NAME Data::Dump::Options - Like Data::Dump but with some more options VERSION This document describes version 0.002 of Data::Dump::Options (from Perl distribution Data-Dump-Options), released on 2020-06-05. SYNOPSIS Use like you would use Data::Dump: use Data::Dump; dd [1,2,3,4]; DESCRIPTION A fork of Data::Dump 1.23 to give some more dumping options. CONFIGURATION In addition to Data::Dump's options, there are a few package variables that can be set to modify the output generated by the dump functions. It's wise to localize the setting of these. $Data::Dump::Options::OBJECT_AS If set to "string", then objects (blessed references) will just be dumped as: "$obj" which in most cases will be: Foo::Bar=ARRAY(0x5653ec564740) unless the object overloads stringification (see overload). If set to "default_string", then object will be dumped as the standard: Foo::Bar=ARRAY(0x5653ec564740) disregarding object's overloading of stringification. Useful if you don't want to see the innards of objects (e.g. during debugging), or, as TOBYINK <https://metacpan.org/author/TOBYINK> suggested, "Useful if you are passionate about objects being opaque." The default value is "dump". HOMEPAGE Please visit the project's homepage at <https://metacpan.org/release/Data-Dump-Options>. SOURCE Source repository is at <https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Data-Dump-Options>. BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Data-Dump-Options> When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature. SEE ALSO Data::Dump actually has a "filtering" mechanism to customize dumping. It lets you specify a callback function that gets called for every item during dumping process and has a chance to produce a custom dump for that item. "Data::Dump::Options" could be implemented using this filtering instead, but filtered dumping is slower. Other "Data::Dump::*" modules. Data::Bahe also offers some dumping options. This is a project I've mulled over from time to time since about 2015 and is currently in early stage of implementation. Data::Dump::Options is written as a stop-gap measure to quickly give the kind of dumps I want. AUTHOR perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org> COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2020 by perlancar@cpan.org. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.