+=for maintainers
+Generated by perlmodlib.PL -- DO NOT EDIT!
+
=head1 NAME
perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
-
=head1 THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
-A number of modules are included the Perl distribution. These are
-described below, and all end in F<.pm>. You may also discover files in
-the library directory that end in either F<.pl> or F<.ph>. These are old
-libraries supplied so that old programs that use them still run. The
-F<.pl> files will all eventually be converted into standard modules, and
-the F<.ph> files made by B<h2ph> will probably end up as extension modules
-made by B<h2xs>. (Some F<.ph> values may already be available through the
-POSIX module.) The B<pl2pm> file in the distribution may help in your
-conversion, but it's just a mechanical process and therefore far from
-bulletproof.
+Many modules are included in the Perl distribution. These are described
+below, and all end in F<.pm>. You may discover compiled library
+files (usually ending in F<.so>) or small pieces of modules to be
+autoloaded (ending in F<.al>); these were automatically generated
+by the installation process. You may also discover files in the
+library directory that end in either F<.pl> or F<.ph>. These are
+old libraries supplied so that old programs that use them still
+run. The F<.pl> files will all eventually be converted into standard
+modules, and the F<.ph> files made by B<h2ph> will probably end up
+as extension modules made by B<h2xs>. (Some F<.ph> values may
+already be available through the POSIX, Errno, or Fcntl modules.)
+The B<pl2pm> file in the distribution may help in your conversion,
+but it's just a mechanical process and therefore far from bulletproof.
=head2 Pragmatic Modules
-They work somewhat like pragmas in that they tend to affect the compilation of
-your program, and thus will usually work well only when used within a
-C<use>, or C<no>. Most of these are lexically scoped, so an inner BLOCK
-may countermand any of these by saying:
+They work somewhat like compiler directives (pragmata) in that they
+tend to affect the compilation of your program, and thus will usually
+work well only when used within a C<use>, or C<no>. Most of these
+are lexically scoped, so an inner BLOCK may countermand them
+by saying:
no integer;
no strict 'refs';
+ no warnings;
which lasts until the end of that BLOCK.
-Unlike the pragmas that effect the C<$^H> hints variable, the C<use
-vars> and C<use subs> declarations are not BLOCK-scoped. They allow
-you to predeclare a variables or subroutines within a particular
-I<file> rather than just a block. Such declarations are effective
-for the entire file for which they were declared. You cannot rescind
-them with C<no vars> or C<no subs>.
+Some pragmas are lexically scoped--typically those that affect the
+C<$^H> hints variable. Others affect the current package instead,
+like C<use vars> and C<use subs>, which allow you to predeclare a
+variables or subroutines within a particular I<file> rather than
+just a block. Such declarations are effective for the entire file
+for which they were declared. You cannot rescind them with C<no
+vars> or C<no subs>.
The following pragmas are defined (and have their own documentation).
=over 12
-=item use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3)
+=item attributes
+
+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
+
+=item base
-Defers C<require MODULE> until someone calls one of the specified
-subroutines (which must be exported by MODULE). This pragma should be
-used with caution, and only when necessary.
+Establish IS-A relationship with base classes at compile time
+
+=item bigint
+
+Transparent BigInteger support for Perl
+
+=item bignum
+
+Transparent BigNumber support for Perl
+
+=item bigrat
+
+Transparent BigNumber/BigRational support for Perl
=item blib
-manipulate @INC at compile time to use MakeMaker's uninstalled version
-of a package
+Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
+
+=item bytes
+
+Force byte semantics rather than character semantics
+
+=item charnames
+
+Define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal escapes
+
+=item constant
+
+Declare constants
=item diagnostics
-force verbose warning diagnostics
+Produce verbose warning diagnostics
+
+=item encoding
+
+Allows you to write your script in non-ascii or non-utf8
+
+=item encoding::warnings
+
+Warn on implicit encoding conversions
+
+=item feature
+
+Enable new syntactic features
+
+=item fields
+
+Compile-time class fields
+
+=item filetest
+
+Control the filetest permission operators
+
+=item if
+
+C<use> a Perl module if a condition holds
=item integer
-compute arithmetic in integer instead of double
+Use integer arithmetic instead of floating point
=item less
-request less of something from the compiler
+Request less of something
=item lib
-manipulate @INC at compile time
+Manipulate @INC at compile time
=item locale
-use or ignore current locale for builtin operations (see L<perllocale>)
+Use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations
+
+=item mro
+
+Method Resolution Order
+
+=item open
+
+Set default PerlIO layers for input and output
=item ops
-restrict named opcodes when compiling or running Perl code
+Restrict unsafe operations when compiling
=item overload
-overload basic Perl operations
+Package for overloading Perl operations
=item re
-alter behaviour of regular expressions
+Alter regular expression behaviour
=item sigtrap
-enable simple signal handling
+Enable simple signal handling
+
+=item sort
+
+Control sort() behaviour
=item strict
-restrict unsafe constructs
+Restrict unsafe constructs
=item subs
-predeclare sub names
+Predeclare sub names
-=item vmsish
+=item threads
+
+Perl interpreter-based threads
-adopt certain VMS-specific behaviors
+=item threads::shared
+
+Perl extension for sharing data structures between threads
+
+=item utf8
+
+Enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source code
=item vars
-predeclare global variable names
+Predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
+
+=item version
+
+Perl extension for Version Objects
+
+=item vmsish
+
+Control VMS-specific language features
+
+=item warnings
+
+Control optional warnings
+
+=item warnings::register
+
+Warnings import function
=back
manner with respect to namespace pollution because they use the
Exporter module. See their own documentation for details.
+It's possible that not all modules listed below are installed on your
+system. For example, the GDBM_File module will not be installed if you
+don't have the gdbm library.
+
=over 12
=item AnyDBM_File
-provide framework for multiple DBMs
+Provide framework for multiple DBMs
+
+=item Archive::Extract
+
+A generic archive extracting mechanism
+
+=item Archive::Tar
+
+Module for manipulations of tar archives
+
+=item Archive::Tar::File
+
+A subclass for in-memory extracted file from Archive::Tar
+
+=item Attribute::Handlers
+
+Simpler definition of attribute handlers
=item AutoLoader
-load functions only on demand
+Load subroutines only on demand
=item AutoSplit
-split a package for autoloading
+Split a package for autoloading
+
+=item B
+
+The Perl Compiler
+
+=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::Lint
+
+Perl lint
+
+=item B::Showlex
+
+Show lexical variables used in functions or files
+
+=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 code
+Benchmark running times of Perl code
+
+=item CGI
+
+Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
+
+=item CGI::Apache
+
+Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm
+
+=item CGI::Carp
+
+CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or other) error log
+
+=item CGI::Cookie
+
+Interface to Netscape Cookies
+
+=item CGI::Fast
+
+CGI Interface for Fast CGI
+
+=item CGI::Pretty
+
+Module to produce nicely formatted HTML code
+
+=item CGI::Push
+
+Simple Interface to Server Push
+
+=item CGI::Switch
+
+Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch
+
+=item CGI::Util
+
+Internal utilities used by CGI module
=item CPAN
-interface to Comprehensive Perl Archive Network
+Query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
=item CPAN::FirstTime
-create a CPAN configuration file
+Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
+
+=item CPAN::Kwalify
+
+Interface between CPAN.pm and Kwalify.pm
+
+=item CPAN::Nox
+
+Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS module
+
+=item CPAN::Version
+
+Utility functions to compare CPAN versions
+
+=item CPANPLUS
+
+API & CLI access to the CPAN mirrors
+
+=item CPANPLUS::Dist::Base
+
+Base class for custom distribution classes
+
+=item CPANPLUS::Dist::Sample
+
+Sample code to create your own Dist::* plugin
+
+=item CPANPLUS::Shell::Classic
+
+CPAN.pm emulation for CPANPLUS
+
+=item CPANPLUS::Shell::Default::Plugins::HOWTO
+
+Documentation on how to write your own plugins
+
+=item Carp
+
+Warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
+
+=item Carp::Heavy
+
+Heavy machinery, no user serviceable parts inside
+
+=item Class::ISA
+
+Report the search path for a class's ISA tree
+
+=item Class::Struct
+
+Declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
+
+=item Compress::Raw::Zlib
+
+Low-Level Interface to zlib compression library
+
+=item Compress::Zlib
+
+Interface to zlib compression library
+
+=item Config
+
+Access Perl configuration information
+
+=item Cwd
+
+Get pathname of current working directory
+
+=item DB
+
+Programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft, subject to
+
+=item DBM_Filter
+
+Filter DBM keys/values
+
+=item DBM_Filter::compress
+
+Filter for DBM_Filter
+
+=item DBM_Filter::encode
+
+Filter for DBM_Filter
+
+=item DBM_Filter::int32
+
+Filter for DBM_Filter
+
+=item DBM_Filter::null
+
+Filter for DBM_Filter
+
+=item DBM_Filter::utf8
+
+Filter for DBM_Filter
+
+=item DB_File
+
+Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
+
+=item Data::Dumper
+
+Stringified perl data structures, suitable for both printing and C<eval>
+
+=item Devel::DProf
+
+A Perl code profiler
+
+=item Devel::InnerPackage
+
+Find all the inner packages of a package
+
+=item Devel::Peek
+
+A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
+
+=item Devel::SelfStubber
+
+Generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
+
+=item Digest
+
+Modules that calculate message digests
+
+=item Digest::MD5
+
+Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
+
+=item Digest::SHA
+
+Perl extension for SHA-1/224/256/384/512
+
+=item Digest::base
+
+Digest base class
+
+=item Digest::file
+
+Calculate digests of files
+
+=item DirHandle
+
+Supply object methods for directory handles
+
+=item Dumpvalue
+
+Provides screen dump of Perl data.
