> Somehow this doesn't look IO related to me.
Yes, you're perhaps right.
How about Data::Buffer? Any other suggestions?
>> All of the I<get_*> and I<put_*> methods respect the
>> internal offset state in the buffer object. This means
>> that, for example, if you call I<get_int16> twice in a
>> row, you can be ensured that you'll get the next two
>> 16-bit integers in the buffer.> Does that mean that
>
> $buf->put_int16(24);
> $buf->put_int32(1233455);
> $buf->put_int16(99);
>
> $buf->get_int16 # 24
> $buf->get_int16 # 99
> $buf->get_int32 # 1233455
No, sorry to be unclear. The get_* methods have to respect the order in
which data was placed into the buffer by the put_* methods. So, for example,
this is true:
$buf->put_int16(24);
$buf->put_int32(1233455);
$buf->put_int16(99);
$buf->get_int16 # 24
$buf->get_int32 # 1233455
$buf->get_int16 # 99
In other words, the last two lines in your code should be swapped. Data
comes out in the same order in which it went in to the buffer.
I'll give a better example in the docs (ie. like this example).
bye,
Ben
