQ_clause NAME, CHECKED_AT, INDENT + +assign INDENT, TYPE, PRE, POST, VALUE.. + +return_clause + +switch_clause INDENT, NAMELEN, ITEMHASH, ITEM.. + +params WHAT + +dump_names + +C_constant, name, type, value, macro, default, pre, post, def_pre =item +def_post + +XS_constant PACKAGE, TYPES, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME + +autoload PACKAGE, VERSION, AUTOLOADER + +WriteConstants ATTRIBUTE =E VALUE [, ...], NAME, DEFAULT_TYPE, +BREAKOUT_AT, NAMES, C_FILE, XS_FILE, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME + +=over 4 + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item @EXPORT + +=item FUNCTIONS + +xsinit(), Examples, ldopts(), Examples, perl_inc(), ccflags(), ccdlflags(), +ccopts(), xsi_header(), xsi_protos(@modules), xsi_body(@modules) + +=item EXAMPLES + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 ExtUtils::Install - install files from here to there + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=back + +=head2 ExtUtils::Installed - Inventory management of installed modules + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item USAGE + +=item FUNCTIONS + +new(), modules(), files(), directories(), directory_tree(), validate(), +packlist(), version() + +=item EXAMPLE + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 ExtUtils::Liblist - determine libraries to use and how to use them + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +For static extensions, For dynamic extensions, For dynamic extensions + +=over 4 + +=item EXTRALIBS + +=item LDLOADLIBS and LD_RUN_PATH + +=item BSLOADLIBS + +=back + +=item PORTABILITY + +=over 4 + +=item VMS implementation + +=item Win32 implementation + +=back + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin - methods to override UN*X behaviour in +ExtUtils::MakeMaker + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +canonpath, cflags, manifypods, perl_archive + +=back + +=head2 ExtUtils::MM_NW5 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in +ExtUtils::MakeMaker + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=back + +catfile + +constants (o) + +static_lib (o) + +dynamic_bs (o) + +dynamic_lib (o) + +canonpath + +perl_script + +pm_to_blib + +test_via_harness (o) + +tool_autosplit (override) + +tools_other (o) + +xs_o (o) + +top_targets (o) + +htmlifypods (o) + +manifypods (o) + +dist_ci (o) + +dist_core (o) + +pasthru (o) + +=head2 ExtUtils::MM_OS2 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in +ExtUtils::MakeMaker + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item METHODS + +=back + +perl_archive_after + +=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item METHODS + +=over 4 + +=item Preloaded methods + +canonpath + +=back + +=back + +catdir + +catfile + +curdir + +rootdir + +updir + +=over 4 + +=item SelfLoaded methods + +c_o (o) + +=back + +cflags (o) + +clean (o) + +const_cccmd (o) + +const_config (o) + +const_loadlibs (o) + +constants (o) + +depend (o) + +dir_target (o) + +dist (o) + +dist_basics (o) + +dist_ci (o) + +dist_core (o) + +dist_dir (o) + +dist_test (o) + +dlsyms (o) + +dynamic (o) + +dynamic_bs (o) + +dynamic_lib (o) + +exescan + +extliblist + +file_name_is_absolute + +find_perl + +=over 4 + +=item Methods to actually produce chunks of text for the Makefile + +fixin + +=back + +force (o) + +guess_name + +has_link_code + +htmlifypods (o) + +init_dirscan + +init_main + +init_others + +install (o) + +installbin (o) + +libscan (o) + +linkext (o) + +lsdir + +macro (o) + +makeaperl (o) + +makefile (o) + +manifypods (o) + +maybe_command + +maybe_command_in_dirs + +needs_linking (o) + +nicetext + +parse_version + +parse_abstract + +pasthru (o) + +path + +perl_script + +perldepend (o) + +ppd + +perm_rw (o) + +perm_rwx (o) + +pm_to_blib + +post_constants (o) + +post_initialize (o) + +postamble (o) + +prefixify + +processPL (o) + +realclean (o) + +replace_manpage_separator + +static (o) + +static_lib (o) + +staticmake (o) + +subdir_x (o) + +subdirs (o) + +test (o) + +test_via_harness (o) + +test_via_script (o) + +tool_autosplit (o) + +tools_other (o) + +tool_xsubpp (o) + +top_targets (o) + +writedoc + +xs_c (o) + +xs_cpp (o) + +xs_o (o) + +perl_archive + +perl_archive_after + +export_list + +=over 4 + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 ExtUtils::MM_VMS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in +ExtUtils::MakeMaker + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Methods always loaded + +wraplist + +=back + +=back + +rootdir (override) + +=over 4 + +=item SelfLoaded methods + +guess_name (override) + +=back + +find_perl (override) + +path (override) + +maybe_command (override) + +maybe_command_in_dirs (override) + +perl_script (override) + +file_name_is_absolute (override) + +replace_manpage_separator + +init_others (override) + +constants (override) + +cflags (override) + +const_cccmd (override) + +pm_to_blib (override) + +tool_autosplit (override) + +tool_sxubpp (override) + +xsubpp_version (override) + +tools_other (override) + +dist (override) + +c_o (override) + +xs_c (override) + +xs_o (override) + +top_targets (override) + +dlsyms (override) + +dynamic_lib (override) + +dynamic_bs (override) + +static_lib (override) + +manifypods (override) + +processPL (override) + +installbin (override) + +subdir_x (override) + +clean (override) + +realclean (override) + +dist_basics (override) + +dist_core (override) + +dist_dir (override) + +dist_test (override) + +install (override) + +perldepend (override) + +makefile (override) + +test (override) + +test_via_harness (override) + +test_via_script (override) + +makeaperl (override) + +nicetext (override) + +=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in +ExtUtils::MakeMaker + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=back + +catfile + +constants (o) + +static_lib (o) + +dynamic_bs (o) + +dynamic_lib (o) + +canonpath + +perl_script + +pm_to_blib + +test_via_harness (o) + +tool_autosplit (override) + +tools_other (o) + +xs_o (o) + +top_targets (o) + +htmlifypods (o) + +manifypods (o) + +dist_ci (o) + +dist_core (o) + +pasthru (o) + +=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - create an extension Makefile + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item How To Write A Makefile.PL + +=item Default Makefile Behaviour + +=item make test + +=item make testdb + +=item make install + +=item PREFIX and LIB attribute + +=item AFS users + +=item Static Linking of a new Perl Binary + +=item Determination of Perl Library and Installation Locations + +=item Which architecture dependent directory? + +=item Using Attributes and Parameters + +ABSTRACT, ABSTRACT_FROM, AUTHOR, BINARY_LOCATION, C, CAPI, CCFLAGS, CONFIG, +CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DIR, DISTNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, EXCLUDE_EXT, +EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, FUNCLIST, H, HTMLLIBPODS, +HTMLSCRIPTPODS, IMPORTS, INC, INCLUDE_EXT, INSTALLARCHLIB, INSTALLBIN, +INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLHTMLPRIVLIBDIR, INSTALLHTMLSCRIPTDIR, +INSTALLHTMLSITELIBDIR, INSTALLMAN1DIR, INSTALLMAN3DIR, INSTALLPRIVLIB, +INSTALLSCRIPT, INSTALLSITEARCH, INSTALLSITELIB, INST_ARCHLIB, INST_BIN, +INST_EXE, INST_HTMLLIBDIR, INST_HTMLSCRIPTDIR, INST_LIB, INST_MAN1DIR, +INST_MAN3DIR, INST_SCRIPT, LDFROM, LIB, LIBPERL_A, LIBS, LINKTYPE, +MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET, MYEXTLIB, NAME, +NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, NO_VC, OBJECT, OPTIMIZE, PERL, PERL_CORE, +PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB, PERL_MALLOC_OK, PERLRUN, PERM_RW, +PERM_RWX, PL_FILES, PM, PMLIBDIRS, PM_FILTER, POLLUTE, PPM_INSTALL_EXEC, +PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX, PREREQ_PM, SKIP, TEST_LIBS, VERSION, +VERSION_FROM, XS, XSOPT, XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION + +=item Additional lowercase attributes + +clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, linkext, macro, realclean, test, +tool_autosplit + +=item Overriding MakeMaker Methods + +=item Hintsfile support + +=item Distribution Support + + make distcheck, make skipcheck, make distclean, make manifest, + make distdir, make tardist, make dist, make uutardist, make +shdist, make zipdist, make ci + +=item Disabling an extension + +=back + +=item ENVIRONMENT + +PERL_MM_OPT + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item AUTHORS + +=back + +=head2 ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item MANIFEST.SKIP + +=item EXPORT_OK + +=item GLOBAL VARIABLES + +=item DIAGNOSTICS + +C I, C I, C I<$!>, +C I + +=item ENVIRONMENT + +B + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 ExtUtils::Miniperl, writemain - write the C code for perlmain.c -=item BUGS +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION =item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI +=head2 ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap - make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE +=back -=item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS +=head2 ExtUtils::Mksymlists - write linker options files for dynamic +extension -=item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS +=over 4 -=item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS +=item SYNOPSIS -=item CAVEATS +=item DESCRIPTION -=item AUTHOR INFORMATION +DLBASE, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, FILE, FUNCLIST, IMPORTS, NAME -=item BUGS +=item AUTHOR -=item SEE ALSO +=item REVISION =back -=head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code +=head2 ExtUtils::Packlist - manage .packlist files -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over - -=item Tags that won't be formatted +=item USAGE -=item Customizing the Indenting +=item FUNCTIONS -=back +new(), read(), write(), validate(), packlist_file() -=item BUGS +=item EXAMPLE =item AUTHOR -=item SEE ALSO - =back -=head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push +=head2 ExtUtils::testlib - add blib/* directories to @INC -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item USING CGI::Push +=back --next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires +=head2 Fatal - replace functions with equivalents which succeed or die -=over +=over 4 -=item Heterogeneous Pages +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item AUTHOR =back -=item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS +=head2 Fcntl - load the C Fcntl.h defines -=item AUTHOR INFORMATION +=over 4 -=item BUGS +=item SYNOPSIS -=item SEE ALSO +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item NOTE + +=item EXPORTED SYMBOLS =back -=head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch +=head2 File::Basename, fileparse - split a pathname into pieces -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS -=item ABSTRACT - =item DESCRIPTION -=item AUTHOR INFORMATION +fileparse_set_fstype, fileparse -=item BUGS +=item EXAMPLES -=item SEE ALSO +C, C =back -=head2 CGI::Util - various utilities - -=head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites +=head2 File::CheckTree, validate - run many filetest checks on a tree -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over - -=item Interactive Mode +=back -Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test, -install, clean modules or distributions, get, readme, look module or -distribution, Signals +=head2 File::Compare - Compare files or filehandles -=item CPAN::Shell +=over 4 -=item autobundle +=item SYNOPSIS -=item recompile +=item DESCRIPTION -=item The four C Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution +=item RETURN -=item ProgrammerE<39>s interface +=item AUTHOR -expand($type,@things), Programming Examples +=back -=item Methods in the four Classes +=head2 File::Copy - Copy files or filehandles -=item Cache Manager +=over 4 -=item Bundles +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Prerequisites +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Finding packages and VERSION +=over 4 -=item Debugging +=item Special behaviour if C is defined (OS/2, VMS and Win32) -=item Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode +rmscopy($from,$to[,$date_flag]) =back -=item CONFIGURATION - -Cscalar optionE>, Cscalar optionE -EvalueE>, Clist optionE>, Clist -optionE [shift|pop]>, Clist optionE -[unshift|push|splice] ElistE> - -=over +=item RETURN -=item Note on urllist parameter's format +=item NOTES -=item urllist parameter has CD-ROM support +=item AUTHOR =back -=item SECURITY +=head2 File::DosGlob - DOS like globbing and then some -=item EXPORT +=over 4 -=item POPULATE AN INSTALLATION WITH LOTS OF MODULES +=item SYNOPSIS -=item WORKING WITH CPAN.pm BEHIND FIREWALLS +=item DESCRIPTION -http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade +=item EXPORTS (by request only) =item BUGS =item AUTHOR +=item HISTORY + =item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization +=head2 File::Find, find - traverse a file tree -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C + +=item CAVEAT + +=item NOTES + +=item HISTORY + =back -=head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS -module +=head2 File::Glob - Perl extension for BSD glob routine -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item SEE ALSO +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C + +=item DIAGNOSTICS + +C, C + +=item NOTES + +=item AUTHOR =back -=head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller) +=head2 File::Path - create or remove directory trees -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over - -=item Forcing a Stack Trace +=item AUTHORS =back -=item BUGS +=head2 File::Spec - portably perform operations on file names -=back +=over 4 -=head2 Carp::Heavy - Carp guts +=item SYNOPSIS -=over +=item DESCRIPTION -=item SYNOPIS +=item SEE ALSO -=item DESCRIPTION +=item AUTHORS =back -=head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes +=head2 File::Spec::Epoc - methods for Epoc file specs -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over +devnull -=item The C function +=back -=item Element Types and Accessor Methods +tmpdir -Scalar (C<'$'> or C<'*$'>), Array (C<'@'> or C<'*@'>), Hash (C<'%'> or -C<'*%'>), Class (C<'Class_Name'> or C<'*Class_Name'>) +path -=item Initializing with C +canonpath -=back +splitpath -=item EXAMPLES +splitdir -Example 1, Example 2, Example 3 +catpath -=item Author and Modification History +abs2rel + +rel2abs + +=over 4 + +=item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 Config - access Perl configuration information +=head2 File::Spec::Functions - portably perform operations on file names -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -myconfig(), config_sh(), config_vars(@names) +=over 4 -=item EXAMPLE +=item Exports -=item WARNING +=back -=item GLOSSARY +=item SEE ALSO -=over +=back -=item _ +=head2 File::Spec::Mac - File::Spec for MacOS -C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o> +=over 4 -=item a +=item SYNOPSIS -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C +=item DESCRIPTION -=item b +=item METHODS -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C +canonpath -=item c +=back -C, C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C +catdir -=item C +catfile -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C +curdir -=item d +devnull -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C +rootdir -=item e +tmpdir -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C +updir -=item f +file_name_is_absolute -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C +path -=item g +splitpath -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C +splitdir -=item h +catpath + +abs2rel -C, C, C, C, C +rel2abs -=item i +=over 4 -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C +=item SEE ALSO -=item k +=back + +=head2 File::Spec::OS2 - methods for OS/2 file specs + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION -C, C +=back -=item l +=head2 File::Spec::Unix - methods used by File::Spec -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C +=over 4 -=item m +=item SYNOPSIS -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C +=item DESCRIPTION -=item M +=item METHODS -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C +canonpath -=item n +=back -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C +catdir -=item o +catfile -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C +curdir -=item p +devnull -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C +rootdir -=item P +tmpdir -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C +updir -=item q +no_upwards -C, C +case_tolerant -=item r +file_name_is_absolute -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C +path -=item s +join -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C +splitpath -=item t +splitdir -C, C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C +catpath -=item u +abs2rel -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C +rel2abs -=item v +=over 4 -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C +=item SEE ALSO -=item x +=back -C, C +=head2 File::Spec::VMS - methods for VMS file specs -=item z +=over 4 -C, C +=item SYNOPSIS -=back +=item DESCRIPTION -=item NOTE +eliminate_macros =back -=head2 Cwd, getcwd - get pathname of current working directory +fixpath -=over +=over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item Methods always loaded -=item DESCRIPTION +canonpath (override) =back -=head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft, -subject to -change) +catdir -=over +catfile -=item SYNOPSIS +curdir (override) -=item DESCRIPTION +devnull (override) -=over +rootdir (override) -=item Global Variables +tmpdir (override) - $DB::sub, %DB::sub, $DB::single, $DB::signal, $DB::trace, @DB::args, -@DB::dbline, %DB::dbline, $DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::subname, -$DB::lineno +updir (override) -=item API Methods +case_tolerant (override) -CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'), -CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done() +path (override) -=item Client Callback Methods +file_name_is_absolute (override) -CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(), -CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(), -CLIENT->output(LIST) +splitpath (override) -=back +splitdir (override) -=item BUGS +catpath (override) -=item AUTHOR +abs2rel (override) + +rel2abs (override) + +=over 4 + +=item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x +=head2 File::Spec::Win32 - methods for Win32 file specs -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -B, B, B - -=over +devnull -=item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or 3 +=back -=item Interface to Berkeley DB +tmpdir -=item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File +catfile -=item Default Parameters +canonpath -=item In Memory Databases +splitpath -=back +splitdir -=item DB_HASH +catpath -=over +=over 4 -=item A Simple Example +=item SEE ALSO =back -=item DB_BTREE +=head2 File::Temp - return name and handle of a temporary file safely -=over +=over 4 -=item Changing the BTREE sort order +=item PORTABILITY -=item Handling Duplicate Keys +=item SYNOPSIS -=item The get_dup() Method +=item DESCRIPTION -=item The find_dup() Method +=back -=item The del_dup() Method +=over 4 -=item Matching Partial Keys +=item FUNCTIONS + +B =back -=item DB_RECNO +B -=over +=over 4 -=item The 'bval' Option +=item MKTEMP FUNCTIONS -=item A Simple Example +B -=item Extra RECNO Methods +=back -B<$X-Epush(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-Epop ;>, B<$X-Eshift>, -B<$X-Eunshift(list) ;>, B<$X-Elength> +B -=item Another Example +B -=back +B -=item THE API INTERFACE +=over 4 -B<$status = $X-Eget($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = -$X-Eput($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-Edel($key [, -$flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-Efd ;>, B<$status = $X-Eseq($key, -$value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-Esync([$flags]) ;> +=item POSIX FUNCTIONS -=item DBM FILTERS +B -B, B, B, -B +=back -=over +B -=item The Filter +=over 4 -=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem. +=item ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS -=item Another Example -- Key is a C int. +B =back -=item HINTS AND TIPS +=over 4 -=over +=item UTILITY FUNCTIONS -=item Locking: The Trouble with fd +B -=item Safe ways to lock a database +=back -B, B, B +=over 4 -=item Sharing Databases With C Applications +=item PACKAGE VARIABLES -=item The untie() Gotcha +B, STANDARD, MEDIUM, HIGH =back -=item COMMON QUESTIONS - -=over +TopSystemUID -=item Why is there Perl source in my database? +=over 4 -=item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File? +=item WARNING -=item What does "Invalid Argument" mean? +=over 4 -=item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean? +=item Temporary files and NFS =back -=item REFERENCES - =item HISTORY -=item BUGS - -=item AVAILABILITY - -=item COPYRIGHT - =item SEE ALSO =item AUTHOR =back -=head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both -printing and C +=head2 File::stat - by-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over - -=item Methods +=item NOTE -I->new(I, I), I<$OBJ>->Dump I -I->Dump(I, I), I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>), -I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>), -I<$OBJ>->Reset +=item AUTHOR -=item Functions +=back -Dumper(I) +=head2 FileCache - keep more files open than the system permits -=item Configuration Variables or Methods +=over 4 -$Data::Dumper::Indent I I<$OBJ>->Indent(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Purity I I<$OBJ>->Purity(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Pad I I<$OBJ>->Pad(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Varname I I<$OBJ>->Varname(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Useqq I I<$OBJ>->Useqq(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Terse I I<$OBJ>->Terse(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Freezer I $I->Freezer(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Toaster I $I->Toaster(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Deepcopy I $I->Deepcopy(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Quotekeys I $I->Quotekeys(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Bless I $I->Bless(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Maxdepth I $I->Maxdepth(I<[NEWVAL]>) +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Exports +=item DESCRIPTION -Dumper +=item BUGS =back -=item EXAMPLES +=head2 FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles -=item BUGS +=over 4 -=item AUTHOR +=item SYNOPSIS -=item VERSION +=item DESCRIPTION + +$fh->print, $fh->printf, $fh->getline, $fh->getlines =item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler +=head2 Filter::Simple - Simplified source filtering -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item PROFILE FORMAT +=over 4 + +=item The Problem + +=item A Solution + +=item Disabling or changing behaviour + +=item All-in-one interface -=item AUTOLOAD +=item How it works -=item ENVIRONMENT +=back -=item BUGS +=item AUTHOR -=item SEE ALSO +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer +=head2 Filter::Util::Call - Perl Source Filter Utility Module -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item EXAMPLES +=over 4 -=over +=item B -=item A simple scalar string +=item B -=item A simple scalar number +=item B -=item A simple scalar with an extra reference +B<$_>, B<$status>, B and B, B -=item A reference to a simple scalar +=back -=item A reference to an array +=item EXAMPLES -=item A reference to a hash +=over 4 -=item Dumping a large array or hash +=item Example 1: A simple filter. -=item A reference to an SV which holds a C pointer +=item Example 2: Using the context -=item A reference to a subroutine +=item Example 3: Using the context within the filter -=back +=item Example 4: Using filter_del -=item EXPORTS +=back -=item BUGS +=item Filter::Simple =item AUTHOR -=item SEE ALSO +=item DATE =back -=head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module +=head2 FindBin - Locate directory of original perl script -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION +=item EXPORTABLE VARIABLES + +=item KNOWN BUGS + +=item AUTHORS + +=item COPYRIGHT + =back -=head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles +=head2 GDBM_File - Perl5 access to the gdbm library. -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION +=item AVAILABILITY + +=item BUGS + +=item SEE ALSO + =back -=head2 Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data. +=head2 