+# !!!!!!! DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE !!!!!!!
+# This file is autogenerated by buildtoc from all the other pods.
+# Edit those files and run buildtoc --build-toc to effect changes.
+
=head1 NAME
perltoc - perl documentation table of contents
=item Miscellaneous
+=item Language-Specific
+
=item Platform-Specific
=back
=back
-=head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2002/01/11
-02:31:20 $)
+=head2 perlreftut - Mark's very short tutorial about references
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item Who Needs Complicated Data Structures?
-=item perlfaq: Structural overview of the FAQ.
+=item The Solution
-=item L<perlfaq1>: General Questions About Perl
+=item Syntax
-=item L<perlfaq2>: Obtaining and Learning about Perl
+=over 4
-=item L<perlfaq3>: Programming Tools
+=item Making References
-=item L<perlfaq4>: Data Manipulation
+=item Using References
-=item L<perlfaq5>: Files and Formats
+=item An Example
-=item L<perlfaq6>: Regexps
+=item Arrow Rule
-=item L<perlfaq7>: General Perl Language Issues
+=back
-=item L<perlfaq8>: System Interaction
+=item Solution
-=item L<perlfaq9>: Networking
+=item The Rest
-=back
+=item Summary
-=item About the perlfaq documents
+=item Credits
=over 4
-=item Where to get the perlfaq
-
-=item How to contribute to the perlfaq
-
-=item What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the
-authors
+=item Distribution Conditions
=back
-=item Credits
+=back
-=item Author and Copyright Information
+=head2 perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook
=over 4
-=item Bundled Distributions
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Disclaimer
+arrays of arrays, hashes of arrays, arrays of hashes, hashes of hashes,
+more elaborate constructs
-=back
+=item REFERENCES
-=item Changes
+=item COMMON MISTAKES
-1/November/2000, 23/May/99, 13/April/99, 7/January/99, 22/June/98,
-24/April/97, 23/April/97, 25/March/97, 18/March/97, 17/March/97 Version,
-Initial Release: 11/March/97
+=item CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE
-=back
+=item WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS C<use strict>
-=head2 perlbook - Perl book information
+=item DEBUGGING
-=over 4
+=item CODE EXAMPLES
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ARRAYS OF ARRAYS
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax
+=item Declaration of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
-=over 4
+=item Generation of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Declarations
+=item HASHES OF ARRAYS
-=item Simple statements
+=over 4
-=item Compound statements
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF ARRAYS
-=item Loop Control
+=item Generation of a HASH OF ARRAYS
-=item For Loops
+=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF ARRAYS
-=item Foreach Loops
+=back
-=item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
+=item ARRAYS OF HASHES
-=item Goto
+=over 4
-=item PODs: Embedded Documentation
+=item Declaration of an ARRAY OF HASHES
-=item Plain Old Comments (Not!)
+=item Generation of an ARRAY OF HASHES
-=back
+=item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF HASHES
=back
-=head2 perldata - Perl data types
+=item HASHES OF HASHES
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES
-=over 4
+=item Generation of a HASH OF HASHES
-=item Variable names
+=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES
-=item Context
+=back
-=item Scalar values
+=item MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
-=item Scalar value constructors
+=over 4
-=item List value constructors
+=item Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
-=item Slices
+=item Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
-=item Typeglobs and Filehandles
+=item Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
=back
+=item Database Ties
+
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
+=head2 perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
+=item Declaration and Access of Arrays of Arrays
-=item The Arrow Operator
+=item Growing Your Own
-=item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
+=item Access and Printing
-=item Exponentiation
+=item Slices
-=item Symbolic Unary Operators
+=back
-=item Binding Operators
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Multiplicative Operators
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Additive Operators
+=back
-=item Shift Operators
+=head2 perlrequick - Perl regular expressions quick start
-=item Named Unary Operators
+=over 4
-=item Relational Operators
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Equality Operators
+=item The Guide
-=item Bitwise And
+=over 4
-=item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
+=item Simple word matching
-=item C-style Logical And
+=item Using character classes
-=item C-style Logical Or
+=item Matching this or that
-=item Range Operators
+=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
-=item Conditional Operator
+=item Extracting matches
-=item Assignment Operators
+=item Matching repetitions
-=item Comma Operator
+=item More matching
-=item List Operators (Rightward)
+=item Search and replace
-=item Logical Not
+=item The split operator
-=item Logical And
+=back
-=item Logical or and Exclusive Or
+=item BUGS
-=item C Operators Missing From Perl
+=item SEE ALSO
-unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item Quote and Quote-like Operators
+=over 4
-=item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
+=item Acknowledgments
-?PATTERN?, m/PATTERN/cgimosx, /PATTERN/cgimosx, q/STRING/, C<'STRING'>,
-qq/STRING/, "STRING", qr/STRING/imosx, qx/STRING/, `STRING`, qw/STRING/,
-s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/egimosx, tr/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds,
-y/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds, <<EOF
+=back
-=item Gory details of parsing quoted constructs
+=back
-Finding the end, Removal of backslashes before delimiters, Interpolation,
-C<<<'EOF'>, C<m''>, C<s'''>, C<tr///>, C<y///>, C<''>, C<q//>, C<"">,
-C<``>, C<qq//>, C<qx//>, C<< <file*glob> >>, C<?RE?>, C</RE/>, C<m/RE/>,
-C<s/RE/foo/>,, Interpolation of regular expressions, Optimization of
-regular expressions
+=head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial
-=item I/O Operators
+=over 4
-=item Constant Folding
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Bitwise String Operators
+=item Part 1: The basics
-=item Integer Arithmetic
+=over 4
-=item Floating-point Arithmetic
+=item Simple word matching
-=item Bigger Numbers
+=item Using character classes
-=back
+=item Matching this or that
+
+=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
+
+=item Extracting matches
+
+=item Matching repetitions
+
+=item Building a regexp
+
+=item Using regular expressions in Perl
=back
-=head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
+=item Part 2: Power tools
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item More on characters, strings, and character classes
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Compiling and saving regular expressions
-=over 4
+=item Embedding comments and modifiers in a regular expression
-=item Private Variables via my()
+=item Non-capturing groupings
-=item Persistent Private Variables
+=item Looking ahead and looking behind
-=item Temporary Values via local()
+=item Using independent subexpressions to prevent backtracking
-=item Lvalue subroutines
+=item Conditional expressions
-=item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
+=item A bit of magic: executing Perl code in a regular expression
-=item When to Still Use local()
+=item Pragmas and debugging
-=item Pass by Reference
+=back
-=item Prototypes
+=item BUGS
-=item Constant Functions
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Overriding Built-in Functions
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item Autoloading
+=over 4
-=item Subroutine Attributes
+=item Acknowledgments
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
-
=back
-=head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
+=head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Perl Functions by Category
+=item If we could talk to the animals...
-Functions for SCALARs or strings, Regular expressions and pattern matching,
-Numeric functions, Functions for real @ARRAYs, Functions for list data,
-Functions for real %HASHes, Input and output functions, Functions for fixed
-length data or records, Functions for filehandles, files, or directories,
-Keywords related to the control flow of your perl program, Keywords related
-to scoping, Miscellaneous functions, Functions for processes and process
-groups, Keywords related to perl modules, Keywords related to classes and
-object-orientedness, Low-level socket functions, System V interprocess
-communication functions, Fetching user and group info, Fetching network
-info, Time-related functions, Functions new in perl5, Functions obsoleted
-in perl5
+=item Introducing the method invocation arrow
-=item Portability
-
-=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
+=item Invoking a barnyard
-I<-X> FILEHANDLE, I<-X> EXPR, I<-X>, abs VALUE, abs, accept
-NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, alarm, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME,
-binmode FILEHANDLE, DISCIPLINE, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME,
-bless REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE,
-chomp( LIST ), chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop( LIST ), chop, chown LIST, chr
-NUMBER, chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot, close FILEHANDLE, close, closedir
-DIRHANDLE, connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, cos, crypt
-PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR,
-defined, delete EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR,
-dump LABEL, dump, each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval
-BLOCK, exec LIST, exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp,
-fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock
-FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE,
-getc, getlogin, getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority
-WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname
-NAME, getprotobyname NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname
-NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE,
-getprotobynumber NUMBER, getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent,
-gethostent, getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent,
-sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent
-STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent, endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent,
-endservent, getsockname SOCKET, getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR,
-glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL, goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep
-EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex, import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index
-STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join
-EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST, last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc,
-lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen
-SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR, lock THING, log EXPR, log,
-lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK LIST, map EXPR,LIST, mkdir FILENAME,MASK,
-mkdir FILENAME, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgrcv
-ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, my EXPR, my EXPR : ATTRIBUTES,
-next LABEL, next, no Module LIST, oct EXPR, oct, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open
-FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR,LIST, open
-FILEHANDLE,MODE,REFERENCE, open FILEHANDLE, opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord
-EXPR, ord, our EXPR, our EXPR : ATTRIBUTES, pack TEMPLATE,LIST, package
-NAMESPACE, package, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop ARRAY, pop, pos
-SCALAR, pos, print FILEHANDLE LIST, print LIST, print, printf FILEHANDLE
-FORMAT, LIST, printf FORMAT, LIST, prototype FUNCTION, push ARRAY,LIST,
-q/STRING/, qq/STRING/, qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, quotemeta EXPR,
-quotemeta, rand EXPR, rand, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read
-FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR,
-readlink, readpipe EXPR, recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo,
-ref EXPR, ref, rename OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR,
-require, reset EXPR, reset, return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir
-DIRHANDLE, rindex STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME,
-rmdir, s///, scalar EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir
-DIRHANDLE,POS, select FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT,
-semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send
-SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority
-WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY,
-shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE,
-shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep
-EXPR, sleep, sockatmark SOCKET, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL,
-socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort
-BLOCK LIST, sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice
-ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH, splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split
-/PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split /PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf
-FORMAT, LIST, sqrt EXPR, sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat FILEHANDLE, stat
-EXPR, stat, study SCALAR, study, sub BLOCK, sub NAME, sub NAME BLOCK,
-substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr
-EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
-FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread
-FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek
-FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite
-FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,
-syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie
-VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate
-FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR,
-ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack
-TEMPLATE,EXPR, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use Module VERSION LIST,
-use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use VERSION, utime LIST,
-values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn
-LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y///
+=item The extra parameter of method invocation
-=back
+=item Calling a second method to simplify things
-=back
+=item Inheriting the windpipes
-=head2 perlreftut - Mark's very short tutorial about references
+=item A few notes about @ISA
-=over 4
+=item Overriding the methods
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Starting the search from a different place
-=item Who Needs Complicated Data Structures?
+=item The SUPER way of doing things
-=item The Solution
+=item Where we're at so far...
-=item Syntax
+=item A horse is a horse, of course of course -- or is it?
-=over 4
+=item Invoking an instance method
-=item Making References
+=item Accessing the instance data
-=item Using References
+=item How to build a horse
-=back
+=item Inheriting the constructor
-=item An Example
+=item Making a method work with either classes or instances
-=item Arrow Rule
+=item Adding parameters to a method
-=item Solution
+=item More interesting instances
-=item The Rest
+=item A horse of a different color
=item Summary
-=item Credits
-
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Distribution Conditions
+=item SEE ALSO
-=back
+=item COPYRIGHT
=back
-=head2 perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook
+=head2 perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-arrays of arrays, hashes of arrays, arrays of hashes, hashes of hashes,
-more elaborate constructs
+=item Creating a Class
-=item REFERENCES
+=over 4
-=item COMMON MISTAKES
+=item Object Representation
-=item CAVEAT ON PRECEDENCE
+=item Class Interface
-=item WHY YOU SHOULD ALWAYS C<use strict>
+=item Constructors and Instance Methods
-=item DEBUGGING
+=item Planning for the Future: Better Constructors
-=item CODE EXAMPLES
+=item Destructors
-=item ARRAYS OF ARRAYS
+=item Other Object Methods
+
+=back
+
+=item Class Data
=over 4
-=item Declaration of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item Accessing Class Data
-=item Generation of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item Debugging Methods
-=item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF ARRAYS
+=item Class Destructors
+
+=item Documenting the Interface
=back
-=item HASHES OF ARRAYS
+=item Aggregation
+
+=item Inheritance
=over 4
-=item Declaration of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+=item Overridden Methods
-=item Generation of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+=item Multiple Inheritance
-=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF ARRAYS
+=item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects
=back
-=item ARRAYS OF HASHES
+=item Alternate Object Representations
=over 4
-=item Declaration of an ARRAY OF HASHES
-
-=item Generation of an ARRAY OF HASHES
+=item Arrays as Objects
-=item Access and Printing of an ARRAY OF HASHES
+=item Closures as Objects
=back
-=item HASHES OF HASHES
+=item AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods
=over 4
-=item Declaration of a HASH OF HASHES
-
-=item Generation of a HASH OF HASHES
+=item Autoloaded Data Methods
-=item Access and Printing of a HASH OF HASHES
+=item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods
=back
-=item MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
+=item Metaclassical Tools
=over 4
-=item Declaration of MORE ELABORATE RECORDS
-
-=item Declaration of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
+=item Class::Struct
-=item Generation of a HASH OF COMPLEX RECORDS
+=item Data Members as Variables
=back
-=item Database Ties
+=item NOTES
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Object Terminology
=back
-=head2 perlrequick - Perl regular expressions quick start
-
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item The Guide
+=item COPYRIGHT
=over 4
-=item Simple word matching
-
-=item Using character classes
+=item Acknowledgments
-=item Matching this or that
+=back
-=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
+=back
-=item Extracting matches
+=head2 perltooc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl
-=item Matching repetitions
+=over 4
-=item More matching
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Search and replace
+=item Class Data in a Can
-=item The split operator
+=item Class Data as Package Variables
-=back
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Inheritance Concerns
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item The Eponymous Meta-Object
-=over 4
+=item Indirect References to Class Data
-=item Acknowledgments
+=item Monadic Classes
-=back
+=item Translucent Attributes
=back
-=head2 perlpod - the Plain Old Documentation format
-
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Class Data as Lexical Variables
=over 4
-=item Ordinary Paragraph
-
-=item Verbatim Paragraph
+=item Privacy and Responsibility
-=item Command Paragraph
+=item File-Scoped Lexicals
-C<=head1 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head2 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head3 I<Heading
-Text>>, C<=head4 I<Heading Text>>, C<=over I<indentlevel>>, C<=item
-I<stuff...>>, C<=back>, C<=cut>, C<=pod>, C<=begin I<formatname>>, C<=end
-I<formatname>>, C<=for I<formatname> I<text...>>
+=item More Inheritance Concerns
-=item Formatting Codes
+=item Locking the Door and Throwing Away the Key
-C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
-C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
-C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- used
-for filenames, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text contains non-breaking spaces,
-C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a null
-(zero-effect) formatting code
+=item Translucency Revisited
-=item The Intent
+=back
-=item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
+=item NOTES
-=item Hints for Writing Pod
+=item SEE ALSO
-=back
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=head2 perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and
-notes
+=head2 perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Pod Definitions
+=item OO SCALING TIPS
-=item Pod Commands
+=item INSTANCE VARIABLES
-"=head1", "=head2", "=head3", "=head4", "=pod", "=cut", "=over", "=item",
-"=back", "=begin formatname", "=end formatname", "=for formatname text..."
+=item SCALAR INSTANCE VARIABLES
-=item Pod Formatting Codes
+=item INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE
-C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
-C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- style for
-filenames, C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a
-null (zero-effect) formatting code, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
-C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text
-contains non-breaking spaces
+=item OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS
-=item Notes on Implementing Pod Processors
+=item OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS
-=item About LE<lt>...E<gt> Codes
+=item USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM
-First:, Second:, Third:, Fourth:, Fifth:, Sixth:
+=item THINKING OF CODE REUSE
-=item About =over...=back Regions
+=item CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT
-=item About Data Paragraphs and "=begin/=end" Regions
+=item INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item DELEGATION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
=back
-=head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary
+=head2 perlcheat - Perl 5 Cheat Sheet
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Awk Traps
+=item The sheet
-=item C Traps
+=back
-=item Sed Traps
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-=item Shell Traps
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Perl Traps
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Awk Traps
+
+=item C/C++ Traps
+
+=item Sed Traps
+
+=item Shell Traps
+
+=item Perl Traps
=item Perl4 to Perl5 Traps
Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular
Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression, Regular Expression,
-Regular Expression
+Regular Expression, Regular Expression
=item Subroutine, Signal, Sorting Traps
=back
-=head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
+=head2 perldebtut - Perl debugging tutorial
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item use strict
-=item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems
+=item Looking at data and -w and v
-OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS
+=item help
-=item Location of Perl
+=item Stepping through code
-=item Command Switches
+=item Placeholder for a, w, t, T
-B<-0>[I<digits>], B<-a>, B<-C>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-d:>I<foo[=bar,baz]>,
-B<-D>I<letters>, B<-D>I<number>, B<-e> I<commandline>, B<-F>I<pattern>,
-B<-h>, B<-i>[I<extension>], B<-I>I<directory>, B<-l>[I<octnum>],
-B<-m>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<'module ...'>,
-B<-[mM]>[B<->]I<module=arg[,arg]...>, B<-n>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-s>, B<-S>,
-B<-t>, B<-T>, B<-u>, B<-U>, B<-v>, B<-V>, B<-V:>I<name>, B<-w>, B<-W>,
-B<-X>, B<-x> I<directory>
+=item REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
-=back
+=item OUTPUT TIPS
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=item CGI
-HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5OPT, PERLLIB, PERL5DB, PERL5SHELL
-(specific to the Win32 port), PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL,
-PERL_ENCODING, PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port), SYS$LOGIN (specific to
-the VMS port)
+=item GUIs
-=back
+=item SUMMARY
-=head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
+=item SEE ALSO
-=over 4
+=item AUTHOR
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CONTRIBUTORS
=back
-=head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings
+=head2 perlfaq - frequently asked questions about Perl ($Date: 2004/10/05
+22:15:44 $)
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Default Warnings and Optional Warnings
-
-=item What's wrong with B<-w> and C<$^W>
-
-=item Controlling Warnings from the Command Line
-
-B<-w>, B<-W>, B<-X>
-
-=item Backward Compatibility
-
-=item Category Hierarchy
+=item Where to get the perlfaq
-=item Fatal Warnings
+=item How to contribute to the perlfaq
-=item Reporting Warnings from a Module
+=item What will happen if you mail your Perl programming problems to the
+authors
=back
-=item TODO
+=item Credits
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Author and Copyright Information
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Bundled Distributions
-=head2 perldebtut - Perl debugging tutorial
+=item Disclaimer
-=over 4
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Table of Contents
-=item use strict
+perlfaq - this document, perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl, perlfaq2
+- Obtaining and Learning about Perl, perlfaq3 - Programming Tools, perlfaq4
+- Data Manipulation, perlfaq5 - Files and Formats, perlfaq6 - Regular
+Expressions, perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues, perlfaq8 - System
+Interaction, perlfaq9 - Networking
-=item Looking at data and -w and w
+=item The Questions
-=item help
+=over 4
-=item Stepping through code
+=item L<perlfaq1>: General Questions About Perl
-=item Placeholder for a, w, t, T
+=item L<perlfaq2>: Obtaining and Learning about Perl
-=item REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
+=item L<perlfaq3>: Programming Tools
-=item OUTPUT TIPS
+=item L<perlfaq4>: Data Manipulation
-=item CGI
+=item L<perlfaq5>: Files and Formats
-=item GUIs
+=item L<perlfaq6>: Regular Expressions
-=item SUMMARY
+=item L<perlfaq7>: General Perl Language Issues
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item L<perlfaq8>: System Interaction
-=item AUTHOR
+=item L<perlfaq9>: Networking
-=item CONTRIBUTORS
+=back
=back
-=head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
+=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.15 $, $Date:
+2004/10/11 05:06:29 $)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item The Perl Debugger
-
=over 4
-=item Debugger Commands
+=item What is Perl?
-h [command], p expr, x expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], T, s [expr], n
-[expr], r, <CR>, c [line|sub], l, l min+incr, l min-max, l line, l subname,
--, w [line], f filename, /pattern/, ?pattern?, L, S [[!]regex], t, t expr,
-b [line] [condition], b subname [condition], b postpone subname
-[condition], b load filename, b compile subname, d [line], D, a [line]
-command, a [line], A, W expr, W, O booloption .., O anyoption? .., O
-option=value .., < ?, < [ command ], << command, > ?, > command, >>
-command, { ?, { [ command ], {{ command, ! number, ! -number, ! pattern, !!
-cmd, @ file, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, man
-[manpage]
+=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
-=item Configurable Options
+=item Which version of Perl should I use?
-C<recallCommand>, C<ShellBang>, C<pager>, C<tkRunning>, C<signalLevel>,
-C<warnLevel>, C<dieLevel>, C<AutoTrace>, C<LineInfo>, C<inhibit_exit>,
-C<PrintRet>, C<ornaments>, C<frame>, C<maxTraceLen>, C<windowSize>,
-C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>,
-C<DumpDBFiles>, C<DumpPackages>, C<DumpReused>, C<quote>, C<HighBit>,
-C<undefPrint>, C<UsageOnly>, C<TTY>, C<noTTY>, C<ReadLine>, C<NonStop>
+=item What are perl4 and perl5?
-=item Debugger input/output
+=item What is Ponie?
-Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame
-listing
+=item What is perl6?
-=item Debugging compile-time statements
+=item How stable is Perl?
-=item Debugger Customization
+=item Is Perl difficult to learn?
-=item Readline Support
+=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
+Scheme, or Tcl?
-=item Editor Support for Debugging
+=item Can I do [task] in Perl?
-=item The Perl Profiler
+=item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
-=back
+=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
-=item Debugging regular expressions
+=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
-=item Debugging memory usage
+=item What is a JAPH?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
-=item BUGS
+=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
+5/5.6.1/Perl instead of some other language?
=back
-=head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.29 $,
+$Date: 2004/10/25 18:37:23 $)
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Predefined Names
+=item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
-$ARG, $_, $a, $b, $<I<digits>>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $',
-$LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, $^N, @LAST_MATCH_END, @+, $MULTILINE_MATCHING, $*,
-HANDLE->input_line_number(EXPR), $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER, $NR, $,
-IO::Handle->input_record_separator(EXPR), $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $RS, $/,
-HANDLE->autoflush(EXPR), $OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH, $|,
-IO::Handle->output_field_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR, $OFS, $,,
-IO::Handle->output_record_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $ORS,
-$\, $LIST_SEPARATOR, $", $SUBSCRIPT_SEPARATOR, $SUBSEP, $;, $OFMT, $#,
-HANDLE->format_page_number(EXPR), $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER, $%,
-HANDLE->format_lines_per_page(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE, $=,
-HANDLE->format_lines_left(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_LEFT, $-, @LAST_MATCH_START,
-@-, C<$`> is the same as C<substr($var, 0, $-[0])>, C<$&> is the same as
-C<substr($var, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0])>, C<$'> is the same as C<substr($var,
-$+[0])>, C<$1> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1])>, C<$2>
-is the same as C<substr($var, $-[2], $+[2] - $-[2])>, C<$3> is the same as
-C<substr $var, $-[3], $+[3] - $-[3])>, HANDLE->format_name(EXPR),
-$FORMAT_NAME, $~, HANDLE->format_top_name(EXPR), $FORMAT_TOP_NAME, $^,
-IO::Handle->format_line_break_characters EXPR,
-$FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS, $:, IO::Handle->format_formfeed EXPR,
-$FORMAT_FORMFEED, $^L, $ACCUMULATOR, $^A, $CHILD_ERROR, $?, ${^ENCODING},
-$OS_ERROR, $ERRNO, $!, $EXTENDED_OS_ERROR, $^E, $EVAL_ERROR, $@,
-$PROCESS_ID, $PID, $$, $REAL_USER_ID, $UID, $<, $EFFECTIVE_USER_ID, $EUID,
-$>, $REAL_GROUP_ID, $GID, $(, $EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID, $EGID, $),
-$PROGRAM_NAME, $0, $[, $], $COMPILING, $^C, $DEBUGGING, $^D,
-$SYSTEM_FD_MAX, $^F, $^H, %^H, $INPLACE_EDIT, $^I, $^M, $OSNAME, $^O,
-${^OPEN}, $PERLDB, $^P, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80,
-0x100, 0x200, $LAST_REGEXP_CODE_RESULT, $^R, $EXCEPTIONS_BEING_CAUGHT, $^S,
-$BASETIME, $^T, ${^TAINT}, $PERL_VERSION, $^V, $WARNING, $^W,
-${^WARNING_BITS}, ${^WIDE_SYSTEM_CALLS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X, ARGV,
-$ARGV, @ARGV, @F, @INC, @_, %INC, %ENV, $ENV{expr}, %SIG, $SIG{expr}
+=item How can I get a binary version of Perl?
-=item Error Indicators
+=item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
-=item Technical Note on the Syntax of Variable Names
+=item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts
+don't work.
-=back
+=item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic
+loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
-=item BUGS
+=item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
+What does CPAN/src/... mean?
-=back
+=item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?
-=head2 perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl
+=item Where can I get information on Perl?
-=over 4
+=item What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Where should I post source code?
-=over 4
+=item Perl Books
-=item Declaration and Access of Arrays of Arrays
+References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics
-=item Growing Your Own
+=item Perl in Magazines
-=item Access and Printing
+=item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
-=item Slices
+=item What mailing lists are there for Perl?
-=back
+=item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Where do I send bug reports?
+
+=item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? cpan.org?
=back
-=head2 perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.41 $, $Date: 2004/11/03
+22:45:32 $)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Open E<agrave> la shell
-
=over 4
-=item Simple Opens
+=item How do I do (anything)?
-=item Pipe Opens
+=item How can I use Perl interactively?
-=item The Minus File
+=item Is there a Perl shell?
-=item Mixing Reads and Writes
+=item How do I find which modules are installed on my system?
-=item Filters
+=item How do I debug my Perl programs?
-=back
+=item How do I profile my Perl programs?
-=item Open E<agrave> la C
+=item How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
-=over 4
+=item Is there a pretty-printer (formatter) for Perl?
-=item Permissions E<agrave> la mode
+=item Is there a ctags for Perl?
-=back
+=item Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor?
-=item Obscure Open Tricks
+Eclipse, Komodo, Open Perl IDE, OptiPerl, PerlBuilder, visiPerl+, Visual
+Perl, GNU Emacs, MicroEMACS, XEmacs, Jed, Elvis, Vile, Vim, Codewright,
+MultiEdit, SlickEdit, Bash, Ksh, Tcsh, Zsh, Affrus, Alpha, BBEdit and
+BBEdit Lite
-=over 4
+=item Where can I get Perl macros for vi?
-=item Re-Opening Files (dups)
+=item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs?
-=item Dispelling the Dweomer
+=item How can I use curses with Perl?
-=item Paths as Opens
+=item How can I use X or Tk with Perl?
-=item Single Argument Open
+=item How can I generate simple menus without using CGI or Tk?
-=item Playing with STDIN and STDOUT
+=item How can I make my Perl program run faster?
-=back
+=item How can I make my Perl program take less memory?
-=item Other I/O Issues
+Don't slurp!, Use map and grep selectively, Avoid unnecessary quotes and
+stringification, Pass by reference, Tie large variables to disk
-=over 4
+=item Is it safe to return a reference to local or lexical data?
-=item Opening Non-File Files
+=item How can I free an array or hash so my program shrinks?
-=item Binary Files
+=item How can I make my CGI script more efficient?
-=item File Locking
+=item How can I hide the source for my Perl program?
-=back
+=item How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How can I compile Perl into Java?
-=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
+=item How can I get C<#!perl> to work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?
-=item HISTORY
+=item Can I write useful Perl programs on the command line?
-=back
+=item Why don't Perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?
-=head2 perlpacktut - tutorial on C<pack> and C<unpack>
+=item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
-=over 4
+=item Where can I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]
-=item The Basic Principle
+=item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in
+my C program; what am I doing wrong?
-=item Packing Text
+=item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it mean?
-=item Packing Numbers
+=item What's MakeMaker?
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Integers
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=item Unpacking a Stack Frame
+=back
-=item How to Eat an Egg on a Net
+=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.56 $, $Date: 2004/11/03
+22:47:56 $)
-=item Floating point Numbers
+=over 4
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Exotic Templates
+=item Data: Numbers
=over 4
-=item Bit Strings
+=item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
+numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
-=item Uuencoding
+=item Why is int() broken?
-=item Doing Sums
+=item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
-=item Unicode
+=item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()?
+Trig functions?
-=item Another Portable Binary Encoding
+=item How do I convert between numeric representations/bases/radixes?
-=back
+How do I convert hexadecimal into decimal, How do I convert from decimal to
+hexadecimal, How do I convert from octal to decimal, How do I convert from
+decimal to octal, How do I convert from binary to decimal, How do I convert
+from decimal to binary
-=item Lengths and Widths
+=item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?
-=over 4
+=item How do I multiply matrices?
-=item String Lengths
+=item How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
-=item Dynamic Templates
+=item How can I output Roman numerals?
+
+=item Why aren't my random numbers random?
+
+=item How do I get a random number between X and Y?
=back
-=item Packing and Unpacking C Structures
+=item Data: Dates
=over 4
-=item The Alignment Pit
-
-=item Alignment, Take 2
+=item How do I find the day or week of the year?
-=item Alignment, Take 3
+=item How do I find the current century or millennium?
-=item Pointers for How to Use Them
+=item How can I compare two dates and find the difference?
-=back
+=item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
-=item Pack Recipes
+=item How can I find the Julian Day?
-=item Funnies Section
+=item How do I find yesterday's date?
-=item Authors
+=item Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?
=back
-=head2 perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial
+=item Data: Strings
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item Part 1: The basics
-
-=over 4
+=item How do I validate input?
-=item Simple word matching
+=item How do I unescape a string?
-=item Using character classes
+=item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
-=item Matching this or that
+=item How do I expand function calls in a string?
-=item Grouping things and hierarchical matching
+=item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
-=item Extracting matches
+=item How do I reverse a string?
-=item Matching repetitions
+=item How do I expand tabs in a string?
-=item Building a regexp
+=item How do I reformat a paragraph?
-=item Using regular expressions in Perl
+=item How can I access or change N characters of a string?
-=back
+=item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
-=item Part 2: Power tools
+=item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
+string?
-=over 4
+=item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
-=item More on characters, strings, and character classes
+=item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
+[character]?
-=item Compiling and saving regular expressions
+=item How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?
-=item Embedding comments and modifiers in a regular expression
+=item How do I pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?
-=item Non-capturing groupings
+=item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
-=item Looking ahead and looking behind
+=item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
-=item Using independent subexpressions to prevent backtracking
+=item How can I expand variables in text strings?
-=item Conditional expressions
+=item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
-=item A bit of magic: executing Perl code in a regular expression
+=item Why don't my E<lt>E<lt>HERE documents work?
-=item Pragmas and debugging
+There must be no space after the E<lt>E<lt> part, There (probably) should
+be a semicolon at the end, You can't (easily) have any space in front of
+the tag
=back
-=item BUGS
-
-=item SEE ALSO
-
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Data: Arrays
=over 4
-=item Acknowledgments
-
-=back
-
-=back
+=item What is the difference between a list and an array?
-=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
+=item What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?
-=over 4
+=item How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+a), b), c), d), e)
-i, m, s, x
+=item How can I tell whether a certain element is contained in a list or
+array?
-=over 4
+=item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
+intersection of two arrays?
-=item Regular Expressions
+=item How do I test whether two arrays or hashes are equal?
-[1], [2], [3], cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
+=item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
-=item Extended Patterns
+=item How do I handle linked lists?
-C<(?#text)>, C<(?imsx-imsx)>, C<(?:pattern)>, C<(?imsx-imsx:pattern)>,
-C<(?=pattern)>, C<(?!pattern)>, C<(?<=pattern)>, C<(?<!pattern)>, C<(?{
-code })>, C<(??{ code })>, C<< (?>pattern) >>,
-C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>, C<(?(condition)yes-pattern)>
+=item How do I handle circular lists?
-=item Backtracking
+=item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
-=item Version 8 Regular Expressions
+=item How do I process/modify each element of an array?
-=item Warning on \1 vs $1
+=item How do I select a random element from an array?
-=item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
+=item How do I permute N elements of a list?
-=item Combining pieces together
+=item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
-C<ST>, C<S|T>, C<S{REPEAT_COUNT}>, C<S{min,max}>, C<S{min,max}?>, C<S?>,
-C<S*>, C<S+>, C<S??>, C<S*?>, C<S+?>, C<< (?>S) >>, C<(?=S)>, C<(?<=S)>,
-C<(?!S)>, C<(?<!S)>, C<(??{ EXPR })>,
-C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>
+=item How do I manipulate arrays of bits?
-=item Creating custom RE engines
+=item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
=back
-=item BUGS
+=item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=back
+=item How do I process an entire hash?
-=head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
+=item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
+it?
-=over 4
+=item How do I look up a hash element by value?
-=item NOTE
+=item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
-=over 4
+=item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
-=item Making References
+=item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
-=item Using References
+=item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
-=item Symbolic references
+=item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
-=item Not-so-symbolic references
+=item How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
-=item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
+=item How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
-=item Function Templates
+=item How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?
-=back
+=item Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create
+it?
-=item WARNING
+=item How can I make the Perl equivalent of a C structure/C++ class/hash or
+array of hashes or arrays?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How can I use a reference as a hash key?
=back
-=head2 perlform - Perl formats
+=item Data: Misc
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=over 4
+=item How do I handle binary data correctly?
-=item Format Variables
+=item How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?
-=back
+=item How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
-=item NOTES
+=item How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?
-=over 4
+=item How do I define methods for every class/object?
-=item Footers
+=item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
-=item Accessing Formatting Internals
+=item How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?
=back
-=item WARNINGS
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
=back
-=head2 perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial
+=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.31 $, $Date: 2004/02/07
+04:29:50 $)
=over 4
=over 4
-=item If we could talk to the animals...
+=item How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this?
-=item Introducing the method invocation arrow
+=item How do I change one line in a file/delete a line in a file/insert a
+line in the middle of a file/append to the beginning of a file?
-=item Invoking a barnyard
+=item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
-=item The extra parameter of method invocation
+=item How can I use Perl's C<-i> option from within a program?
-=item Calling a second method to simplify things
+=item How do I make a temporary file name?
-=item Inheriting the windpipes
+=item How can I manipulate fixed-record-length files?
-=item A few notes about @ISA
+=item How can I make a filehandle local to a subroutine? How do I pass
+filehandles between subroutines? How do I make an array of filehandles?
-=item Overriding the methods
+=item How can I use a filehandle indirectly?
-=item Starting the search from a different place
+=item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
-=item The SUPER way of doing things
+=item How can I write() into a string?
-=item Where we're at so far...
+=item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
-=item A horse is a horse, of course of course -- or is it?
+=item How can I translate tildes (~) in a filename?
-=item Invoking an instance method
+=item How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?
-=item Accessing the instance data
+=item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use
+E<lt>*E<gt>?
-=item How to build a horse
+=item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
-=item Inheriting the constructor
+=item How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing blanks?
-=item Making a method work with either classes or instances
+=item How can I reliably rename a file?
-=item Adding parameters to a method
+=item How can I lock a file?
-=item More interesting instances
+=item Why can't I just open(FH, "E<gt>file.lock")?
-=item A horse of a different color
+=item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in
+the file. How can I do this?
-=item Summary
+=item All I want to do is append a small amount of text to the end of a
+file. Do I still have to use locking?
-=back
+=item How do I randomly update a binary file?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
-=back
+=item How do I print to more than one file at once?
-=head2 perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl
+=item How can I read in an entire file all at once?
-=over 4
+=item How can I read in a file by paragraphs?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
-=item Creating a Class
+=item How can I tell whether there's a character waiting on a filehandle?
-=over 4
+=item How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl?
-=item Object Representation
+=item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
-=item Class Interface
+=item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
-=item Constructors and Instance Methods
+=item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? Why doesn't
+`C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
-=item Planning for the Future: Better Constructors
+=item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
-=item Destructors
+=item Why does Perl let me delete read-only files? Why does C<-i> clobber
+protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl?
-=item Other Object Methods
+=item How do I select a random line from a file?
+
+=item Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?
=back
-=item Class Data
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Accessing Class Data
+=head2 perlfaq6 - Regular Expressions ($Revision: 1.27 $, $Date: 2004/11/03
+22:52:16 $)
-=item Debugging Methods
+=over 4
-=item Class Destructors
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Documenting the Interface
+=over 4
-=back
+=item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
+and unmaintainable code?
-=item Aggregation
+Comments Outside the Regex, Comments Inside the Regex, Different Delimiters
-=item Inheritance
+=item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
-=over 4
+=item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
+different lines?
-=item Overridden Methods
+=item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
-=item Multiple Inheritance
+=item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS while preserving
+case on the RHS?
-=item UNIVERSAL: The Root of All Objects
+=item How can I make C<\w> match national character sets?
-=back
+=item How can I match a locale-smart version of C</[a-zA-Z]/>?
-=item Alternate Object Representations
+=item How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?
-=over 4
+=item What is C</o> really for?
-=item Arrays as Objects
+=item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
+file?
-=item Closures as Objects
+=item Can I use Perl regular expressions to match balanced text?
-=back
+=item What does it mean that regexes are greedy? How can I get around it?
-=item AUTOLOAD: Proxy Methods
+=item How do I process each word on each line?
-=over 4
+=item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
-=item Autoloaded Data Methods
+=item How can I do approximate matching?
-=item Inherited Autoloaded Data Methods
+=item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
-=back
+=item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
-=item Metaclassical Tools
+=item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
-=over 4
+=item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
-=item Class::Struct
+=item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
-=item Data Members as Variables
+=item What's wrong with using grep in a void context?
-=back
+=item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
-=item NOTES
+=item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Object Terminology
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=head2 perlfaq7 - General Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.18 $, $Date:
+2004/11/03 22:54:08 $)
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=over 4
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Acknowledgments
+=item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
-=back
+=item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
+use them?
-=back
+=item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
+commas?
-=head2 perltooc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl
+=item How do I skip some return values?
-=over 4
+=item How do I temporarily block warnings?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item What's an extension?
-=item Class Data in a Can
+=item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
-=item Class Data as Package Variables
+=item How do I declare/create a structure?
-=over 4
+=item How do I create a module?
-=item Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket
+=item How do I create a class?
-=item Inheritance Concerns
+=item How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
-=item The Eponymous Meta-Object
+=item What's a closure?
-=item Indirect References to Class Data
+=item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
-=item Monadic Classes
+=item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
+Regex}?
-=item Translucent Attributes
+Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexes,
+Passing Methods
-=back
+=item How do I create a static variable?
-=item Class Data as Lexical Variables
+=item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping?
+Between local() and my()?
-=over 4
+=item How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical
+is in scope?
-=item Privacy and Responsibility
+=item What's the difference between deep and shallow binding?
-=item File-Scoped Lexicals
+=item Why doesn't "my($foo) = E<lt>FILEE<gt>;" work right?
-=item More Inheritance Concerns
+=item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method?
-=item Locking the Door and Throwing Away the Key
+=item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
-=item Translucency Revisited
+=item How do I create a switch or case statement?
-=back
+=item How can I catch accesses to undefined variables, functions, or
+methods?
-=item NOTES
+=item Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How can I find out my current package?
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item How can I comment out a large block of perl code?
-=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+=item How do I clear a package?
-=item HISTORY
+=item How can I use a variable as a variable name?
+
+=item What does "bad interpreter" mean?
=back
-=head2 perlobj - Perl objects
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.22 $, $Date: 2004/10/05
+22:13:49 $)
=over 4
=over 4
-=item An Object is Simply a Reference
+=item How do I find out which operating system I'm running under?
-=item A Class is Simply a Package
+=item How come exec() doesn't return?
-=item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
+=item How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?
-=item Method Invocation
+Keyboard, Screen, Mouse
-=item Indirect Object Syntax
+=item How do I print something out in color?
-=item Default UNIVERSAL methods
+=item How do I read just one key without waiting for a return key?
-isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+=item How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard?
-=item Destructors
+=item How do I clear the screen?
-=item Summary
+=item How do I get the screen size?
-=item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
+=item How do I ask the user for a password?
-=back
+=item How do I read and write the serial port?
-=item SEE ALSO
+lockfiles, open mode, end of line, flushing output, non-blocking input
-=back
+=item How do I decode encrypted password files?
-=head2 perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)
+=item How do I start a process in the background?
-=over 4
+STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR are shared, Signals, Zombies
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I trap control characters/signals?
-=item OO SCALING TIPS
+=item How do I modify the shadow password file on a Unix system?
-=item INSTANCE VARIABLES
+=item How do I set the time and date?
-=item SCALAR INSTANCE VARIABLES
+=item How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second?
-=item INSTANCE VARIABLE INHERITANCE
+=item How can I measure time under a second?
-=item OBJECT RELATIONSHIPS
+=item How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling)
-=item OVERRIDING SUPERCLASS METHODS
+=item Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? What
+does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean?
-=item USING RELATIONSHIP WITH SDBM
+=item How can I call my system's unique C functions from Perl?
-=item THINKING OF CODE REUSE
+=item Where do I get the include files to do ioctl() or syscall()?
-=item CLASS CONTEXT AND THE OBJECT
+=item Why do setuid perl scripts complain about kernel problems?
-=item INHERITING A CONSTRUCTOR
+=item How can I open a pipe both to and from a command?
-=item DELEGATION
+=item Why can't I get the output of a command with system()?
-=back
+=item How can I capture STDERR from an external command?
-=head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
+=item Why doesn't open() return an error when a pipe open fails?
-=over 4
+=item What's wrong with using backticks in a void context?
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item How can I call backticks without shell processing?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Why can't my script read from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix,
+^Z on MS-DOS)?
-=over 4
+=item How can I convert my shell script to perl?
-=item Tying Scalars
+=item Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session?
-TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, UNTIE this,
-DESTROY this
+=item How can I write expect in Perl?
-=item Tying Arrays
+=item Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as
+"ps"?
-TIEARRAY classname, LIST, FETCH this, index, STORE this, index, value,
-FETCHSIZE this, STORESIZE this, count, EXTEND this, count, EXISTS this,
-key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, PUSH this, LIST, POP this, SHIFT this,
-UNSHIFT this, LIST, SPLICE this, offset, length, LIST, UNTIE this, DESTROY
-this
+=item I {changed directory, modified my environment} in a perl script. How
+come the change disappeared when I exited the script? How do I get my
+changes to be visible?
-=item Tying Hashes
+Unix
-USER, HOME, CLOBBER, LIST, TIEHASH classname, LIST, FETCH this, key, STORE
-this, key, value, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, EXISTS this, key, FIRSTKEY
-this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, UNTIE this, DESTROY this
+=item How do I close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to
+complete?
-=item Tying FileHandles
+=item How do I fork a daemon process?
-TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this,
-LIST, READ this, LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, UNTIE this,
-DESTROY this
+=item How do I find out if I'm running interactively or not?
-=item UNTIE this
+=item How do I timeout a slow event?
-=item The C<untie> Gotcha
+=item How do I set CPU limits?
-=back
+=item How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How do I use an SQL database?
-=item BUGS
+=item How do I make a system() exit on control-C?
-=item AUTHOR
+=item How do I open a file without blocking?
-=back
+=item How do I tell the difference between errors from the shell and perl?
-=head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
-safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
+=item How do I install a module from CPAN?
-=over 4
+=item What's the difference between require and use?
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How do I keep my own module/library directory?
-=item Signals
+=item How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library
+search path?
-=item Named Pipes
+=item How do I add a directory to my include path (@INC) at runtime?
-=over 4
+=item What is socket.ph and where do I get it?
-=item WARNING
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
=back
-=item Using open() for IPC
+=head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.16 $, $Date: 2004/10/30 12:20:59
+$)
=over 4
-=item Filehandles
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Background Processes
+=over 4
-=item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
+=item What is the correct form of response from a CGI script?
-=item Safe Pipe Opens
+=item My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500
+Server Error)
-=item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
+=item How can I get better error messages from a CGI program?
-=item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself
+=item How do I remove HTML from a string?
-=back
+=item How do I extract URLs?
-=item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
+=item How do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a
+file on another machine?
-=over 4
+=item How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?
-=item Internet Line Terminators
+=item How do I fetch an HTML file?
-=item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
+=item How do I automate an HTML form submission?
-=item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
+=item How do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web?
-=back
+=item How do I redirect to another page?
-=item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
+=item How do I put a password on my web pages?
-=over 4
+=item How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?
-=item A Simple Client
+=item How do I make sure users can't enter values into a form that cause my
+CGI script to do bad things?
-C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
+=item How do I parse a mail header?
-=item A Webget Client
+=item How do I decode a CGI form?
-=item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
+=item How do I check a valid mail address?
-=back
+=item How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string?
-=item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
+=item How do I return the user's mail address?
-Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
+=item How do I send mail?
-=item UDP: Message Passing
+=item How do I use MIME to make an attachment to a mail message?
-=item SysV IPC
+=item How do I read mail?
-=item NOTES
+=item How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address?
-=item BUGS
+=item How do I fetch a news article or the active newsgroups?
-=item AUTHOR
+=item How do I fetch/put an FTP file?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item How can I do RPC in Perl?
=back
-=head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation (EXPERIMENTAL, subject to change)
+=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
-=over 4
+=back
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=head2 perlsyn - Perl syntax
+
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes
+=item Declarations
-$$ or $PROCESS_ID, %ENV, chdir() and all other builtins that accept
-filenames, wait() and waitpid(), kill(), exec(), exit(), Open handles to
-files, directories and network sockets
+=item Comments
-=item Resource limits
+=item Simple Statements
-=item Killing the parent process
+=item Truth and Falsehood
-=item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes
+=item Statement Modifiers
-=item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS
+=item Compound Statements
-BEGIN blocks, Open filehandles, Forking pipe open() not yet implemented,
-Global state maintained by XSUBs, Interpreter embedded in larger
-application, Thread-safety of extensions
+=item Loop Control
-=back
+=item For Loops
-=item BUGS
+=item Foreach Loops
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Basic BLOCKs and Switch Statements
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Goto
+
+=item PODs: Embedded Documentation
+
+=item Plain Old Comments (Not!)
=back
-=head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
+=back
-=over 4
+=head2 perldata - Perl data types
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Storing numbers
+=over 4
-=item Numeric operators and numeric conversions
+=item Variable names
-=item Flavors of Perl numeric operations
+=item Context
-Arithmetic operators except, C<no integer>, Arithmetic operators except,
-C<use integer>, Bitwise operators, C<no integer>, Bitwise operators, C<use
-integer>, Operators which expect an integer, Operators which expect a
-string
+=item Scalar values
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Scalar value constructors
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item List value constructors
-=back
+=item Subscripts
-=head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl
+=item Slices
-=over 4
+=item Typeglobs and Filehandles
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlothrtut - old tutorial on threads in Perl
+=head2 perlop - Perl operators and precedence
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What Is A Thread Anyway?
-
-=item Threaded Program Models
-
=over 4
-=item Boss/Worker
-
-=item Work Crew
+=item Operator Precedence and Associativity
-=item Pipeline
+=item Terms and List Operators (Leftward)
-=back
+=item The Arrow Operator
-=item Native threads
+=item Auto-increment and Auto-decrement
-=item What kind of threads are perl threads?
+=item Exponentiation
-=item Threadsafe Modules
+=item Symbolic Unary Operators
-=item Thread Basics
+=item Binding Operators
-=over 4
+=item Multiplicative Operators
-=item Basic Thread Support
+=item Additive Operators
-=item Creating Threads
+=item Shift Operators
-=item Giving up control
+=item Named Unary Operators
-=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
+=item Relational Operators
-=item Errors In Threads
+=item Equality Operators
-=item Ignoring A Thread
+=item Bitwise And
-=back
+=item Bitwise Or and Exclusive Or
-=item Threads And Data
+=item C-style Logical And
-=over 4
+=item C-style Logical Or
-=item Shared And Unshared Data
+=item C-style Logical Defined-Or
-=item Thread Pitfall: Races
+=item Range Operators
-=item Controlling access: lock()
+=item Conditional Operator
-=item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
+=item Assignment Operators
-=item Queues: Passing Data Around
+=item Comma Operator
-=back
+=item List Operators (Rightward)
-=item Threads And Code
+=item Logical Not
-=over 4
+=item Logical And
-=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
+=item Logical or, Defined or, and Exclusive Or
-Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
+=item C Operators Missing From Perl
-=item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines
+unary &, unary *, (TYPE)
-=item Subroutine Locks
+=item Quote and Quote-like Operators
-=item Methods
+=item Regexp Quote-Like Operators
-=item Locking A Subroutine
+?PATTERN?, m/PATTERN/cgimosx, /PATTERN/cgimosx, q/STRING/, C<'STRING'>,
+qq/STRING/, "STRING", qr/STRING/imosx, qx/STRING/, `STRING`, qw/STRING/,
+s/PATTERN/REPLACEMENT/egimosx, tr/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds,
+y/SEARCHLIST/REPLACEMENTLIST/cds, <<EOF
-=back
+=item Gory details of parsing quoted constructs
-=item General Thread Utility Routines
-
-=over 4
-
-=item What Thread Am I In?
-
-=item Thread IDs
-
-=item Are These Threads The Same?
-
-=item What Threads Are Running?
-
-=back
+Finding the end, Removal of backslashes before delimiters, Interpolation,
+C<<<'EOF'>, C<m''>, C<s'''>, C<tr///>, C<y///>, C<''>, C<q//>, C<"">,
+C<``>, C<qq//>, C<qx//>, C<< <file*glob> >>, C<?RE?>, C</RE/>, C<m/RE/>,
+C<s/RE/foo/>,, Interpolation of regular expressions, Optimization of
+regular expressions
-=item A Complete Example
+=item I/O Operators
-=item Conclusion
+=item Constant Folding
-=item Bibliography
+=item No-ops
-=over 4
+=item Bitwise String Operators
-=item Introductory Texts
+=item Integer Arithmetic
-=item OS-Related References
+=item Floating-point Arithmetic
-=item Other References
+=item Bigger Numbers
=back
-=item Acknowledgements
-
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=item Copyrights
-
=back
-=head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl
+=head2 perlsub - Perl subroutines
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is>
-portable
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item ISSUES
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Newlines
+=item Private Variables via my()
-=item Numbers endianness and Width
+=item Persistent Private Variables
-=item Files and Filesystems
+=item Temporary Values via local()
-=item System Interaction
+=item Lvalue subroutines
-=item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
+Lvalue subroutines are EXPERIMENTAL
-=item External Subroutines (XS)
+=item Passing Symbol Table Entries (typeglobs)
-=item Standard Modules
+=item When to Still Use local()
-=item Time and Date
+=item Pass by Reference
-=item Character sets and character encoding
+=item Prototypes
-=item Internationalisation
+=item Constant Functions
-=item System Resources
+=item Overriding Built-in Functions
-=item Security
+=item Autoloading
-=item Style
+=item Subroutine Attributes
=back
-=item CPAN Testers
+=item SEE ALSO
-Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
-http://testers.cpan.org/
+=back
-=item PLATFORMS
+=head2 perlfunc - Perl builtin functions
=over 4
-=item Unix
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item DOS and Derivatives
+=over 4
-=item S<Mac OS>
+=item Perl Functions by Category
-=item VMS
+Functions for SCALARs or strings, Regular expressions and pattern matching,
+Numeric functions, Functions for real @ARRAYs, Functions for list data,
+Functions for real %HASHes, Input and output functions, Functions for fixed
+length data or records, Functions for filehandles, files, or directories,
+Keywords related to the control flow of your perl program, Keywords related
+to scoping, Miscellaneous functions, Functions for processes and process
+groups, Keywords related to perl modules, Keywords related to classes and
+object-orientedness, Low-level socket functions, System V interprocess
+communication functions, Fetching user and group info, Fetching network
+info, Time-related functions, Functions new in perl5, Functions obsoleted
+in perl5
-=item VOS
+=item Portability
-=item EBCDIC Platforms
+=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
-=item Acorn RISC OS
+-I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, abs VALUE, abs, accept
+NEWSOCKET,GENERICSOCKET, alarm SECONDS, alarm, atan2 Y,X, bind SOCKET,NAME,
+binmode FILEHANDLE, LAYER, binmode FILEHANDLE, bless REF,CLASSNAME, bless
+REF, caller EXPR, caller, chdir EXPR, chmod LIST, chomp VARIABLE, chomp(
+LIST ), chomp, chop VARIABLE, chop( LIST ), chop, chown LIST, chr NUMBER,
+chr, chroot FILENAME, chroot, close FILEHANDLE, close, closedir DIRHANDLE,
+connect SOCKET,NAME, continue BLOCK, cos EXPR, cos, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT,
+dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MASK, defined EXPR, defined, delete
+EXPR, die LIST, do BLOCK, do SUBROUTINE(LIST), do EXPR, dump LABEL, dump,
+each HASH, eof FILEHANDLE, eof (), eof, eval EXPR, eval BLOCK, exec LIST,
+exec PROGRAM LIST, exists EXPR, exit EXPR, exp EXPR, exp, fcntl
+FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, fileno FILEHANDLE, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION,
+fork, format, formline PICTURE,LIST, getc FILEHANDLE, getc, getlogin,
+getpeername SOCKET, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam
+NAME, getgrnam NAME, gethostbyname NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getprotobyname
+NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getservbyname NAME,PROTO, gethostbyaddr
+ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER,
+getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostent, getnetent,
+getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent
+STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent,
+endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockname SOCKET,
+getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, gmtime EXPR, goto LABEL,
+goto EXPR, goto &NAME, grep BLOCK LIST, grep EXPR,LIST, hex EXPR, hex,
+import, index STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, index STR,SUBSTR, int EXPR, int, ioctl
+FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, join EXPR,LIST, keys HASH, kill SIGNAL, LIST,
+last LABEL, last, lc EXPR, lc, lcfirst EXPR, lcfirst, length EXPR, length,
+link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, listen SOCKET,QUEUESIZE, local EXPR, localtime EXPR,
+lock THING, log EXPR, log, lstat EXPR, lstat, m//, map BLOCK LIST, map
+EXPR,LIST, mkdir FILENAME,MASK, mkdir FILENAME, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget
+KEY,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, my EXPR, my
+TYPE EXPR, my EXPR : ATTRS, my TYPE EXPR : ATTRS, next LABEL, next, no
+Module VERSION LIST, no Module VERSION, no Module LIST, no Module, oct
+EXPR, oct, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR, open
+FILEHANDLE,MODE,EXPR,LIST, open FILEHANDLE,MODE,REFERENCE, open FILEHANDLE,
+opendir DIRHANDLE,EXPR, ord EXPR, ord, our EXPR, our EXPR TYPE, our EXPR :
+ATTRS, our TYPE EXPR : ATTRS, pack TEMPLATE,LIST, package NAMESPACE,
+package, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, pop ARRAY, pop, pos SCALAR, pos,
+print FILEHANDLE LIST, print LIST, print, printf FILEHANDLE FORMAT, LIST,
+printf FORMAT, LIST, prototype FUNCTION, push ARRAY,LIST, q/STRING/,
+qq/STRING/, qr/STRING/, qx/STRING/, qw/STRING/, quotemeta EXPR, quotemeta,
+rand EXPR, rand, read FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, read
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, readdir DIRHANDLE, readline EXPR, readlink EXPR,
+readlink, readpipe EXPR, recv SOCKET,SCALAR,LENGTH,FLAGS, redo LABEL, redo,
+ref EXPR, ref, rename OLDNAME,NEWNAME, require VERSION, require EXPR,
+require, reset EXPR, reset, return EXPR, return, reverse LIST, rewinddir
+DIRHANDLE, rindex STR,SUBSTR,POSITION, rindex STR,SUBSTR, rmdir FILENAME,
+rmdir, s///, scalar EXPR, seek FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, seekdir
+DIRHANDLE,POS, select FILEHANDLE, select, select RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT,
+semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, send
+SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS,TO, send SOCKET,MSG,FLAGS, setpgrp PID,PGRP, setpriority
+WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shift ARRAY,
+shift, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS, shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE,
+shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, shutdown SOCKET,HOW, sin EXPR, sin, sleep
+EXPR, sleep, socket SOCKET,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, socketpair
+SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, sort SUBNAME LIST, sort BLOCK LIST,
+sort LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,LIST, splice ARRAY,OFFSET,LENGTH,
+splice ARRAY,OFFSET, splice ARRAY, split /PATTERN/,EXPR,LIMIT, split
+/PATTERN/,EXPR, split /PATTERN/, split, sprintf FORMAT, LIST, format
+parameter index, flags, vector flag, (minimum) width, precision, or maximum
+width, size, order of arguments, sqrt EXPR, sqrt, srand EXPR, srand, stat
+FILEHANDLE, stat EXPR, stat, study SCALAR, study, sub NAME BLOCK, sub NAME
+(PROTO) BLOCK, sub NAME : ATTRS BLOCK, sub NAME (PROTO) : ATTRS BLOCK,
+substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,REPLACEMENT, substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH, substr
+EXPR,OFFSET, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall NUMBER, LIST, sysopen
+FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE, sysopen FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, sysread
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, sysread FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH, sysseek
+FILEHANDLE,POSITION,WHENCE, system LIST, system PROGRAM LIST, syswrite
+FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,OFFSET, syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR,LENGTH,
+syswrite FILEHANDLE,SCALAR, tell FILEHANDLE, tell, telldir DIRHANDLE, tie
+VARIABLE,CLASSNAME,LIST, tied VARIABLE, time, times, tr///, truncate
+FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, uc EXPR, uc, ucfirst EXPR,
+ucfirst, umask EXPR, umask, undef EXPR, undef, unlink LIST, unlink, unpack
+TEMPLATE,EXPR, unpack TEMPLATE, untie VARIABLE, unshift ARRAY,LIST, use
+Module VERSION LIST, use Module VERSION, use Module LIST, use Module, use
+VERSION, utime LIST, values HASH, vec EXPR,OFFSET,BITS, wait, waitpid
+PID,FLAGS, wantarray, warn LIST, write FILEHANDLE, write EXPR, write, y///
-=item Other perls
+=back
=back
-=item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
+=head2 perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl
=over 4
-=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
+=item DESCRIPTION
--I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, alarm SECONDS, alarm, binmode
-FILEHANDLE, chmod LIST, chown LIST, chroot FILENAME, chroot, crypt
-PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen HASH,DBNAME,MODE, dump LABEL, exec
-LIST, exit EXPR, exit, fcntl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, flock
-FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, getlogin, getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority
-WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, getgrnam NAME, getnetbyname NAME, getpwuid UID,
-getgrgid GID, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE, getprotobynumber NUMBER,
-getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent, gethostent, getnetent,
-getprotoent, getservent, setpwent, setgrent, sethostent STAYOPEN, setnetent
-STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN, endpwent, endgrent,
-endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent, getsockopt
-SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, ioctl FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR,
-kill SIGNAL, LIST, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, lstat FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR,
-lstat, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgsnd ID,MSG,FLAGS, msgrcv
-ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open FILEHANDLE, pipe
-READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, readlink EXPR, readlink, select
-RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget
-KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, setgrent, setpgrp PID,PGRP,
-setpriority WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setpwent, setsockopt
-SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS,
-shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, sockatmark SOCKET,
-socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, stat FILEHANDLE, stat
-EXPR, stat, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
-FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, system LIST, times, truncate
-FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, umask EXPR, umask, utime LIST,
-wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS
+=item Open E<agrave> la shell
-=back
+=over 4
-=item CHANGES
+=item Simple Opens
-v1.48, 02 February 2001, v1.47, 22 March 2000, v1.46, 12 February 2000,
-v1.45, 20 December 1999, v1.44, 19 July 1999, v1.43, 24 May 1999, v1.42, 22
-May 1999, v1.41, 19 May 1999, v1.40, 11 April 1999, v1.39, 11 February
-1999, v1.38, 31 December 1998, v1.37, 19 December 1998, v1.36, 9 September
-1998, v1.35, 13 August 1998, v1.33, 06 August 1998, v1.32, 05 August 1998,
-v1.30, 03 August 1998, v1.23, 10 July 1998
+=item Indirect Filehandles
-=item Supported Platforms
+=item Pipe Opens
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item The Minus File
-=item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
+=item Mixing Reads and Writes
-=item VERSION
+=item Filters
=back
-=head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
-localization)
+=item Open E<agrave> la C
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Permissions E<agrave> la mode
-=item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
+=back
-=item USING LOCALES
+=item Obscure Open Tricks
=over 4
-=item The use locale pragma
-
-=item The setlocale function
+=item Re-Opening Files (dups)
-=item Finding locales
+=item Dispelling the Dweomer
-=item LOCALE PROBLEMS
+=item Paths as Opens
-=item Temporarily fixing locale problems
+=item Single Argument Open
-=item Permanently fixing locale problems
+=item Playing with STDIN and STDOUT
-=item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
+=back
-=item Fixing system locale configuration
+=item Other I/O Issues
-=item The localeconv function
+=over 4
-=item I18N::Langinfo
+=item Opening Non-File Files
-=back
+=item Opening Named Pipes
-=item LOCALE CATEGORIES
+=item Opening Sockets
-=over 4
+=item Binary Files
-=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
+=item File Locking
-=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
+=item IO Layers
-=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
+=back
-=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item LC_TIME
+=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
-=item Other categories
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=item SECURITY
+=head2 perlpacktut - tutorial on C<pack> and C<unpack>
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=over 4
-PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
-LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item NOTES
+=item The Basic Principle
-=over 4
+=item Packing Text
-=item Backward compatibility
+=item Packing Numbers
-=item I18N:Collate obsolete
+=over 4
-=item Sort speed and memory use impacts
+=item Integers
-=item write() and LC_NUMERIC
+=item Unpacking a Stack Frame
-=item Freely available locale definitions
+=item How to Eat an Egg on a Net
-=item I18n and l10n
+=item Byte-order modifiers
-=item An imperfect standard
+=item Floating point Numbers
=back
-=item BUGS
+=item Exotic Templates
=over 4
-=item Broken systems
+=item Bit Strings
-=back
+=item Uuencoding
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Doing Sums
-=item HISTORY
+=item Unicode
-=back
+=item Another Portable Binary Encoding
-=head2 perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction
+=back
-=over 4
+=item Template Grouping
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Lengths and Widths
=over 4
-=item Unicode
+=item String Lengths
-=item Perl's Unicode Support
+=item Dynamic Templates
-=item Perl's Unicode Model
+=item Counting Repetitions
-=item Creating Unicode
+=back
-=item Handling Unicode
+=item Packing and Unpacking C Structures
-=item Legacy Encodings
+=over 4
-=item Unicode I/O
+=item The Alignment Pit
-=item Displaying Unicode As Text
+=item Dealing with Endian-ness
-=item Special Cases
-
-=item Advanced Topics
-
-=item Miscellaneous
-
-=item Questions With Answers
-
-Will My Old Scripts Break?, How Do I Make My Scripts Work With Unicode?,
-How Do I Know Whether My String Is In Unicode?, How Do I Detect Data That's
-Not Valid In a Particular Encoding, How Do I Convert Binary Data Into a
-Particular Encoding, Or Vice Versa?, How Do I Display Unicode? How Do I
-Input Unicode?, How Does Unicode Work With Traditional Locales?
