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diff --git a/contrib/perl5/lib/look.pl b/contrib/perl5/lib/look.pl deleted file mode 100644 index ccc9b61..0000000 --- a/contrib/perl5/lib/look.pl +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -;# Usage: &look(*FILEHANDLE,$key,$dict,$fold) -# -# This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward -# compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it. -# -# In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl -# programming techniques. -# -;# Sets file position in FILEHANDLE to be first line greater than or equal -;# (stringwise) to $key. Pass flags for dictionary order and case folding. - -sub look { - local(*FH,$key,$dict,$fold) = @_; - local($max,$min,$mid,$_); - local($dev,$ino,$mode,$nlink,$uid,$gid,$rdev,$size,$atime,$mtime,$ctime, - $blksize,$blocks) = stat(FH); - $blksize = 8192 unless $blksize; - $key =~ s/[^\w\s]//g if $dict; - $key = lc $key if $fold; - $max = int($size / $blksize); - while ($max - $min > 1) { - $mid = int(($max + $min) / 2); - seek(FH,$mid * $blksize,0); - $_ = <FH> if $mid; # probably a partial line - $_ = <FH>; - chop; - s/[^\w\s]//g if $dict; - $_ = lc $_ if $fold; - if ($_ lt $key) { - $min = $mid; - } - else { - $max = $mid; - } - } - $min *= $blksize; - seek(FH,$min,0); - <FH> if $min; - while (<FH>) { - chop; - s/[^\w\s]//g if $dict; - $_ = lc $_ if $fold; - last if $_ ge $key; - $min = tell(FH); - } - seek(FH,$min,0); - $min; -} - -1; |