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714 lines
18 KiB
Perl
714 lines
18 KiB
Perl
package Data::Dump;
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use strict;
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use vars qw(@EXPORT @EXPORT_OK $VERSION $DEBUG);
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use subs qq(dump);
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require Exporter;
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*import = \&Exporter::import;
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@EXPORT = qw(dd ddx);
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@EXPORT_OK = qw(dump pp dumpf quote);
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$VERSION = "1.17";
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$DEBUG = 0;
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use overload ();
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use vars qw(%seen %refcnt @dump @fixup %require $TRY_BASE64 @FILTERS $INDENT);
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$TRY_BASE64 = 50 unless defined $TRY_BASE64;
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$INDENT = " " unless defined $INDENT;
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sub dump
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{
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local %seen;
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local %refcnt;
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local %require;
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local @fixup;
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require Data::Dump::FilterContext if @FILTERS;
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my $name = "a";
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my @dump;
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for my $v (@_) {
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my $val = _dump($v, $name, [], tied($v));
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push(@dump, [$name, $val]);
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} continue {
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$name++;
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}
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my $out = "";
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if (%require) {
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for (sort keys %require) {
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$out .= "require $_;\n";
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}
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}
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if (%refcnt) {
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# output all those with refcounts first
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for (@dump) {
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my $name = $_->[0];
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if ($refcnt{$name}) {
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$out .= "my \$$name = $_->[1];\n";
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undef $_->[1];
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}
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}
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for (@fixup) {
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$out .= "$_;\n";
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}
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}
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my $paren = (@dump != 1);
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$out .= "(" if $paren;
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$out .= format_list($paren, undef,
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map {defined($_->[1]) ? $_->[1] : "\$".$_->[0]}
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@dump
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);
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$out .= ")" if $paren;
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if (%refcnt || %require) {
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$out .= ";\n";
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$out =~ s/^/$INDENT/gm;
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$out = "do {\n$out}";
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}
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#use Data::Dumper; print Dumper(\%refcnt);
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#use Data::Dumper; print Dumper(\%seen);
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print STDERR "$out\n" unless defined wantarray;
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$out;
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}
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*pp = \&dump;
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sub dd {
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print dump(@_), "\n";
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}
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sub ddx {
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my(undef, $file, $line) = caller;
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$file =~ s,.*[\\/],,;
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my $out = "$file:$line: " . dump(@_) . "\n";
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$out =~ s/^/# /gm;
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print $out;
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}
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sub dumpf {
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require Data::Dump::Filtered;
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goto &Data::Dump::Filtered::dump_filtered;
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}
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sub _dump
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{
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my $ref = ref $_[0];
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my $rval = $ref ? $_[0] : \$_[0];
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shift;
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my($name, $idx, $dont_remember, $pclass, $pidx) = @_;
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my($class, $type, $id);
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if (overload::StrVal($rval) =~ /^(?:([^=]+)=)?([A-Z]+)\(0x([^\)]+)\)$/) {
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$class = $1;
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$type = $2;
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$id = $3;
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} else {
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die "Can't parse " . overload::StrVal($rval);
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}
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if ($] < 5.008 && $type eq "SCALAR") {
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$type = "REF" if $ref eq "REF";
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}
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warn "\$$name(@$idx) $class $type $id ($ref)" if $DEBUG;
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my $out;
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my $comment;
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my $hide_keys;
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if (@FILTERS) {
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my $pself = "";
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$pself = fullname("self", [@$idx[$pidx..(@$idx - 1)]]) if $pclass;
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my $ctx = Data::Dump::FilterContext->new($rval, $class, $type, $ref, $pclass, $pidx, $idx);
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my @bless;
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for my $filter (@FILTERS) {
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if (my $f = $filter->($ctx, $rval)) {
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if (my $v = $f->{object}) {
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local @FILTERS;
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$out = _dump($v, $name, $idx, 1);
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$dont_remember++;
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}
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if (defined(my $c = $f->{bless})) {
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push(@bless, $c);
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}
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if (my $c = $f->{comment}) {
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$comment = $c;
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}
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if (defined(my $c = $f->{dump})) {
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$out = $c;
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$dont_remember++;
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}
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if (my $h = $f->{hide_keys}) {
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if (ref($h) eq "ARRAY") {
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$hide_keys = sub {
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for my $k (@$h) {
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return 1 if $k eq $_[0];
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}
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return 0;
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};
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}
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}
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}
