IO::Un...::Base(3perl)

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💖 IO::Uncompress::Base — the Base Class for IO::Uncompress modules 💖

okay bestie so real talk, you found this page in the Perl Programmers Reference Guide, and it's literally the mom of all the IO::Uncompress modules. she doesn't do the work herself, she just gives her children the blueprint. iconic behavior tbh 👑

✨ NAME ✨

IO::Uncompress::Base — the base class, the blueprint, the blueprint-giver for the IO::Uncompress family 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

use IO::Uncompress::Base ;

like. that's it. that's the whole synopsis. she's low maintenance 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea, and this is important: this module is not meant to be used directly in your application code. like do not. bestie, don't. 🙈

Its sole purpose — and when I say sole I mean the only one — is to be sub-classed by IO::Uncompress modules. She's the base class. The founding mother. She exists so the other modules can be her little descendants. That is quite literally it. no cap. 🧚

💌 SUPPORT 💌

Got general feedback? A burning question? A bug report?? 👀

Send it over to <https://github.com/pmqs/IO-Compress/issues> — that one's the preferred spot, highkey the main character — or alternatively to <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=IO-Compress>. either one, we love to hear from you 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole squad, alphabetically-ish, here they are, no one left behind:

  • Compress::Zlib
  • IO::Compress::Gzip
  • IO::Uncompress::Gunzip
  • IO::Compress::Deflate
  • IO::Uncompress::Inflate
  • IO::Compress::RawDeflate
  • IO::Uncompress::RawInflate
  • IO::Compress::Bzip2
  • IO::Uncompress::Bunzip2
  • IO::Compress::Lzma
  • IO::Uncompress::UnLzma
  • IO::Compress::Xz
  • IO::Uncompress::UnXz
  • IO::Compress::Lzip
  • IO::Uncompress::UnLzip
  • IO::Compress::Lzop
  • IO::Uncompress::UnLzop
  • IO::Compress::Lzf
  • IO::Uncompress::UnLzf
  • IO::Compress::Zstd
  • IO::Uncompress::UnZstd
  • IO::Uncompress::AnyInflate
  • IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress

and also, in her own little group:

  • IO::Compress::FAQ

and the bonus round, the extended universe:

  • File::GlobMapper
  • Archive::Zip
  • Archive::Tar
  • IO::Zlib

👑 AUTHOR 👑

This module was written by Paul Marquess, "pmqs@cpan.org". put some respect on the name fr fr 💜

📜 MODIFICATION HISTORY 📜

See the Changes file. (yes, the drama lives there. go read it.)

Copyright (c) 2005-2026 Paul Marquess. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 this one shipped as part of perl v5.44.0, dated 2026-10-17 — stay hydrated, subclass responsibly, and don't use the base class directly, I'm begging 🎀✨

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