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diff --git a/perl/perl-IO-All/README b/perl/perl-IO-All/README index f8e37e3345..32c21d5b4b 100644 --- a/perl/perl-IO-All/README +++ b/perl/perl-IO-All/README @@ -1,19 +1,19 @@ -IO::All combines all of the best Perl IO modules into a single nifty object -oriented interface to greatly simplify your everyday Perl IO idioms. It exports -a single function called io, which returns a new IO::All object. And that +IO::All combines all of the best Perl IO modules into a single nifty object +oriented interface to greatly simplify your everyday Perl IO idioms. It exports +a single function called io, which returns a new IO::All object. And that object can do it all! -The IO::All object is a proxy for IO::File, IO::Dir, IO::Socket, Tie::File, -File::Spec, File::Path, File::MimeInfo and File::ReadBackwards; as well as all -the DBM and MLDBM modules. You can use most of the methods found in these -classes and in IO::Handle (which they inherit from). IO::All adds dozens of +The IO::All object is a proxy for IO::File, IO::Dir, IO::Socket, Tie::File, +File::Spec, File::Path, File::MimeInfo and File::ReadBackwards; as well as all +the DBM and MLDBM modules. You can use most of the methods found in these +classes and in IO::Handle (which they inherit from). IO::All adds dozens of other helpful idiomatic methods including file stat and manipulation functions. -IO::All is pluggable, and modules like IO::All::LWP and IO::All::Mailto add -even more functionality. Optionally, every IO::All object can be tied to -itself. This means that you can use most perl IO builtins on it: readline, +IO::All is pluggable, and modules like IO::All::LWP and IO::All::Mailto add +even more functionality. Optionally, every IO::All object can be tied to +itself. This means that you can use most perl IO builtins on it: readline, <>, getc, print, printf, syswrite, sysread, close. -The distinguishing magic of IO::All is that it will automatically open (and -close) files, directories, sockets and other IO things for you. You never need +The distinguishing magic of IO::All is that it will automatically open (and +close) files, directories, sockets and other IO things for you. You never need to specify the mode (<, >>, etc), since it is determined by the usage context. |