perl-PerlIO-via-Timeout

PerlIO layer that adds read&write timeout to a handle

This package implements a PerlIO layer, that adds read / write timeout. This can be useful to avoid blocking while accessing a handle (file, socket, ...), and fail after some time. The timeout is implemented by using '<select'>on the handle before reading/writing. *WARNING* the handle won't timeout if you use 'sysread' or 'syswrite' on it, because these functions works at a lower level. However if you're trying to implement a timeout for a socket, see the IO::Socket::Timeout manpage that implements exactly that.

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