Small doc tweaks.

[perl5.git] / pod / perlmodlib.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlmodlib.pod b/pod/perlmodlib.pod
index bc7acfc..8ad8072 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlmodlib.pod
+++ b/pod/perlmodlib.pod
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-# Generated by perlmodlib.PL  DO NOT EDIT!
+=for maintainers
+Generated by perlmodlib.PL -- DO NOT EDIT!
 
 =head1 NAME
 
@@ -52,10 +53,6 @@ The following pragmas are defined (and have their own documentation).
 
 Get/set subroutine or variable attributes
 
-=item attrs
-
-Set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
-
 =item autouse
 
 Postpone load of modules until a function is used
@@ -112,18 +109,10 @@ Use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations
 
 Set default disciplines for input and output
 
-=item ops
-
-Restrict unsafe operations when compiling
-
 =item overload
 
 Package for overloading perl operations
 
-=item re
-
-Alter regular expression behaviour
-
 =item sigtrap
 
 Enable simple signal handling
@@ -140,10 +129,6 @@ Restrict unsafe constructs
 
 Predeclare sub names
 
-=item threads
-
-Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads from perl
-
 =item utf8
 
 Enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source code
@@ -190,82 +175,10 @@ Load subroutines only on demand
 
 Split a package for autoloading
 
-=item B
-
-The Perl Compiler
-
-=item B::Asmdata
-
-Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate bytecode
-
-=item B::Assembler
-
-Assemble Perl bytecode
-
-=item B::Bblock
-
-Walk basic blocks
-
-=item B::Bytecode
-
-Perl compiler's bytecode backend
-
-=item B::C
-
-Perl compiler's C backend
-
-=item B::CC
-
-Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
-
-=item B::Concise
-
-Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
-
-=item B::Debug
-
-Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
-
-=item B::Deparse
-
-Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
-
-=item B::Disassembler
-
-Disassemble Perl bytecode
-
-=item B::Lint
-
-Perl lint
-
-=item B::Showlex
-
-Show lexical variables used in functions or files
-
-=item B::Stackobj
-
-Helper module for CC backend
-
-=item B::Stash
-
-Show what stashes are loaded
-
-=item B::Terse
-
-Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
-
-=item B::Xref
-
-Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
-
 =item Benchmark
 
 Benchmark running times of Perl code
 
-=item ByteLoader
-
-Load byte compiled perl code
-
 =item CGI
 
 Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
@@ -338,10 +251,6 @@ Get pathname of current working directory
 
 Programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft, subject to
 
-=item DB_File
-
-Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
-
 =item Devel::SelfStubber
 
 Generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
@@ -358,18 +267,6 @@ Supply object methods for directory handles
 
 Provides screen dump of Perl data.
 
-=item Encode
-
-Character encodings
-
-=item Encode::EncodeFormat
-
-The format of encoding tables of the Encode extension
-
-=item Encode::Tcl
-
-Tcl encodings
-
 =item English
 
 Use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation variables
@@ -462,10 +359,6 @@ Add blib/* directories to @INC
 
 Replace functions with equivalents which succeed or die
 
-=item Fcntl
-
-Load the C Fcntl.h defines
-
 =item File::Basename
 
 Split a pathname into pieces
@@ -498,6 +391,10 @@ Create or remove directory trees
 
 Portably perform operations on file names
 
+=item File::Spec::Cygwin
+
+Methods for Cygwin file specs
+
 =item File::Spec::Epoc
 
 Methods for Epoc file specs
@@ -570,10 +467,6 @@ Functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language tags
 
 Tags and names for human languages
 
-=item IO
-
-Load various IO modules
-
 =item IPC::Open2
 
 Open a process for both reading and writing
@@ -654,18 +547,10 @@ Glue to provide EXISTS for NDBM_File for Storable use
 
 Glue to provide EXISTS for SDBM_File for Storable use
 
-=item Memoize::Saves
-
-Plug-in module to specify which return values should be memoized
-
 =item Memoize::Storable
 
 Store Memoized data in Storable database
 
-=item NDBM_File
-
-Tied access to ndbm files
-
 =item NEXT
 
 Provide a pseudo-class NEXT that allows method redispatch
@@ -730,22 +615,6 @@ By-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*() functions
 
 By-name interface to Perl's built-in getserv*() functions
 
-=item O
-
-Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
-
-=item ODBM_File
-
-Tied access to odbm files
-
-=item Opcode
-
-Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code
-
-=item POSIX
-
-Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1
-
 =item PerlIO
 
 On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::* name space
@@ -758,6 +627,10 @@ Check pod documents for syntax errors
 
 Find POD documents in directory trees
 
+=item Pod::Functions
+
+Group Perl's functions a la perlfunc.pod
+
 =item Pod::Html
 
 Module to convert pod files to HTML
@@ -818,14 +691,6 @@ Print a usage message from embedded pod documentation
 
 Test of various basic POD features in translators.
 
-=item SDBM_File
-
-Tied access to sdbm files
-
-=item Safe
-
-Compile and execute code in restricted compartments
-
 =item Search::Dict
 
 Search for key in dictionary file
@@ -842,14 +707,6 @@ Load functions only on demand
 
 Run shell commands transparently within perl
 
-=item Socket
-
-Load the C socket.h defines and structure manipulators 
-
-=item Storable
-
-Persistency for perl data structures
-
 =item Switch
 
 A switch statement for Perl
@@ -1026,8 +883,7 @@ CPAN stands for Comprehensive Perl Archive Network; it's a globally
 replicated trove of Perl materials, including documentation, style
 guides, tricks and traps, alternate ports to non-Unix systems and
 occasional binary distributions for these.   Search engines for
-CPAN can be found at http://cpan.perl.com/ and at
-http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/mod_perl/cpan-search.pl .
+CPAN can be found at http://www.cpan.org/.
 
 Most importantly, CPAN includes around a thousand unbundled modules,
 some of which require a C compiler to build.  Major categories of