Changes for version 0.204 - 2023-08-18

  • New Features
    • The following methods are added to IO::Socket.
      • method write : int ($string : string, $length : int = -1, $offset : int = 0);
      • method read : int ($string : mutable string, $length : int = -1, $offset : int = 0);
  • Incompatibe Changes
    • The following methods are removed from IO::File and IO::Handle.
      • method syswrite : int ($buffer : string, $length : int, $offset : int = 0);
      • method sysread : int ($buffer : mutable string, $length : int, $offset : int = 0);
  • Changes
    • The following methods in IO::File and IO::Handle are changed.
      • method write : int ($buffer : string, $length : int, $offset : int = 0);
      • method write : int ($string : string, $length : int = -1, $offset : int = 0);
      • method read : int ($buffer : mutable string, $length : int, $offset : int = 0);
      • method read : int ($string : mutable string, $length : int = -1, $offset : int = 0);

Modules

File IO, Socket, Select/Polling.
File Input/Output
I/O Handling
Socket Communications