Hi, On Jan 20, 2012, at 9:02 AM, Chris Nighswonger wrote:
That's pretty slick. I'd have no objection to adding it in. I don't think we should slash Data::Dumper simply because there are many places it is currently used. We could work toward eliminating it, though.
Data::Dumper isn't just a debug tool, though -- more broadly, it's a way of serializing Perl data structures. Not the only way, of course -- we've already got YAML and JSON modules as dependencies that can serve the same purpose, but since Data::Dumper is also a core module, I don't think making a point of eliminating its use would gain us much. Of course, it doesn't hurt to continually evaluate usage of Koha's many Perl modules. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Director of Support and Implementation Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts email: gmc@esilibrary.com direct: +1 770-709-5581 cell: +1 404-984-4366 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & http://evergreen-ils.org