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perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution

NAME perlnewmod - preparing a new module for distribution DESCRIPTION This document gives you some ... Check it's new There are a lot of modules on CPAN, and it's easy to miss one that's similar to what

perldelta - what is new for perl v5.8.9

The new API macro newSVpvs() can be used in place of constructions such as newSVpvn("ISA", 3). ... sv = newSV(0); sv_upgrade(sv, type); Similarly Perl_newSVpvn_flags() can be used to combine Perl_newSVpv

perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones

Try to design the new module to be easy to extend and reuse. ... ->new(); ?

Dumpvalue - provides screen dump of Perl data.

SYNOPSIS use Dumpvalue; my $dumper = new Dumpvalue; $dumper->set(globPrint => 1); $dumper->dumpValue ... ); $dumper->dumpvars('main'); my $dump = $dumper->stringify($some_value); DESCRIPTION Creation A new

Encode::Alias - alias definitions to encodings

=> ENCODING); DESCRIPTION Allows newName to be used as an alias for ENCODING. ... to make the new definition available

Devel::PPPort - Perl/Pollution/Portability

newRV_inc newRV_noinc newSVpvn newSVpvn_flags newSVpvn_share newSVpvn_utf8 newSVpvs newSVpvs_flags newSVuv ... newATTRSUB newXS newXSproto new_collate new_ctype new_numeric op_dump perl_parse pmop_dump pv_display

Search::Dict - search for key in dictionary file

Returns the new file position, or -1 if an error occurs.

SelectSaver - save and restore selected file handle

SelectSaver - save and restore selected file handle SYNOPSIS use SelectSaver; { my $saver = new ... SelectSaver; # new handle may be selected, or not } # previous handle is selected DESCRIPTION A

Tie::Scalar - base class definitions for tied scalars

, 'NewScalar'; tie $new_std_scalar, 'NewStdScalar'; DESCRIPTION This module provides some skeletal ... Associates a new scalar instance with the specified class.

Pod::Plainer - Perl extension for converting Pod to old style Pod.

SYNOPSIS use Pod::Plainer; my $parser = Pod::Plainer -> new (); $parser -> parse_from_filehandle(\* ... This can be used to pre-process Pod before using tools which do not recognise the new style Pods.

Tie::Handle - base class definitions for tied handles

NAME Tie::Handle - base class definitions for tied handles SYNOPSIS package NewHandle; require Tie ... Associates a new glob instance with the specified class.

Tie::Hash - base class definitions for tied hashes

, 'NewHash'; tie %new_std_hash, 'NewStdHash'; tie %new_extra_hash, 'NewExtraHash', sub {warn "Doing ... Associates a new hash instance with the specified class.

threads - Perl interpreter-based threads

Interpreter threads are different from 5005threads (the thread model of Perl 5.005) by creating a new ... $old_size = threads->set_stack_size($new_size); Sets a new default per-thread stack size, and returns

Encode::PerlIO - Encode::PerlIO -- a detailed document on Encode and PerlIO

If Perl is configured to use the new 'perlio' IO system then Encode provides a "layer" (see PerlIO) which ... iliad.utf8'); my @epic = <$iliad>; print $utf8 @epic; close($utf8); close($illiad); In addition, the new

perlunitut - Perl Unicode Tutorial

This means that programmers need new habits. ... Your new toolkit Add to your standard heading the following line: use Encode qw(encode decode); Or

perlfork - Perl's fork() emulation

and all its state, and run the cloned interpreter in a separate thread, beginning execution in the new ... This limitation can be easily worked around in new code by creating a pipe explicitly.

perlxs - XS language reference manual

then the C++ new function will be called to create a dynamic C++ object. ... color * color::new() The generated C++ code will call new.

perlintro - perlintro -- a brief introduction and overview of Perl

It is intended as a "bootstrap" guide for those who are new to the language, and provides just enough

AnyDBM_File - provide framework for multiple DBMs

This way old programs that used to use NDBM via dbmopen() can still do so, but new ones can reorder @ ... trivial to copy database formats: use POSIX; use NDBM_File; use DB_File; tie %newhash, 'DB_File', $new_filename

perlreftut - Mark's very short tutorial about references

USA: Chicago, New York, Washington. ... , and $aref2 is assigned a reference to the new array.

encoding - allows you to write your script in non-ascii or non-utf8

were still rare and many users instead chose to write scripts in legacy encodings, giving up a whole new ... strings operating under byte semantics and strings with Unicode character data are concatenated, the new

B - The Perl Compiler

The B module is of use to those who want to write new compiler backends. ... B::FM For 5.11.0 and later, B::RV is abolished, and IVs can be used to store references, and a new

perlbot - Bag'o Object Tricks (the BOT)

A subclass may want to override that data and replace it with new data. ... bless $self, $type; } package main; $a = Bar->new; $b = Foo->new; $a->enter; $b->enter; INHERITING

Math::BigRat - Arbitrary big rational numbers

new() $x = Math::BigRat->new('1/3'); Create a new Math::BigRat object. ... w/ floats $x = Math::BigRat->new(Math::BigInt->new(3)); # BigInt $x = Math::BigRat->new(Math

Pod::InputObjects - objects representing POD input paragraphs, commands, etc.

It has the following methods/attributes: Pod::Paragraph->new() my $pod_para1 = Pod::Paragraph->new( ... Pod::ParseTree->new() my $ptree1 = Pod::ParseTree->new; my $ptree2 = new Pod::ParseTree; my $ptree4

Pod::ParseUtils - helpers for POD parsing and conversion

The following methods are available: Pod::List->new() Create a new list object. ... The following methods are available: Pod::Cache->new() Create a new cache object.

fields - compile-time class fields

{ my $class = shift; my $self = fields::new($class); $self->SUPER::new(); ... The following functions are supported: new perl before 5.9.0: fields::new() creates and blesses

Class::Struct - declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes

The new class is given a constructor method, new, for creating struct objects. ... Initializing with new struct always creates a constructor called new.

