Path: usenet.cise.ufl.edu!huron.eel.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!uky.edu!news.cuny.edu!nntp.upenn.edu!newsserver.jvnc.net!news.pn.com!nntp.pn.com!diablo.gte.net!newsfeed.sovam.com!sovam!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-feed1.tiac.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!194.162.162.196!newsfeed.nacamar.de!fu-berlin.de!zrz.TU-Berlin.DE!franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE!koenig From: andreas.koenig@franz.ww.tu-berlin.de (Andreas Koenig) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.announce Subject: New Module List Posted Followup-To: comp.lang.perl.modules Date: 19 Feb 1998 18:59:15 GMT Organization: Technical University Berlin, Germany Lines: 356 Approved: koenig@franz.ww.tu-berlin.de Distribution: world Expires: 03/12/98 19:59:08 Message-ID: <6chve3$15n$1@mamenchi.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE> References: Reply-To: andreas.koenig@franz.ww.tu-berlin.de (Andreas Koenig) NNTP-Posting-Host: franz.ww.tu-berlin.de Keywords: FAQ, Perl, Module, Software, Reuse, Development, Free Originator: koenig@franz.ww.TU-Berlin.DE Xref: usenet.cise.ufl.edu comp.lang.perl.announce:80 The Perl 5 Module List, v2.47 ============================= Today I posted a new module list to the newsgroups comp.lang.perl.modules, comp.answers, and news.answers. The HTML version of the list has been uploaded to CPAN as well: http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/00modlist.long.html As usual, comments, corrections and suggestions are appreciated. Please mail them to modules@perl.org. I believe that I have taken into account all mails we have received since the last posting. If this is not the case, please let us know. Besides the changes listed below, the text part of the module list has got a few new paragraphs from Jon Orwant. Because we're getting flooded by module registrations with irresponsible naming suggestions, I'd like to post the complete chapter 2.5 of the module list here. Please take it to heart if you are considering a contribution to CPAN. Thank you. 2.5 Select a name for the module. This name should be as descriptive, accurate and complete as possible. Avoid any risk of ambiguity. Always try to use two or more whole words. Generally the name should reflect what is special about what the module does rather than how it does it. Having 57 modules all called Sort will not make life easy for anyone (though having 23 called Sort::Quick is only marginally better :-). Imagine someone trying to install your module alongside many others. If in any doubt ask for suggestions in comp.lang.perl.modules or modules@perl.org. Please use a nested module name to informally group or categorise a module, e.g., placing a sorting module into a Sort:: category. A module should have a very good reason not to have a nested name. Please avoid using more than one level of nesting for module names (packages or classes within modules can, of course, use any number). Module names should begin with a capital letter. Lowercase names are reserved for special modules such as pragmas (e.g., lib and strict). Note that module names are not related to class hierarchies. A module name Foo::Bar does not in any way imply that Foo::Bar inherits from Foo. Nested names are simply used to provide some useful categorisation for humans. The same is generally true for all package names. Since the CPAN is huge and growing daily, it's essential that module authors choose names which lend themselves to browsing. That means minimizing acronyms, cute names, and jargon. Also, don't make up a new top level category unless you have a good reason; please choose an already-existing category when possible. Send mail to modules@perl.org before you upload, so we can help you select a name. If you insist on a name that we consider inappropriate, we won't prevent you from uploading your module -- but it'll remain in your "author" directory and won't be directly visible from CPAN/modules/by-module. We appreciate the efforts of the contributors who have helped make the CPAN the world's largest reusable code repository. Please help us enhance it by working with us to