say sdump($pout, '$pout');

sub sdump {
    my $ref = shift || croak('nothing to dump - missing ref');
    my $name = shift || 'n/a';
    my $depth = shift || 2;
    local $Data::Dumper::Maxdepth = $depth;
    return "Dump of $name:\n" . Dumper($ref);
}