NAME

Acme::CPANModules::fgets - fgets() implementations in Perl

VERSION

This document describes version 0.002 of Acme::CPANModules::fgets (from Perl distribution Acme-CPANModules-fgets), released on 2018-02-05.

DESCRIPTION

fgets() implementations in Perl.

Reading a line of data from a filehandle in Perl is easy, but Perl will happily slurp line of any length without limit, even gigabytes which can cause your script or system to run out of memory.

fgets() is a standard I/O C function to get a line of data with a length limit. In many cases you don't need in this Perl but in some cases you do. The lack of built-in fgets() function in Perl (unlike in, say, PHP) is a bit annoying, but no worries because there are several CPAN modules that provide you with just that.

INCLUDED MODULES

• PerlIO::fgets

  Can handle piped command fine, but doesn't work well in non-blocking mode.

• File::fgets

  XS module. Seems to have trouble dealing with piped command. But works well in low-throughput situation as well as in non-blocking mode.

• File::GetLineMaxLength

  Pure-Perl module. Different interface (use an OO wrapper) so a bit more cumbersome to use. Uses a fixed 4096-byte block size so doesn't work well in low-throughput situation. Doesn't work well in non-blocking mode.

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Acme-CPANModules-fgets.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Acme-CPANModules-fgets.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Acme-CPANModules-fgets

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

SEE ALSO

Acme::CPANModules - about the Acme::CPANModules namespace

cpanmodules - CLI tool to let you browse/view the lists

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2018 by perlancar@cpan.org.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.