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It is meant to be scanned quickly or grepped -through to locate the proper section you're looking for. - -=head1 BASIC DOCUMENTATION - -=head2 perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item AVAILABILITY - -=item ENVIRONMENT - -=item AUTHOR - -=item FILES - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item DIAGNOSTICS - -=item BUGS - -=item NOTES - -=back - -=head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 1999/05/23 -20:38:02 $) - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item perlfaq: Structural overview of the FAQ. - -=item L<perlfaq1>: General Questions About Perl - -=item L<perlfaq2>: Obtaining and Learning about Perl - -=item L<perlfaq3>: Programming Tools - -=item L<perlfaq4>: Data Manipulation - -=item L<perlfaq5>: Files and Formats - -=item L<perlfaq6>: Regexps - -=item L<perlfaq7>: General Perl Language Issues - -=item L<perlfaq8>: System Interaction - -=item L<perlfaq9>: Networking - -=back - -=item About the perlfaq documents - -=over 4 - -=item Where to get the perlfaq - -=item How to contribute to the perlfaq - -=item What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the -authors - -=back - -=item Credits - -=item Author and Copyright Information - -=over 4 - -=item Bundled Distributions - -=item Disclaimer - -=back - -=item Changes - -1/November/2000, 23/May/99, 13/April/99, 7/January/99, 22/June/98, -24/April/97, 23/April/97, 25/March/97, 18/March/97, 17/March/97 Version, -Initial Release: 11/March/97 - -=back - -=head2 perlbook - Perl book information - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=back - -=head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Declarations - -=item Simple statements - -=item Compound statements - -=item Loop Control - -=item For Loops - -=item Foreach Loops - -=item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements - -=item Goto - -=item PODs: Embedded Documentation - -=item Plain Old Comments (Not!) - -=back - -=back - -=head2 perldata - Perl data types - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Variable names - -=item Context - -=item Scalar values - -=item Scalar value constructors - -=item List value constructors - -=item Slices - -=item Typeglobs and Filehandles - -=back - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Terms and List Operators (Leftward) - -=item The Arrow Operator - -=item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement - -=item Exponentiation - -=item Symbolic Unary Operators - -=item Binding Operators - -=item Multiplicative Operators - -=item Additive Operators - -=item Shift Operators - -=item Named Unary Operators - -=item Relational Operators - -=item Equality Operators - -=item Bitwise And - -=item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or - -=item C-style Logical And - -=item C-style Logical Or - -=item Range Operators - -=item Conditional Operator - -=item Assignment Operators - -=item Comma Operator - -=item List Operators (Rightward) - -=item Logical Not - -=item Logical And - -=item Logical or and Exclusive Or - -=item C Operators Missing From Perl - -unary &, unary *, (TYPE) - -=item Quote and Quote-like Operators - -=item Regexp Quote-Like Operators - -?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 Gory details of parsing quoted constructs - -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 I/O Operators - -=item Constant Folding - -=item Bitwise String Operators - -=item Integer Arithmetic - -=item Floating-point Arithmetic - -=item Bigger Numbers - -=back - -=back - -=head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Private Variables via my() - -=item Persistent Private Variables - -=item Temporary Values via local() - -=item Lvalue subroutines - -=item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs) - -=item When to Still Use local() - -=item Pass by Reference - -=item Prototypes - -=item Constant Functions - -=item Overriding Built-in Functions - -=item Autoloading - -=item Subroutine Attributes - -=back - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Perl Functions by Category - -Functions for SCALARs or strings, Regular expressions and pattern matching, -Numeric functions, Functions for real @ARRAYs, Functions for list data, -Functions for real %HASHes, Input and output functions, Functions for fixed -length data or records, Functions for filehandles, files, or directories, -Keywords related to the control flow of your perl program, Keywords related -to scoping, Miscellaneous functions, Functions for processes and process -groups, Keywords related to perl modules, Keywords related to classes and -object-orientedness, Low-level socket functions, System V interprocess -communication functions, Fetching user and group info, Fetching network -info, Time-related functions, Functions new in perl5, Functions obsoleted -in perl5 - -=item Portability - -=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions - -I<-X> FILEHANDLE, I<-X> EXPR, I<-X>, abs VALUE, abs, accept -NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, alarm, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME, -binmode FILEHANDLE, DISCIPLINE, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME, -bless REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE, -chomp LIST, chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop LIST, chop, chown LIST, chr NUMBER, -chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot, close FILEHANDLE, close, closedir DIRHANDLE, -connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, cos, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT, -dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR, defined, delete -EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR, dump LABEL, dump, -each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval BLOCK, exec LIST, -exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp, fcntl -FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, -fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE, getc, getlogin, -getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam -NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getprotobyname -NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr -ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER, -getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostent, getnetent, -getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent -STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent, -endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockname SOCKET, -getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL, -goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex, -import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl -FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST, -last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc, lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length, -link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR, -lock, log EXPR, log, lstat 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 NAMESPACE, package, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop -ARRAY, pop, pos SCALAR, pos, print FILEHANDLE LIST, print LIST, print, -printf FILEHANDLE FORMAT, LIST, printf FORMAT, LIST, prototype FUNCTION, -push ARRAY,LIST, q/STRING/, qq/STRING/, qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, -quotemeta EXPR, quotemeta, rand EXPR, rand, read -FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir -DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR, readlink, readpipe EXPR, recv -SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo, ref EXPR, ref, rename -OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR, require, reset EXPR, reset, -return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir DIRHANDLE, rindex -STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME, rmdir, s///, scalar -EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir DIRHANDLE,POS, select -FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl -ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send -SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority -WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY, -shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, -shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep -EXPR, sleep, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, socketpair -SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort BLOCK LIST, -sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH, -splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split /PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split -/PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf FORMAT, LIST, sqrt EXPR, -sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat FILEHANDLE, stat EXPR, stat, study SCALAR, -study, sub BLOCK, sub NAME, sub NAME BLOCK, substr -EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr -EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen -FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread -FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek -FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite -FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, -syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie -VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate -FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR, -ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack -TEMPLATE,EXPR, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use Module VERSION LIST, -use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use VERSION, utime LIST, -values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn -LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y/// - -=back - -=back - -=head2 perlreftut - Mark's very short tutorial about references - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item Who Needs Complicated Data Structures? - -=item The Solution - -=item Syntax - -=over 4 - -=item Making References - -=item Using References - -=back - -=item An Example - -=item Arrow Rule - -=item Solution - -=item The Rest - -=item Summary - -=item Credits - -=over 4 - -=item Distribution Conditions - -=back - -=back - -=head2 perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -arrays of arrays, hashes of arrays, arrays of hashes, hashes of hashes, -more elaborate constructs - -=item REFERENCES - -=item COMMON MISTAKES - -=item CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE - -=item WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS C<use strict> - -=item DEBUGGING - -=item CODE EXAMPLES - -=item ARRAYS OF ARRAYS - -=over 4 - -=item Declaration of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS - -=item Generation of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS - -=item Access and Printing of a ARRAY OF ARRAYS - -=back - -=item HASHES OF ARRAYS - -=over 4 - -=item Declaration of a HASH OF ARRAYS - -=item Generation of a HASH OF ARRAYS - -=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF ARRAYS - -=back - -=item ARRAYS OF HASHES - -=over 4 - -=item Declaration of a ARRAY OF HASHES - -=item Generation of a ARRAY OF HASHES - -=item Access and Printing of a ARRAY OF HASHES - -=back - -=item HASHES OF HASHES - -=over 4 - -=item Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES - -=item Generation of a HASH OF HASHES - -=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES - -=back - -=item MORE ELABORATE RECORDS - -=over 4 - -=item Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS - -=item Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS - -=item Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS - -=back - -=item Database Ties - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item AUTHOR - -=back - -=head2 perlrequick - Perl regular expressions quick start - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item The Guide - -=over 4 - -=item Simple word matching - -=item Using character classes - -=item Matching this or that - -=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching - -=item Extracting matches - -=item Matching repetitions - -=item More matching - -=item Search and replace - -=item The split operator - -=back - -=item BUGS - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT - -=over 4 - -=item Acknowledgments - -=back - -=back - -=head2 perlpod - plain old documentation - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=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 