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1 | =for maintainers |
2 | Generated by perlmodlib.PL -- DO NOT EDIT! | |
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4 | =head1 NAME |
5 | ||
6 | perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones | |
7 | ||
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8 | =head1 THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY |
9 | ||
7ef5744c | 10 | Many modules are included in the Perl distribution. These are described |
19799a22 | 11 | below, and all end in F<.pm>. You may discover compiled library |
7ef5744c | 12 | files (usually ending in F<.so>) or small pieces of modules to be |
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13 | autoloaded (ending in F<.al>); these were automatically generated |
14 | by the installation process. You may also discover files in the | |
15 | library directory that end in either F<.pl> or F<.ph>. These are | |
16 | old libraries supplied so that old programs that use them still | |
17 | run. The F<.pl> files will all eventually be converted into standard | |
18 | modules, and the F<.ph> files made by B<h2ph> will probably end up | |
19 | as extension modules made by B<h2xs>. (Some F<.ph> values may | |
20 | already be available through the POSIX, Errno, or Fcntl modules.) | |
21 | The B<pl2pm> file in the distribution may help in your conversion, | |
22 | but it's just a mechanical process and therefore far from bulletproof. | |
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23 | |
24 | =head2 Pragmatic Modules | |
25 | ||
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26 | They work somewhat like compiler directives (pragmata) in that they |
27 | tend to affect the compilation of your program, and thus will usually | |
28 | work well only when used within a C<use>, or C<no>. Most of these | |
29 | are lexically scoped, so an inner BLOCK may countermand them | |
30 | by saying: | |
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31 | |
32 | no integer; | |
33 | no strict 'refs'; | |
4438c4b7 | 34 | no warnings; |
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35 | |
36 | which lasts until the end of that BLOCK. | |
37 | ||
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38 | Some pragmas are lexically scoped--typically those that affect the |
39 | C<$^H> hints variable. Others affect the current package instead, | |
77ca0c92 | 40 | like C<use vars> and C<use subs>, which allow you to predeclare a |
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41 | variables or subroutines within a particular I<file> rather than |
42 | just a block. Such declarations are effective for the entire file | |
43 | for which they were declared. You cannot rescind them with C<no | |
44 | vars> or C<no subs>. | |
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45 | |
46 | The following pragmas are defined (and have their own documentation). | |
47 | ||
48 | =over 12 | |
49 | ||
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50 | =item assertions |
51 | ||
5c5c2539 | 52 | Select assertions in blocks of code |
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53 | |
54 | =item assertions::activate | |
55 | ||
5c5c2539 | 56 | Activate assertions |
a4373870 | 57 | |
97a1d740 YST |
58 | =item assertions::compat |
59 | ||
60 | Assertions for pre-5.9 versions of perl | |
61 | ||
09bef843 SB |
62 | =item attributes |
63 | ||
9e107c59 | 64 | Get/set subroutine or variable attributes |
09bef843 | 65 | |
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66 | =item attrs |
67 | ||
68 | Set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated) | |
69 | ||
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70 | =item autouse |
71 | ||
9e107c59 | 72 | Postpone load of modules until a function is used |
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73 | |
74 | =item base | |
75 | ||
f99d9048 | 76 | Establish IS-A relationship with base classes at compile time |
f102b883 | 77 | |
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78 | =item bigint |
79 | ||
7ef5744c | 80 | Transparent BigInteger support for Perl |
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81 | |
82 | =item bignum | |
83 | ||
84 | Transparent BigNumber support for Perl | |
85 | ||
86 | =item bigrat | |
87 | ||
82eec310 | 88 | Transparent BigNumber/BigRational support for Perl |
fa1c7b03 | 89 | |
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90 | =item blib |
91 | ||
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92 | Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package |
93 | ||
2e1d04bc | 94 | =item bytes |
9e107c59 | 95 | |
2e1d04bc | 96 | Force byte semantics rather than character semantics |
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97 | |
98 | =item charnames | |
99 | ||
ec90690f | 100 | Define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal escapes |
9e107c59 | 101 | |
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102 | =item constant |
103 | ||
9e107c59 | 104 | Declare constants |
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105 | |
106 | =item diagnostics | |
107 | ||
f262848d | 108 | Produce verbose warning diagnostics |
19799a22 | 109 | |
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110 | =item encoding |
111 | ||
ec90690f | 112 | Allows you to write your script in non-ascii or non-utf8 |
1bb908c3 | 113 | |
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114 | =item encoding::warnings |
115 | ||
116 | Warn on implicit encoding conversions | |
117 | ||
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118 | =item fields |
119 | ||
2e1d04bc | 120 | Compile-time class fields |
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121 | |
122 | =item filetest | |
123 | ||
2e1d04bc | 124 | Control the filetest permission operators |
f102b883 | 125 | |
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126 | =item if |
127 | ||
128 | C<use> a Perl module if a condition holds | |
129 | ||
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130 | =item integer |
131 | ||
4e860d0a | 132 | Use integer arithmetic instead of floating point |
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133 | |
134 | =item less | |
135 | ||
2e1d04bc | 136 | Request less of something from the compiler |
f102b883 | 137 | |
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138 | =item lib |
139 | ||
140 | Manipulate @INC at compile time | |
141 | ||
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142 | =item locale |
143 | ||
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144 | Use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations |
145 | ||
146 | =item open | |
147 | ||
cb9c8b59 | 148 | Set default PerlIO layers for input and output |
f102b883 | 149 | |
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150 | =item ops |
151 | ||
152 | Restrict unsafe operations when compiling | |
153 | ||
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154 | =item overload |
155 | ||
2e1d04bc | 156 | Package for overloading perl operations |
f102b883 | 157 | |
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158 | =item re |
159 | ||
160 | Alter regular expression behaviour | |
161 | ||
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162 | =item sigtrap |
163 | ||
9e107c59 | 164 | Enable simple signal handling |
f102b883 | 165 | |
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166 | =item sort |
167 | ||
168 | Control sort() behaviour | |
169 | ||
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170 | =item strict |
171 | ||
9e107c59 | 172 | Restrict unsafe constructs |
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173 | |
174 | =item subs | |
175 | ||
2e1d04bc | 176 | Predeclare sub names |
f102b883 | 177 | |
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178 | =item threads |
179 | ||
180 | Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads from perl | |
181 | ||
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182 | =item threads::shared |
183 | ||
184 | Perl extension for sharing data structures between threads | |
185 | ||
19799a22 | 186 | =item utf8 |
f102b883 | 187 | |
1fa7ca25 | 188 | Enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source code |
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189 | |
190 | =item vars | |
191 | ||
2e1d04bc | 192 | Predeclare global variable names (obsolete) |
f102b883 | 193 | |
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194 | =item version |
195 | ||
196 | Perl extension for Version Objects | |
197 | ||
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198 | =item vmsish |
199 | ||
200 | Control VMS-specific language features | |
201 | ||
4438c4b7 | 202 | =item warnings |
0453d815 | 203 | |
9e107c59 | 204 | Control optional warnings |
19799a22 | 205 | |
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206 | =item warnings::register |
207 | ||
208 | Warnings import function | |
209 | ||
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210 | =back |
211 | ||
212 | =head2 Standard Modules | |
213 | ||
214 | Standard, bundled modules are all expected to behave in a well-defined | |
215 | manner with respect to namespace pollution because they use the | |
216 | Exporter module. See their own documentation for details. | |
217 | ||
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218 | It's possible that not all modules listed below are installed on your |
219 | system. For example, the GDBM_File module will not be installed if you | |
220 | don't have the gdbm library. | |
221 | ||
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222 | =over 12 |
223 | ||
224 | =item AnyDBM_File | |
225 | ||
2e1d04bc | 226 | Provide framework for multiple DBMs |
f102b883 | 227 | |
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228 | =item Archive::Tar |
229 | ||
230 | Module for manipulations of tar archives | |
231 | ||
232 | =item Archive::Tar::File | |
233 | ||
234 | A subclass for in-memory extracted file from Archive::Tar | |
235 | ||
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236 | =item Attribute::Handlers |
237 | ||
238 | Simpler definition of attribute handlers | |
239 | ||
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240 | =item AutoLoader |
241 | ||
9e107c59 | 242 | Load subroutines only on demand |
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243 | |
244 | =item AutoSplit | |
245 | ||
9e107c59 | 246 | Split a package for autoloading |
f102b883 | 247 | |
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248 | =item B |
249 | ||
250 | The Perl Compiler | |
251 | ||
252 | =item B::Asmdata | |
253 | ||
254 | Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate bytecode | |
255 | ||
256 | =item B::Assembler | |
257 | ||
258 | Assemble Perl bytecode | |
259 | ||
260 | =item B::Bblock | |
261 | ||
262 | Walk basic blocks | |
263 | ||
264 | =item B::Bytecode | |
265 | ||
266 | Perl compiler's bytecode backend | |
267 | ||
268 | =item B::C | |
269 | ||
270 | Perl compiler's C backend | |
271 | ||
272 | =item B::CC | |
273 | ||
274 | Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend | |
275 | ||
276 | =item B::Concise | |
277 | ||
278 | Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops | |
279 | ||
280 | =item B::Debug | |
281 | ||
282 | Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops | |
283 | ||
284 | =item B::Deparse | |
285 | ||
286 | Perl compiler backend to produce perl code | |
287 | ||
288 | =item B::Disassembler | |
289 | ||
290 | Disassemble Perl bytecode | |
291 | ||
292 | =item B::Lint | |
293 | ||
294 | Perl lint | |
295 | ||
296 | =item B::Showlex | |
297 | ||
298 | Show lexical variables used in functions or files | |
299 | ||
300 | =item B::Stackobj | |
301 | ||
302 | Helper module for CC backend | |
303 | ||
304 | =item B::Stash | |
305 | ||
306 | Show what stashes are loaded | |
307 | ||
308 | =item B::Terse | |
309 | ||
310 | Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops | |
311 | ||
312 | =item B::Xref | |
313 | ||
314 | Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs | |
315 | ||
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316 | =item Benchmark |
317 | ||
2e1d04bc | 318 | Benchmark running times of Perl code |
9e107c59 | 319 | |
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320 | =item ByteLoader |
321 | ||
322 | Load byte compiled perl code | |
323 | ||
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324 | =item CGI |
325 | ||
2e1d04bc | 326 | Simple Common Gateway Interface Class |
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327 | |
328 | =item CGI::Apache | |
329 | ||
2e1d04bc | 330 | Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm |
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331 | |
332 | =item CGI::Carp | |
333 | ||
334 | CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or other) error log | |
335 | ||
336 | =item CGI::Cookie | |
337 | ||
338 | Interface to Netscape Cookies | |
339 | ||
340 | =item CGI::Fast | |
341 | ||
342 | CGI Interface for Fast CGI | |
343 | ||
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344 | =item CGI::Pretty |
345 | ||
346 | Module to produce nicely formatted HTML code | |
347 | ||
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348 | =item CGI::Push |
349 | ||
350 | Simple Interface to Server Push | |
351 | ||
352 | =item CGI::Switch | |
353 | ||
