Storable(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Storable(3)NAMEPDL::IO::Storable - helper functions to make PDL usable with Storable
SYNOPSIS
use Storable;
use PDL::IO::Storable;
$hash = {
'foo' => 42,
'bar' => zeroes(23,45),
};
store $hash, 'perlhash.dat';
DESCRIPTION
"Storable" implements object persistence for Perl data structures that
can (in principle) contain arbitrary Perl objects. Complicated objects
must supply their own methods to be serialized and thawed. This module
implements the relevant methods to be able to store and retrieve
piddles via Storable.
FUNCTIONS
store
store a piddle using Storable
$a = random 12,10;
$a->store('myfile');
freeze
freeze a piddle using Storable
$a = random 12,10;
$frozen = $a->freeze;
BUGS
The packed piddles are not stored in a network transparent way. As a
result expect problems when moving "Storable" data containing piddles
across computers.
This could be fixed by amending the methods "pdlpack" and "pdlunpack"
appropriately. If you want this functionality feel free to submit
patches.
If you want to move piddle data across platforms I recommend
PDL::NetCDF as an excellent (and IMHO superior) workaround.
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 2002 Christian Soeller <c.soeller@auckland.ac.nz> All
rights reserved. There is no warranty. You are allowed to redistribute
this software / documentation under certain conditions. For details,
see the file COPYING in the PDL distribution. If this file is separated
from the PDL distribution, the copyright notice should be included in
the file.
perl v5.10.0 2008-08-29 Storable(3)