lib/perl5/5.6.1/Pod/Functions.pm

   1 package Pod::Functions;
   2
   3 #:vi:set ts=20
   4
   5 require Exporter;
   6
   7 @ISA = qw(Exporter);
   8 @EXPORT = qw(%Kinds %Type %Flavor %Type_Description @Type_Order);
   9
  10 %Type_Description = (
  11     'ARRAY'     => 'Functions for real @ARRAYs',
  12     'Binary'    => 'Functions for fixed length data or records',
  13     'File'      => 'Functions for filehandles, files, or directories',
  14     'Flow'      => 'Keywords related to control flow of your perl program',
  15     'HASH'      => 'Functions for real %HASHes',
  16     'I/O'       => 'Input and output functions',
  17     'LIST'      => 'Functions for list data',
  18     'Math'      => 'Numeric functions',
  19     'Misc'      => 'Miscellaneous functions',
  20     'Modules'   => 'Keywords related to perl modules',
  21     'Network'   => 'Fetching network info',
  22     'Objects'   => 'Keywords related to classes and object-orientedness',
  23     'Process'   => 'Functions for processes and process groups',
  24     'Regexp'    => 'Regular expressions and pattern matching',
  25     'Socket'    => 'Low-level socket functions',
  26     'String'    => 'Functions for SCALARs or strings',
  27     'SysV'      => 'System V interprocess communication functions',
  28     'Time'      => 'Time-related functions',
  29     'User'      => 'Fetching user and group info',
  30     'Namespace' => 'Keywords altering or affecting scoping of identifiers',
  31 );
  32
  33 @Type_Order = qw{
  34     String
  35     Regexp
  36     Math
  37     ARRAY
  38     LIST
  39     HASH
  40     I/O
  41     Binary
  42     File
  43     Flow
  44     Namespace
  45     Misc
  46     Process
  47     Modules
  48     Objects
  49     Socket
  50     SysV
  51     User
  52     Network
  53     Time
  54 };
  55
  56 while (<DATA>) {
  57     chomp;
  58     s/#.*//;
  59     next unless $_;
  60     ($name, $type, $text) = split " ", $_, 3;
  61     $Type{$name} = $type;
  62     $Flavor{$name} = $text;
  63     for $type ( split /[,\s]+/, $type ) {
  64         push @{$Kinds{$type}}, $name;
  65     }
  66 }
  67
  68 close DATA;
  69
  70 unless (caller) {
  71     foreach $type ( @Type_Order ) {
  72         $list = join(", ", sort @{$Kinds{$type}});
  73         $typedesc = $Type_Description{$type} . ":";
  74         write;
  75     }
  76 }
  77
  78 format =
  79
  80 ^<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
  81     $typedesc
  82 ~~ ^<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
  83     $typedesc
  84  ~~  ^<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
  85         $list
  86 .
  87
  88 1
  89
  90 __DATA__
  91 -X      File    a file test (-r, -x, etc)
  92 abs     Math    absolute value function
  93 accept  Socket  accept an incoming socket connect
  94 alarm   Process schedule a SIGALRM
  95 atan2   Math    arctangent of Y/X in the range -PI to PI
  96 bind    Socket  binds an address to a socket
  97 binmode I/O     prepare binary files for I/O
  98 bless   Objects create an object
  99 caller  Flow,Namespace  get context of the current subroutine call
 100 chdir   File    change your current working directory
 101 chmod   File    changes the permissions on a list of files
 102 chomp   String  remove a trailing record separator from a string
 103 chop    String  remove the last character from a string
 104 chown   File    change the owership on a list of files
 105 chr     String  get character this number represents
 106 chroot  File    make directory new root for path lookups
 107 close   I/O     close file (or pipe or socket) handle
 108 closedir        I/O     close directory handle
 109 connect Socket  connect to a remote socket
 110 continue        Flow    optional trailing block in a while or foreach
 111 cos     Math    cosine function
 112 crypt   String  one-way passwd-style encryption
 113 dbmclose        Objects,I/O     breaks binding on a tied dbm file
 114 dbmopen Objects,I/O     create binding on a tied dbm file
 115 defined Misc    test whether a value, variable, or function is defined
 116 delete  HASH    deletes a value from a hash
 117 die     I/O,Flow        raise an exception or bail out
 118 do      Flow,Modules    turn a BLOCK into a TERM
 119 dump    Misc,Flow       create an immediate core dump
 120 each    HASH    retrieve the next key/value pair from a hash
 121 endgrent        User    be done using group file
 122 endhostent      User    be done using hosts file
 123 endnetent       User    be done using networks file
 124 endprotoent     Network be done using protocols file
 125 endpwent        User    be done using passwd file
 126 endservent      Network be done using services file
 127 eof     I/O     test a filehandle for its end
 128 eval    Flow,Misc       catch exceptions or compile and run code
 129 exec    Process abandon this program to run another
 130 exists  HASH    test whether a hash key is present
 131 exit    Flow    terminate this program
 132 exp     Math    raise I<e> to a power
 133 fcntl   File    file control system call