2e1d04bc | 354 | Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch |
19799a22 | 355 | |
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356 | =item CGI::Util |
357 | ||
358 | Internal utilities used by CGI module | |
359 | ||
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360 | =item CPAN |
361 | ||
2e1d04bc | 362 | Query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites |
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363 | |
364 | =item CPAN::FirstTime | |
365 | ||
2e1d04bc | 366 | Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization |
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367 | |
368 | =item CPAN::Nox | |
369 | ||
19799a22 | 370 | Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS module |
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371 | |
372 | =item Carp | |
373 | ||
2e1d04bc | 374 | Warn of errors (from perspective of caller) |
9e107c59 | 375 | |
4e860d0a JH |
376 | =item Carp::Heavy |
377 | ||
f99d9048 | 378 | Heavy machinery, no user serviceable parts inside |
4e860d0a JH |
379 | |
380 | =item Class::ISA | |
381 | ||
382 | Report the search path for a class's ISA tree | |
383 | ||
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384 | =item Class::Struct |
385 | ||
9e107c59 | 386 | Declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes |
f102b883 | 387 | |
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388 | =item Compress::Zlib |
389 | ||
390 | Interface to zlib compression library | |
391 | ||
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392 | =item Config |
393 | ||
394 | Access Perl configuration information | |
395 | ||
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396 | =item Cwd |
397 | ||
9e107c59 | 398 | Get pathname of current working directory |
f102b883 | 399 | |
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400 | =item DB |
401 | ||
2e1d04bc | 402 | Programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft, subject to |
19799a22 | 403 | |
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404 | =item DBM_Filter |
405 | ||
406 | Filter DBM keys/values | |
407 | ||
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408 | =item DB_File |
409 | ||
410 | Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x | |
411 | ||
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412 | =item Data::Dumper |
413 | ||
414 | Stringified perl data structures, suitable for both printing and C<eval> | |
415 | ||
416 | =item Devel::DProf | |
417 | ||
418 | A Perl code profiler | |
419 | ||
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420 | =item Devel::PPPort |
421 | ||
422 | Perl/Pollution/Portability | |
423 | ||
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424 | =item Devel::Peek |
425 | ||
426 | A data debugging tool for the XS programmer | |
427 | ||
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428 | =item Devel::SelfStubber |
429 | ||
9e107c59 | 430 | Generate stubs for a SelfLoading module |
f102b883 | 431 | |
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432 | =item Digest |
433 | ||
434 | Modules that calculate message digests | |
435 | ||
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436 | =item Digest::MD5 |
437 | ||
438 | Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm | |
439 | ||
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440 | =item Digest::base |
441 | ||
442 | Digest base class | |
443 | ||
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444 | =item Digest::file |
445 | ||
446 | Calculate digests of files | |
447 | ||
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448 | =item DirHandle |
449 | ||
9e107c59 | 450 | Supply object methods for directory handles |
f102b883 | 451 | |
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452 | =item Dumpvalue |
453 | ||
2e1d04bc | 454 | Provides screen dump of Perl data. |
f102b883 | 455 | |
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456 | =item DynaLoader |
457 | ||
458 | Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code | |
459 | ||
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460 | =item Encode |
461 | ||
462 | Character encodings | |
463 | ||
7ef5744c RGS |
464 | =item Encode::Alias |
465 | ||
466 | Alias definitions to encodings | |
467 | ||
468 | =item Encode::Byte | |
469 | ||
470 | Single Byte Encodings | |
471 | ||
472 | =item Encode::CJKConstants | |
473 | ||
474 | Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_* | |
475 | ||
476 | =item Encode::CN | |
477 | ||
478 | China-based Chinese Encodings | |
479 | ||
480 | =item Encode::CN::HZ | |
481 | ||
482 | Internally used by Encode::CN | |
483 | ||
484 | =item Encode::Config | |
485 | ||
486 | Internally used by Encode | |
487 | ||
488 | =item Encode::EBCDIC | |
489 | ||
490 | EBCDIC Encodings | |
491 | ||
492 | =item Encode::Encoder | |
493 | ||
494 | Object Oriented Encoder | |
495 | ||
496 | =item Encode::Encoding | |
497 | ||
498 | Encode Implementation Base Class | |
499 | ||
500 | =item Encode::Guess | |
501 | ||
502 | Guesses encoding from data | |
503 | ||
504 | =item Encode::JP | |
505 | ||
506 | Japanese Encodings | |
507 | ||
508 | =item Encode::JP::H2Z | |
509 | ||
510 | Internally used by Encode::JP::2022_JP* | |
511 | ||
512 | =item Encode::JP::JIS7 | |
513 | ||
514 | Internally used by Encode::JP | |
515 | ||
516 | =item Encode::KR | |
517 | ||
518 | Korean Encodings | |
519 | ||
520 | =item Encode::KR::2022_KR | |
521 | ||
522 | Internally used by Encode::KR | |
523 | ||
524 | =item Encode::MIME::Header | |
525 | ||
526 | MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding | |
527 | ||
528 | =item Encode::PerlIO | |
529 | ||
530 | A detailed document on Encode and PerlIO | |
531 | ||
532 | =item Encode::Supported | |
533 | ||
534 | Encodings supported by Encode | |
535 | ||
536 | =item Encode::Symbol | |
537 | ||
538 | Symbol Encodings | |
539 | ||
540 | =item Encode::TW | |
541 | ||
542 | Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings | |
543 | ||
544 | =item Encode::Unicode | |
545 | ||
546 | Various Unicode Transformation Formats | |
547 | ||
8b9c797b JH |
548 | =item Encode::Unicode::UTF7 |
549 | ||
550 | UTF-7 encoding | |
551 | ||
f102b883 TC |
552 | =item English |
553 | ||
2e1d04bc | 554 | Use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation variables |
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555 | |
556 | =item Env | |
557 | ||
2e1d04bc | 558 | Perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or arrays |
f102b883 | 559 | |
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560 | =item Errno |
561 | ||
562 | System errno constants | |
563 | ||
f102b883 TC |
564 | =item Exporter |
565 | ||
2e1d04bc | 566 | Implements default import method for modules |
9e107c59 GS |
567 | |
568 | =item Exporter::Heavy | |
569 | ||
570 | Exporter guts | |
19799a22 | 571 | |
97a1d740 YST |
572 | =item ExtUtils::CBuilder |
573 | ||
574 | Compile and link C code for Perl modules | |
575 | ||
576 | =item ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::Windows | |
577 | ||
578 | Builder class for Windows platforms | |
579 | ||
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580 | =item ExtUtils::Command |
581 | ||
2e1d04bc | 582 | Utilities to replace common UNIX commands in Makefiles etc. |
f102b883 | 583 | |
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584 | =item ExtUtils::Command::MM |
585 | ||
586 | Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles | |
587 | ||
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588 | =item ExtUtils::Constant |
589 | ||
590 | Generate XS code to import C header constants | |
591 | ||
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592 | =item ExtUtils::Constant::Base |
593 | ||
594 | Base class for ExtUtils::Constant objects | |
595 | ||
596 | =item ExtUtils::Constant::Utils | |
597 | ||
598 | Helper functions for ExtUtils::Constant | |
599 | ||
600 | =item ExtUtils::Constant::XS | |
601 | ||
602 | Base class for ExtUtils::Constant objects | |
603 | ||
f102b883 TC |
604 | =item ExtUtils::Embed |
605 | ||
2e1d04bc | 606 | Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications |
f102b883 TC |
607 | |
608 | =item ExtUtils::Install | |
609 | ||
9e107c59 | 610 | Install files from here to there |
f102b883 | 611 | |
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612 | =item ExtUtils::Installed |
613 | ||
614 | Inventory management of installed modules | |
615 | ||
f102b883 TC |
616 | =item ExtUtils::Liblist |
617 | ||
9e107c59 GS |
618 | Determine libraries to use and how to use them |
619 | ||
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620 | =item ExtUtils::MM |
621 | ||
622 | OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass | |
623 | ||
97a1d740 YST |
624 | =item ExtUtils::MM_AIX |
625 | ||
626 | AIX specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix | |
627 | ||
ec90690f TS |
628 | =item ExtUtils::MM_Any |
629 | ||
639f8edf | 630 | Platform-agnostic MM methods |
ec90690f | 631 | |
d63e6bb6 JH |
632 | =item ExtUtils::MM_BeOS |
633 | ||
634 | Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker | |
635 | ||
9e107c59 GS |
636 | =item ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin |
637 | ||
2e1d04bc | 638 | Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker |
f102b883 | 639 | |
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640 | =item ExtUtils::MM_DOS |
641 | ||
642 | DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix | |
643 | ||
644 | =item ExtUtils::MM_MacOS | |
645 | ||
407700fe | 646 | Once produced Makefiles for MacOS Classic |
ec90690f | 647 | |
5d80033a JH |
648 | =item ExtUtils::MM_NW5 |
649 | ||
650 | Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker | |
651 | ||
f102b883 TC |
652 | =item ExtUtils::MM_OS2 |
653 | ||
2e1d04bc | 654 | Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker |
f102b883 | 655 | |
97a1d740 YST |
656 | =item ExtUtils::MM_QNX |
657 | ||
658 | QNX specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix | |
659 | ||
ec90690f TS |
660 | =item ExtUtils::MM_UWIN |
661 | ||
662 | U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix | |
663 | ||
f102b883 TC |
664 | =item ExtUtils::MM_Unix |
665 | ||
9e107c59 | 666 | Methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker |
f102b883 TC |
667 | |
668 | =item ExtUtils::MM_VMS | |
669 | ||
2e1d04bc | 670 | Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker |
19799a22 | 671 | |
97a1d740 YST |
672 | =item ExtUtils::MM_VOS |
673 | ||
674 | VOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix | |
675 | ||
19799a22 GS |
676 | =item ExtUtils::MM_Win32 |
677 | ||
2e1d04bc | 678 | Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker |
f102b883 | 679 | |
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680 | =item ExtUtils::MM_Win95 |
681 | ||
682 | Method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X | |
683 | ||
684 | =item ExtUtils::MY | |
685 | ||
686 | ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization | |
687 | ||
f102b883 TC |
688 | =item ExtUtils::MakeMaker |
689 | ||
a4373870 CW |
690 | Create a module Makefile |
691 | ||
97a1d740 YST |
692 | =item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Config |
693 | ||
694 | Wrapper around Config.pm | |
695 | ||
a4373870 CW |
696 | =item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ |
697 | ||
698 | Frequently Asked Questions About MakeMaker | |
699 | ||
700 | =item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial | |
701 | ||
702 | Writing a module with MakeMaker | |
703 | ||
8b9c797b JH |
704 | =item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes |
705 | ||
f262848d | 706 | Version-agnostic bytes.pm |
8b9c797b | 707 | |
a4373870 CW |
708 | =item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish |
709 | ||
f262848d | 710 | Platform-agnostic vmsish.pm |
f102b883 TC |
711 | |
712 | =item ExtUtils::Manifest | |
713 | ||
9e107c59 | 714 | Utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file |
f102b883 TC |
715 | |
716 | =item ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap | |
717 | ||
9e107c59 | 718 | Make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader |
f102b883 TC |
719 | |
720 | =item ExtUtils::Mksymlists | |
721 | ||
9e107c59 | 722 | Write linker options files for dynamic extension |
f102b883 | 723 | |
19799a22 GS |
724 | =item ExtUtils::Packlist |
725 | ||
9e107c59 | 726 | Manage .packlist files |
19799a22 | 727 | |
97a1d740 YST |
728 | =item ExtUtils::ParseXS |
729 | ||
730 | Converts Perl XS code into C code | |
731 | ||
f102b883 TC |
732 | =item ExtUtils::testlib |
733 | ||
9e107c59 | 734 | Add blib/* directories to @INC |
f102b883 | 735 | |
b6c543e3 IZ |
736 | =item Fatal |
737 | ||
9e107c59 | 738 | Replace functions with equivalents which succeed or die |
b6c543e3 | 739 | |
ec90690f TS |
740 | =item Fcntl |
741 | ||
742 | Load the C Fcntl.h defines | |
743 | ||
f102b883 TC |
744 | =item File::Basename |
745 | ||
9e107c59 GS |
746 | Split a pathname into pieces |
747 | ||
748 | =item File::CheckTree | |
749 | ||
750 | Run many filetest checks on a tree | |
f102b883 | 751 | |
f102b883 TC |
752 | =item File::Compare |
753 | ||
19799a22 | 754 | Compare files or filehandles |
f102b883 TC |
755 | |
756 | =item File::Copy | |
757 | ||
19799a22 GS |
758 | Copy files or filehandles |
759 | ||
760 | =item File::DosGlob | |
