X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperltoc.pod;h=806e12f77a4f88773c6ef8213ac0521df53476e4;hb=5cb3728cfe288ad05e8d10c8176f72378da2238f;hp=a75f39ea1f4796774ca2e9f496724279a49146bb;hpb=245d750e39d4e651bb60a952a26d26234bdbd292;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perltoc.pod b/pod/perltoc.pod index a75f39e..806e12f 100644 --- a/pod/perltoc.pod +++ b/pod/perltoc.pod @@ -17,6 +17,22 @@ through to locate the proper section you're looking for. =item SYNOPSIS +=over 4 + +=item Overview + +=item Tutorials + +=item Reference Manual + +=item Internals and C Language Interface + +=item Miscellaneous + +=item Platform-Specific + +=back + =item DESCRIPTION =item AVAILABILITY @@ -37,8 +53,56 @@ through to locate the proper section you're looking for. =back -=head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 1999/05/23 -20:38:02 $) +=head2 perlintro -- a brief introduction and overview of Perl + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item What is Perl? + +=item Running Perl programs + +=item Basic syntax overview + +=item Perl variable types + +Scalars, Arrays, Hashes + +=item Variable scoping + +=item Conditional and looping constructs + +if, while, for, foreach + +=item Builtin operators and functions + +Arithmetic, Numeric comparison, String comparison, Boolean logic, +Miscellaneous + +=item Files and I/O + +=item Regular expressions + +Simple matching, Simple substitution, More complex regular expressions, +Parentheses for capturing, Other regexp features + +=item Writing subroutines + +=item OO Perl + +=item Using Perl modules + +=back + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2002/01/31 +04:27:54 $) =over 4 @@ -58,7 +122,7 @@ through to locate the proper section you're looking for. =item L: Files and Formats -=item L: Regexps +=item L: Regular Expressions =item L: General Perl Language Issues @@ -238,7 +302,7 @@ unary &, unary *, (TYPE) ?PATTERN?, m/PATTERN/cgimosx, /PATTERN/cgimosx, q/STRING/, C<'STRING'>, qq/STRING/, "STRING", qr/STRING/imosx, qx/STRING/, `STRING`, qw/STRING/, s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/egimosx, tr/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds, -y/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds +y/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds, < 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,MODE,LIST, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, 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 +chomp( LIST ), chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop( LIST ), chop, chown LIST, chr +NUMBER, chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot, close FILEHANDLE, close, closedir +DIRHANDLE, connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, cos, crypt +PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR, +defined, delete EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR, +dump LABEL, dump, each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval +BLOCK, exec LIST, exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp, +fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock +FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE, +getc, getlogin, getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority +WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname +NAME, getprotobyname NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname +NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, +getprotobynumber NUMBER, getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, +gethostent, getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, +sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent +STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent, endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, +endservent, getsockname SOCKET, getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, +glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL, goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep +EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex, import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index +STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join +EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST, last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc, +lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen +SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR, lock THING, log EXPR, log, +lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK LIST, map EXPR,LIST, mkdir FILENAME,MASK, +mkdir FILENAME, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgrcv +ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, my EXPR, my EXPR : ATTRIBUTES, +next LABEL, next, no Module LIST, oct EXPR, oct, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open +FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR,LIST, open +FILEHANDLE,MODE,REFERENCE, open FILEHANDLE, opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord +EXPR, ord, our EXPR, our EXPR : ATTRIBUTES, pack TEMPLATE,LIST, package +NAMESPACE, package, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop ARRAY, pop, pos +SCALAR, pos, print FILEHANDLE LIST, print LIST, print, printf FILEHANDLE +FORMAT, LIST, printf FORMAT, LIST, prototype FUNCTION, push ARRAY,LIST, +q/STRING/, qq/STRING/, qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, quotemeta EXPR, +quotemeta, rand EXPR, rand, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read +FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR, +readlink, readpipe EXPR, recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo, +ref EXPR, ref, rename OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR, +require, reset EXPR, reset, return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir +DIRHANDLE, rindex STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME, +rmdir, s///, scalar EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir +DIRHANDLE,POS, select FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, +semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY, shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, @@ -472,11 +537,11 @@ more elaborate constructs =over 4 -=item Declaration of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS +=item Declaration of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS -=item Generation of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS +=item Generation of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS -=item Access and Printing of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS +=item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS =back @@ -496,11 +561,11 @@ more elaborate constructs =over 4 -=item Declaration of a ARRAY OF HASHES +=item Declaration of an ARRAY OF HASHES -=item Generation of a ARRAY OF HASHES +=item Generation of an ARRAY OF HASHES -=item Access and Printing of a ARRAY OF HASHES +=item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF HASHES =back @@ -580,7 +645,7 @@ more elaborate constructs =back -=head2 perlpod - plain old documentation +=head2 perlpod - the Plain Old Documentation format =over 4 @@ -588,20 +653,73 @@ more elaborate constructs =over 4 +=item Ordinary Paragraph + =item Verbatim Paragraph =item Command Paragraph -=item Ordinary Block of Text +C<=head1 I>, C<=head2 I>, C<=head3 I>, C<=head4 I>, C<=over I>, C<=item +I>, C<=back>, C<=cut>, C<=pod>, C<=begin I>, C<=end +I>, C<=for I I> + +=item Formatting Codes + +CtextE> -- italic text, CtextE> -- bold text, +CcodeE> -- code text, CnameE> -- a hyperlink, +CescapeE> -- a character escape, CfilenameE> -- used +for filenames, CtextE> -- text contains non-breaking spaces, +Ctopic nameE> -- an index entry, CE> -- a null +(zero-effect) formatting code =item The Intent =item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules -=item Common Pod Pitfalls +=item Hints for Writing Pod + +=back + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item AUTHOR =back +=head2 perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and +notes + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item Pod Definitions + +=item Pod Commands + +"=head1", "=head2", "=head3", "=head4", "=pod", "=cut", "=over", "=item", +"=back", "=begin formatname", "=end formatname", "=for formatname text..." + +=item Pod Formatting Codes + +CtextE> -- italic text, CtextE> -- bold text, +CcodeE> -- code text, CfilenameE> -- style for +filenames, Ctopic nameE> -- an index entry, CE> -- a +null (zero-effect) formatting code, CnameE> -- a hyperlink, +CescapeE> -- a character escape, CtextE> -- text +contains non-breaking spaces + +=item Notes on Implementing Pod Processors + +=item About LE...E Codes + +First:, Second:, Third:, Fourth:, Fifth:, Sixth: + +=item About =over...=back Regions + +=item About Data Paragraphs and "=begin/=end" Regions + =item SEE ALSO =item AUTHOR @@ -649,7 +767,7 @@ Discontinuance, Deprecation, Discontinuance, Discontinuance =item Parsing Traps -Parsing, Parsing, Parsing, Parsing +Parsing, Parsing, Parsing, Parsing, Parsing =item Numerical Traps @@ -724,8 +842,8 @@ 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 ...'>, B<-[mM]>[B<->]I, B<-n>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-s>, B<-S>, -B<-T>, B<-u>, B<-U>, B<-v>, B<-V>, B<-V:>I, B<-w>, B<-W>, B<-X>, -B<-x> I +B<-t>, B<-T>, B<-u>, B<-U>, B<-v>, B<-V>, B<-V:>I, B<-w>, B<-W>, +B<-X>, B<-x> I =back @@ -733,7 +851,8 @@ B<-x> I HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5OPT, PERLLIB, PERL5DB, PERL5SHELL (specific to the Win32 port), PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL, -PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port), SYS$LOGIN (specific to the VMS port) +PERL_ENCODING, PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port), SYS$LOGIN (specific to +the VMS port) =back @@ -825,24 +944,26 @@ B<-w>, B<-W>, B<-X> =item Debugger Commands -h [command], p expr, x expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], T, s [expr], n -[expr], r, , c [line|sub], l, l min+incr, l min-max, l line, l subname, --, w [line], f filename, /pattern/, ?pattern?, L, S [[!]regex], t, t expr, -b [line] [condition], b subname [condition], b postpone subname +h [command], p expr, x [maxdepth] expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], T, s +[expr], n [expr], r, , c [line|sub], l, l min+incr, l min-max, l line, +l subname, -, w [line], f filename, /pattern/, ?pattern?, L, S [[!]regex], +t, t expr, b [line] [condition], b subname [condition], b postpone subname [condition], b load filename, b compile subname, d [line], D, a [line] command, a [line], A, W expr, W, O booloption .., O anyoption? .., O option=value .., < ?, < [ command ], << command, > ?, > command, >> command, { ?, { [ command ], {{ command, ! number, ! -number, ! pattern, !! -cmd, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, man [manpage] +cmd, @ file, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, man +[manpage] =item Configurable Options C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C =item Debugger input/output @@ -881,35 +1002,36 @@ listing =item Predefined Names -$ARG, $_, $>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $', -$LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, @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 -EXPR, $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR, $OFS, $,, output_record_separator HANDLE -EXPR, $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $ORS, $\, $LIST_SEPARATOR, $", -$SUBSCRIPT_SEPARATOR, $SUBSEP, $;, $OFMT, $#, format_page_number HANDLE -EXPR, $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER, $%, format_lines_per_page HANDLE EXPR, -$FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE, $=, format_lines_left HANDLE EXPR, -$FORMAT_LINES_LEFT, $-, @LAST_MATCH_START, @-, C<$`> is the same as -C, C<$&> is the same as C, C<$'> is the same as C, C<$1> is the same -as C, C<$2> is the same as -C, C<$3> is the same as C, format_name HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_NAME, $~, -format_top_name HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_TOP_NAME, $^, -format_line_break_characters HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS, -$:, format_formfeed HANDLE EXPR, $FORMAT_FORMFEED, $^L, $ACCUMULATOR, $^A, -$CHILD_ERROR, $?, $OS_ERROR, $ERRNO, $!, $EXTENDED_OS_ERROR, $^E, -$EVAL_ERROR, $@, $PROCESS_ID, $PID, $$, $REAL_USER_ID, $UID, $<, -$EFFECTIVE_USER_ID, $EUID, $>, $REAL_GROUP_ID, $GID, $(, -$EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID, $EGID, $), $PROGRAM_NAME, $0, $[, $], $COMPILING, $^C, -$DEBUGGING, $^D, $SYSTEM_FD_MAX, $^F, $^H, %^H, $INPLACE_EDIT, $^I, $^M, -$OSNAME, $^O, $PERLDB, $^P, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80, +$ARG, $_, $a, $b, $>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $', +$LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, $^N, @LAST_MATCH_END, @+, $MULTILINE_MATCHING, $*, +HANDLE->input_line_number(EXPR), $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER, $NR, $, +IO::Handle->input_record_separator(EXPR), $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $RS, $/, +HANDLE->autoflush(EXPR), $OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH, $|, +IO::Handle->output_field_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR, $OFS, $,, +IO::Handle->output_record_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $ORS, +$\, $LIST_SEPARATOR, $", $SUBSCRIPT_SEPARATOR, $SUBSEP, $;, $OFMT, $#, +HANDLE->format_page_number(EXPR), $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER, $%, +HANDLE->format_lines_per_page(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE, $=, +HANDLE->format_lines_left(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_LEFT, $-, @LAST_MATCH_START, +@-, C<$`> is the same as C, C<$&> is the same as +C, C<$'> is the same as C, C<$1> is the same as C, C<$2> +is the same as C, C<$3> is the same as +C, HANDLE->format_name(EXPR), +$FORMAT_NAME, $~, HANDLE->format_top_name(EXPR), $FORMAT_TOP_NAME, $^, +IO::Handle->format_line_break_characters EXPR, +$FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS, $:, IO::Handle->format_formfeed EXPR, +$FORMAT_FORMFEED, $^L, $ACCUMULATOR, $^A, $CHILD_ERROR, $?, ${^ENCODING}, +$OS_ERROR, $ERRNO, $!, $EXTENDED_OS_ERROR, $^E, $EVAL_ERROR, $@, +$PROCESS_ID, $PID, $$, $REAL_USER_ID, $UID, $<, $EFFECTIVE_USER_ID, $EUID, +$>, $REAL_GROUP_ID, $GID, $(, $EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID, $EGID, $), +$PROGRAM_NAME, $0, $[, $], $COMPILING, $^C, $DEBUGGING, $^D, +$SYSTEM_FD_MAX, $^F, $^H, %^H, $INPLACE_EDIT, $^I, $^M, $OSNAME, $^O, +${^OPEN}, $PERLDB, $^P, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80, 0x100, 0x200, $LAST_REGEXP_CODE_RESULT, $^R, $EXCEPTIONS_BEING_CAUGHT, $^S, -$BASETIME, $^T, $PERL_VERSION, $^V, $WARNING, $^W, ${^WARNING_BITS}, -${^WIDE_SYSTEM_CALLS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X, $ARGV, @ARGV, @INC, @_, %INC, -%ENV, $ENV{expr}, %SIG, $SIG{expr} +$BASETIME, $^T, ${^TAINT}, $PERL_VERSION, $^V, $WARNING, $^W, +${^WARNING_BITS}, ${^WIDE_SYSTEM_CALLS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X, ARGV, +$ARGV, @ARGV, @F, @INC, @_, %INC, %ENV, $ENV{expr}, %SIG, $SIG{expr} =item Error Indicators @@ -1011,6 +1133,78 @@ ${^WIDE_SYSTEM_CALLS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X, $ARGV, @ARGV, @INC, @_, %INC, =back +=head2 perlpacktut - tutorial on C and C + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item The Basic Principle + +=item Packing Text + +=item Packing Numbers + +=over 4 + +=item Integers + +=item Unpacking a Stack Frame + +=item How to Eat an Egg on a Net + +=item Floating point Numbers + +=back + +=item Exotic Templates + +=over 4 + +=item Bit Strings + +=item Uuencoding + +=item Doing Sums + +=item Unicode + +=item Another Portable Binary Encoding + +=back + +=item Lengths and Widths + +=over 4 + +=item String Lengths + +=item Dynamic Templates + +=back + +=item Packing and Unpacking C Structures + +=over 4 + +=item The Alignment Pit + +=item Alignment, Take 2 + +=item Alignment, Take 3 + +=item Pointers for How to Use Them + +=back + +=item Pack Recipes + +=item Funnies Section + +=item Authors + +=back + =head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial =over 4 @@ -1089,7 +1283,7 @@ i, m, s, x =item Regular Expressions -cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit +[1], [2], [3], cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit =item Extended Patterns @@ -1341,7 +1535,7 @@ C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)> =back -=head2 perltootc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl +=head2 perltooc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl =over 4 @@ -1656,6 +1850,14 @@ string =item DESCRIPTION +=back + +=head2 perlothrtut - old tutorial on threads in Perl + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + =item What Is A Thread Anyway? =item Threaded Program Models @@ -1843,19 +2045,20 @@ http://testers.cpan.org/ -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 +LIST, exit EXPR, exit, fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, flock +FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, getlogin, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority +WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, getgrnam NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getpwuid UID, +getgrgid GID, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER, +getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostent, getnetent, +getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent +STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent, +endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockopt +SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, ioctl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, +kill SIGNAL, LIST, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, lstat FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR, +lstat, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, msgrcv +ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE, pipe +READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, readlink EXPR, readlink, select +RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, setgrent, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setpwent, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, @@ -1918,6 +2121,8 @@ localization) =item The localeconv function +=item I18N::Langinfo + =back =item LOCALE CATEGORIES @@ -1979,6 +2184,60 @@ LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG =back +=head2 perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Unicode + +=item Perl's Unicode Support + +=item Perl's Unicode Model + +=item Creating Unicode + +=item Handling Unicode + +=item Legacy Encodings + +=item Unicode I/O + +=item Displaying Unicode As Text + +=item Special Cases + +=item Advanced Topics + +=item Miscellaneous + +=item Questions With Answers + +Will My Old Scripts Break?, How Do I Make My Scripts Work With Unicode?, +How Do I Know Whether My String Is In Unicode?, How Do I Detect Data That's +Not Valid In a Particular Encoding, How Do I Convert Binary Data Into a +Particular Encoding, Or Vice Versa?, How Do I Display Unicode? How Do I +Input Unicode?, How Does Unicode Work With Traditional Locales? + +=item Hexadecimal Notation + +=item Further Resources + +=back + +=item UNICODE IN OLDER PERLS + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS + +=item AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT, AND LICENSE + +=back + =head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl =over 4 @@ -1990,18 +2249,39 @@ LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG =item Important Caveats Input and Output Disciplines, Regular Expressions, C still needed -to enable a few features +to enable UTF-8/UTF-EBCDIC in scripts =item Byte and Character semantics =item Effects of character semantics +=item Scripts + +=item Blocks + =item Character encodings for input and output =back =item CAVEATS +=item UNICODE REGULAR EXPRESSION SUPPORT LEVEL + +=over 4 + +=item Unicode Encodings + +UTF-8, UTF-EBCDIC, UTF-16, UTF-16BE, UTF16-LE, Surrogates, and BOMs (Byte +Order Marks), UTF-32, UTF-32BE, UTF32-LE, UCS-2, UCS-4, UTF-7 + +=item Security Implications of Malformed UTF-8 + +=item Unicode in Perl on EBCDIC + +=item Using Unicode in XS + +=back + =item SEE ALSO =back @@ -2170,12 +2450,39 @@ chcp, dataset access, OS/390, z/OS iconv, locales =item Perl Modules +=item Making your module threadsafe + =back =item SEE ALSO =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 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones =over 4 @@ -2188,45 +2495,49 @@ chcp, dataset access, OS/390, z/OS iconv, locales =item Pragmatic Modules -attributes, attrs, autouse, base, blib, bytes, charnames, constant, -diagnostics, fields, filetest, integer, less, locale, open, ops, overload, -re, sigtrap, strict, subs, unicode::distinct, utf8, vars, warnings, -warnings::register +attributes, autouse, base, blib, bytes, charnames, constant, diagnostics, +encoding, fields, filetest, integer, less, locale, open, overload, sigtrap, +sort, strict, subs, utf8, vars, vmsish, warnings, warnings::register =item Standard Modules -AnyDBM_File, 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::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::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, IO, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, Locale::Constants, -Locale::Country, Locale::Currency, Locale::Language, Math::BigFloat, -Math::BigInt, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, NDBM_File, NEXT, Net::Ping, -Net::hostent, 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, Text::Abbrev, Text::Balanced, Text::ParseWords, -Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs, 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, Win32 +AnyDBM_File, Attribute::Handlers, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, Benchmark, CGI, +CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp, CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push, +CGI::Switch, CGI::Util, CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, +Carp::Heavy, Class::ISA, Class::Struct, Cwd, DB, Devel::SelfStubber, +Digest, DirHandle, Dumpvalue, English, Env, Exporter, Exporter::Heavy, +ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Constant, ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install, +ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist, ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin, +ExtUtils::MM_NW5, ExtUtils::MM_OS2, ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::MM_VMS, +ExtUtils::MM_Win32, ExtUtils::MakeMaker, ExtUtils::Manifest, +ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists, ExtUtils::Packlist, +ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, File::Basename, File::CheckTree, File::Compare, +File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find, File::Path, File::Spec, +File::Spec::Cygwin, File::Spec::Epoc, File::Spec::Functions, +File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Unix, File::Spec::VMS, +File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp, File::stat, FileCache, FileHandle, +Filter::Simple, FindBin, Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, I18N::Collate, +I18N::LangTags, I18N::LangTags::List, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, +Locale::Constants, Locale::Country, Locale::Currency, Locale::Language, +Locale::Maketext, Locale::Maketext::TPJ13, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt, +Math::BigInt::Calc, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Memoize, +Memoize::AnyDBM_File, Memoize::Expire, Memoize::ExpireFile, +Memoize::ExpireTest, Memoize::NDBM_File, Memoize::SDBM_File, +Memoize::Storable, NEXT, Net::Cmd, Net::Config, Net::Domain, Net::FTP, +Net::NNTP, Net::Netrc, Net::POP3, Net::Ping, Net::SMTP, Net::Time, +Net::hostent, Net::libnetFAQ, Net::netent, Net::protoent, Net::servent, +PerlIO, Pod::Checker, Pod::Find, Pod::Functions, Pod::Html, +Pod::InputObjects, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Man, Pod::ParseLink, Pod::ParseUtils, +Pod::Parser, Pod::Plainer, Pod::Select, Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color, +Pod::Text::Overstrike, Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Usage, Pod::t::basic, +Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell, Switch, Symbol, +Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap, Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test, +Test::Builder, Test::Harness, Test::More, Test::Simple, Test::Tutorial, +Text::Abbrev, Text::Balanced, Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs, +Text::Wrap, Thread, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::RefHash, +Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, Time::Local, Time::gmtime, Time::localtime, +Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, Unicode::Collate, Unicode::UCD, User::grent, +User::pwent, Win32 =item Extension Modules @@ -2258,8 +2569,6 @@ Time::localtime, Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, User::grent, User::pwent, Win32 =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 @@ -2270,115 +2579,191 @@ Adding a Copyright Notice =back -=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules +=head2 perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide =over 4 -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 +=item INTRODUCTION -=item PREAMBLE +=item QUICK CHECKLIST -B the file, B the file into a directory, B the -module (sometimes unnecessary), B the module +=over 4 -=back +=item Before you start -=item PORTABILITY +=item The API -=item HEY +=item Stability -=item AUTHOR +=item Documentation -=item COPYRIGHT +=item Release considerations =back -=head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution +=item BEFORE YOU START WRITING A MODULE =over 4 -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 +=item Has it been done before? -=item Warning +=item Do one thing and do it well -=item What should I make into a module? +=item What's in a name? -=item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground +=back -Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again +=item DESIGNING AND WRITING YOUR MODULE -=item Step-by-step: Making the module +=over 4 -Start with F, Use L and L, Use -L, Use L - wisely!, Use L, Write tests, Write the README +=item To OO or not to OO? -=item Step-by-step: Distributing your module +=item Designing your API -Get a CPAN user ID, C, Upload the -tarball, Announce to the modules list, Announce to clpa, Fix bugs! +Write simple routines to do simple things, Separate functionality from +output, Provide sensible shortcuts and defaults, Naming conventions, +Parameter passing -=back +=item Strictness and warnings -=item AUTHOR +=item Backwards compatibility -=item SEE ALSO +=item Error handling and messages =back -=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.23 $, $Date: -1999/05/23 16:08:30 $) +=item DOCUMENTING YOUR MODULE =over 4 -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 +=item POD -=item What is Perl? +=item README, INSTALL, release notes, changelogs -=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free? +=back -=item Which version of Perl should I use? +=item RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS -=item What are perl4 and perl5? +=over 4 -=item What is perl6? +=item Version numbering -=item How stable is Perl? +=item Pre-requisites -=item Is Perl difficult to learn? +=item Testing -=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX, -Scheme, or Tcl? +=item Packaging -=item Can I do [task] in Perl? +=item Licensing -=item When shouldn't I program in Perl? +=back -=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"? +=item COMMON PITFALLS -=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script? +=over 4 -=item What is a JAPH? +=item Reinventing the wheel -=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms? +=item Trying to do too much -=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version -5/5.005/Perl instead of some other language? +=item Inappropriate documentation =back -=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT +=item SEE ALSO + +L, L, L, L, Testing tools, +http://pause.perl.org/, Any good book on software engineering + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Warning + +=item What should I make into a module? + +=item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground + +Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again + +=item Step-by-step: Making the module + +Start with F, Use L and L, Use +L, Use L - wisely!, Use L, Write tests, Write the README + +=item Step-by-step: Distributing your module + +Get a CPAN user ID, C, Upload the +tarball, Announce to the modules list, Announce to clpa, Fix bugs! + +=back + +=item AUTHOR + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: +2002/01/31 01:46:23 $) + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item What is Perl? + +=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free? + +=item Which version of Perl should I use? + +=item What are perl4 and perl5? + +=item What is perl6? + +=item How stable is Perl? + +=item Is Perl difficult to learn? + +=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX, +Scheme, or Tcl? + +=item Can I do [task] in Perl? + +=item When shouldn't I program in Perl? + +=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"? + +=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script? + +=item What is a JAPH? + +=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms? + +=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version +5/5.6.1/Perl instead of some other language? + +=back + +=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.32 $, -$Date: 1999/10/14 18:46:09 $) +=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.8 $, +$Date: 2002/02/08 22:31:57 $) =over 4 @@ -2425,7 +2810,7 @@ References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics =item Where do I send bug reports? -=item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? +=item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? cpan.org? =back @@ -2433,8 +2818,8 @@ References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics =back -=head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.38 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 -16:08:30 $) +=head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date: 2002/02/11 +19:29:52 $) =over 4 @@ -2474,12 +2859,13 @@ MultiEdit, SlickEdit, Bash, Ksh, Tcsh, Zsh, BBEdit and BBEdit Lite, Alpha =item How can I generate simple menus without using CGI or Tk? -=item What is undump? - =item How can I make my Perl program run faster? =item How can I make my Perl program take less memory? +Don't slurp!, Use map and grep selectively, Avoid unnecessary quotes and +stringification, Pass by reference, Tie large variables to disk + =item Is it unsafe to return a pointer to local data? =item How can I free an array or hash so my program shrinks? @@ -2507,8 +2893,7 @@ MultiEdit, SlickEdit, Bash, Ksh, Tcsh, Zsh, BBEdit and BBEdit Lite, Alpha =item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in my C program; what am I doing wrong? -=item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it -mean? +=item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean? =item What's MakeMaker? @@ -2518,8 +2903,8 @@ mean? =back -=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.49 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 -20:37:49 $) +=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.14 $, $Date: 2002/02/08 +22:30:23 $) =over 4 @@ -2537,7 +2922,12 @@ numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)? =item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()? Trig functions? -=item How do I convert bits into ints? +=item How do I convert between numeric representations? + +B, B, B, B, B, B =item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to? @@ -2635,7 +3025,8 @@ the tag a), b), c), d), e) -=item How can I tell whether a list or array contains a certain element? +=item How can I tell whether a certain element is contained in a list or +array? =item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the intersection of two arrays? @@ -2727,8 +3118,8 @@ array of hashes or arrays? =back -=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.38 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 -16:08:30 $) +=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.9 $, $Date: 2002/02/11 +19:30:21 $) =over 4 @@ -2820,7 +3211,8 @@ protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl? =back -=head2 perlfaq6 - Regexes ($Revision: 1.27 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 16:08:30 $) +=head2 perlfaq6 - Regular Expressions ($Revision: 1.8 $, $Date: 2002/01/31 +04:27:55 $) =over 4 @@ -2886,8 +3278,8 @@ file? =back -=head2 perlfaq7 - Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.28 $, $Date: -1999/05/23 20:36:18 $) +=head2 perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date: +2002/01/31 04:27:55 $) =over 4 @@ -2965,8 +3357,8 @@ is in scope? =back -=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.39 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 -18:37:57 $) +=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2002/01/28 +04:17:27 $) =over 4 @@ -3093,7 +3485,7 @@ search path? =back -=head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.26 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 16:08:30 +=head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date: 2002/01/28 04:17:27 $) =over 4 @@ -3102,6 +3494,8 @@ $) =over 4 +=item What is the correct form of response from a CGI script? + =item My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500 Server Error) @@ -3234,6 +3628,8 @@ Perl?