+ my $dumpedvalue;
+ if ($type eq 'boolean' || $type eq 'integer') {
+ # avoid quotes
+ $dumpedvalue=$value;
+ }
+ elsif ($type eq 'string' && ref $value eq 'ARRAY' && @$value &&
+ ! grep { /[^-A-Za-z0-9_]/ } @$value) {
+ # dump simple array as qw{}
+ $dumpedvalue="[qw{ ".join(" ", @$value)." }]";
+ }
+ else {
+ $dumpedvalue=Dumper($value);
+ chomp $dumpedvalue;
+ if (length $prefix) {
+ # add to second and subsequent lines
+ my @lines=split(/\n/, $dumpedvalue);
+ $dumpedvalue="";
+ for (my $x=0; $x <= $#lines; $x++) {
+ $lines[$x] =~ s/^\t//;
+ $dumpedvalue.="\t".($x ? $prefix : "").$lines[$x]."\n";
+ }
+ }
+ $dumpedvalue=~s/^\t//;
+ chomp $dumpedvalue;
+ }