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Getting your patch into Data::Dumper is fine and everything, but have you considered either subclassing Data::Dumper or implementing your specific requirements in a much less general module?

That would at least make it easier for your users to use your module, which is really the point I suspect.

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Re^2: socio-political guidance sought
by Anonymous Monk on Aug 20, 2004 at 18:14 UTC
    yes, this is what I assumed to be the second best (right behind using the patched CPAN version) approach.

    Its second best because I would have to keep up with DD bug fixes in my subclass. But I agree that its, probably better than distributing a patch (which is also tied to the current DD version).

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