IO::Socket - Object interface to socket communications

(see the Symbol package). new optionally takes arguments, these arguments are in key-value pairs. new ... In a scalar context the new socket is returned, or undef upon failure.

IO::Select - OO interface to the select system call

CONSTRUCTOR new ( [ HANDLES ] ) The constructor creates a new object and optionally initialises ... $new = $lsn->accept; $sel->add($new); } else { #

ExtUtils::Packlist - manage .packlist files

The new() method returns a reference to a hash. ... If no file is specified, the .packlist specified to new() will be read.

Math::BigInt - Arbitrary size integer/float math package

new() $x = Math::BigInt->new($str,$A,$P,$R); Creates a new BigInt object from a scalar or another BigInt ... batan2() my $x = Math::BigInt->new(1); my $y = Math::BigInt->new(1); print $y->batan2($x), "\n"; Calculate

Math::BigFloat - Arbitrary size floating point math package

->new( 1 )->batan2( 1 ,100); # batan(1) my $atan2 = Math::BigFloat->new( 1 )->batan2( 8 ,100); # ... batan2() my $y = Math::BigFloat->new(2); my $x = Math::BigFloat->new(3); print $y->batan2($x), "\n";

perlapi - autogenerated documentation for the perl public API

SV* newRV_noinc(SV* sv) newSV Creates a new SV. ... SV* newSVuv(UV u) newSV_type Creates a new SV, of the type specified.

perlothrtut - old tutorial on threads in Perl

The simplest, straightforward way to create a thread is with new(): use Thread; $thr = Thread->new ... = "foo"; $thr = Thread->new( \&sub1, "Param 1", "Param 2", $Param3 ); $thr = Thread->new( \&sub1, @

perltoot - Tom's object-oriented tutorial for perl

Person::new() is the function that both the Person->new() method and the Employee->new() method end up ... () Person::new("Person") Employee->new() Person::new("Employee") So don't use function

perlce - Perl for WinCE

XS The following Win32-Methods are built-in: newXS("Win32::GetCwd", w32_GetCwd, file); newXS("Win32 ... , file); newXS("Win32::IsWinCE", w32_IsWinCE, file); newXS("Win32::CopyFile", w32_CopyFile, file); newXS

CGI::Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies

Cookie - Interface to Netscape Cookies SYNOPSIS use CGI qw/:standard/; use CGI::Cookie; # Create new ... cookies and send them $cookie1 = new CGI::Cookie(-name=>'ID',-value=>123456); $cookie2 = new CGI::Cookie

Digest - Modules that calculate message digests

Digest->new("SHA-1"); $sha256 = Digest->new("SHA-256"); $sha384 = Digest->new("SHA-384"); $sha512 = Digest ... $ctx = Digest->new(XXX => $arg,...) $ctx = Digest::XXX->new($arg,...)

IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles

NAME IO::File - supply object methods for filehandles SYNOPSIS use IO::File; $fh = new IO::File; ... CONSTRUCTOR new ( FILENAME [,MODE [,PERMS]] ) Creates an IO::File.

CGI::Fast - CGI Interface for Fast CGI

The rest of the time your script waits in the call to new(). ... When the server requests that your script be terminated, new() will return undef.

Module::Pluggable - automatically give your module the ability to have plugins

In general this will probably be 'new' but it can be whatever you want. ... $self->search_path( add => "New::Path" ); # add $self->search_path( new => "New::Path" ); # replace

IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes

NAME IO::Pipe - supply object methods for pipes SYNOPSIS use IO::Pipe; $pipe = new IO::Pipe; if( ... If no arguments are given then method handles is called on the new IO::Pipe object.

Net::SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Client

A new Net::SMTP object must be created with the new method. ... Use "Debug => 1" option under new() to see if disabled.

perlobj - Perl objects

Here is a typical constructor: package Critter; sub new { bless {} } That word new isn't special. ... The new class is responsible for all cleanup later.

perlguts - Introduction to the Perl API

The seven routines are: SV* newSViv(IV); SV* newSVuv(UV); SV* newSVnv(double); SV* newSVpv(const ... char*, STRLEN); SV* newSVpvn(const char*, STRLEN); SV* newSVpvf(const char*, ...); SV* newSVsv(SV

Thread - manipulate threads in Perl (for old code only)

FUNCTIONS $thread = Thread->new(\&start_sub) $thread = Thread->new(\&start_sub, LIST) new starts ... Like Thread-&gt;new, async returns a thread object.

perlxstut - Tutorial for writing XSUBs

new features. ... rh = (HV *)sv_2mortal((SV *)newHV()); hv_store(rh, "f_bavail", 8, newSVnv(buf.f_bavail),

Test::Tutorial - A tutorial about writing really basic tests

So we test new(). #! ... /usr/bin/perl -w use Test::Simple tests => 2; use Date::ICal; my $ical = Date::ICal->new;

Thread::Semaphore - Thread-safe semaphores

describes Thread::Semaphore version 2.09 SYNOPSIS use Thread::Semaphore; my $s = Thread::Semaphore->new ... METHODS ->new() ->new(NUMBER) new creates a new semaphore, and initializes its count to the specified

IO::Socket::INET - Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets

CONSTRUCTOR new ( [ARGS] ) Creates an IO::Socket::INET object, which is a reference to a newly created ... symbol (see the Symbol package). new optionally takes arguments, these arguments are in key-value pairs

FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles

NAME FileHandle - supply object methods for filehandles SYNOPSIS use FileHandle; $fh = new FileHandle ... FileHandle::new_from_fd creates a FileHandle like new does.

Math::BigInt::Calc - Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt

(string) return ref to new object from ref to decimal string _zero() return a new object ... with value 0 _one() return a new object with value 1 _two() return a new object with

perlcall - Perl calling conventions from C

to the variable keepSub in one operation using newSVsv. ... \n"); PUSHMARK(SP); XPUSHs(sv_2mortal(newSViv(fh))); XPUSHs(sv_2mortal(newSVpv(buffer, 0

Term::ReadLine - Perl interface to various readline packages. If no real package is found, substitutes stubs instead of basic functions.

new returns the handle for subsequent calls to following functions. ... newTTY takes two arguments which are input filehandle and output filehandle.

Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both printing and eval

Same rules apply for names as in new. ... package main; $foo = Foo->new; $fuz = Fuz->new; $boo = [ 1, [], "abcd", \*foo, {1 => 'a',

Net::NNTP - NNTP Client class

post ( [ MESSAGE ] ) Post a new article to the news server. ... postfh () Post a new article to the news server using a tied filehandle.

ExtUtils::Installed - Inventory management of installed modules

management of installed modules SYNOPSIS use ExtUtils::Installed; my ($inst) = ExtUtils::Installed->new ... FUNCTIONS new() This takes optional named parameters.

IPC::Msg - SysV Msg IPC object class

METHODS new ( KEY , FLAGS ) Creates a new message queue associated with KEY. ... On creation of a new message queue FLAGS is used to set the permissions.

Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm

The following methods are provided: $md5 = Digest::MD5->new The constructor returns a new Digest ... No new object is created in this case. $md5->reset This is just an alias for $md5->new.

perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely internal Perl functions

void pad_leavemy() pad_new Create a new compiling padlist, saving and updating the various global ... Then give the new pad an @_ in slot zero.

Net::POP3 - Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1939)

A new Net::POP3 object must be created with the new method. ... CONSTRUCTOR new ( [ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ] 0 This is the constructor for a new Net::POP3 object.

Win32API::File - Low-level access to Win32 system API calls for files/dirs.

"n" Stands for "New file only". ... MoveFileW MoveFileW( $swOldName, $swNewName ) $swOldName and $swNewName are Unicode.

Tie::Array - base class for tied arrays

NAME Tie::Array - base class for tied arrays SYNOPSIS package Tie::NewArray; use Tie::Array; @ISA ... ; $object = tie @somearray,Tie::StdArray; $object = tie @somearray,Tie::NewStdArray; DESCRIPTION This

perllol - Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl

That's all well and good for declaration of a fixed data structure, but what if you wanted to add new ... What about adding new columns?

IPC::SharedMem - SysV Shared Memory IPC object class

METHODS new ( KEY , SIZE , FLAGS ) Creates a new shared memory segment associated with KEY. ... On creation of a new shared memory segment FLAGS is used to set the permissions.

overload - Package for overloading Perl operations

Use this module like this: require symbolic; my $iter = new symbolic 2; # 16-gon my $side = new symbolic ... After this change one can do my $a = new symbolic 3; my $b = new symbolic 4; my $c = sqrt($a**2 + $b

IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object class

METHODS new ( KEY , NSEMS , FLAGS ) Create a new semaphore set associated with KEY. ... On creation of a new semaphore set FLAGS is used to set the permissions.

perlthrtut - Tutorial on threads in Perl

new() is a synonym for create(). ... When a new Perl thread is created, all the data associated with the current thread is copied to the new

Pod::Parser - base class for creating POD filters and translators

new() my $parser = Pod::Parser->new(); This is the constructor for Pod::Parser and its subclasses. ... (); my $parser2 = new MyParser(); my $parser3 = $parser2->new(); where MyParser is some subclass of

IO::Handle - supply object methods for I/O handles

CONSTRUCTOR new () Creates a new IO::Handle object. ... new_from_fd ( FD, MODE ) Creates an IO::Handle like new does.

Pod::PlainText - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text

See Pod::Parser for all the details; briefly, one creates a new parser with Pod::PlainText->new() and ... Please change to the new calling convention, though.

IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory handles

NAME IO::Dir - supply object methods for directory handles SYNOPSIS use IO::Dir; $d = IO::Dir->new ... new ( [ DIRNAME ] ) new is the constructor for IO::Dir objects.

CGI::Push - Simple Interface to Server Push

Every time your subroutine is called, it generates a new page. ... USING CGI::Push CGI::Push adds one new method to the standard CGI suite, do_push().

Safe - Compile and execute code in restricted compartments

Each compartment has a new namespace The "root" of the namespace (i.e. ... Methods in class Safe To create a new compartment, use $cpt = new Safe; Optional argument is (NAMESPACE

perllexwarn - Perl Lexical Warnings

instead"); new(@_); } sub new ... 1; The function open has been deprecated, so code has been included ... ->new(); $a->doit(1); When this code is run only the Derived object, $b, will generate a warning.

Test::Harness::Iterator - Internal Test::Harness Iterator

Internal Test::Harness Iterator SYNOPSIS use Test::Harness::Iterator; my $it = Test::Harness::Iterator->new ... new() Create an iterator. next() Iterate through it, of course.

perltooc - Tom's OO Tutorial for Class Data in Perl

package Some_Class; our($CData1, $CData2); # our() is new to perl5.6 sub new { my $ ... But if you store a new value to them, that new value is set on the current object.

Thread::Queue - Thread-safe queues

QUEUE CREATION ->new() Creates a new empty queue. ... ->new(LIST) Creates a new queue pre-populated with the provided list of items.

Pod::Text - Convert POD data to formatted ASCII text

See Pod::Parser for all the details; briefly, one creates a new parser with Pod::Text->new() and then ... Please change to the new calling convention, though.

CGI - Simple Common Gateway Interface Class

CGI; $new_query = new CGI($old_query); To create an empty query, initialize it from an empty string ... '}, "Open a new frame"); <a href="fred.html",target="_new">Open a new frame</a> You may

perlcommunity - a brief overview of the Perl community

literature), perl.com provides current Perl news, articles, and resources for Perl developers as well ... http://use.perl.org/ use Perl; provides a slashdot-style Perl news website covering all things Perl

perl5db - the perl debugger

debugger, we need to be able to get a new IN and OUT filehandle for the new debugger. ... create_IN_OUT($flags) Create a new pair of filehandles, pointing to a new TTY.

B::Concise - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops

You can also add new ones using "add_callback". #addr The address of the OP, in hexadecimal. ... It has one minor drawback though; it doesn't register the style under a new name.