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=back - -=head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=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 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems - -OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS - -=item Location of Perl - -=item Command Switches - -B<-0>[I<digits>], B<-a>, B<-C>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-d:>I<foo[=bar,baz]>, -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 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=back - -=head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Default Warnings and Optional Warnings - -=item What's wrong with B<-w> and C<$^W> - -=item Controlling Warnings from the Command Line - -B<-w>, B<-W>, B<-X> - -=item Backward Compatibility - -=item Category Hierarchy - -=item Fatal Warnings - -=item Reporting Warnings from a Module - -=back - -=item TODO - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item AUTHOR - -=back - -=head2 perldebtut - Perl debugging tutorial - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item use strict - -=item Looking at data and -w and w - -=item help - -=item Stepping through code - -=item Placeholder for a, w, t, T - -=item REGULAR EXPRESSIONS - -=item OUTPUT TIPS - -=item CGI - -=item GUIs - -=item SUMMARY - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item AUTHOR - -=item CONTRIBUTORS - -=back - -=head2 perldebug - Perl debugging - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item The Perl Debugger - -=over 4 - -=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 - -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 Debugger input/output - -Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame -listing - -=item Debugging compile-time statements - -=item Debugger Customization - -=item Readline Support - -=item Editor Support for Debugging - -=item The Perl Profiler - -=back - -=item Debugging regular expressions - -=item Debugging memory usage - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item BUGS - -=back - -=head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=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 perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Declaration and Access of Arrays of Arrays - -=item Growing Your Own - -=item Access and Printing - -=item Slices - -=back - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item AUTHOR - -=back - -=head2 perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item Open E<agrave> la shell - -=over 4 - -=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 4 - -=item Permissions E<agrave> la mode - -=back - -=item Obscure Open Tricks - -=over 4 - -=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 4 - -=item Opening Non-File Files - -=item Binary Files - -=item File Locking - -=back - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT - -=item HISTORY - -=back - -=head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item Part 1: The basics - -=over 4 - -=item Simple word matching - -=item Using character classes - -=item Matching this or that - -=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching - -=item Extracting matches - -=item Matching repetitions - -=item Building a regexp - -=item Using regular expressions in Perl - -=back - -=item Part 2: Power tools - -=over 4 - -=item More on characters, strings, and character classes - -=item Compiling and saving regular expressions - -=item Embedding comments and modifiers in a regular expression - -=item Non-capturing groupings - -=item Looking ahead and looking behind - -=item Using independent subexpressions to prevent backtracking - -=item Conditional expressions - -=item A bit of magic: executing Perl code in a regular expression - -=item Pragmas and debugging - -=back - -=item BUGS - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT - -=over 4 - -=item Acknowledgments - -=back - -=back - -=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -i, m, s, x - -=over 4 - -=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 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures - -=over 4 - -=item NOTE - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=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 perlform - Perl formats - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Format Variables - -=back - -=item NOTES - -=over 4 - -=item Footers - -=item Accessing Formatting Internals - -=back - -=item WARNINGS - -=back - -=head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=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 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item Creating a Class - -=over 4 - -=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 4 - -=item Accessing Class Data - -=item Debugging Methods - -=item Class Destructors - -=item Documenting the Interface - -=back - -=item Aggregation - -=item Inheritance - -=over 4 - -=item Overridden Methods - -=item Multiple Inheritance - -=item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects - -=back - -=item Alternate Object Representations - -=over 4 - -=item Arrays as Objects - -=item Closures as Objects - -=back - -=item AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods - -=over 4 - -=item Autoloaded Data Methods - -=item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods - -=back - -=item Metaclassical Tools - -=over 4 - -=item Class::Struct - -=item Data Members as Variables - -=back - -=item NOTES - -=over 4 - -=item Object Terminology - -=back - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT - -=item COPYRIGHT - -=over 4 - -=item Acknowledgments - -=back - -=back - -=head2 perltootc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item Class Data in a Can - -=item Class Data as Package Variables - -=over 4 - -=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 4 - -=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 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=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 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item OO SCALING TIPS - -=item INSTANCE VARIABLES - -=item SCALAR 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 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Tying Scalars - -TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, UNTIE this, -DESTROY this - -=item Tying Arrays - -TIEARRAY classname, LIST, FETCH this, index, STORE this, index, value, -FETCHSIZE this, STORESIZE this, count, EXTEND this, count, EXISTS this, -key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, PUSH this, LIST, POP this, SHIFT this, -UNSHIFT this, LIST, SPLICE this, offset, length, LIST, UNTIE this, DESTROY -this - -=item 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, UNTIE this, 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, UNTIE this, -DESTROY this - -=item UNTIE 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 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item Signals - -=item Named Pipes - -=over 4 - -=item WARNING - -=back - -=item Using open() for IPC - -=over 4 - -=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 4 - -=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 4 - -=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 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation (EXPERIMENTAL, subject to change) - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=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 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl - -=over 4 - -=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 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item What Is A Thread Anyway? - -=item Threaded Program Models - -=over 4 - -=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 4 - -=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 4 - -=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 4 - -=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 4 - -=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 4 - -=item Introductory Texts - -=item OS-Related References - -=item Other References - -=back - -=item Acknowledgements - -=item AUTHOR - -=item Copyrights - -=back - -=head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is> -portable - -=item ISSUES - -=over 4 - -=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 4 - -=item Unix - -=item DOS and Derivatives - -=item S<Mac OS> - -=item VMS - -=item VOS - -=item EBCDIC Platforms - -=item Acorn RISC OS - -=item Other perls - -=back - -=item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS - -=over 4 - -=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 - -v1.48, 02 February 2001, v1.47, 22 March 2000, v1.46, 12 February 2000, -v1.45, 20 December 1999, v1.44, 19 July 1999, v1.43, 24 May 1999, v1.42, 22 -May 1999, v1.41, 19 May 1999, v1.40, 11 April 1999, v1.39, 11 February -1999, v1.38, 31 December 1998, v1.37, 19 December 1998, v1.36, 9 September -1998, v1.35, 13 August 1998, v1.33, 06 August 1998, v1.32, 05 August 1998, -v1.30, 03 August 1998, v1.23, 10 July 1998 - -=item Supported Platforms - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS - -=item VERSION - -=back - -=head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and -localization) - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES - -=item USING LOCALES - -=over 4 - -=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 4 - -=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 - -=item ENVIRONMENT - -PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY, -LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG - -=item NOTES - -=over 4 - -=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 4 - -=item Broken systems - -=back - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item HISTORY - -=back - -=head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl (EXPERIMENTAL, subject to -change) - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=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 perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item COMMON CHARACTER CODE SETS - -=over 4 - -=item ASCII - -=item ISO 8859 - -=item Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1) - -=item EBCDIC - -=item 13 variant characters - -=item 0037 - -=item 1047 - -=item POSIX-BC - -=back - -=item SINGLE OCTET TABLES - -recipe 0, recipe 1, recipe 2, recipe 3, recipe 4 - -=item IDENTIFYING CHARACTER CODE SETS - -=item CONVERSIONS - -=over 4 - -=item tr/// - -=item iconv - -=item C RTL - -=back - -=item OPERATOR DIFFERENCES - -=item FUNCTION DIFFERENCES - -chr(), ord(), pack(), print(), printf(), sort(), sprintf(), unpack() - -=item REGULAR EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES - -=item SOCKETS - -=item SORTING - -=over 4 - -=item Ignore ASCII vs. EBCDIC sort differences. - -=item MONO CASE then sort data. - -=item Convert, sort data, then re convert. - -=item Perform sorting on one type of machine only. - -=back - -=item TRANFORMATION FORMATS - -=over 4 - -=item URL decoding and encoding - -=item uu encoding and decoding - -=item Quoted-Printable encoding and decoding - -=item Caesarian cyphers - -=back - -=item Hashing order and checksums - -=item I18N AND L10N - -=item MULTI OCTET CHARACTER SETS - -=item OS ISSUES - -=over 4 - -=item OS/400 - -IFS access - -=item OS/390 - -chcp, dataset access, OS/390 iconv, locales - -=item VM/ESA? - -=item POSIX-BC? - -=back - -=item BUGS - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item REFERENCES - -=item AUTHOR - -=back - -=head2 perlsec - Perl security - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=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 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables) - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Packages - -=item Symbol Tables - -=item Package Constructors and Destructors - -=item Perl Classes - -=item Perl Modules - -=back - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY - -=over 4 - -=item Pragmatic Modules - -attributes, attrs, autouse, base, blib, bytes, charnames, constant, -diagnostics, fields, filetest, integer, less, lib, locale, open, ops, -overload, re, sigtrap, strict, subs, utf8, vars, warnings, -warnings::register - -=item Standard Modules - -AnyDBM_File, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, B, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock, -B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Concise, B::Debug, B::Deparse, -B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj, B::Stash, B::Terse, -B::Xref, Benchmark, ByteLoader, CGI, CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp, CGI::Cookie, -CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push, CGI::Switch, CGI::Util, CPAN, -CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, Carp::Heavy, Class::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::Epoc, -File::Spec::Functions, File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Unix, -File::Spec::VMS, File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp, File::stat, FileCache, -FileHandle, FindBin, GDBM_File, Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, I18N::Collate, -IO, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt, Math::Complex, -Math::Trig, Net::Ping, Net::hostent, Net::netent, Net::protoent, -Net::servent, O, Opcode, POSIX, Pod::Checker, Pod::Find, Pod::Html, -Pod::InputObjects, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Man, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Parser, -Pod::Plainer, Pod::Select, Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color, -Pod::Text::Overstrike, Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Usage, SDBM_File, Safe, -Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell, Socket, Symbol, -Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap, Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test, -Test::Harness, Text::Abbrev, Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs, -Text::Wrap, Thread, Thread::Queue, Thread::Semaphore, Thread::Signal, -Thread::Specific, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::RefHash, -Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, Time::Local, Time::gmtime, Time::localtime, -Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, User::grent, User::pwent, Win32 - -=item Extension Modules - -=back - -=item CPAN - -=over 4 - -=item Africa - -=item Asia - -=item Central America - -=item Europe - -=item North America - -=item Oceania - -=item South America - -=back - -=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse - -=over 4 - -=item Guidelines for Module Creation - -Adding a Copyright Notice - -=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules - -=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code - -=back - -=item NOTE - -=back - -=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item PREAMBLE - -B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the -module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module - -=back - -=item PORTABILITY - -=item HEY - -=item AUTHOR - -=item COPYRIGHT - -=back - -=head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Warning - -=item What should I make into a module? - -=item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground - -Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again - -=item Step-by-step: Making the module - -Start with F<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 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.23 $, $Date: -1999/05/23 16:08:30 $) - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item What is Perl? - -=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free? - -=item Which version of Perl should I use? - -=item What are perl4 and perl5? - -=item What is perl6? - -=item How stable is Perl? - -=item Is Perl difficult to learn? - -=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX, -Scheme, or Tcl? - -=item Can I do [task] in Perl? - -=item When shouldn't I program in Perl? - -=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"? - -=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script? - -=item What is a JAPH? - -=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms? - -=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version -5/5.005/Perl instead of some other language? - -=back - -=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT - -=back - -=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.32 $, -$Date: 1999/10/14 18:46:09 $) - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it? - -=item How can I get a binary version of Perl? - -=item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl? - -=item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts -don't work. - -=item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic -loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work? - -=item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN? -What does CPAN/src/... mean? - -=item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl? - -=item Where can I get information on Perl? - -=item What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions? - -=item Where should I post source code? - -=item Perl Books - -References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics - -=item Perl in Magazines - -=item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access - -=item What mailing lists are there for Perl? - -=item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc - -=item Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl? - -=item Where do I send bug reports? - -=item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? - -=back - -=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT - -=back - -=head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.38 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 -16:08:30 $) - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=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? - -CodeMagicCD, Komodo, The Object System, PerlBuilder, Perl code magic, -visiPerl+, GNU Emacs, MicroEMACS, XEmacs, Elvis, Vile, Vim, Codewright, -MultiEdit, SlickEdit, Bash, Ksh, Tcsh, Zsh, BBEdit and BBEdit Lite, Alpha - -=item Where can I get Perl macros for vi? - -=item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs? - -=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 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item Data: Numbers - -=over 4 - -=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 4 - -=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 4 - -=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 4 - -=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), b), c), d), e) - -=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 4 - -=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 4 - -=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 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=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 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=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 while 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 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language? - -=item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to -use them? - -=item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and -commas? - -=item How do I skip some return values? - -=item How do I temporarily block warnings? - -=item What's an extension? - -=item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators? - -=item How do I declare/create a structure? - -=item How do I create a module? - -=item How do I create a class? - -=item How can I tell if a variable is tainted? - -=item What's a closure? - -=item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it? - -=item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method, -Regex}? - -Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexes, -Passing Methods - -=item How do I create a static variable? - -=item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping? -Between local() and my()? - -=item How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical -is in scope? - -=item What's the difference between deep and shallow binding? - -=item Why doesn't "my($foo) = <FILE>;" work right? - -=item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method? - -=item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()? - -=item How do I create a switch or case statement? - -=item How can I catch accesses to undefined variables/functions/methods? - -=item Why can't a method included in this same file be found? - -=item How can I find out my current package? - -=item How can I comment out a large block of perl code? - -=item How do I clear a package? - -=item How can I use a variable as a variable name? - -=back - -=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT - -=back - -=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.39 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 -18:37:57 $) - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item How do I find out which operating system I'm running under? - -=item How come exec() doesn't return? - -=item How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse? - -Keyboard, Screen, Mouse - -=item How do I print something out in color? - -=item How do I read just one key without waiting for a return key? - -=item How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard? - -=item How do I clear the screen? - -=item How do I get the screen size? - -=item How do I ask the user for a password? - -=item How do I read and write the serial port? - -lockfiles, open mode, end of line, flushing output, non-blocking input - -=item How do I decode encrypted password files? - -=item How do I start a process in the background? - -STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR are shared, Signals, Zombies - -=item How do I trap control characters/signals? - -=item How do I modify the shadow password file on a Unix system? - -=item How do I set the time and date? - -=item How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second? - -=item How can I measure time under a second? - -=item How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling) - -=item Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? What -does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean? - -=item How can I call my system's unique C functions from Perl? - -=item Where do I get the include files to do ioctl() or syscall()? - -=item Why do setuid perl scripts complain about kernel problems? - -=item How can I open a pipe both to and from a command? - -=item Why can't I get the output of a command with system()? - -=item How can I capture STDERR from an external command? - -=item Why doesn't open() return an error when a pipe open fails? - -=item What's wrong with using backticks in a void context? - -=item How can I call backticks without shell processing? - -=item Why can't my script read from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix, -^Z on MS-DOS)? - -=item How can I convert my shell script to perl? - -=item Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session? - -=item How can I write expect in Perl? - -=item Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as -"ps"? - -=item I {changed directory, modified my environment} in a perl script. How -come the change disappeared when I exited the script? How do I get my -changes to be visible? - -Unix - -=item How do I close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to -complete? - -=item How do I fork a daemon process? - -=item How do I find out if I'm running interactively or not? - -=item How do I timeout a slow event? - -=item How do I set CPU limits? - -=item How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system? - -=item How do I use an SQL database? - -=item How do I make a system() exit on control-C? - -=item How do I open a file without blocking? - -=item How do I install a module from CPAN? - -=item What's the difference between require and use? - -=item How do I keep my own module/library directory? - -=item How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library -search path? - -=item How do I add a directory to my include path at runtime? - -=item What is socket.ph and where do I get it? - -=back - -=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT - -=back - -=head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.26 $, $Date: 1999/05/23 16:08:30 -$) - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500 -Server Error) - -=item How can I get better error messages from a CGI program? - -=item How do I remove HTML from a string? - -=item How do I extract URLs? - -=item How do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a -file on another machine? - -=item How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML? - -=item How do I fetch an HTML file? - -=item How do I automate an HTML