Getopt::Long - Extended processing of command line options -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=item Command Line Options, an Introduction -=item Creation +=item Getting Started with Getopt::Long -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, unctrl, subdump, bareStringify, quoteHighBit, -stopDbSignal +=over 4 -=item Methods +=item Simple options -dumpValue, dumpValues, dumpvars, set_quote, set_unctrl, compactDump, -veryCompact, set, get +=item A little bit less simple options -=back +=item Mixing command line option with other arguments -=back +=item Options with values -=head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code +=item Options with multiple values -=over +=item Options with hash values -=item SYNOPSIS +=item User-defined subroutines to handle options -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Options with multiple names -@dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, @dl_librefs, -@dl_modules, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(), dl_expandspec(), -dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_loadflags(), dl_find_symbol(), -dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(), dl_install_xsub(), -bootstrap() +=item Case and abbreviations -=item AUTHOR +=item Summary of Option Specifications + +!, +, s, i, f, : I [ I ] =back -=head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into -Perl code +=item Advanced Possibilities -=over +=over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item Object oriented interface -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Documentation and help texts -=item AUTHOR +=item Storing options in a hash + +=item Bundling + +=item The lonesome dash + +=item Argument call-back =back -=head2 English - use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation -variables +=item Configuring Getopt::Long -=over +default, posix_default, auto_abbrev, getopt_compat, gnu_compat, gnu_getopt, +require_order, permute, bundling (default: disabled), bundling_override +(default: disabled), ignore_case (default: enabled), ignore_case_always +(default: disabled), pass_through (default: disabled), prefix, +prefix_pattern, debug (default: disabled) -=item SYNOPSIS +=item Return values and Errors -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Legacy -=item PERFORMANCE +=over 4 + +=item Default destinations + +=item Alternative option starters + +=item Configuration variables =back -=head2 Env - perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or -arrays +=item Trouble Shooting -=over +=over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item Warning: Ignoring '!' modifier for short option -=item DESCRIPTION +=item GetOptions does not return a false result when an option is not +supplied -=item LIMITATIONS +=back =item AUTHOR +=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER + =back -=head2 Errno - System errno constants +=head2 Getopt::Std, getopt - Process single-character switches with switch +clustering -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item CAVEATS +=back -=item AUTHOR +=head2 I18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current +locale -=item COPYRIGHT +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION =back -=head2 Exporter - Implements default import method for modules +=head2 I18N::LangTags - functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language +tags -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=back -=item How to Export +the function is_language_tag($lang1) -=item Selecting What To Export +the function extract_language_tags($whatever) -=item Specialised Import Lists +the function same_language_tag($lang1, $lang2) -=item Constants can be inlined +the function similarity_language_tag($lang1, $lang2) -=item Exporting without using Export's import method +the function is_dialect_of($lang1, $lang2) -=item Module Version Checking +the function super_languages($lang1) -=item Managing Unknown Symbols +the function locale2language_tag($locale_identifier) -=item Tag Handling Utility Functions +the function encode_language_tag($lang1) -=back +the function alternate_language_tags($lang1) + +the function @langs = panic_languages(@accept_languages) + +=over 4 + +=item ABOUT LOWERCASING + +=item ABOUT UNICODE PLAINTEXT LANGUAGE TAGS + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item COPYRIGHT + +=item AUTHOR =back -=head2 Exporter::Heavy - Exporter guts +=head2 I18N::LangTags::List -- tags and names for human languages + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item ABOUT LANGUAGE TAGS + +=item LIST OF LANGUAGES + +{ab} : Abkhazian, {ace} : Achinese, {ach} : Acoli, {ada} : Adangme, {aa} : +Afar, {afh} : Afrihili, {af} : Afrikaans, [{afa} : Afro-Asiatic (Other)], +{aka} : Akan, {akk} : Akkadian, {sq} : Albanian, {ale} : Aleut, [{alg} : +Algonquian languages], [{tut} : Altaic (Other)], {am} : Amharic, {i-ami} : +Ami, [{apa} : Apache languages], {ar} : Arabic, {arc} : Aramaic, {arp} : +Arapaho, {arn} : Araucanian, {arw} : Arawak, {hy} : Armenian, [{art} : +Artificial (Other)], {as} : Assamese, [{ath} : Athapascan languages], +[{aus} : Australian languages], [{map} : Austronesian (Other)], {ava} : +Avaric, {ae} : Avestan, {awa} : Awadhi, {ay} : Aymara, {az} : Azerbaijani, +{ban} : Balinese, [{bat} : Baltic (Other)], {bal} : Baluchi, {bam} : +Bambara, [{bai} : Bamileke languages], {bad} : Banda, [{bnt} : Bantu +(Other)], {bas} : Basa, {ba} : Bashkir, {eu} : Basque, {btk} : Batak +(Indonesia), {bej} : Beja, {be} : Belarusian, {bem} : Bemba, {bn} : +Bengali, [{ber} : Berber (Other)], {bho} : Bhojpuri, {bh} : Bihari, {bik} : +Bikol, {bin} : Bini, {bi} : Bislama, {bs} : Bosnian, {bra} : Braj, {br} : +Breton, {bug} : Buginese, {bg} : Bulgarian, {i-bnn} : Bunun, {bua} : +Buriat, {my} : Burmese, {cad} : Caddo, {car} : Carib, {ca} : Catalan, +[{cau} : Caucasian (Other)], {ceb} : Cebuano, [{cel} : Celtic (Other)], +[{cai} : Central American Indian (Other)], {chg} : Chagatai, [{cmc} : +Chamic languages], {ch} : Chamorro, {ce} : Chechen, {chr} : Cherokee, {chy} +: Cheyenne, {chb} : Chibcha, {ny} : Chichewa, {zh} : Chinese, {chn} : +Chinook Jargon, {chp} : Chipewyan, {cho} : Choctaw, {cu} : Church Slavic, +{chk} : Chuukese, {cv} : Chuvash, {cop} : Coptic, {kw} : Cornish, {co} : +Corsican, {cre} : Cree, {mus} : Creek, [{cpe} : English-based Creoles and +pidgins (Other)], [{cpf} : French-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], +[{cpp} : Portuguese-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{crp} : Creoles +and pidgins (Other)], {hr} : Croatian, [{cus} : Cushitic (Other)], {cs} : +Czech, {dak} : Dakota, {da} : Danish, {day} : Dayak, {i-default} : Default +(Fallthru) Language, {del} : Delaware, {din} : Dinka, {div} : Divehi, {doi} +: Dogri, {dgr} : Dogrib, [{dra} : Dravidian (Other)], {dua} : Duala, {nl} : +Dutch, {dum} : Middle Dutch (ca.1050-1350), {dyu} : Dyula, {dz} : Dzongkha, +{efi} : Efik, {egy} : Ancient Egyptian, {eka} : Ekajuk, {elx} : Elamite, +{en} : English, {enm} : Old English (1100-1500), {ang} : Old English +(ca.450-1100), {eo} : Esperanto, {et} : Estonian, {ewe} : Ewe, {ewo} : +Ewondo, {fan} : Fang, {fat} : Fanti, {fo} : Faroese, {fj} : Fijian, {fi} : +Finnish, [{fiu} : Finno-Ugrian (Other)], {fon} : Fon, {fr} : French, {frm} +: Middle French (ca.1400-1600), {fro} : Old French (842-ca.1400), {fy} : +Frisian, {fur} : Friulian, {ful} : Fulah, {gaa} : Ga, {gd} : Scots Gaelic, +{gl} : Gallegan, {lug} : Ganda, {gay} : Gayo, {gba} : Gbaya, {gez} : Geez, +{ka} : Georgian, {de} : German, {gmh} : Middle High German (ca.1050-1500), +{goh} : Old High German (ca.750-1050), [{gem} : Germanic (Other)], {gil} : +Gilbertese, {gon} : Gondi, {gor} : Gorontalo, {got} : Gothic, {grb} : +Grebo, {grc} : Ancient Greek, {el} : Modern Greek, {gn} : Guarani, {gu} : +Gujarati, {gwi} : Gwich'in, {hai} : Haida, {ha} : Hausa, {haw} : Hawaiian, +{he} : Hebrew, {hz} : Herero, {hil} : Hiligaynon, {him} : Himachali, {hi} : +Hindi, {ho} : Hiri Motu, {hit} : Hittite, {hmn} : Hmong, {hu} : Hungarian, +{hup} : Hupa, {iba} : Iban, {is} : Icelandic, {ibo} : Igbo, {ijo} : Ijo, +{ilo} : Iloko, [{inc} : Indic (Other)], [{ine} : Indo-European (Other)], +{id} : Indonesian, {ia} : Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language +Association), {ie} : Interlingue, {iu} : Inuktitut, {ik} : Inupiaq, [{ira} +: Iranian (Other)], {ga} : Irish, {mga} : Middle Irish (900-1200), {sga} : +Old Irish (to 900), [{iro} : Iroquoian languages], {it} : Italian, {ja} : +Japanese, {jw} : Javanese, {jrb} : Judeo-Arabic, {jpr} : Judeo-Persian, +{kab} : Kabyle, {kac} : Kachin, {kl} : Kalaallisut, {kam} : Kamba, {kn} : +Kannada, {kau} : Kanuri, {kaa} : Kara-Kalpak, {kar} : Karen, {ks} : +Kashmiri, {kaw} : Kawi, {kk} : Kazakh, {kha} : Khasi, {km} : Khmer, [{khi} +: Khoisan (Other)], {kho} : Khotanese, {ki} : Kikuyu, {kmb} : Kimbundu, +{rw} : Kinyarwanda, {ky} : Kirghiz, {i-klingon} : Klingon, {kv} : Komi, +{kon} : Kongo, {kok} : Konkani, {ko} : Korean, {kos} : Kosraean, {kpe} : +Kpelle, {kro} : Kru, {kj} : Kuanyama, {kum} : Kumyk, {ku} : Kurdish, {kru} +: Kurukh, {kut} : Kutenai, {lad} : Ladino, {lah} : Lahnda, {lam} : Lamba, +{lo} : Lao, {la} : Latin, {lv} : Latvian, {lb} : Letzeburgesch, {lez} : +Lezghian, {ln} : Lingala, {lt} : Lithuanian, {nds} : Low German, {loz} : +Lozi, {lub} : Luba-Katanga, {lua} : Luba-Lulua, {lui} : Luiseno, {lun} : +Lunda, {luo} : Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), {lus} : Lushai, {mk} : Macedonian, +{mad} : Madurese, {mag} : Magahi, {mai} : Maithili, {mak} : Makasar, {mg} : +Malagasy, {ms} : Malay, {ml} : Malayalam, {mt} : Maltese, {mnc} : Manchu, +{mdr} : Mandar, {man} : Mandingo, {mni} : Manipuri, [{mno} : Manobo +languages], {gv} : Manx, {mi} : Maori, {mr} : Marathi, {chm} : Mari, {mh} : +Marshall, {mwr} : Marwari, {mas} : Masai, [{myn} : Mayan languages], {men} +: Mende, {mic} : Micmac, {min} : Minangkabau, {i-mingo} : Mingo, [{mis} : +Miscellaneous languages], {moh} : Mohawk, {mo} : Moldavian, [{mkh} : +Mon-Khmer (Other)], {lol} : Mongo, {mn} : Mongolian, {mos} : Mossi, [{mul} +: Multiple languages], [{mun} : Munda languages], {nah} : Nahuatl, {na} : +Nauru, {nv} : Navajo, {nd} : North Ndebele, {nr} : South Ndebele, {ng} : +Ndonga, {ne} : Nepali, {new} : Newari, {nia} : Nias, [{nic} : +Niger-Kordofanian (Other)], [{ssa} : Nilo-Saharan (Other)], {niu} : Niuean, +{non} : Old Norse, [{nai} : North American Indian], {se} : Northern Sami, +{no} : Norwegian, {nb} : Norwegian Bokmal, {nn} : Norwegian Nynorsk, [{nub} +: Nubian languages], {nym} : Nyamwezi, {nyn} : Nyankole, {nyo} : Nyoro, +{nzi} : Nzima, {oc} : Occitan (post 1500), {oji} : Ojibwa, {or} : Oriya, +{om} : Oromo, {osa} : Osage, {os} : Ossetian; Ossetic, [{oto} : Otomian +languages], {pal} : Pahlavi, {i-pwn} : Paiwan, {pau} : Palauan, {pi} : +Pali, {pam} : Pampanga, {pag} : Pangasinan, {pa} : Panjabi, {pap} : +Papiamento, [{paa} : Papuan (Other)], {fa} : Persian, {peo} : Old Persian +(ca.600-400 B.C.), [{phi} : Philippine (Other)], {phn} : Phoenician, {pon} +: Pohnpeian, {pl} : Polish, {pt} : Portuguese, [{pra} : Prakrit languages], +{pro} : Old Provencal (to 1500), {ps} : Pushto, {qu} : Quechua, {rm} : +Raeto-Romance, {raj} : Rajasthani, {rap} : Rapanui, {rar} : Rarotongan, +[{qaa - qtz} : Reserved for local use.], [{roa} : Romance (Other)], {ro} : +Romanian, {rom} : Romany, {rn} : Rundi, {ru} : Russian, [{sal} : Salishan +languages], {sam} : Samaritan Aramaic, [{smi} : Sami languages (Other)], +{sm} : Samoan, {sad} : Sandawe, {sg} : Sango, {sa} : Sanskrit, {sat} : +Santali, {sc} : Sardinian, {sas} : Sasak, {sco} : Scots, {sel} : Selkup, +[{sem} : Semitic (Other)], {sr} : Serbian, {srr} : Serer, {shn} : Shan, +{sn} : Shona, {sid} : Sidamo, {sgn-...