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1#
2# Data/Dumper.pm
3#
4# convert perl data structures into perl syntax suitable for both printing
5# and eval
6#
7# Documentation at the __END__
8#
9
10package Data::Dumper;
11
d036e907 12BEGIN {
436d4ccf 13 $VERSION = '2.146'; # Don't forget to set version and release
3bd791fa 14} # date in POD below!
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15
16#$| = 1;
17
3b825e41 18use 5.006_001;
823edd99 19require Exporter;
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20require overload;
21
22use Carp;
23
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24BEGIN {
25 @ISA = qw(Exporter);
26 @EXPORT = qw(Dumper);
27 @EXPORT_OK = qw(DumperX);
823edd99 28
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29 # if run under miniperl, or otherwise lacking dynamic loading,
30 # XSLoader should be attempted to load, or the pure perl flag
31 # toggled on load failure.
32 eval {
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33 require XSLoader;
34 XSLoader::load( 'Data::Dumper' );
35 1
d036e907 36 }
1e9285c2 37 or $Useperl = 1;
907e5114 38}
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39
40# module vars and their defaults
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41$Indent = 2 unless defined $Indent;
42$Purity = 0 unless defined $Purity;
43$Pad = "" unless defined $Pad;
44$Varname = "VAR" unless defined $Varname;
45$Useqq = 0 unless defined $Useqq;
46$Terse = 0 unless defined $Terse;
47$Freezer = "" unless defined $Freezer;
48$Toaster = "" unless defined $Toaster;
49$Deepcopy = 0 unless defined $Deepcopy;
50$Quotekeys = 1 unless defined $Quotekeys;
51$Bless = "bless" unless defined $Bless;
52#$Expdepth = 0 unless defined $Expdepth;
53$Maxdepth = 0 unless defined $Maxdepth;
54$Pair = ' => ' unless defined $Pair;
55$Useperl = 0 unless defined $Useperl;
56$Sortkeys = 0 unless defined $Sortkeys;
57$Deparse = 0 unless defined $Deparse;
d424882c 58$Sparseseen = 0 unless defined $Sparseseen;
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59
60#
61# expects an arrayref of values to be dumped.
62# can optionally pass an arrayref of names for the values.
63# names must have leading $ sign stripped. begin the name with *
64# to cause output of arrays and hashes rather than refs.
65#
66sub new {
67 my($c, $v, $n) = @_;
68
3bd791fa 69 croak "Usage: PACKAGE->new(ARRAYREF, [ARRAYREF])"
823edd99 70 unless (defined($v) && (ref($v) eq 'ARRAY'));
b09a1111 71 $n = [] unless (defined($n) && (ref($n) eq 'ARRAY'));
823edd99 72
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73 my($s) = {
74 level => 0, # current recursive depth
75 indent => $Indent, # various styles of indenting
76 pad => $Pad, # all lines prefixed by this string
77 xpad => "", # padding-per-level
78 apad => "", # added padding for hash keys n such
79 sep => "", # list separator
80 pair => $Pair, # hash key/value separator: defaults to ' => '
81 seen => {}, # local (nested) refs (id => [name, val])
82 todump => $v, # values to dump []
83 names => $n, # optional names for values []
84 varname => $Varname, # prefix to use for tagging nameless ones
85 purity => $Purity, # degree to which output is evalable
86 useqq => $Useqq, # use "" for strings (backslashitis ensues)
87 terse => $Terse, # avoid name output (where feasible)
88 freezer => $Freezer, # name of Freezer method for objects
89 toaster => $Toaster, # name of method to revive objects
436d4ccf 90 deepcopy => $Deepcopy, # do not cross-ref, except to stop recursion
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91 quotekeys => $Quotekeys, # quote hash keys
92 'bless' => $Bless, # keyword to use for "bless"
93# expdepth => $Expdepth, # cutoff depth for explicit dumping
94 maxdepth => $Maxdepth, # depth beyond which we give up
95 useperl => $Useperl, # use the pure Perl implementation
96 sortkeys => $Sortkeys, # flag or filter for sorting hash keys
97 deparse => $Deparse, # use B::Deparse for coderefs
98 noseen => $Sparseseen, # do not populate the seen hash unless necessary
99 };
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100
101 if ($Indent > 0) {
102 $s->{xpad} = " ";
103 $s->{sep} = "\n";
104 }
105 return bless($s, $c);
106}
107
53095d08 108# Packed numeric addresses take less memory. Plus pack is faster than sprintf
e52c0e5a 109
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110# Most users of current versions of Data::Dumper will be 5.008 or later.
111# Anyone on 5.6.1 and 5.6.2 upgrading will be rare (particularly judging by
112# the bug reports from users on those platforms), so for the common case avoid
113# complexity, and avoid even compiling the unneeded code.