+=item Alignment, Take 2
-=item Hexadecimal Notation
+=item Alignment, Take 3
-=item Further Resources
+=item Pointers for How to Use Them
=back
-=item UNICODE IN OLDER PERLS
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Pack Recipes
-=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+=item Funnies Section
-=item AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT, AND LICENSE
+=item Authors
=back
-=head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
+=head2 perlpod - the Plain Old Documentation format
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Important Caveats
-
-Input and Output Disciplines, Regular Expressions, C<use utf8> still needed
-to enable UTF-8/UTF-EBCDIC in scripts
-
-=item Byte and Character semantics
-
-=item Effects of character semantics
-
-=item Scripts
-
-=item Blocks
-
-=item Character encodings for input and output
-
-=back
+=item Ordinary Paragraph
-=item CAVEATS
+=item Verbatim Paragraph
-=item UNICODE REGULAR EXPRESSION SUPPORT LEVEL
+=item Command Paragraph
-=over 4
+C<=head1 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head2 I<Heading Text>>, C<=head3 I<Heading
+Text>>, C<=head4 I<Heading Text>>, C<=over I<indentlevel>>, C<=item
+I<stuff...>>, C<=back>, C<=cut>, C<=pod>, C<=begin I<formatname>>, C<=end
+I<formatname>>, C<=for I<formatname> I<text...>>, C<=encoding
+I<encodingname>>
-=item Unicode Encodings
+=item Formatting Codes
-UTF-8, UTF-EBCDIC, UTF-16, UTF-16BE, UTF16-LE, Surrogates, and BOMs (Byte
-Order Marks), UTF-32, UTF-32BE, UTF32-LE, UCS-2, UCS-4, UTF-7
+C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
+C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
+C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- used
+for filenames, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text contains non-breaking spaces,
+C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a null
+(zero-effect) formatting code
-=item Security Implications of Malformed UTF-8
+=item The Intent
-=item Unicode in Perl on EBCDIC
+=item Embedding Pods in Perl Modules
-=item Using Unicode in XS
+=item Hints for Writing Pod
=back
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
+=head2 perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and
+notes
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item COMMON CHARACTER CODE SETS
+=item Pod Definitions
-=over 4
+=item Pod Commands
-=item ASCII
+"=head1", "=head2", "=head3", "=head4", "=pod", "=cut", "=over", "=item",
+"=back", "=begin formatname", "=end formatname", "=for formatname text...",
+"=encoding encodingname"
-=item ISO 8859
+=item Pod Formatting Codes
-=item Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1)
+C<IE<lt>textE<gt>> -- italic text, C<BE<lt>textE<gt>> -- bold text,
+C<CE<lt>codeE<gt>> -- code text, C<FE<lt>filenameE<gt>> -- style for
+filenames, C<XE<lt>topic nameE<gt>> -- an index entry, C<ZE<lt>E<gt>> -- a
+null (zero-effect) formatting code, C<LE<lt>nameE<gt>> -- a hyperlink,
+C<EE<lt>escapeE<gt>> -- a character escape, C<SE<lt>textE<gt>> -- text
+contains non-breaking spaces
-=item EBCDIC
+=item Notes on Implementing Pod Processors
-=item 13 variant characters
+=item About LE<lt>...E<gt> Codes
-=item 0037
+First:, Second:, Third:, Fourth:, Fifth:, Sixth:
-=item 1047
+=item About =over...=back Regions
-=item POSIX-BC
+=item About Data Paragraphs and "=begin/=end" Regions
-=item Unicode and UTF
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item SINGLE OCTET TABLES
+=head2 perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter
-recipe 0, recipe 1, recipe 2, recipe 3, recipe 4, recipe 5, recipe 6
+=over 4
-=item IDENTIFYING CHARACTER CODE SETS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item CONVERSIONS
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item tr///
+=item #! and quoting on non-Unix systems
-=item iconv
+OS/2, MS-DOS, Win95/NT, Macintosh, VMS
-=item C RTL
+=item Location of Perl
-=back
+=item Command Switches
-=item OPERATOR DIFFERENCES
+B<-0>[I<octal/hexadecimal>], B<-A [I<assertions>]>, B<-a>, B<-C
+[I<number/list>]>, B<-c>, B<-d>, B<-dt>, B<-d:>I<foo[=bar,baz]>,
+B<-dt:>I<foo[=bar,baz]>, B<-D>I<letters>, B<-D>I<number>, B<-e>
+I<commandline>, B<-F>I<pattern>, B<-h>, B<-i>[I<extension>],
+B<-I>I<directory>, B<-l>[I<octnum>], B<-m>[B<->]I<module>,
+B<-M>[B<->]I<module>, B<-M>[B<->]I<'module ...'>,
+B<-[mM]>[B<->]I<module=arg[,arg]...>, B<-n>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-s>, B<-S>,
+B<-t>, B<-T>, B<-u>, B<-U>, B<-v>, B<-V>, B<-V:>I<configvar>, B<-w>, B<-W>,
+B<-X>, B<-x>, B<-x> I<directory>
-=item FUNCTION DIFFERENCES
+=back
-chr(), ord(), pack(), print(), printf(), sort(), sprintf(), unpack()
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-=item REGULAR EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES
+HOME, LOGDIR, PATH, PERL5LIB, PERL5OPT, PERLIO, :bytes, :crlf, :mmap,
+:perlio, :pop, :raw, :stdio, :unix, :utf8, :win32, PERLIO_DEBUG, PERLLIB,
+PERL5DB, PERL5DB_THREADED, PERL5SHELL (specific to the Win32 port),
+PERL_ALLOW_NON_IFS_LSP (specific to the Win32 port), PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS,
+PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL, PERL_DL_NONLAZY, PERL_ENCODING, PERL_HASH_SEED,
+PERL_HASH_SEED_DEBUG, PERL_ROOT (specific to the VMS port), PERL_SIGNALS,
+PERL_UNICODE, SYS$LOGIN (specific to the VMS port)
-=item SOCKETS
+=back
-=item SORTING
+=head2 perldiag - various Perl diagnostics
=over 4
-=item Ignore ASCII vs. EBCDIC sort differences.
-
-=item MONO CASE then sort data.
-
-=item Convert, sort data, then re convert.
-
-=item Perform sorting on one type of machine only.
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=item TRANSFORMATION FORMATS
+=head2 perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings
=over 4
-=item URL decoding and encoding
-
-=item uu encoding and decoding
-
-=item Quoted-Printable encoding and decoding
-
-=item Caesarian ciphers
-
-=back
-
-=item Hashing order and checksums
-
-=item I18N AND L10N
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item MULTI OCTET CHARACTER SETS
+=over 4
-=item OS ISSUES
+=item Default Warnings and Optional Warnings
-=over 4
+=item What's wrong with B<-w> and C<$^W>
-=item OS/400
+=item Controlling Warnings from the Command Line
-IFS access
+B<-w>, B<-W>, B<-X>
-=item OS/390, z/OS
+=item Backward Compatibility
-chcp, dataset access, OS/390, z/OS iconv, locales
+=item Category Hierarchy
-=item VM/ESA?
+=item Fatal Warnings
-=item POSIX-BC?
+=item Reporting Warnings from a Module
=back
-=item BUGS
+=item TODO
=item SEE ALSO
-=item REFERENCES
-
-=item HISTORY
-
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlsec - Perl security
+=head2 perldebug - Perl debugging
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
-
-=item Switches On the "#!" Line
-
-=item Cleaning Up Your Path
-
-=item Security Bugs
+=item The Perl Debugger
-=item Protecting Your Programs
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Debugger Commands
-=item SEE ALSO
+h, h [command], h h, p expr, x [maxdepth] expr, V [pkg [vars]], X [vars], y
+[level [vars]], T, s [expr], n [expr], r, <CR>, c [line|sub], l, l
+min+incr, l min-max, l line, l subname, -, v [line], f filename, /pattern/,
+?pattern?, L [abw], S [[!]regex], t, t expr, b, b [line] [condition], b
+subname [condition], b postpone subname [condition], b load filename, b
+compile subname, B line, B *, a [line] command, A line, A *, w expr, W
+expr, W *, o, o booloption .., o anyoption? .., o option=value .., < ?, < [
+command ], < *, << command, > ?, > command, > *, >> command, { ?, { [
+command ], { *, {{ command, ! number, ! -number, ! pattern, !! cmd, source
+file, H -number, q or ^D, R, |dbcmd, ||dbcmd, command, m expr, M, man
+[manpage]
-=back
+=item Configurable Options
-=head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
+C<recallCommand>, C<ShellBang>, C<pager>, C<tkRunning>, C<signalLevel>,
+C<warnLevel>, C<dieLevel>, C<AutoTrace>, C<LineInfo>, C<inhibit_exit>,
+C<PrintRet>, C<ornaments>, C<frame>, C<maxTraceLen>, C<windowSize>,
+C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<dumpDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>,
+C<globPrint>, C<DumpDBFiles>, C<DumpPackages>, C<DumpReused>, C<quote>,
+C<HighBit>, C<undefPrint>, C<UsageOnly>, C<TTY>, C<noTTY>, C<ReadLine>,
+C<NonStop>
-=over 4
+=item Debugger input/output
-=item DESCRIPTION
+Prompt, Multiline commands, Stack backtrace, Line Listing Format, Frame
+listing
-=over 4
+=item Debugging compile-time statements
-=item Packages
+=item Debugger Customization
-=item Symbol Tables
+=item Readline Support
-=item Package Constructors and Destructors
+=item Editor Support for Debugging
-=item Perl Classes
+=item The Perl Profiler
-=item Perl Modules
+=back
-=item Making your module threadsafe
+=item Debugging regular expressions
-=back
+=item Debugging memory usage
=item SEE ALSO
+=item BUGS
+
=back
-=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
+=head2 perlvar - Perl predefined variables
=over 4
=over 4
-=item PREAMBLE
-
-B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
-module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
+=item Predefined Names
-=back
+$ARG, $_, $a, $b, $<I<digits>>, $MATCH, $&, $PREMATCH, $`, $POSTMATCH, $',
+$LAST_PAREN_MATCH, $+, $^N, @LAST_MATCH_END, @+,
+HANDLE->input_line_number(EXPR), $INPUT_LINE_NUMBER, $NR, $,
+IO::Handle->input_record_separator(EXPR), $INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $RS, $/,
+HANDLE->autoflush(EXPR), $OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH, $|,
+IO::Handle->output_field_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR, $OFS, $,,
+IO::Handle->output_record_separator EXPR, $OUTPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR, $ORS,
+$\, $LIST_SEPARATOR, $", $SUBSCRIPT_SEPARATOR, $SUBSEP, $;, $#,
+HANDLE->format_page_number(EXPR), $FORMAT_PAGE_NUMBER, $%,
+HANDLE->format_lines_per_page(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_PER_PAGE, $=,
+HANDLE->format_lines_left(EXPR), $FORMAT_LINES_LEFT, $-, @LAST_MATCH_START,
+@-, C<$`> is the same as C<substr($var, 0, $-[0])>, C<$&> is the same as
+C<substr($var, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0])>, C<$'> is the same as C<substr($var,
+$+[0])>, C<$1> is the same as C<substr($var, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1])>, C<$2>
+is the same as C<substr($var, $-[2], $+[2] - $-[2])>, C<$3> is the same as
+C<substr $var, $-[3], $+[3] - $-[3])>, HANDLE->format_name(EXPR),
+$FORMAT_NAME, $~, HANDLE->format_top_name(EXPR), $FORMAT_TOP_NAME, $^,
+IO::Handle->format_line_break_characters EXPR,
+$FORMAT_LINE_BREAK_CHARACTERS, $:, IO::Handle->format_formfeed EXPR,
+$FORMAT_FORMFEED, $^L, $ACCUMULATOR, $^A, $CHILD_ERROR, $?, ${^ENCODING},
+$OS_ERROR, $ERRNO, $!, %!, $EXTENDED_OS_ERROR, $^E, $EVAL_ERROR, $@,
+$PROCESS_ID, $PID, $$, $REAL_USER_ID, $UID, $<, $EFFECTIVE_USER_ID, $EUID,
+$>, $REAL_GROUP_ID, $GID, $(, $EFFECTIVE_GROUP_ID, $EGID, $),
+$PROGRAM_NAME, $0, $[, $], $COMPILING, $^C, $DEBUGGING, $^D,
+$SYSTEM_FD_MAX, $^F, $^H, %^H, $INPLACE_EDIT, $^I, $^M, $OSNAME, $^O,
+${^OPEN}, $PERLDB, $^P, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80,
+0x100, 0x200, 0x400, $LAST_REGEXP_CODE_RESULT, $^R,
+$EXCEPTIONS_BEING_CAUGHT, $^S, $BASETIME, $^T, ${^TAINT}, ${^UNICODE},
+$PERL_VERSION, $^V, $WARNING, $^W, ${^WARNING_BITS}, $EXECUTABLE_NAME, $^X,
+ARGV, $ARGV, @ARGV, ARGVOUT, @F, @INC, @_, %INC, %ENV, $ENV{expr}, %SIG,
+$SIG{expr}
-=item PORTABILITY
+=item Error Indicators
-=item HEY
+=item Technical Note on the Syntax of Variable Names
-=item AUTHOR
+=back
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item BUGS
=back
-=head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
+=head2 perlre - Perl regular expressions
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
+i, m, s, x
=over 4
-=item Pragmatic Modules
+=item Regular Expressions
-attributes, autouse, base, blib, bytes, charnames, constant, diagnostics,
-encoding, fields, filetest, integer, less, locale, open, overload, sigtrap,
-sort, strict, subs, utf8, vars, vmsish, warnings, warnings::register
+[1], [2], [3], cntrl, graph, print, punct, xdigit
-=item Standard Modules
+=item Extended Patterns
-AnyDBM_File, Attribute::Handlers, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, Benchmark, CGI,
-CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp, CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push,
-CGI::Switch, CGI::Util, CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp,
-Carp::Heavy, Class::ISA, Class::Struct, Cwd, DB, Devel::SelfStubber,
-Digest, DirHandle, Dumpvalue, English, Env, Exporter, Exporter::Heavy,
-ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Constant, ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install,
-ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist, ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin,
-ExtUtils::MM_NW5, ExtUtils::MM_OS2, ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::MM_VMS,
-ExtUtils::MM_Win32, ExtUtils::MakeMaker, ExtUtils::Manifest,
-ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists, ExtUtils::Packlist,
-ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, File::Basename, File::CheckTree, File::Compare,
-File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find, File::Path, File::Spec,
-File::Spec::Cygwin, File::Spec::Epoc, File::Spec::Functions,
-File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Unix, File::Spec::VMS,
-File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp, File::stat, FileCache, FileHandle,
-Filter::Simple, FindBin, Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, I18N::Collate,
-I18N::LangTags, I18N::LangTags::List, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3,
-Locale::Constants, Locale::Country, Locale::Currency, Locale::Language,
-Locale::Maketext, Locale::Maketext::TPJ13, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt,
-Math::BigInt::Calc, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Memoize,
-Memoize::AnyDBM_File, Memoize::Expire, Memoize::ExpireFile,
-Memoize::ExpireTest, Memoize::NDBM_File, Memoize::SDBM_File,
-Memoize::Storable, NEXT, Net::Cmd, Net::Config, Net::Domain, Net::FTP,
-Net::NNTP, Net::Netrc, Net::POP3, Net::Ping, Net::SMTP, Net::Time,
-Net::hostent, Net::libnetFAQ, Net::netent, Net::protoent, Net::servent,
-PerlIO, Pod::Checker, Pod::Find, Pod::Functions, Pod::Html,
-Pod::InputObjects, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Man, Pod::ParseLink, Pod::ParseUtils,
-Pod::Parser, Pod::Plainer, Pod::Select, Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color,
-Pod::Text::Overstrike, Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Usage, Pod::t::basic,
-Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell, Switch, Symbol,
-Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap, Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test,
-Test::Builder, Test::Harness, Test::More, Test::Simple, Test::Tutorial,
-Text::Abbrev, Text::Balanced, Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs,
-Text::Wrap, Thread, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::RefHash,
-Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, Time::Local, Time::gmtime, Time::localtime,
-Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, Unicode::Collate, Unicode::UCD, User::grent,
-User::pwent, Win32
-
-=item Extension Modules
+C<(?#text)>, C<(?imsx-imsx)>, C<(?:pattern)>, C<(?imsx-imsx:pattern)>,
+C<(?=pattern)>, C<(?!pattern)>, C<(?<=pattern)>, C<(?<!pattern)>, C<(?{
+code })>, C<(??{ code })>, C<< (?>pattern) >>,
+C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>, C<(?(condition)yes-pattern)>
-=back
+=item Backtracking
-=item CPAN
+=item Version 8 Regular Expressions
-=over 4
+=item Warning on \1 vs $1
-=item Africa
+=item Repeated patterns matching zero-length substring
-=item Asia
+=item Combining pieces together
-=item Central America
+C<ST>, C<S|T>, C<S{REPEAT_COUNT}>, C<S{min,max}>, C<S{min,max}?>, C<S?>,
+C<S*>, C<S+>, C<S??>, C<S*?>, C<S+?>, C<< (?>S) >>, C<(?=S)>, C<(?<=S)>,
+C<(?!S)>, C<(?<!S)>, C<(??{ EXPR })>,
+C<(?(condition)yes-pattern|no-pattern)>
-=item Europe
+=item Creating custom RE engines
-=item North America
+=back
-=item Oceania
+=item BUGS
-=item South America
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
+=head2 perlreref - Perl Regular Expressions Reference
=over 4
-=item Guidelines for Module Creation
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
+=over 4
-=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
+=item OPERATORS
-=back
+=item SYNTAX
-=item NOTE
+=item ESCAPE SEQUENCES
-=back
+=item CHARACTER CLASSES
-=head2 perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide
+=item ANCHORS
-=over 4
+=item QUANTIFIERS
-=item INTRODUCTION
+=item EXTENDED CONSTRUCTS
-=item QUICK CHECKLIST
+=item VARIABLES
-=over 4
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=item Before you start
+=item TERMINOLOGY
-=item The API
+=back
-=item Stability
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Documentation
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Release considerations
+=item THANKS
=back
-=item BEFORE YOU START WRITING A MODULE
+=head2 perlref - Perl references and nested data structures
=over 4
-=item Has it been done before?
+=item NOTE
-=item Do one thing and do it well
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What's in a name?
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Making References
-=item DESIGNING AND WRITING YOUR MODULE
+=item Using References
-=over 4
+=item Symbolic references
-=item To OO or not to OO?
+=item Not-so-symbolic references
-=item Designing your API
+=item Pseudo-hashes: Using an array as a hash
-Write simple routines to do simple things, Separate functionality from
-output, Provide sensible shortcuts and defaults, Naming conventions,
-Parameter passing
+=item Function Templates
-=item Strictness and warnings
+=back
-=item Backwards compatibility
+=item WARNING
-=item Error handling and messages
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item DOCUMENTING YOUR MODULE
+=head2 perlform - Perl formats
=over 4
-=item POD
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item README, INSTALL, release notes, changelogs
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Text Fields
-=item RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS
+=item Numeric Fields
-=over 4
+=item The Field @* for Variable Width Multi-Line Text
-=item Version numbering
+=item The Field ^* for Variable Width One-line-at-a-time Text
-=item Pre-requisites
+=item Specifying Values
-=item Testing
+=item Using Fill Mode
-=item Packaging
+=item Suppressing Lines Where All Fields Are Void
-=item Licensing
+=item Repeating Format Lines
+
+=item Top of Form Processing
+
+=item Format Variables
=back
-=item COMMON PITFALLS
+=item NOTES
=over 4
-=item Reinventing the wheel
-
-=item Trying to do too much
+=item Footers
-=item Inappropriate documentation
+=item Accessing Formatting Internals
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
-
-L<perlstyle>, L<perlnewmod>, L<perlpod>, L<podchecker>, Testing tools,
-http://pause.perl.org/, Any good book on software engineering
-
-=item AUTHOR
+=item WARNINGS
=back
-=head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
+=head2 perlobj - Perl objects
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Warning
+=item An Object is Simply a Reference
-=item What should I make into a module?
+=item A Class is Simply a Package
-=item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground
+=item A Method is Simply a Subroutine
-Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again
+=item Method Invocation
-=item Step-by-step: Making the module
+=item Indirect Object Syntax
-Start with F<h2xs>, Use L<strict|strict> and L<warnings|warnings>, Use
-L<Carp|Carp>, Use L<Exporter|Exporter> - wisely!, Use L<plain old
-documentation|perlpod>, Write tests, Write the README
+=item Default UNIVERSAL methods
-=item Step-by-step: Distributing your module
+isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
-Get a CPAN user ID, C<perl Makefile.PL; make test; make dist>, Upload the
-tarball, Announce to the modules list, Announce to clpa, Fix bugs!
+=item Destructors
-=back
+=item Summary
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Two-Phased Garbage Collection
+
+=back
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlfaq1 - General Questions About Perl ($Revision: 1.4 $, $Date:
-2002/01/18 21:00:17 $)
+=head2 perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item What is Perl?
-
-=item Who supports Perl? Who develops it? Why is it free?
-
-=item Which version of Perl should I use?
-
-=item What are perl4 and perl5?
+=item Tying Scalars
-=item What is perl6?
+TIESCALAR classname, LIST, FETCH this, STORE this, value, UNTIE this,
+DESTROY this
-=item How stable is Perl?
+=item Tying Arrays
-=item Is Perl difficult to learn?
+TIEARRAY classname, LIST, FETCH this, index, STORE this, index, value,
+FETCHSIZE this, STORESIZE this, count, EXTEND this, count, EXISTS this,
+key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, PUSH this, LIST, POP this, SHIFT this,
+UNSHIFT this, LIST, SPLICE this, offset, length, LIST, UNTIE this, DESTROY
+this
-=item How does Perl compare with other languages like Java, Python, REXX,
-Scheme, or Tcl?
+=item Tying Hashes
-=item Can I do [task] in Perl?
+USER, HOME, CLOBBER, LIST, TIEHASH classname, LIST, FETCH this, key, STORE
+this, key, value, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this, EXISTS this, key, FIRSTKEY
+this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, SCALAR this, UNTIE this, DESTROY this
-=item When shouldn't I program in Perl?
+=item Tying FileHandles
-=item What's the difference between "perl" and "Perl"?
+TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, WRITE this, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this,
+LIST, READ this, LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, CLOSE this, UNTIE this,
+DESTROY this
-=item Is it a Perl program or a Perl script?
+=item UNTIE this
-=item What is a JAPH?
+=item The C<untie> Gotcha
-=item Where can I get a list of Larry Wall witticisms?
+=back
-=item How can I convince my sysadmin/supervisor/employees to use version
-5/5.005/Perl instead of some other language?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=back
+=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlfaq2 - Obtaining and Learning about Perl ($Revision: 1.5 $,
-$Date: 2002/01/18 21:00:17 $)
+=head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item What machines support Perl? Where do I get it?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How can I get a binary version of Perl?
+B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
+B<filter_fetch_value>
-=item I don't have a C compiler on my system. How can I compile perl?
+=over 4
-=item I copied the Perl binary from one machine to another, but scripts
-don't work.
+=item The Filter
-=item I grabbed the sources and tried to compile but gdbm/dynamic
-loading/malloc/linking/... failed. How do I make it work?
+=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
-=item What modules and extensions are available for Perl? What is CPAN?
-What does CPAN/src/... mean?
+=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
-=item Is there an ISO or ANSI certified version of Perl?
+=back
-=item Where can I get information on Perl?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item What are the Perl newsgroups on Usenet? Where do I post questions?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Where should I post source code?
+=back
-=item Perl Books
+=head2 perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes,
+safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)
-References, Tutorials, Task-Oriented, Special Topics
+=over 4
-=item Perl in Magazines
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Perl on the Net: FTP and WWW Access
+=item Signals
-=item What mailing lists are there for Perl?
+=over 4
-=item Archives of comp.lang.perl.misc
+=item Handling the SIGHUP Signal in Daemons
-=item Where can I buy a commercial version of Perl?
+=back
-=item Where do I send bug reports?
+=item Named Pipes
-=item What is perl.com? Perl Mongers? pm.org? perl.org? cpan.org?
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Deferred Signals (Safe Signals)
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+Long running opcodes, Interrupting IO, Restartable system calls, Signals as
+"faults", Signals triggered by operating system state
=back
-=head2 perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.11 $, $Date: 2002/01/11
-02:31:20 $)
+=item Using open() for IPC
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Filehandles
-=over 4
+=item Background Processes
-=item How do I do (anything)?
+=item Complete Dissociation of Child from Parent
-=item How can I use Perl interactively?
+=item Safe Pipe Opens
-=item Is there a Perl shell?
+=item Bidirectional Communication with Another Process
-=item How do I debug my Perl programs?
+=item Bidirectional Communication with Yourself
-=item How do I profile my Perl programs?
+=back
-=item How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
+=item Sockets: Client/Server Communication
-=item Is there a pretty-printer (formatter) for Perl?
+=over 4
-=item Is there a ctags for Perl?
+=item Internet Line Terminators
-=item Is there an IDE or Windows Perl Editor?
+=item Internet TCP Clients and Servers
-Komodo, The Object System, Open Perl IDE, PerlBuilder, visiPerl+,
-CodeMagicCD, GNU Emacs, MicroEMACS, XEmacs, Elvis, Vile, Vim, Codewright,
-MultiEdit, SlickEdit, Bash, Ksh, Tcsh, Zsh, BBEdit and BBEdit Lite, Alpha
+=item Unix-Domain TCP Clients and Servers
-=item Where can I get Perl macros for vi?
+=back
-=item Where can I get perl-mode for emacs?
+=item TCP Clients with IO::Socket
-=item How can I use curses with Perl?
+=over 4
-=item How can I use X or Tk with Perl?
+=item A Simple Client
-=item How can I generate simple menus without using CGI or Tk?
+C<Proto>, C<PeerAddr>, C<PeerPort>
-=item How can I make my Perl program run faster?
+=item A Webget Client
-=item How can I make my Perl program take less memory?
+=item Interactive Client with IO::Socket
-Don't slurp!, Use map and grep selectively, Avoid unnecessary quotes and
-stringification, Pass by reference, Tie large variables to disk
+=back
-=item Is it unsafe to return a pointer to local data?
+=item TCP Servers with IO::Socket
-=item How can I free an array or hash so my program shrinks?
+Proto, LocalPort, Listen, Reuse
-=item How can I make my CGI script more efficient?
+=item UDP: Message Passing
-=item How can I hide the source for my Perl program?
+=item SysV IPC
-=item How can I compile my Perl program into byte code or C?
+=item NOTES
-=item How can I compile Perl into Java?
+=item BUGS
-=item How can I get C<#!perl> to work on [MS-DOS,NT,...]?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Can I write useful Perl programs on the command line?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Why don't Perl one-liners work on my DOS/Mac/VMS system?
+=back
-=item Where can I learn about CGI or Web programming in Perl?
+=head2 perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation
-=item Where can I learn about object-oriented Perl programming?
+=over 4
-=item Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item I've read perlembed, perlguts, etc., but I can't embed perl in
-my C program; what am I doing wrong?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item When I tried to run my script, I got this message. What does it
-mean?
+=over 4
-=item What's MakeMaker?
+=item Behavior of other Perl features in forked pseudo-processes
-=back
+$$ or $PROCESS_ID, %ENV, chdir() and all other builtins that accept
+filenames, wait() and waitpid(), kill(), exec(), exit(), Open handles to
+files, directories and network sockets
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Resource limits
-=back
+=item Killing the parent process
-=head2 perlfaq4 - Data Manipulation ($Revision: 1.11 $, $Date: 2002/01/11
-02:31:20 $)
+=item Lifetime of the parent process and pseudo-processes
-=over 4
+=item CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+BEGIN blocks, Open filehandles, Forking pipe open() not yet implemented,
+Global state maintained by XSUBs, Interpreter embedded in larger
+application, Thread-safety of extensions
-=item Data: Numbers
+=back
-=over 4
+=item BUGS
-=item Why am I getting long decimals (eg, 19.9499999999999) instead of the
-numbers I should be getting (eg, 19.95)?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Why isn't my octal data interpreted correctly?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Does Perl have a round() function? What about ceil() and floor()?
-Trig functions?
+=back
-=item How do I convert between numeric representations:
+=head2 perlnumber - semantics of numbers and numeric operations in Perl
-B<How do I convert Hexadecimal into decimal:>, B<How do I convert from
-decimal to hexadecimal:>, B<How do I convert from octal to decimal:>, B<How
-do I convert from decimal to octal:>, B<How do I convert from binary to
-decimal:>, B<How do I convert from decimal to binary:>
+=over 4
-=item Why doesn't & work the way I want it to?
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item How do I multiply matrices?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How do I perform an operation on a series of integers?
+=item Storing numbers
-=item How can I output Roman numerals?
+=item Numeric operators and numeric conversions
-=item Why aren't my random numbers random?
+=item Flavors of Perl numeric operations
+
+Arithmetic operators, ++, Arithmetic operators during C<use integer>, Other
+mathematical operators, Bitwise operators, Bitwise operators during C<use
+integer>, Operators which expect an integer, Operators which expect a
+string
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Data: Dates
+=head2 perlthrtut - tutorial on threads in Perl
=over 4
-=item How do I find the week-of-the-year/day-of-the-year?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How do I find the current century or millennium?
+=item Status
-=item How can I compare two dates and find the difference?
+=item What Is A Thread Anyway?
-=item How can I take a string and turn it into epoch seconds?
+=item Threaded Program Models
-=item How can I find the Julian Day?
+=over 4
-=item How do I find yesterday's date?
+=item Boss/Worker
-=item Does Perl have a Year 2000 problem? Is Perl Y2K compliant?
+=item Work Crew
+
+=item Pipeline
=back
-=item Data: Strings
+=item What kind of threads are Perl threads?
+
+=item Thread-Safe Modules
+
+=item Thread Basics
=over 4
-=item How do I validate input?
+=item Basic Thread Support
-=item How do I unescape a string?
+=item A Note about the Examples
-=item How do I remove consecutive pairs of characters?
+=item Creating Threads
-=item How do I expand function calls in a string?
+=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
-=item How do I find matching/nesting anything?
+=item Ignoring A Thread
-=item How do I reverse a string?
+=back
-=item How do I expand tabs in a string?
+=item Threads And Data
-=item How do I reformat a paragraph?
+=over 4
-=item How can I access/change the first N letters of a string?
+=item Shared And Unshared Data
-=item How do I change the Nth occurrence of something?
+=item Thread Pitfalls: Races
-=item How can I count the number of occurrences of a substring within a
-string?
+=back
-=item How do I capitalize all the words on one line?
+=item Synchronization and control
-=item How can I split a [character] delimited string except when inside
-[character]? (Comma-separated files)
+=over 4
-=item How do I strip blank space from the beginning/end of a string?
+=item Controlling access: lock()
-=item How do I pad a string with blanks or pad a number with zeroes?
+=item A Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
-=item How do I extract selected columns from a string?
+=item Queues: Passing Data Around
-=item How do I find the soundex value of a string?
+=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
-=item How can I expand variables in text strings?
+=item Basic semaphores
-=item What's wrong with always quoting "$vars"?
+=item Advanced Semaphores
-=item Why don't my <<HERE documents work?
+=item cond_wait() and cond_signal()
-1. There must be no space after the << part, 2. There (probably) should be
-a semicolon at the end, 3. You can't (easily) have any space in front of
-the tag
+=item Giving up control
=back
-=item Data: Arrays
+=item General Thread Utility Routines
=over 4
-=item What is the difference between a list and an array?
+=item What Thread Am I In?
-=item What is the difference between $array[1] and @array[1]?
+=item Thread IDs
-=item How can I remove duplicate elements from a list or array?
+=item Are These Threads The Same?
-a), b), c), d), e)
+=item What Threads Are Running?
-=item How can I tell whether a certain element is contained in a list or
-array?
+=back
-=item How do I compute the difference of two arrays? How do I compute the
-intersection of two arrays?
+=item A Complete Example
-=item How do I test whether two arrays or hashes are equal?
+=item Different implementations of threads
-=item How do I find the first array element for which a condition is true?
+=item Performance considerations
-=item How do I handle linked lists?
+=item Process-scope Changes
-=item How do I handle circular lists?
+=item Thread-Safety of System Libraries
-=item How do I shuffle an array randomly?
+=item Conclusion
-=item How do I process/modify each element of an array?
+=item Bibliography
-=item How do I select a random element from an array?
+=over 4
-=item How do I permute N elements of a list?
+=item Introductory Texts
-=item How do I sort an array by (anything)?
+=item OS-Related References
-=item How do I manipulate arrays of bits?
+=item Other References
-=item Why does defined() return true on empty arrays and hashes?
+=back
+
+=item Acknowledgements
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item Copyrights
=back
-=item Data: Hashes (Associative Arrays)
+=head2 perlothrtut - old tutorial on threads in Perl
=over 4
-=item How do I process an entire hash?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What happens if I add or remove keys from a hash while iterating over
-it?
+=item What Is A Thread Anyway?
-=item How do I look up a hash element by value?
+=item Threaded Program Models
-=item How can I know how many entries are in a hash?
+=over 4
-=item How do I sort a hash (optionally by value instead of key)?
+=item Boss/Worker
-=item How can I always keep my hash sorted?
+=item Work Crew
-=item What's the difference between "delete" and "undef" with hashes?
+=item Pipeline
-=item Why don't my tied hashes make the defined/exists distinction?
+=back
-=item How do I reset an each() operation part-way through?
+=item Native threads
-=item How can I get the unique keys from two hashes?
+=item What kind of threads are perl threads?
-=item How can I store a multidimensional array in a DBM file?
+=item Threadsafe Modules
-=item How can I make my hash remember the order I put elements into it?
+=item Thread Basics
-=item Why does passing a subroutine an undefined element in a hash create
-it?
+=over 4
-=item How can I make the Perl equivalent of a C structure/C++ class/hash or
-array of hashes or arrays?
+=item Basic Thread Support
-=item How can I use a reference as a hash key?
+=item Creating Threads
-=back
+=item Giving up control
-=item Data: Misc
+=item Waiting For A Thread To Exit
-=over 4
+=item Errors In Threads
-=item How do I handle binary data correctly?
+=item Ignoring A Thread
-=item How do I determine whether a scalar is a number/whole/integer/float?
+=back
-=item How do I keep persistent data across program calls?
+=item Threads And Data
-=item How do I print out or copy a recursive data structure?
+=over 4
-=item How do I define methods for every class/object?
+=item Shared And Unshared Data
-=item How do I verify a credit card checksum?
+=item Thread Pitfall: Races
-=item How do I pack arrays of doubles or floats for XS code?
+=item Controlling access: lock()
-=back
+=item Thread Pitfall: Deadlocks
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item Queues: Passing Data Around
=back
-=head2 perlfaq5 - Files and Formats ($Revision: 1.7 $, $Date: 2002/01/11
-02:31:20 $)
+=item Threads And Code
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Semaphores: Synchronizing Data Access
-=over 4
+Basic semaphores, Advanced Semaphores
-=item How do I flush/unbuffer an output filehandle? Why must I do this?
+=item Attributes: Restricting Access To Subroutines
-=item How do I change one line in a file/delete a line in a file/insert a
-line in the middle of a file/append to the beginning of a file?
+=item Subroutine Locks
-=item How do I count the number of lines in a file?
+=item Methods
-=item How do I make a temporary file name?
+=item Locking A Subroutine
-=item How can I manipulate fixed-record-length files?
+=back
-=item How can I make a filehandle local to a subroutine? How do I pass
-filehandles between subroutines? How do I make an array of filehandles?
+=item General Thread Utility Routines
-=item How can I use a filehandle indirectly?
+=over 4
-=item How can I set up a footer format to be used with write()?
+=item What Thread Am I In?
-=item How can I write() into a string?
+=item Thread IDs
-=item How can I output my numbers with commas added?
+=item Are These Threads The Same?
-=item How can I translate tildes (~) in a filename?
+=item What Threads Are Running?
-=item How come when I open a file read-write it wipes it out?
+=back
-=item Why do I sometimes get an "Argument list too long" when I use <*>?
+=item A Complete Example
-=item Is there a leak/bug in glob()?
+=item Conclusion
-=item How can I open a file with a leading ">" or trailing blanks?
+=item Bibliography
-=item How can I reliably rename a file?
+=over 4
-=item How can I lock a file?
+=item Introductory Texts
-=item Why can't I just open(FH, ">file.lock")?
+=item OS-Related References
-=item I still don't get locking. I just want to increment the number in
-the file. How can I do this?
+=item Other References
-=item All I want to do is append a small amount of text to the end of a
-file. Do I still have to use locking?
+=back
-=item How do I randomly update a binary file?
+=item Acknowledgements
-=item How do I get a file's timestamp in perl?
+=item AUTHOR
-=item How do I set a file's timestamp in perl?
+=item Copyrights
-=item How do I print to more than one file at once?
+=back
-=item How can I read in an entire file all at once?
+=head2 perlport - Writing portable Perl
-=item How can I read in a file by paragraphs?
+=over 4
-=item How can I read a single character from a file? From the keyboard?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How can I tell whether there's a character waiting on a filehandle?
+Not all Perl programs have to be portable, Nearly all of Perl already I<is>
+portable
-=item How do I do a C<tail -f> in perl?
+=item ISSUES
-=item How do I dup() a filehandle in Perl?
+=over 4
-=item How do I close a file descriptor by number?
+=item Newlines
-=item Why can't I use "C:\temp\foo" in DOS paths? What doesn't
-`C:\temp\foo.exe` work?
+=item Numbers endianness and Width
-=item Why doesn't glob("*.*") get all the files?
+=item Files and Filesystems
-=item Why does Perl let me delete read-only files? Why does C<-i> clobber
-protected files? Isn't this a bug in Perl?
+=item System Interaction
-=item How do I select a random line from a file?
+=item Command names versus file pathnames
-=item Why do I get weird spaces when I print an array of lines?
+=item Networking
-=back
+=item Interprocess Communication (IPC)
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item External Subroutines (XS)
-=back
+=item Standard Modules
-=head2 perlfaq6 - Regexes ($Revision: 1.6 $, $Date: 2002/01/01 22:26:45 $)
+=item Time and Date
-=over 4
+=item Character sets and character encoding
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Internationalisation
-=over 4
+=item System Resources
-=item How can I hope to use regular expressions without creating illegible
-and unmaintainable code?
+=item Security
-Comments Outside the Regex, Comments Inside the Regex, Different Delimiters
+=item Style
-=item I'm having trouble matching over more than one line. What's wrong?
+=back
-=item How can I pull out lines between two patterns that are themselves on
-different lines?
+=item CPAN Testers
-=item I put a regular expression into $/ but it didn't work. What's wrong?
+Mailing list: cpan-testers@perl.org, Testing results:
+http://testers.cpan.org/
-=item How do I substitute case insensitively on the LHS while preserving
-case on the RHS?
+=item PLATFORMS
-=item How can I make C<\w> match national character sets?
+=over 4
-=item How can I match a locale-smart version of C</[a-zA-Z]/>?
+=item Unix
-=item How can I quote a variable to use in a regex?
+=item DOS and Derivatives
-=item What is C</o> really for?
+=item S<Mac OS>
-=item How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a
-file?
+=item VMS
-=item Can I use Perl regular expressions to match balanced text?
+=item VOS
-=item What does it mean that regexes are greedy? How can I get around it?
+=item EBCDIC Platforms
-=item How do I process each word on each line?
+=item Acorn RISC OS
-=item How can I print out a word-frequency or line-frequency summary?
+=item Other perls
-=item How can I do approximate matching?
+=back
-=item How do I efficiently match many regular expressions at once?
+=item FUNCTION IMPLEMENTATIONS
-=item Why don't word-boundary searches with C<\b> work for me?
+=over 4
-=item Why does using $&, $`, or $' slow my program down?
+=item Alphabetical Listing of Perl Functions
-=item What good is C<\G> in a regular expression?
+-I<X> FILEHANDLE, -I<X> EXPR, -I<X>, binmode FILEHANDLE, chmod LIST, chown
+LIST, chroot FILENAME, chroot, crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT, dbmclose HASH, dbmopen
+HASH,DBNAME,MODE, dump LABEL, exec LIST, exit EXPR, exit, fcntl
+FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, flock FILEHANDLE,OPERATION, fork, getlogin,
+getpgrp PID, getppid, getpriority WHICH,WHO, getpwnam NAME, getgrnam NAME,
+getnetbyname NAME, getpwuid UID, getgrgid GID, getnetbyaddr ADDR,ADDRTYPE,
+getprotobynumber NUMBER, getservbyport PORT,PROTO, getpwent, getgrent,
+gethostbyname, gethostent, getnetent, getprotoent, getservent, sethostent
+STAYOPEN, setnetent STAYOPEN, setprotoent STAYOPEN, setservent STAYOPEN,
+endpwent, endgrent, endhostent, endnetent, endprotoent, endservent,
+getsockopt SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME, glob EXPR, glob, ioctl
+FILEHANDLE,FUNCTION,SCALAR, kill SIGNAL, LIST, link OLDFILE,NEWFILE, lstat
+FILEHANDLE, lstat EXPR, lstat, msgctl ID,CMD,ARG, msgget KEY,FLAGS, msgsnd
+ID,MSG,FLAGS, msgrcv ID,VAR,SIZE,TYPE,FLAGS, open FILEHANDLE,EXPR, open
+FILEHANDLE, pipe READHANDLE,WRITEHANDLE, readlink EXPR, readlink, select
+RBITS,WBITS,EBITS,TIMEOUT, semctl ID,SEMNUM,CMD,ARG, semget
+KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS, semop KEY,OPSTRING, setgrent, setpgrp PID,PGRP,
+setpriority WHICH,WHO,PRIORITY, setpwent, setsockopt
+SOCKET,LEVEL,OPTNAME,OPTVAL, shmctl ID,CMD,ARG, shmget KEY,SIZE,FLAGS,
+shmread ID,VAR,POS,SIZE, shmwrite ID,STRING,POS,SIZE, sockatmark SOCKET,
+socketpair SOCKET1,SOCKET2,DOMAIN,TYPE,PROTOCOL, stat FILEHANDLE, stat
+EXPR, stat, symlink OLDFILE,NEWFILE, syscall LIST, sysopen
+FILEHANDLE,FILENAME,MODE,PERMS, system LIST, times, truncate
+FILEHANDLE,LENGTH, truncate EXPR,LENGTH, umask EXPR, umask, utime LIST,
+wait, waitpid PID,FLAGS
-=item Are Perl regexes DFAs or NFAs? Are they POSIX compliant?
+=back
-=item What's wrong with using grep or map in a void context?
+=item CHANGES
-=item How can I match strings with multibyte characters?
+v1.49, 12 August 2002, v1.48, 02 February 2001, v1.47, 22 March 2000,
+v1.46, 12 February 2000, v1.45, 20 December 1999, v1.44, 19 July 1999,
+v1.43, 24 May 1999, v1.42, 22 May 1999, v1.41, 19 May 1999, v1.40, 11 April
+1999, v1.39, 11 February 1999, v1.38, 31 December 1998, v1.37, 19 December
+1998, v1.36, 9 September 1998, v1.35, 13 August 1998, v1.33, 06 August
+1998, v1.32, 05 August 1998, v1.30, 03 August 1998, v1.23, 10 July 1998
-=item How do I match a pattern that is supplied by the user?
+=item Supported Platforms
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
=back
-=head2 perlfaq7 - Perl Language Issues ($Revision: 1.5 $, $Date: 2002/01/01
-22:26:45 $)
+=head2 perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and
+localization)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item PREPARING TO USE LOCALES
+
+=item USING LOCALES
+
=over 4
-=item Can I get a BNF/yacc/RE for the Perl language?
+=item The use locale pragma
-=item What are all these $@%&* punctuation signs, and how do I know when to
-use them?
+=item The setlocale function
-=item Do I always/never have to quote my strings or use semicolons and
-commas?
+=item Finding locales
-=item How do I skip some return values?
+=item LOCALE PROBLEMS
-=item How do I temporarily block warnings?
+=item Temporarily fixing locale problems
-=item What's an extension?
+=item Permanently fixing locale problems
-=item Why do Perl operators have different precedence than C operators?
+=item Permanently fixing your system's locale configuration
-=item How do I declare/create a structure?
+=item Fixing system locale configuration
-=item How do I create a module?
+=item The localeconv function
-=item How do I create a class?
+=item I18N::Langinfo
-=item How can I tell if a variable is tainted?
+=back
-=item What's a closure?
+=item LOCALE CATEGORIES
-=item What is variable suicide and how can I prevent it?
+=over 4
-=item How can I pass/return a {Function, FileHandle, Array, Hash, Method,
-Regex}?
+=item Category LC_COLLATE: Collation
-Passing Variables and Functions, Passing Filehandles, Passing Regexes,
-Passing Methods
+=item Category LC_CTYPE: Character Types
-=item How do I create a static variable?
+=item Category LC_NUMERIC: Numeric Formatting
-=item What's the difference between dynamic and lexical (static) scoping?
-Between local() and my()?
+=item Category LC_MONETARY: Formatting of monetary amounts
-=item How can I access a dynamic variable while a similarly named lexical
-is in scope?
+=item LC_TIME
-=item What's the difference between deep and shallow binding?
+=item Other categories
-=item Why doesn't "my($foo) = <FILE>;" work right?
+=back
-=item How do I redefine a builtin function, operator, or method?
+=item SECURITY
-=item What's the difference between calling a function as &foo and foo()?
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-=item How do I create a switch or case statement?
+PERL_BADLANG, LC_ALL, LANGUAGE, LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY,
+LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME, LANG
-=item How can I catch accesses to undefined variables/functions/methods?
+=item NOTES
-=item Why can't a method included in this same file be found?
+=over 4
-=item How can I find out my current package?
+=item Backward compatibility
-=item How can I comment out a large block of perl code?
+=item I18N:Collate obsolete
-=item How do I clear a package?
+=item Sort speed and memory use impacts
-=item How can I use a variable as a variable name?
+=item write() and LC_NUMERIC
-=back
+=item Freely available locale definitions
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item I18n and l10n
-=back
+=item An imperfect standard
-=head2 perlfaq8 - System Interaction ($Revision: 1.5 $, $Date: 2002/01/11
-02:31:20 $)
+=back
-=over 4
+=item Unicode and UTF-8
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item BUGS
=over 4
-=item How do I find out which operating system I'm running under?
+=item Broken systems
-=item How come exec() doesn't return?
+=back
-=item How do I do fancy stuff with the keyboard/screen/mouse?
+=item SEE ALSO
-Keyboard, Screen, Mouse
+=item HISTORY
-=item How do I print something out in color?
+=back
-=item How do I read just one key without waiting for a return key?
+=head2 perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction
-=item How do I check whether input is ready on the keyboard?
+=over 4
-=item How do I clear the screen?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How do I get the screen size?
+=over 4
-=item How do I ask the user for a password?
+=item Unicode
-=item How do I read and write the serial port?
+=item Perl's Unicode Support
-lockfiles, open mode, end of line, flushing output, non-blocking input
+=item Perl's Unicode Model
-=item How do I decode encrypted password files?
+=item Unicode and EBCDIC
-=item How do I start a process in the background?
+=item Creating Unicode
-STDIN, STDOUT, and STDERR are shared, Signals, Zombies
+=item Handling Unicode
-=item How do I trap control characters/signals?
+=item Legacy Encodings
-=item How do I modify the shadow password file on a Unix system?
+=item Unicode I/O
-=item How do I set the time and date?
+=item Displaying Unicode As Text
-=item How can I sleep() or alarm() for under a second?
+=item Special Cases
-=item How can I measure time under a second?
+=item Advanced Topics
-=item How can I do an atexit() or setjmp()/longjmp()? (Exception handling)
+=item Miscellaneous
-=item Why doesn't my sockets program work under System V (Solaris)? What
-does the error message "Protocol not supported" mean?
+=item Questions With Answers
-=item How can I call my system's unique C functions from Perl?
+=item Hexadecimal Notation
-=item Where do I get the include files to do ioctl() or syscall()?
+=item Further Resources
-=item Why do setuid perl scripts complain about kernel problems?
+=back
-=item How can I open a pipe both to and from a command?
+=item UNICODE IN OLDER PERLS
-=item Why can't I get the output of a command with system()?
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item How can I capture STDERR from an external command?
+=item ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
-=item Why doesn't open() return an error when a pipe open fails?
+=item AUTHOR, COPYRIGHT, AND LICENSE
-=item What's wrong with using backticks in a void context?
+=back
-=item How can I call backticks without shell processing?
+=head2 perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl
-=item Why can't my script read from STDIN after I gave it EOF (^D on Unix,
-^Z on MS-DOS)?
+=over 4
-=item How can I convert my shell script to perl?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Can I use perl to run a telnet or ftp session?
+=over 4
-=item How can I write expect in Perl?
+=item Important Caveats
-=item Is there a way to hide perl's command line from programs such as
-"ps"?
+Input and Output Layers, Regular Expressions, C<use utf8> still needed to
+enable UTF-8/UTF-EBCDIC in scripts, BOM-marked scripts and UTF-16 scripts
+autodetected, C<use encoding> needed to upgrade non-Latin-1 byte strings
-=item I {changed directory, modified my environment} in a perl script. How
-come the change disappeared when I exited the script? How do I get my
-changes to be visible?
+=item Byte and Character Semantics
-Unix
+=item Effects of Character Semantics
-=item How do I close a process's filehandle without waiting for it to
-complete?
+=item Scripts
-=item How do I fork a daemon process?
+=item Blocks
-=item How do I find out if I'm running interactively or not?
+=item User-Defined Character Properties
-=item How do I timeout a slow event?
+=item Character Encodings for Input and Output
-=item How do I set CPU limits?
+=item Unicode Regular Expression Support Level
-=item How do I avoid zombies on a Unix system?
+=item Unicode Encodings
-=item How do I use an SQL database?
+=item Security Implications of Unicode
-=item How do I make a system() exit on control-C?
+=item Unicode in Perl on EBCDIC
-=item How do I open a file without blocking?
+=item Locales
-=item How do I install a module from CPAN?
+=item When Unicode Does Not Happen
-=item What's the difference between require and use?
+=item Forcing Unicode in Perl (Or Unforcing Unicode in Perl)
-=item How do I keep my own module/library directory?
+=item Using Unicode in XS
-=item How do I add the directory my program lives in to the module/library
-search path?
+=back
-=item How do I add a directory to my include path at runtime?
+=item BUGS
-=item What is socket.ph and where do I get it?
+=over 4
+
+=item Interaction with Locales
+
+=item Interaction with Extensions
+
+=item Speed
+
+=item Porting code from perl-5.6.X
=back
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlfaq9 - Networking ($Revision: 1.5 $, $Date: 2001/11/09 08:06:04
-$)
+=head2 perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item What is the correct form of response from a CGI script?
+=item COMMON CHARACTER CODE SETS
-=item My CGI script runs from the command line but not the browser. (500
-Server Error)
+=over 4
-=item How can I get better error messages from a CGI program?
+=item ASCII
-=item How do I remove HTML from a string?
+=item ISO 8859
-=item How do I extract URLs?
+=item Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1)
-=item How do I download a file from the user's machine? How do I open a
-file on another machine?
+=item EBCDIC
-=item How do I make a pop-up menu in HTML?
+=item 13 variant characters
-=item How do I fetch an HTML file?
+=item 0037
-=item How do I automate an HTML form submission?
+=item 1047
-=item How do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web?
+=item POSIX-BC
-=item How do I redirect to another page?
+=item Unicode code points versus EBCDIC code points
-=item How do I put a password on my web pages?
+=item Remaining Perl Unicode problems in EBCDIC
-=item How do I edit my .htpasswd and .htgroup files with Perl?
+=item Unicode and UTF
-=item How do I make sure users can't enter values into a form that cause my
-CGI script to do bad things?
+=item Using Encode
-=item How do I parse a mail header?
+=back
-=item How do I decode a CGI form?
+=item SINGLE OCTET TABLES
-=item How do I check a valid mail address?
+recipe 0, recipe 1, recipe 2, recipe 3, recipe 4, recipe 5, recipe 6
-=item How do I decode a MIME/BASE64 string?
+=item IDENTIFYING CHARACTER CODE SETS
-=item How do I return the user's mail address?
+=item CONVERSIONS
-=item How do I send mail?
+=over 4
-=item How do I use MIME to make an attachment to a mail message?
+=item tr///
-=item How do I read mail?
+=item iconv
-=item How do I find out my hostname/domainname/IP address?
+=item C RTL
-=item How do I fetch a news article or the active newsgroups?
+=back
-=item How do I fetch/put an FTP file?
+=item OPERATOR DIFFERENCES
-=item How can I do RPC in Perl?
+=item FUNCTION DIFFERENCES
-=back
+chr(), ord(), pack(), print(), printf(), sort(), sprintf(), unpack()
-=item AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
+=item REGULAR EXPRESSION DIFFERENCES
-=back
+=item SOCKETS
-=head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
+=item SORTING
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Ignore ASCII vs. EBCDIC sort differences.
-=over 4
+=item MONO CASE then sort data.
-=item Layout
+=item Convert, sort data, then re convert.
-B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
+=item Perform sorting on one type of machine only.
=back
-=item Using The Back Ends
+=item TRANSFORMATION FORMATS
=over 4
-=item The Cross Referencing Back End
-
-i, &, s, r
-
-=item The Decompiling Back End
-
-=item The Lint Back End
-
-=item The Simple C Back End
+=item URL decoding and encoding
-=item The Bytecode Back End
+=item uu encoding and decoding
-=item The Optimized C Back End
+=item Quoted-Printable encoding and decoding
-B, O, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC,
-B::Debug, B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj,
-B::Stash, B::Terse, B::Xref
+=item Caesarian ciphers
=back
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=back
+=item Hashing order and checksums
-=head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
+=item I18N AND L10N
-=over 4
+=item MULTI OCTET CHARACTER SETS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item OS ISSUES
=over 4
-=item PREAMBLE
-
-B<Use C from Perl?>, B<Use a Unix program from Perl?>, B<Use Perl from
-Perl?>, B<Use C from C?>, B<Use Perl from C?>
-
-=item ROADMAP
-
-=item Compiling your C program
-
-=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
-
-=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
+=item OS/400
-=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
+PASE, IFS access
-=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
+=item OS/390, z/OS
-=item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
+chcp, dataset access, OS/390, z/OS iconv, locales
-=item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
+=item VM/ESA?
-=item Execution of END blocks
+=item POSIX-BC?
-=item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
+=back
-=item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
-program
+=item BUGS
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Embedding Perl under Win32
+=item REFERENCES
-=item MORAL
+=item HISTORY
=item AUTHOR
-=item COPYRIGHT
-
=back
-=head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
+=head2 perlsec - Perl security
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Debugger Internals
-
=over 4
-=item Writing Your Own Debugger
+=item Laundering and Detecting Tainted Data
-=back
+=item Switches On the "#!" Line
-=item Frame Listing Output Examples
+=item Taint mode and @INC
-=item Debugging regular expressions
+=item Cleaning Up Your Path
-=over 4
+=item Security Bugs
-=item Compile-time output
+=item Protecting Your Programs
-C<anchored> I<STRING> C<at> I<POS>, C<floating> I<STRING> C<at>
-I<POS1..POS2>, C<matching floating/anchored>, C<minlen>, C<stclass>
-I<TYPE>, C<noscan>, C<isall>, C<GPOS>, C<plus>, C<implicit>, C<with eval>,
-C<anchored(TYPE)>
+=item Unicode
-=item Types of nodes
+=item Algorithmic Complexity Attacks
-=item Run-time output
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Debugging Perl memory usage
+=head2 perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)
=over 4
-=item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-C<buckets SMALLEST(APPROX)..GREATEST(APPROX)>, Free/Used, C<Total sbrk():
-SBRKed/SBRKs:CONTINUOUS>, C<pad: 0>, C<heads: 2192>, C<chain: 0>, C<tail:
-6144>
+=over 4
-=item Example of using B<-DL> switch
+=item Packages
-C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
+=item Symbol Tables
-=item B<-DL> details
+=item BEGIN, CHECK, INIT and END
-C<!!!>, C<!!>, C<!>
+=item Perl Classes
-=item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
+=item Perl Modules
+
+=item Making your module threadsafe
=back
=back
-=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
+=head2 perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item SPECIAL NOTES
+=item THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
=over 4
-=item make
+=item Pragmatic Modules
-=item Version caveat
+assertions, assertions::activate, attributes, attrs, autouse, base, bigint,
+bignum, bigrat, blib, bytes, charnames, constant, diagnostics, encoding,
+fields, filetest, if, integer, less, lib, locale, open, ops, overload, re,
+sigtrap, sort, strict, subs, threads, threads::shared, utf8, vars, version,
+vmsish, warnings, warnings::register
-=item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
+=item Standard Modules
-=back
+AnyDBM_File, Attribute::Handlers, AutoLoader, AutoSplit, B, B::Asmdata,
+B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Concise, B::Debug,
+B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex, B::Stackobj, B::Stash,
+B::Terse, B::Xref, Benchmark, ByteLoader, CGI, CGI::Apache, CGI::Carp,
+CGI::Cookie, CGI::Fast, CGI::Pretty, CGI::Push, CGI::Switch, CGI::Util,
+CPAN, CPAN::FirstTime, CPAN::Nox, Carp, Carp::Heavy, Class::ISA,
+Class::Struct, Config, Cwd, DB, DBM_Filter, DB_File, Data::Dumper,
+Devel::DProf, Devel::PPPort, Devel::Peek, Devel::SelfStubber, Digest,
+Digest::MD5, Digest::base, DirHandle, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, Encode,
+Encode::Alias, Encode::Byte, Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CN,
+Encode::CN::HZ, Encode::Config, Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Encoder,
+Encode::Encoding, Encode::Guess, Encode::JP, Encode::JP::H2Z,
+Encode::JP::JIS7, Encode::KR, Encode::KR::2022_KR, Encode::MIME::Header,
+Encode::PerlIO, Encode::Supported, Encode::Symbol, Encode::TW,
+Encode::Unicode, Encode::Unicode::UTF7, English, Env, Errno, Exporter,
+Exporter::Heavy, ExtUtils::Command, ExtUtils::Command::MM,
+ExtUtils::Constant, ExtUtils::Embed, ExtUtils::Install,
+ExtUtils::Installed, ExtUtils::Liblist, ExtUtils::MM, ExtUtils::MM_Any,
+ExtUtils::MM_BeOS, ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin, ExtUtils::MM_DOS,
+ExtUtils::MM_MacOS, ExtUtils::MM_NW5, ExtUtils::MM_OS2, ExtUtils::MM_UWIN,
+ExtUtils::MM_Unix, ExtUtils::MM_VMS, ExtUtils::MM_Win32,
+ExtUtils::MM_Win95, ExtUtils::MY, ExtUtils::MakeMaker,
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ, ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial,
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes, ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish,
+ExtUtils::Manifest, ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap, ExtUtils::Mksymlists,
+ExtUtils::Packlist, ExtUtils::testlib, Fatal, Fcntl, File::Basename,
+File::CheckTree, File::Compare, File::Copy, File::DosGlob, File::Find,
+File::Glob, File::Path, File::Spec, File::Spec::Cygwin, File::Spec::Epoc,
+File::Spec::Functions, File::Spec::Mac, File::Spec::OS2, File::Spec::Unix,
+File::Spec::VMS, File::Spec::Win32, File::Temp, File::stat, FileCache,
+FileHandle, Filter::Simple, Filter::Util::Call, FindBin, GDBM_File,
+Getopt::Long, Getopt::Std, Hash::Util, I18N::Collate, I18N::LangTags,
+I18N::LangTags::List, I18N::Langinfo, IO, IO::Dir, IO::File, IO::Handle,
+IO::Pipe, IO::Poll, IO::Seekable, IO::Select, IO::Socket, IO::Socket::INET,
+IO::Socket::UNIX, IPC::Open2, IPC::Open3, IPC::SysV, IPC::SysV::Msg,
+IPC::SysV::Semaphore, List::Util, Locale::Constants, Locale::Country,
+Locale::Currency, Locale::Language, Locale::Maketext,
+Locale::Maketext::TPJ13, Locale::Script, MIME::Base64,
+MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt,
+Math::BigInt::Calc, Math::BigInt::CalcEmu, Math::BigRat, Math::Complex,
+Math::Trig, Memoize, Memoize::AnyDBM_File, Memoize::Expire,
+Memoize::ExpireFile, Memoize::ExpireTest, Memoize::NDBM_File,
+Memoize::SDBM_File, Memoize::Storable, NDBM_File, NEXT, Net::Cmd,
+Net::Config, Net::Domain, Net::FTP, Net::NNTP, Net::Netrc, Net::POP3,
+Net::Ping, Net::SMTP, Net::Time, Net::hostent, Net::libnetFAQ, Net::netent,
+Net::protoent, Net::servent, O, ODBM_File, Opcode, POSIX, PerlIO,
+PerlIO::encoding, PerlIO::scalar, PerlIO::via, PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint,
+Pod::Checker, Pod::Find, Pod::Functions, Pod::Html, Pod::InputObjects,
+Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Man, Pod::ParseLink, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Parser,
+Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker, Pod::Perldoc::ToMan, Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff,
+Pod::Perldoc::ToPod, Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf, Pod::Perldoc::ToText,
+Pod::Perldoc::ToTk, Pod::Perldoc::ToXml, Pod::PlainText, Pod::Plainer,
+Pod::Select, Pod::Text, Pod::Text::Color, Pod::Text::Overstrike,
+Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Usage, SDBM_File, Safe, Scalar::Util,
+Search::Dict, SelectSaver, SelfLoader, Shell, Socket, Storable, Switch,
+Symbol, Sys::Hostname, Sys::Syslog, Term::ANSIColor, Term::Cap,
+Term::Complete, Term::ReadLine, Test, Test::Builder, Test::Harness,
+Test::Harness::Assert, Test::Harness::Iterator, Test::Harness::Straps,
+Test::More, Test::Simple, Test::Tutorial, Text::Abbrev, Text::Balanced,
+Text::ParseWords, Text::Soundex, Text::Tabs, Text::Wrap, Thread,
+Thread::Queue, Thread::Semaphore, Thread::Signal, Thread::Specific,
+Tie::Array, Tie::File, Tie::Handle, Tie::Hash, Tie::Memoize, Tie::RefHash,
+Tie::Scalar, Tie::SubstrHash, Time::HiRes, Time::Local, Time::gmtime,
+Time::localtime, Time::tm, UNIVERSAL, Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize,
+Unicode::UCD, User::grent, User::pwent, Win32, XS::APItest, XS::Typemap,
+XSLoader
-=item TUTORIAL
+=item Extension Modules
-=over 4
+=back
-=item EXAMPLE 1
+=item CPAN
-=item EXAMPLE 2
+=over 4
-=item What has gone on?
+=item Africa
-=item Writing good test scripts
+South Africa
-=item EXAMPLE 3
+=item Asia
-=item What's new here?
+China, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Russian Federation, Saudi
+Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand
-=item Input and Output Parameters
+=item Central America
-=item The XSUBPP Program
+Costa Rica
-=item The TYPEMAP file
+=item Europe
-=item Warning about Output Arguments
+Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech
+Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,
+Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
+Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
+Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
-=item EXAMPLE 4
+=item North America
-=item What has happened here?
