Index

rules in Makefiles, purpose of, 105

SourceForge 

run modes

bug tracking facility of, 160 161

as methods, 262

using with CVS repositories, 151

using with BBS.pm CGI::Application 

Web site, 141

module, 261

SP variables, declaring with dSP C macro, 198

run_modes() call, role in BBS.pm 

SPAGAIN C macro, using, 199

CGI::Application module, 262

spaghetti code, explanation of, 21

runtime versus compile time, explanation of, 

special operations, symbols for, 49

23, 30

square brackets ([]), using with references, 37

RVs (reference values)

ssh (secure shell), using with CVS, 150 151

advisory about checking with SvROK 

ST C macro, using with XSUBs, 215, 223

and SvTYPE, 192

start_mode() call, role in BBS.pm 

creating, 190

CGI::Application module, 262

dereferencing with, 192

state machines, CGI programs as, 257 258

features of, 189

state, maintaining with $LOG_LEVEL 

type checking with, 191

variable, 32

stdio functions versus PerlIO set, 203

S

Storable module, features of, 169 170

STORE() method

 s notation, explanation of, 22

using with tied hashes, 61

S Support Levels Stage of DSLIP

using with tied scalar classes, 58 59

Module List codes for, 10

strEQ(), using with XSUBs and named 

providing module information for, 133

parameters, 223

Safefree() Perl C API interface to free(), 

string comparison operations, symbols 

example of, 202

for, 49

save() method, role in BBS.pm 

string conversion, overloading, 50 51

CGI::Application module, 262

string operations, symbols for, 49

SAVETMPS C macro

struct() subroutine, using, 88

using with implicitly freed memory, 196

subroutines

using with subroutines, 198 199

calling from C, 197 201

say_Hello subroutine, code for, 197 198

calling from C without parameters or 

scalar value C data type. See SV* (scalar value) 

return values, 197 198

data type

calling with one parameter and no 

scalars, tying, 57 59

return values, 198 199

search engines, using, 12 13

calling with variable parameters and 

Sendmail Web site, 142

one return value, 199

serialization, provision by Storable module, 

calling with variable parameters and 

169 170

variable return values, 200 201

setup() method, role in BBS.pm 

capitalizing in functional interfaces, 75

CGI::Application module, 261

documenting in functional interfaces, 

shift built in, using with AVs, 184 185

75 76

site_perl directories, usage of, 29

exporting, 33

some_call() failure, troubleshooting, 80

functionality of, 21

source code

implementing call by reference in, 37

importing into CVS, 151 152

naming in functional interfaces, 74 75

using with CVS, 152 153

returning from, 201

signaling errors with, 201

28

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