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C<Data::Dumper::Simple> is actually a source filter that replaces all instances
of C<Dumper($some, @args)> in your code with a call to
C<Data::Dumper-E<gt>Dump()>.  You can use the one function provided to make
dumping variables for debugging a trivial task.

Note that this is primarily a debugging tool.  C<Data::Dumper> offers a bit
more than that, so don't expect this module to be more than it is.

Note that if you strongly object to source filters, I've also released
L<Data::Dumper::Names>.  It does what this module does by it uses L<PadWalker>
instead of a source filter.  Unfortunately, it has a few limitations and is not
as powerful as this module.  Think of L<Data::Dumper::Names> as a "proof of
concept".

=head2 The Problem

Frequently, we use C<Data::Dumper> to dump out some variables while debugging.
When this happens, we often do this:

 use Data::Dumper;