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NAME
       Zoidberg::Utils::Output - Zoidberg output routines

SYNOPSIS
               use Zoidberg::Utils qw/:output/;

               # use this instead of perlfunc print
               output "get some string outputted";
               output { string => 'or some data struct dumped' };

DESCRIPTION
       This module provides some routines used by various Zoidberg modules to
       output data.

       Although when working within the Zoidberg framework this module should
       be used through the Zoidberg::Utils interface, it also can be used on
       it's own.

EXPORT
       By default all of the below except "typed_output".

METHODS
       "output(@_)"
           Output a list of possibly mixed data structs as nice as possible.

           A reference to an array of plain scalars may be outputted as a
           multicolumn list, more complex data will be dumped using
           Data::Dumper.

       "message(@_)"
           Like "output()" but tags data as a message, in non-interactive mode
           these may not be printed at all.

       "debug(@_)"
           Like "output()" tags the data as debug output, will only be printed
           when in debug mode.  Debug ouput will be printed to STDERR if
           printed at all.

       "complain(@_)"
           Like "output" but intended for error messages, data will be printed
           to STDERR.  Has some glue for error objects created by
           Zoidberg::Utils::Error.  Prints $@ when no argument is given.

       "typed_output($type, @_)"
           Method that can be used to define output types that don't fit in
           the above group.  $type must be a plain string that is used as
           output 'tag'.

       "output_is_captured($type, @_)"
           Method that returns a boolean that tells whether output is captured
           or not.  This can be used to make terminal output different from
           data struct output.

AUTHOR
       Jaap Karssenberg || Pardus [Larus] <pardus@cpan.org>

       Copyright (c) 2003 Jaap G Karssenberg. All rights reserved.  This
       program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO
       Zoidberg, Zoidberg::Utils



perl v5.12.2                      2011-08-23        Zoidberg::Utils::Output(3)
