use strict; use warnings; use feature qw(say); use Sereal::Encoder qw(encode_sereal); use Sereal::Decoder qw(decode_sereal); my $data = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789-_'; # $data .= $data for 1..10; # 2^16 65536 # $data .= $data for 1..11; # 2^17 131072 # $data .= $data for 1..12; # 2^18 262144 # $data .= $data for 1..13; # 2^19 524288 # $data .= $data for 1..14; # 2^20 1048576 # $data .= $data for 1..15; # 2^21 2097152 # $data .= $data for 1..16; # 2^22 4194304 # $data .= $data for 1..17; # 2^23 8388608 # $data .= $data for 1..18; # 2^24 16777216 # $data .= $data for 1..19; # 2^25 33554432 # $data .= $data for 1..20; # 2^26 67108864 # $data .= $data for 1..21; # 2^27 134217728 # $data .= $data for 1..22; # 2^28 268435456 # $data .= $data for 1..23; # 2^29 536870912 $data .= $data for 1..24; # 2^30 1073741824 say 'data : '.length($data); my $frozen = encode_sereal(\$data); my $thawed = decode_sereal($frozen); say 'frozen : '.length($frozen); say 'thawed : '.length($$thawed); # simulate busy loop: 3078 megabytes in top; 1.549 seconds # 1 for 1..400_000_000; __END__ data : 1073741824 frozen : 1073741837 thawed : 1073741824