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@@ -5,6 +5,40 @@ */ + +/* + PerlXXX_YYY explained - DickH and DougL @ ActiveState.com + +XXX := functional group +YYY := stdlib/OS function name + +Continuing with the theme of PerlIO, all OS functionality was +encapsulated into one of several interfaces. + +PerlIO - stdio +PerlLIO - low level I/O +PerlMem - malloc, realloc, free +PerlDir - directory related +PerlEnv - process environment handling +PerlProc - process control +PerlSock - socket functions + + +The features of this are: +1. All OS dependant code is in the Perl Host and not the Perl Core. + (At least this is the holy grail goal of this work) +2. The Perl Host (see perl.h for description) can provide a new and + improved interface to OS functionality if required. +3. Developers can easily hook into the OS calls for instrumentation + or diagnostic purposes. + +What was changed to do this: +1. All calls to OS functions were replaced with PerlXXX_YYY + +*/ + + + #ifndef __Inc__IPerlDir___ #define __Inc__IPerlDir___ |