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1 | #!../miniperl |
2 | ||
1fa7ca25 JH |
3 | $ENV{LC_ALL} = 'C'; |
4 | ||
2e1d04bc | 5 | open (OUT, ">perlmodlib.tmp") or die $!; |
1fa7ca25 | 6 | my (@pragma, @mod, @MANIFEST); |
4d671226 | 7 | |
2e1d04bc | 8 | open (MANIFEST, "../MANIFEST") or die $!; |
4d671226 | 9 | @MANIFEST = grep !m</(?:t|demo)/>, <MANIFEST>; |
7ef5744c RGS |
10 | push @MANIFEST, 'lib/Config.pod', 'lib/Errno.pm', 'lib/lib.pm', |
11 | 'lib/DynaLoader.pm', 'lib/XSLoader.pm'; | |
2e1d04bc | 12 | |
4d671226 | 13 | for (@MANIFEST) { |
2e1d04bc JH |
14 | my $filename; |
15 | next unless s|^lib/|| or m|^ext/|; | |
7ef5744c | 16 | my ($origfilename) = ($filename) = m|^(\S+)|; |
2e1d04bc | 17 | $filename =~ s|^[^/]+/|| if $filename =~ s|^ext/||; |
1fa7ca25 | 18 | next unless $filename =~ m!\.p(m|od)$!; |
7ef5744c RGS |
19 | unless (open (MOD, "../lib/$filename")) { |
20 | unless (open (MOD, "../$origfilename")) { | |
21 | warn "Couldn't open ../$origfilename: $!"; | |
22 | next; | |
23 | } | |
24 | $filename = $origfilename; | |
25 | } | |
4e860d0a | 26 | |
1fa7ca25 | 27 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
28 | my ($name, $thing); |
29 | my $foundit=0; | |
4e860d0a JH |
30 | { |
31 | local $/=""; | |
32 | while (<MOD>) { | |
33 | next unless /^=head1 NAME/; | |
34 | $foundit++; | |
35 | last; | |
36 | } | |
2e1d04bc | 37 | } |
4e860d0a | 38 | unless ($foundit) { |
1fa7ca25 | 39 | warn "$filename missing =head1 NAME (okay if there is respective .pod)\n"; |
4e860d0a | 40 | next; |
2e1d04bc | 41 | } |
2e1d04bc JH |
42 | my $title = <MOD>; |
43 | chomp($title); | |
44 | close MOD; | |
45 | ||
46 | my $perlname = $filename; | |
7ef5744c | 47 | $perlname =~ s!^.*\b(ext|lib)/!!; |
4e860d0a | 48 | $perlname =~ s!\.p(m|od)$!!; |
7ef5744c | 49 | $perlname =~ s!\b(\w+)/\1\b!$1!; |
4e860d0a JH |
50 | $perlname =~ s!/!::!g; |
51 | ||
52 | ($name, $thing) = split / --? /, $title, 2; | |
53 | ||
54 | unless ($name and $thing) { | |
55 | warn "$filename missing name\n" unless $name; | |
56 | warn "$filename missing thing\n" unless $thing; | |
57 | next; | |
58 | } | |
2e1d04bc | 59 | |
1fa7ca25 | 60 | |
4e860d0a JH |
61 | $thing =~ s/^perl pragma to //i; |
62 | $thing = ucfirst($thing); | |
2e1d04bc JH |
63 | $title = "=item $perlname\n\n$thing\n\n"; |
64 | ||
1fa7ca25 | 65 | if ($filename =~ /[A-Z]/) { |
2e1d04bc JH |
66 | push @mod, $title; |
67 | } else { | |
68 | push @pragma, $title; | |
69 | } | |
70 | } | |
71 | ||
72 | print OUT <<'EOF'; | |
c165c82a JH |
73 | =for maintainers |
74 | Generated by perlmodlib.PL -- DO NOT EDIT! | |
843dbe26 | 75 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
76 | =head1 NAME |
77 | ||
78 | perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones | |
79 | ||
2e1d04bc JH |
80 | =head1 THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY |
81 | ||
7ef5744c | 82 | Many modules are included in the Perl distribution. These are described |
2e1d04bc | 83 | below, and all end in F<.pm>. You may discover compiled library |
7ef5744c | 84 | files (usually ending in F<.so>) or small pieces of modules to be |
2e1d04bc JH |
85 | autoloaded (ending in F<.al>); these were automatically generated |
86 | by the installation process. You may also discover files in the | |
87 | library directory that end in either F<.pl> or F<.ph>. These are | |
88 | old libraries supplied so that old programs that use them still | |
89 | run. The F<.pl> files will all eventually be converted into standard | |
90 | modules, and the F<.ph> files made by B<h2ph> will probably end up | |
91 | as extension modules made by B<h2xs>. (Some F<.ph> values may | |
92 | already be available through the POSIX, Errno, or Fcntl modules.) | |
93 | The B<pl2pm> file in the distribution may help in your conversion, | |
94 | but it's just a mechanical process and therefore far from bulletproof. | |
95 | ||
96 | =head2 Pragmatic Modules | |
97 | ||
98 | They work somewhat like compiler directives (pragmata) in that they | |
99 | tend to affect the compilation of your program, and thus will usually | |
100 | work well only when used within a C<use>, or C<no>. Most of these | |
101 | are lexically scoped, so an inner BLOCK may countermand them | |
102 | by saying: | |
103 | ||
104 | no integer; | |
105 | no strict 'refs'; | |
106 | no warnings; | |
107 | ||
108 | which lasts until the end of that BLOCK. | |
109 | ||
110 | Some pragmas are lexically scoped--typically those that affect the | |
111 | C<$^H> hints variable. Others affect the current package instead, | |
112 | like C<use vars> and C<use subs>, which allow you to predeclare a | |
113 | variables or subroutines within a particular I<file> rather than | |
114 | just a block. Such declarations are effective for the entire file | |
115 | for which they were declared. You cannot rescind them with C<no | |
116 | vars> or C<no subs>. | |
117 | ||
118 | The following pragmas are defined (and have their own documentation). | |
119 | ||
120 | =over 12 | |
121 | ||
122 | EOF | |
123 | ||
124 | print OUT $_ for (sort @pragma); | |
125 | ||
126 | print OUT <<EOF; | |
127 | =back | |
128 | ||
129 | =head2 Standard Modules | |
130 | ||
131 | Standard, bundled modules are all expected to behave in a well-defined | |
132 | manner with respect to namespace pollution because they use the | |
133 | Exporter module. See their own documentation for details. | |
134 | ||
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135 | It's possible that not all modules listed below are installed on your |
136 | system. For example, the GDBM_File module will not be installed if you | |
137 | don't have the gdbm library. | |
138 | ||
2e1d04bc JH |
139 | =over 12 |
140 | ||
141 | EOF | |
142 | ||
143 | print OUT $_ for (sort @mod); | |
144 | ||
145 | print OUT <<'EOF'; | |
146 | =back | |
147 | ||
148 | To find out I<all> modules installed on your system, including | |
149 | those without documentation or outside the standard release, | |
309a139e | 150 | just do this: |
2e1d04bc | 151 | |
7eaa0fdd | 152 | % find `perl -Te 'print "@INC"'` -name '*.pm' -print |
2e1d04bc | 153 | |
8518420c | 154 | (The -T is here to prevent '.' from being listed in @INC.) |
2e1d04bc JH |
155 | They should all have their own documentation installed and accessible |
156 | via your system man(1) command. If you do not have a B<find> | |
157 | program, you can use the Perl B<find2perl> program instead, which | |
158 | generates Perl code as output you can run through perl. If you | |
159 | have a B<man> program but it doesn't find your modules, you'll have | |
160 | to fix your manpath. See L<perl> for details. If you have no | |
161 | system B<man> command, you might try the B<perldoc> program. | |
162 | ||
8518420c RGS |
163 | Note also that the command C<perldoc perllocal> gives you a (possibly |
164 | incomplete) list of the modules that have been further installed on | |
165 | your system. (The perllocal.pod file is updated by the standard MakeMaker | |
166 | install process.) | |
167 | ||
2e1d04bc JH |
168 | =head2 Extension Modules |
169 | ||
170 | Extension modules are written in C (or a mix of Perl and C). They | |
171 | are usually dynamically loaded into Perl if and when you need them, | |
da75cd15 | 172 | but may also be linked in statically. Supported extension modules |
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173 | include Socket, Fcntl, and POSIX. |
174 | ||
175 | Many popular C extension modules do not come bundled (at least, not | |
176 | completely) due to their sizes, volatility, or simply lack of time | |
177 | for adequate testing and configuration across the multitude of | |
178 | platforms on which Perl was beta-tested. You are encouraged to | |