 134 fileno  I/O     return file descriptor from filehandle
 135 flock   I/O     lock an entire file with an advisory lock
 136 fork    Process create a new process just like this one
 137 format  I/O     declare a picture format with use by the write() function
 138 formline        Misc    internal function used for formats
 139 getc    I/O     get     the next character from the filehandle
 140 getgrent        User    get next group record
 141 getgrgid        User    get group record given group user ID
 142 getgrnam        User    get group record given group name
 143 gethostbyaddr   Network get host record given its address
 144 gethostbyname   Network get host record given name
 145 gethostent      Network get next hosts record
 146 getlogin        User    return who logged in at this tty
 147 getnetbyaddr    Network get network record given its address
 148 getnetbyname    Network get networks record given name
 149 getnetent       Network get next networks record
 150 getpeername     Socket  find the other end of a socket connection
 151 getpgrp Process get process group
 152 getppid Process get parent process ID
 153 getpriority     Process get current nice value
 154 getprotobyname  Network get protocol record given name
 155 getprotobynumber        Network get protocol record numeric protocol
 156 getprotoent     Network get next protocols record
 157 getpwent        User    get next passwd record
 158 getpwnam        User    get passwd record given user login name
 159 getpwuid        User    get passwd record given user ID
 160 getservbyname   Network get services record given its name
 161 getservbyport   Network get services record given numeric port
 162 getservent      Network get next services record
 163 getsockname     Socket  retrieve the sockaddr for a given socket
 164 getsockopt      Socket  get socket options on a given socket
 165 glob    File            expand filenames using wildcards
 166 gmtime  Time    convert UNIX time into record or string using Greenwich time
 167 goto    Flow    create spaghetti code
 168 grep    LIST    locate elements in a list test true against a given criterion
 169 hex     Math,String     convert a string to a hexadecimal number
 170 import  Modules,Namespace       patch a module's namespace into your own
 171 index   String  find a substring within a string
 172 int     Math    get the integer portion of a number
 173 ioctl   File    system-dependent device control system call
 174 join    LIST    join a list into a string using a separator
 175 keys    HASH    retrieve list of indices from a hash
 176 kill    Process send a signal to a process or process group
 177 last    Flow    exit a block prematurely
 178 lc      String  return lower-case version of a string
 179 lcfirst String  return a string with just the next letter in lower case
 180 length  String  return the number of bytes in a string
 181 link    File    create a hard link in the filesytem
 182 listen  Socket  register your socket as a server
 183 local   Misc,Namespace  create a temporary value for a global variable (dynamic scoping)
 184 localtime       Time    convert UNIX time into record or string using local time
 185 lock    Threads get a thread lock on a variable, subroutine, or method
 186 log     Math    retrieve the natural logarithm for a number
 187 lstat   File    stat a symbolic link
 188 m//     Regexp  match a string with a regular expression pattern
 189 map     LIST    apply a change to a list to get back a new list with the changes
 190 mkdir   File    create a directory
 191 msgctl  SysV    SysV IPC message control operations
 192 msgget  SysV    get SysV IPC message queue
 193 msgrcv  SysV    receive a SysV IPC message from a message queue
 194 msgsnd  SysV    send a SysV IPC message to a message queue
 195 my      Misc,Namespace  declare and assign a local variable (lexical scoping)
 196 next    Flow    iterate a block prematurely
 197 no      Modules unimport some module symbols or semantics at compile time
 198 package Modules,Objects,Namespace       declare a separate global namespace
 199 prototype       Flow,Misc       get the prototype (if any) of a subroutine
 200 oct     String,Math     convert a string to an octal number
 201 open    File    open a file, pipe, or descriptor
 202 opendir File    open a directory
 203 ord     String  find a character's numeric representation
 204 pack    Binary,String   convert a list into a binary representation
 205 pipe    Process open a pair of connected filehandles
 206 pop     ARRAY   remove the last element from an array and return it
 207 pos     Regexp  find or set the offset for the last/next m//g search
 208 print   I/O     output a list to a filehandle
 209 printf  I/O     output a formatted list to a filehandle
 210 push    ARRAY   append one or more elements to an array
 211 q/STRING/       String  singly quote a string
 212 qq/STRING/      String  doubly quote a string
 213 quotemeta       Regexp  quote regular expression magic characters
 214 qw/STRING/      LIST    quote a list of words