+Canada, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Mexico, United States,
+Alabama, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,
+Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York,
+North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah,
+Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin
-=item Anatomy of .xs file
+=item Oceania
-=item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
+Australia, New Zealand, United States
-=item More about XSUB arguments
+=item South America
-=item The Argument Stack
+Argentina, Brazil, Chile
-=item Extending your Extension
+=item RSYNC Mirrors
-=item Documenting your Extension
+=back
-=item Installing your Extension
+=item Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
-=item EXAMPLE 5
+=over 4
-=item New Things in this Example
+=item Guidelines for Module Creation
-=item EXAMPLE 6
+=item Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
-=item New Things in this Example
+=item Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
-=item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
+=back
-=item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
+=item NOTE
-=item EXAMPLE 9 (Coming Soon)
+=back
-=item Troubleshooting these Examples
+=head2 perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide
-=back
+=over 4
-=item See also
+=item INTRODUCTION
-=item Author
+=item QUICK CHECKLIST
=over 4
-=item Last Changed
+=item Before you start
-=back
+=item The API
-=back
+=item Stability
-=head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
+=item Documentation
-=over 4
+=item Release considerations
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
+
+=item BEFORE YOU START WRITING A MODULE
=over 4
-=item Introduction
+=item Has it been done before?
-=item On The Road
+=item Do one thing and do it well
-=item The Anatomy of an XSUB
+=item What's in a name?
-=item The Argument Stack
+=back
-=item The RETVAL Variable
+=item DESIGNING AND WRITING YOUR MODULE
-=item The MODULE Keyword
+=over 4
-=item The PACKAGE Keyword
+=item To OO or not to OO?
-=item The PREFIX Keyword
+=item Designing your API
-=item The OUTPUT: Keyword
+Write simple routines to do simple things, Separate functionality from
+output, Provide sensible shortcuts and defaults, Naming conventions,
+Parameter passing
-=item The NO_OUTPUT Keyword
+=item Strictness and warnings
-=item The CODE: Keyword
+=item Backwards compatibility
-=item The INIT: Keyword
+=item Error handling and messages
-=item The NO_INIT Keyword
+=back
-=item Initializing Function Parameters
+=item DOCUMENTING YOUR MODULE
-=item Default Parameter Values
+=over 4
-=item The PREINIT: Keyword
+=item POD
-=item The SCOPE: Keyword
+=item README, INSTALL, release notes, changelogs
-=item The INPUT: Keyword
+perl Makefile.PL, make, make test, make install, perl Build.PL, perl Build,
+perl Build test, perl Build install
-=item The IN/OUTLIST/IN_OUTLIST/OUT/IN_OUT Keywords
+=back
-=item Variable-length Parameter Lists
+=item RELEASE CONSIDERATIONS
-=item The C_ARGS: Keyword
+=over 4
-=item The PPCODE: Keyword
+=item Version numbering
-=item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
+=item Pre-requisites
-=item The REQUIRE: Keyword
+=item Testing
-=item The CLEANUP: Keyword
+=item Packaging
-=item The POSTCALL: Keyword
+=item Licensing
-=item The BOOT: Keyword
+=back
-=item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
+=item COMMON PITFALLS
-=item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
+=over 4
-=item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
+=item Reinventing the wheel
-=item The ALIAS: Keyword
+=item Trying to do too much
-=item The INTERFACE: Keyword
+=item Inappropriate documentation
-=item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
+=back
-=item The INCLUDE: Keyword
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item The CASE: Keyword
+L<perlstyle>, L<perlnewmod>, L<perlpod>, L<podchecker>, Packaging Tools,
+Testing tools, http://pause.perl.org/, Any good book on software
+engineering
-=item The & Unary Operator
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Inserting POD, Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
+=back
-=item Using XS With C++
+=head2 perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules
-=item Interface Strategy
+=over 4
-=item Perl Objects And C Structures
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item The Typemap
+=over 4
-=item Safely Storing Static Data in XS
+=item PREAMBLE
-MY_CXT_KEY, typedef my_cxt_t, START_MY_CXT, MY_CXT_INIT, dMY_CXT, MY_CXT
+B<DECOMPRESS> the file, B<UNPACK> the file into a directory, B<BUILD> the
+module (sometimes unnecessary), B<INSTALL> the module
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item PORTABILITY
-=item XS VERSION
+=item HEY
=item AUTHOR
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
=back
-=head2 perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions
+=head2 perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Conventions
-
-C<t>, C<p>, C<n>, C<s>
+=item Warning
-=item File Operations
+=item What should I make into a module?
-=item File Input and Output
+=item Step-by-step: Preparing the ground
-=item File Positioning
+Look around, Check it's new, Discuss the need, Choose a name, Check again
-=item Memory Management and String Handling
+=item Step-by-step: Making the module
-=item Character Class Tests
+Start with F<module-starter> or F<h2xs>, Use L<strict|strict> and
+L<warnings|warnings>, Use L<Carp|Carp>, Use L<Exporter|Exporter> - wisely!,
+Use L<plain old documentation|perlpod>, Write tests, Write the README
-=item F<stdlib.h> functions
+=item Step-by-step: Distributing your module
-=item Miscellaneous functions
+Get a CPAN user ID, C<perl Makefile.PL; make test; make dist>, Upload the
+tarball, Announce to the modules list, Announce to clpa, Fix bugs!
=back
+=item AUTHOR
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
+=head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Variables
-
=over 4
-=item Datatypes
-
-=item What is an "IV"?
-
-=item Working with SVs
-
-=item Offsets
-
-=item What's Really Stored in an SV?
+=item DOCUMENTATION
-=item Working with AVs
+L<perldoc|perldoc>, L<pod2man|pod2man> and L<pod2text|pod2text>,
+L<pod2html|pod2html> and L<pod2latex|pod2latex>, L<pod2usage|pod2usage>,
+L<podselect|podselect>, L<podchecker|podchecker>, L<splain|splain>,
+L<roffitall|roffitall>
-=item Working with HVs
+=item CONVERTORS
-=item Hash API Extensions
+L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
-=item References
+=item Administration
-=item Blessed References and Class Objects
+L<libnetcfg|libnetcfg>
-=item Creating New Variables
+=item Development
-=item Reference Counts and Mortality
+L<perlbug|perlbug>, L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph> and L<pstruct|pstruct>,
+L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>, L<perlcc|perlcc>
-=item Stashes and Globs
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Double-Typed SVs
+=back
-=item Magic Variables
+=back
-=item Assigning Magic
+=head2 perlcompile - Introduction to the Perl Compiler-Translator
-=item Magic Virtual Tables
+=over 4
-=item Finding Magic
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
+=over 4
-=item Localizing changes
+=item Layout
-C<SAVEINT(int i)>, C<SAVEIV(IV i)>, C<SAVEI32(I32 i)>, C<SAVELONG(long i)>,
-C<SAVESPTR(s)>, C<SAVEPPTR(p)>, C<SAVEFREESV(SV *sv)>, C<SAVEMORTALIZESV(SV
-*sv)>, C<SAVEFREEOP(OP *op)>, C<SAVEFREEPV(p)>, C<SAVECLEARSV(SV *sv)>,
-C<SAVEDELETE(HV *hv, char *key, I32 length)>,
-C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR(DESTRUCTORFUNC_NOCONTEXT_t f, void *p)>,
-C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR_X(DESTRUCTORFUNC_t f, void *p)>, C<SAVESTACK_POS()>, C<SV*
-save_scalar(GV *gv)>, C<AV* save_ary(GV *gv)>, C<HV* save_hash(GV *gv)>,
-C<void save_item(SV *item)>, C<void save_list(SV **sarg, I32 maxsarg)>,
-C<SV* save_svref(SV **sptr)>, C<void save_aptr(AV **aptr)>, C<void
-save_hptr(HV **hptr)>
+B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC, B::Lint, B::Deparse, B::Xref
=back
-=item Subroutines
+=item Using The Back Ends
=over 4
-=item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
+=item The Cross Referencing Back End
-=item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
+i, &, s, r
-=item Memory Allocation
+=item The Decompiling Back End
-=item PerlIO
+=item The Lint Back End
-=item Putting a C value on Perl stack
+=item The Simple C Back End
-=item Scratchpads
+=item The Bytecode Back End
-=item Scratchpads and recursion
+=item The Optimized C Back End
=back
-=item Compiled code
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Code tree
-
-=item Examining the tree
+=item Module List for the Compiler Suite
-=item Compile pass 1: check routines
+B, O, B::Asmdata, B::Assembler, B::Bblock, B::Bytecode, B::C, B::CC,
+B::Concise, B::Debug, B::Deparse, B::Disassembler, B::Lint, B::Showlex,
+B::Stackobj, B::Stash, B::Terse, B::Xref
-=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-=item Compile pass 2: context propagation
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
+=back
-=item Pluggable runops
+=head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
-=back
+=over 4
-=item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
+=item CONCEPTS
-=over 4
+=item USING FILTERS
-=item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
-=item So what happened to dTHR?
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
-=item How do I use all this in extensions?
+B<Decryption Filters>
-=item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads?
+=item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
-=item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
+=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
-=back
+=item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
-=item Internal Functions
+=item CONCLUSION
-A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, j, x
+=item THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR
-=over 4
+Some Filters Clobber the C<DATA> Handle
-=item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs
+=item REQUIREMENTS
-=item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Source Documentation
+=item Copyrights
=back
-=item Unicode Support
+=head2 perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program
=over 4
-=item What B<is> Unicode, anyway?
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
-=item How can I recognise a UTF8 string?
+=item PREAMBLE
-=item How does UTF8 represent Unicode characters?
+B<Use C from Perl?>, B<Use a Unix program from Perl?>, B<Use Perl from
+Perl?>, B<Use C from C?>, B<Use Perl from C?>
-=item How does Perl store UTF8 strings?
+=item ROADMAP
-=item How do I convert a string to UTF8?
+=item Compiling your C program
-=item Is there anything else I need to know?
+=item Adding a Perl interpreter to your C program
-=back
+=item Calling a Perl subroutine from your C program
-=item Custom Operators
+=item Evaluating a Perl statement from your C program
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Fiddling with the Perl stack from your C program
-=back
+=item Maintaining a persistent interpreter
-=head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
+=item Execution of END blocks
-=over 4
+=item Maintaining multiple interpreter instances
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Using Perl modules, which themselves use C libraries, from your C
+program
-An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
+=back
-=item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
+=item Embedding Perl under Win32
-call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
+=item Hiding Perl_
-=item FLAG VALUES
+=item MORAL
-=over 4
+=item AUTHOR
-=item G_VOID
+=item COPYRIGHT
-=item G_SCALAR
+=back
-=item G_ARRAY
+=head2 perldebguts - Guts of Perl debugging
-=item G_DISCARD
+=over 4
-=item G_NOARGS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item G_EVAL
+=item Debugger Internals
-=item G_KEEPERR
+=over 4
-=item Determining the Context
+=item Writing Your Own Debugger
=back
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+=item Frame Listing Output Examples
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item Debugging regular expressions
=over 4
-=item No Parameters, Nothing returned
-
-=item Passing Parameters
-
-=item Returning a Scalar
-
-=item Returning a list of values
+=item Compile-time output
-=item Returning a list in a scalar context
+C<anchored> I<STRING> C<at> I<POS>, C<floating> I<STRING> C<at>
+I<POS1..POS2>, C<matching floating/anchored>, C<minlen>, C<stclass>
+I<TYPE>, C<noscan>, C<isall>, C<GPOS>, C<plus>, C<implicit>, C<with eval>,
+C<anchored(TYPE)>
-=item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
+=item Types of nodes
-=item Using G_EVAL
+=item Run-time output
-=item Using G_KEEPERR
+=back
-=item Using call_sv
+=item Debugging Perl memory usage
-=item Using call_argv
+=over 4
-=item Using call_method
+=item Using C<$ENV{PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS}>
-=item Using GIMME_V
+C<buckets SMALLEST(APPROX)..GREATEST(APPROX)>, Free/Used, C<Total sbrk():
+SBRKed/SBRKs:CONTINUOUS>, C<pad: 0>, C<heads: 2192>, C<chain: 0>, C<tail:
+6144>
-=item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
+=item Example of using B<-DL> switch
-=item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
+C<717>, C<002>, C<054>, C<602>, C<702>, C<704>
-1. Ignore the problem - Allow only 1 callback, 2. Create a sequence of
-callbacks - hard wired limit, 3. Use a parameter to map to the Perl
-callback
+=item B<-DL> details
-=item Alternate Stack Manipulation
+C<!!!>, C<!!>, C<!>
-=item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
+=item Limitations of B<-DL> statistics
=back
=item SEE ALSO
-=item AUTHOR
-
-=item DATE
-
=back
-=head2 perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution
+=head2 perlxstut, perlXStut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SPECIAL NOTES
+
=over 4
-=item DOCUMENTATION
+=item make
-L<perldoc|perldoc>, L<pod2man|pod2man> and L<pod2text|pod2text>,
-L<pod2html|pod2html> and L<pod2latex|pod2latex>, L<pod2usage|pod2usage>,
-L<podselect|podselect>, L<podchecker|podchecker>, L<splain|splain>,
-L<roffitall|roffitall>
+=item Version caveat
-=item CONVERTORS
+=item Dynamic Loading versus Static Loading
-L<a2p|a2p>, L<s2p|s2p>, L<find2perl|find2perl>
+=back
-=item Administration
+=item TUTORIAL
-L<libnetcfg|libnetcfg>
+=over 4
-=item Development
+=item EXAMPLE 1
-L<perlbug|perlbug>, L<h2ph|h2ph>, L<c2ph|c2ph> and L<pstruct|pstruct>,
-L<h2xs|h2xs>, L<dprofpp|dprofpp>, L<perlcc|perlcc>
+=item EXAMPLE 2
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item What has gone on?
-=back
+=item Writing good test scripts
-=back
+=item EXAMPLE 3
-=head2 perlfilter - Source Filters
+=item What's new here?
-=over 4
+=item Input and Output Parameters
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The XSUBPP Program
-=item CONCEPTS
+=item The TYPEMAP file
-=item USING FILTERS
+=item Warning about Output Arguments
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER
+=item EXAMPLE 4
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN C
+=item What has happened here?
-B<Decryption Filters>
+=item Anatomy of .xs file
-=item CREATING A SOURCE FILTER AS A SEPARATE EXECUTABLE
+=item Getting the fat out of XSUBs
-=item WRITING A SOURCE FILTER IN PERL
+=item More about XSUB arguments
-=item USING CONTEXT: THE DEBUG FILTER
+=item The Argument Stack
-=item CONCLUSION
+=item Extending your Extension
-=item REQUIREMENTS
+=item Documenting your Extension
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Installing your Extension
-=item Copyrights
+=item EXAMPLE 5
-=back
+=item New Things in this Example
-=head2 perldbmfilter - Perl DBM Filters
+=item EXAMPLE 6
-=over 4
+=item New Things in this Example
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item EXAMPLE 7 (Coming Soon)
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item EXAMPLE 8 (Coming Soon)
-B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
-B<filter_fetch_value>
+=item EXAMPLE 9 Passing open files to XSes
-=over 4
+=item Troubleshooting these Examples
-=item The Filter
+=back
-=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
+=item See also
-=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
+=item Author
-=back
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Last Changed
-=item AUTHOR
+=back
=back
-=head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
+=head2 perlxs - XS language reference manual
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item "Gimme" Values
+=over 4
-GIMME, GIMME_V, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID
+=item Introduction
-=item Array Manipulation Functions
+=item On The Road
-AvFILL, av_clear, av_delete, av_exists, av_extend, av_fetch, av_fill,
-av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push, av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift,
-get_av, newAV, Nullav, sortsv
+=item The Anatomy of an XSUB
-=item Callback Functions
+=item The Argument Stack
-call_argv, call_method, call_pv, call_sv, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv,
-FREETMPS, LEAVE, SAVETMPS
+=item The RETVAL Variable
-=item Character classes
+=item Returning SVs, AVs and HVs through RETVAL
-isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, toLOWER, toUPPER
+=item The MODULE Keyword
-=item Cloning an interpreter
+=item The PACKAGE Keyword
-perl_clone
+=item The PREFIX Keyword
-=item CV Manipulation Functions
+=item The OUTPUT: Keyword
-CvSTASH, get_cv, Nullcv
+=item The NO_OUTPUT Keyword
-=item Embedding Functions
+=item The CODE: Keyword
-load_module, perl_alloc, perl_construct, perl_destruct, perl_free,
-perl_parse, perl_run, require_pv
+=item The INIT: Keyword
-=item Global Variables
+=item The NO_INIT Keyword
-PL_modglobal, PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes
+=item Initializing Function Parameters
-=item GV Functions
+=item Default Parameter Values
-GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_fetchmethod_autoload, gv_stashpv,
-gv_stashsv
+=item The PREINIT: Keyword
-=item Handy Values
+=item The SCOPE: Keyword
-HEf_SVKEY, Nullch, Nullsv
+=item The INPUT: Keyword
-=item Hash Manipulation Functions
+=item The IN/OUTLIST/IN_OUTLIST/OUT/IN_OUT Keywords
-get_hv, HeHASH, HeKEY, HeKLEN, HePV, HeSVKEY, HeSVKEY_force, HeSVKEY_set,
-HeVAL, HvNAME, hv_clear, hv_delete, hv_delete_ent, hv_exists,
-hv_exists_ent, hv_fetch, hv_fetch_ent, hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey,
-hv_iterkeysv, hv_iternext, hv_iternextsv, hv_iterval, hv_magic, hv_store,
-hv_store_ent, hv_undef, newHV, Nullhv
+=item The C<length(NAME)> Keyword
-=item Magical Functions
+=item Variable-length Parameter Lists
-mg_clear, mg_copy, mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, mg_length, mg_magical, mg_set,
-SvGETMAGIC, SvSETMAGIC, SvSetMagicSV, SvSetSV, SvSetSV_nosteal
+=item The C_ARGS: Keyword
-=item Memory Management
+=item The PPCODE: Keyword
-Copy, Move, New, Newc, NEWSV, Newz, Renew, Renewc, Safefree, savepv,
-savepvn, StructCopy, Zero
+=item Returning Undef And Empty Lists
-=item Miscellaneous Functions
+=item The REQUIRE: Keyword
-fbm_compile, fbm_instr, form, getcwd_sv, strEQ, strGE, strGT, strLE, strLT,
-strNE, strnEQ, strnNE
+=item The CLEANUP: Keyword
-=item Numeric functions
+=item The POSTCALL: Keyword
-grok_bin, grok_hex, grok_number, grok_numeric_radix, grok_oct, scan_bin,
-scan_hex, scan_oct
+=item The BOOT: Keyword
-=item Optree Manipulation Functions
+=item The VERSIONCHECK: Keyword
-cv_const_sv, newCONSTSUB, newXS
+=item The PROTOTYPES: Keyword
-=item Shared SV Functions
+=item The PROTOTYPE: Keyword
-sharedsv_find, sharedsv_init, sharedsv_lock, sharedsv_new,
-sharedsv_thrcnt_dec, sharedsv_thrcnt_inc, sharedsv_unlock
+=item The ALIAS: Keyword
-=item Stack Manipulation Macros
+=item The OVERLOAD: Keyword
-dMARK, dORIGMARK, dSP, EXTEND, MARK, ORIGMARK, POPi, POPl, POPn, POPp,
-POPpbytex, POPpx, POPs, PUSHi, PUSHMARK, PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs, PUSHu,
-PUTBACK, SP, SPAGAIN, XPUSHi, XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs, XPUSHu, XSRETURN,
-XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV, XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF,
-XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNO, XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES
+=item The FALLBACK: Keyword
-=item SV Flags
+=item The INTERFACE: Keyword
-svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG
+=item The INTERFACE_MACRO: Keyword
-=item SV Manipulation Functions
+=item The INCLUDE: Keyword
-get_sv, looks_like_number, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, newSV, newSViv, newSVnv,
-newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVpvn_share, newSVrv, newSVsv, newSVuv,
-new_vstring, SvCUR, SvCUR_set, SvEND, SvGROW, SvIOK, SvIOKp, SvIOK_notUV,
-SvIOK_off, SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only, SvIOK_only_UV, SvIOK_UV, SvIV, SvIVx,
-SvIVX, SvLEN, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp, SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, SvNOKp, SvNOK_off,
-SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVX, SvNVx, SvOK, SvOOK, SvPOK, SvPOKp,
-SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only, SvPOK_only_UTF8, SvPV, SvPVbyte,
-SvPVbytex, SvPVbytex_force, SvPVbyte_force, SvPVbyte_nolen, SvPVutf8,
-SvPVutf8x, SvPVutf8x_force, SvPVutf8_force, SvPVutf8_nolen, SvPVX, SvPVx,
-SvPV_force, SvPV_force_nomg, SvPV_nolen, SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec,
-SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK, SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV, SvSetMagicSV_nosteal,
-SvSTASH, SvTAINT, SvTAINTED, SvTAINTED_off, SvTAINTED_on, SvTRUE, SvTYPE,
-SvUOK, SvUPGRADE, SvUTF8, SvUTF8_off, SvUTF8_on, SvUV, SvUVx, SvUVX,
-sv_2bool, sv_2cv, sv_2io, sv_2iv, sv_2mortal, sv_2nv, sv_2pvbyte,
-sv_2pvbyte_nolen, sv_2pvutf8, sv_2pvutf8_nolen, sv_2pv_flags, sv_2pv_nolen,
-sv_2uv, sv_backoff, sv_bless, sv_catpv, sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg, sv_catpvn,
-sv_catpvn_flags, sv_catpvn_mg, sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv, sv_catsv_flags,
-sv_catsv_mg, sv_chop, sv_clear, sv_cmp, sv_cmp_locale, sv_collxfrm, sv_dec,
-sv_derived_from, sv_eq, sv_force_normal, sv_force_normal_flags, sv_free,
-sv_gets, sv_grow, sv_inc, sv_insert, sv_isa, sv_isobject, sv_iv, sv_len,
-sv_len_utf8, sv_magic, sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, sv_newref, sv_nv,
-sv_pos_b2u, sv_pos_u2b, sv_pv, sv_pvbyte, sv_pvbyten, sv_pvbyten_force,
-sv_pvn, sv_pvn_force, sv_pvn_force_flags, sv_pvutf8, sv_pvutf8n,
-sv_pvutf8n_force, sv_reftype, sv_replace, sv_report_used, sv_reset,
-sv_rvweaken, sv_setiv, sv_setiv_mg, sv_setnv, sv_setnv_mg, sv_setpv,
-sv_setpvf, sv_setpvf_mg, sv_setpviv, sv_setpviv_mg, sv_setpvn,
-sv_setpvn_mg, sv_setpv_mg, sv_setref_iv, sv_setref_nv, sv_setref_pv,
-sv_setref_pvn, sv_setref_uv, sv_setsv, sv_setsv_flags, sv_setsv_mg,
-sv_setuv, sv_setuv_mg, sv_taint, sv_tainted, sv_true, sv_unmagic, sv_unref,
-sv_unref_flags, sv_untaint, sv_upgrade, sv_usepvn, sv_usepvn_mg,
-sv_utf8_decode, sv_utf8_downgrade, sv_utf8_encode, sv_utf8_upgrade,
-sv_utf8_upgrade_flags, sv_uv, sv_vcatpvfn, sv_vsetpvfn
+=item The CASE: Keyword
-=item Unicode Support
+=item The & Unary Operator
-bytes_from_utf8, bytes_to_utf8, ibcmp_utf8, is_utf8_char, is_utf8_string,
-pv_uni_display, sv_recode_to_utf8, sv_uni_display, to_utf8_case,
-to_utf8_fold, to_utf8_lower, to_utf8_title, to_utf8_upper, utf8n_to_uvchr,
-utf8n_to_uvuni, utf8_distance, utf8_hop, utf8_length, utf8_to_bytes,
-utf8_to_uvchr, utf8_to_uvuni, uvchr_to_utf8, uvuni_to_utf8_flags
+=item Inserting POD, Comments and C Preprocessor Directives
-=item Variables created by C<xsubpp> and C<xsubpp> internal functions
+=item Using XS With C++
-ax, CLASS, dAX, dITEMS, dXSARGS, dXSI32, items, ix, newXSproto, RETVAL, ST,
-THIS, XS, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK
+=item Interface Strategy
-=item Warning and Dieing
+=item Perl Objects And C Structures
-croak, warn
+=item The Typemap
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Safely Storing Static Data in XS
-=item SEE ALSO
+MY_CXT_KEY, typedef my_cxt_t, START_MY_CXT, MY_CXT_INIT, dMY_CXT, MY_CXT
=back
-=head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
- Perl functions
-
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-djSP, is_gv_magical, LVRET, PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn,
-PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv, PL_rs, report_uninit, start_glob, sv_add_arena,
-sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs, sv_free_arenas
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item AUTHORS
+=item XS VERSION
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
+=head2 perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item History and Background
-
-=item Layers vs Disciplines
-
-=item Data Structures
-
-=item Functions and Attributes
-
-=item Per-instance Data
-
-=item Layers in action.
+=item Conventions
-=item Per-instance flag bits
+C<t>, C<p>, C<n>, C<s>
-PERLIO_F_EOF, PERLIO_F_CANWRITE, PERLIO_F_CANREAD, PERLIO_F_ERROR,
-PERLIO_F_TRUNCATE, PERLIO_F_APPEND, PERLIO_F_CRLF, PERLIO_F_UTF8,
-PERLIO_F_UNBUF, PERLIO_F_WRBUF, PERLIO_F_RDBUF, PERLIO_F_LINEBUF,
-PERLIO_F_TEMP, PERLIO_F_OPEN, PERLIO_F_FASTGETS
+=item File Operations
-=item Methods in Detail
+=item File Input and Output
-char * name;, Size_t size;, IV kind;, PERLIO_K_BUFFERED, PERLIO_K_CANCRLF,
-PERLIO_K_FASTGETS, PERLIO_K_MULTIARG, PERLIO_K_RAW, IV
-(*Pushed)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f,const char *mode, SV *arg);, IV
-(*Popped)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, PerlIO * (*Open)(...);, SV *
-(*Getarg)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f, CLONE_PARAMS *param, int flags), IV
-(*Fileno)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, PerlIO * (*Dup)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f, PerlIO *o,
-CLONE_PARAMS *param, int flags), SSize_t (*Read)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f,
-void *vbuf, Size_t count);, SSize_t (*Unread)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f, const
-void *vbuf, Size_t count);, SSize_t (*Write)(PerlIO *f, const void
-*vbuf, Size_t count);, IV (*Seek)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f, Off_t
-offset, int whence);, Off_t (*Tell)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, IV
- (*Close)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, IV (*Flush)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);,
-IV (*Fill)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, IV (*Eof)(pTHX_ PerlIO
-*f);, IV (*Error)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, void
-(*Clearerr)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, void (*Setlinebuf)(pTHX_ PerlIO
-*f);, STDCHAR * (*Get_base)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, Size_t
-(*Get_bufsiz)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, STDCHAR * (*Get_ptr)(pTHX_ PerlIO
-*f);, SSize_t (*Get_cnt)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f);, void
-(*Set_ptrcnt)(pTHX_ PerlIO *f,STDCHAR *ptr,SSize_t cnt);
+=item File Positioning
-=item Core Layers
+=item Memory Management and String Handling
-"unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8"
+=item Character Class Tests
-=item Extension Layers
+=item F<stdlib.h> functions
-":encoding", ":Scalar", ":Object" or ":Perl"
+=item Miscellaneous functions
=back
-=item TODO
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
+=head2 perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-1. USE_STDIO, 2. USE_SFIO, 3. USE_PERLIO, B<PerlIO_stdin()>,
-B<PerlIO_stdout()>, B<PerlIO_stderr()>, B<PerlIO_open(path, mode)>,
-B<PerlIO_fdopen(fd,mode)>, B<PerlIO_reopen(path,mode,f)>,
-B<PerlIO_printf(f,fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_vprintf(f,fmt,a)>,
-B<PerlIO_stdoutf(fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_read(f,buf,count)>,
-B<PerlIO_write(f,buf,count)>, B<PerlIO_close(f)>, B<PerlIO_puts(f,s)>,
-B<PerlIO_putc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_ungetc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_getc(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_eof(f)>, B<PerlIO_error(f)>, B<PerlIO_fileno(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_clearerr(f)>, B<PerlIO_flush(f)>, B<PerlIO_seek(f,offset,whence)>,
-B<PerlIO_tell(f)>, B<PerlIO_getpos(f,p)>, B<PerlIO_setpos(f,p)>,
-B<PerlIO_rewind(f)>, B<PerlIO_tmpfile()>, B<PerlIO_setlinebuf(f)>
+=item Variables
=over 4
-=item Co-existence with stdio
+=item Datatypes
-B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,flags)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,flags)>,
-B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>, B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>
+=item What is an "IV"?
-=item "Fast gets" Functions
+=item Working with SVs
-B<PerlIO_fast_gets(f)>, B<PerlIO_has_cntptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_cnt(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_get_ptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_set_ptrcnt(f,p,c)>, B<PerlIO_canset_cnt(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_set_cnt(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_has_base(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_base(f)>,
-B<PerlIO_get_bufsiz(f)>
+=item Offsets
-=item Other Functions
+=item What's Really Stored in an SV?
-PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers),
-'E<lt>' read, 'E<gt>' write, '+' read/write, PerlIO_debug(fmt,...)
+=item Working with AVs
-=back
+=item Working with HVs
-=back
+=item Hash API Extensions
-=head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
+=item AVs, HVs and undefined values
-=over 4
+=item References
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Blessed References and Class Objects
-=item To do during 5.6.x
+=item Creating New Variables
-=over 4
+GV_ADDMULTI, GV_ADDWARN
-=item Support for I/O disciplines
+=item Reference Counts and Mortality
-=item Autoload bytes.pm
+=item Stashes and Globs
-=item Make "\u{XXXX}" et al work
+=item Double-Typed SVs
-=item Create a char *sv_pvprintify(sv, STRLEN *lenp, UV flags)
+=item Magic Variables
-=item Overloadable regex assertions
+=item Assigning Magic
-=item Unicode
+=item Magic Virtual Tables
-=item use Thread for iThreads
+=item Finding Magic
-=item make perl_clone optionally clone ops
+=item Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays
-=item Work out exit/die semantics for threads
+=item Localizing changes
-=item Typed lexicals for compiler
+C<SAVEINT(int i)>, C<SAVEIV(IV i)>, C<SAVEI32(I32 i)>, C<SAVELONG(long i)>,
+C<SAVESPTR(s)>, C<SAVEPPTR(p)>, C<SAVEFREESV(SV *sv)>, C<SAVEMORTALIZESV(SV
+*sv)>, C<SAVEFREEOP(OP *op)>, C<SAVEFREEPV(p)>, C<SAVECLEARSV(SV *sv)>,
+C<SAVEDELETE(HV *hv, char *key, I32 length)>,
+C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR(DESTRUCTORFUNC_NOCONTEXT_t f, void *p)>,
+C<SAVEDESTRUCTOR_X(DESTRUCTORFUNC_t f, void *p)>, C<SAVESTACK_POS()>, C<SV*
+save_scalar(GV *gv)>, C<AV* save_ary(GV *gv)>, C<HV* save_hash(GV *gv)>,
+C<void save_item(SV *item)>, C<void save_list(SV **sarg, I32 maxsarg)>,
+C<SV* save_svref(SV **sptr)>, C<void save_aptr(AV **aptr)>, C<void
+save_hptr(HV **hptr)>
-=item Compiler workarounds for Win32
+=back
-=item AUTOLOADing in the compiler
+=item Subroutines
-=item Fixing comppadlist when compiling
+=over 4
-=item Cleaning up exported namespace
+=item XSUBs and the Argument Stack
-=item Complete signal handling
+=item Calling Perl Routines from within C Programs
-=item Out-of-source builds
+=item Memory Allocation
-=item POSIX realtime support
+=item PerlIO
-=item UNIX98 support
+=item Putting a C value on Perl stack
-=item IPv6 Support
+=item Scratchpads
-=item Long double conversion
+=item Scratchpads and recursion
-=item Locales
+=back
-=item Thread-safe regexes
+=item Compiled code
-=item Arithmetic on non-Arabic numerals
+=over 4
-=item POSIX Unicode character classes
+=item Code tree
-=item Factoring out common suffices/prefices in regexps (trie optimization)
+=item Examining the tree
-=item Security audit shipped utilities
+=item Compile pass 1: check routines
-=item Sort out the uid-setting mess
+=item Compile pass 1a: constant folding
-=item DLL Versioning
+=item Compile pass 2: context propagation
-=item Introduce @( and @)
+=item Compile pass 3: peephole optimization
-=item Floating point handling
+=item Pluggable runops
-=item IV/UV preservation
+=back
-=item Replace pod2html with something using Pod::Parser
+=item Examining internal data structures with the C<dump> functions
-=item Automate module testing on CPAN
+=item How multiple interpreters and concurrency are supported
-=item sendmsg and recvmsg
+=over 4
-=item Rewrite perlre documentation
+=item Background and PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
-=item Convert example code to IO::Handle filehandles
+=item So what happened to dTHR?
-=item Document Win32 choices
+=item How do I use all this in extensions?
-=item Check new modules
+=item Should I do anything special if I call perl from multiple threads?
-=item Make roffitall find pods and libs itself
+=item Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
=back
-=item To do at some point
+=item Internal Functions
+
+A, p, d, s, n, r, f, M, o, x, m, X, E, b
=over 4
-=item Remove regular expression recursion
+=item Formatted Printing of IVs, UVs, and NVs
-=item Memory leaks after failed eval
+=item Pointer-To-Integer and Integer-To-Pointer
-=item pack "(stuff)*"
+=item Source Documentation
-=item bitfields in pack
+=back
-=item Cross compilation
+=item Unicode Support
-=item Perl preprocessor / macros
+=over 4
-=item Perl lexer in Perl
+=item What B<is> Unicode, anyway?
-=item Using POSIX calls internally
+=item How can I recognise a UTF-8 string?
-=item -i rename file when changed
+=item How does UTF-8 represent Unicode characters?
-=item All ARGV input should act like E<lt>E<gt>
+=item How does Perl store UTF-8 strings?
-=item Support for rerunning debugger
+=item How do I convert a string to UTF-8?
-=item Test Suite for the Debugger
+=item Is there anything else I need to know?
-=item my sub foo { }
+=back
-=item One-pass global destruction
+=item Custom Operators
-=item Rewrite regexp parser
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Cache recently used regexps
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Re-entrant functions
+=back
-=item Cross-compilation support
+=head2 perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C
-=item Bit-shifting bitvectors
+=over 4
-=item debugger pragma
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item use less pragma
+An Error Handler, An Event Driven Program
-=item switch structures
+=item THE CALL_ FUNCTIONS
-=item Cache eval tree
+call_sv, call_pv, call_method, call_argv
-=item rcatmaybe
+=item FLAG VALUES
-=item Shrink opcode tables
+=over 4
-=item Optimize away @_
+=item G_VOID
-=item Prototypes versus indirect objects
+=item G_SCALAR
-=item Install HTML
+=item G_ARRAY
-=item Prototype method calls
+=item G_DISCARD
-=item Return context prototype declarations
+=item G_NOARGS
-=item magic_setisa
+=item G_EVAL
-=item Garbage collection
+=item G_KEEPERR
-=item IO tutorial
+=item Determining the Context
-=item pack/unpack tutorial
+=back
-=item Rewrite perldoc
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-=item Install .3p manpages
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Unicode tutorial
+=over 4
-=item Update POSIX.pm for 1003.1-2
+=item No Parameters, Nothing returned
-=item Retargetable installation
+=item Passing Parameters
-=item POSIX emulation on non-POSIX systems
+=item Returning a Scalar
-=item Rename Win32 headers
+=item Returning a list of values
-=item Finish off lvalue functions
+=item Returning a list in a scalar context
-=item Update sprintf documentation
+=item Returning Data from Perl via the parameter list
-=item Use fchown/fchmod internally
+=item Using G_EVAL
+
+=item Using G_KEEPERR
+
+=item Using call_sv
+
+=item Using call_argv
+
+=item Using call_method
+
+=item Using GIMME_V
+
+=item Using Perl to dispose of temporaries
+
+=item Strategies for storing Callback Context Information
+
+1. Ignore the problem - Allow only 1 callback, 2. Create a sequence of
+callbacks - hard wired limit, 3. Use a parameter to map to the Perl
+callback
+
+=item Alternate Stack Manipulation
+
+=item Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Make v-strings overloaded objects
+=item DATE
=back
-=item Vague ideas
+=head2 perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API
=over 4
-=item ref() in list context
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item "Gimme" Values
-=item Make tr/// return histogram of characters in list context
+GIMME, GIMME_V, G_ARRAY, G_DISCARD, G_EVAL, G_NOARGS, G_SCALAR, G_VOID
-=item Compile to real threaded code
+=item Array Manipulation Functions
-=item Structured types
+AvFILL, av_clear, av_delete, av_exists, av_extend, av_fetch, av_fill,
+av_len, av_make, av_pop, av_push, av_shift, av_store, av_undef, av_unshift,
+get_av, newAV, sortsv
-=item Modifiable $1 et al.
+=item Callback Functions
-=item Procedural interfaces for IO::*, etc.
+call_argv, call_method, call_pv, call_sv, ENTER, eval_pv, eval_sv,
+FREETMPS, LEAVE, SAVETMPS
-=item RPC modules
+=item Character classes
-=item Attach/detach debugger from running program
+isALNUM, isALPHA, isDIGIT, isLOWER, isSPACE, isUPPER, toLOWER, toUPPER
-=item GUI::Native
+=item Cloning an interpreter
-=item foreach(reverse ...)
+perl_clone
-=item Constant function cache
+=item CV Manipulation Functions
-=item Approximate regular expression matching
+CvSTASH, get_cv
-=back
+=item Embedding Functions
-=item Ongoing
+cv_undef, load_module, nothreadhook, perl_alloc, perl_construct,
+perl_destruct, perl_free, perl_parse, perl_run, require_pv
-=over 4
+=item Functions in file pp_pack.c
+
+packlist, pack_cat, unpackstring, unpack_str
+
+=item Global Variables
-=item Update guts documentation
+PL_modglobal, PL_na, PL_sv_no, PL_sv_undef, PL_sv_yes
-=item Add more tests
+=item GV Functions
-=item Update auxiliary tools
+GvSV, gv_fetchmeth, gv_fetchmethod, gv_fetchmethod_autoload,
+gv_fetchmeth_autoload, gv_stashpv, gv_stashsv
-=back
+=item Handy Values
-=item Recently done things
+Nullav, Nullch, Nullcv, Nullhv, Nullsv
-=over 4
+=item Hash Manipulation Functions
+
+get_hv, HEf_SVKEY, HeHASH, HeKEY, HeKLEN, HePV, HeSVKEY, HeSVKEY_force,
+HeSVKEY_set, HeVAL, HvNAME, hv_assert, hv_clear, hv_clear_placeholders,
+hv_delete, hv_delete_ent, hv_exists, hv_exists_ent, hv_fetch, hv_fetch_ent,
+hv_iterinit, hv_iterkey, hv_iterkeysv, hv_iternext, hv_iternextsv,
+hv_iternext_flags, hv_iterval, hv_magic, hv_scalar, hv_store, hv_store_ent,
+hv_undef, newHV
-=item Alternative RE syntax module
+=item Magical Functions
+
+mg_clear, mg_copy, mg_find, mg_free, mg_get, mg_length, mg_magical, mg_set,
+SvGETMAGIC, SvLOCK, SvSETMAGIC, SvSetMagicSV, SvSetMagicSV_nosteal,
+SvSetSV, SvSetSV_nosteal, SvSHARE, SvUNLOCK
+
+=item Memory Management
+
+Copy, CopyD, Move, MoveD, New, Newc, Newz, Poison, Renew, Renewc, Safefree,
+savepv, savepvn, savesharedpv, StructCopy, Zero, ZeroD
+
+=item Miscellaneous Functions
+
+fbm_compile, fbm_instr, form, getcwd_sv, new_version, scan_version, strEQ,
+strGE, strGT, strLE, strLT, strNE, strnEQ, strnNE, sv_nolocking,
+sv_nosharing, sv_nounlocking, upg_version, vcmp, vnormal, vnumify,
+vstringify
+
+=item Numeric functions
+
+grok_bin, grok_hex, grok_number, grok_numeric_radix, grok_oct, scan_bin,
+scan_hex, scan_oct
+
+=item Optree Manipulation Functions
+
+cv_const_sv, newCONSTSUB, newXS
+
+=item Pad Data Structures
+
+pad_sv
+
+=item Stack Manipulation Macros
+
+dMARK, dORIGMARK, dSP, EXTEND, MARK, mPUSHi, mPUSHn, mPUSHp, mPUSHu,
+mXPUSHi, mXPUSHn, mXPUSHp, mXPUSHu, ORIGMARK, POPi, POPl, POPn, POPp,
+POPpbytex, POPpx, POPs, PUSHi, PUSHMARK, PUSHmortal, PUSHn, PUSHp, PUSHs,
+PUSHu, PUTBACK, SP, SPAGAIN, XPUSHi, XPUSHmortal, XPUSHn, XPUSHp, XPUSHs,
+XPUSHu, XSRETURN, XSRETURN_EMPTY, XSRETURN_IV, XSRETURN_NO, XSRETURN_NV,
+XSRETURN_PV, XSRETURN_UNDEF, XSRETURN_UV, XSRETURN_YES, XST_mIV, XST_mNO,
+XST_mNV, XST_mPV, XST_mUNDEF, XST_mYES
+
+=item SV Flags
+
+svtype, SVt_IV, SVt_NV, SVt_PV, SVt_PVAV, SVt_PVCV, SVt_PVHV, SVt_PVMG
+
+=item SV Manipulation Functions
+
+get_sv, looks_like_number, newRV_inc, newRV_noinc, NEWSV, newSV, newSViv,
+newSVnv, newSVpv, newSVpvf, newSVpvn, newSVpvn_share, newSVrv, newSVsv,
+newSVuv, SvCUR, SvCUR_set, SvEND, SvGROW, SvIOK, SvIOKp, SvIOK_notUV,
+SvIOK_off, SvIOK_on, SvIOK_only, SvIOK_only_UV, SvIOK_UV, SvIsCOW,
+SvIsCOW_shared_hash, SvIV, SvIVx, SvIVX, SvIV_nomg, SvLEN, SvNIOK, SvNIOKp,
+SvNIOK_off, SvNOK, SvNOKp, SvNOK_off, SvNOK_on, SvNOK_only, SvNV, SvNVX,
+SvNVx, SvOK, SvOOK, SvPOK, SvPOKp, SvPOK_off, SvPOK_on, SvPOK_only,
+SvPOK_only_UTF8, SvPV, SvPVbyte, SvPVbytex, SvPVbytex_force,
+SvPVbyte_force, SvPVbyte_nolen, SvPVutf8, SvPVutf8x, SvPVutf8x_force,
+SvPVutf8_force, SvPVutf8_nolen, SvPVx, SvPVX, SvPV_force, SvPV_force_nomg,
+SvPV_nolen, SvPV_nomg, SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_dec, SvREFCNT_inc, SvROK,
+SvROK_off, SvROK_on, SvRV, SvSTASH, SvTAINT, SvTAINTED, SvTAINTED_off,
+SvTAINTED_on, SvTRUE, SvTYPE, SvUOK, SvUPGRADE, SvUTF8, SvUTF8_off,
+SvUTF8_on, SvUV, SvUVX, SvUVx, SvUV_nomg, SvVOK, sv_2bool, sv_2cv, sv_2io,
+sv_2iv_flags, sv_2mortal, sv_2nv, sv_2pvbyte, sv_2pvbyte_nolen, sv_2pvutf8,
+sv_2pvutf8_nolen, sv_2pv_flags, sv_2pv_nolen, sv_2uv_flags, sv_backoff,
+sv_bless, sv_catpv, sv_catpvf, sv_catpvf_mg, sv_catpvn, sv_catpvn_flags,
+sv_catpvn_mg, sv_catpvn_nomg, sv_catpv_mg, sv_catsv, sv_catsv_flags,
+sv_catsv_mg, sv_catsv_nomg, sv_chop, sv_clear, sv_cmp, sv_cmp_locale,
+sv_collxfrm, sv_copypv, sv_dec, sv_derived_from, sv_eq, sv_force_normal,
+sv_force_normal_flags, sv_free, sv_gets, sv_grow, sv_inc, sv_insert,
+sv_isa, sv_isobject, sv_iv, sv_len, sv_len_utf8, sv_magic, sv_magicext,
+sv_mortalcopy, sv_newmortal, sv_newref, sv_nv, sv_pos_b2u, sv_pos_u2b,
+sv_pv, sv_pvbyte, sv_pvbyten, sv_pvbyten_force, sv_pvn, sv_pvn_force,
+sv_pvn_force_flags, sv_pvutf8, sv_pvutf8n, sv_pvutf8n_force, sv_reftype,
+sv_replace, sv_report_used, sv_reset, sv_rvweaken, sv_setiv, sv_setiv_mg,
+sv_setnv, sv_setnv_mg, sv_setpv, sv_setpvf, sv_setpvf_mg, sv_setpviv,
+sv_setpviv_mg, sv_setpvn, sv_setpvn_mg, sv_setpv_mg, sv_setref_iv,
+sv_setref_nv, sv_setref_pv, sv_setref_pvn, sv_setref_uv, sv_setsv,
+sv_setsv_flags, sv_setsv_mg, sv_setsv_nomg, sv_setuv, sv_setuv_mg,
+sv_taint, sv_tainted, sv_true, sv_unmagic, sv_unref, sv_unref_flags,
+sv_untaint, sv_upgrade, sv_usepvn, sv_usepvn_mg, sv_utf8_decode,
+sv_utf8_downgrade, sv_utf8_encode, sv_utf8_upgrade, sv_utf8_upgrade_flags,
+sv_uv, sv_vcatpvf, sv_vcatpvfn, sv_vcatpvf_mg, sv_vsetpvf, sv_vsetpvfn,
+sv_vsetpvf_mg
+
+=item Unicode Support
-=item Safe signal handling
+bytes_from_utf8, bytes_to_utf8, ibcmp_utf8, is_utf8_char, is_utf8_string,
+is_utf8_string_loc, pv_uni_display, sv_cat_decode, sv_recode_to_utf8,
+sv_uni_display, to_utf8_case, to_utf8_fold, to_utf8_lower, to_utf8_title,
+to_utf8_upper, utf8n_to_uvchr, utf8n_to_uvuni, utf8_distance, utf8_hop,
+utf8_length, utf8_to_bytes, utf8_to_uvchr, utf8_to_uvuni, uvchr_to_utf8,
+uvuni_to_utf8_flags
-=item Tie Modules
+=item Variables created by C<xsubpp> and C<xsubpp> internal functions
-=item gettimeofday
+ax, CLASS, dAX, dITEMS, dUNDERBAR, dXSARGS, dXSI32, items, ix, newXSproto,
+RETVAL, ST, THIS, UNDERBAR, XS, XS_VERSION, XS_VERSION_BOOTCHECK
-=item setitimer and getimiter
+=item Warning and Dieing
-=item Testing __DIE__ hook
+croak, warn
-=item CPP equivalent in Perl
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Explicit switch statements
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item autocroak
+=back
-=item UTF/EBCDIC
+=head2 perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
+ Perl functions
-=item UTF Regexes
+=over 4
-=item perlcc to produce executable
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item END blocks saved in compiled output
+=item CV reference counts and CvOUTSIDE
-=item Secure temporary file module
+CvWEAKOUTSIDE
-=item Integrate Time::HiRes
+=item Functions in file pad.h
-=item Turn Cwd into XS
+CX_CURPAD_SAVE, CX_CURPAD_SV, PAD_BASE_SV, PAD_CLONE_VARS,
+PAD_COMPNAME_FLAGS, PAD_COMPNAME_GEN, PAD_COMPNAME_OURSTASH,
+PAD_COMPNAME_PV, PAD_COMPNAME_TYPE, PAD_DUP, PAD_RESTORE_LOCAL,
+PAD_SAVE_LOCAL, PAD_SAVE_SETNULLPAD, PAD_SETSV, PAD_SET_CUR,
+PAD_SET_CUR_NOSAVE, PAD_SV, PAD_SVl, SAVECLEARSV, SAVECOMPPAD, SAVEPADSV
-=item Mmap for input
+=item Functions in file pp_ctl.c
-=item Byte to/from UTF8 and UTF8 to/from local conversion
+find_runcv
-=item Add sockatmark support
+=item Global Variables
-=item Mailing list archives
+PL_DBsingle, PL_DBsub, PL_DBtrace, PL_dowarn, PL_last_in_gv, PL_ofs_sv,
+PL_rs
-=item Bug tracking
+=item GV Functions
-=item Integrate MacPerl
+is_gv_magical
-=item Web "nerve center" for Perl
+=item IO Functions
-=item Regular expression tutorial
+start_glob
-=item Debugging Tutorial
+=item Pad Data Structures
-=item Integrate new modules
+CvPADLIST, cv_clone, cv_dump, do_dump_pad, intro_my, pad_add_anon,
+pad_add_name, pad_alloc, pad_block_start, pad_check_dup, pad_findlex,
+pad_findmy, pad_fixup_inner_anons, pad_free, pad_leavemy, pad_new,
+pad_push, pad_reset, pad_setsv, pad_swipe, pad_tidy, pad_undef
-=item Integrate profiler
+=item Stack Manipulation Macros
-=item Y2K error detection
+djSP, LVRET
-=item Regular expression debugger
+=item SV Manipulation Functions
-=item POD checker
+find_uninit_var, report_uninit, sv_add_arena, sv_clean_all, sv_clean_objs,
+sv_free_arenas
-=item "Dynamic" lexicals
+=item AUTHORS
-=item Cache precompiled modules
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Deprecated Wishes
+=head2 perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Loop control on do{}
+=item History and Background
+
+=item Basic Structure
+
+=item Layers vs Disciplines
+
+=item Data Structures
+
+=item Functions and Attributes
+
+=item Per-instance Data
+
+=item Layers in action.
+
+=item Per-instance flag bits
+
+PERLIO_F_EOF, PERLIO_F_CANWRITE, PERLIO_F_CANREAD, PERLIO_F_ERROR,
+PERLIO_F_TRUNCATE, PERLIO_F_APPEND, PERLIO_F_CRLF, PERLIO_F_UTF8,
+PERLIO_F_UNBUF, PERLIO_F_WRBUF, PERLIO_F_RDBUF, PERLIO_F_LINEBUF,
+PERLIO_F_TEMP, PERLIO_F_OPEN, PERLIO_F_FASTGETS
+
+=item Methods in Detail
-=item Lexically scoped typeglobs
+fsize, name, size, kind, PERLIO_K_BUFFERED, PERLIO_K_RAW, PERLIO_K_CANCRLF,
+PERLIO_K_FASTGETS, PERLIO_K_MULTIARG, Pushed, Popped, Open, Binmode,
+Getarg, Fileno, Dup, Read, Write, Seek, Tell, Close, Flush, Fill, Eof,
+Error, Clearerr, Setlinebuf, Get_base, Get_bufsiz, Get_ptr, Get_cnt,
+Set_ptrcnt
-=item format BOTTOM
+=item Utilities
-=item report HANDLE
+=item Implementing PerlIO Layers
-=item Generalised want()/caller())
+C implementations, Perl implementations
-=item Named prototypes
+=item Core Layers
-=item Built-in globbing
+"unix", "perlio", "stdio", "crlf", "mmap", "pending", "raw", "utf8"
-=item Regression tests for suidperl
+=item Extension Layers
-=item Cached hash values
+":encoding", ":scalar", ":via"
-=item Add compression modules
+=back
-=item Reorganise documentation into tutorials/references
+=item TODO
-=item Remove distinction between functions and operators
+=back
-=item Make XS easier to use
+=head2 perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.
-=item Make embedding easier to use
+=over 4
-=item man for perl
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item my $Package::variable
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item "or" tests defined, not truth
+1. USE_STDIO, 2. USE_SFIO, 3. USE_PERLIO, B<PerlIO_stdin()>,
+B<PerlIO_stdout()>, B<PerlIO_stderr()>, B<PerlIO_open(path, mode)>,
+B<PerlIO_fdopen(fd,mode)>, B<PerlIO_reopen(path,mode,f)>,
+B<PerlIO_printf(f,fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_vprintf(f,fmt,a)>,
+B<PerlIO_stdoutf(fmt,...)>, B<PerlIO_read(f,buf,count)>,
+B<PerlIO_write(f,buf,count)>, B<PerlIO_close(f)>, B<PerlIO_puts(f,s)>,
+B<PerlIO_putc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_ungetc(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_getc(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_eof(f)>, B<PerlIO_error(f)>, B<PerlIO_fileno(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_clearerr(f)>, B<PerlIO_flush(f)>, B<PerlIO_seek(f,offset,whence)>,
+B<PerlIO_tell(f)>, B<PerlIO_getpos(f,p)>, B<PerlIO_setpos(f,p)>,
+B<PerlIO_rewind(f)>, B<PerlIO_tmpfile()>, B<PerlIO_setlinebuf(f)>
-=item "class"-based lexicals
+=over 4
-=item byteperl
+=item Co-existence with stdio
-=item Lazy evaluation / tail recursion removal
+B<PerlIO_importFILE(f,mode)>, B<PerlIO_exportFILE(f,mode)>,
+B<PerlIO_releaseFILE(p,f)>, B<PerlIO_findFILE(f)>
-=item Make "use utf8" the default
+=item "Fast gets" Functions
-=item Unicode collation and normalization
+B<PerlIO_fast_gets(f)>, B<PerlIO_has_cntptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_cnt(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_get_ptr(f)>, B<PerlIO_set_ptrcnt(f,p,c)>, B<PerlIO_canset_cnt(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_set_cnt(f,c)>, B<PerlIO_has_base(f)>, B<PerlIO_get_base(f)>,
+B<PerlIO_get_bufsiz(f)>
-=item Create debugging macros
+=item Other Functions
-=item truncate to the people
+PerlIO_apply_layers(f,mode,layers), PerlIO_binmode(f,ptype,imode,layers),
+'E<lt>' read, 'E<gt>' write, '+' read/write, PerlIO_debug(fmt,...)
=back
=item Why rsync the source tree
-It's easier to rsync the source tree, It's more recent, It's more reliable
+It's easier to rsync the source tree, It's more reliable
=item Why rsync the patches
It's easier to rsync the patches, It's a good reference, Finding a start
point, Finding how to fix a bug, Finding the source of misbehaviour
-=item Perlbug remote interface
+=item Working with the source
-1 http://bugs.perl.org, 2 bugdb@perl.org, 3
-commands_and_bugdids@bugs.perl.org, notes, patches, tests
+=item Perlbug administration
=item Submitting patches
=item Millions of Macros
+=item The .i Targets
+
=item Poking at Perl
=item Using a source-level debugger
run [args], break function_name, break source.c:xxx, step, next, continue,
finish, 'enter', print
+=item gdb macro support
+
=item Dumping Perl Data Structures
=item Patching
=item Writing a test
F<t/base/>, F<t/cmd/>, F<t/comp/>, F<t/io/>, F<t/lib/>, F<t/op/>,
-F<t/pod/>, F<t/run/>, t/base t/comp, t/cmd t/run t/io t/op, t/lib ext lib
+F<t/pod/>, F<t/run/>, F<t/uni/>, F<t/win32/>, F<t/x2p>, t/base t/comp,
+t/cmd t/run t/io t/op, t/lib ext lib
+
+=item Special Make Test Targets
+
+coretest, test.deparse, test.taintwarn, minitest, test.valgrind
+check.valgrind utest.valgrind ucheck.valgrind, test.third check.third
+utest.third ucheck.third, test.torture torturetest, utest ucheck test.utf8
+check.utf8, minitest.utf16 test.utf16, test_harness
+
+=item Running tests by hand
+
+PERL_CORE=1, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL=2, PERL, PERL_SKIP_TTY_TEST
=back
DEFINES, USE_MULTI = define, #PERL_MALLOC = define, CFG = Debug
-=item Compaq's/Digital's Third Degree
+=item valgrind
+
+=item Compaq's/Digital's/HP's Third Degree
=item PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL
-h, -l, -p[rocedures], -h[eavy], -i[nvocations], -l[ines], -testcoverage,
-z[ero]
+=item Miscellaneous tricks
+
=item CONCLUSION
I<The Road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began.>
=back
-=head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
+=head2 perlbook - Perl book information
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item INTRODUCTION
+=back
-=item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
+=head2 perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
=over 4
-=item PUMPKIN?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item assertions
-=item THE RECORDS
+=item iCOW
-=over 4
+=item (?{...}) closures in regexps
-=item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
+=item A re-entrant regexp engine
-=item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
+=item pragmata
-=back
+=over 4
-=item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
+=item lexical pragmas
+
+=item use less 'memory'
=back
-=head2 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.8.0
+=item prototypes and functions
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item _ prototype character
-=item Highlights In 5.8.0
+=item inlining autoloaded constants
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item Finish off lvalue functions
+
+=back
+
+=item Unicode and UTF8
=over 4
-=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
+=item Implicit Latin 1 => Unicode translation
-=item AIX Dynaloading
+=item UTF8 caching code
-=item Attributes for C<my> variables now handled at run-time.
+=item Unicode in Filenames
-=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
+=item Unicode in %ENV
-=item IEEE-format Floating Point Default on OpenVMS Alpha
+=back
-=item New Unicode Properties
+=item Regexps
-=item Perl Parser Stress Tested
+=over 4
-=item REF(...) Instead Of SCALAR(...)
+=item regexp optimiser optional
-=item Deprecations
+=item common suffices/prefices in regexps (trie optimization)
=back
-=item Core Enhancements
+=item POD
=over 4
-=item PerlIO is Now The Default
+=item POD -> HTML conversion still sucks
-=item Safe Signals
+=back
-=item Unicode Overhaul
+=item Misc medium sized projects
-=item Understanding of Numbers
+=over 4
-=item Miscellaneous Changes
+=item UNITCHECK
-=back
+=item optional optimizer
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item You WANT *how* many
-=over 4
+=item lexical aliases
-=item New Modules and Pragmata
+=item no 6
-=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+=item IPv6
-=back
+=item entersub XS vs Perl
-=item Utility Changes
+=item @INC source filter to Filter::Simple
-=item New Documentation
+=item bincompat functions
-=item Performance Enhancements
+=item Use fchown/fchmod internally
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=back
+
+=item Tests
=over 4
-=item Generic Improvements
+=item Make Schwern poorer
-=item New Or Improved Platforms
+=item test B
+
+=item Improve tests for Config.pm
+
+=item common test code for timed bailout
=back
-=item Selected Bug Fixes
+=item Installation
=over 4
-=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+=item compressed man pages
-=back
+=item Make Config.pm cope with differences between build and installed perl
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=item Relocatable perl
-=item Changed Internals
+=item make HTML install work
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+=item put patchlevel in -v
-=item New Tests
+=back
-=item Known Problems
+=item Incremental things
=over 4
-=item AIX
+=item autovivification
-=item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
+=item fix tainting bugs
-=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+=item Make tainting consistent
-=item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12
+=item Dual life everything
-=item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured
+=back
-=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
+=item Vague things
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
-
-=item Mac OS X
-
-=item OS/390
+=over 4
-=item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
+=item threads
-=item Failure of Thread tests
+=item POSIX memory footprint
-=item UNICOS
+=item Optimize away @_
-=item UTS
+=item switch ops
-=item VMS
+=item Attach/detach debugger from running program
-=item Win32
+=item A decent benchmark
-=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
+=item readpipe(LIST)
-=item Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken
+=back
-=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+=back
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=head2 perldoc - Look up Perl documentation in Pod format.
-=item Unicode Support on EBCDIC Still Spotty
+=over 4
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item The Long Double Support Is Still Experimental
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
+=item OPTIONS
-=back
+B<-h>, B<-v>, B<-t>, B<-u>, B<-m> I<module>, B<-l>, B<-F>, B<-f>
+I<perlfunc>, B<-q> I<perlfaq-search-regexp>, B<-T>, B<-d>
+I<destination-filename>, B<-o> I<output-formatname>, B<-M> I<module-name>,
+B<-w> I<option:value> or B<-w> I<option>, B<-X>,
+B<PageName|ModuleName|ProgramName>, B<-n> I<some-formatter>, B<-r>, B<-i>,
+B<-V>
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item SECURITY
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item ENVIRONMENT
-=item HISTORY
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perl572delta - what's new for perl v5.7.2
+=head2 perlhist - the Perl history records
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+=item INTRODUCTION
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item THE KEEPERS OF THE PUMPKIN
=over 4
-=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
-
-=item AIX Dynaloading
-
-=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
-
-=item Different Definition of the Unicode Character Classes \p{In...}
-
-=item Deprecations
+=item PUMPKIN?