179 | look for them on CPAN (described below), or using web search engines | |
7ef5744c | 180 | like Alta Vista or Google. |
2e1d04bc JH |
181 | |
182 | =head1 CPAN | |
183 | ||
184 | CPAN stands for Comprehensive Perl Archive Network; it's a globally | |
185 | replicated trove of Perl materials, including documentation, style | |
186 | guides, tricks and traps, alternate ports to non-Unix systems and | |
187 | occasional binary distributions for these. Search engines for | |
1577cd80 | 188 | CPAN can be found at http://www.cpan.org/ |
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189 | |
190 | Most importantly, CPAN includes around a thousand unbundled modules, | |
191 | some of which require a C compiler to build. Major categories of | |
192 | modules are: | |
193 | ||
194 | =over | |
195 | ||
196 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 197 | |
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198 | Language Extensions and Documentation Tools |
199 | ||
200 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 201 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
202 | Development Support |
203 | ||
204 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 205 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
206 | Operating System Interfaces |
207 | ||
208 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 209 | |
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210 | Networking, Device Control (modems) and InterProcess Communication |
211 | ||
212 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 213 | |
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214 | Data Types and Data Type Utilities |
215 | ||
216 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 217 | |
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218 | Database Interfaces |
219 | ||
220 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 221 | |
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222 | User Interfaces |
223 | ||
224 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 225 | |
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226 | Interfaces to / Emulations of Other Programming Languages |
227 | ||
228 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 229 | |
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230 | File Names, File Systems and File Locking (see also File Handles) |
231 | ||
232 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 233 | |
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234 | String Processing, Language Text Processing, Parsing, and Searching |
235 | ||
236 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 237 | |
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238 | Option, Argument, Parameter, and Configuration File Processing |
239 | ||
240 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 241 | |
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242 | Internationalization and Locale |
243 | ||
244 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 245 | |
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246 | Authentication, Security, and Encryption |
247 | ||
248 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 249 | |
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250 | World Wide Web, HTML, HTTP, CGI, MIME |
251 | ||
252 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 253 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
254 | Server and Daemon Utilities |
255 | ||
256 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 257 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
258 | Archiving and Compression |
259 | ||
260 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 261 | |
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262 | Images, Pixmap and Bitmap Manipulation, Drawing, and Graphing |
263 | ||
264 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 265 | |
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266 | Mail and Usenet News |
267 | ||
268 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 269 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
270 | Control Flow Utilities (callbacks and exceptions etc) |
271 | ||
272 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 273 | |
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274 | File Handle and Input/Output Stream Utilities |
275 | ||
276 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 277 | |
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278 | Miscellaneous Modules |
279 | ||
280 | =back | |
281 | ||
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282 | The list of the registered CPAN sites as of this writing follows. |
283 | Please note that the sorting order is alphabetical on fields: | |
284 | ||
285 | Continent | |
286 | | | |
287 | |-->Country | |
288 | | | |
289 | |-->[state/province] | |
290 | | | |
291 | |-->ftp | |
292 | | | |
293 | |-->[http] | |
294 | ||
295 | and thus the North American servers happen to be listed between the | |
296 | European and the South American sites. | |
297 | ||
298 | You should try to choose one close to you. | |
2e1d04bc | 299 | |
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300 | =head2 Africa |
301 | ||
302 | =over 4 | |
303 | ||
5df44211 | 304 | =item South Africa |
4e860d0a | 305 | |
5df44211 JH |
306 | ftp://ftp.is.co.za/programming/perl/CPAN/ |
307 | ftp://ftp.mweb.co.za/pub/mirrors/cpan/ | |
308 | ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/CPAN/ | |
309 | ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/CPAN/CPAN/ | |
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310 | |
311 | =back | |
312 | ||
313 | =head2 Asia | |
314 | ||
315 | =over 4 | |
316 | ||
5df44211 | 317 | =item China |
4e860d0a | 318 | |
5df44211 JH |
319 | ftp://freesoft.cei.gov.cn/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ |
320 | http://www2.linuxforum.net/mirror/CPAN/ | |
321 | http://cpan.shellhung.org/ | |
322 | ftp://ftp.shellhung.org/pub/CPAN | |
4e860d0a | 323 | |
5df44211 | 324 | =item India |
4e860d0a | 325 | |
5df44211 JH |
326 | http://cpan.in.freeos.com |
327 | ftp://cpan.in.freeos.com/pub/CPAN/ | |
c165c82a | 328 | |
5df44211 | 329 | =item Indonesia |
c165c82a | 330 | |
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331 | http://cpan.itb.web.id/ |
332 | ftp://mirrors.piksi.itb.ac.id/CPAN/ | |
333 | http://cpan.cbn.net.id/ | |
334 | ftp://ftp.cbn.net.id/mirror/CPAN | |
335 | http://CPAN.mweb.co.id/ | |
336 | ftp://ftp.mweb.co.id/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ | |
c165c82a | 337 | |
5df44211 | 338 | =item Israel |
c165c82a | 339 | |
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340 | http://www.iglu.org.il:/pub/CPAN/ |
341 | ftp://ftp.iglu.org.il/pub/CPAN/ | |
342 | http://cpan.lerner.co.il/ | |
343 | http://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/ | |
344 | ftp://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/ | |
c165c82a | 345 | |
5df44211 | 346 | =item Japan |
c165c82a | 347 | |
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348 | ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/CPAN |
349 | ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/CPAN/ | |
350 | http://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/Perl/ | |
351 | ftp://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/Perl/ | |
352 | ftp://ftp.meisei-u.ac.jp/pub/CPAN/ | |
353 | ftp://ftp.ayamura.org/pub/CPAN/ | |
354 | ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ | |
355 | ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/pub/lang/CPAN/ | |
356 | ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ | |
c165c82a | 357 | |
5df44211 | 358 | =item Korea |
c165c82a | 359 | |
