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Bug#272775: ITP: libperl6-slurp-perl -- Implements the Perl 6 'slurp' built-in



Scripsit Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org>

>   Description     : Implements the Perl 6 'slurp' built-in

If it's a built-in, then why does it have to be in a package of its own?

> Perl6::Slurp allows you to "slurp" in contents from a file or file
> handle into a scalar or an array.

    $foo = join "",<FILEHANDLE> ;
    @foo = <FILEHANDLE> ;

?

-- 
Henning Makholm           "Larry wants to replicate all the time ... ah, no,
                   all I meant was that he likes to have a bang everywhere."



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