=back
-=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.23 $, $Date:
-1999/05/23 16:08:30 $)
+=head2 perltoc - perl documentation table of contents
=over
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
-
-=item What is Perl?
-
-=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
-
-=item Which version of Perl should I use?
-
-=item What are perl4 and perl5?
-
-=item What is perl6?
-
-=item How stable is Perl?
-
-=item Is Perl difficult to learn?
+=item BASIC DOCUMENTATION
-=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
-Scheme, or Tcl?
+=over
-=item Can I do [task] in Perl?
+=item perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language
-=item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
+SYNOPSIS, DESCRIPTION, AVAILABILITY, ENVIRONMENT, AUTHOR, FILES, SEE ALSO,
+DIAGNOSTICS, BUGS, NOTES
-=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
+=item perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 1999/05/23
+20:38:02 $)
-=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
+DESCRIPTION
-=item What is a JAPH?
+=back
-=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
+=back
-=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
-(5/5.005/Perl instead of some other language)?
+=head2 perlbook - Perl book information
-=back
+=over
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.32 $,
-$Date: 1999/10/14 18:46:09 $)
+=head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax
=over
=over
-=item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
+=item Declarations
-=item How can I get a binary version of Perl?
+=item Simple statements
-=item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
+=item Compound statements
-=item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts
-don't work.
+=item Loop Control
-=item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic
-loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
+=item For Loops
-=item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
-What does CPAN/src/... mean?
+=item Foreach Loops
-=item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?
+=item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
-=item Where can I get information on Perl?
+=item Goto
-=item What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?
+=item PODs: Embedded Documentation
-=item Where should I post source code?
+=item Plain Old Comments (Not!)
-=item Perl Books
+=back
-References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics
+=back
-=item Perl in Magazines
+=head2 perldata - Perl data types
-=item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
+=over
-=item What mailing lists are there for Perl?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
+=over
-=item Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
+=item Variable names
-=item Where do I send bug reports?
+=item Context
-=item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org?
+=item Scalar values
+
+=item Scalar value constructors
+
+=item List value constructors
+
+=item Slices
+
+=item Typeglobs and Filehandles
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.38 $, $Date: 1999/05/23
-16:08:30 $)
+=head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
=over
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over
-=item How do I do (anything)?
+=item Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
-=item How can I use Perl interactively?
+=item The Arrow Operator
-=item Is there a Perl shell?
+=item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
-=item How do I debug my Perl programs?
+=item Exponentiation
-=item How do I profile my Perl programs?
+=item Symbolic Unary Operators
-=item How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
+=item Binding Operators
-=item Is there a pretty-printer (formatter) for Perl?
+=item Multiplicative Operators
-=item Is there a ctags for Perl?
+=item Additive Operators
-=item Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor?
+=item Shift Operators
-=item Where can I get Perl macros for vi?
+=item Named Unary Operators
-=item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs?
+=item Relational Operators
-=item How can I use curses with Perl?
+=item Equality Operators
-=item How can I use X or Tk with Perl?
+=item Bitwise And
-=item How can I generate simple menus without using CGI or Tk?
+=item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
-=item What is undump?
+=item C-style Logical And
-=item How can I make my Perl program run faster?
+=item C-style Logical Or
-=item How can I make my Perl program take less memory?
+=item Range Operators
-=item Is it unsafe to return a pointer to local data?
+=item Conditional Operator
-=item How can I free an array or hash so my program shrinks?
+=item Assignment Operators
-=item How can I make my CGI script more efficient?
+=item Comma Operator
-=item How can I hide the source for my Perl program?
+=item List Operators (Rightward)
-=item How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
+=item Logical Not
-=item How can I compile Perl into Java?
+=item Logical And
-=item How can I get C<#!perl> to work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?
+=item Logical or and Exclusive Or
-=item Can I write useful Perl programs on the command line?
+=item C Operators Missing From Perl
-=item Why don't Perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?
+unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
-=item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
+=item Quote and Quote-like Operators
-=item Where can I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
+=item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
-=item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]
+?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
-=item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in
-my C program, what am I doing wrong?
+=item Gory details of parsing quoted constructs
-=item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it
-mean?
+Finding the end, Removal of backslashes before delimiters, Interpolation,
+C<<<'EOF'>, C<m''>, C<s'''>, C<tr///>, C<y///>, C<''>, C<q//>, C<"">,
+C<``>, C<qq//>, C<qx//>, C<< <file*glob> >>, C<?RE?>, C</RE/>, C<m/RE/>,
+C<s/RE/foo/>,, Interpolation of regular expressions, Optimization of
+regular expressions
-=item What's MakeMaker?
+=item I/O Operators
-=back
+=item Constant Folding
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Bitwise String Operators
+
+=item Integer Arithmetic
+
+=item Floating-point Arithmetic
+
+=item Bigger Numbers
=back
-=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.49 $, $Date: 1999/05/23
-20:37:49 $)
+=back
+
+=head2 perlreftut - Mark's very short tutorial about references
=over
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Data: Numbers
+=item Who Needs Complicated Data Structures?
+
+=item The Solution
+
+=item Syntax
=over
-=item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
-numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
+=item Making References
-=item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
+=item Using References
-=item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()?
-Trig functions?
+=back
-=item How do I convert bits into ints?
+=item An Example
-=item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?
+=item Arrow Rule
-=item How do I multiply matrices?
+=item Solution
-=item How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
+=item The Rest
-=item How can I output Roman numerals?
+=item Summary
-=item Why aren't my random numbers random?
+=item Credits
+
+=over
+
+=item Distribution Conditions
=back
-=item Data: Dates
+=back
+
+=head2 perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook
=over
-=item How do I find the week-of-the-year/day-of-the-year?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How do I find the current century or millennium?
+arrays of arrays, hashes of arrays, arrays of hashes, hashes of hashes,
+more elaborate constructs
-=item How can I compare two dates and find the difference?
+=item REFERENCES
-=item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
+=item COMMON MISTAKES
-=item How can I find the Julian Day?
+=item CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE
-=item How do I find yesterday's date?
+=item WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS C<use strict>
-=item Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?
+=item DEBUGGING
-=back
+=item CODE EXAMPLES
-=item Data: Strings
+=item ARRAYS OF ARRAYS
=over
-=item How do I validate input?
+=item Declaration of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS
-=item How do I unescape a string?
+=item Generation of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS
-=item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
+=item Access and Printing of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS
-=item How do I expand function calls in a string?
+=back
-=item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
+=item HASHES OF ARRAYS
-=item How do I reverse a string?
+=over
-=item How do I expand tabs in a string?
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF ARRAYS
-=item How do I reformat a paragraph?
+=item Generation of a HASH OF ARRAYS
-=item How can I access/change the first N letters of a string?
+=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF ARRAYS
-=item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
+=back
-=item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
-string?
+=item ARRAYS OF HASHES
-=item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
+=over
-=item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
-[character]? (Comma-separated files)
+=item Declaration of a ARRAY OF HASHES
-=item How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?
+=item Generation of a ARRAY OF HASHES
-=item How do I pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?
+=item Access and Printing of a ARRAY OF HASHES
-=item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
+=back
-=item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
+=item HASHES OF HASHES
-=item How can I expand variables in text strings?
+=over
-=item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES
-=item Why don't my <<HERE documents work?
+=item Generation of a HASH OF HASHES
-1. There must be no space after the << part, 2. There (probably) should be
-a semicolon at the end, 3. You can't (easily) have any space in front of
-the tag
+=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES
=back
-=item Data: Arrays
+=item MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
=over
-=item What is the difference between a list and an array?
+=item Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
-=item What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
-=item How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array?
+=item Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
-a) If @in is sorted, and you want @out to be sorted: (this assumes all true
-values in the array), b) If you don't know whether @in is sorted:, c) Like
-(b), but @in contains only small integers:, d) A way to do (b) without any
-loops or greps:, e) Like (d), but @in contains only small positive
-integers:
+=back
-=item How can I tell whether a list or array contains a certain element?
+=item Database Ties
-=item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
-intersection of two arrays?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How do I test whether two arrays or hashes are equal?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
+=back
-=item How do I handle linked lists?
+=head2 perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl
-=item How do I handle circular lists?
+=over
-=item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How do I process/modify each element of an array?
+=item Declaration and Access of Arrays of Arrays
-=item How do I select a random element from an array?
+=item Growing Your Own
-=item How do I permute N elements of a list?
+=item Access and Printing
-=item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
+=item Slices
-=item How do I manipulate arrays of bits?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
+=head2 perlrequick - Perl regular expressions quick start
=over
-=item How do I process an entire hash?
-
-=item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
-it?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How do I look up a hash element by value?
+=item The Guide
-=item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
+=over
-=item How do I sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
+=item Simple word matching
-=item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
+=item Using character classes
-=item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
+\d is a digit and represents [0-9], \s is a whitespace character and
+represents [\ \t\r\n\f], \w is a word character (alphanumeric or _) and
+represents [0-9a-zA-Z_], \D is a negated \d; it represents any character
+but a digit [^0-9], \S is a negated \s; it represents any non-whitespace
+character [^\s], \W is a negated \w; it represents any non-word character
+[^\w], The period '.' matches any character but "\n"
-=item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
+=item Matching this or that
-=item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
+=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
-=item How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
+=item Extracting matches
-=item How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
+=item Matching repetitions
-=item How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?
+C<a?> = match 'a' 1 or 0 times, C<a*> = match 'a' 0 or more times, i.e.,
+any number of times, C<a+> = match 'a' 1 or more times, i.e., at least
+once, C<a{n,m}> = match at least C<n> times, but not more than C<m> times,
+C<a{n,}> = match at least C<n> or more times, C<a{n}> = match exactly C<n>
+times
-=item Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create
-it?
+=item More matching
-=item How can I make the Perl equivalent of a C structure/C++ class/hash or
-array of hashes or arrays?
+=item Search and replace
-=item How can I use a reference as a hash key?
+=item The split operator
=back
-=item Data: Misc
-
-=over
-
-=item How do I handle binary data correctly?
-
-=item How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?
-
-=item How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
+=item BUGS
-=item How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How do I define methods for every class/object?
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
+=over
-=item How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?
+=item Acknowledgments
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-
=back
-=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.38 $, $Date: 1999/05/23
-16:08:30 $)
+=head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial
=over
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=item Part 1: The basics
-=item How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this?
+=over
-=item How do I change one line in a file/delete a line in a file/insert a
-line in the middle of a file/append to the beginning of a file?
+=item Simple word matching
-=item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
+=item Using character classes
-=item How do I make a temporary file name?
+\d is a digit and represents [0-9], \s is a whitespace character and
+represents [\ \t\r\n\f], \w is a word character (alphanumeric or _) and
+represents [0-9a-zA-Z_], \D is a negated \d; it represents any character
+but a digit [^0-9], \S is a negated \s; it represents any non-whitespace
+character [^\s], \W is a negated \w; it represents any non-word character
+[^\w], The period '.' matches any character but "\n", no modifiers (//):
+Default behavior. C<'.'> matches any character except C<"\n">. C<^>
+matches only at the beginning of the string and C<$> matches only at the
+end or before a newline at the end, s modifier (//s): Treat string as a
+single long line. C<'.'> matches any character, even C<"\n">. C<^>
+matches only at the beginning of the string and C<$> matches only at the
+end or before a newline at the end, m modifier (//m): Treat string as a set
+of multiple lines. C<'.'> matches any character except C<"\n">. C<^> and
+C<$> are able to match at the start or end of I<any> line within the
+string, both s and m modifiers (//sm): Treat string as a single long line,
+but detect multiple lines. C<'.'> matches any character, even C<"\n">.
+C<^> and C<$>, however, are able to match at the start or end of I<any>
+line within the string
-=item How can I manipulate fixed-record-length files?
+=item Matching this or that
-=item How can I make a filehandle local to a subroutine? How do I pass
-filehandles between subroutines? How do I make an array of filehandles?
+=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
-=item How can I use a filehandle indirectly?
+0 Start with the first letter in the string 'a', 1 Try the first
+alternative in the first group 'abd', 2 Match 'a' followed by 'b'. So far
+so good, 3 'd' in the regexp doesn't match 'c' in the string - a dead end.
+So backtrack two characters and pick the second alternative in the first
+group 'abc', 4 Match 'a' followed by 'b' followed by 'c'. We are on a roll
+and have satisfied the first group. Set $1 to 'abc', 5 Move on to the
+second group and pick the first alternative 'df', 6 Match the 'd', 7 'f' in
+the regexp doesn't match 'e' in the string, so a dead end. Backtrack one
+character and pick the second alternative in the second group 'd', 8 'd'
+matches. The second grouping is satisfied, so set $2 to 'd', 9 We are at
+the end of the regexp, so we are done! We have matched 'abcd' out of the
+string "abcde"
-=item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
+=item Extracting matches
-=item How can I write() into a string?
+=item Matching repetitions
-=item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
+C<a?> = match 'a' 1 or 0 times, C<a*> = match 'a' 0 or more times, i.e.,
+any number of times, C<a+> = match 'a' 1 or more times, i.e., at least
+once, C<a{n,m}> = match at least C<n> times, but not more than C<m> times,
+C<a{n,}> = match at least C<n> or more times, C<a{n}> = match exactly C<n>
+times, Principle 0: Taken as a whole, any regexp will be matched at the
+earliest possible position in the string, Principle 1: In an alternation
+C<a|b|c...>, the leftmost alternative that allows a match for the whole
+regexp will be the one used, Principle 2: The maximal matching quantifiers
+C<?>, C<*>, C<+> and C<{n,m}> will in general match as much of the string
+as possible while still allowing the whole regexp to match, Principle 3: If
+there are two or more elements in a regexp, the leftmost greedy quantifier,
+if any, will match as much of the string as possible while still allowing
+the whole regexp to match. The next leftmost greedy quantifier, if any,
+will try to match as much of the string remaining available to it as
+possible, while still allowing the whole regexp to match. And so on, until
+all the regexp elements are satisfied, C<a??> = match 'a' 0 or 1 times. Try
+0 first, then 1, C<a*?> = match 'a' 0 or more times, i.e., any number of
+times, but as few times as possible, C<a+?> = match 'a' 1 or more times,
+i.e., at least once, but as few times as possible, C<a{n,m}?> = match at
+least C<n> times, not more than C<m> times, as few times as possible,
+C<a{n,}?> = match at least C<n> times, but as few times as possible,
+C<a{n}?> = match exactly C<n> times. Because we match exactly C<n> times,
+C<a{n}?> is equivalent to C<a{n}> and is just there for notational
+consistency, Principle 3: If there are two or more elements in a regexp,
+the leftmost greedy (non-greedy) quantifier, if any, will match as much
+(little) of the string as possible while still allowing the whole regexp to
+match. The next leftmost greedy (non-greedy) quantifier, if any, will try
+to match as much (little) of the string remaining available to it as
+possible, while still allowing the whole regexp to match. And so on, until
+all the regexp elements are satisfied, 0 Start with the first letter in the
+string 't', 1 The first quantifier '.*' starts out by matching the whole
+string 'the cat in the hat', 2 'a' in the regexp element 'at' doesn't match
+the end of the string. Backtrack one character, 3 'a' in the regexp
+element 'at' still doesn't match the last letter of the string 't', so
+backtrack one more character, 4 Now we can match the 'a' and the 't', 5
+Move on to the third element '.*'. Since we are at the end of the string
+and '.*' can match 0 times, assign it the empty string, 6 We are done!
-=item How can I translate tildes (~) in a filename?
+=item Building a regexp
-=item How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?
+specifying the task in detail,, breaking down the problem into smaller
+parts,, translating the small parts into regexps,, combining the regexps,,
+and optimizing the final combined regexp
-=item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use <*>?
+=item Using regular expressions in Perl
-=item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
+=back
-=item How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing blanks?
+=item Part 2: Power tools
-=item How can I reliably rename a file?
+=over
-=item How can I lock a file?
+=item More on characters, strings, and character classes
-=item Why can't I just open(FH, ">file.lock")?
+=item Compiling and saving regular expressions
-=item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in
-the file. How can I do this?
+=item Embedding comments and modifiers in a regular expression
-=item How do I randomly update a binary file?
+=item Non-capturing groupings
+
+=item Looking ahead and looking behind
+
+=item Using independent subexpressions to prevent backtracking
+
+=item Conditional expressions
-=item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
+=item A bit of magic: executing Perl code in a regular expression
-=item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
+=item Pragmas and debugging
-=item How do I print to more than one file at once?
+=back
-=item How can I read in an entire file all at once?
+=item BUGS
-=item How can I read in a file by paragraphs?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item How can I tell whether there's a character waiting on a filehandle?
+=over
-=item How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl?
+=item Acknowledgments
-=item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
+=back
-=item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
+=back
-=item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? What doesn't
-`C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
+=head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings
-=item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
+=over
-=item Why does Perl let me delete read-only files? Why does C<-i> clobber
-protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How do I select a random line from a file?
+=over
-=item Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?
