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+package DirHandle;
+
+=head1 NAME 
+
+DirHandle - supply object methods for directory handles
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+    use DirHandle;
+    $d = new DirHandle ".";
+    if (defined $d) {
+        while (defined($_ = $d->read)) { something($_); }
+        $d->rewind;
+        while (defined($_ = $d->read)) { something_else($_); }
+        undef $d;
+    }
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+The C<DirHandle> method provide an alternative interface to the
+opendir(), closedir(), readdir(), and rewinddir() functions.
+
+The only objective benefit to using C<DirHandle> is that it avoids
+namespace pollution by creating globs to hold directory handles.
+
+=cut
+
+require 5.000;
+use Carp;
+use Symbol;
+
+sub new {
+    @_ >= 1 && @_ <= 2 or croak 'usage: new DirHandle [DIRNAME]';
+    my $class = shift;
+    my $dh = gensym;
+    if (@_) {
+	DirHandle::open($dh, $_[0])
+	    or return undef;
+    }
+    bless $dh, $class;
+}
+
+sub DESTROY {
+    my ($dh) = @_;
+    closedir($dh);
+}
+
+sub open {
+    @_ == 2 or croak 'usage: $dh->open(DIRNAME)';
+    my ($dh, $dirname) = @_;
+    opendir($dh, $dirname);
+}
+
+sub close {
+    @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $dh->close()';
+    my ($dh) = @_;
+    closedir($dh);
+}
+
+sub read {
+    @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $dh->read()';
+    my ($dh) = @_;
+    readdir($dh);
+}
+
+sub rewind {
+    @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $dh->rewind()';
+    my ($dh) = @_;
+    rewinddir($dh);
+}
+
+1;