+
+=item DynaLoader
+
+Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
+
+=item Encode
+
+Character encodings
+
+=item Encode::Alias
+
+Alias definitions to encodings
+
+=item Encode::Byte
+
+Single Byte Encodings
+
+=item Encode::CJKConstants
+
+Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
+
+=item Encode::CN
+
+China-based Chinese Encodings
+
+=item Encode::CN::HZ
+
+Internally used by Encode::CN
+
+=item Encode::Config
+
+Internally used by Encode
+
+=item Encode::EBCDIC
+
+EBCDIC Encodings
+
+=item Encode::Encoder
+
+Object Oriented Encoder
+
+=item Encode::Encoding
+
+Encode Implementation Base Class
+
+=item Encode::GSM0338
+
+ESTI GSM 03.38 Encoding
+
+=item Encode::Guess
+
+Guesses encoding from data
+
+=item Encode::JP
+
+Japanese Encodings
+
+=item Encode::JP::H2Z
+
+Internally used by Encode::JP::2022_JP*
+
+=item Encode::JP::JIS7
+
+Internally used by Encode::JP
+
+=item Encode::KR
+
+Korean Encodings
+
+=item Encode::KR::2022_KR
+
+Internally used by Encode::KR
+
+=item Encode::MIME::Header
+
+MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding
+
+=item Encode::MIME::Name
+
+Internally used by Encode
+
+=item Encode::PerlIO
+
+A detailed document on Encode and PerlIO
+
+=item Encode::Supported
+
+Encodings supported by Encode
+
+=item Encode::Symbol
+
+Symbol Encodings
+
+=item Encode::TW
+
+Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings
+
+=item Encode::Unicode
+
+Various Unicode Transformation Formats
+
+=item Encode::Unicode::UTF7
+
+UTF-7 encoding
+
+=item English
+
+Use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation variables
+
+=item Env
+
+Perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or arrays
+
+=item Errno
+
+System errno constants
+
+=item Exporter
+
+Implements default import method for modules
+
+=item Exporter::Heavy
+
+Exporter guts
+
+=item ExtUtils::CBuilder
+
+Compile and link C code for Perl modules
+
+=item ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::Windows
+
+Builder class for Windows platforms
+
+=item ExtUtils::Command
+
+Utilities to replace common UNIX commands in Makefiles etc.
+
+=item ExtUtils::Command::MM
+
+Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles
+
+=item ExtUtils::Constant
+
+Generate XS code to import C header constants
+
+=item ExtUtils::Constant::Base
+
+Base class for ExtUtils::Constant objects
+
+=item ExtUtils::Constant::Utils
+
+Helper functions for ExtUtils::Constant
+
+=item ExtUtils::Constant::XS
+
+Base class for ExtUtils::Constant objects
+
+=item ExtUtils::Embed
+
+Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications
+
+=item ExtUtils::Install
+
+Install files from here to there
+
+=item ExtUtils::Installed
+
+Inventory management of installed modules
+
+=item ExtUtils::Liblist
+
+Determine libraries to use and how to use them
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM
+
+OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_AIX
+
+AIX specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_Any
+
+Platform-agnostic MM methods
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_BeOS
+
+Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin
+
+Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_DOS
+
+DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_MacOS
+
+Once produced Makefiles for MacOS Classic
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_NW5
+
+Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_OS2
+
+Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_QNX
+
+QNX specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_UWIN
+
+U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+
+Methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_VMS
+
+Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_VOS
+
+VOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_Win32
+
+Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
+=item ExtUtils::MM_Win95
+
+Method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X
+
+=item ExtUtils::MY
+
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization
+
+=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
+Create a module Makefile
+
+=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Config
+
+Wrapper around Config.pm
+
+=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ
+
+Frequently Asked Questions About MakeMaker
+
+=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial
+
+Writing a module with MakeMaker
+
+=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes
+
+Version-agnostic bytes.pm
+
+=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish
+
+Platform-agnostic vmsish.pm
+
+=item ExtUtils::Manifest
+
+Utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
+
+=item ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap
+
+Make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader
+
+=item ExtUtils::Mksymlists
+
+Write linker options files for dynamic extension
+
+=item ExtUtils::Packlist
+
+Manage .packlist files
+
+=item ExtUtils::ParseXS
+
+Converts Perl XS code into C code
+
+=item ExtUtils::testlib
+
+Add blib/* directories to @INC
+
+=item Fatal
+
+Replace functions with equivalents which succeed or die
+
+=item Fcntl
+
+Load the C Fcntl.h defines
+
+=item File::Basename
+
+Parse file paths into directory, filename and suffix.
+
+=item File::CheckTree
+
+Run many filetest checks on a tree
+
+=item File::Compare
+
+Compare files or filehandles
+
+=item File::Copy
+
+Copy files or filehandles
+
+=item File::DosGlob
+
+DOS like globbing and then some
+
+=item File::Fetch
+
+A generic file fetching mechanism
+
+=item File::Find
+
+Traverse a directory tree.
+
+=item File::Glob
+
+Perl extension for BSD glob routine
+
+=item File::GlobMapper
+
+Extend File Glob to Allow Input and Output Files
+
+=item File::Path
+
+Create or remove directory trees
+
+=item File::Spec
+
+Portably perform operations on file names
+
+=item File::Spec::Cygwin
+
+Methods for Cygwin file specs
+
+=item File::Spec::Epoc
+
+Methods for Epoc file specs
+
+=item File::Spec::Functions
+
+Portably perform operations on file names
+
+=item File::Spec::Mac
+
+File::Spec for Mac OS (Classic)
+
+=item File::Spec::OS2
+
+Methods for OS/2 file specs
+
+=item File::Spec::Unix
+
+File::Spec for Unix, base for other File::Spec modules
+
+=item File::Spec::VMS
+
+Methods for VMS file specs
+
+=item File::Spec::Win32
+
+Methods for Win32 file specs
+
+=item File::Temp
+
+Return name and handle of a temporary file safely
+
+=item File::stat
+
+By-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions
+
+=item FileCache
+
+Keep more files open than the system permits
+
+=item FileHandle
+
+Supply object methods for filehandles
+
+=item Filter::Simple
+
+Simplified source filtering
+
+=item Filter::Util::Call
+
+Perl Source Filter Utility Module
+
+=item FindBin
+
+Locate directory of original perl script
+
+=item GDBM_File
+
+Perl5 access to the gdbm library.
+
+=item Getopt::Long
+
+Extended processing of command line options
+
+=item Getopt::Std
+
+Process single-character switches with switch clustering
+
+=item Hash::Util
+
+A selection of general-utility hash subroutines
+
+=item Hash::Util::FieldHash
+
+Support for Inside-Out Classes
+
+=item I18N::Collate
+
+Compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current locale
+
+=item I18N::LangTags
+
+Functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language tags
+
+=item I18N::LangTags::Detect
+
+Detect the user's language preferences
+
+=item I18N::LangTags::List
+
+Tags and names for human languages
+
+=item I18N::Langinfo
+
+Query locale information
+
+=item IO
+
+Load various IO modules
+
+=item IO::Compress::Base
+
+Base Class for IO::Compress modules
+
+=item IO::Compress::Deflate
+
+Write RFC 1950 files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Compress::Gzip
+
+Write RFC 1952 files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Compress::RawDeflate
+
+Write RFC 1951 files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Compress::Zip
+
+Write zip files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Dir
+
+Supply object methods for directory handles
+
+=item IO::File
+
+Supply object methods for filehandles
+
+=item IO::Handle
+
+Supply object methods for I/O handles
+
+=item IO::Pipe
+
+Supply object methods for pipes
+
+=item IO::Poll
+
+Object interface to system poll call
+
+=item IO::Seekable
+
+Supply seek based methods for I/O objects
+
+=item IO::Select
+
+OO interface to the select system call
+
+=item IO::Socket
+
+Object interface to socket communications
+
+=item IO::Socket::INET
+
+Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets
+
+=item IO::Socket::UNIX
+
+Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets
+
+=item IO::Uncompress::AnyInflate
+
+Uncompress zlib-based (zip, gzip) file/buffer
+
+=item IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress
+
+Uncompress gzip, zip, bzip2 or lzop file/buffer
+
+=item IO::Uncompress::Base
+
+Base Class for IO::Uncompress modules
+
+=item IO::Uncompress::Gunzip
+
+Read RFC 1952 files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Uncompress::Inflate
+
+Read RFC 1950 files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Uncompress::RawInflate
+
+Read RFC 1951 files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Uncompress::Unzip
+
+Read zip files/buffers
+
+=item IO::Zlib
+
+IO:: style interface to L<Compress::Zlib>
+
+=item IPC::Cmd
+
+Finding and running system commands made easy
+
+=item IPC::Open2
+
+Open a process for both reading and writing
+
+=item IPC::Open3
+
+Open a process for reading, writing, and error handling
+
+=item IPC::SysV
+
+SysV IPC constants
+
+=item IPC::SysV::Msg
+
+SysV Msg IPC object class
+
+=item IPC::SysV::Semaphore
+
+SysV Semaphore IPC object class
+
+=item List::Util
+
+A selection of general-utility list subroutines
+
+=item Locale::Constants
+
+Constants for Locale codes
+
+=item Locale::Country
+
+ISO codes for country identification (ISO 3166)
+
+=item Locale::Currency
+
+ISO three letter codes for currency identification (ISO 4217)
+
+=item Locale::Language
+
+ISO two letter codes for language identification (ISO 639)
+
+=item Locale::Maketext
+
+Framework for localization
+
+=item Locale::Maketext::Simple
+
+Simple interface to Locale::Maketext::Lexicon
+
+=item Locale::Maketext::TPJ13
+
+Article about software localization
+
+=item Locale::Script
+
+ISO codes for script identification (ISO 15924)
+
+=item Log::Message
+
+A generic message storing mechanism;
+
+=item Log::Message::Config
+
+Configuration options for Log::Message
+
