CONTENTS

• NAME
• THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY
  • Pragmatic Modules
  • Standard Modules
  • Extension Modules
• CPAN
• Modules: Creation, Use, and Abuse
  • Guidelines for Module Creation
  • Guidelines for Converting Perl 4 Library Scripts into Modules
  • Guidelines for Reusing Application Code
• NOTE

#NAME

perlmodlib - constructing new Perl modules and finding existing ones

#THE PERL MODULE LIBRARY

Many modules are included in the Perl distribution. These are described below, and all end in .pm. You may discover compiled library files (usually ending in .so) or small pieces of modules to be autoloaded (ending in .al); these were automatically generated by the installation process. You may also discover files in the library directory that end in either .pl or .ph. These are old libraries supplied so that old programs that use them still run. The .pl files will all eventually be converted into standard modules, and the .ph files made by h2ph will probably end up as extension modules made by h2xs. (Some .ph values may already be available through the POSIX, Errno, or Fcntl modules.) The pl2pm file in the distribution may help in your conversion, but it's just a mechanical process and therefore far from bulletproof.

#Pragmatic Modules

They work somewhat like compiler directives (pragmata) in that they tend to affect the compilation of your program, and thus will usually work well only when used within a use, or no. Most of these are lexically scoped, so an inner BLOCK may countermand them by saying:

no integer;
no strict 'refs';
no warnings;

which lasts until the end of that BLOCK.

Some pragmas are lexically scoped--typically those that affect the $^H hints variable. Others affect the current package instead, like use vars and use subs, which allow you to predeclare a variables or subroutines within a particular file rather than just a block. Such declarations are effective for the entire file for which they were declared. You cannot rescind them with no vars or no subs.

The following pragmas are defined (and have their own documentation).

#attributes

Get/set subroutine or variable attributes

#autodie

Replace functions with ones that succeed or die with lexical scope

#autodie::exception

Exceptions from autodying functions.

#autodie::exception::system

Exceptions from autodying system().

#autodie::hints

Provide hints about user subroutines to autodie

#autodie::skip

Skip a package when throwing autodie exceptions

#autouse

Postpone load of modules until a function is used

#base

Establish an ISA relationship with base classes at compile time

#bigfloat

Transparent big floating point number support for Perl

#bigint

Transparent big integer support for Perl

#bignum

Transparent big number support for Perl

#bigrat

Transparent big rational number support for Perl

#blib

Use MakeMaker's uninstalled version of a package

#builtin

Import built-in utility functions

#bytes

Expose the individual bytes of characters

#charnames

Access to Unicode character names and named character sequences; also define character names

#constant

Declare constants

#deprecate

Perl pragma for deprecating the inclusion of a module in core

#diagnostics

Produce verbose warning diagnostics

#encoding

Allows you to write your script in non-ASCII and non-UTF-8

#encoding::warnings

Warn on implicit encoding conversions

#experimental

Experimental features made easy

#feature

Enable new features

#fields

Compile-time class fields

#filetest

Control the filetest permission operators

#if

use a Perl module if a condition holds

#integer

Use integer arithmetic instead of floating point

#less

Request less of something

#lib

Manipulate @INC at compile time

#locale

Use or avoid POSIX locales for built-in operations

#mro

Method Resolution Order

#ok

Alternative to Test::More::use_ok

#open

Set default PerlIO layers for input and output

#ops

Restrict unsafe operations when compiling

#overload

Package for overloading Perl operations

#overloading

Lexically control overloading

#parent

Establish an ISA relationship with base classes at compile time

#re

Alter regular expression behaviour

#sigtrap

Enable simple signal handling

#sort

Control sort() behaviour

#stable

Experimental features made easy, once we know they're stable

#strict

Restrict unsafe constructs

#subs

Predeclare subroutine names

#threads

Perl interpreter-based threads

#threads::shared

Perl extension for sharing data structures between threads

#utf8

Enable/disable UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC) in source code

#vars

Predeclare global variable names

#version

Perl extension for Version Objects

#vmsish

Control VMS-specific language features

#warnings

Control optional warnings

#warnings::register

Warnings import function

#Standard Modules

Standard, bundled modules are all expected to behave in a well-defined manner with respect to namespace pollution because they use the Exporter module. See their own documentation for details.

