CONTENTS

• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
• CHANGES

#NAME

Pod::Functions - Group Perl's functions a la perlfunc.pod

#SYNOPSIS

use Pod:Functions;

my @misc_ops = @{ $Kinds{ 'Misc' } };
my $misc_dsc = $Type_Description{ 'Misc' };

or

perl /path/to/lib/Pod/Functions.pm

This will print a grouped list of Perl's functions, like the "Perl Functions by Category" in perlfunc section.

#DESCRIPTION

It exports the following variables:

#%Kinds

This holds a hash-of-lists. Each list contains the functions in the catagory the key denotes.

#%Type

In this hash each key represents a function and the value is the catagory. The catagory can be a comma separated list.

#%Flavor

In this hash each key represents a function and the value is a short description of that function.

#%Type_Description

In this hash each key represents a catagory of functions and the value is a short description of that catagory.

#@Type_Order

This list of catagories is used to produce the same order as the "Perl Functions by Category" in perlfunc section.

#CHANGES

1.01 20011229 <abe@ztreet.demon.nl> fixed some bugs that slipped in after 5.6.1 added the pod finished making it strict safe

1.00 ?? first numbered version

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