Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Alexis Sukrieh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


* Package name    : libdata-dump-streamer-perl
  Version         : 2.03-30
  Upstream Author : Yves Orton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL             : 
http://search.cpan.org/~yves/Data-Dump-Streamer-2.03-30/lib/Data/Dump/Streamer.pm
* License         : Artistic License
  Programming Lang: Perl
  Description     : Perl module for accurately serializing a data structure as 
Perl code

Given a list of scalars or reference variables, writes out their contents in 
perl syntax. The references can also be objects. The contents of each variable 
is output using the least number of Perl statements as convenient, usually only 
one. Self-referential structures, closures, and objects are output correctly.

The return value can be evaled to get back an identical copy of the original 
reference structure. In some cases this may require the use of utility subs 
that Data::Dump::Streamer will optionally export.

This module is very similar in concept to the core module Data::Dumper, with 
the major differences being that this module is designed to output to a stream 
instead of constructing its output in memory (trading speed for memory), and 
that the traversal over the data structure is effectively breadth first versus 
the depth first traversal done by the others.

In fact the data structure is scanned twice, first in breadth first mode to 
perform structural analysis, and then in depth first mode to actually produce 
the output, but obeying the depth relationships of the first pass.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-vserver-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)


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