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Re: Unbelievably Obvious Debugging Tip

by eserte (Deacon)
on Apr 27, 2004 at 14:33 UTC ( [id://348507]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Unbelievably Obvious Debugging Tip

I even always use Data::Dumper for debugging output. So I can also spot (invisible) control characters, and I can also dump complex data structures for free. To safe key strokes I use an emacs macro for this: 

(defun perl-insert-data-dumper ()
  (interactive)
  (insert "require Data::Dumper; print STDERR \"Line \" . __LINE__ . \
+", File: \" . __FILE__ . \"\\n\" . Data::Dumper->new([],[])->Indent(1
+)->Useqq(1)->Dump; # XXX\n")
  (forward-char -40)
  )
(define-key global-map [C-f12] 'perl-insert-data-dumper)

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Re: Re: Unbelievably Obvious Debugging Tip
by demerphq (Chancellor) on Apr 27, 2004 at 20:12 UTC

    Allow me to recommend Data::Dump::Streamer instead.

    Yes this blatant advertising. But if you talking about for debugging purposes you might as well use something that gets it right 99.9999% of the time instead of 98% of the time. Oh, and I suspect youll find the output is a lot easier to read. :-)


    ---
    demerphq

      First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
      -- Gandhi
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Re: Re: Unbelievably Obvious Debugging Tip
by tinita (Parson) on Apr 27, 2004 at 15:08 UTC
    i often use Data::Dumper, too. my macro (vim) is: 
    imap ddumper <ESC>gglouse Data::Dumper; $Data::Dumper::Indent = 1; $Da
+ta::Dumper::Sortkeys = 1;<ESC>``

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    although this is just the use-stuff; maybe i should add a macro for the actual printout.
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