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RE: Storable doubles memory consumption when storing (considerations about Data::Dumper)

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Orton, Yves
Date:
May 18, 2004 04:03
Subject:
RE: Storable doubles memory consumption when storing (considerations about Data::Dumper)
Message ID:
E471ED2DFD9353458E8B75FD6D6B03071ADD2B@defra1ex4.wcom.de
> compromise: only hash things with a reference count of 2+
>             (this assumes that no-one will create second reference to
> 	     anything mid store, but (I believe) will mean that 
> all complex
> 	     self-referential structures will still store perfectly)

FWIW: 

I use this technique in Data::Dump::Streamer and it should be added to
Data::Dumper as well. There it would reduce the overall memory profile of
DD, and would allow the detection of when DD incorrectly dumps a multiply
referenced element of a composite structure or other aliased data element.

Yves
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