Win32CORE(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Win32CORE(3pm)NAMEWin32CORE - Win32 CORE function stubs
DESCRIPTION
This library provides stubs for the functions marked as [CORE] in
Win32. See that document for usage information. When any of these
functions are called, the full Win32 module is loaded automatically.
It is preferred that callers of these functions explicitly "use
Win32;".
HISTORYWin32CORE was created to provide on cygwin those Win32:: functions that
for regular win32 builds were provided by default in perl. In cygwin
perl releases prior to 5.8.6, this module was standalone and had to be
explicitly used. In 5.8.6 and later, it was statically linked into
cygwin perl so this would no longer be necessary.
As of perl 5.9.5/Win32 0.27, these functions have been moved into the
Win32 module. Win32CORE provides stubs for each of the former CORE
Win32:: functions that internally just load the Win32 module and call
it's version, and Win32CORE is statically linked to perl for both
cygwin and regular win32 builds. This will permit these functions to
be updated in the CPAN Win32 module independently of updating perl.
perl v5.14.2 2010-12-29 Win32CORE(3pm)