5df44211 JH |
360 | http://mirror.Mazic.org/pub/CPAN |
361 | ftp://mirror.Mazic.org/pub/CPAN | |
c165c82a | 362 | |
5df44211 | 363 | =item Philippines |
4e860d0a | 364 | |
5df44211 | 365 | http://www.adzu.edu.ph/CPAN |
4e860d0a | 366 | |
5df44211 | 367 | =item Russian Federation |
4e860d0a | 368 | |
5df44211 JH |
369 | http://cpan.tomsk.ru |
370 | ftp://cpan.tomsk.ru/pub/CPAN | |
4e860d0a | 371 | |
5df44211 | 372 | =item Saudi Arabia |
4e860d0a | 373 | |
5df44211 | 374 | ftp://ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 375 | |
5df44211 | 376 | =item Singapore |
4e860d0a | 377 | |
5df44211 JH |
378 | http://cpan.hjc.edu.sg |
379 | http://mirror.averse.net/pub/CPAN | |
380 | ftp://mirror.averse.net/pub/CPAN | |
4e860d0a | 381 | |
5df44211 | 382 | =item South Korea |
4e860d0a | 383 | |
5df44211 JH |
384 | http://CPAN.bora.net/ |
385 | ftp://ftp.bora.net/pub/CPAN/ | |
386 | http://ftp.kornet.net/pub/CPAN/ | |
387 | ftp://ftp.kornet.net/pub/CPAN/ | |
388 | ftp://ftp.nuri.net/pub/CPAN/ | |
389 | http://ftp.xgate.co.kr/cpan/ | |
390 | ftp://ftp.xgate.co.kr/pub/mirror/CPAN | |
4e860d0a | 391 | |
5df44211 | 392 | =item Taiwan |
4e860d0a | 393 | |
5df44211 JH |
394 | ftp://ftp.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/perl/CPAN |
395 | ftp://ftp.ee.ncku.edu.tw/pub/perl/CPAN/ | |
396 | ftp://ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub1/perl/CPAN/ | |
397 | http://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/ | |
398 | ftp://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 399 | |
5df44211 | 400 | =item Thailand |
4e860d0a | 401 | |
5df44211 JH |
402 | ftp://ftp.loxinfo.co.th/pub/cpan/ |
403 | ftp://ftp.cs.riubon.ac.th/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a JH |
404 | |
405 | =back | |
406 | ||
407 | =head2 Central America | |
408 | ||
409 | =over 4 | |
410 | ||
5df44211 | 411 | =item Costa Rica |
4e860d0a | 412 | |
5df44211 JH |
413 | ftp://ftp.linux.co.cr/mirrors/CPAN/ |
414 | http://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/Unix/CPAN/ | |
415 | ftp://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/pub/Unix/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a JH |
416 | |
417 | =back | |
418 | ||
419 | =head2 Europe | |
420 | ||
421 | =over 4 | |
422 | ||
5df44211 | 423 | =item Austria |
4e860d0a | 424 | |
5df44211 | 425 | ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 426 | |
5df44211 | 427 | =item Belgium |
4e860d0a | 428 | |
5df44211 JH |
429 | http://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/ |
430 | ftp://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/ | |
431 | http://cpan.skynet.be | |
432 | ftp://ftp.skynet.be/pub/CPAN | |
433 | ftp://ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/mirror/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 434 | |
5df44211 | 435 | =item Bulgaria |
4e860d0a | 436 | |
5df44211 JH |
437 | http://cpan.lirex.net/ |
438 | ftp://ftp.lirex.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN | |
4e860d0a | 439 | |
5df44211 | 440 | =item Croatia |
4e860d0a | 441 | |
5df44211 JH |
442 | http://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/ |
443 | ftp://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 444 | |
5df44211 | 445 | =item Czech Republic |
4e860d0a | 446 | |
5df44211 JH |
447 | http://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/CPAN/ |
448 | ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/CPAN/ | |
449 | ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 450 | |
5df44211 | 451 | =item Denmark |
4e860d0a | 452 | |
5df44211 JH |
453 | http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/cpan/ |
454 | ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/cpan/ | |
455 | http://cpan.cybercity.dk | |
456 | http://www.cpan.dk/CPAN/ | |
457 | ftp://www.cpan.dk/ftp.cpan.org/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 458 | |
5df44211 | 459 | =item Estonia |
4e860d0a | 460 | |
5df44211 | 461 | ftp://ftp.ut.ee/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 462 | |
5df44211 | 463 | =item Finland |
4e860d0a | 464 | |
5df44211 JH |
465 | ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ |
466 | http://cpan.kpnqwest.fi/ | |
4e860d0a | 467 | |
5df44211 | 468 | =item France |
c165c82a | 469 | |
5df44211 JH |
470 | http://ftp.u-paris10.fr/perl/CPAN |
471 | ftp://ftp.u-paris10.fr/perl/CPAN | |
472 | http://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/ | |
473 | ftp://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/pub/ftp.cpan.org/ | |
474 | ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/ | |
475 | http://fr.cpan.org/ | |
476 | ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/ | |
477 | ftp://ftp.oleane.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ | |
478 | ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/computing/CPAN/ | |
479 | http://mir2.ovh.net/ftp.cpan.org | |
480 | ftp://mir1.ovh.net/ftp.cpan.org | |
481 | http://ftp.u-strasbg.fr/CPAN | |
482 | ftp://ftp.u-strasbg.fr/CPAN | |
483 | http://cpan.cict.fr/ | |
484 | ftp://cpan.cict.fr/pub/CPAN/ | |
485 | ftp://ftp.uvsq.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/ | |
c165c82a | 486 | |
5df44211 | 487 | =item Germany |
c165c82a | 488 | |
5df44211 JH |
489 | ftp://ftp.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pub/CPAN/ |
490 | ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/ | |
491 | ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/source/CPAN/ | |
492 | ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/CPAN | |
493 | http://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/CPAN/ | |
494 | ftp://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/CPAN/ | |
495 | http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ | |
496 | ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ | |
497 | ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/pub/soft/lang/perl/CPAN/ | |
498 | ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/CPAN/ | |
499 | http://cpan.noris.de/ | |
500 | ftp://cpan.noris.de/pub/CPAN/ | |
501 | ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/perl/CPAN/ | |
502 | ftp://ftp.gmd.de/mirrors/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 503 | |
5df44211 | 504 | =item Greece |
4e860d0a | 505 | |
5df44211 JH |
506 | ftp://ftp.acn.gr/pub/lang/perl/CPAN |
507 | ftp://ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/languages/perl/CPAN | |
508 | ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/perl/ | |
4e860d0a | 509 | |
5df44211 | 510 | =item Hungary |
4e860d0a | 511 | |
5df44211 JH |
512 | http://cpan.artifact.hu/ |
513 | ftp://cpan.artifact.hu/CPAN/ | |
514 | http://ftp.kfki.hu/packages/perl/CPAN/ | |
515 | ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/packages/perl/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 516 | |
5df44211 | 517 | =item Iceland |
4e860d0a | 518 | |
5df44211 JH |
519 | http://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/ |
520 | ftp://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 521 | |
5df44211 | 522 | =item Ireland |
4e860d0a | 523 | |
5df44211 JH |
524 | http://cpan.indigo.ie/ |
525 | ftp://cpan.indigo.ie/pub/CPAN/ | |
526 | http://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/ | |
527 | ftp://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/ | |
4e860d0a | 528 | |
5df44211 | 529 | =item Italy |
4e860d0a | 530 | |
5df44211 JH |
531 | http://cpan.nettuno.it/ |
532 | http://gusp.dyndns.org/CPAN/ | |
533 | ftp://gusp.dyndns.org/pub/CPAN | |
534 | http://softcity.iol.it/cpan | |
535 | ftp://softcity.iol.it/pub/cpan | |
536 | ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/Other/CPAN/CPAN/ | |
537 | ftp://ftp.unipi.it/pub/mirror/perl/CPAN/ | |