It's possible that not all modules listed below are installed on your system. For example, the GDBM_File module will not be installed if you don't have the gdbm library.

#Amiga::ARexx

Perl extension for ARexx support

#Amiga::Exec

Perl extension for low level amiga support

#AnyDBM_File

Provide framework for multiple DBMs

#App::Cpan

Easily interact with CPAN from the command line

#App::Prove

Implements the prove command.

#App::Prove::State

State storage for the prove command.

#App::Prove::State::Result

Individual test suite results.

#App::Prove::State::Result::Test

Individual test results.

#Archive::Tar

Module for manipulations of tar archives

#Archive::Tar::File

A subclass for in-memory extracted file from Archive::Tar

#Attribute::Handlers

Simpler definition of attribute handlers

#AutoLoader

Load subroutines only on demand

#AutoSplit

Split a package for autoloading

#B

The Perl Compiler Backend

#B::Concise

Walk Perl syntax tree, printing concise info about ops

#B::Deparse

Perl compiler backend to produce perl code

#B::Op_private

OP op_private flag definitions

#B::Showlex

Show lexical variables used in functions or files

#B::Terse

Walk Perl syntax tree, printing terse info about ops

#B::Xref

Generates cross reference reports for Perl programs

#Benchmark

Benchmark running times of Perl code

#IO::Socket::IP

Family-neutral IP socket supporting both IPv4 and IPv6

#Socket

Networking constants and support functions

#Test2::Tools::Refcount

Assert reference counts on objects

#CORE

Namespace for Perl's core routines

#CPAN

Query, download and build perl modules from CPAN sites

#CPAN::API::HOWTO

A recipe book for programming with CPAN.pm

#CPAN::Debug

Internal debugging for CPAN.pm

#CPAN::Distroprefs

Read and match distroprefs

#CPAN::FirstTime

Utility for CPAN::Config file Initialization

#CPAN::HandleConfig

Internal configuration handling for CPAN.pm

#CPAN::Kwalify

Interface between CPAN.pm and Kwalify.pm

#CPAN::Meta

The distribution metadata for a CPAN dist

#CPAN::Meta::Converter

Convert CPAN distribution metadata structures

#CPAN::Meta::Feature

An optional feature provided by a CPAN distribution

#CPAN::Meta::History

History of CPAN Meta Spec changes

#CPAN::Meta::History::Meta_1_0

Version 1.0 metadata specification for META.yml

#CPAN::Meta::History::Meta_1_1

Version 1.1 metadata specification for META.yml

#CPAN::Meta::History::Meta_1_2

Version 1.2 metadata specification for META.yml

#CPAN::Meta::History::Meta_1_3

Version 1.3 metadata specification for META.yml

#CPAN::Meta::History::Meta_1_4

Version 1.4 metadata specification for META.yml

#CPAN::Meta::Merge

Merging CPAN Meta fragments

#CPAN::Meta::Prereqs

A set of distribution prerequisites by phase and type

#CPAN::Meta::Requirements

A set of version requirements for a CPAN dist

#CPAN::Meta::Requirements::Range

A set of version requirements for a CPAN dist

#CPAN::Meta::Spec

Specification for CPAN distribution metadata

#CPAN::Meta::Validator

Validate CPAN distribution metadata structures

#CPAN::Meta::YAML

Read and write a subset of YAML for CPAN Meta files

#CPAN::Nox

Wrapper around CPAN.pm without using any XS module

#CPAN::Plugin

Base class for CPAN shell extensions

#CPAN::Plugin::Specfile

Proof of concept implementation of a trivial CPAN::Plugin

#CPAN::Queue

Internal queue support for CPAN.pm

#CPAN::Tarzip

Internal handling of tar archives for CPAN.pm

#CPAN::Version

Utility functions to compare CPAN versions

#Carp

Alternative warn and die for modules

#Class::Struct

Declare struct-like datatypes as Perl classes

#Compress::Raw::Bzip2

Low-Level Interface to bzip2 compression library

#Compress::Raw::Zlib

Low-Level Interface to zlib or zlib-ng compression library

#Compress::Zlib

Interface to zlib compression library

#Config

Access Perl configuration information

#Config::Extensions

Hash lookup of which core extensions were built.

