[Catalyst] data::dump vs data::dumper

Matt S Trout dbix-class at trout.me.uk
Thu Jul 6 15:09:21 CEST 2006


Chisel Wright wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 09:28:23AM +0200, Marcello Romani wrote:
>> FWIW, I prefer Data::Dump over Data::Dumper, too.
> 
> I was thinking about this a little last night.
> 
> How about leaving the dumper() method as-is (since Data::Dumper is core
> I believe) and adding a new method dump() - which is in keeping with the
> Data::Dump function name?

Yep, there's a beautifully buggy version of Data::Dumper in 5.8.8 core. This 
is not really a good thing :)

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