NAME¶
PDL::IO::Storable - helper functions to make PDL usable with Storable
SYNOPSIS¶
use Storable;
use PDL::IO::Storable;
$hash = {
'foo' => 42,
'bar' => zeroes(23,45),
};
store $hash, 'perlhash.dat';
DESCRIPTION¶
"Storable" implements object persistence for Perl data structures that
can (in principle) contain arbitrary Perl objects. Complicated objects must
supply their own methods to be serialized and thawed. This module implements
the relevant methods to be able to store and retrieve piddles via Storable.
FUNCTIONS¶
store¶
store a piddle using Storable
$a = random 12,10;
$a->store('myfile');
freeze¶
freeze a piddle using Storable
$a = random 12,10;
$frozen = $a->freeze;
BUGS¶
The packed piddles are
not stored in a network transparent way. As a
result expect problems when moving "Storable" data containing
piddles across computers.
This could be fixed by amending the methods "pdlpack" and
"pdlunpack" appropriately. If you want this functionality feel free
to submit patches.
If you want to move piddle data across platforms I recommend PDL::NetCDF as an
excellent (and IMHO superior) workaround.
AUTHOR¶
Copyright (C) 2002 Christian Soeller <c.soeller@auckland.ac.nz> All rights
reserved. There is no warranty. You are allowed to redistribute this software
/ documentation under certain conditions. For details, see the file COPYING in
the PDL distribution. If this file is separated from the PDL distribution, the
copyright notice should be included in the file.