form submission? - -=item How do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web? - -=item How do I redirect to another page? - -=item How do I put a password on my web pages? - -=item How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl? - -=item How do I make sure users can't enter values into a form that cause my -CGI script to do bad things? - -=item How do I parse a mail header? - -=item How do I decode a CGI form? - -=item How do I check a valid mail address? - -=item How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string? - -=item How do I return the user's mail address? - -=item How do I send mail? - -=item How do I use MIME to make an attachment to a mail message? - -=item How do I read mail? - -=item How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address? - -=item How do I fetch a news article or the active newsgroups? - -=item How do I fetch/put an FTP file? - -=item How can I do RPC in Perl? - -=back - -=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT - -=back - -=head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Layout - -B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref - -=back - -=item Using The Back Ends - -=over 4 - -=item The Cross Referencing Back End - -i, &, s, r - -=item The Decompiling Back End - -=item The Lint Back End - -=item The Simple C Back End - -=item The Bytecode Back End - -=item The Optimized C Back End - -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 - -=back - -=item KNOWN PROBLEMS - -=item AUTHOR - -=back - -=head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item PREAMBLE - -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 ROADMAP - -=item Compiling your C program - -=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program - -=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program - -=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program - -=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program - -=item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program - -=item Maintaining a persistent interpreter - -=item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances - -=item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C -program - -=back - -=item Embedding Perl under Win32 - -=item MORAL - -=item AUTHOR - -=item COPYRIGHT - -=back - -=head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item Debugger Internals - -=over 4 - -=item Writing Your Own Debugger - -=back - -=item Frame Listing Output Examples - -=item Debugging regular expressions - -=over 4 - -=item Compile-time output - -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 Types of nodes - -=item Run-time output - -=back - -=item Debugging Perl memory usage - -=over 4 - -=item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}> - -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 Example of using B<-DL> switch - -C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704> - -=item B<-DL> details - -C<!!!>, C<!!>, C<!> - -=item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics - -=back - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item SPECIAL NOTES - -=over 4 - -=item make - -=item Version caveat - -=item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading - -=back - -=item TUTORIAL - -=over 4 - -=item EXAMPLE 1 - -=item EXAMPLE 2 - -=item What has gone on? - -=item Writing good test scripts - -=item EXAMPLE 3 - -=item What's new here? - -=item Input and Output Parameters - -=item The XSUBPP Program - -=item The TYPEMAP file - -=item Warning about Output Arguments - -=item EXAMPLE 4 - -=item What has happened here? - -=item Anatomy of .xs file - -=item Getting the fat out of XSUBs - -=item More about XSUB arguments - -=item The Argument Stack - -=item Extending your Extension - -=item Documenting your Extension - -=item Installing your Extension - -=item EXAMPLE 5 - -=item New Things in this Example - -=item EXAMPLE 6 - -=item New Things in this Example - -=item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon) - -=item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon) - -=item EXAMPLE 9 (Coming Soon) - -=item Troubleshooting these Examples - -=back - -=item See also - -=item Author - -=over 4 - -=item Last Changed - -=back - -=back - -=head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Introduction - -=item On The Road - -=item The Anatomy of an XSUB - -=item The Argument Stack - -=item The RETVAL Variable - -=item The MODULE Keyword - -=item The PACKAGE Keyword - -=item The PREFIX Keyword - -=item The OUTPUT: Keyword - -=item The NO_OUTPUT Keyword - -=item The CODE: Keyword - -=item The INIT: Keyword - -=item The NO_INIT Keyword - -=item Initializing Function Parameters - -=item Default Parameter Values - -=item The PREINIT: Keyword - -=item The SCOPE: Keyword - -=item The INPUT: Keyword - -=item The IN/OUTLIST/IN_OUTLIST/OUT/IN_OUT Keywords - -=item Variable-length Parameter Lists - -=item The C_ARGS: Keyword - -=item The PPCODE: Keyword - -=item Returning Undef And Empty Lists - -=item The REQUIRE: Keyword - -=item The CLEANUP: Keyword - -=item The POST_CALL: Keyword - -=item The BOOT: Keyword - -=item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword - -=item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword - -=item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword - -=item The ALIAS: Keyword - -=item The INTERFACE: Keyword - -=item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword - -=item The INCLUDE: Keyword - -=item The CASE: Keyword - -=item The & Unary Operator - -=item Inserting POD, Comments and C Preprocessor Directives - -=item Using XS With C++ - -=item Interface Strategy - -=item Perl Objects And C Structures - -=item The Typemap - -=back - -=item EXAMPLES - -=item XS VERSION - -=item AUTHOR - -=back - -=head2 perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Conventions - -C<t>, C<p>, C<n>, C<s> - -=item File Operations - -=item File Input and Output - -=item File Positioning - -=item Memory Management and String Handling - -=item Character Class Tests - -=item F<stdlib.h> functions - -=item Miscellaneous functions - -=back - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item Variables - -=over 4 - -=item Datatypes - -=item What is an "IV"? - -=item Working with SVs - -=item Offsets - -=item What's Really Stored in an SV? - -=item Working with AVs - -=item Working with HVs - -=item Hash API Extensions - -=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 Finding Magic - -=item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays - -=item Localizing changes - -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<SAVEMORTALIZESV(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)> - -=back - -=item Subroutines - -=over 4 - -=item XSUBs and the Argument Stack - -=item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs - -=item Memory Allocation - -=item PerlIO - -=item Putting a C value on Perl stack - -=item Scratchpads - -=item Scratchpads and recursion - -=back - -=item Compiled code - -=over 4 - -=item Code tree - -=item Examining the tree - -=item Compile pass 1: check routines - -=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding - -=item Compile pass 2: context propagation - -=item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization - -=back - -=item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions - -=item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported - -=over 4 - -=item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT - -=item So what happened to dTHR? - -=item How do I use all this in extensions? - -=item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads? - -=item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS - -=back - -=item Internal Functions - -A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, j, x - -=over 4 - -=item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs - -=item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer - -=item Source Documentation - -=back - -=item Unicode Support - -=over 4 - -=item What B<is> Unicode, anyway? - -=item How can I recognise a UTF8 string? - -=item How does UTF8 represent Unicode characters? - -=item How does Perl store UTF8 strings? - -=item How do I convert a string to UTF8? - -=item Is there anything else I need to know? - -=back - -=item AUTHORS - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program - -=item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS - -call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv - -=item FLAG VALUES - -=over 4 - -=item G_VOID - -=item G_SCALAR - -=item G_ARRAY - -=item G_DISCARD - -=item G_NOARGS - -=item G_EVAL - -=item G_KEEPERR - -=item Determining the Context - -=back - -=item KNOWN PROBLEMS - -=item EXAMPLES - -=over 4 - -=item No Parameters, Nothing returned - -=item Passing Parameters - -=item Returning a Scalar - -=item Returning a list of values - -=item Returning a list in a scalar context - -=item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list - -=item Using G_EVAL - -=item Using G_KEEPERR - -=item Using call_sv - -=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. 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-=over 4 - -=item Co-existence with stdio - -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)> - -=back - -=back - -=head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item Infrastructure - -=over 4 - -=item Mailing list archives - -=item Bug tracking system - -=item Regression Tests - -Coverage, Regression, __DIE__, suidperl, The 25% slowdown from perl4 to -perl5 - -=back - -=item Configure - -=over 4 - -=item Install HTML - -=back - -=item Perl Language - -=over 4 - -=item 64-bit Perl - -=item Prototypes - -Named prototypes, Indirect objects, Method calls, Context, Scoped subs - -=back - -=item Perl Internals - -=over 4 - -=item magic_setisa - -=item Garbage Collection - -=item Reliable signals - -Alternate runops() for signal despatch, Figure out how to die() in delayed -sighandler, Add tests for Thread::Signal, Automatic tests against CPAN - -=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 Documentation - -=over 4 - -=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 - -=back - -=item Modules - -=over 4 - -=item Update the POSIX extension to conform with the POSIX 1003.1 Edition 2 - -=item Module versions - -=item New modules - -=item Profiler - -=item Tie Modules - -VecArray, SubstrArray, VirtualArray, ShiftSplice - -=item Procedural options - -=item RPC - -=item y2k localtime/gmtime - -=item Export File::Find variables - -=item Ioctl - -=item Debugger attach/detach - -=item Regular Expression debugger - -=item Alternative RE Syntax - -=item Bundled modules - -=item Expect - -=item GUI::Native - -=item Update semibroken auxiliary tools; h2ph, a2p, etc. - -=item pod2html - -=item Podchecker - -=back - -=item Tom's Wishes - -=over 4 - -=item Webperl - -=item Mobile agents - -=item POSIX on non-POSIX - -=item Portable installations - -=back - -=item Win32 Stuff - -=over 4 - -=item Rename new headers to be consistent with the rest - -=item Sort out the spawnvp() mess - -=item Work out DLL versioning - -=item Style-check - -=back - -=item Would be nice to have - -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 Possible pragmas - -=over 4 - -=item 'less' - -=back - -=item Optimizations - -=over 4 - -=item constant function cache - -=item foreach(reverse...) - -=item Cache eval tree - -=item rcatmaybe - -=item Shrink opcode tables - -=item Cache hash value - -=item Optimize away @_ where possible - -=item Optimize sort by { $a <=> $b } - -=item Rewrite regexp parser for better integrated optimization - -=back - -=item Vague possibilities - -ref function in list context, make tr/// return histogram in list context?, -Loop control on do{} et al, Explicit switch statements, compile to real -threaded code, structured types, Modifiable $1 et al - -=item To Do Or Not To Do - -=over 4 - -=item Making my() work on "package" variables - -=item "or" testing defined not truth - -=item "dynamic" lexicals - -=item "class"-based, rather than package-based "lexicals" - -=back - -=item Threading - -=over 4 - -=item Modules - -=item Testing - -=item $AUTOLOAD - -=item exit/die - -=item External threads - -=item Thread::Pool - -=item thread-safety - -=item Per-thread GVs - -=back - -=item Compiler - -=over 4 - -=item Optimization - -=item Byteperl - -=item Precompiled modules - -=item Executables - -=item Typed lexicals - -=item Win32 - -=item END blocks - -=item _AUTOLOAD - -=item comppadlist - -=item Cached compilation - -=back - -=item Recently Finished Tasks - -=over 4 - -=item Figure a way out of $^(capital letter) - -=item Filenames - -=item Foreign lines - -=item Namespace cleanup - -=item ISA.pm - -=item gettimeofday - -=item autocroak? - -=back - -=back - -=head2 perlhack - How to hack at the Perl internals - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -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 - -=over 4 - -=item Keeping in sync - -rsync'ing the source tree, Using rsync over the LAN, Using pushing over the -NFS, rsync'ing the patches - -=item Why rsync the source tree - -It's easier, It's more recent, It's more reliable - -=item Why rsync the patches - -It's easier, It's a good reference, Finding a start point, Finding how to -fix a bug, Finding the source of misbehaviour - -=item Submitting patches - -L<perlguts>, L<perlxstut> and L<perlxs>, L<perlapi>, -F<Porting/pumpkin.pod>, The perl5-porters FAQ - -=item Finding Your Way Around - -Core modules, Documentation, Configure, Interpreter - -=item Elements of the interpreter - -Startup, Parsing, Optimization, Running - -=item Internal Variable Types - -=item Op Trees - -=item Stacks - -Argument stack, Mark stack, Save stack - -=item Millions of Macros - -=item Poking at Perl - -=item Using a source-level debugger - -run [args], break function_name, break source.c:xxx, step, next, continue, -finish, 'enter', print - -=item Dumping Perl Data Structures - -=item Patching - -=back - -=item EXTERNAL TOOLS FOR DEBUGGING PERL - -=over 4 - -=item Rational Software's Purify - -=item Purify on Unix - --Accflags=-DPURIFY, -Doptimize='-g', -Uusemymalloc, -Dusemultiplicity - -=item Purify on NT - -DEFINES, USE_MULTI = define, #PERL_MALLOC = define, CFG = Debug - -=item CONCLUSION - -I<The Road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began.> - -=back - -=item AUTHOR - -=back - -=head2 perlhist - the Perl history records - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item INTRODUCTION - -=item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN - -=over 4 - -=item PUMPKIN? - -=back - -=item THE RECORDS - -=over 4 - -=item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES - -=item SELECTED PATCH SIZES - -=back - -=item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS - -=back - -=head2 perldelta - what's new for perl v5.6 - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item Summary of changes between 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 - -=over 4 - -=item Security Issues - -=item Core bug fixes - -C<UNIVERSAL::isa()>, Memory leaks, Numeric conversions, qw(a\\b), caller(), -Bugs in regular expressions, "slurp" mode, Autovivification of symbolic -references to special variables, Lexical warnings, Spurious warnings and -errors, glob(), Tainting, sort(), #line directives, Subroutine prototypes, -map(), Debugger, Locales, PERL5OPT, chop(), Unicode support, 64-bit -support, Compiler, Lvalue subroutines, IO::Socket, File::Find, xsubpp, C<no -Module;>, Tests - 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-=item "more bits" - -=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines - -=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed - -=item File globbing implemented internally - -=item Support for CHECK blocks - -=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported - -=item Better pseudo-random number generator - -=item Improved C<qw//> operator - -=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes - -=item pack() format 'Z' supported - -=item pack() format modifier '!' supported - -=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings - -=item Comments in pack() templates - -=item Weak references - -=item Binary numbers supported - -=item Lvalue subroutines - -=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references - -=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 More consistent close-on-exec behavior - -=item syswrite() ease-of-use - -=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators - -=item Bit operators support full native integer width - -=item Improved security features - -=item More functional bareword prototype (*) - -=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden - -=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character - -=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch - -=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string - -=item Optional Y2K warnings - -=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings - -=back - -=item Modules and Pragmata - -=over 4 - -=item Modules - -attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper, -DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English, -Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec, -File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt, -Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker, -podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage, -pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname, -Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters - -=item Pragmata - -=back - -=item Utility Changes - -=over 4 - -=item dprofpp - -=item find2perl - -=item h2xs - -=item perlcc - -=item perldoc - -=item The Perl Debugger - -=back - -=item Improved Documentation - -perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod, -perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod, -perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod, -perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod - -=item Performance enhancements - -=over 4 - -=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized - -=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables - -=item Faster subroutine calls - -=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster - -=back - -=item Installation and Configuration Improvements - -=over 4 - -=item -Dusethreads means something different - -=item New Configure flags - -=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring - -=item Long Doubles - -=item -Dusemorebits - -=item -Duselargefiles - -=item installusrbinperl - -=item SOCKS support - -=item C<-A> flag - -=item Enhanced Installation Directories - -=item gcc automatically tried if 'cc' does not seem to be working - -=back - -=item Platform specific changes - -=over 4 - -=item Supported platforms - -=item DOS - -=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS) - -=item VMS - -=item Win32 - -=back - -=item Significant bug fixes - -=over 4 - -=item <HANDLE> on empty files - -=item C<eval '...'> improvements - -=item All compilation errors are true errors - -=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer - -=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent - -=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}> - -=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD - -=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer> - -=item Failures in DESTROY() - -=item Locale bugs fixed - -=item Memory leaks - -=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls - -=item Taint failures under C<-U> - -=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch - -=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles - -=back - -=item New or Changed Diagnostics - -"%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet -implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s, -/ cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed -by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape -\\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class -passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too -early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s -argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a -subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word: -%s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled -substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional, -Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector -size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check -filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s", -Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default, -Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't -remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't -weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class -syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference, -constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated, -defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean -"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective -%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for -output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires -explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable, -Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter: -|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal -number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute: -%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid -separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in -subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs -returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing -%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub", -No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our", -No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time -is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref, -panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing -around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string, -Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS" -instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows, -Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored, -Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on -zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This -Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL -environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode -'%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized -escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute -list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in -subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of -CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number - -=item New tests - -=item Incompatible Changes - -=over 4 - -=item Perl Source Incompatibilities - -CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed, -Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form -C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number -generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<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(), each(), -values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS, -Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed, -Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword -prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed -on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results - -=item C Source Incompatibilities - -C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC> - -=item Compatible C Source API Changes - -C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION> - -=item Binary Incompatibilities - -=back - -=item Known Problems - -=over 4 - -=item Localizing a tied hash element may leak memory - -=item Known test failures - -64-bit builds, Failure of Thread tests, NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure, -Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with gcc - -=item EBCDIC platforms not fully supported - -=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run - -=item Arrow operator and arrays - -=item Experimental features - -Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The -pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file -globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs: - -=back - -=item Obsolete Diagnostics - -Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed -logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as -\@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>" -to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated - -=item Reporting Bugs - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item HISTORY - -=back - -=head2 perl5005delta, perldelta - what's new for perl5.005 - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item About the new versioning system - -=item Incompatible