+=item Log::Message::Handlers
+
+Message handlers for Log::Message
+
+=item Log::Message::Item
+
+Message objects for Log::Message
+
+=item MIME::Base64
+
+Encoding and decoding of base64 strings
+
+=item MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint
+
+Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable strings
+
+=item Math::BigFloat
+
+Arbitrary size floating point math package
+
+=item Math::BigInt
+
+Arbitrary size integer/float math package
+
+=item Math::BigInt::Calc
+
+Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
+
+=item Math::BigInt::CalcEmu
+
+Emulate low-level math with BigInt code
+
+=item Math::BigInt::FastCalc
+
+Math::BigInt::Calc with some XS for more speed
+
+=item Math::BigRat
+
+Arbitrary big rational numbers
+
+=item Math::Complex
+
+Complex numbers and associated mathematical functions
+
+=item Math::Trig
+
+Trigonometric functions
+
+=item Memoize
+
+Make functions faster by trading space for time
+
+=item Memoize::AnyDBM_File
+
+Glue to provide EXISTS for AnyDBM_File for Storable use
+
+=item Memoize::Expire
+
+Plug-in module for automatic expiration of memoized values
+
+=item Memoize::ExpireFile
+
+Test for Memoize expiration semantics
+
+=item Memoize::ExpireTest
+
+Test for Memoize expiration semantics
+
+=item Memoize::NDBM_File
+
+Glue to provide EXISTS for NDBM_File for Storable use
+
+=item Memoize::SDBM_File
+
+Glue to provide EXISTS for SDBM_File for Storable use
+
+=item Memoize::Storable
+
+Store Memoized data in Storable database
+
+=item Module::Build
+
+Build and install Perl modules
+
+=item Module::Build::API
+
+API Reference for Module Authors
+
+=item Module::Build::Authoring
+
+Authoring Module::Build modules
+
+=item Module::Build::Base
+
+Default methods for Module::Build
+
+=item Module::Build::Compat
+
+Compatibility with ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
+=item Module::Build::ConfigData
+
+Configuration for Module::Build
+
+=item Module::Build::Cookbook
+
+Examples of Module::Build Usage
+
+=item Module::Build::ModuleInfo
+
+Gather package and POD information from a perl module files
+
+=item Module::Build::Notes
+
+Configuration for $module_name
+
+=item Module::Build::PPMMaker
+
+Perl Package Manager file creation
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::Amiga
+
+Builder class for Amiga platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::Default
+
+Stub class for unknown platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::EBCDIC
+
+Builder class for EBCDIC platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::MPEiX
+
+Builder class for MPEiX platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::MacOS
+
+Builder class for MacOS platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::RiscOS
+
+Builder class for RiscOS platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::Unix
+
+Builder class for Unix platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::VMS
+
+Builder class for VMS platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::VOS
+
+Builder class for VOS platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::Windows
+
+Builder class for Windows platforms
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::aix
+
+Builder class for AIX platform
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::cygwin
+
+Builder class for Cygwin platform
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::darwin
+
+Builder class for Mac OS X platform
+
+=item Module::Build::Platform::os2
+
+Builder class for OS/2 platform
+
+=item Module::Build::YAML
+
+Provides just enough YAML support so that Module::Build works even if YAML.pm is not installed
+
+=item Module::CoreList
+
+What modules shipped with versions of perl
+
+=item Module::Load
+
+Runtime require of both modules and files
+
+=item Module::Load::Conditional
+
+Looking up module information / loading at runtime
+
+=item Module::Loaded
+
+Mark modules as loaded or unloaded
+
+=item Module::Pluggable
+
+Automatically give your module the ability to have plugins
+
+=item Module::Pluggable::Object
+
+Automatically give your module the ability to have plugins
+
+=item NDBM_File
+
+Tied access to ndbm files
+
+=item NEXT
+
+Provide a pseudo-class NEXT (et al) that allows method redispatch
+
+=item Net::Cmd
+
+Network Command class (as used by FTP, SMTP etc)
+
+=item Net::Config
+
+Local configuration data for libnet
+
+=item Net::Domain
+
+Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name and domain
+
+=item Net::FTP
+
+FTP Client class
+
+=item Net::NNTP
+
+NNTP Client class
+
+=item Net::Netrc
+
+OO interface to users netrc file
+
+=item Net::POP3
+
+Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1939)
+
+=item Net::Ping
+
+Check a remote host for reachability
+
+=item Net::SMTP
+
+Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Client
+
+=item Net::Time
+
+Time and daytime network client interface
+
+=item Net::hostent
+
+By-name interface to Perl's built-in gethost*() functions
+
+=item Net::libnetFAQ
+
+Libnet Frequently Asked Questions
+
+=item Net::netent
+
+By-name interface to Perl's built-in getnet*() functions
+
+=item Net::protoent
+
+By-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*() functions
+
+=item Net::servent
+
+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 Package::Constants
+
+List all constants declared in a package
+
+=item Params::Check
+
+A generic input parsing/checking mechanism.
+
+=item PerlIO
+
+On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::* name space
+
+=item PerlIO::encoding
+
+Encoding layer
+
+=item PerlIO::scalar
+
+In-memory IO, scalar IO
+
+=item PerlIO::via
+
+Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
+
+=item PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint
+
+PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings
+
+=item Pod::Checker
+
+Check pod documents for syntax errors
+
+=item Pod::Escapes
+
+For resolving Pod EE<lt>...E<gt> sequences
+
+=item Pod::Find
+
+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
+
+=item Pod::InputObjects
+
+Objects representing POD input paragraphs, commands, etc.
+
+=item Pod::LaTeX
+
+Convert Pod data to formatted Latex
+
+=item Pod::Man
+
+Convert POD data to formatted *roff input
+
+=item Pod::ParseLink
+
+Parse an LE<lt>E<gt> formatting code in POD text
+
+=item Pod::ParseUtils
+
+Helpers for POD parsing and conversion
+
+=item Pod::Parser
+
+Base class for creating POD filters and translators
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker
+
+Let Perldoc check Pod for errors
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToMan
+
+Let Perldoc render Pod as man pages
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff
+
+Let Perldoc convert Pod to nroff
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToPod
+
+Let Perldoc render Pod as ... Pod!
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf
+
+Let Perldoc render Pod as RTF
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToText
+
+Let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToTk
+
+Let Perldoc use Tk::Pod to render Pod
+
+=item Pod::Perldoc::ToXml
+
+Let Perldoc render Pod as XML
+
+=item Pod::PlainText
+
+Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
+
+=item Pod::Plainer
+
+Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.
+
+=item Pod::Select
+
+Extract selected sections of POD from input
+
+=item Pod::Simple
+
+Framework for parsing Pod
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Checker
+
+Check the Pod syntax of a document
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Debug
+
+Put Pod::Simple into trace/debug mode
+
+=item Pod::Simple::DumpAsText
+
+Dump Pod-parsing events as text
+
+=item Pod::Simple::DumpAsXML
+
+Turn Pod into XML
+
+=item Pod::Simple::HTML
+
+Convert Pod to HTML
+
+=item Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch
+
+Convert several Pod files to several HTML files
+
+=item Pod::Simple::LinkSection
+
+Represent "section" attributes of L codes
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Methody
+
+Turn Pod::Simple events into method calls
+
+=item Pod::Simple::PullParser
+
+A pull-parser interface to parsing Pod
+
+=item Pod::Simple::PullParserEndToken
+
+End-tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser
+
+=item Pod::Simple::PullParserStartToken
+
+Start-tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser
+
+=item Pod::Simple::PullParserTextToken
+
+Text-tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser
+
+=item Pod::Simple::PullParserToken
+
+Tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser
+
+=item Pod::Simple::RTF
+
+Format Pod as RTF
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Search
+
+Find POD documents in directory trees
+
+=item Pod::Simple::SimpleTree
+
+Parse Pod into a simple parse tree
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Subclassing
+
+Write a formatter as a Pod::Simple subclass
+
+=item Pod::Simple::Text
+
+Format Pod as plaintext
+
+=item Pod::Simple::TextContent
+
+Get the text content of Pod
+
+=item Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream
+
+Turn Pod into XML
+
+=item Pod::Text
+
+Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
+
+=item Pod::Text::Color
+
+Convert POD data to formatted color ASCII text
+
+=item Pod::Text::Overstrike
+
+Convert POD data to formatted overstrike text
+
+=item Pod::Text::Termcap
+
+Convert POD data to ASCII text with format escapes
+
+=item Pod::Usage
+
+Print a usage message from embedded pod documentation
+
+=item SDBM_File
+
+Tied access to sdbm files
+
+=item Safe
+
+Compile and execute code in restricted compartments
+
+=item Scalar::Util
+
+A selection of general-utility scalar subroutines
+
+=item Search::Dict
+
+Search for key in dictionary file
+
+=item SelectSaver
+
+Save and restore selected file handle
+
+=item SelfLoader
+
+Load functions only on demand
+
+=item Shell
+
+Run shell commands transparently within perl
+
+=item Socket
+
+Load the C socket.h defines and structure manipulators
+
+=item Storable
+
+Persistence for Perl data structures
+
+=item Switch
+
+A switch statement for Perl
+
+=item Symbol
+
+Manipulate Perl symbols and their names
+
+=item Sys::Hostname
+
+Try every conceivable way to get hostname
+
+=item Sys::Syslog
+
+Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls
+
+=item Term::ANSIColor
+
+Color screen output using ANSI escape sequences
+
+=item Term::Cap
+
+Perl termcap interface
+
+=item Term::Complete
+
+Perl word completion module
+
+=item Term::ReadLine
+
+Perl interface to various C<readline> packages.