761 | ||
2e1d04bc | 762 | DOS like globbing and then some |
f102b883 TC |
763 | |
764 | =item File::Find | |
765 | ||
d63e6bb6 | 766 | Traverse a directory tree. |
f102b883 | 767 | |
7ef5744c RGS |
768 | =item File::Glob |
769 | ||
770 | Perl extension for BSD glob routine | |
771 | ||
f102b883 TC |
772 | =item File::Path |
773 | ||
2e1d04bc | 774 | Create or remove directory trees |
f102b883 | 775 | |
f505c983 GS |
776 | =item File::Spec |
777 | ||
9e107c59 | 778 | Portably perform operations on file names |
f505c983 | 779 | |
06a5f41f JH |
780 | =item File::Spec::Cygwin |
781 | ||
782 | Methods for Cygwin file specs | |
783 | ||
165c0277 JH |
784 | =item File::Spec::Epoc |
785 | ||
786 | Methods for Epoc file specs | |
787 | ||
f505c983 GS |
788 | =item File::Spec::Functions |
789 | ||
9e107c59 | 790 | Portably perform operations on file names |
19799a22 GS |
791 | |
792 | =item File::Spec::Mac | |
793 | ||
1bb908c3 | 794 | File::Spec for Mac OS (Classic) |
19799a22 GS |
795 | |
796 | =item File::Spec::OS2 | |
797 | ||
9e107c59 | 798 | Methods for OS/2 file specs |
19799a22 GS |
799 | |
800 | =item File::Spec::Unix | |
801 | ||
e61ecf27 | 802 | File::Spec for Unix, base for other File::Spec modules |
19799a22 GS |
803 | |
804 | =item File::Spec::VMS | |
805 | ||
9e107c59 | 806 | Methods for VMS file specs |
19799a22 GS |
807 | |
808 | =item File::Spec::Win32 | |
809 | ||
9e107c59 | 810 | Methods for Win32 file specs |
f505c983 | 811 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
812 | =item File::Temp |
813 | ||
814 | Return name and handle of a temporary file safely | |
815 | ||
f102b883 TC |
816 | =item File::stat |
817 | ||
9e107c59 | 818 | By-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions |
f102b883 TC |
819 | |
820 | =item FileCache | |
821 | ||
9e107c59 | 822 | Keep more files open than the system permits |
f102b883 TC |
823 | |
824 | =item FileHandle | |
825 | ||
9e107c59 | 826 | Supply object methods for filehandles |
f102b883 | 827 | |
165c0277 JH |
828 | =item Filter::Simple |
829 | ||
830 | Simplified source filtering | |
831 | ||
7ef5744c RGS |
832 | =item Filter::Util::Call |
833 | ||
834 | Perl Source Filter Utility Module | |
835 | ||
f102b883 TC |
836 | =item FindBin |
837 | ||
2e1d04bc | 838 | Locate directory of original perl script |
f102b883 | 839 | |
7ef5744c RGS |
840 | =item GDBM_File |
841 | ||
842 | Perl5 access to the gdbm library. | |
843 | ||
f102b883 TC |
844 | =item Getopt::Long |
845 | ||
9e107c59 | 846 | Extended processing of command line options |
f102b883 TC |
847 | |
848 | =item Getopt::Std | |
849 | ||
19799a22 | 850 | Process single-character switches with switch clustering |
f102b883 | 851 | |
d63e6bb6 JH |
852 | =item Hash::Util |
853 | ||
854 | A selection of general-utility hash subroutines | |
855 | ||
f102b883 TC |
856 | =item I18N::Collate |
857 | ||
2e1d04bc | 858 | Compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current locale |
f102b883 | 859 | |
422a9aca JH |
860 | =item I18N::LangTags |
861 | ||
862 | Functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language tags | |
863 | ||
407700fe RGS |
864 | =item I18N::LangTags::Detect |
865 | ||
866 | Detect the user's language preferences | |
867 | ||
422a9aca JH |
868 | =item I18N::LangTags::List |
869 | ||
4f233aa4 | 870 | Tags and names for human languages |
422a9aca | 871 | |
7ef5744c RGS |
872 | =item I18N::Langinfo |
873 | ||
874 | Query locale information | |
875 | ||
ec90690f TS |
876 | =item IO |
877 | ||
878 | Load various IO modules | |
879 | ||
7ef5744c RGS |
880 | =item IO::Dir |
881 | ||
882 | Supply object methods for directory handles | |
883 | ||
884 | =item IO::File | |
885 | ||
886 | Supply object methods for filehandles | |
887 | ||
888 | =item IO::Handle | |
889 | ||
890 | Supply object methods for I/O handles | |
891 | ||
892 | =item IO::Pipe | |
893 | ||
894 | Supply object methods for pipes | |
895 | ||
896 | =item IO::Poll | |
897 | ||
898 | Object interface to system poll call | |
899 | ||
900 | =item IO::Seekable | |
901 | ||
902 | Supply seek based methods for I/O objects | |
903 | ||
904 | =item IO::Select | |
905 | ||
906 | OO interface to the select system call | |
907 | ||
908 | =item IO::Socket | |
909 | ||
910 | Object interface to socket communications | |
911 | ||
912 | =item IO::Socket::INET | |
913 | ||
914 | Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets | |
915 | ||
916 | =item IO::Socket::UNIX | |
917 | ||
918 | Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets | |
919 | ||
97a1d740 YST |
920 | =item IO::Zlib |
921 | ||
922 | IO:: style interface to L<Compress::Zlib> | |
923 | ||
f102b883 TC |
924 | =item IPC::Open2 |
925 | ||
9e107c59 | 926 | Open a process for both reading and writing |
f102b883 TC |
927 | |
928 | =item IPC::Open3 | |
929 | ||
9e107c59 | 930 | Open a process for reading, writing, and error handling |
f102b883 | 931 | |
7ef5744c RGS |
932 | =item IPC::SysV |
933 | ||
934 | SysV IPC constants | |
935 | ||
936 | =item IPC::SysV::Msg | |
937 | ||
938 | SysV Msg IPC object class | |
939 | ||
940 | =item IPC::SysV::Semaphore | |
941 | ||
942 | SysV Semaphore IPC object class | |
943 | ||
944 | =item List::Util | |
945 | ||
946 | A selection of general-utility list subroutines | |
947 | ||
4e860d0a JH |
948 | =item Locale::Constants |
949 | ||
950 | Constants for Locale codes | |
951 | ||
952 | =item Locale::Country | |
953 | ||
954 | ISO codes for country identification (ISO 3166) | |
955 | ||
956 | =item Locale::Currency | |
957 | ||
958 | ISO three letter codes for currency identification (ISO 4217) | |
959 | ||
960 | =item Locale::Language | |
961 | ||
962 | ISO two letter codes for language identification (ISO 639) | |
963 | ||
422a9aca JH |
964 | =item Locale::Maketext |
965 | ||
966 | Framework for localization | |
967 | ||
968 | =item Locale::Maketext::TPJ13 | |
969 | ||
970 | Article about software localization | |
971 | ||
d63e6bb6 JH |
972 | =item Locale::Script |
973 | ||
974 | ISO codes for script identification (ISO 15924) | |
975 | ||
7ef5744c RGS |
976 | =item MIME::Base64 |
977 | ||
978 | Encoding and decoding of base64 strings | |
979 | ||
980 | =item MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint | |
981 | ||
982 | Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable strings | |
983 | ||
f102b883 TC |
984 | =item Math::BigFloat |
985 | ||
5d80033a | 986 | Arbitrary size floating point math package |
f102b883 TC |
987 | |
988 | =item Math::BigInt | |
989 | ||
97a1d740 | 990 | Arbitrary size integer/float math package |
f102b883 | 991 | |
d0363f02 JH |
992 | =item Math::BigInt::Calc |
993 | ||
994 | Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt | |
995 | ||
f99d9048 RGS |
996 | =item Math::BigInt::CalcEmu |
997 | ||
998 | Emulate low-level math with BigInt code | |
999 | ||
97a1d740 YST |
1000 | =item Math::BigInt::FastCalc |
1001 | ||
1002 | Math::BigInt::Calc with some XS for more speed | |
1003 | ||
fa1c7b03 JH |
1004 | =item Math::BigRat |
1005 | ||
407700fe | 1006 | Arbitrary big rational numbers |
fa1c7b03 | 1007 | |
f102b883 TC |
1008 | =item Math::Complex |
1009 | ||
9e107c59 | 1010 | Complex numbers and associated mathematical functions |
f102b883 | 1011 | |
404b15a1 CS |
1012 | =item Math::Trig |
1013 | ||
9e107c59 | 1014 | Trigonometric functions |
f102b883 | 1015 | |
5d80033a JH |
1016 | =item Memoize |
1017 | ||
ec90690f | 1018 | Make functions faster by trading space for time |
5d80033a JH |
1019 | |
1020 | =item Memoize::AnyDBM_File | |
1021 | ||
1022 | Glue to provide EXISTS for AnyDBM_File for Storable use | |
1023 | ||
1024 | =item Memoize::Expire | |
1025 | ||
1026 | Plug-in module for automatic expiration of memoized values | |
1027 | ||
1028 | =item Memoize::ExpireFile | |
1029 | ||
1030 | Test for Memoize expiration semantics | |
1031 | ||
1032 | =item Memoize::ExpireTest | |
1033 | ||
1034 | Test for Memoize expiration semantics | |
1035 | ||
1036 | =item Memoize::NDBM_File | |
1037 | ||
1038 | Glue to provide EXISTS for NDBM_File for Storable use | |
1039 | ||
1040 | =item Memoize::SDBM_File | |
1041 | ||
1042 | Glue to provide EXISTS for SDBM_File for Storable use | |
1043 | ||
5d80033a JH |
1044 | =item Memoize::Storable |
1045 | ||
1046 | Store Memoized data in Storable database | |
1047 | ||
407700fe RGS |
1048 | =item Module::CoreList |
1049 | ||
1050 | What modules shipped with versions of perl | |
1051 | ||
ec90690f TS |
1052 | =item NDBM_File |
1053 | ||
1054 | Tied access to ndbm files | |
1055 | ||
1fa7ca25 JH |
1056 | =item NEXT |
1057 | ||
7a142657 | 1058 | Provide a pseudo-class NEXT (et al) that allows method redispatch |
1fa7ca25 | 1059 | |
5d80033a JH |
1060 | =item Net::Cmd |
1061 | ||
1062 | Network Command class (as used by FTP, SMTP etc) | |
1063 | ||
1064 | =item Net::Config | |
1065 | ||
1066 | Local configuration data for libnet | |
1067 | ||
1068 | =item Net::Domain | |
1069 | ||
1070 | Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name and domain | |
1071 | ||
5d80033a JH |
1072 | =item Net::FTP |
1073 | ||
1074 | FTP Client class | |
1075 | ||
1076 | =item Net::NNTP | |
1077 | ||
1078 | NNTP Client class | |
1079 | ||
1080 | =item Net::Netrc | |
1081 | ||
1082 | OO interface to users netrc file | |
1083 | ||
5d80033a JH |
1084 | =item Net::POP3 |
1085 | ||
d63e6bb6 | 1086 | Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1939) |
5d80033a | 1087 | |
f102b883 TC |
1088 | =item Net::Ping |
1089 | ||
9e107c59 | 1090 | Check a remote host for reachability |
f102b883 | 1091 | |
5d80033a JH |
1092 | =item Net::SMTP |
1093 | ||
1094 | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Client | |
1095 | ||
5d80033a JH |
1096 | =item Net::Time |
1097 | ||
1098 | Time and daytime network client interface | |
1099 | ||
f102b883 TC |
1100 | =item Net::hostent |
1101 | ||
9e107c59 | 1102 | By-name interface to Perl's built-in gethost*() functions |
f102b883 | 1103 | |
5d80033a JH |
1104 | =item Net::libnetFAQ |
1105 | ||
1106 | Libnet Frequently Asked Questions | |
1107 | ||
f102b883 TC |
1108 | =item Net::netent |
1109 | ||
9e107c59 | 1110 | By-name interface to Perl's built-in getnet*() functions |
f102b883 TC |
1111 | |
1112 | =item Net::protoent | |
1113 | ||
9e107c59 | 1114 | By-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*() functions |
f102b883 TC |
1115 | |
1116 | =item Net::servent | |
1117 | ||
9e107c59 | 1118 | By-name interface to Perl's built-in getserv*() functions |
f102b883 | 1119 | |
ec90690f TS |
1120 | =item O |
1121 | ||
1122 | Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends | |
1123 | ||
1124 | =item ODBM_File | |
1125 | ||
1126 | Tied access to odbm files | |
1127 | ||
1128 | =item Opcode | |
1129 | ||
1130 | Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code | |
1131 | ||
1132 | =item POSIX | |
1133 | ||
1134 | Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1 | |
1135 | ||
4e860d0a JH |
1136 | =item PerlIO |
1137 | ||
1138 | On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::* name space | |
1139 | ||
7ef5744c RGS |
1140 | =item PerlIO::encoding |
1141 | ||
1142 | Encoding layer | |
1143 | ||
1144 | =item PerlIO::scalar | |
1145 | ||
639f8edf | 1146 | In-memory IO, scalar IO |
7ef5744c RGS |
1147 | |
1148 | =item PerlIO::via | |
1149 | ||
1150 | Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl | |
1151 | ||
c40f6c4a JH |
1152 | =item PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint |
1153 | ||
1154 | PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings | |
1155 | ||
9e107c59 GS |
1156 | =item Pod::Checker |
1157 | ||
1158 | Check pod documents for syntax errors | |
1159 | ||
2e1d04bc JH |
1160 | =item Pod::Find |
1161 | ||
1162 | Find POD documents in directory trees | |
1163 | ||
06a5f41f JH |
1164 | =item Pod::Functions |
1165 | ||
1166 | Group Perl's functions a la perlfunc.pod | |
1167 | ||
19799a22 GS |
1168 | =item Pod::Html |
1169 | ||
9e107c59 GS |
1170 | Module to convert pod files to HTML |
1171 | ||
1172 | =item Pod::InputObjects | |
1173 | ||
2e1d04bc | 1174 | Objects representing POD input paragraphs, commands, etc. |
9e107c59 | 1175 | |
13a2d996 SP |
1176 | =item Pod::LaTeX |
1177 | ||
1178 | Convert Pod data to formatted Latex | |
1179 | ||
9e107c59 GS |
1180 | =item Pod::Man |
1181 | ||
1182 | Convert POD data to formatted *roff input | |
1183 | ||
1bb908c3 JH |
1184 | =item Pod::ParseLink |
1185 | ||
248e172a | 1186 | Parse an LE<lt>E<gt> formatting code in POD text |
1bb908c3 | 1187 | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1188 | =item Pod::ParseUtils |
1189 | ||
1190 | Helpers for POD parsing and conversion | |
1191 | ||
9e107c59 GS |
1192 | =item Pod::Parser |
1193 | ||
1194 | Base class for creating POD filters and translators | |
1195 | ||
a4373870 CW |
1196 | =item Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker |
1197 | ||
1198 | Let Perldoc check Pod for errors | |
1199 | ||
1200 | =item Pod::Perldoc::ToMan | |
1201 | ||
1202 | Let Perldoc render Pod as man pages | |
1203 | ||
1204 | =item Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff | |
1205 | ||
1206 | Let Perldoc convert Pod to nroff | |
1207 | ||
1208 | =item Pod::Perldoc::ToPod | |
1209 | ||
1210 | Let Perldoc render Pod as ... Pod! | |
1211 | ||
1212 | =item Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf | |
1213 | ||
1214 | Let Perldoc render Pod as RTF | |