>, B, B =item Maintaining a persistent interpreter +=item Execution of END blocks + =item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances =item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C @@ -3458,7 +3854,7 @@ C, C, C =item The CLEANUP: Keyword -=item The POST_CALL: Keyword +=item The POSTCALL: Keyword =item The BOOT: Keyword @@ -3490,6 +3886,10 @@ C, C, C =item The Typemap +=item Safely Storing Static Data in XS + +MY_CXT_KEY, typedef my_cxt_t, START_MY_CXT, MY_CXT_INIT, dMY_CXT, MY_CXT + =back =item EXAMPLES @@ -3631,6 +4031,8 @@ save_hptr(HV **hptr)> =item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization +=item Pluggable runops + =back =item Examining internal data structures with the C functions @@ -3683,6 +4085,8 @@ A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, j, x =back +=item Custom Operators + =item AUTHORS =item SEE ALSO @@ -3794,6 +4198,10 @@ L L, L, L +=item Administration + +L + =item Development L, L, L and L, @@ -3870,57 +4278,147 @@ B =item DESCRIPTION +=item "Gimme" Values + +GIMME, GIMME_V, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID + +=item Array Manipulation Functions + 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, -bytes_from_utf8, bytes_to_utf8, call_argv, call_method, call_pv, call_sv, -CLASS, Copy, croak, CvSTASH, cv_const_sv, 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, 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, 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, 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_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, SvLEN, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp, SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, SvNOKp, -SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVX, SvOK, SvOOK, SvPOK, SvPOKp, -SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only, SvPOK_only_UTF8, 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, SvUOK, SvUPGRADE, -SvUTF8, SvUTF8_off, SvUTF8_on, 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_clear, sv_cmp, sv_cmp_locale, sv_dec, -sv_derived_from, sv_eq, sv_free, sv_gets, sv_grow, sv_inc, sv_insert, -sv_isa, sv_isobject, sv_len, sv_len_utf8, sv_magic, sv_mortalcopy, -sv_newmortal, sv_pvn_force, sv_pvutf8n_force, sv_reftype, sv_replace, -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_mg, sv_setuv, sv_setuv_mg, -sv_true, sv_unmagic, sv_unref, sv_unref_flags, sv_upgrade, sv_usepvn, -sv_usepvn_mg, sv_utf8_decode, sv_utf8_downgrade, sv_utf8_encode, -sv_utf8_upgrade, 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, +get_av, newAV, Nullav, sortsv + +=item Callback Functions + +call_argv, call_method, call_pv, call_sv, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv, +FREETMPS, LEAVE, SAVETMPS + +=item Character classes + +isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, toLOWER, toUPPER + +=item Cloning an interpreter + +perl_clone + +=item CV Manipulation Functions + +CvSTASH, get_cv, Nullcv + +=item Embedding Functions + +load_module, perl_alloc, perl_construct, perl_destruct, perl_free, +perl_parse, perl_run, require_pv + +=item Global Variables + +PL_modglobal, PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes + +=item GV Functions + +GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_fetchmethod_autoload, gv_stashpv, +gv_stashsv + +=item Handy Values + +HEf_SVKEY, Nullch, Nullsv + +=item Hash Manipulation Functions + +get_hv, HeHASH, HeKEY, HeKLEN, HePV, HeSVKEY, HeSVKEY_force, HeSVKEY_set, +HeVAL, HvNAME, hv_clear, hv_delete, hv_delete_ent, hv_exists, +hv_exists_ent, hv_fetch, hv_fetch_ent, hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey, +hv_iterkeysv, hv_iternext, hv_iternextsv, hv_iterval, hv_magic, hv_store, +hv_store_ent, hv_undef, newHV, Nullhv + +=item Magical Functions + +mg_clear, mg_copy, mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, mg_length, mg_magical, mg_set, +SvGETMAGIC, SvLOCK, SvSETMAGIC, SvSetMagicSV, SvSetMagicSV_nosteal, +SvSetSV, SvSetSV_nosteal, SvSHARE + +=item Memory Management + +Copy, Move, New, Newc, NEWSV, Newz, Renew, Renewc, Safefree, savepv, +savepvn, savesharedpv, StructCopy, Zero + +=item Miscellaneous Functions + +fbm_compile, fbm_instr, form, getcwd_sv, strEQ, strGE, strGT, strLE, strLT, +strNE, strnEQ, strnNE + +=item Numeric functions + +grok_bin, grok_hex, grok_number, grok_numeric_radix, grok_oct, scan_bin, +scan_hex, scan_oct + +=item Optree Manipulation Functions + +cv_const_sv, newCONSTSUB, newXS + +=item Stack Manipulation Macros + +dMARK, dORIGMARK, dSP, EXTEND, MARK, ORIGMARK, POPi, POPl, POPn, POPp, +POPpbytex, POPpx, POPs, PUSHi, PUSHMARK, PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUSHu, +PUTBACK, SP, SPAGAIN, XPUSHi, XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs, XPUSHu, XSRETURN, XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV, XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF, -XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNO, XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES, -XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK, Zero +XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNO, XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES + +=item SV Flags + +svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG + +=item SV Manipulation Functions + +get_sv, looks_like_number, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, newSV, newSViv, newSVnv, +newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVpvn_share, newSVrv, newSVsv, newSVuv, +new_vstring, SvCUR, SvCUR_set, SvEND, SvGROW, SvIOK, SvIOKp, SvIOK_notUV, +SvIOK_off, SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only, SvIOK_only_UV, SvIOK_UV, SvIV, SvIVX, +SvIVx, SvLEN, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp, SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, SvNOKp, SvNOK_off, +SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVx, SvNVX, SvOK, SvOOK, SvPOK, SvPOKp, +SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only, SvPOK_only_UTF8, SvPV, SvPVbyte, +SvPVbytex, SvPVbytex_force, SvPVbyte_force, SvPVbyte_nolen, SvPVutf8, +SvPVutf8x, SvPVutf8x_force, SvPVutf8_force, SvPVutf8_nolen, SvPVX, SvPVx, +SvPV_force, SvPV_force_nomg, SvPV_nolen, SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec, +SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK, SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV, SvSTASH, SvTAINT, +SvTAINTED, SvTAINTED_off, SvTAINTED_on, SvTRUE, SvTYPE, SvUNLOCK, SvUOK, +SvUPGRADE, SvUTF8, SvUTF8_off, SvUTF8_on, SvUV, SvUVX, SvUVx, sv_2bool, +sv_2cv, sv_2io, sv_2iv, sv_2mortal, sv_2nv, sv_2pvbyte, sv_2pvbyte_nolen, +sv_2pvutf8, sv_2pvutf8_nolen, sv_2pv_flags, sv_2pv_nolen, sv_2uv, +sv_backoff, sv_bless, sv_catpv, sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg, sv_catpvn, +sv_catpvn_flags, sv_catpvn_mg, sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv, sv_catsv_flags, +sv_catsv_mg, sv_chop, sv_clear, sv_cmp, sv_cmp_locale, sv_collxfrm, sv_dec, +sv_derived_from, sv_eq, sv_force_normal, sv_force_normal_flags, sv_free, +sv_gets, sv_grow, sv_inc, sv_insert, sv_isa, sv_isobject, sv_iv, sv_len, +sv_len_utf8, sv_magic, sv_magicext, sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, sv_newref, +sv_nolocking, sv_nosharing, sv_nounlocking, sv_nv, sv_pos_b2u, sv_pos_u2b, +sv_pv, sv_pvbyte, sv_pvbyten, sv_pvbyten_force, sv_pvn, sv_pvn_force, +sv_pvn_force_flags, sv_pvutf8, sv_pvutf8n, sv_pvutf8n_force, sv_reftype, +sv_replace, sv_report_used, sv_reset, sv_rvweaken, sv_setiv, sv_setiv_mg, +sv_setnv, sv_setnv_mg, sv_setpv, sv_setpvf, sv_setpvf_mg, sv_setpviv, +sv_setpviv_mg, sv_setpvn, sv_setpvn_mg, sv_setpv_mg, sv_setref_iv, +sv_setref_nv, sv_setref_pv, sv_setref_pvn, sv_setref_uv, sv_setsv, +sv_setsv_flags, sv_setsv_mg, sv_setuv, sv_setuv_mg, sv_taint, sv_tainted, +sv_true, sv_unmagic, sv_unref, sv_unref_flags, sv_untaint, sv_upgrade, +sv_usepvn, sv_usepvn_mg, sv_utf8_decode, sv_utf8_downgrade, sv_utf8_encode, +sv_utf8_upgrade, sv_utf8_upgrade_flags, sv_uv, sv_vcatpvfn, sv_vsetpvfn + +=item Unicode Support + +bytes_from_utf8, bytes_to_utf8, ibcmp_utf8, is_utf8_char, is_utf8_string, +pv_uni_display, sv_recode_to_utf8, sv_uni_display, to_utf8_case, +to_utf8_fold, to_utf8_lower, to_utf8_title, to_utf8_upper, utf8n_to_uvchr, +utf8n_to_uvuni, utf8_distance, utf8_hop, utf8_length, utf8_to_bytes, +utf8_to_uvchr, utf8_to_uvuni, uvchr_to_utf8, uvuni_to_utf8_flags + +=item Variables created by C and C internal functions + +ax, CLASS, dAX, dITEMS, dXSARGS, dXSI32, items, ix, newXSproto, RETVAL, ST, +THIS, XS, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK + +=item Warning and Dieing + +croak, warn =item AUTHORS @@ -3935,8 +4433,30 @@ XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK, Zero =item DESCRIPTION -djSP, is_gv_magical, LVRET, PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, -PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv, PL_rs, start_glob +=item Global Variables + +PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv, +PL_rs + +=item GV Functions + +is_gv_magical + +=item IO Functions + +start_glob + +=item Pad Data Structures + +CvPADLIST + +=item Stack Manipulation Macros + +djSP, LVRET + +=item SV Manipulation Functions + +report_uninit, sv_add_arena, sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs, sv_free_arenas =item AUTHORS @@ -3960,9 +4480,6 @@ PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv, PL_rs, start_glob =item Data Structures -1. The functions and attributes of the "layer class", 2. The per-instance -data for a particular handle - =item Functions and Attributes =item Per-instance Data @@ -3978,20 +4495,25 @@ PERLIO_F_TEMP, PERLIO_F_OPEN, PERLIO_F_FASTGETS =item Methods in Detail - 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); +char * name;, Size_t size;, IV kind;, PERLIO_K_BUFFERED, PERLIO_K_CANCRLF, +PERLIO_K_FASTGETS, PERLIO_K_MULTIARG, PERLIO_K_RAW, IV +(*Pushed)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f,const char *mode, SV *arg);, IV +(*Popped)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, PerlIO * (*Open)(...);, SV * +(*Getarg)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f, CLONE_PARAMS *param, int flags), IV +(*Fileno)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, PerlIO * (*Dup)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f, PerlIO *o, +CLONE_PARAMS *param, int flags), SSize_t (*Read)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f, +void *vbuf, Size_t count);, SSize_t (*Unread)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f, const +void *vbuf, Size_t count);, SSize_t (*Write)(PerlIO *f, const void +*vbuf, Size_t count);, IV (*Seek)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f, Off_t +offset, int whence);, Off_t (*Tell)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, IV + (*Close)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, IV (*Flush)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, +IV (*Fill)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, IV (*Eof)(pTHX_ PerlIO +*f);, IV (*Error)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, void +(*Clearerr)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, void (*Setlinebuf)(pTHX_ PerlIO +*f);, STDCHAR * (*Get_base)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, Size_t +(*Get_bufsiz)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, STDCHAR * (*Get_ptr)(pTHX_ PerlIO +*f);, SSize_t (*Get_cnt)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, void +(*Set_ptrcnt)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f,STDCHAR *ptr,SSize_t cnt); =item Core Layers @@ -4003,6 +4525,8 @@ Size_t (*Get_bufsiz)(PerlIO *f);, STDCHAR * =back +=item TODO + =back =head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface. @@ -4060,22 +4584,20 @@ PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers), =item Support for I/O disciplines -=item Eliminate need for "use utf8"; - -=item Autoload byte.pm +=item Autoload bytes.pm =item Make "\u{XXXX}" et al work -=item Overloadable regex assertions - -=item Unicode collation and normalization +=item Create a char *sv_pvprintify(sv, STRLEN *lenp, UV flags) -=item Unicode case mappings +=item Overloadable regex assertions -=item Unicode regular expression character classes +=item Unicode =item use Thread for iThreads +=item make perl_clone optionally clone ops + =item Work out exit/die semantics for threads =item Typed lexicals for compiler @@ -4112,9 +4634,7 @@ PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers), =item Security audit shipped utilities -=item Custom opcodes - -=item spawnvp() on Win32 +=item Sort out the uid-setting mess =item DLL Versioning @@ -4150,6 +4670,8 @@ PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers), =item Memory leaks after failed eval +=item pack for IV, UVs, NVs, and long doubles + =item pack "(stuff)*" =item bitfields in pack @@ -4168,6 +4690,8 @@ PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers), =item Support for rerunning debugger +=item Test Suite for the Debugger + =item my sub foo { } =item One-pass global destruction @@ -4198,7 +4722,7 @@ PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers), =item Prototypes versus indirect objects -=item Install HMTL +=item Install HTML =item Prototype method calls @@ -4210,16 +4734,15 @@ PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers), =item IO tutorial -=item pack/unpack tutorial - =item Rewrite perldoc -=item Install .3p man pages +=item Install .3p manpages =item Unicode tutorial =item Update POSIX.pm for 1003.1-2 -=head2 Retargetable installation + +=item Retargetable installation =item POSIX emulation on non-POSIX systems @@ -4231,6 +4754,8 @@ PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers), =item Use fchown/fchmod internally +=item Make v-strings overloaded objects + =back =item Vague ideas @@ -4239,11 +4764,13 @@ PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers), =item ref() in list context -=item Make tr/// return histogram +=item Make tr/// return histogram of characters in list context =item Compile to real threaded code -=head2 Structured types -=head2 Modifiable $1 et al. + +=item Structured types + +=item Modifiable $1 et al. =item Procedural interfaces for IO::*, etc. @@ -4251,8 +4778,6 @@ PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers), =item Attach/detach debugger from running program -=item Alternative RE syntax module - =item GUI::Native =item foreach(reverse ...) @@ -4279,6 +4804,8 @@ PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers), =over 4 +=item Alternative RE syntax module + =item Safe signal handling =item Tie Modules @@ -4352,10 +4879,12 @@ PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers), =item Lexically scoped typeglobs =item format BOTTOM -=head2 report HANDLE + +=item report HANDLE =item Generalised want()/caller()) -=head2 Named prototypes + +=item Named prototypes =item Built-in globbing @@ -4385,6 +4914,16 @@ PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers), =item Lazy evaluation / tail recursion removal +=item Make "use utf8" the default + +=item Unicode collation and normalization + +=item Create debugging macros + +=item truncate to the people + +=item pack/unpack tutorial + =back =back @@ -4399,18 +4938,30 @@ 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 +the implementation generic enough to be portable?, Is the implementation +tested?, Is there enough documentation?, Is there another way to do it?, +Does it create too much work?, Patches speak louder than words =over 4 =item Keeping in sync rsync'ing the source tree, Using rsync over the LAN, Using pushing over the -NFS, rsync'ing the patches, It's easier, It's more recent, It's more -reliable, It's easier, It's a good reference, Finding a start point, -Finding how to fix a bug, Finding the source of misbehaviour +NFS, rsync'ing the patches + +=item Why rsync the source tree + +It's easier to rsync the source tree, It's more recent, It's more reliable + +=item Why rsync the patches + +It's easier to rsync the patches, It's a good reference, Finding a start +point, Finding how to fix a bug, Finding the source of misbehaviour + +=item Perlbug remote interface + +1 http://bugs.perl.org, 2 bugdb@perl.org, 3 +commands_and_bugdids@bugs.perl.org, notes, patches, tests =item Submitting patches @@ -4419,7 +4970,7 @@ F, The perl5-porters FAQ =item Finding Your Way Around -Core modules, Documentation, Configure, Interpreter +Core modules, Tests, Documentation, Configure, Interpreter =item Elements of the interpreter @@ -4446,6 +4997,15 @@ finish, 'enter', print =item Patching +=item Patching a core module + +=item Adding a new function to the core + +=item Writing a test + +F, F, F, F, F, F, +F, F, t/base t/comp, t/cmd t/run t/io t/op, t/lib ext lib + =back =item EXTERNAL TOOLS FOR DEBUGGING PERL @@ -4466,9 +5026,17 @@ DEFINES, USE_MULTI = define, #PERL_MALLOC = define, CFG = Debug =item PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL +=item Profiling + +=item Gprof Profiling + +-a, -b, -e routine, -f routine, -s, -z + +=item GCC gcov Profiling + =item Pixie Profiling --h, -l, -p[rodecures], -h[eavy], -i[nvocations], -l[ines], -testcoverage, +-h, -l, -p[rocedures], -h[eavy], -i[nvocations], -l[ines], -testcoverage, -z[ero] =item CONCLUSION @@ -4511,56 +5079,78 @@ I =back -=head2 perldelta - what will be new for perl v5.8.0 +=head2 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.8.0 =over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=item Reporting Bugs +=item Highlights In 5.8.0 -=item SEE ALSO +=item Incompatible Changes -=item HISTORY +=over 4 + +=item 64-bit platforms and malloc + +=item AIX Dynaloading + +=item Attributes for C variables now handled at run-time. + +=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS + +=item IEEE-format Floating Point Default on OpenVMS Alpha + +=item New Unicode Properties + +=item Perl Parser Stress Tested + +=item REF(...) Instead Of SCALAR(...) + +=item Deprecations =back -=head2 perl572delta, perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.2 +=item Core Enhancements =over 4 -=item DESCRIPTION +=item PerlIO is Now The Default -=item Security Vulnerability Closed +=item Safe Signals -=item Incompatible Changes +=item Unicode Overhaul -=item Core Enhancements +=item Understanding of Numbers + +=item Miscellaneous Changes + +=back =item Modules and Pragmata =over 4 -=item New Modules +=item New Modules and Pragmata =item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata =back -=item Performance Enhancements - =item Utility Changes =item New Documentation +=item Performance Enhancements + =item Installation and Configuration Improvements =over 4 -=item New Or Improved Platforms - =item Generic Improvements +=item New Or Improved Platforms + =back =item Selected Bug Fixes @@ -4575,11 +5165,7 @@ I =item Changed Internals -=over 4 - -=item Regex pre-/post-compilation items matched up - -=back +=item Security Vulnerability Closed =item New Tests @@ -4587,32 +5173,52 @@ I =over 4 -=item AIX vac 5.0.0.0 May Produce Buggy Code For Perl +=item AIX + +=item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery =item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure' -=item lib/io_multihomed Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX +=item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12 -=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX +=item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured -=item lib/b test 19 +=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured =item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48 -=item sigaction test 13 in VMS +=item Mac OS X -=item sprintf tests 129 and 130 +=item OS/390 + +=item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130 =item Failure of Thread tests +=item UNICOS + +=item UTS + +=item VMS + +=item Win32 + =item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory +=item Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken + =item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden =item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles +=item Unicode Support on EBCDIC Still Spotty + =item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental +=item The Long Double Support Is Still Experimental + +=item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now + =back =item Reporting Bugs @@ -4623,7 +5229,7 @@ I =back -=head2 perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.1 +=head2 perl572delta - what's new for perl v5.7.2 =over 4 @@ -4633,12 +5239,142 @@ I =item Incompatible Changes -=item Core Enhancements +=over 4 -=item AUTOLOAD Is Now Lvaluable +=item 64-bit platforms and malloc + +=item AIX Dynaloading + +=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS + +=item Different Definition of the Unicode Character Classes \p{In...} + +=item Deprecations + +=back + +=item Core Enhancements + +=item Modules and Pragmata + +=over 4 + +=item New Modules and Distributions + +=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata + +=back + +=item Utility Changes + +=item New Documentation + +=item Installation and Configuration Improvements + +=over 4 + +=item New Or Improved Platforms + +=item Generic Improvements + +=back + +=item Selected Bug Fixes + +=over 4 + +=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes + +=back + +=item New or Changed Diagnostics + +=item Source Code Enhancements + +=over 4 + +=item MAGIC constants + +=item Better commented code + +=item Regex pre-/post-compilation items matched up + +=item gcc -Wall + +=back + +=item New Tests + +=item Known Problems + +=over 4 + +=item AIX + +=item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery + +=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure' + +=item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12 + +=item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured + +=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured + +=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48 + +=item OS/390 + +=item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130 + +=item Failure of Thread tests + +=item UNICOS + +=item UTS + +=item VMS + +=item Win32 + +=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory + +=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden + +=item Variable Attributes are not Currently Usable for Tieing + +=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles + +=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental + +=item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental + +=back + +=item Reporting Bugs + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item HISTORY + +=back + +=head2 perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.1 + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item Security Vulnerability Closed + +=item Incompatible Changes + +=item Core Enhancements =over 4 +=item AUTOLOAD Is Now Lvaluable + =item PerlIO is Now The Default =item Signals Are Now Safe @@ -4833,12 +5569,47 @@ d_strtoq, d_u32align, d_ualarm, d_usleep =back -=head2 perl56delta, perldelta - what's new for perl v5.6.0 +=head2 perl561delta - what's new for perl v5.6.x =over 4 =item DESCRIPTION +=item Summary of changes between 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 + +=over 4 + +=item Security Issues + +=item Core bug fixes + +C, Memory leaks, Numeric conversions, qw(a\\b), caller(), +Bugs in regular expressions, "slurp" mode, Autovivification of symbolic +references to special variables, Lexical warnings, Spurious warnings and +errors, glob(), Tainting, sort(), #line directives, Subroutine prototypes, +map(), Debugger, PERL5OPT, chop(), Unicode support, 64-bit support, +Compiler, Lvalue subroutines, IO::Socket, File::Find, xsubpp, C, Tests + +=item Core features + +=item Configuration issues + +=item Documentation + +=item Bundled modules + +B::Concise, File::Temp, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Text::Overstrike, CGI, CPAN, +Class::Struct, DB_File, Devel::Peek, File::Find, Getopt::Long, IO::Poll, +IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::Complex, Net::Ping, Opcode, Pod::Parser, +Pod::Text, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Tie::RefHash, Tie::SubstrHash + +=item Platform-specific improvements + +NCR MP-RAS, NonStop-UX + +=back + =item Core Enhancements =over 4 @@ -5037,6 +5808,8 @@ perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod =item Enhanced Installation Directories +=item gcc automatically tried if 'cc' does not seem to be working + =back =item Platform specific changes @@ -5180,16 +5953,14 @@ C is now C =over 4 -=item Thread test failures - -=item EBCDIC platforms not supported +=item Localizing a tied hash element may leak memory -=item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang +=item Known test failures -=item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure +64-bit builds, Failure of Thread tests, NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure, +Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with gcc -=item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with -gcc +=item EBCDIC platforms not fully supported =item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run @@ -5218,123 +5989,125 @@ to mean "${$}" is deprecated =back -=head2 perl5005delta, perldelta - what's new for perl5.005 +=head2 perl56delta - what's new for perl v5.6.0 =over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=item About the new versioning system - -=item Incompatible Changes +=item Core Enhancements =over 4 -=item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004. +=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency -=item Default installation structure has changed +=item Lexically scoped warning categories -=item Perl Source Compatibility +=item Unicode and UTF-8 support -=item C Source Compatibility +=item Support for interpolating named characters -=item Binary Compatibility +=item "our" declarations -=item Security fixes may affect compatibility +=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals -=item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004 +=item Improved Perl version numbering system -=item Licensing +=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes -=back +=item File and directory handles can be autovivified -=item Core Changes +=item open() with more than two arguments -=over 4 +=item 64-bit support -=item Threads +=item Large file support -=item Compiler +=item Long doubles -=item Regular Expressions +=item "more bits" -Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression -constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other -improvements, Incompatible changes +=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines -=item Improved malloc() +=item C allowed -=item Quicksort is internally implemented +=item File globbing implemented internally -=item Reliable signals +=item Support for CHECK blocks -=item Reliable stack pointers +=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported -=item More generous treatment of carriage returns +=item Better pseudo-random number generator -=item Memory leaks +=item Improved C operator -=item Better support for multiple interpreters +=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes -=item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined +=item pack() format 'Z' supported -=item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L module +=item pack() format modifier '!' supported -=item Pseudo-hashes are supported +=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings -=item C is supported +=item Comments in pack() templates -=item Keywords can be globally overridden +=item Weak references -=item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32 +=item Binary numbers supported -=item C optimized +=item Lvalue subroutines -=item C can be used as implicitly quoted package name +=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references -=item C tests existence of a package +=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues -=item Better locale support +=item exists() is supported on subroutine names -=item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms +=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements -=item prototype() returns useful results on builtins +=item Pseudo-hashes work better -=item Extended support for exception handling +=item Automatic flushing of output buffers -=item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods +=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations -=item All C format conversions are handled internally +=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle -=item New C keyword +=item eof() has the same old magic as <> -=item New C keyword +=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes -=item New C operator +=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text" -=item C is now a reserved word +=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure -=item Tied arrays are now fully supported +=item Improved diagnostics -=item Tied handles support is better +=item Diagnostics follow STDERR -=item 4th argument to substr +=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior -=item Negative LENGTH argument to splice +=item syswrite() ease-of-use -=item Magic lvalues are now more magical +=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators -=item <> now reads in records +=item Bit operators support full native integer width -=back +=item Improved security features -=item Supported Platforms +=item More functional bareword prototype (*) -=over 4 +=item C and C may be overridden -=item New Platforms +=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character -=item Changes in existing support +=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch + +=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string + +=item Optional Y2K warnings + +=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings =back @@ -5342,361 +6115,2688 @@ improvements, Incompatible changes =over 4 -=item New Modules +=item Modules -B, Data::Dumper, Dumpvalue, Errno, File::Spec, ExtUtils::Installed, -ExtUtils::Packlist, Fatal, IPC::SysV, Test, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle, -Thread, attrs, fields, re +attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper, +DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English, +Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec, +File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt, +Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker, +podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage, +pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname, +Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters + +=item Pragmata + +=back + +=item Utility Changes + +=over 4 + +=item dprofpp + +=item find2perl + +=item h2xs + +=item perlcc + +=item perldoc + +=item The Perl Debugger + +=back + +=item Improved Documentation + +perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod, +perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod, +perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod, +perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod + +=item Performance enhancements + +=over 4 + +=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized + +=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables + +=item Faster subroutine calls + +=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster + +=back + +=item Installation and Configuration Improvements + +=over 4 + +=item -Dusethreads means something different + +=item New Configure flags + +=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring + +=item Long Doubles + +=item -Dusemorebits + +=item -Duselargefiles + +=item installusrbinperl + +=item SOCKS support + +=item C<-A> flag + +=item Enhanced Installation Directories + +=back + +=item Platform specific changes + +=over 4 + +=item Supported platforms + +=item DOS + +=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS) + +=item VMS + +=item Win32 + +=back + +=item Significant bug fixes + +=over 4 + +=item on empty files + +=item C improvements + +=item All compilation errors are true errors + +=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer + +=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent + +=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}> + +=item C and AUTOLOAD + +=item C<-bareword> allowed under C + +=item Failures in DESTROY() + +=item Locale bugs fixed + +=item Memory leaks + +=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls + +=item Taint failures under C<-U> + +=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch + +=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles + +=back + +=item New or Changed Diagnostics + +"%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet +implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s, +/ cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed +by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape +\\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class +passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too +early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s +argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a +subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word: +%s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled +substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional, +Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector +size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check +filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s", +Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default, +Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't +remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't +weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class +syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference, +constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated, +defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean +"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective +%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for +output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires +explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable, +Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter: +|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal +number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute: +%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid +separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in +subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs +returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing +%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub", +No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our", +No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time +is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref, +panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing +around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string, +Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS" +instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows, +Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored, +Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on +zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This +Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL +environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode +'%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized +escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute +list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in +subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of +CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number + +=item New tests + +=item Incompatible Changes + +=over 4 + +=item Perl Source Incompatibilities + +CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed, +Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form +C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number +generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C fails on +read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles, +Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(), +values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS, +Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed, +Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword +prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed +on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results + +=item C Source Incompatibilities + +C, C, C + +=item Compatible C Source API Changes + +C is now C + +=item Binary Incompatibilities + +=back + +=item Known Problems + +=over 4 + +=item Thread test failures + +=item EBCDIC platforms not supported + +=item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang + +=item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure + +=item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with +gcc + +=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run + +=item Arrow operator and arrays + +=item Experimental features + +Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The +pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file +globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs: + +=back + +=item Obsolete Diagnostics + +Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed +logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as +\@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$" +to mean "${$}" is deprecated + +=item Reporting Bugs + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item HISTORY + +=back + +=head2 perl5005delta - what's new for perl5.005 + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item About the new versioning system + +=item Incompatible Changes + +=over 4 + +=item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004. + +=item Default installation structure has changed + +=item Perl Source Compatibility + +=item C Source Compatibility + +=item Binary Compatibility + +=item Security fixes may affect compatibility + +=item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004 + +=item Licensing + +=back + +=item Core Changes + +=over 4 + +=item Threads + +=item Compiler + +=item Regular Expressions + +Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression +constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other +improvements, Incompatible changes + +=item Improved malloc() + +=item Quicksort is internally implemented + +=item Reliable signals + +=item Reliable stack pointers + +=item More generous treatment of carriage returns + +=item Memory leaks + +=item Better support for multiple interpreters + +=item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined + +=item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L module + +=item Pseudo-hashes are supported + +=item C is supported + +=item Keywords can be globally overridden + +=item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32 + +=item C optimized + +=item C can be used as implicitly quoted package name + +=item C tests existence of a package + +=item Better locale support + +=item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms + +=item prototype() returns useful results on builtins + +=item Extended support for exception handling + +=item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods + +=item All C format conversions are handled internally + +=item New C keyword + +=item New C keyword + +=item New C operator + +=item C is now a reserved word + +=item Tied arrays are now fully supported + +=item Tied handles support is better + +=item 4th argument to substr + +=item Negative LENGTH argument to splice + +=item Magic lvalues are now more magical + +=item <> now reads in records + +=back + +=item Supported Platforms + +=over 4 + +=item New Platforms + +=item Changes in existing support + +=back + +=item Modules and Pragmata + +=over 4 + +=item New Modules + +B, Data::Dumper, Dumpvalue, Errno, File::Spec, ExtUtils::Installed, +ExtUtils::Packlist, Fatal, IPC::SysV, Test, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle, +Thread, attrs, fields, re + +=item Changes in existing modules + +Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File, +MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd + +=back + +=item Utility Changes + +=item Documentation Changes + +=item New Diagnostics + +Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or use &, Bad index +while coercing array into hash, Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent +package, Can't call method "%s" on an undefined value, Can't check +filesystem of script "%s" for nosuid, Can't coerce array into hash, Can't +goto subroutine from an eval-string, Can't localize pseudo-hash element, +Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available, Cannot find an opnumber +for "%s", Character class syntax [. .] is reserved for future extensions, +Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Character +class syntax [= =] is reserved for future extensions, %s: Eval-group in +insecure regular expression, %s: Eval-group not allowed, use re 'eval', %s: +Eval-group not allowed at run time, Explicit blessing to '' (assuming +package main), Illegal hex digit ignored, No such array field, No such +field "%s" in variable %s of type %s, Out of memory during ridiculously +large request, Range iterator outside integer range, Recursive inheritance +detected while looking for method '%s' %s, Reference found where even-sized +list expected, Undefined value assigned to typeglob, Use of reserved word +"%s" is deprecated, perl: warning: Setting locale failed + +=item Obsolete Diagnostics + +Can't mktemp(), Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s, Cannot open +temporary file, regexp too big + +=item Configuration Changes + +=item BUGS + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item HISTORY + +=back + +=head2 perl5004delta - what's new for perl5.004 + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item Supported Environments + +=item Core Changes + +=over 4 + +=item List assignment to %ENV works + +=item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error + +=item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003 + +=item $PERL5OPT environment variable + +=item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options + +=item More precise warnings + +=item Deprecated: Inherited C for non-methods + +=item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable + +=item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified + +=item Group vector changeable with C<$)> + +=item Fixed parsing of $$, &$, etc. + +=item Fixed localization of $, $&, etc. + +=item No resetting of $. on implicit close + +=item C may return undef + +=item C determines value of EXPR in scalar context + +=item Changes to tainting checks + +No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No +spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name + +=item New Opcode module and revised Safe module + +=item Embedding improvements + +=item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes + +=item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface + +=item New and changed syntax + +$coderef->(PARAMS) + +=item New and changed builtin constants + +__PACKAGE__ + +=item New and changed builtin variables + +$^E, $^H, $^M + +=item New and changed builtin functions + +delete on slices, flock, printf and sprintf, keys as an lvalue, my() in +Control Structures, pack() and unpack(), sysseek(), use VERSION, use Module +VERSION LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), srand, $_ as Default, C does not +reset search position on failure, C ignores whitespace before ?*+{}, +nested C closures work now, formats work right on changing lexicals + +=item New builtin methods + +isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] ) + +=item TIEHANDLE now supported + +TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this +LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this + +=item Malloc enhancements + +-DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE + +=item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements + +=back + +=item Support for More Operating Systems + +=over 4 + +=item Win32 + +=item Plan 9 + +=item QNX + +=item AmigaOS + +=back + +=item Pragmata + +use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3), use blib, use blib 'dir', use +constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish + +=item Modules + +=over 4 + +=item Required Updates + +=item Installation directories + +=item Module information summary + +=item Fcntl + +=item IO + +=item Math::Complex + +=item Math::Trig + +=item DB_File + +=item Net::Ping + +=item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators + +=back + +=item Utility Changes + +=over 4 + +=item pod2html + +Sends converted HTML to standard output + +=item xsubpp + +C XSUBs now default to returning nothing + +=back + +=item C Language API Changes + +C and C, C, Extended API for +manipulating hashes + +=item Documentation Changes + +L, L, L, L, L, +L, L, L + +=item New Diagnostics + +"my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope, %s argument is +not a HASH element or slice, Allocation too large: %lx, Allocation too +large, Applying %s to %s will act on scalar(%s), Attempt to free +nonexistent shared string, Attempt to use reference as lvalue in substr, +Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package, Can't redefine active sort +subroutine %s, Can't use bareword ("%s") as %s ref while "strict refs" in +use, Cannot resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Constant +subroutine %s redefined, Constant subroutine %s undefined, Copy method did +not return a reference, Died, Exiting pseudo-block via %s, Identifier too +long, Illegal character %s (carriage return), Illegal switch in PERL5OPT: +%s, Integer overflow in hex number, Integer overflow in octal number, +internal error: glob failed, Invalid conversion in %s: "%s", Invalid type +in pack: '%s', Invalid type in unpack: '%s', Name "%s::%s" used only once: +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 %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 + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item HISTORY + +=back + +=head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX + +=item OS level + +=item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX + +=item The IBM ANSI C Compiler + +=item 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 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=back + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS + +B, B + +=item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS + +=item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS + +=back + +=item INSTALLATION + +=item Accessing documentation + +=over 4 + +=item Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS + +=item Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS + +=item Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS + +=item Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS + +=back + +=item BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS + +=over 4 + +=item Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS + +=item Getting the Perl Source for AmigaOS + +=item Making Perl on AmigaOS + +=item Testing Perl on AmigaOS + +=item Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS + +=back + +=item AUTHORS + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 perlbeos, README.beos - Perl version 5 on BeOS + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item General Issues with Perl on BeOS + +=item BeOS Release-specific Notes + +R4 x86, R4 PPC + +=item Contact Information + +=item Update 2001-12-26 + +=back + +=back + +=head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000. + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item gzip on BS2000 + +=item bison on BS2000 + +=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on BS2000 + +=item Compiling Perl on BS2000 + +=item Testing Perl on BS2000 + +=item Installing Perl on BS2000 + +=item Using Perl in the Posix-Shell of BS2000 + +=item Using Perl in "native" BS2000 + +=item Floating point anomalies on BS2000 + +=back + +=item AUTHORS + +=item SEE ALSO + +=over 4 + +=item Mailing list + +=back + +=item HISTORY + +=back + +=over 4 + +=item Name + +=item Description + +=item Build + +=over 4 + +=item Tools & SDK + +=item Make + +=back + +=item Acknowledgements + +=item Author + +=back + +=head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item PREREQUISITES FOR COMPILING PERL ON CYGWIN + +=over 4 + +=item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it) + +=item Cygwin Configuration + +C, I, Permissions + +=back + +=item CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN + +=over 4 + +=item Stripping Perl Binaries on Cygwin + +=item Optional Libraries for Perl on Cygwin + +C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C), C<-ldb> (C), +C<-lcygipc> (C) + +=item Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin + +C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Uuseperlio>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>, +C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles> + +=item Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin + +I, Win9x and C, Compiler/Preprocessor defines + +=back + +=item MAKE ON CYGWIN + +=over 4 + +=item Warnings on Cygwin + +=item ld2 on Cygwin + +=back + +=item TEST ON CYGWIN + +=over 4 + +=item File Permissions 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 Using perl as shipped with HP-UX + +=item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX + +=item PA-RISC + +=item PA-RISC 1.0 + +=item PA-RISC 1.1 + +=item PA-RISC 2.0 + +=item Itanium + +=item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions + +=item Itanium Processor Family and HP-UX + +=item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX + +=item The HP ANSI C Compiler + +=item 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 NFS filesystems and utime(2) on HP-UX + +=item perl -P and // and HP-UX + +=item HP-UX Kernel Parameters (maxdsiz) for Compiling Perl + +=back + +=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent + +=item AUTHOR + +=item DATE + +=back + +=head2 perlhurd, README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Known Problems with Perl on Hurd + +=back + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen +systems + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Compiling Perl 5 on MachTen + +=item Failures during C on MachTen + +op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t + +=item Building external modules on MachTen + +=back + +=item AUTHOR + +=item DATE + +=back + +=head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic) + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item AUTHOR + +=item DATE + +=back + +=head2 perlmint, README.mint - Perl version 5 on Atari MiNT + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item Known problems with Perl on MiNT + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item NOTE + +=item Binary distribution from HP + +=item What's New in Perl for MPE/iX + +=item Welcome to Perl/iX + +=item System Requirements for Perl/iX + +=item How to Obtain Perl/iX + +=item Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights + +README, INSTALL, LIBSHP3K, PERL, .cpan/, lib/, man/, +public_html/feedback.cgi, src/perl-5.6.0-mpe + +=item How to Compile Perl/iX + + 4, 6 + +=item Getting Started with Perl/iX + +=item MPE/iX Implementation Considerations + +=item Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation + +=item Perl/iX To-Do List + +=item Perl/iX Change History + +=item AUTHOR + +=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 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=back + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Target + +=item Other OSes + +=item Prerequisites + +EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh + +=item Starting Perl programs under OS/2 (and DOS and...) + +=item Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl + +=back + +=item Frequently asked questions + +=over 4 + +=item "It does not work" + +=item I cannot run external programs + +=item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F from my +program. + +Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use +L? + +=item C<``> and pipe-C do not work under DOS. + +=item Cannot start C + +=back + +=item INSTALLATION + +=over 4 + +=item Automatic binary installation + +C, C, F + +=item Manual binary installation + +Perl VIO and PM executables (dynamically linked), Perl_ VIO executable +(statically linked), Executables for Perl utilities, Main Perl library, +Additional Perl modules, Tools to compile Perl modules, Manpages for Perl +and utilities, Manpages for Perl modules, Source for Perl documentation, +Perl manual in F<.INF> format, Pdksh + +=item B + +=back + +=item Accessing documentation + +=over 4 + +=item OS/2 F<.INF> file + +=item Plain text + +=item Manpages + +=item HTML + +=item GNU C files + +=item F<.PDF> files + +=item C docs + +=back + +=item BUILD + +=over 4 + +=item The short story + +=item Prerequisites + +=item Getting perl source + +=item Application of the patches + +=item Hand-editing + +=item Making + +=item Testing + +A lot of C, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F, +F + +=item Installing the built perl + +=item C-style build + +=back + +=item Build FAQ + +=over 4 + +=item Some C became C<\> in pdksh. + +=item C<'errno'> - unresolved external + +=item Problems with tr or sed + +=item Some problem (forget which ;-) + +=item Library ... not found + +=item Segfault in make + +=item op/sprintf test failure + +=back + +=item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port + +=over 4 + +=item C, C + +=item C + +=item C on the first line + +=item Additional modules: + +=item Prebuilt methods: + +C, 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 + +=item Identifying DLLs + +=item Centralized management of resources + +C, C + +=back + +=item Perl flavors + +=over 4 + +=item F + +=item F + +=item F + +=item F + +=item Why strange names? + +=item Why dynamic linking? + +=item Why chimera build? + +=back + +=item ENVIRONMENT + +=over 4 + +=item C + +=item C + +=item C + +=item C + +=item C + +=item C or C + +=back + +=item Evolution + +=over 4 + +=item Priorities + +=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 + +=item Calls to external programs + +=item Memory allocation + +=item Threads + +C, F + +=back + +=item BUGS + +=back + +=over 4 + +=item AUTHOR + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390 +and z/OS + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Tools + +=item Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390 + +=item Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390 + +=item Configure Perl on OS/390 + +=item Build, Test, Install Perl on OS/390 + +=item Build Anomalies with Perl on OS/390 + +=item Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390 + +=item Installation Anomalies with Perl on OS/390 + +=item Usage Hints for Perl on OS/390 + +=item Floating Point Anomalies with Perl on OS/390 + +=item Modules and Extensions for Perl on OS/390 + +=back + +=item AUTHORS + +=item SEE ALSO + +=over 4 + +=item Mailing list for Perl on OS/390 + +=back + +=item HISTORY + +=back + +=head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4 + +/bin/sh, ar, nm, cpp, make + +=item Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4 + +=item QNX auxiliary files + +qnx/ar, qnx/cpp + +=item Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6 + +=back + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl + +=over 4 + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Invoking Perl + +=item What's in Plan 9 Perl + +=item What's not in Plan 9 Perl + +=item Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl + +=item Signals in Plan 9 Perl + +=back + +=item COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9 + +=over 4 + +=item 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 + +=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent + +=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, $?, $| + +=item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences + +=over 4 + +=item SDBM_File + +=back + +=item Revision date + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=over 4 + +=item Multiple methods to build perl for VOS + +=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 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Setting Up Perl on Win32 + +Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Mingw32 with GCC + +=item Building + +=item Testing Perl on Win32 + +=item Installation of Perl on Win32 + +=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 +Extensions, Running Perl Scripts, Miscellaneous Things + +=back + +=item BUGS AND CAVEATS + +=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 + +=back + +=head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION + +=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated) + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +method, locked + +=back + +=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=back + +=head2 threadshared::shared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing +data structures between threads + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item EXPORT + +=item FUNCTIONS + +share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, unlock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, +cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE + +=item NOTES + +=item BUGS + +=item AUTHOR + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads +from perl + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +$thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach, +threads->self, $thread->tid + +=item TODO + +Fix so the return value is returned when you join, Add join_all, Fix memory +leaks! + +=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT + +=item BUGS + +creating a thread from within a thread is unsafe under win32, +PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Built-in Attributes + +locked, method, lvalue + +=item Available Subroutines + +get, reftype + +=item Package-specific Attribute Handling + +FETCH_I_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I_ATTRIBUTES + +=item Syntax of Attribute Lists + +=back + +=item EXPORTS + +=over 4 + +=item Default exports + +=item Available exports + +=item Export tags defined + +=back + +=item EXAMPLES + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated) + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +method, locked + +=back + +=head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item WARNING + +=item AUTHOR + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item HISTORY + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item BUGS + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character +semantics + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal +escapes. + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item CUSTOM TRANSLATORS + +=item charnames::viacode(code) + +=item charnames::vianame(code) + +=item ILLEGAL CHARACTERS + +=item BUGS + +=back + +=head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item NOTES + +=over 4 + +=item List constants + +=item Defining multiple constants at once + +=item Magic constants + +=back + +=item TECHNICAL NOTES + +=item BUGS + +=item AUTHOR + +=item COPYRIGHT + +=back + +=head2 diagnostics - Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning +diagnostics + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item The C Pragma + +=item The I Program + +=back + +=item EXAMPLES + +=item INTERNALS + +=item BUGS + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 encoding - pragma to control the conversion of legacy data into +Unicode + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item KNOWN PROBLEMS + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 fields - compile-time class fields + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +new, phash + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item subpragma access + +=back + +=back + +=head2 if - C a Perl module if a condition holds + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item BUGS + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating +point + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=back + +=head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=back + +=head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=over 4 + +=item Adding directories to @INC + +=item Deleting directories from @INC + +=item Restoring original @INC + +=back + +=item CAVEATS + +=item SEE ALSO + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in +operations + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=back + +=head2 open - perl pragma to set default disciplines for input and output + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY + +=item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back -=item Changes in existing modules +=head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations -Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File, -MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd +=over 4 -=back +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Utility Changes +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Documentation Changes +=over 4 -=item New Diagnostics +=item Declaration of overloaded functions -Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or use &, Bad index -while coercing array into hash, Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent -package, Can't call method "%s" on an undefined value, Can't check -filesystem of script "%s" for nosuid, Can't coerce array into hash, Can't -goto subroutine from an eval-string, Can't localize pseudo-hash element, -Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available, Cannot find an opnumber -for "%s", Character class syntax [. .] is reserved for future extensions, -Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Character -class syntax [= =] is reserved for future extensions, %s: Eval-group in -insecure regular expression, %s: Eval-group not allowed, use re 'eval', %s: -Eval-group not allowed at run time, Explicit blessing to '' (assuming -package main), Illegal hex digit ignored, No such array field, No such -field "%s" in variable %s of type %s, Out of memory during ridiculously -large request, Range iterator outside integer range, Recursive inheritance -detected while looking for method '%s' %s, Reference found where even-sized -list expected, Undefined value assigned to typeglob, Use of reserved word -"%s" is deprecated, perl: warning: Setting locale failed +=item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations -=item Obsolete Diagnostics +FALSE, TRUE, C -Can't mktemp(), Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s, Cannot open -temporary file, regexp too big +=item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations -=item Configuration Changes +=item Calling Conventions for Mutators -=item BUGS +C<++> and C<-->, C and other assignment versions -=item SEE ALSO +=item Overloadable Operations -=item HISTORY +I, I, I, +I, I, I, I, I, I + +=item Inheritance and overloading + +Strings as values of C directive, Overloading of an operation +is inherited by derived classes =back -=head2 perl5004delta, perldelta - what's new for perl5.004 +=item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C =over 4 -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Last Resort -=item Supported Environments +=item Fallback -=item Core Changes +C, TRUE, defined, but FALSE -=over 4 +=item Copy Constructor -=item List assignment to %ENV works +B -=item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error +=back -=item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003 +=item MAGIC AUTOGENERATION -=item $PERL5OPT environment variable +I, I, +I, C, I, I, +I, I, I, I, +I -=item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options +=item Losing overloading -=item More precise warnings +=item Run-time Overloading -=item Deprecated: Inherited C for non-methods +=item Public functions -=item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable +overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op) -=item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified +=item Overloading constants -=item Group vector changeable with C<$)> +integer, float, binary, q, qr -=item Fixed parsing of $$, &$, etc. +=item IMPLEMENTATION -=item Fixed localization of $, $&, etc. +=item Metaphor clash -=item No resetting of $. on implicit close +=item Cookbook -=item C may return undef +=over 4 -=item C determines value of EXPR in scalar context +=item Two-face scalars -=item Changes to tainting checks +=item Two-face references -No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No -spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name +=item Symbolic calculator -=item New Opcode module and revised Safe module +=item I symbolic calculator -=item Embedding improvements +=back -=item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes +=item AUTHOR -=item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface +=item DIAGNOSTICS -=item New and changed syntax +Odd number of arguments for overload::constant, `%s' is not an overloadable +type, `%s' is not a code reference -$coderef->(PARAMS) +=item BUGS -=item New and changed builtin constants +=back -__PACKAGE__ +=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour -=item New and changed builtin variables +=over 4 -$^E, $^H, $^M +=item SYNOPSIS -=item New and changed builtin functions +=item DESCRIPTION -delete on slices, flock, printf and sprintf, keys as an lvalue, my() in -Control Structures, pack() and unpack(), sysseek(), use VERSION, use Module -VERSION LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), srand, $_ as Default, C does not -reset search position on failure, C ignores whitespace before ?