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diff --git a/devel/p5-IO-stringy/pkg/DESCR b/devel/p5-IO-stringy/pkg/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..cebd2d127d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/devel/p5-IO-stringy/pkg/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ + 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. |