1215 | ||
1216 | =item Pod::Perldoc::ToText | |
1217 | ||
1218 | Let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext | |
1219 | ||
1220 | =item Pod::Perldoc::ToTk | |
1221 | ||
1222 | Let Perldoc use Tk::Pod to render Pod | |
1223 | ||
1224 | =item Pod::Perldoc::ToXml | |
1225 | ||
1226 | Let Perldoc render Pod as XML | |
1227 | ||
1228 | =item Pod::PlainText | |
1229 | ||
1230 | Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text | |
1231 | ||
2e1d04bc JH |
1232 | =item Pod::Plainer |
1233 | ||
1234 | Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod. | |
1235 | ||
9e107c59 GS |
1236 | =item Pod::Select |
1237 | ||
1238 | Extract selected sections of POD from input | |
19799a22 GS |
1239 | |
1240 | =item Pod::Text | |
1241 | ||
9e107c59 GS |
1242 | Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text |
1243 | ||
1244 | =item Pod::Text::Color | |
1245 | ||
1246 | Convert POD data to formatted color ASCII text | |
1247 | ||
4e860d0a JH |
1248 | =item Pod::Text::Overstrike |
1249 | ||
1250 | Convert POD data to formatted overstrike text | |
1251 | ||
2e1d04bc JH |
1252 | =item Pod::Text::Termcap |
1253 | ||
1254 | Convert POD data to ASCII text with format escapes | |
1255 | ||
9e107c59 GS |
1256 | =item Pod::Usage |
1257 | ||
1258 | Print a usage message from embedded pod documentation | |
f102b883 | 1259 | |
ec90690f TS |
1260 | =item SDBM_File |
1261 | ||
1262 | Tied access to sdbm files | |
1263 | ||
1264 | =item Safe | |
1265 | ||
1266 | Compile and execute code in restricted compartments | |
1267 | ||
7ef5744c RGS |
1268 | =item Scalar::Util |
1269 | ||
1270 | A selection of general-utility scalar subroutines | |
1271 | ||
f102b883 TC |
1272 | =item Search::Dict |
1273 | ||
9e107c59 | 1274 | Search for key in dictionary file |
f102b883 TC |
1275 | |
1276 | =item SelectSaver | |
1277 | ||
9e107c59 | 1278 | Save and restore selected file handle |
f102b883 TC |
1279 | |
1280 | =item SelfLoader | |
1281 | ||
9e107c59 | 1282 | Load functions only on demand |
f102b883 TC |
1283 | |
1284 | =item Shell | |
1285 | ||
2e1d04bc | 1286 | Run shell commands transparently within perl |
f102b883 | 1287 | |
ec90690f TS |
1288 | =item Socket |
1289 | ||
1290 | Load the C socket.h defines and structure manipulators | |
1291 | ||
1292 | =item Storable | |
1293 | ||
1294 | Persistence for Perl data structures | |
1295 | ||
4e860d0a JH |
1296 | =item Switch |
1297 | ||
1298 | A switch statement for Perl | |
1299 | ||
f102b883 TC |
1300 | =item Symbol |
1301 | ||
9e107c59 | 1302 | Manipulate Perl symbols and their names |
f102b883 | 1303 | |
7ef5744c RGS |
1304 | =item Sys::Hostname |
1305 | ||
1306 | Try every conceivable way to get hostname | |
1307 | ||
1308 | =item Sys::Syslog | |
1309 | ||
1310 | Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls | |
1311 | ||
2e1d04bc | 1312 | =item Term::ANSIColor |
f102b883 | 1313 | |
2e1d04bc | 1314 | Color screen output using ANSI escape sequences |
f102b883 TC |
1315 | |
1316 | =item Term::Cap | |
1317 | ||
2e1d04bc | 1318 | Perl termcap interface |
f102b883 TC |
1319 | |
1320 | =item Term::Complete | |
1321 | ||
2e1d04bc | 1322 | Perl word completion module |
f102b883 TC |
1323 | |
1324 | =item Term::ReadLine | |
1325 | ||
7ef5744c | 1326 | Perl interface to various C<readline> packages. |
19799a22 GS |
1327 | |
1328 | =item Test | |
1329 | ||
9e107c59 | 1330 | Provides a simple framework for writing test scripts |
f102b883 | 1331 | |
1bb908c3 JH |
1332 | =item Test::Builder |
1333 | ||
1334 | Backend for building test libraries | |
1335 | ||
f102b883 TC |
1336 | =item Test::Harness |
1337 | ||
f262848d | 1338 | Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics |
f102b883 | 1339 | |
d63e6bb6 JH |
1340 | =item Test::Harness::Assert |
1341 | ||
1342 | Simple assert | |
1343 | ||
1344 | =item Test::Harness::Iterator | |
1345 | ||
1346 | Internal Test::Harness Iterator | |
1347 | ||
97a1d740 YST |
1348 | =item Test::Harness::Point |
1349 | ||
1350 | Object for tracking a single test point | |
1351 | ||
d63e6bb6 JH |
1352 | =item Test::Harness::Straps |
1353 | ||
1354 | Detailed analysis of test results | |
1355 | ||
407700fe RGS |
1356 | =item Test::Harness::TAP |
1357 | ||
1358 | Documentation for the TAP format | |
1359 | ||
7a49b635 JH |
1360 | =item Test::More |
1361 | ||
1362 | Yet another framework for writing test scripts | |
1363 | ||
1364 | =item Test::Simple | |
1365 | ||
1366 | Basic utilities for writing tests. | |
1367 | ||
e61ecf27 JH |
1368 | =item Test::Tutorial |
1369 | ||
1370 | A tutorial about writing really basic tests | |
1371 | ||
f102b883 TC |
1372 | =item Text::Abbrev |
1373 | ||
9e107c59 | 1374 | Create an abbreviation table from a list |
f102b883 | 1375 | |
4e860d0a JH |
1376 | =item Text::Balanced |
1377 | ||
1378 | Extract delimited text sequences from strings. | |
1379 | ||
f102b883 TC |
1380 | =item Text::ParseWords |
1381 | ||
2e1d04bc | 1382 | Parse text into an array of tokens or array of arrays |
f102b883 TC |
1383 | |
1384 | =item Text::Soundex | |
1385 | ||
2e1d04bc | 1386 | Implementation of the Soundex Algorithm as Described by Knuth |
f102b883 | 1387 | |
4e860d0a JH |
1388 | =item Text::Tabs |
1389 | ||
1390 | Expand and unexpand tabs per the unix expand(1) and unexpand(1) | |
1391 | ||
f102b883 TC |
1392 | =item Text::Wrap |
1393 | ||
9e107c59 | 1394 | Line wrapping to form simple paragraphs |
19799a22 | 1395 | |
1bb908c3 JH |
1396 | =item Thread |
1397 | ||
416e7255 | 1398 | Manipulate threads in Perl (for old code only) |
1bb908c3 | 1399 | |
ec90690f TS |
1400 | =item Thread::Queue |
1401 | ||
83272a45 | 1402 | Thread-safe queues |
ec90690f TS |
1403 | |
1404 | =item Thread::Semaphore | |
1405 | ||
83272a45 | 1406 | Thread-safe semaphores |
ec90690f | 1407 | |
7ef5744c RGS |
1408 | =item Thread::Signal |
1409 | ||
1410 | Start a thread which runs signal handlers reliably (for old code) | |
1411 | ||
1412 | =item Thread::Specific | |
1413 | ||
1414 | Thread-specific keys | |
1415 | ||
19799a22 GS |
1416 | =item Tie::Array |
1417 | ||
9e107c59 | 1418 | Base class for tied arrays |
19799a22 | 1419 | |
d63e6bb6 JH |
1420 | =item Tie::File |
1421 | ||
1422 | Access the lines of a disk file via a Perl array | |
1423 | ||
19799a22 GS |
1424 | =item Tie::Handle |
1425 | ||
9e107c59 | 1426 | Base class definitions for tied handles |
19799a22 | 1427 | |
9e107c59 | 1428 | =item Tie::Hash |
f102b883 | 1429 | |
9e107c59 | 1430 | Base class definitions for tied hashes |
f102b883 | 1431 | |
d63e6bb6 JH |
1432 | =item Tie::Memoize |
1433 | ||
1434 | Add data to hash when needed | |
1435 | ||
f102b883 TC |
1436 | =item Tie::RefHash |
1437 | ||
9e107c59 | 1438 | Use references as hash keys |
f102b883 | 1439 | |
9e107c59 | 1440 | =item Tie::Scalar |
f102b883 | 1441 | |
9e107c59 | 1442 | Base class definitions for tied scalars |
f102b883 TC |
1443 | |
1444 | =item Tie::SubstrHash | |
1445 | ||
19799a22 | 1446 | Fixed-table-size, fixed-key-length hashing |
f102b883 | 1447 | |
7ef5744c RGS |
1448 | =item Time::HiRes |
1449 | ||
1450 | High resolution alarm, sleep, gettimeofday, interval timers | |
1451 | ||
f102b883 TC |
1452 | =item Time::Local |
1453 | ||
9e107c59 | 1454 | Efficiently compute time from local and GMT time |
f102b883 TC |
1455 | |
1456 | =item Time::gmtime | |
1457 | ||
9e107c59 | 1458 | By-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime() function |
f102b883 TC |
1459 | |
1460 | =item Time::localtime | |
1461 | ||
9e107c59 | 1462 | By-name interface to Perl's built-in localtime() function |
f102b883 TC |
1463 | |
1464 | =item Time::tm | |
1465 | ||
9e107c59 | 1466 | Internal object used by Time::gmtime and Time::localtime |
f102b883 TC |
1467 | |
1468 | =item UNIVERSAL | |
1469 | ||
9e107c59 | 1470 | Base class for ALL classes (blessed references) |
f102b883 | 1471 | |
e61ecf27 JH |
1472 | =item Unicode::Collate |
1473 | ||
ec90690f | 1474 | Unicode Collation Algorithm |
e61ecf27 | 1475 | |
7ef5744c RGS |
1476 | =item Unicode::Normalize |
1477 | ||
1478 | Unicode Normalization Forms | |
1479 | ||
e61ecf27 | 1480 | =item Unicode::UCD |
fbe3d936 JH |
1481 | |
1482 | Unicode character database | |
1483 | ||
f102b883 TC |
1484 | =item User::grent |
1485 | ||
9e107c59 | 1486 | By-name interface to Perl's built-in getgr*() functions |
f102b883 TC |
1487 | |
1488 | =item User::pwent | |
1489 | ||
9e107c59 | 1490 | By-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*() functions |
f102b883 | 1491 | |
7ef5744c RGS |
1492 | =item XS::APItest |
1493 | ||
1494 | Test the perl C API | |
1495 | ||
1496 | =item XS::Typemap | |
1497 | ||
1498 | Module to test the XS typemaps distributed with perl | |
1499 | ||
1500 | =item XSLoader | |
1501 | ||
1502 | Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code | |
1503 | ||
f102b883 TC |
1504 | =back |
1505 | ||
19799a22 | 1506 | To find out I<all> modules installed on your system, including |
2e1d04bc | 1507 | those without documentation or outside the standard release, |
a4373870 CW |
1508 | just use the following command (under the default win32 shell, |
1509 | double quotes should be used instead of single quotes). | |
f102b883 | 1510 | |
a4373870 CW |
1511 | % perl -MFile::Find=find -MFile::Spec::Functions -Tlwe \ |
1512 | 'find { wanted => sub { print canonpath $_ if /\.pm\z/ }, | |
1513 | no_chdir => 1 }, @INC' | |
f102b883 | 1514 | |
8518420c | 1515 | (The -T is here to prevent '.' from being listed in @INC.) |
2e1d04bc JH |
1516 | They should all have their own documentation installed and accessible |
1517 | via your system man(1) command. If you do not have a B<find> | |
19799a22 GS |
1518 | program, you can use the Perl B<find2perl> program instead, which |
1519 | generates Perl code as output you can run through perl. If you | |
1520 | have a B<man> program but it doesn't find your modules, you'll have | |
2e1d04bc JH |
1521 | to fix your manpath. See L<perl> for details. If you have no |
1522 | system B<man> command, you might try the B<perldoc> program. | |
f102b883 | 1523 | |
8518420c RGS |
1524 | Note also that the command C<perldoc perllocal> gives you a (possibly |
1525 | incomplete) list of the modules that have been further installed on | |
1526 | your system. (The perllocal.pod file is updated by the standard MakeMaker | |
1527 | install process.) | |
1528 | ||
f102b883 TC |
1529 | =head2 Extension Modules |
1530 | ||
19799a22 GS |
1531 | Extension modules are written in C (or a mix of Perl and C). They |
1532 | are usually dynamically loaded into Perl if and when you need them, | |
d1be9408 | 1533 | but may also be linked in statically. Supported extension modules |
19799a22 | 1534 | include Socket, Fcntl, and POSIX. |
f102b883 TC |
1535 | |
1536 | Many popular C extension modules do not come bundled (at least, not | |
19799a22 GS |
1537 | completely) due to their sizes, volatility, or simply lack of time |
1538 | for adequate testing and configuration across the multitude of | |
1539 | platforms on which Perl was beta-tested. You are encouraged to | |
1540 | look for them on CPAN (described below), or using web search engines | |
7ef5744c | 1541 | like Alta Vista or Google. |
f102b883 TC |
1542 | |
1543 | =head1 CPAN | |
1544 | ||
19799a22 GS |
1545 | CPAN stands for Comprehensive Perl Archive Network; it's a globally |
1546 | replicated trove of Perl materials, including documentation, style | |
2e1d04bc | 1547 | guides, tricks and traps, alternate ports to non-Unix systems and |
19799a22 | 1548 | occasional binary distributions for these. Search engines for |
1577cd80 | 1549 | CPAN can be found at http://www.cpan.org/ |
19799a22 GS |
1550 | |
1551 | Most importantly, CPAN includes around a thousand unbundled modules, | |
1552 | some of which require a C compiler to build. Major categories of | |
1553 | modules are: | |
f102b883 | 1554 | |
4e860d0a | 1555 | =over |
f102b883 TC |
1556 | |
1557 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1558 | |
f102b883 TC |
1559 | Language Extensions and Documentation Tools |
1560 | ||
1561 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1562 | |
f102b883 TC |
1563 | Development Support |
1564 | ||
1565 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1566 | |
f102b883 TC |
1567 | Operating System Interfaces |
1568 | ||
1569 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1570 | |
f102b883 TC |
1571 | Networking, Device Control (modems) and InterProcess Communication |
1572 | ||
1573 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1574 | |
f102b883 TC |
1575 | Data Types and Data Type Utilities |
1576 | ||
1577 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1578 | |
f102b883 TC |
1579 | Database Interfaces |
1580 | ||
1581 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1582 | |
f102b883 TC |
1583 | User Interfaces |
1584 | ||
1585 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1586 | |
f102b883 TC |
1587 | Interfaces to / Emulations of Other Programming Languages |
1588 | ||
1589 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1590 | |
f102b883 TC |
1591 | File Names, File Systems and File Locking (see also File Handles) |
1592 | ||
1593 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1594 | |
f102b883 TC |
1595 | String Processing, Language Text Processing, Parsing, and Searching |
1596 | ||
1597 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1598 | |
f102b883 TC |
