README
1=pod
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3Devel::Size - Perl extension for finding the memory usage of Perl variables
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5=head1 SYNOPSIS
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7 use Devel::Size qw(size total_size);
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9 my $size = size("A string");
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11 my @foo = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
12 my $other_size = size(\@foo);
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14 my $foo = {a => [1, 2, 3],
15 b => {a => [1, 3, 4]}
16 };
17 my $total_size = total_size($foo);
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19=head1 DESCRIPTION
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21This module figures out the real size of Perl variables in bytes, as
22accurately as possible.
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24=head1 Build and Install
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26To build and install this module, you need:
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28 Perl
29 a working C or C++ compiler
30 a make (or namke on Windows) utility
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32Follow these steps:
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34On Linux, Cygwin, or Unix:
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36 perl Makefile.PL
37 make
38 make test
39 sudo make install
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41On Windows:
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43 perl Makefile.PL
44 nmake
45 nmake test
46 nmake install
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48=head1 BUGREPORTS
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50Please report bugs to:
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52 http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Devel-Size
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54=head1 COPYRIGHT
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56Copyright (C) 2005 Dan Sugalski, Copyright (C) 2007-2008 Tels
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58This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
59under the same terms as Perl v5.8.8.
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