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Tables of Contents for Advanced Perl Programming
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
1. Data References and Anonymous Storage
1
22
Referring to Existing Variables
3
5
Using References
8
5
Nested Data Structures
13
2
Querying a Reference
15
1
Symbolic References
16
1
A View of the Internals
17
4
References in Other Languages
21
1
Resources
22
1
2. Implementing Complex Data Structures
23
15
User-Defined Structures
24
1
Example: Matrices
25
3
Professors, Students, Courses
28
4
Pass the Envelope
32
2
Pretty-Printing
34
3
Resources
37
1
3. Typeglobs and Symbol Tables
38
13
Perl Variables, Symbol Table, and Scoping
39
3
Typeglobs
42
5
Typeglobs and References
47
1
Filehandles, Directory Handles, and Formats
48
3
4. Subroutine References and Closures
51
15
Subroutine References
51
2
Using Subroutine References
53
3
Closures
56
3
Using Closures
59
5
Comparisons to Other Languages
64
1
Resources
65
1
5. Eval
66
18
The String Form: Expression Evaluation
67
3
The Block Form: Exception Handling
69
3
Watch Your Quotes
72
1
Using Eval for Expression Evaluation
72
2
Using Eval for Efficiency
74
6
Using Eval for Time-Outs
80
1
Eval in Other Languages
81
2
Resources
83
1
6. Modules
84
15
Basic Package
85
2
Packages and Files
87
1
Package Initialization and Destruction
88
1
Privacy
89
2
Importing Symbols
91
2
Nesting Packages
93
1
Autoloading
94
1
Accessing the Symbol Table
95
2
Language Comparisons
97
2
7. Object-Oriented Programming
99
24
OO: An Introduction
99
2
Objects in Perl
101
13
UNIVERSAL
114
2
Recap of Conventions
116
4
Comparison with Other OO Languages
120
1
Resources
121
2
8. Object Orientation: The Next Few Steps
123
15
Efficient Attribute Storage
123
11
Delegation
134
1
On Inheritance
135
2
Resources
137
1
9. Tie
138
15
Tying Scalars
139
3
Tying Arrays
142
2
Tying Hashes
144
2
Tying Filehandles
146
1
Example: Monitoring Variables
146
5
Comparisons with Other Languages
151
2
10. Persistence
153
15
Persistence Issues
154
2
Streamed Data
156
3
Record-Oriented Approach
159
2
Relational Databases
161
6
Resources
167
1
11. Implementing Object Persistence
168
21
Adaptor: An Introduction
170
3
Design Notes
173
6
Implementation
179
8
Resources
187
2
12. Networking with Sockets
189
14
Networking Primer
189
2
Socket API and IO::Socket
191
2
Handling Multiple Clients
193
6
Real-World Servers
199
1
IO Objects and Filehandles
200
1
Prebuilt Client Modules
201
1
Resources
202
1
13. Networking: Implementing RPC
203
19
Msg: Messaging Toolkit
203
12
Remote Procedure Calls (RPC)
215
6
Resources
221
1
14. User Interfaces with TK
222
30
Introduction to GUIs, Tk, and Perl/Tk
222
2
Starting with Perl/Tk
224
2
Widget Tour
226
18
Geometry Management
244
3
Timers
247
1
Event Bindings
248
2
Event Loops
250
1
Resources
251
1
15. GUI Example: Tetris
252
9
Introduction to Tetris
252
1
Design
253
2
Implementation
255
6
16. GUI Example: Man Page Viewer
261
9
man and perlman
261
2
Implementation
263
6
Resources
269
1
17. Template-Driven Code Generation
270
10
On Code Generation
270
3
Jeeves Example
273
5
Jeeves Overview
278
2
Jeeves Implementation
280
7
Sample Specification Parser
287
2
Resources
289
1
18. Extending Perl: A First Course
290
19
Writing an Extension: Overview
291
3
Example: Fractals with Perl
294
3
SWIG Features
297
4
XS Features
301
3
Degrees of Freedom
304
1
A Detour into Fractals
305
3
Resources
308
1
19. Embedding Perl: The Easy Way
309
10
Why Embed?
309
2
Embedding Overview
311
2
Examples
313
3
Adding Extensions
316
1
Resources
317
2
20. Perl Internals
319
54
Reading the Source
320
1
Architecture
321
7
Perl Value Types
328
23
Stacks and Messaging Protocol
351
6
Meaty Extensions
357
10
Easy Embedding API
367
2
A Peek into the Future
369
1
Resources
370
3
A. Tk Widget Reference
373
13
B. Syntax Summary
386
7
Index
393