114
115sub init_refaddr_format {
116}
117
118sub format_refaddr {
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119 require Scalar::Util;
120 pack "J", Scalar::Util::refaddr(shift);
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121};
122
123if ($] < 5.008) {
124 eval <<'EOC' or die;
125 no warnings 'redefine';
126 my $refaddr_format;
127 sub init_refaddr_format {
128 require Config;
129 my $f = $Config::Config{uvxformat};
130 $f =~ tr/"//d;
131 $refaddr_format = "0x%" . $f;
132 }
133
134 sub format_refaddr {
135 require Scalar::Util;
136 sprintf $refaddr_format, Scalar::Util::refaddr(shift);
137 }
138
139 1
140EOC
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141}
142
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143#
144# add-to or query the table of already seen references
145#
146sub Seen {
147 my($s, $g) = @_;
148 if (defined($g) && (ref($g) eq 'HASH')) {
3b5b1125 149 init_refaddr_format();
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150 my($k, $v, $id);
151 while (($k, $v) = each %$g) {
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152 if (defined $v) {
153 if (ref $v) {
154 $id = format_refaddr($v);
155 if ($k =~ /^[*](.*)$/) {
156 $k = (ref $v eq 'ARRAY') ? ( "\\\@" . $1 ) :
157 (ref $v eq 'HASH') ? ( "\\\%" . $1 ) :
158 (ref $v eq 'CODE') ? ( "\\\&" . $1 ) :
159 ( "\$" . $1 ) ;
160 }
161 elsif ($k !~ /^\$/) {
162 $k = "\$" . $k;
163 }
164 $s->{seen}{$id} = [$k, $v];
165 }
166 else {
167 carp "Only refs supported, ignoring non-ref item \$$k";
168 }
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169 }
170 else {
3bd791fa 171 carp "Value of ref must be defined; ignoring undefined item \$$k";
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172 }
173 }
174 return $s;
175 }
176 else {
177 return map { @$_ } values %{$s->{seen}};
178 }
179}
180
181#
182# set or query the values to be dumped
183#
184sub Values {
185 my($s, $v) = @_;
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186 if (defined($v)) {
187 if (ref($v) eq 'ARRAY') {
188 $s->{todump} = [@$v]; # make a copy
189 return $s;
190 }
191 else {
192 croak "Argument to Values, if provided, must be array ref";
193 }
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194 }
195 else {
196 return @{$s->{todump}};
197 }
198}
199
200#
201# set or query the names of the values to be dumped
202#
203sub Names {
204 my($s, $n) = @_;
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205 if (defined($n)) {
206 if (ref($n) eq 'ARRAY') {
207 $s->{names} = [@$n]; # make a copy
208 return $s;
209 }
210 else {
211 croak "Argument to Names, if provided, must be array ref";
212 }
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213 }
214 else {
215 return @{$s->{names}};
216 }
217}
218
219sub DESTROY {}
220
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221sub Dump {
222 return &Dumpxs
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223 unless $Data::Dumper::Useperl || (ref($_[0]) && $_[0]->{useperl}) ||
224 $Data::Dumper::Useqq || (ref($_[0]) && $_[0]->{useqq}) ||
225 $Data::Dumper::Deparse || (ref($_[0]) && $_[0]->{deparse});
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226 return &Dumpperl;
227}
228
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229#
230# dump the refs in the current dumper object.
231# expects same args as new() if called via package name.
232#
0f1923bd 233sub Dumpperl {
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234 my($s) = shift;
235 my(@out, $val, $name);
236 my($i) = 0;
237 local(@post);
2728842d 238 init_refaddr_format();
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239
240 $s = $s->new(@_) unless ref $s;
241
242 for $val (@{$s->{todump}}) {
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243 @post = ();
244 $name = $s->{names}[$i++];
3bd791fa 245 $name = $s->_refine_name($name, $val, $i);
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246
247 my $valstr;
248 {
249 local($s->{apad}) = $s->{apad};
d34e9bd9 250 $s->{apad} .= ' ' x (length($name) + 3) if $s->{indent} >= 2 and !$s->{terse};
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251 $valstr = $s->_dump($val, $name);
252 }
253
254 $valstr = "$name = " . $valstr . ';' if @post or !$s->{terse};
3bd791fa 255 my $out = $s->_compose_out($valstr, \@post);
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256
257 push @out, $out;
258 }
259 return wantarray ? @out : join('', @out);
260}
261
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262# wrap string in single quotes (escaping if needed)
263sub _quote {
264 my $val = shift;
265 $val =~ s/([\\\'])/\\$1/g;
266 return "'" . $val . "'";
267}
268
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269# Old Perls (5.14-) have trouble resetting vstring magic when it is no
270# longer valid.
271use constant _bad_vsmg => defined &_vstring && (_vstring(~v0)||'') eq "v0";
272
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273#
274# twist, toil and turn;
275# and recurse, of course.
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276# sometimes sordidly;
277# and curse if no recourse.
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278#
279sub _dump {
280 my($s, $val, $name) = @_;
3bd791fa 281 my($out, $type, $id, $sname);
823edd99 282
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283 $type = ref $val;
284 $out = "";
285
286 if ($type) {
287
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288 # Call the freezer method if it's specified and the object has the
289 # method. Trap errors and warn() instead of die()ing, like the XS
290 # implementation.
291 my $freezer = $s->{freezer};
292 if ($freezer and UNIVERSAL::can($val, $freezer)) {
293 eval { $val->$freezer() };
294 warn "WARNING(Freezer method call failed): $@" if $@;
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295 }
296
2728842d 297 require Scalar::Util;
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298 my $realpack = Scalar::Util::blessed($val);
299 my $realtype = $realpack ? Scalar::Util::reftype($val) : ref $val;
2728842d 300 $id = format_refaddr($val);
a2126434 301
3bd791fa 302 # Note: By this point $name is always defined and of non-zero length.
436d4ccf 303 # Keep a tab on it so that we do not fall into recursive pit.
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304 if (exists $s->{seen}{$id}) {
305 if ($s->{purity} and $s->{level} > 0) {
306 $out = ($realtype eq 'HASH') ? '{}' :
307 ($realtype eq 'ARRAY') ? '[]' :
308 'do{my $o}' ;
309 push @post, $name . " = " . $s->{seen}{$id}[0];
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310 }
311 else {
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312 $out = $s->{seen}{$id}[0];
313 if ($name =~ /^([\@\%])/) {
314 my $start = $1;
315 if ($out =~ /^\\$start/) {
316 $out = substr($out, 1);
317 }
318 else {
319 $out = $start . '{' . $out . '}';
320 }
321 }
823edd99 322 }
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323 return $out;
324 }
325 else {
326 # store our name
327 $s->{seen}{$id} = [ (
328 ($name =~ /^[@%]/)
329 ? ('\\' . $name )
330 : ($realtype eq 'CODE' and $name =~ /^[*](.*)$/)
331 ? ('\\&' . $1 )
332 : $name
333 ), $val ];
823edd99 334 }
3bd791fa 335 my $no_bless = 0;
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336 my $is_regex = 0;
337 if ( $realpack and ($] >= 5.009005 ? re::is_regexp($val) : $realpack eq 'Regexp') ) {
338 $is_regex = 1;
339 $no_bless = $realpack eq 'Regexp';
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340 }
341
3bd791fa 342 # If purity is not set and maxdepth is set, then check depth:
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343 # if we have reached maximum depth, return the string
344 # representation of the thing we are currently examining
3bd791fa 345 # at this depth (i.e., 'Foo=ARRAY(0xdeadbeef)').
a2126434 346 if (!$s->{purity}
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347 and defined($s->{maxdepth})
348 and $s->{maxdepth} > 0
349 and $s->{level} >= $s->{maxdepth})
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350 {
351 return qq['$val'];
352 }
353
354 # we have a blessed ref
3bd791fa 355 my ($blesspad);
4ab99479 356 if ($realpack and !$no_bless) {
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357 $out = $s->{'bless'} . '( ';
358 $blesspad = $s->{apad};
359 $s->{apad} .= ' ' if ($s->{indent} >= 2);
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360 }
361
823edd99 362 $s->{level}++;
3bd791fa 363 my $ipad = $s->{xpad} x $s->{level};
823edd99 364
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365 if ($is_regex) {
366 my $pat;
3bd791fa 367 # This really sucks, re:regexp_pattern is in ext/re/re.xs and not in
4ab99479 368 # universal.c, and even worse we cant just require that re to be loaded
3bd791fa 369 # we *have* to use() it.
