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NAME

6       PDL::IO::Storable - helper functions to make PDL usable with Storable
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SYNOPSIS

9         use Storable;
10         use PDL::IO::Storable;
11         $hash = {
12                   'foo' => 42,
13                   'bar' => zeroes(23,45),
14                 };
15         store $hash, 'perlhash.dat';
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DESCRIPTION

18       "Storable" implements object persistence for Perl data structures that
19       can (in principle) contain arbitrary Perl objects. Complicated objects
20       must supply their own methods to be serialized and thawed.  This module
21       implements the relevant methods to be able to store and retrieve
22       piddles via Storable.
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FUNCTIONS

25   store
26       store a piddle using Storable
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28         $a = random 12,10;
29         $a->store('myfile');
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31   freeze
32       freeze a piddle using Storable
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34         $a = random 12,10;
35         $frozen = $a->freeze;
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BUGS

38       The packed piddles are not stored in a network transparent way. As a
39       result expect problems when moving "Storable" data containing piddles
40       across computers.
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42       This could be fixed by amending the methods "pdlpack" and "pdlunpack"
43       appropriately. If you want this functionality feel free to submit
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46       If you want to move piddle data across platforms I recommend
47       PDL::NetCDF as an excellent (and IMHO superior) workaround.
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AUTHOR

50       Copyright (C) 2002 Christian Soeller <c.soeller@auckland.ac.nz> All
51       rights reserved. There is no warranty. You are allowed to redistribute
52       this software / documentation under certain conditions. For details,
53       see the file COPYING in the PDL distribution. If this file is separated
54       from the PDL distribution, the copyright notice should be included in
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