*+{}, -nested C closures work now, formats work right on changing lexicals +=back -=item New builtin methods +=head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling -isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] ) +=over 4 -=item TIEHANDLE now supported +=item SYNOPSIS -TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this -LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Malloc enhancements +=item OPTIONS --DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE +=over 4 -=item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements +=item SIGNAL HANDLERS + +B, B, B I + +=item SIGNAL LISTS + +B, B, B + +=item OTHER + +B, B, I, I =back -=item Support for More Operating Systems +=item EXAMPLES -=over 4 +=back -=item Win32 +=head2 sort - perl pragma to control sort() behaviour -=item Plan 9 +=over 4 -=item QNX +=item SYNOPSIS -=item AmigaOS +=item DESCRIPTION =back -=item Pragmata +=head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs -use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3), use blib, use blib 'dir', use -constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish +=over 4 -=item Modules +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +C, C, C + +=back + +=head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names =over 4 -=item Required Updates +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Installation directories +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Module information summary +=back -=item Fcntl +=head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads +from perl -=item IO +=over 4 -=item Math::Complex +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Math::Trig +=item DESCRIPTION -=item DB_File +$thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach, +threads->self, $thread->tid -=item Net::Ping +=item TODO -=item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators +Fix so the return value is returned when you join, Add join_all, Fix memory +leaks! + +=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT + +=item BUGS + +creating a thread from within a thread is unsafe under win32, +PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be + +=item SEE ALSO =back -=item Utility Changes +=head2 threadshared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data +structures between threads =over 4 -=item pod2html +=item SYNOPSIS -Sends converted HTML to standard output +=item DESCRIPTION -=item xsubpp +=item EXPORT -C XSUBs now default to returning nothing +=item FUNCTIONS -=back +share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, unlock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, +cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE -=item C Language API Changes +=item NOTES -C and C, C, Extended API for -manipulating hashes +=item BUGS -=item Documentation Changes +=item AUTHOR -L, L, L, L, L, -L, L, L +=item SEE ALSO -=item New Diagnostics +=back -"my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope, %s argument is -not a HASH element or slice, Allocation too large: %lx, Allocation too -large, Applying %s to %s will act on scalar(%s), Attempt to free -nonexistent shared string, Attempt to use reference as lvalue in substr, -Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package, Can't redefine active sort -subroutine %s, Can't use bareword ("%s") as %s ref while "strict refs" in -use, Cannot resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Constant -subroutine %s redefined, Constant subroutine %s undefined, Copy method did -not return a reference, Died, Exiting pseudo-block via %s, Identifier too -long, Illegal character %s (carriage return), Illegal switch in PERL5OPT: -%s, Integer overflow in hex number, Integer overflow in octal number, -internal error: glob failed, Invalid conversion in %s: "%s", Invalid type -in pack: '%s', Invalid type in unpack: '%s', Name "%s::%s" used only once: -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 %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 +=head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source +code + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS -=item BUGS +=item DESCRIPTION -=item SEE ALSO +=over 4 -=item HISTORY +=item Utility functions + +$num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string);, utf8::downgrade($string[, CHECK]), +utf8::encode($string), $flag = utf8::decode($string) =back -=head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems +=item SEE ALSO -=over 4 +=back -=item DESCRIPTION +=head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete) =over 4 -=item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX +=item SYNOPSIS -=item OS level +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX +=back -=item The IBM ANSI C Compiler +=head2 vmsish - Perl pragma to control VMS-specific language features -=item Using GNU's gcc for building perl +=over 4 -=item Using Large Files with Perl +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Threaded Perl +=item DESCRIPTION -=item 64-bit Perl +C, C, C, C -=item GDBM and Threads +=back -=item NFS filesystems and utime(2) +=head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings -=back +=over 4 -=item AUTHOR +=item SYNOPSIS -=item DATE +=item DESCRIPTION + +use warnings::register, warnings::enabled(), warnings::enabled($category), +warnings::enabled($object), warnings::warn($message), +warnings::warn($category, $message), warnings::warn($object, $message), +warnings::warnif($message), warnings::warnif($category, $message), +warnings::warnif($object, $message) =back -=head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS +=head2 warnings::register - warnings import function =over 4 =item SYNOPSIS +=item DESCRIPTION + =back -=over 4 +=head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION -=item DESCRIPTION +=head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs =over 4 -=item Prerequisites +=item SYNOPSIS -B, B +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS +=over 4 -=item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS +=item DBM Comparisons -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 +[0], [1], [2], [3] =back -=item INSTALLATION +=item SEE ALSO -=item Accessing documentation +=back + +=head2 Attribute::Handlers - Simpler definition of attribute handlers =over 4 -=item Manpages +=item VERSION -=item B +=item SYNOPSIS -=item B C files +=item DESCRIPTION -=item C docs +[0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5] -=back +=over 4 -=item BUILD +=item Typed lexicals -=over 4 +=item Type-specific attribute handlers -=item Prerequisites +=item Non-interpretive attribute handlers -=item Getting the perl source +=item Phase-specific attribute handlers -=item Making +=item Attributes as C interfaces - remember to use a hefty wad of stack (I use 2000000) +=back -=item Testing +=item EXAMPLES -=item Installing the built perl +=item DIAGNOSTICS -=back +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C -=item AUTHORS +=item AUTHOR -=item SEE ALSO +=item BUGS + +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000. +=head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand =over 4 @@ -5706,268 +8806,309 @@ finally close()d =over 4 -=item gzip +=item Subroutine Stubs -=item bison +=item Using B's AUTOLOAD Subroutine -=item Unpacking +=item Overriding B's AUTOLOAD Subroutine -=item Compiling +=item Package Lexicals -=item Testing +=item Not Using AutoLoader -=item Install +=item B vs. B -=item Using Perl in the Posix-Shell +=back -=item Using Perl in "native" BS2000 +=item CAVEATS -=item Floating point anomalies +=item SEE ALSO =back -=item AUTHORS +=head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading -=item SEE ALSO +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +$keep, $check, $modtime =over 4 -=item Mailing list +=item Multiple packages =back -=item HISTORY +=item DIAGNOSTICS =back -=head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin +=head2 B - The Perl Compiler =over 4 =item SYNOPSIS -=item PREREQUISITES +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES =over 4 -=item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it) +=item SV-RELATED CLASSES -=item Cygwin Configuration +=item B::SV METHODS -C, I, Permissions +REFCNT, FLAGS -=back +=item B::IV METHODS -=item CONFIGURE +IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv -=over 4 +=item B::NV METHODS -=item Strip Binaries +NV, NVX -=item Optional Libraries +=item B::RV METHODS -C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C), C<-ldb> (C), -C<-lcygipc> (C) +RV -=item Configure-time Options +=item B::PV METHODS -C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>, C<-Duseperlio>, -C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles> +PV, RV, PVX -=item Suspicious Warnings +=item B::PVMG METHODS -I, Win9x and C, Compiler/Preprocessor defines +MAGIC, SvSTASH -=back +=item B::MAGIC METHODS -=item MAKE +MOREMAGIC, precomp, PRIVATE, TYPE, FLAGS, OBJ, PTR, REGEX -=over 4 +=item B::PVLV METHODS -=item Warnings +TARGOFF, TARGLEN, TYPE, TARG -=item ld2 +=item B::BM METHODS -=back +USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE -=item TEST +=item B::GV METHODS -=over 4 +is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN, +LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS -=item File Permissions +=item B::IO METHODS -=item Hard Links +LINES, PAGE, PAGE_LEN, LINES_LEFT, TOP_NAME, TOP_GV, FMT_NAME, FMT_GV, +BOTTOM_NAME, BOTTOM_GV, SUBPROCESS, IoTYPE, IoFLAGS, IsSTD -=item Filetime Granularity +=item B::AV METHODS -=item Tainting Checks +FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, AvFLAGS -=item /etc/group +=item B::CV METHODS -=item Script Portability +STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, XSUB, XSUBANY, +CvFLAGS, const_sv -Pathnames, Text/Binary, F<.exe>, chown(), Miscellaneous +=item B::HV METHODS -=back +FILL, MAX, KEYS, RITER, NAME, PMROOT, ARRAY -=item INSTALL +=item OP-RELATED CLASSES -=item MANIFEST +=item B::OP METHODS -Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl -Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts +next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, seq, flags, private -=item BUGS +=item B::UNOP METHOD -=item AUTHORS +first -=item HISTORY +=item B::BINOP METHOD -=back +last -=head2 perldgux - Perl under DG/UX. +=item B::LOGOP METHOD -=over 4 +other -=item SYNOPSIS +=item B::LISTOP METHOD -=back +children -=over 4 +=item B::PMOP METHODS -=item DESCRIPTION +pmreplroot, pmreplstart, pmnext, pmregexp, pmflags, pmdynflags, +pmpermflags, precomp, pmoffet -=item BUILD +=item B::SVOP METHOD -=over 4 +sv, gv -=item Non-threaded Case +=item B::PADOP METHOD -=item Threaded Case +padix -=item Testing +=item B::PVOP METHOD -=item Installing the built perl +pv + +=item B::LOOP METHODS + +redoop, nextop, lastop + +=item B::COP METHODS + +label, stash, file, cop_seq, arybase, line =back -=item AUTHOR +=item FUNCTIONS EXPORTED BY C -=item SEE ALSO +main_cv, init_av, begin_av, end_av, main_root, main_start, comppadlist, +regex_padav, sv_undef, sv_yes, sv_no, amagic_generation, walkoptree(OP, +METHOD), walkoptree_debug(DEBUG), walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE, +PREFIX), svref_2object(SV), ppname(OPNUM), hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c, +cstring(STR), class(OBJ), threadsv_names + +=item AUTHOR =back -=head2 perlepoc, README.epoc - Perl for EPOC +=head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate +bytecode =over 4 =item SYNOPSIS -=item INTRODUCTION +=item DESCRIPTION -=item INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC +%insn_data, @insn_name, @optype, @specialsv_name -=item STARTING PERL ON EPOC +=item AUTHOR -=item STOPPING PERL ON EPOC +=back -=item USING PERL ON EPOC +=head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode =over 4 -=item I/O Redirection +=item SYNOPSIS -=item PATH Names +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Editors +=item AUTHORS -=item Features +=back -=item Restrictions +=head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks -=item Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment +=over 4 -=back +=item SYNOPSIS -=item SUPPORT STATUS +=item DESCRIPTION -=item AUTHOR +=over 4 -=item LAST UPDATE +=item Functions + +B =back -=head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix -(HP-UX) systems +=item AUTHOR -=over 4 +=back -=item DESCRIPTION +=head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend =over 4 -=item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX +=item SYNOPSIS -=item PA-RISC +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item OPTIONS -=item PA-RISC 1.0 +B<-ofilename>, B<-afilename>, B<-->, B<-f>, B<-fcompress-nullops>, +B<-fomit-sequence-numbers>, B<-fbypass-nullops>, B<-On>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, +B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-upackage> -=item PA-RISC 1.1 +=item EXAMPLES -=item PA-RISC 2.0 +=item BUGS -=item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions +=item AUTHORS -=item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX +=back -=item The HP ANSI C Compiler +=head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend -=item Using Large Files with Perl +=over 4 -=item Threaded Perl +=item SYNOPSIS -=item 64-bit Perl +=item DESCRIPTION -=item GDBM and Threads +=item OPTIONS -=item NFS filesystems and utime(2) +B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, B<-Dc>, B<-DA>, +B<-DC>, B<-DM>, B<-f>, B<-fcog>, B<-fsave-data>, B<-fppaddr>, B<-fwarn-sv>, +B<-fuse-script-name>, B<-fsave-sig-hash>, B<-On>, B<-O0>, B<-O1>, B<-O2>, +B<-llimit> -=item perl -P and // +=item EXAMPLES -=back +=item BUGS =item AUTHOR -=item DATE - =back -=head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen -systems +=head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend =over 4 +=item SYNOPSIS + =item DESCRIPTION +=item OPTIONS + +B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-mModulename>, B<-D>, B<-Dr>, +B<-DO>, B<-Ds>, B<-Dp>, B<-Dq>, B<-Dl>, B<-Dt>, B<-f>, +B<-ffreetmps-each-bblock>, B<-ffreetmps-each-loop>, B<-fomit-taint>, B<-On> + +=item EXAMPLES + +=item BUGS + +=item DIFFERENCES + =over 4 -=item Compiling Perl 5 on MachTen +=item Loops -=item Failures during C +=item Context of ".." -op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t +=item Arithmetic -=item Building external modules +=item Deprecated features =back =item AUTHOR -=item DATE - =back -=head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic) +=head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops =over 4 @@ -5975,285 +9116,274 @@ op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t =item DESCRIPTION -=item AUTHOR +=item OPTIONS -=item DATE +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> -=back +=item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS -=head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE +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> -=head1 SYNOPSIS +=item ABBREVIATIONS =over 4 -=item What's New - -=item System Requirements - -=item How to Obtain Perl/iX - -=item Distribution Contents Highlights +=item OP flags abbreviations -README, public_html/feedback.cgi, 4, 6 +=item OP class abbreviations -=item Getting Started with Perl/iX +=back -=item MPE/iX Implementation Considerations +=item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework -=item Change History +=item AUTHOR =back -=head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT. +=head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops =over 4 =item SYNOPSIS -=back - -=over 4 - =item DESCRIPTION -=over 4 +=item AUTHOR -=item Target +=back -=item Other OSes +=head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code -=item Prerequisites +=over 4 -EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Starting Perl programs under OS/2 (and DOS and...) +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl +=item OPTIONS -=back +B<-l>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-q>, B<-f>I, B<-s>I, B, +BI, B, BIB<.>, B<-x>I -=item Frequently asked questions +=item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE =over 4 -=item "It does not work" +=item Synopsis -=item I cannot run external programs +=item Description -=item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F from my -program. +=item new -Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use -L? +=item ambient_pragmas -=item C<``> and pipe-C do not work under DOS. +strict, $[, bytes, utf8, integer, re, warnings, hint_bits, warning_bits -=item Cannot start C +=item coderef2text =back -=item INSTALLATION +=item BUGS -=over 4 +=item AUTHOR -=item Automatic binary installation +=back -C, C, F +=head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode -=item Manual binary installation +=over 4 -Perl VIO and PM executables (dynamically linked), Perl_ VIO executable -(statically linked), Executables for Perl utilities, Main Perl library, -Additional Perl modules, Tools to compile Perl modules, Manpages for Perl -and utilities, Manpages for Perl modules, Source for Perl documentation, -Perl manual in F<.INF> format, Pdksh +=item SYNOPSIS -=item B +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item AUTHOR =back -=item Accessing documentation +=head2 B::Lint - Perl lint =over 4 -=item OS/2 F<.INF> file +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Plain text +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Manpages +=item OPTIONS AND LINT CHECKS -=item HTML +B, B and B, B, +B, B, B, B, B -=item GNU C files +=item NON LINT-CHECK OPTIONS -=item F<.PDF> files +B<-u Package> -=item C docs +=item BUGS + +=item AUTHOR =back -=item BUILD +=head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends =over 4 -=item The short story +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Prerequisites +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Getting perl source +=item CONVENTIONS -=item Application of the patches +=item IMPLEMENTATION -=item Hand-editing +=item AUTHOR -=item Making +=back -=item Testing +=head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files -A lot of C, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F, -F +=over 4 -=item Installing the built perl +=item SYNOPSIS -=item C-style build +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item AUTHOR =back -=item Build FAQ +=head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend =over 4 -=item Some C became C<\> in pdksh. - -=item C<'errno'> - unresolved external - -=item Problems with tr or sed - -=item Some problem (forget which ;-) - -=item Library ... not found +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Segfault in make +=item DESCRIPTION -=item op/sprintf test failure +=item AUTHOR =back -=item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port - -=over 4 +=head2 B::Stash - show what stashes are loaded -=item C, C +=head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops -=item C +=over 4 -=item C on the first line +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Additional modules: +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Prebuilt methods: +=item AUTHOR -C, 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 +=back -=item Prebuilt variables: +=head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs -$OS2::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver +=over 4 -=item Misfeatures +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Modifications +=item DESCRIPTION -C, C, C, C, C, C, C, -C +=item OPTIONS -=item Identifying DLLs +C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-D[tO]> -=item Centralized management of resources +=item BUGS -C, C +=item AUTHOR =back -=item Perl flavors +=head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks =over 4 -=item F +=item SYNOPSIS -=item F +=item DESCRIPTION -=item F +=over 4 -=item F +=item Functions -=item Why strange names? +B -=item Why dynamic linking? +=back -=item Why chimera build? +=item AUTHOR =back -=item ENVIRONMENT +=head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code =over 4 -=item C +=item SYNOPSIS -=item C +=item DESCRIPTION -=item C +=over 4 -=item C +=item Methods -=item C +new, debug, iters -=item C or C +=item Standard Exports -=back +timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis ( COUNT, CODE, [ TITLE, [ STYLE ]] ), +timethese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), timediff ( T1, T2 ), timestr ( +TIMEDIFF, [ STYLE, [ FORMAT ] ] ) -=item Evolution +=item Optional Exports -=over 4 +clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUT, CODEHASHREF, [ +STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), countit(TIME, CODE), +disablecache ( ), enablecache ( ), timesum ( T1, T2 ) -=item Priorities +=back -=item DLL name mangling +=item NOTES -=item Threading +=item EXAMPLES -=item Calls to external programs +=item INHERITANCE -=item Memory allocation +=item CAVEATS -=item Threads +=item SEE ALSO -C, F +=item AUTHORS -=back +=item MODIFICATION HISTORY =back +=head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code + =over 4 +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + =item AUTHOR =item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390. +=head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend =over 4 @@ -6261,311 +9391,343 @@ C, F =item DESCRIPTION -=over 4 +=item OPTIONS -=item Unpacking +B<-ofilename>, B<-afilename>, B<-->, B<-f>, B<-fcompress-nullops>, +B<-fomit-sequence-numbers>, B<-fbypass-nullops>, B<-On>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, +B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-upackage> -=item Setup and utilities +=item EXAMPLES -=item Configure +=item BUGS -=item Build, test, install +=item AUTHORS -=item build anomalies +=back -=item testing anomalies +=head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class -=item installation anomalies +=over 4 -=item Usage Hints +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Floating point anomalies +=item ABSTRACT -=item Modules and Extensions +=item DESCRIPTION -=back +=over 4 -=item AUTHORS +=item PROGRAMMING STYLE -=item SEE ALSO +=item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES -=over 4 +=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE): -=item Mailing list +=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE -=back +=item FETCHING A LIST OF KEYWORDS FROM THE QUERY: -=item HISTORY +=item FETCHING THE NAMES OF ALL THE PARAMETERS PASSED TO YOUR SCRIPT: -=back +=item FETCHING THE VALUE OR VALUES OF A SINGLE NAMED PARAMETER: -=head2 perlsolaris, README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems +=item SETTING THE VALUE(S) OF A NAMED PARAMETER: -=over 4 +=item APPENDING ADDITIONAL VALUES TO A NAMED PARAMETER: -=item DESCRIPTION +=item IMPORTING ALL PARAMETERS INTO A NAMESPACE: -=over 4 +=item DELETING A PARAMETER COMPLETELY: -=item Solaris Version Numbers. +=item DELETING ALL PARAMETERS: -=back +=item DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARAMETER LIST: -=item RESOURCES +=item FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH: -Solaris FAQ, Precompiled Binaries, Solaris Documentation +=item SAVING THE STATE OF THE SCRIPT TO A FILE: -=item SETTING UP +=item RETRIEVING CGI ERRORS -=over 4 +=item USING THE FUNCTION-ORIENTED INTERFACE -=item File Extraction Problems. +B<:cgi>, B<:form>, B<:html2>, B<:html3>, B<:html4>, B<:netscape>, B<:html>, +B<:standard>, B<:all> + +=item PRAGMAS + +-any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_undef_params, -no_xhtml, -nph, +-newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, -no_debug, -debug, +-private_tempfiles -=item Compiler and Related Tools. +=item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS -=item Environment +1. start_table() (generates a tag), 2. end_table() (generates a +
tag), 3. start_ul() (generates a
    tag), 4. end_ul() (generates +a
tag) =back -=item RUN CONFIGURE. +=item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS =over 4 -=item 64-bit Issues. +=item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER: -=item Threads. +=item GENERATING A REDIRECTION HEADER -=item Malloc Issues. +=item CREATING THE HTML DOCUMENT HEADER -=back +B, 4, 5, 6.. -=item MAKE PROBLEMS. +=item ENDING THE HTML DOCUMENT: -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 CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION: -=item MAKE TEST +=item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL -=over 4 +B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query> +(B<-query_string>), B<-base> -=item op/stat.t test 4 +=item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS =back -=item PREBUILT BINARIES. - -=item RUNTIME ISSUES. +=item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS: =over 4 -=item Limits on Numbers of Open Files. - -=back +=item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS -=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC MODULES. +=item THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF HTML SHORTCUTS -=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH MODULES. +=item HTML SHORTCUTS AND LIST INTERPOLATION -=over 4 +=item NON-STANDARD HTML SHORTCUTS -=item Proc::ProcessTable +=item AUTOESCAPING HTML -=item BSD::Resource +$escaped_string = escapeHTML("unescaped string");, $charset = +charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]); -=item Net::SSLeay +=item PRETTY-PRINTING HTML =back -=item AUTHOR +=item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS: -=item LAST MODIFIED +=over 4 -=back +=item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG -=head2 perlvmesa, README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA. +=item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM -=over 4 +B, B -=item SYNOPSIS +=item CREATING A TEXT FIELD -=item DESCRIPTION +B -=over 4 +=item CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD -=item Unpacking +=item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD -=item Setup and utilities +=item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD -=item Configure +B -Don't turn on the compiler optimization flag "-O". There's a bug in the -compiler (APAR PQ18812) that generates some bad code the optimizer is on, -As VM/ESA doesn't fully support the fork() API programs relying on this -call will not work. I've replaced fork()/exec() with spawn() and the -standalone exec() with spawn(). This has a side effect when opening unnamed -pipes in a shell script: there is no child process generated under +=item CREATING A POPUP MENU -=item testing anomalies +=item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST -=item Usage Hints +B -When using perl on VM/ESA please keep in mind that the EBCDIC and ASCII -character sets are different. Perl builtin functions that may behave -differently under EBCDIC are mentioned in the perlport.pod document. +=item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES -=back +B -=item AUTHORS +=item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX -=item SEE ALSO +B -=over 4 +=item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP -=item Mailing list +B -=back +=item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON -=back +B -=head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl +=item CREATING A RESET BUTTON -=over 4 +=item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON -=item DESCRIPTION +=item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD -=item Installation +B -=item Organization of Perl Images +=item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON -=over 4 +B, 3. The third option (-align, optional) is an alignment +type, and may be TOP, BOTTOM or MIDDLE -=item Core Images +=item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON -=item Perl Extensions +=back -=item Installing static extensions +=item HTTP COOKIES -=item Installing dynamic extensions +1. an expiration time, 2. a domain, 3. a path, 4. a "secure" flag, +B<-name>, B<-value>, B<-path>, B<-domain>, B<-expires>, B<-secure> -=back +=item WORKING WITH FRAMES -=item File specifications +1. Create a document, 2. Specify the destination for the +document in the HTTP header, 3. Specify the destination for the document in +the
