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Index: M

-M (modification age) file test operator: 3.10. Named Unary and File Test Operators

m?? (match) operator: 5.2.2. The m// Operator (Matching)

20.2.5. Locating Code
reset function and: 29.2.130. reset

m// (matching) operator: 5.2.2. The m// Operator (Matching)

20.2.5. Locating Code

/m pattern modifier: 5.2.1. Pattern Modifiers

5.2.2. The m// Operator (Matching)
5.2.3. The s/// Operator (Substitution)

-M (use module) command-line switch: 19.1.3. Switches

Macintosh operating system

command-line interface in versions: 1.3.1. How to Do It
File::Spec::Mac module: 32.1.4. Filenames, Filesystems, and File Locking
invoking Perl application on: 19.1.1. #! and Quoting on Non-Unix Systems
quoting on: 19.1.1. #! and Quoting on Non-Unix Systems

magical autodecrement and autoincrement: 13.3. Overloadable Operators

magical autoincrement: 3.3. Autoincrement and Autodecrement

magical autoincrement operator: 3.15. Range Operator

magical counter variables: 14.1.2. Magical Counter Variables

mail

Perl modules for: 22.1. The CPAN modules Directory
sending, portability and: 25.5. Interprocess Communication (IPC)

main package: 2.5.1. Name Lookups

10. Packages

creating for Perl extensions: 32.1.17. Module Installation Support

Makefile.PL: 21.3.2. Creating Extensions

22.2. Using CPAN Modules
22.3. Creating CPAN Modules

MakeMaker: 22.3. Creating CPAN Modules

22.3. Creating CPAN Modules

malloc errors: 28.2. Special Variables in Alphabetical Order

malloc function, PERL_DEBUG_MSTATS environment variable, using with: 19.2. Environment Variables

man command: 0.4. Online Documentation

11. Modules
20.2.7. Miscellaneous Commands
(see also perldoc)

MANIFEST file: 21.3.2. Creating Extensions

32.1.17. Module Installation Support

manpages: 0.4. Online Documentation

CPAN doc subdirectory, containing: 22. CPAN
Pod::Man module: 32.1.16. Documentation Support

map function: 1.8. List Processing

24.3. Programming with Style
29.2.93. map

mapping keys, pseudohashes: 12.7.1. Field Declarations with use fields

mark stack: 18.3. Executing Your Code

marshalling modules: 32.10. Data::Dumper

$MATCH: 28.2. Special Variables in Alphabetical Order

match (??) operator, reset function and: 29.2.130. reset

match (m//) operator: 24.1.1. Universal Blunders

29.2.92. m//
pos function and: 29.2.112. pos

match-time pattern interpolation: 5.10.3.4. Match-time pattern interpolation

matching patterns: 5. Pattern Matching

5. Pattern Matching
(see also patterns)

math library, C language: 21.3.4. Using Functions from an External C Library

math, Perl modules for: 22.1. The CPAN modules Directory

Math::BigFloat module: 32.1.1. Data Types

Math::BigInt module: 13. Overloading

32.1.1. Data Types

Math::Complex module: 32.1.1. Data Types

mathematical functions, overloading: 13.3. Overloadable Operators

mathematics

operators: 3. Unary and Binary Operators
operators in Perl: 1.5. Operators

Math::Trig module: 32.1.1. Data Types

maximal matching: 5.3.1. Metasymbol Tables

5.5. Quantifiers

maximum and minimum item matches, specifying: 1.7.1. Quantifiers

maxTraceLen option (debugger): 20.3.3. Debugger Options

member data: 12.4.2. Initializers

efficiency of: 24.2.2. Space Efficiency

garbage collection: 8.5.2. Garbage Collection, Circular References, and Weak References

management, destructors and: 12.6. Instance Destructors

running out of: 28.2. Special Variables in Alphabetical Order

shared memory segment ID: 29.2.151. shmget

shared, System V IPC: 16.4. System V IPC

controlled access to: 16.4. System V IPC

statistics on, displaying: 19.2. Environment Variables

message digests, Perl modules for: 22.1. The CPAN modules Directory

messages

functions for: 29.2.95. msgctl
IPC::Msg module: 32.1.8. Networking and Interprocess Communication
passing with UDP: 16.5.3. Message Passing
printing on entry and exit from subroutines: 20.3.3. Debugger Options
receiving on sockets: 29.2.125. recv
script embedded in: 19.1.3. Switches
sending on sockets: 29.2.145. send
System V IPC: 16.4. System V IPC

metacharacters: 5.1. The Regular Expression Bestiary

24.2.1. Time Efficiency
escaping with backslash (\): 5.3. Metacharacters and Metasymbols
escaping with quotemeta: 29.2.118. quotemeta
in exec arguments: 29.2.33. exec
in patterns: 5.3. Metacharacters and Metasymbols
shell, in pipe commands: 29.2.104. open
structural: 5.1. The Regular Expression Bestiary