+=item Default Warnings and Optional Warnings
-=back
+=item What's wrong with B<-w> and C<$^W>
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Controlling Warnings from the Command Line
-=back
+B<-w>, B<-W>, B<-X>
-=head2 perlfaq6 - Regexes ($Revision: 1.27 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 16:08:30 $)
+=item Backward Compatibility
-=over
+=item Category Hierarchy
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Fatal Warnings
-=over
+=item Reporting Warnings from a Module
-=item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
-and unmaintainable code?
+=back
-Comments Outside the Regex, Comments Inside the Regex, Different Delimiters
+=item TODO
-=item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
-different lines?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
+=back
-=item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS, but preserving
-case on the RHS?
+=head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
-=item How can I make C<\w> match national character sets?
+=over
-=item How can I match a locale-smart version of C</[a-zA-Z]/>?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?
+=item The Perl Debugger
-=item What is C</o> really for?
+=over
-=item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
-file?
+=item Debugger Commands
-=item Can I use Perl regular expressions to match balanced text?
+h [command], p expr, x expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], T, s [expr], n
+[expr], r, <CR>, c [line|sub], l, l min+incr, l min-max, l line, l subname,
+-, w [line], f filename, /pattern/, ?pattern?, L, S [[!]regex], t, t expr,
+b [line] [condition], b subname [condition], b postpone subname
+[condition], b load filename, b compile subname, d [line], D, a [line]
+command, a [line], A, W expr, W, O booloption .., O anyoption? .., O
+option=value .., < ?, < [ command ], << command, > ?, > command, >>
+command, { ?, { [ command ], {{ command, ! number, ! -number, ! pattern, !!
+cmd, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, man [manpage]
-=item What does it mean that regexes are greedy? How can I get around it?
+=item Configurable Options
-=item How do I process each word on each line?
+C<recallCommand>, C<ShellBang>, C<pager>, C<tkRunning>, C<signalLevel>,
+C<warnLevel>, C<dieLevel>, C<AutoTrace>, C<LineInfo>, C<inhibit_exit>,
+C<PrintRet>, C<ornaments>, C<frame>, C<maxTraceLen>, C<arrayDepth>,
+C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>, C<DumpDBFiles>,
+C<DumpPackages>, C<DumpReused>, C<quote>, C<HighBit>, C<undefPrint>,
+C<UsageOnly>, C<TTY>, C<noTTY>, C<ReadLine>, C<NonStop>
-=item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
+=item Debugger input/output
-=item How can I do approximate matching?
+Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame
+listing
-=item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
+=item Debugging compile-time statements
-=item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
+=item Debugger Customization
-=item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
+=item Readline Support
-=item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
+=item Editor Support for Debugging
-=item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
+=item The Perl Profiler
-=item What's wrong with using grep or map in a void context?
+=back
-=item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
+=item Debugging regular expressions
-=item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
+=item Debugging memory usage
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item BUGS
=back
-=head2 perlfaq7 - Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.28 $, $Date:
-1999/05/23 20:36:18 $)
+=head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
=over
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over
-=item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
+=item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems
-=item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
-use them?
+OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS
-=item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
-commas?
+=item Location of Perl
-=item How do I skip some return values?
+=item Command Switches
+
+B<-0>[I<digits>], B<-a>, B<-C>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-d:>I<foo>,
+B<-D>I<letters>, B<-D>I<number>, B<-e> I<commandline>, B<-F>I<pattern>,
+B<-h>, B<-i>[I<extension>], B<-I>I<directory>, B<-l>[I<octnum>],
+B<-m>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<'module ...'>,
+B<-[mM]>[B<->]I<module=arg[,arg]...>, B<-n>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-s>, B<-S>,
+B<-T>, B<-u>, B<-U>, B<-v>, B<-V>, B<-V:>I<name>, B<-w>, B<-W>, B<-X>,
+B<-x> I<directory>
+
+=back
+
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5OPT, PERLLIB, PERL5DB, PERL5SHELL
+(specific to the Win32 port), PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL,
+PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port), SYS$LOGIN (specific to the VMS port)
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item Perl Functions by Category
+
+Functions for SCALARs or strings, Regular expressions and pattern matching,
+Numeric functions, Functions for real @ARRAYs, Functions for list data,
+Functions for real %HASHes, Input and output functions, Functions for fixed
+length data or records, Functions for filehandles, files, or directories,
+Keywords related to the control flow of your perl program, Keywords related
+to scoping, Miscellaneous functions, Functions for processes and process
+groups, Keywords related to perl modules, Keywords related to classes and
+object-orientedness, Low-level socket functions, System V interprocess
+communication functions, Fetching user and group info, Fetching network
+info, Time-related functions, Functions new in perl5, Functions obsoleted
+in perl5
+
+=item Portability
+
+=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
+
+I<-X> FILEHANDLE, I<-X> EXPR, I<-X>, abs VALUE, abs, accept
+NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, alarm, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME,
+binmode FILEHANDLE, DISCIPLINE, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME,
+bless REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE,
+chomp LIST, chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop LIST, chop, chown LIST, chr NUMBER,
+chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot, close FILEHANDLE, close, closedir DIRHANDLE,
+connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT,
+dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR, defined, delete
+EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR, dump LABEL, dump,
+each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval BLOCK, exec LIST,
+exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp, fcntl
+FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION,
+fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE, getc, getlogin,
+getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam
+NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getprotobyname
+NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr
+ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER,
+getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostent, getnetent,
+getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent
+STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent,
+endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockname SOCKET,
+getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL,
+goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex,
+import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl
+FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST,
+last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc, lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length,
+link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR,
+lock, log EXPR, log, lstat FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK
+LIST, map EXPR,LIST, mkdir FILENAME,MASK, mkdir FILENAME, msgctl
+ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, msgsnd
+ID,MSG,FLAGS, my EXPR, my EXPR : ATTRIBUTES, next LABEL, next, no Module
+LIST, oct EXPR, oct, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,LIST, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open
+FILEHANDLE, opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord EXPR, ord, our EXPR, pack
+TEMPLATE,LIST, package, package NAMESPACE, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop
+ARRAY, pop, pos SCALAR, pos, print FILEHANDLE LIST, print LIST, print,
+printf FILEHANDLE FORMAT, LIST, printf FORMAT, LIST, prototype FUNCTION,
+push ARRAY,LIST, q/STRING/, qq/STRING/, qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/,
+quotemeta EXPR, quotemeta, rand EXPR, rand, read
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir
+DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR, readlink, readpipe EXPR, recv
+SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo, ref EXPR, ref, rename
+OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR, require, reset EXPR, reset,
+return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir DIRHANDLE, rindex
+STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME, rmdir, s///, scalar
+EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir DIRHANDLE,POS, select
+FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl
+ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send
+SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority
+WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY,
+shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE,
+shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep
+EXPR, sleep, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, socketpair
+SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort BLOCK LIST,
+sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,
+splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split /PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split
+/PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf FORMAT, LIST, sqrt EXPR,
+sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat FILEHANDLE, stat EXPR, stat, study SCALAR,
+study, sub BLOCK, sub NAME, sub NAME BLOCK, substr
+EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr
+EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
+FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek
+FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,
+syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie
+VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate
+FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR,
+ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack
+TEMPLATE,EXPR, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use Module VERSION LIST,
+use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use VERSION, utime LIST,
+values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn
+LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y///
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Open E<agrave> la shell
+
+=over
+
+=item Simple Opens
+
+=item Pipe Opens
+
+=item The Minus File
+
+=item Mixing Reads and Writes
+
+=item Filters
+
+=back
+
+=item Open E<agrave> la C
+
+=over
+
+=item Permissions E<agrave> la mode
+
+=back
+
+=item Obscure Open Tricks
+
+=over
+
+=item Re-Opening Files (dups)
+
+=item Dispelling the Dweomer
+
+=item Paths as Opens
+
+=item Single Argument Open
+
+=item Playing with STDIN and STDOUT
+
+=back
+
+=item Other I/O Issues
+
+=over
+
+=item Opening Non-File Files
+
+=item Binary Files
+
+=item File Locking
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item Predefined Names
+
+$ARG, $_, $<I<digits>>, $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<substr($var, 0, $-[0])>, C<$&> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[0], $+[0]
+- $-[0])>, C<$'> is the same as C<substr($var, $+[0])>, C<$1> is the same
+as C<substr($var, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1])>, C<$2> is the same as
+C<substr($var, $-[2], $+[2] - $-[2])>, C<$3> is the same as C<substr $var,
+$-[3], $+[3] - $-[3])>, 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,
+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}
+
+=item Error Indicators
+
+=item Technical Note on the Syntax of Variable Names
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
+
+=over
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item Private Variables via my()
+
+=item Persistent Private Variables
+
+=item Temporary Values via local()
+
+=item Lvalue subroutines
+
+=item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
+
+=item When to Still Use local()
+
+1. You need to give a global variable a temporary value, especially $_, 2.
+You need to create a local file or directory handle or a local function, 3.
+You want to temporarily change just one element of an array or hash
+
+=item Pass by Reference
+
+=item Prototypes
+
+=item Constant Functions
+
+=item Overriding Built-in Functions
+
+=item Autoloading
+
+=item Subroutine Attributes
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item Packages
+
+=item Symbol Tables
+
+=item Package Constructors and Destructors
+
+=item Perl Classes
+
+=item Perl Modules
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlpod - plain old documentation
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item Verbatim Paragraph
+
+=item Command Paragraph
+
+=item Ordinary Block of Text
+
+=item The Intent
+
+=item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
+
+=item Common Pod Pitfalls
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlstyle - Perl style guide
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
+
+=over
+
+=item Pragmatic Modules
+
+attributes, attrs, autouse, base, blib, bytes, charnames, constant,
+diagnostics, fields, filetest, integer, less, locale, open, ops, overload,
+re, sigtrap, strict, subs, utf8, vars, warnings
+
+=item Standard Modules
+
+AnyDBM_File, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, B, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock,
+B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Debug, B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint,
+B::Showlex, B::Stackobj, B::Terse, B::Xref, Benchmark, ByteLoader, CGI,
+CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp, CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push,
+CGI::Switch, CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, Carp::Heavy,
+Class::Struct, Cwd, DB, DB_File, Devel::SelfStubber, DirHandle, Dumpvalue,
+English, Env, Exporter, Exporter::Heavy, ExtUtils::Command,
+ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install, ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist,
+ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin, ExtUtils::MM_OS2, ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::MM_VMS,
+ExtUtils::MM_Win32, ExtUtils::MakeMaker, ExtUtils::Manifest,
+ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists, ExtUtils::Packlist,
+ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, Fcntl, File::Basename, File::CheckTree,
+File::Compare, File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find, File::Path,
+File::Spec, File::Spec::Functions, File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2,
+File::Spec::Unix, File::Spec::VMS, File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp,
+File::stat, FileCache, FileHandle, FindBin, Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std,
+I18N::Collate, IO, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt,
+Math::Complex, Math::Trig, NDBM_File, Net::Ping, Net::hostent, Net::netent,
+Net::protoent, Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, Pod::Checker, Pod::Find,
+Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Man, Pod::ParseUtils,
+Pod::Parser, Pod::Plainer, Pod::Select, Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color,
+Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Usage, SDBM_File, Safe, Search::Dict, SelectSaver,
+SelfLoader, Shell, Socket, Symbol, Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap,
+Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test, Test::Harness, Text::Abbrev,
+Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Wrap, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle,
+Tie::Hash, Tie::RefHash, Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, Time::Local,
+Time::gmtime, Time::localtime, Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, User::grent,
+User::pwent
+
+=item Extension Modules
+
+=back
+
+=item CPAN
+
+Language Extensions and Documentation Tools, Development Support, Operating
+System Interfaces, Networking, Device Control (modems) and InterProcess
+Communication, Data Types and Data Type Utilities, Database Interfaces,
+User Interfaces, Interfaces to / Emulations of Other Programming Languages,
+File Names, File Systems and File Locking (see also File Handles), String
+Processing, Language Text Processing, Parsing, and Searching, Option,
+Argument, Parameter, and Configuration File Processing,
+Internationalization and Locale, Authentication, Security, and Encryption,
+World Wide Web, HTML, HTTP, CGI, MIME, Server and Daemon Utilities,
+Archiving and Compression, Images, Pixmap and Bitmap Manipulation, Drawing,
+and Graphing, Mail and Usenet News, Control Flow Utilities (callbacks and
+exceptions etc), File Handle and Input/Output Stream Utilities,
+Miscellaneous Modules, Africa, Asia, Australasia, Central America, Europe,
+North America, South America
+
+=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
+
+=over
+
+=item Guidelines for Module Creation
+
+Do similar modules already exist in some form?, Try to design the new
+module to be easy to extend and reuse, Some simple style guidelines, Select
+what to export, Select a name for the module, Have you got it right?,
+README and other Additional Files, A description of the
+module/package/extension etc, A copyright notice - see below, Prerequisites
+- what else you may need to have, How to build it - possible changes to
+Makefile.PL etc, How to install it, Recent changes in this release,
+especially incompatibilities, Changes / enhancements you plan to make in
+the future, Adding a Copyright Notice, Give the module a
+version/issue/release number, How to release and distribute a module, Take
+care when changing a released module
+
+=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
+
+There is no requirement to convert anything, Consider the implications,
+Make the most of the opportunity, The pl2pm utility will get you started,
+Adds the standard Module prologue lines, Converts package specifiers from '
+to ::, Converts die(...) to croak(...), Several other minor changes
+
+=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
+
+Complete applications rarely belong in the Perl Module Library, Many
+applications contain some Perl code that could be reused, Break-out the
+reusable code into one or more separate module files, Take the opportunity
+to reconsider and redesign the interfaces, In some cases the 'application'
+can then be reduced to a small
+
+=back
+
+=item NOTE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item PREAMBLE
+
+B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
+module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
+
+=back
+
+=item HEY
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=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<h2xs>, Use L<strict|strict> and L<warnings|warnings>, Use
+L<Carp|Carp>, Use L<Exporter|Exporter> - wisely!, Use L<plain old
+documentation|perlpod>, Write tests, Write the README
+
+=item Step-by-step: Distributing your module
+
+Get a CPAN user ID, C<perl Makefile.PL; make test; make dist>, Upload the
+tarball, Announce to the modules list, Announce to clpa, Fix bugs!
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item Awk Traps
+
+=item C Traps
+
+=item Sed Traps
+
+=item Shell Traps
+
+=item Perl Traps
+
+=item Perl4 to Perl5 Traps
+
+Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps, Parsing Traps, Numerical
+Traps, General data type traps, Context Traps - scalar, list contexts,
+Precedence Traps, General Regular Expression Traps using s///, etc,
+Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps, OS Traps, DBM Traps, Unclassified Traps
+
+=item Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps
+
+Discontinuance, Deprecation, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance,
+Discontinuance, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance, BugFix,
+Discontinuance, Deprecation, Discontinuance, Discontinuance
+
+=item Parsing Traps
+
+Parsing, Parsing, Parsing, Parsing
+
+=item Numerical Traps
+
+Numerical, Numerical, Numerical, Bitwise string ops
+
+=item General data type traps
+
+(Arrays), (Arrays), (Hashes), (Globs), (Globs), (Scalar String),
+(Constants), (Scalars), (Variable Suicide)
+
+=item Context Traps - scalar, list contexts
+
+(list context), (scalar context), (scalar context), (list, builtin)
+
+=item Precedence Traps
+
+Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence,
+Precedence
+
+=item General Regular Expression Traps using s///, etc.
