Index

using =item command with, 69

query() method, role in BBS.pm 

using =over command with, 69

CGI::Application module, 262

writing, 66 73

questions, answering in CPAN modules, 14

pod2text script, creating RFCs with, 130

polymorphism, Perl C API support for, 

R

177, 194

pop built in, using with AVs, 184 185

 r option

POPs C macro, using with subroutines, 

using with cvs update command, 157

199 200

using with multifile patches, 148

portability

README file

being explicit about, 125

generating with h2xs   X   n 

and coding around problems, 124 125

Gnome::MIME program, 206

and file systems, 123 124

generating with h2xs  XA  n 

and line endings, 122 123

Gnome::MIME, 240

and operating system independence, 122

generating with h2xs program, 100, 

and self reliance, 124

110 111

and version dependence, 125 126

realloc(), accessing with Renew, 202

portable modules. See also modules, module 

recentness, browsing CPAN by, 12

distributions

ref() method versus isa() method, 47

portable modules, accessing services in, 124. 

refcounts. See reference counts

See also functional modules, module 

reference counts, role in Perl C API, 192 194

distributions, modules, overloaded 

references

modules

basing objects on, 52

PPCODE blocks

role in object oriented programming, 

versus CODE blocks, 230

36 37

versus void return types, 249

regression tests for modules, building with 

PPM utility, installing CPAN modules with, 19

test.pl, 108 110

pragmas, using with overloaded modules, 48

releases

PREFIX directive, modifying XSUB names 

announcing, 162 163

with, 217 218

making, 161 163

PREINIT blocks, using with XSUBs and 

repositories, using with CVS, 150 151

named parameters, 222

require file, specifying for MIME.pm file, 207

PREREQ_PM module, using with Makefile.PL 

require statement versus use statement, 

file generated by h2xs, 106 107

23, 32

prerequisite modules, role in building CPAN 

return(), using with subroutines, 201

modules, 18

return values, managing in functional 

PRINT_INFO option, using with typemaps in 

interfaces, 78 79

Inline::C, 245

RETVAL variables, using with CODE blocks 

programmer's incentives for contributing to 

and XSUBs, 218

CPAN, 1 2

RFCs (Requests For Comments)

proxying calls, role in OO interfaces, 82

2046 (MIME types), 205

PV forms, using with SV data type, 180

posting for new CPAN modules, 

129 131

Rhine, Jared and CPAN, 3

Q

right angle bracket (>), using with single file 

 q option, using with cvs update command, 

patches, 145

153, 157

rsh (remote shell), using with CVS, 150

qmail, using Ezmlm with, 142

rt.cpan.org author home page, 

displaying, 160

284