About:
Data::Locations is a virtual file manager which allows you to write and read data (text and binary) to and from virtual files (think of bubbles). Moreover, this manager allows you to (recursively) define "magic" insertion points in these virtual files (bubbles inside other bubbles) which can be filled in (inflated) later (through a "straw", i.e., the object's reference), at any convenient time and in any order you like. Since this software acts purely in memory, there is no slowing down through costly file input/output (i.e., no temporary files).

Author:
Steffen Beyer [contact developer]

Rating:	reset 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
(not rated)

Homepage:
http://www.engelschall.com/u/sb/download/
Tar/GZ:
http://www.engelschall.com/[..]b/download/pkg/Data-Locations-5.4.tar.gz
Mirror site:
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/S/ST/STBEY/

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		5 - Production/Stable
[Environment]		Other Environment
[Intended Audience]		Developers
[License]		OSI Approved :: Artistic License, OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]		OS Independent
[Programming Language]		Perl
[Topic]		Software Development, Software Development :: Documentation, Software Development :: Libraries, System :: Filesystems, Text Processing

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	5.4	26-Oct-2004	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Comments

[»] Similar module
by Steffen Beyer - Oct 13th 2004 03:21:06

You also may want to have a look at a similar module called "String::Divert" (http://search.cpan.org/search?module=String::Divert) written by Ralf S. Engelschall (http://freshmeat.net/~rse/).

[reply] [top]

[»] Using Data::Locations
by Geoff Baskwill - May 3rd 1999 05:40:02

I have a web page that keeps track of problem reports, and provides a summary at the top. For me, this is a completely natural way to use Data::Locations, as printing out a summary before you get to the data is normally a bit of a pain. Now, I just say "oh, just hold that spot for me, I'll be back later" and when I have the summary information I stick it in there. Very simple, no fuss, no temporary files to worry about.

[reply] [top]