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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 {
fa10264e 13 $VERSION = '2.154'; # Don't forget to set version and release
3bd791fa 14} # date in POD below!
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15
16#$| = 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 $Sparseseen;
19be3be6 59$Maxrecurse = 1000 unless defined $Maxrecurse;
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60
61#
62# expects an arrayref of values to be dumped.
63# can optionally pass an arrayref of names for the values.
64# names must have leading $ sign stripped. begin the name with *
65# to cause output of arrays and hashes rather than refs.
66#
67sub new {
68 my($c, $v, $n) = @_;
69
3bd791fa 70 croak "Usage: PACKAGE->new(ARRAYREF, [ARRAYREF])"
823edd99 71 unless (defined($v) && (ref($v) eq 'ARRAY'));
b09a1111 72 $n = [] unless (defined($n) && (ref($n) eq 'ARRAY'));
823edd99 73
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74 my($s) = {
75 level => 0, # current recursive depth
76 indent => $Indent, # various styles of indenting
77 pad => $Pad, # all lines prefixed by this string
78 xpad => "", # padding-per-level
79 apad => "", # added padding for hash keys n such
80 sep => "", # list separator
81 pair => $Pair, # hash key/value separator: defaults to ' => '
82 seen => {}, # local (nested) refs (id => [name, val])
83 todump => $v, # values to dump []
84 names => $n, # optional names for values []
85 varname => $Varname, # prefix to use for tagging nameless ones
86 purity => $Purity, # degree to which output is evalable
87 useqq => $Useqq, # use "" for strings (backslashitis ensues)
88 terse => $Terse, # avoid name output (where feasible)
89 freezer => $Freezer, # name of Freezer method for objects
90 toaster => $Toaster, # name of method to revive objects
436d4ccf 91 deepcopy => $Deepcopy, # do not cross-ref, except to stop recursion
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92 quotekeys => $Quotekeys, # quote hash keys
93 'bless' => $Bless, # keyword to use for "bless"
94# expdepth => $Expdepth, # cutoff depth for explicit dumping
95 maxdepth => $Maxdepth, # depth beyond which we give up
19be3be6 96 maxrecurse => $Maxrecurse, # depth beyond which we abort
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97 useperl => $Useperl, # use the pure Perl implementation
98 sortkeys => $Sortkeys, # flag or filter for sorting hash keys
99 deparse => $Deparse, # use B::Deparse for coderefs
100 noseen => $Sparseseen, # do not populate the seen hash unless necessary
101 };
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102
103 if ($Indent > 0) {
104 $s->{xpad} = " ";
105 $s->{sep} = "\n";
106 }
107 return bless($s, $c);
108}
109
53095d08 110# Packed numeric addresses take less memory. Plus pack is faster than sprintf
e52c0e5a 111
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112# Most users of current versions of Data::Dumper will be 5.008 or later.
113# Anyone on 5.6.1 and 5.6.2 upgrading will be rare (particularly judging by
114# the bug reports from users on those platforms), so for the common case avoid
115# complexity, and avoid even compiling the unneeded code.
116
117sub init_refaddr_format {
118}
119
120sub format_refaddr {
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121 require Scalar::Util;
122 pack "J", Scalar::Util::refaddr(shift);
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123};
124
125if ($] < 5.008) {
126 eval <<'EOC' or die;
127 no warnings 'redefine';
128 my $refaddr_format;
129 sub init_refaddr_format {
130 require Config;
131 my $f = $Config::Config{uvxformat};
132 $f =~ tr/"//d;
133 $refaddr_format = "0x%" . $f;
134 }
135
136 sub format_refaddr {
137 require Scalar::Util;
138 sprintf $refaddr_format, Scalar::Util::refaddr(shift);
139 }
140
141 1
142EOC
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143}
144
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145#
146# add-to or query the table of already seen references
147#
148sub Seen {
149 my($s, $g) = @_;
150 if (defined($g) && (ref($g) eq 'HASH')) {
3b5b1125 151 init_refaddr_format();
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152 my($k, $v, $id);
153 while (($k, $v) = each %$g) {
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154 if (defined $v) {
155 if (ref $v) {
156 $id = format_refaddr($v);
157 if ($k =~ /^[*](.*)$/) {
158 $k = (ref $v eq 'ARRAY') ? ( "\\\@" . $1 ) :
159 (ref $v eq 'HASH') ? ( "\\\%" . $1 ) :
160 (ref $v eq 'CODE') ? ( "\\\&" . $1 ) :
161 ( "\$" . $1 ) ;
162 }
163 elsif ($k !~ /^\$/) {
164 $k = "\$" . $k;
165 }
166 $s->{seen}{$id} = [$k, $v];
167 }
168 else {
169 carp "Only refs supported, ignoring non-ref item \$$k";
170 }
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171 }
172 else {
3bd791fa 173 carp "Value of ref must be defined; ignoring undefined item \$$k";
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174 }
175 }
176 return $s;
177 }
178 else {
179 return map { @$_ } values %{$s->{seen}};
180 }
181}
182
183#
184# set or query the values to be dumped
185#
186sub Values {
187 my($s, $v) = @_;
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188 if (defined($v)) {
189 if (ref($v) eq 'ARRAY') {
190 $s->{todump} = [@$v]; # make a copy
191 return $s;
192 }
193 else {
194 croak "Argument to Values, if provided, must be array ref";
195 }
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196 }
197 else {
198 return @{$s->{todump}};
199 }
200}
201
202#
203# set or query the names of the values to be dumped
204#
205sub Names {
206 my($s, $n) = @_;
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207 if (defined($n)) {
208 if (ref($n) eq 'ARRAY') {
209 $s->{names} = [@$n]; # make a copy
210 return $s;
211 }
212 else {
213 croak "Argument to Names, if provided, must be array ref";
214 }
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215 }
216 else {
217 return @{$s->{names}};
218 }
219}
220
221sub DESTROY {}
222
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223sub Dump {
224 return &Dumpxs
3bd791fa 225 unless $Data::Dumper::Useperl || (ref($_[0]) && $_[0]->{useperl}) ||
3bd791fa 226 $Data::Dumper::Deparse || (ref($_[0]) && $_[0]->{deparse});
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227 return &Dumpperl;
228}
229
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230#
231# dump the refs in the current dumper object.
