note Anonymous Monk <blockquote> <blockquote> <em><tt>use YAML; print Dump(...)</tt>, but that requires actually installing YAML first.</em> </blockquote> You might try installing Data::Dump::Streamer (along with the DDS alias.) </blockquote> So, your suggestion to sfink's drawback of having to install a module is to install a module? 376075 428689 9