Net::Ping - check a remote host for reachability

NAME Net::Ping - check a remote host for reachability SYNOPSIS use Net::Ping; $p = Net::Ping->new ... Functions Net::Ping->new([$proto [, $def_timeout [, $bytes [, $device [, $tos ]]]]]); Create a new

perltie - how to hide an object class in a simple variable

$new_nicety = PRIO_MIN; } if ($new_nicety > PRIO_MAX) { carp sprintf "WARNING ... $new_nicety = PRIO_MAX; } unless (defined setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, $$self, $new_nicety)) {

Test::Harness::Straps - detailed analysis of test results

analysis of test results SYNOPSIS use Test::Harness::Straps; my $strap = Test::Harness::Straps->new ... CONSTRUCTION new() my $strap = Test::Harness::Straps->new; Initialize a new strap.

perlopentut - tutorial on opening things in Perl

That takes away the user's freedom to choose what permission new files will have. ... ; IO Layers In Perl 5.8.0 a new I/O framework called "PerlIO" was introduced.

I18N::Collate - compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current locale

current locale SYNOPSIS use I18N::Collate; setlocale(LC_COLLATE, 'locale-of-your-choice'); $s1 = new ... I18N::Collate "scalar_data_1"; $s2 = new I18N::Collate "scalar_data_2"; DESCRIPTION *** WARNING:

perlhack - How to hack at the Perl internals

So, we call newBINOP to create a new binary operator. ... Exporting your new function The new shiny result of either genuine new functionality or your arduous

ExtUtils::Install - install files from here to there

Note that the new argument style and use of the %result hash is recommended. ... Input is the contents of the module, output the new module contents.

Pod::LaTeX - Convert Pod data to formatted Latex

Pod::LaTeX - Convert Pod data to formatted Latex SYNOPSIS use Pod::LaTeX; my $parser = Pod::LaTeX->new ... $parser->StartWithNewPage(1); $newpage = $parser->StartWithNewPage; Default is false.

POSIX - Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1

POSIX::SigSet new Create a new SigSet object. ... Create a new Termios object.

Test::Builder - Backend for building test libraries

Construction new my $Test = Test::Builder->new; Returns a Test::Builder object representing the ... probably want new.

Unicode::Collate - Unicode Collation Algorithm

Constructor and Tailoring The new method returns a collator object. ... , a collator via Unicode::Collate->new(variable => "non-ignorable", level => 3).

Net::Netrc - OO interface to users netrc file

The following tokens are recognized; they may be separated by spaces, tabs, or new-lines: machine ... new object.

perlos2 - Perl under OS/2, DOS, Win0.3*, Win0.95 and WinNT.

version of Perl to a new location, and copy the installed files to this new location. ... dll to the "new" perl????.dll.

perlembed - how to embed perl in your C program

) and newAV() and all their friends. ... Since perl 5.7.2 you can specify PL_exit_flags |= PERL_EXIT_DESTRUCT_END to get the new behaviour.

File::Copy - Copy files or filehandles

copy("Copy.pm",\*STDOUT); move("/dev1/fileA","/dev2/fileB"); use File::Copy "cp"; $n = FileHandle->new ... Otherwise, it copies the file to the new location and deletes the original.

perldsc - Perl Data Structures Cookbook

reference with a new copy of the data. ... (keys %new_folks) { $HoH{flintstones}{$what} = $new_folks{$what}; } Access and Printing of a HASH

Test::Simple - Basic utilities for writing tests.

my $btaste = Film->new({ Title => 'Bad Taste', Director => 'Peter Jackson ... NumExplodingSheep => 1 }); ok( defined($btaste) && ref $btaste eq 'Film, 'new

Net::libnetFAQ - libnet Frequently Asked Questions

$ftp = Net::FTP->new('target_site.somewhere.xxx'); $ftp->login('username','password'); # set transfer ... Turn on Debug (See below) and you will see what is happening $ftp = Net::FTP->new($host, Debug => 1)

Pod::Man - Convert POD data to formatted *roff input

Pod::Man - Convert POD data to formatted *roff input SYNOPSIS use Pod::Man; my $parser = Pod::Man->new ... See Pod::Parser for all the details; briefly, one creates a new parser with Pod::Man->new() and then

Test::Harness::Point - object for tracking a single test point

CONSTRUCTION new() my $point = new Test::Harness::Point; Create a test point object.

Tie::StdHandle - base class definitions for tied handles

NAME Tie::StdHandle - base class definitions for tied handles SYNOPSIS package NewHandle; require ... a needed method sub TIEHANDLE { ... } # Overrides inherited method package main; tie *FH, 'NewHandle

Encode::Encoder - Encode::Encoder -- Object Oriented Encoder

Oriented Encoder SYNOPSIS use Encode::Encoder; # Encode::encode("ISO-8859-1", $data); Encode::Encoder->new ... encoder() is an alias of Encode::Encoder->new(). This one is exported on demand.

perlsub - Perl subroutines

This is an efficiency mechanism that new users may wish to avoid. ... The prototype affects only interpretation of new-style calls to the function, where new-style is defined

B::Terse - Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops

The B::SV method is largely compatible with the old one, though authors of new software might be advised ... As a kludge, the new version will always use the pad for the main program, but for OPs in subroutines

Benchmark - benchmark running times of Perl code

Example: use Benchmark; $t0 = new Benchmark; # ... your code here ... ... Make sub new dump its debugging output to STDERR, to be consistent with everything else.

Encode - character encodings

(newName => ENCODING); After that, newName can be used as an alias for ENCODING. ... Therefore as of Encode version 2.21, a new method mime_name() is added.

Math::Complex - complex numbers and associated mathematical functions

Otherwise whatever you specify will be the new display style for this particular number. ... $j->display_format("polar"); There are two new display parameters.

perlgpl - the GNU General Public License, version 2

The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of the General Public License from ... new problems or concerns.

File::Temp - return name and handle of a temporary file safely

They should not be used in new code. ... new Create a temporary file object.

perlipc - Perl interprocess communication (signals, fifos, pipes, safe subprocesses, sockets, and semaphores)

; exit if $pid; die "Can't start a new session: $!" ... (Actually, some of the new Socket conversion functions croak() on bad arguments.)

