in reply to Re: Fine grain control over Data::Dumper
in thread Fine grain control over Data::Dumper

That was my first thought, then I realised the presence of the leading _ (underscore) in _dump ... and we all know what that implies :-D

or, put another way, overloading a private method may (and indeed probably will) result in problems down the line.

A user level that continues to overstate my experience :-))