232# expects same args as new() if called via package name.
233#
0f1923bd 234sub Dumpperl {
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235 my($s) = shift;
236 my(@out, $val, $name);
237 my($i) = 0;
238 local(@post);
2728842d 239 init_refaddr_format();
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240
241 $s = $s->new(@_) unless ref $s;
242
243 for $val (@{$s->{todump}}) {
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244 @post = ();
245 $name = $s->{names}[$i++];
3bd791fa 246 $name = $s->_refine_name($name, $val, $i);
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247
248 my $valstr;
249 {
250 local($s->{apad}) = $s->{apad};
d34e9bd9 251 $s->{apad} .= ' ' x (length($name) + 3) if $s->{indent} >= 2 and !$s->{terse};
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252 $valstr = $s->_dump($val, $name);
253 }
254
255 $valstr = "$name = " . $valstr . ';' if @post or !$s->{terse};
3bd791fa 256 my $out = $s->_compose_out($valstr, \@post);
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257
258 push @out, $out;
259 }
260 return wantarray ? @out : join('', @out);
261}
262
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263# wrap string in single quotes (escaping if needed)
264sub _quote {
265 my $val = shift;
266 $val =~ s/([\\\'])/\\$1/g;
267 return "'" . $val . "'";
268}
269
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270# Old Perls (5.14-) have trouble resetting vstring magic when it is no
271# longer valid.
272use constant _bad_vsmg => defined &_vstring && (_vstring(~v0)||'') eq "v0";
273
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274#
275# twist, toil and turn;
276# and recurse, of course.
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277# sometimes sordidly;
278# and curse if no recourse.
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279#
280sub _dump {
281 my($s, $val, $name) = @_;
3bd791fa 282 my($out, $type, $id, $sname);
823edd99 283
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284 $type = ref $val;
285 $out = "";
286
287 if ($type) {
288
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289 # Call the freezer method if it's specified and the object has the
290 # method. Trap errors and warn() instead of die()ing, like the XS
291 # implementation.
292 my $freezer = $s->{freezer};
293 if ($freezer and UNIVERSAL::can($val, $freezer)) {
294 eval { $val->$freezer() };
295 warn "WARNING(Freezer method call failed): $@" if $@;
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296 }
297
2728842d 298 require Scalar::Util;
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299 my $realpack = Scalar::Util::blessed($val);
300 my $realtype = $realpack ? Scalar::Util::reftype($val) : ref $val;
2728842d 301 $id = format_refaddr($val);
a2126434 302
3bd791fa 303 # Note: By this point $name is always defined and of non-zero length.
436d4ccf 304 # Keep a tab on it so that we do not fall into recursive pit.
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305 if (exists $s->{seen}{$id}) {
306 if ($s->{purity} and $s->{level} > 0) {
307 $out = ($realtype eq 'HASH') ? '{}' :
308 ($realtype eq 'ARRAY') ? '[]' :
309 'do{my $o}' ;
310 push @post, $name . " = " . $s->{seen}{$id}[0];
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311 }
312 else {
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313 $out = $s->{seen}{$id}[0];
314 if ($name =~ /^([\@\%])/) {
315 my $start = $1;
316 if ($out =~ /^\\$start/) {
317 $out = substr($out, 1);
318 }
319 else {
320 $out = $start . '{' . $out . '}';
321 }
322 }
823edd99 323 }
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324 return $out;
325 }
326 else {
327 # store our name
328 $s->{seen}{$id} = [ (
329 ($name =~ /^[@%]/)
330 ? ('\\' . $name )
331 : ($realtype eq 'CODE' and $name =~ /^[*](.*)$/)
332 ? ('\\&' . $1 )
333 : $name
334 ), $val ];
823edd99 335 }
3bd791fa 336 my $no_bless = 0;
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337 my $is_regex = 0;
338 if ( $realpack and ($] >= 5.009005 ? re::is_regexp($val) : $realpack eq 'Regexp') ) {
339 $is_regex = 1;
340 $no_bless = $realpack eq 'Regexp';
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341 }
342
3bd791fa 343 # If purity is not set and maxdepth is set, then check depth:
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344 # if we have reached maximum depth, return the string
345 # representation of the thing we are currently examining
3bd791fa 346 # at this depth (i.e., 'Foo=ARRAY(0xdeadbeef)').