+
+Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular
+Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression,
+Regular Expression
+
+=item Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps
+
+(Signals), (Sort Subroutine), warn() won't let you specify a filehandle
+
+=item OS Traps
+
+(SysV), (SysV)
+
+=item Interpolation Traps
+
+Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation,
+Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation
+
+=item DBM Traps
+
+DBM, DBM
+
+=item Unclassified Traps
+
+C<require>/C<do> trap using returned value, C<split> on empty string with
+LIMIT specified
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is>
+portable
+
+=item ISSUES
+
+=over
+
+=item Newlines
+
+=item Numbers endianness and Width
+
+=item Files and Filesystems
+
+=item System Interaction
+
+=item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
+
+=item External Subroutines (XS)
+
+=item Standard Modules
+
+=item Time and Date
+
+=item Character sets and character encoding
+
+=item Internationalisation
+
+=item System Resources
+
+=item Security
+
+=item Style
+
+=back
+
+=item CPAN Testers
+
+Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
+http://testers.cpan.org/
+
+=item PLATFORMS
+
+=over
+
+=item Unix
+
+=item DOS and Derivatives
+
+Build instructions for OS/2, L<perlos2>
+
+=item S<Mac OS>
+
+=item VMS
+
+=item VOS
+
+=item EBCDIC Platforms
+
+=item Acorn RISC OS
+
+=item Other perls
+
+=back
+
+=item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
+
+=over
+
+=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
+
+-I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, alarm SECONDS, alarm, binmode
+FILEHANDLE, chmod LIST, chown LIST, chroot FILENAME, chroot, crypt
+PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MODE, dump LABEL, exec
+LIST, fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork,
+getlogin, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME,
+getgrnam NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getnetbyaddr
+ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER, getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent,
+getgrent, gethostent, getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, setpwent,
+setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN,
+setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent, endhostent, endnetent,
+endprotoent, endservent, getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob,
+ioctl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, kill SIGNAL, LIST, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE,
+lstat FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR, lstat, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS,
+msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR,
+open FILEHANDLE, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, readlink EXPR, readlink,
+select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget
+KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, setgrent, setpgrp PID,PGRP,
+setpriority WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setpwent, setsockopt
+SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS,
+shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, socketpair
+SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, stat FILEHANDLE, stat EXPR, stat,
+symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
+FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, system LIST, times, truncate
+FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, umask EXPR, umask, utime LIST,
+wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS
+
+=back
+
+=item CHANGES
+
+v1.47, 22 March 2000, v1.46, 12 February 2000, v1.45, 20 December 1999,
+v1.44, 19 July 1999, v1.43, 24 May 1999, v1.42, 22 May 1999, v1.41, 19 May
+1999, v1.40, 11 April 1999, v1.39, 11 February 1999, v1.38, 31 December
+1998, v1.37, 19 December 1998, v1.36, 9 September 1998, v1.35, 13 August
+1998, v1.33, 06 August 1998, v1.32, 05 August 1998, v1.30, 03 August 1998,
+v1.23, 10 July 1998
+
+=item Supported Platforms
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
+
+=item VERSION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlsec - Perl security
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
+
+=item Switches On the "#!" Line
+
+=item Cleaning Up Your Path
+
+=item Security Bugs
+
+=item Protecting Your Programs
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
+
+=over
+
+=item NOTE
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item Making References
+
+=item Using References
+
+=item Symbolic references
+
+=item Not-so-symbolic references
+
+=item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
+
+=item Function Templates
+
+=back
+
+=item WARNING
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+i, m, s, x
+
+=over
+
+=item Regular Expressions
+
+cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
+
+=item Extended Patterns
+
+C<(?#text)>, C<(?imsx-imsx)>, C<(?:pattern)>, C<(?imsx-imsx:pattern)>,
+C<(?=pattern)>, C<(?!pattern)>, C<(?<=pattern)>, C<(?<!pattern)>, C<(?{
+code })>, C<(??{ code })>, C<< (?>pattern) >>,
+C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>, C<(?(condition)yes-pattern)>
+
+=item Backtracking
+
+=item Version 8 Regular Expressions
+
+=item Warning on \1 vs $1
+
+=item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
+
+=item Combining pieces together
+
+C<ST>, C<S|T>, C<S{REPEAT_COUNT}>, C<S{min,max}>, C<S{min,max}?>, C<S?>,
+C<S*>, C<S+>, C<S??>, C<S*?>, C<S+?>, C<< (?>S) >>, C<(?=S)>, C<(?<=S)>,
+C<(?!S)>, C<(?<!S)>, C<(??{ EXPR })>,
+C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>
+
+=item Creating custom RE engines
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlform - Perl formats
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item Format Variables
+
+=back
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=over
+
+=item Footers
+
+=item Accessing Formatting Internals
+
+=back
+
+=item WARNINGS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
+localization)
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
+
+=item USING LOCALES
+
+=over
+
+=item The use locale pragma
+
+=item The setlocale function
+
+=item Finding locales
+
+=item LOCALE PROBLEMS
+
+=item Temporarily fixing locale problems
+
+=item Permanently fixing locale problems
+
+=item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
+
+=item Fixing system locale configuration
+
+=item The localeconv function
+
+=back
+
+=item LOCALE CATEGORIES
+
+=over
+
+=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
+
+=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
+
+=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
+
+=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
+
+=item LC_TIME
+
+=item Other categories
+
+=back
+
+=item SECURITY
+
+B<Comparison operators> (C<lt>, C<le>, C<ge>, C<gt> and C<cmp>):,
+B<Case-mapping interpolation> (with C<\l>, C<\L>, C<\u> or C<\U>),
+B<Matching operator> (C<m//>):, B<Substitution operator> (C<s///>):,
+B<Output formatting functions> (printf() and write()):, B<Case-mapping
+functions> (lc(), lcfirst(), uc(), ucfirst()):, B<POSIX locale-dependent
+functions> (localeconv(), strcoll(), strftime(), strxfrm()):, B<POSIX
+character class tests> (isalnum(), isalpha(), isdigit(), isgraph(),
+islower(), isprint(), ispunct(), isspace(), isupper(), isxdigit()):
+
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
+LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=over
+
+=item Backward compatibility
+
+=item I18N:Collate obsolete
+
+=item Sort speed and memory use impacts
+
+=item write() and LC_NUMERIC
+
+=item Freely available locale definitions
+
+=item I18n and l10n
+
+=item An imperfect standard
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=over
+
+=item Broken systems
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item Important Caveat
+
+Input and Output Disciplines, Regular Expressions, C<use utf8> still needed
+to enable a few features
+
+=item Byte and Character semantics
+
+=item Effects of character semantics
+
+=item Character encodings for input and output
+
+=back
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item If we could talk to the animals...
+
+=item Introducing the method invocation arrow
+
+=item Invoking a barnyard
+
+=item The extra parameter of method invocation
+
+=item Calling a second method to simplify things
+
+=item Inheriting the windpipes
+
+=item A few notes about @ISA
+
+=item Overriding the methods
+
+=item Starting the search from a different place
+
+=item The SUPER way of doing things
+
+=item Where we're at so far...
+
+=item A horse is a horse, of course of course -- or is it?
+
+=item Invoking an instance method
+
+=item Accessing the instance data
+
+=item How to build a horse
+
+=item Inheriting the constructor
+
+=item Making a method work with either classes or instances
+
+=item Adding parameters to a method
+
+=item More interesting instances
+
+=item A horse of a different color
+
+=item Summary
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Creating a Class
+
+=over
+
+=item Object Representation
+
+=item Class Interface
+
+=item Constructors and Instance Methods
+
+=item Planning for the Future: Better Constructors
+
+=item Destructors
+
+=item Other Object Methods
+
+=back
+
+=item Class Data
+
+=over
+
+=item Accessing Class Data
+
+=item Debugging Methods
+
+=item Class Destructors
+
+=item Documenting the Interface
+
+=back
+
+=item Aggregation
+
+=item Inheritance
+
+=over
+
+=item Overridden Methods
+
+=item Multiple Inheritance
+
+=item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects
+
+=back
+
+=item Alternate Object Representations
+
+=over
+
+=item Arrays as Objects
+
+=item Closures as Objects
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods
+
+=over
+
+=item Autoloaded Data Methods
+
+=item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods
+
+=back
+
+=item Metaclassical Tools
+
+=over
+
+=item Class::Struct
+
+=item Data Members as Variables
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=item Object Terminology
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=over
+
+=item Acknowledgments
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perltootc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Class Data as Package Variables
+
+=over
+
+=item Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket
+
+=item Inheritance Concerns
+
+=item The Eponymous Meta-Object
+
+=item Indirect References to Class Data
+
+=item Monadic Classes
+
+=item Translucent Attributes
+
+=back
+
+=item Class Data as Lexical Variables
+
+=over
+
+=item Privacy and Responsibility
+
+=item File-Scoped Lexicals
+
+=item More Inheritance Concerns
+
+=item Locking the Door and Throwing Away the Key
+
+=item Translucency Revisited
+
+=back
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlobj - Perl objects
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item An Object is Simply a Reference
+
+=item A Class is Simply a Package
+
+=item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
+
+=item Method Invocation
+
+=item WARNING
+
+=item Default UNIVERSAL methods
+
+isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+
+=item Destructors
+
+=item Summary
+
+=item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item OO SCALING TIPS
+
+=item INSTANCE VARIABLES
+
+=item INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE
+
+=item OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS
+
+=item OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS
+
+=item USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM
+
+=item THINKING OF CODE REUSE
+
+=item CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT
+
+=item INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR
+
+=item DELEGATION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
+
+=over
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item Tying Scalars
+
+TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, DESTROY this
+
+=item Tying Arrays
+
+TIEARRAY classname, LIST, FETCH this, index, STORE this, index, value,
+DESTROY this
+
+=item Tying Hashes
+
+USER, HOME, CLOBBER, LIST, TIEHASH classname, LIST, FETCH this, key, STORE
+this, key, value, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, EXISTS this, key, FIRSTKEY
+this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, DESTROY this
+
+=item Tying FileHandles
+
+TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this,
+LIST, READ this, LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, DESTROY this
+
+=item The C<untie> Gotcha
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
+safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Signals
+
+=item Named Pipes
+
+=over
+
+=item WARNING
+
+=back
+
+=item Using open() for IPC
+
+=over
+
+=item Filehandles
+
+=item Background Processes
+
+=item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
+
+=item Safe Pipe Opens
+
+=item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
+
+=item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself
+
+=back
+
+=item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
+
+=over
+
+=item Internet Line Terminators
+
+=item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
+
+=item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
+
+=back
+
+=item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
+
+=over
+
+=item A Simple Client
+
+C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
+
+=item A Webget Client
+
+=item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
+
+=back
+
+=item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
+
+Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
+
+=item UDP: Message Passing
+
+=item SysV IPC
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
+
+=over
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Storing numbers
+
+=item Numeric operators and numeric conversions
+
+=item Flavors of Perl numeric operations
+
+Arithmetic operators except, C<no integer>, Arithmetic operators except,
+C<use integer>, Bitwise operators, C<no integer>, Bitwise operators, C<use
+integer>, Operators which expect an integer, Operators which expect a
+string
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation
+
+=over
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes
+
+$$ or $PROCESS_ID, %ENV, chdir() and all other builtins that accept
+filenames, wait() and waitpid(), kill(), exec(), exit(), Open handles to
+files, directories and network sockets
+
+=item Resource limits
+
+=item Killing the parent process
+
+=item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes
+
+=item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS
+
+BEGIN blocks, Open filehandles, Forking pipe open() not yet implemented,
+Global state maintained by XSUBs, Interpreter embedded in larger
+application, Thread-safety of extensions
+
+=back
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item What Is A Thread Anyway?
+
+=item Threaded Program Models
+
+=over
+
+=item Boss/Worker
+
+=item Work Crew
+
+=item Pipeline
+
+=back
+
+=item Native threads
+
+=item What kind of threads are perl threads?
+
+=item Threadsafe Modules
+
+=item Thread Basics
+
+=over
+
+=item Basic Thread Support
+
+=item Creating Threads
+
+=item Giving up control
+
+=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
+
+=item Errors In Threads
+
+=item Ignoring A Thread
+
+=back
+
+=item Threads And Data
+
+=over
+
+=item Shared And Unshared Data
+
+=item Thread Pitfall: Races
+
+=item Controlling access: lock()
+
+=item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
+
+=item Queues: Passing Data Around
+
+=back
+
+=item Threads And Code
+
+=over
+
+=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
+
+Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
+
+=item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines
+
+=item Subroutine Locks
+
+=item Methods
+
+=item Locking A Subroutine
+
+=back
+
+=item General Thread Utility Routines
+
+=over
+
+=item What Thread Am I In?
+
+=item Thread IDs
+
+=item Are These Threads The Same?
+
+=item What Threads Are Running?
+
+=back
+
+=item A Complete Example
+
+=item Conclusion
+
+=item Bibliography
+
+=over
+
+=item Introductory Texts
+
+=item OS-Related References
+
+=item Other References
+
+=back
+
+=item Acknowledgements
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item Copyrights
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.23 $, $Date:
+1999/05/23 16:08:30 $)
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item What is Perl?
+
+=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
+
+=item Which version of Perl should I use?
+
+=item What are perl4 and perl5?
+
+=item What is perl6?
+
+=item How stable is Perl?
+
+=item Is Perl difficult to learn?
+
+=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
+Scheme, or Tcl?
+
+=item Can I do [task] in Perl?
+
+=item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
+
+=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
+
+=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
+
+=item What is a JAPH?
+
+=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
+
+=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
+(5/5.005/Perl instead of some other language)?
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.32 $,
+$Date: 1999/10/14 18:46:09 $)
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
+
+=item How can I get a binary version of Perl?
+
+=item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
+
+=item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts
+don't work.
+
+=item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic
+loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
+
+=item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
+What does CPAN/src/... mean?
+
+=item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?
+
+=item Where can I get information on Perl?
+
+=item What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?
+
+=item Where should I post source code?
+
+=item Perl Books
+
+References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics
+
+=item Perl in Magazines
+
+=item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
+
+=item What mailing lists are there for Perl?
+
+=item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
+
+=item Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
+
+=item Where do I send bug reports?
+
+=item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org?
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.38 $, $Date: 1999/05/23
+16:08:30 $)
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item How do I do (anything)?
+
+=item How can I use Perl interactively?
+
+=item Is there a Perl shell?
+
+=item How do I debug my Perl programs?
+
+=item How do I profile my Perl programs?
+
+=item How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
+
+=item Is there a pretty-printer (formatter) for Perl?
+
+=item Is there a ctags for Perl?
+
+=item Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor?
+
+=item Where can I get Perl macros for vi?
+
+=item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs?
+
+=item How can I use curses with Perl?
+
+=item How can I use X or Tk with Perl?
+
+=item How can I generate simple menus without using CGI or Tk?
+
+=item What is undump?
+
+=item How can I make my Perl program run faster?
+
+=item How can I make my Perl program take less memory?
+
+=item Is it unsafe to return a pointer to local data?
+
+=item How can I free an array or hash so my program shrinks?
+
+=item How can I make my CGI script more efficient?
+
+=item How can I hide the source for my Perl program?
+
+=item How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
+
+=item How can I compile Perl into Java?
+
+=item How can I get C<#!perl> to work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?
+
+=item Can I write useful Perl programs on the command line?
+
+=item Why don't Perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?
+
+=item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
+
+=item Where can I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
+
+=item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]
+
+=item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in
+my C program, what am I doing wrong?
+
+=item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it
+mean?
+
+=item What's MakeMaker?
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.49 $, $Date: 1999/05/23
+20:37:49 $)
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Data: Numbers
+
+=over
+
+=item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
+numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
+
+=item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
+
+=item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()?
+Trig functions?
+
+=item How do I convert bits into ints?
+
+=item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?
+
+=item How do I multiply matrices?
+
+=item How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
+
+=item How can I output Roman numerals?
+
+=item Why aren't my random numbers random?
+
+=back
+
+=item Data: Dates
+
+=over
+
+=item How do I find the week-of-the-year/day-of-the-year?
+
+=item How do I find the current century or millennium?
+
+=item How can I compare two dates and find the difference?
+
+=item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
+
+=item How can I find the Julian Day?
+
+=item How do I find yesterday's date?
+
+=item Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?
+
+=back
+
+=item Data: Strings
+
+=over
+
+=item How do I validate input?
+
+=item How do I unescape a string?
+
+=item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
+
+=item How do I expand function calls in a string?
+
+=item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
+
+=item How do I reverse a string?
+
+=item How do I expand tabs in a string?
+
+=item How do I reformat a paragraph?
+
+=item How can I access/change the first N letters of a string?
+
+=item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
+
+=item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
+string?
+
+=item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
+
+=item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
+[character]? (Comma-separated files)
+
+=item How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?
+
+=item How do I pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?
+
+=item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
+
+=item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
+
+=item How can I expand variables in text strings?
+
+=item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
+
+=item Why don't my <<HERE documents work?
+
+1. There must be no space after the << part, 2. There (probably) should be
+a semicolon at the end, 3. You can't (easily) have any space in front of
+the tag
+
+=back
+
+=item Data: Arrays
+
+=over
+
+=item What is the difference between a list and an array?
+
+=item What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?
+
+=item How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array?
+
+a) If @in is sorted, and you want @out to be sorted: (this assumes all true
+values in the array), b) If you don't know whether @in is sorted:, c) Like
+(b), but @in contains only small integers:, d) A way to do (b) without any
+loops or greps:, e) Like (d), but @in contains only small positive
+integers:
+
+=item How can I tell whether a list or array contains a certain element?
+
+=item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
+intersection of two arrays?
+
+=item How do I test whether two arrays or hashes are equal?
+
+=item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
+
+=item How do I handle linked lists?
+
+=item How do I handle circular lists?
+
+=item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
+
+=item How do I process/modify each element of an array?
+
+=item How do I select a random element from an array?
+
+=item How do I permute N elements of a list?
+
+=item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
+
+=item How do I manipulate arrays of bits?
+
+=item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
+
+=back
+
+=item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
+
+=over
+
+=item How do I process an entire hash?
+
+=item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
+it?
+
+=item How do I look up a hash element by value?
+
+=item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
+
+=item How do I sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
+
+=item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
+
+=item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
+
+=item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
+
+=item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
+
+=item How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
+
+=item How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
+
+=item How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?
+
+=item Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create
+it?
+
+=item How can I make the Perl equivalent of a C structure/C++ class/hash or
+array of hashes or arrays?
+
+=item How can I use a reference as a hash key?
+
+=back
+
+=item Data: Misc
+
+=over
+
+=item How do I handle binary data correctly?
+
+=item How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?
+
+=item How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
+
+=item How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?
+
+=item How do I define methods for every class/object?
+
+=item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
+
+=item How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.38 $, $Date: 1999/05/23
+16:08:30 $)
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this?
+
+=item How do I change one line in a file/delete a line in a file/insert a
+line in the middle of a file/append to the beginning of a file?