538 | ftp://cis.uniRoma2.it/CPAN/ | |
539 | ftp://ftp.edisontel.it/pub/CPAN_Mirror/ | |
540 | ftp://ftp.flashnet.it/pub/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 541 | |
5df44211 | 542 | =item Latvia |
4e860d0a | 543 | |
5df44211 | 544 | http://kvin.lv/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 545 | |
5df44211 | 546 | =item Lithuania |
4e860d0a | 547 | |
5df44211 | 548 | ftp://ftp.unix.lt/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 549 | |
5df44211 | 550 | =item Netherlands |
4e860d0a | 551 | |
5df44211 JH |
552 | ftp://download.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/CPAN/ |
553 | ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/CPAN/ | |
554 | ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ | |
555 | http://cpan.cybercomm.nl/ | |
556 | ftp://mirror.cybercomm.nl/pub/CPAN | |
557 | ftp://ftp.cpan.nl/pub/CPAN/ | |
558 | http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/CPAN | |
559 | ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/CPAN | |
560 | http://archive.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/ | |
561 | ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 562 | |
5df44211 JH |
563 | =item Norway |
564 | ||
565 | ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/languages/perl/CPAN | |
566 | ftp://ftp.uit.no/pub/languages/perl/cpan/ | |
567 | ||
568 | =item Poland | |
569 | ||
570 | ftp://ftp.pk.edu.pl/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ | |
571 | ftp://ftp.mega.net.pl/pub/mirrors/ftp.perl.com/ | |
572 | ftp://ftp.man.torun.pl/pub/doc/CPAN/ | |
573 | ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/CPAN/ | |
574 | ||
575 | =item Portugal | |
576 | ||
577 | ftp://ftp.ua.pt/pub/CPAN/ | |
578 | ftp://perl.di.uminho.pt/pub/CPAN/ | |
579 | http://cpan.dei.uc.pt/ | |
580 | ftp://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/CPAN | |
581 | ftp://ftp.ist.utl.pt/pub/CPAN/ | |
582 | http://cpan.ip.pt/ | |
583 | ftp://cpan.ip.pt/pub/cpan/ | |
584 | ftp://ftp.netc.pt/pub/CPAN/ | |
585 | ftp://ftp.up.pt/pub/CPAN | |
4e860d0a | 586 | |
5df44211 | 587 | =item Romania |
4e860d0a | 588 | |
5df44211 JH |
589 | ftp://ftp.kappa.ro/pub/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/ |
590 | ftp://ftp.dntis.ro/pub/cpan/ | |
591 | ftp://ftp.dnttm.ro/pub/CPAN/ | |
592 | ftp://ftp.lasting.ro/pub/CPAN | |
593 | ftp://ftp.timisoara.roedu.net/mirrors/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 594 | |
5df44211 | 595 | =item Russia |
4e860d0a | 596 | |
5df44211 JH |
597 | ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ |
598 | http://cpan.rinet.ru/ | |
599 | ftp://cpan.rinet.ru/pub/mirror/CPAN/ | |
600 | ftp://ftp.aha.ru/pub/CPAN/ | |
601 | http://cpan.sai.msu.ru/ | |
602 | ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 603 | |
5df44211 | 604 | =item Slovakia |
4e860d0a | 605 | |
5df44211 JH |
606 | http://ftp.cvt.stuba.sk/pub/CPAN/ |
607 | ftp://ftp.cvt.stuba.sk/pub/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 608 | |
5df44211 | 609 | =item Slovenia |
4e860d0a | 610 | |
5df44211 | 611 | ftp://ftp.arnes.si/software/perl/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 612 | |
5df44211 | 613 | =item Spain |
4e860d0a | 614 | |
5df44211 JH |
615 | http://cpan.imasd.elmundo.es/ |
616 | ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/CPAN/ | |
617 | ftp://ftp.etse.urv.es/pub/perl/ | |
4e860d0a | 618 | |
5df44211 | 619 | =item Sweden |
4e860d0a | 620 | |
5df44211 JH |
621 | http://ftp.du.se/CPAN/ |
622 | ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/CPAN/ | |
623 | ftp://mirror.dataphone.se/pub/CPAN | |
624 | ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 625 | |
5df44211 | 626 | =item Switzerland |
4e860d0a | 627 | |
5df44211 JH |
628 | ftp://ftp.danyk.ch/CPAN/ |
629 | ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 630 | |
5df44211 | 631 | =item Turkey |
4e860d0a | 632 | |
5df44211 JH |
633 | http://ftp.ulak.net.tr/perl/CPAN/ |
634 | ftp://ftp.ulak.net.tr/perl/CPAN | |
635 | ftp://sunsite.bilkent.edu.tr/pub/languages/CPAN/ | |
c165c82a | 636 | |
5df44211 | 637 | =item Ukraine |
c165c82a | 638 | |
5df44211 JH |
639 | http://cpan.org.ua/ |
640 | ftp://cpan.org.ua/ | |
641 | ftp://ftp.perl.org.ua/pub/CPAN/ | |
c165c82a | 642 | |
5df44211 | 643 | =item United Kingdom |
d4858812 | 644 | |
5df44211 JH |
645 | http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN |
646 | ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ | |
647 | http://cpan.teleglobe.net/ | |
648 | ftp://cpan.teleglobe.net/pub/CPAN | |
649 | http://cpan.crazygreek.co.uk | |
650 | ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/CPAN/ | |
651 | http://cpan.m.flirble.org/ | |
652 | ftp://ftp.flirble.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ | |
653 | ftp://ftp.plig.org/pub/CPAN/ | |
654 | http://mirror.uklinux.net/CPAN/ | |
655 | ftp://mirror.uklinux.net/pub/CPAN/ | |
656 | http://cpan.mirrors.clockerz.net/ | |
657 | ftp://ftp.clockerz.net/pub/CPAN/ | |
658 | ftp://usit.shef.ac.uk/pub/packages/CPAN/ | |
d4858812 | 659 | |
4e860d0a JH |
660 | =back |
661 | ||
662 | =head2 North America | |
663 | ||
664 | =over 4 | |
665 | ||
5df44211 | 666 | =item Alberta |
4e860d0a | 667 | |
5df44211 JH |
668 | http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/CPAN/ |
669 | ftp://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 670 | |
5df44211 | 671 | =item Manitoba |
4e860d0a | 672 | |
5df44211 JH |
673 | http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/ |
674 | ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 675 | |
5df44211 | 676 | =item Nova Scotia |
4e860d0a | 677 | |
5df44211 | 678 | ftp://cpan.chebucto.ns.ca/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 679 | |
5df44211 | 680 | =item Ontario |
4e860d0a | 681 | |
5df44211 | 682 | ftp://ftp.crc.ca/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 683 | |
5df44211 | 684 | =item Quebec |
4e860d0a | 685 | |
5df44211 | 686 | http://cpan.mirror.smartworker.org/ |
c165c82a | 687 | |
5df44211 | 688 | =item Mexico |
c165c82a | 689 | |
5df44211 JH |
690 | http://cpan.azc.uam.mx |
691 | ftp://cpan.azc.uam.mx/mirrors/CPAN | |
692 | http://cpan.unam.mx/ | |
693 | ftp://cpan.unam.mx/pub/CPAN | |
694 | http://www.msg.com.mx/CPAN/ | |
695 | ftp://ftp.msg.com.mx/pub/CPAN/ | |
c165c82a JH |
696 | |
697 | =back | |
4e860d0a | 698 | |
5df44211 | 699 | =head2 United States |
d4858812 | 700 | |
5df44211 | 701 | =over 4 |
4e860d0a | 702 | |
5df44211 | 703 | =item Alabama |
4e860d0a | 704 | |
5df44211 JH |
705 | http://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/ |
706 | ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 707 | |
5df44211 | 708 | =item California |
4e860d0a | 709 | |
5df44211 JH |
710 | http://cpan.develooper.com/ |
711 | http://www.cpan.org/ | |
712 | ftp://cpan.valueclick.com/pub/CPAN/ | |
713 | http://mirrors.gossamer-threads.com/CPAN | |
714 | ftp://cpan.nas.nasa.gov/pub/perl/CPAN/ | |
715 | http://mirrors.kernel.org/cpan/ | |
716 | ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/pub/CPAN | |
717 | http://cpan.digisle.net/ | |
718 | ftp://cpan.digisle.net/pub/CPAN | |
719 | http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ | |
720 | http://download.sourceforge.net/mirrors/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 721 | |
5df44211 | 722 | =item Colorado |
4e860d0a | 723 | |
5df44211 | 724 | ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 725 | |
5df44211 | 726 | =item Delaware |
4e860d0a | 727 | |
5df44211 JH |
728 | http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/CPAN |
729 | ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/CPAN | |
4e860d0a | 730 | |
5df44211 | 731 | =item District of Columbia |