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}
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push(@bless, "") if defined($out) && !@bless;
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if (@bless) {
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$class = shift(@bless);
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warn "More than one filter callback tried to bless object" if @bless;
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}
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}
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unless ($dont_remember) {
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if (my $s = $seen{$id}) {
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my($sname, $sidx) = @$s;
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$refcnt{$sname}++;
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my $sref = fullname($sname, $sidx,
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($ref && $type eq "SCALAR"));
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warn "SEEN: [\$$name(@$idx)] => [\$$sname(@$sidx)] ($ref,$sref)" if $DEBUG;
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return $sref unless $sname eq $name;
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$refcnt{$name}++;
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push(@fixup, fullname($name,$idx)." = $sref");
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return "do{my \$fix}" if @$idx && $idx->[-1] eq '$';
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return "'fix'";
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}
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$seen{$id} = [$name, $idx];
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}
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if ($class) {
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$pclass = $class;
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$pidx = @$idx;
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}
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if (defined $out) {
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# keep it
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}
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elsif ($type eq "SCALAR" || $type eq "REF" || $type eq "REGEXP") {
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if ($ref) {
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if ($class && $class eq "Regexp") {
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my $v = "$rval";
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my $mod = "";
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if ($v =~ /^\(\?([msix-]+):([\x00-\xFF]*)\)\z/) {
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$mod = $1;
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$v = $2;
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$mod =~ s/-.*//;
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}
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my $sep = '/';
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my $sep_count = ($v =~ tr/\///);
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if ($sep_count) {
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# see if we can find a better one
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for ('|', ',', ':', '#') {
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my $c = eval "\$v =~ tr/\Q$_\E//";
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#print "SEP $_ $c $sep_count\n";
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if ($c < $sep_count) {
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$sep = $_;
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$sep_count = $c;
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last if $sep_count == 0;
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}
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}
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}
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$v =~ s/\Q$sep\E/\\$sep/g;
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$out = "qr$sep$v$sep$mod";
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undef($class);
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}
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else {
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delete $seen{$id} if $type eq "SCALAR"; # will be seen again shortly
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my $val = _dump($$rval, $name, [@$idx, "\$"], 0, $pclass, $pidx);
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$out = $class ? "do{\\(my \$o = $val)}" : "\\$val";
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}
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} else {
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if (!defined $$rval) {
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$out = "undef";
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}
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elsif ($$rval =~ /^-?[1-9]\d{0,9}\z/ || $$rval eq "0") {
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$out = $$rval;
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}
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else {
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$out = str($$rval);
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}
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if ($class && !@$idx) {
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# Top is an object, not a reference to one as perl needs
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$refcnt{$name}++;
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my $obj = fullname($name, $idx);
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my $cl = quote($class);
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push(@fixup, "bless \\$obj, $cl");
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}
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}
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}
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elsif ($type eq "GLOB") {
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if ($ref) {
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delete $seen{$id};
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my $val = _dump($$rval, $name, [@$idx, "*"], 0, $pclass, $pidx);
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$out = "\\$val";
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if ($out =~ /^\\\*Symbol::/) {
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$require{Symbol}++;
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$out = "Symbol::gensym()";
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}
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} else {
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my $val = "$$rval";
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$out = "$$rval";
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for my $k (qw(SCALAR ARRAY HASH)) {
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my $gval = *$$rval{$k};
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next unless defined $gval;
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next if $k eq "SCALAR" && ! defined $$gval; # always there
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my $f = scalar @fixup;
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push(@fixup, "RESERVED"); # overwritten after _dump() below
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$gval = _dump($gval, $name, [@$idx, "*{$k}"], 0, $pclass, $pidx);
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$refcnt{$name}++;
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my $gname = fullname($name, $idx);
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$fixup[$f] = "$gname = $gval"; #XXX indent $gval
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}
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}
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}
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elsif ($type eq "ARRAY") {
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my @vals;
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my $tied = tied_str(tied(@$rval));
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my $i = 0;
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for my $v (@$rval) {
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push(@vals, _dump($v, $name, [@$idx, "[$i]"], $tied, $pclass, $pidx));
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$i++;
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}
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$out = "[" . format_list(1, $tied, @vals) . "]";
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}
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elsif ($type eq "HASH") {
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my(@keys, @vals);
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my $tied = tied_str(tied(%$rval));
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# statistics to determine variation in key lengths
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my $kstat_max = 0;
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my $kstat_sum = 0;
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my $kstat_sum2 = 0;
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my @orig_keys = keys %$rval;
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if ($hide_keys) {
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@orig_keys = grep !$hide_keys->($_), @orig_keys;
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}
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my $text_keys = 0;
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for (@orig_keys) {
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$text_keys++, last unless /^[-+]?(?:0|[1-9]\d*)(?:\.\d+)?\z/;
