On 2010.05.18 00:58, Uri Guttman wrote: > SB> Perhaps I completely missed something within the latter posts to this > SB> thread, so I must ask... > > SB> ...why not: > > SB> use Storable; > > SB> ...to store temporary data? I understood what Uri said, but does > SB> Storable not copy deep structures properly? Also, iirc, Storable is part > SB> of the base now, yes? > > it works and is used in serializing data. it usually is faster than > dumper too (i think it is partly in c). but there is a catch. it uses a > format that is with binary data and humans (well those coders who are > human) can't read or edit it. dumper's output is perl and can be read > and edited by humans. this can be a plus (or a minus) depending on your > views and needs. also dumper does output perl which even in other > situations can be more useful than some formats. there are situations > where you want to dump some data and generate code around it for later > execution with eval. and this is only one of dumper's uses that other > modules can do. debugging is still the main use of dumper.
Thanks Uri, I understand, and with your explanation, I now know I understood the purpose of Dumper correctly. Steve -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
