Tie::Simple
=============

Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp, <hanenkamp@users.sourceforge.net>

This is a cousin of my Tie::Filter module. Tie::Simple basically dumbs down
the implementation of simple ties so that a full-blown package need not be
created for the very simple stuff that should be tied. In fact, Tie::Filter
could be reimplemented using Tie::Simple--it won't, but it could.

The implementation is a little nasty, but it works (I think...). Anyway, if you
need some quick tied variables, this can be the way to go. All the ties
"implement" the Tie::Scalar, Tie::Array, Tie::Hash, or Tie::Handle classes
depending on the tie type to make things just a little easier. The way this has
been done isn't precisely intuitive, but I was too lazy to do it better.

If someone wants to modify the code and improve it, please do and send me some
patches.

INSTALLATION

Follow the typical Perl custom:

  perl Makefile.PL
  make
  make test
  make install

I use PerlIO for the handle tie tests, so 5.8.0 or better is required for the
all tests to succeed, but the classes themselves will probably work with 5.6.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2004 Andrew Sterling hanenkamp. All Rights Reserved. This library is
made available under the same terms as Perl itself.
