1#!./perl -w
2
3BEGIN {
4    chdir 't' if -d 't';
5    @INC = ('../lib');
6}
7
8use warnings;
9use strict;
10use vars qw($foo $bar $baz $ballast);
11use Test::More tests => 193;
12
13use Benchmark qw(:all);
14
15my $delta = 0.4;
16
17# Some timing ballast
18sub fib {
19  my $n = shift;
20  return $n if $n < 2;
21  fib($n-1) + fib($n-2);
22}
23$ballast = 15;
24
25my $All_Pattern =
26    qr/(\d+) +wallclock secs? +\( *(-?\d+\.\d\d) +usr +(-?\d+\.\d\d) +sys +\+ +(-?\d+\.\d\d) +cusr +(-?\d+\.\d\d) +csys += +(-?\d+\.\d\d) +CPU\)/;
27my $Noc_Pattern =
28    qr/(\d+) +wallclock secs? +\( *(-?\d+\.\d\d) +usr +\+ +(-?\d+\.\d\d) +sys += +(-?\d+\.\d\d) +CPU\)/;
29my $Nop_Pattern =
30    qr/(\d+) +wallclock secs? +\( *(-?\d+\.\d\d) +cusr +\+ +(-?\d+\.\d\d) +csys += +\d+\.\d\d +CPU\)/;
31# Please don't trust the matching parenthises to be useful in this :-)
32my $Default_Pattern = qr/$All_Pattern|$Noc_Pattern/;
33
34my $t0 = new Benchmark;
35isa_ok ($t0, 'Benchmark', "Ensure we can create a benchmark object");
36
37# We use the benchmark object once we've done some work:
38
39isa_ok(timeit(5, sub {++$foo}), 'Benchmark', "timeit CODEREF");
40is ($foo, 5, "benchmarked code was run 5 times");
41
42isa_ok(timeit(5, '++$bar'), 'Benchmark', "timeit eval");
43is ($bar, 5, "benchmarked code was run 5 times");
44
45print "# Burning CPU to benchmark things will take time...\n";
46
47
48
49# We need to do something fairly slow in the coderef.
50# Same coderef. Same place in memory.
51my $coderef = sub {$baz += fib($ballast)};
52
53# The default is three.
54$baz = 0;
55my $threesecs = countit(0, $coderef);
56isa_ok($threesecs, 'Benchmark', "countit 0, CODEREF");
57isnt ($baz, 0, "benchmarked code was run");
58my $in_threesecs = $threesecs->iters;
59print "# $in_threesecs iterations\n";
60ok ($in_threesecs > 0, "iters returned positive iterations");
61
62my $estimate = int (100 * $in_threesecs / 3) / 100;
63print "# from the 3 second run estimate $estimate iterations in 1 second...\n";
64$baz = 0;
65my $onesec = countit(1, $coderef);
66isa_ok($onesec, 'Benchmark', "countit 1, CODEREF");
67isnt ($baz, 0, "benchmarked code was run");
68my $in_onesec = $onesec->iters;
69print "# $in_onesec iterations\n";
70ok ($in_onesec > 0, "iters returned positive iterations");
71
72{
73  my $difference = $in_onesec - $estimate;
74  my $actual = abs ($difference / $in_onesec);
75  ok ($actual < $delta, "is $in_onesec within $delta of estimate ($estimate)");
76  print "# $in_onesec is between " . ($delta / 2) .
77    " and $delta of estimate. Not that safe.\n" if $actual > $delta/2;
78}
79
80# I found that the eval'ed version was 3 times faster than the coderef.
