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.IX Title "DirHandle 3pm"
.TH DirHandle 3pm 2025-07-25 "perl v5.42.0" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
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.SH NAME
DirHandle \- (obsolete) supply object methods for directory handles
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\&    # recommended approach since Perl 5.6: do not use DirHandle
\&    if (opendir my $d, \*(Aq.\*(Aq) {
\&        while (readdir $d) { something($_); }
\&        rewind $d;
\&        while (readdir $d) { something_else($_); }
\&    }
\&
\&    # how you would use this module if you were going to
\&    use DirHandle;
\&    if (my $d = DirHandle\->new(".")) {
\&        while (defined($_ = $d\->read)) { something($_); }
\&        $d\->rewind;
\&        while (defined($_ = $d\->read)) { something_else($_); }
\&    }
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\&\fBThere is no reason to use this module nowadays.\fR
.PP
The \f(CW\*(C`DirHandle\*(C'\fR method provide an alternative interface to the
\&\fBopendir()\fR, \fBclosedir()\fR, \fBreaddir()\fR, and \fBrewinddir()\fR functions.
.PP
Up to Perl 5.5, \fBopendir()\fR could not autovivify a directory handle from
\&\f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR, so using a lexical handle required using a function from Symbol
to create an anonymous glob, which took a separate step.
\&\f(CW\*(C`DirHandle\*(C'\fR encapsulates this, which allowed cleaner code than \fBopendir()\fR.
Since Perl 5.6, \fBopendir()\fR alone has been all you need for lexical handles.