4e860d0a | 732 | |
5df44211 | 733 | ftp://ftp.dc.aleron.net/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 734 | |
5df44211 | 735 | =item Florida |
c165c82a | 736 | |
5df44211 JH |
737 | ftp://ftp.cise.ufl.edu/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ |
738 | http://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/ | |
739 | ftp://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/ | |
740 | http://cpan.mirrors.nks.net/ | |
c165c82a | 741 | |
5df44211 | 742 | =item Illinois |
4e860d0a | 743 | |
5df44211 JH |
744 | http://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/mirrors/ftp/cpan.cse.msu.edu/ |
745 | ftp://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/mirrors/ftp/cpan.cse.msu.edu/ | |
4e860d0a | 746 | |
5df44211 | 747 | =item Indiana |
4e860d0a | 748 | |
5df44211 JH |
749 | ftp://ftp.uwsg.iu.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ |
750 | http://cpan.netnitco.net/ | |
751 | ftp://cpan.netnitco.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ | |
752 | http://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/ | |
753 | ftp://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/ | |
754 | ftp://cpan.in-span.net/ | |
755 | http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN | |
756 | ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN | |
4e860d0a | 757 | |
5df44211 | 758 | =item Kentucky |
4e860d0a | 759 | |
5df44211 JH |
760 | http://cpan.uky.edu/ |
761 | ftp://cpan.uky.edu/pub/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 762 | |
5df44211 | 763 | =item Massachusetts |
4e860d0a | 764 | |
5df44211 JH |
765 | ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu/net/mirrors/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ |
766 | http://cpan.mirrors.netnumina.com/ | |
767 | ftp://mirrors.netnumina.com/cpan/ | |
4e860d0a | 768 | |
5df44211 | 769 | =item Michigan |
4e860d0a | 770 | |
5df44211 | 771 | ftp://cpan.cse.msu.edu/ |
4e860d0a | 772 | |
5df44211 | 773 | =item New Jersey |
4e860d0a | 774 | |
5df44211 JH |
775 | ftp://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/ |
776 | http://cpan.teleglobe.net/ | |
777 | ftp://cpan.teleglobe.net/pub/CPAN | |
4e860d0a | 778 | |
5df44211 | 779 | =item New York |
4e860d0a | 780 | |
5df44211 JH |
781 | ftp://ftp.exobit.org/pub/perl/CPAN |
782 | http://cpan.belfry.net/ | |
783 | http://cpan.thepirtgroup.com/ | |
784 | ftp://cpan.thepirtgroup.com/ | |
785 | ftp://ftp.stealth.net/pub/CPAN/ | |
786 | http://www.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/ | |
787 | ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/ | |
788 | ftp://mirrors.cloud9.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 789 | |
5df44211 | 790 | =item North Carolina |
4e860d0a | 791 | |
5df44211 | 792 | ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/perl/ |
4e860d0a | 793 | |
5df44211 | 794 | =item Ohio |
4e860d0a | 795 | |
5df44211 | 796 | ftp://ftp.loaded.net/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 797 | |
5df44211 | 798 | =item Oklahoma |
4e860d0a | 799 | |
5df44211 | 800 | ftp://ftp.ou.edu/mirrors/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 801 | |
5df44211 | 802 | =item Oregon |
4e860d0a | 803 | |
5df44211 | 804 | ftp://ftp.orst.edu/pub/CPAN |
4e860d0a | 805 | |
5df44211 | 806 | =item Pennsylvania |
4e860d0a | 807 | |
5df44211 JH |
808 | http://ftp.epix.net/CPAN/ |
809 | ftp://ftp.epix.net/pub/languages/perl/ | |
810 | http://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/ | |
811 | ftp://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/ | |
812 | http://cpan.pair.com/ | |
813 | ftp://cpan.pair.com/pub/CPAN/ | |
814 | ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 815 | |
5df44211 | 816 | =item Tennessee |
4e860d0a | 817 | |
5df44211 | 818 | ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 819 | |
5df44211 | 820 | =item Texas |
4e860d0a | 821 | |
5df44211 JH |
822 | http://ftp.sedl.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ |
823 | ftp://mirror.telentente.com/pub/CPAN | |
4e860d0a | 824 | |
5df44211 | 825 | =item Utah |
4e860d0a | 826 | |
5df44211 | 827 | ftp://mirror.xmission.com/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 828 | |
5df44211 | 829 | =item Virginia |
4e860d0a | 830 | |
5df44211 JH |
831 | http://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/ |
832 | ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/ | |
833 | http://perl.secsup.org/ | |
834 | ftp://perl.secsup.org/pub/perl/ | |
835 | http://mirrors.phihost.com/CPAN/ | |
836 | ftp://mirrors.phihost.com/CPAN/ | |
837 | ftp://ruff.cs.jmu.edu/pub/CPAN/ | |
838 | http://perl.Liquidation.com/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 839 | |
5df44211 | 840 | =item ashington |
4e860d0a | 841 | |
5df44211 JH |
842 | http://cpan.llarian.net/ |
843 | ftp://cpan.llarian.net/pub/CPAN/ | |
844 | http://cpan.mirrorcentral.com/ | |
845 | ftp://ftp.mirrorcentral.com/pub/CPAN/ | |
846 | ftp://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/CPAN/ | |
d4858812 | 847 | |
5df44211 | 848 | =item Wisconsin |
d4858812 | 849 | |
5df44211 JH |
850 | http://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/ |
851 | ftp://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a JH |
852 | |
853 | =back | |
854 | ||
855 | =head2 Oceania | |
856 | ||
857 | =over 4 | |
858 | ||
5df44211 | 859 | =item Australia |
4e860d0a | 860 | |
5df44211 JH |
861 | http://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/ |
862 | ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/ | |
863 | ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/perl/CPAN/ | |
864 | ftp://cpan.topend.com.au/pub/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 865 | |
5df44211 | 866 | =item New Zealand |
d4858812 | 867 | |
5df44211 JH |
868 | ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/ |
869 | http://cpan.soa.co.nz/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a JH |
870 | |
871 | =back | |
872 | ||
873 | =head2 South America | |
874 | ||
875 | =over 4 | |
876 | ||
5df44211 | 877 | =item Argentina |
4e860d0a | 878 | |
5df44211 JH |
879 | ftp://mirrors.bannerlandia.com.ar/mirrors/CPAN/ |
880 | http://ftp.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar/pub/CPAN/ | |
881 | ftp://ftp.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar/pub/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 882 | |
5df44211 | 883 | =item Brazil |
4e860d0a | 884 | |
5df44211 JH |
885 | ftp://cpan.pop-mg.com.br/pub/CPAN/ |
886 | ftp://ftp.matrix.com.br/pub/perl/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 887 | |
5df44211 | 888 | =item Chile |
4e860d0a | 889 | |
5df44211 JH |
890 | http://cpan.netglobalis.net/ |
891 | ftp://cpan.netglobalis.net/pub/CPAN/ | |
2e1d04bc JH |
892 | |
893 | =back | |
894 | ||
5df44211 JH |
895 | =head2 RSYNC Mirrors |
896 | ||
897 | ftp.fcaglp.unlp.edu.ar::CPAN | |
898 | cpan.mirror.smartworker.org::CPAN | |
899 | theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca::CPAN | |
900 | ftp.shellhung.org::CPAN | |
901 | ftp.funet.fi::CPAN | |
902 | ftp.u-paris10.fr::CPAN | |
903 | mir1.ovh.net::CPAN | |
904 | ftp.gwdg.de::FTP/languages/perl/CPAN/ | |
905 | ftp.leo.org::CPAN | |
906 | CPAN.piksi.itb.ac.id::CPAN | |
907 | ftp.cbn.net.id::CPAN | |
908 | ftp.iglu.org.il::CPAN | |
909 | gusp.dyndns.org::cpan | |
910 | ftp.kddlabs.co.jp::cpan | |
911 | ftp.ayamura.org::pub/CPAN/ | |
912 | mirror.averse.net::cpan | |
913 | cpan.teleglobe.net::CPAN | |
914 | ftp.sedl.org::cpan | |
915 | archive.progeny.com::CPAN | |
916 | cpan.teleglobe.net::CPAN | |
917 | ftp.lug.udel.edu::cpan | |
918 | mirrors.kernel.org::mirrors/CPAN | |
919 | mirrors.phenominet.com::CPAN | |
