Devel::DumpSizes 0.01

Devel::DumpSizes is a Perl module to dump the name and size in bytes (in increasing order) of variables that are available at a give point in a script. SYNOPSIS use Devel::DumpSizes qw/dump_sizes/; &Devel::DumpSizes::dump_sizes(); Or, &Devel::DumpSizes::dump_sizes("/path/of/filename-to-dump-output"); This will print the name of each variable and its size. The name and size are seperated by a -> Variable name -> Size in bytes EXPORTS Exports one subroutine by default: dump_sizes This module allows us to print the names and sizes of variables that are available at a give point in a script. This module was written while debugging a huge long running script. The main use being to understand how variable sizes were fluctuating during script execution. It uses PadWalker and Devel::Symdump to get the variables. It uses Devel::Size to report the size of each variable. METHODS dump_sizes Usage: &Devel::DumpSizes::dump_sizes(); Or Usage: &Devel::DumpSizes::dump_sizes("/path/of/filename-to-dump-output"); This method accepts one optional parameter that will be used to create the file where the output is dumped. If parameter is given then two files will be create. One will have extension .my and will contain my variables. The second file will have extension .ol and will contain our/local variables. If no filename is given output is printed on STDOUT. As of now, the output is sectioned by printing the following at the start: 1. either of my or our/local to specify the kind of variables being reported. 2. output of time(). 3. If possible, subroutine name/line number as returned by caller (perldoc -f caller). All sizes are in Bytes as returned by Devel::Size. I plan to have more information reported in newer versions..

Requirements:	No special requirements
Platforms:	Linux
Keyword:	Develdumpsizes,  Dumpsizes,  Libraries,  Module,  Name,  Perl Module,  Programming,  Script,  Size,  Sizes,  Variables
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