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by?Sam Tregar?
Apress ? 2002
Companion Web Site

-D command-line option, adding to Makefile.PL file, 210

D-Development Stage of DSLIP Module List codes for, 10

providing module information for, 133

-D and -d options, using with cvs update command, 157-158

data types in Perl C API, table of, 176

Data::Counter module

creating INSTALL file in, 155-156

creating with h2xs, 99

importing into CVS, 153

modified Counter.pm for, 103-104

modified Makefile.PL for, 108

modified test.pl for, 110

using single-file patches with, 144-145

Data::Counter::count function, calling, 199

Data::Dumper versus Storable module, 170

DBD (database driver) modules, using with DBI module, 168-169

DBI module, features of, 168-169

debugging, 116

DELETE() method, using with tied hashes, 62

dependencies in Makefiles, purpose of, 105

dereferencing

role in object-oriented programming, 36

symbols for, 49

DESCRIPTION section of modules, purpose of, 67

deserialization, provision by Storable module, 169-170

DESTROY method, defining, 43-44

destructors, using, 43

die(), using with subroutines, 201

diff program

obtaining more information about, 149

using with patches, 147-148

directories, advisory about removal from CVS, 156

distribution archives, building for module distributions, 118-119

distributions. See module distributions

dmake program, role in building CPAN modules, 18

documentation. See POD (plain old documentation)

dollar ($) symbol, using with references, 36

dot (.), using in filenames, 124

double colon (::)

meaning of, 12

using with symbol tables, 25

DSLIP code information, providing on PAUSE namespace registration form, 133

DSLIP (Development Stage, Support Level, Language Used, Interface Style, Public License) codes, examples of, 9-11

dSP C macro, using with say_Hello subroutine, 198

dummy argument, using with Inline::C, 247

DynaLoader module, using with MIME.pm file, 207

Dynexus module namespace, purpose of, 28