1599 | Option, Argument, Parameter, and Configuration File Processing |
1600 | ||
1601 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1602 | |
f102b883 TC |
1603 | Internationalization and Locale |
1604 | ||
1605 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1606 | |
f102b883 TC |
1607 | Authentication, Security, and Encryption |
1608 | ||
1609 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1610 | |
f102b883 TC |
1611 | World Wide Web, HTML, HTTP, CGI, MIME |
1612 | ||
1613 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1614 | |
f102b883 TC |
1615 | Server and Daemon Utilities |
1616 | ||
1617 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1618 | |
f102b883 TC |
1619 | Archiving and Compression |
1620 | ||
1621 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1622 | |
f102b883 TC |
1623 | Images, Pixmap and Bitmap Manipulation, Drawing, and Graphing |
1624 | ||
1625 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1626 | |
f102b883 TC |
1627 | Mail and Usenet News |
1628 | ||
1629 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1630 | |
f102b883 TC |
1631 | Control Flow Utilities (callbacks and exceptions etc) |
1632 | ||
1633 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1634 | |
f102b883 TC |
1635 | File Handle and Input/Output Stream Utilities |
1636 | ||
1637 | =item * | |
551e1d92 | 1638 | |
f102b883 TC |
1639 | Miscellaneous Modules |
1640 | ||
1641 | =back | |
1642 | ||
5df44211 JH |
1643 | The list of the registered CPAN sites as of this writing follows. |
1644 | Please note that the sorting order is alphabetical on fields: | |
1645 | ||
1646 | Continent | |
1647 | | | |
1648 | |-->Country | |
1649 | | | |
1650 | |-->[state/province] | |
1651 | | | |
1652 | |-->ftp | |
1653 | | | |
1654 | |-->[http] | |
1655 | ||
1656 | and thus the North American servers happen to be listed between the | |
1657 | European and the South American sites. | |
1658 | ||
1659 | You should try to choose one close to you. | |
f102b883 | 1660 | |
4e860d0a JH |
1661 | =head2 Africa |
1662 | ||
cea6626f | 1663 | =over 4 |
f102b883 | 1664 | |
5df44211 | 1665 | =item South Africa |
4e860d0a | 1666 | |
5c5c2539 JH |
1667 | http://ftp.rucus.ru.ac.za/pub/perl/CPAN/ |
1668 | ftp://ftp.rucus.ru.ac.za/pub/perl/CPAN/ | |
5df44211 | 1669 | ftp://ftp.is.co.za/programming/perl/CPAN/ |
5df44211 JH |
1670 | ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/CPAN/ |
1671 | ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/CPAN/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a JH |
1672 | |
1673 | =back | |
1674 | ||
1675 | =head2 Asia | |
1676 | ||
1677 | =over 4 | |
1678 | ||
5df44211 | 1679 | =item China |
4e860d0a | 1680 | |
5c5c2539 | 1681 | http://cpan.linuxforum.net/ |
5df44211 JH |
1682 | http://cpan.shellhung.org/ |
1683 | ftp://ftp.shellhung.org/pub/CPAN | |
5c5c2539 | 1684 | ftp://mirrors.hknet.com/CPAN |
37a78d01 | 1685 | |
5df44211 | 1686 | =item Indonesia |
37a78d01 | 1687 | |
5c5c2539 | 1688 | http://mirrors.tf.itb.ac.id/cpan/ |
5df44211 JH |
1689 | http://cpan.cbn.net.id/ |
1690 | ftp://ftp.cbn.net.id/mirror/CPAN | |
37a78d01 | 1691 | |
5df44211 | 1692 | =item Israel |
37a78d01 | 1693 | |
5df44211 JH |
1694 | ftp://ftp.iglu.org.il/pub/CPAN/ |
1695 | http://cpan.lerner.co.il/ | |
1696 | http://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/ | |
1697 | ftp://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/ | |
37a78d01 | 1698 | |
5df44211 | 1699 | =item Japan |
37a78d01 | 1700 | |
5df44211 JH |
1701 | ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/CPAN |
1702 | ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/CPAN/ | |
5df44211 JH |
1703 | ftp://ftp.ayamura.org/pub/CPAN/ |
1704 | ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ | |
7a142657 JH |
1705 | http://ftp.cpan.jp/ |
1706 | ftp://ftp.cpan.jp/CPAN/ | |
5df44211 JH |
1707 | ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/pub/lang/CPAN/ |
1708 | ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ | |
37a78d01 | 1709 | |
5c5c2539 | 1710 | =item Malaysia |
37a78d01 | 1711 | |
5c5c2539 JH |
1712 | http://cpan.MyBSD.org.my |
1713 | http://mirror.leafbug.org/pub/CPAN | |
1714 | http://ossig.mncc.com.my/mirror/pub/CPAN | |
4e860d0a | 1715 | |
5df44211 | 1716 | =item Russian Federation |
4e860d0a | 1717 | |
5df44211 | 1718 | http://cpan.tomsk.ru |
7a142657 | 1719 | ftp://cpan.tomsk.ru/ |
4e860d0a | 1720 | |
5df44211 | 1721 | =item Saudi Arabia |
4e860d0a | 1722 | |
5df44211 | 1723 | ftp://ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 1724 | |
5df44211 | 1725 | =item Singapore |
4e860d0a | 1726 | |
5c5c2539 JH |
1727 | http://CPAN.en.com.sg/ |
1728 | ftp://cpan.en.com.sg/ | |
5df44211 JH |
1729 | http://mirror.averse.net/pub/CPAN |
1730 | ftp://mirror.averse.net/pub/CPAN | |
5c5c2539 JH |
1731 | http://cpan.oss.eznetsols.org |
1732 | ftp://ftp.oss.eznetsols.org/cpan | |
4e860d0a | 1733 | |
5df44211 | 1734 | =item South Korea |
4e860d0a | 1735 | |
5df44211 JH |
1736 | http://CPAN.bora.net/ |
1737 | ftp://ftp.bora.net/pub/CPAN/ | |
5c5c2539 JH |
1738 | http://mirror.kr.FreeBSD.org/CPAN |
1739 | ftp://ftp.kr.FreeBSD.org/pub/CPAN | |
4e860d0a | 1740 | |
5df44211 | 1741 | =item Taiwan |
4e860d0a | 1742 | |
5df44211 | 1743 | ftp://ftp.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/perl/CPAN |
5c5c2539 JH |
1744 | http://cpan.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw/ |
1745 | ftp://cpan.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN | |
1746 | http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN | |
1747 | ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN | |
5df44211 JH |
1748 | ftp://ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub1/perl/CPAN/ |
1749 | http://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/ | |
1750 | ftp://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/ | |
7a142657 | 1751 | |
5df44211 | 1752 | =item Thailand |
4e860d0a | 1753 | |
5df44211 JH |
1754 | ftp://ftp.loxinfo.co.th/pub/cpan/ |
1755 | ftp://ftp.cs.riubon.ac.th/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a JH |
1756 | |
1757 | =back | |
1758 | ||
1759 | =head2 Central America | |
1760 | ||
1761 | =over 4 | |
1762 | ||
5df44211 | 1763 | =item Costa Rica |
4e860d0a | 1764 | |
5df44211 JH |
1765 | http://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/Unix/CPAN/ |
1766 | ftp://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/pub/Unix/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a JH |
1767 | |
1768 | =back | |
1769 | ||
1770 | =head2 Europe | |
1771 | ||
1772 | =over 4 | |
1773 | ||
5df44211 | 1774 | =item Austria |
4e860d0a | 1775 | |
639f8edf HS |
1776 | http://cpan.inode.at/ |
1777 | ftp://cpan.inode.at | |
5df44211 | 1778 | ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 1779 | |
5df44211 | 1780 | =item Belgium |
4e860d0a | 1781 | |
5df44211 JH |
1782 | http://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/ |
1783 | ftp://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/ | |
1784 | http://cpan.skynet.be | |
5c5c2539 | 1785 | ftp://ftp.cpan.skynet.be/pub/CPAN |
5df44211 | 1786 | ftp://ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/mirror/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 1787 | |
7a142657 JH |
1788 | =item Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1789 | ||
1790 | http://cpan.blic.net/ | |
1791 | ||
5df44211 | 1792 | =item Bulgaria |
4e860d0a | 1793 | |
5c5c2539 JH |
1794 | http://cpan.online.bg |
1795 | ftp://cpan.online.bg/cpan | |
1796 | http://cpan.zadnik.org | |
1797 | ftp://ftp.zadnik.org/mirrors/CPAN/ | |
5df44211 JH |
1798 | http://cpan.lirex.net/ |
1799 | ftp://ftp.lirex.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN | |
4e860d0a | 1800 | |
5df44211 | 1801 | =item Croatia |
4e860d0a | 1802 | |
5df44211 JH |
1803 | http://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/ |
1804 | ftp://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 1805 | |
5df44211 | 1806 | =item Czech Republic |
4e860d0a | 1807 | |
5df44211 JH |
1808 | ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/CPAN/ |
1809 | ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 1810 | |
5df44211 | 1811 | =item Denmark |
4e860d0a | 1812 | |
5df44211 JH |
1813 | http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/cpan/ |
1814 | ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/cpan/ | |
1815 | http://cpan.cybercity.dk | |
1816 | http://www.cpan.dk/CPAN/ | |
1817 | ftp://www.cpan.dk/ftp.cpan.org/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 1818 | |
5df44211 | 1819 | =item Estonia |
4e860d0a | 1820 | |
5df44211 | 1821 | ftp://ftp.ut.ee/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 1822 | |
5df44211 | 1823 | =item Finland |
4e860d0a | 1824 | |
5df44211 | 1825 | ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ |
5c5c2539 | 1826 | http://mirror.eunet.fi/CPAN |
4e860d0a | 1827 | |
5df44211 | 1828 | =item France |
37a78d01 | 1829 | |
5c5c2539 | 1830 | http://www.enstimac.fr/Perl/CPAN |
5df44211 JH |
1831 | http://ftp.u-paris10.fr/perl/CPAN |
1832 | ftp://ftp.u-paris10.fr/perl/CPAN | |
1833 | http://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/ | |
1834 | ftp://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/pub/ftp.cpan.org/ | |
1835 | ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/ | |
1836 | http://fr.cpan.org/ | |
1837 | ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/ | |
1838 | ftp://ftp.oleane.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ | |
1839 | ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/computing/CPAN/ | |
1840 | http://mir2.ovh.net/ftp.cpan.org | |
1841 | ftp://mir1.ovh.net/ftp.cpan.org | |
5c5c2539 JH |
1842 | http://ftp.crihan.fr/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/ |
1843 | ftp://ftp.crihan.fr/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/ | |
5df44211 JH |
1844 | http://ftp.u-strasbg.fr/CPAN |
1845 | ftp://ftp.u-strasbg.fr/CPAN | |
5df44211 JH |
1846 | ftp://cpan.cict.fr/pub/CPAN/ |
1847 | ftp://ftp.uvsq.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/ | |
37a78d01 | 1848 | |
5df44211 | 1849 | =item Germany |
37a78d01 | 1850 | |
5c5c2539 | 1851 | ftp://ftp.rub.de/pub/CPAN/ |
5df44211 JH |
1852 | ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/ |
1853 | ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/source/CPAN/ | |
1854 | ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/CPAN | |
1855 | http://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/CPAN/ | |
1856 | ftp://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/CPAN/ | |
1857 | http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ | |
1858 | ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ | |
1859 | ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/pub/soft/lang/perl/CPAN/ | |
1860 | ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/CPAN/ | |
1861 | http://cpan.noris.de/ | |
1862 | ftp://cpan.noris.de/pub/CPAN/ | |
1863 | ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/perl/CPAN/ | |
1864 | ftp://ftp.gmd.de/mirrors/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 1865 | |
5df44211 | 1866 | =item Greece |
4e860d0a | 1867 | |
5c5c2539 | 1868 | ftp://ftp.acn.gr/pub/lang/perl |
5df44211 JH |
1869 | ftp://ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/languages/perl/CPAN |
1870 | ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/perl/ | |
4e860d0a | 1871 | |
5df44211 | 1872 | =item Hungary |
4e860d0a | 1873 | |
5df44211 JH |
1874 | http://ftp.kfki.hu/packages/perl/CPAN/ |
1875 | ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/packages/perl/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 1876 | |
5df44211 | 1877 | =item Iceland |
4e860d0a | 1878 | |
5df44211 JH |
1879 | http://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/ |
1880 | ftp://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 1881 | |
5df44211 | 1882 | =item Ireland |
4e860d0a | 1883 | |
5df44211 JH |
1884 | http://cpan.indigo.ie/ |
1885 | ftp://cpan.indigo.ie/pub/CPAN/ | |
5c5c2539 JH |
1886 | http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN |
1887 | ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN | |
5df44211 JH |
1888 | http://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/ |
1889 | ftp://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/ | |
4e860d0a | 1890 | |
5df44211 | 1891 | =item Italy |
4e860d0a | 1892 | |
5df44211 JH |
1893 | http://cpan.nettuno.it/ |
1894 | http://gusp.dyndns.org/CPAN/ | |
1895 | ftp://gusp.dyndns.org/pub/CPAN | |
1896 | http://softcity.iol.it/cpan | |
1897 | ftp://softcity.iol.it/pub/cpan | |
1898 | ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/Other/CPAN/CPAN/ | |
1899 | ftp://ftp.unipi.it/pub/mirror/perl/CPAN/ | |
1900 | ftp://cis.uniRoma2.it/CPAN/ | |
1901 | ftp://ftp.edisontel.it/pub/CPAN_Mirror/ | |
5c5c2539 | 1902 | http://cpan.flashnet.it/ |
5df44211 | 1903 | ftp://ftp.flashnet.it/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 1904 | |
5df44211 | 1905 | =item Latvia |
4e860d0a | 1906 | |
5df44211 | 1907 | http://kvin.lv/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 1908 | |
5df44211 | 1909 | =item Lithuania |
4e860d0a | 1910 | |
5df44211 | 1911 | ftp://ftp.unix.lt/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 1912 | |
5df44211 | 1913 | =item Netherlands |
4e860d0a | 1914 | |
5df44211 JH |
