TITLE ^

dumper.imc - PIR version of Data::Dumper

VERSION ^

version 0.10

SYNOPSIS ^

        ...

        # dump the P0 register
        _dumper( "P0", P0 )

        ...

        END
        .include "library/dumper.imc"

DESCRIPTION ^

    PIR implementation of Perl's Data::Dumper module.

FUNCTIONS ^

This library provides the following functions:

_dumper( name, pmc[, indent] )

This is the public (non object) interface to the dumper library.

name

Required. The name of the PMC.

pmc

Required. The PMC to dump.

indent

Optional. The indent used at the start of each line printed.

Note: This function currently returns nothing. It should return the dumped data as a string, like Perl's Data::Dumper. Instead, everything is printed out using print.

Note: #2 PerlHash keys are now sorted using _sort() (library/sort.imc)

_register_dumper( id, sub )

Registers a dumper for new PMC type.

id

the PMC id, as returned by the typeof op.

sub

a Sub pmc, that gets called in order to dump the content of the given PMC

For example:

        newsub sub, .Sub, _dump_PerlArray
        _register_dumper( .PerlArray, sub )
This function returns nothing.

dumper =_global_dumper() (internal)

Internal helper function.

Returns the global dumper instance used by the non object interface.

AUTHOR ^

Jens Rieks <parrot at jensbeimsurfen dot de> is the author and maintainer. Please send patches and suggestions to the Perl 6 Internals mailing list.

COPYRIGHT ^

Copyright (c) 2004, the Perl Foundation.


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