choose the best name possible. If you are developing a suite of related modules/classes it's good practice to use nested classes with a common prefix as this will avoid namespace clashes. For example: Xyz::Control, Xyz::View, Xyz::Model etc. Use the modules in this list as a naming guide. If adding a new module to a set, follow the original author's standards for naming modules and the interface to methods in those modules. If developing modules for private internal or project specific use, that will never be released to the public, then you should ensure that their names will not clash with any future public module. You can do this either by using the reserved Local::* category or by using a category name that includes an underscore like Foo_Corp::*. To be portable each component of a module name should be limited to 11 characters. If it might be used on DOS then try to ensure each is unique in the first 8 characters. Nested modules make this easier. Recent Changes in the modules database (! for changes, "+" for new entries) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Perl Core Modules, Perl Language Extensions and Documentation Tools ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Pod:: ::Diff cdpf compare two POD files and report diff IANC + ::Sdf cdpf converter to SDF IANC + 4) Operating System Interfaces ------------------------------ Device:: ::SVGA c SVGA Graphic card driver SCOTTVR + MSDOS:: ::Descript bdpO Manage 4DOS style DESCRIPT.ION files CJM + VMS:: ::Lock cnco Object interface to $ENQ (VMS lock mgr) BHUGHES + 5) Networking, Device Control (modems) and InterProcess Communication --------------------------------------------------------------------- DCE:: ::ACL bdcO Interface to Access Control List protocol PHENSON ! ::Login bdcO Interface to login functions PHENSON ! ::RPC c Remote Procedure Calls PHENSON ! ::Registry bdcO DCE registry functions PHENSON ! ::Status bdpr Make sense of DCE status codes PHENSON ! ::UUID bdcf Misc uuid functions PHENSON ! Net:: ::Interface a ifconfig(1) implementation SRZ + RPC:: ::Simple adpO Simple OO async remote procedure calls DDUMONT + ::pClient RdpO Interface for building pServer Clients JWIED + ::pServer RdpO Interface for building Perl Servers JWIED + Socket Smcf Defines socket-related constants GNAT ! 6) Data Types and Data Type Utilities (see also Database Interfaces) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Array:: ::Heap cdpf manipulate array elements as a heap JMM + Calendar:: ::RCM i Russell Calendar Manager HTCHAPMAN + Class:: ::Singleton bdp Implementation of a "Singleton" class ABW + ::TOM RmpO Transportable Object Model for perl JDUNCAN + Data:: ::Check cdpO Checks values for various data formats KENHOLM + Heap:: ::Base cdpO defines heap (and element) object interfaces JMM + ::Binary cdpO implement binary Heap:: interface JMM + ::Binomial cdpO implement binomial Heap:: interface JMM + Heap::Elem:: ::* cdpO implement containers items to be heap'ed JMM + ::Fibonacci cdpO implement Fibonacci Heap:: interface JMM + List:: ::Utils cdcf Extra list/array manipulation functions JNH + Sort:: ::Fields bdpf sort text lines by alpha or numeric fields JNH + Tie:: ::CPHash bdpO Case preserving but case insensitive hash CJM + ::DBI adpO Tie hash to a DBI handle LDS + Tree:: ::Fat adcO Embeddable F-Tree Algorithm Suite JPRIT + 7) Database Interfaces (see also Data Types) -------------------------------------------- DBD:: ::Sybase amcO Sybase Driver for DBI MEWP ! Db:: ::Ctree adcr Faircom's CTREE+ database interface REDEN + ::Documentum bdcf Documentum EDMS Perl client interface BRIANSP + MLDBM RdpO Transparently store multi-level data in DBM GSAR ! Msql RmcO Mini-SQL database interface JWIED ! Mysql RmcO mysql database interface JWIED + ObjStore Rm+O ObjectStore OODBMS Interface JPRIT ! Sybase:: ::BCP RdcO Sybase BCP interface MEWP + ::CTlib RdcO Sybase CTlibrary interface MEWP ! 8) User Interfaces (Character and Graphical) -------------------------------------------- Event adpO Perl event loop GBARR + GUI:: ::Guido i bd+O Communicate with objects in a GUI TBRADFUTE + Gimp bdcO Interface to write plug-ins for The Gimp MLEHMANN + X11:: ::Motif bdcO Motif widget set interface KENFOX ! 