} : Sign Languages, {bla} : Siksika, +{sd} : Sindhi, {si} : Sinhalese, [{sit} : Sino-Tibetan (Other)], [{sio} : +Siouan languages], {den} : Slave (Athapascan), [{sla} : Slavic (Other)], +{sk} : Slovak, {sl} : Slovenian, {sog} : Sogdian, {so} : Somali, {son} : +Songhai, {snk} : Soninke, {wen} : Sorbian languages, {nso} : Northern +Sotho, {st} : Southern Sotho, [{sai} : South American Indian (Other)], {es} +: Spanish, {suk} : Sukuma, {sux} : Sumerian, {su} : Sundanese, {sus} : +Susu, {sw} : Swahili, {ss} : Swati, {sv} : Swedish, {syr} : Syriac, {tl} : +Tagalog, {ty} : Tahitian, [{tai} : Tai (Other)], {tg} : Tajik, {tmh} : +Tamashek, {ta} : Tamil, {i-tao} : Tao, {tt} : Tatar, {i-tay} : Tayal, {te} +: Telugu, {ter} : Tereno, {tet} : Tetum, {th} : Thai, {bo} : Tibetan, {tig} +: Tigre, {ti} : Tigrinya, {tem} : Timne, {tiv} : Tiv, {tli} : Tlingit, +{tpi} : Tok Pisin, {tkl} : Tokelau, {tog} : Tonga (Nyasa), {to} : Tonga +(Tonga Islands), {tsi} : Tsimshian, {ts} : Tsonga, {i-tsu} : Tsou, {tn} : +Tswana, {tum} : Tumbuka, {tr} : Turkish, {ota} : Ottoman Turkish +(1500-1928), {tk} : Turkmen, {tvl} : Tuvalu, {tyv} : Tuvinian, {tw} : Twi, +{uga} : Ugaritic, {ug} : Uighur, {uk} : Ukrainian, {umb} : Umbundu, {und} : +Undetermined, {ur} : Urdu, {uz} : Uzbek, {vai} : Vai, {ven} : Venda, {vi} : +Vietnamese, {vo} : Volapuk, {vot} : Votic, [{wak} : Wakashan languages], +{wal} : Walamo, {war} : Waray, {was} : Washo, {cy} : Welsh, {wo} : Wolof, +{x-...} : Unregistered (Semi-Private Use), {xh} : Xhosa, {sah} : Yakut, +{yao} : Yao, {yap} : Yapese, {yi} : Yiddish, {yo} : Yoruba, [{ypk} : Yupik +languages], {znd} : Zande, [{zap} : Zapotec], {zen} : Zenaga, {za} : +Zhuang, {zu} : Zulu, {zun} : Zuni -=over +=item SEE ALSO -=item SYNOPIS +=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER -=item DESCRIPTION +=item AUTHOR =back -=head2 ExtUtils::Command - utilities to replace common UNIX commands in -Makefiles etc. +=head2 I18N::Langinfo - query locale information -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION +=over 4 + +=item EXPORT + =back -cat +=item SEE ALSO -eqtime src dst +=item AUTHOR -rm_f files... +=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE -rm_f files... +=back -touch files .. +=head2 IO - load various IO modules -mv source... destination +=over 4 -cp source... destination +=item SYNOPSIS -chmod mode files.. +=item DESCRIPTION -mkpath directory.. +=back -test_f file +=head2 IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory handles -=over +=over 4 -=item BUGS +=item SYNOPSIS -=item SEE ALSO +=item DESCRIPTION + +new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (), +rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ] + +=item SEE ALSO =item AUTHOR +=item COPYRIGHT + =back -=head2 ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications +=head2 IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item @EXPORT +=item CONSTRUCTOR -=item FUNCTIONS +new ( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), new_tmpfile -xsinit(), Examples, ldopts(), Examples, perl_inc(), ccflags(), ccdlflags(), -ccopts(), xsi_header(), xsi_protos(@modules), xsi_body(@modules) +=item METHODS -=item EXAMPLES +open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ) =item SEE ALSO -=item AUTHOR +=item HISTORY =back -=head2 ExtUtils::Install - install files from here to there +=head2 IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O handles -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=back - -=head2 ExtUtils::Installed - Inventory management of installed modules - -=over +=item CONSTRUCTOR -=item SYNOPSIS +new (), new_from_fd ( FD, MODE ) -=item DESCRIPTION +=item METHODS -=item USAGE +$io->fdopen ( FD, MODE ), $io->opened, $io->getline, $io->getlines, +$io->ungetc ( ORD ), $io->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET ] ), $io->error, +$io->clearerr, $io->sync, $io->flush, $io->printflush ( ARGS ), +$io->blocking ( [ BOOL ] ), $io->untaint -=item FUNCTIONS +=item NOTE -new(), modules(), files(), directories(), directory_tree(), validate(), -packlist(), version() +=item SEE ALSO -=item EXAMPLE +=item BUGS -=item AUTHOR +=item HISTORY =back -=head2 ExtUtils::Liblist - determine libraries to use and how to use them +=head2 IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -For static extensions, For dynamic extensions, For dynamic extensions +=item CONSTRUCTOR -=over +new ( [READER, WRITER] ) -=item EXTRALIBS +=item METHODS -=item LDLOADLIBS and LD_RUN_PATH +reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles () -=item BSLOADLIBS +=item SEE ALSO + +=item AUTHOR + +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=item PORTABILITY +=head2 IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call -=over +=over 4 -=item VMS implementation +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Win32 implementation +=item DESCRIPTION -=back +=item METHODS + +mask ( IO [, EVENT_MASK ] ), poll ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), events ( IO ), remove ( +IO ), handles( [ EVENT_MASK ] ) =item SEE ALSO +=item AUTHOR + +=item COPYRIGHT + =back -=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin - methods to override UN*X behaviour in -ExtUtils::MakeMaker +=head2 IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for I/O objects -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -canonpath, cflags, manifypods, perl_archive +$io->getpos, $io->setpos, $io->seek ( POS, WHENCE ), WHENCE=0 (SEEK_SET), +WHENCE=1 (SEEK_CUR), WHENCE=2 (SEEK_END), $io->sysseek( POS, WHENCE ), +$io->tell + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item HISTORY =back -=head2 ExtUtils::MM_OS2 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in -ExtUtils::MakeMaker +=head2 IO::Select - OO interface to the select system call -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=back +=item CONSTRUCTOR -=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker +new ( [ HANDLES ] ) -=over +=item METHODS -=item SYNOPSIS +add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read ( +[ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), +count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, ERROR [, TIMEOUT ] ) -=item DESCRIPTION +=item EXAMPLE -=item METHODS +=item AUTHOR -=over +=item COPYRIGHT -=item Preloaded methods +=back -canonpath +=head2 IO::Socket - Object interface to socket communications -=back +=over 4 -=back +=item SYNOPSIS -catdir +=item DESCRIPTION -catfile +=item CONSTRUCTOR -curdir +new ( [ARGS] ) -rootdir +=item METHODS -updir +accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), atmark, connected, +protocol, sockdomain, sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), socktype, timeout([VAL]) -=over +=item SEE ALSO -=item SelfLoaded methods +=item AUTHOR -c_o (o) +=item COPYRIGHT =back -cflags (o) +=head2 IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets -clean (o) +=over 4 -const_cccmd (o) +=item SYNOPSIS -const_config (o) +=item DESCRIPTION -const_loadlibs (o) +=item CONSTRUCTOR -constants (o) +new ( [ARGS] ) -depend (o) +=over 4 -dir_target (o) +=item METHODS -dist (o) +sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost +() -dist_basics (o) +=back -dist_ci (o) +=item SEE ALSO -dist_core (o) +=item AUTHOR -dist_dir (o) +=item COPYRIGHT -dist_test (o) +=back -dlsyms (o) +=head2 IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets -dynamic (o) +=over 4 -dynamic_bs (o) +=item SYNOPSIS -dynamic_lib (o) +=item DESCRIPTION -exescan +=item CONSTRUCTOR -extliblist +new ( [ARGS] ) -file_name_is_absolute +=item METHODS -find_perl +hostpath(), peerpath() -=over +=item SEE ALSO -=item Methods to actually produce chunks of text for the Makefile +=item AUTHOR -fixin +=item COPYRIGHT =back -force (o) +=head2 IO::lib::IO::Dir, IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory +handles -guess_name +=over 4 -has_link_code +=item SYNOPSIS -htmlifypods (o) +=item DESCRIPTION -init_dirscan +new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (), +rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ] -init_main +=item SEE ALSO -init_others +=item AUTHOR -install (o) +=item COPYRIGHT -installbin (o) +=back -libscan (o) +=head2 IO::lib::IO::File, IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles -linkext (o) +=over 4 -lsdir +=item SYNOPSIS -macro (o) +=item DESCRIPTION -makeaperl (o) +=item CONSTRUCTOR -makefile (o) +new ( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), new_tmpfile -manifypods (o) +=item METHODS -maybe_command +open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ) -maybe_command_in_dirs +=item SEE ALSO -needs_linking (o) +=item HISTORY -nicetext +=back -parse_version +=head2 IO::lib::IO::Handle, IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O +handles -parse_abstract +=over 4 -pasthru (o) +=item SYNOPSIS -path +=item DESCRIPTION -perl_script +=item CONSTRUCTOR -perldepend (o) +new (), new_from_fd ( FD, MODE ) -ppd +=item METHODS -perm_rw (o) +$io->fdopen ( FD, MODE ), $io->opened, $io->getline, $io->getlines, +$io->ungetc ( ORD ), $io->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET ] ), $io->error, +$io->clearerr, $io->sync, $io->flush, $io->printflush ( ARGS ), +$io->blocking ( [ BOOL ] ), $io->untaint -perm_rwx (o) +=item NOTE -pm_to_blib +=item SEE ALSO -post_constants (o) +=item BUGS -post_initialize (o) +=item HISTORY -postamble (o) +=back -prefixify +=head2 IO::lib::IO::Pipe, IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes -processPL (o) +=over 4 -realclean (o) +=item SYNOPSIS -replace_manpage_separator +=item DESCRIPTION -static (o) +=item CONSTRUCTOR -static_lib (o) +new ( [READER, WRITER] ) -staticmake (o) +=item METHODS -subdir_x (o) +reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles () -subdirs (o) +=item SEE ALSO -test (o) +=item AUTHOR -test_via_harness (o) +=item COPYRIGHT -test_via_script (o) +=back -tool_autosplit (o) +=head2 IO::lib::IO::Poll, IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call -tools_other (o) +=over 4 -tool_xsubpp (o) +=item SYNOPSIS -top_targets (o) +=item DESCRIPTION -writedoc +=item METHODS -xs_c (o) +mask ( IO [, EVENT_MASK ] ), poll ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), events ( IO ), remove ( +IO ), handles( [ EVENT_MASK ] ) -xs_cpp (o) +=item SEE ALSO -xs_o (o) +=item AUTHOR -perl_archive +=item COPYRIGHT -export_list +=back + +=head2 IO::lib::IO::Seekable, IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for +I/O objects -=over +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +$io->getpos, $io->setpos, $io->seek ( POS, WHENCE ), WHENCE=0 (SEEK_SET), +WHENCE=1 (SEEK_CUR), WHENCE=2 (SEEK_END), $io->sysseek( POS, WHENCE ), +$io->tell =item SEE ALSO +=item HISTORY + =back -=head2 ExtUtils::MM_VMS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in -ExtUtils::MakeMaker +=head2 IO::lib::IO::Select, IO::Select - OO interface to the select system +call -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over +=item CONSTRUCTOR -=item Methods always loaded +new ( [ HANDLES ] ) -wraplist +=item METHODS -=back +add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read ( +[ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), +count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, ERROR [, TIMEOUT ] ) + +=item EXAMPLE + +=item AUTHOR + +=item COPYRIGHT =back -rootdir (override) +=head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket, IO::Socket - Object interface to socket +communications -=over +=over 4 -=item SelfLoaded methods +=item SYNOPSIS -guess_name (override) +=item DESCRIPTION -=back +=item CONSTRUCTOR -find_perl (override) +new ( [ARGS] ) -path (override) +=item METHODS -maybe_command (override) +accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), atmark, connected, +protocol, sockdomain, sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), socktype, timeout([VAL]) -maybe_command_in_dirs (override) +=item SEE ALSO -perl_script (override) +=item AUTHOR -file_name_is_absolute (override) +=item COPYRIGHT -replace_manpage_separator +=back -init_others (override) +=head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket::INET, IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for +AF_INET domain sockets -constants (override) +=over 4 -cflags (override) +=item SYNOPSIS -const_cccmd (override) +=item DESCRIPTION -pm_to_blib (override) +=item CONSTRUCTOR -tool_autosplit (override) +new ( [ARGS] ) -tool_sxubpp (override) +=over 4 -xsubpp_version (override) +=item METHODS -tools_other (override) +sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost +() -dist (override) +=back -c_o (override) +=item SEE ALSO -xs_c (override) +=item AUTHOR -xs_o (override) +=item COPYRIGHT -top_targets (override) +=back -dlsyms (override) +=head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket::UNIX, IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for +AF_UNIX domain sockets -dynamic_lib (override) +=over 4 -dynamic_bs (override) +=item SYNOPSIS -static_lib (override) +=item DESCRIPTION -manifypods (override) +=item CONSTRUCTOR -processPL (override) +new ( [ARGS] ) -installbin (override) +=item METHODS -subdir_x (override) +hostpath(), peerpath() -clean (override) +=item SEE ALSO -realclean (override) +=item AUTHOR -dist_basics (override) +=item COPYRIGHT -dist_core (override) +=back -dist_dir (override) +=head2 IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class -dist_test (override) +=over 4 -install (override) +=item SYNOPSIS -perldepend (override) +=item DESCRIPTION -makefile (override) +=item METHODS -test (override) +new ( KEY , FLAGS ), id, rcv ( BUF, LEN [, TYPE [, FLAGS ]] ), remove, set +( STAT ), set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), snd ( TYPE, MSG [, +FLAGS ] ), stat -test_via_harness (override) +=item SEE ALSO -test_via_script (override) +=item AUTHOR -makeaperl (override) +=item COPYRIGHT -nicetext (override) +=back -=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in -ExtUtils::MakeMaker +=head2 IPC::Open2, open2 - open a process for both reading and writing -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=back +=item WARNING -catfile +=item SEE ALSO -constants (o) +=back -static_lib (o) +=head2 IPC::Open3, open3 - open a process for reading, writing, and error +handling -dynamic_bs (o) +=over 4 -dynamic_lib (o) +=item SYNOPSIS -canonpath +=item DESCRIPTION -perl_script +=item WARNING -pm_to_blib +=back -test_via_harness (o) +=head2 IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object class -tool_autosplit (override) +=over 4 -tools_other (o) +=item SYNOPSIS -xs_o (o) +=item DESCRIPTION -top_targets (o) +=item METHODS -htmlifypods (o) +new ( KEY , NSEMS , FLAGS ), getall, getncnt ( SEM ), getpid ( SEM ), +getval ( SEM ), getzcnt ( SEM ), id, op ( OPLIST ), remove, set ( STAT ), +set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), setall ( VALUES ), setval ( N +, VALUE ), stat -manifypods (o) +=item SEE ALSO -dist_ci (o) +=item AUTHOR -dist_core (o) +=item COPYRIGHT -pasthru (o) +=back -=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - create an extension Makefile +=head2 IPC::SysV - SysV IPC constants -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=over - -=item How To Write A Makefile.PL - -=item Default Makefile Behaviour +ftok( PATH, ID ) -=item make test +=item SEE ALSO -=item make testdb +=item AUTHORS -=item make install +=item COPYRIGHT -=item PREFIX and LIB attribute +=back -=item AFS users +=head2 IPC::SysV::Msg, IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class -=item Static Linking of a new Perl Binary +=over 4 -=item Determination of Perl Library and Installation Locations +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Which architecture dependent directory? +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Using Attributes and Parameters +=item METHODS -AUTHOR, ABSTRACT, ABSTRACT_FROM, BINARY_LOCATION, C, CAPI, CCFLAGS, CONFIG, -CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DIR, DISTNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, EXCLUDE_EXT, -EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, FUNCLIST, H, HTMLLIBPODS, -HTMLSCRIPTPODS, IMPORTS, INC, INCLUDE_EXT, INSTALLARCHLIB, INSTALLBIN, -INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLHTMLPRIVLIBDIR, INSTALLHTMLSCRIPTDIR, -INSTALLHTMLSITELIBDIR, INSTALLMAN1DIR, INSTALLMAN3DIR, INSTALLPRIVLIB, -INSTALLSCRIPT, INSTALLSITEARCH, INSTALLSITELIB, INST_ARCHLIB, INST_BIN, -INST_EXE, INST_LIB, INST_HTMLLIBDIR, INST_HTMLSCRIPTDIR, INST_MAN1DIR, -INST_MAN3DIR, INST_SCRIPT, PERL_MALLOC_OK, LDFROM, LIB, LIBPERL_A, LIBS, -LINKTYPE, MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET, MYEXTLIB, -NAME, NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, NO_VC, OBJECT, OPTIMIZE, PERL, -PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB, PERL_SRC, PERM_RW, PERM_RWX, PL_FILES, -PM, PMLIBDIRS, POLLUTE, PPM_INSTALL_EXEC, PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX, -PREREQ_PM, SKIP, TYPEMAPS, VERSION, VERSION_FROM, XS, XSOPT, XSPROTOARG, -XS_VERSION +new ( KEY , FLAGS ), id, rcv ( BUF, LEN [, TYPE [, FLAGS ]] ), remove, set +( STAT ), set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), snd ( TYPE, MSG [, +FLAGS ] ), stat -=item Additional lowercase attributes +=item SEE ALSO -clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, linkext, macro, realclean, test, -tool_autosplit +=item AUTHOR -=item Overriding MakeMaker Methods +=item COPYRIGHT -=item Hintsfile support +=back -=item Distribution Support +=head2 IPC::SysV::Semaphore, IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object +class - make distcheck, make skipcheck, make distclean, make manifest, - make distdir, make tardist, make dist, make uutardist, make -shdist, make zipdist, make ci +=over 4 -=item Disabling an extension +=item SYNOPSIS -=back +=item DESCRIPTION -=item ENVIRONMENT +=item METHODS -PERL_MM_OPT +new ( KEY , NSEMS , FLAGS ), getall, getncnt ( SEM ), getpid ( SEM ), +getval ( SEM ), getzcnt ( SEM ), id, op ( OPLIST ), remove, set ( STAT ), +set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), setall ( VALUES ), setval ( N +, VALUE ), stat =item SEE ALSO -=item AUTHORS +=item AUTHOR + +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file +=head2 List::Util - A selection of general-utility list subroutines -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item MANIFEST.SKIP - -=item EXPORT_OK - -=item GLOBAL VARIABLES - -=item DIAGNOSTICS - -C I, C I, C I<$!>, -C I +first BLOCK LIST, max LIST, maxstr LIST, min LIST, minstr LIST, reduce +BLOCK LIST, sum LIST -=item SEE ALSO +=item SUGGESTED ADDITIONS -=item AUTHOR +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 ExtUtils::Miniperl, writemain - write the C code for perlmain.c +=head2 List::Utilib::List::Util, List::Util - A selection of +general-utility list subroutines -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item SEE ALSO +first BLOCK LIST, max LIST, maxstr LIST, min LIST, minstr LIST, reduce +BLOCK LIST, sum LIST + +=item SUGGESTED ADDITIONS + +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap - make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader +=head2 List::Utilib::Scalar::Util, Scalar::Util - A selection of +general-utility scalar subroutines -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION +blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isweak EXPR, readonly SCALAR, reftype +EXPR, tainted EXPR, weaken REF + +=item COPYRIGHT + +=item BLATANT PLUG + =back -=head2 ExtUtils::Mksymlists - write linker options files for dynamic -extension +=head2 Locale::Constants - constants for Locale codes -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -DLBASE, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, FILE, FUNCLIST, IMPORTS, NAME +=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS + +=item SEE ALSO + +Locale::Language, Locale::Country, Locale::Currency =item AUTHOR -=item REVISION +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 ExtUtils::Packlist - manage .packlist files +=head2 Locale::Country - ISO codes for country identification (ISO 3166) -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS +=back + +=over 4 + =item DESCRIPTION -=item USAGE +B, B, B -=item FUNCTIONS +=back -new(), read(), write(), validate(), packlist_file() +=over 4 -=item EXAMPLE +=item CONVERSION ROUTINES -=item AUTHOR +code2country( CODE, [ CODESET ] ), country2code( STRING, [ CODESET ] ), +country_code2code( CODE, CODESET, CODESET ) =back -=head2 ExtUtils::testlib - add blib/* directories to @INC +=over 4 -=over +=item QUERY ROUTINES -=item SYNOPSIS +C, C -=item DESCRIPTION +=back + +=over 4 + +=item CODE ALIASING =back -=head2 Fatal - replace functions with equivalents which succeed or die +=over 4 -=over +=item EXAMPLES -=item SYNOPSIS +=item DOMAIN NAMES -=item DESCRIPTION +=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS + +=item SEE ALSO + +Locale::Language, Locale::Currency, ISO 3166, +http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/, +http://www.egt.ie/standards/iso3166/iso3166-1-en.html, +http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/app-f.html =item AUTHOR +=item COPYRIGHT + =back -=head2 Fcntl - load the C Fcntl.h defines +=head2 Locale::Currency - ISO three letter codes for currency +identification (ISO 4217) -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS +=back + +=over 4 + =item DESCRIPTION -=item NOTE +XTS, XXX -=item EXPORTED SYMBOLS +=back + +=over 4 + +=item CONVERSION ROUTINES + +code2currency(), currency2code() =back -=head2 File::Basename, fileparse - split a pathname into pieces +=over 4 -=over +=item QUERY ROUTINES -=item SYNOPSIS +C, C -=item DESCRIPTION +=back -fileparse_set_fstype, fileparse +=over 4 =item EXAMPLES -C, C +=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS + +=item SEE ALSO + +Locale::Country, ISO 4217:1995, http://www.bsi-global.com/iso4217currency + +=item AUTHOR + +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 File::CheckTree, validate - run many filetest checks on a tree +=head2 Locale::Language - ISO two letter codes for language identification +(ISO 639) -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS -=item DESCRIPTION - =back -=head2 File::Compare - Compare files or filehandles +=over 4 -=over +=item DESCRIPTION -=item SYNOPSIS +=back -=item DESCRIPTION +=over 4 -=item RETURN +=item CONVERSION ROUTINES -=item AUTHOR +code2language(), language2code() =back -=head2 File::Copy - Copy files or filehandles +=over 4 -=over +=item QUERY ROUTINES -=item SYNOPSIS +C, C -=item DESCRIPTION +=back -=over +=over 4 -=item Special behaviour if C is defined (OS/2, VMS and Win32) +=item EXAMPLES -rmscopy($from,$to[,$date_flag]) +=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS -=back +=item SEE ALSO -=item RETURN +Locale::Country, Locale::Currency, ISO 639:1988 (E/F), +http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html =item AUTHOR +=item COPYRIGHT + =back -=head2 File::DosGlob - DOS like globbing and then some +=head2 Locale::Maketext -- framework for localization -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item EXPORTS (by request only) - -=item BUGS - -=item AUTHOR - -=item HISTORY +=item QUICK OVERVIEW -=item SEE ALSO +=item METHODS -=back +=over 4 -=head2 File::Find, find - traverse a file tree +=item Construction Methods -=over +=item The "maketext" Method -=item SYNOPSIS +$lh->fail_with I $lh->fail_with(I), $lh->failure_handler_auto -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Utility Methods -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C +$language->quant($number, $singular), $language->quant($number, $singular, +$plural), $language->quant($number, $singular, $plural, $negative), +$language->numf($number), $language->sprintf($format, @items), +$language->language_tag(), $language->encoding() -=item CAVEAT +=item Language Handle Attributes and Internals =back -=head2 File::Glob - Perl extension for BSD glob routine +=item LANGUAGE CLASS HIERARCHIES -=over +=item ENTRIES IN EACH LEXICON -=item SYNOPSIS +=item BRACKET NOTATION -=item DESCRIPTION +=item AUTO LEXICONS -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C +=item CONTROLLING LOOKUP FAILURE -=item DIAGNOSTICS +=item HOW TO USE MAKETEXT -C, C +=item SEE ALSO -=item NOTES +=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER =item AUTHOR =back -=head2 File::Path - create or remove directory trees +=head2 Locale::Maketext::TPJ13 -- article about software localization -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item AUTHORS - -=back - -=head2 File::Spec - portably perform operations on file names +=item Localization and Perl: gettext breaks, Maketext fixes -=over +=over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item A Localization Horror Story: It Could Happen To You -=item DESCRIPTION +=item The Linguistic View -=item SEE ALSO +=item Breaking gettext -=item AUTHORS +=item Replacing gettext -=back +=item Buzzwords: Abstraction and Encapsulation -=head2 File::Spec::Functions - portably perform operations on file names +=item Buzzword: Isomorphism -=over +=item Buzzword: Inheritance -=item SYNOPSIS +=item Buzzword: Concision -=item DESCRIPTION +=item The Devil in the Details -=over +=item The Proof in the Pudding: Localizing Web Sites -=item Exports +=item References =back -=item SEE ALSO - =back -=head2 File::Spec::Mac - File::Spec for MacOS +=head2 MIME::Base64 - Encoding and decoding of base64 strings -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item METHODS +encode_base64($str, [$eol]), decode_base64($str) -canonpath +=item DIAGNOSTICS -=back +Premature end of base64 data, Premature padding of base64 data -catdir +=item EXAMPLES -catfile +=item COPYRIGHT -curdir +=back -devnull +=head2 MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding +of quoted-printable strings -rootdir +=over 4 -tmpdir +=item SYNOPSIS -updir +=item DESCRIPTION -file_name_is_absolute +encode_qp($str), decode_qp($str); -path +=item COPYRIGHT -splitpath +=back -splitdir +=head2 MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable +strings -catpath +=over 4 -abs2rel +=item SYNOPSIS -rel2abs +=item DESCRIPTION -=over +encode_qp($str), decode_qp($str); -=item SEE ALSO +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 File::Spec::OS2 - methods for OS/2 file specs +=head2 Math::BigFloat - Arbitrary size floating point math package -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=back +=over 4 -=head2 File::Spec::Unix - methods used by File::Spec +=item Canonical notation -=over +=item Output -=item SYNOPSIS +=item C, C and C -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Accuracy vs. Precision -=item METHODS +=item Rounding -canonpath +ffround ( +$scale ), ffround ( -$scale ), ffround ( 0 ), fround ( +$scale +), fround ( -$scale ) and fround ( 0 ) =back -catdir +=item EXAMPLES -catfile + use Math::BigFloat qw(bstr bint); + # not ready yet + $x = bstr("1234") # string "1234" + $x = "$x"; # same as bstr() + $x = bneg("1234") # BigFloat "-1234" + $x = Math::BigFloat->bneg("1234"); # BigFloat "1234" + $x = Math::BigFloat->babs("-12345"); # BigFloat "12345" + $x = Math::BigFloat->bnorm("-0 00"); # BigFloat "0" + $x = bint(1) + bint(2); # BigFloat "3" + $x = bint(1) + "2"; # ditto (auto-BigFloatify of "2") + $x = bint(1); # BigFloat "1" + $x = $x + 5 / 2; # BigFloat "3" + $x = $x ** 3; # BigFloat "27" + $x *= 2; # BigFloat "54" + $x = new Math::BigFloat; # BigFloat "0" + $x--; # BigFloat "-1" -curdir +=item Autocreating constants -devnull +=item PERFORMANCE -rootdir +=item BUGS -tmpdir +=item CAVEAT -updir +stringify, bstr(), bdiv, Modifying and =, bpow -no_upwards +=item LICENSE -case_tolerant +=item AUTHORS -file_name_is_absolute +=back -path +=head2 Math::BigInt - Arbitrary size integer math package -join +=over 4 -splitpath +=item SYNOPSIS -splitdir +=item DESCRIPTION -catpath +Canonical notation, Input, Output -abs2rel +=item ACCURACY and PRECISION -rel2abs +=over 4 -=over +=item Precision P -=item SEE ALSO +=item Accuracy A -=back +=item Fallback F -=head2 File::Spec::VMS - methods for VMS file specs +=item Rounding mode R -=over +'trunc', 'even', 'odd', '+inf', '-inf', 'zero', Precision, Accuracy +(significant digits), Setting/Accessing, Creating numbers, Usage, +Precedence, Overriding globals, Local settings, Rounding, Default values, +Remarks -=item SYNOPSIS +=back -=item DESCRIPTION +=item INTERNALS -eliminate_macros +=over 4 + +=item mantissa(), exponent() and parts() =back -fixpath +=item EXAMPLES -=over + use Math::BigInt qw(bstr bint); + $x = bstr("1234") # string "1234" + $x = "$x"; # same as bstr() + $x = bneg("1234") # Bigint "-1234" + $x = Math::BigInt->bneg("1234"); # Bigint "-1234" + $x = Math::BigInt->babs("-12345"); # Bigint "12345" + $x = Math::BigInt->bnorm("-0 00"); # BigInt "0" + $x = bint(1) + bint(2); # BigInt "3" + $x = bint(1) + "2"; # ditto (auto-BigIntify of "2") + $x = bint(1); # BigInt "1" + $x = $x + 5 / 2; # BigInt "3" + $x = $x ** 3; # BigInt "27" + $x *= 2; # BigInt "54" + $x = new Math::BigInt; # BigInt "0" + $x--; # BigInt "-1" + $x = Math::BigInt->badd(4,5) # BigInt "9" + $x = Math::BigInt::badd(4,5) # BigInt "9" + print $x->bsstr(); # 9e+0 -=item Methods always loaded +=item Autocreating constants -canonpath (override) +=item PERFORMANCE + +=over 4 + +=item Replacing the math library =back -catdir +=item BUGS -catfile +:constant and eval() -curdir (override) +=item CAVEATS -devnull (override) +stringify, bstr(), bsstr() and 'cmp', int(), bdiv, Modifying and =, bpow, +Overloading -$x, Mixing different object types, bsqrt() -rootdir (override) +=item LICENSE -tmpdir (override) +=item SEE ALSO -updir (override) +=item AUTHORS -case_tolerant (override) +=back -path (override) +=head2 Math::BigInt::Calc - Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt -file_name_is_absolute (override) +=over 4 -splitpath (override) +=item SYNOPSIS -splitdir (override) +=item DESCRIPTION -catpath (override) +=item EXPORT -abs2rel (override) +=item LICENSE -rel2abs (override) +This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it +under +the same terms as Perl itself. -=over +=item AUTHORS =item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 File::Spec::Win32 - methods for Win32 file specs +=head2 Math::Complex - complex numbers and associated mathematical +functions -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -devnull +=item OPERATIONS -=back +=item CREATION -tmpdir +=item STRINGIFICATION -catfile +=over 4 -canonpath +=item CHANGED IN PERL 5.6 -splitpath +=back -splitdir +=item USAGE -catpath +=item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO OR LOGARITHM OF ZERO + +=item ERRORS DUE TO INDIGESTIBLE ARGUMENTS -=over +=item BUGS -=item SEE ALSO +=item AUTHORS =back -=head2 File::Temp - return name and handle of a temporary file safely +=head2 Math::Trig - trigonometric functions -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=back +=item TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS -=over +B -=item FUNCTIONS +=over 4 -B +=item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO + +=item SIMPLE (REAL) ARGUMENTS, COMPLEX RESULTS =back -B +=item PLANE ANGLE CONVERSIONS -=over +=item RADIAL COORDINATE CONVERSIONS -=item MKTEMP FUNCTIONS +=over 4 -B +=item COORDINATE SYSTEMS -=back +=item 3-D ANGLE CONVERSIONS -B +cartesian_to_cylindrical, cartesian_to_spherical, cylindrical_to_cartesian, +cylindrical_to_spherical, spherical_to_cartesian, spherical_to_cylindrical -B +=back -B +=item GREAT CIRCLE DISTANCES AND DIRECTIONS -=over +=item EXAMPLES -=item POSIX FUNCTIONS +=over 4 -B +=item CAVEAT FOR GREAT CIRCLE FORMULAS =back -B +=item BUGS -=over +=item AUTHORS -=item ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS +=back -B +=head2 Memoize - Make your functions faster by trading space for time -=back +=over 4 -=over +=item SYNOPSIS -=item UTILITY FUNCTIONS +=item DESCRIPTION -B +=item DETAILS -=back +=item OPTIONS -=over +=over 4 -=item PACKAGE VARIABLES +=item INSTALL -B, STANDARD, MEDIUM, HIGH +=item NORMALIZER -=back +=item C, C -TopSystemUID +C, C, C, C, C -=over +=back -=item WARNING +=item OTHER FACILITIES -=item HISTORY +=over 4 -=item SEE ALSO +=item C -=item AUTHOR +=item C =back -=head2 File::stat - by-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions +=item CAVEATS -=over +=item PERSISTENT CACHE SUPPORT -=item SYNOPSIS +=item EXPIRATION SUPPORT -=item DESCRIPTION +=item BUGS -=item NOTE +=item MAILING LIST =item AUTHOR -=back +=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE -=head2 FileCache - keep more files open than the system permits +=item THANK YOU + +=back -=over +=head2 Memoize::AnyDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for AnyDBM_File for +Storable use -=item SYNOPSIS +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=item BUGS - =back -=head2 FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles +=head2 Memoize::Expire - Plug-in module for automatic expiration of +memoized values -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -$fh->print, $fh->printf, $fh->getline, $fh->getlines +=item INTERFACE + + TIEHASH, EXISTS, STORE + +=item ALTERNATIVES + +=item CAVEATS + +=item AUTHOR =item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 FindBin - Locate directory of original perl script - -=over +=head2 Memoize::ExpireFile - test for Memoize expiration semantics -=item SYNOPSIS +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=item EXPORTABLE VARIABLES +=back -=item KNOWN BUGS +=head2 Memoize::ExpireTest - test for Memoize expiration semantics -=item AUTHORS +=over 4 -=item COPYRIGHT +=item DESCRIPTION =back -=head2 GDBM_File - Perl5 access to the gdbm library. - -=over +=head2 Memoize::NDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for NDBM_File for +Storable use -=item SYNOPSIS +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=item AVAILABILITY +=back -=item BUGS +=head2 Memoize::SDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for SDBM_File for +Storable use -=item SEE ALSO +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION =back -=head2 Getopt::Long - Extended processing of command line options +=head2 Memoize::Saves - Plug-in module to specify which return values +should be memoized -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item Command Line Options, an Introduction - -=item Getting Started with Getopt::Long +=item CAVEATS -=over +=item AUTHOR -=item Simple options +=item SEE ALSO -=item A little bit less simple options +=back -=item Mixing command line option with other arguments +=head2 Memoize::Storable - store Memoized data in Storable database -=item Options with values +=over 4 -=item Options with multiple values +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Options with hash values +=back -=item User-defined subroutines to handle options +=head2 NDBM_File - Tied access to ndbm files -=item Options with multiple names +=over 4 -=item Case and abbreviations +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Summary of Option Specifications +=item DESCRIPTION -!, +, s, i, f, : I [ I ] +C, C, C -=back +=item DIAGNOSTICS -=item Advanced Possibilities +=over 4 -=over +=item C -=item Documentation and help texts +=back -=item Storing options in a hash +=item BUGS AND WARNINGS -=item Bundling +=back -=item The lonesome dash +=head2 NEXT - Provide a pseudo-class NEXT that allows method redispatch -=item Argument call-back +=over 4 -=back +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Configuring Getopt::Long +=item DESCRIPTION -default, auto_abbrev, getopt_compat, require_order, permute, bundling -(default: reset), bundling_override (default: reset), ignore_case -(default: set), ignore_case_always (default: reset), pass_through (default: -reset), prefix, prefix_pattern, debug (default: reset) +=item AUTHOR -=item Return values and Errors +=item BUGS AND IRRITATIONS -=item Legacy +=item COPYRIGHT -=over +=back -=item Default destinations +=head2 Net::Cmd - Network Command class (as used by FTP, SMTP etc) -=item Alternative option starters +=over 4 -=item Configuration variables +=item SYNOPSIS -=back +=item DESCRIPTION -=item AUTHOR +=item USER METHODS -=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER +debug ( VALUE ), message (), code (), ok (), status (), datasend ( DATA ), +dataend () -=back +=item CLASS METHODS -=head2 Getopt::Std, getopt - Process single-character switches with switch -clustering +debug_print ( DIR, TEXT ), debug_text ( TEXT ), command ( CMD [, ARGS, ... +]), unsupported (), response (), parse_response ( TEXT ), getline (), +ungetline ( TEXT ), read_until_dot () -=over +=item EXPORTS -=item SYNOPSIS +=item AUTHOR -=item DESCRIPTION +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 I18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current -locale +=head2 Net::Config - Local configuration data for libnet -=over +=over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item SYNOPSYS =item DESCRIPTION -=back - -=head2 IO - load various IO modules +=item METHODS -=over +requires_firewall HOST -=item SYNOPSIS +=item NetConfig VALUES -=item DESCRIPTION +nntp_hosts, snpp_hosts, pop3_hosts, smtp_hosts, ph_hosts, daytime_hosts, +time_hosts, inet_domain, ftp_firewall, ftp_ext_passive, ftp_int_pasive, +local_netmask, test_hosts, test_exists =back -=head2 IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory handles +=head2 Net::Domain - Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name +and domain -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (), -rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ] - -=item SEE ALSO +hostfqdn (), hostname (), hostdomain () =item AUTHOR @@ -9936,60 +12983,68 @@ rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ] =back -=head2 IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles +=head2 Net::FTP - FTP Client class -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION +=item OVERVIEW + =item CONSTRUCTOR -new ( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), new_tmpfile +new (HOST [,OPTIONS]) =item METHODS -open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ) - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item HISTORY +login ([LOGIN [,PASSWORD [, ACCOUNT] ] ]), authorize ( [AUTH [, RESP]]), +site (ARGS), type (TYPE [, ARGS]), ascii ([ARGS]) binary([ARGS]) +ebcdic([ARGS]) byte([ARGS]), rename ( OLDNAME, NEWNAME ), delete ( FILENAME +), cwd ( [ DIR ] ), cdup (), pwd (), rmdir ( DIR ), mkdir ( DIR [, RECURSE +]), ls ( [ DIR ] ), dir ( [ DIR ] ), get ( REMOTE_FILE [, LOCAL_FILE [, +WHERE]] ), put ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), put_unique ( LOCAL_FILE [, +REMOTE_FILE ] ), append ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), unique_name (), +mdtm ( FILE ), size ( FILE ), supported ( CMD ), hash ( +[FILEHANDLE_GLOB_REF],[ BYTES_PER_HASH_MARK] ), nlst ( [ DIR ] ), list ( [ +DIR ] ), retr ( FILE ), stor ( FILE ), stou ( FILE ), appe ( FILE ), port ( +[ PORT ] ), pasv (), pasv_xfer ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ), +pasv_xfer_unique ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_wait ( +NON_PASV_SERVER ), abort (), quit () -=back +=over 4 -=head2 IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O handles +=item Methods for the adventurous -=over +quot (CMD [,ARGS]) -=item SYNOPSIS +=back -=item DESCRIPTION +=item THE dataconn CLASS -=item CONSTRUCTOR +read ( BUFFER, SIZE [, TIMEOUT ] ), write ( BUFFER, SIZE [, TIMEOUT ] ), +abort (), close () -new (), new_from_fd ( FD, MODE ) +=item UNIMPLEMENTED -=item METHODS +B, B, B, B, B, B, B, B -$io->fdopen ( FD, MODE ), $io->opened, $io->getline, $io->getlines, -$io->ungetc ( ORD ), $io->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET ] ), $io->error, -$io->clearerr, $io->sync, $io->flush, $io->printflush ( ARGS ), -$io->blocking ( [ BOOL ] ), $io->untaint +=item REPORTING BUGS -=item NOTE +=item AUTHOR =item SEE ALSO -=item BUGS +=item CREDITS -=item HISTORY +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes +=head2 Net::NNTP - NNTP Client class -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS @@ -9997,11 +13052,34 @@ $io->blocking ( [ BOOL ] ), $io->untaint =item CONSTRUCTOR -new ( [READER, WRITER] ) +new ( [ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ]) =item METHODS -reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles () +article ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), body ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), head ( +[ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), nntpstat ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), group ( [ GROUP ] +), ihave ( MSGID [, MESSAGE ]), last (), date (), postok (), authinfo ( +USER, PASS ), list (), newgroups ( SINCE [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]), newnews ( +SINCE [, GROUPS [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]]), next (), post ( [ MESSAGE ] ), slave +(), quit () + +=over 4 + +=item Extension methods + +newsgroups ( [ PATTERN ] ), distributions (), subscriptions (), +overview_fmt (), active_times (), active ( [ PATTERN ] ), xgtitle ( PATTERN +), xhdr ( HEADER, MESSAGE-SPEC ), xover ( MESSAGE-SPEC ), xpath ( +MESSAGE-ID ), xpat ( HEADER, PATTERN, MESSAGE-SPEC), xrover, listgroup ( [ +GROUP ] ), reader + +=back + +=item UNSUPPORTED + +=item DEFINITIONS + +MESSAGE-SPEC, PATTERN, Examples, C<[^]-]>, C<*bdc>, C<[0-9a-zA-Z]>, C =item SEE ALSO @@ -10011,18 +13089,28 @@ reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles () =back -=head2 IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call +=head2 Net::POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1081) -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION +=item EXAMPLES + +=item CONSTRUCTOR + +new ( [ HOST, ] [ OPTIONS ] ) + =item METHODS -mask ( IO [, EVENT_MASK ] ), poll ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), events ( IO ), remove ( -IO ), handles( [ EVENT_MASK ] ) +user ( USER ), pass ( PASS ), login ( [ USER [, PASS ]] ), apop ( USER, +PASS ), top ( MSGNUM [, NUMLINES ] ), list ( [ MSGNUM ] ), get ( MSGNUM [, +FH ] ), last (), popstat (), ping ( USER ), uidl ( [ MSGNUM ] ), delete ( +MSGNUM ), reset (), quit () + +=item NOTES =item SEE ALSO @@ -10032,39 +13120,52 @@ IO ), handles( [ EVENT_MASK ] ) =back -=head2 IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for I/O objects +=head2 Net::Ping - check a remote host for reachability -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item SEE ALSO +icmp, udp, tcp, stream, external -=item HISTORY +=over 4 + +=item Functions + +Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes]]]);, $p->ping($host [, +$timeout]);, $p->open($host);, $p->close();, pingecho($host [, $timeout]); =back -=head2 IO::Select - OO interface to the select system call +=item NOTES -=over +=back + +=head2 Net::SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Client + +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION +=item EXAMPLES + =item CONSTRUCTOR -new ( [ HANDLES ] ) +new Net::SMTP [ HOST, ] [ OPTIONS ] =item METHODS -add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read ( -[ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), -count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, ERROR [, TIMEOUT ] ) +banner (), domain (), hello ( DOMAIN ), etrn ( DOMAIN ), mail ( ADDRESS [, +OPTIONS] ), send ( ADDRESS ), send_or_mail ( ADDRESS ), send_and_mail ( +ADDRESS ), reset (), recipient ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [ ...]] [, OPTIONS ] ), +to ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), data ( [ DATA ] ), expand ( ADDRESS ), +verify ( ADDRESS ), help ( [ $subject ] ), quit () -=item EXAMPLE +=item SEE ALSO =item AUTHOR @@ -10072,24 +13173,16 @@ count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, ERROR [, TIMEOUT ] ) =back -=head2 IO::Socket - Object interface to socket communications +=head2 Net::Time - time and daytime network client interface -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item CONSTRUCTOR - -new ( [ARGS] ) - -=item METHODS - -accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), timeout([VAL]), -sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), sockdomain, socktype, protocol, connected - -=item SEE ALSO +inet_time ( [HOST [, PROTOCOL [, TIMEOUT]]]), inet_daytime ( [HOST [, +PROTOCOL [, TIMEOUT]]]) =item AUTHOR @@ -10097,1889 +13190,1901 @@ sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), sockdomain, socktype, protocol, connected =back -=head2 IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets +=head2 Net::hostent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gethost*() +functions -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item CONSTRUCTOR - -new ( [ARGS] ) - -=over +=item EXAMPLES -=item METHODS +=item NOTE -sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost -() +=item AUTHOR =back -=item SEE ALSO +=head2 Net::libnetFAQ, libnetFAQ - libnet Frequently Asked Questions -=item AUTHOR +=over 4 -=item COPYRIGHT +=item DESCRIPTION -=back +=over 4 -=head2 IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets +=item Where to get this document -=over +=item How to contribute to this document -=item SYNOPSIS +=back -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Author and Copyright Information -=item CONSTRUCTOR +=over 4 -new ( [ARGS] ) +=item Disclaimer -=item METHODS +=back -hostpath(), peerpath() +=item Obtaining and installing libnet -=item SEE ALSO +=over 4 -=item AUTHOR +=item What is libnet ? -=item COPYRIGHT +=item Which version of perl do I need ? -=back +=item What other modules do I need ? -=head2 IO::lib::IO::Dir, IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory -handles +=item What machines support libnet ? -=over +=item Where can I get the latest libnet release -=item SYNOPSIS +=back -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Using Net::FTP -new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (), -rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ] +=over 4 -=item SEE ALSO +=item How do I download files from a FTP server ? -=item AUTHOR +=item How do I transfer files in binary mode ? -=item COPYRIGHT +=item How can I get the size of a file on a remote FTP server ? -=back +=item How can I get the modification time of a file on a remote FTP server +? -=head2 IO::lib::IO::File, IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles +=item How can I change the permissions of a file on a remote server ? -=over +=item Can I do a reget operation like the ftp command ? -=item SYNOPSIS +=item How do I get a directory listing from a FTP server ? -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Changeing directory to "" does not fail ? -=item CONSTRUCTOR +=item I am behind a SOCKS firewall, but the Firewall option does not work ? -new ( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), new_tmpfile +=item I am behind a FTP proxy firewall, but cannot access machines outside +? -=item METHODS +=item My ftp proxy firewall does not listen on port 21 -open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ) +=item Is it possible to change the file permissions of a file on an FTP +server ? -=item SEE ALSO +=item I have seen scripts call a method message, but cannot find it +documented ? -=item HISTORY +=item Why does Net::FTP not implement mput and mget methods =back -=head2 IO::lib::IO::Handle, IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O -handles - -=over +=item Using Net::SMTP -=item SYNOPSIS +=over 4 -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Why can't the part of an Email address after the @ be used as the +hostname ? -=item CONSTRUCTOR +=item Why does Net::SMTP not do DNS MX lookups ? -new (), new_from_fd ( FD, MODE ) +=item The verify method always returns true ? -=item METHODS +=back -$io->fdopen ( FD, MODE ), $io->opened, $io->getline, $io->getlines, -$io->ungetc ( ORD ), $io->write ( BUF, LEN [, OFFSET ] ), $io->error, -$io->clearerr, $io->sync, $io->flush, $io->printflush ( ARGS ), -$io->blocking ( [ BOOL ] ), $io->untaint +=item Debugging scripts -=item NOTE +=over 4 -=item SEE ALSO +=item How can I debug my scripts that use Net::* modules ? -=item BUGS +=back -=item HISTORY +=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 IO::lib::IO::Pipe, IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes +=head2 Net::netent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getnet*() +functions -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item CONSTRUCTOR - -new ( [READER, WRITER] ) - -=item METHODS - -reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles () +=item EXAMPLES -=item SEE ALSO +=item NOTE =item AUTHOR -=item COPYRIGHT - =back -=head2 IO::lib::IO::Poll, IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call +=head2 Net::protoent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*() +functions -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item METHODS - -mask ( IO [, EVENT_MASK ] ), poll ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), events ( IO ), remove ( -IO ), handles( [ EVENT_MASK ] ) - -=item SEE ALSO +=item NOTE =item AUTHOR -=item COPYRIGHT - =back -=head2 IO::lib::IO::Seekable, IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for -I/O objects +=head2 Net::servent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getserv*() +functions -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item SEE ALSO +=item EXAMPLES -=item HISTORY +=item NOTE + +=item AUTHOR =back -=head2 IO::lib::IO::Select, IO::Select - OO interface to the select system -call +=head2 Netrc, Net::Netrc - OO interface to users netrc file -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION +=item THE .netrc FILE + +machine name, default, login name, password string, account string, macdef +name + =item CONSTRUCTOR -new ( [ HANDLES ] ) +lookup ( MACHINE [, LOGIN ]) =item METHODS -add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read ( -[ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), -count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, ERROR [, TIMEOUT ] ) - -=item EXAMPLE +login (), password (), account (), lpa () =item AUTHOR +=item SEE ALSO + =item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket, IO::Socket - Object interface to socket -communications +=head2 O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item CONSTRUCTOR - -new ( [ARGS] ) - -=item METHODS - -accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), timeout([VAL]), -sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), sockdomain, socktype, protocol, connected +=item CONVENTIONS -=item SEE ALSO +=item IMPLEMENTATION =item AUTHOR -=item COPYRIGHT - =back -=head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket::INET, IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for -AF_INET domain sockets +=head2 ODBM_File - Tied access to odbm files -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item CONSTRUCTOR - -new ( [ARGS] ) +C, C, C -=over +=item DIAGNOSTICS -=item METHODS +=over 4 -sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost -() +=item C =back -=item SEE ALSO - -=item AUTHOR - -=item COPYRIGHT +=item BUGS AND WARNINGS =back -=head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket::UNIX, IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for -AF_UNIX domain sockets +=head2 Opcode - Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item CONSTRUCTOR - -new ( [ARGS] ) - -=item METHODS +=item NOTE -hostpath(), peerpath() +=item WARNING -=item SEE ALSO +=item Operator Names and Operator Lists -=item AUTHOR +an operator name (opname), an operator tag name (optag), a negated opname +or optag, an operator set (opset) -=item COPYRIGHT +=item Opcode Functions -=back +opcodes, opset (OP, ...), opset_to_ops (OPSET), opset_to_hex (OPSET), +full_opset, empty_opset, invert_opset (OPSET), verify_opset (OPSET, ...), +define_optag (OPTAG, OPSET), opmask_add (OPSET), opmask, opdesc (OP, ...), +opdump (PAT) -=head2 IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class +=item Manipulating Opsets -=over +=item TO DO (maybe) -=item SYNOPSIS +=back -=item DESCRIPTION +=over 4 -=item METHODS +=item Predefined Opcode Tags -new ( KEY , FLAGS ), id, rcv ( BUF, LEN [, TYPE [, FLAGS ]] ), remove, set -( STAT ), set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), snd ( TYPE, MSG [, -FLAGS ] ), stat +:base_core, :base_mem, :base_loop, :base_io, :base_orig, :base_math, +:base_thread, :default, :filesys_read, :sys_db, :browse, :filesys_open, +:filesys_write, :subprocess, :ownprocess, :others, :still_to_be_decided, +:dangerous =item SEE ALSO -=item AUTHOR - -=item COPYRIGHT +=item AUTHORS =back -=head2 IPC::Open2, open2 - open a process for both reading and writing +=head2 Opcode::Safe, Safe - Compile and execute code in restricted +compartments -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item WARNING +a new namespace, an operator mask -=item SEE ALSO +=item WARNING + +=over 4 + +=item RECENT CHANGES + +=item Methods in class Safe + +permit (OP, ...), permit_only (OP, ...), deny (OP, ...), deny_only (OP, +...), trap (OP, ...), untrap (OP, ...), share (NAME, ...), share_from +(PACKAGE, ARRAYREF), varglob (VARNAME), reval (STRING), rdo (FILENAME), +root (NAMESPACE), mask (MASK) + +=item Some Safety Issues + +Memory, CPU, Snooping, Signals, State Changes + +=item AUTHOR =back -=head2 IPC::Open3, open3 - open a process for reading, writing, and error -handling +=back -=over +=head2 Opcode::ops, ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when +compiling -=item SYNOPSIS +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item WARNING +=item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object class +=head2 POSIX - Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1 -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item METHODS +=item NOTE -new ( KEY , NSEMS , FLAGS ), getall, getncnt ( SEM ), getpid ( SEM ), -getval ( SEM ), getzcnt ( SEM ), id, op ( OPLIST ), remove, set ( STAT ), -set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), setall ( VALUES ), setval ( N -, VALUE ), stat +=item CAVEATS -=item SEE ALSO +=item FUNCTIONS -=item AUTHOR +_exit, abort, abs, access, acos, alarm, asctime, asin, assert, atan, atan2, +atexit, atof, atoi, atol, bsearch, calloc, ceil, chdir, chmod, chown, +clearerr, clock, close, closedir, cos, cosh, creat, ctermid, ctime, +cuserid, difftime, div, dup, dup2, errno, execl, execle, execlp, execv, +execve, execvp, exit, exp, fabs, fclose, fcntl, fdopen, feof, ferror, +fflush, fgetc, fgetpos, fgets, fileno, floor, fmod, fopen, fork, fpathconf, +fprintf, fputc, fputs, fread, free, freopen, frexp, fscanf, fseek, fsetpos, +fstat, ftell, fwrite, getc, getchar, getcwd, getegid, getenv, geteuid, +getgid, getgrgid, getgrnam, getgroups, getlogin, getpgrp, getpid, getppid, +getpwnam, getpwuid, gets, getuid, gmtime, isalnum, isalpha, isatty, +iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace, isupper, +isxdigit, kill, labs, ldexp, ldiv, link, localeconv, localtime, log, log10, +longjmp, lseek, malloc, mblen, mbstowcs, mbtowc, memchr, memcmp, memcpy, +memmove, memset, mkdir, mkfifo, mktime, modf, nice, offsetof, open, +opendir, pathconf, pause, perror, pipe, pow, printf, putc, putchar, puts, +qsort, raise, rand, read, readdir, realloc, remove, rename, rewind, +rewinddir, rmdir, scanf, setgid, setjmp, setlocale, setpgid, setsid, +setuid, sigaction, siglongjmp, sigpending, sigprocmask, sigsetjmp, +sigsuspend, sin, sinh, sleep, sprintf, sqrt, srand, sscanf, stat, strcat, +strchr, strcmp, strcoll, strcpy, strcspn, strerror, strftime, strlen, +strncat, strncmp, strncpy, strpbrk, strrchr, strspn, strstr, strtod, +strtok, strtol, strtoul, strxfrm, sysconf, system, tan, tanh, tcdrain, +tcflow, tcflush, tcgetpgrp, tcsendbreak, tcsetpgrp, time, times, tmpfile, +tmpnam, tolower, toupper, ttyname, tzname, tzset, umask, uname, ungetc, +unlink, utime, vfprintf, vprintf, vsprintf, wait, waitpid, wcstombs, +wctomb, write -=item COPYRIGHT +=item CLASSES -=back +=over 4 -=head2 IPC::SysV - SysV IPC constants +=item POSIX::SigAction -=over +new -=item SYNOPSIS +=item POSIX::SigSet -=item DESCRIPTION +new, addset, delset, emptyset, fillset, ismember -ftok( PATH, ID ) +=item POSIX::Termios -=item SEE ALSO +new, getattr, getcc, getcflag, getiflag, getispeed, getlflag, getoflag, +getospeed, setattr, setcc, setcflag, setiflag, setispeed, setlflag, +setoflag, setospeed, Baud rate values, Terminal interface values, c_cc +field values, c_cflag field values, c_iflag field values, c_lflag field +values, c_oflag field values -=item AUTHORS +=back -=item COPYRIGHT +=item PATHNAME CONSTANTS -=back +Constants -=head2 IPC::SysV::Msg, IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class +=item POSIX CONSTANTS -=over +Constants -=item SYNOPSIS +=item SYSTEM CONFIGURATION -=item DESCRIPTION +Constants -=item METHODS +=item ERRNO -new ( KEY , FLAGS ), id, rcv ( BUF, LEN [, TYPE [, FLAGS ]] ), remove, set -( STAT ), set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), snd ( TYPE, MSG [, -FLAGS ] ), stat +Constants -=item SEE ALSO +=item FCNTL -=item AUTHOR +Constants -=item COPYRIGHT +=item FLOAT -=back +Constants -=head2 IPC::SysV::Semaphore, IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object -class +=item LIMITS -=over +Constants -=item SYNOPSIS +=item LOCALE -=item DESCRIPTION +Constants -=item METHODS +=item MATH -new ( KEY , NSEMS , FLAGS ), getall, getncnt ( SEM ), getpid ( SEM ), -getval ( SEM ), getzcnt ( SEM ), id, op ( OPLIST ), remove, set ( STAT ), -set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), setall ( VALUES ), setval ( N -, VALUE ), stat +Constants -=item SEE ALSO +=item SIGNAL + +Constants + +=item STAT + +Constants, Macros -=item AUTHOR +=item STDLIB -=item COPYRIGHT +Constants -=back +=item STDIO -=head2 Math::BigFloat - Arbitrary length float math package +Constants -=over +=item TIME -=item SYNOPSIS +Constants -=item DESCRIPTION +=item UNISTD -number format, Error returns 'NaN', Division is computed to, Rounding is -performed +Constants -=item BUGS +=item WAIT -=item AUTHOR +Constants, Macros =back -=head2 Math::BigInt - Arbitrary size integer math package +=head2 PerlIO - On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::* +name space -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -Canonical notation, Input, Output +unix, stdio, perlio, crlf, utf8, raw -=item EXAMPLES +=over 4 -=item Autocreating constants +=item Defaults and how to override them -=item BUGS +=back =item AUTHOR +=item SEE ALSO + =back -=head2 Math::Complex - complex numbers and associated mathematical -functions +=head2 PerlIO::Scalar - support module for in-memory IO. -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item OPERATIONS +=back -=item CREATION +=head2 PerlIO::Via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl -=item STRINGIFICATION +=over 4 -=over +=item SYNOPSIS -=item CHANGED IN PERL 5.6 +=item DESCRIPTION -=back +$class->PUSHED([$mode][,$fh]), $obj->POPPED([$fh]), +$class->OPEN($path,$mode[,$fh]), $class->FDOPEN($fd), +$class->SYSOPEN($path,$imode,$perm,$fh), $obj->FILENO($fh), +$obj->READ($buffer,$len,$fh), $obj->WRITE($buffer,$fh), $obj->FILL($fh), +$obj->CLOSE($fh), $obj->SEEK($posn,$whence,$fh), $obj->TELL($fh), +$obj->UNREAD($buffer,$fh), $obj->FLUSH($fh), $obj->SETLINEBUF($fh), +$obj->CLEARERR($fh), $obj->ERROR($fh), $obj->EOF($fh) -=item USAGE +=back -=item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO OR LOGARITHM OF ZERO +=head2 Pod::Checker, podchecker() - check pod documents for syntax errors -=item ERRORS DUE TO INDIGESTIBLE ARGUMENTS +=over 4 -=item BUGS +=item SYNOPSIS -=item AUTHORS +=item OPTIONS/ARGUMENTS -=back +=over 4 -=head2 Math::Trig - trigonometric functions +=item podchecker() -=over +B<-warnings> =E I -=item SYNOPSIS +=back =item DESCRIPTION -=item TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS +=item DIAGNOSTICS -B +=over 4 -=over +=item Errors -=item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO +empty =headn, =over on line I without closing =back, =item without +previous =over, =back without previous =over, No argument for =begin, =end +without =begin, Nested =begin's, =for without formatter specification, +unresolved internal link I, Unknown command "I", Unknown +interior-sequence "I", nested commands +IE...IE...E...E, garbled entity I, Entity +number out of range, malformed link LEE, nonempty ZEE, +empty XEE, Spurious text after =pod / =cut, Spurious character(s) +after =back -=item SIMPLE (REAL) ARGUMENTS, COMPLEX RESULTS +=item Warnings -=back +multiple occurence of link target I, line containing nothing but +whitespace in paragraph, file does not start with =head, previous =item has +no contents, preceding non-item paragraph(s), =item type mismatch (I +vs. I), I unescaped CE> in paragraph, Unknown entity, No +items in =over, No argument for =item, empty section in previous paragraph, +Verbatim paragraph in NAME section -=item PLANE ANGLE CONVERSIONS +=item Hyperlinks -=item RADIAL COORDINATE CONVERSIONS +ignoring leading/trailing whitespace in link, (section) in '$page' +deprecated, alternative text/node '%s' contains non-escaped | or / -=over +=back -=item 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+=item C + +C<-verbose =E 1>, C<-perl =E 1>, C<-script =E 1>, C<-inc =E +1> =back -=item WARNING +=over 4 -=item NOTES +=item C =back -=head2 Net::hostent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gethost*() -functions +=over 4 -=over +=item C -=item SYNOPSIS +C<-inc =E 1>, C<-dirs =E [ $dir1, $dir2, ... ]>, C<-verbose =E +1> -=item DESCRIPTION +=back -=item EXAMPLES +=over 4 -=item NOTE +=item C + +=back + +=over 4 =item AUTHOR +=item SEE ALSO + =back -=head2 Net::netent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getnet*() -functions +=head2 Pod::Html - module to convert pod files to HTML -=over +=over 4 =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=item EXAMPLES - -=item NOTE - -=item AUTHOR - -=back +=item ARGUMENTS -=head2 Net::protoent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*() -functions +backlink, cachedir, css, flush, header, help, htmldir, htmlroot, index, +infile, libpods, netscape, outfile, podpath, podroot, quiet, recurse, +title, verbose -=over +=item EXAMPLE -=item SYNOPSIS +=item 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