NAME

       PDL::IO::Storable - helper functions to make PDL usable with Storable

SYNOPSIS

         use Storable;
         use PDL::IO::Storable;
         $hash = {
                   'foo' => 42,
                   'bar' => zeroes(23,45),
                 };
         store $hash, 'perlhash.dat';

DESCRIPTION

       "Storable" implements object persistence for Perl data structures that can (in principle)
       contain arbitrary Perl objects. Complicated objects must supply their own methods to be
       serialized and thawed.  This module implements the relevant methods to be able to store
       and retrieve piddles via Storable.

FUNCTIONS

   store
       store a piddle using Storable

         $a = random 12,10;
         $a->store('myfile');

   freeze
       freeze a piddle using Storable

         $a = random 12,10;
         $frozen = $a->freeze;

BUGS

       The packed piddles are not stored in a network transparent way. As a result expect
       problems when moving "Storable" data containing piddles across computers.

       This could be fixed by amending the methods "pdlpack" and "pdlunpack" appropriately. If
       you want this functionality feel free to submit patches.

       If you want to move piddle data across platforms I recommend PDL::NetCDF as an excellent
       (and IMHO superior) workaround.

AUTHOR

       Copyright (C) 2002 Christian Soeller <c.soeller@auckland.ac.nz> All rights reserved. There
       is no warranty. You are allowed to redistribute this software / documentation under
       certain conditions. For details, see the file COPYING in the PDL distribution. If this
       file is separated from the PDL distribution, the copyright notice should be included in
       the file.