alphanumeric, in patterns: 5.3.1. Metasymbol Tables

extension syntax for: 5.3.1. Metasymbol Tables

in patterns: 5.3. Metacharacters and Metasymbols

5.3.2. Specific Characters

method attribute: 12.7.6. New Tricks

subroutines: 6.5. Subroutine Attributes

Method (overload::Method): 13.7. Public Overload Functions

methods: 8.3.4. Using Object Methods

12.1. Brief Refresher on Object-Oriented Lingo

adding to an existing class: 12.5.2. Accessing Overridden Methods

array-tying: 14.2.1. Array-Tying Methods

autoloading: 12.5.4. Method Autoloading

called by tied variables: 14. Tied Variables

class data, working like accessors: 12.8. Managing Class Data

classes implementing tied arrays: 14.2. Tying Arrays

classes implementing tied filehandles: 14.4. Tying Filehandles

classes implementing tied hashes: 14.3. Tying Hashes

declarations, lvalues, indicating return of: 12.7.6. New Tricks

hash-tying: 14.3.1. Hash-Tying Methods

invoking: 12.3. Method Invocation

explicitly or implicitly: 12.3. Method Invocation
using indirect objects: 12.3.2. Method Invocation Using Indirect Objects
subroutine calls vs.: 12.4.1. Inheritable Constructors
using arrow operator: 12.3.1. Method Invocation Using the Arrow Operator

names for: 24.3. Programming with Style

object methods, locking: 17.2.2.5. Locking methods

overriding: 12.5.2. Accessing Overridden Methods

Perl classes inheritance of: 12.7. Managing Instance Data

private methods, ignoring inheritance with: 12.5.5. Private Methods

references to: 8.3.7. Closures

searching for

class inheritance: 12.5. Class Inheritance
inheritance through @ISA array: 12.5.1. Inheritance Through @ISA

subroutines as: 12.2. Perl's Object System

subroutines vs.: 6. Subroutines

12.3. Method Invocation

Thread class: 17.2.1. The Thread Module

tying scalars: 14.1.1. Scalar-Tying Methods

UINVERSAL class

adding to: 12.5.3. UNIVERSAL: The Ultimate Ancestor Class

in UNIVERSAL class: 12.5.3. UNIVERSAL: The Ultimate Ancestor Class

m//g operator, Perl versions, changes in: 24.1.5. Previous Perl Traps

Microsoft Windows

ActiveState Perl distribution, installing: 19.1.1. #! and Quoting on Non-Unix Systems
CPAN modules, installing on: 22.2.1. Decompressing and Unpacking CPAN Modules
fileglobbing, File::DosGlob module: 32.1.4. Filenames, Filesystems, and File Locking
File::Spec::Win32 module: 32.1.4. Filenames, Filesystems, and File Locking
fork operation, cloning interpreter objects: 17.1. The Process Model
modules for: 32.1.20. Microsoft-Related Modules
Perl modules for: 22.1. The CPAN modules Directory
porting information (perlwin32): 16. Interprocess Communication
registry, manipulating: 14.6. Tie Modules on CPAN
shell, setting alternative for Perl use: 19.2. Environment Variables
signal number 0 on: 16.1.1. Signaling Process Groups
system calls using wide-character APIs: 15.1. Building Character
Windows NT, quoting on: 19.1.1. #! and Quoting on Non-Unix Systems
Win32::Pipe module: 16.3.4. Named Pipes

MIDI, Perl modules for: 22.1. The CPAN modules Directory

MIME, Perl modules for: 22.1. The CPAN modules Directory

minimal matching: 1.7.2. Minimal Matching

5.3.1. Metasymbol Tables
5.5. Quantifiers

minus (-) operator: 3.5. Ideographic Unary Operators

miscellaneous functions: 29.1. Perl Functions by Category

mkdir function: 29.2.94. mkdir

mkfifo function: 16.3.4. Named Pipes

MLDBM module: 14.6. Tie Modules on CPAN

Data::Dumper module, using with: 32.10. Data::Dumper

mmap syscall: 16.4. System V IPC

$mode file statistic: 29.2.165. stat

modems, Perl modules for: 22.1. The CPAN modules Directory

modes, opening files in: 29.2.104. open

modification time, file: 29.2.165. stat

29.2.193. utime

modifiers

pattern

cloistered: 5.7.3. Cloistered Pattern Modifiers
with s/// (substitution) operator: 5.2.3. The s/// Operator (Substitution)

patterns, with tr/// (transliteration) operator: 5.2.4. The tr/// Operator (Transliteration)