920 | mirror.csit.fsu.edu::CPAN | |
921 | csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu::CPAN | |
922 | ||
2e1d04bc | 923 | For an up-to-date listing of CPAN sites, |
4e860d0a | 924 | see http://www.cpan.org/SITES or ftp://www.cpan.org/SITES . |
2e1d04bc JH |
925 | |
926 | =head1 Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse | |
927 | ||
928 | (The following section is borrowed directly from Tim Bunce's modules | |
929 | file, available at your nearest CPAN site.) | |
930 | ||
931 | Perl implements a class using a package, but the presence of a | |
932 | package doesn't imply the presence of a class. A package is just a | |
933 | namespace. A class is a package that provides subroutines that can be | |
934 | used as methods. A method is just a subroutine that expects, as its | |
935 | first argument, either the name of a package (for "static" methods), | |
936 | or a reference to something (for "virtual" methods). | |
937 | ||
938 | A module is a file that (by convention) provides a class of the same | |
939 | name (sans the .pm), plus an import method in that class that can be | |
940 | called to fetch exported symbols. This module may implement some of | |
941 | its methods by loading dynamic C or C++ objects, but that should be | |
942 | totally transparent to the user of the module. Likewise, the module | |
943 | might set up an AUTOLOAD function to slurp in subroutine definitions on | |
944 | demand, but this is also transparent. Only the F<.pm> file is required to | |
945 | exist. See L<perlsub>, L<perltoot>, and L<AutoLoader> for details about | |
946 | the AUTOLOAD mechanism. | |
947 | ||
948 | =head2 Guidelines for Module Creation | |
949 | ||
950 | =over 4 | |
951 | ||
ac634a9a JH |
952 | =item * |
953 | ||
954 | Do similar modules already exist in some form? | |
2e1d04bc JH |
955 | |
956 | If so, please try to reuse the existing modules either in whole or | |
957 | by inheriting useful features into a new class. If this is not | |
958 | practical try to get together with the module authors to work on | |
959 | extending or enhancing the functionality of the existing modules. | |
960 | A perfect example is the plethora of packages in perl4 for dealing | |
961 | with command line options. | |
962 | ||
963 | If you are writing a module to expand an already existing set of | |
964 | modules, please coordinate with the author of the package. It | |
965 | helps if you follow the same naming scheme and module interaction | |
966 | scheme as the original author. | |
967 | ||
ac634a9a JH |
968 | =item * |
969 | ||
970 | Try to design the new module to be easy to extend and reuse. | |
2e1d04bc JH |
971 | |
972 | Try to C<use warnings;> (or C<use warnings qw(...);>). | |
973 | Remember that you can add C<no warnings qw(...);> to individual blocks | |
974 | of code that need less warnings. | |
975 | ||
976 | Use blessed references. Use the two argument form of bless to bless | |
977 | into the class name given as the first parameter of the constructor, | |
978 | e.g.,: | |
979 | ||
980 | sub new { | |
981 | my $class = shift; | |
982 | return bless {}, $class; | |
983 | } | |
984 | ||
985 | or even this if you'd like it to be used as either a static | |
986 | or a virtual method. | |
987 | ||
988 | sub new { | |
989 | my $self = shift; | |
990 | my $class = ref($self) || $self; | |
991 | return bless {}, $class; | |
992 | } | |
993 | ||
994 | Pass arrays as references so more parameters can be added later | |
995 | (it's also faster). Convert functions into methods where | |
996 | appropriate. Split large methods into smaller more flexible ones. | |
997 | Inherit methods from other modules if appropriate. | |
998 | ||
999 | Avoid class name tests like: C<die "Invalid" unless ref $ref eq 'FOO'>. | |
1000 | Generally you can delete the C<eq 'FOO'> part with no harm at all. | |
1001 | Let the objects look after themselves! Generally, avoid hard-wired | |
1002 | class names as far as possible. | |
1003 | ||
1004 | Avoid C<< $r->Class::func() >> where using C<@ISA=qw(... Class ...)> and | |
1005 | C<< $r->func() >> would work (see L<perlbot> for more details). | |
1006 | ||
1007 | Use autosplit so little used or newly added functions won't be a | |
1008 | burden to programs that don't use them. Add test functions to | |
1009 | the module after __END__ either using AutoSplit or by saying: | |
1010 | ||
1011 | eval join('',<main::DATA>) || die $@ unless caller(); | |
1012 | ||
1013 | Does your module pass the 'empty subclass' test? If you say | |
1014 | C<@SUBCLASS::ISA = qw(YOURCLASS);> your applications should be able | |
1015 | to use SUBCLASS in exactly the same way as YOURCLASS. For example, | |
1016 | does your application still work if you change: C<$obj = new YOURCLASS;> | |
1017 | into: C<$obj = new SUBCLASS;> ? | |
1018 | ||
1019 | Avoid keeping any state information in your packages. It makes it | |
1020 | difficult for multiple other packages to use yours. Keep state | |
1021 | information in objects. | |
1022 | ||
1023 | Always use B<-w>. | |
1024 | ||
1025 | Try to C<use strict;> (or C<use strict qw(...);>). | |
1026 | Remember that you can add C<no strict qw(...);> to individual blocks | |
1027 | of code that need less strictness. | |
1028 | ||
1029 | Always use B<-w>. | |
1030 | ||
1031 | Follow the guidelines in the perlstyle(1) manual. | |
1032 | ||
1033 | Always use B<-w>. | |
1034 | ||
ac634a9a JH |
1035 | =item * |
1036 | ||
1037 | Some simple style guidelines | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1038 | |
1039 | The perlstyle manual supplied with Perl has many helpful points. | |
1040 | ||
1041 | Coding style is a matter of personal taste. Many people evolve their | |
1042 | style over several years as they learn what helps them write and | |
1043 | maintain good code. Here's one set of assorted suggestions that | |
1044 | seem to be widely used by experienced developers: | |
1045 | ||
1046 | Use underscores to separate words. It is generally easier to read | |
1047 | $var_names_like_this than $VarNamesLikeThis, especially for | |
1048 | non-native speakers of English. It's also a simple rule that works | |
1049 | consistently with VAR_NAMES_LIKE_THIS. | |
1050 | ||
1051 | Package/Module names are an exception to this rule. Perl informally | |
1052 | reserves lowercase module names for 'pragma' modules like integer | |
1053 | and strict. Other modules normally begin with a capital letter and | |
1054 | use mixed case with no underscores (need to be short and portable). | |
1055 | ||
1056 | You may find it helpful to use letter case to indicate the scope | |
1057 | or nature of a variable. For example: | |
1058 | ||
1059 | $ALL_CAPS_HERE constants only (beware clashes with Perl vars) | |
1060 | $Some_Caps_Here package-wide global/static | |
1061 | $no_caps_here function scope my() or local() variables | |
1062 | ||
1063 | Function and method names seem to work best as all lowercase. | |
1064 | e.g., C<< $obj->as_string() >>. | |
1065 | ||
1066 | You can use a leading underscore to indicate that a variable or | |
1067 | function should not be used outside the package that defined it. | |
1068 | ||
ac634a9a JH |
1069 | =item * |
1070 | ||
1071 | Select what to export. | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1072 | |
1073 | Do NOT export method names! | |
1074 | ||
1075 | Do NOT export anything else by default without a good reason! | |
1076 | ||
1077 | Exports pollute the namespace of the module user. If you must | |
1078 | export try to use @EXPORT_OK in preference to @EXPORT and avoid | |
1079 | short or common names to reduce the risk of name clashes. | |
1080 | ||
1081 | Generally anything not exported is still accessible from outside the | |