tag -=over 4 +=item LIMITED SUPPORT FOR CASCADING STYLE SHEETS -=item Syntax +=item DEBUGGING -=item Wildcard expansion +=over 4 -=item Pipes +=item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS =back -=item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB +=item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES -=item Command line +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 -=over 4 +=item USING NPH SCRIPTS -=item I/O redirection and backgrounding +In the B statement, By calling the B method:, By using B<-nph> +parameters -=item Command line switches +=item Server Push --i, -S, -u +multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final() -=back +=item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks -=item Perl functions +B<$CGI::POST_MAX>, B<$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS>, B<1. On a script-by-script +basis>, B<2. Globally for all scripts> -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 COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL -=item Perl variables +=item AUTHOR INFORMATION + +=item CREDITS + +Matt Heffron (heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com), James Taylor +(james.taylor@srs.gov), Scott Anguish , Mike Jewell +(mlj3u@virginia.edu), Timothy Shimmin (tes@kbs.citri.edu.au), Joergen Haegg +(jh@axis.se), Laurent Delfosse (delfosse@delfosse.com), Richard Resnick +(applepi1@aol.com), Craig Bishop (csb@barwonwater.vic.gov.au), Tony Curtis +(tc@vcpc.univie.ac.at), Tim Bunce (Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk), Tom Christiansen +(tchrist@convex.com), Andreas Koenig (k@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE), Tim +MacKenzie (Tim.MacKenzie@fulcrum.com.au), Kevin B. Hendricks +(kbhend@dogwood.tyler.wm.edu), Stephen Dahmen (joyfire@inxpress.net), Ed +Jordan (ed@fidalgo.net), David Alan Pisoni (david@cnation.com), Doug +MacEachern (dougm@opengroup.org), Robin Houston (robin@oneworld.org), +...and many many more.. + +=item A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT + +=item BUGS + +=item SEE ALSO -%ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $^S, $| +=back -=item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences +=head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm =over 4 -=item SDBM_File +=item SYNOPSIS -=back +=item ABSTRACT -=item Revision date +=item DESCRIPTION -=item AUTHOR +=item AUTHOR INFORMATION + +=item BUGS + +=item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS +=head2 CGI::Carp, B - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or +other) error log =over 4 =item SYNOPSIS -=over 4 - -=item Stratus POSIX Support +=item DESCRIPTION -=back +=item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES -=item INSTALLING PERL IN VOS +=item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW =over 4 -=item Compiling Perl 5 on VOS - -=item Installing Perl 5 on VOS +=item Changing the default message =back -=item USING PERL IN VOS +=item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS -=over 4 +=item CHANGE LOG -=item Unimplemented Features +=item AUTHORS -=item Restrictions +=item SEE ALSO =back -=item SUPPORT STATUS +=head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies -=item AUTHOR +=over 4 -=item LAST UPDATE +=item SYNOPSIS -=back +=item DESCRIPTION -=head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION +=item USING CGI::Cookie -=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated) +B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag> =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item Creating New Cookies -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Sending the Cookie to the Browser -method, locked +=item Recovering Previous Cookies -=back +=item Manipulating Cookies -=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour +B, B, B, B, B -=over 4 +=back -=item SYNOPSIS +=item AUTHOR INFORMATION -=item DESCRIPTION +=item BUGS + +=item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes +=head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI =over 4 @@ -6573,43 +9735,53 @@ method, locked =item DESCRIPTION -=over 4 +=item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE -=item Built-in Attributes +=item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS -locked, method, lvalue +=item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS -=item Available Subroutines +=item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS -get, reftype +=item EXTERNAL FASTCGI SERVER INVOCATION -=item Package-specific Attribute Handling +FCGI_SOCKET_PATH, FCGI_LISTEN_QUEUE -FETCH_I_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I_ATTRIBUTES +=item CAVEATS -=item Syntax of Attribute Lists +=item AUTHOR INFORMATION + +=item BUGS + +=item SEE ALSO =back -=item EXPORTS +=head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code =over 4 -=item Default exports +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Available exports +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Export tags defined +=over 4 + +=item Tags that won't be formatted + +=item Customizing the Indenting =back -=item EXAMPLES +=item BUGS + +=item AUTHOR =item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated) +=head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push =over 4 @@ -6617,41 +9789,47 @@ FETCH_I_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I_ATTRIBUTES =item DESCRIPTION -method, locked - -=back +=item USING CGI::Push -=head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used +-next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item Heterogeneous Pages -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly -=item WARNING +=back -=item AUTHOR +=item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS + +=item AUTHOR INFORMATION + +=item BUGS =item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time +=head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch =over 4 =item SYNOPSIS +=item ABSTRACT + =item DESCRIPTION -=item HISTORY +=item AUTHOR INFORMATION + +=item BUGS =item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package +=head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module =over 4 @@ -6659,14 +9837,13 @@ method, locked =item DESCRIPTION -=item BUGS +=item AUTHOR INFORMATION -=item AUTHOR +=item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character -semantics +=head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites =over 4 @@ -6674,73 +9851,117 @@ semantics =item DESCRIPTION -=item SEE ALSO - -=back +=over 4 -=head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal -escape. +=item Interactive Mode -=over 4 +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 SYNOPSIS +=item CPAN::Shell -=item DESCRIPTION +=item autobundle -=item CUSTOM TRANSLATORS +=item recompile -=item BUGS +=item The four C Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution -=back +=item Programmer's interface -=head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants +expand($type,@things), expandany(@things), Programming Examples -=over 4 +=item Methods in the other Classes -=item SYNOPSIS +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 DESCRIPTION +=item Cache Manager -=item NOTES +=item Bundles -=item TECHNICAL NOTE +=item Prerequisites -=item BUGS +=item Finding packages and VERSION -=item AUTHOR +=item Debugging -=item COPYRIGHT +=item Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode =back -=head2 diagnostics - Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning -diagnostics +=item CONFIGURATION + +Cscalar optionE>, Cscalar optionE +EvalueE>, Clist optionE>, Clist +optionE [shift|pop]>, Clist optionE +[unshift|push|splice] ElistE> =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item Note on urllist parameter's format -=item DESCRIPTION +=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 The C Pragma +=item Three basic types of firewalls -=item The I Program +http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade + +=item Configuring lynx or ncftp for going through a firewall =back -=item EXAMPLES +=item FAQ -=item INTERNALS +1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7), 8), 9), 10) =item BUGS =item AUTHOR +=item TRANSLATIONS + +=item SEE ALSO + =back -=head2 fields - compile-time class fields +=head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization =over 4 @@ -6748,13 +9969,22 @@ diagnostics =item DESCRIPTION -new, phash +=back -=item SEE ALSO +=head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS +module + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators +=head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller) =over 4 @@ -6764,14 +9994,17 @@ new, phash =over 4 -=item subpragma access +=item Forcing a Stack Trace =back +=item BUGS + =back -=head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating -point +=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 @@ -6779,19 +10012,21 @@ point =item DESCRIPTION -=back +=item FUNCTIONS -=head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler +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) -=over 4 +=item CAUTIONARY NOTES -=item SYNOPSIS +=item COPYRIGHT -=item DESCRIPTION +=item AUTHOR =back -=head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time +=head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes =over 4 @@ -6801,22 +10036,28 @@ point =over 4 -=item Adding directories to @INC +=item The C function -=item Deleting directories from @INC +=item Class Creation at Compile Time -=item Restoring original @INC +=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 SEE ALSO +=item EXAMPLES -=item AUTHOR +Example 1, Example 2, Example 3 + +=item Author and Modification History =back -=head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in -operations +=head2 Config - access Perl configuration information =over 4 @@ -6824,136 +10065,287 @@ operations =item DESCRIPTION -=back +myconfig(), config_sh(), config_vars(@names) -=head2 open - perl pragma to set default disciplines for input and output +=item EXAMPLE -=over 4 +=item WARNING -=item SYNOPSIS +=item GLOSSARY -=item DESCRIPTION +=over 4 -=item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY +=item _ -=item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS +C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o> -=item SEE ALSO +=item a -=back +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C -=head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling +=item b -=over 4 +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C -=item SYNOPSIS +=item c -=item DESCRIPTION +C, C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, 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 d -=back +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, +C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, +C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C -=head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations +=item e -=over 4 +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C -=item SYNOPSIS +=item f -=item DESCRIPTION +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C -=over 4 +=item g -=item Declaration of overloaded functions +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C -=item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations +=item h -FALSE, TRUE, C +C, C, C, C -=item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations +=item i -=item Calling Conventions for Mutators +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C -C<++> and C<-->, C and other assignment versions +=item k -=item Overloadable Operations +C, C -I, I, I, -I, I, I, I, I, I +=item l -=item Inheritance and overloading +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C -Strings as values of C directive, Overloading of an operation -is inherited by derived classes +=item m -=back +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C -=item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C +=item M -=over 4 +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C -=item Last Resort +=item n -=item Fallback +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C -C, TRUE, defined, but FALSE +=item o -=item Copy Constructor +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C -B +=item p -=back +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C -=item MAGIC AUTOGENERATION +=item P -I, I, -I, C, I, I, -I, I, I, I, -I +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C -=item Losing overloading +=item q -=item Run-time Overloading +C, C -=item Public functions +=item r -overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op) +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C -=item Overloading constants +=item s -integer, float, binary, q, qr +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, 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 IMPLEMENTATION +=item t -=item Metaphor clash +C, C, C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, C -=item Cookbook +=item u -=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 -=item Two-face scalars +=item v -=item Two-face references +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, +C, C, C -=item Symbolic calculator +=item x -=item I symbolic calculator +C, C -=back +=item y -=item AUTHOR +C, C -=item DIAGNOSTICS +=item z -Odd number of arguments for overload::constant, `%s' is not an overloadable -type, `%s' is not a code reference +C, C -=item BUGS +=back + +=item NOTE =back -=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour +=head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory =over 4 @@ -6961,9 +10353,29 @@ type, `%s' is not a code reference =item DESCRIPTION +=over 4 + +=item getcwd and friends + +getcwd, cwd, fastcwd, fastgetcwd + +=item abs_path and friends + +abs_path, realpath, fast_abs_path + +=item $ENV{PWD} + =back -=head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling +=item NOTES + +=item SEE ALSO + +=back + +=head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft, +subject to +change) =over 4 @@ -6971,29 +10383,34 @@ type, `%s' is not a code reference =item DESCRIPTION -=item OPTIONS - =over 4 -=item SIGNAL HANDLERS +=item Global Variables -B, B, B I + $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 SIGNAL LISTS +=item API Methods -B, B, B +CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'), +CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done() -=item OTHER +=item Client Callback Methods -B, B, I, I +CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(), +CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(), +CLIENT->output(LIST) =back -=item EXAMPLES +=item BUGS + +=item AUTHOR =back -=head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs +=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x =over 4 @@ -7001,156 +10418,136 @@ B, B, I, I =item DESCRIPTION -C, C, C +B, B, B -=back +=over 4 -=head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names +=item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or greater -=over 4 +=item Interface to Berkeley DB -=item SYNOPSIS +=item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Default Parameters + +=item In Memory Databases =back -=head2 unicode::distinct - Perl pragma to strictly distinguish UTF8 data -and non-UTF data. +=item DB_HASH =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item SEE ALSO +=item A Simple Example =back -=head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source -code +=item DB_BTREE =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Changing the BTREE sort order -=over 4 +=item Handling Duplicate Keys -=item Utility functions +=item The get_dup() Method -$num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string);, utf8::downgrade($string[, CHECK]), -utf8::encode($string), $flag = utf8::decode($string) +=item The find_dup() Method -=back +=item The del_dup() Method -=item SEE ALSO +=item Matching Partial Keys =back -=head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete) +=item DB_RECNO =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=back - -=head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings +=item The 'bval' Option -=over 4 +=item A Simple Example -=item SYNOPSIS +=item Extra RECNO Methods -=item DESCRIPTION +B<$X-Epush(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-Epop ;>, B<$X-Eshift>, +B<$X-Eunshift(list) ;>, B<$X-Elength>, B<$X-Esplice(offset, +length, elements);> -use warnings::register, warnings::enabled(), warnings::enabled($category), -warnings::enabled($object), warnings::warn($message), -warnings::warn($category, $message), warnings::warn($object, $message), -warnings::warnif($message), warnings::warnif($category, $message), -warnings::warnif($object, $message) +=item Another Example =back -=head2 warnings::register - warnings import function - -=head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION - -=head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs +=item THE API INTERFACE -=over 4 +B<$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 SYNOPSIS +=item DBM FILTERS -=item DESCRIPTION +B, B, B, +B =over 4 -=item DBM Comparisons - -[0], [1], [2], [3] +=item The Filter -=back +=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem. -=item SEE ALSO +=item Another Example -- Key is a C int. =back -=head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand +=item HINTS AND TIPS =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item Locking: The Trouble with fd -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Safe ways to lock a database -=over 4 +B, B, B -=item Subroutine Stubs +=item Sharing Databases With C Applications -=item Using B's AUTOLOAD Subroutine +=item The untie() Gotcha -=item Overriding B's AUTOLOAD Subroutine +=back -=item Package Lexicals +=item COMMON QUESTIONS -=item Not Using AutoLoader +=over 4 -=item B vs. B +=item Why is there Perl source in my database? -=back +=item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File? -=item CAVEATS +=item What does "Invalid Argument" mean? -=item SEE ALSO +=item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean? =back -=head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS +=item REFERENCES -=item DESCRIPTION +=item HISTORY -$keep, $check, $modtime +=item BUGS -=over 4 +=item AVAILABILITY -=item Multiple packages +=item COPYRIGHT -=back +=item SEE ALSO -=item DIAGNOSTICS +=item AUTHOR =back -=head2 B - The Perl Compiler +=head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both +printing and C =over 4 @@ -7158,133 +10555,148 @@ $keep, $check, $modtime =item DESCRIPTION -=item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES - =over 4 -=item SV-RELATED CLASSES +=item Methods -=item B::SV METHODS +I->new(I, I), I<$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 -REFCNT, FLAGS +=item Functions -=item B::IV METHODS +Dumper(I) -IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv +=item Configuration Variables or Methods -=item B::NV 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 $I->Maxdepth(I<[NEWVAL]>), +$Data::Dumper::Useperl I $I->Useperl(I<[NEWVAL]>), +$Data::Dumper::Sortkeys I $I->Sortkeys(I<[NEWVAL]>), +$Data::Dumper::Deparse I $I->Deparse(I<[NEWVAL]>) -NV, NVX +=item Exports -=item B::RV METHODS +Dumper -RV +=back -=item B::PV METHODS +=item EXAMPLES -PV, PVX +=item BUGS -=item B::PVMG METHODS +=item AUTHOR -MAGIC, SvSTASH +=item VERSION -=item B::MAGIC METHODS +=item SEE ALSO -MOREMAGIC, PRIVATE, TYPE, FLAGS, OBJ, PTR +=back -=item B::PVLV METHODS +=head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler -TARGOFF, TARGLEN, TYPE, TARG +=over 4 -=item B::BM METHODS +=item SYNOPSIS -USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE +=item DESCRIPTION -=item B::GV METHODS +=item PROFILE FORMAT -is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN, -LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS +=item AUTOLOAD -=item B::IO METHODS +=item ENVIRONMENT -LINES, PAGE, PAGE_LEN, LINES_LEFT, TOP_NAME, TOP_GV, FMT_NAME, FMT_GV, -BOTTOM_NAME, BOTTOM_GV, SUBPROCESS, IoTYPE, IoFLAGS +=item BUGS -=item B::AV METHODS +=item SEE ALSO -FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, AvFLAGS +=back -=item B::CV METHODS +=head2 Devel::PPPort, Perl/Pollution/Portability -STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, XSUB, XSUBANY, -CvFLAGS, const_sv +=over 4 -=item B::HV METHODS +=item SYNOPSIS -FILL, MAX, KEYS, RITER, NAME, PMROOT, ARRAY +=item DESCRIPTION -=item OP-RELATED CLASSES +=over 4 -=item B::OP METHODS +=item WriteFile -next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, seq, flags, private +=back -=item B::UNOP METHOD +=item ppport.h -first +=item AUTHOR -=item B::BINOP METHOD +=item SEE ALSO -last +=back -=item B::LOGOP METHOD +=head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer -other +=over 4 -=item B::LISTOP METHOD +=item SYNOPSIS -children +=item DESCRIPTION -=item B::PMOP METHODS +=over 4 -pmreplroot, pmreplstart, pmnext, pmregexp, pmflags, pmpermflags, precomp +=item Runtime debugging -=item B::SVOP METHOD +=item Memory footprint debugging -sv, gv +=back -=item B::PADOP METHOD +=item EXAMPLES -padix +=over 4 -=item B::PVOP METHOD +=item A simple scalar string -pv +=item A simple scalar number -=item B::LOOP METHODS +=item A simple scalar with an extra reference -redoop, nextop, lastop +=item A reference to a simple scalar -=item B::COP METHODS +=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 -label, stash, file, cop_seq, arybase, line +=item A reference to a subroutine =back -=item FUNCTIONS EXPORTED BY C +=item EXPORTS -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, PREFIX), svref_2object(SV), -ppname(OPNUM), hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c, cstring(STR), class(OBJ), -threadsv_names +=item BUGS =item AUTHOR +=item SEE ALSO + =back -=head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate -bytecode +=head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module =over 4 @@ -7292,11 +10704,9 @@ bytecode =item DESCRIPTION -=item AUTHOR - =back -=head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode +=head2 Digest:: - Modules that calculate message digests =over 4 @@ -7304,23 +10714,21 @@ bytecode =item DESCRIPTION -=item AUTHORS - -=back - -=head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks +I, I, I -=over 4 +=item OO INTERFACE -=item SYNOPSIS +$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, $ctx->b64digest -=item DESCRIPTION +=item SEE ALSO =item AUTHOR =back -=head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend +=head2 Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm =over 4 @@ -7328,21 +10736,26 @@ bytecode =item DESCRIPTION -=item OPTIONS +=item FUNCTIONS -B<-ofilename>, B<-afilename>, B<-->, B<-f>, B<-fcompress-nullops>, -B<-fomit-sequence-numbers>, B<-fbypass-nullops>, B<-On>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, -B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-upackage> +md5($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 BUGS +=item SEE ALSO + +=item COPYRIGHT =item AUTHORS =back -=head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend +=head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles =over 4 @@ -7350,20 +10763,11 @@ B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-upackage> =item DESCRIPTION -=item OPTIONS - -B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, B<-Dc>, B<-DA>, -B<-DC>, B<-DM>, B<-f>, B<-fcog>, B<-fno-cog>, B<-On>, B<-llimit> - -=item EXAMPLES - -=item BUGS - -=item AUTHOR +=item NOTES =back -=head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend +=head2 Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data. =over 4 @@ -7371,35 +10775,25 @@ B<-DC>, B<-DM>, B<-f>, B<-fcog>, B<-fno-cog>, B<-On>, B<-llimit> =item DESCRIPTION -=item OPTIONS - -B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-mModulename>, B<-D>, B<-Dr>, -B<-DO>, B<-Ds>, B<-Dp>, B<-Dq>, B<-Dl>, B<-Dt>, B<-f>, -B<-ffreetmps-each-bblock>, B<-ffreetmps-each-loop>, B<-fomit-taint>, B<-On> - -=item EXAMPLES - -=item BUGS - -=item DIFFERENCES - =over 4 -=item Loops +=item Creation -=item Context of ".." +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, unctrl, subdump, bareStringify, quoteHighBit, +stopDbSignal -=item Arithmetic +=item Methods -=item Deprecated features +dumpValue, dumpValues, dumpvars, set_quote, set_unctrl, compactDump, +veryCompact, set, get =back -=item AUTHOR - =back -=head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops +=head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code =over 4 @@ -7407,40 +10801,18 @@ B<-ffreetmps-each-bblock>, B<-ffreetmps-each-loop>, B<-fomit-taint>, B<-On> =item DESCRIPTION -=item OPTIONS - -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 FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS - -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 ABBREVIATIONS - -=over 4 - -=item OP flags abbreviations - -=item OP class abbreviations - -=back - -=item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework +@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 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops +=head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into +Perl code =over 4 @@ -7452,7 +10824,7 @@ B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum> =back -=head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code +=head2 Encode - character encodings =over 4 @@ -7460,113 +10832,123 @@ B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum> =item DESCRIPTION -=item OPTIONS - -B<-l>, B<-p>, B<-q>, B<-f>I, B<-s>I, B, BI, -B, BIB<.>, B<-x>I +=over 4 -=item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE +=item TERMINOLOGY -=over 4 +=back -=item Synopsis +=item ENCODINGS -=item Description +=over 4 -=item new +=item Characteristics of an Encoding -=item ambient_pragmas +=item Types of Encodings -strict, $[, bytes, utf8, integer, re, warnings, hint_bits, warning_bits +Fixed length 8-bit (or less) encodings, Fixed length 16-bit encodings, +Fixed length 32-bit encodings, Multi-byte encodings, "Escape" encodings -=item coderef2text +=item Specifying Encodings -=back +1. By name, 2. As an object -=item BUGS +=item Encoding Names -=item AUTHOR +The MIME name as defined in IETF RFCs, The name in the IANA registry, The +name used by the organization that defined it =back -=head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode +=item PERL ENCODING API =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item Generic Encoding Interface -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Handling Malformed Data -=item AUTHOR +Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes -=back +=item UTF-8 / utf8 -=head2 B::Lint - Perl lint +=item Other Encodings of Unicode -=over 4 +=item Listing available encodings -=item SYNOPSIS +=item Defining Aliases -=item DESCRIPTION +As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code +reference, e.g.: -=item OPTIONS AND LINT CHECKS +=item Defining Encodings -B, B and B, B, -B, B, B, B, B +=back -=item NON LINT-CHECK OPTIONS +=item Encoding and IO -B<-u Package> +=item Encoding How to ... -=item BUGS +IO with mixed content (faking iso-2020-*), MIME's Content-Length:, UTF-8 +strings in binary data, Perl/Encode wrappers on non-Unicode XS modules -=item AUTHOR +=item Messing with Perl's Internals -=back +is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK]), valid_utf8(STRING) -=head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends +=item IMPLEMENTATION CLASSES -=over 4 +-Ename, -Enew_sequence, -Eencode($string,$check), +-Edecode($octets,$check) -=item SYNOPSIS +=over 4 -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Compiled Encodings -=item CONVENTIONS +.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 -=item IMPLEMENTATION +=back -=item AUTHOR +=item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files +=head2 Encode::Tcl - Tcl encodings -=over 4 +=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Tcl, Encode::Tcl - Tcl encodings -=item SYNOPSIS +=head2 Encode::lib::EncodeFormat, EncodeFormat - the format of encoding +tables of the Encode extension + +=over 4 =item DESCRIPTION -=item AUTHOR +[1] B, [2] B, [3] B, [4] B + +=item KEYWORDS + +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend +=head2 EncodeFormat - the format of encoding tables of the Encode extension =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - =item DESCRIPTION -=item AUTHOR +[1] B, [2] B, [3] B, [4] B -=back +=item KEYWORDS -=head2 B::Stash - show what stashes are loaded +=item COPYRIGHT -=head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops +=back + +=head2 English - use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation +variables =over 4 @@ -7574,11 +10956,12 @@ B<-u Package> =item DESCRIPTION -=item AUTHOR +=item PERFORMANCE =back -=head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs +=head2 Env - perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or +arrays =over 4 @@ -7586,17 +10969,13 @@ B<-u Package> =item DESCRIPTION -=item OPTIONS - -C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-D[tO]> - -=item BUGS +=item LIMITATIONS =item AUTHOR =back -=head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks +=head2 Errno - System errno constants =over 4 @@ -7604,11 +10983,15 @@ C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-D[tO]> =item DESCRIPTION +=item CAVEATS + =item AUTHOR +=item COPYRIGHT + =back -=head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code +=head2 Exporter - Implements default import method for modules =over 4 @@ -7618,41 +11001,39 @@ C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-D[tO]> =over 4 -=item Methods - -new, debug, iters - -=item Standard Exports +=item How to Export -timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis ( COUNT, CODE, [ TITLE, [ STYLE ]] ), -timethese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), timediff ( T1, T2 ), timestr ( -TIMEDIFF, [ STYLE, [ FORMAT ] ] ) +=item Selecting What To Export -=item Optional Exports +=item How to Import -clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUT, CODEHASHREF, [ -STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF ), countit(TIME, CODE), disablecache ( -), enablecache ( ), timesum ( T1, T2 ) +C, C, C =back -=item NOTES +=item Advanced features -=item EXAMPLES +=over 4 -=item INHERITANCE +=item Specialised Import Lists -=item CAVEATS +=item Exporting without using Exporter's import method -=item SEE ALSO +=item Module Version Checking -=item AUTHORS +=item Managing Unknown Symbols -=item MODIFICATION HISTORY +=item Tag Handling Utility Functions + +=item Generating combined tags + +=item Ced Constants =back -=head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code +=back + +=head2 Exporter::Heavy - Exporter guts =over 4 @@ -7660,13 +11041,10 @@ STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF ), countit(TIME, CODE), disablecache ( =item DESCRIPTION -=item AUTHOR - -=item SEE ALSO - =back -=head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend +=head2 ExtUtils::Command - utilities to replace common UNIX commands in +Makefiles etc. =over 4 @@ -7674,614 +11052,593 @@ STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF ), countit(TIME, CODE), disablecache ( =item DESCRIPTION -=item OPTIONS +=back -B<-ofilename>, B<-afilename>, B<-->, B<-f>, B<-fcompress-nullops>, -B<-fomit-sequence-numbers>, B<-fbypass-nullops>, B<-On>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, -B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-upackage> +cat -=item EXAMPLES +eqtime src dst -=item BUGS +rm_rf files... -=item AUTHORS +rm_f files... -=back +touch files .. -=head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class +mv source... destination + +cp source... destination + +chmod mode files.. + +mkpath directory.. + +test_f file =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item BUGS -=item ABSTRACT +=item SEE ALSO -=item DESCRIPTION +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 ExtUtils::Constant - generate XS code to import C header constants =over 4 -=item PROGRAMMING STYLE +=item SYNOPSIS -=item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES +=item DESCRIPTION -=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE): +=item USAGE -=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE +IV, UV, NV, PV, PVN, SV, YES, NO, UNDEF -=item FETCHING A LIST OF KEYWORDS FROM THE QUERY: +=item FUNCTIONS -=item FETCHING THE NAMES OF ALL THE PARAMETERS PASSED TO YOUR SCRIPT: +=back -=item FETCHING THE VALUE OR VALUES OF A SINGLE NAMED PARAMETER: +C_stringify NAME -=item SETTING THE VALUE(S) OF A NAMED PARAMETER: +constant_types -=item APPENDING ADDITIONAL VALUES TO A NAMED PARAMETER: +memEQ_clause NAME, CHECKED_AT, INDENT -=item IMPORTING ALL PARAMETERS INTO A NAMESPACE: +assign INDENT, TYPE, PRE, POST, VALUE.. -=item DELETING A PARAMETER COMPLETELY: +return_clause -=item DELETING ALL PARAMETERS: +switch_clause INDENT, NAMELEN, ITEMHASH, ITEM.. -=item DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARAMETER LIST: +params WHAT -=item FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH: +dump_names -=item SAVING THE STATE OF THE SCRIPT TO A FILE: +dogfood -=item RETRIEVING CGI ERRORS +C_constant, name, type, value, macro, default, pre, post, def_pre =item +def_post -=item USING THE FUNCTION-ORIENTED INTERFACE +XS_constant PACKAGE, TYPES, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME -B<:cgi>, B<:form>, B<:html2>, B<:html3>, B<:netscape>, B<:html>, -B<:standard>, B<:all> +autoload PACKAGE, VERSION, AUTOLOADER -=item PRAGMAS +WriteMakefileSnippet --any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_undef_params, -no_xhtml, -nph, --newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, -no_debug, -debug, --private_tempfiles +WriteConstants ATTRIBUTE =E VALUE [, ...], NAME, DEFAULT_TYPE, +BREAKOUT_AT, NAMES, C_FILE, XS_FILE, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME -=item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS +=over 4 -1. start_table() (generates a tag), 2. end_table() (generates a -
tag), 3. start_ul() (generates a
    tag), 4. end_ul() (generates -a