Changes - -=over 4 - -=item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004. - -=item Default installation structure has changed - -=item Perl Source Compatibility - -=item C Source Compatibility - -=item Binary Compatibility - -=item Security fixes may affect compatibility - -=item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004 - -=item Licensing - -=back - -=item Core Changes - -=over 4 - -=item Threads - -=item Compiler - -=item Regular Expressions - -Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression -constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other -improvements, Incompatible changes - -=item Improved malloc() - -=item Quicksort is internally implemented - -=item Reliable signals - -=item Reliable stack pointers - -=item More generous treatment of carriage returns - -=item Memory leaks - -=item Better support for multiple interpreters - -=item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined - -=item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L<Errno> module - -=item Pseudo-hashes are supported - -=item C<EXPR foreach EXPR> is supported - -=item Keywords can be globally overridden - -=item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32 - -=item C<foreach (1..1000000)> optimized - -=item C<Foo::> can be used as implicitly quoted package name - -=item C<exists $Foo::{Bar::}> tests existence of a package - -=item Better locale support - -=item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms - -=item prototype() returns useful results on builtins - -=item Extended support for exception handling - -=item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods - -=item All C<printf> format conversions are handled internally - -=item New C<INIT> keyword - -=item New C<lock> keyword - -=item New C<qr//> operator - -=item C<our> is now a reserved word - -=item Tied arrays are now fully supported - -=item Tied handles support is better - -=item 4th argument to substr - -=item Negative LENGTH argument to splice - -=item Magic lvalues are now more magical - -=item <> now reads in records - -=back - -=item Supported Platforms - -=over 4 - -=item New Platforms - -=item Changes in existing support - -=back - -=item Modules and Pragmata - -=over 4 - -=item New Modules - -B, Data::Dumper, Dumpvalue, Errno, File::Spec, ExtUtils::Installed, -ExtUtils::Packlist, Fatal, IPC::SysV, Test, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle, -Thread, attrs, fields, re - -=item Changes in existing modules - -Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File, -MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd - -=back - -=item Utility Changes - -=item Documentation Changes - -=item New Diagnostics - -Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or use &, Bad index -while coercing array into hash, Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent -package, Can't call method "%s" on an undefined value, Can't check -filesystem of script "%s" for nosuid, Can't coerce array into hash, Can't -goto subroutine from an eval-string, Can't localize pseudo-hash element, -Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available, Cannot find an opnumber -for "%s", Character class syntax [. .] is reserved for future extensions, -Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Character -class syntax [= =] is reserved for future extensions, %s: Eval-group in -insecure regular expression, %s: Eval-group not allowed, use re 'eval', %s: -Eval-group not allowed at run time, Explicit blessing to '' (assuming -package main), Illegal hex digit ignored, No such array field, No such -field "%s" in variable %s of type %s, Out of memory during ridiculously -large request, Range iterator outside integer range, Recursive inheritance -detected while looking for method '%s' %s, Reference found where even-sized -list expected, Undefined value assigned to typeglob, Use of reserved word -"%s" is deprecated, perl: warning: Setting locale failed - -=item Obsolete Diagnostics - -Can't mktemp(), Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s, Cannot open -temporary file, regexp too big - -=item Configuration Changes - -=item BUGS - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item HISTORY - -=back - -=head2 perl5004delta, perldelta - what's new for perl5.004 - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item Supported Environments - -=item Core Changes - -=over 4 - -=item List assignment to %ENV works - -=item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error - -=item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003 - -=item $PERL5OPT environment variable - -=item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options - -=item More precise warnings - -=item Deprecated: Inherited C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods - -=item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable - -=item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified - -=item Group vector changeable with C<$)> - -=item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc. - -=item Fixed localization of $<digit>, $&, etc. - -=item No resetting of $. on implicit close - -=item C<wantarray> may return undef - -=item C<eval EXPR> determines value of EXPR in scalar context - -=item Changes to tainting checks - -No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No -spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name - -=item New Opcode module and revised Safe module - -=item Embedding improvements - -=item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes - -=item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface - -=item New and changed syntax - -$coderef->(PARAMS) - -=item New and changed builtin constants - -__PACKAGE__ - -=item New and changed builtin variables - -$^E, $^H, $^M - -=item New and changed builtin functions - -delete on slices, flock, printf and sprintf, keys as an lvalue, my() in -Control Structures, pack() and unpack(), sysseek(), use VERSION, use Module -VERSION LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), srand, $_ as Default, C<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 - -=item New builtin methods - -isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] ) - -=item TIEHANDLE now supported - -TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this -LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this - -=item Malloc enhancements - --DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE - -=item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements - -=back - -=item Support for More Operating Systems - -=over 4 - -=item Win32 - -=item Plan 9 - -=item QNX - -=item AmigaOS - -=back - -=item Pragmata - -use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3), use blib, use blib 'dir', use -constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish - -=item Modules - -=over 4 - -=item Required Updates - -=item Installation directories - -=item Module information summary - -=item Fcntl - -=item IO - -=item Math::Complex - -=item Math::Trig - -=item DB_File - -=item Net::Ping - -=item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators - -=back - -=item Utility Changes - -=over 4 - -=item pod2html - -Sends converted HTML to standard output - -=item xsubpp - -C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing - -=back - -=item C Language API Changes - -C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, C<perl_eval_pv>, Extended API for -manipulating hashes - -=item Documentation Changes - -L<perldelta>, L<perlfaq>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>, -L<perlmodlib>, L<perldebug>, L<perlsec> - -=item New Diagnostics - -"my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope, %s argument is -not a HASH element or slice, Allocation too large: %lx, Allocation too -large, Applying %s to %s will act on scalar(%s), Attempt to free -nonexistent shared string, Attempt to use reference as lvalue in substr, -Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package, Can't redefine active sort -subroutine %s, Can't use bareword ("%s") as %s ref while "strict refs" in -use, Cannot resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Constant -subroutine %s redefined, Constant subroutine %s undefined, Copy method did -not return a reference, Died, Exiting pseudo-block via %s, Identifier too -long, Illegal character %s (carriage return), Illegal switch in PERL5OPT: -%s, Integer overflow in hex number, Integer overflow in octal number, -internal error: glob failed, Invalid conversion in %s: "%s", Invalid type -in pack: '%s', Invalid type in unpack: '%s', Name "%s::%s" used only once: -possible typo, Null picture in formline, Offset outside string, Out of -memory!, Out of memory during request for %s, panic: frexp, Possible -attempt to put comments in qw() list, Possible attempt to separate words -with commas, Scalar value @%s{%s} better written as $%s{%s}, Stub found -while resolving method `%s' overloading `%s' in %s, Too late for "B<-T>" -option, untie attempted while %d inner references still exist, Unrecognized -character %s, Unsupported function fork, Use of "$$<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 - -=item BUGS - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item HISTORY - -=back - -=head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX - -=item OS level - -=item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX - -=item The IBM ANSI C Compiler - -=item Using GNU's gcc for building perl - -=item Using Large Files with Perl - -=item Threaded Perl - -=item 64-bit Perl - -=item GDBM and Threads - -=item NFS filesystems and utime(2) - -=back - -=item AUTHOR - -=item DATE - -=back - -=head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=back - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Prerequisites - -B<Unix emulation for AmigaOS: ixemul.library>, B<Version of Amiga OS> - -=item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS - -=item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS - -=back - -=item INSTALLATION - -=item Accessing documentation - -=over 4 - -=item Manpages - -=item B<HTML> - -=item B<GNU> C<info> files - -=item C<LaTeX> docs - -=back - -=item BUILD - -=over 4 - -=item Prerequisites - -=item Getting the perl source - -=item Making - -sh Configure -Dprefix=/ade -Dloclibpth=/ade/lib - -=item Testing - -=item Installing the built perl - -=back - -=item AUTHORS - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000. - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item gzip - -=item bison - -=item Unpacking - -=item Compiling - -=item Testing - -=item Install - -=item Using Perl in the Posix-Shell - -=item Using Perl in "native" BS2000 - -=item Floating point anomalies - -=back - -=item AUTHORS - -=item SEE ALSO - -=over 4 - -=item Mailing list - -=back - -=item HISTORY - -=back - -=head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item PREREQUISITES - -=over 4 - -=item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it) - -=item Cygwin Configuration - -C<PATH>, I<nroff>, Permissions - -=back - -=item CONFIGURE - -=over 4 - -=item Strip Binaries - -=item Optional Libraries - -C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>), C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>), -C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>) - -=item Configure-time Options - -C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>, C<-Duseperlio>, -C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles> - -=item Suspicious Warnings - -I<dlsym()>, Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>, Compiler/Preprocessor defines - -=back - -=item MAKE - -=over 4 - -=item Warnings - -=item ld2 - -=back - -=item TEST - -=over 4 - -=item File Permissions - -=item Hard Links - -=item Filetime Granularity - -=item Tainting Checks - -=item /etc/group - -=item Script Portability - -Pathnames, Text/Binary, F<.exe>, chown(), Miscellaneous - -=back - -=item INSTALL - -=item MANIFEST - -Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl -Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts - -=item BUGS - -=item AUTHORS - -=item HISTORY - -=back - -=head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95. - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Prerequisites - -DJGPP, Pthreads - -=item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS - -=item Building - -=item Testing - -=item Installation - -=back - -=item BUILDING AND INSTALLING MODULES - -=over 4 - -=item