Index: D

• -D command-line switch : Reading the Source
• Data::Dumper module
• • Pretty-Printing
  • Data::Dumper
• data structures : (see structures)
• data type translation : Writing an Extension: Overview
• databases
• • generating schema for : Oh, and Can You Do This Too?
  • mapping : Multivalued Attributes and Database Mapping
• DB_File module : Berkeley DB
• DBD::Oracle module : DBI (Database Interface)
• DBI module : Adaptor: An Introduction
• • database mapping : Multivalued Attributes and Database Mapping
  • implementation of : Adaptor::DBI
  • object uniqueness and : Uniqueness of Objects in Memory
• DBI specification : DBI (Database Interface)
• DBM files, tie statement with : Tying Hashes
• DBM module : DBM
• deadlocks : Bidirectional Communications
• • RPC and : Remote Procedure Calls (RPC)
• deallocating memory : Recommended memory allocation and deallocation routines
• debugger, Perl : Reading the Source
• deep binding : Python
• delegation : Delegation
• denial of resource attacks : Security features
• dereferencing : Dereferencing
• • automatic : No Automatic Dereferencing
  • multiple levels of indirection : Dereferencing Multiple Levels of Indirection
  • subroutine references : Dereferencing Subroutine References
• DESTROY function
• • Object Destruction
  • Tying Scalars
• destroying
• • modules/packages : Package Initialization and Destruction
  • objects : Object Destruction
• Devel::Dump module : Inside AVs
• Devel::Peek module
• • Reading the Source
  • Inside SVs
• Devel::RegExp module : Reading the Source
• Devel::Symdump module : Reading the Source
• diamond (< >) operator : When would you ever need to use local?
• die function
• • Exception Handling
  • The Block Form: Exception Handling
  • time-outs and : Using Eval for Time-Outs
• directory handles
• • (see also filehandles)
  • Filehandles, Directory Handles, and Formats
  • modules/packages and : Basic Package
• DirHandle module : Filehandles, Directory Handles, and Formats
• dispatch tables : Dispatch Table
• divide-by-zero error, trapping : The Block Form: Exception Handling
• documentation
• • Javadoc format : On Code Generation
  • POD format : On Code Generation
• dollar sign ($)
• • dereferencing scalars : References to Scalars
• Douady, Adrien : Detour into Fractals
• double indexing scheme (example) : Data Representation
• doubles (NVs) : Scalar Values
• Dump module : Inside AVs
• Dumper module : Data::Dumper
• dumpValue function : Pretty-Printing
• dynamic allocation : Data References and Anonymous Storage
• • in other languages : Tcl
  • scalars and : References to Anonymous Storage
• dynamic behavior : (see run-time evaluation)
• dynamic binding : Tie
• • arrays : Tying Arrays
  • filehandles : Tying Filehandles
  • hashes : Tying Hashes
  • monitoring variables (example) : Example: Monitoring Variables
  • other languages and : Comparisons with Other Languages
  • scalars : Tying Scalars
• dynamic scoping : Lexical Versus Dynamic Scoping