=back
-=item Core Enhancements
-
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item THE RECORDS
=over 4
-=item New Modules and Distributions
+=item SELECTED RELEASE SIZES
-=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+=item SELECTED PATCH SIZES
=back
-=item Utility Changes
-
-=item New Documentation
-
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-
-=over 4
-
-=item New Or Improved Platforms
-
-=item Generic Improvements
+=item THE KEEPERS OF THE RECORDS
=back
-=item Selected Bug Fixes
+=head2 perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.2
=over 4
-=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Source Code Enhancements
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=over 4
+=item Utility Changes
-=item MAGIC constants
+=item Documentation
-=item Better commented code
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item Regex pre-/post-compilation items matched up
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item gcc -Wall
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=back
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item New Tests
+=item Changed Internals
=item Known Problems
=over 4
-=item AIX
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
+=back
-=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured
+=back
-=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
+=head2 perl592delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.2
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+=over 4
-=item OS/390
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Failure of Thread tests
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item UNICOS
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item UTS
+=item Utility Changes
-=item VMS
+=item Documentation
-=item Win32
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Variable Attributes are not Currently Usable for Tieing
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=item Changed Internals
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+=item Known Problems
-=item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental
+=over 4
+
+=item Platform Specific Problems
=back
=item SEE ALSO
-=item HISTORY
-
=back
-=head2 perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.1
+=head2 perl591delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.1
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
-
=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Core Enhancements
-
=over 4
-=item AUTOLOAD Is Now Lvaluable
-
-=item PerlIO is Now The Default
+=item substr() lvalues are no longer fixed-length
-=item Signals Are Now Safe
+=item The C<:unique> attribute is only meaningful for globals
=back
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item Core Enhancements
=over 4
-=item New Modules
-
-=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+=item Lexical C<$_>
-=back
+=item Tied hashes in scalar context
-=item Performance Enhancements
+=item Formats
-=item Utility Changes
+=item Stacked filetest operators
-=item New Documentation
+=back
-=over 4
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item perlclib
+Benchmark, Carp, Exporter, FindBin, List::Util, threads::shared
-=item perliol
+=item Utility Changes
-=item README.aix
+=item Documentation
-=item README.bs2000
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item README.macos
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item README.mpeix
+=over 4
-=item README.solaris
+=item UTF-8 bugs
-=item README.vos
+=item Threading bugs
-=item Porting/repository.pod
+=item More bugs
=back
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+=item Changed Internals
=over 4
-=item New Or Improved Platforms
+=item Reordering of SVt_* constants
-=item Generic Improvements
+=item Removal of CPP symbols
-d_cmsghdr, d_fcntl_can_lock, d_fsync, d_getitimer, d_getpagsz, d_msghdr_s,
-need_va_copy, d_readv, d_recvmsg, d_sendmsg, sig_size, d_sockatmark,
-d_strtoq, d_u32align, d_ualarm, d_usleep
+=item Less space is used by ops
+
+=item New parser
=back
-=item Selected Bug Fixes
+=item Configuration and Building
+
+=item Known Problems
=over 4
-=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+=item Platform Specific Problems
=back
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-
-=item Changed Internals
-
-=item New Tests
-
-=item Known Problems
+=item To-do for perl 5.10.0
-=over 4
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item AIX vac 5.0.0.0 May Produce Buggy Code For Perl
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+=back
-=item lib/io_multihomed Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+=head2 perl590delta, perldelta - what is new for perl v5.9.0
-=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+=over 4
-=item lib/b test 19
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item sigaction test 13 in VMS
+=over 4
-=item sprintf tests 129 and 130
+=item Hash Randomisation
-=item Failure of Thread tests
+=item UTF-8 On Filehandles No Longer Activated By Locale
-=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
+=item Single-number v-strings are no longer v-strings before "=>"
-=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+=item (Win32) The -C Switch Has Been Repurposed
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=item (Win32) The /d Switch Of cmd.exe
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+=item The C<$*> variable has been removed
=back
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=item HISTORY
+=item Assertions
-=back
+=item Defined-or operators
-=head2 perl570delta - what's new for perl v5.7.0
+=item UTF-8 no longer default under UTF-8 locales
-=over 4
+=item Unsafe signals again available
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices
-=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+=item local ${$x}
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item Unicode Character Database 4.0.0
-=item Core Enhancements
+=item Miscellaneous Enhancements
+
+=back
=item Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
-=item New Modules
+=item Updated Modules And Pragmata
-=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+base, B::Bytecode, B::Concise, B::Deparse, Benchmark, ByteLoader, bytes,
+CGI, charnames, CPAN, Data::Dumper, DB_File, Devel::PPPort, Digest::MD5,
+Encode, fields, libnet, Math::BigInt, MIME::Base64, NEXT, Net::Ping,
+PerlIO::scalar, podlators, Pod::LaTeX, PodParsers, Pod::Perldoc,
+Scalar::Util, Storable, strict, Term::ANSIcolor, Test::Harness, Test::More,
+Test::Simple, Text::Balanced, Time::HiRes, threads, threads::shared,
+Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize, Win32::GetFolderPath,
+Win32::GetOSVersion
=back
=over 4
-=item Generic Improvements
+=item Platform-specific enhancements
=back
=over 4
-=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+=item Closures, eval and lexicals
-=back
+=item Generic fixes
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=item Platform-specific fixes
-=item Changed Internals
+=back
-=item Known Problems
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
=over 4
-=item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect
+=item Changed "A thread exited while %d threads were running"
-=item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform
+=item Removed "Attempt to clear a restricted hash"
-=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+=item New "Illegal declaration of anonymous subroutine"
-=item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+=item Changed "Invalid range "%s" in transliteration operator"
-=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+=item New "Missing control char name in \c"
-=item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris
+=item New "Newline in left-justified string for %s"
-=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+=item New "Possible precedence problem on bitwise %c operator"
-=item Storable tests fail in some platforms
+=item New "read() on %s filehandle %s"
-=item Threads Are Still Experimental
+=item New "Tied variable freed while still in use"
-=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+=item New "To%s: illegal mapping '%s'"
+
+=item New "Use of freed value in iteration"
=back
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item Changed Internals
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item New Tests
-=item HISTORY
+=item Known Problems
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 perl561delta - what's new for perl v5.6.x
+=item Tied hashes in scalar context
-=over 4
+=item Net::Ping 450_service and 510_ping_udp failures
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item B::C
-=item Summary of changes between 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
+=back
+
+=item Platform Specific Problems
=over 4
-=item Security Issues
+=item EBCDIC Platforms
-=item Core bug fixes
+=item Cygwin 1.5 problems
-C<UNIVERSAL::isa()>, Memory leaks, Numeric conversions, qw(a\\b), caller(),
-Bugs in regular expressions, "slurp" mode, Autovivification of symbolic
-references to special variables, Lexical warnings, Spurious warnings and
-errors, glob(), Tainting, sort(), #line directives, Subroutine prototypes,
-map(), Debugger, PERL5OPT, chop(), Unicode support, 64-bit support,
-Compiler, Lvalue subroutines, IO::Socket, File::Find, xsubpp, C<no
-Module;>, Tests
+=item HP-UX: HP cc warnings about sendfile and sendpath
-=item Core features
+=item IRIX: t/uni/tr_7jis.t falsely failing
-=item Configuration issues
+=item Mac OS X: no usemymalloc
-=item Documentation
+=item Tru64: No threaded builds with GNU cc (gcc)
-=item Bundled modules
+=item Win32: sysopen, sysread, syswrite
-B::Concise, File::Temp, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Text::Overstrike, CGI, CPAN,
-Class::Struct, DB_File, Devel::Peek, File::Find, Getopt::Long, IO::Poll,
-IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::Complex, Net::Ping, Opcode, Pod::Parser,
-Pod::Text, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Tie::RefHash, Tie::SubstrHash
+=back
-=item Platform-specific improvements
+=item TODO
-NCR MP-RAS, NonStop-UX
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Core Enhancements
+=head2 perl586delta - what is new for perl v5.8.6
=over 4
-=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Support for interpolating named characters
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item "our" declarations
+=item Utility Changes
-=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+=item Changed Internals
-=item open() with more than two arguments
+=item New Tests
-=item 64-bit support
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item Large file support
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Long doubles
+=back
-=item "more bits"
+=head2 perl585delta - what is new for perl v5.8.5
-=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+=over 4
-=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item File globbing implemented internally
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Support for CHECK blocks
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item Better pseudo-random number generator
+=item Utility Changes
-=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+=over 4
-=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+=item Perl's debugger
-=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+=item h2ph
-=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+=back
-=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item Comments in pack() templates
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Weak references
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item Binary numbers supported
+=item Changed Internals
-=item Lvalue subroutines
+=item Known Problems
-=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+=back
-=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+=head2 perl584delta - what is new for perl v5.8.4
-=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+=over 4
-=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+=over 4
-=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+=item Malloc wrapping
-=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+=item Unicode Character Database 4.0.1
-=item Improved diagnostics
+=item suidperl less insecure
-=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+=item format
-=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+=back
-=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+=over 4
-=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+=item Updated modules
-=item Improved security features
+Attribute::Handlers, B, Benchmark, CGI, Carp, Cwd, Exporter, File::Find,
+IO, IPC::Open3, Local::Maketext, Math::BigFloat, Math::BigInt,
+Math::BigRat, MIME::Base64, ODBM_File, POSIX, Shell, Socket, Storable,
+Switch, Sys::Syslog, Term::ANSIColor, Time::HiRes, Unicode::UCD, Win32,
+base, open, threads, utf8
-=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
+=back
-=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+=item Utility Changes
-=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Optional Y2K warnings
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
+=item Changed Internals
+
+=item Future Directions
+
+=item Platform Specific Problems
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=head2 perl583delta - what is new for perl v5.8.3
=over 4
-=item Modules
+=item DESCRIPTION
-attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
-DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
-Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
-File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
-Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
-podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
-pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
-Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Pragmata
+=item Core Enhancements
-=back
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+CGI, Cwd, Digest, Digest::MD5, Encode, File::Spec, FindBin, List::Util,
+Math::BigInt, PodParser, Pod::Perldoc, POSIX, Unicode::Collate,
+Unicode::Normalize, Test::Harness, threads::shared
=item Utility Changes
-=over 4
+=item New Documentation
-=item dprofpp
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item find2perl
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item h2xs
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item perlcc
+=item Changed Internals
-=item perldoc
+=item Configuration and Building
-=item The Perl Debugger
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=back
+=item Known Problems
-=item Improved Documentation
+=item Future Directions
-perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
-perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
-perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
-perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
+=item Obituary
-=item Performance enhancements
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl582delta - what is new for perl v5.8.2
=over 4
-=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Faster subroutine calls
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
+=over 4
+
+=item Hash Randomisation
+
+=item Threading
=back
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item Modules and Pragmata
=over 4
-=item -Dusethreads means something different
+=item Updated Modules And Pragmata
-=item New Configure flags
+Devel::PPPort, Digest::MD5, I18N::LangTags, libnet, MIME::Base64,
+Pod::Perldoc, strict, Tie::Hash, Time::HiRes, Unicode::Collate,
+Unicode::Normalize, UNIVERSAL
-=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
+=back
-=item Long Doubles
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item -Dusemorebits
+=item Changed Internals
-=item -Duselargefiles
+=item Platform Specific Problems
-=item installusrbinperl
+=item Future Directions
-=item SOCKS support
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item C<-A> flag
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+=back
-=item gcc automatically tried if 'cc' does not seem to be working
+=head2 perl581delta - what is new for perl v5.8.1
-=back
+=over 4
-=item Platform specific changes
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
=over 4
-=item Supported platforms
+=item Hash Randomisation
-=item DOS
+=item UTF-8 On Filehandles No Longer Activated By Locale
-=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
+=item Single-number v-strings are no longer v-strings before "=>"
-=item VMS
+=item (Win32) The -C Switch Has Been Repurposed
-=item Win32
+=item (Win32) The /d Switch Of cmd.exe
=back
-=item Significant bug fixes
+=item Core Enhancements
=over 4
-=item <HANDLE> on empty files
+=item UTF-8 no longer default under UTF-8 locales
-=item C<eval '...'> improvements
+=item Unsafe signals again available
-=item All compilation errors are true errors
+=item Tied Arrays with Negative Array Indices
-=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
+=item local ${$x}
-=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
+=item Unicode Character Database 4.0.0
-=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
+=item Deprecation Warnings
-=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+=item Miscellaneous Enhancements
-=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+=back
-=item Failures in DESTROY()
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item Locale bugs fixed
+=over 4
-=item Memory leaks
+=item Updated Modules And Pragmata
-=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+base, B::Bytecode, B::Concise, B::Deparse, Benchmark, ByteLoader, bytes,
+CGI, charnames, CPAN, Data::Dumper, DB_File, Devel::PPPort, Digest::MD5,
+Encode, fields, libnet, Math::BigInt, MIME::Base64, NEXT, Net::Ping,
+PerlIO::scalar, podlators, Pod::LaTeX, PodParsers, Pod::Perldoc,
+Scalar::Util, Storable, strict, Term::ANSIcolor, Test::Harness, Test::More,
+Test::Simple, Text::Balanced, Time::HiRes, threads, threads::shared,
+Unicode::Collate, Unicode::Normalize, Win32::GetFolderPath,
+Win32::GetOSVersion
-=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+=back
-=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
+=item Utility Changes
-=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+=item New Documentation
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Platform-specific enhancements
=back
-=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-"%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
-implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
-/ cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
-by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
-\\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
-passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
-early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
-argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
-subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
-%s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
-substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
-Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
-size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
-filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
-Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
-Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
-remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
-weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
-syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
-constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
-defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
-"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
-%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
-output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
-explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
-Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
-|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
-number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
-%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
-separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
-subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
-returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
-%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
-No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
-No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
-is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
-panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
-around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
-Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
-instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
-Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
-Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
-zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
-Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
-environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
-'%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
-escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
-list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
-subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
-CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
+=over 4
-=item New tests
+=item Closures, eval and lexicals
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=item Generic fixes
-=over 4
+=item Platform-specific fixes
-=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+=back
-CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
-Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
-C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
-generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
-read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
-Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
-values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
-Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
-Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
-prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
-on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-=item C Source Incompatibilities
+=over 4
-C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+=item Changed "A thread exited while %d threads were running"
-=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+=item Removed "Attempt to clear a restricted hash"
-C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+=item New "Illegal declaration of anonymous subroutine"
-=item Binary Incompatibilities
+=item Changed "Invalid range "%s" in transliteration operator"
-=back
+=item New "Missing control char name in \c"
-=item Known Problems
+=item New "Newline in left-justified string for %s"
-=over 4
+=item New "Possible precedence problem on bitwise %c operator"
-=item Localizing a tied hash element may leak memory
+=item New "Pseudo-hashes are deprecated"
-=item Known test failures
+=item New "read() on %s filehandle %s"
-64-bit builds, Failure of Thread tests, NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure,
-Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with gcc
+=item New "5.005 threads are deprecated"
-=item EBCDIC platforms not fully supported
+=item New "Tied variable freed while still in use"
-=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+=item New "To%s: illegal mapping '%s'"
-=item Arrow operator and arrays
+=item New "Use of freed value in iteration"
-=item Experimental features
+=back
-Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
-pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
-globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
+=item Changed Internals
-=back
+=item New Tests
-=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+=item Known Problems
-Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
-logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
-\@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
-to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
+=over 4
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item Tied hashes in scalar context
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Net::Ping 450_service and 510_ping_udp failures
-=item HISTORY
+=item B::C
=back
-=head2 perl56delta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
+=item Platform Specific Problems
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item EBCDIC Platforms
-=item Core Enhancements
+=item Cygwin 1.5 problems
-=over 4
+=item HP-UX: HP cc warnings about sendfile and sendpath
-=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+=item IRIX: t/uni/tr_7jis.t falsely failing
-=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+=item Mac OS X: no usemymalloc
-=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+=item Tru64: No threaded builds with GNU cc (gcc)
-=item Support for interpolating named characters
+=item Win32: sysopen, sysread, syswrite
-=item "our" declarations
+=back
-=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+=item Future Directions
-=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+=back
-=item open() with more than two arguments
+=head2 perl58delta - what is new for perl v5.8.0
-=item 64-bit support
+=over 4
-=item Large file support
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Long doubles
+=item Highlights In 5.8.0
-=item "more bits"
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+=over 4
-=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+=item Binary Incompatibility
-=item File globbing implemented internally
+=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
-=item Support for CHECK blocks
+=item AIX Dynaloading
-=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+=item Attributes for C<my> variables now handled at run-time
-=item Better pseudo-random number generator
+=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
-=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+=item IEEE-format Floating Point Default on OpenVMS Alpha
-=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+=item New Unicode Semantics (no more C<use utf8>, almost)
-=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+=item New Unicode Properties
-=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+=item REF(...) Instead Of SCALAR(...)
-=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+=item pack/unpack D/F recycled
-=item Comments in pack() templates
+=item glob() now returns filenames in alphabetical order
-=item Weak references
+=item Deprecations
-=item Binary numbers supported
+=back
-=item Lvalue subroutines
+=item Core Enhancements
-=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+=over 4
-=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+=item Unicode Overhaul
-=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+=item PerlIO is Now The Default
-=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+=item ithreads
-=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+=item Restricted Hashes
-=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+=item Safe Signals
-=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+=item Understanding of Numbers
-=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings [561]
-=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+=item Miscellaneous Changes
-=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+=back
-=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+=item Modules and Pragmata
-=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+=over 4
-=item Improved diagnostics
+=item New Modules and Pragmata
-=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
-=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+=back
-=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+=item Utility Changes
-=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+=item New Documentation
-=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+=item Performance Enhancements
-=item Improved security features
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
-=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
+=over 4
-=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+=item Generic Improvements
-=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+=item New Or Improved Platforms
-=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+=back
-=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
-=item Optional Y2K warnings
+=over 4
-=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
=back
-=item Modules and Pragmata
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Modules
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
-DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
-Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
-File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
-Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
-podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
-pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
-Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
+=item Changed Internals
-=item Pragmata
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed [561]
-=back
+=item New Tests
-=item Utility Changes
+=item Known Problems
=over 4
-=item dprofpp
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Very Experimental
-=item find2perl
+=item Localising Tied Arrays and Hashes Is Broken
-=item h2xs
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
-=item perlcc
+=item Modifying $_ Inside for(..)
-=item perldoc
+=item mod_perl 1.26 Doesn't Build With Threaded Perl
-=item The Perl Debugger
+=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
-=back
+=item libwww-perl (LWP) fails base/date #51
-=item Improved Documentation
+=item PDL failing some tests
-perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
-perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
-perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
-perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
+=item Perl_get_sv
-=item Performance enhancements
+=item Self-tying Problems
-=over 4
+=item ext/threads/t/libc
-=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
+=item Failure of Thread (5.005-style) tests
-=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
+=item Timing problems
-=item Faster subroutine calls
+=item Tied/Magical Array/Hash Elements Do Not Autovivify
-=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
+=item Unicode in package/class and subroutine names does not work
=back
-=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+=item Platform Specific Problems
=over 4
-=item -Dusethreads means something different
+=item AIX
-=item New Configure flags
+=item Alpha systems with old gccs fail several tests
-=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
+=item AmigaOS
-=item Long Doubles
+=item BeOS
-=item -Dusemorebits
+=item Cygwin "unable to remap"
-=item -Duselargefiles
+=item Cygwin ndbm tests fail on FAT
-=item installusrbinperl
+=item DJGPP Failures
-=item SOCKS support
+=item FreeBSD built with ithreads coredumps reading large directories
-=item C<-A> flag
+=item FreeBSD Failing locale Test 117 For ISO 8859-15 Locales
-=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+=item IRIX fails ext/List/Util/t/shuffle.t or Digest::MD5
-=back
+=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
-=item Platform specific changes
+=item Linux with glibc 2.2.5 fails t/op/int subtest #6 with -Duse64bitint
-=over 4
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
-=item Supported platforms
+=item Mac OS X
-=item DOS
+=item Mac OS X dyld undefined symbols
-=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
+=item OS/2 Test Failures
+
+=item op/sprintf tests 91, 129, and 130
+
+=item SCO
+
+=item Solaris 2.5
+
+=item Solaris x86 Fails Tests With -Duse64bitint
+
+=item SUPER-UX (NEC SX)
+
+=item Term::ReadKey not working on Win32
+
+=item UNICOS/mk
+
+=item UTS
+
+=item VOS (Stratus)
=item VMS
=item Win32
+=item XML::Parser not working
+
+=item z/OS (OS/390)
+
+=item Unicode Support on EBCDIC Still Spotty
+
+=item Seen In Perl 5.7 But Gone Now
+
=back
-=item Significant bug fixes
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl573delta - what's new for perl v5.7.3
=over 4
-=item <HANDLE> on empty files
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item C<eval '...'> improvements
+=item Changes
-=item All compilation errors are true errors
+=item Reporting Bugs
-=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
+=item HISTORY
-=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
+=back
-=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+=head2 perl572delta - what's new for perl v5.7.2
-=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+=over 4
-=item Failures in DESTROY()
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Locale bugs fixed
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed
-=item Memory leaks
+=item Incompatible Changes
-=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+=over 4
-=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+=item 64-bit platforms and malloc
-=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
+=item AIX Dynaloading
-=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+=item Socket Extension Dynamic in VMS
+
+=item Different Definition of the Unicode Character Classes \p{In...}
+
+=item Deprecations
+
+=back
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Modules and Distributions
+
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item New Documentation
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Or Improved Platforms
+
+=item Generic Improvements
+
+=back
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
=back
=item New or Changed Diagnostics
-"%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
-implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
-/ cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
-by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
-\\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
-passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
-early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
-argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
-subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
-%s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
-substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
-Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
-size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
-filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
-Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
-Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
-remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
-weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
-syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
-constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
-defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
-"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
-%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
-output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
-explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
-Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
-|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
-number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
-%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
-separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
-subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
-returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
-%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
-No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
-No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
-is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
-panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
-around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
-Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
-instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
-Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
-Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
-zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
-Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
-environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
-'%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
-escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
-list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
-subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
-CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
+=item Source Code Enhancements
-=item New tests
+=over 4
+
+=item MAGIC constants
+
+=item Better commented code
+
+=item Regex pre-/post-compilation items matched up
+
+=item gcc -Wall
+
+=back
+
+=item New Tests
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AIX
+
+=item Amiga Perl Invoking Mystery
+
+=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+
+=item Cygwin intermittent failures of lib/Memoize/t/expire_file 11 and 12
+
+=item HP-UX lib/io_multihomed Fails When LP64-Configured
+
+=item HP-UX lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails When LP64-Configured
+
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+
+=item OS/390
+
+=item op/sprintf tests 129 and 130
+
+=item Failure of Thread tests
+
+=item UNICOS
+
+=item UTS
+
+=item VMS
+
+=item Win32
+
+=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
+
+=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+
+=item Variable Attributes are not Currently Usable for Tieing
+
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+
+=item The Long Double Support is Still Experimental
+
+=back
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl571delta - what's new for perl v5.7.1
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AUTOLOAD Is Now Lvaluable
+
+=item PerlIO is Now The Default
+
+=item Signals Are Now Safe
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Modules
+
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+
+=back
+
+=item Performance Enhancements
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item New Documentation
+
+=over 4
+
+=item perlclib
+
+=item perliol
+
+=item README.aix
+
+=item README.bs2000
+
+=item README.macos
+
+=item README.mpeix
+
+=item README.solaris
+
+=item README.vos
+
+=item Porting/repository.pod
+
+=back
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Or Improved Platforms
+
+=item Generic Improvements
+
+d_cmsghdr, d_fcntl_can_lock, d_fsync, d_getitimer, d_getpagsz, d_msghdr_s,
+need_va_copy, d_readv, d_recvmsg, d_sendmsg, sig_size, d_sockatmark,
+d_strtoq, d_u32align, d_ualarm, d_usleep
+
+=back
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+=item Changed Internals
+
+=item New Tests
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AIX vac 5.0.0.0 May Produce Buggy Code For Perl
+
+=item lib/ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+
+=item lib/io_multihomed Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+
+=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+
+=item lib/b test 19
+
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+
+=item sigaction test 13 in VMS
+
+=item sprintf tests 129 and 130
+
+=item Failure of Thread tests
+
+=item Localising a Tied Variable Leaks Memory
+
+=item Self-tying of Arrays and Hashes Is Forbidden
+
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+
+=back
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl570delta - what's new for perl v5.7.0
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Security Vulnerability Closed
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Modules
+
+=item Updated And Improved Modules and Pragmata
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item New Documentation
+
+=item Performance Enhancements
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Generic Improvements
+
+=back
+
+=item Selected Bug Fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Platform Specific Changes and Fixes
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+=item Changed Internals
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Unicode Support Still Far From Perfect
+
+=item EBCDIC Still A Lost Platform
+
+=item Building Extensions Can Fail Because Of Largefiles
+
+=item ftmp-security tests warn 'system possibly insecure'
+
+=item Test lib/posix Subtest 9 Fails In LP64-Configured HP-UX
+
+=item Long Doubles Still Don't Work In Solaris
+
+=item Linux With Sfio Fails op/misc Test 48
+
+=item Storable tests fail in some platforms
+
+=item Threads Are Still Experimental
+
+=item The Compiler Suite Is Still Experimental
+
+=back
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl561delta - what's new for perl v5.6.x
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Summary of changes between 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Security Issues
+
+=item Core bug fixes
+
+C<UNIVERSAL::isa()>, Memory leaks, Numeric conversions, qw(a\\b), caller(),
+Bugs in regular expressions, "slurp" mode, Autovivification of symbolic
+references to special variables, Lexical warnings, Spurious warnings and
+errors, glob(), Tainting, sort(), #line directives, Subroutine prototypes,
+map(), Debugger, PERL5OPT, chop(), Unicode support, 64-bit support,
+Compiler, Lvalue subroutines, IO::Socket, File::Find, xsubpp, C<no
+Module;>, Tests
+
+=item Core features
+
+=item Configuration issues
+
+=item Documentation
+
+=item Bundled modules
+
+B::Concise, File::Temp, Pod::LaTeX, Pod::Text::Overstrike, CGI, CPAN,
+Class::Struct, DB_File, Devel::Peek, File::Find, Getopt::Long, IO::Poll,
+IPC::Open3, Math::BigFloat, Math::Complex, Net::Ping, Opcode, Pod::Parser,
+Pod::Text, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Tie::RefHash, Tie::SubstrHash
+
+=item Platform-specific improvements
+
+NCR MP-RAS, NonStop-UX
+
+=back
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+
+=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+
+=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+
+=item Support for interpolating named characters
+
+=item "our" declarations
+
+=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+
+=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+
+=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+
+=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+
+=item open() with more than two arguments
+
+=item 64-bit support
+
+=item Large file support
+
+=item Long doubles
+
+=item "more bits"
+
+=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+
+=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+
+=item File globbing implemented internally
+
+=item Support for CHECK blocks
+
+=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+
+=item Better pseudo-random number generator
+
+=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+
+=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+
+=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+
+=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+
+=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+
+=item Comments in pack() templates
+
+=item Weak references
+
+=item Binary numbers supported
+
+=item Lvalue subroutines
+
+=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+
+=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+
+=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+
+=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+
+=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+
+=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+
+=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+
+=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+
+=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+
+=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+
+=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+
+=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+
+=item Improved diagnostics
+
+=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+
+=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+
+=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+
+=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+
+=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+
+=item Improved security features
+
+=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
+
+=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+
+=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+
+=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+
+=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+
+=item Optional Y2K warnings
+
+=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Modules
+
+attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
+DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
+Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
+File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
+Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
+podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
+pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
+Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
+
+=item Pragmata
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item dprofpp
+
+=item find2perl
+
+=item h2xs
+
+=item perlcc
+
+=item perldoc
+
+=item The Perl Debugger
+
+=back
+
+=item Improved Documentation
+
+perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
+perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
+perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
+perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
+
+=item Performance enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
+
+=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
+
+=item Faster subroutine calls
+
+=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
+
+=back
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item -Dusethreads means something different
+
+=item New Configure flags
+
+=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
+
+=item Long Doubles
+
+=item -Dusemorebits
+
+=item -Duselargefiles
+
+=item installusrbinperl
+
+=item SOCKS support
+
+=item C<-A> flag
+
+=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+
+=item gcc automatically tried if 'cc' does not seem to be working
+
+=back
+
+=item Platform specific changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Supported platforms
+
+=item DOS
+
+=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
+
+=item VMS
+
+=item Win32
+
+=back
+
+=item Significant bug fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item <HANDLE> on empty files
+
+=item C<eval '...'> improvements
+
+=item All compilation errors are true errors
+
+=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
+
+=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
+
+=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
+
+=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+
+=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+
+=item Failures in DESTROY()
+
+=item Locale bugs fixed
+
+=item Memory leaks
+
+=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+
+=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+
+=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
+
+=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+"%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
+implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
+/ cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
+by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
+\\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
+passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
+early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
+argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
+subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
+%s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
+substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
+Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
+size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
+filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
+Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
+Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
+remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
+weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
+syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
+constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
+defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
+"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
+%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
+output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
+explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
+Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
+|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
+number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
+%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
+separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
+subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
+returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
+%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
+No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
+No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
+is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
+panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
+around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
+Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
+instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
+Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
+Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
+zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
+Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
+environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
+'%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
+escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
+list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
+subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
+CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
+
+=item New tests
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+
+CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
+Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
+C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
+generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
+read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
+Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
+values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
+Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
+Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
+prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
+on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
+
+=item C Source Incompatibilities
+
+C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+
+=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+
+C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+
+=item Binary Incompatibilities
+
+=back
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Localizing a tied hash element may leak memory
+
+=item Known test failures
+
+=item EBCDIC platforms not fully supported
+
+=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+
+=item Arrow operator and arrays
+
+=item Experimental features
+
+Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
+pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
+globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
+
+=back
+
+=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+
+Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
+logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
+\@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
+to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl56delta - what's new for perl v5.6.0
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Core Enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Interpreter cloning, threads, and concurrency
+
+=item Lexically scoped warning categories
+
+=item Unicode and UTF-8 support
+
+=item Support for interpolating named characters
+
+=item "our" declarations
+
+=item Support for strings represented as a vector of ordinals
+
+=item Improved Perl version numbering system
+
+=item New syntax for declaring subroutine attributes
+
+=item File and directory handles can be autovivified
+
+=item open() with more than two arguments
+
+=item 64-bit support
+
+=item Large file support
+
+=item Long doubles
+
+=item "more bits"
+
+=item Enhanced support for sort() subroutines
+
+=item C<sort $coderef @foo> allowed
+
+=item File globbing implemented internally
+
+=item Support for CHECK blocks
+
+=item POSIX character class syntax [: :] supported
+
+=item Better pseudo-random number generator
+
+=item Improved C<qw//> operator
+
+=item Better worst-case behavior of hashes
+
+=item pack() format 'Z' supported
+
+=item pack() format modifier '!' supported
+
+=item pack() and unpack() support counted strings
+
+=item Comments in pack() templates
+
+=item Weak references
+
+=item Binary numbers supported
+
+=item Lvalue subroutines
+
+=item Some arrows may be omitted in calls through references
+
+=item Boolean assignment operators are legal lvalues
+
+=item exists() is supported on subroutine names
+
+=item exists() and delete() are supported on array elements
+
+=item Pseudo-hashes work better
+
+=item Automatic flushing of output buffers
+
+=item Better diagnostics on meaningless filehandle operations
+
+=item Where possible, buffered data discarded from duped input filehandle
+
+=item eof() has the same old magic as <>
+
+=item binmode() can be used to set :crlf and :raw modes
+
+=item C<-T> filetest recognizes UTF-8 encoded files as "text"
+
+=item system(), backticks and pipe open now reflect exec() failure
+
+=item Improved diagnostics
+
+=item Diagnostics follow STDERR
+
+=item More consistent close-on-exec behavior
+
+=item syswrite() ease-of-use
+
+=item Better syntax checks on parenthesized unary operators
+
+=item Bit operators support full native integer width
+
+=item Improved security features
+
+=item More functional bareword prototype (*)
+
+=item C<require> and C<do> may be overridden
+
+=item $^X variables may now have names longer than one character
+
+=item New variable $^C reflects C<-c> switch
+
+=item New variable $^V contains Perl version as a string
+
+=item Optional Y2K warnings
+
+=item Arrays now always interpolate into double-quoted strings
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Modules
+
+attributes, B, Benchmark, ByteLoader, constant, charnames, Data::Dumper,
+DB, DB_File, Devel::DProf, Devel::Peek, Dumpvalue, DynaLoader, English,
+Env, Fcntl, File::Compare, File::Find, File::Glob, File::Spec,
+File::Spec::Functions, Getopt::Long, IO, JPL, lib, Math::BigInt,
+Math::Complex, Math::Trig, Pod::Parser, Pod::InputObjects, Pod::Checker,
+podchecker, Pod::ParseUtils, Pod::Find, Pod::Select, podselect, Pod::Usage,
+pod2usage, Pod::Text and Pod::Man, SDBM_File, Sys::Syslog, Sys::Hostname,
+Term::ANSIColor, Time::Local, Win32, XSLoader, DBM Filters
+
+=item Pragmata
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item dprofpp
+
+=item find2perl
+
+=item h2xs
+
+=item perlcc
+
+=item perldoc
+
+=item The Perl Debugger
+
+=back
+
+=item Improved Documentation
+
+perlapi.pod, perlboot.pod, perlcompile.pod, perldbmfilter.pod,
+perldebug.pod, perldebguts.pod, perlfork.pod, perlfilter.pod, perlhack.pod,
+perlintern.pod, perllexwarn.pod, perlnumber.pod, perlopentut.pod,
+perlreftut.pod, perltootc.pod, perltodo.pod, perlunicode.pod
+
+=item Performance enhancements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Simple sort() using { $a <=> $b } and the like are optimized
+
+=item Optimized assignments to lexical variables
+
+=item Faster subroutine calls
+
+=item delete(), each(), values() and hash iteration are faster
+
+=back
+
+=item Installation and Configuration Improvements
+
+=over 4
+
+=item -Dusethreads means something different
+
+=item New Configure flags
+
+=item Threadedness and 64-bitness now more daring
+
+=item Long Doubles
+
+=item -Dusemorebits
+
+=item -Duselargefiles
+
+=item installusrbinperl
+
+=item SOCKS support
+
+=item C<-A> flag
+
+=item Enhanced Installation Directories
+
+=back
+
+=item Platform specific changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Supported platforms
+
+=item DOS
+
+=item OS390 (OpenEdition MVS)
+
+=item VMS
+
+=item Win32
+
+=back
+
+=item Significant bug fixes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item <HANDLE> on empty files
+
+=item C<eval '...'> improvements
+
+=item All compilation errors are true errors
+
+=item Implicitly closed filehandles are safer
+
+=item Behavior of list slices is more consistent
+
+=item C<(\$)> prototype and C<$foo{a}>
+
+=item C<goto &sub> and AUTOLOAD
+
+=item C<-bareword> allowed under C<use integer>
+
+=item Failures in DESTROY()
+
+=item Locale bugs fixed
+
+=item Memory leaks
+
+=item Spurious subroutine stubs after failed subroutine calls
+
+=item Taint failures under C<-U>
+
+=item END blocks and the C<-c> switch
+
+=item Potential to leak DATA filehandles
+
+=back
+
+=item New or Changed Diagnostics
+
+"%s" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same %s, "my sub" not yet
+implemented, "our" variable %s redeclared, '!' allowed only after types %s,
+/ cannot take a count, / must be followed by a, A or Z, / must be followed
+by a*, A* or Z*, / must follow a numeric type, /%s/: Unrecognized escape
+\\%c passed through, /%s/: Unrecognized escape \\%c in character class
+passed through, /%s/ should probably be written as "%s", %s() called too
+early to check prototype, %s argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element, %s
+argument is not a HASH or ARRAY element or slice, %s argument is not a
+subroutine name, %s package attribute may clash with future reserved word:
+%s, (in cleanup) %s, <> should be quotes, Attempt to join self, Bad evalled
+substitution pattern, Bad realloc() ignored, Bareword found in conditional,
+Binary number > 0b11111111111111111111111111111111 non-portable, Bit vector
+size > 32 non-portable, Buffer overflow in prime_env_iter: %s, Can't check
+filesystem of script "%s", Can't declare class for non-scalar %s in "%s",
+Can't declare %s in "%s", Can't ignore signal CHLD, forcing to default,
+Can't modify non-lvalue subroutine call, Can't read CRTL environ, Can't
+remove %s: %s, skipping file, Can't return %s from lvalue subroutine, Can't
+weaken a nonreference, Character class [:%s:] unknown, Character class
+syntax [%s] belongs inside character classes, Constant is not %s reference,
+constant(%s): %s, CORE::%s is not a keyword, defined(@array) is deprecated,
+defined(%hash) is deprecated, Did not produce a valid header, (Did you mean
+"local" instead of "our"?), Document contains no data, entering effective
+%s failed, false [] range "%s" in regexp, Filehandle %s opened only for
+output, flock() on closed filehandle %s, Global symbol "%s" requires
+explicit package name, Hexadecimal number > 0xffffffff non-portable,
+Ill-formed CRTL environ value "%s", Ill-formed message in prime_env_iter:
+|%s|, Illegal binary digit %s, Illegal binary digit %s ignored, Illegal
+number of bits in vec, Integer overflow in %s number, Invalid %s attribute:
+%s, Invalid %s attributes: %s, invalid [] range "%s" in regexp, Invalid
+separator character %s in attribute list, Invalid separator character %s in
+subroutine attribute list, leaving effective %s failed, Lvalue subs
+returning %s not implemented yet, Method %s not permitted, Missing
+%sbrace%s on \N{}, Missing command in piped open, Missing name in "my sub",
+No %s specified for -%c, No package name allowed for variable %s in "our",
+No space allowed after -%c, no UTC offset information; assuming local time
+is UTC, Octal number > 037777777777 non-portable, panic: del_backref,
+panic: kid popen errno read, panic: magic_killbackrefs, Parentheses missing
+around "%s" list, Possible unintended interpolation of %s in string,
+Possible Y2K bug: %s, pragma "attrs" is deprecated, use "sub NAME : ATTRS"
+instead, Premature end of script headers, Repeat count in pack overflows,
+Repeat count in unpack overflows, realloc() of freed memory ignored,
+Reference is already weak, setpgrp can't take arguments, Strange *+?{} on
+zero-length expression, switching effective %s is not implemented, This
+Perl can't reset CRTL environ elements (%s), This Perl can't set CRTL
+environ elements (%s=%s), Too late to run %s block, Unknown open() mode
+'%s', Unknown process %x sent message to prime_env_iter: %s, Unrecognized
+escape \\%c passed through, Unterminated attribute parameter in attribute
+list, Unterminated attribute list, Unterminated attribute parameter in
+subroutine attribute list, Unterminated subroutine attribute list, Value of
+CLI symbol "%s" too long, Version number must be a constant number
+
+=item New tests
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+
+CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
+Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
+C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
+generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
+read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
+Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
+values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
+Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
+Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
+prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
+on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
+
+=item C Source Incompatibilities
+
+C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+
+=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+
+C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+
+=item Binary Incompatibilities
+
+=back
+
+=item Known Problems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Thread test failures
+
+=item EBCDIC platforms not supported
+
+=item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
+
+=item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
+
+=item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
+gcc
+
+=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+
+=item Arrow operator and arrays
+
+=item Experimental features
+
+Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
+pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
+globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
+
+=back
+
+=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+
+Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
+logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
+\@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
+to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
+
+=item Reporting Bugs
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl5005delta - what's new for perl5.005
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item About the new versioning system
+
+=item Incompatible Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004.
+
+=item Default installation structure has changed
+
+=item Perl Source Compatibility
+
+=item C Source Compatibility
+
+=item Binary Compatibility
+
+=item Security fixes may affect compatibility
+
+=item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004
+
+=item Licensing
+
+=back
+
+=item Core Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Threads
+
+=item Compiler
+
+=item Regular Expressions
+
+Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression
+constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other
+improvements, Incompatible changes
+
+=item Improved malloc()
+
+=item Quicksort is internally implemented
+
+=item Reliable signals
+
+=item Reliable stack pointers
+
+=item More generous treatment of carriage returns
+
+=item Memory leaks
+
+=item Better support for multiple interpreters
+
+=item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined
+
+=item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L<Errno> module
+
+=item Pseudo-hashes are supported
+
+=item C<EXPR foreach EXPR> is supported
+
+=item Keywords can be globally overridden
+
+=item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32
+
+=item C<foreach (1..1000000)> optimized
+
+=item C<Foo::> can be used as implicitly quoted package name
+
+=item C<exists $Foo::{Bar::}> tests existence of a package
+
+=item Better locale support
+
+=item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms
+
+=item prototype() returns useful results on builtins
+
+=item Extended support for exception handling
+
+=item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods
+
+=item All C<printf> format conversions are handled internally
+
+=item New C<INIT> keyword
+
+=item New C<lock> keyword
+
+=item New C<qr//> operator
+
+=item C<our> is now a reserved word
+
+=item Tied arrays are now fully supported
+
+=item Tied handles support is better
+
+=item 4th argument to substr
+
+=item Negative LENGTH argument to splice
+
+=item Magic lvalues are now more magical
+
+=item <> now reads in records
+
+=back
+
+=item Supported Platforms
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Platforms
+
+=item Changes in existing support
+
+=back
+
+=item Modules and Pragmata
+
+=over 4
+
+=item New Modules
+
+B, Data::Dumper, Dumpvalue, Errno, File::Spec, ExtUtils::Installed,
+ExtUtils::Packlist, Fatal, IPC::SysV, Test, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle,
+Thread, attrs, fields, re
+
+=item Changes in existing modules
+
+Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File,
+MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=item Documentation Changes
+
+=item New Diagnostics
+
+Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or use &, Bad index
+while coercing array into hash, Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent
+package, Can't call method "%s" on an undefined value, Can't check
+filesystem of script "%s" for nosuid, Can't coerce array into hash, Can't
+goto subroutine from an eval-string, Can't localize pseudo-hash element,
+Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available, Cannot find an opnumber
+for "%s", Character class syntax [. .] is reserved for future extensions,
+Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Character
+class syntax [= =] is reserved for future extensions, %s: Eval-group in
+insecure regular expression, %s: Eval-group not allowed, use re 'eval', %s:
+Eval-group not allowed at run time, Explicit blessing to '' (assuming
+package main), Illegal hex digit ignored, No such array field, No such
+field "%s" in variable %s of type %s, Out of memory during ridiculously
+large request, Range iterator outside integer range, Recursive inheritance
+detected while looking for method '%s' %s, Reference found where even-sized
+list expected, Undefined value assigned to typeglob, Use of reserved word
+"%s" is deprecated, perl: warning: Setting locale failed
+
+=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+
+Can't mktemp(), Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s, Cannot open
+temporary file, regexp too big
+
+=item Configuration Changes
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perl5004delta - what's new for perl5.004
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Supported Environments
+
+=item Core Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item List assignment to %ENV works
+
+=item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error
+
+=item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003
+
+=item $PERL5OPT environment variable
+
+=item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options
+
+=item More precise warnings
+
+=item Deprecated: Inherited C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods
+
+=item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable
+
+=item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
+
+=item Group vector changeable with C<$)>
+
+=item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
+
+=item Fixed localization of $<digit>, $&, etc.
+
+=item No resetting of $. on implicit close
+
+=item C<wantarray> may return undef
+
+=item C<eval EXPR> determines value of EXPR in scalar context
+
+=item Changes to tainting checks
+
+No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No
+spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name
+
+=item New Opcode module and revised Safe module
+
+=item Embedding improvements
+
+=item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes
+
+=item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface
+
+=item New and changed syntax
+
+$coderef->(PARAMS)
+
+=item New and changed builtin constants
+
+__PACKAGE__
+
+=item New and changed builtin variables
+
+$^E, $^H, $^M
+
+=item New and changed builtin functions
+
+delete on slices, flock, printf and sprintf, keys as an lvalue, my() in
+Control Structures, pack() and unpack(), sysseek(), use VERSION, use Module
+VERSION LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), srand, $_ as Default, C<m//gc> does not
+reset search position on failure, C<m//x> ignores whitespace before ?*+{},
+nested C<sub{}> closures work now, formats work right on changing lexicals
+
+=item New builtin methods
+
+isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+
+=item TIEHANDLE now supported
+
+TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this
+LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this
+
+=item Malloc enhancements
+
+-DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
+
+=item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements
+
+=back
+
+=item Support for More Operating Systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Win32
+
+=item Plan 9
+
+=item QNX
+
+=item AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item Pragmata
+
+use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3), use blib, use blib 'dir', use
+constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish
+
+=item Modules
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Required Updates
+
+=item Installation directories
+
+=item Module information summary
+
+=item Fcntl
+
+=item IO
+
+=item Math::Complex
+
+=item Math::Trig
+
+=item DB_File
+
+=item Net::Ping
+
+=item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators
+
+=back
+
+=item Utility Changes
+
+=over 4
+
+=item pod2html
+
+Sends converted HTML to standard output
+
+=item xsubpp
+
+C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
+
+=back
+
+=item C Language API Changes
+
+C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, C<perl_eval_pv>, Extended API for
+manipulating hashes
+
+=item Documentation Changes
+
+L<perldelta>, L<perlfaq>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>,
+L<perlmodlib>, L<perldebug>, L<perlsec>
+
+=item New Diagnostics
+
+"my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope, %s argument is
+not a HASH element or slice, Allocation too large: %lx, Allocation too
+large, Applying %s to %s will act on scalar(%s), Attempt to free
+nonexistent shared string, Attempt to use reference as lvalue in substr,
+Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package, Can't redefine active sort
+subroutine %s, Can't use bareword ("%s") as %s ref while "strict refs" in
+use, Cannot resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Constant
+subroutine %s redefined, Constant subroutine %s undefined, Copy method did
+not return a reference, Died, Exiting pseudo-block via %s, Identifier too
+long, Illegal character %s (carriage return), Illegal switch in PERL5OPT:
+%s, Integer overflow in hex number, Integer overflow in octal number,
+internal error: glob failed, Invalid conversion in %s: "%s", Invalid type
+in pack: '%s', Invalid type in unpack: '%s', Name "%s::%s" used only once:
+possible typo, Null picture in formline, Offset outside string, Out of
+memory!, Out of memory during request for %s, panic: frexp, Possible
+attempt to put comments in qw() list, Possible attempt to separate words
+with commas, Scalar value @%s{%s} better written as $%s{%s}, Stub found
+while resolving method `%s' overloading `%s' in %s, Too late for "B<-T>"
+option, untie attempted while %d inner references still exist, Unrecognized
+character %s, Unsupported function fork, Use of "$$<digit>" to mean
+"${$}<digit>" is deprecated, Value of %s can be "0"; test with defined(),
+Variable "%s" may be unavailable, Variable "%s" will not stay shared,
+Warning: something's wrong, Ill-formed logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter,
+Got an error from DosAllocMem, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX, PERL_SH_DIR too
+long, Process terminated by SIG%s
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlartistic - the Perl Artistic License
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item The "Artistic License"
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Preamble
+
+=item Definitions
+
+"Package", "Standard Version", "Copyright Holder", "You", "Reasonable
+copying fee", "Freely Available"
+
+=item Conditions
+
+a), b), c), d), a), b), c), d)
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlgpl - the GNU General Public License, version 2
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX
+
+=item OS level
+
+=item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
+
+=item The IBM ANSI C Compiler
+
+=item The usenm option
+
+=item Using GNU's gcc for building perl
+
+=item Using Large Files with Perl
+
+=item Threaded Perl
+
+=item 64-bit Perl
+
+=item AIX 4.2 and extensions using C++ with statics
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item NOTE
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS
+
+B<Unix emulation for AmigaOS: ixemul.library>, B<Version of Amiga OS>
+
+=item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS
+
+=item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALLATION
+
+=item Accessing documentation
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS
+
+=item Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS
+
+=item Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Getting the Perl Source for AmigaOS
+
+=item Making Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Testing Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=item Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS
+
+=back
+
+=item PERL 5.8.0 BROKEN IN AMIGAOS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlapollo, README.apollo - Perl version 5 on Apollo DomainOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlbeos, README.beos - Perl version 5 on BeOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item General Issues with Perl on BeOS
+
+=item BeOS Release-specific Notes
+
+R4 x86, R4 PPC
+
+=item Contact Information
+
+=item Update 2002-05-30
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item gzip on BS2000
+
+=item bison on BS2000
+
+=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on BS2000
+
+=item Compiling Perl on BS2000
+
+=item Testing Perl on BS2000
+
+=item Installing Perl on BS2000
+
+=item Using Perl in the Posix-Shell of BS2000
+
+=item Using Perl in "native" BS2000
+
+=item Floating point anomalies on BS2000
+
+=item Using PerlIO and different encodings on ASCII and EBCDIC partitions
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Mailing list
+
+=back
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlce - Perl for WinCE
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUILD
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Tools & SDK
+
+Microsoft Embedded Visual Tools, Microsoft Visual C++, Rainer Keuchel's
+celib-sources, Rainer Keuchel's console-sources
+
+=item Make
+
+go to ./wince subdirectory, edit file compile.bat, run compile.bat, run
+ compile.bat dist
+
+=back
+
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item PREREQUISITES FOR COMPILING PERL ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it)
+
+=item Cygwin Configuration
+
+C<PATH>, I<nroff>, Permissions
+
+=back
+
+=item CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Stripping Perl Binaries on Cygwin
+
+=item Optional Libraries for Perl on Cygwin
+
+C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>), C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>),
+C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>), C<-lutil>
+
+=item Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin
+
+C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Uuseperlio>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>,
+C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles>,
+C<-Dmksymlinks>
+
+=item Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin
+
+I<dlsym()>, Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>, Compiler/Preprocessor defines
+
+=back
+
+=item MAKE ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Errors on Cygwin
+
+=item ld2 on Cygwin
+
+=back
+
+=item TEST ON CYGWIN
+
+=over 4
+
+=item File Permissions on Cygwin
+
+=item NDBM_File and ODBM_File do not work on FAT filesystems
+
+=item C<fork()> failures in io_* tests
+
+=item Script Portability on Cygwin
+
+Pathnames, Text/Binary, PerlIO, F<.exe>, C<chown()>, Miscellaneous
+
+=back
+
+=item INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN
+
+=item MANIFEST ON CYGWIN
+
+Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl
+Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts
+
+=item BUGS ON CYGWIN
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perldgux - Perl under DG/UX.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item BUILDING PERL ON DG/UX
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Non-threaded Perl on DG/UX
+
+=item Threaded Perl on DG/UX
+
+=item Testing Perl on DG/UX
+
+=item Installing the built perl on DG/UX
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on DOS
+
+DJGPP, Pthreads
+
+=item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS
+
+=item Building Perl on DOS
+
+=item Testing Perl on DOS
+
+=item Installation of Perl on DOS
+
+=back
+
+=item BUILDING AND INSTALLING MODULES ON DOS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Building Prerequisites for Perl on DOS
+
+=item Unpacking CPAN Modules on DOS
+
+=item Building Non-XS Modules on DOS
+
+=item Building XS Modules on DOS
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlepoc, README.epoc - Perl for EPOC
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item INTRODUCTION
+
+=item INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC
+
+=item STARTING PERL ON EPOC
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Editors on Epoc
+
+=item Features of Perl on Epoc
+
+=item Restrictions of Perl on Epoc
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment
+
+=back
+
+=item SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item LAST UPDATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlfreebsd, README.freebsd - Perl version 5 on FreeBSD systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item FreeBSD core dumps from readdir_r with ithreads
+
+=item $^X doesn't always contain a full path in FreeBSD
+
+=item Perl will no longer be part of "base FreeBSD"
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix
+(HP-UX) systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Using perl as shipped with HP-UX
+
+=item Using perl from HP's porting centre
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX
+
+=item PA-RISC
+
+=item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions
+
+=item PA-RISC 1.0
+
+=item PA-RISC 1.1
+
+=item PA-RISC 2.0
+
+=item Itanium Processor Family and HP-UX
+
+=item Itanium & Itanium 2
+
+=item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX
+
+=item The HP ANSI C Compiler
+
+=item The GNU C Compiler
+
+=item Using Large Files with Perl on HP-UX
+
+=item Threaded Perl on HP-UX
+
+=item 64-bit Perl on HP-UX
+
+=item Oracle on HP-UX
+
+=item GDBM and Threads on HP-UX
+
+=item NFS filesystems and utime(2) on HP-UX
+
+=item perl -P and // and HP-UX
+
+=item HP-UX Kernel Parameters (maxdsiz) for Compiling Perl
+
+=back
+
+=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlhurd, README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Known Problems with Perl on Hurd
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlirix, README.irix - Perl version 5 on Irix systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Building 32-bit Perl in Irix
+
+=item Building 64-bit Perl in Irix
+
+=item About Compiler Versions of Irix
+
+=item Linker Problems in Irix
+
+=item Malloc in Irix
+
+=item Building with threads in Irix
+
+=item Irix 5.3
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen
+systems
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Perl version 5.8.x and greater not supported
+
+=item Compiling Perl 5.6.x on MachTen
+
+=item Failures during C<make test> on MachTen
+
+op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t
+
+=item Building external modules on MachTen
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmacosx, README.macosx - Perl under Mac OS X
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Installation Prefix
+
+=item libperl and Prebinding
+
+=item Updating Panther
+
+=item Known problems
+
+=item MacPerl
+
+=item Carbon
+
+=item Cocoa
+
+=back
+
+=item Starting From Scratch
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item DATE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmint, README.mint - Perl version 5 on Atari MiNT
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Known problems with Perl on MiNT
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item NOTE
+
+=item Binary distribution from HP
+
+=item What's New in Perl for MPE/iX
+
+=item Welcome to Perl/iX
+
+=item System Requirements for Perl/iX
+
+=item How to Obtain Perl/iX
+
+=item Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights
-=item Incompatible Changes
+README, INSTALL, LIBSHP3K, PERL, .cpan/, lib/, man/,
+public_html/feedback.cgi, src/perl-5.6.0-mpe
-=over 4
+=item How to Compile Perl/iX
-=item Perl Source Incompatibilities
+ 4, 6
-CHECK is a new keyword, Treatment of list slices of undef has changed,
-Format of $English::PERL_VERSION is different, Literals of the form
-C<1.2.3> parse differently, Possibly changed pseudo-random number
-generator, Hashing function for hash keys has changed, C<undef> fails on
-read only values, Close-on-exec bit may be set on pipe and socket handles,
-Writing C<"$$1"> to mean C<"${$}1"> is unsupported, delete(), each(),
-values() and C<\(%h)>, vec(EXPR,OFFSET,BITS) enforces powers-of-two BITS,
-Text of some diagnostic output has changed, C<%@> has been removed,
-Parenthesized not() behaves like a list operator, Semantics of bareword
-prototype C<(*)> have changed, Semantics of bit operators may have changed
-on 64-bit platforms, More builtins taint their results
+=item Getting Started with Perl/iX
-=item C Source Incompatibilities
+=item MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
-C<PERL_POLLUTE>, C<PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT>, C<PERL_POLLUTE_MALLOC>
+=item Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation
-=item Compatible C Source API Changes
+=item Perl/iX To-Do List
-C<PATCHLEVEL> is now C<PERL_VERSION>
+=item Perl/iX Change History
-=item Binary Incompatibilities
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item Known Problems
+=head2 perlnetware - Perl for NetWare
=over 4
-=item Thread test failures
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EBCDIC platforms not supported
+=item BUILD
-=item In 64-bit HP-UX the lib/io_multihomed test may hang
+=over 4
-=item NEXTSTEP 3.3 POSIX test failure
+=item Tools & SDK
-=item Tru64 (aka Digital UNIX, aka DEC OSF/1) lib/sdbm test failure with
-gcc
+=item Setup
-=item UNICOS/mk CC failures during Configure run
+SetNWBld.bat, Buildtype.bat
-=item Arrow operator and arrays
+=item Make
-=item Experimental features
+=item Interpreter
-Threads, Unicode, 64-bit support, Lvalue subroutines, Weak references, The
-pseudo-hash data type, The Compiler suite, Internal implementation of file
-globbing, The DB module, The regular expression code constructs:
+=item Extensions
=back
-=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+=item INSTALL
-Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Ill-formed
-logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter, In string, @%s now must be written as
-\@%s, Probable precedence problem on %s, regexp too big, Use of "$$<digit>"
-to mean "${$}<digit>" is deprecated
+=item BUILD NEW EXTENSIONS
-=item Reporting Bugs
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHORS
-=item HISTORY
+=item DATE
=back
-=head2 perl5005delta - what's new for perl5.005
+=head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item About the new versioning system
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Incompatible Changes
+=back
=over 4
-=item WARNING: This version is not binary compatible with Perl 5.004.
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Default installation structure has changed
+=over 4
-=item Perl Source Compatibility
+=item Target
-=item C Source Compatibility
+=item Other OSes
-=item Binary Compatibility
+=item Prerequisites
-=item Security fixes may affect compatibility
+EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh
-=item Relaxed new mandatory warnings introduced in 5.004
+=item Starting Perl programs under OS/2 (and DOS and...)
-=item Licensing
+=item Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl
=back
-=item Core Changes
+=item Frequently asked questions
=over 4
-=item Threads
+=item "It does not work"
-=item Compiler
+=item I cannot run external programs
-=item Regular Expressions
+=item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F<perl.dll> from my
+program.
-Many new and improved optimizations, Many bug fixes, New regular expression
-constructs, New operator for precompiled regular expressions, Other
-improvements, Incompatible changes
+Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use
+L<ExtUtils::Embed>?
-=item Improved malloc()
+=item C<``> and pipe-C<open> do not work under DOS.
-=item Quicksort is internally implemented
+=item Cannot start C<find.exe "pattern" file>
-=item Reliable signals
+=back
-=item Reliable stack pointers
+=item INSTALLATION
-=item More generous treatment of carriage returns
+=over 4
-=item Memory leaks
+=item Automatic binary installation
-=item Better support for multiple interpreters
+C<PERL_BADLANG>, C<PERL_BADFREE>, F<Config.pm>
-=item Behavior of local() on array and hash elements is now well-defined
+=item Manual binary installation
-=item C<%!> is transparently tied to the L<Errno> module
+Perl VIO and PM executables (dynamically linked), Perl_ VIO executable
+(statically linked), Executables for Perl utilities, Main Perl library,
+Additional Perl modules, Tools to compile Perl modules, Manpages for Perl
+and utilities, Manpages for Perl modules, Source for Perl documentation,
+Perl manual in F<.INF> format, Pdksh
-=item Pseudo-hashes are supported
+=item B<Warning>
-=item C<EXPR foreach EXPR> is supported
+=back
-=item Keywords can be globally overridden
+=item Accessing documentation
-=item C<$^E> is meaningful on Win32
+=over 4
-=item C<foreach (1..1000000)> optimized
+=item OS/2 F<.INF> file
-=item C<Foo::> can be used as implicitly quoted package name
+=item Plain text
-=item C<exists $Foo::{Bar::}> tests existence of a package
+=item Manpages
-=item Better locale support
+=item HTML
-=item Experimental support for 64-bit platforms
+=item GNU C<info> files
-=item prototype() returns useful results on builtins
+=item F<PDF> files
-=item Extended support for exception handling
+=item C<LaTeX> docs
-=item Re-blessing in DESTROY() supported for chaining DESTROY() methods
+=back
-=item All C<printf> format conversions are handled internally
+=item BUILD
-=item New C<INIT> keyword
+=over 4
-=item New C<lock> keyword
+=item The short story
-=item New C<qr//> operator
+=item Prerequisites
-=item C<our> is now a reserved word
+=item Getting perl source
-=item Tied arrays are now fully supported
+=item Application of the patches
-=item Tied handles support is better
+=item Hand-editing
-=item 4th argument to substr
+=item Making
-=item Negative LENGTH argument to splice
+=item Testing
-=item Magic lvalues are now more magical
+A lot of C<bad free>, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F<op/fs.t>,
+F<op/stat.t>
-=item <> now reads in records
+=item Installing the built perl
+
+=item C<a.out>-style build
=back
-=item Supported Platforms
+=item Building a binary distribution
+
+=item Building custom F<.EXE> files
=over 4
-=item New Platforms
+=item Making executables with a custom collection of statically loaded
+extensions
-=item Changes in existing support
+=item Making executables with a custom search-paths
=back
-=item Modules and Pragmata
+=item Build FAQ
=over 4
-=item New Modules
+=item Some C</> became C<\> in pdksh.
-B, Data::Dumper, Dumpvalue, Errno, File::Spec, ExtUtils::Installed,
-ExtUtils::Packlist, Fatal, IPC::SysV, Test, Tie::Array, Tie::Handle,
-Thread, attrs, fields, re
+=item C<'errno'> - unresolved external
-=item Changes in existing modules
+=item Problems with tr or sed
-Benchmark, Carp, CGI, Fcntl, Math::Complex, Math::Trig, POSIX, DB_File,
-MakeMaker, CPAN, Cwd
+=item Some problem (forget which ;-)
+
+=item Library ... not found
+
+=item Segfault in make
+
+=item op/sprintf test failure
=back
-=item Utility Changes
+=item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port
-=item Documentation Changes
+=over 4
-=item New Diagnostics
+=item C<setpriority>, C<getpriority>
-Ambiguous call resolved as CORE::%s(), qualify as such or use &, Bad index
-while coercing array into hash, Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent
-package, Can't call method "%s" on an undefined value, Can't check
-filesystem of script "%s" for nosuid, Can't coerce array into hash, Can't
-goto subroutine from an eval-string, Can't localize pseudo-hash element,
-Can't use %%! because Errno.pm is not available, Cannot find an opnumber
-for "%s", Character class syntax [. .] is reserved for future extensions,
-Character class syntax [: :] is reserved for future extensions, Character
-class syntax [= =] is reserved for future extensions, %s: Eval-group in
-insecure regular expression, %s: Eval-group not allowed, use re 'eval', %s:
-Eval-group not allowed at run time, Explicit blessing to '' (assuming
-package main), Illegal hex digit ignored, No such array field, No such
-field "%s" in variable %s of type %s, Out of memory during ridiculously
-large request, Range iterator outside integer range, Recursive inheritance
-detected while looking for method '%s' %s, Reference found where even-sized
-list expected, Undefined value assigned to typeglob, Use of reserved word
-"%s" is deprecated, perl: warning: Setting locale failed
+=item C<system()>
+
+=item C<extproc> on the first line
+
+=item Additional modules:
+
+=item Prebuilt methods:
+
+C<File::Copy::syscopy>, C<DynaLoader::mod2fname>, C<Cwd::current_drive()>,
+ C<Cwd::sys_chdir(name)>, C<Cwd::change_drive(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_is_absolute(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_is_rooted(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_is_relative(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_cwd(name)>,
+C<Cwd::sys_abspath(name, dir)>, C<Cwd::extLibpath([type])>,
+C<Cwd::extLibpath_set( path [, type ] )>,
+C<OS2::Error(do_harderror,do_exception)>, C<OS2::Errors2Drive(drive)>,
+OS2::SysInfo(), OS2::BootDrive(), C<OS2::MorphPM(serve)>,
+C<OS2::UnMorphPM(serve)>, C<OS2::Serve_Messages(force)>,
+C<OS2::Process_Messages(force [, cnt])>, C<OS2::_control87(new,mask)>,
+OS2::get_control87(), C<OS2::set_control87_em(new=MCW_EM,mask=MCW_EM)>,
+C<OS2::DLLname([how [, \&xsub]])>
+
+=item Prebuilt variables:
+
+$OS2::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver, $OS2::is_aout, $OS2::can_fork,
+$OS2::nsyserror
+
+=item Misfeatures
+
+=item Modifications
+
+C<popen>, C<tmpnam>, C<tmpfile>, C<ctermid>, C<stat>, C<mkdir>, C<rmdir>,
+C<flock>
+
+=item Identifying DLLs
+
+=item Centralized management of resources
+
+C<HAB>, C<HMQ>, Treating errors reported by OS/2 API,
+C<CheckOSError(expr)>, C<CheckWinError(expr)>, C<SaveWinError(expr)>,
+C<SaveCroakWinError(expr,die,name1,name2)>, C<WinError_2_Perl_rc>,
+C<FillWinError>, C<FillOSError(rc)>, Loading DLLs and ordinals in DLLs
+
+=back
+
+=item Perl flavors
+
+=over 4
-=item Obsolete Diagnostics
+=item F<perl.exe>
-Can't mktemp(), Can't write to temp file for B<-e>: %s, Cannot open
-temporary file, regexp too big
+=item F<perl_.exe>
-=item Configuration Changes
+=item F<perl__.exe>
-=item BUGS
+=item F<perl___.exe>
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Why strange names?
-=item HISTORY
+=item Why dynamic linking?
+
+=item Why chimera build?
=back
-=head2 perl5004delta - what's new for perl5.004
+=item ENVIRONMENT
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>
-=item Supported Environments
+=item C<PERL_BADLANG>
-=item Core Changes
+=item C<PERL_BADFREE>
-=over 4
+=item C<PERL_SH_DIR>
-=item List assignment to %ENV works
+=item C<USE_PERL_FLOCK>
-=item Change to "Can't locate Foo.pm in @INC" error
+=item C<TMP> or C<TEMP>
-=item Compilation option: Binary compatibility with 5.003
+=back
-=item $PERL5OPT environment variable
+=item Evolution
-=item Limitations on B<-M>, B<-m>, and B<-T> options
+=over 4
-=item More precise warnings
+=item Text-mode filehandles
-=item Deprecated: Inherited C<AUTOLOAD> for non-methods
+=item Priorities
-=item Previously deprecated %OVERLOAD is no longer usable
+=item DLL name mangling: pre 5.6.2
-=item Subroutine arguments created only when they're modified
+=item DLL name mangling: 5.6.2 and beyond
-=item Group vector changeable with C<$)>
+Global DLLs, specific DLLs, C<BEGINLIBPATH> and C<ENDLIBPATH>, F<.> from
+C<LIBPATH>
-=item Fixed parsing of $$<digit>, &$<digit>, etc.
+=item DLL forwarder generation
-=item Fixed localization of $<digit>, $&, etc.
