On 2010.05.17 00:12, Shawn H Corey wrote: > On 10-05-16 11:17 PM, Uri Guttman wrote: >> it can be used to save data (e.g. a config >> file) in a file for reloading in the future (via running the dumper >> output with eval). > > By saving the output of Data::Dumper to a *.pm file, it can be reloaded > via "use".
Perhaps I completely missed something within the latter posts to this thread, so I must ask... ...why not: use Storable; ...to store temporary data? I understood what Uri said, but does Storable not copy deep structures properly? Also, iirc, Storable is part of the base now, yes? Steve -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/