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- This is the README file for MLDBM, the Perl module that can
- be used to store multidimensional hash structures in tied hashes
- (including DBM files).
-
- This is version 2.00. It requires:
- Perl Version 5.004 or later.
- The Data::Dumper package from CPAN, version 2.08 or later.
-
- If you were able to install Data::Dumper with its XSUB extension, MLDBM
- will perform significantly faster.
-
- Optionally, you can also switch to other serializing packages such as
- FreezeThaw and Storable. Storable provides much greater speeds, and the
- performance of FreezeThaw is comparable to Data::Dumper. Support for
- this was added by Raphael Manfredi. Many thanks!
-
- See the embedded documentation in the module for more details.
-
- As always, feedback is very welcome.
-
- - Sarathy.
- gsar@umich.edu
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- INSTALLATION
-
- You must install the Data::Dumper package first. Optionally, you
- may want to install one or more of Storable and FreezeThaw as well.
- (Storable-0.5@8 and FreezeThaw-0.3 have been tested, earlier versions
- may not work.)
-
- From the MLDBM source directory:
-
- perl Makefile.PL
- make test
- make install
-
- is all that will be needed.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- CHANGES
-
- 2.01 (07 July 2002)
- Fixed t/*.t tests to work under perl 5.8.0 RC2
- The core of MLDBM was working, the tests were fixed.
- (courtesy of Josh Chamas)
-
- 2.00 (10 May 1998)
- Added support for multiple serializing interfaces.
- (courtesy Raphael Manfredi
- <Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com>)
-
- Split serializer wrappers into multiple files, and
- regularized the interface some. Underlying TIEHASH
- object and serializer can now be set at runtime
- (with care).
-
- Miscellaneous pod tweaks.
-
- 1.25 (7 December 1997)
-
- Add RemoveTaint flag.
-
- require 5.004.
-
- require Data::Dumper 2.08.
-
-