On 02/17/2017 06:51 PM, Brandon Allbery wrote:
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 9:47 PM, ToddAndMargo <toddandma...@zoho.com <mailto:toddandma...@zoho.com>> wrote:What is the difference between these two commands and why would you use ".perl"? say "$ServiceName"; say $ServiceName.perl; The first uses .gist, which produces a summary of an object ("just the gist"). For value types, it will be the same as .perl; complex object types will usually provide a useful subset of information instead of spilling their guts. .perl is effectively a built-in version of Perl 5's Data::Dumper, although currently it has some shortcomings.
Hi Brandon, Awesome! Thank you. I can see a tons of uses for this. -T