IO::Socket::UNIX - Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets

CONSTRUCTOR new ( [ARGS] ) Creates an IO::Socket::UNIX object, which is a reference to a newly created ... symbol (see the Symbol package). new optionally takes arguments, these arguments are in key-value pairs

Test::Harness::Results - object for tracking results from a single test file

CONSTRUCTION new() my $results = new Test::Harness::Results; Create a test point object.

Net::FTP - FTP Client class

CONSTRUCTOR new ([ HOST ] [, OPTIONS ]) This is the constructor for a new Net::FTP object. ... Returns the full pathname to the new directory.

Tie::File - Access the lines of a disk file via a Perl array

recs...; my $r1 = pop @array; unshift @array, new recs...; my $r2 = shift @array; @old_recs = splice ... @array, 3, 7, new recs...; untie @array; # all finished DESCRIPTION Tie::File represents

ExtUtils::MakeMaker - Create a module Makefile

not the newest, you might accidentally get one of these older versions even after installing a brand new ... Static Linking of a new Perl Binary An extension that is built with the above steps is ready to use

perldos - Perl under DOS, W31, W95.

here: http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/getting.html You need the following files to build perl (or add new ... the perl binary in your module directory before you run "make test", so that you are testing with the new

s2p - a stream editor

[1addr]q Branch to the end of the script and quit without starting a new cycle. ... p If the substitution was made, print the new value of the pattern space.

psed - a stream editor

[1addr]q Branch to the end of the script and quit without starting a new cycle. ... p If the substitution was made, print the new value of the pattern space.

perlmodstyle - Perl module style guide

Avoid starting a new top-level hierarchy, especially if a suitable hierarchy already exists under which ... according to data type (making polymorphic invocation of methods feasible) When it is likely that new

Win32 - Interfaces to some Win32 API Functions

Calling SetChildShowWindow(0) will make these new console windows invisible. ... The pid of the new process is stored in PID. This function is deprecated.

perltrap - Perl traps for the unwary

Parsing Traps Traps that appear to stem from the new parser. ... @x = ('existing'); print push(@x, 'first new', 'second new'); # perl4 prints: second new # perl5 prints

NEXT - Provide a pseudo-class NEXT (et al) that allows method redispatch

Note that this is not the same thing as $self->SUPER::m(), which begins a new dispatch that is restricted ... Likewise, to create a class hierarchy in which every initializer inherited by a new object is invoked

Locale::Maketext::TPJ13 - Locale::Maketext::TPJ13 -- article about software localization

When you call: print $lang->maketext("You have [quant,_1,piece] of new mail. ... So, this: $lang->maketext("You have [quant,_1,piece] of new mail.

B::Showlex - Show lexical variables used in functions or files

PL_sv_undef 1: NULL (0x9da4234) 2: NULL (0x9db0f2c) 3: NULL (0x9db0f44) 4: NULL (0x9da4264) -e syntax OK New-style ... PVNV (0xa0c4f40) "$j" = NULL (0xa0c4f34) 3: PVNV (0xa0c4f58) "$k" = NULL (0xa0c4f4c) -e syntax OK New

Memoize::Expire - Plug-in module for automatic expiration of memoized values

http://www.plover.com/~mjd/perl/Memoize/ (for news and updates) I maintain a mailing list on which I ... occasionally announce new versions of Memoize.

perltodo - Perl TO-DO List

Gisle would welcome new tests for perlbench. ... That could be done without new ops.

perlref - Perl references and nested data structures

Constructors are often named new(). ... Its disadvantage is that it won't create a new filehandle for you.

ExtUtils::MM_Unix - methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker

Defines how to write the Makefile to produce a static new perl. ... {lc $var}, it will attempt to replace it's $prefix with a $new_prefix.

h2xs - convert .h C header files to Perl extensions

called without additional arguments; and will set the element to the supplied value (and return the new ... method to construct and return a new structure, initialised to zeroes.

perlmachten - Perl version 5 on Power MachTen systems

which compiles to object code for linking with perl), you will have to replace your perl binary with a new ... version containing the new statically-linked object module.

Shell - run shell commands transparently within perl

passwd'); @pslines = ps('-ww'), cp("/etc/passwd", "/tmp/passwd"); # object oriented my $sh = Shell->new ... scalpel.netlabs.com> To: perl5-porters@isu.edu From: Larry Wall <lwall@scalpel.netlabs.com> Subject: a new

B::Lint - Perl lint

The B::Lint->register_plugin( MyPlugin => \@new_checks ) method adds the list of @new_checks to the list

Pod::Checker - check pod documents for syntax errors

SYNOPSIS use Pod::Checker; $syntax_okay = podchecker($filepath, $outputpath, %options); my $checker = new ... Pod::Checker->new( %options ) Return a reference to a new Pod::Checker object that inherits from Pod

perlboot - Beginner's Object-Oriented Tutorial

We can do that by drawing a new distinction, called an "instance". ... , with various ways of interpreting the arguments to new.

DB_File - Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x

$a = new DB_File::HASHINFO ; $a->{'bsize'} ; $a->{'cachesize'} ; $a->{'ffactor'}; $a->{'hash'} ; $a-> ... $i = 2 ; $H->put($i, "Newbie", R_IAFTER) ; # and a new record before record 1.

Locale::Maketext - framework for localization

$lh->init(); This is called by ->new to initialize newly-constructed language handles. ... coderef, and then we return &$new_sub($lh, ...parameters...).

