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authorRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2003-01-08 20:48:19 +0000
committerRafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com>2003-01-08 20:48:19 +0000
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
=head1 NAME
-perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.29 $, $Date: 2002/11/13 06:23:50 $)
+perlfaq3 - Programming Tools ($Revision: 1.31 $, $Date: 2003/01/03 20:10:11 $)
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ shows up as "Perl" (although you can get those with
Mod::CoreList).
use ExtUtils::Installed;
-
+
my $inst = ExtUtils::Installed->new();
my @modules = $inst->modules();
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ If you want a list of all of the Perl module filenames, you
can use File::Find::Rule.
use File::Find::Rule;
-
+
my @files = File::Find::Rule->file()->name( '*.pm' )->in( @INC );
If you do not have that module, you can do the same thing
-with File::Find which is part of the standard library.
+with File::Find which is part of the standard library.
use File::Find;
my @files;
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ with File::Find which is part of the standard library.
@INC;
print join "\n", @files;
-
+
If you simply need to quickly check to see if a module is
available, you can check for its documentation. If you can
-read the documentation the module is most likely installed.
+read the documentation the module is most likely installed.
If you cannot read the documentation, the module might not
have any (in rare cases).
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@ You can also try to include the module in a one-liner to see if
perl finds it.
perl -MModule::Name -e1
-
+
=head2 How do I debug my Perl programs?
-Have you tried C<use warnings> or used C<-w>? They enable warnings
+Have you tried C<use warnings> or used C<-w>? They enable warnings
to detect dubious practices.
Have you tried C<use strict>? It prevents you from using symbolic
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ why what it's doing isn't what it should be doing.
=head2 How do I profile my Perl programs?
You should get the Devel::DProf module from the standard distribution
-(or separately on CPAN) and also use Benchmark.pm from the standard
-distribution. The Benchmark module lets you time specific portions of
-your code, while Devel::DProf gives detailed breakdowns of where your
+(or separately on CPAN) and also use Benchmark.pm from the standard
+distribution. The Benchmark module lets you time specific portions of
+your code, while Devel::DProf gives detailed breakdowns of where your
code spends its time.
Here's a sample use of Benchmark:
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ of contrasting algorithms.
=head2 How do I cross-reference my Perl programs?
-The B::Xref module can be used to generate cross-reference reports
+The B::Xref module can be used to generate cross-reference reports
for Perl programs.
perl -MO=Xref[,OPTIONS] scriptname.plx
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ instead of this:
When the files you're processing are small, it doesn't much matter which
way you do it, but it makes a huge difference when they start getting
-larger.
+larger.
=item * Use map and grep selectively
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ everything works out right.
return \@a;
}
- for $i ( 1 .. 10 ) {
+ for ( 1 .. 10 ) {
push @many, makeone();
}
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ L<perlboot>, L<perltoot>, L<perltooc>, and L<perlbot> for reference.
try http://www.perldoc.com/ , but consider upgrading your perl.)
A good book on OO on Perl is the "Object-Oriented Perl"
-by Damian Conway from Manning Publications,
+by Damian Conway from Manning Publications,
http://www.manning.com/Conway/index.html
=head2 Where can I learn about linking C with Perl? [h2xs, xsubpp]