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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 | ||
10 | package Data::Dumper; | |
11 | ||
d036e907 | 12 | BEGIN { |
fb504317 | 13 | $VERSION = '2.170'; # Don't forget to set version and release |
3bd791fa | 14 | } # date in POD below! |
823edd99 GS |
15 | |
16 | #$| = 1; | |
17 | ||
3b825e41 | 18 | use 5.006_001; |
823edd99 | 19 | require Exporter; |
823edd99 | 20 | |
e1416070 S |
21 | use constant IS_PRE_520_PERL => $] < 5.020; |
22 | ||
a261571f | 23 | use Carp (); |
823edd99 | 24 | |
907e5114 JB |
25 | BEGIN { |
26 | @ISA = qw(Exporter); | |
27 | @EXPORT = qw(Dumper); | |
28 | @EXPORT_OK = qw(DumperX); | |
823edd99 | 29 | |
907e5114 JB |
30 | # if run under miniperl, or otherwise lacking dynamic loading, |
31 | # XSLoader should be attempted to load, or the pure perl flag | |
32 | # toggled on load failure. | |
33 | eval { | |
3bd791fa JK |
34 | require XSLoader; |
35 | XSLoader::load( 'Data::Dumper' ); | |
36 | 1 | |
d036e907 | 37 | } |
1e9285c2 | 38 | or $Useperl = 1; |
907e5114 | 39 | } |
823edd99 | 40 | |
31ac59b6 KW |
41 | my $IS_ASCII = ord 'A' == 65; |
42 | ||
823edd99 | 43 | # module vars and their defaults |
907e5114 | 44 | $Indent = 2 unless defined $Indent; |
7089d392 | 45 | $Trailingcomma = 0 unless defined $Trailingcomma; |
907e5114 JB |
46 | $Purity = 0 unless defined $Purity; |
47 | $Pad = "" unless defined $Pad; | |
48 | $Varname = "VAR" unless defined $Varname; | |
49 | $Useqq = 0 unless defined $Useqq; | |
50 | $Terse = 0 unless defined $Terse; | |
51 | $Freezer = "" unless defined $Freezer; | |
52 | $Toaster = "" unless defined $Toaster; | |
53 | $Deepcopy = 0 unless defined $Deepcopy; | |
54 | $Quotekeys = 1 unless defined $Quotekeys; | |
55 | $Bless = "bless" unless defined $Bless; | |
56 | #$Expdepth = 0 unless defined $Expdepth; | |
57 | $Maxdepth = 0 unless defined $Maxdepth; | |
58 | $Pair = ' => ' unless defined $Pair; | |
59 | $Useperl = 0 unless defined $Useperl; | |
60 | $Sortkeys = 0 unless defined $Sortkeys; | |
61 | $Deparse = 0 unless defined $Deparse; | |
d424882c | 62 | $Sparseseen = 0 unless defined $Sparseseen; |
19be3be6 | 63 | $Maxrecurse = 1000 unless defined $Maxrecurse; |
823edd99 GS |
64 | |
65 | # | |
66 | # expects an arrayref of values to be dumped. | |
67 | # can optionally pass an arrayref of names for the values. | |
68 | # names must have leading $ sign stripped. begin the name with * | |
69 | # to cause output of arrays and hashes rather than refs. | |
70 | # | |
71 | sub new { | |
72 | my($c, $v, $n) = @_; | |
73 | ||
a261571f | 74 | Carp::croak("Usage: PACKAGE->new(ARRAYREF, [ARRAYREF])") |
823edd99 | 75 | unless (defined($v) && (ref($v) eq 'ARRAY')); |
b09a1111 | 76 | $n = [] unless (defined($n) && (ref($n) eq 'ARRAY')); |
823edd99 | 77 | |
3bd791fa JK |
78 | my($s) = { |
79 | level => 0, # current recursive depth | |
80 | indent => $Indent, # various styles of indenting | |
7089d392 | 81 | trailingcomma => $Trailingcomma, # whether to add comma after last elem |
3bd791fa JK |
82 | pad => $Pad, # all lines prefixed by this string |
83 | xpad => "", # padding-per-level | |
84 | apad => "", # added padding for hash keys n such | |
85 | sep => "", # list separator | |
86 | pair => $Pair, # hash key/value separator: defaults to ' => ' | |
87 | seen => {}, # local (nested) refs (id => [name, val]) | |
88 | todump => $v, # values to dump [] | |
89 | names => $n, # optional names for values [] | |
90 | varname => $Varname, # prefix to use for tagging nameless ones | |
91 | purity => $Purity, # degree to which output is evalable | |
92 | useqq => $Useqq, # use "" for strings (backslashitis ensues) | |
93 | terse => $Terse, # avoid name output (where feasible) | |
94 | freezer => $Freezer, # name of Freezer method for objects | |
95 | toaster => $Toaster, # name of method to revive objects | |
436d4ccf | 96 | deepcopy => $Deepcopy, # do not cross-ref, except to stop recursion |
3bd791fa JK |
97 | quotekeys => $Quotekeys, # quote hash keys |
98 | 'bless' => $Bless, # keyword to use for "bless" | |
99 | # expdepth => $Expdepth, # cutoff depth for explicit dumping | |
100 | maxdepth => $Maxdepth, # depth beyond which we give up | |
19be3be6 | 101 | maxrecurse => $Maxrecurse, # depth beyond which we abort |
3bd791fa JK |
102 | useperl => $Useperl, # use the pure Perl implementation |
103 | sortkeys => $Sortkeys, # flag or filter for sorting hash keys | |
104 | deparse => $Deparse, # use B::Deparse for coderefs | |
105 | noseen => $Sparseseen, # do not populate the seen hash unless necessary | |
106 | }; | |
823edd99 GS |
107 | |
108 | if ($Indent > 0) { | |
109 | $s->{xpad} = " "; | |
110 | $s->{sep} = "\n"; | |
111 | } | |
112 | return bless($s, $c); | |
113 | } | |
114 | ||
53095d08 | 115 | # Packed numeric addresses take less memory. Plus pack is faster than sprintf |
e52c0e5a | 116 | |
53095d08 NC |
117 | # Most users of current versions of Data::Dumper will be 5.008 or later. |
118 | # Anyone on 5.6.1 and 5.6.2 upgrading will be rare (particularly judging by | |
119 | # the bug reports from users on those platforms), so for the common case avoid | |
120 | # complexity, and avoid even compiling the unneeded code. | |
121 | ||
122 | sub init_refaddr_format { | |
123 | } | |
124 | ||
125 | sub format_refaddr { | |
e52c0e5a NC |
126 | require Scalar::Util; |
127 | pack "J", Scalar::Util::refaddr(shift); | |
53095d08 NC |
128 | }; |
129 | ||
130 | if ($] < 5.008) { | |
131 | eval <<'EOC' or die; | |
132 | no warnings 'redefine'; | |
133 | my $refaddr_format; | |
134 | sub init_refaddr_format { | |
135 | require Config; | |
136 | my $f = $Config::Config{uvxformat}; | |
137 | $f =~ tr/"//d; | |
138 | $refaddr_format = "0x%" . $f; | |
139 | } | |
140 | ||
141 | sub format_refaddr { | |
142 | require Scalar::Util; | |
143 | sprintf $refaddr_format, Scalar::Util::refaddr(shift); | |
144 | } | |
145 | ||
146 | 1 | |
147 | EOC | |
2728842d RGS |
148 | } |
149 | ||
823edd99 GS |
150 | # |
151 | # add-to or query the table of already seen references | |
152 | # | |
153 | sub Seen { | |
154 | my($s, $g) = @_; | |
155 | if (defined($g) && (ref($g) eq 'HASH')) { | |
3b5b1125 | 156 | init_refaddr_format(); |
823edd99 GS |
157 | my($k, $v, $id); |
158 | while (($k, $v) = each %$g) { | |
3bd791fa JK |
159 | if (defined $v) { |
160 | if (ref $v) { | |
161 | $id = format_refaddr($v); | |
162 | if ($k =~ /^[*](.*)$/) { | |
163 | $k = (ref $v eq 'ARRAY') ? ( "\\\@" . $1 ) : | |
164 | (ref $v eq 'HASH') ? ( "\\\%" . $1 ) : | |
165 | (ref $v eq 'CODE') ? ( "\\\&" . $1 ) : | |
166 | ( "\$" . $1 ) ; | |
167 | } | |
168 | elsif ($k !~ /^\$/) { | |
169 | $k = "\$" . $k; | |
170 | } | |
171 | $s->{seen}{$id} = [$k, $v]; | |
172 | } | |
173 | else { | |
a261571f | 174 | Carp::carp("Only refs supported, ignoring non-ref item \$$k"); |
3bd791fa | 175 | } |
823edd99 GS |
176 | } |
177 | else { | |
a261571f | 178 | Carp::carp("Value of ref must be defined; ignoring undefined item \$$k"); |
823edd99 GS |
179 | } |
180 | } | |
181 | return $s; | |
182 | } | |
183 | else { | |
184 | return map { @$_ } values %{$s->{seen}}; | |
185 | } | |
186 | } | |
187 | ||
188 | # | |
189 | # set or query the values to be dumped | |
190 | # | |
191 | sub Values { | |
192 | my($s, $v) = @_; | |
3bd791fa JK |
193 | if (defined($v)) { |
194 | if (ref($v) eq 'ARRAY') { | |
195 | $s->{todump} = [@$v]; # make a copy | |
196 | return $s; | |
197 | } | |
198 | else { | |
a261571f | 199 | Carp::croak("Argument to Values, if provided, must be array ref"); |
3bd791fa | 200 | } |
823edd99 GS |
201 | } |
202 | else { | |
203 | return @{$s->{todump}}; | |
