Re: Swiss army knife module for files? (IO::All References)

Though I'm not endorsing it, you might take a look at IO::All:

IO::All is sliced bread by DrWhy (2006)
Why not recommend IO::All? by karlgoethebier (2015) - karl is the author of 28 IO::All-related nodes
Re^2: PM Guide to editing nodes. by Your Mother (2015) - the trigger for karlgoethebier's node above

What modules should be added to the corelist? by anonymonk (2019) - if I could get one module into core it would be the magnificent IO::All (Devel::NYTProf also gets an honourable mention)
Re^4: What modules should be added to the corelist? by Corion (2019) - To expect that such modules would be maintained by the Perl maintainers is too much. IO::All is a horrible idea that opens up the locker of footguns that PHP closed a long time ago, by allowing open("http://..."). It would be a very bad idea to include it in the Perl core ... also look at Python, whose Batteries Are Leaking ...

IO::All References:

Ingy's "Swiss Army Light Sabre" - or, "how do you design your APIs?" by kal (2004)
On Interfaces and APIs - IO::All is an example of a S.A.T.-esque module that achieves a lot with very little interface (also noted here)

By geoffleach:

See Also

Re: Perl Memory problem ... (Memory Tools References)
Carton - Perl module dependency manager (aka Bundler for Perl)

Updated: extra references were added later

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Re^2: Swiss army knife module for files? by nysus (Parson) on Apr 13, 2019 at 08:47 UTC
It seems IO::All goes back quite a ways, at least to 2004: https://www.perl.com/pub/2004/03/12/ioall.html/ $PM = "Perl Monk's"; $MCF = "Most Clueless ~~Friar~~ ~~Abbot~~ ~~Bishop~~ ~~Pontiff~~ ~~Deacon~~ ~~Curate~~ ~~Priest~~ Vicar"; $nysus = $PM . ' ' . $MCF; Click here if you love Perl Monks	[reply]
Re^3: Swiss army knife module for files? by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Apr 13, 2019 at 12:16 UTC
Yes, IO::All was the brainchild of mad scientist Ingy aka Brian Ingerson aka Ingy Dot Net (who is also the original co-author of YAML). Since you are developing your own modules, you might be interested in On Interfaces and APIs, especially the "Conway's Sufficiently Advanced Technologies" section, which describes an approach to module design by another mad scientist, Damian Conway. Conway's SAT-approach can be seen in an older module by yet another mad scientist, Mark Jason Dominus aka MJD, the original author of Tie::File (found some old MJD slides on Tie::File here). While Tie::File made it into the Perl core, IO::All did not.	[reply]
Re^2: Swiss army knife module for files? by nysus (Parson) on Apr 13, 2019 at 07:54 UTC
Ah, great find. Never even heard of it. Thanks. $PM = "Perl Monk's"; $MCF = "Most Clueless ~~Friar~~ ~~Abbot~~ ~~Bishop~~ ~~Pontiff~~ ~~Deacon~~ ~~Curate~~ ~~Priest~~ Vicar"; $nysus = $PM . ' ' . $MCF; Click here if you love Perl Monks	[reply]
Re^3: Swiss army knife module for files? by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Apr 13, 2019 at 17:33 UTC
It's been mentioned here many, many times. :P	[reply]