Source: libfile-map-perl Maintainer: Debian Perl Group Uploaders: Nick Morrott Section: perl Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl Priority: optional Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12), libmodule-build-perl, libperlio-layers-perl, libsub-exporter-progressive-perl, libtest-fatal-perl, libtest-warnings-perl, perl-xs-dev, perl:native Standards-Version: 4.5.0 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libfile-map-perl Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libfile-map-perl.git Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/File-Map Package: libfile-map-perl Architecture: any Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, libperlio-layers-perl, libsub-exporter-progressive-perl Description: Perl module providing simple and safe memory mapping File::Map maps files or anonymous memory into perl variables that can be read just like any other variable. Files are unmapped when the scalar variable is destroyed, even in multithreaded programs. . Mapped memory is shared between threads and forked processes, and can be returned to the system when no longer needed. File::Map has built-in support for thread synchronisation, and is safe yet fast.