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370 # We should probably move it to universal.c for 5.10.1 and fix this.
371 # Currently we only use re::regexp_pattern when the re is blessed into another
372 # package. This has the disadvantage of meaning that a DD dump won't round trip
373 # as the pattern will be repeatedly wrapped with the same modifiers.
374 # This is an aesthetic issue so we will leave it for now, but we could use
375 # regexp_pattern() in list context to get the modifiers separately.
376 # But since this means loading the full debugging engine in process we wont
377 # bother unless its necessary for accuracy.
192c1e27 378 if (($realpack ne 'Regexp') && defined(*re::regexp_pattern{CODE})) {
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379 $pat = re::regexp_pattern($val);
380 }
381 else {
382 $pat = "$val";
4ab99479 383 }
de5ef703 384 $pat =~ s <(\\.)|/> { $1 || '\\/' }ge;
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385 $out .= "qr/$pat/";
386 }
d036e907 387 elsif ($realtype eq 'SCALAR' || $realtype eq 'REF'
3bd791fa 388 || $realtype eq 'VSTRING') {
823edd99 389 if ($realpack) {
3bd791fa 390 $out .= 'do{\\(my $o = ' . $s->_dump($$val, "\${$name}") . ')}';
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391 }
392 else {
3bd791fa 393 $out .= '\\' . $s->_dump($$val, "\${$name}");
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394 }
395 }
396 elsif ($realtype eq 'GLOB') {
3bd791fa 397 $out .= '\\' . $s->_dump($$val, "*{$name}");
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398 }
399 elsif ($realtype eq 'ARRAY') {
a36ee16f 400 my($pad, $mname);
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401 my($i) = 0;
402 $out .= ($name =~ /^\@/) ? '(' : '[';
403 $pad = $s->{sep} . $s->{pad} . $s->{apad};
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404 ($name =~ /^\@(.*)$/) ? ($mname = "\$" . $1) :
405 # omit -> if $foo->[0]->{bar}, but not ${$foo->[0]}->{bar}
406 ($name =~ /^\\?[\%\@\*\$][^{].*[]}]$/) ? ($mname = $name) :
407 ($mname = $name . '->');
823edd99 408 $mname .= '->' if $mname =~ /^\*.+\{[A-Z]+\}$/;
a36ee16f 409 for my $v (@$val) {
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410 $sname = $mname . '[' . $i . ']';
411 $out .= $pad . $ipad . '#' . $i
412 if $s->{indent} >= 3;
413 $out .= $pad . $ipad . $s->_dump($v, $sname);
414 $out .= "," if $i++ < $#$val;
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415 }
416 $out .= $pad . ($s->{xpad} x ($s->{level} - 1)) if $i;
417 $out .= ($name =~ /^\@/) ? ')' : ']';
418 }
419 elsif ($realtype eq 'HASH') {
3bd791fa 420 my ($k, $v, $pad, $lpad, $mname, $pair);
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421 $out .= ($name =~ /^\%/) ? '(' : '{';
422 $pad = $s->{sep} . $s->{pad} . $s->{apad};
423 $lpad = $s->{apad};
30b4f386 424 $pair = $s->{pair};
7820172a 425 ($name =~ /^\%(.*)$/) ? ($mname = "\$" . $1) :
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426 # omit -> if $foo->[0]->{bar}, but not ${$foo->[0]}->{bar}
427 ($name =~ /^\\?[\%\@\*\$][^{].*[]}]$/) ? ($mname = $name) :
428 ($mname = $name . '->');
823edd99 429 $mname .= '->' if $mname =~ /^\*.+\{[A-Z]+\}$/;
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430 my $sortkeys = defined($s->{sortkeys}) ? $s->{sortkeys} : '';
431 my $keys = [];
31a725b3 432 if ($sortkeys) {
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433 if (ref($s->{sortkeys}) eq 'CODE') {
434 $keys = $s->{sortkeys}($val);
435 unless (ref($keys) eq 'ARRAY') {
436 carp "Sortkeys subroutine did not return ARRAYREF";
437 $keys = [];
438 }
439 }
440 else {
441 $keys = [ sort keys %$val ];
442 }
31a725b3 443 }
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444
445 # Ensure hash iterator is reset
446 keys(%$val);
447
3bd791fa 448 my $key;
31a725b3 449 while (($k, $v) = ! $sortkeys ? (each %$val) :
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450 @$keys ? ($key = shift(@$keys), $val->{$key}) :
451 () )
31a725b3 452 {
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453 my $nk = $s->_dump($k, "");
454 $nk = $1
455 if !$s->{quotekeys} and $nk =~ /^[\"\']([A-Za-z_]\w*)[\"\']$/;
456 $sname = $mname . '{' . $nk . '}';
457 $out .= $pad . $ipad . $nk . $pair;
458
459 # temporarily alter apad
460 $s->{apad} .= (" " x (length($nk) + 4))
461 if $s->{indent} >= 2;
462 $out .= $s->_dump($val->{$k}, $sname) . ",";
463 $s->{apad} = $lpad
464 if $s->{indent} >= 2;
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465 }
466 if (substr($out, -1) eq ',') {
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467 chop $out;
468 $out .= $pad . ($s->{xpad} x ($s->{level} - 1));
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469 }
470 $out .= ($name =~ /^\%/) ? ')' : '}';
471 }
472 elsif ($realtype eq 'CODE') {
8e5f9a6e 473 if ($s->{deparse}) {
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474 require B::Deparse;
475 my $sub = 'sub ' . (B::Deparse->new)->coderef2text($val);
476 $pad = $s->{sep} . $s->{pad} . $s->{apad} . $s->{xpad} x ($s->{level} - 1);
477 $sub =~ s/\n/$pad/gse;
478 $out .= $sub;
479 }
480 else {
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481 $out .= 'sub { "DUMMY" }';
482 carp "Encountered CODE ref, using dummy placeholder" if $s->{purity};
483 }
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484 }
485 else {
3bd791fa 486 croak "Can't handle '$realtype' type";
823edd99 487 }
3bd791fa 488
4ab99479 489 if ($realpack and !$no_bless) { # we have a blessed ref
d0c214fd 490 $out .= ', ' . _quote($realpack) . ' )';
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491 $out .= '->' . $s->{toaster} . '()'
492 if $s->{toaster} ne '';
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493 $s->{apad} = $blesspad;
494 }
495 $s->{level}--;
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496 }
497 else { # simple scalar
498
