Data-Dump-Sexp version 0.001 ============================ Data::Dump::Sexp converts Perl structures to S-expressions. The conversion rules are as follows: 1. A blessed object with a to_sexp method is replaced with the result of calling the method, and this procedure is restarted. 2. An instance of Data::SExpression::Symbol is converted to a symbol. 3. An instance of Data::SExpression::Cons is converted to a cons cell (like (A . B)), a proper list (like (A B C)) or an improper list (like (A B . C)), where A, B, C are S-expressions. 4. undef is converted to the empty list. 5. A defined scalar that looks like a number is left as-is. 6. A defined scalar that does not look like a number is surrounded by double quotes after any backslashes and double quote characters are escaped with a backslash. 7. An arrayref is converted to a proper list. 8. A hashref is converted to an alist, which is a proper list of cons cells (like ((A . B) (C . D) (E . F))). 9. A scalarref or a reference to another ref is dereferenced and this procedure is restarted. 10. Anything else (regexp, filehandle, format, glob, version string) causes an exception to be raised INSTALLATION To install this module type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install DEPENDENCIES This module requires these other modules and libraries: * Data::SExpression COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (C) 2018 by Marius Gavrilescu This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.24.1 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.