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Re: [perl #19017] lexical "my" variables not visible in debugger "x" command
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c07a80fd 1package FileCache;
2
dfe3554a 3our $VERSION = '1.021';
b75c8c73 4
c07a80fd 5=head1 NAME
6
7FileCache - keep more files open than the system permits
8
9=head1 SYNOPSIS
10
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11 use FileCache;
12 # or
13 use FileCache maxopen => 16;
14
c07a80fd 15 cacheout $path;
16 print $path @data;
17
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18 cacheout $mode, $path;
19 print $path @data;
20
c07a80fd 21=head1 DESCRIPTION
22
23The C<cacheout> function will make sure that there's a filehandle open
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24for reading or writing available as the pathname you give it. It
25automatically closes and re-opens files if you exceed your system's
26maximum number of file descriptors, or the suggested maximum.
c07a80fd 27
c14fc35a 28=over
7c21b9ea 29
c14fc35a 30=item cacheout EXPR
7c21b9ea 31
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32The 1-argument form of cacheout will open a file for writing (C<< '>' >>)
33on it's first use, and appending (C<<< '>>' >>>) thereafter.
34
35=item cacheout MODE, EXPR
36
37The 2-argument form of cacheout will use the supplied mode for the initial
38and subsequent openings. Most valid modes for 3-argument C<open> are supported
39namely; C<< '>' >>, C<< '+>' >>, C<< '<' >>, C<< '<+' >>, C<<< '>>' >>>,
40C< '|-' > and C< '-|' >
41
42=head1 CAVEATS
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44If you use cacheout with C<'|-'> or C<'-|'> you should catch SIGPIPE
45and explicitly close the filehandle., when it is closed from the
46other end some cleanup needs to be done.
7c21b9ea 47
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48While it is permissible to C<close> a FileCache managed file,
49do not do so if you are calling C<FileCache::cacheout> from a package other
50than which it was imported, or with another module which overrides C<close>.
51If you must, use C<FileCache::cacheout_close>.
52
c07a80fd 53=head1 BUGS
54
55F<sys/param.h> lies with its C<NOFILE> define on some systems,
c14fc35a 56so you may have to set maxopen (I<$FileCache::cacheout_maxopen>) yourself.
c07a80fd 57
58=cut
59
dfe3554a 60require 5.006;
c07a80fd 61use Carp;
7c21b9ea 62use strict;
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63no strict 'refs';
64use vars qw(%saw $cacheout_maxopen);
65# These are not C<my> for legacy reasons.
66# Previous versions requested the user set $cacheout_maxopen by hand.
67# Some authors fiddled with %saw to overcome the clobber on initial open.
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68my %isopen;
69my $cacheout_seq = 0;
70
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71sub import {
72 my ($pkg,%args) = @_;
73 *{caller(1).'::cacheout'} = \&cacheout;
74 *{caller(1).'::close'} = \&cacheout_close;
75
76 # Truth is okay here because setting maxopen to 0 would be bad
77 return $cacheout_maxopen = $args{maxopen} if $args{maxopen} ;
78 if (open(PARAM,'/usr/include/sys/param.h')) {
79 local ($_, $.);
80 while (<PARAM>) {
81 $cacheout_maxopen = $1 - 4
82 if /^\s*#\s*define\s+NOFILE\s+(\d+)/;
83 }
84 close PARAM;
85 }
86 $cacheout_maxopen ||= 16;
87}
88
c07a80fd 89# Open in their package.
90
91sub cacheout_open {
c14fc35a 92 open(*{caller(1) . '::' . $_[1]}, $_[0], $_[1]);
c07a80fd 93}
94
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95# Close in their package.
96
c07a80fd 97sub cacheout_close {
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98 fileno(*{caller(1) . '::' . $_[0]}) &&
99 CORE::close(*{caller(1) . '::' . $_[0]});
100 delete $isopen{$_[0]};
c07a80fd 101}
102
103# But only this sub name is visible to them.
c14fc35a 104
c07a80fd 105sub cacheout {
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106 croak "Not enough arguments for cacheout" unless @_;
107 croak "Too many arguments for cacheout" if scalar @_ > 2;
108 my($mode, $file)=@_;
109 ($file, $mode) = ($mode, $file) if scalar @_ == 1;
110 # We don't want children
111 croak "Invalid file for cacheout" if $file =~ /^\s*(?:\|\-)|(?:\-\|)\s*$/;
112 croak "Invalid mode for cacheout" if $mode &&
113 ( $mode !~ /^\s*(?:>>)|(?:\+?>)|(?:\+?<)|(?:\|\-)|(?:\-\|)\s*$/ );
114
115 unless( $isopen{$file}) {
116 if( scalar keys(%isopen) > $cacheout_maxopen -1 ) {
117 my @lru = sort {$isopen{$a} <=> $isopen{$b};} keys(%isopen);
118 &cacheout_close($_) for splice(@lru, $cacheout_maxopen / 3);
119 }
120 $mode ||= ( $saw{$file} = ! $saw{$file} ) ? '>': '>>';
121 cacheout_open($mode, $file) or croak("Can't create $file: $!");
c07a80fd 122 }
123 $isopen{$file} = ++$cacheout_seq;
124}
125
1261;