Memoiz...M_File(3perl)

✨ NAME ✨

Memoize::SDBM_File — a DEPRECATED compatibility shim 🫶

okay so real talk bestie, this is a page from the Perl Programmers Reference Guide, and the manual name got so long the terminal had to crop it to Memoiz...M_File(3perl) 💀 iconic honestly. Let's get into it.

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Back in the day, this class was the girlboss who provided EXISTS support for SDBM_File, because SDBM_File itself didn't have it yet. Like, imagine having to hire a whole separate module just to answer "does this key exist??" 😭

Then Perl 5.6.0 came along and "EXISTS" support got added to SDBM_File itself, so this shim's whole job was... done. She retired. queen behavior 👑

warning bestie: this class is DEPRECATED. Any code still using it should be rewritten to use SDBM_File directly. no cap.

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and that's the whole page, short and sweet, a true micro-manpage moment 🎀

so sorry to report there's literally nothing else here — no options, no flags, no environment variables, nada. she's a relic and we love her for it 🌸

sign-off time: this beauty is from perl v5.44.0, dated 2026-10-17 🦋 thanks for coming to my ted talk, go use SDBM_File directly, periodt 💖