On Fri, 2002-02-01 at 10:44, Ron Goral wrote: > I have a very beginner's question. I've just been looking at the code for a > library file and noticed some, to me, very peculiar things. First, there is > text that is not commented, it is just typed in place. Why does this not > interfere with the script? Second, there are expressions like "=pod" and > "=cut" and "=head1". What do these mean? Third, there is a "1;" at the > very end of the file. I've seen that before, but what is the purpose? > Fourth, there is text like "I<delete_cookie> blah blah" and "B<MUST>" (I > assume that this last is a comment on text decoration). Can anyone tell me > what these mean? Is there a difference in a library file and a regular > script file that allows for this? Is there some tutorial or documentation > about the differences in writing a library/module versus a normal script > file? > That is POD (Plain Old Documentation). POD is a method of documenting Perl code be it a script or a library. See "perldoc perlpod" for more information.
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