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	Table of Contents
	Index

Effective Perl Programming: Writing Better Programs with Perl
By Joseph  N.  Hall, Randal  L.  Schwartz
Publisher	: Addison Wesley
Pub Date	: December 30, 1997
ISBN	: 0-201-41975-0
Pages	: 288
	Copyright
		Foreword
		Preface
			Who should read this book
			How and why I wrote this book
		Acknowledgements
		Introduction
			The world of Perl
			Terminology
			Notation
			Perl style
			Organization
			How to contact us
		Chapter 1.   Basics
			Item 1: Know your namespaces.
			Item 2: Avoid using a slice when you want an element.
			Item 3: Don't assign undef when you want an empty list.
			Item 4: String and numeric comparisons are different.
			Item 5: Remember that and "" are false.
			Item 6: Understand conversions between strings and numbers .
		Chapter 2.   Idiomatic Perl
			Item 7: Use $_ for elegance .
			Item 8: Know the other default arguments: @_ , @ARGV , STDIN .
			Item 9: Know common shorthands and syntax quirks .
			Item 10: Avoid excessive punctuation.
			Item 11: Consider different ways of reading from a stream.
			Item 12: Use foreach , map and grep as appropriate.
			Item 13: Don't misquote.
			Item 14: Learn the myriad ways of sorting.
		Chapter 3.   Regular Expressions
			Item 15: Know the precedence of regular expression operators.
			Item 16: Use regular expression memory.
			Item 17: Avoid greed when parsimony is best.
			Item 18: Remember that whitespace is not a word boundary.
			Item 19: Use split for clarity, unpack for efficiency.
			Item 20: Avoid using regular expressions for simple string operations.
			Item 21: Make regular expressions readable.
			Item 22: Make regular expressions efficient.
		Chapter 4.   Subroutines
			Item 23: Understand the difference between my and local .
			Item 24: Avoid using @_ directlyunless you have to.
			Item 25: Use wantarray to write subroutines returning lists.
			Item 26: Pass references instead of copies.
			Item 27: Use hashes to pass named parameters.
			Item 28: Use prototypes to get special argument parsing.
			Item 29: Use subroutines to create other subroutines.
		Chapter 5.   References
			Item 30: Understand references and reference syntax.
			Item 31: Create lists of lists with references.
			Item 32: Don't confuse anonymous arrays with list literals.
			Item 33: Build C-style structs with anonymous hashes.
			Item 34: Be careful with circular data structures.
			Item 35: Use map and grep to manipulate complex data structures.
		Chapter 6.   Debugging
			Item 36: Enable static and/or run-time checks.
			Item 37: Use debugging and profiling modules.
			Item 38: Learn to use a debugging version of Perl.
			Item 39: Test things by using the debugger as a Perl "shell."
			Item 40: Don't debug too much at once.
		Chapter 7.   Using Packages and Modules
			Item 41: Don't reinvent the wheeluse Perl modules.
			Item 42: Understand packages and modules.
			Item 43: Make sure Perl can find the modules you are using.
			Item 44: Use perldoc to extract documentation for installed modules.
		Chapter 8.   Writing Packages and Modules
			Item 45: Use h2xs to generate module boilerplate .
			Item 46: Embed your documentation with POD.
			Item 47: Use XS for low-level interfaces and/or speed.
			Item 48: Submit your useful modules to the CPAN.
		Chapter 9.   Object-Oriented Programming
			Item 49: Consider using Perl's object-oriented programming features.
			Item 50: Understand method inheritance in Perl.
			Item 51: Inherit data explicitly.
			Item 52: Create invisible interfaces with tied variables .
		Chapter 10.   Miscellany
			Item 53: Use pack and unpack for data munging .
			Item 54: Know how and when to use eval , require , and do .
			Item 55: Know when, and when not, to write networking code.
			Item 56: Don't forget the file test operators.
			Item 57: Access the symbol table with typeglobs.
			Item 58: Use @{[ ]} or a tied hash to evaluate expressions inside strings.
			Item 59: Initialize with BEGIN ; finish with END .
			Item 60: Some interesting Perl one-liners.
		Appendix A.   sprintf
			Conversion Specifiers for sprintf
		Appendix B.   Perl Resources
		Index