#Config::Perl::V

Structured data retrieval of perl -V output

#Cwd

Get pathname of current working directory

#DB

Programmatic interface to the Perl debugging API

#DBM_Filter

Filter DBM keys/values

#DBM_Filter::compress

Filter for DBM_Filter

#DBM_Filter::encode

Filter for DBM_Filter

#DBM_Filter::int32

Filter for DBM_Filter

#DBM_Filter::null

Filter for DBM_Filter

#DBM_Filter::utf8

Filter for DBM_Filter

#DB_File

Perl5 access to Berkeley DB version 1.x

#Data::Dumper

Stringified perl data structures, suitable for both printing and eval

#Devel::PPPort

Perl/Pollution/Portability

#Devel::Peek

A data debugging tool for the XS programmer

#Devel::SelfStubber

Generate stubs for a SelfLoading module

#Digest

Modules that calculate message digests

#Digest::MD5

Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm

#Digest::SHA

Perl extension for SHA-1/224/256/384/512

#Digest::base

Digest base class

#Digest::file

Calculate digests of files

#DirHandle

(obsolete) supply object methods for directory handles

#Dumpvalue

Provides screen dump of Perl data.

#DynaLoader

Dynamically load C libraries into Perl code

#Encode

Character encodings in Perl

#Encode::Alias

Alias definitions to encodings

#Encode::Byte

Single Byte Encodings

#Encode::CJKConstants

Internally used by Encode::??::ISO_2022_*

#Encode::CN

China-based Chinese Encodings

#Encode::CN::HZ

Internally used by Encode::CN

#Encode::Config

Internally used by Encode

#Encode::EBCDIC

EBCDIC Encodings

#Encode::Encoder

Object Oriented Encoder

#Encode::Encoding

Encode Implementation Base Class

#Encode::GSM0338

ETSI GSM 03.38 Encoding

#Encode::Guess

Guesses encoding from data

#Encode::JP

Japanese Encodings

#Encode::JP::H2Z

Internally used by Encode::JP::2022_JP*

#Encode::JP::JIS7

Internally used by Encode::JP

#Encode::KR

Korean Encodings

#Encode::KR::2022_KR

Internally used by Encode::KR

#Encode::MIME::Header

MIME encoding for an unstructured email header

#Encode::MIME::Name

Internally used by Encode

#Encode::PerlIO

A detailed document on Encode and PerlIO

#Encode::Supported

Encodings supported by Encode

#Encode::Symbol

Symbol Encodings

#Encode::TW

Taiwan-based Chinese Encodings

#Encode::Unicode

Various Unicode Transformation Formats

#Encode::Unicode::UTF7

UTF-7 encoding

#English

Use nice English (or awk) names for ugly punctuation variables

#Env

Perl module that imports environment variables as scalars or arrays

#Errno

System errno constants

#Exporter

Implements default import method for modules

#Exporter::Heavy

Exporter guts

#ExtUtils::CBuilder

Compile and link C code for Perl modules

#ExtUtils::CBuilder::Platform::Windows

Builder class for Windows platforms

#ExtUtils::Command

Utilities to replace common UNIX commands in Makefiles etc.

#ExtUtils::Command::MM

Commands for the MM's to use in Makefiles

#ExtUtils::Constant

Generate XS code to import C header constants

#ExtUtils::Constant::Base

Base class for ExtUtils::Constant objects

#ExtUtils::Constant::Utils

Helper functions for ExtUtils::Constant

#ExtUtils::Constant::XS

Generate C code for XS modules' constants.

