Normally I would use GraphViz by itself, and pass it options as to how to draw nodes and connectors, but GraphViz::Data::Grapher doesn't expose those options.

Reading the code here is a horribly hackish way to pass GraphViz options to GraphViz::Data::Grapher:

use strict;
use warnings;

use GraphViz;
use GraphViz::Data::Grapher;

my %othergraphvizopts = ( compress => 1 );
my $structure = [ 'a', 'b', 'c', { hi => 'there' } ];
my $g = GraphViz->new(sort => 1, %othergraphvizopts);
GraphViz::Data::Grapher::_init($g, $structure);

print $g->as_png;

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That is a horrible hack, but should work.

The compress => 1 is just an example, consult GraphViz->new for options. The sort => 1 is from GraphViz::Data::Dumper's new

If you use GraphViz::Data::Structure, it seems like a decent alternative, supports a more concise graph and also lets you pass in options directly to the underlying GraphViz object or use a pre-constructed GraphViz object, no hack needed.

use GraphViz;
use GraphViz::Data::Structure;

my %othergraphvizopts = ( compress => 1 );
my $structure = [ 'a', 'b', 'c', { hi => 'there' } ];
my $g = GraphViz->new(%othergraphvizopts);
my $g1 = GraphViz::Data::Structure->new($structure, GraphViz => $g);
print $g->as_png;

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In reply to Re: Visualizing very large datastructures by james2vegas
in thread Visualizing very large datastructures by rastoboy

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