perlquestion BrowserUk <p>Does anyone know of a module/function which will dump a perl data structure in a compact, human readable format that doesn't aspire to being a serialisation module? <ol><li>Dumps what's in the structure without attempting to analyse it. <p>I don't care if the array in two or more nested arrays are references to the same array. I just want to see what's in there. <p>And I have no use for a module that takes up 20 times as much memory to dump the contents of a structure than the structure itself takes up. </li><li>Dumps the contents in a compact, but "structured" manner (read indented). </li><li>Produces sensibly compact output that looks roughly the way I might key it in--without trying to make the output [eval]able. <p>Keeps nested structures on one line if it is practical. Preferably with a setable wrap limit that I can set to 1000 or 2000 if I wish--not hard coded to wrap at 72! <p>ie. somthing like: <code> { a => [ 1, 2, 3 ], b => [ { X => 1, Y=> 2 } { X => [ 1, 2, 3], Y=> [ 4, 5, 6 ], Z => [ 7, 8, 9 ] }, c => 'fred', } </code> <p>Not YAML! <p>Preferably a function rather than an object. </li></ol> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-171588"> <hr /> <font size=1 > <div>Examine what is said, not who speaks.</div> <div>Silence betokens consent.</div> <div>Love the truth but pardon error.</div> </font> </div></div>