#ExtUtils::Embed

Utilities for embedding Perl in C/C++ applications

#ExtUtils::Install

Install files from here to there

#ExtUtils::Installed

Inventory management of installed modules

#ExtUtils::Liblist

Determine libraries to use and how to use them

#ExtUtils::MM

OS adjusted ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass

#ExtUtils::MM_AIX

AIX specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix

#ExtUtils::MM_Any

Platform-agnostic MM methods

#ExtUtils::MM_BeOS

Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker

#ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin

Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker

#ExtUtils::MM_DOS

DOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix

#ExtUtils::MM_Darwin

Special behaviors for OS X

#ExtUtils::MM_MacOS

Once produced Makefiles for MacOS Classic

#ExtUtils::MM_NW5

Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker

#ExtUtils::MM_OS2

Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker

#ExtUtils::MM_OS390

OS390 specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix

#ExtUtils::MM_QNX

QNX specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix

#ExtUtils::MM_UWIN

U/WIN specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix

#ExtUtils::MM_Unix

Methods used by ExtUtils::MakeMaker

#ExtUtils::MM_VMS

Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker

#ExtUtils::MM_VOS

VOS specific subclass of ExtUtils::MM_Unix

#ExtUtils::MM_Win32

Methods to override UN*X behaviour in ExtUtils::MakeMaker

#ExtUtils::MM_Win95

Method to customize MakeMaker for Win9X

#ExtUtils::MY

ExtUtils::MakeMaker subclass for customization

#ExtUtils::MakeMaker

Create a module Makefile

#ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Config

Wrapper around Config.pm

#ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions About MakeMaker

#ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Locale

Bundled Encode::Locale

#ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial

Writing a module with MakeMaker

#ExtUtils::Manifest

Utilities to write and check a MANIFEST file

#ExtUtils::Miniperl

Write the C code for miniperlmain.c and perlmain.c

#ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap

Make a bootstrap file for use by DynaLoader

#ExtUtils::Mksymlists

Write linker options files for dynamic extension

#ExtUtils::PL2Bat

Batch file creation to run perl scripts on Windows

#ExtUtils::Packlist

Manage .packlist files

#ExtUtils::ParseXS

Converts Perl XS code into C code

#ExtUtils::ParseXS::Constants

Initialization values for some globals

#ExtUtils::ParseXS::Eval

Clean package to evaluate code in

#ExtUtils::ParseXS::Utilities

Subroutines used with ExtUtils::ParseXS

#ExtUtils::Typemaps

Read/Write/Modify Perl/XS typemap files

#ExtUtils::Typemaps::Cmd

Quick commands for handling typemaps

#ExtUtils::Typemaps::InputMap

Entry in the INPUT section of a typemap

#ExtUtils::Typemaps::OutputMap

Entry in the OUTPUT section of a typemap

#ExtUtils::Typemaps::Type

Entry in the TYPEMAP section of a typemap

#ExtUtils::XSSymSet

Keep sets of symbol names palatable to the VMS linker

#ExtUtils::testlib

Add blib/* directories to @INC

#Fatal

Replace functions with equivalents which succeed or die

#Fcntl

Various flag constants and helper functions from C's fcntl.h

#File::Basename

Parse file paths into directory, filename and suffix.

#File::Compare

Compare files or filehandles

#File::Copy

Copy files or filehandles

#File::DosGlob

DOS like globbing and then some

#File::Fetch

A generic file fetching mechanism

#File::Find

Traverse a directory tree.

#File::Glob

Perl extension for BSD glob routine

#File::GlobMapper

Extend File Glob to Allow Input and Output Files

#File::Path

Create or remove directory trees

#File::Spec

Portably perform operations on file names

#File::Spec::AmigaOS

File::Spec for AmigaOS

#File::Spec::Cygwin

Methods for Cygwin file specs

#File::Spec::Epoc

Methods for Epoc file specs

#File::Spec::Functions

Portably perform operations on file names

#File::Spec::Mac

File::Spec for Mac OS (Classic)

#File::Spec::OS2

Methods for OS/2 file specs

#File::Spec::Unix

File::Spec for Unix, base for other File::Spec modules

#File::Spec::VMS

Methods for VMS file specs

#File::Spec::Win32

Methods for Win32 file specs

#File::Temp

Return name and handle of a temporary file safely

#File::stat

By-name interface to Perl's built-in stat() functions

#FileCache

Keep more files open than the system permits

#FileHandle

Supply object methods for filehandles

#Filter::Simple

Simplified source filtering

#Filter::Util::Call

Perl Source Filter Utility Module

#FindBin

Locate directory of original Perl script

#GDBM_File

Perl5 access to the gdbm library.

