Bit::Vector::Minimal(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				 Bit::Vector::Minimal(3pm)

NAME

       Bit::Vector::Minimal - Object-oriented wrapper around vec()

SYNOPSIS

	 use Bit::Vector::Minimal;
	 my $vec = Bit::Vector->new(size => 8, width => 1, endianness => "little");
	 # These are the defaults

	 $vec->set(1); # $vec's internal vector now looks like "00000010"
	 $vec->get(3); # 0

DESCRIPTION

       This is a much simplified, lightweight version of Bit::Vector, and wraps Perl's (sometimes confusing) "vec" function in an object-oriented
       abstraction.

METHODS

   new
       Creates a new bit vector. By default, this creates a one-byte vector with 8 one-bit "slots", with bit zero on the right of the bit pattern.
       These settings can be changed by passing parameters to the constructor: "size" will alter the size in bits of the vector; "width" will
       alter the width of the slots. The module will die if "width" is not an integer divisor of "size". "endianness" controls whether the zeroth
       place is on the right or the left of the bit vector.

   set(POS[, VALUE])
       Sets the bit or slot at position "POS" to value "VALUE" or "all bits on" if "VALUE" is not given.

   get(POS)
       Returns the bit or slot at position "POS".

   display
       Display the vector. For debugging purposes.

AUTHOR

       Current maintainer: Tony Bowden

       Original author: Simon Cozens

BUGS and QUERIES
       Please direct all correspondence regarding this module to:
	 bug-Bit-Vector-Minimal@rt.cpan.org

SEE ALSO

       Bit::Vector

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2003, 2004 by Kasei

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

perl v5.12.3							    2005-10-04						 Bit::Vector::Minimal(3pm)