a2126434 347 if (!$s->{purity}
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348 and defined($s->{maxdepth})
349 and $s->{maxdepth} > 0
350 and $s->{level} >= $s->{maxdepth})
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351 {
352 return qq['$val'];
353 }
354
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355 # avoid recursing infinitely [perl #122111]
356 if ($s->{maxrecurse} > 0
357 and $s->{level} >= $s->{maxrecurse}) {
358 die "Recursion limit of $s->{maxrecurse} exceeded";
359 }
360
a2126434 361 # we have a blessed ref
3bd791fa 362 my ($blesspad);
4ab99479 363 if ($realpack and !$no_bless) {
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364 $out = $s->{'bless'} . '( ';
365 $blesspad = $s->{apad};
366 $s->{apad} .= ' ' if ($s->{indent} >= 2);
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367 }
368
823edd99 369 $s->{level}++;
3bd791fa 370 my $ipad = $s->{xpad} x $s->{level};
823edd99 371
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372 if ($is_regex) {
373 my $pat;
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374 my $flags = "";
375 if (defined(*re::regexp_pattern{CODE})) {
376 ($pat, $flags) = re::regexp_pattern($val);
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377 }
378 else {
379 $pat = "$val";
4ab99479 380 }
de5ef703 381 $pat =~ s <(\\.)|/> { $1 || '\\/' }ge;
b183d514 382 $out .= "qr/$pat/$flags";
4ab99479 383 }
d036e907 384 elsif ($realtype eq 'SCALAR' || $realtype eq 'REF'
3bd791fa 385 || $realtype eq 'VSTRING') {
823edd99 386 if ($realpack) {
3bd791fa 387 $out .= 'do{\\(my $o = ' . $s->_dump($$val, "\${$name}") . ')}';
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388 }
389 else {
3bd791fa 390 $out .= '\\' . $s->_dump($$val, "\${$name}");
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391 }
392 }
393 elsif ($realtype eq 'GLOB') {
3bd791fa 394 $out .= '\\' . $s->_dump($$val, "*{$name}");
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395 }
396 elsif ($realtype eq 'ARRAY') {
a36ee16f 397 my($pad, $mname);
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398 my($i) = 0;
399 $out .= ($name =~ /^\@/) ? '(' : '[';
400 $pad = $s->{sep} . $s->{pad} . $s->{apad};
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401 ($name =~ /^\@(.*)$/) ? ($mname = "\$" . $1) :
402 # omit -> if $foo->[0]->{bar}, but not ${$foo->[0]}->{bar}
403 ($name =~ /^\\?[\%\@\*\$][^{].*[]}]$/) ? ($mname = $name) :
404 ($mname = $name . '->');
823edd99 405 $mname .= '->' if $mname =~ /^\*.+\{[A-Z]+\}$/;
a36ee16f 406 for my $v (@$val) {
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407 $sname = $mname . '[' . $i . ']';
408 $out .= $pad . $ipad . '#' . $i
409 if $s->{indent} >= 3;
410 $out .= $pad . $ipad . $s->_dump($v, $sname);
411 $out .= "," if $i++ < $#$val;
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412 }
413 $out .= $pad . ($s->{xpad} x ($s->{level} - 1)) if $i;
414 $out .= ($name =~ /^\@/) ? ')' : ']';
415 }
416 elsif ($realtype eq 'HASH') {
3bd791fa 417 my ($k, $v, $pad, $lpad, $mname, $pair);
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418 $out .= ($name =~ /^\%/) ? '(' : '{';
419 $pad = $s->{sep} . $s->{pad} . $s->{apad};
420 $lpad = $s->{apad};
30b4f386 421 $pair = $s->{pair};
7820172a 422 ($name =~ /^\%(.*)$/) ? ($mname = "\$" . $1) :
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423 # omit -> if $foo->[0]->{bar}, but not ${$foo->[0]}->{bar}
424 ($name =~ /^\\?[\%\@\*\$][^{].*[]}]$/) ? ($mname = $name) :
425 ($mname = $name . '->');
823edd99 426 $mname .= '->' if $mname =~ /^\*.+\{[A-Z]+\}$/;
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427 my $sortkeys = defined($s->{sortkeys}) ? $s->{sortkeys} : '';
428 my $keys = [];
31a725b3 429 if ($sortkeys) {
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430 if (ref($s->{sortkeys}) eq 'CODE') {
431 $keys = $s->{sortkeys}($val);
432 unless (ref($keys) eq 'ARRAY') {
433 carp "Sortkeys subroutine did not return ARRAYREF";
434 $keys = [];
435 }
436 }
437 else {
438 $keys = [ sort keys %$val ];
439 }
31a725b3 440 }
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441
442 # Ensure hash iterator is reset
443 keys(%$val);
444
3bd791fa 445 my $key;
31a725b3 446 while (($k, $v) = ! $sortkeys ? (each %$val) :
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447 @$keys ? ($key = shift(@$keys), $val->{$key}) :
448 () )
31a725b3 449 {
3bd791fa 450 my $nk = $s->_dump($k, "");
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451
452 # _dump doesn't quote numbers of this form
453 if ($s->{quotekeys} && $nk =~ /^(?:0|-?[1-9][0-9]{0,8})\z/) {
454 $nk = $s->{useqq} ? qq("$nk") : qq('$nk');
455 }
456 elsif (!$s->{quotekeys} and $nk =~ /^[\"\']([A-Za-z_]\w*)[\"\']$/) {
457 $nk = $1
458 }
459
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460 $sname = $mname . '{' . $nk . '}';
461 $out .= $pad . $ipad . $nk . $pair;
462
463 # temporarily alter apad
464 $s->{apad} .= (" " x (length($nk) + 4))
465 if $s->{indent} >= 2;
466 $out .= $s->_dump($val->{$k}, $sname) . ",";
467 $s->{apad} = $lpad
468 if $s->{indent} >= 2;
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469 }
470 if (substr($out, -1) eq ',') {
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471 chop $out;
472 $out .= $pad . ($s->{xpad} x ($s->{level} - 1));
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473 }
474 $out .= ($name =~ /^\%/) ? ')' : '}';
475 }
476 elsif ($realtype eq 'CODE') {
8e5f9a6e 477 if ($s->{deparse}) {
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478 require B::Deparse;
479 my $sub = 'sub ' . (B::Deparse->new)->coderef2text($val);
480 $pad = $s->{sep} . $s->{pad} . $s->{apad} . $s->{xpad} x ($s->{level} - 1);
481 $sub =~ s/\n/$pad/gse;
482 $out .= $sub;
483 }
484 else {
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485 $out .= 'sub { "DUMMY" }';
486 carp "Encountered CODE ref, using dummy placeholder" if $s->{purity};
487 }
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488 }
489 else {
3bd791fa 490 croak "Can't handle '$realtype' type";
823edd99 491 }
3bd791fa 492
4ab99479 493 if ($realpack and !$no_bless) { # we have a blessed ref
d0c214fd 494 $out .= ', ' . _quote($realpack) . ' )';
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495 $out .= '->' . $s->{toaster} . '()'
496 if $s->{toaster} ne '';
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497 $s->{apad} = $blesspad;
498 }
499 $s->{level}--;