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}
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if ($text_keys) {
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@orig_keys = sort { lc($a) cmp lc($b) } @orig_keys;
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}
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else {
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@orig_keys = sort { $a <=> $b } @orig_keys;
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}
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my $quote;
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for my $key (@orig_keys) {
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next if $key =~ /^-?[a-zA-Z_]\w*\z/;
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next if $key =~ /^-?[1-9]\d{0,8}\z/;
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$quote++;
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last;
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}
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for my $key (@orig_keys) {
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my $val = \$rval->{$key}; # capture value before we modify $key
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$key = quote($key) if $quote;
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$kstat_max = length($key) if length($key) > $kstat_max;
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$kstat_sum += length($key);
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$kstat_sum2 += length($key)*length($key);
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push(@keys, $key);
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push(@vals, _dump($$val, $name, [@$idx, "{$key}"], $tied, $pclass, $pidx));
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}
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my $nl = "";
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my $klen_pad = 0;
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my $tmp = "@keys @vals";
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if (length($tmp) > 60 || $tmp =~ /\n/ || $tied) {
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$nl = "\n";
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# Determine what padding to add
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if ($kstat_max < 4) {
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$klen_pad = $kstat_max;
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}
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elsif (@keys >= 2) {
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my $n = @keys;
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my $avg = $kstat_sum/$n;
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my $stddev = sqrt(($kstat_sum2 - $n * $avg * $avg) / ($n - 1));
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# I am not actually very happy with this heuristics
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if ($stddev / $kstat_max < 0.25) {
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$klen_pad = $kstat_max;
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}
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if ($DEBUG) {
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push(@keys, "__S");
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push(@vals, sprintf("%.2f (%d/%.1f/%.1f)",
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$stddev / $kstat_max,
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$kstat_max, $avg, $stddev));
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}
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}
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}
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$out = "{$nl";
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$out .= "$INDENT# $tied$nl" if $tied;
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while (@keys) {
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my $key = shift @keys;
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my $val = shift @vals;
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my $vpad = $INDENT . (" " x ($klen_pad ? $klen_pad + 4 : 0));
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$val =~ s/\n/\n$vpad/gm;
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my $kpad = $nl ? $INDENT : " ";
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$key .= " " x ($klen_pad - length($key)) if $nl;
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$out .= "$kpad$key => $val,$nl";
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}
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$out =~ s/,$/ / unless $nl;
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$out .= "}";
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}
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elsif ($type eq "CODE") {
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$out = 'sub { ... }';
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}
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else {
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warn "Can't handle $type data";
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$out = "'#$type#'";
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}
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if ($class && $ref) {
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$out = "bless($out, " . quote($class) . ")";
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}
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if ($comment) {
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$comment =~ s/^/# /gm;
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$comment .= "\n" unless $comment =~ /\n\z/;
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$comment =~ s/^#[ \t]+\n/\n/;
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$out = "$comment$out";
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}
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return $out;
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}
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sub tied_str {
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my $tied = shift;
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if ($tied) {
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if (my $tied_ref = ref($tied)) {
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$tied = "tied $tied_ref";
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}
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else {
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$tied = "tied";
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}
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}
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return $tied;
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}
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sub fullname
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{
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my($name, $idx, $ref) = @_;
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substr($name, 0, 0) = "\$";
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my @i = @$idx; # need copy in order to not modify @$idx
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if ($ref && @i && $i[0] eq "\$") {
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shift(@i); # remove one deref
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$ref = 0;
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}
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while (@i && $i[0] eq "\$") {
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shift @i;
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$name = "\$$name";
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}
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my $last_was_index;
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for my $i (@i) {
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if ($i eq "*" || $i eq "\$") {
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$last_was_index = 0;
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$name = "$i\{$name}";
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} elsif ($i =~ s/^\*//) {
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$name .= $i;
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$last_was_index++;
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} else {
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$name .= "->" unless $last_was_index++;
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$name .= $i;
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}
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}
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$name = "\\$name" if $ref;
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$name;
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}
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sub format_list
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{
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my $paren = shift;
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my $comment = shift;
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my $indent_lim = $paren ? 0 : 1;
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if (@_ > 3) {
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# can we use range operator to shorten the list?
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my $i = 0;
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while ($i < @_) {
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my $j = $i + 1;
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my $v = $_[$i];
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while ($j < @_) {
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# XXX allow string increment too?