499 my $ref = \$_[1];
d036e907 500 my $v;
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501 # first, catalog the scalar
502 if ($name ne '') {
2728842d 503 $id = format_refaddr($ref);
823edd99 504 if (exists $s->{seen}{$id}) {
7820172a 505 if ($s->{seen}{$id}[2]) {
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506 $out = $s->{seen}{$id}[0];
507 #warn "[<$out]\n";
508 return "\${$out}";
509 }
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510 }
511 else {
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512 #warn "[>\\$name]\n";
513 $s->{seen}{$id} = ["\\$name", $ref];
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514 }
515 }
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516 $ref = \$val;
517 if (ref($ref) eq 'GLOB') { # glob
823edd99 518 my $name = substr($val, 1);
58cee0f7 519 if ($name =~ /^[A-Za-z_][\w:]*$/ && $name ne 'main::') {
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520 $name =~ s/^main::/::/;
521 $sname = $name;
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522 }
523 else {
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524 $sname = $s->_dump(
525 $name eq 'main::' || $] < 5.007 && $name eq "main::\0"
526 ? ''
527 : $name,
528 "",
529 );
530 $sname = '{' . $sname . '}';
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531 }
532 if ($s->{purity}) {
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533 my $k;
534 local ($s->{level}) = 0;
535 for $k (qw(SCALAR ARRAY HASH)) {
536 my $gval = *$val{$k};
537 next unless defined $gval;
538 next if $k eq "SCALAR" && ! defined $$gval; # always there
539
540 # _dump can push into @post, so we hold our place using $postlen
541 my $postlen = scalar @post;
542 $post[$postlen] = "\*$sname = ";
543 local ($s->{apad}) = " " x length($post[$postlen]) if $s->{indent} >= 2;
544 $post[$postlen] .= $s->_dump($gval, "\*$sname\{$k\}");
545 }
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546 }
547 $out .= '*' . $sname;
548 }
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549 elsif (!defined($val)) {
550 $out .= "undef";
551 }
d036e907 552 elsif (defined &_vstring and $v = _vstring($val)
3bd791fa 553 and !_bad_vsmg || eval $v eq $val) {
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554 $out .= $v;
555 }
556 elsif (!defined &_vstring
c1205a1e 557 and ref $ref eq 'VSTRING' || eval{Scalar::Util::isvstring($val)}) {
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558 $out .= sprintf "%vd", $val;
559 }
c4cce848 560 elsif ($val =~ /^(?:0|-?[1-9]\d{0,8})\z/) { # safe decimal number
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561 $out .= $val;
562 }
3bd791fa 563 else { # string
c4cce848 564 if ($s->{useqq} or $val =~ tr/\0-\377//c) {
38a44b82 565 # Fall back to qq if there's Unicode
3bd791fa 566 $out .= qquote($val, $s->{useqq});
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568 else {
d0c214fd 569 $out .= _quote($val);
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571 }
572 }
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573 if ($id) {
574 # if we made it this far, $id was added to seen list at current
575 # level, so remove it to get deep copies
576 if ($s->{deepcopy}) {
577 delete($s->{seen}{$id});
578 }
579 elsif ($name) {
580 $s->{seen}{$id}[2] = 1;
581 }
582 }
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584}
3bd791fa 585
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587# non-OO style of earlier version
588#
589sub Dumper {
590 return Data::Dumper->Dump([@_]);
591}
592
0f1923bd 593# compat stub
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595 return Data::Dumper->Dumpxs([@_], []);
596}
597
823edd99 598#
3bd791fa 599# reset the "seen" cache
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601sub Reset {
602 my($s) = shift;
603 $s->{seen} = {};
604 return $s;
605}
606
607sub Indent {
608 my($s, $v) = @_;
609 if (defined($v)) {
610 if ($v == 0) {
611 $s->{xpad} = "";
612 $s->{sep} = "";
613 }
614 else {
615 $s->{xpad} = " ";
616 $s->{sep} = "\n";
617 }
618 $s->{indent} = $v;
619 return $s;
620 }
621 else {
622 return $s->{indent};
623 }
624}
625
30b4f386 626sub Pair {
627 my($s, $v) = @_;
628 defined($v) ? (($s->{pair} = $v), return $s) : $s->{pair};
629}
630
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632 my($s, $v) = @_;
633 defined($v) ? (($s->{pad} = $v), return $s) : $s->{pad};
634}
635
636sub Varname {
637 my($s, $v) = @_;
638 defined($v) ? (($s->{varname} = $v), return $s) : $s->{varname};
639}
640
641sub Purity {
642 my($s, $v) = @_;
643 defined($v) ? (($s->{purity} = $v), return $s) : $s->{purity};
644}
645
646sub Useqq {
647 my($s, $v) = @_;
648 defined($v) ? (($s->{useqq} = $v), return $s) : $s->{useqq};
649}
650
651sub Terse {
652 my($s, $v) = @_;
653 defined($v) ? (($s->{terse} = $v), return $s) : $s->{terse};
654}
655
656sub Freezer {
657 my($s, $v) = @_;
658 defined($v) ? (($s->{freezer} = $v), return $s) : $s->{freezer};
659}
660
661sub Toaster {
662 my($s, $v) = @_;
663 defined($v) ? (($s->{toaster} = $v), return $s) : $s->{toaster};
664}
665
666sub Deepcopy {
667 my($s, $v) = @_;
668 defined($v) ? (($s->{deepcopy} = $v), return $s) : $s->{deepcopy};
669}
670
671sub Quotekeys {
672 my($s, $v) = @_;
673 defined($v) ? (($s->{quotekeys} = $v), return $s) : $s->{quotekeys};
674}
675
676sub Bless {
677 my($s, $v) = @_;
678 defined($v) ? (($s->{'bless'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'bless'};
679}
680
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682 my($s, $v) = @_;
683 defined($v) ? (($s->{'maxdepth'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'maxdepth'};
684}
685
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687 my($s, $v) = @_;
688 defined($v) ? (($s->{'useperl'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'useperl'};
689}
690
691sub Sortkeys {
692 my($s, $v) = @_;