Prerequisites - -=item Unpacking CPAN Modules - -=item Building Non-XS Modules - -=item Building XS Modules - -=back - -=item AUTHOR - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 perlepoc, README.epoc - Perl for EPOC - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item INTRODUCTION - -=item INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC - -=item STARTING PERL ON EPOC - -=item STOPPING PERL ON EPOC - -=item USING PERL ON EPOC - -=over 4 - -=item I/O Redirection - -=item PATH Names - -=item Editors - -=item Features - -=item Restrictions - -=item Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment - -=back - -=item SUPPORT STATUS - -=item AUTHOR - -=item LAST UPDATE - -=back - -=head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix -(HP-UX) systems - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX - -=item PA-RISC - -=item PA-RISC 1.0 - -=item PA-RISC 1.1 - -=item PA-RISC 2.0 - -=item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions - -=item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX - -=item The HP ANSI C Compiler - -=item Using Large Files with Perl - -=item Threaded Perl - -=item 64-bit Perl - -=item GDBM and Threads - -=item NFS filesystems and utime(2) - -=item perl -P and // - -=back - -=item AUTHOR - -=item DATE - -=back - -=head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen -systems - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Compiling Perl 5 on MachTen - -=item Failures during C<make test> - -op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t - -=item Building external modules - -=back - -=item AUTHOR - -=item DATE - -=back - -=head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic) - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item AUTHOR - -=item DATE - -=back - -=head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE - -=head1 SYNOPSIS - -=over 4 - -=item What's New - -=item System Requirements - -=item How to Obtain Perl/iX - -=item Distribution Contents Highlights - -README, public_html/feedback.cgi, 4, 6 - -=item Getting Started with Perl/iX - -=item MPE/iX Implementation Considerations - -=item Change History - -=back - -=head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT. - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=back - -=over 4 - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Target - -=item Other OSes - -=item Prerequisites - -EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh - -=item Starting Perl programs under OS/2 (and DOS and...) - -=item Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl - -=back - -=item Frequently asked questions - -=over 4 - -=item "It does not work" - -=item I cannot run external programs - -=item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F<perl.dll> from my -program. - -Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use -L<ExtUtils::Embed>? - -=item C<``> and pipe-C<open> do not work under DOS. - -=item Cannot start C<find.exe "pattern" file> - -=back - -=item INSTALLATION - -=over 4 - -=item Automatic binary installation - -C<PERL_BADLANG>, C<PERL_BADFREE>, F<Config.pm> - -=item Manual binary installation - -Perl VIO and PM executables (dynamically linked), Perl_ VIO executable -(statically linked), Executables for Perl utilities, Main Perl library, -Additional Perl modules, Tools to compile Perl modules, Manpages for Perl -and utilities, Manpages for Perl modules, Source for Perl documentation, -Perl manual in F<.INF> format, Pdksh - -=item B<Warning> - -=back - -=item Accessing documentation - -=over 4 - -=item OS/2 F<.INF> file - -=item Plain text - -=item Manpages - -=item HTML - -=item GNU C<info> files - -=item F<.PDF> files - -=item C<LaTeX> docs - -=back - -=item BUILD - -=over 4 - -=item The short story - -=item Prerequisites - -=item Getting perl source - -=item Application of the patches - -=item Hand-editing - -=item Making - -=item Testing - -A lot of C<bad free>, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F<op/fs.t>, -F<op/stat.t> - -=item Installing the built perl - -=item C<a.out>-style build - -=back - -=item Build FAQ - -=over 4 - -=item Some C</> became C<\> in pdksh. - -=item C<'errno'> - unresolved external - -=item Problems with tr or sed - -=item Some problem (forget which ;-) - -=item Library ... not found - -=item Segfault in make - -=item op/sprintf test failure - -=back - -=item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port - -=over 4 - -=item C<setpriority>, C<getpriority> - -=item C<system()> - -=item C<extproc> on the first line - -=item Additional modules: - -=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 ] )>, -C<OS2::Error(do_harderror,do_exception)>, C<OS2::Errors2Drive(drive)>, -OS2::SysInfo(), OS2::BootDrive(), C<OS2::MorphPM(serve)>, -C<OS2::UnMorphPM(serve)>, C<OS2::Serve_Messages(force)>, -C<OS2::Process_Messages(force [, cnt])>, C<OS2::_control87(new,mask)>, -OS2::get_control87(), C<OS2::set_control87_em(new=MCW_EM,mask=MCW_EM)> - 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-=item CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION: - -=item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL - -B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query> -(B<-query_string>), B<-base> - -=item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS - -=back - -=item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS: - -=over 4 - -=item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS - -=item THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF HTML SHORTCUTS - -=item HTML SHORTCUTS AND LIST INTERPOLATION - -=item NON-STANDARD HTML SHORTCUTS - -=item AUTOESCAPING HTML - -$escaped_string = escapeHTML("unescaped string");, $charset = -charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]); - -=item PRETTY-PRINTING HTML - -=back - -=item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS: - -=over 4 - -=item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG - -=item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM - -B<application/x-www-form-urlencoded>, B<multipart/form-data> - -=item CREATING A TEXT FIELD - -B<Parameters> - -=item CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD - -=item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD - -=item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD - -B<Parameters> - -=item CREATING A POPUP MENU - -=item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST - -B<Parameters:> - -=item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES - -B<Parameters:> - -=item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX - -B<Parameters:> - -=item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP - -B<Parameters:> - -=item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON - -B<Parameters:> - -=item CREATING A RESET BUTTON - -=item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON - -=item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD - -B<Parameters:> - -=item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON - -B<Parameters:> - -=item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON - -=back - -=item HTTP COOKIES - -1. an expiration time, 2. a domain, 3. a path, 4. a "secure" flag, -B<-name>, B<-value>, B<-path>, B<-domain>, B<-expires>, B<-secure> - -=item WORKING WITH FRAMES - -1. Create a <Frameset> document, 2. Specify the destination for the -document in the HTTP header, 3. Specify the destination for the document in -the <FORM> tag - -=item LIMITED SUPPORT FOR CASCADING STYLE SHEETS - -=item DEBUGGING - -=over 4 - -=item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS - -=back - -=item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES - -B<Accept()>, B<raw_cookie()>, B<user_agent()>, B<path_info()>, -B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()>, B<referer()>, -B<auth_type ()>, B<server_name ()>, B<virtual_host ()>, B<server_port ()>, -B<server_software ()>, B<remote_user ()>, B<user_name ()>, -B<request_method()>, B<content_type()>, B<http()>, B<https()> - -=item USING NPH SCRIPTS - -In the B<use> statement, By calling the B<nph()> method:, By using B<-nph> -parameters - -=item Server Push - -multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final() - -=item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks - -B<$CGI::POST_MAX>, B<$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS>, B<1. On a script-by-script -basis>, B<2. Globally for all scripts> - -=item COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL - -=item AUTHOR INFORMATION - -=item CREDITS - -Matt Heffron (heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com), James Taylor -(james.taylor@srs.gov), Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com>, Mike Jewell -(mlj3u@virginia.edu), Timothy Shimmin (tes@kbs.citri.edu.au), Joergen Haegg -(jh@axis.se), Laurent Delfosse (delfosse@delfosse.com), Richard Resnick -(applepi1@aol.com), Craig Bishop (csb@barwonwater.vic.gov.au), Tony Curtis -(tc@vcpc.univie.ac.at), Tim Bunce (Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk), Tom Christiansen -(tchrist@convex.com), Andreas Koenig (k@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE), Tim -MacKenzie (Tim.MacKenzie@fulcrum.com.au), Kevin B. Hendricks -(kbhend@dogwood.tyler.wm.edu), Stephen Dahmen (joyfire@inxpress.net), Ed -Jordan (ed@fidalgo.net), David Alan Pisoni (david@cnation.com), Doug -MacEachern (dougm@opengroup.org), Robin Houston (robin@oneworld.org), -...and many many more.. - -=item A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT - -=item BUGS - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item ABSTRACT - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item AUTHOR INFORMATION - -=item BUGS - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 CGI::Carp, B<CGI::Carp> - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or -other) error log - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES - -=item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW - -=over 4 - -=item Changing the default message - -=back - -=item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS - -=item CHANGE LOG - -=item AUTHORS - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item USING CGI::Cookie - -B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag> - -=over 4 - -=item Creating New Cookies - -=item Sending the Cookie to the Browser - -=item Recovering Previous Cookies - -=item Manipulating Cookies - -B<name()>, B<value()>, B<domain()>, B<path()>, B<expires()> - -=back - -=item AUTHOR INFORMATION - -=item BUGS - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE - -=item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS - -=item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS - -=item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS - -=item CAVEATS - -=item AUTHOR INFORMATION - -=item BUGS - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Tags that won't be formatted - -=item Customizing the Indenting - -=back - -=item BUGS - -=item AUTHOR - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item USING CGI::Push - --next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph - -=over 4 - -=item Heterogeneous Pages - -=item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly - -=back - -=item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS - -=item AUTHOR INFORMATION - -=item BUGS - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item ABSTRACT - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item AUTHOR INFORMATION - -=item BUGS - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item AUTHOR INFORMATION - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Interactive Mode - -Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test, -install, clean modules or distributions, get, readme, look module or -distribution, ls author, Signals - 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-Example 1, Example 2, Example 3 - -=item Author and Modification History - -=back - -=head2 Config - access Perl configuration information - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -myconfig(), config_sh(), config_vars(@names) - -=item EXAMPLE - -=item WARNING - -=item GLOSSARY - -=over 4 - -=item _ - -C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o> - -=item a - -C<afs>, C<alignbytes>, C<ansi2knr>, C<aphostname>, C<api_revision>, -C<api_subversion>, C<api_version>, C<api_versionstring>, C<ar>, C<archlib>, -C<archlibexp>, C<archname64>, C<archname>, C<archobjs>, C<awk> - -=item b - -C<baserev>, C<bash>, C<bin>, C<bincompat5005>, C<binexp>, C<bison>, -C<byacc>, C<byteorder> - -=item c - -C<c>, C<castflags>, C<cat>, C<cc>, C<cccdlflags>, C<ccdlflags>, C<ccflags>, -C<ccflags_uselargefiles>, C<ccname>, C<ccsymbols>, C<ccversion>, C<cf_by>, -C<cf_email>, C<cf_time>, C<charsize>, C<chgrp>, C<chmod>, C<chown>, -C<clocktype>, C<comm>, C<compress> - -=item C - -C<CONFIGDOTSH>, C<contains>, C<cp>, C<cpio>, C<cpp>, C<cpp_stuff>, -C<cppccsymbols>, C<cppflags>, C<cpplast>, C<cppminus>, C<cpprun>, -C<cppstdin>, C<cppsymbols>, C<crosscompile>, C<cryptlib>, C<csh> - 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-=item e - -C<eagain>, C<ebcdic>, C<echo>, C<egrep>, C<emacs>, C<eunicefix>, -C<exe_ext>, C<expr>, C<extensions> - -=item f - -C<fflushall>, C<fflushNULL>, C<find>, C<firstmakefile>, C<flex>, -C<fpossize>, C<fpostype>, C<freetype>, C<full_ar>, C<full_csh>, C<full_sed> - -=item g - -C<gccosandvers>, C<gccversion>, C<gidformat>, C<gidsign>, C<gidsize>, -C<gidtype>, C<glibpth>, C<grep>, C<groupcat>, C<groupstype>, C<gzip> - -=item h - -C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat> - -=item i - -C<i16size>, C<i16type>, C<i32size>, C<i32type>, C<i64size>, C<i64type>, -C<i8size>, C<i8type>, C<i_arpainet>, C<i_bsdioctl>, C<i_db>, C<i_dbm>, -C<i_dirent>, C<i_dld>, C<i_dlfcn>, C<i_fcntl>, C<i_float>, C<i_gdbm>, -C<i_grp>, C<i_iconv>, C<i_ieeefp>, C<i_inttypes>, C<i_libutil>, -C<i_limits>, C<i_locale>, C<i_machcthr>, C<i_malloc>, C<i_math>, -C<i_memory>, C<i_mntent>, C<i_ndbm>, C<i_netdb>, C<i_neterrno>, -C<i_netinettcp>, C<i_niin>, C<i_poll>, C<i_prot>, C<i_pthread>, C<i_pwd>, -C<i_rpcsvcdbm>, C<i_sfio>, C<i_sgtty>, C<i_shadow>, C<i_socks>, -C<i_stdarg>, C<i_stddef>, C<i_stdlib>, C<i_string>, C<i_sunmath>, -C<i_sysaccess>, C<i_sysdir>, C<i_sysfile>, C<i_sysfilio>, C<i_sysin>, -C<i_sysioctl>, C<i_syslog>, C<i_sysmman>, C<i_sysmode>, C<i_sysmount>, -C<i_sysndir>, C<i_sysparam>, C<i_sysresrc>, C<i_syssecrt>, C<i_sysselct>, -C<i_syssockio>, C<i_sysstat>, C<i_sysstatfs>, C<i_sysstatvfs>, -C<i_systime>, C<i_systimek>, C<i_systimes>, C<i_systypes>, C<i_sysuio>, -C<i_sysun>, C<i_sysutsname>, C<i_sysvfs>, C<i_syswait>, C<i_termio>, -C<i_termios>, C<i_time>, C<i_unistd>, C<i_ustat>, C<i_utime>, C<i_values>, -C<i_varargs>, C<i_varhdr>, C<i_vfork>, C<ignore_versioned_solibs>, -C<inc_version_list>, C<inc_version_list_init>, C<incpath>, C<inews>, -C<installarchlib>, C<installbin>, C<installman1dir>, C<installman3dir>, -C<installprefix>, C<installprefixexp>, C<installprivlib>, C<installscript>, -C<installsitearch>, C<installsitebin>, C<installsitelib>, C<installstyle>, -C<installusrbinperl>, C<installvendorarch>, C<installvendorbin>, -C<installvendorlib>, C<intsize>, C<issymlink>, C<ivdformat>, C<ivsize>, -C<ivtype> - -=item k - -C<known_extensions>, C<ksh> - -=item l - -C<ld>, C<lddlflags>, C<ldflags>, C<ldflags_uselargefiles>, C<ldlibpthname>, -C<less>, C<lib_ext>, C<libc>, C<libperl>, C<libpth>, C<libs>, C<libsdirs>, -C<libsfiles>, C<libsfound>, C<libspath>, C<libswanted>, -C<libswanted_uselargefiles>, C<line>, C<lint>, C<lkflags>, C<ln>, C<lns>, -C<locincpth>, C<loclibpth>, C<longdblsize>, C<longlongsize>, C<longsize>, -C<lp>, C<lpr>, C<ls>, C<lseeksize>, C<lseektype> - -=item m - -C<mail>, C<mailx>, C<make>, C<make_set_make>, C<mallocobj>, C<mallocsrc>, -C<malloctype>, C<man1dir>, C<man1direxp>, C<man1ext>, C<man3dir>, -C<man3direxp>, C<man3ext> - -=item M - -C<Mcc>, C<mips_type>, C<mkdir>, C<mmaptype>, C<modetype>, C<more>, -C<multiarch>, C<mv>, C<myarchname>, C<mydomain>, C<myhostname>, C<myuname> - -=item n - -C<n>, C<need_va_copy>, C<netdb_hlen_type>, C<netdb_host_type>, -C<netdb_name_type>, C<netdb_net_type>, C<nm>, C<nm_opt>, C<nm_so_opt>, -C<nonxs_ext>, C<nroff>, C<nveformat>, C<nvEUformat>, C<nvfformat>, -C<nvFUformat>, C<nvgformat>, C<nvGUformat>, C<nvsize>, C<nvtype> - -=item o - -C<o_nonblock>, C<obj_ext>, C<old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<optimize>, -C<orderlib>, C<osname>, C<osvers>, C<otherlibdirs> - -=item p - -C<package>, C<pager>, C<passcat>, C<patchlevel>, C<path_sep>, C<perl5>, -C<perl> - -=item P - -C<PERL_REVISION>, C<PERL_SUBVERSION>, C<PERL_VERSION>, C<perladmin>, -C<perllibs>, C<perlpath>, C<pg>, C<phostname>, C<pidtype>, C<plibpth>, -C<pm_apiversion>, C<pmake>, C<pr>, C<prefix>, C<prefixexp>, C<privlib>, -C<privlibexp>, C<prototype>, C<ptrsize> - -=item q - -C<quadkind>, C<quadtype> - -=item r - -C<randbits>, C<randfunc>, C<randseedtype>, C<ranlib>, C<rd_nodata>, -C<revision>, C<rm>, C<rmail>, C<runnm> - -=item s - -C<sched_yield>, C<scriptdir>, C<scriptdirexp>, C<sed>, C<seedfunc>, -C<selectminbits>, C<selecttype>, C<sendmail>, C<sh>, C<shar>, C<sharpbang>, -C<shmattype>, C<shortsize>, C<shrpenv>, C<shsharp>, C<sig_count>, -C<sig_name>, C<sig_name_init>, C<sig_num>, C<sig_num_init>, C<sig_size>, -C<signal_t>, C<sitearch>, C<sitearchexp>, C<sitebin>, C<sitebinexp>, -C<sitelib>, C<sitelib_stem>, C<sitelibexp>, C<siteprefix>, -C<siteprefixexp>, C<sizesize>, C<sizetype>, C<sleep>, C<smail>, C<so>, -C<sockethdr>, C<socketlib>, C<socksizetype>, C<sort>, C<spackage>, -C<spitshell>, C<sPRId64>, C<sPRIeldbl>, C<sPRIEUldbl>, C<sPRIfldbl>, -C<sPRIFUldbl>, C<sPRIgldbl>, C<sPRIGUldbl>, C<sPRIi64>, C<sPRIo64>, -C<sPRIu64>, C<sPRIx64>, C<sPRIXU64>, C<src>, C<sSCNfldbl>, C<ssizetype>, -C<startperl>, C<startsh>, C<static_ext>, C<stdchar>, C<stdio_base>, -C<stdio_bufsiz>, C<stdio_cnt>, C<stdio_filbuf>, C<stdio_ptr>, -C<stdio_stream_array>, C<strings>, C<submit>, C<subversion>, C<sysman> - -=item t - -C<tail>, C<tar>, C<tbl>, C<tee>, C<test>, C<timeincl>, C<timetype>, -C<touch>, C<tr>, C<trnl>, C<troff> - -=item u - -C<u16size>, C<u16type>, C<u32size>, C<u32type>, C<u64size>, C<u64type>, -C<u8size>, C<u8type>, C<uidformat>, C<uidsign>, C<uidsize>, C<uidtype>, -C<uname>, C<uniq>, C<uquadtype>, C<use5005threads>, C<use64bitall>, -C<use64bitint>, C<usedl>, C<useithreads>, C<uselargefiles>, -C<uselongdouble>, C<usemorebits>, C<usemultiplicity>, C<usemymalloc>, -C<usenm>, C<useopcode>, C<useperlio>, C<useposix>, C<usesfio>, -C<useshrplib>, C<usesocks>, C<usethreads>, C<usevendorprefix>, C<usevfork>, -C<usrinc>, C<uuname>, C<uvoformat>, C<uvsize>, C<uvtype>, C<uvuformat>, -C<uvxformat>, C<uvXUformat> - -=item v - -C<vendorarch>, C<vendorarchexp>, C<vendorbin>, C<vendorbinexp>, -C<vendorlib>, C<vendorlib_stem>, C<vendorlibexp>, C<vendorprefix>, -C<vendorprefixexp>, C<version>, C<versiononly>, C<vi>, C<voidflags> - -=item x - -C<xlibpth>, C<xs_apiversion> - -=item z - -C<zcat>, C<zip> - -=back - -=item NOTE - -=back - -=head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=back - -=head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft, -subject to -change) - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Global Variables - - $DB::sub, %DB::sub, $DB::single, $DB::signal, $DB::trace, @DB::args, -@DB::dbline, %DB::dbline, $DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::subname, -$DB::lineno - -=item API Methods - -CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'), -CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done() - -=item Client Callback Methods - -CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(), -CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(), -CLIENT->output(LIST) - -=back - -=item BUGS - -=item AUTHOR - -=back - -=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -B<DB_HASH>, B<DB_BTREE>, B<DB_RECNO> - -=over 4 - -=item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or 3 - -=item Interface to Berkeley DB - -=item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File - -=item Default Parameters - -=item In Memory Databases - -=back - -=item DB_HASH - -=over 4 - -=item A Simple Example - -=back - -=item DB_BTREE - -=over 4 - -=item Changing the BTREE sort order - -=item Handling Duplicate Keys - -=item The get_dup() Method - -=item The find_dup() Method - -=item The del_dup() Method - -=item Matching Partial Keys - -=back - -=item DB_RECNO - -=over 4 - -=item The 'bval' Option - -=item A Simple Example - -=item Extra RECNO Methods - -B<$X-E<gt>push(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-E<gt>pop ;>, B<$X-E<gt>shift>, -B<$X-E<gt>unshift(list) ;>, B<$X-E<gt>length> - -=item Another Example - -=back - -=item THE API INTERFACE - -B<$status = $X-E<gt>get($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = -$X-E<gt>put($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>del($key [, -$flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>fd ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>seq($key, -$value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>sync([$flags]) ;> - -=item DBM FILTERS - -B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>, -B<filter_fetch_value> - -=over 4 - -=item The Filter - -=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem. - -=item Another Example -- Key is a C int. - -=back - -=item HINTS AND TIPS - -=over 4 - -=item Locking: The Trouble with fd - -=item Safe ways to lock a database - -B<Tie::DB_Lock>, B<Tie::DB_LockFile>, B<DB_File::Lock> - -=item Sharing Databases With C Applications - -=item The untie() Gotcha - -=back - -=item COMMON QUESTIONS - -=over 4 - -=item Why is there Perl source in my database? - -=item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File? - -=item What does "Invalid Argument" mean? - -=item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean? - -=back - -=item REFERENCES - -=item HISTORY - -=item BUGS - -=item AVAILABILITY - -=item COPYRIGHT - -=item SEE ALSO - -=item AUTHOR - -=back - -=head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both -printing and C<eval> - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Methods - -I<PACKAGE>->new(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Dump I<or> -I<PACKAGE>->Dump(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>), -I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>), -I<$OBJ>->Reset - -=item Functions - -Dumper(I<LIST>) - -=item Configuration Variables or Methods - -$Data::Dumper::Indent I<or> I<$OBJ>->Indent(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Purity I<or> I<$OBJ>->Purity(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Pad I<or> I<$OBJ>->Pad(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Varname I<or> I<$OBJ>->Varname(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Useqq I<or> I<$OBJ>->Useqq(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Terse I<or> I<$OBJ>->Terse(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Freezer I<or> $I<OBJ>->Freezer(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Toaster I<or> $I<OBJ>->Toaster(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Deepcopy I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deepcopy(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Quotekeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Quotekeys(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Bless I<or> $I<OBJ>->Bless(I<[NEWVAL]>), -$Data::Dumper::Maxdepth I<or> $I<OBJ>->Maxdepth(I<[NEWVAL]>) - -=item Exports - -Dumper - -=back - -=item EXAMPLES - -=item BUGS - -=item AUTHOR - -=item VERSION - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item PROFILE FORMAT - -=item AUTOLOAD - -=item ENVIRONMENT - -=item BUGS - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=over 4 - -=item Memory footprint debugging - -=back - -=item EXAMPLES - -=over 4 - -=item A simple scalar string - -=item A simple scalar number - -=item A simple scalar with an extra reference - -=item A reference to a simple scalar - -=item A reference to an array - -=item A reference to a hash - -=item Dumping a large array or hash - -=item A reference to an SV which holds a C pointer - -=item A reference to a subroutine - -=back - -=item EXPORTS - -=item BUGS - -=item AUTHOR - -=item SEE ALSO - -=back - -=head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module - 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-=back - -=back - -=head2 XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code - -=over 4 - -=item SYNOPSIS - -=item DESCRIPTION - -=item AUTHOR - -=back - -=head1 AUXILIARY DOCUMENTATION - -Here should be listed all the extra programs' documentation, but they -don't all have manual pages yet: - -=over 4 - -=item a2p - -=item s2p - -=item find2perl - -=item h2ph - -=item c2ph - -=item h2xs - -=item xsubpp - -=item pod2man - -=item wrapsuid - -=back - -=head1 AUTHOR - -Larry Wall <F<larry@wall.org>>, with the help of oodles -of other folks. - |