81# (now it has a different ballast value)
82$baz = 0;
83my $again = countit(1, '$baz += fib($ballast)');
84isa_ok($onesec, 'Benchmark', "countit 1, eval");
85isnt ($baz, 0, "benchmarked code was run");
86my $in_again = $again->iters;
87print "# $in_again iterations\n";
88ok ($in_again > 0, "iters returned positive iterations");
89
90
91my $t1 = new Benchmark;
92isa_ok ($t1, 'Benchmark', "Create another benchmark object now we're finished");
93
94my $diff = timediff ($t1, $t0);
95isa_ok ($diff, 'Benchmark', "Get the time difference");
96isa_ok (timesum ($t0, $t1), 'Benchmark', "check timesum");
97
98my $default = timestr ($diff);
99isnt ($default, '', 'timestr ($diff)');
100my $auto = timestr ($diff, 'auto');
101is ($auto, $default, 'timestr ($diff, "auto") matches timestr ($diff)');
102
103{
104    my $all = timestr ($diff, 'all');
105    like ($all, $All_Pattern, 'timestr ($diff, "all")');
106    print "# $all\n";
107
108    my ($wallclock, $usr, $sys, $cusr, $csys, $cpu) = $all =~ $All_Pattern;
109
110    is (timestr ($diff, 'none'), '', "none supresses output");
111
112    my $noc = timestr ($diff, 'noc');
113    like ($noc, qr/$wallclock +wallclock secs? +\( *$usr +usr +\+ +$sys +sys += +$cpu +CPU\)/, 'timestr ($diff, "noc")');
114
115    my $nop = timestr ($diff, 'nop');
116    like ($nop, qr/$wallclock +wallclock secs? +\( *$cusr +cusr +\+ +$csys +csys += +\d+\.\d\d +CPU\)/, 'timestr ($diff, "nop")');
117
118    if ($auto eq $noc) {
119        pass ('"auto" is "noc"');
120    } else {
121        is ($auto, $all, '"auto" isn\'t "noc", so should be eq to "all"');
122    }
123
124    like (timestr ($diff, 'all', 'E'), 
125          qr/(\d+) +wallclock secs? +\( *\d\.\d+E[-+]?\d\d\d? +usr +\d\.\d+E[-+]?\d\d\d? +sys +\+ +\d\.\d+E[-+]?\d\d\d? +cusr +\d\.\d+E[-+]?\d\d\d? +csys += +\d\.\d+E[-+]?\d\d\d? +CPU\)/, 'timestr ($diff, "all", "E") [sprintf format of "E"]');
126}
127
128my $out = tie *OUT, 'TieOut';
129
130my $iterations = 3;
131
132$foo = 0;
133select(OUT);
134my $got = timethis($iterations, sub {++$foo});
135select(STDOUT);
136isa_ok($got, 'Benchmark', "timethis CODEREF");
137is ($foo, $iterations, "benchmarked code was run $iterations times");
138
139$got = $out->read();
140like ($got, qr/^timethis $iterations/, 'default title');
141like ($got, $Default_Pattern, 'default format is all or noc');
142
143$bar = 0;
144select(OUT);
145$got = timethis($iterations, '++$bar');
146select(STDOUT);
147isa_ok($got, 'Benchmark', "timethis eval");
148is ($bar, $iterations, "benchmarked code was run $iterations times");
149
150$got = $out->read();
151like ($got, qr/^timethis $iterations/, 'default title');
152like ($got, $Default_Pattern, 'default format is all or noc');
153
154my $title = 'lies, damn lies and benchmarks';
155$foo = 0;
156select(OUT);
157$got = timethis($iterations, sub {++$foo}, $title);
158select(STDOUT);
159isa_ok($got, 'Benchmark', "timethis with title");
160is ($foo, $iterations, "benchmarked code was run $iterations times");
161
162$got = $out->read();
163like ($got, qr/^$title:/, 'specify title');
164like ($got, $Default_Pattern, 'default format is all or noc');
165
166# default is auto, which is all or noc. nop can never match the default
167$foo = 0;
168select(OUT);
169$got = timethis($iterations, sub {++$foo}, $title, 'nop');
170select(STDOUT);
171isa_ok($got, 'Benchmark', "timethis with format");
172is ($foo, $iterations, "benchmarked code was run $iterations times");
173
174$got = $out->read();
175like ($got, qr/^$title:/, 'specify title');
176like ($got, $Nop_Pattern, 'specify format as nop');
177
178{
179    $foo = 0;
180    select(OUT);
181    my $start = time;
182    $got = timethis(-2, sub {$foo+= fib($ballast)}, $title, 'none');
183    my $end = time;
184    select(STDOUT);
185    isa_ok($got, 'Benchmark',
186           "timethis, at least 2 seconds with format 'none'");
187    ok ($foo > 0, "benchmarked code was run");
188    ok ($end - $start > 1, "benchmarked code ran for over 1 second");
189
190    $got = $out->read();
191    # Remove any warnings about having too few iterations.