10) File Names, File Systems and File Locking (see also File Handles) --------------------------------------------------------------------- File:: ::Compare Supf Compare file contents quickly P5P + 11) Text Processing, Parsing and Searching ------------------------------------------ FrameMaker:: ::Control cdpO Control a FrameMaker session PEASE + ::FDK idcO Interface to Adobe FDK PEASE + ::MIF cdpO Parse and Manipulate FrameMaker MIF files PEASE + Lingua:: ::PT bupf Namespace for Portugese language modules EGROSS + String:: ::CRC Rdcf Cyclic redundency check generation MUIR + Text:: ::Balanced Rdpf Extract balanced-delimiter substrings DCONWAY + ::Format RdpO Advanced paragraph formatting GABOR + ::MetaText bdp Text processing/markup meta-language ABW + 13) Internationalization and Locale ----------------------------------- Locale:: ::Langinfo cdcf The API JHI + 14) Authentication, Security and Encryption (see also Networking) ----------------------------------------------------------------- Authen:: ::TacacsPlus adcO Authentication on tacacs+ server MSHOYHER + PGP:: ::Sign bdpr Create and check PGP signatures, securely RRA ! SSLeay:: ::* cdcO Interface to SSLeay EAYNG + 15) World Wide Web, HTML, HTTP, CGI, MIME etc (see Text Processing) ------------------------------------------------------------------- CGI:: ::Screen adpO Create multi screen CGI-scripts ULPFR + HTML:: ::Table bnpO Write HTML tables via spreadsheet metaphor STLACY + HTTP::Request:: ::Form RdpO Generates HTTP::Request objects out of forms GBAUER + 18) Images, Pixmap and Bitmap Manipulation, Drawing and Graphing ---------------------------------------------------------------- VRML:: ::Base RdpO common basic methods HPALM + ::Color Rdpf color functions and X11 color names HPALM + ::VRML1 RdpO VRML methods with the VRML 1.0 standard HPALM ! ::VRML2 RdpO VRML methods with the VRML 2.0 standard HPALM ! 19) Mail and Usenet News ------------------------ News:: ::Gateway ampO Mail/news gatewaying, moderation support RRA ! 20) Control Flow Utilities (callbacks and exceptions etc) --------------------------------------------------------- Memoize adpr Cache results of individual function calls MJD + 22) Microsoft Windows Modules ----------------------------- Win32:: ::ChangeNotify bdcO Monitor changes to files and directories CJM + ::Event bdcO Use Win32 event objects for IPC CJM + ::IPC bdcO Base class for Win32 synchronization objects CJM + ::Mutex bdcO Use Win32 mutex objects for IPC CJM + ::Semaphore bdcO Use Win32 semaphore objects for IPC CJM + 23) Miscellaneous Modules ------------------------- Agent cdpO Transportable Agent module SPURKIS ! Business:: ::CreditCard Rdpf Credit card number check digit test JONO + ::ISBN RdpO Work with ISBN as objects BDFOY + FAQ:: ::OMatic RdpO A CGI-based FAQ/help database maintainer JHOWELL + Recent Changes in the users database (only changes and additions) ----------------------------------------------------------------- AMW Andrew Wilcox ANTRO Antonio Rosella ASHER Aaron Sherman BARTLEY Eric Bartley BHUGHES Brad Hughes BMEEKINGS Brian Meekings BPOWERS Brent B. Powers BRIANSP Brian W. Spolarich CBAIL Charles Bailey CHTTRAX Christoph T. Traxler EWALKER Edward Walker FJH Frederick Hirsch GABOR Gábor Egressy GARY Gary Howland GBACON Greg Bacon GBAUER Georg Bauer GKNOPS Gerd Knops GNAT Nathan Torkington GSPIVEY Gary Spivey GTHYNI Göran Thyni HAYASHI Hiroo HAYASHI HTCHAPMAN H. Todd Chapman JBAKER Jeffrey Baker JMM John Macdonald JOHNL Jonathan Leffler KENHOLM Kenneth Alexander Holm III KGB Karl Glazebrook MARKC Mark Constable MEWP Michael Peppler MJD Mark-Jason Dominus MLEHMANN Marc Lehmann MSCHILLI Michael Schilli MSHOYHER Mike Shoyher NJLEON Nicholas J. Leon ORENBK Oren Ben-Kiki OZAWA OZAWA Sakuro PARKER Michael Parker PSHARPE Paul Sharpe PWO Peter W. Osel RAVN Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen REDEN Robert Eden RHNELSON Rolf Harold Nelson RJRAY Randy J Ray RRA Russ Allbery RVA Rodger V. Anderson SCOTTVR Scott VanRavenswaay SFINK Steve A Fink SHARI Davide Migliavacca SPP Stephen P Potter SPURKIS Steve Purkis STLACY Stacy Lacy TBRADFUTE Todd Bradfute -- andreas koenig