204 | } | |
205 | } | |
206 | ||
207 | # | |
208 | # set or query the names of the values to be dumped | |
209 | # | |
210 | sub Names { | |
211 | my($s, $n) = @_; | |
3bd791fa JK |
212 | if (defined($n)) { |
213 | if (ref($n) eq 'ARRAY') { | |
214 | $s->{names} = [@$n]; # make a copy | |
215 | return $s; | |
216 | } | |
217 | else { | |
a261571f | 218 | Carp::croak("Argument to Names, if provided, must be array ref"); |
3bd791fa | 219 | } |
823edd99 GS |
220 | } |
221 | else { | |
222 | return @{$s->{names}}; | |
223 | } | |
224 | } | |
225 | ||
226 | sub DESTROY {} | |
227 | ||
0f1923bd | 228 | sub Dump { |
e1416070 S |
229 | # On old versions of perl, the xs-deparse support can fail |
230 | # mysteriously. Barring copious spare time, it's best to revert | |
231 | # to the previously standard behavior of using the pure perl dumper | |
232 | # for deparsing on old perls. --Steffen | |
233 | if (IS_PRE_520_PERL and ($Data::Dumper::Deparse or (ref($_[0]) && $_[0]->{deparse}))) { | |
234 | return &Dumpperl; | |
235 | } | |
31ac59b6 | 236 | |
e1416070 S |
237 | return &Dumpxs |
238 | unless $Data::Dumper::Useperl || (ref($_[0]) && $_[0]->{useperl}) | |
31ac59b6 KW |
239 | # Use pure perl version on earlier releases on EBCDIC platforms |
240 | || (! $IS_ASCII && $] lt 5.021_010); | |
e1416070 | 241 | return &Dumpperl; |
0f1923bd GS |
242 | } |
243 | ||
823edd99 GS |
244 | # |
245 | # dump the refs in the current dumper object. | |
246 | # expects same args as new() if called via package name. | |
247 | # | |
0f1923bd | 248 | sub Dumpperl { |
823edd99 GS |
249 | my($s) = shift; |
250 | my(@out, $val, $name); | |
251 | my($i) = 0; | |
252 | local(@post); | |
2728842d | 253 | init_refaddr_format(); |
823edd99 GS |
254 | |
255 | $s = $s->new(@_) unless ref $s; | |
256 | ||
257 | for $val (@{$s->{todump}}) { | |
823edd99 GS |
258 | @post = (); |
259 | $name = $s->{names}[$i++]; | |
3bd791fa | 260 | $name = $s->_refine_name($name, $val, $i); |
823edd99 GS |
261 | |
262 | my $valstr; | |
263 | { | |
264 | local($s->{apad}) = $s->{apad}; | |
d34e9bd9 | 265 | $s->{apad} .= ' ' x (length($name) + 3) if $s->{indent} >= 2 and !$s->{terse}; |
823edd99 GS |
266 | $valstr = $s->_dump($val, $name); |
267 | } | |
268 | ||
269 | $valstr = "$name = " . $valstr . ';' if @post or !$s->{terse}; | |
3bd791fa | 270 | my $out = $s->_compose_out($valstr, \@post); |
823edd99 GS |
271 | |
272 | push @out, $out; | |
273 | } | |
274 | return wantarray ? @out : join('', @out); | |
275 | } | |
276 | ||
d0c214fd AF |
277 | # wrap string in single quotes (escaping if needed) |
278 | sub _quote { | |
279 | my $val = shift; | |
280 | $val =~ s/([\\\'])/\\$1/g; | |
281 | return "'" . $val . "'"; | |
282 | } | |
283 | ||
d036e907 FC |
284 | # Old Perls (5.14-) have trouble resetting vstring magic when it is no |
285 | # longer valid. | |
286 | use constant _bad_vsmg => defined &_vstring && (_vstring(~v0)||'') eq "v0"; | |
287 | ||
823edd99 GS |
288 | # |
289 | # twist, toil and turn; | |
290 | # and recurse, of course. | |
31a725b3 JH |
291 | # sometimes sordidly; |
292 | # and curse if no recourse. | |
823edd99 GS |
293 | # |
294 | sub _dump { | |
295 | my($s, $val, $name) = @_; | |
3bd791fa | 296 | my($out, $type, $id, $sname); |
823edd99 | 297 | |
823edd99 GS |
298 | $type = ref $val; |
299 | $out = ""; | |
300 | ||
301 | if ($type) { | |
302 | ||
c5f7c514 ST |
303 | # Call the freezer method if it's specified and the object has the |
304 | # method. Trap errors and warn() instead of die()ing, like the XS | |
305 | # implementation. | |
306 | my $freezer = $s->{freezer}; | |
307 | if ($freezer and UNIVERSAL::can($val, $freezer)) { | |
308 | eval { $val->$freezer() }; | |
309 | warn "WARNING(Freezer method call failed): $@" if $@; | |
823edd99 GS |
310 | } |
311 | ||
2728842d | 312 | require Scalar::Util; |
3bd791fa JK |
313 | my $realpack = Scalar::Util::blessed($val); |
314 | my $realtype = $realpack ? Scalar::Util::reftype($val) : ref $val; | |
2728842d | 315 | $id = format_refaddr($val); |
a2126434 | 316 | |
3bd791fa | 317 | # Note: By this point $name is always defined and of non-zero length. |
436d4ccf | 318 | # Keep a tab on it so that we do not fall into recursive pit. |
3bd791fa JK |
319 | if (exists $s->{seen}{$id}) { |
320 | if ($s->{purity} and $s->{level} > 0) { | |
321 | $out = ($realtype eq 'HASH') ? '{}' : | |
322 | ($realtype eq 'ARRAY') ? '[]' : | |
323 | 'do{my $o}' ; | |
324 | push @post, $name . " = " . $s->{seen}{$id}[0]; | |
7820172a GS |
325 | } |
326 | else { | |
3bd791fa JK |
327 | $out = $s->{seen}{$id}[0]; |
328 | if ($name =~ /^([\@\%])/) { | |
329 | my $start = $1; | |
330 | if ($out =~ /^\\$start/) { | |
331 | $out = substr($out, 1); | |
332 | } | |
333 | else { | |
334 | $out = $start . '{' . $out . '}'; | |
335 | } | |
336 | } | |
823edd99 | 337 | } |
3bd791fa JK |
338 | return $out; |
339 | } | |
340 | else { | |
341 | # store our name | |
342 | $s->{seen}{$id} = [ ( | |
343 | ($name =~ /^[@%]/) | |
344 | ? ('\\' . $name ) | |
345 | : ($realtype eq 'CODE' and $name =~ /^[*](.*)$/) | |
346 | ? ('\\&' . $1 ) | |
347 | : $name | |
348 | ), $val ]; | |
823edd99 | 349 | } |
3bd791fa | 350 | my $no_bless = 0; |
4ab99479 YO |
351 | my $is_regex = 0; |
352 | if ( $realpack and ($] >= 5.009005 ? re::is_regexp($val) : $realpack eq 'Regexp') ) { | |
353 | $is_regex = 1; | |
354 | $no_bless = $realpack eq 'Regexp'; | |
a2126434 JN |
355 | } |
356 | ||
3bd791fa | 357 | # If purity is not set and maxdepth is set, then check depth: |
a2126434 JN |
358 | # if we have reached maximum depth, return the string |
359 | # representation of the thing we are currently examining | |
3bd791fa | 360 | # at this depth (i.e., 'Foo=ARRAY(0xdeadbeef)'). |
a2126434 | 361 | if (!$s->{purity} |
3bd791fa JK |
362 | and defined($s->{maxdepth}) |
363 | and $s->{maxdepth} > 0 | |
364 | and $s->{level} >= $s->{maxdepth}) | |
a2126434 JN |
365 | { |
366 | return qq['$val']; | |
367 | } | |
368 | ||
19be3be6 TC |
369 | # avoid recursing infinitely [perl #122111] |
370 | if ($s->{maxrecurse} > 0 | |
371 | and $s->{level} >= $s->{maxrecurse}) { | |
372 | die "Recursion limit of $s->{maxrecurse} exceeded"; | |
373 | } | |
374 | ||
a2126434 | 375 | # we have a blessed ref |
3bd791fa | 376 | my ($blesspad); |
4ab99479 | 377 | if ($realpack and !$no_bless) { |
a2126434 JN |
378 | $out = $s->{'bless'} . '( '; |
379 | $blesspad = $s->{apad}; | |
380 | $s->{apad} .= ' ' if ($s->{indent} >= 2); | |
7894fbab GS |
381 | } |
382 | ||
823edd99 | 383 | $s->{level}++; |
3bd791fa | 384 | my $ipad = $s->{xpad} x $s->{level}; |
823edd99 | 385 | |
4ab99479 YO |
386 | if ($is_regex) { |
387 | my $pat; | |
b183d514 TC |
388 | my $flags = ""; |
389 | if (defined(*re::regexp_pattern{CODE})) { | |
390 | ($pat, $flags) = re::regexp_pattern($val); | |
3bd791fa JK |
391 | } |
392 | else { | |
393 | $pat = "$val"; | |
4ab99479 | 394 | } |
de5ef703 | 395 | $pat =~ s <(\\.)|/> { $1 || '\\/' }ge; |
b183d514 | 396 | $out .= "qr/$pat/$flags"; |
4ab99479 | 397 | } |
d036e907 | 398 | elsif ($realtype eq 'SCALAR' || $realtype eq 'REF' |
3bd791fa | 399 | || $realtype eq 'VSTRING') { |
823edd99 | 400 | if ($realpack) { |
3bd791fa | 401 | $out .= 'do{\\(my $o = ' . $s->_dump($$val, "\${$name}") . ')}'; |
823edd99 GS |
402 | } |
403 | else { | |
3bd791fa | 404 | $out .= '\\' . $s->_dump($$val, "\${$name}"); |
823edd99 GS |
405 | } |
406 | } | |
407 | elsif ($realtype eq 'GLOB') { | |
3bd791fa | 408 | $out .= '\\' . $s->_dump($$val, "*{$name}"); |
823edd99 GS |
409 | } |
410 | elsif ($realtype eq 'ARRAY') { | |
a36ee16f | 411 | my($pad, $mname); |
823edd99 GS |
412 | my($i) = 0; |