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500 }
501 else { # simple scalar
502
503 my $ref = \$_[1];
d036e907 504 my $v;
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505 # first, catalog the scalar
506 if ($name ne '') {
2728842d 507 $id = format_refaddr($ref);
823edd99 508 if (exists $s->{seen}{$id}) {
7820172a 509 if ($s->{seen}{$id}[2]) {
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510 $out = $s->{seen}{$id}[0];
511 #warn "[<$out]\n";
512 return "\${$out}";
513 }
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514 }
515 else {
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516 #warn "[>\\$name]\n";
517 $s->{seen}{$id} = ["\\$name", $ref];
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518 }
519 }
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520 $ref = \$val;
521 if (ref($ref) eq 'GLOB') { # glob
823edd99 522 my $name = substr($val, 1);
58cee0f7 523 if ($name =~ /^[A-Za-z_][\w:]*$/ && $name ne 'main::') {
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524 $name =~ s/^main::/::/;
525 $sname = $name;
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526 }
527 else {
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528 $sname = $s->_dump(
529 $name eq 'main::' || $] < 5.007 && $name eq "main::\0"
530 ? ''
531 : $name,
532 "",
533 );
534 $sname = '{' . $sname . '}';
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535 }
536 if ($s->{purity}) {
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537 my $k;
538 local ($s->{level}) = 0;
539 for $k (qw(SCALAR ARRAY HASH)) {
540 my $gval = *$val{$k};
541 next unless defined $gval;
542 next if $k eq "SCALAR" && ! defined $$gval; # always there
543
544 # _dump can push into @post, so we hold our place using $postlen
545 my $postlen = scalar @post;
546 $post[$postlen] = "\*$sname = ";
547 local ($s->{apad}) = " " x length($post[$postlen]) if $s->{indent} >= 2;
548 $post[$postlen] .= $s->_dump($gval, "\*$sname\{$k\}");
549 }
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550 }
551 $out .= '*' . $sname;
552 }
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553 elsif (!defined($val)) {
554 $out .= "undef";
555 }
d036e907 556 elsif (defined &_vstring and $v = _vstring($val)
3bd791fa 557 and !_bad_vsmg || eval $v eq $val) {
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558 $out .= $v;
559 }
560 elsif (!defined &_vstring
c1205a1e 561 and ref $ref eq 'VSTRING' || eval{Scalar::Util::isvstring($val)}) {
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562 $out .= sprintf "%vd", $val;
563 }
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564 # \d here would treat "1\x{660}" as a safe decimal number
565 elsif ($val =~ /^(?:0|-?[1-9][0-9]{0,8})\z/) { # safe decimal number
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566 $out .= $val;
567 }
3bd791fa 568 else { # string
c4cce848 569 if ($s->{useqq} or $val =~ tr/\0-\377//c) {
38a44b82 570 # Fall back to qq if there's Unicode
3bd791fa 571 $out .= qquote($val, $s->{useqq});
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573 else {
d0c214fd 574 $out .= _quote($val);
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576 }
577 }
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578 if ($id) {
579 # if we made it this far, $id was added to seen list at current
580 # level, so remove it to get deep copies
581 if ($s->{deepcopy}) {
582 delete($s->{seen}{$id});
583 }
584 elsif ($name) {
585 $s->{seen}{$id}[2] = 1;
586 }
587 }
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589}
3bd791fa 590
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592# non-OO style of earlier version
593#
594sub Dumper {
595 return Data::Dumper->Dump([@_]);
596}
597
0f1923bd 598# compat stub
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600 return Data::Dumper->Dumpxs([@_], []);
601}
602
823edd99 603#
3bd791fa 604# reset the "seen" cache
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606sub Reset {
607 my($s) = shift;
608 $s->{seen} = {};
609 return $s;
610}
611
612sub Indent {
613 my($s, $v) = @_;
614 if (defined($v)) {
615 if ($v == 0) {
616 $s->{xpad} = "";
617 $s->{sep} = "";
618 }
619 else {
620 $s->{xpad} = " ";
621 $s->{sep} = "\n";
622 }
623 $s->{indent} = $v;
624 return $s;
625 }
626 else {
627 return $s->{indent};
628 }
629}
630
30b4f386 631sub Pair {
632 my($s, $v) = @_;
633 defined($v) ? (($s->{pair} = $v), return $s) : $s->{pair};
634}
635
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637 my($s, $v) = @_;
638 defined($v) ? (($s->{pad} = $v), return $s) : $s->{pad};
639}
640
641sub Varname {
642 my($s, $v) = @_;
643 defined($v) ? (($s->{varname} = $v), return $s) : $s->{varname};
644}
645
646sub Purity {
647 my($s, $v) = @_;
648 defined($v) ? (($s->{purity} = $v), return $s) : $s->{purity};
649}
650
651sub Useqq {
652 my($s, $v) = @_;
653 defined($v) ? (($s->{useqq} = $v), return $s) : $s->{useqq};
654}
655
656sub Terse {
657 my($s, $v) = @_;
658 defined($v) ? (($s->{terse} = $v), return $s) : $s->{terse};
659}
660
661sub Freezer {
662 my($s, $v) = @_;
663 defined($v) ? (($s->{freezer} = $v), return $s) : $s->{freezer};
664}
665
666sub Toaster {
667 my($s, $v) = @_;
668 defined($v) ? (($s->{toaster} = $v), return $s) : $s->{toaster};
669}
670
671sub Deepcopy {
672 my($s, $v) = @_;
673 defined($v) ? (($s->{deepcopy} = $v), return $s) : $s->{deepcopy};
674}
675
676sub Quotekeys {
677 my($s, $v) = @_;
678 defined($v) ? (($s->{quotekeys} = $v), return $s) : $s->{quotekeys};
679}
680
681sub Bless {
682 my($s, $v) = @_;
683 defined($v) ? (($s->{'bless'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'bless'};
684}
685
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687 my($s, $v) = @_;
688 defined($v) ? (($s->{'maxdepth'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'maxdepth'};
689}
690
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692 my($s, $v) = @_;
693 defined($v) ? (($s->{'maxrecurse'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'maxrecurse'};
694}
695
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697 my($s, $v) = @_;
698 defined($v) ? (($s->{'useperl'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'useperl'};
699}
700
701sub Sortkeys {
702 my($s, $v) = @_;
703 defined($v) ? (($s->{'sortkeys'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'sortkeys'};
704}
705
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707 my($s, $v) = @_;