+
+=item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
+
+=item How do I make a temporary file name?
+
+=item How can I manipulate fixed-record-length files?
+
+=item How can I make a filehandle local to a subroutine? How do I pass
+filehandles between subroutines? How do I make an array of filehandles?
+
+=item How can I use a filehandle indirectly?
+
+=item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
+
+=item How can I write() into a string?
+
+=item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
+
+=item How can I translate tildes (~) in a filename?
+
+=item How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?
+
+=item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use <*>?
+
+=item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
+
+=item How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing blanks?
+
+=item How can I reliably rename a file?
+
+=item How can I lock a file?
+
+=item Why can't I just open(FH, ">file.lock")?
+
+=item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in
+the file. How can I do this?
+
+=item How do I randomly update a binary file?
+
+=item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
+
+=item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
+
+=item How do I print to more than one file at once?
+
+=item How can I read in an entire file all at once?
+
+=item How can I read in a file by paragraphs?
+
+=item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
+
+=item How can I tell whether there's a character waiting on a filehandle?
+
+=item How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl?
+
+=item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
+
+=item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
+
+=item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? What doesn't
+`C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
+
+=item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
+
+=item Why does Perl let me delete read-only files? Why does C<-i> clobber
+protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl?
+
+=item How do I select a random line from a file?
+
+=item Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq6 - Regexes ($Revision: 1.27 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 16:08:30 $)
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
+and unmaintainable code?
+
+Comments Outside the Regex, Comments Inside the Regex, Different Delimiters
+
+=item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
+
+=item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
+different lines?
+
+=item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
+
+=item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS, but preserving
+case on the RHS?
+
+=item How can I make C<\w> match national character sets?
+
+=item How can I match a locale-smart version of C</[a-zA-Z]/>?
+
+=item How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?
+
+=item What is C</o> really for?
+
+=item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
+file?
+
+=item Can I use Perl regular expressions to match balanced text?
+
+=item What does it mean that regexes are greedy? How can I get around it?
+
+=item How do I process each word on each line?
+
+=item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
+
+=item How can I do approximate matching?
+
+=item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
+
+=item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
+
+=item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
+
+=item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
+
+=item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
+
+=item What's wrong with using grep or map in a void context?
+
+=item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
+
+=item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq7 - Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.28 $, $Date:
+1999/05/23 20:36:18 $)
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
+
+=item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
+use them?
+
+=item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
+commas?
+
+=item How do I skip some return values?
=item How do I temporarily block warnings?
=back
-=head2 perldelta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
+=head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
=over
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Core Enhancements
-
=over
-=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
-
-=item Lexically scoped warning categories
-
-=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
-
-=item Support for interpolating named characters
-
-=item "our" declarations
-
-=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
-
-=item Improved Perl version numbering system
-
-=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
-
-=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
-
-=item open() with more than two arguments
-
-=item 64-bit support
-
-=item Large file support
-
-=item Long doubles
-
-=item "more bits"
-
-=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
-
-=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
-
-=item File globbing implemented internally
-
-Support for CHECK blocks
-
-=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
-
-Better pseudo-random number generator
-
-=item Improved C<qw//> operator
-
-Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+=item Layout
-=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
-=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+=back
-=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+=item Using The Back Ends
-=item Comments in pack() templates
+=over
-=item Weak references
+=item The Cross Referencing Back End
-=item Binary numbers supported
+i, &, s, r
-=item Lvalue subroutines
+=item The Decompiling Back End
-=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+=item The Lint Back End
-=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+=item The Simple C Back End
-=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+=item The Bytecode Back End
-=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+=item The Optimized C Back End
-=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+B, O, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC,
+B::Debug, B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj,
+B::Stash, B::Terse, B::Xref
-=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+=back
-=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+=item AUTHOR
-=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+=back
-=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+=head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
-=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+=over
-=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Improved diagnostics
+=over
-=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+=item PREAMBLE
-More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+B<Use C from Perl?>, B<Use a Unix program from Perl?>, B<Use Perl from
+Perl?>, B<Use C from C?>, B<Use Perl from C?>
-=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+=item ROADMAP
-=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+=item Compiling your C program
-=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
-=item Improved security features
+=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
-More functional bareword prototype (*)
+=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
-=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
-=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+=item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
-=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+=item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
-=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+=item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
-=item Optional Y2K warnings
+=item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
+program
=back
-=item Modules and Pragmata
-
-=over
+=item Embedding Perl under Windows
-=item Modules
+=item MORAL
-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 AUTHOR
-=item Pragmata
+=item COPYRIGHT
=back
-=item Utility Changes
+=head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
=over
-=item dprofpp
-
-=item find2perl
-
-=item h2xs
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item perlcc
+=item Debugger Internals
-=item perldoc
+=over
-=item The Perl Debugger
+=item Writing Your Own 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 Frame Listing Output Examples
-=item Performance enhancements
+=item Debugging regular expressions
=over
-=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
+=item Compile-time output
-=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
+C<anchored> I<STRING> C<at> I<POS>, C<floating> I<STRING> C<at>
+I<POS1..POS2>, C<matching floating/anchored>, C<minlen>, C<stclass>
+I<TYPE>, C<noscan>, C<isall>, C<GPOS>, C<plus>, C<implicit>, C<with eval>,
+C<anchored(TYPE)>
-=item Faster subroutine calls
+=item Types of nodes
-delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
+=item Run-time output
=back
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item Debugging Perl memory usage
=over
-=item -Dusethreads means something different
-
-=item New Configure flags
+=item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
-=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
+C<buckets SMALLEST(APPROX)..GREATEST(APPROX)>, Free/Used, C<Total sbrk():
+SBRKed/SBRKs:CONTINUOUS>, C<pad: 0>, C<heads: 2192>, C<chain: 0>, C<tail:
+6144>
-=item Long Doubles
+=item Example of using B<-DL> switch
-=item -Dusemorebits
+C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
-=item -Duselargefiles
+=item B<-DL> details
-=item installusrbinperl
+C<!!!>, C<!!>, C<!>
-=item SOCKS support
+=item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
-=item C<-A> flag
+=back
-=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Platform specific changes
+=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
=over
-=item Supported platforms
-
-=item DOS
-
-=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
-
-=item VMS
-
-=item Win32
-
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Significant bug fixes
+=item SPECIAL NOTES
=over
-=item <HANDLE> on empty files
+=item make
-=item C<eval '...'> improvements
+=item Version caveat
-=item All compilation errors are true errors
+=item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
-=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
+=back
-=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
+=item TUTORIAL
+
+=over
-=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
+=item EXAMPLE 1
-=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+=item EXAMPLE 2
-=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+=item What has gone on?
-=item Failures in DESTROY()
+=item Writing good test scripts
-=item Locale bugs fixed
+=item EXAMPLE 3
-=item Memory leaks
+=item What's new here?
-=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+=item Input and Output Parameters
-=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+=item The XSUBPP Program
-=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
+=item The TYPEMAP file
-=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+=item Warning about Output Arguments
-=back
+=item EXAMPLE 4
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=item What has happened here?
-(perhaps you forgot to load "%s"?), "%s" variable %s masks earlier
-declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet implemented, "our" variable %s
-redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s, / cannot take a count, / must
-be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow
-a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c passed through, /%s/:
-Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class passed through, /%s/ should
-probably be written as "%s", %s() called too early to check prototype, %s
-argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY
-element or slice, %s argument is not a subroutine name, %s package
-attribute may clash with future reserved word: %s, (in cleanup) %s, <>
-should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled substitution pattern,
-Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional, Binary number >
-0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector size > 32
-non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check filesystem
-of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s", Can't
-declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default, Can't
-modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't remove
-%s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't weaken
-a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class syntax [%s]
-belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
-constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
-defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
-"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
-%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
-output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
-explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
-Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
-|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
-number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
-%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
-separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
-subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
-returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
-%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
-No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
-No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
-is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
-panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
-around "%s" list, Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use
-"sub NAME : ATTRS" instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count
-in pack overflows, Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed
-memory ignored, Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments,
-Strange *+?{} on zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not
-implemented, This Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl
-can't set CRTL environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown
-open() mode '%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s,
-Unrecognized escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter
-in attribute list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute
-parameter in subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute
-list, Value of CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant
-number
+=item Anatomy of .xs file
-=item New tests
+=item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item More about XSUB arguments
-=over
+=item The Argument Stack
-=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+=item Extending your Extension
-CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed
+=item Documenting your Extension
-=item Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different
+=item Installing your Extension
-Literals of the form C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed
-pseudo-random number generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed,
-C<undef> fails on read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe
-and socket handles, Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported,
-delete(), values() and C<\(%h)> operate on aliases to values, not copies,
-vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS, Text of some diagnostic
-output has changed, C<%@> has been removed, Parenthesized not() behaves
-like a list operator, Semantics of bareword prototype C<(*)> have changed
+=item EXAMPLE 5
-=item Semantics of bit operators may have changed on 64-bit platforms
+=item New Things in this Example
-=item More builtins taint their results
+=item EXAMPLE 6
-=item C Source Incompatibilities
+=item New Things in this Example
-C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+=item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
-=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+=item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
-C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+=item EXAMPLE 9 (Coming Soon)
-=item Binary Incompatibilities
+=item Troubleshooting these Examples
=back
-=item Known Problems
+=item See also
+
+=item Author
=over
-=item Thread test failures
+=item Last Changed
-=item EBCDIC platforms not supported
+=back
-=item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
+=back
-=item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
+=head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
-=item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
-gcc
+=over
-=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Arrow operator and arrays
+=over
-=item Windows 2000
+=item Introduction
-=item Experimental features
+=item On The Road
-Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
-pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
-globbing, The DB module, The regular expression constructs C<(?{ code })>
-and C<(??{ code })>
+=item The Anatomy of an XSUB
-=back
+=item The Argument Stack
-=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+=item The RETVAL Variable
-Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
-logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, Probable precedence problem on %s,
-regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>" to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
+=item The MODULE Keyword
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item The PACKAGE Keyword
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item The PREFIX Keyword
-=item HISTORY
+=item The OUTPUT: Keyword
-=back
+=item The CODE: Keyword
-=head2 perldata - Perl data types
+=item The INIT: Keyword
-=over
+=item The NO_INIT Keyword
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Initializing Function Parameters
-=over
+=item Default Parameter Values
-=item Variable names
+=item The PREINIT: Keyword
-=item Context
+=item The SCOPE: Keyword
-=item Scalar values
+=item The INPUT: Keyword
-=item Scalar value constructors
+=item Variable-length Parameter Lists
-=item List value constructors
+=item The C_ARGS: Keyword
-=item Slices
+=item The PPCODE: Keyword
-=item Typeglobs and Filehandles
+=item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
-=back
+=item The REQUIRE: Keyword
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item The CLEANUP: Keyword
-=back
+=item The BOOT: Keyword
-=head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax
+=item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
-=over
+=item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
-=over
+=item The ALIAS: Keyword
-=item Declarations
+=item The INTERFACE: Keyword
-=item Simple statements
+=item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
-=item Compound statements
+=item The INCLUDE: Keyword
-=item Loop Control
+=item The CASE: Keyword
-=item For Loops
+=item The & Unary Operator
-=item Foreach Loops
+=item Inserting Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
-=item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
+=item Using XS With C++
-=item Goto
+=item Interface Strategy
-=item PODs: Embedded Documentation
+=item Perl Objects And C Structures
-=item Plain Old Comments (Not!)
+=item The Typemap
=back
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item XS VERSION
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
+=head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
=over
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Variables
+
=over
-=item Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
+=item Datatypes
-=item The Arrow Operator
+=item What is an "IV"?
-=item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
+=item Working with SVs
-=item Exponentiation
+=item What's Really Stored in an SV?
-=item Symbolic Unary Operators
+=item Working with AVs
-=item Binding Operators
+=item Working with HVs
-=item Multiplicative Operators
+=item Hash API Extensions
-=item Additive Operators
+=item References
+
+=item Blessed References and Class Objects
+
+=item Creating New Variables
+
+=item Reference Counts and Mortality
+
+=item Stashes and Globs
+
+=item Double-Typed SVs
+
+=item Magic Variables
+
+=item Assigning Magic
+
+=item Magic Virtual Tables
-=item Shift Operators
+=item Finding Magic
-=item Named Unary Operators
+=item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
-=item Relational Operators
+=item Localizing changes
-=item Equality Operators
+C<SAVEINT(int i)>, C<SAVEIV(IV i)>, C<SAVEI32(I32 i)>, C<SAVELONG(long i)>,
+C<SAVESPTR(s)>, C<SAVEPPTR(p)>, C<SAVEFREESV(SV *sv)>, C<SAVEFREEOP(OP
+*op)>, C<SAVEFREEPV(p)>, C<SAVECLEARSV(SV *sv)>, C<SAVEDELETE(HV *hv, char
+*key, I32 length)>, C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR(DESTRUCTORFUNC_NOCONTEXT_t f, void
+*p)>, C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR_X(DESTRUCTORFUNC_t f, void *p)>, C<SAVESTACK_POS()>,
+C<SV* save_scalar(GV *gv)>, C<AV* save_ary(GV *gv)>, C<HV* save_hash(GV
+*gv)>, C<void save_item(SV *item)>, C<void save_list(SV **sarg, I32
+maxsarg)>, C<SV* save_svref(SV **sptr)>, C<void save_aptr(AV **aptr)>,
+C<void save_hptr(HV **hptr)>
-=item Bitwise And
+=back
-=item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
+=item Subroutines
-=item C-style Logical And
+=over
-=item C-style Logical Or
+=item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
-=item Range Operators
+=item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
-=item Conditional Operator
+=item Memory Allocation
-=item Assignment Operators
+=item PerlIO
-=item Comma Operator
+=item Putting a C value on Perl stack
-=item List Operators (Rightward)
+=item Scratchpads
-=item Logical Not
+=item Scratchpads and recursion
-=item Logical And
+=back
-=item Logical or and Exclusive Or
+=item Compiled code
-=item C Operators Missing From Perl
+=over
-unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
+=item Code tree
-=item Quote and Quote-like Operators
+=item Examining the tree
-=item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
+=item Compile pass 1: check routines
-?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
+=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
-=item Gory details of parsing quoted constructs
+=item Compile pass 2: context propagation
-Finding the end, Removal of backslashes before delimiters, Interpolation,
-C<<<'EOF'>, C<m''>, C<s'''>, C<tr///>, C<y///>, C<''>, C<q//>, C<"">,
-C<``>, C<qq//>, C<qx//>, C<< <file*glob> >>, C<?RE?>, C</RE/>, C<m/RE/>,
-C<s/RE/foo/>,, Interpolation of regular expressions, Optimization of
-regular expressions
+=item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
-=item I/O Operators
+=back
-=item Constant Folding
+=item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
-=item Bitwise String Operators
+=over
-=item Integer Arithmetic
+=item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
-=item Floating-point Arithmetic
+=item How do I use all this in extensions?