+=item Threading
-=item No resetting of $. on implicit close
+=item Calls to external programs
-=item C<wantarray> may return undef
+=item Memory allocation
-=item C<eval EXPR> determines value of EXPR in scalar context
+=item Threads
-=item Changes to tainting checks
+C<COND_WAIT>, F<os2.c>
-No glob() or <*>, No spawning if tainted $CDPATH, $ENV, $BASH_ENV, No
-spawning if tainted $TERM doesn't look like a terminal name
+=back
-=item New Opcode module and revised Safe module
+=item BUGS
-=item Embedding improvements
+=back
-=item Internal change: FileHandle class based on IO::* classes
+=over 4
-=item Internal change: PerlIO abstraction interface
+=item AUTHOR
-=item New and changed syntax
+=item SEE ALSO
-$coderef->(PARAMS)
+=back
-=item New and changed builtin constants
+=head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390
+and z/OS
-__PACKAGE__
+=over 4
-=item New and changed builtin variables
+=item SYNOPSIS
-$^E, $^H, $^M
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item New and changed builtin functions
+=over 4
-delete on slices, flock, printf and sprintf, keys as an lvalue, my() in
-Control Structures, pack() and unpack(), sysseek(), use VERSION, use Module
-VERSION LIST, prototype(FUNCTION), srand, $_ as Default, C<m//gc> does not
-reset search position on failure, C<m//x> ignores whitespace before ?*+{},
-nested C<sub{}> closures work now, formats work right on changing lexicals
+=item Tools
-=item New builtin methods
+=item Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
-isa(CLASS), can(METHOD), VERSION( [NEED] )
+=item Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
-=item TIEHANDLE now supported
+=item Configure Perl on OS/390
-TIEHANDLE classname, LIST, PRINT this, LIST, PRINTF this, LIST, READ this
-LIST, READLINE this, GETC this, DESTROY this
+=item Build, Test, Install Perl on OS/390
-=item Malloc enhancements
+=item Build Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
--DPERL_EMERGENCY_SBRK, -DPACK_MALLOC, -DTWO_POT_OPTIMIZE
+=item Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
-=item Miscellaneous efficiency enhancements
+=item Installation Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Floating Point Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+
+=item Modules and Extensions for Perl on OS/390
=back
-=item Support for More Operating Systems
+=item AUTHORS
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Win32
+=over 4
-=item Plan 9
+=item Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
-=item QNX
+=back
-=item AmigaOS
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=item Pragmata
+=head2 perlos400, README.os400 - Perl version 5 on OS/400
-use autouse MODULE => qw(sub1 sub2 sub3), use blib, use blib 'dir', use
-constant NAME => VALUE, use locale, use ops, use vmsish
+=over 4
-=item Modules
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Required Updates
+=item Compiling Perl for OS/400 PASE
-=item Installation directories
+=item Installing Perl in OS/400 PASE
-=item Module information summary
+=item Using Perl in OS/400 PASE
-=item Fcntl
+=item Known Problems
-=item IO
+=item Perl on ILE
-=item Math::Complex
+=back
-=item Math::Trig
+=item AUTHORS
-=item DB_File
+=back
-=item Net::Ping
+=head2 perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl
-=item Object-oriented overrides for builtin operators
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Invoking Perl
+
+=item What's in Plan 9 Perl
+
+=item What's not in Plan 9 Perl
+
+=item Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl
+
+=item Signals in Plan 9 Perl
=back
-=item Utility Changes
+=item COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9
=over 4
-=item pod2html
+=item Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9
-Sends converted HTML to standard output
+=back
-=item xsubpp
+=item BUGS
-C<void> XSUBs now default to returning nothing
+=item Revision date
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item C Language API Changes
+=head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
-C<gv_fetchmethod> and C<perl_call_sv>, C<perl_eval_pv>, Extended API for
-manipulating hashes
+=over 4
-=item Documentation Changes
+=item DESCRIPTION
-L<perldelta>, L<perlfaq>, L<perllocale>, L<perltoot>, L<perlapio>,
-L<perlmodlib>, L<perldebug>, L<perlsec>
+=over 4
-=item New Diagnostics
+=item Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4
-"my" variable %s masks earlier declaration in same scope, %s argument is
-not a HASH element or slice, Allocation too large: %lx, Allocation too
-large, Applying %s to %s will act on scalar(%s), Attempt to free
-nonexistent shared string, Attempt to use reference as lvalue in substr,
-Bareword "%s" refers to nonexistent package, Can't redefine active sort
-subroutine %s, Can't use bareword ("%s") as %s ref while "strict refs" in
-use, Cannot resolve method `%s' overloading `%s' in package `%s', Constant
-subroutine %s redefined, Constant subroutine %s undefined, Copy method did
-not return a reference, Died, Exiting pseudo-block via %s, Identifier too
-long, Illegal character %s (carriage return), Illegal switch in PERL5OPT:
-%s, Integer overflow in hex number, Integer overflow in octal number,
-internal error: glob failed, Invalid conversion in %s: "%s", Invalid type
-in pack: '%s', Invalid type in unpack: '%s', Name "%s::%s" used only once:
-possible typo, Null picture in formline, Offset outside string, Out of
-memory!, Out of memory during request for %s, panic: frexp, Possible
-attempt to put comments in qw() list, Possible attempt to separate words
-with commas, Scalar value @%s{%s} better written as $%s{%s}, Stub found
-while resolving method `%s' overloading `%s' in %s, Too late for "B<-T>"
-option, untie attempted while %d inner references still exist, Unrecognized
-character %s, Unsupported function fork, Use of "$$<digit>" to mean
-"${$}<digit>" is deprecated, Value of %s can be "0"; test with defined(),
-Variable "%s" may be unavailable, Variable "%s" will not stay shared,
-Warning: something's wrong, Ill-formed logical name |%s| in prime_env_iter,
-Got an error from DosAllocMem, Malformed PERLLIB_PREFIX, PERL_SH_DIR too
-long, Process terminated by SIG%s
+/bin/sh, ar, nm, cpp, make
-=item BUGS
+=item Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item QNX auxiliary files
-=item HISTORY
+qnx/ar, qnx/cpp
+
+=item Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
=back
-=head2 perlaix, README.aix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 perlsolaris, README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on AIX
+=item Solaris Version Numbers.
-=item OS level
+=back
-=item Building Dynamic Extensions on AIX
+=item RESOURCES
-=item The IBM ANSI C Compiler
+Solaris FAQ, Precompiled Binaries, Solaris Documentation
-=item Using GNU's gcc for building perl
+=item SETTING UP
-=item Using Large Files with Perl
+=over 4
-=item Threaded Perl
+=item File Extraction Problems on Solaris.
-=item 64-bit Perl
+=item Compiler and Related Tools on Solaris.
-=item AIX 4.2 and extensions using C++ with statics
+=item Environment for Compiling perl on Solaris
=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item RUN CONFIGURE.
-=item DATE
+=over 4
+
+=item 64-bit perl on Solaris.
+
+=item Threads in perl on Solaris.
+
+=item Malloc Issues with perl on Solaris.
=back
-=head2 perlapollo, README.apollo - Perl version 5 on Apollo DomainOS
+=item MAKE PROBLEMS.
+
+Dynamic Loading Problems With GNU as and GNU ld, ld.so.1: ./perl: fatal:
+relocation error:, dlopen: stub interception failed, #error "No
+DATAMODEL_NATIVE specified", sh: ar: not found
+
+=item MAKE TEST
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item op/stat.t test 4 in Solaris
-=item AUTHOR
+=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
=back
-=head2 perlamiga - Perl under Amiga OS
+=item PREBUILT BINARIES OF PERL FOR SOLARIS.
+
+=item RUNTIME ISSUES FOR PERL ON SOLARIS.
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Limits on Numbers of Open Files on Solaris.
=back
-=over 4
+=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC MODULES.
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH MODULES.
=over 4
-=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on AmigaOS
-
-B<Unix emulation for AmigaOS: ixemul.library>, B<Version of Amiga OS>
+=item Proc::ProcessTable on Solaris
-=item Starting Perl programs under AmigaOS
+=item BSD::Resource on Solaris
-=item Shortcomings of Perl under AmigaOS
+=item Net::SSLeay on Solaris
=back
-=item INSTALLATION
+=item SunOS 4.x
-=item Accessing documentation
+=item AUTHOR
-=over 4
+=item LAST MODIFIED
-=item Manpages for Perl on AmigaOS
+=back
-=item Perl HTML Documentation on AmigaOS
+=head2 perltru64, README.tru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as
+Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems
-=item Perl GNU Info Files on AmigaOS
+=over 4
-=item Perl LaTeX Documentation on AmigaOS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-=item BUILDING PERL ON AMIGAOS
+=item Compiling Perl 5 on Tru64
-=over 4
+=item Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
-=item Build Prerequisites for Perl on AmigaOS
+=item Threaded Perl on Tru64
-=item Getting the Perl Source for AmigaOS
+=item Long Doubles on Tru64
-=item Making Perl on AmigaOS
+=item DB_File tests failing on Tru64
-=item Testing Perl on AmigaOS
+=item 64-bit Perl on Tru64
-=item Installing the built Perl on AmigaOS
+=item Warnings about floating-point overflow when compiling Perl on Tru64
=back
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Testing Perl on Tru64
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item ext/ODBM_File/odbm Test Failing With Static Builds
-=back
+=item Perl Fails Because Of Unresolved Symbol sockatmark
-=head2 perlbeos, README.beos - Perl version 5 on BeOS
+=item AUTHOR
-=over 4
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=head2 perluts - Perl under UTS
=over 4
-=item General Issues with Perl on BeOS
-
-=item BeOS Release-specific Notes
+=item SYNOPSIS
-R4 x86, R4 PPC
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Contact Information
+=item BUILDING PERL ON UTS
-=item Update 2001-12-26
+=item Installing the built perl on UTS
-=back
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlbs2000, README.BS2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000.
+=head2 perlvmesa, README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA.
=over 4
=over 4
-=item gzip on BS2000
-
-=item bison on BS2000
-
-=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on BS2000
-
-=item Compiling Perl on BS2000
-
-=item Testing Perl on BS2000
+=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on VM/ESA
-=item Installing Perl on BS2000
+=item Setup Perl and utilities on VM/ESA
-=item Using Perl in the Posix-Shell of BS2000
+=item Configure Perl on VM/ESA
-=item Using Perl in "native" BS2000
+=item Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA
-=item Floating point anomalies on BS2000
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on VM/ESA
=back
=over 4
-=item Mailing list
+=item Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA
=back
-=item HISTORY
-
=back
+=head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl
+
=over 4
-=item Name
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Description
+=item Installation
-=item Build
+=item Organization of Perl Images
=over 4
-=item Tools & SDK
-
-=item Make
+=item Core Images
-=back
+=item Perl Extensions
-=item Acknowledgements
+=item Installing static extensions
-=item Author
+=item Installing dynamic extensions
=back
-=head2 perlcygwin, README.cygwin - Perl for Cygwin
-
-=over 4
-
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item PREREQUISITES FOR COMPILING PERL ON CYGWIN
+=item File specifications
=over 4
-=item Cygwin = GNU+Cygnus+Windows (Don't leave UNIX without it)
+=item Syntax
-=item Cygwin Configuration
+=item Wildcard expansion
-C<PATH>, I<nroff>, Permissions
+=item Pipes
=back
-=item CONFIGURE PERL ON CYGWIN
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Stripping Perl Binaries on Cygwin
-
-=item Optional Libraries for Perl on Cygwin
+=item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB
-C<-lcrypt>, C<-lgdbm> (C<use GDBM_File>), C<-ldb> (C<use DB_File>),
-C<-lcygipc> (C<use IPC::SysV>)
+=item Command line
-=item Configure-time Options for Perl on Cygwin
+=over 4
-C<-Uusedl>, C<-Uusemymalloc>, C<-Uuseperlio>, C<-Dusemultiplicity>,
-C<-Duse64bitint>, C<-Duselongdouble>, C<-Dusethreads>, C<-Duselargefiles>
+=item I/O redirection and backgrounding
-=item Suspicious Warnings on Cygwin
+=item Command line switches
-I<dlsym()>, Win9x and C<d_eofnblk>, Compiler/Preprocessor defines
+-i, -S, -u
=back
-=item MAKE ON CYGWIN
-
-=over 4
+=item Perl functions
-=item Warnings on Cygwin
+File tests, backticks, binmode FILEHANDLE, crypt PLAINTEXT, USER, dump,
+exec LIST, fork, getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, gmtime, kill, qx//, select
+(system call), stat EXPR, system LIST, time, times, unlink LIST, utime
+LIST, waitpid PID,FLAGS
-=item ld2 on Cygwin
+=item Perl variables
-=back
+%ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $|
-=item TEST ON CYGWIN
+=item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences
=over 4
-=item File Permissions on Cygwin
-
-=item Script Portability on Cygwin
-
-Pathnames, Text/Binary, F<.exe>, chown(), Miscellaneous
+=item SDBM_File
=back
-=item INSTALL PERL ON CYGWIN
-
-=item MANIFEST ON CYGWIN
-
-Documentation, Build, Configure, Make, Install, Tests, Compiled Perl
-Source, Compiled Module Source, Perl Modules/Scripts
-
-=item BUGS ON CYGWIN
-
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Revision date
-=item HISTORY
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perldgux - Perl under DG/UX.
+=head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
-
-=over 4
+=item BUILDING PERL FOR VOS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item INSTALLING PERL IN VOS
-=item BUILDING PERL ON DG/UX
+=item USING PERL IN VOS
=over 4
-=item Non-threaded Perl on DG/UX
+=item Restrictions of Perl on VOS
-=item Threaded Perl on DG/UX
+=item Handling of underflow and overflow
-=item Testing Perl on DG/UX
+=back
-=item Installing the built perl on DG/UX
+=item TEST STATUS
-=back
+=item SUPPORT STATUS
=item AUTHOR
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item LAST UPDATE
=back
-=head2 perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95.
+=head2 perlwin32 - Perl under Windows
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Prerequisites for Compiling Perl on DOS
-
-DJGPP, Pthreads
+=item Setting Up Perl on Win32
-=item Shortcomings of Perl under DOS
+Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Microsoft Visual
+C++ Toolkit 2003, Microsoft Platform SDK 64-bit Compiler, MinGW release 3
+with gcc, MinGW release 1 with gcc
-=item Building Perl on DOS
+=item Building
-=item Testing Perl on DOS
+=item Testing Perl on Win32
-=item Installation of Perl on DOS
+=item Installation of Perl on Win32
-=back
+=item Usage Hints for Perl on Win32
-=item BUILDING AND INSTALLING MODULES ON DOS
+Environment Variables, File Globbing, Using perl from the command line,
+Building Extensions, Command-line Wildcard Expansion, Win32 Specific
+Extensions, Notes on 64-bit Windows
-=over 4
+=item Running Perl Scripts
-=item Building Prerequisites for Perl on DOS
+=item Miscellaneous Things
-=item Unpacking CPAN Modules on DOS
+=back
-=item Building Non-XS Modules on DOS
+=item BUGS AND CAVEATS
-=item Building XS Modules on DOS
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-=back
+=item AUTHORS
-=item AUTHOR
+Gary Ng E<lt>71564.1743@CompuServe.COME<gt>, Gurusamy Sarathy
+E<lt>gsar@activestate.comE<gt>, Nick Ing-Simmons
+E<lt>nick@ing-simmons.netE<gt>
=item SEE ALSO
+=item HISTORY
+
=back
-=head2 perlepoc, README.epoc - Perl for EPOC
+=head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
+
+=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item INTRODUCTION
-
-=item INSTALLING PERL ON EPOC
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item STARTING PERL ON EPOC
+method, locked
-=item STOPPING PERL ON EPOC
+=back
-=item USING PERL ON EPOC
+=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
=over 4
-=item I/O Redirection on Epoc
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item PATH Names on Epoc
+=back
-=item Editors on Epoc
+=head2 threadshared::shared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing
+data structures between threads
-=item Features of Perl on Epoc
+=over 4
-=item Restrictions of Perl on Epoc
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on the EPOC cross compiling environment
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item EXPORT
+
+=item FUNCTIONS
+
+share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, cond_wait CONDVAR,
+LOCKVAR, cond_timedwait VARIABLE, ABS_TIMEOUT, cond_timedwait CONDVAR,
+ABS_TIMEOUT, LOCKVAR, cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
-=back
+=item NOTES
-=item SUPPORT STATUS OF PERL ON EPOC
+=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
-=item LAST UPDATE
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlhpux, README.hpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix
-(HP-UX) systems
+=head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
+from perl
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+$thread = threads->create(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
+threads->self, $thread->tid, threads->object( tid ), threads->yield();,
+threads->list();, async BLOCK;
-=item Using perl as shipped with HP-UX
+=item WARNINGS
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on HP-UX
+A thread exited while %d other threads were still running
-=item PA-RISC
+=item TODO
-=item PA-RISC 1.0
+=item BUGS
-=item PA-RISC 1.1
+Parent-Child threads, Returning objects, Creating threads inside BEGIN
+blocks, PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
-=item PA-RISC 2.0
+=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
-=item Itanium
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Portability Between PA-RISC Versions
+=back
-=item Itanium Processor Family and HP-UX
+=head2 assertions - select assertions in blocks of code
-=item Building Dynamic Extensions on HP-UX
+=over 4
-=item The HP ANSI C Compiler
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Using Large Files with Perl on HP-UX
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Threaded Perl on HP-UX
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item 64-bit Perl on HP-UX
+=item AUTHOR
-=item GDBM and Threads on HP-UX
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
-=item NFS filesystems and utime(2) on HP-UX
+=back
-=item perl -P and // and HP-UX
+=head2 assertions::activate - activate assertions
-=item HP-UX Kernel Parameters (maxdsiz) for Compiling Perl
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHOR
-=item DATE
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
-=head2 perlhurd, README.hurd - Perl version 5 on Hurd
+=head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Known Problems with Perl on Hurd
+=item Built-in Attributes
-=back
+locked, method, lvalue
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Available Subroutines
-=back
+get, reftype
-=head2 perlmachten, README.machten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen
-systems
+=item Package-specific Attribute Handling
-=over 4
+FETCH_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Syntax of Attribute Lists
-=over 4
+=back
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on MachTen
+=item EXPORTS
-=item Failures during C<make test> on MachTen
+=over 4
-op/lexassign.t, pragma/warnings.t
+=item Default exports
-=item Building external modules on MachTen
+=item Available exports
+
+=item Export tags defined
=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item DATE
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlmacos, README.macos - Perl under Mac OS (Classic)
+=head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item WARNING
+
=item AUTHOR
-=item DATE
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlmint, README.mint - Perl version 5 on Atari MiNT
+=head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base classes at compile time
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Known problems with Perl on MiNT
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
-=item AUTHOR
+Base class package "%s" is empty
+
+=item HISTORY
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlmpeix, README.mpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE
+=head2 bigint - Transparent BigInteger support for Perl
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item NOTE
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Binary distribution from HP
+=over 4
-=item What's New in Perl for MPE/iX
+=item OPTIONS
-=item Welcome to Perl/iX
+a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
-=item System Requirements for Perl/iX
+=item MATH LIBRARY
-=item How to Obtain Perl/iX
+=item INTERNAL FORMAT
-=item Perl/iX Distribution Contents Highlights
+=item SIGN
-README, INSTALL, LIBSHP3K, PERL, .cpan/, lib/, man/,
-public_html/feedback.cgi, src/perl-5.6.0-mpe
+=item METHODS
-=item How to Compile Perl/iX
+=item CAVEAT
- 4, 6
+=back
-=item Getting Started with Perl/iX
+=item MODULES USED
-=item MPE/iX Implementation Considerations
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Known Perl/iX Bugs Under Investigation
+=item LICENSE
-=item Perl/iX To-Do List
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Perl/iX Change History
+=item AUTHORS
-=item AUTHOR
+=back
-=item Name
+=head2 bignum - Transparent BigNumber support for Perl
-=item Description
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Build
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Tools & SDK
+=item OPTIONS
-=item Setup
+a or accuracy, p or precision, t or trace, l or lib, v or version
+
+=item METHODS
-Buildtype.bat, SetNWBld.bat, MPKBuild.bat
+=item CAVEAT
-=item Make
+inf(), NaN(), upgrade()
-=item Interpreter
+=item MATH LIBRARY
-=item Extensions
+=item INTERNAL FORMAT
-=back
+=item SIGN
-=item Install
+=back
-=item Build new extensions
+=item MODULES USED
-=item Known Issues
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Acknowledgements
+=item LICENSE
-=item Authors
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Date
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.
+=head2 bigrat - Transparent BigNumber/BigRational support for Perl
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Target
-
-=item Other OSes
+=item MODULES USED
-=item Prerequisites
+=item MATH LIBRARY
-EMX, RSX, HPFS, pdksh
+=item SIGN
-=item Starting Perl programs under OS/2 (and DOS and...)
+=item METHODS
-=item Starting OS/2 (and DOS) programs under Perl
+=item CAVEAT
=back
-=item Frequently asked questions
-
-=over 4
-
-=item "It does not work"
-
-=item I cannot run external programs
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item I cannot embed perl into my program, or use F<perl.dll> from my
-program.
+ perl -Mbigrat -le 'print sqrt(33)'
+ perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 2*255'
+ perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 4.5+2*255'
+ perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 3/7 + 5/7 + 8/3'
+ perl -Mbigrat -le 'print 12->is_odd()';
-Is your program EMX-compiled with C<-Zmt -Zcrtdll>?, Did you use
-L<ExtUtils::Embed>?
+=item LICENSE
-=item C<``> and pipe-C<open> do not work under DOS.
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Cannot start C<find.exe "pattern" file>
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=item INSTALLATION
+=head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
=over 4
-=item Automatic binary installation
-
-C<PERL_BADLANG>, C<PERL_BADFREE>, F<Config.pm>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Manual binary installation
+=item DESCRIPTION
-Perl VIO and PM executables (dynamically linked), Perl_ VIO executable
-(statically linked), Executables for Perl utilities, Main Perl library,
-Additional Perl modules, Tools to compile Perl modules, Manpages for Perl
-and utilities, Manpages for Perl modules, Source for Perl documentation,
-Perl manual in F<.INF> format, Pdksh
+=item BUGS
-=item B<Warning>
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item Accessing documentation
+=head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character
+semantics
=over 4
-=item OS/2 F<.INF> file
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Plain text
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Manpages
+=item LIMITATIONS
-=item HTML
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item GNU C<info> files
+=back
-=item F<.PDF> files
+=head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal
+escapes
-=item C<LaTeX> docs
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item BUILD
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item CUSTOM TRANSLATORS
-=item The short story
+=item CUSTOM ALIASES
-=item Prerequisites
+=over 4
-=item Getting perl source
+=item Anonymous hashes
-=item Application of the patches
+=item Alias file
-=item Hand-editing
+=item Alias shortcut
-=item Making
+=back
-=item Testing
+=item charnames::viacode(code)
-A lot of C<bad free>, Process terminated by SIGTERM/SIGINT, F<op/fs.t>,
-F<op/stat.t>
+=item charnames::vianame(name)
-=item Installing the built perl
+=item ALIASES
-=item C<a.out>-style build
+=item ILLEGAL CHARACTERS
+
+=item BUGS
=back
-=item Build FAQ
+=head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants
=over 4
-=item Some C</> became C<\> in pdksh.
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item C<'errno'> - unresolved external
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Problems with tr or sed
+=item NOTES
-=item Some problem (forget which ;-)
+=over 4
-=item Library ... not found
+=item List constants
-=item Segfault in make
+=item Defining multiple constants at once
-=item op/sprintf test failure
+=item Magic constants
=back
-=item Specific (mis)features of OS/2 port
+=item TECHNICAL NOTES
-=over 4
+=item BUGS
-=item C<setpriority>, C<getpriority>
+=item AUTHOR
-=item C<system()>
+=item COPYRIGHT
-=item C<extproc> on the first line
+=back
-=item Additional modules:
+=head2 diagnostics, splain - produce verbose warning diagnostics
-=item Prebuilt methods:
+=over 4
-C<File::Copy::syscopy>, C<DynaLoader::mod2fname>, C<Cwd::current_drive()>,
- C<Cwd::sys_chdir(name)>, C<Cwd::change_drive(name)>,
-C<Cwd::sys_is_absolute(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_is_rooted(name)>,
-C<Cwd::sys_is_relative(name)>, C<Cwd::sys_cwd(name)>,
-C<Cwd::sys_abspath(name, dir)>, C<Cwd::extLibpath([type])>,
-C<Cwd::extLibpath_set( path [, type ] )>,
-C<OS2::Error(do_harderror,do_exception)>, C<OS2::Errors2Drive(drive)>,
-OS2::SysInfo(), OS2::BootDrive(), C<OS2::MorphPM(serve)>,
-C<OS2::UnMorphPM(serve)>, C<OS2::Serve_Messages(force)>,
-C<OS2::Process_Messages(force [, cnt])>, C<OS2::_control87(new,mask)>,
-OS2::get_control87(), C<OS2::set_control87_em(new=MCW_EM,mask=MCW_EM)>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Prebuilt variables:
+=item DESCRIPTION
-$OS2::emx_rev, $OS2::emx_env, $OS2::os_ver
+=over 4
-=item Misfeatures
+=item The C<diagnostics> Pragma
-=item Modifications
+=item The I<splain> Program
-C<popen>, C<tmpnam>, C<tmpfile>, C<ctermid>, C<stat>, C<mkdir>, C<rmdir>,
-C<flock>
+=back
-=item Identifying DLLs
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item Centralized management of resources
+=item INTERNALS
+
+=item BUGS
-C<HAB>, C<HMQ>
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item Perl flavors
+=head2 encoding - allows you to write your script in non-ascii or non-utf8
=over 4
-=item F<perl.exe>
-
-=item F<perl_.exe>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item F<perl__.exe>
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item F<perl___.exe>
+=over 4
-=item Why strange names?
+=item Literal Conversions
-=item Why dynamic linking?
+=item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
-=item Why chimera build?
+=item Implicit upgrading for byte strings
=back
-=item ENVIRONMENT
-
-=over 4
+=item FEATURES THAT REQUIRE 5.8.1
-=item C<PERLLIB_PREFIX>
+"NON-EUC" doublebyte encodings, tr//, DATA pseudo-filehandle
-=item C<PERL_BADLANG>
+=item USAGE
-=item C<PERL_BADFREE>
+use encoding [I<ENCNAME>] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> [ STDIN =E<gt>
+I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;, no encoding;
-=item C<PERL_SH_DIR>
+=item The Filter Option
-=item C<USE_PERL_FLOCK>
+=over 4
-=item C<TMP> or C<TEMP>
+=item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
=back
-=item Evolution
+=item CAVEATS
=over 4
-=item Priorities
+=item NOT SCOPED
-=item DLL name mangling: pre 5.6.2
+=item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
-=item DLL name mangling: 5.6.2 and beyond
+=item tr/// with ranges
-Global DLLs, specific DLLs, C<BEGINLIBPATH> and C<ENDLIBPATH>, F<.> from
-C<LIBPATH>
+Legend of characters above
-=item DLL forwarder generation
+=back
-=item Threading
+=item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
-=item Calls to external programs
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
-=item Memory allocation
+literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
-=item Threads
+=over 4
-C<COND_WAIT>, F<os2.c>
+=item The Logic of :locale
=back
-=item BUGS
+=item HISTORY
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
+=head2 fields - compile-time class fields
+
=over 4
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+new, phash
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlos390, README.os390 - building and installing Perl for OS/390
-and z/OS
+=head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Tools
-
-=item Unpacking Perl distribution on OS/390
-
-=item Setup and utilities for Perl on OS/390
+=item subpragma access
-=item Configure Perl on OS/390
+=back
-=item Build, Test, Install Perl on OS/390
+=back
-=item Build Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=head2 if - C<use> a Perl module if a condition holds
-=item Testing Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=over 4
-=item Installation Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Usage Hints for Perl on OS/390
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Floating Point Anomalies with Perl on OS/390
+=item BUGS
-=item Modules and Extensions for Perl on OS/390
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item AUTHORS
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating
+point
=over 4
-=item Mailing list for Perl on OS/390
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=item HISTORY
+=head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=head2 perlqnx, README.qnx - Perl version 5 on QNX
+=head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Required Software for Compiling Perl on QNX4
+=item Adding directories to @INC
-/bin/sh, ar, nm, cpp, make
+=item Deleting directories from @INC
-=item Outstanding Issues with Perl on QNX4
+=item Restoring original @INC
-=item QNX auxiliary files
+=back
-qnx/ar, qnx/cpp
+=item CAVEATS
-=item Outstanding issues with perl under QNX6
+=item NOTES
-=back
+=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 perlplan9 - Plan 9-specific documentation for Perl
+=head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in
+operations
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
+
+=head2 open - perl pragma to set default PerlIO layers for input and output
+
=over 4
-=item Invoking Perl
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item What's in Plan 9 Perl
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What's not in Plan 9 Perl
+=item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY
-=item Perl5 Functions not currently supported in Plan 9 Perl
+=item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
-=item Signals in Plan 9 Perl
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item COMPILING AND INSTALLING PERL ON PLAN 9
+=head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling
=over 4
-=item Installing Perl Documentation on Plan 9
-
-=back
-
-=item BUGS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Revision date
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlsolaris, README.solaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems
+=head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Solaris Version Numbers.
+=item Declaration of overloaded functions
-=back
+=item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations
-=item RESOURCES
+FALSE, TRUE, C<undef>
-Solaris FAQ, Precompiled Binaries, Solaris Documentation
+=item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations
-=item SETTING UP
+=item Calling Conventions for Mutators
-=over 4
+C<++> and C<-->, C<x=> and other assignment versions
-=item File Extraction Problems on Solaris.
+=item Overloadable Operations
-=item Compiler and Related Tools on Solaris.
+I<Arithmetic operations>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Bit operations>,
+I<Increment and decrement>, I<Transcendental functions>, I<Boolean, string
+and numeric conversion>, I<Iteration>, I<Dereferencing>, I<Special>
+
+=item Inheritance and overloading
-=item Environment for Compiling Perl on Solaris
+Strings as values of C<use overload> directive, Overloading of an operation
+is inherited by derived classes
=back
-=item RUN CONFIGURE.
+=item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C<use overload>
=over 4
-=item 64-bit Issues with Perl on Solaris.
-
-=item Threads in Perl on Solaris.
+=item Last Resort
-=item Malloc Issues with Perl on Solaris.
+=item Fallback
-=back
+C<undef>, TRUE, defined, but FALSE
-=item MAKE PROBLEMS.
+=item Copy Constructor
-Dynamic Loading Problems With GNU as and GNU ld, ld.so.1: ./perl: fatal:
-relocation error:, dlopen: stub interception failed, #error "No
-DATAMODEL_NATIVE specified", sh: ar: not found
+B<Example>
-=item MAKE TEST
+=back
-=over 4
+=item MAGIC AUTOGENERATION
-=item op/stat.t test 4 in Solaris
+I<Assignment forms of arithmetic operations>, I<Conversion operations>,
+I<Increment and decrement>, C<abs($a)>, I<Unary minus>, I<Negation>,
+I<Concatenation>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Iterator>, I<Dereferencing>,
+I<Copy operator>
-=item nss_delete core dump from op/pwent or op/grent
+=item Losing overloading
-=back
+=item Run-time Overloading
-=item PREBUILT BINARIES OF PERL FOR SOLARIS.
+=item Public functions
-=item RUNTIME ISSUES FOR PERL ON SOLARIS.
+overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op)
-=over 4
+=item Overloading constants
-=item Limits on Numbers of Open Files on Solaris.
+integer, float, binary, q, qr
-=back
+=item IMPLEMENTATION
-=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC MODULES.
+=item Metaphor clash
-=item SOLARIS-SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH MODULES.
+=item Cookbook
=over 4
-=item Proc::ProcessTable on Solaris
+=item Two-face scalars
+
+=item Two-face references
-=item BSD::Resource on Solaris
+=item Symbolic calculator
-=item Net::SSLeay on Solaris
+=item I<Really> symbolic calculator
=back
=item AUTHOR
-=item LAST MODIFIED
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+Odd number of arguments for overload::constant, `%s' is not an overloadable
+type, `%s' is not a code reference
+
+=item BUGS
=back
-=head2 perltru64, README.tru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as
-Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems
+=head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item OPTIONS
+
=over 4
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on Tru64
+=item SIGNAL HANDLERS
-=item Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
+B<stack-trace>, B<die>, B<handler> I<your-handler>
-=item Threaded Perl on Tru64
+=item SIGNAL LISTS
-=item Long Doubles on Tru64
+B<normal-signals>, B<error-signals>, B<old-interface-signals>
-=item 64-bit Perl on Tru64
+=item OTHER
-=item Warnings about floating-point overflow when compiling Perl on Tru64
+B<untrapped>, B<any>, I<signal>, I<number>
=back
-=item Testing Perl on Tru64
-
-=item AUTHOR
+=item EXAMPLES
=back
-=head2 perluts - Perl under UTS
+=head2 sort - perl pragma to control sort() behaviour
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item BUILDING PERL ON UTS
-
-=item Installing the built perl on UTS
-
-=item AUTHOR
+=item CAVEATS
=back
-=head2 perlvmesa, README.vmesa - building and installing Perl for VM/ESA.
+=head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item Unpacking Perl Distribution on VM/ESA
-
-=item Setup Perl and utilities on VM/ESA
-
-=item Configure Perl on VM/ESA
-
-=item Testing Anomalies of Perl on VM/ESA
+C<strict refs>, C<strict vars>, C<strict subs>
-=item Usage Hints for Perl on VM/ESA
+=item HISTORY
=back
-=item AUTHORS
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
=over 4
-=item Mailing list for Perl on VM/ESA
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=head2 perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl
+=head2 threadshared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data
+structures between threads
=over 4
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Installation
+=item EXPORT
-=item Organization of Perl Images
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=over 4
+share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE, cond_wait CONDVAR,
+LOCKVAR, cond_timedwait VARIABLE, ABS_TIMEOUT, cond_timedwait CONDVAR,
+ABS_TIMEOUT, LOCKVAR, cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
-=item Core Images
+=item NOTES
-=item Perl Extensions
+=item BUGS
-=item Installing static extensions
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Installing dynamic extensions
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item File specifications
+=head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source
+code
=over 4
-=item Syntax
-
-=item Wildcard expansion
-
-=item Pipes
-
-=back
-
-=item PERL5LIB and PERLLIB
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Command line
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item I/O redirection and backgrounding
-
-=item Command line switches
+=item Utility functions
--i, -S, -u
+$num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string), $success = utf8::downgrade($string[,
+FAIL_OK]), utf8::encode($string), utf8::decode($string), $flag =
+utf8::is_utf8(STRING), $flag = utf8::valid(STRING)
=back
-=item Perl functions
-
-File tests, backticks, binmode FILEHANDLE, crypt PLAINTEXT, USER, dump,
-exec LIST, fork, getpwent, getpwnam, getpwuid, gmtime, kill, qx//, select
-(system call), stat EXPR, system LIST, time, times, unlink LIST, utime
-LIST, waitpid PID,FLAGS
+=item BUGS
-=item Perl variables
+=item SEE ALSO
-%ENV, CRTL_ENV, CLISYM_[LOCAL], Any other string, $!, $^E, $?, $|
+=back
-=item Standard modules with VMS-specific differences
+=head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
=over 4
-=item SDBM_File
-
-=back
-
-=item Revision date
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=head2 perlvos, README.vos - Perl for Stratus VOS
+=head2 version - Perl extension for Version Objects
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
=over 4
-=item Stratus POSIX Support
+=item What IS a version
-=back
+Numeric Versions, Quoted Versions
-=item INSTALLING PERL IN VOS
+=item What about v-strings?
-=over 4
+=item Numeric Versions
-=item Compiling Perl 5 on VOS
+=item Quoted Versions
-=item Installing Perl 5 on VOS
+=item Object Methods
-=back
+New Operator, qv(), Normal Form, Numification, Stringification, Comparison
+operators, Logical Operators
-=item USING PERL IN VOS
+=item Quoting
-=over 4
+=item Types of Versions Objects
-=item Unimplemented Features of Perl on VOS
+Ordinary versions, Alpha versions
-=item Restrictions of Perl on VOS
+=item Replacement UNIVERSAL::VERSION
=back
-=item SUPPORT STATUS
+=item EXPORT
=item AUTHOR
-=item LAST UPDATE
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 perlwin32 - Perl under Win32
+=head2 vmsish - Perl pragma to control VMS-specific language features
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item Setting Up Perl on Win32
+C<vmsish status>, C<vmsish exit>, C<vmsish time>, C<vmsish hushed>
-Make, Command Shell, Borland C++, Microsoft Visual C++, Mingw32 with GCC
+=back
-=item Building
+=head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings
-=item Testing Perl on Win32
+=over 4
-=item Installation of Perl on Win32
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Usage Hints for Perl on Win32
+=item DESCRIPTION
-Environment Variables, File Globbing, Using perl from the command line,
-Building Extensions, Command-line Wildcard Expansion, Win32 Specific
-Extensions, Running Perl Scripts, Miscellaneous Things
+use warnings::register, warnings::enabled(), warnings::enabled($category),
+warnings::enabled($object), warnings::warn($message),
+warnings::warn($category, $message), warnings::warn($object, $message),
+warnings::warnif($message), warnings::warnif($category, $message),
+warnings::warnif($object, $message)
=back
-=item BUGS AND CAVEATS
-
-=item AUTHORS
+=head2 warnings::register - warnings import function
-Gary Ng E<lt>71564.1743@CompuServe.COME<gt>, Gurusamy Sarathy
-E<lt>gsar@activestate.comE<gt>, Nick Ing-Simmons
-E<lt>nick@ing-simmons.netE<gt>
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item HISTORY
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=head1 PRAGMA DOCUMENTATION
+=head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION
-=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
+=head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-method, locked
-
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
+=item DBM Comparisons
-=over 4
+[0], [1], [2], [3]
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=back
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 threadshared::shared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing
-data structures between threads
+=head2 Attribute::Handlers - Simpler definition of attribute handlers
=over 4
+=item VERSION
+
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXPORT
+[0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
-=item FUNCTIONS
+=over 4
-share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, unlock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE,
-cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
+=item Typed lexicals
-=item NOTES
+=item Type-specific attribute handlers
-=item BUGS
+=item Non-interpretive attribute handlers
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Phase-specific attribute handlers
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Attributes as C<tie> interfaces
=back
-=head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
-from perl
-
-=over 4
-
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-$thread = new(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
-threads->self, $thread->tid
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item TODO
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
-Fix so the return value is returned when you join, Add join_all, Fix memory
-leaks!
+C<Bad attribute type: ATTR(%s)>, C<Attribute handler %s doesn't handle %s
+attributes>, C<Declaration of %s attribute in package %s may clash with
+future reserved word>, C<Can't have two ATTR specifiers on one subroutine>,
+C<Can't autotie a %s>, C<Internal error: %s symbol went missing>, C<Won't
+be able to apply END handler>
-=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
+=item AUTHOR
=item BUGS
-creating a thread from within a thread is unsafe under win32,
-PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item COPYRIGHT
=back
-=head2 attributes - get/set subroutine or variable attributes
+=head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Built-in Attributes
+=item Subroutine Stubs
-locked, method, lvalue
+=item Using B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
-=item Available Subroutines
+=item Overriding B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
-get, reftype
+=item Package Lexicals
-=item Package-specific Attribute Handling
+=item Not Using AutoLoader
-FETCH_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES, MODIFY_I<type>_ATTRIBUTES
+=item B<AutoLoader> vs. B<SelfLoader>
-=item Syntax of Attribute Lists
+=back
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item EXPORTS
+=head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
=over 4
-=item Default exports
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Available exports
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+$keep, $check, $modtime
+
+=over 4
-=item Export tags defined
+=item Multiple packages
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
=back
-=head2 attrs - set/get attributes of a subroutine (deprecated)
+=head2 B - The Perl Compiler
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-method, locked
-
-=back
+=item OVERVIEW
-=head2 autouse - postpone load of modules until a function is used
+=item Utility Functions
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Functions Returning C<B::SV>, C<B::AV>, C<B::HV>, and C<B::CV>
+objects
-=item DESCRIPTION
+sv_undef, sv_yes, sv_no, svref_2object(SVREF), amagic_generation, init_av,
+check_av, begin_av, end_av, comppadlist, regex_padav, main_cv
-=item WARNING
+=item Functions for Examining the Symbol Table
-=item AUTHOR
+walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE, PREFIX)
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Functions Returning C<B::OP> objects or for walking op trees
+
+main_root, main_start, walkoptree(OP, METHOD), walkoptree_debug(DEBUG)
+
+=item Miscellaneous Utility Functions
+
+ppname(OPNUM), hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c, cstring(STR),
+perlstring(STR), class(OBJ), threadsv_names
=back
-=head2 base - Establish IS-A relationship with base class at compile time
+=item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SV-RELATED CLASSES
-=item HISTORY
+=item B::SV Methods
-=item SEE ALSO
+REFCNT, FLAGS, object_2svref
-=back
+=item B::IV Methods
-=head2 blib - Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package
+IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv
-=over 4
+=item B::NV Methods
-=item SYNOPSIS
+NV, NVX
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item B::RV Methods
-=item BUGS
+RV
-=item AUTHOR
+=item B::PV Methods
-=back
+PV, RV, PVX
-=head2 bytes - Perl pragma to force byte semantics rather than character
-semantics
+=item B::PVMG Methods
-=over 4
+MAGIC, SvSTASH
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item B::MAGIC Methods
-=item DESCRIPTION
+MOREMAGIC, precomp, PRIVATE, TYPE, FLAGS, OBJ, PTR, REGEX
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item B::PVLV Methods
-=back
+TARGOFF, TARGLEN, TYPE, TARG
-=head2 charnames - define character names for C<\N{named}> string literal
-escapes.
+=item B::BM Methods
-=over 4
+USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item B::GV Methods
-=item DESCRIPTION
+is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN,
+LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS
-=item CUSTOM TRANSLATORS
+=item B::IO Methods
-=item charnames::viacode(code)
+LINES, PAGE, PAGE_LEN, LINES_LEFT, TOP_NAME, TOP_GV, FMT_NAME, FMT_GV,
+BOTTOM_NAME, BOTTOM_GV, SUBPROCESS, IoTYPE, IoFLAGS, IsSTD
-=item charnames::vianame(code)
+=item B::AV Methods
-=item ILLEGAL CHARACTERS
+FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, ARRAYelt, AvFLAGS
-=item BUGS
+=item B::CV Methods
-=back
+STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE_SEQ, XSUB,
+XSUBANY, CvFLAGS, const_sv
-=head2 constant - Perl pragma to declare constants
+=item B::HV Methods
-=over 4
+FILL, MAX, KEYS, RITER, NAME, PMROOT, ARRAY
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item OP-RELATED CLASSES
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item B::OP Methods
-=item NOTES
+next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, opt, static, flags, private,
+spare
-=over 4
+=item B::UNOP METHOD
-=item List constants
+first
-=item Defining multiple constants at once
+=item B::BINOP METHOD
-=item Magic constants
+last
-=back
+=item B::LOGOP METHOD
-=item TECHNICAL NOTES
+other
-=item BUGS
+=item B::LISTOP METHOD
-=item AUTHOR
+children
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item B::PMOP Methods
-=back
+pmreplroot, pmreplstart, pmnext, pmregexp, pmflags, pmdynflags,
+pmpermflags, precomp, pmoffset
-=head2 diagnostics - Perl compiler pragma to force verbose warning
-diagnostics
+=item B::SVOP METHOD
-=over 4
+sv, gv
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item B::PADOP METHOD
-=item DESCRIPTION
+padix
-=over 4
+=item B::PVOP METHOD
-=item The C<diagnostics> Pragma
+pv
-=item The I<splain> Program
+=item B::LOOP Methods
-=back
+redoop, nextop, lastop
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item B::COP Methods
-=item INTERNALS
+label, stash, stashpv, file, cop_seq, arybase, line, warnings, io
-=item BUGS
+=back
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 encoding - pragma to control the conversion of legacy data into
-Unicode
+=head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate
+bytecode
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
+%insn_data, @insn_name, @optype, @specialsv_name
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 fields - compile-time class fields
+=head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-new, phash
-
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 filetest - Perl pragma to control the filetest permission operators
+=head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
=over 4
=over 4
-=item subpragma access
+=item Functions
+
+B<find_leaders>
=back
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 integer - Perl pragma to use integer arithmetic instead of floating
-point
+=head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item EXAMPLE
-=head2 less - perl pragma to request less of something from the compiler
+=item OPTIONS
-=over 4
+B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item KNOWN BUGS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item NOTICE
+
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 lib - manipulate @INC at compile time
+=head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item Adding directories to @INC
-
-=item Deleting directories from @INC
-
-=item Restoring original @INC
+=item OPTIONS
-=back
+B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, B<-Dc>, B<-DA>,
+B<-DC>, B<-DM>, B<-f>, B<-fcog>, B<-fsave-data>, B<-fppaddr>, B<-fwarn-sv>,
+B<-fuse-script-name>, B<-fsave-sig-hash>, B<-On>, B<-O0>, B<-O1>, B<-O2>,
+B<-llimit>
-=item CAVEATS
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 locale - Perl pragma to use and avoid POSIX locales for built-in
-operations
+=head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
-
-=head2 open - perl pragma to set default disciplines for input and output
-
-=over 4
+=item OPTIONS
-=item SYNOPSIS
+B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-mModulename>, B<-D>, B<-Dr>,
+B<-DO>, B<-Ds>, B<-Dp>, B<-Dq>, B<-Dl>, B<-Dt>, B<-f>,
+B<-ffreetmps-each-bblock>, B<-ffreetmps-each-loop>, B<-fomit-taint>, B<-On>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item NONPERLIO FUNCTIONALITY
+=item BUGS
-=item IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS
+=item DIFFERENCES
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
-=back
+=item Loops
-=head2 ops - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe operations when compiling
+=item Context of ".."
-=over 4
+=item Arithmetic
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Deprecated features
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 overload - Package for overloading perl operations
+=head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item EXAMPLE
-=item Declaration of overloaded functions
+=item OPTIONS
-=item Calling Conventions for Binary Operations
+=over 4
-FALSE, TRUE, C<undef>
+=item Options for Opcode Ordering
-=item Calling Conventions for Unary Operations
+B<-basic>, B<-exec>, B<-tree>
-=item Calling Conventions for Mutators
+=item Options for Line-Style
-C<++> and C<-->, C<x=> and other assignment versions
+B<-concise>, B<-terse>, B<-linenoise>, B<-debug>, B<-env>
-=item Overloadable Operations
+=item Options for tree-specific formatting
-I<Arithmetic operations>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Bit operations>,
-I<Increment and decrement>, I<Transcendental functions>, I<Boolean, string
-and numeric conversion>, I<Iteration>, I<Dereferencing>, I<Special>
+B<-compact>, B<-loose>, B<-vt>, B<-ascii>
-=item Inheritance and overloading
+=item Options controlling sequence numbering
-Strings as values of C<use overload> directive, Overloading of an operation
-is inherited by derived classes
+B<-base>I<n>, B<-bigendian>, B<-littleendian>
-=back
+=item Other options
-=item SPECIAL SYMBOLS FOR C<use overload>
+B<-main>, B<-nomain>, B<-nobanner>, B<-banner>, B<-banneris> => subref
-=over 4
+=item Option Stickiness
-=item Last Resort
+=back
-=item Fallback
+=item ABBREVIATIONS
-C<undef>, TRUE, defined, but FALSE
+=over 4
-=item Copy Constructor
+=item OP class abbreviations
-B<Example>
+=item OP flags abbreviations
=back
-=item MAGIC AUTOGENERATION
-
-I<Assignment forms of arithmetic operations>, I<Conversion operations>,
-I<Increment and decrement>, C<abs($a)>, I<Unary minus>, I<Negation>,
-I<Concatenation>, I<Comparison operations>, I<Iterator>, I<Dereferencing>,
-I<Copy operator>
-
-=item Losing overloading
-
-=item Run-time Overloading
+=item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS
-=item Public functions
+=over 4
-overload::StrVal(arg), overload::Overloaded(arg), overload::Method(obj,op)
+=item Special Patterns
-=item Overloading constants
+B<(x(>I<exec_text>B<;>I<basic_text>B<)x)>, B<(*(>I<text>B<)*)>,
+B<(*(>I<text1>B<;>I<text2>B<)*)>, B<(?(>I<text1>B<#>I<var>I<Text2>B<)?)>,
+B<~>
-integer, float, binary, q, qr
+=item # Variables
-=item IMPLEMENTATION
+B<#>I<var>, B<#>I<var>I<N>, B<#>I<Var>, B<#addr>, B<#arg>, B<#class>,
+B<#classsym>, B<#coplabel>, B<#exname>, B<#extarg>, B<#firstaddr>,
+B<#flags>, B<#flagval>, B<#hyphseq>, B<#label>, B<#lastaddr>, B<#name>,
+B<#NAME>, B<#next>, B<#nextaddr>, B<#noise>, B<#private>, B<#privval>,
+B<#seq>, B<#seqnum>, B<#opt>, B<#static>, B<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>,
+B<#svclass>, B<#svval>, B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum>
-=item Metaphor clash
+=back
-=item Cookbook
+=item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework
=over 4
-=item Two-face scalars
+=item Example: Altering Concise Renderings
-=item Two-face references
+=item set_style()
-=item Symbolic calculator
+=item set_style_standard($name)
-=item I<Really> symbolic calculator
+=item add_style()
-=back
+=item add_callback()
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Running B::Concise::compile()
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
+=item B::Concise::reset_sequence()
+
+=item Errors
-Odd number of arguments for overload::constant, `%s' is not an overloadable
-type, `%s' is not a code reference
+=back
-=item BUGS
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 re - Perl pragma to alter regular expression behaviour
+=head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 sigtrap - Perl pragma to enable simple signal handling
+=head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
=over 4
=item OPTIONS
+B<-d>, B<-f>I<FILE>, B<-l>, B<-p>, B<-P>, B<-q>, B<-s>I<LETTERS>, B<C>,
+B<i>I<NUMBER>, B<T>, B<v>I<STRING>B<.>, B<-x>I<LEVEL>
+
+=item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE
+
=over 4
-=item SIGNAL HANDLERS
+=item Synopsis
-B<stack-trace>, B<die>, B<handler> I<your-handler>
+=item Description
-=item SIGNAL LISTS
+=item new
-B<normal-signals>, B<error-signals>, B<old-interface-signals>
+=item ambient_pragmas
-=item OTHER
+strict, $[, bytes, utf8, integer, re, warnings, hint_bits, warning_bits
-B<untrapped>, B<any>, I<signal>, I<number>
+=item coderef2text
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 sort - perl pragma to control sort() behaviour
+=head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 strict - Perl pragma to restrict unsafe constructs
+=head2 B::Lint - Perl lint
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-C<strict refs>, C<strict vars>, C<strict subs>
+=item OPTIONS AND LINT CHECKS
+
+B<context>, B<implicit-read> and B<implicit-write>, B<bare-subs>,
+B<dollar-underscore>, B<private-names>, B<undefined-subs>,
+B<regexp-variables>, B<all>, B<none>
+
+=item NON LINT-CHECK OPTIONS
+
+B<-u Package>
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
+=head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CONVENTIONS
+
+=item IMPLEMENTATION
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 threads - Perl extension allowing use of interpreter based threads
-from perl
+=head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-$thread = new(function, LIST), $thread->join, $thread->detach,
-threads->self, $thread->tid
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=over 4
+
+=item OPTIONS
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=item TODO
-Fix so the return value is returned when you join, Add join_all, Fix memory
-leaks!
+=item AUTHOR
-=item AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT
+=back
-=item BUGS
+=head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend
+
+=over 4
-creating a thread from within a thread is unsafe under win32,
-PERL_OLD_SIGNALS are not threadsafe, will not be
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 threadshared, threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data
-structures between threads
+=head2 B::Stash - show what stashes are loaded
+
+=head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXPORT
+=item AUTHOR
-=item FUNCTIONS
+=back
+
+=head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
-share VARIABLE, lock VARIABLE, unlock VARIABLE, cond_wait VARIABLE,
-cond_signal VARIABLE, cond_broadcast VARIABLE
+=over 4
-=item NOTES
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item OPTIONS
+
+C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-d>, C<-D[tO]>
=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
-=item SEE ALSO
-
=back
-=head2 utf8 - Perl pragma to enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source
-code
+=head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Utility functions
+=item Functions
-$num_octets = utf8::upgrade($string);, utf8::downgrade($string[, CHECK]),
-utf8::encode($string), $flag = utf8::decode($string)
+B<find_leaders>
=back
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 vars - Perl pragma to predeclare global variable names (obsolete)
+=head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 vmsish - Perl pragma to control VMS-specific language features
+=item Methods
-=over 4
+new, debug, iters
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Standard Exports
-=item DESCRIPTION
+timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis ( COUNT, CODE, [ TITLE, [ STYLE ]] ),
+timethese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), timediff ( T1, T2 ), timestr (
+TIMEDIFF, [ STYLE, [ FORMAT ] ] )
-C<vmsish status>, C<vmsish exit>, C<vmsish time>, C<vmsish hushed>
+=item Optional Exports
+
+clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [
+STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), countit(TIME, CODE),
+disablecache ( ), enablecache ( ), timesum ( T1, T2 )
+
+=item :hireswallclock
=back
-=head2 warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings
+=item NOTES
-=over 4
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item INHERITANCE
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item CAVEATS
-use warnings::register, warnings::enabled(), warnings::enabled($category),
-warnings::enabled($object), warnings::warn($message),
-warnings::warn($category, $message), warnings::warn($object, $message),
-warnings::warnif($message), warnings::warnif($category, $message),
-warnings::warnif($object, $message)
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item MODIFICATION HISTORY
=back
-=head2 warnings::register - warnings import function
+=head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item AUTHOR
-=head1 MODULE DOCUMENTATION
+=item SEE ALSO
-=head2 AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs
+=back
+
+=head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item EXAMPLE
-=item DBM Comparisons
+=item OPTIONS
-[0], [1], [2], [3]
+B<-b>, B<-H>, B<-k>, B<-o>I<outfile>, B<-s>
-=back
+=item KNOWN BUGS
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item NOTICE
+
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 Attribute::Handlers - Simpler definition of attribute handlers
+=head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
=over 4
-=item VERSION
-
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
-[0], [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item Typed lexicals
+=item PROGRAMMING STYLE
-=item Type-specific attribute handlers
+=item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES
-=item Non-interpretive attribute handlers
+=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE):
-=item Phase-specific attribute handlers
+=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE
-=item Attributes as C<tie> interfaces
+=item FETCHING A LIST OF KEYWORDS FROM THE QUERY:
-=back
+=item FETCHING THE NAMES OF ALL THE PARAMETERS PASSED TO YOUR SCRIPT:
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item FETCHING THE VALUE OR VALUES OF A SINGLE NAMED PARAMETER:
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
+=item SETTING THE VALUE(S) OF A NAMED PARAMETER:
-C<Bad attribute type: ATTR(%s)>, C<Attribute handler %s doesn't handle %s
-attributes>, C<Declaration of %s attribute in package %s may clash with
-future reserved word>, C<Can't have two ATTR specifiers on one subroutine>,
-C<Can't autotie a %s>, C<Internal error: %s symbol went missing>
+=item APPENDING ADDITIONAL VALUES TO A NAMED PARAMETER:
-=item AUTHOR
+=item IMPORTING ALL PARAMETERS INTO A NAMESPACE:
-=item BUGS
+=item DELETING A PARAMETER COMPLETELY:
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item DELETING ALL PARAMETERS:
-=back
+=item DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARAMETER LIST:
-=head2 AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand
+=item FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH:
-=over 4
+=item SAVING THE STATE OF THE SCRIPT TO A FILE:
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item RETRIEVING CGI ERRORS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item USING THE FUNCTION-ORIENTED INTERFACE
+
+B<:cgi>, B<:form>, B<:html2>, B<:html3>, B<:html4>, B<:netscape>, B<:html>,
+B<:standard>, B<:all>
+
+=item PRAGMAS
+
+-any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_undef_params, -no_xhtml, -nph,
+-newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, -no_debug, -debug,
+-private_tempfiles
+
+=item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS
+
+1. start_table() (generates a <table> tag), 2. end_table() (generates a
+</table> tag), 3. start_ul() (generates a <ul> tag), 4. end_ul() (generates
+a </ul> tag)
+
+=back
+
+=item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS
=over 4
-=item Subroutine Stubs
+=item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER:
-=item Using B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
+=item GENERATING A REDIRECTION HEADER
-=item Overriding B<AutoLoader>'s AUTOLOAD Subroutine
+=item CREATING THE HTML DOCUMENT HEADER
-=item Package Lexicals
+B<Parameters:>, 4, 5, 6..
-=item Not Using AutoLoader
+=item ENDING THE HTML DOCUMENT:
-=item B<AutoLoader> vs. B<SelfLoader>
+=item CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION:
-=back
+=item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL
-=item CAVEATS
+B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query>
+(B<-query_string>), B<-base>
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS
=back
-=head2 AutoSplit - split a package for autoloading
+=item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS:
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF HTML SHORTCUTS
-$keep, $check, $modtime
+=item HTML SHORTCUTS AND LIST INTERPOLATION
-=over 4
+=item NON-STANDARD HTML SHORTCUTS
-=item Multiple packages
+=item AUTOESCAPING HTML
-=back
+$escaped_string = escapeHTML("unescaped string");, $charset =
+charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]);
-=item DIAGNOSTICS
+=item PRETTY-PRINTING HTML
=back
-=head2 B - The Perl Compiler
+=item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS:
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM
-=item OVERVIEW OF CLASSES
+B<application/x-www-form-urlencoded>, B<multipart/form-data>
-=over 4
+=item CREATING A TEXT FIELD
-=item SV-RELATED CLASSES
+B<Parameters>
-=item B::SV METHODS
+=item CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD
-REFCNT, FLAGS
+=item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD
-=item B::IV METHODS
+=item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD
-IV, IVX, UVX, int_value, needs64bits, packiv
+B<Parameters>
+
+=item CREATING A POPUP MENU
-=item B::NV METHODS
+=item CREATING AN OPTION GROUP
-NV, NVX
+=item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST
-=item B::RV METHODS
+B<Parameters:>
-RV
+=item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES
-=item B::PV METHODS
+B<Parameters:>
-PV, RV, PVX
+=item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX
-=item B::PVMG METHODS
+B<Parameters:>
-MAGIC, SvSTASH
+=item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP
-=item B::MAGIC METHODS
+B<Parameters:>
-MOREMAGIC, precomp, PRIVATE, TYPE, FLAGS, OBJ, PTR, REGEX
+=item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON
-=item B::PVLV METHODS
+B<Parameters:>
-TARGOFF, TARGLEN, TYPE, TARG
+=item CREATING A RESET BUTTON
-=item B::BM METHODS
+=item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON
-USEFUL, PREVIOUS, RARE, TABLE
+=item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD
-=item B::GV METHODS
+B<Parameters:>
-is_empty, NAME, SAFENAME, STASH, SV, IO, FORM, AV, HV, EGV, CV, CVGEN,
-LINE, FILE, FILEGV, GvREFCNT, FLAGS
+=item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON
-=item B::IO METHODS
+B<Parameters:>, 3. The third option (-align, optional) is an alignment
+type, and may be TOP, BOTTOM or MIDDLE
-LINES, PAGE, PAGE_LEN, LINES_LEFT, TOP_NAME, TOP_GV, FMT_NAME, FMT_GV,
-BOTTOM_NAME, BOTTOM_GV, SUBPROCESS, IoTYPE, IoFLAGS, IsSTD
+=item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON
-=item B::AV METHODS
+=back
-FILL, MAX, OFF, ARRAY, AvFLAGS
+=item HTTP COOKIES
-=item B::CV METHODS
+1. an expiration time, 2. a domain, 3. a path, 4. a "secure" flag,
+B<-name>, B<-value>, B<-path>, B<-domain>, B<-expires>, B<-secure>
-STASH, START, ROOT, GV, FILE, DEPTH, PADLIST, OUTSIDE, XSUB, XSUBANY,
-CvFLAGS, const_sv
+=item WORKING WITH FRAMES
-=item B::HV METHODS
+1. Create a <Frameset> document, 2. Specify the destination for the
+document in the HTTP header, 3. Specify the destination for the document in
+the <form> tag
-FILL, MAX, KEYS, RITER, NAME, PMROOT, ARRAY
+=item LIMITED SUPPORT FOR CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
-=item OP-RELATED CLASSES
+=item DEBUGGING
-=item B::OP METHODS
+=over 4
-next, sibling, name, ppaddr, desc, targ, type, seq, flags, private
+=item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS
-=item B::UNOP METHOD
+=back
-first
+=item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
-=item B::BINOP METHOD
+B<Accept()>, B<raw_cookie()>, B<user_agent()>, B<path_info()>,
+B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()> Return the script
+name as a partial URL, for self-refering scripts, B<referer()>, B<auth_type
+()>, B<server_name ()>, B<virtual_host ()>, B<server_port ()>,
+B<virtual_port ()>, B<server_software ()>, B<remote_user ()>, B<user_name
+()>, B<request_method()>, B<content_type()>, B<http()>, B<https()>
-last
+=item USING NPH SCRIPTS
-=item B::LOGOP METHOD
+In the B<use> statement, By calling the B<nph()> method:, By using B<-nph>
+parameters
-other
+=item Server Push
-=item B::LISTOP METHOD
+multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final()
-children
+=item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks
-=item B::PMOP METHODS
+B<$CGI::POST_MAX>, B<$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS>, B<1. On a script-by-script
+basis>, B<2. Globally for all scripts>
-pmreplroot, pmreplstart, pmnext, pmregexp, pmflags, pmdynflags,
-pmpermflags, precomp, pmoffet
+=item COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL
-=item B::SVOP METHOD
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-sv, gv
+=item CREDITS
-=item B::PADOP METHOD
+Matt Heffron (heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com), James Taylor
+(james.taylor@srs.gov), Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com>, Mike Jewell
+(mlj3u@virginia.edu), Timothy Shimmin (tes@kbs.citri.edu.au), Joergen Haegg
+(jh@axis.se), Laurent Delfosse (delfosse@delfosse.com), Richard Resnick
+(applepi1@aol.com), Craig Bishop (csb@barwonwater.vic.gov.au), Tony Curtis
+(tc@vcpc.univie.ac.at), Tim Bunce (Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk), Tom Christiansen
+(tchrist@convex.com), Andreas Koenig (k@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE), Tim
+MacKenzie (Tim.MacKenzie@fulcrum.com.au), Kevin B. Hendricks
+(kbhend@dogwood.tyler.wm.edu), Stephen Dahmen (joyfire@inxpress.net), Ed
+Jordan (ed@fidalgo.net), David Alan Pisoni (david@cnation.com), Doug
+MacEachern (dougm@opengroup.org), Robin Houston (robin@oneworld.org),
+...and many many more..