708 defined($v) ? (($s->{'deparse'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'deparse'};
709}
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712 my($s, $v) = @_;
713 defined($v) ? (($s->{'noseen'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'noseen'};
714}
715
7820172a 716# used by qquote below
3bd791fa 717my %esc = (
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719 "\b" => "\\b",
720 "\t" => "\\t",
721 "\n" => "\\n",
722 "\f" => "\\f",
723 "\r" => "\\r",
724 "\e" => "\\e",
725);
726
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728sub qquote {
729 local($_) = shift;
7820172a 730 s/([\\\"\@\$])/\\$1/g;
dc71dc59 731 my $bytes; { use bytes; $bytes = length }
a8162dcb 732 s/([[:^ascii:]])/'\x{'.sprintf("%x",ord($1)).'}'/ge if $bytes > length;
3bd791fa 733 return qq("$_") unless
0407a77b 734 /[^ !"\#\$%&'()*+,\-.\/0-9:;<=>?\@A-Z[\\\]^_`a-z{|}~]/; # fast exit
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736 my $high = shift || "";
737 s/([\a\b\t\n\f\r\e])/$esc{$1}/g;
738
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739 if (ord('^')==94) { # ascii
740 # no need for 3 digits in escape for these
741 s/([\0-\037])(?!\d)/'\\'.sprintf('%o',ord($1))/eg;
742 s/([\0-\037\177])/'\\'.sprintf('%03o',ord($1))/eg;
43948175 743 # all but last branch below not supported --BEHAVIOR SUBJECT TO CHANGE--
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744 if ($high eq "iso8859") {
745 s/([\200-\240])/'\\'.sprintf('%o',ord($1))/eg;
746 } elsif ($high eq "utf8") {
747# use utf8;
748# $str =~ s/([^\040-\176])/sprintf "\\x{%04x}", ord($1)/ge;
749 } elsif ($high eq "8bit") {
750 # leave it as it is
751 } else {
752 s/([\200-\377])/'\\'.sprintf('%03o',ord($1))/eg;
c4cce848 753 s/([^\040-\176])/sprintf "\\x{%04x}", ord($1)/ge;
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755 }
756 else { # ebcdic
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757 s{([^ !"\#\$%&'()*+,\-.\/0-9:;<=>?\@A-Z[\\\]^_`a-z{|}~])(?!\d)}
758 {my $v = ord($1); '\\'.sprintf(($v <= 037 ? '%o' : '%03o'), $v)}eg;
759 s{([^ !"\#\$%&'()*+,\-.\/0-9:;<=>?\@A-Z[\\\]^_`a-z{|}~])}
760 {'\\'.sprintf('%03o',ord($1))}eg;
7820172a 761 }
0407a77b 762
7820172a 763 return qq("$_");
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765
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767# access to sortsv() from XS
768sub _sortkeys { [ sort keys %{$_[0]} ] }
769
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771 my $s = shift;
772 my ($name, $val, $i) = @_;
773 if (defined $name) {
774 if ($name =~ /^[*](.*)$/) {
775 if (defined $val) {
776 $name = (ref $val eq 'ARRAY') ? ( "\@" . $1 ) :
777 (ref $val eq 'HASH') ? ( "\%" . $1 ) :
778 (ref $val eq 'CODE') ? ( "\*" . $1 ) :
779 ( "\$" . $1 ) ;
780 }
781 else {
782 $name = "\$" . $1;
783 }
784 }
785 elsif ($name !~ /^\$/) {
786 $name = "\$" . $name;
787 }
788 }
789 else { # no names provided
790 $name = "\$" . $s->{varname} . $i;
791 }
792 return $name;
793}
794
795sub _compose_out {
796 my $s = shift;
797 my ($valstr, $postref) = @_;
798 my $out = "";
799 $out .= $s->{pad} . $valstr . $s->{sep};
800 if (@{$postref}) {
801 $out .= $s->{pad} .
802 join(';' . $s->{sep} . $s->{pad}, @{$postref}) .
803 ';' .
804 $s->{sep};
805 }
806 return $out;
807}
808
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810__END__
811
812=head1 NAME
813
814Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both printing and C<eval>
815
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816=head1 SYNOPSIS
817
818 use Data::Dumper;
819
820 # simple procedural interface
821 print Dumper($foo, $bar);
822
823 # extended usage with names
824 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$foo, $bar], [qw(foo *ary)]);
825
826 # configuration variables
827 {
82df27e1 828 local $Data::Dumper::Purity = 1;
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829 eval Data::Dumper->Dump([$foo, $bar], [qw(foo *ary)]);
830 }
831
832 # OO usage
833 $d = Data::Dumper->new([$foo, $bar], [qw(foo *ary)]);
834 ...
835 print $d->Dump;
836 ...
837 $d->Purity(1)->Terse(1)->Deepcopy(1);
838 eval $d->Dump;
839
840
841=head1 DESCRIPTION
842
843Given a list of scalars or reference variables, writes out their contents in
5e603302 844perl syntax. The references can also be objects. The content of each
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845variable is output in a single Perl statement. Handles self-referential
846structures correctly.
847
848The return value can be C<eval>ed to get back an identical copy of the
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849original reference structure. (Please do consider the security implications
850of eval'ing code from untrusted sources!)
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851
852Any references that are the same as one of those passed in will be named
853C<$VAR>I<n> (where I<n> is a numeric suffix), and other duplicate references
854to substructures within C<$VAR>I<n> will be appropriately labeled using arrow
855notation. You can specify names for individual values to be dumped if you
856use the C<Dump()> method, or you can change the default C<$VAR> prefix to
857something else. See C<$Data::Dumper::Varname> and C<$Data::Dumper::Terse>
858below.
859
860The default output of self-referential structures can be C<eval>ed, but the
861nested references to C<$VAR>I<n> will be undefined, since a recursive
862structure cannot be constructed using one Perl statement. You should set the
863C<Purity> flag to 1 to get additional statements that will correctly fill in
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864these references. Moreover, if C<eval>ed when strictures are in effect,
865you need to ensure that any variables it accesses are previously declared.
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867In the extended usage form, the references to be dumped can be given
3bd791fa 868user-specified names. If a name begins with a C<*>, the output will
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869describe the dereferenced type of the supplied reference for hashes and
870arrays, and coderefs. Output of names will be avoided where possible if
871the C<Terse> flag is set.
872
873In many cases, methods that are used to set the internal state of the
874object will return the object itself, so method calls can be conveniently
875chained together.
