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IO-stringy


Top NAME

IO-stringy - I/O on in-core objects like strings and arrays


Top SYNOPSIS

    IO::
    ::AtomicFile   adpO  Write a file which is updated atomically     ERYQ
    ::Lines        bdpO  I/O handle to read/write to array of lines   ERYQ
    ::Scalar       RdpO  I/O handle to read/write to a string         ERYQ
    ::ScalarArray  RdpO  I/O handle to read/write to array of scalars ERYQ
    ::Wrap         RdpO  Wrap old-style FHs in standard OO interface  ERYQ
    ::WrapTie      adpO  Tie your handles & retain full OO interface  ERYQ


Top DESCRIPTION

This toolkit primarily provides modules for performing both traditional and object-oriented i/o) on things other than normal filehandles; in particular, IO::Scalar, IO::ScalarArray, and IO::Lines.

If you have access to tie(), these classes will make use of the IO::WrapTie module to inherit a convenient new_tie() constructor. It also exports a nice wraptie() function.

In the more-traditional IO::Handle front, we have IO::AtomicFile which may be used to painlessly create files which are updated atomically.

And in the "this-may-prove-useful" corner, we have IO::Wrap, whose exported wraphandle() function will clothe anything that's not a blessed object in an IO::Handle-like wrapper... so you can just use OO syntax and stop worrying about whether your function's caller handed you a string, a globref, or a FileHandle.


Top INSTALLATION

You know the drill...

    perl Makefile.PL
    make test
    make install


Top CHANGE LOG

Version 1.210
Added flush() and other no-op methods. Thanks to Doru Petrescu for suggesting this.

Version 1.209
Small bug fixes.

Version 1.208
Incorporated a number of contributed patches and extensions, mostly related to speed hacks, support for "offset", and WRITE/CLOSE methods.

Version 1.206
Added creation of ./testout when Makefile.PL is run.

Version 1.205
Verified for Perl5.005.

Version 1.202
New IO::WrapTie and IO::AtomicFile added.

Version 1.110
Added IO::WrapTie.

Version 1.107
Added IO::Lines, and made some bug fixes to IO::ScalarArray. Also, added getc().

Version 1.105
No real changes; just upgraded IO::Wrap to have a $VERSION string.


Top VERSION

$Id: Stringy.pm,v 1.210 2000/04/17 03:42:00 eryq Exp $


Top AUTHOR

Eryq (eryq@zeegee.com). President, ZeeGee Software Inc (http://www.zeegee.com).

Enjoy. Yell if it breaks.


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