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Devel::Size - Perl extension for finding the memory usage of Perl variables
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use Devel::Size qw(size total_size);
my $size = size("A string");
my @foo = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
my $other_size = size(\@foo);
my $foo = {a => [1, 2, 3],
b => {a => [1, 3, 4]}
};
my $total_size = total_size($foo);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This module figures out the real size of Perl variables in bytes, as
accurately as possible.
=head1 Build and Install
To build and install this module, you need:
Perl
a working C or C++ compiler
a make (or namke on Windows) utility
Follow these steps:
On Linux, Cygwin, or Unix:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
sudo make install
On Windows:
perl Makefile.PL
nmake
nmake test
nmake install
=head1 BUGREPORTS
Please report bugs to:
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Devel-Size
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2005 Dan Sugalski, Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Tels
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl v5.8.8.
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