Chapter 2

Read the Fine Manuals

Much of the information in this chapter is also available in the documentation that 

comes with Perl. As an added bonus, Perl's documentation will be kept up to date 

as Perl changes, so you might find information on features that don't even exist as 

I'm writing. Table 2 5 provides a list of documents in which you can expect to find 

more information about the areas I've covered.

Table 2 5. The Fine Manuals

Perldoc

Description

perlmod

Perl modules and packages

perlobj

Perl's object support explained

overload

Full documentation on overloading

perltie

Tying explained

Summary

This chapter has equipped you with the knowledge necessary to create modules in 

Perl. You've learned how to create both functional and object oriented modules. 

Furthermore, you've been initiated into the magic art of tied and overloaded 

modules. In the next chapter, I'll show you how to take this technical knowledge 

and use it to create high quality modules.

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