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author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Fri Feb 24 17:21:52 2023 +0100 (18 months ago) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/perl-io-scalar/description.txt Fri Feb 24 17:21:52 2023 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ 1.4 +This toolkit primarily provides modules for performing both traditional 1.5 +and object-oriented i/o) on things other than normal filehandles; 1.6 +in particular, IO::Scalar, IO::ScalarArray, and IO::Lines. 1.7 + 1.8 +In the more-traditional IO::Handle front, we have IO::AtomicFile which 1.9 +may be used to painlessly create files which are updated atomically. 1.10 + 1.11 +And in the "this-may-prove-useful" corner, we have IO::Wrap, whose 1.12 +exported wraphandle() function will clothe anything that's not a blessed 1.13 +object in an IO::Handle-like wrapper... so you can just use OO syntax 1.14 +and stop worrying about whether your function's caller handed you a string, 1.15 +a globref, or a FileHandle.