NAME
IO::Automatic - automatically choose a suitable IO::* module
SYNOPSIS
use IO::Automatic;
# scalar
my $scalar;
my $io = IO::Automatic->new( \$scalar );
print $io "Hello World\n";DESCRIPTION
IO::Automatic provides a simple factory for creating new output handles.
Several types of automatic conversion are supplied.
Scalar references
Scalar references are translated into IO::Scalar objects.
Glob references
Globs are returned untouched as it is assumed they will already be suitable for use as IO handles.
Plain scalar
A plain scalar is assumed to be a filename and so is transformed into an IO::File object.
AUTHOR
Richard Clamp <richardc@unixbeard.net>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2003 Richard Clamp. All Rights Reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
SEE ALSO
IO::File, IO::Scalar