Re: [MacPerl] MLDBM vs. Storable

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 21.35 -0400 2000.04.11, Ricky Morse wrote:
>Hi!  I'me developing a Perl program which will be dealing with complex
>data structures.  I would like to be able to save these to disk, and have
>a (basic?) question:
>
>What are the pros and cons of using MLDBM vs. Storable to save data
>structures to disk?

They do different things.  MLDBM is for accessing data structures with DBM
libraries.  Storable just serializes a data structure.  MLDBM can use
Storable for serialization.  If you just want to save a data structure to
disk, use Storable (or FreezeThaw, or some other serializer).  If you want
to access the data structures using tie and DBM stuff, then use MLDBM.

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