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if ($v eq "0" || $v =~ /^-?[1-9]\d{0,9}\z/) {
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$v++;
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}
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elsif ($v =~ /^"([A-Za-z]{1,3}\d*)"\z/) {
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$v = $1;
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$v++;
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$v = qq("$v");
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}
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else {
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last;
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}
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last if $_[$j] ne $v;
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$j++;
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}
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if ($j - $i > 3) {
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splice(@_, $i, $j - $i, "$_[$i] .. $_[$j-1]");
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}
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$i++;
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}
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}
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my $tmp = "@_";
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if ($comment || (@_ > $indent_lim && (length($tmp) > 60 || $tmp =~ /\n/))) {
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my @elem = @_;
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for (@elem) { s/^/$INDENT/gm; }
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return "\n" . ($comment ? "$INDENT# $comment\n" : "") .
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join(",\n", @elem, "");
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} else {
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return join(", ", @_);
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}
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}
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sub str {
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if (length($_[0]) > 20) {
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for ($_[0]) {
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# Check for repeated string
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if (/^(.)\1\1\1/s) {
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# seems to be a repating sequence, let's check if it really is
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# without backtracking
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unless (/[^\Q$1\E]/) {
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my $base = quote($1);
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my $repeat = length;
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return "($base x $repeat)"
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}
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}
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# Length protection because the RE engine will blow the stack [RT#33520]
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if (length($_) < 16 * 1024 && /^(.{2,5}?)\1*\z/s) {
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my $base = quote($1);
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my $repeat = length($_)/length($1);
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return "($base x $repeat)";
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}
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}
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}
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local $_ = "e;
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if (length($_) > 40 && !/\\x\{/ && length($_) > (length($_[0]) * 2)) {
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# too much binary data, better to represent as a hex/base64 string
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# Base64 is more compact than hex when string is longer than
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# 17 bytes (not counting any require statement needed).
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# But on the other hand, hex is much more readable.
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if ($TRY_BASE64 && length($_[0]) > $TRY_BASE64 &&
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eval { require MIME::Base64 })
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{
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$require{"MIME::Base64"}++;
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return "MIME::Base64::decode(\"" .
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MIME::Base64::encode($_[0],"") .
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"\")";
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}
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return "pack(\"H*\",\"" . unpack("H*", $_[0]) . "\")";
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}
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return $_;
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}
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my %esc = (
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"\a" => "\\a",
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"\b" => "\\b",
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"\t" => "\\t",
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"\n" => "\\n",
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"\f" => "\\f",
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"\r" => "\\r",
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"\e" => "\\e",
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);
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# put a string value in double quotes
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sub quote {
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local($_) = $_[0];
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# If there are many '"' we might want to use qq() instead
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s/([\\\"\@\$])/\\$1/g;
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return qq("$_") unless /[^\040-\176]/; # fast exit
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s/([\a\b\t\n\f\r\e])/$esc{$1}/g;
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# no need for 3 digits in escape for these
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s/([\0-\037])(?!\d)/sprintf('\\%o',ord($1))/eg;
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s/([\0-\037\177-\377])/sprintf('\\x%02X',ord($1))/eg;
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s/([^\040-\176])/sprintf('\\x{%X}',ord($1))/eg;
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return qq("$_");
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}
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1;
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__END__
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=head1 NAME
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Data::Dump - Pretty printing of data structures
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
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use Data::Dump qw(dump);
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$str = dump(@list);
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@copy_of_list = eval $str;
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# or use it for easy debug printout
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use Data::Dump; dd localtime;
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=head1 DESCRIPTION
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This module provide a few functions that traverse their
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argument and produces a string as its result. The string contains
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Perl code that, when C<eval>ed, produces a deep copy of the original
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arguments.
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The main feature of the module is that it strives to produce output
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that is easy to read. Example:
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@a = (1, [2, 3], {4 => 5});
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dump(@a);
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Produces:
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"(1, [2, 3], { 4 => 5 })"
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If you dump just a little data, it is output on a single line. If
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you dump data that is more complex or there is a lot of it, line breaks
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are automatically added to keep it easy to read.
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The following functions are provided (only the dd* functions are exported by default):
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=over
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=item dump( ... )
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=item pp( ... )
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Returns a string containing a Perl expression. If you pass this
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string to Perl's built-in eval() function it should return a copy of
|
|
the arguments you passed to dump().
