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package PerlIO;
our $VERSION = '1.01';
# Map layer name to package that defines it
our %alias;
sub import
{
my $class = shift;
while (@_)
{
my $layer = shift;
if (exists $alias{$layer})
{
$layer = $alias{$layer}
}
else
{
$layer = "${class}::$layer";
}
eval "require $layer";
warn $@ if $@;
}
}
1;
__END__
=head1 NAME
PerlIO - On demand loader for PerlIO layers and root of PerlIO::* name space
=head1 SYNOPSIS
open($fh,"<:crlf", "my.txt"); # portably open a text file for reading
open($fh,"<","his.jpg"); # portably open a binary file for reading
binmode($fh);
Shell:
PERLIO=perlio perl ....
=head1 DESCRIPTION
When an undefined layer 'foo' is encountered in an C<open> or
C<binmode> layer specification then C code performs the equivalent of:
use PerlIO 'foo';
The perl code in PerlIO.pm then attempts to locate a layer by doing
require PerlIO::foo;
Otherwise the C<PerlIO> package is a place holder for additional
PerlIO related functions.
The following layers are currently defined:
=over 4
=item unix
Low level layer which calls C<read>, C<write> and C<lseek> etc.
=item stdio
Layer which calls C<fread>, C<fwrite> and C<fseek>/C<ftell> etc. Note
that as this is "real" stdio it will ignore any layers beneath it and
got straight to the operating system via the C library as usual.
=item perlio
This is a re-implementation of "stdio-like" buffering written as a
PerlIO "layer". As such it will call whatever layer is below it for
its operations.
=item crlf
A layer which does CRLF to "\n" translation distinguishing "text" and
"binary" files in the manner of MS-DOS and similar operating systems.
=item utf8
Declares that the stream accepts perl's internal encoding of
characters. (Which really is UTF-8 on ASCII machines, but is
UTF-EBCDIC on EBCDIC machines.) This allows any character perl can
represent to be read from or written to the stream. The UTF-X encoding
is chosen to render simple text parts (i.e. non-accented letters,
digits and common punctuation) human readable in the encoded file.
Here is how to write your native data out using UTF-8 (or UTF-EBCDIC)
and then read it back in.
open(F, ">:utf8", "data.utf");
print F $out;
close(F);
open(F, "<:utf8", "data.utf");
$in = <F>;
close(F);
=item bytes
This is the inverse of C<:utf8> layer. It turns off the flag
on the layer below so that data read from it is considered to
be "octets" i.e. characters in range 0..255 only. Likewise
on output perl will warn if a "wide" character is written
to a such a stream.
=item raw
B<Note that the explicit use of the C<raw> layer is deprecated:>
C<:raw> has been documented as both the opposite of C<:crlf> and
as a way to make a stream "binary". With the new IO system those
two are no longer equivalent. The name has also been read as meaning
an unbuffered stream "as close to the operating system as possible".
See below for better ways to do things.
The C<:raw> layer exists to maintain compatibility with non-PerlIO builds
of Perl and to approximate the way it has been documented and how
it was "faked" in perl5.6. It is a pseudo-layer which performs two
functions (which is messy).
Firstly it forces the file handle to be considered binary at that
point in the layer stack, i.e it turns off any CRLF translation.
Secondly in prevents the IO system seaching back before it in the
layer specification. This second effect is intended to disable other
non-binary features of the stream.
Thus:
open($fh,":raw:perlio",...)
forces the use of C<perlio> layer even if the platform default, or
C<use open> default is something else (such as ":encoding(iso-8859-7)")
(the C<:encoding> requires C<use Encode>) which would interfere with
binary nature of the stream.
=back
=head2 Alternatives to raw
To get a binary stream the prefered method is to use:
binmode($fh);
which is neatly backward compatible with how such things have
had to be coded on some platforms for years.
The current implementation comprehends the effects of C<:utf8> and
C<:crlf> layers and will be extended to comprehend similar translations
if they are defined in future releases of perl.
To get an un-buffered stream specify an unbuffered layer (e.g. C<:unix>)
the open call:
open($fh,"<:unix",$path)
To get a non-CRLF translated stream on any platform start from
the un-buffered stream and add the appropriate layer:
open($fh,"<:unix:perlio",$path)
=head2 Defaults and how to override them
If the platform is MS-DOS like and normally does CRLF to "\n"
translation for text files then the default layers are :
unix crlf
(The low level "unix" layer may be replaced by a platform specific low
level layer.)
Otherwise if C<Configure> found out how to do "fast" IO using system's
stdio, then the default layers are :
unix stdio
Otherwise the default layers are
unix perlio
These defaults may change once perlio has been better tested and tuned.
The default can be overridden by setting the environment variable
PERLIO to a space separated list of layers (unix or platform low level
layer is always pushed first).
This can be used to see the effect of/bugs in the various layers e.g.
cd .../perl/t
PERLIO=stdio ./perl harness
PERLIO=perlio ./perl harness
=head1 AUTHOR
Nick Ing-Simmons E<lt>nick@ing-simmons.netE<gt>
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<perlfunc/"binmode">, L<perlfunc/"open">, L<perlunicode>, L<Encode>
=cut
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