1915 | ftp://download.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/CPAN/ |
1916 | ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/CPAN/ | |
1917 | ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ | |
1918 | http://cpan.cybercomm.nl/ | |
1919 | ftp://mirror.cybercomm.nl/pub/CPAN | |
5c5c2539 | 1920 | ftp://mirror.vuurwerk.nl/pub/CPAN/ |
5df44211 JH |
1921 | ftp://ftp.cpan.nl/pub/CPAN/ |
1922 | http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/CPAN | |
1923 | ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/CPAN | |
1924 | http://archive.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/ | |
1925 | ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 1926 | |
5df44211 JH |
1927 | =item Norway |
1928 | ||
1929 | ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/languages/perl/CPAN | |
1930 | ftp://ftp.uit.no/pub/languages/perl/cpan/ | |
1931 | ||
1932 | =item Poland | |
1933 | ||
639f8edf | 1934 | ftp://ftp.mega.net.pl/CPAN |
5df44211 JH |
1935 | ftp://ftp.man.torun.pl/pub/doc/CPAN/ |
1936 | ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/CPAN/ | |
1937 | ||
1938 | =item Portugal | |
1939 | ||
1940 | ftp://ftp.ua.pt/pub/CPAN/ | |
1941 | ftp://perl.di.uminho.pt/pub/CPAN/ | |
1942 | http://cpan.dei.uc.pt/ | |
1943 | ftp://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/CPAN | |
5c5c2539 JH |
1944 | ftp://ftp.nfsi.pt/pub/CPAN |
1945 | http://ftp.linux.pt/pub/mirrors/CPAN | |
1946 | ftp://ftp.linux.pt/pub/mirrors/CPAN | |
5df44211 JH |
1947 | http://cpan.ip.pt/ |
1948 | ftp://cpan.ip.pt/pub/cpan/ | |
5c5c2539 JH |
1949 | http://cpan.telepac.pt/ |
1950 | ftp://ftp.telepac.pt/pub/cpan/ | |
4e860d0a | 1951 | |
5df44211 | 1952 | =item Romania |
4e860d0a | 1953 | |
5c5c2539 | 1954 | ftp://ftp.bio-net.ro/pub/CPAN |
5df44211 | 1955 | ftp://ftp.kappa.ro/pub/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/ |
7a142657 | 1956 | ftp://ftp.lug.ro/CPAN |
5c5c2539 | 1957 | ftp://ftp.roedu.net/pub/CPAN/ |
5df44211 | 1958 | ftp://ftp.dntis.ro/pub/cpan/ |
5c5c2539 JH |
1959 | ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/ |
1960 | http://cpan.ambra.ro/ | |
1961 | ftp://ftp.ambra.ro/pub/CPAN | |
5df44211 JH |
1962 | ftp://ftp.dnttm.ro/pub/CPAN/ |
1963 | ftp://ftp.lasting.ro/pub/CPAN | |
1964 | ftp://ftp.timisoara.roedu.net/mirrors/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 1965 | |
5df44211 | 1966 | =item Russia |
4e860d0a | 1967 | |
5df44211 JH |
1968 | ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ |
1969 | http://cpan.rinet.ru/ | |
1970 | ftp://cpan.rinet.ru/pub/mirror/CPAN/ | |
1971 | ftp://ftp.aha.ru/pub/CPAN/ | |
7a142657 | 1972 | ftp://ftp.corbina.ru/pub/CPAN/ |
5df44211 JH |
1973 | http://cpan.sai.msu.ru/ |
1974 | ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 1975 | |
5df44211 | 1976 | =item Slovakia |
4e860d0a | 1977 | |
5df44211 | 1978 | ftp://ftp.cvt.stuba.sk/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 1979 | |
5df44211 | 1980 | =item Slovenia |
4e860d0a | 1981 | |
5df44211 | 1982 | ftp://ftp.arnes.si/software/perl/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 1983 | |
5df44211 | 1984 | =item Spain |
4e860d0a | 1985 | |
5df44211 JH |
1986 | http://cpan.imasd.elmundo.es/ |
1987 | ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/CPAN/ | |
639f8edf | 1988 | ftp://ftp.ri.telefonica-data.net/CPAN |
5df44211 | 1989 | ftp://ftp.etse.urv.es/pub/perl/ |
4e860d0a | 1990 | |
5df44211 | 1991 | =item Sweden |
4e860d0a | 1992 | |
5df44211 JH |
1993 | http://ftp.du.se/CPAN/ |
1994 | ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/CPAN/ | |
5c5c2539 | 1995 | http://mirror.dataphone.se/CPAN |
5df44211 JH |
1996 | ftp://mirror.dataphone.se/pub/CPAN |
1997 | ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 1998 | |
5df44211 | 1999 | =item Switzerland |
4e860d0a | 2000 | |
7a142657 JH |
2001 | http://cpan.mirror.solnet.ch/ |
2002 | ftp://ftp.solnet.ch/mirror/CPAN/ | |
5df44211 JH |
2003 | ftp://ftp.danyk.ch/CPAN/ |
2004 | ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 2005 | |
5df44211 | 2006 | =item Turkey |
4e860d0a | 2007 | |
5df44211 JH |
2008 | http://ftp.ulak.net.tr/perl/CPAN/ |
2009 | ftp://ftp.ulak.net.tr/perl/CPAN | |
2010 | ftp://sunsite.bilkent.edu.tr/pub/languages/CPAN/ | |
37a78d01 | 2011 | |
5df44211 | 2012 | =item Ukraine |
37a78d01 | 2013 | |
5df44211 JH |
2014 | http://cpan.org.ua/ |
2015 | ftp://cpan.org.ua/ | |
2016 | ftp://ftp.perl.org.ua/pub/CPAN/ | |
5c5c2539 JH |
2017 | http://no-more.kiev.ua/CPAN/ |
2018 | ftp://no-more.kiev.ua/pub/CPAN/ | |
37a78d01 | 2019 | |
5df44211 | 2020 | =item United Kingdom |
556e28cf | 2021 | |
5df44211 JH |
2022 | http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN |
2023 | ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ | |
2024 | http://cpan.teleglobe.net/ | |
2025 | ftp://cpan.teleglobe.net/pub/CPAN | |
5c5c2539 JH |
2026 | http://cpan.mirror.anlx.net/ |
2027 | ftp://ftp.mirror.anlx.net/CPAN/ | |
7a142657 JH |
2028 | http://cpan.etla.org/ |
2029 | ftp://cpan.etla.org/pub/CPAN | |
5df44211 JH |
2030 | ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/CPAN/ |
2031 | http://cpan.m.flirble.org/ | |
2032 | ftp://ftp.flirble.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ | |
2033 | ftp://ftp.plig.org/pub/CPAN/ | |
5c5c2539 | 2034 | http://cpan.hambule.co.uk/ |
5df44211 JH |
2035 | http://cpan.mirrors.clockerz.net/ |
2036 | ftp://ftp.clockerz.net/pub/CPAN/ | |
2037 | ftp://usit.shef.ac.uk/pub/packages/CPAN/ | |
556e28cf | 2038 | |
4e860d0a JH |
2039 | =back |
2040 | ||
2041 | =head2 North America | |
2042 | ||
2043 | =over 4 | |
2044 | ||
5c5c2539 JH |
2045 | =item Canada |
2046 | ||
7a142657 | 2047 | =over 8 |
5c5c2539 | 2048 | |
5df44211 | 2049 | =item Alberta |
4e860d0a | 2050 | |
5c5c2539 JH |
2051 | http://cpan.sunsite.ualberta.ca/ |
2052 | ftp://cpan.sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 2053 | |
5df44211 | 2054 | =item Manitoba |
4e860d0a | 2055 | |
5df44211 JH |
2056 | http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/ |
2057 | ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 2058 | |
5df44211 | 2059 | =item Nova Scotia |
4e860d0a | 2060 | |
5df44211 | 2061 | ftp://cpan.chebucto.ns.ca/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 2062 | |
5df44211 | 2063 | =item Ontario |
4e860d0a | 2064 | |
5c5c2539 | 2065 | ftp://ftp.nrc.ca/pub/CPAN/ |
37a78d01 | 2066 | |
7a142657 JH |
2067 | =back |
2068 | ||
5df44211 | 2069 | =item Mexico |
37a78d01 | 2070 | |
5df44211 JH |
2071 | http://cpan.azc.uam.mx |
2072 | ftp://cpan.azc.uam.mx/mirrors/CPAN | |
7a142657 JH |
2073 | http://www.cpan.unam.mx/ |
2074 | ftp://ftp.unam.mx/pub/CPAN | |
5df44211 JH |
2075 | http://www.msg.com.mx/CPAN/ |
2076 | ftp://ftp.msg.com.mx/pub/CPAN/ | |
37a78d01 | 2077 | |
5c5c2539 | 2078 | =item United States |
556e28cf | 2079 | |
7a142657 | 2080 | =over 8 |
4e860d0a | 2081 | |
5df44211 | 2082 | =item Alabama |
4e860d0a | 2083 | |
5df44211 JH |
2084 | http://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/ |
2085 | ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 2086 | |
5df44211 | 2087 | =item California |
4e860d0a | 2088 | |
5df44211 JH |
2089 | http://cpan.develooper.com/ |
2090 | http://www.cpan.org/ | |
2091 | ftp://cpan.valueclick.com/pub/CPAN/ | |
7a142657 JH |
2092 | http://www.mednor.net/ftp/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ |
2093 | ftp://ftp.mednor.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ | |
5df44211 JH |
2094 | http://mirrors.gossamer-threads.com/CPAN |
2095 | ftp://cpan.nas.nasa.gov/pub/perl/CPAN/ | |
2096 | http://mirrors.kernel.org/cpan/ | |
2097 | ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/pub/CPAN | |
7a142657 JH |
2098 | http://cpan-sj.viaverio.com/ |
2099 | ftp://cpan-sj.viaverio.com/pub/CPAN/ | |
5df44211 JH |
2100 | http://cpan.digisle.net/ |
2101 | ftp://cpan.digisle.net/pub/CPAN | |
2102 | http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ | |
7a142657 | 2103 | http://www.uberlan.net/CPAN |
4e860d0a | 2104 | |
5df44211 | 2105 | =item Colorado |
4e860d0a | 2106 | |
5df44211 | 2107 | ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ |
7a142657 | 2108 | http://cpan.four10.com |
4e860d0a | 2109 | |
5df44211 | 2110 | =item Delaware |
4e860d0a | 2111 | |
5df44211 JH |
2112 | http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/CPAN |
2113 | ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/CPAN | |
4e860d0a | 2114 | |
5df44211 | 2115 | =item District of Columbia |
4e860d0a | 2116 | |
5df44211 | 2117 | ftp://ftp.dc.aleron.net/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 2118 | |
5df44211 | 2119 | =item Florida |
37a78d01 | 2120 | |
5df44211 JH |
2121 | ftp://ftp.cise.ufl.edu/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ |
2122 | http://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/ | |
2123 | ftp://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/ | |
2124 | http://cpan.mirrors.nks.net/ | |
37a78d01 | 2125 | |
5df44211 | 2126 | =item Indiana |
4e860d0a | 2127 | |
5df44211 JH |
2128 | ftp://ftp.uwsg.iu.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/ |
2129 | http://cpan.netnitco.net/ | |
2130 | ftp://cpan.netnitco.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ | |
2131 | http://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/ | |
2132 | ftp://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/ | |
5c5c2539 JH |
2133 | http://fx.saintjoe.edu/pub/CPAN |
2134 | ftp://ftp.saintjoe.edu/pub/CPAN | |
5df44211 JH |
2135 | http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN |
2136 | ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN | |
4e860d0a | 2137 | |
5df44211 | 2138 | =item Kentucky |
4e860d0a | 2139 | |
5df44211 JH |
2140 | http://cpan.uky.edu/ |
2141 | ftp://cpan.uky.edu/pub/CPAN/ | |
5c5c2539 JH |
2142 | http://slugsite.louisville.edu/cpan |
2143 | ftp://slugsite.louisville.edu/CPAN | |
4e860d0a | 2144 | |
5df44211 | 2145 | =item Massachusetts |
4e860d0a | 2146 | |
5c5c2539 JH |
2147 | http://mirrors.towardex.com/CPAN |
2148 | ftp://mirrors.towardex.com/pub/CPAN | |
5df44211 | 2149 | ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu/net/mirrors/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 2150 | |
5df44211 | 2151 | =item Michigan |
4e860d0a | 2152 | |
5df44211 | 2153 | ftp://cpan.cse.msu.edu/ |
639f8edf HS |
2154 | http://cpan.calvin.edu/pub/CPAN |
2155 | ftp://cpan.calvin.edu/pub/CPAN | |
4e860d0a | 2156 | |
5c5c2539 JH |
2157 | =item Nevada |
2158 | ||
2159 | http://www.oss.redundant.com/pub/CPAN | |
2160 | ftp://www.oss.redundant.com/pub/CPAN | |
2161 | ||
5df44211 | 2162 | =item New Jersey |
4e860d0a | 2163 | |
5c5c2539 | 2164 | http://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/ |
5df44211 JH |
2165 | ftp://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/ |
2166 | http://cpan.teleglobe.net/ | |
2167 | ftp://cpan.teleglobe.net/pub/CPAN | |
4e860d0a | 2168 | |
5df44211 | 2169 | =item New York |
4e860d0a | 2170 | |
5df44211 | 2171 | http://cpan.belfry.net/ |
5c5c2539 JH |
2172 | http://cpan.erlbaum.net/ |
2173 | ftp://cpan.erlbaum.net/ | |
5df44211 JH |
2174 | http://cpan.thepirtgroup.com/ |
2175 | ftp://cpan.thepirtgroup.com/ | |
2176 | ftp://ftp.stealth.net/pub/CPAN/ | |
2177 | http://www.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/ | |
2178 | ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/ | |
4e860d0a | 2179 | |
5df44211 | 2180 | =item North Carolina |
4e860d0a | 2181 | |
7a142657 JH |
2182 | http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN |
2183 | ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN | |
5df44211 | 2184 | ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/perl/ |
5c5c2539 | 2185 | ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/mirror/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 2186 | |
5df44211 | 2187 | =item Oklahoma |
4e860d0a | 2188 | |
5df44211 | 2189 | ftp://ftp.ou.edu/mirrors/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 2190 | |
5df44211 | 2191 | =item Oregon |
4e860d0a | 2192 | |
5df44211 | 2193 | ftp://ftp.orst.edu/pub/CPAN |
4e860d0a | 2194 | |
5df44211 | 2195 | =item Pennsylvania |
4e860d0a | 2196 | |
5df44211 JH |
2197 | http://ftp.epix.net/CPAN/ |
2198 | ftp://ftp.epix.net/pub/languages/perl/ | |
2199 | http://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/ | |
2200 | ftp://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/ | |
2201 | http://cpan.pair.com/ | |
2202 | ftp://cpan.pair.com/pub/CPAN/ | |
2203 | ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a | 2204 | |
5df44211 | 2205 | =item Tennessee |
4e860d0a | 2206 | |
5df44211 | 2207 | ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 2208 | |
5df44211 | 2209 | =item Texas |
4e860d0a | 2210 | |
5df44211 | 2211 | http://ftp.sedl.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN/ |
5c5c2539 | 2212 | http://www.binarycode.org/cpan |
5df44211 | 2213 | ftp://mirror.telentente.com/pub/CPAN |
5c5c2539 | 2214 | http://mirrors.theonlinerecordstore.com/CPAN |
4e860d0a | 2215 | |
5df44211 | 2216 | =item Utah |
4e860d0a | 2217 | |
5df44211 | 2218 | ftp://mirror.xmission.com/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 2219 | |
5df44211 | 2220 | =item Virginia |
4e860d0a | 2221 | |
7a142657 JH |
2222 | http://cpan-du.viaverio.com/ |
2223 | ftp://cpan-du.viaverio.com/pub/CPAN/ | |
5df44211 JH |
