add IO-1.20; mess with t/lib/io_*.t in an attempt to

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / ext / IO / lib / IO / Seekable.pm

diff --git a/ext/IO/lib/IO/Seekable.pm b/ext/IO/lib/IO/Seekable.pm
index bfa0b2a..de982ed 100644 (file)
--- a/ext/IO/lib/IO/Seekable.pm
+++ b/ext/IO/lib/IO/Seekable.pm
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ package IO::Seekable;
 
 IO::Seekable - supply seek based methods for I/O objects
 
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+    use IO::Seekable;
+    package IO::Something;
+    @ISA = qw(IO::Seekable);
+
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 C<IO::Seekable> does not have a constuctor of its own as is intended to
@@ -13,37 +19,34 @@ be inherited by other C<IO::Handle> based objects. It provides methods
 which allow seeking of the file descriptors.
 
 If the C functions fgetpos() and fsetpos() are available, then
-C<IO::File::getpos> returns an opaque value that represents the
-current position of the IO::File, and C<IO::File::setpos> uses
+C<$io-E<lt>getpos> returns an opaque value that represents the
+current position of the IO::File, and C<$io-E<gt>setpos(POS)> uses
 that value to return to a previously visited position.
 
 See L<perlfunc> for complete descriptions of each of the following
 supported C<IO::Seekable> methods, which are just front ends for the
 corresponding built-in functions:
-  
-    clearerr
-    seek
-    tell
+
+  $io->seek( POS, WHENCE )
+  $io->sysseek( POS, WHENCE )
+  $io->tell
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 L<perlfunc>, 
 L<perlop/"I/O Operators">,
-L<"IO::Handle">
-L<"IO::File">
+L<IO::Handle>
+L<IO::File>
 
 =head1 HISTORY
 
-Derived from FileHandle.pm by Graham Barr <bodg@tiuk.ti.com>
-
-=head1 REVISION
-
-$Revision: 1.4 $
+Derived from FileHandle.pm by Graham Barr E<lt>gbarr@pobox.comE<gt>
 
 =cut
 
 require 5.000;
 use Carp;
+use strict;
 use vars qw($VERSION @EXPORT @ISA);
 use IO::Handle qw(SEEK_SET SEEK_CUR SEEK_END);
 require Exporter;
@@ -51,20 +54,20 @@ require Exporter;
 @EXPORT = qw(SEEK_SET SEEK_CUR SEEK_END);
 @ISA = qw(Exporter);
 
-$VERSION = sprintf("%d.%02d", q$Revision: 1.4 $ =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)/);
-
-sub clearerr {
-    @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $fh->clearerr()';
-    seek($_[0], 0, SEEK_CUR);
-}
+$VERSION = "1.08";
 
 sub seek {
-    @_ == 3 or croak 'usage: $fh->seek(POS, WHENCE)';
+    @_ == 3 or croak 'usage: $io->seek(POS, WHENCE)';
     seek($_[0], $_[1], $_[2]);
 }
 
+sub sysseek {
+    @_ == 3 or croak 'usage: $io->sysseek(POS, WHENCE)';
+    sysseek($_[0], $_[1], $_[2]);
+}
+
 sub tell {
-    @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $fh->tell()';
+    @_ == 1 or croak 'usage: $io->tell()';
     tell($_[0]);
 }