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If you call the function with multiple arguments then the output will
|
|
be wrapped in parenthesis "( ..., ... )". If you call the function with a
|
|
single argument the output will not have the wrapping. If you call the function with
|
|
a single scalar (non-reference) argument it will just return the
|
|
scalar quoted if needed, but never break it into multiple lines. If you
|
|
pass multiple arguments or references to arrays of hashes then the
|
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return value might contain line breaks to format it for easier
|
|
reading. The returned string will never be "\n" terminated, even if
|
|
contains multiple lines. This allows code like this to place the
|
|
semicolon in the expected place:
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|
print '$obj = ', dump($obj), ";\n";
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|
|
If dump() is called in void context, then the dump is printed on
|
|
STDERR and then "\n" terminated. You might find this useful for quick
|
|
debug printouts, but the dd*() functions might be better alternatives
|
|
for this.
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|
|
There is no difference between dump() and pp(), except that dump()
|
|
shares its name with a not-so-useful perl builtin. Because of this
|
|
some might want to avoid using that name.
|
|
|
|
=item quote( $string )
|
|
|
|
Returns a quoted version of the provided string.
|
|
|
|
It differs from C<dump($string)> in that it will quote even numbers and
|
|
not try to come up with clever expressions that might shorten the
|
|
output. If a non-scalar argument is provided then it's just stringified
|
|
instead of traversed.
|
|
|
|
=item dd( ... )
|
|
|
|
=item ddx( ... )
|
|
|
|
These functions will call dump() on their argument and print the
|
|
result to STDOUT (actually, it's the currently selected output handle, but
|
|
STDOUT is the default for that).
|
|
|
|
The difference between them is only that ddx() will prefix the lines
|
|
it prints with "# " and mark the first line with the file and line
|
|
number where it was called. This is meant to be useful for debug
|
|
printouts of state within programs.
|
|
|
|
=item dumpf( ..., \&filter )
|
|
|
|
Short hand for calling the dump_filtered() function of L<Data::Dump::Filtered>.
|
|
This works like dump(), but the last argument should be a filter callback
|
|
function. As objects are visited the filter callback is invoked and it
|
|
can modify how the objects are dumped.
|
|
|
|
=back
|
|
|
|
=head1 CONFIGURATION
|
|
|
|
There are a few global variables that can be set to modify the output
|
|
generated by the dump functions. It's wise to localize the setting of
|
|
these.
|
|
|
|
=over
|
|
|
|
=item $Data::Dump::INDENT
|
|
|
|
This holds the string that's used for indenting multiline data structures.
|
|
It's default value is " " (two spaces). Set it to "" to suppress indentation.
|
|
Setting it to "| " makes for nice visuals even if the dump output then fails to
|
|
be valid Perl.
|
|
|
|
=item $Data::Dump::TRY_BASE64
|
|
|
|
How long must a binary string be before we try to use the base64 encoding
|
|
for the dump output. The default is 50. Set it to 0 to disable base64 dumps.
|
|
|
|
=back
|
|
|
|
|
|
=head1 LIMITATIONS
|
|
|
|
Code references will be dumped as C<< sub { ... } >>. Thus, C<eval>ing them will
|
|
not reproduce the original routine. The C<...>-operator used will also require
|
|
perl-5.12 or better to be evaled.
|
|
|
|
If you forget to explicitly import the C<dump> function, your code will
|
|
core dump. That's because you just called the builtin C<dump> function
|
|
by accident, which intentionally dumps core. Because of this you can
|
|
also import the same function as C<pp>, mnemonic for "pretty-print".
|
|
|
|
=head1 HISTORY
|
|
|
|
The C<Data::Dump> module grew out of frustration with Sarathy's
|
|
in-most-cases-excellent C<Data::Dumper>. Basic ideas and some code
|
|
are shared with Sarathy's module.
|
|
|
|
The C<Data::Dump> module provides a much simpler interface than
|
|
C<Data::Dumper>. No OO interface is available and there are fewer
|
|
configuration options to worry about. The other benefit is
|
|
that the dump produced does not try to set any variables. It only
|
|
returns what is needed to produce a copy of the arguments. This means
|
|
that C<dump("foo")> simply returns C<'"foo"'>, and C<dump(1..3)> simply
|
|
returns C<'(1, 2, 3)'>.
|
|
|
|
=head1 SEE ALSO
|
|
|
|
L<Data::Dump::Filtered>, L<Data::Dump::Trace>, L<Data::Dumper>, L<JSON>,
|
|
L<Storable>
|
|
|
|
=head1 AUTHORS
|
|
|
|
The C<Data::Dump> module is written by Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no>, based
|
|
on C<Data::Dumper> by Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@umich.edu>.
|
|
|
|
Copyright 1998-2010 Gisle Aas.
|
|
Copyright 1996-1998 Gurusamy Sarathy.
|
|
|
|
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
|
|
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
|
|
|
|
=cut
|