Memoize - Make functions faster by trading space for time

.); Options include: NORMALIZER => function INSTALL => new_name SCALAR_CACHE => 'MEMORY' SCALAR_CACHE ... See the Memoize.pm Page at http://www.plover.com/~mjd/perl/Memoize/ for news and upgrades.

pod::a2p - Awk to Perl translator

current differences are: Old awk always has a line loop, even if there are no line actions, whereas new ... statement print sprintf(some_args), extra_args; old awk considers extra_args to be arguments to sprintf; new

DynaLoader - Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code

This document serves as both a specification for anyone wishing to implement the DynaLoader for a new ... This is simply a direct call to newXSUB(). Returns a reference to the installed function.

perlfunc - Perl builtin functions

$hasargs is true if a new instance of @_ was set up for the frame. ... \n" unless chdir '/usr/spool/news'; chdir '/usr/spool/news' or die "Can't cd to spool: $!

Test::More - yet another framework for writing test scripts

otherwise have to write my $obj = Some::Module->new; ok( defined $obj && $obj->isa('Some::Module') ... Test::Harness upgrade no_plan and todo depend on new Test::Harness features and fixes.

Digest::base - Digest base class

A minimal subclass needs to implement the following methods by itself: new clone add digest The arguments

ExtUtils::MM - OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass

ExtUtils::MM - OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass SYNOPSIS require ExtUtils::MM; my $mm = MM->new

perlvms - VMS-specific documentation for Perl

Then, rebuild PerlShr.Exe to incorporate the new code. ... The logical name DECC$POSIX_COMPLIANT_PATHNAMES is new with the RMS Symbolic Link SDK.

B::Deparse - Perl compiler backend to produce perl code

USING B::Deparse AS A MODULE Synopsis use B::Deparse; $deparse = B::Deparse->new("-p", "-sC"); $body ... new $deparse = B::Deparse->new(OPTIONS) Create an object to store the state of a deparsing operation

ExtUtils::Miniperl - write the C code for perlmain.c

of directories containing archive libraries that relate to perl modules and should be linked into a new

DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles

NAME DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles SYNOPSIS use DirHandle; $d = new DirHandle

Test::Builder::Tester - test testsuites that have been built with Test::Builder

So to check Test::Builder->new->diag("foo\n","bar\n"); You would do test_diag("foo","bar") without ... Bugs (and requests for new features) can be reported to the author though the CPAN RT system: http://

Pod::Select - extract selected sections of POD from input

or use Pod::Select; ## Create a parser object for selecting POD sections from the input $parser = new ... Private data fields are stored in the hash-object whose reference is returned by the new() constructor

perlmod - Perl modules (packages and symbol tables)

This also helps to differentiate new modules from old .pl and .ph files. ... It will be called in the context of the new thread, so all modifications are made in the new area.

Module::Pluggable::Object - automatically give your module the ability to have plugins

Pluggable - package MyClass; use Module::Pluggable::Object; my $finder = Module::Pluggable::Object->new

perlclib - Internal replacements for standard C library functions

Don't forget that with the new PerlIO layered I/O abstraction FILE* types may not even be available. ... which have similar arguments as Zero(): PoisonWith(dst, n, t, b) scribble memory with byte b PoisonNew

perltru64 - Perl version 5 on Tru64 (formerly known as Digital UNIX formerly known as DEC OSF/1) systems

Threaded Perl on Tru64 If you want to use threads, you should primarily use the new Perl 5.8.0 threads ... The good news is that you very probably don't need to ever use the ODBM_File extension since more advanced

Tie::SubstrHash - Fixed-table-size, fixed-key-length hashing

Upon tying a new hash to this package, the developer must specify the size of the keys that will be used

Pod::Text::Color - Convert POD data to formatted color ASCII text

data to formatted color ASCII text SYNOPSIS use Pod::Text::Color; my $parser = Pod::Text::Color->new

libnetcfg - configure libnet

The default name of the new configuration file is "libnet.cfg", and by default it is written to the current

perlmpeix - Perl/iX for HP e3000 MPE

What's New in Perl for MPE/iX January 12, 2006 Updated for perl-5.8.8 and perl-5.9.3 by Ken Hirsch ... Check here for the latest news, implemented functionality, known bugs, to-do list, etc.

Pod::Text::Termcap - Convert POD data to ASCII text with format escapes

ASCII text with format escapes SYNOPSIS use Pod::Text::Termcap; my $parser = Pod::Text::Termcap->new

CORE - Pseudo-namespace for Perl's core routines

at compile time: BEGIN { *CORE::GLOBAL::hex = sub { # ... your code here }; } The new

perldebug - Perl debugging

If you're new to the Perl debugger, you may prefer to read perldebtut, which is a tutorial introduction ... R Restart the debugger by exec()ing a new session.

Pod::Text::Overstrike - Convert POD data to formatted overstrike text

formatted overstrike text SYNOPSIS use Pod::Text::Overstrike; my $parser = Pod::Text::Overstrike->new

Test - provides a simple framework for writing test scripts

QUICK START GUIDE To write a test for your new (and probably not even done) module, create a new file ... called t/test.t (in a new t directory).

IO::Poll - Object interface to system poll call

interface to system poll call SYNOPSIS use IO::Poll qw(POLLRDNORM POLLWRNORM POLLIN POLLHUP); $poll = new

Fcntl - load the C Fcntl.h defines

For new applications the newer versions of these constants are suggested (O_APPEND, O_ASYNC, O_CREAT,

CGI::Carp - CGI routines for writing to the HTTPD (or other) error log

To enable this feature, export the new "warningsToBrowser" subroutine. ... you've done that, you can change the logged name of the program at any time by calling set_progname(new_program_name

ODBM_File - Tied access to odbm files

The default permissions to use if a new file is created.

IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for I/O objects

confuse most perl IO operators except sysread and syswrite (see perlfunc for full details) Returns the new

perlhpux - Perl version 5 on Hewlett-Packard Unix (HP-UX) systems

If you perform a new installation, then (a newer) Perl will be installed automatically. ... Insert the new formula into the Formula/Value box.

SDBM_File - Tied access to sdbm files

The default permissions to use if a new file is created.

NDBM_File - Tied access to ndbm files

The default permissions to use if a new file is created.

warnings - Perl pragma to control optional warnings

use warnings::register Creates a new warnings category with the same name as the package where the

Test::Builder::Module - Base class for test modules

You should not get it via Test::Builder->new as was previously recommended.