-=item Bigger Numbers
+=item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
=back
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
+=head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
=over
=item DESCRIPTION
-i, m, s, x
+An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
-=over
+=item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
-=item Regular Expressions
+call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
-cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
+=item FLAG VALUES
-=item Extended Patterns
+=over
-C<(?#text)>, C<(?imsx-imsx)>, C<(?:pattern)>, C<(?imsx-imsx:pattern)>,
-C<(?=pattern)>, C<(?!pattern)>, C<(?<=pattern)>, C<(?<!pattern)>, C<(?{
-code })>, C<(??{ code })>, C<< (?>pattern) >>,
-C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>, C<(?(condition)yes-pattern)>
+=item G_VOID
-=item Backtracking
+=item G_SCALAR
-=item Version 8 Regular Expressions
+=item G_ARRAY
-=item Warning on \1 vs $1
+=item G_DISCARD
-=item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
+=item G_NOARGS
-=item Combining pieces together
+=item G_EVAL
-C<ST>, C<S|T>, C<S{REPEAT_COUNT}>, C<S{min,max}>, C<S{min,max}?>, C<S?>,
-C<S*>, C<S+>, C<S??>, C<S*?>, C<S+?>, C<< (?>S) >>, C<(?=S)>, C<(?<=S)>,
-C<(?!S)>, C<(?<!S)>, C<(??{ EXPR })>,
-C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>
+=item G_KEEPERR
-=item Creating custom RE engines
+=item Determining the Context
=back
-=item BUGS
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item EXAMPLES
-=back
+=over
-=head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
+=item No Parameters, Nothing returned
-=over
+=item Passing Parameters
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Returning a Scalar
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Returning a list of values
-=over
+=item Returning a list in a scalar context
-=item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems
+=item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
-OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS
+=item Using G_EVAL
-=item Location of Perl
+=item Using G_KEEPERR
-=item Command Switches
+=item Using call_sv
-B<-0>[I<digits>], B<-a>, B<-C>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-d:>I<foo>,
-B<-D>I<letters>, B<-D>I<number>, B<-e> I<commandline>, B<-F>I<pattern>,
-B<-h>, B<-i>[I<extension>], B<-I>I<directory>, B<-l>[I<octnum>],
-B<-m>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<'module ...'>,
-B<-[mM]>[B<->]I<module=arg[,arg]...>, B<-n>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-s>, B<-S>,
-B<-T>, B<-u>, B<-U>, B<-v>, B<-V>, B<-V:>I<name>, B<-w>, B<-W>, B<-X>,
-B<-x> I<directory>
+=item Using call_argv
+
+=item Using call_method
+
+=item Using GIMME_V
+
+=item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
+
+=item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
+
+1. Ignore the problem - Allow only 1 callback, 2. Create a sequence of
+callbacks - hard wired limit, 3. Use a parameter to map to the Perl
+callback
+
+=item Alternate Stack Manipulation
+
+=item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
=back
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=item SEE ALSO
-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)
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
=back
-=head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
+=head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
=over
=over
-=item Perl Functions by Category
-
-Functions for SCALARs or strings, Regular expressions and pattern matching,
-Numeric functions, Functions for real @ARRAYs, Functions for list data,
-Functions for real %HASHes, Input and output functions, Functions for fixed
-length data or records, Functions for filehandles, files, or directories,
-Keywords related to the control flow of your perl program, Keywords related
-to scoping, Miscellaneous functions, Functions for processes and process
-groups, Keywords related to perl modules, Keywords related to classes and
-object-orientedness, Low-level socket functions, System V interprocess
-communication functions, Fetching user and group info, Fetching network
-info, Time-related functions, Functions new in perl5, Functions obsoleted
-in perl5
-
-=item Portability
+=item DOCUMENTATION
-=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
+L<perldoc|perldoc>, L<pod2man|pod2man> and L<pod2text|pod2text>,
+L<pod2html|pod2html> and L<pod2latex|pod2latex>, L<pod2usage|pod2usage>,
+L<podselect|podselect>, L<podchecker|podchecker>, L<splain|splain>,
+L<roffitall|roffitall>
-I<-X> FILEHANDLE, I<-X> EXPR, I<-X>, abs VALUE, abs, accept
-NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, alarm, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME,
-binmode FILEHANDLE, DISCIPLINE, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME,
-bless REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE,
-chomp LIST, chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop LIST, chop, chown LIST, chr NUMBER,
-chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot, close FILEHANDLE, close, closedir DIRHANDLE,
-connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT,
-dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR, defined, delete
-EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR, dump LABEL, dump,
-each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval BLOCK, exec LIST,
-exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp, fcntl
-FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION,
-fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE, getc, getlogin,
-getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam
-NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getprotobyname
-NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr
-ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER,
-getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostent, getnetent,
-getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent
-STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent,
-endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockname SOCKET,
-getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL,
-goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex,
-import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl
-FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST,
-last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc, lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length,
-link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR,
-lock, log EXPR, log, lstat FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK
-LIST, map EXPR,LIST, mkdir FILENAME,MASK, mkdir FILENAME, msgctl
-ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, msgsnd
-ID,MSG,FLAGS, my EXPR, my EXPR : ATTRIBUTES, next LABEL, next, no Module
-LIST, oct EXPR, oct, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,LIST, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open
-FILEHANDLE, opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord EXPR, ord, our EXPR, pack
-TEMPLATE,LIST, package, package NAMESPACE, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop
-ARRAY, pop, pos SCALAR, pos, print FILEHANDLE LIST, print LIST, print,
-printf FILEHANDLE FORMAT, LIST, printf FORMAT, LIST, prototype FUNCTION,
-push ARRAY,LIST, q/STRING/, qq/STRING/, qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/,
-quotemeta EXPR, quotemeta, rand EXPR, rand, read
-FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir
-DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR, readlink, readpipe EXPR, recv
-SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo, ref EXPR, ref, rename
-OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR, require, reset EXPR, reset,
-return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir DIRHANDLE, rindex
-STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME, rmdir, s///, scalar
-EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir DIRHANDLE,POS, select
-FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl
-ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send
-SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority
-WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY,
-shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE,
-shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep
-EXPR, sleep, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, socketpair
-SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort BLOCK LIST,
-sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,
-splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split /PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split
-/PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf FORMAT, LIST, sqrt EXPR,
-sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat FILEHANDLE, stat EXPR, stat, study SCALAR,
-study, sub BLOCK, sub NAME, sub NAME BLOCK, substr
-EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr
-EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
-FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread
-FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek
-FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite
-FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,
-syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie
-VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate
-FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR,
-ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack
-TEMPLATE,EXPR, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use Module VERSION LIST,
-use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use VERSION, utime LIST,
-values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn
-LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y///
+=item CONVERTORS
+
+L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
+
+=item Development
+
+L<perlbug|perlbug>, L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph> and L<pstruct|pstruct>,
+L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>, L<perlcc|perlcc>
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
=back
-=head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
+=head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
=over
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over
+=item CONCEPTS
-=item Predefined Names
+=item USING FILTERS
-$ARG, $_, $<I<digits>>, $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<substr($var, 0, $-[0])>, C<$&> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[0], $+[0]
-- $-[0])>, C<$'> is the same as C<substr($var, $+[0])>, C<$1> is the same
-as C<substr($var, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1])>, C<$2> is the same as
-C<substr($var, $-[2], $+[2] - $-[2])>, C<$3> is the same as C<substr $var,
-$-[3], $+[3] - $-[3])>, 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,
-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}
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
-=item Error Indicators
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
-=item Technical Note on the Syntax of Variable Names
+B<Decryption Filters>
-=back
+=item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
-=item BUGS
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
+
+=item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
+
+=item CONCLUSION
+
+=item REQUIREMENTS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item Copyrights
=back
-=head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
+=head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
=over
=item DESCRIPTION
+B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
+B<filter_fetch_value>
+
=over
-=item Private Variables via my()
+=item The Filter
-=item Persistent Private Variables
+=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
-=item Temporary Values via local()
+=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
-=item Lvalue subroutines
+=back
-=item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item When to Still Use local()
+=item AUTHOR
-1. You need to give a global variable a temporary value, especially $_, 2.
-You need to create a local file or directory handle or a local function, 3.
-You want to temporarily change just one element of an array or hash
+=back
-=item Pass by Reference
+=head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
-=item Prototypes
+=over
-=item Constant Functions
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Overriding Built-in Functions
+AvFILL, av_clear, av_extend, av_fetch, av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push,
+av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift, bytes_to_utf8, call_argv,
+call_method, call_pv, call_sv, CLASS, Copy, croak, CvSTASH, dMARK,
+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, items, ix, LEAVE, looks_like_number, MARK, mg_clear, mg_copy,
+mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, mg_length, mg_magical, mg_set, Move, New, newAV,
+Newc, newCONSTSUB, newHV, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, NEWSV, newSViv, newSVnv,
+newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVrv, newSVsv, newSVuv, newXS, newXSproto,
+Newz, Nullav, Nullch, Nullcv, Nullhv, Nullsv, ORIGMARK, perl_alloc,
+perl_construct, perl_destruct, perl_free, perl_parse, perl_run,
+PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_modglobal, PL_na,
+PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes, POPi, POPl, POPn, POPp, POPs, PUSHi,
+PUSHMARK, PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUSHu, PUTBACK, Renew, Renewc, require_pv,
+RETVAL, Safefree, savepv, savepvn, SAVETMPS, SP, SPAGAIN, ST, strEQ, strGE,
+strGT, strLE, strLT, strNE, strnEQ, strnNE, StructCopy, SvCUR, SvCUR_set,
+SvEND, SvGETMAGIC, SvGROW, SvIOK, SvIOKp, SvIOK_off, SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only,
+SvIV, SvIVX, SvLEN, SvLOCK, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp, SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, SvNOKp,
+SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVX, SvOK, SvOOK, SvPOK, SvPOKp,
+SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only, SvPV, SvPVX, SvPV_force, SvPV_nolen,
+SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK, SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV,
+SvSETMAGIC, SvSetSV, SvSetSV_nosteal, SvSTASH, SvTAINT, SvTAINTED,
+SvTAINTED_off, SvTAINTED_on, SvTRUE, SvTYPE, svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV,
+SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG, SvUNLOCK, SvUPGRADE, SvUV,
+SvUVX, sv_2mortal, sv_bless, sv_catpv, sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg, sv_catpvn,
+sv_catpvn_mg, sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv, sv_catsv_mg, sv_chop, sv_cmp, sv_dec,
+sv_derived_from, sv_eq, sv_grow, sv_inc, sv_insert, sv_isa, sv_isobject,
+sv_len, sv_magic, sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, sv_setiv, sv_setiv_mg,
+sv_setnv, sv_setnv_mg, sv_setpv, sv_setpvf, sv_setpvf_mg, sv_setpviv,
+sv_setpviv_mg, sv_setpvn, sv_setpvn_mg, sv_setpv_mg, sv_setref_iv,
+sv_setref_nv, sv_setref_pv, sv_setref_pvn, sv_setsv, sv_setsv_mg, sv_setuv,
+sv_setuv_mg, sv_unref, sv_upgrade, sv_usepvn, sv_usepvn_mg, sv_vcatpvfn,
+sv_vsetpvfn, THIS, toLOWER, toUPPER, U8 *s, utf8_to_bytes, warn, XPUSHi,
+XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs, XPUSHu, XS, XSRETURN, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XSRETURN_IV,
+XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV, XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF, XSRETURN_YES,
+XST_mIV, XST_mNO, XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES, XS_VERSION,
+XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK, Zero
-=item Autoloading
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Subroutine Attributes
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
+=head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
+ Perl functions
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+is_gv_magical
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
+=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
=over
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
+B<PerlIO *>, B<PerlIO_stdin()>, B<PerlIO_stdout()>, B<PerlIO_stderr()>,
+B<PerlIO_open(path, mode)>, B<PerlIO_fdopen(fd,mode)>,
+B<PerlIO_printf(f,fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_vprintf(f,fmt,a)>,
+B<PerlIO_stdoutf(fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_read(f,buf,count)>,
+B<PerlIO_write(f,buf,count)>, B<PerlIO_close(f)>, B<PerlIO_puts(f,s)>,
+B<PerlIO_putc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_ungetc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_getc(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_eof(f)>, B<PerlIO_error(f)>, B<PerlIO_fileno(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_clearerr(f)>, B<PerlIO_flush(f)>, B<PerlIO_tell(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_seek(f,o,w)>, B<PerlIO_getpos(f,p)>, B<PerlIO_setpos(f,p)>,
+B<PerlIO_rewind(f)>, B<PerlIO_tmpfile()>
+
=over
-=item Packages
+=item Co-existence with stdio
-=item Symbol Tables
+B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,flags)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,flags)>,
+B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>, B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>, B<PerlIO_setlinebuf(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_has_cntptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_ptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_cnt(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_canset_cnt(f)>, B<PerlIO_fast_gets(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_set_ptrcnt(f,p,c)>, B<PerlIO_set_cnt(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_has_base(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_get_base(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_bufsiz(f)>
-=item Package Constructors and Destructors
+=back
-=item Perl Classes
+=back
-=item Perl Modules
+=head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Infrastructure
+
+=over
+
+=item Mailing list archives
+
+=item Bug tracking system
+
+=item Regression Tests
+
+Coverage, Regression, __DIE__, suidperl, The 25% slowdown from perl4 to
+perl5
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Configure
+
+=over
+
+=item Install HTML
=back
-=head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
+=item Perl Language
=over
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item our ($var)
-=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
+=item 64-bit Perl
+
+=item Prototypes
+
+Named prototypes, Indirect objects, Method calls, Context, Scoped subs
+
+=back
+
+=item Perl Internals
=over
-=item Pragmatic Modules
+=item magic_setisa
-attributes, attrs, autouse, base, blib, bytes, charnames, constant,
-diagnostics, fields, filetest, integer, less, locale, open, ops, overload,
-re, sigtrap, strict, subs, utf8, vars, warnings
+=item Garbage Collection
-=item Standard Modules
+=item Reliable signals
-AnyDBM_File, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, B, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock,
-B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Debug, B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint,
-B::Showlex, B::Stackobj, B::Terse, B::Xref, Benchmark, ByteLoader, CGI,
-CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp, CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push,
-CGI::Switch, CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, Carp::Heavy,
-Class::Struct, Cwd, DB, DB_File, Devel::SelfStubber, DirHandle, Dumpvalue,
-English, Env, Exporter, Exporter::Heavy, ExtUtils::Command,
-ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install, ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist,
-ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin, ExtUtils::MM_OS2, ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::MM_VMS,
-ExtUtils::MM_Win32, ExtUtils::MakeMaker, ExtUtils::Manifest,
-ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists, ExtUtils::Packlist,
-ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, Fcntl, File::Basename, File::CheckTree,
-File::Compare, File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find, File::Path,
-File::Spec, File::Spec::Functions, File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2,
-File::Spec::Unix, File::Spec::VMS, File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp,
-File::stat, FileCache, FileHandle, FindBin, Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std,
-I18N::Collate, IO, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt,
-Math::Complex, Math::Trig, NDBM_File, Net::Ping, Net::hostent, Net::netent,
-Net::protoent, Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, Pod::Checker, Pod::Find,
-Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Man, Pod::ParseUtils,
-Pod::Parser, Pod::Plainer, Pod::Select, Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color,
-Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Usage, SDBM_File, Safe, Search::Dict, SelectSaver,
-SelfLoader, Shell, Socket, Symbol, Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap,
-Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test, Test::Harness, Text::Abbrev,
-Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Wrap, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle,
-Tie::Hash, Tie::RefHash, Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, Time::Local,
-Time::gmtime, Time::localtime, Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, User::grent,
-User::pwent
+Alternate runops() for signal despatch, Figure out how to die() in delayed
+sighandler, Add tests for Thread::Signal, Automatic tests against CPAN
-=item Extension Modules
+=item Interpolated regex performance bugs
+
+=item Memory leaks from failed eval/regcomp
+
+=item Make XS easier to use
+
+=item Make embedded Perl easier to use
+
+=item Namespace cleanup
+
+=item MULTIPLICITY
+
+=item MacPerl
=back
-=item CPAN
+=item Documentation
-Language Extensions and Documentation Tools, Development Support, Operating
-System Interfaces, Networking, Device Control (modems) and InterProcess
-Communication, Data Types and Data Type Utilities, Database Interfaces,
-User Interfaces, Interfaces to / Emulations of Other Programming Languages,
-File Names, File Systems and File Locking (see also File Handles), String
-Processing, Language Text Processing, Parsing, and Searching, Option,
-Argument, Parameter, and Configuration File Processing,
-Internationalization and Locale, Authentication, Security, and Encryption,
-World Wide Web, HTML, HTTP, CGI, MIME, Server and Daemon Utilities,
-Archiving and Compression, Images, Pixmap and Bitmap Manipulation, Drawing,
-and Graphing, Mail and Usenet News, Control Flow Utilities (callbacks and
-exceptions etc), File Handle and Input/Output Stream Utilities,
-Miscellaneous Modules, Africa, Asia, Australasia, Central America, Europe,
-North America, South America
+=over
+
+=item A clear division into tutorial and reference
+
+=item Remove the artificial distinction between operators and functions
+
+=item More tutorials
+
+Regular expressions, I/O, pack/unpack, Debugging
+
+=item Include a search tool
+
+=item Include a locate tool
+
+=item Separate function manpages by default
+
+=item Users can't find the manpages
+
+=item Install ALL Documentation
+
+=item Outstanding issues to be documented
+
+=item Adapt www.linuxhq.com for Perl
+
+=item Replace man with a perl program
+
+=item Unicode tutorial
-=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
+=back
+
+=item Modules
=over
-=item Guidelines for Module Creation
+=item Update the POSIX extension to conform with the POSIX 1003.1 Edition 2
-Do similar modules already exist in some form?, Try to design the new
-module to be easy to extend and reuse, Some simple style guidelines, Select
-what to export, Select a name for the module, Have you got it right?,
-README and other Additional Files, A description of the
-module/package/extension etc, A copyright notice - see below, Prerequisites
-- what else you may need to have, How to build it - possible changes to
-Makefile.PL etc, How to install it, Recent changes in this release,
-especially incompatibilities, Changes / enhancements you plan to make in
-the future, Adding a Copyright Notice, Give the module a
-version/issue/release number, How to release and distribute a module, Take
-care when changing a released module
+=item Module versions
-=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
+=item New modules
-There is no requirement to convert anything, Consider the implications,
-Make the most of the opportunity, The pl2pm utility will get you started,
-Adds the standard Module prologue lines, Converts package specifiers from '
-to ::, Converts die(...) to croak(...), Several other minor changes
+=item Profiler
-=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
+=item Tie Modules
-Complete applications rarely belong in the Perl Module Library, Many
-applications contain some Perl code that could be reused, Break-out the
-reusable code into one or more separate module files, Take the opportunity
-to reconsider and redesign the interfaces, In some cases the 'application'
-can then be reduced to a small
+VecArray, SubstrArray, VirtualArray, ShiftSplice
-=back
+=item Procedural options
-=item NOTE
+=item RPC
-=back
+=item y2k localtime/gmtime
-=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
+=item Export File::Find variables
-=over
+=item Ioctl
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Debugger attach/detach
-=over
+=item Regular Expression debugger
-=item PREAMBLE
+=item Alternative RE Syntax
-B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
-module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
+=item Bundled modules
-=back
+=item Expect
-=item HEY
+=item GUI::Native
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Update semibroken auxiliary tools; h2ph, a2p, etc.