 215 qx/STRING/      Process backquote quote a string
 216 qr/PATTERN/     Regexp  Compile pattern
 217 rand    Math    retrieve the next pseudorandom number
 218 read    I/O,Binary      fixed-length buffered input from a filehandle
 219 readdir I/O     get a directory from a directory handle
 220 readline        I/O     fetch a record from a file
 221 readlink        File    determine where a symbolic link is pointing
 222 recv    Socket  receive a message over a Socket
 223 redo    Flow    start this loop iteration over again
 224 ref     Objects find out the type of thing being referenced
 225 rename  File    change a filename
 226 require Modules load in external functions from a library at runtime
 227 reset   Misc    clear all variables of a given name
 228 return  Flow    get out of a function early
 229 reverse String,LIST     flip a string or a list
 230 rewinddir       I/O     reset directory handle
 231 rindex  String  right-to-left substring search
 232 rmdir   File    remove a directory
 233 s///    Regexp  replace a pattern with a string
 234 scalar  Misc    force a scalar context
 235 seek    I/O     reposition file pointer for random-access I/O
 236 seekdir I/O     reposition directory pointer
 237 select  I/O     reset default output or do I/O multiplexing
 238 semctl  SysV    SysV semaphore control operations
 239 semget  SysV    get set of SysV semaphores
 240 semop   SysV    SysV semaphore operations
 241 send    Socket  send a message over a socket
 242 setgrent        User    prepare group file for use
 243 sethostent      Network prepare hosts file for use
 244 setnetent       Network prepare networks file for use
 245 setpgrp Process set the process group of a process
 246 setpriority     Process set a process's nice value
 247 setprotoent     Network prepare protocols file for use
 248 setpwent        User    prepare passwd file for use
 249 setservent      Network prepare services file for use
 250 setsockopt      Socket  set some socket options
 251 shift   ARRAY   remove the first element of an array, and return it
 252 shmctl  SysV    SysV shared memory operations
 253 shmget  SysV    get SysV shared memory segment identifier
 254 shmread SysV    read SysV shared memory
 255 shmwrite        SysV    write SysV shared memory
 256 shutdown        Socket  close down just half of a socket connection
 257 sin     Math    return the sine of a number
 258 sleep   Process block for some number of seconds
 259 socket  Socket  create a socket
 260 socketpair      Socket  create a pair of sockets
 261 sort    LIST    sort a list of values
 262 splice  ARRAY   add or remove elements anywhere in an array
 263 split   Regexp  split up a string using a regexp delimiter
 264 sprintf String  formatted print into a string
 265 sqrt    Math    square root function
 266 srand   Math    seed the random number generator
 267 stat    File    get a file's status information
 268 study   Regexp  optimize input data for repeated searches
 269 sub     Flow    declare a subroutine, possibly anonymously
 270 substr  String  get or alter a portion of a stirng
 271 symlink File    create a symbolic link to a file
 272 syscall I/O,Binary      execute an arbitrary system call
 273 sysread I/O,Binary      fixed-length unbuffered input from a filehandle
 274 sysseek I/O,Binary      position I/O pointer on handle used with sysread and syswrite
 275 system  Process run a separate program
 276 syswrite        I/O,Binary      fixed-length unbuffered output to a filehandle
 277 tell    I/O     get current seekpointer on a filehandle
 278 telldir I/O     get current seekpointer on a directory handle
 279 tie     Objects bind a variable to an object class
 280 time    Time    return number of seconds since 1970
 281 times   Process,Time    return elapsed time for self and child processes
 282 tr///   String  transliterate a string
 283 truncate        I/O     shorten a file
 284 uc      String  return upper-case version of a string
 285 ucfirst String  return a string with just the next letter in upper case
 286 umask   File    set file creation mode mask
 287 undef   Misc    remove a variable or function definition
 288 unlink  File    remove one link to a file
 289 unpack  Binary,LIST     convert binary structure into normal perl variables
 290 unshift ARRAY   prepend more elements to the beginning of a list
 291 untie   Objects break a tie binding to a variable
 292 use     Modules,Namespace       load a module and import its namespace
 293 use     Objects load in a module at compile time
 294 utime   File    set a file's last access and modify times
 295 values  HASH    return a list of the values in a hash
 296 vec     Binary  test or set particular bits in a string
 297 wait    Process wait for any child process to die
 298 waitpid Process wait for  a particular child process to die
 299 wantarray       Misc,Flow       get void vs scalar vs list context of current subroutine call
 300 warn    I/O     print debugging info
 301 write   I/O     print a picture record
 302 y///    String  transliterate a string