192    $got =~ s/\(warning:[^\)]+\)//gs;
193    $got =~ s/^[ \t\n]+//s; # Remove all the whitespace from the beginning
194
195    is ($got, '', "format 'none' should suppress output");
196}
197
198$foo = $bar = $baz = 0;
199select(OUT);
200$got = timethese($iterations, { Foo => sub {++$foo}, Bar => '++$bar',
201                                Baz => sub {++$baz} });
202select(STDOUT);
203is(ref ($got), 'HASH', "timethese should return a hashref");
204isa_ok($got->{Foo}, 'Benchmark', "Foo value");
205isa_ok($got->{Bar}, 'Benchmark', "Bar value");
206isa_ok($got->{Baz}, 'Benchmark', "Baz value");
207eq_set([keys %$got], [qw(Foo Bar Baz)], 'should be exactly three objects');
208is ($foo, $iterations, "Foo code was run $iterations times");
209is ($bar, $iterations, "Bar code was run $iterations times");
210is ($baz, $iterations, "Baz code was run $iterations times");
211
212$got = $out->read();
213# Remove any warnings about having too few iterations.
214$got =~ s/\(warning:[^\)]+\)//gs;
215
216like ($got, qr/timing $iterations iterations of\s+Bar\W+Baz\W+Foo\W*?\.\.\./s,
217      'check title');
218# Remove the title
219$got =~ s/.*\.\.\.//s;
220like ($got, qr/\bBar\b.*\bBaz\b.*\bFoo\b/s, 'check output is in sorted order');
221like ($got, $Default_Pattern, 'should find default format somewhere');
222
223
224{ # ensure 'use strict' does not leak from Benchmark.pm into benchmarked code
225    no strict;
226    select OUT;
227
228    eval {
229        timethese( 1, 
230                   { undeclared_var => q{ $i++; $i-- },
231                     symbolic_ref   => q{ $bar = 42;
232                                          $foo = 'bar';
233                                          $q = ${$foo} },
234                   },
235                   'none'
236                  );
237
238    };
239    is( $@, '', q{no strict leakage in name => 'code'} );
240
241    eval {
242        timethese( 1,
243                   { undeclared_var => sub { $i++; $i-- },
244                     symbolic_ref   => sub { $bar = 42;
245                                             $foo = 'bar';
246                                             return ${$foo} },
247                   },
248                   'none'
249                 );
250    };
251    is( $@, '', q{no strict leakage in name => sub { code }} );
252
253    # clear out buffer
254    $out->read;
255}
256
257
258my $code_to_test =  { Foo => sub {$foo+=fib($ballast-2)},
259                      Bar => sub {$bar+=fib($ballast)}};
260# Keep these for later.
261my $results;
262{
263    $foo = $bar = 0;
264    select(OUT);
265    my $start = times;
266    $results = timethese(-0.1, $code_to_test, 'none');
267    my $end = times;
268    select(STDOUT);
269
270    is(ref ($results), 'HASH', "timethese should return a hashref");
271    isa_ok($results->{Foo}, 'Benchmark', "Foo value");
272    isa_ok($results->{Bar}, 'Benchmark', "Bar value");
273    eq_set([keys %$results], [qw(Foo Bar)], 'should be exactly two objects');
274    ok ($foo > 0, "Foo code was run");
275    ok ($bar > 0, "Bar code was run");
276
277    ok (($end - $start) > 0.1, "benchmarked code ran for over 0.1 seconds");
278
279    $got = $out->read();
280    # Remove any warnings about having too few iterations.
281    $got =~ s/\(warning:[^\)]+\)//gs;
282    is ($got =~ tr/ \t\n//c, 0, "format 'none' should suppress output");
283}
284my $graph_dissassembly =
285    qr!^[ \t]+(\S+)[ \t]+(\w+)[ \t]+(\w+)[ \t]*		# Title line
286    \n[ \t]*(\w+)[ \t]+([0-9.]+(?:/s)?)[ \t]+(-+)[ \t]+(-?\d+%)[ \t]*
287    \n[ \t]*(\w+)[ \t]+([0-9.]+(?:/s)?)[ \t]+(-?\d+%)[ \t]+(-+)[ \t]*$!xm;
288
289sub check_graph_consistency {
290    my (	$ratetext, $slowc, $fastc,
291        $slowr, $slowratet, $slowslow, $slowfastt,
292        $fastr, $fastratet, $fastslowt, $fastfast)
293        = @_;
294    my $all_passed = 1;
295    $all_passed
296      &= is ($slowc, $slowr, "left col tag should be top row tag");
297    $all_passed
298      &= is ($fastc, $fastr, "right col tag should be bottom row tag");
299    $all_passed &=
300      like ($slowslow, qr/^-+/, "should be dash for comparing slow with slow");
301    $all_passed
302      &= is ($slowslow, $fastfast, "slow v slow should be same as fast v fast");
303    my $slowrate = $slowratet;
304    my $fastrate = $fastratet;
305    my ($slow_is_rate, $fast_is_rate);
306    unless ($slow_is_rate = $slowrate =~ s!/s!!) {
307        # Slow is expressed as iters per second.