413 | $out .= ($name =~ /^\@/) ? '(' : '['; | |
414 | $pad = $s->{sep} . $s->{pad} . $s->{apad}; | |
3bd791fa JK |
415 | ($name =~ /^\@(.*)$/) ? ($mname = "\$" . $1) : |
416 | # omit -> if $foo->[0]->{bar}, but not ${$foo->[0]}->{bar} | |
417 | ($name =~ /^\\?[\%\@\*\$][^{].*[]}]$/) ? ($mname = $name) : | |
418 | ($mname = $name . '->'); | |
823edd99 | 419 | $mname .= '->' if $mname =~ /^\*.+\{[A-Z]+\}$/; |
a36ee16f | 420 | for my $v (@$val) { |
3bd791fa JK |
421 | $sname = $mname . '[' . $i . ']'; |
422 | $out .= $pad . $ipad . '#' . $i | |
423 | if $s->{indent} >= 3; | |
424 | $out .= $pad . $ipad . $s->_dump($v, $sname); | |
7089d392 AC |
425 | $out .= "," |
426 | if $i++ < $#$val | |
427 | || ($s->{trailingcomma} && $s->{indent} >= 1); | |
823edd99 GS |
428 | } |
429 | $out .= $pad . ($s->{xpad} x ($s->{level} - 1)) if $i; | |
430 | $out .= ($name =~ /^\@/) ? ')' : ']'; | |
431 | } | |
432 | elsif ($realtype eq 'HASH') { | |
3bd791fa | 433 | my ($k, $v, $pad, $lpad, $mname, $pair); |
823edd99 GS |
434 | $out .= ($name =~ /^\%/) ? '(' : '{'; |
435 | $pad = $s->{sep} . $s->{pad} . $s->{apad}; | |
436 | $lpad = $s->{apad}; | |
30b4f386 | 437 | $pair = $s->{pair}; |
7820172a | 438 | ($name =~ /^\%(.*)$/) ? ($mname = "\$" . $1) : |
3bd791fa JK |
439 | # omit -> if $foo->[0]->{bar}, but not ${$foo->[0]}->{bar} |
440 | ($name =~ /^\\?[\%\@\*\$][^{].*[]}]$/) ? ($mname = $name) : | |
441 | ($mname = $name . '->'); | |
823edd99 | 442 | $mname .= '->' if $mname =~ /^\*.+\{[A-Z]+\}$/; |
3bd791fa JK |
443 | my $sortkeys = defined($s->{sortkeys}) ? $s->{sortkeys} : ''; |
444 | my $keys = []; | |
31a725b3 | 445 | if ($sortkeys) { |
3bd791fa JK |
446 | if (ref($s->{sortkeys}) eq 'CODE') { |
447 | $keys = $s->{sortkeys}($val); | |
448 | unless (ref($keys) eq 'ARRAY') { | |
a261571f | 449 | Carp::carp("Sortkeys subroutine did not return ARRAYREF"); |
3bd791fa JK |
450 | $keys = []; |
451 | } | |
452 | } | |
453 | else { | |
454 | $keys = [ sort keys %$val ]; | |
455 | } | |
31a725b3 | 456 | } |
b36d99fa AV |
457 | |
458 | # Ensure hash iterator is reset | |
459 | keys(%$val); | |
460 | ||
3bd791fa | 461 | my $key; |
31a725b3 | 462 | while (($k, $v) = ! $sortkeys ? (each %$val) : |
3bd791fa JK |
463 | @$keys ? ($key = shift(@$keys), $val->{$key}) : |
464 | () ) | |
31a725b3 | 465 | { |
3bd791fa | 466 | my $nk = $s->_dump($k, ""); |
5b50ddc0 TC |
467 | |
468 | # _dump doesn't quote numbers of this form | |
469 | if ($s->{quotekeys} && $nk =~ /^(?:0|-?[1-9][0-9]{0,8})\z/) { | |
470 | $nk = $s->{useqq} ? qq("$nk") : qq('$nk'); | |
471 | } | |
472 | elsif (!$s->{quotekeys} and $nk =~ /^[\"\']([A-Za-z_]\w*)[\"\']$/) { | |
473 | $nk = $1 | |
474 | } | |
475 | ||
3bd791fa JK |
476 | $sname = $mname . '{' . $nk . '}'; |
477 | $out .= $pad . $ipad . $nk . $pair; | |
478 | ||
479 | # temporarily alter apad | |
480 | $s->{apad} .= (" " x (length($nk) + 4)) | |
481 | if $s->{indent} >= 2; | |
482 | $out .= $s->_dump($val->{$k}, $sname) . ","; | |
483 | $s->{apad} = $lpad | |
484 | if $s->{indent} >= 2; | |
823edd99 GS |
485 | } |
486 | if (substr($out, -1) eq ',') { | |
7089d392 | 487 | chop $out if !$s->{trailingcomma} || !$s->{indent}; |
3bd791fa | 488 | $out .= $pad . ($s->{xpad} x ($s->{level} - 1)); |
823edd99 GS |
489 | } |
490 | $out .= ($name =~ /^\%/) ? ')' : '}'; | |
491 | } | |
492 | elsif ($realtype eq 'CODE') { | |
8e5f9a6e | 493 | if ($s->{deparse}) { |
3bd791fa JK |
494 | require B::Deparse; |
495 | my $sub = 'sub ' . (B::Deparse->new)->coderef2text($val); | |
496 | $pad = $s->{sep} . $s->{pad} . $s->{apad} . $s->{xpad} x ($s->{level} - 1); | |
942cf643 | 497 | $sub =~ s/\n/$pad/gs; |
3bd791fa JK |
498 | $out .= $sub; |
499 | } | |
500 | else { | |
8e5f9a6e | 501 | $out .= 'sub { "DUMMY" }'; |
a261571f | 502 | Carp::carp("Encountered CODE ref, using dummy placeholder") if $s->{purity}; |
8e5f9a6e | 503 | } |
823edd99 GS |
504 | } |
505 | else { | |
a261571f | 506 | Carp::croak("Can't handle '$realtype' type"); |
823edd99 | 507 | } |
3bd791fa | 508 | |
4ab99479 | 509 | if ($realpack and !$no_bless) { # we have a blessed ref |
d0c214fd | 510 | $out .= ', ' . _quote($realpack) . ' )'; |
3bd791fa JK |
511 | $out .= '->' . $s->{toaster} . '()' |
512 | if $s->{toaster} ne ''; | |
823edd99 GS |
513 | $s->{apad} = $blesspad; |
514 | } | |
515 | $s->{level}--; | |
823edd99 GS |
516 | } |
517 | else { # simple scalar | |
518 | ||
519 | my $ref = \$_[1]; | |
d036e907 | 520 | my $v; |
823edd99 GS |
521 | # first, catalog the scalar |
522 | if ($name ne '') { | |
2728842d | 523 | $id = format_refaddr($ref); |
823edd99 | 524 | if (exists $s->{seen}{$id}) { |
7820172a | 525 | if ($s->{seen}{$id}[2]) { |
3bd791fa JK |
526 | $out = $s->{seen}{$id}[0]; |
527 | #warn "[<$out]\n"; | |
528 | return "\${$out}"; | |
529 | } | |
823edd99 GS |
530 | } |
531 | else { | |
3bd791fa JK |
532 | #warn "[>\\$name]\n"; |
533 | $s->{seen}{$id} = ["\\$name", $ref]; | |
823edd99 GS |
534 | } |
535 | } | |
c1205a1e FC |
536 | $ref = \$val; |
537 | if (ref($ref) eq 'GLOB') { # glob | |
823edd99 | 538 | my $name = substr($val, 1); |
abda9fe0 Z |
539 | $name =~ s/^main::(?!\z)/::/; |
540 | if ($name =~ /\A(?:[A-Z_a-z][0-9A-Z_a-z]*)?::(?:[0-9A-Z_a-z]+::)*[0-9A-Z_a-z]*\z/ && $name ne 'main::') { | |
3bd791fa | 541 | $sname = $name; |
823edd99 GS |
542 | } |
543 | else { | |
3bd791fa JK |
544 | $sname = $s->_dump( |
545 | $name eq 'main::' || $] < 5.007 && $name eq "main::\0" | |
546 | ? '' | |
547 | : $name, | |
548 | "", | |
549 | ); | |
550 | $sname = '{' . $sname . '}'; | |
823edd99 GS |
551 | } |
552 | if ($s->{purity}) { | |
3bd791fa JK |
553 | my $k; |
554 | local ($s->{level}) = 0; | |
555 | for $k (qw(SCALAR ARRAY HASH)) { | |
556 | my $gval = *$val{$k}; | |
557 | next unless defined $gval; | |
558 | next if $k eq "SCALAR" && ! defined $$gval; # always there | |
559 | ||
560 | # _dump can push into @post, so we hold our place using $postlen | |
561 | my $postlen = scalar @post; | |
562 | $post[$postlen] = "\*$sname = "; | |
563 | local ($s->{apad}) = " " x length($post[$postlen]) if $s->{indent} >= 2; | |
564 | $post[$postlen] .= $s->_dump($gval, "\*$sname\{$k\}"); | |
565 | } | |
823edd99 GS |
566 | } |
567 | $out .= '*' . $sname; | |
568 | } | |
7820172a GS |
569 | elsif (!defined($val)) { |
570 | $out .= "undef"; | |
571 | } | |
d036e907 | 572 | elsif (defined &_vstring and $v = _vstring($val) |
3bd791fa | 573 | and !_bad_vsmg || eval $v eq $val) { |
d036e907 FC |
574 | $out .= $v; |
575 | } | |
576 | elsif (!defined &_vstring | |
c1205a1e | 577 | and ref $ref eq 'VSTRING' || eval{Scalar::Util::isvstring($val)}) { |
d036e907 FC |
578 | $out .= sprintf "%vd", $val; |
579 | } | |
5b50ddc0 TC |
580 | # \d here would treat "1\x{660}" as a safe decimal number |
581 | elsif ($val =~ /^(?:0|-?[1-9][0-9]{0,8})\z/) { # safe decimal number | |
823edd99 GS |
582 | $out .= $val; |
583 | } | |
3bd791fa | 584 | else { # string |
c4cce848 | 585 | if ($s->{useqq} or $val =~ tr/\0-\377//c) { |
38a44b82 | 586 | # Fall back to qq if there's Unicode |
3bd791fa | 587 | $out .= qquote($val, $s->{useqq}); |
823edd99 GS |
588 | } |
589 | else { | |
d0c214fd | 590 | $out .= _quote($val); |
823edd99 GS |
591 | } |
592 | } | |
593 | } | |
7820172a GS |
594 | if ($id) { |
595 | # if we made it this far, $id was added to seen list at current | |
596 | # level, so remove it to get deep copies | |
597 | if ($s->{deepcopy}) { | |
598 | delete($s->{seen}{$id}); | |
599 | } | |
600 | elsif ($name) { | |
601 | $s->{seen}{$id}[2] = 1; | |
602 | } | |
603 | } | |
823edd99 GS |
604 | return $out; |
605 | } | |
3bd791fa | 606 | |
823edd99 GS |
607 | # |
