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NAME
    Acme::CPANModules::DumpingDataForDebugging - List of modules and tips
    when dumping data structures for debugging

VERSION
    This document describes version 0.002 of
    Acme::CPANModules::DumpingDataForDebugging (from Perl distribution
    Acme-CPANModules-DumpingDataForDebugging), released on 2023-10-29.

DESCRIPTION
    This list catalogs some of the modules you can you to dump your data
    structures for debugging purposes, so the modules will be judged mostly
    by the appropriateness of its output for human viewing (instead of other
    criteria like speed, footprint, etc).

ACME::CPANMODULES ENTRIES
    Data::Dumper
        Author: NWCLARK <https://metacpan.org/author/NWCLARK>

        Everybody knows this module and it's core so sometimes it's the only
        appropriate choice. However, the default setting is not really
        optimized for viewing by human. I suggest you tweak these before
        dumping your data:

        *   Set $Data::Dumper::Useqq to 1.

        By default, Data::Dumper quotes strings using single-quotes and does
        not quote things like "\n" and "\b" making it difficult to spot
        special characters.

    Data::Dump
        Author: GARU <https://metacpan.org/author/GARU>

        A data dumper that produces nicer Perl code output, with features
        like vertical alignment of "=>" when dumping hashes, compacting
        sequences like 1,2,3,4,5,6 to 1..6, compacting repeating characters
        in string like "ccccccccccccccccccccc" to ("c" x 21), and so on.

        It tries harder to produce Perl code that generates the original
        data structure, particularly with circular references. But with
        interlinked references like trees, Data::Dumper might be more
        helpful in showing you which references get mentioned where. For
        example this data:

         $tree = {children=>[{children=>[{}]}, {children=>[]}]};
         $tree->{children}[0]{parent}=$tree;
         $tree->{children}[1]{parent}=$tree;
         $tree->{children}[0]{children}[0]{parent} = $tree->{children}[0];

        Data::Dump will produce:

         do {
            my $a = {
              children => [
               { children => [{ parent => 'fix' }], parent => 'fix' },
               { children => [], parent => 'fix' },
             ],
           };
           $a->{children}[0]{children}[0]{parent} = $a->{children}[0];
           $a->{children}[0]{parent} = $a;
           $a->{children}[1]{parent} = $a;
           $a;
         }

        while Data::Dumper will produce:

         $VAR1 = {
                   'children' => [
                                   {
                                     'children' => [
                                                     {
                                                       'parent' => $VAR1->{'children'}[0]
                                                     }
                                                   ],
                                     'parent' => $VAR1
                                   },
                                   {
                                     'parent' => $VAR1,
                                     'children' => []
                                   }
                                 ]
                 };

    Data::Dump::Color
        Author: PERLANCAR <https://metacpan.org/author/PERLANCAR>

        A modification to Data::Dump which adds color (and color theme)
        support, as well as other visual aids like depth and array
        index/hash pair count indicator. It's usually my go-to module for
        debugging.

    Data::Dumper::Compact
        Author: MSTROUT <https://metacpan.org/author/MSTROUT>

        A relatively recent module by MSTROUT. I will need to use this more
        to see if I really like the output, but so far I do.

    XXX Author: INGY <https://metacpan.org/author/INGY>

        A nice little dumper module from the creator of YAML. Obviously, it
        uses YAML output by default but it's configurable to dump in other
        formats. For example:

         PERL_XXX_DUMPER=Data::Dump::Color

        It's main selling point is that the dumper function returns the
        original arguments so the dumping can be done in various places in
        code, making it more convenient. More (if not all) dumpers should do
        this too.

    Data::Printer
        Author: GARU <https://metacpan.org/author/GARU>

        Favorites among many Perl programmers, it sports colors, array index
        indicator, as well as nice object dumper showing methods and
        inheritance information. It's also very customizable. It uses its
        own format though, and my preference for dumping is the Perl format
        (with additional informations/hints as comments) so I've never used
        it in my daily coding activities. I probably should though.

    JSON::Color
        Author: PERLANCAR <https://metacpan.org/author/PERLANCAR>

        JSON is a limited format; it cannot represent many things that Perl
        supports e.g. globs, circular references, or even ASCII NUL. But if
        you are working only with JSON-able data, this JSON dumping module
        adds color output.

    YAML::Tiny::Color
        Author: SHARYANTO <https://metacpan.org/author/SHARYANTO>

FAQ
  What is an Acme::CPANModules::* module?
    An Acme::CPANModules::* module, like this module, contains just a list
    of module names that share a common characteristics. It is a way to
    categorize modules and document CPAN. See Acme::CPANModules for more
    details.

  What are ways to use this Acme::CPANModules module?
    Aside from reading this Acme::CPANModules module's POD documentation,
    you can install all the listed modules (entries) using cpanm-cpanmodules
    script (from App::cpanm::cpanmodules distribution):

     % cpanm-cpanmodules -n DumpingDataForDebugging

    Alternatively you can use the cpanmodules CLI (from App::cpanmodules
    distribution):

        % cpanmodules ls-entries DumpingDataForDebugging | cpanm -n