-padix
+=item A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT
-=item B::PVOP METHOD
+=item BUGS
-pv
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item B::LOOP METHODS
+=back
-redoop, nextop, lastop
+=head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm
-=item B::COP METHODS
+=over 4
-label, stash, file, cop_seq, arybase, line
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item FUNCTIONS EXPORTED BY C<B>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-main_cv, init_av, begin_av, end_av, main_root, main_start, comppadlist,
-regex_padav, sv_undef, sv_yes, sv_no, amagic_generation, walkoptree(OP,
-METHOD), walkoptree_debug(DEBUG), walksymtable(SYMREF, METHOD, RECURSE,
-PREFIX), svref_2object(SV), ppname(OPNUM), hash(STR), cast_I32(I), minus_c,
-cstring(STR), class(OBJ), threadsv_names
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::Asmdata - Autogenerated data about Perl ops, used to generate
-bytecode
+=head2 CGI::Carp, B<CGI::Carp> - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or
+other) error log
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-%insn_data, @insn_name, @optype, @specialsv_name
+=item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES
-=item AUTHOR
+=item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 B::Assembler - Assemble Perl bytecode
+=item Changing the default message
-=over 4
+=back
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item OVERRIDING THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM
=item AUTHORS
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
+=head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item USING CGI::Cookie
+
+B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag>
+
=over 4
-=item Functions
+=item Creating New Cookies
-B<find_leaders>
+=item Sending the Cookie to the Browser
+
+=item Recovering Previous Cookies
+
+=item Manipulating Cookies
+
+B<name()>, B<value()>, B<domain()>, B<path()>, B<expires()>
=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
+=head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OPTIONS
+=item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
+
+=item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS
-B<-ofilename>, B<-afilename>, B<-->, B<-f>, B<-fcompress-nullops>,
-B<-fomit-sequence-numbers>, B<-fbypass-nullops>, B<-On>, B<-D>, B<-Do>,
-B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-upackage>
+=item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS
+
+=item EXTERNAL FASTCGI SERVER INVOCATION
+
+FCGI_SOCKET_PATH, FCGI_LISTEN_QUEUE
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHORS
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::C - Perl compiler's C backend
+=head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OPTIONS
+=over 4
-B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-D>, B<-Do>, B<-Dc>, B<-DA>,
-B<-DC>, B<-DM>, B<-f>, B<-fcog>, B<-fsave-data>, B<-fppaddr>, B<-fwarn-sv>,
-B<-fuse-script-name>, B<-fsave-sig-hash>, B<-On>, B<-O0>, B<-O1>, B<-O2>,
-B<-llimit>
+=item Tags that won't be formatted
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item Customizing the Indenting
+
+=back
=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 B::CC - Perl compiler's optimized C translation backend
+=head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OPTIONS
-
-B<-ofilename>, B<-v>, B<-->, B<-uPackname>, B<-mModulename>, B<-D>, B<-Dr>,
-B<-DO>, B<-Ds>, B<-Dp>, B<-Dq>, B<-Dl>, B<-Dt>, B<-f>,
-B<-ffreetmps-each-bblock>, B<-ffreetmps-each-loop>, B<-fomit-taint>, B<-On>
-
-=item EXAMPLES
-
-=item BUGS
+=item USING CGI::Push
-=item DIFFERENCES
+-next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph
=over 4
-=item Loops
+=item Heterogeneous Pages
-=item Context of ".."
+=item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly
-=item Arithmetic
+=back
-=item Deprecated features
+=item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS
-=back
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops
+=head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item OPTIONS
-
-B<-basic>, B<-exec>, B<-tree>, B<-compact>, B<-loose>, B<-vt>, B<-ascii>,
-B<-main>, B<-base>I<n>, B<-bigendian>, B<-littleendian>, B<-concise>,
-B<-terse>, B<-linenoise>, B<-debug>, B<-env>
-
-=item FORMATTING SPECIFICATIONS
-
-B<(x(>I<exec_text>B<;>I<basic_text>B<)x)>, B<(*(>I<text>B<)*)>,
-B<(*(>I<text1>B<;>I<text2>B<)*)>, B<(?(>I<text1>B<#>I<var>I<Text2>B<)?)>,
-B<#>I<var>, B<#>I<var>I<N>, B<~>, B<#addr>, B<#arg>, B<#class>,
-B<#classym>, B<#coplabel>, B<#exname>, B<#extarg>, B<#firstaddr>,
-B<#flags>, B<#flagval>, B<#hyphenseq>, B<#label>, B<#lastaddr>, B<#name>,
-B<#NAME>, B<#next>, B<#nextaddr>, B<#noise>, B<#private>, B<#privval>,
-B<#seq>, B<#seqnum>, B<#sibaddr>, B<#svaddr>, B<#svclass>, B<#svval>,
-B<#targ>, B<#targarg>, B<#targarglife>, B<#typenum>
-
-=item ABBREVIATIONS
-
-=over 4
-
-=item OP flags abbreviations
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item OP class abbreviations
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
-=item Using B::Concise outside of the O framework
+=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::Debug - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing debug info about ops
+=head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code
+=head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item STATUS
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OPTIONS
+=over 4
-B<-l>, B<-p>, B<-q>, B<-f>I<FILE>, B<-s>I<LETTERS>, B<C>, B<i>I<NUMBER>,
-B<T>, B<v>I<STRING>B<.>, B<-x>I<LEVEL>
+=item Interactive Mode
-=item USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE
+Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test,
+install, clean modules or distributions, get, readme, look module or
+distribution, ls author, Signals
-=over 4
+=item CPAN::Shell
-=item Synopsis
+=item autobundle
-=item Description
+=item recompile
-=item new
+=item The four C<CPAN::*> Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution
-=item ambient_pragmas
+=item Programmer's interface
-strict, $[, bytes, utf8, integer, re, warnings, hint_bits, warning_bits
+expand($type,@things), expandany(@things), Programming Examples
-=item coderef2text
+=item Methods in the other Classes
-=back
+CPAN::Author::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Author::as_string(),
+CPAN::Author::email(), CPAN::Author::fullname(), CPAN::Author::name(),
+CPAN::Bundle::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Bundle::as_string(),
+CPAN::Bundle::clean(), CPAN::Bundle::contains(),
+CPAN::Bundle::force($method,@args), CPAN::Bundle::get(),
+CPAN::Bundle::inst_file(), CPAN::Bundle::inst_version(),
+CPAN::Bundle::uptodate(), CPAN::Bundle::install(), CPAN::Bundle::make(),
+CPAN::Bundle::readme(), CPAN::Bundle::test(),
+CPAN::Distribution::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Distribution::as_string(),
+CPAN::Distribution::clean(), CPAN::Distribution::containsmods(),
+CPAN::Distribution::cvs_import(), CPAN::Distribution::dir(),
+CPAN::Distribution::force($method,@args), CPAN::Distribution::get(),
+CPAN::Distribution::install(), CPAN::Distribution::isa_perl(),
+CPAN::Distribution::look(), CPAN::Distribution::make(),
+CPAN::Distribution::prereq_pm(), CPAN::Distribution::readme(),
+CPAN::Distribution::test(), CPAN::Distribution::uptodate(),
+CPAN::Index::force_reload(), CPAN::Index::reload(), CPAN::InfoObj::dump(),
+CPAN::Module::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Module::as_string(),
+CPAN::Module::clean(), CPAN::Module::cpan_file(),
+CPAN::Module::cpan_version(), CPAN::Module::cvs_import(),
+CPAN::Module::description(), CPAN::Module::force($method,@args),
+CPAN::Module::get(), CPAN::Module::inst_file(),
+CPAN::Module::inst_version(), CPAN::Module::install(),
+CPAN::Module::look(), CPAN::Module::make(),
+CPAN::Module::manpage_headline(), CPAN::Module::readme(),
+CPAN::Module::test(), CPAN::Module::uptodate(), CPAN::Module::userid()
-=item BUGS
+=item Cache Manager
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Bundles
+
+=item Prerequisites
+
+=item Finding packages and VERSION
+
+=item Debugging
+
+=item Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode
=back
-=head2 B::Disassembler - Disassemble Perl bytecode
+=item CONFIGURATION
-=over 4
+C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>
+E<lt>valueE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list
+optionE<gt> [shift|pop]>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>
+[unshift|push|splice] E<lt>listE<gt>>
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Note on urllist parameter's format
-=item AUTHOR
+=item urllist parameter has CD-ROM support
=back
-=head2 B::Lint - Perl lint
+=item SECURITY
+
+=item EXPORT
+
+=item POPULATE AN INSTALLATION WITH LOTS OF MODULES
+
+=item WORKING WITH CPAN.pm BEHIND FIREWALLS
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Three basic types of firewalls
-=item DESCRIPTION
+http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade
-=item OPTIONS AND LINT CHECKS
+=item Configuring lynx or ncftp for going through a firewall
-B<context>, B<implicit-read> and B<implicit-write>, B<dollar-underscore>,
-B<private-names>, B<undefined-subs>, B<regexp-variables>, B<all>, B<none>
+=back
-=item NON LINT-CHECK OPTIONS
+=item FAQ
-B<-u Package>
+1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7), 8), 9), 10)
=item BUGS
=item AUTHOR
+=item TRANSLATIONS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 B::O, O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
+=head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item CONVENTIONS
-
-=item IMPLEMENTATION
-
-=item AUTHOR
-
=back
-=head2 B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files
+=head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS
+module
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 B::Stackobj - Helper module for CC backend
+=head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR
+=over 4
+
+=item Forcing a Stack Trace
=back
-=head2 B::Stash - show what stashes are loaded
+=back
-=head2 B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops
+=over 4
+
+=item GLOBAL VARIABLES
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item $Carp::CarpLevel
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item $Carp::MaxEvalLen
-=item AUTHOR
+=item $Carp::MaxArgLen
+
+=item $Carp::MaxArgNums
+
+=item $Carp::Verbose
=back
-=head2 B::Xref - Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Carp::Heavy - heavy machinery, no user serviceable parts inside
+
+=head2 Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OPTIONS
+=item FUNCTIONS
-C<-oFILENAME>, C<-r>, C<-D[tO]>
+the function Class::ISA::super_path($CLASS), the function
+Class::ISA::self_and_super_path($CLASS), the function
+Class::ISA::self_and_super_versions($CLASS)
-=item BUGS
+=item CAUTIONARY NOTES
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 Bblock, B::Bblock - Walk basic blocks
+=head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Functions
+=item The C<struct()> function
-B<find_leaders>
+=item Class Creation at Compile Time
+
+=item Element Types and Accessor Methods
+
+Scalar (C<'$'> or C<'*$'>), Array (C<'@'> or C<'*@'>), Hash (C<'%'> or
+C<'*%'>), Class (C<'Class_Name'> or C<'*Class_Name'>)
+
+=item Initializing with C<new>
=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+Example 1, Example 2, Example 3
+
+=item Author and Modification History
=back
-=head2 Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code
+=head2 Config - access Perl configuration information
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+myconfig(), config_sh(), config_re($regex), config_vars(@names)
-=item Methods
+=item EXAMPLE
-new, debug, iters
+=item WARNING
-=item Standard Exports
+=item GLOSSARY
-timeit(COUNT, CODE), timethis ( COUNT, CODE, [ TITLE, [ STYLE ]] ),
-timethese ( COUNT, CODEHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), timediff ( T1, T2 ), timestr (
-TIMEDIFF, [ STYLE, [ FORMAT ] ] )
+=over 4
-=item Optional Exports
+=item _
-clearcache ( COUNT ), clearallcache ( ), cmpthese ( COUT, CODEHASHREF, [
-STYLE ] ), cmpthese ( RESULTSHASHREF, [ STYLE ] ), countit(TIME, CODE),
-disablecache ( ), enablecache ( ), timesum ( T1, T2 )
+C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o>
-=back
+=item a
-=item NOTES
+C<afs>, C<afsroot>, C<alignbytes>, C<ansi2knr>, C<aphostname>,
+C<api_revision>, C<api_subversion>, C<api_version>, C<api_versionstring>,
+C<ar>, C<archlib>, C<archlibexp>, C<archname64>, C<archname>, C<archobjs>,
+C<asctime_r_proto>, C<awk>
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item b
-=item INHERITANCE
+C<baserev>, C<bash>, C<bin>, C<binexp>, C<bison>, C<byacc>, C<byteorder>
-=item CAVEATS
+=item c
-=item SEE ALSO
+C<c>, C<castflags>, C<cat>, C<cc>, C<cccdlflags>, C<ccdlflags>, C<ccflags>,
+C<ccflags_uselargefiles>, C<ccname>, C<ccsymbols>, C<ccversion>, C<cf_by>,
+C<cf_email>, C<cf_time>, C<charsize>, C<chgrp>, C<chmod>, C<chown>,
+C<clocktype>, C<comm>, C<compress>, C<contains>, C<cp>, C<cpio>, C<cpp>,
+C<cpp_stuff>, C<cppccsymbols>, C<cppflags>, C<cpplast>, C<cppminus>,
+C<cpprun>, C<cppstdin>, C<cppsymbols>, C<crypt_r_proto>, C<cryptlib>,
+C<csh>, C<ctermid_r_proto>, C<ctime_r_proto>
-=item AUTHORS
+=item d
-=item MODIFICATION HISTORY
+C<d__fwalk>, C<d_access>, C<d_accessx>, C<d_aintl>, C<d_alarm>,
+C<d_archlib>, C<d_asctime_r>, C<d_atolf>, C<d_atoll>, C<d_attribut>,
+C<d_bcmp>, C<d_bcopy>, C<d_bsd>, C<d_bsdgetpgrp>, C<d_bsdsetpgrp>,
+C<d_bzero>, C<d_casti32>, C<d_castneg>, C<d_charvspr>, C<d_chown>,
+C<d_chroot>, C<d_chsize>, C<d_class>, C<d_closedir>, C<d_cmsghdr_s>,
+C<d_const>, C<d_copysignl>, C<d_crypt>, C<d_crypt_r>, C<d_csh>,
+C<d_ctermid_r>, C<d_ctime_r>, C<d_cuserid>, C<d_dbl_dig>,
+C<d_dbminitproto>, C<d_difftime>, C<d_dirfd>, C<d_dirnamlen>, C<d_dlerror>,
+C<d_dlopen>, C<d_dlsymun>, C<d_dosuid>, C<d_drand48_r>, C<d_drand48proto>,
+C<d_dup2>, C<d_eaccess>, C<d_endgrent>, C<d_endgrent_r>, C<d_endhent>,
+C<d_endhostent_r>, C<d_endnent>, C<d_endnetent_r>, C<d_endpent>,
+C<d_endprotoent_r>, C<d_endpwent>, C<d_endpwent_r>, C<d_endsent>,
+C<d_endservent_r>, C<d_eofnblk>, C<d_eunice>, C<d_faststdio>, C<d_fchdir>,
+C<d_fchmod>, C<d_fchown>, C<d_fcntl>, C<d_fcntl_can_lock>, C<d_fd_macros>,
+C<d_fd_set>, C<d_fds_bits>, C<d_fgetpos>, C<d_finite>, C<d_finitel>,
+C<d_flexfnam>, C<d_flock>, C<d_flockproto>, C<d_fork>, C<d_fp_class>,
+C<d_fpathconf>, C<d_fpclass>, C<d_fpclassify>, C<d_fpclassl>,
+C<d_fpos64_t>, C<d_frexpl>, C<d_fs_data_s>, C<d_fseeko>, C<d_fsetpos>,
+C<d_fstatfs>, C<d_fstatvfs>, C<d_fsync>, C<d_ftello>, C<d_ftime>,
+C<d_Gconvert>, C<d_getcwd>, C<d_getespwnam>, C<d_getfsstat>, C<d_getgrent>,
+C<d_getgrent_r>, C<d_getgrgid_r>, C<d_getgrnam_r>, C<d_getgrps>,
+C<d_gethbyaddr>, C<d_gethbyname>, C<d_gethent>, C<d_gethname>,
+C<d_gethostbyaddr_r>, C<d_gethostbyname_r>, C<d_gethostent_r>,
+C<d_gethostprotos>, C<d_getitimer>, C<d_getlogin>, C<d_getlogin_r>,
+C<d_getmnt>, C<d_getmntent>, C<d_getnbyaddr>, C<d_getnbyname>,
+C<d_getnent>, C<d_getnetbyaddr_r>, C<d_getnetbyname_r>, C<d_getnetent_r>,
+C<d_getnetprotos>, C<d_getpagsz>, C<d_getpbyname>, C<d_getpbynumber>,
+C<d_getpent>, C<d_getpgid>, C<d_getpgrp2>, C<d_getpgrp>, C<d_getppid>,
+C<d_getprior>, C<d_getprotobyname_r>, C<d_getprotobynumber_r>,
+C<d_getprotoent_r>, C<d_getprotoprotos>, C<d_getprpwnam>, C<d_getpwent>,
+C<d_getpwent_r>, C<d_getpwnam_r>, C<d_getpwuid_r>, C<d_getsbyname>,
+C<d_getsbyport>, C<d_getsent>, C<d_getservbyname_r>, C<d_getservbyport_r>,
+C<d_getservent_r>, C<d_getservprotos>, C<d_getspnam>, C<d_getspnam_r>,
+C<d_gettimeod>, C<d_gmtime_r>, C<d_gnulibc>, C<d_grpasswd>, C<d_hasmntopt>,
+C<d_htonl>, C<d_ilogbl>, C<d_index>, C<d_inetaton>, C<d_int64_t>,
+C<d_isascii>, C<d_isfinite>, C<d_isinf>, C<d_isnan>, C<d_isnanl>,
+C<d_killpg>, C<d_lchown>, C<d_ldbl_dig>, C<d_link>, C<d_localtime_r>,
+C<d_locconv>, C<d_lockf>, C<d_longdbl>, C<d_longlong>, C<d_lseekproto>,
+C<d_lstat>, C<d_madvise>, C<d_mblen>, C<d_mbstowcs>, C<d_mbtowc>,
+C<d_memchr>, C<d_memcmp>, C<d_memcpy>, C<d_memmove>, C<d_memset>,
+C<d_mkdir>, C<d_mkdtemp>, C<d_mkfifo>, C<d_mkstemp>, C<d_mkstemps>,
+C<d_mktime>, C<d_mmap>, C<d_modfl>, C<d_modfl_pow32_bug>, C<d_modflproto>,
+C<d_mprotect>, C<d_msg>, C<d_msg_ctrunc>, C<d_msg_dontroute>, C<d_msg_oob>,
+C<d_msg_peek>, C<d_msg_proxy>, C<d_msgctl>, C<d_msgget>, C<d_msghdr_s>,
+C<d_msgrcv>, C<d_msgsnd>, C<d_msync>, C<d_munmap>, C<d_mymalloc>,
+C<d_nice>, C<d_nl_langinfo>, C<d_nv_preserves_uv>, C<d_off64_t>,
+C<d_old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<d_oldpthreads>, C<d_oldsock>,
+C<d_open3>, C<d_pathconf>, C<d_pause>, C<d_perl_otherlibdirs>,
+C<d_phostname>, C<d_pipe>, C<d_poll>, C<d_portable>, C<d_PRId64>,
+C<d_PRIeldbl>, C<d_PRIEUldbl>, C<d_PRIfldbl>, C<d_PRIFUldbl>,
+C<d_PRIgldbl>, C<d_PRIGUldbl>, C<d_PRIi64>, C<d_PRIo64>, C<d_PRIu64>,
+C<d_PRIx64>, C<d_PRIXU64>, C<d_procselfexe>, C<d_pthread_atfork>,
+C<d_pthread_attr_setscope>, C<d_pthread_yield>, C<d_pwage>, C<d_pwchange>,
+C<d_pwclass>, C<d_pwcomment>, C<d_pwexpire>, C<d_pwgecos>, C<d_pwpasswd>,
+C<d_pwquota>, C<d_qgcvt>, C<d_quad>, C<d_random_r>, C<d_readdir64_r>,
+C<d_readdir>, C<d_readdir_r>, C<d_readlink>, C<d_readv>, C<d_recvmsg>,
+C<d_rename>, C<d_rewinddir>, C<d_rmdir>, C<d_safebcpy>, C<d_safemcpy>,
+C<d_sanemcmp>, C<d_sbrkproto>, C<d_scalbnl>, C<d_sched_yield>,
+C<d_scm_rights>, C<d_SCNfldbl>, C<d_seekdir>, C<d_select>, C<d_sem>,
+C<d_semctl>, C<d_semctl_semid_ds>, C<d_semctl_semun>, C<d_semget>,
+C<d_semop>, C<d_sendmsg>, C<d_setegid>, C<d_seteuid>, C<d_setgrent>,
+C<d_setgrent_r>, C<d_setgrps>, C<d_sethent>, C<d_sethostent_r>,
+C<d_setitimer>, C<d_setlinebuf>, C<d_setlocale>, C<d_setlocale_r>,
+C<d_setnent>, C<d_setnetent_r>, C<d_setpent>, C<d_setpgid>, C<d_setpgrp2>,
+C<d_setpgrp>, C<d_setprior>, C<d_setproctitle>, C<d_setprotoent_r>,
+C<d_setpwent>, C<d_setpwent_r>, C<d_setregid>, C<d_setresgid>,
+C<d_setresuid>, C<d_setreuid>, C<d_setrgid>, C<d_setruid>, C<d_setsent>,
+C<d_setservent_r>, C<d_setsid>, C<d_setvbuf>, C<d_sfio>, C<d_shm>,
+C<d_shmat>, C<d_shmatprototype>, C<d_shmctl>, C<d_shmdt>, C<d_shmget>,
+C<d_sigaction>, C<d_sigprocmask>, C<d_sigsetjmp>, C<d_sockatmark>,
+C<d_sockatmarkproto>, C<d_socket>, C<d_socklen_t>, C<d_sockpair>,
+C<d_socks5_init>, C<d_sqrtl>, C<d_srand48_r>, C<d_srandom_r>,
+C<d_sresgproto>, C<d_sresuproto>, C<d_statblks>, C<d_statfs_f_flags>,
+C<d_statfs_s>, C<d_statvfs>, C<d_stdio_cnt_lval>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval>,
+C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_nochange_cnt>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_sets_cnt>,
+C<d_stdio_stream_array>, C<d_stdiobase>, C<d_stdstdio>, C<d_strchr>,
+C<d_strcoll>, C<d_strctcpy>, C<d_strerrm>, C<d_strerror>, C<d_strerror_r>,
+C<d_strftime>, C<d_strlcat>, C<d_strlcpy>, C<d_strtod>, C<d_strtol>,
+C<d_strtold>, C<d_strtoll>, C<d_strtoq>, C<d_strtoul>, C<d_strtoull>,
+C<d_strtouq>, C<d_strxfrm>, C<d_suidsafe>, C<d_symlink>, C<d_syscall>,
+C<d_syscallproto>, C<d_sysconf>, C<d_sysernlst>, C<d_syserrlst>,
+C<d_system>, C<d_tcgetpgrp>, C<d_tcsetpgrp>, C<d_telldir>,
+C<d_telldirproto>, C<d_time>, C<d_times>, C<d_tm_tm_gmtoff>,
+C<d_tm_tm_zone>, C<d_tmpnam_r>, C<d_truncate>, C<d_ttyname_r>, C<d_tzname>,
+C<d_u32align>, C<d_ualarm>, C<d_umask>, C<d_uname>, C<d_union_semun>,
+C<d_unordered>, C<d_usleep>, C<d_usleepproto>, C<d_ustat>, C<d_vendorarch>,
+C<d_vendorbin>, C<d_vendorlib>, C<d_vendorscript>, C<d_vfork>,
+C<d_void_closedir>, C<d_voidsig>, C<d_voidtty>, C<d_volatile>,
+C<d_vprintf>, C<d_wait4>, C<d_waitpid>, C<d_wcstombs>, C<d_wctomb>,
+C<d_writev>, C<d_xenix>, C<date>, C<db_hashtype>, C<db_prefixtype>,
+C<db_version_major>, C<db_version_minor>, C<db_version_patch>,
+C<defvoidused>, C<direntrytype>, C<dlext>, C<dlsrc>, C<doublesize>,
+C<drand01>, C<drand48_r_proto>, C<dynamic_ext>
-=back
+=item e
-=head2 ByteLoader - load byte compiled perl code
+C<eagain>, C<ebcdic>, C<echo>, C<egrep>, C<emacs>, C<endgrent_r_proto>,
+C<endhostent_r_proto>, C<endnetent_r_proto>, C<endprotoent_r_proto>,
+C<endpwent_r_proto>, C<endservent_r_proto>, C<eunicefix>, C<exe_ext>,
+C<expr>, C<extensions>, C<extras>
-=over 4
+=item f
-=item SYNOPSIS
+C<fflushall>, C<fflushNULL>, C<find>, C<firstmakefile>, C<flex>,
+C<fpossize>, C<fpostype>, C<freetype>, C<from>, C<full_ar>, C<full_csh>,
+C<full_sed>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item g
-=item AUTHOR
+C<gccansipedantic>, C<gccosandvers>, C<gccversion>, C<getgrent_r_proto>,
+C<getgrgid_r_proto>, C<getgrnam_r_proto>, C<gethostbyaddr_r_proto>,
+C<gethostbyname_r_proto>, C<gethostent_r_proto>, C<getlogin_r_proto>,
+C<getnetbyaddr_r_proto>, C<getnetbyname_r_proto>, C<getnetent_r_proto>,
+C<getprotobyname_r_proto>, C<getprotobynumber_r_proto>,
+C<getprotoent_r_proto>, C<getpwent_r_proto>, C<getpwnam_r_proto>,
+C<getpwuid_r_proto>, C<getservbyname_r_proto>, C<getservbyport_r_proto>,
+C<getservent_r_proto>, C<getspnam_r_proto>, C<gidformat>, C<gidsign>,
+C<gidsize>, C<gidtype>, C<glibpth>, C<gmake>, C<gmtime_r_proto>,
+C<gnulibc_version>, C<grep>, C<groupcat>, C<groupstype>, C<gzip>
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item h
+
+C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>, C<html1dir>, C<html1direxp>,
+C<html3dir>, C<html3direxp>
+
+=item i
+
+C<i16size>, C<i16type>, C<i32size>, C<i32type>, C<i64size>, C<i64type>,
+C<i8size>, C<i8type>, C<i_arpainet>, C<i_bsdioctl>, C<i_crypt>, C<i_db>,
+C<i_dbm>, C<i_dirent>, C<i_dld>, C<i_dlfcn>, C<i_fcntl>, C<i_float>,
+C<i_fp>, C<i_fp_class>, C<i_gdbm>, C<i_grp>, C<i_ieeefp>, C<i_inttypes>,
+C<i_langinfo>, C<i_libutil>, C<i_limits>, C<i_locale>, C<i_machcthr>,
+C<i_malloc>, C<i_math>, C<i_memory>, C<i_mntent>, C<i_ndbm>, C<i_netdb>,
+C<i_neterrno>, C<i_netinettcp>, C<i_niin>, C<i_poll>, C<i_prot>,
+C<i_pthread>, C<i_pwd>, C<i_rpcsvcdbm>, C<i_sfio>, C<i_sgtty>, C<i_shadow>,
+C<i_socks>, C<i_stdarg>, C<i_stddef>, C<i_stdlib>, C<i_string>,
+C<i_sunmath>, C<i_sysaccess>, C<i_sysdir>, C<i_sysfile>, C<i_sysfilio>,
+C<i_sysin>, C<i_sysioctl>, C<i_syslog>, C<i_sysmman>, C<i_sysmode>,
+C<i_sysmount>, C<i_sysndir>, C<i_sysparam>, C<i_sysresrc>, C<i_syssecrt>,
+C<i_sysselct>, C<i_syssockio>, C<i_sysstat>, C<i_sysstatfs>,
+C<i_sysstatvfs>, C<i_systime>, C<i_systimek>, C<i_systimes>, C<i_systypes>,
+C<i_sysuio>, C<i_sysun>, C<i_sysutsname>, C<i_sysvfs>, C<i_syswait>,
+C<i_termio>, C<i_termios>, C<i_time>, C<i_unistd>, C<i_ustat>, C<i_utime>,
+C<i_values>, C<i_varargs>, C<i_varhdr>, C<i_vfork>,
+C<ignore_versioned_solibs>, C<inc_version_list>, C<inc_version_list_init>,
+C<incpath>, C<inews>, C<installarchlib>, C<installbin>, C<installhtml1dir>,
+C<installhtml3dir>, C<installman1dir>, C<installman3dir>, C<installprefix>,
+C<installprefixexp>, C<installprivlib>, C<installscript>,
+C<installsitearch>, C<installsitebin>, C<installsitehtml1dir>,
+C<installsitehtml3dir>, C<installsitelib>, C<installsiteman1dir>,
+C<installsiteman3dir>, C<installsitescript>, C<installstyle>,
+C<installusrbinperl>, C<installvendorarch>, C<installvendorbin>,
+C<installvendorhtml1dir>, C<installvendorhtml3dir>, C<installvendorlib>,
+C<installvendorman1dir>, C<installvendorman3dir>, C<installvendorscript>,
+C<intsize>, C<issymlink>, C<ivdformat>, C<ivsize>, C<ivtype>
-=back
+=item k
-=head2 Bytecode, B::Bytecode - Perl compiler's bytecode backend
+C<known_extensions>, C<ksh>
-=over 4
+=item l
-=item SYNOPSIS
+C<ld>, C<lddlflags>, C<ldflags>, C<ldflags_uselargefiles>, C<ldlibpthname>,
+C<less>, C<lib_ext>, C<libc>, C<libperl>, C<libpth>, C<libs>, C<libsdirs>,
+C<libsfiles>, C<libsfound>, C<libspath>, C<libswanted>,
+C<libswanted_uselargefiles>, C<line>, C<lint>, C<lkflags>, C<ln>, C<lns>,
+C<localtime_r_proto>, C<locincpth>, C<loclibpth>, C<longdblsize>,
+C<longlongsize>, C<longsize>, C<lp>, C<lpr>, C<ls>, C<lseeksize>,
+C<lseektype>
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item m
-=item OPTIONS
+C<mail>, C<mailx>, C<make>, C<make_set_make>, C<mallocobj>, C<mallocsrc>,
+C<malloctype>, C<man1dir>, C<man1direxp>, C<man1ext>, C<man3dir>,
+C<man3direxp>, C<man3ext>
-B<-ofilename>, B<-afilename>, B<-->, B<-f>, B<-fcompress-nullops>,
-B<-fomit-sequence-numbers>, B<-fbypass-nullops>, B<-On>, B<-D>, B<-Do>,
-B<-Db>, B<-Da>, B<-DC>, B<-S>, B<-upackage>
+=item M
-=item EXAMPLES
+C<Mcc>, C<mips_type>, C<mistrustnm>, C<mkdir>, C<mmaptype>, C<modetype>,
+C<more>, C<multiarch>, C<mv>, C<myarchname>, C<mydomain>, C<myhostname>,
+C<myuname>
-=item BUGS
+=item n
-=item AUTHORS
+C<n>, C<need_va_copy>, C<netdb_hlen_type>, C<netdb_host_type>,
+C<netdb_name_type>, C<netdb_net_type>, C<nm>, C<nm_opt>, C<nm_so_opt>,
+C<nonxs_ext>, C<nroff>, C<nv_preserves_uv_bits>, C<nveformat>,
+C<nvEUformat>, C<nvfformat>, C<nvFUformat>, C<nvgformat>, C<nvGUformat>,
+C<nvsize>, C<nvtype>
-=back
+=item o
-=head2 CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class
+C<o_nonblock>, C<obj_ext>, C<old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<optimize>,
+C<orderlib>, C<osname>, C<osvers>, C<otherlibdirs>
-=over 4
+=item p
-=item SYNOPSIS
+C<package>, C<pager>, C<passcat>, C<patchlevel>, C<path_sep>, C<perl5>,
+C<perl>, C<perl_patchlevel>
-=item ABSTRACT
+=item P
-=item DESCRIPTION
+C<PERL_REVISION>, C<PERL_SUBVERSION>, C<PERL_VERSION>, C<perladmin>,
+C<perllibs>, C<perlpath>, C<pg>, C<phostname>, C<pidtype>, C<plibpth>,
+C<pmake>, C<pr>, C<prefix>, C<prefixexp>, C<privlib>, C<privlibexp>,
+C<procselfexe>, C<prototype>, C<ptrsize>
-=over 4
+=item q
-=item PROGRAMMING STYLE
+C<quadkind>, C<quadtype>
-=item CALLING CGI.PM ROUTINES
+=item r
-=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT (OBJECT-ORIENTED STYLE):
+C<randbits>, C<randfunc>, C<random_r_proto>, C<randseedtype>, C<ranlib>,
+C<rd_nodata>, C<readdir64_r_proto>, C<readdir_r_proto>, C<revision>, C<rm>,
+C<rmail>, C<run>, C<runnm>
-=item CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE
+=item s
-=item FETCHING A LIST OF KEYWORDS FROM THE QUERY:
+C<sched_yield>, C<scriptdir>, C<scriptdirexp>, C<sed>, C<seedfunc>,
+C<selectminbits>, C<selecttype>, C<sendmail>, C<setgrent_r_proto>,
+C<sethostent_r_proto>, C<setlocale_r_proto>, C<setnetent_r_proto>,
+C<setprotoent_r_proto>, C<setpwent_r_proto>, C<setservent_r_proto>, C<sh>,
+C<shar>, C<sharpbang>, C<shmattype>, C<shortsize>, C<shrpenv>, C<shsharp>,
+C<sig_count>, C<sig_name>, C<sig_name_init>, C<sig_num>, C<sig_num_init>,
+C<sig_size>, C<signal_t>, C<sitearch>, C<sitearchexp>, C<sitebin>,
+C<sitebinexp>, C<sitehtml1dir>, C<sitehtml1direxp>, C<sitehtml3dir>,
+C<sitehtml3direxp>, C<sitelib>, C<sitelib_stem>, C<sitelibexp>,
+C<siteman1dir>, C<siteman1direxp>, C<siteman3dir>, C<siteman3direxp>,
+C<siteprefix>, C<siteprefixexp>, C<sitescript>, C<sitescriptexp>,
+C<sizesize>, C<sizetype>, C<sleep>, C<smail>, C<so>, C<sockethdr>,
+C<socketlib>, C<socksizetype>, C<sort>, C<spackage>, C<spitshell>,
+C<sPRId64>, C<sPRIeldbl>, C<sPRIEUldbl>, C<sPRIfldbl>, C<sPRIFUldbl>,
+C<sPRIgldbl>, C<sPRIGUldbl>, C<sPRIi64>, C<sPRIo64>, C<sPRIu64>,
+C<sPRIx64>, C<sPRIXU64>, C<srand48_r_proto>, C<srandom_r_proto>, C<src>,
+C<sSCNfldbl>, C<ssizetype>, C<startperl>, C<startsh>, C<static_ext>,
+C<stdchar>, C<stdio_base>, C<stdio_bufsiz>, C<stdio_cnt>, C<stdio_filbuf>,
+C<stdio_ptr>, C<stdio_stream_array>, C<strerror_r_proto>, C<strings>,
+C<submit>, C<subversion>, C<sysman>
-=item FETCHING THE NAMES OF ALL THE PARAMETERS PASSED TO YOUR SCRIPT:
+=item t
-=item FETCHING THE VALUE OR VALUES OF A SINGLE NAMED PARAMETER:
+C<tail>, C<tar>, C<targetarch>, C<tbl>, C<tee>, C<test>, C<timeincl>,
+C<timetype>, C<tmpnam_r_proto>, C<to>, C<touch>, C<tr>, C<trnl>, C<troff>,
+C<ttyname_r_proto>
-=item SETTING THE VALUE(S) OF A NAMED PARAMETER:
+=item u
-=item APPENDING ADDITIONAL VALUES TO A NAMED PARAMETER:
+C<u16size>, C<u16type>, C<u32size>, C<u32type>, C<u64size>, C<u64type>,
+C<u8size>, C<u8type>, C<uidformat>, C<uidsign>, C<uidsize>, C<uidtype>,
+C<uname>, C<uniq>, C<uquadtype>, C<use5005threads>, C<use64bitall>,
+C<use64bitint>, C<usecrosscompile>, C<usedl>, C<usefaststdio>,
+C<useithreads>, C<uselargefiles>, C<uselongdouble>, C<usemallocwrap>,
+C<usemorebits>, C<usemultiplicity>, C<usemymalloc>, C<usenm>, C<useopcode>,
+C<useperlio>, C<useposix>, C<usereentrant>, C<usesfio>, C<useshrplib>,
+C<usesocks>, C<usethreads>, C<usevendorprefix>, C<usevfork>, C<usrinc>,
+C<uuname>, C<uvoformat>, C<uvsize>, C<uvtype>, C<uvuformat>, C<uvxformat>,
+C<uvXUformat>
-=item IMPORTING ALL PARAMETERS INTO A NAMESPACE:
+=item v
-=item DELETING A PARAMETER COMPLETELY:
+C<vendorarch>, C<vendorarchexp>, C<vendorbin>, C<vendorbinexp>,
+C<vendorhtml1dir>, C<vendorhtml1direxp>, C<vendorhtml3dir>,
+C<vendorhtml3direxp>, C<vendorlib>, C<vendorlib_stem>, C<vendorlibexp>,
+C<vendorman1dir>, C<vendorman1direxp>, C<vendorman3dir>,
+C<vendorman3direxp>, C<vendorprefix>, C<vendorprefixexp>, C<vendorscript>,
+C<vendorscriptexp>, C<version>, C<version_patchlevel_string>,
+C<versiononly>, C<vi>, C<voidflags>
-=item DELETING ALL PARAMETERS:
+=item x
-=item DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARAMETER LIST:
+C<xlibpth>
-=item FETCHING THE PARAMETER LIST AS A HASH:
+=item y
-=item SAVING THE STATE OF THE SCRIPT TO A FILE:
+C<yacc>, C<yaccflags>
-=item RETRIEVING CGI ERRORS
+=item z
-=item USING THE FUNCTION-ORIENTED INTERFACE
+C<zcat>, C<zip>
-B<:cgi>, B<:form>, B<:html2>, B<:html3>, B<:html4>, B<:netscape>, B<:html>,
-B<:standard>, B<:all>
+=back
-=item PRAGMAS
+=item NOTE
--any, -compile, -nosticky, -no_undef_params, -no_xhtml, -nph,
--newstyle_urls, -oldstyle_urls, -autoload, -no_debug, -debug,
--private_tempfiles
+=back
-=item SPECIAL FORMS FOR IMPORTING HTML-TAG FUNCTIONS
+=head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory
-1. start_table() (generates a <table> tag), 2. end_table() (generates a
-</table> tag), 3. start_ul() (generates a <ul> tag), 4. end_ul() (generates
-a </ul> tag)
+=over 4
-=back
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item GENERATING DYNAMIC DOCUMENTS
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item CREATING A STANDARD HTTP HEADER:
+=item getcwd and friends
-=item GENERATING A REDIRECTION HEADER
+getcwd, cwd, fastcwd, fastgetcwd, getdcwd
-=item CREATING THE HTML DOCUMENT HEADER
+=item abs_path and friends
-B<Parameters:>, 4, 5, 6..
+abs_path, realpath, fast_abs_path
-=item ENDING THE HTML DOCUMENT:
+=item $ENV{PWD}
-=item CREATING A SELF-REFERENCING URL THAT PRESERVES STATE INFORMATION:
+=back
-=item OBTAINING THE SCRIPT'S URL
+=item NOTES
-B<-absolute>, B<-relative>, B<-full>, B<-path> (B<-path_info>), B<-query>
-(B<-query_string>), B<-base>
+=item AUTHOR
-=item MIXING POST AND URL PARAMETERS
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item CREATING STANDARD HTML ELEMENTS:
+=head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft,
+subject to
+change)
=over 4
-=item PROVIDING ARGUMENTS TO HTML SHORTCUTS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item THE DISTRIBUTIVE PROPERTY OF HTML SHORTCUTS
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item HTML SHORTCUTS AND LIST INTERPOLATION
+=over 4
-=item NON-STANDARD HTML SHORTCUTS
+=item Global Variables
-=item AUTOESCAPING HTML
+ $DB::sub, %DB::sub, $DB::single, $DB::signal, $DB::trace, @DB::args,
+@DB::dbline, %DB::dbline, $DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::subname,
+$DB::lineno
-$escaped_string = escapeHTML("unescaped string");, $charset =
-charset([$charset]);, $flag = autoEscape([$flag]);
+=item API Methods
-=item PRETTY-PRINTING HTML
+CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'),
+CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done()
-=back
+=item Client Callback Methods
-=item CREATING FILL-OUT FORMS:
+CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(),
+CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(),
+CLIENT->output(LIST)
-=over 4
+=back
-=item CREATING AN ISINDEX TAG
+=item BUGS
-=item STARTING AND ENDING A FORM
+=item AUTHOR
-B<application/x-www-form-urlencoded>, B<multipart/form-data>
+=back
-=item CREATING A TEXT FIELD
+=head2 DBM_Filter -- Filter DBM keys/values
-B<Parameters>
+=over 4
-=item CREATING A BIG TEXT FIELD
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item CREATING A PASSWORD FIELD
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item CREATING A FILE UPLOAD FIELD
+=item What is a DBM Filter?
-B<Parameters>
+=over 4
-=item CREATING A POPUP MENU
+=item So what's new?
-=item CREATING A SCROLLING LIST
+=back
-B<Parameters:>
+=item METHODS
-=item CREATING A GROUP OF RELATED CHECKBOXES
+=over 4
-B<Parameters:>
+=item $db->Filter_Push()
-=item CREATING A STANDALONE CHECKBOX
+=item $db->Filter_Key_Push()
-B<Parameters:>
+=item $db->Filter_Value_Push()
-=item CREATING A RADIO BUTTON GROUP
+Filter_Push, Filter_Key_Push, Filter_Value_Push
-B<Parameters:>
+=item $db->Filter_Pop()
-=item CREATING A SUBMIT BUTTON
+=item $db->Filtered()
-B<Parameters:>
+=back
-=item CREATING A RESET BUTTON
+=item Writing a Filter
-=item CREATING A DEFAULT BUTTON
+=over 4
-=item CREATING A HIDDEN FIELD
+=item Immediate Filters
-B<Parameters:>
+=item Canned Filters
-=item CREATING A CLICKABLE IMAGE BUTTON
+"name", params
-B<Parameters:>, 3. The third option (-align, optional) is an alignment
-type, and may be TOP, BOTTOM or MIDDLE
+=back
-=item CREATING A JAVASCRIPT ACTION BUTTON
+=item Filters Included
-=back
+utf8, encode, compress, int32, null
-=item HTTP COOKIES
+=item NOTES
-1. an expiration time, 2. a domain, 3. a path, 4. a "secure" flag,
-B<-name>, B<-value>, B<-path>, B<-domain>, B<-expires>, B<-secure>
+=over 4
-=item WORKING WITH FRAMES
+=item Maintain Round Trip Integrity
-1. Create a <Frameset> document, 2. Specify the destination for the
-document in the HTTP header, 3. Specify the destination for the document in
-the <form> tag
+=item Don't mix filtered & non-filtered data in the same database file.
-=item LIMITED SUPPORT FOR CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
+=back
-=item DEBUGGING
+=item EXAMPLE
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item DUMPING OUT ALL THE NAME/VALUE PAIRS
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=item FETCHING ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
+=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
-B<Accept()>, B<raw_cookie()>, B<user_agent()>, B<path_info()>,
-B<path_translated()>, B<remote_host()>, B<script_name()> Return the script
-name as a partial URL, for self-refering scripts, B<referer()>, B<auth_type
-()>, B<server_name ()>, B<virtual_host ()>, B<server_port ()>,
-B<server_software ()>, B<remote_user ()>, B<user_name ()>,
-B<request_method()>, B<content_type()>, B<http()>, B<https()>
+=over 4
-=item USING NPH SCRIPTS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-In the B<use> statement, By calling the B<nph()> method:, By using B<-nph>
-parameters
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Server Push
+B<DB_HASH>, B<DB_BTREE>, B<DB_RECNO>
-multipart_init(), multipart_start(), multipart_end(), multipart_final()
+=over 4
-=item Avoiding Denial of Service Attacks
+=item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or greater
-B<$CGI::POST_MAX>, B<$CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS>, B<1. On a script-by-script
-basis>, B<2. Globally for all scripts>
+=item Interface to Berkeley DB
-=item COMPATIBILITY WITH CGI-LIB.PL
+=item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=item Default Parameters
-=item CREDITS
+=item In Memory Databases
-Matt Heffron (heffron@falstaff.css.beckman.com), James Taylor
-(james.taylor@srs.gov), Scott Anguish <sanguish@digifix.com>, Mike Jewell
-(mlj3u@virginia.edu), Timothy Shimmin (tes@kbs.citri.edu.au), Joergen Haegg
-(jh@axis.se), Laurent Delfosse (delfosse@delfosse.com), Richard Resnick
-(applepi1@aol.com), Craig Bishop (csb@barwonwater.vic.gov.au), Tony Curtis
-(tc@vcpc.univie.ac.at), Tim Bunce (Tim.Bunce@ig.co.uk), Tom Christiansen
-(tchrist@convex.com), Andreas Koenig (k@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE), Tim
-MacKenzie (Tim.MacKenzie@fulcrum.com.au), Kevin B. Hendricks
-(kbhend@dogwood.tyler.wm.edu), Stephen Dahmen (joyfire@inxpress.net), Ed
-Jordan (ed@fidalgo.net), David Alan Pisoni (david@cnation.com), Doug
-MacEachern (dougm@opengroup.org), Robin Houston (robin@oneworld.org),
-...and many many more..
+=back
-=item A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF A SIMPLE FORM-BASED SCRIPT
+=item DB_HASH
-=item BUGS
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item A Simple Example
=back
-=head2 CGI::Apache - Backward compatibility module for CGI.pm
+=item DB_BTREE
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Changing the BTREE sort order
-=item ABSTRACT
+=item Handling Duplicate Keys
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The get_dup() Method
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=item The find_dup() Method
-=item BUGS
+=item The del_dup() Method
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Matching Partial Keys
=back
-=head2 CGI::Carp, B<CGI::Carp> - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or
-other) error log
+=item DB_RECNO
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item The 'bval' Option
-=item REDIRECTING ERROR MESSAGES
+=item A Simple Example
-=item MAKING PERL ERRORS APPEAR IN THE BROWSER WINDOW
+=item Extra RECNO Methods
-=over 4
+B<$X-E<gt>push(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-E<gt>pop ;>, B<$X-E<gt>shift>,
+B<$X-E<gt>unshift(list) ;>, B<$X-E<gt>length>, B<$X-E<gt>splice(offset,
+length, elements);>
-=item Changing the default message
+=item Another Example
=back
-=item MAKING WARNINGS APPEAR AS HTML COMMENTS
+=item THE API INTERFACE
+
+B<$status = $X-E<gt>get($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status =
+$X-E<gt>put($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>del($key [,
+$flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>fd ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>seq($key,
+$value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>sync([$flags]) ;>
-=item CHANGE LOG
+=item DBM FILTERS
-=item AUTHORS
+B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
+B<filter_fetch_value>
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
+
+=item The Filter
+
+=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
+
+=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
=back
-=head2 CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies
+=item HINTS AND TIPS
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Locking: The Trouble with fd
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Safe ways to lock a database
-=item USING CGI::Cookie
+B<Tie::DB_Lock>, B<Tie::DB_LockFile>, B<DB_File::Lock>
-B<1. expiration date>, B<2. domain>, B<3. path>, B<4. secure flag>
+=item Sharing Databases With C Applications
-=over 4
+=item The untie() Gotcha
-=item Creating New Cookies
+=back
-=item Sending the Cookie to the Browser
+=item COMMON QUESTIONS
-=item Recovering Previous Cookies
+=over 4
-=item Manipulating Cookies
+=item Why is there Perl source in my database?
-B<name()>, B<value()>, B<domain()>, B<path()>, B<expires()>
+=item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File?
+
+=item What does "Invalid Argument" mean?
+
+=item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean?
=back
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=item REFERENCES
+
+=item HISTORY
=item BUGS
+=item AVAILABILITY
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
-=head2 CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI
+=head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both
+printing and C<eval>
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item OTHER PIECES OF THE PUZZLE
+=over 4
-=item WRITING FASTCGI PERL SCRIPTS
+=item Methods
-=item INSTALLING FASTCGI SCRIPTS
+I<PACKAGE>->new(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Dump I<or>
+I<PACKAGE>->Dump(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>),
+I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>),
+I<$OBJ>->Reset
-=item USING FASTCGI SCRIPTS AS CGI SCRIPTS
+=item Functions
-=item EXTERNAL FASTCGI SERVER INVOCATION
+Dumper(I<LIST>)
-FCGI_SOCKET_PATH, FCGI_LISTEN_QUEUE
+=item Configuration Variables or Methods
-=item CAVEATS
+=item Exports
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+Dumper
+
+=back
+
+=item EXAMPLES
=item BUGS
+=over 4
+
+=item NOTE
+
+=back
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item VERSION
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 CGI::Pretty - module to produce nicely formatted HTML code
+=head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
-=item Tags that won't be formatted
+=item PROFILE FORMAT
-=item Customizing the Indenting
+=item AUTOLOAD
-=back
+=item ENVIRONMENT
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
-
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push
+=head2 Devel::PPPort - Perl/Pollution/Portability
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item USING CGI::Push
+=over 4
--next_page, -last_page, -type, -delay, -cookie, -target, -expires, -nph
+=item Why use ppport.h?
-=over 4
+You should use F<ppport.h> in modern code so that your code will work
+with the widest range of Perl interpreters possible, without significant
+additional work.
-=item Heterogeneous Pages
+=item How to use ppport.h
-=item Changing the Page Delay on the Fly
+=item Running ppport.h
=back
-=item INSTALLING CGI::Push SCRIPTS
-
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=item BUGS
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item WriteFile
=back
-=head2 CGI::Switch - Backward compatibility module for defunct CGI::Switch
+=item COMPATIBILITY
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Provided Perl compatibility API
-=item ABSTRACT
+=item Perl API not supported by ppport.h
-=item DESCRIPTION
+perl 5.9.2, perl 5.9.1, perl 5.9.0, perl 5.8.3, perl 5.8.1, perl 5.8.0,
+perl 5.7.3, perl 5.7.2, perl 5.7.1, perl 5.6.1, perl 5.6.0, perl 5.005_03,
+perl 5.005, perl 5.004_05, perl 5.004_04, perl 5.004
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=back
=item BUGS
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 CGI::Util - Internal utilities used by CGI module
+=head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item AUTHOR INFORMATION
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Runtime debugging
+
+=item Memory footprint debugging
=back
-=head2 CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites
+=item EXAMPLES
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item A simple scalar string
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item A simple scalar number
-=over 4
+=item A simple scalar with an extra reference
-=item Interactive Mode
+=item A reference to a simple scalar
-Searching for authors, bundles, distribution files and modules, make, test,
-install, clean modules or distributions, get, readme, look module or
-distribution, ls author, Signals
+=item A reference to an array
-=item CPAN::Shell
+=item A reference to a hash
-=item autobundle
+=item Dumping a large array or hash
-=item recompile
+=item A reference to an SV which holds a C pointer
-=item The four C<CPAN::*> Classes: Author, Bundle, Module, Distribution
+=item A reference to a subroutine
-=item Programmer's interface
+=back
-expand($type,@things), expandany(@things), Programming Examples
+=item EXPORTS
-=item Methods in the other Classes
+=item BUGS
-CPAN::Author::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Author::as_string(),
-CPAN::Author::email(), CPAN::Author::fullname(), CPAN::Author::name(),
-CPAN::Bundle::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Bundle::as_string(),
-CPAN::Bundle::clean(), CPAN::Bundle::contains(),
-CPAN::Bundle::force($method,@args), CPAN::Bundle::get(),
-CPAN::Bundle::inst_file(), CPAN::Bundle::inst_version(),
-CPAN::Bundle::uptodate(), CPAN::Bundle::install(), CPAN::Bundle::make(),
-CPAN::Bundle::readme(), CPAN::Bundle::test(),
-CPAN::Distribution::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Distribution::as_string(),
-CPAN::Distribution::clean(), CPAN::Distribution::containsmods(),
-CPAN::Distribution::cvs_import(), CPAN::Distribution::dir(),
-CPAN::Distribution::force($method,@args), CPAN::Distribution::get(),
-CPAN::Distribution::install(), CPAN::Distribution::isa_perl(),
-CPAN::Distribution::look(), CPAN::Distribution::make(),
-CPAN::Distribution::prereq_pm(), CPAN::Distribution::readme(),
-CPAN::Distribution::test(), CPAN::Distribution::uptodate(),
-CPAN::Index::force_reload(), CPAN::Index::reload(), CPAN::InfoObj::dump(),
-CPAN::Module::as_glimpse(), CPAN::Module::as_string(),
-CPAN::Module::clean(), CPAN::Module::cpan_file(),
-CPAN::Module::cpan_version(), CPAN::Module::cvs_import(),
-CPAN::Module::description(), CPAN::Module::force($method,@args),
-CPAN::Module::get(), CPAN::Module::inst_file(),
-CPAN::Module::inst_version(), CPAN::Module::install(),
-CPAN::Module::look(), CPAN::Module::make(),
-CPAN::Module::manpage_headline(), CPAN::Module::readme(),
-CPAN::Module::test(), CPAN::Module::uptodate(), CPAN::Module::userid()
+=item AUTHOR
-=item Cache Manager
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Bundles
+=back
-=item Prerequisites
+=head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
-=item Finding packages and VERSION
+=over 4
-=item Debugging
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item Floppy, Zip, Offline Mode
+=item DESCRIPTION
=back
-=item CONFIGURATION
-
-C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>scalar optionE<gt>
-E<lt>valueE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>>, C<o conf E<lt>list
-optionE<gt> [shift|pop]>, C<o conf E<lt>list optionE<gt>
-[unshift|push|splice] E<lt>listE<gt>>
+=head2 Digest - Modules that calculate message digests
=over 4
-=item Note on urllist parameter's format
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item urllist parameter has CD-ROM support
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+I<binary>, I<hex>, I<base64>
+
+=item OO INTERFACE
+
+$ctx = Digest->XXX($arg,...), $ctx = Digest->new(XXX => $arg,...), $ctx =
+Digest::XXX->new($arg,...), $other_ctx = $ctx->clone, $ctx->reset,
+$ctx->add( $data, ... ), $ctx->addfile( $io_handle ), $ctx->add_bits(
+$data, $nbits ), $ctx->add_bits( $bitstring ), $ctx->digest,
+$ctx->hexdigest, $ctx->b64digest
+
+=item Digest speed
-=item SECURITY
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item EXPORT
+=item AUTHOR
-=item POPULATE AN INSTALLATION WITH LOTS OF MODULES
+=back
-=item WORKING WITH CPAN.pm BEHIND FIREWALLS
+=head2 Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
=over 4
-=item Three basic types of firewalls
+=item SYNOPSIS
-http firewall, ftp firewall, One way visibility, SOCKS, IP Masquerade
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item Configuring lynx or ncftp for going through a firewall
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=back
+md5($data,...), md5_hex($data,...), md5_base64($data,...)
-=item FAQ
+=item METHODS
-1), 2), 3), 4), 5), 6), 7), 8), 9), 10)
+$md5 = Digest::MD5->new, $md5->reset, $md5->clone, $md5->add($data,...),
+$md5->addfile($io_handle), $md5->add_bits($data, $nbits),
+$md5->add_bits($bitstring), $md5->digest, $md5->hexdigest, $md5->b64digest
-=item BUGS
+=item EXAMPLES
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item TRANSLATIONS
+=item COPYRIGHT
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-=head2 CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization
+=head2 Digest::base - Digest base class
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item SYNPOSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 CPANox, CPAN::Nox - Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS
-module
+=head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item NOTES
=back
-=head2 Carp, carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)
+=head2 Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data.
