NAME
    Image::TextMode::Reader::ANSI::XS - Fast ANSI image parsing

SYNOPSIS
        # The XS reader will automatically be used instead of the pure-perl version
        my $ansi = Image::TextMode::Format::ANSI->new
        $ansi->read( shift );

DESCRIPTION
    To parse an ANSI file, we use a simple state machine and examine each
    character individually. This proves to be a little on the slow side in
    pure-perl form.

    This module endeavors to re-implement the parsing in XS/C. The results
    show a major speed increase; about 25 times faster.

INSTALLATION
            perl Makefile.PL
            make
            make test
            make install

METHODS
  _read( $image, $fh, \%options )
    This is an XS-based version of Image::TextMode::Reader::ANSI's method of
    the same name.

BENCHMARK
        Image::TextMode version 0.22
        Image::TextMode::Reader::ANSI::XS version 0.09
        Filesize: 75501 bytes
        Benchmark: timing 50 iterations of PP, XS...
                PP: 33 wallclock secs (32.03 usr +  0.01 sys = 32.04 CPU) @  1.56/s (n=50)
                XS:  1 wallclock secs ( 1.59 usr +  0.03 sys =  1.62 CPU) @ 30.86/s (n=50)
             Rate    PP    XS
        PP 1.56/s    --  -95%
        XS 30.9/s 1878%    --

AUTHOR
    Brian Cassidy <bricas@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    Copyright 2009-2013 by Brian Cassidy

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

