perl5.002beta3

[editor's note: no patch file was found for this release, so no
fine-grained changes]

I can't find the password for our ftp server, so I had to drop it into
ftp://ftp.sems.com/pub/incoming/perl5.002b3.tar.gz, which is a drop
directory you can't ls.

The current plan is that Andy is gonna whack on this a little more, and
then release a gamma in a few days when he's happy with it.  So don't get
carried away.  This is now *late* beta.

In other words, have less than the appropriate amount of fun.  :-)

Larry

1 files changed, 50 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/SelectSaver.pm b/lib/SelectSaver.pm
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+package SelectSaver;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+SelectSaver - save and restore selected file handle
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+    use SelectSaver;
+
+    {
+       my $saver = new SelectSaver(FILEHANDLE);
+       # FILEHANDLE is selected
+    }
+    # previous handle is selected
+
+    {
+       my $saver = new SelectSaver;
+       # new handle may be selected, or not
+    }
+    # previous handle is selected
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+A C<SelectSaver> object contains a reference to the file handle that
+was selected when it was created.  If its C<new> method gets an extra
+parameter, then that parameter is selected; otherwise, the selected
+file handle remains unchanged.
+
+When a C<SelectSaver> is destroyed, it re-selects the file handle
+that was selected when it was created.
+
+=cut
+
+require 5.000;
+use Carp;
+use Symbol;
+
+sub new {
+    @_ >= 1 && @_ <= 2 or croak 'usage: new SelectSaver [FILEHANDLE]';
+    my $fh = (@_ > 1) ? (select qualify($_[1], caller)) : select;
+    bless [$fh], $_[0];
+}
+
+sub DESTROY {
+    my $this = $_[0];
+    select $$this[0];
+}
+
+1;