1CGI::Ex::Dump(3)      User Contributed Perl Documentation     CGI::Ex::Dump(3)
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NAME

6       CGI::Ex::Dump - A debug utility
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VERSION

9       version 2.54
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SYNOPSIS

12         use CGI::Ex::Dump; # auto imports dex, dex_warn, dex_text and others
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14         my $hash = {
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18         dex $hash; # or dex_warn $hash;
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20         dex;
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22         dex "hi";
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24         dex $hash, "hi", $hash;
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26         dex \@INC; # print to STDOUT, or format for web if $ENV{REQUEST_METHOD}
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28         dex_warn \@INC;  # same as dex but to STDOUT
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30         print FOO dex_text \@INC; # same as dex but return dump
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34         use CGI::Ex::Dump qw(debug);
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36         debug; # same as dex
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DESCRIPTION

39       Uses the base Data::Dumper of the distribution and gives it nicer
40       formatting - and allows for calling just about anytime during
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43       Calling &CGI::Ex::set_deparse() will allow for dumped output of
44       subroutines if available.
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46       perl -e 'use CGI::Ex::Dump;  dex "foo";'
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48       See also Data::Dumper.
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50       Setting any of the Data::Dumper globals will alter the output.
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SUBROUTINES

53       "dex", "debug"
54           Prints out pretty output to STDOUT.  Formatted for the web if on
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57       "dex_warn"
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60       "dex_text"
61           Return the text as a scalar.
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63       "ctrace"
64           Caller trace returned as an arrayref.  Suitable for use like "debug
65           ctrace".  This does require at least perl 5.8.0's Carp.
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67       "on", "off"
68           Turns calls to routines on or off.  Default is to be on.
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LICENSE

71       This module may distributed under the same terms as Perl itself.
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AUTHORS

74       Paul Seamons <perl at seamons dot com>
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78perl v5.38.0                      2023-07-20                  CGI::Ex::Dump(3)