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609the years (includign some defense in depth mechanism that can shield 609the years (includign some defense in depth mechanism that can shield
610against a lot of as-of-yet undetected bugs), using this library for 610against a lot of as-of-yet undetected bugs), using this library for
611security purposes requires care. 611security purposes requires care.
612 612
613Likewise, file sizes when the uulib library was written were tiny compared 613Likewise, file sizes when the uulib library was written were tiny compared
614to today, so do not expect this library to handle files larger than 2GB. 614to today, so do not expect this library to handle files larger than 2GB,
615certainly not on a 32 bit host.
615 616
616Lastly, this module uses a very "C-like" interface, which means it doesn't 617Lastly, this module uses a very "C-like" interface, which means it doesn't
617protect you from invalid points as you might expect from "more perlish" 618protect you from invalid pointers as you might expect from "more perlish"
618modules - for example, accessing a file item object after callinbg 619modules - for example, accessing a file item object after calling
619C<CleanUp> will likely result in crashes, memory corruption, or worse. 620C<CleanUp> will likely result in crashes, memory corruption, or worse.
620 621
621=head1 AUTHOR 622=head1 AUTHOR
622 623
623Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>, the original uulib library was written 624Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>, the original uulib library was written

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