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Forcing a Stack Trace
+=item Creation
-=back
+C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>,
+C<dumpDBFiles>, C<dumpPackages>, C<dumpReused>, C<tick>, C<quoteHighBit>,
+C<printUndef>, C<usageOnly>, unctrl, subdump, bareStringify, quoteHighBit,
+stopDbSignal
-=item BUGS
+=item Methods
+
+dumpValue, dumpValues, stringify, dumpvars, set_quote, set_unctrl,
+compactDump, veryCompact, set, get
=back
-=head2 Carp::Heavy, Carp heavy machinery - no user serviceable parts inside
+=back
-=head2 Class::ISA -- report the search path for a class's ISA tree
+=head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item FUNCTIONS
-
-the function Class::ISA::super_path($CLASS), the function
-Class::ISA::self_and_super_path($CLASS), the function
-Class::ISA::self_and_super_versions($CLASS)
-
-=item CAUTIONARY NOTES
-
-=item COPYRIGHT
+@dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, @dl_librefs,
+@dl_modules, @dl_shared_objects, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(),
+dl_expandspec(), dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_load_flags(),
+dl_find_symbol(), dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(),
+dl_install_xsub(), bootstrap()
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes
+=head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into
+Perl code
=over 4
=over 4
-=item The C<struct()> function
+=item Migration from C<DynaLoader>
-=item Class Creation at Compile Time
+=item Backward compatible boilerplate
-=item Element Types and Accessor Methods
+=back
-Scalar (C<'$'> or C<'*$'>), Array (C<'@'> or C<'*@'>), Hash (C<'%'> or
-C<'*%'>), Class (C<'Class_Name'> or C<'*Class_Name'>)
+=item Order of initialization: early load()
-=item Initializing with C<new>
+=over 4
-=back
+=item The most hairy case
-=item EXAMPLES
+=back
-Example 1, Example 2, Example 3
+=item LIMITATIONS
-=item Author and Modification History
+=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 Config - access Perl configuration information
+=head2 Encode - character encodings
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-myconfig(), config_sh(), config_vars(@names)
+=over 4
-=item EXAMPLE
+=item Table of Contents
-=item WARNING
+=back
-=item GLOSSARY
+=item DESCRIPTION
=over 4
-=item _
+=item TERMINOLOGY
-C<_a>, C<_exe>, C<_o>
+=back
-=item a
+=item PERL ENCODING API
-C<afs>, C<afsroot>, C<alignbytes>, C<ansi2knr>, C<aphostname>,
-C<api_revision>, C<api_subversion>, C<api_version>, C<api_versionstring>,
-C<ar>, C<archlib>, C<archlibexp>, C<archname64>, C<archname>, C<archobjs>,
-C<awk>
+$octets = encode(ENCODING, $string [, CHECK]), $string = decode(ENCODING,
+$octets [, CHECK]), [$length =] from_to($octets, FROM_ENC, TO_ENC [,
+CHECK]), $octets = encode_utf8($string);, $string = decode_utf8($octets [,
+CHECK]);
-=item b
+=over 4
-C<baserev>, C<bash>, C<bin>, C<bincompat5005>, C<binexp>, C<bison>,
-C<byacc>, C<byteorder>
+=item Listing available encodings
-=item c
+=item Defining Aliases
-C<c>, C<castflags>, C<cat>, C<cc>, C<cccdlflags>, C<ccdlflags>, C<ccflags>,
-C<ccflags_uselargefiles>, C<ccname>, C<ccsymbols>, C<ccversion>, C<cf_by>,
-C<cf_email>, C<cf_time>, C<charsize>, C<chgrp>, C<chmod>, C<chown>,
-C<clocktype>, C<comm>, C<compress>, C<contains>, C<cp>, C<cpio>, C<cpp>,
-C<cpp_stuff>, C<cppccsymbols>, C<cppflags>, C<cpplast>, C<cppminus>,
-C<cpprun>, C<cppstdin>, C<cppsymbols>, C<cryptlib>, C<csh>
+=back
-=item d
+=item Encoding via PerlIO
-C<d__fwalk>, C<d_access>, C<d_accessx>, C<d_alarm>, C<d_archlib>,
-C<d_atolf>, C<d_atoll>, C<d_attribut>, C<d_bcmp>, C<d_bcopy>,
-C<d_bincompat5005>, C<d_bsd>, C<d_bsdgetpgrp>, C<d_bsdsetpgrp>, C<d_bzero>,
-C<d_casti32>, C<d_castneg>, C<d_charvspr>, C<d_chown>, C<d_chroot>,
-C<d_chsize>, C<d_class>, C<d_closedir>, C<d_cmsghdr_s>, C<d_const>,
-C<d_crypt>, C<d_csh>, C<d_cuserid>, C<d_dbl_dig>, C<d_dbminitproto>,
-C<d_difftime>, C<d_dirfd>, C<d_dirnamlen>, C<d_dlerror>, C<d_dlopen>,
-C<d_dlsymun>, C<d_dosuid>, C<d_drand48proto>, C<d_dup2>, C<d_eaccess>,
-C<d_endgrent>, C<d_endhent>, C<d_endnent>, C<d_endpent>, C<d_endpwent>,
-C<d_endsent>, C<d_eofnblk>, C<d_eunice>, C<d_fchdir>, C<d_fchmod>,
-C<d_fchown>, C<d_fcntl>, C<d_fcntl_can_lock>, C<d_fd_macros>, C<d_fd_set>,
-C<d_fds_bits>, C<d_fgetpos>, C<d_finite>, C<d_finitel>, C<d_flexfnam>,
-C<d_flock>, C<d_flockproto>, C<d_fork>, C<d_fp_class>, C<d_fpathconf>,
-C<d_fpclass>, C<d_fpclassify>, C<d_fpclassl>, C<d_fpos64_t>, C<d_frexpl>,
-C<d_fs_data_s>, C<d_fseeko>, C<d_fsetpos>, C<d_fstatfs>, C<d_fstatvfs>,
-C<d_fsync>, C<d_ftello>, C<d_ftime>, C<d_Gconvert>, C<d_getcwd>,
-C<d_getespwnam>, C<d_getfsstat>, C<d_getgrent>, C<d_getgrps>,
-C<d_gethbyaddr>, C<d_gethbyname>, C<d_gethent>, C<d_gethname>,
-C<d_gethostprotos>, C<d_getitimer>, C<d_getlogin>, C<d_getmnt>,
-C<d_getmntent>, C<d_getnbyaddr>, C<d_getnbyname>, C<d_getnent>,
-C<d_getnetprotos>, C<d_getpagsz>, C<d_getpbyname>, C<d_getpbynumber>,
-C<d_getpent>, C<d_getpgid>, C<d_getpgrp2>, C<d_getpgrp>, C<d_getppid>,
-C<d_getprior>, C<d_getprotoprotos>, C<d_getprpwnam>, C<d_getpwent>,
-C<d_getsbyname>, C<d_getsbyport>, C<d_getsent>, C<d_getservprotos>,
-C<d_getspnam>, C<d_gettimeod>, C<d_gnulibc>, C<d_grpasswd>, C<d_hasmntopt>,
-C<d_htonl>, C<d_index>, C<d_inetaton>, C<d_int64_t>, C<d_isascii>,
-C<d_isfinite>, C<d_isinf>, C<d_isnan>, C<d_isnanl>, C<d_killpg>,
-C<d_lchown>, C<d_ldbl_dig>, C<d_link>, C<d_locconv>, C<d_lockf>,
-C<d_longdbl>, C<d_longlong>, C<d_lseekproto>, C<d_lstat>, C<d_madvise>,
-C<d_mblen>, C<d_mbstowcs>, C<d_mbtowc>, C<d_memchr>, C<d_memcmp>,
-C<d_memcpy>, C<d_memmove>, C<d_memset>, C<d_mkdir>, C<d_mkdtemp>,
-C<d_mkfifo>, C<d_mkstemp>, C<d_mkstemps>, C<d_mktime>, C<d_mmap>,
-C<d_modfl>, C<d_modfl_pow32_bug>, C<d_mprotect>, C<d_msg>, C<d_msg_ctrunc>,
-C<d_msg_dontroute>, C<d_msg_oob>, C<d_msg_peek>, C<d_msg_proxy>,
-C<d_msgctl>, C<d_msgget>, C<d_msghdr_s>, C<d_msgrcv>, C<d_msgsnd>,
-C<d_msync>, C<d_munmap>, C<d_mymalloc>, C<d_nice>, C<d_nl_langinfo>,
-C<d_nv_preserves_uv>, C<d_nv_preserves_uv_bits>, C<d_off64_t>,
-C<d_old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<d_oldpthreads>, C<d_oldsock>,
-C<d_open3>, C<d_pathconf>, C<d_pause>, C<d_perl_otherlibdirs>,
-C<d_phostname>, C<d_pipe>, C<d_poll>, C<d_portable>, C<d_PRId64>,
-C<d_PRIeldbl>, C<d_PRIEUldbl>, C<d_PRIfldbl>, C<d_PRIFUldbl>,
-C<d_PRIgldbl>, C<d_PRIGUldbl>, C<d_PRIi64>, C<d_PRIo64>, C<d_PRIu64>,
-C<d_PRIx64>, C<d_PRIXU64>, C<d_procselfexe>, C<d_pthread_atfork>,
-C<d_pthread_yield>, C<d_pwage>, C<d_pwchange>, C<d_pwclass>,
-C<d_pwcomment>, C<d_pwexpire>, C<d_pwgecos>, C<d_pwpasswd>, C<d_pwquota>,
-C<d_qgcvt>, C<d_quad>, C<d_readdir>, C<d_readlink>, C<d_readv>,
-C<d_recvmsg>, C<d_rename>, C<d_rewinddir>, C<d_rmdir>, C<d_safebcpy>,
-C<d_safemcpy>, C<d_sanemcmp>, C<d_sbrkproto>, C<d_sched_yield>,
-C<d_scm_rights>, C<d_SCNfldbl>, C<d_seekdir>, C<d_select>, C<d_sem>,
-C<d_semctl>, C<d_semctl_semid_ds>, C<d_semctl_semun>, C<d_semget>,
-C<d_semop>, C<d_sendmsg>, C<d_setegid>, C<d_seteuid>, C<d_setgrent>,
-C<d_setgrps>, C<d_sethent>, C<d_setitimer>, C<d_setlinebuf>,
-C<d_setlocale>, C<d_setnent>, C<d_setpent>, C<d_setpgid>, C<d_setpgrp2>,
-C<d_setpgrp>, C<d_setprior>, C<d_setproctitle>, C<d_setpwent>,
-C<d_setregid>, C<d_setresgid>, C<d_setresuid>, C<d_setreuid>, C<d_setrgid>,
-C<d_setruid>, C<d_setsent>, C<d_setsid>, C<d_setvbuf>, C<d_sfio>, C<d_shm>,
-C<d_shmat>, C<d_shmatprototype>, C<d_shmctl>, C<d_shmdt>, C<d_shmget>,
-C<d_sigaction>, C<d_sigprocmask>, C<d_sigsetjmp>, C<d_sockatmark>,
-C<d_sockatmarkproto>, C<d_socket>, C<d_socklen_t>, C<d_sockpair>,
-C<d_socks5_init>, C<d_sqrtl>, C<d_sresgproto>, C<d_sresuproto>,
-C<d_statblks>, C<d_statfs_f_flags>, C<d_statfs_s>, C<d_statvfs>,
-C<d_stdio_cnt_lval>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval>, C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_nochange_cnt>,
-C<d_stdio_ptr_lval_sets_cnt>, C<d_stdio_stream_array>, C<d_stdiobase>,
-C<d_stdstdio>, C<d_strchr>, C<d_strcoll>, C<d_strctcpy>, C<d_strerrm>,
-C<d_strerror>, C<d_strftime>, C<d_strtod>, C<d_strtol>, C<d_strtold>,
-C<d_strtoll>, C<d_strtoq>, C<d_strtoul>, C<d_strtoull>, C<d_strtouq>,
-C<d_strxfrm>, C<d_suidsafe>, C<d_symlink>, C<d_syscall>, C<d_syscallproto>,
-C<d_sysconf>, C<d_sysernlst>, C<d_syserrlst>, C<d_system>, C<d_tcgetpgrp>,
-C<d_tcsetpgrp>, C<d_telldir>, C<d_telldirproto>, C<d_time>, C<d_times>,
-C<d_truncate>, C<d_tzname>, C<d_u32align>, C<d_ualarm>, C<d_umask>,
-C<d_uname>, C<d_union_semun>, C<d_unordered>, C<d_usleep>,
-C<d_usleepproto>, C<d_ustat>, C<d_vendorarch>, C<d_vendorbin>,
-C<d_vendorlib>, C<d_vfork>, C<d_void_closedir>, C<d_voidsig>, C<d_voidtty>,
-C<d_volatile>, C<d_vprintf>, C<d_wait4>, C<d_waitpid>, C<d_wcstombs>,
-C<d_wctomb>, C<d_writev>, C<d_xenix>, C<date>, C<db_hashtype>,
-C<db_prefixtype>, C<db_version_major>, C<db_version_minor>,
-C<db_version_patch>, C<defvoidused>, C<direntrytype>, C<dlext>, C<dlsrc>,
-C<doublesize>, C<drand01>, C<dynamic_ext>
+=item Handling Malformed Data
-=item e
+B<NOTE:> Not all encoding suppport this feature, I<CHECK> =
+Encode::FB_DEFAULT ( == 0), I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_CROAK ( == 1), I<CHECK> =
+Encode::FB_QUIET, I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_WARN, perlqq mode (I<CHECK> =
+Encode::FB_PERLQQ), HTML charref mode (I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_HTMLCREF), XML
+charref mode (I<CHECK> = Encode::FB_XMLCREF), The bitmask
+
+=over 4
-C<eagain>, C<ebcdic>, C<echo>, C<egrep>, C<emacs>, C<eunicefix>,
-C<exe_ext>, C<expr>, C<extensions>, C<extras>
+=item Unimplemented fallback schemes
-=item f
+=back
-C<fflushall>, C<fflushNULL>, C<find>, C<firstmakefile>, C<flex>,
-C<fpossize>, C<fpostype>, C<freetype>, C<from>, C<full_ar>, C<full_csh>,
-C<full_sed>
+=item Defining Encodings
-=item g
+=item The UTF-8 flag
-C<gccosandvers>, C<gccversion>, C<gidformat>, C<gidsign>, C<gidsize>,
-C<gidtype>, C<glibpth>, C<gmake>, C<grep>, C<groupcat>, C<groupstype>,
-C<gzip>
+Goal #1:, Goal #2:, Goal #3:, Goal #4:
-=item h
+=over 4
-C<h_fcntl>, C<h_sysfile>, C<hint>, C<hostcat>
+=item Messing with Perl's Internals
-=item i
+is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK]), _utf8_on(STRING), _utf8_off(STRING)
-C<i16size>, C<i16type>, C<i32size>, C<i32type>, C<i64size>, C<i64type>,
-C<i8size>, C<i8type>, C<i_arpainet>, C<i_bsdioctl>, C<i_db>, C<i_dbm>,
-C<i_dirent>, C<i_dld>, C<i_dlfcn>, C<i_fcntl>, C<i_float>, C<i_fp>,
-C<i_fp_class>, C<i_gdbm>, C<i_grp>, C<i_ieeefp>, C<i_inttypes>,
-C<i_langinfo>, C<i_libutil>, C<i_limits>, C<i_locale>, C<i_machcthr>,
-C<i_malloc>, C<i_math>, C<i_memory>, C<i_mntent>, C<i_ndbm>, C<i_netdb>,
-C<i_neterrno>, C<i_netinettcp>, C<i_niin>, C<i_poll>, C<i_prot>,
-C<i_pthread>, C<i_pwd>, C<i_rpcsvcdbm>, C<i_sfio>, C<i_sgtty>, C<i_shadow>,
-C<i_socks>, C<i_stdarg>, C<i_stddef>, C<i_stdlib>, C<i_string>,
-C<i_sunmath>, C<i_sysaccess>, C<i_sysdir>, C<i_sysfile>, C<i_sysfilio>,
-C<i_sysin>, C<i_sysioctl>, C<i_syslog>, C<i_sysmman>, C<i_sysmode>,
-C<i_sysmount>, C<i_sysndir>, C<i_sysparam>, C<i_sysresrc>, C<i_syssecrt>,
-C<i_sysselct>, C<i_syssockio>, C<i_sysstat>, C<i_sysstatfs>,
-C<i_sysstatvfs>, C<i_systime>, C<i_systimek>, C<i_systimes>, C<i_systypes>,
-C<i_sysuio>, C<i_sysun>, C<i_sysutsname>, C<i_sysvfs>, C<i_syswait>,
-C<i_termio>, C<i_termios>, C<i_time>, C<i_unistd>, C<i_ustat>, C<i_utime>,
-C<i_values>, C<i_varargs>, C<i_varhdr>, C<i_vfork>,
-C<ignore_versioned_solibs>, C<inc_version_list>, C<inc_version_list_init>,
-C<incpath>, C<inews>, C<installarchlib>, C<installbin>, C<installman1dir>,
-C<installman3dir>, C<installprefix>, C<installprefixexp>,
-C<installprivlib>, C<installscript>, C<installsitearch>, C<installsitebin>,
-C<installsitelib>, C<installstyle>, C<installusrbinperl>,
-C<installvendorarch>, C<installvendorbin>, C<installvendorlib>, C<intsize>,
-C<issymlink>, C<ivdformat>, C<ivsize>, C<ivtype>
+=back
-=item k
+=item SEE ALSO
-C<known_extensions>, C<ksh>
+=item MAINTAINER
-=item l
+=back
-C<ld>, C<lddlflags>, C<ldflags>, C<ldflags_uselargefiles>, C<ldlibpthname>,
-C<less>, C<lib_ext>, C<libc>, C<libperl>, C<libpth>, C<libs>, C<libsdirs>,
-C<libsfiles>, C<libsfound>, C<libspath>, C<libswanted>,
-C<libswanted_uselargefiles>, C<line>, C<lint>, C<lkflags>, C<ln>, C<lns>,
-C<locincpth>, C<loclibpth>, C<longdblsize>, C<longlongsize>, C<longsize>,
-C<lp>, C<lpr>, C<ls>, C<lseeksize>, C<lseektype>
+=head2 Encode::Alias - alias definitions to encodings
-=item m
+=over 4
-C<mail>, C<mailx>, C<make>, C<make_set_make>, C<mallocobj>, C<mallocsrc>,
-C<malloctype>, C<man1dir>, C<man1direxp>, C<man1ext>, C<man3dir>,
-C<man3direxp>, C<man3ext>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item M
+=item DESCRIPTION
-C<Mcc>, C<mips_type>, C<mkdir>, C<mmaptype>, C<modetype>, C<more>,
-C<multiarch>, C<mv>, C<myarchname>, C<mydomain>, C<myhostname>, C<myuname>
+As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
+reference, e.g.:
-=item n
+=over 4
-C<n>, C<need_va_copy>, C<netdb_hlen_type>, C<netdb_host_type>,
-C<netdb_name_type>, C<netdb_net_type>, C<nm>, C<nm_opt>, C<nm_so_opt>,
-C<nonxs_ext>, C<nroff>, C<nveformat>, C<nvEUformat>, C<nvfformat>,
-C<nvFUformat>, C<nvgformat>, C<nvGUformat>, C<nvsize>, C<nvtype>
+=item Alias overloading
-=item o
+=back
-C<o_nonblock>, C<obj_ext>, C<old_pthread_create_joinable>, C<optimize>,
-C<orderlib>, C<osname>, C<osvers>, C<otherlibdirs>
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item p
+=back
-C<package>, C<pager>, C<passcat>, C<patchlevel>, C<path_sep>, C<perl5>,
-C<perl>, C<perl_patchlevel>
+=head2 Encode::Byte - Single Byte Encodings
-=item P
+=over 4
-C<PERL_REVISION>, C<PERL_SUBVERSION>, C<PERL_VERSION>, C<perladmin>,
-C<perllibs>, C<perlpath>, C<pg>, C<phostname>, C<pidtype>, C<plibpth>,
-C<pm_apiversion>, C<pmake>, C<pr>, C<prefix>, C<prefixexp>, C<privlib>,
-C<privlibexp>, C<procselfexe>, C<prototype>, C<ptrsize>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item q
+=item ABSTRACT
-C<quadkind>, C<quadtype>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item r
+=item SEE ALSO
-C<randbits>, C<randfunc>, C<randseedtype>, C<ranlib>, C<rd_nodata>,
-C<revision>, C<rm>, C<rmail>, C<run>, C<runnm>
+=back
-=item s
+=head2 Encode::CJKConstants -- Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
-C<sched_yield>, C<scriptdir>, C<scriptdirexp>, C<sed>, C<seedfunc>,
-C<selectminbits>, C<selecttype>, C<sendmail>, C<sh>, C<shar>, C<sharpbang>,
-C<shmattype>, C<shortsize>, C<shrpenv>, C<shsharp>, C<sig_count>,
-C<sig_name>, C<sig_name_init>, C<sig_num>, C<sig_num_init>, C<sig_size>,
-C<signal_t>, C<sitearch>, C<sitearchexp>, C<sitebin>, C<sitebinexp>,
-C<sitelib>, C<sitelib_stem>, C<sitelibexp>, C<siteprefix>,
-C<siteprefixexp>, C<sizesize>, C<sizetype>, C<sleep>, C<smail>, C<so>,
-C<sockethdr>, C<socketlib>, C<socksizetype>, C<sort>, C<spackage>,
-C<spitshell>, C<sPRId64>, C<sPRIeldbl>, C<sPRIEUldbl>, C<sPRIfldbl>,
-C<sPRIFUldbl>, C<sPRIgldbl>, C<sPRIGUldbl>, C<sPRIi64>, C<sPRIo64>,
-C<sPRIu64>, C<sPRIx64>, C<sPRIXU64>, C<src>, C<sSCNfldbl>, C<ssizetype>,
-C<startperl>, C<startsh>, C<static_ext>, C<stdchar>, C<stdio_base>,
-C<stdio_bufsiz>, C<stdio_cnt>, C<stdio_filbuf>, C<stdio_ptr>,
-C<stdio_stream_array>, C<strings>, C<submit>, C<subversion>, C<sysman>
+=head2 Encode::CN - China-based Chinese Encodings
-=item t
+=over 4
-C<tail>, C<tar>, C<targetarch>, C<tbl>, C<tee>, C<test>, C<timeincl>,
-C<timetype>, C<to>, C<touch>, C<tr>, C<trnl>, C<troff>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item u
+=item DESCRIPTION
-C<u16size>, C<u16type>, C<u32size>, C<u32type>, C<u64size>, C<u64type>,
-C<u8size>, C<u8type>, C<uidformat>, C<uidsign>, C<uidsize>, C<uidtype>,
-C<uname>, C<uniq>, C<uquadtype>, C<use5005threads>, C<use64bitall>,
-C<use64bitint>, C<usecrosscompile>, C<usedl>, C<useithreads>,
-C<uselargefiles>, C<uselongdouble>, C<usemorebits>, C<usemultiplicity>,
-C<usemymalloc>, C<usenm>, C<useopcode>, C<useperlio>, C<useposix>,
-C<usereentrant>, C<usesfio>, C<useshrplib>, C<usesocks>, C<usethreads>,
-C<usevendorprefix>, C<usevfork>, C<usrinc>, C<uuname>, C<uvoformat>,
-C<uvsize>, C<uvtype>, C<uvuformat>, C<uvxformat>, C<uvXUformat>
+=item NOTES
-=item v
+=item BUGS
-C<vendorarch>, C<vendorarchexp>, C<vendorbin>, C<vendorbinexp>,
-C<vendorlib>, C<vendorlib_stem>, C<vendorlibexp>, C<vendorprefix>,
-C<vendorprefixexp>, C<version>, C<version_patchlevel_string>,
-C<versiononly>, C<vi>, C<voidflags>
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item x
+=back
-C<xlibpth>, C<xs_apiversion>
+=head2 Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by Encode::CN
-=item y
+=head2 Encode::Config -- internally used by Encode
-C<yacc>, C<yaccflags>
+=head2 Encode::EBCDIC - EBCDIC Encodings
-=item z
+=over 4
-C<zcat>, C<zip>
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item NOTE
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Cwd - get pathname of current working directory
+=head2 Encode::Encoding - Encode Implementation Base Class
=over 4
=over 4
-=item getcwd and friends
+=item Methods you should implement
+
+-E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check]),
+-E<gt>cat_decode($destination, $octets, $offset, $terminator [,$check])
+
+=item Other methods defined in Encode::Encodings
+
+-E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>renewed, -E<gt>perlio_ok(),
+-E<gt>needs_lines()
+
+=item Example: Encode::ROT13
+
+=back
+
+=item Why the heck Encode API is different?
-getcwd, cwd, fastcwd, fastgetcwd
+=over 4
+
+=item Compiled Encodings
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from data
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item abs_path and friends
+=item ABSTRACT
-abs_path, realpath, fast_abs_path
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item $ENV{PWD}
+Encode::Guess->set_suspects, Encode::Guess->add_suspects,
+Encode::decode("Guess" ...), Encode::Guess->guess($data),
+guess_encoding($data, [, I<list of suspects>])
-=back
+=item CAVEATS
-=item NOTES
+=item TO DO
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 DB - programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API (draft,
-subject to
-change)
+=head2 Encode::JP - Japanese Encodings
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item ABSTRACT
+
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item Note on ISO-2022-JP(-1)?
-=item Global Variables
+=item BUGS
- $DB::sub, %DB::sub, $DB::single, $DB::signal, $DB::trace, @DB::args,
-@DB::dbline, %DB::dbline, $DB::package, $DB::filename, $DB::subname,
-$DB::lineno
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item API Methods
+=back
-CLIENT->register(), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->skippkg('D::hide'),
-CLIENT->run(), CLIENT->step(), CLIENT->next(), CLIENT->done()
+=head2 Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by Encode::JP::2022_JP*
-=item Client Callback Methods
+=head2 Encode::JP::JIS7 -- internally used by Encode::JP
-CLIENT->init(), CLIENT->prestop([STRING]), CLIENT->stop(), CLIENT->idle(),
-CLIENT->poststop([STRING]), CLIENT->evalcode(STRING), CLIENT->cleanup(),
-CLIENT->output(LIST)
+=head2 Encode::KR - Korean Encodings
-=back
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x
+=head2 Encode::KR::2022_KR -- internally used by Encode::KR
+
+=head2 Encode::MIME::Header -- MIME 'B' and 'Q' header encoding
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
-B<DB_HASH>, B<DB_BTREE>, B<DB_RECNO>
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item BUGS
-=item Using DB_File with Berkeley DB version 2 or greater
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Interface to Berkeley DB
+=back
-=item Opening a Berkeley DB Database File
+=head2 Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document on Encode and PerlIO
-=item Default Parameters
+=over 4
-=item In Memory Databases
+=item Overview
-=back
+=item How does it work?
-=item DB_HASH
+=item Line Buffering
=over 4
-=item A Simple Example
+=item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
=back
-=item DB_BTREE
-
-=over 4
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item Changing the BTREE sort order
+=back
-=item Handling Duplicate Keys
+=head2 Encode::Supported -- Encodings supported by Encode
-=item The get_dup() Method
+=over 4
-=item The find_dup() Method
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item The del_dup() Method
+=over 4
-=item Matching Partial Keys
+=item Encoding Names
=back
-=item DB_RECNO
+=item Supported Encodings
=over 4
-=item The 'bval' Option
+=item Built-in Encodings
-=item A Simple Example
+=item Encode::Unicode -- other Unicode encodings
-=item Extra RECNO Methods
+=item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
-B<$X-E<gt>push(list) ;>, B<$value = $X-E<gt>pop ;>, B<$X-E<gt>shift>,
-B<$X-E<gt>unshift(list) ;>, B<$X-E<gt>length>, B<$X-E<gt>splice(offset,
-length, elements);>
+ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
+the Cyrillic world, gsm0338 - Hentai Latin 1
-=item Another Example
+=item CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
+
+Encode::CN -- Continental China, Encode::JP -- Japan, Encode::KR -- Korea,
+Encode::TW -- Taiwan, Encode::HanExtra -- More Chinese via CPAN,
+Encode::JIS2K -- JIS X 0213 encodings via CPAN
+
+=item Miscellaneous encodings
+
+Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::Guess
=back
-=item THE API INTERFACE
+=item Unsupported encodings
-B<$status = $X-E<gt>get($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status =
-$X-E<gt>put($key, $value [, $flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>del($key [,
-$flags]) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>fd ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>seq($key,
-$value, $flags) ;>, B<$status = $X-E<gt>sync([$flags]) ;>
+ ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], Various HP-UX encodings,
+Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], ISIRI 3342, Iran
+System, ISIRI 2900 [Farsi], Thai encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS,
+Various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic encodings
-=item DBM FILTERS
+=item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
-B<filter_store_key>, B<filter_store_value>, B<filter_fetch_key>,
-B<filter_fetch_value>
+=item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
=over 4
-=item The Filter
-
-=item An Example -- the NULL termination problem.
+=item Microsoft-related naming mess
-=item Another Example -- Key is a C int.
+KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
=back
-=item HINTS AND TIPS
+=item Glossary
+
+character repertoire, coded character set (CCS), character encoding scheme
+(CES), charset (in MIME context), EUC, ISO-2022, UCS, UCS-2, Unicode, UTF,
+UTF-16
+
+=item See Also
+
+=item References
+
+ECMA, ECMA-035 (eq C<ISO-2022>), IANA, Assigned Charset Names by IANA, ISO,
+RFC, UC, Unicode Glossary
=over 4
-=item Locking: The Trouble with fd
+=item Other Notable Sites
-=item Safe ways to lock a database
+czyborra.com, CJK.inf, Jungshik Shin's Hangul FAQ, debian.org:
+"Introduction to i18n"
-B<Tie::DB_Lock>, B<Tie::DB_LockFile>, B<DB_File::Lock>
+=item Offline sources
-=item Sharing Databases With C Applications
+C<CJKV Information Processing> by Ken Lunde
-=item The untie() Gotcha
+=back
=back
-=item COMMON QUESTIONS
+=head2 Encode::Symbol - Symbol Encodings
=over 4
-=item Why is there Perl source in my database?
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item How do I store complex data structures with DB_File?
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item What does "Invalid Argument" mean?
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item What does "Bareword 'DB_File' not allowed" mean?
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item REFERENCES
+=head2 Encode::TW - Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings
-=item HISTORY
+=over 4
-=item BUGS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item AVAILABILITY
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item NOTES
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item BUGS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both
-printing and C<eval>
+=head2 Encode::Unicode -- Various Unicode Transformation Formats
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Methods
-
-I<PACKAGE>->new(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Dump I<or>
-I<PACKAGE>->Dump(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>),
-I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>), I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>),
-I<$OBJ>->Reset
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item Functions
+L<http://www.unicode.org/glossary/> says:, Quick Reference
-Dumper(I<LIST>)
+=item Size, Endianness, and BOM
-=item Configuration Variables or Methods
+=over 4
-$Data::Dumper::Indent I<or> I<$OBJ>->Indent(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Purity I<or> I<$OBJ>->Purity(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Pad I<or> I<$OBJ>->Pad(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Varname I<or> I<$OBJ>->Varname(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Useqq I<or> I<$OBJ>->Useqq(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Terse I<or> I<$OBJ>->Terse(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Freezer I<or> $I<OBJ>->Freezer(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Toaster I<or> $I<OBJ>->Toaster(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Deepcopy I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deepcopy(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Quotekeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Quotekeys(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Bless I<or> $I<OBJ>->Bless(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Maxdepth I<or> $I<OBJ>->Maxdepth(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Useperl I<or> $I<OBJ>->Useperl(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Sortkeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Sortkeys(I<[NEWVAL]>),
-$Data::Dumper::Deparse I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deparse(I<[NEWVAL]>)
+=item by size
-=item Exports
+=item by endianness
-Dumper
+BOM as integer when fetched in network byte order
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
-
-=item BUGS
-
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Surrogate Pairs
-=item VERSION
+=item Error Checking
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler
+=head2 Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7 encoding
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=item PROFILE FORMAT
-
-=item AUTOLOAD
-
-=item ENVIRONMENT
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item BUGS
+=item In Practice
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Devel::PPPort, Perl/Pollution/Portability
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Alias, Encode::Alias - alias definitions to
+encodings
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
+reference, e.g.:
+
=over 4
-=item WriteFile
+=item Alias overloading
=back
-=item ppport.h
-
-=item AUTHOR
-
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Devel::Peek - A data debugging tool for the XS programmer
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CJKConstants, Encode::CJKConstants.pm --
+Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::CN::HZ, Encode::CN::HZ -- internally used by
+Encode::CN
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Config, Encode::Config -- internally used by
+Encode
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Encoding, Encode::Encoding - Encode
+Implementation Base Class
=over 4
=over 4
-=item Runtime debugging
+=item Methods you should implement
-=item Memory footprint debugging
+-E<gt>encode($string [,$check]), -E<gt>decode($octets [,$check]),
+-E<gt>cat_decode($destination, $octets, $offset, $terminator [,$check])
+
+=item Other methods defined in Encode::Encodings
+
+-E<gt>name, -E<gt>renew, -E<gt>renewed, -E<gt>perlio_ok(),
+-E<gt>needs_lines()
+
+=item Example: Encode::ROT13
=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+=item Why the heck Encode API is different?
=over 4
-=item A simple scalar string
+=item Compiled Encodings
-=item A simple scalar number
+=back
-=item A simple scalar with an extra reference
+=item SEE ALSO
-=item A reference to a simple scalar
+Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
-=item A reference to an array
+=back
-=item A reference to a hash
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Guess, Encode::Guess -- Guesses encoding from
+data
-=item Dumping a large array or hash
+=over 4
-=item A reference to an SV which holds a C pointer
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item A reference to a subroutine
+=item ABSTRACT
-=back
+=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXPORTS
+Encode::Guess->set_suspects, Encode::Guess->add_suspects,
+Encode::decode("Guess" ...), Encode::Guess->guess($data),
+guess_encoding($data, [, I<list of suspects>])
-=item BUGS
+=item CAVEATS
-=item AUTHOR
+=item TO DO
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Devel::SelfStubber - generate stubs for a SelfLoading module
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::H2Z, Encode::JP::H2Z -- internally used by
+Encode::JP::2022_JP*
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::JP::JIS7, Encode::JP::JIS7 -- internally used
+by Encode::JP
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::KR::2022_KR, Encode::KR::2022_KR -- internally
+used by Encode::KR
+
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::MIME::Header -- MIME 'B'
+and 'Q' header encoding
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
+=item ABSTRACT
+
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item BUGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
-=head2 Digest:: - Modules that calculate message digests
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::PerlIO, Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document
+on Encode and PerlIO
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Overview
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item How does it work?
-I<binary>, I<hex>, I<base64>
+=item Line Buffering
-=item OO INTERFACE
+=over 4
-$ctx = Digest->XXX($arg,...), $ctx = Digest->new(XXX => $arg,...), $ctx =
-Digest::XXX->new($arg,...), $ctx->reset, $ctx->add($data,...),
-$ctx->addfile($io_handle), $ctx->digest, $ctx->hexdigest, $ctx->b64digest
+=item How can I tell whether my encoding fully supports PerlIO ?
-=item SEE ALSO
+=back
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Supported, Encode::Supported -- Encodings
+supported by Encode
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item FUNCTIONS
+=over 4
-md5($data,...), md5_hex($data,...), md5_base64($data,...)
+=item Encoding Names
-=item METHODS
+=back
-$md5 = Digest::MD5->new, $md5->reset, $md5->add($data,...),
-$md5->addfile($io_handle), $md5->digest, $md5->hexdigest, $md5->b64digest
+=item Supported Encodings
-=item EXAMPLES
+=over 4
-=item SEE ALSO
+=item Built-in Encodings
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item Encode::Unicode -- other Unicode encodings
-=item AUTHORS
+=item Encode::Byte -- Extended ASCII
+
+ISO-8859 and corresponding vendor mappings, KOI8 - De Facto Standard for
+the Cyrillic world, gsm0338 - Hentai Latin 1
+
+=item CJK: Chinese, Japanese, Korean (Multibyte)
+
+Encode::CN -- Continental China, Encode::JP -- Japan, Encode::KR -- Korea,
+Encode::TW -- Taiwan, Encode::HanExtra -- More Chinese via CPAN,
+Encode::JIS2K -- JIS X 0213 encodings via CPAN
+
+=item Miscellaneous encodings
+
+Encode::EBCDIC, Encode::Symbols, Encode::MIME::Header, Encode::Guess
=back
-=head2 DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
+=item Unsupported encodings
-=over 4
+ ISO-2022-JP-2 [RFC1554], ISO-2022-CN [RFC1922], Various HP-UX encodings,
+Cyrillic encoding ISO-IR-111, ISO-8859-8-1 [Hebrew], ISIRI 3342, Iran
+System, ISIRI 2900 [Farsi], Thai encoding TCVN, Vietnamese encodings VPS,
+Various Mac encodings, (Mac) Indic encodings
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Encoding vs. Charset -- terminology
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Encoding Classification (by Anton Tagunov and Dan Kogai)
-=item NOTES
+=over 4
+
+=item Microsoft-related naming mess
+
+KS_C_5601-1987, GB2312, Big5, Shift_JIS
=back
-=head2 Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data.
+=item Glossary
-=over 4
+character repertoire, coded character set (CCS), character encoding scheme
+(CES), charset (in MIME context), EUC, ISO-2022, UCS, UCS-2, Unicode, UTF,
+UTF-16
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item See Also
+
+=item References
-=item DESCRIPTION
+ECMA, ECMA-035 (eq C<ISO-2022>), IANA, Assigned Charset Names by IANA, ISO,
+RFC, UC, Unicode Glossary
=over 4
-=item Creation
+=item Other Notable Sites
-C<arrayDepth>, C<hashDepth>, C<compactDump>, C<veryCompact>, C<globPrint>,
-C<dumpDBFiles>, C<dumpPackages>, C<dumpReused>, C<tick>, C<quoteHighBit>,
-C<printUndef>, C<usageOnly>, unctrl, subdump, bareStringify, quoteHighBit,
-stopDbSignal
+czyborra.com, CJK.inf, Jungshik Shin's Hangul FAQ, debian.org:
+"Introduction to i18n"
-=item Methods
+=item Offline sources
-dumpValue, dumpValues, dumpvars, set_quote, set_unctrl, compactDump,
-veryCompact, set, get
+C<CJKV Information Processing> by Ken Lunde
=back
=back
-=head2 DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encode::Unicode::UTF7, Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7
+encoding
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
-@dl_library_path, @dl_resolve_using, @dl_require_symbols, @dl_librefs,
-@dl_modules, dl_error(), $dl_debug, dl_findfile(), dl_expandspec(),
-dl_load_file(), dl_unload_file(), dl_loadflags(), dl_find_symbol(),
-dl_find_symbol_anywhere(), dl_undef_symbols(), dl_install_xsub(),
-bootstrap()
+=item In Practice
-=item AUTHOR
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 DynaLoader::XSLoader, XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into
-Perl code
+=head2 Encode::lib::Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
=over 4
=item SYNOPSIS
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Description
-=back
+=over 4
-=head2 Encode - character encodings
+=item Predefined Methods
-=over 4
+$e = Encode::Encoder-E<gt>new([$data, $encoding]);, encoder(),
+$e-E<gt>data([$data]), $e-E<gt>encoding([$encoding]),
+$e-E<gt>bytes([$encoding])
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item Example: base64 transcoder
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Operator Overloading
-=over 4
+=back
-=item TERMINOLOGY
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=item ENCODINGS
+=head2 Encodencoding, encoding - allows you to write your script in
+non-ascii or non-utf8
=over 4
-=item Characteristics of an Encoding
-
-=item Types of Encodings
+=item SYNOPSIS
-Fixed length 8-bit (or less) encodings, Fixed length 16-bit encodings,
-Fixed length 32-bit encodings, Multi-byte encodings, "Escape" encodings
+=item ABSTRACT
-=item Specifying Encodings
+=over 4
-1. By name, 2. As an object
+=item Literal Conversions
-=item Encoding Names
+=item PerlIO layers for C<STD(IN|OUT)>
-The MIME name as defined in IETF RFCs, The name in the IANA registry, The
-name used by the organization that defined it
+=item Implicit upgrading for byte strings
=back
-=item PERL ENCODING API
-
-=over 4
+=item FEATURES THAT REQUIRE 5.8.1
-=item Generic Encoding Interface
+"NON-EUC" doublebyte encodings, tr//, DATA pseudo-filehandle
-=item Handling Malformed Data
+=item USAGE
-Scheme 1, Scheme 2, Other Schemes
+use encoding [I<ENCNAME>] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> [ STDIN =E<gt>
+I<ENCNAME_IN> ...] ;, use encoding I<ENCNAME> Filter=E<gt>1;, no encoding;
-=item UTF-8 / utf8
+=item The Filter Option
-=item Other Encodings of Unicode
+=over 4
-=item Listing available encodings
+=item Filter-related changes at Encode version 1.87
-=item Defining Aliases
+=back
-As a simple string, As a qr// compiled regular expression, e.g.:, As a code
-reference, e.g.:
+=item CAVEATS
-=item Defining Encodings
+=over 4
-=back
+=item NOT SCOPED
-=item Encoding and IO
+=item DO NOT MIX MULTIPLE ENCODINGS
-=item Encoding How to ...
+=item tr/// with ranges
-IO with mixed content (faking iso-2020-*), MIME's Content-Length:, UTF-8
-strings in binary data, Perl/Encode wrappers on non-Unicode XS modules
+Legend of characters above
-=item Messing with Perl's Internals
+=back
-is_utf8(STRING [, CHECK]), valid_utf8(STRING)
+=item EXAMPLE - Greekperl
-=item IMPLEMENTATION CLASSES
+=item KNOWN PROBLEMS
--E<gt>name, -E<gt>new_sequence, -E<gt>encode($string,$check),
--E<gt>decode($octets,$check)
+literals in regex that are longer than 127 bytes, EBCDIC, format
=over 4
-=item Compiled Encodings
-
-.enc, .ucm, .ucm, .c, .xs, ascii and iso-8859-*, IBM-1047 and two other
-variants of EBCDIC, symbol and dingbats as used by Tk on X11
+=item The Logic of :locale
=back
+=item HISTORY
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Encode::EncodeFormat, EncodeFormat - the format of encoding tables
-of the Encode extension
+=head2 Encoder, Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder
=over 4
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-[1] B<S>, [2] B<D>, [3] B<M>, [4] B<E>
-
-=item KEYWORDS
+=item SYNOPSIS
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item ABSTRACT
-=back
+=item Description
-=head2 Encode::Tcl - Tcl encodings
+=over 4
-=head2 EncodeFormat - the format of encoding tables of the Encode extension
+=item Predefined Methods
-=over 4
+$e = Encode::Encoder-E<gt>new([$data, $encoding]);, encoder(),
+$e-E<gt>data([$data]), $e-E<gt>encoding([$encoding]),
+$e-E<gt>bytes([$encoding])
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=item Example: base64 transcoder
-[1] B<S>, [2] B<D>, [3] B<M>, [4] B<E>
+=item Operator Overloading
-=item KEYWORDS
+=back
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
=back
=item Exporting without using Exporter's import method
+=item Exporting without inheriting from Exporter
+
=item Module Version Checking
=item Managing Unknown Symbols
test_f file
+dos2unix
+
=over 4
=item BUGS
=back
+=head2 ExtUtils::Command::MM - Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+B<test_harness>
+
+=back
+
+B<pod2man>
+
+B<warn_if_old_packlist>
+
+B<perllocal_install>
+
+B<uninstall>
+
=head2 ExtUtils::Constant - generate XS code to import C header constants
=over 4
C_stringify NAME
+perl_stringify NAME
+
constant_types
memEQ_clause NAME, CHECKED_AT, INDENT
dogfood
-C_constant, name, type, value, macro, default, pre, post, def_pre =item
-def_post
+C_constant, name, type, value, macro, default, pre, post, def_pre =item
+def_post, utf8
+
+XS_constant PACKAGE, TYPES, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
+
+autoload PACKAGE, VERSION, AUTOLOADER
+
+WriteMakefileSnippet
+
+WriteConstants ATTRIBUTE =E<gt> VALUE [, ...], NAME, DEFAULT_TYPE,
+BREAKOUT_AT, NAMES, C_FILE, XS_FILE, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
+
+=over 4
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item @EXPORT
+
+=item FUNCTIONS
+
+xsinit(), Examples, ldopts(), Examples, perl_inc(), ccflags(), ccdlflags(),
+ccopts(), xsi_header(), xsi_protos(@modules), xsi_body(@modules)
+
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::Install - install files from here to there
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Functions
+
+B<install>
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+B<install_default> I<DISCOURAGED>
+
+B<uninstall>
+
+B<pm_to_blib>
+
+_autosplit
+
+=over 4
+
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+B<PERL_INSTALL_ROOT>
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item LICENSE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::Installed - Inventory management of installed modules
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item USAGE
+
+=item FUNCTIONS
+
+new(), modules(), files(), directories(), directory_tree(), validate(),
+packlist(), version()
+
+=item EXAMPLE
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::Liblist - determine libraries to use and how to use them
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+For static extensions, For dynamic extensions at build/link time, For
+dynamic extensions at load time
+
+=over 4
+
+=item EXTRALIBS
+
+=item LDLOADLIBS and LD_RUN_PATH
+
+=item BSLOADLIBS
+
+=back
+
+=item PORTABILITY
+
+=over 4
+
+=item VMS implementation
+
+=item Win32 implementation
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM - OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Any - Platform-agnostic MM methods
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Inherently Cross-Platform Methods
+
+installvars
+
+=back
+
+os_flavor_is
+
+blibdirs_target (o)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item File::Spec wrappers
+
+catfile
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Thought To Be Cross-Platform Methods
+
+B<split_command>
+
+=back
+
+B<echo>
+
+init_VERSION
+
+wraplist
+
+manifypods
+
+manifypods_target
+
+makemakerdflt_target
+
+special_targets
-XS_constant PACKAGE, TYPES, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
+POD2MAN_macro
-autoload PACKAGE, VERSION, AUTOLOADER
+test_via_harness
-WriteMakefileSnippet
+test_via_script
-WriteConstants ATTRIBUTE =E<gt> VALUE [, ...], NAME, DEFAULT_TYPE,
-BREAKOUT_AT, NAMES, C_FILE, XS_FILE, SUBNAME, C_SUBNAME
+libscan
-=over 4
+tool_autosplit
-=item AUTHOR
+all_target
-=back
+metafile_target
-=head2 ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications
+signature_target
-=over 4
+metafile_addtomanifest_target
-=item SYNOPSIS
+signature_addtomanifest_target
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
-=item @EXPORT
+=item Abstract methods
-=item FUNCTIONS
+oneliner, B<quote_literal>, B<escape_newlines>, max_exec_len,
+B<init_others>, init_DIRFILESEP, init_linker, init_platform,
+platform_constants
-xsinit(), Examples, ldopts(), Examples, perl_inc(), ccflags(), ccdlflags(),
-ccopts(), xsi_header(), xsi_protos(@modules), xsi_body(@modules)
+=back
-=item EXAMPLES
+os_flavor
-=item SEE ALSO
+=over 4
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 ExtUtils::Install - install files from here to there
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_BeOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=over 4
=back
-=head2 ExtUtils::Installed - Inventory management of installed modules
+os_flavor (o)
+
+init_linker
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item USAGE
-
-=item FUNCTIONS
+os_flavor (o)
-new(), modules(), files(), directories(), directory_tree(), validate(),
-packlist(), version()
+=back
-=item EXAMPLE
+cflags (o)
-=item AUTHOR
+replace_manpage_separator (o)
-=back
+init_linker
-=head2 ExtUtils::Liblist - determine libraries to use and how to use them
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_DOS - DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-For static extensions, For dynamic extensions, For dynamic extensions
-
=over 4
-=item EXTRALIBS
+=item Overridden methods
-=item LDLOADLIBS and LD_RUN_PATH
+os_flavor
-=item BSLOADLIBS
+=back
=back
-=item PORTABILITY
+B<replace_manpage_separator>
=over 4
-=item VMS implementation
-
-=item Win32 implementation
-
-=back
+=item AUTHOR
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_BeOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_MacOS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=over 4
=back
-perl_archive
+maybe_command
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
-ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+guess_name
-=over 4
+macify
-=item SYNOPSIS
+patternify
-=item DESCRIPTION
+init_main
-canonpath, cflags, manifypods, perl_archive
+init_others
-=back
+init_platform, platform_constants
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_NW5 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
-ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+init_dirscan
-=over 4
+init_VERSION (o)
-=item SYNOPSIS
+special_targets (o)
-=item DESCRIPTION
+static (o)
-=back
+dlsyms (o)
-catfile
+dynamic (o)
-constants (o)
+clean (o)
-static_lib (o)
+clean_subdirs_target
-dynamic_bs (o)
+realclean (o)
-dynamic_lib (o)
+realclean_subdirs_target
-canonpath
+rulez (o)
-perl_script
+processPL (o)
-pm_to_blib
+os_flavor
-test_via_harness (o)
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_NW5 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker
-tool_autosplit (override)
+=over 4
-tools_other (o)
+=item SYNOPSIS
-xs_o (o)
+=item DESCRIPTION
-top_targets (o)
+=back
-htmlifypods (o)
+os_flavor
-manifypods (o)
+init_platform (o), platform_constants
-dist_ci (o)
+const_cccmd (o)
-dist_core (o)
+static_lib (o)
-pasthru (o)
+dynamic_lib (o)
=head2 ExtUtils::MM_OS2 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=item METHODS
+init_dist (o)
+
=back
-perl_archive_after
+init_linker
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+os_flavor
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_UWIN - U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item METHODS
-
=over 4
-=item Preloaded methods
+=item Overridden methods
-canonpath
+os_flavor
=back
=back
-catdir
+B<replace_manpage_separator>
-catfile
+=over 4
-curdir
+=item AUTHOR
-rootdir
+=item SEE ALSO
-updir
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker
=over 4
-=item SelfLoaded methods
+=item SYNOPSIS
-c_o (o)
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item METHODS
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Methods
+
+os_flavor (o)
=back
+c_o (o)
+
cflags (o)
clean (o)
+clean_subdirs_target
+
const_cccmd (o)
const_config (o)
depend (o)
-dir_target (o)
+dir_target B<DEPRECATED>
+
+init_DEST
+
+init_dist
dist (o)
dist_core (o)
-dist_dir (o)
+B<dist_target>
+
+B<tardist_target>
-dist_test (o)
+B<zipdist_target>
+
+B<tarfile_target>
+
+zipfile_target
+
+uutardist_target
+
+shdist_target
+
+distdir
+
+dist_test
dlsyms (o)
extliblist
-file_name_is_absolute
-
find_perl
+find_tests
+
=over 4
=item Methods to actually produce chunks of text for the Makefile
has_link_code
-htmlifypods (o)
-
init_dirscan
+init_DIRFILESEP
+
init_main
init_others
+init_INST
+
+init_INSTALL
+
+init_linker
+
+init_lib2arch
+
+init_PERL
+
+init_platform (o), platform_constants (o)
+
+init_PERM
+
+init_xs
+
install (o)
installbin (o)
-libscan (o)
-
linkext (o)
lsdir
makefile (o)
-manifypods (o)
-
maybe_command
-maybe_command_in_dirs
-
needs_linking (o)
nicetext
-parse_version
-
parse_abstract
-pasthru (o)
+parse_version
-path
+pasthru (o)
perl_script
perldepend (o)
-ppd
-
perm_rw (o)
perm_rwx (o)
postamble (o)
+ppd
+
prefixify
processPL (o)
realclean (o)
+realclean_subdirs_target
+
replace_manpage_separator
+oneliner (o)
+
+quote_literal
+
+escape_newlines
+
+max_exec_len
+
static (o)
static_lib (o)
test (o)
-test_via_harness (o)
-
-test_via_script (o)
+test_via_harness (override)
-tool_autosplit (o)
+test_via_script (override)
tools_other (o)
tool_xsubpp (o)
+all_target
+
top_targets (o)
writedoc
xs_o (o)
-perl_archive
-
-perl_archive_after
-
-export_list
-
=over 4
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-rootdir (override)
-
=over 4
-=item SelfLoaded methods
+=item Methods
guess_name (override)
find_perl (override)
-path (override)
-
maybe_command (override)
-maybe_command_in_dirs (override)
-
perl_script (override)
-file_name_is_absolute (override)
-
replace_manpage_separator
+init_DEST
+
+init_DIRFILESEP
+
+init_main (override)
+
init_others (override)
+init_platform (override)
+
+platform_constants
+
+init_VERSION (override)
+
constants (override)
+special_targets
+
cflags (override)
const_cccmd (override)
-pm_to_blib (override)
-
-tool_autosplit (override)
-
tool_sxubpp (override)
-xsubpp_version (override)
-
tools_other (override)
-dist (override)
+init_dist (override)
c_o (override)
xs_o (override)
-top_targets (override)
-
dlsyms (override)
dynamic_lib (override)
static_lib (override)
-manifypods (override)
-
processPL (override)
-installbin (override)
+installbin (override)
+
+subdir_x (override)
+
+clean (override)
+
+clean_subdirs_target
+
+realclean (override)
+
+zipfile_target (o), tarfile_target (o), shdist_target (o)
+
+dist_test (override)
+
+install (override)
+
+perldepend (override)
+
+makefile (override)
+
+find_tests (override)
+
+test (override)
+
+makeaperl (override)
+
+nicetext (override)
+
+prefixify (override)
+
+oneliner (o)
+
+B<echo> (o)
+
+quote_literal
+
+escape_newlines
+
+max_exec_len
+
+init_linker (o)
+
+eliminate_macros
+
+fixpath
+
+os_flavor
+
+blibdirs_target (override)
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
+ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Overridden methods
+
+B<dlsyms>
+
+=back
+
+replace_manpage_separator
+
+B<maybe_command>
-subdir_x (override)
+B<find_tests>
-clean (override)
+B<init_DIRFILESEP>
-realclean (override)
+B<init_others>
-dist_basics (override)
+init_platform (o), platform_constants (o)
-dist_core (override)
+special_targets (o)
-dist_dir (override)
+static_lib (o)
-dist_test (override)
+dynamic_lib (o)
-install (override)
+clean
-perldepend (override)
+init_linker
-makefile (override)
+perl_script
-test (override)
+xs_o (o)
-test_via_harness (override)
+pasthru (o)
-test_via_script (override)
+oneliner (o)
-makeaperl (override)
+max_exec_len
-nicetext (override)
+os_flavor
-=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win32 - methods to override UN*X behaviour in
-ExtUtils::MakeMaker
+=head2 ExtUtils::MM_Win95 - method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
+=over 4
-catfile
+=item Overriden methods
-constants (o)
+dist_test
-static_lib (o)
+=back
-dynamic_bs (o)
+=back
-dynamic_lib (o)
+subdir_x
-canonpath
+xs_c
-perl_script
+xs_cpp
-pm_to_blib
+xs_o
-test_via_harness (o)
+clean_subdirs_target
-tool_autosplit (override)
+realclean_subdirs_target
-tools_other (o)
+max_exec_len
-xs_o (o)
+os_flavor
-top_targets (o)
+=over 4
-htmlifypods (o)
+=item AUTHOR
-manifypods (o)
+=back
-dist_ci (o)
+=head2 ExtUtils::MY - ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization
-dist_core (o)
+=over 4
-pasthru (o)
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
-=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - create an extension Makefile
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Create a module Makefile
=over 4
=item Using Attributes and Parameters
ABSTRACT, ABSTRACT_FROM, AUTHOR, BINARY_LOCATION, C, CCFLAGS, CONFIG,
-CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DIR, DISTNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS, EXCLUDE_EXT,
-EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, FUNCLIST, H, HTMLLIBPODS,
-HTMLSCRIPTPODS, IMPORTS, INC, INCLUDE_EXT, INSTALLARCHLIB, INSTALLBIN,
-INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLHTMLPRIVLIBDIR, INSTALLHTMLSCRIPTDIR,
-INSTALLHTMLSITELIBDIR, INSTALLMAN1DIR, INSTALLMAN3DIR, INSTALLPRIVLIB,
-INSTALLSCRIPT, INSTALLSITEARCH, INSTALLSITELIB, INST_ARCHLIB, INST_BIN,
-INST_EXE, INST_HTMLLIBDIR, INST_HTMLSCRIPTDIR, INST_LIB, INST_MAN1DIR,
-INST_MAN3DIR, INST_SCRIPT, LDFROM, LIB, LIBPERL_A, LIBS, LINKTYPE,
-MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET, MYEXTLIB, NAME,
-NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, NO_VC, OBJECT, OPTIMIZE, PERL, PERL_CORE,
-PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB, PERL_MALLOC_OK, PERLRUN, PERM_RW,
+CONFIGURE, DEFINE, DESTDIR, DIR, DISTNAME, DISTVNAME, DL_FUNCS, DL_VARS,
+EXCLUDE_EXT, EXE_FILES, FIRST_MAKEFILE, FULLPERL, FULLPERLRUN,
+FULLPERLRUNINST, FUNCLIST, H, IMPORTS, INC, INCLUDE_EXT, INSTALLARCHLIB,
+INSTALLBIN, INSTALLDIRS, INSTALLMAN1DIR, INSTALLMAN3DIR, INSTALLPRIVLIB,
+INSTALLSCRIPT, INSTALLSITEARCH, INSTALLSITEBIN, INSTALLSITELIB,
+INSTALLSITEMAN1DIR, INSTALLSITEMAN3DIR, INSTALLVENDORARCH,
+INSTALLVENDORBIN, INSTALLVENDORLIB, INSTALLVENDORMAN1DIR,
+INSTALLVENDORMAN3DIR, INST_ARCHLIB, INST_BIN, INST_LIB, INST_MAN1DIR,
+INST_MAN3DIR, INST_SCRIPT, LD, LDDLFLAGS, LDFROM, LIB, LIBPERL_A, LIBS,
+LINKTYPE, MAKEAPERL, MAKEFILE_OLD, MAN1PODS, MAN3PODS, MAP_TARGET,
+MYEXTLIB, NAME, NEEDS_LINKING, NOECHO, NORECURS, NO_META, NO_VC, OBJECT,
+OPTIMIZE, PERL, PERL_CORE, PERLMAINCC, PERL_ARCHLIB, PERL_LIB,
+PERL_MALLOC_OK, PERLPREFIX, PERLRUN, PERLRUNINST, PERL_SRC, PERM_RW,
PERM_RWX, PL_FILES, PM, PMLIBDIRS, PM_FILTER, POLLUTE, PPM_INSTALL_EXEC,
-PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX, PREREQ_PM, PREREQ_FATAL, PREREQ_PRINT,
-PRINT_PREREQ, SKIP, TEST_LIBS, VERSION, VERSION_FROM, XS, XSOPT,
-XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION
+PPM_INSTALL_SCRIPT, PREFIX, PREREQ_FATAL, PREREQ_PM, PREREQ_PRINT,
+PRINT_PREREQ, SITEPREFIX, SIGN, SKIP, TYPEMAPS, VENDORPREFIX, VERBINST,
+VERSION, VERSION_FROM, VERSION_SYM, XS, XSOPT, XSPROTOARG, XS_VERSION
=item Additional lowercase attributes
-clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, linkext, macro, realclean, test,
-tool_autosplit
+clean, depend, dist, dynamic_lib, linkext, macro, postamble, realclean,
+test, tool_autosplit
=item Overriding MakeMaker Methods
+=item The End Of Cargo Cult Programming
+
+C<<MAN3PODS => ' '>>
+
=item Hintsfile support
=item Distribution Support
make distcheck, make skipcheck, make distclean, make manifest,
- make distdir, make tardist, make dist, make uutardist, make
-shdist, make zipdist, make ci
+ make distdir, make disttest, make tardist, make dist, make
+uutardist, make shdist, make zipdist, make ci
+
+=item Module Meta-Data
=item Disabling an extension
+=item Other Handy Functions
+
+prompt
+
=back
=item ENVIRONMENT
=item AUTHORS
+=item LICENSE
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions About
+MakeMaker
+
+=over 4
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Module Installation
+
+How do I keep from installing man pages?, How do I use a module without
+installing it?
+
+=item Philosophy and History
+
+Why not just use <insert other build config tool here>?, What is
+Module::Build and how does it relate to MakeMaker?, pure perl. no make, no
+shell commands, easier to customize, cleaner internals, less cruft
+
+=item Module Writing
+
+How do I keep my $VERSION up to date without resetting it manually?, What's
+this F<META.yml> thing and how did it get in my F<MANIFEST>?!
+
+=item XS
+
+How to I prevent "object version X.XX does not match bootstrap parameter
+Y.YY" errors?, How do I make two or more XS files coexist in the same
+directory?
+
+=back
+
+=item PATCHING
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial - Writing a module with MakeMaker
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item The Mantra
+
+=item The Layout
+
+Makefile.PL, MANIFEST, lib/, t/, Changes, README, INSTALL, MANIFEST.SKIP,
+bin/
+
+=back
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::bytes - Version-agnostic bytes.pm
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=back
+
+=head2 ExtUtils::MakeMaker::vmsish - Platform-agnostic vmsish.pm
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
=back
=head2 ExtUtils::Manifest - utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item Functions
+
+mkmanifest
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+manifind
+
+manicheck
+
+filecheck
+
+fullcheck
+
+skipcheck
+
+maniread
+
+manicopy
+
+maniadd
+
+=over 4
+
+=item MANIFEST
+
=item MANIFEST.SKIP
=item EXPORT_OK
=item GLOBAL VARIABLES
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
=item DIAGNOSTICS
-C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>, C<MANIFEST:> I<$!>,
-C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
+C<Not in MANIFEST:> I<file>, C<Skipping> I<file>, C<No such file:> I<file>,
+C<MANIFEST:> I<$!>, C<Added to MANIFEST:> I<file>
=item ENVIRONMENT
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item HISTORY
+
=back
=head2 File::Compare - Compare files or filehandles
=item NOTES
+=item BUGS AND CAVEATS
+
=item HISTORY
=back
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
=item AUTHORS
=back
=item SEE ALSO
-=item AUTHORS
+=item AUTHOR
=back
=back
+canonpath
+
+file_name_is_absolute
+
+tmpdir (override)
+
=head2 File::Spec::Epoc - methods for Epoc file specs
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-devnull
+=item AUTHORS
=back
-tmpdir
-
-path
-
canonpath()
-splitpath
-
-splitdir
-
-catpath
-
-abs2rel
-
-rel2abs()
-
=over 4
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-canonpath
-
-splitpath
-
-splitdir
-
-catpath
-
=head2 File::Spec::OS2 - methods for OS/2 file specs
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+tmpdir, splitpath
+
=back
=head2 File::Spec::Unix - File::Spec for Unix, base for other File::Spec
=over 4
+=item Note For File::Spec::Win32 Maintainers
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
=item SEE ALSO
=back
=over 4
+=item OO INTERFACE
+
+B<new>
+
+=back
+
+B<filename>
+
+B<DESTROY>
+
+=over 4
+
=item FUNCTIONS
B<tempfile>
=back
+B<cmpstat>
+
+B<unlink1>
+
=over 4
=item PACKAGE VARIABLES
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item BUGS
+
=item NOTE
=item AUTHOR
=item DESCRIPTION
+cacheout EXPR, cacheout MODE, EXPR
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
=item BUGS
=back
=item Summary of Option Specifications
-!, +, s, i, o, f, : I<type> [ I<desttype> ]
+!, +, s, i, o, f, : I<type> [ I<desttype> ], : I<number> [ I<desttype> ], :
++ [ I<desttype> ]
=back
=item Object oriented interface
+=item Thread Safety
+
=item Documentation and help texts
=item Storing options in a hash
default, posix_default, auto_abbrev, getopt_compat, gnu_compat, gnu_getopt,
require_order, permute, bundling (default: disabled), bundling_override
(default: disabled), ignore_case (default: enabled), ignore_case_always
-(default: disabled), pass_through (default: disabled), prefix,
+(default: disabled), auto_version (default:disabled), auto_help
+(default:disabled), pass_through (default: disabled), prefix,
prefix_pattern, debug (default: disabled)
+=item Exportable Methods
+
+VersionMessage, C<-message>, C<-msg>, C<-exitval>, C<-output>, HelpMessage
+
=item Return values and Errors
=item Legacy
=over 4
-=item Warning: Ignoring '!' modifier for short option
-
=item GetOptions does not return a false result when an option is not
supplied
=item GetOptions does not split the command line correctly
+=item Undefined subroutine &main::GetOptions called
+
=item How do I put a "-?" option into a Getopt::Long?
