Re: Perl Serialize object as string

2008-04-06 Thread Chas. Owens
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 6:17 PM, Dr.Ruud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > > I need to serialize an perl object to STRING TEXT, > > not scalar > > Printing (the value of) a scalar, gives you a string. > See `perldoc -f sprintf`. snip Unfortunately the freeze subroutine from Storable outputs a b

Re: Perl Serialize object as string

2008-04-06 Thread Dr.Ruud
anthony brooke schreef: > I need to serialize an perl object to STRING TEXT, > not scalar Printing (the value of) a scalar, gives you a string. See `perldoc -f sprintf`. -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [E

Re: Perl Serialize object as string

2008-04-06 Thread Chas. Owens
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 2:33 PM, anthony brooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the reply, I always thought that Dumper is used for debugging > purposes, I will look at it deeper. Btw, what you mean by cyclic data ? snip Data::Dumper is often used to display the contents of a data structur

Re: Perl Serialize object as string

2008-04-06 Thread anthony brooke
g list Sent: Monday, April 7, 2008 2:09:0-1 Subject: Re: Perl Serialize object as string On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 1:52 PM, anthony brooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, I need to serialize an perl object to STRING TEXT, > not scalar or file. The Storable module allow serializat

Re: Perl Serialize object as string

2008-04-06 Thread Chas. Owens
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 1:52 PM, anthony brooke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, I need to serialize an perl object to STRING TEXT, > not scalar or file. The Storable module allow serialization to file and > scalar variable, but this is not possible for passing between the perl > and pro