NAME
Data::Dump - Pretty printing of data structures
SYNOPSIS
use Data::Dump qw(dump ddx);
$str = dump(@list);
@copy_of_list = eval $str;
# or use it for easy debug printout
ddx localtime;
DESCRIPTION
This module provide functions that takes a list of values as their
argument and produces a string as its result. The string contains Perl
code that, when "eval"ed, produces a deep copy of the original
arguments.
The main feature of the module is that it strives to produce output that
is easy to read. Example:
@a = (1, [2, 3], {4 => 5});
dump(@a);
Produces:
(1, [2, 3], { 4 => 5 })
If you dump just a little data, it is output on a single line. If you
dump data that is more complex or there is a lot of it, line breaks are
automatically added to keep it easy to read.
AUTHORS
The "Data::Dump" module is written by Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no>, based on
"Data::Dumper" by Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@umich.edu>.
Copyright 1998-2010 Gisle Aas.
Copyright 1996-1998 Gurusamy Sarathy.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.