[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/lizmat/P5__DATA__.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/lizmat/P5__DATA__) NAME ==== P5__DATA__ - Implement Perl 5's __DATA__ and related functionality SYNOPSIS ======== use P5__DATA__; # exports DATA and a slang DESCRIPTION =========== This module tries to mimic the behaviour of `__DATA__` and `__END__` and the associated `DATA` file handle of Perl 5 as closely as possible. ORIGINAL PERL 5 DOCUMENTATION ============================= Text after __DATA__ may be read via the filehandle "PACKNAME::DATA", where "PACKNAME" is the package that was current when the __DATA__ token was encountered. The filehandle is left open pointing to the line after __DATA__. The program should "close DATA" when it is done reading from it. (Leaving it open leaks filehandles if the module is reloaded for any reason, so it's a safer practice to close it.) For compatibility with older scripts written before __DATA__ was introduced, __END__ behaves like __DATA__ in the top level script (but not in files loaded with "require" or "do") and leaves the remaining contents of the file accessible via "main::DATA". PORTING CAVEATS =============== __END__ functions in the same was as __DATA__. AUTHOR ====== Elizabeth Mattijsen Source can be located at: https://github.com/lizmat/P5__DATA__ . Comments and Pull Requests are welcome. COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE ===================== Copyright 2018 Elizabeth Mattijsen Re-imagined from Perl 5 as part of the CPAN Butterfly Plan. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.