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From:
Uri Guttman
Date:
October 23, 2003 04:26
Subject:
new slurp module
Message ID:
x765igfz7k.fsf@mail.sysarch.com
i have written a new module that does atomic file i/o - it reads in and
writes out whole files. it uses the same api as the File::Slurp module
on cpan. the author of that module has granted the namespace to me. but
i am not sure about keeping the name File::Slurp.
i would like to propose that my module be part of the 5.10 distribution
and so it should go under the IO::File namespace. one advantage to a new
namespace is that it won't have to be fully compatible with the existing
File::Slurp module which exports all of its subs. also we can then teach
and promote use of this since it is faster than any commonly used slurp
idiom or module and it will be in the core distribution. it also has a
very simple and flexible interface.
you can download it from: http://stemsystems.com/File-Slurp-0.01.tar.gz
there is a benchmark script and article (due on perl.com in a couple of
weeks) in the extras/ dir. the speed improvements are fully covered in
the article.
i would like to nail down a namespace before i release it to cpan and
publish the article. one suggestion was File::Atomic or its variant
IO::File::Atomic. slurp isn't a proper name since the module also can
write (spew? burp?) out files in one call. any ideas are welcome. also
any i welcome any feedback on the article, the code, or the pod in
general before it all goes public.
there are also some problems with some tests (pipe slurp) on windows
machines. i am working on this but with poor access to windows (i will
have some tomorrow night). so if any windows experts wanna delve into
those tests and fix them, it would be cool.
thanx,
uri
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