NAME
Data::Dump::Streamer - Perl extension for breadth first accurate dumping of
data structures in perl code form.
SYNOPSIS
use Data::Dump::Streamer;
Dump($x,$y); # Prints to STDOUT
Dump($x,$y)->Out(); # " "
my $s=Dump($x,$y); # Returns a string
my $s=Dump($x,$y)->Out(); # " "
my @l=Dump($x,$y); # List of code fragments
my @l=Dump($x,$y)->Out(); # List of code fragments
my $o=Data::Dump::Streamer->new(); # New Data::Dump::Streamer obj
my $o=Dump(); # same;
Dump($x,$y)->To(\*STDERR)->Out(); # Prints to STDERR
Dump($x,$y)->Names('foo','bar')
->Out(); # Specify Names
Dump($x,$y)->Indent(0)->Out(); # No indent
Dump($x,$y)->To(\*STDERR) # Output to STDERR
->Indent(0) # ... no indent
->Names('foo','bar') # ... specify Names
->Out(); # Print...
$o->Data($x,$y); # Object form
$o->Names('Foo','Names'); # ...
$o->Out(); # ...
INSTALLATION
To install this module type the following:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
On Win32 systems change make to nmake or dmake as appropriate.
The modules requires a functional C compiler, however PPM support
for Win32 users will also be available sometime soon.
It is known to work correctly on Perl 5.6 and later on both Win32
and *nix operating systems.
DEPENDENCIES
This module requires these other modules and libraries:
Text::Balanced
Test::More
and optionally for enhanced testing
Algortihm::Diff
All other dependencies are part of the standard distribution as
of Perl 5.6.
AUTHOR AND COPYRIGHT
Yves Orton, <
[email protected]>
Copyright (C) 2003 Yves Orton 2003
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Contains code derived from works by Gisle Aas, Graham Barr,
Jeff Pinyan, Richard Clamp, and Gurusamy Sarathy.
SEE ALSO
perl.