693 defined($v) ? (($s->{'sortkeys'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'sortkeys'};
694}
695
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697 my($s, $v) = @_;
698 defined($v) ? (($s->{'deparse'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'deparse'};
699}
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702 my($s, $v) = @_;
703 defined($v) ? (($s->{'noseen'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'noseen'};
704}
705
7820172a 706# used by qquote below
3bd791fa 707my %esc = (
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709 "\b" => "\\b",
710 "\t" => "\\t",
711 "\n" => "\\n",
712 "\f" => "\\f",
713 "\r" => "\\r",
714 "\e" => "\\e",
715);
716
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718sub qquote {
719 local($_) = shift;
7820172a 720 s/([\\\"\@\$])/\\$1/g;
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722 s/([^\x00-\x7f])/'\x{'.sprintf("%x",ord($1)).'}'/ge if $bytes > length;
3bd791fa 723 return qq("$_") unless
0407a77b 724 /[^ !"\#\$%&'()*+,\-.\/0-9:;<=>?\@A-Z[\\\]^_`a-z{|}~]/; # fast exit
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726 my $high = shift || "";
727 s/([\a\b\t\n\f\r\e])/$esc{$1}/g;
728
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729 if (ord('^')==94) { # ascii
730 # no need for 3 digits in escape for these
731 s/([\0-\037])(?!\d)/'\\'.sprintf('%o',ord($1))/eg;
732 s/([\0-\037\177])/'\\'.sprintf('%03o',ord($1))/eg;
43948175 733 # all but last branch below not supported --BEHAVIOR SUBJECT TO CHANGE--
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734 if ($high eq "iso8859") {
735 s/([\200-\240])/'\\'.sprintf('%o',ord($1))/eg;
736 } elsif ($high eq "utf8") {
737# use utf8;
738# $str =~ s/([^\040-\176])/sprintf "\\x{%04x}", ord($1)/ge;
739 } elsif ($high eq "8bit") {
740 # leave it as it is
741 } else {
742 s/([\200-\377])/'\\'.sprintf('%03o',ord($1))/eg;
c4cce848 743 s/([^\040-\176])/sprintf "\\x{%04x}", ord($1)/ge;
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745 }
746 else { # ebcdic
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747 s{([^ !"\#\$%&'()*+,\-.\/0-9:;<=>?\@A-Z[\\\]^_`a-z{|}~])(?!\d)}
748 {my $v = ord($1); '\\'.sprintf(($v <= 037 ? '%o' : '%03o'), $v)}eg;
749 s{([^ !"\#\$%&'()*+,\-.\/0-9:;<=>?\@A-Z[\\\]^_`a-z{|}~])}
750 {'\\'.sprintf('%03o',ord($1))}eg;
7820172a 751 }
0407a77b 752
7820172a 753 return qq("$_");
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755
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757# access to sortsv() from XS
758sub _sortkeys { [ sort keys %{$_[0]} ] }
759
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761 my $s = shift;
762 my ($name, $val, $i) = @_;
763 if (defined $name) {
764 if ($name =~ /^[*](.*)$/) {
765 if (defined $val) {
766 $name = (ref $val eq 'ARRAY') ? ( "\@" . $1 ) :
767 (ref $val eq 'HASH') ? ( "\%" . $1 ) :
768 (ref $val eq 'CODE') ? ( "\*" . $1 ) :
769 ( "\$" . $1 ) ;
770 }
771 else {
772 $name = "\$" . $1;
773 }
774 }
775 elsif ($name !~ /^\$/) {
776 $name = "\$" . $name;
777 }
778 }
779 else { # no names provided
780 $name = "\$" . $s->{varname} . $i;
781 }
782 return $name;
783}
784
785sub _compose_out {
786 my $s = shift;
787 my ($valstr, $postref) = @_;
788 my $out = "";
789 $out .= $s->{pad} . $valstr . $s->{sep};
790 if (@{$postref}) {
791 $out .= $s->{pad} .
792 join(';' . $s->{sep} . $s->{pad}, @{$postref}) .
793 ';' .
794 $s->{sep};
795 }
796 return $out;
797}
798
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800__END__
801
802=head1 NAME
803
804Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both printing and C<eval>
805
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806=head1 SYNOPSIS
807
808 use Data::Dumper;
809
810 # simple procedural interface
811 print Dumper($foo, $bar);
812
813 # extended usage with names
814 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$foo, $bar], [qw(foo *ary)]);
815
816 # configuration variables
817 {
82df27e1 818 local $Data::Dumper::Purity = 1;
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820 }
821
822 # OO usage
823 $d = Data::Dumper->new([$foo, $bar], [qw(foo *ary)]);
824 ...
825 print $d->Dump;
826 ...
827 $d->Purity(1)->Terse(1)->Deepcopy(1);
828 eval $d->Dump;
829
830
831=head1 DESCRIPTION
832
833Given a list of scalars or reference variables, writes out their contents in
5e603302 834perl syntax. The references can also be objects. The content of each
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835variable is output in a single Perl statement. Handles self-referential
836structures correctly.
837
838The return value can be C<eval>ed to get back an identical copy of the
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839original reference structure. (Please do consider the security implications
840of eval'ing code from untrusted sources!)
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842Any references that are the same as one of those passed in will be named
843C<$VAR>I<n> (where I<n> is a numeric suffix), and other duplicate references
844to substructures within C<$VAR>I<n> will be appropriately labeled using arrow
845notation. You can specify names for individual values to be dumped if you
846use the C<Dump()> method, or you can change the default C<$VAR> prefix to
847something else. See C<$Data::Dumper::Varname> and C<$Data::Dumper::Terse>
848below.
849
850The default output of self-referential structures can be C<eval>ed, but the
851nested references to C<$VAR>I<n> will be undefined, since a recursive
852structure cannot be constructed using one Perl statement. You should set the
853C<Purity> flag to 1 to get additional statements that will correctly fill in
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854these references. Moreover, if C<eval>ed when strictures are in effect,
855you need to ensure that any variables it accesses are previously declared.
