-r option using with cvs update command, 157 using with multifile patches, 148
README file generating with h2xs -X -n Gnome::MIME program, 206 generating with h2xs -XA -n Gnome::MIME, 240 generating with h2xs program, 110-111
realloc(), accessing with Renew, 202
recentness, browsing CPAN by, 12
ref() method versus isa() method, 47
refcounts. See reference counts
reference counts, role in Perl C API, 192-194
references basing objects on, 52 role in object-oriented programming, 36-37
regression tests for modules, building with test.pl, 108-110
releases announcing, 162-163 making, 161-163
repositories, using with CVS, 150-151
require file, specifying for MIME.pm file, 207
require statement versus use statement, 32
return(), using with subroutines, 201
return values, managing in functional interfaces, 78-79
RETVAL variables, using with CODE blocks and XSUBs, 218
RFCs (Requests For Comments) 2046 (MIME types), 205
posting for new CPAN modules, 129-131
Rhine, Jared and CPAN, 3
right angle bracket (>), using with single-file patches, 145
rsh (remote shell), using with CVS, 150
rt.cpan.org author home page, displaying, 160
rules in Makefiles, purpose of, 105
run-modes as methods, 262 using with BBS.pm CGI::Application module, 261
run_modes() call, role in BBS.pm CGI::Application module, 262
runtime versus compile time, explanation of, 30
RVs (reference values) advisory about checking with SvROK and SvTYPE, 192 creating, 190 dereferencing with, 192 features of, 189 type checking with, 191 |