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| author | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2003-04-14 18:48:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi> | 2003-04-14 18:48:04 +0000 |
| commit | 92a3e63c3aba23d356cf70f5886c704d07f8067d (patch) | |
| tree | 6dca081eb7b744173add9af2b472b3d3877b235b /lib/PerlIO.pm | |
| parent | 39f7a87036eb8d13c207511143dc7f2e620b3891 (diff) | |
| download | perl-92a3e63c3aba23d356cf70f5886c704d07f8067d.tar.gz | |
Bump up the version and admonish against aspiring (ab)use.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@19204
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/PerlIO.pm')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/PerlIO.pm | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PerlIO.pm b/lib/PerlIO.pm index c3c5c97074..ad99a30886 100644 --- a/lib/PerlIO.pm +++ b/lib/PerlIO.pm @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ package PerlIO; -our $VERSION = '1.01'; +our $VERSION = '1.02'; # Map layer name to package that defines it our %alias; @@ -241,6 +241,12 @@ returned, to get the output side use the optional C<output> argument: (Usually the layers are identical on either side of a filehandle but for example with sockets there may be differences.) +There is no set_layers(), nor does get_layers() return a tied array +mirroring the stack, or anything fancy like that. This is not +accidental or unintentional. The PerlIO layer stack is a bit more +complicated than just a stack (see for example the behaviour of C<:raw>). +You are supposed to use open() and binmode() to manipulate the stack. + B<Implementation details follow, please close your eyes.> The arguments to layers are by default returned in parenthesis after |