+
+=item Term::UI
+
+Term::ReadLine UI made easy
+
+=item Test
+
+Provides a simple framework for writing test scripts
+
+=item Test::Builder
+
+Backend for building test libraries
+
+=item Test::Builder::Module
+
+Base class for test modules
+
+=item Test::Builder::Tester
+
+Test testsuites that have been built with
+
+=item Test::Builder::Tester::Color
+
+Turn on colour in Test::Builder::Tester
+
+=item Test::Harness
+
+Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics
+
+=item Test::Harness::Assert
+
+Simple assert
+
+=item Test::Harness::Iterator
+
+Internal Test::Harness Iterator
+
+=item Test::Harness::Point
+
+Object for tracking a single test point
+
+=item Test::Harness::Results
+
+Object for tracking results from a single test file
+
+=item Test::Harness::Straps
+
+Detailed analysis of test results
+
+=item Test::Harness::TAP
+
+Documentation for the TAP format
+
+=item Test::Harness::Util
+
+Utility functions for Test::Harness::*
+
+=item Test::More
+
+Yet another framework for writing test scripts
+
+=item Test::Simple
+
+Basic utilities for writing tests.
+
+=item Test::Tutorial
+
+A tutorial about writing really basic tests
+
+=item Text::Abbrev
+
+Create an abbreviation table from a list
+
+=item Text::Balanced
+
+Extract delimited text sequences from strings.
+
+=item Text::ParseWords
+
+Parse text into an array of tokens or array of arrays
+
+=item Text::Soundex
+
+Implementation of the Soundex Algorithm as Described by Knuth
+
+=item Text::Tabs
+
+Expand and unexpand tabs per the unix expand(1) and unexpand(1)
+
+=item Text::Wrap
+
+Line wrapping to form simple paragraphs
+
+=item Thread
+
+Manipulate threads in Perl (for old code only)
+
+=item Thread::Queue
+
+Thread-safe queues
+
+=item Thread::Semaphore
+
+Thread-safe semaphores
+
+=item Tie::Array
+
+Base class for tied arrays
+
+=item Tie::File
+
+Access the lines of a disk file via a Perl array
+
+=item Tie::Handle
+
+Base class definitions for tied handles
+
+=item Tie::Hash
+
+Base class definitions for tied hashes
+
+=item Tie::Hash::NamedCapture
+
+Named regexp capture buffers
+
+=item Tie::Memoize
+
+Add data to hash when needed
+
+=item Tie::RefHash
+
+Use references as hash keys
+
+=item Tie::Scalar
+
+Base class definitions for tied scalars
+
+=item Tie::SubstrHash
+
+Fixed-table-size, fixed-key-length hashing
+
+=item Time::HiRes
+
+High resolution alarm, sleep, gettimeofday, interval timers
+
+=item Time::Local
+
+Efficiently compute time from local and GMT time
+
+=item Time::Piece
+
+Object Oriented time objects
+
+=item Time::Piece::Seconds
+
+A simple API to convert seconds to other date values
+
+=item Time::gmtime
-=item CPAN::Nox
+By-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime() function
-run CPAN while avoiding compiled extensions
+=item Time::localtime
-=item Carp
+By-name interface to Perl's built-in localtime() function
-warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
+=item Time::tm
-=item Class::Struct
+Internal object used by Time::gmtime and Time::localtime
-declare struct-like datatypes
+=item UNIVERSAL
-=item Config
+Base class for ALL classes (blessed references)
-access Perl configuration information
+=item Unicode::Collate
-=item Cwd
+Unicode Collation Algorithm
-get pathname of current working directory
+=item Unicode::Normalize
-=item DB_File
+Unicode Normalization Forms
-access to Berkeley DB
+=item Unicode::UCD
-=item Devel::SelfStubber
+Unicode character database
-generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
+=item User::grent
-=item DirHandle
+By-name interface to Perl's built-in getgr*() functions
-supply object methods for directory handles
+=item User::pwent
-=item DynaLoader
+By-name interface to Perl's built-in getpw*() functions
-dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
+=item Win32
-=item English
+Interfaces to some Win32 API Functions
-use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation variables
+=item Win32API::File
-=item Env
+Low-level access to Win32 system API calls for files/dirs.
-import environment variables
+=item XS::APItest
-=item Exporter
+Test the perl C API
-implements default import method for modules
+=item XS::Typemap
-=item ExtUtils::Embed
+Module to test the XS typemaps distributed with perl
-utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications
+=item XSLoader
-=item ExtUtils::Install
+Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
-install files from here to there
+=back
-=item ExtUtils::Liblist
+To find out I<all> modules installed on your system, including
+those without documentation or outside the standard release,
+just use the following command (under the default win32 shell,
+double quotes should be used instead of single quotes).
+
+ % perl -MFile::Find=find -MFile::Spec::Functions -Tlwe \
+ 'find { wanted => sub { print canonpath $_ if /\.pm\z/ },
+ no_chdir => 1 }, @INC'
+
+(The -T is here to prevent '.' from being listed in @INC.)
+They should all have their own documentation installed and accessible
+via your system man(1) command. If you do not have a B<find>
+program, you can use the Perl B<find2perl> program instead, which
+generates Perl code as output you can run through perl. If you
+have a B<man> program but it doesn't find your modules, you'll have
+to fix your manpath. See L<perl> for details. If you have no
+system B<man> command, you might try the B<perldoc> program.
+
+Note also that the command C<perldoc perllocal> gives you a (possibly
+incomplete) list of the modules that have been further installed on
+your system. (The perllocal.pod file is updated by the standard MakeMaker
+install process.)
-determine libraries to use and how to use them
+=head2 Extension Modules
-=item ExtUtils::MM_OS2
+Extension modules are written in C (or a mix of Perl and C). They
+are usually dynamically loaded into Perl if and when you need them,
+but may also be linked in statically. Supported extension modules
+include Socket, Fcntl, and POSIX.
-methods to override Unix behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+Many popular C extension modules do not come bundled (at least, not
+completely) due to their sizes, volatility, or simply lack of time
+for adequate testing and configuration across the multitude of
+platforms on which Perl was beta-tested. You are encouraged to
+look for them on CPAN (described below), or using web search engines
+like Alta Vista or Google.
-=item ExtUtils::MM_Unix
+=head1 CPAN
-methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+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://www.cpan.org/
-=item ExtUtils::MM_VMS
+Most importantly, CPAN includes around a thousand unbundled modules,
+some of which require a C compiler to build. Major categories of
+modules are:
-methods to override Unix behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+=over
-=item ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+=item *
-create an extension Makefile
+Language Extensions and Documentation Tools
-=item ExtUtils::Manifest
+=item *
-utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
+Development Support
-=item ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap
+=item *
-make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader
+Operating System Interfaces
-=item ExtUtils::Mksymlists
+=item *
-write linker options files for dynamic extension
+Networking, Device Control (modems) and InterProcess Communication
-=item ExtUtils::testlib
+=item *
-add blib/* directories to @INC
+Data Types and Data Type Utilities
-=item Fatal
+=item *
-make errors in builtins or Perl functions fatal
+Database Interfaces
-=item Fcntl
+=item *
-load the C Fcntl.h defines
+User Interfaces
-=item File::Basename
+=item *
-split a pathname into pieces
+Interfaces to / Emulations of Other Programming Languages
-=item File::CheckTree
+=item *
-run many filetest checks on a tree
+File Names, File Systems and File Locking (see also File Handles)
-=item File::Compare
+=item *
-compare files or filehandles
+String Processing, Language Text Processing, Parsing, and Searching
-=item File::Copy
+=item *
-copy files or filehandles
+Option, Argument, Parameter, and Configuration File Processing
-=item File::Find
+=item *
-traverse a file tree
+Internationalization and Locale
-=item File::Path
+=item *
-create or remove a series of directories
+Authentication, Security, and Encryption
-=item File::stat
+=item *
-by-name interface to Perl's builtin stat() functions
+World Wide Web, HTML, HTTP, CGI, MIME
-=item FileCache
+=item *
-keep more files open than the system permits
+Server and Daemon Utilities
-=item FileHandle
+=item *
-supply object methods for filehandles
+Archiving and Compression
-=item FindBin
+=item *
-locate directory of original Perl script
+Images, Pixmap and Bitmap Manipulation, Drawing, and Graphing
-=item GDBM_File
+=item *
-access to the gdbm library
+Mail and Usenet News
-=item Getopt::Long
+=item *
-extended processing of command line options
+Control Flow Utilities (callbacks and exceptions etc)
-=item Getopt::Std
+=item *
-process single-character switches with switch clustering
+File Handle and Input/Output Stream Utilities
-=item I18N::Collate
+=item *
-compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current locale
+Miscellaneous Modules
-=item IO
+=back
-load various IO modules
+The list of the registered CPAN sites as of this writing follows.
+Please note that the sorting order is alphabetical on fields:
-=item IO::File
+Continent
+ |
+ |-->Country
+ |
+ |-->[state/province]
+ |
+ |-->ftp
+ |
+ |-->[http]
-supply object methods for filehandles
+and thus the North American servers happen to be listed between the
+European and the South American sites.
-=item IO::Handle
+You should try to choose one close to you.
