Index

MIME.c file, functionality of, 212

including version numbers in, 134

MIME.pm file

monitoring progress of, 137 138

adding Perl code for named parameters 

portability of, 95

to, 224 225

post upload processing of, 137 138

description of, 206

testing, 112 116

features of, 207 209

testing prior to uploading, 134

generating with h2xs  XA  n 

troubleshooting broken uploads of, 136

Gnome::MIME, 240

uploading, 134 136

modifying for use with Inline::C 

Module List

module, 241 243

categories of, 9

MIME.so shared library, linking and copying, 

DSLIP codes for, 10

212

purpose of, 8 11

MIME.xs file

module names

description of, 206

converting to filenames, 27

features of, 211

providing unique names for, 28 29

GList_to_AVref() function included in, 

modules. See also functional modules, 

234 235

module distributions, overloaded 

minus ( ) sign, meaning in unified diff 

modules, portable modules

format, 146

accessing documentation for, 17

mirrors

advisory about naming of, 26

purpose of, 4 5

building, 18

searching by country, 4

confirming location of external 

selecting for CPAN modules, 15

programs for, 15

Web site for, 15

continents for, 15

mode_param() method, role in BBS.pm 

controlling growth of, 143

CGI::Application module, 261

countries for, 15

moderators of mailing lists, responsibilities 

decompressing, 17

of, 141

describing, 71

modular code versus spaghetti code, diagram 

designing, 71 72

of, 21

downloading, 95

modular programming

finding, 29 30

benefits of, 21

installing, 13 19, 95 98

definition of, 21

justifying creation of, 72 73

module distributions. See also functional 

knowing audiences for, 72

modules, modules, overloaded 

locating on 

modules, portable modules

naming considerations, 130

advisory about transferring in binary 

posting RFCs for, 129 131, 129 131

mode, 136

pre upload checklist for, 134

building archives for, 118 119

querying features provided by, 47

checking for package declarations, 137

registering namespaces for, 131 134

combining, 116 117

releasing, 161 163

contents of, 95

requesting IDs for, 131

decompressing, 96

returning to former states of, 157 158

directory structure of, 113

sections of, 67

exploring, 112 116

specifying names of, 27

generating with h2xs program, 98 100

testing, 18

HTML::Template::JIT, 116

testing complexity of, 66

including executable scripts with, 117

testing with make test, 97

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