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diff --git a/devel/p5-IO-Null/DESCR b/devel/p5-IO-Null/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5091b8b1b38 --- /dev/null +++ b/devel/p5-IO-Null/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +This is a class for null file handles. Calling a constructor of this +class always succeeds, returning a new null file handle. Writing to +any object of this class is always a no-operation, and returns true. +Reading from any object of this class is always no-operation, and +returns empty-string or empty-list, as appropriate. + +You could say: + open(NULL, '>/dev/null') || die "WHAAT?! $!"; +and get a null FH that way. But not everyone is using an OS +that has a /dev/null |