2224 | http://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/ |
2225 | ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/ | |
2226 | http://perl.secsup.org/ | |
2227 | ftp://perl.secsup.org/pub/perl/ | |
5c5c2539 | 2228 | http://noc.cvaix.com/mirrors/CPAN/ |
4e860d0a | 2229 | |
5c5c2539 | 2230 | =item Washington |
4e860d0a | 2231 | |
5df44211 JH |
2232 | http://cpan.llarian.net/ |
2233 | ftp://cpan.llarian.net/pub/CPAN/ | |
2234 | http://cpan.mirrorcentral.com/ | |
2235 | ftp://ftp.mirrorcentral.com/pub/CPAN/ | |
2236 | ftp://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/CPAN/ | |
556e28cf | 2237 | |
5df44211 | 2238 | =item Wisconsin |
556e28cf | 2239 | |
5df44211 JH |
2240 | http://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/ |
2241 | ftp://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/ | |
7a142657 JH |
2242 | http://mirror.aphix.com/CPAN |
2243 | ftp://mirror.aphix.com/pub/CPAN | |
4e860d0a JH |
2244 | |
2245 | =back | |
2246 | ||
5c5c2539 JH |
2247 | =back |
2248 | ||
4e860d0a JH |
2249 | =head2 Oceania |
2250 | ||
2251 | =over 4 | |
2252 | ||
5df44211 | 2253 | =item Australia |
4e860d0a | 2254 | |
5df44211 JH |
2255 | http://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/ |
2256 | ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/ | |
2257 | ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/perl/CPAN/ | |
2258 | ftp://cpan.topend.com.au/pub/CPAN/ | |
7a142657 | 2259 | http://cpan.mirrors.ilisys.com.au |
4e860d0a | 2260 | |
5df44211 | 2261 | =item New Zealand |
556e28cf | 2262 | |
5df44211 | 2263 | ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/ |
5c5c2539 JH |
2264 | |
2265 | =item United States | |
2266 | ||
2267 | http://aniani.ifa.hawaii.edu/CPAN/ | |
2268 | ftp://aniani.ifa.hawaii.edu/CPAN/ | |
4e860d0a JH |
2269 | |
2270 | =back | |
2271 | ||
2272 | =head2 South America | |
2273 | ||
2274 | =over 4 | |
2275 | ||
5df44211 | 2276 | =item Argentina |
4e860d0a | 2277 | |
5df44211 | 2278 | ftp://mirrors.bannerlandia.com.ar/mirrors/CPAN/ |
5c5c2539 JH |
2279 | http://www.linux.org.ar/mirrors/cpan |
2280 | ftp://ftp.linux.org.ar/mirrors/cpan | |
4e860d0a | 2281 | |
5df44211 | 2282 | =item Brazil |
4e860d0a | 2283 | |
5df44211 JH |
2284 | ftp://cpan.pop-mg.com.br/pub/CPAN/ |
2285 | ftp://ftp.matrix.com.br/pub/perl/CPAN/ | |
5c5c2539 JH |
2286 | http://cpan.hostsul.com.br/ |
2287 | ftp://cpan.hostsul.com.br/ | |
4e860d0a | 2288 | |
5df44211 | 2289 | =item Chile |
4e860d0a | 2290 | |
5df44211 JH |
2291 | http://cpan.netglobalis.net/ |
2292 | ftp://cpan.netglobalis.net/pub/CPAN/ | |
f102b883 TC |
2293 | |
2294 | =back | |
2295 | ||
5df44211 JH |
2296 | =head2 RSYNC Mirrors |
2297 | ||
7a142657 JH |
2298 | www.linux.org.ar::cpan |
2299 | theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca::CPAN | |
2300 | ftp.shellhung.org::CPAN | |
2301 | rsync.nic.funet.fi::CPAN | |
2302 | ftp.u-paris10.fr::CPAN | |
2303 | mir1.ovh.net::CPAN | |
2304 | rsync://ftp.crihan.fr::CPAN | |
2305 | ftp.gwdg.de::FTP/languages/perl/CPAN/ | |
2306 | ftp.leo.org::CPAN | |
2307 | ftp.cbn.net.id::CPAN | |
2308 | rsync://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN | |
2309 | ftp.iglu.org.il::CPAN | |
2310 | gusp.dyndns.org::cpan | |
2311 | ftp.kddlabs.co.jp::cpan | |
2312 | ftp.ayamura.org::pub/CPAN/ | |
2313 | mirror.leafbug.org::CPAN | |
2314 | rsync.en.com.sg::CPAN | |
2315 | mirror.averse.net::cpan | |
2316 | rsync.oss.eznetsols.org | |
2317 | ftp.kr.FreeBSD.org::CPAN | |
2318 | ftp.solnet.ch::CPAN | |
2319 | cpan.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw::CPAN | |
2320 | cpan.teleglobe.net::CPAN | |
2321 | rsync://rsync.mirror.anlx.net::CPAN | |
2322 | ftp.sedl.org::cpan | |
2323 | ibiblio.org::CPAN | |
2324 | cpan-du.viaverio.com::CPAN | |
2325 | aniani.ifa.hawaii.edu::CPAN | |
2326 | archive.progeny.com::CPAN | |
2327 | rsync://slugsite.louisville.edu::CPAN | |
2328 | mirror.aphix.com::CPAN | |
2329 | cpan.teleglobe.net::CPAN | |
2330 | ftp.lug.udel.edu::cpan | |
2331 | mirrors.kernel.org::mirrors/CPAN | |
2332 | mirrors.phenominet.com::CPAN | |
2333 | cpan.pair.com::CPAN | |
2334 | cpan-sj.viaverio.com::CPAN | |
2335 | mirror.csit.fsu.edu::CPAN | |
2336 | csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu::CPAN | |
5df44211 | 2337 | |
f102b883 | 2338 | For an up-to-date listing of CPAN sites, |
4e860d0a | 2339 | see http://www.cpan.org/SITES or ftp://www.cpan.org/SITES . |
f102b883 TC |
2340 | |
2341 | =head1 Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse | |
2342 | ||
2343 | (The following section is borrowed directly from Tim Bunce's modules | |
2344 | file, available at your nearest CPAN site.) | |
2345 | ||
2346 | Perl implements a class using a package, but the presence of a | |
2347 | package doesn't imply the presence of a class. A package is just a | |
2348 | namespace. A class is a package that provides subroutines that can be | |
2349 | used as methods. A method is just a subroutine that expects, as its | |
2350 | first argument, either the name of a package (for "static" methods), | |
2351 | or a reference to something (for "virtual" methods). | |
2352 | ||
2353 | A module is a file that (by convention) provides a class of the same | |
2354 | name (sans the .pm), plus an import method in that class that can be | |
2355 | called to fetch exported symbols. This module may implement some of | |
2356 | its methods by loading dynamic C or C++ objects, but that should be | |
2357 | totally transparent to the user of the module. Likewise, the module | |
2358 | might set up an AUTOLOAD function to slurp in subroutine definitions on | |
2359 | demand, but this is also transparent. Only the F<.pm> file is required to | |
2e1d04bc | 2360 | exist. See L<perlsub>, L<perltoot>, and L<AutoLoader> for details about |
f102b883 TC |
2361 | the AUTOLOAD mechanism. |
2362 | ||
2363 | =head2 Guidelines for Module Creation | |
2364 | ||
2365 | =over 4 | |
2366 | ||
4e860d0a JH |
2367 | =item * |
2368 | ||
2369 | Do similar modules already exist in some form? | |
f102b883 TC |
2370 | |
2371 | If so, please try to reuse the existing modules either in whole or | |
2372 | by inheriting useful features into a new class. If this is not | |
2373 | practical try to get together with the module authors to work on | |
2374 | extending or enhancing the functionality of the existing modules. | |
2375 | A perfect example is the plethora of packages in perl4 for dealing | |
2376 | with command line options. | |
2377 | ||
2378 | If you are writing a module to expand an already existing set of | |
2379 | modules, please coordinate with the author of the package. It | |
2380 | helps if you follow the same naming scheme and module interaction | |
2381 | scheme as the original author. | |
2382 | ||
4e860d0a JH |
2383 | =item * |
2384 | ||
2385 | Try to design the new module to be easy to extend and reuse. | |
f102b883 | 2386 | |
9f1b1f2d GS |
2387 | Try to C<use warnings;> (or C<use warnings qw(...);>). |
2388 | Remember that you can add C<no warnings qw(...);> to individual blocks | |
2e1d04bc | 2389 | of code that need less warnings. |
19799a22 | 2390 | |
f102b883 TC |
2391 | Use blessed references. Use the two argument form of bless to bless |
2392 | into the class name given as the first parameter of the constructor, | |
2393 | e.g.,: | |
2394 | ||
2395 | sub new { | |
2e1d04bc JH |
2396 | my $class = shift; |
2397 | return bless {}, $class; | |
f102b883 TC |
2398 | } |
2399 | ||
2400 | or even this if you'd like it to be used as either a static | |
2401 | or a virtual method. | |
2402 | ||
2403 | sub new { | |
2e1d04bc JH |
2404 | my $self = shift; |
2405 | my $class = ref($self) || $self; | |
2406 | return bless {}, $class; | |
f102b883 TC |
2407 | } |
2408 | ||
2409 | Pass arrays as references so more parameters can be added later | |
2410 | (it's also faster). Convert functions into methods where | |
2411 | appropriate. Split large methods into smaller more flexible ones. | |
2412 | Inherit methods from other modules if appropriate. | |
2413 | ||
2414 | Avoid class name tests like: C<die "Invalid" unless ref $ref eq 'FOO'>. | |
19799a22 | 2415 | Generally you can delete the C<eq 'FOO'> part with no harm at all. |
f102b883 TC |
2416 | Let the objects look after themselves! Generally, avoid hard-wired |
2417 | class names as far as possible. | |
2418 | ||
c47ff5f1 GS |
2419 | Avoid C<< $r->Class::func() >> where using C<@ISA=qw(... Class ...)> and |
2420 | C<< $r->func() >> would work (see L<perlbot> for more details). | |
f102b883 TC |
2421 | |
2422 | Use autosplit so little used or newly added functions won't be a | |
5a964f20 | 2423 | burden to programs that don't use them. Add test functions to |
f102b883 TC |
2424 | the module after __END__ either using AutoSplit or by saying: |
2425 | ||
2426 | eval join('',<main::DATA>) || die $@ unless caller(); | |
2427 | ||
2428 | Does your module pass the 'empty subclass' test? If you say | |
19799a22 | 2429 | C<@SUBCLASS::ISA = qw(YOURCLASS);> your applications should be able |
f102b883 TC |
2430 | to use SUBCLASS in exactly the same way as YOURCLASS. For example, |
2431 | does your application still work if you change: C<$obj = new YOURCLASS;> | |
2432 | into: C<$obj = new SUBCLASS;> ? | |
2433 | ||
2434 | Avoid keeping any state information in your packages. It makes it | |
2435 | difficult for multiple other packages to use yours. Keep state | |
2436 | information in objects. | |
2437 | ||
2e1d04bc | 2438 | Always use B<-w>. |
19799a22 GS |
2439 | |
2440 | Try to C<use strict;> (or C<use strict qw(...);>). | |
f102b883 | 2441 | Remember that you can add C<no strict qw(...);> to individual blocks |
2e1d04bc | 2442 | of code that need less strictness. |
19799a22 | 2443 | |
2e1d04bc | 2444 | Always use B<-w>. |
19799a22 | 2445 | |
f102b883 TC |
2446 | Follow the guidelines in the perlstyle(1) manual. |
2447 | ||
19799a22 GS |
2448 | Always use B<-w>. |
2449 | ||
4e860d0a JH |
2450 | =item * |
2451 | ||
2452 | Some simple style guidelines | |
f102b883 | 2453 | |
5a964f20 | 2454 | The perlstyle manual supplied with Perl has many helpful points. |
f102b883 TC |
2455 | |
2456 | Coding style is a matter of personal taste. Many people evolve their | |
2457 | style over several years as they learn what helps them write and | |
2458 | maintain good code. Here's one set of assorted suggestions that | |
2459 | seem to be widely used by experienced developers: | |
2460 | ||
2461 | Use underscores to separate words. It is generally easier to read | |
2462 | $var_names_like_this than $VarNamesLikeThis, especially for | |
2463 | non-native speakers of English. It's also a simple rule that works | |
2464 | consistently with VAR_NAMES_LIKE_THIS. | |
2465 | ||
2466 | Package/Module names are an exception to this rule. Perl informally | |
2467 | reserves lowercase module names for 'pragma' modules like integer | |
2468 | and strict. Other modules normally begin with a capital letter and | |
2469 | use mixed case with no underscores (need to be short and portable). | |
2470 | ||
2471 | You may find it helpful to use letter case to indicate the scope | |
2472 | or nature of a variable. For example: | |
2473 | ||
5a964f20 | 2474 | $ALL_CAPS_HERE constants only (beware clashes with Perl vars) |
f102b883 TC |
2475 | $Some_Caps_Here package-wide global/static |
2476 | $no_caps_here function scope my() or local() variables | |
2477 | ||
2478 | Function and method names seem to work best as all lowercase. | |
c47ff5f1 | 2479 | e.g., C<< $obj->as_string() >>. |
f102b883 TC |
2480 | |
2481 | You can use a leading underscore to indicate that a variable or | |
2482 | function should not be used outside the package that defined it. | |
2483 | ||
4e860d0a JH |
2484 | =item * |
2485 | ||
2486 | Select what to export. | |
f102b883 TC |
2487 | |
2488 | Do NOT export method names! | |
2489 | ||
2490 | Do NOT export anything else by default without a good reason! | |
2491 | ||
2492 | Exports pollute the namespace of the module user. If you must | |
2493 | export try to use @EXPORT_OK in preference to @EXPORT and avoid | |
2494 | short or common names to reduce the risk of name clashes. | |
2495 | ||
2496 | Generally anything not exported is still accessible from outside the | |
c47ff5f1 | 2497 | module using the ModuleName::item_name (or C<< $blessed_ref->method >>) |
f102b883 TC |
2498 | syntax. By convention you can use a leading underscore on names to |
2499 | indicate informally that they are 'internal' and not for public use. | |
2500 | ||
2501 | (It is actually possible to get private functions by saying: | |
2502 | C<my $subref = sub { ... }; &$subref;>. But there's no way to call that | |
2503 | directly as a method, because a method must have a name in the symbol | |
2504 | table.) | |
2505 | ||
2506 | As a general rule, if the module is trying to be object oriented | |
2507 | then export nothing. If it's just a collection of functions then | |
2508 | @EXPORT_OK anything but use @EXPORT with caution. | |
2509 | ||
4e860d0a JH |
2510 | =item * |
2511 | ||
2512 | Select a name for the module. | |
f102b883 TC |
2513 | |
2514 | This name should be as descriptive, accurate, and complete as | |
2515 | possible. Avoid any risk of ambiguity. Always try to use two or | |
2516 | more whole words. Generally the name should reflect what is special | |
2517 | about what the module does rather than how it does it. Please use | |