608 | # non-OO style of earlier version | |
609 | # | |
610 | sub Dumper { | |
611 | return Data::Dumper->Dump([@_]); | |
612 | } | |
613 | ||
0f1923bd | 614 | # compat stub |
823edd99 GS |
615 | sub DumperX { |
616 | return Data::Dumper->Dumpxs([@_], []); | |
617 | } | |
618 | ||
823edd99 | 619 | # |
3bd791fa | 620 | # reset the "seen" cache |
823edd99 GS |
621 | # |
622 | sub Reset { | |
623 | my($s) = shift; | |
624 | $s->{seen} = {}; | |
625 | return $s; | |
626 | } | |
627 | ||
628 | sub Indent { | |
629 | my($s, $v) = @_; | |
dd9e86b4 | 630 | if (@_ >= 2) { |
823edd99 GS |
631 | if ($v == 0) { |
632 | $s->{xpad} = ""; | |
633 | $s->{sep} = ""; | |
634 | } | |
635 | else { | |
636 | $s->{xpad} = " "; | |
637 | $s->{sep} = "\n"; | |
638 | } | |
639 | $s->{indent} = $v; | |
640 | return $s; | |
641 | } | |
642 | else { | |
643 | return $s->{indent}; | |
644 | } | |
645 | } | |
646 | ||
7089d392 AC |
647 | sub Trailingcomma { |
648 | my($s, $v) = @_; | |
dd9e86b4 | 649 | @_ >= 2 ? (($s->{trailingcomma} = $v), return $s) : $s->{trailingcomma}; |
7089d392 AC |
650 | } |
651 | ||
30b4f386 | 652 | sub Pair { |
653 | my($s, $v) = @_; | |
dd9e86b4 | 654 | @_ >= 2 ? (($s->{pair} = $v), return $s) : $s->{pair}; |
30b4f386 | 655 | } |
656 | ||
823edd99 GS |
657 | sub Pad { |
658 | my($s, $v) = @_; | |
dd9e86b4 | 659 | @_ >= 2 ? (($s->{pad} = $v), return $s) : $s->{pad}; |
823edd99 GS |
660 | } |
661 | ||
662 | sub Varname { | |
663 | my($s, $v) = @_; | |
dd9e86b4 | 664 | @_ >= 2 ? (($s->{varname} = $v), return $s) : $s->{varname}; |
823edd99 GS |
665 | } |
666 | ||
667 | sub Purity { | |
668 | my($s, $v) = @_; | |
dd9e86b4 | 669 | @_ >= 2 ? (($s->{purity} = $v), return $s) : $s->{purity}; |
823edd99 GS |
670 | } |
671 | ||
672 | sub Useqq { | |
673 | my($s, $v) = @_; | |
dd9e86b4 | 674 | @_ >= 2 ? (($s->{useqq} = $v), return $s) : $s->{useqq}; |
823edd99 GS |
675 | } |
676 | ||
677 | sub Terse { | |
678 | my($s, $v) = @_; | |
dd9e86b4 | 679 | @_ >= 2 ? (($s->{terse} = $v), return $s) : $s->{terse}; |
823edd99 GS |
680 | } |
681 | ||
682 | sub Freezer { | |
683 | my($s, $v) = @_; | |
dd9e86b4 | 684 | @_ >= 2 ? (($s->{freezer} = $v), return $s) : $s->{freezer}; |
823edd99 GS |
685 | } |
686 | ||
687 | sub Toaster { | |
688 | my($s, $v) = @_; | |
dd9e86b4 | 689 | @_ >= 2 ? (($s->{toaster} = $v), return $s) : $s->{toaster}; |
823edd99 GS |
690 | } |
691 | ||
692 | sub Deepcopy { | |
693 | my($s, $v) = @_; | |
dd9e86b4 | 694 | @_ >= 2 ? (($s->{deepcopy} = $v), return $s) : $s->{deepcopy}; |
823edd99 GS |
695 | } |
696 | ||
697 | sub Quotekeys { | |
698 | my($s, $v) = @_; | |
dd9e86b4 | 699 | @_ >= 2 ? (($s->{quotekeys} = $v), return $s) : $s->{quotekeys}; |
823edd99 GS |
700 | } |
701 | ||
702 | sub Bless { | |
703 | my($s, $v) = @_; | |
dd9e86b4 | 704 | @_ >= 2 ? (($s->{'bless'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'bless'}; |
823edd99 GS |
705 | } |
706 | ||
a2126434 JN |
707 | sub Maxdepth { |
708 | my($s, $v) = @_; | |
dd9e86b4 | 709 | @_ >= 2 ? (($s->{'maxdepth'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'maxdepth'}; |
a2126434 JN |
710 | } |
711 | ||
19be3be6 TC |
712 | sub Maxrecurse { |
713 | my($s, $v) = @_; | |
dd9e86b4 | 714 | @_ >= 2 ? (($s->{'maxrecurse'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'maxrecurse'}; |
19be3be6 TC |
715 | } |
716 | ||
31a725b3 JH |
717 | sub Useperl { |
718 | my($s, $v) = @_; | |
dd9e86b4 | 719 | @_ >= 2 ? (($s->{'useperl'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'useperl'}; |
31a725b3 JH |
720 | } |
721 | ||
722 | sub Sortkeys { | |
723 | my($s, $v) = @_; | |
dd9e86b4 | 724 | @_ >= 2 ? (($s->{'sortkeys'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'sortkeys'}; |
31a725b3 JH |
725 | } |
726 | ||
8e5f9a6e RGS |
727 | sub Deparse { |
728 | my($s, $v) = @_; | |
dd9e86b4 | 729 | @_ >= 2 ? (($s->{'deparse'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'deparse'}; |
8e5f9a6e | 730 | } |
a2126434 | 731 | |
d424882c S |
732 | sub Sparseseen { |
733 | my($s, $v) = @_; | |
dd9e86b4 | 734 | @_ >= 2 ? (($s->{'noseen'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'noseen'}; |
d424882c S |
735 | } |
736 | ||
7820172a | 737 | # used by qquote below |
3bd791fa | 738 | my %esc = ( |
7820172a GS |
739 | "\a" => "\\a", |
740 | "\b" => "\\b", | |
741 | "\t" => "\\t", | |
742 | "\n" => "\\n", | |
743 | "\f" => "\\f", | |
744 | "\r" => "\\r", | |
745 | "\e" => "\\e", | |
746 | ); | |
747 | ||
31ac59b6 KW |
748 | my $low_controls = ($IS_ASCII) |
749 | ||
750 | # This includes \177, because traditionally it has been | |
751 | # output as octal, even though it isn't really a "low" | |
752 | # control | |
753 | ? qr/[\0-\x1f\177]/ | |
754 | ||
755 | # EBCDIC low controls. | |
756 | : qr/[\0-\x3f]/; | |
757 | ||
823edd99 GS |
758 | # put a string value in double quotes |
759 | sub qquote { | |
760 | local($_) = shift; | |
7820172a | 761 | s/([\\\"\@\$])/\\$1/g; |
31ac59b6 KW |
762 | |
763 | # This efficiently changes the high ordinal characters to \x{} if the utf8 | |
764 | # flag is on. On ASCII platforms, the high ordinals are all the | |
765 | # non-ASCII's. On EBCDIC platforms, we don't include in these the non-ASCII | |
766 | # controls whose ordinals are less than SPACE, excluded below by the range | |
767 | # \0-\x3f. On ASCII platforms this range just compiles as part of :ascii:. | |
768 | # On EBCDIC platforms, there is just one outlier high ordinal control, and | |
769 | # it gets output as \x{}. | |
dc71dc59 | 770 | my $bytes; { use bytes; $bytes = length } |
31ac59b6 KW |
771 | s/([^[:ascii:]\0-\x3f])/sprintf("\\x{%x}",ord($1))/ge |
772 | if $bytes > length | |
7820172a | 773 | |
31ac59b6 KW |
774 | # The above doesn't get the EBCDIC outlier high ordinal control when |
775 | # the string is UTF-8 but there are no UTF-8 variant characters in it. | |
776 | # We want that to come out as \x{} anyway. We need is_utf8() to do | |
777 | # this. | |
778 | || (! $IS_ASCII && $] ge 5.008_001 && utf8::is_utf8($_)); | |
779 | ||
b8cae652 | 780 | return qq("$_") unless /[[:^print:]]/; # fast exit if only printables |
31ac59b6 KW |
781 | |
782 | # Here, there is at least one non-printable to output. First, translate the | |
783 | # escapes. | |
7820172a GS |
784 | s/([\a\b\t\n\f\r\e])/$esc{$1}/g; |
785 | ||
31ac59b6 KW |
786 | # no need for 3 digits in escape for octals not followed by a digit. |
787 | s/($low_controls)(?!\d)/'\\'.sprintf('%o',ord($1))/eg; | |
788 | ||
789 | # But otherwise use 3 digits | |
790 | s/($low_controls)/'\\'.sprintf('%03o',ord($1))/eg; | |
791 | ||
43948175 | 792 | # all but last branch below not supported --BEHAVIOR SUBJECT TO CHANGE-- |
31ac59b6 KW |
793 | my $high = shift || ""; |
794 | if ($high eq "iso8859") { # Doesn't escape the Latin1 printables | |
795 | if ($IS_ASCII) { | |
796 | s/([\200-\240])/'\\'.sprintf('%o',ord($1))/eg; | |
797 | } | |
798 | elsif ($] ge 5.007_003) { | |
799 | my $high_control = utf8::unicode_to_native(0x9F); | |
800 | s/$high_control/sprintf('\\%o',ord($1))/eg; | |
801 | } | |
0407a77b | 802 | } elsif ($high eq "utf8") { |
31ac59b6 KW |
803 | # Some discussion of what to do here is in |
804 | # https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=113088 | |
0407a77b GS |
805 | # use utf8; |
806 | # $str =~ s/([^\040-\176])/sprintf "\\x{%04x}", ord($1)/ge; | |
807 | } elsif ($high eq "8bit") { | |
808 | # leave it as it is | |
809 | } else { | |
31ac59b6 KW |
810 | s/([[:^ascii:]])/'\\'.sprintf('%03o',ord($1))/eg; |
811 | #s/([^\040-\176])/sprintf "\\x{%04x}", ord($1)/ge; | |
0407a77b | 812 | } |
0407a77b | 813 | |
7820172a | 814 | return qq("$_"); |
823edd99 GS |
815 | } |
816 | ||
fec5e1eb IM |