1082 | module using the ModuleName::item_name (or C<< $blessed_ref->method >>) | |
1083 | syntax. By convention you can use a leading underscore on names to | |
1084 | indicate informally that they are 'internal' and not for public use. | |
1085 | ||
1086 | (It is actually possible to get private functions by saying: | |
1087 | C<my $subref = sub { ... }; &$subref;>. But there's no way to call that | |
1088 | directly as a method, because a method must have a name in the symbol | |
1089 | table.) | |
1090 | ||
1091 | As a general rule, if the module is trying to be object oriented | |
1092 | then export nothing. If it's just a collection of functions then | |
1093 | @EXPORT_OK anything but use @EXPORT with caution. | |
1094 | ||
ac634a9a JH |
1095 | =item * |
1096 | ||
1097 | Select a name for the module. | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1098 | |
1099 | This name should be as descriptive, accurate, and complete as | |
1100 | possible. Avoid any risk of ambiguity. Always try to use two or | |
1101 | more whole words. Generally the name should reflect what is special | |
1102 | about what the module does rather than how it does it. Please use | |
1103 | nested module names to group informally or categorize a module. | |
1104 | There should be a very good reason for a module not to have a nested name. | |
1105 | Module names should begin with a capital letter. | |
1106 | ||
1107 | Having 57 modules all called Sort will not make life easy for anyone | |
1108 | (though having 23 called Sort::Quick is only marginally better :-). | |
1109 | Imagine someone trying to install your module alongside many others. | |
1110 | If in any doubt ask for suggestions in comp.lang.perl.misc. | |
1111 | ||
1112 | If you are developing a suite of related modules/classes it's good | |
1113 | practice to use nested classes with a common prefix as this will | |
1114 | avoid namespace clashes. For example: Xyz::Control, Xyz::View, | |
1115 | Xyz::Model etc. Use the modules in this list as a naming guide. | |
1116 | ||
1117 | If adding a new module to a set, follow the original author's | |
1118 | standards for naming modules and the interface to methods in | |
1119 | those modules. | |
1120 | ||
4844a3be SP |
1121 | If developing modules for private internal or project specific use, |
1122 | that will never be released to the public, then you should ensure | |
1123 | that their names will not clash with any future public module. You | |
1124 | can do this either by using the reserved Local::* category or by | |
1125 | using a category name that includes an underscore like Foo_Corp::*. | |
1126 | ||
2e1d04bc JH |
1127 | To be portable each component of a module name should be limited to |
1128 | 11 characters. If it might be used on MS-DOS then try to ensure each is | |
1129 | unique in the first 8 characters. Nested modules make this easier. | |
1130 | ||
ac634a9a JH |
1131 | =item * |
1132 | ||
1133 | Have you got it right? | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1134 | |
1135 | How do you know that you've made the right decisions? Have you | |
1136 | picked an interface design that will cause problems later? Have | |
1137 | you picked the most appropriate name? Do you have any questions? | |
1138 | ||
1139 | The best way to know for sure, and pick up many helpful suggestions, | |
1140 | is to ask someone who knows. Comp.lang.perl.misc is read by just about | |
1141 | all the people who develop modules and it's the best place to ask. | |
1142 | ||
1143 | All you need to do is post a short summary of the module, its | |
1144 | purpose and interfaces. A few lines on each of the main methods is | |
1145 | probably enough. (If you post the whole module it might be ignored | |
1146 | by busy people - generally the very people you want to read it!) | |
1147 | ||
1148 | Don't worry about posting if you can't say when the module will be | |
1149 | ready - just say so in the message. It might be worth inviting | |
1150 | others to help you, they may be able to complete it for you! | |
1151 | ||
ac634a9a JH |
1152 | =item * |
1153 | ||
1154 | README and other Additional Files. | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1155 | |
1156 | It's well known that software developers usually fully document the | |
1157 | software they write. If, however, the world is in urgent need of | |
1158 | your software and there is not enough time to write the full | |
1159 | documentation please at least provide a README file containing: | |
1160 | ||
1161 | =over 10 | |
1162 | ||
1163 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 1164 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1165 | A description of the module/package/extension etc. |
1166 | ||
1167 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 1168 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1169 | A copyright notice - see below. |
1170 | ||
1171 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 1172 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1173 | Prerequisites - what else you may need to have. |
1174 | ||
1175 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 1176 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1177 | How to build it - possible changes to Makefile.PL etc. |
1178 | ||
1179 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 1180 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1181 | How to install it. |
1182 | ||
1183 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 1184 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1185 | Recent changes in this release, especially incompatibilities |
1186 | ||
1187 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 1188 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1189 | Changes / enhancements you plan to make in the future. |
1190 | ||
1191 | =back | |
1192 | ||
1193 | If the README file seems to be getting too large you may wish to | |
1194 | split out some of the sections into separate files: INSTALL, | |
1195 | Copying, ToDo etc. | |
1196 | ||
1197 | =over 4 | |
1198 | ||
c165c82a | 1199 | =item * |
2e1d04bc | 1200 | |
c165c82a | 1201 | Adding a Copyright Notice. |
ac634a9a | 1202 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1203 | How you choose to license your work is a personal decision. |
1204 | The general mechanism is to assert your Copyright and then make | |
1205 | a declaration of how others may copy/use/modify your work. | |
1206 | ||
1207 | Perl, for example, is supplied with two types of licence: The GNU | |
1208 | GPL and The Artistic Licence (see the files README, Copying, and | |
1209 | Artistic). Larry has good reasons for NOT just using the GNU GPL. | |
1210 | ||
1211 | My personal recommendation, out of respect for Larry, Perl, and the | |
1212 | Perl community at large is to state something simply like: | |
1213 | ||
1214 | Copyright (c) 1995 Your Name. All rights reserved. | |
1215 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or | |
1216 | modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. | |
1217 | ||
1218 | This statement should at least appear in the README file. You may | |
1219 | also wish to include it in a Copying file and your source files. | |
1220 | Remember to include the other words in addition to the Copyright. | |
1221 | ||
ac634a9a JH |
1222 | =item * |
1223 | ||
1224 | Give the module a version/issue/release number. | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1225 | |
1226 | To be fully compatible with the Exporter and MakeMaker modules you | |
1227 | should store your module's version number in a non-my package | |
1228 | variable called $VERSION. This should be a floating point | |