2518 | nested module names to group informally or categorize a module. | |
2519 | There should be a very good reason for a module not to have a nested name. | |
2520 | Module names should begin with a capital letter. | |
2521 | ||
2522 | Having 57 modules all called Sort will not make life easy for anyone | |
2523 | (though having 23 called Sort::Quick is only marginally better :-). | |
2524 | Imagine someone trying to install your module alongside many others. | |
2525 | If in any doubt ask for suggestions in comp.lang.perl.misc. | |
2526 | ||
2527 | If you are developing a suite of related modules/classes it's good | |
2528 | practice to use nested classes with a common prefix as this will | |
2529 | avoid namespace clashes. For example: Xyz::Control, Xyz::View, | |
2530 | Xyz::Model etc. Use the modules in this list as a naming guide. | |
2531 | ||
2532 | If adding a new module to a set, follow the original author's | |
2533 | standards for naming modules and the interface to methods in | |
2534 | those modules. | |
2535 | ||
165c0277 JH |
2536 | If developing modules for private internal or project specific use, |
2537 | that will never be released to the public, then you should ensure | |
2538 | that their names will not clash with any future public module. You | |
2539 | can do this either by using the reserved Local::* category or by | |
2540 | using a category name that includes an underscore like Foo_Corp::*. | |
2541 | ||
f102b883 TC |
2542 | To be portable each component of a module name should be limited to |
2543 | 11 characters. If it might be used on MS-DOS then try to ensure each is | |
2544 | unique in the first 8 characters. Nested modules make this easier. | |
2545 | ||
4e860d0a JH |
2546 | =item * |
2547 | ||
2548 | Have you got it right? | |
f102b883 TC |
2549 | |
2550 | How do you know that you've made the right decisions? Have you | |
2551 | picked an interface design that will cause problems later? Have | |
2552 | you picked the most appropriate name? Do you have any questions? | |
2553 | ||
2554 | The best way to know for sure, and pick up many helpful suggestions, | |
2555 | is to ask someone who knows. Comp.lang.perl.misc is read by just about | |
2556 | all the people who develop modules and it's the best place to ask. | |
2557 | ||
2558 | All you need to do is post a short summary of the module, its | |
2559 | purpose and interfaces. A few lines on each of the main methods is | |
2560 | probably enough. (If you post the whole module it might be ignored | |
2561 | by busy people - generally the very people you want to read it!) | |
2562 | ||
2563 | Don't worry about posting if you can't say when the module will be | |
2564 | ready - just say so in the message. It might be worth inviting | |
2565 | others to help you, they may be able to complete it for you! | |
2566 | ||
4e860d0a JH |
2567 | =item * |
2568 | ||
2569 | README and other Additional Files. | |
f102b883 TC |
2570 | |
2571 | It's well known that software developers usually fully document the | |
2572 | software they write. If, however, the world is in urgent need of | |
2573 | your software and there is not enough time to write the full | |
2574 | documentation please at least provide a README file containing: | |
2575 | ||
2576 | =over 10 | |
2577 | ||
2578 | =item * | |
4e860d0a | 2579 | |
f102b883 TC |
2580 | A description of the module/package/extension etc. |
2581 | ||
2582 | =item * | |
4e860d0a | 2583 | |
f102b883 TC |
2584 | A copyright notice - see below. |
2585 | ||
2586 | =item * | |
4e860d0a | 2587 | |
f102b883 TC |
2588 | Prerequisites - what else you may need to have. |
2589 | ||
2590 | =item * | |
4e860d0a | 2591 | |
f102b883 TC |
2592 | How to build it - possible changes to Makefile.PL etc. |
2593 | ||
2594 | =item * | |
4e860d0a | 2595 | |
f102b883 TC |
2596 | How to install it. |
2597 | ||
2598 | =item * | |
4e860d0a | 2599 | |
f102b883 TC |
2600 | Recent changes in this release, especially incompatibilities |
2601 | ||
2602 | =item * | |
4e860d0a | 2603 | |
f102b883 TC |
2604 | Changes / enhancements you plan to make in the future. |
2605 | ||
2606 | =back | |
2607 | ||
2608 | If the README file seems to be getting too large you may wish to | |
2609 | split out some of the sections into separate files: INSTALL, | |
2610 | Copying, ToDo etc. | |
2611 | ||
2612 | =over 4 | |
2613 | ||
37a78d01 | 2614 | =item * |
f102b883 | 2615 | |
37a78d01 | 2616 | Adding a Copyright Notice. |
4e860d0a | 2617 | |
f102b883 TC |
2618 | How you choose to license your work is a personal decision. |
2619 | The general mechanism is to assert your Copyright and then make | |
2620 | a declaration of how others may copy/use/modify your work. | |
2621 | ||
2a551100 JH |
2622 | Perl, for example, is supplied with two types of licence: The GNU GPL |
2623 | and The Artistic Licence (see the files README, Copying, and Artistic, | |
2624 | or L<perlgpl> and L<perlartistic>). Larry has good reasons for NOT | |
2625 | just using the GNU GPL. | |
f102b883 TC |
2626 | |
2627 | My personal recommendation, out of respect for Larry, Perl, and the | |
5a964f20 | 2628 | Perl community at large is to state something simply like: |
f102b883 TC |
2629 | |
2630 | Copyright (c) 1995 Your Name. All rights reserved. | |
2631 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or | |
2632 | modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. | |
2633 | ||
2634 | This statement should at least appear in the README file. You may | |
2635 | also wish to include it in a Copying file and your source files. | |
2636 | Remember to include the other words in addition to the Copyright. | |
2637 | ||
4e860d0a JH |
2638 | =item * |
2639 | ||
2640 | Give the module a version/issue/release number. | |
f102b883 TC |
2641 | |
2642 | To be fully compatible with the Exporter and MakeMaker modules you | |
2643 | should store your module's version number in a non-my package | |
2644 | variable called $VERSION. This should be a floating point | |
2645 | number with at least two digits after the decimal (i.e., hundredths, | |
2646 | e.g, C<$VERSION = "0.01">). Don't use a "1.3.2" style version. | |
19799a22 | 2647 | See L<Exporter> for details. |
f102b883 TC |
2648 | |
2649 | It may be handy to add a function or method to retrieve the number. | |
2650 | Use the number in announcements and archive file names when | |
2651 | releasing the module (ModuleName-1.02.tar.Z). | |
2652 | See perldoc ExtUtils::MakeMaker.pm for details. | |
2653 | ||
4e860d0a JH |
2654 | =item * |
2655 | ||
2656 | How to release and distribute a module. | |
f102b883 TC |
2657 | |
2658 | It's good idea to post an announcement of the availability of your | |
2659 | module (or the module itself if small) to the comp.lang.perl.announce | |
2660 | Usenet newsgroup. This will at least ensure very wide once-off | |
2661 | distribution. | |
2662 | ||
2e1d04bc | 2663 | If possible, register the module with CPAN. You should |
f102b883 TC |
2664 | include details of its location in your announcement. |
2665 | ||
2666 | Some notes about ftp archives: Please use a long descriptive file | |
5a964f20 | 2667 | name that includes the version number. Most incoming directories |
f102b883 TC |
2668 | will not be readable/listable, i.e., you won't be able to see your |
2669 | file after uploading it. Remember to send your email notification | |
2670 | message as soon as possible after uploading else your file may get | |
2671 | deleted automatically. Allow time for the file to be processed | |
2672 | and/or check the file has been processed before announcing its | |
2673 | location. | |
2674 | ||
2675 | FTP Archives for Perl Modules: | |
2676 | ||
6cecdcac | 2677 | Follow the instructions and links on: |
f102b883 | 2678 | |
4e860d0a JH |
2679 | http://www.cpan.org/modules/00modlist.long.html |
2680 | http://www.cpan.org/modules/04pause.html | |
f102b883 TC |
2681 | |
2682 | or upload to one of these sites: | |
2683 | ||
6cecdcac GS |
2684 | https://pause.kbx.de/pause/ |
2685 | http://pause.perl.org/pause/ | |
f102b883 | 2686 | |
6cecdcac | 2687 | and notify <modules@perl.org>. |
f102b883 TC |
2688 | |
2689 | By using the WWW interface you can ask the Upload Server to mirror | |
2690 | your modules from your ftp or WWW site into your own directory on | |
2691 | CPAN! | |
2692 | ||
2693 | Please remember to send me an updated entry for the Module list! | |
2694 | ||
4e860d0a JH |
2695 | =item * |
2696 | ||
2697 | Take care when changing a released module. | |
f102b883 | 2698 | |
7b8d334a GS |
2699 | Always strive to remain compatible with previous released versions. |
2700 | Otherwise try to add a mechanism to revert to the | |
19799a22 | 2701 | old behavior if people rely on it. Document incompatible changes. |
f102b883 TC |
2702 | |
2703 | =back | |
2704 | ||
2705 | =back | |
2706 | ||
2707 | =head2 Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules | |
2708 | ||
2709 | =over 4 | |
2710 | ||
4e860d0a JH |
2711 | =item * |
2712 | ||
2713 | There is no requirement to convert anything. | |
f102b883 TC |
2714 | |
2715 | If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Perl 4 library scripts should | |
2716 | continue to work with no problems. You may need to make some minor | |
2717 | changes (like escaping non-array @'s in double quoted strings) but | |
2718 | there is no need to convert a .pl file into a Module for just that. | |
2719 | ||
4e860d0a JH |
2720 | =item * |
2721 | ||
2722 | Consider the implications. | |
f102b883 | 2723 | |
5a964f20 | 2724 | All Perl applications that make use of the script will need to |
f102b883 TC |
2725 | be changed (slightly) if the script is converted into a module. Is |
2726 | it worth it unless you plan to make other changes at the same time? | |
2727 | ||
4e860d0a JH |
2728 | =item * |
2729 | ||
2730 | Make the most of the opportunity. | |
f102b883 TC |
2731 | |
2732 | If you are going to convert the script to a module you can use the | |
19799a22 GS |
2733 | opportunity to redesign the interface. The guidelines for module |
2734 | creation above include many of the issues you should consider. | |
f102b883 | 2735 | |
4e860d0a JH |
2736 | =item * |
2737 | ||
2738 | The pl2pm utility will get you started. | |
f102b883 TC |
2739 | |
2740 | This utility will read *.pl files (given as parameters) and write | |
2741 | corresponding *.pm files. The pl2pm utilities does the following: | |
2742 | ||
2743 | =over 10 | |
2744 | ||
2745 | =item * | |
4e860d0a | 2746 | |
f102b883 TC |
2747 | Adds the standard Module prologue lines |
2748 | ||
2749 | =item * | |
4e860d0a | 2750 | |
f102b883 TC |
2751 | Converts package specifiers from ' to :: |
2752 | ||
2753 | =item * | |
4e860d0a | 2754 | |
f102b883 TC |
2755 | Converts die(...) to croak(...) |
2756 | ||
2757 | =item * | |
4e860d0a | 2758 | |
f102b883 TC |
2759 | Several other minor changes |
2760 | ||
2761 | =back | |
2762 | ||
2763 | Being a mechanical process pl2pm is not bullet proof. The converted | |
2764 | code will need careful checking, especially any package statements. | |
2765 | Don't delete the original .pl file till the new .pm one works! | |
2766 | ||
2767 | =back | |
2768 | ||
2769 | =head2 Guidelines for Reusing Application Code | |
2770 | ||
2771 | =over 4 | |
2772 | ||
4e860d0a | 2773 | =item * |
551e1d92 RB |
2774 | |
2775 | Complete applications rarely belong in the Perl Module Library. | |
f102b883 | 2776 | |
4e860d0a | 2777 | =item * |
551e1d92 RB |
2778 | |
2779 | Many applications contain some Perl code that could be reused. | |
f102b883 TC |
2780 | |
2781 | Help save the world! Share your code in a form that makes it easy | |
2782 | to reuse. | |
2783 | ||
4e860d0a | 2784 | =item * |
551e1d92 RB |
2785 | |
2786 | Break-out the reusable code into one or more separate module files. | |
f102b883 | 2787 | |
4e860d0a | 2788 | =item * |
551e1d92 RB |
2789 | |
2790 | Take the opportunity to reconsider and redesign the interfaces. | |
2791 | ||
4e860d0a | 2792 | =item * |
f102b883 | 2793 | |
551e1d92 | 2794 | In some cases the 'application' can then be reduced to a small |
f102b883 TC |
2795 | |
2796 | fragment of code built on top of the reusable modules. In these cases | |
2797 | the application could invoked as: | |
2798 | ||
5a964f20 | 2799 | % perl -e 'use Module::Name; method(@ARGV)' ... |
f102b883 | 2800 | or |
5a964f20 | 2801 | % perl -mModule::Name ... (in perl5.002 or higher) |
f102b883 TC |
2802 | |
2803 | =back | |
2804 | ||
2805 | =head1 NOTE | |
2806 | ||
2807 | Perl does not enforce private and public parts of its modules as you may | |
2808 | have been used to in other languages like C++, Ada, or Modula-17. Perl | |
2809 | doesn't have an infatuation with enforced privacy. It would prefer | |
2810 | that you stayed out of its living room because you weren't invited, not | |
2811 | because it has a shotgun. | |
2812 | ||
2813 | The module and its user have a contract, part of which is common law, | |
2814 | and part of which is "written". Part of the common law contract is | |
2815 | that a module doesn't pollute any namespace it wasn't asked to. The | |
2816 | written contract for the module (A.K.A. documentation) may make other | |
2817 | provisions. But then you know when you C<use RedefineTheWorld> that | |
2818 | you're redefining the world and willing to take the consequences. |