CPAN - query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites

Add a new debug statement while running in the shell and then issue a reload cpan and see the new debugging ... Bundle/mybundle.pm), install the new perl with the Configure option prefix, e.g. .

perlbug - how to submit bug reports on Perl

You may want to start with perldoc perltrap for pointers to common traps that new (and experienced) Perl ... Feel free to update the ticket about your bug on http://rt.perl.org if a new version of Perl is released

perlthanks - how to submit bug reports on Perl

You may want to start with perldoc perltrap for pointers to common traps that new (and experienced) Perl ... Feel free to update the ticket about your bug on http://rt.perl.org if a new version of Perl is released

Filter::Util::Call - Perl Source Filter Utility Module

this command: :/start/,/stop/s/from/to/ When used as a filter we want to invoke it like this: use NewSubst ... package NewSubst ; use Filter::Util::Call ; use Carp ; sub import { my ($self, $start, $stop, $

perlapio - perl's IO abstraction interface.

Perl prefers to dup the new low-level descriptor to the descriptor used by the existing PerlIO. ... The fact that such a FILE * has been 'exported' is recorded, (normally by pushing a new :stdio "layer

piconv - piconv -- iconv(1), reinvented in perl

perlio The new perlIO layer is used. NI-S' favorite.

perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and localization)

If you make the new settings permanent (read on), all programs you run see the changes. ... This module is now mildly obsolete and should be avoided in new applications.

Module::CoreList - what modules shipped with versions of perl

New, in 1.96 is also the %Module::CoreList::families hash, which clusters known perl releases by their

ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions About MakeMaker

While developing your module you might write a new file, not add it to the MANIFEST, then run a distclean ... and be sad because your new work was deleted.

Test::Harness - Run Perl standard test scripts with statistics

HARNESS_FILELEAK_IN_DIR When set to the name of a directory, harness will check after each test whether new ... (Partially done with new skip test styles) Add option for coverage analysis. Trap STDERR.

perlvar - Perl predefined variables

The methods each take an optional EXPR, which, if supplied, specifies the new value for the IO::Handle ... This is a new mechanism and the details may change. See also perldebguts.

corelist - a commandline frontend to Module::CoreList

(If you have the version module, you can also use new-style version numbers, like 5.8.8.)

perlepoc - Perl for EPOC

Since the port to epocemx is quite new, please check the web for updates first.

Switch - A switch statement for Perl

The module augments the standard Perl syntax with two new control statements: switch and case. ... Together these two new statements provide a fully generalized case mechanism: use Switch; # AND LATER

perlmodinstall - Installing CPAN Modules

reason you have a statically-linked perl, and the module requires compilation, you'll need to build a new ... You can add new paths to the default @INC in the Preferences menu item in the MacPerl application ($ENV

perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language

If you're new to Perl, you should start with perlintro, which is a general intro for beginners and provides ... perlmodinstall Perl modules: how to install from CPAN perlnewmod Perl modules: preparing a new

Text::Wrap - line wrapping to form simple paragraphs

If you just to preserve existing newlines but add new breaks with something else, set $Text::Wrap::separator2

I18N::LangTags::List - I18N::LangTags::List -- tags and names for human languages

NOT New York Seneca! [{mis} : Miscellaneous languages] Don't use this. ... {new} : Newari {nia} : Nias [{nic} : Niger-Kordofanian (Other)] [{ssa} : Nilo-Saharan (Other

perlsyn - Perl syntax

It's safer because if code gets added between the inner and outer loops later on, the new code won't ... While it's expecting the beginning of a new statement, if the compiler encounters a line that begins

find2perl - translate find command lines to Perl code

-ncpio FILE Adds current output to "new"-style cpio-format FILE.

perlirix - Perl version 5 on Irix systems

Building with threads in Irix Run Configure with -Duseithreads which will configure Perl with the new

ExtUtils::Embed - Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications

xsi_body(@modules) This function returns a string of calls to newXS() that glue the module bootstrap

Term::Cap - Perl termcap interface

EXAMPLES use Term::Cap; # Get terminal output speed require POSIX; my $termios = new POSIX::Termios

Carp - warn of errors (from perspective of caller)

The ability to override what @ISA says is new in 5.8. The trust in item 2 is transitive.

perlunicode - Unicode support in Perl

strings operating under byte semantics and strings with Unicode character data are concatenated, the new ... There is a new U specifier that converts between Unicode characters and code points.

I18N::LangTags - functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language tags

thing doesn't matter, nor does case) is_dialect_of('nn', 'no') is TRUE (because 'nn' (New ... Note that this function does not try to equate new (and never-used, and unusable) ISO639-2 three-letter

Sys::Syslog - Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls

LOG_MAIL - mail subsystem LOG_NETINFO - NetInfo subsystem (Mac OS X); falls back to LOG_DAEMON LOG_NEWS ... - USENET news subsystem LOG_NTP - NTP subsystem (FreeBSD, NetBSD); falls back to LOG_DAEMON LOG_RAS

Devel::DProf - a Perl code profiler

New $over_* values show the measured overhead of making $over_tests calls to the profiler These values

perlsolaris - Perl version 5 on Solaris systems

for a different version of Solaris than you are running, then you will need to rebuild gcc for your new ... Versions newer than 2.7 are apparently new enough.

Storable - persistence for Perl data structures

Internal version numbers are increased each time new data types (such as restricted hashes) are added ... Hence this Storable defaults to the new, correct behaviour.

perlglossary - Perl Glossary

attribute A new feature that allows the declaration of variables and subroutines with modifiers as ... scalar storage locations, plus four references (in the first four scalar locations) pointing to four new

perlnetware - Perl for NetWare

(Typically under the c:\perl folder) BUILD NEW EXTENSIONS To build extensions other than standard extensions

charnames - define character names for \N{named} string literal escapes

and C1 controls use charnames (); # for $charnames::hint_bits old new

perldata - Perl data types

Another use for typeglobs is to pass filehandles into a function or to create new filehandles. ... In other words, *FH must be used to create new symbol table entries; *foo{THING} cannot.

