| Subject: | Request: Like AnyDBM_File, pick the first DBM library seen. |
Please refer to message for this wished addtion to MLDBM. User should
not know what DBM he needs in current environment.
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Storable+Data::Dumper+FreezeThaw&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&selm=130719992239437576%25stupid%40pobox.com&rnum=11
Nessage-Id: <130719992239437576%stupid@pobox.com>#1/1
From: Michael G Schwern <stupid@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: What's faster: GDBM or Storable
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.misc
Date: 1999/07/13
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2) Use MLDBM. It allows you to store arbitrarily complex data
structures on disk. It makes use of DBM files -and- Storable. Only
problem is that you have to tell it exactly what DBM implementation to
use, which is kinda lame. But that can be changed.
PLEASE READ THE "BUGS" SECTION IN THE MLDBM MAN PAGE! You have to be a
little careful about how its used.
# Just like AnyDBM_File, we pick the first DBM library we see.
# You can replace @AnyDBM_File::ISA with your own list if you like.
my $DBM;
BEGIN {
for $mod (@AnyDBM_File::ISA) {
if (eval "require $mod") {
$DBM = $mod;
return 1;
}
}
}
# Tell MLDBM to use the DBM library we found and Storable (you can
# also use FreezeThaw or Data::Dumper)
use MLDBM ($DBM, "Storable");
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