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857In the extended usage form, the references to be dumped can be given
3bd791fa 858user-specified names. If a name begins with a C<*>, the output will
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859describe the dereferenced type of the supplied reference for hashes and
860arrays, and coderefs. Output of names will be avoided where possible if
861the C<Terse> flag is set.
862
863In many cases, methods that are used to set the internal state of the
864object will return the object itself, so method calls can be conveniently
865chained together.
866
867Several styles of output are possible, all controlled by setting
3bd791fa 868the C<Indent> flag. See L<Configuration Variables or Methods> below
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869for details.
870
871
872=head2 Methods
873
874=over 4
875
876=item I<PACKAGE>->new(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>)
877
878Returns a newly created C<Data::Dumper> object. The first argument is an
879anonymous array of values to be dumped. The optional second argument is an
880anonymous array of names for the values. The names need not have a leading
881C<$> sign, and must be comprised of alphanumeric characters. You can begin
882a name with a C<*> to specify that the dereferenced type must be dumped
883instead of the reference itself, for ARRAY and HASH references.
884
885The prefix specified by C<$Data::Dumper::Varname> will be used with a
886numeric suffix if the name for a value is undefined.
887
888Data::Dumper will catalog all references encountered while dumping the
889values. Cross-references (in the form of names of substructures in perl
890syntax) will be inserted at all possible points, preserving any structural
891interdependencies in the original set of values. Structure traversal is
892depth-first, and proceeds in order from the first supplied value to
893the last.
894
895=item I<$OBJ>->Dump I<or> I<PACKAGE>->Dump(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>)
896
897Returns the stringified form of the values stored in the object (preserving
898the order in which they were supplied to C<new>), subject to the
91e74348 899configuration options below. In a list context, it returns a list
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900of strings corresponding to the supplied values.
901
902The second form, for convenience, simply calls the C<new> method on its
903arguments before dumping the object immediately.
904
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905=item I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>)
906
907Queries or adds to the internal table of already encountered references.
908You must use C<Reset> to explicitly clear the table if needed. Such
909references are not dumped; instead, their names are inserted wherever they
910are encountered subsequently. This is useful especially for properly
911dumping subroutine references.
912
d1be9408 913Expects an anonymous hash of name => value pairs. Same rules apply for names
823edd99 914as in C<new>. If no argument is supplied, will return the "seen" list of
91e74348 915name => value pairs, in a list context. Otherwise, returns the object
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916itself.
917
918=item I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>)
919
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921called without arguments, returns the values as a list. When called with a
922reference to an array of replacement values, returns the object itself. When
923called with any other type of argument, dies.
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925=item I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>)
926
927Queries or replaces the internal array of user supplied names for the values
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928that will be dumped. When called without arguments, returns the names. When
929called with an array of replacement names, returns the object itself. If the
436d4ccf 930number of replacement names exceeds the number of values to be named, the
3bd791fa 931excess names will not be used. If the number of replacement names falls short
436d4ccf 932of the number of values to be named, the list of replacement names will be
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933exhausted and remaining values will not be renamed. When
934called with any other type of argument, dies.
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936=item I<$OBJ>->Reset
937
938Clears the internal table of "seen" references and returns the object
939itself.
940
941=back
942
943=head2 Functions
944
945=over 4
946
947=item Dumper(I<LIST>)
948
949Returns the stringified form of the values in the list, subject to the
950configuration options below. The values will be named C<$VAR>I<n> in the
951output, where I<n> is a numeric suffix. Will return a list of strings
91e74348 952in a list context.
823edd99 953
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955
956=head2 Configuration Variables or Methods
957
958Several configuration variables can be used to control the kind of output
959generated when using the procedural interface. These variables are usually
960C<local>ized in a block so that other parts of the code are not affected by
3bd791fa 961the change.
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963These variables determine the default state of the object created by calling
964the C<new> method, but cannot be used to alter the state of the object
965thereafter. The equivalent method names should be used instead to query
966or set the internal state of the object.
967
968The method forms return the object itself when called with arguments,
969so that they can be chained together nicely.
970
971=over 4
972
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974
975$Data::Dumper::Indent I<or> I<$OBJ>->Indent(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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977Controls the style of indentation. It can be set to 0, 1, 2 or 3. Style 0
978spews output without any newlines, indentation, or spaces between list
979items. It is the most compact format possible that can still be called
980valid perl. Style 1 outputs a readable form with newlines but no fancy
981indentation (each level in the structure is simply indented by a fixed
982amount of whitespace). Style 2 (the default) outputs a very readable form
983which takes into account the length of hash keys (so the hash value lines
984up). Style 3 is like style 2, but also annotates the elements of arrays
985with their index (but the comment is on its own line, so array output
986consumes twice the number of lines). Style 2 is the default.
987
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988=item *
989
990$Data::Dumper::Purity I<or> I<$OBJ>->Purity(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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991
992Controls the degree to which the output can be C<eval>ed to recreate the
993supplied reference structures. Setting it to 1 will output additional perl
994statements that will correctly recreate nested references. The default is
9950.
996
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998
999$Data::Dumper::Pad I<or> I<$OBJ>->Pad(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1001Specifies the string that will be prefixed to every line of the output.
1002Empty string by default.
1003
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1005
1006$Data::Dumper::Varname I<or> I<$OBJ>->Varname(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1008Contains the prefix to use for tagging variable names in the output. The
1009default is "VAR".
1010
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1012
1013$Data::Dumper::Useqq I<or> I<$OBJ>->Useqq(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1015When set, enables the use of double quotes for representing string values.
1016Whitespace other than space will be represented as C<[\n\t\r]>, "unsafe"
1017characters will be backslashed, and unprintable characters will be output as
1018quoted octal integers. Since setting this variable imposes a performance
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1020since the fast XSUB implementation doesn't support it yet.
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1023
1024$Data::Dumper::Terse I<or> I<$OBJ>->Terse(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1026When set, Data::Dumper will emit single, non-self-referential values as
1027atoms/terms rather than statements. This means that the C<$VAR>I<n> names
1028will be avoided where possible, but be advised that such output may not
1029always be parseable by C<eval>.
1030
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1032
1033$Data::Dumper::Freezer I<or> $I<OBJ>->Freezer(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1035Can be set to a method name, or to an empty string to disable the feature.