308        $slowrate = 1/$slowrate if $slowrate;
309    }
310    unless ($fast_is_rate = $fastrate =~ s!/s!!) {
311        # Fast is expressed as iters per second.
312        $fastrate = 1/$fastrate if $fastrate;
313    }
314    if ($ratetext =~ /rate/i) {
315        $all_passed
316          &= ok ($slow_is_rate, "slow should be expressed as a rate");
317        $all_passed
318          &= ok ($fast_is_rate, "fast should be expressed as a rate");
319    } else {
320        $all_passed &=
321          ok (!$slow_is_rate, "slow should be expressed as a iters per second");
322        $all_passed &=
323          ok (!$fast_is_rate, "fast should be expressed as a iters per second");
324    }
325
326    (my $slowfast = $slowfastt) =~ s!%!!;
327    (my $fastslow = $fastslowt) =~ s!%!!;
328    if ($slowrate < $fastrate) {
329        pass ("slow rate is less than fast rate");
330        unless (ok ($slowfast <= 0 && $slowfast >= -100,
331                    "slowfast should be less than or equal to zero, and >= -100")) {
332          print STDERR "# slowfast $slowfast\n";
333          $all_passed = 0;
334        }
335        unless (ok ($fastslow > 0, "fastslow should be > 0")) {
336          print STDERR "# fastslow $fastslow\n";
337          $all_passed = 0;
338        }
339    } else {
340        $all_passed
341          &= is ($slowrate, $fastrate,
342                 "slow rate isn't less than fast rate, so should be the same");
343	# In OpenBSD the $slowfast is sometimes a really, really, really
344	# small number less than zero, and this gets stringified as -0.
345        $all_passed
346          &= like ($slowfast, qr/^-?0$/, "slowfast should be zero");
347        $all_passed
348          &= like ($fastslow, qr/^-?0$/, "fastslow should be zero");
349    }
350    return $all_passed;
351}
352
353sub check_graph_vs_output {
354    my ($chart, $got) = @_;
355    my (	$ratetext, $slowc, $fastc,
356        $slowr, $slowratet, $slowslow, $slowfastt,
357        $fastr, $fastratet, $fastslowt, $fastfast)
358        = $got =~ $graph_dissassembly;
359    my $all_passed
360      = check_graph_consistency (        $ratetext, $slowc, $fastc,
361                                 $slowr, $slowratet, $slowslow, $slowfastt,
362                                 $fastr, $fastratet, $fastslowt, $fastfast);
363    $all_passed
364      &= is_deeply ($chart, [['', $ratetext, $slowc, $fastc],
365                             [$slowr, $slowratet, $slowslow, $slowfastt],
366                             [$fastr, $fastratet, $fastslowt, $fastfast]],
367                    "check the chart layout matches the formatted output");
368    unless ($all_passed) {
369      print STDERR "# Something went wrong there. I got this chart:\n";
370      print STDERR "# $_\n" foreach split /\n/, $got;
371    }
372}
373
374sub check_graph {
375    my ($title, $row1, $row2) = @_;
376    is (scalar @$title, 4, "Four entries in title row");
377    is (scalar @$row1, 4, "Four entries in first row");
378    is (scalar @$row2, 4, "Four entries in second row");
379    is (shift @$title, '', "First entry of output graph should be ''");
380    check_graph_consistency (@$title, @$row1, @$row2);
381}
382
383{
384    select(OUT);
385    my $start = times;
386    my $chart = cmpthese( -0.1, { a => "++\$i", b => "\$i = sqrt(\$i++)" }, "auto" ) ;
387    my $end = times;
388    select(STDOUT);
389    ok (($end - $start) > 0.05, "benchmarked code ran for over 0.05 seconds");
390
391    $got = $out->read();
392    # Remove any warnings about having too few iterations.
