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package IO::Stringy;
use vars qw($VERSION);
$VERSION = substr q$Revision: 1.216 $, 10;
1;
__END__
=head1 NAME
IO-stringy - I/O on in-core objects like strings and arrays
=head1 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
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This toolkit primarily provides modules for performing both traditional
and object-oriented i/o) on things I<other> than normal filehandles;
in particular, L<IO::Scalar|IO::Scalar>, L<IO::ScalarArray|IO::ScalarArray>,
and L<IO::Lines|IO::Lines>.
If you have access to tie(), these classes will make use of the
L<IO::WrapTie|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 L<IO::AtomicFile|IO::AtomicFile>
which may be used to painlessly create files which are updated
atomically.
And in the "this-may-prove-useful" corner, we have L<IO::Wrap|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.
=head1 INSTALLATION
You know the drill...
perl Makefile.PL
make test
make install
=head1 VERSION
$Id: Stringy.pm,v 1.216 2000/09/28 06:32:28 eryq Exp $
=head1 CHANGE LOG
=over 4
=item Version 1.216 (2000/09/28)
B<IO::Scalar and IO::ScalarArray now inherit from IO::Handle.>
I thought I'd remembered a problem with this ages ago, related to
the fact that these IO:: modules don't have "real" filehandles,
but the problem apparently isn't surfacing now.
If you suddenly encounter Perl warnings during global destruction
(especially if you're using tied filehandles), then please let me know!
I<Thanks to B. K. Oxley (binkley) for this.>
B<Nasty bug fixed in IO::Scalar::write().>
Apparently, the offset and the number-of-bytes arguments were,
for all practical purposes, I<reversed.> You were okay if
you did all your writing with print(), but boy was I<this> a stupid bug!
I<Thanks to Richard Jones for finding this one.
For you, Rich, a double-length haiku:>
Newspaper headline
typeset by dyslexic man
loses urgency
BABY EATS FISH is
simply not equivalent
to FISH EATS BABY
B<New sysread and syswrite methods for IO::Scalar.>
I<Thanks again to Richard Jones for this.>
=item Version 1.215 (2000/09/05)
Added 'bool' overload to '""' overload, so object always evaluates
to true. (Whew. Glad I caught this before it went to CPAN.)
=item Version 1.214 (2000/09/03)
Evaluating an IO::Scalar in a string context now yields
the underlying string.
I<Thanks to B. K. Oxley (binkley) for this.>
=item Version 1.213 (2000/08/16)
Minor documentation fixes.
=item Version 1.212 (2000/06/02)
Fixed IO::InnerFile incompatibility with Perl5.004.
I<Thanks to many folks for reporting this.>
=item Version 1.210 (2000/04/17)
Added flush() and other no-op methods.
I<Thanks to Doru Petrescu for suggesting this.>
=item Version 1.209 (2000/03/17)
Small bug fixes.
=item Version 1.208 (2000/03/14)
Incorporated a number of contributed patches and extensions,
mostly related to speed hacks, support for "offset", and
WRITE/CLOSE methods.
I<Thanks to Richard Jones, Doru Petrescu, and many others.>
=item Version 1.206 (1999/04/18)
Added creation of ./testout when Makefile.PL is run.
=item Version 1.205 (1999/01/15)
Verified for Perl5.005.
=item Version 1.202 (1998/04/18)
New IO::WrapTie and IO::AtomicFile added.
=item Version 1.110
Added IO::WrapTie.
=item Version 1.107
Added IO::Lines, and made some bug fixes to IO::ScalarArray.
Also, added getc().
=item Version 1.105
No real changes; just upgraded IO::Wrap to have a $VERSION string.
=back
=head1 AUTHOR
Eryq (F<eryq@zeegee.com>).
President, ZeeGee Software Inc (F<http://www.zeegee.com>).
Enjoy. Yell if it breaks.
=cut
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