817 | # helper sub to sort hash keys in Perl < 5.8.0 where we don't have |
818 | # access to sortsv() from XS | |
819 | sub _sortkeys { [ sort keys %{$_[0]} ] } | |
820 | ||
3bd791fa JK |
821 | sub _refine_name { |
822 | my $s = shift; | |
823 | my ($name, $val, $i) = @_; | |
824 | if (defined $name) { | |
825 | if ($name =~ /^[*](.*)$/) { | |
826 | if (defined $val) { | |
827 | $name = (ref $val eq 'ARRAY') ? ( "\@" . $1 ) : | |
828 | (ref $val eq 'HASH') ? ( "\%" . $1 ) : | |
829 | (ref $val eq 'CODE') ? ( "\*" . $1 ) : | |
830 | ( "\$" . $1 ) ; | |
831 | } | |
832 | else { | |
833 | $name = "\$" . $1; | |
834 | } | |
835 | } | |
836 | elsif ($name !~ /^\$/) { | |
837 | $name = "\$" . $name; | |
838 | } | |
839 | } | |
840 | else { # no names provided | |
841 | $name = "\$" . $s->{varname} . $i; | |
842 | } | |
843 | return $name; | |
844 | } | |
845 | ||
846 | sub _compose_out { | |
847 | my $s = shift; | |
848 | my ($valstr, $postref) = @_; | |
849 | my $out = ""; | |
850 | $out .= $s->{pad} . $valstr . $s->{sep}; | |
851 | if (@{$postref}) { | |
852 | $out .= $s->{pad} . | |
853 | join(';' . $s->{sep} . $s->{pad}, @{$postref}) . | |
854 | ';' . | |
855 | $s->{sep}; | |
856 | } | |
857 | return $out; | |
858 | } | |
859 | ||
823edd99 GS |
860 | 1; |
861 | __END__ | |
862 | ||
863 | =head1 NAME | |
864 | ||
865 | Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both printing and C<eval> | |
866 | ||
823edd99 GS |
867 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
868 | ||
869 | use Data::Dumper; | |
870 | ||
871 | # simple procedural interface | |
872 | print Dumper($foo, $bar); | |
873 | ||
874 | # extended usage with names | |
875 | print Data::Dumper->Dump([$foo, $bar], [qw(foo *ary)]); | |
876 | ||
877 | # configuration variables | |
878 | { | |
82df27e1 | 879 | local $Data::Dumper::Purity = 1; |
823edd99 GS |
880 | eval Data::Dumper->Dump([$foo, $bar], [qw(foo *ary)]); |
881 | } | |
882 | ||
883 | # OO usage | |
884 | $d = Data::Dumper->new([$foo, $bar], [qw(foo *ary)]); | |
885 | ... | |
886 | print $d->Dump; | |
887 | ... | |
888 | $d->Purity(1)->Terse(1)->Deepcopy(1); | |
889 | eval $d->Dump; | |
890 | ||
891 | ||
892 | =head1 DESCRIPTION | |
893 | ||
894 | Given a list of scalars or reference variables, writes out their contents in | |
5e603302 | 895 | perl syntax. The references can also be objects. The content of each |
823edd99 GS |
896 | variable is output in a single Perl statement. Handles self-referential |
897 | structures correctly. | |
898 | ||
899 | The return value can be C<eval>ed to get back an identical copy of the | |
d22722a1 S |
900 | original reference structure. (Please do consider the security implications |
901 | of eval'ing code from untrusted sources!) | |
823edd99 GS |
902 | |
903 | Any references that are the same as one of those passed in will be named | |
904 | C<$VAR>I<n> (where I<n> is a numeric suffix), and other duplicate references | |
905 | to substructures within C<$VAR>I<n> will be appropriately labeled using arrow | |
906 | notation. You can specify names for individual values to be dumped if you | |
907 | use the C<Dump()> method, or you can change the default C<$VAR> prefix to | |
908 | something else. See C<$Data::Dumper::Varname> and C<$Data::Dumper::Terse> | |
909 | below. | |
910 | ||
911 | The default output of self-referential structures can be C<eval>ed, but the | |
912 | nested references to C<$VAR>I<n> will be undefined, since a recursive | |
913 | structure cannot be constructed using one Perl statement. You should set the | |
914 | C<Purity> flag to 1 to get additional statements that will correctly fill in | |
fc3a748c RGS |
915 | these references. Moreover, if C<eval>ed when strictures are in effect, |
916 | you need to ensure that any variables it accesses are previously declared. | |
823edd99 GS |
917 | |
918 | In the extended usage form, the references to be dumped can be given | |
3bd791fa | 919 | user-specified names. If a name begins with a C<*>, the output will |
823edd99 GS |
920 | describe the dereferenced type of the supplied reference for hashes and |
921 | arrays, and coderefs. Output of names will be avoided where possible if | |
922 | the C<Terse> flag is set. | |
923 | ||
924 | In many cases, methods that are used to set the internal state of the | |
925 | object will return the object itself, so method calls can be conveniently | |
926 | chained together. | |
927 | ||
928 | Several styles of output are possible, all controlled by setting | |
3bd791fa | 929 | the C<Indent> flag. See L<Configuration Variables or Methods> below |
823edd99 GS |
930 | for details. |
931 | ||
932 | ||
933 | =head2 Methods | |
934 | ||
935 | =over 4 | |
936 | ||
937 | =item I<PACKAGE>->new(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>) | |
938 | ||
939 | Returns a newly created C<Data::Dumper> object. The first argument is an | |
940 | anonymous array of values to be dumped. The optional second argument is an | |
941 | anonymous array of names for the values. The names need not have a leading | |
942 | C<$> sign, and must be comprised of alphanumeric characters. You can begin | |
943 | a name with a C<*> to specify that the dereferenced type must be dumped | |
944 | instead of the reference itself, for ARRAY and HASH references. | |
945 | ||
946 | The prefix specified by C<$Data::Dumper::Varname> will be used with a | |
947 | numeric suffix if the name for a value is undefined. | |
948 | ||
949 | Data::Dumper will catalog all references encountered while dumping the | |
950 | values. Cross-references (in the form of names of substructures in perl | |
951 | syntax) will be inserted at all possible points, preserving any structural | |
952 | interdependencies in the original set of values. Structure traversal is | |
953 | depth-first, and proceeds in order from the first supplied value to | |
954 | the last. | |
955 | ||
956 | =item I<$OBJ>->Dump I<or> I<PACKAGE>->Dump(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>) | |
957 | ||
958 | Returns the stringified form of the values stored in the object (preserving | |
959 | the order in which they were supplied to C<new>), subject to the | |
91e74348 | 960 | configuration options below. In a list context, it returns a list |
823edd99 GS |
961 | of strings corresponding to the supplied values. |
962 | ||
963 | The second form, for convenience, simply calls the C<new> method on its | |
964 | arguments before dumping the object immediately. | |
965 | ||
823edd99 GS |
966 | =item I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>) |
967 | ||
968 | Queries or adds to the internal table of already encountered references. | |
969 | You must use C<Reset> to explicitly clear the table if needed. Such | |
970 | references are not dumped; instead, their names are inserted wherever they | |
971 | are encountered subsequently. This is useful especially for properly | |
972 | dumping subroutine references. | |
973 | ||
d1be9408 | 974 | Expects an anonymous hash of name => value pairs. Same rules apply for names |
823edd99 | 975 | as in C<new>. If no argument is supplied, will return the "seen" list of |
91e74348 | 976 | name => value pairs, in a list context. Otherwise, returns the object |
823edd99 GS |
977 | itself. |
978 | ||
979 | =item I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>) | |
980 | ||
3bd791fa JK |
981 | Queries or replaces the internal array of values that will be dumped. When |
982 | called without arguments, returns the values as a list. When called with a | |
983 | reference to an array of replacement values, returns the object itself. When | |