Getopt::Long - Extended processing of command line options

This was the first Perl module that provided support for handling the new style of command line options ... Configuration options can be passed to the constructor: $p = new Getopt::Long::Parser config

Hash::Util - A selection of general-utility hash subroutines

Zero means the "traditional" random hash ordering, non-zero means the new even more random hash ordering

perlfilter - Source Filters

If the parser encounters a require or use statement in a source stream, a new and distinct stream is ... is parsed: cpp_test ---> cpp filter ---> parser (INACTIVE) Fred.pm ----> parser As you can see, a new

perlsec - Perl security

Unicode Unicode is a new and complex technology and one may easily overlook certain security pitfalls ... One possible reason for wanting to emulate the old behaviour is that in the new behaviour consecutive

Locale::Country - ISO codes for country identification (ISO 3166)

alias_code Define a new code as an alias for an existing code: Locale::Country::alias_code( ALIAS =

perlstyle - Perl style guide

Use the new and and or operators to avoid having to parenthesize list operators so much, and to reduce

DBM_Filter - DBM_Filter -- Filter DBM keys/values

So what's new?

perlutil - utilities packaged with the Perl distribution

for converting other languages, the pl2pm utility will help you convert old-style Perl 4 libraries to new-style

ExtUtils::MM_VMS - methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker

makeaperl (override) Undertake to build a new set of Perl images using VMS commands.

AutoLoader - load subroutines only on demand

Any old modules which use AutoLoader should be changed to the new calling style.

enc2xs - enc2xs -- Perl Encode Module Generator

Quick Guide If you want to know as little about Perl as possible but need to add a new encoding, just

perlbs2000 - building and installing Perl for BS2000.

Using PerlIO and different encodings on ASCII and EBCDIC partitions Since version 5.8 Perl uses the new

PerlIO - On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::* name space

the first CRLF layer you can find, and if you can't find one, here would be a good spot to place a new

perlrun - how to execute the Perl interpreter

Note that because -i renames or deletes the original file before creating a new file of the same name ... be used as a temporary development aid while securing legacy code: for real production code and for new

Unicode::UCD - Unicode character database

(New from Unicode 4.1.0) Unicode::UCD::UnicodeVersion Unicode::UCD::UnicodeVersion() returns the version

threads::shared - Perl extension for sharing data structures between threads

bar'}})) { my $val = $foo{'bar'}{$key}; ... } View existing bug reports at, and submit any new

Opcode - Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code

To create new filehandles other ops such as open would need to be enabled.

perldiag - various Perl diagnostics

DESTROY created new reference to dead object '%s' (F) A DESTROY() method created a new reference to ... You must put parentheses around the filehandle, or use the new "or" operator instead of "||".

Test::Harness::TAP - Documentation for the TAP format

All six tests pass. 1..6 # # Create a new Board and Tile, then place # the Tile onto the board. # ok

File::Path - Create or remove directory trees

If you are migrating a codebase to use the new interface, you will have to list everything explicitly

Text::Balanced - Extract delimited text sequences from strings.

gen_extract_tagged (Note: This subroutine is only available under Perl5.005) gen_extract_tagged generates a new ... (whereas extract_tagged has to effectively rebuild its tag parser on every call); make use of the new

perluniintro - Perl Unicode introduction

All features that combine Unicode and I/O also require using the new PerlIO feature. ... NOTE: the :utf8 and :encoding features work only if your Perl has been built with the new PerlIO feature

perlop - Perl operators and precedence

. $_ = <<'EOL'; $url = URI::URL->new( "http://www/" ); die if $url eq "xXx"; EOL LOOP: { ... is: chmod 0644, <*.c>; A (file)glob evaluates its (embedded) argument only when it is starting a new

perlport - Writing portable Perl

The good news is that at least some DBM module should be available, and AnyDBM_File will use whichever ... These CPAN testers are notified by mail of each new upload, and reply to the list with PASS, FAIL, NA

perlrecharclass - Perl Regular Expression Character Classes

In the ASCII range, \s matches the horizontal tab (\t), the new line (\n), the form feed (\f), the carriage

CPAN::FirstTime - Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization

It determines after how many days CPAN.pm downloads new indexes.

perlwin32 - Perl under Windows

To use the Perl you just installed you will need to add a new entry to your PATH environment variable ... makefile then the installation structure is a little more complicated and you will need to add two new

perlaix - Perl version 5 on IBM Unix (AIX) systems

It is highly recommended to use the new interface.

perlre - Perl regular expressions

Suppose that we want to enable a new RE escape-sequence \Y| which matches at a boundary between whitespace ... } { $rules{$1} or invalid($re,$1) }sgex; return $re; } Now use customre enables the new

perlpodspec - Plain Old Documentation: format specification and notes

If you think that you want to add a new command to Pod (like, say, a "=biblio" command), consider whether ... items, "Neque", "Porro", and "Quisquam Est", followed by a paragraph explaining them all, and then a new

perlreguts - Description of the Perl regular expression engine.

# branch's tail to the tail of the sequence # (NEW

perlebcdic - Considerations for running Perl on EBCDIC platforms

Using Encode Starting from Perl 5.8 you can use the standard new module Encode to translate from EBCDIC ... Since version 5.8 Perl uses the new PerlIO I/O library.

perliol - C API for Perl's implementation of IO in Layers.

least the size of PerlIOl, PerlIO_pushed will allocate memory for the layer's data structures and link new

perlhist - the Perl history records

5.6.1 2001-Apr-08 Rafael 5.6.2-RC1 2003-Nov-08 5.6.2 2003-Nov-15 Fix new

perlpacktut - tutorial on pack and unpack

required to work on older Perls you'll need to unpack( 'Z* Z* C') to get the length, then use it to make a new

perlretut - Perl regular expressions tutorial

In Part 2, we will assume you are comfortable with the basics and concentrate on the new features. ... These are extensions to the traditional regular expression syntax that provide powerful new tools for

Config - access Perl configuration information

This may be useful for making a test installation of a new version without disturbing the existing installation