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item POD Converters
+
+=item pod2html
+
+=item Podchecker
=back
-=head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation
+=item Tom's Wishes
=over
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Webperl
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Mobile agents
-=over
+=item POSIX on non-POSIX
-=item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes
+=item Portable installations
-$$ or $PROCESS_ID, %ENV, chdir() and all other builtins that accept
-filenames, wait() and waitpid(), kill(), exec(), exit(), Open handles to
-files, directories and network sockets
+=back
-=item Resource limits
+=item Win32 Stuff
-=item Killing the parent process
+=over
-=item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes
+=item Rename new headers to be consistent with the rest
-=item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS
+=item Sort out the spawnvp() mess
-BEGIN blocks, Open filehandles, Forking pipe open() not yet implemented,
-Global state maintained by XSUBs, Interpreter embedded in larger
-application, Thread-safety of extensions
+=item Work out DLL versioning
+
+=item Style-check
=back
-=item BUGS
+=item Would be nice to have
-=item AUTHOR
+C<pack "(stuff)*">, Contiguous bitfields in pack/unpack, lexperl, Bundled
+perl preprocessor, Use posix calls internally where possible, format
+BOTTOM, -i rename file only when successfully changed, All ARGV input
+should act like <>, report HANDLE [formats], support in perlmain to rerun
+debugger, lvalue functions
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Possible pragmas
+
+=over
+
+=item 'less'
=back
-=head2 perlform - Perl formats
+=item Optimizations
=over
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item constant function cache
-=over
+=item foreach(reverse...)
-=item Format Variables
+=item Cache eval tree
-=back
+=item rcatmaybe
-=item NOTES
+=item Shrink opcode tables
-=over
+=item Cache hash value
-=item Footers
+=item Optimize away @_ where possible
-=item Accessing Formatting Internals
+=item Optimize sort by { $a <=> $b }
+
+=item Rewrite regexp parser for better integrated optimization
=back
-=item WARNINGS
+=item Vague possibilities
-=back
+ref function in list context, make tr/// return histogram in list context?,
+Loop control on do{} et al, Explicit switch statements, compile to real
+threaded code, structured types, Modifiable $1 et al
-=head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
-localization)
+=item To Do Or Not To Do
=over
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Making my() work on "package" variables
-=item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
+=item "or" testing defined not truth
-=item USING LOCALES
+=item "dynamic" lexicals
-=over
+=item "class"-based, rather than package-based "lexicals"
-=item The use locale pragma
+=back
-=item The setlocale function
+=item Threading
-=item Finding locales
+=over
-=item LOCALE PROBLEMS
+=item Modules
-=item Temporarily fixing locale problems
+=item Testing
-=item Permanently fixing locale problems
+=item $AUTOLOAD
-=item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
+=item exit/die
-=item Fixing system locale configuration
+=item External threads
-=item The localeconv function
+=item Thread::Pool
+
+=item thread-safety
+
+=item Per-thread GVs
=back
-=item LOCALE CATEGORIES
+=item Compiler
=over
-=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
+=item Optimization
-=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
+=item Byteperl
-=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
+=item Precompiled modules
-=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
+=item Executables
-=item LC_TIME
+=item Typed lexicals
-=item Other categories
+=item Win32
-=back
+=item END blocks
-=item SECURITY
+=item _AUTOLOAD
-B<Comparison operators> (C<lt>, C<le>, C<ge>, C<gt> and C<cmp>):,
-B<Case-mapping interpolation> (with C<\l>, C<\L>, C<\u> or C<\U>),
-B<Matching operator> (C<m//>):, B<Substitution operator> (C<s///>):,
-B<Output formatting functions> (printf() and write()):, B<Case-mapping
-functions> (lc(), lcfirst(), uc(), ucfirst()):, B<POSIX locale-dependent
-functions> (localeconv(), strcoll(), strftime(), strxfrm()):, B<POSIX
-character class tests> (isalnum(), isalpha(), isdigit(), isgraph(),
-islower(), isprint(), ispunct(), isspace(), isupper(), isxdigit()):
+=item comppadlist
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=item Cached compilation
-PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
-LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
+=back
-=item NOTES
+=item Recently Finished Tasks
=over
-=item Backward compatibility
+=item Figure a way out of $^(capital letter)
-=item I18N:Collate obsolete
+=item Filenames
-=item Sort speed and memory use impacts
+=item Foreign lines
-=item write() and LC_NUMERIC
+=item Namespace cleanup
-=item Freely available locale definitions
+=item ISA.pm
-=item I18n and l10n
+=item gettimeofday
-=item An imperfect standard
+=item autocroak?
=back
-=item BUGS
+=back
-=over
+=head2 perlhack - How to hack at the Perl internals
-=item Broken systems
+=over
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SEE ALSO
+Does concept match the general goals of Perl?, Where is the
+implementation?, Backwards compatibility, Could it be a module instead?, Is
+the feature generic enough?, Does it potentially introduce new bugs?, Does
+it preclude other desirable features?, Is the implementation robust?, Is
+the implementation generic enough to be portable?, Is there enough
+documentation?, Is there another way to do it?, Does it create too much
+work?, Patches speak louder than words
-=item HISTORY
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
+=head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
=over
-=item NOTE
-
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item INTRODUCTION
+
+=item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
+
=over
-=item Making References
+=item PUMPKIN?
-=item Using References
+=back
-=item Symbolic references
+=item THE RECORDS
-=item Not-so-symbolic references
+=over
-=item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
+=item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
-=item Function Templates
+=item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
=back
-=item WARNING
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
=back
-=head2 perlreftut - Mark's very short tutorial about references
+=head2 perldelta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
=over
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Who Needs Complicated Data Structures?
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item The Solution
+=over
-=item Syntax
+=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
-=over
+=item Lexically scoped warning categories
-=item Making References
+=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
-=item Using References
+=item Support for interpolating named characters
-=back
+=item "our" declarations
-=item An Example
+=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
-=item Arrow Rule
+=item Improved Perl version numbering system
-=item Solution
+=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
-=item The Rest
+=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
-=item Summary
+=item open() with more than two arguments
-=item Credits
+=item 64-bit support
-=over
+=item Large file support
-=item Distribution Conditions
+=item Long doubles
-=back
+=item "more bits"
-=back
+=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
-=head2 perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook
+=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
-=over
+=item File globbing implemented internally
-=item DESCRIPTION
+Support for CHECK blocks
-arrays of arrays, hashes of arrays, arrays of hashes, hashes of hashes,
-more elaborate constructs
+=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
-=item REFERENCES
+Better pseudo-random number generator
-=item COMMON MISTAKES
+=item Improved C<qw//> operator
-=item CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE
+Better worst-case behavior of hashes
-=item WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS C<use strict>
+=item pack() format 'Z' supported
-=item DEBUGGING
+=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
-=item CODE EXAMPLES
+=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
-=item ARRAYS OF ARRAYS
+=item Comments in pack() templates
-=over
+=item Weak references
-=item Declaration of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item Binary numbers supported
-=item Generation of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item Lvalue subroutines
-=item Access and Printing of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
-=back
+=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+
+=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+
+=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+
+=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+
+=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+
+=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+
+=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+
+=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+
+=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+
+=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+
+=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+
+=item Improved diagnostics
+
+=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
-=item HASHES OF ARRAYS
+More consistent close-on-exec behavior
-=over
+=item syswrite() ease-of-use
-=item Declaration of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
-=item Generation of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+=item Bit operators support full native integer width
-=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+=item Improved security features
-=back
+More functional bareword prototype (*)
-=item ARRAYS OF HASHES
+=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
-=over
+=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
-=item Declaration of a ARRAY OF HASHES
+=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
-=item Generation of a ARRAY OF HASHES
+=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
-=item Access and Printing of a ARRAY OF HASHES
+=item Optional Y2K warnings
=back
-=item HASHES OF HASHES
+=item Modules and Pragmata
=over
-=item Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES
+=item Modules
-=item Generation of a HASH OF HASHES
+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 Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES
+=item Pragmata
=back
-=item MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
+=item Utility Changes
=over
-=item Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
-
-=item Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
+=item dprofpp
-=item Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
+=item find2perl
-=back
+=item h2xs
-=item Database Ties
+=item perlcc
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item perldoc
-=item AUTHOR
+=item The Perl Debugger
=back
-=head2 perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl
-
-=over
+=item Improved Documentation
-=item DESCRIPTION
+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 Declaration and Access of Arrays of Arrays
+=item Performance enhancements
-=item Growing Your Own
+=over
-=item Access and Printing
+=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
-=item Slices
+=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Faster subroutine calls
-=item AUTHOR
+delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
=back
-=head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial
-
-=over
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
=over
-=item If we could talk to the animals...
+=item -Dusethreads means something different
-=item Introducing the method invocation arrow
+=item New Configure flags
-=item Invoking a barnyard
+=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
-=item The extra parameter of method invocation
+=item Long Doubles
-=item Calling a second method to simplify things
+=item -Dusemorebits
-=item Inheriting the windpipes
+=item -Duselargefiles
-=item A few notes about @ISA
+=item installusrbinperl
-=item Overriding the methods
+=item SOCKS support
-=item Starting the search from a different place
+=item C<-A> flag
-=item The SUPER way of doing things
+=item Enhanced Installation Directories
-=item Where we're at so far...
+=back
-=item A horse is a horse, of course of course -- or is it?
+=item Platform specific changes
-=item Invoking an instance method
+=over
-=item Accessing the instance data
+=item Supported platforms
-=item How to build a horse
+=item DOS
-=item Inheriting the constructor
+=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
-=item Making a method work with either classes or instances
+=item VMS
-=item Adding parameters to a method
+=item Win32
-=item More interesting instances
+=back
-=item A horse of a different color
+=item Significant bug fixes
-=item Summary
+=over
-=back
+=item <HANDLE> on empty files
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item C<eval '...'> improvements
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item All compilation errors are true errors
-=back
+=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
-=head2 perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl
+=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
-=over
+=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
-=item Creating a Class
+=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
-=over
+=item Failures in DESTROY()
-=item Object Representation
+=item Locale bugs fixed
-=item Class Interface
+=item Memory leaks
-=item Constructors and Instance Methods
+=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
-=item Planning for the Future: Better Constructors
+=item Taint failures under C<-U>
-=item Destructors
+=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
-=item Other Object Methods
+=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
=back
-=item Class Data
-
-=over
-
-=item Accessing Class Data
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item Debugging Methods
+(perhaps you forgot to load "%s"?), "%s" variable %s masks earlier
+declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet implemented, "our" variable %s
+redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s, / cannot take a count, / must
+be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow
+a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c passed through, /%s/:
+Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class passed through, /%s/ should
+probably be written as "%s", %s() called too early to check prototype, %s
+argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY
+element or slice, %s argument is not a subroutine name, %s package
+attribute may clash with future reserved word: %s, (in cleanup) %s, <>
+should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled substitution pattern,
+Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional, Binary number >
+0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector size > 32
+non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check filesystem
+of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s", Can't
+declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default, Can't
+modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't remove
+%s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't weaken
+a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class syntax [%s]
+belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
+constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
+defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
+"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
+%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
+output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
+explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
+Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
+|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
+number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
+%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
+separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
+subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
+returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
+%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
+No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
+No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
+is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
+panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
+around "%s" list, Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use
+"sub NAME : ATTRS" instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count
+in pack overflows, Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed
+memory ignored, Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments,
+Strange *+?{} on zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not
+implemented, This Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl
+can't set CRTL environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown
+open() mode '%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s,
+Unrecognized escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter
+in attribute list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute
+parameter in subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute
+list, Value of CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant
+number
-=item Class Destructors
+=item New tests
-=item Documenting the Interface
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=back
+=over
-=item Aggregation
+=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
-=item Inheritance
+CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed
-=over
+=item Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different
-=item Overridden Methods
+Literals of the form C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed
+pseudo-random number generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed,
+C<undef> fails on read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe
+and socket handles, Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported,
+delete(), values() and C<\(%h)> operate on aliases to values, not copies,
+vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS, Text of some diagnostic
+output has changed, C<%@> has been removed, Parenthesized not() behaves
+like a list operator, Semantics of bareword prototype C<(*)> have changed
-=item Multiple Inheritance
+=item Semantics of bit operators may have changed on 64-bit platforms
-=item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects
+=item More builtins taint their results
-=back
+=item C Source Incompatibilities
-=item Alternate Object Representations
+C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
-=over
+=item Compatible C Source API Changes
-=item Arrays as Objects
+C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
-=item Closures as Objects
+=item Binary Incompatibilities
=back
-=item AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods
+=item Known Problems
=over
-=item Autoloaded Data Methods
+=item Thread test failures
-=item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods
+=item EBCDIC platforms not supported
-=back
+=item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
-=item Metaclassical Tools
+=item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
+
+=item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
+gcc
-=over
+=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
-=item Class::Struct
+=item Arrow operator and arrays
-=item Data Members as Variables
+=item Windows 2000
-=item NOTES
+=item Experimental features
-=item Object Terminology
+Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
+pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
+globbing, The DB module, The regular expression constructs C<(?{ code })>
+and C<(??{ code })>
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
-
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Obsolete Diagnostics
-=item COPYRIGHT
+Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
+logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, Probable precedence problem on %s,
+regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>" to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
-=over
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item Acknowledgments
+=item SEE ALSO
-=back
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=head2 perltootc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl
+=head2 perl56delta, perldelta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
=over
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Class Data as Package Variables
+=item Core Enhancements
=over
-=item Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket
-
-=item Inheritance Concerns
+=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
-=item The Eponymous Meta-Object
+=item Lexically scoped warning categories
-=item Indirect References to Class Data
+=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
-=item Monadic Classes
+=item Support for interpolating named characters
-=item Translucent Attributes
+=item "our" declarations
-=back
+=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
-=item Class Data as Lexical Variables
+=item Improved Perl version numbering system
-=over
+=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
-=item Privacy and Responsibility
+=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
-=item File-Scoped Lexicals
+=item open() with more than two arguments
-=item More Inheritance Concerns
+=item 64-bit support
-=item Locking the Door and Throwing Away the Key
+=item Large file support
-=item Translucency Revisited
+=item Long doubles
-=back
+=item "more bits"
-=item NOTES
+=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item File globbing implemented internally
-=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+=item Support for CHECK blocks
-=item HISTORY
+=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
-=back
+=item Better pseudo-random number generator
-=head2 perlobj - Perl objects
+=item Improved C<qw//> operator
-=over
+=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item pack() format 'Z' supported
-=over
+=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
-=item An Object is Simply a Reference
+=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
-=item A Class is Simply a Package
+=item Comments in pack() templates
-=item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
+=item Weak references
-=item Method Invocation
+=item Binary numbers supported
-=item WARNING
+=item Lvalue subroutines
-=item Default UNIVERSAL methods
+=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
-isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
-=item Destructors
+=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
-=item Summary
+=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
-=item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
+=item Pseudo-hashes work better
-=back
+=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
-=back
+=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
-=head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
+=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
-=over
+=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
-=over
+=item Improved diagnostics
-=item Tying Scalars
+=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
-TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, DESTROY this
+=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
-=item Tying Arrays
+=item syswrite() ease-of-use
-TIEARRAY classname, LIST, FETCH this, index, STORE this, index, value,
-DESTROY this
+=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
-=item Tying Hashes
+=item Bit operators support full native integer width
-USER, HOME, CLOBBER, LIST, TIEHASH classname, LIST, FETCH this, key, STORE
-this, key, value, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, EXISTS this, key, FIRSTKEY
-this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, DESTROY this
+=item Improved security features
-=item Tying FileHandles
+=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
-TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this,
-LIST, READ this, LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, DESTROY this
+=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
-=item The C<untie> Gotcha
+=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
-=back
+=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
-=item BUGS
+=item Optional Y2K warnings
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
=back
-=head2 perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)
+=item Modules and Pragmata
=over
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Modules
-=item OO SCALING TIPS
+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 INSTANCE VARIABLES
+=item Pragmata
-=item INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE
+=back
-=item OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS
+=item Utility Changes
-=item OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS
+=over
-=item USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM
+=item dprofpp
-=item THINKING OF CODE REUSE
+=item find2perl
-=item CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT
+=item h2xs
-=item INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR
+=item perlcc
-=item DELEGATION
+=item perldoc
+
+=item The Perl Debugger
=back
-=head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
-safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
+=item Improved Documentation
-=over
+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 DESCRIPTION
+=item Performance enhancements
-=item Signals
+=over
-=item Named Pipes
+=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
-=over
+=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
-=item WARNING
+=item Faster subroutine calls
+
+=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
=back
-=item Using open() for IPC
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
=over
-=item Filehandles
+=item -Dusethreads means something different
-=item Background Processes
+=item New Configure flags
-=item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
+=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
-=item Safe Pipe Opens
+=item Long Doubles
-=item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
+=item -Dusemorebits
-=item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself
+=item -Duselargefiles
+
+=item installusrbinperl
+
+=item SOCKS support
+
+=item C<-A> flag
+
+=item Enhanced Installation Directories
=back
-=item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
+=item Platform specific changes
=over
-=item Internet Line Terminators
+=item Supported platforms
-=item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
+=item DOS
-=item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
+=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
+
+=item VMS
+
+=item Win32
=back
-=item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
+=item Significant bug fixes
=over
-=item A Simple Client
+=item <HANDLE> on empty files
-C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
+=item C<eval '...'> improvements
-=item A Webget Client
+=item All compilation errors are true errors
-=item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
+=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
-=back
+=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
-=item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
+=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
-Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
+=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
-=item UDP: Message Passing
+=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
-=item SysV IPC
+=item Failures in DESTROY()
-=item NOTES
+=item Locale bugs fixed
-=item BUGS
+=item Memory leaks
+
+=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+
+=item Taint failures under C<-U>
-=item AUTHOR
+=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
=back
-=head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
-
-=over
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item SYNOPSIS
+"%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 DESCRIPTION
+=item New tests
-B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
-B<filter_fetch_value>
+=item Incompatible Changes
=over
-=item The Filter
-
-=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
-
-=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
+=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
-=back
+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<undef> fails on
+read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
+Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), values() and
+C<\(%h)> operate on aliases to values, not copies, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS)
+enforces powers-of-two BITS, Text of some diagnostic output has changed,
+C<%@> has been removed, Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator,
+Semantics of bareword prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit
+operators may have changed on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their
+results
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item C Source Incompatibilities
-=item AUTHOR
+C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
-=back
+=item Compatible C Source API Changes
-=head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
+C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
-=over
+=item Binary Incompatibilities
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-=item The Perl Debugger
+=item Known Problems
=over
-=item Debugger Commands
-
-h [command], p expr, x expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], T, s [expr], n
-[expr], r, <CR>, c [line|sub], l, l min+incr, l min-max, l line, l subname,
--, w [line], f filename, /pattern/, ?pattern?, L, S [[!]regex], t, t expr,
-b [line] [condition], b subname [condition], b postpone subname
-[condition], b load filename, b compile subname, d [line], D, a [line]
-command, a [line], A, W expr, W, O booloption .., O anyoption? .., O
-option=value .., < ?, < [ command ], << command, > ?, > command, >>
-command, { ?, { [ command ], {{ command, ! number, ! -number, ! pattern, !!
