The first public release (0.05) of GraphViz;:Data::Structure is now ready. It provides a class which can accurately and elegantly visualize a Perl data structure using GraphViz.
# Visualise a structure and make a PNG graphic. GraphViz::Data::Strucure->new($structure)->graph->as_png; You can select the colors you want to use for each data type, and all items are printed in strict left-to-right order (arrays in increasing index order, hashes in alpahbetically-sorted key order). GraphViz::Data::Structure automatically labels blessed items with their fully-qualified name, and can even discover CODE reference names and handle globs. The only problem I have at present is detecting when a reference points to an array or hash element; I still see these only as scalar references. Any suggestions as to anything else needed before it's uploaded to CPAN greatly appreciated. --- Joe M.