984 | called with any other type of argument, dies. | |
823edd99 GS |
985 | |
986 | =item I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>) | |
987 | ||
988 | Queries or replaces the internal array of user supplied names for the values | |
3bd791fa JK |
989 | that will be dumped. When called without arguments, returns the names. When |
990 | called with an array of replacement names, returns the object itself. If the | |
436d4ccf | 991 | number of replacement names exceeds the number of values to be named, the |
3bd791fa | 992 | excess names will not be used. If the number of replacement names falls short |
436d4ccf | 993 | of the number of values to be named, the list of replacement names will be |
3bd791fa JK |
994 | exhausted and remaining values will not be renamed. When |
995 | called with any other type of argument, dies. | |
823edd99 GS |
996 | |
997 | =item I<$OBJ>->Reset | |
998 | ||
999 | Clears the internal table of "seen" references and returns the object | |
1000 | itself. | |
1001 | ||
1002 | =back | |
1003 | ||
1004 | =head2 Functions | |
1005 | ||
1006 | =over 4 | |
1007 | ||
1008 | =item Dumper(I<LIST>) | |
1009 | ||
1010 | Returns the stringified form of the values in the list, subject to the | |
1011 | configuration options below. The values will be named C<$VAR>I<n> in the | |
1012 | output, where I<n> is a numeric suffix. Will return a list of strings | |
91e74348 | 1013 | in a list context. |
823edd99 | 1014 | |
823edd99 GS |
1015 | =back |
1016 | ||
1017 | =head2 Configuration Variables or Methods | |
1018 | ||
1019 | Several configuration variables can be used to control the kind of output | |
1020 | generated when using the procedural interface. These variables are usually | |
1021 | C<local>ized in a block so that other parts of the code are not affected by | |
3bd791fa | 1022 | the change. |
823edd99 GS |
1023 | |
1024 | These variables determine the default state of the object created by calling | |
1025 | the C<new> method, but cannot be used to alter the state of the object | |
1026 | thereafter. The equivalent method names should be used instead to query | |
1027 | or set the internal state of the object. | |
1028 | ||
1029 | The method forms return the object itself when called with arguments, | |
1030 | so that they can be chained together nicely. | |
1031 | ||
1032 | =over 4 | |
1033 | ||
28bf64cc JH |
1034 | =item * |
1035 | ||
1036 | $Data::Dumper::Indent I<or> I<$OBJ>->Indent(I<[NEWVAL]>) | |
823edd99 GS |
1037 | |
1038 | Controls the style of indentation. It can be set to 0, 1, 2 or 3. Style 0 | |
1039 | spews output without any newlines, indentation, or spaces between list | |
1040 | items. It is the most compact format possible that can still be called | |
1041 | valid perl. Style 1 outputs a readable form with newlines but no fancy | |
1042 | indentation (each level in the structure is simply indented by a fixed | |
1043 | amount of whitespace). Style 2 (the default) outputs a very readable form | |
1044 | which takes into account the length of hash keys (so the hash value lines | |
1045 | up). Style 3 is like style 2, but also annotates the elements of arrays | |
1046 | with their index (but the comment is on its own line, so array output | |
1047 | consumes twice the number of lines). Style 2 is the default. | |
1048 | ||
28bf64cc JH |
1049 | =item * |
1050 | ||
7089d392 AC |
1051 | $Data::Dumper::Trailingcomma I<or> I<$OBJ>->Trailingcomma(I<[NEWVAL]>) |
1052 | ||
1053 | Controls whether a comma is added after the last element of an array or | |
1054 | hash. Even when true, no comma is added between the last element of an array | |
1055 | or hash and a closing bracket when they appear on the same line. The default | |
1056 | is false. | |
1057 | ||
1058 | =item * | |
1059 | ||
28bf64cc | 1060 | $Data::Dumper::Purity I<or> I<$OBJ>->Purity(I<[NEWVAL]>) |
823edd99 GS |
1061 | |
1062 | Controls the degree to which the output can be C<eval>ed to recreate the | |
1063 | supplied reference structures. Setting it to 1 will output additional perl | |
1064 | statements that will correctly recreate nested references. The default is | |
1065 | 0. | |
1066 | ||
28bf64cc JH |
1067 | =item * |
1068 | ||
1069 | $Data::Dumper::Pad I<or> I<$OBJ>->Pad(I<[NEWVAL]>) | |
823edd99 GS |
1070 | |
1071 | Specifies the string that will be prefixed to every line of the output. | |
1072 | Empty string by default. | |
1073 | ||
28bf64cc JH |
1074 | =item * |
1075 | ||
1076 | $Data::Dumper::Varname I<or> I<$OBJ>->Varname(I<[NEWVAL]>) | |
823edd99 GS |
1077 | |
1078 | Contains the prefix to use for tagging variable names in the output. The | |
1079 | default is "VAR". | |
1080 | ||
28bf64cc JH |
1081 | =item * |
1082 | ||
1083 | $Data::Dumper::Useqq I<or> I<$OBJ>->Useqq(I<[NEWVAL]>) | |
823edd99 GS |
1084 | |
1085 | When set, enables the use of double quotes for representing string values. | |
1086 | Whitespace other than space will be represented as C<[\n\t\r]>, "unsafe" | |
1087 | characters will be backslashed, and unprintable characters will be output as | |
aef2570a | 1088 | quoted octal integers. The default is 0. |
823edd99 | 1089 | |
28bf64cc JH |
1090 | =item * |
1091 | ||
1092 | $Data::Dumper::Terse I<or> I<$OBJ>->Terse(I<[NEWVAL]>) | |
823edd99 GS |
1093 | |
1094 | When set, Data::Dumper will emit single, non-self-referential values as | |
1095 | atoms/terms rather than statements. This means that the C<$VAR>I<n> names | |
1096 | will be avoided where possible, but be advised that such output may not | |
1097 | always be parseable by C<eval>. | |
1098 | ||
28bf64cc JH |
1099 | =item * |
1100 | ||
1101 | $Data::Dumper::Freezer I<or> $I<OBJ>->Freezer(I<[NEWVAL]>) | |
823edd99 GS |
1102 | |
1103 | Can be set to a method name, or to an empty string to disable the feature. | |
1104 | Data::Dumper will invoke that method via the object before attempting to | |
1105 | stringify it. This method can alter the contents of the object (if, for | |
1106 | instance, it contains data allocated from C), and even rebless it in a | |
1107 | different package. The client is responsible for making sure the specified | |
1108 | method can be called via the object, and that the object ends up containing | |
1109 | only perl data types after the method has been called. Defaults to an empty | |
1110 | string. | |
1111 | ||
c5f7c514 ST |
1112 | If an object does not support the method specified (determined using |
1113 | UNIVERSAL::can()) then the call will be skipped. If the method dies a | |
1114 | warning will be generated. | |
1115 | ||
28bf64cc JH |
1116 | =item * |
1117 | ||
1118 | $Data::Dumper::Toaster I<or> $I<OBJ>->Toaster(I<[NEWVAL]>) | |
823edd99 GS |
1119 | |
1120 | Can be set to a method name, or to an empty string to disable the feature. | |
1121 | Data::Dumper will emit a method call for any objects that are to be dumped | |
8e5f9a6e | 1122 | using the syntax C<bless(DATA, CLASS)-E<gt>METHOD()>. Note that this means that |
823edd99 GS |
1123 | the method specified will have to perform any modifications required on the |
1124 | object (like creating new state within it, and/or reblessing it in a | |
1125 | different package) and then return it. The client is responsible for making | |
1126 | sure the method can be called via the object, and that it returns a valid | |
1127 | object. Defaults to an empty string. | |
1128 | ||
28bf64cc JH |
1129 | =item * |
1130 | ||
1131 | $Data::Dumper::Deepcopy I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deepcopy(I<[NEWVAL]>) | |
823edd99 GS |
1132 | |
1133 | Can be set to a boolean value to enable deep copies of structures. | |