=back
=back
-=head2 Getopt::Std, getopt - Process single-character switches with switch
-clustering
+=head2 Getopt::Std, getopt, getopts - Process single-character switches
+with switch clustering
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item C<--help> and C<--version>
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Hash::Util - A selection of general-utility hash subroutines
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Restricted hashes
+
+lock_keys, unlock_keys
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+lock_value, unlock_value
+
+B<lock_hash>, B<unlock_hash>
+
+B<hash_seed>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
=head2 I18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current
the function @langs = panic_languages(@accept_languages)
+the function implicate_supers( ...languages... ), the function
+implicate_supers_strictly( ...languages... )
+
+=over 4
+
+=item ABOUT LOWERCASING
+
+=item ABOUT UNICODE PLAINTEXT LANGUAGE TAGS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 I18N::LangTags::Detect - detect the user's language preferences
+
=over 4
-=item ABOUT LOWERCASING
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=item ABOUT UNICODE PLAINTEXT LANGUAGE TAGS
+=item ENVIRONMENT
=item SEE ALSO
=item LIST OF LANGUAGES
-{ab} : Abkhazian, {ace} : Achinese, {ach} : Acoli, {ada} : Adangme, {aa} :
-Afar, {afh} : Afrihili, {af} : Afrikaans, [{afa} : Afro-Asiatic (Other)],
-{aka} : Akan, {akk} : Akkadian, {sq} : Albanian, {ale} : Aleut, [{alg} :
-Algonquian languages], [{tut} : Altaic (Other)], {am} : Amharic, {i-ami} :
-Ami, [{apa} : Apache languages], {ar} : Arabic, {arc} : Aramaic, {arp} :
-Arapaho, {arn} : Araucanian, {arw} : Arawak, {hy} : Armenian, [{art} :
-Artificial (Other)], {as} : Assamese, [{ath} : Athapascan languages],
-[{aus} : Australian languages], [{map} : Austronesian (Other)], {ava} :
-Avaric, {ae} : Avestan, {awa} : Awadhi, {ay} : Aymara, {az} : Azerbaijani,
-{ban} : Balinese, [{bat} : Baltic (Other)], {bal} : Baluchi, {bam} :
-Bambara, [{bai} : Bamileke languages], {bad} : Banda, [{bnt} : Bantu
-(Other)], {bas} : Basa, {ba} : Bashkir, {eu} : Basque, {btk} : Batak
-(Indonesia), {bej} : Beja, {be} : Belarusian, {bem} : Bemba, {bn} :
-Bengali, [{ber} : Berber (Other)], {bho} : Bhojpuri, {bh} : Bihari, {bik} :
-Bikol, {bin} : Bini, {bi} : Bislama, {bs} : Bosnian, {bra} : Braj, {br} :
-Breton, {bug} : Buginese, {bg} : Bulgarian, {i-bnn} : Bunun, {bua} :
-Buriat, {my} : Burmese, {cad} : Caddo, {car} : Carib, {ca} : Catalan,
-[{cau} : Caucasian (Other)], {ceb} : Cebuano, [{cel} : Celtic (Other)],
-[{cai} : Central American Indian (Other)], {chg} : Chagatai, [{cmc} :
-Chamic languages], {ch} : Chamorro, {ce} : Chechen, {chr} : Cherokee, {chy}
-: Cheyenne, {chb} : Chibcha, {ny} : Chichewa, {zh} : Chinese, {chn} :
-Chinook Jargon, {chp} : Chipewyan, {cho} : Choctaw, {cu} : Church Slavic,
-{chk} : Chuukese, {cv} : Chuvash, {cop} : Coptic, {kw} : Cornish, {co} :
-Corsican, {cre} : Cree, {mus} : Creek, [{cpe} : English-based Creoles and
-pidgins (Other)], [{cpf} : French-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)],
-[{cpp} : Portuguese-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{crp} : Creoles
-and pidgins (Other)], {hr} : Croatian, [{cus} : Cushitic (Other)], {cs} :
-Czech, {dak} : Dakota, {da} : Danish, {day} : Dayak, {i-default} : Default
-(Fallthru) Language, {del} : Delaware, {din} : Dinka, {div} : Divehi, {doi}
-: Dogri, {dgr} : Dogrib, [{dra} : Dravidian (Other)], {dua} : Duala, {nl} :
-Dutch, {dum} : Middle Dutch (ca.1050-1350), {dyu} : Dyula, {dz} : Dzongkha,
-{efi} : Efik, {egy} : Ancient Egyptian, {eka} : Ekajuk, {elx} : Elamite,
-{en} : English, {enm} : Old English (1100-1500), {ang} : Old English
-(ca.450-1100), {eo} : Esperanto, {et} : Estonian, {ewe} : Ewe, {ewo} :
-Ewondo, {fan} : Fang, {fat} : Fanti, {fo} : Faroese, {fj} : Fijian, {fi} :
-Finnish, [{fiu} : Finno-Ugrian (Other)], {fon} : Fon, {fr} : French, {frm}
-: Middle French (ca.1400-1600), {fro} : Old French (842-ca.1400), {fy} :
-Frisian, {fur} : Friulian, {ful} : Fulah, {gaa} : Ga, {gd} : Scots Gaelic,
-{gl} : Gallegan, {lug} : Ganda, {gay} : Gayo, {gba} : Gbaya, {gez} : Geez,
-{ka} : Georgian, {de} : German, {gmh} : Middle High German (ca.1050-1500),
-{goh} : Old High German (ca.750-1050), [{gem} : Germanic (Other)], {gil} :
-Gilbertese, {gon} : Gondi, {gor} : Gorontalo, {got} : Gothic, {grb} :
-Grebo, {grc} : Ancient Greek, {el} : Modern Greek, {gn} : Guarani, {gu} :
-Gujarati, {gwi} : Gwich'in, {hai} : Haida, {ha} : Hausa, {haw} : Hawaiian,
+{ab} : Abkhazian, {ace} : Achinese, {ach} : Acoli, {ada} : Adangme, {ady} :
+Adyghe, {aa} : Afar, {afh} : Afrihili, {af} : Afrikaans, [{afa} :
+Afro-Asiatic (Other)], {ak} : Akan, {akk} : Akkadian, {sq} : Albanian,
+{ale} : Aleut, [{alg} : Algonquian languages], [{tut} : Altaic (Other)],
+{am} : Amharic, {i-ami} : Ami, [{apa} : Apache languages], {ar} : Arabic,
+{arc} : Aramaic, {arp} : Arapaho, {arn} : Araucanian, {arw} : Arawak, {hy}
+: Armenian, {an} : Aragonese, [{art} : Artificial (Other)], {ast} :
+Asturian, {as} : Assamese, [{ath} : Athapascan languages], [{aus} :
+Australian languages], [{map} : Austronesian (Other)], {av} : Avaric, {ae}
+: Avestan, {awa} : Awadhi, {ay} : Aymara, {az} : Azerbaijani, {ban} :
+Balinese, [{bat} : Baltic (Other)], {bal} : Baluchi, {bm} : Bambara, [{bai}
+: Bamileke languages], {bad} : Banda, [{bnt} : Bantu (Other)], {bas} :
+Basa, {ba} : Bashkir, {eu} : Basque, {btk} : Batak (Indonesia), {bej} :
+Beja, {be} : Belarusian, {bem} : Bemba, {bn} : Bengali, [{ber} : Berber
+(Other)], {bho} : Bhojpuri, {bh} : Bihari, {bik} : Bikol, {bin} : Bini,
+{bi} : Bislama, {bs} : Bosnian, {bra} : Braj, {br} : Breton, {bug} :
+Buginese, {bg} : Bulgarian, {i-bnn} : Bunun, {bua} : Buriat, {my} :
+Burmese, {cad} : Caddo, {car} : Carib, {ca} : Catalan, [{cau} : Caucasian
+(Other)], {ceb} : Cebuano, [{cel} : Celtic (Other)], [{cai} : Central
+American Indian (Other)], {chg} : Chagatai, [{cmc} : Chamic languages],
+{ch} : Chamorro, {ce} : Chechen, {chr} : Cherokee, {chy} : Cheyenne, {chb}
+: Chibcha, {ny} : Chichewa, {zh} : Chinese, {chn} : Chinook Jargon, {chp} :
+Chipewyan, {cho} : Choctaw, {cu} : Church Slavic, {chk} : Chuukese, {cv} :
+Chuvash, {cop} : Coptic, {kw} : Cornish, {co} : Corsican, {cr} : Cree,
+{mus} : Creek, [{cpe} : English-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{cpf}
+: French-based Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{cpp} : Portuguese-based
+Creoles and pidgins (Other)], [{crp} : Creoles and pidgins (Other)], {hr} :
+Croatian, [{cus} : Cushitic (Other)], {cs} : Czech, {dak} : Dakota, {da} :
+Danish, {dar} : Dargwa, {day} : Dayak, {i-default} : Default (Fallthru)
+Language, {del} : Delaware, {din} : Dinka, {dv} : Divehi, {doi} : Dogri,
+{dgr} : Dogrib, [{dra} : Dravidian (Other)], {dua} : Duala, {nl} : Dutch,
+{dum} : Middle Dutch (ca.1050-1350), {dyu} : Dyula, {dz} : Dzongkha, {efi}
+: Efik, {egy} : Ancient Egyptian, {eka} : Ekajuk, {elx} : Elamite, {en} :
+English, {enm} : Old English (1100-1500), {ang} : Old English
+(ca.450-1100), {i-enochian} : Enochian (Artificial), {myv} : Erzya, {eo} :
+Esperanto, {et} : Estonian, {ee} : Ewe, {ewo} : Ewondo, {fan} : Fang, {fat}
+: Fanti, {fo} : Faroese, {fj} : Fijian, {fi} : Finnish, [{fiu} :
+Finno-Ugrian (Other)], {fon} : Fon, {fr} : French, {frm} : Middle French
+(ca.1400-1600), {fro} : Old French (842-ca.1400), {fy} : Frisian, {fur} :
+Friulian, {ff} : Fulah, {gaa} : Ga, {gd} : Scots Gaelic, {gl} : Gallegan,
+{lg} : Ganda, {gay} : Gayo, {gba} : Gbaya, {gez} : Geez, {ka} : Georgian,
+{de} : German, {gmh} : Middle High German (ca.1050-1500), {goh} : Old High
+German (ca.750-1050), [{gem} : Germanic (Other)], {gil} : Gilbertese, {gon}
+: Gondi, {gor} : Gorontalo, {got} : Gothic, {grb} : Grebo, {grc} : Ancient
+Greek, {el} : Modern Greek, {gn} : Guarani, {gu} : Gujarati, {gwi} :
+Gwich'in, {hai} : Haida, {ht} : Haitian, {ha} : Hausa, {haw} : Hawaiian,
{he} : Hebrew, {hz} : Herero, {hil} : Hiligaynon, {him} : Himachali, {hi} :
Hindi, {ho} : Hiri Motu, {hit} : Hittite, {hmn} : Hmong, {hu} : Hungarian,
-{hup} : Hupa, {iba} : Iban, {is} : Icelandic, {ibo} : Igbo, {ijo} : Ijo,
-{ilo} : Iloko, [{inc} : Indic (Other)], [{ine} : Indo-European (Other)],
-{id} : Indonesian, {ia} : Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language
-Association), {ie} : Interlingue, {iu} : Inuktitut, {ik} : Inupiaq, [{ira}
-: Iranian (Other)], {ga} : Irish, {mga} : Middle Irish (900-1200), {sga} :
-Old Irish (to 900), [{iro} : Iroquoian languages], {it} : Italian, {ja} :
-Japanese, {jw} : Javanese, {jrb} : Judeo-Arabic, {jpr} : Judeo-Persian,
-{kab} : Kabyle, {kac} : Kachin, {kl} : Kalaallisut, {kam} : Kamba, {kn} :
-Kannada, {kau} : Kanuri, {kaa} : Kara-Kalpak, {kar} : Karen, {ks} :
-Kashmiri, {kaw} : Kawi, {kk} : Kazakh, {kha} : Khasi, {km} : Khmer, [{khi}
-: Khoisan (Other)], {kho} : Khotanese, {ki} : Kikuyu, {kmb} : Kimbundu,
-{rw} : Kinyarwanda, {ky} : Kirghiz, {i-klingon} : Klingon, {kv} : Komi,
-{kon} : Kongo, {kok} : Konkani, {ko} : Korean, {kos} : Kosraean, {kpe} :
-Kpelle, {kro} : Kru, {kj} : Kuanyama, {kum} : Kumyk, {ku} : Kurdish, {kru}
-: Kurukh, {kut} : Kutenai, {lad} : Ladino, {lah} : Lahnda, {lam} : Lamba,
-{lo} : Lao, {la} : Latin, {lv} : Latvian, {lb} : Letzeburgesch, {lez} :
-Lezghian, {ln} : Lingala, {lt} : Lithuanian, {nds} : Low German, {loz} :
-Lozi, {lub} : Luba-Katanga, {lua} : Luba-Lulua, {lui} : Luiseno, {lun} :
-Lunda, {luo} : Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), {lus} : Lushai, {mk} : Macedonian,
-{mad} : Madurese, {mag} : Magahi, {mai} : Maithili, {mak} : Makasar, {mg} :
-Malagasy, {ms} : Malay, {ml} : Malayalam, {mt} : Maltese, {mnc} : Manchu,
-{mdr} : Mandar, {man} : Mandingo, {mni} : Manipuri, [{mno} : Manobo
-languages], {gv} : Manx, {mi} : Maori, {mr} : Marathi, {chm} : Mari, {mh} :
-Marshall, {mwr} : Marwari, {mas} : Masai, [{myn} : Mayan languages], {men}
-: Mende, {mic} : Micmac, {min} : Minangkabau, {i-mingo} : Mingo, [{mis} :
-Miscellaneous languages], {moh} : Mohawk, {mo} : Moldavian, [{mkh} :
-Mon-Khmer (Other)], {lol} : Mongo, {mn} : Mongolian, {mos} : Mossi, [{mul}
-: Multiple languages], [{mun} : Munda languages], {nah} : Nahuatl, {na} :
-Nauru, {nv} : Navajo, {nd} : North Ndebele, {nr} : South Ndebele, {ng} :
-Ndonga, {ne} : Nepali, {new} : Newari, {nia} : Nias, [{nic} :
+{hup} : Hupa, {iba} : Iban, {is} : Icelandic, {io} : Ido, {ig} : Igbo,
+{ijo} : Ijo, {ilo} : Iloko, [{inc} : Indic (Other)], [{ine} : Indo-European
+(Other)], {id} : Indonesian, {inh} : Ingush, {ia} : Interlingua
+(International Auxiliary Language Association), {ie} : Interlingue, {iu} :
+Inuktitut, {ik} : Inupiaq, [{ira} : Iranian (Other)], {ga} : Irish, {mga} :
+Middle Irish (900-1200), {sga} : Old Irish (to 900), [{iro} : Iroquoian
+languages], {it} : Italian, {ja} : Japanese, {jv} : Javanese, {jrb} :
+Judeo-Arabic, {jpr} : Judeo-Persian, {kbd} : Kabardian, {kab} : Kabyle,
+{kac} : Kachin, {kl} : Kalaallisut, {xal} : Kalmyk, {kam} : Kamba, {kn} :
+Kannada, {kr} : Kanuri, {krc} : Karachay-Balkar, {kaa} : Kara-Kalpak, {kar}
+: Karen, {ks} : Kashmiri, {csb} : Kashubian, {kaw} : Kawi, {kk} : Kazakh,
+{kha} : Khasi, {km} : Khmer, [{khi} : Khoisan (Other)], {kho} : Khotanese,
+{ki} : Kikuyu, {kmb} : Kimbundu, {rw} : Kinyarwanda, {ky} : Kirghiz,
+{i-klingon} : Klingon, {kv} : Komi, {kg} : Kongo, {kok} : Konkani, {ko} :
+Korean, {kos} : Kosraean, {kpe} : Kpelle, {kro} : Kru, {kj} : Kuanyama,
+{kum} : Kumyk, {ku} : Kurdish, {kru} : Kurukh, {kut} : Kutenai, {lad} :
+Ladino, {lah} : Lahnda, {lam} : Lamba, {lo} : Lao, {la} : Latin, {lv} :
+Latvian, {lb} : Letzeburgesch, {lez} : Lezghian, {li} : Limburgish, {ln} :
+Lingala, {lt} : Lithuanian, {nds} : Low German, {art-lojban} : Lojban
+(Artificial), {loz} : Lozi, {lu} : Luba-Katanga, {lua} : Luba-Lulua, {lui}
+: Luiseno, {lun} : Lunda, {luo} : Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), {lus} : Lushai,
+{mk} : Macedonian, {mad} : Madurese, {mag} : Magahi, {mai} : Maithili,
+{mak} : Makasar, {mg} : Malagasy, {ms} : Malay, {ml} : Malayalam, {mt} :
+Maltese, {mnc} : Manchu, {mdr} : Mandar, {man} : Mandingo, {mni} :
+Manipuri, [{mno} : Manobo languages], {gv} : Manx, {mi} : Maori, {mr} :
+Marathi, {chm} : Mari, {mh} : Marshall, {mwr} : Marwari, {mas} : Masai,
+[{myn} : Mayan languages], {men} : Mende, {mic} : Micmac, {min} :
+Minangkabau, {i-mingo} : Mingo, [{mis} : Miscellaneous languages], {moh} :
+Mohawk, {mdf} : Moksha, {mo} : Moldavian, [{mkh} : Mon-Khmer (Other)],
+{lol} : Mongo, {mn} : Mongolian, {mos} : Mossi, [{mul} : Multiple
+languages], [{mun} : Munda languages], {nah} : Nahuatl, {nap} : Neapolitan,
+{na} : Nauru, {nv} : Navajo, {nd} : North Ndebele, {nr} : South Ndebele,
+{ng} : Ndonga, {ne} : Nepali, {new} : Newari, {nia} : Nias, [{nic} :
Niger-Kordofanian (Other)], [{ssa} : Nilo-Saharan (Other)], {niu} : Niuean,
-{non} : Old Norse, [{nai} : North American Indian], {se} : Northern Sami,
-{no} : Norwegian, {nb} : Norwegian Bokmal, {nn} : Norwegian Nynorsk, [{nub}
-: Nubian languages], {nym} : Nyamwezi, {nyn} : Nyankole, {nyo} : Nyoro,
-{nzi} : Nzima, {oc} : Occitan (post 1500), {oji} : Ojibwa, {or} : Oriya,
-{om} : Oromo, {osa} : Osage, {os} : Ossetian; Ossetic, [{oto} : Otomian
+{nog} : Nogai, {non} : Old Norse, [{nai} : North American Indian], {no} :
+Norwegian, {nb} : Norwegian Bokmal, {nn} : Norwegian Nynorsk, [{nub} :
+Nubian languages], {nym} : Nyamwezi, {nyn} : Nyankole, {nyo} : Nyoro, {nzi}
+: Nzima, {oc} : Occitan (post 1500), {oj} : Ojibwa, {or} : Oriya, {om} :
+Oromo, {osa} : Osage, {os} : Ossetian; Ossetic, [{oto} : Otomian
languages], {pal} : Pahlavi, {i-pwn} : Paiwan, {pau} : Palauan, {pi} :
Pali, {pam} : Pampanga, {pag} : Pangasinan, {pa} : Panjabi, {pap} :
Papiamento, [{paa} : Papuan (Other)], {fa} : Persian, {peo} : Old Persian
Raeto-Romance, {raj} : Rajasthani, {rap} : Rapanui, {rar} : Rarotongan,
[{qaa - qtz} : Reserved for local use.], [{roa} : Romance (Other)], {ro} :
Romanian, {rom} : Romany, {rn} : Rundi, {ru} : Russian, [{sal} : Salishan
-languages], {sam} : Samaritan Aramaic, [{smi} : Sami languages (Other)],
-{sm} : Samoan, {sad} : Sandawe, {sg} : Sango, {sa} : Sanskrit, {sat} :
-Santali, {sc} : Sardinian, {sas} : Sasak, {sco} : Scots, {sel} : Selkup,
-[{sem} : Semitic (Other)], {sr} : Serbian, {srr} : Serer, {shn} : Shan,
-{sn} : Shona, {sid} : Sidamo, {sgn-...} : Sign Languages, {bla} : Siksika,
-{sd} : Sindhi, {si} : Sinhalese, [{sit} : Sino-Tibetan (Other)], [{sio} :
-Siouan languages], {den} : Slave (Athapascan), [{sla} : Slavic (Other)],
-{sk} : Slovak, {sl} : Slovenian, {sog} : Sogdian, {so} : Somali, {son} :
-Songhai, {snk} : Soninke, {wen} : Sorbian languages, {nso} : Northern
-Sotho, {st} : Southern Sotho, [{sai} : South American Indian (Other)], {es}
-: Spanish, {suk} : Sukuma, {sux} : Sumerian, {su} : Sundanese, {sus} :
-Susu, {sw} : Swahili, {ss} : Swati, {sv} : Swedish, {syr} : Syriac, {tl} :
-Tagalog, {ty} : Tahitian, [{tai} : Tai (Other)], {tg} : Tajik, {tmh} :
-Tamashek, {ta} : Tamil, {i-tao} : Tao, {tt} : Tatar, {i-tay} : Tayal, {te}
-: Telugu, {ter} : Tereno, {tet} : Tetum, {th} : Thai, {bo} : Tibetan, {tig}
-: Tigre, {ti} : Tigrinya, {tem} : Timne, {tiv} : Tiv, {tli} : Tlingit,
-{tpi} : Tok Pisin, {tkl} : Tokelau, {tog} : Tonga (Nyasa), {to} : Tonga
-(Tonga Islands), {tsi} : Tsimshian, {ts} : Tsonga, {i-tsu} : Tsou, {tn} :
-Tswana, {tum} : Tumbuka, {tr} : Turkish, {ota} : Ottoman Turkish
-(1500-1928), {tk} : Turkmen, {tvl} : Tuvalu, {tyv} : Tuvinian, {tw} : Twi,
-{uga} : Ugaritic, {ug} : Uighur, {uk} : Ukrainian, {umb} : Umbundu, {und} :
-Undetermined, {ur} : Urdu, {uz} : Uzbek, {vai} : Vai, {ven} : Venda, {vi} :
-Vietnamese, {vo} : Volapuk, {vot} : Votic, [{wak} : Wakashan languages],
-{wal} : Walamo, {war} : Waray, {was} : Washo, {cy} : Welsh, {wo} : Wolof,
-{x-...} : Unregistered (Semi-Private Use), {xh} : Xhosa, {sah} : Yakut,
-{yao} : Yao, {yap} : Yapese, {yi} : Yiddish, {yo} : Yoruba, [{ypk} : Yupik
-languages], {znd} : Zande, [{zap} : Zapotec], {zen} : Zenaga, {za} :
-Zhuang, {zu} : Zulu, {zun} : Zuni
+languages], {sam} : Samaritan Aramaic, {se} : Northern Sami, {sma} :
+Southern Sami, {smn} : Inari Sami, {smj} : Lule Sami, {sms} : Skolt Sami,
+[{smi} : Sami languages (Other)], {sm} : Samoan, {sad} : Sandawe, {sg} :
+Sango, {sa} : Sanskrit, {sat} : Santali, {sc} : Sardinian, {sas} : Sasak,
+{sco} : Scots, {sel} : Selkup, [{sem} : Semitic (Other)], {sr} : Serbian,
+{srr} : Serer, {shn} : Shan, {sn} : Shona, {sid} : Sidamo, {sgn-...} : Sign
+Languages, {bla} : Siksika, {sd} : Sindhi, {si} : Sinhalese, [{sit} :
+Sino-Tibetan (Other)], [{sio} : Siouan languages], {den} : Slave
+(Athapascan), [{sla} : Slavic (Other)], {sk} : Slovak, {sl} : Slovenian,
+{sog} : Sogdian, {so} : Somali, {son} : Songhai, {snk} : Soninke, {wen} :
+Sorbian languages, {nso} : Northern Sotho, {st} : Southern Sotho, [{sai} :
+South American Indian (Other)], {es} : Spanish, {suk} : Sukuma, {sux} :
+Sumerian, {su} : Sundanese, {sus} : Susu, {sw} : Swahili, {ss} : Swati,
+{sv} : Swedish, {syr} : Syriac, {tl} : Tagalog, {ty} : Tahitian, [{tai} :
+Tai (Other)], {tg} : Tajik, {tmh} : Tamashek, {ta} : Tamil, {i-tao} : Tao,
+{tt} : Tatar, {i-tay} : Tayal, {te} : Telugu, {ter} : Tereno, {tet} :
+Tetum, {th} : Thai, {bo} : Tibetan, {tig} : Tigre, {ti} : Tigrinya, {tem} :
+Timne, {tiv} : Tiv, {tli} : Tlingit, {tpi} : Tok Pisin, {tkl} : Tokelau,
+{tog} : Tonga (Nyasa), {to} : Tonga (Tonga Islands), {tsi} : Tsimshian,
+{ts} : Tsonga, {i-tsu} : Tsou, {tn} : Tswana, {tum} : Tumbuka, [{tup} :
+Tupi languages], {tr} : Turkish, {ota} : Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928), {crh}
+: Crimean Turkish, {tk} : Turkmen, {tvl} : Tuvalu, {tyv} : Tuvinian, {tw} :
+Twi, {udm} : Udmurt, {uga} : Ugaritic, {ug} : Uighur, {uk} : Ukrainian,
+{umb} : Umbundu, {und} : Undetermined, {ur} : Urdu, {uz} : Uzbek, {vai} :
+Vai, {ve} : Venda, {vi} : Vietnamese, {vo} : Volapuk, {vot} : Votic, [{wak}
+: Wakashan languages], {wa} : Walloon, {wal} : Walamo, {war} : Waray, {was}
+: Washo, {cy} : Welsh, {wo} : Wolof, {x-...} : Unregistered (Semi-Private
+Use), {xh} : Xhosa, {sah} : Yakut, {yao} : Yao, {yap} : Yapese, {ii} :
+Sichuan Yi, {yi} : Yiddish, {yo} : Yoruba, [{ypk} : Yupik languages], {znd}
+: Zande, [{zap} : Zapotec], {zen} : Zenaga, {za} : Zhuang, {zu} : Zulu,
+{zun} : Zuni
=item SEE ALSO
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item DEPRECATED
+
=back
=head2 IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory handles
=item DESCRIPTION
new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (),
-rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
+rewind (), close (), tie %hash, 'IO::Dir', DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
=item SEE ALSO
=item METHODS
-open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] )
+open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), open( FILENAME, IOLAYERS ), binmode(
+[LAYER] )
=item SEE ALSO
add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read (
[ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ),
-count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, ERROR [, TIMEOUT ] )
+count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, EXCEPTION [, TIMEOUT ] )
=item EXAMPLE
=item DESCRIPTION
new ( [ DIRNAME ] ), open ( DIRNAME ), read (), seek ( POS ), tell (),
-rewind (), close (), tie %hash, IO::Dir, DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
+rewind (), close (), tie %hash, 'IO::Dir', DIRNAME [, OPTIONS ]
=item SEE ALSO
=item METHODS
-open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] )
+open( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ), open( FILENAME, IOLAYERS ), binmode(
+[LAYER] )
=item SEE ALSO
add ( HANDLES ), remove ( HANDLES ), exists ( HANDLE ), handles, can_read (
[ TIMEOUT ] ), can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] ), has_exception ( [ TIMEOUT ] ),
-count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, ERROR [, TIMEOUT ] )
+count (), bits(), select ( READ, WRITE, EXCEPTION [, TIMEOUT ] )
=item EXAMPLE
=item DESCRIPTION
-blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isweak EXPR, readonly SCALAR, reftype
-EXPR, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
+blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isvstring EXPR, isweak EXPR,
+looks_like_number EXPR, openhandle FH, refaddr EXPR, reftype EXPR,
+set_prototype CODEREF, PROTOTYPE, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
=item KNOWN BUGS
=item SEE ALSO
-Locale::Language, Locale::Country, Locale::Currency
+Locale::Language, Locale::Country, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency
=item AUTHOR
=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item DESCRIPTION
B<alpha-2>, B<alpha-3>, B<numeric>
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item CONVERSION ROUTINES
code2country( CODE, [ CODESET ] ), country2code( STRING, [ CODESET ] ),
country_code2code( CODE, CODESET, CODESET )
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item QUERY ROUTINES
C<all_country_codes( [ CODESET ] )>, C<all_country_names( [ CODESET ] )>
-=back
+=item SEMI-PRIVATE ROUTINES
=over 4
-=item CODE ALIASING
+=item alias_code
-=back
+=item rename_country
-=over 4
+=back
=item EXAMPLES
=item SEE ALSO
-Locale::Language, Locale::Currency, ISO 3166,
-http://www.din.de/gremien/nas/nabd/iso3166ma/,
+Locale::Language, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, Locale::SubCountry, ISO
+3166-1, http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html,
http://www.egt.ie/standards/iso3166/iso3166-1-en.html,
-http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/app-f.html
+http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/app-d-1.html
=item AUTHOR
=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item DESCRIPTION
XTS, XXX
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item CONVERSION ROUTINES
code2currency(), currency2code()
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item QUERY ROUTINES
C<all_currency_codes()>, C<all_currency_names()>
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item EXAMPLES
=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
=item SEE ALSO
-Locale::Country, ISO 4217:1995, http://www.bsi-global.com/iso4217currency
+Locale::Country, Locale::Script, ISO 4217:1995,
+http://www.bsi-global.com/iso4217currency
=item AUTHOR
=item SYNOPSIS
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item CONVERSION ROUTINES
code2language(), language2code()
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item QUERY ROUTINES
C<all_language_codes()>, C<all_language_names()>
-=back
-
-=over 4
-
=item EXAMPLES
=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
=item SEE ALSO
-Locale::Country, Locale::Currency, ISO 639:1988 (E/F),
+Locale::Country, Locale::Script, Locale::Currency, ISO 639:1988 (E/F),
http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 Locale::Maketext -- framework for localization
+=head2 Locale::Maketext - framework for localization
=over 4
=back
+=head2 Locale::Script - ISO codes for script identification (ISO 15924)
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+B<alpha-2>, B<alpha-3>, B<numeric>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SPECIAL CODES
+
+=back
+
+=item CONVERSION ROUTINES
+
+code2script( CODE, [ CODESET ] ), script2code( STRING, [ CODESET ] ),
+script_code2code( CODE, CODESET, CODESET )
+
+=item QUERY ROUTINES
+
+C<all_script_codes ( [ CODESET ] )>, C<all_script_names ( [ CODESET ] )>
+
+=item EXAMPLES
+
+=item KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+Locale::Language, Locale::Currency, Locale::Country, ISO 15924,
+http://www.evertype.com/standards/iso15924/
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
=head2 MIME::Base64 - Encoding and decoding of base64 strings
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-encode_base64($str, [$eol]), decode_base64($str)
+encode_base64($str), encode_base64($str, $eol);, decode_base64($str)
=item DIAGNOSTICS
=item COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
=head2 MIME::Base64::QuotedPrint, MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding
=item DESCRIPTION
-encode_qp($str), decode_qp($str);
+encode_qp($str), encode_qp($str, $eol), encode_qp($str, $eol, $binmode),
+decode_qp($str);
=item COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
=head2 MIME::QuotedPrint - Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable
=item DESCRIPTION
-encode_qp($str), decode_qp($str);
+encode_qp($str), encode_qp($str, $eol), encode_qp($str, $eol, $binmode),
+decode_qp($str);
=item COPYRIGHT
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=back
=head2 Math::BigFloat - Arbitrary size floating point math package
=item Autocreating constants
+=over 4
+
+=item Math library
+
+=item Using Math::BigInt::Lite
+
+=back
+
=item BUGS
-=item CAVEAT
+=item CAVEATS
stringify, bstr(), bdiv, Modifying and =, bpow
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=item LICENSE
=item AUTHORS
=item DESCRIPTION
-Canonical notation, Input, Output
+Input, Output
+
+=item METHODS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item config
+
+=item accuracy
+
+=item precision
+
+=item brsft
+
+=item new
+
+=item bnan
+
+=item bzero
+
+=item binf
+
+=item bone
+
+=item is_one()/is_zero()/is_nan()/is_inf()
+
+=item is_pos()/is_neg()
+
+ $x->is_pos(); # true if >= 0
+ $x->is_neg(); # true if < 0
+
+=item is_odd()/is_even()/is_int()
+
+=item bcmp
+
+=item bacmp
+
+=item sign
+
+=item digit
+
+=item bneg
+
+=item babs
+
+=item bnorm
+
+=item bnot
+
+=item binc
+
+=item bdec
+
+=item badd
+
+=item bsub
+
+=item bmul
+
+=item bdiv
+
+=item bmod
+
+=item bmodinv
+
+=item bmodpow
+
+=item bpow
+
+=item blsft
+
+=item brsft
+
+=item band
+
+=item bior
+
+=item bxor
+
+=item bnot
+
+=item bsqrt
+
+=item bfac
+
+=item round
+
+=item bround
+
+=item bfround
+
+=item bfloor
+
+=item bceil
+
+=item bgcd
+
+=item blcm
+
+=item exponent
+
+=item mantissa
+
+=item parts
+
+=item copy
+
+=item as_int
+
+=item bsstr
+
+=item as_hex
+
+=item as_bin
+
+=back
=item ACCURACY and PRECISION
=item Alternative math libraries
+=item SUBCLASSING
+
+=back
+
+=item Subclassing Math::BigInt
+
+=item UPGRADING
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Auto-upgrade
+
+bsqrt(), div(), blog()
+
=back
=item BUGS
-Out of Memory!, Fails to load Calc on Perl prior 5.6.0
+broot() does not work, Out of Memory!, Fails to load Calc on Perl prior
+5.6.0
=item CAVEATS
-stringify, bstr(), bsstr() and 'cmp', int(), length, bdiv, infinity
-handling, Modifying and =, bpow, Overloading -$x, Mixing different object
-types, bsqrt()
+bstr(), bsstr() and 'cmp', int(), length, bdiv, infinity handling,
+Modifying and =, bpow, Overloading -$x, Mixing different object types,
+bsqrt(), brsft()
+
+=item LICENSE
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Math::BigInt::Calc - Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item STORAGE
+
+=item METHODS
+
+=item WRAP YOUR OWN
=item LICENSE
+This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
+under
+the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=item AUTHORS
+
=item SEE ALSO
+=back
+
+=head2 Math::BigInt::CalcEmu - Emulate low-level math with BigInt code
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item METHODS
+
+=item LICENSE
+
+This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
+under
+the same terms as Perl itself.
+
=item AUTHORS
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Math::BigRat - arbitrarily big rational numbers
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item MATH LIBRARY
+
=back
-=head2 Math::BigInt::Calc - Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt
+=item METHODS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item new()
+
+=item numerator()
+
+=item denominator()
+
+ $d = $x->denominator();
+
+=item parts()
+
+=item as_number()
+
+=item bfac()
+
+=item blog()
+
+=item bround()/round()/bfround()
+
+=item bmod()
+
+=item is_one()
+
+=item is_zero()
+
+=item is_positive()
+
+=item is_negative()
+
+=item is_int()
+
+=item is_odd()
+
+=item is_even()
+
+=item bceil()
+
+=item bfloor()
+
+ $x->bfloor();
+
+=item bsqrt()
-=over 4
+ $x->bsqrt();
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item config
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
-=item EXPORT
+=item BUGS
-=item WRAP YOUR OWN
+inf handling (partial), NaN handling (partial), rounding (not implemented
+except for bceil/bfloor), $x ** $y where $y is not an integer, bmod(),
+blog(), bmodinv() and bmodpow() (partial)
=item LICENSE
-This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
-under
-the same terms as Perl itself.
+=item SEE ALSO
=item AUTHORS
-=item SEE ALSO
-
=back
=head2 Math::Complex - complex numbers and associated mathematical
=back
-=head2 Memoize - Make your functions faster by trading space for time
+=head2 Memoize - Make functions faster by trading space for time
=over 4
=back
-=head2 NEXT - Provide a pseudo-class NEXT that allows method redispatch
+=head2 NEXT - Provide a pseudo-class NEXT (et al) that allows method
+redispatch
=over 4
=item Avoiding repetitions
+=item Invoking all versions of a method with a single call
+
+=item Using C<EVERY> methods
+
=back
=item AUTHOR
debug_print ( DIR, TEXT ), debug_text ( TEXT ), command ( CMD [, ARGS, ...
]), unsupported (), response (), parse_response ( TEXT ), getline (),
-ungetline ( TEXT ), read_until_dot ()
+ungetline ( TEXT ), rawdatasend ( DATA ), read_until_dot (), tied_fh ()
=item EXPORTS
=item CONSTRUCTOR
-new (HOST [,OPTIONS])
+new ([ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ])
=item METHODS
login ([LOGIN [,PASSWORD [, ACCOUNT] ] ]), authorize ( [AUTH [, RESP]]),
-site (ARGS), type (TYPE [, ARGS]), ascii ([ARGS]) binary([ARGS])
-ebcdic([ARGS]) byte([ARGS]), rename ( OLDNAME, NEWNAME ), delete ( FILENAME
-), cwd ( [ DIR ] ), cdup (), pwd (), restart ( WHERE ), rmdir ( DIR ),
-mkdir ( DIR [, RECURSE ]), ls ( [ DIR ] ), dir ( [ DIR ] ), get (
-REMOTE_FILE [, LOCAL_FILE [, WHERE]] ), put ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ]
-), put_unique ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), append ( LOCAL_FILE [,
-REMOTE_FILE ] ), unique_name (), mdtm ( FILE ), size ( FILE ), supported (
-CMD ), hash ( [FILEHANDLE_GLOB_REF],[ BYTES_PER_HASH_MARK] ), nlst ( [ DIR
-] ), list ( [ DIR ] ), retr ( FILE ), stor ( FILE ), stou ( FILE ), appe (
-FILE ), port ( [ PORT ] ), pasv (), pasv_xfer ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [,
-DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_xfer_unique ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ),
-pasv_wait ( NON_PASV_SERVER ), abort (), quit ()
+site (ARGS), ascii, binary, rename ( OLDNAME, NEWNAME ), delete ( FILENAME
+), cwd ( [ DIR ] ), cdup (), pwd (), restart ( WHERE ), rmdir ( DIR [,
+RECURSE ]), mkdir ( DIR [, RECURSE ]), alloc ( SIZE [, RECORD_SIZE] ), ls (
+[ DIR ] ), dir ( [ DIR ] ), get ( REMOTE_FILE [, LOCAL_FILE [, WHERE]] ),
+put ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), put_unique ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE
+] ), append ( LOCAL_FILE [, REMOTE_FILE ] ), unique_name (), mdtm ( FILE ),
+size ( FILE ), supported ( CMD ), hash ( [FILEHANDLE_GLOB_REF],[
+BYTES_PER_HASH_MARK] ), nlst ( [ DIR ] ), list ( [ DIR ] ), retr ( FILE ),
+stor ( FILE ), stou ( FILE ), appe ( FILE ), port ( [ PORT ] ), pasv (),
+pasv_xfer ( SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_xfer_unique (
+SRC_FILE, DEST_SERVER [, DEST_FILE ] ), pasv_wait ( NON_PASV_SERVER ),
+abort (), quit ()
=over 4
=item UNIMPLEMENTED
-B<ALLO>, B<SMNT>, B<HELP>, B<MODE>, B<SYST>, B<STAT>, B<STRU>, B<REIN>
+B<SMNT>, B<HELP>, B<MODE>, B<SYST>, B<STAT>, B<STRU>, B<REIN>
=item REPORTING BUGS
=item USE EXAMPLES
-http://www.csh.rit.edu/~adam/Progs/autoftp-2.0.tar.gz
+http://www.csh.rit.edu/~adam/Progs/
=item CREDITS
=item METHODS
article ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), body ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), head (
-[ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), nntpstat ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), group ( [ GROUP ]
-), ihave ( MSGID [, MESSAGE ]), last (), date (), postok (), authinfo (
-USER, PASS ), list (), newgroups ( SINCE [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]), newnews (
-SINCE [, GROUPS [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]]), next (), post ( [ MESSAGE ] ), slave
-(), quit ()
+[ MSGID|MSGNUM ], [FH] ), articlefh ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), bodyfh ( [
+MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), headfh ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ] ), nntpstat ( [ MSGID|MSGNUM ]
+), group ( [ GROUP ] ), ihave ( MSGID [, MESSAGE ]), last (), date (),
+postok (), authinfo ( USER, PASS ), list (), newgroups ( SINCE [,
+DISTRIBUTIONS ]), newnews ( SINCE [, GROUPS [, DISTRIBUTIONS ]]), next (),
+post ( [ MESSAGE ] ), postfh (), slave (), quit ()
=over 4
=back
-=head2 Net::POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1081)
+=head2 Net::POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1939)
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=item EXAMPLES
-
=item CONSTRUCTOR
-new ( [ HOST, ] [ OPTIONS ] )
+new ( [ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ] 0
=item METHODS
-user ( USER ), pass ( PASS ), login ( [ USER [, PASS ]] ), apop ( USER,
-PASS ), top ( MSGNUM [, NUMLINES ] ), list ( [ MSGNUM ] ), get ( MSGNUM [,
-FH ] ), last (), popstat (), ping ( USER ), uidl ( [ MSGNUM ] ), delete (
-MSGNUM ), reset (), quit ()
+auth ( USERNAME, PASSWORD ), user ( USER ), pass ( PASS ), login ( [ USER
+[, PASS ]] ), apop ( [ USER [, PASS ]] ), banner (), capa (), capabilities
+(), top ( MSGNUM [, NUMLINES ] ), list ( [ MSGNUM ] ), get ( MSGNUM [, FH ]
+), getfh ( MSGNUM ), last (), popstat (), ping ( USER ), uidl ( [ MSGNUM ]
+), delete ( MSGNUM ), reset (), quit ()
=item NOTES
=item Functions
-Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes]]]);,
-$p->bind($local_addr);, $p->ping($host [, $timeout]);, $p->open($host);,
-$p->open($host);, $p->close();, pingecho($host [, $timeout]);
+Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes [, $device [, $tos
+]]]]]);, $p->ping($host [, $timeout]);, $p->source_verify( { 0 | 1 } );,
+$p->service_check( { 0 | 1 } );, $p->tcp_service_check( { 0 | 1 } );,
+$p->hires( { 0 | 1 } );, $p->bind($local_addr);, $p->open($host);, $p->ack(
+[ $host ] );, $p->nack( $failed_ack_host );, $p->close();, pingecho($host
+[, $timeout]);
=back
-=item WARNING
-
=item NOTES
+=item INSTALL
+
+=item BUGS
+
=item AUTHORS
=item COPYRIGHT
=item CONSTRUCTOR
-new Net::SMTP [ HOST, ] [ OPTIONS ]
+new ( [ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ] )
=item METHODS
-banner (), domain (), hello ( DOMAIN ), etrn ( DOMAIN ), auth ( USERNAME,
-PASSWORD ), mail ( ADDRESS [, OPTIONS] ), send ( ADDRESS ), send_or_mail (
-ADDRESS ), send_and_mail ( ADDRESS ), reset (), recipient ( ADDRESS [,
-ADDRESS [ ...]] [, OPTIONS ] ), to ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), cc (
-ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), bcc ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), data ( [
-DATA ] ), expand ( ADDRESS ), verify ( ADDRESS ), help ( [ $subject ] ),
-quit ()
+banner (), domain (), hello ( DOMAIN ), host (), etrn ( DOMAIN ), auth (
+USERNAME, PASSWORD ), mail ( ADDRESS [, OPTIONS] ), send ( ADDRESS ),
+send_or_mail ( ADDRESS ), send_and_mail ( ADDRESS ), reset (), recipient (
+ADDRESS [, ADDRESS, [...]] [, OPTIONS ] ), to ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]]
+), cc ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ), bcc ( ADDRESS [, ADDRESS [...]] ),
+data ( [ DATA ] ), expand ( ADDRESS ), verify ( ADDRESS ), help ( [
+$subject ] ), quit ()
+
+=item ADDRESSES
=item SEE ALSO
=item IMPLEMENTATION
+=item BUGS
+
=item AUTHOR
=back
execve, execvp, exit, exp, fabs, fclose, fcntl, fdopen, feof, ferror,
fflush, fgetc, fgetpos, fgets, fileno, floor, fmod, fopen, fork, fpathconf,
fprintf, fputc, fputs, fread, free, freopen, frexp, fscanf, fseek, fsetpos,
-fstat, ftell, fwrite, getc, getchar, getcwd, getegid, getenv, geteuid,
-getgid, getgrgid, getgrnam, getgroups, getlogin, getpgrp, getpid, getppid,
-getpwnam, getpwuid, gets, getuid, gmtime, isalnum, isalpha, isatty,
-iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace, isupper,
-isxdigit, kill, labs, ldexp, ldiv, link, localeconv, localtime, log, log10,
-longjmp, lseek, malloc, mblen, mbstowcs, mbtowc, memchr, memcmp, memcpy,
-memmove, memset, mkdir, mkfifo, mktime, modf, nice, offsetof, open,
-opendir, pathconf, pause, perror, pipe, pow, printf, putc, putchar, puts,
-qsort, raise, rand, read, readdir, realloc, remove, rename, rewind,
-rewinddir, rmdir, scanf, setgid, setjmp, setlocale, setpgid, setsid,
-setuid, sigaction, siglongjmp, sigpending, sigprocmask, sigsetjmp,
+fstat, fsync, ftell, fwrite, getc, getchar, getcwd, getegid, getenv,
+geteuid, getgid, getgrgid, getgrnam, getgroups, getlogin, getpgrp, getpid,
+getppid, getpwnam, getpwuid, gets, getuid, gmtime, isalnum, isalpha,
+isatty, iscntrl, isdigit, isgraph, islower, isprint, ispunct, isspace,
+isupper, isxdigit, kill, labs, ldexp, ldiv, link, localeconv, localtime,
+log, log10, longjmp, lseek, malloc, mblen, mbstowcs, mbtowc, memchr,
+memcmp, memcpy, memmove, memset, mkdir, mkfifo, mktime, modf, nice,
+offsetof, open, opendir, pathconf, pause, perror, pipe, pow, printf, putc,
+putchar, puts, qsort, raise, rand, read, readdir, realloc, remove, rename,
+rewind, rewinddir, rmdir, scanf, setgid, setjmp, setlocale, setpgid,
+setsid, setuid, sigaction, siglongjmp, sigpending, sigprocmask, sigsetjmp,
sigsuspend, sin, sinh, sleep, sprintf, sqrt, srand, sscanf, stat, strcat,
strchr, strcmp, strcoll, strcpy, strcspn, strerror, strftime, strlen,
strncat, strncmp, strncpy, strpbrk, strrchr, strspn, strstr, strtod,
=item POSIX::SigAction
-new
+new, handler, mask, flags, safe
=item POSIX::SigSet
=item DESCRIPTION
-unix, stdio, perlio, crlf, utf8, raw
+:unix, :stdio, :perlio, :crlf, :mmap, :utf8, :bytes, :raw, :pop, :win32
=over 4
+=item Custom Layers
+
+:encoding, :via
+
+=item Alternatives to raw
+
=item Defaults and how to override them
+=item Querying the layers of filehandles
+
=back
=item AUTHOR
=back
-=head2 PerlIO::Scalar - support module for in-memory IO.
+=head2 PerlIO::encoding - encoding layer
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=back
+
+=head2 PerlIO::scalar - in-memory IO, scalar IO
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item IMPLEMENTATION NOTE
+
=back
-=head2 PerlIO::Via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
+=head2 PerlIO::via - Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item EXPECTED METHODS
+
$class->PUSHED([$mode[,$fh]]), $obj->POPPED([$fh]),
-$class->OPEN($path,$mode[,$fh]), $class->FDOPEN($fd),
-$class->SYSOPEN($path,$imode,$perm,$fh), $obj->FILENO($fh),
+$obj->UTF8($bellowFlag,[$fh]), $obj->OPEN($path,$mode[,$fh]),
+$obj->BINMODE([,$fh]), $obj->FDOPEN($fd[,$fh]),
+$obj->SYSOPEN($path,$imode,$perm,[,$fh]), $obj->FILENO($fh),
$obj->READ($buffer,$len,$fh), $obj->WRITE($buffer,$fh), $obj->FILL($fh),
$obj->CLOSE($fh), $obj->SEEK($posn,$whence,$fh), $obj->TELL($fh),
$obj->UNREAD($buffer,$fh), $obj->FLUSH($fh), $obj->SETLINEBUF($fh),
$obj->CLEARERR($fh), $obj->ERROR($fh), $obj->EOF($fh)
+=item EXAMPLES
+
=over 4
=item Example - a Hexadecimal Handle
=back
+=head2 PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint - PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item REQUIRED MODULES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
+=back
+
=head2 Pod::Checker, podchecker() - check pod documents for syntax errors
=over 4
=item Warnings
-multiple occurence of link target I<name>, line containing nothing but
+multiple occurrence of link target I<name>, line containing nothing but
whitespace in paragraph, file does not start with =head, previous =item has
no contents, preceding non-item paragraph(s), =item type mismatch (I<one>
vs. I<two>), I<N> unescaped C<E<lt>E<gt>> in paragraph, Unknown entity, No
items in =over, No argument for =item, empty section in previous paragraph,
-Verbatim paragraph in NAME section
+Verbatim paragraph in NAME section, =headI<n> without preceding higher
+level
=item Hyperlinks
C<$checker-E<gt>num_errors()>
+C<$checker-E<gt>num_warnings()>
+
C<$checker-E<gt>name()>
C<$checker-E<gt>node()>
=item ARGUMENTS
-backlink, cachedir, css, flush, header, help, htmldir, htmlroot, index,
-infile, libpods, netscape, outfile, podpath, podroot, quiet, recurse,
-title, verbose
+backlink, cachedir, css, flush, header, help, hiddendirs, htmldir,
+htmlroot, index, infile, libpods, netscape, outfile, podpath, podroot,
+quiet, recurse, title, verbose
=item EXAMPLE
=back
-=head2 Pod::ParseLink -- Parse an LE<lt>E<gt> formatting code in POD text
+=head2 Pod::ParseLink - Parse an LE<lt>E<gt> formatting code in POD text
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item SEE ALSO
+
=item AUTHOR
=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker - let Perldoc check Pod for errors
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToMan - let Perldoc render Pod as man pages
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item CAVEAT
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff - let Perldoc convert Pod to nroff
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item CAVEAT
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToPod - let Perldoc render Pod as ... Pod!
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf - let Perldoc render Pod as RTF
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToText - let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item CAVEAT
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToTk - let Perldoc use Tk::Pod to render Pod
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::Perldoc::ToXml - let Perldoc render Pod as XML
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
+=head2 Pod::PlainText - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+alt, indent, loose, sentence, width
+
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+Bizarre space in item, Can't open %s for reading: %s, Unknown escape: %s,
+Unknown sequence: %s, Unmatched =back
+
+=item RESTRICTIONS
+
+=item NOTES
+
+=item SEE ALSO
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
=head2 Pod::Plainer - Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-alt, code, indent, loose, quotes, sentence, width
+alt, code, indent, loose, margin, quotes, sentence, width
=item DIAGNOSTICS
=back
-=head2 Pod::Text::Termcap, Pod::Text::Color - Convert POD data to ASCII
-text with format escapes
+=head2 Pod::Text::Termcap - Convert POD data to ASCII text with format
+escapes
=over 4
=back
-=head2 Pod::t::basic, basic.pod - Test of various basic POD features in
-translators.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item HEADINGS
-
-=item This C<is> a "level 1" heading
-
-=over 4
-
-=item ``Level'' "2 I<heading>
-
-=back
-
-=item This C<is> a "level 1" heading
-
-=over 4
-
-=item ``Level'' 2 I<heading>
-
-=back
-
-=item LINKS
-
-=item OVER AND ITEMS
-
-This is a test, a, b, a, b, c, d, "foo", B<bar>, C<baz>, Some longer item
-text
-
-=item FORMATTING CODES
-
-E<amp>, E<apos>, E<lt>, E<gt>, E<quot>, E<sol>
-
-=item VERBATIM
-
-=item CONCLUSION
-
-=back
-
=head2 SDBM_File - Tied access to sdbm files
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isweak EXPR, readonly SCALAR, reftype
-EXPR, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
+blessed EXPR, dualvar NUM, STRING, isvstring EXPR, isweak EXPR,
+looks_like_number EXPR, openhandle FH, refaddr EXPR, reftype EXPR,
+set_prototype CODEREF, PROTOTYPE, tainted EXPR, weaken REF
=item KNOWN BUGS
=over 4
-=item OBJECT ORIENTED SYNTAX
+=item Caveats
+
+=item Escaping Magic Characters
+
+=item Configuration
=back
+=item BUGS
+
=item AUTHOR
=back
=back
-=head2 Storable - persistency for perl data structures
+=head2 Storable - persistence for Perl data structures
=over 4
=item CANONICAL REPRESENTATION
+=item CODE REFERENCES
+
+=item FORWARD COMPATIBILITY
+
+utf8 data, restricted hashes, files from future versions of Storable
+
=item ERROR REPORTING
=item WIZARDS ONLY
=item BUGS
-=item CREDITS
+=over 4
-=item TRANSLATIONS
+=item 64 bit data in perl 5.6.0 and 5.6.1
+
+=back
+
+=item CREDITS
=item AUTHOR
=item BUGS
-=item LIMITATION
+=item LIMITATIONS
=item COPYRIGHT
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item BUGS
+
=back
=head2 Sys::Hostname - Try every conceivable way to get hostname
=item DESCRIPTION
openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
-setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type (added in 5.004_02),
-closelog
+setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added
+in 5.004_02), closelog
=item EXAMPLES
=item DESCRIPTION
openlog $ident, $logopt, $facility, syslog $priority, $format, @args,
-setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type (added in 5.004_02),
-closelog
+setlogmask $mask_priority, setlogsock $sock_type [$stream_location] (added
+in 5.004_02), closelog
=item EXAMPLES
=item AUTHORS
-=item LICENSE
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
=back
-=head2 Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various C<readline> packages. If
-no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic functions.
+=head2 Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various C<readline> packages.
+If no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic functions.
=over 4
=item Minimal set of supported functions
-C<ReadLine>, C<new>, C<readline>, C<addhistory>, C<IN>, $C<OUT>,
-C<MinLine>, C<findConsole>, Attribs, C<Features>
+C<ReadLine>, C<new>, C<readline>, C<addhistory>, C<IN>, C<OUT>, C<MinLine>,
+C<findConsole>, Attribs, C<Features>
=item Additional supported functions
=item DESCRIPTION
+=item QUICK START GUIDE
+
=over 4
=item Functions
-B<plan>
+C<plan(...)>, C<tests =E<gt> I<number>>, C<todo =E<gt> [I<1,5,14>]>,
+C<onfail =E<gt> sub { ... }>, C<onfail =E<gt> \&some_sub>
=back
B<_to_value>
-B<ok>
+C<ok(...)>
+
+C<skip(I<skip_if_true>, I<args...>)>
=over 4
=item BUGS and CAVEATS
-=item TODO
+=item ENVIRONMENT
+
+=item NOTE
=item SEE ALSO
=back
+B<reset>
+
=over 4
=item Setting up tests
B<no_plan>
+B<has_plan>
+
B<skip_all>
=over 4
B<like>, B<unlike>
+B<maybe_regex>
+
B<cmp_ok>
B<BAILOUT>
B<_print>
+B<_print_diag>
+
B<output>, B<failure_output>, B<todo_output>
=over 4
B<summary>
-B<details> I<UNIMPLEMENTED>, B<todo>
+B<details>
+
+B<todo>
B<caller>
=over 4
+=item EXIT CODES
+
+=item THREADS
+
=item EXAMPLES
=item SEE ALSO
=back
-=head2 Test::Harness - run perl standard test scripts with statistics
+=head2 Test::Harness - Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics
+
+=over 4
+
+=item VERSION
+
+=back
=over 4
=item Configuration variables.
-B<$Test::Harness::verbose>, B<$Test::Harness::switches>
+B<$Test::Harness::Verbose>, B<$Test::Harness::switches>
=item Failure
C<All tests successful.\nFiles=%d, Tests=%d, %s>, C<FAILED tests
%s\n\tFailed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.>, C<Test returned status %d (wstat
%d)>, C<Failed 1 test, %.2f%% okay. %s>, C<Failed %d/%d tests, %.2f%% okay.
-%s>, C<FAILED--Further testing stopped%s>
+%s>, C<FAILED--Further testing stopped: %s>
=item ENVIRONMENT
-C<HARNESS_IGNORE_EXITCODE>, C<HARNESS_NOTTY>, C<HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST>,
-C<HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR>, C<HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES>, C<HARNESS_COLUMNS>,
-C<HARNESS_ACTIVE>
+C<HARNESS_ACTIVE>, C<HARNESS_COLUMNS>, C<HARNESS_COMPILE_TEST>,
+C<HARNESS_DEBUG>, C<HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR>, C<HARNESS_IGNORE_EXITCODE>,
+C<HARNESS_NOTTY>, C<HARNESS_OK_SLOW>, C<HARNESS_PERL>,
+C<HARNESS_PERL_SWITCHES>, C<HARNESS_VERBOSE>
=item EXAMPLE
=item AUTHORS
+=item LICENSE
+
=item TODO
=item BUGS
+=item AUTHORS
+
+=item COPYRIGHT
+
=back
=head2 Test::Harness::Assert - simple assert
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
+=item FUNCTIONS
-=item Functions
+=over 4
-B<assert>
+=item C<assert()>
=back
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item new()
+
+=item next()
+
+=back
+
=back
=head2 Test::Harness::Straps - detailed analysis of test results
=item DESCRIPTION
-=over 4
-
=item Construction
-B<new>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<new>
=back
=back
-B<_init>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_init>
+
+=back
=over 4
=item Analysis
-B<analyze>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<analyze>
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<analyze_fh>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<analyze_file>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_command_line( $file )>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_command>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_switches>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_cleaned_switches>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_INC2PERL5LIB>
=back
-B<analyze_fh>
+=over 4
-B<analyze_file>
+=item C<_filtered_INC>
-B<_switches>
+=back
-B<_INC2PERL5LIB>
+=over 4
-B<_filtered_INC>
+=item C<_restore_PERL5LIB>
-B<_restore_PERL5LIB>
+=back
=over 4
=item Parsing
-B<_is_comment>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_is_comment>
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_is_header>
+
+=back
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_is_test>
=back
-B<_is_header>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_is_bail_out>
+
+=back
-B<_is_test>
+=over 4
-B<_is_bail_out>
+=item C<_reset_file_state>
-B<_reset_file_state>
+=back
=over 4
=item Results
-B<_detailize>
+=over 4
+
+=item C<_detailize>
+
+=back
=back
B<TODO: BLOCK>, B<todo_skip>
+When do I use SKIP vs. TODO?
+
=over 4
=item Comparison functions
=over 4
-=item NOTES
+=item EXIT CODES
-=item BUGS and CAVEATS
+=item CAVEATS and NOTES
-Making your own ok(), The eq_* family has some caveats, Test::Harness
-upgrades
+Backwards compatibility, Overloaded objects, Threads, Test::Harness upgrade
=item HISTORY
=item AUTHORS
+=item BUGS
+
=item COPYRIGHT
=back
=item C<extract_bracketed>
+=item C<extract_variable>
+
+[0], [1], [2]
+
=item C<extract_tagged>
C<reject =E<gt> $listref>, C<ignore =E<gt> $listref>, C<fail =E<gt> $str>,
=back
-=head2 Thread - manipulate threads in Perl
+=head2 Thread - manipulate threads in Perl (for old code only)
=over 4
=back
=head2 Thread::Signal - Start a thread which runs signal handlers reliably
+(for old code)
=over 4
+=item CAVEAT
+
=item SYNOPSIS
=item DESCRIPTION
=back
+=head2 Tie::File - Access the lines of a disk file via a Perl array
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<recsep>
+
+=item C<autochomp>
+
+=item C<mode>
+
+=item C<memory>
+
+=item C<dw_size>
+
+=item Option Format
+
+=back
+
+=item Public Methods
+
+=over 4
+
+=item C<flock>
+
+=item C<autochomp>
+
+=item C<defer>, C<flush>, C<discard>, and C<autodefer>
+
+=item C<offset>
+
+=back
+
+=item Tying to an already-opened filehandle
+
+=item Deferred Writing
+
+=over 4
+
+=item Autodeferring
+
+=back
+
+=item CONCURRENT ACCESS TO FILES
+
+=item CAVEATS
+
+=item SUBCLASSING
+
+=item WHAT ABOUT C<DB_File>?
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=item LICENSE
+
+=item WARRANTY
+
+=item THANKS
+
+=item TODO
+
+=back
+
=head2 Tie::Handle, Tie::StdHandle - base class definitions for tied
handles
=back
-=head2 Tie::Hash, Tie::StdHash - base class definitions for tied hashes
+=head2 Tie::Hash, Tie::StdHash, Tie::ExtraHash - base class definitions for
+tied hashes
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
TIEHASH classname, LIST, STORE this, key, value, FETCH this, key, FIRSTKEY
-this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, EXISTS this, key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR this
+this, NEXTKEY this, lastkey, EXISTS this, key, DELETE this, key, CLEAR
+this, SCALAR this
-=item CAVEATS
+=item Inheriting from B<Tie::StdHash>
+
+=item Inheriting from B<Tie::ExtraHash>
+
+=item C<SCALAR>, C<UNTIE> and C<DESTROY>
=item MORE INFORMATION
=back
+=head2 Tie::Memoize - add data to hash when needed
+
+=over 4
+
+=item SYNOPSIS
+
+=item DESCRIPTION
+
+=item Inheriting from B<Tie::Memoize>
+
+=item EXAMPLE
+
+=item BUGS
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
+=back
+
=head2 Tie::RefHash - use references as hash keys
=over 4
gettimeofday (), usleep ( $useconds ), ualarm ( $useconds [,
$interval_useconds ] ), tv_interval, time (), sleep ( $floating_seconds ),
-alarm ( $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), setitimer,
-getitimer ( $which )
+alarm ( $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), setitimer (
+$which, $floating_seconds [, $interval_floating_seconds ] ), getitimer (
+$which )
=item EXAMPLES
=item C API
+=item DIAGNOSTICS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item negative time not invented yet
+
+=item internal error: useconds < 0 (unsigned ... signed ...)
+
+=back
+
=item CAVEATS
=item AUTHORS
-=item REVISION
-
-=item COPYRIGHT
+=item COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
=back
=item DESCRIPTION
+=over 4
+
+=item Ambiguous Local Times (DST)
+
+=item Non-Existent Local Times (DST)
+
+=item Negative Epoch Values
+
+=back
+
=item IMPLEMENTATION
=item BUGS
+=item SUPPORT
+
+=item AUTHOR
+
=back
=head2 Time::gmtime - by-name interface to Perl's built-in gmtime()
=item DESCRIPTION
-$obj->isa( TYPE ), CLASS->isa( TYPE ), isa( VAL, TYPE ), $obj->can( METHOD
-), CLASS->can( METHOD ), can( VAL, METHOD ), VERSION ( [ REQUIRE ] )
+C<< $obj->isa( TYPE ) >>, C<< CLASS->isa( TYPE ) >>, C<isa( VAL, TYPE )>,
+C<TYPE>, C<$obj>, C<CLASS>, C<VAL>, C<< $obj->can( METHOD ) >>, C<<
+CLASS->can( METHOD ) >>, C<can( VAL, METHOD )>, C<VERSION ( [ REQUIRE ] )>
+
+=item EXPORTS
=back
-=head2 Unicode::Collate - use UCA (Unicode Collation Algorithm)
+=head2 Unicode::Collate - Unicode Collation Algorithm
=over 4
=item Constructor and Tailoring
-alternate, backwards, entry, ignoreName, ignoreChar, level, normalization,
-overrideCJK, overrideHangul, preprocess, rearrange, table, undefName,
-undefChar, katakana_before_hiragana, upper_before_lower
+UCA_Version, backwards, entry, hangul_terminator, ignoreName, ignoreChar,
+level, normalization, overrideCJK, overrideHangul, preprocess, rearrange,
+table, undefName, undefChar, katakana_before_hiragana, upper_before_lower,
+variable, alternate
-=item Other methods
+=item Methods for Collation
C<@sorted = $Collator-E<gt>sort(@not_sorted)>, C<$result =
$Collator-E<gt>cmp($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>eq($a, $b)>,
C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>ne($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>lt($a,
$b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>le($a, $b)>, C<$result =
$Collator-E<gt>gt($a, $b)>, C<$result = $Collator-E<gt>ge($a, $b)>,
-C<$sortKey = $Collator-E<gt>getSortKey($string)>, C<$position =
-$Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring)>, C<($position, $length) =
-$Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring)>
+C<$sortKey = $Collator-E<gt>getSortKey($string)>, C<$sortKeyForm =
+$Collator-E<gt>viewSortKey($string)>
+
+=item Methods for Searching
+
+C<$position = $Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring[, $position])>,
+C<($position, $length) = $Collator-E<gt>index($string, $substring[,
+$position])>, C<$match_ref = $Collator-E<gt>match($string, $substring)>,
+C<($match) = $Collator-E<gt>match($string, $substring)>, C<@match =
+$Collator-E<gt>gmatch($string, $substring)>, C<$count =
+$Collator-E<gt>subst($string, $substring, $replacement)>, C<$count =
+$Collator-E<gt>gsubst($string, $substring, $replacement)>
+
+=item Other Methods
+
+C<%old_tailoring = $Collator-E<gt>change(%new_tailoring)>, C<$version =
+$Collator-E<gt>version()>, C<UCA_Version()>, C<Base_Unicode_Version()>
=item EXPORT
=item CAVEAT
+=item Conformance Test
+
=back
=item AUTHOR
=item SEE ALSO
-Unicode Collation Algorithm - Unicode TR #10, L<Unicode::Normalize>
+Unicode Collation Algorithm - UTS #10, The Default Unicode Collation
+Element Table (DUCET), The conformance test for the UCA, Hangul Syllable
+Type, Unicode Normalization Forms - UAX #15, L<Unicode::Normalize>
=back
-=head2 Unicode::Normalize - normalized forms of Unicode text
+=head2 Unicode::Normalize - Unicode Normalization Forms
=over 4
=item Normalization Forms
-C<$string_NFD = NFD($raw_string)>, C<$string_NFC = NFC($raw_string)>,
-C<$string_NFKD = NFKD($raw_string)>, C<$string_NFKC = NFKC($raw_string)>,
-C<$normalized_string = normalize($form_name, $raw_string)>
+C<$NFD_string = NFD($string)>, C<$NFC_string = NFC($string)>,
+C<$NFKD_string = NFKD($string)>, C<$NFKC_string = NFKC($string)>,
+C<$FCD_string = FCD($string)>, C<$FCC_string = FCC($string)>,
+C<$normalized_string = normalize($form_name, $string)>
+
+=item Decomposition and Composition
+
+C<$decomposed_string = decompose($string)>, C<$decomposed_string =
+decompose($string, $useCompatMapping)>, C<$reordered_string =
+reorder($string)>, C<$composed_string = compose($string)>
+
+=item Quick Check
+
+C<$result = checkNFD($string)>, C<$result = checkNFC($string)>, C<$result =
+checkNFKD($string)>, C<$result = checkNFKC($string)>, C<$result =
+checkFCD($string)>, C<$result = checkFCC($string)>, C<$result =
+check($form_name, $string)>
=item Character Data
C<$canonical_decomposed = getCanon($codepoint)>,
-C<$compatibility_decomposed = getCompat($codepoint)>, C<$uv_composite =
-getComposite($uv_here, $uv_next)>, C<$combining_class =
-getCombinClass($codepoint)>, C<$is_exclusion = isExclusion($codepoint)>
+C<$compatibility_decomposed = getCompat($codepoint)>,
+C<$codepoint_composite = getComposite($codepoint_here, $codepoint_next)>,
+C<$combining_class = getCombinClass($codepoint)>, C<$is_exclusion =
+isExclusion($codepoint)>, C<$is_singleton = isSingleton($codepoint)>,
+C<$is_non_starter_decomposition = isNonStDecomp($codepoint)>,
+C<$may_be_composed_with_prev_char = isComp2nd($codepoint)>
=item EXPORT
=item SEE ALSO
-http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr15/
+http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr15/,
+http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/DerivedNormalizationProps.txt,
+http://www.unicode.org/notes/tn5/
=back
=back
-=head2 Win32 - Interfaces to some Win32 API Functions
-
-=over 4
-
-=item DESCRIPTION
-
-=over 4
-
-=item Alphabetical Listing of Win32 Functions
-
-Win32::AbortSystemShutdown(MACHINE), Win32::BuildNumber(),
-Win32::CopyFile(FROM, TO, OVERWRITE), Win32::DomainName(),
-Win32::ExpandEnvironmentStrings(STRING), Win32::FormatMessage(ERRORCODE),
-Win32::FsType(), Win32::FreeLibrary(HANDLE), Win32::GetArchName(),
-Win32::GetChipName(), Win32::GetCwd(), Win32::GetFullPathName(FILENAME),
-Win32::GetLastError(), Win32::GetLongPathName(PATHNAME),
-Win32::GetNextAvailDrive(), Win32::GetOSVersion(),
-Win32::GetShortPathName(PATHNAME), Win32::GetProcAddress(INSTANCE,
-PROCNAME), Win32::GetTickCount(), Win32::InitiateSystemShutdown,
-Win32::IsWinNT(), Win32::IsWin95(), Win32::LoadLibrary(LIBNAME),
-Win32::LoginName(), Win32::LookupAccountName(SYSTEM, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SID,
-SIDTYPE), Win32::LookupAccountSID(SYSTEM, SID, ACCOUNT, DOMAIN, SIDTYPE),
-Win32::MsgBox(MESSAGE [, FLAGS [, TITLE]]), Win32::NodeName(),
-Win32::RegisterServer(LIBRARYNAME), Win32::SetCwd(NEWDIRECTORY),
-Win32::SetLastError(ERROR), Win32::Sleep(TIME), Win32::Spawn(COMMAND, ARGS,
-PID), Win32::UnregisterServer(LIBRARYNAME)
-
-=back
-
-=back
-
-=head2 XS::Typemap - module to test the XS typemaps distributed with perl
+=head2 XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
=over 4
=item DESCRIPTION
-=back
-
=over 4
-=item NOTES
+=item Migration from C<DynaLoader>
-=item AUTHOR
+=item Backward compatible boilerplate
=back
-=head2 XSLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code
+=item Order of initialization: early load()
=over 4
-=item SYNOPSIS
+=item The most hairy case
-=item DESCRIPTION
+=back
+
+=item LIMITATIONS
=item AUTHOR
=item a2p
-=item s2p
+=item c2ph
-=item find2perl
+=item dprofpp
=item h2ph
-=item c2ph
-
=item h2xs
-=item xsubpp
+=item perlbug
+
+=item perldoc
+
+=item pl2pm
+
+=item pod2html
=item pod2man
-=item wrapsuid
+=item s2p
+
+=item splain
+
+=item xsubpp
=back