#Getopt::Long

Extended processing of command line options

#Getopt::Long::Parser

Getopt::Long object oriented interface

#Getopt::Std

Process single-character switches with switch clustering

#HTTP::Tiny

A small, simple, correct HTTP/1.1 client

#Hash::Util

A selection of general-utility hash subroutines

#Hash::Util::FieldHash

Support for Inside-Out Classes

#I18N::Collate

Compare 8-bit scalar data according to the current locale

#I18N::LangTags

Functions for dealing with RFC3066-style language tags

#I18N::LangTags::Detect

Detect the user's language preferences

#I18N::LangTags::List

Tags and names for human languages

#I18N::Langinfo

Query locale information

#IO

Load various IO modules

#IO::Compress::Base

Base Class for IO::Compress modules

#IO::Compress::Bzip2

Write bzip2 files/buffers

#IO::Compress::Deflate

Write RFC 1950 files/buffers

#IO::Compress::FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions about IO::Compress

#IO::Compress::Gzip

Write RFC 1952 files/buffers

#IO::Compress::RawDeflate

Write RFC 1951 files/buffers

#IO::Compress::Zip

Write zip files/buffers

#IO::Dir

Supply object methods for directory handles

#IO::File

Supply object methods for filehandles

#IO::Handle

Supply object methods for I/O handles

#IO::Pipe

Supply object methods for pipes

#IO::Poll

Object interface to system poll call

#IO::Seekable

Supply seek based methods for I/O objects

#IO::Select

OO interface to the select system call

#IO::Socket

Object interface to socket communications

#IO::Socket::INET

Object interface for AF_INET domain sockets

#IO::Socket::UNIX

Object interface for AF_UNIX domain sockets

#IO::Uncompress::AnyInflate

Uncompress zlib-based (zip, gzip) file/buffer

#IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress

Uncompress gzip, zip, bzip2, zstd, xz, lzma, lzip, lzf or lzop file/buffer

#IO::Uncompress::Base

Base Class for IO::Uncompress modules

#IO::Uncompress::Bunzip2

Read bzip2 files/buffers

#IO::Uncompress::Gunzip

Read RFC 1952 files/buffers

#IO::Uncompress::Inflate

Read RFC 1950 files/buffers

#IO::Uncompress::RawInflate

Read RFC 1951 files/buffers

#IO::Uncompress::Unzip

Read zip files/buffers

#IO::Zlib

IO:: style interface to Compress::Zlib

#IPC::Cmd

Finding and running system commands made easy

#IPC::Msg

SysV Msg IPC object class

#IPC::Open2

Open a process for both reading and writing using open2()

#IPC::Open3

Open a process for reading, writing, and error handling using open3()

#IPC::Semaphore

SysV Semaphore IPC object class

#IPC::SharedMem

SysV Shared Memory IPC object class

#IPC::SysV

System V IPC constants and system calls

#Internals

Reserved special namespace for internals related functions

#JSON::PP

JSON::XS compatible pure-Perl module.