-cmd, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, man [manpage]
-
-=item Configurable Options
+=item Thread test failures
-C<recallCommand>, C<ShellBang>, C<pager>, C<tkRunning>, C<signalLevel>,
-C<warnLevel>, C<dieLevel>, C<AutoTrace>, C<LineInfo>, C<inhibit_exit>,
-C<PrintRet>, C<ornaments>, C<frame>, C<maxTraceLen>, C<arrayDepth>,
-C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>, C<DumpDBFiles>,
-C<DumpPackages>, C<DumpReused>, C<quote>, C<HighBit>, C<undefPrint>,
-C<UsageOnly>, C<TTY>, C<noTTY>, C<ReadLine>, C<NonStop>
+=item EBCDIC platforms not supported
-=item Debugger input/output
+=item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
-Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame
-listing
+=item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
-=item Debugging compile-time statements
+=item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
+gcc
-=item Debugger Customization
+=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
-=item Readline Support
+=item Arrow operator and arrays
-=item Editor Support for Debugging
+=item Experimental features
-=item The Perl Profiler
+Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
+pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
+globbing, The DB module, The regular expression constructs C<(?{ code })>
+and C<(??{ code })>
=back
-=item Debugging regular expressions
+=item Obsolete Diagnostics
-=item Debugging memory usage
+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 "$$<digit>"
+to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
=item SEE ALSO
-=item BUGS
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
+=head2 perl5005delta, perldelta - what's new for perl5.005
=over
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Storing numbers
-
-=item Numeric operators and numeric conversions
+=item About the new versioning system
-=item Flavors of Perl numeric operations
+=item Incompatible Changes
-Arithmetic operators except, C<no integer>, Arithmetic operators except,
-C<use integer>, Bitwise operators, C<no integer>, Bitwise operators, C<use
-integer>, Operators which expect an integer, Operators which expect a
-string
+=over
-=item AUTHOR
+=item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004.
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Default installation structure has changed
-=back
+=item Perl Source Compatibility
-=head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
+=item C Source Compatibility
-=over
+Core sources now require ANSI C compiler, All Perl global variables must
+now be referenced with an explicit prefix, Enabling threads has source
+compatibility issues
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Binary Compatibility
-=item Debugger Internals
+=item Security fixes may affect compatibility
-=over
+=item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004
-=item Writing Your Own Debugger
+=item Licensing
=back
-=item Frame Listing Output Examples
-
-=item Debugging regular expressions
+=item Core Changes
=over
-=item Compile-time output
+=item Threads
-C<anchored> I<STRING> C<at> I<POS>, C<floating> I<STRING> C<at>
-I<POS1..POS2>, C<matching floating/anchored>, C<minlen>, C<stclass>
-I<TYPE>, C<noscan>, C<isall>, C<GPOS>, C<plus>, C<implicit>, C<with eval>,
-C<anchored(TYPE)>
+=item Compiler
-=item Types of nodes
+=item Regular Expressions
-=item Run-time output
+Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression
+constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other
+improvements, Incompatible changes
-=back
+=item Improved malloc()
-=item Debugging Perl memory usage
+=item Quicksort is internally implemented
-=over
+=item Reliable signals
-=item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
+=item Reliable stack pointers
-C<buckets SMALLEST(APPROX)..GREATEST(APPROX)>, Free/Used, C<Total sbrk():
-SBRKed/SBRKs:CONTINUOUS>, C<pad: 0>, C<heads: 2192>, C<chain: 0>, C<tail:
-6144>
+=item More generous treatment of carriage returns
-=item Example of using B<-DL> switch
+=item Memory leaks
-C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
+=item Better support for multiple interpreters
-=item B<-DL> details
+=item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined
-C<!!!>, C<!!>, C<!>
+=item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L<Errno> module
-=item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
+=item Pseudo-hashes are supported
-=back
+=item C<EXPR foreach EXPR> is supported
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Keywords can be globally overridden
-=back
+=item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32
-=head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
+=item C<foreach (1..1000000)> optimized
-=over
+=item C<Foo::> can be used as implicitly quoted package name
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item C<exists $Foo::{Bar::}> tests existence of a package
-=back
+=item Better locale support
-=head2 perlsec - Perl security
+=item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms
-=over
+=item prototype() returns useful results on builtins
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Extended support for exception handling
-=over
+=item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods
-=item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
+=item All C<printf> format conversions are handled internally
-=item Switches On the "#!" Line
+=item New C<INIT> keyword
-=item Cleaning Up Your Path
+=item New C<lock> keyword
-=item Security Bugs
+=item New C<qr//> operator
-=item Protecting Your Programs
+=item C<our> is now a reserved word
-=back
+=item Tied arrays are now fully supported
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Tied handles support is better
-=back
+=item 4th argument to substr
-=head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary
+=item Negative LENGTH argument to splice
-=over
+=item Magic lvalues are now more magical
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item <> now reads in records
+
+=back
+
+=item Supported Platforms
=over
-=item Awk Traps
+=item New Platforms
-=item C Traps
+=item Changes in existing support
-=item Sed Traps
+=back
-=item Shell Traps
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item Perl Traps
+=over
-=item Perl4 to Perl5 Traps
+=item New Modules
-Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps, Parsing Traps, Numerical
-Traps, General data type traps, Context Traps - scalar, list contexts,
-Precedence Traps, General Regular Expression Traps using s///, etc,
-Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps, OS Traps, DBM Traps, Unclassified Traps
+B, Data::Dumper, Dumpvalue, Errno, File::Spec, ExtUtils::Installed,
+ExtUtils::Packlist, Fatal, IPC::SysV, Test, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle,
+Thread, attrs, fields, re
-=item Discontinuance, Deprecation, and BugFix traps
+=item Changes in existing modules
-Discontinuance, Deprecation, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance,
-Discontinuance, BugFix, Discontinuance, Discontinuance, BugFix,
-Discontinuance, Deprecation, Discontinuance, Discontinuance
+Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File,
+MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd, Benchmark
-=item Parsing Traps
+=back
-Parsing, Parsing, Parsing, Parsing
+=item Utility Changes
-=item Numerical Traps
+=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' in package '%s', Reference found
+where even-sized list expected, Undefined value assigned to typeglob, Use
+of reserved word "%s" is deprecated, perl: warning: Setting locale failed
-Numerical, Numerical, Numerical, Bitwise string ops
+=item Obsolete Diagnostics
-=item General data type traps
+Can't mktemp(), Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s, Cannot open
+temporary file, regexp too big
-(Arrays), (Arrays), (Hashes), (Globs), (Globs), (Scalar String),
-(Constants), (Scalars), (Variable Suicide)
+=item Configuration Changes
-=item Context Traps - scalar, list contexts
+=item BUGS
-(list context), (scalar context), (scalar context), (list, builtin)
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Precedence Traps
+=item HISTORY
-Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence, Precedence,
-Precedence
+=back
-=item General Regular Expression Traps using s///, etc.
+=head2 perl5004delta, perldelta - what's new for perl5.004
-Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular
-Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression,
-Regular Expression
+=over
-=item Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps
+=item DESCRIPTION
-(Signals), (Sort Subroutine), warn() won't let you specify a filehandle
+=item Supported Environments
-=item OS Traps
+=item Core Changes
-(SysV), (SysV)
+=over
-=item Interpolation Traps
+=item List assignment to %ENV works
-Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation,
-Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation, Interpolation
+=item "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error now lists @INC
-=item DBM Traps
+=item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003
-DBM, DBM
+=item $PERL5OPT environment variable
-=item Unclassified Traps
+=item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options
-C<require>/C<do> trap using returned value, C<split> on empty string with
-LIMIT specified
+=item More precise warnings
-=back
+=item Deprecated: Inherited C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods
-=back
+=item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable
-=head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl
+=item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
-=over
+=item Group vector changeable with C<$)>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
-Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is>
-portable
+=item Fixed localization of $<digit>, $&, etc.
-=item ISSUES
+=item No resetting of $. on implicit close
-=over
+=item C<wantarray> may return undef
-=item Newlines
+=item C<eval EXPR> determines value of EXPR in scalar context
-=item Numbers endianness and Width
+=item Changes to tainting checks
-=item Files and Filesystems
+No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No
+spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name
-=item System Interaction
+=item New Opcode module and revised Safe module
-=item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
+=item Embedding improvements
-=item External Subroutines (XS)
+=item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes
-=item Standard Modules
+=item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface
-=item Time and Date
+=item New and changed syntax
-=item Character sets and character encoding
+$coderef->(PARAMS)
-=item Internationalisation
+=item New and changed builtin constants
-=item System Resources
+__PACKAGE__
-=item Security
+=item New and changed builtin variables
-=item Style
+$^E, $^H, $^M
-=back
+=item New and changed builtin functions
-=item CPAN Testers
+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<m//gc> does not
+reset search position on failure, C<m//x> ignores whitespace before ?*+{},
+nested C<sub{}> closures work now, formats work right on changing lexicals
-Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
-http://testers.cpan.org/
+=item New builtin methods
+
+isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
-=item PLATFORMS
+=item TIEHANDLE now supported
-=over
+TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this
+LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this
-=item Unix
+=item Malloc enhancements
-=item DOS and Derivatives
+-DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
-Build instructions for OS/2, L<perlos2>
+=item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements
-=item S<Mac OS>
+=back
-=item VMS
+=item Support for More Operating Systems
-=item VOS
+=over
-=item EBCDIC Platforms
+=item Win32
-=item Acorn RISC OS
+=item Plan 9
-=item Other perls
+=item QNX
+
+=item AmigaOS
=back
-=item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
+=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
-=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
+=item Required Updates
--I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, alarm SECONDS, alarm, binmode
-FILEHANDLE, chmod LIST, chown LIST, chroot FILENAME, chroot, crypt
-PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MODE, dump LABEL, exec
-LIST, fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork,
-getlogin, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME,
-getgrnam NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getnetbyaddr
-ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER, getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent,
-getgrent, gethostent, getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, setpwent,
-setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN,
-setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent, endhostent, endnetent,
-endprotoent, endservent, getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob,
-ioctl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, kill SIGNAL, LIST, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE,
-lstat FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR, lstat, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS,
-msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR,
-open FILEHANDLE, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, readlink EXPR, readlink,
-select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget
-KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, setgrent, setpgrp PID,PGRP,
-setpriority WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setpwent, setsockopt
-SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS,
-shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, socketpair
-SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, stat FILEHANDLE, stat EXPR, stat,
-symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
-FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, system LIST, times, truncate
-FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, umask EXPR, umask, utime LIST,
-wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS
+=item Installation directories
-=back
+=item Module information summary
-=item CHANGES
+=item Fcntl
-v1.47, 22 March 2000, v1.46, 12 February 2000, v1.45, 20 December 1999,
-v1.44, 19 July 1999, v1.43, 24 May 1999, v1.42, 22 May 1999, v1.41, 19 May
-1999, v1.40, 11 April 1999, v1.39, 11 February 1999, v1.38, 31 December
-1998, v1.37, 19 December 1998, v1.36, 9 September 1998, v1.35, 13 August
-1998, v1.33, 06 August 1998, v1.32, 05 August 1998, v1.30, 03 August 1998,
-v1.23, 10 July 1998
+=item IO
-=item Supported Platforms
+=item Math::Complex
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Math::Trig
-=item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
+=item DB_File
-=item VERSION
+=item Net::Ping
+
+=item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators
=back
-=head2 perlstyle - Perl style guide
+=item Utility Changes
=over
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=back
+=item pod2html
-=head2 perlpod - plain old documentation
+Sends converted HTML to standard output
-=over
+=item xsubpp
-=item DESCRIPTION
+C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
-=over
+=back
-=item Verbatim Paragraph
+=item C Language API Changes
-=item Command Paragraph
+C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, C<perl_eval_pv>, Extended API for
+manipulating hashes
-=item Ordinary Block of Text
+=item Documentation Changes
-=item The Intent
+L<perldelta>, L<perlfaq>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>,
+L<perlmodlib>, L<perldebug>, L<perlsec>
-=item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
+=item New Diagnostics
-=item Common Pod Pitfalls
+"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 package `%s', Too late for
+"B<-T>" option, untie attempted while %d inner references still exist,
+Unrecognized character %s, Unsupported function fork, Use of "$$<digit>" to
+mean "${$}<digit>" 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
-=back
+=item BUGS
=item SEE ALSO
-=item AUTHOR
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=head2 perlbook - Perl book information
+=head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS (possibly very outdated information)
=over
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SYNOPSIS
=back
-=head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
-
=over
=item DESCRIPTION
=over
-=item PREAMBLE
+=item Prerequisites
-B<Use C from Perl?>, B<Use a Unix program from Perl?>, B<Use Perl from
-Perl?>, B<Use C from C?>, B<Use Perl from C?>
+B<Unix emulation for AmigaOS: ixemul.library>, B<Version of Amiga OS>
-=item ROADMAP
+=item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS
-=item Compiling your C program
+=item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS
-=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
+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
-=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
+=back
-=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
+=item INSTALLATION
-=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
+=item Accessing documentation
-=item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
+=over
-=item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
+=item Manpages
-=item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
+=item B<HTML>
-=item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
-program
+=item B<GNU> C<info> files
+
+=item C<LaTeX> docs
=back
-=item Embedding Perl under Windows
+=item BUILD
-=item MORAL
+=over
+
+=item Prerequisites
+
+=item Getting the perl source
+
+=item Making
+
+=item Testing
+
+=item Installing the built perl
+
+=back
=item AUTHOR
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
+=head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
=over
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-B<PerlIO *>, B<PerlIO_stdin()>, B<PerlIO_stdout()>, B<PerlIO_stderr()>,
-B<PerlIO_open(path, mode)>, B<PerlIO_fdopen(fd,mode)>,
-B<PerlIO_printf(f,fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_vprintf(f,fmt,a)>,
-B<PerlIO_stdoutf(fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_read(f,buf,count)>,
-B<PerlIO_write(f,buf,count)>, B<PerlIO_close(f)>, B<PerlIO_puts(f,s)>,
-B<PerlIO_putc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_ungetc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_getc(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_eof(f)>, B<PerlIO_error(f)>, B<PerlIO_fileno(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_clearerr(f)>, B<PerlIO_flush(f)>, B<PerlIO_tell(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_seek(f,o,w)>, B<PerlIO_getpos(f,p)>, B<PerlIO_setpos(f,p)>,
-B<PerlIO_rewind(f)>, B<PerlIO_tmpfile()>
+=item PREREQUISITES
=over
-=item Co-existence with stdio
+=item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it)
-B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,flags)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,flags)>,
-B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>, B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>, B<PerlIO_setlinebuf(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_has_cntptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_ptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_cnt(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_canset_cnt(f)>, B<PerlIO_fast_gets(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_set_ptrcnt(f,p,c)>, B<PerlIO_set_cnt(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_has_base(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_get_base(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_bufsiz(f)>
+=item Cygwin Configuration
-=back
+C<PATH>, I<nroff>, Permissions
=back
-=head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
+=item CONFIGURE
=over
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=over
+=item Strip Binaries
-=item Introduction
+=item Optional Libraries
-=item On The Road
+C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>), C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>),
+C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>)
-=item The Anatomy of an XSUB
+=item Configure-time Options
-=item The Argument Stack
+C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>, C<-Duseperlio>,
+C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles>
-=item The RETVAL Variable
+=item Suspicious Warnings
-=item The MODULE Keyword
+Whoa There, I<dlsym()>, Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>, Checking how std your stdio
+is.., Compiler/Preprocessor defines
-=item The PACKAGE Keyword
+=back
-=item The PREFIX Keyword
+=item MAKE
-=item The OUTPUT: Keyword
+=over
-=item The CODE: Keyword
+=item Warnings
-=item The INIT: Keyword
+=item ld2
-=item The NO_INIT Keyword
+=back
-=item Initializing Function Parameters
+=item TEST
-=item Default Parameter Values
+=over
-=item The PREINIT: Keyword
+=item File Permissions
-=item The SCOPE: Keyword
+=item Hard Links
-=item The INPUT: Keyword
+=item Filetime Granularity
-=item Variable-length Parameter Lists
+=item Tainting Checks
-=item The C_ARGS: Keyword
+=item /etc/group
-=item The PPCODE: Keyword
+=item Script Portability
-=item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
+Pathnames, Text/Binary, F<.exe>, chown(), Miscellaneous
-=item The REQUIRE: Keyword
+=back
-=item The CLEANUP: Keyword
+=item INSTALL
-=item The BOOT: Keyword
+=item MANIFEST
-=item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
+Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl
+Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts
-=item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
+=item BUGS
-=item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
+=item AUTHORS
-=item The ALIAS: Keyword
+=item HISTORY
-=item The INTERFACE: Keyword
+=back
-=item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
+=head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95.