1036Data::Dumper will invoke that method via the object before attempting to
1037stringify it. This method can alter the contents of the object (if, for
1038instance, it contains data allocated from C), and even rebless it in a
1039different package. The client is responsible for making sure the specified
1040method can be called via the object, and that the object ends up containing
1041only perl data types after the method has been called. Defaults to an empty
1042string.
1043
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1045UNIVERSAL::can()) then the call will be skipped. If the method dies a
1046warning will be generated.
1047
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1049
1050$Data::Dumper::Toaster I<or> $I<OBJ>->Toaster(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1052Can be set to a method name, or to an empty string to disable the feature.
1053Data::Dumper will emit a method call for any objects that are to be dumped
8e5f9a6e 1054using the syntax C<bless(DATA, CLASS)-E<gt>METHOD()>. Note that this means that
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1055the method specified will have to perform any modifications required on the
1056object (like creating new state within it, and/or reblessing it in a
1057different package) and then return it. The client is responsible for making
1058sure the method can be called via the object, and that it returns a valid
1059object. Defaults to an empty string.
1060
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1062
1063$Data::Dumper::Deepcopy I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deepcopy(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1065Can be set to a boolean value to enable deep copies of structures.
1066Cross-referencing will then only be done when absolutely essential
1067(i.e., to break reference cycles). Default is 0.
1068
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1070
1071$Data::Dumper::Quotekeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Quotekeys(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1073Can be set to a boolean value to control whether hash keys are quoted.
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1076
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1078
1079$Data::Dumper::Bless I<or> $I<OBJ>->Bless(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1081Can be set to a string that specifies an alternative to the C<bless>
1082builtin operator used to create objects. A function with the specified
1083name should exist, and should accept the same arguments as the builtin.
1084Default is C<bless>.
1085
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1087
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1089
1090Can be set to a string that specifies the separator between hash keys
1091and values. To dump nested hash, array and scalar values to JavaScript,
1092use: C<$Data::Dumper::Pair = ' : ';>. Implementing C<bless> in JavaScript
1093is left as an exercise for the reader.
1094A function with the specified name exists, and accepts the same arguments
1095as the builtin.
1096
1097Default is: C< =E<gt> >.
1098
1099=item *
1100
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1103Can be set to a positive integer that specifies the depth beyond which
5e603302 1104we don't venture into a structure. Has no effect when
a2126434 1105C<Data::Dumper::Purity> is set. (Useful in debugger when we often don't
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1107no maximum depth.
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1110
1111$Data::Dumper::Useperl I<or> $I<OBJ>->Useperl(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1113Can be set to a boolean value which controls whether the pure Perl
1114implementation of C<Data::Dumper> is used. The C<Data::Dumper> module is
1115a dual implementation, with almost all functionality written in both
1116pure Perl and also in XS ('C'). Since the XS version is much faster, it
1117will always be used if possible. This option lets you override the
1118default behavior, usually for testing purposes only. Default is 0, which
1119means the XS implementation will be used if possible.
1120
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1122
1123$Data::Dumper::Sortkeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Sortkeys(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1125Can be set to a boolean value to control whether hash keys are dumped in
1126sorted order. A true value will cause the keys of all hashes to be
1127dumped in Perl's default sort order. Can also be set to a subroutine
1128reference which will be called for each hash that is dumped. In this
1129case C<Data::Dumper> will call the subroutine once for each hash,
1130passing it the reference of the hash. The purpose of the subroutine is
1131to return a reference to an array of the keys that will be dumped, in
1132the order that they should be dumped. Using this feature, you can
1133control both the order of the keys, and which keys are actually used. In
1134other words, this subroutine acts as a filter by which you can exclude
1135certain keys from being dumped. Default is 0, which means that hash keys
1136are not sorted.
1137
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1138=item *
1139
1140$Data::Dumper::Deparse I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deparse(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1142Can be set to a boolean value to control whether code references are
1143turned into perl source code. If set to a true value, C<B::Deparse>
1144will be used to get the source of the code reference. Using this option
1145will force using the Perl implementation of the dumper, since the fast
1146XSUB implementation doesn't support it.
1147
1148Caution : use this option only if you know that your coderefs will be
1149properly reconstructed by C<B::Deparse>.
1150
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1152
1153$Data::Dumper::Sparseseen I<or> $I<OBJ>->Sparseseen(I<[NEWVAL]>)
1154
1155By default, Data::Dumper builds up the "seen" hash of scalars that
1156it has encountered during serialization. This is very expensive.
1157This seen hash is necessary to support and even just detect circular
1158references. It is exposed to the user via the C<Seen()> call both
1159for writing and reading.
1160
1161If you, as a user, do not need explicit access to the "seen" hash,
1162then you can set the C<Sparseseen> option to allow Data::Dumper
1163to eschew building the "seen" hash for scalars that are known not
1164to possess more than one reference. This speeds up serialization
1165considerably if you use the XS implementation.
1166
1167Note: If you turn on C<Sparseseen>, then you must not rely on the
1168content of the seen hash since its contents will be an
1169implementation detail!
1170
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1172
1173=head2 Exports
1174
1175=over 4
1176
1177=item Dumper
1178
1179=back
1180
1181=head1 EXAMPLES
1182
1183Run these code snippets to get a quick feel for the behavior of this
1184module. When you are through with these examples, you may want to
1185add or change the various configuration variables described above,
1186to see their behavior. (See the testsuite in the Data::Dumper
1187distribution for more examples.)