-supply object methods for I/O handles
+=head2 Africa
-=item IO::Pipe
+=over 4
-supply object methods for pipes
+=item South Africa
-=item IO::Seekable
+ http://ftp.rucus.ru.ac.za/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.rucus.ru.ac.za/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.is.co.za/programming/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/CPAN/CPAN/
-supply seek based methods for I/O objects
+=back
-=item IO::Select
+=head2 Asia
-OO interface to the select system call
+=over 4
-=item IO::Socket
+=item China
-object interface to socket communications
+ http://cpan.linuxforum.net/
+ http://cpan.shellhung.org/
+ ftp://ftp.shellhung.org/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://mirrors.hknet.com/CPAN
-=item IPC::Open2
+=item Indonesia
-open a process for both reading and writing
+ http://mirrors.tf.itb.ac.id/cpan/
+ http://cpan.cbn.net.id/
+ ftp://ftp.cbn.net.id/mirror/CPAN
-=item IPC::Open3
+=item Israel
-open a process for reading, writing, and error handling
+ ftp://ftp.iglu.org.il/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.lerner.co.il/
+ http://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/
-=item Math::BigFloat
+=item Japan
-arbitrary length float math package
+ ftp://ftp.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.ayamura.org/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.cpan.jp/
+ ftp://ftp.cpan.jp/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/pub/lang/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.ring.gr.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
-=item Math::BigInt
+=item Malaysia
-arbitrary size integer math package
+ http://cpan.MyBSD.org.my
+ http://mirror.leafbug.org/pub/CPAN
+ http://ossig.mncc.com.my/mirror/pub/CPAN
-=item Math::Complex
+=item Russian Federation
-complex numbers and associated mathematical functions
+ http://cpan.tomsk.ru
+ ftp://cpan.tomsk.ru/
-=item Math::Trig
+=item Saudi Arabia
-simple interface to parts of Math::Complex for those who
-need trigonometric functions only for real numbers
+ ftp://ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/CPAN/
-=item NDBM_File
+=item Singapore
-tied access to ndbm files
+ http://CPAN.en.com.sg/
+ ftp://cpan.en.com.sg/
+ http://mirror.averse.net/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://mirror.averse.net/pub/CPAN
+ http://cpan.oss.eznetsols.org
+ ftp://ftp.oss.eznetsols.org/cpan
-=item Net::Ping
+=item South Korea
-Hello, anybody home?
+ http://CPAN.bora.net/
+ ftp://ftp.bora.net/pub/CPAN/
+ http://mirror.kr.FreeBSD.org/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.kr.FreeBSD.org/pub/CPAN
-=item Net::hostent
+=item Taiwan
-by-name interface to Perl's builtin gethost*() functions
+ ftp://ftp.nctu.edu.tw/UNIX/perl/CPAN
+ http://cpan.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw/
+ ftp://cpan.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN
+ http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub1/perl/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.tku.edu.tw/pub/CPAN/
-=item Net::netent
+=item Thailand
-by-name interface to Perl's builtin getnet*() functions
+ ftp://ftp.loxinfo.co.th/pub/cpan/
+ ftp://ftp.cs.riubon.ac.th/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
-=item Net::protoent
+=back
-by-name interface to Perl's builtin getproto*() functions
+=head2 Central America
-=item Net::servent
+=over 4
-by-name interface to Perl's builtin getserv*() functions
+=item Costa Rica
-=item Opcode
+ http://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/Unix/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/pub/Unix/CPAN/
-disable named opcodes when compiling or running Perl code
+=back
-=item Pod::Text
+=head2 Europe
-convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
+=over 4
-=item POSIX
+=item Austria
-interface to IEEE Standard 1003.1
+ http://cpan.inode.at/
+ ftp://cpan.inode.at
+ ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at/pub/CPAN/
-=item SDBM_File
+=item Belgium
-tied access to sdbm files
+ http://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.easynet.be/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.skynet.be
+ ftp://ftp.cpan.skynet.be/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/mirror/CPAN/
-=item Safe
+=item Bosnia and Herzegovina
-compile and execute code in restricted compartments
+ http://cpan.blic.net/
-=item Search::Dict
+=item Bulgaria
-search for key in dictionary file
+ http://cpan.online.bg
+ ftp://cpan.online.bg/cpan
+ http://cpan.zadnik.org
+ ftp://ftp.zadnik.org/mirrors/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.lirex.net/
+ ftp://ftp.lirex.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN
-=item SelectSaver
+=item Croatia
-save and restore selected file handle
+ http://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/
-=item SelfLoader
+=item Czech Republic
-load functions only on demand
+ ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-=item Shell
+=item Denmark
-run shell commands transparently within Perl
+ http://mirrors.sunsite.dk/cpan/
+ ftp://sunsite.dk/mirrors/cpan/
+ http://cpan.cybercity.dk
+ http://www.cpan.dk/CPAN/
+ ftp://www.cpan.dk/ftp.cpan.org/CPAN/
-=item Socket
+=item Estonia
-load the C socket.h defines and structure manipulators
+ ftp://ftp.ut.ee/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-=item Symbol
+=item Finland
-manipulate Perl symbols and their names
+ ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ http://mirror.eunet.fi/CPAN
-=item Sys::Hostname
+=item France
-try every conceivable way to get hostname
+ http://www.enstimac.fr/Perl/CPAN
+ http://ftp.u-paris10.fr/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.u-paris10.fr/perl/CPAN
+ http://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/
+ ftp://cpan.mirrors.easynet.fr/pub/ftp.cpan.org/
+ ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ http://fr.cpan.org/
+ ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.oleane.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/computing/CPAN/
+ http://mir2.ovh.net/ftp.cpan.org
+ ftp://mir1.ovh.net/ftp.cpan.org
+ http://ftp.crihan.fr/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/
+ ftp://ftp.crihan.fr/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/
+ http://ftp.u-strasbg.fr/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.u-strasbg.fr/CPAN
+ ftp://cpan.cict.fr/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.uvsq.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
-=item Sys::Syslog
+=item Germany
-interface to the Unix syslog(3) calls
+ ftp://ftp.rub.de/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.cpan.org/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/source/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/CPAN
+ http://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/pub/soft/lang/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.noris.de/
+ ftp://cpan.noris.de/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.gmd.de/mirrors/CPAN/
+
+=item Greece
-=item Term::Cap
+ ftp://ftp.acn.gr/pub/lang/perl
+ ftp://ftp.forthnet.gr/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/perl/
+
+=item Hungary
+
+ http://ftp.kfki.hu/packages/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/packages/perl/CPAN/
+
+=item Iceland
+
+ http://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.rhnet.is/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item Ireland
+
+ http://cpan.indigo.ie/
+ ftp://cpan.indigo.ie/pub/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN
+ http://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/
+ ftp://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/
+
+=item Italy
+
+ http://cpan.nettuno.it/
+ http://gusp.dyndns.org/CPAN/
+ ftp://gusp.dyndns.org/pub/CPAN
+ http://softcity.iol.it/cpan
+ ftp://softcity.iol.it/pub/cpan
+ ftp://ftp.unina.it/pub/Other/CPAN/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.unipi.it/pub/mirror/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://cis.uniRoma2.it/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.edisontel.it/pub/CPAN_Mirror/
+ http://cpan.flashnet.it/
+ ftp://ftp.flashnet.it/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item Latvia
+
+ http://kvin.lv/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item Lithuania
+
+ ftp://ftp.unix.lt/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item Netherlands
+
+ ftp://download.xs4all.nl/pub/mirror/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.nl.uu.net/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.cybercomm.nl/
+ ftp://mirror.cybercomm.nl/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://mirror.vuurwerk.nl/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.cpan.nl/pub/CPAN/
+ http://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.easynet.nl/mirror/CPAN
+ http://archive.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/
+
+=item Norway
+
+ ftp://ftp.uninett.no/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.uit.no/pub/languages/perl/cpan/
+
+=item Poland
+
+ ftp://ftp.mega.net.pl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.man.torun.pl/pub/doc/CPAN/
+ ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item Portugal
+
+ ftp://ftp.ua.pt/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://perl.di.uminho.pt/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.dei.uc.pt/
+ ftp://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.nfsi.pt/pub/CPAN
+ http://ftp.linux.pt/pub/mirrors/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.linux.pt/pub/mirrors/CPAN
+ http://cpan.ip.pt/
+ ftp://cpan.ip.pt/pub/cpan/
+ http://cpan.telepac.pt/
+ ftp://ftp.telepac.pt/pub/cpan/
+
+=item Romania
+
+ ftp://ftp.bio-net.ro/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.kappa.ro/pub/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.lug.ro/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.roedu.net/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.dntis.ro/pub/cpan/
+ ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.cpan.org/
+ http://cpan.ambra.ro/
+ ftp://ftp.ambra.ro/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.dnttm.ro/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.lasting.ro/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.timisoara.roedu.net/mirrors/CPAN/
-termcap interface
+=item Russia
+
+ ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.rinet.ru/
+ ftp://cpan.rinet.ru/pub/mirror/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.aha.ru/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.corbina.ru/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.sai.msu.ru/
+ ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
+
+=item Slovakia
+
+ ftp://ftp.cvt.stuba.sk/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item Slovenia
