Data::Locations is a software tool that offers a virtual file manager, enabling users to read and write data from virtual files with ease.
This software is especially useful when dealing with deferred insertions. If you have more than one deferred insertion, it can become annoying and frustrating to handle many fragments of data. It can also slow down your application due to excessive file input/output or struggle with file system limitations. Data::Locations handles insertion points automatically, making it easy to insert as many pieces of data as you need.
This software operates purely in memory, requiring no inherently slower file input/output operations. The module also allows you to insert the same fragment of data into several different places, increasing space efficiency. It detects potential infinite recursion loops automatically and refuses them.
Data::Locations works like virtual files with almost random access. You can write data to them, reserve space for later, and continue writing data. You can also read from the virtual files at any time to see the current data. When you are finished filling in all the different pieces of your virtual file, you can write out its contents in flattened form to a physical, real file, or process it purely in memory.
This powerful software works transparently, which means that you can use it equally well for text and binary data. It has also been widely used in the automatic code generation of large software projects, making it a valuable tool for developers.
The latest release of Data::Locations includes several fixes and improvements, including fixing test file "02___refcount.t" to auto-adjust the offset dealing with self-ties not incrementing the refcount in some Perl versions. It also includes a warning that Perl versions including and between v5.6.1 and v5.7.0 are not fully supported.
Version 5.4: N/A