1Data::Dump(3)         User Contributed Perl Documentation        Data::Dump(3)
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NAME

6       Data::Dump - Pretty printing of data structures
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SYNOPSIS

9        use Data::Dump qw(dump);
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11        $str = dump(@list)
12        @copy_of_list = eval $str;
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DESCRIPTION

15       This module provides a single function called dump() that takes a list
16       of values as its argument and produces a string as its result.  The
17       string contains Perl code that, when "eval"ed, produces a deep copy of
18       the original arguments.  The string is formatted for easy reading.
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20       If dump() is called in a void context, then the dump is printed on
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23       If you don't like importing a function that overrides Perl's not-so-
24       useful builtin, then you can also import the same function as pp(),
25       mnemonic for "pretty-print".
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HISTORY

28       The "Data::Dump" module grew out of frustration with Sarathy's in-most-
29       cases-excellent "Data::Dumper".  Basic ideas and some code are shared
30       with Sarathy's module.
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32       The "Data::Dump" module provides a much simpler interface than
33       "Data::Dumper".  No OO interface is available and there are no configu‐
34       ration options to worry about (yet :-).  The other benefit is that the
35       dump produced does not try to set any variables.  It only returns what
36       is needed to produce a copy of the arguments.  This means that
37       "dump("foo")" simply returns "foo", and "dump(1..5)" simply returns
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SEE ALSO

41       Data::Dumper, Storable
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AUTHORS

44       The "Data::Dump" module is written by Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no>, based
45       on "Data::Dumper" by Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@umich.edu>.
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47        Copyright 1998-2000,2003-2004 Gisle Aas.
48        Copyright 1996-1998 Gurusamy Sarathy.
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50       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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