+
+ ftp://ftp.arnes.si/software/perl/CPAN/
+
+=item Spain
+
+ http://cpan.imasd.elmundo.es/
+ ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.ri.telefonica-data.net/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.etse.urv.es/pub/perl/
+
+=item Sweden
+
+ http://ftp.du.se/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.du.se/pub/CPAN/
+ http://mirror.dataphone.se/CPAN
+ ftp://mirror.dataphone.se/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
+
+=item Switzerland
+
+ http://cpan.mirror.solnet.ch/
+ ftp://ftp.solnet.ch/mirror/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.danyk.ch/CPAN/
+ ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/CPAN/
+
+=item Turkey
+
+ http://ftp.ulak.net.tr/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.ulak.net.tr/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://sunsite.bilkent.edu.tr/pub/languages/CPAN/
+
+=item Ukraine
+
+ http://cpan.org.ua/
+ ftp://cpan.org.ua/
+ ftp://ftp.perl.org.ua/pub/CPAN/
+ http://no-more.kiev.ua/CPAN/
+ ftp://no-more.kiev.ua/pub/CPAN/
+
+=item United Kingdom
+
+ http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.teleglobe.net/
+ ftp://cpan.teleglobe.net/pub/CPAN
+ http://cpan.mirror.anlx.net/
+ ftp://ftp.mirror.anlx.net/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.etla.org/
+ ftp://cpan.etla.org/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.m.flirble.org/
+ ftp://ftp.flirble.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.plig.org/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.hambule.co.uk/
+ http://cpan.mirrors.clockerz.net/
+ ftp://ftp.clockerz.net/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://usit.shef.ac.uk/pub/packages/CPAN/
-=item Term::Complete
+=back
-word completion module
+=head2 North America
-=item Term::ReadLine
+=over 4
-interface to various C<readline> packages
+=item Canada
-=item Test::Harness
+=over 8
-run Perl standard test scripts with statistics
+=item Alberta
-=item Text::Abbrev
+ http://cpan.sunsite.ualberta.ca/
+ ftp://cpan.sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/CPAN/
-create an abbreviation table from a list
+=item Manitoba
-=item Text::ParseWords
+ http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/
-parse text into an array of tokens
+=item Nova Scotia
-=item Text::Soundex
+ ftp://cpan.chebucto.ns.ca/pub/CPAN/
-implementation of the Soundex Algorithm as described by Knuth
+=item Ontario
-=item Text::Tabs
+ ftp://ftp.nrc.ca/pub/CPAN/
-expand and unexpand tabs per the Unix expand(1) and unexpand(1)
+=back
-=item Text::Wrap
+=item Mexico
-line wrapping to form simple paragraphs
+ http://cpan.azc.uam.mx
+ ftp://cpan.azc.uam.mx/mirrors/CPAN
+ http://www.cpan.unam.mx/
+ ftp://ftp.unam.mx/pub/CPAN
+ http://www.msg.com.mx/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.msg.com.mx/pub/CPAN/
-=item Tie::Hash
+=item United States
-base class definitions for tied hashes
+=over 8
-=item Tie::RefHash
+=item Alabama
-base class definitions for tied hashes with references as keys
+ http://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/
+ ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/CPAN/
-=item Tie::Scalar
+=item California
-base class definitions for tied scalars
+ http://cpan.develooper.com/
+ http://www.cpan.org/
+ ftp://cpan.valueclick.com/pub/CPAN/
+ http://www.mednor.net/ftp/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.mednor.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ http://mirrors.gossamer-threads.com/CPAN
+ ftp://cpan.nas.nasa.gov/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ http://mirrors.kernel.org/cpan/
+ ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/pub/CPAN
+ http://cpan-sj.viaverio.com/
+ ftp://cpan-sj.viaverio.com/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.digisle.net/
+ ftp://cpan.digisle.net/pub/CPAN
+ http://www.perl.com/CPAN/
+ http://www.uberlan.net/CPAN
-=item Tie::SubstrHash
+=item Colorado
-fixed-table-size, fixed-key-length hashing
+ ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.four10.com
-=item Time::Local
+=item Delaware
-efficiently compute time from local and GMT time
+ http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.lug.udel.edu/pub/CPAN
-=item Time::gmtime
+=item District of Columbia
-by-name interface to Perl's builtin gmtime() function
+ ftp://ftp.dc.aleron.net/pub/CPAN/
-=item Time::localtime
+=item Florida
-by-name interface to Perl's builtin localtime() function
+ ftp://ftp.cise.ufl.edu/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ http://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://mirror.csit.fsu.edu/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.mirrors.nks.net/
-=item Time::tm
+=item Indiana
-internal object used by Time::gmtime and Time::localtime
+ ftp://ftp.uwsg.iu.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.netnitco.net/
+ ftp://cpan.netnitco.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ http://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/
+ ftp://archive.progeny.com/CPAN/
+ http://fx.saintjoe.edu/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.saintjoe.edu/pub/CPAN
+ http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN
-=item UNIVERSAL
+=item Kentucky
-base class for ALL classes (blessed references)
+ http://cpan.uky.edu/
+ ftp://cpan.uky.edu/pub/CPAN/
+ http://slugsite.louisville.edu/cpan
+ ftp://slugsite.louisville.edu/CPAN
-=item User::grent
+=item Massachusetts
-by-name interface to Perl's builtin getgr*() functions
+ http://mirrors.towardex.com/CPAN
+ ftp://mirrors.towardex.com/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu/net/mirrors/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
-=item User::pwent
+=item Michigan
-by-name interface to Perl's builtin getpw*() functions
+ ftp://cpan.cse.msu.edu/
+ http://cpan.calvin.edu/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://cpan.calvin.edu/pub/CPAN
-=back
+=item Nevada
-To find out I<all> the modules installed on your system, including
-those without documentation or outside the standard release, do this:
+ http://www.oss.redundant.com/pub/CPAN
+ ftp://www.oss.redundant.com/pub/CPAN
- % find `perl -e 'print "@INC"'` -name '*.pm' -print
+=item New Jersey
-They should all have their own documentation installed and accessible via
-your system man(1) command. If that fails, try the I<perldoc> program.
+ http://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.cpanel.net/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.teleglobe.net/
+ ftp://cpan.teleglobe.net/pub/CPAN
-=head2 Extension Modules
+=item New York
-Extension modules are written in C (or a mix of Perl and C) and may be
-statically linked or in general are
-dynamically loaded into Perl if and when you need them. Supported
-extension modules include the Socket, Fcntl, and POSIX modules.
+ http://cpan.belfry.net/
+ http://cpan.erlbaum.net/
+ ftp://cpan.erlbaum.net/
+ http://cpan.thepirtgroup.com/
+ ftp://cpan.thepirtgroup.com/
+ ftp://ftp.stealth.net/pub/CPAN/
+ http://www.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/
+ ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/
-Many popular C extension modules do not come bundled (at least, not
-completely) due to their sizes, volatility, or simply lack of time for
-adequate testing and configuration across the multitude of platforms on
-which Perl was beta-tested. You are encouraged to look for them in
-archie(1L), the Perl FAQ or Meta-FAQ, the WWW page, and even with their
-authors before randomly posting asking for their present condition and
-disposition.
+=item North Carolina
-=head1 CPAN
+ http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN
+ ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/perl/
+ ftp://ftp.ncsu.edu/pub/mirror/CPAN/
-CPAN stands for the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network. This is a globally
-replicated collection of all known Perl materials, including hundreds
-of unbundled modules. Here are the major categories of modules:
+=item Oklahoma
-=over
+ ftp://ftp.ou.edu/mirrors/CPAN/
-=item *
-Language Extensions and Documentation Tools
+=item Oregon
-=item *
-Development Support
+ ftp://ftp.orst.edu/pub/CPAN
-=item *
-Operating System Interfaces
+=item Pennsylvania
-=item *
-Networking, Device Control (modems) and InterProcess Communication
+ http://ftp.epix.net/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.epix.net/pub/languages/perl/
+ http://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://mirrors.phenominet.com/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.pair.com/
+ ftp://cpan.pair.com/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/CPAN/
-=item *
-Data Types and Data Type Utilities
+=item Tennessee
-=item *
-Database Interfaces
+ ftp://ftp.sunsite.utk.edu/pub/CPAN/
-=item *
-User Interfaces
+=item Texas
-=item *
-Interfaces to / Emulations of Other Programming Languages
+ http://ftp.sedl.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+ http://www.binarycode.org/cpan
+ ftp://mirror.telentente.com/pub/CPAN
+ http://mirrors.theonlinerecordstore.com/CPAN
-=item *
-File Names, File Systems and File Locking (see also File Handles)
+=item Utah
-=item *
-String Processing, Language Text Processing, Parsing, and Searching
+ ftp://mirror.xmission.com/CPAN/
-=item *
-Option, Argument, Parameter, and Configuration File Processing
+=item Virginia
-=item *
-Internationalization and Locale
+ http://cpan-du.viaverio.com/
+ ftp://cpan-du.viaverio.com/pub/CPAN/
+ http://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/
+ ftp://mirrors.rcn.net/pub/lang/CPAN/
+ http://perl.secsup.org/
+ ftp://perl.secsup.org/pub/perl/
+ http://noc.cvaix.com/mirrors/CPAN/
-=item *
-Authentication, Security, and Encryption
+=item Washington
-=item *
-World Wide Web, HTML, HTTP, CGI, MIME
+ http://cpan.llarian.net/
+ ftp://cpan.llarian.net/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.mirrorcentral.com/
+ ftp://ftp.mirrorcentral.com/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/CPAN/
-=item *
-Server and Daemon Utilities
+=item Wisconsin
-=item *
-Archiving and Compression
+ http://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://mirror.sit.wisc.edu/pub/CPAN/
+ http://mirror.aphix.com/CPAN
+ ftp://mirror.aphix.com/pub/CPAN
-=item *
-Images, Pixmap and Bitmap Manipulation, Drawing, and Graphing
+=back
-=item *
-Mail and Usenet News
+=back
-=item *
-Control Flow Utilities (callbacks and exceptions etc)
+=head2 Oceania
-=item *
-File Handle and Input/Output Stream Utilities
+=over 4
-=item *
-Miscellaneous Modules
+=item Australia
-=back
+ http://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp://cpan.topend.com.au/pub/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.mirrors.ilisys.com.au
-The registered CPAN sites as of this writing include the following.
