Package: libio-pipely-perl (0.005-1)

portable way to create pipe() or pipe-like handles

IO::Pipely provides a couple functions to portably create one- and two-way pipes and pipe-like socket pairs. It acknowledges and works around known platform issues so you don't have to.

IO::Pipely currently understands pipe(), UNIX-domain socketpair() and regular IPv4 localhost sockets. It will use different kinds of pipes or sockets depending on the operating system's capabilities and the number of directions requested. The autodetection may be overridden by specifying a particular pipe type.

IO::Pipely is a spin-off of the POE project's portable pipes. Earlier versions of the code have been tested and used in production systems for over a decade.