# IO-stringy

- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- INSTALLATION
- CHANGE LOG
- VERSION
- AUTHOR

## 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 1.212
  Fixed IO::InnerFile incompatibility with Perl5.004. Thanks to many folks for reporting this.

Version 1.210
  Added flush() and other no-op methods. Thanks to Doru Petrescu for suggesting this.

Version 1.209
  Small bug fixes.

Version 1.208
  Incorporated a number of contributed patches and extensions, mostly related to speed hacks, support for "offset", and WRITE/CLOSE methods.

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 1.212 2000/06/02 06:30:15 eryq Exp $

## AUTHOR

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

Enjoy. Yell if it breaks.