-=item The INCLUDE: Keyword
+=over
-=item The CASE: Keyword
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item The & Unary Operator
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Inserting Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
+=over
-=item Using XS With C++
+=item Prerequisites
-=item Interface Strategy
+DJGPP, Pthreads
-=item Perl Objects And C Structures
+=item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS
-=item The Typemap
+=item Building
-=back
+=item Testing
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item Installation
-=item XS VERSION
+=back
=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
+=head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix
+(HP-UX) systems
=over
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SPECIAL NOTES
-
=over
-=item make
-
-=item Version caveat
-
-=item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
-
-=back
-
-=item TUTORIAL
-
-=over
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX
-=item EXAMPLE 1
+=item PA-RISC
-=item EXAMPLE 2
+=item PA-RISC 1.0
-=item What has gone on?
+=item PA-RISC 1.1
-=item Writing good test scripts
+=item PA-RISC 2.0
-=item EXAMPLE 3
+=item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions
-=item What's new here?
+=item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX
-=item Input and Output Parameters
+=item The HP ANSI C Compiler
-=item The XSUBPP Program
+=item Using Large Files with Perl
-=item The TYPEMAP file
+=item Threaded Perl
-=item Warning about Output Arguments
+=item 64-bit Perl
-=item EXAMPLE 4
+=item GDBM and Threads
-=item What has happened here?
+=item NFS filesystems and utime(2)
-=item Anatomy of .xs file
+=back
-=item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
+=item AUTHOR
-=item More about XSUB arguments
+=item DATE
-=item The Argument Stack
+=back
-=item Extending your Extension
+=head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen
+systems
-=item Documenting your Extension
+=over
-=item Installing your Extension
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXAMPLE 5
+=over
-=item New Things in this Example
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on MachTen
-=item EXAMPLE 6
+=item Failures during C<make test>
-=item New Things in this Example
+op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t
-=item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
+=item Building external modules
-=item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
+=back
-=item EXAMPLE 9 (Coming Soon)
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Troubleshooting these Examples
+=item DATE
=back
-=item See also
-
-=item Author
+=head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.
=over
-=item Last Changed
-
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
=back
-=head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
-
=over
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Target
-=item Variables
+=item Other OSes
-=over
+=item Prerequisites
-=item Datatypes
+EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh
-=item What is an "IV"?
+=item Starting Perl programs under OS/2 (and DOS and...)
-=item Working with SVs
+=item Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl
-=item What's Really Stored in an SV?
+=back
-=item Working with AVs
+=over
-=item Working with HVs
+=item Frequently asked questions
-=item Hash API Extensions
+=over
-=item References
+=item I cannot run external programs
-=item Blessed References and Class Objects
+=item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F<perl.dll> from my
+program.
-=item Creating New Variables
+Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use
+L<ExtUtils::Embed>?
-=item Reference Counts and Mortality
+=item C<``> and pipe-C<open> do not work under DOS.
-=item Stashes and Globs
+=item Cannot start C<find.exe "pattern" file>
-=item Double-Typed SVs
+=back
-=item Magic Variables
+=item INSTALLATION
-=item Assigning Magic
+=over
-=item Magic Virtual Tables
+=item Automatic binary installation
-=item Finding Magic
+C<PERL_BADLANG>, C<PERL_BADFREE>, F<Config.pm>
-=item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
+=item Manual binary installation
-=item Localizing changes
+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
-C<SAVEINT(int i)>, C<SAVEIV(IV i)>, C<SAVEI32(I32 i)>, C<SAVELONG(long i)>,
-C<SAVESPTR(s)>, C<SAVEPPTR(p)>, C<SAVEFREESV(SV *sv)>, C<SAVEFREEOP(OP
-*op)>, C<SAVEFREEPV(p)>, C<SAVECLEARSV(SV *sv)>, C<SAVEDELETE(HV *hv, char
-*key, I32 length)>, C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR(DESTRUCTORFUNC_NOCONTEXT_t f, void
-*p)>, C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR_X(DESTRUCTORFUNC_t f, void *p)>, C<SAVESTACK_POS()>,
-C<SV* save_scalar(GV *gv)>, C<AV* save_ary(GV *gv)>, C<HV* save_hash(GV
-*gv)>, C<void save_item(SV *item)>, C<void save_list(SV **sarg, I32
-maxsarg)>, C<SV* save_svref(SV **sptr)>, C<void save_aptr(AV **aptr)>,
-C<void save_hptr(HV **hptr)>
+=item B<Warning>
=back
-=item Subroutines
+=item Accessing documentation
=over
-=item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
+=item OS/2 F<.INF> file
-=item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
+=item Plain text
-=item Memory Allocation
+=item Manpages
-=item PerlIO
+=item HTML
-=item Putting a C value on Perl stack
+=item GNU C<info> files
-=item Scratchpads
+=item F<.PDF> files
-=item Scratchpads and recursion
+=item C<LaTeX> docs
=back
-=item Compiled code
+=item BUILD
=over
-=item Code tree
+=item Prerequisites
-=item Examining the tree
+=item Getting perl source
-=item Compile pass 1: check routines
+=item Application of the patches
-=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
+=item Hand-editing
-=item Compile pass 2: context propagation
+=item Making
-=item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
+=item Testing
+
+A lot of C<bad free>, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F<op/fs.t>,
+F<lib/io_pipe.t>, F<lib/io_sock.t>, F<op/stat.t>, F<lib/io_udp.t>
+
+=item Installing the built perl
+
+=item C<a.out>-style build
=back
-=item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
+=item Build FAQ
=over
-=item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
+=item Some C</> became C<\> in pdksh.
-=item How do I use all this in extensions?
+=item C<'errno'> - unresolved external
-=item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
+=item Problems with tr or sed
-=back
+=item Some problem (forget which ;-)
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Library ... not found
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Segfault in make
=back
-=head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
+=item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port
=over
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item C<setpriority>, C<getpriority>
-An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
+=item C<system()>
-=item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
+=item C<extproc> on the first line
-call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
+=item Additional modules:
-=item FLAG VALUES
+=item Prebuilt methods:
+
+C<File::Copy::syscopy>, C<DynaLoader::mod2fname>, C<Cwd::current_drive()>,
+ C<Cwd::sys_chdir(name)>, C<Cwd::change_drive(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_is_absolute(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_is_rooted(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_is_relative(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_cwd(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_abspath(name, dir)>, C<Cwd::extLibpath([type])>,
+C<Cwd::extLibpath_set( path [, type ] )>
+
+=item Misfeatures
+
+=item Modifications
+
+C<popen>, C<tmpnam>, C<tmpfile>, C<ctermid>, C<stat>, C<flock>
+
+=back
+
+=item Perl flavors
=over
-=item G_VOID
+=item F<perl.exe>
-=item G_SCALAR
+=item F<perl_.exe>
-=item G_ARRAY
+=item F<perl__.exe>
-=item G_DISCARD
+=item F<perl___.exe>
-=item G_NOARGS
+=item Why strange names?
-=item G_EVAL
+=item Why dynamic linking?
-=item G_KEEPERR
+=item Why chimera build?
-=item Determining the Context
+explicit fork(), open FH, "|-", open FH, "-|"
=back
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item ENVIRONMENT
=over
-=item No Parameters, Nothing returned
+=item C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>
-=item Passing Parameters
+=item C<PERL_BADLANG>
-=item Returning a Scalar
+=item C<PERL_BADFREE>
-=item Returning a list of values
+=item C<PERL_SH_DIR>
-=item Returning a list in a scalar context
+=item C<USE_PERL_FLOCK>
-=item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
+=item C<TMP> or C<TEMP>
-=item Using G_EVAL
+=back
-=item Using G_KEEPERR
+=item Evolution
-=item Using call_sv
+=over
-=item Using call_argv
+=item Priorities
-=item Using call_method
+=item DLL name mangling
-=item Using GIMME_V
+=item Threading
-=item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
+=item Calls to external programs
-=item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
+=item Memory allocation
-1. Ignore the problem - Allow only 1 callback, 2. Create a sequence of
-callbacks - hard wired limit, 3. Use a parameter to map to the Perl
-callback
+=item Threads
-=item Alternate Stack Manipulation
+C<COND_WAIT>, F<os2.c>
-=item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
+=back
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over
=item AUTHOR
-=item DATE
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
+=head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390.
=over
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over
-=item Layout
+=item Unpacking
-B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
+=item Setup and utilities
-=back
+=item Configure
-=item Using The Back Ends
+=item Build, test, install
-=over
+=item Usage Hints
-=item The Cross Referencing Back End
+=item Extensions
-i, &, s, r
+=back
-=item The Decompiling Back End
+=item AUTHORS
-=item The Lint Back End
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item The Simple C Back End
+=over
-=item The Bytecode Back End
+=item Mailing list
-=item The Optimized C Back End
+=back
-B, O, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC,
-B::Debug, B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj,
-B::Stash, B::Terse, B::Xref
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+=head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl
-=item AUTHOR
+=over
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
+=item Installation
+
+=item Organization of Perl Images
=over
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Core Images
-AvFILL, av_clear, av_extend, av_fetch, av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push,
-av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift, bytes_to_utf8, call_argv,
-call_method, call_pv, call_sv, CLASS, Copy, croak, CvSTASH, dMARK,
-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, items, ix, LEAVE, looks_like_number, MARK, mg_clear, mg_copy,
-mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, mg_length, mg_magical, mg_set, Move, New, newAV,
-Newc, newCONSTSUB, newHV, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, NEWSV, newSViv, newSVnv,
-newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVrv, newSVsv, newSVuv, newXS, newXSproto,
-Newz, Nullav, Nullch, Nullcv, Nullhv, Nullsv, ORIGMARK, perl_alloc,
-perl_construct, perl_destruct, perl_free, perl_parse, perl_run,
-PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_modglobal, PL_na,
-PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes, POPi, POPl, POPn, POPp, POPs, PUSHi,
-PUSHMARK, PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUSHu, PUTBACK, Renew, Renewc, require_pv,
-RETVAL, Safefree, savepv, savepvn, SAVETMPS, SP, SPAGAIN, ST, strEQ, strGE,
-strGT, strLE, strLT, strNE, strnEQ, strnNE, StructCopy, SvCUR, SvCUR_set,
-SvEND, SvGETMAGIC, SvGROW, SvIOK, SvIOKp, SvIOK_off, SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only,
-SvIV, SvIVX, SvLEN, SvLOCK, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp, SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, SvNOKp,
-SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVX, SvOK, SvOOK, SvPOK, SvPOKp,
-SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only, SvPV, SvPVX, SvPV_force, SvPV_nolen,
-SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK, SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV,
-SvSETMAGIC, SvSetSV, SvSetSV_nosteal, SvSTASH, SvTAINT, SvTAINTED,
-SvTAINTED_off, SvTAINTED_on, SvTRUE, SvTYPE, svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV,
-SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG, SvUNLOCK, SvUPGRADE, SvUV,
-SvUVX, sv_2mortal, sv_bless, sv_catpv, sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg, sv_catpvn,
-sv_catpvn_mg, sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv, sv_catsv_mg, sv_chop, sv_cmp, sv_dec,
-sv_derived_from, sv_eq, sv_grow, sv_inc, sv_insert, sv_isa, sv_isobject,
-sv_len, sv_magic, sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, sv_setiv, sv_setiv_mg,
-sv_setnv, sv_setnv_mg, sv_setpv, sv_setpvf, sv_setpvf_mg, sv_setpviv,
-sv_setpviv_mg, sv_setpvn, sv_setpvn_mg, sv_setpv_mg, sv_setref_iv,
-sv_setref_nv, sv_setref_pv, sv_setref_pvn, sv_setsv, sv_setsv_mg, sv_setuv,
-sv_setuv_mg, sv_unref, sv_upgrade, sv_usepvn, sv_usepvn_mg, sv_vcatpvfn,
-sv_vsetpvfn, THIS, toLOWER, toUPPER, U8 *s, utf8_to_bytes, warn, XPUSHi,
-XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs, XPUSHu, XS, XSRETURN, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XSRETURN_IV,
-XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV, XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF, XSRETURN_YES,
-XST_mIV, XST_mNO, XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES, XS_VERSION,
-XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK, Zero
+=item Perl Extensions
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Installing static extensions
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Installing dynamic extensions
=back
-=head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
- Perl functions
+=item File specifications
=over
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-is_gv_magical
+=item Syntax
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Wildcard expansion
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Pipes
=back
-=head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
+=item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB
+
+=item Command line
=over
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item I/O redirection and backgrounding
-=item INTRODUCTION
+=item Command line switches
-=item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
+-i, -S, -u
+
+=back
+
+=item Perl functions
+
+File tests, backticks, binmode FILEHANDLE, crypt PLAINTEXT, USER, dump,
+exec LIST, fork, getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, gmtime, kill, qx//, select
+(system call), stat EXPR, system LIST, time, times, unlink LIST, utime
+LIST, waitpid PID,FLAGS
+
+=item Perl variables
+
+%ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $^S, $|
+
+=item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences
=over
-=item PUMPKIN?
+=item SDBM_File
=back
-=item THE RECORDS
+=item Revision date
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlwin32 - Perl under Win32
=over
-=item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item Setting Up
+
+Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Mingw32 with GCC
+
+=item Building
+
+=item Testing
+
+=item Installation
+
+=item Usage Hints
+
+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 THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
+=item BUGS AND CAVEATS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
=back
=back
+=head2 Win32 - Interfaces to some Win32 API Functions
+
+=over
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over
+
+=item Alphabetical Listing of Win32 Functions
+
+Win32::AbortSystemShutdown(MACHINE), Win32::BuildNumber(),
+Win32::CopyFile(FROM, TO, OVERWRITE), Win32::DomainName(),
+Win32::ExpandEnvironmentStrings(STRING), Win32::FormatMessage(ERRORCODE),
+Win32::FsType(), Win32::FreeLibrary(HANDLE), Win32::GetArchName(),
+Win32::GetChipName(), Win32::GetCwd(), Win32::GetFullPathName(FILENAME),
+Win32::GetLastError(), Win32::GetLongPathName(PATHNAME),
+Win32::GetNextAvailDrive(), Win32::GetOSVersion(),
+Win32::GetShortPathName(PATHNAME), Win32::GetProcAddress(INSTANCE,
+PROCNAME), Win32::GetTickCount(), Win32::InitiateSystemShutdown(MACHINE,
+MESSAGE, TIMEOUT, FORCECLOSE, REBOOT), Win32::IsWinNT(), Win32::IsWin95(),
+Win32::LoadLibrary(LIBNAME), Win32::LoginName(),
+Win32::LookupAccountName(SYSTEM, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SID, SIDTYPE),
+Win32::LookupAccountSID(SYSTEM, SID, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SIDTYPE),
+Win32::MsgBox(MESSAGE [, FLAGS [, TITLE]]), Win32::NodeName(),
+Win32::RegisterServer(LIBRARYNAME), Win32::SetCwd(NEWDIRECTORY),
+Win32::SetLastError(ERROR), Win32::Sleep(TIME), Win32::Spawn(COMMAND, ARGS,
+PID), Win32::UnregisterServer(LIBRARYNAME)
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
=head2 XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
=over
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