1229 | number with at least two digits after the decimal (i.e., hundredths, | |
1230 | e.g, C<$VERSION = "0.01">). Don't use a "1.3.2" style version. | |
1231 | See L<Exporter> for details. | |
1232 | ||
1233 | It may be handy to add a function or method to retrieve the number. | |
1234 | Use the number in announcements and archive file names when | |
1235 | releasing the module (ModuleName-1.02.tar.Z). | |
1236 | See perldoc ExtUtils::MakeMaker.pm for details. | |
1237 | ||
ac634a9a JH |
1238 | =item * |
1239 | ||
1240 | How to release and distribute a module. | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1241 | |
1242 | It's good idea to post an announcement of the availability of your | |
1243 | module (or the module itself if small) to the comp.lang.perl.announce | |
1244 | Usenet newsgroup. This will at least ensure very wide once-off | |
1245 | distribution. | |
1246 | ||
1247 | If possible, register the module with CPAN. You should | |
1248 | include details of its location in your announcement. | |
1249 | ||
1250 | Some notes about ftp archives: Please use a long descriptive file | |
1251 | name that includes the version number. Most incoming directories | |
1252 | will not be readable/listable, i.e., you won't be able to see your | |
1253 | file after uploading it. Remember to send your email notification | |
1254 | message as soon as possible after uploading else your file may get | |
1255 | deleted automatically. Allow time for the file to be processed | |
1256 | and/or check the file has been processed before announcing its | |
1257 | location. | |
1258 | ||
1259 | FTP Archives for Perl Modules: | |
1260 | ||
1261 | Follow the instructions and links on: | |
1262 | ||
4e860d0a JH |
1263 | http://www.cpan.org/modules/00modlist.long.html |
1264 | http://www.cpan.org/modules/04pause.html | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1265 | |
1266 | or upload to one of these sites: | |
1267 | ||
1268 | https://pause.kbx.de/pause/ | |
1269 | http://pause.perl.org/pause/ | |
1270 | ||
1271 | and notify <modules@perl.org>. | |
1272 | ||
1273 | By using the WWW interface you can ask the Upload Server to mirror | |
1274 | your modules from your ftp or WWW site into your own directory on | |
1275 | CPAN! | |
1276 | ||
1277 | Please remember to send me an updated entry for the Module list! | |
1278 | ||
ac634a9a JH |
1279 | =item * |
1280 | ||
1281 | Take care when changing a released module. | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1282 | |
1283 | Always strive to remain compatible with previous released versions. | |
1284 | Otherwise try to add a mechanism to revert to the | |
1285 | old behavior if people rely on it. Document incompatible changes. | |
1286 | ||
1287 | =back | |
1288 | ||
1289 | =back | |
1290 | ||
1291 | =head2 Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules | |
1292 | ||
1293 | =over 4 | |
1294 | ||
ac634a9a JH |
1295 | =item * |
1296 | ||
1297 | There is no requirement to convert anything. | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1298 | |
1299 | If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Perl 4 library scripts should | |
1300 | continue to work with no problems. You may need to make some minor | |
1301 | changes (like escaping non-array @'s in double quoted strings) but | |
1302 | there is no need to convert a .pl file into a Module for just that. | |
1303 | ||
ac634a9a JH |
1304 | =item * |
1305 | ||
1306 | Consider the implications. | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1307 | |
1308 | All Perl applications that make use of the script will need to | |
1309 | be changed (slightly) if the script is converted into a module. Is | |
1310 | it worth it unless you plan to make other changes at the same time? | |
1311 | ||
ac634a9a JH |
1312 | =item * |
1313 | ||
1314 | Make the most of the opportunity. | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1315 | |
1316 | If you are going to convert the script to a module you can use the | |
1317 | opportunity to redesign the interface. The guidelines for module | |
1318 | creation above include many of the issues you should consider. | |
1319 | ||
ac634a9a JH |
1320 | =item * |
1321 | ||
1322 | The pl2pm utility will get you started. | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1323 | |
1324 | This utility will read *.pl files (given as parameters) and write | |
1325 | corresponding *.pm files. The pl2pm utilities does the following: | |
1326 | ||
1327 | =over 10 | |
1328 | ||
1329 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 1330 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1331 | Adds the standard Module prologue lines |
1332 | ||
1333 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 1334 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1335 | Converts package specifiers from ' to :: |
1336 | ||
1337 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 1338 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1339 | Converts die(...) to croak(...) |
1340 | ||
1341 | =item * | |
ac634a9a | 1342 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1343 | Several other minor changes |
1344 | ||
1345 | =back | |
1346 | ||
1347 | Being a mechanical process pl2pm is not bullet proof. The converted | |
1348 | code will need careful checking, especially any package statements. | |
1349 | Don't delete the original .pl file till the new .pm one works! | |
1350 | ||
1351 | =back | |
1352 | ||
1353 | =head2 Guidelines for Reusing Application Code | |
1354 | ||
1355 | =over 4 | |
1356 | ||
ac634a9a JH |
1357 | =item * |
1358 | ||
1359 | Complete applications rarely belong in the Perl Module Library. | |
1360 | ||
1361 | =item * | |
2e1d04bc | 1362 | |
ac634a9a | 1363 | Many applications contain some Perl code that could be reused. |
2e1d04bc JH |
1364 | |
1365 | Help save the world! Share your code in a form that makes it easy | |
1366 | to reuse. | |
1367 | ||
ac634a9a JH |
1368 | =item * |
1369 | ||
1370 | Break-out the reusable code into one or more separate module files. | |
1371 | ||
1372 | =item * | |
1373 | ||
1374 | Take the opportunity to reconsider and redesign the interfaces. | |
2e1d04bc | 1375 | |
ac634a9a | 1376 | =item * |
2e1d04bc | 1377 | |
ac634a9a | 1378 | In some cases the 'application' can then be reduced to a small |
2e1d04bc JH |
1379 | |
1380 | fragment of code built on top of the reusable modules. In these cases | |
1381 | the application could invoked as: | |
1382 | ||
1383 | % perl -e 'use Module::Name; method(@ARGV)' ... | |
1384 | or | |
1385 | % perl -mModule::Name ... (in perl5.002 or higher) | |
1386 | ||
1387 | =back | |
1388 | ||
1389 | =head1 NOTE | |
1390 | ||
1391 | Perl does not enforce private and public parts of its modules as you may | |
1392 | have been used to in other languages like C++, Ada, or Modula-17. Perl | |
1393 | doesn't have an infatuation with enforced privacy. It would prefer | |
1394 | that you stayed out of its living room because you weren't invited, not | |
1395 | because it has a shotgun. | |
1396 | ||
1397 | The module and its user have a contract, part of which is common law, | |
1398 | and part of which is "written". Part of the common law contract is | |
1399 | that a module doesn't pollute any namespace it wasn't asked to. The | |
1400 | written contract for the module (A.K.A. documentation) may make other | |
1401 | provisions. But then you know when you C<use RedefineTheWorld> that | |
1402 | you're redefining the world and willing to take the consequences. | |
1403 | EOF | |
1404 | ||
1405 | close MANIFEST or warn "$0: failed to close MANIFEST (../MANIFEST): $!"; | |
1406 | close OUT or warn "$0: failed to close OUT (perlmodlib.tmp): $!"; | |
1407 |