393    $got =~ s/\(warning:[^\)]+\)//gs;
394
395    like ($got, qr/running\W+a\W+b.*?for at least 0\.1 CPU second/s,
396          'check title');
397    # Remove the title
398    $got =~ s/.*\.\.\.//s;
399    like ($got, $Default_Pattern, 'should find default format somewhere');
400    like ($got, $graph_dissassembly, "Should find the output graph somewhere");
401    check_graph_vs_output ($chart, $got);
402}
403
404# Not giving auto should suppress timethese results.
405{
406    select(OUT);
407    my $start = times;
408    my $chart = cmpthese( -0.1, { a => "++\$i", b => "\$i = sqrt(\$i++)" } ) ;
409    my $end = times;
410    select(STDOUT);
411    ok (($end - $start) > 0.05, "benchmarked code ran for over 0.05 seconds");
412
413    $got = $out->read();
414    # Remove any warnings about having too few iterations.
415    $got =~ s/\(warning:[^\)]+\)//gs;
416
417    unlike ($got, qr/running\W+a\W+b.*?for at least 0\.1 CPU second/s,
418          'should not have title');
419    # Remove the title
420    $got =~ s/.*\.\.\.//s;
421    unlike ($got, $Default_Pattern, 'should not find default format somewhere');
422    like ($got, $graph_dissassembly, "Should find the output graph somewhere");
423    check_graph_vs_output ($chart, $got);
424}
425
426{
427    $foo = $bar = 0;
428    select(OUT);
429    my $chart = cmpthese( 10, $code_to_test, 'nop' ) ;
430    select(STDOUT);
431    ok ($foo > 0, "Foo code was run");
432    ok ($bar > 0, "Bar code was run");
433
434    $got = $out->read();
435    # Remove any warnings about having too few iterations.
436    $got =~ s/\(warning:[^\)]+\)//gs;
437    like ($got, qr/timing 10 iterations of\s+Bar\W+Foo\W*?\.\.\./s,
438      'check title');
439    # Remove the title
440    $got =~ s/.*\.\.\.//s;
441    like ($got, $Nop_Pattern, 'specify format as nop');
442    like ($got, $graph_dissassembly, "Should find the output graph somewhere");
443    check_graph_vs_output ($chart, $got);
444}
445
446{
447    $foo = $bar = 0;
448    select(OUT);
449    my $chart = cmpthese( 10, $code_to_test, 'none' ) ;
450    select(STDOUT);
451    ok ($foo > 0, "Foo code was run");
452    ok ($bar > 0, "Bar code was run");
453
454    $got = $out->read();
455    # Remove any warnings about having too few iterations.
456    $got =~ s/\(warning:[^\)]+\)//gs;
457    $got =~ s/^[ \t\n]+//s; # Remove all the whitespace from the beginning
458    is ($got, '', "format 'none' should suppress output");
459    is (ref $chart, 'ARRAY', "output should be an array ref");
460    # Some of these will go bang if the preceding test fails. There will be
461    # a big clue as to why, from the previous test's diagnostic
462    is (ref $chart->[0], 'ARRAY', "output should be an array of arrays");
463    check_graph (@$chart);
464}
465
466{
467    $foo = $bar = 0;
468    select(OUT);
469    my $chart = cmpthese( $results ) ;
470    select(STDOUT);
471    is ($foo, 0, "Foo code was not run");
472    is ($bar, 0, "Bar code was not run");
473
474    $got = $out->read();
475    ok ($got !~ /\.\.\./s, 'check that there is no title');
476    like ($got, $graph_dissassembly, "Should find the output graph somewhere");
477    check_graph_vs_output ($chart, $got);
478}
479
480{
481    $foo = $bar = 0;
482    select(OUT);
483    my $chart = cmpthese( $results, 'none' ) ;
484    select(STDOUT);
485    is ($foo, 0, "Foo code was not run");
486    is ($bar, 0, "Bar code was not run");
487
488    $got = $out->read();
489    is ($got, '', "'none' should suppress all output");
490    is (ref $chart, 'ARRAY', "output should be an array ref");
491    # Some of these will go bang if the preceding test fails. There will be
492    # a big clue as to why, from the previous test's diagnostic
493    is (ref $chart->[0], 'ARRAY', "output should be an array of arrays");