1188
1189
1190 use Data::Dumper;
1191
1192 package Foo;
1193 sub new {bless {'a' => 1, 'b' => sub { return "foo" }}, $_[0]};
1194
1195 package Fuz; # a weird REF-REF-SCALAR object
1196 sub new {bless \($_ = \ 'fu\'z'), $_[0]};
1197
1198 package main;
1199 $foo = Foo->new;
1200 $fuz = Fuz->new;
1201 $boo = [ 1, [], "abcd", \*foo,
3bd791fa 1202 {1 => 'a', 023 => 'b', 0x45 => 'c'},
823edd99 1203 \\"p\q\'r", $foo, $fuz];
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1206 # simple usage
1207 ########
1208
1209 $bar = eval(Dumper($boo));
1210 print($@) if $@;
1211 print Dumper($boo), Dumper($bar); # pretty print (no array indices)
1212
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1214 $Data::Dumper::Indent = 0; # turn off all pretty print
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1215 print Dumper($boo), "\n";
1216
b877fea2 1217 $Data::Dumper::Indent = 1; # mild pretty print
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1218 print Dumper($boo);
1219
b877fea2 1220 $Data::Dumper::Indent = 3; # pretty print with array indices
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1221 print Dumper($boo);
1222
b877fea2 1223 $Data::Dumper::Useqq = 1; # print strings in double quotes
823edd99 1224 print Dumper($boo);
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b877fea2 1226 $Data::Dumper::Pair = " : "; # specify hash key/value separator
30b4f386 1227 print Dumper($boo);
1228
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1231 # recursive structures
1232 ########
3cb6de81 1233
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1235 $c = \@c;
1236 $b = {};
1237 $a = [1, $b, $c];
1238 $b->{a} = $a;
1239 $b->{b} = $a->[1];
1240 $b->{c} = $a->[2];
1241 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$a,$b,$c], [qw(a b c)]);
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1243
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1244 $Data::Dumper::Purity = 1; # fill in the holes for eval
1245 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$a, $b], [qw(*a b)]); # print as @a
1246 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$b, $a], [qw(*b a)]); # print as %b
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1248
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1249 $Data::Dumper::Deepcopy = 1; # avoid cross-refs
1250 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$b, $a], [qw(*b a)]);
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1252
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1253 $Data::Dumper::Purity = 0; # avoid cross-refs
1254 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$b, $a], [qw(*b a)]);
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1257 # deep structures
1258 ########
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1260 $a = "pearl";
1261 $b = [ $a ];
1262 $c = { 'b' => $b };
1263 $d = [ $c ];
1264 $e = { 'd' => $d };
1265 $f = { 'e' => $e };
1266 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$f], [qw(f)]);
1267
1268 $Data::Dumper::Maxdepth = 3; # no deeper than 3 refs down
1269 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$f], [qw(f)]);
1270
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1272 ########
1273 # object-oriented usage
1274 ########
3cb6de81 1275
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1276 $d = Data::Dumper->new([$a,$b], [qw(a b)]);
1277 $d->Seen({'*c' => $c}); # stash a ref without printing it
1278 $d->Indent(3);
1279 print $d->Dump;
1280 $d->Reset->Purity(0); # empty the seen cache
1281 print join "----\n", $d->Dump;
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1283
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1285 # persistence
1286 ########
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1288 package Foo;
1289 sub new { bless { state => 'awake' }, shift }
1290 sub Freeze {
1291 my $s = shift;
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1293 $s->{state} = 'asleep';
1294 return bless $s, 'Foo::ZZZ';
823edd99 1295 }
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1298 sub Thaw {
1299 my $s = shift;
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1301 $s->{state} = 'awake';
1302 return bless $s, 'Foo';
823edd99 1303 }
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1307 $a = Foo->new;
1308 $b = Data::Dumper->new([$a], ['c']);
1309 $b->Freezer('Freeze');
1310 $b->Toaster('Thaw');
1311 $c = $b->Dump;
1312 print $c;
1313 $d = eval $c;
1314 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$d], ['d']);
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1316
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1317 ########
1318 # symbol substitution (useful for recreating CODE refs)
1319 ########
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1321 sub foo { print "foo speaking\n" }
1322 *other = \&foo;
1323 $bar = [ \&other ];
1324 $d = Data::Dumper->new([\&other,$bar],['*other','bar']);
1325 $d->Seen({ '*foo' => \&foo });
1326 print $d->Dump;
1327
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1330 # sorting and filtering hash keys
1331 ########
1332
1333 $Data::Dumper::Sortkeys = \&my_filter;
1334 my $foo = { map { (ord, "$_$_$_") } 'I'..'Q' };
1335 my $bar = { %$foo };
1336 my $baz = { reverse %$foo };
1337 print Dumper [ $foo, $bar, $baz ];
1338
1339 sub my_filter {
1340 my ($hash) = @_;
1341 # return an array ref containing the hash keys to dump
1342 # in the order that you want them to be dumped
1343 return [
1344 # Sort the keys of %$foo in reverse numeric order
1345 $hash eq $foo ? (sort {$b <=> $a} keys %$hash) :
1346 # Only dump the odd number keys of %$bar
1347 $hash eq $bar ? (grep {$_ % 2} keys %$hash) :
1348 # Sort keys in default order for all other hashes
1349 (sort keys %$hash)
1350 ];
1351 }
1352
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1354
1355Due to limitations of Perl subroutine call semantics, you cannot pass an
1356array or hash. Prepend it with a C<\> to pass its reference instead. This
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1358For now, you need to use the extended usage form, and prepend the
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1360
1361C<Data::Dumper> cheats with CODE references. If a code reference is
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1363the C<Deparse> flag), an anonymous subroutine that
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1364contains the string '"DUMMY"' will be inserted in its place, and a warning
1365will be printed if C<Purity> is set. You can C<eval> the result, but bear
1366in mind that the anonymous sub that gets created is just a placeholder.
1367Someday, perl will have a switch to cache-on-demand the string
1368representation of a compiled piece of code, I hope. If you have prior
1369knowledge of all the code refs that your data structures are likely
1370to have, you can use the C<Seen> method to pre-seed the internal reference
00baac8f 1371table and make the dumped output point to them, instead. See L</EXAMPLES>
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1372above.
1373
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1375XSUB implementation does not support them.
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1377SCALAR objects have the weirdest looking C<bless> workaround.
1378
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1380only in Perl 5.8.0 and later.
1381
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1382=head2 NOTE
1383
1384Starting from Perl 5.8.1 different runs of Perl will have different
1385ordering of hash keys. The change was done for greater security,
1386see L<perlsec/"Algorithmic Complexity Attacks">. This means that
1387different runs of Perl will have different Data::Dumper outputs if
1388the data contains hashes. If you need to have identical Data::Dumper
1389outputs from different runs of Perl, use the environment variable
1390PERL_HASH_SEED, see L<perlrun/PERL_HASH_SEED>. Using this restores
1391the old (platform-specific) ordering: an even prettier solution might
1392be to use the C<Sortkeys> filter of Data::Dumper.
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1394=head1 AUTHOR
1395
6e238990 1396Gurusamy Sarathy gsar@activestate.com
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1397
1398Copyright (c) 1996-98 Gurusamy Sarathy. All rights reserved.
1399This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
1400modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
1401
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1402=head1 VERSION
1403
6e138f13 1404Version 2.145 (March 15 2013))
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1406=head1 SEE ALSO
1407
1408perl(1)
1409
1410=cut