876
877Several styles of output are possible, all controlled by setting
3bd791fa 878the C<Indent> flag. See L<Configuration Variables or Methods> below
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879for details.
880
881
882=head2 Methods
883
884=over 4
885
886=item I<PACKAGE>->new(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>)
887
888Returns a newly created C<Data::Dumper> object. The first argument is an
889anonymous array of values to be dumped. The optional second argument is an
890anonymous array of names for the values. The names need not have a leading
891C<$> sign, and must be comprised of alphanumeric characters. You can begin
892a name with a C<*> to specify that the dereferenced type must be dumped
893instead of the reference itself, for ARRAY and HASH references.
894
895The prefix specified by C<$Data::Dumper::Varname> will be used with a
896numeric suffix if the name for a value is undefined.
897
898Data::Dumper will catalog all references encountered while dumping the
899values. Cross-references (in the form of names of substructures in perl
900syntax) will be inserted at all possible points, preserving any structural
901interdependencies in the original set of values. Structure traversal is
902depth-first, and proceeds in order from the first supplied value to
903the last.
904
905=item I<$OBJ>->Dump I<or> I<PACKAGE>->Dump(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>)
906
907Returns the stringified form of the values stored in the object (preserving
908the order in which they were supplied to C<new>), subject to the
91e74348 909configuration options below. In a list context, it returns a list
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910of strings corresponding to the supplied values.
911
912The second form, for convenience, simply calls the C<new> method on its
913arguments before dumping the object immediately.
914
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915=item I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>)
916
917Queries or adds to the internal table of already encountered references.
918You must use C<Reset> to explicitly clear the table if needed. Such
919references are not dumped; instead, their names are inserted wherever they
920are encountered subsequently. This is useful especially for properly
921dumping subroutine references.
922
d1be9408 923Expects an anonymous hash of name => value pairs. Same rules apply for names
823edd99 924as in C<new>. If no argument is supplied, will return the "seen" list of
91e74348 925name => value pairs, in a list context. Otherwise, returns the object
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926itself.
927
928=item I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>)
929
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931called without arguments, returns the values as a list. When called with a
932reference to an array of replacement values, returns the object itself. When
933called with any other type of argument, dies.
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935=item I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>)
936
937Queries or replaces the internal array of user supplied names for the values
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938that will be dumped. When called without arguments, returns the names. When
939called with an array of replacement names, returns the object itself. If the
436d4ccf 940number of replacement names exceeds the number of values to be named, the
3bd791fa 941excess names will not be used. If the number of replacement names falls short
436d4ccf 942of the number of values to be named, the list of replacement names will be
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943exhausted and remaining values will not be renamed. When
944called with any other type of argument, dies.
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946=item I<$OBJ>->Reset
947
948Clears the internal table of "seen" references and returns the object
949itself.
950
951=back
952
953=head2 Functions
954
955=over 4
956
957=item Dumper(I<LIST>)
958
959Returns the stringified form of the values in the list, subject to the
960configuration options below. The values will be named C<$VAR>I<n> in the
961output, where I<n> is a numeric suffix. Will return a list of strings
91e74348 962in a list context.
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965
966=head2 Configuration Variables or Methods
967
968Several configuration variables can be used to control the kind of output
969generated when using the procedural interface. These variables are usually
970C<local>ized in a block so that other parts of the code are not affected by
3bd791fa 971the change.
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973These variables determine the default state of the object created by calling
974the C<new> method, but cannot be used to alter the state of the object
975thereafter. The equivalent method names should be used instead to query
976or set the internal state of the object.
977
978The method forms return the object itself when called with arguments,
979so that they can be chained together nicely.
980
981=over 4
982
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984
985$Data::Dumper::Indent I<or> I<$OBJ>->Indent(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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987Controls the style of indentation. It can be set to 0, 1, 2 or 3. Style 0
988spews output without any newlines, indentation, or spaces between list
989items. It is the most compact format possible that can still be called
990valid perl. Style 1 outputs a readable form with newlines but no fancy
991indentation (each level in the structure is simply indented by a fixed
992amount of whitespace). Style 2 (the default) outputs a very readable form
993which takes into account the length of hash keys (so the hash value lines
994up). Style 3 is like style 2, but also annotates the elements of arrays
995with their index (but the comment is on its own line, so array output
996consumes twice the number of lines). Style 2 is the default.
997
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998=item *
999
1000$Data::Dumper::Purity I<or> I<$OBJ>->Purity(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1002Controls the degree to which the output can be C<eval>ed to recreate the
1003supplied reference structures. Setting it to 1 will output additional perl
1004statements that will correctly recreate nested references. The default is
10050.
1006
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1008
1009$Data::Dumper::Pad I<or> I<$OBJ>->Pad(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1011Specifies the string that will be prefixed to every line of the output.
1012Empty string by default.
1013
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1015
1016$Data::Dumper::Varname I<or> I<$OBJ>->Varname(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1018Contains the prefix to use for tagging variable names in the output. The
1019default is "VAR".
1020
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1022
1023$Data::Dumper::Useqq I<or> I<$OBJ>->Useqq(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1025When set, enables the use of double quotes for representing string values.
1026Whitespace other than space will be represented as C<[\n\t\r]>, "unsafe"
1027characters will be backslashed, and unprintable characters will be output as
1028quoted octal integers. Since setting this variable imposes a performance
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1030since the fast XSUB implementation doesn't support it yet.
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1033
1034$Data::Dumper::Terse I<or> I<$OBJ>->Terse(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1036When set, Data::Dumper will emit single, non-self-referential values as
1037atoms/terms rather than statements. This means that the C<$VAR>I<n> names
1038will be avoided where possible, but be advised that such output may not
1039always be parseable by C<eval>.
1040
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1042
1043$Data::Dumper::Freezer I<or> $I<OBJ>->Freezer(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1045Can be set to a method name, or to an empty string to disable the feature.
1046Data::Dumper will invoke that method via the object before attempting to
1047stringify it. This method can alter the contents of the object (if, for
1048instance, it contains data allocated from C), and even rebless it in a
1049different package. The client is responsible for making sure the specified
1050method can be called via the object, and that the object ends up containing
1051only perl data types after the method has been called. Defaults to an empty
1052string.
