# UNTESTED # # This is for line-by-line reading, not block-by-block reading. # Adjust as necessary. sub create_iterator { my $original_fh = \*STDIN; my @cached_data = $original_fh->getline; # enough to id the file my $data_type_id = identify_data_type( \@cached_data ); # Remove from @cached if provided my $iterator = iter( sub { my $retval; if ( $data_type_id ) { $retval = $data_type_id; $data_type_id = undef; } elsif ( @cached_data ) { $retval = shift( @cached_data ); } else { $retval = $original_fh->getline; } return $retval; } ); return $iterator; }