Re: RFC: Basic debugging checklist

Regarding #4, it also seems there is a pretty wide consensus (someone will clobber me if I'm wrong) that Data::Dumper is at this point in time "considered harmful" and one should reach for Data::Dump (or even YAML or JSON) instead.

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Re^2: RFC: Basic debugging checklist by JavaFan (Canon) on Feb 19, 2009 at 00:01 UTC
Consider yourself clobbered. Now, I'm the first to admit that the output of Data::Dumper is harder to read that YAML, but considering that most of the time I see programmers reach for Data::Dumper instead of any of the alternatives, I'm not inclined to agree on the "pretty wide consensus".	[reply]
Re^3: RFC: Basic debugging checklist by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Feb 19, 2009 at 01:45 UTC
You hit me in the ear! Sorry, bad choice of words. I meant "growing consensus" and I meant it among those who don't cargo cult. I've never even used Data::Dump but I've seen Data::Dumper mentioned quite pejoratively in comparisons lately. Data::Dumper's defaults are terrible (::Terse and ::Indent are usually necessary/desired) and using `eval` to bring the code back to life is, using this chestnut again so soon, "considered harmful."	[reply] [d/l]