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6 IO::Handle::Prototype::Fallback - Create IO::Handle like objects using
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10 my $fh = IO::Handle::Prototype::Fallback->new(
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19 This class provides a way to define a filehandle based on callbacks.
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21 Fallback implementations are provided to the extent possible based on
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25 This class provides two additional methods on top of IO::Handle,
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28 The fallback methods are all best implemented using these, though these
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71 These implementations handle $/ in all forms ("undef", ref to number
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75 Any callback that can be defined purely in terms of other callbacks in
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