---
name: "MIME::Decoder::Binary"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-mime-tools"
version: "5.518-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/MIME::Decoder::Binary"
---

# MIME::Decoder::Binary(3pm)

perform no encoding/decoding

## NAME

MIME::Decoder::Binary - perform no encoding/decoding

## SYNOPSIS

A generic decoder object; see MIME::Decoder for usage.

## DESCRIPTION

A MIME::Decoder subclass for the `"binary"` encoding (in other words, no encoding).

The `"binary"` decoder is a special case, since it's ill-advised to read the input line-by-line: after all, an uncompressed image file might conceivably have loooooooooong stretches of bytes without a `"\n"` among them, and we don't want to risk blowing out our core.  So, we  read-and-write fixed-size chunks.

Both the **encoder** and **decoder** do a simple pass-through of the data from input to output.

## SEE ALSO

MIME::Decoder

## AUTHOR

Eryq (*eryq@zeegee.com*), ZeeGee Software Inc (*http://www.zeegee.com*).

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