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- package PerlIO::scalar;
- our $VERSION = '0.02';
- use XSLoader ();
- XSLoader::load 'PerlIO::scalar';
- 1;
- __END__
-
- =head1 NAME
-
- PerlIO::scalar - in-memory IO, scalar IO
-
- =head1 SYNOPSIS
-
- my $scalar = '';
- ...
- open my $fh, "<", \$scalar or die;
- open my $fh, ">", \$scalar or die;
- open my $fh, ">>", \$scalar or die;
-
- or
-
- my $scalar = '';
- ...
- open my $fh, "<:scalar", \$scalar or die;
- open my $fh, ">:scalar", \$scalar or die;
- open my $fh, ">>:scalar", \$scalar or die;
-
- =head1 DESCRIPTION
-
- A filehandle is opened but the file operations are performed "in-memory"
- on a scalar variable. All the normal file operations can be performed
- on the handle. The scalar is considered a stream of bytes. Currently
- fileno($fh) returns C<undef>.
-
- =head1 IMPLEMENTATION NOTE
-
- C<PerlIO::scalar> only exists to use XSLoader to load C code that
- provides support for treating a scalar as an "in memory" file.
- One does not need to explicitly C<use PerlIO::scalar>.
-
- =cut
-