statements, quantifiers vs.: 5.1. The Regular Expression Bestiary

statements, simple: 4.1. Simple Statements

mod_perl module: 18.3. Executing Your Code

21.4. Embedding Perl (Using Perl from C)

modules: 0.1. The Pursuit of Happiness

1.2.1.4. Simplicities

10. Packages

10.2. Autoloading

11. Modules

backend: 18.4. Compiler Backends

backend, calling: 18.4. Compiler Backends

built-in functions, overriding: 11.3. Overriding Built-in Functions

class system and: 12.5.1. Inheritance Through @ISA

classes, storing in for privacy: 12.5.5. Private Methods

classes vs.: 10. Packages

CPAN: 22.1. The CPAN modules Directory

building: 22.2.2. Building CPAN Modules
categories of: 22.1. The CPAN modules Directory
collection of: 1.2.1.4. Simplicities
creating: 22.3. Creating CPAN Modules
decompressing and unpacking: 22.2.1. Decompressing and Unpacking CPAN Modules
directory for: 22. CPAN
installing into Perl library: 22.2.3. Installing CPAN Modules into the Perl Library
mail, sending: 25.5. Interprocess Communication (IPC)
making available to programs: 22.2. Using CPAN Modules
portability of: 25.7. Standard Modules
storing in: 10. Packages

creating: 11.2. Creating Modules

privacy and the Exporter: 11.2.1. Module Privacy and the Exporter
symbol exportation, preventing: 11.2.1.3. Managing unknown symbols
version checking: 11.2.1.2. Version checking

exporting names to other modules: 29.2.74. import

functions dealing with: 29.1. Perl Functions by Category

importing: 32.1.17. Module Installation Support

names for: 24.3. Programming with Style

splitting into separate files: 10.2. Autoloading

standard: 32. Standard Modules

base classes and convenience: 32.1.14. Convenient Classes
command-line processing: 32.1.3. Option, Argument, Parameter, and Configuration File Processing
for data types: 32.1.1. Data Types
DBM file management libraries, loading: 32.1.10. DBM Interfaces
development support: 32.1.18. Development Support
documentation support: 32.1.16. Documentation Support
files, cross-platform methods of access: 32.1.4. Filenames, Filesystems, and File Locking
internationalization and locales: 32.1.6. Internationalization and Locale
module installation support: 32.1.17. Module Installation Support
networking and interprocess communication: 32.1.8. Networking and Interprocess Communication
object-oriented file, directory, and IPC access: 32.1.5. Filehandle, Directory Handle, and Stream I/O Utilities
operating system interfaces, manipulating: 32.1.7. Operating System Interfaces
Perl compiler and code generator: 32.1.19. Perl Compiler and Code Generator
Perl language extensions and externals: 32.1.13. Perl Language Extensions and Internals
security, dealing with: 32.1.12. Authentication, Security, and Encryption
text, manipulating with: 32.1.2. String Processing, Language Text Processing, Parsing, and Searching
user interfaces, providing: 32.1.11. User Interfaces
warnings and exceptions: 32.1.15. Warnings and Exceptions

testing: 21.3.2. Creating Extensions

21.3.3. XSUB Input and Output
22.3. Creating CPAN Modules

thread modules: 17.2.3. Other Thread Modules

thread safety and: 17.2. The Thread Model

tie modules on CPAN: 14.6. Tie Modules on CPAN

user-defined, capitalization in names: 2.5. Names

modulus (%) operator: 3.7. Multiplicative Operators

more than sign (see >)

mortgages, Perl modules for: 22.1. The CPAN modules Directory

MS-DOS operating system, invoking Perl applications on: 19.1.1. #! and Quoting on Non-Unix Systems

msgctl function: 29.2.95. msgctl

msgget function: 29.2.96. msgget

msgrcv function: 29.2.97. msgrcv

msgsnd function: 29.2.98. msgsnd

$mtime file statistic: 29.2.165. stat

mulitple inheritance, SUPER pseudopackage, working with: 12.5.2. Accessing Overridden Methods

multidimensional arrays: 1.2.1.3. Complexities

9.1. Arrays of Arrays

multidimensional hashes: 9.4. Hashes of Hashes

accessing and printing: 9.4.3. Access and Printing of a Hash of Hashes
generation of: 9.4.2. Generation of a Hash of Hashes

multiple inheritance: 12.5. Class Inheritance

AUTOLOAD subroutine and: 12.5.4. Method Autoloading
methods, invoking all overridden base class: 12.5.3. UNIVERSAL: The Ultimate Ancestor Class

multiplication: 1.5.1. Some Binary Arithmetic Operators

strings, repeat operator: 1.5.2. String Operators

multiplicative operators: 1.5.2. String Operators

3.7. Multiplicative Operators

multiprocessing

processer access, unpredictability of: 23.2. Handling Timing Glitches
thread model: 17.2. The Thread Model

multithreading: 17. Threads

mutators, copying and: 13.4. The Copy Constructor (=)

my declarations: 2.5. Names

4. Statements and Declarations
29.2.99. my
closures and: 8.3.7. Closures
context rules and: 2.7.1. Scalar and List Context
local, using instead of: 24.1.2. Frequently Ignored Advice
local vs.: 4.8.4. Dynamically Scoped Variables: local

my function: 4.4.3. foreach Loops

4.8.1. Scoped Variable Declarations
4.8.1. Scoped Variable Declarations
4.8.2. Lexically Scoped Variables: my

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