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.