-You should try to choose one close to you:
+=item New Zealand
-=over
+ ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/
-=item *
-Africa
+=item United States
- South Africa ftp://ftp.is.co.za/programming/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftpza.co.za/pub/mirrors/cpan/
+ http://aniani.ifa.hawaii.edu/CPAN/
+ ftp://aniani.ifa.hawaii.edu/CPAN/
-=item *
-Asia
-
- Armenia ftp://sunsite.aua.am/pub/CPAN/
- China ftp://freesoft.cei.gov.cn/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- Hong Kong ftp://ftp.hkstar.com/pub/CPAN/
- Israel ftp://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/pub/software/perl/CPAN/
- Japan ftp://ftp.dti.ad.jp/pub/lang/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.lab.kdd.co.jp/lang/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.meisei-u.ac.jp/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://mirror.nucba.ac.jp/mirror/Perl/
- Singapore ftp://ftp.nus.edu.sg/pub/unix/perl/CPAN/
- South Korea ftp://ftp.bora.net/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.nuri.net/pub/CPAN/
- Taiwan ftp://ftp.wownet.net/pub2/PERL/
- ftp://ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub1/perl/CPAN/
- Thailand ftp://ftp.cs.riubon.ac.th/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
+=back
-=item *
-Australasia
+=head2 South America
- Australia ftp://cpan.topend.com.au/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.labyrinth.net.au/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.sage-au.org.au/pub/compilers/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/perl/CPAN/
- New Zealand ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://sunsite.net.nz/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
+=over 4
-=item *
-Central America
+=item Argentina
- Costa Rica ftp://ftp.ucr.ac.cr/pub/Unix/CPAN/
+ ftp://mirrors.bannerlandia.com.ar/mirrors/CPAN/
+ http://www.linux.org.ar/mirrors/cpan
+ ftp://ftp.linux.org.ar/mirrors/cpan
-=item *
-Europe
-
- Austria ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- Belgium ftp://ftp.kulnet.kuleuven.ac.be/pub/mirror/CPAN/
- Bulgaria ftp://ftp.ntrl.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
- Croatia ftp://ftp.linux.hr/pub/CPAN/
- Czech Republic ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/perl/
- ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/Languages/Perl/CPAN/
- Denmark ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- Estonia ftp://ftp.ut.ee/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- Finland ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- France ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.oleane.net/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.pasteur.fr/pub/computing/CPAN/
- Germany ftp://ftp.archive.de.uu.net/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.gmd.de/packages/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/programming/languages/script/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/source/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/pub/soft/lang/perl/CPAN/
- Greece ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/lang/perl/
- Hungary ftp://ftp.kfki.hu/pub/packages/perl/CPAN/
- Ireland ftp://sunsite.compapp.dcu.ie/pub/perl/
- Italy ftp://cis.uniRoma2.it/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.flashnet.it/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.unipi.it/pub/mirror/perl/CPAN/
- Netherlands ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/mirror/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- Norway ftp://ftp.uit.no/pub/languages/perl/cpan/
- ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- Poland ftp://ftp.man.szczecin.pl/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.man.torun.pl/pub/doc/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.pk.edu.pl/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/CPAN/
- Portugal ftp://ftp.ci.uminho.pt/pub/mirrors/cpan/
- ftp://ftp.ua.pt/pub/CPAN/
- Romania ftp://ftp.dntis.ro/pub/mirrors/perl-cpan/
- ftp://ftp.dnttm.ro/pub/CPAN/
- Russia ftp://cpan.npi.msu.su/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.sai.msu.su/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
- Slovakia ftp://ftp.entry.sk/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- Slovenia ftp://ftp.arnes.si/software/perl/CPAN/
- Spain ftp://ftp.etse.urv.es/pub/perl/
- ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/CPAN/
- Sweden ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
- Switzerland ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/CPAN/
- Turkey ftp://sunsite.bilkent.edu.tr/pub/languages/CPAN/
- United Kingdom ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/mirrors/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.flirble.org/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.plig.org/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/CPAN/
- ftp://unix.hensa.ac.uk/mirrors/perl-CPAN/
+=item Brazil
-=item *
-North America
-
- Alberta ftp://sunsite.ualberta.ca/pub/Mirror/CPAN/
- California ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/plan/perl/CPAN/
- Colorado ftp://ftp.cs.colorado.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
- Florida ftp://ftp.cise.ufl.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
- Illinois ftp://uiarchive.uiuc.edu/pub/lang/perl/CPAN/
- Indiana ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/pub/perl/CPAN/
- Manitoba ftp://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/CPAN/
- Massachusetts ftp://ftp.ccs.neu.edu/net/mirrors/ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ftp.iguide.com/pub/mirrors/packages/perl/CPAN/
- Mexico D.F. ftp://ftp.msg.com.mx/pub/CPAN/
- New York ftp://ftp.rge.com/pub/languages/perl/
- North Carolina ftp://ftp.duke.edu/pub/perl/
- Oklahoma ftp://ftp.ou.edu/mirrors/CPAN/
- Ontario ftp://ftp.crc.ca/pub/packages/perl/CPAN/
- Oregon ftp://ftp.orst.edu/pub/packages/CPAN/
- Pennsylvania ftp://ftp.epix.net/pub/languages/perl/
- Texas ftp://ftp.sedl.org/pub/mirrors/CPAN/
- Utah ftp://mirror.xmission.com/CPAN/
- Virginia ftp://ftp.perl.org/pub/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://ruff.cs.jmu.edu/pub/CPAN/
- Washington ftp://ftp.spu.edu/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://cpan.pop-mg.com.br/pub/CPAN/
+ ftp://ftp.matrix.com.br/pub/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.hostsul.com.br/
+ ftp://cpan.hostsul.com.br/
-=item *
-South America
+=item Chile
- Brazil ftp://cpan.if.usp.br/pub/mirror/CPAN/
- Chile ftp://ftp.ing.puc.cl/pub/unix/perl/CPAN/
- ftp://sunsite.dcc.uchile.cl/pub/Lang/perl/CPAN/
+ http://cpan.netglobalis.net/
+ ftp://cpan.netglobalis.net/pub/CPAN/
=back
+=head2 RSYNC Mirrors
+
+ www.linux.org.ar::cpan
+ theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca::CPAN
+ ftp.shellhung.org::CPAN
+ rsync.nic.funet.fi::CPAN
+ ftp.u-paris10.fr::CPAN
+ mir1.ovh.net::CPAN
+ rsync://ftp.crihan.fr::CPAN
+ ftp.gwdg.de::FTP/languages/perl/CPAN/
+ ftp.leo.org::CPAN
+ ftp.cbn.net.id::CPAN
+ rsync://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.perl.org/pub/CPAN
+ ftp.iglu.org.il::CPAN
+ gusp.dyndns.org::cpan
+ ftp.kddlabs.co.jp::cpan
+ ftp.ayamura.org::pub/CPAN/
+ mirror.leafbug.org::CPAN
+ rsync.en.com.sg::CPAN
+ mirror.averse.net::cpan
+ rsync.oss.eznetsols.org
+ ftp.kr.FreeBSD.org::CPAN
+ ftp.solnet.ch::CPAN
+ cpan.cdpa.nsysu.edu.tw::CPAN
+ cpan.teleglobe.net::CPAN
+ rsync://rsync.mirror.anlx.net::CPAN
+ ftp.sedl.org::cpan
+ ibiblio.org::CPAN
+ cpan-du.viaverio.com::CPAN
+ aniani.ifa.hawaii.edu::CPAN
+ archive.progeny.com::CPAN
+ rsync://slugsite.louisville.edu::CPAN
+ mirror.aphix.com::CPAN
+ cpan.teleglobe.net::CPAN
+ ftp.lug.udel.edu::cpan
+ mirrors.kernel.org::mirrors/CPAN
+ mirrors.phenominet.com::CPAN
+ cpan.pair.com::CPAN
+ cpan-sj.viaverio.com::CPAN
+ mirror.csit.fsu.edu::CPAN
+ csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu::CPAN
+
For an up-to-date listing of CPAN sites,
-see F<http://www.perl.com/perl/CPAN> or F<ftp://ftp.perl.com/perl/>.
+see http://www.cpan.org/SITES or ftp://www.cpan.org/SITES .
=head1 Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
totally transparent to the user of the module. Likewise, the module
might set up an AUTOLOAD function to slurp in subroutine definitions on
demand, but this is also transparent. Only the F<.pm> file is required to
-exist. See L<perlsub>, L<perltoot>, and L<AutoLoader> for details about
+exist. See L<perlsub>, L<perltoot>, and L<AutoLoader> for details about
the AUTOLOAD mechanism.
=head2 Guidelines for Module Creation
=over 4
-=item Do similar modules already exist in some form?
+=item *
+
+Do similar modules already exist in some form?
If so, please try to reuse the existing modules either in whole or
by inheriting useful features into a new class. If this is not
helps if you follow the same naming scheme and module interaction
scheme as the original author.
-=item Try to design the new module to be easy to extend and reuse.
+=item *
+
+Try to design the new module to be easy to extend and reuse.
+
+Try to C<use warnings;> (or C<use warnings qw(...);>).
+Remember that you can add C<no warnings qw(...);> to individual blocks
+of code that need less warnings.