1134 | Cross-referencing will then only be done when absolutely essential | |
1135 | (i.e., to break reference cycles). Default is 0. | |
1136 | ||
28bf64cc JH |
1137 | =item * |
1138 | ||
1139 | $Data::Dumper::Quotekeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Quotekeys(I<[NEWVAL]>) | |
823edd99 GS |
1140 | |
1141 | Can be set to a boolean value to control whether hash keys are quoted. | |
3bd791fa | 1142 | A defined false value will avoid quoting hash keys when it looks like a simple |
823edd99 GS |
1143 | string. Default is 1, which will always enclose hash keys in quotes. |
1144 | ||
28bf64cc JH |
1145 | =item * |
1146 | ||
1147 | $Data::Dumper::Bless I<or> $I<OBJ>->Bless(I<[NEWVAL]>) | |
823edd99 GS |
1148 | |
1149 | Can be set to a string that specifies an alternative to the C<bless> | |
1150 | builtin operator used to create objects. A function with the specified | |
1151 | name should exist, and should accept the same arguments as the builtin. | |
1152 | Default is C<bless>. | |
1153 | ||
28bf64cc JH |
1154 | =item * |
1155 | ||
30b4f386 | 1156 | $Data::Dumper::Pair I<or> $I<OBJ>->Pair(I<[NEWVAL]>) |
1157 | ||
1158 | Can be set to a string that specifies the separator between hash keys | |
1159 | and values. To dump nested hash, array and scalar values to JavaScript, | |
1160 | use: C<$Data::Dumper::Pair = ' : ';>. Implementing C<bless> in JavaScript | |
1161 | is left as an exercise for the reader. | |
1162 | A function with the specified name exists, and accepts the same arguments | |
1163 | as the builtin. | |
1164 | ||
1165 | Default is: C< =E<gt> >. | |
1166 | ||
1167 | =item * | |
1168 | ||
28bf64cc | 1169 | $Data::Dumper::Maxdepth I<or> $I<OBJ>->Maxdepth(I<[NEWVAL]>) |
a2126434 JN |
1170 | |
1171 | Can be set to a positive integer that specifies the depth beyond which | |
5e603302 | 1172 | we don't venture into a structure. Has no effect when |
a2126434 | 1173 | C<Data::Dumper::Purity> is set. (Useful in debugger when we often don't |
3bd791fa JK |
1174 | want to see more than enough). Default is 0, which means there is |
1175 | no maximum depth. | |
a2126434 | 1176 | |
28bf64cc JH |
1177 | =item * |
1178 | ||
19be3be6 TC |
1179 | $Data::Dumper::Maxrecurse I<or> $I<OBJ>->Maxrecurse(I<[NEWVAL]>) |
1180 | ||
1181 | Can be set to a positive integer that specifies the depth beyond which | |
1182 | recursion into a structure will throw an exception. This is intended | |
1183 | as a security measure to prevent perl running out of stack space when | |
1184 | dumping an excessively deep structure. Can be set to 0 to remove the | |
1185 | limit. Default is 1000. | |
1186 | ||
1187 | =item * | |
1188 | ||
28bf64cc | 1189 | $Data::Dumper::Useperl I<or> $I<OBJ>->Useperl(I<[NEWVAL]>) |
31a725b3 JH |
1190 | |
1191 | Can be set to a boolean value which controls whether the pure Perl | |
1192 | implementation of C<Data::Dumper> is used. The C<Data::Dumper> module is | |
1193 | a dual implementation, with almost all functionality written in both | |
1194 | pure Perl and also in XS ('C'). Since the XS version is much faster, it | |
1195 | will always be used if possible. This option lets you override the | |
1196 | default behavior, usually for testing purposes only. Default is 0, which | |
1197 | means the XS implementation will be used if possible. | |
1198 | ||
28bf64cc JH |
1199 | =item * |
1200 | ||
1201 | $Data::Dumper::Sortkeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Sortkeys(I<[NEWVAL]>) | |
31a725b3 JH |
1202 | |
1203 | Can be set to a boolean value to control whether hash keys are dumped in | |
1204 | sorted order. A true value will cause the keys of all hashes to be | |
1205 | dumped in Perl's default sort order. Can also be set to a subroutine | |
1206 | reference which will be called for each hash that is dumped. In this | |
1207 | case C<Data::Dumper> will call the subroutine once for each hash, | |
1208 | passing it the reference of the hash. The purpose of the subroutine is | |
1209 | to return a reference to an array of the keys that will be dumped, in | |
1210 | the order that they should be dumped. Using this feature, you can | |
1211 | control both the order of the keys, and which keys are actually used. In | |
1212 | other words, this subroutine acts as a filter by which you can exclude | |
1213 | certain keys from being dumped. Default is 0, which means that hash keys | |
1214 | are not sorted. | |
1215 | ||
28bf64cc JH |
1216 | =item * |
1217 | ||
1218 | $Data::Dumper::Deparse I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deparse(I<[NEWVAL]>) | |
8e5f9a6e RGS |
1219 | |
1220 | Can be set to a boolean value to control whether code references are | |
1221 | turned into perl source code. If set to a true value, C<B::Deparse> | |
b5048e7b AC |
1222 | will be used to get the source of the code reference. In older versions, |
1223 | using this option imposed a significant performance penalty when dumping | |
1224 | parts of a data structure other than code references, but that is no | |
1225 | longer the case. | |
8e5f9a6e RGS |
1226 | |
1227 | Caution : use this option only if you know that your coderefs will be | |
1228 | properly reconstructed by C<B::Deparse>. | |
1229 | ||
d424882c S |
1230 | =item * |
1231 | ||
1232 | $Data::Dumper::Sparseseen I<or> $I<OBJ>->Sparseseen(I<[NEWVAL]>) | |
1233 | ||
1234 | By default, Data::Dumper builds up the "seen" hash of scalars that | |
1235 | it has encountered during serialization. This is very expensive. | |
1236 | This seen hash is necessary to support and even just detect circular | |
1237 | references. It is exposed to the user via the C<Seen()> call both | |
1238 | for writing and reading. | |
1239 | ||
1240 | If you, as a user, do not need explicit access to the "seen" hash, | |
1241 | then you can set the C<Sparseseen> option to allow Data::Dumper | |
1242 | to eschew building the "seen" hash for scalars that are known not | |
1243 | to possess more than one reference. This speeds up serialization | |
1244 | considerably if you use the XS implementation. | |
1245 | ||
1246 | Note: If you turn on C<Sparseseen>, then you must not rely on the | |
1247 | content of the seen hash since its contents will be an | |
1248 | implementation detail! | |
1249 | ||
823edd99 GS |
1250 | =back |
1251 | ||
1252 | =head2 Exports | |
1253 | ||
1254 | =over 4 | |
1255 | ||
1256 | =item Dumper | |
1257 | ||
1258 | =back | |
1259 | ||
1260 | =head1 EXAMPLES | |
1261 | ||
1262 | Run these code snippets to get a quick feel for the behavior of this | |
1263 | module. When you are through with these examples, you may want to | |
1264 | add or change the various configuration variables described above, | |
1265 | to see their behavior. (See the testsuite in the Data::Dumper | |
1266 | distribution for more examples.) | |
1267 | ||
1268 | ||
1269 | use Data::Dumper; | |
1270 | ||
1271 | package Foo; | |
1272 | sub new {bless {'a' => 1, 'b' => sub { return "foo" }}, $_[0]}; | |
1273 | ||
1274 | package Fuz; # a weird REF-REF-SCALAR object | |
1275 | sub new {bless \($_ = \ 'fu\'z'), $_[0]}; | |
1276 | ||
1277 | package main; | |
1278 | $foo = Foo->new; | |
1279 | $fuz = Fuz->new; | |
1280 | $boo = [ 1, [], "abcd", \*foo, | |
3bd791fa | 1281 | {1 => 'a', 023 => 'b', 0x45 => 'c'}, |
823edd99 | 1282 | \\"p\q\'r", $foo, $fuz]; |
3cb6de81 | 1283 | |
823edd99 GS |
1284 | ######## |
1285 | # simple usage | |
1286 | ######## | |
1287 | ||
1288 | $bar = eval(Dumper($boo)); | |
1289 | print($@) if $@; | |
1290 | print Dumper($boo), Dumper($bar); # pretty print (no array indices) | |
1291 | ||
b877fea2 FC |
1292 | $Data::Dumper::Terse = 1; # don't output names where feasible |
