I am using CGI::Application::Plugin::Stream in one of the runmodes of a cgi app. And it sometimes behaves strange, especially under FCGI.

Now I came across this note in the ::Stream docs: "It's recommended that you increment $| (or set it to 1), which will autoflush the buffer as your application is streaming out the file."
The special vars docs say "$| means If set to nonzero, forces a flush after every write or print", but how do I use this in my cgi app?

• Why doesn't ::Stream set it after it has finished printing stuff to STDOUT automagically?
• Shall I do

  $| = 1;
  $self->stream_file( $file )
  $| = 0;
  return;
  [download]

  in my runmode?
• Or does it mean I should switch the buffer mode in general for the whole app by stating $| = 1; in the setup() stage of CGI::App??

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