494    check_graph (@$chart);
495}
496
497###}my $out = tie *OUT, 'TieOut'; my ($got); ###
498
499my $debug = tie *STDERR, 'TieOut';
500
501$bar = 0;
502isa_ok(timeit(5, '++$bar'), 'Benchmark', "timeit eval");
503is ($bar, 5, "benchmarked code was run 5 times");
504is ($debug->read(), '', "There was no debug output");
505
506Benchmark->debug(1);
507
508$bar = 0;
509select(OUT);
510$got = timeit(5, '++$bar');
511select(STDOUT);
512isa_ok($got, 'Benchmark', "timeit eval");
513is ($bar, 5, "benchmarked code was run 5 times");
514is ($out->read(), '', "There was no STDOUT output with debug enabled");
515isnt ($debug->read(), '', "There was STDERR debug output with debug enabled");
516
517Benchmark->debug(0);
518
519$bar = 0;
520isa_ok(timeit(5, '++$bar'), 'Benchmark', "timeit eval");
521is ($bar, 5, "benchmarked code was run 5 times");
522is ($debug->read(), '', "There was no debug output debug disabled");
523
524undef $debug;
525untie *STDERR;
526
527# To check the cache we are poking where we don't belong, inside the namespace.
528# The way benchmark is written We can't actually check whehter the cache is
529# being used, merely what's become cached.
530
531clearallcache();
532my @before_keys = keys %Benchmark::Cache;
533$bar = 0;
534isa_ok(timeit(5, '++$bar'), 'Benchmark', "timeit eval");
535is ($bar, 5, "benchmarked code was run 5 times");
536my @after5_keys = keys %Benchmark::Cache;
537$bar = 0;
538isa_ok(timeit(10, '++$bar'), 'Benchmark', "timeit eval");
539is ($bar, 10, "benchmarked code was run 10 times");
540ok (!eq_array ([keys %Benchmark::Cache], \@after5_keys), "10 differs from 5");
541
542clearcache(10);
543# Hash key order will be the same if there are the same keys.
544is_deeply ([keys %Benchmark::Cache], \@after5_keys,
545           "cleared 10, only cached results for 5 should remain");
546
547clearallcache();
548is_deeply ([keys %Benchmark::Cache], \@before_keys,
549           "back to square 1 when we clear the cache again?");
550
551
552{   # Check usage error messages
553    my %usage = %Benchmark::_Usage;
554    delete $usage{runloop};  # not public, not worrying about it just now
555
556    my @takes_no_args = qw(clearallcache disablecache enablecache);
557
558    my %cmpthese = ('forgot {}' => 'cmpthese( 42, foo => sub { 1 } )',
559                     'not result' => 'cmpthese(42)',
560                     'array ref'  => 'cmpthese( 42, [ foo => sub { 1 } ] )',
561                    );
562    while( my($name, $code) = each %cmpthese ) {
563        eval $code;
564        is( $@, $usage{cmpthese}, "cmpthese usage: $name" );
565    }
566
567    my %timethese = ('forgot {}'  => 'timethese( 42, foo => sub { 1 } )',
568                       'no code'    => 'timethese(42)',
569                       'array ref'  => 'timethese( 42, [ foo => sub { 1 } ] )',
570                      );
571
572    while( my($name, $code) = each %timethese ) {
573        eval $code;
574        is( $@, $usage{timethese}, "timethese usage: $name" );
575    }
576
577
578    while( my($func, $usage) = each %usage ) {
579        next if grep $func eq $_, @takes_no_args;
580        eval "$func()";
581        is( $@, $usage, "$func usage: no args" );
582    }
583
584    foreach my $func (@takes_no_args) {
585        eval "$func(42)";
586        is( $@, $usage{$func}, "$func usage: with args" );
587    }
588}
589
590
591package TieOut;
592
593sub TIEHANDLE {
594    my $class = shift;
595    bless(\( my $ref = ''), $class);
596}
597
598sub PRINT {
599    my $self = shift;
600    $$self .= join('', @_);
601}
602
603sub PRINTF {
604    my $self = shift;
605    $$self .= sprintf shift, @_;
606}
607
608sub read {
609    my $self = shift;
610    return substr($$self, 0, length($$self), '');
611}
612