NAME

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

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

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.

INSTALLATION

You know the drill...

perl Makefile.PL
make test
make install

CHANGE LOG

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.

VERSION

$Id: Stringy.pm,v 1.206 1999/04/18 03:43:41 eryq Exp $

AUTHOR

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

Enjoy. Yell if it breaks.