tag) +=item AUTHOR =back -=item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS +=head2 ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications =over 4 -=item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER: +=item SYNOPSIS -=item GENERATING A REDIRECTION HEADER +=item DESCRIPTION -=item CREATING THE HTML DOCUMENT HEADER +=item @EXPORT -B, 4, 5, 6.. +=item FUNCTIONS -=item ENDING THE HTML DOCUMENT: +xsinit(), Examples, ldopts(), Examples, perl_inc(), ccflags(), ccdlflags(), +ccopts(), xsi_header(), xsi_protos(@modules), xsi_body(@modules) -=item CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION: +=item EXAMPLES -=item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL +=item SEE ALSO -B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query> -(B<-query_string>), B<-base> +=item AUTHOR -=item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS +=back + +=head2 ExtUtils::Install - install files from here to there + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION =back -=item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS: +=head2 ExtUtils::Installed - Inventory management of installed modules =over 4 -=item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS +=item SYNOPSIS -=item THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF HTML SHORTCUTS +=item DESCRIPTION -=item HTML SHORTCUTS AND LIST INTERPOLATION +=item USAGE -=item NON-STANDARD HTML SHORTCUTS +=item FUNCTIONS -=item AUTOESCAPING HTML +new(), modules(), files(), directories(), directory_tree(), validate(), +packlist(), version() -$escaped_string = escapeHTML("unescaped string");, $charset = -charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]); +=item EXAMPLE -=item PRETTY-PRINTING HTML +=item AUTHOR =back -=item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS: +=head2 ExtUtils::Liblist - determine libraries to use and how to use them =over 4 -=item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG - -=item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM +=item SYNOPSIS -B, B +=item DESCRIPTION -=item CREATING A TEXT FIELD +For static extensions, For dynamic extensions, For dynamic extensions -B +=over 4 -=item CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD +=item EXTRALIBS -=item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD +=item LDLOADLIBS and LD_RUN_PATH -=item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD +=item BSLOADLIBS -B +=back -=item CREATING A POPUP MENU +=item PORTABILITY -=item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST +=over 4 -B +=item VMS implementation -=item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES +=item Win32 implementation -B +=back -=item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX +=item SEE ALSO -B +=back -=item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP +=head2 ExtUtils::MM_BeOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in +ExtUtils::MakeMaker -B +=over 4 -=item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON +=item SYNOPSIS -B +=item DESCRIPTION -=item CREATING A RESET BUTTON +=back -=item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON +perl_archive -=item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD +=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin - methods to override UN*X behaviour in +ExtUtils::MakeMaker -B +=over 4 -=item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON +=item SYNOPSIS -B +=item DESCRIPTION -=item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON +canonpath, cflags, manifypods, perl_archive =back -=item HTTP COOKIES +=head2 ExtUtils::MM_NW5 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in +ExtUtils::MakeMaker -1. an expiration time, 2. a domain, 3. a path, 4. a "secure" flag, -B<-name>, B<-value>, B<-path>, B<-domain>, B<-expires>, B<-secure> +=over 4 -=item WORKING WITH FRAMES +=item SYNOPSIS -1. Create a document, 2. Specify the destination for the -document in the HTTP header, 3. Specify the destination for the document in -the tag +=item DESCRIPTION -=item LIMITED SUPPORT FOR CASCADING STYLE SHEETS +=back -=item DEBUGGING +catfile -=over 4 +constants (o) -=item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS +static_lib (o) -=back +dynamic_bs (o) -=item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES +dynamic_lib (o) -B, B, B, B, -B, B, B, B, -B, B, B, B, -B, B, B, -B, B, B, B +canonpath -=item USING NPH SCRIPTS +perl_script -In the B statement, By calling the B method:, By using B<-nph> -parameters +pm_to_blib -=item Server Push +test_via_harness (o) -multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final() +tool_autosplit (override) -=item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks +tools_other (o) -B<$CGI::POST_MAX>, B<$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS>, B<1. On a script-by-script -basis>, B<2. Globally for all scripts> +xs_o (o) -=item COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL +top_targets (o) -=item AUTHOR INFORMATION +htmlifypods (o) -=item CREDITS +manifypods (o) -Matt Heffron (heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com), James Taylor -(james.taylor@srs.gov), Scott Anguish , Mike Jewell -(mlj3u@virginia.edu), Timothy Shimmin (tes@kbs.citri.edu.au), Joergen Haegg -(jh@axis.se), Laurent Delfosse (delfosse@delfosse.com), Richard Resnick -(applepi1@aol.com), Craig Bishop (csb@barwonwater.vic.gov.au), Tony Curtis -(tc@vcpc.univie.ac.at), Tim Bunce (Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk), Tom Christiansen -(tchrist@convex.com), Andreas Koenig (k@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE), Tim -MacKenzie (Tim.MacKenzie@fulcrum.com.au), Kevin B. Hendricks -(kbhend@dogwood.tyler.wm.edu), Stephen Dahmen (joyfire@inxpress.net), Ed -Jordan (ed@fidalgo.net), David Alan Pisoni (david@cnation.com), Doug -MacEachern (dougm@opengroup.org), Robin Houston (robin@oneworld.org), -...and many many more.. +dist_ci (o) + +dist_core (o) + +pasthru (o) -=item A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT +=head2 ExtUtils::MM_OS2 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in +ExtUtils::MakeMaker -=item BUGS +=over 4 -=item SEE ALSO +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item METHODS =back -=head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm +perl_archive_after + +=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker =over 4 =item SYNOPSIS -=item ABSTRACT - =item DESCRIPTION -=item AUTHOR INFORMATION +=item METHODS -=item BUGS +=over 4 -=item SEE ALSO +=item Preloaded methods + +canonpath =back -=head2 CGI::Carp, B - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or -other) error log +=back -=over 4 +catdir -=item SYNOPSIS +catfile -=item DESCRIPTION +curdir -=item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES +rootdir -=item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW +updir =over 4 -=item Changing the default message +=item SelfLoaded methods -=back +c_o (o) -=item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS +=back -=item CHANGE LOG +cflags (o) -=item AUTHORS +clean (o) -=item SEE ALSO +const_cccmd (o) -=back +const_config (o) -=head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies +const_loadlibs (o) -=over 4 +constants (o) -=item SYNOPSIS +depend (o) -=item DESCRIPTION +dir_target (o) -=item USING CGI::Cookie +dist (o) -B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag> +dist_basics (o) -=over 4 +dist_ci (o) -=item Creating New Cookies +dist_core (o) -=item Sending the Cookie to the Browser +dist_dir (o) -=item Recovering Previous Cookies +dist_test (o) -=item Manipulating Cookies +dlsyms (o) -B, B, B, B, B +dynamic (o) -=back +dynamic_bs (o) -=item AUTHOR INFORMATION +dynamic_lib (o) -=item BUGS +exescan -=item SEE ALSO +extliblist -=back +file_name_is_absolute -=head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI +find_perl =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item Methods to actually produce chunks of text for the Makefile -=item DESCRIPTION +fixin -=item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE +=back -=item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS +force (o) -=item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS +guess_name -=item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS +has_link_code -=item CAVEATS +htmlifypods (o) -=item AUTHOR INFORMATION +init_dirscan -=item BUGS +init_main -=item SEE ALSO +init_others -=back +install (o) -=head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code +installbin (o) -=over 4 +libscan (o) -=item SYNOPSIS +linkext (o) -=item DESCRIPTION +lsdir -=over 4 +macro (o) -=item Tags that won't be formatted +makeaperl (o) -=item Customizing the Indenting +makefile (o) -=back +manifypods (o) -=item BUGS +maybe_command -=item AUTHOR +maybe_command_in_dirs -=item SEE ALSO +needs_linking (o) -=back +nicetext -=head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push +parse_version -=over 4 +parse_abstract -=item SYNOPSIS +pasthru (o) -=item DESCRIPTION +path -=item USING CGI::Push +perl_script --next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph +perldepend (o) -=over 4 +ppd -=item Heterogeneous Pages +perm_rw (o) -=item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly +perm_rwx (o) -=back +pm_to_blib -=item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS +post_constants (o) -=item AUTHOR INFORMATION +post_initialize (o) -=item BUGS +postamble (o) -=item SEE ALSO +prefixify -=back +processPL (o) -=head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch +quote_paren -=over 4 +realclean (o) -=item SYNOPSIS +replace_manpage_separator -=item ABSTRACT +static (o) -=item DESCRIPTION +static_lib (o) -=item AUTHOR INFORMATION +staticmake (o) -=item BUGS +subdir_x (o) -=item SEE ALSO +subdirs (o) -=back +test (o) -=head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module +test_via_harness (o) -=over 4 +test_via_script (o) -=item SYNOPSIS +tool_autosplit (o) -=item DESCRIPTION +tools_other (o) -=item AUTHOR INFORMATION +tool_xsubpp (o) -=item SEE ALSO +top_targets (o) -=back +writedoc -=head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites +xs_c (o) -=over 4 +xs_cpp (o) -=item SYNOPSIS +xs_o (o) -=item DESCRIPTION +perl_archive -=over 4 +perl_archive_after -=item Interactive Mode +export_list -Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test, -install, clean modules or distributions, get, readme, look module or -distribution, ls author, Signals +=over 4 -=item CPAN::Shell +=item SEE ALSO -=item autobundle +=back -=item recompile +=head2 ExtUtils::MM_VMS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in +ExtUtils::MakeMaker -=item The four C Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution +=over 4 -=item Programmer's interface +=item SYNOPSIS -expand($type,@things), expandany(@things), Programming Examples +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Methods in the other Classes +=over 4 -CPAN::Author::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Author::as_string(), -CPAN::Author::email(), CPAN::Author::fullname(), CPAN::Author::name(), -CPAN::Bundle::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Bundle::as_string(), -CPAN::Bundle::clean(), CPAN::Bundle::contains(), -CPAN::Bundle::force($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 Methods always loaded -=item Cache Manager +wraplist + +=back -=item Bundles +=back -=item Prerequisites +rootdir (override) -=item Finding packages and VERSION +=over 4 -=item Debugging +=item SelfLoaded methods -=item Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode +guess_name (override) =back -=item CONFIGURATION +find_perl (override) -Cscalar optionE>, Cscalar optionE -EvalueE>, Clist optionE>, Clist -optionE [shift|pop]>, Clist optionE -[unshift|push|splice] ElistE> +path (override) -=over 4 +maybe_command (override) -=item Note on urllist parameter's format +maybe_command_in_dirs (override) -=item urllist parameter has CD-ROM support +perl_script (override) -=back +file_name_is_absolute (override) -=item SECURITY +replace_manpage_separator -=item EXPORT +init_others (override) -=item POPULATE AN INSTALLATION WITH LOTS OF MODULES +constants (override) -=item WORKING WITH CPAN.pm BEHIND FIREWALLS +cflags (override) -=over 4 +const_cccmd (override) -=item Three basic types of firewalls +pm_to_blib (override) -http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade +tool_autosplit (override) -=item Configuring lynx or ncftp for going through a firewall +tool_sxubpp (override) -=back +xsubpp_version (override) -=item FAQ +tools_other (override) -1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7), 8), 9), 10) +dist (override) -=item BUGS +c_o (override) -=item AUTHOR +xs_c (override) -=item TRANSLATIONS +xs_o (override) -=item SEE ALSO +top_targets (override) -=back +dlsyms (override) -=head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization +dynamic_lib (override) -=over 4 +dynamic_bs (override) -=item SYNOPSIS +static_lib (override) -=item DESCRIPTION +manifypods (override) -=back +processPL (override) -=head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS -module +installbin (override) -=over 4 +subdir_x (override) -=item SYNOPSIS +clean (override) -=item DESCRIPTION +realclean (override) -=item SEE ALSO +dist_basics (override) -=back +dist_core (override) -=head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller) +dist_dir (override) -=over 4 +dist_test (override) -=item SYNOPSIS +install (override) -=item DESCRIPTION +perldepend (override) -=over 4 +makefile (override) -=item Forcing a Stack Trace +test (override) -=back +test_via_harness (override) -=item BUGS +test_via_script (override) -=back +makeaperl (override) -=head2 Carp::Heavy, Carp heavy machinery - no user serviceable parts inside +nicetext (override) -=head2 Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree +=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in +ExtUtils::MakeMaker =over 4 @@ -8289,52 +11646,45 @@ module =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($CLASS) - -=item CAUTIONARY NOTES +=back -=item COPYRIGHT +catfile -=item AUTHOR +constants (o) -=back +static_lib (o) -=head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes +dynamic_bs (o) -=over 4 +dynamic_lib (o) -=item SYNOPSIS +canonpath -=item DESCRIPTION +perl_script -=over 4 +pm_to_blib -=item The C function +test_via_harness (o) -=item Class Creation at Compile Time +tool_autosplit (override) -=item Element Types and Accessor Methods +tools_other (o) -Scalar (C<'$'> or C<'*$'>), Array (C<'@'> or C<'*@'>), Hash (C<'%'> or -C<'*%'>), Class (C<'Class_Name'> or C<'*Class_Name'>) +xs_o (o) -=item Initializing with C +top_targets (o) -=back +htmlifypods (o) -=item EXAMPLES +manifypods (o) -Example 1, Example 2, Example 3 +dist_ci (o) -=item Author and Modification History +dist_core (o) -=back +pasthru (o) -=head2 Config - access Perl configuration information +=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - create an extension Makefile =over 4 @@ -8342,281 +11692,175 @@ Example 1, Example 2, Example 3 =item DESCRIPTION -myconfig(), config_sh(), config_vars(@names) +=over 4 -=item EXAMPLE +=item How To Write A Makefile.PL -=item WARNING +=item Default Makefile Behaviour -=item GLOSSARY +=item make test -=over 4 +=item make testdb -=item _ +=item make install -C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o> +=item PREFIX and LIB attribute -=item a +=item AFS users -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C +=item Static Linking of a new Perl Binary -=item b +=item Determination of Perl Library and Installation Locations -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C +=item Which architecture dependent directory? -=item c +=item Using Attributes and Parameters -C, C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C +ABSTRACT, ABSTRACT_FROM, AUTHOR, BINARY_LOCATION, C, CCFLAGS, CONFIG, +CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DIR, DISTNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, EXCLUDE_EXT, +EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, FUNCLIST, H, HTMLLIBPODS, +HTMLSCRIPTPODS, IMPORTS, INC, INCLUDE_EXT, INSTALLARCHLIB, INSTALLBIN, +INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLHTMLPRIVLIBDIR, INSTALLHTMLSCRIPTDIR, +INSTALLHTMLSITELIBDIR, INSTALLMAN1DIR, INSTALLMAN3DIR, INSTALLPRIVLIB, +INSTALLSCRIPT, INSTALLSITEARCH, INSTALLSITELIB, INST_ARCHLIB, INST_BIN, +INST_EXE, INST_HTMLLIBDIR, INST_HTMLSCRIPTDIR, INST_LIB, INST_MAN1DIR, +INST_MAN3DIR, INST_SCRIPT, LDFROM, LIB, LIBPERL_A, LIBS, LINKTYPE, +MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET, MYEXTLIB, NAME, +NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, NO_VC, OBJECT, OPTIMIZE, PERL, PERL_CORE, +PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB, PERL_MALLOC_OK, PERLRUN, PERM_RW, +PERM_RWX, PL_FILES, PM, PMLIBDIRS, PM_FILTER, POLLUTE, PPM_INSTALL_EXEC, +PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX, PREREQ_PM, PREREQ_FATAL, PREREQ_PRINT, +PRINT_PREREQ, SKIP, TEST_LIBS, VERSION, VERSION_FROM, XS, XSOPT, +XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION -=item C +=item Additional lowercase attributes -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C +clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, linkext, macro, realclean, test, +tool_autosplit -=item d +=item Overriding MakeMaker Methods -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, -C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, -C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -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 Hintsfile support -=item e +=item Distribution Support -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C + make distcheck, make skipcheck, make distclean, make manifest, + make distdir, make tardist, make dist, make uutardist, make +shdist, make zipdist, make ci -=item f +=item Disabling an extension -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C +=back -=item g +=item ENVIRONMENT -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C +PERL_MM_OPT, PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT -=item h +=item SEE ALSO -C, C, C, C +=item AUTHORS -=item i +=back -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C +=head2 ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file -=item k +=over 4 -C, C +=item SYNOPSIS -=item l +=item DESCRIPTION -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, 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 MANIFEST.SKIP + +=item EXPORT_OK + +=item GLOBAL VARIABLES + +=item DIAGNOSTICS + +C I, C I, C I<$!>, +C I + +=item ENVIRONMENT + +B -=item m +=item SEE ALSO -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C +=item AUTHOR -=item M +=back -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C +=head2 ExtUtils::Miniperl, writemain - write the C code for perlmain.c -=item n +=over 4 -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C +=item SYNOPSIS -=item o +=item DESCRIPTION -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C +=item SEE ALSO -=item p +=back -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C +=head2 ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap - make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader -=item P +=over 4 -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C +=item SYNOPSIS -=item q +=item DESCRIPTION -C, C +=back -=item r +=head2 ExtUtils::Mksymlists - write linker options files for dynamic +extension -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C +=over 4 -=item s +=item SYNOPSIS -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, 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 DESCRIPTION -=item t +DLBASE, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, FILE, FUNCLIST, IMPORTS, NAME -C, C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C +=item AUTHOR -=item u +=item REVISION -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, 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 v +=head2 ExtUtils::Packlist - manage .packlist files -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C +=over 4 -=item x +=item SYNOPSIS -C, C +=item DESCRIPTION -=item y +=item USAGE -C, C +=item FUNCTIONS -=item z +new(), read(), write(), validate(), packlist_file() -C, C +=item EXAMPLE + +=item AUTHOR =back -=item NOTE +=head2 ExtUtils::testlib - add blib/* directories to @INC + +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION =back -=head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory +=head2 Fatal - replace functions with equivalents which succeed or die =over 4 @@ -8624,11 +11868,11 @@ C, C =item DESCRIPTION +=item AUTHOR + =back -=head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft, -subject to -change) +=head2 Fcntl - load the C Fcntl.h defines =over 4 @@ -8636,34 +11880,39 @@ change) =item DESCRIPTION -=over 4 +=item NOTE -=item Global Variables +=item EXPORTED SYMBOLS - $DB::sub, %DB::sub, $DB::single, $DB::signal, $DB::trace, @DB::args, -@DB::dbline, %DB::dbline, $DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::subname, -$DB::lineno +=back -=item API Methods +=head2 File::Basename, fileparse - split a pathname into pieces -CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'), -CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done() +=over 4 -=item Client Callback Methods +=item SYNOPSIS -CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(), -CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(), -CLIENT->output(LIST) +=item DESCRIPTION + +fileparse_set_fstype, fileparse + +=item EXAMPLES + +C, C =back -=item BUGS +=head2 File::CheckTree, validate - run many filetest checks on a tree -=item AUTHOR +=over 4 + +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION =back -=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x +=head2 File::Compare - Compare files or filehandles =over 4 @@ -8671,136 +11920,151 @@ CLIENT->output(LIST) =item DESCRIPTION -B, B, B +=item RETURN + +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 File::Copy - Copy files or filehandles =over 4 -=item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or 3 +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Interface to Berkeley DB +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File +=over 4 -=item Default Parameters +=item Special behaviour if C is defined (OS/2, VMS and Win32) -=item In Memory Databases +rmscopy($from,$to[,$date_flag]) =back -=item DB_HASH +=item RETURN -=over 4 +=item NOTES -=item A Simple Example +=item AUTHOR =back -=item DB_BTREE +=head2 File::DosGlob - DOS like globbing and then some =over 4 -=item Changing the BTREE sort order +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Handling Duplicate Keys +=item DESCRIPTION -=item The get_dup() Method +=item NOTES -=item The find_dup() Method +=item EXPORTS (by request only) -=item The del_dup() Method +=item BUGS -=item Matching Partial Keys +=item AUTHOR + +=item HISTORY + +=item SEE ALSO =back -=item DB_RECNO +=head2 File::Find - Traverse a directory tree. =over 4 -=item The 'bval' Option +=item SYNOPSIS -=item A Simple Example +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Extra RECNO Methods +B, B -B<$X-Epush(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-Epop ;>, B<$X-Eshift>, -B<$X-Eunshift(list) ;>, B<$X-Elength>, B<$X-Esplice(offset, -length, elements);> +=over 4 -=item Another Example +=item %options -=back +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C -=item THE API INTERFACE +=item The wanted function -B<$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]) ;> +C<$File::Find::dir> is the current directory name,, C<$_> is the current +filename within that directory, C<$File::Find::name> is the complete +pathname to the file -=item DBM FILTERS +=back -B, B, B, -B +=item WARNINGS -=over 4 +=item CAVEAT -=item The Filter +$dont_use_nlink, symlinks -=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem. +=item NOTES -=item Another Example -- Key is a C int. +=item HISTORY =back -=item HINTS AND TIPS +=head2 File::Glob - Perl extension for BSD glob routine =over 4 -=item Locking: The Trouble with fd +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Safe ways to lock a database +=item DESCRIPTION -B, B, B +C, C, C, C, C, +C, C, C, C, +C, C, C -=item Sharing Databases With C Applications +=item DIAGNOSTICS -=item The untie() Gotcha +C, C + +=item NOTES + +=item AUTHOR =back -=item COMMON QUESTIONS +=head2 File::Path - create or remove directory trees =over 4 -=item Why is there Perl source in my database? - -=item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File? +=item SYNOPSIS -=item What does "Invalid Argument" mean? +=item DESCRIPTION -=item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean? +=item AUTHORS =back -=item REFERENCES +=head2 File::Spec - portably perform operations on file names -=item HISTORY +=over 4 -=item BUGS +=item SYNOPSIS -=item AVAILABILITY +=item DESCRIPTION -=item COPYRIGHT +=item METHODS + +canonpath, catdir, catfile, curdir, devnull, rootdir, tmpdir, updir, +no_upwards, case_tolerant, file_name_is_absolute, path, join, splitpath, +splitdir, catpath(), abs2rel, rel2abs() =item SEE ALSO -=item AUTHOR +=item AUTHORS =back -=head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both -printing and C +=head2 File::Spec::Cygwin - methods for Cygwin file specs =over 4 @@ -8808,53 +12072,43 @@ printing and C =item DESCRIPTION +=back + +=head2 File::Spec::Epoc - methods for Epoc file specs + =over 4 -=item Methods +=item SYNOPSIS -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<$OBJ>->Reset +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Functions +devnull -Dumper(I) +=back -=item Configuration Variables or Methods +tmpdir -$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 $I->Maxdepth(I<[NEWVAL]>) +path -=item Exports +canonpath() -Dumper +splitpath -=back +splitdir -=item EXAMPLES +catpath -=item BUGS +abs2rel -=item AUTHOR +rel2abs() -=item VERSION +=over 4 =item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler +=head2 File::Spec::Functions - portably perform operations on file names =over 4 @@ -8862,19 +12116,17 @@ Dumper =item DESCRIPTION -=item PROFILE FORMAT - -=item AUTOLOAD +=over 4 -=item ENVIRONMENT +=item Exports -=item BUGS +=back =item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer +=head2 File::Spec::Mac - File::Spec for Mac OS (Classic) =over 4 @@ -8882,47 +12134,57 @@ Dumper =item DESCRIPTION -=over 4 +=item METHODS -=item Memory footprint debugging +canonpath =back -=item EXAMPLES +catdir() -=over 4 +catfile -=item A simple scalar string +curdir -=item A simple scalar number +devnull -=item A simple scalar with an extra reference +rootdir -=item A reference to a simple scalar +tmpdir -=item A reference to an array +updir -=item A reference to a hash +file_name_is_absolute -=item Dumping a large array or hash +path -=item A reference to an SV which holds a C pointer +splitpath -=item A reference to a subroutine +splitdir -=back +catpath -=item EXPORTS +abs2rel -=item BUGS +rel2abs -=item AUTHOR +=over 4 + +=item AUTHORS =item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module +canonpath + +splitpath + +splitdir + +catpath + +=head2 File::Spec::OS2 - methods for OS/2 file specs =over 4 @@ -8932,7 +12194,8 @@ Dumper =back -=head2 Digest:: - Modules that calculate message digests +=head2 File::Spec::Unix - File::Spec for Unix, base for other File::Spec +modules =over 4 @@ -8940,58 +12203,53 @@ Dumper =item DESCRIPTION -I, I, I +=item METHODS -=item OO INTERFACE +canonpath() -$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, $ctx->b64digest +=back -=item SEE ALSO +catdir() -=item AUTHOR +catfile -=back +curdir -=head2 Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm +devnull -=over 4 +rootdir -=item SYNOPSIS +tmpdir -=item DESCRIPTION +updir -=item FUNCTIONS +no_upwards -md5($data,...), md5_hex($data,...), md5_base64($data,...) +case_tolerant -=item METHODS +file_name_is_absolute -$md5 = Digest::MD5->new, $md5->reset, $md5->add($data,...), -$md5->addfile($io_handle), $md5->digest, $md5->hexdigest, $md5->b64digest +path -=item EXAMPLES +join -=item SEE ALSO +splitpath -=item COPYRIGHT +splitdir -=item AUTHORS +catpath() -=back +abs2rel -=head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles +rel2abs() =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION +=item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data. +=head2 File::Spec::VMS - methods for VMS file specs =over 4 @@ -8999,56 +12257,57 @@ $md5->addfile($io_handle), $md5->digest, $md5->hexdigest, $md5->b64digest =item DESCRIPTION -=over 4 +eliminate_macros -=item Creation +=back -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, unctrl, subdump, bareStringify, quoteHighBit, -stopDbSignal +fixpath -=item Methods +=over 4 -dumpValue, dumpValues, dumpvars, set_quote, set_unctrl, compactDump, -veryCompact, set, get +=item Methods always loaded -=back +canonpath (override) =back -=head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code +catdir -=over 4 +catfile -=item SYNOPSIS +curdir (override) -=item DESCRIPTION +devnull (override) -@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() +rootdir (override) -=item AUTHOR +tmpdir (override) -=back +updir (override) -=head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into -Perl code +case_tolerant (override) -=over 4 +path (override) -=item SYNOPSIS +file_name_is_absolute (override) -=item DESCRIPTION +splitpath (override) -=item AUTHOR +splitdir (override) + +catpath (override) + +abs2rel (override) + +rel2abs (override) + +=over 4 + +=item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 Encode - character encodings +=head2 File::Spec::Win32 - methods for Win32 file specs =over 4 @@ -9056,121 +12315,119 @@ Perl code =item DESCRIPTION -=over 4 - -=item TERMINOLOGY +devnull =back -=item ENCODINGS - -=over 4 +tmpdir -=item Characteristics of an Encoding +catfile -=item Types of Encodings +canonpath -Fixed length 8-bit (or less) encodings, Fixed length 16-bit encodings, -Fixed length 32-bit encodings, Multi-byte encodings, "Escape" encodings +splitpath -=item Specifying Encodings +splitdir -1. By name, 2. As an object +catpath -=item Encoding Names +=over 4 -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 +=item SEE ALSO =back -=item PERL ENCODING API +=head2 File::Temp - return name and handle of a temporary file safely =over 4 -=item Generic Encoding Interface - -=item Handling Malformed Data - -Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes +=item PORTABILITY -=item UTF-8 / utf8 +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Other Encodings of Unicode +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Listing available encodings +=back -=item Defining Aliases +=over 4 -As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code -reference, e.g.: +=item FUNCTIONS -=item Defining Encodings +B =back -=item Encoding and IO +B -=item Encoding How to ... +=over 4 -IO with mixed content (faking iso-2020-*), MIME's Content-Length:, UTF-8 -strings in binary data, Perl/Encode wrappers on non-Unicode XS modules +=item MKTEMP FUNCTIONS -=item Messing with Perl's Internals +B -is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK]), valid_utf8(STRING) +=back -=item IMPLEMENTATION CLASSES +B --Ename, -Enew_sequence, -Eencode($string,$check), --Edecode($octets,$check) +B + +B =over 4 -=item Compiled Encodings +=item POSIX FUNCTIONS -.enc, .ucm, .ucm, .c, .xs, ascii and iso-8859-*, IBM-1047 and two other -variants of EBCDIC, symbol and dingbats as used by Tk on X11 +B =back -=item SEE ALSO +B -=back +=over 4 + +=item ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS + +B -=head2 Encode::EncodeFormat, EncodeFormat - the format of encoding tables -of the Encode extension +=back =over 4 -=item DESCRIPTION +=item UTILITY FUNCTIONS -[1] B, [2] B, [3] B, [4] B +B -=item KEYWORDS +=back -=item COPYRIGHT +=over 4 + +=item PACKAGE VARIABLES + +B, STANDARD, MEDIUM, HIGH =back -=head2 Encode::Tcl - Tcl encodings +TopSystemUID -=head2 EncodeFormat - the format of encoding tables of the Encode extension +=over 4 + +=item WARNING =over 4 -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Temporary files and NFS -[1] B, [2] B, [3] B, [4] B +=back -=item KEYWORDS +=item HISTORY -=item COPYRIGHT +=item SEE ALSO + +=item AUTHOR =back -=head2 English - use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation -variables +=head2 File::stat - by-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions =over 4 @@ -9178,12 +12435,13 @@ variables =item DESCRIPTION -=item PERFORMANCE +=item NOTE + +=item AUTHOR =back -=head2 Env - perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or -arrays +=head2 FileCache - keep more files open than the system permits =over 4 @@ -9191,13 +12449,11 @@ arrays =item DESCRIPTION -=item LIMITATIONS - -=item AUTHOR +=item BUGS =back -=head2 Errno - System errno constants +=head2 FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles =over 4 @@ -9205,15 +12461,13 @@ arrays =item DESCRIPTION -=item CAVEATS - -=item AUTHOR +$fh->print, $fh->printf, $fh->getline, $fh->getlines -=item COPYRIGHT +=item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 Exporter - Implements default import method for modules +=head2 Filter::Simple - Simplified source filtering =over 4 @@ -9223,36 +12477,42 @@ arrays =over 4 -=item How to Export +=item The Problem -=item Selecting What To Export +=item A Solution -=item Specialised Import Lists +=item Disabling or changing behaviour -=item Exporting without using Export's import method +=item All-in-one interface -=item Module Version Checking +=item Filtering only specific components of source code -=item Managing Unknown Symbols +C<"code">, C<"executable">, C<"quotelike">, C<"string">, C<"regex">, +C<"all"> -=item Tag Handling Utility Functions +=item Filtering only the code parts of source code -=back +Most source code ceases to be grammatically correct when it is broken up +into the pieces between string literals and regexes. So the C<'code'> +component filter behaves slightly differently from the other partial +filters +described in the previous section. -=back +=item Using Filter::Simple with an explicit C subroutine -=head2 Exporter::Heavy - Exporter guts +=item Using Filter::Simple and Exporter together -=over 4 +=item How it works -=item SYNOPIS +=back -=item DESCRIPTION +=item AUTHOR + +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 ExtUtils::Command - utilities to replace common UNIX commands in -Makefiles etc. +=head2 Filter::Util::Call - Perl Source Filter Utility Module =over 4 @@ -9260,39 +12520,41 @@ Makefiles etc. =item DESCRIPTION -=back +=over 4 -cat +=item B -eqtime src dst +=item B -rm_f files... +=item B -rm_f files... +B<$_>, B<$status>, B and B, B -touch files .. +=back -mv source... destination +=item EXAMPLES -cp source... destination +=over 4 -chmod mode files.. +=item Example 1: A simple filter. -mkpath directory.. +=item Example 2: Using the context -test_f file +=item Example 3: Using the context within the filter -=over 4 +=item Example 4: Using filter_del -=item BUGS +=back -=item SEE ALSO +=item Filter::Simple =item AUTHOR +=item DATE + =back -=head2 ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications +=head2 FindBin - Locate directory of original perl script =over 4 @@ -9300,22 +12562,19 @@ test_f file =item DESCRIPTION -=item @EXPORT - -=item FUNCTIONS +=item EXPORTABLE VARIABLES -xsinit(), Examples, ldopts(), Examples, perl_inc(), ccflags(), ccdlflags(), -ccopts(), xsi_header(), xsi_protos(@modules), xsi_body(@modules) +=item KNOWN ISSUES -=item EXAMPLES +=item KNOWN BUGS -=item SEE ALSO +=item AUTHORS -=item AUTHOR +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 ExtUtils::Install - install files from here to there +=head2 GDBM_File - Perl5 access to the gdbm library. =over 4 @@ -9323,9 +12582,15 @@ ccopts(), xsi_header(), xsi_protos(@modules), xsi_body(@modules) =item DESCRIPTION +=item AVAILABILITY + +=item BUGS + +=item SEE ALSO + =back -=head2 ExtUtils::Installed - Inventory management of installed modules +=head2 Getopt::Long - Extended processing of command line options =over 4 @@ -9333,55 +12598,99 @@ ccopts(), xsi_header(), xsi_protos(@modules), xsi_body(@modules) =item DESCRIPTION -=item USAGE +=item Command Line Options, an Introduction -=item FUNCTIONS +=item Getting Started with Getopt::Long -new(), modules(), files(), directories(), directory_tree(), validate(), -packlist(), version() +=over 4 -=item EXAMPLE +=item Simple options -=item AUTHOR +=item A little bit less simple options + +=item Mixing command line option with other arguments + +=item Options with values + +=item Options with multiple values + +=item Options with hash values + +=item User-defined subroutines to handle options + +=item Options with multiple names + +=item Case and abbreviations + +=item Summary of Option Specifications + +!, +, s, i, o, f, : I [ I ] =back -=head2 ExtUtils::Liblist - determine libraries to use and how to use them +=item Advanced Possibilities =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item Object oriented interface -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Documentation and help texts -For static extensions, For dynamic extensions, For dynamic extensions +=item Storing options in a hash + +=item Bundling + +=item The lonesome dash + +=item Argument callback + +=back + +=item Configuring Getopt::Long + +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 Return values and Errors + +=item Legacy =over 4 -=item EXTRALIBS +=item Default destinations -=item LDLOADLIBS and LD_RUN_PATH +=item Alternative option starters -=item BSLOADLIBS +=item Configuration variables =back -=item PORTABILITY +=item Trouble Shooting =over 4 -=item VMS implementation +=item Warning: Ignoring '!' modifier for short option -=item Win32 implementation +=item GetOptions does not return a false result when an option is not +supplied + +=item GetOptions does not split the command line correctly + +=item How do I put a "-?" option into a Getopt::Long? =back -=item SEE ALSO +=item AUTHOR + +=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER =back -=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin - methods to override UN*X behaviour in -ExtUtils::MakeMaker +=head2 Getopt::Std, getopt - Process single-character switches with switch +clustering =over 4 @@ -9389,12 +12698,10 @@ ExtUtils::MakeMaker =item DESCRIPTION -canonpath, cflags, manifypods, perl_archive - =back -=head2 ExtUtils::MM_OS2 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in -ExtUtils::MakeMaker +=head2 I18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current +locale =over 4 @@ -9402,13 +12709,10 @@ ExtUtils::MakeMaker =item DESCRIPTION -=item METHODS - =back -perl_archive_after - -=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker +=head2 I18N::LangTags - functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language +tags =over 4 @@ -9416,208 +12720,348 @@ perl_archive_after =item DESCRIPTION -=item METHODS +=back -=over 4 +the function is_language_tag($lang1) -=item Preloaded methods +the function extract_language_tags($whatever) -canonpath +the function same_language_tag($lang1, $lang2) -=back +the function similarity_language_tag($lang1, $lang2) -=back +the function is_dialect_of($lang1, $lang2) -catdir +the function super_languages($lang1) -catfile +the function locale2language_tag($locale_identifier) -curdir +the function encode_language_tag($lang1) -rootdir +the function alternate_language_tags($lang1) -updir +the function @langs = panic_languages(@accept_languages) =over 4 -=item SelfLoaded methods - -c_o (o) - -=back +=item ABOUT LOWERCASING -cflags (o) +=item ABOUT UNICODE PLAINTEXT LANGUAGE TAGS -clean (o) +=item SEE ALSO -const_cccmd (o) +=item COPYRIGHT -const_config (o) +=item AUTHOR -const_loadlibs (o) +=back -constants (o) +=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 -depend (o) +=item SEE ALSO -dir_target (o) +=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER -dist (o) +=item AUTHOR -dist_basics (o) +=back -dist_ci (o) +=head2 I18N::Langinfo - query locale information -dist_core (o) +=over 4 -dist_dir (o) +=item SYNOPSIS -dist_test (o) +=item DESCRIPTION -dlsyms (o) +=over 4 -dynamic (o) +=item EXPORT -dynamic_bs (o) +=back -dynamic_lib (o) +=item SEE ALSO -exescan +=item AUTHOR -extliblist +=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE -file_name_is_absolute +=back -find_perl +=head2 IO - load various IO modules =over 4 -=item Methods to actually produce chunks of text for the Makefile +=item SYNOPSIS -fixin +=item DESCRIPTION =back -force (o) +=head2 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::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::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 ] ), $io->untaint -perm_rwx (o) +=item NOTE -pm_to_blib +=item SEE ALSO -post_constants (o) +=item BUGS -post_initialize (o) +=item HISTORY -postamble (o) +=back -prefixify +=head2 IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes -processPL (o) +=over 4 -realclean (o) +=item SYNOPSIS -replace_manpage_separator +=item DESCRIPTION -static (o) +=item CONSTRUCTOR -static_lib (o) +new ( [READER, WRITER] ) -staticmake (o) +=item METHODS -subdir_x (o) +reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles () -subdirs (o) +=item SEE ALSO -test (o) +=item AUTHOR -test_via_harness (o) +=item COPYRIGHT -test_via_script (o) +=back -tool_autosplit (o) +=head2 IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call -tools_other (o) +=over 4 -tool_xsubpp (o) +=item SYNOPSIS -top_targets (o) +=item DESCRIPTION -writedoc +=item METHODS -xs_c (o) +mask ( IO [, EVENT_MASK ] ), poll ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), events ( IO ), remove ( +IO ), handles( [ EVENT_MASK ] ) -xs_cpp (o) +=item SEE ALSO -xs_o (o) +=item AUTHOR -perl_archive +=item COPYRIGHT -perl_archive_after +=back -export_list +=head2 IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for I/O objects =over 4 +=item SYNOPSIS + +=item DESCRIPTION + +$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::Select - OO interface to the select system call =over 4 @@ -9625,114 +13069,123 @@ ExtUtils::MakeMaker =item DESCRIPTION -=over 4 +=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::Socket - Object interface to socket communications =over 4 -=item SelfLoaded methods - -guess_name (override) +=item SYNOPSIS -=back +=item DESCRIPTION -find_perl (override) +=item CONSTRUCTOR -path (override) +new ( [ARGS] ) -maybe_command (override) +=item METHODS -maybe_command_in_dirs (override) +accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), atmark, connected, +protocol, sockdomain, sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), socktype, timeout([VAL]) -perl_script (override) +=item SEE ALSO -file_name_is_absolute (override) +=item AUTHOR -replace_manpage_separator +=item COPYRIGHT -init_others (override) +=back -constants (override) +=head2 IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets -cflags (override) +=over 4 -const_cccmd (override) +=item SYNOPSIS -pm_to_blib (override) +=item DESCRIPTION -tool_autosplit (override) +=item CONSTRUCTOR -tool_sxubpp (override) +new ( [ARGS] ) -xsubpp_version (override) +=over 4 -tools_other (override) +=item METHODS -dist (override) +sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost +() -c_o (override) +=back -xs_c (override) +=item SEE ALSO -xs_o (override) +=item AUTHOR -top_targets (override) +=item COPYRIGHT -dlsyms (override) +=back -dynamic_lib (override) +=head2 IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets -dynamic_bs (override) +=over 4 -static_lib (override) +=item SYNOPSIS -manifypods (override) +=item DESCRIPTION -processPL (override) +=item CONSTRUCTOR -installbin (override) +new ( [ARGS] ) -subdir_x (override) +=item METHODS -clean (override) +hostpath(), peerpath() -realclean (override) +=item SEE ALSO -dist_basics (override) +=item AUTHOR -dist_core (override) +=item COPYRIGHT -dist_dir (override) +=back -dist_test (override) +=head2 IO::lib::IO::Dir, IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory +handles -install (override) +=over 4 -perldepend (override) +=item SYNOPSIS -makefile (override) +=item DESCRIPTION -test (override) +new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (), +rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ] -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 IO::lib::IO::File, IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles =over 4 @@ -9740,45 +13193,51 @@ ExtUtils::MakeMaker =item DESCRIPTION -=back +=item CONSTRUCTOR -catfile +new ( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), new_tmpfile -constants (o) +=item METHODS -static_lib (o) +open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ) -dynamic_bs (o) +=item SEE ALSO -dynamic_lib (o) +=item HISTORY -canonpath +=back -perl_script +=head2 IO::lib::IO::Handle, IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O +handles -pm_to_blib +=over 4 -test_via_harness (o) +=item SYNOPSIS -tool_autosplit (override) +=item DESCRIPTION -tools_other (o) +=item CONSTRUCTOR -xs_o (o) +new (), new_from_fd ( FD, MODE ) -top_targets (o) +=item METHODS -htmlifypods (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 -manifypods (o) +=item NOTE -dist_ci (o) +=item SEE ALSO -dist_core (o) +=item BUGS -pasthru (o) +=item HISTORY -=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - create an extension Makefile +=back + +=head2 IO::lib::IO::Pipe, IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes =over 4 @@ -9786,76 +13245,64 @@ pasthru (o) =item DESCRIPTION -=over 4 +=item CONSTRUCTOR -=item How To Write A Makefile.PL +new ( [READER, WRITER] ) -=item Default Makefile Behaviour +=item METHODS -=item make test +reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles () -=item make testdb +=item SEE ALSO -=item make install +=item AUTHOR -=item PREFIX and LIB attribute +=item COPYRIGHT -=item AFS users +=back -=item Static Linking of a new Perl Binary +=head2 IO::lib::IO::Poll, IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call -=item Determination of Perl Library and Installation Locations +=over 4 -=item Which architecture dependent directory? +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Using Attributes and Parameters +=item DESCRIPTION -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, PERLMAINCC, -PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB, PERL_MALLOC_OK, PERL_SRC, PERM_RW, PERM_RWX, -PL_FILES, PM, PMLIBDIRS, PM_FILTER, POLLUTE, PPM_INSTALL_EXEC, -PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX, PREREQ_PM, SKIP, TYPEMAPS, VERSION, -VERSION_FROM, XS, XSOPT, XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION +=item METHODS -=item Additional lowercase attributes +mask ( IO [, EVENT_MASK ] ), poll ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), events ( IO ), remove ( +IO ), handles( [ EVENT_MASK ] ) -clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, linkext, macro, realclean, test, -tool_autosplit +=item SEE ALSO -=item Overriding MakeMaker Methods +=item AUTHOR -=item Hintsfile support +=item COPYRIGHT -=item Distribution Support +=back - make distcheck, make skipcheck, make distclean, make manifest, - make distdir, make tardist, make dist, make uutardist, make -shdist, make zipdist, make ci +=head2 IO::lib::IO::Seekable, IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for +I/O objects -=item Disabling an extension +=over 4 -=back +=item SYNOPSIS -=item ENVIRONMENT +=item DESCRIPTION -PERL_MM_OPT +$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 AUTHORS +=item HISTORY =back -=head2 ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file +=head2 IO::lib::IO::Select, IO::Select - OO interface to the select system +call =over 4 @@ -9863,28 +13310,26 @@ PERL_MM_OPT =item DESCRIPTION -=item MANIFEST.SKIP - -=item EXPORT_OK - -=item GLOBAL VARIABLES - -=item DIAGNOSTICS +=item CONSTRUCTOR -C I, C I, C I<$!>, -C I +new ( [ HANDLES ] ) -=item ENVIRONMENT +=item METHODS -B +add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read ( +[ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), +count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, ERROR [, TIMEOUT ] ) -=item SEE ALSO +=item EXAMPLE =item AUTHOR +=item COPYRIGHT + =back -=head2 ExtUtils::Miniperl, writemain - write the C code for perlmain.c +=head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket, IO::Socket - Object interface to socket +communications =over 4 @@ -9892,11 +13337,25 @@ B =item DESCRIPTION +=item CONSTRUCTOR + +new ( [ARGS] ) + +=item METHODS + +accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), atmark, connected, +protocol, sockdomain, sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), socktype, timeout([VAL]) + =item SEE ALSO +=item AUTHOR + +=item COPYRIGHT + =back -=head2 ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap - make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader +=head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket::INET, IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for +AF_INET domain sockets =over 4 @@ -9904,26 +13363,29 @@ B =item DESCRIPTION -=back +=item CONSTRUCTOR -=head2 ExtUtils::Mksymlists - write linker options files for dynamic -extension +new ( [ARGS] ) =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item METHODS -=item DESCRIPTION +sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost +() -DLBASE, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, FILE, FUNCLIST, IMPORTS, NAME +=back + +=item SEE ALSO =item AUTHOR -=item REVISION +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 ExtUtils::Packlist - manage .packlist files +=head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket::UNIX, IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for +AF_UNIX domain sockets =over 4 @@ -9931,19 +13393,23 @@ DLBASE, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, FILE, FUNCLIST, IMPORTS, NAME =item DESCRIPTION -=item USAGE +=item CONSTRUCTOR -=item FUNCTIONS +new ( [ARGS] ) -new(), read(), write(), validate(), packlist_file() +=item METHODS -=item EXAMPLE +hostpath(), peerpath() + +=item SEE ALSO =item AUTHOR +=item COPYRIGHT + =back -=head2 ExtUtils::testlib - add blib/* directories to @INC +=head2 IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class =over 4 @@ -9951,21 +13417,21 @@ new(), read(), write(), validate(), packlist_file() =item DESCRIPTION -=back - -=head2 Fatal - replace functions with equivalents which succeed or die - -=over 4 +=item METHODS -=item SYNOPSIS +new ( KEY , FLAGS ), id, rcv ( BUF, LEN [, TYPE [, FLAGS ]] ), remove, set +( STAT ), set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), snd ( TYPE, MSG [, +FLAGS ] ), stat -=item DESCRIPTION +=item SEE ALSO =item AUTHOR +=item COPYRIGHT + =back -=head2 Fcntl - load the C Fcntl.h defines +=head2 IPC::Open2, open2 - open a process for both reading and writing =over 4 @@ -9973,13 +13439,14 @@ new(), read(), write(), validate(), packlist_file() =item DESCRIPTION -=item NOTE +=item WARNING -=item EXPORTED SYMBOLS +=item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 File::Basename, fileparse - split a pathname into pieces +=head2 IPC::Open3, open3 - open a process for reading, writing, and error +handling =over 4 @@ -9987,15 +13454,11 @@ new(), read(), write(), validate(), packlist_file() =item DESCRIPTION -fileparse_set_fstype, fileparse - -=item EXAMPLES - -C, C +=item WARNING =back -=head2 File::CheckTree, validate - run many filetest checks on a tree +=head2 IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object class =over 4 @@ -10003,9 +13466,22 @@ C, C =item DESCRIPTION +=item METHODS + +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 AUTHOR + +=item COPYRIGHT + =back -=head2 File::Compare - Compare files or filehandles +=head2 IPC::SysV - SysV IPC constants =over 4 @@ -10013,13 +13489,17 @@ C, C =item DESCRIPTION -=item RETURN +ftok( PATH, ID ) -=item AUTHOR +=item SEE ALSO + +=item AUTHORS + +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 File::Copy - Copy files or filehandles +=head2 IPC::SysV::Msg, IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class =over 4 @@ -10027,21 +13507,22 @@ C, C =item DESCRIPTION -=over 4 - -=item Special behaviour if C is defined (OS/2, VMS and Win32) - -rmscopy($from,$to[,$date_flag]) +=item METHODS -=back +new ( KEY , FLAGS ), id, rcv ( BUF, LEN [, TYPE [, FLAGS ]] ), remove, set +( STAT ), set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), snd ( TYPE, MSG [, +FLAGS ] ), stat -=item RETURN +=item SEE ALSO =item AUTHOR +=item COPYRIGHT + =back -=head2 File::DosGlob - DOS like globbing and then some +=head2 IPC::SysV::Semaphore, IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object +class =over 4 @@ -10049,19 +13530,22 @@ rmscopy($from,$to[,$date_flag]) =item DESCRIPTION -=item EXPORTS (by request only) +=item METHODS -=item BUGS +new ( KEY , NSEMS , FLAGS ), getall, getncnt ( SEM ), getpid ( SEM ), +getval ( SEM ), getzcnt ( SEM ), id, op ( OPLIST ), remove, set ( STAT ), +set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), setall ( VALUES ), setval ( N +, VALUE ), stat -=item AUTHOR +=item SEE ALSO -=item HISTORY +=item AUTHOR -=item SEE ALSO +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 File::Find, find - traverse a file tree +=head2 List::Util - A selection of general-utility list subroutines =over 4 @@ -10069,15 +13553,19 @@ rmscopy($from,$to[,$date_flag]) =item DESCRIPTION -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C +first BLOCK LIST, max LIST, maxstr LIST, min LIST, minstr LIST, reduce +BLOCK LIST, shuffle LIST, sum LIST -=item CAVEAT +=item KNOWN BUGS + +=item SUGGESTED ADDITIONS + +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 File::Glob - Perl extension for BSD glob routine +=head2 List::Utilib::List::Util, List::Util - A selection of +general-utility list subroutines =over 4 @@ -10085,21 +13573,19 @@ C, C =item DESCRIPTION -C, C, C, C, C, -C, C, C, C, -C, C, C - -=item DIAGNOSTICS +first BLOCK LIST, max LIST, maxstr LIST, min LIST, minstr LIST, reduce +BLOCK LIST, shuffle LIST, sum LIST -C, C +=item KNOWN BUGS -=item NOTES +=item SUGGESTED ADDITIONS -=item AUTHOR +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 File::Path - create or remove directory trees +=head2 List::Utilib::Scalar::Util, Scalar::Util - A selection of +general-utility scalar subroutines =over 4 @@ -10107,11 +13593,18 @@ C, C =item DESCRIPTION -=item AUTHORS +blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isweak EXPR, readonly SCALAR, reftype +EXPR, tainted EXPR, weaken REF + +=item KNOWN BUGS + +=item COPYRIGHT + +=item BLATANT PLUG =back -=head2 File::Spec - portably perform operations on file names +=head2 Locale::Constants - constants for Locale codes =over 4 @@ -10119,13 +13612,19 @@ C, C =item DESCRIPTION +=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS + =item SEE ALSO -=item AUTHORS +Locale::Language, Locale::Country, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency + +=item AUTHOR + +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 File::Spec::Epoc - methods for Epoc file specs +=head2 Locale::Country - ISO codes for country identification (ISO 3166) =over 4 @@ -10133,33 +13632,40 @@ C, C =item DESCRIPTION -devnull +B, B, B -=back +=item CONVERSION ROUTINES -tmpdir +code2country( CODE, [ CODESET ] ), country2code( STRING, [ CODESET ] ), +country_code2code( CODE, CODESET, CODESET ) -path +=item QUERY ROUTINES -canonpath +C, C -splitpath +=item CODE ALIASING -splitdir +=item EXAMPLES -catpath +=item DOMAIN NAMES -abs2rel +=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS -rel2abs +=item SEE ALSO -=over 4 +Locale::Language, Locale::Script, 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 SEE ALSO +=item AUTHOR + +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 File::Spec::Functions - portably perform operations on file names +=head2 Locale::Currency - ISO three letter codes for currency +identification (ISO 4217) =over 4 @@ -10167,75 +13673,64 @@ rel2abs =item DESCRIPTION -=over 4 +XTS, XXX -=item Exports +=item CONVERSION ROUTINES -=back +code2currency(), currency2code() -=item SEE ALSO +=item QUERY ROUTINES -=back +C, C -=head2 File::Spec::Mac - File::Spec for MacOS +=item EXAMPLES -=over 4 +=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS -=item SYNOPSIS +=item SEE ALSO -=item DESCRIPTION +Locale::Country, Locale::Script, ISO 4217:1995, +http://www.bsi-global.com/iso4217currency -=item METHODS +=item AUTHOR -canonpath +=item COPYRIGHT =back -catdir - -catfile - -curdir - -devnull - -rootdir - -tmpdir +=head2 Locale::Language - ISO two letter codes for language identification +(ISO 639) -updir +=over 4 -file_name_is_absolute +=item SYNOPSIS -path +=item DESCRIPTION -splitpath +=item CONVERSION ROUTINES -splitdir +code2language(), language2code() -catpath +=item QUERY ROUTINES -abs2rel +C, C -rel2abs +=item EXAMPLES -=over 4 +=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS =item SEE ALSO -=back - -=head2 File::Spec::OS2 - methods for OS/2 file specs - -=over 4 +Locale::Country, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, ISO 639:1988 (E/F), +http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html -=item SYNOPSIS +=item AUTHOR -=item DESCRIPTION +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 File::Spec::Unix - methods used by File::Spec +=head2 Locale::Maketext -- framework for localization =over 4 @@ -10243,53 +13738,50 @@ rel2abs =item DESCRIPTION -=item METHODS - -canonpath - -=back - -catdir +=item QUICK OVERVIEW -catfile +=item METHODS -curdir +=over 4 -devnull +=item Construction Methods -rootdir +=item The "maketext" Method -tmpdir +$lh->fail_with I $lh->fail_with(I), $lh->failure_handler_auto -updir +=item Utility Methods -no_upwards +$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() -case_tolerant +=item Language Handle Attributes and Internals -file_name_is_absolute +=back -path +=item LANGUAGE CLASS HIERARCHIES -join +=item ENTRIES IN EACH LEXICON -splitpath +=item BRACKET NOTATION -splitdir +=item AUTO LEXICONS -catpath +=item CONTROLLING LOOKUP FAILURE -abs2rel +=item HOW TO USE MAKETEXT -rel2abs +=item SEE ALSO -=over 4 +=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER -=item SEE ALSO +=item AUTHOR =back -=head2 File::Spec::VMS - methods for VMS file specs +=head2 Locale::Maketext::TPJ13 -- article about software localization =over 4 @@ -10297,177 +13789,170 @@ rel2abs =item DESCRIPTION -eliminate_macros - -=back - -fixpath +=item Localization and Perl: gettext breaks, Maketext fixes =over 4 -=item Methods always loaded - -canonpath (override) - -=back - -catdir - -catfile +=item A Localization Horror Story: It Could Happen To You -curdir (override) +=item The Linguistic View -devnull (override) +=item Breaking gettext -rootdir (override) +=item Replacing gettext -tmpdir (override) +=item Buzzwords: Abstraction and Encapsulation -updir (override) +=item Buzzword: Isomorphism -case_tolerant (override) +=item Buzzword: Inheritance -path (override) +=item Buzzword: Concision -file_name_is_absolute (override) +=item The Devil in the Details -splitpath (override) +=item The Proof in the Pudding: Localizing Web Sites -splitdir (override) +=item References -catpath (override) +=back -abs2rel (override) +=back -rel2abs (override) +=head2 Locale::Script - ISO codes for script identification (ISO 15924) =over 4 -=item SEE ALSO +=item SYNOPSIS -=back +=item DESCRIPTION -=head2 File::Spec::Win32 - methods for Win32 file specs +B, B, B =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item SPECIAL CODES -=item DESCRIPTION +=back -devnull +=item CONVERSION ROUTINES -=back +code2script( CODE, [ CODESET ] ), script2code( STRING, [ CODESET ] ), +script_code2code( CODE, CODESET, CODESET ) -tmpdir +=item QUERY ROUTINES -catfile +C, C -canonpath +=item EXAMPLES -splitpath +=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS -splitdir +=item SEE ALSO -catpath +Locale::Language, Locale::Currency, Locale::Country, ISO 15924, +http://www.evertype.com/standards/iso15924/ -=over 4 +=item AUTHOR -=item SEE ALSO +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 File::Temp - return name and handle of a temporary file safely +=head2 MIME::Base64 - Encoding and decoding of base64 strings =over 4 -=item PORTABILITY - =item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -=back +encode_base64($str, [$eol]), decode_base64($str) -=over 4 +=item DIAGNOSTICS -=item FUNCTIONS +Premature end of base64 data, Premature padding of base64 data -B +=item EXAMPLES + +=item COPYRIGHT =back -B +=head2 MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding +of quoted-printable strings =over 4 -=item MKTEMP FUNCTIONS +=item SYNOPSIS -B +=item DESCRIPTION -=back +encode_qp($str), decode_qp($str); -B +=item COPYRIGHT -B +=back -B +=head2 MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable +strings =over 4 -=item POSIX FUNCTIONS +=item SYNOPSIS -B +=item DESCRIPTION + +encode_qp($str), decode_qp($str); + +=item COPYRIGHT =back -B +=head2 Math::BigFloat - Arbitrary size floating point math package =over 4 -=item ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS - -B +=item SYNOPSIS -=back +=item DESCRIPTION =over 4 -=item UTILITY FUNCTIONS +=item Canonical notation -B +=item Output -=back +=item C, C and C -=over 4 +=item Accuracy vs. Precision -=item PACKAGE VARIABLES +=item Rounding -B, STANDARD, MEDIUM, HIGH +ffround ( +$scale ), ffround ( -$scale ), ffround ( 0 ), fround ( +$scale +), fround ( -$scale ) and fround ( 0 ) =back -TopSystemUID - -=over 4 +=item EXAMPLES -=item WARNING + # not ready yet -=over 4 +=item Autocreating constants -=item Temporary files and NFS +=item BUGS -=back +=item CAVEAT -=item HISTORY +stringify, bstr(), bdiv, Modifying and =, bpow -=item SEE ALSO +=item LICENSE -=item AUTHOR +=item AUTHORS =back -=head2 File::stat - by-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions +=head2 Math::BigInt - Arbitrary size integer math package =over 4 @@ -10475,67 +13960,72 @@ TopSystemUID =item DESCRIPTION -=item NOTE +Canonical notation, Input, Output -=item AUTHOR +=item ACCURACY and PRECISION -=back +=over 4 -=head2 FileCache - keep more files open than the system permits +=item Precision P -=over 4 +=item Accuracy A -=item SYNOPSIS +=item Fallback F -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Rounding mode R -=item BUGS +'trunc', 'even', 'odd', '+inf', '-inf', 'zero', Precision, Accuracy +(significant digits), Setting/Accessing, Creating numbers, Usage, +Precedence, Overriding globals, Local settings, Rounding, Default values, +Remarks =back -=head2 FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles +=item INTERNALS =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION +=item MATH LIBRARY -$fh->print, $fh->printf, $fh->getline, $fh->getlines +=item SIGN -=item SEE ALSO +=item mantissa(), exponent() and parts() =back -=head2 Filter::Simple - Simplified source filtering +=item EXAMPLES -=over 4 + use Math::BigInt; -=item SYNOPSIS +=item Autocreating constants -=item DESCRIPTION +=item PERFORMANCE =over 4 -=item The Problem +=item Alternative math libraries -=item A Solution +=back -=item Disabling or changing behaviour +=item BUGS -=item All-in-one interface +Out of Memory!, Fails to load Calc on Perl prior 5.6.0 -=item How it works +=item CAVEATS -=back +stringify, bstr(), bsstr() and 'cmp', int(), length, bdiv, infinity +handling, Modifying and =, bpow, Overloading -$x, Mixing different object +types, bsqrt() -=item AUTHOR +=item LICENSE -=item COPYRIGHT +=item SEE ALSO + +=item AUTHORS =back -=head2 Filter::Util::Call - Perl Source Filter Utility Module +=head2 Math::BigInt::Calc - Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt =over 4 @@ -10543,41 +14033,56 @@ $fh->print, $fh->printf, $fh->getline, $fh->getlines =item DESCRIPTION -=over 4 +=item EXPORT -=item B +=item WRAP YOUR OWN -=item B +=item LICENSE -=item B +This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it +under +the same terms as Perl itself. -B<$_>, B<$status>, B and B, B +=item AUTHORS + +=item SEE ALSO =back -=item EXAMPLES +=head2 Math::Complex - complex numbers and associated mathematical +functions =over 4 -=item Example 1: A simple filter. +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Example 2: Using the context +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Example 3: Using the context within the filter +=item OPERATIONS -=item Example 4: Using filter_del +=item CREATION + +=item STRINGIFICATION + +=over 4 + +=item CHANGED IN PERL 5.6 =back -=item Filter::Simple +=item USAGE -=item AUTHOR +=item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO OR LOGARITHM OF ZERO -=item DATE +=item ERRORS DUE TO INDIGESTIBLE ARGUMENTS + +=item BUGS + +=item AUTHORS =back -=head2 FindBin - Locate directory of original perl script +=head2 Math::Trig - trigonometric functions =over 4 @@ -10585,179 +14090,176 @@ B<$_>, B<$status>, B and B, B =item DESCRIPTION -=item EXPORTABLE VARIABLES +=item TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS -=item KNOWN BUGS +B -=item AUTHORS +=over 4 -=item COPYRIGHT +=item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO -=back +=item SIMPLE (REAL) ARGUMENTS, COMPLEX RESULTS -=head2 GDBM_File - Perl5 access to the gdbm library. +=back -=over 4 +=item PLANE ANGLE CONVERSIONS -=item SYNOPSIS +=item RADIAL COORDINATE CONVERSIONS -=item DESCRIPTION +=over 4 -=item AVAILABILITY +=item COORDINATE SYSTEMS -=item BUGS +=item 3-D ANGLE CONVERSIONS -=item SEE ALSO +cartesian_to_cylindrical, cartesian_to_spherical, cylindrical_to_cartesian, +cylindrical_to_spherical, spherical_to_cartesian, spherical_to_cylindrical =back -=head2 Getopt::Long - Extended processing of command line options +=item GREAT CIRCLE DISTANCES AND DIRECTIONS + +=item EXAMPLES =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item CAVEAT FOR GREAT CIRCLE FORMULAS -=item DESCRIPTION +=back -=item Command Line Options, an Introduction +=item BUGS -=item Getting Started with Getopt::Long +=item AUTHORS -=over 4 +=back -=item Simple options +=head2 Memoize - Make your functions faster by trading space for time -=item A little bit less simple options +=over 4 -=item Mixing command line option with other arguments +=item SYNOPSIS -=item Options with values +=item DESCRIPTION -=item Options with multiple values +=item DETAILS -=item Options with hash values +=item OPTIONS -=item User-defined subroutines to handle options +=over 4 -=item Options with multiple names +=item INSTALL -=item Case and abbreviations +=item NORMALIZER -=item Summary of Option Specifications +=item C, C -!, +, s, i, f, : I [ I ] +C, C, C, C, C =back -=item Advanced Possibilities +=item OTHER FACILITIES =over 4 -=item Object oriented interface +=item C -=item Documentation and help texts +=item C -=item Storing options in a hash +=back -=item Bundling +=item CAVEATS -=item The lonesome dash +=item PERSISTENT CACHE SUPPORT -=item Argument call-back +=item EXPIRATION SUPPORT -=back +=item BUGS -=item Configuring Getopt::Long +=item MAILING LIST -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 AUTHOR -=item Return values and Errors +=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE -=item Legacy +=item THANK YOU -=over 4 +=back -=item Default destinations +=head2 Memoize::AnyDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for AnyDBM_File for +Storable use -=item Alternative option starters +=over 4 -=item Configuration variables +=item DESCRIPTION =back -=item Trouble Shooting +=head2 Memoize::Expire - Plug-in module for automatic expiration of +memoized values =over 4 -=item Warning: Ignoring '!' modifier for short option +=item SYNOPSIS -=item GetOptions does not return a false result when an option is not -supplied +=item DESCRIPTION -=back +=item INTERFACE + + TIEHASH, EXISTS, STORE + +=item ALTERNATIVES + +=item CAVEATS =item AUTHOR -=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER +=item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 Getopt::Std, getopt - Process single-character switches with switch -clustering +=head2 Memoize::ExpireFile - test for Memoize expiration semantics =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - =item DESCRIPTION =back -=head2 I18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current -locale +=head2 Memoize::ExpireTest - test for Memoize expiration semantics =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - =item DESCRIPTION =back -=head2 IO - load various IO modules +=head2 Memoize::NDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for NDBM_File for +Storable use =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - =item DESCRIPTION =back -=head2 IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory handles +=head2 Memoize::SDBM_File - glue to provide EXISTS for SDBM_File for +Storable use =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - =item DESCRIPTION -new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (), -rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ] +=back -=item SEE ALSO +=head2 Memoize::Storable - store Memoized data in Storable database -=item AUTHOR +=over 4 -=item COPYRIGHT +=item DESCRIPTION =back -=head2 IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles +=head2 NDBM_File - Tied access to ndbm files =over 4 @@ -10765,21 +14267,21 @@ rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ] =item DESCRIPTION -=item CONSTRUCTOR +C, C, C -new ( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), new_tmpfile +=item DIAGNOSTICS -=item METHODS +=over 4 -open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ) +=item C -=item SEE ALSO +=back -=item HISTORY +=item BUGS AND WARNINGS =back -=head2 IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O handles +=head2 NEXT - Provide a pseudo-class NEXT that allows method redispatch =over 4 @@ -10787,28 +14289,23 @@ open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ) =item DESCRIPTION -=item CONSTRUCTOR - -new (), new_from_fd ( FD, MODE ) +=over 4 -=item METHODS +=item Enforcing redispatch -$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 Avoiding repetitions -=item NOTE +=back -=item SEE ALSO +=item AUTHOR -=item BUGS +=item BUGS AND IRRITATIONS -=item HISTORY +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes +=head2 Net::Cmd - Network Command class (as used by FTP, SMTP etc) =over 4 @@ -10816,15 +14313,18 @@ $io->blocking ( [ BOOL ] ), $io->untaint =item DESCRIPTION -=item CONSTRUCTOR +=item USER METHODS -new ( [READER, WRITER] ) +debug ( VALUE ), message (), code (), ok (), status (), datasend ( DATA ), +dataend () -=item METHODS +=item CLASS METHODS -reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles () +debug_print ( DIR, TEXT ), debug_text ( TEXT ), command ( CMD [, ARGS, ... +]), unsupported (), response (), parse_response ( TEXT ), getline (), +ungetline ( TEXT ), read_until_dot () -=item SEE ALSO +=item EXPORTS =item AUTHOR @@ -10832,28 +14332,28 @@ reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles () =back -=head2 IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call +=head2 Net::Config - Local configuration data for libnet =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item SYNOPSYS =item DESCRIPTION =item METHODS -mask ( IO [, EVENT_MASK ] ), poll ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), events ( IO ), remove ( -IO ), handles( [ EVENT_MASK ] ) - -=item SEE ALSO +requires_firewall HOST -=item AUTHOR +=item NetConfig VALUES -=item COPYRIGHT +nntp_hosts, snpp_hosts, pop3_hosts, smtp_hosts, ph_hosts, daytime_hosts, +time_hosts, inet_domain, ftp_firewall, ftp_firewall_type, ftp_ext_passive, +ftp_int_pasive, local_netmask, test_hosts, test_exists =back -=head2 IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for I/O objects +=head2 Net::Domain - Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name +and domain =over 4 @@ -10861,17 +14361,15 @@ IO ), handles( [ EVENT_MASK ] ) =item DESCRIPTION -$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 +hostfqdn (), hostname (), hostdomain () -=item SEE ALSO +=item AUTHOR -=item HISTORY +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 IO::Select - OO interface to the select system call +=head2 Net::FTP - FTP Client class =over 4 @@ -10879,50 +14377,62 @@ $io->tell =item DESCRIPTION +=item OVERVIEW + =item CONSTRUCTOR -new ( [ HANDLES ] ) +new (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 ] ) +login ([LOGIN [,PASSWORD [, ACCOUNT] ] ]), authorize ( [AUTH [, RESP]]), +site (ARGS), type (TYPE [, ARGS]), ascii ([ARGS]) binary([ARGS]) +ebcdic([ARGS]) byte([ARGS]), rename ( OLDNAME, NEWNAME ), delete ( FILENAME +), cwd ( [ DIR ] ), cdup (), pwd (), restart ( WHERE ), rmdir ( DIR ), +mkdir ( DIR [, RECURSE ]), ls ( [ DIR ] ), dir ( [ DIR ] ), get ( +REMOTE_FILE [, LOCAL_FILE [, WHERE]] ), put ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] +), put_unique ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), append ( LOCAL_FILE [, +REMOTE_FILE ] ), unique_name (), mdtm ( FILE ), size ( FILE ), supported ( +CMD ), hash ( [FILEHANDLE_GLOB_REF],[ BYTES_PER_HASH_MARK] ), nlst ( [ DIR +] ), list ( [ DIR ] ), retr ( FILE ), stor ( FILE ), stou ( FILE ), appe ( +FILE ), port ( [ PORT ] ), pasv (), pasv_xfer ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, +DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_xfer_unique ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ), +pasv_wait ( NON_PASV_SERVER ), abort (), quit () -=item EXAMPLE +=over 4 -=item AUTHOR +=item Methods for the adventurous -=item COPYRIGHT +quot (CMD [,ARGS]) =back -=head2 IO::Socket - Object interface to socket communications +=item THE dataconn CLASS -=over 4 +read ( BUFFER, SIZE [, TIMEOUT ] ), write ( BUFFER, SIZE [, TIMEOUT ] ), +bytes_read (), abort (), close () -=item SYNOPSIS +=item UNIMPLEMENTED -=item DESCRIPTION +B, B, B, B, B, B, B, B -=item CONSTRUCTOR +=item REPORTING BUGS -new ( [ARGS] ) +=item AUTHOR -=item METHODS +=item SEE ALSO -accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), atmark, connected, -protocol, sockdomain, sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), socktype, timeout([VAL]) +=item USE EXAMPLES -=item SEE ALSO +http://www.csh.rit.edu/~adam/Progs/autoftp-2.0.tar.gz -=item AUTHOR +=item CREDITS =item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets +=head2 Net::NNTP - NNTP Client class =over 4 @@ -10932,17 +14442,35 @@ protocol, sockdomain, sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), socktype, timeout([VAL]) =item CONSTRUCTOR -new ( [ARGS] ) +new ( [ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ]) + +=item METHODS + +article ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), body ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), head ( +[ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), nntpstat ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), group ( [ GROUP ] +), ihave ( MSGID [, MESSAGE ]), last (), date (), postok (), authinfo ( +USER, PASS ), list (), newgroups ( SINCE [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]), newnews ( +SINCE [, GROUPS [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]]), next (), post ( [ MESSAGE ] ), slave +(), quit () =over 4 -=item METHODS +=item Extension methods -sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost -() +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 =item AUTHOR @@ -10951,7 +14479,7 @@ sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost =back -=head2 IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets +=head2 Net::POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1081) =over 4 @@ -10959,13 +14487,20 @@ sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost =item DESCRIPTION +=item EXAMPLES + =item CONSTRUCTOR -new ( [ARGS] ) +new ( [ HOST, ] [ OPTIONS ] ) =item METHODS -hostpath(), peerpath() +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 @@ -10975,8 +14510,7 @@ hostpath(), peerpath() =back -=head2 IO::lib::IO::Dir, IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory -handles +=head2 Net::Ping - check a remote host for reachability =over 4 @@ -10984,18 +14518,27 @@ handles =item DESCRIPTION -new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (), -rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ] +=over 4 -=item SEE ALSO +=item Functions -=item AUTHOR +Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes]]]);, +$p->bind($local_addr);, $p->ping($host [, $timeout]);, $p->open($host);, +$p->open($host);, $p->close();, pingecho($host [, $timeout]); + +=back + +=item WARNING + +=item NOTES + +=item AUTHORS =item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 IO::lib::IO::File, IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles +=head2 Net::SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Client =over 4 @@ -11003,22 +14546,31 @@ rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ] =item DESCRIPTION +=item EXAMPLES + =item CONSTRUCTOR -new ( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), new_tmpfile +new Net::SMTP [ HOST, ] [ OPTIONS ] =item METHODS -open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ) +banner (), domain (), hello ( DOMAIN ), etrn ( DOMAIN ), auth ( USERNAME, +PASSWORD ), mail ( ADDRESS [, OPTIONS] ), send ( ADDRESS ), send_or_mail ( +ADDRESS ), send_and_mail ( ADDRESS ), reset (), recipient ( ADDRESS [, +ADDRESS [ ...]] [, OPTIONS ] ), to ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), cc ( +ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), bcc ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), data ( [ +DATA ] ), expand ( ADDRESS ), verify ( ADDRESS ), help ( [ $subject ] ), +quit () =item SEE ALSO -=item HISTORY +=item AUTHOR + +=item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 IO::lib::IO::Handle, IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O -handles +=head2 Net::Time - time and daytime network client interface =over 4 @@ -11026,120 +14578,135 @@ handles =item DESCRIPTION -=item CONSTRUCTOR +inet_time ( [HOST [, PROTOCOL [, TIMEOUT]]]), inet_daytime ( [HOST [, +PROTOCOL [, TIMEOUT]]]) -new (), new_from_fd ( FD, MODE ) +=item AUTHOR -=item METHODS +=item COPYRIGHT -$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 ] ), $io->untaint +=back -=item NOTE +=head2 Net::hostent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gethost*() +functions -=item SEE ALSO +=over 4 -=item BUGS +=item SYNOPSIS -=item HISTORY +=item DESCRIPTION + +=item EXAMPLES + +=item NOTE + +=item AUTHOR =back -=head2 IO::lib::IO::Pipe, IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes +=head2 Net::libnetFAQ, libnetFAQ - libnet Frequently Asked Questions =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - =item DESCRIPTION -=item CONSTRUCTOR +=over 4 -new ( [READER, WRITER] ) +=item Where to get this document -=item METHODS +=item How to contribute to this document -reader ([ARGS]), writer ([ARGS]), handles () +=back -=item SEE ALSO +=item Author and Copyright Information -=item AUTHOR +=over 4 -=item COPYRIGHT +=item Disclaimer =back -=head2 IO::lib::IO::Poll, IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call +=item Obtaining and installing libnet =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item METHODS +=item What is libnet ? -mask ( IO [, EVENT_MASK ] ), poll ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), events ( IO ), remove ( -IO ), handles( [ EVENT_MASK ] ) +=item Which version of perl do I need ? -=item SEE ALSO +=item What other modules do I need ? -=item AUTHOR +=item What machines support libnet ? -=item COPYRIGHT +=item Where can I get the latest libnet release =back -=head2 IO::lib::IO::Seekable, IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for -I/O objects +=item Using Net::FTP =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item How do I download files from an FTP server ? -=item DESCRIPTION +=item How do I transfer files in binary mode ? -$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 How can I get the size of a file on a remote FTP server ? -=item SEE ALSO +=item How can I get the modification time of a file on a remote FTP server +? -=item HISTORY +=item How can I change the permissions of a file on a remote server ? + +=item Can I do a reget operation like the ftp command ? + +=item How do I get a directory listing from an FTP server ? + +=item Changing directory to "" does not fail ? + +=item I am behind a SOCKS firewall, but the Firewall option does not work ? + +=item I am behind an FTP proxy firewall, but cannot access machines outside +? + +=item My ftp proxy firewall does not listen on port 21 + +=item Is it possible to change the file permissions of a file on an FTP +server ? + +=item I have seen scripts call a method message, but cannot find it +documented ? + +=item Why does Net::FTP not implement mput and mget methods =back -=head2 IO::lib::IO::Select, IO::Select - OO interface to the select system -call +=item Using Net::SMTP =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item Why can't the part of an Email address after the @ be used as the +hostname ? -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Why does Net::SMTP not do DNS MX lookups ? -=item CONSTRUCTOR +=item The verify method always returns true ? -new ( [ HANDLES ] ) +=back -=item METHODS +=item Debugging scripts -add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read ( -[ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), -count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, ERROR [, TIMEOUT ] ) +=over 4 -=item EXAMPLE +=item How can I debug my scripts that use Net::* modules ? -=item AUTHOR +=back -=item COPYRIGHT +=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket, IO::Socket - Object interface to socket -communications +=head2 Net::netent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getnet*() +functions =over 4 @@ -11147,25 +14714,16 @@ communications =item DESCRIPTION -=item CONSTRUCTOR - -new ( [ARGS] ) - -=item METHODS - -accept([PKG]), socketpair(DOMAIN, TYPE, PROTOCOL), atmark, connected, -protocol, sockdomain, sockopt(OPT [, VAL]), socktype, timeout([VAL]) +=item EXAMPLES -=item SEE ALSO +=item NOTE =item AUTHOR -=item COPYRIGHT - =back -=head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket::INET, IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for -AF_INET domain sockets +=head2 Net::protoent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*() +functions =over 4 @@ -11173,29 +14731,30 @@ AF_INET domain sockets =item DESCRIPTION -=item CONSTRUCTOR +=item NOTE -new ( [ARGS] ) +=item AUTHOR + +=back + +=head2 Net::servent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getserv*() +functions =over 4 -=item METHODS +=item SYNOPSIS -sockaddr (), sockport (), sockhost (), peeraddr (), peerport (), peerhost -() +=item DESCRIPTION -=back +=item EXAMPLES -=item SEE ALSO +=item NOTE =item AUTHOR -=item COPYRIGHT - =back -=head2 IO::lib::IO::Socket::UNIX, IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for -AF_UNIX domain sockets +=head2 Netrc, Net::Netrc - OO interface to users netrc file =over 4 @@ -11203,23 +14762,28 @@ AF_UNIX domain sockets =item DESCRIPTION +=item THE .netrc FILE + +machine name, default, login name, password string, account string, macdef +name + =item CONSTRUCTOR -new ( [ARGS] ) +lookup ( MACHINE [, LOGIN ]) =item METHODS -hostpath(), peerpath() - -=item SEE ALSO +login (), password (), account (), lpa () =item AUTHOR +=item SEE ALSO + =item COPYRIGHT =back -=head2 IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class +=head2 O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends =over 4 @@ -11227,21 +14791,15 @@ hostpath(), peerpath() =item DESCRIPTION -=item METHODS - -new ( KEY , FLAGS ), id, rcv ( BUF, LEN [, TYPE [, FLAGS ]] ), remove, set -( STAT ), set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), snd ( TYPE, MSG [, -FLAGS ] ), stat +=item CONVENTIONS -=item SEE ALSO +=item IMPLEMENTATION =item AUTHOR -=item COPYRIGHT - =back -=head2 IPC::Open2, open2 - open a process for both reading and writing +=head2 ODBM_File - Tied access to odbm files =over 4 @@ -11249,26 +14807,21 @@ FLAGS ] ), stat =item DESCRIPTION -=item WARNING - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back +C, C, C -=head2 IPC::Open3, open3 - open a process for reading, writing, and error -handling +=item DIAGNOSTICS =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item C -=item DESCRIPTION +=back -=item WARNING +=item BUGS AND WARNINGS =back -=head2 IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object class +=head2 Opcode - Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code =over 4 @@ -11276,40 +14829,45 @@ handling =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 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::SysV - SysV IPC constants +=item Manipulating Opsets -=over 4 +=item TO DO (maybe) -=item SYNOPSIS +=back -=item DESCRIPTION +=over 4 -ftok( PATH, ID ) +=item Predefined Opcode Tags + +: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 AUTHORS -=item COPYRIGHT - =back -=head2 IPC::SysV::Msg, IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class +=head2 Opcode::Safe, Safe - Compile and execute code in restricted +compartments =over 4 @@ -11317,63 +14875,45 @@ ftok( PATH, ID ) =item DESCRIPTION -=item METHODS - -new ( KEY , FLAGS ), id, rcv ( BUF, LEN [, TYPE [, FLAGS ]] ), remove, set -( STAT ), set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] ), snd ( TYPE, MSG [, -FLAGS ] ), stat - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item AUTHOR - -=item COPYRIGHT - -=back +a new namespace, an operator mask -=head2 IPC::SysV::Semaphore, IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object -class +=item WARNING =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item RECENT CHANGES -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Methods in class Safe -=item METHODS +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) -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 Some Safety Issues -=item SEE ALSO +Memory, CPU, Snooping, Signals, State Changes =item AUTHOR -=item COPYRIGHT +=back =back -=head2 List::Util - A selection of general-utility list subroutines +=head2 Opcode::ops, ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when +compiling =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item SYNOPSIS =item DESCRIPTION -first BLOCK LIST, max LIST, maxstr LIST, min LIST, minstr LIST, reduce -BLOCK LIST, sum LIST - -=item SUGGESTED ADDITIONS - -=item COPYRIGHT +=item SEE ALSO =back -=head2 List::Utilib::List::Util, List::Util - A selection of -general-utility list subroutines +=head2 POSIX - Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1 =over 4 @@ -11381,232 +14921,265 @@ general-utility list subroutines =item DESCRIPTION -first BLOCK LIST, max LIST, maxstr LIST, min LIST, minstr LIST, reduce -BLOCK LIST, sum LIST +=item NOTE -=item SUGGESTED ADDITIONS +=item CAVEATS -=item COPYRIGHT +=item FUNCTIONS -=back +_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 -=head2 List::Utilib::Scalar::Util, Scalar::Util - A selection of -general-utility scalar subroutines +=item CLASSES =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 +=item POSIX::SigAction -=back +new -=head2 Locale::Constants - constants for Locale codes +=item POSIX::SigSet -=over 4 +new, addset, delset, emptyset, fillset, ismember -=item SYNOPSIS +=item POSIX::Termios -=item DESCRIPTION +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 KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS +=back -=item SEE ALSO +=item PATHNAME CONSTANTS -Locale::Language, Locale::Country, Locale::Currency +Constants -=item AUTHOR +=item POSIX CONSTANTS -=item COPYRIGHT +Constants -=back +=item SYSTEM CONFIGURATION -=head2 Locale::Country - ISO codes for country identification (ISO 3166) +Constants -=over 4 +=item ERRNO -=item SYNOPSIS +Constants -=back +=item FCNTL -=over 4 +Constants -=item DESCRIPTION +=item FLOAT -B, B, B +Constants -=back +=item LIMITS -=over 4 +Constants -=item CONVERSION ROUTINES +=item LOCALE -code2country( CODE, [ CODESET ] ), country2code( STRING, [ CODESET ] ), -country_code2code( CODE, CODESET, CODESET ) +Constants -=back +=item MATH -=over 4 +Constants -=item QUERY ROUTINES +=item SIGNAL -C, C +Constants -=back +=item STAT -=over 4 +Constants, Macros -=item CODE ALIASING +=item STDLIB -=back +Constants -=over 4 +=item STDIO -=item EXAMPLES +Constants -=item DOMAIN NAMES +=item TIME -=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS +Constants -=item SEE ALSO +=item UNISTD -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 +Constants -=item AUTHOR +=item WAIT -=item COPYRIGHT +Constants, WNOHANG, WUNTRACED, Macros, WIFEXITED, WEXITSTATUS, WIFSIGNALED, +WTERMSIG, WIFSTOPPED, WSTOPSIG =back -=head2 Locale::Currency - ISO three letter codes for currency -identification (ISO 4217) +=head2 PerlIO - On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::* +name space =over 4 =item SYNOPSIS -=back +=item DESCRIPTION -=over 4 +unix, stdio, perlio, crlf, utf8, raw -=item DESCRIPTION +=over 4 -XTS, XXX +=item Defaults and how to override them =back -=over 4 - -=item CONVERSION ROUTINES +=item AUTHOR -code2currency(), currency2code() +=item SEE ALSO =back +=head2 PerlIO::Scalar - support module for in-memory IO. + =over 4 -=item QUERY ROUTINES +=item SYNOPSIS -C, C +=item DESCRIPTION =back +=head2 PerlIO::Via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl + =over 4 -=item EXAMPLES +=item SYNOPSIS -=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS +=item DESCRIPTION -=item SEE ALSO +$class->PUSHED([$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) -Locale::Country, ISO 4217:1995, http://www.bsi-global.com/iso4217currency +=over 4 -=item AUTHOR +=item Example - a Hexadecimal Handle -=item COPYRIGHT +=back =back -=head2 Locale::Language - ISO two letter codes for language identification -(ISO 639) +=head2 Pod::Checker, podchecker() - check pod documents for syntax errors =over 4 =item SYNOPSIS -=back +=item OPTIONS/ARGUMENTS =over 4 -=item DESCRIPTION - -=back +=item podchecker() -=over 4 +B<-warnings> =E I -=item CONVERSION ROUTINES +=back -code2language(), language2code() +=item DESCRIPTION -=back +=item DIAGNOSTICS =over 4 -=item QUERY ROUTINES +=item Errors -C, C +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 -=back +=item Warnings -=over 4 +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 EXAMPLES +=item Hyperlinks -=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS +ignoring leading/trailing whitespace in link, (section) in '$page' +deprecated, alternative text/node '%s' contains non-escaped | or / -=item SEE ALSO +=back -Locale::Country, Locale::Currency, ISO 639:1988 (E/F), -http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html +=item RETURN VALUE -=item AUTHOR +=item EXAMPLES -=item COPYRIGHT +=item INTERFACE =back -=head2 MIME::Base64 - Encoding and decoding of base64 strings +Cnew( %options )> -=over 4 +C<$checker-Epoderror( @args )>, C<$checker-Epoderror( {%opts}, +@args )> -=item SYNOPSIS +C<$checker-Enum_errors()> -=item DESCRIPTION +C<$checker-Ename()> -encode_base64($str, [$eol]), decode_base64($str) +C<$checker-Enode()> -=item DIAGNOSTICS +C<$checker-Eidx()> -Premature end of base64 data, Premature padding of base64 data +C<$checker-Ehyperlink()> -=item EXAMPLES +=over 4 -=item COPYRIGHT +=item AUTHOR =back -=head2 MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding -of quoted-printable strings +=head2 Pod::Find - find POD documents in directory trees =over 4 @@ -11614,45 +15187,47 @@ of quoted-printable strings =item DESCRIPTION -encode_qp($str), decode_qp($str); +=back -=item COPYRIGHT +=over 4 -=back +=item C -=head2 MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable -strings +C<-verbose =E 1>, C<-perl =E 1>, C<-script =E 1>, C<-inc =E +1> + +=back =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item C -=item DESCRIPTION +=back -encode_qp($str), decode_qp($str); +=over 4 -=item COPYRIGHT +=item C -=back +C<-inc =E 1>, C<-dirs =E [ $dir1, $dir2, ... ]>, C<-verbose =E +1> -=head2 Math::BigFloat - Arbitrary length float math package +=back =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION +=item C -number format, Error returns 'NaN', Division is computed to, Rounding is -performed +=back -=item BUGS +=over 4 =item AUTHOR +=item SEE ALSO + =back -=head2 Math::BigInt - Arbitrary size integer math package +=head2 Pod::Html - module to convert pod files to HTML =over 4 @@ -11660,314 +15235,255 @@ performed =item DESCRIPTION -Canonical notation, Input, Output +=item ARGUMENTS -=item EXAMPLES +backlink, cachedir, css, flush, header, help, htmldir, htmlroot, index, +infile, libpods, netscape, outfile, podpath, podroot, quiet, recurse, +title, verbose -=item Autocreating constants +=item EXAMPLE -=item BUGS +=item ENVIRONMENT =item AUTHOR +=item SEE ALSO + +=item COPYRIGHT + =back -=head2 Math::Complex - complex numbers and associated mathematical -functions +=head2 Pod::InputObjects - objects representing POD input paragraphs, +commands, etc. =over 4 =item SYNOPSIS -=item DESCRIPTION +=item REQUIRES -=item OPERATIONS +=item EXPORTS -=item CREATION +=item DESCRIPTION -=item STRINGIFICATION +package B, package B, package +B, package B + +=back =over 4 -=item CHANGED IN PERL 5.6 +=item B =back -=item USAGE +=over 4 -=item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO OR LOGARITHM OF ZERO +=item B -=item ERRORS DUE TO INDIGESTIBLE ARGUMENTS +=back -=item BUGS +=over 4 -=item AUTHORS +=item B =back -=head2 Math::Trig - trigonometric functions - =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS +=item B -B +=back =over 4 -=item ERRORS DUE TO DIVISION BY ZERO - -=item SIMPLE (REAL) ARGUMENTS, COMPLEX RESULTS +=item B =back -=item PLANE ANGLE CONVERSIONS - -=item RADIAL COORDINATE CONVERSIONS - =over 4 -=item COORDINATE SYSTEMS - -=item 3-D ANGLE CONVERSIONS - -cartesian_to_cylindrical, cartesian_to_spherical, cylindrical_to_cartesian, -cylindrical_to_spherical, spherical_to_cartesian, spherical_to_cylindrical +=item B =back -=item GREAT CIRCLE DISTANCES AND DIRECTIONS - -=item EXAMPLES - =over 4 -=item CAVEAT FOR GREAT CIRCLE FORMULAS +=item Pod::Paragraph-EB =back -=item BUGS +=over 4 -=item AUTHORS +=item $pod_para-EB =back -=head2 NDBM_File - Tied access to ndbm files - =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -C, C, C +=item $pod_para-EB -=item DIAGNOSTICS +=back =over 4 -=item C +=item $pod_para-EB =back -=item BUGS AND WARNINGS +=over 4 -=back +=item $pod_para-EB -=head2 NEXT - Provide a pseudo-class NEXT that allows method redispatch +=back =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION +=item $pod_para-EB -=item AUTHOR +=back -=item BUGS AND IRRITATIONS +=over 4 -=item COPYRIGHT +=item $pod_para-EB =back -=head2 Net::Ping - check a remote host for reachability - =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION +=item $pod_para-EB -icmp, udp, tcp, stream, external +=back =over 4 -=item Functions - -Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes]]]);, $p->ping($host [, -$timeout]);, $p->open($host);, $p->close();, pingecho($host [, $timeout]); +=item B =back -=item NOTES +=over 4 -=back +=item Pod::InteriorSequence-EB -=head2 Net::hostent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gethost*() -functions +=back =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION +=item $pod_seq-EB -=item EXAMPLES +=back -=item NOTE +=over 4 -=item AUTHOR +=item $pod_seq-EB =back -=head2 Net::netent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getnet*() -functions - =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION +=item $pod_seq-EB -=item EXAMPLES +=back -=item NOTE +=over 4 -=item AUTHOR +=item $pod_seq-EB =back -=head2 Net::protoent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*() -functions - =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item $pod_seq-EB -=item DESCRIPTION +=back -=item NOTE +=over 4 -=item AUTHOR +=item $pod_seq-EB =back -=head2 Net::servent - by-name interface to Perl's built-in getserv*() -functions - =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION +=item $pod_seq-EB -=item EXAMPLES +=back -=item NOTE +=over 4 -=item AUTHOR +=item $pod_seq-EB =back -=head2 O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends - =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION +=item $pod_seq-EB -=item CONVENTIONS +=back -=item IMPLEMENTATION +=over 4 -=item AUTHOR +=item Pod::InteriorSequence::B =back -=head2 ODBM_File - Tied access to odbm files - =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -C, C, C +=item B -=item DIAGNOSTICS +=back =over 4 -=item C +=item Pod::ParseTree-EB =back -=item BUGS AND WARNINGS +=over 4 -=back +=item $ptree-EB -=head2 Opcode - Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code +=back =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS +=item $ptree-EB -=item DESCRIPTION +=back -=item NOTE +=over 4 -=item WARNING +=item $ptree-EB -=item Operator Names and Operator Lists +=back -an operator name (opname), an operator tag name (optag), a negated opname -or optag, an operator set (opset) +=over 4 -=item Opcode Functions +=item $ptree-EB -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) +=back -=item Manipulating Opsets +=over 4 -=item TO DO (maybe) +=item $ptree-EB =back =over 4 -=item Predefined Opcode Tags +=item Pod::ParseTree::B -: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 +=back + +=over 4 =item SEE ALSO -=item AUTHORS +=item AUTHOR =back -=head2 Opcode::Safe, Safe - Compile and execute code in restricted -compartments +=head2 Pod::LaTeX - Convert Pod data to formatted Latex =over 4 @@ -11975,175 +15491,121 @@ compartments =item DESCRIPTION -a new namespace, an operator mask - -=item WARNING +=back =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 +=item OBJECT METHODS -=back +C =back -=head2 Opcode::ops, ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when -compiling - =over 4 -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION +=item Data Accessors -=item SEE ALSO +B =back -=head2 POSIX - Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1 - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS +B -=item DESCRIPTION +B -=item NOTE +B