1053
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1055UNIVERSAL::can()) then the call will be skipped. If the method dies a
1056warning will be generated.
1057
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1059
1060$Data::Dumper::Toaster I<or> $I<OBJ>->Toaster(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1062Can be set to a method name, or to an empty string to disable the feature.
1063Data::Dumper will emit a method call for any objects that are to be dumped
8e5f9a6e 1064using the syntax C<bless(DATA, CLASS)-E<gt>METHOD()>. Note that this means that
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1065the method specified will have to perform any modifications required on the
1066object (like creating new state within it, and/or reblessing it in a
1067different package) and then return it. The client is responsible for making
1068sure the method can be called via the object, and that it returns a valid
1069object. Defaults to an empty string.
1070
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1072
1073$Data::Dumper::Deepcopy I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deepcopy(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1075Can be set to a boolean value to enable deep copies of structures.
1076Cross-referencing will then only be done when absolutely essential
1077(i.e., to break reference cycles). Default is 0.
1078
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1080
1081$Data::Dumper::Quotekeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Quotekeys(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1083Can be set to a boolean value to control whether hash keys are quoted.
3bd791fa 1084A defined false value will avoid quoting hash keys when it looks like a simple
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1086
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1088
1089$Data::Dumper::Bless I<or> $I<OBJ>->Bless(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1091Can be set to a string that specifies an alternative to the C<bless>
1092builtin operator used to create objects. A function with the specified
1093name should exist, and should accept the same arguments as the builtin.
1094Default is C<bless>.
1095
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1097
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1099
1100Can be set to a string that specifies the separator between hash keys
1101and values. To dump nested hash, array and scalar values to JavaScript,
1102use: C<$Data::Dumper::Pair = ' : ';>. Implementing C<bless> in JavaScript
1103is left as an exercise for the reader.
1104A function with the specified name exists, and accepts the same arguments
1105as the builtin.
1106
1107Default is: C< =E<gt> >.
1108
1109=item *
1110
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1113Can be set to a positive integer that specifies the depth beyond which
5e603302 1114we don't venture into a structure. Has no effect when
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1117no maximum depth.
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1120
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1122
1123Can be set to a positive integer that specifies the depth beyond which
1124recursion into a structure will throw an exception. This is intended
1125as a security measure to prevent perl running out of stack space when
1126dumping an excessively deep structure. Can be set to 0 to remove the
1127limit. Default is 1000.
1128
1129=item *
1130
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1133Can be set to a boolean value which controls whether the pure Perl
1134implementation of C<Data::Dumper> is used. The C<Data::Dumper> module is
1135a dual implementation, with almost all functionality written in both
1136pure Perl and also in XS ('C'). Since the XS version is much faster, it
1137will always be used if possible. This option lets you override the
1138default behavior, usually for testing purposes only. Default is 0, which
1139means the XS implementation will be used if possible.
1140
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1142
1143$Data::Dumper::Sortkeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Sortkeys(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1145Can be set to a boolean value to control whether hash keys are dumped in
1146sorted order. A true value will cause the keys of all hashes to be
1147dumped in Perl's default sort order. Can also be set to a subroutine
1148reference which will be called for each hash that is dumped. In this
1149case C<Data::Dumper> will call the subroutine once for each hash,
1150passing it the reference of the hash. The purpose of the subroutine is
1151to return a reference to an array of the keys that will be dumped, in
1152the order that they should be dumped. Using this feature, you can
1153control both the order of the keys, and which keys are actually used. In
1154other words, this subroutine acts as a filter by which you can exclude
1155certain keys from being dumped. Default is 0, which means that hash keys
1156are not sorted.
1157
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1159
1160$Data::Dumper::Deparse I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deparse(I<[NEWVAL]>)
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1162Can be set to a boolean value to control whether code references are
1163turned into perl source code. If set to a true value, C<B::Deparse>
1164will be used to get the source of the code reference. Using this option
1165will force using the Perl implementation of the dumper, since the fast
1166XSUB implementation doesn't support it.
1167
1168Caution : use this option only if you know that your coderefs will be
1169properly reconstructed by C<B::Deparse>.
1170
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1172
1173$Data::Dumper::Sparseseen I<or> $I<OBJ>->Sparseseen(I<[NEWVAL]>)
1174
1175By default, Data::Dumper builds up the "seen" hash of scalars that
1176it has encountered during serialization. This is very expensive.
1177This seen hash is necessary to support and even just detect circular
1178references. It is exposed to the user via the C<Seen()> call both
1179for writing and reading.
1180
1181If you, as a user, do not need explicit access to the "seen" hash,
1182then you can set the C<Sparseseen> option to allow Data::Dumper
1183to eschew building the "seen" hash for scalars that are known not
1184to possess more than one reference. This speeds up serialization
1185considerably if you use the XS implementation.
1186
1187Note: If you turn on C<Sparseseen>, then you must not rely on the
1188content of the seen hash since its contents will be an
1189implementation detail!
1190
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1192
1193=head2 Exports
1194
1195=over 4
1196
1197=item Dumper
1198
1199=back
1200
1201=head1 EXAMPLES
1202
1203Run these code snippets to get a quick feel for the behavior of this
1204module. When you are through with these examples, you may want to
1205add or change the various configuration variables described above,
1206to see their behavior. (See the testsuite in the Data::Dumper
1207distribution for more examples.)
