Seems to work ok here. My test file looks like this 
no strict; # 1
# 2
# 3
# 4
sub foo { }             # 5
@bar = \&foo;           # 6
$baz = "a string";      # 7
%this = qw/une deux/;   # 8
# 9
# 10

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And I get the following (unsightly) output 
arrays
        ThisIsAnotherPackageAndMostLikelyWillNeverCollideWithAnyOtherN
+amespace::
bar
functions
        ThisIsAnotherPackageAndMostLikelyWillNeverCollideWithAnyOtherN
+amespace::
foo
hashes
        ThisIsAnotherPackageAndMostLikelyWillNeverCollideWithAnyOtherN
+amespace::
this
ios

packages

scalars
        ThisIsAnotherPackageAndMostLikelyWillNeverCollideWithAnyOtherN
+amespace::
BEGIN
        ThisIsAnotherPackageAndMostLikelyWillNeverCollideWithAnyOtherN
+amespace::
bar
        ThisIsAnotherPackageAndMostLikelyWillNeverCollideWithAnyOtherN
+amespace::
baz
        ThisIsAnotherPackageAndMostLikelyWillNeverCollideWithAnyOtherN
+amespace::
foo
        ThisIsAnotherPackageAndMostLikelyWillNeverCollideWithAnyOtherN
+amespace::
this
unknowns
        arrays
        ThisIsAnotherPackageAndMostLikelyWillNeverCollideWithAnyOtherN
+amespace::
bar
functions
        ThisIsAnotherPackageAndMostLikelyWillNeverCollideWithAnyOtherN
+amespace::
foo
hashes
        ThisIsAnotherPackageAndMostLikelyWillNeverCollideWithAnyOtherN
+amespace::
this
ios

packages

scalars
        ThisIsAnotherPackageAndMostLikelyWillNeverCollideWithAnyOtherN
+amespace::
BEGIN
        ThisIsAnotherPackageAndMostLikelyWillNeverCollideWithAnyOtherN
+amespace::
bar
        ThisIsAnotherPackageAndMostLikelyWillNeverCollideWithAnyOtherN
+amespace::
baz
        ThisIsAnotherPackageAndMostLikelyWillNeverCollideWithAnyOtherN
+amespace::
foo
        ThisIsAnotherPackageAndMostLikelyWillNeverCollideWithAnyOtherN
+amespace::
this

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Also, your script will always slurp the number of lines as provided by the last argument, which would seem to be unintended behaviour.

As for alternatives, you might want to look at Data::Dumper or the much more accurate Data::Dumper::Streamer for displaying the contents of a symbol table.

HTH

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broquaint

In reply to Re: Devel::Symdump without Devel::Symdump interference by broquaint
in thread Devel::Symdump without Devel::Symdump interference by eXile

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