1293 | $Data::Dumper::Indent = 0; # turn off all pretty print | |
823edd99 GS |
1294 | print Dumper($boo), "\n"; |
1295 | ||
b877fea2 | 1296 | $Data::Dumper::Indent = 1; # mild pretty print |
823edd99 GS |
1297 | print Dumper($boo); |
1298 | ||
b877fea2 | 1299 | $Data::Dumper::Indent = 3; # pretty print with array indices |
823edd99 GS |
1300 | print Dumper($boo); |
1301 | ||
b877fea2 | 1302 | $Data::Dumper::Useqq = 1; # print strings in double quotes |
823edd99 | 1303 | print Dumper($boo); |
3cb6de81 | 1304 | |
b877fea2 | 1305 | $Data::Dumper::Pair = " : "; # specify hash key/value separator |
30b4f386 | 1306 | print Dumper($boo); |
1307 | ||
3cb6de81 | 1308 | |
823edd99 GS |
1309 | ######## |
1310 | # recursive structures | |
1311 | ######## | |
3cb6de81 | 1312 | |
823edd99 GS |
1313 | @c = ('c'); |
1314 | $c = \@c; | |
1315 | $b = {}; | |
1316 | $a = [1, $b, $c]; | |
1317 | $b->{a} = $a; | |
1318 | $b->{b} = $a->[1]; | |
1319 | $b->{c} = $a->[2]; | |
1320 | print Data::Dumper->Dump([$a,$b,$c], [qw(a b c)]); | |
3cb6de81 GS |
1321 | |
1322 | ||
823edd99 GS |
1323 | $Data::Dumper::Purity = 1; # fill in the holes for eval |
1324 | print Data::Dumper->Dump([$a, $b], [qw(*a b)]); # print as @a | |
1325 | print Data::Dumper->Dump([$b, $a], [qw(*b a)]); # print as %b | |
3cb6de81 GS |
1326 | |
1327 | ||
823edd99 GS |
1328 | $Data::Dumper::Deepcopy = 1; # avoid cross-refs |
1329 | print Data::Dumper->Dump([$b, $a], [qw(*b a)]); | |
3cb6de81 GS |
1330 | |
1331 | ||
823edd99 GS |
1332 | $Data::Dumper::Purity = 0; # avoid cross-refs |
1333 | print Data::Dumper->Dump([$b, $a], [qw(*b a)]); | |
3cb6de81 | 1334 | |
a2126434 JN |
1335 | ######## |
1336 | # deep structures | |
1337 | ######## | |
3cb6de81 | 1338 | |
a2126434 JN |
1339 | $a = "pearl"; |
1340 | $b = [ $a ]; | |
1341 | $c = { 'b' => $b }; | |
1342 | $d = [ $c ]; | |
1343 | $e = { 'd' => $d }; | |
1344 | $f = { 'e' => $e }; | |
1345 | print Data::Dumper->Dump([$f], [qw(f)]); | |
1346 | ||
1347 | $Data::Dumper::Maxdepth = 3; # no deeper than 3 refs down | |
1348 | print Data::Dumper->Dump([$f], [qw(f)]); | |
1349 | ||
3cb6de81 | 1350 | |
823edd99 GS |
1351 | ######## |
1352 | # object-oriented usage | |
1353 | ######## | |
3cb6de81 | 1354 | |
823edd99 GS |
1355 | $d = Data::Dumper->new([$a,$b], [qw(a b)]); |
1356 | $d->Seen({'*c' => $c}); # stash a ref without printing it | |
1357 | $d->Indent(3); | |
1358 | print $d->Dump; | |
1359 | $d->Reset->Purity(0); # empty the seen cache | |
1360 | print join "----\n", $d->Dump; | |
3cb6de81 GS |
1361 | |
1362 | ||
823edd99 GS |
1363 | ######## |
1364 | # persistence | |
1365 | ######## | |
3cb6de81 | 1366 | |
823edd99 GS |
1367 | package Foo; |
1368 | sub new { bless { state => 'awake' }, shift } | |
1369 | sub Freeze { | |
1370 | my $s = shift; | |
3bd791fa JK |
1371 | print STDERR "preparing to sleep\n"; |
1372 | $s->{state} = 'asleep'; | |
1373 | return bless $s, 'Foo::ZZZ'; | |
823edd99 | 1374 | } |
3cb6de81 | 1375 | |
823edd99 GS |
1376 | package Foo::ZZZ; |
1377 | sub Thaw { | |
1378 | my $s = shift; | |
3bd791fa JK |
1379 | print STDERR "waking up\n"; |
1380 | $s->{state} = 'awake'; | |
1381 | return bless $s, 'Foo'; | |
823edd99 | 1382 | } |
3cb6de81 | 1383 | |
3bd791fa | 1384 | package main; |
823edd99 GS |
1385 | use Data::Dumper; |
1386 | $a = Foo->new; | |
1387 | $b = Data::Dumper->new([$a], ['c']); | |
1388 | $b->Freezer('Freeze'); | |
1389 | $b->Toaster('Thaw'); | |
1390 | $c = $b->Dump; | |
1391 | print $c; | |
1392 | $d = eval $c; | |
1393 | print Data::Dumper->Dump([$d], ['d']); | |
3cb6de81 GS |
1394 | |
1395 | ||
823edd99 GS |
1396 | ######## |
1397 | # symbol substitution (useful for recreating CODE refs) | |
1398 | ######## | |
3cb6de81 | 1399 | |
823edd99 GS |
1400 | sub foo { print "foo speaking\n" } |
1401 | *other = \&foo; | |
1402 | $bar = [ \&other ]; | |
1403 | $d = Data::Dumper->new([\&other,$bar],['*other','bar']); | |
1404 | $d->Seen({ '*foo' => \&foo }); | |
1405 | print $d->Dump; | |
1406 | ||
1407 | ||
31a725b3 JH |
1408 | ######## |
1409 | # sorting and filtering hash keys | |
1410 | ######## | |
1411 | ||
1412 | $Data::Dumper::Sortkeys = \&my_filter; | |
1413 | my $foo = { map { (ord, "$_$_$_") } 'I'..'Q' }; | |
1414 | my $bar = { %$foo }; | |
1415 | my $baz = { reverse %$foo }; | |
1416 | print Dumper [ $foo, $bar, $baz ]; | |
1417 | ||
1418 | sub my_filter { | |
1419 | my ($hash) = @_; | |
1420 | # return an array ref containing the hash keys to dump | |
1421 | # in the order that you want them to be dumped | |
1422 | return [ | |
1423 | # Sort the keys of %$foo in reverse numeric order | |
1424 | $hash eq $foo ? (sort {$b <=> $a} keys %$hash) : | |
1425 | # Only dump the odd number keys of %$bar | |
1426 | $hash eq $bar ? (grep {$_ % 2} keys %$hash) : | |
1427 | # Sort keys in default order for all other hashes | |
1428 | (sort keys %$hash) | |
1429 | ]; | |
1430 | } | |
1431 | ||
823edd99 GS |
1432 | =head1 BUGS |
1433 | ||
1434 | Due to limitations of Perl subroutine call semantics, you cannot pass an | |
1435 | array or hash. Prepend it with a C<\> to pass its reference instead. This | |
8e5f9a6e RGS |
1436 | will be remedied in time, now that Perl has subroutine prototypes. |
1437 | For now, you need to use the extended usage form, and prepend the | |
823edd99 GS |
1438 | name with a C<*> to output it as a hash or array. |
1439 | ||
1440 | C<Data::Dumper> cheats with CODE references. If a code reference is | |
8e5f9a6e RGS |
1441 | encountered in the structure being processed (and if you haven't set |
1442 | the C<Deparse> flag), an anonymous subroutine that | |
823edd99 GS |
1443 | contains the string '"DUMMY"' will be inserted in its place, and a warning |
1444 | will be printed if C<Purity> is set. You can C<eval> the result, but bear | |
1445 | in mind that the anonymous sub that gets created is just a placeholder. | |
b5048e7b AC |
1446 | Even using the C<Deparse> flag will in some cases produce results that |
1447 | behave differently after being passed to C<eval>; see the documentation | |
1448 | for L<B::Deparse>. | |
823edd99 GS |
1449 | |
1450 | SCALAR objects have the weirdest looking C<bless> workaround. | |
1451 | ||
fec5e1eb IM |
1452 | Pure Perl version of C<Data::Dumper> escapes UTF-8 strings correctly |
1453 | only in Perl 5.8.0 and later. | |
1454 | ||
504f80c1 JH |
1455 | =head2 NOTE |
1456 | ||
1457 | Starting from Perl 5.8.1 different runs of Perl will have different | |
1458 | ordering of hash keys. The change was done for greater security, | |
1459 | see L<perlsec/"Algorithmic Complexity Attacks">. This means that | |
1460 | different runs of Perl will have different Data::Dumper outputs if | |
1461 | the data contains hashes. If you need to have identical Data::Dumper | |
1462 | outputs from different runs of Perl, use the environment variable | |
1463 | PERL_HASH_SEED, see L<perlrun/PERL_HASH_SEED>. Using this restores | |
1464 | the old (platform-specific) ordering: an even prettier solution might | |
1465 | be to use the C<Sortkeys> filter of Data::Dumper. | |
823edd99 GS |
1466 | |
1467 | =head1 AUTHOR | |
1468 | ||
6e238990 | 1469 | Gurusamy Sarathy gsar@activestate.com |
823edd99 | 1470 | |
8235b1c2 | 1471 | Copyright (c) 1996-2017 Gurusamy Sarathy. All rights reserved. |
823edd99 GS |
1472 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or |
1473 | modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. | |
1474 | ||
823edd99 GS |
1475 | =head1 VERSION |
1476 | ||
fb504317 | 1477 | Version 2.170 |
823edd99 GS |
1478 | |
1479 | =head1 SEE ALSO | |
1480 | ||
1481 | perl(1) | |
1482 | ||
1483 | =cut |