Use blessed references. Use the two argument form of bless to bless
into the class name given as the first parameter of the constructor,
e.g.,:
sub new {
- my $class = shift;
- return bless {}, $class;
+ my $class = shift;
+ return bless {}, $class;
}
or even this if you'd like it to be used as either a static
or a virtual method.
sub new {
- my $self = shift;
- my $class = ref($self) || $self;
- return bless {}, $class;
+ my $self = shift;
+ my $class = ref($self) || $self;
+ return bless {}, $class;
}
Pass arrays as references so more parameters can be added later
Inherit methods from other modules if appropriate.
Avoid class name tests like: C<die "Invalid" unless ref $ref eq 'FOO'>.
-Generally you can delete the "C<eq 'FOO'>" part with no harm at all.
+Generally you can delete the C<eq 'FOO'> part with no harm at all.
Let the objects look after themselves! Generally, avoid hard-wired
class names as far as possible.
-Avoid C<$r-E<gt>Class::func()> where using C<@ISA=qw(... Class ...)> and
-C<
$r-E<gt>func()> would work (see L<perlbot> for more details).
+Avoid C<< $r->Class::func() >> where using C<@ISA=qw(... Class ...)> and
+C<
< $r->func() >> would work (see L<perlbot> for more details).
Use autosplit so little used or newly added functions won't be a
burden to programs that don't use them. Add test functions to
eval join('',<main::DATA>) || die $@ unless caller();
Does your module pass the 'empty subclass' test? If you say
-"C<@SUBCLASS::ISA = qw(YOURCLASS);>" your applications should be able
+C<@SUBCLASS::ISA = qw(YOURCLASS);> your applications should be able
to use SUBCLASS in exactly the same way as YOURCLASS. For example,
-does your application still work if you change: C<$obj = new YOURCLASS;>
-into: C<$obj = new SUBCLASS;> ?
+does your application still work if you change: C<< $obj = YOURCLASS->new(); >>
+into: C<< $obj = SUBCLASS->new(); >> ?
Avoid keeping any state information in your packages. It makes it
difficult for multiple other packages to use yours. Keep state
information in objects.
-Always use B<-w>. Try to C<use strict;> (or C<use strict qw(...);>).
+Always use B<-w>.
+
+Try to C<use strict;> (or C<use strict qw(...);>).
Remember that you can add C<no strict qw(...);> to individual blocks
-of code that need less strictness. Always use B<-w>. Always use B<-w>!
+of code that need less strictness.
+
+Always use B<-w>.
+
Follow the guidelines in the perlstyle(1) manual.
-=item Some simple style guidelines
+Always use B<-w>.
+
+=item *
+
+Some simple style guidelines
The perlstyle manual supplied with Perl has many helpful points.
$no_caps_here function scope my() or local() variables
Function and method names seem to work best as all lowercase.
-e.g., C<$obj-E<gt>as_string()>.
+e.g., C<< $obj->as_string() >>.
You can use a leading underscore to indicate that a variable or
function should not be used outside the package that defined it.
-=item Select what to export.
+=item *
+
+Select what to export.
Do NOT export method names!
short or common names to reduce the risk of name clashes.
Generally anything not exported is still accessible from outside the
-module using the ModuleName::item_name (or C<$blessed_ref-E<gt>method>)
+module using the ModuleName::item_name (or C<< $blessed_ref->method >>)
syntax. By convention you can use a leading underscore on names to
indicate informally that they are 'internal' and not for public use.
then export nothing. If it's just a collection of functions then
@EXPORT_OK anything but use @EXPORT with caution.
-=item Select a name for the module.
+=item *
+
+Select a name for the module.
This name should be as descriptive, accurate, and complete as
possible. Avoid any risk of ambiguity. Always try to use two or
standards for naming modules and the interface to methods in
those modules.
+If developing modules for private internal or project specific use,
+that will never be released to the public, then you should ensure
+that their names will not clash with any future public module. You
+can do this either by using the reserved Local::* category or by
+using a category name that includes an underscore like Foo_Corp::*.
+
To be portable each component of a module name should be limited to
11 characters. If it might be used on MS-DOS then try to ensure each is
unique in the first 8 characters. Nested modules make this easier.
-=item Have you got it right?
+=item *
+
+Have you got it right?
How do you know that you've made the right decisions? Have you
picked an interface design that will cause problems later? Have
ready - just say so in the message. It might be worth inviting
others to help you, they may be able to complete it for you!
-=item README and other Additional Files.
+=item *
+
+README and other Additional Files.
It's well known that software developers usually fully document the
software they write. If, however, the world is in urgent need of
=over 10
=item *
+
A description of the module/package/extension etc.
=item *
+
A copyright notice - see below.
=item *
+
Prerequisites - what else you may need to have.
=item *
+
How to build it - possible changes to Makefile.PL etc.
=item *
+
How to install it.
=item *
+
Recent changes in this release, especially incompatibilities
=item *
+
Changes / enhancements you plan to make in the future.
=back
=over 4
-=item Adding a Copyright Notice.
+=item *
+
+Adding a Copyright Notice.
How you choose to license your work is a personal decision.
The general mechanism is to assert your Copyright and then make
a declaration of how others may copy/use/modify your work.
-Perl, for example, is supplied with two types of licence: The GNU
-GPL and The Artistic Licence (see the files README, Copying, and
-Artistic). Larry has good reasons for NOT just using the GNU GPL.
+Perl, for example, is supplied with two types of licence: The GNU GPL
+and The Artistic Licence (see the files README, Copying, and Artistic,
+or L<perlgpl> and L<perlartistic>). Larry has good reasons for NOT
+just using the GNU GPL.
My personal recommendation, out of respect for Larry, Perl, and the
Perl community at large is to state something simply like:
also wish to include it in a Copying file and your source files.
Remember to include the other words in addition to the Copyright.
-=item Give the module a version/issue/release number.
+=item *
+
+Give the module a version/issue/release number.
To be fully compatible with the Exporter and MakeMaker modules you
should store your module's version number in a non-my package
variable called $VERSION. This should be a floating point
number with at least two digits after the decimal (i.e., hundredths,
e.g, C<$VERSION = "0.01">). Don't use a "1.3.2" style version.
-See Exporter.pm in Perl5.001m or later for details.
+See L<Exporter> for details.
It may be handy to add a function or method to retrieve the number.
Use the number in announcements and archive file names when
releasing the module (ModuleName-1.02.tar.Z).
See perldoc ExtUtils::MakeMaker.pm for details.
-=item How to release and distribute a module.
+=item *
+
+How to release and distribute a module.
It's good idea to post an announcement of the availability of your
module (or the module itself if small) to the comp.lang.perl.announce
Usenet newsgroup. This will at least ensure very wide once-off
distribution.
-If possible you should place the module into a major ftp archive and
+If possible, register the module with CPAN. You should
include details of its location in your announcement.
Some notes about ftp archives: Please use a long descriptive file
FTP Archives for Perl Modules:
-Follow the instructions and links on
+Follow the instructions and links on:
- http://franz.ww.tu-berlin.de/modulelist
+ http://www.cpan.org/modules/00modlist.long.html
+ http://www.cpan.org/modules/04pause.html
or upload to one of these sites:
- ftp://franz.ww.tu-berlin.de/incoming
- ftp://ftp.cis.ufl.edu/incoming
+ https://pause.kbx.de/pause/
+ http://pause.perl.org/pause/
-and notify <F<upload@franz.ww.tu-berlin.de>>.
+and notify <modules@perl.org>.
By using the WWW interface you can ask the Upload Server to mirror
your modules from your ftp or WWW site into your own directory on
Please remember to send me an updated entry for the Module list!
-=item Take care when changing a released module.
+=item *
+
+Take care when changing a released module.
Always strive to remain compatible with previous released versions.
Otherwise try to add a mechanism to revert to the
-old behaviour if people rely on it. Document incompatible changes.
+old behavior if people rely on it. Document incompatible changes.
=back
=over 4
-=item There is no requirement to convert anything.
+=item *
+
+There is no requirement to convert anything.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Perl 4 library scripts should
continue to work with no problems. You may need to make some minor
changes (like escaping non-array @'s in double quoted strings) but
there is no need to convert a .pl file into a Module for just that.
-=item Consider the implications.
+=item *
+
+Consider the implications.
All Perl applications that make use of the script will need to
be changed (slightly) if the script is converted into a module. Is
it worth it unless you plan to make other changes at the same time?
-=item Make the most of the opportunity.
+=item *
+
+Make the most of the opportunity.
If you are going to convert the script to a module you can use the
-opportunity to redesign the interface. The 'Guidelines for Module
-Creation' above include many of the issues you should consider.
+opportunity to redesign the interface. The guidelines for module
+creation above include many of the issues you should consider.
-=item The pl2pm utility will get you started.
+=item *
+
+The pl2pm utility will get you started.
This utility will read *.pl files (given as parameters) and write
corresponding *.pm files. The pl2pm utilities does the following:
=over 10
=item *
+
Adds the standard Module prologue lines
=item *
+
Converts package specifiers from ' to ::
=item *
+
Converts die(...) to croak(...)
=item *
+
Several other minor changes
=back
=over 4
-=item Complete applications rarely belong in the Perl Module Library.
+=item *
+
+Complete applications rarely belong in the Perl Module Library.
-=item Many applications contain some Perl code that could be reused.
+=item *
+
+Many applications contain some Perl code that could be reused.
Help save the world! Share your code in a form that makes it easy
to reuse.
-=item Break-out the reusable code into one or more separate module files.
+=item *
+
+Break-out the reusable code into one or more separate module files.
+
+=item *
+
+Take the opportunity to reconsider and redesign the interfaces.
-=item Take the opportunity to reconsider and redesign the interfaces.
+=item *
-=item In some cases the 'application' can then be reduced to a small
+In some cases the 'application' can then be reduced to a small
fragment of code built on top of the reusable modules. In these cases
the application could invoked as:
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