1208
1209
1210 use Data::Dumper;
1211
1212 package Foo;
1213 sub new {bless {'a' => 1, 'b' => sub { return "foo" }}, $_[0]};
1214
1215 package Fuz; # a weird REF-REF-SCALAR object
1216 sub new {bless \($_ = \ 'fu\'z'), $_[0]};
1217
1218 package main;
1219 $foo = Foo->new;
1220 $fuz = Fuz->new;
1221 $boo = [ 1, [], "abcd", \*foo,
3bd791fa 1222 {1 => 'a', 023 => 'b', 0x45 => 'c'},
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1226 # simple usage
1227 ########
1228
1229 $bar = eval(Dumper($boo));
1230 print($@) if $@;
1231 print Dumper($boo), Dumper($bar); # pretty print (no array indices)
1232
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1234 $Data::Dumper::Indent = 0; # turn off all pretty print
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1236
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1239
b877fea2 1240 $Data::Dumper::Indent = 3; # pretty print with array indices
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1241 print Dumper($boo);
1242
b877fea2 1243 $Data::Dumper::Useqq = 1; # print strings in double quotes
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b877fea2 1246 $Data::Dumper::Pair = " : "; # specify hash key/value separator
30b4f386 1247 print Dumper($boo);
1248
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1251 # recursive structures
1252 ########
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1254 @c = ('c');
1255 $c = \@c;
1256 $b = {};
1257 $a = [1, $b, $c];
1258 $b->{a} = $a;
1259 $b->{b} = $a->[1];
1260 $b->{c} = $a->[2];
1261 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$a,$b,$c], [qw(a b c)]);
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1263
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1264 $Data::Dumper::Purity = 1; # fill in the holes for eval
1265 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$a, $b], [qw(*a b)]); # print as @a
1266 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$b, $a], [qw(*b a)]); # print as %b
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1268
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1269 $Data::Dumper::Deepcopy = 1; # avoid cross-refs
1270 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$b, $a], [qw(*b a)]);
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1272
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1273 $Data::Dumper::Purity = 0; # avoid cross-refs
1274 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$b, $a], [qw(*b a)]);
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1277 # deep structures
1278 ########
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1280 $a = "pearl";
1281 $b = [ $a ];
1282 $c = { 'b' => $b };
1283 $d = [ $c ];
1284 $e = { 'd' => $d };
1285 $f = { 'e' => $e };
1286 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$f], [qw(f)]);
1287
1288 $Data::Dumper::Maxdepth = 3; # no deeper than 3 refs down
1289 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$f], [qw(f)]);
1290
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1293 # object-oriented usage
1294 ########
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1296 $d = Data::Dumper->new([$a,$b], [qw(a b)]);
1297 $d->Seen({'*c' => $c}); # stash a ref without printing it
1298 $d->Indent(3);
1299 print $d->Dump;
1300 $d->Reset->Purity(0); # empty the seen cache
1301 print join "----\n", $d->Dump;
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1303
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1304 ########
1305 # persistence
1306 ########
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1308 package Foo;
1309 sub new { bless { state => 'awake' }, shift }
1310 sub Freeze {
1311 my $s = shift;
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1313 $s->{state} = 'asleep';
1314 return bless $s, 'Foo::ZZZ';
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1318 sub Thaw {
1319 my $s = shift;
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1321 $s->{state} = 'awake';
1322 return bless $s, 'Foo';
823edd99 1323 }
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1327 $a = Foo->new;
1328 $b = Data::Dumper->new([$a], ['c']);
1329 $b->Freezer('Freeze');
1330 $b->Toaster('Thaw');
1331 $c = $b->Dump;
1332 print $c;
1333 $d = eval $c;
1334 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$d], ['d']);
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1336
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1338 # symbol substitution (useful for recreating CODE refs)
1339 ########
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1341 sub foo { print "foo speaking\n" }
1342 *other = \&foo;
1343 $bar = [ \&other ];
1344 $d = Data::Dumper->new([\&other,$bar],['*other','bar']);
1345 $d->Seen({ '*foo' => \&foo });
1346 print $d->Dump;
1347
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1350 # sorting and filtering hash keys
1351 ########
1352
1353 $Data::Dumper::Sortkeys = \&my_filter;
1354 my $foo = { map { (ord, "$_$_$_") } 'I'..'Q' };
1355 my $bar = { %$foo };
1356 my $baz = { reverse %$foo };
1357 print Dumper [ $foo, $bar, $baz ];
1358
1359 sub my_filter {
1360 my ($hash) = @_;
1361 # return an array ref containing the hash keys to dump
1362 # in the order that you want them to be dumped
1363 return [
1364 # Sort the keys of %$foo in reverse numeric order
1365 $hash eq $foo ? (sort {$b <=> $a} keys %$hash) :
1366 # Only dump the odd number keys of %$bar
1367 $hash eq $bar ? (grep {$_ % 2} keys %$hash) :
1368 # Sort keys in default order for all other hashes
1369 (sort keys %$hash)
1370 ];
1371 }
1372
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1374
1375Due to limitations of Perl subroutine call semantics, you cannot pass an
1376array or hash. Prepend it with a C<\> to pass its reference instead. This
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1378For now, you need to use the extended usage form, and prepend the
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1380
1381C<Data::Dumper> cheats with CODE references. If a code reference is
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1383the C<Deparse> flag), an anonymous subroutine that
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1384contains the string '"DUMMY"' will be inserted in its place, and a warning
1385will be printed if C<Purity> is set. You can C<eval> the result, but bear
1386in mind that the anonymous sub that gets created is just a placeholder.
1387Someday, perl will have a switch to cache-on-demand the string
1388representation of a compiled piece of code, I hope. If you have prior
1389knowledge of all the code refs that your data structures are likely
1390to have, you can use the C<Seen> method to pre-seed the internal reference
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1393
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1395XSUB implementation does not support them.
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1397SCALAR objects have the weirdest looking C<bless> workaround.
1398
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1400only in Perl 5.8.0 and later.
1401
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1403
1404Starting from Perl 5.8.1 different runs of Perl will have different
1405ordering of hash keys. The change was done for greater security,
1406see L<perlsec/"Algorithmic Complexity Attacks">. This means that
1407different runs of Perl will have different Data::Dumper outputs if
1408the data contains hashes. If you need to have identical Data::Dumper
1409outputs from different runs of Perl, use the environment variable
1410PERL_HASH_SEED, see L<perlrun/PERL_HASH_SEED>. Using this restores
1411the old (platform-specific) ordering: an even prettier solution might
1412be to use the C<Sortkeys> filter of Data::Dumper.
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1414=head1 AUTHOR
1415
6e238990 1416Gurusamy Sarathy gsar@activestate.com
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fbfb8de6 1418Copyright (c) 1996-2014 Gurusamy Sarathy. All rights reserved.
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1419This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
1420modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
1421
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1423
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1426=head1 SEE ALSO
1427
1428perl(1)
1429
1430=cut