#JSON::PP::Boolean

Dummy module providing JSON::PP::Boolean

#List::Util

A selection of general-utility list subroutines

#List::Util::XS

Indicate if List::Util was compiled with a C compiler

#Locale::Maketext

Framework for localization

#Locale::Maketext::Cookbook

Recipes for using Locale::Maketext

#Locale::Maketext::Guts

Deprecated module to load Locale::Maketext utf8 code

#Locale::Maketext::GutsLoader

Deprecated module to load Locale::Maketext utf8 code

#Locale::Maketext::Simple

Simple interface to Locale::Maketext::Lexicon

#Locale::Maketext::TPJ13

Article about software localization

#MIME::Base64

Encoding and decoding of base64 strings

#MIME::QuotedPrint

Encoding and decoding of quoted-printable strings

#Math::BigFloat

Arbitrary size floating point math package

#Math::BigInt

Arbitrary size integer math package

#Math::BigInt::Calc

Pure Perl module to support Math::BigInt

#Math::BigInt::FastCalc

Math::BigInt::Calc with some XS for more speed

#Math::BigInt::Lib

Virtual parent class for Math::BigInt libraries

#Math::BigRat

Arbitrary size rational number math package

#Math::Complex

Complex numbers and associated mathematical functions

#Math::Trig

Trigonometric functions

#Memoize

Make functions faster by trading space for time

#Memoize::AnyDBM_File

Glue to provide EXISTS for AnyDBM_File for Storable use

#Memoize::Expire

Plug-in module for automatic expiration of memoized values

#Memoize::NDBM_File

Glue to provide EXISTS for NDBM_File for Storable use

#Memoize::SDBM_File

DEPRECATED compability shim

#Memoize::Storable

Store Memoized data in Storable database

#Module::CoreList

What modules shipped with versions of perl

#Module::CoreList::Utils

What utilities shipped with versions of perl

#Module::Load

Runtime require of both modules and files

#Module::Load::Conditional

Looking up module information / loading at runtime

#Module::Loaded

Mark modules as loaded or unloaded

#Module::Metadata

Gather package and POD information from perl module files

#NDBM_File

Tied access to ndbm files

#NEXT

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

#Net::Cmd

Network Command class (as used by FTP, SMTP etc)

#Net::Config

Local configuration data for libnet

#Net::Domain

Attempt to evaluate the current host's internet name and domain

#Net::FTP

FTP Client class

#Net::FTP::dataconn

FTP Client data connection class

#Net::NNTP

NNTP Client class

#Net::Netrc

OO interface to users netrc file

#Net::POP3

Post Office Protocol 3 Client class (RFC1939)

#Net::Ping

Check a remote host for reachability

#Net::SMTP

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Client

#Net::Time

Time and daytime network client interface

#Net::hostent

By-name interface to Perl's built-in gethost*() functions

#Net::libnetFAQ

Libnet Frequently Asked Questions

#Net::netent

By-name interface to Perl's built-in getnet*() functions

#Net::protoent

By-name interface to Perl's built-in getproto*() functions

#Net::servent

By-name interface to Perl's built-in getserv*() functions

#O

Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends

#ODBM_File

Tied access to odbm files

#Opcode

Disable named opcodes when compiling perl code

#POSIX

Perl interface to IEEE Std 1003.1

#Params::Check

A generic input parsing/checking mechanism.

#Parse::CPAN::Meta

Parse META.yml and META.json CPAN metadata files

#Perl::OSType

Map Perl operating system names to generic types

#PerlIO

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

#PerlIO::encoding

Encoding layer

#PerlIO::mmap

Memory mapped IO

#PerlIO::scalar

In-memory IO, scalar IO

#PerlIO::via

Helper class for PerlIO layers implemented in perl

#PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint

PerlIO layer for quoted-printable strings

#Pod::Checker

Check pod documents for syntax errors

#Pod::Escapes

For resolving Pod E<...> sequences

#Pod::Functions

Group Perl's functions a la perlfunc.pod

#Pod::Html

Module to convert pod files to HTML

#Pod::Html::Util

Helper functions for Pod-Html

#Pod::Man

Convert POD data to formatted *roff input

#Pod::ParseLink

Parse an L<> formatting code in POD text

#Pod::Perldoc

Look up Perl documentation in Pod format.

#Pod::Perldoc::BaseTo

Base for Pod::Perldoc formatters

#Pod::Perldoc::GetOptsOO

Customized option parser for Pod::Perldoc

#Pod::Perldoc::ToANSI

Render Pod with ANSI color escapes

#Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker

Let Perldoc check Pod for errors

#Pod::Perldoc::ToMan

Let Perldoc render Pod as man pages

#Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff

Let Perldoc convert Pod to nroff

#Pod::Perldoc::ToPod

Let Perldoc render Pod as ... Pod!

#Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf

Let Perldoc render Pod as RTF

#Pod::Perldoc::ToTerm

Render Pod with terminal escapes

#Pod::Perldoc::ToText

Let Perldoc render Pod as plaintext

#Pod::Perldoc::ToTk

Let Perldoc use Tk::Pod to render Pod

#Pod::Perldoc::ToXml

Let Perldoc render Pod as XML

#Pod::Simple

Framework for parsing Pod

#Pod::Simple::Checker

Check the Pod syntax of a document

#Pod::Simple::Debug

Put Pod::Simple into trace/debug mode

#Pod::Simple::DumpAsText

Dump Pod-parsing events as text

#Pod::Simple::DumpAsXML

Turn Pod into XML

#Pod::Simple::HTML

Convert Pod to HTML

#Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch

Convert several Pod files to several HTML files

#Pod::Simple::JustPod

Just the Pod, the whole Pod, and nothing but the Pod

#Pod::Simple::LinkSection

Represent "section" attributes of L codes

#Pod::Simple::Methody

Turn Pod::Simple events into method calls

#Pod::Simple::PullParser

A pull-parser interface to parsing Pod

#Pod::Simple::PullParserEndToken

End-tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser

#Pod::Simple::PullParserStartToken

Start-tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser

#Pod::Simple::PullParserTextToken

Text-tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser

#Pod::Simple::PullParserToken

Tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser

#Pod::Simple::RTF

Format Pod as RTF

#Pod::Simple::Search

Find POD documents in directory trees

#Pod::Simple::SimpleTree

Parse Pod into a simple parse tree

#Pod::Simple::Subclassing

Write a formatter as a Pod::Simple subclass

#Pod::Simple::Text

Format Pod as plaintext

#Pod::Simple::TextContent

Get the text content of Pod

#Pod::Simple::XHTML

Format Pod as validating XHTML

#Pod::Simple::XMLOutStream

Turn Pod into XML

#Pod::Text

Convert POD data to formatted text

#Pod::Text::Color

Convert POD data to formatted color ASCII text

#Pod::Text::Overstrike

Convert POD data to formatted overstrike text

#Pod::Text::Termcap

Convert POD data to ASCII text with format escapes

#Pod::Usage

Extracts POD documentation and shows usage information

#SDBM_File

Tied access to sdbm files

#Safe

Compile and execute code in restricted compartments

#Scalar::Util

A selection of general-utility scalar subroutines

#Search::Dict

Look - search for key in dictionary file

#SelectSaver

Save and restore selected file handle

#SelfLoader

Load functions only on demand

#Storable

Persistence for Perl data structures

#Sub::Util

A selection of utility subroutines for subs and CODE references

#Symbol

Manipulate Perl symbols and their names

#Sys::Hostname

Try every conceivable way to get hostname

#Sys::Syslog

Perl interface to the UNIX syslog(3) calls

#Sys::Syslog::Win32

Win32 support for Sys::Syslog

#TAP::Base

Base class that provides common functionality to TAP::Parser

#TAP::Formatter::Base

Base class for harness output delegates

#TAP::Formatter::Color

Run Perl test scripts with color

#TAP::Formatter::Console

Harness output delegate for default console output

#TAP::Formatter::Console::ParallelSession

Harness output delegate for parallel console output

#TAP::Formatter::Console::Session

Harness output delegate for default console output

#TAP::Formatter::File

Harness output delegate for file output

#TAP::Formatter::File::Session

Harness output delegate for file output

#TAP::Formatter::Session

Abstract base class for harness output delegate

#TAP::Harness

Run test scripts with statistics

#TAP::Harness::Env

Parsing harness related environmental variables where appropriate

#TAP::Object

Base class that provides common functionality to all TAP::* modules

#TAP::Parser

Parse TAP output

#TAP::Parser::Aggregator

Aggregate TAP::Parser results

#TAP::Parser::Grammar

A grammar for the Test Anything Protocol.

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